hibbard is in south korea and she'll bring us all the latest details then while obama is facing economic issues abroad the white house deficit commission has proposed how it will fix america's domestic woes when it comes to the deficit at least so we're going to tell you where the proposed cuts will be made and will ask of america's ready to take cutting seriously next today is veterans day the day we can give thanks to those who have served our country i'll be joined in studio by kayla williams former sergeant in the hundred first airborne division and author of the book love my rifle more than you then ladies that listen up cording to a recent report females in america suck at picking up guys in fact we're ranked second to last worldwide in the flirting department pretty shocking right now we decided to call marcus from the gloss to tell us why he thinks that is then we're taking an in-depth look at the t.s.a. is new screening measures body scanners are supposed to keep us safe in the skies but some argue that is just an unnecessary violation of privacy and that the intrusive pat down option isn't any better and in fact many people are even calling

for a national opt out day to show the t.s.a. that travelers will not stand for the invasion of their privacy we're going to speak with one of the one of those protesters at the end of the show but now let's move on to today's top story. for the fifth time since the global economic crisis began world leaders came together for a g. twenty summit this time there in seoul south korea artie's als hibbard has the story. plenty of soul searching at this g. twenty for the south korean capital it underlines its economic kidding but there are may just spots around this country circled and find gives while op is trying to cool the schultz then the good dog. this year's g. twenty is being billed as the financial coming out of the end to south korea proof of just how far the country is common the nearly sixty years since the end of the korean war once poorer than its northern communist neighbor it now boasts the

thirteenth largest economy in the world north korea may just lie some four kilometers north of this freedom bridge and demilitarized zone but economically the two are worlds apart the threat from the democratic people's republic lives particularly large and solace in taking any chances with security forces on high alert but it's another conflict of the g twenty leaders minds the outbreak of the so-called currency war the us lead the charge accusing china of cheating world trade by also officially weakening its currency it was the one to be bolstered the united states is going to try and saying we want you to commit economic suicide just like japan did we want you to follow the same thing we want you to revalue your currency we want you to squeeze your companies we want you to go bankrupt or you can imagine what the chinese are saying they're laughing they're thinking you know are you guys choking and yet washington stands accused of allowing its own

dollar to twenty walling a merging markets whose own currencies are rising strongly and damaging the export competitiveness complaints intensified after the third reserve announced a second print run of six hundred billion dollars the quantitative easing designed to get cash flowing but with other economies warry will flop their market russia's president medvedev wants the summit to agree that when countries that like the u.s. take big steps to save themselves that they consider the ripples it causes to get permission from the g. twenty first the russian position is that we need more coordinated a broad we don't want surprises from partners. we want. more intensive. and central banks finest means. this can lead to great some stability in the markets among all the leading critics of germany the

world's fourth largest economy its finance minister calling the us helpless i don't think the us is making its case any stronger through the measures that is taking through printing dollars to weaken its own currency because that looks far too much like a competitive devaluations one hundred european countries see it as a dangerous move because what it could do is increase the capital control around the world but that's not what barack obama wants to hear the president's call for germany along with china and japan to rely last fall bad dominant export markets and spend more to its all of death is the truth is that no one is happy with today's international monetary system especially the dominance of the dollar as a reserve currency and america's management of it and what business leaders want the g twenty to realize is that nations will have to fight their natural urge to try and protect their own countries trade and should boost foreign investment i listed

it r.t. seoul south korea. well joining me live from seoul south korea with more is our teams analysts hibbert now right off the bat president obama has failed to come up with a trade agreement with south korea which a lot of people anticipated would set the mood there so what went wrong how has that affected the town. well it's significantly down in the news here alyona but it's certainly not the stall with the the president. we're hoping fearful of the summit which is really placed free trade is being among its top priorities and the gay stations of this particular free trade agreement between sold washington began nearly three years ago but did full short just about signing of the dotted line just before this cellmates us alone make up the last minute concerns over access to sell. the us

