crude prices are going now joined live by david the global director of oil and industry research as platts david good to see you so opec says one hundred dollars iran says under fifty who is right. dimitri i think what that tells you is that the oil market as many of your viewers will know is is trapped in a little bit of a channel right now one hundred to one hundred fifty is kind of the conventional wisdom you know a couple of years ago when it was on his giant rally it touched one hundred fifty ever so briefly before the recession that followed and what's on people's minds including consumers in asia is that if it gets that hundred fifty mark again it could begin to spark the kind of financial recessions in the east to go along with some of the problems we're having here in the west so that's why one hundred fifty is being seen as a bit of a psychological barrier right now and also in some ways even a target if you're looking at it from the iranian point of view one hundred to one hundred fifty is quite a big margin i mean with opec now saying that they can cover up the for the shortfal

. >> my name is john platt. thank you for the time and all the work that has gone into this. i work for a company called sports supply, and i am fortunate. i travel around all the marine businesses in the bay area, commercial and recreational marine businesses, and for the last four years plus it has been depressing to do what i am doing sometimes. these businesses have been hurt seriously in the recession, and there is a lot of excitement in the community, in the boating community and the business community, so i am very much in support of this and i hope you will support it, too. i was not raised in yacht clubs, but once he goes sailing you get hooked. i would venture 90% of its citizens do not realize what we have here. one of bowdothe goals is to proe sailing. this is an opportunity to see what sailboat's do excessively, and it is a great opportunity. i live in alameda, n.yand it isa great place. i would love to see the top here. but it is going to be a lot of fun, and thank you for being here and doing this. >> thank you. >> good evening. i am president of the dolphin cl

. >> bob van der platts, why hasn't rick santorum been able to consolidate conservatives around him?s been very clear on all of his positions, it seems to me, of the candidates still standing, he's been the most consistent over the years on all the positions that this group seems to care about. >> well, he did. and he did in iowa. as a matter of fact, we've seen this for several months in iowa, that the conservatives, the pro-family conservatives are basically fragmenting their support. as long as we did that, we would evaluate a mitt romney to the nomination. and that's why i went out two weeks before the iowa caucuses and endorsed rick santorum. you see a coalescing, it was kind of a perfect storm, it was a coalescing around rick santorum. and, you know, basically, it came down to a split decision between rick santorum and mitt romney. i believe right now, heading into south carolina, the numbers prove it. the conservatives are still fragmented. if speaker gingrich, who's a good friend of mine, i like him a lot. if he really wants to beat mitt romney, i believe he needs to consolid

hormuz twenty percent of the world's crude supply passes through it however hold him want to pack from platts believes that the warning and they embark go should be seen as a bargaining points. the ward being also says that they'll be a review in may so they're almost means that i am ready to do something in july but i can change my mind in may i don't think anybody wants these things to happen because europe right now is very weak. financially economically the last thing that you're really wants is a confrontation because that will be even more disruptive for the economy here the oil that was supposed to come to europe from iran will go to an oil that was going to asia from the location of west africa or even russia will now go to europe so europe can always replace the oil that's not the issue the issue is the level of pain. let's look at the numbers now fluctuating below one hundred dollars a barrel of new york and speculation that u.s. stockpiles gain last week is way against the worries about iran blandest trading at over one hundred and ten dollars a barrel stocks in europe are lower wi

hormuz through which twenty percent of the world's oil exports pass however jorge i want to pick from platts believes the warning alomar go i'm more of a negotiation point the wording also says that they'll be a review in may so they're almost means that i am ready to do something in july but i can change my mind in may i don't think anybody wants these things to happen because europe right now is very weak financially economically and the last thing that europe really wants is a confrontation because that will be even more disruptive for the economy here the oil that was supposed to come to europe from iran will go to asia and oil that was going to asia from other locations like west africa or even russia will now go to europe so europe can always replace the oil that's not the issue the issue is the level of pain. let's look at the numbers now or the seeing gains this hour private land is close to one hundred eleven dollars. is trading at over ninety nine dollars . now into equities and shares are on the rise energy stocks are following your own iranian oil exports so is losing almost thre

