countries in the me john know america plays an indispensable role and we d like america to continue to do that. rose: a conversation about china, the united states, asia, and the world with the prime minister of singapore when we continue. captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. rose: singapore s prime minister lee hsein loong is here. he is in the united states this week for the nuclear security summit and for meetings with american officials, including the secretary of state. he s been prime minister since 2004, he s only the city state s third prime minister. he is the son of lee kwan yue, singapore s founding father. i am pleased to have him back on this broadcast with me while he s making this visit to washington. welcome. hello. rose: tell me what you think was accomplished at this summit of 46 nations. i think president obama did the world a service. this is an issue, nuclear security and nuclear te
role and we d like america to continue to do that. rose: a conversation about china, the united states, asia, and the world with the prime minister of singapore when we continue. captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. rose: singapore s prime minister lee hsein loong is here. he is in the united states this week for the nuclear security summit and for meetings with american officials, including the secretary of state. he s been prime minister since 2004, he s only the city state s third prime minister. he is the son of lee kwan yue, singapore s founding father. i am pleased to have him back on this broadcast with me while he s making this visit to washington. welcome. hello. rose: tell me what you think was accomplished at this summit of 46 nations. i think president obama did the world a service. this is an issue, nuclear security and nuclear terrorism which is important but not urgent. it s not something
aid of greece, which it looks like angela merkel is facing the loss on the 9th. it is all about politics. we go to trish regan and the closing bell. it is 4:00 p.m. on wall street, do you know where your money is? welcome to the closing bell, i m trish regan in for maria bartiromo, and here is what we are following at the close. the stock rally losing steam at fitch cut portugal s credit rating raising concerns about more debt problems in europe. now, unexpected decline in new home sales weighed on the markets. treasury yields surging after weak demand for the government s $42 billion sale of 5-year notes and the yield on the 10-year rising to the highest level since early january. and oil prices tumbling 2% to close under $81 a barrel. well, lots of news also happening across the pond, and that is where we will find our maria bartiromo who is on assignment in london. maria? two major stories rocking the uk today. first britains finance minister alistair darling relea