they now come from china where the taiwan knees buy them directly. >> the portuguese once named taiwan the beautiful island. green energy could help taiwan live up to that name. it could also help fill up the books of germany's wind power industry. that concludes our review of the week's top business stories. ♪ > we want to hear you. ok. hopefully we'll do a few tunes tonight so you can join in. lots of dancing, lots of singing, please. ♪ ♪ >>> the kingdom of thailand, one of southeast asia's largest

taiwan is the 10th largest investor here injecting more than 50 million u.s. dollars into the economy last year. he remains optimistic. the latest dispute will not do long-term damage. temporary.-- this is -- for a long time. >> the philippine government is treading carefully so as to not compromise its one china policy. it recognizes the beijing government and has no diplomatic ties with taiwan. relationships between taiwan and the philippines soured in 2011 when 14 fraudsters were ported to mainland china to face charges. taiwan showed its displeasure by hitting back where the philippines is the most vulnerable. it's migrant workers. at theis doing it again. trade office, a group of workers protested against a freeze on giving out new work permits. 3000 obs applied to go to taiwan every month. there are a thousand already there. a small portion of the country's 10 million migrant workforce with few jobs to be had at home, they cannot afford to be banned. >> taiwan is our sixth-largest trading partner and volume of volume of three -- trade. we will put this b

between taiwan and the philippines first soured in 2011 with 14 suspected fraudsters from taiwan beingdeported to mainland china to face charges. taiwan showed its displeasure than by hitting back where the philippines is most vulnerable, it's migrant workers. >> taiwan is doing it again. at the trade office in manila, workers protested against and announced freeze of giving out new work permits. 3000 filipinos apply to go to taiwan every month. 88,000 filipinos already there. a small portion of the country's 10 million migrant workforce. but with few jobs at home, they cannot afford to be banned. >> taiwan is our sixth largest trading partner. total volume of trade is over $7 billion. mutual desire to put this behind us and to move forward. >> that is exactly what businesses like this taiwanese tea shop hope to carry on doing, move forward regardless. al jazeera, manila. >> still ahead, the boy scouts of america controversially votes to allow gay teenagers to join its ranks. and reclaiming their heritage, a tribe strikes a compensation bill on some of new zealand's most prized lands.

then she took me back when i was three months old to taiwan. >> jennifer lived in taiwan for the next 15 years. so you grew up thinking you were taiwanese? >> i grew up thinking i was taiwanese even though on the card it says i was born in new york and then people make fun of me and say, oh, you are a new yorker. i don't even speak the language or i didn't speak the language. >> one day when jennifer was 15, jennifer's parents told her she was moving to the u.s. to go to school. your parents told you were moving to the u.s. how did they tell you? >> i was kind of sad when they told me i had to come here for high school because all my friends were still in taiwan and it's like add a new environment. i was never really in agreement with them. i just did what they told me to do. just followed what they wanted to do. >> she landed in utah living with a family friend. it was a tough time for her. >> i didn't speak any english before i came here. i was really scared, because i was actually the only asian in the school so i had no one to talk to. i had to force myself to learn the language a

after some discussion we agreed to send two carrier battle groups to taiwan. within an hour the president had approved our recommendation and before the day was over, though carrier battle groups were underway steaming to taiwan. at a press conference the next day, i was asked would i not fear this would lead to military clash with china. i said, i was not concerned of that. and when asked why, i said, i think, well, because we have the best damn navy in the world. this was not an extravagant or hyper bolic statement t. was simply a statement of fact. it was a fact that not only i knew. it was a fact which other nations understood. even one carrier battle group had more military fire power than any other nation's entire navy, and we had two of them on the way to taiwan. so, i was confident that no one was going to challenge the fleet that we were sending there. this -- and in fact, they did not challenge it even before our two carrier battle ships arrived in taiwan, the crisis was over and the maneuvers had been subsided. this positive result was possible beca

in taiwan, we earn more.andypical of so many small medium enterprises in taiwan, 1/4 of this workforce comes from abroad. of the more than 80,000 filipinos working in taiwan, 3/4 are in manufacturing. so far, many of the calculations of the economic fallout in this diplomatic dispute are focused on the philippines nude but for taiwanese business, there is a price to pay as well. -- focused on the philippines. but for taiwanese business, there is a price to pay as well. >> they make a big contribution to our economy. >> all part of a very complicated equation for the taiwan president. despite two weeks of wielding his country's economic and military might, there is still little to show for his demands against the philippines. , theome observers calculation now is how much damage this has done to his presidency. >> maybe the strategy was a little bit incorrect. because you asked the philippine government to quick -- too quick. , the philippine government does not have enough time. >> at the president's office i

