>> if there's a republican that can speak to middle america unlike mccain and some of the other candidatesse in 2012. try this. ♪ ♪ it's that chocolate ♪ it's that whipped cream ♪ it's that caramel, and espresso you mix in ♪ ♪ i must be, i must be, i must be, i must be ♪ ♪ i must be dreamin' [ male announcer for the first time at mcdonald's -- your two favorite flavors together. new mccafé caramel mocha. well? what do you guys think? perfect. [ male announcer the simple joy of sweet harmony. ♪ ba da ba ba ba >>> 2012 does barack obama get re-elected yes or no and why? >> if there's a republican that can speak to middle america unlike mccain and some of the other candidates he's going to lose the white house in 2012. >> if we have another ronald reagan he'll get ousted in four years like jimmy carter did. >> i'm really concerned. i see this sarah palin movement and i never thought it was serious enough, but i actually think that it's frightening actually, that sarah palin could be the nominee. if she's the nominee, president obama will win again. >> are there any black people on the horizon

middle america got hit hard, it's just getting back on its feet and my friends on the republican side of the aisle who just want to pull that rug right out from underneath them again and let the bums start pill anding wall street again -- pillaging wall street again. no. i look to my friend from missouri because i was listening to her, two of the biggest ponzi schemes ever in the history of the united states, $65 billion with mr. madoff and i can't remember how much mr. stanford was or the stanford investments, but billions of dollars, millions of transactions, we had testimony in our committee that the s.e.c., during the period from about 2001 to 2007, was notified 21 times during that period about mr. madoff and they did nothing. so now we finally have certainty back in the marketplace -- >> will the gentleman yield? mr. perlmutter: just one secretary and i will yield to my friend. the market has doubled and now we want to take those police off the beat when middle america is strengthening itself again? i yield to my friend from missouri. . mrs. emerson: i want to comment or add to

. >> reporter: massive snow and ice storms have slashed across america's middle. canceling flights to san diego. >> i am sure there's all kinds of chaos and trying to get flights out from the areas that are canceling flights. >> they are saying it's on time but we'll see. but i know there's an ice storm

to do that, he buys middle america to feed haiti. anybody remember one more revolution? 1804, 1804, a date you need to know. >> [inaudible] >> nope, 1804. >> the haitian revolution? >> very good, very good. >> in 1804, the haitians have defeated the two most powerful armies in the world. they have defeated the british and the french. when the haitians become independent, napolian no longer needs the middle of north america, sells it to us, and that is called? >> louisiana purchase. >> great. it is haiti's gift to america. it is because haiti achieved its freedom that napolian didn't need the center of america. all right, haiti is the second country in the world to fight free of its european masters, to be independent. it is our near neighbor. in 1804, haiti becomes free. when does the united states recognize its sister? the only other free republic in our part of the world? when? just take a guess, yeah. >> when they take out -- >> no, what year? >> 1893. >> that's not a horrible guess, but it's not true. [laughter] >> 186 #. >> yes, 1862. if we, the utes, will not -- un

so let's say that people in middle america people in the south started getting the channel do you think that they would accept then they would accept it as an objective news organization. someone they can really give them the on the ground report. i mean that's hard to say right now in the united states people consider fox news fair and balanced so if people are that misinformed to think that fox news is the right place to go to to get the news and by the way it's the most watched network which i think says very bad things about our country but you know if people believe in fox news and fox news pushes against al-jazeera i think it would be difficult for al-jazeera to survive in you know u.s. markets are animal thank you very much for joining us and of course we're going to keep covering the protests in egypt as they continue as they continue on you know almost for eight days now and of course hosni mubarak did say today that he will step down only when it comes to the next elections so we'll see about that thanks. all right thank you ilana. so let's get back to egypt's future with muba

