a prominent reuters journalist has been indicted by the u.s. justice department accused of helping anonymous gain access to a media conglomerate servers will look at this case and the possible jail time the journalist could face and it's a place where the u.s. government sends those deemed on trial level hold so-called enemy combatants now there's word of a hunger strike at the facility in cuba look at why the tape detainees are refusing to eat. it's friday march fifteenth four pm in washington d.c. i'm not going lopez and you're watching r t starting off this hour after three consecutive nights where clashes and chaos plagued the streets of brooklyn a relative sense of calm has swept over the borough possibly due to poor weather conditions for. the. police say no one was arrested last night during a candlelight vigil held for the four kalani gray but that's not to say that the night was without trouble community members who attended the vigil squared off with members of occupy wall street the two groups had dueling messages for the n.y.p.d. th

manning claimed that the military had refused to give the video to reuters. admitted to putting documents and diplomatic cables on 2 cd's -- ont ocd's. -- onto cd's. his court-martial is still several months away. if convicted of the most serious charges, he could face life in prison. iraq has blast in killed five people and injured 70 others. anduck carrying council packed with explosives blew up at a cattle market. venezuela's vice president says hugo chavez is battling for his life. nicolas maduro told a tv station his chavez had sacrificed help for venezuela. he recently returned to caracas after cancer surgery in cuba, and he has not been seen in public since december and is believed to be on a breathing machine. the latest unemployment figures for the euro zone have been released. it hit a record high of 11.9% in january. as 19 million people out of court. in spain, one-quarter of people without a job. more people are choosing to work for themselves. now this report from madrid. >> a nice cup of tea may not seem the obvious answer and to spain's unemplo

reuters suspended with pay a journalist accused of conspiring with a hacker group. the 26-year-old is facing federal charges for allegedly promising hackers access to the website of his former employer "the tribune." later, hackers change add story in the "los angeles times" owned by the tribune. if convicted, he faces up to 25 years in prison. he was a web producer here at abc7 news before joining reuters >> a teacher arrested on charges of possessing child pornography is in the hospital after attempting suicide. he expected to survive an overdose. he was arrested on wednesday at the school where he taught in seaside. a search of the san jose home turned up more than 1,000 video clips and photographs of children who appear to be under 10 years old. he worked in san jose as a substitute teacher from 2008 until just a few weeks ago. the union school district has notified parents at the school where he worked and police are asking parents to talk to their children about any contact. >> in santa cruz county teams are searching for a missing man who suffered a head inju

and "reuters" says the white house is taking action so the agencies can have unlimited access. have to report any cash transactions over $10,000 as suspicious and they get put into this database. "reuters" says banks often overreport to be safe and that puts americans with no criminal instent in the spotlight of the federal government. >> we also to make sure that we're giving it sufficient oversight that congress is paying attention as well as the privacy information. >> reporter: expanding the bank account access to all of the agencies is legal under the pinpoint act. we'll explain who they are exactly trying to track down in all of this when i see you next. kyla campbell, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> china claims the coca-cola soft drink company is threatening that company's national security. some coke truck drivers are accused of illegally using hand- held gps devices during routes in china. coke says the devices are sold widely in stores and they improve delivery time. but they bring up border concerns. coke is shutting down a production facility in sacramento. the bottling p

reuters suspended with pay a journalist accused of conspiring with a hacker group. the 26-year-old is facing federal charges for allegedly promising hackers access to the website of his former employer "the tribune." later, hackers change add story in the "los angeles times" owned by the tribune. if convicted, he faces up to 25 years in prison. he was a web producer here at abc7 news before joining reuters >> a teacher arrested on charges of possessing child pornography is in the hospital after attempting suicide. he expected to survive an overdose. he was arrested on wednesday at the school where he taught in seaside. a search of the san jose home turned up more than 1,000 video clips and photographs of children who appear to be under 10 years old. he worked in san jose as a substitute teacher from 2008 until just a few weeks ago. the union school district has notified parents at the school where he worked and police are asking parents to talk to their children about any contact. >> in santa cruz county teams are searching for a missing man who suffered a head inju

