cramer spotted a stock that could be your passport to profits from the far east. >>> on a nasty day like this one, let's not forget that government doesn't control everything. we invest in stocks of individual companies. few things are better than a company with an honest to goodness turnaround story. one that's not dependent on the doings of congress or the president. take mgm resorts international. mgm for you home gamers, a stock i have not talked about in ages but i think it's time to step up to the plate. largest casino operator in vegas. vegas is hard hit. they have a sizable business in china. center project in vegas that this company was practically -- you couldn't write it off. burdened with vast amounts of debt and then a new ceo came in. he slowly but surely has been fixing mgm's past mistakes including the massive citi center project in vegas that drove the company to the brink of chapter 11. this is a turn that's been years in making but now businesses are starting to come back. you haven't missed anything so this is the moment. let me explain. not long ago it was a real sic

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i don't travel in the far east. you think people should just give up on their principles and the things they campaigned for? >> no, but i think you do have to bargain from a position of respect. mary, is this something that was so disrespectful that you can't even counter, the republicans can't even counterbargain here? >> here's what -- i don't know why the republicans are so surprised. i myself was offended and felt disrespected yesterday because the working framework, the intellectual working framework, erskine from the bowles/simpson, from domenici/rivlin going all the way back was a basic framework of $3 of savings for $1 of revenues. we get it. it's the opening bid. but we thought the opening bid would at least be in the framework of this planet that we're dealing in. >> i will recommend that maybe raul felder get into this and start bargaining. this is intranceigence like i've never seen before. mary matalin, paul begala, always a pleasure. thank you both. >>> tonight john mcafee is on the run from police in

i also remember in the community or the city of -- in the russian far east. we were at a hotel and i would say that this hotel, if there are any hotels in regard to the russian far east this one had to be won on the last of the list and as we went into our rooms i discovered that my dad was a wooden frame and then just straps, no mattress and then one blanket and no pillow. i thought being the junior member of this codel, this was something that they assigned to me so i went down the hall with my special key in hand and my special i.d. and that part of the world, that is what you do. i knocked on danny store and he said how can i be of service to you dear friend? i said, i would just like to look at your accommodations, thinking of course he would have a bed and there was a wooden bed with the same kind of accommodations and no mattress and just one blanket. and he said, why are you interested in that bed? i said well, i thought being the junior member and having the same thing, that you know something might be better in your quarters. he got a big kick out o

more and more germans, for instance, look far east to bring body and soul in balance. >> salute to the sun -- one of the best known yoga exercises. he was just five years old when he learned his first yoga postures from mahatma gandhi himself. he spent decades teaching yoga in berlin showing people how they can bring body, mind, and spirit into harmony. >> when we do you get two or three times a week, we can bring out the body's pure values. that is why people today are fixated on yoga. there is a yoga boom because people think whoever does not do yoga is lost. >> of course, dr. jane does not allow anyone to get lost. he sings a mantra to his students who are training as yoga instructors as part of and meditation. everyone is meant to relax before they begin sequences. >> it is good for the body. i find that it gives structure to everyday life. >> one in three germans suffers from constant stress. the pace of life is continually increasing, and many have difficulty finding time to unwind, so for a lot of people, you get seems like a perfect antidote. some 5 million germans practice yog

but, in the western europe, and in the far east. and, in china. >> reporter: strong demand for gold exchange traded funds has also helped support prices. the spider gold trust-- ticker gld-- has $75 billion in assets. and it's is backed by physical gold. it also helps that some hedge funds with bylaws prohibiting them from buying futures, can buy gold e.t.f.'s. >> so there are some people that were restricted before. they're not now, and that's supportive of the gold. >> reporter: a gold rally is not a sure thing. if there's a recession, some fear commodities like gold will drop in value. on the other hand, if the economy picks up sharply, riskier assets could become more attractive. erika miller, "n.b.r.," new york. >> susie: more signs today that housing demand is picking up: the number of contracts signed to buy homes rose in november, to its best level in more than two years. the national association of realtors index of pending sales rose almost 10% last month. so will the housing market continue to recover in the new year? tha

