they worked well together, which has been good for your. hollande has said he would make changes. that is a sign of france going its own way. >> and the latest growth forecast did nothing to lift the gloom. spain has now officially slipped into recession. the country's economy has contracted 0.4% in the first three months of 2012. that followed a 3% drop in the fourth quarter last year. >> now to look at the market numbers. the dax as well over 3% on monday. eurostoxx 50 in negative territory. across the atlantic, the dow jones industrials also down. at the euro is trading for $1.31. >> argentina is looking to nationalize the spanish oil giant. spain wants european and other global leaders to impose sanctions on westbury's. >> -- beuonos aires. -- buenose aires. >> the eu foreign ministers suggested some solutions to the conflict. >> politicians have been discussing responses. now the eu has condemned the plan for the nationalization of the subsidiary. >> this action is of course risky and will have consequences. i have seen an eu commissioner that has responded with a letter to t

occupy has become a brand. it has also become e ncampments. soon it will need to be more than a space and a place. it will need to go to state houses, occupy banks, occupy congress. take the movement energy into those stairs -- spheres with the ideas matter of the heart of occupy. >> winter is coming. cities like san francisco and oakland and other cities are closing down the encampments and chasing people off. you can drive 90 miles from davis and pepper spray. it is hard to maintain people's attention for long periods of time. i am wondering -- should they be occupying the supreme court? [applause] >> i was talking about that today. with all respect for putting your body on the line which captivated the imagination in the beginning, it now needs to be less about states and place -- spaces and places and more about going to wear in justice -- injustice is. there are plans to occupy the supreme court from the second anniversary of the citizens united decision. that crazy decision has given the rights to corporations to unleash their treasuries

the government in buenos aires has revived its bid for control of the archipelago and has intensifiedon london. britain has no intention of relinquishing the falklands. for many of argentinian, the malvinas will always be theirs. >> this is not just an issue for britain. it is an issue for the entire e you. jeff joins us from brussels. can you tell us why the new tensions are such a source of concern were you are? >> it is little known fact that in the recently agreed lisbon treaty on european union, strangely enough there was a reference to the falklands. the declaration of the treaty says that the falklands along to the united kingdom, and therefore, of course, that means that 27 nations, including the u.k., have subscribed to that belief. officially. now, if you talk to european commission felt here, they will say, look, it has nothing to do with us. this is a foreign policy matter for argentina and for the united kingdom. so we do not want to get involved. but in fact, if there's any by is one where the other, because of the treaty reference, the express instructions of the britis

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kofi annan has reached out to iran.keeping assad in power means a key ally, one that is close to iran's archenemy israel. the two countries have provided 75 million euros of eight. -- of eight. -- of aid. for now, the prospects of a lasting peace and syria are uncertain. whatever comes out of this conflict, it is likely to have a long-term effect on the balance of power of any region. >> for more, we're joined by middle east analyst peter sch tienbeck. how do you see this going. >> if the country accepts the cease-fire and the other conditions, that means regime change. they cannot accept the annan plan. >> there has been cross border firing. and this conflict go beyond syria? >> definitely. for the time being, they will not react with force, but there are some areas -- for example the kurdish areas, where there are a larger number of refugees entering turkey. and maybe prompted to intervene militarily. >> several countries seem to let us take on what is going on in syria. >> it is becoming a proxy war. the assad regime

she has been with mta a short six years, but has already demonstrated great leadership. jaime has been the campaign capt.. he has been the captain since 2000 aid to and they are the unsung heroes -- 2008, and they are the unsung heroes. they hustled to try to get as many employees as possible to participate. he has generated more than 100 pledges. as a result of their work, we exceeded our goal for the agency of 25% participation. more than 1200, almost 1300 pledges on behalf of the agency. thank you for direct generosity and leadership. >> thank you very much. would you like to say a few words? >> i am honored to receive this award. i was a bit surprised because i had no idea. it is good for our morale. i am really honored. thank you again. >> mr. garcia? >> i am also honored to be here. i would like to thank debra franks. and miss rhonda ford for her generosity. i hope we do better next year. >> thank you. [applause] >> on behalf of the board of directors and the entire bay area, thank you very much. >> from our capital programs construction division -- a civil enginee

