. >> ben jones, -- ben brown, thank you very much. you are watching "bbc world news america." still to come, stories from inside china. we take you to the dash inside the controversial prison system you rarely hear about -- we take controversial priso prison system you rarely hear about. today, it was a diplomatic mission for the pope. cristina kirchner asked the new pope to help with the dispute with britain over the falkland islands. there is no word on how the pope responded to her appeal. we have this report from argentina. with was the first meeting the head of state for -- the heads of state with pope francis. cristina kirchner gave him a traditional, t like drink -- tea-like drink that is often shared among friends. as bishop and president, their relationship was strained. as president and pope, it still seemed awkward. "i've never been kissed by the pope," she said. and she used her press conference to reopen the dialogue on the focalin violence. -- auckland islands -- falkland islands. >> this is a very important issue for all the argentinian people and the president.

joining me now to discuss the negative side of the oil sanlds in the keystone xl pipeline is ben jonesobama's green jobs czar during his first time in office, advising the president on ways to promote growth in the alternative energy sector in this country. he's a cnn contributor. joining us from los angeles is actress daryl hannah. you may know her from "splash," "wall street," and "kill bill," but she's a public activist for environmental causes. now she is the exec froif deucer of a new documentary movie coming out this weekend called "green lying bastards." here's a klim from the trailer. >> uncover the conspiracies behind the campaigns. >> this is what i want it to look like. >> and the greedy lying bas stards behind it all. >> could it be that man made global warming is the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the american people? >> the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the american people. >> corporations who have us where we are, who have us over a barrel, would love to keep it that way. >> daryl hannah, welcome. there are two issues with the keystone xl pipeline -- >> thank you.

we're off 116 points right now on the dow jones industrial average. moments from now ben bernanke will address a group of top policymakers in london. investors will watch for any and all signs and perhaps some comments on what's going on in europe, too. steve describes what is on top of the agenda today. clients are always learning more to make their money do more. (ann) to help me plan my next move, i take scottrade's free, in-branch seminars... plus, their live webinars. i use daily market commentary to improve my strategy. and my local scottrade office guides my learning every step of the way. because they know i don't trade like everybody. i trade like me. i'm with scottrade. (announcer) scottrade... ranked "highest in customer loyalty for brokerage and investment companies." ♪ your finances can't manage themselves, but that doesn't mean they won't try. bring all your finances together with the help of the one person who can, a certified financial planner professional. cfp -- let's make a plan. >> fed chairman ben bernanke will be speaking later. >> have we really lea

we are seen this technical target like be a gal talked about in the diamond and dow jones, got fulfilled today and benainly has his cigar lit and is drinking champagne. he fulfilled his mission on getting the new high but looking for a pullback, and i like being short the higher beta name, the qqq. a lot of headwinds coming up, got to get through unemployment, and the thing we're focused on right now is the it can resolution. march 27, and a lot of people are complacent and the vix backed out under 14. last monday, bill, we saw a 34% historic surge in that vix contract. therefore, there is fear just underneath the surface here, so we don't want to be long here. >> i agree with all your points. great points across the board, but if we look back at the topping action between the nasdaq and dow back in 2007, the last protruding low to the record highs at that time, august 16 and then the dow topped out on october 11th. they have gained 13% between that time period. the nasdaq didn't top out or the qqqs didn't top out until october 31st. 24% upside. so far the qs from the last protruding low are up only 1

jones from going up slowly nowhere over less. twelve years one trillion no three trillion as ben bernanke you said it was still on the fed's balance sheet no contingent liabilities mean the fed and the us government take on thirty trillion in new debt to go absolutely nowhere all right stacy ever thanks so much for being on the kaiser report thank you max don't go away much more coming away stay right there. sick to multiply here each day. it's very profitable to invest in colombia we did very profitable so the it is a very high return on investment. he said but i've been working in this area for thirty years and i've always had to pay the armed groups of needed by this kind of managers who change their name and strategy but just feel the same murderous. high ranking suspects you know coming. pretty upset about that mr president. to president putin. but. i won't give an interview i'm sorry but no. investigation is a dead. end he says you can stop your bullshit and keep quiet or else you'll suffer the consequences. even if they're your bodyguards to watch themselves because the same goes for them. regards from since i've never hear

