some of them, a lot of it had to do with eight automatic data processing operation in western europe. i just determined fed chief intimation an officer should be in western europe and healthcare on top of this we will be glad to provide that for the record or if there is a member of our staff present in the audience that would like to speak to that, i will welcome that. >> sens i only have 45 seconds left and this is not a the senate, i will ask one more question after other members have a chance but secretary, one final thing could you explain how the current economic climate has affected the currency fluctuation and has congress given do enough authority to manage those? >> guess we do pay the foreign service nationals to help maintain the cemeteries around the world as monuments and memorials it is a gold standard around the world in terms of that we do have to adjust our currency to there's to the host nation and shall we say. and to the foreign labor force that we deal with so congress has given us plenty authority for the currency fluctuation and we are in good shape in terms of

the acquisition boosts unilever's presence in western europe and asia. sara lee will use part of that money for a billion-dollar stock buyback program. the deal is still subject to regulatory approval, but should close next year. >> susie: re's a look at what's happening next week: our friday "market monitor" guest is michael hasenstab, senior vice president and portfolio manager of the templeton global bond fund. on the economic calendar: tuesday, the s&p case shiller home price index for july is released; wednesday, the final reading on second quarter g.d.p.; thursday, it's september auto sales, and the august reports on personal income and construction spending; friday, the september employment report. >> paul: my guest market monitor this week is mark leibovit, chief market strategist for vrtrader.com, and welcome back to nbr, mark, good to see you >> paul, glad to see you, always good to be back. >> paul: you have been correctly bullish on the stock market in general and gold in particular. we've had a heck of a run on the stock market since march w

a lot of people say western europe remains weak. we saw gdp positive reports out of france and germany. do you believe that? >> i think it's better than it was. i think in both europe and north america, there are still some pretty significant issues that have to be worked through in the economy. the extent of de-leveraging, problems in commercial real estate. still some pretty big problems among the banks in both europe and america. sxl one area that we've seen so much money moving into our commodities-rich places, resource-rich areas of the world, let me ask you about commodities. your bank expects to start trading commodities on a spot basis next year. the commodities business overall has done very well, launched three years ago. what are you expecting here? tell us what your goals are. >> our commodities business is growing very, very fast. we've deliberately not putting -- i'm deliberately not putting big ambitious dollar targets for it. i want to make sure the growth is very much in line with the needs of our clients rather than

the acquisition boosts unilev's presence in western europe a asia. ra lee will use part of that money for a billn-dollar stock buyback program. thdeal is still subject to regulatory approval, b should close ne year. >> susie: here's a look what's happening next week: our friday "marketonitor" guesis michael hasenstab, senior vice present and portfolio manager of the templeton global bonfund. on the economic calendar tuesday, the s&pase shiller home price index f july is released; weesday, the final reading on second quarter g.d.; thursd, it's september auto sales, a the august reports on personalncome and construction spending; frid, the september employment report. paul: my guest market monit this wk is mark leibovit, ief market strategist for vrader.com, and welcome back to nbr, mark, good to s you >> paul, gladto see you always good tbe back. >> paul: you have been correctly bullish onthe stock market in general an gold in parcular. we've had a heck of a run on t stock mark sincemarch with the dowoaring from 6900o 9800evel. is ittime f profit tang

i recognize the threat to western europe. this wouldn't quite do it. 1,240 miles, i think the range in order to get something to italy would be about 2,000 miles. on the other hand, we never guess these things right. i remember so well in 1998 during the clinton administration that they made the statement in response to a question that i asked on the 24th of august 1998, how long will it be until they have the multiple-stage capability in north korea. the white house responded, it's going to be between 10 and 15 years. seven days later, on the 31st of august 1998, they fired it. this is how far off we are in our intelligence. we don't know. i don't want to guess this thing too close. ricky ellison said -- and i quote -- "the islamic republic of iran has proved for the first time that it has the capability to place satellites in space. by successfully launching a three-state liquid fueled rocket that has placed two objects in the low-earth orbit, iran has demonstrated the key technologies of propulsion, staging and guidance to

