winter storms may be a basin but fears of flooding are growing in the midlands portion from the river shannon are on the increase and colton are known for the xp to a nice higher bond yields from there we years to avoid damage to property in time that it's just over there to score when information is just hoping no one has been lost on the stories karzai the stranded at home this morning. confirmation of high water levels on the river shannon hour or maybe the serious issues for residents. over ten thousand acres are under water and the jurong for russ common with me that often they have been calls for immediate action to open the shell and leaders at a team i believe it's a management issue of water levels in them in the river shannon. and the esb. erm to tears by the shooting as he wanted down and i'm itching to watch the bachelor star may have a beta tester in the country but thirty three years here and gone for a new heavy rainfall over the coming days with leads to severe flooding the reason of this and a phone box. we have and to instill of posts. foot chilton him. and before th

there are cities in the midlands where police never go because they are never called. they never hear of trouble because the community deals with that on its on. they have their own community justice. the place don't know what injustices are being perpetrated. it could be anything from low level crime to murder. they referred to hon your killings as an example, where a woman is murdered for shaving her family. some say winter is out of touch. >> it there's imperical evidence, to make a remark as the inspector for police is highly irresponsible. it's not constructive. this is what happens when you appoint somebody. >> the west midlands police dismissed windsor's remarks saying reports of hate crimes have risen. others that there's truth to windsor's claims. >> the iranian and kurdish women's organizations did not want to appear on camera but said such violence is a problem. the group works with south asian and middle easterb communities and says the police are bad at responding to the women who do ask for help. >> an invitation has been issued to the inspector. >> see th

but in speak together "times" newspaper he said there are cities in the midlands that police never go because they are never called. they never hear any trouble because the community deals with that on their own. they have their own community justice. the police say they don't know what injustices are being perpetrated, it is a closed book. it could can be low level crime to write up to murder. we go to the head of research at the think tank which promote the integration of muslim communities in the u.k. thank you very much for joining us. first of all, mr. windsor does not spell it out but i guess the educated guess is he is talking about ethnic communities perhaps the muslim community which we know is very big in the midlands. in light of that what do you make of his comments. >> it was strange that he chose to raise the issue on one hand and remain deliberately vague on the other hand. if we're going to be discussing this issue, often issues are brushed to the carpet or dealt with in house, if you like, community, elders or uncles or family members feel they can get involved and di

on saturday in speaking to "the times" newspaper he said there were city in the midlands where police never go because they are never called. they never hear of any trouble because of the community deals with that on their own. they just have their own community justice. they said police don't know what injustices are being perpetrated. it could be anything from low-level crime right up to murder. well, a little earlier i spoke with a member of parliament from an inner city area from the midlands. i asked what he thought about the claims. >> i think it's complete utter nonsense. if he has empirical evidence of this i would like him to bring it out. but for him to make these remarks as police is highly i irresponsible. this is what happens when you appoint someone who has not been in the service, who is a government appointee, and these people don't understand how to deal with these issues properly and professionally. these are very unprofessional remarks. and the rest of the statements made to "the times" is in the same vein as well. >> we did ask him to come on and clarify his commen

construction scenes like these will now become a weekly event in the midlands and around the country. but even those who live over three kilometers away. still no poles. i hope my bedroom window yesterday morning and she id was horrified to see that monstrosity across the field that you don't see you know we can talk to a nice but scientists and impactful pontiac to see some thoughts on a hike to the show. this new wind farm in county awfully with the producing energy by midsummer. but after the re evaluation of renewable energy targets in europe this week. the question still remains what we need all the wind farms that are proposed and europe. in the communication last week said that we must reduce greenhouse gas emissions to forty percent below nineteen ninety levels. and there's no question of the three new books would continue to play a very very big part in achieving that forty percent reduction windows update ever ever go to place our faucet to visit which is consistent in a game changer in the morning will be. if these particular developments at this time of the rule caramel ea

in the west midlands, employment has risen by 60,000 since the election. go,e is still further to particularly in the west midlands, where we need to get young people back to work. the figures are still very encouraging. >> instead of ordering civil service to investigate, why just't the prime minister agree with margaret thatcher, whether it had anything to do with the westland helicopter deal at the time? honorablethe gentleman might have gone a conspiracy theory too far on this one. it is very important that we get to the bottom of what happened and that is why i have asked the cabinet secretaries to reread this review. we will establish the facts. the process is underway. i wanted to be fast and find out the truth. the findings will be made public. i will never forget my own visit to the golden temple. one of the most beautiful and serene places anywhere on this planet. what happened 30 years ago led to a tragic loss of life. it remains a source of deep pain . the prime minister is right to apologize for what has happened and i understand the concerns.

