welcome back you're watching our team has a quick look at all the main stories we're covering today beginning with the breaking news a fallen dictator is not confirmed footage has been released amid claims by libyan officials the colonel gadhafi has died from his injuries suffered being shot by governor foods during his capture earlier today but the news comes from the city of sirte which has reportedly been free from gadhafi loyalists dr two months abiding are still waiting for independent confirmation of the kernel stuff he will reveal or he'll leave forty two hears before being alsa by revolutionary forces assisted by nato airstrikes this august. protests on the streets of greece turned violent paralyzing become for the second day of its biggest general strike in of years the parliament is due to vote on more punitive cuts to services it's a record. that he said breakers and nato forces clashed with serbs in order and

possible for control over a disputed border area which the serbs consider their terror. and over the occupy wall street movement showing no signs of abating arche talks to alter and blogger james counselor who says president obama is a hostage to big business or his interview is up next. i. how she is sitting down with author blogger and public speaker james howard kunstler so thanks so much for joining us and it's nice to be here let's get started with the occupy wall street movement is seen many media outlets try to ridicule them marginalize this movement as something that's temporary and really an artist teenage behavior and you've essentially called this bogus in your blog let's talk about that what is your take on occupy wall street well first of all it's hilarious that all of these scolds in the media are shaking their fingers at these young people and say oh you don't you can articulate your position you have any

agenda we're living in a time in the united states when the consensus about reality is so fractured even among people who are supposed to know what's going on we cannot construct a coherent story about what's happening to us and what we're going to do about it so to expect the young people to be able to construct a coherent narrative when nobody else in the culture is capable of doing that i think there's a little unfair. what's more you can tell just from the placards that they're carrying around when you know where their heads are at the the most significant or telling one that i saw said. i have seventy thousand dollars college had twelve thousand dollars medical bills i'm twenty two where's my bailout that's a good enough reason to be out there and i think so and i think what it represents

is very clear it's the idea that this younger generation feels like their future has been sold out from under them but with major unions joining we've seen a much more kind of mature knowledgeable group of people come out onto the streets thousands of people do you think that's reason enough for the media and politicians . really starting to seriously i don't know if we're capable of really interpretating what's going on politically in our country right now you know i have a pet theory that the more social and economic distress a culture goes through the greater the delusional thinking gets so that you know as the social stress rises the crazy ideas and delusional ideas tend to increase it's not a very. good it's not a very good set of conditions for you know arriving at a picture of reality if we compare occupy wall street to the arab spring we saw

american politicians and the mainstream media applauding the arab spring yet this is somewhat of a similar beginning of some uprising along those lines isn't though double standard a little bit too obvious yeah it's amazing it's amazing that we were cheerleading for all those people in the street in tahrir square you know anderson cooper was down there and you know all the other. usual media suspects were there cheering for the protesters in spite of the fact that there was a very good chance that the outcome of the revolution might not be so good let's put it this way you know the outstanding feature of the politics in the last three years has been that nobody on wall street has had to sit in a court room to answer for the tremendous amount of misbehavior in banking and you know this includes facts that can only be described as swindles and

frauds well people have been talking about the lack of accountability ever since the financial meltdown some place three years ago but we haven't seen anybody come out onto the streets why now and do you think that this movement could end up taking. america to a better place at least in terms of pushing palin politicians to hold someone accountable it's just i do think there's a reason why we haven't seen a lot of protests the kind of things that have been happening to americans are very shameful they lose or draw up they lose their income they can't support their families they can't feed their families their house gets taken away from them you know these are things that seem to be humiliating and shameful and i think that because of the way our system works where you know this is the land of freedom and liberty people blame themselves and they internalize the lot of the bad feelings

and then you know they suppress it because it's shameful the combination of the shame and the anger that's all kind of mixed up with that has not really expressed itself and it may take a bit more to shove it over the edge and may take you know a bit more hardship now in one of your articles you say hoping vested in obama will end up in a museum of lost hopes along with the integrity of t.v. news i want to ask you if this were to be obama's only term as president what would he be remembered like in history well i voted for obama i think that he's probably all said and done he's probably a decent chap but it also appears that he's either a hostage to history or a hostage to certain factions in our culture an economy like the wall street bankers. remember over a thousand people were successfully prosecuted for the misdeeds in the savings and

loan scandals of the late one nine hundred eighty s. and early one nine hundred ninety s. no significant figure from the banking community has really been even sat in a court room and had to answer for any of their their deeds you know there have been a couple of fluky cases including bernie may. adolf you know these are outliers these are the marginal cases but really the heart of the system hasn't been touched i think that. mr obama will be remembered as kind of a spectacular failure and i also think that this is a period of history that is comparable to the eight hundred fifty s. in the usa that was the period that preceded the civil war and it was a period in which political institutions were failing you know an interesting thing happens in situations like this institutions that lose what's called legitimacy legitimacy