and "reuters" says the white house is taking action so the agencies can have unlimited access.to report any cash transactions over $10,000 as suspicious and they get put into this database. "reuters" says banks often overreport to be safe and that puts americans with no criminal instent in the spotlight of the federal government. >> we also to make sure that we're giving it sufficient oversight that congress is paying attention as well as the privacy information. >> reporter: expanding the bank account access to all of the agencies is legal under the pinpoint act. we'll explain who they are exactly trying to track down in all of this when i see you next. kyla campbell, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> china claims the coca-cola soft drink company is threatening that company's national security. some coke truck drivers are accused of illegally using hand- held gps devices during routes in china. coke says the devices are sold widely in stores and they improve delivery time. but they bring up border concerns. coke is shutting down a production facility in sacramento. the bottling plant h

air travel with karen jacobs, a correspondent with reuters. she is joining us live from atlanta, georgia. if you want to join us, call 202-737-0002 for democrats for 202-737-0001 for republicans or 202-628-0205 for independents. you can also send us e-mails or tweets. one of the articles we picked up the two weeks ago written by you, karen jacobs, american to unite with u.s. airways to create number one carrier. airlines have leeway to increase fares. the type could be a net plus for corporate passengers, who will have to pay higher prices, but will benefit as the biggest airlines seek to improve their services to win more of these lucrative customers. tell us from a consumer perspective, what can we expect regarding the creation of this new airline featuring american and u.s. airways? guest: there are many affects for consumers. some of them good, others might be considered not so good. one of the first is that consumers will have more choices, especially if they are flying on one of the two carriers. american passengers will have more flight

reuters says the obama administration wants all u.s.ncies to have unlimited access and that could help them better track suspicious activity to help the feds spot criminals. but banks have to report any cash transactions of more than $10,000 as suspicious, and some privacy experts argue that would unnecessarily put too many ordinary u.s. citizens in the spotlight. i contacted senators boxer and feinstein for their reaction and have not heard back. an expert said the country already has the best, but there's room for improvement when i see you next. >>> president obama heads back to capitol hill today to meet with senate republicans and house democrats. it's the president's third trip this week to meet with lawmakers. he's trying to get republicans and democrats to agree on a budget. yesterday senate democrats unveiled their budget proposal calling for increases in spending and taxes. the republican budget plan focuses on spending cuts. the president will release his proposal early next month. >>> time is now 6:16. in berkeley a high sch

reuters says this plan is in its early stages but i'll tell you what sort of information the u.s. agencies would be looking for in your bank accounts when i see you next hour. live in washington, kyla campbell, channel 2 news. >>> a southern california earthquake warning system just passed a major test. monday that system gave scientists a 35-second warning before a 4.7 quake in riverside county. that may not sound like much but that can be enough time for people to take cover or to stop trains. scientists say that system doesn't predict earthquakes, but it spots the first pulses of energy when a fault ruptures. that system is still in the pilot stage. >>> 5:17. sal is keeping an eye on traffic. what are you looking at, sal? >> we're looking at a bunch of east bay highways, so everything really, just to make sure all the road work has been picked up. so far we haven't found a lot. in san francisco, there was also road work, that's also been picked up. it's been pretty smooth so far, and sometimes these things don't stay that way but right now smooth for a thursday coming into san

reuters says this plan is in its early stages but i'll tell you what sort of information the u.s. spy agencies would be looking for in your bank accounts when i see you next hour. live in washington, kyla campbell, channel 2 news. >>> a southern california earthquake warning system just passed a major test. monday that system gave scientists a 35-second warning before a 4.7 quake in riverside county. that may not sound like much but that can be enough time for people to take cover or to stop trains. scientists say that system doesn't predict earthquakes, but it spots the first pulses of energy when a fault ruptures. that system is still in the pilot stage. >>> 5:17. sal is keeping an eye on traffic. what are you looking at, sal? >> we're looking at a bunch of east bay highways, so everything really, just to make sure all the road work has been picked up. so far we haven't found a lot. in san francisco, there was also road work, that's also been picked up. it's been pretty smooth so far, and sometimes these things don't stay that way but right now smooth for a thursday coming into

