the video shows the killing of two civilians and two reuters reporters from two thousand and seven after the release of this video it became readily apparent that the military's claim of the proper rules of engagement had been followed was simply not true the video was released at the national press club with little fanfare and due to the mainstream media's utter lack of interest in wiki leaks and the video itself we were able to sit down with the founder of wiki leaks himself julian assange to get his thoughts months before he became the number one enemy of the state julian first i want to thank you very much for sitting down with us now the video here it's a very graphic it's a very sensitive nature and originally the military had claimed that they were following all rules of engagement when it came to this attack a video would show otherwise so so what do we call this thing we call this. internal u.s. school or a war crime in the sense you can even conventions or we say that this seems to be a problem with the rules of engagement or the judicial bodies inside the u.s. military that ar

now what is going to mean for russia from what cannot be fedoroff he's a sports journalist of the reuters news agency great to have you in the studio i was talking to our correspondent peter they were saying earlier on that when this announcement was made a few hours ago literally like the scenes back in two thousand and eight those european championships the same people waving flags horns blazing really does seem to have captured the russian public's imagination it's really good news for russia isn't it well it is and the kind of high points so to speak for russia being that the country needed this world cup to make it a real football country like england where you are you have the all the infrastructure the stadiums and so on. russia needed to build a modern stadiums to to build all the infrastructure. for that i mean kind of world cup would be like a catalyst for that to make it happen a lot of people say maybe that's why the england didn't didn't win the bid because a lot of their infrastructure is already there there was no benefit to come from it of course a mission statement is tha

travis and for reuters. >> in spain and they give back to some holiday passengers. they received personalized gifts. the presence range from hats to candy to denver's. it goes to show that you never know how often is quick to turn out. russians greeted their own version of santa claus in moscow today. the residents and tourists gathered to catch up glimpse of father frost in a suitable afternoon. the difference between father frost and beat said the clause is that he it is from a city in russia it not that more people. north pole. >> this is ever had in south san francisco and it looks a little like an gingerbread house. we will be right back. well here we are live in san francisco on this christmas evening where we have as sky beginning to clear today after a day where we had a lot of rain, rainfall is totaling of an inch and a half-2 in. and for some places. about an inch and a half there. crystal springs also getting it over in inch of rain for today. and it winds were also an issue. they're up and over with winds topping 40. this afternoon. fortunately the wins

travis and for reuters. >> at female suicide bomber detonated her best in a crowd waiting for food stamps. and killed dozens of people. it was the first suicide bombing it stage by women. so far no group has claimed responsibility. it ignores the the resilience of the fight an on going it operations against them. a 4.9 earthquake struck new zealand. the tremor blue glass and shook several buildings but no injuries are reported so far. this quake is a big aftershock. at the site of at 7.1 points up it months ago. the region has been experiencing a series of aftershocks in september. bring in the new year with kron4 news. we are burning one of the biggest and best parks in the area. tune in at 1134 the new years let. it is presented by the only local in new year's show in the bay area's favorite way to celebrate. over the past year we have been, well we are one to take a break. we will over the past year we have been bombarded at all sides with media, traditional and non-traditional appeared be decided to put together a short clip of some of the top, most you to get and treated and talked o

the video that was released that showed the execution by the helicopter of the reuters reporters. i think all of that stuff has been very important, and remember, of the 250,000 documents, the cables they say they're going it be releasing, they've only released 1,000 or 2,000 of them. there's a lot more to come from this organization. and i think -- i think it's a good thing. i say to the people who -- i've had people say to me, you know, i don't know if -- this is not good. you have to have some secrets. i can understand that. diplomacy, all that's necessary. you can't have everything on the front page of the paper. i would say that because our government behaved so badly in invading a country that was not a threat to us that this is the result. this is what you're going to have to put up with. the lights in the room have been turned on and now we're going to see everything from this point on. and maybe it's not right that we see everything, but i think i'd rather that than the alternative. and remember, it's not the leaks that are killing anyone. it's the secrets that have kille

