we want to thank bob grant, the vice-president for city national bank, the nation's 26 largest bank with more than $23 billion in total assets and 79 offices in the bay area, southern california, nevada, an atlanta. they provide their businesses and families with complete financial solutions on the way up. we also want to thank golden gate university, which is also what i'm going to sponsor this event, and an angel, president of golden gate university. you will see him in just a minute. for over 110 years, nonprofit golden gate university has been helping adults achieve their professional goals by providing undergraduate and graduate education in accounting, law, business, and other related areas. ggu is california's fifth largest nonprofit university, and rolling over five dozen students with over 67,000 alumni. offering weakened forces in downtown san francisco and online through the university's award winning cyber campus -- weekend courses in downtown san francisco. kaiser, founded in 1945, nonprofit integrated health-care organization with physicians, nurses, and staff working in co

former senator bob grant from florida, a democratic senator on the intelligence commission, the co-chair, he informed bob kerrey of nebraska, also on the commission -- on to every 24, they swore statements to the u.s. district court of manhattan. they both reviewed the spirit connection not this official commission exonerated, the king of saudi arabia. they were anointed by the british about 100 years ago. we are the ottoman empire, which may have been a good thing. any involvement in the 9/11 attacks, the saudis are claiming they have been dismissed and incinerated. connections made in florida and the l.a. by saudi families -- made in florida and in l.a. by saudi families -- it is interesting, the bae connection. who is really funding al qaeda? the british have been in afghanistan for decades. host: thank you for the call. we will get a response. guest: throughout the middle east, asia, pakistan -- there are people who support terrorism and taxes, and do not share the united states view of the world. those people will, from time to time, provide money and even family members or encourag

. >> good news, thanks, bob pisani? >>> jim grant is sounding alarms on the state's economy. that's straight ahead when we talk with james grant. >>> and earnings out on research in motion as soon as they are released. more on the apple headlines as well. you're watching the "closing bell" on cnbc, first in business worldwide. oil sands projects, like kearl, and the keystone pipeline will provide secure and reliable energy to the united states. over the coming years, projects like these could create more than half a million jobs in the us alone. from the canadian border, through the mid west, to the gulf coast. benefiting hundreds of thousands of families throughout the country. this is just what our economy needs right now. >>> welcome back to "closing bell." we're watching shares of apple. apple down a quarter of a percent and bouncing back after hours after releasing a statement in response to an audit finding that its supplier fox con was in violation of labor laws. the company saying we appreciate the fact that they have done and fully support their recommendations. empo

senator bob grant -- that was the first investigation into 9/11 in 2002, told me they were also very suspicious. of this chance meeting. and they hired an act chew ware -- actuar dwronch figure out what the statistical lookly hood was. two hijackers having a meeting with this saudi who was widely believed to be a spy in the community on saudi students. he told me statsician came back and said the likelihood was five million to one. i'm not a math person but that says to me it is impossible. the saudi hooks up the two hijackers with the cleric's wing man, his buddy. you know what his buddy does? he drives those two hijackers from los angeles to san diego. and i've been to that neighborhood in san diego and i can tell you in the 1990's, easterly 2000, this really was the deepest, darkest ghetto. this was gangbangers and check cashing places and hookers. it seemed an unlikely place for you to go unless you want to hide in plain sight because the mosque is a very unassuming ranch-style building. if you go along sernac street in san diego, you'll go right by it unless you know what you're

number two, if it's so great, why would 1200 waivers be granted primarily for the union? >> bobis is a republican concept. introduced and passed in legislation in the senate by bob dole in 1993. instituted by the american enterprise institute. their idea. >> eric: not the mandate part. >> bob: mandate, the mandate was the whole republican idea to begin with. now they run away from it because obama is behind it. >> dana: even if that were true -- they don't like that. if 72% of the american people don't like it, you have a problem. >> bob: 72% up and down? >> kimberly: poll it. we'll continue the discussion in the break. wish we could show that to you. coming up, did president obama slip up and repeal diplomatic plans for a second term? ah-ha. to the president of russia of all people. we'll show you the tape and you can decide what he's up to. don't forget to e-mail us at thefive@foxnews.com. ♪ ♪ ng. ♪ ♪ freddie 1984 when wam gave us "careless whisper." and like other wham hits, george michael didn't write it alone. his cohort helped but was never heard from again. it's no wonder

. >> there is a great speech, hugh grant playing your role and billy bob thorton playing the visitingrican president in which they talk about the special relationship and how it covers all manner of sin. >> covers all manner of sins, doesn't it? i fear this has become a bad relationship. a relationship based on the president taking exactly what he wants, and casually ignoring all those things that really matter to britain. >> and the truth is, it hasn't always been that special. is it special now? is this a good time for the special relationship? >> i believe it is. but i would take issue. i think it has been very special over the last few decades. obviously, it's had highlights, where the reagan and thatcher or -- pick out those highlights. the real nature of it is not just that the individuals have tried to get on and have a good relationship, as i have with president obama. the real nature of the special relationship is the fact that we share the same interests. >> but not always. cameron, whose wife was in new york on 9/11, gave a speech in '06, criticizing the iraq war, in which

