it was a conflict that began in 1754 in north america and through that beginning of the war in north america france and britain came to be at war with each other. and formally in europe france and britain went to war against each other in 1756. by that time, as we'll see, their colonies in north america and their forces in north america were already joined in conflict so to understand the french and indian war as it's traditionally called in american u.s. history and also the seven years war, one has to put it in a very broad perspective of north american history and even european history of course and looking beyond europe to the competition between empires, especially france and britain in various corners of the globe. the war would be fought in north america where it began. it was joined in europe on a large scale and involved nations such as russia, austria, prussia as well as france and britain. and of course it was fought in the caribbean as well, which was a major theater of conflict during the war. toward the end of the war spain would join on the side of france complicating t

he sent them to north america. the war in europe was massive and involved many nations, which the fighting in the caribbean was tremendously important and pitt was very keen on expanding the british empire there. and did -- and of course, the british with their naval might made significant conquests in the caribbean and ultimately, threw the appointment of amhurst and wolf, the british gained the upper hand and their maritime superior, their superiority on the sea was practically as important as their might on land. of course they controlled the atlantic and the supply routes to canada. so next time when we continue, we'll see how that helps determine the outcome of the war. thank you very much. >>> lectures this history airs each saturday at 8:00 p.m. and midnight eastern and sundays at 1:00. we feature classroom lectures on different topics and eras. to keep up during the week or to sends your questions and comment, follow us on twitter at twitter.com/c-span history. >>> on november 2nd, 2011, the cia released mo

british government makes the decision to send two regiments of troops totaling nearly 2,000 men to north america to join in the conflict there. even though britain and france are not yet at war in europe, but the british government is thinking that north america is sufficiently important that we have to stop the french possession and capture of the ohio country. we cannot tolerate that. it's strategically important to us to be involved here. and the man who was appointed the head of the two british regiments was a veteran soldier, a veteran general, general edward braddock, and here we see a portrait of braddock. braddock entered the american scene very confident thinking that his regulars would carry the day. and not only he thought take ft. duquesne but march onward to niagara and other points and defeat the french. this was braddock's conception. no doubt he was overconfident. he landed -- where did his troops first come? they came to virginia and then moved into maryland and then northwestward toward ft. duquesne. accompanying him were virginia militia men. and george washington was at the h

and finally asia has knocked off north america and now goes the title as the world's economic center of gravity number of asians with a fortune of at least one hundred million dollars is now estimated at eighteen thousand now this is compared to seventeen thousand in north america and fourteen thousand in western europe when it comes to russia that figure is slightly less just over two thousand and six were published in a report by frank and the global property broker expects that the number of the country's super rich to grow a staggering seventy six percent in just five years and that would be the third fastest pace in the world after india and china. well you got mad that's how business likes us out here at the best all right thanks very very much a few minutes we've got the headlines for you plus our interview with the chairmen of the world's largest cannot of these trading companies simon murray that's all coming your way so stay with us.

its area of responsibility also includes all of north america, including canada and mexico. general jacoby also serves as commander of norad that has the commission to provide aerospace warning and xrocontrol and marie warning for north america. we'd be most interested to learn, general, how northcom and norad might contribute to the emerging domain of cybersecurity in the homeland. as part of the mission of providing defense support to civil authorities, northern command must work closely and cooperatively with other federal agencies. particularly the department of homeland security and with all the states on plans and coordination for emergency response to domestic disasters. this requires close coordination with the state governors and the national guard forces to improve their combined federal and state response capabilities to a wide variety of emergencies. we made significant progress on this front last year with several initiatives including the new dual status command capability. which is intended to allow state and federal military forces to work together to support

and maybe we can going to an overall map of north america to come back and explain this point. in 1713 after the british had conquered and the british in that war relied on new england troops principally from massachusetts to take hold of britain and france, france ceded or surrendered acadia to the british. the british will rename that province nova scotia.e stl in the region. first of all, most of the colonists, the great, great majority in acadia, were french. second of all, the french retained, according to the peace treaty, this island, which is cape breton island today. it's hard to see that it's an island on the map, but it is. there's a narrow channel between it and the rest of nova scotia or acadia. so the french did retain this island and also this island off the coast of acadia. besides that, this region was also part of french canada. the point is this. 1713, going back to an earlier french/british war, after all, this was an era of french/british conflict and the seven years war that we talk about today is the culmination of this really in the colonial period. in 1

