difference there to talk about all of this month's really behind these oil prices and the politics dr steven levy chairman and c iowa believe capital management and author of red alert how china's growing prosperity threatens the american way of life he is quite the commodities experts are really excited to talk to you today dr les balkans the capital account thanks for being on the show. thank you so much lorne pleasure being here yeah so first let's get to kind of the premise of obama's speech today which is that oil speculators are presumably behind or possibly behind the rise in oil prices we have been seeing my question to you wouldn't we all speculation both of pressure up you know push the price up and down. yeah i mean maybe the speculators are behind the fact that the dow is gone from eight hundred fourteen thousand i mean you know there's so many things wrong with this kind of statement i just want to add to what you had said before about pricing oil as if the dollar hadn't changed or an error of pricing and in swiss francs if you priced oil in terms of gold it would probably be ar

regulate what rules are already on the books in the first place we'll talk to commodities expert dr steven lee about all of that and while we're on oil is the argentinian government's move to take control of its largest oil company why u.p.s. despite the political fallout the latest example of the increasing tension between energy and economy as oil becomes more scarce and expensive and as the global economy is on life support built on dads will economic growth increasingly depend on energy control and a record number of americans are reportedly denouncing their citizenship or handed over their green cards many say it's for tax reasons that's right it's tax day in the u.s. we'll talk about the international backlash against a all i.r.s. let's get to today's couple account. all right u.s. president barack obama in the face of higher and rising oil and gasoline prices that we've seen went after evil oil speculators today and he wants congress to pass more regulation he wants lawmakers to do the following he wants them to fund a six fold increase for surveillance and enforcement staff at the

dr. steven hopping. thanks for coming. >>> 11:43, still ahead on "news4 midday."ook at what's new at the movies this weekend. plus a sneak peek at the new season of "the real housewives of new jersey." [ female announcer ] with xfinity, you can always expect more. like more on demand shows and movies than ever. and more ways to discover them too. plus more speed from america's fastest internet provider. so you can run more devices at the same time. ♪ feel a firework [ female announcer ] and best of all, it keeps getting better. no wonder more people choose xfinity over any other provider. ♪ love can be so mystical ♪ >>> stocks are starting the day higher, we check in with cnbc's kelly evans. >> it's been a good day for the market with all major averages in the positive territory. coming on positive earnings reports from mcdonald's and general electric, which is minority owner of nbc. u.s. airways said it made a deal with three unions at bankrupt carrier, american airlines, it paves the way for a potential takeover of the struggling carrier. and while the ceo of am

dr. steven hayne, who was called to testify about his findings. with an eerie similarity to the earlier case, dr. hayne testified that he saw what he believed to be bite marks on the girl's body. and the forensic dentist, michael west, testified that those bite marks came from this man, kennedy brewer, the boyfriend of the girl's mother. brewer was convicted and sent to the mississippi state penitentiary to be executed. >> there have been a number of people who were convicted based on bite mark testimony, who were sent to death row or sent to prison for life, and in each of those cases, a whole group of forensic odontologists, forensic dentists, said they were absolutely certain that this was the guy, and they were absolutely wrong. >> bergman: peter neufeld, who represented both brooks and brewer, is a founder of the innocence project, which has helped free hundreds of people who were wrongfully convicted. neufeld says that most of those convictions involved the use of what he calls "invalid" science. >> invalid science meaning it has no basis in

dr. steven hopping.u. >>> it's 11:47, a look at president obama's taxes and something new from barnes & nob noble. cnbc hampton joins us now. >> first markets trading in negative territory so far today. nothing to do with friday the 13th, but concerns about global growth. right now we've got the dow down about 72 points, the nasdaq down 33. the s&p down 10. concerns about prospects for global growth remaining on the markets' minds, data in china showing the country's economy grew at an 8.1% pace in the january-to-march period, the slowest pace in almost three years. those concerns outweighed better-than-expected earnings from jp morgan chase and wells fargo. about an hour ago, the white house released information on the tax returns for the president and first lady. the obamas reported an adjusted gross income of $789,674. paying a total of $162,074 in taxes. the president's effective federal income tax rate is 20.5%. >>> and in a category of what will they think of next, how about an e-reader that glows