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air strike on two reuters employees in baghdad, the site has gained in both fame and infamy, which according to startling new accusations is exactly what founder julian assange always wanted. brian ross is here with the details. brian? >> reporter: bill, when he gets out of that british prison, assange will have to deal with what has been a mutiny in the wikileaks ranked. several of his one-time colleagues are now coming forward tonight, here on "nightline," to raise questions about what's happened to the group's money and to criticize the way they say assange has turned the website into a cult of personality. >> my name is daniel schmitt. this is julian assange. >> reporter: they were close colleagues just one year ago. but now, daniel schmitt, whose real name is daniel domscheit-berg, has split from wikileaks, opening his own site, after raising questions about assange's handling of his money and new-found celebrity status. he talked with me via berlin. >> he certainly is different today from the way that i met him. >> when we were putting this together, daniel and i -- >> reporter: he beg

i go to yahoo to look at stock news, sports, ap, reuters, tech news but you don't spend time there. >> reporter: according to the "new york times," layoffs would be centered in yahoo's u.s. product group responsible for designing and building consumer and advertising services and magid says advertising revenue is a weak spot. >> the biggest shortfall is they can't get highly targeted advertising. sure, they can get ads built around looking at stocks and sports. but google can get very, very precise in their ads as can facebook because they have a lot of information about you. yahoo gets some of that but not enough of that to make the kind of revenue that you can do if have a targeted advertising base. >> reporter: we received a stakes. it says yahoo is always evaluating expenses to align with the company's financial goals, beyond that, we don't comment on rumors or speculation. mark sayre, cbs 5. >>> a warning: your safety is at risk. why there is a fear today that things might very soon get more dangerous in the east bay. >>> plus, proof that even in death, how motherly love can guid

roundtable with george will, rajiv chandrasekaran from "the washington post," chrystia freeland of thomson reuters and democratic strategic donna brazile and the first 1,000 days, the critical time to nourish a child. >> she's permanently going to be stunted. >> and i.q. is probably permanently impaired? >> yes, her i.q. will be impaired. >> my report from guatemala on the hidden cost of malnutrition and my exclusive interview this morning with the head of usaid, rajiv shah, on what america could be doing better and "the sunday funnies." >> wikileaks editor julian assange, assange said he would not be silenced then told everyone who their secret santa is. >>> hello again. it was a historic day yesterday as the senate voted to repeal the ban on gay men and lesbian women serving openly in the military. this has been a very active lame duck congress with major pieces of legislation on the table. and next up, an expected vote on the arms control treaty with russia. one of the president's top foreign policy priorities. the two senators responsible for getting the votes for that treaty are with me this

a reuters analyst has called whirlpool its top pick of possible leverage buyouts next year.a sunny outlook from first solar after the close tonight. the solar-panel maker now sees 2011 sales and earnings well above current street estimates. shares were up a fraction during the regular session, and added almost 4% after the close. and that's tonight's "market focus." >> tom: the highways and skies may be packed now with holiday deliveries and travel, but what about the road ahead? tonight's word on the street-- "transportation ". stephanie link is the director of research and vice president of strategy at thestreet.com. she joins us from the nasdaq. stephanie, nice to see you. welcome to "nightly business report." >> thanks for having me. >> tom: transportation in the year ahead. even in an environment of $90 for a barrel of oil. why? >> it is all in the context of where we are in the economic cycle. as we have the global economies cover, you'll have better demand. and this combined with the mas a avmassive underproduction gives you positive earning. >> tom: economics 101, su

it's the reuters/university of michigan index of consumer sentiment. it popped to 74.2 in early december, well above last month. but even with december's gain, sentiment is still well below pre-recession levels. and, the big question is whether >> susie: happier consumers will mean more spending for the holidays? suzanne pratt reports. >> reporter: from the toney stores on fifth avenue in new york city to the decked halls of this florida mall, consumers are shopping. it will be weeks before we learn if retailers get coal in their stockings this year. but, there are signs that scrooge could be a no-show. while several shoppers told us they're spending the same on gifts as last year, they are spending more on someone special. >> i'm finished already-- now i'm shopping for moi. >> i'm actually finished shopping. i keep shopping for myself as i'm shopping for other people. >> reporter: here in the northeast, the bitter cold does not appear to putting a chill on consumer spending. even with high unemployment, consumers are more optimistic about the future.

