there is edinburg. if you're a scottish in the world, you'll be moved by this view today of the castle. the campaign has been accused of not using emotion enough trying to scare some of the voters here in scotland. they've changed that in 24 hours. you mentioned david cameron, the prime minister here. he's given comments in the past ten minutes or so. they are emotional. he's told people this is an irreversible referendum. this is not an election where voters might take the chance to get rid of toris. he told voters the [ bleep ] toris, his own party, conservatives. he said i would be heartbroken if scotland left the united kingdom. newspapers reflecting that tone from the prime minister saying do not rip our family apart. the debate is emotional today. many are appealing once again when addressing scottish voters here. >> we've got team scotland against team westminster. the this is not the scottish national party, green party, political party. it's every type of scottish society. what we're seeing on

let's go to lucy hawkings in edinburg. it's a battle and a half isn't it? >> reporter: it sure is. standing here in the past 20 minutes or so since we spoke, there are messages blaring out from both sides. tensions are running high. campaigns have stepped up. this is a vote watched of course not just here in the uk but around the world. we're expecting a massive turnout of 80%. across the border in england,wa as well. we're looking at a union over 300 years old having to be unpicked. there are all sorts of implications. constitutional and questions that haven't been answered yet about the economy. things like the currency for instance which i know aaron will talk to you about shortly. if there is quite a lot of uncertainty. people all across the united kingdom are watching events very closely. some things we do know, other things are perhaps a little bit more up in the air in terms of the yes vote. here's our explaining about what would happen if scotland does vote yes tomorrow. >>. >>> our correspondent joins us from westminster where people are watching this so closely. we count

they said they want to transfer more economic, more taxation powers to edinburg. what they left -- what exactly it is they left open, but they made this move. one has to see it as a last resort. david cameron said that scotland has the better part of both sides if it stays in the union. critics say it's too little, too late. they say the political parties have a second agenda. the conservatives are concerned that david cameron is online in scotland goes forward and labor has strong support in scotland and of course there are concerns there as well. very much for watching things in london for us. other news now, would go to africa where at least 15 people have been killed after gunmen stormed a college in northern nigeria. police say the insurgents fired on fleeing students and set off at explosive device. no one has claimed responsibility but some say boko haram is behind the attack. suicide bombers have for peter italy bomb schools and universities in recent months. >> u.s. president barack obama says america will lead an international coalition against islamic s

. >> what's going to happen to the duke of edinburg? he probably needs to change his title, won't he? if edinburg is no longer part of the united kingdom, he's no longer the duke, is he? >> 95 years old. >> 95? he can still hit the golf ball well, did you know that? >> al morrow. >> there you are. >> he's a testament that the british royal family still has good blood in the genes, but he ultimately with the united kingdom, the real issue is that scotland's economy has long been suffering. it hasn't enacted kind of reforms you've seen in england and wales with post thatcher. and ultimately with scotland coming out of the united kingdom, it's going to be very, very difficult for the government to try and provide the level of services that they are at the moment, without english subsidies. so the economic -- as pat says, and i think the consensus is saying, it is of the heart, but it is not of the head. >> 200 scotch-irish americans met last week in a family reunion in rhode island. i sent them my greetings and let me also say that it was

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. >>> join me lucy hockings in edinburg. the yes campaign says this is a cynical move by the leaders showing they're in a state of panic. >>> also, what is the plan? president obama prepares to spell out how he wants to tackle the so called islamic state. does he now have a strategy? >>> at least 400 dead, hundreds of thousands stranded. we'll have the latest on the floods in india and pakistan. >>> also on the program, aaron is here. all eyes on manchester united ballot sheet. >> you may be one of the most successful teams in the world, but they had a dreadful season last year. they've got big sponsorship deals. in one hour's time, we'll find out how this team performs off the pitch. >>> it's 7:00 a.m. washington midday here in london as it is in scotland. in over a week, 4 million scotts can cast their vote on independence. now a yes vote would mean breaking from the uk ending the acting union of 1707. the supporters of independence have seen their support swelling dramatically according to opinion polls. the upshot is as

