taliban would continue to put innocent afghans in harm's way well that must have cost the taliban tweeter abdul kahar bulk who responded with this tweet saying this i don't know you've been putting them in harm's way for the past ten years razed whole villages and market and you still have the nerve to talk about harm's way. i mean. we have to credit the taliban. we're being so up to date on texting acronyms and this battle of words went on for several tweets and each side took shots at each other's credibility reposed articles even linking to youtube videos i mean you remember the saying the pen or in this case the tweet is mightier than the sword and if the u.s. takes its war to twitter as an alternative to actual battle and i was in the lives and the defense spending that could be saved on that note i'm going to end it that does it for now for more on the stories we covered go to our t. dot com slash usa check out our you tube page it's youtube dot com slash r t america you can follow me on twitter at lauren lyster because i bet you'll be headed nair to see exactly how the twitter war

this fantastic they are here in the studio i want to jump right to actually our last question from a tweeter who wants to know do you ever sleep. unfortunately i do i try not to but you know i have to do a few hours a day ok i try as hard as i can if you could you'd like to be tweeting are commenting twenty four seven ideally there would be an ideal situation ok fantastic so joeys are we just heard from alan blinder he's the former fed chairman he's talking about operation twist and he's saying if you think of sticks plastic pigs twigs b.b. guns for monetary policy making fun of the whole thing saying the collateral is worth less your thoughts i mean i've actually been technically he's kind of he's right in the sense that i think operation twist isn't really going to do anything for anyone. it'll be pretty minimal and the idea that lowering interest rates is going to have a big impact of this point when they're already at record lows you know kind of a joke so it's kind of it's a superficial thing and there's this expectation of the fed to act when things aren't going well so that that's kin

he has trashed it he's made america the laughing stock of the world but remember this now famous tweeter and less serious than me said that bankers don't care about the economy investors tell m.p.'s bank reforms must be watered down top institutional investors have warned m.p.'s the reforms proposed by the vickers report must be significantly watered down to avoid damaging british banks that's wrong that's false but as alessio said bankers love crashes they profit on the way down to let these banks crash but now they're going crying to our m.p.'s saying oh you can't let us crass what it was so either they like crashes or they don't like crashes what do they like class or intellectual profile of a psychopath they they go to they they're two faced they serve two masters simultaneously and they go to the regular saying we don't want to crash and they hope to get mollycoddled by regulators like oh well we'll have to fire a few bankers and then who will buy our yachts in the back room they're committing acts of financial terrorism trashing themselves as a suicide banker worse than any jihadi

sounds like we're going to be comes out and says you know what i'm going to do i'm going to go on and tweeter and and he talked about how he killed people without any remorse in taxes you know congratulations to him what a tough guy he is but i thought romney and perry mason are really good and and i was almost a little surprised at how hard romney came after perry i mean he's seen the polls obviously perry out of the gate is leading romney so it was a good fight i enjoyed it all the fight but at the end of the day these guys are fighting to run the country and i want to get your take on the falling there's clearly an ideological divide several ideological divides within this country do you think that america could handle peacefully the divide that i have believe whatever up if someone like rick perry were president i mean what happened to sort of the balance of ideas here and here in the u.s. . i mean i don't know how else would handle it but i mean if he really did any of his lunatic ideas like trying to get rid of social security on a federal level. he would have protests on his hand is a

>> my middle name is tweeter.> gary with did you think of the return of the wave last night? >> we were talking about this earlier out of the lot of fans are upset. do remember a guy named rob? he was a cheerleader at washington's pulled the least are the wave and it happened last night someone said crazy george started in the bay area but to me, if you are in the middle of a tight game in your plan for the playoffs, the that maybe a little distracting to the players. i'll say it again, you pay 50, $60, $80 for a ticket and $9 for a beer if you want to duck and have some fun did not let anyone deter you. and a that was the big thing like the players maybe they're not concentrating on the game and it upsets the players do not worry, these guys make enough and they can put up with the wave. that is my opinion. >> gary i just saw 20 been at the ballpark would you think? >> i bet tony saw you. he's 85 years of age, a likable tony bennett night. and the man called by frank sinatra his favor singer i was into an intervi

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researchers studied tweeter messages from 8.3 million people from different countries and say that people seem to wake up in a better mood on the weekends. there seemed to be a mid day dip in mood reflectd in people's tweet. the study appears in the journal science. >>> new federal figures show that fewer people than ever are smoking these days. the centers for disease control reports that last year, only 10% of adult use cigarette comparing to 40% 20 years ago. those who smokeless are those living lowe the poft line and with less education. >>> researchers combined result of 14 international studies and found diabetic patients with 38% more likely to have colon cancer than those who were diabetes free. doctors say that people with diabetes tends to have higher levels of hormones that can cause cell, including cancer cells to go and spread. the findings were published in the american journal of gastroenterologist. >>> a scientist is publishing the first video of a fish using a tool. the fish swims wide a disance over a large rock where the fish repeat thely bashes the clam to break open i

