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scores of protestors and have a rest of thousands of anti-government rebels began last year and global research promised on different opinion cunningham says western nations are reluctant to get involved in the situation because it doesn't serve the interests. the winds and blues not interested in seeing all the hat in the hall easily. enough for the we're all to listen very critical and still serving in june the bible with just a very selective thought this is all roses and concrete and the food is all countries were since the we're suggested to the regime and we usually miss in syria the regime is certainly not of washington or london and the west. is doing everything in its power to trade with brutus against the uncertain regime worse in bahrain and sits. very much behind the horrors of the firmly ensconced there are. thousands of people have taken part in a silent march a southwest france calling for unity and tolerance of all religions and this comes after mohamed merah french one of the sound killed three children and the teacher at the church school as well as three soldiers and he was s

uprising the original prosecution of the medics brought widespread international condemnation global research correspondent finian cunningham witness some of the die. doctors treating the wounded during their crackdown a thinks the regime is persecuting the medics to keep them for exposing the for. peaceful purposes and this is being human in the hospital. the doctors the nurses in these cables and they were doing in my. experience with children killed with hundreds or thousands of people coming in with terminal injuries from. under him this is i think a lot of the regime is. going in there is the theory or the prime witness is really who it is. and he's a human rights then he. says to go to bring the regime. against peaceful civilian didn't. want to meet the team the maiden speech on iraq and must be continued here and i think that's why what's behind this is. if you don't. just risk. procedure. much of the at arrest in the arab world been played out across t.v. screen t.v. screens around the world it seems the war is good for ratings but some networks are being accused of affecting rather t

uprising the original prosecution of the medics brought widespread international condemnation global research correspondent finian cunningham witness some of the doctors try. adding the wounded during a crackdown and thinks the regime is persecuting the medics to keep them from exposing the true. peaceful produce and they do which is being human in the cause but also in. the doctors the nurses just chaos and they were doing in my. experience. with hundreds or thousands of people coming in with terminal injury strong. rules cheering us on the things that i think the regime is who took me along to the minix is nothing more than calling witnesses to really religious. issues of human rights then. since to what the current regime were so. peaceful civilian. some in one way or the managed must speak out and will speak and comedian and i think god's work what's with time this is. you don't. just. procedure. what are the arab world's on arrest has been played out on t.v. screens around the world but it seems the war is good for ratings or somewhere worse or being accused of affecting rather than refl

scores of protesters and how the rest of thousands and anti-government revolve began last year the global research correspondent and who we are counting on says western nations are reluctant to get involved in this situation because it doesn't south their interests. and. all that and all the reason. for that we're all. kind of critical and still serving in june by the way has a very select. all rows in congress and the force is all of these were incensed that we're suggested to do. this in syria beyond. certainly not of washington or of. the western. is doing everything in its core with. just against the on the syrian regime words in its. very bloody didn't seem to be for. thousands of people have taken part in a silent march in southwest france calling for unity and tolerance a wall religions this comes after mohammed merah frenchman of algerian descent killed three children and a teacher at a jewish school was one of three soldiers he was shot dead by police on thursday after a terrifying to two hours three travelling admitted to the killings during this standoff it came to trade with al-qaeda a

all a correspondent with your global research group finian coming in was in bahrain and witnessed some of the doctors treating the wounded during the crackdown he thinks the bahraini regime is persecuting good medics to keep them from charging the truth . and they do which is given in the hospital also on the. pay the doctors the nurses just cables and who are doing. the experience we do who would you call with hundreds or thousands of people coming in with terminal injuries from. rules to you know as one seems to think not me who really needs to keep me longer in their lives is me or the prime witness is really religious coalitions of human rights then he. says to walk with her in. prison. peaceful civilian religion when we mean to in the middle east speak arabic it must be engineered and i think that's work what's we're trying to secure and. if you don't usually disgraceful shooter i don't see if you're you're watching r t it's good to have a company it's a day the gunman suspected of killing seven people in the french city of two lewis has been found that thirty hours after police s

