Dot org reports that familiar mega banks and investing powerhouses such as Goldman Sachs j. P. Morgan chase citigroup u. B. S. Deutsche Bank Credit Suisse and others are consolidating their control over water and wealthy tycoon such as the late t. Boone pickens and george h. W. Bush and his family were among those buying thousands of acres of land with aquifers lakes water rights Water Utilities and shares in Water Engineering and Technology Companies all over the world how close are we to nothing coming out of a faucet lets ask the author of chasing water a guide to moving from scarcity to sustainability Brian Richter is president of Sustainable Waters a Global Education service sharing information about water scarcity water shortages and information and tools for solving water problems brian welcome. Thank you very much happy to be with you a citi Group Economist predicts that the water market will eclipse the oil market there are water hedge funds now and u. B. S. Investment Researc
Banks c. E. O. s Board Members who have in many cases and by the way this is important in many cases they have been taking that money out of their companies while theyve been doing pretty well and theyve been sticking it in their pockets in the form of stock buybacks much of it with money they got from taxpayers government money during previous meltdowns now heaven forbid that i or anyone else should ask the question of whether some of these corporations should simply be allowed to go under is anybody asking that question yes we found one. One maybe lonely example look what happens this is on the c. N. B. C. When a guest challenges the bailouts of their lives now remember c m b c is essentially the wall Street Network in fact many would argue its a 24 hour commercial for bankers and Hedge Fund Managers and c. E. O. s and cetera look what happens when somebody is willing to make the free market argument the capitalist argument that if a company gets wiped out so be it wiped out there ar
Week our troops stationed in tough neighborhoods around the world are caught in the political crossfire here at home but 1st the patriot act sailed through congress after 911 now it is about to expire. Im home and cook in washington this is the big picture. When this did not get much Media Coverage the new Expiration Date is march 15th will Congress Really up the patriot act should they lets ask. Author of battlefield america the war on the American People and a government of wolves the emerging American Police state constitutional attorney Rutherford Institute president syndicated columnist and host of the podcast freedom under fire john w. Whitehead and we also welcome the author of everyones crazy except you and me and im not so sure about you americas favorite contrarian cuts loose legal and media analyst and r. T. E. Contributor lionel gentleman welcome back to the big picture thank you thank you in the foggy fearful aftermath of 911 only one u. S. Senator voted against the patrio
Brennan i am not sure if the senator can still hear me, i think we just had an interruption on that feed, so hopefully we will pick it up. Standing by, though, in richmond, i am going live to virginia senator tim kaine. Good morning to you, senator. Good morning, margaret. And you and senator lee have actually found some common cause here, despite the difference in frustration, a lot of frustration regarding the president s lack of consultation with congress, and i want to dive into that. But lets start off specifically on what we learned, because you are on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee which has oversight of the state department and therefore embassies. Were you aware that there was any kind of threat specifically to Embassy Baghdad and 3 other posts as the president has described . No, i wasnt, margaret. I was at the classified briefing because i am both an Armed Services and Foreign Relations member, that was not told to us in the classified briefing. Nor was there a sugge
Them are willing to be arrested. They are going to stay out here and until the situation is resolved. What do we want . Justice. When do we want it . Now. What do we want . Justice. When do we want it . Now. Reporter the supporters raised the voices once the sun was up to get the message to mothers hunkered down on magnolia set. This morning the protest was virtually silent out of respect for the neighbors. And in is in protest of the judge who ruled friday that they have no legal right to stay in the home that is owned by the Southern California developer wedgwood. We talked with mother Dominique Walker. We are prepared. We are prepared to not leave. We wont resist. We are not resistant, but we will practice nonviolence and civil disobedience, and will you be arrested . Possibly. Now, Dominique Walker says that if that is the case, she has a plan for the children which does not include taking help from wedgwood. Wedgwood told the city it is going to have its own nonprofit to develop a