it's the the line of argument that mr ferrars uses here for mr cameron has become the spokesman of ukip has become the spokesman of mr ferrars with of course against the european union i never would have expected this from the tory party because the tory party in the past did understand our interest is to at least keep one foot in europe and not to leave it one hundred percent this is over now and it's a pity because our liberal friends in the united kingdom are also in government they have a different agenda they have a pro european agenda and you could see that labor has won from two or three percent in after the speech or with the cameron so it's not that all the british share his view ok tony again it looks like it's his domestic politics here it looks like a game of chicken to me. i think that's very true i think the point about mr ferrars is an accurate one cameron is clearly trying to marginalize them but i keep coming back to this point it's not about markets and it's not about regulation it's about democratic accountability you know if there's a political project called europe

suppose putting it simply he's trying to show that britain still cares about these two countries mr cameron does have his critics though there are those that claim that really what he's trying to do is protect britain's own interests after all libya and syria are among the top five producing all countries in africa. let's get more perspective now on the prime minister's visit with ben harris queeny chair of tory think tank the. now mr harris queeny why would the prime minister ignore his own foreign ministry as travel warnings then and go to libya it's a volatile area why was this visit so important for him. well firstly i don't think david cameron is ignoring the foreign office advice david cameron's visit to libya is of course under very different circumstances to most british citizens that may be in libya or maybe visiting libya he went there with very high security and rightly so and so he's of course in doing so acknowledging the curacy wrist but also acknowledging the importance of showing british support for democracy in libya and showing that britain remains steadfast in its commitm

suppose putting it simply he's trying to show that britain still cares about these two countries mr cameron does have his critics though there are those that claim that really what he's trying to do is protect britain's own interests after all libya and syria are among the top five producing all countries in africa were earlier my colleagues are buying what. queenie the chair of conservative think tank the boat group who insisted that david cameron's visit to the view is a move to support democracy in the country. i think the reason for his visit there is is to show the support that britain and the u.k. government wants to give northern african countries that that wish to tradition to democracy although not necessarily in military terms there are other ways we can give support libya algeria in that top five advocate of oil producers together pumping out eighty five percent of the continent's black gold do you maintain that britain's interests in them has nothing to do with that i mean we are rich in this facing some economic tough times right now so are we moving back to north africa for th

suppose putting it simply he's trying to show that britain still cares about these two countries mr cameron does have his critics though there are those that claim that really what he's trying to do is protect britain's own interests after all libya are among the top five producing all countries in africa and reform our correspondents giving us an update there on david cameron's a visit to libya. while they were cameron splashes out a broader it's a different story at home british taxpayers quite follow made revelations of baghdad judy hikes with a complicating what some say is an already bloated tax system feeding the u.k. for coffers that's coming up shortly. the u.s. senate has started a confirmation hearing of one of president obama's most controversial choices for a key job in his team chuck hagel nominated to be the new defense secretary has been under fire for his stance towards iran and is accused of being anti israel argy is gay and she can explains why certain political groups are so against his candidacy. chuck hagel has been under attack since his name was floated as president o

suppose putting it simply he's trying to show that britain still cares about these two countries mr cameron does have his critics though there are those that claim that really what he's trying to do is protect britain's own interests after all libya and syria are among the top five producing all countries in africa. david cameron splash it out of broadway it's a different story at home british taxpayers quite well that made revelations of baghdad judy hikes further complicating what something is an already bloated texas to feed in the u.k. it's called for this that's coming up shortly. wealthy british study all. the time but let's go to. market why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike stronger for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into kinds a report. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and realize everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm sorry welcome to the big picture. thank. you watching archie it's go

suppose putting it simply he's trying to show that britain still cares about these two countries mr cameron does have his critics though there are those that claim that really what he's trying to do is protect britain's own interests after all libya and algeria are among the top five producing all countries in africa. earlier i spoke to ben harris queeny chair of tory think tank of the bol group who insists that david cameron's visit to libya is a move to support democracy in the country. where the growth of al qaeda has been limited in countries like afghanistan it has grown in north africa and so the arrival of the sort of terrorist acts and arm rests in northern africa in northern africa is i think to be expected and that's what david cameron has said i think the reason for his visit there is is to show the support that britain and the u.k. government wants to give northern african countries that wish to tradition to democracy although not necessarily in military terms there are other ways we can give support training is one advice on on economic growth is another and i think that's the

