miss o'sullivan. >> i very much aagree. you have to look at harm and culpability and mence ray ia. i have to say this is a particularly important question in a regulatory sphere. congress very frequently delegates the authority to formulate regulations to an agency and then in advance provides that any knowing violation of the future regulations constitutes a crime. >> so, we're creating a crime without knowing what crime we're creating. >> we don't know what the content yet is. more seriously, nobody -- i don't think anybody is going to count the number of criminalized regulatory offenses. i think as last count there were 300,000. and that strikes me as crazy. also, the courts have interpreted knowingly violate to mean, know that you're doing the conduct that violates the prognosis, -- the provision, not that you knowingly violated the law but you knowingly shipped sulfuric acid without the right label on it. and people can go to jail. that's felony offense. that is a problem. and that language is used in that supreme court interpretation of that language is used consistently acro

her owners, brandon stanton and his girlfriend, erin o'sullivan. brandon is the guy behind the wildly popular blog and book, "humans of new york," which features pictures of interesting new yorkers. he met susie on the job. what about this dog that's -- >> this -- i had never seen a dog that was that interesting. >> reporter: he adopted her despite her age, she's 13. >> she loves him so much. >> rep

my heart is heavy we've got to acknowledge staff and to recognize san francisco police captain o'sullivan this is an amazing day i want to give to kathy davis a small token from the board of supervisors think of it as an early house warming gift to adorn the wall next to what she received before you'll only need a small place it has a small frame i get it (laughter) >> but the sentiment is just as big congratulations of groundbreaking of the dr. george after 20 years of hard work you'll dream is finally finally final become a reality so the board of supervisors extend their huge thanks so it's done (clapping.) okay. so it's hot in here. >> yeah. >> you should have seen this yesterday wee it was freezing cold and raining down because we were in this tent and reverend told me not to worry about this. we are going to do the ceremony in a minute but i want to let you know we have some award to give to the people on stage and people out here that's been outstanding. in the interest of time i'm going to say our name and why you get it and we'll move on. this award we'll show the first one and a

[ensemble playing irish tune] [singing in gaelic] (jerry o'sullivan) irish traditional music-- any ofumental music-- it really comes from the older singing style called sean nos singing and sean nos is two irish language words meaning old way. they're very, very moving, very, very intimate songs. it's usually a group of people sitting in a circle around a table. the custom is for the singer to reach out and grab the hand of whoever is next to him or her, and they start this rowing motion as they're singing the song. it's not in time to the piece; there's no rhythmic thing, but it's an emotional custom where you're really-- the singer and the audience are really joined together. [playing celtic music] i think the fact that i play the uillean pipes-- it's a good instrument for imitating the sean-nos singers. you can slide notes in somewhat the same way, you try to ornament in somewhat the same way, so its a very good instrument for playing slow airs. slow airs, what you attempt to do as closely as possible is to follow the style of the singer. with these songs is telling a story, litera

my heart is heavy we've got to acknowledge staff and to recognize san francisco police captain o'sullivan this is an amazing day i want to give to kathy davis a small token from the board of supervisors think of it as an early house warming gift to adorn the wall next to what she received before you'll only need a small place it has a small frame i get it (laughter) >> but the sentiment is just as big congratulations of groundbreaking of the dr. george after 20 years of hard work you'll dream is finally finally final become a reality so the board of supervisors extend their huge thanks so it's done

her owners, brandon stanton and his girlfriend, erin o'sullivan.the guy behind the wildly popular blog and book, "humans of new york," which features pictures of interesting new yorkers. he met susie on the job. what about this dog that's -- >> this -- i had never seen a dog that was that interesting. >> reporter: he adopted her despite her age, she's 13. >> she loves him so much. >> reporter: susie is lucky. most people prefer puppies. older dogs have a hard time finding a home. >> the alternative is to either be in a shelter or even worse. >> reporter: despite the fact that senior dogs actually have a lot going for them. >> they're easier. if you're just looking for someone to completely love you, the senior pet is the way to go. >> reporter: so, erin here decided to take up susie's cause, starting a facebook page, called susie's senior dogs to find aging dogs like heartthrob here a new family. she is cute. brandon posted it on his blog and boom, it went viral. the first dog adopted in just two days, 13-year-old nina. >> give me double-paw. yeah.