scores of protesters and have a rest of thousands since an anti government of all began last year global research correspondent counting them says western nations are reluctant to get involved in the situation because it doesn't trust. the words. seem all the and all of these are. for the we're all solution we're. still serving to do by the way has a very selective thought this is all roses and concrete and this is all these were and since that was a journey. and we are seeing this in syria. certainly not of washington or london and. is doing everything in its power. brooches against the young the syrian regime. is very much the heart. of the be for. thousands of people have taken part of a silent march in southwest france calling for unity and tolerance of all over nature this comes after one hundred mera frenchmen of chair and descent killed three children and a teacher at a church school as well as three soldiers and he was shot dead by police as they are a terror threat a two hour siege having at least heads to the killings cherington started out it claims ties with al qaeda and said he under

scores of protesters and have arrested thousands a sense of anti-government vote because last year global research correspondent finian cunningham says western nations are reluctant to get involved in the situation because it doesn't serve their interests. and. it's not and. you see all the all the reason. for that we're all solution very critical and still serving in june the bible we have a very selective focus all your writings and. this is all the conditions were suggested to do. this in syria. zircon you know what. i'm to do with this is doing. is doing everything and to try to. prove just against the all the syrian regime were insistent that it was very lucky to have these important be for you. and make up a world covered at r t with a wealth of stories for you protests and over more occupy activists see their peaceful demonstrations and in detention. as fourteen are held in new york about a foot it is our lie right now our teacher. was the cutting edge camera that's catching criminals in japan as it scans millions of faces in just a few seconds to tell you how it functions that archita. the

scores of protestors and the rest of thousand since an anti-government revolt began last year global research correspondent finian telling him says western nations are reluctant though to get involved in a situation because it doesn't serve their interests. who lives. there is not interested in seeing all the you know and all the leads are needed. for the we're all solution very good and a critical and still serving you do battle with just a very selective focus all. those things and completion and who is all these were suits that were suggested to do resumes and using this in syria. really is virtually no one washington or london unto the west doing green is doing everything in its core to try to win our troops just against the on the syrian regime were as in bahrain and since then the region which is very much indeed porous and be firmly ensconced there are going to be in. during a tense thirty two hour siege this last week french police shot dead the gunman in toulouse and murdered seven people mohammad merah kill three children and a teacher a jewish school as well as three soldiers frenc

paula said that correspondent with global research figured cutting them was in bahrain i witnessed some of the doctors treating the wounded during the crack out he thinks the bahraini regime is persecuting the medics to prevent them from telling the truth there are peaceful coexistence and there's this medium in. the hospital also in. the nurses scales and you are doing in my. view my experience reading her children and collude with hundreds we saw people coming in with turtle injuries from. a rules cheerio. on the things i think the regime is continuing for good in the next is nothing short of calling witnesses to really horrendous violations of human rights there. says to what the bahraini regime understudied backers perfidy against peaceful civilian demonstrators so the main theme to the meeting was a speech on the street and to near the knife against what's with her and this again didn't go it is going to just bristle shoot royal procedure. well later on in the program the same name same again a report from the lebanese city of tripoli asks if it's at risk of facing a similar scenar

uprising the original prosecution of the medics brought widespread international condemnation global research correspondent finian cunningham witnessed some of the doctors treating the wounded during a crackdown and he thinks the regime is persecuting the medics to keep them from telling the truth. in the hospital near the. doctors the nurses just chaos and they were doing in my. experience resume usual to cope with hundreds or thousands of people coming in with terminal injuries from. a roof. on the things that i think the regime is continuing for given that it is nothing more than the prime witnesses to really who are religious. issues of human rights then he. says to local government. against peaceful civilian community when we meet in the middle east speak arabic and will speak the communion and i think what's behind this if. you don't believe it's going to be just. procedure. much of the rest of the arab world has been played out on t.v. screens across the globe it seems that war is good for ratings but some networks are affecting rather than are reflecting the conflict or he's excited b

the original prosecution of the medics brought widespread international conduct condemnation global research correspondent finney and witness some of the doctors treating the wounded during the crackdown against the regime as persecuting the medics to keep themselves at. the crucifix and they too should be human. caused but also. the doctors the nurses chaos and they were doing in my. experience really to cope with hundreds of thousands of people coming in with terminal injuries from the shots were shot on rules here you know. under. the regime is. going to. be on the drawing witnesses to really religious. issues of human rights then he. says to go really really. peaceful civilian goods. you know we lived in the middle age must speak arabic you speak until new year's and i think this work what's behind this is. you don't. just with school should. proceed you're. part of more on this so now we can talk to christophe stole a government business consultant joining us live from berlin good to see you today with park ranger claiming it's implemented significant reforms why do you think we are sti

