since 2011, exxon mobil has substantially strengthened its ties with russia. inking deals to jointly build a liquified natural gas plants, and a joint $3.2 billion project to hunt for oil in the black sea. the majority of the deal financed by exxon, and access to potentially billions of dollars of oil. >> basically exxon is going to russia because of opportunities there. and russia wants exxon, because we believe that exxon can bring something that russia does not have. or russia needs more oil. >> reporter: and it gives them a foothold in the west for exploration rights in the gulf of mexico. the exxon mobil deal are poised to enhance the relationship regardless of foreign policy restrictions. >> we can disagree on politics, and everything else, but we're here to do business. >> reporter: according to the book, the company's former ceo once said, quote . . . when asked whether the crisis in ukraine would bolster the project, they cold al jazeera quote . . . a public stance that may not support the white house by may make washington's job easier now. so far u.

for the deficit is to change the tax treatment of companies that are extracting resources, like exxon mobil. that is one of the possible ways of moving forward. on social security generally don't use the word "entitlement." it has different connotations to different people. a lot of people have paid social security taxes on the expectation they will respond. the argument that people have come to expect certain things and are counting on certain things to be there for them is exactly the point i mentioned about how one wants to change those programs and then giving people a lot of warning about how those changes are coming, it would be especially important. >> one quick question i want to ask you, your term is up in january 2015. you have been a valiant soldier for a while now. you have in in this job for a while. are you interested in serving another term or what else would you be interested in doing? >> i love my job. i have had a chance to work on some interesting questions with some terrific colleagues. >> that is not answering the question. >> i know. [laughter] and i am focused on what

five homes were bought out by exxon mobile to mop this thing up. two homes were demolished.undreds of animals impacted and the nearby lake conway had been contaminat contaminated. a year later, residents of mayflower are not only mopping up, but still fighting exxon mobile in court. it is interesting. when i was on the ground in nebraska, one of the good old boys told me, if we have a problem on the land, we don't have deep pockets as the oil companies to fight. they are living that in m mayflower, arkansas. it is nothing compared to the keystone xl spill. the pegasus line carried 95,000 barrels a day. the keystone xl is expected to carry 830,000 barrels a day. big difference in numbers. gosh, i wonder if the pressure of the oil going through the pipe is the same. uh, i think it will be a hell of a lot more pressure on this number here. that good old china pipe, i'm sure will work good, isn't it? here is the map of both pipelines. the pegasus pipeline doesn't run over the aquifer. there it is. if the keystone ruptures, it will be irreversible. you take this spill and you put

and the exxon mobile fields are poised to enhance it, regardless of u.s. foreign policy objections. >> exxon sends a message loud and clear. we are not representing the u.s. government. we can agree -- disagree with some policies. we are here to do business. >> according to the company's former ceo once said i don't make decisions based on what's good for the u.s. so far u.s. sanctions have steered clear of russia's energy sector. if that were to change the partnership could be in the crosshairs. sound bad, right? well maybe not for exxon. remember, its complicated. >> let's say this crisis gets worse. there is more pressure on energy markets which means higher prices, which means more revenue for exxon. >> al jazeera, new york. the president of oil associates joins us now from houston. welcome. >> thank you for having me, john. >> is there a way for exxon to operate in the best interest of shareholders as well as the united states government or not? >> well, i think there is. they will be moving slower. we mentioned a lot about exxon. but on the other side

exxon mobil is facing a $2.6 million fine for the spill and has spent $70 million to clean it up. three houses were so badly damaged, exxon knocked them down. most sat empty. even after an accident, this could be a long shot. if you look at the polls, two thirds of americans do support the keystone pipeline, and that number hasn't budged. it seems you are a minority. >> i think this is a topic in which people don't understand what it is, and it is always presented as we do this or we do nothing. that's absolutely not true. we are not going to run the society without energy. it's just how you think about it. >> he says the biggest issue is how tar sand oil is recovered from the canadian countryside. 20% of the oil is mixed in sandy soil lying just beneath the surface. it is spun in centrifuges to separate the oil from the dirt. 80% is trapped hundreds of feet below solid rock. steam is injected to loosen the oil. it must then be mixed with chemicals to make it flow to the pipeline. this requires 70% more to extract than traditional oil. >> this is a gigantic mining operation in the