dr. steven reich, forensic psychologist. he takes us into the mind of the manatee mute later. >> they want to demonstrate to an inadamant object i have power. i much potent. i am big. i am strong. >> stephen: his chilling insights left us with a single question. were we dealing with a serial criminal? >> i couldn't and i wouldn't say that. >> stephen: but i could. i knew what i had to do. head to the archives and pull the cold case files. >> you want every request since when? >> stephen: i want them all. manatee lives are at stake. i didn't care how long it would take. i had to find a pattern. and finally, here it was. 2001, a case in fort myers, florida, with our sicko all over it. doris the manatee's skirt was pulled down. but that was just the beginning. the mute later was getting bolder, developing a taste for manatee mayhem. and sure enough, ten months later he struck here in peaceful crystal river, florida. >> this is mr. manatee. >> stephen: he is the one on the left. joanne is on the right. >> the manatee is part of

dr. steven nab. i want to tell you about him. he has a long history of supporting students. he was a professor of english literature at the university of california at berkeley. dean of the college of arts and sciences at john hopkins university up the road in baltimore. as president of george washington he's made at priority to increase student opportunities for public service. in order to be accessible and better serve the students here he chose to take up residence on the campus, the first president of this university ever to do that. maybe he was just trying to avoid the well known washington, d.c. traffic. but it looked to me like he was trying to remain open to the students. he's made a lot of green renovation to the residents, demonstrating a strong commitment to sustainability, and trying to make the university a model for sustainability. this kind of complete view of public service, how it permeates every decision he makes, makes president knapp not just a good president for the students of g.w. but an inspiration to people everywhere. please welcome the president o

dr. steven hoover is head of palo alto research center, or parc. just celebrated his first year at the helm. parc will celebrate ten years as an independent company later this month, spun off from xerox. joined by farhad manjoo of "fast company" and "slate" and eric savitz of "forbes." so if one of your scientists had created draw something, you could have booked a billion dollars in revenue. none of your scientists i assume are working on draw something. was it a bit disheartening to see some of the small companies in silicon valley that are getting these enormous valuations when you guys are working so hard on things that are so much harder to describe to the public? >> well, it's not disheartening. i mean, i wish -- >> it's a billion dollars. >> and god bless them. and i hope they make many more. they're really drawing -- companies like that are drawing on the underlying technologies that we've helped to create and innovate, and that creates the basis, the background for all of that innovation. and we've got a pretty interesting business model o

dr. steven rosenthal is with the -- with me this morning. you brought your dog who has heart disease. how prevalent is this? >> we see about 10% of the general population of dogs that have some signs of heart disease. in cats, is up to 15%. there are studies that showed that as dollars get older the prevalence could be as high as 50%. >> "what do dogs need to do to live happily with heart disease? >> there are lots of wonderful treatments for dogs. there is medication and sometimes surgical procedures. you should go see your primary veterinarian and if they have a hard condition, there are cardiologists to work in the d.c. area who can help with the management of the disease. >> detection and treatment are the key and you will be in the d.c. community today with your mobile unit giving free screenings. how can people take advantage? >> between 3:00 and 7:00 this afternoon in hyattsville, we will be doing three cardiac health clinics in our mobile part health unit. >> do you have an exam room in here? >> yes is inside the trailer that will be at the park that we could look at patients

dr. steven rosenthal is bringing a mobile dog health tour to our area. thanks for joining us n.s dixon, right? >> right. >> dixon is a boxer and he is a case in point. he has heart issues. >> he was actually born with a heart defect. now that he's gotten older, he has developed a genetic disorder that boxers are highly prone to. it's anker regularity in his heart rhythm that develops as a result of genetic defect in boxer dogs. we see them all the time and screen for boxers with heart disease all the time. it's something that's very treatable and we can manage, especially when we catch it early in the disease process. >> do dogs have high blood pressure and heart attacks the same thing humans have? >> they have similar disorders. there's incidence of about 10% or 10% to 12% of the general population of dogs have heart disease. 15% of the cat population has some sign of heart disease. high blood pressure being some of those. dogs oftentimes develop problems with their heart valves or their heart muscle. and again if we can screen for it and catch it early, many times we can treat