hired merrill lynch to appraise its twenty five percent stake in norris may kill that's according to reuters news agency earlier this month norilsk nickel offered to buy the twenty five percent stake. for twelve billion dollars the other medium producer quickly rejected the bid saying its holding in was a strategic investment over sources close to the. board say that as a public traded company shareholders expect all offers to be taken seriously. now let's take a look at the markets we start with the u.s. where where stocks are flat in early trading that's not a report said the u.s. economy did not grow as quickly during the summer as analysts predicted the commerce department said the country's g.d.p. rose two point six percent that's between july and september hoped for a gain of two point eight percent. cross over to europe where stocks are makes this hour with banks under pressure the pussies still trading in the black while germany's dax straight into the red in the evening session investors are milling the latest us report on economic growth shares of german look at a point six percent

that's according to reuters news agency earlier this month or just make an offer to buy the twenty five percent stake from twelve million dollars we can produce a quickly rejected the bid saying it's holding in was a strategic investment over sources close to russia's board say that as a publicly traded company shareholders expect all offers to be taken seriously. let's look at the markets u.s. stocks are flat in early trading after a report said the u.s. economy did not grow as quickly during the summer as predicted the commerce department said the country's g.d.p. rose two point six percent between two lines of temp work while analysts hoped for a gain of two point eight percent. and european stock struggled to extend gains into a third session on wednesday on the shares support for you this is great all gained one point three percent and volkswagen has point seven percent british airways is up over one and a half percent as airlines and rail operators return to more normal share jewels after four days of snow related tales but event. cautious ahead of us third quarter g.d.p. numbers.

saul has hired merrill lynch to appraise its twenty five percent stake in north that's according to reuters news agency earlier this month you offered to buy the twenty five percent stake from to solve for twelve billion dollars the other when you produce it quickly rejected the bid saying it's holding in north and going to do with a strategic investment however sources close to a board say that the publicly traded company shareholders expect all offers to be taken seriously. quick check on the markets markets in europe struggle to extend games into a third session on wednesday to share support the indices would bring on gaining one point three percent and folks why again point seven percent british airways is up over one a half percent as airlines and will operators return to more normal shuttles after four days of snow related tales but investors are cautious head of u.s. third quarter g.d.p. numbers this evening. after a poor beginning to the week the r.t.s. is trading over half a percent for the second day in a row that was excess also high in economic news russia's g.d.p. grew four poi

from reuters for us to squander it economy many believe the u.s. is going through its darkest time yet and despite obama's best efforts unemployment statistics have been on their relentless rise since two thousand and eight but as christine for reports the numbers may in fact be basking the truth. the numbers by any stretch are staggering we just got in the government's monthly jobs report it really was a disappointment on all counts hope for some holiday cheer at the end of this long tough year but instead the unemployment rate last month rose to nine point eight percent nine point eight percent is the unemployment rate our various hourly earnings no changes by some estimates that rate which translates to fifteen million people is actually closer to twenty percent or thirty million people without a job the bureau of labor statistics conduct a survey of households to calculate the rate and considers people unemployed if they don't have a job have actively look for work in the prior four weeks and are currently available for work people exact smith

reaction to that today the president urged police to act more fiercely to act more harshly to disperse reuters next time but i will continue to name one of them i'm tempted inciting racial he should in provoking violence should be stamped out with extreme prejudice forget about loyalties criminals don't have a nationality they must be isolated and punished regardless of their ethnic and social background from the prime minister putin who was also present at this meeting admitted that as nick balance that was formed in russia through saying true is now changing and these changes are rather painful and prime minister putin urged young football fans not to try to settle scores up to the games by breaking the law and he also urged them to. stay away from the radicals and extremists are actually nothing to do with the game it's no surprise that the country's leaders beat the alarm the country just recently won the bid to host the twenty eight hundred football world cup and of course it's unacceptable for a country which is preparing to host such a pristine savan that's similar attacks and similar c

this is a story out of reuters in new york. catholic nun here in our state who is known for kind of going -- she enjoyed casinos in atlantic city, taking gambling trips. apparently now she has been fired for embezzling $850,000 from this small college, iona college, in new rochelle, new york, for a period of ten years. sending phoney invoices to pay off personal credit cards and expeblss. she was known to be the gambling nun but they found out she was quite the embezzler. almost a million bucks. she pleaded not guilty. the nun is in you heading to trial. >> leave it to the folks at reuters to figure it out about a nun. you'd think that would go against some of the vows. >>> frozen frustration. stranded due to an early arctic blast. >> i'm still stuck because i can't go back north, i can't go west, yaeg east. >> today's wintry threat in the deep south. >>> devoted dip mat. remembering richard holbrooke and his decades of service to the country. >>> and, star treatment. the rescued chilean miners and their big welcome to england.

