you look at this tax competition fueling, sweden. i was just in sweden a couple of weeks ago. what has wieden done? it has eliminated its death tax. with habit done that in america. were supposed to be the cradle of free tax. austria, i went to austria after sweden. have eliminated thei death tax and/or wealth tax and the account their corporate tax rate down to 25% nuclear at 39%. so we're shooting ourselves in the foot globally. one little cmercial for my supper i'm not selling a book like bob, but i have a youtube video out there. go to youtube and type in tax competition into the search. and you will find one of her first thing is a video i did on tax competition. as a matter of fact, if you want to know about keynesian economics you can type that in. this is my new little project, to try to reach out to new people and try to give informative little six or seven minute videos on a key topic. you can learn how we are undermining our own competitiveness, and with a vomiting were going to increase, we're going to raise taxes, all these bad policies are just going to accumulat

crown affair, hollywood audiences can't get enough of the hollywood heist, but it seems that today in swedening art. for nick watt, it's "a sign of the times". >> the police, well, there wasn't a whole lot they could do about it. listen, that's the bank robber's chopper overhead. shortly after 5:00 a.m., they jumped from the hijacked helicopter on to the roof of the vault. they smashed the skylight window, they're in. witnesses heard loud explosions. the chopper hovered for 15 minutes until the raiders wearing ski masks and brandishing automatic weapons emerged carrying bags of cash. they disappeared. >> it seems very military. it seems like this is done almost like a military operation. >> spikes were spread on surrounding streets to disable cop cars. a s.w.a.t. team failed to smash their way into the building. police went to scramble their own helicopter, but found a bag in the hangar, planted by the robbers with the board bomb written on it. >> we decided we didn't dare use the helicopter, this cop explained. when dawn broke, they found the thieves, chopper abandoned just outside the city

sweden has se a sies of spectacular robbery sign in the last few years, but ne on th scale. >> i have never heard of anyone usina helicopter like this to break i and make their getaway. >> it is not clear how much money the robbers go away with, but police are mounng an inteive search for anything th might ad them to the men who carried out the helicopter his. bbc news. of large parts of the coast of australia hav been plaed in a thick orae haze. powerful wis blew clou of dust fro the outback and through the tranortystem into tmoil. from sydney, phil mercer. >> sidney wol to a sinister orangelow. -- sydney "o a sinister orange glow. the herbert was smothered by gale force winds. there was chaos on athe roads an frustratio at the airports were many ights were diverted while ferry services were nceled. some cmuters that it feltlike there wereeing sandblasd as brave one of the worust storms on cord. few would have experienced a morning hazo eyrie or thatening. >> i thoughthe ci was on fire or somethin it was so red. > the color w amazing. i have never seen it. i have never seen nothing i

i now invite prime minister of sweden to speak from the perspective of developing countries that are now supporting the climate change adaptation efforts for developing countries. mr. prime minister. [applause] >> mr. secretary general, ladies and gentlemen, for me, politics begins in the individual and the challenges she is facing. they vary, of course, from person to person. they depend on where we live and which time we live. sometimes the challenges could inside and become common. not only for the people lisk in sweden, not only for the citizens of europe, but for all people in all nations. this is one of those moments. this is our opportunity to help shape the world and change not only our own children's lives, but their chirns and for generations to come. climate change is affecting the conditions of life for all of us in one way or another. some peoples notice that the snowyy winters have now disappeared for others, on small islands, climate change is a question of survival as sea levels continue to rise. but for many yet, it is not only top of the agenda, poverty is quite eno

sweden has seen a series of spectacular robbery sign in the last few years, but none on the scale. >> i have never heard of anyone using a helicopter like this to break in and make their getaway. >> it is not clear how much money the robbers got away with, but police are mounting an intensive search for anything that might lead them to the men who carried out the helicopter highs. bbc news. >> of large parts of the coast of australia have been planted in a thick orange haze. powerful winds blew clouds of dust from the outback and through the transport system into turmoil. from sydney, phil mercer. >> sidney wolfe to a sinister orange glow. -- sydney " to a sinister orange glow. the herbert was smothered by gale force winds. there was chaos on at the roads and frustration at the airports were many flights were diverted while ferry services were canceled. some commuters that it felt like there were being sandblasted as a brave one of the worst dust storms on record. few would have experienced a morning haze so eyrie or threatening. >> i thought the city was on fire or something. it was

