. >> we want sardinia to become switzerland's 27th canton. >> a mediterranean island as part of switzerland? >> sardinia is a wonderful place with a great landscape, an excellent climate, and 1.5 million residents. it can't be that such a wealthy region is unable to look after its own people. >> caruso and napoleone have been friends since their school days. two years ago they started the intitiative "canton marittimo." the aim was for sardinia to break away from stagnant italy in favour of a more attractive partner -- switzerland. the car dealer and the dentist are trying to win over others. they founded a facebook group, which now has over 13,000 members. caruso and napoleone regularly meet with their supporters to discuss new ideas. here everyone is in agreement: ♪ >> we're being strangled by the italian state, which treats us like italy's trash heap. >> the canton marittimo is a real alternative for us. it's something diffferent that's easily understood and gives us hope. >> flyers, t-shirts, and stickers are supposed to create support for the idea across the island. caruso and napole

eu has done that, switzerland has done that. just after arab spring. a list of these persons, freeze their assets now. so it's not a judicial freeze in the context of judicial action. it's an administrative freeze giving the countries time to prepare their judicial action. i think that sort of innovative legislation is happening. the civil forfeiture legislation that i think in america has been around for a very long time but to many other countries is still relatively new. you see that -- i wouldn't say proliferating but you see countries taking up those sort of legislations. so what we call nonconviction-based legislation where you connect the asset to a crime. typically on the balance of probabilities. won't go into too many technical details but any life way, looking at legislative action to make it easier for a country to get to stolen assets, the proceeds of corruption. i think those are all very positive, positive developments. of course, there are still challenges. if we look -- at the start of an asset recovery initiative we have databased the

. >> in switzerland or worldwide? >> yes, i would say that we can compete globally. yes, we can. >> which is why many decide to make the canton of schwyz, with its 0.5% wealth tax rate, their primary home. the canton profits because the wealthy inhabitants boost the economy. >> skilled tradesmen, estate agents, and home owners all profit from the system. but the gulf between rich and poor is getting wider. average earners can no longer afford to buy property. that threatens basic swiss values. social contacts are lost and you can feel our society drifting apart. >> the property boom also affects the landscape. the banks of lake lucerne are lined with buildings. tourists no longer find sites of natural beauty here. the trend has worried the eichenberger family for a long time now. they are proud of their 400-year-old house, which they lovingly restored. >> you live with the house. if it has cracks they let in cold, warm, damp, or dry air. we have to live with it. >> the eichenbergers were lucky enough to inherit their

whether in switzerland and otherwise? emile talked about the onus put on banks in the preventative context to know their customer to engage in heightened due diligence for politically exposed persons known as peps in the field. is there resistance from the banks to say, look, it's not our job. and certainly i heard this in the wake of the arab spring banks saying look, on one day these are good guys and the countries that we're supposed to be doing business with and the next day they're toppled regimes and we're supposed to be hunting their assets and so aren't we, the banks, getting caughting in the political winds here? have you felt resistance given what are fairly aggressive steps on your part? >> the world is changing and the banks are changing and we felt it directly there was, as you said, some -- not a lot but there was some opposition in switzerland because we froze the funds in the wake of the arab spring extremely quickly. we were the first to freeze and the banks criticized us for doing what they said was an i

that led switzerland to enact a statue exactly for these cases to confiscate the funds in switzerland without any cooperation from the country concerned. that is exactly what we did in the duvalier case. we enacted with a view to the case not to lose it. we lost one case. we don't like to lose. we enacted that law and we won the case in the swiss supreme court last september. september of 2013. we are now in the process of sending back the money to haiti. perhaps we will touch on this issue because i would also be interested how are going to deal with it in the context of your case. but that is always a challenge because we -- you know, by being active on asset recovery of the restitutional funds, there is also some kind of an expectation in our countries that we're not just writing a check, putting it to the mail office and send the money back. to just see how it evaporates again. so we have to find ways how we can ensure that it will be spent in an accountable manner. so, these are just two cases. you have all the ongoing cases in the wake of the arab spring. >> i'll come back to yo