reuters says the obama administration wants all u.s. have unlimited access and that could help them better track suspicious activity to help the feds spot criminals. but banks have to report any cash transactions of more than $10,000 as suspicious, and some privacy experts argue that would unnecessarily put too many ordinary u.s. citizens in the spotlight. i contacted senators boxer and feinstein for their reaction and have not heard back. an expert said the country already has the best, but there's room for improvement when i see you next. >>> president obama heads back to capitol hill today to meet with senate republicans and house democrats. it's the president's third trip this week to meet with lawmakers. he's trying to get republicans and democrats to agree on a budget. yesterday senate democrats unveiled their budget proposal calling for increases in spending and taxes. the republican budget plan focuses on spending cuts. the president will release his proposal early next month. >>> time is now 6:16. in berkeley a high school stud

air travel with karen jacobs, a correspondent with reuters.he is joining us live from atlanta, georgia. if you want to join us, call 202-737-0002 for democrats for 202-737-0001 for republicans or 202-628-0205 for independents. you can also send us e-mails or tweets. one of the articles we picked up the two weeks ago written by you, karen jacobs, american to unite with u.s. airways to create number one carrier. airlines have leeway to increase fares. the type could be a net plus for corporate passengers, who will have to pay higher prices, but will benefit as the biggest airlines seek to improve their services to win more of these lucrative customers. tell us from a consumer perspective, what can we expect regarding the creation of this new airline featuring american and u.s. airways? guest: there are many affects for consumers. some of them good, others might be considered not so good. one of the first is that consumers will have more choices, especially if they are flying on one of the two carriers. american passengers will have more flight c

joshua snare brought this story for reuters. welcome and congratulations on the scoop.teresting story not nearly because of the size of the estate or the assets involved because the estranged wife of mr. hamm also worked for the company or works for it. >> indeed, tyler. sue ann hamm, harold's estranged wife, was for many years an important executive at continental resources. her bios say that she began the oil and gas marketing divisions of the company. she clearly was part of the brains behind the operation so another reason why, according to oklahoma family law and the equitable distribution in a divorce there, she may well have a claim if there was no pre-nup to a considerable slice of that fortune. over $11 billion credited to mr. hamm these days. >> we'll have you stick around, joshua. clue us in here. continental and mr. hamm were deeply involved in the initial finds and initial developments of the batchenfield up in north dakota, am i correct? >> first of all, he's believed to be the biggest donor of oil in america, credited with the discovery of the bachen fiel

and founder of rush communications here's what he told reuters. that is against the government not so bad what do you mean by that not as gangsters a government in what respect with corruption that comes with the legal bribery in our system we know it's legal bribery all the corporations of special interest have unlimited access to our politicians so much so that the politicians represent them instead of the people. the bombing of innocent people. yet the attack on other governments for their resources also means was responding to critiques about the hip hop culture which is often viewed as vulgar interesting he compares hip hop to the government to put it into perspective and we are going to leave it off there but for more on the stories we cover you can always check out our you tube channel you tube dot com slash r t america we post everything online there in full also check out our website our t.v. dot com slash usa and you can follow me on twitter as wall for now have a great night.