, 550,000 additional from north america as a whole last year, we expect another half a million from north america this year, which 80% will come from the u.s. and again, to senator murkowski's point what things would have been like without it, i think further reflection of that is what's happening in the rest of non-opec areas, non-opec production outside north america fell last year by some 580,000 barrels a day, so perhaps surprisingly non-opec production ming lly fell in 2011 simply from production losses particular i other areas. so again, without that contribution from the change in north american fall in non-opec supply would have been quite serious last year. the current market circumstances, this is our fourth salient point, there is currently a rather high rate of supply losses particularly in non-opec areas. unusually high rate. just to detail some of them, the situation in sudan and south sudan has taken 400,000 barrel as day off and look for an extended period given some of the deterioration in relationships and the border incident. yemen, syria, there have been some accidents

thanks to the numerous new projects across north america.nd over time, that growth means they'll be able to keep increasing the payout like they've done for the last 16 consecutive years. stocks giving us an excellent 33.3% gain including dividends, ever since i got behind it in march of last year, s&p up 4.5% over that same period. i believe the outperformance will continue. let's check in with patrick daniel, the unfortunately soon to be retired ceo of enbridge, probably the most knowledgeable oil and pipeline man on the continent. find out more on how the company's doing. welcome back to "mad money." >> thanks, jim. it's great to be back. >> well, i'm sorry to see you retire. you're the dean of the group and everybody knows it. everyone tells me they want to know what patrick daniel is saying. and so you're leaving with -- give me a note. where are we in energy in this continent? where are we with oil? where are we with gas? >> well, i think you summed it up very well in your introduction, jim. particularly with regard to infrastructure,

also had biggest open for nonsequel, taking in $155 million in north america.ond end, "21 jump street" made $23 million and "the lorax" came in third with a little more than $13 million. not surprisingly, young fans of "the hunger games" books were the first in line to see the movie. as lee cowen reports, their excitement is expected to fuel another successful franchise. >> reporter: if you were looking for your teenagers this weekend, there's a good chance they were here. standing in a movie line somewhere, talking about surviving in a post-apocalyptic world. >> i don't even if care if the movie sucks. i'm going to love it because it's awesome. >> only 24 and one comes out. >> reporter: "the hunger games" based on a first of a best-selling trilogy, children killing children, all for the amusement of adults after a ferocious war that leaves north america in ruins. >> make sure they remember you. >> reporter: but the story has resonated not because of violent undertones, critics say, but because of its strong young characters. especially the 16-year-old heroine.

i've been employed here at daimler trucks in north america for 32 years. i was born and raised in gastonia. [ applause ] i've been married to my wonderful wife. we raised three outstanding children. now some of you know i coach girls basketball in high school. so i have to give a special shoutout to my players. go greenways! [ applause ] now over the past three decades, i worked at various roles here at the plant. i'm proud of the work we do here. i'm proud to standi co-workers these no better plak than right here on this factory and right here in mt. [ applause ] i would like to thank daimler trucks of north america and the uaw for working together to make this event possible. this is just another example ca partnership. on behalf of daimler trucks of north america, uaw local 5285 and uaw international union, it is with much humility and a great honor that i stand here before you today to introduce our speaker for the hour. he is a man that really needs no introduction because of the great work he is doing here in our country and abroad. i'm glad he came

it is now within our reach to become energy independent in north america if we simply develop the resources we already have available. in places like the gulf of mexico. non-sensitive public lands across america, and in our friendly bordering countries. the second reason we are on the wrong track is the federal government is killing energy development with overly burdenen some regulations. the best example of this is the keystone pipeline, which the obama administration will not allow to be built. the stayed of north dakota is currently experiencing an oil boom. we have doubled our oil production in the last four years and are about to become the second largest oil-producing state behind only texas. but we cannot effectively market our crude oil domestically without a large north-south pipeline. north dakota oil producers were scheduled to feed the keystone pipeline with 100,000 barrels of crude oil per day. now we will not be able to supply the choice american markets because president obama says he needs more time to study keystone. the fact is that he has had over three years to study th

upwards of 12 million africans survived the middle passage and were distributed throughout the americas north, central and south america and the caribbean. estimates of the total number of african lives lost were impaired by the process of warfare, capture and enslavement that fueled the trade ranged from 50 to 100 million people. the slave trade and all of its facets capture in africa, transshipment across the atlantic, sail to the americas took place in a market driven, uneven fashion over this period of 400 years. it was uneven in terms of the time, when the migrations occurred, the places from which the african captors were taken and the islands, couldn't nents and colonies in which they were enslaved. upwards of 40% of the africans sold in the western hemisphere went to brazil. 4.5% to 5% ended up in the continental united states. jamaica almost doubled the numbers. upwards of 50% of the survivors of the passage were transported to the americas during the 18th century. 90% of the africans involved in the trade were from the west and central african coast. the demographics of the slave tr

