and according to economist next front wolf this plan is more likely to get the green light less than two business days away from the worst self-imposed crisis of america's standing in the world and america's credit rating and at least a century it's a fairly emergency situation and we're deep into the eleventh bordering on the twelfth our debt reduction plan that president obama has endorsed at least rhetorically that comes out of harry reid and the democratic majority in the u.s. senate does make massive cuts in spending more than two point five trillion dollars over ten years so more than two hundred fifty billion dollars a year does no increase in revenue at all which was one of the early if i think somewhat unwise demands of the republicans in these negotiations and therefore is possible is actually does more to reduce the deficit and the debt in the united states over the next ten years than the rival republican house plan the cut cap and balance plan and so it's possible that that could be pushed through none of these plans make real efforts to reduce the long term problem of insufficient revenue and

these plans do reduce spending in ways that will be painful and for many communities in the united states transformative but it's worthy of note and somehow hasn't much been mentioned that not a single plant out there reduces the national debt they just change the speed by which it grows and while the politicians. who would be to blame if they met an economy hits a brick wall joel solenn today from the u.s. space trends journal says the political elite won't recognize simple solutions to cut america's deficit. the country is going bankrupt just look at the numbers the numbers don't lie the politicians lie but let's look at the bigger picture first of all they're devaluing the dollar and we've been saying that all along gold in the last month has gained a hundred and fifteen dollars an ounce that's what they're not talking about in all this deficit reduction hey how about the military budget how about slashing foreign

aid fifty seven billion dollars a year how is that out companies like general electric that made fourteen billion dollars last year paying no taxes look there's plenty of room out there to start raining this thing in and turning it around and we do not have a representative form of government we have a government that represents only the very powerful and the very rich and that's all this is about letting them keeping their perks when economic literacy is plunging america deeper into crisis so says much kinds of financial expert and host of the kinds of reports they're not. the world is adjusting the dollar will lose its status as a world reserve currency us debt will lose the aaa rating and it's a completely different configuration and washington is not the biggest player in this if they were being mad as shit by somebody who knew something about economics not barack obama who's financially illiterate they would allow the dollar to

collapse against other currencies let the economy go through two or three years of a gut wrenching depression and come out of it and rebuild but keep their sovereignty intact otherwise america will end up like greece losing their sovereignty america will end up like other countries and they are like ireland that's lost its sovereignty to the i.m.f. or these other banking institutions i think most americans would prefer to be sovereign and free than to be a vassal state of international bankers. second deadline for raising the debt ceiling in the us is rapidly approaching and is still no solution on horizon laurie home for mistakenly the resident hit the streets of new york to find out whether americans feel the financial apocalypse is around the corner. with the looming debt crisis the u.s. is watching the clock tick down to an economic armageddon what does that even mean this week let's talk about that big keep that it dates over and over again and

nothing happened just part of the negotiation process so it's i don't brag. i believe so do you expect more from the people you elect. neither party is going to let this actually happen where they would let it expire and then the united states would go into default i don't think that's going to happen i think that's a bluff but i think what actually is at hand is for real and they're they're using it as leverage to push their respective issues but i think americans if i'm speaking for myself as an american are sick of it representing the reports that they think that they were representing but i don't i think they keep on saying the american people want this american people want this but i don't think they're asking anybody really what they really want what do you want i would like compromise right now the drama right now is largely contrived there is a debt crisis but will make it through and you know we'll pay the bills and things will be fine so all this drama i think is just making people crazy why are they doing that now i mean we raise the debt ceiling every year why is this drama

unfolding right now well it's largely political because the upcoming election you know it's a good thing it's finally happening i think the people are speaking up and and hopefully will get our way but sometimes it takes a while to bad things really are i mean nobody has given any ground i've seen are you logged before for many many years and this is absolutely truly amazing and makes me wonder how they ever get anything done in israel or in italy or any place where they have multi parties two parties to an airport if you include the two guys and we can't get anything done it's utterly embarrassing they should be ashamed of themselves no matter what happens with the u.s. debt crisis the bottom line is we're bound to the a lot more pasturing from all the politicians and it's. still to come on the program uplifting expectations so on your own playing in. the

