i'm karen tso europe and christine tan.icolas sarkozy has used an int interview to detail new measures to boost the country's economy and create jobs. let's get to paris with stephane ped pedr pedrozzi stands by. we hear angela merkel might be hitting the campaign trail with nicolas sarkozy. >> reporter: that would be a way to help nicholas sar koolas sar could cruiserweight a weird situation in case he would not be re-elected. that's an option. he is not leading the race and refuses to confirm yesterday that he would stand for re-election although the comments and the proposal last night were clearly a step in that direction. sarkozy has announced that the rate in france will increase from 19.6 to 21.2%. the process will not be used to reduce the deficit but lower taxes, a way to boost their x competitiveness. the new rate will be implemented in october. meanwhile sarkozy hopes that in the meantime people would accelerate some spending and this could help to support the french economy. sarkozy also announced yesterday more

let me a question to christine.tionals are hiring or is it small businesses? where are the jobs being created? >> it's small businesses, mid-size businesses. in some cases, i think there's a little bit of hiring at the big multi-nationals, but for the most part, they're trying to stretch their workers as much as they can and they have an eye on europe. very concerned about what is happening in europe. the small businesses and mid-size businesses, quite frankly and the service sector industry that they have to add when the economy gets a little better. sometimes they'll add temporary workers or contract workers, which is also tough because you don't always get benefits with that or certainty with that, but i'll tell you something. i was talking to a commercial real estate ceo recently who told me that he doesn't think he can go, if he gets one more big teal deal, he will have to hire a bunch of people. he stretched everybody to the max. he will wait until the last second to do that. i think that's consistent through

christine romans has a look at some other stories making news for us. christine?d. syria's opposition rejecting the government's claims that an armed terrorist group is responsible for the death of a french journalist in a mortar attack. he's the first western journalist to die in the syria uprising. cnn has been shutout of the country for month now. nic robertson among the first western journalists allowed back in and he was talking with anti-government protesters. >> the level of anger and passion here is absolutely palpable. just a few miles from the center of damascus and the crowd here -- >> thank you. thank you. this is a crowd here of perhaps several thousand people. they're taking over this whole area and put rocks in the road to prevent police coming in here. >> look at him. 32 years only because -- >> who killed him? who is responsible? >> the government. >> i'm afraid when i'm talking to you right now because i'm going to lift this scarf and going to my home and i'm not 100% sure that i'm going to be safe because, if not today, if not tomorrow, they wil

>> hi, christine. it's good to be back. there is a lot of things happening in japan that i think investors need to keep their eye on. in particular as you mentioned the reconstruction efforts. there's a lot of money, a lot of capital flowing into the region to help with those efforts and i would not underestimate the effect that will have. year on year gdp numbers will look good. the other thing that i really urge investors to keep their eye on is the political situation in japan. we have a situation where, again, noda is losing power. i think the party is in trouble and there's people jockeying for that prime minister seat already but behind the scenes there's what i call the third force. there is the new osaka movement and both are very different than the current political parties we have in place in that they're focused on inplagues targeting and slimming the balance sheet in japan which would mean growth for the economy and that is clearly the big hope behind the scenes at this point. >> glen, i harp on a strong yen. th

i'm christine for you're watching our t.v. well welcome back from the weekend it was an eventful one and a busy one especially for republican presidential candidates who had not one but two debates in a twelve hour period saturday night and sunday morning and they're talking a lot and we're hearing a lot but today we like to take this opportunity to talk about what we're not hearing and i think this is important because as much as social issues can make for great sound bite zingers we're in the midst of tough times right now if you're applying for a job in which your number one priority is to leave this country in a better direction it might be a good idea to start telling people once will eventually decide whether or not you'll get that job what your plan is that makes sense right well right now wrong this week and for much of the campaign instead it's been about three things guns gays and god here are some snippets from over the past week. governor romney do you believe that states have the right to ban contraception that st

christine? >> thanks, rob. we'll keep up to date with you on that as it develops. >>> in italy, officials hope to determine if they can begin pumping out half a million gallons of fuel from that capsized cruise ship. the mayor of the island where the ship ran aground says the situation is now an ecological time bomb because they fear that ship could slip into deeper waters. rescue crews have recovered another body leaving 19 people unaccounted for. >>> a mississippi judge could decide if nearly 200 pardons issued by out going mississippi governor haley barbour if they are valid. the state attorney general requested today's hearing because he said it appeared some of the pardons violated the state constitution. under mississippi law, a public notice must run in the newspaper 30 days prior to a pardon. >>> egypt's parliament meeting today for the first time since the down fall of former president hosni mubarak last year. lawmakers are expected to vote on a new speaker of the house and two deputies