. >> how is this playing in eastern europe and western europe? >> there's not a monolithic response from poland or the czech republic. there are people who hated and there are people that did not like the idea of deploying the system in their countries. there are divisions there. >> clearly poland and the czech republic wanted to build the systems because it pits american troops on their soil. that makes them feel lot safer with the big bear next door. the political elite were buried in western europe, they're breathing a sigh of relief because the really bad trajectory of u.s.-russian relations culminating with the war in georgia was making a lot of europeans very nervous. >> james kitfield and john donnelly, a gentleman, thank you for being with us on "newsmakers." [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2009] >> in 1971, neil say and obtained a top-secret pentagon papers. 18 years later, still writing about the vietnam war, he won a pulitzer prize for of bright shining lie. thi

not like the major economies like the united states and western europe and japan.rowth here all remains very, very sluggish. it's more in the developing world. we're starting to see growth in the developing worldcom back. if there's any inflationary pressures in the world it's going to be there. those are the countries where you're going to have to see tightening first rather than here in the major economies of the world. >> and, of course, the follow-up would then be is the world economy on a sound enough footing now that it can weather that kind of the old-fashioned tensions between interests? >> well, you know, if the rest of the developing country goes slamming on the brakes then there may be repercussions for that. i don't necessarily think they're going to be slamming on the brakes i think they're going to be gradually tightening as they go forward. you will see it show up in exchange rate pressure. the gopping dworld will appreciate further versus the currencies of the major economies. >> craig, i guess respond to that but i'm getting at a question of, peopl

this is not like an election, you know, in western europe or in the united states. to carry out an election under these circumstances was going to be difficult under any conditions. it's not over yet. we have to wait until it is resolved. hopefully very soon. then make a new commitment about how we're going to meet our strategic goals. it's going to be up to the president to determine how best to achieve that. general mcchrystal, the new commander, was asked for his assessment. there's other input that the president will take on board but i think we ought to look at it in context. >> smith: there's this growing sort of discontent with sending more troops into afghanistan. one of the issues is the karzai government which is corrupt at least and may, in fact, have tried to steal this most recent election. is it worth american blood and treasure to help support a regime like that? >> well, with all respect we're doing this for the united states. we're doing this because we think that a return to a safe haven in afghanistan with al qaeda, with taliban elements associate

plotting and continues recruiting, training, and transporting operatives to include individuals from western europe the united states. >> reporter: in afghanistan mcchrystal is fighting al qaeda's ally, the taliban, and these maps, charting insurgent violence from 2007 to the present, clearly show enemy is gaining ground. the pentagon is rushing over more armored vehicles to protect soldiers from roadside bomb bus mcscifl asking for tens of thousands more troops. katie, today's meeting lasted three hours. much of it taken up with briefings on the latest intelligence from afghanistan and pakistan. the next meeting with the president is scheduled for a week from today. >> couric: all right. david martin reporting from the pentagon tonight. thank you, david. next week, we'll taken a extensive look at the war, including reports from the battlefield and interviews with key decision makers in a special series "afghanistan: the road ahead." now to another foreign policy challenge, iran's nuclear program. tomorrow iran begins important talks involving six world powers the u.s., russia, china, britain franc

but what about the other big pollutors that are there in new york this week, russia, japan, western europe? are the big industrial countries any closer to an agreement this week? >> warner: it is too early to say. this is the end of the day. as you know, ray, this meeting was regarded as the last chance to kick-start the copenhagen talks and get a deal because negotiators have been going round and round in circles. there's a 200-page draft of the bill. we're told that something like a thousand bracketed areas, areas of disagreement. so the hope was that the leaders would make a commitment. each of them would step up and say, okay, we're ready to do this. let's stop blaming the other side. this is what president obama message was today. but despite this climate change summit, they didn't really have a chance to engage. most of them had so many other meetings, for instance, president obama only stayed 40 minutes. the real serious talk was taking place or just finished a meeting between president obama and president hu privately. they do have the dinner, as i mentioned in the taped piece at b

he wore the uniform of a war correspondent and reported from the north atlantic, north africa western europest asia. >> through all our moments of deepest hurt and brightest hope walter cronkite was there. >> walter cronkite loved the news and we loved walter cronkite for it. what a man. and that's the way it was, walter, and always will be. >> couric: and that is the "cbs evening news" for tonight. i'll be back at 9:00 eastern, 7:00 central, 5:00 in the west with our live coverage of the president's address. until then, i'm katie couric. thank you for watching. i'll see you again soon. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >>> from the first local station with news in high definition, this is 9news now. >> good evening. tonight in your only local newscast at 7:00, minister d a seyo uth leader in stafford county accused of having inappropriate contact. viral video, internet footage getting the attention of the police in virginia and a deadly attack. police search for clues after a woman is murdered as she walked to her apartment in silver spring.