scores of protesters that have arrested friends and are the government of altogether last year as global research correspondent at fenian accounting answers western nations are reluctant to get involved in the situation because it doesn't. seem all the night and all of these are. not for the we're all very critical and still serving in june the bible we have a very selective all right engine congress is all we're in since the we're suggested to do. this in syria the only regime certainly no one washington or london one to do with. is doing everything in its core. group just against the almost certain regime workers in bahrain and it's. very good to have in the corners and be firmly ensconced. thousands of people have taken part in the silent mansions in the silent march in southwest france calling for unity and tolerance of all religions this comes after mohammed merah a frenchman of algerian descent killed three children and it seizure at a jewish school as well as three soldiers who were shot dead by police on thursday after a town thirty two hours siege having admitted to the killings during t

of protestors and have arrested plans that this is an anti government revolt began last year global research correspondent thing and coming up says western nations are reluctant to get involved in the situation because it doesn't sadly trust. is not interested in seeing all the and all of these and lead to. more of the we're all very critical and still serving you june and by the way has a very slow link to it all. goes into the trunk and thought this is all these were since the we're suggested to the children. and we've seen this in syria. certainly not of washington or a lot of the west doing. everything in its power or just run with crude just against the other son regime workers in gharyan it's. very much indeed in the corners and be firm response there are. thousands of people have taken part in a silent southwest france calling for unity and tolerance of all really cares this comes after one hundred mera a frenchman of jerry in the stands killed three children and a teacher at a church school as well as three soldiers who were shot led by police as they are returned to our scene try to

killing scores of protesters not arrested thousand since ninety government revolt began last year global research correspondent finian cutting him says western nations are reluctant to get involved in the situation because it doesn't serve their interests in the woods and. is not interested in seeing all the all the leads are. not part of the rule solution where you can be critical and still serving the bible which has a very selected focus all in all browsers and countries and this is all good news we're. going to do resumes and using this in syria the regime is very you know of washington or london and the we're still doing. is doing everything in its. brute is against the on the saddam regime. and insists that we do that which is very much in the order of the be. there or to be and talk about the latest there from unama this is r.t. from moscow still ahead for you a flash of inspiration for russia's election cameras weeks after keeping a fair eye on the presidential poll we look now at how these costly web cam networks can open up the shutters of a new lease of life. next britain's petrol pric

killing scores of protesters and the rest of thousands since anti-government revolver last year global research correspondent for the incoming it says western nations are reluctant to get involved in a situation that it doesn't serve their interest. what is and what is not interesting to see all the at and all of these a need. for the world susan very critical and still serving the jew new bible we has a very selective focus on all browsers and countries and who is all these were synced with agenda to regimes and using this in syria the regime is virtually none of the bridge in washington or london and to the whistle to read it is doing everything in its core to try to. prove it is against the other side and regime were as it were and insists that we do that which is very much behind the order to be firmly ensconced third and meant to be and. watching our team for the last go with kevin all into nice still ahead a flash of inspiration for russia's election cameras weeks after keeping a fair eye on the presidential poll we look at how the costly web cam network could open the shutters of a new l

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number one, all these emerging growth companies are still liable for the global research analyst settlement of 2003, which established a comprehensive set of rules that settled the linching between research banking and activities. the sarbanes-oxley which requires broker dealers to disclose all potential conflicts of interest, regulation, a.c., stock exchange listing standards, similar codes of conduct and the list goes on and on and on. and so, again, mr. chairman, to add yet another level of liability, one that we are told would simply have an incredibly damening impact on the existence of these research reports for all intenths and purposes this would gut the bill. this would be an early evening in the house if we accepted it. but everything that members on both sides of the aisle have worked for would be for naught. and if it was a concern of the administration why wasn't it in the list of concerns. the president would like to see this passed and we would like to see it passed. there is bipartisan support in the senate. i would urge strong rejection of this amendment and i reserve. the