. >> tyson, exxon mobil spent four summers cleaning up the spill and spent $2.1 billion.ld they have done more? >> i think they could have done a lot more. and they fought for 19 years of court cases about its punitive damage responsibilities that the supreme court did not rule on until 2008. when you look at the fact that there is still oil in the ecosystem that is suffering impacts, you have to conclude that exxon did not do enough for its responsibility. >> that was a $5 billion punitive award, and they litigated over 14 years. do you know how much money went to the people? >> i think the supreme court knocked it down to $2.5 billion. i'm not sure how much money filters to the community. >> go ahead, patty. >> $500 million is what i think actually -- >> so from $5 billion to $50 million. >> yes. >> and julio -- >> we have shannon moore who wrote a blog and said here are my lessons . . . and then we also have richard, who talks about . . . can you talk about how impact that the created? >> a few things have happened, one is that the fishing community were very deeply hu

. >> should pressure be applied to american companies, big ones like general electric and exxon-mobil, they have big investments in russia. should there be pressure for them to pull out? >> yes. at least suspension of business. something that would be a punishment. >> should congress and the administration pressure them? >> if we declare sanctions of a certain kind with their companies and corporations would inhibit their way to do business. i know that is a tough call. i know we don't want to hurt own economy. what are the consequences of putin being able to act in a way that -- these sanctions would only be if he goes much further. after the russian invasion of afghanistan, jimmy carter, admittedly not my favorite american president, he took some pretty tough steps, tough measures at that time. i think we have to just understand that if we let this kind of thing unchecked, it allows putin a free reign, but what is the message around the world? >> you've suggested that obama has been too weak. you look at history. two of your favorite presidents -- dwight eisenhower could not stop th

some pressure will pave the way exxon mobile is feeling the effects of the unrest. a senior executive tells investors the company's offshore oil exploration activities near the ukraine are on hold due to current circumstances. in interesting turn of events. cbs news reports-- russian president vladimir putin has been nominated for the 2014 nobel peace prize. closer to home-- the obama administration is giving insurance companies a two-year grace period. insurance companies will be able to continue offering health plans that do not meet the minimum coverage as required by the law.it also means americans have the opportunity to "keep the plans" that might otherwise be cancelled. the first lady was in miami, florida yesterday encouranging people to enroll. so far, four- million americans have signed up for coverage under the affordable care act. facebook shares shot up to a new high despite taking aim at gun control. the social media giant plans to block minors from seeing postings of gun sales.plus-- delete ads for guns that don't require a background check. groups fo

you have companies like intel microsoft johnson & johnson, exxon mobile jp morgan. they remain attractive on an absolute basis. relative to other things, for example treasuries in some part of the fixed income market some areas of real estate like london houses, u.s. stocks the big quality companies are easily the most attractive thing to me. sometimes when it gets this easy you wonder what could be wrong with it. good news is there's numbers. >> you saw today fitch ratings lifteded its negative outlook on the u.s. economy. we've had some good reports on the u.s. economy this week. that is one of the reasons that you feel better about investing here rather than in nonu.s. holdings? >> absolutely, susie. you and i spoke earlier today about the interesting juxtaposition of the u.s. having its improved fitch outlook and russia being downgraded. these are simply facts. facts are stubborn things. the u.s. looks pretty good. we're probably getting right now this week a few indicators that the spring could be surprises to the up side with the economy. and one of the reason

exxon mobile formed an alliance with russia's state-owned oil company in 2011 exploring for oil in siberia, the arctic and citi group holds more than $10 billion in assets in russia. tenth largest emerging markets. jp morgan chase exposure nearly $5 billion. >>> radio shack has no stores in russia. the struggling retailer is having a hard enough time attracting shoppers right here in the u.s. after a terrible fourth quarter which included the holiday season, shares of radio shack tumbled 17% today, forcing the company to announce some major changes. courtney reagan has more on the massive number of store closings to come and whether radio shack can even survive. >> reporter: for decades, radio shack has been the answer for folks in an electronics pinch, needing that cable or connector. but some believe radio shack may be entering the beginning of the end of its lifetime as the neighborhood electronics solution. today the retailer announced a big drop in holiday sales, a larger loss than a year ago, and said it will be closing 1100 underperforming locations. that's 20% of its existing store