people are poor in sweden because government is bigger in sweden. i don't care sweden taxes this much and spends this much. i agree with milton freeman, i would rather spend this much, even if it means a small deficit. government is expanding and we know taxes are going up, it is like a dog chasing its tail. politicians spend more and raise taxes to pose the deficit. that won't work and they will say, we have to raise taxes again and get in a downward spiral that we had in the 60 '60s and '70s. what is the moral aspect of this and i'll shut up with this. the pol tigsz necessary washington think it is their job to take care of us. there are are a couple million people in america who are being taken care of by government. their housing, their healthcare, their food, everything is being taken care of by government. who are these two million plus people? they are called prisoner necessary our peenal system because that is what the welfare state is, prison for the human soul. it is making pets out of us and will put us in a kanl, control our freedom and

they are based out of sweden. they have huge market share in germany, sweden, but they are growing big. they have upped their forecast for the number of stores they are opening this year. they are doing a phenomenal job. they had a slip when they had same-store sales not what was expected. part was weather related. i think they will get that under control. >> why more than gap? why do you pick out h & m? >> because of the cheapness of the merchandise. it is inexpensive. they want to be fashionable but save the money on that stuff and spend the money on designer jeans. >> designer jeans is our next point of call. a warning from the uk that some of the sportswear suppliers have taken a hit because youth unemployment is beginning to climb. how sure are you on this 20-something call throughout these stocks? >> the nice thing about designer jeans is there are not just these people in there. they are the driving force. these are folks who are facing cheaper rent in the united states, they have less financial pressures a

sweden, i widgets in sweden a couple of weeks ago. what is sweden done?iminated its death tax. we are supposed be the cradle of market capitalism and gs in austria, went to austria after sweden. they have eliminated their death tax and the wealth tax and cut their corporate tax rate down to 25%. we a i.t. 30 epperson so we are shooting ourselves in the foot globall i am not selling a book bob whitson but i have a youtube video out there. go to youtube then type in tax competitionnd youill find one of the first things is that they feel i did on tacks when. i just issued one on government spending this is my new project to reach out to people and tried to give infoative little six or seven men and videos on a key topic. you can learn how we are undermining our own competitiveness and when a bomb says we are going tincrease the bden of government were quick to raise taxates all these bad policies are just going to accumulate and the investments, the jobs are going to be in india and china and but as i do happen? the politicians are going to say it is the fau

the search is on for crooks in sweden. the high-flying heist that played out in front of police and could not be stopped. >>> oh, boy. a woman gives birth to the largest baby believed ever born in indonesia. just how much this baby weighed. >>> bob turk in the first warning weather center. we'll have your exclusive first warning five-day forecast. look at the weekend. >>> all right. a beautiful shot here. sun coming down in about an hour or 15 minutes or so. one singular person out there may be fishing this afternoon. let's take a look at tomorrow's forecast. in the morning, it should be okay. but by afternoon, the clouds build. and it will probably start raining after, let's say, 4:00, 5:00, into the evening hours. temperatures are going to be cool. only in the 50s to mid-60s all day tomorrow. and back tomorrow night, with rain, probably in the 50s. tim has a look at some energy- saving tips. and look at the five-day forecast. >> well, as far as the five-day forecast, bob, talked about tomorrow, the rain could stay with u

the health minister of sweden asked me to explain something about america. in sweden, they feel if you lose your job, that is when you need health insurance. in america, when you lose your job, they take away your insurance. why would we do that? i have never figured that out, myself. that is arguably the cruelest of all the cruelties in the american health-care prop -- policy. when you need the most, is when you lose it. host: your shoulder is now in france. guest: the doctor put my x-ray on light box and they put a stainless steel screw in my shoulder at bethesda. this guy sees that and he smiles. that is a french procedure. the french invented that upper -- that operation. here comes this american shoulder with a french expert in any he was very pleased. it is like seeing an old friend. he told me that we could have the procedure done in france which would cost 5000 euros which is $5,000. -- which is $6,000, american. he said he did not recommended. he suggested physical therapy or paying bills or something. -- pain pills or something. he did not recommen

