because you're friends with author of what did you have any other reasons why the i was asked by george al for of who i much admire and respect he told me that he thought it would be helpful to the to. his undertaking and. i wished to do what i could to support him. that said then such a project takes on a life of its own it becomes a challenge and i can see many other good reasons why i should try and help it succeed like what first and foremost so that russia will be. more successful as a country and a better force for good in the world as a matter of fact is it is a job for you are you paid for that or indeed you are indeed offered payment which i must tell you is not beyond what i receive from anyone else to provide such a consulting service i'm offered by many more than i have the time to do and i've chosen to do this i'm at a comparable level of remuneration because of the reasons that i told you skulk about has already been dubbed the russian silicon valley everybody calls it the russian silicon valley well do you think they will try to will you try to follow the american example to

>> his name was george w. bush, al? do you want to blame bush? >> so bush and perry are doing well and when obama came in, you became number one in these areas. pe found out how you became so well developed in these areas. people, 25 and older with a high school diploma, credit score, 49. high school graduation rate, 43. all that happening in the last two years too. >> funny enough, despite all this, again, we have a thousand americans -- >> despite all this -- >> no, listen. the texas economy in the pave five years, have a net increase. so you have to set stats against the reality that texas is the only thing propping up barack obama's's con my right now. the reason to quote the poem, give me your tired, poor, huddled masses, be free. the huddled masses are moving to texas because there is a real need here. >> yeah, there is a real need, for -- minimum wage and below. for min pum wanl and below minimum wage laws. >> that is absolutely false. bogus stat, al. >> more minimum wage than any other state. >> do you know what median wage here in texas

presidente george w. bush que aly bien el trabajo que el presidente ha hecho. creo que lo que le ha faltado muchÍsimo a Él es este liderazgo. la gente no mira en Él a un lÍder. >> o sea, Él vino con muchÍsima, mucha... esperanza. y desafortunadamente, hemos visto que no ha cumplido las promesas. que la economÍa estÁ peor. que las cosas Ñve ha avanzado, han creado una situaciÓn de desesperanza. entonces, yo entiendo. es difÍcil. lo que Él estÁ enfrentando. no quiero decir que todo ha sido color de rosa, ni mucho menos. pero creo que le ha faltado. no tiene mucha credibilidad y al final del dÍa no lo ven como un gran lÍder. >> coincide con este punto de vista? estamos mejor que hace tres aÑos y efectivamente cree que al presidente barack obama le ha faltado liderazgo y que no ha cumplido con algunas promesas? >> la realidad es que recibiÓ una economÍa en desastre de george w. bush y ha tomado mucho tiempo en crecer la economÍa en general. y vemos quÉ difÍcil es. durante la depresiÓn de 1932, durÓ mÁs que ocho aÑos en r

history of these surveys at this point in the campaign in 1999 you had then texas governor george bush leading alning the popular vote although he still lost the election. in 1995 bob dole had a two-point lead over clinton and clinton ended up winning by eight. 1983 ronald reagan was one point ahead of walter mondale but reagan won by 18 points. a lot of this could change between now and election day. when we're looking at who makes the headway and takes it to tend, who are you expecting we're going to see at the end? >> let me go back to those three examples. all three examples what helped, reagan, clinton and gore was ta the economy really took off. and all three in those cases. that is not what's occurring here. next month in terms of this point in the cycle for reagan he created 1.1 million jobs in september. at this point barack obama is just rolling at a plan. that's the difference between the two. he had 1.1 million jobs being created and obama's just now rolling out the plan. that's the problem the president faces. >> david, i remind you that ronald reagan pursued a course of both raising

listening to that, george, gaddafi's men -- we have seen saif al-islam four or five hours ago.hat is your reaction of his appearance? >> the latest extraordinary episodes in the rather extra in their conflict. -- an extraordinary conflict. we should not overestimate too much the significance of this. the reality is that tripoli does remain surrounded on all sides, as it was before. the opposition moved in, and clearly, there are significant forces that are now under the rebels control. this is the fear. what is going to happen to us a free ride that? we are at the stage now where the rebels can instill confidence in people, to finally get rid of gaddafi, that is the only thing that is holding them back. >> how will they do that? >> it is very difficult, indeed. they have done very well in recent days and weeks, encouraging uprising in the various towns outside of tripoli. if they can get some decent hold on the suburbs that they now control, and start moving into other suburbs, as much as convincing the libyan people to uprise will be convincing regime forces that are still loy

