they don't tend to want to give to afp very often.hey think, frankly, that we are too out there on the free market front. >> hockenberry: the koch brothers? >> david koch is the chairman of our afp foundation. we are glad to have his support. we don't disclose the level of contributions. but we are very proud to have their support. >> americans for prosperity. we're blessed with just such a leader in our chairman, david koch. >> hockenberry: with money from their oil and gas holdings, david koch and his brother charles, along with other powerful family foundations, have quietly become the venture capitalists of this free market ideology. >> ...american dream of free enterprise, capitalism is alive and well. >> the major funders of the climate countermovement are ideologically driven foundations that are very much concerned about conservative values and world views. >> hockenberry: sociologist and stanford fellow robert brulle is studying the funding patterns of these groups. in fact, he's noticed a new benefactor, an entity called don

another hit the building that houses the offices of the news organization afp. residents fled the building. the strike killed three people, including a young boy who was taken to a nearby morgue. this woman says, "i am sat for every boy who comes to this hospital. even if he was a stranger, i will stay here until the last minute." despite the violence on wednesday, a cease-fire between israel and hamas was reached. >> we now go to cairo where the cease-fire was announced. tell us a bit more about the terms of today's deal. >> the details are still coming in, but it is pretty much what we reported a day ago -- basically, israel stop shooting at the gaza strip and stock -- stopped the targets of the killing, and on the other hand, the palestinians will stop shooting rockets on to israel, but there are some points that still need clarification. there is some kind of opening of the borders of the gaza strip within 24 hours, but we need more details of what is exactly means. the first point is that egypt is the guarantor of the cease-fire. >> let's talk about the rol

afp says the taliban has claimed responsibility. tuesday was the anniversary of the taliban's withdrawal from kabul 11 years ago following the u.s.-led invasion of afghanistan. >>> an envoy from afghanistan has visited pakistan to try and make progress towards peace talks with the taliban. the envoy was expected to ask pakistan to use its influence to encourage the taliban to start a dialogue. progress seemed increasingly urgent for the afghan government before international forces and combat missions in 2014. nhk world's hideki yui reports. >> reporter: afghan envoy van ra banni arrived on monday. he was expected to ask afghanistan to broker talks between the afghan government and the taliban. >> translator: we will be talking to them about how to carry the reconciliation process forward and also about how pakistan can help in bringing peace and stability to afghanistan. this is an extremely important visit. >> reporter: the taliban has shown a positive attitude to talks with the united states, but it has so far ignored the afghan'

. >> the doctor says there are other tests given throughout pregnancy such as the afp and first trimester screening to look for chromosome abnormality. also glucose screening to look for diabetes. >> we go over each test, why we are doing what we are doing, and then depending on whether their religious black crowned -- background or moral ethics. >> peace of mind, it makes you feel a lot better to go when and say that your baby is fine. >> the doctor says all those prenatal tests are changing for the better. a number of test that used to be in basic are now non invasive, like screening for chromosomal abnormalities. >> looming large is how negotiations will play out as congress grapples with the impending tax break expirations. what needs to happen to bring the nation out of its state. >> a man was shot by at least two men. i am lowell melser now will have a live report. >> live, local, latebreaking. you are watching wbal-tv 11 news at 5:00 p.m. with stan stovall and donna hamilton, your forecast with tom tasselmyer, and skyteam 11, covering breaking news where you live. wbal-tv 11 news a

are reports that israeli military has hit a building that houses journalists and french news agency afp. they say it houses the intelligence service of hamas. in addition to the israeli air force, the israeli navy is also launching attacks against gaza. we have exclusive video that our fox news crew recorded today that shows israeli artillery on the outskirts of gaza firing into the strip. israeli forces remain amassed along the border ready if necessary for a ground incurs. lastly, tucker, the death toll on both sides continued to escalate, at least 21 palestinians were killed, two more israelis died in the conflict. for the first time an israeli soldier is among them the soldier was killed by a mortar. diplomacy continues but so too does the violence. >> liz cheney joins us and john bolton joins us. ambassador bolton, our secretary of state is trying to broker a cease-fire. apparently it hasn't worked. what do you think she could offer to hamas or is offering for their promise to stop sending rockets into israel? >> i think it's very concerning. although president obama publicly has b

