this is how south korea was in the 70's. there isn't a very high awareness of north korea among south koreans, there isn't much interest in north korea. when i get class is on the north korean matters at my university most of the students tend to be foreigners. >> it's interesting. >> one question from the audience, if somebody has left the north korean regime and decides he or she wants to go back for whatever reason, or their barriers to entry? are there punishments that person expects? >> there are barriers with wouldn't have to bribe their way back in the on the other hand i cannot believe that they are voluntary, so many are voluntarily returning to the country if they know that they're going to be punished so the question in my mind is either the regime knows that they were gone for two years and it doesn't care or they don't know they were gone for a few years. either way is this a totalitarian state i don't believe it is? we have no experience historic plea of people wanting to return to totalitarian states to the sam

>> jim, could it be that south korea is underplaying this? reporter: well, they are definitely trying to play down the incident for now, because it's believed that north korea wasn't involved. if they were attempting to cover up any kind of north korean involvement, there would be a huge backlash against the south korean government politically and they could probably write themselves off. they would be thrown out of office in no time. >> thank you very much for that. jim miklaszewski there at the pentagon. >> you bet. >> let's check on the effect the story has had, particularly on the commodities market. gold being the most obvious. let's go to the nymex where sharon epperson is watching the trade. >> around 11:25 we didn't know it wasn't a hostile action. there was concern that it could have been a hostile action from north korea which sent gold prices to the highs of the session above $1,100 an ounce. that's where gold settled. we had already seen a lot of fund buying in the gold market ahead of this. the fact that there does seem to be an

in december, he was given a presidential pardon for his role in helping south korea make its bid for the 2018 winter olympics, but, of course, with the eagles lit wiped clean, it also left him free to return to the border -- with the legal slate wiped clean. few are in charge of such companies of such importance to their national economies. samsung is one of the woods biggest manufacturers of televisions, mobile phones, and computer chips and is responsible for a sizable chunk of their exports -- samsung is one of the world's biggest manufacturers. they say they will help the company focus on long-term strategy at a time of global economic uncertainty, but there are voices of concern. south korea's just man, who once reported to have rented three full ski slopes in the alps for his personal use, will be seen by some as this country's failure to deal seriously with white-collar crime. bbc news, seoul, korea. >> this is "world news today." the main headlines this hour. britain's chancellor of the exchequer, alistair darling, says he has to tackle deficits in a way that does not jeopard

and the united states because the regime is feeling threatened by south korea in the u.s., and so relations are very tense. we know that south korean naval vessels rushed to the scene and helped rescue sailors. it's not clear how many casualties there may be, megyn. megyn: i'm just getting word in my mere now they've rescued 58 sailors so far. we don't know whether there are more or where they are trying to get but the number we've been given so far is 58 according to korean officials. mike emanuel is following this breaking news at the pentagon. come back when you get more info. >> reporter: we'll do. megyn: very soon, you could see less in your paycheck. a little health care surprise is coming. what we are told will be a $1500 a year hit to everyone's paycheck. but you may be able to avoid the charge. stay tuned. >>> and this man could be put in a position of power that influences every job in the united states. the senate has already denied him that position, three times, however. he could now receive this position in just days, nonetheless, the reason, and why people are so

in terms of the oil market, not much action at all related to south korea. it looks like oil prices may be poised to close below $80 for the week. back to you. >> thank you very much for that. up next on "street signs," a prescription for profits, how to make the money you're saving for health care work for you now. "street signs" will be back in a moment.

and south korea of a nuke already attack. accusing the u.s.nd south korea trying to topple the regime. they do this from time to time. experts say they are essentially crying out for help from the international community, a sign that the regime is vulnerable, shep. >> shepard: mike, we are learning more tonight about the people of north korea. somehow we learn what they think of their government. how did that happen? >> they are starting to blame their government. this is a survey of refugees who have gone to china. we understand that north korean people are starting to watch foreign news, listen to foreign news and not the state stuff. here is more from state department spokesman p.j. crowley. >> i don't know that we have any information to question the stability of the regime. it's fair to say that it is experiencing some stress. the stress is of its own making. obviously the most recent economic policies have had a dire effect on the north korean economy. >> experts are not predicting a collapse of the regime, but they say there is a lot le

i just want to show you the etf for south korea, which is a basket of south koreans thoughts. reports in the last hour that south korean naval ship sank following an explosion near a disputed border with north korea. we had the squirmishes in the past and trying to get more information on what is happening. this had volume in the last hour and, again, we'll get you more on that as soon as we get it. weak dollar here today. a lot of the big material stocks and international stocks that are in the industrial space have been up and down this week on the week or the strength of the dollar. this is, of course, on euro strength and weakness and we have a little more clarity in greece. dollars weaker here today and the big material names have been to the upside. financials have had a mixed day here. interesting comments. bernstein cut 2010 and 2011 earnings and oppenheimer cut the first-quarter estimates for all the big banks here. with the exception of bank of america and jpmorgan, some of the other names underperforming. tradertalk.cnbc.com. how are we looking at the nasdaq? >> we