america is richie for every murphy and o'sullivan. i should have said mccain.laughter] [applause] well, i just did. >> happy st. patrick's day to everybody. millions of americans trace their roots back to the immobile's -- emerald isles. on st. patrick's day, many millions more claim to. [applause] >> i have concluded. i would be glad to yield. i look to both sides. the only gentleman on that side that has even made a move. the gentleman did not stand or rise. i resent it. if anyone had stood, i would have recognized them. >> i did not mean to suggest you were not acting with fairness. i was suggesting we do have a consensus that you have worked with the united states. >> that is not what you said. you said i have a fast gavel. it was not. it was the normal procedure of this house. i would never do a thing like that. i ask for an opportunity to vote on the rule. there was not a man on either side of the aisle that stood. >> i respectfully suggest i did not mean to offend you. >> well, you have offended me. i will accept your apology. >> i am sorry for that. >>

o'sullivan. the letter strongly supports the keystone xl pipeline and if there is no objection to that i will entered into the record. president o'sullivan has made it clear about the pipeline and we offer him an opportunity to include his position on behalf of his membership. i've called for this hearing because this committee has been investing in bipartisanship when it comes to such issues in with the help with senator corchran and the ranking member i know we can have a rational discussion today. several -- senator corchran and the ranking member for helping us put this hearing together. the four witnesses who took time to provide their remarks. >> mr. chairman thank you and thanks to all of our witnesses for being here. i understand we have two very diverse and views on keystone and i think we can all learn from both of those views and i want to thank you again for the market we had yesterday this strong bipartisanship shown with the support of ukraine. it's unfortunate that the administrati

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at least that's what talk radio host david o'sullivan heard from oscar's london roommate. >> i said sohe said it's terrible. he's always yelling and shouting at people on the phone. and i thought i didn't understand that because this was such a polite, lovely, accommodating bloke. >> after the olympics, by then a world celebrity, oscar flew to the islands to take an episode of the south african talk show "top billing." oscar's companion on this september trip was samantha taylor, his old girlfriend. the one he broke up with before the olympics. it certainly looked here as if oscar had patched things up with her now that the games were behind him. >> it makes my life a lot easier spending time with someone who's very caring. >> you're both blushing. >> my face is the color of her dress. >> at home oscar was an item everywhere he went. when he ordered a brand new leclaron it was noticed, like everything he did was noticed. he clearly enjoyed the attention and began to spend time with new friends. the solid, stoic coaches who raised him, taught him humility, gave way to pals like billiona

president o'sullivan has made it very clear about his support of the pipeline, and we offered him an opportunity to include his position on behalf of his members and the record. i called for this hearing because this committee has been a bastion of bipartisanship when it comes to such issues, and with the help of senator corker, the ranking member, i know we can have a rational discussion today. senator corker and i believe this is the debate we are having and i want to thank the ranking member for helping put this hearing together and the four witnesses before us today to take time to provide their insights. with that let me turn to the ranking member, senator corker, for his remarks. >> thank you. thanks to all of our witnesses for being here. i understand we have two very divergent views on keystone, and i think we can all learn from both of those views. i want to thank you again for the markup we had yesterday and the strong bipartisanship shown with the support of ukraine. it's unfortunate the administration declined to testify here today, very unfortunate. i understand they do

from swiss private banking, michael o'sullivan. good morning. thank you for joining us.r read, michael, on how asset markets have faired this week? we've seen huge asset drops because of the issue in ukraine. what is your take on that, on how investors should be reacting from here? > i think the monday morning visited some financial pain on russia in terms of higher rates. i think that is contained now in terms of valuations. i think russian equities back o valuations of 1999 looks cheap on the long view. i would be having russia on a stabilization scenario. i think, however, the situation is still loaded with what you might call tail risk, risk in rd syria and iran, risks ukraine, and the risk surrounding a sort of tit for tat that we may see in coming days. i think there is also a situation in germany and the u.s. -- i hope we have a russian side -- that this situation needs to be calmed. that very, very slow ideas need to be formed around this. i don't see any quick solution in terms of a russian disengagement from crimea. i think that will probably persist. i think t

