i'm becky quick. here is what we know right now. the pace of private talks picking up speed as we now have just 20 days left. however, neither the white house nor house speaker boehner's office are giving any public indication that either side is yet prepared to give up real ground. on a road trip yesterday, president obama indicated that he is willing to compromise, just not on that point about an increase in tax for relthy americans. meantime, speaker boehner says he is still waiting on specific spending cuts. joining us now for analysis, tony fratto, of hamilton place strategies and former white house press secretary and gerald bernstein former economic adviser to vice president joe biden. gentlemen, thank you for being here with us and getting this special day of coverage kicked off for us. >> rising early and rising above. >> exactly. let's talk about this. jared, it seems like things have gotten quieter. do you think that's the case? is that a good sign? >> i think it's probably a pretty good sign. if you look at this morning'

we will hear becky personally. >> becky will remind us what's going on today.en fee of them will go october trade sales. the like day for earning, that's due before the opening sales. >> always a good read. >>> protests in egypt's tahrir square turns to violence this morning with nine reportedly injured from an unknown gunman. we'll have the latest from cairo when we come back. >>> you are watching "worldwide exchange." these are your headlines. talks on the cliff seem to be advancing as the gop is ready to negotiate. >>> berlusconi sets up the rhetoric on monti. and hsbc settles money laundering charges and agree toes pay a record $1.9 billion fine. nine people have reportedly been injured after unknown gunmen fired at protesters in tahrir square early this morning. mass rallies have been called by both anti-and pro government supporters and ongone divisions over the role of president mohamed morsi. ayman, what's the latest? >> reporter: good morning, kelly. there's been a series of attacks that happened about 1:00 a.m. or 2:00 a.m. local time. it attacks a th

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i'm becky quick along with andrew ross sorkin.oe kernen is joining us from washington, d.c. this morning along with john harwood. joe, i know you have a huge lineup there. and i know you were up a little late last night, too, right? >> yes, becky, very late. you and andrew, i hope you guys are ready for the heavy lifting. can i ask you a question? are they over the cliff in new zealand, do you know? >> yeah, i guess that's it. >> the sequester would have gone into effect. >> no, that's probably only affecting us here, but that shows you how close it is. we are -- i guess something could happen at 11:00. we'll see, beck. andrew, good to see you, as well. >> good to see you. >> we've switched. i've got the jacket on, you've got the jacket off. how does that capital building look? >> it looks great behind you. you look very statesman like, absolutely. you have your rise above pin on for this final day. >> he looks like a senator. >> you do have a senatorial look. >> i'm going to retire to the rise above when we start talking about th

now, i learned a lot, becky. >> a lot of takeaway. >> a lot of takeaway from that. >> thank you, becky. >> pleasure. >> all right. amy? >>> speaking of deals, 2013 is almost here. we have four perfect looks to ring in the new year in style. "lucky" magazine's lori bergamotto is here. $100 or less. >> there's still bargains to be had, amy. >> we begin with mary. mary's going to come on out. >> this dress is more of a vintage look. you see the tea length. very trendy for right now. we gave her a little thrift store clutch for $5. >> $5? >> go to thrift stores. and shoes from forever 21. how much do you think this is? >> $300. >> let's do the big reveal, mary. it's $72. it's a british website. amazing things. you love the look and feel of that dress. it's perfect to ring in the new year. >> thank you so much, mary. >> next up. >> katie. she's ready to party. come on out, katie. >> this dress is a little more feminine. very sweet. we gave her drop earrings. the dress is from kohl's. go to the department stores like k

d.c., all day long, of course, becky, jim cramer, brian sullivan, maria will be holding lawmakers' feet to the fire in direct interviews about where they stand on the fiscal cliff and how they'll do their part to rise above partisan politics and reach a deal. earlier on "squawk box," erskine bowles, the co-founder of the fix the debt campaign, co-chair of fiscal responsibility and reform was asked about the progress he thinks both sides were making. >> i think the atmospherics are getting so much better. we've kind of gotten out of the ka kooky theater and gone to dancing the tango with those two guys. any time you start to tango you got a chance. >> joining us this morning from newton, mass, greg manke, economic adviser to the romney campaign, former chair of economic advisers under george w. bush now an economics prof s professor at harvard and ron johnson, director at the institute for new economic thinking and a senior fellow at the roosevelt institute. skwre, good to have you both