professor leonard of sweden has found those who started to use cell phones heavily before age 20 have four to six times more brain tumors than by the time they reach their 30's. can we get documentation on that? >> absolutely. tomorrow with the international conference held a few blocks away i invite your staff to attend at 8:00 in the morning and there will be speaking where he will present not only that result but additional analyses of new cases. you have to understand in the scandinavian countries and israel the have been using cell phones a lot longer and a lot more heavily than we have. so unfortunately, they have some of the data. i should also add one of the most troubling findings in a series of studies produced in the united states this is one study done optimistically at a fertility clinic and in hungary and other countries fighting reduced sperm count and young men who keep their phones in their pockets which unfortunately many do even though if you read the advice and the blackberry it says keep the phone 1 inch away from your body, actually .98 in case you want to be pre

yeah it happened in sweden.r video captured the scene, masked gun men stole a helicopter, not easy to pull off, raided a cash depoe in stock home shortly a after 5 a.m. t swooped down, hovering over the building and robbers hoisted themselves to the roof in what police say was a carefully planned operation. we could have told you that the predawn heist stunned police, unable to deploy their own helicopter because suspected explosive also plan placed in their hangar, an abandoned helicopter was found later in the forest north of stock home. jim maceda joins us now from london what is the latest on this investigation? the details are incredible. >> reporter: they are incredible,liening to your lead if i'm swedish saying, take my money, you deserve it this is as clever as it gets this was a british-based cash depot called g 4 s, the largest in sweden, for those that didn't know what a cash depot is, as i didn't, it is the places that hold large amounts of cash for banks, atm machines and shops. this is what amazes

he's slipped through their net in canada, germany, sweden, brazil, denmark, thailand, israel.twice in britain. now, they finally have him. >> there's a individual that wanted to get this case resolved for a long time. but on his terms. it's going to be on the terms of the l.a. county justice system. not his terms. >> reporter: well, not so fast. there could be more twists and turns. polanski is fighting extradition. >> she's strong. he's a survivor. he's going to get through this. he has important work to do. he needs to get home. >> reporter: i'm nick watt, in zurich. >>> well, former alaska governor, sarah palin, has wasted no ti, finishing her memoir. the book deal was announced four months ago. but palin is all done. the publisher says the release date has been moved up, just in time for holiday gift-giving. the 400-page book will be called "going rogue in american life." >>> hero pilot chesley sully sullenberger will return to a cockpit jet. he will take on a new role as part of the safe management team. back in january, sully ditched his airbus 320, into the hudson, afte

some of them are in the nordic regions up in netherlands, sweden. we're seeing good models in china. some in india. we're going to take a lot of those models and replicate them. i think the most important thing is some great models are happening already in the united states. we have fantastic charter schools that are taking kids from -- minority kids from across the nation no matter what circumstances they come from and educating them well. it's getting those examples spread into the u.s. public school system zoosh how can technology play a more important role, bill, in terms of the meta morph sis of the education system? do you see technology really advancing things substantially? >> it definitely has a role to play. if you want to look at data in a rich way, see the trends, if you want to take the bets teachers and have their video on-line so that an advanced student or a student is behind or a teacher wants for learn c access that. a path to diagnose where you're falling behind so you can focus that student center team m right place. we are fundi

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she said, in sweden, we feel when you lose your job, that's when you need health insurance. but in your country, when you lose your job, they take away your health insurance. have you got an answer for you? that's arguably the cruelest of all the cruel twists of the american health care policy. when you need insurance most is when you lose it. that can't happen in any other country. >> your shoulder is now in france. >> in france, so the doctor puts my x-ray up on the light machine, you know, the orthopedic surgeon and as i said they put a stainless steel screw in my shoulder at bethesda naval hospital. he sees that, big smile on his base face. that's a french procedure. the french invented the operation. here come this is american shoulder with a french screw in it. he was so pleased. like seeing an old friend on the street, you know. and he, too, told me, he said, you could have this procedure done in france, it would cost 5,000 euros, about 6,000 dollars, of which i would have paid about 60 bucks out of pocket, that's all. he also said, i don't think it's indicated for yo

