a plan to put millions of americans back to work and he dared the republicans to oppose. every proposal i've laid out tonight is because it's been supported by democrats and republicans in the past every proposal i've laid out tonight will be paid for and every proposal is designed to meet the urgent needs of our people and our computers and president's speech could have come any sooner because a year of spending cuts brought to us by the republican party in many cases through hostage taking scenarios are killing our economy and now is the time to ditch austerity and go after actual job creation and to fight for president obama gets it and so does the united nations this week the u.n. issued a new report pleading with europe japan of the united states to pitch the austerity agendas warningly continuing down the road of spending cuts will push the global economy to the brink of disaster instead of doing that the united nations urged

governments to adopt policies that increase workers' wages as in put your money in the pockets of people who will spend it and get the economy working again as the report read given the lack of growth in employment and wages in europe japan and the united states their policies should aim at continued stimulation of their economies instead of trying to regain the confidence of the financial markets by prematurely cutting government spending. translate that into normal english stop trying to please the bank stirrers start trying to help the workers with the u.n. saw is what's going on in europe it into last year the united kingdom passed an austerity plan complete with massive spending cuts and government worker layoffs what happened money got sucked out of working people's pockets their economy hit the wall during a mere two tenths of a percent two tenths of a percent over the last three quarters of a year practically no growth whatsoever not to mention the social unrest and

rioting that came with the government layoffs and the cuts to social programs it's that long in a blaze for a week last greece also passed an austerity plan with deep spending cuts and public worker layoffs and they're no closer to being out of the woods yet now not only are they still on the verge of defaulting on their debts they also have a shrinking economy to deal with the g.d.p. contracted by a whopping seven point three percent as for. never in the history of the world has a nation cut its way to prosperity and specially during a recession and the lessons are just over seats there right here in the united states to the center for american progress has pointed out individual states have reacted differently to the recession with twenty four states choosing to cut spending and twenty five states choosing to increase spending and guess what happens pretty straightforward it's actually quite amazing this is the states that

cut spending saw their economies shrink on average by nearly three percent they also saw on average a one percent point increase in their unemployment rate so in twenty four mostly republican states spending cuts lead to higher unemployment and lower economic output. on the other hand states that increased spending grew their economies and lowered unemployment on average states that increased spending so i have pointed increasing economic growth and a two tenths of a percent drop in their unemployment rate as in more jobs are created in the mostly democratic states and their economies perform better but none of us mattered to republicans in congress who demanded deep spending cuts and even held our economy hostage until they get right with their lot in the debt limit deal last month a debt limit deal is chock full of the very same austerity measures that the u.n. today warned us about and what happened after congress passed the debt limit deal

the market went into a tailspin a credit downgrade and our economic outlook turned sour which is exactly what the republicans wanted speaker of the house john boehner bragged that he got ninety eight percent of what he wanted in the deal thanks a lot right it's simple austerity measures are poison pills for an economy that's in a crisis and massive massive tax cuts for rich people so-called job creators they don't help you it's food to economics republicans are pushing it not only help their big corporate donors get more and more money but also to put the economy in the tank so the president obama looks bad just in time for the two thousand and twelve elections and the american people are buying it anymore take a look at what this constituent of paul ryan's had to say it from a whole event earlier this week. because the right doesn't represent the success of the first district director such that it's fund managers and lobbyists it's right here the people because. you can only thing that creates jobs not rich people not

textbooks but. the people told the money in their pockets right no and that's the problem with the strategy paul ryan's ploy that. i think president obama listen to that i cry for his speech was the first step toward rebuilding his presidency and rebuilding this economy but he has to keep up the fight and he has to keep hitting republicans like eric cantor over the head again and again and again metaphorically of course until they ditched their agenda to crash the economy and they have no choice but to jump on board and help fix the economy to hell with the republicans billionaire corporate donors it's time to give this economy back to working people and for the first time in a while i'm confident of president obama knows what's at stake and i think he's finally ready to be a transformative president franklin roosevelt and not a one term president like jimmy carter. i think picture for tonight for more information the study stories we covered this at our web sites of thom hartmann dot com free speech dot org dot com also check out our two you tube channels there are