we'll go to edinburg for the latest next. going onto the no camp and to point out, this race had been very solidly for the campaign for most of this time. we saw yes coming back and that narrowed it. >> richard, as we look form ward, what is the key county for you as we look at numbers? >> we're looking for eden burro, the capitol. that will be a lot of votes. the popular vote matters here. really eden burro, any time in the next 20 minutes or so will decide this. >> we go to allister. all eyes where you're at. >> absolutely. this is the national overall result counted. so the excitement is melting here and is coming down to the wire because as you just heard, that there, a fairly substantial yes vote because of the mathematics, even though the number of area is voted smaller. that's much more significant and although we are head k towards a lower victory, the fact that it's almost half of scott lalan about to break out. is a major significant. a big night for everyone. >> the thoughts from the yes camp as they look at some r

. >> it includes royal bank of scotland and they say they will relocate from edinburg to london . the main political party several that sharing a common currency with an independent scotland. pro independence scottish leaders say that the government is orchestrating a scaremongering campaign to influence voters. >> how are investors taking all of this? more from frankfurt. >> turns out they are big but unnecessary. no relief for the british pound or for the dax. the euro zone is keeping investors guessing and that is always bad for the markets. the sanctions are being planned. >> not a lot of action on the day here in europe. investors largely on the sidelines at the dax closing the day, similar story for the euro stoxx. -- stocks. negative territory by about .25%. the general trend has been lower. one euro will get you $1.29. as a markets reporter said, the e was slapping the sanctions on russia for its role in the ukraine crisis. the eu could scrap them if it believes the cease-fire and peace negotiations are working. >> decides more travel bans and asset freezes for russian off

mark phillips, cbs news, edinburg. >> glor: up next, millennials move away from credit cards. is that moving their credit score the wrong way? >> >> glor: the way we pay is changing dramatically. a new study by bank rate says 63 percent of those between the ages of 18 and 29 do not have a credit card. debit cards, the choice these days, and while that can avoid debt there can be some disadvantages. here to discuss the cbs news business analyst jill schlesinger. >> jill, always good to see you. >> what is behind this trend? >> these kids grew up in a once in a generation recession. iit really booked sthenl and saw the credit bubble burst, it affected them their family and friends, they are weighed down by student loans and as a result they don't want more debt on top of that and they are turning to debit cards but remember the debit cards they don't establish a credit history and could make it hard to buy a car or house in the future. >> all these seem like valid concerns, not building up the debt. >> yes, i guess i would feel better if there wasn't so much ms. information, a r

do you think edinburg agreement will set up a precedent for other similar complex? because no they want to see it again and the caucasus or elsewhere, may appoint edinburg agreement and say you see in europe a lot more was negotiable so why should others do the same? thank you. >> i will not comment on any particular case because i don't have enough knowledge on other specific cases but talking about, i think it will be the difficult situation potentially for any independent scottish government because on the one hand, they will not want to look hypocritical. unwanted i think they will want to say self-determination of people. and certain voice in support of the scottish national but at the same time they will want to join the european union, nato. polica lease that policy at the moment. and into, i mean, i sense of location people are quite pragmatic. i think scottish politicians are fairly pragmatic and some of the valuations. there might be some conflicts there. i have the distinct feeling that in general rhetoric on support up on contentious circumstances they m

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good evening and welcome to this historic first gubernatorial debate in texas live from the edinburg conference center in the rio grande valley. i am ryan wolf. this is the first texas gubernatorial debate ever held in the rio grande valley and we could not be more excited about it. certainly we would not be here without the candidate so what's meet them right now. senator wendy davis, thank you for being here, attorney general greg abbott, thank you for being here. we want to welcome our audience members watching tonight, from the auditorium, people watching this across the state of texas on tv, online, and across the nation on c-span. myould like to introduce coanchors tonight, carlos sanchez, the editor at "the gars monitor." you could be a part of this historic debate. hop online, social media and twitter and use the #rgbdebate. we would love to hear your response and also keep score tonight. lah with some words for our spanish viewers. -- spanish-speaking viewers. >> thank you. [speaking spanish] >> carlos now with a review of the debate rules. >> the debate sponsored by doctors