jones from going up slowly nowhere over less. twelve years one trillion no three trillion as ben bernanke you said it was still on the fed's balance sheet no the contingent liabilities mean the fed and the us government take on thirty trillion in new debt to go absolutely nowhere all right stacy ever thanks so much for being on the kaiser report thank you max don't go away much more coming why stay right there. here is mitt romney trying to figure out the name of that thing that we americans call a dollar. i'm sorry i'm just a guy who cares an awful lot but you sir are a fool you know what kind of my son you. want to be listening to featurism be on the ball and the crist. confusedly such as. you know the corporate media distracts us from what you and i should care about because they're profit driven industry that sells a sensationalistic garbage he calls it breaking news i'm abby martin and we're going to break that. welcome back to the kaiser report max kaiser time now to turn to steve king. bunking economics steve's also got a project on kickstarter he's raising money for a dynamic financial simulation minsky steve king welcome

ben, green, pushing it it over. hops it in the air. scoring 2-1. it was 3-2 canada, 8th inning, runners on board. jones splits the gap.verybody is going to score on the 2-run double. the united states goes on to win 9-4 and they are headed to the next round in miami. last year at dural, tiger woods pulled out in the final round because of a problem, leaving people to question if he -- we had seen the last of tiger at his elite level. a year later, woods is almost back on top of the mountain. tiger appears to have regained that look of a champion. he was good on his short gain, second hole. birdie. puts him at 19 underpar. on 4. a great play. he will go on to birdie that hole as well. 27 birdies. he is one shy of the personal best. steve striker tried to keep it close. chip shot on 13. finished 2 strokes off of the lead and in second place. in the end, all tiger. he wins the cadillac championship. for the first time in 5 years he has 2 wins before the master's and if he wins it bay hill in two weeks he will regain his status as the top ranked player in both. >> having won twice now in a stress free winds. where does it

nowhere how low i was wanting to take to keep the dow jones from going up silly nowhere over the last twelve years one trillion no three trillion as ben bernanke you said it was still on the fed's balance sheet no the contingent liabilities mean the fed and the us government take on thirty trillion in new debt to go absolutely nowhere all right stacy ever thanks so much for being on the kaiser report thank you max took away much more coming away stay right there . hard to face a freedom fighter. here ready to clean up in disorder. and bring you liberty any time. salute free. not. to be treated this way. diary on our t.v. . let me let me i want to wouldn't let me ask you a question. here on this network as we're having the debate we have our knives out. this time to spank steak never again here in a situation where we talk about your name and we. well . science technology innovation all the list i'm elements from around russia we've got the future i covered. the sound. welcome back to the kaiser report max kaiser time now to turn to steve king arthur of bonking economics steve's also got a project kickstarter he's raising money for a d

nowhere how low i was wanted to take to keep the dow jones from going up slowly nowhere over the last twelve years one trillion no three trillion as ben bernanke you said it was still on the fed's balance sheet no the contingent liabilities mean the fed and the us government take on thirty trillion in new debt to go absolutely nowhere all right stacy ever thanks so much for being on the kaiser report thank you max go away much more coming away stay right there. you know how sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and realized everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm tom harpur welcome to the big picture. he used. to. welcome back to the kaiser report max kaiser time now to turn to steve came the bonking economics steve's also got a project kickstarter he's raising money for a dynamic financial simulation called minsky fifteen welcome back to the kaiser report by the way him. steve tell us about this. kickstarter project well the starting point is i want to call him mr right now and what i do is i try i pretend to model the

