the executive is to hold an emergency meeting thursday amid accusations of underinvest metropolitan in the company. >> for some this feels like a new nightly routine and a most unwelcome one. filling up and heading home. it's the only way they can be sure of having water. in thousands of home in northern ireland, turning the tap does little. >> you have to sterilize everything, like for the bottles and stuff. it's really, really hard. it's too hard. >> thungs -- things are improving, but at the peak of the current problems, around 50,000 homes were without water. in 80 towns and villigse, some haven't had a supply for 11 days. this doctor is warning that unless something is done quickly, it could be serious for public health. >> we now have a serious public health emergency in northern ireland because so many homes have been off supply for so long. the key to good health is hand washing and cleanliness and people have not had the water supply to do this. >> the water supply is a northern ireland government company and that means the politicians are ultimately in charge. >> in scotland

there has been massive underinvestment by the casinos replacing the slot machines on the flow. right now the replacement rate is running 20 years. and more typically it is between eight and 10 years. and we're seeing local, state, and international governments looking to fund the huge budget deficits they have. what they're doing is legalizing gambling in many jurisdictions where they had not been before. >> tom: what about disclosures for this trio? >> i don't own any of these stocks personally. >> tom: you can read brian's article on thestreet.com. our guest tonight, brian ashenberg with thestreet.com. >> susie: here's what we're watching for tomorrow: quarterly results from retailers costco and neiman marcus. we'll find out how hilary kramer's health care stock picks are doing in our "street critique" segment. and we'll answer your questions. there's still time to contact us by email at streetcritique@nbr.com, or you can send us a note on twitter or facebook. one of bernard madoff's first clients has agreed to turn over $625 million to the government. carl shapiro did busine

it's an area that's seen underinvestment. kind of a... little bit different area of market st. than the area more to the east or further west. so the idea of looking at redevelopment in that area is to see if you stimulate or can enhance investment in that part of the city. carolyn: there's been lots and lots of different plans over the years over how to redevelop mid-market, and what to do and stuff, but none of them have ever come into reality. so hopefully this is the plan that will make mid-market, and therefore make all of market street, the street that it should be. chris: there's a disagreement between a group largely backed by the property owners and the developers themselves, who want to minimize the amount of concessions being asked for by the city in exchange for this enhanced local investment, and a group more supported by the residents of the area, who are looking for enhanced benefits given to them by developers which include higher affordable housing in the area of developments along mid-market. charles: they oughta take redevelopment plans and sit on them for ab

yet we have continued to underinvest in these economic drivers. the national academy has issued a call for action five years ago with rising above the gathering storm. and congress responded by holding a number of national town meetings, arranged by then minority leader pelosi. and then passing the america competes act under the leadership of chairman gordon. that legislation is now set to expire. and the national academy has issued an update on our progress. it is an ominous warning. it says, bluntly, quote, our nation's outlook has worsened, end quote. now, as a member who has conducted n.s.f. funded research and who continually argues that our economic health depends on investment in research, i would have preferred the moreau bust funding authorization levels passed by this house earlier this year. however this legislation does maintain a 10-year doubling path for funding for our basic research agencies. i'm especially pleased the bill requires the development of a comprehensive national competitiveness and innovation strategy, a provision i w

and, you know, the associate degrees, they really have underinvested in education. it's very bad.they probably spent too much money bailing out the e.u. and east germany. they haven't put enough into their schools, and it's a terrible, terrible thing. but what is interesting about it is that they are the, you know, by god, they are the most competitive, you know, high-wage, developed country in the world today. i mean, they're -- here's barack obama, you know, getting out there saying how are we going to be competitive in the world, it's education, education, education. well, let's look at the model of the country that's the most competitive. whatever the secret of the german success is, it ain't education because they're not doing it on the scale they are or should. that tells you something about the role of education in making a country competitive in the world economy, and it tells you something about the democratic party whose only strategy for raising people up and becoming more competitive is education. look at germany. that is -- there are all sorts of reasons to push educa