we'll talk to commodities expert dr steven levy about all of that and while we're on oil is the argentinean government's move to take control of its largest oil company. just by the political fallout the latest example of the increasing tension between energy and economy as oil becomes more scarce and expensive and as the global economy is on life support built on debt will economic growth increasingly depend on energy control and a record number of americans are reportedly denouncing their citizenship or handed over their green cards many say it's for tax reasons that's right it's tax day in the u.s. we'll talk about the international backlash against i.r.s. let's get to today's council of town. all right u.s. president barack obama in the face of higher and rising oil and gasoline prices that we've seen went after evil oil speculators today and he wants congress to pass more regulation he wants lawmakers to do the following you want them to fund a six fold increase for surveillance and enforcement staff at the commodities futures trading commission to put more cops on the beat overseeing

. >> dave went on to tell me, you know, fred, banks aren't lining up five deep to finance argentinean farmers. and the loans that we help -- that's what it comes down to, manufacturing jobs, good jobs, middle class job. it's good for air tractors and their workers. it's good for olney, texas, it's good for the american taxpayer. we haven't lost -- i have it right here, a single dime on this deal and we've been working with air tractor since 1994, 18 years, not one dime. now, the reason that's important, there are a few who think that ex-im is the next fannie or freddie. i'm the next freddie. where do i start? we don't operate in one country, we operate in 170. we don't operate in one industry, we operate in dozens of industries and ex-im's historical loss rate is less than 1.5%, we make money for the u.s. taxpayer. and we don'tans to wall street, we answer to u.s. taxpayers period. that's a pretty compelling case of what ex-im does and equally important to what we don't do and that's still not enough. some people just don't like the idea of a governor-backed export credit agency. it o

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argentinean protesters rallying against a group called off an island crossed the quiet when the saudis demonstrators outside the british embassy had played by tore down police barricades for officers longer than. the general marks the thirtieth anniversary of the start of the falklands war in which almost a thousand people died. two drivers escaped and i had a narrow escape in norway after their vehicles fell over the side of a snow covered cliff just one truck was being towed by another before it lost traction on the road and barreled down the cliff taking the truck along with it amazingly leading truck driver survived the fall all the other junk out just seconds before his vehicle. italy's got a gambling problem the number of people getting addicted to scratch cards and lotteries there is booming and it's a deeply struggling economy that's making it worse. now explains. our. god. for eighty years now marco has been telling his story over and over again to other members of gamblers anonymous but even that's not long enough he says to cure himself albeit diction kolker ends being go to

fierce storm in the argentinean capital is left at least eleven people dead and more than twenty injured himself in damage and trees are rooted out of the wounds in the city talking of a sixty mph continue to died after treading on a product that. crews are working to clear the debris mr prout. two men have reportedly been given seven years in prison for posting cartoon. on facebook i think ations that the country's new business leaders are getting free speech of the protests in germany and eleven which forced the previous president to resign the government has defended its sentencing saying it needs to uphold standards of public decency. ramadi and to our executives group in the north has declared independence but here it's no other word region to group says it's captured enough territory to form its own state of the seizing the three main towns in the area took advantage of the chaos but. two weeks ago the un along with west african leaders are calling for order to be missed. would this situation seems close to. the fact is for all his faults colonel gadhafi was more or less in his box

natural resources so the argentines are trying to get their oil back now the spanish who own the or argentinean oil company they've gone crazy they're calling it. as if it was almost an act of war the new york banks by the name of boris a girl he called it running close to chavez's model oh ok but the fact is that in my opinion every country should own its own oil i mean are you going to say is he saying that like saudi arabia is like chavo say they own their own oil or sarah palin's alaska which takes money from their oil and distributes it to their citizens every year argentina's president personally is say. she should nationalize or nations or instead of having a buy her own oil back from a european from a company based in a european country and frankly we should be doing the same here nationalize our oil so we don't have to buy it back from british b.p. or dutch royal shop every nation should own and develop their own natural resources they're part of the common wealth and the revenue from them should fund social programs like in norway where they pay for health care with their oil money th

argentinean protesters rallying against britain's control often islands clashed with riot police and going to sardi's demonstrators outside the british embassy hurled petrol bombs and tore down police barricades before at the same spot as a tear gas demo marks the thirtieth anniversary of the start of the falklands war which almost thousand people died. two drivers had a narrow escape in norway after their vehicle fell over the side of a snow covered cliff one truck was being towed by another before it lost traction on the snow covered road and barreled down a cliff taking the truck along with it amazingly believing truck driver survived the fall while the other jumps out seconds before his vehicle. let's get the latest now from dimitri out of business that's in capital continues to flee the country it seems what's going on out there oh yes indeed some economists have said that this is the biggest problem for russia's economy last year eighty four billion dollars left the country the trend has continued into this year well speaking exclusively to business see the deputy head of russi

argentinean capital has left at least eleven people dead and more than twenty injured homes have been damaged some trees there for winds tore through the city topping over sixty miles per hour one teenager died after trying on a power line that had been brought down the crews are now working to clear the debris and restore power to areas cut off. in mali that separatist group in the north has declared independence an area it's now calling us a lot reachin the group says it's captured enough territory to form its own state after seizing three main towns in the area the rebels took advantage of the chaos caused by a military coup more than two weeks ago the un along with west african leaders are calling for order to be restored and there's more on that situation in mali in our . program coming up. the fact is for all his faults colonel gadhafi was more or less in his box in recent years and he kept by himself all sorts of undesirable actors once that regime collapsed some of these actors including some of the toerags who are now causing the problems in northern mali returned home bringi

