>>> up next on a second look, america 100 years ago. and the technological invasions that drove it into the 20th century led by thomas edison. we remember the man who was this country's most prolific inventor. from the lightbulb to the sonogram to the motion picture camera. it's all ahead on a second look. good evening everyone i'm frank somerville. california and the rest of the country is about to phase out one of the most important inventions. we're talking about the incandescent lightbulb. the problem today is there's too many of them and they use too much electricity. at the turn of the 20th century most homes were lit by candle or gas lamps. but one man could see the future. in fact, the publisher of the san jose nuclear newspaper thought the lightbulb was the way to go. so he started a movement to lite the way literally. >> reporter: in the early 1900s, san jose was a town of less than 22,000 people. much smaller than the big city of san francisco. but san jose had something even san francisco didn't have. a defining landmark. th

look. america's first publicly owned transit system turns 100 years old. and we look back at the rich history of the san francisco municipal railway, from their historic trolley cars to the world famous cable cars. all straight ahead on the second look. hello everybody, i'm frank somerville, tonight we say happy birthday to san francisco's public transit system, the municipal railway. over the past century, muni has carried people on cars' buses, metro trains, taking them to work, school, shopping or just a tour of the city by the bay. it was on december 28th, 1911 that 50,000 people turned out to witness the start of this system. the full slated centennial events are still in the works. one of the first, the re- introduction of street car number one, the very first one that muni ever bought. they set off to pennsylvania for a 1.9 million work, now it is back in the city and will soon be put back into service on the f-line, the line filled with the historic trolley cars, running between the wharf and up market street, joining other historic street cars like

and for mitt romney, that moment to look america in the eye and say, this is not what conservativism is about. this is not the party that i want to lead. this is not the country that i want to lead. would have defined him differently. and i think probably going forward would have given him such an expansive opportunity because, remember, if you take the conventional wisdom, you are going to be the nominee, regardless of what else happens. why not begin to take that effort to push the envelope, to make that pitch if you will, to those independent voters that polls have already shown that you've lost and are losing to show that you are not to an ideology that is not consistent with the values of this country. and i think that that's an argument that mitt romney has to make coming out of this thing, dan. in order to really begin to bring those pieces together that he's going to need to defeat obama in the fall. >> but do you think he missed that moment by not doing it in realtime? >> yes, i do. i really do. it doesn't mean he won't have that opportunity down the road or that there's som

are a diverse nation and there are, perhaps, as many concepts of what america is as there are people among us. but although we look at america through different eyes, there are many insights into the essence of our moving and growing nation that we share. >> i'm john wayne. is there any better or equal hope in the world, lincoln asked, than the ultimate justice of the people? we americans believe there is not. the stone work of a lesson of life is made of this belief. we believe in many things but this belief that man is a responsible being, bears out our own unique stamp as a nation. as a people, we are active and often, noisy. we are inindustrious and oftentimes, to the bafflement of ourselves and our friends. we relax as hard as we work. we are proud. we are sentimental. beauty is of national concern to us. for some of us, its pursuit is a deadly serious pastime. the rest of us simply enjoy the results. some of our national spirit shows up in the monuments we erect. the large ones. and the small ones. it rings through the music which animates us. ♪ ♪ ♪ village where the grapes of wrath are stored ♪ ♪ he handles

. >> generally we find animals and babies, like the world over, are popular, and when you look at america'sunniest home videos or you've been framed, those tend to be the videos that people can gravitate towards. there's no science to it in truth. >> reporter: but no viral video comes close to the viewership of charlie bit me. do you still bite his fingers? >> he don't let me. >> those teeth look powerful now. no, no, don't -- exactly. thank you very much. charlie just bit my finger. i'm jeffrey kofman for "nightline" in t