a reason to exist and the faith among people who have subscribed to the to their beliefs that they are worth believing in and you know we're seeing a grand failure of legitimacy now in the political system in the usa and it's rather frightening you really sort of forecast every year for the year ahead what the united states should await and in your forecast for twenty eleven you said that the number one question really is kind of political economy be floating like a when he prove aloon of gusts of sheer fakery how's that balloon pops yeah well i think that the air has been going out of it steadily but surprisingly slowly for three years and you know we're the whatever pin prick in this balloon you know where where it seems to be located at the moment is over in europe with tremendous questions about the legitimacy of the european union and the banking

sector more more generally but you know all of the banks in europe and north america are. interrelated there's no chance that what happens on one continent is not going to affect another i think that there sooner or later we're going to see process similar. albums in the usa the air is going out of the balloon. it's been remarkable that the fabric of this bubble was so strong but when all is said and done it's a fabric of faith and confidence that the system is meaningful and sustainable and people are beginning to doubt that it is if we could return to the role of the media you return to to the this issue in your blog quite often you've written that they shout down invited guest commentators pander to their demographic and dissed their rivals for ratings what role do they play these days well you know culture goes through cycles when institutions. take various forms

acquire a certain would you timoci and then blow it throw it away and i've seen it happen in my lifetime where you know the authority of the evening news on the networks was unquestioned but what's happened is that you know i think that the media has lost its confidence it's certainly in a great state of. convulsive transition we do know that younger people tend not to really get their news from t.v. at all you know they mostly get it from the internet. there are very few kind of vested legitimate authorities on the internet who are trusted news bringers they all appear to have an agenda of some kind or another whether it's left wing right wing capitalist socialist you know we never won it is and you know i think

we have a long way to go before any of these things are sorted out and it's one of the reasons that we can't construct a coherent narrative about what's happening to us do you think the united states could face its own her strike or i prefer to call it a reset because i don't think it's the end of the world or the end of coal. sure where the end of america i think it's a reset of culture but it it but it can be very very painful and you know there will be a lot of losses in the vault of of property and status. and you know things that were important to people that they're going to lose and so we have to somehow be prepared for this period of history that's very difficult what i think we're seeing is something that i did expect that we would mount a campaign to sustain the unsustainable because of our tremendous psychological investments in the stuff that we've got running you know we put all of our national

treasure into building freeways and building these massive suburbs and building all of the accessories and furnishings for them you know the strip malls and the malls and all the you know all the stuff that comes with them. that's where our national wealth has gone you know we're not going to just kick it into the garbage can without a struggle. but i don't think that it's going to work very well for us anyway so the final in the final analysis what i think is going to happen is america is going to be dragged kicking and screaming into a reset of daily life james howard kunstler thank you so much for your time.

a very warm welcome to you this is your news today protesters on hold since they have. been canceling the chance to get the status of the human spirit it's. single. weeks you'll probably see this rap music awards it goes to the movies lately trying to censor global economy and it's all changed things and assign a template to the responsibility to maintain our confidence in hmong kids and taking on the critics wants to be seen trade imbalances recession look to the p. nations close to collapse a new subprime loan to close plants. something else ripple a balance again field level i think is us crash smashed seems just like ultimate in the buses and streets behind the post for sale just programs increase the total economy.

more news today violence is once again flared up. these are the images go girl has been seeing from the streets of canada. trying to corporations rule today. the lead. top stories on our t.v. beginning with breaking news of paul the drug dictator this one could perforate it

has been a release of aid claims by libyan officials colonel gadhafi has died from his injuries after being shot by government troops during his capture earlier today the news comes from the city of sirte it's been reportedly free from gadhafi loyalists after two months of fighting and we're still waiting for you to have a confirmation of the colonel's death he ruled libya for nearly forty two years and for being ousted by revolutionary forces assisted by nato air strikes this august. protest saw the streets of greece turned violent paralyzing the country for the second day in its biggest general strike in years the parliament is due to vote on more punitive cuts to service its record. and the peace breakers nato forces profited serbs in northern cost of oprah could flow over a disputed border area with their serbs consider the territory. i'll be back with more on all those stories in about fifteen minutes time but first kate will tell you all about the big night in european football.

hello and thank you for joining me for the latest sports update and here's what's coming up. with the century local nazi photos that one hundred european fixture will be greatly showdown that i don't want happens we have the latest school here in moscow. while sweet home world number one yani tseng is tied for the lead on. looking old ladies tournament in her native title on. very easy go favorites new zealand the taking nothing for granted drugs hold an open training session of sunday's rugby world cup final showdown. will first in the europa league i could all strike out for the break i say don't start on the bench for luck the much of moscow and surround ike athens in their one hundredth european fixture. with a nikon started out from from lock up and the score as a whole time is

a real nail in jersey for sale is looking to avoid only the second they can't offer was top months of the lot going to be sides to notice the durandal like last time outs of the all the belgian team call themselves about to kick off sturm doubts in austria. will be a lot russian strikeout roman pavlyuchenko will make a rare start for second place top group of group eight leaders rubin was on probably genco has spent just seventeen top flight minutes on the pitch so far this season but has been a regular starter in the right from the netting the equaliser in last month's three one title when i was shamrock rovers tottenham trial remain only on goal difference in group. is what every other russian side. joe dream what you read over all the videos on a mini review show it is up to screen but there are still good solid well organized character checking seemed very good to. read side how could well from dublin side

