>>guest: well, it has been going unabated. we see the rising cost of education, two or three times inflation rate. and the rising cost of food, far in excess of what consumers take home. and this is impacting our standard of living. what we see, it comes back to the dollar and weakening dollar, the weakening purchasing power, we buy our gasoline we buy in dollars and the national debt has been skyrocketed and with all the talk in washington, little is really done to address the core issue. and there is a lot of hullabaloo but we will have a political issue for the current administration and for everyone involved. >>neil: good stuff, larry, thank you very much. as americans get hit at the point, does the energy secretary say the administration's goal is not we to bring down the gas prices? >> the goal is to decrease our dependence on oil and build and strengthen our economy. >>neil: which means higher prices at the purpose, that is how ron johnson heard it. what did you think, senator? >>guest: i heard your statement, this pres

syria that is rapidly looking like a civil war well clearly there is an uprising which has continued unabated since about a year and now we're heading towards the first anniversary of the start of the uprising. there has been a brutal repression on the part of the regime and so far about six thousand civilian casualties killed in this repression so clearly there's a situation that here they are peaceful protesters who have been crushed by the regime security imperative and that has drawn attention internationally so there's been a site taken in the sense that there are human rights violations and i would say it's true that the uprisings have taken you know have continued and a large part of the population is supporting it you also have a part of the population which still doesn't know which side to take because they are afraid of what would come next and this is the part of the population which still needs to be comforted that there will be a peaceful transition to democracy ok max if i can go to you do you think the syrians still have a chance to negotiate an end to this conflict before ther

are sucking the life's blood out of this country in terms of noin vags, innovation, code, going on unabated. at one level it's a national security level and people die and so on. that's one worry. what about this competitive disadvantage we have because the chinese have a policy of economic espionage. the united states does not engage in this. if we did, who would pick the winners and losers? we don't have a was way to do that, so we don't pick companies to award. nation states, primarily china and russia, have this policy and others do also. we're going to get intellectual capital, because we're worried about the massive casualty or protecting a clearance rather than harnessing the information and sharing it in a way that we could do the maximum benefit for the nation. i think as it's a national security issue. i think it's a national economic issuement and we' issue. we're not fully embracing it. the bills are insufficient. >> until we respond, there is no disincentive for that activity to occur. one thing i'm sure there will be questions on the national security agency assuming what coul

repression continues unabated in cuba. the castro regime orders its state security forces to beat members of the ladies in white as they leave church services on sundays. prisoners of conscience die while many worldwide turn a blind eye to their plight. in venezuela, the chavez regime has demolished the authority of the national assembly, and intimidated the opposition by leveraging control over the judicial system. turning to the disastrous situation in syria, this administration does not appear to have a coherent strategy. the russians and the iranians clearly have a strategy, and it could be summarized as actively support the repression by the syrian army. the iranian regime defies responsible nations and pursues nuclear weapons capabilities. a nuclear armed iran is unacceptable and we must oppose any policy that relies on mere containment as a response to this mortal threat. president obama has said that the united states has an ironclad commitment to the security of israel. so will the u.s. militarily back israel, if

match any spoken or written words, and not aware that print is written or read from left to right, unabe to sou -- unable to sound out words. imagine the incredible disadvantage that child has, and imagine -- imagine the state of elementary school in the state of oregon. you are looking at hunger, poverty, and thousands of kids who are just not going to make it. so for the first time we have the opportunity to do something profoundly important about it. all of the research demonstrates that children who are ready to learn at kindergarten and ready to read in the first grade and at level in the third grade are much more likely to graduate from high school and find social and economic success. the fact is that early childhood success is the foundation for every one of the economic and educational objectives. five years ago in 2006, the city club issued a report called early care and education. which noted, and this is a quote, the multiple programs across multiple state agencies with no clear or common vision. that report called on state officials to strengthen oregon's effort to coordinat