i'm becky quick along with joe kernen. andrew ross sorkin is out today. he'll be back tomorrow. president obama and speaker boehner are not commenting about their meeting yesterday, but me members of the parties are continuing the public debate about taxes, spending and the fiscal cliff. republicans want a melt on xwiemtment and tax reform from the president. democrats insist this will not happen until the gop agrees on a tax hike. senator dick durbin saying no deal on the debt without a tax hike of the wealthy. >> i can't tell you, i don't want to do it, the president doesn't want to do it, but we need to solve the problem been we cannot allow the reckless position to drive this economy into another recession. >> some suggesting that it might be better to cave to the president now on taxes and keep up the fight on spending. >> if we were to pass, for instance, raising the top two rate and that's it, all of a sudden we do have the leverage of the debt ceiling and we haven't given that up. >> meantime, one influential

becky cohen vargas who is director of not in our schools san francisco. >> i am actually director of not in our schools which is part of not in our town. here in the bay area we have one because sometimes we think these things don't happen here, but they do. transgender student killed, gwen arejo, we have a short film. we are a move president and we are about youth taking a move to stop bullying but also intolerance with the statement not in our school, not in our town. . >> based on the idea that students can lead the way in creating a better school. >> people can do something right and you all have a chance to make a difference in a person's life. >> we're excited about the not in our school web site because it's a wonderful way for teachers and students to come together on issues of empowerment so they can learn from each other. >> if you say the word, that is so gay, is it necessary that you say something about it. >> it is a peer to peer story-sharing site. >> whenever you are able to take where someone is coming from and gives you a place to find common ground. >> (inaudible).

i'm becky quick along with joe kernen and steve liesman. the november jobs report is now just about 150 minutes away. count do countdown is on. the economy probably added about 80,000 jobs last month. reuters consensus is a little higher at 93,000. the unemployment rate expected to hold steady at 7.9% and economists say the slow down in nonfarm payrolls will reflect the effect of sandy. joining us this hour is bank of america merrill lynch global research senior research economist michelle mire and we'll talk through everything that's been happening through jobs and what to expect. but first, there is a developing story. an earthquake off the northeast coast of japan triggered a tsunami warning. the warning has been lifted, but it was a 7.3 quake. so far no reports of any injuries or damage. it was for the same area devastated by an earthquake and tsunami back in march of last year. we will continue to bring you any developments. in the meantime, steve has some of the morning's top other stories. >> let's start with the markets. asian stock

i'm becky quick along with joe kernen. andrew ross sorkin is on vacation this week. onset with us is drew mattis. welcome. thanks for getting up early. >> i'm always up at this time. >> we'll be going through secretary geithner's comments, but first let's get you up to speed on other stories. joe was talking about apple. it has been a rough ten weeks for the most valuable u.s. company. shares tumbling more than 6% yesterday shedding $35 billion of market value. among the reasons cited by analysts, a forecast by an influential research firm suggesting that the iphone and ipad maker is continuing to give up ground it rival the android gadgets. there were also unconfirmed reports that at least one major stock clearing house was raising margin requirements. and then there's the fiscal cliff. analysts citing fears about a hike in capital gains tax in 2013. rick santelli has been talking about this, though, the things that were up in 2012, those are the things being sold now, whether that be gold or any number of assets that rose appreciably over the course of the last yea

becky? >> julia, thank you very much. today. >>> let's talk consequences of the fiscal cliff. companies of announces dividends in recent days trying to avoid the tax hikes set to kick in at the end of the year. who is really making money on this? >> a lot of people especially ceos more than 110 companies have announced special dividends in the fourth quarter alone that's more than three times last year's fourth quarter. the reason? the fiscal cliff. if we go off the cliff tax rates on dividends could go from 15% to more than 43%. companies are racing to beat the tax hikes by paying dividends before december 31st and some of the biggest beneficiaries, both insiders and ceos. mickey arison is getting $89 million from carnival giving him a potential tax savings. and larry elison is getting savings around $56 million. thomas frist at hca is getting around $350 million, saving him $100 million. and kkr and bain capital will get a big piece of the dividends. the king of all dividends is sheldon adelson who gets $1.2 billion fro