this is a story out of reuters in new york.wn for kind of going -- she enjoyed casinos in atlantic city, taking gambling trips. apparently now she has been fired for embezzling $850,000 from this small college, iona college, in new rochelle, new york, a period over ten years before they discovered how much money she was taking. sending phoney invoices to pay off personal credit cards and expenses. she was known to be the gambling nun but they found out she was quite the embezzler. almost a million bucks. she pleaded not guilty. the nun is now headed to trial. >> leave it to the folks at reuters to figure it out about a nun. >> a nun, i know. >> to say the least you'd think that would go against some of the vows. >> some but not all, apparently had to get enough money to go to the casino, man. >> not enough time for this next story. this is where i plug facebook. gecko: are you ready for your talk, sir? boss: just going over how geico helps people save in even more ways... ...with good driver discounts, multi-car discounts, defe

leaks stories earlier this year was that the apache helicopter shootout in afghanistan where two reuters journalists were killed and the royal families have been pushing for years to get information us the pentagon about this the pentagon just lied about faithfully about it so of course now we have we can leaks showing the video and now they can try and push for some thought of justice so on a number of levels i think they're doing a very important job karn what do you think i mean is it gone too far i mean does it limit the ability of governments to conduct diplomacy now because a lot of these leaks and we look at them and some of them are just really embarrassing ok and in the ones that i looked at the deal with the post soviet space for example shows a lack of really i think professional bill if you look at events on the ground to the point where we have a leak where the state department under hillary clinton has ordered employees to spy the united nations spy on other diplomats so there is a real range here how much is this impacted i don't want to qualify a positive negative about h

that's the case states are currently not allowed to declare bankruptcy only local municipalities but a reuters report alleges that republicans have set their sights on changing that but why would politicians want american states to be able to clear bankruptcy most importantly it would allow them to renegotiate obligations potentially slash public employee benefits which have been blamed for many states financial woes so would this be just a ploy to wipe out the democrats' most powerful donors the public sector unions or is this a financial imperative for the economic future of america well join me to discuss this issue is patrick gleason director of state affairs at americans for tax of tax reform and michaele cleaver journalist and contributing editor for in these times gentlemen thank you both for being here well i will just ask the basic question should states be allowed to declare bankruptcy. yeah i'll take that one the simple answer is yes and there are three numbers that illustrate why this is a needed tool for states to have their disposal the first two hundred thirty billion the second

reuters and the detroit news did mention kilpatrick is a democrat. victory for those of you who hate watching a program only to have to grab the remote control to lower the volume in the commercials. president obama signed in to law the commercial advertising loudness mitigation or calm act which regulates volume of the tv commercials. under the new law, commercials can only be as loud as the decibel level of regular programming. see, it wasn't us. >>> american muslim living in indonesia trying to get his own peace and quiet but landed him in jail. gregory luke who runs a lodge or the beach was found guilty of blasphemy storming in a mosque during prayers and disabling the loud speaker which was too noisy. >>> finally, abu dhabi, they have a swanky christmas tree on display. the palace is showing off 43-foot faux fur valued at, get this, $11 million. because it comes with 131 expensive ornaments. the christmas spirit is in full force. the malls are full of carollers, santas and piped in yuletide song. you heard about the effort for green energy, sola

but the financial journalism is health care because bluebird and reuters have a different kind of thing where they are charging -- because bloomberg and reuters have a different kind of thing where they are charging companies. >> in the world of traditional media, a media that is in many ways in danger. nbc, as a network may not be. i don't know. i am asking you. did david halberstam represent the beginning of a generational change? i would say that he and his generation been established a tradition, one that was willing to take on government in a way that had not been generally true in the commercial or mainstream media in the past. we are members of the succeeding generation. and the folks of the crimson and other students here tonight are members of yet another generation. what do you have to say to a generation that is coming on if they are interested in careers in investigative reporting? >> first of all, nbc news has an investigative unit, which is great. all the networks do at this point. one of the things that the networks realized is that, if you do not have an investigative un