than 80,000 filipinos working in taiwan, three-quarters are in manufacturing. so far many of the calculations of the economic fallout in this diplomatic dispute have focused on the philippines. but there is a price to pay for taiwanese business as well. >> they are good workers who are highly motivated and educated. they adapt and learn well. they are making a huge contribution to our economy. >> is a complicated equation for the president. despite two weeks of wielding his country's economic and military might, there is still little to show for his demands against the philippines. for some observers, the calculation now is how much damage this has done to its presidency. was a be the strategy little bit incorrect. you asked the philippine , and thet to quit sanctions began to fast. in that case, they did not have enough time to think it over. but at the president's office, he worked out what his next move should be. criticized by some for setting unrealistic deadlines for the philippines to take action and by others for not being fast enough. the continuing im

his homeland could draw criticism there once morement he's getting ready to address lawmakers in taiwan. he escaped house arrest last april and fled to the united states. members of human rights group in taiwan say officials have given him permission to visit from late june to mid july. they say he plan does go there with relatives. chen plans to give a speech in the legislature and meet researchers and university students, analysts say government officials in china are making life harder for chen's relatives there. >>> some u.s. military personnel in okinawa will soon be relocating. commanders in okinawa are taking the first step to honer an agreement to close facilities and return the land to the japanese. japanese and u.s. officials agreed the americans will start by return ago plot. the land is part of a supply facility. officials with japan's foreign ministry say u.s. military personnel will leave as early as august. u.s. and japanese leaders agreed last month on a timetable for the return of six facilities. >>> visitors to the cannes film festival have seen a clearer future. they'

the system is effecting taiwan as well as indochina peninsula.ain will persist across the area over the next couple days. towards the north, looking dry for the north half of china as well asmon goal yeah, but whet and windy conditions will continue in china as well as russia throughout the day. the eastern half of japan will see scattered rain and rain could become intense and thunderstorms are possible this afternoon. but the western half of japan will see plenty of sunshine. temperatures will be cooling down to 21 degrees in tokyo. the same goes for seoul with plenty of sunshine. 31 for you in beijing. 31 in taipei and cooling down to the lower 30s in bangkok on monday. >>> all right. in north america extreme weather is happening in the mid section of the u.s. through texas into the dakotas. we're talking about heavy rain and thunderstorms. in fact, several tornados have been reported in parts of oklahoma as well as kansas. hail the size of a baseball in kansas as well as nebraska. and heavy rain is coming down across the northern half of the

not so much the case in taiwan. attached to this another front broke off. you're going to be seeing these rain showers by friday morning into saturday for tokyo. here in tokyo, temperatures really warmed up today. on thursday, just outside of tokyo, upwards of about 26 degrees was recorded today. that's record breaking for the month of may. if you're down here toward the south and the philippines, but up here, definitely a warm up. and you're going to continue to see that into friday. the capital here, getting up to that 26 degree mark. behind it, into korea, seoul is cooling off. that will move off to the east as well. 17 for the high on your friday. beijing, it will be warming up here. you have a roller coaster of temperatures. now into the americas, looking at a frontal area pushing across. bringing several tornadoes, it will now shift off there across the midwest. that will bring rain showers across much of texas and oklahoma. portions of texas have seen drought conditions recently. too much rain in too short of a period causes a risk of flash flooding.