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taking a look at the s&p 500, and sue told you about what was going on with south korea there and apparently north korea not involved in that, but it did cause the market to drop in the mid of the day, and maybe it was an excuse. we had jitteriness over the market from prior day, and markets were nervous with the big run-up, and the fact we are overbought, and volume is light. it doesn't take much to move the markets around. but it moved up lightly once we got worth that north korea was not involved. and the euro has weakened and the dollar strengthened and pressure on commodity stocks and bill industrial names, and today, the dollar was weaker, and that helped some of the big commodity names, and bh billiton, and mcmoran and all of the names who moved up nicely after they were down yet, notably. we had a big story inty, po week. great week and best in ages. next week a famous name and remember primary ka with 18 million shares, $12 to $14 million, and spun off of citigroup, and guess who will float it? citigroup. good guess. and everything, and we are talking about annuities and all sorts o

north and south korea have exchanged gunfire in that area in the past. state department says there's no evidence that north korea is involved this time. >>> the head of the marine corps does not want gay and straight marines sharing living quarters. in an interview on military.com, where commandant general james conway said he wouldn't ask straight marines to live with gay ones if it can be avoided. conway says that means building barracks with single rooms. his interview comes on the heels of defense secretary robert gates' decision to ease enforcement of the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy. >>> check out this video of a train derailment. we showed it to you yesterday. now it's a cleanup there under way. the virginian pilot newspaper reports that the train went off the tracks on a trestle. it happened yesterday morning. it spent the rest of the day hanging over the waters of the intercoastal waterway. the derailment ruptured the train's fuel tank spilling about 1700 gallons of diesel fuel. >>> wildlife officials are looking for a 25-foot humpba

south korea has much lower drug problems that we do. i don't know enough about china to tell you whether they have drug problems or not. i guess they have been stricter and they have sort of a stronger thumb on things, i don't know. but it's a good point. the european countries have worried about drug problems. they have problems similar to ours. they have just responded differently to the issue. >> host: marty, west hollywood, california, please go ahead with a question for t.r. reid on booktv. >> caller: thank you so much for taking my call. speaking of obama care, mr. reid, this is so interesting. i have read recorded your program. that is simply legislating decency. and it's not reform. but my question revolves around universal health care. it's maybe in your book, and i have been to you all and listening as carefully as i could to all of this for quite a while now. and i'm not -- i don't understand why no one has brought up universal health care in relation to the gross national product. meaning that social morality my no studies h

the east asian countries, japan, south korea, taiwan, etc. have about one of 100 the murder rate of the united states, they have won 200 the rate of rape. they don't have a lot of robbery or mugging. you can leave your bike on the street and it doesn't get stolen. they don't even have graffiti. these are safe places to live. they have about 1% of the babies born to single mothers, the number is about 42% in america. very few divorce. in terms of the sort of basic social statistics they are successful so i wrote about the asian social miracle and how do you do this, how to get a country with one one-hundredth the murder rate of the united states and guess what they don't do it through police. all these countries have 120 if as many police and one 50th as many jail cells so they don't do it that way. so that is why i wrote a book about the asian social miracle and guess what the title gives it all away. it's called confucius' lives next door and my argument is because they inculcate the basic social values so well socially the country's work pr

a much longer arc, you mean, really building their economic capacity and -- >> will we, like in south korea troops there fair long time even though we're not engaged in combat? >> you know, i don't think these countries want american troops on the ground for a very long time. that said they are very happy-- i mean, let's separate them. afghanistan is very happy to have us there now as helping to stabilize the situation, training their forces, building their capacity to eventually take the lead. but i think this is an-- a region of the world where large, long-term bases is not in our interest. what's in our interest is staying engaged, continuing to support, but with primarily nonmilitary -- >> and not leave them at a moment when they desperately need you to be there? >> absolutely not. that's something we're trying to communicate. we're not leaving. we're going to stay committed to this region. >> rose: the c.i.a. director spoke this week and you're very familiar with him and the c.i.a. and what they're doing. what-- how do you account for the success that he spoke about in terms of success

as the incident in south korea rattled the markets.nes industrial average up nine points, the s&p 500 gaining almost a point. and the nasdaq falling two points. south korea now saying it is unlikely that the north had anything to do with the sinking of one of its navy ships, but the initial report was enough to trigger a moderate knee-jerk selloff around midday. a couple of economic reports appearing to balance each other out, consumer sentiment came in slightly better than expected. but fourth quarter gross domestic product numbers were revised a bit lower than rimg entry estimated. and in stocks, radio shack was the surprise skandout on reports it could be looking for a buyer. a merger with best buy is one option reportedly being discussed. and pfizer took a hit after a boston jury found the company guilty of marketing fraud related to one of its epilepsy drugs. the company plans to appeal the verdict. that's it from cnbc, first in business worldwide. now back to "hardball." >>> now that they passed it, now that we passed it, they're