dr. steven zenakas, a retired army brigadier general and psychiatrist who felt the symptoms were consistent with a traumatic brain injury. >> we found in the soldiers that they will have problems with attention, with recent memory, with understanding what's going on, and just don't feel right. >> reporter: the doctor recommended a new treatment using a hyperbaric oxygen tank. patients lie in the tank for an hour at a time where they're submerged in 100% oxygen that's under increased pressure. it's similar to going about 17 feet under water. >> you're able to deliver almost twice as much oxygen as you would otherwise get. we think that the oxygen has a direct healing effect on both the neurons and on the very small blood vessels. >> reporter: patients do 40 sessions total. but the doctor says after about 20 sessions, patients usually begin to feel better. their moods start improving. they feel more alert and focused, and the headaches go away. >> being inside the chamber, it's like when you go up on an airplane, and you have to pop your ears. >> reporter: william cook has had close to 40 tre

dr. steven welty oversaw those teams. >> they usually have a nurse, a nurse practioner, a physician or some -- but enough there so that we cahandle any eventuality. >>eporte he says they will their room with their parents. that's a new concept in neonatal icus. >> the more babies you have, the more likely you are to have a blood flow problem to one or more of them. and that's a big issue. you can't mature as well. >> reporter: he called the perkins' sextuets cutend said that though they were premature, they were borat 30 weeks. he called that remarkable for sextuplets. >> the more mature you are, the less likely you are to be sick, bualso the less likely you are to suffer what we call the complications of prematurity. >> reporter: but they do face complications, some which could lead to disabilities later. >> the complications you worry about are the brain, the eyes, the lungs and the intestine. >> reporter: the babies range in weight fm 1 pound 10 ounces to 2 pounds 15 ounces. they'll likely be in the hospital for several months. >>ow. amazing story. they tried for 18 months to get pregnan

dr. steven garner with new york met difficult -- methodist hospital joins us with more.hank you for joining us. >> thank you. heather: this is a problem we've not heard of before. the question is what are we not doing right? why do waistlines continue to expand? >> we're overweight even up to triple obesity we have now compared to previously but we haven't done anything about it. we've done a few things at school. add a physical education class which doesn't do very much. you talk about jogging. kids in hour of exercise only do 60 calories. it is not that much. we talked about taking vending machines out. we did minor things. what about limiting kids access to food and sodas, equal to 20 tee stoons of sugar and calories keep adding up. there is food natured things here and there. heather: it is not just all about what they're eating that is not going to make the difference? >> more about what they're eating than anything else to tell you the truth. heather: okay. >> people try to lose weight by exercising. it is not an effective way to lose weight. helps the heart but be

dr. steven pratt, who coined the term, said super foods are easy to find in supermarkets, they contain knewat are critical to a long and haelty life and have health benefits that have been proven scientifically. broccoli, blueberries, green tea, wild salmon, dark chocolate. also you might have guessed pratt says eating chocolate, well, you have to do that in moderation. and from super foods to super size washgoorkouts, my next gues made it his mission to change lives one rep at a time. joining me is certified fitness trainer dolvett quince from "the biggest loser." dolvett, it's my favorite show. >> that is good to know. >> it's inspiring, really inspiring. everybody kind of needs that. i notice last night it was you, the white house, the first lady, how did she do? >> she did great. i don't know if you saw the episode -- >> i did. >> she was sweating. she was loving the workout. i yelled at her a little bit, she yelled at me. it was great. i was at home. >> you're a screamer, too. kind of scares me a little bit when i watch. >> i'm a bit of a screamer, but you know what? i'm passionate abo