i know christine romans who is back at cnn in new york. christine, what are you looking at? south carolina if you will. this is the candidate directed ad spending in south carolina. that's a gingrich romney story. those are the can datsz spending the most time on the air with the tv adds. when you add in the super pac money, this is perry territory. his supporters are hoping that south carolina is going to be his place. if you take a look at florida moving even one step further, this is the super pac money and candidate money, that's all romney. he's the one with the money and the backing to be able to be thinking two states ahead. there's already an awful lot of activity for romney moving ahead to florida. south carolina that's super pacs supporting perry really, really active now. >> so, david, when you see the governor putting money, as christine just pointed out, into florida, it's because it's a very different race in florida. much more diverse. >> tv war in florida. >> expensive tv war. >> vast state. population disstrinted over a huge area, very big population. you ca

thank you, christine, for all the work you have done. [applause] >> and again thanking our film commission for supporting this. they have really put a lot of support behind it, letting us have it to start with. and then also giving us the go-ahead to put funds toward connecting this to high speed internet. right now we have tapped into the city's broadband network, so we have 25 up and 25 down, which not being a tech person, i don't really know everything that means. a file used to take 30 minutes to upload, and now it takes three minutes to upload. that is fantastic. in the rent, that is included. utilities and john torle are -- jantorial are included, and a common area and your own space. it is great a good deal for film makers if you are interested in participating. craig larson is the owner of the building. he has worked with us, and he has been so generous to make it where we could afford this space and where we could give it to you at an affordable rate so. thank you, craig, even though you're not here. i think that's it for now. c

[laughter] >> christine holm schools their four children.e has not had a single letter from libertarian ron paul, but the romney campaign clearly knows how to get her attention. >> it tends to be family oriented. we get a family christmas card with all the grandchildren in there. >> welcome to the modern political campaign, where the candidates seem to know more about you than you know yourself. this is the unassuming washington office of the company that has gathered personal information on 190 million american voters. the data itself is being used by several of today's presidential campaigns. with this map of new hampshire, john phillips compiles his gold mine of voter data. >> these could all be persuaded all voters? >> these could all be persuaded all voters. >> your income, your children, even the car you drive could be used. this information is all legally available through credit card purchases and social media sites. >> this kind of information would come from magazine subscription or volunteer information. >> is a world where inform

i'm christine and you're watching our team. i want to start this afternoon by just with a discussion about class when you think of society with clear cut divisions it's really easy to think of you know old europe great britain for example where there are under classes an upper classes royalty but it turns out in england just thirty percent of those born into the lowest income bracket never escape it compared to forty two percent in the united states so basically you know the nearly half the people born poor here will stay that way and it turns out people now have fewer illusions about that reality a new pew research center survey found people believe there is not only a divide but conflicts as the result of this divide check this out about two thirds of those surveyed about sixty six percent believe there are very strong or strong conflicts between the rich and poor in america that's an increase of nineteen percentage points since two thousand and nine. but what about the american dream and the notion that no matter where you'r

>> all right, christine, thanks.e're sitting here chatting, christine cease talking to me, time to go back to work. i want to talk this morning about polls. new suffolk university poll was just released and shows that ron paul is gaining on mitt romney. really romney's also going downward just a little bit. he's a 33% compared to ron paul who sis at 20%. romney is at 23 points ahead of who they pick as number two in the poll, jon huntsman and ron paul is third. will cane has been joining us, digging into the breakfast. >> and the poll numbers. >> the poll numbers and breakfast this morning. clever. james men dell is joining us, a political analyst for mur and a former hillary clinton adviser and democratic strategist. she's in d.c. kentucky senator, rand paul, is the on of ron paul. he's joining us at the table. feel free, sir, as i tell everyone so dig into the french fries, covered in cheese curd and gravy. >> there's only one way to eat, fork and in hand. >> all family here. help yourself. >> as long as you get fl

