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All this. doug, taking a look at the last two presidents on their first foreign trip, president obama went to canada in 2009 and george w. bush took his first foreign trip to mexico in february 2001. it took a few extra months but the president is jumping in, going overseas. good move? bad move? >> i think it's the right move. there is a new and emerging alliance between israel, saudi and the egyptians and that's important, and for nato which the president has called obsolete and reversed himself, he has to reassure them to make it clear he will stand up against russia aggression which is stro...

All this. doug, taking a look at the last two presidents on their first foreign trip, president obama went to canada in 2009 and george w. bush took his first foreign trip to mexico in february 2001. it took a few extra months but the president is jumping in, going overseas. good move? bad move? >> i think it's th there is a new and emerging alliance between israel, saudi and the egyptians and that's important, and for nato which the president has called obsolete and reversed himself, he has to reassure them to make it clear he will stand up against russia aggression which is strong in the bal...

Since february 2001. >> it tells you people, there's not a lot of safety nets compared to other times in history so they are saying to themselves things are good enough that i can take a chance, i can move on to another job, they are paying more money across the street. >> if you throw the graphic backup it is a telling indicator, 2011, 2010, people quitting their jobs, the indication is this risk. >> there is some interesting things to watch, this is one indicator, the other is the unemployment rate will start to go up a little bit as the economy improves and as more jobs come back online and...

To the environment and the least disturbance to the economy. >> the italians and americans put together a salvage plan, released footage and animation of the complicated operation which included attaching heavy cables from poles to keep the ship from sinking even deeper. the work was extremely dangerous. >> anybody doing any work is going to be in a weird position. so you're going to have to have safety harnesses and equipment that can deal with that kind of environment. because nothing is straight. >> it was not until this past september 20 months after the accident that the costa concordia w...

Environment. because nothing is straight. >> it was not until this past september 20 months after the accident that the costa concordia was brought to a vertical position. but months of the salvage operation are still left. ultimately the ship will be towed to a nearby port and torn down. hundreds of billions of dollars have been spent. in just over a decade earlier in february 2001, a u.s. sub, the pacific, off the coast of oahu initiates an incident. nine people were killed including four high school students. because of the depth and weight of the wreckage there were doubts that it could ev...