robert mcbride, "al jazeera," taiwan. >> at least 20 people have been killed. it happened about 200 kilometers of moscow. ou have 200 houses and downing. said european commission restaurants would be banned from serving oil in refillable glass jugs. you don't want to be accused of crash. ax says remember that. come to life with the release of previously secret thoughts. 1945, the conference. leaders from the united states, the united kingdom will map out the future of europe after the end of world war 2. how the big three, i think came to be known. it's peculation. now hundreds of declassified documents are providing an unpresident look at what used to be secret. one account explains how a frosty meeting between winston surge chill and joseph sta len turned the corner. it read there i found winston and starlin sitting with a heavily laden bowl. everything seemed to be as merry as the marriage belt. >> i got back to -- >> but the next day. >> sure. take these off. >> other documents review that britain's security intelligent services am i -- had a list in prepar

and taiwan has been an interesting example.i heard someone who was there during the election that a lot of the local bars, they're watching the results, one of the chinese press was allowed and one of the chinese reporters said no, this just proves that our system, in china, is superior to what taiwan is doing. we know the results before the even count the votes. and others, that was a joke, but others in the group were muttering things like, you know, why is it that taiwan could pull this off? they have the same kind of system we have 30 years ago, a dictatorship, somehow they made the transition, it's working. they haven't collapsed. they are economically prosperous. is there any reason china, the people in china are inferior to the people in taiwan? so those pressures are the. i've been on voice of america a lot come is terrific when you get actual chinese people calling in and speaking to you on the shortwave radio. and i've always encouraged that because they have many interesting things to say. they really want a democrat

taiwan, you have had about 340 millimeters of rain over the past three days. it looks like more heavy rain is on the way into the next tree days. mainland china is expecting to see an additional 100 millimeters of rain. torrential rain is also affecting the coast of bangladesh and myanmar. which is not good news. it's because if you remember last week tropical cyclone hit this area causing flooding as well. towards the north, very dry for the northern half of china as well as the korean peninsula and western japan as well and getting drier across the eastern section of japan, but hokkaido will remain at risk of thunderstorms throughout the morning hours. 30 degrees in kyoto. much hotter in japan in china in china. 32 in inland china. >>> finally in europe then. wet and wendy weather will continue across much of the continent. the heaviest weather is going to be in poland and the baltic states. meanwhile getting drier across the british isles. a new system will be drifting into the central mediterranean on wednesday. temperatures will be extremely warm across t

the idea is that will stop china from trying to take over taiwan. so far it's worked. >> stephen: okay. >> so for what that's worth, it hasn't happened. the question is how long will that realistically last? >> stephen: how long will that realistically last? that was actually my next question. >> i think it will last until china's military... >> stephen: give me a did a, daddy-o. grow a pair. what date does it end? 30 years, how long? >> if we continue to struggle against china, it may never happen. we're trying to stop that from happening. >> stephen: what is this struggle. you say it's codependence. we know they're our big trading partner. what do we need for them? >> we need them to loan us money. they own 8% of our national debt, which is more than anybody in the u.s. >> stephen: brazil owns a ton of our debt. england owns a ton of our debt. >> not even close. >> stephen: i'm going to call bull [bleeped] on that. i think brazil owns a bunch too. can someone check to see if i'm right? they said i'm right. [laughter] wait a second. no, no, listen,

taiwan has six other reactors. most are in the populated area near taipei. reporters viewed the japanese made reactors. they also saw pools for fuel rod storage and the turbine generators. officials from the taiwanese utilities stressed the plant's resistance to earthquakes and tsunamis. watertight seal gates provide cooling water to the reactor. the company also explained a sim that sends cooling water to the reactors from a reservoir located on high ground. it can operate in a total power outage. public protests to stop the project have increased. people complain about construction problems and safety concerns after fukushima. a local tv station took a survey. 70% of respondents wanted construction suspended. the taiwanese government plans to hold a referendum on the project. >>> investors are putting their modern in the u.s. dollar and i stocks. ai joins us with more on that. looks like a bull market. >> it does, doesn't it? we're seeing a bull market and share prices are rebounding from tuesday's loss. the nikkei stock average has topped the 15,000 mark,

taiwan is demanding that the philippines apologize for telling one of its fishermen.he philippine coastguard has admitted fired shots to the taiwanese fishing vessel on thursday but that it did so in self-defense. taiwan posted foreign minister says there were no weapons on the boats and deck the philippines has violated international maritime law. this was in waters both governments claim as their own. the former first lady of the philippines and all the marcos is back on the campaign trail. marcos.a she's running for seats in the house of representatives. she's been widely criticized for an elaborate lifestyle in a poor country. if she had led to the u.s. with her husband in the 1980's. -- she had fled. property prices in and indonesia are soaring. there is a warning but the bubble could burst and prices could plunge if the situation is not managed carefully. now this report. >> the housing market in indonesia is stuff. apartments in the city, town houses in the suburbs, but also fast. prices have reached historic heights. this small two apartment far from the city

