so if it's a design -- >> no money goes to finland, then? >> as i said, the -- we give loans for jobs in america. >> you can see our concern. the whole idea of picking winners and losers. people are saying that windmills which have been subsidized for years and years now, even though we have them up and if you take away the subsidies, they will never be profitable. i just don't see the purpose. it really gets down to fundamentally what senator lee is talking about. we shouldn't be in this business at all and the thing is, you're choosing $50 light bulbs. nobody understands that in america. there's a real problem. i don't think you're going to win this. my perception is, let's get out of this business. let's not be involved with stuff like this. by your involvement in it, it doesn't look seemingly. you're overseeing something that really doesn't pass the smell test. >> thank you, senator. senator paul, you don't have to vote if you don't want to. you have to try to play all of the percentages here. thank you, mr. secretary. i wanted to ask a

finland and found that an applicant had a attended a mental health conference. he didn't get the job. he was patient representative in germany they are considering a law that says employers can't look at your facebook page. >>> a woman who was a school teacher in ireland and on vacation and she was having -- >> she was in georgia. she was in the united states. >> she was having a drink at -- >> the guinness factory, a 24- year-old school teacher gets run out of her job. she hadn't friended any students or friends of students but because she habeer in her hand -- >> for all we know she may have taken three tips -- sips. >> 700 vacation photos thrch were a couple and those were used against her. and we are seeing all sorts of things. right to fair trial is turned on its head because jurors are doing things like posting the facts of the case on facebook. criminal case and asking friends to vote up or down. and looking at my space page of witnesses to see if they are credible or not. we were having dozens of mistrials when judges find out because you are only suppos

however -- >> did they get $500 million and is it directed towards jobs in finland? >> the entities that borrowed the money are u.s. companies. they may have ownership from abroad. but they're u.s. companies. for instance, nissan north america is a borrower. and it's owned by a japanese company but it is a u.s. corporation. >> thank you. >> we have a second panel which is secretary chu. i would suggest we go ahead and thank mr. allison for his testimony and go ahead to our second panel unless there is any burning reason not to. mr. allison, thank you very much. we appreciate your being here and your testimony today. why don't we see if we can ask secretary chu to come in so we can hear his perspective and ask him some questions.

so -- >> no money goes to finland. they're not allowed to use any of the money in finland? >> as i said, the -- we give loans for jobs in america, and we're very clear about that. >> so fisker is not using any u.s. taxpayer dollars -- >> i can get back to you on the details. i know the overall scope of the loan is for manufacturing in the united states and for design and -- went to a dish. >> picking wayners and users, people say that even though we bade for the wind mills, if you take away the subsidies they'll never make a profit. they're not profitable. and talk about tilting at win wind mills, we're throwing money at wind mills. we shouldn't be in this business at all, and the think is you're choosing $50 light bulbs. nobody understands that in america and there's a real problem here, and i don't think you're going to win the perception war on this, and my counseling and advice to you would be, let get out of this business. let's not be involved in stuff like this, and by your involvement in it, it really looks unseemly. and i don't question your character. you're nonfo

a new tablet is reportedly in the works from nokia and finland.he company is working on a device that they hope they'll be able to compete with the ipad. this's a new mobile phone payment service that will allow check payments using a small triangular card reader. wall street's winning streak is still alive. >> the u.s. and england may reportedly lower gas prices. president obama and david kim are going to discuss the issue this week. the rising gas prices at the pump may have pushed the consumer price index which will be released today. the number of americans that benefits last week fell to a four-year low. >> the move would not result in any job losses atuss the seattle plant. for saint pat riblike's day, burger king is celebrating with free french fries. saturday and sunday, you can get a free value-size order with green ketchup. >>> coming up, a trade day in the nba. and march madness marches on. last night, virginia commonwealth pulls off an upset win over wichita straight. the early morning sports headlines are straight away. >>> good morni

in places like finland, they choose teachers from the top five or 10% of college graduates and in our't young people want to go into teaching? because it does not pay well and the teachers' unions are focused on people with long tenure about to retire and retirement benefits, pensions, health care benefits. we need to be more concentrated on the starting conversations of people coming out of college so we can attract the best and brightest and give them a career path not based on tenure but based on accomplishment. we have some examples for this. we have higher education. we do pretty well in higher education. these principles we have to bring to our schools to help people in the most troubled areas of the country and give the resources to the people closest to the challenges and provide education which lifts people out of poverty and communicate that the principles of america -- hard work, education, family formation - these principles will help provide people with a future that is more prosperous and promising. i appreciate the chance to be with you today. our questions are over but

