i think what but mr bernanke he was was pointing out in his speech actually is that now you need to see something more from the government from fiscal policy you need to see help with mortgages in the u.s. you need to see structural reforms it's not enough just to print more dollars and help the hope that by printing more dollars you're going to print your way out of the current the current mess the problem in the us is fiscal and structural and i think that's where this debate i think is hoping that the government will now focus i think that's what needs to be done what can be done for with the structural reforms in your opinion. they need to go but they need to create the sort of stimulus stimulus which gets businesses back to doing all businesses do which is investing and growing their economy but you know that's easy to say it's extremely difficult to do the size of the sort of structural reforms that are facing the u.s. right now. very large and just briefly if we go back to three what do you think will be the reaction for emerging markets is this a bad decision for them. in the sh

current the current mess the problem in the us is fiscal and structural and i think that's where mr bernanke is hoping that the governor will now focus. oh let's take a look at the markets so oil prices are slightly higher this hour this wide sneers hurricane irene could disrupt the primary production on the east coast of the us let's take a look at precious metals gold is gaining in stack over eighteen hundred dollars an ounce some of us despite the fact playing off talks have more necessary since in late september over and they were as stocks are in the black although the dow is the limiting are in their gains and restaurants have also been reacting to all this they you know how you can see my son's move which turned out to be slightly higher but still shows i want a faith in the u.s. economy. and the european stocks closed in the red they managed to recover some of the losses after the fed's chairman suffered some sort and has the tools if necessary simple servent harmony. and here russia both the my sex and the arts yes closed in the black of the arts yes at points eight percent of the m

certainly help in the short term it would help commodities it would help risk assets but i think mr bernanke is really looking forward to the to the longer term as well thinking about the longer term as well and by reacting very rapidly to what's been happening in financial markets in the last few weeks it may look like panic and therefore it although it would help in the short term i'm not sure that's true about the longer term so what do we expect from the markets right now after the speech. i think they're going to switch a look to where the problem really exists right now which is in europe so they'll be watching europe next week to see whether or not it's in europe continue to react as badly as they have been in recent weeks if that happens then without standing behind to make some positive statements. but i think you can see some further weakness in the markets i want now for the u.s. economy and for that out of the global economy there's a high dose of cost pumped into it and interest rates are now low what else can be done. well. i think what but mr bernanke he was pointing out in hi

or in europe when mr bernanke it prints money. says the value of the u.s. dollar devalues the dollar makes commodity prices go up and that causes inflationary headaches to enjoy so everything is interconnected money printing and stimulus in the u.s. is not good for the rest of the world ok let's talk about some of this and asian economies in the u.s. get its house in order as you say china holds the most u.s. debt has already weighed into washington failing to pull the problem in the vice president joe biden is actually off to beijing on a reassurance mission health skeptical is china. china is extremely skeptical they must be very worried if i was the biggest holder of u.s. treasuries i'd be worried too because the u.s. government is printing money like there is no tomorrow mr bernanke is unleashed huge amounts of stimulus and the us will never ever default in nominal terms because they have the printing press to control the world's reserve currency so they can always print money and pay back the creditors the question really is in what purchasing power ar

these fiscal and structural and i think that's where mr bernanke is hoping that the governor will now focus. part let's take a look at the markets or oil prices are down despite fears that hurricane irene could this truck refinery production on the east coast over the last and after a steep thirty six hours selloff in the gold market process not always stuck between gains and losses on monday it reached a record high of ninety one hundred dollars per ounce and this was followed by a fluke day correction. pull over and then you want to start lower ahead of time for ninety minutes only call they need but they are now limits and losses investors have also been reacting to all this thing allan consumer sentiment which turned out to be slightly higher but still shows a lack of faith in the economy. and the european stocks are recovering some of their losses as the fed chairman said the central. and has tools if necessary to bolster the economy. and the cycle of what's happening if you're ever on. both the arts yes and the my sex clothes the trade in session poses of territory there we go w

mr. bernanke and mr. greenspan mr.er, all of these fed chairmen, they use that money as a political tool. because instead of lending money at these ridiculously low rates, they should make those people that have the money borrow from each other. and they should stipulate when they lend out this money that if you're not going to use this money to create jobs in this country, to create and manufacturer things that people need to use, not toys, not games, things that people need, help the average citizen to be able to borrow money at a reasonable interest rate. you got people borrowing money, the average man borrowing money at 18%, 19%. they can't even pay it. they get a credit card and never pay it off. you have the republicans who want to blame everything on obama. obama doesn't have the money. he doesn't control the money. he was elected to preside over this country, and he's trying to do the best he can. but you have people that would have slavery where you would have to pay anyone, anything instead of a livable wage

