it now eases and cushions a hard landing. >> back into europe and the policy making of europe. >> reporter: a yes to lisbon also means the eu reform treaty will almost certainly go ahead, aimed at making the european union more efficient by adding weight to centralized power in brussels. lisbon also creates at least one new job, that of president of the european council elected by all 27 leaders, in effect president of europe. it could be filled as soon as the end of this month with one name being touted as the favorite. tony blair, the former british prime minister. it would be a spectacular return to the world sta for a man who resigned the premiership of his own country. the focus then will shift swiftly away from ireland. the only country to have actually voted on the treaty. and it did so twice. with the eu's second highest rate of unemployment and with tax hikes and public spending cuts to come, this was not the time to say no to europe again. jonah hull, al jazeera, dublin. >>> for more perspective on the irish vote and on the lisbon treaty, we're joined by a man who has followed th

when europe and north america come together i am more comfortable. when they drift apart, i'm the first to feel the pain. and i must say upfront that i am a little concerned, concerned about the doubts i hear these days in the united states about nato. some look at the operation in afghanistan and wonder if the europeans have the will to fight, you know, and some wonder if the europeans have the capabilities to fight even if they wanted to. others simply think that the days of strong transatlantic bonds are a relic of the past and that the future for the united states is india or maybe somewhere else. i want to tackle these doubts head on because i must say that i get the impression that many americans are losing sight of what nato is and how much it does. in the interests of u.s. security and international security, and that is a trend that we need to reverse. afghanistan is a case in point. i know that there are many here in washington who are frustrated by the restrictions some nato nations put on their forces, by the time it takes for nato to tak

becky, how is it looking in europe? >> let's take a quick. the ftse cnbc global 300 index has been looking fairly weak this morning and continues to hover around the levels we've seen since we came on air. the european bourses have looked weaker this morning. the swiss markets have been weaker. let's take a check on the individuals. the smi is down by over 1.5%. over 1% lower for the cac while the declines on the ftse and the dax are just off over 0.5%. dollar rates, we just spoke to our guests a few moments ago, but just to recap, dollar/yen, 89.34. euro/dollar, 1.4553 and sterling/dollar, 1. 35904. chloe, how is it going in asia? >> very difficult session out here in asia. the nikkei falling to a fresh two-month low, down 2.5% in hong kong today. ipo concerns, a glorious property, a mid sized chinese company not having a glorious debut at all end of the of the trading session. china, south korea and india closed for their respective holidays. a lot of unease about what that jobs number will indicate. in the u.s., take

europe and the hero. >> most of the people are in the fishing industry -- and joine europe and the euro. >> they are building plants like this, and there is talk of a fit. there is the left greens -- there is talk of a fifth. >> there are some the believe this is the best solution, only the best solution, but having our own currency with the flexibility of the economy, that may turn out to be very helpfully. -- healthy. >> and once stolid people were caught up in a get rich speculation -- a one starlet people were caught up. -- once stolid people. bbc news. >> they are still talking in honduras, trying to resolve the confrontation between the internal government that seized power in a coup in june and the ousted but returned president, manuel zelaya. some are in honduras to mediate. the french spiderman has climbed another building, again using only his bare hands. it was just 36 minutes to reach the top. he was entertained by police, as usual, but no formal charges were brought. every year, hundreds of children in new gone are adopted and first to serve as trial sir -- hundreds of chil

europe with the eu has become this global force. you know, nothing better for the american economy if somehow the americas, this hemisphere becomes a global economic power that can compete with all of asia and all of europe and, so, you know, plenty of people that argue that this is a good stimulus for south america and could end up being in the long term a good economic stimulus for the americas, plural, as its own, you know, when you look at this, when you're competing against an asia and a europe continent wise that it's good for america, south america is able to get more global. >> so, first argentina wins the men's u.s. open and i guess trumps obama. it has been a fascinating day and a setback for chicago, but it's still the olympic games. thank you so much, chuck todd. thanks. >>> when we come back, we will go to rio de janeiro, a live report and the latest on the david letterman situation with the report on the indictment and arraignment of that cbs producer today. >>> welcome back to "andrea mitchell reports." the news is ra