the owner of bank of scotland says it will move its legal headquarters away from here in edinburg. that is should scotland vote in favor of independence. the royal bank of scotland is expected to make a similar announcement, shifting their legal basis to london in so keeping with in the u.k. to allow the bank to maintain the protection of the bank of england and the lender of last resort. having failed up the banks during the financial crisis, the u.k. government still owns 25% of lloyds and 81% of rbs. lloyds stated that while the changes are unclear, they have contingency plans in place which include the establishment of new legal entities of england. moving south could have a dramatic effect on scotland' as revenue. financial services currently make up some 9% of scottish gdp only slightly less than oil. the -- the announcement leaves the question over jobs. lloyds is the largest private sector employer in scotland with some 16,000 staff. rbs employs 11,500. leader of the yes campaign briefly describe reports of thanks living scale and as nonsense and scaremongering. he maintain

alan crawford in edinburg. minutes, my conversation with i financial author. he said an independent scholar could become one of the richest nations on earth. why? we'll look at that question. of political uncertainty in france. one of the toughest weeks before resident hollande. faces a confident vote in parliament. a failure to win could plunge the country into new elections. manuel said in the french still have faith in their president. >> i do not believe it is the knowt and i even do that i if there exists a moment to question the president elected. i do not think that is the moment. to question. proposing the resignation of the president or the dissolution of those who loveof governed and of spire to govern. is up against another challenge this week. he has to meet the press on thursday following his ex-girlfriend's tell all book. his approval rating is hovering around 13%. that make some friends most unpopular president -- france's most unpopular president ever. if you have not noticed, it is london fashion week. burberry shoulder their latest on looks o

this.ne is talking about it's the only conversation there is in the capital of edinburg. i was witnessing mall groups as -- discussing this . it is very piece all. .- peaceful people are incredibly engaged. that would mean is hard to predict. we know the turnout is predicted to be extremely high, which a dds a complication. >> think you very much. i huge week for the united kingdom and the very big week for scotland. is, as ant to gauge cio, you look at this independent vote, and have you changed the way you look at u.k. assets? >> absolutely. the risks will have gone up. yields, herek at is the question. let the we get a yes. -- let say we get a yes. yields higher.ut they could be lower. ask the bank of england is independent and has shown it can expand it balance sheet at will. i think it will be under control. sterling will weaken. >> it is a political ramifications that is extremely complex. the follow could be explosive hen you look at europe. you have talked about european leaders doing something similar to japan. recoverying about the that speaks to the unemployed

nbc's kelly cobiella is in edinburg for us tonight. kelly, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. the outcome is no clearer than the weather and frankly neither are the polls. the final polls out tonight showing no edge for either side, a statistical tie. politicians were out making those final pleas. some of them very emotional. even offering up a deal for more autonomy. but people here are still very divided. and they're still changing their minds as well. one voter told us she was a yes and now she's a no. >> kelly cobiella will be checking back with you tomorrow night on the results. thanks. >>> and now to a movement afoot in the health business to let americans know there are tiny plastic beads in some makes of tooth paste. they do not biodegrade, they never quite seem to leave the environment. they were discovered by dentists and dental hygienists who spotted them embedded in patients' gums. they are found in a lot of products including crest prohealth and 3d white. proctor & gamble says they are voluntary removing these

and some of the oldest finance firms in edinburg include rbs and others. they have said they will move the south of the border if separatism becomes a reality. and perhaps the most famous export is whiskey. theke its banks, distilleries cannot pick up and move south. who wants to drink english whiskey? and the currency could impact costs and supply chains. last year, the distilleries sold the $7 billion of whiskey overseas. on average, that is 40 bottles of scotch shifted per second, and that makes it the second largest scottish exports after -- that is 40 bottles of scotch second, and that makes it the second largest scottish export after oil. canceled.ights were hong kong looks like this. there we go, down by nearly 9/10 of 1%. ♪ ♪ >> a working visit for xi jinping. concerns over a slowdown in china sends stocks and commodities lower, and beijing plays host. hasese president xi jinping kicked off his tour in the maladies, and he is the first leader visiting the island nation. davis.joined by andrew andrew, he is going to the malvinas. maldives. why?

