today's vote followed the decision of lord pearson to resign. >> supporters yearn to turn the clock backn u.k. membership in the e.u. and today was certainly a case of back to the future. 12 months on, he saw off the challenge of two candidates. he -- to reclaim the leadership he previously held for three years. in an overhemmingly -- overwhelming endorsement he secured more than 60% of the vote cast. >> i therefore declare nigel faraj is duly elected leader of the u.k. independence party. >> last year he stood down to fight an ultimately unsuccessful campaign in the general election. he only narrowly escaped death in a plane crash on polling day in may. he said it changed him. >> to have survived that plane crash may 6 was nothing shorvingtd miraculous. i'm very pleased to be back. if you thought that before the accident i was bold, welling, i promise you that i'm fearless now. >> the two members of the house of lord and more than 900 votes in the general election was, he said, simply not enough. >> let's be under no illusions. we need to up our game the party is too small and needs to

so for the very top of the income distribution, my co-author, paul pearson, and i say there have beenmbs delivering payloads of cash to carefully selected wealthy recipients. that's been the story not just of the last ten years but the last 25 and 30 years. >> one of them, since you talk about a smart bombs, one of the smart bombs i have been reported on since i got to washington is the hedge fund loopholes, a loophole for carried interests. hedge fund people can take home money and it gets taxed at a much lower rate than the wages you get from income. why is that refusing to die? >> it really is perhaps the greatest illustration this is more than good arguments at work. everyone agrees that the carried interest provision is a huge boondoggle. a loophole that allows the hedge managers to pay only 15% on their $100 million, $200 million incomes. the reason it survives is that neither party has had the courage to take it on because it is so complex. most voters don't know anything about it. so four years after the democrats capture congress vowing that they are going to take this on, it

now, pearson is a frequent flyer. he has flown 143,000 miles with delta this year one. >>> and this morning the national transportation security chief says he will not change the policies that allowed those aiort security pat-downs and body scans. john pistolly testified before congress yesterday. he said the pat-downs and new screening machines are necessary to keep travele safe. but travelers say the body scans anthe pat-downs are invasive. >> question is, do i understand the sensitivities to people, yes. if you're asking am igoing to change the policies? no. because, i think that is what is being informed by the latest intelligence, the latest efforts, by terrorists to kill our people in the air. no, i'm not going to change the policies. >> he also says, it would be irresponsible to sugst that some travelers oughto have t option to opt out of the screening. >>> harry reid says despite the lame duck congress he will call for a vote looking to end "don't ask, don't tell." he says he will call for a vote after thanksg

pearson says he just wants an apology from delta. >> there you go.e you seen what's on my knuckles? >> well, when he tattooed that originally he probably didn't realize all this -- >> apparently not. >> 5:39 is your time now. 47 degrees. still to come this morning why you may want to hold on to your ipod a ltle more tightly. >> plus a brutal attack near a school. a teacher beaten and robbed. what's being done to keep students safe? >> a next a look at the morning' weather and traffic. >>> good morning. time for weather and traffic on this thursday morning. prare yourself for a cold start. suburbs and rural areas down in low and mid 30s. closer to washington near 40. we have a clear sky now, increasing clouds later. highs mid 50s. small chance of a sprinkle. suy and chilly friday, saturday and sunday. look into next week at 5:51. how's the traffic, jerry? >> here we go. so far, so good along i-270 both ways between the beltway and frederick. let's head over to virginia, we're checking reports of an accident on the beltway near the ute 1 inster change

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northwestern's pearson runs into the end zone and, you know, somewhere harry caray is saying, look at them go! they have to go all the way down the other end of the end zone and line it up and boot it in any event that he was the wait it happened all game long. illinois ran for over 500 yards. jason ford scored three times. illinois wins 48-27 to become bowl eligible. >>> well, what do you know. 5th-ranked lsu involved into another close game. they trailed ole miss with less than a minute to go. ridley shook free ford third touchdown for the game and the tigers win 43-36. their sixth win of the season by 7 points or less. >>> san jose state knocked off oregon 75-72 in hoops, their first win since 1992 against a pac-10 team. >>> 9ers trying to make it three straight wins tomorrow hosting tampa bay. troy smith starts at quarterback despite alex smith being cleared to play. he will be the backup. >> i felt i did well. the turnovers hurt me and the team. really felt in the last few weeks though i had done a good job with that and was moving in the right direction. but it's kind of -- does