this one trending in taiwan. keep your eye on the car up ahead. the black car moves to the left because there's a slow-moving vehicle in the right lane, which apparently this guy missed. >> oh, snap. >> guy on a scooter looks like he may have been trying to get ahead of the car with the dash cam to get around this truck. he realizes the gap isn't as big as he thought, hits the brakes. front wheel slides out and down he goes. he does have a helmet on, but he definitely got scraped up in this incident. >> he popped right back up and starts having a conversation with one of the guys from this truck. >> yep. >> wow. he got himself good though. he rolled his elbow on that pavement. >> he's got some road rash for sure. >> the only thing that's protecting his does em help him from bouncing his noggin off the pavement. the helmet wasn't on that well. probably should get a better helmet. >>> this next one happens quick. >> oh, you see the people in the car. >> you do. the camera flips around, and you see the people in the car. they appear to be okay. okay

taiwan is readily hit by earthquakes. in china, police have surrounded a small village outside of beijing to stop the rams from joining a catholic parade to honor the virgin mary. these followers believe mary protects catholics from being during the anti-boxer rising in 1990. it is one of the most status conscious societies in the world. in south korea, people are being encouraged to move into communal housing. we will explain why. >> it is an afternoon at home watching the kids. these are not her kids, and it is not her, or at least not only her kitchen. her family came together with eight others to build what may look like from the street like another suburban lowrise block, but on either side it has become a mini village. communal.is entirely childcare is shared. they even hired a teacher to supervise afterschool studies in a purpose built classroom. were not trying to build an old-style village, but it must've been like this. back then, mothers would take care of neighbors kids and people would cook for each other. th

getting ready to address lawmakers in taiwan. he campaigned against the forced abortions. he escaped house arrest last april and fled to the united states. members of a human rights group in taiwan say officials have given chen permission to visit from late june to mid-july. they say he plans to go there with relatives. chen plans to give a speech in the legislature and meet researchers and university students. analysts say government officials in china are making life harder for chen's relatives there. >>> myanmar president, thein sein, pardoned 23 political prisoners on friday. patchari raksawong has more for us. >>> it is likely a move by sein to emphasize his pro-reform stance. it applied to prisoners held in eight prisons. supporters were waiting to greet 11 people released from the prison. the facility is notorious for harsh treatment of detainees under the former military regime. >> translator: i don't think the president, because he's just doing good things to create a good image for himself. we're released now, but it's intentionally done before his visit to the u

china and taiwan claim them. ambassador cui is accusing japan of making provocations over the islands. he says the country has taken unilateral high-handed action. his comments come a day after the japanese defense minister onodera and u.s. defense secretary chuck hagel spoke about the issue. they confirm their nation's oppose any un lateral attempt to change the status of the islands. chinese ships have repeatedly entered waters near the islands since japan nationalized them last september. government officials in beijing have started using the term core interests in reference to the islands. they used the same phrase in statements on taiwan and tibet. it means sovereignty it can never yield. the ambassador also said recent remarks and actions by japanese politicians will hurt japan's interests in the long run. he was likely referring to a visit to the shrine in tokyo by cabinet ministers. the shrine honors japan's war dead, including those convicted of war crimes. >>> experts at japan's nuclear watchdog are try

to grow and develop. >> recommendation for taiwan? >> we don't make recommends to taiwan in this report. >> on the antimissile, can you tell us where the antiaccess threat stands now from a year or two ago? about where it was? >> well, we have seen that the -- china continues to make advances in hit modernization efforts. i don't know if i'd be able to quantify the difference between now and perhaps a couple of years ago but we have seen the deployment of advanced surface combatants with new capabilities that improve their options for -- should they share defense or antiship cruise missiles, the advancing development of the antiship ballistic missile capability, and there's -- china is investing across the board so we continue to see improvements in that regime. over time we'll continue to see them developing in the future. >> one other question. on the territorial disputes in the south china sea and east china sea, do you see any change in their tactics or their approach over the past year and i notice the report talked about using c