mr. bernanke and mr. greenspan mr.cker, all of these fed chairmen, they use that money as a political tool. because instead of lending money at these ridiculously low rates, they should make those people that have the money borrow from each other. and they should stipulate when they lend out this money that if you're not going to use this money to create jobs in this country, to create and manufacturer things that people need to use, not toys, not games, things that people need, help the average citizen to be able to borrow money at a reasonable interest rate. you got people borrowing money, the average man borrowing money at 18%, 19%. they can't even pay it. they get a credit card and never pay it off. you have the republicans who want to blame everything on obama. obama doesn't have the money. he doesn't control the money. he was elected to preside over this country, and he's trying to do the best he can. but you have people that would have slavery where you would have to pay anyone, anything instead of a livable wag

mr. bernanke has already opened the fed's books, posting thousands of pages of its internal actions online. he is the first fed chairman to hold press conferences. during a roundtable with small business owners, perry also had harsh words for the president's economic plan. >> reporter: but perry held his fire when this came to republican front-runner mitt romney. romney, who was also in new hampshire today, returned the favor. >> he's a fine guy, fine governor. we'll get a chance to debate. >> reporter: as former governor of neighboring massachusetts, romney is considered the favorite in new hampshire, where he's made a point of appeal to independent voters who can vote in the republican primary. some political analysts say that to win over those independent voters, perry needs to tone down his texas conservatism, but today, perry held fast to positions with tea party appeal. he said he doesn't believe that human activity contributes to global warming, and that the congressional deal president obama signed to avoid default was a mistake. >> no, i would not have signed it. >> reporter: so f

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asia generally speaking are in a lot healthier state than they are in the us or in europe and when mr bernanke it prints money debases the value of the u.s. dollar devalues the dollar and makes commodity prices go up and that causes inflationary headaches in asia. without a now the libyan government has reportedly fired a tactical ballistic rocket for the first time in the country's conflict a scud missile is said to have been aimed at rebel forces but landed about eighty kilometers off target in the desert it comes as the front moves closer to the stronghold with fierce battles raging in the city of zawiya just about fifteen kilometers from tripoli meanwhile libya's interior minister and his family have a hold will be flown to cairo in his private jet with colonel gadhafi his position now appearing shaky the excursion to egypt looks more like defection that according to a former u.s. diplomat in libya. he says he and his family are there on a tourist research although we haven't seen pictures of him and his kids and on camels in front of the pyramids eating ice cream it seems like he really h

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make some positive statements and i think you could see some further weakness in the markets what mr bernanke he was pointing out in his speech actually is that now you need to see something more from the government from fiscal policy you need to see help with mortgages in the u.s. you need to see structural reforms it's not enough just to print more dollars and help hope that by printing more dollars you're going to print your way out of the current the current mess the problem in the u.s. these fiscal and structural and i think that's where. the government will now focus . but let's take a look at the market so oil prices are down despite fears that the hurricane irene could this stuff will finally production on the east coast over the last and after a steep thirty six hours sell off in the gold market the precious metal are stuck between danes and losses on monday it reached a record high of ninety one hundred dollars per ounce and this was followed by a three day correction. all over and they go as stocks opened lower ahead of plan by nine thousand students only call the need but they are

make some positive statements and i think you could see some further weakness of the markets what mr bernanke he was pointing out in his speech actually is that now you need to see something more from the government from fiscal policy you need to see help with mortgages in the u.s. you need to see structural reforms it's not enough just to print more dollars and help the hope that by printing more dollars you're going to print your way out of the current the current mess the problem in the us is fiscal and structural and i think that's where this debate i think is hoping that the government will now focus . on a second look at the markets so oil prices are a mix this hour that's following fears hurricane irene could disrupt the final production on the east coast on thursday why us. and gold is again in slightly as the fact puts off talks of monetary easing so late september when we had earlier this high was eighteen hundred dollars an ounce and that was the expectations ben bernanke of what man said further economic stimulus in the u.s. economy. over in the u.s. stocks opened lower ahead of b

asia generally speaking are in a lot healthier state than they are in the us or in europe and when mr bernanke you prince money this is the of the us dollar devalues the dollar and makes commodity prices go up and that causes inflationary headaches in asia. and those whose very words send the global markets into a spin around the far themselves as this investigation where the s. and p. is partly behind the two thousand and eight crisis report on growing doubts about the credibility of the ratings agency that's in the next hour. this week pressure has been melting again on the syrian leader bashar al assad the us and european leaders called for him to step down but russia refused to support the motion saying a search should be given time to implement promised reforms and scums in the wake of the crackdown on regime protesters bizarre to use more if emotional reports from the front line while the west sees the government's action as oppression some in syria see it as liberation. job is done the city liberated there is or in the east of the country has become the last syrian city the army left af