it wonder if he said that america is not just looking out for yourself. that it's not just about greed. it's not just about trying to climb to the very top. and keeping everybody else down. >> america is not just looking out for yourself, not just about greed. it's not just about trying to climb to the very top and keep everybody else down. >> greg: so predictable. talk about a back-handed compliment. him saying it's not just about greed, means it is about greed. it's like president, you're not just a left wing community organize they're got lucky. you are also a good golfer. shouldn't president obama apologize to half of america whose motives he questioned? i believe in individual responsibility in small government. does it make me a monster in probably. he is right. america is not just about greed. but who brought it up to begin with? president obama along with occupy wall street. starbucks socialism, you can demonize those who do and salute those who poo. >> bob: unbelievable. >> greg: i thought it was fair, bob. >> bob: you thought that was fair? >> gr

look, america, we are still the strongest country in the history of the world and strongest military.e can push back and prevent this and still rise up and act forcely with iran. i believe the ultimate solution to the iranian nuclear weapons program is a military strike. it is not an appealing option, but, sanctions, diplomacy, have not worked, and they are not going to work and the iranian regime has made that clear and the only thing, and it is not appealing option, is military action against the iranian nuclear facilities and they are not afraid of the united states taking that action. what president obama has to reassure iran, i am not bluffing, i really mean it, guys, he is probably bluffing. that is the way the iranians take it. and talking about having less restraint after the election, israel must be listening to that because if they wait until after the november election, look, all bets are off and president obama, you think he is pressuring issue now you will not believe the pressure he will put on them after he is potentially re-elected in terms of the iranian nuclear weapo

. >> time to take a look at what is making news in america's monday. rising rents, an important federal reserve meeting. >> rising rents, home prices are falling but rents are rising that that maybe the first stage in the housing market recovery that shows the backlog of foreclosures is clearing up. the federal reserve's policy makers are having a meeting today and are expected to leave interest rates at record lows. ben bernanke says that despite improvements, the economy still needs the support for a st. patrick's day on a saturday this year should mean more green for retailers and more americans say they will celebrate the holiday this year, spending about 11% more than last time around. there is a rising tide in a washing detergent that's. thefts. that is a look at america's money. >> i did not know detergent was such a hot commodity. >> now you know at 6:17 and here is traffic and weather every 10 minutes. >> i have been watching 270 i- 70 and the baltimore-washington parkway and i don't have bad names. marc rail says they are doing trackman answe

stereotypes but easier said than done the cold war being a long be over with the leaders of russia and america. looking for common ground under the banner of a reset in relations but cold war sentiment still won high in the minds of some u.s. politicians some of them very influential mitt romney is not alone there are also the likes of senator john mccain who is stuck in that mindset what's interesting to note as we know romney's latest comments about russia came in the context of president obama's hot mike moment with russian president dmitry medvedev monday after a meeting his soul obama was heard telling me that he would have more flexibility on missile defense after the presidential election the u.s. missile defense shield in europe is one issue that still sticks out in u.s. russia relations but despite certain differences but both russian and u.s. leaders agree that the reset has worked with regards to russia joining the world trade organization for example or cooperation in afghanistan but one of the points of mitt romney's foreign policy agenda you can find it on his website he has a section ded

taking away our rights and liberty system not why we life in the united states of america. >> look, you are not talking about a railroad or highway necessary for markets or economies. we are talking about a water slide. i don't care if it is local politicians or in washington d.c.. i don't want them making decision on a home i grew nup and a dog buried in the back for a water park it is stupid and contrary to everything that the country stands for taking my home for private development because it leads to development. >> wayne, another thing in the proposal. not only overturn the supreme court decision in 2005 but punish states that did it and it is a big reach by congress. >> well, first of all. redevelopment. the object is not to create jobs for goodness sake. that is anillary thing . the point is, in certain cases, this is, you say we are not supposed to lose our property without to a government agency without due process. there is a process by which it is done. >> there is no price. johnathon you have to be wrong and be quiet for a minute and stop shouting because shouting doesn't m