than cotton heated up about liquidity and it actually net net it's deflationary spiral continues unabated there is there's not there's no there's no way to stop this credit i'm not sure i'm not quite so sure look the situation and i agree with you that a lot of the losses sort of seem to sterilize a lot of the money printing going on but you do have to look at certain key commodities particular particularly copper. oil and gold now gold has reached historic highs against the euro we have oil up there over one hundred we have copper comfortably over fifty so we're seeing that the possibility of inflation is not far away i would liken the situation to sort of like building a really big bonfire with a lot of dry tinder and throwing gasoline on it and you think well there's no fire but it only takes a single match once that match gets thrown in you know it's like an hour to the whole bonfire all right well there seems to be a bit of a split because the deflationary contraction that changing the global markets have repositioned gold from being a commodity to being a currency same thing for oil

house foreign affairs correspondent wendell goler reports, the brutal crackdown in syria continues unabated. faced with a spike in violence and diplomatic effort, saturday, the u.s. today closed its embassy in damascus and recalled the ambassador and 17 other divisions. >> our concern is the situation in and around damascus is becoming increasingly violent, reflecting the fact that the regime is increasingly losing control of the situation. >> the security council resolution an arab league plan for syrian leader assad to step down, but vetoed by russia and china and secretary of state clinton reacted bitterly. >> faced with annuitiered a security council, we have to redouble our efforts outside of the united nations. >> clinton suggested russia and china will eventually have to answer to the serioyrian peoe for prolonging their pain and intervene like we did in libya. >> i said at the time in libya, we would be making these decisions on a case by case basis, based on how unified the international community was, what our capacities were. >> it was the libyan experience, that ultimately use t

it raises taxes and i know creases the debt, it's unab unbelievable and this is, what is the term? >> a train wreck or whatever. >> ezra klein called it cruel and violent. no, this country, over the long-term, if we grow, if we have a strong recovery, which requires investments, and fair and impartial share kind of economics and politics, you know, we talk about entitlements, these are not entitlements, social security and medicare, these are rights that americans have worked hard to pay into. a social security -- >> it raises taxes and the debt. >> you know what? here is the trick, unneunfairne romney's plan increases taxes on low and middle class people. if we let the bush tax cuts expire and return to clinton era rates, we will have trillions to deal with the deficit. >> the budget conversation is not one that is away any time soon, we will have more on that after the break and we will address the grows disparity between the rich and poor and that it's exposing a divide in education. that is next on "now." when it comes to paint... ...there's one brand that always tops the chart

president bashar al assad's brutality continues unabated. so given the failure of the u.n.ity council to act, what can be done? what should be done to stop the violence? will it end? we'll talk to scholars, experts, policymakers. >>> later in the show, an exclusive interview with the great financier george soros on why he foresees european problems and what he thinks of the united states economy. >>> also, what in the world? mitt romney got me thinking about america's very poor. i'll show you the results. >>> finally, what the dickens was going on in the british government this week? i'll explain. >>> first, here's my take. if you're trying to understand the recent protests against the putin regime in russia, one of the best guides is an outspoken columnist who's been writing trenchant essays in the nation's leading newspapers over the past month. political competition is the heartbeat of democracy. this author writes, noting the absence of such competition in contemporary russia. he describes the frustrations of the russian middle class, demanding political rights. today,

country in terms of innovation, research and development, business plan, a source code -- is going on unabated. at one level, it is a national security issue. what about this competitive disadvantage we have because the chinese have a policy of economic espionage? we do not. if we did, who would pick the winners and losers? we don't choose companies to rework with information wheat gained and the intelligence context. nation states, primarily china and russia have this policy and others to also. -- others do also. we will worry about the massive casualty or protecting a clearance rather than harnessing the information and sharing it in a way we can do the maximum benefit for the nation. as a national security issue, it is a national economic issue and we are not fully embracing it. these bills are necessary but inefficient. >> until we respond, there is no disincentive for that activity to occur. i'm sure there'll be questions on the national security agency assuming what could be preserved as a greater role not only overseas but domestically. >> if it moves that networks pay its and goes from

again the bay bridge at this time is dry but cool as the work continues there and should continue unabated the weekend. as the moisture won't be a factor for them. cloudy and cool conditions into the beginning of the week with the chance of showers i just mentioned late this evening into tomorrow morning. and warmer week ahead. we're going to bump those temperatures up by midweek back into the 70s out across the interior where today we'll be lucky to hit the low 60s for the inland areas. likely to see a bit of drizzle at the coast, a few drizzle showers here and there as we hang on to the cloud cover through most of the day. again, we're catching the tail end of a weak frontal system that's passing to our north and it is bringing moisture into the offshore waters but it's likely to stay out there you this most of the day. as we pick up more clouds and rain, another weak front due in the area here tonight into tomorrow and that again will keep that chance of moisture in the forecast. however, it may not make it to the ground as we see just a slight chance of very light precip into early tom