my next guest at bank of america merrill lynch global research said there are still signs of strength in the technologies. here's her take on the market. also joining me, jason with strategic research partners. good to see you both. thank you so much for joining us. >> thanks, maria. >> you still like tech? >> i love tech. i believe technology is entering a new secular bull market. technology from a technical perspective has been in a bear market for the past 11 years. it's been range-bound since 2001. we've cleared that level. so we think we're on path over the coming years to test those 2000 highs. we can see the nasdaq composite back up nearly 4,000 again. >> that would be something to talk about for sure. of course, the high is 5,000. but regardless, money has been moving into the sector. what is driving all the interest in tech these days? >> well, obviously there's been one company that's very dominant. but we think there are a lot of other things going on in tech. tech is very theme-based. cloud is a theme. internet is still a very big theme, within technology. and what we're s

patrick is senior mining analyst with hsbc global research and bob pisani with us as well. patrick, let me begin with you. you think now is a good time to buy these stocks. and you've got several on your buy list. make the case for them. >> yeah, well, we think the whole sector is attractive right now. gold prices have been quite strong although we're seeing gold prices actually come down off recent highs, 1660 an ounce, 1650 an ounce is still a fairly good price, actually. and these gold companies can make decent money at this sort of price level. now, we're forecasting higher prices. we forecast 1850 an ounce. we're bullish on the stock with leverage on the gold price in general. and we see earnings continuing to increase. and there's been significant earnings increases in the last couple of years in these companies. >> gold has blown off the top there a little bit. and i think of gold in a big rise partly attributed to a variety of things. but among them was the sense that people were seeking gold as a haven in a very fearful time in 2011. this does not feel quite as fea

peace efforts let's talk to mahdi in as a mirage a middle east expert from the center of research on globalization mr nelson maraya kofi annan peace plan and now have a lot of equal backing why do you think the syrian opposition is reluctant to accept it. well the syrian opposition wants tensions in the country peace does not work out in their favor they're using a strategy of tension hoping to get support just like in boston what the bosniaks or the bosnian muslims do. when no seventy to go for example was evacuated after five thousand guests nato came in people want that gets the numbers to rise people want the violence continue and they want to use this for humanitarian intervention do you think that the syrian authorities are really going to stick to the plan if it's fully endorsed all right well i have to tell you that i believe speaking for myself that all sides for the trip to kofi annan six or six point plan because they see that they can reap some benefits from it that's why they need this agreement that includes all the members of the security council and that includes the syrian governm

israeli intelligence officer that tel aviv but won't rely on diplomacy for much longer global affairs researcher benjamin shad believes the u.s. could also be waiting for an excuse to attack. but the only thing we know for sure that iran is working on nuclear technology for peaceful purposes and everything else are just. to put it another way circulation strong. israeli and u.s. officials it seems to be some kind of theater of the israeli and the american officials are playing because obama seems to try to convince israel. diplomacy would be the better way but in fact. soft power that he is using to meddle into iranian iran's interior affairs probably will not succeed not with economic sanctions because although they will. still countries like china india japan and south korea and others who are still importing iranian oil so probably. the american administration will say well we tried everything israel attacks because. how likely is an attack on iran that's just one of the russians are the country's deputy foreign minister his interview is coming up next hour. and the tories hacker group anonym

global equities research is saying consumers won't sign up for the new tablet if gas prices remain high. we believe this is such. a volatile sacrifice and miss work carpool or work whatever they need to do in order to get into these lines that we have seen time and time again to line up for the latest greatest apple product i think people will sacrifice a lot to get the gadgets that they think that they need totally i mean we talk about the power of the banking sector the power of credit but it's powerful that is it's not as powerful powerful as the power of propaganda and consumerism and people are just. only where they're going to have mating rights and status you know eating rights that are taking guys need an i pad to get laid absolutely horse this is it's about was that's a connection are you kidding were you think to most people buy air jordans what you think makes them want to buy a home or if that is the peacock feathers are you hey i'm worth mating with a mate with me right that's what they're like women in line to those so shannon what do you think we're going to like you to l