. >>> general motors, daewoo unit, is recalling nearly 60,000 autos in south korea over problems with -- potential problems with fuel hoses, seats, and steering wheels. meanwhile adding to toyota's woes, the automaker is now facing three proposed class action lawsuits over its sudden drop in stock price. shareholders claim they deliberately withheld details about the seriousness of its massive recalls in order to prop up its stock price. >>> hundreds of british airway s flights were canceled thanks to cabin crews who failed to show up for work. and ebay and the national retail federation are teaming up with the fbi to crack down on thieves reselling stolen goods on the internet. last year retailers worldwide lost nearly $115 billion in stolen merchandise. >>> and, finally, librians in sheffield, england, are so curious to hear about a book slipped into their return bin 45 years late that they' invited the guilty party to come forward to meet them without having to worry about any hefty fines. talk about dodging a bullet there. >>> well, tiger answers some questions, a huge contract si

this morning north korea is issuing a threat to tuesday and to south korea. it says quote, unpredictable incidences could occur if the two countries continue to disturb security at one of its borders. this warning comes two days after a south korean military ship sank due to an unexplained explosion. i want is estimated as many as 46 crew members went down with the ship. today military divers are set to explore the wreckage. the south korean ship sank near the disputed yellow seaboarder, the scene of two deadly naval fights between the two koreans in the past. south korean officials say they have no indication of north korean involvement. >>> police in prince george's county begin this work week trying to solve three murders from this weekend. three men. killed within hours of each other throughout the county. darcy spencer has the latest on the violence weekend. >> reporter: prince george's county police are investigating three homicides that happened this weekend. police were called to the 2200 block of university boulevard in langley park to check on the w

and so you see the difference between north and south korea showing up. >> and i'd also add, this is the area where -- this is kind of a coppout for an author to say this where a lot more needs to be done and the people we talk in the book that's clearly the case. doug north, you know, is the leader of the new institutional economics school, which he would prefer to change at this point to new institutional social science. he's taken a much more expansive view of what needs to be studied to understand this question of how cultures change, how societies change and so a lot of the work is history and a lot of social science needs to be done for different small communities or at the national or regional level. so a lot of that is where it needs to happen. >> in want to make a comment. thanks for inviting me in on. when you think why countries are stuck and how they change over time, usually there are a lot of revolutions that happen including how the united states sort of got on this path. and to sort of tie this in with their common earlier trial and error. i think that's the right ans

and south korea. minister says the ship appears to be split in half. >>> yet another crane accident to tell you about out of new york city. this crane, which had been attached to a reck wrecking ball slipped and hit a 25-story building in lower manhattan. nobody hurt, but people were evacuated. streets were closed. you may remember in 2008 there were two crane accidents that killed a total of nine people. last week the former crane inspector from new york admitted to taking $10,000 in bribes. with this current accident, no injuries to report. plils are investigating. >> you're looking live at the back of pope benedict xvi. catholics are celebrating this day leading up to easter next sunday. the catholic church embroiled in a sex scandal that many are accusing the pope of being involved with. this is a live picture of vatican city. st. peter's scare. in a modified pope mobile. ÷÷÷ >>> some of the nation's veterans are asking congress to give them something back, more dogs. >> a service being can rea

and south korea. however, there is no indication that north korea caused that ship to sink. a senior u.s. national security official told nbc news that the south koreans have said it is unlikely that north korea was involved. but intelligence officials are still trying to sort out exactly what happened there. >>> the weekend is now upon us. it is a little damp and cloudy out there. but, again, the weekend is upon us, veronica. we have something to cheer about. >> that we do. we'll have some sunshine this weekend, got to get through a little bit of a dip and that's where the temperatures are going too. tonight we'll be one of the coldest nights in nearly a month. the kind of cold, in fact, that may have you asking others in your household can weurn on the heat, please? we're going to drop below freezing tonight as skies clear. 25 to 30. that's the range for early tomorrow morning. there is the sunshine. your fast forecast, cold overnight, and still even chilly by day. during the afternoon, the afternoon coming up this weekend, then pretty nice warmup. we have got that to look

