thomson's company is a big medicaid contract to what the city.een a big contributor to vincent gray. also kwame brown and former mayor adrian fenty. the fbi would not comment. the u.s. attorney issued a statement, saying that law enforcement activities were conducted today as part of an ongoing investigation. we can confirm that no arrests were made today and no charges have been filed as of this time. both thompson and harris have been associated with several campaigns. questions have been raised about irregularities in the campaigns of both mayor gray and chairman brown. no word over whether these rates are connected with the fbi's investigation of those campaigns. sam ford, reporting live from the newsroom. >> thank you. i ask to see you in the newsroom. we are following the latest on a developing story, tying sex with john leopold. he was indicted on charges about his use of the police. richard reeve is live and annapolis with the latest on this still-unfolding case. >> leon, it is safe to say these documents have sent shock waves across the

. >> mark thomson's national show is flooded with calls. >> my heart is broken. >> people have literally called in and cried on air. i have even fought back some of my own tears. >> it's a manifestation of something that you feel, that you breathe all the time. that doesn't have a texture or doesn't have a mass but it's very real and always around you like air. >> a painful reminder for so many black families. >> see you later. have a good day. love you. >> trayvon is not just his mom's kid. he's everyone's child. >> one 17-year-old's death giving an age-old fear a new face. >> now we switch to the presidential campaign trail where on the heels of a big win in illinois just last night, mitt romney's campaign found itself once again fending off the damage from a self-inflicted wound. specifically a quote they would like to have back right about now. our report tonight from chuck todd. >> reporter: it was one of the big republican endorsements mitt romney craved, but former florida governor jeb bush's statement in the wake of the decisive illinois primary win came on paper. now is the time

equipment for moscow and that hardware will be produced right here in russia at the company's facility in thomson nokia siemens has opted to rely on the country's solid engine european research base to help design many of the company's newest products and that's something the exact same as worked out quite well. i am happy to be counted among the leaders at the very least where the first to have launched a planned operates according to the specific needs of russia and countries of the c.i.s. i'm not able to disclose any names at the moment but we're already have two large l.t.e. contracts for russia i think it's solid evidence that our strategy has been successful i think it is. one of the reasons the company has done so well is that they teamed up with a top micro chip maker out in a high tech hub in siberia that encourages investment in the country's engineering and production base with over twenty years experience mostly superfast semiconductors gives nokia siemens something that other partners simply couldn't for example a russian for business. every year. on the world. as we speak right now

i will make sure that i'm ready for the next event june or july is going to be against it thomson and accordingly i will do anything possible to win and defend my titles as impressive as possible. whether it's next year and twenty four hour. will be the. science technology innovation all the developments around russia we've got the future covered wealthy british style. markets why not. come to. find out what's really happening to the global economy with max concert for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune in to kaiser report on r t. and.

it's his name is john thomson, a u.s. marine colonel, world war i hero, he's a writer. he's written short stories and cultural memoirs. he is a sketch artist and he's a heavy drinker. and he and ernest have got along very well and they collaborated on an anthology. thomasson says, ernest, this won't work. if you try this, you won't get killed. ernest says, i don't care, i want to do it anyway. he was not a guy you said no to easily and they give in. so the office of naval intelligence, this is all very hush-hush, very secret. ernest loves that, the office of naval intelligence sends him como gear to locate german submarines, they send him some hand grenades to lob down the hatches while the germans, of course, are just sunning themselves on deck and paying no attention to what's going on around them. they give them weapons and ammunition and one marine nco to make it all work. so office ernest sails into this part -- i won't point again but take my word for it. where those lines converge on the north coast of cuba, that's where -- that's the general operating area for e