access really intelligence officer that tel aviv while rely on diplomacy for a much longer global affairs researcher benjamin believes the u.s. could also be waiting for an excuse to attack the only thing we know for sure i would say that iran is working on nuclear technology for peaceful purposes and everything. to put it you know there were accusations from. israeli and u.s. officials it seems to be some kind of israeli and american officials are playing because obama seems to. diplomacy would be the better way but in fact obama's soft power that he is using to meddle into iranian. interior. they probably will not succeed not with the economics their influence because although they will. accomplish like india even japan and south korea and others who are still importing so probably. the american administration will. provide everything and is. course supported. how likely is an attack on iran is just one of the questions r.t. asked the country's deputy foreign minister his interview is coming up in just a little over fifteen minutes. fractured freeways and rotting railroad america's transport infra

joining me now is ed morris, head of global commodities research at citigroup. ed morris, thank you very much. thank you for your column. what you say, i want to get your take on this, we can become the new middle east. the only thing that can stop us is political environmentalists get the upper hand over supply and the pipeline. what were you thinking? >> i'm thinking that actually the u.s. is the fastest growing oil producing country in the world, the fastest growing gas producing country in the world. and yes, it's happening mostly on private lands. and that has happened despite whatever politics have been proven in it. >> basically what i'm arguing, get the regulatory handcuffs off. build the pipelines and let's increase our supply. we can do it. it's the we can do it part that i'm asking you about. >> we can do it. we can do it safely. i got to tell you, your data are a little off. of course production has dropped on federal lands. it's all because of a macondo explosion that took place in april 2010. it set things back. but at least puts us in a position w

researcher. cuccinelli, a global warming skeptic, wanted copies of michael mann's e-mails. the republican lawmaker said he was investigates whether mann manipulated data to get federal grants for his research. cuccinelli appealed to the supreme court after another judge didn't address him. >>> john leopold has been indicted, run run county director. he's been charged with four counts of misconduct in office and one count of fraudulent misappropriation. among the allegations, that leopold had his executive protection squad wait while he had sex with a county employee in parking lots. he also allegedly had them remove political signs of opponents. the 69-year-old lee pole said he will vigorously fight -- leopold said he will vigorously fight all the charges. >>> from law student to white hot media spotlight rush limbaugh called her some horrible names, but today president obama and the president of catholic university are rushing to the defense of sandra fluke. here's bruce leshan. >> president obama stepped into the dust-up between radio loud mouth rush limbaugh and a third y

this threat is all the more menacing because it is being pursued by a global competitor, seeking to steal the research and development of american firms to undermine our economic leadership. the evidence of our cyber security vulnerability is overwhelming. it compels us to act now. some members have called for yet more studies. even more hearings, additional markups. in other words, more delay. the fact is since 2005 alone, our committee alone has held 10 hearings on the cyber throat, including today's hearings. i know the commerce and the in tee jens committees have held many more. in 2011, chairman lieberman, senator carper and i introduced our cyber bill. reported by this committee later that same year. since y working with chairman rockefeller to merge our bill with legislation that he championed. which was reporte commerce committee. ground breaking work on information stharg which she has been kind enough to share with this committeewe cnges based on the feedback from the private sector, our colleagues and the administration, we have produced a refined version which is the subject of today's hea

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. >>> a leading energy researcher says gas prices could double by the beginning of next year. ihs globalays we could be paying $8 a gallon for gas if iran closes the strait of hormuz. researchers say iran couldn't keep the shipping passage closed for long but it could disrupt global oil supplies and that could send crude oil prices to $240 a barrel. >>> 4:49. ac transit is buying american. they've ordered 40 buses. for the last 12 years ac transit has bought only buses made in belgium, now they are buying buss from american. the move came after pressure from the teamsters union to save u.s. jobs. >>> could you handle a day without digital devices? a lot of people will be trying it tonight. it's called "the national day of unplugging." 24 hours without e-mailing, texts, tweeting or facebooking from sunset tonight to sunset tomorrow. national organizer tanya chavez of san francisco says it's about balance. >> we've lost, kind of the ability to focus. we lost the ability to have an uninterrupted conversation with the people we love. we've lost the ability to notice what is going on when we'

the date and information i'll be speaking from comes from a research study called the global religious future's project which is jointly sponsored by the pugh charitable trust. one of the projects within the larger project looks at the level of restrictions on religion from governments as well as impediments coming from societies, including social hostilities in social religion, to create the data set, we look at major u.s. national reports. the human rights watch reports and ams the international reports and we go through them each year looking at new information provided in the reports and we answer 33 different questions about each country by looking at the reports. so it's not a survey, but instead it's a content analysis. we look at the information provided and we ask questions, so it's a very nonnormal process where we are not looking to support or defend religious freedom, but merely looking at data on the topics. the time period of the data, covers from applied 2006, to mid two now and nine, and it's an on going study. and we will have another report, you'll have that coming up