cause and beef. have come out saying that this isn't the end of talks on this is to continue how many rounds of the creases the differences and concerns that they have and they will eventually find this free trade agreement but when it's anyone's guess now of course the u.s. has been trying for about the past a year to try to curb trade surpluses specifically try to get china to devalue their currency and then of course right before barack obama's arrival the federal reserve announced that they have been pumping six hundred billion more dollars into the economy so has that made them an easy target now. well of course that means that the us has arrived here rather on the back foot and on the defensive having to explain the fed's action longs week we had that shock announcement that it would be embarking on a second round of quantitative easing that's effectively printing money pumping some six hundred billion us dollars in it to the american market and that strong

some pretty sharp criticism looks only from emerging economies who generally fear it could harm the markets but also from our houses like germany and it's also raised the question of a double standard as the u.s. is currently at the center of this so-called currency war and the related issue of global trade imbalances on the currency the u.s. is leading the charge against beijing accusing us of keeping its you an artificially low it's a boost without the expense of competitors on trade imbalance is. pulling on export heavy countries like china but also like japan and germany to invest in their reliance on exports and spend more to home they want to see a reduction in their trade surpluses and they didn't initially suggested one suv limits on current account balances the u.s. saying that they believe the key sustained global economic growth is correct that

global trade imbalance of course will flow in all death is and raise the issue of hypocrisy with critics pointing to the fed itself saying that they're driving the dollar lower will lower interest rates and of course that criticism cushion don't last week without announcement by the fed of that six hundred billion dollar injection obama has defended the decision saying that it was the necessary boost needed for the fragile u.s. economy following that two years ago when that what's good for the american economy is good for the world economy but i'm afraid what everyone's listening now is tell us quickly what's the scene like outside it's become almost tradition now for every g twenty summit to boost up the security to fend off i guess protestors they have to fear about the threat of terrorism so what are we seeing in seoul. well not very much actually arguing and that's not because people haven't wanted to protest it's because they haven't been able to see we haven't seen any of the

scenes that we saw in toronto in june and that's because president lee myung bak has a place to security of the summit as being of a premium of course there is the only going lingering attack of a well timed disturbance from north korea but also. made it clear he didn't want to see any replication of the scenes that we did see in toronto say some fifty thousand police have been put out on to the streets to control this two. exclusion zone surrounding the center of this summit of the fifty thousand strong forces double the amount of police that we saw in toronto and comprises nearly a third of south korea's entire force south korea is taking the hosting of this summit incredibly seriously they're well aware of the historical significance of this summit it's the first time an asian nations and the first time a nation outside of the group of seven has a plato so they're taking the whole affair very seriously indeed are alice thank

you so much for filling us in. now while obama is in seoul trying to reach global financial agreements the domestic debate is also heating up right here in washington today the two chairs of the bipartisan fiscal commission put together by the white house released their draft proposal for reducing the deficit now this is not the final report but it's definitely meant to get the ball rolling and already critics are attacking it from all sides the report proposes cuts the would remove four trillion dollars from the deficit between two thousand and twelve and two thousand and twenty and nothing has been left untouched social security medicare defense spending agriculture subsidies non-defense discretionary spending the federal workforce they would all take sizable trims the retirement age would gradually rise to sixty eight around twenty fifty and a sixty nine by twenty seventy five and a wide range of tax breaks relied on by the middle class would be capped or end altogether if the corporate tax rate would fall from thirty five to as low as

twenty six percent and the a.f.l.-cio said that the plans authors just told working class americans to drop dead the conservative americans for tax reform so that the commission is merely an excuse to raise taxes on the american people all in all nobody really likes it but is america really have any time left to say no we're here to discuss it with me is edward harrison founder of credit write downs and for me strategy and finance executive i don't think you so much for being here now this is a pretty ambitious draft proposal you know they're saying that of course they're trying to be a little more harsh this time so the once the final agreement comes around there'll be a significant difference but let's break it down by a few pieces tax breaks for corporations and yet at the end of many breaks for the middle class so would you agree here with the n.f.l. sales statement that this is essentially just told working americans to drop dead. it's going to be very difficult to have go through the optics are very bad i can understand what they're trying to say you have