this happened near stockholm, sweden.e police showed up in minutes but could not get close to the building because spikes had been spread near the building to stop them. 10 people are believed to be involved in this very daring heist. the abandoned helicopter was found but no suspects have been found at this time. >>> we've all heard of computer hackers but the hack job this guy did is making a family in north carolina feel like they are in poltergeist. an electronic hacker has taken control of everything from the familiar's tv to their air conditioning. they unplugged their cable box so he would stop ordering on demand movies. even then he annoys them by turning on the tv and plairg the volume. eventually the family called the police but the hacker mocked them calling them while the police were at the house. [whispering] >> this is my frustration because the police -- i know they think we're crazy. if you guys weren't seeing this, it sounds very hard to believe. >> a cell phone expert says someone can put a hidden progra

some crooks in sweden use a helicopter to commit a brazen crime. >>> california burning again. more raging wildfires threaten more homes. >>> i'm bob turk. first warning weather center. nice cooldown headed our way. i'll have the exclusive five- day forecast. >>> and wjz 13 is always on. here are the top stories at wjz.com at this hour. for updates on all the day's news, and the updated forecast, log onto wjz.com. >>> a wildfire in rural southern california continue to wind. >>> so far, no homes have been destroyed. investigators suspect the fire began in the area of a mulch pile. but no official cause has been named. >>> the rain has stopped. but the problems have not. residents are trying to recover their property. the damage is estimated at $250 million. >>> a state panel finds probable cause of riecial discrimination today, against a pennsylvania swim club. the valley swim club in predominantly white hunt valley, got turned away. swim club officials say they were turned away, because there were too many children on hand for the number of lifeguards. and the majority coopera

mark phillips talks about the crime that took place in sweden just before dawn. >> reporter: 5 a.m. on a dark stockholm morning, police rush in to set up a perimeter around a robbery in progress. a helicopter is overhead, the target is a depot where cash, no one will say how much, was being held awaiting distribution to the atm machines. it looked like a commando operation, the helicopter had been stolen from a local airport. the thieves were lowered on ropes on to the roof of the building. the few witnesses said they heard the robber's blast their way in. fearing they were heavily armed, the first wave of police was instructed to wait for a s.w.a.t. team to arrive. but the crooks were ahead of them hauling their take back on to the helicopter and making good their escape. when the police tried to get their own helicopter in the air to pursue the robbers they were foiled with enthey discovered a package labeled bomb lying next to the aircraft they wanted to use. they decided not to risk it. the thieves' helicopter was found some time later, the perpetrators disappeared along with th

the first advisory in 2004, was a part of the advisory that included finland, sweden, denmark, norway to radiation than adult brain when using cell phone. both advisories point out the uncertainty of the scientific evidence and the need for precaution in the use of mobile phones. the intention of both advisories is not to discourage people from using the mobile phone technology. however, they remind us that there are still large gaps in the knowledge of the mobile phone radiation effects on humans. they currently have high level scientific evidence about the radiation emitted by mobile phones is contradictory. in edition investigation there are both studies showing the effect and studies showing no effect. i would like to refer you to my recent statement. in the present situation of the scientific uncertainty, the statements that the use of mobile phones is safe are premature. if i may repeat it, to make it certain that in the present situation of the scientific uncertainty, the statement that in use of mobile phones is safe are premature. in my opinion, the current safety standards a

laughter] on the business of of, one of the interesting things -- on the business of oath, i went off to sweden as a student. but they did not understand about our system was why do you have parties that testify take an oath? your requiring them to live. -- you are requiring them to lie. >> [unintelligible] >> you commented before on what role different forces of law can play in constitutional interpretation. i wondered if you could say little bit of bad. i wonder to what extent is it a program for the court [unintelligible] >> the question of referring to bahrain compared a lot to read --t to barring comparative law to international law is largely misinterpreted. we are not bound by the law of any other nation. however, nowadays, we have partners in the business of judicial review. it was. after world war ii that other countries got into the business -- it was not until after world war ii that other countries get into the business of doing the same. many nations came to perceive that popularly elected legislatures could not only be trusted to remain faithful to society's core values. so they s