expecting to see snow from that same system later this week. >>> of course, the big question is how far east will that system make its way. storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein has the full forecast. tom? >> santa has retractible wheels on the snow. if there's no snow, he'll make here. we have a cloudy sky here. but a few breaks in the clouds around the brew ridge in shenandoah valley. the fog earlier this evening has dissipated. we've got the winds increasing. right now we're in the 40s to around 50 degrees. much of the region. the winds are gusting around 15 miles per hour. hometown forecast, waldorf, charles county by 6:30 near 50 and breaks in the clouds and partly sunny by noontime into the mid 50s and slight chance of a sprinkle. slight chance of sprinkles during the perhaps late morning and early afternoon and otherwise just clouds coming through. highs reaching the upper 50s. little sunshine in and out through the afternoon. we'll have changes on the way later tonight into tomorrow. seven-day outlook into the weekend in ten minutes. danella has a look at traffic. >> good morning. q

here is the howlers sea eagle in has a wingspan of two and a half meters ignace only here in russia far east because of the bundles of salmon and seagulls which feed the giant bird in his studies if gainey focuses on birds so he took me to one of his favorite places here mara island it has the biggest colony of seagulls in the region and the climb up was tough. but the prize was worth it. if there was no city or to hear it. there you will have tons of people coming here not just to get some for me on the beach here nothing is guaranteed you have to struggle to get your piece of bread there is nothing really how you can apply oprah did you have to align yourself a few bucks. or so we're going to have to be the bad. maybe for the wildlife here is the lack of visitors is for the better but when you stand on top of four niland like this you just can't help wanting to share the beauty. russia's foreign minister thank you very much for being with r.t. today my pleasure now your ending your ear with a visit to india russia has been clear in its support for india's aspirations to become a permanent

we want to show what ideas are coming out of the far east, china, malaysia, the philippines, singapore as well as all over from europe. perhaps from africa and south america. we can learn from that just as we have done with concepts like sunday streets where people take back the streets and start having fun in our urban communities and bringing out the children to enjoy the environment. this is our future generations so we have to have the best ideas. how to keep our environment and our strong. i want to tell you that there are a tremendous amount of enthusiasm for keeping our city grain trade we have at least three different projects that we have been focused on for a number of years. i have had the privilege with working with mohammed and our city engineers to accomplish this. most importantly with our community leaders and volunteers throughout every part of our neighborhoods. i hope that you do you is your time and take advantage of our wonderful weather to go out and do as many doors as possible of all the -- tours as possible of all the community gardens. we have a committee chal

but, in the western europe, and in the far east. and, in china. >> reporter: strong demand for gold exchange traded funds has also helped support prices. the spider gold trust-- ticker gld-- has $75 billion in assets. and it's is backed by physical gold. it also helps that some hedge funds with bylaws prohibiting them from buying futures, can buy gold e.t.f.'s. >> so there are some people that were restricted before. they're not now and that's supportive of the gold. >> reporter: a gold rally is not a sure thing. if there's a recession, some fear commodities like gold will drop in value. on the other hand, if the economy picks up sharply riskier assets could become more attractive. erika miller, "n.b.r.," new york. >> susie: more signs today that housing demand is picking up: the number of contracts signed to buy homes rose in november to its best level in more than two years. the national association of realtors index of pending sales rose almost 10% last month. so will the housing market continue to recover in the new year? that's

here is the howlers eagle in has a wingspan of two and a half meters ignace only here in russia far east because of the bundles of salmon and sea gulls which feed the giant bird in his studies if gainey focuses on birds so he took me to one of his favorite places here mara island it has the biggest colony of seagulls in the region the climb up was tough. but the prize was worth it. if there was no security here it would be no reason there you will have tons of people coming here out just to get some for only on the beach here nothing is guaranteed you have to struggle to get your piece of bread nothing really all you can. predict you have to rely on yourself a few bucks. or so we're going to have to be the bat. may be for the wildlife here is the lack of visitors this for the better but when you stand on top of a niland like this you just can't help wanting to share the beauty. hello there welcome to businesses our rosters a massive giant no risk and the call has proposed to record evidence of ten billion dollars over the next three years the decision has been made by the new management

and also on line will report on the latest study from russia's far east that could potentially allow scientists to inhabit the red planet find out more at all to. with only days left until the end of the year also he recalls the most significant global events of the past twelve months and today we look back at the american presidential election and the memorable debates that preceded it. we have been running the election of close to your is more than two weeks before the election every single day there was a story by a correspondent running wild guests on the show and cetera et cetera so given the voice through the third parties was exactly what we needed to get the full picture . we are just a couple hours away now from the third party debate as you can see our production crew is busy transforming our studio in a debate floor one of the most important functions of democracy is the debate a lot of discussion about a lot of issues and the more we can open up don't credit institutions like our our election system with the seriousness of all the parties to what it might even be consider