. >>> a mystery off the coast of south korea tonight. one of their navy ships has sunk off the coast in a sensitive area near the border with north korea. at least 58 of the crew were rescued. there were reports of an explosion below the water line. >>> and in iraq tonight, election reposults, and it is a cliff hanger. the secular challenger, ayad allawi has 91 seats, edging owl the current prime minister. but there is likely to be upheaval ahead. al mall lick can i says he will challenge the results. >>> sharp words from the vatican today in response of the growing anger aimed at pope benedict there are mounting questions about what the pope knew and when. he served as the cardinal that oversaw sex abuse cases over the world, and today, a pro vatican newspaper called it a frenzied effort to dig up dirt. but should the pope be immune? jim sciutto is at the vatican again tonight. >> reporter: on the eve of the holiest week in the christian calendar, the pope's critics and some supporters demanded action. an editorial in an american kat ri

broadband speed to the home into the business that are very similar to what we see in places like south korea today. and those are broadband speeds of as much as 100 megabits per second. i was pleased to note that the commission's recommendation targets that level of achievement in terms of data rate. i think that's very important for this network to accommodate the needs that will be prevalent in the future, those high data rates are going to be important. and that will enable things like advanced medical energy to be sent instantaneously across the internet and for people to be able to obtain high-definition slow-motion video as a routine complement to their ordinary internet applications. and then as a fourth matter, the commission i think very appropriately has addressed the need that we have with regard to ensuring that public safety agencies across the united states fire, police and rescue departments are located in communities all across harnisch and how fully interoperable means of communicating one with the other. we learned in hurricane katrina. we learned to 9/11 that when first re

they are watching in iraq, germany, italy, south korea, asia and japan. for your fine work. >> mike: be safe, get home quickly and enjoy the game. it's always an honor to broadcast the last game of the acc season. >> tim: at halftime, we'll do that with a look at your picks with player of the year, defensive player of the year, rookie of the year and beyond, analyst of the year. it is a dictatorship. there's no democracy in that one. jennings to booker. out of bounds. a throw to clemson with five on the shclock. ior ght detake thret le ust . n ] ok wh we ther herea th ersoace, ere e we armole.. iname sm. f am air , i n ea ightf ch lik of dospect me. e, a fbeca the f[ hoowinnkin st g theflig. hetoo. ♪ . - jue it we ky yo f we'ricannes. it's time to unthink. the new kfc boneless filet is... o chi b) so meaty icy, or cuthwg hu of orireci you th..... e answer is ye gripe new c bo >> tim: regular season finale of acc hoops and another magnificent year. we have enjoys it. so have the fans. it's spring break here, so a lot of students are not here for game night

we are worse than the european union and falling behind countries like south korea. can you compare -- it appears we are falling behind our major competitors in an effort to come back to a sustained, vibrant economic recovery. can you compare our unemployment numbers and increases over the past year with our major competitors? >> i do not have that in front of me. i would have to take a look at it. we do make those comparisons in one of our programs were reduced international labor comparisons. in general, our unemployment rate is comparable with a number of european union countries. at the moment, some are better and some are worse. >> i think they've increased 1.2 percentage points over are 1.5. >> thank you again for your work and the work of your staff. i was just going back to chairman casey's statements. it is so easy for us, and listen to my good friend mr. brady, so easy for us to say that there has not been progress. there has been, and chairman casey pointed out that back in january of 2009, we are losing 729,000 jobs, and in january of this year we are tal

it has gone beyond beijing, hitting hong kong and south korea.rit from chinese sand storms has traveled as far as the u.s. that recent record in perth australia is no longer a problem. people are worried about the aftermath of a major storm that pounded the city with golf size hailstorms. about 100,000 people have no power. more storms are forecast for that area. >>> new flood concerns today for parts of the northeast. especially new england. right, rob? >> they had a lot of rain last night into new york. one of the two storms that we are watching. the other is out west where the snow is going to pepper the colorado rockies and the front range. it will be a little bit dryer. it will be rather windy. here it is on the radar looking at decent rain here across eastern new england. some will be heavy at times. we could see maybe another 1-2 inches of rain. it was just a week ago where we had that incredible spring storm with the hurricane force winds and the rainfall amounts, 4-6 inches where jersey, rhode island, eastern parts of massachusetts and n

rescue south korea one naval ship such in a dispute with the authority after unexplained explosion 58he 104 onboard rescued. flashbacks from 2008 john mccain getting help from his former running mate sarah palin today on the campaign trail today in arizona working to help him win a fifth term in the u.s. senate. glenn returns in a moment first bret baier. >> bret: high unemployment looking to more foreclosures. is the administration's latest program the right answer? surprising result to the elects in iraq. join me at the top of the hour for special report. [ applause ] >> glenn: hello america. we're back in the ucf arena. tomorrow i'm doing an event with 8,000 people, i think there's a few hundred tickets available still. we are going to be talking about what it will take to revive america. we are sitting here with about 40 people from around florida now that -- we're just discussing what has happened this week. where we're headed. we've been on to this topic for a few minutes of the system has to change. the system has been gamed. now, what do we do? what do we do from here? jim you