a new tablet is reportedly in the works from nokia finland. the company is working on a device they hope will be able to compete with the ipad. there's a new mobile phone payment service from paypal. it will allow businesses to accept paypal credit or check payments using a small triangular card reader attached to your phone. wall street's winning streak is still alive. yesterday's gains for the s&p 500 left it closing above 1,400 for the first time since the 2008 financial crisis. u.s. and england reportedly may release oil from strategic reserves to lower gas prices. president obama and prime minister david cameron discussed the issue this week. >>> and the rising gas prices at the pump may have pushed the consumer price index, which will be released today. the number of americans claiming new unemployment benefits last week fell to a four-year low as the economy shows more signs of improvement. boeing says by next year it will move production of the horizontal tail of dream liners from seattle to utah and italy. the move would not result in

i like finland and germany and sweden.for trade school and apprenticeship. >> and look at you have john mackey and founder of hotel foods and rachel rays and none of them went to college or finished. >> they are the most talent amazingly brilliant people in the world. but for regular folks like me, college is an answer. unemployment rate 8 percent. only four percent with people with college degree. you will earn one million more with a college degrees. >> and the point is, you don't have to go to college to be successful. >> you don't. you don't. and yet, we are in a society that somehow says that said a college degree means success. rick said earlier, you shouldn't go to college if that is not a good fit for you. we are in a society . challenge something he said. somehow, being a waiter with a college degree in history is a better outcome we think societally than a plumber. we need to put pride back in trade. >> okay, that is the last word from viktor yampt and coming upment informers might not be able to push down the pr

to the east, a big band of precipitation, a couple of different systems from finland towards the black sea. this is a mixture of rain and snow. cold air is pushing to the east, you can see it in temperatures. minus 4 in moscow, 2 in kiev. back to 12 degrees back into double figures in athens. cooler air is pushing further to the east, up to 6 in warsaw. double figures the rest of the way. 16 in roam, 15 in vienna, 14 in paris. still very spring like across much of the continent. i'll be back a bit later on. >>> an annual ceremony has gun at a temple in the ancient japanese capital. it signals the arrival of spring. buddhist monks pray for national stability in a ceremony called omisotori. it dates back to the 8th cent y century. in the main ritual held on thursday evening, ten monks climb the long stone stairs to the temple's hall guided by six-meter-long torches weighing about 40 kilograms each. they scattered sparks over spectators below. people cheered as they believe exposure to the sparks keeps them healthy over the coming year. >> translator: i enjoy this event every year, and i

up towards the north, there is another area of unstable conditions moving across norway into finland and into northwestern russia in the next 24 hours. as for temperatures, wintry mix expected in moscow with 2 degrees. which is quite seasonal. but for the rest of europe, lots of double digits. look at this. 16 degrees in london. 20 degrees in paris. and 17 degrees in berlin with a lot of sunshine. all right. here's your extended forecast. >>> and that's all for this edition of "newsline." i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. thanks for joining us.

to come and transforms the legacy of past wars in some works of art on the shores of the gulf of finland he's found hundreds of sea mines made during world war two and the cold war the artist uses them to make remarkable objects this mine for example will become a fabulous. i think it will make a nice fireplace. of the sea mines picked up by common can no longer sink ships the artist so-called military style doesn't mean he's succumbs to fashion instead it's an attempt to create works of art using something that was originally intended for destruction and murder. you don't he's going to you can make anything you like from these oval shaped minds. you can make sculptures out of them you can even make a race car. coming in those from news bulletins that missile defense components will soon be installed close to his country. he says natively sales can easily be turned into beautiful sculptures. and. the amount of effort spent on making such weapons would be much better spent funding the arts. the people involved in this experiments testing their capacity for survival in a nuclear off the mo