secured a major strategic win in the obama administration's twenty thirteen budget request lauren thomson is a former lockheed advisor and he claims that basing this on excessive influence over government is. early august a conspiracy theory but i bet that we can prove wrong so joining me to discuss it is derek crow political director of new foundation kerik thanks so much for joining us tonight and i know first of all when you look at this twenty thirteen budget that's been proposed by the obama administration do you see lockheed martin as a clear winner. well i think lockheed martin has is and has remained a winner for years despite the fact that they're one of the most corrupt and guilty of misconduct companies that does business with the federal government and i just have to say you mentioned lauren thompson's article i mean i think we should take lockheed martin and give them a little bit of credit that they know how to spend money effectively when it comes to getting profits for their shareholders and if it wasn't profitable for lockheed martin to be dumping eleven million dollars i

liquidity they can be created through this shadow banking process now you understand why for example at thomson reuters and. analysis and up with this considering that real hypothecation may have increased the financial footprint of euro zone bonds by a least four fold then a euro zone sovereign default could be apocalyptic and now you know what real hypothecation is. all right before we go let's bring in dimitri beingness in the newsroom and shannon donahoe in the control room to end on a story that we caught our eyes so politicians we know they don't talk shop all the time a hot mike scott this conversation maybe you remember between john boehner and joe biden before last year's state of the union address. so. the only reason we're here for the summer. for the one with the point. there's talk around so now we have reported on all of these needing all of these euro zone get meetings there is another meeting every day appeals like well now we can welcome some insight into what they're actually doing a german finance minister wolfgang schauble was caught playing sudoku during a parliamentary deb

one council member says his dealings with thomson are aboveboard. >> i was stunned to see had been raidedrter house provides hundreds of millions of dollars in business with the city. the only member of the government to seem to -- you see no money is not happy about. >> of course they're going to try to give money to council members anyway that they can to protect their business. that is the definition of pay to play. >> the u.s. attorney's office would not comment except to say on for some activities were conducted as part of an ongoing investigation. we can confirm there was no arrests. but it raises questions of just how far the current investigation will go into it will touch. >> there is speculation the investigation is into the past campaigns of mayor gray, chairman brown, or both. >> thank you. there could soon be a 5 cent tax bag tax. the bill is and the house after passing its biggest hurdle last week. the delegation voted in favor of the bill on friday. if this is past, customers would pay 5 cents for each disposable plastic or paper bag at some stores. montgomery county and th

i want to introduce to you chris, with thomson loiters.ere we're going to talk about taxes a little bit. you think that they're not as egregious in getting tax breaks as some other companies. tell us about that. >> there are lots of reasons why they object to oil companies and they do get away with murder. on the tax issue there are far worse offenders like general electric which are virtuoso in getting away with not paying taxes. i think oil companies could afford to pay plenty more. they're rolling in cash at the moment and they've been extremely profitable. it is not that we shouldn't tax them more. they do enjoy minimal tax loopholes but in general they tend to pay an effective tax rate that somewhat above the average of most companies somewhere sort of certainly north of 35% if you take into account various royalties that they pay. 27% or something is a more typical figure for an industrial company. >> so christopher, they're not as big tax evaders and g.e. and other corporate looters. >> yes. >> fine, i concede that point. having sai

i don't take quite the same attitude as roy thomson on that. (bell ringing) >> bergman: an endless stream of sex scandals would make his new tabloid the largest selling sunday paper in the country. and then he picked up an ailing paper called the sun and turned that into britain's largest selling daily. one of his favorite editors, kelvin mackenzie, is a fleet street legend and an ardent supporter. >> the reality is, decent guy, and because he's successful, people who are by and large unsuccessful dislike him intensely. he's a pretty rounded guy. i mean, compared to a lot of people watching this documentary, he'll be a lot more rounded than they are sitting there grinding their teeth and gnashing them away. >> bergman: the stacks of the news of the world would become the building blocks of the worldwide empire. the formula for success was simple: screaming headlines about dirty deeds. >> the tabloids is what really gets him out of bed in the morning. and it was the british tabloids that created the money to fund the worldwide empire. both the n