as for specifics on exxon mobil, i really don't know anything. >> this gentleman right here. >> john schilling. you mentioned the importance of providing more tax investments -- tax incentives for investment. things like the capital gains tax is really not by and large promoting new investment but supporting long-term gambling on the stock exchanges as you buy existing assets and carry them forward and sell them or the interest carry forward tax benefits for people who do a lot of active trading with hedge funds. so what are the kinds of incentives you think are important to promote real investment, that generates more productive capacity and jobs? >> i am not a big fan of incentives. i don't believe in industrial policy, whether supporting a group like solyndra or the tax laws. bring the rates way down. in fact, you bring them down so far that you really don't need any capital gains differential. under simpson balls, we had three rates, 10%, 15%, and 30%. when people do that, people invest for the best return in their money. you get the most productive use out of that money and will

. >> number one, exxon mobil is down on concerns that international exploration opportunities will beconflict with russia and ukraine. the company is to begin drilling in the arctic later this year. facenies could restrictions on doing business with russia if john kerry's threats prove valid. you heard the closing bell. let's take a look at where markets finished the day. we were not looking at any big moves today. you see the s&p unchanged. at 1873, so not unchanged at a low level. the dow jones down 31. 16,364 is the level. and the nasdaq basically unchanged. do we want to talk about the markets? >> exxon mobil was down, but the energy group was down overall. >> inventories rose here in the u.s. for seven straight weeks. >> let's get to the roundup. time for the stories and ahead of tomorrow -- tomorrow's open. much happier than yesterday, right? i heard you screaming obscenities in the newsroom yesterday. we all did, actually. >> it was a horrible day. you for joining us. let's kick it off with julie. >> we were talking earlier about janet yellen. let's talk about ben bernanke. he

for the deficit is to change the tax treatment of companies that are extracting resources, like exxon mobil we don't take a position about that, but that is one of the possible ways of moving forward. on social security generally don't use the word "entitlement." it has different connotations to different people. a lot of people have paid social security taxes on the expectation they will respond. -- get benefits and retirement. -- in retirement. the argument that people have come to expect certain things and are counting on certain things to be there for them is exactly the point i mentioned about how one wants to change those programs and then giving people a lot of warning about how those changes are coming, it would be especially important. >> one quick question i want to ask you, your term is up in january 2015. you have been a valiant soldier for a while now. you have in in this job for a while. are you interested in serving another term or what else would you be interested in doing? >> i love my job. i have had a chance to work on some interesting questions with some terrific colleag

policyyou focus on tax americansou said, continue to subsidize exxon mobil with their outrageous profits one of the options that we offered to congress in the fall was to change the tax treatment of companies that were tracking resources like exxon mobil. that is one of the possible ways of moving forward. on social security, we don't use the word entitlement ourselves. it is different connotations to different people. in fact, from the point of view of the government, people paid into that years ago, but it was fund other activities. of argument is that people come to expect certain things and started counting on certain things to be there for them. i mentioned about how one wants to change those programs and have given people a warning about those changes coming would be important. >> one quick question i want to ask you. the number of votes that -- voters that are eligible to cast a budget -- ballot. we are focused on an agenda, which includes the contract between democrats. young adults can stay on their parents insurance until they are 26. the seniors that i stand online behind befo

venture possibly in the history of american capitalism is between the state owned oil company and exxon mobilanother thing that could be put on pause. there are much bigger economic risks for russia today. they are so integrated now in the world economy compared with previous eras. tell me where you think his head is and how far he wants to go in how he might respond. who think vladimir putin told president bush that the dissolution of the soviet union was one of the great tragedies of the 20th century really believe that. in his soul, you must restore the empire. not the soviet empire, but a russian empire. he is a 19th and 20 century thinker with a 19th and 20th century sense of power. i think that is what this is all about. he has moved cautiously. he has moved incrementally. he has been smart. people would say that moving into ukraine was a mistake because he has lost ukraine. in some sense, that is true. one of the site dynamics is by moving into ukraine, into crimea , is that he freezes further movement from ukraine towards the west. the europeans tend to be uncomfortable incorporating