. >> if we wanted europe we would live in europe. income taxes, believe it or not, went up and down. they went up because the vast wasn't hitting everyone equally so they raised income taxes. then the spending for government went above 50%. why? because they had the extra stream of revenue. brenda: the vat tax is the value-added tax, which is where you just hit everything you buy with whatever percentage. >> it's a fair tax on the middle class. if you must tax, and you must do it fairly -- >> how is it fair? >> hey, it's fair, because toby, if you want to buy that boat that you're going to invite me on a great trip on and we're going to take your porsche over there -- >> don't hold your breath. >> you're going to have to pay. >> a flat tax or a vat tax is a gnat tax. liberals would be up in arms saying it is too regressive. the poor will get poorer. >> this is a great idea because john podesta's group believes it is. >> he was in the president's transition team. don't we need consumers to spend right now? >> we do. think about this.

get the ulessite, capitalism works. >> they had their experiment with socialism in europe and the folks didn't like it and they're voting it out. >> that's true, but the fact of the matter is we're going more towards socialism, but what really surprises me is how the dyed in the wools in this country thinks the system is onreproach as if wall street did nothing wrong and if the liars didn't tell some untruths. we have to be truthful about our own capitalist system or we will have and increasing shift towards socialism. >> there is enough criticism against capitalism. we don't applaud people who broke the law or acted stupidly, but that doesn't mean capitalism is wrong. >> look, you can reform capitalism. that is not calling for and at tack on capitalism t needs to be reformed in this country. there are only two people behind bars from the credit bubble bursting and the bear stearns managers an 16 bankers from the s and s&l crisis put behind bars. michael moore puts as an example of countries he likes, france, japan, germany, they are all capitalist countries. it is ironic that he is hol

and europe that ultimately ends up shouldering the burden for that adjustment. christine lagard hinted that to me. she's clearly worried about this. how big of a problem is this going to be for a european recovery? everybody wants to export their way out of this recession. and you've got a high currency, it ain't going to be you. >> well, she's not going to get a lot of sleep going forward they're not going to get out of this problem until they start creating more reflation policies. they're going to get what they want and deserve which is a deflationary story with significant unemployment problems that's going to force them to shake up policy or take the pain. but one or the other's going to happen in these next 12 months and the first thing that's going to happen is unemployment is going up in europe and growth is going to be extremely flat to low with deflation rising in the core european countries. >> philip, guy, leaving it there for a moment. plenty more to come from the ism meeting. you can catch it at cnbc.com. >>> saudi prince is urging the u.s. governm

the new government thinks iceland needs to ditch the some fragile currency and join europe and europe. -- needs to ditch its fragile country -- currency bearded, even people against us joining the eu -- currency. >> we do will make sure we are in control of our fishing areas and industry. >> iceland's aluminum industry is another doing well. there are three giant plants like this one. there is talk of a fifth. but the plants have been opposed in the past by a small political party, the left greens. they are now the junior partners in the governing coalition. the finance minister, a left- brain, is doubtful about the bureau. >> there are those that believe this is the best solution, even the only solution. but i will point out it may turn out that way. having our own currency, the flexibility and adaptability of the economy, that may turn out to be very helpful. >> too many icelanders, their behavior in the past two years have been an aberration. a once stolid people were caught up in a get rich quick this -- frenzy of speculation now morality has returned. but it is left the country w

we've been in the -- in europe very heavy the last several months. we're backing out of europe now. more in emerging markets again. taiwan, south kraerks iorea, in australia. we still have italy, spain, austria, and europe. we've been heavy in brazil and brazilian small cap for months and months now. very, very nice gains there. latin america's been the biggest gainer in the market of all so far this year. up 75% for the year. >> matt, what are you looking at? what's most important to you in terms of sifting through the numbers coming your way next week? >> we have come 60% in six months, and the fact of the matter is if earnings don't come in better than expected and sales don't come in better than expected the market is going to be disappointed. i don't think anyone is expecting strong forecasts out there. nobody can really see that clearly into 2010 yet. we want to believe that things are getting less worse. and we bet a lot of money on that. but all that money on the sidelines that wants to and needs to get in would love to get in at a lower price. >> all right. we'll leave it t