here to talk to us is that -- is michael o'sullivan.tradictory messages from the fed? >> one thing that is interesting is that the number of words in the fed statements in the last inple of years has risen tight correlation with the size of the fed balance sheet. they have embarked on new programs, new policies. they have tried harder to explain these. when very intelligent people try to explain very complicated things -- >> clarity is the victim. with saw that last week some of the plosser comments, where he corrected some of the forecast rates peaking at 4%. i think, janet yellen, having crafted the new communication policy of the fed, needs to get a firm hand on the communication, particularly as she is perceived by some people as having made a mistake last week. i am not sure she did. i think the market reacted more to the forecast by the fomc members. >> the result of all of that is that interest rate expectations are being brought forward. what does that mean when we are allocating our assets? >> it means that we are now focused o

sean o'sullivan is joining us. "varney & company" is up next. charles payne in for stewart's today, take it away, charles. charles: thank you, maria. mitt romney saw this coming. and now russia is winning the global chess match. match. good morning, everyone, i am charles payne in for stuart. here is your big story today. the prices in ukraine is a financial story. coming days after major cuts to u.s. military budget and manpower improves the need to build the keystone pipeline. the market down a triple digits right now, many going into oil and gold for the moment. tim cook, apple's chief, said don't buy the stock if you don't believe in global warming. and the man that could be the first legitimate google glass competitor. buckle up ffr two hours on a big day for your money. "varney & company" is about to begin. ukraine is the big drag on the stock market this morning. you can see up 137 points. also affecttng the oil market. having a big move up, $2.41. sandra smith is with me. how long is this going to last? sandra: this is seen as a short-te

meghan o'sullivan destroys the hydrocarbons card for the united states and the west. have a hydrocarbons card, dr. falkenrath, what do we have? >> very little direct leverage over vladimir putin. one thing i would like to ask nick, he knows diplomacy is a book -- combination of carrots and sticks. we have mostly been talking about sticks and they are very small. are there any carrots, positive inducements we can offer vladimir putin to get him to come down? one thing that has been tossed out is promising the new july's ukraine, never to take it in -- neutralize ukraine, never to take it into nato. ? >> it has been an important principle since all the american presidents since the end of the cold war that any european democracy ought to have at least the right theoretically to join nato nde you -- nato and the eu. talked to they russian foreign minister yesterday and president obama spoke to vladimir putin yesterday and they are floating this idea to the russians of autonomy of crimea inside a russian ukraine. we have seen the parliament and crimea declare its independ

talkingn o'sullivan about this idea of sending natural gas to europe, it is like a four year or five the u.s. to effectively compete with russia. we are trying to build out the facility down in louisiana and that will not be ready until 2015. >> tom, you have to head off to radio now. the producer price index at 8:30 a.m. earn your keep here at bloomberg. we will see you in a bit. but my agenda item, of course, is that disappearing malaysian airlines jet. details from a news conference from the malaysian government. they have not given up hope on finding the plane but they are lost -- they are also looking at the possibility of pilot and crew involvement. >> that they did all of this on purpose. >> a possibility. house, ifsearch the needed, but it has not yet been done. it has now been one week since the plane just disappeared out of thin air. >> may be some news over the weekend. we will be covering that on bloomberg. i am looking for news coming out at 8:30 a.m. and then 9:55. producer prices, a major of inflation at the wholesale level. it is way down the line but gives you a sens

america's richer for every murphy, kelly and o'sullivan. i should have said mccain.applause] >> well, i just did. >> well, happy st. patrick's day to everybody. tens of millions of americans trace their roots back to the emerald isles, and on st. patrick's day many millions more claim to. [applause] >> the atlantic council is examining issues facing the economy. speakers include house budget committee ranking member chris van hole lean, omb directie sylvia burwell, and sheila bair and others. live coverage tuesday at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span2. >> c-span2, providing live coverage of the u.s. senate floor proceed examination key public policy events, and every weekend, booktv. now for 15 years the only division network devoted to nonfiction books and authors. c-span2 created by the cable tv industry and funds by your local cable and satellite provider. >> next, russian leadership under the cur russian leadership under the current president, vladimir putin. journalist edward lucas discusses this book "the new cold war: putin's russian and the threat to the west." th