a country like ireland which was built fifteen percent taxes germany has very local . taxes and therefore you know these these companies can actually go to these other countries and compete in the corporate sector how do you deal with the fact that we have a deficit obviously then you need to close some tax loops and so ultimately the burden falls on individuals as a result now what about let's talk about social security too for talking about individuals having to suffer here right there saying that the retirement age might be raised to sixty nine and then surely isn't there a better way to do this other thing from my perspective that's probably the best way to do it rather than cuts what you could look at is the payroll tax as a tax seen way of dealing with the deficit that is you could see those people making two hundred fifty thousand dollars or more you could increase the payroll tax or you could actually add the payroll tax as you probably know there is no payroll tax above a certain level hundred thousand and beyond you don't pay any payroll taxes so you

know the payroll tax is an incredibly regressive tax and therefore you could get money in that way but again that's going to be raising taxes so would you rather increase the age over time or would you rather get it through other mechanisms taxes being the the one obviously neither option is something that i think the american people are going to like here but one thing i'm excited about is the fact that defense cuts are finally on the table here they're calling for one hundred billion dollars worth of defense cuts if you think that day will ever come when republicans will actually say yes to not i really don't think it's off the table when we look at all the three things here we're talking spending cuts tax increases and defense spending i really think that defense spending is going to be hard not to cry for the conservatives republicans will not go forward either actually surprised that the deficit commission came up with that on some level i think it's a good thing to say that you know defense isn't off the table but once the lobbyists get in there once you have you know this project gets presented to

congress it's going to be very different. well let's let's go to our board really quick and we're we're going to look at it right this like i said is an ambitious plan for the moment but do we have. here we go so forward to really in dollars by two thousand and twenty including social security defense spending we've got a lot of tax changes do you think any of this is really possible by the time that this commission actually votes they need fourteen out of eighteen of the votes if it goes to the house and then to the senate what's actually going to happen you will let's take a look at this first one here so secure i think you know when you take a look at all the things that are possible in terms of tax cuts are you know tax increases versus spending cuts this is the thing is going to happen i've already said you know in my blog that this is going to be the sacrificial lamb if you look at these other two things they're going to be less important is going to be a lot of wrangling you can get a lot of people behind this sixty's. you might even be able to do it via some sort

of payroll tax increase so that's going to that's not going to count for four trillion dollars exams tell me this do you think that america is ready to have an adult discussion about the fact that we have to cut we see our neighbors in europe doing it right they're actually getting serious about austerity measures and we see massive protests on the street what america do they have the balls to do it our congress members why don't we go americans are ready for the you know the reality is there are a lot of economists who say that you know we shouldn't focus on the deficit at all i would agree that you know focusing on the deficit per se is not going to get you there really what you want to focus in on is the real resource allocation one thing that's not even on the board here is health care spending you know when you live in the area and that's the big elephant in the room for the four trillion dollars you know how do you deal with that especially when you have a cost of health care in the united states which is double the cost of other countries in the g seven you know that's the elephant in the room that we're not

even going to be you know that you're. that's something that who knows i really just don't think that perhaps america's even ready for this but who knows how much more time america has to play around with these ideas i don't thank you so much for being here thank you all right still to come tonight it's veterans day here in the u.s. but more and more members of the military are going to take a look at the reality of service in the military in just a moment. sure is that she must be really. a lot of people are curious what makes a person powerful and in the winter maybe it is a combination of the worst doctors in forbes magazine sixty.

