obama. s america reacts to the boston bombings go to bbc.com/news. now, we are getting reports of a very strong earthquake in iran. u.s. geological survey said it recorded a magnitude eight tremor. it was felt this and india. is a report from new delhi saying people were returning out into the streets. that that is the tremor being felt starting in iran. in the studio is a persian from the bbc tv. this is just coming in as we went to air. what more can you tell sinus >> it is just within the past half hurry. iranian organizations are reporting it to be 7.5 on the richter schedu richter scale. u.s. says it is closer to 8 on the richter scale. persian em as you said in dell tv. this is just coming in as we went to air. what more can you tell sinus >> it is just within the past half hurry. iranian delhi. very close to the border in iran and area very rural. not very densely populated apparently. still don't have any reports of destruction or deaths. we made a couple of phone calls people e to a couple of from that small did town in the orner south of ir

s and what is the impact of president obama's budget proposal. shawn matthews is ceo of cantor fitzgerald david walker and david walker comeback america ceo. shawn, let me kick it off with you and the markets. hot stuff. dow and s&p hitting all-time highs. keeps going higher. what do you think i behind it. >> you have a fixed income complex where ten year treasuries are trading beehlo 10% and money has to find returns at this point in time. certainly everyone is looking at the standpoint of equity on a basis are cheap and will continue to put their money there but may get a cyclical nature of the equity market but in general people want their none equity. >> we know is this largely fuelled by the federal reserve because there are no alternative to stocks when people are looking for yield. doesn't matter the economy is so-so. >> you have balance sheets at corporations in great shape. revenue growth that is so-so. agree with that but where do you put your money. people are looking at activity in the marketplace over the next year or so as people look to grow their revenue in alternative sources with cheap financing. >> i want to ask you about

s until michigan. in the north they never taught us that. >> stephen: i'm from the south. we're supposed to be the racists. >> right on, brother. >> stephen: but obama saved the auto industry, right? it's booming, america is back this is the second half said clintestwood in the american is story. halftime in the american story. why isn't detroit booming if the auto industry is booming? >> we all know it. the company is booming. we shaved the debt, the creditors take a bath they now make profit but the jobs are not here anymore. they are some place way over there. >> stephen: romney was right the jeep jobs were shipped to dhn. >> china, mexico, taiwan, you name it. they are not coming back. the point of book an american autopsy you better look at detroit because that what happens when you run out of money. we're scared to death of what they are doing in washington. printing begun spending not spending. sequestration. get the money together or the kids don't have a future. [ applause ] >> stephen: okay he was brought in as an emergency manager to fix the place. he is not elected. >> he is not elected taking over the books. >> stephen: what is it like to live not in a democracy anymore? >> that's what peo

first ladies of the united states of america, featuring a biography, comments from noted historians, and bought from michelle obama on noted force ladies in history. $12.95 s c-span.org/products. c-span, created by america's cable companies in 1979, brought to you as the public service by your television provider. julie doyle and josh reddick thompson are the third prize winners in the c-span student cam video contest. their message to the president is about the role of small business in the u.s. economy. >> dear mr. president, with all the items in your agenda and you have to consider, we believe the internal growth of our economy comes from the top, particularly in regard to small businesses. these are local businesses with 500 employees or less and represent 97% of all business. they havet 18 years, generated 64% of all new jobs and paid 44% of total u.s. payroll. with this in mind, small businesses need to continue to grow. thank you for your consideration. >> when i took over as chair of this committee in january, 2009, our country was facing the worst economic recession since the great depression. the u.s. economy had lost 818,000 jobs in that month

s. when the u.s. was fueling all of these dirty wars in central america in nicaragua honduras el salvador and elsewhere i mean the under the obama administration we have kind of full spectrum covert war you have the drone strikes continuation of the use of mercenaries use of special operations forces cruise missile strikes proxy warlords in somalia so it's all very very dirty right now and while people pale. a lot of attention to drones right now this is really full spectrum and so i wanted to try to tell this whole story of all the players that operate in the sort of shadows of this new world and of course the effect of these wars is kind of facilitating this anti-american sentiment this hostility toward american interests and and this country causing blowback i mean it seems i said an obvious concept yet when you go on the corporate media it's ridiculed i mean they literally do ridicule and scoff the idea just like when you're on m s n b c n. do you really believe this i mean why is it that this obvious reality is either framed as friends or completely omitted from the discussion i mean part of it is because we you know we don

s. when the u.s. was fueling all of these dirty wars in central america in nicaragua honduras el salvador and elsewhere i mean the under the obama administration we have kind of full spectrum covert war you have the drone strikes continuation of the use of mercenaries use of special operations forces cruise missile strikes proxy war lords in somalia so it's all very very dirty right now and while people pay a lot of attention to drones right now this is really full spectrum and so i want to try to tell this whole story of all the players that operate in the sort of shadows of this new world and of course the effect of these wars is kind of facilitating this anti-american sentiment this hostility toward american interests and and this country causing blowback i mean it seems like such an obvious concept yet when you go on the corporate media it's ridiculed i mean they literally do ridicule and scoffed the idea just like when you're on m s n b c n. do you really believe this i mean why is it that this obvious reality is either framed as friends or completely omitted from the discussion and i mean part of it is because we you know

