as of megaprojects need to go through president obama's proposal to significantly boost infrastructure spending could help create desperately needed jobs but with a gaping deficit in washington politics in a group americans base you this proposal right to a screeching halt in los angeles ramon dillon go party. now despite all of those problems you just saw there us president barack obama is still out today trying to sell people on the rise of america let's get to work let's show the world once again the states of america is the greatest victory on earth he's found passionate than average people are unaware of how the u.s. compares to the rest of the world some of those figures their remote showed us in his last report so of course this is the world that the united states is competing with and needs to look at how it stacks up against well maybe if they don't know

about all of that it's because when they turn on the mainstream domestic news that works they see stories like this crew was hot then it was not now it's hot again for the first time j. crew presented its latest collection under the fashion tense color is the head of this branch was. did you hear that color is a competitive advantage for j. crew but what about a competitive advantage for the united states to talk about what that looks like and what answers we should be looking for that we can find in j. crew reports on c.n.n. is timothy a canobie he's a professor of international economic law at chapman university i appreciate you being on the show. i wanted to ask we have heard president obama when he announced his jobs plan make the comparison of the united states needing high speed rail in the same way that china does but the u.s.

makes a fraction of the investment on figured out example that kind of infrastructure so is this comparison simply rhetoric. well unfortunately the time to have made the comparison would have been a couple of years ago when president obama had a greater command in congress with the democrats. majority in both houses at this point it does come across to a lot of people's rhetoric because there's clearly a political gridlock and it's. futile to expect the republicans in the house to just go along with with his proposals now said the united states and looking to china for an example of how to invest in infrastructure there they invest a lot more money to start with i mean for their bullet train to think i'm one of them paul three hundred billion dollars will be committed by twenty twenty and the united states from obama's last stimulus that was eight billion dollars by twenty twelve. well the u.s. could look to china could look to the european union both invest far more in

infrastructure as you pointed out however the united states could also look to its own history you know after roads were to us created an incredible economic machine first through massive investments into an interstate highway system but then through the space program unfortunately the rhetoric the discourse has shifted completely in the other direction so that you get obama administration officials as well as republicans all saying the same thing that the public sector can never really create jobs and this is really contrary to u.s. history you know without the space program we would not have had the gains in high technology computerization the internet owes its existence to a defense department program darpa. and yet it gets cast in far different

terms that these great leaps in in the american economy and in. innovation and technology. somehow it's all from the ingenuity of the private sector alone and the public sector just gets in the way it's an interesting point you bring up looking at the example of infrastructure if we want to stay on that was the united states government really be able to create jobs in a way that haven't passed areas quickly when you have a lot of red tape that one person that reports that if you tried to do you know the hoover dam today it would take a decade to get it approved. certainly the hoover dam today would require you know the permits the environmental regulations that didn't exist at the time of the truth so you could always come up with those kinds of examples that would just suggest it will take longer one response is that so what if it takes a few a few years longer you can still there's still enough work to be done to put people to work for instance we see four or four million acres in this country burning this

year texas arizona new mexico have all seen the largest fires in those states history and yet we do not have a central civilian conservation corps when franklin roosevelt was elected in one thousand nine hundred eighty two one of the first things he did within a week after taking office in one nine hundred thirty three was to create a civilian conservation corps and within ninety days a quarter million americans were in the field with their shovels clearing trying their lines clearing underbrush and putting out fires actually so they didn't get real big robert shiller a yale university economist had. stated that it would cost about thirty billion dollars to employ a million americans in a civilian conservation corps and thirty billion dollars is really small change compared to the figures that we're talking about whether it's the previous stimulus

from two thousand and nine which is in the hundreds of billions or the federal reserve's support for wall street. which goes into many trillions of dollars right there you think something like obama's fiscal plan and his stimulus plan that he's announced his jobs plan doesn't doesn't fit the profile of what you're talking about it certainly is a much smaller plane it relies heavily on tax incentives to prod businesses to hire workers that's proven to be in effect is over the last two years and it's going to say to businesses will give you tax credit between fifty six hundred dollars or ninety six hundred dollars if you hire veterans or a four thousand dollars a chance credit to hire the long term unemployed you know that's just a small fraction it is just a small fraction and unfortunately we're going to have to leave it at that to be continued as we see how this all shapes up because of course obama's jobs plan is