and the midland regional income or had thirty three patients on fridays hospitals are also reporting an increased number of admissions of frail elderly patients. the agency says hospitals are working with the special delivery unit to deal with the extra pressure the two and season with an increase in student ids to feel the christmas new year is up about five percent. a lot of those patients around me as well. the more influence with amazing how more people attending the mission feet up and took no action being taken the sun devils are to look this time so it is not a key factor as it was in some previous years. instead if i go to trial a story and the work of special delivery unit to bring down at the numbers once seen as one of this government's huge big success stories unhelpful will come with us too but you can expect to see an increase that this time of year and the irish nurses and advise organization says that when you combine that run the numbers in emergency departments non wards to two percent rise year on year and the fun the nursing unions emergency department on the numbe

in theirble to order website and get it delivered in the midlands. laying catch-up with tesco. to get online quicker because of what ocado is providing. 75% of the u.k. population. this technology licensing is the future, so say investors and analysts. , therecord online ordering potential is huge. >> caroline, thank you so much for that. in just a few minutes, we will look at the logistics of delivering food with the managing director of one of europe's largest transporters. >> here is what else is on our radar. china has become the world's biggest traitor of goods. china's imports rose the most in five months in december indicating domestic demand could support economic growth as they are hoping. $25trade surplus topped billion. >> swatch shares are rallying. it is having a strong start to 2014. sales jumped more than 8%. the owner of a mega and others says it is seeing a clear gain in market share. >> french president francois hollande says he deplores a seven-page spread of an affair he is allegedly having with an actress. that is according to a s

they are delivering in the midland. a 260 million pound deal they struck back in may last year. in a quarter of the time and in a fraction of the price, they managed to bring morrison's online. remember, morrison's had a profit warning yesterday because they are not online where its competitors are. licensing, technology and services helping them ramp up and get where they need to be in the marketplace at the moment. ocado alone offers 35,000 products online. they cover 73% of the u.k.. we'll just have to see how fshtly they do it for morrison's -- efficiently they do it for morseon's. the potential now is where will they go abroad and what other kidse of retailers will they offer? pets? baby products? >> thanks for that roundup. we'll see you later on. with me now is the investment director at london and capital. ocado -- a performance. >> it is. one needs to be careful. they have not yet turned any real profits. but the market and the way people shop is changing. quite quickly. internet is becoming bigger and bigger. it initially started with the electrical good and so forth an

we waited on the steps of the midland hotel until 1:30 in the morning. on the bed and encouraging us, they stood and talked to me and allen clark on the steps for what seemed like 20 minutes, and it changed my life completely. >> how amazing is that? phil everly died in burbank. he was 74 years old. >> "the new york times," "spider-man" turn off the dark, ended its run with a technical issue in the middle of a number. the $75 million production, the most expensive, was plagued with problems from the start. technical glitches and frequent cast injuries put the show in the headlines. the decision to close the play came in light of the high production costs of more than $1 million a week. >> wow. but, boy, it was worth it, willie geist. >> oh, my god. >> i never got a chance to see it, but i hear great things around the table. >> no doubt, willie, 30 years from now you'll be regretting that. people will be asking, where were you when "spider-man" closed? >> yeah, no, you won't. >> nicole and her familien joyed it thoroughly. >>> let's go to mike allen, a lo

group fears it works with predominantly south asian and middle eastern communities and it fears ha the midlands police are bad at responding to the women who did ask for help. >> they have issued an invitation to the chief inspector. >> see the nice work we are doing. >> rather than criticizing us. >> they criticize anybody. >> all agreed that trust in the police is vital to assure crimes are reported to award any vigilante law enforcement on the street. >>> a short time ago california lifted all mandatory evacuations for residents. thousands flood after an inferno swept through the hills of glendora two days ago. but battling the blades is far from over. it covers 1900 acres northeast of los angeles. firefighters managed to stop the flames from tread spreading. but there is anything anyone can do about the historic drought that has left the state parched. governor brown has declared a drought emergency that allows them to seek federal aid and eases rules about pompomping water from one place to another. one place that needs the water is napa valley, the heart of wine country. melissa chan has

