certain claims for themselves that it's fairly easy to debunk but that doesn't make them the general electric corporation or an arm of the cia or or whatever i mean i think what has to be very careful with with these. sorts of claims there is competition over market share but again let's not if you want to widen the frame and talk about not just n.g.o.s in the sense of development or human rights or environmental or relief n.g.o.s but in terms of say the nonprofit sector in places where private hospitals predominate they compete with each other for market share foundations compete for different kinds of activities so again to single out the n.g.o.s really does seem to me. quite unfair when all is said you know cliff should and i mean there are ample reasons that criticising cliff do you think that in jail should get government money paid but the payment i think. i think that n.g.o.s in certain countries are just naturally going to look for government money and i think the key thing is to really have them disclose where their money is coming from and many countries actually do it by or that i think you kn

wholly owned subsidiary of the corporate state you have a half dozen corporations viacom general electric rupert murdoch's news corp disney clear channel that control almost everything most americans watch or listen to and you know as i wrote in that column a lot of omission is still a lot. a hold of political puppets. you know as part of discussion of sharod. of to deflect attention from where our actually resides and that's in the hands of corporations it's impossible within the american political system to vote against the interests of goldman sachs and so we don't hear anything about climate change the poor rural and urban poor are rendered invisible in this country and they're really suffering at this point i just finished a book on it two years on a days of destruction days of revolt with the cartoonist joe sacco out of the poorest pockets of the country we don't hear anything about the assault against civil liberties whether that be. section ten twenty one of the national defense authorization act warrantless wiretapping the use of the espionage act or shut down whistleblowers the.

general electric a big conglomerate. it is down 1% today. mary schapiro will be joining general electrics board. the former security and exchange commission. her experience obviously overseeing the markets and understanding corporatetions will be beneficial to the general electric. today you see the stock is down about 1%. it is up about 24% over the last year. that is one that we will continue to watch. she will stand for election on april 24. dagen: the white house remains silent on the dow hitting an all-time high last week. jay carney saying i do not comment on the markets. if you months ago he did saying the stock market was proof that republicans were hurting the economy. the united states was downgraded and the dow fell another 10% or 1100 points after the s&p downgraded the united states. connell: neil cavuto is here with us in studio. neil: it is my 10,000 hit with you guys. [ laughter ] connell: man lets go of usa. neil: that was the box it would in. remember the week before we were going to hell in a handbasket. it hits records normally you naturally take a bow. it was in the middle of what was supposed to be armageddon. it was just bad timing. dagen: at the white house need to think that to happen base

the government imposing because i don't trust the corporations they are the one that -- general electric they put all the poison in the river. >> there is no incentives. >> bill: they should be put in jail. rather than giving money. the environmental protection agency if you pollute we will put new jail. that will be an inincident tore. >> that's reasonable. to the they were doing it there were no laws. >> bill: none. that's insane. thursday night you have got this green tyranny thing? >> we do. tyranny is worse than what we just showed. >> when we come right back, amanda knox accused by italian authorities of murdering roommate very bad news today. is it legal moments away. >> bill: thanks for staying with us, i'm bill o'reilly in the is it legal segment tonight. we have three hot topics for you. we begin with illustrationly's highest court overturning the acquittal of amanda knox. as you may know ms. knox from seattle was convicted of murdering her2 1-year-old roommate meredith kercher in perugia, italy back in 2007. in 2011 while she was in prison italian appeals court overturned the

the government imposing because i don't trust the corporations they are the one that -- general electricput all the poison in the river. >> there is no incentives. >> bill: they should be put in jail. rather than giving money. the environmental protection agency if you pollute we will put new jail. that will be an inincident tore. >> that's reasonable. to the they were doing it there were no laws. >> bill: none. that's insane. thursday night you have got this green tyranny thing? >> we do. tyranny is worse than what we just showed. >> when we come right back, amanda knox accused by italian authorities of murdering roommate very bad news today. is it legal moments away. and you...rent from national. because only national lets you choose any car in the aisle... and go. you can even take a full-size or above, and still pay the mid-size price. this is awesome. [ male announcer ] yes, it is, business pro. yes, it is. go national. go like a pro. earning loads of points. we'll leave that there. you got a weather balloon, with points? yes i did. [ man ] points i could use for just about anything

jones is reporting that blackstone and general electric's lending arm has discussed jointly pursuing dell's financial services business which offers loans to corporate customers and consumers. blackstone has until midnight on friday to make a final decision on dell. back to you guys. >> josh, thank you very much. >>> quickly before we tease what's coming up next, we want to ask you this. and i put out on twitter, mandy did as well. what do you think? is cyprus, "a," a huge lehman-like black swan event? two, relevant but not dooming, or three, insignificant noise? >> we've already got great answers in. and please do keep on tweeting us. >>> on deck, it's like those richard scarry books. with all that's going on, why isn't gold surging more? >>> plus, we're going to debate one company's plan to punish employees if they do not disclose their weight and body fat. that's coming up. ♪ [ cows moo ] [ sizzling ] more rain... [ thunder rumbles ] ♪ [ male announcer ] when the world moves... futures move first. learn futures from experienced pros with dedicated chats and daily live webinars. and trade with papermoney to test-drive the market. ♪ all on thinkors