suppose putting it simply he's trying to show that britain still cares about these two countries mr cameron does have his critics though there are those that claim that really what he's trying to do is protect britain's own interests after all libya and syria are among the top five producing all countries in africa. well david cameron splash it out of broadway it's a different story at home british taxpayers quite well that made revelations of baghdad judy hikes further complicating what something is an already bloated texas to feed in the u.k. it's called that's coming up shortly. wealthy british scientists are. tireless let's go right out of. the market why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike stronger for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into kinds a report. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so for you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and realize that everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm sorry welcome to the big picture. thank. you wat

well politicians tend always to say we'll be in and then we'll be in sync mr cameron knows that this will take time i don't imagine that he is thinking of committing british ground troops to north africa but there's a lot we can do in terms of intelligence technology logistics i think it does have to be done the question really is how can we afford not to. there was the thought that france went in because of possible uranium resources there what is britain's interests that. well i think britain's interest is in having stability on the if you like the southern front flank of nato just across the mediterranean from from western europe. i don't accept these conspiracy theories about minerals i think it's really about knowing that we have we have stable neighbors stable neighbors but at the same time britain openly backs rebels who are known to have sort of attachments to al qaeda and other islamist groups there so where then is the consistency. sort of what rebel groups of those in syria. yes well if i say read anything that is more of a geo political in terms of security and not resour

suppose putting it simply he's trying to show that britain still cares about these two countries mr cameron does have his critics though there are those that claim that really what he's trying to do is protect britain's own interests after all libya and syria are among the top five producing all countries in africa and reform our correspondents giving us an update there on david cameron's a visit to libya while they were cameron splashes out a broader it's a different story at home british taxpayers quite follow amid revelations of baghdad judy hikes with a complicating what some say is an already bloated tax system feeding the u.k. scoffers that's coming up shortly. the u.s. senate has started a confirmation hearing of one of president obama's most controversial choices for a key job in his team chuck hagel nominated to be the new defense secretary has been under fire for his stance towards iran and is accused of being anti israel arches gana gigi can explain why certain political groups are so against his candidacy. chuck hagel has been under attack since his name was floated those presid

suppose putting it simply is trying to show that britain still cares about these two countries mr cameron does have his critics though there are those that claim that really what he's trying to do is protect britain's own interests after all libya and algeria are among the top five producing all countries in africa. let's get more perspective now on the prime minister's visit with ben harris queeny chair of tory think tank the bulk group now mr harris queeny why would the prime minister ignore his own foreign ministries travel warnings then and go to libya it's a volatile area why was this visit so important for him. well firstly i don't think david cameron is ignoring the foreign office advice david cameron's visit to libya is of course under very different circumstances to most british citizens that may be in libya or maybe visiting libya he went there with very high security and rightly so and so he's of course in doing so acknowledging the wrist but also acknowledging the importance of showing british support for democracy in libya and showing that britain remains steadfast in its com

independence party a pleasure to see you today i'm sure you are having a very close watch on mr cameron's speech in fact we all know you and i have spoken in the past you have little love for britain's membership of the e.u. and now you've got a referendum on the shed you will or hopefully perhaps on the show jewel are you satisfied. well i think firstly rory we must say that cameron is only given this speech because of the strength of ukip in the polls at the moment we're polling around fourteen to fifteen percent so in effect we forced him into a corner because ten years ago nobody was talking about brittany the leaving the e.u. or really a referendum and it's a testament to the hard way if you keep numbers that this is now on the agenda however what i will say is i think this is an attempt by cameron to kick this issue with the long grass we're talking about a referendum five years down the line and it's all dependent on whether he wins the next general election or not and we know that if you look at the polls today it's showing quite clearly that cameron will struggle to win the elect

today how they fare in these challenging times so i'm going back a bit later on talking about how mr cameron get saw. thank you very much indeed for that update on his business host creative people will be talking to him later of course. jordanian mates who boycotted wednesday's election claimed the world was rigged and its results will and to mine the future parliament's credibility the government however hails depaul as a gradual step towards democracy in a motorcade bouncin a wave of protests spurred by the arab spring and government has more from the jordanian capital for us right now. despite a boycott by the muslim brotherhood and other opposition groups and jordan's first parliamentary election since the start of the arab spring turnout was quite high according to election officials more than fifty six percent of the country's two point three million registered voters came out to cast their ballots this is higher than in the last parliamentary elections in this country the muslim brotherhood and opposition activists meanwhile dismissed the results as illegitimate saying that voter tur

