jos, i'll get to you in minute but i want to let stefan respond. >> gary b., love you this. think bigger. decades ago when the government said we want workplaces to guarantee the safety of their workers i'm su bses and business people like us sat around tables like this and complained. they want us to guarantee the safety of our workers, what a pain in the butt. this is just reality. >> but that -- but that affects the company. >> it did affect companies. lots of factories complained when we said, look, you need to -- >> and it costhem jobs! >> and that's just the cost moving on and creating a society that's fair for everybody. >> okay. >> jump n. >> gary b. just broht up an interesting point. the government tax cigarettes, use less of it and reverse tax health care. the company can give you a $20,000 health care plan and it's a tax-free bonus and we consume more health care. that's one of the problems we had in health care before obama care. unrtunately, it's not totally goingway so it's not like it's a great system. we overconsume your health care, by the same logic with t

. - he's kristofer, and i'm stefan.five years old. doing handstands on top of the refrigerator, on top of the stove. the stove is on, we're doing hand-balancing. - after doing it so long, you have to have, definitely, good chemistry with that person. - you broke my foot and my thumb. i fell out of your jeep. - yeah. - 35 miles an hour. - but that was when we were practicing, bro. - we came to america's got talent for a sole purpose of changing the mold. i mean, we just want to revolutionize. when you think of a hand-balancing act, are you gonna think of it this way or are you gonna think of it our way? oh, that's cool. it's just time to switch it up. let's bake this cake completely different. [cheers and applause] hello, new york. - hey, guys. what are your names? - my name is stefan. - and i'm kristofer. - and what do you guys do? - we perform a hand-balancing act. - tell me something about hand-balancing. how does one get into it? - we got into it by no choice. our famiies forced us to do it. we come from circus famil

among the critics who least appreciate the poet is stefan kanfer. >> his work has always seemed to mekahlil gibran's, like halva, which is a part of middle eastern cuisine which is almonds and honey, to the point where you really can't take more than a little bit of it. and sometimes i feel if you read enough of this kind of stuff, your appetite for real food goes. >> he gives numerous examples of what he calls gibran's "muzziness," and pseudo- paradoxes. >> here he is on marriage. this, by the way, from a man who never married. "fill each other's cup, but drink not from one cup. sing and dance together and be joyous, but let each of you, each one of you be alone even as the strings of a lute are alone." >> this is -- this is mysticism. this is that other level of communicating. >> he says that joy is sorrow unmasked. he talks about how if you're sitting at your table with sorrow, joy is in your bed waiting to awaken. >> kahlil gibran was born in 1883 in northern lebanon, and grew up in a poor, maronite catholic family. priests tutored him about the bible, but he had no formal educati

economical reasons because we know that they are using this spying system to help american companies stefan used to work as a journalist in the soviet union at the time of the cold war he says he has an impression that nothing has changed since then or role most nothing. just or at least it was clear at the time there were two sides two lines today it's not certain who is friend who is rival there's good question if there are friends at all true friends not sure if your. friends america's nato partner has been supporting its most controversial initiatives over the last decade sharing risks and expenses cost in both money and human lives. we're asking for confirmation or if i'm asian of it so as not to prejudge it but there is already a sufficient amount of elements for us to ask for an explanation what will be the consequences firstly for it to end as soon as possible i would see mediately but some doubt that france will go beyond wars in the second stations believing that perry's will continue to dance to america's tune we think alone should stop only goshi ations over the free trade zone

twitter because they have proved they are realtime ubiquitous signaling system purdue could posted stefanebook but twitter was the way to do it now it can show people this works. messa: we looked at the of braidings 1.$3 million -- when printing the people don'get me wrong. >> would you expect? >> as sci-fi a original movie generally has of viewership of 1.5 million but the biggest of all time swap shark was 2.2 llion in june 2011. even though it was fantastic didn't match? if there were 60,000 tweet per minute with the celebrities to be expected to to be even better than i don't want to take away from ? >> what would the viewership been without the twitter? but there were 600,000 tweets. they're spreading the word. could the number have been higher or lower? we don't know the scenario but it made a huge difference. melissa: how did twitter moneti? it was a national from non prepare you cannot create a phenomenon like this. how does twitter make money? >> from the people who use it like those to become an overnight success after 20 years. you have to have your ducks in a row and hope to w

edward snowden for a nobel peace prize and his letter addressed to the norwegian nobel committee stefan. actually praised snowden for his quote heroic efforts a great personal cost he went on to say that snowden showed individuals can stand up for fundamental rights and freedoms. the bradley manning trial resumed in fort meade maryland today army judge colonel denise lind allowed the defense lawyer david coombs and his team to deliver their arguments to have bradley manning acquitted for some of the charges due to a lack of evidence the team is seeking to have the most serious charge aiding the enemy which could result in a life sentence dropped along with six lesser charges for more on the trial today are to correspondent liz walsh joins me now hi there liz so can you start off by talking about what came out of today's trial really. yeah that's right meghan as you said today we heard arguments regarding the defense's motions to dismiss some of the charges that bradley manning faces like you said the computer fraud charge and aiding the enemy charge the most serious charge that bradley

meantime at least stefan people are reported dead after violent fight between police and supporters ofsed president in cairo. state media report law enforcement arrested more than 400 people. well, you paid more for your groceries, gas and medical care last month. the labor department is now reporting that consumer prices saw their largest increase since february, surging half a% in june alone. economists say a big part of that is rising gas prices. just in the past week. the average price for a gallon of regular unleaded jumped 16 cents and those prices could continue to climb in the next few weeks as more americans hit the road for summer vacation. peter doocy with the news live in d.c. man, this is getting rough, peter. >> it is, shep. the high price of crude oil has a lot to do with it and crude right now costs a lot. partially because of what's happening in egypt. >> now, the thing to keep in mind is that egypt is not a major oil producer but the soyuz canal one of the world's great bottlenecks country. there is concern that the turmoil in egypt could spread oother oil producing c

stefan is in paris with the latest. how hard does he have to fight?reporter: we are one of the most pessimistic in the country. what hollande explained in france for years we have been the most pessimistic country in europe and sometimes in the world. he argued that some were even more optimistic than french people. you know that consumer confidence is linked to consumer spending and it is the main driver, the main component of the french gdp. francois hollande said yesterday that the french was recovering although the signals remain very tiny at this stage. he mentioned a slight in industrial production and the increase in consumer spending and the higher forecast from the bank of france for the second quarter. as a result he believes that the second hatch of this year will be better than the first half. the french are likely to be flat, the official forecast is up 0.1% for the gdp. for sure, ross, a significant gap between what francois hollande said on television yesterday and what fitch said before the weekend. on friday fitch downgraded the count

stefan, thank you for now. >>> still to come on the program, as greece secures its next aid tranche,e'll hear from our guest who says the eurozone crisis is far from over. more from miles in just a few minutes. >>> speculation about barclays and its capital position. they say -- and capital raising. they said they're in discussions with the regulator regarding its financial capital management plans, and they will update the market alongside the interim results. to remind you, they are due tomorrow, the 30th of jewuly. the stock down 3.13% on concerns they'll be selling shares to raise capital. >>> meanwhile the imf and german parliament will vote later today. over the weekend, the chancellor rejected talk that his government was hiding the real cost of greek aid until after the elections. speaking on national radio, he said europe does not take into consideration election days in individual countries. >>> and the italian economy will bounce back in the third quarter. according to the country's economics minister, speaking to an italian newspaper. he added the government is also press