. >> this book is really about western europe the 15 western european countries that constitute the core of the european union. they have a population just under 400 million. there are about 50 million people living outside their country of birth in those countries. they are not from outside of europe, but a significant portion of them are. a significant portion of the non-european immigrants are from muslim lands. there are now about 20 million muslims in europe. >> you say there are 2 million muslims here. >> it varies greatly depending on how you reckon in black muslims, whether you count them in the group. there are arguably millions of those. i did not really get into that in the united states. muslim immigration to the united states is much smaller. it is exponentially larger phenomenon in europe, largely because of the countries there next to. there right next to north africa. >> there are 5 million foreign-born in france. and 4 million in germany. >> germany there has been a dramatic revision of statistics over the summer. there are about 7.54 unborn -- foreigners in germany. ger

western europe down 8%. central and eastern europe down big and emerging markets up 10%. nike up 3% and climbing. >> thanks very much, matt nesto. more breaking news. toyota, phil, what do you know? >> we are listening to a toyota conference call. the company announcing a warning that impacts 3.8 million vehicles. toyota telling the owners of 3.8 million vehicles to pull out the drivers mat because the accelerator can be stuck open. according to ray lahood this is an urgent matter. '07 through '10 camries, avalons, prius, '05 tacomas, '07 to '10 lexus is 250. 3.8 million toyota vehicles impacted by this warning. more coming in the days to come. >> really important news. phil lebeau. >>> for more on the housing market jack mccabe, christopher mayer, gentlemen, good to have you on the program. >> just reporting on the three straight months of home price increases. is that an indication of a housing turn around, jack? >> well, it is one of those green shoots that we keep looking for. it is a positive sign. then again, when you look at the course of what has happened in the m

. >> the eco economists are sayig that eastern europe hates us as love as western europe loves us. want to rity rate that i just love the economy all the way through. >> greg: so, andrea, did russia -- i know you are critical are obama but you got to believe that there are military ties that said this was a good thing that the shift in technology is helpful. >> this was a quid pro quo. some vodka and one of those fuzzy hats. >> babushka. >> obama said it is cheaper and quicker. we quadruplele the budget and when it comes to the national defense we are looking to cut costs? >> greg: a disturbing development. and on that note we have to move on. >> that is disturbing me. >> greg: this upcoming segment is to mind blowing you might want to tie a rope around your mind so it doesn't fly out the window. how does governor huckabee feel about the latest acorn hijinx? who knows, i just like the word hijinx. greg-alogue. >> greg: so this is "red eye" 600s this show. i have never done 600 of anything and that includes reverse tricep curls invented by the by. from our first show way back in 200

nurturing happy, drawing back a vodka martini in celebration of this because they think we're western europe and japan. is this a new, economic model? >> i would call it the u.s. yen rather than peso because we're acting exactly like the japanese yen. we seem to be turning japanese from fiscal, monetary policies -- >> but the end doesn't fall every day. that's why i call it the u.s. peso. 11 straight days until today? that can't be good. don't ask me why. >> i want to know why. >> historically, if you're dollar goes down, the run against your currency, it signals inflation, could be signalling the end of the u.s. dollar as reserve currency. >> what i mean by the u.s. dollar being the yen is that the dollar has become the yen carry trade. we had $1 trillion from 2000 to 2007 and now, it's converting to the dollar because the market sees the dollar as the cheaper funding currency. that is why you're seeing such weakness. now, the fed had made a very concerted decision to weaken the dollar to reclaim u.s. assets. it is helping. the dow jones 30, they're multinational stocks. coke, mcdonald's, s

when you were talking about the warning, you talked about weakness in western europe, germany, france and the united kingdom, is that economically driven? >> it is. we have a plan in jermaine and in england. and what happened is that based on the lower commodity prices, thought to be a little more conservative in buying. so we saw order intakes slowing down basically in august. and that hurts us a little bit more than some of our competitors because we have such a strong market share in europe. >> so prices for commodities are going up. >> they're going down unfortunately. >> because they can't sell through? >> first of all, we had a very good harvest last year and everybody is expecting globally good harvest also this year. whether conditions were good. also add to that speculation in the commodity prices which i think now are out. the question is always how much is speculation and it's hard to know. >> you know it seems to me you have a real challenge ahead of you here because we really don't know what the new normal is going to be. and commodity prices are going down. commodity pri