demands that could pick corporate america against middle america in any working class town but here in metropolis illinois this where on her twenty four hours a day is the labor showdown of our day i think it's an outright war. an alleged war launched by one of the most heavily armed defense contractors that got all the money but all the money and all the bar and manufacturing giants in the world the union president leads the charge fighting back for more than two hundred workers left out in the cold fourteen degrees since honeywell lock them out of their plant the nature of our job we deal with the forecasts of which is of course acid no ma'am we deal with the rain that's right it's your rainy i'm not kryptonite posing a threat in superman's real. hometown honeywell is a company on track to post thirty five billion dollars in sales this year selling things like jet engines to fuel the u.s. army in the war on terror it wants workers to foot more of the bill for their medical costs the union refuses and believes that company really wants them out and i take that as you know want to hone

america's middle class fighting a more already historic. i where when alcohol is now people only option where it has been sound you know man for over two weeks major protests that kicked off in wisconsin and spread to other states have been raging on in the fight for workers' rights you see protest emergency small little towns that nobody organized people just showed up at city hall are you seeing that kind of spontaneous action coming i think is going to start spreading throughout the united states. to begin with the demonstrators were not asking for much in the old english it was just not to take away their collective bargaining rights to politicians who said our union was thank you stability government workers the people's outrage and stronger it's scary there needs to be oversight there needs to be answered and democratic process this was building up like it was bad up and competition the federal education for the people there was. getting louder in the biggest middle class uprising status america has seen in years and was making more a

america's middle class fighting or more already done historic. i will win out is no people me option where it is did sound is the man who over two weeks major protests that kicked off in wisconsin and spread to other states have been regional and in the fight for workers' rights you see protesters moved in small little towns that nobody organized he would have showed up at city hall are you seeing that kind of spontaneous action coming i think this new search spreading throughout the united states. to begin with the demonstrators were not asking for much in the only list is just just not the cake away their collective bargaining rights but the state politicians proved said to chop you new laws to give stability to government workers the people's outrage stronger that's scary there needs to be oversight there needs to be a chemical that it was this congress building them up like it's my back up and us politicians the. teachers are the people there we are getting louder in the biggest middle class uprising. america has seen in years and i was think

>> she got me involved in middle america. i was one of them. after mia.> borger: as his popularity grew, so did the number of imitators. are you okay with that? >> very. >> original sassoon. >> reporter: that may be because vidal sassoon was away of the pack. he was one of the first to put his name on shampoos and hair dryers which at their peak in the '90s had sales of half a billion dollars a year. so he sold his businesses. they made him a wealthy man. for all his success, his personal life has had difficulties. >> i was a terrible family man. >> reporter: really? >> dreadful. nobody could stand me for long. >> reporter: you mean wifewise? >> wifewise. >> reporter: he was divorced three times before marrying ronnie holbrook his wife of 22 years. they settled down in l.a., and he finally found happiness in marriage. but he wasn't immune from tragedy. ten years ago he lost his daughter katia. >> she o.d.ed. >> reporter: how do you work through something like that? >> go to work. i did. i went back to work immediately. >> reporter: his work included build

intra asian trade asia africa, asiathe middle east, asia latin america. >>how the economic powerhouses of india and china are driving growth from the middle east to the fareast. >>asia is of course more than china, japan and india when you think of asia, also think indonesia and asean >>and with unrest spreading in the arab world... we look at possible solutions to the current crisis. >>it is very important to recognise that the growing potential unemployment in the region is something that is going to come home to roost. >>hello and welcome. i'm eckart sager and this is world business, your weekly insight into the global business trends shaping our lives. this week we are coming to you from the world economic forum atdavos where despite a back drop of economic uncertainty - felt especially by european participants - the overall feeling was upbeat. >>reporter: with developments in tunisia and egypt casting a long shadow... 2,500 leaders arrived at this year'sworld economic forum in davos facing the realities of a global power shift. emerging markets are dr