up towards the north, wet and windy conditions across norway will move into finland as well as northwestern russia in the next 24 hours. with the exception of moscow, lots of double digits. getting up to 17 degrees in berlin. 19 degrees in vienna and reaching the 20s in paris. all right. here's your extended forecast. >>> some survivors of last year's march disaster are expressing their hope for reconstruction in an unusual way. they gathered in an immobilized train carriage for a karaoke party. a local non-profit group organized the event on a disabled train at a station. operations on about two-thirds of the rail line were suspended after the tsunami swept away stations and tracks. about 30 people sang their favorite songs. ♪ ♪ >> translator: i think singing gives us energy and it also makes everyone here happy. singing brings us a ray of hope. >> the karaoke event on the train will be held once a month. the train will also be opened sundays when visitors can sing for free. >>> all right. we'll be back with more news in 30 minutes. i'm gene otani in tokyo. thanks very much for joining us

finland, you'll also see another low here. that's going to plummet straight down toward the black sea on the other side of the jet stream there. it's bringing cooler air with it. we'll see coastal rain and inland snow for parts of turkey. temperatures continuing to fall over the next couple of days. many of you, though, across the continent experiencing summer-like weather if not springlike weather. 18 degrees in london. some places in scotland seeing the low 20s over the past couple days. 19 in vienna. 18 in berlin. you can't complain with that. 10 degrees, though, in ankara. that's a drop of almost 10 degrees from your monday. moscow still just hovering around the freezing point. here's your extended forecast. >>> our lead story this hour. delegates at the nuclear security summit will issue a joint communique tuesday afternoon to call on each country to commit to the safe management of nuclear substances and urge for cooperation to retrieve those that are unaccounted. leaders of 53 nations and representatives from internatio

. >>> and there is a new tablet reportedly in the works from nokia in finland.he company is working on a device they hope is going to be able to compete with the ipad. >>> there's a new mobile phone payment service from paypal. it allows businesses to accept paypal credit or check payments using a small triangular card reader attached to your phone. >>> wall street's winning streak is still very alive. yesterday's gain for the s&p left it closing above 1400 since the first time since 2008. >>> the u.s. and england may release oil from strategic reserves just to lower gas prices. president obama and prime minister david cameron discussed this issue this week. >>> and the rising gas prices at the pump may have pushed the consumer price index which will be released today. >>> the number of americans claiming new unemployment benefits last week fell to a four-year low as the economy shows more signs of improvement. >>> boeing says next year it will move production from seattle to utah and italy. it will not result in any job losses at the seattle plant. >>> listen u

make the final and had to pass his crown to russia's alex a symbol of the russian beat writers from finland norway and austria proving that snowboarding in russia. this will ensure a gathering pace but it wasn't just the snowboarders thrilling the thousands of spectators. russian shop giants come as masters race team selling of them most of them she says something beats in a room with lines at the back all rally it was also time for some the buying stunts but first time going to kill a two time exclaims medalist i don't think russia could be a huge player in an extreme sport so that that's about it yeah i don't think there's too many russian athletes that come out of the states for the x. games but they would be awesome just about but it's very common and pretty crappy competitors in crowds meant it was a good day for the sport but the organizers say he's got big plans for the future we started about four years ago to organize a contest and now we have a biggest event in most of europe so i think it's a good progress and for the next year we have a plan to move with the city because if we c

make the final and had to pass his crown to russia's alex a symbol of the russian beat writers from finland norway and austria proving that snowboarding in russia is will ensure a gathering pace but it wasn't just the snowboarders truly the thousands of spectators. russian struck giants come as masters race team showing of them was the machine also famed feats in woman climbs up the dakar rally it was also time for some death defying stunts by first time writer caleb moore at teatime x. games medalist i think russia could be a huge player in an extreme sports of that of that status so yeah i don't think there's too many russian i think over the states for the x. games but i think would be awesome just about place for conan and her being happy competitors in crowds meant it was a good day for the sport with the organizers saying he's got big plans for the future we started about four years ago to organize a contest and now we have a biggest event in most of europe so i think it's a good progress and for the next year we have a plan to move to the city because if we can get about themselves a