korea. just-released photos show a portion of the south korean ship on the surface. a military official says a hole in the bottom of the ship is to blame and some sailors indeed died on-board. south korean authorities say there is no indication north korea's to blame but troops are being extra vigilant anyway. >>> there's a big political shakeup happening in iraq this morning with the surprise upset in the parliamentary elections held earlier this month. the sunni alliance led by ayad aallow wi. the victory sets the stage for months of political wrangling. though allawi says he's open to negotiations, they are being accused of fraud. the united states is closely watching the transition of power ahead of the planned withdrawal of u.s. combat troops this summer. >>> a few minutes ago i sat down with nbc news chief foreign correspondent richard engel about what happens next in iraq. >> the government ministries, education, transport, health, barely function. the u.s. military has its role and has its role in providing security and that role is less and less. but the act

colombia, panama and south korea. we would create advantages for ourselves. in colombia and panama, the goods from those two countries come into our market, duty free. and we pay as much as 35% duty. that's a tax on our entrepreneurs that sell into that market. the majority of entrepreneurs that sell into latin american markets are small and medium-sized businesses. they're the backbone of our job creation so we talk about jobs, jobs, jobs. we tugt move on those. south korea's not only strategic from a national security point of view, it is about our ninth largest trading partner. and while we're sitting on the curb, the rest of the world is entering into free trade agreements with south korea. europe is negotiated one. india's negotiated one. the asean plus three negotiated one. where's the united states? to make it simple for americans. that mean that is products all of those countries have better opportunity, more competitive than our products because we suffer from the impediments we have not been willing to negotiate down and that we have to change. we a

army gave the same company a contract for $100 million for housing for army in south korea and then a after that they entered into another contract with the ran. i and a stand we have not enforce the law because the european allies squawked about it when it was passed and with the company in japan than they squawked and said you did not enforce it with the european countries. brazil we gave a huge import/export loan in order to get oil out of brazil instead of the middle east but then they turn around and have the ahmadinejad come to town and kiss and hug. i am a little worried to make sure we are not contrasting with people who were doing business with iran especially in the oil and gas and petroleum sector. do have a take on that general petraeus? as opposed to whether or not the military takes a look at their contractors and whether or not we do business with the wrong people. >> i honestly don't i don't know what it takes to get somebody on the blacklist that they cannot compete for a contract and what the process is and why for example, we have done something and iran is not on t

but beyond that, you've got other emerging markets, you know, brazil, south korea, kind of on down the list that are also undeveloped compared to the u.s. but offer better nearer term potential. >> what about in asia. >> i think there are other -- >> the japanese market or korea? >> i don't know that there's any one particular market. i think you kind of spread it across the region. asia pacific. latin america are certainly two emerging regions with many countries there. some of the more leading ones. but, you know, keep in mind, google's $20 billion -- has become developed a lot because of pricing and the fact that advertisers have bid up these key words over the last five or six years. so far in all of these emerging markets it's still early. that's not happening yet. >> can google do stuff -- look, suppose they physically leave china. that doesn't mean they're off the internet in china, does it? >> absolutely not. when you look at it -- >> no. in fact -- >> i'm just saying, they will have a business. they'll just be outside of china. so it gets them a little bit off the censorship h

and last but not least, south korea's kospi down about 0.8%. on that note, i will send it back to christine, i believe. >> saijal, thank you very much for that. coming up next, focus on this particular story is going to be rather interesting. will google pull out of china? the u.s. internet company will reportedly announce its next steps this week. we'll discuss what to expect later on in the show. >>> 20 past the hour. welcome back to "worldwide exchange." and off we go on the east coast. you're looking at a picture of times square. up and at 'em, 24/7 there. same here. around the globe, covering the markets. let's take a look at some of the stories we're tracking. first notably the futures of the u.s., look for another down day on wall street. that would be two in a row after a weak close on friday. now today in the u.s., we waiting for earnings from retailers like tiffanys and williams-sonoma. this before the start of trading. no significant economic data to speak of today. but some key fed officials will be speaking. u.s. treasury secretary

they're watching around the world, iraq, germany, italy, southwest asia, south korea and japan.hat you do. tonight you get a taste of acc basketball from virginia. a duke foul. a rebuilding virginia team facing a red-hot duke team that is number five in the country. >> dan: and brian zoubek picks up that foul hanging onto assane sene. >> rich: zoubek with two personals will sit down. >> dan: and zoubek for the most part during this great february run by duke has been able to stay out of foul trouble. >> rich: out of foul trouble and in the stat sheet. he's averaging ten points and a dozen rebounds his last four games. it's down to a ten-point duke lead. evans. where will virginia get their points? sherrill picks up his second foul. >> dan: virginia is not going to get any time at all to get comfortable. if you're a virginia guy and you catch the ball, you have to be ready to shoot it because the duke blue devils are coming right after you. you're not going to get the opportunity to stand there and get yourself set. you've got to get your feet in position as you're catching the p

