yes, charles, as you pointed out on that chart, iran is second only to saudi arabia in opec s list of oil-exporting nations. a restriction on its supplies could send prices which are already about $100 a barrel, even higher. with a somewhat battered and bruised global economy at the moment that could threaten any recovery. we have a senior research analyst. he jones us now. let s start off with a nightmare scenario of a closure of the straits of hormuz. how likely is that? very unlikely. that could have catastrophic effects on the global economy. you d see oil prices strike above $200 a battle. it was cause a global recession. for iran, it would close off
here is the deal. once you see the goalposts go down, you have to beware. that is when kids get hurt that what happened in oklahoma state. carry them through town have a great time. while you do it, make sure you re not hurting folks in the school. martha: stepping on people s heads. bill: a little bit of that too. you saw the rush, what a scene. they dumped documents hoping no one would notice. new details on operation fast and furious and how the justice department admitted lying right to one senator s face. details on that. martha: will mitt romney s responses some sort of call them snippy, give an opening to another candidate who is at the back of the pack? you think a mandate, mandatedding people to buy insurance is the right tool? bret, i don t know how many hundreds times i said this too. this is unusual interview. all right. let s do it again. martha: republican presidential candidate jon huntsman is watching all of that quite closely. he jones us live next.
the dream act or don t ask don t tell or the firefighters bill or any of these others because we shouldn t. we should wait until the next congress. martha: all right. after the first of the year texas republican lamar smith will become the chairman of the house judiciary committee and he jones us now. congressman, welcome, good to have you here today. thank you martha. martha: are you a bit baffled by the pushing of this bill despite what happened on the floor? well, it passed by 18 votes on the floor but really the dream act is a nightmare to american workers, to american taxpayers, and to anybody who respects the rule of law and it s just incredible they would bring up a bill that hasn t had any process, no hearings, it hasn t been approved by any committee, and in this time of 9.8% unemployment, they want to give amnesty to 2 million people, and we re not just talking about kids, we re talking about anyone under the age of 30. and why they have this great disconnect between what
i was at a therapist and he s saying it s not an obsession. it s a healthy level of concern. your healthy level of concern for the apocalypse. if something happens. i like to go around with cool stuff like this. and you re prepared. when the first of us like i read that you were able to kill squirrels with your hand? all right, yes. they re much harder to catch than you would think. i was going to say, the hardest part is catching them. you have to be in some really good shape. so you re a lightweight champion and mixed martial artist. you know how to take i got that part handled. you do. what stuff did you bring to teach the rest of us? i got some water. i m a little parched. this is the stuff that you should have on hand for when the your go bag, your getaway, whatever. beef jerky. great. keeps forever, you know, well, actually it sdenlt. toothpaste. you don t use this now. i won t need that. we ve already noticed. another reason for me to go this
well, go ahead. we had 1,000 people registered from 45 different churches split in two locations but more than that, our primary goal was to give the family values to the jersey shore and spread our message to thousands but instead, the entire nation is talking about what we did and we re sitting on the number one cable news show in america so that s a 100% supernatural success. fantastic plug for you and for us as well. that s right. we had a lot of help from the town, you know, seaside heights was just like phenomenal. seaside heights, we should point out is where the jersey shore house is located. yes. but where all that crazy stuff happens. right, jenkinston, the pavilion that s where they were on the beach that day, ok? and they were great. they were phenomenal and then casino pier, breakwater beach were all behind us helping us out and just, you know, pushing us right along. and the venue changed. venue changed at the very last second of this thing. and i un