this film this happened in two thousand and seven and for years the families of the victims both the reuters journalists and the traumatized iraqi families pushed the pentagon to find out what has happened in u.s. attack and then can live for years saying that there was no video they couldn't answer they didn't know what had happened so by exposing this bradley manning gave close p.c.'s answers to these twin with high stanleys that's been lied to repeatedly by the pentagon manning is accused of endangering national security as well as fellow soldiers wives even if his intentions were good as you claim they are his actions sorely can't go completely on punish. well i think he's admitted that by by pleading guilty. certain things he does take responsibility for what he did but in terms of the bigger picture in terms of his duty to his fellow americans he stated very clearly not only in his statement the court but also when he was first in communication with the government snitch atria lamo that his motive to do this was to expose information so that the american people knew what the gulf was d

reuters has said pakistani taliban has denied responsibility for the task. a general election is scheduled for may 11th. >>> art fair tokyo 2013 is under way featuring antiques and contemporary works offered by about 140 galleries both inside and outside japan. the annual event opened on thursday at the tokyo international forum. the fair is the largest of its kind in japan and attracts more than 50,000 visitors. its organizers say this year the weaker yen may attract more art collectors from overseas. >> translator: the yen is weaker and tokyo stock prices are higher. they indicate the country is getting a shot in the arm. >> translator: the weaker yen is good news for overseas buyers. japan has a lot of good art items, so i think the country's market will grow. >> 24 young japanese artists living together are selling their building and works of art as a package for about $2.6 million. >> translator: a number of visitors from abroad are coming to see this art fair. as an organizer, this trend is definitely giving us a leg up. >> the organizer says japanese

>> reporter: legal experts quoted by reuters suggested that it is.he patriot act b and other counterterrorism laws effectively mandate institutions keep tabs on so-called suspicious activity. the american civil liberties union tells fox news it hasn't yet seen this treasury document, but such reports of activity filed have more than quadrupled since 2002 to more than 1.5 million such reports in 2011. jon? jon: james rosen, interesting. thank you. >> reporter: thank you. jenna: well, making news today, a massive car recall. what honda says is wrong with thousands of its vehicles and which ones are included in the recall. and today senator john mccain is marking 40 years since his release from a prison camp in vietnam. his reflections live when we speak with the senator about all of this next. ♪ [ female announcer ] from meeting customer needs... to meeting patient needs... ♪ wireless is limitless. [ female announcer ] from finding the best way... ♪ to finding the best catch... ♪ wireless is limitless. jenna: forty years ago today, a painful chapter in

she is a reporter with reuters. thanks for joining us. >> thanks for having me. >> sreenivasan: it's called the human heart beat protection act. what are the political conditions that led to its passage. >> well, in november, the republicans won the statehouse for the first time since reconstruction. so for the first time, they've controlled both the house and the senate. as a result, they have decided to enact or file many abortion bills and the 12-week one was one of many including a 20-week ban that passed on february 28 and was enacted into law. >> sreenivasan: originally the bill would have been abortions as early as six weeks into a pregnancy. why are the number of weeks so crucial in these pieces of legislation? >> i think that a lot of times that we've seen across the country that state houses are taking the abortion issue and doing these kind of bills, filing these kind of bills because they feel like the federal courts and the supreme court is not working fast enough on overturning "roe v. wade." so that's

reuters exploring its auto interiors unit.hank you very much. >> when the market goes this high, there is a course of investors who believe they are due to go the other way. that would be down, of course. there are, and justifiably, skeptics. some folks make money by going short. that is selling borrowed shares of the stock in hopes of buying them back at a lower price in the future. william dove gordon. market in london, watches the u.s. market for those shorts. mr. gordon, welcome. good to have you with us. where do you think, right now based upon your research. . the most juicy targets for shorting are? >> that's a very good question. and one of the areas seeing huge increases is the high yield. high yield bond etfs. jnk, hyg. there is a lot of speculation and high-yield that go up in price everyday. yield is coming down but short-sellers are piling in. borrowing more and more and more of that. there is imaging and things looking scary in the high yield bonn space. >> that's where some of that short money seems to be going

for years the families of the victims both from reuters journalists and a traumatized iraqi families pushed the pentagon to find out what had happened in that attack and the pentagon lied years saying that there was no video taken out so they didn't know what had happened so by exposing this bradley manning again close peace gave our answers to these traumatized families that's been lied to repeatedly by the pentagon i think it's also interesting one other aspect around this is that he tried to give this information to other mainstream media outlets to begin with the washington post the new york times and the politico web site and he was dismissed and in fact in the washington post said that if this was if they were going to follow this information it would need to be that it is a senior level i.e. suppressed so what we're seeing is the old model do not respond to this amazingly brave push towards transparency to inform the american people what is done in their name so he went to eat and i think that shows very clearly the wrong place is a publisher of sensitive information and publi