they look at america's debt ceiling and say, yeah, we want that too. >> they haven't looked very carefully. >> apparently. that said that, is what is going on there. there is another view that austerity is the wrong thing right now. what they need is growth and the best path to growth is to take the risk out of sovereign bond markets. the real problem that spain and italy have, it's no the deficits that are that extraordinarily large relative to, for example, the united states or great britain. the problem is that their bonds are treated like junk bonds. people do not trust them to pay the money back. what europe really needs is a lender of last row sort. these are opposite. what is your view? >> i think you covered a lot of ground. the mutualization issue -- i think mutualization, what you call mutualization is going to have to be almost surely has to be part of long term reform. but that's going to take a long time to get there along with euro bonds and whatever else. >> but does it have to be part of the solution? >> no, i don't think it has to be part of the solution. i don't think it

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business round table, john engler, looks at the president's speech to top ceos and tom zeller looks at america's poor and middle class and andrew weiss will discuss how the election of russian president vladimir putin will affect elections between the u.s. and russia. "washington journal" is live on c-span every day at 7:00 a.m. eastern. >>> the conference continues tomorrow, live coverage starting at 8:35 a.m. eastern here on c-span3. >> there's a real anxiety within a substantial part of black america when confronting black americans who are successful in the wider society because there's this anxiety that to be successful, especially if you're in a predominantly white setting, to get the backing of white people, to get the trust of white people, what do you have to do to get that backing? what did you have to do to get that trust? what did you have to do to get that recognition? there's this fear that one of the things you had to do was to betray in some form your communit community. >> the fist sunday of every month, book tv in-depth focuses on one author. speaking about race, politics and t

look, we have very significant deep-seeded problems in america. unemployme unemployment, how could we feel good when it's nom lally 8% and in reality it's 14%. they arbitrarily say if you're not looking for a job, you're no longer unemployed. to me it's purchasing power. somebody says the hell with it, i can't get a job and go to the sidelines, they don't have the money to spend to keep the economy going. >> of course. >> i think the other thing -- >> you think unemployment is really at 13%? >> it's a guess. i have no -- >> 13%, 14%. >> it's a hell of a lot higher. the statistics people say, once you stop looking for the job, you leave the unemployment force. how do i feel? we've got a lot of work ahead of us. we've got to worry about the deficit. we've got to worry about restoring some respect for business in america. let's not look at the jobs the government pays. that costs money. let's look at the jobs that business creates, that generates money. taxes and spending power and all those things. today's a big day for governor romney, and the other

and that's a look at america's money. have a great day.m rob nelson. >>> now "good morning maryland." >>> a stolen bus leads employs- a 70 mile chase. see how it ended and how officers warned each other between jurisdictionss. >>> and under lock and ceer. tide laundry detergeent is the hot item for thieves. >>> sticky situation for car owners. find out which vehicles are having problems with the accelerateor. those stories are ahead on this tuesday morning. thanks for joining us i am megan pringle. >> i am charley crowson. let's go over to lynette charles for a check of the forecast. yesterday i dare say it was picture perfect. >> it was nice outside. 71 you can't beat that right? so yesterday it was quiet monday. today is active tuesday as we do have morning showers and unseasonably mild temperatures and we start off with a look at maryland's most powerful radar here because the rain is coming down most of it along the eastern shore as of now. but we are seeing some more showers starting to pop up behind that and that will be the scenario

the new america foundation recently looked at the adverti. two speakers at the event talked about the role of opposition research in negative campaigning. this is half an hour. >> we're going to go to michael and alan, who are the archaeologisifcoming up with so the raw dug up that goes into these commercials. and one of the things that i learned in reading their fantastic book, which is entitled, "we're with reveal th side of american politics." one of the things that i learned in reading the book is that often times a lot of the dueat y do is for their own candidates. sort of a presemiive scrubbing, i suppose. michael and alan just published this book and they are -- they have been the beneficiaries of the highest, the most agust stamp of approval in washington these days, which is to have been on john stewart's "daily show" this week. congratulations. they've both spent 20 years working at oppo-men for democratic candidates running state and national campaigns. they are partners in a research firm. michael has worked as a journalist in tex