has been pakistan. i've always been joking enough. there are other countries. either extremely narrow or broad. a process where you get everybody sitting around the table which means in a region where there are so many dynamics, so many security problems between countries, to put them all around the table is to make sure nobody is a nonspoiler but we don't really get much ahead. so the large problem, the larger solution has been either too narrow or too solution. now what kind of precondition would be necessary in order to actually have a viable regional solution or to actually start going towards a regional solution? again, when i'm saying these things, i'm not off my talking points from seven is tral asia because these are all the things that have come around in central asia. this is, for example, there was one person who is very close to the uzbek government, i met in one of these meetings and since it was off the record, he said -- he got up and said i have three questions. "a," will karzai stay? "b

has that u.s.ttorney said anything or done anything to make the parents feel like he's ready and willing to move forward on this? >> there has not been anything as of yet. >> let's take a look at that enhanced video. this coming on the heels of what we've seen late last week with police station video that did not appear to show anything. how is this enhanced video showing something on the back of zimmerman's head. is that effecting the opinion in the community as to what happened? >> if there was a scuffle they're expected to be some marks on george zimmerman. but the issue is the story that has been told has been so season indicationnallized that we expect to see george zimmerman essentially carried out on a gurney, in an ambulance with blood dripping from his nose and the back of his head because of the story told by his family and george zimmerman himself when he established he was trying to defend himself. if there are scratches on the back of george zimmerman's head it's indicative that there

one has you up by 5. that's gallup. rasmussen has you up by 3, fox has you up by 2. but by all accounts, there has never been a race with an incumbent president with these numbers, this low, that has gone on to win the presidency. so i assume you are energized by the numbers. >> well, it's better than the the -- the alternative of course. a lot will happen between now and november 6. but i believe if we are able to continue to talk about the president's record and the fact that he is over his head and swimming in the wrong direction that he is not created the jobs he said he would create. he has not held unemployment below 8%. it's been above 8% 38 straight months. a record number of foreclosures have occurred and he's done that, borrowing trillions of dollars that has passed on to the next generation and threatens even this one. if we talk about those thing, i think he's in real trouble. what he is trying to do is to try to find any way to divert from his record, to divert the attention of the voting public. i think americans are too smart for that. >> sean: what is

it has penetrated pockets of the population. it is powerful. it has persuasion. they feel the need to accommodate it. >> will it actually work? he has friends in high places. who is going to turn him in? >> it is not that he needs to be turned in. they could arrest and tomorrow if they wanted to. he has been under house arrest a number times. the problem is prosecuting him. >> thank you up for joining us. >> thank you for having me. >> two syria where the exiled -- two syria now where the exiled on goal of bashar al-assad says that he does not believe he will hold on to power much longer. he unsuccessfully tried to seize power in the 1980's. he told the bbc that the level of violence is too high for his message to survive. >> 30 years ago, he was the most -- the second most powerful man, the army commander and the father of syria's current leader. but since 1984 when he led a failed coup, he has mostly been in exile. at the moment, a grand house in paris, perhaps dreaming of a return to power. is not surprising he is pessimistic about the chances of the son of th

but he has not.nd that gender gap is real. it is real with suburban women who will turn out and vote. you have questions about whether or not the turnout will be as enthusiastic as it might be in other years since we have a republican nominee who does not get much excitement. the people who the president is ahead with, they may not be as enthusiastic as they were four years ago. but i don't think they'll change their minds. >> jonathan, romney will have help with conservative interest groups. american cross roads and cross roads gps reporting they've raised $49 million in the first quarter of the year. both have accepted multimillion-dollar contributions and those checks are only going to get bigger, i suspect, aren't they? >> right. they will get bigger. but it is not so much because of deep abiding love for mitt romney. it has everything to do with a deep and abiding anger and in some cases, hatred of president obama. they are raising money has not over fist to oust him from the white house. whethe

