Brooke, thanks very much. Were counting down the final seconds of trading on wall street where the dow listen to it its ending right now on a record high. Listen to the bells. Topping the previous milestone, look at this, 14,254. Thats not necessarily the final number but it is a high. Cnns business chief correspondent ali velshi and christine romans, they are all standing by. But lets go over to alison kosik. Shes over at the new york stock exchange. Alison, whats the reaction . Whats funny is as ex siding as the headlines make this out to be, making hirs history today, despite all of that, i just didnt see the excitement on the floor today. No confetti, no cheers. And its really the numbers that tell the story. When you look at the board at the other numbers, the volume of trading that happened here on the floor today, the volume of trades is very low. Usually when the markets get to the knnew highs, you see the volume but its really lacking the excitement. No doubt about it, its a h
An intimate encounter between the charismatic Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and Che Guevara s daughter Aleida Is Venezuela the new Cuba? Elected by an overwhelming popular mandate in 1998, which has been reaffirmed in elections several times since, Hugo Chavez is one of Latin America s most outspoken political leaders today. In this extraordinary encounter, Chavez is interviewed by Aleida Guevara, the daughter of the legendary revolutionary Che Guevara. He expresses a fiercely nationalist vision for Venezuela and a commitment to a united Latin America. He also discusses the significance of the military coup against his government in April 2002, Venezuela s new democratic constitution, the extensive social programs undertaken as part of the Bolivarian revolution and assesses his country s relations with the United States and Cuba.
money to fund this multimillion dollar arena right behind me. also a city parking gar ran. minor league ballpark. down the delta, marina. all of these city assets were supposed to make money here. they never did. we ll talk more about what it s like to live in and run a bankrupt city. that is a bit later. we begin 6,000 miles from here with mitt romney in europe. the boat agrees. the reviews of the trip have been in the main stream media, mostly bad. today, governor romney and his people had plenty to say about that. not all of it suitable for television. we re just told that the governor just landed back in boston. but from warsaw, poland, chief political correspondent carl cameron. reporter: in poland, wrapping up a week-long foreign trip, many in the press dubbed gaffe-prone, they think they re trying to cover for obama where romney criticized for the first and only time overseas. has this been a gap-prone trip for you? i m pleased with what i learned on the trip and
society. reporter: romney out theed poland economy as antithesis of the big government approach he accuses the president heaping on the u.s. rather than heeding false promise of government economy, polish wanted to expand trade, attract investment and live within its means. your success today is a remind they re the principles of free enterprise can propel an economy and transform a society. romney visits the tomb of the unknown soldier. and later at a memorial to pope john paul ii despite the somber nature of the moment u.s. reporters shouted questions at him, as he departed. what about your gaffes? governor romney, do you feel your gaffes overshadowed your foreign trip? they were abruptly told in language by an romney aide this is not the place. show some respect. we won t have another chance to ask him questions. this is a holy site. romney visited the polish president. and in a separate meeting thanked poe lan for contribution to iraq war an afghanista
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