. >> specifically in switzerland, it talks about the passionate love affair between france and switzerland when it comes to tax evasion. switzerland has a reputation of being a neutral, very stable country with the strong currency and a generous tax system, so it makes it very attractive. and according to this article, even napoleon had a foreign bank account in switzerland more recently when the socialist president was elected in 1981, there was a real rush on swiss banks. you had frenchmen crossing the border with suitcases full of cash. this all seems to be changing with new laws that are putting an end to bank secrecy in switzerland. tax evaders are seeking new destinations and sing pore seems to be one of them. >> another big story as of yesterday, a tiger on the loose here in paris. >> that's right. not in the city, but just outside of the city. you can take a look at the front page, they talk about the incredible tiger alert. now, this happened yesterday, so this tiger chase just 30 kilometers outside of paris, all started off when a woman, well she alerted officials after spotting

in terms of where you see risk in switzerland. it basically would mean that is that it is so much more difficult to defend the franc. >> i don't agree for the foreseeable future. if the gold initiative is accepted then the national bank has five years time to fulfill the the quota and there is also the option that it else is. a huge reserve. that it doesn't have to buy gold so it has time and flexibility. in the short term, they still have the full firepower to defend the camp. >> all right. you disagree. you say that although this -- the gold initiative gets passed, you think the swiss national bank still has the power to depend the cap on the swiss franc until when? >> definitely they have. in the short-term they don't have to buy gold so they can concentrate on buying euros and anything -- any case, we think only re-emerge ent of the euro -- re-emergeant to have euro debt crisis. also safe haven flows would be a danger for the camp. not as -- the election or the initiative result on sunday. >> all right. we'll see. we'll wake u

first in switzerland and other parts of europe and cincinnati. wherever wind, there were having this pollution problems and also health issues involving the workers. said the recent ultimately they came to toms river as they wanted a place where they would have plenty of space to get rid of waste and a place where they could have more privacy and they found that in toms river. the factory location was in the middle of the words. it was set apart from the rest of the town. it was ideal in that sense. >> host: what do they manufacture and for what purpose? >> guest: their main product was dies. people don't realize it, but guys are the wellspring of the modern chemical industry, the chemical industry. all of the big names that we know so well, like basf, gaf, the aide stands for in the lynn, anna lindh dies. it's pronounced in a line. anil and i is for the sympathize commercially successful products and they were invented by a guy named william henry perkin who was a teenager at the time. he was 18 and he was experimenting and his parents attic in

it was quickly dominated by companies in switzerland and france. and those companies quickly expanded to other kinds of synthetic products, petrochemicals, plastics and grew into these industrial giants. >> host: so to whom would toms river chemical sell this product to? >> guest: the whole world. it was, it was one of the most important dye manufacturing factories in the whole world, and it was used to dye clothes, obviously, it was used to dye plastics, and later on that same site -- starting in the '60s, or the late '50s, actually -- they expanded beyond dyes into plastics and other interesting, useful synthetic molecules. >> host: what goes into the manufacture of a dye? >> guest: lots of things. the root of the original analine dyes was coal tar which was the first great chemical waste. it was a product of coal gas which was burned for energy in the 19th century. the kinds of dyes that were manufactured in toms river initially were called anthro anthrocoknown dyes. the thing about the petroleum refining process, peter, is that it generates a h

it was quickly dominated by companies in switzerland and france. those companies expanded to other kinds of synthetic products, petrochemicals, plastics, and grew into these industrial giants. >> host: so to whom would toms river chemical or later on sell this product to? >> guest: the whole world goes when the most important die manufacturing factories in the whole world. it was used to dye clothes, used it i plastics and later on the same site starting in the 60s for the late 50s actually the expanded beyond dyes into plastics and other interesting useful synthetic molecules. >> host: what goes into the manufacture of a train for? >> guest: lots of things. the route of the original size was cold heart which was the first great chemical waste, a product of coal gas which is burned for energy in the 19th century. the kinds of dyes manufactured in toms river were a byproduct of petroleum. the thing about petroleum refining process is it generates a huge amount of waste. the companies were always looking for something to do with the waste. the proble

witnesses are telling local media there in switzerland that they fear there could be more victims. we'll continue to monitor the feeds and wires coming out of switzerland there and bring you more information as soon as we get it. >>> back here at home, family, friends and colleagues gathered to honor a fallen philadelphia police officer last night. chuck cassidy was remembered at a vigil on 66th and broad streets in west oak lane. now, he was murdered there seven years ago when he walked in on a robbery at a dunkin' donuts and was shot. john lewis was sentenced to death for his murder. >>> a sixth football player from a pennsylvania university has been arrested after police say he was involved in a beating that left a man with severe brain trauma. police say 20-year-old shelby wilkerson of harrisburg has turned himself in on saturday. he's been suspended from california university of pennsylvania. that school is about an hour south of pittsburgh. wilkerson and five others are accused of attacking a west chester man when he tried to stop an argument between his girlfriend and a play