and implicitly therefore they should vote for him at the election in order to get that chance so mr cameron is effectively trying to eliminate the threat posed by the u.k. independence party and push labor and liberal democrats into what he considers to be an unpopular position with voters of denying voters an opportunity to decide the e.u. future so the north a lot of domestic politics involved in this initiative ok before i go to robert i mean it's quite transparent isn't it i mean it's cynical politics i mean how does the average briton feel about this or can you say that about an average agree on this i think i think the average briton won't really mind if they.

your correspondents are first reporting right now mr cameron loses popularity at home and some analysts say the renewed debate over the falkland islands just could be a distraction to distract attention away from the issues the government is failing to address. it's a great issue that it's come up again because the economy here is in dire straits and austerity is really biting people are very unhappy with what he's doing and so i see david cameron is very much. to the greenback the average of ninety two and the people's attentions here from the very popular things that he's doing for this issue to come up now is very timely because the government is well down in the opinion polls the government is really unpopular i can't recall him becoming so on populous so quickly and so i think that he will want to keep this in the news headlines he's why he's reacting in such a sort of strong way. to watching r.t. live from moscow in a flying dispute in northern ireland causes fresh loyalists of violence coming apart on the programme there are few quiet nights in belfast anymore the city is plagued

from mr david cameron used the hostage crisis in algeria to delay his announcement on britain's future role within the e.u. also calling the leader of the u.k. independence party nigel farage it's after the pm was forced to cancel for his speech on the issue now to sort of caught up with the you could lead to discuss the released extracts from the would be address. key to the ongoing hostage crisis in algeria involving a number of british nationals amongst others the prime minister had to postpone that long awaited for speech on europe but nonetheless some extracts of what he was expected to say in that speech have been revealed to us more about that we're outside you are a powerhouse in london to talk to the leader of the u.k. independence party nigel for us the party that says we're better off out the. some of the excerpts that reveal quite a positive thing to that he does well positive in the sense of you know he's using euro skeptic language to pursue a euro agenda she exactly what harold wilson did forty years ago this speech is happening because of the rise of years ago and the r

mr. cameron, has said that it poses very bad news, what they're facing in the u.k., that several of the hostagess that several of them may actually be dead. again, no definite confirmation from the u.s. state department as of yet. back to you. ashley: it goes on as we speak. thank you so much. another round of big bank earnings out today, but the numbers are not looking so good for bankamerica. elizabeth macdonald here with the details. what is not so good? >> reporter: it's the cost. five years after the housing mess we are still seeing and cleaning up the housing mess. so what wall street analysts are telling me is, they don't think that bank of america can justify the cost basis in the longer. we know that both are laying off bank of america laying off 30,000 as of the fall of 2011. they have valet of 17,000 of those workers in december. the new ceo, laying off 11,000 workers command he also warned wall street at the time that revenues will be hit by $300 million because of the cost adjustments. also legal costs and regulatory costs that are hitting their bottom line. it cut $0.16 out of bank

mr. on over -- cameron over his stance. >> at a time when he's cutting the education budget by 11%, the transportget by 15% and the police budget by 20%, how can we even be giving up on a cut in the e.u. budget before the negotiations have begun? >> we have to make cuts in budgets, because we're dealing with a record debt and deficit. but if he wants to talk about consistency, perhaps he can explain why his own members of the european parliament voted against the budget freeze that we achieved last year? perhaps he can explain why the socialist group in the european parliament that he's such a proud member of are calling not for an increase in the budget, not for a freeze in the budget, but for a 200 billion euro increase in the budget? and while they're at it, they want to get rid of the rest of the british rebate. is that his policy? >> the reality is this: he can't convince anyone on europe. last year he announced out of the december negotiations with a veto and the agreement went ahead anyway. you've thrown in the towel even before these negotiations have begun. he can't convince european lea