there were some 300 recipes that survived the revolution and was ken to western europe. but when i put the question to diagio, they -- they didn't really make it qui clear. so i'm actually not sure. some of the recipes, though, some of the flavored vodkas and things smirnov definitely made during his time. he was -- he actuall would have done really well in the current world because he was a fanatic about fresh and local and natural. he used to have herbs and fruits carted in from the countryde i mean, literally wagon loads of them brought to his factory in moscow and that's how he infused his vodkas. he never used essences or artificial flavors or any kind. those were only introduced later. >> can you talk about the language barrier you probably had notpeaking russian and how you got into the archives and how you found people got the information that you were looking to translate into english? >> well, i was very, very, very lucky 'cause i found the world's most wonderful woman to be my researcher and translator and she really stayed with me the whole time. she's a russ

an he went with this and geopolitical compass he had it through all of western europe and the united states, also germany and soviet russia and saw similarities andll of thes advced technological societies. they had admired an iron law of the oligarchy. an elite could aend and actuly dominate what we think of as pretoria and democracy. and theirst essential conservatism. william f. buckley jr. and then later by the neo conservative includingrving kristol who had also been a follower. and you will see him. neoconservatism is an idea. this is a a single foundational premise, andt is a ver important one. i think what happens is at a certn point that alysis bens t dogma and it created a contradiction from conservatism. if one ss a culture and society and government dominated then one is almo logically predetermined, predestined to be at war with much of the institutions in the society itself. and i think once that notion to call i think the president personified most dramatically. then what had begun as a conservative critique became a kind of what we now call cultural war. and at that p

we are approaching the economic level of western europe again as we used to be 50 years ago. so we are close to being gdp per capita average of the eu countries. so the czech republic is a normal european country. it is not a post communist country. it is a normal european country. >> mr. president, what do you worry about? what are the red flags we need to be watching. >> red flags. >> your concerns. >> definitely i have concerns but my concern is on the one and this economic development just now for us. the main problem we face is a state budget situation and i used to be the minister of finance so i pay attention to that very much. we have many problems inside europe. inside european union. we are more and more masterminded from brussels and we feel we are losing a lot of our sovereignty, our ability to decide for ourselves. this is something that worries me for the future. >> mr. president, so nice to have you on the program. we appreciate it. >> thank you very much. >> thank you so much for your time. president vaclav klaus. joining us. >>> take a short break and we will

>> look, the united states and western europe at best are going to grow at 3%. my view is that china is going to grow 7% or 8%. india's going to grow at 5%. i mean, to some extent that's already been reflected in the price of the stocks. those markets have moved fairly significantly. but i definitely think you have to have some money in emerging markets. >> okay. let me get your take on earnings. we just get the news that palm is out with this quarterly report, byron. reported a first quarter loss of 10 cents a share. but actually, the estimate called for a loss of 25 cents a share. broadly speaking, on the earnings picture coming out of corporate america right now, what's your take away? last quarter very much the revenue growth was lacking. and it was an earnings growth story, but largely due to cutting of expenses. is that still going on or have we shifted? >> well, you know, from my earlier remarks, i said i think revenues are going to be better toward the end of the year. costs have been cut to the bone. so i think you could have -- you know, where earnings

>> mainly western europe and just a tiny little bit of native-american. >> okay. a lot of americans, particularly african-americans, the question where do you come from is a difficult one to answer. and coming up, we got this story i want you to see about a young man tracing his routots. you'll see what he learns abo himself. >>> next, the yale murder. details on how police tracked down the man charged with killing annie le. we'll be right back. # ♪ (announcer) tums dual action. this tums goes to work in seconds and lasts for hours. all day or all night. tums dual action. bring it on. instead of $5 per person for fast food, you can serve a nutritious breakfast from walmart for just over $1 a person. one breakfast a week saves a family of four over $800 a year. save money. live better. walmart. over health care reform, aarp has chosen a side-- yours. we're fighting to guarantee that you'll never be denied coverage because of your health or age. to prevent anyone from coming between you and your doctor. and to make sure patients don't take a backseat to insurance co

. >> why western europe isn't lining up with us and saying we've got to have those two sites, they are at ones that are naked now. >> those who say we are vanning missile defense in europe are either misinformed or misrepresenting the reality of what we are doing. >> reporter: the pentagon contemplates a system of perhaps 40 missiles by 2015 at two or three sites across europe. that would augment a larger stockpile aboard ships. all told, the system could cost $2.5 billion compared with about $5 billion under the old plan. >>> there are still no answers in the murders of two virginia tech students. the reward in the case stands at $50 thousand but the hope is to raise that to about $100,000 for information leading to an arrest. the bodies of 18-year-old heidi childs and 19-year-old david mets her were found in the jefferson national forest last month. police say they had been shot. >>> the search is on for suspects after i group of five masked men wearing fbi ball caps burst into a home in annandale. it happened around noon yesterday in broad daylight. police say the men tied up a man

