Broker a humanitarian ceasefire in yeppen mission unaccomplished. An unman russian spacecraft that spun out of control after launch comes hurtling home good evenings, this is Al Jazeera America, im antonio mora. Im libby casey. We begin with the closely watched election in the u. K. The votes have been cast and ballots counted in a tightly contested race. 50 million voters stand out across the country to vote some british newspapers show results showing a win by David Camerons conservatives as a shock. Others are casting doubt on that prediction. Tim friend has more on the race. Reporter the exit polls suggest that David Cameron will perhaps, once again be Prime Minister. Hes not predicted to have an absolute majority but if the liberal Democrats Join him in coalition for a second time he might hang on to power. For labour and ed miliband the predictions are not quite so encouraging. Polls suggest labor will be down 19 seats from 2010. And the liberal democrats themselves led by nick c
Also on power lunch why your doctor is so angry and confused these days. First, though, to sarah eisen in for manned where i. Shes at the nyse. Hi sarah. Hi. Good afternoon, tyler. Were going to begin with a big deal in the transportation sector. Fedex making a major move into europe buying european rival t t. What is it this mean . Investors seem to like it. Morgan brennan outside Fedex Distribution Center in manhattan for us. Morgan. Well, thats exactly what it means. Fedex is expanding into a Market Europe that until now its had little share of. Fedex has largely focused in az wra. Instead the two dominant players in europe have been ups and dhl. By acquiring tnt express, fedex dramatically expands its presence in europe, and it does so primarily through ground operations. The chairman says there is a number of reason to do this now. The Dollar Exchange ratio was very favorable. The quantity the quantitative easing means the economy has a better outlook now than for some period of t
No. Celebration of Washington States brand new pot law. Yes, theyre smoking joints. I dare you, like double dare you. Obama administration bites and says, yeah, were prepared to go off the fiscal cliff. Roger goodell, the commissioner football fans love to hate. Theres a softer, gentler side of goodell. Seriously. The nfl commissioner you dont know. Newsroom starts now. Good morning. Thank you so much for joining me. Im carol costello. Smoke em if you got em. Recreational marijuana is officially legal in Washington State. Shall we say a rather mellow celebration at seattles space needle . Pot smokers lit up like it was new years eve. New voter approved Initiative Went into effect midnight. This pot party technically, is illegal. Wzs law bans smoking pot in public places. For now the Seattle Police department is turning a blind eye. This notice was sent to all officers last night. Until further notice officers shall not take any enforcement action, other than to issue a verbal warning,
We all want competition, but what we want to have really is an environment, and, in fact, the digital revolution is enabling more competition. Thats why we have these, we have cable and wireless and fiber and all of these things are part of the digital revolution. But ultimately in a new act what would like to have, in my view, would be a standard that ties the regulatory activity of the agency closely to an analysis of the competitive marketplace. And then only if theres a market failure or consumer harm, and i recognize that if theres consumer harm theres a place for regulation. Im not, like mr. Cicconi, im not advocating no regulation. But we need in a new act to i to tie regulatory activity much more closely to an analysis of the marketplace. That really gets away from all this discussion about this technology and that technology and that type of thing. But the fact that technology is changing, and it enables competition, that is a reason for policy changes. Its not a reason to do
[inaudible conversations] we are going to get started now. Welcome to the texas book festival director for the New York Times magazine i nt night i am here with Mark Leibovich to talk about. To talk about his book this town. It was an openended question while he was reported the bow to the new video side of washington would be interested in the finished product after spending 11 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list is of full house today here in austin, texas o congratulations. Have the genesis of this book was 8100 word costume contest that he did for the character that most of you would not know or care about an unusual fellow named mike allen who pollute produces playbook apolitical tip sheet that he describes as a distillation inhouse law of the nations business in the form of a summer camp newsletter. [laughter] the premise was that this very socially precarious individual is the town crier for the Nations Capital tuesday it says much about washington as the fellow that we