becky, can i ask you a question?was that a picture of joe running a santa claus race over there? >> ah-ha! where's your button? do you have your button on today, erskine? >> i have it on my coat. i didn't wear my coat. i've got it on my coat. >> you wear it everywhere, don't you? >> i wear it everywhere. >> you seeing any of that, erskine? >> look, i think the atmospherics are getting so much better. we've kind of got down to the kabuki theater and moved on to, you know, dancing the tango with the guys. any time you start to tango you got a chance. >> when we've talked to you in the past you said that there's probably about a 33% chance that we go over the fiscal cliff. you are sounding a little more optimistic. what do you think the odds are now? >> oh, gosh, i probably, you know, i probably think it's more like a 40% chance we'll likely get it done before the end of the year, probably 25% chance we'll get it done right after the end of the year, and then there's that horrible 35% chance that we'll still go over the

i'm becky quick along with joe kernan.nhaus, chief global strategist at bgit. and as i mentioned, we have a big lineup for this house, steny hoyer will be joining us in a moment to talk about the path to fiscal compromise. at 8:15 eastern time, we'll get the unemployment numbers, economists are expecting an increase of 125,000 private sector jobs in november. in the back half of the hour, we'll talk about the impact of fiscal cliff on the businesses and the market. jeff solomon is the ceo of cowan and company. but before we get to all that, joe has your morning headlines. >>> president obama's going to speak to the business round table today about the ongoing fiscal cliff talks. boeing ceo jim mcnearney says members want a balanced solution in debt issues, including meaningful and comprehensive tax and entitlement reforms. well, you're not going to get that. anyway -- sorry, jim. we're going to be watching facebook stock today. the company will join the nasdaq -- got to watch it. i'm trying to rise. trying. the nasdaq 100

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i'm becky quick along with joe kernen and andrew ross sorkin.one step closer to the cliff and still no deal. you could say we've taken a huge step backwards at this point. we will be joined to talk about why plan b, that bill didn't make it to the house and what the next step is. coming at 6:40 eastern time, red hat has been red hot. that company reporting quarterly results and we have the ceo. at 7:00 a.m. eastern time, we will welcome our guest host, roger altman and barry knapp. we have thorsten heins joining us, as well. >> our big story of the morning, it could be a tense days for the markets as the resolution to the physical cliff appears less likely. we can see the futures opening at least 150 off if things keep up the way they are. house speaker john boehner failing to mount enough support for his plan b that would raise taxes only on families earning more than $1 million. the president vowing he will press ahead with congress to get a deal done. >> he wasn't going to do it, anyway. what does he mean it will press ahead? >> i don't know.

i'm becky quick along with joe kernen and andrew ross sorkin. our guest host this hour is julia sed. fiscal cliff negotiations, our top story. now president obama is proposing leaving lower tax rates in place for everyone except those earning $400,000 and above. that's above the $250,000 threshold that the president has been demanding for months, but it is still far from speaker john boehner's request of $1 million. a source familiar with the talk says this is by no means the final offer for the white house. the move by the president was welcomed, albeit with some reservations. we will talk about the latest developments in just a few minutes. in the meantime, the global markets seem to be taking note of the optimism. you can see right now that those dow futures are up by 54 points. this comes after a decent rally for the markets yesterday. s&p futures at this point are up by better than seven points and the nasdaq futures up, as well, by about 17. european shares rising. germany is up, the ftse is up, the france, the cac in france has turned sli

becky worley, abc news, oakland, california. >> thank you, becky. so here's the deal.ar about the box office records. of course, because the tickets are $15 each. why don't they base it on the number of tickets sold? >> that's a very good point. >> that's what i'm wondering. >> ever do anything online with your iphone, ever got tickets? >> no. [ female announcer ] now get high speed internet at home on our newly expanded advanced digital network, a connection you can count on. introducing at&t u-verse high speed internet with more speed options, reliability and wi-fi hot spots than ever. go to our website below to get u-verse high speed internet for just 14.95 a month for 12 months with a one-year price guarantee. it's all the speed you need all at a great price. our newly expanded advanced digital network gives you more of what you enjoy online. and with at&t, our wireless gateway turns your home into a private wi-fi hot spot that connects your wi-fi devices and can even save on your smart phone data usage at home. go to our website below to get at&t u-verse high spee

i'm becky quick, along with jim cramer.his is our special continuing coverage all day from capitol hill. mission critical, rise above d.c. we've had candid interviews with lawmakers all morning long. this is what we now know. senators bob corker and kent conrad agree more, not less needs to be included in the deal. conrad would like to see a whole lot more, he's calling this a big deal. something to the tune of $4 billion plus. also, congressman sander levin and garrett, they were here this morning. that's about the only thing they agreed on through the course of this. >> they agreed to sit together, quite an accomplishment. a sense of optimism on the hill this morning. the final points are still tripping up both sides. a democrat from virginia, directly involved in the talks, and is one of the gang of eight. senator, i'm thinking there was this movie when i was growing up, dr. strangelove. i'm thinking, after listening this morning, how i learned to stop worrying and love the fiscal cliff. is that where we are right now? >