. >> reporter: massive snow and ice storms have slashed across america's middle. canceling flights to san diego. >> i am sure there's all kinds of chaos and trying to get flights out from the areas that are canceling flights. >> they are saying it's on time but we'll see. but i know there's an ice storm going on. so we'll see. if not, it's a beautiful day here, i can spend an extra day. >> reporter: and a few minutes later, she did turn around. her philadelphia flight was cancelled. and the weather is sidelining a lot of people that were headed to the super bowl, they'll have to watch the super bowl here on sunday. >> we mentioned earlier in the forecast, we're all conducted here in terms of how the weather is. they've had the wettest, snowiest winter they've ever recorded and we've had an incredible dry january. here's our jet stream. wet every system is north, we're dry. the trough is here and that's what you get. that's where the bad weather is right in there and that's where it continues. it's all connected. we're dry, they're horribly wet. when we are really

it's a mess no matter where you look in parts of the northeast, parts of middle america, everywhere.early show". i'm erica hill along with chris wragge. we'll get to the latest on the weather, and we'll also get you this morning some free advice because we're here to help and free advice can be a good thing. that's it if it comes from people you can trust. they are back today answering those main questions you've sent us about your health and about your money and having to do with credit cards. is it worth making the switch, though, to verizon? >> good option or bad option? >> i've always been fascinated with portrait photography most of my life. when they told us we were doing a series on what we've always wanted to do, i chose to be an apprentice of a top photographer. he has shot bruce spring teen, jerry seinfeld, drew barrymore, and these iconic shots, and i got the photographs of legends as well, and you'll see those results of my pictures of these legends that i was able to use as my muse. >> that's an mazing camera you were using. you said it has 30,000 pixels. >> those could

corporate america what will this country. the middle class would be destroyed. >> richard trumka, president of the afl-cio. republicans in the wisconsin assembly approved gov. walker's bill and send it to the senate, but minority democrats the state to illinois it. charles krauthammer is not with us this week, but i have his column. "the magnificent turmoil gripping the statehouses in wisconsin, ohio, indiana, and others, marks and at a political moment." do you agree, evan? >> well, yeah. democrats depend on at the public unions in many states, and public employee unions have a problem here. i ought to distinguish between unions and public employee unions. unions of is the are critical. but in the public sector, public employee unions have an easy time getting benefits because nobody is pushing back all that hard road that is a problem for the democratic party. right now the way it is being framed is a whose side are you on, the public employee union or the taxpayers' side? >> nina? >> so it is the unions' fault that the managers kate?

and in order to do that he buys the middle of america to feed needy. anybody remember one more revolution? 1804. 1804 is the date you need to know. nope, 1804. >> at the restive donation revolution, very good. >> in 1804, vacations has defeated the two most power forwards in the world. they have defeated the british in the fridge. when haitians become independent, napoleon no longer needs the center north america. he saw the two less than that is called? the louisiana purchase. the louisiana purchase a cd skip to america. it is because he be achieved its freedom. napoleon didn't need the center of america. our rate. haiti is the second country in the world to fight for its european masters, to be independent. it is our near neighbor. when the united states recognizes his sister, the only other free republic and our part of the world. >> take a guess. [inaudible] >> 1862? >> yes, 1862. the united states will not recognize a republic of freed slaves. why not? why will it take us until 1863 to recognize a republic of freed slaves? >> that's the time of th

exactly the same thing you are i am stealing what you think you are not inferior or your middle east well america country we have done same deal for a wonderful question we trade simple question we take all sorts of discriminate against people and they can make something of themselves in the united states where you are right now it is very very difficult for that happen and it's a ground talking about where i am right now we're talking about north africa not in iran and right there we are even in the gulf before leaders you start you start with the random the first thing he says is a program of my knowledge on harold that's first thing you started out with if i go with you johan ok what about the issue well what about the issue of the israel what about the problem of israel here because a new a new middle east were democratic governments a certain harold i'm sorry johann how do we get the israeli question come into play as you mention that in the beginning of the program two can a democratic arab middle east have peace with israel. absolutely you know i'm can you answer for. you when you say you.