. >>> japanese automakers are gearing up to ship their production bases to north america. and they aim to tap growing demand in the region. honda has begun work on a new plant in mexico. honda held a groundbreaking ceremony in celeya on wednesday. the mexican president and the honda president were among those present. >> translator: we aim to expand both local and global procurement of parts. we plan to create an efficient production system that can offer high quality cars at affordable prices. >> honda is investing $800 million in the factory, which is expected to start manufacturing compact cars in 2014. honda says the plant will have an annual production capacity of 200,000 units. it will create 3,200 jobs. the carmaker is expanding the plant so that it will become its second largest in north america. the biggest is in the u.s. state of ohio. >>> meanwhile, toyota motor will expand its production capacity at a plant in canada. toyota said on wednesday it will increase annual output of sports utility vehicles to 200,000 units next year at its plant in woodstock, ontario.

. >> reporter: shale gas production has led to new business opportunities in north america. preparations are under way in japan to import the gas. major japanese trading house mitsubishi corporation is developing this shell gas field in western canada. mitsubishi owns the rights for about $2.6 billion. a natural gas development company with business tied to mitsubishi are doing the drilling. the company plans to build a facility for producing natural gas also for export to japan. >> translator: what matters is how we can contribute to japan. i'm glad and proud that we'll be able to provide the nation with stable supplies of energy. >> reporter: the natural gas revolution in north america is now reaching other parts of the world. but it remains to be seen whether shale gas can be placed as a major source of energy. nhk world, new york. >>> here are the market figures. >>> let's get a check of the weather. it was pretty warm in tokyo today. should we expect this to continue for the rest of the week? i hope you say yes. >> well, michio, i'm glad to say yes for the answer for at

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the route ones between north america and china. >> look at the size relative to the tugboat. >> moreple are riding public transit in the south bay according to the silicon valley business juvrnlt santa clara bta lines ridership rose 64 percent last month from the same period in 2011. experts say it's due to rising employment in the silicon valley. more people heading off to work. palo alto base cart is trying to change how you eat out. the company has developed a touch screen tablet that let's you see a menu order food pay your bill dwebingtly from the device. no more time lacking for your waiter. they are used in 300 restaurants across the country. more on the headlines in tomorrow print edition of the business journa journal. >> right now it is time for sports. >> larry is here. march madness. >> big surprise tonight. one of them at least. sweet 161 seed down. luck answer any silly questions you piv about his arm strength. he's plenty silly questions you piv about his arm strength. he's plenty strong. sports next [ male announcer this march, dive into the subway® jalapeno tuna, fea

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gain new customers outside of north america. we're only 5% of the commercial vehicles the type wes sell into have automatic. so very low penetration. we think that represents a great opportunity for the share in those market. >> i know you are moving into markets like india and china. what kind of growth you can expect from those countries. >> it's going to be we think a solid growth story over a period of time. we have feet on the street and people calling on customers. so we would say certainly double-digit growth. midteens is what we target and we would like to even do better in some those developing countries. >> susie: now you made transmissions for things like school buses and sanitation trucksment how are those businesses doing given that you are working with states and municipalities that are drastically cutting their spending. >> we're starting to see municipalities, those seeing tax receipts come up, those that have a little stronger financial house in order, if you will, are starting to come back into the market. one

about not only the presence of hezbollah in the western hemisphere but specifically the threat in north america by their presence. >> thank you, representative. you know, i think the dynamic that we heard about in north carolina with this cigarette case, we had individuals conducting criminal activity. that criminal activity was funding hezbollah operations or hezbollah activities overseas by its transmission to lebanon. you had a population of people who were fund-raisers but at some point in time could be turned into facilitators and ultimately operatives. and the fact that some of these individuals had military training that they had received from hezbollah in lebanon. i think all those dynamics that you heard about in that case are all dynamics that map very well to the current situation in new york city, and without going into details about the investigations that we have going on, those map very much in parallel to what we're seeing in terms of the type of people, the type of backgrounds and the type of activities that are going on. >> yeah, i think what's noteworthy about that case and i