a short time ago i talked with hugh bronstein of reuters in buenos aires. hugh bronstein, welcome.o 24 hours later, what's been the reaction there in argentina? >> well, at first it was stunned silence and it gave way very quickly to jubilation. the fifthful in argentina really believe this is the right pope to do what needs to be done at the vatican to improve transparency and get back to the gospels. >> brown: there's been much attention to the new pope's simple life-style, his work with the poor. how has that manifested itself in his life and work in argentina? >> well, this is a soccer-crazy country and when it came out yesterday that he is a card-carrying rank-and-file fan after sam lorenzo, one of the top five teams here in argentina people went nuts. twitter went wild and it came out as well that he has a very unassuming kind of life-style. his apartment is very close to the neighborhood where the headquarters of san lorenzo. is he takes the bus to work, if not the subway. on the bus and on the subway if the team did well the night before he talks with his friends his fellow

according to reuters the announcement could come in the next few days and reuters is also reporting thatpanies have been negotiating details over the past week after kkr made a bid nearly of $3.7 billion back on february 21st. >>> and 2013 is expected to be another tough year for the personal computer as consumers gravitate more towards the tablet. research firm idc is forecasting that global pc sales will contract 1.3% this year. idc also says a shaky global economy is contributing to weak sales. that is the latest from the fox business network, giving you the power to prosper. ge. when mary lost her husband, she invested in real estate. but when the housing bubble burst... so did her financial future. robert and rachel discovered the security, safety, and stability of american bullion, the name you can trust for 401(k) rollovers and i.r.a. transfers. unlike other gold companies, american bullion handles all the paperwork for you, hassle-free and 100% tax-free. call 1-800-gold-ira now and speak th one of our gold experts to see how simple working with american bullion can be. when you d

but according to reuters and the associated press, he is dead. melissa: yeah. and they had done everything to sort of reassure rest of the world he was on the mend. he has had four cancer surgeries outside of the country. recently they released photos of hugo chavez in his hospital bed, smiling surrounded by his family holding up the wspaper had the date on it to try to portray a image that was recovering and doing better. a lot of people had suspicions about this. this is the news that a lot of world had been sort the bracing for and what it means to the oil markets. peter barnes, thank you so much for that report. >> all right, melissa. melissa: all right. thank you. where are we going now? all right. let's go to john kingston now who we have on the phone from platts. john, i mean this is a saga that you have followed for decades. what is the reaction? >> i hope the amount of western oil companies that stayed in the country after the quasi-nationalization, whatever you want to call them a few years ago, are able to keep the country's production at their alrea

idc tells reuters shipments of ipads will fall to 46% of the market this year, while android devices will jump to 49% this year as google's nexus 7 tablet and amazon's kindle make inroads against the ipad and mini ipad. twinkies may be back on shelves by this summer. hostess filed a document in u.s. bankruptcy court that made it clear no other offers topped the initial $410-million bid from investment firms metropoulos and apollo global management. hostess had earlier hopes the bidding price would escalate. still to come, you better shop around: how car consumers are becoming more savy. that's later on. but first, the debate over soda sizes is taking shape in society. that's coming up next. tic brain injury is as serious as any battlefield injury the memory loss dizziness nightmares thankfully, the va has made important advancements in tbi so if you think you or a veteran you know has sustained a brain injury get screened the fda is issuing a warning about a popular antibiotic. azithromycin, also known as z- pack, is commonly used to treat bronchitis, pneumonia or ear infections. now