george. he seemed to come right out of central casting. al seated on the platform was a young attorney named lawrence camp whom roosevelt was going to endorse. so there sat george on the platform not displaying any emotion. walter george, in fact, was not a diehard reactionary or an outspoken adversary of the president. in 1933 he'd supported virtually all of fdr's proposals including the national industrial recovery act, tva, agricultural adjustment act. later he voted for social security, the national labor relations act and other new deal measures. and during the 1936 presidential campaign george had backed roosevelt all the way. but during fdr's second term he cast votes against some key administration bills including housing bills, court reform, executive reorganization and the wages and hours bill. roosevelt began his talk by discussing the achievements of the rural electrify case administration. it was one of the great new deal successes. before it the free market economy had left much of rural america literally in the dark. then fdr s

in this time in the cycle of when george bush was running against al gore.re -- i'm sorry george bush was aeu lead by 1 was ahead by 14 points. these statistics are volatile, they will go up and down a lot. we node to focus on getting the economy moving. it's in the president's best interest to get a deficit and reduction deal that is right for the country, independents care about that. if he can get that the economy will grow some there is every reason to believe he can do what president bush did, that is win a re-election although in 2004 george bush's popularity was only 48% but he still succeeded in beating john kerry. jenna: it's interesting to look at the numbers and play with them a little bit. at this point that's kind of what they are good for, for interviews on television, senator. as far as strategy it's good to look at the numbers for president reagan and clinton, because those are the men the president is compared to now. both of them had lower approval ratings than the president does. but at this point in their term the momentum was moving high

eight states and the district of columbia have signed the compact which grew out of al gore's loss to george bush in the 2000 election. gore lost the election despite winning the popular vote. brown calls the election by popular vote basic and fair, but state republicans say candidates would spend less time campaigning in smaller states. >> more importantly drives most of those candidates to the center because they have got to govern over an entire population rather than the more highly populated areas that tend to vote more democratic. >> former governor arnold schwarzenegger vetoed two previous popular vote measures. >>> well, nbc bay area political analyst larry gerston joins us to explain the idea of a so-called direct election. >> take us back to our high school days. how does this work? do we care? is there any chance it's going to happen? >> it's time for a civics lesson, folks. we choose the president indirectly. we forget that sometimes, but electoral votes. those are determined by how many seats we have in washington. okay. so california has 55 electoral votes, right? because we ha

they came to the polls, the first eligible to vote in 2000 what their ticket evenly between al gore and georgeush. i think it is fair to say that because you don't have as much experience as older generation, their political views are formed as much by the failures we have known in my lifetime as they are by any vision that is espoused by a particular politician. i think reagan was aided by the failures of the carter investigation, but he also is able to communicate conservatism's though beautifully an entire generation rally to this vision. and i think that's also a barack obama was able to do. the youth -- the first at breaking in 04 because they believed john kerry's mantra that it was at the wrong time in the wrong place and in 2005 the failures of the federal government to really respond to hurricane katrina also affected them as well as candles in 2006 in the house of representatives. and i think it is republican brand damage they tribute away from the republican party as much as really the soaring rhetoric of barack obama that captured what is the dose of the millennial generation, whic

george w. bush carried iowa after al gore carried iowa. a small state, it doesn't matter much in electoral college election. iowa is a huge deal. the president's support among white voters especially in rural america has dropped. at these town halls he's having today a lot of people are standing up saying, why didn't you vote for single payer health care. if he's down amok whing whites independents, his approval ratings stay low. governor romny's going to say what mitt romney says, the president is fighting for his job every single day, and everything he does as president from this point forward is for better or worse political. >> we did have some strong words from the president. >> we just went through this debacle with the debt ceiling. an entirely self-inflicted wound. it wasn't something that was necessary we had put forward a plan that would have stabilized our debt and deficits for years to come. but because we've got a politics in which some folks in congress -- not the folks who are here, but some in congress would rather see the

