subculture trend known as rolling coal. might be more aptly called trolling coal. owners of trucks disable the emission controls in their diesel pickups, tricking the engine into demanding more fuel than it actually needs. which is then belt out as, yep, you guessed it, lots of black soot. practice originated at truck pulls like this one in which diesel trucks can pull a heavy load the farthest. the diesel yields greater overall power and thus a better chance of winning. it s now been appropriated by some people into a bizarre form of political protest. which is akin to shooting yourself in the foot at a second amendment demonstration. the rallying cry of this movement is a dark smoky middle finger to president obama with all his epa rules, clean energy proposals, and organic gardening. for its part, an epa spokesperson saying today the practice is, well, illegal. but, you know, if an eviro-bureaucrat or president is
see in the messed up rollout this week. i believe i heard the number of only 50,000 people actually signed up on it when it s supposed to take care of millions. that s worth delay there. if i m out of work for a year, way before then i ll take steps to do what any american would do in hard times. i would pull up my boot straps and take care of my family. i have a nasa engine near, have you seen gravity, the hit movie yet? i haven t but my daughter called me last night and said it was just awesome. well, i ve seen it and i commend you to see it. it s absolutely stunning to watch but i wonder what would happen to sandra bullock and george clooney if that happened now, with nasa furloughed. right now of course i believe they have mission controls fully staffed to take care of astronauts that are on or bit.
however, i believe obama care is not good for america, as we can see in the messed up rollout this week. i believe i heard the number of only 50,000 people actually signed up on it when it s supposed to take care of millions. that s worth delay there. if i m out of work for a year, way before then i ll take steps to do what any american would do in hard times. i would pull up my boot straps and take care of my family. i have a nasa engine near, have you seen gravity, the hit movie yet? i haven t but my daughter called me last night and said it was just awesome. well, i ve seen it and i commend you to see it. it s absolutely stunning to watch but i wonder what would happen to sandra bullock and george clooney if that happened now, with nasa furloughed. right now of course i believe they have mission controls fully
happen to sandra bullock and george clooney if that happened now, with nasa furloughed. right now of course i believe they have mission controls fully staffed to take care of astronauts that are on or bit. if there was a problem, obviously, they could call them back immediately and do what we always do at nasa, houston, we have a problem and take care of it. washington, we have a problem. dale huls, good to speak you, you speak in a rational and sensible manner, which i appreciate, thank you. thank you very much. i want to bring in two people that disagree on the shut down. on the right connie mac the former congresswoman. connie mac, you can take any view you like but in the end 11 days in and the government is still shut down. it s pretty shameful, isn t it? simple in what way, the government shut down. shameful, shameful.
cnn cannot confirm its authenticity, but the damage to buildings bear the scars of some heavy fighting. over the weekend russia and china vetoed a u.n. security resolution aiming to stop violence. evacuation crews are focusing on areas in queensland town in sunday. they re hopeful emergency leaf have is will hold back a rising river in the town. the new york giants are the champions of america s nfl. they defeated the new england patriots to win sunday night s super bowl by a score of 21-17. giants quarterback eli manning was named the most valuable player. those are the headlines from cnn. world business today starts rate now. . good morning from cnn london. i m charles hudson. and a very good afternoon from cnn hong kong, i m andrew stevens. you re watching world business today. the top stories this mon, february the 6th. debt negotiations are down to the wire in athens. can greece reach a deal with creditors before time runs out? the stage is now set for