bob belfanz and john bridgeland. this morning i want to provide a preliminary progress report on our school improvement grants or what's known as our sig program. it cbs news to accelerate achievement in our nation's lowest performer 5% of schools. our federal grant supports schools, leaders, teachers, unions and local partners in the community to undertake this challenging work. we're seeing some very encouraging signs of progress in this first year of data from our sig schools, which actually few experts anticipated. but before i talk about that data, i want to put in context what we're seeing. the starting premise for the sig program is unfortunately painfully self-evident. the united states simply cannot meaningfully boost graduation rates and prom ace quality education to every single child without ending the cycle of failure in our chronically low lf performing schools. tragically not just for a few years but literally for decades children have been cheat out of a world class education in the underperforming schools. states and district officials have traditionally tinkered in these schools instead of treating th

bob and john a big round of applause. this morning i want to provide a preliminary progress report on the school improvement grants.ou know sig seeks to accelerate achievement in the lowest performing 5% of schools through far-reaching interventions. the federal grant supports schools, leaders, teachers, unions, and local partners in the community to undertake this challenging work. we're seeing some very encouraging signs of progress in this first year of data from our s.i.g. schools which few experts anticipated but before i talk about that data, i want to put in context what we're seeing. the starting premise for the s.i.g. program is unfortunately painfully self evident. the united states simply cannot meaningfully boost graduation rates and promise a quality education to every single child without ending the cycle of failure in our chronically low-performing schools. tragically, sometimes not just for a few years but literally decades children have been cheated out of a world class education and for fa too long we, adults, educators, leaders, passively observed this educational failure with a complacency deepl

i'll grant you, there's been some buying by retail investors of etfs, but by and large still the business of professionals. >> thank you, bob pisani. let's check in with seema mody at the nasdaq. the nasdaq at its best levels in over a decade, right? >> mandy, risk-on continues. witnessing best quarter since 1991. the nasdaq 100, the subset of stocks is turning in 12 straight weeks of gains. some money managers saying tech is still cheap and has the ability to run up even higher. when you have a risk-on rally, you naturally see investors pile into tech. interestingly enough it's not just high beta momentum names adding strength. it's the older tech stocks that are seeing some green today. keep in mind though during the last week of the month we usually see some window dressing which basically means investors are grabbing some of the quarter's best performers to dress up their portfolio listings. >> window dressing, got to love it. thank you very much, seema mody. >> all right. who says that old technology stocks are dead? some of the big boys are looking a little more magic than matlock. intel, microsoft, nasdaq 100 all up

disney's bob eager comes in at number two at 31 million and viacom felipe domann the top earner at 43 million, half of what he earned last year when he received a massive stock grantholders, some did see double-digit increases in total shareholder returns last year. disney and united technologies actually saw declines. steven hall looked at the first 100 proxies to look at the revenues to get the numbers and overall the numbers showed median compensation for the executives rose 7% last year to just about $6.1 million. maria. >> mary, it looks like the entertainment industry is giving the big numbers here. what industries are giving the biggest raises to their ceos? >> reporter: >> keep in mind, it's an early read but entertainment looks to be strong though, again, viacom ceo pay dropped by half. however, it is financial companies actually where we're seeing the biggest encrease in a year over year basis, percentage basis within ceo pay and saw declining consumer staples of just about 15%. early read, maria. have a lot more of this coming up in the next couple of months. back to you. >> all right, mary. thanks so much. mary thompson. take a short break and we wrap

bob pisani. the other business headlines we are covering tonight. >>> boeing loses a round at the world trade organization, the wto ruling that boeing received $3 to $4 billion in illegal subsidies through federal research grants and local tax breaks. u.s. trade rep ron kirk calling the decision a victory for the u.s. because the wto panel ruled last year europe provided $18 billion in subsidies to airbus. kirk says that today's ruling shows that european subdid siddys are far larger and more disruptive than anything the u.s. does for boeing. >>> ford taurus the subject of safety investigation. the national highway safety administration reporting it has received 14 complaints from drivers whose throttles became stuck in the opens position. government is looking at cruise control cables in 2005 and '06 ford tauruses that allegedly became detached. the agency did not cite crashes or injuries related to the issue. >>> the u.s. job market is mending. the american transportation association says americans took 10.4 billion rides on subways, commuter traipse, light rails and buses last year, 200 million more rides than 2010, the second most since 1957. analysts say that the rising gas prices to $4 a gallon in some s

bob belfanz and john bridgeland. to identify and promote solutions. please give them a round of across -- applause. [applause] this morning i want to provide a preliminary progress report on our school improvement grantserate the achievement in the schools. leaders, teachers, unions, and local partners in the community undertake this challenging work. we are seeing some encouraging signs of progress in this first year of data from are six schools, which few anticipated. before i talk about that data, i want to put in context what we are seeing. the starting premise for the program is self-evident. the united states cannot meaningfully boost graduation rates and promise education without ending the cycle of failure in our low performing schools. tragically,

bob belfanz and john bridgeland. to identify and promote solutions. please give them a round of applause. [applause] this morning i want to provide a preliminary progress report on our school improvement grants known as our sig program. it seeks to accelerate the achievement in the schools. leaders, teachers, unions, and local partners in the community undertake this challenging work. we are seeing some encouraging signs of progress in this first year of data from are six schools, which few anticipated. before i talk about that data, i want to put in context what we are seeing. the starting premise for the program is self-evident. the united states cannot meaningfully boost graduation rates and promise education without ending the cycle of failure in our low performing schools. tragically, sometimes not just for a few years, but the kids, children have been cheated that of a world-class education. and for far too long, all of us here, adults, educators, have observed this failure with a complacency that is disturbing. from the moment the became the ceo of the public schools in 2001, i had some many people tell may not much could be done to transform a failing school. i was told nothing could