Committee. This seems more appropriate for the subcommittee on Human Resources at the Foreign Affairs committee, if theres issues with implement, disagree was with the administration it would seem like it would be more appropriate setting instead of at impeachment hearing where the ambassador is not a material fact witness to anything, any of the accusations that are being hurled at the president for this impeachment inquiry. I have several questions i think, mr. Castor wants to get to. I know ms. Stefanik him give a few quick question for the ambassador. Yield to you, ms. Stefanik. Thank you, mr. Nunes. Ambassador yovanovitch, the gentlewoman will suspend. What is the interruption for this time . It is our time. You are not recognized. Mr. Nunes, you are i just recognize under 660 youre not allowed deal time except to spin is the Ranking Member yield a time to another thats not accurate. That is accurate. Ambassador yovanovitch, i want to thank you for being here today. You are not re
Bash for Robert Mugabe. Good morning to you, welcome to al jazeera america. Im Morgan Radford, live from new york city. After a day of political upheaval Opposition Leaders in ukraine are scrambling to feel a power vacuum. Viktor yanukovych fled the capital. Its unclear who is running the country. Viktor yanukovych said he is not stepping down and accused parliament of a coup. Hes referring to a vote that happened hours earlier, removing him from office, setting elections. Former Prime Minister Julia Tymoschenko has been released from prison, where she served three of a 7year sentence for abuse of power. Viktor yanukovychs decision to distance ukraine from the e. U. Is what sparked the protest in the first place. Jennifer glasse is the First International broadcaster to be live outside the Parliament Building today. Good morning. The parliament this morning charting a new future of ukraine. Making a lot of changes. The foreign minister is gone. The minister of science gone. They are lo
Social network spend a fortune on a fortune on the fiveyear old instant messaging service . We got paul kedrosky, bloomberg contributing editor, also deals reporter cristina alesci. 19 billion. It is a huge number. How does facebook justify this . Number. It is a big i was just looking at the numbers last night, the largest Venture Capital based company in history which is remarkable, so the way to get at this kind of valuation is on a basis. 400 million users, maybe a billion by the end of the year, adding a million users a day. So on a per user basis, which is the metric we use with the instagram acquisition, dating back to these network of acquisitions come about 40, which puts it on par with apps of with other acquisitions of this area. Lets notw, cristina, forget that snapchat turned down 3 billion dollars from facebook. To that have an effect, cristina alesci, on the valuation for what we are seeing on whatsapp . It is unclear, but facebook needs to grow users, and how much they
Definitely looking in on a read of housing markets, and we have earnings trickling out before the bell. Dish and charter. After the bell, we get noble group o. Schedule today, president obama will meet with the dalai lama this morning. China not so happy about that. Yeah, always a political pull there. Let me do a quick data check here. Weve got ukrainian bonds on the move. Adam johnson will have it for you in a moment. Futures up three. Everything doing better. 10year yield, a risk on field. Euro over the last number of days, 1. 3709. Nymex crude down to a 102. 35 handle in the last 24 hours. Still showing buoyant equity markets in the United States. Heres the ruble until moments ago, a weaker ruble this morning, 361 lets call it. Chinese currency churns there, not off the dalai lama, but off asian news, and again, brent crude over 110 earlier this morning, does a little bit better. We scoured the papers and the web. Theres only one story this morning. Adam johnson has it for us. Were
Technically and now a political and legal level. The stakes here are huge, right. Education, entertainment, huge markets. The freedoms of citizens. Google is a perfect placement there are others as well. Were in a decade long transition where well go from a minority of the World Population being online to the entire population being online. One, you want a front row seat. Two you want to be heart of ensuring that new found connectivity is a force for good in the world. Emily we conclude this evening with oscar nominated documentary called the square. Crises in ukraine, the digital revolution and jehane space noujaim the square when we return. Captioning sponsored by Rose Communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. Our fundamental interest is democracy, human rights and the rule of law in ukraine. This is not about a choice of ukraine between russia and the eu, it is about setting the country on a Democratic Path for the future. Rose we begin this evening wit