shepard: sweden. and gang of -- a gang of robbers using a helicopter to rob a cash depot in stockholm. it is not clear if they made out with money -- if they made off with money, but they carry bags out to the chopper. they could not launch their own helicopter -- the authorities could not launch their own helicopters because of a suspected bomb and the hangar. -- a suspected bomb in the hangar. united kingdom. a twa-year-old tiger -- a two- year-old tiger clients to the top of a tower and refuse to come down -- climbs to the top of the tower, refusing to come down. he gave up when he got hungry. that is a wrap on this box trip around the world in 80 seconds. the president vowed to close guantanamo by this coming january, but he keeps asking for more time to decide what to do with the detainees. the question tonight is, is the administration breaking its own rules? that is what one guantanamo judge says. we will report and let you decide. and remember sarah palin? a few months after she stepped down a

even countries like sweden and germany are cutting theirs while we're raising our rates. it makes absolutely no sense. host: we have ann on the line. democrats line. caller: hello, and thank you for taking my call. i'm a 71-year-old white senior citizen and i can tell you they drained us off when they signed dick army. he is behind. you can tell by the professionally made science. he's against medicare, against social security. as most of these people on the right are. they still believe all of these off the wall things. so senior citizens, watch out who you line up behind, because these people don't have you in mind. you talked a little bit about the comparison. to herbert hoover. how can you change the direction? what's the prescription in your view? guest: i think among other things, i feel much more corporate sponsor i think there's millions who would love to be out continuing to work for president obama's agenda, continuing to protest for that, to put pressure on their congressman. instead it's been damped down most of the time by the president. an occasional rally h

would i trade places with sweden? nope. government is bigger in sweden. i do not care if the tax this much and spend this much. i would rather spend this much if it means we have a small deficit. because government and -- because government is expanding, which taxes are going to go up, but it is a jock -- a dog chasing its tail. that will not work. they say we need to raise taxes again and get into a downward spiral that we had in the 1960's and in 1970's. what is the fundamental moral? i will shut up with this. the politicians in washington say it is their job to take care of us. there are a couple of million people in america who are being taken care of the by the government, they're hot. the housing, health care, their food. who are these people? they are called prisoners. that is what a welfare state is. it is a prison for the human soul. it makes pets out of all of us they want to control our lives. it is not just that government is going to get big in our long- term growth rate will go to 1% like it is in france. yes, that is bad news, but what this

. >> the men's top seed, roger federer taking on robin soderling from sweden. in the third set after federer was able to win the first two sets in easy fashion, soderling coming into the net there. roger still in b control. >> how about djokovic taking on fernando verdasco. semis.ner into the men's second set, djokovic up a is s set. ul verdasco comes back. the overhand back. ul verdasco wins the second set, 6-1. this is a turning point. fivea games apiece, fer das coe easy overhand. he knows he missed a hume opportunity. djokovic wins the game and the set 7-5. he goes into the men's semi the. the past two years he's lost to roger federer. so here's what the men's side looks like. djokovic into the semifinals. he'll play the winner of federer and soderling. on the bottom, nadal takes on gonzalez. and a pair of big hitting tall players, del potro and cilic will play to go to the semis. that will take place saturday as well. >> heading to the diamond. rangers came into play, trailing boston by two games in the wildcard. top of the first, no score. you can change

the thieves swooped in yesterday moing just before dawn in sweden's capital of stockholm. two masked robbersropped down onto the roof of a cash depot and used explosives to break in. they helped themselves to bags of money before escaping in their helicopter. get this. the robbers even planted a fake bomb at the stockholm police helicopter hangar just to keep authorities from getting in their way. the whole thing took 20 minutes. >> our time is 5:26. new today, a series of break-ins along the c & o canal. this morning, police are urging residents to be on alert. >> what president obama is expected to address when he goes before leaders at the g-20 summit. >> advice to parents about how many flu shots they and their children will need. >>> the hot topics on the agenda as president obama gathers with world leaders today. >> breaking and entering. the warning from police about a spike in crime along one of our region's most popular trails. >> decision day. one of the final wishes of the late senator ted knedy will be granted in massachusetts. >>> good morning to you and welco