because they don't happen in western europe and the united states and south america. it is an ongoing problem worldwide. we don't have it occurring where most of us travel. >> doug, thank you so much for joining us. let's get a final word from bob hager, nbc aviation consultant. bob your thoughts. it does appear this is over. the communications and transport minister says all the passengers are safe, there is no bomb on the plane. what do you make of what happened today? >> well, in recorded history it will go down as an asterisk since it evidently has a peaceable outcome and thank goodness. on the subject of hijackings around the world on the internet there is a note that records about 18 a year on average worldwide. that figure is a little dated. it is a couple of years old. there is a button that cockpit crews can hit in the cockpit that secretly tells controllers if there is a serious threat on the plane. i remember before 9/11 the attitude always was boy, don't do anything to anger the hijackers and do what they say, take the plane where they want to because that

. >> now, the americans thought this was very significant because the communist pares of western europe spent a lot of time attacking coca-cola and they used that as a symbol of america so when khrushchev seems to enjoy pepsi cola the kremlinists thought it was a significant event. obviously, you don't think it's that significant but it's another example how the two countries didn't understand each other and tried to fumble to try to get clues. >> it is just different cultures. it's just what happened. and of course we're running out of time. but i want to say and ask you what you would recommend. khrushchev never went to disneyland and i also never went to disneyland because i don't want to -- how to say the mythology of disneyland that you never can go in. khrushchev never shouted i'm better than you in the united nations and i'm better from you it was the khrushchev in the 19th century that capitalist will bury. but he said this word three years before. it was no love affair with marilyn monroe. my neighbor told that khrushchev flew secretly every week to florida to meet with her. >>

power in the great countries, d he went with this geopolitical compass he had through all of western europe, the united states. also nazi germany. and soviet russia. and he saw similarities in all of these advanced technological societies worked. they had, to borrow a phrase from one of the thinkers he admired, and i'd love oligarchy, that and the lead in a sense actually dominate what we think of as purchase of a tory democracy. that was the first insight of consvatism. if this was taken up in turn by william f. buckley, jr. in a national review. and then later by the neoconservatives, including irving kristol, who in his youth had also been a follower and reader of burnham, you will see in his memoir. neoconservatism. i think this is a sing foundational premise of modern conservatism. and it is a very important one i think what happened is at a certain point that analysis became a dogma, and it created a contradiction for modern conservatism. if one sees a culture and society and government dominated by secret contrary, then one is almost logically predetermine, predestined to be at war w

bishop from utah who has significant insight into that part of the world, the politics of western europe as well as geography of that part of the world, iran, the middle east, eastern europe and also western europe. i've asked the gentleman if he'd stick around along enough to impart some of that broader view to the look of what's being -- the forces that are at play in this dynamic, the forces of russia, forces of iran, the islamic efforts that's there, the israeli position that's there, the threat that comes, iran threatening to annihilate israel off the face of the earth. this will come closer and closer that israel will have no choice but at least attempt to take out the nuclear capability of iran. if their survival might very well be at stake. and so this move that might look like it's a move designed to pacify the russians might well end up being something that compels the israelis to make a military strike and it may well be once the missiles are removed in the middle east and there is a decision that moves us toward the inevidentibility that a military action will take place as w

we do obviously, have to have rush shall and western europe. >> let's talk about health care. can you clarify where you stand on reconciliation? you've supported it in the past in bush administration regarding tax cuts but now you say it's not roopt appropriate for health care. explain why. >> you're talking about health care and talking about 16% of our national economy. you're talking about a proposal that affects everyone. and it's brand-new policy. it's totally new. we're going to write a whole new health care plan here and it's going to be a massive policy initiative and not a requisition event. that adjusts numbers and changing tax laws is adjusting numbers and it is a very narrow issue which generated revenue for the federal government. they are really very different issues and to use reconciliation on something as big as health care is like taking a chain saw into a heart operation, heart transplant operation and it's not going to work and it's going to be messy and end up with a lot of mistakes being made. >> finally you were a supportert of the wall street bailout. >

we've seen opportunities for this to happen in western europe and in the middle east.irst time we've seen it inside the united states. so, that makes this a far more serious threat, and it's the type of threat that you've got to take very, very seriously. >> and how disturbing is it for you that this man is an american citizen? >> well, what we don't know is whether or not this is the beginning of a broader trend. i mean, if this is a one-off, where you have one self-radicalized individual who then was able to go to pakistan, get the training and come back, that's bad in and of itself, but if this speaks to a broader trend, where you have immigrants who come in, who decide to undertake jihad for a variety of reasons, go back to the al qaeda home office, get the capability and then return to the united states, then we've got a far bigger problem on our hands, because you cannot stop that on a regular basis. that's where the luck and the timing become very important. >> part of my discussion with roger cressey. coming up next hour, i'll be joined by former counterterrori