many want edinburg to have more power. more from the scottish capitol. >> scotland woke up this morning to a mixture of feelings for, frustration, disappointment for some relief for others who are glad that they don't have to keep asking this question a double defeat, really, yesterday for yes campaigners. first they had the no vote to contain with and then the father of their cause, the leader decided to resign. i think campaigners felt incredibly shocked by that. but it was political strategy from the father who only really have a narrow margin. >> they can depend upon here tensions boiled over. we saw a yes, campaign ing rally where they were commiserating one another. boil over as they were joined by people supporting the no campaign unionists. a couple of missiles were thrown and things got rather overheated. the i believe the yes campaigners went away and then there were some fraca between the police and those unionist supporters. >> kind of division and that example we saw yesterday, george, where i don't think that

in about half we will take you live to the wilson center for remarks from scotland's university of edinburg will stop they will be talking about the upcoming referendum in scotland when the scots will vote whether to have independence from the united kingdom. they also talk about a recent survey of scottish attitudes toward the referendum. until then, we will take you to london for prime minister's questions with david cameron. he discussed the scottish independence vote and condemned by murder of a journalist isis. we will show you this until the discussion on the scottish referendum gets underway at 3:30. questions to the prime minister. mr. eric joyce. >> not here. >> the prime minister. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i am sure the whole house and the whole country will join with me in condemning these sickening and brutal murder of another american hostage and share our shock and anger that appears to have been carried out by a british citizen. all of our thoughts are with the british hostage and their family. there were deal is unimaginable. but let me be clear -- this country will never g

because of a traffic accident closing one of the roads that made it harder to get the vots down here to edinburg. these are the final results. the yes campaign getting 1.6 million votes beaten by the no campaign with 2 million votes. that worked out to be a 45% share for yes and 55% for no. what you can see here that is remarkable really and what many people in scotland are talking about today is the incredible turnout. 85% of those eligible to vote went and did so. that's one of the highest on records. it was the busiest day in scotland's electoral history yesterday. this entire campaign has really captured the imaginations of scots. passions were running high. we do now finally have a result and with all of the night's events, here's ian watson. >> reporter: they are shouting yes but most of this campaign is saying no with results now in, supporters of better together celebrated scotland rejecting independence. their mood was in stark contrast to the leader of the yes campaign who was about to concede defeat. by the time he arrived, the brave face was back and he decided to discuss the positiv

max foster, cnn, edinburg, scotland. >>> the british currency has slumped. on monday the pound fell to a ten-month low over the u.s. dollar. london has promised scots more autonomy if they stay in the u.k. >>> the world health organization warns of a dire situation in africa. more cases of ebola are expected in the coming weeks. there are no free treatment beds anywhere in liberia, which is causing an exponential rise in infections as patients are forced to go untreated. meantime, an american who contracted ebola in sierra leone is being flown to the u.s. the air ambulance is expected to arrive this tuesday morning in atlanta, and meantime, there's this respiratory illness in the u.s. that's now swept across at least 12 states, leaving hundreds of children quite ill in hospital. >> yeah, this is a big concern. one senior doctor called it unprecedented in terms of the numbers of children needing intensive medical care. >> reporter: a child struggling to breathe. >> it's a parent's worst nightmare. >> reporter: this is 9-year-old gabriele, hooked to tubes. >>

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very gloomy day here in edinburg the mist hanging low over the city. he was heckled a little bit. cheered and heckled. that happens more and more this week as well as we've seen the campaign get a little bit more acrimonious. but, david, one thing that is clear, not only is everybody watching it so closely here in scotland and the uk, but i really think around the world. this referendum is being followed so closely. because for centuries, scots have traveled the world. they've gone to other countries, australia, new zealand, canada, looking for a better life, and millions of people in the new world identify them partly as being scottish. my grandmother went to new zealand, so i see myself as being partly scottish and i'm just one of millions of people like that. so i think this is a referendum that captured the imagination of the world, and certainly the results tonight are going to be very, very closely. >> if you think that tenuous vote is beginning to get you a vote, you've got another thing coming. it's going to be a great day. fascinating and so many people feeling that they'