that's what america is looking for now. a cheerleader. n: it's possible for 46% of those polled to say they think president obama believes america's unfair and discriminatory but to still believe that he loves america. you can't necessarily jump to the one conclusion from the other. off course, those are separate questions. what the people think the president views is a society that needs a lot of work because of its discriminatory tendencies. nobody, not enron ald reagan would say america is perfect. but another difference, ronald reagan was always resistant to the idea of getting the u.s. involved militarily overseas unless u.s. vital u.s. security interests were at stake. americans are you be comfortable now that we seem to be getting involved more and more in policing the world and interventions in different spots around the globe. megyn: the thing about the apologizing. we did research on your dad, did he do a lot of apologizing for america when he was in office. you are right. he did not. and said that he often said he would not apol

and we're also looking at south america. and in the u.s. really focused on three gaming markets. e're looking at new jersey. and we're looking at massachusetts. each of those markets we think has potential for our brand. >> just talking of new jersey, i understand you have a six-month delay that you wanted to get the permit all in order for a couple of casinos, smaller more boutique-style casinos. why do you feel this is going to be successful considering the struggling atlantic city market already has a lot of casinos? >> well, i think there are two key things. one is atlantic city today is still the second largest gaming market in the united states. it still has tremendous critical mass. and we believe that bringing in our brand new product to that market, we can still provide great return for our investors and for our shareholders. i think atlantic city will always be important. i think we're a bit encouraged by some of the initiatives that the city are taking to try and modernize and to try and upgrade the product. but it is competitive environment. we are seeing competition f

but as i look around the region, thank you as i look around the region tameka latin america, really lookat the western hemisphere that large for central south america and the caribbean i don't seem an external military threat. as i look within the region, there are some issues, some concerns between some of the countries. again i do not see an internal military conflict anytime in the near future either. governments, institutions have worked through diplomatic avenues enter international venues to address key issues they are concerned about and i see the trend continuing. so the security issue that i see throughout the region's transnational organized crime and the impact of this happening nonsecurity throughout. and i'll talk a little bit more about this very specifically. i exceeded my terms as a 21st century threat. and as a 21st century threats and my terms they see in two different landscapes. i see it on a regional basis as one that does not start and end in one country. it does not start and ended with the region. if i look at sub 10 specifically, there is a source that approaches

look at muslims has been accepted into american society. the catholics and jews were really despise in early america. and eventually, if you look at the supreme court we have nine justices of the peace. all these people that were despised a century ago, and now that's what america is about. well, i don't know whether a muslim this point to be a member of the supreme court, but that's not the question. but the muslims be able to integrate such a way that nobody will raise a question about the participating in defining what america is? then i realized that at the moment we can look at them that way. we have to look at them from the purview of what america does with people that it wars against. so elected hal the u.s. religious mr. woolard. there were persecuted. some of them were put in internment camps. the research came out. there were university of wisconsin, they took all the german books and burned them. germans disappeared. there's so many people of german background in the united states, but you don't have german-american this, german-american that. so they get simulated completely all the muscle

america remains a great country. it just has to be brought back up again? isn't that a better way to look at this? >> america is a great country but its people are broken. its people are broken because they can't feed themselves. they can't get a job. they can't take care of their kids. they can't do anything. so our spirits are broken. >> a lot of people -- when i grew up you could buy a house with a 5% deposit. you assume a 20%. i bought a house in america and i had to put down a 35% deposit. the banks are no longer lending the money they used to. the same wall street institutions you could argue brought the country to the financial needs now awarding the same bonuses but not lending people who are desperate for their homes. >> these people could if they wanted to buy a home with 3.5% down by going to the fha. if they have been listening to suze orman they know don't buy a home unless you president 20% down because you don't want to find yourself in a negative equity position because the tax laws that are in effect that says you bought a home for 200,000 it is now worth 100,000 you do a short sal