. >>> in russia's far east, a fiery sight as a dormant volcano started erupting after almost 40 yearsred-hot lava poured out as an alert went out for planes to stay back. >>> a giant asteroid known as 4179 tutotis is passing by earth within 4.3 million miles. that's close enough to view through a telescope, and it's more than 3 miles across. that's about half the size of the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs 65 million years ago. >>> now let's get a check of wall street. the dow closed at 13,248 after gaining 78 points yesterday. the s&p added nine. the nasdaq jumped 35. overseas markets also ended on a high note. in tokyo, the nikkei rose 56 points, while in hong kong, the hang seng plunged 179. >>> and markets closed higher for a fifth straight day. they would have added more tuesday, but stocks gave back some gains after senate leader harry reid called a fiscal cliff deal before christmas "extremely difficult." >>> today the focus is on the fed, which is expected to announce it will continue its economic stimulus until the economy shows greater improvement. >>> a government for

not going to take sides either and we have to remember heard in the far east of your country there is recently for the last year an american special forces presence now are ostensibly there to deal with the lord's resistance army which is a dissident group in uganda the congo etc and also in central africa but nevertheless one can't help noticing that they're there in the east and the rebels come out of the. great suddenness so a very complicated situation of course president sarkozy was quite active when it came to africa with france intervening in the ivory coast in twenty tell me do you think president alone may opt for military intervention in the future no i don't think he's going to do that certainly not to protect president because he's a. i don't think france is in the mood for that particularly as they have the situation in mali to deal with where they have been very much to the front in saying that something should be done they're very active in syria i don't think that he wants another situation where the french military involved but they do want stability clearly they have

here is the howlers sea eagle in has a wingspan of two and a half meters ignace only here in russia far east because of the bundles of salmon and seagulls which feed the giant bird in his studies if gainey focuses on birds so he took me to one of his favorite places here mara island it has the biggest colony of seagulls in the region and the climb up was tough. but the prize was worth it. if there was no city or to hear it with no reason to doubt you'll have tons of people coming here not just to get some for only on the beach here nothing is guaranteed you have to struggle to get a piece of bread there is nothing really all you can. predict you have to rely on yourself and what you bucks for is a bear so we're going to have to be put back well. maybe for the wildlife here is the lack of visitors is for the better but when you stand on top of phenomenal and like this you just can't help wanting to share the beauty. that welcome to businesses whilst it is ditching the key it's a protocol a global agreement to reduce carbon emissions the country which has strived to be an active player on the

way -- ordering half a million dollars' worth of beckley's made-in-america products to sell in the far easto offer even more products from his line in 2013. >> i'm ben kaufman, and i founded quirky. >> and in february of 2012, ben kaufman showed us how he's helping inventors get some input online, using crowdsourcing to help turn an idea into a product that sells. >> thousands of people are looking at it. they're enhancing and refining each others ideas. >> the inventors, quirky, and the contributors all stand to take a cut each time a product gets on the market. now, kaufman is trying to give more inventors a chance. since our story first aired, investors have poured $68 million in new financing into quirky. that financing was led by andreessen horowitz -- remember andreessen? yeah, that's the netscape co-founder marc andreessen, a legendary inventor who sold his creation, the netscape browser, for more than $4 billion. creation, the netscape browser, for more than $4 billion. we'll be right back. [ indistinct shouting ] ♪ [ indistinct shouting ] [ male announcer ] time and sales data. spl

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is i think the most dramatic really the most dramatic region in the world the south china sea the far east north eastern asia with north korea there and our resolve territorial disputes in a region where you don't have any kind of functioning regional integration that is a region that i'm really nervous about it's not so much the west and what it does it is about china and japan and vietnam and taiwan what is going to happen in the north and in the north east of asia that makes me nervous not the west ok pepe what do you think the people in afghanistan think in libya in syria and i go ahead yeah let me talk a little bit about this. china sea is my backyard because one of my bases is hong kong in fact what's happening the south china sea is going to be solved in a mechanism between the association of the southeast asian countries stan countries and china the problem is the un they will love to have a collective bargaining discussion in that china wants a bilateral discussion i'm sure over the next few i wouldn't say months but perhaps over the next two years or so they will find a mechanism