anything that he got that would be valuable enough risking our population or the population of western europe. so you've really caught me. i really don't know the answer to your question. i hope the gentleman from arizona knows what the president got. mr. franks: i'm looking for some imagination -- mr. king: i'm looking for some managenary response, what would be worth giving up a shield against the nuclear capability of iran and diplomatically, economically, tactly, strategically, the gentleman from arizona have any idea? mr. franks: i guess my first postlation here was that iran, having a nuclear capability, changed everything because it potentially worked on this coincidence of jihad and nuclear proliferation where it empowered iran to give nuclear weapons to terrorists and it's so hard for me to see a world like that that i guess that's my central focus. and the only thing that i could put forward at all is that the president was somehow assured by russia that that wouldn't happen if we worked with russia. but the problem is that russia has sold us their influence about a half a dozen tim

their solid propelant systems longer-range capabilities, in other words, be able to threaten western europe. this is five or ten years down the road. there will be a number of indicators or signatures of activity that will allow us to forecast that well in advance much its realization. >> woodruff: if this was a step, as you say, that wasn't a surprise, then does that mean that further tests can be expected down the road as they advance, make even further advances on these missiles? >> certainly. the tests from a technical perspective have two primary objectives. one, you have to train the troops on how to operate the systems. they're not simple. they need to go through exercises. with this missile i think that's exactly what they're doing. though they are incorporating minor modifications to improve its performance. with the other one, they're still trying to establish that they can reproduceably and reliably produce this missile. that will take another four years of testing if history is any indicator of the future. >> woodruff: again, karim sadjadpour, with these talks coming up just thu

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is this really about the itunes story and about what's going on in western europe with spotify? are they going to talk about the future of itunes? is that where the center of the story will be? >> i think the center of the story, joe, is kind of a revitalization and maintaining of the leadership in mp3 of the touch line, but also you're going to see some other, as they usually do at these kinds of events, peripheral messages, potentially an iphone update and, of course, as you said probably some update of itunes. and really maintaining the leadership position both in phones and in mp3. >> hey, mike -- i'm sorry, pedro. tomorrow the beatles' rock band i think gets released, right? the guitar hero thing. any shot that the beatles are involved in this in any way. and if the answer's yes, what does that mean? >> it's a lot of speculation. and i don't know more than i think anybody else really knows. but i would be highly surprised if we did see any involvement of the beatles. this has been something that has been speculated about for a long time. i think it will continue to be specu

some of them, a lot of it had to do with eight automatic data processing operation in western europe. just determined fed chief intimation an officer should be in western europe and healthcare on top of this we will be glad to provide that for the record or if there is a member of our staff present in the audience that would like to speak to that, i will welcome that. >> sens i only have 45 seconds left and this is not a the senate, i will ask one more question after other members have a chance but secretary, one final thing could you explain how the current economic climate has affected the currency fluctuation and has congress given do enough authority to manage those? >> guess we do pay the foreign service nationals to help maintain the cemeteries around the world as monuments and memorials it is a gold standard around the world in terms of that we do have to adjust our currency to there's to the host nation and shall we say. and to the foreign labor force that we deal with so congress has given us plenty authority for the currency fluctuation and we are in good shape in terms of t

manpower says prospects have picked up in latin america and are stronger in asia and western europe. in the u.s., manpower says industries with help wanted signs include retail and wholesale trade, education and health care. those not hiring include construction, manufacturing and government. and as always, of course, you can get more news, more videos, blogs on today's market moving news at cnbc.com. louisa. >> coming up here on "worldwide exchange," the price is right. m&a is back on the agenda. but will the flurry of activity last? plus, according to manpower, the u.s. is facing a jobless recovery possibly. um bill-- why is dick butkus here? i hired him to speak. a lot of fortune 500 companies use him. but-- i'm your only employee. we're gonna start using fedex to ship globally-- that means billions of potential customers. we're gonna be huge. good morning! you know business is a lot like football... i just don't understand... i'm sorry dick butkus. (announcer) we understand. you want to grow internationally. fedex express the mr. clean magic eraser. >>> hello. welcome back. this