i'm becky quick along with joe kernen and andrew ross sorkin. let's take a look at our lineup today. first off, bob doll will be giving us his lineup for stocks. that's coming up at 7:00 a.m. eastern time. at 8:00 eastern, a cnbc exclusive. david tepper, one of the world's top performing hedge fund managers will join us to give us some of his wisdom in a kaerc t can't-miss interview. a lot to talk about with him. in the meantime, why don't we get to some of today's top stories. we could see some movement in the fiscal cliff negotiations. house speaker boehner offering to raise the top tax rates on those making over $1 million a year as well as other measures amounting to $1 trillion in new revenue. that's in exchange for an equal amount in spending cuts. the white house has not yet accepted the proposal. >>> also, apple says it has sold more than 2 million in iphone 5s in china just over the last three days. that's the best ever debut for the iphone line in china. apple is china's second biggest market, although it did lose a lot of market share

becky worley, abc news, oakland, california. >> thank you, becky. so here's the deal.cause the tickets are $15 each. why don't they base it on the number of tickets sold? >> that's a very good point. >> that's what i'm wondering. >> ever do anything online with your iphone, ever got tickets? >> no. >>> this morning on "world news now," remembering stormin' norman. the army general who led operation desert storm in 1991 has died. >> tributes are coming in now for norman schwartzcopf, the commander who helped run saddam hussein's forces out of kuwait in just six weeks. it's friday, december 28. >> from abc news, this is "world news now." >> good morning. it is friday morning. the abc bosses are asleep for some reason they let me and brandi be at the controls today and i'm liking it. i'm muhammad lila in for rob nelson. >> and i'm brandi hitt in for paula faris. she's on assignment. this is our last day on the desk together, my friend. >> it's been great. >> it has been great. but you still haven't got much sleep. >> i'm on like three hours sleep. but our viewers out ther

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. >> he's full of life, becky.pean way, he's full of manliness and life. >> a freak. >> he's a sexual freak. but don't you think it would be better as a musical? >> yes. that point i agree with. >> seriously. this should be -- then i might go. >>> let's check the markets this morning. as we've been talking about, the futures have been indicated higher. right now you see that those dow futures are up by 33 points. this comes after two big days of gains. there's a lot of talk that they are moving closer to some sort of an agreement over the fiscal cliff. now you also have this plan b that boehner has come up with. this is going to be something where in his idea they would raise -- they would keep tax rates low, keep the same tax rates on anybody who's making a million dollars or less. >> the rest -- >> the plan in the senate is for $250,000 and below. the president has talked about $400,000 and below. but this plan b is interesting because it does keep the sequestration cuts in place. >> we've got to deal with -- >>

i'm becky quick along with joe kernen. andrew ross sorkin is off. we have two well-known market voices joining us. barry knapp and richard bernstein. we have a lot to talk about. thanks for coming in. we'll start things off in just a moment. we do want to begin with the markets and that looming fiscal cliff. the dow finishing november lower for the second consecutive month. the blue chips falling half a percent in november. and #% sinnasdaq and s&p did fi higher last month. six out of ten sectors managed to post a gain. consumer discretionary stocks up the most. utilities the biggest losers. and while individual trading sessions may have been choppy, it was another month of low volatility. the vix remained below 20 for the fourth consecutive month and that's the longest streak since february of 2007. a big part of the market story has obviously been a big topic dominating the sunday talk shows. tim geithner arguing republicans need make the next move in negotiations. >> republicans have said that they don't like those reforms or they would like to d

but, was it a mistake -- >> i agree with that, becky.od point on monday. but that's not relevant today, when he's putting tax plan on the table that only raises $300 billion, 69% of the benefits go to people making over a million dollars. that's not a serious offer. >> but, john, it may not be a serious offer. but my question is, is it a mistake for the president to come out with his first plan, his very first plan that was something that was laughed at at the table by people who thought they were in serious talks at that point. did we start too far apart to get to a point where we can reach some sort of an agreement? >> well, i don't think so. if you go back to the president's first plan, it was $1.6 billion. that's against, you know, they're moving baselines. that's against the simpson-bowles target of $1. billion. so you've spent a lot of time sitting around that table talking about the quality of the simpson-bowles plan. >> sure. >> the president was below that. and now he's come even further below that. to $1.4, and now looks like $