let's go to hampton pearson live in washington, d.c. good morning. >> good morning. as a matter of fact futures are lower ahead of the opening bell. investors are worried about the tensions between north and south korea and europe's debt crisis. the asian markets were down and there is no economic data in the u.s. and wall street is only open for a half day. stocks jumping on positive economic news, the dow closing at 11,187 and the nasdaq closing at 2543. buy more, save more could be the mantra as people look to capitalize on what may be the most heavily traveled plaque friday in years. up to 138 mill 1 people will shop, some opting to point and click instead of driving to the few stores open on thanksgiving. traffic peaked at 11:00 a.m. yesterday and core metrics said sales were up 10% from last year and people were spending less per order. gm said the plug in electric volt will get 93 miles per gallon and combine city and highway driving while powered by the batteries. the volt gets 35 miles before a gas engine generates electricity and it goes on sale for $41,000

the mechanic discovered that the armor had been pearson was leaking. that was terrible news for the patience. it was still night and it rendered the plane in visible to vietnamese. we watched the flames and the the day was called. i could walk about can't freely, but i was given the following night. prevented the up-and-coming. when the commander arrived the the artillery fire. the world. the impact shook our bunker. peace is fell from the roof. nobody said a word. to satisfy been used to chant. i could not do descent. the shelling lasted all night. unit was full. the sketches were placed on the there. according to the unit it was the outside a gentry of the unit, man waited on the the injured had mixed in. as the wounded were brought then they have been prisoners of war. they give them as much as they could. they put me in charge of emergency care of the most seriously wounded as i had to protect them. i worked under the light of an electric lamp in the corridor one knee on the ground and one on the edge of the stretcher. how could i describe this uni

the last rookie to throw a complete game shutout in the world series, left-hander gene pearson.or cleveland against the boston braves, game three. 1948. >> tim: my gosh. >> joe: only four have ever done it. this would be number five if bumgarner goes back out there and completes the shutout. >> tim: i believe that year that lou begrow was the 24-year-old playing manager for cleveland. >> joe: the 3-2 from holland. fouled back by ishikawa who is 0-3. last time up was against the lefty oliver. o'd o'day went two-thirds of an inning and allowed a home run by posey. >> joe: there is ball four. another walk from derek holland. he's faced four in this world series and walked all four. that will bring in renteria. edgar's 3-3. and his hit with one out in the seventh inning turned into a run when he was stealing, turned into an rbi double for torres. there is a strike to renteria. >> joe: holland is ready with another. and the 0-1. strike two. >> joe: no balls, two strikes. the rangers will have the top of the line-up in the bottom of the ninth inning. plenty of drama left tonight. stri

the guy's name is adam pearson. just found his seat. sits down. getting upgraded. instead they ushered him off the plane, interrogated him. the captain and crew saying that another passenger reported him for suspicious behavior. specifically it was the tattoo across eight of his fingers spelling out atom bomb. well, adam patiently explained it refers to a childhood nickname. not an obsession with explosives. eventually they did let adam return to his seat. >>> a guy in england getting much harsher treatment over a tweet. paul chambers trying to catch a flight but a huge snowstorm shut him and his airport down. so he jokingly tweetings, roibin hood airport is closed, you've got a week to get your bleep together. otherwise, i'm blowing the airport sky high. that was dumb. an airport official happened to see it, sounding the alarm. paul was arrested and convicted of causing a menace and he just lost a big appeal. well, folks on twitter have sense jumped to his defense retweeting that original message going even a step further sending out their own mo

. >>> rick pearson, let's talk about what the president said today. somebody says he hasn't sold himself very well. i wonder if you thought he sold himself well. i remember hearing after the elections george w. bush said we'll work harder and i'm going to tell the democrats we got to push these things further. it seems to me mr. obama sounded meek and maybe too humbled. >> i think humble and chaste are the key words here. that for this president who moved so quickly on his agenda, an agenda not fully appreciated by the american public, that this is going to be kind of a step back time. and that the only way the president can get anything done is with the cooperation of republicans now in the house. and given the mixed group of republicans that are entering the house, everything from tea party backed candidates to republicans who had been there before and are now back there again. this isn't going to be easy. it's not going to be easy for the republicans to figure out what they stand for either. >> do you think he may have made any points with how he w