we are looking at commodity, utilities, energy stocks on the screen, exxon mobile, consolidated edison and anadarko petroleum and the small-business optimism index we need to tell you about it fell in february to 91.4 from 94.1 in january, happens to be the lowest reading since a year ago. this is the national independent business's number that is historically associated with recession. maybe that is that were pulling the market down. also associated with below average growth, small businesses are crucial when it comes to job growth. investors pay close attention to this index not just because it reflects whether small businesses are hiring but also because small business optimism and the stock market, look on your screen, 10 to track each other closely, except as you will notice in 2010 when the fed announced quantitative easing. finally, the on-again off-again merger saw the between joseph a. bank and men's warehouse may be over. men's warehouse saying you will by joseph a. bank for $1.8 billion ending ping pong game between the companies. today's offer $65 a share to 9.5% premium to

. >> when you look at the investing by warren buffett and coca-cola, exxon mobil and walmart, they'reic growth. who will win the $30 trillion debtcathalon. 30% of growth is going to come from emerging markets. no american -- no american home is going to profit from growth in emerging american companies. a lot of great american stocks, like coca-cola, exxon mobil, and walmart, will profit from economic growth. >> herb and jonathan, guys? >> this is absurd. >> we have to take a break here. >>> we have developments on ukraine. we'll get to all of those after a short break. a short break. no two people have the same financial goals. pnc investments works with you to understand yours and helps plan for your retirement. talk to a pnc investments financial advisor today. ♪ in today's market, a lot can happen in a second. with fidelity's guaranteed one-second trade execution, we route your order to up to 75 market centers to look for the best possible price, maybe even better than you expected. it's all part of our goal to execute your trade in one second. i'm derrick chan of fidelity investm

with specifics on exxon mobile i don't know about that. >> you mentioned the importance of providing more tax incentives or investment could you clarify that? things like the capital gains tax is not promoting new investment but supporting long-term gambling on the stock exchange to buy existing assets to carry forward and sell them more the interest carryforward tax benefits for those who do trading with hedge funds sell what incentives promote real investment that generates more productive capacity and jobs? >> i am not a fan of incentives with industrial policy whether supporting a group like solyndra or through the tax law. you reduce as far as you care of the deductions and exemptions in and bring a the rates way down. in fact, so far you don't need that capital gains differential. . . >> thank you for coming today. my name is arnold king. [inaudible] my question is what can the department do -- to get the issue on the economy back? in other words how can they fix the economy this year and 2015. we need to get back to our talk about the economy and what can we do about the econo

let's talk about exxon mobil. the biggest oil companies trading down. a couple of things going on. t and foremost come exxon cut its 2017 outlook target by 540,000 barrels of oil. the target set last year -- the ceo says lower u.s. gas drilling or affecting the output. there is the possibility that exxon will be affected by restrictions that may be placed on the activity in russia as a result of what is going on right now in ukraine. >> no doubt. tons of headlines on that right now. --can expect more headlines as for u.s. markets overall, the indexes, not doing a lot. they are mixed. the dow industrial under a bit of pressure. exxon is one reason why. economic data this morning was disappointing. whether we are talking about isn which givesthe edp us a snapshot into what the jobs outlook might look like. >> what we have seen month after month is the edp report trending because the economy is creating fewer jobs in america. : noah's ark for seed. you just hope we never have to use it. ♪ >> live from bloomberg headquarters in new york, this is "marketmakers" with eric chapter in steph

exxon mobil says oil and natural gas production will remain flat in 2014 and there goes down 2.5%.he facebook like farms populating pages with thousands of fake likes. the farms are hitting facebook adds and costing hundreds of thousands of dollars. is the guy, farmlike, like farm, derek miller who is in new york today. the recap, the astoria farms which click on likes. >> my personal page or page for the business had 80,000 fake likes, can we just get rid of these people? facebook advertising, and unwilling to help. stuart: now you are saying these fake legs by tens of thousands of affecting the usefulness of the advertising and advertising dollars that your facebook to advertisers. >> someone else has come forward. magazine pages in toronto spends apparently $600,000 and facebook, and when he actually checked how many click for coming through facebook, a tiny fraction like a quarter of what facebook was telling him. facebook doesn't allow third-party audits, and you have to take facebook's word for it. google and microsoft and yahoo! it seems strange, you have to trust that these