he ran the you know the axis of evil the axis of evil that george bush talked about in that first year that didn't include osama bin laden and al qaida they were focused on these nation states that posed a risk they just couldn't get their their heads around the idea that this group because sitting in a cave in afghanistan could pose much of a of a threat and history shows that they were you know horrifically wrong about do you think that the nine eleven commission did a competent job i think they got a lot of questions answered i think they missed a tremendous amount as well and i think there were some really remarkable conflicts of interest that face the people who are running the investigation that were only acknowledged after the investigation right now we've learned now i mean in the historical record that the warren commission was the reason why earl warren had tears running down his face we walked in there photo with l.b.j. when he was asked the chief justice supreme court to head up this commission the reason why he was sobbing was because he had just been told that they were pretty certain that fidel castro had killed

george w. bush carried iowa after al gore carried iowa, then barack obama carried iowa. it is a small state.esn't matter much in electoral college politics unless you're in a 50-50 presidential election. then little states like iowa, new mexico, and nevada become a huge deal. iowa is a huge deal. the president's support among white voters, especially in rural america has dropped. these town halls today he is having outside, a lot of liberals are standing up and saying why didn't you fight for single-pair health care? -- single payer health care? remember, in a close election, politics is about the margins. if he down among whites, down among independents, that's why his rating is at a historic low, a few liberals stay home, then you're talking about a very dicey dynamic for a president who already knows he is in a very steep domestic ditch because heading into the reelection campaign. look, governor romney is going to say what governor romney says. the president is fighting for his job every single day. and everything he does as president from this point forward is for better or worse politi

george w. bush carried iowa after al gore carried iowa, then barack obama carried iowa. it is a small state.esn't matter much in electoral college politics unless you're in a 50-50 presidential election. then little states like iowa, new mexico, and nevada become a huge deal. iowa is a huge deal. the president's support among white voters, especially in rural america has dropped. these town halls today he is having outside, a lot of liberals are standing up and saying why didn't you fight for single-pair health care? remember, in a close election, politics is about the margins. if he down among whites, down among independents, that's why his rating is at a historic low, a few liberals stay home, then you're talking about a very dicey dynamic for a president who already knows he is in a very steep domestic ditch because heading into the reelection campaign. look, governor romney is going to say what governor romney says. the president is fighting for his job every single day. and everything he does as president from this point forward is for better or worse political. that's just the nature o

the change was prompted in the 2011 election when al gore won the popular vote but george w. bush became president because he won the electoral vote. >>> the bill allows authorities to seize the property of that's been used repeatedly for cock fighting. according to the humane society there's been 110cock fighting busts in california since january of 2008. >>> tonight the remains of those elite american troops killed in afghanistan this weekend are on their way the áf way back to dover. 30 u.s. troops, seven afghan commanders and an afghan interpreter were all killed when their helicopter went down on saturday. nato say s the investigation into the crash is ongoing. as the helicopter approached the ranger saw a rocket propelled grenade thrown by an insurgent hit the chopper. >> they were far from home but we know that they were also where they wanted to be. doing what they wanted to do alongside men who were perhaps closer to them than their own brothers. >> president obama reiterated the u.s. commitment to the war in afghanistan. >>> a bay area native was among those 30 serv

the change was prompted in the 2011 election when al gore won the popular vote but george w. bush became president because he won the electoral vote. >>> the bill allows authorities to seize the property of that's been used repeatedly for cock fighting. according to the humane society there's been 110cock fighting busts in california since january of 2008. >>> tonight the remains of those elite american troops killed in afghanistan this weekend are on their way the áf way back to dover. 30 u.s. troops, seven afghan commanders and an afghan interpreter were all killed when their helicopter went down on saturday. nato say s the investigation into the crash is ongoing. as the helicopter approached the ranger saw a rocket propelled grenade thrown by an insurgent hit the chopper. >> they were far from home but we know that they were also where they wanted to be. doing what they wanted to do alongside men who were perhaps closer to them than their own brothers. >> president obama reiterated the u.s. commitment to the war in afghanistan. >>> a bay area native was among those 30 serv

al hubbard who worked under president george w. adviser to mitch daniels when there was a thought that mitch daniels might run for president, he's the governor of indiana, has left and supposedly done what he needed to do. the fact that he's leaving alone is not enough to make you raise your eyebrows. the fact that they are pulling money, supposedly redirecting it just before the ames straw poll on the 13th, a week from this saturday, indicates there may be a money stream issue or other problems with the campaign. when you're at numbers like he is right now, this could not be a good thing. >>> the same network that brought us sarah palin's reality show is turning its focus to her favorite hair salon? >> you're doing a hair salon story, ali? ♪ i whip my high back and forth ♪ ♪ i whip my hair back and forth ♪ >> "big hair alaska" willing on the learning channel, tlc. ♪ i don't know where they come up with the idea for these shows. at some point they're dipping too deep into the barrel. yes, we're looking at a hair salon that's famous

