violence. thankfully we have no evidence of that happening here. investment control and key economic sectors. we learned from heather connolly s testimony that the kremlin playbook is to manipulate other countries through economic penetration. heavily invest iing in the targ countries economy to create political leverage. but no, a as to that tactic here so far. shady business and financial ties. russia exploits the dark sha knows. becoming the last for shell corporations for the corporate form allows the concealment of criminal funds and can allow foreign money to directly and indirectly influence our lit call system. since the citizens decision, we
attempts. thankfully we have no evidence of that happening here. investment control. key economic sectors. we learned from heather connolly s testimony in our last hearing that the kremlin play book is to manipulate other countries through economic penetration. heavily investing in critical sectors of the target country s economy to create political leverage. putin s petro politics uses russia s control of natural gas to create political pressure. but no as to that tactic here so far. shady business and financial ties. russia exploits the dark shadows of economic and political systems. fbi director comey testified last week that the united states is becoming the last big haven for shell corporations where the corporate forum allows the concealment of criminal funds and can allow foreign money to influence our political system. since the citizens united decision, we ve seen
military called on morsi to find a settlement or they threatened a military coup. we did see a pullback in our markets when that announcement was made. so obviously, our market is watching what s happening overseas. massive uprising there. we ll continue to take you back live to cairo to get the latest developments there. meanwhile, just call carl icahn the $5 billion man. he reportedly secured $5.25 billion in financing for his dell bid. he will be here exclusively to talk about that and what happens next. join us. that s an unfolding story. gold bouncing back big today after last week s carnage. meet someone who says gold will actually make you more money than the stock market, between now and the end of the year. does that mean that gold will soar, or that stocks are going to fall? we ll figure that out coming up in a little bit. let s look at where we stand as we approach the final stretch for a monday. the first day of the second half of the year. the first day o
more secrets from u.s. diplomatic documents. and a new survey reveals what u.s. troops really think about gays serving openly in the united states military. now the pentagon is giving a green light to repealing don t ask, don t tell. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. exactly four weeks after democrats got pounded on election day, president obama finally met with leaders of both parties and warned they can t afford to play partisan games any longer. republican s say the white hous summit was productive and they did manage to get something out of their hosts. let s go straight to our white house correspondent, dan lothian. dan, did this go the way the president hoped it would go? reporter: well, the president does believe it was productive but it was hardly what he had envisioned when he first announced this summit. it was only two hour, not a lengthy event. it did not end with a dinner. there was there were no cameras inside to capture what was going on t
the united states and strong commitment to the you states and europe feels strained. here s heather connolly. the call from europe that you re hearing is come on, america, we need you, we need you now more than ever. we need allies and this is a value based partnership. reporter: one that feels strained now and part of what s going to happen here, a press conference later on today a private dinner at the white house, maybe a little patchwork. shepard: i wonder if it isn t about the financial crisis and the way we handled it and haven t stopped what made it happen. maybe so. i think they ll talk about that. without a doubt. and there s a problem there for the administration. what the europeans want is a more stricter regulatory regime around hedge funds and derivative and high-flying financial instruments that many