] others look to us for the values we represent, to the freedoms, to limited government, too strong social institutions. they say, we can try to build that in our country. we can be like america. this president, instead saying we made a mistake here and there, look at the world because of america. we did not only change this country. when our founders wrote the declaration of independence in 1776, life expectancy in most of the world was 35 to 40 years of age. it had been that way for thousands of years. no country was going to give their subjects freedom to pursue their dreams. no one was going to respect the dignity of every human life and allow them to achieve great success without the government confiscating it or coopting it. then american gamelan. in 200 years, life expectancy more than doubled. we went from an agrarian society that had been the case for two dozen years to an industrial age, a technology revolution -- for 2000 years to an industrial age, a technology revolution. it continues. it did not just benefit us. it benefits the world. for those in the world to have added to it, it is because they followed our lead. this is something to be proud of. the world eco

it looks like america's on fire. every one of those dates, nearly 1,400 high record temperatures set since march 1st. it's unbelievable. look at today's hot spot, chicago. they've had two days, at least back-to-back at about 81 degrees. above 80 degrees. d.c., the same thing. indy, about 80 degrees, as well, david. >> it's interesting to see across this country. is this all here to stay? >> well, if you're talking about spring heat, the heat, the pattern, the predominant pattern is going to be heat. we've seen breaks in new england, of some cool air getting in. but sticks with the temperatures all the way through march. >> and you saw silver lining in this? >> there is, david. there was a flood forecast that came out, as well, today. we're going to show you the extreme flooding going on for four years in a row now because of record snowpacks in the north. when spring rains get in, they're not going to combine with melting snow. the mississippi river will not see the extreme flooding like we've seen for so many years i

it looks like america's on fire. every one of those dates, nearly 1,400 high record temperatures set since march 1st. it's just unbelievable. look at today's hot spot, chicago. when you see that number at 81 degrees, you should know they've had two days, at least back-to-back at about 81 degrees. above 80 degrees. d.c., the same kind of thing. indy, about 80 degrees, as well, david. >> it's really something to see across this country. i know you dove into that forecast as soon as it came out today. is this all here to stay? >> well, if you're talking about spring heat, the heat, the pattern, the predominant pattern through march is going to be heat. we'll see little breaks, like we've got today in new england, of some cool air getting in. but sticks with the temperatures all the way through march. >> and you saw silver lining in this? >> there is, david. there was a flood forecast that came out, as well, today. we're going to show you some pictures of the extreme flooding that's been going on for four years in a row n

"huffington post" reporter tom zeller looks at america's poor and middle class. and andrew weiss will discuss how the election of russian president vladimir putin will affect relations between the u.s. and russia. "washington journal" is live on c-span every day at 7:00 a.m. eastern. >>> tomorrow, our live coverage of the american israel public affairs committee's annual conference continues. speakers include presidential candidates rick santorum, mitt romney and newt gingrich. live coverage starting at 8:35 a.m. eastern here on c-span3. >>> watch super tuesday election results tomorrow night on the c-span networks. and while you watch, use our second screen web page with your tablet or laptop computer to see result maps, social media posts from candidates and reporters and a public forum for your tweets and those of other viewers. you can also monitor our "mentioned on c-span" blog, where we'll be posting super tuesday programming information and news stories. use a laptop or tablet to expand your c-span viewing on our brand-new web page, made especially for our