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grief in the air memorial services held in russia and across europe where the forty three victims of wednesday's plane crash that killed almost all of one of russia's greatest ice hockey team. led the movie to the strong message to the syrian regime shouldn't thanks be addressed to both sides since just blanken point is the president medvedev speaks out against the one sided approach to the conflict in syria he also confirms russia's willingness to help stop the bloodshed. decade after the worst terror attack in u.s. history we visit the country at the forefront of nine eleven triggered war on terror to see how people in afghanistan were affected by the tragedies aftermath.

it's a day i'm in moscow i match reza good to have you with us here on r.t. our top story ice hockey in russia has been struck a terrible blow that's being mourned across the country and across the world almost the entire lokomotiv team was wiped out in a plane crash as they headed to a match in minsk where an emotional ceremony was held to honor the victims. thousands watched as you know men school would have been look at motives opponents symbolically scored own goals as a mark of respect so we. see.

forty three people died as the plane aiyar forty two crash only minutes after takeoff near the city of jaroslava it's believed the aircraft failed to gain height and clipped and had a near the runway two people survived the tragedy are now being treated for serious burns and other injuries one player did narrowly escape the ill fated journey simply because he didn't board the flight archy's shon thomas was able to speak with. the famous bells of jaroslava ringing out for a community grieving a chilling reminder of the tragedy the country with the minds of some of the city's brightest stars. because no news i knew many of the boys personally what can i say they were scenes i can say this about many of them they were joyful people they loved life and they wanted to live with they brought so much joy into our lives. thursday marked the start of a three day mourning period as fans of nostalgia locomotives gathered and one of

the city's sinful cathedrals i can't describe how i feel it's a very serious loss to me the only thing worse than that would be to lose my family they were like family can be. but as a support group of thousands work through their grief together one man maxime's is dark and is going through his own personal nightmare he is the only member of the team not on board the fateful flight as coach told him to take the rest and meet the team for the next game in moscow. but you know this is very terrifying for me a hockey team is like a family because i lost a family of forty people people i was close to for such a long time. and now maxine is supportive of rebuilding the locomotive franchise but it's torn by survivor's guilt that i haven't met their families yet i can't imagine how that'll be this is horrible for me i wasn't thinking about whether i

was lucky or not that i wasn't on that plane. and now he must rely on his community sharing in the grief process so that the healing can begin and as a steady stream of mourners continue to come to this central church and to show their support it is clear that this is not just about an accident or a plane crash but it's about the loss of a teen something very important to a community that they will remember forever. sean thomas. welcome motive was also an international team in the grief is being shared throughout europe hundreds gathered in the center of the czech capital prague to remember the last players chanting their names have lighting candles in their memory three czech nationals were aboard all were former world champions type topic check ice hockey official at home or national team coach writing a letter said the losses and for. them to talk about we've lost players in their prime he was

a hard core of the national team i knew them very well even though they were playing abroad and still lose trying to get better. and didn't just want to be part of a system they want to know the details of their positions and have a good school it's a huge interest in what they did i really enjoyed working with them in the morial services also happened in neighboring slovakia where attributes were played in the sport soccer was for the star power or demitra people who gathered near an ice hockey in bratislava share their emotional thoughts. it's true i'm shocked. but it was a big loss he was agree. with but there it was it was it is horrible it is that you can look at it. there's plenty more on this story and others on our website among the dead the youngest player of the team who despite being both injured and disqualified wanted nothing more than to be with his sporting brothers this issue

and that ultimately cost him his life. and the recently married flight attendant who planned to quit the job and have a baby or a touching story and many others a click away at our t.v. dot com. turning now to other news we're covering on r t confrontation between libyan rebels and croquet dopy forces showing no sign of easing battles have been raging here the towns of search and bani walid two of the few remaining strongholds of the fallen regime forces loyal to the colonel fired for rockets from by you will lead where two of khadafi sons are believed to be leading the armed resistance is despite the interim government seeking to negotiate a peaceful resolution the deadline for gadhafi loyalists to surrender has been extended to saturday as for the colonel himself in his latest audio message the ousted leader claimed he was still in libya and vowed to never leave his ancestors home went meanwhile rife in the libyan capital still struggles after falling into the rebel hands with a celebratory mood dampened by fears of anarchy setting in or he's very if you know