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ah, you know becky, if a werewolf was attacking you, i'd help. oh, rob. that's so romantic. palease-it's so please! it's our first date and i'm not and i'm not that kind of ghoul. ghost! call me! the name is tritch. i'm in the book. good evening. this film was shot in smell a vision. and we want to make sure you get the full effect. there's no need to thank me. stinky's the name and i'm glad to be of service. hey, thanks for the ? boo! what happened? um, fatso, i made that batch myself and uh, let's just say it ain't exactly uh butter. ♪ excuse me, have you seen my uncles? i don't get paid enough to see nothing, kid. if you wanna go in and look, then you gotta buy a ticket. i don't have any money one me. can i owe you? horns honking screaming i am telling you for the last time ok, the stereo typical thing to do now would be to yell "a ghost!" and run away screaming. come on it's so been done. a ggghoost! ahhhh! hm, this never happened to patrick swayze. cars ♪ whoooa.. hahahahha ♪casper, the friendly ghost ♪the friendly ghost you know. ♪those grown ups might look at him with

thank you very much, becky. great stuff.or sticking around. >> thank you. >> sticking with the cliff, governors are set to meet with president obama and congressional leaders. the meeting coming one day after the white house rejected a republican plan for averting the cliff. chi chief washington correspondent john harwood is outside of the white house this morning. how do business leaders change the equation? >> reporter: the president is trying to orchestrate a consensus behind his approach to deficit reduction. this is a group part of the national governors association executive committee. a diverse group. he carried three states he represents and governors include scott walker, leader of conservative government reform movement going after public employee pensions and shrink government obligations that way. governors are pragmatic. the president is trying to make the case if you look at polls and revenue needs of the government and ageing of our population, the pragmatic thing to do is trim entitlements. the significance o

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. ♪ two inches apart, becky. two inches. nine minutes. [ ding ] [ female announcer ] pillsbury cinnamon rolls. let the making begin. ♪ >>> let the count down begin 2013 is less than 24 hours away now and preparation in new york city is in full swing. yesterday workers tested the iconic crystal ball that will drop at midnight. the ball has more than 32,000 lights and nearly 33,000 crystals. thousands of people are expected to flock to the big apple for this big day. the nypd will have beefed up police presence. >>> now, we asked our facebook fans what their hopes are for 2013 and here are some of the responses. bruce says lots of health to enjoy my years for years and years. nothing like being able to open your eyes and see them. that's a good one. >> jesse writes i hope i can continue to stay dedicated to growing as a person to make my corner of the world a little better through my efforts. share your goals on our facebook page. search fox 5 morning news. >> there you go. let's check in with tucker barns now. and before we g

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becky quick. she knew how important that was when he said he was going to do whatever it took to preserve the euro, that statement earlier this year sort of turning things around, at least temporarily. >> you showed a picture of damian hurst. >> no, right here. >> you showed the guy with the zebra and i'm going, draghi has a lot of style. >> no, right here. up here. >> oh, okay. >> the man with the printing press. >> i know who he is. i told you my latest tie that i get from those guys has bernanke with a helicopter and it has draghi, too, and euros and dollars coming out of the hell koepter. because they're on board. let's go across the pond to where they print this paper. kelly evans is standing by in london and may have some views on the man being ownered t today. i didn't know the newspapers honor people like that. oh, you see, that's the way to hold it. >> yeah. you showed damian hurst. >> i can hold a mean newspaper, andrew. mario draghi is the financial person of the year. this is from the

>> becky, becky. >> today has been awesome, girl. >> i made a lot of money. >> what a snob. >> let meeave you with this -- i believe these words came from the pokemon movie. >> laugh if you will, but early versions of the gettysburg address also name checked pokemon. before we move to the general election, we should check in with the tanning mom. >> i mean, that's not normal. >> #jerseypride. on to the presidential campaign. before we do that, do we have that chinese lady vanishing into a sidewalk? there she is. one more and i swear we'll move on. can i please get the guy who turned his deceased stuffed cat into a remote-control aircraft? against the backdrop of that controversial dead cat drone program, president obama sought re-election in a campaign where we finally got the sophisticated adult political debate we've longed for. >> it would be obama-alamy. >> it's called romnesia. >> i love big bird. >> thank goodness somebody is finally getting tough on big bird. >> it was an epic battle of the world views. president obama launch 1,000 republican campaign posters when he said -- >>

