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0 when that committee was reviewing this deal with, congress went absolutely nuts over it. in the end, that deal did not go through. that was in 2005. china was not allowed to come in and buy that company. now they are trying good. they are in the process of trying to buy a canadian oil company. but again, the committee on foreign investments in the u.s. has some jurisdiction here because the canadian company does a lot of business in our gulf of mexico. this is a chinese government-owned giant ...

0 congress went absolutely nuts over it it. in the end, that deal did not go through. that was in 2005. china was not allowed to come in and buy that company. now they are trying good. they are in the process of trying to buy a canadian oil company. but again, the committee on foreign investments in the u.s. has some jurisdiction here because the canadian company does a lot of business in our gulf of mexico. this is a chinese government-owned giant oil company trying to buy american oil infrastr...

ex-planing what they do. its supposed to be an oil derrick and the c is the platform that its sitting on. the whole thing is in blue water because they are an offshore oil company. this chinese company is a huge company. its almost entirely owned by the chinese government. in 2005, they tried to take over an oil company based in california. so big chinese, state-run company trying to take over a california company. this is the chinese government, a big business deal like that actually ...

the whole thing is in blue water because they are an offshore oil company. this chinese company is a huge company. its almost entirely owned by the chinese government. in 2005, they tried to take over an oil company based in california. so big chinese, state-run company trying to take over a california company. this is the chinese government, a big business deal like that actually does have national security implications for us as a country. thats the kind of international business dea...

kind of a pictograph explaining what they do. its supposed to be an oil derrick and the c is the platform that its sitting on. the whole thing is in blue water because they are an offshore oil company. this chinese company is a huge company. its almost entirely owned by the chinese government. in 2005, they tried to take over an oil company based in california. so big chinese, state-run company trying to take over a california company. this is the chinese government, a big business dea...

Work for every american or just the most fortunate ones? get your cell phons out. we want to know what you think. should mitt romney exercise some personal responsibility and apologize to 47% of americans? text a for yes and b for no. you can leave a comment on our blog. well bring you the results later on in the show. joining me tonight is senator bernie sanders. senator, great to have you with us tonight. is mitt romneys characterization of the 47% accurate at all? >> well, no. its not accurat...

>> we have seen a rift on the right over this issue. ed shultz was covering this very well in the last hour talking about how the romney campaign didnt take it back, but there are elements on the right led by talk radio, people saying this is what we believe. we ought to take this as an opportunity to articulate that 47% of the country that doesnt pay income taxes. we ought to be targeting ourselves to the country in a way that does not pay attention to those people and speaks to the creators an...

Yesterday. >> my first reaction was, cant be true. the tape must be edited. he cant possibly have disparaged almost half of the population with seven weeks to go in the election campaign. alas, it turns out to be exactly what he said. when you have a dedicated republican such as bill crystal, one of the real powers in the party, describing this as, quote, arrogant and stupid, unquote, that tells you a lot. this is a deep wound to romneys chances. i think disastrous, but im not prepared to say ca...

Romney cuts more taxes? because thats what hes out there saying. he wants to cut more taxes. bottom line, americans want to know, is it going to help the economy if he does? >> the evidence sit 1945 is no, it will hurt the economy. especially in recent years. what this study shows, ed, is that the top tiny group, the top 1 in 1,000 americans, they got this much income. now they get this much. its redistributing income upwards and its not helping the vast majority of americans at all. >> i want t...

Great to have you with us. will it help the economy if mitt romney cuts more taxes? because thats what hes out there say iing. he wants to cut more taxes. bottom line, americans want to know, is it going to help the economy if he does? >> the evidence sit 1945 is no, it will hurt the economy. especially in recent years. what this study shows, ed, is that the top tiny group, the top 1 in 1,000 americans, they got this much income. now they get this much. its redistributing income upwards and its ...