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hue wees sa, how is it looking in europe? >> we've seeing a bit of a dip coming from the banks in particular. outperforming the insurers, outperforming the general market in regards to where we're seeing it now. the cac 40 off by almost 0.5%. the ftse 100 a little lower, a lot of focus on bae systems with a serious fraud office now stepping up its measures against the company on fraud allegations or bribery allegations. the dollar cross rates, we've been looking at these earlier in the program. this is a reminder of what we're seeing at the moment. flat trade for cable and euro/dollar lower by 0.5%. christine. >> louisa, this is how the picture is looking for asian equities. a negative session given what we saw, weak numbers coming out from u.s. jobs and manufacturing in the u.s. nikkei 225 is under pressure. the strong yen is really hurting the exporters in this particular market. we had that tankan survey, which showed a slight pick up in business. so a little caution there. the kospi is down 1.7%, the south korean won hamm

maybe compared to europe, that may be why g-7 didn't make a statement on the dollar this weekend? are we going to be lagging the rest of the world here? >> i think we're going to be growing faster than europe. it looks like the same unemployment rates. we'll probably be able to bounce back a little harder than europe once the banks come back. >> asia grows the fastest. the u.s. is probably going to grow less than a core year. so the euro might be a better currency. >> i'm hearing very, very slight whispers, how about you, bob, of europe beginning to turn. it's the first time i've been hearing that, actually. a lot of people were saying companies, executives managing business on the ground saying, we're stuck in the mud. i'm hearing a little different tone now. >> and i would agree. but you've got france and germany, which seem to be doing well the middle of this summer. you've also got the satellite companies which will have a lot of issues. >> thank you. we appreciate it. >> thank you very much. >>> about 45 minutes to go before the closing bell. dow jones industrial average just

i want to second my two teenage kids on a band and choir trip to europe next summer. it's going to cost about $6,000 per kid, so a total of $12,000. we lived in europe when they were younger, and so this is a great opportunity for them to go with their peers and without their parents, and we want to also use this as an opportunity to teach them the value of work and money. >> how does this teach them the value of work and money when you worked for your money and you are going to spend $12,000 of your money? how does that relate to what they're doing? all they're going is tooting away on their little instruments there. $12,000, girlg friend. you better have a serious sum of money for this one. >> yeah. well, we're thinking that that's part question. how much of this should they be required to earn? >> like 100% of it if you ask ask me. >> okay. >> what is wrong with america today? that's the can i afford it segment? you want to know if you can spend $12 thougs of your money on your children. show me the money. >> all right. we have -- my husband and i bring home $11,31

first, though, europe's biggest defense contractor is facing the biggest corporate corruption prosecution in british history. the company is accused of paying hundreds of millions of dollars in bribes to secure contracts from africa, the middle east, and eastern europe. it is not the first time they have faced such allegations. three years ago, tony blair called off a separate investigation with saudi arabia, citing the risk for national security. bae denies any wrongdoing. >> your biggest defense company any major player in the u.s. economy is now facing the possibility of prosecution. bae systems is alleged to have paid cash to gain foreign contracts. these include a deal to sell the czech republic the griffon fighter aircraft. in romania, there was a deal over for goods. in south africa, it was an estimated 1.5 billion pound contract. in tanzania, and military air traffic control system. clare short was international development secretary when the tanzanian deal was agreed. she opposed it then. >> riping off a very poor country is a very ancient -- with some very engine equipment -- it

all, the president of the united states followed the recent custom of other world leaders, flying to europe, personally getting involved to bring the olympics to his hometown. then the agony of defeat. chicago lost in the first round. the games will go to rio. there's sadness tonight in chicago. we begin with lester holt. lester, good evening. >> reporter: good evening. down the stretch, polls found chicagoans divided whether they wanted the games in chicago. folks on either side were shocked the city's bid went down so quickly. after a pitch to host the first ever south american olympic games, rio de janeiro's victory was far from a shock. but the early round loser was. >> the city of chicago will not participate in the next round. >> reporter: a collective gasp was heard on chicago's daily plaza as thousands who thought they would be celebrating a victory learned chicago came in last, behind rio, madrid and tokyo. >> for it to be over that quickly, that stunningly fast, it's heart breaking. >> i'm surprised and disappointed. >> it was going to be work and construction and jobs. >> i don't