the country has 15 reactors in operation and is building 26 more. still the nuclear accident in japan last year caused people in china to worry about safety. many are speaking out. nhk world's makoto oda has more. >> reporter: it doesn't look like much, but the message is clear. this sign says the government can't prevent all accidents. workers here in southeastern china are breaking ground for a plant that's due to have four reactors. officials are trying to reassure the public of safety. residents of a nearby town are not convinced. >> translator: if the plant blows up it will affect us. the government should be realistic and talk with us. >> translator: if the plant has an accident, like the one in fukushima it will contaminate the river. so it will also contaminate the big cities down stream. >> reporter: everyone in town depends on the river for water. most for farming. they risk their livelihood if the water got contaminated. even scientists for developed nuclear weapons is against the plant. he wrote the government after the next japan with a

[inaudible] as has been said, the sporadic has been in the making for the last 20 years -- this project has been in the making for the last 20 years. it was a collaboration between iraq and park and the arboretum society -- rec and park and the arboretum society. in 2008, we were hired to begin the schematics and develop the drawings for the project. it is currently being reviewed -- >> could you introduce yourself for the record? >> my name is laura hartigman. the purpose of this building, as has been said, is to replace the existing near street. it is a working building for the city. it is the base of operations for the plant collections and decoration of the collection that the society does. it primarily supports the arboretum, which is an outdoor classroom for the whole city. the secondary benefits is the educational potential, both as a building and as a base of operations for other educational activities. it also is intended to be environmental responsible building, as green as possible. you can probably gather that it has many functions and many people see it as benefiting their

every player that has won this year on the p.g.a. tour has finished top 10 in putting. he finished fourth last week. >> rose: diaz was involved in this, too. >> yes, he was. >> rose: what did he do? >> he was my ghost writer, and he's a brilliant, brilliant writer. >> rose: he understands golf and can write well. >> yeah, he's written for many, many years. >> rose: what has been the efilization? because he knows this and he's talked about here at this table and you know this, of tiger's swing? because you've got some golfers say, why did he ever change it? now, it seems to me that tiger is inevitably going to change it. that's the nature of him, he's constantly seek perfection. >> correct. >> rose: he will be messing with his swing until the day heidize. >> i think that's the whole really crux of it, to be honest with you. i also think that that's something that's positive for him. people say why would you change? but he's always done well. he's always changed and gotten better. he's always changed and improved his winning percentage. and it's the times when he's changi

iran has insisted it has the right to enrich for a peaceful nuclear program. now, there's a way around the deadlock. washington has signalled that it will ask iran to stop enriching uranium to 20% or more, the level from which fuel can easily be converted for military purposes. iran has indicated that it might be willing to accept a limit and would only enrich up to 3.5, or 5%. iran can claim it's right to enrichment, but it is very hard to weaponize from that level. there are the sticking points, but iran almost accepted a deal in 2009, and it proposed one in 2010. statements from officials in both sides suggest they might embrace elements of those proposals. the crucial point on which iran must make deep concessions is comprehensive inspections. the 2011 international atomic energy agency reports lays out a series of indicators that iran might be pursuing a weapons program. the great powers should use that as a checklist of activities that iran would commit to refraining from and insist that iran allow the iaea unfettered access to its sites until the agency

it has all the themes. it has the structure. you know there is something irresistable about it because it's too perfect. >> give us an example wa, dow mean what theme. >> you know, it's about the oldest theme of all, which is man versus nature. that's one, right hubris, the subject soph many greek tragedies. they say they are going to build a ship that can't sink, of course it sinks. it's about class. it's a perfect parnohadiningratable about class at the end of the 19th century. if you were a plan in first class you had a better chance of surviving than in you were a small child in third class it seems to be about technology and overconfidence in technology, which is something we're very interested in still, obviously. and the limits of technology. so all of these things seem to be sort of over determined. you know, in one story, you get class, you get overweaning arrogance, you get technological overconfidence and it all comes together and you future in the most beautiful, biggest ship ever built and it sinks on a piece of ice