bush did an interview with "reuters" after the supreme court case that decided he would be presidentas inaugurated. he did a 45-minute interview with "reuters" in which before he was even sworn in, he was threatening to go to war with iraq. once 9/11 happened, they said how can we use this to get the public to go along with what we already want to do. why did they already want to start a war? why did they think it was solve problems? and why did they think it would be so easy? that, i think, is not just a george w. bush administration problem, that's an american problem with us coming to think that the military is the easiest solution to many of our biggest problems. >> robert, i want to ask you as someone who has worked in the administration and has worked with the president, who is currently in office, how much has the legacy of iraq shaped president obama's view in terms of military engagement? we talk about syria a lot and there's some thinking, there's some wisdom out there that he doesn't want to get involved there because he understands what a quote-unquote quagmire it can be

now, according to reuters photographer who was on the ground, people were seen suffocating in the streets and the air apparently smelled of chlorine. it's unclear who is behind the attack, the white house is expressing skepticism over the regime's claim that it was the rebels. >> at this time we have no evidence to substantiate that charge and we're skeptical deeply of a regime that might make that charge given that the regime has lost all credibility in the eyes of the syrian people and the world. having said that we're obviously assessing the reports and without getting into intelligence matters, i can tell you that we're making evaluations about the reports. >> sean: now, as the obama administration continues to make assessments about the developing situation overseas, questions are raised if the u.s. should intervene in the civil war. the president said the chemical weapons against the syrian people would constitute a red line. remember this? >> we have been very clear to the assad regime, but also to other players on the ground that a red line for us is, we start seeing a whole bunch

if thereld reuters, " is a dang wolf in your corral attacking your cow, shoot that wolf. >> the mediais guilty of keeping it polarized. > >> animal lovers, this is a call to action. our tax dollars are being turned against innocent animals during this time, the state of wyoming can declare war on wolves. >> killing wolves, whether hunting, trapping, or removing the problem wolf periodically, it really shouldn't be news anymore. we don't announce everyone -- every time someone shoots a coyote or someone kills a mountain lion or a bear. wolves are not weapons of mass destruction. they are just another critter on the landscape trying to make a living and doing what god put him there for. >> why the middleground voices aren't heard is a good question. there has been a lot of drama associated with the conflict. [gunfire] trying to live with a wolf is rathere complicated, than a story about don't kill the wolves or kill all the wolves. all you really read about in the newspapers is what the mouthpieces say to the media. i think it is a gross oversimplification of what is happening on the la

reuters is listening to jay carney give the press briefing and this is what reuters says.he white house reiterates president obama warned of consequences if chemical weapons are used in syria but doesn't detail what the consequences would be. for the people on the ground, barak, the ones we would want to help in this situation, how important is it that the consequences are clear? or is that important? >> the people in syria right now are begging for anyone to help them. some even say though want their archenemy israel to get involved around overthrow the assad regime. we're two years into a war where over 70,000 people have died. there is no end in sight. they're grasping for anybody that can help them to end their suffering and this nightmare. jenna: there are a lot of forces at play but there is a lot of average families affected by this crisis. great to have you as always. thanks for the time. >> thank you. jon: right now something of a bombshell in the jodi arias murder trial. she is accused of brutally murdering her boyfriend. now a defense expert witness admits he di

according to documents aquired by reuters, the treasury department is intending to give agencies more access to financial documents to detect crimes and terrorist networks. no word yet on when the database will be up and running. treasury secretary jack lew is quickly moving into his new position. he's scheduled to meet with china's new leaderhip in bejing next week. while there, he plans to fight the weak chinese yuan, which hurts american manufacturers. yesterday, in his first trip since taking office, lew traveled to a siemens manufacturing plant in georgia, where he talked about the importance of innovation and job creation to strengthen the middle class. "when we talk about advanced manufacturing jobs in america, there is a bright future. there is truly the possibility of an american manufacturing renissance. we have some responsibility in terms of infrastructure but also in terms of reforming our tax code." lew also talked about reducing the deficit in a balanced way while meeting with local business leaders in atlanta. after only two days on the job, pope francis is proving to