and exiled artists who post videos to youtube from europe or north america. on tehran's rooftop, you find unmistakable signs that iranians are tapped into the outside world. the dishes are illegal but virtually everybody who can afford one grabs hundreds of channels from satellites conveniently beyond the reach of iran's government chaperone. and iranians watch lots of it. >> i love to see "lost," the series. >> my favorite movie is "secret window" starring johnny depp. >> reporter: like everywhere else, the video store guy dreams of beingantino. >> translator: this iranian film is similar to "meet joe black." >> reporter: iran's islamic government has struggled and mostly failed to keep a firewall between iranians and outside culture. >> translator: they say we are turning iran's youth into gay and merciless sex predators. when they grow up they'll force themselves on their own sisters and mothers. >> reporter: everybody's already seen pirated copies of the big western hits. >> translator: you can buy the foreign films on any street corner very cheap. they e

much of europe is turning, but very slow the same way. when i say quality, i mean strong balance sheets. i like businesses that are somewhat independent of the economy. dennis mentioned telecoms and health care a few minutes ago. i would echo that. these are businesses that have lagged the market as these big cyclical leveraged companies have come to the fore. therefore, the valuation of these other names is much cheaper. and you don't have to worry so much about the pace of economic growth. >> what gets you nervous, bob? what do you look at that perhaps could be a wrench in the story? >> well, the slow growth, the slow nominal growth means deflation is not dead. the last few months with the markets moving up, it sure seems like reflation is winning. we think they will win, but with bouts of deflation along the way. inability to raise prices, price rollbacks, certain loans that don't get repaid. these things can cause us to go bump in the night, not to mention even geo politics. >> thank you, bob doll, joining us from blackrock. larry, an

about american strength at the moment because obama went to europe in the spring and found it resolute and asked european capitals for more troops to stick out this mission and now people in washington are looking at them and saying hold on for a second, you want a resolution from us but you look like you're wobbling. chris: in march it was different. howard, fascinating picture of the people in the room. we study the pictures like the kremlin wall. who is at the fable and who is along the wall? are they supposed to figure out in that room what america is willing to fight for as well as what's worth fighting for in afghanistan? >> i think the answer is yes there are a lot of people who are political and a lot with political experience who are weighing in including vice president joe biden, hillary clinton, secretary of state, recently senator, knows as much about politics in america as anybody. and i think what's happening is the democratic party, the face of the democratic party, which is impatient with barack obama on a number of fronts politically could really be ignited by a massiv

what do you think is the motive for backing him up in hollywood and europe? a lot of it is in europe. >> europeans i get it. they don't think it's such a big deal. >> ult y? >> culturally. you have to go to europe to walk in those shoes. we're americans and feel differently about this. period. let them deal the way they deal but legally speaking i got to say this country has a black eye in this case because it wasn't just a case of he got wind maybe the judge will renege on the deal, he was tipped off the that the judge was going to throw the book at him and put him away for up to 50 yeerls because the judge wasn't happy with the media he was getting. it was ugly what went on chambers. it was illegal what went on in chambers and admitted to by the prosecutor who was involved. >> so you don't blame him for going on the lam? >> i hate to say it. i'm the last person to say flout the law, take off but i feel in his circumstance, he was being cheated by a system, truly cheated. there was an illegal process going on in chambers. what else was he to do? stand by, go

we will find out half an hour from now whether the games will be held in spain, putting them in europe for the third time in a row, or whether they will be held for the very first time in south america, which was one of the front runners. jon: as we just mentioned, is now a battle between two cities, rio de janeiro and madrid. the election is over, and the announcement should come in under 30 minutes. no consolation to folks in chicago, but rio is most likely anxiously awaiting the bottom of the our announcement. we have steve in chicago. let's go to steve. a gloomy mood? >> a chicago residents have a little bit more to be singing about. their best possible foot was put forward and they had the most persuasive speaker in the world in front of the international olympic committee. certainly there's a lot of disappointment in and around the area. this is a city they could use an infusion of cash, something in the neighborhood of $5 billion debt. how is this the city that could use it the most? not necessarily. but explaining how the vote went probably will not make much of a difference to