s defense secretary and the republican to boot said this about obama in 2011. president obama is the eighth president i worked for and i believe the relationship between america and israel has never been stronger. despite this remarkable record, when i was working on this book in 2012, only 8% of israelis thought obama was pro-israel. r threcent visit in 2013, a poll by israel democracy institute and tel aviv democracy showed it has increased to 18%. yet every -- is made as a politician has been pro-israel. i would like to mention -- that accused israel of targeting civilians in gaza following countless attacks from gaza on israel. colonel richard kemp and former commander of british forces in afghanistan told u.n. and 2009 quote during the fighting in gaza, the israeli defense force, i'm sorry, i'll put it this way. during the fighting in gaza the israeli defense forces quote did more to safeguard the rights of civilians in the conflicte than any otherrmy in the history of warfare. obama's u.n. representative called the report quote unbalanced, one-sided and basically unacceptable unquote. go it's felt complained that the israeli government had not cooperated wi

obama administration s a knack of another failed dream car company costing taxpayers millions of dollars more. how do they do it? tonight's choctaw. of a day rally our investment strategist tell us what lies this is america. we don't let frequent heartburn come between us and what we love. so if you're one of them people who ge heartburn and then treats day afr day... block the acid with prilosec otc and don't get heartburn in the first place! [ male announcer ] e pill eachmorning. 24 hours. zero heartbur lou: them in an alcoa beat on earnings and missed on revenue and are chief investment strategist is here to tell us what is ahead but first what happened on wall street today after the opening the stock prices moved higher at the finish the s&p up 10 and the nasdaq up 18 the volume 2.8 billion which is typical these days and after the closing bell of:kicks off the earnings season with of beets and disappointed on revenue it rallied in to the news and is down after hours trading and the j.c. penney stock after the bell the ceo is out. and rising back above $93 per barrel and the treasuries are yielding. a leak outlook by some expecting by just 1.6% could be that bad? by next guest says we could see a sur

obama's second term. knowing the stakes and the ago,s of this some time two years ago, at the atlantic council launched an iran task force. in anently expanded its effort to move america and its allies to a stance of something that has been overwhelmingly tactic to more strategic, taking a look at the broader context of the region, taking a look at iran's domestic politics and a lot of factors that sometimes get lost in the heat of the arguments over iran. we have been trying to provide more light. the atlantic same council board member stu eizenstat u.s. served as chairman of the task force their route. initially as co-

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s and church scandal. leadership class in america has betrayed the people they are supposed to lead. i am not saying obama he has not seized this job. >> he presides over a regime of corruption. >> he is the most opaque president and presides over corruption everywhere, but it is a corrupt system and he is all for it but when he goes to california, raises a million something dollars or whatever --. >> but he gave back 5 percent of the pay. >> and keeps the white house closed. >> this guy is in the business of being a salesman but saying we should not raise money, this is terrible, but give me your money so nancy pelosi can be speaker. >>gregg: doug the poll average of president obama, his approval rating is now 48 percent, and his disapproval is 46 percent, so he is below 50 percent, almost neck and neck with himself. so, look at the rasmussen pole, right track? a scant 35 percent. the wrong track, 57 percent. doug, you have worked for a president, the guy at top always gets the blame. does he deserve it here? >> i think the lack of leadership that pat and john are talking about is really the problem that

obama, i think he should stick to what he believes in. because the republicans they don't care of about america. the only thing they want to do .sestroy this president ca so just keep on the path he is going because he is leading the country in the right direction. here are some tweets coming into us. our: george's next on independent line. social programs are facing a cutback in obama's budget. caller: i have come to the conclusion that obama has no backbone. he has no fight. he gives in all the time. i wish the man would stand up and fight. he is a prime example of the way this country has become. we have become a bunch of pansies in this country. congress has the one that has the congress has been the one that has fought for all of our laws. they are the ones who can retire after five years and a pension of $60,000. they are the ones that work a part-time job with full salary come full health care. this cut they take from us, that is what we need to deploy it will stand by and allow them to cut our benefits without cutting there's then we become a country of pansies. theydoes nothing to what put into their pocket. it tickled

s to convene industry, environmental groups from academia, investors, policymakers and other stakeholders for constructive and consequential discussions about america's energy future. i've also had the pleasure of serving on president obama's council of advisers on science and technology as recommended and the administration wide review with the d.o.t. and the executive secretary's role and if confirmed by plant to help develop by gathering strong input from the congress and private sectors decoders and by enhancing the departments and political and policy planning capabilities. nuclear security the president started with a broad speech in 2009 and has laid out a vision of nuclear security. step by step productions of nuclear weapons are ensuring the safety, security and effectiveness of our stockpile as long as we have nuclear weapons, strengthened efforts to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons and measures to prevent terrorism. the doe has responsibilities spanning much of this agenda. the department is interested in the response of the to maintain a safe and reliable nuclear weapons stockpile and the absence of testing. when i served as undersecretary, the review of the science based stuart ship program i also served

health of his fellow -- president obama will destow upon him the medal of honor, america's highest military honor. i want to take this moment to recognize his fellow p.o.w.'s who never waivered in getting this medal for the father and for the catholic diocese of wichita. i want to thank the fellow members of this body who supported this to allow a waiver for the statutory time exemption so he could receive this award. the father is a true american hero, a hero of mankind and so deserving of this medal of honor. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california is recognized for one minute. >> mr. speaker, i rise today to congratulate the pleasant grove high school boy's basketball team for recently winning the division i state championship. . bera: they displaced sportsmanship and teamwork and hoisted the division i state championship. when forward matt was asked about the victory, he told reporters, we don't have the biggest names