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so there's not all bad news in western europe. some bad news for sure. >> susie: you reported today that caterpillar's performance was its best year-over-year since 1947. and you also reported record order backlogs it sounds like you are going to need a lot more hands on deck to do all that business. are you going to be adding more jobs. >> as we grow 17% top line next area an hopefully beyond, we will need more help, more workers, a great kind of growing company. and hopefully a growing economy. >> susie: but in terms of your stock doing well, what is a key thing that needs to happen in whatever sector for to you keep up this momentum? >> well, i think we have just got to keep doing what we are doing. drive for cash flow, profit ability, work on the fundamentals of our business, serve our customers better than anybody else and shareholders tend to like that and will attract them as a result. >> susie: you can watch my full interview with caterpillar c.e.o. doug olberhelman on our web site g to feature videos on nbr.com. >> tom: w

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feel that sort of the territorial threat from russia a little bit more acutely than folks in western europe do. is europe less safe with fewer american troops in it and what are some the assurances that nato and the united states have to give some of the partner nations to comfort them a little bit to work through this transition. >> very important in our alliance is to make sure that we take into account the point of all allies the sensibilities and sensitivities and history and culture of everyone and come to a consensus decision on how to react to the environment. you have to say that some have different perceptions but the possible risks around the nations. the importance of having american troops on the ground in europe is the same as it was in 1949. no difference to it. the number is an issue. my mind possible in the modern ages to compensate numbers by more political engagement and by other ways of reassuring we can have more exercises. give more visibility to the forces which are there and to prepare to use them in case something will happen. >> one of the things you spend time thin

southern norway will start to see heavy snow, and the line of showers will move over western europe. meanwhile, a central europe will stay largely dry thanks to a high-pressure system. expected highs on the first day are as -- on thursday are as follows -- warmer than average in london with 9 degrees, 11 in paris. the arctic chill continues to sag southward reaching in kiev, we're expecting only minus 11 degrees for the high. here's your extended forecast. ♪ >>> that wraps up this edition of "newsline." thank you very much for joining us.????ovív"ddhú#$

we are starting to see this actually be adopted in places like western europe, canada and australia. >> sekulow says his organization is fighting to keep it from being adopted. it could backfire and be misinterpreted. >> just the building of churches, having a cross outside your door can insight violence. if you let them define it when there is no problem, this is some how going to green-light their suppression. >> john jessup, cbn news, washington. >>> coming up, franklin graham talks about south sudan and why it maybe on the verge of war and what his mistry is doing to help. >> government of south sudan declared a disaster as thousands flee sectarian attacks. violence broke out in the town of ke bore. 3,000 people died and 100,000 fled to the country side. red cross volunteers are trying to reconnect 150,000 children with their parents. >>> franklin graham often travels to the south to bring aid and supplies from samaritans purse. i talked to him about the challenges of this recently formed nation. >> why have you called for a no-fly zone over the skies of south sudan? >> north is

and western europe has not been spare either. as much as 50 meters of snow have fallen on the french riviera. are a rarity in this region of palm trees. >> we continue after a short break with in depth. stay tuned. i will be taking a closer look at the summit in brussels. >> cut spending is still the order of the day when it comes to europe dealing with its debt crisis. in the latest round of talks, he leaders have been looking at ways to combine austerity with crows. available for stimulus, it is a tall order. european leaders are at odds as far as how to promote growth. there are several ideas on the table, such as loosening regulations, cutting red tape for business, but there is not a one-size-fits-all solution. spend." including germany got used to funding current projects by borrowing for the future. we have to put a stop to this now. sees debt as a time bomb. and it is taking. -- ticking. that is why the 27-member countries keep meeting in brussels. and everyone has a different opinion. some are saying no to everything. th

you know, the best way to sum up western europe, margaret thatcher said the trouble with socialism isty soon you run out of other people's money. that's what has happened in europe and we are on the same path. this administration is leading us down the same path. unless they are stopped by the people of this count flee november of 2012, they will continue to take us down the western european path. >> greta: in your view, i know you want a republican president, you want a republican senate, in you're view, if president obama gets a second election and the numbers don't change in the senate and we have four more years, as is, where are we in four years from now? >> well, unless the president has an epiphany, if he has a second term, if the same barack obama shows up in the second term and objects to any serious effort to cut spending or save entitlements for future generations, we will make dramatic progress in the wrong direction, heading in the direction of greece. >> greta: point of no return? >> no one knows where the point of no return is. you used to think that having a debt the s