hormuz twenty percent of the world's crude supply passes through it however hot him on to pick from platts believes the warning and the embargo should be seen as bargaining points the ward being also says that there would be a review in me so there almost means that i am ready to do something in july but i can change my mind in me i don't think anybody wants these things to happen because europe right now is very weak. financially economically and the last thing that europe really wants is a confrontation because that would be even more disruptive for the economy here the oil that was supposed to come to europe from iran will go to a shell oil that was going to asia from the location of west africa or even russia will now go to europe so europe can always switch place the oil that's not the issue the issue is the level of pain. of the statistics that unemployment in russia fell at the end of last year the jobless rate dropped twenty basis points from november to six point one percent in december according to a survey by bloomberg analysts to expect the rate to be significantly higher growi

hormuz through which twenty percent of the world's oil exports pass however jorge want to pick from platts believes that the warning and then bar go more of a negotiation point. the ward being also says that there would be a review of me so they're almost means that i am ready to do something in july but i can change my mind in may i don't think anybody wants these things to happen because europe right now is very weak financially economically and the last thing that europe really wants is a confrontation because that would be even more disruptive for the economy here the oil that was supposed to come to europe from iran will go to asia or it was going to. start west africa or even russia will now go to europe so europe can always replace the oil that's not the issue the issue is the level of pain. let's look at the numbers now oil is fluctuating below one hundred dollars a barrel in new york speculation the u.s. stockpiles again last week concern that iran may respond to the one bargo when blend is close to one hundred eleven dollars a barrel while trading at over ninety nine dollars a ba

today they hit the links in north platt, nebraska.teboards in northern virginia and sported shorts in st. louis. >> i would much rather be walking on the hills than sledding down it. >> reporter: this is a january for the history books. 2,890 daily high temperature records broken or tied. more than four times the number of highs reached or exceeded last year. while today is certainly worthy of a walk in the park, it's also a good time to take a stroll down memory lane. a year ago, the nation braced for 2011 first billion dollar-plus weather event, the groundhog day snowstorm. >> how long have you been in here? >> 7 1/2 hours. >> reporter: today it was a perfect day to get that same car washed. >> i have no jacket, no glove, no scraper in my hand and i can see my car. >> reporter: the difference is the jet stream. last year, it followed a typical la nina pattern, bringing warmer and drier temperatures to the south and colder and wetter conditions to the north. >> what happened this year is this pattern shifted to the north and now almo

it was a gorgeous day across the plains, midwest from north platte, nebraska, to north dakota where thes might be forgiven for being confused what month this is. weather channel meteorologist jim cantore is with us from headquart rs tonight. jim, everyone is saying the same thing. didn't used to be this way. we had a halloween blizzard but nothing since. what's going on? is it part of anything larger or permanent? >> well, i mean, brian, until we can get the jet stream to really start blocking some of the air masses and allowing cold air to come down and build up a snow pack we are going to continue with this mild winter. you mentioned the 115 record highs. this is where we want to center in on. four of them have been all-time for select cities for the month of january. in aberdeen, they are 41 degrees above average. they don't even have 41 degrees for an average high. we had snow cover across the country last year 46%. the jet stream situated like this. this year we have 19%. unless you can keep cold air coming down refrigerated you lose all that. that's what we are going to see over t

all right david ensor thank you so much very interesting david as by a global director of oil at platts talking to us life. all right let's quickly take a look at what's happening on the markets we start with currencies where the dollar is just a notch lower versus the european currency as some progress has been made in talks with greek bond holders but strong oil is pushing the russian ruble higher versus both the u.s. dollar and the euro by twenty four and twelve respects all the. oil as we've mentioned before is gaining values traders get the message that greece is closer to the final stage of its talks with the bondholders now that brings hope to the e.u. crisis might soon be resolved which in turns increases risk appetite lights we design for one hundred dollars and a half per barrel brant over one hundred twelve. stock markets now and in the us they are flat to negative will this moment with the bulls eye we've got the sun on europe's debt crisis and on the bear side us consumer confidence retreating in january on worries about income prospects. and in the euro pretty much more of

this today's car has become a platt form for technology meaning a need for software ask applications. ford will have 15 engineers working in its lab and it's a move exciting dealers who want to see more technologies in vehicles. >> before you had to have a engine and a steering wheel. now, you have to have other technology autos ford is bringing technology to the mass market. and this focus offers touch screen navigation plus ability to do parallel parking by itself. and ford hopes it might lead the way for car that's drive themselves. a few months ago, bill ford indicated he had eyes on silicon valley. >> interest there is a point of seeing what the latest and greatest is. >> ford is coming late to the valley. gm opened it's advanced technology lab over five years ago, and bmw in 1998. >> there is content in a vehicle that has risen. electronics is about a third of the value of the vehicle and there is technologies that is pore important. >> it has work benches, empty desks indicate the engineers are out in the feed, forging partnerships and looking for ways to incorporate applicatio