george w. bush eeking out a slim victory. in 2000, al gore narrowly beat bush in iowa. is with us. this is not technically a campaign trip though it has that feeling. it does to me, but she trying to make policy decisions and meet with local constituents at the same time. >> it's a two fer. you can't escape that fact with all the action you are seeing with republican candidates in the last week. of course the president is hoping for some support he got in 2008 that gave him that early lead. you have him using iowa as a backdrop for rural issues. democrats in the mid-term election really struggled with rural america and it cost them or helped cost them control of house of the representatives that the president said cost a lot of the headaches that he is having. here you saw the president and even though we are waiting for him to unveil the job creations, he was unveiling smaller things for rural communes and for instance increased technology for businesses here. >> he didn't back away at all over the comments made. >> he didn't back away and having talked to advisers, th

the states are trying to avoid a rebeat when al gore won the popular bush gut george bush to win theal vote. >> scott is here to talk business and tech. one of the strange byproducts of this downturn is credit is cheaper. >> that makes my head hurt. the thing is when the dow falls 600 plus points, money comes out of stocks the money has to go somewhere. it's going into treasuries. bonds and t-bills that creates odd side effects. for instance, generally speaking, home mortgages are tied to treasuries and the bigger the demand for treasuries, the smaller the yield. that pulls mortgage rates down. the hoest level, in fact, of the year yesterday. it's ironic at a time when all the talk is about credit, credit is pretty darn cheap. credit card rates could come down, same reason. though those move less quickly. so what happens to banking stocks when they charge less for mortgages and credit cards, they plunge. wells fargo was down 9% in active trading monday. let's talk treasury bills and bonds. if money's coming out of stock into those things how do people get those? you can do it. you go

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al gore won by 2,000 votes and george bush in 2004 by 10,000. going into the general next year, there is two data points that show how competitive iowa will be. one is, since barack obama was elected president, iowa democrats have lost 10% of their registered voters in this state and iowa republicans have increased. we have had 29 straight months of republican republican stragi gains. i think we can whittle the rest of it down to near parody with the caucus process. i think today i saw numbers out that 61% of the independent voters in iowa disapprove of the president's handling of the economy. >> what is your base line turnout goal for the caucuss? >> i would be disappointed if we didn't increase off the 115,000 that we had january of 2008. and given the enthusiasm we have seen in the republican party over the last two and a half years, the fact that there is no attention and energy on the democrat side, i think we have an opportunity to dramatically increase that by anywhere from 10% to 20%. >> democrats almost doubled. when all of this enthusi

remember, al gore won the popular vote nationwide but george bush won the electoral votes and presidency. brown's signature makes california the ninth state to sign on to the effort. >>> 6:05 now. check in with lisa argen and mike and a look at the forecast. >> we have clouds in the bay, like an immediate area. further inland, not the case. >> that's right. south bay, look at the clear skies in san jose. but is it pretty cool out there. in fact, numbers have dropped in the mid-40s in some spot. novato, 46. 56 in napa. visibility down to a quarter of a mile in santa rosa. if you head to san francisco, from the golden gate bridge or the bay bridge, you will run in pocket of dense fog. be careful out there. in the east bay valley, clear. so the fog is not as widespread. not as deep. we look for mild to warm afternoon today. so the pattern continues. with subtle warming by the end of the week. in to the weekend. 680, fog for you. not so much on 580. 101, count on it. we'll see an earlier burnoff at 10:00 in the east bay. terms of the temperatures, widespread 80s in valley with mid-to-upper 7

george w. bush -- bin laden is dead gadhafi is out and al qaeda is on the run. why does the white house seem to reluctant to make the cases for obama as a successful war. ? >>> plus is the texas economy really the miracle that rick perry claims it is? if so, how much credit does he deserve? we'll take a close look, fair and balanced, you might say, at the so-called texas miracle. >>> forget seismologists, talk to the animals. at washington's national zoo yesterday, moments before the, apes sought high ground, lemurs sounded an alarmt and bird huddled together. what do 24th know? >>> and let me finish with rick santorum's obsession with gays, marriage and your choice of paper products. >>> we start with the republicans not charlie cook is nbc's political analyst and editor of the cook political report. >>> and jonathan martin is senior political reporter for politico. welcome to you both. whether you look at the republican field, it seems to me that none of them are actually electable. the thing is i think it's a plea eastboundo. it really is. but, you know, look

