in trading configuration that dominated northern europe. the sea routes once extended along the coast from london in the west. this gigantic association of merchant guilds and cities existed for more than 300 years. merchants with trade goods like grain or jewelry on the routes and get rich doing it as well. we followed one route to see what is left of the past. >> we are setting out on our journey into the past two the year 1361, to be precise. that is when the baltic seaport became an active member of the leak. it was a powerful no. german mercantile federation set up to protect trade, protect merchant ships and carriers of northern europe. for more than 650 years, the city, now known by its polish name, has proudly called itself part of the leak. >> the court building was the symbol of the hanseatic league. that is where merchants met to discuss important political and economic decisions. it is a very handsome building that they can still be proud of today. >> once a meeting point for merchant guilds, today, it plays host to foreign dign

part of the sub-region geographers call northern europe, the tiny island-nation of iceland is not just far from the region's heartland, but separated by hundreds of miles of ocean. iceland is a country on the edge of europe, both politically and geologically. its physical geography also puts it on the edge of the habitable world. but its location creates great bounty, and the culture of iceland has benefited greatly from its human-environmental interaction. the question is, will they deplete their greatest resource, fish stocks, or will quotas sustain the harvest? changes in their fishing fleet just reinforce an ongoing population change, rural-to-urban migration. ( seagulls cawing ) ( squawking ) narrator: catching puffins to eat may seem cruel to many people; but on the island of heimaey off the coast of iceland, seabirds have been part of the diet for a thousand years. ( conversing quietly ) although they no longer rely on puffins, the islanders still depend on the finite gifts of a hostile environment to survive. and there is one gift above all others on which this tiny country mus

. >> like many others, the thai farmers came to northern europe in the hope of earning good money by picking berries despite the risks. >> i need the money to pay my debts and to get by. i am saving for my children's education. >> their daily earnings are unpredictable. they often have to drive for hours to find an area with lots of barry's -- barry's bob -- berries. it wastes precious working time. the men have to pick thousands of kilos of berries to make a profit, and their lives begin to take very quickly. >> to avoid back pain, you should bend down while keeping your torso straight and without swinging too much. >> if held problems arise or it has been a bad year for berry picking, workers could be left without a cent or even find themselves with more debt. they sell the berries for 1.5 euros per kilo. no finn would work for such a low ridge. it is a lucrative business for the operators. they are normally camera shy, but this businessman and his go- between make an exception to talk to us. he makes good money from the 400 berry pickers he employs. he has no social security costs

we do not what political conditions are going to permit in northern europe. we do not know what will happen with respect to on certain banking systems. but i think there is a proper judgment and having made the commitment to the era, the right path forward is to try to live with it and do what is necessary to make it work. >> if the euro were to collapse, how big of a deal with that before the world economy? >> in ways that are more negative than has been true historical way and in ways that are larger than has been true for some decades. the fate of the global economy over the next several years rests with europe. europe does not have the capacity to be the promotion and that creates a global expansion. but europe does have the capacity to be in the shark that brings the global economy to a screeching halt. it is the reason why so much of economic and financial diplomacy has centered, including the active involvement of the president of the united states and europe over the last year. >> you mentioned the president of the united states. when asked about his

all right, a large system is dominating northern europe. it is going to be bringing, some, very cold rain in toward the scandinavian peninsula. gusts could exceed, 70 miles an hour. very windy. up toward the north of norway. precipitation could turn over to snow. things are looking pretty settled throughout much of central europe. but we have this cut off low that just continues to revolve here over italy. bringing some, severe thunderstorms, strong wind. some of the showers will start to spread into the balkan peninsula. heat its starting to build. that will keep temperatures down. madrid. 28 degrees. up to 31 on wednesday. and getting up to 35 in lisbon. meanwhile, give you a look at what is happening in london. paralympics are taking place. conditions look pretty good for the next three dates. i will leave you now with your extended forecast. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> our top story once again, the deputy commander of free syrian army says his forces now control 60% of the city of aleppo. >> translator: because the aircraft have dropped fuel ai