asia generally speaking are in a lot healthier state than they are in the us or in europe and when mr bernanke prints money this is the value of the u.s. dollar devalues the dollar and makes commodity prices go up and that causes inflationary headaches in asia. and imo stories to a few to come this hour here on our we look at the remains of the past two thirds of americans say the fifty year deal on cuba must be lifted so who's really benefiting from keeping it in place. all right time now for the world update now hundreds of protesters were arrested in india as they gathered in new delhi to demand the release of a prominent anti corruption activist police detained seventy three years old. right before he started what was deemed an illegal hunger strike she had been urging officials to toughen the legislation in the bribery plate country. the israeli parliament has interrupted its summer break to discuss the growing social protests across the country started this summer to demonstrate against soaring housing prices in the cost of food fuel and education politicians will debate what can be done

asia generally speaking are in a lot healthier state than they are in the us or in europe i'm when mr bernanke prints money tom davis is the dollar value of the u.s. dollar devalues the dollar and makes commodity prices go up and that causes inflationary headaches and i. go to my website ality dot com for the news you want to watch when you want to watch it plus you can check anything you've missed here and screen its own line for you as well here's a quick look at the stories there at the moment. i thirty year prison sentence shops the u.s. state of indiana was the person convicted for murder was just twelve years only and didn't even pull the trigger. in the room since two men were savaged by sharks emotions for a reason of the choice to be coming in the south of the country as a crocodile goes on the rampage at all to you don't come across more all of our best videos on you choose child. news today violence is once again flared up. and these are the images that have been seeing from the streets of canada. trying to operations through today. this week pressure has been mounting again on the

make some positive statements and i think you could see some further weakness in the markets what mr bernanke he was pointing out in his speech actually is that now you need to see something more from the government from fiscal policy you need to see help with mortgages in the u.s. you need to see structural reforms it's not enough just to print more dollars and help the hope that by printing more dollars you're going to print your way out of the current the current mess the problem in the us is fiscal and structural and i think that's where this debate and he is hoping that the government will now focus . and let's take a look at the markets so oil prices are slightly higher this hour despite fears hurricane irene could disrupt refinery production on the east coast of the us let's take a look at the precious metals gold is gaining unspanked at over eighteen hundred dollars an ounce some of us despite the fact putting off talks of monetary easing this in late september over in the u.s. stocks are in the black although of the dow is the limiting are in their their hands and masters have also b

not only me but a lot of people are expecting that mr bernanke you will find for the possible one party feeling. free but the most probable scenario that they will announce the program of. u.s. treasuries buyback are on the lam longer end of the curve this is the basics of their market is expected by the if they will provide some more markets will be more happy well it seems before these fed meetings the traders did not pay so much attention as they do now is that true. to walk to gold and then to to the fed meetings to bank statements. well actually it seems to me that especially today these attention is really high and actually better than kids didn't supposed to tell anything from these meeting. or here right now have to write all joining the way we have seen precious metals which shading mixed gold was up silver was down why is that. i think that the gold is just sort of on all time cries. before these meeting people or want to have some profits because if there will be some positive comments from bernanke and the market will reverse the positive side maybe gold will be sold off a b

asia generally speaking are in a lot healthier state than they are in the us or in europe and when mr bernanke prints money this is the value of the u.s. dollar devalues the dollar and makes commodity prices go up and that causes inflationary headaches in asia. this week. the u.s. and. russia refused to support the. promised reforms. while the. oppression. job is done the city liberated there is or in lease of the country has become good last syrian city and left after clearing all extremists struck have been terrorizing his citizens for weeks the military claim is that he's bandits blocked their rights put up barricades it became a city with a hiding we were just like hostages. soldiers of the syrian army i live in the city of their near the iraqi border. officials are saying operation is now over that the city has been freed from armed groups as you can see people are welcome in the soldiers as the waiters patois tanks have been trying to make their way through jubilant crowds thousands of kilometers away in the white house a decision has already matured president bashar al assad is the one