first steps to free the country small well from taking stiction and despite what. also more than a year has passed since the indian government gave all children the right to free education has it helped to bridge a social divide. in estonia s.s. veterans a nationalist are holding their annual meeting to mark what they call a day of remembrance for those killed in world war two the gathering has been condemned by many countries and organizations for glorifying nots isn't finished human rights activists you know hunt backman has been prevented by police from entering a stand to participate in an anti nazi rally and he says it's a sign tallent tolerates nazis. who are supposed to participate in the demonstrations or the picket again. sort of rationing but the fact that i was. talked over the border to be

clear. that. if the indian government is protecting me when i'm here for the british people liberation is it's a problem that the filigree said it in a wide. variety extremist and neural net to sit around or around the world and they're using they're using swats because. it is mainly mainly a celebration of. troops. well to the scarcity of enter we're joined by elena hit and from the finish and see fascist committee thank you for joining us here at r.t. now the historian prime minister has stated that the s.s. meeting has nothing to do with nazi ideology what's your view on that. now i've got a little bit of real because the all nor the main break there are

the key players the very and outrageous that the. many thirty not on the in the or but in it of the. now they have also been s.s. and national smart she's in other baltic states why do you think the movement seems to be so prominent in these ton trees. nationally and if you can move all tools of the other. the r. and the so the all the the tools for the national party the. in all the ball in the country also a little arena there is difficult that is there to do with them and while of course they have very many grand to hide their own crimes high in the war by the and if you know. they have also been reports the anti fascist groups have

been prevented from protesting there the controversial meeting why would a stoner authorities take this position. where corrie's that there are no security police manned for your own members to interact with her on the up and of course all of the support or is. the not the. so there reality looking. now russia has been trying to put forward draft resolutions to the un general assembly condemning the glorification of nazis and but it's been voted against by number of countries why is that. really united nations and european union so they're going on there and they're right in the ball. and all. of a know these and or the case in our history and because european union has been the

lousy and weak for one month when you know you can all meet relieve themselves of these as right wing extremists in which is right now you're not only you are. i think the one one example of that and do you think that this is an attempt to rewrite history. the internet reports because the really the if the and it will get inside in a very while the countries that triangle equally well when we need big or who soviet union we're not in germany and britain europe is don't leave here because they are not they don't understand the history they don't know of the fact that it only really got to live with each could kill. and he story so they could get the growth year by year not like. their government is not doing nothing but supporting the now you know the really great. ok we'll leave it there in

a hurry to know from the finnish anti-fascist committee thank you for joining us here in r.t. . tens of thousands of protesters are gathered in egypt's tahrir square for one of the biggest rallies since president mubarak was overthrown five months ago the largest group in attendance were ultra conservative muslims calling for the introduction of sharia law a journalist and blogger austin michael who's in cairo says the arab spring has produced. a strong and diverse of his missed movement dave unity and it was a sign that liberal islamist forces were going to come together to continue their push for sort of basic democratic rights but down in the square i was just down a little before i came here this is a huge number of. muslim brotherhood members but it's definitely the most islam is where has. the time that i've been and they there's many chance of.

islamic identity and this is the islamic nature of egypt which is cause some friction with. the secular forces who are normally it is that you know forces dominate they're the ones who run the the running a sit in there for a month since the clashes that happened at the end of june but today a. show on the rest is also taking place in neighboring israel thousands of young protesters pitched a tent camps across the country cities calling for social justice and voicing discontent government policies and mass rallies planned for saturday a palestinian israeli journalist says predicts israel is edging closer to revolution. two thirds of the poor in israel are working poor people who are working every day people who have a great jobs and still are not able to go above the poverty level so that's the reason that people are coming out of the street if you look at how the protesters

started it's almost identical to how it started in egypt and internees and other places started through facebook somebody who made a post on facebook through social media that's how people organize or was organized completely in the beginning by the young people in his old student people who feel that they have no future people who feel who can't afford living here and i was realizing that this is not the way to go forward and he's trying to figure out ways to deal with it because the government could definitely fall its role and these are ground and i think he is in danger especially that the process in the wrong way while israel has been under a building in tel aviv in haifa in all these major cities in israel is or have been overbuilding in the west bank focus of the israeli government at the moment is more sustaining the occupation and more sustaining the settlement rather than caring for the majority of the population who actually opposed that the lands and oppose occupation and israel proper so that the problem here though is a still many israelis have not been able to make that connection and the more and