she has had 12. starting with winston churchill, who was born in the 19th century and served in our great great-grandmother's army, all the way up to david cameron, her 12th prime minister, who was born three years after her youngest son. >> let me just interject this question -- what is the difference between the responsibilities of the queen and the responsibilities of the prime minister? >> blast -- the power and the juror -- glory are separate. the prime minister is the head of his government and he is responsible for all the government's decisions. but when the prime minister comes to visit the queen once a week in a private audience room -- nobody there, nobody taking notes, completely confidential -- eat, and in one case, she, margaret thatcher, feels free to ask her advice. her remit is to be consulted, to encourage, and to warn. not to specifically give the device -- which is very interesting. what she does is she asks really good questions, and she may prompt -- i have written a lot in the

he has governing experience. he has a successful business career behind him. he can make the case that he is not of washington. there are plenty of benefits he has got to bring to the table. >> i get the sense that in the white house, there is a big sigh of relief. they have wrecked and the have a very good shot -- they reckon they have a very good shot of winning in november. the economy is not rock-solid yet, and a republican candidate has a 50/50 chance of winning the election. >> i think that is very much the case. the white house maybe a little over, but at the moment. they see all these things trending in their direction, but not only has the dow down the last five days in a row, but the unemployment numbers were not as good last month as they might have been, as they have been over the past three months. the fine edge of situations are not resolved in a number of the eurozone countries that are teetering on the brink like greece, and something else could happen somewhere around the world that could plunge this thing back into a tossup if not a race that

san francisco has special meaning for us. i have to tell you, i was at the mayor's inauguration and he said he would never stop using the words job and job creation. that is what this is about today. we have given $431,000 to the revolving loan fund at below market rate. for 160 years, we have helped businesses thrive, through the gold rush days, through the technology boom, and now through the economic recovery, especially here in the bay area. we know when we revitalizes small businesses, we create jobs. and that is what we need here. that is what this partnership is all about. if we do not have successful communities, we know we cannot be a successful corporation. it is with great pleasure that wells fargo partners with the city. we are also good partners with working solutions, have done many things with them. we are so happy they are involved in this partnership. we, at wells fargo dedicated to partner with the city of san francisco to make this once again the thriving community that it has always been. again, thank you

it has been great. it will be accomplished without a commissioner -- they sat next to me a few years. getting the number of cases down from 77 to eight was an amazing thing. that was the headline. get a table and get that down, the work and the leadership. what people don't understand, one of the commissions that get involved in personal matters, we do officer discipline. the balance is a big part of being in those deliberations. his past life as working in the u.s. attorney's office has served decommission well. he is fair, and him being also the son of a police officer brings a perspective to the commission that is sorely needed. you have to have balance, and he has been great. i have been his vice-president, he has been my vice president. i am looking forward to working with him the rest of my term. supervisor kim: thank you. >> i'm commissioner dejesus, i do appreciate the questions that you asked, they are informative, even for me. i knew him when he was a public defender, it seems we were always o

the law has bad consequences. let me play a clip of an individual and it will tell you exactly what i'm talking about. this was taken just a few days after the bill passed both houses and right before the governor signed it. would you play the clip, please? >> divided our community. >> good evening, arizona. i'm patti kirkpatrick. the controversial illegal immigration bill isn't even law yet, but one valley couple says that didn't matter. the man claims he was targeted for his race and forced to provide his birth certificate. here's kirsten joyce with the story. >> reporter: good evening. the husband is a commercial truck driver, pulled over, as he says, at the 202 at a check stop. he was asked to show documents, he handed over his commercial vehicle's driver's license and provided a social security number. but apparently, according to him that wasn't enough. >> then he came and said, i need your birth certificate, and then i said, i said it's at my house. >> reporter: that's when officers handcuffed him, placing

relationships across the spectrum and it has an economy that has been strong and it has influence within the islamic community across-the-board. so thank you for coming. >> thank you. . >> rose: the future of the west has become one of the key debates of this century, francis fukuyama made it famous in 1989 when he wrote his book the end of history, the sa turned book chronicles the victory of western liberal democracy over all other forms of political thought, more than 20 years later with china rising and a european financial crisis, many question whether the world order has begun to shift, these ideas and others are explored in this year's commemorative issue of foreign affairs magazine, joining me now is francis fukuyama he is an author and fellow at stanford university, also with me is gideon rose, he is the editor of foreign affairs magazine. i am pleased to have both of them sit here and talk about these big ideas which we hope in part this television program and television series is about. you talk about making modern at this world, what we did in this issue is all this talk abou

