Baghdad. There is new fighting today. Shiite clerics telling their followers to take up arms against the approaching sunnis. This is what religious civil war looks like. Statement American Contractors stuck in iraq are scrambling to get out of the country as fast as they can. We will have their story straight ahead. A new report from the u. S. Government says 96 of the shale in one of the countrys Biggest Research areas is unusable. What will that mean for u. S. Energy policy. As that crisis in iraq grows, lets take a look at where oil is trading now. Brent crude is trading. Up about half a . Bob, youre going first today. How does it feel . Its pretty simple. Essentially down at the open, but we have drifted to the upside, president made some comments just before noon so the s p 500 is on the up side. The other key point is you see the nice move up is the transports. At this time so you see a nice recovery in all the transportation sectors. Another group that continue toss do with is b
For russia for the continues violence in ukraine. But russias most powerful man tells cnbc he will continue to collaborate with the u. S. Despite sanctions. We will continue to work to demonstrate our efficiency to be both beneficial to russian and American Companies. And from the pitch to the palace, prince phillipe ready to take the throne as spains new king after the 20 defeat against chile. You are look at live pictures from spain where prince phillipe is about to enjoy his coronation as the new king of spain. So a happy day for spain, but a sad day in many other respects. They were crushed out of the world cup. Remember, they were champions when they lifted the cup the last time around. Very different circumstances this time around. I guess its up to him to pick up the pieces after that crushing defeat yesterday. Did you watch it . I did not. I watched the australian game. Aus trail is out now, right . They are, fortunate. And the dutch are one of the favorites. Lets get back to t
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in a company accustomed to chorjs, people saying they never had it so bad. hard liners did not like the tone of reforms introduced. the reforms were meant to restore and refresh commonism and refresh the union and they had the opposite effect. it was a matter of time before the old establishism were going to try to get rid of him. the message calling for national unity has fallen on deaf ears. it s difficult for outsiders to capture the mal strom that-in. when i was traveling with president bush he was depleted by what he had to deal with on every level. it was intended to celebrate a united and successful soviet military machine. but this day comes as the army is losing its role abroad and
senate bill and a presidential proposal, so there s no real legislation, so we re a long time from this taking legislative meaning or having people decide what they re going to goat for or against. jane: major is on it, thanks, major. jon: if democrats do decide to push health care through with a simple majority vote, one man could have a huge impact on the process and he s not even an elected member of congress. more on this potential new player in the health care debate, let s go to james rosen in washington. who are we talking about? reporter: this individual is so obscure his title is almost unpronounceable but he is the man at the center of the mal strom. we speak of 63-year-old allan fruman serving a second tour duty as a parliamentarian of the united states senate and although there are different interpretations, and imagine, different interpretations an capitol hill, it is the senate