switzerland gets up participate in the common market. the freedom of the movement and officials and brushes -- brussels already said renegotiating immigration is not an option. >> that was tom gibson reporting and there are another two key votes taking place this weekend, one of them is on foreign tax breaks and the other on swiss gold. the swiss institute will be joining us later and we will focus on the vote around the central bank decision. black friday used to be a very american event where shoppers went wild in the shops the day after thanksgiving, it has now gone global. black fridayy of across europe. caroline hyde. >> certainly in the u.k. as well and i can tell you that tesco, they are already seeing police pulled in, riots in the stores. export that united states has cracked, halloween they did very well and now they have exported black friday as well. in london in the u.k. but also london, ontario canada and france. this is truly global. terms ofit down in numbers, the u.k. expecting 1.5 billion pounds to be spence today onlin

there was as you said, some opposition from switzerland. we froze the funds extremely quickly. they criticized us from doing what they said is an isolated act. they came a bit later. what the european union did was announced the freeze. i don't know if that's clever. you just take out your money. you have to be quick. what happened in between, they always acted on the kind of an emergency power that is given. why is that okay? they accept it and whether the government did. you have to submit a statute or have the range of activities in this field debated. we are now doing this. we drafted a statute that is a comprehensive how to do manual of everything they did so far. the interesting thing is that the banks are fully behind it. they realized that the reputational risk for a bank is what has changed. the reputation is just to come to the ukrainian context that the swiss government froze that and that's for the first time we froze together on the same day of the centers that would have been impossible only two years ago. this time we coordinated among the centers, but with some

my family flew over to join us in switzerland. that's coming up in the next segment. i couldn't imagine doing a christmas show without including my family. we had one big prayer for the whole shoot, and that was to get some snow. it was unseasonably warm in most places that winter, but we got our white christmas, just barely, in switzerland. i think it would be so much fun to watch you and your crew work. i wish i could. well, you can. we've got an episode called "the making of." it's a half-hour look at how we make our regular tv show. we filmed it in milan, and it's included as one of the shows in the dvd anthology. also, at our ricksteves.com web site, we have a special corner with information supporting this christmas special. you'll find the entire script, an article detailing how the show was produced, and even interviews with friends in other european countries sharing their christmas traditions. these were originally produced for our weekly hour that's been airing on public radio stations across the united states now, which is in its fourth year. this is a gre

switzerland, the marcos case, an example. we then started to be proactive on asset recovery for about 28 years. for a very long time we worked on all the cases you mentioned. all the cases can you mentioned were swiss cases. by did so because we were under pressure. we recognized that. the financial sector was under pressure, have to do something. but for a long time we were pretty much alone in the field. that has radically changed we talk about groups of people. we have 30 to 40 former power holders in these countries. that's the first difference. the cases are much more complex, much more challenging in solving. but the most important change is that there is a recognition not only in those countries but also in the financial centers that we have to work together. for example, we have you several international conferences in the context of the g-8. there are initiatives to cooperate among all requested and requesting jurisdictions, which means all the partners involved. we've never had that in the past. we always tried to s

they appeared in a news conference a short time ago in gene geneva, switzerland, after testifying on a committee against torture. >> me and his mother came here to get justice for our son. there couldn't be a better place that we could start at. >> we've learned the doctor who conducted michael brown's autopsy, dr. michael baden, is scheduled to testify before the grand jury tomorrow. let me bring in attorney and radio host liz brown. thank you for being with me. >> thank you, jose. >> let me play some of what the brown's attorney said at the news conference today in switzerland for you. >> it's important they are here though because as a country of civil society in the united states of america we really pride ourselves on making sure that human injustices don't take place. michael brown, jr., is a victim of a human injustice. >> what is your reaction to that and to what michael brown's father said this morning in switzerland? >> well, i think the fact that the brown family, that michael's mother and father, had to even go to geneva is an indictment on our country. they had to go to

switzerland gets to participate in the e.u.'s common markets although it is not a member. freedom of movement on one of four keystones in the market, officials in brussels sate renegotiating immigration is not an option. >> let's move to one of the other big stories we're watching. up next, crude keeps getting crushed. here is a picture of brent this week. we have hit the lowest level since 2010. >> we'll hear from one of opec's key players and more insight on why the group didn't cut output. ♪ >> welcome back to "the pulse." live on bloomberg television and radio, also streaming on your tablet, phone and bloomberg.com. oil companies are taking a big hit today. they are the worst performers on the stoxx 600 after opec decide not to cut output. ryan chilcote was on the ground in ve yena and caught up with the oil minister just after the decision. >> can can you give us your view f if decision and a sense of a -- the deliberations in the room? >> very serious. however it was felt that maintaining the levels would in fact help to stabilize the prices. we'll watch and see wh

