calls are just fueling the violence that's about it terry in chief is to head to syria to negotiate a livery of aid to the conflict torn country. election fever grips russia with political activity reaching a peak at the presidential poll four separate mass rallies are taking place in the capital this thursday in favor of the government and against it. and the largest rallies taking place at moscow's main stadium where more than one hundred thousand people have gathered to show their support for the current prime minister presidential candidate. who addressed the crowd just minutes ago. plus concern over the effectiveness of sanctions targeting iran's nuclear program grows as terrans biggest partners in asia resist western pressure to join the economic israel meanwhile has repeatedly defied calls to wait for sanctions to work used to put out the possibility of a military strike. and next we talked to the head of the foreign affairs committee in russia's lower house of parliament discuss the ongoing conflict in syria. mr pushkov each of us about the purpose of your visit to syria. the main ob

with us with a first on cnbc interview, chairman, president and ceo of dow chemical andrew liveris.g to becky a second ago, you did have price increases that offset some of the input cost increases. is that correct? >> we did, thank you. we did see a high quarter in the united states, key raw material ethane, comes out of natural gas. the number is 58 cents a gallon so we have good feed stock cost momentum going into q1. we see q4s is a big bump in the road not just because of that but because of the big headwinds in europe. europe got recessionary from a demand point of view in q4 and massive destocking across most of the chains. inventories went to all-time lows that we're starting to see come back. we did have price power and we have price power going into the first quarter. >> but a year ago fourth quarter, what was that, was it 90 cents then? was it less? did it go up and back down, the e-thing? >> ethane is delicate and bounting in that bracket. it was about the same number a year ago but certainly what's going to happen is excess shale gas supply will increase so we as a coun

dialogue between the opposition and the government priority is to facilitate the humanitarian the livery of the humanitarian assistance and we have some proposal on the table to prepare. the best way to deliver this assistance as quick as possible. the u.n. estimates about six thousand deaths in fierce clashes between the government forces and the armed opposition with the humanitarian situation described as a catastrophe allowing aid to get in and immediate cease fire are key points of the friends of syria ultimatum tak age but some claim the friends have an ulterior motive so this meeting serves as a media campaign to cover up the frequent set backs with western countries held by the us have suffered in the intervention in the syrian issue it is trying to find a new way of intervention from the outside. to force assad to go is on the agenda of the friends gathering they want to believe and they want to fight to divert to the next country geopolitical position because he is important. to hizbollah this is a. plan against syria but alby have a democracy we have a. china and russia still

andrew liveris from dow, the company's preeminent specialty materials and specialty chemical company. and the number one guy, david gregory, he wasn't backstage when i came out here. i'm hoping he's here. david gregory, host of "meet the press." good having you. >> good to see you. >> david, aisle turn it over to you. thank you very much, jeff. thank you for having me. a terrific honor to be on this panel. let me jump right into it. we are in washington, some of the government questions, publish-private partnership questions. let me start with the broader economy. we were talking backstage about what you see, what we all see over the next six months in a political context, but just for americans who are going through such a time of slow growth and high joblessness. jim, why don't i start with you and ask you, what you're seeing out there and how it looks? >> i see a normal recovery except for real estate and construction which is oftentimes two or three points on the unemployment, a point and a half on gdp growth. but i think i see pretty moderately strong global demand with the excep

sculpted centerpiece is, i could immerse myself in the experience of being served by footmen and royal liveries and rooms for the queen entertains heads of state. my favorite moments were at windsor, which the queen considers her real home. i spent time with two of the queen's alter the first cousins, who has known her longer than anybody else. both lived near the castle in modest homes the queen gave to them. every sunday after church, the queen brought the job lawyer to visit one of the cousins, margaret rose who greets her with a courtesy and hands her a chin into the night and they sit down and chat about friends and family. as i sat on my grades sagging sofa in her living room, where her dog stories were scattered all around on the floor, i could imagine the queen sitting in the very same spot with their hat on her head, but completely relaxed. at public events, i watched the queen at a distance, always a smiling icon moving through the crowd, careful not to engage too much. so is especially helpful to have three social encounters that private gatherings and each time i caught the animated