europe and that those stronger creditor countries i don't think it's necessary right of course and of course for anybody that was wondering if the eurozone crisis had kind of died down and they started to feel like it was boring or becoming just kind of a broken record why do we have today we have protests then great. so you know no questions about whether or not the eurozone crisis rages on and i think we're going to be showing pictures of what's going on in greece today now these are the first protests that we've seen the first major protests at least since the new government was elected and we do have a new coalition government in greece now what we have seen before though are these protests on the streets and it didn't really ever seem to do much either from you know from how i see it in washington in terms of how the greek government push forward reforms do you think that there is anything we should be expecting now in terms of a different outcome now that we have a different government. now really i mean the reality is that these protests as specially in the case of greece like

one part of europe is doing very well. germany, france, northern europe. the rest of europe, particularly the southern areas, spain, italy, portugal, greece. ireland is not southern. hungry communist eastern. and others are in terrible shape, serious terrible shape. and because some folks don't pay attention to numbers, here's a chance for a statistic to help you. the professors in your essay cited at my university where he taught in esters at the university of athens, the major university in greece. their salaries today, as we speak, are 40% less than what they were in may 2010. just try to imagine yourself in a job that you have capped in which the money you get, the money you get every week is 40% less. and that is true for all public employees in greece. police persons, fire persons, school teachers, social workers, you name it. so these are societies that are in a major crash. people are leaving greece in a way they haven't seen for 75 years. young people, there's no work, no future. his resume in ireland which has a built room for a while, but the ir

europe is very different. in northern europe is actually coming through this crisis very well. germany for example is doing much better than the united states. germany's unemployment has shrunk in the last few years and. the united states has had nothing of the sort. we began at about 5% and we went up to 10% and we are now at 8.5%. that is not a recovery. the germans are doing real well. that one of the best safety nets in europe. their safety net, that is their provision of services for their people, has not been the cause of him having a hard time. if anything the logic runs the other way and the other parts of europe that are doing quite nicely or scandinavia and they are famous for the quality of their care safety net so the idea that europe's problems are because they have a safety net requires you not to know much about europe and many american commentators qualified on that score. having said that though, the crisis is very real in europe and i would urge all of you to pay attention because europe is a very very important player in the world. in many ways is the number

especially in northern europe where there is core strength there. we posted 10% revenues growth this year. 15% comp store growth in europe. yeah. we are outperforming. we are gaining significant market share in a very tough market. we are feeling it like everyone else. the consumer is under more pressure. the uncertainty being built in europe clearly is an obstacle that we are overcoming. it's also creating great marketshare opportunities as we continue to garner market share in a tough market. >> one thing i love about manny is you have up to date information. back to school, a lot of guys are worried. in the conference calls you don't sound worried. >> we are off to a strong start in october. the month of august in north america. there are comps for calvin klein and tommy. comps in europe continued in the low teens. our heritage business continues to comp positively in the 1 to 2% range. a strong start to the season. very strong start with the key retail partners, macy's, jc penney and kohl's. >> i have been chiding you that heritage, maybe it was

europe would approve. there's pent up money. that gave them a reason to buy their favorites. they came in and did just that. it's another situation where flows are trumping fundamentals because if you looked at any of the economic data this morning, there was nothing to like. literally nothing to like starting from durable goods, gdp. i think people have money to put to work. today they said, spain's good, let's buy. >> i agree with that. people are looking to jump in on any positive news out of europe. i think underneath that are the technicals that you have to pay attention to here. the market's giving you these strong levels of support. today it was right around the 1425, 1428, 1430 level. we hit a low of 1433. when we held that level i think that coupled with spain had a lot of people coming into the market so, again, to the up side we went to 1450 on the s&p. i think the market wants to tried to 1500. >> in terms of the technical support, is that backed up in the options markets? >> sure. the vol in v

europe. but i think what's less understood is for a variety of reasons, the share of income that people in the middle of the middle class have made in taxes has been coming down steadily for 30 years. in 1979, people and that middle 20% of the income distribution paid about 90% of their income taxes of all kinds to the federal government, according to the congressional budget office. in 1999, 20 years later, it was down to 70%. patchett, i mean in 2007 before the recession hit, it was about 14%. last year, partly because the recession from people's income were depressed and/or special tax breaks it was down to 12%. the typical american family has been paying less in taxes every year. as a share of their income, even though the government has been spending more money every year as a share of the income. where is the money coming from? we are borrowing it. last year we borrowed 36 cents of every dollar we spend. most of it from abroad, half of that from the chinese. at the bottom fishers of pol