really look at the western hemisphere with large, for central, south america, the grieving. don't see an external military threat. as i look within the region, there are some issues, some concerns between some of the country. but again i don't see an internal military conflict anytime in the near future either. governments, institutions have worked through diplomatic avenues and through international venues to address the issues that they are concerned about. i see that trend continuing. so, the issue, the security issue that i see throughout the region is transnational organized crime and the impact it is having on security throughout. and i'll talk a little bit more about this very specifically. i see it in my terms as a 21st century threat. and it's a 21st century threat again because in my terms i see in two different landscapes. i see it as on a regional basis as one that doesn't start and end in one country. it doesn't start and end in one subregion. if i would look at cocaine specifically, there's a source zone which is the northern part of south america. there is a tr

america, the leader in this world, is not going to be in that position in four, five years. let's look we're not educating them. how do we expect to stay in this position that you say we need to be in or we're in, excellence, if we don't have another generation waiting to fill those positions to create excellence. >> the aspiration of being a excellent now taking over almost anything else in life for young people? >> there's not one thing on television that doesn't reward you and try to make you a excellent for being the garbage man to the rattlesnake biter to the one who bit you, everybody. i saw housewives in a trailer park advertised the other day. really? i'm not knocking people. i'm not trying to say anything -- wait, i was born in the ghetto of baltimore. i'm not trying to knock a person's status in life. i'm just saying that we're now going to applaud a show, housewives of the trailer park, really? and that's what people are living up to and want to be? skip school just being what the term was that was thrown out so easily by rush limbaugh. make millions in appearance fees. come

cultural difference you know in all of the research that you did you mean specifically if you look at america right we believe in transparency of the land of the free but you know are there differences between american or europeans or other cultures out there. there are differences but you know america actually leads the world in whistleblowers there isn't an absence here of people who will question things from the inside look at countrywide financial look at stanford look at. the various wrongs that it world com and enron in every one of those cases where a corporation was doing something clearly wrong you had a brave whistleblower coming forward and it this is in a sense a very american thing to do is to exercise a voice from within an institution but if you look at how americans actually feel about whistleblowers you find something quite surprising although there is this lore of the whistleblower this sort of romanticized image that you see in hollywood movies when you actually look at surveys and polls what you find is that americans are actually more prone to saying that a person should

what about when he said -- i don't have to play it right now -- america's shown arrogance. i lookerica, world war ii, america's world in the beat back of naziism, fascism, totalitarianism, we have had blood, sweat, financial burden for freedom. he doesn't seem to tout our virtue itch this isn't a republican or democratic issue, this is an issue on which this president is extremely vulnerable. this will be a huge issue in this campaign. no american, regardless of party affiliation wants an american president who spends more time apologizing for the nation -- >> sean: do you think he weakens -- that the leader, especially enemies around the world view him as weak, him personally? >> there is no question. the best example about our role in the arab role is that we are irrelevant. that's the best you can say. it's time for a new president. >> sean: all right. liz, good to see you. >> thank you. >> sean: coming up, developments in the tragic shooting of a 17-year-old in florida. we have the audio from the 911 calls placed moments before he was shot. that and much more, straight ahead.

cup proposal, we were looking at having the number apron of pier 23 and the south apron of pier 19 improved as part of america's cup. for the cruise terminal, we're looking to complement that by having the cruise terminal then deliver the south side of pier 23 and the north side of pier 19. that would enable the aprons on 19 and 23 to be improved. in addition, for pier 27 and 29, the connector building between pier 19 and 23 is a non historic structure. there is an opportunity to create major views in public access to the bay. that is included as part of the proposal, too. the improvement of 19 and 23, the removal or modification of 19.5 are part and parcel of our thinking about -- run that transferred of development in the funding strategy that has been discussed. if we were able to accomplish those planning process these that i just described in the previous slide and be able to identify an alternative open water basin location by 2015, we would be able to effectively replace the removal requirement there is a kin time when all of this needs to take place. visually this is what we're talking about, 1923 and 1