storming the argentinean it was left at least eleven people dead and twenty injured. in the transit of the winds tore through the city sixty miles one teenager go to try to. crews are now working to clear the debris and store. the twenty except to screen door for us declared independence and says it's captured enough territory to form its own state seizing three towns in the area the rebels took advantage of the chaos caused by. two weeks ago around western leaders would have to be restored and there is a situation about you know. the fact is for all his faults colonel gadhafi was more or less in his box in recent years and he kept by himself all sorts of undesirable actors once that regime collapsed some of these actors including some of the toerags who are now causing the problems in northern mali returned home bringing with them. weapons fighters. that are spread throughout the region we're going to be dealing with these outflows from libya in the next year or two several years all cross the sub region ok beautify can stay with you could have been predicted should

but also around the world tonight argentinean protesters rallying against britain's control of the four call of violence and clashed with police and one of the demonstrators outside the british embassy held petrol bombs and told them police barricades them for offices responded with tear gas the demo marked the thirtieth anniversary of the start of the fall for this war which forms the found a. record breaking winds one hundred fifty kilometers now it's been recorded in japan because two deaths in tokyo were simply walk across the street didn't cover that its challenges as you can see there many people had trouble holding on to their belongings and standing up straight under the flights were canceled with gusts expected to continue through to wednesday. focusing in on italy now it's going to counseling problem the number of people getting addicted it seems to scratch cards and lotteries. and it's the deeply struggling economy that's making it works. for us. oh. for eighty years now marco has been telling his story over and over again to other members of gamblers anonymous but even that'

country hope to bring you live comment on that developing story in the coming hours on this channel argentinean protesters against britain's control the foreclosed islands have clashed with riot police in one as there is a spate is outside the british embassy hurled petrol bombs and tore down police barricades before officers responded with tear gas and demo marks the thirtieth anniversary of the start of the falklands war and which ones thousand people died. record breaking winds of a hundred fifty kilometers an hour have been recorded in japan and they've caused two deaths in tokyo which is a simple walk across the street didn't come as you can see without its major challenges many people had trouble holding on to their belongings just standing up hundreds of flights have been canceled and those gusts are expected to continue through to wednesday. italy's got a gambling problem the number of people getting addicted to scratch cards and lotteries there is booming and it's the deeply struggling economy that is making it worse as it is a country which over found fourth. car. for eighty years now

company madrid others are angry for obvious reasons despite the political fallout here's what the argentinean president reportedly said about this move she said we don't choose a nationalizing model but we promote a model focused on recovering on excuse me on recovering the sovereignty of the country's resources so the question i have you know however you want to however you see this is this an example of the global tension between energy and the economy that is oil is being depleted and the price rises controlling natural reeses resources to control your energy future is needed to control your economic future as a country or even as a company i want to ask that to dr stephen leeb chairman and c i o of lead capital management and author of red alert how china's growing prosperity threatens the american way of life so dr lee we have this announcement i'm just curious if you see this is kind of an example of a bigger picture issue of this tension between energy and the economy the tension between wanting to grow grow grow grow but having ever depleted resources that are getting more expensive.

argentinean officials are looking into the search and advertising services. meanwhile, korean regulators are investigating if google blocked competitors in search results. a similar investigation is already under way here in the united states and in europe. >>> checking your money now, four straight winning days on wall street to end the week. strong tech earnings led by amazon.com propelled the markets even higher. the mission in martinez today was to help find homeless veterans a place to live. the contra costa county handed out 50 housing vouchers for the va housing complex in martinez, a project funded by the feds. >> i think it is important to pay back veterans for the service they provided us, both in good times and in hard times, and this is one of the ways we're doing that. >> the veterans administration said there are more than 10,000 homeless vets nationwide. >>> still ahead here at 6:00, hundreds of people lined up for hours today in the east bay waiting to meet, yes, celebrity chef giada de laurentiis. you can meet her tonight. we sit down with on

. ♪ >>> repsol shares have plummeted as tensions between the spanish and argentinean government rise. government has recalled the ambassador after plans unveiled to nationalize the stake in a bid to boost production and reduce the country's energy bills. the company faces nationalization. let's got out to julia chatterly who conveniently is already in madrid talking about the economic situation there. turned her attention to this story, as well. >> well, as soon as we got this announcement yesterday, the spanish government said they would protect their interests. we'd expect them, too, to get support from the european commission. and that should at least give argentina some pause for thought given that europe is their second biggest export partner. however they've put to congress and that could be expected to pass in as soon as four weeks. there's no indication yet on what price they would pay for ypf. that will be sdecided by tribunal. they said they would secretary international arbitration. reuters reporting that amount could be up to $18 billion. repsol said the takeover won't imp

we've been interested to know what bit leasers think about the moves by the argentinean government to take control away from repsol. saying this issue doesn't affect the company's latin american plans and it would take some time to resolve. we'll talk lots more on the show about this issue. and if you look for a bait on who will win in france's presidential election, look no further than the town of dunzy for the likely outcome. >>> a poll indicates that president sarkozy could be on his way out. survey shows the socialist candidate hollande beating sarkozy in the first and second rounds of the upcoming election. village of dunzy has a reputation in france for mirroring national voting habits, having not only backed the correct winner in every election since 1981, but also the runners up. so what's the mood in dunzy? stefane joins us. >> only 11670 residents, but it has a big reputation for each of the presidential leaks in the last 30 years, voted exactly hike the rest of the country, pave years ago sarkozy won the election, but also the 12 candidates in the first round came out in e

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