november and today tonight last time we saw a very defile and maddie is getting into until you get the midland saying he was still willing to be kicked revenge of course that was it was in the pants that education is yet to come up with. the spanking i hate it when i think he's bound to be making the prisons across the cheque in twenty eleven recreation including some that i've seen yet. it may be rested today that he is your heart is the time to stop the protest again. against that kosmina back now and it was to be back in court the stock is up every twenty seconds. we went to all cases he started pacing. to get a piece found guilty in any of these trials now. he appointed ago yet to represent image to the sobbing he previously refused to do because he didn't recognize it you missed it because the house like incense. five f and kyra thank you very much indeed the fifth day of talks between the syrian regime and the state opposition broke off earlier than planned today was the month. by the opposition that present the star of the sun put forward new proposals for the future. all of the country

across this great nation, talk to the midland of america. without the appropriate infrastructure they can't send forth their agriculture products, or their manufactured goods. they cannot ship forward and so commerce is crippled by our lack of investment in infrastructure. and so with great sensitivity, the vice president spoke, spoke to the infrastructure needs of new york and that we will utilize these efforts with the guidance of new york state, with the governor and the legislature, to make certain that it's not merely replacing infrastructure damaged by the ravaging of mother nature but rather restructuring and reorganizing how we respond to that. . much of our infrastructure, our manufacturing infrastructure are long water's edge, along intradeleft coastal systems. we extended our land into the coastal system and now mother nature is saying, whoa, push back. but that urgency that came with those storms has us now struggling with infrastructure investment. is that what we require to invest in sfrarbg? in ed go forward and made in order o

. >> how can you persuade the north and the midland that they are part of the recovery?wise, it would be difficult to win another election. >> it is vital. i think you can see that in the transport infrastructure that we're building. the electrification and railway lines. investment in roads and ports. these are to make sure that every part of the country benefits from recovery. we want to see the fastest growth in jobs. there are good signs of progress. manufacturing and making more, supporting britain, will help to make sure this is a recovery for the whole country. that is the focus. >> you are confident that manufacturing will come back? >> what we are seeing is that there is a discernible presence of companies re-shoring and bringing back to britain some of their production. that will benefit the whole of the country. this is a small trend. if we take the right steps to keep our economy competitive and keep business and job taxes low, we could speed up the trend and see more work and jobs for people. that is what this is about. give people a piece of mind that a reg

independent commission would hope that their grades plans for high voltage networks in the south east and north midlands. but the premise dream it did not include the north so interconnected transfer which are well advanced with tt's pressing for clarity of the issue this morning the patient said rabbit would be meeting commission chair catherine we get is this week to discuss their grids work program the problem of oakley and breathed into its fourth printing us an awesome thing to connect to. i would like to see the commission would have a smidge extended so that the contamination the same way that the sidney cotton o'sullivan was in the country. but that wasn't enough for the opposition your dishes. you settle this it is for rapid pace of eight bits. just tell them to do the project started here to say well the north side of the conduct of a big part of their gear. and can you tell us. all the potential health competitions all over grown items excluded. from the terms of reference of the poll. here one resident's group rejected in their greed and to establish a compensation fund for those affected. t

it's a vote of confidence in the midlands. lso a vote of confidence in the economic plan that is working for britain. this factory is a good place to talk about that plan. for here you know more than most that the world does not owe britain a living. car manufacturing is fiercely competitive. components can be sourced from around the world. and you know there are hundreds of companies in dozens of countries that would like to be manufacturing the products you make here. and it's only because of your skill and your professional approach that the work comes here, here to this company. it's the quality slipped or if the company was badly run, then the jobs would go elsewhere. and what is true of this company is true of our country. it's because the rest of the world sees that britain is a country where we are now back in control of our destiny, a country where we are supporting businesses, the jobs are the ones here today are being created across the country. over 1 million new jobs. but if our country is badly run, if the finance

. >> the unemployment rate right now in midland texas, tucker, is 3.2%. the answer, drilling in private lands. couldn't we institutionalize that? >> if you're unemployed in midland, you just don't want to work. same goes for wyoming and montana. the energy boom has taken place in spite of the government's best efforts. cheap energy leads to progress. we know this. to material progress. that's what separates us is cheap energy. and there are a lot of opponents of that who are against civilization itself, but if they'd get out of the way i think we could rise up pretty far. >> here's my prediction kiersten, and you love to tell me when i'm wrong. my prediction for the year, democrats are going to push hard on class warfare, raising the minimum wage which only impacts 2.8% of american workers and and they're not going to deal with substantive issues and the republicans want to coast on obamacare until november 2014. no big ideas, status quo. what do you think? >> i do think republicans think they have a winning political issue with obamacare and they are goin

