fired more people, mitt romney and barack obama slam china. day one. president romney stands up to china. demands a level playing field for our businesses and workers. just today, to kick off his bus tour, the president played the china card too. just this morning, my administration took a new action to hold china accountable for unfair trade practices that harm american automakers. and let me tell you something. americans aren t afraid to compete. we believe in competition. the president is referring to chinese tariffs on american-made cars and raised costs between 10% and 22%. what is amazing when you look at the numbers the claim doesn t really add up. look at gm sales in china. in the month of may, they were up 21% from last year. so far this year gm sold a record 1.2 million cars in china, more than the united states. the real untold story here isn t really about chinese tariffs on u.s. cars. it s how much china is helping america s economy. so let s start with o
countrywide s ceo, oversaw the program giving a lot of people on capitol hill this preferential treatment. it was called the whole program was called, if you can believe it, the friends of angelo program. now, the report today names a string of lawmakers and regulators from both parties, democrats and republicans, who benefited from this vip treatment. senate budget committee chairman, for instance, democrat kent conrad. former democratic senator chris dodd. republican house armed services committee chairman buck mckeon. all three deny any wrongdoing. the former ceo of fannie mae, officials at freddie mac and a secretary of housing and urban development were also in this friends of angielo program. so were congressional staffers from both parties that played a role in legislation that affected countrywide. these vips got favorable mortgage rates and points. one was a chairman of the house oversight committee, the very same committee investigating countrywide. he also denies
don t screw with this, okay? this is piers morgan tonight. cona o brien is very tall, he s very talented, he s very irish and perhaps the funniest man with red hair on the entire planet. he s also an ordained minister. he hosts his own late-night show on tv. you are a man of many talents, aren t you? yes, i am. thank you for noticing that. you didn t even scratch the surface. i have a high falsetto. i m hairless, completely hairless, my body. i m aerodynamic. there s nothing i can t do. what is the genuinely weirdest thing about you that nobody knows? wow, that s a good one. the weirdest thing about me that nobody knows. i can be amusing at times. it seems to have escaped people s notice. you don t do many interviews. i don t do a lot. i ve been trying to lure you for like 18 months. i don t do a lot because think about it, i m on television constantly. since 1993, i m on tv for a chunk of time every day. i m not looking for more ways to be on television.
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it s really hard to build schools in the middle of nowhere. we don t know fully yet what happened. and to some extent, i mean, seriously questions but we should reserve judgment to some degree. well, we will see what happens. it unfolds over the next days and months. nick, thank you. alex and peter, as well. still ahead tonight, the images you will remember, were just heartbreaking. thousands of birds coated with oil after the largest oil spill in the united states history. new documentary that follows the fight to save one of those birds, the brown pelican. we got a preview. soledad, new information tonight about the earthquake and tsunami in japan and a new tool in the clean-up effort. how robots are being used to help in areas that are too dangerous for human workers. that s coming right up. terhemea t adththod it s dif - alcium c