really needs to catch up into the world and to america in terms of setting elementary and research and finally the global economy remains largely resource based oil and gas prices often dictating the country's foreign policies what are the brics countries doing to try and break free of that dependency. i don't understand i don't know offhand what country but i know what china's very much concern about how it's still a manufacturing power how it takes raw resources from around the world and it pays a very steep kreiss for his resources and then using its very cheap labor pool transforms into commodities for the rest they want to purchase from a perspective of china that's this is a very labor intensive and very costly way of running economy so what's honors from it do is focus more on transformers education system producing research and creative talent that china will need in order to sustain its long term economic growth and that's what always countries need to do you know brazil india china russia they can all use its resources to q. and generate some short term wealth in the long term you need to focus

too is a bit of an experiment, given the massive fraud committed on investors that led to the global researchlly narrowed the scope of the sperm from the one in the house version. finally, we allow companies to opt out of the emerging growth company designation and fully comply with all public company requirements which very well may improve the price of their stock. since investors will have more information regarding the company. as i said earlier, if these changes and exemptions go too far, some believe we are doing more harm than good-bye weak -- good by weakening, and harming our competitiveness in world markets. that is why we have tried to narrow, appropriately, the proposals in the house legislation. next i want to talk about the most important changes in our bill from the house bill. the house bill effectively eliminated s.e.c. prohibitions against soliciting or advertising to investors about private offerings of securities. most private placements are offered under s.e.c. rule known as regulation d. these securities are sold without an i.p.o. or a registration statement filed with t

russia and the united states can reach a settlement on the establishment of a global missile defense system on. this planet research is in jeopardy even the new strategic arms reduction treaty between moscow and washington has been unable to help. at a time of warmer bilateral relations news whose top brass decided to deploy a missile defense system a protecting europe but they were setting up too close to russia's borders and mosco didn't view it as a friendly gesture. we wanted to fill in the room europe not just some european countries we want to european allies and friends to join on this interest in strategy. flew genius in the affairs of the situation with a european missile defense system becoming unfavorable to russia we reserve the right to take no further steps in the new trade his old woman teria. the kremlin has repeatedly demanded that nato guarantees that the european missile defense shield would pose no threat to russia's strategic interests sofa the west has refused to cooperate with moscow on the issue. trouble intercontinental ballistic missiles are transported through snowbound russian forests un

global issue. >> the same researchers say one way to help ease the problem is to pass a nitrate tax or water useax to help cover the high cost of nitrate removal. >>> some brave airmen from the 129th air rescue wing are back home in mountain view tonight after a daring rescue. the pararescue jumpers based at moffet field rescued two fishermen yesterday 700 miles off the coast of mexico. the fishermen were badly burned in a diesel fire and because td boat was in such a remote location the rescue wing was called to action. four airmen parachuted into the ocean and reached the injured fishermen via an inflatable boat. >> the weather was perfect. the crew was very accommodating although they didn't speak any english. we were still able to perform the right care for the patients by using hand signals. >> reporter: the patients were ultimately flown to an air station near san diego and were taken to a nearby medical center. >> amazing work they do. fortunately conditions are clear enough for them to get to those fishermen. let's check our forecast now. rain all over the bay area. >> yes. much needed r

. >> our next speaker recently joined citigroup as global head of international economics. his own research focuses on global things with an emphasis on the position of the united states in the world economy. previously, he worked at the federal reserve board for 18 years in a variety of positions. he served as the director of the board's division of international finance bridges also served as one of the three economists in the open market committee. he represented the federal reserve at many international meetings. from 2006 to 2007, he worked as a senior adviser to the u.s. executive director at the imf. he worked on a range of issues. he has lots of academic research. >> i am very happy to be here today to discuss these important proposals. i will focus my remarks on four key features of the act. i think it is fair to say that i am a little less enthusiastic about some of this. even so, i see this proposals as being very constructive, very helpful, and very serious proposals that deserve to be carefully considered and debated. first, given the balance of the academic evidence, i agree t