in fact, in the southern parts of switzerland some say 684 mill millimeters in the month and how much rain we expect in november and that is 147 millimeters so already we have seen four times that, over four times that and we are only on the 18th of this month. now, there is good news actually because this system is finally pulling away and behind it there will be a break. so already today in the southern parts of switzerland it is dry and that is the way it should stay for the next 6-seven days which will allow the flooding to finally recede. >> thank you very much indeed and ahead on the al jazeera news hour oxford dictionary just announced the word of the year, find out what it is. plus. >>> i'm rob reynolds, i'm in a mexican town that is nearly deserted after residents fled in terror from a violent drug gang. >> reporter: pay day for this baseball man and a historic sports deal in the u.s. and stay with us we will be right back after this short break. ♪ welcome back, you are watching the al jazeera news hour with me and reminder of the top stories now, jewish worshippers killed

what happens in switzerland does not necessarily stay there. why an upcoming vote in switzerland could give gold prices a seismic boost everywhere. that we'll talk about, very important, coming up here. >>> later, a white thanksgiving. you're taking a look at a live shot outside cnbc headquarters right now. winter storm is barrelling up the northeast and creating travel nightmare for hundreds of thousands of people trying to get, yes, to grandma's house for turkey tomorrow. the latest forecast from the weather channel on where this storm is moving and when it will be over. stay with us. act i. scene 3. open port twenty-two-oh-one-seven on the firewall for customer db access. install version two-point-three of db connector and ensure verbose flag is set in case of problems. (clapping sound) isn't the cloud supposed to make business easier? get the one that can connect to the systems that you already have. today there's a new way to work. and it's made with ibm. starts at 6:30 a.m. - on the (vo) rush hounose.und here but for me, it starts with th

they're, of course, going to be facing switzerland so a lot of attention in the french press today. they fwalk the fact that it's d-day for tsonga and his friend from the french team. you can see all five of them there. they're talking about the five musketeers. lots of papers are saying this is going to be a pretty incredible final. france is aiming for its 10th victory in the davis cup. interesting to note the davis cup has been around since 1901. this is going to be a very tough challenge for france, because switzerland, they have a trump card in their team, of course, roger federer. slate actually takes a closer look at the french team and says, there's not much hope. why is that? well, it's not sotcht players' fault as the fault of the tennis schools where they were taught to play tennis. according to this article french tennis schools concentrate on winning and not so much on technique. this article says the swiss team has a lot more technique. that being said, i must say i'm rooting for the french team. >> i would have imagined the two went together. thank you very much. a lo

for some in switzerland, a more unusual type of meat ends up on the menu. >> these particular cats are safe. their owner, the head of an animal rights group, is trying to get the law changed to make eating cats and dogs illegal. >> translator: since the 24th of august, we've collected 16,000 signatures. it grew quickly. the population is very much behind us this time. >> her group says people in rural areas eat dogs as well. they've delivered their pete petition calling for a ban. in parts of switzerland it's our feather afurry friends that may get nervous this time of year. >> intriguing. >>> now more on our top story. the continuing disturbances in ferguson over the decision not to indict the police officer that shot michael brown. that has proved difficult for parents to discuss with their children. we've been talking to mothers about how they're explaining it all to their sons and daughters. >> you know, i don't really know how to get into it. >> i'm still grappling with how to explain the verdict to my child. i'm still trying to figure out the verdict myself. with my three teenage

there's also something else going on in switzerland. that's the fact that the euro swiss rate is getting to the level where the swiss bank may have to intervene. so the way you play that besides just a currency market is an etf. you sell shorts fsf. that's your swiss frank. do that into next week. >> guy. >> fm network. giddy-up. >> was that your best pete imitation? that's awful. >> a for effort, though. >> meh. you can catch "fast money" again of course monday at 5:00. and now you can get "fast money" everywhere on your phone, ipad, laptop. log on to cnbc.com/livetv to watch the show on your mobile device or to watch full episodes from the last few days. you'll knee need to input your cable provider information to get access but you will gain access to "fast money" anywhere and everywhere. if you need to catch up over the weekend, totally worth it obviously. "options action" coming up after the break. have a great weekend. synchrony financial partners with over two hundred thousand businesses, from fashion retailers to healthcare prov

they must have been -- switzerland in the early lead. they must have been confident as roger federer facing gael monfils. he was in a row with stanislaw wawrinka. he didn't get better, his opponent set about dismantling him much to the delight of the home crowd. storming through the first, roger federer's comeback didn't materialize as monfils made light work of the 17-time grand champion, winning the next two withes loss of the next seven games. >> it was not bothering me, there was just fear you play with coming back from injury, particularly the back. it's hard to explain if you don't play at our level and have a back level. it's a feeling, you feel uncomfortable. >> the davis cup final, after day one, and the temperature moving to a potentially crucial doubles. >>> the year's best athletes in track and field have been crowned at the i.a.a.f. world athletics gala in mono-coe. a french pole voter was named mail athlete of the year, an award that usain bolt won. >> the 2014 female world athlete of the year is valerie adams. >> the women