. >> there ais a huge backlash against this latest move by twitter, it was seen one of the few plattse bid users during arab spring and in rusha, lately over protests over elections. >> twitter sees this as a way to ensure tweet reez main visible and says it will cost post a censorship notice whenever a tweet gets removed. >> money matters wall street awaits facebook ipo reporting facebook could fim papers to sell stock and could raise $10 billion and put facebook among the world's largest publicly traded companies. chevron had trouble passing on rising cost of crude oil, today reported it made $5 billion in profits but that was less than hoped. and same story at ford, lost money and europe and aish yachl the company reported making a profit of $13 billion but most because of an accounting change. the rating agency down graded credit rating to five countries including itally and spain. and in spain, it's 23% and almost 50% under ainl ta. in this country the government says our economy grew 2.8% last quarter. and that was a disappointment on wall street. the dow fell to end the first

canada turns around and goes back because the american navy won a big victory on lake champlain at platts burg, the american navy. the invasion from canada was dependent on the control of lake champlain. the british had a fleet there. we knew for a long time that they were going to invade, and we built up our fleet there. we had a wonderful commander there named mcdonough, but everybody thought the english were going to ce feet mcdonough, and this invasion army was going to take plattsberg, and how far they would go dependent on the circumstances and the berth and so on, but they were going to have an easy time of it. mcdonough stopped them. he defeated the english, english fleet only two weeks after they had burnt, burnt washington. and that invasion army, the general who was leading the invasion army, once he saw that naval battle being lost, he turned around and went back to canada. because he said without lake champlain, we cannot move further south safely. at the very same time that that was happening, the british attacked baltimore. the very same time. and they were beaten at baltim

north platte, nebraska. ann, go ahead with your question for chris hedges. >> caller: yes, mr. hedges, um, you are truly a truth sayer, and i have two things i'd like to throw out there. one is that i keep hoping it's not true, but i have come to believe that the elections and voting is just an exercise in futility. it's like theater, and it doesn't make a difference. and somehow or other we're supposed to believe that it gives us a voice and that by voting we can make a difference. and the other thing is that, um, i'm a disabled grandma who would love to be part of the occupy movement, but in the heart of ethanol country there is no occupy movementment -- movement. and what can i do individually, um, without transportation somehow to make a difference? >> host: thank you, ann. >> guest: i think it is political theater. i think that's the problem. just about every campaign promise that was made in 2008 by barack obama whether it was filibustering the reform act or closing guantanamo or restoring civil liberties, he's failed us upon. and that's why i think that this movement and

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crew and that's why the film has very natural realistic -- >> do you have any sense given all the plattfor viewing anything, that what you're doing in an age when, you know, they are making $100 million cartoons and putting them out, the big studio, the few that are left, that this might be a way, you know, for film-makers out there. you tell real legitimate stories, stories that people can can identify with when they see them. >> yeah. >> could this be the future of film? >> oh, absolutely. the -- the advances with the technology as far as like the cameras go, digital photography, has leveled the playing field. it's the first time that film-makers now can create their work for the same costs that, you know, the novelist or the painter. it's the cost of the convass and the oil. we shot this film on a can no 5d which is a $2,500 consumer model that we bought at b & h. the other thing that's exciting is now traditionally when this film would have come out and be here talking to you and the move woe open in l.a. and new york on friday so i can only reach those folks that live in those two

with none left, mark platt, from arkansas, had to make quick decisions. >> we were helping the stand-offy were helping us. they were not in control. very few people knew what was going on in our area. only one person, they were shouting, don't jump. the boat was turning so fast if we didn't we would have died. >> our life jacketed had a light on them so when it turns on it's flashing so automatic i could see was flashing lights. some people were really freaking out. grabbing ahold of other people. everyone is trying to keep others calm. i guess, 150 people jumped in the water, 200 people finally swam and got on to the island. >> amazing how calm they are in retelling these tales. the two men say they estimate they swam about 300 feet before climbing on to rocks on shore and then they say, no one came to their aid. after about two hours, they say someone from town walked them to a highway and after that, cars picked them up and took them to different locations. wolf? >> what a chaotic scene, wow! thanks, mary. mary snow reporting. with the field narrowing and the stakes getting higher, re