today vice president joe biden later rethought the tomb of the unknowns celebrating veterans day arlington national cemetery now veterans day is celebrated every year on november eleventh a day that's reserved to honor those who fought so offend the united states for the holidays change from its original inception this national holiday has a decades of history so let's go back to where it all began world war one the u.s. was still reeling from one of the bloodiest wars in its history what are a wilson was president and america still looked at the first world war as the great war not just one of two the would change the world forever the armistice by allies and germans was signed americans thought this was the war to end all wars so a year later wilson declare armistice day a national holiday nov eleventh to commemorate the signing of the armistice which happened on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month of one thousand eight hundred now american citizens of the armistice day as

a sign of hope that the u.s. would never have to be involved in such a bloody war ever again but sadly the u.s. went on to fight in world war two the korean war the vietnam war the cold war and honor not hundreds of thousands of soldiers have given up their lives and sent to protect their country in one nine hundred fifty four during the cold war congress decided it was time to change the name of the holiday to veterans day they realize that the day doesn't accurately refer. like the peaceful attitude between the u.s. and its enemies so they decided that veterans day was sound more appropriate that americans should use this day to celebrate patriotic valor and commemorate those who have fought for the u.s. instead of peace and to this day that's how the u.s. was honored but can america really take the time to show veterans their appreciation if we keep sending them to war that leads us to our very next story. short better and stays a reminder of the soldiers who have already served but what about those who are just considering becoming a soldier the army is utilized many ways to draw on potential recruits but ours

artie's lauren lyster explains the army could be leaving out the crucial harsh realities of what it really means to be a soldier and to go to war. autumn in new york. believes red and yellow reminders that seasons change green becomes obsolete for people to meet sergeant sure row first name mathis u.s. army all formerly and now there are vets who are anti military i'm one of them you know there are vets who are anti american specifically because of what they experienced and i'm one of them he keeps moving forward as a college student and activist trying to create change. because he can't turn back time i listed i was eighteen years old i was homeless i was living in a tent i was in fact selling psychedelic mushrooms to make money to survive and was subsequently given that given the choice to either in the store or face prosecution

it wasn't a choice in his eyes but for mathis this decision was i resisted those orders when he was deployed to serve in iraq when i came to that conclusion that personal conclusion that we were actually not just we hadn't just made a mistake but we were and continue to be in violation of the law to wage the war in iraq that i said it is imperative that i not go. though mathis took the military head on resistance even if more quiet is becoming more common since two thousand and four the number of soldiers who have gone a wall in the u.s. army has gone up two hundred thirty four percent according to an army report i would say it's an extra probably linked to the wars in iraq and afghanistan to repeat deployments to even abuse within the military realities perhaps not told to young people when they enlist but use a lot of different underhanded tactics to recruit youth into the military. here you can feel some of those after we already n.b.a.

basketball game behind me the west point military academy drill team is performing because it's military appreciation night sponsored by the u.s. army and it's also student rewards night were students as young as grade school have been given free tickets to the game. so it's also a recruiting opportunity it is what we like to call this kind of community relations if. it is to compete with rooting events as well as outside a souped up humvee welcomes kids from this poor new york suburb off their bus to prey off of hopelessness virtual reality and video games market flying drones going into battle and firing weapons you know they don't have. you know feeling suicidal again today video game inside g.i. johnny draws a crowd and the future soldier trainer game as it's called i'm going to be just

told you draws a new recruit who recently enlisted you praise you. have you ever shot a real gun nor have the math this is nothing this young man knows will prepare him they say your travel the world and you'll meet interesting people well i'm doing is really going to be basically the things these promises are sold but something's missing and then. never address the brutality always leave it out they just they just say oh you know what the military is like you know you've. played some shoot 'em up video game one time but war isn't a game and the us military experience doesn't fit into a half time show and looking from a veteran on the other side of it this was my cross a jacket to a soldier about to embark time almost stand still. but seasons will change and time minutes soldiers will keep marching on loren lister. new york. now with america currently fighting two wars but only