dr. steven titlebalm says that overflowing lips are becoming problematic. >> there's this notion of bigger. as you go bigger at some point you start losing shape. >> reporter: he claims that some of the issues lie with the patients, and some with the doctors. >> plastic surgeons never really talk es thetdics. patients often don't understand the bigger they make their breasts, the bigger they make their lips, think start to distort their bodies and things look obviously done. and it's really unfortunate when the bad case doctor and the bad case patient find one another. >> reporter: even with some unflattering after photos, the industry still going strong. according to the american society of plastic surgeons, doctors perform nearly 14 million procedures in the u.s. in 2011. ann? >> all right. tamron hall, thank you. dr. michael jones has worked with a wide variety of celebrity patients at his new york practice lexington plastic surgeries. good morning. >> good morning. >> our lips thin as we age. what specifically do plastic surgeons do to make them larger? >> as we age we do lose a lot of

dr. steven chu, his vision. we had senator, president of foundation has provided his trademark passion. we have chad holliday with chairman of america bank. is also serving as the co-chair of this, along with director general. i am truly, truly grateful for their dedication and commitment. so members come from very different backgrounds and comes to the initiative. they are united. they are united in thinking and working together for humanity. to in this energy poverty. our challenge is to join forces, overcome the barriers and bring our -- [inaudible] we need to scale up example images clean energy and energy efficient technologies. we need innovation to spread throughout the world, especially in energy demand is growing fastest. we must make a quantum leap and private capital froze my forging a strong partnership with a private sector, global growth, and primary source of new investment. my sustainable energy for all initiative will bring together key stakeholders in an effort to create transformative change in the world energy systems. by leveraging the global convening power of the

dr. steven knapp. i want to tell you a little about him. he has a long history of supporting students. he was a professor of english literature at the university of california at her glee. dean of the college of sciences and provost at job hawkins university in baltimore. as president of george washington is made it a priority to increase student opportunities for public service. in order to be accessible and better served for the students here he chose to take up residence on the campus. the first president of this university ever to do that. maybe he was just trying to avoid the well-known washington d.c. traffic. [laughter] but it looked to me like he was trying to remain open to the students. he has made a lot of green renovations demonstrating his strong commitment to sustainability, and trying to make the university a model for sustainability. this kind of complete view of public service, how it permeates every decision he makes, makes the president's knapp not just a good president for the students at gw but an inspiration to people everywhere. please welcome the president of ge

dr. phillip lowe has created the i-brain. it's able to read brain waves. he tested it on renowned scientist steven hawking and found that he could read what hawking was intending to do. lowe says the goal is to take that intent and connect it to a machine that could speak, move, or perform a task for people with debilitating illnesses. researchers already using the technology to study autism in children and to see if prescription drugs have the desired effects on patient. >>> former kreent anchor keith olbermann is suing the network for $50 million in damage. he was fired after a long-running dispute. olberman's lawsuit claims the company violated his contract by firing him without reason and not giving him complete editorial control. officials from current tv responded to the lawsuit calling it false and malicious. >>> so there is a woman in minnesota, awaytries, who can keep -- a waitress, who can keep a $12,000 tip after all. >> the woman had to sue police to get her money. minnesota police decided to return the tip to stacy newston. she said a customer told her to keep a takeout container at t

dr. yusuf ali bey. if followed the temple of america which had say a version of islam. rather than stevens it was a title down as just bey. bey was blessed of a sober talk of a natural minister. many followers said he you was godlike to end observer he was a co-leader. each week on the television show true solutions which he paid to broadcast locally they repeated the black muslim belief. of 1930 that the man had traveled from the holy city of mecca to detroit to arriving july for the dancing he had come to find a lost tribe in the wilderness of america leading members to salvation to the true religion of islam. elijah muhammed was the leader in the man in the complete segregation from the rosie and the rest of society. the images of men in dark suits and bow ties standing at his side it was the science of deception the whites used to deceive others. referring to people of color including native americans come african americans and asians. and spewed anti-semitism. he said christianity was nonsense. like elijah muhammed day babbled about a mad scientist who created the caucasians and jewis