a relay race around the world that was incredible as people kept disappearing there was somebody sweden, italy, it is like living through a robert ludlum novel. then finally, one of the things about being a reporter, you write about all those terrible things that sometimes is going on but people who stick out their necks to sell you about it even a fair way off of the record a so courageous in their own way that i came to admirer pple who i worked wh in this who were telling me things that they felt the public had to know. some of them are characters in the book. i just think that it is a fantastic story. >> did you find hat most of these people welcome the fact that you were trying to get them to talk again? or wasn't a hard job in that regard? >> it was hard. if you ask ignorant questions when you really don't know anything people wil not give u the time of day and after i found out bits and pieces they would say you have been doing your homework? then they would tell me something more but but the worst thing that would happen to me in the course of reporting that i was in the force s

a man -- i hope this goes away, too -- a man in sweden said that he plans -- this is true -- he plans to pump his breasts eight times a day until december in hopes of producing breast milk. [ laughter ] of course, by then the corn flakes will be stale. [ laughter ] so, i mean, there's no sense. he should just go to -- he says he's to going to pump his breasts eight times a day. you know who is most excited about this? his co-worker, darrell, who used to be the weird guy in the office. [ laughter ] he's like, "thank goodness." this joke is all right. okay. [ laughter ] where is that guy? do you want to read a joke? [ laughter ] where is that guy? [ cheers and applause ] come on. over here, buddy. how are you? come on down. what is your name? >> dan. >> jimmy: danny? >> danny is fine. >> jimmy: what do you go by? >> whatever you want to call me, jim. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: all right, i want you to try and read this joke. here you go. ready? >> on a long island, a nun was arrested and charged with drunk driving after she crashed her car into a tree. when the cops asked how many drinks sh

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you can discount that, switzerland, singapore, sweden, den marc, the uk is at number 13.mber 30. should the u.s. have lost its top spot. let's bring in our trader. join kinehan. and bernie mcsherry on the floor. what do you say? >> it depends on how things play out in the next several months. we are going to be examining the financial services industry and regulations are going to be posed. hopefully those regulations aren't too onerous and we can return to the number one spot. >> joe, would you say america is number one in market competitiveness? >> i think we are number one. i don't think they are scaleable. we are scaleable worldwide. i don't believe they are. if we went from that point besides the fact our financial industry returning to its place where it was a few years ago we will be back to number one, no problem. >> joe, given you focus on derivatives what is the bet if gold can hold $1,000 and crude keeps going up? >> people want to see gold higher. it would be foolish to fade it. i tell people if you are going to fade those one way or another use a call spread

. >> they are calling it the first of its kind in sweden. a major heist where the criminals used a helicopter. >> yesterday's caper was 100% real. nick watt has details. >> reporter: the police, well, there wasn't a whole lot they could do about it. listen, that's the bank robbers' chopper overhead. shortly after 5 a.m., they jumped from that hijacked helicopter on to the roof of the vault. they smashed a sky light window. they're in. witnesses heard loud explosions. the chopper hovered for 15 minutes until the raiders, swearing ski masks, brandishing automatic weapons emerged carrying bags of cash. they disappeared. police went to scramble their own helicopter but found a bag in the hangar planted by the robbers with the word "bomb" written on it. we decided we didn't dare use our helicopter, this cop explained. when dawn broke, they found the thieves' chopper abandon just outside the city. the most obvious include we've got, said the police spokesman. this heist is like something on the silver screen, like "the crown affair" perhaps. holly

they called it new sweden. but they came by ships, and actually for the next 300 years, a lost ships were built along the banks of the christina river, especially from the period of 1940 to 1945-1946, right during the ha heart of world war ii, among the ships that were built there were destroyer escorts, troupe landing ships and a variety of other vessels. it helped to win the washings helped to win world war ii. and when the -- when world war ii was in its most robust, fullest form, we had 10,000 people, 10,000 people who worked on the banks of the christina river building those ships. a few years after the war was ended, what had been a vibrant ship-building area along the christina river, dried up. the activity went away. the war was won, and what had ban vibrant shipbuilding area became, over time, a decaying industrial wasteland, with relatively little new activity. in the 1960's, i-95 was built up the northeast correspondent deavor our country, mid-atlantic part of our -- and it literally cut wilmington,