as for specifics on exxon mobil, i really don't know anything. >> this gentleman right here. john schilling. you mentioned the importance of providing more tax investments -- tax incentives for investment. things like the capital gains tax is really not by and large promoting new investment but supporting long-term gambling on the stock exchanges as you buy existing assets and carry them forward and sell them or the interest carry forward tax benefits for people who do a lot of active trading with hedge funds. so what are the kinds of incentives you think are important to promote real investment, that generates more productive capacity and jobs? >> i am not a big fan of incentives. i don't believe in industrial policy, whether supporting a group like solyndra or the tax laws. down.the rates way in fact, you bring them down so far that you really don't need any capital gains differential. under simpson balls, we had 15%, and 30%.0%, when people do that, people invest for the best return in their money. you get the most productive use out of that money and will probably generat

. >> exxon mobil, a lot of trading and options of that company.k has been stuck in the mid $90 range for the last five weeks or so. why so much action in bullish options? used as a tracker of oil prices overall. it is generally quite low. bullish call options indicate prices could be at a higher in the near term. >> this is a way for people to trade on oil prices without actually having to trade on oil futures. let's get to your trades. is trading at a record high. you think there is a reason for caution. >> we do not like to enter new bullish positions. we like to see a pullback. have -- we >> is this a stock substitution strategy? >> we would like to use it as an income strategy. we do not like to own the security. we seek to generate income. want -- and all the premium that we receive. >> let's go back to the chart that shows the profit and loss opportunity. the loss potential is much higher than the profit potential. >> the pullback that we might get would allow us to be a seller. we are willing to accept a degree of loss, but we are bullish o

i have never seen exxon mobil in the pew next to me in church on sunday. leaves into one of the of the individuals behind the corporations? the artificial corporate entity is a separate legal being from the individual investors who own it. by trying to blur that distinction, there are a lot of unintended, but definitely very worrisome consequences for basic rinse bowls of corporate law in principles of- corporate law in this country. willnk the justices thely be concerned with undermining of fundamental principles of corporate law that hobby lobby is pushing in this case. host: where do big business groups stand on this case? big businesses do not exercise religion. hobby lobby does. the administration recognizes that there is nothing about the corporate for him that makes -- makes a business incapable of exercising a religion. is a case from a couple weeks ago from the fourth circuit that involved whether a corporation can have a racial identity. , yes, a corporation can have a racial identity. i think it is a little odd that folks would recognize that co

executive at exxon mobil has it relationship with his shareholders. the price he will get in south america or china is higher than in the ukraine. congress and the president do not control where the gas goes. we are a capitalist country. it will go with the highest price, and his is not ukraine. here.d a national debate we have a tremendous economic recovery being driven by the low cost of natural gas. a $62are going to lead to billion a year increase, i can understand what >> and the american gas associate and -- understand what the american gas association wants. i will tell you this. there is a huge price we pay in weakening america's economy. that is our greatest strength. that is what allows us to strive -- stand astride the world. partner with us. that is why the ukraine wants to move toward the west. it is our economy that makes us attracted to them. not our tanks. not our jets. it is the economy. that is what the young people want. there, free market out aaron natural gas is not going to the ukraine. no president or secretary of state can dire

ten bucks in europe to be ready you think exxon mobile will send it? to china. the mantra of the chamber of commerce five years ago drill here, drawn-out will pay less as morton to drill here, exports to china, pay more year in the united states as we export our own natural resources. that is what it is more often to we are supposed to accept it as though somehow or other we are in an orwellian 1984 and you can change all language. in this keystone pipeline down to port arthur taxes the exporters, we take all the environmental risk, that's utterly ridiculous. it just is. and so, ladies and gentlemen, we have a huge debate. i think everyone who is here and participating. apologize for the locals which are on the floor right now, but the senator from wisconsin raised the question earlier about higher energy prices and what it would do to our manufacturing. well, this natural gas export issue dwarfs anything we're talking about here today. the energy information agency said that if we allow for an export, one more terminal is approved, it will lead to a $62 billion

