a big chunk of the population that are permanently out of the workforce earlier i spoke with less leopold he's an economist he's also author of this book the looting of america how wall street's game of fantasy finance destroyed our jobs pensions and prosperity and what we can do about it i asked him what he thinks of obama's rocky road to recovery excuse is this valid or are these jobs reports just another sign that jobs are gone and they're not coming back here's his take. actually both explanations i think aren't accurate it's not a structural obama's excuses don't mean anything and it's not a structural problem what it is is that we had a gigantic implosion for the last three years to the wall street gambling casino crash and those jobs have not been recreated because people don't have enough money in their pockets. instead of trying to put more money in people's pockets especially by putting windfall profits tax is on page funds and. street banks and profitable companies like that the financial companies who caused the problem in the first place instead of doing that state after stat

so scary and is so unknown larry spoke with les leopold to help him make sense of it help me make sense of it help you make sense of it you economist and author of this book the looting of america i asked him you know some observers well the economist paul krugman as an example are saying that congress actually may fail to raise the debt ceiling something unthinkable the way things were going i asked if you think that could really be a reality. oh and i kind of doubt it but you know i'm not a fortune teller i spent my trying time trying to figure out how we got into this mess and how it is that the issue of debt has become more important than the issue of putting our people back to work and i think we have to remember is debt is the same thing as wall street wealth wall street cats and hedge funds get extremely wealthy off of our debt and we have to understand that the way they play with that when you talk about markets getting jittery investors that's half of the investors are more according to the f.b.i.'s work site hedge funds are half the half of the market action and they're lookin

goes to will remember him as the man who exposed the brutalities of the king leopold congo and his term was extremely harsh and he died not long after words really as a result. a very brave man. war opponents like this were up against the unceasing verizon of propaganda. here is the u.s. army recruiting poster from the period, a typical of things you saw on both sides. a german poster, with god 14 and fatherland. a poster warning against for heaven's sake say potential german invasion of australia. some of the probe for propaganda has an edge to it. you would be letting down the when and if you did not fight. or perhaps you were all blimp evading your responsibility and worse yet if you refuse to fight maybe you were a feminist. there was a nasty edge to the patriotic fervor in the air. as i mentioned, there were more resistors in all the countries we were fighting, but for various reasons the sharpest conflict between those who thought the war was noble and necessary, and those who thought it was absolute madness took place in england. more than 20,000 men of military age refuse to go

king leopold congo. and his german prison was extremely harsh. it broke his health, and he died not long afterwards really as a result. a very brave man. in all these countries, all the different countries, war opponents like this were up against an unceasing barrage of propaganda. here is is the u.s. army recruiting poster from the period. typical of the kinds of things once on both sides. a german poster, with god for king and fatherland. a poster warning against for heavens sakes heaven sakes of potential german invasion of australia. some of the pro-war propaganda had an edge to it. you know, he would be letting down the women if you didn't fight. perhaps you were you know, a wimp if aiding a responsibility. and worse yet, if you refuse to fight you wear may be a -- effeminate. so there was a real nasty edge to the patriotic fervor that was in the air. now as i mentioned, there were war resisters in all and all of the countries that were fighting. but for various reasons, the sharpest conflict betwee

for the damage that they've done that is less leopold economist and author of america now as the debt debate debt ceiling debate rages on lori hart finance of the president took to the streets of new york to see how people from around the world are being affected by the economic crisis. all the latest data indicates the global economy is going are you personally affected this week let's talk about that have you felt the fact that a bad economy a better job this economy is not. trying to go to college and i can't car to my car gas is all expensive schools to experience. is really bad but i'm happy because. like for me. so is that kind of the way it goes when some countries are hurting other countries can prosper more yeah greece is looking bad spain is looking bad i feel like we're on the right. so they're just exaggerating not in greece and spain no no i feel like the reports in the us are i'm actually in the military so i do not feel that at all that's the only perk i. park my job i think in steady paycheck for five years yet i can't see that the american military is going to go out

. >> concerning to county supervisor john leopold the lower staffing levels are a sign of the times. >> public has to understand that in an era of declining budget we will see less public rae sources available. >> central fire main concern is for homeowners on the cliff because of access issues. and for those who live near dry vegetation like palm 'grass known to smolder for hours if a bottle rocket lands in it. >> sad they don't have the money. i wish we did. >>reporter: but central fire isn't the only department struggling because of bump it constraints. today san jose fire department announced it can't afford to staff every piece of apparatus in its arsenal. that means 2 engine will go out of service every single day. >> our city can't afford to go below 2 l p.city has 1 million people. we are already under staffed with the amount of firefighters and fire engine and truck so there's no way we go below 2. >> department feels stretched thin. frain firefighters laid off and 1 fire station closed last year. l central fire meantime can call in extra firefighters in an emergency situati

of mumbai in a three-day siege of two hotels, a jewish center, an attack of a popular cafe called leopold's train station there. in 2006 there was also a series of attacks on local train stations, two in mumbai. just remember a lot of the violence in different parts of india historically has been linked to religious violence also. kashamiri separatists have attacked india. they claim it and pakistan lays claim to it, so some of the violence stems from that. it's unclear if this is about that, but it does have a history with that. back in 2001, they were also attacked. there is a lot of questions about the security of mumbai. it's on a harbor, so it's easy for people to come in on boats. security is a big question, whether they even coordinate information correctly. so this is something we theedne keep our eye on is we're still waiting for information. >> malakai, what are you able to confirm for us at this time? >> reporter: they are saying there have been 15 people injured. another local channel is reporting that sources say eight people have been killed, but we have not been able to confi