ben is printing money. charles: 30 companies in dow jones industrial average are doing extraordinarily well mostly because theyire. stuart: okay, but the dow is up. charles: jc penney, the last two wall street firms had positive ratings on them did downgrade today. sort of cautionary tale for wall street research. sandra: except for yours. charles: except for mine. [laughter] stuart: let's get the judge's attention away from the blackberry which is making an inordinate racket as he scrolls through it. let's get back to the story that we brought you the top of the hour, internal e-mail obtained by the washington times suggests that the obama administration is in fact pushing to keep those cuts as painful as they could be. quoting from the e-mail to charles brown, that's a mid level employee within the department of agriculture, quote, so it is our opinion that however you manage that reduction, you need to make sure you are not contradicting what we said the impact would be. agriculture secretary tom vilsack did not get off so easy on capitol hill. >> my concern from the e-mail is that it intends, i believe, an

jones industrials. same for s&p 500. we watch ben bernanke you should note. traders have same sentiment.very accommodative fed and ben bernanke and his team with the exception of esther george. >> two thoughts quickly. vix, fear index is low. somebody seems to be worryryed about wall street at all. we're grinding higher for major market averages. 10-year at 1.94%. that is something we continue to watch as well. so very accommodative, and they expect that to continue. because they know. eurozone, no mention of the risky eurozone? i thought that was surprising as well. lori: we might get that in the press conference. melissa: for sure. lori: we'll wait for reporter to ask that question especially with headlines out of cyprus this week. michael cox, to you. nicole raises a interesting point. what if the economy starts recovering here and fed takes foot off gas pedal and sooner than they're telling us right now? could almost be a bad thing for the markets. >> well, that's right. because if the economy starts recovering and interest rates start rising and, you know you will have a stock marke

jones industrial average closes at 10,000. >> we saw panic. guys came into buy fogold. the market took off again when fed chairman ben bernanke pledged to pump massive amounts of money into the economy. we ought to maintain a degree of fiscal support. the dow dipped again in 2011 after supporters downgraded u.s. debt and is powering ahead now thanks to an improving economy and the fed keeping rates low. >> where do we go from here? earnings are at new highs. with sub par growth, it is likely to be a constraint on the markets. but a historic day for all of us. and you could feel it for us. >> some old familiar faces there. you have to laugh. we hit the all time high. but will we stay there? >> with the top investing minds. jim paulson and guys good evening to both of you. you sent me a note saying this is not a sugar high. do you feel the same way? >> i do. the fed has helped this market. i think there has been a lot of improvement as well. it is not that we solved our problems and growth isn't fast enough to please anyone. think where we are four years ago and where we are today in the economy. we are creating jobs,

ben white is politico's chief economic correspondent. gentlemen, while an imperfect measure of the overall u.s. economy, the dow joness still what many americans look to in order to measure the health of the stock market, and today it reached a new high adding roughly 126 points in trading. it means that since 2009, the low points of the recession, the dow has more than doubled which has surprised many market watchers. ezra, good news for all or just good news for some? >> well, look, it's good news that the dow is coming back. i want to throw some cold water, i want to be a bit of an unfortunate buzz kill. the dow jones is a little weird in that it doesn't adjust for inflation which is how we would always do a calculation like this. if you adjust for calculation which you need to do to see the real value the dow is at a lower point than it was in '09 and in 2000. so this is not great. so there's not quite the huge disparity between the actual economy and the dow that would be implied by the dow hitting a new high. it's lower than it was in 2000 and the actual economy, the labor market is 7.9% unemployment. so it has

ben. [ male announcer ] next up, the gutters. citibank popmoney. easier banking. standard at citibank. >>> welcome back. another day, another record for the dow jonesndustrial average. we are moving higher again right now. the dow was up 57 points at the high of the session. now up 43, and, again, any positive close for the industrial average will be another new all-time high today. maria? >> well, bill, our next guest recently urged me to invest in gold and avoid stocks. since then gold has gone down, stocks have gone up. he's not changing his tune though at all. >> yeah. joining us on the phone from thailand marc faber, managing director of marc faber limited. he's publisher the "gloom, boom and doom" report. marc, good evening, good morning wherever you are? >> good morning for me, thank you. >> thanks for joining us. >> and thank you very much for the very kind introduction. >> well, plenty of people, you're not alone, have been saying they expect the u.s. stock market to go lower. they expect gold to go higher. in your view why hasn't that trade worked out yet? >> well, first of all, since the year 2000 when some people in media organizations