priority after their longtime washington ally dropped his support for america's middle east policy. mubarak's government realize that the u.s. was preparing a regime change that along the lines of the so-called color revolutions in georgia ukraine and so forth. to the united states sometimes received in the state department sometimes at the national endowment for democracy or freedom house these are all quote unquote private n.g.o.s that specialize in training for washington and. what's going on is really a major enough destabilization of the u.s. ally mobarak has been opposed to most of us policy views of iran use of the persian gulf nations and these would be levanon over the last several years so he's become in effect a thorn in the side of washington's greater agenda since two thousand and one. well friday is expected to see the largest protests as the unrest began more than two weeks ago and former cia officer and millionaire clip told r.t. he thinks mubarak's reluctance to go just makes the situation volatile now that the president mubarak has said he would not leave i am afra

the middle east well america country we have done some deal for one simple question we can trade simple question we take all sorts of discriminate against people and they can make something of themselves in the united states where you are right now it is very very difficult for that that have been. talking about where i am right now we're talking about north africa not in iran all right you know you don't have the gulf before because you start you start with the rand in the first thing you said in this uprising of my not long harold that's the first thing you started out with if i go with you johan ok what about the issue well what about the issue of the israel what about the problem of israel here because in the new a new middle east we're democratic governments eastern harold i'm sorry johann how do we the israeli question come into play because you mentioned that in the beginning of the program too can a democratic arab middle east have peace with israel. absolutely you know i'm can you answer first go ahead you know and you say you and i understand that i have i have the floor going

priority after the longtime washington ally dropped his support for america's middle east policy. mubarak's government realized that the u.s. was preparing a regime change that along the lines of the so-called color revolutions in georgia ukraine and so forth. activists to the united states sometimes for a seat in the state department sometimes at the national endowment for democracy or freedom house and these are all quote unquote private and shields that specialize in routine training for washington and. what's going on is really a major not enough destabilization of the u.s. ally mobile iraq has been opposed to most of us policy views of iran we should be partially golf nation and resume eleven. over the last several years so he's become in effect a thorn in the side of washington's greater agenda since two thousand and one well political unrest is sweeping further through the region as thousands of algerians took to the streets of their capital to demand the resignation of president with different police detained more than four hundred demonstrators in clashes across the city

i would like to have had a a conversation about the taxation on america's middle class. this will kill jobs in america. i would like to have talked about that. it will kill small businesses. they will never use the tax credits they have been afforded. small businesses are using tax credits and even though we are not killing small businesses in this country, nor are we killing job creation and growth. we see growth in the private job market. there will not be an increase because of that bill on taxes in the middle class. i would like to have had an opportunity to talk about that. thank you very much for being here today. >> i want to thank you for your time. we will given the opportunity to respond if you like to touch on any of those things or respond in writing at your discretion. >> let me make a few final points. if you care about entitlement reform and our long-term fiscal deficits, the more -- the most important thing is to make sure we reduce health-care costs. if we can find ways to go beyond that, we welcome a chance to do that. we have had discussion about the st

america always calls for democracy in the middle east. now this unfortunately is there. it is for america to take. if this goes away, i think it will be a huge blow to americans as an advocate for democracy. host: where is your home country? caller: i'm from palestinian parents. i grew up in kuwait. i have been living in the united states for 20 years. host: thank you very much for participating this morning. next is a call from bill, republican. you are on the air. good morning. caller: thank you for c-span. what is next for egypt? i would hope that the egyptians decide and only the egyptians. i would like you to take my comment under consideration. i am an american of irish descent. you are an american of some other kind of dissent. my next-door neighbor is an descend -- is an italian- american. it should be labeled an american of arab descent. we have too many hyphens in this country. america is a mixture of a bunch of people. they are americans of certain dissent. american should come first, not arab slash american. host: mohammed elbaradei's more recent tweet. let's

priority after the longtime washington ally dropped a support for america's middle east policy. mubarak's government realize that the u.s. was preparing a regime change that along the lines of the so-called color revolutions in georgia ukraine and so forth. to the united states sometimes for a seat in the state department sometimes at the national endowment for democracy or freedom house these are all the quote unquote private n.g.o.s that specialize in training for washington and. what's going on is really a major not enough destabilization of the u.s. ally mobarak has been opposed to most of us policy views of e.u. rather use of the persian gulf nations and the views of eleven. over the last several years so he's become in effect a thorn in the side of washington's greater agenda since two thousand and one. well with people in egypt demanding change peter the value of his gas who dictates what democracy is and the role of those who promote it heated debate in our calls talk show coming up next hour but here's a preview. why don't the world just let the egyptians alone leave th