hey, christine. >> good morning, soledad.ing 24 dead and dozens wounded. fueling fears of an increase in sectarian violence following the withdrawal of u.s. troops. >>> one of six utah police officers shot overnight has now died. the officers were trying to serve a drug-related search warrant at a home in the city of ogden, utah, when a suspect opened fire. the five other officers and the suspect are being treated now at a hospital. >>> an arizona congresswoman gabrielle giffords will attend a candlelight vigil on sunday. this will mark the one-year anniversary of the shooting that severely wounded her and killed six people. >>> the weekly jobless claims report out in just a few minutes. it is expected to show that about 375,000 people lined up for the very first time last week for unemployment benefits. sounds like a lot. any time this number comes in below the key 400,000 level, it shows the labor market are healing. >>> stock futures for the dow, nasdaq, s&p 500 pointing to a slightly lower open this morning, but, soledad,

christine, if you would like to christine, if you would like to come up and introduce the next man: 60-inch screen, high-definition. football season is coming up. you can watch it right here. what do you think? i'll take it. huh! huh! now, that's what i'm talking about. you're right. i don't need it. >> good morning. welcome to the regular meeting of the budget and finance committee. my name is carmen chu. i am joined by supervisor avalos supervisor kim and. our clerk this victor young. we have charles and jennifer from sfgtv. >> please turn off all cell phones. if you wish to comment, please fill up a speaker card and turn them in. please provide copies to the clerk for inclusion into the file. items will appear in the board of supervisors agenda on january 31, 2012, unless otherwise stated. supervisor chu: thank you very much. we do call item number one, please? >> resolution approving a site access and use agreement with motorola for the san francisco sites to be used for the bay area 700 mhz public safety broadband spectrum to be managed and operated by the bay area regional intero

>>> all right, christine, thanks. mentioned earlier this morning, mississippi's governor has pardoned four convicted killers. all were serving life sentenceness murder cases. all had worked at the governor's mansion. one was denied parole just a couple of weeks before. the families of the victims are in complete disbelief and shock. a little bit earlier i spoke to mark mcabee who was one of the shooting victims' nephews. >> things like this don't need to happen. something this important doesn't need to be in the hands of one person. we have committees and as it has come out before, two weeks prior to this one of these individuals was denied parole, you know? we can't understand what was going through the process. i can't imagine if i had to go to haley barbour and ask one question, it is definitely, why did you do this? i want you to explain this to me because at this point i do not understand what you're doing. >> martin savage has more on this for us. you can hear, marty, the disbelief in that nephew's voice as he s

christin ayers has preparations for tomorrow's post-season matchup. what's going on? >> reporter: a lot of different security, things from wands instead of patdowns to checks for counterfeit tickets. there will be more security from cops to counterfeit experts. they have already confiscated some fake tickets and they expect tomorrow to take more. >>> reporter: 20 hours to kickoff and the paint is still wet in candlestick park. >> it's big. this is incredibly big. >> reporter: by tomorrow, 70,000 fans will flood these stands for a game reminiscent of the mid-'90s super bowl. >> oh, man it's going to be low scoring game. 9ers defense is going to shut brees out. >> reporter: candlestick security is cracking down in preparation. >> there will be a lot of things you will see, some things you won't see. and it's on purpose. >> reporter: our cameras caught details sweeping trunks and searching cars with mirrors. there will be more law enforcement at this game all to protect against clashes like this one, fights broke out and shots were fired when the 9ers and raiders went he

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let's get to christine who has an update. earth has been so interesting on this because there's that island which is kind of the focus of everything. pull up that island. >> here's the island giglio off the western coast of italy and that's where this ill-fated trip came from. quite interesting how close it came to land just 300 feet off the coast. if you look here, soledad, you can see, took off here from the western side. this is all happening here on this little island over here in the west. ship took off from here and then hit this granite out cropping right here is where it strikes the rock. and the people on board were told it was an electrical problem. they said they felt a shutter. the ship continues on and makes this turn and comes in here closer to the coastline of this island. makes this funny turn. all of this is happening at night, of course. it's pitch-black overall. when you see it in broad daylight, 300 feet off the coast, 200 people. that's what it looks like in broad daylight, left there. you look here. look