most of the market is in the northern hemisphere, especially the united states and western europe. those are the areas where people will be thinking right now about going on a cruise. the crucial thing about cr uises, it works on 100% occupancy. your gratuity helps pay the crew's wages. >> simon also told me in the interview that they might be looking at how big these mega ships, some of them holding over 5000 people. >> let's go back to old faithful, the euro crisis. you have the imf and the eu making sure agrees is doing what is supposed to be doing. greece is the word once again. >> yes, eu and the imf are on the ground today in athens making sure they are sticking to those austerity measures. here is the problem, george. greece's future financial future depends on all these people who hold greek debt. the problem is, those talks have fallen apart. needless to say, this week is very important for greece. here is why. >> they are trying to get the deal in place for the restructuring ahead of the ministers of finance meetings next week. the real deadline is coming up sometime in m

next 24 hours, southern norway will start to see heavy snow and a line of showers will move over western europe, so expected highs on wednesday are looking like this. 9 degrees in london and 11 degrees in paris. and across the east, an arctic chill continue to sag southward affecting kiev. we are expecting only minus 11 degrees here. all right, i will leave you now with your extended forecast. >>> that's all for this edition of "newsline." i'm catherine kyobiashi in tokyo, do stay with us.

he did not know yet how dependent eastern europe was on western trade. but he recognized it could be approved and, indeed, the warsaw-packed nations universally disapproved it. but they did say one thing. they said, okay. we understand you have to cut what he called "the flight from the fatherland" so please -- "the flight from the republic" so you can do that but you cannot do anything else. and he pointed his finger and he said not one millimeter more. and he was to hold his fire on anything beyond the cutting the refugee out. in berlin, we met all the time. i was working in the eastern affairs section of the -- we were trying to figure out what the gdr was going to do. we met with cia and with army intelligence and we tried very hard to figure out. we knew they had to do something. it was obvious they had to do something. and the question whether they would divide berlin or build a circle around berlin and prevent people from coming into the eastern germany or into berlin, period. none of us were absolutely certain of the answer. i would be very curio

western europe staying dry. germany and the lowcountry here, british isles, things intensify for scotland. minus 1 in moscow. double digits for paris and lond london. that's the weather conditions for now. here is your three day outlook. >>> our lead story this hour, the international atomic energy agency confirmed that iran has begun enriching uranium. it is necessary to produce nuclear weapons. the discovery likely to exacerbate tensions with the united states and european union. iaea say it is in a bunker. they confirmed scientists are operating more than 300 centrifuges in the facility. they say scientists are working to refine uranium to 20% purity. american researchers released images of the facility three years ago. the underground plant is well protected against possible military attacks from israel and other nations. iran's envoy to the iaea said on state television that all nuclear facilities are running under the surveillance of the agency. that wraps up this edition of "newsline." i'm catherine kobay

for western europe this pipeline is a key part of that but it is rather hypocritical saying this is a message to iran there are going to be. as we've accepted that there will be costs to to the west on implementing this policy on this it could well be that this is one of the costs we have to bear but i think there is not a majority owned that there was only ten percent of it it is a key part of europe's attempt to diversify our energy sources and our energy base and i'm sure they will want to continue with this but further discussions will take place on exactly what happened to this particular project so basically what you're saying is it's ok to have sanctions against iran as long as it doesn't go against the goal of the e.u. to diversify its sources that would look like that that's the view that's being taken but i think the detail the detail work a lot to be done on this you know none of the sanctions are taking effect until august anyway let's talk about the euro zone this question has been asked. long enough even at the recent press conference of the. journalists to get a straigh

european regulators are meeting to seek ways to prevent western europe's banking woes from spreading. erika miller, "nightly business report," new york. >> susie: joining us now to talk more about those ratings downgrades? john chambers, managing director of standard & poor's ratings service and chairman of the sovereign rating committee. nice to you have back on the program. >> thanks for having me. >> susie: well, tell us why did you do the downgrades today? why now? give us your analysis? >> well, we see rising systemic stress throughout the eurozone area. that lead us to put 16 of the 17 sovereigns on credit watch. we did that on december 5th. credit watch action is usually resolved within 90 days, usually much seen. and we see the systemic pressure coming really from several fundamental factors. and these include, and they are all inner related. these include tightening credit conditions, we see rising cost of refinancing external debt which is partly a function of a reversal of the globalization that we've seen and financial market integration. we see governments and households

