there in romania trying to rebuild their lives. we have been to see some of them in a village there. >> from northern ireland to northern romania. it rains here as well. when there is no running water -- when there ithey go out on tr water. the families are in poverty. johann spent two months in belfast and he's back. he's not earn enough to fix his house. there is no paid work, so they travel abroad. france, italy, northern ireland. wherever they feel there might be an opportunity. >> the people in ireland were very kind to us. we also respected them. they saw that we honest and they respected us. >> when people can stay, you can see the difference. joseph completely rebuild his house with the money earned in northern ireland. local organizations say the only open the children. >-- only hope in the children. >> for adults there's very little hope to have a new mentality to be integrated into the society. but it's all about the young people. but the people are poor, but not stupid. they know how to survive. they've been surviving l

in romania, ivf is only allowed in clinics where the eggs are freely donated. a criminal investigation is under way. >> they have succeeded in bringing women from all over the country who offered their eggs after medical treatment, which was dangerous. >> in total, 25 people are under investigation, including two israeli doctors. >> ceremonies have been held in germany to march the 61st anniversary of a failed attempt of officers to try to kill hitler. the plot was hatched by one man and his associates. winston churchill and complained he had been sold a pub when he understood -- when he learned his underground corridors were not on paris. -- were not bunkers. this is on display in the cabinet. this is "bbc world news" -- the headlines. enough about the main. time to reach for mars. says so astronauts from the first landing 40 years ago. shoring up ties with the world's biggest democracy -- and those responsible for the 9/11 attacks are hiding in pakistan. m ccourt -- frank mccourt we did for late july for fame and fortune. he completed his memoirs, " angela's

in romania, it is only allowed licensed clinics where the eg have been freely donated.minal investigation is now under way. >> usi methods known to me, theyucceeded in bnging poor women from all over t country. the women ofred their eggs after medical teatment that was ngerous. >> 25 people are und investigation, inclingwo israeli doctors. >>> ceremonies have en held in german to mark the 65th anniversaryf thfailed attempt by the grp of officers assassinate adolf hitler and drive the nazis fromower. the germ defee minister led a ceremonhere the plot was hatched. >>> the former prime minister winston churchill complained when he discoverehis underground wartim headquarter were not bomb-proof. a letter showing hs annoyance is on disay at the cabit were rooms in london -- war rooms i lond. >>> you are watching "bbc wld news." re are the headlin. >> hillary clinton ineases ti with india. she says that some of tse behind the 9/11 attacks are hiding in pastan. h visit to ina has do much to boost the retionship between waington and dhi. differences remain oveclimate change we

. >> reporter: containers of weapons-grade uranium leaving romania under cover of darkness, and in secret flown on a russian plane back to russia for storage, all paid for by the u.s. government. it's just one example of u.s./russian cooperation in nuclear safety, even when relations are strained. the joint program dates back to the fall of the soviet union and the threat of uncontrolled or loose nukes, weapons, materials, or know-how. >> we know people are trying to get their hands on this material. we get it through our intelligence community. >> reporter: russia has made strits in recent years and with u.s. help to secure its thousands of nuclear weapons and tons of materials held in dozens of major sites across russia's 11 time zones. but according to a report by harvard university's nuclear threat initiative b a quarter of russia's nuclear sites lack security upgrades. other reports cite more than 100 case of nuclear smuggling since 1993. >> they found people trying to sell nuclear materials or offering to divert nuclear materials from various sites. >> reporter: what to do? some arg

investigators believe they're gypsies from romania, scamming people in city after city. >> one of the suspects proclaimed himself to be a romanian gypsy. >> repter: investigators say the gypsies pulled one over on the 89-year-old stafford man who lives along this quiet country road. last thursday the four men are accused of conning the man out of $2,000 cash for a simple driveway recoating. some of the neighbors just had their driveway's recoated this year and paid a rfraction of $2,000. >> it was like $200 for him and $215 for mine. >> reporter: the four men came back the next day and one of the men convinced the man to come outside while the other three went inside to rip him off. >> he found the three other suspects inside rummaging through his personal belongings. at that point there was a scuffle between the subjects. he was thrown down on the bed. his goal was to get to a handgun that he had under the mattress and he was able to retrieve that handgun. >> reporter: the 89-year-old man managed to get the men to leave and then called 911 with a description of their truck. within an