. >>> here to check now your top stories this morning, south korea is scouring the waters off its coastor 46 sailors still missing after a naval vessel sank friday. it was choppy and chilly out in those waters, not making things a whole lot easier. 58 sailors were rescued after an explosion blasted a hole in the boat's hull as it patroled near north korean waters. officials say there is no evidence of north korean involvement. >>> strike two for president obama in his search for someone to lead the tsa. major general robert harding has withdrawn his name from consideration. harding ran into some opposition over his former job as a defense contractor. he admitted his company over billed the defense department back in 2004. the white house said it was disappointed by harding's decision. >>> nba superstar gilbert arenas was sentenced to two years of probation in a felony gun case on friday. the washington wizards guard will spend 30 days in a halfway house before serving 400 hours of community service. the judge said he believes that at his core arenas is a good, decent man. we'll have ano

and south korea, north korea threatened today unprecedented nuclear strikes. ose threats were reportedly triggered by a south korean newspaper report that the u.s. and south korea ya would be meeting to formulate a plan. >>> these photos were shot by a amateur space enthroughoutist, sent up a cam to to the edge of space and got those pictures. i mean, yeah, i guess that's an rchb project. can you believe that, carl? >> what kind of balloon? like the kind you get at the circus? >> no. the kind that balloon boy went up in. >> yeah. like the balloon boy one, yeah, almost like a weather balloon but yeah, with the camera, $100 digital camera. >> shah shows you how far technology has come. >> thanks, alex. >> sure. >>> time to take a check on the markets today. ira harris of practice trading is at the cme group in chicago. good morning, ira. >> good morning, carl. >> how serious was trading yesterday where you are? >> it was serious. it was amazing to me that the equity markets, we have the large sell-off at the long end of the curve on wednesday and the equity marke

you know, i love in puson which is a harbor town on the south coast of south korea.y, what can you hear about north korea that you haven't heard a thousand times before. only the most important thing which is what do the north koreans think and how do they see themselves and the world around them. let's imagine the house next door to where you live has been empty for some time and finally somebody has come to move into it and you look out your window and you see them unloading assault weapons, you know -- i don't know grenade launchers, bazookas, you name it. now, this is america so it's probably all perfectly legal. [laughter] >> but as you lie awake at night having put your house on the market, you're probably asking yourself certain things. and i don't think you're asking yourself what kind of

that giant sound that was going to lead all the jobs to go south and before mexico with taiwan and south korea so the merge of favor to lower-cost areas have been going on for decades and is not a project of china even though china is the latest adoration of that. this is often not seen as a system that kind of undermines the american manufacturing base and enhances the competitive ability for china. but in my view, it's also a system essentially a n. ideas in motion and with the national statistics to an extremely poor job of encapsulating that much vaunted trade deficit figure to $300 billion a year assumes that every dollar of trade with china is a dollar that leaves the united states and goes to china here but a 50% of the trade deficit is wal-mart sourcing its good, a lot of that money doesn't go to china. it was just wal-mart. it goes to people working on the port of long beach offloading the goods. it goes to burlington northern railroad which warren buffett just bought the rest of, shipping those goods throughout the country. it does not go in that direction. it's not even clear inside

for army in south korea and then just a few months half that, they entered into another contract with iran. : and what that process, a particular country that has done something and iran is not on that list is not my area of expertise. >> one of the reasons iran is not taking us as seriously as we should is we talk about the carrot stick and using it and -- a lot that has been on the books for 13 years. we had a chance to talk in afghanistan. the size of the army we are building, the ability to sustain that. if you are over there, we are at the number 300,000, we build an army above 300,000 but even if we keep it there, that is going to be around $5.5 billion. their gdp depending on -- somewhere between $10 billion and $12 billion. we didn't do the heavy lifting to sustain the military, for decades to come. >> i am not aware of anyone signing up to do that for decades to come but clearly we are helping afghanistan build a military force for which week transition so that our forces can go home. frankly it is lot more expensive to maintain our forces in afghanistan than it is to maintai