economy is in asia generally speaking are a lot healthier they are in the us or in europe and when mr bernanke in prince money. says the value of the u.s. dollar devalues the dollar and makes commodity prices go up and that causes inflationary headaches in. my case the more international news this hour now and our friends at palace. have been forced to flee a un camp in the syrian port of attack here shelling by government troops the latest military assault aimed at reducing our protesters has claimed around thirty five since saturday nights of its report random gunfire raids and house to house arrest of violence twin city itself the gumboots it's help to crush the five month of the uprising against president. an australian man arrested in the u.s. attack on a sydney teenager in which a fake bomb was attacked and there. broke into the girl's family home and change the device for ten hours before a bomb how was she wasn't hurt and the devices. later found to contain no traces we still think it was an extortion attempt even though initial reports for grants of land proved wrong. israeli airstrik

make some positive statements and i think you could see some further weakness of the markets what mr bernanke he was pointing out in the speech actually is that now you need to see something more from the government from fiscal policy you need to see help with mortgages in the u.s. you need to see structural reforms it's not enough just to print more dollars and help the hope that by printing more dollars you're going to print your way out of the current mess the problem in the us is fiscal and structural and i think that's where this debate and he is hoping that the government will now focus. but let's have a look at the markets we'll start with the well one says there are mixed feelings fears hurricane irene could disrupt refinery production on the east coast of the last goal this came in slightly as the fab has coughed marks of monetary easing some late september early on had earlier traded as high as eighteen hundred dollars an ounce when expectations were nine to put himself further economics than the u.s. and the us economy. tell us about what's happened what gives us stocks they opened

make some positive statements and i think you could see some further weakness in the markets what mr bernanke he was pointing out in his speech actually is that now you need to see something more from the government from fiscal policy you need to see help with mortgages in the u.s. you need to see structural reforms is not enough just to print more dollars and help hope that by printing more dollars you're going to print your way out of the current mess the problem in the us is fiscal and structural and i think that's where. the governor will now focus. like a look at the markets so oil prices are next this hour following fears hurricane irene could disrupt the fiery production on the east coast over the last. gold is going to have sprang out over eighteen hundred dollars an hour and some that's the spy putting off talks of not necessarily ease into late september as a look at what's happening over in the grass stocks opened lower ahead of ben bernanke instance only on the part have made a comment that says land and that serves have also been reacting to all those that are on consumer sentime

asia generally speaking are in a lot healthier state band they are in the us or in europe and when mr bernanke prints money this is the value of the u.s. dollar devalues the dollar and makes commodity prices go up and that causes inflationary headaches in asia. now the majority of americans think it's time to lift the fifty year old embargo against cuba but the government doesn't appear to be listening. for to find out because the powerful anti castro a lot he doesn't want to see it go. cuba ninety miles from america's shores and for fifty two years a world apart following the cuban revolution in one nine hundred fifty nine the u.s. imposed an embargo on all trade investment in travel an attempt to bring down the communist government official castro. some of the cubans who fled the island for the u.s. push to keep this agenda alive and so the castro lobby was born they give a lot of money you know u.s. elections are in fact privately financed so they've been able to figure out how to play the game so even though there are a small percentage of the population they play very big in a key swing s

taking place right now the results are due out in a few hours and are expected to impact sentiment mr bernanke you will be in for the possible i wanted to freezing. free but the most probable scenario that they will announce the program of. u.s. treasuries buyback are on their way and one of the end of the cure for this is the basics of their market is expected but if they will provide some more market will be more happy kevin's next will headlines to say well. world's. bringing you the latest in science stem technology from around russia. we've got the future covered. for the full story we've got it first hand the biggest issues get the human voice face to face with the news makers on. the. line the rush is going to be soon which brightened if you knew about song from funniest impressions. means for instance on t.v. dot com. life marty h.q. in central moscow thank you for being with us these are all top news stories this half hour thousands of police move on to the streets of london but provide new violence all been taken after three days of this order of a five hundred people have been arres

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is taking place right now results are due out in the one hour sun expected to impact sentiment mr bernanke you will find for the possible quantity freezing. free but the most probable scenario that they will announce the program or warned us treasuries buy bear curve on the end of the cure. this is the basics their market is expecting but if they will provide more market will be more happy all right well i'll see you in fifteen minutes time if you can join me of course for a business update kind of next level. see the british. market. find out what's really happening to the global economy. the no holds barred look at the global financial headlines kaiser report. hungry for the full scale we've got. the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news maker.