. >>> i'm hampton pearson with your cnbc market wrap.s left in the trading day. right now we see the dow down almost 80 points. the s&p down 5.6 points and the nasdaq down more than 23 points. and rates on new fixed mortgages have dropped to new lows. the average rate fell to 4.17% last week. that's the lowest on record dating back to 1971. >>> and it seems americans may be getting green fatigue. sales of products like environmentally friendly cleaners have tapered off. and sales of other items that aren't so sustainable, like bottled water, are growing. cenk, back to you. >> now a story we talked about at length yesterday. he priestly announced that the controversial talk show host would be his chief of staff in washington. yesterday he released a statement saying it is with deep regret that this congressional office and the people of cd 22 will not have joyce kaufman as my chief of staff. why the change? was it the fact that she had been quoted about illegal immigrants saying this -- if you commit a crime while you're here, we should h

. >>> i'm hampton pearson with your cnbc market wrap.t in the trading day. the major averages mostly flat to slightly positive. the dow down four points. the nasdaq up barely one point. chairman ber bernanke is striking back at critics of the $6 billion bond buying effort. he spoke today at a banking conference in germany. >>> shares of general motors slipped on the second day of trading. gm stocks dipped as low as $33.11 today. that's more than 3% under yesterday's closing price. that's it from cnbc first in business worldwide. cenk, back to you. >> thank you, hampton. now milissa rehberger is here with a look at t the ne news headlines. >>> the president announced the nato plan for afghanistan in lisbon a short while ago. >> just as we have full agreement on the concept, tomorrow our nato allies and the afghan government will work. our transition to full afghan lead between 2011 and 2014 and the long-term partnership that we're building in afghanistan. >> the president's statements come on the heels of an announcement from the pentagon

we'll check in with cnbc's hampton pearson, who joins us live with more on that and the rest of the day'sheadlines. hi. >> hi. as a mter of fact at this hour, major market averages are flat to slightly negative territory. off their lows, the dow down nine points. ths&p a point. the nasdaq under two points. world stocks and commodity prices falling after china moved to slow its economy. china's order for lenders to lock up more money with central bank could cut demand from the engine growth and for two straight weeks people's bank of china says it will raise reserve requirement because of inflation. that news had an pact on commodity prices, especially oil, which eased toward $81 a barrel. coer falling as well. the other major news, federal reserve chairman ben bernanke hitting back atcritics, both at home and abroad, who have challenged central bank's $600 billion bond purchasing program. he argued congress must support the fed program with further still lace aid. anhe issued a stern warning to china saying it and other emerging nations are puttg the global economy at risk by keeping thei

tdd# 1-800-345-2550 >>> i'm hampton pearson with your cnbc market wrap. here's a look at how stocks are doing. right now we are seeing the dow down 101 points. the s&p 500 down about 16 points, and the nasdaq down just under 35 points. meanwhile, a summit of the world's economic super powers has now ended in south korea without the ending @ obama hoped for. the president's goal, double u.s. exports over the next five years. and after hours of closed doors meetings world leader ls fail to find a compromise. but in what the white house called a skeleton agreement, leaders did lay out an agenda. and if you're looking for work, holiday job hiring is beginning. according to forbes magazine, sears is the number one employer looking to add seasonal workers. the store has 12,000 job postings. there's also plenty of spots at jcpenney and macy's. jepg, back to you. >> now charles m.schulz says happiness is nothing more than a war puppy. but named after the well known blue dog. more than half of the conservative democrats were sent to the dog house by midterm voters

they don't spend it all on watches mike pearson. large share of it they spend on investment, which leads to productivity gains which is the best kind of growth for the economy. it is anti keynesian. i agree. it is sort of a visceral and decane zionism. people don't like up and say i hate it john maynard. it does not make sense to me to spend more than i can afford, whether i am a government or household. >> guest: you are exactly right. first of all most americans don't know who he is. there is a cultural sense that is out there. most americans today believe that if you cut government spending it will create more jobs and spending more. if you cut the deficit they believed it will create more jobs. the reason is not because of the economic theory. they just think that is the right way to run things. >> guest: there is something else. the average american, whether he or she be in the tea party or separate basically believes that if you increase incentive to reducing taxes you're going to get more economic growth. if you say to the av