clients at a much cheaper price than we could have ever done at any of our locations, in helsinki or finland or macedonia, or even china. the natural gas that we get here, and the volume that we get here, allows us to basically offer that product almost for free. >> reporter: last year, houston added 75,000 jobs. the greater houston partnership thinks the it will add another 84,000 this year. and that could make houston the shining star in the lone star state. diane eastabrook, "nightly business report," houston. >> susie: here's what we're watching for tomorrow: we head to pennsylvania, where state funding cuts are creating new budget challenges for public colleges. boosted predictions for the year to 106 million tablets, that's up sharply from its original forecast. sales of around 88 million tablets. while apple's ipad still dominates the tablet market, ibf credits the kindle fire for igniting sales. you may not know her name, but she could be the next big thing to hit the golfing world. she's 17-year-old lexy thompson, she went pro last year and at 16 was the youngest golfer ever to win

and then finland, another low here. that's going to plummet straight down towards the black sea just on the other side of the jet stream. it's bringing cooler air with it. so we'll see yet again some coastal rain and inland snow for parts of turkey. and temperatures continuing to fall over the next couple of days. many of you across the continent experiencing summer-like weather, if not spring-like weather. 18 degrees in london. some places in scotland seeing the low 20s over the past couple of days. 19 in vienna. 18 in berlin. you can't complain with that. 10 degrees in ankara. that's a drop of almost 10 degrees from your monday and moscow still just hovering around the freezing point. here's your extended forecast. >>> our lead story this hour -- delegates at the nuclear security summit will issue a joint communique tuesday afternoon. it will call on each country to commit to the safe management of nuclear substances and urge for cooperation to retrieve those that are unaccounted. leaders of 53 nations and representat

vitaly petrov will hit the track for the new katherine squad alongside heikki clover lane in all of finland unless we forget seven time world champion schumacher he's still on the circuit. we have no headaches about the car we just feel very confident about the ability and in a way the performance is very consistent that is good for us too. we already know. started developing the car rather than fixing problems so all in all we are in a much better circumstance compared to last year. but i'm here to to win the championship so. it is good. and. it is it would. be nice being. here as i said the reason why we're here is to race and to win. this season this is long so there's a little resistor cup that's going to be hard to stop and now derek just sure has had his license revoked by the british boxing board of control it follows his behavior before and after last month's world title fight with the telly to score in germany at the pre-fight when she saw us lock his opponent in the face then another critical prince following the bite that defeated challenger brawls would produce rival david haye

are tell you a trough will hit the track for the new cap room squad alongside heikki kovalainen of finland and lest we forget seven time world champion schumacher he hasn't gone away either. well we have no headaches about it we just feel very confident about the real ability in a way the performance is very consistent that is good for us too. we already. started developing the car rather than fixing problems so all in all we are in a much better circumstance compared to last year. but i'm here to to win the championship so as. it is not. going. to be a nice thing but. yeah as i said you know the reason why we're here is to race and to win. this season this is long so there's a little resistance i would take a brave person that bet against them let's move on. his license revoked by the british boxing board of control it follows his behavior before and after last month's world title fight with the tally klitschko in germany pre-fight when his opponent in the face then out a press conference following the fight will be defeated challenger brawled with british rival t. but hey just so was bri

now, some would only go up a little bit like finland, but some could go up a very long way, and it would be a tremendous step forward for prosperity. and we also are stressing women's unique contributions to making and keeping peace. we worked hard with the defense department and the white house and the first ever national action plan as to how we could involve women more effectively because most peace treaties fail, they don't have buy-in, they don't have support from the p populous, and where it's coincidental, but it is a correlation, where women have been involved like liberia, the chances of it lasting are at least greater than not. so this week i am issuing the first ever policy directive. it contains specific steps on protecting women and gender policy on every aspect of our work, on our policy, our budgeting, our program management and training practices. women are often the canary in the coal mine. when it comes to transitioning to democracy or sustaining democracy, we need to pay attention to whether they're thriving or not because that's one of the earliest indicators as to wh

well the russian petrol will hit the truck for the new catering squad alongside i think over line in finlandhe promises to be an exciting season with so many former world champions in the park. but we have no headaches about the car we just feel very confident about the reliability in a way the performance is very consistent that is good for us too. we already by now . started developing become rather than fixing problems for all in all we are in a much better circumstance compared to last year. i'm here to to win the championship so there's soko it's. going to be districted a lot as i'm going to make a difference it would preserve. here will be nice things but. here as i said you know the reason why we're here is to race and to win and. this season this is a long so there's a little resistor cup well that's all the sport for now i have more for you in a little under two hours time johnny than. sure is that similar to infinity each musician playing on the mark with three killings remind us soldier of the burning of planting the disagree upholding orders the u.s. says it remains committed to