that are actually paying that almost 40% corporate tax here, providing good decent and well paying engineering job. we have -- >> this is -- >> yes, general electricverseas not bringing jobs home. >> i have so many worries on my list this is down on the bottom. neil: are you worried about this in this is money you could spend. >> the big problem is, corporate tax revenue used to make up a sizable slice of all federal revenue now corporating pay low taxes by historical standards, individuals are picking up the difference. neil: all right, thank you so much. >> neil, neil. >> kate we're going to a break and pay our bills even though washington can't. >> and round two, back, punchy and ready, you dad, i'd put that down. ah. 4g, huh? verizon 4g lte. 700 megahertz spectrum, end-to-end, pure lte build. the most consistent speeds indoors or out. and, obviously, astonishing throughput. obviously... you know how fast our home wifi is? yeah. this is basically just asast. oh. and verizon's got more fast lte coverage than all other networks combined. it's beer. yes. oh, why didn't you just say that? huh-- what is he doing? you are gonna need a wingman. and wi

that are actually paying that almost 40% corporate tax here, providing good decent and well paying engineering job. we have -- >> this is -- >> yes, general electric overseas not bringing jobs home. >> i have so many worries on my list this is down on the bottom. neil: are you worried about this in this is money you could spend. >> the big problem is, corporate tax revenue used to make up a sizable slice of all federal revenue now corporating pay low taxes by historical standards, individuals are picking up the difference. neil: all right, thank you so much. >> neil, neil. >> kate we're going to a break and pay our bills even though washington can't. >> and round two, back, punchy and ready, you get ready. ♪ right. but the most important feature of all is... the capital one purchase eraser. i can redeem the double miles i earned with my venture card to erase recent travel purchases. d with a few clicks, this mission never happened. uh, what's this button do? [ electricity zaps ] ♪ you requested backup? yes. yes i did. what's in your wallet? yes i did. he's going to apply testosterone to his underarm. axiron, the only underarm treatment for low t,

general electric and. high toci into sheba accountable for the harm that they've caused and you can go to our website and sign a petition to try to hold these corporations accountable because the governments aren't sure we can sign a petition but what else can we do because it really does seem helpless especially when you're talking about the total collusion. with the nuclear industry in the regulatory agencies i mean well is there anything else that we can do of course the way the way you can actually you know work against the industry in prince whatever your level of comfort is you can act like greenpeace and take it to the streets you can lobby your congressman and that can help because there are good people up there that want to see nuclear power regulated like you know ed bark you may become a senator. there are people that want to see nuclear power regulated and again we should phase out nuclear power we should replace it with clean alternatives that don't threaten our families homes and our communities and let's talk about international stage in a post because you're talking about weaning off of nuclear energy i completely one hundred percent agr

his corporate sponsors while blue cross is coming in strong with a hefty thirty seven thousand dollar donation to his last campaign come in close behind our two giant defense contractors general electric and boeing each forking over twenty five grand and let's not forget mitch mcconnell senator from kentucky and republican minority leader who seems to serve no purpose other than the filibuster everything that's propose on the floor in fact has put repealing obamacare the top of the list despite the health care industry funded in the most kindred to health care generously donated one hundred twenty two thousand dollars but let's not forget the big banks because just like almost every other politician has hosted his pocket with that wall street cash j.p. morgan chase gave mcconnell seventy grand and citigroup almost matched it at sixty nine grand and last but not least former democratic senator john kerry who's now secretary of state he may remember him best for money for what in the wake of losing the two thousand and four election despite there being massive voter fraud he's done quite well during a senate tenure when it comes to wall street with enormous deals from both goldman sachs

general electric. now we are hearing about the nominations for a board member. that would be mary schapiro. she has obviously a lot of know-how in regulation and corporate governance and the like. that will happen on april 24. back to you. lori: thank you, nicole. melissa: fox business contributor phil flynn of price futures group is in the pits of the cme. >> i think you have to look at asia, really. numbers were very disappointing. later in the day, we got a number out of india that shows auto sales fell 25% from a year earlier. when you look at growth, you always look at asia. when you get numbers like that, it is pretty disappointing. we saw a pretty good ride in rbob gasoline prices. the whole sellers were panic buying this morning. phillips 66 had a power outage. look at the crude oil future right now. it was $91 at one time today. we have heating oil down. gasoline has reversed. down $0.2.03 on the day. natural gas, small prey keeping game. could be a sign that spring is coming. lori: my next guest warns investors not to forget about bonds. bill o'donnell. please do have you joining us once again. let's start with your take on the selloff last fr