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take on low paid work, but recently many of these workers have been migrating to south korea and taiwann search of higher wages. in order for myanmarese to work in thailand, they need some form of official i.d. and a work permit issued by the thai government which is applied for by their employer. many myanmarese don't know about this system and even if they did, most would prefer to rely on brokers and work illegally. this is a public elementary school in the suburbs of maha chai. at this school, more than 200 of the 317 students have parents who are undocumented migrant workers. only 25 of the students are thai. seven years ago, the thai government began providing rights to education for all children regardless of their parents' legal status. there are no exact records but a huge number of stateless children and children with parents who are undocumented workers are living in thailand. the thai government is providing these children with an opportunity for education, but it's also taking security precautions at the same time by issuing i.d. cards. once they are issued with i.d. cards,

>> y ante escultores de distintas partes del mundo dan rienda suelta >> terminamos en tai pei en taiwanque comenzó este evento se convierte en un gran éxito. >> así llegamos al final los esperamos mañana con más noticias que tengan

and today, the interaction between taiwan and the coast of china is just extends.nes are flying back and forth. people are working. i bet you three quarters of those employees are now chinese and they're being led by taiwanese businessmen. what's happening? well, what's happened is i think the chances of anything, if there were to be a conflict between taiwan and the people's republic of china i think it would be the most colossal diplomatic state of the birth of modern times. they are just doesn't need to be, and i don't think there will be. what does that mean? where will all in the? i don't know. but india is going to end up i think being bigger. china has some real problems. china still has a lot of government corporations, businesses that are enormous, way overpopulated, have to be privatized at some point each means you'll have enormous numbers of people out of work and they'll have to put security forces in to put down the demonstrations and the criticism and opposition's that are in place. and i should add that the one baby policy is mindless. it means they

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i think the chances of anything if there were to be a conflict between taiwan and the people's republicd be the most colossal diplomatic failure of modern times. i don't think there will be. what does that mean -- mean? i don't know but india will be bigger in china has problems with a lot of government corporations way over populated having to be privatized which means there will be enormous numbers of people out of work. of with the opposition they will face and i should add the one baby policy is mindless. tens of millions of men without women and their population the demographics are distorted they don't have a particularly smooth road in my view that if we manage that relationship well it could be possible to navigate through a bumpy times some people say the solution of the south china sea is the law of the sea treaty and of course, they all sign at and china does whatever it wants. and it doesn't do any good at all. i remember when reagan was sent over to world leaders i went to see mrs. thatcher and she explained what president reagan and i thought were key elements and she said

>> i think you have to look very carefully at the tv market in taiwan.mall market is really a market of 22 million people. and no single tv station has more than 8% of the market. don't forget the hong kong -- lost a fortune, they're trying to get the tv stations running in taiwan. so it is not all roses. so there is a lot of issues associated with this. >> all right. thanks for that, francis. chief economist at oriental finance group. >>> boeing and ge are alerting airlines of another potential problem in the 777. in both cases, only one engine shut down and the plane was able to continue to flying safely. gearboxes which are found around 26 planes in service and another 44 in production. ge is sending replacement parts to the airlines. >>> all right. meanwhile, there's the stock, up 0.5% for ge and boeing. >>> abe-nomics seems to have something of a magic touch when it comes to financial institutions. it's not doing an awful lot. japan's top three banks took a hit today. yukako has more on the story. >> hi, ross. japan's three mega banks tumbled after

taiwan has been an interesting example. i heard someone there during the election at one of the local bars they were watching the results and the chinese press was allowed there and one of the chinese reporters said this just proves that our snm china is spoir to what taiwan is doing, we know the results before they even count the votes. and that was a joke. but others in the group who were muttering things like why is it that taiwan can pull this off? they had the same kind of system we had 30 years ago. somehow they've made the transition. it working. they haven't collapsed. their clickly prosperous. is there any trn people in china are inferior to taiwan. the voices are there. you get actual chinese people calling in and speaking to you on the short wave radio and i'm encouraged when i do that because they have many interesting things to say that they really want a democratic system there and want to push toward it. i was in shanghai a year ago at a think tank there. i was surprised they invited me knowing my views but t

in taiwans of people are protesting the use of nuclear power. cementedg party has its proposal to parliament -- submitted a proposal to parliament. china is trying out an innovative self-help scheme to care for the growing numbers of old people who live in rural areas. if it works in the north, the plan could go nationwide and could save the country millions of dollars. our reporter has more. >> he is 81 years old and has trouble moving about. with no family to care for him, he was standing for himself until now. old is alsor- retired. he stays at the same home. he is in charge of caring for his 81 year old friend. >> at the moment i can help him. when i am old, a new younger residents will come and help me. this is what we hope for. >> it is a self help solution that a listing of the members of society to care for the the very this thelution that in young members of society to care younger -- enlists the members of society to care for the very old. many of the arable -- elderly have been left behind. free health care is available only to people