al qaeda. a major battle now is with the taliban. george bush became president. the taliban was running afghanistan. they were destroying buddhist statues, mistreating people. they were outrageous. but america can't solve every wrong in the world. if we did, we would shoot mugabi, a terrible abuser of people and others. in terms of national security, we dealt with oh sama, if you look at the $120 billion we're spending in afghanistan, plus the billions i think we're wasting and the pakistanis who are playing a great double game, small percentage of that back home would make us more secure than what's happening in afghanistan. >> congressman frank, thank you very much. >> thank you, piers. the world gyrations are a problem, not just in this country but around the world. joining me now is james fouler. he surprised me. he said china may be on america's side in all of this. interesting position you're taking. if you listen to donald trump, he foams at the mouth at the mere mention of china. he believes they're an enemy to the national interest. why do you believe he

and told me he was going to do that, about an hour or so later george tenant shows up with a bombshell they just interrogated a high-level al qaeda operative that revealed contacts. so we put it back in. only later did we learn that information was gained through torture and was recanted by the individual that was tortured and the d.i.a. issued a dissent within a week or two of the we were never shown a dissent or told the high-level operative had recanted or that it was done outside the united states, particularly egypt. >> let's hope nobody makes the mistake of putting the cheney book on the history shelf of our libraries. >> i think it will go on the crime section. >> colonel lawrence wilkerson, thank you very much for your invaluable perspective tonight. >> thanks for having me, lawrence. >>> coming up, we'll examine dick cheney's version of the dramatic night when members of the bush administration rushed to the bedside of john ashkroft to get him to renew the terrorist program. >>> later, arianna huffington will join us. w to tighten our purse strings. sugar salmon flakes! sorry buddy. even with bath tissue. that's wh

added to it, accusing somebody of being guilty of being a traitor to his country and when al gore did that to georgeiminished gore and didn't, you know, hurt bush and, similarly, this diminished perry and ben bernanke can't say anything about that. by tradition, the federal reserve chairman has to remain mute when these things ham. but it didn't diminish him. martha: interesting, karl, give me your take on this. we want to play it. immediately you got the comparisons, oh, well another cowboy and texan and governor from texas, george bush, and, rick perry are two peas in the pod and this question, karl camerca-- carl cameron asked about that. >> they are not all carbon copies in texas and one of the quick ways you can tell the difference is he's a yale graduate and i'm a texas a&m graduate. martha: what does that mean? >> well, again, look, perry does wanted to establish himself as being his own man but there are two ways to do that. one is to say, i'm my own man, who i am and the experiences made up my life, made me who i am and another way is to try and contrast yourself with the former president a

boring candidate you know i totally agree with that al gore people but people like the charismatic candidates people like that's why they like george w. bush that's why he like all right here in the rat race for now boy why be charismatic when you can have an ad that's like and a hollywood trailer like temple empty most boring person on the planet i shed a tear while watching has an hour when it's ok to do more ads running out of time but very quickly actually the pay pal founder. peter thiel has given one point two five billion dollars to initiative to create floating libertarian countries in. international waters would you go well i'm just curious as to whether one paul would run for president of the libertarian country or even have to run i feel you'd be anointed he would be you know answer the question and also i think it's obvious that the reason cruise ship is going to take everyone there i don't know the reason there is no reason god has a cruise every year all right let's move on to something that paul krugman that was saying today when it comes to obviously his idea of how to stimulate the economy what we need to get back

boring candidate really no i totally agree with that al gore people but people like me charismatic candidates people like that's why they like george w. bush that's why they like me i hear they're not going for employees like be charismatic when you can have an ad that's like an ha a hollywood trailer like temple and the most boring person on the planet i shouted here while watching has an hour but it's all paid to do more ads so some people think it's time that very quickly i actually took a call founder. peter thiel is given one point two five billion dollars to mission is to create floating libertarian countries in. international waters would you go well i'm just curious as to whether one polled run for president of the libertarian could even have to run i think you'd be anointed he would be a no answer the question and also i think it's obvious that the reason cruise ship is going to take everyone there is no. reason that has a cruise every year all right let's move on to something paul krugman that was saying today when i was obviously his idea of how to stimulate the economy what we need to get back on track. interesting idea

