was carrying seven people back in 2009. allegedly he was under the influence of alcohol at the time. i want to get right to nic robertson who s live outside the court house in south africa to walk us through some of the latest turn of events in this case. good morning, nic. reporter: good morning, soledad. well, the defense are putting their case just after a lunch recess, a very short lunch recess here. the defense saying that the prosecution hasn t even put forward enough evidence so far to determine that there should even be a murder charge, never mind premeditated murder. they say there s no eyewitne eyewitnesses, that this is a forensic case. the magistrate earlier in the proceedings called on the chief police investigator, the one with these attempted murder charges hanging over his head, called him into the courtroom and asked him if he was happy speaking in english and he said yes, he was happy in english but no mention whatsoever of those pending charges on him. th
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about criminology. i ll explain. first, here s my take. america s job crisis persists, and there seems to be little we can do about it. but actually there is one area where government can create jobs even if consumers aren t spending and businesses aren t hiring. and in a way that is productive for long-term growth. rebuilding america. the american society of civil engineers estimates that america s crumbling infrastructure needs $2 trillion worth of repairs, upgrades, and expansions. with needs on that scale, president obama s infrastructure proposals are at 120th the size of the problem. we need a big plan and a ground bargain between left and right to get it. the first element of the bargain would be funding. already there are several good proposals for infrastructure banks. relatively small public investments can be leveraged to attract much larger sums of private capital. compared with other countries, the u.s. still has an astonishingly low amount of private sector in
and finally, the bold truth about criminology. i ll explain. first, here s my take. america s job crisis persists, and there seems to be little we can do about it. but actually there is one area where government can create jobs even if consumers aren t spending and businesses aren t hiring. and in a way that is productive for long-term growth. rebuilding america. the american society of civil engineers estimates that america s crumbling infrastructure needs $2 trillion worth of repairs, upgrades, and expansions. with needs on that scale, president obama s infrastructure proposals are at one twentieth the size of the problem. we need a big plan and a ground bargain between left and right to get it. the first element of the bargain would be funding. already there are several good proposals for infrastructure banks. relatively small public investments can be leveraged to attract much larger sums of private capital. compared with other countries, the u.s. still has an astonis
up right now, and that s a good sign considering we re more than halfway through the trading day. you are seeing stocks rally on good economic news of the jobless claims numbers fell last week and we got strong corporate earnings from a bellwether company, cisco system, and you are seeing wall street focus on the positive today and we are seeing the bargain hunting going on as well, and you are seeing the bargain hunters getting in there and buying stocks up, randi. and the trader mthere with you, allen valdez. what about the first time they dropped below 4,000 for the first time in four weeks, and how much do you think that contributed to the rally we are seeing today? well, under 400,000 you know, that jobs number is probably the most important number for traders. it really is. we watch that number on a weekly basis. and this economy is powered by consumer spending, so if the consumer is not working he is not spending. anything under 400,000, they re not spending. l