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In the meantime the federal government is shipping in truck loads of bottled water for the 300,000 residents unable to use tap water for washing hand, brushing teeth or bathing. former nba player charles smith is speaking out about the controversial trip he made with dennis rodman to north korea. in an exclusive interview with cnn this morning, smith defended both the visit and rodman. >> what dennis wants is he wants to -- he has a deep desire to do something good in a big way for his family, his kids, and so his kids can be proud of him. i felt for him. hi felt for him on this trip because i...

He's got to stand strong and stand tough. he can do procedural stuff but nothing substantive when it comes to those movements. >> does social media have an impact? >> they're brilliantly using the internet. they're catching up with rappers and reality stars. if you deploy resources on twitter, instagram, the like, facebook. if it happened in the arab spring, it can certainly defrost the american winter. >> donna, this is where the republicans are really inept. they have no kind of social networking ground game. they have no poll that supports what they want to do. even the ceos and the busines...

So it must come down to boehner's future. do you see more and more republicans starting to peel off in the house? will this pressure mount? >> absolutely. i think -- i think we're seeing an awful lot of republicans already folding privately. and i think that that's being reflected in the larger debate. i think we're going to see more of that. i mean, i'm very struck by -- the day after we had the sacred cows of the republican party -- i mean, there was a barbecue of the sacred cows. it was amazing. grover norquist, persona non grata. karl rove, completely unwelcomed in many corners in which he...

Of oil. >> whatever happens on this scenario we'll see higher rather than lower price? >> i think in the near term as we see pressure mount on iran, if the eu follows through on sanctions, i think this will result in the short term of increased oil prices, just given the risks of that disruption of supply. >> significant, could you put a number on it? >> i think it's difficult to put a number on it. in the short term i could see oil testing over $120, $125 a barrel. >> brent? >> yes, brent, those kinds of number. like we saw in 2011, of course, with libya, this is the point at which the margin...

india, ford's allen moulally. caution has crept in before the week is out. european markets are marginally out, asian markets are marginally down. futures are flat. the predicted number of new jobs is around about 150,000. many say that is better but charles still not good enough. >> no. i think that's very much going to be what is dominating investor thought really all way around the globe. we are seeing this slight rebound here in europe. there was a bit of a sell-off, i think perhaps in anticipation of a strong nonfarm payroll. maybe as many as 90,000 jobs being created. that's ...