the oil output. gerri: that is so unbelievable. midland is the fastest growing town in america.we have the matapan it is texas and north dakota you can see right away the power tell us more. >> those are not just people in the wheel industry -- loyola industry. these all our wheat farmers all the sudden it is there land. gerri: nothing wrong with that. >> the irony is at a time the president is not a supporter could you imagine if he did? >> barack obama presided over the biggest oil and gas boom over the history over the country. the biggest irony. [laughter] the only thing right now that is holding him back one is we're not doing enough leasing. but we need pipelines. all lots of the drilling is stalled because the dollar tumbled way to get it to the market. of much chper way to get it to the market is through the pipeline. we need the keystone pipeline the president talks about infrastructure but this is priority number one. >> we talk about the northeast in the deficit with pipelines. great to see you. >> more mllionaires. [laughter] gerri: we wrap up the users guide to a ne

. >> you know, the unemployment rate in north dakota is 2.6%, the unemployment rate now in midland, texas, is 3.2%, the answer, drilling on private lands, couldn't we institutionalize that. if you're unemployed in midland, you just don't want to work. >> and the same parts in north dakota and absolutely, the boom has taken place despite the government's best efforts. and could lead to the resurgence in the manufacturing area. that is what separates us from others, cheap energy. there are a lot of opponents of that, if they could get out of the way we could ride of pretty far. >> here is my prediction, kirsten powers, you love to tell me when i'm wrong. my prediction for the year, democrats will push hard on class war fare, raising the minimum wage, which by the way only impacts 2.8% of american workers and half of them are between the ages of 18 to 24. the republicans just want to coast on obama care until november 2014. no big ideas, solutions, status quo, what do you think? >> well, i do think the republicans believe they have a winning political issue with obamacare and will ride that

the u.k. can be a problem. some say midlands police are bad responding to women asking for hem. >> an invitation has been issued to the chief inspector. >> see the nice work we are doing. >> rather than criticising us... >> all agree community trust in the police is vital to avoid vigilante law enforcement on the street. >> police say in december 2012 members of a muslim control group from arrested for harassing, intimidating and insulting peep. >> the opposition heads to geneva. coming face to face with an regime. >> plus, investing in their future. saving kids on the street by enabling them to save their money. >> the n.f.l. is down to its final four. we have previews later in sports. good morning to you, and welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm morgan radford, and these are the top stories. a scandal facing embattled new jersey governor chris christie. the mayor of hoboken saying he withhold political funds as payback. >> 20 killed bit the taliban in north western taliban. they promise more violence is it to come. >> sched

the unemployment rate is 2.6%. in midland texas is 3.2%. about a job for the 50 million americans on food sta stamps. >> this is the worst post recession we've everybody had. >> compared to what. >> post recession. all recessions. >> which ones. >> name another recession we've had. >> which all -- all. >> just make up all recessions? >> if you're going to throw out all recessions, what recessions are there? >> every recession we've had, this is the worst post recession recovery we've had. more importantly, i want too read off some bills to you, sean. we have the economic opportunity act. medicaid bill, elementary, secondary education, water quality, housing and urban development, immigration, medicare and clean water, except these are bills, these are actual acts, these are laws that were passed as part of lbj's society. these are supposed to save us today. >> how much do we spend? >> it's a gazillion more than we promised. >> it's a war. the thing is, sean, let's talk about the answers to this. the answers you got answers. >> the government

management continues to have a high level of activity in the permian basin projects, focused on the delaware basin in midland. people say those are played out. they're old. why would you be doing this reservoir management if i'm too excited about nothing? >> right. not correct. we are high on the permian basin assets. you have a number of plays where we think there are additional billions of barrels of oil to be recovered from the permian basin. right now, if we look at the activity levels around the u.s., the permian basin, the bakken, eagle ford, we see billions and billions of more barrels of oil to be recovered from these plays over the next several years. and these will be decadal plays. if you look at the united states, we're pushing almost 9 million barrels of oil production per day and when we add in natural gas liquids, that's over 11 million a day. that's more than saudi arabia's making. right now we're on a very good trend. technology is in a renaissance period where it's going to add to recovery rates and production rates for decades to come. >> i have to say, when i listen to you, the people who

having the opportunity to go to midland texas and see the results and impact of hydraulic fracking and horizontal drilling it is remarking where we find outselves. especially when you look back at people saying we were going to plateau and the end was coming soon. but yourself and mitchell invested resources to get us into a country where we should have a larger conversation about the impact of those export opportunities on national security. as we become more aggressive with the oil production and exporting hopefully, it puts our middle east competitors to look at their own budgets and revenue. our's is positive, but it does more for national security than we articulated. >> senator baldwin. >> i wanted to talk about the context in which i am going to listen to the testimony and think about the input. i mentioned it at our hearing recently. this winter in wisconsin, families and business owners have had one issue on their minds and that is the cost and availability of propane. it is an especially cold winter in wisconsin. for many people who relied on a steady propane fuel, they are u