gold reserves would be held in switzerland. and the reserves must be significant and not fall below 20%. >> 8% now. if it happens, over the course of five or six years. it's not like it's going to be bought overnight. but i think the statement it makes is interesting. look at the move those stocks had. up 6% today. pan american up close to 9%. i think there's becoming a disconnect between the paper gold and silver as opposed to the physical and it might start manifesting itself in some of the stocks. >> i think we're witnessing a rally in the bear market. bear market rallies tend to be short, very sharp, surprise people. but in the end, when they dissipate, it's more disappointment. lower lows to follow. and i'll tell you, even if this does pass, it really only requires switzerland to buy on an annual basis. about 7% of the total global gold demand, which is 4,000 tons a year. i don't think that really moves the needle and it certainly doesn't compensate for all of the people that are selling it on the investment side, which le

there is a vote coming up in switzerland. that could mean that the central bank in switzerland would have hold 20% of their assets up from 8%. they could have to sell some foreign currency reserves. they might have to do some adjusting or get more gold on board. consequently, they will defend the 1.20 level. we go to the wire on this at the end of the month. option traders are paying a premium for selling the swiss franc -- excuse me, selling the euro and buying the swiss franc. anna edwards in london. ukraine is accusing russia of sending further weapons to rebels in the east of the country. the accusation came amid a weekend of violence in which heavy shelling destroyed villages in done at -- in donetsk. the violence undermines the truce that had reduced civilian casualties. 1.6 million cattle lands have -- catalans have voted in favor of leaving spain in an unofficial referendum. the cattle and -- catalan those whopraised turned out and cast their ballots. >> more than 2 million people participated in this day in catalonia

canada, india, estonia, as you mentioned, switzerland. brazil has had some success. australia has had some success. we are kind of a late bloomer when it comes to this with voting in the united states. >> late bloomer. i wonder, who would be voting more if the voting were allowed in this kind of way? being disenfranchised by the lack of online voting? >> that is a great question. with the factors, if i am the elected official, do my constituents benefit, does my party benefit by having online voting, and if you think about the fact that more elderly could vote, younger voters could vote, the infirm could vote -- who best benefits from that? is it part of my constituency or party to benefit to help drive this going forward? i suggest the sort of myth that voter fraud -- the people who do not want more people to vote are behind the sort of efforts to keep this technology away from people who would vote if it was easier to do so? >> you know, i do not believe that is the case. if you think about our electoral is about everybody with the ability to vote and giving them t

what stands between roger federer, and his davis cup title for switzerland. >>> welcome back. now, in india, a government ban is threatening to ground a new industry before it takes off. business owners are hoping to cash in on flying unmanned drones. the rules and regulations have not been set yet. >> reporter: an eye in the sky, showing the daily police what street patrols would look like in the future. this is the latest drone project. >> defense might want everything made of carbon fibre. there are different requirements that industry has, which are, you know, probably more concerned about aesthetics. >> whatever the demands may be. people across india want to fly. his company mostly sells foreign made drones, but it will not be long before indians capitalize on the growing demand for the technology. >> people are taking the drones, and applying it in a different way. >> reporter: drone technology is more widely available, but a lack of guidelines means the future of the industry is, for now, up in the air, because last month the government issued a blanket ban on the use

>> we have seen success in companies like switzerland. india it uses a lot of e-voting technology. they havet dated, but nighter thousand machines deployed around india. it helps when they have a high degree of illiteracy. it helps as part of the voting process to allow e-voting machines in india. there are been successes in places like canada, india, estonia, switzerland, brazil had some success, australia had some success. we are a late bloomer when it comes to some of our online voting. >> late bloomer makes us sound like there is blooming happening. who would be voting more of the voting were allowed in this kind of way? who is being disenfranchised by the lack of online voting? >> that is a great question. is -- big egg factors factors is that if i'm an elected official, does my party benefit by having online voting? if you think about the fact that more elderly could vote, younger voters could vote, who best benefits from that? is it part of my constituency? part of my party that would most benefit to help drive this going forward? mythd i suggest that the of voter fraud -- t

canada, india, estonia, as you mentioned, switzerland. brazil has had some success. australia has had some success. we are kind of a late bloomer when it comes to this with voting in the united states. >> late bloomer. it makes it sound like there is blooming happening. i wonder, who would be voting more if the voting were allowed in this kind of way? who is being disenfranchised by the lack of online voting? >> that is a great question. with the factors, if i am the elected official, do my constituents benefit, does my party benefit by having online voting, and if you think about the fact that more elderly could vote, younger voters could vote, the infirm could vote -- who best benefits from that? is it part of my constituency or party to benefit to help drive this going forward? >> can i suggest the sort of myth that voter fraud -- the people who do not want more people to vote are behind the sort of efforts to keep this technology away from people who would vote if it was easier to do so? >> you know, i do not believe that is the case. if you think about our elect