data, you will find among the top ten, most of the high markets are basically located in europe, western europe, so you have a liquid market with about companies, attractive valuations, which tend to do very well, better than other markets in a general bulis environment for equities, which i think will persist for some time. so yes, the dollar plays a role. the currency issue is a short-term concern. but i think over the long-term, asia will do fine, as well. for the time being, i think there's just more interesting propositions out there and that's what's happening in markets. >> as an investor, does the weak dollar concern you? >> we are in line with what has been said. we are not that much concerned with the weakness of the dollar. we don't think -- we do not buy that the reserve dollar could be questioned for the years to come. if so, to some extent, we see the dollar as a definitive line for asset allocation. we see there is -- since the start, there has been a nice correlation between risk appetite and the dollar. we use the dollar as a definitive line in place of risk appetite. you know,

you will, in iran as a result of obama's politics and rhetoric, let alone the posturing with western europetentially, russia. >> it's a different attitude and iranians picked up on that. during the bush administration, it was a tactic of isolation. now the obama administration have developed a tactic of dialogue which the iranians seem to be more receptive to. press ahmadinejad has mentioned a few times in the past obama is a man he can do business with. so his rhetoric has certainly softened but the latest actions don't reflect that. the nuclear facilities and missile tests. we're still in very murky waters here. >> i want to highlight the differentiation in the rhetoric. ali, thank you very much. jim miklaszewski, along with vicky and jonathan. before we expand the conversation to the rhetoric and the difference of the rhetoric between george w. bush and president obama. let me remind you of the key distinctions. take a listen, if you would, to george w. bush in a consolidation of some of his rhetoric relative to iran. >> iran is, today, the world's leading state sponsor of terror. iran's

the obama plan is to deal with medium range missiles that hit western europe. >> reporter: that's a threatakes more seriously than iran's long range threat with missiles capable of hitting america. u.s. officials say iran's capabilities there are moving more slowly than expected. brian todd, cnn, washington. >>> time is running out for first-time home buyers who want to cash in on that $8,000 tax credit. now there's talk of making the windfall bigger and for more people. u going to miss when you have an allergy attack? achoo! (announcer) benadryl is more effective than claritin at relieving your worst symptoms. and works when you need it most. benadryl. you can't pause life. - thanks, mom. - ...and perfect for 42-year-old men - pretending to be football players. - ( panting ) hey. with unbeatable prices on gatorade-- game time costs less at walmart. save money. live better. walmart. >>> a former high school football coach has been acquitted in the death of a player. david stinson was found not guilty of reckless homicide in the death. the player collapsed during a practice in hot weather l

and maybe in western europe for that matter. it's really quite a uniquely american institution.and i had the pleasure of dining with the vice chancellor, i guess, of imperial when she was in the throes of trying to go ahead and create this. as you know for most university president, this is not trivial decision at all. i am a member of the board, i just wanted to acknowledge dick merrill, not only the vice chairman of the committee, but he and fred anderson with a couple others of the committee which is 10 years old, 11 perhaps, the committee is an interesting one. this is an relevant to the meeting, by the way, because it is made up of half scientists half members of the leg profession, including academics. and it has a broad charge if you will which is to scan the environment at the interface of science, law, and look for interesting problem or interesting challenges. and it as in the process of such standing tt the matter of direct-to-consumer genetic testing caught our attention. we did have a session or two about it in regular panel meings and committee meetings. it was wor

in western europe 80% of their energy generation is nuclear. the chinese are talking about it. america should be talking about it. the big question is -- are the chinese going to do anything to reduce co2? it is emphatic that they are not. they had a few statements in the meeting, but in the past they said that they are a developing country and they will not do it. their official position is that until developing countries -- developed countries like the united states reduce emissions by 40%, we are not going to reduce hours. the bill calls for a 14% reduction. so they are not going to do it. host: our guest is in the senate, from "is the washington examiner" this morning, "-- from "the washington examiner" this morning, "obama's you are on your own foreign-policy." what do you make of that? guest: he was cutting the fat that -- when he decided to cut the f-22 and the c-17 program, these are combat systems. he was hinting that he might shut down the site in the czech republic and the interception capability in poland, which he just now announced. this has been really concerning

there was a huge price difference between, say, emerging economies and the united states and western europe. now i can tell you to many capital cities of the world where the price level is as high as it is in europe and in the united states. >> well, mark, you know what? i would agree with that wholeheartedly, but for the same reason for me, i've always snickered when i would sit on the trading floor and see a lot of these numbers come out, looking at inflation ex food and energy because really, back in the states and i'm sure here where petro prices are even mother, it's hard to take out something like gasoline when you're pumping it into your car and telling yourself this is not an inflationary standard going forward. i look at commodities a lot. and i think to myself, you know what? right now at least, right in line with what we're seeing here at the g-20, it's the fact that not just the bric nations, but we're looking at brazil a lot here with commodity prices. the whole fact that you're able to export so much of the grain markets and fruit and things of those sorts, right now, at least