a noke key executive told reuters in 2010 soon mobile phone cameras will replace conventional camerasly the new york yankees became the first professional sports team to ban i-pads during a game for security reasons they say. with the first steps in 2010, richard hart abc 7 news. >> next at 5:30, police make some strange discoveries after a fire at a marijuana dispensary in san francisco. >> i'm terry mcsweeney live at san francisco international airport. that huge snowstorm in the northeast causing problems out here. more than two dozen flights affected already. and there's no problem. this one has to do with cars. story coming up in a live report. >> also next at 5:30, the 49ers and coach mike singletary partways after the team once again fails to make the playoffs. >> and i'm meteorologist christine hanson. after rain over the weekend, clearing skies has prompted some dense fog around the bay area this morning. another impressive storm system moving in our direction tuesday and wednesday with cold air, gusty winds just in time for the new year. if you need more information on our w

reuters is reporting that the blackberry line of senator phones is catching up to iphone sales. last october, the apple ceo steve jobs famously predicted that he didn't see that happening anywhere in the future. analysts say the new blackberry torch has helped lead the sales growth. days after police intentionally destroyed a so-called bomb house, hazmat crews are very carefully combing through the rubble there so neighbors can safely return. that's our top story on a fox trip across america. california. cops say the house outside san diego was filled with the largest amount of certain homemade explosives ever found in the u.s. so dangerous they had no choice but to burn it down. the man no was renting pleaded not guilty to charges of bank robbery and making destructive devices. florida, u.s. immigration agents arresting nearly a hundred people during a five day sweep. officials say it was part of a statewide operation to track down foreigners with criminal records for violent crimes. sex offenses, and drug trafficking. the suspect now face deportation. texas. a three-month-old

a dozen people on the ground are killed, including two iraqis working for the reuters news agency.n july of this year, wikileaks released other information related to manning, the afghan war logs. "the new york times" called that an unvarnished ground level picture of the war in afghanistan that is in many respects more grim than the official portrayal. bradly manning faces charges of unlawfully transferring classified material to a nonsecure computer skpo to an unauthorized third party. a spokesman for manning's defense fund tells cbs news that manning's trial is for a from beginning. the army must complete a psychological evaluation first. in manning's defense, and prosecutors can't degree on who to conduct that evaluation. let's turn to former fbi agent and whistle-blower, colleen rowly. >> thank you. >> i can tell you in my 24 years a an fbi investigator and 13 years teaching fbi agents criminal procedure, i've never heard of punishing someone pre-conviction like this in solitary confinement. it really sounds vindictive and in a way, it seems like some of the harsh interrogatio

reuters reported today that wall street bonuses this year may top that from last year. and "the new york times" reported the s&p 500 which basically measures the health of the biggest companies is up 7%. are you getting a 7% raise this year? folks, this is absolutely, there is no reason why this president has to defend his record on business. he is pro-business. on top of that, he's about to give the super rich another round of tax cuts. but the president is still trying to make nice with wall street, he invited 20 ceos over today for lunch for a working conversation on how to jump-start hiring in this country. here's what he had to say going into the meeting. >> are you looking for a commitment from the executives today to spend some of the capital that they're sitting on toward job creation? >> i am looking forward to getting good ideas from them but i am definitely going to talk to them about how we can get more hiring out there. >> now i don't know what there is to talk about, nine financial companies are sitting on nearly $2 trillion. the most in some 40 years when

street poll showing 59% of americans like the deal, 36% don't like t i want to bring in our panel, reuter's editor at large, christopher free land and blogger and columnist at politicsdaily.com. welcome to the first steels on wheels. >> it is fun. >> fantastic. >> this tax deal, the president says it is good for the economy, do you agree with him? >> yes. certainly in the short term. >> elaborate. >> in the long term, it is bad for the deficit, in the short term, surely it is stimulative, right? what the economy needs. i think larry summers got into a lot of trouble last week for saying, look there is a danger of a double-dip recession. he is not the only guy saying that, a lot of economists are saying that, i think that is a real concern. >> are we wrong to debate this without considering we are borough $1 trillion to do it and the debate be if we are going to borrow another $1 trillion is the best way to spend another borrowed trillion these tax cuts or should there be some other higher output use to have a borrowed trillion? >> where do the cuts come from in the thing i have the most sym

hillary clinton supporter, reuters washington correspondent john decker and msnbc political analyst pat buchanan. john, let me start with you in terms of this budget bill and earmarks. what are you hearing? what is going to happen? >> looks like republicans will vote and block against this bill, despite what richard just said. there are a number of republicans who have earmarks included in this bill, including the senate minority leader mitch mcconnell. he has an earmark in this bill. despite that, democrats who controlled the senate right now during this lame duck senate are also going to vote in unison. not what many democrats like in the aftermath of the election but this is going to fund the government for the next two months and i might add one thing, chris, that is house speaker nancy pelosi says she will support this bill despite the fact there are no earmarks in the house version of the bill. >> mitch mcconnell, pat, as you just heard john say, he's in vigorous opposition to the bill, but he has a $650,000 earmark in there for a genetic tech center at the university of kentucky.