a tiny portion of the population actually partake and we say that veteran's day is really appreciated celebrated the way it should be that again by looking at the rise in a while soldiers the number of soldiers speaking out against afghanistan and iraq perhaps the real question should be is the word celebration should it be used well joining me to discuss it is kayla williams former u.s. military sergeant and author of the book love my rifle more than you young and female in the u.s. army kill thanks for coming back on the show having me now tell me this how how do you feel about veterans day what does it mean to you you know when i first left the military i did not think of myself as a veteran at all i just thought of myself as some chick who happened to have gone to war and wasn't until my husband i were in europe on our honeymoon and we went through a museum about world war two and i looked at their equipment and i saw how much it looked like ours different materials but the same basic shape and it suddenly hit me that i am a veteran and that i have something profound in common with all those who have risked their lives for their countries throughout history now do you feel like you

get the respect that you deserve the thanks that you deserve i mean do you think that people really know how to celebrate or honor veterans day in america i think so a lot more now than i did in the past i think there's a growing recognition of the service and sacrifices that our troops are making i find it unfortunate that it's so rare that it's on veterans day we get a lot of attention the rest of the year. people are much more interested in celebrities and things that seem completely meaningless to me and the one thing i do feel is that people don't understand that women serve and the types of roles that we're serving well that's what i was going to ask is you know do you think that people don't realize that women as veterans also just because you technically aren't allowed to be in combat doesn't mean that you didn't go through the same thing as your male counterparts yeah that's absolutely been a problem for me i've had people ask me if i was even allowed to carry a gun because i'm just a girl now what's the difference between i mean if we look at who serves in the military in america today it really is just a fraction just

a tiny portion of the population is that why you think that veterans day is and appreciate as much that americans don't really feel the effects of the two wars that we're fighting and i think the transition to the all volunteer force the elimination of the draft has definitely changed things a lot of people don't have somebody in their immediate family who currently serves they think oh that's something my grandfather did not know that something that you know my brother is doing my sister is doing and that does make it harder for people to really empathize with what troops are going through and i want to talk about recruiting practices that because often a lot of people would say these recruiters are incredibly aggressive if they'll call people all the time you know they show up at schools where a lot of parents don't want them to that they'll give the kids video games to play and say that this is what it's like in the military and that they often you know will target people who live in lower income brackets because they often are the people that have no other choice their only option to go to college is first enlisting in the military so that it can be paid for i definitely think the military is a great path to socio economic advancement for people who may not see. open to them

one thing that i've found really dismaying since i left the service is how many people though believe that only those with no other options at all join the military because you have to meet especially now. fairly stringent standards to get in you have to meet physical fitness standards you can't have too severe of a criminal background. vast majority of recruits have at least a high school diploma so recruiters are competing against college recruiters quite often and the sometimes i think do absolute we use tactics that we would frown upon but there you think if they sell it straight do they tell them what it's really like if you know if you have somebody a video game when you say this is like being in the army is not really representative of your experiences of going to war in iraq i don't think a video game can ever be representative of war but i also empathize with the challenges of recruiting when there are so many so many other options that people

have had in the past although with today's economy people see fewer options and recruiters are having a lot more success now very quickly do you think that our country is well equipped to handle the people who would be coming back from iraq and afghanistan who suffer from traumatic brain injuries who suffer from p.t.s.d. and if we look at the past the government never wanted to admit about agent orange about gulf war syndrome about toxic exposure in iraq or perhaps to depleted uranium for a long time i believe that the v.a. under the leadership of general shinseki is working very hard to transform itself to be a true ally and advocate for veterans to reduce the adversarial relationship that really developed after vietnam they have a long way to go but i genuinely believe that there are some passionate caring people who are trying very hard to make that change happen and i truly hope that all citizens will do their part by urging their elected officials to continue to support the needs of veterans which will continue to grow until these wars have

been over for a long time thank you so much for being here thanks for having me still to come on tonight's show why american women suck at flirting back in a moment. leaders of the. global economic recovery.

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