for the next week or so as this dramatic spring thaw continues not only in europe but also in north america. nina. >> all right, ivan, great to see you again. ivan ka brer ra. >>> still ahead on the show -- investor jim rogers gives us his analysis on the global economic outlook. plus, his predictions for the commodities markets and some tips on where you should be putting your money. right now, right here on cnn. >>> from cnn hong kong, i'm andrew stevens. >> and i'm neen thina desantos london. welcome back. we're about 19 minutes into the european trading day. this is where things are looking, heavy, heavy losses that saw a couple of these markets losing in excess of 3% last week. well, markets as you can see mostly up with the exception of the cac, the european shares regaining some of the losses we saw last week namely after -- saying the worst of the euro zone crisis could be behind this report. but it will be a busy week on the economic front because we'll have key reports on german business confidence, we had one showing it rose slightly for the month of march. we'll have key reports

vw north america c.e.o. jonathan browning says gas prices are at the top of mind with buyers. >> what we tend to see is people shifting their focus into passenger cars and into smaller passenger cars. passat is perfectly positioned for that, and the clean diesel passat. which is built here in chattanooga. >> reporter: adding to capacity at its southern tennessee plant means vw will have more cars to sell in north america, but it's also a boom to the southern tennessee economy. >> we've seen from prior experience that every job vw adds here is worth another four or five in terms of suppliers, so that's obviously a huge multiplier. >> reporter: tennessee's unemployment rate is sitting at about 8.2%, just a little below the national average. governor bill haslam says the state has done everything from working with community colleges to find qualified workers to providing infrastructure assistance. >> the truth is, every governor is out trying to make their state the jobs state. we're selling the things that are

the route ones between north america and china. >> look at the size relative to the tugboat. >> moreng public transit in the south bay according to the silicon valley business juvrnlt santa clara bta lines ridership rose 64 percent last month from the same period in 2011. experts say it's due to rising employment in the silicon valley. more people heading off to work. palo alto base cart is trying to change how you eat out. the company has developed a touch screen tablet that let's you see a menu order food pay your bill dwebingtly from the device. no more time lacking for your waiter. they are used in 300 restaurants across the country. more on the headlines in tomorrow print edition of the business journa journal. >> right now it is time for sports. >> larry is here. march madness. >> big surprise tonight. one of them at least. sweet 161 seed down. luck answer any silly questions you piv about his arm strength. he's plenty silly questions you piv about his arm strength. he's plenty strong. sports next oh, hello. i'd like to tell you about netflix. it's an amazing service that lets

and asia's not north america off the top of the millionaires list the number of asians with a fortune of at least one hundred million dollars is now eighteen thousand that's compared with seventeen thousand in north america in russia there's over two thousand such people and that front report also says the number of the country's super rich will grow seventy six percent in the next five years and you're up to date more and more stories on our website r.t. dot com slash business always a pleasure so you sad. i do stay with us if you can here on the program you know just a few minutes a recap of top stories up and then our interview shows spotlight focusing on the arctic energy resources told us just. something for you what is happening was seen snow is in the you know the after party for a while parts of the full house however i totally disagree i do all these things the parts of baghdad. we are still waiting for that actually reduces to how to. get our sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else and you hear or see some oth

and in other news asia has knocked off north america from the top spot and now post the title as the world's economic sense of gravity and basically what i mean by that is that the number of asians with a fortune of at least one hundred million dollars is estimated at eighteen thousand that's compared with seventeen thousand in north america and fourteen thousand and western europe when it comes to russia the figure is just over two thousand now the statistics were published in a report by knight frank and the global property broker expects a number of the countries super rich sucrose seventy six percent in just five years of the third fastest pace in the world after in the. well rory very good art is going to cause over there live from the business that's going to you continue to keep your eyes on the numbers we will check in with you again next hour thanks for that. all right in just a few minutes on the program we've got the headlines for you up plus an interview with the chairman of the world's largest a commodities trading company some in mario talk all about the future of the e

we operate 69% of all of the capacity in north america.to expand, hopefully, over the next 3-4 years to grow one more kiln because there are about 75 incinerators that our customers operate. and we anticipate some of those plants to close and outsourcing. and we'll need to have more capacity. >> i want to talk about the trade off between oil and natural gas. oil is through the roof, we know. the first down day in four. and, obviously, people are drilling like mad for oil. but natural gas, we've got numbers today that showed a dramatic decline in drilling. is there a level where the decline in drilling for nat gas is going to hurt you? >> yeah, certainly the lower natural gas in the conventional area in western canada has been in place now for about three years. and now we're seeing a slowdown, certainly, in the states. about one hundred million of our two plus billion in revenue is associated with natural gas. but i would tell you there's still a lot of gas drilling going on that we're supporting. we're also seeing a lot of shifting to tho