engage a group of what turned out to be civilians on the ground killing twelve of them including two reuters journalists a van men comes to try and help those shot in the first burst of firing and the helicopter then engages that van as well let's have a listen to what he said about that does that mean that. this was the only. way. for. me this is. bradley manning was shocked by what he saw in the video in two thousand and ten he took the decision to upload hundreds of thousands of documents onto the internet that were then released by wiki leaks now what he said isn't new is it in respect that there was a full transcript when he said it in court but this is the first time we've heard him say it so why is that how has this happened and what difference do you think that might make to the case if any yes there's been really strict reporting restrictions and great secrecy surrounding this trial no video no order you know photos and no transcript as well out of that court although one transcript how's already been released from that in contravention of that reporting ban followed by this all go

in a statement to reuters, a spokeswoman says the pricetags on merchandise are being changed this month and should be done in the next few weeks. the retailer lost customers last year after ceo ron johnson said such discounts cheapen the brand. mark zuckerberg is delving further into politics. the wall street journal is reporting the facebook ceo will help launch a political advocacy group. zuckerberg and other leaders of the tech industry plan to push legislation, including immigration reform. linkedin founder reid hoffman is also said to be onboard. last month, the zuck hosted a political fundraiser for new jersey governor chris christie. a growing number of american women are praying they won't wind up as bag ladies. according to a report, despite making strides in the workforce, 6 in 10 women say they are the breadwinners in the family. 49% fear becoming homeless. 27% of women earning more than $200,000 are still afraid of growing old penniless. one other study finds the wage gap between men and women is stuck, leaving the average female earning 23% less than her male counterparts.

iraq and the pilots decided to fire upon a group of civilians killing a number of them including two reuters journalists that were there at the time. those journalists were those casualties were inflicted a van then turns up to try and help the wounded and they fire upon that vehicle as well so this is the forest time anyone outside of the court has heard manning's own explanations of his actions why is that it is it is you know they've heard it just for the first time now he was very concerned to portray incidents like this which is how to have a look at that particular grab and how he talked about it. does that mean that. it was the only. way. for. for me this is so much which i. can see from that we can see from that little excerpt there how shocked money was from all of that he said that was when he decided he was going to upload those in two thousand and ten so some some time after that and then that was then released by wiki leaks so in two thousand and ten that is when he was arrested in iraq well manning is accused of endangering u.s. forces by his leaks so how did he explain his act

smithfield foods, rising in the afterhours, reuters reporting that the hog producer has hig r higheredoldman sachs to help it weigh options. smithfield foods popping about 3%. melissa? over to you? >> thank you, josh lipton. beekers, what do you say? >> b.k. loves a pop in the meat space. now that you got goldman sachs in there, i think you're all right. you have a floor under the stock. you can probably buy it here. >> all right. time for the buzz kill of the week, and that is the financials. one of the worst performing sectors with names like morgan stanley, goldman sachs and citi all losing ground. do you use this as an opportunity to get in, grasso? >> i think we had an analyst on that said, the biggest exposure you can get is morgan stanley. the least you can get is goldman. it was counter intuitive but you want to play it on that. you want to buy goldman on the dip. >> tim? >> valuation wise, i still like bank of america and one of the big calls this week, a lot of people have said, you don't need major growth. you just need normalization, the balance sheet to continue on. so, th

is a: pedro de costa journalist with reuters.is here to talk about a payroll tax and consumer spending. we will be getting into how consumers have responded to the payroll tax resuming to its higher levels after the 2012 fiscal cliff deal. what is the payroll tax? how does it work? caller: it is the tax that bonds social security essentially. it has been around essentially since the 1930's. the way it works is that the employer pays half of it. half of it is taken out of our paychecks. most recently, there had been what is called a holiday that lasted two years that was park of a post-recession attempt to stimulate the economy at the margins. that was due to expire as part of a larger set of budget issues that were unresolved in .ashington as part of the final agreement that avoided the massive potential but the fiscal cliff had, it was agreed that the payroll tax holiday which expire. taxes would go up again. the tax rate went up by 2% from 4.2% up to 6.2%. caller: why did it go back to this higher level? what will that money be