it has been improved -- it has been approved multiple times. the problems that the appellant is complaining about provide no practical benefit to her whatsoever. for those reasons, i ask that you denied his appeal and reinstate the permits so that this project, which has been delayed for over one month, can continue. thank you for your time. president garcia: if you would address the issues having to do with blockage of ingress and egress and the garage. i am assuming the port-a-potty is there because the project has been suspended a. >> it has -- it is required to be there based on the permanent. it has been extended by stipulation and logistics of the board itself. normally, an appeal would have been heard weeks ago. to take down the port-a-potty and pay to have it back out, he does not seem like a practical thing to do. there is nothing being done to block reasonable ingraham and egress. they are completely cooperative. there is a line of communication. ms. weesner has changed her attitude but they are still open to work with her and limit t

the taliban has suspended the talks. the u.s. has to talk from one page also. the more divisions that there are in pakistan and kabul, it creates problems for the u.s. and for these negotiations. these other countries have an angle on which to build their own defense on. there will need to be a massive diplomatic effort. did the state department is unable to do on their own. they have no relationship with iran. you need someone else to talk with the iranians about the settlements. it is tragic to with the u.n. has been run down. they cannot take up a position unless it is from outside. i think the americans can resolve this for themselves. it is a critical part of any kind of regional settlement. in pakistan, the problem is, is a huge domestic crisis. you have a military trying to get rid of the government. read the judiciary lining up with the military -- you have the judiciary lining up with the military. this could escalate again. you have an economic crisis. now, it has been unfortunate that there has been so little pressure from the government on the milit

i still think the china has a long way to go no no denying that china is growing a lot it is but it has a long way to go before it can get close to even the us ok. you know i would say six years isn't and you know if you actually know joshua bell is the former comptroller of the united states the guy who is in charge of auditing the books of the u.s. government. has been saying earlier this year that the u.s. is now where greece was two years ago in terms of instead crisis or just under present numbers in six years is not really there find a future. special envoy kofi annan says he's received assurances from syria are an agreed backed ceasefire by thursday after a deadline for troops to leave the cities passed on tuesday with some western and arab states accusing the regime of failing to stick to its commitment i saw a boy who is in the country for us. syrian authorities claim that they have begun to partial withdrawal of troops from in and around urban settlements we trust the first requirement of the six point. plan now they do you recognize that so far these fish oil has been partial

brian bolan has been following the google story. he's growth stock strategist at zacks.com and he comes to us from the c.m.e. group in chicago. great to you have back, what do you make first of all of this stock split, increasing the number of shares, lowering the per-share price but not giving up any control of the company. >> i say good move by them, they look at what they have to give up and what they are going to get in return. they're going to get a lot more retail investors buying into a name that they wish they would have bought at around $300. and now they're going to get that chance. >> they do that all in a very googlesque way when they don'tive up any more control, any more ownership to the company because no none of these new shareholders will come as voters, right? >> right, no vote so there is really nothing to lose here in the situation. >> let's talk about the numbers we saw here after the close. a good report, more than $10 of earnings. pay clicks were voninger, costs per click were down s that a worrying trend? >>

>> liz: don't you think he has a problem if he has one -- >> of course, he has a problem.nd. he is getting negative ratings on the economy and 62% of the people say the countedry's heading in the wrong direction. the republican party is consolidating and we are looking at an election that could be like 1980, best-case for president obama, is it will be like 2004 and the manchin comment shows it, sure. >> liz: do you think the problems he's having in west virginia have to do with policies? it is not just that the republicans are doing well, but his policies are hurting working people? >> yes, west virginia is a special case, it's a democratic state that has moved republican quite sharply in 20 years. the ticket your father was was the first non-republican ticket to carry since herbert hoover. if manchin is thinking about voting against obama, maybe he's just a dog person. >> liz: that's good that you worked that in. do you see the president being able to come back and do something that will reach out to the voters of west virginia, for example? >> i think that given the way