this one is from irene, she's one of my favorite tweeters. m. moore could articate some specific, tangible goals for this protest as i've yet to hear any and really would like to. >> right. a lot of people are asking this question. what are the goals, what are the demands? you have to understand about this protest is this is unlike any other protest that you've seen in your lifetime. because there's no dues-paying organization that we all belong to. you know, there's no membership form. there's no one person that comes in here and says, now, this is our agenda and this is the way it's going to be. there are a variety of demands and concerns within this group and i can say what some of mine are, but don't mistake that for what the breadth of this group here because there are -- i saw ron paul people here. there are all kinds of them. there's all -- there's all kinds of americans here. there's all kinds of americans here. and nobody here is calling themselves a democrat or a republican or a liberal or a conservative. we're beyond that. that's righ

costs reasonable, but i think somebody like that right now would make a lot of sense. >> host: a tweeter says america is supposed to be a place where anyone can be rich. most are getting poorer. why? because the land of opportunity is gone. cleveland, next call, a democrat there, good morning. >> caller: oh, good morning. i have a little something for chris. bush gave two tax cuts, one was in 2003 for jobs, tax cuts for jobs, and $3.5 trillion was given to the republicans' job creators, and by 2008, we had 99ers, and those are people who ran out of their unemployment which means that the 99ers were actually unemployed in 207, so i'm kind of tired of hearing about the republicans' job creators. where is the taxpayers 3.5 trillion bush gave? that's taxpayer money. where's our cash? where's our jobs? somebody needs to go to jail. i'm tired of the jails being filled up with the poor people, and the rich people are skipping away with all the taxpayers' money. you guys are not credible anymore. republicans are just not credible. where's our money? >> host: thank you. >> guest: i partly agree w

one of our regular tweeters referring to gm as government motors. considering expanding in tolied. >> we have this headline at "los angeles times" >> the story is available on line at la times.com. >> is there anything that the white house would have done differently in terms of joining the hill or announcing the joint session? >> our intentions was to let the president have the opportunity to speak at the soonest possible date. wednesday seemed to be the best option. when that wasn't available, thursday was fine with us we are looking forward to the opportunity. we are focussed on that. >> you would have gone through that process at the same time. >> all we care about is that we address the issues that are important. we are certainly interested inside the beltway and the gamemanship. >> the jobless rate across the country will stay about 9%. james is joining us. big spring texas, good morning. >> first time caller. i wanted to make a comment. as far as creating jobs goes. this is the first year of office, what did he do? he signed more free trade a

one of our regular tweeters tweets in taxes must come down. we are in a world economy that is flattening. taxing more will just demoralize the middle class more. john boehner from yesterday. a little more. >> we'll pass the reigns out. house committees have identified dozens of job-crushing regulation that is are keeping our economy from producing jobs. we have repealed the 3% withholding rule. we'll stop federal regulations that inhibit jobs in areas as varied as cement to farm dust. >> here's an e-mail from pat in new jersey. tax overhaul is needed, but it will never happen. been there, done that. even if the tax code is simplified, the changes won't last." arlene, a democrat in trenton, michigan. caller: good morning. i am one of the people that is suffering because of the wealthy getting wealthier, the poorer getting poorer. i fell off a truck and i injured my back to the point i cannot work anymore. i live on less than $700 a month because of the fact that i don't have a work history. i stayed home and raised my children which is what we

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meanwhile, here's another tweeter who says he should -- he should if as he says, feels it inside. was noteworthy about his speech, he talked about his conservative principles, what it meant and what he's doing but he took out president obama, where he's at, where's the jobs plan? why did you not take the simpson-bowles recommendation? that was totally unnecessary for a new jersey governor asked to speak at a library. that's, i think, was intriguing for me. >> he also knew that all major media outlets were covering this speech. i don't think he -- >> who leaked that to him? >> i don't think he was going to focus on new jersey. i mean, he had these events planned for a long time. he was on his way to louisiana, he was in another state before california, i think it would have been a disappointment had he not expressed his views on a national level on the big issues facing our nation today. >> i feel bad for mitt romney, he again is on top of the polls like he was for eight months and once again, there's a big push. get somebody else like governor christie, that's the result of a fox

you can go to tweeter -- twitter. our first call up is from seattle, washington, a parent this morning, mike. caller: thank you for taking my call. i have three children and i wanted to take a look at what i believe president obama is putting forward, the correct thing. we have tried no child left behind. it is just not working. we decided to put our children into private schools now. one actually goes to a charter school. when you have that choice to take a look at -- in some communities, what public schools are offering, if you just talk about a public school, if you think of all public schools across america. but when you take a closer look at some of them, it is more the herding of children in the classrooms, teaching to this standard test common and focusing in -- standard test, and no more individualism with understanding what that child is looking for, what that child needs individually, which i think believes -- creates entrepreneurs and scientists. host: when you pull your school's out of the public schools,

looks more like a tweeter movement than an actual protest? >> kind of is. what's their goal?ut it in one sentence. the grievances are a mile wide. asking for a four-day workweek. yeah, all over the map. one thing really stood out to me when i was out there talking to the protesters, that is, they believe in their cause or causes and now are actually getting some celebrity help. on day 11 of occupy wall street, the number of protesters didn't appear to be growing, but their star power was. >> i think that all change starts from the bottom up, and i think people have gotten tired of hearing the same -- little news quotes every day, day in and day out and it's time for a new paradigm. >> reporter: protesters descend and lower manhattan to express outrage against a financial system she say is broken, but no one can agree on how to fix it. >> most people agree, you're right. the system isn't working for most average americans. so that's what we want to focus on. what do we agree on? what do we as americans agree on and what can we do about it? >> reporter: organizers say that lo l