she has more from tripoli. a city celebrates for more than ten days the libyan capital has been rejoicing in the dictator's fall where he he wanted to bring his portrait here on the central square of his rules for the second anniversary we put our flag instead we one we're so happy without him. it seems in the last two weeks rebel fighters have cried that's a clear shot during this hold on tripoli early august. the levy of the phenol very believe would. mr gaddafi and clear gadhafi is toward he told oh dear people love me or the people of me no you see love him and of course one of three of them is that we're going to get that good and we're going all right where they are care but away from jubilant crowds we reach

those who are not so pleased i thought one lives in tripoli is obviously in district historically pro khadafi but the rebels arrived his sister was badly injured she's still in hospital in tunisia other hand doesn't want to show his face on camera and ceased when i had no location for the interview he says revolution has brought much fear and its wake. there is no peace there is no safety in the city we don't like so children outside when it's dark we are afraid we always wait for something bad when gadhafi was here at least we didn't have to sleep awake but we do know. of the rahman says he also wanted change and a brighter future for his country but not face way i love gene and people are dying on both sides of the cities destroyed and no one cares do they seriously think that we changed it for the better don't lie to yourself just look around is that what

you wanted. and divorce is around is a scene of widespread destruction and social chaos it badly damaged buildings made by the rising stink of each and decomposing bodies and youngsters roam the streets barely old enough to understand that they carry our weapons not toys many shops schools and hospitals are closed while the cities symmetries a growing and. shortly after tripoli fell into rebel hands in the national transitional council leave his new authority claimed it was moving here from benghazi but it's weeks have passed and there is still no sign of its presence on the ground zero of being raced towards the city functioning by south and treading a fine line between freedom and anneke. rich notion of. tripoli

libya. stay with us here on r t still ahead in the program. taking it after nine eleven we continue our special coverage of the chilling tragedy that shook the world plus. confrontation carries on taiwan starts producing new missiles and they're aimed at china's southeastern coast all despite a recent warming in relations. but first russia is willing to support different approaches to resolve the situation in syria as long as they send signals to both sides of the conflict president had better have made his position clear in an interview after the global policy forum in jaroslava for more on the russian's leader's views let's turn to our attorneys peter over for us live here so what exactly did dimitri medvedev say about solving the crisis in syria. well president made yet have warned against viewing this situation in syria in terms of goods and bads and warned that there are elements as far as he could see which is

the syrian opposition that the international community. must think very very long and hard very carefully about dealing with now the president calls on both sides both the opposition and the government in syria to bring about an end to violence in the country and said that russia always has been is and always will be a friends to the syrian people. but i believe the resolutions we would approve send a strong message to the syrian regime should in fact be addressed to both sides things aren't just black and pointed and the anti-government protesters in syria and followers of some very fine european models of democracy there are different groups within the opposition some of them it was a straight extremists and some might even be called terrorists the situation is not that simple and we have to take into account the balance of different forces and interest russia may support certain moves only when they don't fall down to the one sided condemnation of the government and president assad we should send

a strong message calling on all the conflicting parties to come to the negotiation table stop the talks and stop the bloodshed this is also in russia's interest because russia has always been serious friend and those countries are close economic and political ties that's why we continue to look for solutions to the situation in syria. is the problem. well the statement from president medvedev comes as bush's takes aim to step up its role as a mediator in the syrian crisis a little later on on friday the top diplomats from russia in the area because gallo will meet with members from the syrian opposition then on monday he will also have a meeting he remarked goes well we have a top aide from president bush as cool as government so meeting with both sides set up for russia as they take his role as mediator in the syrian crisis now the reason they're doing this restating is stating don't want to see syria turn into

a same situation as what we see. in libya a u.n. resolution was used beyond the mandate so that you admit you should we step beyond by it's a national it's a bad should result to good and russia still is unacceptable violence they will try to do their best to make sure that that type of situation isn't repeated in syria right artes here all of our reporting live for us in moscow thank you. you can see the full version of that interview president medvedev gave to euro news television on our website r.t. dot com. images from nine eleven are still chilling you didn't ten years after the attacks shook the world may trigger the so-called war on terror but in the country that's

been at the forefront of that war it can be hard to find people who remember why foreign troops arrived in the first place we continue our special coverage of the nine eleven ten year anniversary with this report from afghanistan. helmand in southern afghanistan is a province that's borne the brunt of the fighting between the taliban and coalition forces. afghans in this war torn province think about nine eleven and its consequences. while on patrol with the marines like a first opportunity to ask a couple of young afghan men what they know about nine eleven but. never. any for the few more i can us do they know where it is even we don't know if that's because because your former neighbor heard about the world. cup and. the two young men and clearly never heard of nine eleven. but maybe the elders of the local show would have more to say yeah no you see you.