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. >> we asked that question. 12 countries in the european, western europe, central eastern europe andrity of support for either maintaining the current level of troops or increasing troops. in fact, majorities coalesced around redeucing or withdrawing troops from afghanistan in every country except the united states. >> are there any areas where the obama bounce has helped us out? >> the policies we asked about in the survey which were primarily foreign policy, afghanistan, iran, there was no carryover of that personal popularity to support for u.s. policy positions. >> at least they like us. >> they like us. >> i feel better. that's great, that's a relief. no, i am ear serious. >> about our reputation in the world it seems the numbers point to a trend or a change or no? >> i think there's an opportunity for the administration here and the challenge is, how do you take that tremendous personal popularity he has, and turn it into support for policies. it's interesting, when we asked about troops in afghanistan we formulated the question at one point where barack obama is referenced, an

a lot of the are reknew from orangina comes from western europe. it was bought from cadbury for $2.2 billion, maybe a bit more, only three years ago. interesting to note, of course, another potentially large deal, suntory only saying at this point they are negotiating. we'll see. and again, we're relying here on the "journal"'s reporting, not my own on where things stand on that potential deal which could exceed $2.6 billion. of course, privately equity, very interesting. you know, m and a is starting to pick up. no doubt about that. but it is wholly strategic in nature. the likes of a craft for cadbury or disney and marvel or baker hughes and vw services. private equity is out of it. and the question is, as we head into the end of this year and we look at next year, what is going to happen? because things have been quiet. will soon have been quiet for private equity for two years. companies that have big staffs, big funds, and no leverage. now, one thing they are doing is exiting. and that is an interesting part of this. of course, blackstone may

we were putting -- we were saying we were going to try to defend against an attack by iran on western europevery direct. is this an overtur fre from the white house to puti in and russia, to bring them closer, by conceding the missile deployment to put pressure on russia to put a squeeze on iran? >> i think that's one thing they're doing. the other thing we can't fix is get all of nato -- >> to advance our national security. that includes strengthening our defenses against any and all threats to our people, our troopses and o and friends and around the world. one of those threat are dangers posed by ballistic missiles. as i said during the campaign, president bush was right that iran's ballistic missile program poses a significant threat. that's why i'm committed to deploying strong missile defense systems, which are adaptable to the threats of the 21st century. the best way to responsibly advance our security and the security of our allies is to deploy a missile defense system that best responds to the threats that we face and that utilizes technology that is both proven and cost effective.

. >> how is this playing both in eastern europe and in western europe?>> i think there's not a monolithic response from poldnd or the czech republic. there's people who hate it and people who did not like the idea of deploying this system in their countries. so there are divisions there. >> clearly, poland and the czech republic wanted to build this system because it gets american troops on their soil. that makes them feel a lot safer with the big bad bear next door. so there's some disappointment. but the public wasn't behind it but the political elite were. in western europe there's a breathing of a sigh of relief, because the really bad trajectory that we saw between russia and the u.s. was making a lot of the europeans very, very nervous. >> james kitfield whose buy line appears in the national journal and mr. donnelly, thanks for being with us on "newsmakers." thank you. >> the house returns on monday for a quick proforma session. the senate will be in at 2:00 eastern to resume work on interior and environment spending for fiscal year 2010. live cov

the obama plan is to deal with medium range missiles that might be able to hit western europe. >> reporterthe u.s. now takes much more seriously than iran's long range threat. we're going to show it to you hear. ballistic missiles possibly capable of hitting america. u.s. officials say iran's capabilities there are moving much more slowly than expected. >> do they have an estimate when iran would have a long-range missile? >> i don't kn >> john pike believes before 2020. that's a concern right there. also john pike says that sm-3 they're using to shoot down these missiles may not be the right interceptor. he thinks they need a much bigger missile to shoot down iran's long-range missiles. >> lots at stake. thank very much for that. >>> exclusive in-depth reaction from sunday. cnn's fareed zakaria is there speaking with the russian president, dmitry medvedev. sunday afternoon at 1:00 p.m. eastern here on cnn. the worldwide leader in news. >>> a military build-up by venezuela has washington worried about the potential for an arms race in this region. as to that hugo chavez's deepening relatio

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