james wilson, farmer and blacksmith, created the first commercial globes in north america from his provincial station in bradford, vermont. and this is really a remarkable saga of a vision of a backwoods craftsman navigating among the arts and sciences to produce new commercial commodities in the new nation. and i think those newnesses there of not just new commodities, but the fact that this is just a few years after the war for independence, it's also a story of american cultural independence because, of course, most -- all globes before wilson's were imported. mostly from london makers, also e edinburgh and other british globes. illustrated here is one of his early creation, a terrestrial globe. i can go back to the full globe, produced about 1810, 13 inches in diameter. wilson was born in londonderry, new hampshire, in 1763, received relatively little formal education. he worked in his father's farm and learned blacksmithing from his uncle. but in 1795 he set off to really search for a new farm, more land of his own. he set off for bradford, vermont, crossing the connecticut river to visi

in north america, it's expected to pull in as much as $100 million in its first weekend of business. bbc news, new york. >> now if you have a sweet tooth and a love of history, you might want to visit this museum in ukraine. some of the world's most famous landlocks on display, the isle to your, all made out of chock -- the i'val to your, all made out of chocolate. 450 kilograms of chocolate artifacts, paintings, and even replicas of stadiums that will host euro 2012. chorkholics will be happy to hear while most of the exhibitions are for your eyes only some can be tasted. i have a sweet tooth, and you've been watching newsday from the bbc. in singapore. >> i thought you might have a sweet tooth. let's get a reminder of our main story and that is the brief bursts of gunfire have been heard along with an explosion at a block of flats where french commanders have surrounded a gunman in the city of toulouse. >> funding was made possible by -- the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu, newman's own foundation, and union bank. >> at union bank, our relationship mana

one hundred million dollars is eighteen thousand and that's compared with seventeen thousand in north america and fourteen thousand in western europe now when it comes to russia that figure is over two thousand these statistics were published in the report by knight frank and the global property broker expects the number of the country's secrets to grow a staggering seventy six percent in five years that's the third fastest pace in the world after and india and china all right let's take a look at the markets now and since i mentioned asia let's go there first and it's also the only one trading currently and we can see that that still is see right there and basically what we have there is that commodity firms are under pressure and this follows a sell off the metals and oil over in new york now be talking about that a little bit later when we take a look at the u.s. markets but in hong kong aluminum corp of china is losing over its see percent this hour and the stronger yang this is driving japanese exporters lower as well sony is losing around super size as well now there is some good news a

third of the firm for half a billion dollars as part of russia's big privatization program and north america off the top of the millionaires list the number of asians with a fortune of at least one hundred million dollars is now eighteen thousand as compared with seventy thousand in north america there's about two thousand people with that some reports also reports that the number of the country's super rich will grow seventy six percent in the next five years and you're up to date rory more stories on our website r.t. dot coms that are i don't know thanks but hopefully next hour you'll give us some good news. right now in just a few minutes here on the program and the headlines for you plus a special interview with the chairman of the world's largest commodities trading company simon mari the details of the future rather of the euro and the dollar. so francis in from new jersey writes of. the roads of new cumin for example a surgery of its own needs but. breast cancers more than sends on strollers cancers fourteen times forget the exact reasons bullish huge numbers there's not nothing that

laborers international union of north america is taking aim at the transportation bill critical of those members of congress who don't support it. here's the latest radio ad from organized labor. ♪ america's bridges falling down fall down all around the country ♪ ♪ it's a problem here and now ♪ america's bridges are falling down all around the country ♪ ♪ most are old and need repair ♪ america's bridges need repair all around the country ♪ >> the average age of a u.s. bridge is 45 years, dangerously close to the life span of 50 years. more than a quarter of our bridges are deficient and obsolete. because of tight budgets, bridge maintenance is in jeopardy. ♪ america's bridges falling down falling down ♪ ♪ america's bridges falling down all around the country ♪ >> text bridge to 69866 and let mitch mcconnell know we need a real highway bill to save our bridges and lives. >> that radio ad from laborers international union of north america trying to push the transportation bill through the house and the senate. well, congress did get some business done today. today the vote was 370-39. the

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and in other news asia has a new north america off its top spot and now boast its auto as the world'seconomic center of gravity the number of occasions where the fortune of at least one hundred million dollars is now estimated at eighteen thousand people now that's compared with seventeen thousand in north america and a thousand in western europe when it comes to rush on that figure is just over two thousand these statistics were published in the report by knight frank and the global property broker expects the number of the country super rich to grow seventy six percent in just five years and this would be the third fastest pace in the world after india and china. and that's how business let's the sound that that's all right thank you very much more in a closer ever reporting for us from the business desk well in a few minutes we get you the headlines in our special report on the legacy of the war in iraq stay with us here on our. little.