[speaking french] translator and further, by the accounts of solidarity and support that came from the entire world to france. France mr. President , it is a unique country that is recognized throughout the world and creating the force as the number of your Strategic Counsel for attracting investment. I have been stuck to the approach of combining the traditions with innovation and openness to the world. Why france is having to face many different economic challenge is how may europe needs a strong confidence in order to be able to find the power to grow. Growth which needs to be open to opportunities. One of the lessons of the tragedy as we can do we cast and the youngest. Those who seek to spread a discourse of hatred. And the world needs a france that will continue to defend a message of freedom and peace throughout the world as it has always done. And it is in this spirit that i am welcome to see frances active role in the International Negotiations on climate with a major summit d
Within five years. Its called operational control is the term theyre using for it and it would penalize political appointees if they dont meet those goals. Its not going to go very far. The house will pass it this week. You know the its contingent on both sides. Jay johnson, the head of the Homeland Security department has said its extreme. Unworkable. These are not goals that we can meet, so the democrats hate it. Interestedly, a lot of conservatives dont like it either. Senator Jeff Sessions saying that the mccall bill is terrible and the question mark is for boehner and the republicans is that conservative opposition going to reach a point they cant get 218 votes on the republican side to pass this thing, so immigration has always been a tough issue for republicans and boehner and its going to be a test for this week to see how well they can manage their conference going into this new congress. They have more seats, but do they have more power is the question. And thats going to be
The previous was just higher than that 111. 7. It was expected to come in at 112. Of. Both the numbers coming in slightly below expectations. The gdp data we had earlier about ten days ago now. The euro is at session lows down about half a percent. Germany has been a price the german tax so far is up better than 10. 5 and closed on a record high on friday. The economy continues to show signs of improvement. Jobless claims coming down. Unemployment rate at 6. 57 . Its been falling steadily. Absolutely. Lets get a reaction from the chief european economist. David, a better day in germany recently. This coming against expectations. Slightly weaker. Yeah. Consistent with germany and consistent with the eurozone more generally seeing expansions. Thing is one of the key things about greece going on. Europe is generally surprising on the upside. Overall we said the youren economy now has just turned the corner even before the ecb Bond Buying Program has begun. Yeah. Weve had several quarters
Early as today. Made of steel. They jump to the top despite a warning that profits will be lower in 2015. It falls to the bottom of the market as strike actions weigh on earnings. Youre watching Worldwide Exchange. Bringing you Business News from around the globe. We had italian data which is at 0 and nearly number decline of minus. 4 . We have the euro at 1. 1427. It did rise earlier in trade. We had earlier data elsewhere. We had a meager. 1 growth in the Fourth Quarter but strong domestic demand in germany. Saw it beat expectations of. 7 . A particularly strong read given it has been under pressure. We get the First Reading from greece and the euro zone as a whole. Lets get immediate action. The italian number weve had in the last minute. Christian and mark are with us. Good morning to you. Ill start with you on this data. We got at a point in the euro zone for markets where good news is, indeed good news for what investors are expecting given that quantitative easing has already be
The hills are alive on the 50th anniversary of one of the worlds most popular musicals, we look back at the making of the sound of music. Hello. The iraqi Prime Minister has said that Government Troops are beginning a major offensive in the city of tikrit. The hometown of former iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein was captured by Islamic State last summer and previous attempts to retake it have failed. Tikrit is about 150 kilometers north of baghdad. You can see it there. Its a capital of the Northern Province of salahuddin. As you can see, Islamic State militants have control or at least influence over large swaths of northern iraq. So recapturing tikrit would move iraqs government closer to its goal of retaking mosul. Sources also say more than 30,000 troops are advancing on the city. That includes more than 2,000 sunni volunteers as well as kurdish militia. Theyre backed by jets and helicopters, going in strong after the first shelling of northern and western districts of tikrit on saturd