but sitting at a table decorated with george iii silver gilt candles i could ensconced with royal livery while the queen entertained heads of state but my favorite moments was at windsor which the queen considers her real home. i spent time with two of the queen's elderly first cousins who have known her longer than anybody else. both live near the castle in modest homes that the queen gave to them. and every sunday after church, the queen drives her jaguar to visit one of the cousins, barbara rhodes who greets her with a courtesy and hands her a begin and dubanier and they sit down and they chat about friends and family. as i sat on margaret's sagging sofa in her alarm where her dogs toys were scattered all around the floor, i could imagine the queen sitting in the very same spot with her hat on her head but completely relaxed. at public events, i watch the queen at a distance. always a smiling icon in the crowd, careful not to engage the crowd too much. so it was especially helpful to have three social encounters at private gatherings and each time i caught the animated gestures, the s

paul jennings in his footman's livery likely had the initial duty of meeting guests at the north entrance with an umbrella. there was no portico then for protection from the elements. tonight was the first of what would become dolly madison's legendary drawing rooms with the presidential mansion open for everyone who was properly introduced. more gentlemen than ladies attended this premier night as would be expect inside a town with many government men in residence without their families. had more ladies been present, dolly would still have stood apart. not because she was seated on a platform as martha washington had been at her courtly receptions, but because of the charming intertwining of her personality and dress. jennings himself later described some of her ensembles, fabrics of purple velvet and white satin, always with turbans of the finest materials and trim to match. president madison, happy to leave the limelight to his wife, was attired as usual in the old style. paul had no way of knowing that he would one day serve as madison's valet and be responsible for his clothes and hi

[applause] andrew liveris from dallas, a specialty material and chemical company. -- andrew liveris from dow the specialty material and chemical company. [applause] >> thank you for having me. this is a terrific honor to be on this panel. we are in washington. i want to pick up on some of the public-private partnership questions. let me start with the broader economy. we were talking backstage about the political context. americans are going through a time of slow growth and high joblessness. >> i see a normal recovery except for real-estate and construction. it is often times to retreat points on unemployment and 1.5 points on gdp growth. i seem moderately strong global demand with respect to europe asia, and the middle east. finish where i started a pretty normal recover except for construction and real estate that for a variety of reasons have not bottomed out yet. >> talk about economic growth being and more important economic indicator. how does it reflect what you are seeing? >> now is the time to get the confidence we need to keep us going in the right direction. 8% may be lower t

real cloud pullers of the singapore air show has been jackie chan's decked out in the red and gold livery of the chinese flag and dragons and everything. we haven't seen jackie yet, but if he does pull a few stunts, we'll let you know. this is a growing market out here in asia pacific and in emerging markets broadly. remember, business jets, corporate jets, private jets, whatever you want to call them are real dirty words at the height of the recession. they were synonymous with the worst excesses of corporate greed but it's a growing market out here in asia, especially in china. in fact, we're hearing some of the big financial institutions are now developing aircraft leasing arms to tray to get into this very luke crative market a is a way of diversifying their own income streams. chloe, back to you on that moat. >> sri, i'm going to pick it up. i'm sitting here with andrew seven is tense who used to work for with boa. you looked at emissions trading. you don't think it should be -- you think there should just be a european scheme. >> i think the issue about emissionses trading is a good

[applause] andrew liveris from dow, the companies preeminent specialty which is especially tentaclespany. [applause] and benevolent guy, david gregory. he was a backstage when it came back a but hoping there's now. david gregory. welcome. good having you. [applause] >> david, i will turn it over to you. thank you very much. thank you for having me. it's a terrific honor to be on this panel. let me jump right into because i want to pick up on, we are in washington, about some of the government question, public-private partnership questions. but let me start with the broader economy. we were talking backstage about what you see, we all see over the next six months in a political context. but just for americans who are going through such a time of slow growth and high joblessness. why don't i start with you and as you, what you're seeing other and how it looks. >> i see a normal recovery, except for real estate and construction. you know, which is often times 23 points on the unemployment, a point and have on growth. but i think, i see pretty moderately strong global demand with the exc