they think also finland has gone a different way. and so what they found was that -- >> can you tell us what those ways are? >> yes. sweden set up a public-private type of company. it's not officially in let's say the department of energy. this can be done in a safe way. there are economic benefits. and what could have been, you know, let's pick you and you like it or not it's falling there, it surnd out to be three competitive bids for the right to put the spent fuel in the sites. and so it was a competition that kind of went completely in reverse. in fact, the losers, the people who did not get the site picked actually had some side benefits. but there was a serious competition and we see economic benefit and if you do this in a safe way, there's -- can you control the down sides. we actually have an example of that in the united states. there is radioactive waste in new mexico in carlsbad where it's been operating for 11, 1 years, roughly that party. great economic benefit number accidents. it's, done in a very safe way. and it's

and the money would be used in finland? >> the loans are for american jobs. >> no money goes to finland? none of that? >> we give loans for jobs in america and very clear about that. >> so he is not using any taxpayers' dollars in finland? >> i can give back to you. it is far manufacturing jobs. >> you can see our concern for broke even though we pay for the windmills did have come subsidize saying they are not profitable. we just throw money at them. i don't see the purpose. we should not be in this business at all. you choose $50 libels. nobody and stance that. might counseling and device is get out of the business. don't be involved. by your involvement it looks unseemly. i don't question your character from academia. but you overseas something that does not pass the smell test. >> thank you. senator sanders hast to go vote for perot senator paul paul, you don't have to go to if you don't want to. [laughter] >> you have to play the percentages. [laughter] thank you mr. secretary. i want to ask about the competition in th

fifteen homes and there's a concert system or a good group from many different countries italy austria finland. and members of parliament and we visited in the morning to polling stations had to be off mood to call the state things over what i think our observations were unanimous there was no evidence of any. problems with the conduct of the elections i think that's you know very responsible and. present fashion so far it seems three new technology has worked very well and i commend the government for bringing this thing because it may lay to rest a particular focus on the process of residential election rather than the policies and their free world. that brings you up to date for now will be continuing with our special coverage of the russian presidential election right here on r.t. with over ninety seven percent of the vote counted. and said to become russia's next president i'll be back with a wrap up after this short break. we'll . its technology innovation called these developments from the round russia we've got the future covered. peace. to the loop to. keep her keep the ball. to. keep

actually implemented meter those targets set out by this pact realistically only germany luxembourg and finland the may need these targets and the rest are very having very little room to maneuver so while leaders who are saying that they're out of a crisis moldova really it is very difficult to say that this in fact solves europe's crisis now here's more on that. it's been talked about for months as a solution to europe's crisis he's called. partly new france after another two day summit this fiscal stability compact is signed sealed and delivered . most e.u. leaders have agreed to give it the go ahead it's expected to be ratified by at least twelve years of nations this pact comes with tight budgetary rules that must be strictly adhered to or else face automatic sanctions. member states must maintain a balanced budget or have a surplus keep a budget deficit of three percent or less and trying to balance a budget rule of national legislation within one year preferred within the constitution if budgetary targets are not met a guilty nation could be brought to the european court of justice and b

and arctic there's also a rider from finland wins the inaugural polar circle snow will build race held in russia city upside hard. and then get the ball rolling with football and the champions league were a separate sensation up oil experience their first major blow of this year's campaign in their first leg against the giants real madrid the final score but madrid could not break the deadlock until the seventy fourth minute of the match as everything's pointed to a draw at that stage however sometimes the substitutions why shows him over a year ensures victory for his side with french international karim benzema posting a brace and the brazilian midfielder adding another one to record a crushing win for the ninth tiger again champions. we knew it the last part of the game will be difficult for them. we know that folk are in love so look i mean when the other team was it was a bit thought it was the right moment to so though it. was again with characteristics of a possible because it was a little because they were. lost in the park so surely things will be harder for us clear up or not