very different vision of how they would like their society is run then in other places such as western europe we have islamist hardline parties coming to power and it's going to be an earthquake for both egypt and for the region the muslim brotherhood has been preparing for this moment for decades they have a very thought out detailed agenda for how they wish egypt to look like and it's a very different egypt from what we've known until now it's going to be a much more religious conservative place and much more hostile to the west. all right i will be back with a recap of the week's main headlines in just a few moments hope you'll stay with us here on out. we have seen the damage it has done to our environment mark chemicals what the poor probs we do not want any more no dmoz. our core system is just so there was a does more experience and i'm just just appalled but that's allowed to go on in america. eating this unfortunately because we don't know what's in it there's no labeling there for it being used like the board to experiment you could be used as guinea pig. well now we have more quest

very different vision of how they would like their society is run then in other places such as western europe we have islamist hardline parties coming to power and it's going to be an earthquake for both egypt and for the region the muslim brotherhood has been preparing for this moment for decades they have a very thought out detailed agenda for how they wish egypt to look like and it's a very different egypt from what we've known until now it's going to be a much more religious conservative place and much more hostile to the west now at twenty five minutes past the hour here in moscow this week a former british official admitted the u.k. is spies have been caught red handed here by russia but it took six years from when the kremlin first made the allegations about it now explains how moscow left no stone unturned. it's not exactly the most glamorous of james bond gadgets but he didn't in this fake stone was a high take transmissive british speaks used to spy on russia the allegations from moscow have always been dismissed but six days rock solid evidence the u.k. can no longer deny tony blai

different vision of how they would like their society is run and then in other places such as western europe we have islamist hardline parties coming to power and it's going to be an earthquake for both egypt and for the region the muslim brotherhood has been preparing for this moment for decades they have a very thought out detailed agenda for how they wish egypt to look like and it's a very different egypt from what we've known until now it's going to be a much more religious conservative place and much more hostile to the west. meanwhile and at neighboring libya around two hundred protesters stormed the building of the national transitional council's headquarters in the city of benghazi crowds have protested the slow pace of the country is moving towards democracy protesters threw stones and metal bars at the building breaking windows and damaging the car of the n.p.c. chairman. hundreds of young men many of whom were wounded in the revolution that toppled gadhafi vented anger at the level of compensation that they have received from the interim government they hope they have actually hel

very different vision of how they would like their society is run then in other places such as western europe we have islamist hardline parties coming to power and it's going to be an earthquake for both egypt and for the region the muslim brotherhood has been preparing for this moment for decades they have a very thought out detailed agenda for how they wish egypt to look like and it's a very different egypt from what we've known until now it's going to be a much more religious conservative place and much more hostile to the west this is r.t. they had us buying to rights that was the reaction of a top former british official as he admitted that moscow quote the u.k. red handed spying on russia has come six years after the kremlin first presented the allegations of how a fake rock was being used for espionage. bennett has the story. it's not exactly the most glamorous of james bond gadgets but he didn't in this fake stone was a high take transmissive british speaks used to spy on russia the allegations from moscow have always been dismissed but sixty's on these rock solid evidence the u.k. ca

to spend more and more and more on redistributing wealth making america more like old europe western europe and less like the sort of you know more capitalist leaning country that we've been in the past thank you back to you matthew i mean i only wish that were the case will go ahead because it looks like you know they're they're still willing to feed the military machine but they won't feed the poor if i could just when you create a binary right there i mean they want to cut a lot of domestic. programs as well actually which cuts jobs too i mean it's kind of still a damned if you do damned if you don't situation but again they would prefer to keep the military but not fund social programs in a time of really great austerity you know i mean we you know we really have not had a peace dividend here in the united states since the fall the cold war i mean the pentagon remains enormously. huge as far as the amount of money we spend you know christian keeps talking about you know a percentage of the budget the budget keeps going up though as the budget goes up to three trillion the pentagon share

very different vision of how they would like their society is run then in other places such as western europe we have islamist hardline parties coming to power and it's going to be an earthquake for both egypt and for the region the muslim brotherhood has been preparing for this moment for decades they have a very detailed agenda for how they wish egypt to look like and it's a very different egypt from what we've known until now it's going to be a much more religious conservative place and much more hostile to the west. take a look now at some other stories making headlines across the globe in a farewell speech yemen's president ali abdullah saleh apologized for his mistakes and said it's time to hand over power he's leaving yemen to have medical treatment in the u.s. yemen's parliament recently approved immunity from prosecution for a solid who's been accused of suppressing protests and ordering the killing of demonstrators he's not expected to return to the country. another bombing on saturday night in the north nigerian state of she has killed eleven people including several police and arm