was director of public prosecutions the very idea that i could turn around and say, it was somebody else s s fault, 20 years ago. this is such a bad argument. they ve been in powerfor 11 years. either take responsibility or give up! our overseas aid budget goes beyond that moral obligation. it helps to build a stable world and keeps us safe in the uk. let s take afghanistan. aid has supported improvements in security, governance, economic development, rights forwomen security, governance, economic development, rights for women and girls. despite all tonnages that now faces, and the security and terrorist threat that poses to the uk and we know about those in the previous prime minister knows about those, uk aid to afghanistan is being cut from million to £38.2 million. that is afghanistan. in
list, the median pay last year for women on the list was $15 .7 million, and the highest ranking woman on the list with gender reassignment surgery in 1994 finished 10th. she made $38.2 million last year. the leader of a global energy company was number one overall paid $141.9 million. some gains there made by women. now to business, a flat open after all three closed in positive territory friday. cnbc is live in london for us with the latest. steve? reporter: we close in positive territory friday, good payroll figures, question marks of americans in the labor market, but the numbers good
their campaign collected $45.9 million and spent 128% of what it raised. in terms of the head-to-head air war, obama for america spent $38.2 million on ads in june, more than a million a day. romney, 10.4 million and outspent 4-1. super pax and other interesting interests spent tens of millions more. a new poll says 78% of americans are frustrated by the tone of the political campaigns. 66% say candidates spent more time attacking opponents and by
aaa expecting 38.2 million to hit the roads. another few million hitting the air. that s a 4% increase over last year which is significant, considering it is the largest jump we ve seen in quite a while through this recession. but also because gas prices are significantly higher this thanksgiving than they were a year ago. last year about 2.87. this year, $3.83. i think this station is about the national average. people are shelling out about 45 cents more a gallon but they re doing it. they re filling up and heading out here in boston and up and down the eastern seaboard. fortunately the rain has stopped. they were forecasting rain for most of the day along the eastern seaboard. the system seems to have moved off. the real problem is up in northern new england. maine, new hampshire and vermont. central to the northern parts of those states, all seeing snow and some of them expecting as much as a foot of snow. it will be a white thanksgiving for a lot of folks able to get to that neck
42.5 million people. that s the biggest increase we ve seen in a while and experts say this may be a good sign for the economy to come. gas prices, while still higher than people would like to see, are down from a year ago. about 16 cents on average, so a few more dollars in the pockets of most americans who are traveling. 38.2 million of them will be traveling by road, so ten and two as they say. keep your hands on the wheel. these roads are going to be slick for folks on the east coast. up 4% from last year. that is good news. thanks to you both. we ll take another look at this busy day on the roads coming up later. we ll also have more debate highlights coming up. plus, what was going on behind the scenes of the super committee s super collapse? why the deal was pretty much doom frd the start and how did occupy wall street go to a global movement? how a group of protesters cap