said many more lives could be saved if all countries where brought up to the standards of norway, sweden, and finland, which goes to the earlier comparisons from senator conrad. i say this only that on this chart the way have done well, -- we may have done well, but there are many other countries doing better, and the good news on the chart about cancer which rose another important point, which is the foundation to this legislation, my understanding that in analyzing cancer rates, one of the reasons we do better in terms of life expectancy for men is that we have coverage for psa screening for men for prostate cancer, and that is a good thing, and the coverage in this legislation, a requirement, as it relates to prevention, and wellness and focusing on those items. i would also just say for the record, when we come out 20 seconds it infant mortality, and we are behind honduras, in part, that is because we do not offer widely maternity care. just for the record, prenatal care, what is happening to babies in the first year of life, when of the reasons why this bill and the coverage we are

sweden to come forward.ords that rose to the skies from the survivors and the ruins left by the war. never again, war. that was the founding pillar of the european project that we now know today as the european union. the european cooperation that followed the end of world war ii was not only created as an escape from the extreme forms of nationalism which had devastated our continent. it was also founded in order to give the people of europe a chance to build a common future, based on values such as tolerance, democracy, market economy, and rule of law. from this point of view, this is also europe's celebration and remembrances of european cooperation and integration, democracy, and freedom. 60 years ago, the council of europe was founded and just two years later, a community was established. 30 years ago, the first direct elections of the european parliament was held. and 20 years ago, we saw the fall of the berlin wall and the birth of a new and free europe. certainly we have reason to celebrate, yet the

in sweden we feel when you lose your job that is when you really need. health need but in your country when you lose your job they tickle your health insurance. why would you do that? do you have an answer for that one, brian? i've never figured that out myself. it is arguably the cruelest of all the cruel twist of american health care policy. when you need insurance most is when you lose it. that cannot happen in any of the country. host: dr. ara darzi is the british ambassador for health and life sciences and is here to help us understand a little more about the british health-care system. welcome. guest: thank you. well, the british health-care system is a national health system. it was created back in 1948 by a very charismatic politician. we celebrated its 60th anniversary last year. the principles and values are the unique -- very much in our country as part of our social fabric. health care is provided at the point of need, in respect of of your ability to pay and everyone in the u.k. and england has the right of free health care. it is universal

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in countries that have a great deal of consensus about their politics like sweden there are fewer conspiracy theories. but in cntries that are polarized you getore conspiracyheories. in the united states to have this interesting phenomen where you have people on e left and right who don't agree abt anything else, but they agreed their government is conspiring against them and some people call this fusion ranoiacs like you have a specum and actually en is and people on the left and right meat and their fear of the government. >> host: and in that regard it seems to me that your analys really deep parts from richard hofstadter's analysis in what is the pyramid style in american politics, right? which really takes much -- goes much further down the person of theath. >> guest: yes, it does. richard hofstadter wrote his book in e 1960's, and it ia really brilliant book which he argued conspiracy theories are a current featured in ameran politics. and he located these conspiracy theories on the fring rather been the center of amerin life. and he believed that americans have this -- not that they w

some of them are in the nordic regions, up in netherlands, sweden, they're doing fantastic things thateally serve all of their kids really well. we're seeing good models in china, some in india, and we're going to take a lot of those models and replicate them. the important thing to realize is some great models are already happening in the united states. we have fantastic charter schools that are taking kids from -- minority kids from across the nation and educating them well. it's getting those examples spread into the u.s. public school system. >> bill, i know you have a number of other sponsors, and sort of supports in corporate america, actually, that you're lining up with for the get schooled initiative. at&t, capital one, launching this initiative. what can you tell corporations out there? how can they get involved and participate to make this the best effort going forward? >> well, education is a critical issue for business. you want to have great workers, and you want to get involved in your community. so whether it's offering internship opportunities, so kids understand the va