george w. bush eking out a slim victory. in 2000 democrat al gore narrowly beat bush in iowa.at's going on. brianna keilar is with us. brianna, this isn't technically a campaign trip, although it has that feeling. i've covered a lot of campaigns. it certainly does to me. but he's trying to make some policy decisions and meet with local constituents at the same time. >> it is. it's a bit of a two-fer it strikes me as. you have on one side the fact of course here we are in iowa and you can't escape that fact, especially with all of the action that you're seeing from republican presidential candidates here in the last week. and of course the president is hoping for some support here that he got in 2008 that really gave him that early momentum. but on the other hand, you also have him here using iowa as a backdrop for rural issues. and we've talked about this. that democrats in the midterm election in 2010 really struggled with rural america and arguably it cost them, or helped cost them control of the house of representatives, which the president would now say is causing certainl

george w. bush eeking out a slim victory. in 2000 democrat al gore narrowly beat bush in iowa.s going on, brianna keilar is with us. brianna, this isn't technically a campaign trip although it does have that feeling. i've covered a lot of campaigns. but he's trying to make some policy decisions and meet with local constituents at the same time. >> reporter: it's a bit of a two fer. of course here we are in iowa and you can't escape that fact, especially with all of the action that you're seeing from republican presidential candidates here in the last week. and of course, the president is hoping for some support here that he got in 2008 that really gave him that early momentum. but on the other hand, you also have him here using iowa as a backdrop for rural issues. and we've talked about this, that democrats in the mid-term election in 2012 really struggled with rural america and arguably it cost them or helped cost them control of the house of representatives which the president would now say is causing certainly a lot of the headaches that he's having. so here you saw the pres

caller: the thing i do not like perry, he feels likeut rick george bush three. he worked for al gore's campaign. host: where did you learn that? caller: just because i remember. i want to say thank you for c- span because you're the most fair channel on cable. about the federal reserve, the economy, he is the only one who predicted what happened. now we have rick perry and michele bachmann mouthing the same thing. she voted against the picture that, which is unconstitutional. you have rick perry -- the patriot act, which is unconstitutional. people have got to stop looking at the tv. they have to start looking at people's records. host: here is the washington times on the defense of marriage act. host: that is "the washington times" with that story this morning. robert, in washington, d.c., your next on the first poll after the straw poll. showing their rick perry is in the league. caller: ron paul is the only honest candidate. we have to look to u.s. dollars. base realignment. all the federal dollars there. that is what has been driving the economy in texas. it is not about per

al hubbard. he was well regarded in republican circles, former george w. bush white house economic adviser, and hubbard close to mitch daniels in indiana, republican, he's now left. that's a loss on the domestic policy side. >> that's why this straw poll is so meaningful to pawlenty. tim pawlenty needs some very good news to really turn the narrative that the wind is at his back and he can make a run in iowa and also against front runner mitt romney. >> now, speaking of romney, romney less to win or lose in iowa, focusing in new hampshire and elsewhere, but romney is now under attack from all the other candidates. >> right. romney, he's not making a big organizational play in ames, but we've seen sarah palin, you saw rahm emanuel, jon huntsman has been very critical, but that's what the position of the front runner is. that's why it's always very difficult when you are the front runner, particularly this far out from the contest, as we saw in the summer of 2007. hillary clinton, when she was the front runner, when mitt romney was the front runner, that did

george bush carried the state by less than one vote for precinct. >> al gore the previous. >> it doesn'tfew electoral votes. it's a small state just like new hampshire. the republicans will come out of this with a better list of precinct,ers, activists, of people who support them. one other thing going on in the state the liberal base is very dispirited, very unhappy, some of the same people -- >> how does it -- >> the shock troops aren't there. obama has to fire up the base if he wants to win in iowa. >> is there one around here? >> a few around town. >> david yepsen, go salucki. shira nice to see you. >> and you. >> don't miss our prime time results tomorrow, live at ames at the hilton colosseum as the straw poll results come in, that starts at 6:00 p.m. eastern, and i'm going to be joined by andrea mitchell, here at java joe's today at 1:00 and going to be with me tomorrow, she's doing the two-hour shift in front of me, coming up next is "chris jansing and company." stick with us. [ male announcer ] it's simple physics... a body at rest tends to stay at rest... while a body in motion