>> hi, this is christine.k about policy easing but what about the fiscal side? do you think the chinese government is prepared to put in more stimulus if necessary? >> not really. not at the moment. what one has to bear in mind, though, that china unveiled its five-year plan last spring and for people in beijing that's probably the most important policy development. so that's still having an underlying positive influence on the economy. they're not going to unveil fiscal policy through the fiscal room for maneuver, have the room for maneuver they had a few years ago n. terms of your question, it's about monetary policy. they're going to ease bank climates this year allowing the banks to lend more, maybe 8.5 trillion rnb, ease reserve requirements and maybe also cut interest rates. so china feels it's already got enough of a fiscal boost because of the five-year plan. i think the policy stimulus side is very much a monetary policy. >> what about what has been the prime engineer of the global growth? the fresh e

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i'm christine for you're watching our team. all right there is a lot to talk about tonight regarding some new developments just over the last few hours and this is big it all started today when the feds shutdown of megaupload the file sharing service that apparently has more than one hundred fifty million registered users and fifty million daily visitors now it's been accused of taking away five hundred million dollars from copyright holders so the founders and employees of mega upload have been charged by a us grand jury with copyright infringement and at least seven of them have already been arrested around the world agents of also served at least twenty search warrants in response the largest ever attack by the hacktivist group anonymous they haven't so far attacked and successfully shut down the sites for the u.s. department of justice the u.s. copyright office universal music group recording industry association of america the motion picture association of america and just a few moments ago the f.b.i. web site now you may

by coincidence, christine lived right next door to rosie's friend eva.t that last phone call with rosie, about yaz giving her a calcium capsule. >> it was odd to me that just prior to leaving for a movie in the middle of the afternoon in a hurry that that was so necessary that he give her the pill. as soon as i got off the phone with eva, i looked at my husband and i said, i think he killed her. >> gut instinct? >> immediately. >> so going simply on her gut instinct that something wasn't right, and unknown to rosie's brothers, christine called the authorities. but if you were wrong -- >> well, where could they take it if i was wrong. there was no harm-no foul. they could politely tell me i was wrong and thank you for my help and i would go away. >> christine's urgent request to check yaz made it to the desk of this detective. gary mckee of the highland heights police department was already investigating rosie's car accident. >> i never had met christine. i didn't know if she had an ax to grind with him. whatever reason she didn't care for him may not hav

thank you, christine.> rescue crews are doing all that they can to try to rescue, maybe it's a recovery effort now, in those operations in italy. it now has been suspended. the account is 23 million missing. two americans are included in that number. they're from minnesota. this is because the ship is apparently slipping and moving. earlier this morning i spoke to former navy seal about what it would be like in that ship. >> it's an incredibly difficult rescue situation. you have to keep in mind that the minute that they head into that hull there is no natural light and there's no electricity. so it's pitch black. you also have debris from the ship. every mattress, every piece of furniture, every personal item is now floating in that ship. you're moving through a ship that was 1,000 feet long, 100 feet wide with multiple levels, thousands of doors, and as the rescuers are moving through they have to check every single one of those compartments as they search for bodies in the ship. >> that was eric gretens

i'm christine and you're watching r t well it was considered at one time the one thing that would never happen would never even be considered but now it appears it's out that that leaders from the united states are negotiating with the taliban the reason is in part the desire to end the war in afghanistan but what else is at stake here as are to correspondent was wall reports this new report this new approach could actually be a major victory for the taliban. to go shooting with the taliban something the u.s. under president bush vowed never to do some seem to believe that we should go shoot with the terrorists and radicals. as if some ingenious order to. persuade them they get been wrong all along. we've heard this foolish delusion before when i said no negotiations i meant no negotiations but that's exactly what's happening today after more than a decade of trying to defeat the afghan fighters the u.s. has reportedly agreed to release high ranking taliban prisoners from guantanamo bay and an effort to start peace talks those sets of be released include mohamed fossil the former taliba

i'm christine you're watching r t. let's talk about the way this country fights wars certainly things have changed a bit from the places the military goes to the weapons it now uses here's a little food for thought for you ten years ago the pentagon owned about fifty predator drones today it's got about seven thousand the pentagon has also asked congress for nearly five billion dollars more for drones in two thousand and twelve and as it turns out as we move forward those drones will not just be used to attack suspects suspected terrorists in afghanistan and pakistan will start soon being used here in the united states and as artie's marina portnoy shows us instead of invading people cities and towns they may be used to invade their privacy. they are the cornerstone of america's military arsenal dropping bombs on bosnia pakistan afghanistan libya and yemen a manned aerial vehicles known as drones have become the trademark of washington's warmish targeted assassinations and spying operations overseas but today the local