a big question mark we do not know that the country doesn't know about something that can even get passed through a divided congress that was timothy a kind of a professor of international economic law at chapman university and be sure to stay with us we are going to talk more on the global economy and how to fix that i'll also knew in just thirty minutes we'll speak with the founder of the dike i movement pater joseph just returned from the site guide to media festival and if you don't know what the movement is all about here his take on ways your being controlled by forces you might not be aware of plus new at seven a twenty hour speed the u.s. embassy and nato headquarters in afghanistan may have ended but the firefight on the ground sparked a war of words in the twitter verse between nato and the taliban we'll have more on the bizarre tipper tat twitter duel pitting nato's international security assistance force against a taliban spokesman. what the ocean media can do that does it for now the stories

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a pleasure to visit the room sounds to russia and. be one of its finest cities. founded on the cuban river of the end of the eighteenth century exclusion from a small cool site outpost to a modern administrative capital. and as soon as you write this one lady you really need to go and see. this is so catherine and she is the patron saint of president i am legend has it that's if you come into a home. and stand on this circle then you come under the same protection of the time you are. i was ready to get sight see i thought i'd start with

a bird's eye view. now this is president's famous water tower it's one of many constructions remaining by famous russian engineers. and it's still one of the best places to take. shoes of is often referred to as russia's thomas edison because of the quality of his invention. towers like this although often fifty years of just use it is starting to get a little rusty. it may no longer be cousin to those tallest building but for a panoramic view there are a few better places. you are climbing may be hungry but luckily you just a place to go. i've always loved visiting the local markets the some of the places you can find in the city and full of these great sights smells and all these

different colors but of course it does help if you have someone who can give you a profit so all. know how to lunch to meet with an explicit. rules came at. the most since well i'm looking forward to all this trip around the market i have thoughts if you can steal things from me trauma yeah i can hear showing you this. as well come. on ya know it's. also not. to deja came from china to study medicine in class and over the last six years she's flown live love with the place. and this was becoming fluids in the language she's also got into the local food clothes some of the delicacies here just annoys me an acquired taste i'm sure that's never been it's. what can.

be called watermelon a show. which will pick the right ok that's just me on there yeah i. saw. you feel that there are some things that should be left as nature intended. this case it's a definite. definitely an acquired taste. and should be just certainly got used to crossing the tone in fact she's so fond of her new home she's thinking of staying home often she graduates the thing that people are very kind. and i think i can just say that i found myself because. that is a great story. or you know you jeems species yeah those who could see your eyes going to the yeah i think a very alike cakes so let's not go to buy so you're going to get these yeah right

well thank you have so much for showing me around the local media it's been a great pleasure and i'm almost enough to know i can get pleasure from it i think. my list could be due to enjoying the chocolate fix when i headed back outside the weather had cleared up my mind that there was something special going on in the middle of town i just needed to get more things. i was itching to go is around here somewhere you know what they say i can doubts policeman. this is real but here's the puzzles but it's probably closer to my uniform yes yes yes begin with i do yes we will leave to you thank you very much displaced police a. bit of his clothes new those cops get to clean up the streets and can for the environment at the same time i've never seen cause like these for the police in

russia all day a new project yes it's unusual objects will always see. a lot ministration all for us and our was with police departments have a. whole room with security will fix all ok the ends even frame all these program. the cobol boards a few cars at least two cars for us oh well we have. this reason squares of all will see on these cars because it's. all a g. brain. and a quantum leap. well if you will get a wind up in the back of a police tone this is definitely to a scale of zero six. thank you very much. you know that's what i call

a public service. i've been dropped off in the city's central square and it looked like the show was about to begin. to original. unless. these men are x. and without their ancestors krasnodar wouldn't exist the land here was originally given to them by empress catherine the great in the late eighteenth century i mean still nineteen twenty six he was named to katherine which means catherine's gift. because next we're known as fearsome fighters and brilliant swordsman and its reputation they still build on today. is very bad i think. you don't have to have blood to be trained by these guys seems to help you coordination. i guess lies that are three once more. very good.