dr. dre's idea, developed by a company in san diego. it's the same technology aero-smith has been using to make it seem like steven tyler has been alive all. [cheers and applause ] overall the performance was pretty good, but i prefer tup ak's earlier alive work. this technology, that hollow gram was amazing. it was so amazing, we hired the company, to do a similar thing. you want to see a hollow gram? [cheers and applause ] here we go. i think we'll see it here. welcome. oh, look at that. it's unbelievable. if i wasn't seeing it with my own eyes. it looks as if larry king has appeared on stage here in front of us. [cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: he's walking among us. >> hey, sh muck, i'm right here, i am not dead. >> thank goodness larry king is not dead, everybody. [cheers and applause ] he's my hollow-grandpa! in politics, this campaign for republican candidate for president continues. during a campaign stop in missouri on friday, newt gingrich made time to stop by the st. louis zoos. he goes to as many zoos as he can. he got too close to one of the animals and was bit on the hand by a penguin. if you're named after a lizard, you hav

dr. phillip lowe has created something called the eye brain. it's able to read brain waves. lowe tested the device on renowned scientist steven hawking and found that he could read what hawking intended to do. lowe says the goal is to take that intent and connect it to a machine that could speak, move, or perform a task for people with debilitating illnesses. researchers are already using the technology to study autism in children. and if prescription drugs have the desired effect on patients. >>> tax day is little more than a week away. what will you do with your refund from the irs? nbc's chris clackum tells us what many people are planning to do with theirs. >> reporter: credit card companies, banks, and anyone who generally extends credit will like hearing what most americans plan to do with tax refunds this year. >> 42% of americans said that they plan to use that windfall from uncle sam to pay off their debt, pay down bills. >> reporter: this woman writes for yahoo! finance who along with "fitness" magazine surveyed 2,000 people on their spending and saving habit and found most would rather be financially than physicall

dr. oz and find out what he thinks in a moment. but first, why some people are changing their chins. when 39-year-old lizzette stevensr a software company, looked at her image during web cam video conferences with clients and colleagues, she didn't like what she saw. >> i was not happy with the profile of my face and the way that it's projected in those pictures. so i thought i'd do something about it. >> reporter: stevens decided to get a chin implant, a 45-minute, minimally invasive surgery. designed to give her a stronger chin. >> the incision is right under my chin. it actually looks like, you know, most kids when they're a kid they fall and hit their chin. today you can't even see it. >> reporter: patients can typically expect to be back to work in three days. the cost ranges between $3500 and $7500. and the requests for the procedure are on the rise. up to 71% in the last year alone. >> we'll do chin implant surgery as many as three or four times a day. >> doctor derek antell is the spokesman for the american society of plastic surgeons. he says the popularity of web cams has made people more aware of their app

steven colbert to appear to demand equal time. [applause] before i bring out jon stewart i want to briefly thank the people who make xcgiu possible. thank you, george washington, and dr. stephen now, you have been great. [applause] thanks to the peterson foundation, microsoft, peter roberts, a prospect fun, and booze allen hamilton, for sponsoring this and making this meeting possible. but it could not be held without the sponsors. and finally, i want to thank all of you who came and participated, who committed. i am grateful that you came from as close as your own campus to as far away as nepal and turkey, and china and elsewhere. you are very welcome here. we are very grateful to you. [applause] before i ever appeared on the jon stewart show, my daughter told me years ago when she was just a little older than you that more people in her generation got their news from jon stewart that from the network news. [applause] at first, i thought it sounded a little weird. but i can tell you now, i have been on jon stewart's show to talk about two of the three books i have written since i left the white house. he clearly had read them. he knew what the facts were. he had bee

dr. keith ablow dip noose his mail bag to tell you if you're normal or not. >> brian: one time i would like to give him a thumbs up. >> steve: ray stevens will perform another