i look to my man chris platt who is a dedicated conservative who believes in what he says and i findhard to believe he's going to be excited about a mitt romney republican nominee. megyn: he's gotten karma sutra into the political debate! i just want you to know, not only do they have all the campaign offices here, but they say they're paid staff in new hampshire since april has grown to around 20 people, the volunteers in new hampshire have held more than 500 training phone banks and neighborhood canvasses over the last eight months, the latest nbc maris poll shows there are only 40 percent of voters that approve of president obama. is he in trouble here chris? >> i'm not sure what the poll numbers are out of new hampshire specifically, but i'll take your word for it, and i assume that he's in trouble in new hampshire, because he's in trouble everywhere. you know, u.s. news and world report, i'll leave the karma sutra stuff and the clinton references, politics and what they're doing in the rest of the country, i'll leave that out of it, but u.s. news and world report has a new surve

todd platts will not seek another term. back to the presidential candidates. comments in the debate about turkey and here's an update on that story. host: and then "the washington post" -- we showed you the moment from monday night's debate what he was asked about his comments in the past about janitors and food stamp president. hos host: 10 story about 2012 politics. the electorate is split over obama in a new poll. president obama's job ratings have crept back from lows. host: todd is for the internet blackout in virginia. caller: this will ruin the economy even worse. they will not fund internet web sites now that might be the next innovation. host: ok. caller: it is just going to destroy it more jobs in the game companies that i'm a big fan of. but they get their game out commercially and they will not be able to do that anymore. host: you say this will destroy jobs. caller: yes. host: what about the millions lost by the music and film industry? caller: that is not true. they make millions of money. if companies made a better service, they would not be los

is doing and news that republican congressman todd flats of pennsylvania is planning on leaving -- platts of pennsylvania is planning on leaving congress. he won't run for re-election in 2012. coming up next, live coverage of the house here on c-span. to ascertain the presence of a quorum. members will record their votes by electronic device. this will be a 15-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. house house -- [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] that's one huge factor developing in maybe ten years. i think this is such a big project and we've got only one year to do it. it's just out of our hands. the world's changing without us even noticing and we've got many here where we can make a change, and i think with these diff

across the midwest, here we're looking at well above average temperatures and 61 will your high north plattes, than the northeast. westward we have unsettled weather and snow across the cascades and some will be making it into seattle. two to four inches possible and watch out for dangerous driving conditions along interstate five as well as a passage through the mountain and this system will continue to head eastward and start to impact parts of the central rockies as we head into later on tonight. by monday we'll be looking at rain across parts of the central plains before the storm impacts us in the northeast as we head into tuesday, guys? >> thank you, maria. let's talk sports now. it was quite a night for the new england patriots, not so much for tim tebow. the game everyone was waiting for, well, it happened earlier. we'll talk about it in a moment and the patriots opened up, with a drive in a minute and 51 seconds and from there, well, it pretty much continued on that torrid pace. tom brady shredded the denver secondary all night long and threw a nfl post season record five touchdowns

reporting this afternoon that six-term republican congressman todd platts announcing this afternoon he will not run for re-election in 2012. the house today starts the second session of the 112th congress. that includes electing a new sergeant at arms and that takes place at 6:30 p.m. eastern. tomorrow, the vote on raising the debt limit to $1.2 trillion. and the senate returns to session next week. tomorrow on "washington journal" "time" magazine and white house correspondent michael sherer talks about the superpacts. his article is linked, by the way, on our website at c-span.org. you can join us live tomorrow at 9:15 as mr. scherer talks with us and you. well, this morning, "washington journal" looked forward into voter fraud and state laws designed to stop such fraud. we talked with the head of the american civil liberties union, the legislative office here in washington, d.c. >> "washington journal" continues. host: laura murphy is the director of the american civil unit to in a -- civil liberties union's washington legislative office. why are voter id laws wrong? guest: the state