-- are made in south korea. is that an accident? of course not. that's exactly the way the koreans want it. they want to ship korean cars to be sold in america, but they don't want american cars to be sold in korea. that has always been their position. the same is true with china. we now have an agreement with china by which in the next couple of years we'll have massive influxes of cheap -- i should say a massive influx of cheap chinese goods coming into this country in the form of automobiles. cheap auto -- they probably would want me to say less expensive automobiles from china. we have an agreement that when chinese automobiles come here, we will impose a 2.5% tariff. if we ship american cars to china, they will impose a 25% tariff, and we agreed to that. that's fundamentally ignorant of our own economic interests. those are the kinds of things that we've got to address. if we really care about jobs, we need to do two things. one, work on the legislation of the type we're working on. senator reid and senator

lichtenstein, monaco bahrain, south korea, iceland, singapore, st. kitts? everyone in the top 20 -- we can fit the 25 in the continental united states. we have to get off comparing as -- comparing apples to oranges. it is like saying the city of new york has it and so we are fine. we have 95% of our people on broadband. 5% do not. they are in my district. the stimulus fund is not going to them. that is what works people up. 95% of us have it. it is the private sector that throws it out. we want to take over another sixth of the economy through moving this whole information age from title i to title ii? we're not going to get a surprise from the chairman this time because it is here. some commentators have suggested a second approach in which the fcc would implement certain plan recommendations under its title ii authority. let us have this hearing. let us have this debate. the system is working. what is not working is in rural america. we spend billions of dollars and the money is not going there. we have the stimulus rollout. we are overbuilding places th

congress needs to support long delayed trade pacts with colombia, panama and south korea, which willccess to oversea markets for florida businesses. while these agreements are stalling here in washington, our competitors are cutting their own deals, to open more markets for their exporters. the european union, for example, has concluded an agreement with south korea, similar to the one that's been languishing here in washington, d.c. hundreds of thousands of people are employed in the trade industry. in my home state of florida, we exported more than $47 billion in goods last year. south florida is a gateway to latin america, and it's a huge hub with trade with colombia, which has already produced thousands of jobs in key industries such as the flower importing industry. trade is a crucial part of our economic recovery and an ideal opportunity for democrats and republicans to work together on an important issue. it's so important to my home state of florida which brings me to another national issue that is crucial to my state, to florida, and that's a complete and accurate sense us c

lichtenstein, monaco bahrain, south korea, iceland, singapore, st. kitts?eryone in the top 20 -- we can fit the 25 in the continental united states. we have to get off comparing as -- comparing apples to oranges. it is like saying the city of new york has it and so we are fine. we have 95% of our people on broadband. 5% do not. they are in my district. the stimulus fund is not going to them. that is what works people up. 95% of us have it. it is the private sector that throws it out. we want to take over another sixth of the economy through moving this whole information age from title i to title ii? we're not going to get a surprise from the chairman this time because it is here. some commentators have suggested a second approach in which the fcc would implement certain plan recommendations under its title ii authority. let us have this hearing. let us have this debate. the system is working. what is not working is in rural america. we spend billions of dollars and the money is not going there. we have the stimulus rollout. we are overbuilding places that

for our army in south korea and then just a few months after that they entered into another contract with iran. you know, i understand that we have not enforced this law because our european allies squawked about it when it was first passed. and then when we tried to enforce it with japan, a company in japan, they squawked well, you didn't enforce it against the european countries. brazil, we just gave a huge import/export loan too to get some oil out of there instead of the middle east and what do they do they have mahmoud ahmadinejad come to town and kiss and hug. i'm a little worried of our talk of sanctions has been too much of talk. and that we haven't even followed up within our military contracts to make sure we're not contracting with people who are doing business with iran especially in the oil and gas and the petroleum sector. do you have any take on that, general petraeus, in whether or not this is something that is being driven through state as opposed to whether or not the military has taken a look at their contractors and whether or not we're doing business with the wro

oh, including one carmaker that's put down new roots in alabama far from its home base in seoul, south koreaision is transforming an american community. here's tom foreman. >> reporter: just south of montgomery, almost every minute, another newrolls off the line. and just about as soften you can find someone like oyolanda williams singing the cars praises. >> i love my job. it's changed a lot of people's lives down here. >> reporter: winning this massive economic prize over other states that wanted it had local leaders scrambling at one point, making sure hyundai knew how transportation services, power grids and most of all, the local community could and would meet all their needs. >> so this location was great. >> reporter: and they made sure you had everything? >> everything. >> reporter: the land, the communications, the transportation. >> yes, utilities. >> reporter: and it seems like it's working? >> it is working. >> reporter: last year, hyundai was just one of three car companies to increase sales in america. the success for the community? -- so you're just looking to see if there's a