have the courage to break in there and have the government really do something but mr krueger and mr bernanke you have really made it clear that we cannot expect that from the government and so i would be surprised if obama says anything much different from what he's been saying speaking of more of the same though and you mentioned ben bernanke e.u. argue that we're just going to see more of the same without a reserve policies and that seems to be the big takeaway from friday's speech that bernie every did not indicate that he will do anything new at this point he passed the buck back to a sense of the administration saying hey we need fiscal solutions to get out of long term unemployment and some of these major problems do you agree with them or disagree. but i think that he is quietly limited by two things the federal reserve is an agency whose job it is to increase the money supply and to bring down interest rates as a way to stimulate the economy they've done massive amounts of that and it doesn't suffice so they would like to get some help from the fiscal side from the treasury in terms

which is taking place right now results are due out in a one hour sign expected to impact sentiment mr bernanke you will find for the possible quantity freezing but free but the most probable scenario that they will announce the program of. u.s. treasuries buyback are on the way and one of the end of the cure for this is the basics their market is expecting but if they will provide some more market will be more. all right well i'll see you in fifteen minutes time if you can join me of course for a business update ken is next with headlines. the british. market. find out what's really happening to the global economy. no holds barred global financial headlines comes a report. hungry for the full story we've got. the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news maker. one is kevin i mean this is a team from moscow let me take you through our top stories thousands of police move on to the streets of london to prevent new violence or looting after three days of disorder over five hundred people have been arrested after the. u.s. stocks fall but the losses following the biggest slump i

mr. bernanke and his colleagues are doing the right thing to the extent they can offset the opportunities. it's interesting that ben bernanke, a george push appointee originally warned congress not to do too much cutting in the short term. he said we've got a longer term deficit problems. he said in the short term, the cuts you're talking about are head winds against the economy. he's doing everything he can. but we need to do now something on the fiscal front. it's now overwhelming, borrow from your country's history. the late 40s, prime minutester, he called harry truman and said, look, i'm facing a terrible economic crisis postwar. i cannot continue the inter international efforts to maintain the british remnants of empire. if you want to do it, fine. the time has come to recognize the crisis, withdraw from iraq, afghanistan, tell our good friends in europe that the cold war is long since over. they're well able to defend themselves. it's time to substantially reduce the worldwide military commitment, put some of that to deficit reduction. but save some immediately. to help save local

mr. bernanke be getting his wallet out here? >> this is a pretty tough thing. all the changes we saw in financial reform. now for the fed to do more extraordinary measures to get people to borrow and invest money in this country, they actually have congressional approval, you hear qe-3 thrown around, it's unclear if that would be effective. but it would have to get approval from congress which brings us back to that problem. it's really going to be a last resort effort for the fed to try to do more. they do meet next week, by the way, piers, but interest rates are almost zero so there's not very much they can do in terms of their traditional path. they're going to need congress. >> and a li, on the stimulus that president obama brought in. is it widely accepted this has failed? >> it's widely accepted that it was not nearly as effective as anybody thought it was going to be. some call it an outright failure. some say its effectiveness -- it wasn't exercised with any precision. here's the danger, though. predecision works both ways, whether it's stimulus or whet

mr. bernanke and his colleagues have been doing the right thing. offsetting some of the negative tendencies. it's interesting that ben bernanke warned congress not to do too much cutting in the short-term the last time he testified. he said we have a longer term deficit problem. you've got to deal with that. but in the short-term, these cuts you're talking about are head winds against the economy. so the thing now is he's doing everything he can. but that we need to do something now on the fiscal front. i think it is now overwhelming. piers, i'm going to borrow from your country's history. in the late 40s, the prime minister called truman saying i'm facing a terrible economic crisis. i can't continue the efforts to maintain british remnants of empire. if you want to do it, fine. the time has come for us to recognize the terrible crisis here in the economy and withdraw from iraq, withdraw from afghanistan, tell our good friends in europe that the cold war is long since over, they are well able to defend themselves. it is time for us to substantially

mr. bernanke noted and i think the president's politics would be ill served. >> all right. head of center for american progress at this clean energy sun it there where vice president is biden is supposed to speak later. thank you for getting up early for me. >>> up next, as rick perry gets ready for his first presidential debate, we're looking at some of the game tape studying his debate demeanor. how will perry's presence change the dynamic on stage? a preview of the upcoming nbc politico debate. but first, at 6'4", abraham lincoln was the tallest u.s. president. who was the shortest? tweet me the answer. the first correct answer coming up. my name's jeff. i'm a dad, coach, and i was a longtime smoker. in my heart i knew for the longest time that did not want to be a smoker. and the fact that i failed before. i think i was discouraged for a very long time. ♪ knowing that i could smoke during the first week was really important to me. [ male announcer ] chantix is a non-nicotine pill proven to help people quit smoking. [ jeff ] chantix reduced my urge to smoke, and personal