he has four cracks at the apple. he has no plan to save medicare.macare plan will further bankrupt the nation. it's grotesque with the cost of that piece of legislation. again, you made the case. we need the republicans to take over the senate and we need a republican president. >> greta: or we need senator harry reid to take responsibility. he has the job at the senate majority leader. that's why he was elected by his colleagues. every single member of the u.s. senate to tell him get a budget and do it now for the benefit of the rest of us. move the process forward. i'll take the last word. >> we need leadership. >> greta: thank you. enjoy wisconsin. thank you, sir. >> thank you for having me on. >> greta: coming up, risky business. did you hear what is going won the u.n. and north korea? it's behind our backs. that's coming up. ambassador john bolton is here. she was a hit on "saturday night live" an now sarah palin conquers morning >> greta: is the united nations violating its sanctions in north korea? bolton says yes and calls it reprehensible.

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he has authored numerous publications and has over 50 u.s. patents. >> thank you for organizing this panel discussion, and thank you, everybody, for graciously being here today. it is my great honor to introduce an incredibly distinguished panel of industrial luminaries. let me start with timothy, simon, and jeanette. tim is a professor at the stanford business school where he teaches a very popular class on this service via in fact, i have taken your class, and you bring in some incredible speakers and make it very entertaining. jim also has a distinguished career in the private sector. he was the president of oracle's on demand service, which by some records was the first online on demand service. cloud computing has a lot of fathers, but tim is often called the grandfather of cloud computing because of that endeavor. but tim is also an investor in a cloud computing companies, and author of some very exciting cloud computing books. thank you for being here. next, we have simon crosby. he is an entrepreneur, who has just launched his latest

romney has not been and he has only $10 million in the badge.is meeting is significant. john mccain the arizona senator being introduced now and in a moment the 2008 nominee, john mccain, will hand the reigns over to romney as the g.o.p. standard bearer and this is the opportunity for romney to say it is time to get behind the candidacy and the serious business of beating president obama. i spoke to the all but certain fm knee just before the speech and here is how he put it. >> we will have to work hard to overcome the extraordinary funding and mussel of the special interests that support president obama. he starts off with hundreds of millions of money from organized labor. and for us to be able to fight against that and to have the american people hear our message will take a lot of work. >> for the last 15 months while romney has been running against republicans the president has been essentially hammered romney without any competition from democrats and now it is evened up and in the national polls it is only a couple of points' margin. it

the commission is saying, yes, there has been a downgrade of spain but that has not triggered a market fall. the official line from brussels is that the commission is supporting the spanish economic reform austerity program. they will meet their target in 2013 reducing their deficit to no more than 3% of national wealth, which is the highest allowed commitment under a you stability lot. -- e.u. stability law. that will not happen, largely because of the scale of the spanish economy in the spanish prime minister telling the president of the commission that we will need to recapitalize banks and we will not meet our deficit targets on time. that is the official commission. spain is on course and we are supporting them in their austerity measures. >> how did equities react in the eurozone?% our markets corresponded has the story. >> corporate numbers have been in focus leading to mixed feelings. the spanish downgrade came first of a shock but the markets recovered quickly. traders are trusting that they are on the right path. profit numbers have been an important balance for the worries o

gingrich has won two states. paul none. romney has more than half the delegates he needs to clinch the nomination. for his part, the president took his re-election campaign to florida today. he hammered away at what will be one of his main themes against governor romney, that high- income earners should pay more in taxes. norah o'donnell is at the white house tonight-- norah? >> reporter: scott, today may mark the first day of the general election campaign in some regards, but the obama campaign team says that little has changed. they say they've been focused like a laser on mitt romney for a long time, even running some television ads against him. today we learned in part how the president is planning to frame this debate. >> we have got to choose which direction we want this country to go in. do we want to keep giving those tax breaks to folks like me who don't need them? or give them to warren buffet, he definitely doesn't need them. or bill gates, he has already said i don't need them. or do we want to keep investing in