perhaps my own weapon my transform my fencing skills. so of course is absolutely part of the make up. somewhere else in the city where you can. likely. a my trainer was happy to point me in the right direction. under has been working as a blacksmith since he was a teenager and is the only person in the city who makes damascus steel a material that's created some of the world's finest. the push to start with you bring several different kinds of steel together. the pieces are in the certain way

and are welded together at high temperatures. as soon as. this means that the temperature is just right. you can begin to flatten it out just. how. to compress the light. and steel and it's. still. in the right hands. and you have to be accurate over and over again just like that. polish a five or six times. is an exhausting process but

fortunately he has a machine that will do the next most of called what's the. this. is where. you get. the most likely. like. you need to do it several times of course once the metal gets cold brittle. i'm unfortunately back to leeds a crank's it seems this chunk of damascus steel was going to have to be recycles fortunately andre has another more developed specimen. this is one of months on a solid metal work with a slight just hammering the edge lightly. and hopes of getting the right curvature of the blades. and we just had one last round of heating and hammering to go. one final get.

in a. while. is. painfully haul. away but to get to the right temperature. barring the shouting. hey you have it. i've played. it for a concept laurie. thanks most famous soldiers with their cavalry and although the battles of old may be consigned to the history books the people of president on still share a lot of speeds and. the sun's out the crowds are coming in. and of their races especially when i get to meet some of the stars.

and here's where the ladies. first. know just there is head trainer at present the most hippodrome of my drive for the start of the victory column one of the most important meets in the city's racing calendar. number seven said what do you feel you. do like you do if you. have a bit of a break until the next race is began and i do you. excellent suggestion will have to spend the time. this is rubik's cube an eight year old stallion who was going to be my ride for the morning but had a few lessons on my trips around russia. only managed to. get up to a counter. yes for about thirty seconds and then he decided he'd much rather be doing his own thing. it was a good boy. a bit of

a puzzle to me. i hope at least. i'm headed back to the track but things didn't exactly go away. come on. come on no it's well. i missed. a few races in the victory cup was turning into a bit of a feat but then. it's hit. us. not only three. well i love. jumps at school. now that. i'm even a few. i

decided to quit while i was ahead. thing you can race here and. you're a bit of a speed freak and just down to the. culture is the same a. real. emerging countries in an ever changing world but what does it mean when a country is finally. more

news today says once again fled. these are the images. from the streets of canada. operations. is the. it's the longest in the northern caucasus so you call it really comes across a dollar and not paid a visit but you can just take a walk along the water so. you can get to know it's something

a little bit speedy. eagler is one of the instructors here across our boat school he's an eight time russian champion i'm in charge of getting the next generation to follow in his wake but we have got lots of young sportsmen here and international class boats that can go up to one hundred sixty kilometers an hour. we try to stimulate the children's capacity for work and our members take part in both european and world championships. it seemed like i was in good hands although i did need some more appropriate

clothing. ok more of a racing season than a wetsuit so things to come. and once i go in my life vest it's time to take my seat. ok and trust me completely. my life in this very small forest and snug contraption. with just a gas pedal and no brakes to worry about it did seem pretty easy to drive and there was at least one quick way to slow down. this little safe as. pullets. things cost low and made it. this crisis is well. it's. come to the quick push from the bank was off and once you're out of money these things you won't want to come back.

for living very seldom or with tell yourself because the box is incredible. you can be a new drivers have to go through a rather unusual club ritual. but heck not a big bone needs to finish off russians edition they are going to observe them all . i was about to attend class of the most to still strong laden event of the year. it's pretty sad to say the jim and i have never been back close plus there are people who can teach their own body weights in a day and lift the equivalence of around five big men and if you can do that maybe

you too can compete in the us in some some competition. and i think. over here. it's one of the guys until the middle. class and so he flew to florida city where is james believe that you are all one of the founders of some sort of c.e.o. you not me is the founder of this concious that you're at the right place because these are the strongest doesn't present. you get a seat with the owner ok.