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. >> if you put the tweeter page back up you notice a large glass of beer in my hand which i think all out of anybody. >> no. >> mike murphy, you just said something very interesting. and i of course, despite the fact i believe the same thing now that i believed in '94, when people called me a right wing nut -- >> now you're a moderate. >> well, they call me that because i know that michele bachmann cannot win a general election. >> right. >> i know rick perry cannot win a general election. i know that so many of these flavors of the month the republicans put up cannot win a general election. and somehow, it's something that a lot of people in the republican party and a lot of talkers just don't focus on, mike murphy. this is at the end of the day about winning elections. and rick perry ain't going to win a general election next year. >> i think he has a small chance but i'd rather nominate a candidate with a more than small chance and i agree michele bachmann has no chance. i don't think she can win the primary either. yeah the problem is primary voters vote on passion. they don't vot

he's a prolific tweeter. he said giving the new kid a little advice.talking to you. we'll all be watching making us proud. >> here's what happened is they saw each other backstage at -- >> ashton kutcher? >> ashton kutcher who took the job of charlie sheen after charlie had that meltdown, you know. he came face to face with charlie and there's a picture floating around there where ashton kutcher is a little caught off guard and charlie is going like this -- >> i think that's fair, too, i would be caught off guard. >> there's indication that charlie sheen is straightening out. if you watch him and if you've seen him, he seemed very contrite of late and seems to be making sense, kind of mocking himself on the talk show tour and the fact that he was just making stuff up when he said tiger blood and all that stuff. but i was amazed to see how much he's making in his settlement, in his exit, he gets minimum $25 million in syndication. minimum $100 million. >> so he's laughing all the way to the bank. i'll tell you this -- >> maybe someone who should pay mor

[applause] who i think was on his electronic devise just because he is an avid tweeter, and is probably tweeting right now, in fact. so thanks for being with us here today. nearly half a century later, how close that we come to realizing the dream that dr. king had for our country? has america fulfilled its promise of equality and justice for all citizens? dr. king worked, fought, and gave his life so that all people would be afforded these rights are basic rights. so we have to ask ourselves, what can we do, week, everyone in this room and who is watching, what can we do to assure that dr. king's struggle was not in vain? that the quality and justice are not afforded only to the rich and the powerful? but to all people. today we know that our communities are facing difficult economic, political and social challenges. and we as leaders and activists must continue to heed dr. king's words, and i quote, i can never stop quoting dr. king, right? if you can't fly, then run. if you can't run, then walk. if you can't walk, then crawl. but what ever you do, you have to keep moving forward. tog

bill beatty, one of our regular tweeters, tweets taxes must come down. we are in a world economy that is flattening. taxing more will just de moralize the middle class more. john boehner from yesterday. here's a little more. >> we'll pass the reigns act which will pass a regulatory review for any that has a major impact on our economy. identifying dozens of job-crushing -- we'll repeal the 3% withholding rule which serves as an effective tax increase on those who do business with our government. we'll stop with federal regulations that inhibit our jobs. host: here's an email from pat in key port new jersey. tax reform is needed but it will never happen. even if the tax scode simplefied, the changes won't last. articlen, a democrat from trenton, michigan. how are you? caller: i'm good. listen, i am one of the ones falling through the holes here in this country because of the wealthy getting wealthier and the poorer getting poorer. i drove semi trucks for six years and fell off a faulty dock plate and injured my back where i cannot work anymore, and my leg

[applause] who i think was on his electronic device just now beast he's an avid tweeter and is probablyt now as a matter of fact. thanks for being here today. near a half century later, how close have we cock to realizing the -- how close have we come to realizing the dream? have we fulfilled the equality and justice for all citizens? dr. king worked, fought, and gave his life so that all people would be afforded these rights, basic rights. we have to ask ourselves what can we do, we, everyone in this room and who is watching, what can we do to ensure that doctor king's struggle was not in vain? that equality and justice aren't afforded only to the rich and the powerful, but to all people. today, we know that our communities are facing difficult economic, political, and social challenges, and we, as leaders and activists, must continue to heed dr. king's words and i quote, and you can never stop quoting dr. king; right? "if you can't fly, then run. if you can't run, then walk. if you can't walk, then crawl, but whatever you do, you have to keep moving forward." together -- [applause] to