thanks, christine. appreciate that update. >>> still ahead on "starting point," more reaction on the state out union, jeb hensarling will join us. >>> secret kennedy tapes have been released. insight in the last three months of his presidency. we'll take a look at what those tapes tell us with a historian. >>> and four police officers have been arrested, charged with profiling, terrorizing clergy and latinos. but it is mayor's stunning reaction that has us saying get real this morning. you're watching "starting point." [ todd ] hello? hello todd. just calling to let you know i'm giving you the silent treatment. so you're calling to tell me you're giving me the silent treatment? ummm, yeah. jen, this is like the eighth time you've called... no, it's fine, my family has free unlimited mobile-to-any-mobile minutes. i can call all i want. i don't think you understand how the silent treatment works. hello? [ male announcer ] buy unlimited messaging and get free unlimited calling to any mobile phone on any ne

christine lagarde said that we need to bring unions back to the table because i am a foreigner of threat to global economies posed by austerity drives reflecting the i.m.f. concern about over aggressive deficit reduction programs the joint statement said governments should manage fiscal consolidation to promote rather than reduce prospects for growth and employment and should be applied in socially responsible manner well let me explain something i'll give you a lesson in economics in twenty seconds it's centrally planned its central bank plan its low interest rates to favor speculators to the point where unsustainability has now gripped the global economy by the throat forcing one of two outcomes and there are only one of two outcomes a bank central banks begin to raise interest rates which would in fact spur interbank lending. which would be inflationary which is what they want to curb this deflationary nightmare or be they raise minimum wage they double or triple minimum wage that would also cause inflation that would also cure the problem those are the only two outcomes raise rates o

i'm christine for you watching r t well these are troubled times we live in now we're going to talk a little bit later in the show about the jobs numbers out today. the unemployment rate now eight point five percent but the economy is still in many ways in shambles and with the presidential campaign in full swing there are plenty of ideas being thrown around about how to fix things but few people are offering real think outside the box new ideas so we decided to look elsewhere and to introduce you to an american mixed martial arts artist and political activist jeff monson. if you follow m.m.a. you may know him as the snow man he's a two time winner of the a.t.c.c. submission wrestling world championship and a brazilian jiu-jitsu world champion. jeff is also a self-proclaimed anarchist and is very outspoken about some of his views about this country and its place in the world and he is with us now and joining us from our studios in miami hey there jeffrey you know radical times call for some radical ideas a radical recipe for change so my question to you is what's yours. well i think t

what are you finding there, christine? >> well, i'm trying to see what the most important issue is and how people voted based on the issues here. if you look at this, you can see health care, 4%. 4% of iowa gop voters said health care was most important. on the economy, 42%. here's the budget deficit. here's abortion. you see who wins those categories? boom, boom, boom. interesting, right? i want to look at the economy and the budget deficit in particular. and sort of break those down a little bit. a little bit closer. and you can see as we walk over on the other side here, interesting, right? it's romney, paul, santorum, paul, romney, santorum. the same three get the highest marks for handling the money issues of this country, our burgeoning budget deficit, our national debt and fixing the economy. but it's romney who does much better on those, overall on the economy. i told you just a few minutes ago that it was romney who got the vote, 48% for being his experience in business being a big boon to people who are those gop

christine romans in atlanta.oing to talk with larry sabato at the center for politics. >>> want to zero in with the next political battleground states. we are talking new hampshire holding the nation's next primary. south carolina's primary on saturday, january 21st. dan lothian brings us to manchester. mitt romney has a substantial lead in new hampshire polls. the raisin tense si fieg there after last night's tight three way. what do we expect in new hampshire, dan? >> reporter: well, i think, first of all, one thing that new hampshire voters pride themselves in is the fact that they are independent minded. they don't necessarily embrace what others have decided in other states, in particular iowa. we saw president obama in 2008 win in iowa but he did not win here in new hampshire. so, you know, one expert we talked to, one political expert told us we see the polling out there. we see what's coming out of iowa, but don't necessarily believe that new hampshire voters will simply go along with it. what does that m