>> we've success in countries like switzerland. india it uses a lot of e-voting technology. it is a bit dated, but they have some 900,000 machines deployed around india. it helps when they have a high degree of illiteracy. it helps as part of the voting process to allow e-voting machines in india. there are been successes in places like canada, india, estonia, switzerland, brazil had some success, australia had some success. we are a late bloomer when it comes to some of our online voting habits here in north america and the united states. >> late bloomer makes us sound like there is blooming happening. i wonder who would be voting more of the voting were allowed in this kind of way? who is being disenfranchised by the lack of online voting? >> that is a great question. i think one of the big dating factors is that if i'm an elected official, does my party benefit by having online voting? if you think about the fact that more elderly could vote, younger voters could vote, the infirm could vote, who best benefits from that? is it part of my constituency? part of my party that

>> we've seen success in countries like switzerland. india it uses a lot of e-voting technology. it is a bit dated, but they have some 900,000 machines deployed around india. it really helps when they have a high degree of illiteracy. it helps as part of the voting process to allow e-voting machines in india. there have been successes in places like canada, india, estonia, switzerland, brazil had some success, australia had some success. we really are a little bit of a late bloomer when it comes to some of our online voting habits here in north america and the united states. >> late bloomer makes us sound like there is blooming happening. i wonder who would be voting more if the voting were allowed in this kind of way? who is being disenfranchised by the lack of online voting? >> that is a great question. i think one of the big dating factors is that if i'm an elected official, do my constituents benefit? does my party benefit by having online voting? if you think about the fact that more elderly could vote, younger voters could vote, the infirm could vote, who best benefits from

., and switzerland ordered banks to pay back more than $3.3 billion. ubs will pay the biggest penalties. that may just be the start. the justice department and the u.k. are both conducting criminal investigations. issues,to domestic remember black friday? how walmart is hiking in a five-day affair. i'm shocked. their new black friday begins 12:01 thanksgiving morning and will last all the way through cyber monday. this is sick. run waves of an source fails twice on thanksgiving night and again on friday morning. retailers are opening ever. you kidding me? >> have you done this? >>no, no, no. inant to spend thanksgiving front of the tv. >> it is deeply un-american to make people work on thanksgiving. >> apparently, there have been that the busiest day was not black friday, but thanksgiving day itself. >> we want people trampling each other on the day of thanks. >> yes, we do. let's do a day to check. -- data check. things are quiet. on to the next screen. elevated. na, 15.80. let's go to the bloomberg terminal. this is a log chart showing percent change

., switzerland, and the united states. it could be up to $5 billion and globally, $40 billion. the markets are a little lower. rbs saying how disappointed he was with the charge levied against rbs. they are fully protected and fully provisioned. ubs up three quarters of one cent bumping the equity market trend. the whole rate litter can only charge them. the cftc and the fda. the americans and the swiss along with the u.k., two quarters of a billion dollars. that is a considerably -- the lower the market had estimated so far. ubs havingon and the to say measures. hsbc, of course, also being involved in this. the ineffective control. that is what they said. the most within the fca numbers, that is beginning to hit on these particular equity prices. the u.k. has been tough in its investigation. rbs saying they are disappointed. bucking the trend of up over 4%. keep an eye on the minors. this is a big, big industry discussion. where are we with hard landing in china? where is the price of iron. thehis city where they said price of iron will come under pressure again. if you're loo

cnn is joining us from geneva, switzerland. i know you had a chance to speak to michael brown's parents. what did they tell you? >> reporter: well, wolf, it was an incredibly emotional day. making brown's mother actually broke down during her testimony before the u.n. committee. i interviewed the parents following that and they reminded me that last sunday marked three months since the death of their son. they explained to me why it is so important for them to be here in geneva. >> we need the world to know what's going on in ferguson. we need just as many answers and we need actions and we have to bring it to the u.n. so they can expose it to the rest of the world, what's going on in small town ferguson. >> reporter: they will, they also told me that they hope that the grand jury will indict darren wilson, the police officer responsible for the shooting death of their son. if that does not happen, michael brown senior saying he plans to take to the streets to protest. albeit peacefully. and that is in part what this is about.

