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hello. we begin in northern syria. that s where turkey has shelled kurdish fighters. ankara wants fighters from the y.p.g. group to withdraw from areas. the allies refuse to give up their gains. our correspondent has more from the turkey-syria border. reporter: the battle for the northern corridor. opposition groups are holding out. the government s ground forces are just a few kilometers away and the kurdish armed group the y.p.g. is approaching from the east. turkey stepped in. for a second day it shelled positions of the y.p.g. and allies causing casualties. it is an attempt to force it to retreat from territories close to the border. translation: the y.p.g. will immediately withdraw from azaz and the surrounding area and will not go close to it again. it will not attempt to shut that corridor ever again. it will not have delusions of using the base to attack the opposition. reporter: over recent days the y.p.g. and its allies captured ground from syrian armed ....
abuse following protesters alleged brutality. and david cameron s tight rope walk as he holds discussions on how britain can stay in the european union. the u.s. has carried out air strikes in libya, targeting fighters aligned with isil. libyan officials say at least 40 people have been killed in the attack west of the capitol tripoli. let s go straight to our correspondent in washington, d.c., rosiland jordan. rosalind what more are you hearing about this strike? well, the pentagon spokesman peter cooke has just released a statement confirming that there was an air strike against an isil training facility northwest or so of the capitol, tripoli. and he goes on to say, and i m going to quote from his statement, destruction of the camp and removal of [ inaudible ] also known as sabir with eliminate an experienced facilitator, and is expected to have, quote, an immediate impact on isil s ability to facilitate its activities in libya. and he goes on to say the u.s. ....
refugees trying to make it to europe. top story, voting in niger s presidential election well under way. around 7 million people registered to vote in the country. the current president has been criticized for his handling of security threats which is one of the main issues. a state of members of the jury has announced state of emergency was announced after attacks from the boko haram. despite political instability, the world bank says niger s economy grew by 6.5% in 2014. the u.n. says it is still one of the least developed countries with high rates of illiteracy and disease. our correspondent is outside a poll at the moment. what is it like so far? reporter: there is not much, but we are seeing now the beginning of the vote. in a few minutes i think as you can see behind me in this high school there are at least four or five classrooms where they have established the boxes brought here just a few minutes ago. there was a scene here of activity when they brought tho ....
banks and commodity stocks weighing. the nikkei dropping more than 2%. the index is down more than 10% since the beginning of january. in the u.s., stocks coming off a wild session. the dow traveling more than 1,000 points yesterday during a very choppy session. this despite a relative ly leve trading range of 256 points. a big move yesterday. sharply higher open for the dow jones. the s&p opening higher as well as the nasdaq. mike, deutsche bank says they re going to buy back senior debt, potentially. why would that move the u.s. markets? why would that help deutsche bank with its capital? you have a bid in the market, especially in the bank stocks, right in the afternoon when you got that report. clearly the market likes it. it signals deutsche bank can do this, that it has the liquidity to buy back the debt. it s almost a signaling mechanism to say, we re not so constrained, we don t have a liquidity trap right now, and we can actually do this if we want. that s on ....
huge day for america. varney & company starts right now. charles: don t worry. we will not forget the markets. janet yellen is up on capitol hill. market hasn t really budged since then. she is in tight spot to justify why they may want to hike rates. a lot of people think they should slow rates down. oil is up, since yellen released text of her testimony. it is flat but it will be a huge volatile session. one of the things weighing on the market, they re set to open lower. huge boost, this star wars quarter was absolutely phenomenal, red flag for espn post ad decline in quarterly profits. all been about espn and those cord cutters. there are results from new hampshire. donald trump he winses big. john kasich make as strong second. three through five, still somewhat up in the air. combination, ted cruz, jeb bush, marco rubio, saying too close to call. six through eight, christie, fiorina, ben carson have soul-searching to do this morning. let s bring in the gopac ch ....