exxon mobil's rex tillerson, about $27 million. that doesn't include the golden parachutes.n for his severance, if the deal with comcast goes through. especially since he only started in january. but we've seen even bigger. tom freston got $100 million after nine months of ceo. and there's parachutes totalling more than get this $250 million and $230 million respectively. so, this has been a real hot topic. just last week, at a disney shareholder meeting, two of the five resolutions, focusing on executive pay. not surprisingly, both fell in favor. and disney and others arguing that pay is in-line with the industry. and that's in-line with stock performance. back to you. >> a fascinating issue. gets into the dual class ownership. >>> we have breaking ipo news. >> box will list on the new york stock exchange as a $250 million ipo. the underwriters are morgan stanley, credit suisse and jpmorgan. we'll come back with details in a second. >> we're going to get final thoughts from our panel. stick around. that's coming up after this quick break. ♪ [ male announcer ] this man has a

i have never seen exxon mobil in the pew next to me in church on sunday. leaves into one of the of the individuals behind the corporations? the artificial corporate entity is a separate legal being from the individual investors who own it. by trying to blur that distinction, there are a lot of unintended, but definitely very worrisome consequences for basic rinse bowls of corporate law in principles of- corporate law in this country. willnk the justices thely be concerned with undermining of fundamental principles of corporate law that hobby lobby is pushing in this case. host: where do big business groups stand on this case? big businesses do not exercise religion. hobby lobby does. the administration recognizes that there is nothing about the corporate for him that makes -- makes a business incapable of exercising a religion. is a case from a couple weeks ago from the fourth circuit that involved whether a corporation can have a racial identity. , yes, a corporation can have a racial identity. i think it is a little odd that folks would recognize that co

exxon/mobile. rachel maddow pointed out a contract signed with the biggest oil company signed in the vladimir putin's living room in sochi. so he is so deeply involved in all of these economic -- >> can you believe sochi at this point? seriously, can you all believe sochi at this point? >> i can't. i couldn't watch. >> the president of russia is going on this major testosterone burst with sochi -- >> you mean letting 150,000 people die? right. let's talk about who we're talking about here and have an honest conversation. actually, we're having a report on putin that we will air twice in this show. we'll figure it out because we need to really look at -- americans really need to look at who we're dealing with here. they saw the olympics and if they tuned out, they're not getting the whole story. >> i have a follow-up to the story we reported on yesterday. it's the politics of equal pay. >> texas. >> let's go to texas, andrea. it continues to be a headache for republicans in the state of texas. yeste

joint ventures before the russia state-owned company, their major oil company and exxon moble exx exxon-mobilout this kind of thing happened in georgia and pole land and around the world. is the white house, do they have any strategy for changing that narrative and trying to get obama sort of back up on to the stage as a full-sized president? >> i think part of the problem is this all goes back to the syria, what happened for those ten days on syria. they know it. the president himself privately talks about it. i think he has even said it publicly he'll use phrases like the white house doesn't get any style points for how the syria issue was handled publicly. and i think that that is the prism many are judging him on this. i want to go to ambassador mcfaul on a question. the exit ramps. kennedy famously supposedly said during the cuban missile crisis he wanted to give them a few exit ramps before escalating things even further. what are the exit ramps in the next week that the united states or that the world community could offer putin that he might actually take to sort of deescalate? >> so

and you're talking about exxon mobile along with its russia joint venture. >> when you talk about howll really does come down to gas and energy, though, right? >> gas and energy. that's why here you'll see bp and exxonmobile forming so much. that's also why you'll see that very large number from the european union. 480 million net versus 38 billion net for the united states. look at this. this is the pipeline that goes across from russia where all that gas goes into ukraine and out into western europe and large parts of the european union. if we look at the countries involved -- i would try to push the picture again -- there she comes. >> there are your colors, richard. which one? >> any one. we should do this often. if you're talking about the west, you're talking about the uk, they get very little. maybe up to 20% of their oil and gas from the ukraine. by now you start to talk about germany and this middle part and you're talking about considerably more. maybe between 40 and 80% of their natural gas comes across that pipeline we saw earlier. and then you get to the countries like th

