culture is that so much of the taxpayers' money on the visual arts is a real mystery that the west federal reserve has met and decided little as the global economic recovery slow now it's time for congress and the president to take . a telemarketer broadcasting live from washington d.c. coming up today on the big picture. the children of beslan may have had some sense of foreboding before the terrorist attack after the tragedy parents found odd looking drawings startling verses and morose entries and diaries among the items of their dead children. these pictures were made by allah but target was son to morrow he hoped to become an artist though most of his painting showed landscapes for some inexplicable reason he made in a belt turn in the summer of two thousand and four. i would bet though hopefulness he joined this picture shortly before the tragedy and shows an explosion as you can see one of the school children was going to wards the building what they did while the other one was thrown up into the air it was. was our it's a boy of truth is a picture of what it shows a school a gym helicopter

culture is that so much of the taxpayers' money i mean the nicest of a real mystery of the west federal reserve has met and decided little as the global economic recovery slow now it's time for congress and the president to kick. all. there conduce childhood was a shuttle and by this tragedy. these two feel the fear they faced. and remember every second of this nightmare. it will remain in their memories and hearts forever. and do some soul. can see. a little angel wings on our cheek. more news today violence is once again flared up. these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. china operations are the day.

the uncertainties of the us federal reserve's stimulus plans to take some money off the table so it was also all trading at around forty one dollars per. dollars look at asia west markets started the week on a positive note following friday's a bounce on wall street's after the federal reserve chairman ben bernanke speech encouraged by is gains in japan are limited by strong began pressuring profits of exporters meanwhile hong kong's hang seng is supported by strong energy stocks china's refining giants seen opec rose almost five percent after posting strong for a tough results at best. and one hour ahead of the opening bell in moscow let's look at the russian markets closing figures on friday the session and it in the black the r.t.s. rose almost point eight percent while the over eighty percent. it promises to be a fairly quiet week for the russian markets there will be shades of disappointment that the chairman of the federal reserve did not announce new stimulus measures on friday and on national capital believes that the focus will shift back to the troubled state of europe's economy. emerging markets will be slight disappointed by what happened on friday

west and tavis smiley, thank you. we will turn back to our question we ask all of you. the federal reserveed to keep interest rates back to close in -- near zero. we will also continue our series looking at the american workforce, today focusing on the public/private partnership. we'll talk about that in 45 minutes, but first a news update. >> yesterday's decision by the federal reserve's to keep u.s. interest rates extremely low until 2013 is helping to boost stocks. european markets have opened with gains. asian markets have closed higher. the european central bank is acting to stabilize the continent could tell banking system by handing out more than $71 billion to 117 banks asking for help. french president nicolas sarkozy is interrupting his vacation to hold an emergency meeting. he is pledging to stick to deficit-cutting goals of mixed concerns that france could be the next aaa rated the economy see its rating cut. here, in the states, investors are looking forward to new figures from the commerce department. also, the labor department releases job opening figures. ahead of the bell,

west before that the business news is next with marina. hollow and. the markets have been waiting with bated breath. for the chairman of the federal reserve to outline how he would rescue the u.s. economy and by implication the world economy but ben bernanke the speech from jackson hole proved to be an anti-climax he signaled no new moves and that the fed would not be cranking up the prince and presses for q e three never the last fall a national investment strategist that burn the capital believes bernanke you still did a good job. he failed to disappoint both the pessimists and the optimists and given that the given that the the world's financial markets are really been focusing on this speech now for most of this week to get it just about right and i don't believe markets moving very rapidly in one direction and the other was probably the balance he wanted to get actually i think they're going to switch a look to where the problem really exists right now which is in europe so they'll be watching europe next week and to see whether markets in europe continue to react as badly as they have been in recent weeks if that happens then withou

federal reserve admits the u.s. economy is weaker than originally thought and risks are only increasing more details from new york coming up. europe's top behind it says the continent suffering the west financial deal since world war two the central bank moves to shore up crippled economies. news to russia and iran the world this is all she was me you know all about thanks for joining us some sixty eight thousand police officers are patrolling the streets of london in a bid to prevent more rioting skirmishes and also at times have been.

west? guest: we should acknowledge the federal reserve has two aims, financial stability and full unemployment, you would never know as the second game, because it has been dominated by all the guards. -- full employment. we were talking about the full employment bill. it is fundamental. he would never know the federal reserve has any concern about it. host: that brings up the point. specifically, what policies are you advocating for? guest: you cannot answer that question without the stuff that has been missed. a lot of people belve our best days as a nation are behind us. you see that borne out in more and more pulling all of the time. there are a lot of americans that believe an opportunity has been best. when the president came in with all of that wind at his back that he had an opportunity. now, with a divided government, a party that says no to everything, there are a lot of folks that are concerned. there is not a lot that can get done, or is going to get done, and what the president is pointed a gun, the president has to compromise and capitulate -- the president is going to get done,