guy johnson is flying solo -- no, you are not. you have young anna with you. >> can forward to that. lse is cleared for takeoff today. we have the markets surging on the back of the taper. boeing saab defeating over brazil. we will talk about that story. plus, we are also going to be showing you live pictures, we hope of this launch that is taking place. forward to seeing them live on the pulse as well. back to you. >> i will see you a little bit later on for an asset check. with that in mind, let's bring in the price of gold. gold drops below $1200 an ounce for the first time since june of this year. -- we did dip below $1200, trust me. saab has been bowing. 36 fighter jets to the brazilian air force. joining me now is our european business correspondent, caroline hyde. saab is gaining the most on record. this deal is good news. >> it certainly is. we saw them rise the most on record today. really a stellar performance all after this deal worth $4.5 billion. ripping it away from the likes of boeing, 36 jet fighters to the brazilian air force. what i

johnson his first. >> i will look forward to hearing those answers. sam, thank you very much, indeed. anna vladimir putin is hosting a news conference this morning. 50 days before the winter olympics in sochi. chris weafer joins us to discuss the president's political strategy ahead of the games. he is a senior partner at macro advisory. he's worked in russia for 15 years. a lot of the western press coverage ahead of the winter olympics has been around human rights, around gay rights and freedom of speech. how will this play out as we build up to the winter olympics? yeah, the government is actively trying to defuse these issues. you have heard in the last couple days, the greenpeace protesters will benefit from the amnesty. they will be released from russia in the next couple days. sochi itself, russia has said it will have a soft touch in terms of any protests, anti- gay legislation protests. protexst set aside a area. the whole emphasis from the russian side will be to try and mitigate any potential ope that thes and h focus is very much on the games. >> also, the decision by russia to

peter johnson, thanks for filling in for brian and we've got anna in for elisabeth. >> with bill hemmer. >> let's talk about this. over the weekend the "new york times" came out, they did an investigation in what happened at benghazi and as it turns out, the stories that those republicans have been telling us for the last year or so, all wrong, according to the "new york times," david kirkpat trick. he talked to a bunch of people, sources on the ground. that video did have something to do with benghazi attack, but no evidence al-qaeda or any other terror group was involved. what's interesting is adam housley, fox news correspondent, has got a piece up right now on foxnews.com and he's speaking to some of the special operators who are on the ground that night. they are angry because they say the "new york times" story is a complete lie. the quote is, it was a coordinated attack. it is completely false to say anything else. it is completely a lie. that from people who were there that night. not whomever the "new york times" talked to. >> adam housley sources are saying

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. >> was his relationship with anna johnson the senate? be back it was very weird. and back, letters to lyndon johnson asking for better committee assignments. johnson is the senate democratic leader. kennedy was a more junior senator. johnson seemed to put them away. at one point ted sorensen said a wonderful know. johnson appointed kennedy to some third or fourth tier, judging commission or something. sorensen said a letter were making great progress. the boston harbor dredging commission. so it was a weary, competitive relationship. but in the end, johnson came to respect kennedy is a top formidable politician. didn't think he was a real heavy hitter on policy, but he was a real compelling political figure. >> cancan days career benefit at a click >> the issue very well. he had a good schooling and not. i think he's developed an appreciation. he spent 14 years. but it was clear he wanted to move on to the presidency and in fact became only the second u.s. senator. before him, the only one was warren harding in 1920. barack obama in 2008. the senate isn't really a