george's police meanwhile state television is still airing. programs earlier three of these other sons were arrested including saif al islam who is his closest ally and aide following a night of chaos in the capital crowds were seen in the city's central square with people waving a revolutionary fight. ok you are up to date on the news or an r.t. we're time out of the business and that means us here. thanks roy that's right time to delve into the world of business and globally this is a trying to catch your breath after last week's panic buying and that's desire waiting for clues from the federal reserve as it prepares to announce further courted easing measures. there will be some kind of stimulus measures coming along because clearly want they can't really use interest rates anymore do but at the level that . it will be probably taken positive by the market but focus is sort of always to be on europe so that's going to be key after that but i wasn't counts i think the problem for for the third of the but. the fact that the fixed the interest rates at super twenty five who do part of the game and just looking backward i mean six months ago the o

george. >> it's so disturbing. we know that's what alaeda is trying to do. >> reporter: precisely what they want to do. that's where they're aiming right now. and that's of greatest concern. >> thanks so much. >>> to a new study raising the alarm about whether pilots flying your airplane are ready to handle an emergency. the faa says many pilots are relying too much on automated flight controls. abc's jim sciutto has more from reagan national airport on what you need to know. good morning, jim. >> reporter: good morning, elizabeth. you know, the technology has gotten so good that today pilots really only take the controls for takeoff and landing. and while generally that's made flying safer, what the report found is it may be weakening their ability to respond when the computers fail. as air france flight 447 soared through powerful storms ovov the atlantic, the plane's autopilot suddenly disengaged and a stall warning activated. the senior co-pilot saying, whwh's happening? i don't t ow. i don't know what's happening. they pulled the pl

al qaeda. remember in afghanistan, a major battle now is with the taliban. george bush became president, the taliban was running afghanistan. they were destroying buddhist statues. they were outrageous. but america can't be the one that solves everything in the world. if we were we would shoot mugabe. we have killed osama bin laden. we can protect ourselves back home and if you look at the 120 billion we're spending in afghanistan plus the billions we are wasting on the pakistanis, a very small percent we use at home than in afghanistan. >> thank you very much. >> thank you, piers. >>> the wild gyrations in the market are big here. china may be on america's side in all this. james, interesting position you're taking. because if you listen to someone like donald trump, he foams at the mouth at the mere mention of the word china. he believes they're an enemy to the american national interest. why do you believe they may be a friend? >> i think that i was talking about the media crisis -- financial crisis going on now that despite all the bombast from the chinese side

al gore. this is a critical moment. we saw what happened to george w. bush after katrina. they're clearly trying to learn from that example. should the president be doing anything right now about his vacation? should he be leaving? >> i think it's fine for him to leave on saturday. what he's dog, he's president of the united states wherever he is. he's president of the united states at martha's vineyard. he's talking to minister fugate and secretary napolitano. what he's doing differently, he's getting ahead of it, he's getting in front of it, and he's put the right people in charge. >> are there people in the white house right now most likely saying you've got to worry about the politics. it looks bad. you're on a golf course. does that matter, or are people legitimately just saying he takes the job and the crisis with him, and he manages it? >> look, i think he takes the job and the crisis with him and he manages it. what's going to be remembered is not what he does the day or two before this thing hits, but how well the administration handles the disaster if the worst h

george bush became president. he won three things since then. he wasn't always a conservative. he was elected to the texas house of representatives in 1984 as a democrat. he campaigned for al gore in 1988. the next year, he switched parties and became a republican. he will announce his bid for the white house at 1:00 eastern. cnn will bring you live coverage of that. that is happening in charleston, south carolina. perry immediately becomes one of the front runners in the race. look at the latest cnn poll. perry is at number two on the list of republicans. just behind mitt romney. for mitt romney, he says a little competition, that is okay. he was in new hampshire. he welcomed the news of another challenger. he said that any of the current candidates on the gop side would be a step up from the guy who has the job right now. >> if rick perry or frankly anybody else on the stage last night were our nominee, i'll work hard for them. any one of the people on the stage would do a heck of a lot better job leading this country than the current president. >> also, mitt romney's campaign released his net worth to the federal election commission saying it is somewhere between $85 mi