business model issue, in the world of financial journalists right now, when we're competing with reuters and "wall street journal" and bloomberg, all of which in different ways are very, very well funded, we're always below offer. by a mile. and we've still managed to get some people in the financial world. but i would say financial journalism is probably a little bit healthier, but that's because bloomberg and reuters are charging companies for information as well as producing journalism. >> martha, you're from the world of traditional media. commercial media, for-profit media, media that is, you know, in many ways in danger, abc as a network may not be abc news, who knows. i don't know. i'm asking you. when you were talking -- did david halberstam represented the beginning of a generational change. he talked about the great tradition that he was sort of part of. but i would say that he and his generation established a tradition, one that was willing to take on government in a way that had not been generally true of the commercial mainstream media in the past. we're members of that succ

belonged in philadelphia so he joins work, he was in philly before he introns other strong pitchers, reuterholiday god's world, call hamill's people are saying they are favored to take all the way. >> for a 49 year-old resident are teaming up for new venture montana and the arco want to build a luxury hotel sports bar and entertainment next to the 68,000 seat stadium. the three business partners have a meeting with officials but officials say sunday that the council will not take any action until after the new year. >> we'll be back with more in just a couple of minutes, team coverage of the weather, traffic as their rain has begun a live look here marin county, the roadways are slick he might one leaves much time. we will be right back.

north bay, reuter part, getting a few raindrops. at the nazi era, it here come the high fatigue.it all of this moisture as we head into the evening a lot of this will be moving into our area. for the north bay, periods of heavy rain four quarters of an inch to an inch per hour. in some of the county's potential for small stream sledding, urban flooding. flash flooding is a possibility. this is deftly as substantial storm. current temperatures similar to yesterday, 51 san francisco. same in the sense bay. future cast, idea what you can expect, best chance moving in towards the afternoon 3:00, a lot of that what weather contain to the north bay is not about 5:00, evening commute. wet one. like all of this heavy, heavy rain. along the peninsula, continuing to evening as well. 10:00, heavier rain to the east bay, hayward, fremont. keep showers around in the picture towards your wednesday. wednesday of its showers, a brick by thursday, friday bringing some cold overnight temperatures. but the chance of showers back into the picture once again. air cover. >> no dense fog advisor is for

but reuters is reporting he was so distracted by the view, he forgot to brake in time and he hit some giving himself a black eye. yeah. jackman made it on stage minutes later, saying, quote, that was so much fun until the end. big talk of tinsel town right now, besides hugh jackman, the nominees for this year's golden globe awards. a.j. hammer joins us from new york with all the details. let's talk about this hugh jackman stunt. is he all right? >> yeah. he's fine. but a bit bruised and shaken and probably not that happy that it went that way. it was quite the on-stage scare. he is on the zip line making his grand entrance as you mentioned, and boom, unfortunately he swooped on the zip line right into some ska folding. he smacked his face there. paramedics and oprah herself tended to the star's eye. jackman did return to the stage about ten minutes later saying he was okay, explaining he forgot to put on the brakes. but nurse oprah attending to jackman, that woman can do anything! >> she can. >> i sound like regis. >> yes, you do. they stayed at a holiday inn express. she healed junk

according to reuters, the chinese government is planning to invest $1.5 trillion over the next five years in seven targeted sectors, alternative energy, biotechnology, new generation information technology, high-end equipment manufacturing, advanced materials, alternative fuel cars, and energy-saving technologies. $1.5 billion over the next five years. you know what this tax will cost us over the next five years? about $1 trillion. what will we have to show for it? nothing. nothing. well, instead of boring yoag -- borrowing these billions, we should use it to modernize our crumbling infrastructure. we should invest in biomedical research, technology for future, educate our young people to perform the high-end shows sectors -- those sectors would create. it would have huge payoffs for future generations. the needs are enormous. a recent report determined that the current need just for improved school infrastructure is more than $250 billion nationwide. e.p.a., enviromental protection agency estimates that we need to invest more than $200 billion in wastewater treatment. and, as we all know