europe, when there were trying to extend financial services to the poor it was with the savings and credit co-ops, some of which exists to this day, use savings and credit skills from the model in germany to you could argue bank good racket which is now the biggest macrophyte institution in the world. nonprofits savings and credit co-ops. we have done now despite the success of this, despite the fact that those did it grow into mature financial sectors hundreds of years later, we have done now is thrown out this idea of the for-profit and basically fallen for this month for which the your time and time again. the only way that you can make anything work in the world nowadays is with shareholders and wall street's. this is apparently the only way out. yet that is not what we did. this not what the germans did to me now with the dutch did, now with the canadians did. look at the origin of the canadian financial sector. it was the savings in critical ops. it was not -- it did not have this total pure free-market capitalism behind it. now we're told, if you don't have shareholders and w

europe. but i think what's less understood is for a variety of reasons the share of income that people at the middle of the middle class have paid in taxes has been coming down steadily for 30 years. in 1979 people in that middle strata, the middle 20% of the income distribution, paid about 19% of their income in taxes of all kinds to the federal government. according to the congressional budget office. in 181999 -- in 1999 it was down to 20%. in 2007 it's about 14%, and last year, partly because of the recession, people's incomes were depressed, it was down to 12%. the typical american family has been paying less in taxes every year as a share of their income even though the government has been spending more money every year as a share of their income. so where's the money coming from? we're borrowing it. last year we borrowed 36 cents of every dollar we spent. most of it from are abroad, half of that from the chinese. at the bottom a series of policies, many of them pursued by republicans a

. >> well, i presume even the political wins in northern europe, those countries will be asking for more. so, you know, there is a technical opinion expressed by the commission and by the council of finance ministers, but then heads of state will have to go ahead to this program. so they made demand a bit more. >> it does make you want to sigh, doesn't it? it's tough. other stories we're watching today, manufacturing sector slowed to a worse than expected rate as global downturn took the wind out of consumption. hsbc's private survey showed they dropped to a nine-month low. indonesia bucked the trend. southeast asia's biggest economy logged its biggest output in china thanks to strong domestic demand. >>> state media says li johnchu has been appointed to run the day-to-day affairs. >>> still to come on the program, september kicks off a busy month for eurozone debt meetings. can leaders finally put the debt crisis behind them? we'll discuss that, after the break. [ male announcer ] while many automakers are just beginning to dabble with the idea of hybrid technology, it's already engrain

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part of europe is paying for the southern part and we see that our voters now arc increasingly getting suspicious of all this in trying to get away from it in the netherlands they're going to increase the retirement age from sixty five to sixty seven per from just recently reduces the retirement age from sixty two to sixty so people in the netherlands get the impression that they have to work longer in order to subsidize the reduction of the retirement dates in france so these are all things that are not putting for helping forward any idea of a common european union because some people have the idea they are paying for the others they are paying their bills and in france in particular some politicians have the idea that they can do whatever they want because it's the germans who will have to pay and where the germans will also come the dutch and the finns and that is the reasons why these countries are very critical. the death toll in a plane crash in russia's far east has risen to at least attend art a four year old girl who survived the impaired died before she could be taken to hos

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several years back, there was a cartoonist in northern europe, some country, and he made a cartoon against islam, and i think maybe he was killed, or he was at least attacked. with this movie and the unrest in the middle east, if you were to make a cartoon, say, involving muslim religion or mohammad, something like that, do you think you would actually fear for your life? i will take your answer on the air. guest: you know, this is a tough call. i mean, certainly, the role of islam in the world is vitally important. there are going to be -- we were in the greenroom getting ready. we have been so busy doing conventions, we have been seriously poring through newspapers trying to figure out what is going on in the rest of the world. it is a real collision of mindsets. there is a reaction in the muslim world to products that come out of western culture that is completely alien to a western mind. it is alien to me and the culture i grew up in. you have to deal with radical islam if you are going to draw a cartoon at some point or other. how it will play out, especially with the internet, you kn