. >>> a rude awakeining for two tourists in romania. the father and son were camping in the wild when the bear came right into their tent. the two were taken to the hospital. their injury -- cause of their injuries are not known. >>> a new york teenager is recovering after falling into a man manhole while texting. she was walking and reading a text message when she tumbled into raw sewage. workers on the scene they they left the manhole unattended for just a couple of minutes. >>> a family road trip nearly ends in tragedy. the family of four were riding in a minivan when it caught fire. >> reporter: the king family was traveling in their minivan last week in the atlanta area, when a tire blew. sparks flew and the van burst into flames. it was all caught by a police dash cam, as the kings struggled to make it to the shoulder. two of the four family members gotute. -- got out. but as officers pull up, you can hear the anguished cries of sisters stephanie and michelle king, trying to rescue their disabled mother, trapped between the burnin

and romania. the world's worst performers slovakia down almost 6%. thanks for watching. time for the "closing bell." >> lenders purchase in the home loan modify cases program have pledged to increase the rate at which they modify loans. california governor arnold schwarzenegger has signed the $85 billion budget plan. the plan has been approved by the legislature last week. shares of aig rising today after it sold its premium finance business for nearly $700 million. that's news now. i'm julia boorstin. >>> here's a live photo of the new york stock exchange. weakness on the heels of weaker than expected market day. market under selling pressure once again. welcome to the "closing bell." i'm maria bartiromo on the floor of the new york stock exchange. along with scott wapner. >> pretty resilient market and had every reason to go down with the nasty consumer confidence number. >> yeah, the number this morning, weaker than expected. we are probably going to need some evidence of this economic turn around or recovery is in place before we really see that that bull run get ser

in romania, they greeted orthodox nuns while visiting a church. in italy, george clooney shook hands with quake victim as he toured the damaged area. and two 4-week old red pandas played together at the park. some of week's hot shots. jeanie has a look at what may be the most unusual encounter in the new film "bruno." >> we've seen him dressed in silver, in wings, in hot pants. in nothing at all. to see him walk out on letterman as himself -- was a shock. almost more shocking than to see him make matt lauer kiss his hand, strip -- and end up in the latch of conan o'brien. but in trying to come one the oddest couple of all for his movie, sasha hit on this. >> to be a comedian is being a terrorist. >> even if his character doesn't know the difference taken with hamas and hummus. it is one thing to talk about a politician but to use a terrorist as a comedic foyle? >> it is not that easy to find an actual terrorist. in fact, your government has been looking for one for about nine years. >> he said his team look for a few months before finding someone

after years of outsourcing jobs to cheap foreign labor markets like mexico, communist china, romania, a small but growing number of corporations are beginning to bring those jobs back to the united states. it's called reshoring. here is the good news. >> reporter: southern california-based excel outdoors makes disney logo sleeping ball games for major retailers such as walmart and target. you'd expect them in china. five years ago 70% are. now they have shifted 80% to this 75 worker factory inhaleyville, alabama. >> there's nothing better than watching americans make products for america. >> reporter: when they bought the sleeping bag company in 2000 they planned to shut down the factory and outsource to mexico, then they met the workers and recrunched the numbers. >> when you put a face to numbers, it makes a big difference. and it made both me and my partner decide that, hey, you know what, this is worth fighting for. >> reporter: the shift back from china has been more gradual fueled by rising cost of transportation and chinese labor, quality control issues and the ability to deliv

number 28 seed serena of romania. all delightful. these women have played away from the spot light. number five speed of russia, number one, of russia, they are not that bad. number two seed serena williams who i always thought had hot legs. a spokesman at the all england club where the tournament is held admitted "good looks are factor." actually, we have a photo of him here. >> he is kind of a hypocrit if you ask me. i don't know. courtney, are you outraged as i am or is this business as usual? people like to make money. >> people like seeing pretty people. studies show you it is easier to perceive a person superfy shaly. and in advertising if you only have a 30 second commercial they got to see the good stuff and. >> greg: but it is so unfair. i understand being an attractive guy but i worry about people like bill. his talent is often ignored. >> first of all, me, look at her. this poor one, looking the way she is and. >> greg: i know, i know. >> unbelievable. >> absolutely hideous. >> jaw droppingly ugly. >> but we love her because of that. >> i'm all about being nice. you have

supposing you saw a virus or some kind of attack being put together in a computer in china or russia or romania or a terror group operating on somebody else's territory. there may be electronic ways to preempt that. there may be military ways to preempt that. but i think it's fairly clear to many in this business that preemption is necessary because once the attack start in the u.s., it's very hard to switch off. >> rose: and you have always made the point, david, that in cyber war, attackers have almost all of the advantages. >> they do you because they have the instantaneous advantage. you know, in the old nuclear age, you know, there would be a mountain in colorado or some place where you could see that missile arcing towards the united states, and you had a chance to make some decisions-- maybe you had bad choice but you had some time. here, if you don't see it and stop it before the attack begins or have extraordinarily good defenses here, you really have no time. >> rose: what are the recommendation of the report, james lewis, securing cyberspace for the 44th president? >> well, the recom