but in the 4th inning, ben bunts, taylor green rushes the throw and it pops wildly in the air. joe mauer scores to make it 2- 1. then adam jones with a two-run double in the 8th. united states wins 9-4. now headed to the next round in miami. >> well done. >>> let's go to the ice where the rough ride for the sharks just continues. we are going to colorado in fact. last night san jose's logan couture tied the game up at 2 in the third period. there was hope and then with just a fraction of a second left in overtime matt dushane scored the game winner. colorado won 3-2. the sharks' woes continue. >>> a new star for the stanford women with the play of the day. sophomore amber orrange drives, spins and lays it up and in against uc la off the backboard. that's the winning bucket. the cardinals women win the pac- 12 tournament for the 7th time in a row. orrange came up big career high 20 points. stanford beat the bruins 51-49. and they will likely be a top seed in next week's ncaa. >> pretty good. >>> 6:25 right now. coming up, not just a paycheck boost. how san jose's minimum wage high will benefit local businesses. >> plus, disturb

ben bernanke helping this as well. boeings the number one head der on the dow jones industrial, best perform erp at a 52-week high.is pulling back once again and faces intense competition from sam sang. sasamsung may have eye-powered scrolling features. that is something very interesting. looking at the phone and moving it around with your years. black berry the z10 is going to go on sale. you can buy it yourself on march 22 than. that stock is up nearly 10% today. i'm also following bed, bath and beyond a popular retailer for folks. in the weekend covers of barons they say that the stock could rise 25%, that it could be a acquisition target. you might see that above a 40% premium. give an eye and bed, bath and beyond, they are giving it good projections going forward. i'm tossing it back to you jenna, we are seeing basically all time highs on the dow jones industrials. jenna: don't want to get too used to it. but it's nice to see that rather than the 6500 that we saw at the loaf the crisis. nick he coal, thank you. jon: breaking now a computer jet stuck in the mud this morning at houston's hobby airport. the delt

jones" magazine. and joy reid, managing editor of the grio. he ticks every single one of the boxes. the only person that i thought embodied everything that they complain about is dr. ben stop laughing, corn. we haven't even come to you yet. >> just getting ready. >> the problem is solved. god bless america. it is interesting that the party that is against affirmative action gets so hot and boder if anyone brown or black or woman. in positions, and black conservatives really understand, i think, in a very real way that they have a great opening in a party like that. alan west became an instant star. mr. herman cain became an instant star. at one point he was at the top of the list of people when you polled republicans. there's still people who want allan west to be president. ben carson has an added benefit. he hasn't been caught up in the republican party bad brand problems. a lot of people didn't even know he was a conservative. he also has a book to sell. he's going to sell a lot. >> you're being far to ironic and cynical. david, is it not possible that an individual like dr. ben carson could well, i don't know, become a potential presidential nominee? herman cain w

and the dow jones industrial average just a smidgen away from an all time high and there are three reasons why we're here. number one, bene fed keep printing, no signs of stopping, free money all around and some of the trillions has gone into stocks. and then there's this, what do you get when you buy a bank or cd, nothing, and all the more reason to buy stocks and switch your money out of bonds. don't forget this, please, house speaker john boehner is pushing a bill that would keep the cuts, keep the government running through september and no more tax hikes. that is attractive to investors, if not the president. there you have it, three reasons for the rally despite the miserable economy. we've got the markets covered for you on this historic day, all of your favorite "varney & company" members plus this: check out our all-star lineup today. actress and environmentalist daryl hannah, arrested several times for protesting the pipeline. she has a new movie out that slams the oil companies and get this, she joins the company, 10:05 do not miss her, 10:05 this morning and also, a led light bulb for less than ten bucks made