europe actually, you know, europe behaves as you would expect europe to behave. it never goes down as far as the u.s., because of the nature of the social structure of their economies, and then again it won't come back as robustly as the united states. >> you've got some companies on your heels trying to get further into the services business. you've got hp acquiring ads last year, dell and xerox. do you need to keep acquiring to get deeper in? what are your thoughts on the activity? >> actually, i find it quite flattering in many ways. but if you think about services, and you go back a decade ago, that's what you see happening with dell and hp and with xerox. when you hear them articulated, talking about services as the way to pull through commodity products. the services as we see it for the future is this advanced outcome capability. so we don't really need to acquire. we bought the software companies. we've acquired price waterhouse. we're busy scaling the analytic centers. we're moving what we think the future is. >> one example paul palmisano cited is work

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i just got back from a trip across europe. france, italy, switzerland all very excited about the clean-tech products. >> is there anyone overseas who makes one of these? >> there's nobody that makes an electric motorcycle. there's a lot of electric scooters and inexpensive products out of china, battery powered, that tend to fail pretty quickly. this is the first kind of serious production motorcycle style, throw your leg over it and go. >> are you looking to go public? >> we'd like to. it's something that depending on what happens over the next few years, it's something we're very interested in looking at. >> okay. craig, thank you very much for your time. >> thanks very having me. >> maybe next time we can take a test drive. >> i thought you were going to ride off into the sunset right now. because i'm not. >> i'm not either. >>> all right. i guess the market is up on the day. i will be back at 3:00 on "street signs." you will be back -- >> on the "halftime report." but we're not done yet. >> i'm sorry. >> where are you goin

in europe and when there were vacuums' between various countries and a 19th century they came up with the concept of naturalizing belgium for example. which meant to intervene to protect their interest. i would say we need anti-terrorist agreement that agrees on the fundamental security out objective and that separates this from a purely american problem. before that, we need time. and therefore, i believe for us now to redefine our objective only because we cannot face the domestic consequences of following the strategic recommendations would be a big mistake. >> that is a fascinating example of applying historical insight to contemporary problems. i can't think of anybody else in the world who would have drawn a parallel between afghanistan the neutralization of belgium after the napoleonic period but it raises a question about iran which is one of the stakeholders by virtue of geography in the fate of afghanistan. you're earlier work you wrote a great deal about revolutionary power and the threat they pose to international order and it seems to me that iran since 1979 has perfectly

the rounds turned out to be coming from china, where sold through eastern europe, and the person running this company was a basically a shadow company being run out of the united states out of a small office inç miami. and there were tens of millions of dollars of contracts and they were selling faulty chinese ammunition channeled through eastern europe. and this isç just one of many stories. >> rose: lay out for us what mcchrystal's strategy is. >> it is the surge in iraq. the idea of we're going to give the people stability, let them taste stability and they're going to come and ask us for more. so we're going to defend the people and win hearts and minds and we're going to go out to the villages and say "we are here to help you. help us help you." and after enough stability sort of germinates on the ground, it will blossom into a stable country. that's the concept. that's what worked in iraq because-- as i was saying before-- there was a civil war in iraq. iraqis would come out into the streets and beg americans for stability. "please help us, i just received a death threat under m

. >> cobra heads to europe hoping to bring a big prize on to chicago. -- oprah heads to europe. >>> elizabeth smart was 14 when she disappeared from her own home. she was rescued from captivity. >> she testified against the the man charged with kidnapping her. there are disturbing and graphic details. >> not until today did we know the full extent of what she went through. in her own words, she told a story of the abduction and sexual abuse. inside the salt lake city courthouse, elisabeth's market gave the first horrifying account of kidnapping by brian david mitchell seven years ago. he broke into her bedroom and put a knife into her neck. he took her to a campsite in the mountains 3 miles away where he raped her three or four times a day during her nine month captivity. if i showed resistance or hesitation, he would turn to me and say,the lord has commanded you to do this. he said that mitchell who called himself emmanuel the profit used religion to justify having sex with her. he threatened to kill her if she tried to escape. >> i have no idea what she went through. >> he would not stop si