jump in switzerland. >> three, two, one, see yeah. >> the jumper is falling down the side of this cliff. everything is perfect. he deploys his chute and that's where we have a huge problem. >> again? >> people need to load these parachutes definitely. >> this video happened two years ago and is just going viral. for him it was difficult to get untwisted. he tried and ended up smashing against the side of this mountain. >> oh, man. >> right against that one tree right there. >> glad to see he's wearing a helmet. >> he crashed so hard. he ended up breaking his pelvis in three different places, required surgery, three months in a wheelchair, nine months in recovery. and this does say that he was safety gear and he says, wear yours too. accidents happen. and his was a particularly nasty fall. fortunately, he survived it. >> he says instead of trying town twist the canopy he should have guided it away from the mountain. >> it's a great video for everybody to learn from. >> something made him mad at a youth rally and the devil takes a hold of him. >> get the real story. >> and you're about to

nick robertson, cnn, luzan, switzerland. >>. >>> new details of the capture of eric frein. many of you have seen this picture. the marshall said when he and the other officers approached fre frein, he was facedown and he had looked at you. he had been on the run for 48 days after allegedly shooting two state troopers, killing one. >>> fireworks at disney world's magic kingdom took an unexpected twist last night. embers drifted on the building outside this seven dwarves mine train, setting a fire there. the coaster opened just six months ago, and it is pretty popular. people stand in line for hours to ride it. >>> the united nations has a grim warning about the cost of fighting climate change. a new report says there are solutions to slowing the rise in temperatures, but without the help of industrialized nations, it will be a costly and difficult task. >>> and everyone is talking about the republicans to have a chance to take control of the u.s. senate. but what about the democrats? what do they need to do to hold on to their majority? contract. out of yor so you can get th

federer and his switzerland teammates will take on france in the finals. it will be played inside on clay on friday. >>> the kiwis were looking to finish off the pakistan early on day four. they were given a chance to level the series. manny pacquiao will fight on sunday. the man he faces has never been beaten. the man he'll face is a 30-year-old american six years the champion's junior. but pacquiao is the clear favorite. more sport on on our website where there will be details on nigeria going out of the africa cup of nations. the hold is out. they drew 2-2 with south africa. meaning they won't be defending their title in equatorial new guinea. we'll have a new update in who is qualified in the news hour. for now nigeria, the super eagles out of the africa cup of nations. >> i know a lot of sad people out there tonight about nigeria, but i'm excited about new guinea. that's it for this news hour on al jazeera. thanks for watching. been >> the taliban targets compounds in the afghan capitol. this is al jazeera live from london. also coming up israel resum

. >> now on a related note, michael brown's parents traveled to swiss erland to -- switzerland to walk in the latest. they say the casino is built on land and it is not part of the hiss tore rick indian tribe. they bought the land and are using the tribe to allow the casino to operate there and a court ejected that argument last month. >>> talking about a bad break fun after a man mailed a box of baby chickens and it read quote, there are plenty of other chicks out there. she threatened to throw the package in the trash and he took them to the humane society. >> these animals have the ability to suffer and using them as props or pranks is not okay to do. they are recovering in maryland and officials say it's not legal to send them through the mail and it appears he ordered them through the website and and one of the chicks has an injured leg and they are all expected to recover. >> he could have sent a stuffed chick. he might have wanted to put some effort into the relationship. >> we better move on. >> i mean -- that is not classy at all. >> good morning, let's go out and take a look

. >> well, far from ferguson in geneva switzerland this week, the michael brown killing has been a key case before the united nations committee against torture. among those appears before the committee were michael brown's parents. here's cnn's erin mcgloughlin. >> a group of protesters stood up, fists raised. meanwhile, michael brown's parents and listened intently as members of the u.n. committee against torture had some strong words for the united states. >> they are disturbing evidence of excessive force on parts of police officers, especially towards african-americans and other persons of color. we seem to demonstrate that the current mechanisms of accountability are insufficient. >> for its part, the u.s. delegation says the federal government is taking action. >> among the federal government's efforts in ferguson, missouri, are an ongoing and active criminal investigation into the fatal shooting of michael brown, which is separate from the local investigation and is looking at whether there were federal civil rights violations. >> reporter: the u.n. committee also asked about wh

switzerland and roger federer have moved within one point. an impassioned crowd as they beat doubles, putting switzerland 2 and 1 up. federer winning sunday's first singles match against joe wilforsonga. >>> in rugby, wailz' 61 year weight for a win over new zealand goes on. 34-16 at the stadium ireland beat australia 26-23 and england ended a run of five straight defeats with a win over somala. in a few hours' time, manny p.a. pachaio, are for a guaranteed payday of $20,000,000 tax free dollars. he is the only 8th division title holder but hasn't had a knock out since 2009. pacquiao says he will retire in 2016, the recordbreaking fighter said he will run for the country's senate after he quits. he has already been elected twice to congress. in the buildup to the latest fight, rob mcbride has been to his power base in his home city, general santos. >> taking aim with a keen eye on his future. in a competition, he is sponsoring, pacqiao proves he is a winner with a pool cue as well. >> it's important. i like billiards. i am not only supporting