the sooner israelis make that connection realize that declaration affects their daily life affects the pennies that the government spending the money the government spending in the west bank verses in israel i think you will see a real revolution in israel. more than a years past since the indian government announced the unprecedented rights to education act and though was aimed at stamping out in its for sea battling the country's economic divide the concept was to provide compulsory free education for all children aged six to fourteen however as artie's discovered reform is facing some tough challenges. it's dawn in india's capital city of new delhi an eight year old cushy just getting ready for school while there are nearly two hundred million elementary school children like cushy in india only half that number ever complete the eighth grade most end up leaving school to help their parents with domestic work or to get a job to bring in some extra money made but i haven't studied much that's why i

want to educate my children after growing pressure to address the educational disparities in india the government passed an ox making it mandatory for all children between the ages of six and fourteen to get a free education even requires a leap to private schools with tuitions nearing five hundred dollars per month to grant a quarter of their seats to students from disadvantaged backgrounds like cushy. and. today there are just as many schools where students have to pay a choice unlike this one as there are free schools that are funded by the government according to the act it's up to the parents to decide where to school that means a student like course she can attend an elite private school if she enters that wins the lottery and gets into the twenty five percent quota it also means that if government workers are able to identify and successfully enroll this is all that

are it's handing back to schools like the ones pushing attendance now could get overcrowded but the idea of free schooling in india has its opponents with concerns even raised by proponents of the act schools have not. and i think. much smarter than that. and they want to quantity and quality is something that the principal of cushy school knows has a different definition depending on the school while the teachers want to see their students succeed they believe that integrating indian children from a lower class. into a private school would not be practical. and schools have a very high standard only children whose parents are educated can study in schools like these schools want to maintain their high standards and reputation how can poor people send their children to schools like these because their parents are an educator even at home there is no one to tutor or supervise their studies or homework it's

a position supported by the well off members of indian society the schools are not meant for them. it's meant for the. people in. the getting elected. on his. putting him in that sort of. so he would have trouble getting assimilated in spite of the mixed reception the integration model received for children like education is simply about accomplishing her dreams i want to study to the twelfth grade ten become a teacher. but it's a dream that may just fall through the gap of india's socio economic divide i preassure either r t new delhi india i. website you can always get more on all stories. online right now just a click away if you log on there you can find out more about town in the state of

indiana often compared to post evacuation. c.c.t.v. footage from. terrorist bombs detonated destruction. more news today. again flared up. and these are the images the world has been seeing from the street thank you. operations are all. recent polls show the number of journalism roles in the us is shrinking direct contrast to expanding public relations industry newspapers across the country close professional journalists are being picked up by the p.r.

machine christine for hours been finding out why do you think journalists threat to democracy itself is the end of the personality the five all of this intelligence or. newspaper is like the seattle post intelligencer the rocky mountain news and hundreds more have now become relics from the past. slash budgets have stopped the presses at newsrooms nationwide. and nast layoffs throughout media have meant far fewer journalists to investigate policy and procedure we're losing a sense of accountability in government in business in our. life lives if we lose journalists who are now asking questions about what's going on the numbers particularly dramatic with newspapers where revenue has been cut nearly in half while the journalism industry is shrinking the public relations industry is

expanding at one time a one to one ratio between p.r. employees and journalists today that ratio is four to one with p.r. revenues jumping from three point five billion to eight point seven billion dollars journalists are simply overwhelmed by folks who are trying to spin them or trying to create their own story you have the public relations folks this spin doctors if you will driving the news cycle john nichols along with robert mckee has me wrote a book about it the death and life of american journalism in a sense we are becoming one of the most propagandized countries in the world short staffed news stations often use company video news releases or v.n. ours like this one if you have x. about tensors are the first resort up before the age of five p. are described as news the new treatment is called mimics press releases also often read on the air or posted on the web before any fact checking is done with the