chart and the data that was available from the bureau of labor statistics is that felix salmon of reuters said that the number of multiple job holders rose by three hundred forty thousand this month to seven point two six million arise larger than the headline rise in payrolls which means that one way of looking at this report is to say that all of the new jobs created were second or third jobs going to people who were already employed elsewhere so remember this is that famous scene looking back on george w. bush when he was campaigning for reelection and he was sitting there with that woman who said yeah i have three jobs and he's like uniquely american isn't it so these are people who are taking out second and third jobs in these new segment their job all the. that's calculators being a new job overall and this is heralded as oh this is fantastic there is growth in the economy but the labor participation rate continues to decline but that faulty assessment of what's happening with jobs is all the impetus needed by the algorithms on wall street to kick in borrow another trillion or two t

official who spoke to reuters said the allegations are simply incorrect. shortly after the comments came to light, a scheduled joint news conference karzai was to hold with defense secretary chuck hagel was abruptly cancelled. a pentagon spokesman said the schedule changed for a variety of reasons including security issues in kabul. representatives at the afghan presidential palace are reportedly blaming a schedule conflict for the cancellation, but the american defense department is now telling us that secretary hagel and president karzai will meet privately today and hagel will hold an on camera briefing afterwards and we're about two and a half hours away from hearing from the secretary of defense chuck hagel. >> back to you. >> should be pretty interesting. thank you so much, peter. >>> for more on karzai's claims and his history of controversial comments, we're joined as we are ever sunday at this time by john bolton. good morning, ambassador. >> good morning, eric. how are you? >> is karzai, in i couldn't viewer, just off the deep end? 2000 american

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to account and to try and push for justice just as the valve the families of the dead iraqis and reuters journalists have been pushing for justice so this is an amazing service he's done to people. well while human rights activists proclaim bradley manning a hero prosecutors are going all out to prove that al qaeda benefited from access to the league's data what do you think that's what we're asking you want our web poll today at r.t. dot com thanks taken part if you have this is what you're telling us at this hour almost half of you think he's being made a scapegoat in the war against will suppose forty eight percent as you can see thirty six percent see him as a martyr to the cause of free speech eight percent think he's just a naive idealist on a similar eight percent agree with the prosecutors that indeed he is guilty of high treason we'd love to know what you think about this big story of the day head to r.t. dot com tell us what you think if you haven't done so already. this is our team now british voters have dealt david cameron a serious blow is governing coalition conservative p

civilians in baghdad eleven people would go and none of them returned fire and the two of them were reuters journalists now we can see here this approach a helicopter come in and it opens fire on a van that arrived at the scene with two children inside they were seriously injured in court manning compared this to a child torturing with a magnifying glass former m i five major very much i'm told is the revelation that did a great service to the relatives of the victims. well his family is also a cyclical buy still mostly can last under twenty rocky harley's post cancer and find out what the top of this pack and attempt to live see is saying there was no video taken outside of what has happened so by exposing this bradley manning's case closed i was your case he says on the two piece on the price down is the speed of light if you tried and i think it went to one other aspect to our if you tried to slash and the other mainstream media outlets begin with the washington post the new york times then the politico web site and he was business and in fact proposing that if this were if they were pai

targeting civilians in baghdad eleven people were gunned murdered return fire to the victims indeed the reuters journalists we could see here the apache helicopter opening fire on a that arrived at the scene two children who were inside at the time was seriously injured now in court manning compared this to a child torturing with a magnifying glass where my five agent told us the revolution did a great job and a great service to the relatives of the victims. still his family is also a victim by still mostly candidates and one type iraqi families pushed against them find out what was happening. and attempt to deny it see he is saying there was no here they can also do what has happened so by exposing this bradley manning's case closed ok case he says on the two piece on the price down is the speed of light his pipe and i think it's also interesting one other aspect to our is that he tried to slash and steal other mainstream media outlets begin with the washington post the new york times and the politico web site and he was business and in fact the research said that if this were if they would ga