. >> do you pick up the petroleum or emphasize the exxon and mobil of the world? >> i think it is not quite overweight yet. shuttle diplomacy across europe as there were china figure out what to do with ukraine. a little shuttle the policy on the basketball court over the weekend. louisvilletucky beat on friday night, a huge game, then beat michigan last night, going up against wisconsin. we have florida versus connecticut and the other half. you're mr. international power. let's get national. final four? >> i don't know, who is there there? >> kentucky, wisconsin, florida, connecticut. >> i would to the university of michigan, so i'm still licking my wounds. >> get over here and look at this bracket. >> such a shameless plug. >> up top -- i want to have a moment of silence for stephanie ruhle. the reason she is so lame here is because she is on a three-week vacation. something like that. i'm down near the bottom with a guy named bloom -- bloomberg. that is ugly. company to bed in. >> thank you. i've never done as poorly. wisconsin is my only final four production

now the crimean peninsula is home to vost oil and gas fields deals with oil giant exxon mobil show were believed to be in the early stages with the ousted ukrainian president viktor yanukovych investments that could have been absolutely crucial to ukraine's economy obviously in enduring recession so ok for more details and we want took about the financial implications now on the crimea results are now joined by mark sloboda a professor of international relations at moscow state university if crimea does join russia what are the financial implications for russia and ukraine. the financial implications for russia of course will deal not only with what happens in the crimea which i think to some extent is already you see the complete but they will also depend on what happens in the south and the. east of the ukraine and how long this regime in kiev lasts before it implodes but if we take the crimea in isolation. the financial implications first of all the main industry what is best known for toryism and this goes back to the days even of the russian empire when the crimea was a big destina

it was over i'm going to a cockroach that is actually congress and that i can stroll or that's exxon mobileso. i thought it was the cockroach or congress has a lower popularity then cockroaches that's disgusting and vile is a desire that says a lot for congress maybe we can remote control congress enough and actually do the bidding of their constituents i would be very you know just implant some leads because most of there are they already look like they're just being kind of robotic we controlled anyway with the lobbyists you know let's talk about probably the most amazing technology i have seen i mean other than pretty printing this is just absurd straight up harry potter style invisible cloak time what in the hell did i don't even understand it correctly. the department of aleck. trickle in computer engineering at the university of toronto has created a cloak adaptive to different objects and sizes not full fledged invisibility yet but but that's away from being harry potter i mean still going on how this could affect society whenever i'm going to be on an invisibility cloak and of cours

all of this i want to read you a statement by richard keil a senior media relations advisor at exxon mobil who said quote the overwhelming consensus of peer reviewed scientific papers is that prince william sound has recovered and the ecosystem is healthy and thriving great what's your response i'll tell you what why does he get on a plane with me i just went up there with with cameraman rick reilly and we're going to go see it you know you stick your hand in the gravel at night island this is twenty five years after the exxon valdez spill and i did this with a glove on and you come up with crude it smells like a rotten gas the ship the oil is all over the place when there's a storm machines come out the seals are still going blind from that stop the ones that return the birds still get caught and they die the natives who live there are not supposed to live and they used to live off the razor and the wildlife there you know now they're bringing in canned food back to exxon was very kind they brought them sealed food which was meant for in cans meant for zoos you know it's still it's still

list is not officially disclosed it's rumored to include such gems as arco american express and exxon mobil kissinger also never really want to weigh in he's been lurking behind the scenes in d.c. ever since he officially served and given his insane criminality along with his known disregard for human life or accountability what better person to appoint to investigate the nine eleven attacks yes few people know that kissinger was actually first picked by george w. bush to leave the nine eleven commission until the jersey widows forced him off but he continue to consult bush and his cronies on the iraq war for years to come and now he somehow remains a relevant figure to this day parade in around talk shows think tanks and even prestigious universities to reassert american exceptionalism and imperialism and matter what that pesky costs so in case you're wondering why kissinger is yale visit is so hush hush maybe it's because of the student and faculty bodies and knew that a sadistic megalomaniac was gracing their campus they would probably run him out of town because until kissinger is tried