what was amazing this week is "the new york times" had a story about the collapse of socialism in europe. last sunday the german socialist party got the worst results since world war ii. [applause] only 23% of the german people voted for the socialist party. in italy the socialist party has been defeated. in france the president is a conservative who defeated the socialist canada. hasn't the world changed when we end up applauding the french president? [laughter] there was a very interesting story, which you can imagine from their perspective, they did not quite make the direct contrast to the u.s., but i am here to tell you that the socialist wing of the democratic party is going to lead the democratic party to a massive defeat comparable to 1980. [applause] but that means to learn one of the great educational learning moments, that is what happened in 1987. we made a movie on ronald reagan. when you watch 90 minutes of ronald reagan and you see him on the screen rather than read about him you realize what an extraordinarily effective teacher he was. he was not disagree commuter -- comm

then the socialists said let's take over europe with the european union and that we they won't flee to another european country but they went to the united states. now they're trying to bring the united states into the global system so they can impose their socialistic principles of guaranteed vacation, maximum workweeks, force you to blend in in this global community, high tax rates without fleeing to the united states as an alternative. and that's one of the things that's behind this medical care, health care reform, to make us like the rest of the world so they can do their way in europe without the u.s. getting a competitive advantage. sean: we're going to pay the burden for whatever environmental extremism policies are adopted. >> climate change. sean: the cap and tax is a disaster, we pay the majority of the bill at the united nations only so they can trash us. this is a very, very pivotal, key week in the health care debate. >> yep. sean: we expect it may come down to the house and senate floor. we've got three different versions in the house, two in the senate. how do you see t

>> i wish i had this list when i had my let's go europe book and my euro rail pass. it would have saved a lot of time. no, i wish i had traveled around the world more met forrically. i have been jinglistic. one english guy, not lady, thank you, andrew milton. >> wow, name dropping his lack of laziness. >> he will get a lot of calls tomorrow. but we are not aired in england so you can say his name all you want. >> greg: never polls about asking men about women. always about the women asking who is the best in bed and the best in house work but they never ask men. is that because a, men don't take polls or men just don't care? >> no, it is because the bar is so low for men, if she has a pulse and is willing to do it. >> men don't care just as long as we are there. >> what would you say? >> i was going to ask bill because they said spanish and brazilian men came out on top. has that been your experience? >> i had brazilian but only when it comes to hair. >> greg: when we come back, we play back your voice messages. stick around. the greatest segment since the greatest o

you have to go to europe to walk in those shoes. >> a child is a child. i don't get that. >> we're americans and feel differently about this. period. let them deal the way they deal but legally speaking i got to say this country has a black eye in this case because it wasn't just a case of he got wind maybe the judge will renege on the deal. he got tipped off that this judge was going to throw the book at him and put him away for up to 50 years because the judge wasn't happy with the media he was getting. it was ugly what went on chambers. it was illegal what went on in chambers and it has been admitted to by the prosecutor who was involved. >> so you don't blame him for going on the lam? >> i hate to say it. i'm the last person to say flout the law, take off but i feel in his circumstance, he was being cheated by a system, truly cheated. there was an illegal process going on in chambers. what else was he to do? stand by, go to jail and wait to try to fight this thing? he could have been sitting there for ten years fighting this. >> we have a dilemma as a

airline pilots are demonstrating across europe against long flying hours that they say are putting passengers at risk. fatigue is a factor in 15% of accidents. the aviation safety agency will be reporting on the issue. it is research into the very essence we are. three scientists in the u.s. have won the nobel prize. >> novell season is upon us and come up first, is the prize for medicine. they decided today to award the nobel prize for physiology or medicine 2009 jointly to -- >> elizabeth blackburn, carol greider, and jack chester all worked in the united states. and they cracked one of the biggest mysteries in size. in order to grow and fill, humans depend on cells dividing and replicating. but how did this work exactly? this is the answer. at the very tips of our chromosomes, there can be teleomeres. they're like shoelaces that keep them from unraveling. without these, we just would not work. the research could have massive implications for all of us. these shoelace and mcgovern the aging process. when they do not function properly, they also can be responsible for the production of cance