america made." robert kagan, where do you get that title? >> iskandariyah in the middle of the night. i was looking for a title to describe this book and i was having a hard time. it is basically the world order we live in today was created almost entirely by america. after world war ii. it is a different kind of order that preceded the united states. if the u.s. declines will have a different world order again. >> it takes a long time to write a book and to get it published. when did you get this book? >> this was pretty quick. i probably started in spring 2010. 2011. i submitted it to the publisher in november. and they turned it around quickly. >> the first time we heard anything i think was in this new -- this is not that actual magazine. it is the cover. there are lots of pages devoted to it. how did it get into "there public? >> i had been talking to him about the book for a while. he wanted to run with it as a cereal before the book came out. i was happy to do it. it turned out to be a very good idea. >> why did he want it? >> is he not rather liberal? >> >> i do not know what to make of the

, i really look at the western hemisphere bit large for essential south america the caribbean i don'tee an external military threat. as i look within the region, there are some issues, some concerns between some of the countries. but again, i do not see an internal military conflict anytime in the near future either. governments, institutions have worked through diplomatic avenues to enter international venues to address the issues that they are concerned about. and i see that trend continuing. so the issue -- the security issue that i see throughout the region is transnational organized crime and the impact of this having on security throughout. i will talk a little bit more about this very specifically. i see it in my terms as a 21st century threat. and as a 21st century threat because of my terms i see it in two different landscapes. i see it on a regional basis as one that doesn't start and end in one country. it doesn't start and ended when subregion. if i look at cocaine specifically, there is a source outcome which is the northern part of south america. there is a transit dawn

witnessing political and security changes which have come as a response to popular demand say look we could america's presence in the region and empowered resistance against zionism and against repressive regimes in a very bad situation and netanyahu is incapable of taking decisions were seriously thinking of attacking iran to this unlikely attack ever happen israel would face dire consequences they know this well and netanyahu statements reflect his fears because they are very weak now iran is much stronger than them even in the current circumstances what. what are the consequences of a possible attack by israel on iran you know. we have different retaliate every options however we're not convinced that israel has the capability to launch a military attack on iran and we see it as unrealistic any move against us would be strongly responded to and they would regret it. and i got another one how do you perceive the situation in syria you are accused of sending weapons and elements from the rain army and their revolutionary guard to syria is this true or well with them or with what we have are we have

looking out for 70 million americans. that's health in numbers. unitedhealthcare. >>> then trying again, bank of americaw fees, but will customers revolt and what will that mean for the stock? plus, rick santorum, his strategies for super tuesday and the economy. john harwood goes one-on-one and it is first on "power lunch" at the top of the hour. coming up next, now back to scott on the halftime report. >> thank you. and time to make a pit stop, gold bouncing back slightly from yesterday's monster sell off. what is the trade off on gold considering the fed may not deliver qe3? got it covered with dan. going to hand it off to stephanie who has a good question on oil. >> deutsche bank made a good call yesterday based on demand because of the higher oil prices. what's your thought about where you want to be positioned right now? >> well, in the oil space, if you're talking about stocks and first of all, glad to see you on the desk. that's a good get for the show. i think the place to play is in those stocks that might be able to give a little bit back to the supply losses that you're going to get not only

america. i'm not making this stuff up. look both, presidentama, governor romney, we are talking about taxes and the burden on manufacturers, there's a big difference. our tax cuts go to companies that create jobs over here. the romney tax cut goes to companies that create jobs overseas. it's a fundamentally different philosophy from ours. when china was dumpsing tires into the international marketplace, hurting american manufacturer's of tires and their workers, president obama stepped up and enforced our trade laws and won. governor romney at the time called what the president had done protectionism. that's his quote, protectionism. now, when its politically expedient he wants to get really tough on china. look, it's a different philosophy. governor romney's called the president of the united states out of touch for encouraging young people to try to get manufactu manufacturing jobs. out of touch? romney? i mean -- [ applause ] >> pretty remarkable. as an o me says, that's chutzpah. romney appeared to scoff first in detroit, t