No. Its not that we dont need the money. We are desperate because of certain commitments and liabilities that we have. They are promising to stick by financial obligations. The president will unveil his budget today. He wants a minimum 19 tax on future foreign earnings of usbased companies in addition to a 14 tax on 2 trillion in a stockpiled offs our offshore pilots. That is according to the near times. The Ukraine Forces have had recent setbacks. Nato is asking the United States for weapons and equipment. John kerry will visit the country on a thursday. Refineries are dealing with the biggest strike since 1980. They stop work sunday at nine sites after failing to agree on a labor contract. They had no choice. They rejected five contract offers made by royal dutch shell. After to exempt talking, they finally plate played and it was a big game. It ended with a late interception as the patriots won their fourth super bowl title. They barely beat the seattle seahawks. It couldve gone eit
Consumers but the opposite still seems to be the case. This market likes it when oil is moving higher. Last thursday lets all recall oil hit a low of 43 and change. Now were almost 10 above that right now. Almost 25 gain. I will mention Brian Reynolds just hitting the tape saying he thinks this will help stocks fend off some of the weakness we have seen wreryeartodate. There is certainly a lot to watch. Not clear at all just what this move will even. Aetnas sew Mark Bertolini is joining us in an exclusive interview. Why theyre raising their outlook plus well ask him to weigh in on the controversy. The vaccine story was a big part of the show yesterday with kellys interview with senator rand paul. Disneyland in california was kind of ground zero for the measles vaccine debate with that scare out there. Bob iger will be here after his companys earnings are released tonight. Well get his take on all of that. Im sure im sure that bob will have something to say about that. Here is where we
See a military solution to this conflict, but we have to put all our efforts into bringing about a diplomatic solution. Should the United States intervene by arming ukraine . We will host a debate between retired air force general charles wald, the formerdeputy commander of u. S. European command, and university of chicago Professor John mearsheimer. Then to ferguson, six months after the Police Shooting of Michael Brown, more than a dozen st. Louisarea residents have filed lawsuits accusing ferguson and a neighboring suburb of creating an illegal debtors prison scheme by targeting African Americans with arrests and fines. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. President obama says he has not yet decided yet whether to send arms to the Ukrainian Military to fight russianbacked rebels. Obama criticized russias role in the conflict during a joint News Conference at the white house with german chancellor Angela
They started unloading ships at 8 00 a. M. Local here in los angeles. Over on the long beach side as well. I have to say since weve been on the water since 6 00 a. M. We have yet to see a new ship come in or leave, and if are you flying into los angeles, well roll the video. Youll see something very similar to this. It looks still like an armada out there. In the morning midwest it looks reminiscent somewhat of dday. If you lined up all the ships waiting off shore, it would stretch 579 miles. At least the trucks are moving again. It could take until april until all the union locals vote on this tentative deal. Also, all the employer members of the Pacific Maritime association have to approve it. Its a deal which replace the lone arbitrator with an arbitration panel. It raises wages, which the pma say now average 50 an hour. Plus it raises the pension and it continues to provide Health Care Completely free to dockworkers. I have all the confidence in the world that when the rankandfile
As president obama considers Arming Ukrainian soldiers to fight russianbacked rebels, german chancellor Angela Merkel warns there is no military solution to the crisis. I have always said i dont see a military solution to this conflict, but we have to put all our efforts into bringing about a diplomatic solution. Should the United States intervene by arming ukraine . We will host a debate between retired air force general charles wald, the formerDeputy Commander of u. S. European command, and university of chicago Professor John mearsheimer. Then to ferguson, six months after the Police Shooting of Michael Brown, more than a dozen st. Louisarea residents have filed lawsuits accusing ferguson and a neighboring suburb of creating an illegal debtors prison scheme by targeting African Americans with arrests and fines. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. President obama says he has not yet decided yet whether