just can see the smoke from the buildings and that's a that's only thing i can see when you guys show this picture because i think. if i just got here i would be surprised but having been here now for six months this is from a stone age where we are. what about their reactions though fascinating so what the guy who said it was kabul was clearly never going to call you just shows you how isolated they're even your own country come on the one that wants them. saying i will come when you know you are going to get out you're going to america going to come to this point and get the airplane from here to the united states that you know how much. it was nice to go from iraq to then here is a lot easier to understand you know why you're here and previously you had def if you know a good picture of myself and his writers to see after looking at it in this magical where the uniformitarian right. to back. down

macon saying we're going to help you to destroy one building and to destroy as how many buildings and they said we're going to help you where is the help. you wake up with this ng to give it to our kids again and to fighting and they do it with their own kids in a paper that i don't envision but. i do sympathize or understand what your some are saying it's even just from the weather we've had recently people lose their homes and nobody to help on so you know when you have when you can feed yourself or earth house yourself are you going to care about somebody you know six thousand miles away just so i can understand this to tell you that about over the top of this with i never thought to pass those questions of anybody here that's why we're here amazingly in a country where for ten years a war has been fought with nine eleven as its root cause and justification it turns out not only with the villages oblivious to nine eleven this is with the afghan police and even some of the translators working with the u.s. military to go no that is for you to say they are not have no idea about the syrian

if you haven't seen the faces before. a survey taken in twenty ten by the international council on security and development found that ninety two percent of afghan men in helmand and other afghan provinces had no idea what nine eleven was with american troops that start withdrawing this year and it seems likely that they will leave it. and stand without the vast majority of afghans ever having really understood why they came in the first place and inputs from afghanistan for it see . we'll continue our special coverage of the nine eleven adversary throughout the next couple of days before ports and analysis on the legacy of the attacks and the decade of the so-called war on terror so stay with us. the term became synonymous with pure evil. the senseless slaughter most three thousand people stunned the world. and it all seemed like a nightmare. ten years on. r.g.p.

remembers the attacks and insults from. a look back at nine eleven. taiwan has moved to step up its long running confrontation with china the taiwanese government has decided to bring forward mass production of new missiles that are capable of striking targets on its neighbors southeastern coast this despite a recent warming of relations between the few for more on this under i live by dr benson wong from the department of government and international studies at hong kong baptist university. good to have you with us dr so what's prompted taiwan to change its plans about the system that's referred to as ten thousand swords. well because the. president. and tara. you wanted to share ok's friend stand course. for example by producing the response so guards. creston of the r.'s the only show his were in.

the interest of the towers people in terms of burglaries drink so what does taiwan has a lot enjoyed military support from the us but we know that china is the largest share our holder of u.s. treasury securities we think washington could be putting good relations with beijing at risk. well because. that would concede the. point of. a relationship between. the american and chinese sides of maintaining the police agency because america lies on the chinese. securities. to the party us the car so we're not.

ready from the menu changes between. the age of royalties because of the. recent wiki leaks cables suggest that china could offer to eliminate its missiles targeting taiwan if the us stop selling weapons to the island does that mean that china is ready for a compromise to settle this conflict. well we can just offer it as you can see the feeling of wheels of the people gratian are there will be a. very strong opinion from the people. the. concrete actions to deal with be easy pending one of. some concrete action like we should position somebody. in. st. peter cundall you don't as. you should you should not

when something go to your new country or to try to offer a piece so i don't think he tries of transit authority to pick a really obvious ash until we move. all right thank you very much for your perspective dr benson was from hong kong history of. free now to some other stories making headlines across the globe the first funerals have been held in new delhi two days after a massive briefcase bomb exploded outside the city's high court twelve people were killed in the blast dozens more wounded indian authorities detained three men for questioning and it continuing investigation into the plot the corresponding was the first major attack in india since twenty six people were killed by serial blasts in mumbai in two thousand and. a senior british judge has revealed the findings of his inquiry into the death of an iraqi man eight years ago.