some would only go up a little bit like finland, but some could go up as a very long way. and it would be a tremendous step forward fon prosperity. we also are stressing women's unique contributions to making and keeping peace. we worked hard with the defense department and the white house and the first ever national action plan as to how we could involve women more effectively because most peace treaties fail. they don't have buy-in. they don't have support from the populous. and where it's just coincidental perhaps, but there is a correlation, where women have been involved likely beer yeah, the chances of it lasting are at least greater than not. so this week, i'm issuing the first ever secretarial directive on promoting gender equality. it contains specific steps to ensure we integrate women and promote gender equality in every aspect of our work, in our policy development, our strategic planning, budgeting and programming, our monitoring and evaluation, our management and training practices. women are often the canary in the coal mine. when it comes to transitions to

systems are a good group from the many different countries italy austria and finland. and members of parliament and we visited in the morning to polling stations and we are to call these stations. i think our observations were. unanimous there was no evidence of any. problems with the conduct of the elections i think that in a very responsible way and. present fashion so far it seems the new technology has worked very well and i commend. the government for bringing this name because it may lay to rest a particular focus on the process of the presidential election rather than the policies of the. central asian commissioner said that over eighty five. fishley reports i go to be investigated. in the russian republic of dagestan in the north caucuses there are videos be uploaded on the internet which is to show ballot stuffing. taken place since the central asian commission have reacted the same it's the voting take place in that conversation has to be the old white house the head so. taken most of the reaction been from the opposition to the measures put in place to enabl

austerity is not happening in germany it's not happening in france it's not happening in sweden denmark finland norway those countries are all spending like there's no tomorrow and there their g.d.p. agreement spending is well over fifty percent g.d.p. and doing just fine so how can the world look at this and think that i mean why doesn't everybody get this i like the given example it's a little bit a kind of amnesia. for americans because the last time this country was in a serious economic crunch of this sort and one thousand thirty s. the great depression we had a president who came in and started out being a centrist balanced budget all of that that's what roosevelt campaigned on in thirty two out there and so but within a year or two of taking office as the horrific nature of what was happening to the mass of people became clearly and more important but mayors of people found an organized way to express themselves he completely reversed himself and suddenly all those things we hear today there isn't enough money we have to cut back. well it was a wish depression they had a bigger problem w

and arctic there are devils' a rider from finland wins the inaugural bowler circle snowmobile race held in russia sees the offside hard. let's get the ball rolling with football in the champions league where cypriot sensation up oil experienced their first major blow of this year's campaign in their first leg against giants real madrid prevail in the final score but madrid could not break the deadlock until the seventy fourth minute up to matches everything pointed to a draw back stage however sometimes something houston's body shows in a review ensured victory for his side with french international during bismarck hosting upgrades and the brazilian midfielder adding any other want to record a crushing win for the ninth time european champions. we knew it took the list part of the game will be difficult for them and. we know that folk are in love so look to come in when the other team was it was a bit tight it was a work moment. to do it but. it was again with characteristics of a possible as it was it was because they were. the last in a. truly things will be harder for us there are no

riders in the storm a daredevil from finland overcomes the elements to win the first ever solo circle snowmobile race in siberia. refers to champions league football and chelsea caretaker manager roberto di matteo says his goal selection policy has been dictated after the blues to a big step towards the semifinals where they want to win i would benfica portugal while the italian left senior scars did a drug rep frank lampard and michael essien on the bench and salomon kalou justified it surprised to see the decisive goal seventy five minutes on a number of times cross in which i also recalled raul non-relatives and powell out pereira as a defensive he saw the chelsea to a big step towards the last oct first champions league victory away from home this season and this been side this defeat in eleven european games as he studies the news you know i really feel for you was the next performance from o t. you know a difficult ragers if you could. the very last year for a couple of years and we saw why you know their good side got some good. players and fred astaire plays with a physical th

fifty because they can see system very good group from many different countries italy austria and finland. the members of parliament and we visited in the morning to probably stay since i would be off to probably stay friends over all i think our observations were unanimous there was no evidence of any. problems with the conduct of the elections they've been conducted in a very responsible and. pleasant fashion so far it seems the new technology has worked very well and i commend. the government for bringing this in because it may lay to rest a particular focus on the process all residential it from rather than the policies and their free. numberings up to date for now we will be continuing with our special coverage of the russian election here on our team with over ninety percent of the vote counted but you need a push and looks set to become russia's next president coming back with a wrap up after the short break we'll go. to. the been moved. to. the back. to. the book. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so for like sleep you think you understand it and then you limp someth