south korea there are so far below replacement japan has the same problem that they're looking at a seriousthis proportionality when it comes to workers and those who are on the other end of the spectrum receiving benefits so i think your underlying assumption has been surpassed in many ways by a depopulation trend that is very injurious to individual countries and in china where the sex selection abortions has led to gender sided with 100 million missing girls, in whole unique set of problems has developed near as many as 40 million men will not able to find wives by 2020 because they are gone and dead as a result of sex selection abortion. .. i would be happy to look at the ngo's you are proposing and we can do that in a systematic manner. i do believe the principles of the global health initiative which is to broaden the scope of how we think about supporting health systems in setting priorities based on medical need and based on what are the biggest lagging indicators against development goals will help guide our work in the health sector overall going forward and i appreciate your comm

south korea there are so far below replacement japan has the same problem that they're looking at a serioushis proportionality when it comes to workers and those who are on the other end of the spectrum receiving benefits so i think your underlying assumption has been surpassed in many ways by a depopulation trend that is very injurious to individual countries and in china where the sex selection abortions has led to gender sided with 100 million missing girls, in whole unique set of problems has developed near as many as 40 million men will not able to find wives by 2020 because they are gone and dead as a result of sex selection abortion. .. i would be happy to look at the ngo's you are proposing and we can do that in a systematic manner. i do believe the principles of the global health initiative which is to broaden the scope of how we think about supporting health systems in setting priorities based on medical need and based on what are the biggest lagging indicators against development goals will help guide our work in the health sector overall going forward and i appreciate your comme

south korean marines are aleve after their navy ship sank in a disputed area between north and south koreas later. 58 of the 104 crew members were rescued. >>> this boston, a commuter hacker has been sentenced to 20 years and one day in prison for one of the largest ever thefts of credit and debit card numbers. prosecutors say albert gonzalez led a group of professional hackers and identity thieves that sold stolen numbers and with drew other people's money from atms. >>> tiger woods is back on the links practicing for his much anticipated return at the master. ben curtis who says he recently played 18 holes with woods claims tiger appeared nervous and rusty. woods hasn't played since last november when reportsmarital af him. >>> and those are the headlines. now let's head outside to lonnie with a final check of the weather. >>> good morning, everybody. well, in the house right here, island harvest. it's the large ess esst hu esst organization on long island. let's talk some weather out there. going tonight pretty good looking day in terms of the skies overhead for the east coast and the s

. >> could you comment on the role of the allies, please elaborate on south korea or japan? >> two for you, keith. >> i'm sorry, i did not understand him. [unintelligible] >> official demand for extended deterrents? clear enough. >> let me respond to the question of bruce first. every administration since 46 46 of the positive nuclear disarmament goal. i don't see anything wrong with that. ronald reagan posited that as a goal. the difference i see in the current expression is the prioritization placed on it. your question is, where does that concern seemed to become real? an example, during the clinton administration, the administration sought a new type of capability as necessary for deterrence. it deployed at key buildings. various spokesmen from the obama administration have said there will be no nuclear capabilities. -- it deployed the capabilities. now oppose the question to you -- how can we know now which nuclear capabilities will be necessary for deterrents in the future? we do not know. we cannot. no one on this stage or in the audience or in washington knows that.

in south korea they are so far below replacement japan has the same problem they're looking at is seriouswhen it comes to workers and those of the other end of the spectrum receiving benefits. you're underlying assumption has been surpassed in many ways by 80 population trend that is very injurious to individual countries. and in china where the abortions has led to gender side as 1 billion messing -- missing girls whole other problem has developed a there. as many as 40 million then will not be able to find wives because they are dead as a result of one jintao her couple policy. and gender selection look at the underlying selections of population growth. there's a depopulation trend very dangerous. hi push very hard at former member usaid on building of the ability to meet with israel nablus where they have obstetric this tool of getting this surgeries that are low cost and high impact giving the women heard life back. i have been to the hospital and other obstetrics hospitals can you give us assurance you will natalee continue that money come 212 million at the time but hopefully signif

. >> thank you, mike huckman n asia overnight, mixed trade, south korea, and hong kong up slightly. shanghai and tokyo lower. in europe, higher across the board. in london, paris and frankfurt, greece still a big issue with the big summit under way. and guy johnson has all you need to know in london. good morning. >> thank you very much, indeed, erin. good morning. we're waiting for news on greece. they're beginning to begin now in advance of the summit that is going to take place over the next few days between the european leaders. today kind of seems to be a risk on trade for that one. we're still waiting, still watching. greek banks are up very, very nicely today. there is some sense maybe we'll get a deal done. the germans, though, still seem to be incredibly intenseient on this story. we'll show you where we are. we're off our highs, to give you a lie of the land. we're up by around half of 1%. the euro is trading still around this, 135 level. seems to be a key line in the sand for the market. we broke it a little earlier. we popped it up a little bit off our lows but the euro