. >> reporter: snow and ice blasted through america's middle. >> i was flying to iowa city. was supposed to start a new job there, now i'm going to be delayed. >> reporter: hundreds of bay area super bowl fans are stuck waiting for the dallas weather to clear. >> you can check up to the minute flight information on our website ktvu.com. just look for the travel tab. >>> today was day one as the agency began using new and more modest software with it's full body scanners. the new software is being tested at mccarren international hospital in las vegas. the change comes from widespread complaints of the wide body scanners. >>> the next time you book a flight you will most likely play more. american airlines is adding $5, united and continental are charging $3 more each day. southwest has not added any more surcharges. this is the fifth increase since december. jet fuel prices have gone up recently. >>> how often do you pick up the yellow pages. san francisco's plans to ban them. and how it's already >>> it is now wednesday morning in egypt. some clashes have been reported betw

. >> reporter: snow and ice blasted through america's middle. >> i was flying to iowa city.as supposed to start a new job there, now i'm going to be delayed. >> reporter: hundreds of bay area super bowl fans are stuck waiting for the dallas weather to clear. >> you can check up to the minute flight information on our website ktvu.com. just look for the travel tab. >>> today was day one as the agency began using new and more modest software with it's full body scanners. the new software is being tested at mccarren international hospital in las vegas. the change comes from widespread complaints of the wide body scanners. >>> the next time you book a flight you will most likely play more. american airlines is adding $5, united and continental are charging $3 more each day. southwest has not added any more surcharges. this is the fifth increase since december. jet fuel prices have gone up recently. >>> how often do you pick up the yellow pages. san francisco's plans to ban them. and how it's already running into interference. >>> we had to guard our streets every single day. >>

system that preserve peace among the great powers and up to the present day with cases from latin america, middle east, and spread the net as widely as possible to get a different cultures at different times times, non stay actors trying to figure out these magical moments occur. let me tell you what i found. i will tell you buy just telling you the story of one particular case. that is the case of the united states and great britain. the case which today we take for granted the a dsm how the u.s. and great britain were ideas, a partner '04 one and world war ii know the special relationships. up from 1700 breaking away from the british empire when the british kindly burn down the white house to the balance of 19th century, britain was enemy number one. in the uk america was number one. we kept our cruisers that the ready and troops on the border and almost went to war on numerous occasions but everything starts to change 1895 and the precipitating event is a dispute that breaks out from venezuela of the border and you say what does that have to do with anglo-american relations? united states keep

adviser brant scowcroft about his views on the current revolts across north africa and the middle east as well as america's relationship with russia and that's our interview next. mr scowcroft thank you very much for joining altie you belong to the school of foreign policy realists that's what they say they say and you're republican with a career stretching across five american x. administrations so i would like to discuss several foreign policy issues with you in your view what are the consequences for the u.s. middle east policy after the toppling of mubarak in egypt and ben ali in tunisia you know one is always caught off guard by revolutions. because there are a surprise if there were a surprise to president ben ali and to president mubarak it's hardly unusual it would be a surprise to the united states. the instabilities in the region are of course all b.s. and have been for a long time the question is can they be handled can they be dealt with in any thoughtful sensible way or does it have to involve. unrest and violence. and i think. we have to wait and see so far the egyptian crisis has been manage

look in the book at corporations that are doing good work of being good citizens projecting america in the middle eastment i think our state department has reached a better approach, come to a better approach to do the work they do in the region. we certainly are way beyond where we were in the charlotte years. there's stuff going on in the arab world at the same time that's horrible. there's an uneven balance. i think we're better off than we were a decade ago, but i also think we have some really difficult problems to solve that are not getting any easier. >> host: you mentioned charlotte beris. i had to be reminded of this incident after 9/11. what was her idea of public diplomacy? >> guest: uncle ben's rice, ect.. she was somebody who when she got the job to sell america abroad, some folks in the, in our work said why are they appointing her? i thought, gosh, if she's as good at doing this as she was in her other stuff, let's give her a chance. i went to see her. she said what do i do? i said listen. she didn't listen. her idea of marketing brand america without paying attention to what peopl