apple's also launching in relatively stronger areas of northern europe. for the holiday quarter, 37 million units will be the number to beat. that's what apple did last year. frankly a lot of the strength will have to come from international launches. i'm not one of the apple watchers who thought the iphone 5 would have trouble doing better than the 4s did in the u.s. the trend i have seen is for iphone buyers to buy earlier and earlier in the cycle. what this also means is for really strong growth to happen throughout the rest of the year, apple's going to have to rely on asia, specifically on china. that's a tough proposition. if you think china is slowing, they're probably going to have to get china mobile to come on board, carl. >> that's something a lot of people have been waiting for, jon. we'll see what happens. thanks so much. >>> for more on apple and its run towards 700, i want to bring in tavis mccourt. senior analyst at raymond james. an outperform on apple and a price target of 730. tavis, good to see you. good morning. >> great to be here. >

there are also question marks being raised in northern europe about whether they want to send the credit line down south. the euros given as a credit line for the spanish banks, now there are rumors that the germans have a sovereign request for a bailout before the money goes south as well. just as an interesting comparison with what happened in ireland when they had their bad bank. they did it at a discount of 58%. right now we're at 40% on the spanish assets. that means there's still a ways to go. hopefully we'll get a little more clarity in this elongated story. carl, back to you. >> exactly right. your point is a good one with property prices and deposits being moving targets, it will be interesting. steve, thanks. >>> let's get to rick santelli in chicago. good is bad and bad is wonderful. >> when you say that, i'm sorry, but i think of that dr. demento song. they are coming to take me away. to europe where finances are fine all the time. mark grant, in their press release yesterday used hoover esk to describe their budget. do you agree or disagree with the paragraph in egan jones?

the middle east and europe. in sudan police reportedly fired on thousands of demonstrators outside the united states embassy. there were also protests outside the german and british embassies in that nation as well. >>> a virginia man convicted in a suicide plot to blow up the capitol learned his punishment today. amin al kalifi of alexandria was sentenced to 30 years in prison. the 29-year-old man was arrested last february with what he thought was an automatic weapon and an explosive laden suicide vest. they were fakes provided by fbi. >>> classes are back in session at two universities tonight after some eerily similar threats. the first came this morning at the university of texas at austin. a man called claiming to have planted bombs all over campus. there was also a bomb threat at north dakota state university. tonight the fbi is trying to figure out if they are related. >>> at valparaiso university in indiana is tightening security after threatening graffiti, but no word if that is related tonight. >>> ne

so more aggressive growth in northern versus southern europe, but a little bit inconsistent. >> listen, earlier we were taking about what it meant for the federal reserve, but just so its own merit, was it a can disappointing report? >> well, yes. and really what was disappointing about the number itself was really what was behind the number over 500,000 people moving off the rolls entirely. the number of people basically moving on to some form of welfare or some type of assume from the government, record increase now on the number of people on food stamps. almost 15 million people have moved on to food stamps. it tells you a lot about the structural dynamic of employment here in the united states. and you're seeing still an increase in the number of people hiring for temporary work rather than full-time employment and a lot of the full-time jobs are in the lower paying wage range which really impacts consumer for down the road for stronger economic recoveries. >> another concern is the falling share of americans who are in the labor force. so as a whole, the figure continues to declin

the family armies combined to conquer territories in europe and northern africa. some of the generals became very powerful. returning home after battle, even victorious generals had to petition the state for money and land to pay their armies. rewards for the troops were always uncertain. as the armies became more successful, they began to fight among themselves. finally, in 31 b.c., one general defeated his rivals to centralize rulership. augustus caesar became the first true emperor of rome. classics scholar mary beard inspects the house of augustus on rome's palatine hill. she believes that his genius lay not so much in the way he won power, but in how he maintained it. augustus broke the ties of loyalty between the soldiers and their individual general. he did this first of all by establishing standard rules for army service. the soldiers knew how long they would serve for, what they would be paid, and they also knew that at the end of their service they would receive a bounty that was roughly the equivalent of fourteen years' pay. this had the effect of focus

as we go into europe, still wet and wild across the north. a scandinavia will be dealing with a couple of low pressure systems over the next several days and then we have the front moving all the way from finland towards the pyrnees. we're talking about berlin, 16, will fall by a couple of degrees into thursday. vienna cooling down as well. athens 27 degrees and you can expect that to drop down, too. down here where it is a bit warmer in the southeast, this is where the storms are going to be a little bit more on the violent side. now here is your extended forecast. >>> that's all for this edition of "newsline." do stay with us. we'll be back with more updates