afp reports the community could commit 3200 troops while other countries will commit an additional 2300an is -- when they meet this weekend, a plan so needed to get support for military intervention. >>> it has been 463 days since the united states lost its top credit rating. what are we doing to get it back? sandy and the run-up to the election did not hurt. consumer sentiment hit its highest level since 2007. >>> more on the breaking news story. the surprising resignation of david petraeus, who stepped down after admitting to an extramarital affair. the u.s. official confirms to cnn that the fbi investigated a tip that david petraeus was involved in an affair with paula broadwell, who wrote a biography of the four-star general. broadwell spent a year with petraeus in afghanistan for a book she cowrote. she has been a regular guest on this show, some of you may be familiar with her as a national security expert on the program. we have not been able to reach her for comment, although when we first heard about the story, we reached out to her before we knew she was possibly involved. gen

because they had crossroads up one week, restore up one week, afp up one week -- >> i've heard this critique. i've always wondered that myself. >> except that the messages were more or less the same. crossroads was coordinating with these other groups -- >> because could you. that's legal. >> but here's the thing. by the end of the campaign, people trusted mitt romney on issues of the economy so we believe that our job was done. the glut of our ads was on jobs, the debt and that sector -- >> you guys focused on mitt romney. you guys never did focus on mitt romney. why? >> we focused on the record of president obama, what we said was the failed economic record -- >> in hindsight -- >> it worked. what a super pac can't do is push the candidate over the line. the candidate has to get his own positive result. it is very, very difficult for a super pac to do an effective positive ad. that's just kind of outside of what we do. >> think it sounds like you're both going to be fully employed. bill burton, jonathan collegio. we're going to try do autopsies on this election, today in "first read" we ha

lower afp. you also have samsung chasing after that. if you look at the volumes you already see that apple is becoming more of a niche high-end player which is a fantastic spot to be in but does not mean they are going to have the same layers and degrees of scale that people are expect. >> they are all good points. let's take it to the rest of the jury, if you will. doc? who is rate? who makes the best argument? >> well, i -- obviously i put my money with joe last week because i was in the week before. at 537. i love it after it traded to 505 friday. i think that the stock gets back in the 600. just after christmas of this year. early in the first quarter of next year, think think it is a $600 number again. i don't see a reason for to it slow down because i think that halo effect continues to pick up and that is an even bigger profit margin business, of course, than the ipad, ipod, or any of their mini tablets. >> collin, i will give you the last word. as the judge i will close the case. >> apple is a fantastic company. we just want to

. >> we're just seeing a flash on the wires, as well, according to afp that hamas and its rival agreeing to unite over the gaza crisis, as well. it could become a lot more uglier than what it is now. are you positioning yourself expecting this, do you go in and think oil is going to head a lot higher? >> i do think oil will go higher. i think we ended up seeing this crisis hit right at the lower end of the trading range. so watching wti get back into the mid-90s would not be a surprise. i think the real question is what happens to gold. if we see gold start to spike say up through $1800, that means that people are really worried about this crisis escalating. something we'll have to watch. >> jack, good to speak to you. thank you very much. that's it for today's show. thanks for watching "worldwide exchange." [ female announcer ] with the e-trade 360 investing dashboard. free streaming quotes, all your investments, positions, and even your trade ticket are all on one customizable page. see the 360 investing dashboard at e-trade. bouroudjian. bouroudjia >>> violence escalating in the middl

you can find plenty of evidence that the bbc and afp are the palestinian side and treating the palestiniansims and the israeli are aggressors. the media center has pointed out that even the american media tend to court of act with the world media on this. when the palestinians say we've stopped if israelis will stop attacking us and they report that you're not adding the value of a reporter saying the palestinian is lying because they started it, i mean it's a huge challenge to keep your perspective even as there are heart tugging pictures -- jon: alan there is a poll out this morning i want to get your reaction. cnn released a poll. higher is the question, do you think israel was justified or unjustified in taking military action against hamas and the palestinians in the area known as gaza. 57% of the public say yes and they don't even mention the fact that hamas is a terrorist organization. >> i think people know that. people aren't dumb. people know it's a terrorist organization except for its political ring. israel ramped this up when they killed the head of their military organization

another of the buildings that was targeted tonight was housing the offices of afp journalists.hat was struck, but they too did not know that the israelis were going to target. what they were saying was an intelligence operations unit for hamas. >> and the earlier strike, ben wedeman was on the air when there was a strike very close to here, about a block or so away in the other direction. that turned out to be a villa, which was local people were telling us was owned by a banker, who no longer lives there, a fatah member who no longer lives there, and locals couldn't say who was actually living in the house at the time, whether it had been taken over by hamas. they were unclear who might have been occupying that house. that villa was basically destroyed. >> exactly. and, you know, over the weekend, on a number of other occasions, we have also seen homes being destroyed and the residents inside them either being killed or in some instances, surviving and surviving to tell us about how they did not think or know that there would be any sort of installation around them, that the i