taiwan and china claim them. fishing crews headed to the area. they reached an agreement last week. japanese fishermen fear the counter parts will go outside the designated zone. they are sending ten surveillance ships to the area. that's twice the usual number. >>> chinese leaders are trying to may a role in the middle east peace process. xi jinping met with benjamin netanyahu. he talked about their ties with abbas. he said israel should stop settlements. netanyahu replied that israel also wants peace. he said he hopes communication with china will remain open. >>> the elder brother of a chinese activist says he was assaulted by two men on thursday in a string of attacks against his relatives. he's now in the united states. u.s. officials are concerned about the reported harassment against his family. he escaped house arrest in the chinese province in april last year. his elder brother lives there. he said since the departure his relatives have been harassed by government authorities. he said it's intensified since mid-april. >> translator: the government's harassment against me ha

as a government to mainland china with president carter who unilaterally terminated by pat the taiwan. presidents decide about restrictions to travel abroad when we were prevented from cuba, that was a presidential decision. they also revise their immigration be. people brought his children by their parents. president obama implemented his own dream act and waive deportation and son not work permits to young immigrant. now, presidential power has increased. congress has transferred power to act on their own so there's a shift of power. the other piece of the puzzle is the vast expansion and the founders lived in europe and not the united states can become a great world power. presidential power has increased both because the u.s. has increased radically in the power the u.s. government has hessman shifted. so we no longer have coequal branches of government. we now have a politically dominant executive branch. many scholars say congress needs to assert itself and do this checking and balancing power. we wouldn't have a piece like watergate and abu ghraib another presidential authoriti

the tail end of the front line will be moving over taiwan as well as okinawa.o japan, you'll see showers moving into south korea as well. it's not a particularly significant rainfall, but you could see cooler temperatures as well. here are those temperatures for saturday. it is 30 in bay individual. it is cloudy there, staying hot and dry. we see it coming into thaipei. on wednesday, a spate of tornadoes thouchouched down in . they're going to be moving across much of the u.s. and canada. the really severe threat will be up and towards the upper midwest. and you can see thunderstorms and rain are quite likely. flooding can also occur from montana to minnesota because of locally heavy rainfall. that can cause river flooding and flash floodings. part of the reason is because it's quite warm. when we got that instability in the air and the moisture in the air, and the heat. 31 in denver, that's going to come down to about 20 about thursday. all right, lastly, we go into europe, and it's been a bad week as well out west. the western half of the continent in wet and

china and taiwan claim the islands. the pentagon report says such claims are inconsistent with international law. >> the unilateral actions of any party will have no bearing on our position that the senkaku's remain under the administrative control of japan. >> this is the first time they have clearly stated their position on the issue. >>> chinese students hear more and more these days about the troubled relations between their country and japan. while government leaders are arguing about the senkaku islands, some high school students are getting a different narrative. they're learning about life from a japanese perspective. >> reporter: a program was started for children who want to study in japan. every teacher and textbook comes from japan. ♪ after studying for two years, the students go to japan. there they have their last year at the high school. after graduates they can apply to japanese universities. every student taking part in this program has gone on to study in japan. there are 28 students in the first year.

learn lessons from taiwan. they want to have this thing possibly built by 2020.ed is the policy about to get even easier? let's read the tea leaves with our next guest joining us from orlando. two key changes in the statement yesterday. in march, the committee said things are okay. fiscal policy has become somewhat more restrictive. a statement yesterday said fiscal policy is restraining economic growth. just one more for you, gary. they said in march we will continue the purchase of treasuries. this increase has some out there is thinking the fed may do more. >> even if they do in greece or even if they do not, 85 billion is in outrageous amount of money that they are printing at this point in time. you may be paying banks to keep your money there. you have a flutter liquidity around the globe. i do not think the fed has any interest in letting this down. i think they feel like they are heroes because the market is cooperating right now. i think it will continue for a long, long while. dennis: some wall street fed watchers that i talked to think maybe by the end