Government is on the verge of collapse following the announcement that five ministers from Silvio Berlusconis people of Freedom Party plan to resign. The vice premier made the announcement a day after Prime Minister enrico letta said his Coalition Partners would support him in a vote of confidence. Tensions have been rising since the formers conviction for tax evasion. Joining us now on the line from rome is patty. Give us some more of the background to this news. The events have accelerated very fast in the last week. The straw that broke this particular camels back came midweek when the current prime , enrico letta, was in , doing a roadshow to encourage investors, particularly north american italy in, to invest in 2014. While he was doing that, at the very moment he was meeting on wall street, mr. Berlusconi held a meeting with his on parliamentarians, in which he accused the left of criminal. Deology he called on all his parliamentarians to resign. If he did that when mr. Let er mr
Down by a 10th of 1 . At the u. K. ,oking you will be looking at Governor Carney speaking again today. Minister that, prime David Cameron. That is the focus in scotland. Terms of how to trade these markets, if you think that is a reasonable benchmark, you would say the Canadian Dollar dropped by 1. 6 when quebec went into voting. Yields on the canadian bonds rose by 40 basis points. Are we anywhere near those kinds of moves in the u. K. Market . There is the leader of the pack in the news agenda. U. K. And ireland have the best performances in 10 years. That says it all. Also the message telling us france is in better shape than it was. Kingfisher is the top of that agenda. He delivers 15 return for shareholders. Next generation is what the stock is moving on, bucking the overall equity trend. Market inl equity italy is down by a 10th of 1 . The news is they have received a bid on the transport business. Awayhe chairman has passed at the meeting of the group to decide who will replace
Also, tens of thousands honour the lives of 96 People Killed during one of english footballs dashesst days. And neither male nor female a court in india recognises transgenders and gives them the same rights as everyone else. Welcome to the program. Ukrainian Government Troops have taken control of an airfield blockaded by armed groups in the eastern city of crema tors. This was filmed before the Ukrainian Forces got there. The operation is part of a wider offensive on Gunmen Holding Government Property across the region. There has been reports that troops are moving into the city of slovyansk, where armed troops have held state buildings for several days. Kim vinnell joins us live. What is the latest from the airfield . What have you been hearing there . Theres dramatic scenes at the military airfield today, as ukrainian troops move in to regain control of the airfield from prorussian protesters who have taken control of the base, as we arrived we heard reports of casualties. The Defe
It is a new look with an old name for his 60th birthday. General motors revealing the new stingray as the most powerful and fuel efficient base model ever made. Last time the stingray name was used was back in 1976. Cnn newsroom continues now with brooke baldwin. Suzanne, thank you. Good to see you all. Im brooke baldwin. Coming to you live from los angeles. 3,000 miles away from the white house, where the president , today, is warning of an economic recession. Yep. I said the r word again. Another recession if Congress Balks at raising the debt ceiling. Thats right. Those two words, were all using them again. Debt ceiling. This time around, the president is telling House Republicans they can do it his way or own the blame. Here he was. And republicans in congress have two choices here. They can act responsibly and pay americas bills, or they can act irresponsibly and put america through another economic crisis. But they will not collect a ransom in exchange for not crashing the americ
Jack markell. Brown then, the state department issued a Global Travel alert today, warning of possible terror attacks. Margaret warner explains whats behind the concern that al qaeda might strike again. Woodruff asia is clamoring for more american coal, but the infrastructure is not there to meet the growing demand. We look at the debate over bringing more trains and ships to the Pacific Northwest to boost exports while protecting the environment. We dont think its an either or proposition. We think that you can develop family wage jobs and be good stewards and protect the environment. We have our fish, we have our salmon, we have our clean air. Well lose that. Thats losing to me. Brown a new survey finds that americans of different races have very Different Levels of optimism about their economic future. Ray suarez digs into the surprising results. Woodruff david brooks and ruth marcus analyze the weeks news. Brown and how do you send a ship miles off course, without touching its Stee