[applause] >> now i invite the prime minister of the kingdom of sweden who currently holds the presidencyf the european union. ♪ >> president, prime minister, excellencies, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, 70 years ago today, we saw the outbreak of a storm, a storm that ravaged our continent and spread throughout the world. world. ii had begun. -- world war ii had begun. a battleship suddenly opened fire on the polish garrison. in the years that followed, we saw nations ball, democracy stumble, and people enslaved. we saw the destruction of in valuable cultural heritage. we saw cities engulfed by fire. we saw killing that we still find hard to understand. over 60 million people lost their lives, the majority of them civilians. this makes the second world war the deadliest, bloodiest conflict in human history. we like to celebrate the bright moments in the history of mankind, our scientific and cultural achievements, are creation of wealth and welfare, our good deeds, yet we know that man is not simply the genuinely good being we wish we were. human beings are capable amazing ac

in countries where cell phones have been used longer and more heavily, finland and sweden and the scandinavian countries, they are finding after ten years of use there is double the risk of brain tumors. unfortunately, a few study dons in young people using phones in the 20s -- before their 20ser rather and they found four to five times more brain cancer by the time they reach 30s. >> shannon: in the u.s. we haven't done the same level of research. there is a push on capitol hill. senators are talk about funding research to learn more here. >> we haven't done research for two reasons. we have haven't been using phones heavily for ten years. we have something unprecedented. we have millions of young children using cell phones. standards were set for adults. >> shannon: is it how much you use the phone, is that an impact that you have to have it in your're all day long, every day? different if you wear ear piece versus the phone itself? >> we recommend an ear piece. this wired ear piece works well. don't keep your phone on, on your body all the time. especially for young men. evidence from sever

. >>> a very smart group of robbers in sweden.n using a stolen helicopter to raid a cash depot in stock home. they broke in just before dawn. jim maceda, sounds like "mission impossible" or movie theme, doesn't it? >> yeah, "mission impossible or" or "oceans 13" or "14" come to mind. they did pull one over on swedish police, contessa, but if you let me just build the scene a little bit more. i mean, this really is a hollywood sequel. you got two masked men carrying assault rifles and explosives. they rappel onto a roof, blow through the roof with explosives into this cash depot while there are 21 employees apparently still inside the building. what happened to them? what was their reaction? we don't know. about 20 minutes later, the gunmen are hoisted back out onto the chopper carrying bags of cash, according to eyewitnesses. and then this happens, just as the swedish police try to chase the chopper in their own helicopters, they discover in their own happening gar a box with the word "bomb" written across it. what do they do? not

denmark, sweden, a number of other foreign countries are here for the burial. ironically no fans have showed up yet. that is supposed to change, the police department saying they do expect a number of fans, even though you really can't get anywhere near forest lawn behind me. they are making sure here that every be can be accommodated and it is going to be interesting to see as the day goes on who is going to turn out. we saw with the public memorial, even though you couldn't get anywhere near the staples center, people still did show up just to be part of it. >> courtney, thank you. nice to see you. >>> coming up, the family of jaycee lee dugard speaks out the first time 18 years after the time their child disappeared. >>> later on, new jobless claims out today show a slight dip. what will tomorrow's august unemployment numbers show for the nation as a whole? do stay tuned. you are watching "it's the economy" only on msnbc. if you've had a heart attack caused by a completely blocked artery, another heart attack could be lurking waiting to strike. a heart attac

you have non-profit health care providers in sweden, for profit in sweden. the socialist haven.f is not government run in almost any country, except for really poor countries. if you're looking at france or germany or even canada, it's libertarian. >> you're not including a public option. >> i don't believe we actually need a public option. i think we need to get the insurance market in america competing on value not competing to exclude people because of pre-existing conditions or repricing if they get sick. that's one of the good things about the current health care discussion is we're starting to move that forward. hope fully that will happen. as i've said over and over again, that's just the start. we've got to fundamentally change the care. if we don't do that, we're going bankrupt. >> kill all the lawyers, ron williams, chairman and ceo. you don't want us kill all the insurance executives. if you listen to the president, mr. williams, hasn't the industry -- hasn't you and the industry already agreed to cover eventually and reformed to cover pre-existing conditions? why doe