europe and the u.s. are lagging some what. we think they are going to see some improvement in europe and in u.s. the improvement is already there in asia. in china, car sales are booming, for example. they are at record levels. >> people are debating that though, whether the growth in china is real. how do we know that that's actually, you know, happening on the ground? you are seeing that kind of vibrancy? >> there may be a special reaction here to a lot of government stimulus in china. especially the monetary stimulus was very much front loaded in the first half of this year. china possesses enormous productive capacity. financial resources and it has a population with significant unmet needs. those needs are starting to express themselves in a slower savings rate and more consumption. >> what would turn this story around? you know what, there is a red flag, i have to take a step back from putting so much money into asia? >> we are very diversified. we don't have a huge bet in any single place. we are betting on asian growth

think about europe. in europe, the most magnificent places, the palaces, the parks, are owned by aristocrats, by monarchs, by the wealthy. in america, magnificence is a common treasure. that's the essence of our democracy. >> national parks, the writer and historian wallace steger in once said, are the best idea we've ever had. >> it's not the best idea. the best idea came from thomas jefferson, that all human beings irrespective of the accident of their birth, are entitled to enjoy the aspirations of being fully complete and free human beings. that's america's gift to the world. but right up there are the national parks. >> rose: as i was looking at that, i today you while we were watching it together, where do you get these people? and then you listen to them and you said to me as we were coming out of that that someone said "this has to be scripted." you don't give them the you want to create the most real remembrance and observation you can. >> and then, as you do, listen. just listen. and then follo

in europe, the most magnificent places, the palaces, the park, are owned by aristocrats, by monarchs, by t wealy. in america, magnificences a mmon treasure. th's the essence of our democracy. >> national pks, the writer and historian walce steger in onceaid, are the bt idea we've everad. >> it's not t best idea. the best idea came from thomas jefferson, that al han beings irrespecve of the accident of their birt are entitled to enjoy th aspirations of being lly complete and free man beings. that america's gift to the rld. but rit up there are the national parks. >> rose: as i was oking at that, i tay you wle we were watching it together, where do you get ese people? and thenou listen tothem and you said to me as we we coming out of that that somne said "this hato be scripted." you don't gi them the question you want tcreate the most real remembrancand observati you can. >> and then, as you do, listen. just listen. and then follow that line of thought. and so you listen to somebody like clay jhin kinson or shelton johnson the ranger from yomite and somebody said t me thatas an actor,

we'll see the cut-offs in gas going via the ukraine into western europe. the russians love to use energy as a weapon. i agree it's good to have another 800-pound gorilla on the block -- >> a year ago oil was going $147 a barrel, in part because of tensions with iran. now we've got this new uranium location. why no reaction from the oil markets? >> i'm not sure there hadn't been a total reaction. i thought when the announcement came out on that friday a week ago it stopped the selloff in its tracks. i think there's been a lot of bearish knews that's been shaken off by the market. this is a very, very -- this is the trickiest i've seen the situation in a long time. there's hope in the sense that ahmadinejad's missteps has been not to make some kind of better relations with the u.s. that's what the opposition is all about in iran. >> let's get down toe steven. what do you think. over the next year or so, what will ewe see when it comes to the price of oil? >> in between the mid 70s and mid 60s. the head of petro brass which sits on a carable amount of oil is

europe foreign policy chief is hosting the meeting. the very first task is to determine if iran will talk seriously about its nuclear program starting with the underground uranium enrichment site unveiled last week. >> there will be some transparency and the closed site will be hackable to inspectors in short order. >> the meeting is expected to go until late afternoon. if it is a success the result will be an agenda to keep talking. >>> still to come when 9 news now returns, two redskins legends respond to accusations they have been making money off of a nonprofit program. >>> the two pilots that orchestrated the miracle on the hudson are reunited. i'm drew levinson in new york. that story is coming up. >>> are your allergies worse than ever? you are not alone. tonight at 11:00, a physical ailment some doctors say is causing an increase in runnion eyes and sniffles and what you can do about it. >>> a dramatic rescue was caught on tape in the bronx. a good samaritan is credited with saving a child's life after he helped firefighters pu