mr. president, and a surprise move by the british prime minister that could affect the european union. david cameron a vote as to whether or not to stay in the european union, britain one of the e.u.'s largest economy, the most important financial center, and, oh, yes, the pound sterling at odds with the euro. markets up more than 4% year to date. my next guest says while some investors are still on the sidelines, we're beginning to see a little bit more interest. joining us now with his outlook for the markets and the economy, of course, chief investment strategist for ubs wealth management, mike ryan. mike, good to have you here. >> good to be here. lou: a lot of fun in the european union. start there. we're not hearing so much about the collapse of the e.u., david cameron has other ideas, but the reality seems to be that things are quieting down a bit over there and not influencing our markets nearly so much. >> i think that's fair. i think what we're seeing, really, in the eurozone is an absence of mall las. the last couple years, an existential crisis, would the euro and player survive? a lot h

mr. marlboro, is believed to have run the operation from his safe haven in mali. but the british prime minister, david camerond news. very difficult news. they already know one person who died but bracing for the worst. >> we'll hope for the best, though. >>> all right. well, the remodeled aurora, colorado, theater where 12 people were shot and killed has reopened for the first time in six months. those who lost loved ones and survivors were invited to attend what was billed as a special evening of remembrance, followed by a showing of "the hobbit." some relatives boycotted the event, calling it insensitive. but colorado's governor addressed the crowd, saying it's important not to let evil trump good. the theater is offering free movies to the public over the weekend. >>> a new york city elementary school placed on lockdown after a second grader brought a loaded gun to school. students say the 7-year-old boy was showing off the .22 caliber and a flair gun as well to classmates. terrified children were forced to take cover, hiding under desks. police say the boy's older brother may have put it in his backpack.

mr. speaker, can i stant by saying with this statement. on behalf of the opposition, that the government has our full support. >> british prime minister david cameronking about the hostage crisis in algeria. a raid where some hostages freed and some hostages killed. a few more details about how some managed to escape. forgive me for reading off my computer here. some actually disguised themselves as part of a catering company to sneak out during moments of chaos and managed to get through. one french national hid under a bed for more than 40 hours. a terrifying situation there. david cameron, who has expressed some regret that the british government wassan uninformed of the hostage raid to free them before it happened. >> we're still uncertain how many american hostages could be in captivity. trying to get answers to those questions for you. leave report coming up shortly. >>> let's get back to lance armstrong. a story we're talking about since the interview last night. john eustice, cycling analyst and he called lance armstrong's first tour de france victory. let me ask you off the bat what did you hear last night? >> i hear a lance armstrong tryi

mr. biden suggested president obama could change gun laws by executive orders rather than going through congress. how that might work, chief political correspondent, carl camerona hurry up offense. megyn. the vice-president today said, as we reported yesterday he'll make his recommendations on this coming tuesday, way before the president's deadline at the end of the month which means his recommendations will be delivered to mr. obama on the first day of the president's second term. biden did alarm gun owners yesterday when he reiterated the president's ability to use executive orders to curb gun violence without specifying how. a lot of folks think that might be creation of a national data base to track welcomes, not an actual gun ban, but it still got people very upset and today biden took a somewhat softer tone when he met with sportsman earlier today. and he says he believes common ground can be found and a great deal can be done without imposing or impinging on the rights of second amendment guarantees, but gun control foes and sports enthusiasts aren't buying a word of it. and the house committee, biggest conservatives among house republicans today, he s

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mrs. babb talk, honored members of the judiciary, my fellow statewide officials, tribal leaders, members of my cabinet and my fellow montanans. lisa, caroline, alex and cameron name is steve and i work for the state. [laughter] [applause] i., like those 12,000 other workers arrived at the job site each day to serve the people of montana. it's an honor and a pleasure to be the public servant entrusted with giving this address. any changes to the industry should naturally will bring changes to the governor's mansion. changes in substance, changes in style, changes in perspective. but the bullocks moving into the neighborhood, some of those changes are unavoidable. you know, it's been 40 years since the predominant noise emanating from the governor's mansion has been the sound of children, children laughing, singing, shouting, playing, just being kids. that noise will be a daily reminder for me, and i hope a reminder for each of your spouse of the reason we were sent here. montana voters sent us here to make our children and grandchildren's future brighter, more hopeful and more prosperous in the state of montana. [applause] nellis were genuine in our concern f