primarily from large u.s. companies say the new rules create competitive disadvantages lead to job losses and thwart innovation. asking congress to move back to immediately deductibility before the end of the year. for people who say hey, listen, big companies have had a good run here, they are making a lot of profits, got a balance the book somewhere. what do you say? that s money that goes into r and d if it exists. if it doesn t exist it doesn t go into r and d. 70% of r and d there is a direct tie to jobs. and if we are less competitive than even other western countries that s where the r and d investments will go where it s incentivized. bret: you are excited about the future. but are you skeptical, are you worried about what china is doing? i think we are all worried about china. i mean, this is a bipartisan agreement that china is a facing threat in a number of ways. partner and global partners we have to get after and they are a market in some ways.
doesn t go into the taliban coffers? so, again, this is an area where, i think there has just been a real lack of urgency. you talked about the humanitarian crisis a moment ago. the u.n. is saying today that half all children under 5 are malnourished. there has to be a solution where these funds can be made available. and the afghan central bank can function under appropriate oversight that makes sure that those funds really are used to allow the economy to function, not for terrorism. and the u.s. government just has not made it an urge against enough issue to get that done. yeah. it s a very complex question. how to get the money to the people who need it, without it going to the taliban to further their goals. heather barr from human rights, thank you for your time today. appreciate it. thank you. now from a rising republican star to fight for her political
devastating storm. what happened? i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. all right. look at this. this was then pf president obama us bus last august making its way through the midwest. look a this. this is now president obama s bus with a seemingly new accessory front and center. we re talking about a presidential seal. it s a bold reminder as he kicks his campaign into full gear in ohio, a major battleground state to be sure, that he has rivalled mitt romney. they are both trying to win in order to become president. at least in his part to remain president of the united states, romney s part to become president of the united states. the romney campaign though is trying to steal a bit of the thunder in the area. the president certainly didn t shy away from mixing policy with politics taking key action just hours before his speech to help bolster the economy. our white house correspondent, dan lothian, is traveling with the president in ohio right now. dan is joi
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today the world is asking what happens next. i m wolf blitzer in washington. we want to welcome our special our viewers through our special coverage of kim jong il s death. we re covering all the angles of this developing story. we have reporters across the world from beijing to the pentagon, to london, to the white house and beyond. instability in the region is a major worry right now. stan grant is in beijing and is joining us now live. stan, just a couple of hours ago we learned north korea test fired a short-range missile. what s the reaction in china, which obviously has the closest of relations with north korea? reporter: no reaction to that report of the short-range missile being fired. we know that north korea has these and has carried out these types of test firings before. out of south korea there have been reports that they don t see this as having been a hostile act towards south korea or anything related to that. however, this once again leads to the uncertai