they were tracked across jersey and into europe. in one conversation, a gang member discussed drug prices with his dutch supplier. >> 60 pounds, 1 ounce. 1 kilo is 36 ounces. i would just invisible. at 3,000 lbs for 1 kilo. >> stephen baker claimed that they acted outside of the law. they listened in across three countries without authority. the jurors were convinced, he had masterminded another criminal enterprise. >> people engage in serious organized crime. no matter where they go in the world, they engage in crime. they are a target for us and we will deal with them. >> they will be sentenced in december. >> syria needs help to tackle the effects of the worst drought that they have seen in decades. at least 1 million people are feeling the impact and syria alone. parts of turkey and jordan are also affected. >> for three years, they had been waiting for the rain to come. for three years, not a drop has fallen from the sky. this province used to be the bread basket of syria. there once fertile land has now turned to dust. much of

the fact of the matter is europe is moving to the right. we've got a lot of allies over there. let's get together. two weeks is hardly worth arguing about. why don't we come back in two weeks and see what the president has what he's going to do here or just more talk. >>> coming up -- president obama's heading to copenhagen hoping to win the 2016 olympics for his chicago hometown. is this smart politics or is this hometown politics, or is he doing it because the mayor told him to? let's find out when we come back. you're watching "hardball." we can't live in a bubble. but what we can do is arm ourselves... for the ones we love with a flu shot from walgreens. ( blows nose ) ♪ ( coughs ) ♪ ( sneezes ) we're making it easy for everyone to get their flu shot, no matter how small their motivation may be. ♪ come get yours for just $24.99. walgreens. there's a way to stay well. >>> welcome back to "hardball." republicans are out there criticizing president obama for heading off to copenhagen tonight to lobby for chicago to host the 2016 olympics. that's eight years from now, whe

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it's very big in europe. a lot of people drink instant there. here not so much because the product is seen as inferior. people think it's your grandmother's coffee. schulz has been working on this for 20 years to make it perfect, to make it the best so he says, and he's convinced people are going to buy it because it's the best that there is, the best on the market. >> and he claims that people will not be able to taste the difference. i will say they have all these taste tests. i was head up to do one. i'm a starbucks junky. i tried it and i could tell the difference but only because i did not want to be fooled. i really had to work hard and i'm also going to say that i preferred the taste of the instant to just that regular coffee of the day they were serving that day. >> what do you think about price? that's the one sticking point. it's still under $1 a cup, but if you look at the other instants that are on the market the scheeper alternatives they're pennies a cup. ness cafe is giving starbucks a run for their money. it's under a dollar a cu

. >>> what happens in europe, europe is a very interesting market. a lot of different retailers, a lot of different regions, a lot of different taxes and things of that nature. it's a market-by-market solution. >> we hope you'll come back and give us an update over the holidays and let us know how it's going. >>> earning season kicks into full gear this week. up next, matt nesto takes over the expectations. the risks that lurk beneath better than expected earnings. back in a moment. >>> time now for going global asia. >> we're just getting started here in asia, and here are the stories to watch. reserve bank of australia makes an interest rate decision later today. speculation swirling in sydney that the central bank could hike rates in more positive dollar and revival in demand for labor. >>> for managers of the biggest hedge funds in asia are having a conference in hong kong. we'll get their perspective on markets going forward and where they're allocating their funds. managers are increasing their focus on asia and hong kong has emerged as the wor

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and there is europe with 30 olympics, winter and summer, and there is north america with 12 olympics winter and summer. and then they show south america, zero. and the ioc is nothing if not a group of dreamers saying hey, we can open up a new continent to the olympic games am and i think at the end of the day that was the biggest consideration for the ioc. >> thanks a lot for talking to us. >> you bet, thank you. >> lehrer: next tonight, senators take a big step forward on health reform. betty ann bowser reports for our health unit, a partnership with the robert wood johnson foundation. >> reporter: bleary-eyed members of the senate finance committee, ended marathon deliberations on health care reform shortly after 2 a.m. this morning. ( applause ) the committee is expected to officially pass the legislation early next week after the congressional budget office crunches the numbers. committee chairman max baucus said he expects it will cost no more than $900 billion. in a sense, health care reform hit a milestone because never pu& the nation's health care system gone this far, its no