. >> well, there is a lot of activity on the street in edinburg. people are just leaving for polls to open until 10 in the evening going forward. >> summer really concerned that england is taking advantage of them and for years have given them lip service and the prime minister has gone there to say we will do everything to keep you happy. how are young people reacting to that? >> it's interesting. because in this state 16 or 17-year-olds can vote. and so the polls have showed that there are actually has and has attends about the risk. kennedy: the risk being that you are not part of a country that is financially backing you up and there are a lot of scottish people that feel that that is legitimate >> some of the main sticking point that i have heard speaking to people is that there's a lot of uncertainty about what currencies collinwood use. the leader has said that they would retain its use, but the uk leaders have said that that is not going to happen and they would not allow it. so i think that that is a big question mark for a lot of voters.

. >> we are here in edinburg as we count down to the independence referendum that takes place here tomorrow. for the yesms and no camp in full force. three opinions held out overnight. they put the no campaign slightly ahead. >>.gov very much. i am back from hamburg. we spoke with two ceo's. we talked about the future of the airline industry, the future of the a3 80, the future of first-class. it may be shrinking. you may be relegated to business. >> this does not really apply to me. it applies to you. you are the man that travels first-class among us. european markets have just opened up. futures are higher, ftse 100 up by .3%. we are looking for a higher opening. china stimulus and

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. >> helia is in edinburg for the latest. helia. >> good morning. we're here, just hours in the day to go before people go to the polls. one of the things gilbert has said is that whatever happens, whether it's yes or whether it's no, the polls are so close and opinion has become so bitter that we're leaning towards a dwight divided scotland and a quite divided united kingdom either way. whether they vote to remain in the united kingdom, passengers so -- at the moment, especially when you speak to people on the ground, you talk to everyone has an opinion, everyone is talking about this opportunity of a lifetime that alex hammond is telling them to grasp by the neck and they want to do something. they see the eyes of the world looking not just at the markets, but looking at scotland at this em policemen of democracy. now, there's growing concern that politicians have woken up too late for this crisis. just now in the village, we saw alistair darling looking very -- and there's growing criticism not just for the better campaign, but for david cameron,

. -- edinburg. that's where alastair darling has his constituency. places without would behave really quite differently have behaved almost exactly the same but basically a 40-60 split. >> it's incredibly close. we knew as soon as glasgow ok man that is simply impossible for yes, despite the fact that city, scotland's biggest it was nowhere near enough to outweigh the other boats that have come in throughout the night. it depends on where your starting point was. was the firstt and only poll where they were in the lead. this will seem like a huge set back our disappointment to those who said yes. being in the high 30's are low 40's, this will seem like fast progress, huge number of votes accumulated for the yes campaign. is asmple truth of it people are waking up now, or were people in this country and throughout the united kingdom who thought everything was going to change. the people have scotland have voted to stay in the united kingdom. >> good morning to you both. it is coming up to 6:00, and we are watching the special from glasgow. forecasting

welcome toghted to colleagues that have come in from edinburg to be with us. both are from the university of edinburgh who have been spearheading a major study of the implications of the referendum and of what will 18.en after september this has been a huge study and this has been symbolic of the whole debate about the scottish referendum. it has been heavy on process. as we know, many people around the world are watching this closely because this is a rather unique event, something that has been negotiated over a period of time, a project in the decades of interaction between edinburgh and london on issues of devolution and autonomy. we are now at the big day and the rest of the world is paying attention. of course, a lot of events that could not have been anticipated when british prime minister david cameron and scottish first minister sat down to hash out the details of what would happen on september 18, have really framed this. we have had input from unexpected places, including crimea and the leadership weighing in on their interest in the outcome. and of