becky quick has the day off.t this morning, john taft, ceo of harvey wealth management. and ed keon. we've got more from john and ed still ahead. joe has your headlines. >> thank you, andrew. president obama is going to meet -- >> did you say with a straight face? >> we've got to bring people in. andrew, ask again, whether it was keon or keon. that's why we're -- you've been nailing the ed. >> ed. >> nailing it. nailing ed. and john. >> nailed that. >> taft. >> unbelievable. >> here we go again. what happened? there it is. all right. the prompter guy is confused. president obama is going to meet with top congressional leaders at the white house this afternoon, in hopes of making progress. still, on the fiscal cliff. we'll see. in addition the house is coming back in session on sunday. u.s. equity futures. let's check them out right now. gotten worse. they were at 40, 60, now 80. down 80 and we were -- i don't know whether 150 was the bottom or where we go this time because we did hit that yesterday. we were down

becky bednar is ending her shift.ont-end supervisor at the supermarket across the street from the willow valley resort. >> the night was normal as usual. a busy friday night. >> but things change dramatically when nicholas hadzic, wearing nothing but his birthday suit, breaks into the supermarket through its storage room. >> he came in through the backdoor through a loading dock. >> he opened the dock door, he looked around a little bit. at that point he realized he was alone. he even closed the door behind him as he came in. how thoughtful. >> the man is naked. that's a startling surprise. but his nudity is only the beginning of the shock. he exhibits destructive manic behavior. he rages through the store in a violent frenzy that will last eight long minutes. >> he went into the cafe, smashed his head into a cooler, shattered the glass on that. >> but that's just the beginning. next he hurls a chair at a cleaning guy, seen here trying to escape. then he continues his destruction, tossing a 300-pound pizza oven to the

becky? you're a very quiet girl, becky. and you are jarvis, are you not? "yes, milord."ll, what's the use? "make do, cricket crocket. make do." blimey! [squawk] evening, matey. [squawk] we got no place for bugs around here. hello, hello. who are you calling a bug? i am an insect, i am. i will thank you to address me by my proper rank. i loves to mangle insects. [squawking] ow! tackleton: uriah? uriah? [squawk] what are you doing out here? naughty, naughty birdie. come to beddy-bye now. into your cage, uriah caw. it's late. [squawking] [sighs] oh...whew-ee. whew. nighty-night, little friend. [snoring] crocket's voice: well, it was obvious one of us had to go. oh, yeah, but i'm getting ahead of my story. it was about a week before christmas, and poor old caleb plummer was working night and day to keep up with the demands of the season, as it were. plummer, you're using entirely too much paint on the dolls' faces. just trying to give them nice smiles. who the blazes cares about smiles? a dot and a half is enough for any doll. paint costs money! yes, sir. oh, but tackleton t

isolated there and also about the government is known as the united states continues to support and to becky's. the concern is the less big europe the state in the last vote in the un but steve israel feels that europeans are supporting basically supporting israel. that's already used up so far with me kevin owen thanks for being with r.t. international plenty of programs ahead rough on a travel show and in fact after the break we take you to some petersburg miss varian palace of versailles enjoying. an artist was arrested for putting up posters critical of drone usage all over new york city the poster show a menacing drone shooting a missile at innocent children with the words drones protection when you least expect it written at the bottom these posters definitely reflect a lot of american fears that a big brother skynet will completely eliminate the very concept of privacy and free speech so to prove that americans live in a free country without any government spying he had why p.t. hunted down the anonymous artist and arrested him for expressing himself having arrested him at his residence

. >> thanks, becky, unfortunately that is in in terms of questions because i hate to be the person to stand between you and lunch. we will take about a 20-minute break, you should all be back in your seats by about 12.20, if you can all join me in thanking our fantastic panelists. (lunch break) i have the distinct privilege of introducing my friend ed lee. mayor lae was elected on november 8, 2011, after serving with distinction as the interim mayor filling the vacancy created by mayor newsom's ascension to lieutenant governor. as mayor he has been a champion of fiscal responsibility during challenging economic times. his focus on steadfast on balancing the budget, reforming city pensions and working hard on economic development and job retention. he is making city government more responsive and efficient and making public safety a top priority. mayor lee is a long time public servant. prior to becoming mayor, he served as city administrator where he focused on government efficiency and measures and reforms that reduced the size and cost of government. mayor lee first began working fo