there's a reason that mitt romney has lost the women's vote in every general election that he has ever run, and sometimes substantially. he was creamed by ted kennedy in 1994, and it is because when women get a look at his economic policies, because the social issues weren't an issue in the earlier races, because he was still pro choice, they recoil. >> in this case, michelle bernard, the social issues are a factor, and my view is that this is a part an parcel of the brand of the gop at present. and a couple of things that i wrote notes about. the whole vaginal probe in virginia issue, and the questions of contraception largely based on commentary from senator santorum, but governor romney did not pull in from it, and he wants to defund planned patienthood and overturn roe v. wade and those are all substances that will affect women. >> and the reason why they are important and probably more important today than they were in the 2008 election is that they deal with issues of personal liberty that 9 of 10 women absolutely had every reason to believe were behind us, that were decided many

everybody has a world view. we're saying only those with religious world views is welcomed to the party. everybody's world view informs how they vote on any particular policy. so, i'm in favor of everybody being able to come to the table with a world view. i don't believe in imposing what i believe on everybody else. >> you opposed same-sex marriage? abc news in a recent poll found that 52% of the american people now support same-sex marriage. that's definitely the direction that public opinion is going, do you think that there will come a time when saddleback church will need to adjust its position on for instance divorce? >> bible is the word of god. i don't have the right to change it. policies come and go over the years. and so, if i'm unpopular for certain beliefs, well, then i'm unpopular for certain beliefs. and to me the bible is very clear that sex is for a man and woman only in marriage. that makes me extremely unpopular. i don't believe in premarital sex. i believe sex is only for marriage between a m

that's where romney has to win. he has real disadvantages. >> let me take a quick break here.me back, more about this, including the vp stakes idea, who will romney choose? we'll come back. >>> "meet the press" is sponsored by ge, imagination at work. ♪ [ female announcer ] the vertical chair-climb. it's not an olympic sport, but it takes real effort and it takes a diaper that fits their every move. pampers cruisers with 3-way fit adapt at the waist, legs, and bottom for up to 12 hours of protection and all the freedom to play like a real champion. pampers. proud supporter of babies' play. ♪ >>> back with our round table. that's how it looked in 2008, john mccain in red, barack obama, president obama in blue. chuck todd now take us through if that's 2008, where's the battle going to be fought in 2012. >> i think this battle is about two geographic areas, one is the west and the issue of hispanic. you have the three states in blue in the rocky mountain west, new mexico, colorado and nevada. if the president holds all three, there's a good chance he will -- >> the gray shading a

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nevertheless, santorum has said he has every intention of winning the keystone state. has narrowed in its composition, he can certainly do that. but he and his campaign must surely know that winning pennsylvania's popular vote won't put him any closer to the delegate count needed to actually win the nomination, which

that violence has been brutal and it has been devastating. it has put the syrian people in a desperate and difficult situation. it has outraged the conscience of all good people. and it has threatened stability in a very important part of the world. the united states has made clear that the assad regime has lost its legitimacy, and that this crisis has no effective solution without assad's departure. as the president has stated, assad must go. recent days are testing whether the assad regime will live up to all of its responsibilities to the syrian people and to the international community. restoring calm to the cities and towns across syria is just one test for assad in the days ahead. assad is responsible for fully abiding by the transition plan that has been outlined by the joint special envoy kofi annan. he also faces deep skepticism about his motives, a skepticism based on a long train of assad's deceitful actions to date including broken promises to his own people and to the international community. the united states is committed to hol

these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. giant corporations rule the day. well look. it's technology innovation called the list of elements from around russia we've got the future covered. i. take a look at testimonies from around the world now this out pakistan has successfully test launched and upgraded the list of missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead is believed to be able to hit targets within a range of three thousand kilometers a few days ago in neighboring india held the simian missile two countries which a forty three war since nine hundred forty seven have routinely carried out weapons tests of these kids. u.s. presidential hopeful mitt romney has swept through another round of republican primaries winning all five of tuesday's state elections after claiming victories in connecticut delaware new york pennsylvania and rhode island on the criticize president obama saying a better america starts tonight is still hundreds of shy of officially claiming that the republican nomination but his closest rival rick sa