now over towards europe, we are watching a low pressure area across portions of the balkans and northern italy here, this is going to work its way east and as it does, some thunderstorms could be behind that. but see that big high come dominating much of the screen here? that's keeping things rather cool towards the british aisles here. off towards the north. see that blue working in you can see 80-mile-per-hour winds coming in off the atlantic. that was tropical storm ledsly or the remnants of tropical storm leslie. it could be a portion of northern scotland going into friday with some heavy rains and gusty winds as well. temperatures remaining on the cool side. as we look off towards eastern europe, seasonal here at moscow, 22 in kiev at 26. here's a look at your extended forecast. >>> we'll be back with more updates in 30 minutes.

all right, let's head now into europe. toward the north. wet, windy. afraid. northern british isles. through scandinavia and russia. rest of the continent is looking dry, calm. temperatures on the rye. berlin, 19. sunday, rising to 25 degrees. seeing 27 in vienna. as well as 27 in london. and to give you an update on what is happening the last three days of paralympic games. forecast looks sunny. 25, 25, 27, to round off the games. i leave you now with your extended forecast. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> our top stories once again. u.s. president barack obama has accepted the democratic nomination at the party's national convention in charlotte, north carolina. he presented the election this november as a choice between two different paths for america. >> america, i never said this journey would be easy. and i won't promise that now. yes, our path is harder. but it lead to a better place. >> obama responded to voters' concerns about the economy promising 1 million new jobs in manufacturing over the next four years. >>> leaders from across the asia pacific region say th

moving into europe we have strong low pressure system moving in to the northern british isles bringing blustery winds. out east slow moving has been dumping drenching rain. temperatures are looking quite moderate out towards the west. 16 degrees expected in london. 18 in paris. out toward the east still on the warmer side. 20 degrees in moscow. 25 in kip and down towards the south excessive heat. 33 degrees expected in athens on your friday. here is the extended forecast. >>> our lead story this hour, a senior chinese communist party leader has played host to some elder statesmen from japan. politicians from both countries are taking tns criticizing each other over a dispute in the east china sea. he's a member of the communist party bureau standing committee. he holds the fourth most powerful position in the party. he met with the delegation of japanese lawmakers of the japan business federation and friendship associations. japan nationalized the islands two weeks ago. china and taiwan claimed the territory. he criticized japan for going ahead with the purchase despite protests. the c

however he's expecting a tough physical test against the northern irish you're the go i think build play very aggressively against us we must make sure that our pressing game is good and take the game to them if we manage to do that then i'm sure it will be fine there's still some ill feeling from the fans towards the russian team falling back paul display in poland and ukraine and it's unlikely that friday's game will be a ceremony however capello's men put in a good performance and get all three points that could go a long way to getting the fans back for it the turnstiles russia will start as i won when favorites on friday as they get their two thousand and fourteen world cup qualifying campaign underway against northern ireland while her opponents have a reputation of being a very difficult team to play against capello's team will have to be very very best if they want to come away of all three points richardson was played r.t. moscow. and while all eyes are focused on capello's a competitive coaching debut northern ireland manager michael o'neill is relishing his side status of

whether he's expecting a tough physical test against the northern irish or the gold i think bill please very aggressively against us we must make sure there are pressing game is good to the game to them if we manage to do that then i'm sure it will be fine but still some ill feeling from the fans towards the russian team pulling back paul display in poland and ukraine and it's unlikely that friday's game will be a ceremony however capello's men put in a good performance and get all three points that could go a long way to getting the fans back through the turnstiles russia will start as i was in favor of some friday as they go by two thousand and fourteen world cup qualifying campaign underway against northern ireland while her opponents have a reputation of being a very difficult team to play against and probably a capello's team will have to be very very best if they want to come way of all three points. darty moscow. frank reichardt will see some familiar faces on the pitch when his saudi arabia squad meet world and european champions spain in a friendly also on friday the former bar