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having the opportunity to go to midland, texas recently to see the results and impact of hydraulic fracturingorizontal drilling is quite remarkable, especially when you look back over the history of 2004-2000 five and 2006 and we were in a plateau and the end was coming very soon. the reality of it is george mitchell perhaps invested a lot of resources and took amazing risk to get us in a country where we could have a larger conversation at some point in the near future about the impact. one thing we'd recognize this as we become more aggressive, i think it fits the middle east competitors -- puts the middle east competitors have very serious situation to look at their own budgets and revenues. i think it does more for the national security than we really articulated in the past several years. >> thank you. you, mr.s? >> thank chairman. i wanted to talk a little bit in which the context i will look of the testimony and think about the input. i mentioned it at the hearing quite recently. in wisconsin family and business owners have had one issue on their minds, and that is the cost and availab

i might add the two lowest unemployment rates in the united states are bismarck, north dakota, and midland, texas. not unrelated to the shale gas renaissance that i mentioned a moment ago. but we ought to look at what works from the tax code to making it less burdensome, more logical and more conducive to economic growth, and we need to take a look at how do we address the unkempt promises of things like obamacare which have created uncertainty and increased costs and a lot of disruption in the lives of americans and replace it with patient-centered reforms that actually reduce the cost, expand quality coverage and improve access to care. i believe that's the kind of debate we ought to be having and that's the type of agenda the american people are asking for and the type of agenda they deserve. mr. president, i yield the floor. ms. klobuchar: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from minnesota. ms. klobuchar: i come today before the senate to speak on the importance of passing the homeowner flood insurance affordability act. i'm a cosponsor of this legislation because without

the country are? bismarck, north dakota, and midland, texas, and that's because of the shale energy renaissance that has created jobs. if you can pass a commercial driving license test, you can get a job driving a truck with a high school degree in both of those places and earn between $75,000 and $100,000 a year. lowest unemployment in the country, but this administration's policies have made it harder and harder for those jobs to be created, along with the keystone pipeline and the jobs that that would create. so we need to also reform our tax code to encourage more investment. we need to reward earned success so that small businesses can be started, so existing small businesses can expand and all of the president's policies, including, of course, most notably obamacare, have made that harder. we need to put a -- we need to do what we can, as i said, to expand domestic energy production and create jobs. and we need to reform unemployment insurance and get more people back into the work force by making sure that they have the job training that they need to -- to learn employable skills. and then of cou

government can get out of the way sometimes and allow the market to come in as it has in north dakota, in midlandadvance the job curve. it was a grim place to group. >> what about places where they don't have that? >> that's a great question and we can go back to -- i've been serving on something called the children and family's commission. we spend all of our money on children 0 to 5 trying to figure out how to make them healthy. pre-school is not my opinion an answer. a great deal of intervention, the in home environment on how they eat, how they exercise. facilities. we built a swimming home in santa ana which has the highest conend transition of obese kids in southern california because they have no facilities. i think different approaches all of which involve investment. investment needs be smart not just spring money on the street and hopes it ends the inequality problem. >> before we go, am i wrong about everything? >> no you're not wrong. >> we meet in the middle. he evolves. he will too some day. don't worry. it will be okay. we got the secrets here. okay. >> happy whether or not we win

presiding officer that i think the city with the lowest unemployment rate in america is bismarck, north dakota if i'm nt mistaken. close behind that is midland, texas and the thing they have in common is unleashing the great job machine and particularly in the energy sector. what we need to do is look for ways it avoid some of the job killing regulation that is make it harder, not easier to produce jobs in places like north dakota and texas. we've also seen millions of canceled health care policies, millions of people with higher he premiums -- not lower premiums like the president offered and promised. we've seen an unprecedented increase in our national debt and an incredible complacency when it comes to adding $6 billion more to our national debt for a three-month extension of long-term unemployment. and we've seen, not surprisingly, associated with all of this a huge erosion in the public trust of the federal government. that's why this side of the aisle has been pushing and will continue to push a new set of policies that addresses the biggest concerns of the american people and the biggest challenges facing the american dream. the only