it's worth remembering that since the edinburg agreement was signed in 2012 the number of people unemployed in scotland has reduced by 40,000. we now have record employment in scotland, the highest in scottish history. we have the fastest-rising female employment ever in scotland. the economy has come out the great recession ahead of the rest of the uk. scotland had outperformed uk outside london. visitor spending in scotland has increased. exports have grown. the scottish government introduced 30 new bills in the parliament and delivered the most successful commonwealth games in the history of the commonwealth games. i mention that, in passing, because in the last parliamentary debate, joe ann expressed concern in the way scotland has been paused on the big decisions fatsing our country. scotland wasn't on pause for the referend referendum, it was fast-forward as every statistic indicated. [ applause ]. >> this parliament rightly has also occupied its attention and introducing measures to alleviate the effects of westminister legislation, the council tax reduction scheme to help 500,000 of

helia is in edinburg following the scottish referendum and the vote. helia, set up for us what the mood is in scotland. >> seema, the mood is a bit quiet this morning because basically everyone is asleep. last night, the streets were filled with yes campaigners, drinking, talking about their scottish dream. but i think if you look behind me, everyone has gone home and it's a bit rainey. even though there's no change, nothing will be the same again. really, 1.6 million voters who voted for independence will give a mandate to scotland and all eyes will be on westminster to see what david cameron can thrash out in terms of a more federalized uk. i'm joined by ann. you're one of scotland's most famous companies. tell me about the markets. they seem to know something that people on the streets or even politicians didn't. >> well, the markets were definitely pricing in a no vote. not 100%. you've seen a little bit of a relief rally this morning. but the markets were pricing in a no vote to the referendum. >> in terms of sterling, we saw it pick up about 1% b

good evening and welcome to this historic first gubernatorial debate in texas live from the edinburg conference center in the rio grande valley. i am ryan wolf. this is the first texas gubernatorial debate ever held in the rio grande valley and we could not be more excited about it. certainly we would not be here without the candidate so what's meet them right now. senator wendy davis, thank you for being here, attorney general greg abbott, thank you for being here. we want to welcome our audience members watching tonight, from the auditorium, people watching this across the state of texas on tv, online, and across the nation on c-span. myould like to introduce coanchors tonight, carlos sanchez, the editor at "the gars monitor." you could be a part of this historic debate. hop online, social media and twitter and use the #rgbdebate. we would love to hear your response and also keep score tonight. lah with some words for our spanish viewers. -- spanish-speaking viewers. >> thank you. [speaking spanish] >> carlos now with a review of the debate rules. >> the debate sponsored by doctors

we are absolutely be guided today to welcome to colleagues who have flown under their own steam from edinburg to be with us. charlie jeffery and juliet kaarbo, who have been spearheading as they will tell you a major study of the implications of the referendum and of what will happen on and after september 18. this has been a huge study and this has been very much a symbolic of the whole debate about the scottish referendum. it's been very heavy on process. as we know many people around the world are watching this extreme close because this is a rather unique event. it's something that's been negotiated painstaking over a whole period of time. it's a product actually of decades of interaction between edinburgh and london on issues of evolution and autonomy, governance and that we are at the big date and the rest of the world is paying close attention but and, of course, a lot of events could not have been anticipated when british prime minister david cameron and scottish first minister alex salmond sat down to thrash out the details of what was going to happen on september 18. .. to everybody

we are delighted to welcome to colleagues that have come in from edinburg to be with us. both are from the university of edinburgh who have been spearheading a major study of the implications of the referendum and of what will happen after september 18. this has been a huge study and this has been symbolic of the whole debate about the scottish referendum. it has been heavy on process. as we know, many people around the world are watching this closely because this is a rather unique event, something that has been negotiated over a period of time, a project in the decades of interaction between edinburgh and london on issues of devolution and autonomy. we are now at the big day and the rest of the world is paying attention. of course, a lot of events that could not have been anticipated when british prime minister david cameron and scottish first minister sat down to hash out the details of what would happen on september 18, have really framed this. we have had input from unexpected places, including crimea and the leadership weighing in on their interest in the outcome. a