clearly tensions rising across europe as well as the middle east and northern africa. >> and even in australia some things that we have been >> yeah.ng down there, australia has a large muslim population and in sydney there was a group of hundreds of muslim demonstrators who gathered outside the u.s. consultate. they were on the steps of the building and throwing shoes at the building and then refused to move when the police moved in. so that is when things got heated there. there was one officer hit in the head with a bottle. numerous protesters were injured and arrested by police who were using their clubs and pepper spray and even police dogs. in sydney, australia. it was an ugly clash. it has been welled for now but leading many to wonder what is next, where is next and how bad is this thing going to get? >> rick, thank you very much. >>> right now we are learning more about a situation that certainly tells us the danger for americans lurks right here at home. fbi agents arresting an 18-year-old man in chicago in a sting operation to stop him from doing great harm. they say he pi

into europe we go. a large low up to the northwest. impacting iceland right now. going to move across the northern british isles. scandinavia. wet, fairly cool as well. quite windy. a system hot on its heels. into the week end. probably not much change in conditions. things are looking dry and finer for much of the rest of the continent. apart from the stubborn low, sitting down, italy for the last several days. now starting to move to the east. and weaken off. some good news. storm are going to have to move through the peninsula first. in terms of temperatures. hot down to the south. fairly cool towards, towards we berlin. temperatures, mid to upper 20s over the next few days. get a surge of warmth from the south. let's check on t next few days,paralympics. can't get better than this. sunshine for three days. warming to 26 degrees by saturday. here is your extended forecast. >> a reminder of our main news once again. delegates at the democratic national convention have nominated barack obama as their candidate for a second time. the president is said to accept th

it is going to start to settle down, though in much of western europe. on the continent also looking very warm in fact. and settled as we head into the weekend, which is some good news. even this very stubborn low that's been persisting throughout the week for the central mediterranean is starting to ease off and break up. so it's going to be warm and pleasant for many of you. 25 in london. 24 in vienna. still in the 30s in athens, as well as madrid and lisbon. i'll leave you now with your extended forecast. >>> and that's all for this edition of "newsline." i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. than for joining us. captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> woodruff: good evening from the time warner cable arena in charlotte on the final day of the 2012 democratic national convention. i'm judy woodruff. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. on the "newshour" tonight, the spotlight is on president obama. it's his turn to make the case for a second term, after former president clinton set the stage for him last night. >> woodruff: we assess the

it is going to start to settle down, though in much of western europe. on the continent also looking very warm in fact. and settled as we head into the weekend, which is some good news. even this very stubborn low that's been persisting throughout the week for the central mediterranean is starting to ease off and break up. so it's going to be warm and pleasant for many of you. 25 in london. 24 in vienna. still in the 30s in athens, as well as madrid and lisbon. i'll leave you now with your extended forecast. >>> and that's all for this edition of "newsline." i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. thanks for joining us. world's largest winged transport, is poised for her shakedown flight. 4 huge motors, 6,000 horsepower, speed the 42-ton sky leviathan on her way with master airmen at the controls to check her performance. [ march plays ]

finally, let's go over to europe. mostly wet and windy across the northwestern corner of europe. this is remnants of tropical storm leslie which made landfall in atlantic canada yesterday. it will move towards northern british isles as well as norway the next 24 hours. down toward the south we've got a more potent storm affecting italy. thunderstorms, gusty winds and even hail are possible into tomorrow. temperatures are looking like this. berlin cooling down to 17 degrees. and vienna only 12 degrees expected. still on the hot side in lisbon, 33 expected on your thursday. that's it for me now. here's your extended forecast. >>> that concludes this edition of "newsline." i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. thanks for joining us.

black sea all the way to russia, all the way to central asia, the iranian problem, the middle east and northern africa. america has decided to put on romanian soil components. we are a strategic player. we're a great ally of america and is belonging to europe and our friendship and relationship with america continue to be despite the fundamental cornerstone. our region has a great potential. if i put a couple of dollars as a bed, out in the next few years get our act together, strengthen our economy, i think our region will be part of the revival of europe and america needs a strong europe. liz: thank you. david: he turned a struggling on wine retailer $2 billion company and now he says he knows that what has to be done to fix overall economy. overstock.com ceo patrick byrne's joining us next. liz: u.s. auto sales during the best informants, this company, the president telling us what is driving the record august sales for that company in a fox business exclusive. david: former president bill clinton the main speaker tonight at the dnc. liz: some say president clinton's return to the stage is s