adam pearson has the words adam bomb on his knuckles. he says it's a childhood nickname. he was allowed to lea the flight but was allowed to stay after talking to security officials. he's a frequentlier and has flown 140,000 miles with delta this year alone. >>> the national transportation security chief says he won't change the policy that allows the patdowns and body scans. john pistole testified before congress yesterday. he said the patdowns and new screening machines are necessary to keep travelers safe but travelers say the body scans and patdowns are invasive. >> the question is, do i understand the sensitivity to people, yes. are you asking, am i gng to change the policies? no. because i -- i think that is what being informed by the latest intelligence, the latest effos by terrorists to kill our people in the air, no, i'm not going to change those policies. >> he also says it's irresponsible to suggest travelers opt out of screening. >>> we're going to check again on our traffic out there. let's say hello again to jerry edwards. hi. >> hey, rbara. good morning. le

business of you at keller.edu. [ male announcer ] when you have plaque psoriasis, >>> i'm hampton pearson your cnbc market wrap. another sell-off to close off the week. the dow tumbling 90 points and the s&p giving up 14. the nasdaq falling 37 points. disappointing blue chip earnings and a stronger dollar giving us four negative days this week. the market's worst weekly performance in three months. bellwetherers, boeing and cisco taking a beating again today after the downbeat forecast from cisco midweek. and testing problems with boeing's new dreamliner. commodities getting crushed on concerns china may hike interest rates to stem rising inflation there. gold coming off record highs to settle below 13.65 an houns. oil falling from a 25-month high to near $86 a barrel. intel is seeing a bump on plans to raise its dividend to 18 cents a share. computer hardwaremaker nvidia soaring on a killer forecast, despite a 21% drop in profits last quarter. and disney turning it around today as investors dug down into those earnings finding strength in theme parks and films like "toy story 3." now bac

andrew pearson went to the air with it. gertrude perkins said, it was all over the nation. >> after gertrude perkins told reverend seay what happened, she somehow mustered the courage to report the crime to police, perhaps even the same in who had raped her. the please dismissed her claim and accused her of lying. the mayor claimed her charge was quoted completely false. and he said holding a line or issuing any warrants would set a bad precedence. besides, he said, my policemen would not do a thing like that. but lacks in montgomery knew better. montgomery police force had a reputation for rapists and sexual brutality. in fact, a few years earlier police had abducted and raped a 16 year old daughter of a black woman who challenge a police officer on a bus one day. as word of the attack on train seven spread, club women come into lazy to activists, labour leaders and ministers rallied to her defense. they formed an umbrella organization called the citizens committee for a troop perkins and the demand an investigation and th

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rick pearson joins us on the fund from the chicago tribune thank you for being with us. guest: good morning. host: the present was campaigning yesterday and spent the night in his adopted home city of chicago, trying to push the democrats for alexa genoulias. what does this tell you about the democratic party and the obama presidency? guest: it's as awful lot about the conditions that exist in the white house about this predicted republican wave when the president has come back to his home town to quell that enthusiasm gap that everybody sees for republicans. we have two very big races here in illinois. first is a highly symbolic race for his former u.s. senate race which is a very, very close race between the democrat and republican and you have a governor's race with governor pat quinn trying to combat the challenge from built brady. the governor's race is tainted by the rod but give it to impeachment and subsequent trial. it has been a democratic state. you have two races that are basically what our polling has shown in the margin of error. the white house is very muc

to his left is orin pearson, he led the common cause campaign reform efforts and he has had experience as the executive director of the main service and leadership fund which were done good government issues in maine. let me turn it over to our distinguished panel and sheila, we will start with you. [applause] >> good morning, everyone. let me just echo some of the same kind -- comments that charlie made. money was certainly a big story in 2010 but it certainly it wasn't a panacea for an inadequate message or candidate. outsize spending is not new. it was just more free-flowing after the citizens united decision earlier this year. more of it was hit in this time around. self-funding is not a guarantee of success and it is more likely that those kind of candidates will lose because they are relying too heavily on their money and not enough on their candidate's skills. once again, we saw just -- not just record fund-raising but excess it. where will this end and what will this mean for democracy? that is a critical question to be answered. let me start by saying that crp has been predict