america is richer for every murphy, kelly, and o'sullivan. i should have said mccain.laughter] [applause] well, i just did. >> happy st. patrick's day to everybody. tens of millions of americans trace their roots back to the emerald isles. on st. patrick's day, many millions more claim to. [laughter] >> president obama imposed sanctions on russia and and ukrainian officials leaning russia's military intervention in crimea. including two top aides to russian president vladimir putin. speaking from the white house, the president warned russia could face penalties if it does not pull back from crimea. >> good morning, everybody. citizens of ukraine have made their voices heard. he had been guided by a fundamental principle. the future of ukraine must be decided by the people of ukraine. that means ukraine's sovereignty and integrity must be respected. international law must be upheld. russia's decision to send troops into crimea has drawn the global condemnation. from the start, the united states has mobilized this in support of ukraine. and to reassure our allies and par

her owners, brandon and his girlfriend, erin o'sullivan. york" which features pictures of interesting new yorkers. he met susie on the job. what about this dog that -- >> yeah, i'd never seen a dog that was that interesting. >> reporter: he adopted her despite her age. she's 13. >> she loves him so much. >> reporter: susie is lucky. most people prefer puppies. older dogs have a hard time finding a home. >> the alternative is to either be in a shelter or even worse. >> reporter: despite the fact that senior dogs actually have a lot going for them. >> they're easier. . if you're just looking for a kam upon onand someone to completely love you, the senior dog is the way to go. >> reporter: erin here decided to take up susie's cause taking up a facebook page called susie's cause finding dogs like heart throb here a new family. he posted it on his dog and it went viral. first dog adopted, 13-year-old nina. >> give me a paw. yeah. >> reporter: taco adopted in georgia, max in virginia beach and roscoe in oregon. all told more than 20 dogs finding

joining us live from boston is jim o'sullivan. jim, i want to come to you first.at the organizers and lgbt groups almost had a deal after 20 years? why did it fall apart? >> well, i think it was different this year because you had a new mayor coming in. he had a decade history of supporting lgbt rights. he wanted to put a win on the board. he took a different style to the parade organizers. monino had been different. i'm not going to march either if you don't let them march. walsh tried to broker a deal and use his goodwill in south boston and with the gay rights activists to try to put it together. what happened is what often happens in these situations, the pesky media folks got involved and started to spill out in the newspaper. when the details got out the gay right groups, it split them up and the internal politicking took it apart. >> jim, how big a deal is the parade? how important is it symbolically for these groups to march and for the organizers to keep them out? >> well, the parade is one of the signature events of boston's sort of storied political cul

but michael o'sullivan of "the washington post" gives it a thumbs up writing, it is rare a movie is asng on a european tour into an international crime caper starring high-power talent of ricky gervais, tina fey as the prison guard. >> tough digging an escape tunnel, frog. >> how did you know? >> it's the first escape everyone tries. ♪ >> the second escape people try. >> so far, not surprisingly, the critics love it. scoring an 80% on rot ton tomatoes but their enthusiasm somewhat subdued. rick benltly writing, disappointing sequel. the movie proves it's not easy. franc lovece writes while it may not be inspirational, it's aspirational, muppetational. >> i like that word. >> supercalifragilistic expialidocious. >> muppetational. new word in webster's. >> "divergent" got mixed review but i think my daughter would like that. like hunger games. >> i would like the muppet show. >> that's our news for this half hour. >> follow us on facebook at wnnfans.com. >>> this morning on "world news now" -- the quest for answers in the mystery of flight 370. a new search begins this morning to find ou

. >>> joivening us now is jim o'sullivan and chris rupke, chief financial economist at bank of tokyo mitsubishi. we'll start, jim, with we look forward to these days and we get them once a month. we like that. it seems like everyone is important with the fed, you know, deciding what to do based mainly on this number. today, because of the weather, i -- it could still be a really important number, but i just wish we couldn't attribute everything to weather, whether it's good or bad. >> yeah. i mean, i think there's a limit to how important it is. >> not to our viewers, though. it's maybe more important than any -- >> certainly it's going to be easy to dismiss the weak number because of the weather. we will look at the details and there are parts of the report that help gauge whether there big weather eks. do you have the job but you were not at work because of bad weather? and when you see a big jump in that, it's typically associated with a big plunge in weather-related payroll jobs. we've seen that in the past. that's something to look for in the details, but it won't be definitive