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including australia japan and three of russia's nine times so liberations are in full swing in russia's far east and parts of siberia the rest of the country catching up in the coming hours as the world gradually welcomes in the new year we look now at the events which twenty twelve will be remembered. my. point it while has reached its and along with the nine colander. but it looked more like this. a decade of war is an. hour. was it when you. well we're still here and when it comes down to it the world not only didn't end but very little changed in twenty twelve we have the same challenges facing the globe the same conflicts preventing peace the same policies hampering solutions and many of the same people in power as we come into twenty thirteen so what will twenty twelve be remembered for let's take a look back. for some in gaza their world did end when israel launched a short but deadly campaign in response to rockets fired by hamas after one of their leaders was assassinated u.s. solidly backed israel but critics claim the use of disproportionate force has become too common a practice for

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supreme power has now the draft constitution his political allies approved has also come on the far east tom barton reports now from cairo. protesters have been camped out in town for a square since last week since egyptian president mohamed morsi issue to decree granting himself sweeping new powers that kicks off a wave of protests by the more liberal sections of egyptian society not just here in cairo but in cities across the country some of those spilling over into violent protests we're seeing take gas thrown and stone exchanges between the protesters and police a number of protesters have died hundreds more have been wounded across the country in those protests the clearness of it the roots of it a constitutional crisis here people in the basij when they had their revolution nearly two years ago to overthrow of hosni mubarak last week after this declaration of how much more see the current president backed by the muslim brotherhood said that the reason for that was to try and get a new constitution last in a process that dragged out for a long time for egypt however the constituent

in the far east and of chile siberia. will be. my critics have pointed out has reached its and along with the mayan calendar. but it looked more like this. a decade of war is a. good year for a new. well we're still here and when it comes down to it the world not only didn't end but very little changed in twenty twelve we have the same challenges facing the globe the same conflicts preventing peace the same policies hampering solutions and many of the same people in power as we come into twenty thirteen so what will twenty twelve be remembered for let's take a look back. at some in gaza their world did and when israel launched a short but deadly campaign in response to rockets fired by hamas after one of their leaders was a front leading us solidly backed israel the critics claim the use of disproportionate force has become too common a practice for your trail a defense force journalist also being targeted and children becoming casualties it has the same policy if you like as the united states with regard to collateral damage that

the report on the latest study from russia's far east that could potentially allow scientists to bring life to the red planet and find out who is also who don't call . with only days left until the end of the all see is recording some of the most significant global events of the past twelve months and today all seeing news loopback a big coverage of the american presidential debates and shows you what was going on on the sidelines and pasta kind of that. we have been running the election of close to your is more than two weeks before the election every single day there was a story by a correspondent running while guests on the show it's outrageous that trump still giving voice to the third parties was exactly what we needed to get the full picture. we are just a couple hours away now from the third party debate as you can see our production crew is busy transforming our studio in a debate floor one of the most important functions of democracy is. the debate a lot of discussion about a lot of issues and the more we can open up don't credit institutions like our our election system which

already belongs see iran there has been some footage shown on an iranian web site i think on the far east news agency web site of a drone enough to military commanders. looking at the drone itself. i think what is important is that well first of all the iranians will be using the technology to develop more advanced drones of theirs where they can use to survey or carry out surveillance operations over palestine as well as over areas in the persian gulf but i think more importantly is the fact that the united states is that we haven in a very hostile manner towards iran the very fact that drones are constantly going over iranian airspace the americans are carrying out. psychological warfare against the iranians they've shut down the iranian central bank and that's preventing iran from even importing medicine some people have died because of a shortage of medicine in iran because of the sanctions that the e.u. and the united states have imposed on the country and also the fact that even iranian radio and t.v. they've been banned by american the americans and europeans for example press t.v.

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and in the russia's far east and besides i would like to remind all the heads of the constituent parts of russia that the need to pursue their own regional. demographic develop into policies of progress in their respective regions i'm with the democratic experts it note that once again he delivers a second child to you this is a testament to their readiness and willingness to deliver at their age i said and i am convinced that the norm in russia should be a family with three children. but still a back today and. we need to do a lot that we need to provide there should have been a bill and environment for women in the first place so that they would not worry that delivering a second and more children would bar their way to a good career good job and would confine them to being a housekeeper to being. a homemaker and that is what we need to have education programs for retraining for four females and. employment support policies that this will definitely affect a family sure whether to have more children but we will definitely need your. you work with preschools and kindergarten is it wou