. >>> coming up later this hour, the parents of michael brown go all the way to geneva, switzerland in search of justice for their late son. we'll bring you reaction to the case from the u.n. committee against torture. >>> u.s. president obama says that myanmar's transition is going through a bumpy patch, according to its president. both leaders at a conference expressed optimism for the future. >> strengthening human rights protections for all of burma's people is an essential step to recognizing the vision we share for this beautiful country. you know, the last time i stood here i made a pledge to the people of burma that if we continued to see progress toward reform the ties between our countries would go stronger and the united states would do whatever it could to help ensure burma's success. over the last two years, i think we have made good on that promise. and to have greater friendships in the future. >> mr. obama toured the building where it is the site of the first parliament,. >> the crisis in ukraine is expected to overshadow economic issues, g20 leaders had hoped to streng

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i have to say, unlike the one in switzerland, it's much less a glitzy affair. hundreds of foreign investors and business leaders will be attending. it comes at a time of renewed interest in the nation it's been six months since the bjp party election led by that man there, modi. he's made big promises to reignite india's economy. state controls on fuel is modernized labor laws. they've been making serious a attempts to woo foreign investment with overseas visits to likes of china and japan. what about business leaders at the event saying about india's future? we have a report from india. >> every since they came to power six months ago, they have made several economic announcements. despite all those promises to make india easier place to do business, we haven't seen big investments pouring in from companies abroad or here in india. with me is executive. you've had a lot of statements from the government in past six months. do you think there's an urgent need to see things on the ground for people that believe in this rising india story? >> i completely agree w

>> exactly. >> how do you watch us from switzerland? >> i only listen to the pod cast. i listen obsessively every single day. >> wow. thank you for doing that. and welcome. i'm now going to ask you three questions. and you know the deal. if you get two or more of them correct, you will win -- nick, what is the prize? >> we have a minidrink mixer. >> that's right. you can use it for all sorts of swiss things. if that's appropriate. all right, we also now need to bring in the disembodied vote of steve bennan. >> good evening, laura anne. >> hi, steve. >> the way this works is i will ask you question, steve will tell you whether or not you got them right. if you get two of them right, we'll give you that cheap thing that nick just showed you. ready for your first question? >> yes. >> this is exciting. on monday's show, which was the day before the election, we talked about the likelihood of president obama having a republican controlled house and senate and therefore the likelihood he might start breaking out his until now extremely dusty rarely used veto pen. how many tim

the royal bank of scotland as well as switzerland's ubs. regulators say traders used chat rooms with names like "the three musketeers" to secure profits for themselves. the u.s. authorities are continuing trade investigation. >>> it has an impact on what the rest of us pay when we travel, it means your stronger daughter buys more croissants in france, and it could mean a profit or a loss when selling products in other countries. but the foreign exchange or the four x market remains a mystery to many of us, so we asked mary snow to explain how it works. >> whether it's dollars, euros, or yen, on any given day trading in foreign exchange markets averages $5.3 trillion. that's a little more than the gross domestic product of japan. despite being the world's largest market, experts say that it's highly unregulated. currencies are traded electronically around the world at dizzying speed. roughly 40% of trading is done in the u.k. followed by the u.s. singapore, japan, and hong kong. unlike stocks, currencies are not traded on exchanges with the

. >> in switzerland, all hd for us to enjoy. it's on epic tv's youtube channel, gorgeous as they jump out of a helicopter. the most beautiful, beautiful countryside. before woefully irresponsible, you can see pretty close. see how close their shadow is. also pretty cool. >> the level of control always resounding. the more we see these, the more i'm amazed at how people can get so close, go through alley ways and pathways and not die. >> you'll be even more amazed how close they get. between trees, great angle as well. that's the closest i've ever seen anybody go. >> is the military using these guys yet? >> i feel like it's a great way to quickly infiltrate something. >> great way to get into situations and do it quietly. >> also that great five seconds when you almost hit the tree. >> really? i think you gave darfa a really good idea. >> we're seeing it now. they have probably been doing it 20 years. >> cruising down a snowy, icy russian road. >> what could go wrong? >> why the answer is a lot. >> just a little bit. >> that is g