remains very strong in asia the man is coming back in america the man is very strong latin america the middle east and the middle africa so all around you see more consumption of oil so all that coupled with the printing of money that occur in the last quarter of two thousand and ten prepare all the environment for prices to be above one hundred so in my opinion prices above one hundred were only a question of when and how soon rather than this one happened. ok we see brant prices rose past one hundred two dollars per barrel but what price can we expect to see in the near future. i think that now that the prices have the size of really broken through the one hundred a lot mark the question will be whether we go to one ten or thereabouts not whether we go down to seventy i think one of the concerns but they clearly among the producers is whether we're going to have the same situation we had in two thousand and eight when we had some major price corrections when the price fell to roughly forty dollars based on where global demand is flowing now that was the bowl before retreat similar to what w

. >> one thing that always seems to happen in these situations especially in the middle east is americaes front and center one way or the other no matter what the administration is in d.c., they are either doing something right or wrong. so far america's role, how do you see it? >> damned if it does, damned if it doesn't. and it's a very difficult situation to be in right now. president hosni mubarak alluded to foreign pressure in his speech yesterday. and it's essentially trying to say it doesn't matter who calls me, i'm not going anywhere. >> we're going to see because that's pretty much where the stalemate stands right now. the army is out. the protestors are out. history is being made. thank you for stopping by. >> my pleasure. >> guys? >> thank you for your perspective. phil matier and dr. ibrahim. thanks so much. >>> the time now is 6:53. the search for a missing couple takes a deadly turn. how a body found in a bay area motel could be connected to the disappearance. >>> got a story idea or comment you would like to share with us? email brian@cbs5.com. we'll be right back. switchi

better position to create jobs that helps small businesses and to stand up for middle-class and working families throughout america, so when you contrast what we are doing to what republicans have done, it makes it easier for people to contribute, and when they see there is a path to victory, they are more willing to support greater that is what has been happening very good >> you have been traveling around the country. can you talk about what you have been doing? >> we started recruiting on a 1. -- on day one. we measured our losses for about three hours, and then we got back to work. this is a very aggressive tone we have set a very good what is essential is to win the quality of our recruits, so we assembled a committee. we have progressive, new democrats, and they are working with me every thursday morning, going over all those seats but will be in play. i have been to arizona, illinois. congresswoman shorts just came back from washington state's. we have been to minnesota, so we are deploying our around the country, trying to get the best people we can regard >> i read that you like going into the district to

middle class under the bus. republican plan if you read it carefully sends one message to america's middle-class and the unemployed, we don't care about you. they want to cut spending half states to repair highways and bridges. they want to cut the social security administration so so social security offices) month next year. these will help put america back to work, won't help, and keep the lights out. republicans want to cut $758 million from the women and children program. that program provides funding to keep low income mothers, sin to be mothers as well as children, food and health care referrals. the program was signed into law by the great icon, president reagan to witch of republicans in congress pray every day as their patron saint. these are just a few at samples of the disastrous cuts republicans are proposing. they don't cut defense even though the secretary of defense is desperately calling on us to stop buying weapons. they seem to think the wealthy have no responsibility to this country or those who have less fortunate lives in it but republicans don't understand the idea of investing. paul krugman

bill were the book ends of the middle class prosperity. america exploded economically. the only reason that pie was divided was because americans and veterans return hg a chance to educate themselves like no generation had before and to participate in security of the american dream. and the only reason wages rose is because one-third of the work force was organized and they secured those higher wages and the ripple effect across our economy is no accident, jim. since 1979 since when unions have been in full retreat in this country, from 1979 to 2009, the median income dropped by 2%. >> you've got schools where you get rid of all the good young teachers because of the rules, you've got california prison workers who were retiring at age 55 with $130,000 a year. i'm not against unions, but when things get out of whack and you have these sorts of us sustainable costs, you have to adjust it. and i'm not saying you have to bust it. it has toe adjusted. >> lehrer: do you think, there's a lot of talk now that the senate democrats and the house republicans are going to make a de