focus often on getting it first rather than getting it right good evening everybody breaking news tonight but we are putting into our program with some breaking news where corporate and government p.r. departments are filled with former journalists who know how to sell their message they understood out media weren't what. reporters thought of as a good story as opposed to hype butch ward worked for nearly twenty years as a journalist with the philadelphia inquirer but after layoffs he left to work for health insurer independent blue cross before returning to work as a journalist that revolving door between the press and p.r. the press and governor. is causing real concern about what the long term effects could be if the influx of spin doctors take over the message machine completely where there is very little journalism be done in an awfully lot as in you create some dangerous circumstances for citizenry for democracy itself i'll go straight to

questions white house spokesman jay carney worked for twenty years as a journalist for time magazine now he's president obama's spokes person former broadcaster and columnist tony snow went on to serve as spokesperson for president bush and jamie rubin went from the state department under president clinton to executive editor at bloomberg news so common such as a common practice and no one no one is questioning or or in a time when hakken flack are often one in the same and the spin machine works overtime as the printing press is come to a halt the question becomes can him even full force the state actually survive. in washington christine for r.t. . or some other international headlines this hour nato commanders say they've destroyed three t.v. satellite dishes in the libyan capital tripoli a statement says the attack was carried out in accordance with the u.n.

resolution to protect people from government oppression through the media for months since the nato air force operation began around seventeen thousand missions have been flown in which the libyan government claim of killed hundreds of civilians. a nato convoy in the north of serbia has had to turn back from its intended route after a crowd of protesters blocked its path hundreds barricaded the road in response to the advance taking control of two checkpoints at the close of an border serbia on thursday nato troops had moved in after a series of clashes between kosovan police and serb protesters over control of the crossings. devastating rainfall has. north korea damaging roads houses and public buildings reports claim the flooding has also decimated crops water levels and lucky to recede in the near future comes just days after landslides in heavy rains hit south korea leaving at least fifty nine people dead

north korea is susceptible to damage from flooding due to its poor drainage system and widespread deforestation. now russian pilots taking to the skies in small airplanes have long been grounded by an unimaginable amount of paperwork but recently adopted law has dropped some of the legal vote clearing the runway for more frequent flights however many obstacles still remain before it's the golden age for russia's small aviation enthusiasts. explains. dozens of pilots swinging their way across russia for the second annual one is short for most small aircraft enthusiastic perfect chance to meet other pilots in to enjoy the beautiful southern scenery. it took us almost eight hours to get their views with one turn. in november last year russia dropped to a new war for small aircraft pilots it sounds very promising abolishing much of the preflight paperwork letting the pilots use new airfields and generally adopting

international flight rules it's a dream for any plane owner in russia however not all of the old restrictions were lifted back in the soviet times you actually had to have all the paperwork with you during the flight now the rules have changed but there are still some through and sometimes even absurd requirements for the pilots of small planes for instance it will have the pilot and the mechanic in the same berth and they'll have the main thing. with recommendation from one to another the new regulations allow the so-called notification boat instead of asking for permission for takeoff from the authorities in theory the pilots can now use the internet for air traffic control of their plants but. in reality it rarely works. as you can see there are many forbid in no restricted zones around mosco so it's impossible for us to use notification mode anywhere within a two hundred kilometer radius of the capital but even with the new law dozens of government organisations issue all sorts of contradictory instructions for pilots

it's a major disincentive for pilots to make the effort to take to the skies and that means that russia is missing out on the potential pot of gold well some countries like the u.s. get billions of dollars from small aircraft fees and taxes russia doesn't get a cent parkour if the service with their current regulations are in chaos is alive and in that mess we're losing around five hundred billion rubles and you are there were recovered however many pilots like the team that worked on that this year scoob on air show are up to mystic about fighting the real chrissy when you watch the mile in the new year was just the first time any step the rest of the globe's ahead of us but eventually we will learn how to fly again russia's small aviation enthusiasts feel the broke receive has served only to clip their weeks now hopes are high of seeing blue sky on the horizon does fall ski r.t.e. across the region. great stuff and i'll be back shortly with

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that the main stories we're covering feel a parent out today the top either effect democrat senate kills republican debt ceiling plan shortly after it was an early hot spot of house as u.s. default deadline looms. ultra conservative islamist overwhelm egypt's tahrir square demanding sharia law but in the wake of revolution spreading across

the region israelis take to the streets to protest the social justice. that's number of journalists in the u.s. decreases the public relations sect grows rapidly with some saying the ultimate victim of the trend will be democracy. coming up next it's.