it has come to light. this board has expressed itself, at least a few of us have, as to how we seem to question this policy. let's see where it goes. >> mta said it is their policy. we understand it is a staff policy that has not been adopted by the full commission. but do doubt the merits of that policy? -- but do you doubt the merits of that policy? they could have adopted a policy that says, we will have a moratorium on these permits for two years. planning has done that when they are in the midst of planning a new area and coming up with new zoning. they sometimes have a moratorium. >> it is a terrible policy. it is a regulation that has not been adopted after a hearing. it deprives mr. aryan to engage in a competitive business. it forces them to affiliate with people he does not want to affiliate with. it is terrible. nobody knows if or when it will change. all this stuff about adopting new regulations is nonsense. there contumely adopting new regulations. you adapt -- they are constantly adopting new

he has robinson on him. a difficult match-up, they can space the floor with thomas in some kind of a pick-and-pop and get him a 3-point look or a drive to the hoop because sullinger against withey has not been an advantage for the buckeyes. >> clark: i still think you have to look in there but jared has to be willing to give up it. and you have to consider buford, as well. but that ball has to be -- you at least have to attempt to throw it inside. >> jim: ohio state led by 6 with five minutes to play and that pass a little too forced! robinson has it. craft reaches in. and there was no foul called. he was able -- in fact, he thought he had a tie up. the arrow would have belonged to kansas but without committing a foul, he saved the basket. >> clark: and aaron craft zeroing in on it and raked it away cleanly. no foul. just dug in and kept thomas robinson from the sure lay-up. no need to foul. you got to defend and then be ready to rebound. no reason to foul. it's only a 1-possession game. [crowd yelling] >> c

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has refused to participate as has canada. u.s. europe is wealthy enough to take care of its own during this crisis. what has europe given and what has it received? well, europe put up a bit less than half of the latest amount contributed by member nations to the imf for european countries but already europe has been a big beneficiary of the imf. the institution has helped to bail out three european nations with the european -- with emergency loans. ireland, portugal and greece and although the u.s. declined to participate in this latest pledge we are still big backers of the international group. the single largest share holder with the biggest quota. we back a maximum of $65 billion in loans nearly a fifth of the resources. a vote to back more would have required a vote in congress. a tough night in an election year with unemployment here about above 8%. the issue now is for european countries awash in red ink to take the action necessary so they won't need more loans. that is the hard part and it is not at all clear given the tou

so i think damage has been done.n the other hand, mitt romney has come out looking a lot better than most of the time because of these recent wins. i think that santorum doesn't leave it will be his trouble. >> there is a lot of wisdom in the country in western music and famous song, you got to know when no hold them and you got to know when to fold them. i think he made mitt romney a better candidate and i think he has a future of the voice within the party. i think if he goes forward he is going to marginalize himself and at some point he ends up on outside the party. i don't think that is where he would go. >> if he lost his home state. >> that would ruin i am. >> paul: here is the issue i want to pose to you. you look at the independents and romney favorable and unfavorable. favorable, unfavorable the 50%. favorable at mid 30. that is very larryfied of candidate from a major candidate. >> it's not encouraging. on the other hand, when you got mitt romney for the last two or three out gos he has obviously new speec

a one time -- he has called for a citizens' uprising. he has seen his poll ratings go up 15%. he rejects the culture of austerity in braced by brussels. we are writing a new page in the history of the left, he tells the crowd. what are the key ideals he stands for? >> redistribution of wealth. we want tax is to apply 100% over 350,000 euros a year. >> in the first round of the election on sunday, the far left on the far right could get more than 30% of the vote. what they have both done is to tap into the air anger with the economic crisis. >> the left and right in france. to stonehenge, like you have never seen it before. the prehistoric monument is one of the world's most famous sites. today, a bouncy castle and a replica of it was unveiled in glasgow. it was commissioned for the london olympics. our courts correspondent -- our arts correspondent was there to have a balance. >> there is a new arrival on the skyline. it is an artwork by a prize- winning artist. the real stonehenge is 5000 years old and a sacred site. this replica is called sacrilege. after its unveiling, it w