. >> reporter: well, erin, the assault on homs continued unabated into its ninth day today.poke to this morning describes his major concern as being how in the district of the north of where he is, a place which has been the focus really of shelling in that past week or so. the district court into which the troops have been moving over the past five days conducting arrests, his major concern is they may be building up to move south. of course, the casualties experienced in homs, 400 over that period of time, could significantly rise were the military to begin full-on assaults south into that area. >> and we're going to talk to an activist in just a moment. let me ask you, nic, from your sources, the arab league has come out and said, well, they want this to end, the united nations is now involved. do the people you're talking to put any stock in that? think that's going to do anything? >> basically said he considered it all to be a waste of time was deeply rudely dismissive of the entire process. as these talks go on hundreds of miles away in cairo, the slaughter continues i

the coal bear market continues unabated courtesy of the staggering decline in natural gas prices that'siving coal a run for its money at all of america's utilities that can switch back and forth. plus, if obama wins the election, king coal's going pawn on us because the epa will run roughshod over coal. i say stay away. last from the east we get nyse results from euronext on friday. they need to us what their plan is now that the merger with deutsche bourse has been nixed. is there a plan b? i hope so. because i got sold on the idea of the merger and now i'm thinking this one could be real dead money here because they couldn't get it done. and there's one ipo coming next week that's worth focusing on. caesars entertainment. welcome back to the chute, caesars. they are offering so little stock this time around that the deal might work. that said, i vastly prefer the other casino companies, particularly las vegas sands and mgm. we're taking a page from the steve miller playbook here. we're putting in for the deal. we're taking some down. and then no matter where it opens we're taking the

government killing machine continues unabated. funeral processions have become scenes of massacres. children's schools have been transformed into military headquarters. even houses of worship have not been scared. such oppression reached unimaginable proportions with voice boxes of chanters brownouts. that is what the killers of ibrahim ashoosh have done. you may well know that the human rights consulate in the sixteenth, seventeen ten eighteen sentience condemned syria because of this flagrant and systematic violations committed by syrian forces that may rise to become crimes against humanity. in this resolution, 66/176 of 19 december, the general assembly condemned with a vast majority is a continuation by syrian authorities of the traumatic violations of human rights. the secretary general of the united nations called on the security calvinist to assume responsibilities and adopt a unified position. the killing in syria reached the nation's declared it was not to karen the -- not to count the victims of hundreds of thousands. a few days ago unicef confirmed the death toll among c

are sucking the lifeblood out of this country in terms of business plans, source code, going on unabated. at one level it is a national security issue. the chinese today are bleeding us of our intellectual capital. they are sucking the lifeblood out of this country in terms of innovation, research and development, business plan, a source code -- is going on unabated. at one level, it is a national security issue. what about this competitive disadvantage we have because the chinese have a policy of economic espionage? we do not. if we did, who would pick the winners and losers? we don't choose companies to rework with information wheat gained and the intelligence context. nation states, primarily china and russia have this policy and others to also. -- others do also. we will worry about the massive casualty or protecting a clearance rather than harnessing the information and sharing it in a way we can do the maximum benefit for the nation. as a national security issue, it is a national economic issue and we are not fully embracing it. these bills are necessary but inefficient. >> until w

ambassador ross the problem with hunkering down and doing nothing is the settlements go unabated so you know very well what should we do over the next 12 months in and hunkering down and doing nothing and maintained the two state viability? do you believe there ought to be a back channel between the present of the united states barack obama and leaders and maybe as was suggested last week -- >> you can't go back that way. i think the administration is fully capable of managing its own communications. i would say in answer to your question though that you know, what the jordanians are doing right now through the preparatory talks is in fact trying to, trying to get to a resumption of formal goucher shins and the truth is the talks were held, there were five talks that were held, my impression from the jordanians is they think in fact they were actually promising and that real issues were being put on the table. and that the aim is to actually get to what was called for in the quartet declaration. the quartet declaration of september 23 talked about preparatory talks and they would be dir