the unemployment rate in north dakota is 2.6%. in midlandit's 6%. >> it makes our weather here look like balmy miami. >> facebook post from ted calhoun. i have wondered for some time, is that your real natural hair? >> pull it. come on. >> you're going to get mad at me. >> no, pull. pull it harder harder. >> i'm not going to pull -- >> did you really just say harder, harder, harder to me. >> we just ruined the first segment of asksean it just ended tonight. yeah, it's my hair. it's grayer and it grows long and i cut it. >> and it has its own twitter account, apparently. >> you're going to come back next week, and people can write a question. >> they can ask anything, they go to twitter #asksean. >> they can ask me anything and i don't know the questions ahead of time. >> that is absolutely the case. >> this was fun. i'll watch you tomorrow on imus. >> that was more than a girl could ask for. >>> still ahead tonight, joe bestardi stops by. we have a look at the massive snowstorm hitting the northeast even as we speak. >>> i want you to addres

having opportunity to go to midland, texas, recently and see the results in the impact of hydraulic fracturing as well as horizontal drilling is quite remarkable, especially when you look back over the history of 2004-2005-2006 because we were going to plateau. the end was coming very soon. the reality of it is i think was george mitchell perhaps invest a lot of resources and the amazing risk to get us as the country into position where we could have a larger conversation at some point in the near future about the impact of these export opportunities on our national security. one of the things we recognize that as we become more aggressive with her oil production and hopefully exporting, i think it puts our middle these competitors in a very unique position to take a serious look at their own budgets, own revenues. certainly of the look at ours, ours is pretty positive but i think it is more of our national security than we really articulated in the last several years. >> thank you. senator scott. any other's? >> thank you, mr. chairman. i wanted to talk little bit about the context in which i

say you're archer daniels midland or cargill, what you get is a regular crop supply at possibly a consistent price. thegrams tend to even out supplies. if you are, say, a grocery store, a wal-mart or kroger, again, the snap program, food stamps, subsidizes a lot of food purchases. if you are a crop insurance company, wells fargo has a very profitable unit. this also gives you possibly a little more security in your bottom line. >> ifill: this used to be a done deal. everybody agrees that the farm bill every five years had to be renewed but it became controversial this time. why. >> well, the farm bill has always been more of a regional bill than a partisan bill. you will often see a refighting of the civil war every five years where you have corn and soybean guys on the northern plains going up against the cotton and rice guys in georgia. but in the end they'll build their coalition and bring it together. you saw more partisanship this time around. you saw a farm bill being a partisan issue in a way it had never been before, very much a symptom of the congress. but as congress seems to be getting more

the mayor dayne walling. thanks for being with us. >> thanks so much from michigan here. >> i was born in midland not too far from you, but i never livedfected the city? >> it is tough. michigan is used to midwest cold, but not this arctic blast. so, we have had to focus our public safety and our infrastructure crews, you know, on the conditions that the weather's causing. we've had to stagger our road crews so that we're constantly making progress on the snow removal. it's not just the cold. we also here in flint got 16 inches of snow, which is more than we've had in about 40 years. >> i'm trying to think of all the services you have to manage, not just the city -- not just the custodial nuts and bolts of running a city, but fire, police, streets and san. which has been the toughest so far? >> well, it's definitely the roads because of the combination of the snow and then the cold weather. but we also have our fire department out communicating with residents, helping to dig out fire hydrants. you hope you don't need it, but if you do, then you can't have a fire hydrant buried under a snowbank in this kind of weather. so, there are a l

and is now going after midland michigan-based dow chemical, wanting to take an activist role in helping move that stock. what does dow's ceo think about it? he sat down with thecrew in davos and said this. >> i have no problem with this notion of people coming in and saying here's better ways to get things done. but what you've got to do as management is be thinking about those ways which i believe we at dow have been doing. >> so should you invest in dow chemical? not the dow jones, dow chemical. let's start talking numbers. on the technicals, richard ross. on the phone, john stevenson. john, first to you. dan did pretty well with yahoo! and sony despite what you may think of him or the "vanity fair" article on him, would you invest behind him? >> you know what, i wouldn't. i'll tell you why. this is not a cheap stock. it's trading at 16 times p.e. and that's at a premium of a couple to its peers. the whole business is really under pressure right now and the reason is natural gas prices with the cold weather and everything else. that's been a huge advantage, is that natural gas feeds stocks that have been so huge. prices up 26% just since the beginning of de