. >> and a research expedition making a global warming discovery that it can't explain. stay with us. another half hour of >>> a new associated press analysis shows domestic oil drilling has no impact on gas prices. after revealing 36 years the ap found no corelation of how much oil comes out of u.s. wells and how much you pay at the pump saying u.s. oil production is as high now as it was nine years ago when prices were close to $2 per gallon. the national average for gas now is $3.86 and $4.35 in california. >> interesting. those prices are record levels for this time of the year so saving money at the pump is nice. and there is one way to cut costs, you mean, cut them. >> wait until you see these drivers doing more than saving money on gasoline. some aren't paying for it. and here is how they're doing it. jos hasn't given up driving but found a smart way to go about it. >> we're off. >> joe is a member of get around. a peer to peer car share where you can rent a car, rent your car to someone else. each owner sets a price. today he's leaving his toyota prius in the gar

global head of research. some relief of course following on from the pmis. what will take more weight over the next week for investors, ifo or pmi? >> pmis certainly have been huge, but there are will be a relief to see this number this morning. a lot more going on in terms of politics ands hispanic elections and those stories suggest there is a significant risk of contagion building up in the market and certainly within the politicians. so the euro could struggle to get to the 133 mum. >> we have traded in a tight range. is this anything that will change? >> i don't see that in the near term. yes, the market could see some relief that maybe we'll get the bigger firewall, but of course it would be better if it didn't immediate the firewall and perhaps germany is concede has gone it does in itself is suggestive of some concern. so i don't really see the euro breaking up significantly to the up side. >> what's your view of the data in europe, patrick? >> certainly a relief. the pmi figure last week, we had roughly one point decline pmi figure in europe, but th

on that very basis, we'll talk about america's vulnerability with b of a's head of global commodity researchlet's -- let's start over from the beginning. we were just driving along, comin' back from the lake, and all of a sudden, ka-plam. it blindsided us. what is it? our college savings account. how do you think it happened? not sure. i think something we bought a while ago turned out to be something else, annnnnd, i remember a lot of other stuff in there had the word "aggressive" in it. is everyone okay? well, now, yeah. who knows later. ♪ >>> >>> brent crude is at $114 a barrel and the price gains will prove unsustainable and could create risks in the economy. francisco blanche made the call. he's head of bank of america, merrill link. he joins us now. good morning. >> good morning. thank you for having me. >> this is a good move for you. you were at a projection of $80 a barrel and now you've increased, what, 20%? >> we had a projection of $110 a barrel for brept and $103 for wti. we've upped our numbers by $8 and wti number by $3 on the stronger than expected demand condition cans and,

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global legal narcotics trade. this criminal money then obviously fuels research and development of modern and up-to-date cyberattack tools. could this black market or rogue nations -- sorry, could this black market and cyberattack tools and infrastructure now or in the future enable terrorists or rogue nations to acquire ready-made capabilities to inflict significant damage on the u.s. economy and our critical infrastructure? are you worried about that? >> senator, that's my greatest worry. i would go beyond that group. i think the proliferation of cyberweapons, if you will, grows, that we cannot discount the actions that one smart person can do. from my perspective, when we see what our folks are capable of doing, we need to look back and say there are other smart people out there that can do things to this country. we need to look at that and say how are we going to defend. from my opinion, that could go from as you described accurately, and i agree with that, could be non-nation state actors all the way up to nation state actors like north korea. i wouldn't discount any of them. we have to be prepared for all of

. >> our next speaker recently joined citigroup as global head of international economics. his own researchocuses on global things with an emphasis on the position of the united states in the world economy. previously, he worked at the federal reserve board for 18 years in a variety of positions. he served as the director of the board's division of international finance bridges also served as one of the three economists in the open market committee. he represented the federal reserve at many international meetings. from 2006 to 2007, he worked as a senior adviser to the u.s. executive director at the imf. he worked on a range of issues. he has lots of academic research. >> i am very happy to be here today to discuss these important proposals. i will focus my remarks on four key features of the act. i think it is fair to say that i am a little less enthusiastic about some of this. even so, i see this proposals as being very constructive, very helpful, and very serious proposals that deserve to be carefully considered and debated. first, given the balance of the academic evidence, i agree tha