stalin's russia and romania in the '50s had far more financial freedom than wall street has today. actually mean that. i know ken feinberg, he's a buddy, known him for 20 years, he's a great tort lawyer but knows less about bank salaries than i do. and that's scary. the fact that he is empowered stalin style toe make these decisions, that's the greatest indictment. >> two-thirds of american people believe, in fact, that any company that took government money to stay afloat should be subject to financial compensation regulation. half of republicans believe this. but the reason people believe -- >> the issue is that the american taxpayer is -- >> the reason people believe that is they don't know the facts. this guy had a contract before the bailout to get this compensation. he's in an independent subsidiary of citigroup. he is making them $660 million. he is not taking any t.a.r.p. money. he is making them money! so why would you want to get rid of the guy? making money -- >> it's about i don't think citi at this point should be trying to sign a check for $100 million. >> it's the la

there is an article about lieutenant general placipa who was the car czar of romania. ask unanimous consent that following my remarks that this article about what he learned as car czar be included in the record. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. alexander: thank you, madam president. basically he says the united states is far more powerful than great britain was then and no american should be capable of destroying its solid economic base. i hope that the u.s. administration and others will look closely at history and prevent the ought mow motive -- automotive industry to not follow the romanian cars. how the president of romania decreed that the ulset parts were to be manufactured at 166 existing romanian factories in exactly parts of the country that corresponded to the voting districts. can i see that happening here in the united states. we already have congressmen saying don't buy a battery in south korea, buy one in my congressional district to put in the chevy volt. they might buy it from south korea because it would make the chevy volt a success. it

it's illegal to display swastikas in romania, and violators can be jailed up to three years. >>> and millions of people turned out across a wide swath of central and eastern asia this morning to view the longest total solar eclipse of the century. the eclipse first became visible in india just after dawn with skies darkening for almost seven minutes in some areas. and later, the eclipse crossed a small island in southern japan before moving out into the pacific ocean. villagers reported that bewildered cattle gathered at their feeding troughs apparently thinking that night had fallen. wolf? >> i love the fact they already know this is the largest eclipse that's going to happen this century. that's pretty cool that they can figure that out. >> reporter: history making. that's right. >> 20 year -- lot of years lef this century. more on michael jackson in the next hour. a live report from los angeles on the new developments going on involving his doctor. stand by for that. also, let's get specific. that's what many of you want, specific details about the president's plans for health car

i'm an immigrant from romania. aim a former u.s. army combat veteran what can i tell you of the past eight years bush administration, we came close tock a dictator -- to being a dictator state than we've ever been in our history. the fact that cheney does not agree with bush is just a con sternation of the cronyism that was perpetuated by the republican administration. and cheney does have absolutely no right to talk about this. because as a former veteran of the united states army, i know that the guys in iraq, they were sent to war without any -- the proper equipment, their benefits are being denied. yet at the same time contractors like halliburton and blackwater, you know, they're getting paid hundreds of thousands of dollars a year that are being dolled out to republicans buddies. and they have the audacity to come out and say that scooter libby, who was basically a thug, who had evidence in a criminal investigation, should be pardoned. i think these guys are outrageous, have no sense of shame. they are dishonoring the memory o

work that's being done to help people like in bucharest where the legacy of the brutal tyrant of romania, people are being assisted who spent time suffering torture under his secrete police. lastly, mr. speaker, the measure encourages international cooperation and awareness of this issue by authorizing $12 million to the u.n. voluntary fund for torture victims. the type of humanitarian assistance provided by organization that receive grants from the fund, including organizations in the u.s., consist mainly of, again, psychological, medical, social, and legal assistance. i hope my colleagues can support this legislation and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from florida is recognized. mr. klein: mr. speaker, i reserve the balance of my time. mr. smith: therefore, we have no further requests for time. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman have yielded back. the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass h.r. 1511. so many as are in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinio

the former now czech republic, then czechoslovakia, bulgaria, romania, other countries that sought to undue the devastation of the command-control policies that had spread ash within 50 miles of a power plant so there was no living plant or, you know, couldn't grow anything and the rivers were polluted and the lakes and so forth and they ought to undo that. where did they go for the technology? they went to germany and japan. we lost hundreds of thousands of jobs, economists currently estimate, by the blinders that we put on that precluded us from buying into the future, from -- from investing in that future. andd so i hope colleagues will look carefully at the economic realities that are staring at us right now. china is investing $12 million-plus per hour in a green economy. they're investing six times the amount of money of the united states of america. the pew foundation has found that from 1996 approximately until 2007, the greatest job growth in our country came from alternative renewable energy sector, from new technologies. about 9.1% as opposed to the growth of about 3.7% or