shall not write you just threw up and yes she did the test points of the campaign when our total of twenty four matches are taking place across europe this thursday going to come to mind all the time as p.s.v. eindhoven our house while telling the group elitists joke post another is writing songs and i could make one a few years and strange turkish ship cash also you very think french dance parties are human are in slovakia english championship side burning a concert on group i there is a battle of the joint leaders between let it go with it there tonight is a scottish jots celtic on france they can read in full and have travelled to the polish side is well. known they want to wednesday's needs coach trying to split she was disappointed not to have claimed all three points at shakhtar in the champions league after the science she'd seen in ukraine romano mr halsey president after just eleven minutes and the visitors were punished as priyanka shuteye in front of four minutes later i would hope she rocks be deemed himself by levelling forgot to start an hour of sleep after an open the home side to one on the stroke of half

time how about with an hour gone victimising equalized to again pulls the level and to do this how it's going to the russian champion stay second behind after all the truth one wants of course a. coming off a mandatory is struck twice as chelsea recorded their biggest champions league victory with a five nil thrashing the belgian side games it's down to the bridge rolled morale is low so i think it's european asked for the blues chelsea remain top of creepy pile up quite a violated his and he wants he wants them to volunteer not lose manager hundred dollars for us thanks to his team coach yelling nicely. and i'm very very happy with the performance and it's an. normally the way they were played with the commitment often with him towards the game everybody expects you to will and you know that when this happens and surprises can. just around the corner and we were able to get the concentration was on all night in the studio to put

a good performance in and with a good result i mean one elsewhere defending champions barcelona enjoyed a two no when as home to victoria assets played the second in a high and ac milan pathway to no song zero from the more the spanish calkins enjoys seventy eight percent of the possession of andres iniesta having the a scoring the goals side not on the right likely and on resi who scored sixteen times already this season that's what i thought he held up so that was a positive. image in russia he said we made a real exhibition tonight to this and we played some tremendous football uses from messi doesn't score like i think of the owl that keep you as a chief we have got to learn all the good news is round she doesn't score which i wish to do is to continue for many years. and it's all small who are top of the group aaron ramsey ness of the stoppage time winner and i want your victory and i'll say this that the second is the point behind. third after their three one home

win over percy don't run as manager also in bangor believes his side deserved to be where they are and wednesday night's performance. should have offered to call them . i don't think it was dangerous in the second offertory. intranets very different . but. we created some chances and. of course you were rewarded for because. is he on the tennis now or third seed marion bartoli has beaten russian concern here out of back to go through to the quarterfinals of the kremlin cup here in moscow the french woman who used a victory to boost her ranking points to reach the season ending the w t a championship however she needs to take the title to qualify elsewhere you name it there's me now one in russian battle eight seeds to make it to both of our tribe in straight sets and make a stop to build this one over and finally six seats that are like that so it's

taking on starts on a donkey to carry on. and able in the men's draw like a man dmitri to also not converted the first of his fourth match points in the second set tiebreaker ratnesar country judy and then top of the sixth seed all next by five a combative little timid since serving talks began concepts are of age not only around the french quarter but generally shoddy ousted ukrainian i was under the call of the next play call schreiber everything would be better lots of likely she'll. now over in america said louis cardinals have edge the texas rangers three two to win the opening game with baseball's best of seven world series i haven't seen wins to no luck at busch stadium instead lewis after launch but when it's a pitch down the line and into right field and two runners to school. however the range is more level with just one swing of the bat family first mike

napoli struggled to home run to make it to two at the top of the fifth inning. but that's the bottom of the six allen price r.b.i. single one the concept just three two games is a game instead there is this there is a fence. the. gulf now and despite hope pre-tournament nerves world number one young saying produced a strong finish to the opening round to tie for a one shot lead at the first ever event on the home island of taiwan. twenty two year old a five time major winner did bogey the first hole but that's back in style setting up this birdie on the par five night. saying hold on the back nine to carve this thirty one final hole for the current sixty eight states saying and share of the lead with. the japanese while there were seven rallied from a bogey at the sixteenth to cinco de mayo since jennifer song i mean more depressed

and more press all all just one straight behind. and in the meantime france and host new zealand have been going through their final preparations for the rugby world cup decider in orphans this sunday the all blacks trained away from the can respect in a blur held an open session looking to drastically reduce their defense they conceded a stinging five tries in their thirty seven seventeen defeat by the home nation in a poor way however the french know how to deal with a key reason the knockout stages i mean dug them out twice before new zealand lifted the webb ellis trophy at the inaugural tournament twenty four years ago but france a two time finalists are expected to put up a proper fight. don't start in the violence and go to no good. done exactly what we've done. for the american fry on sunday north broad. you know the tools are out and. dr james will be doing that much to.

shine feelings that we hear go ahead and it's a great night ever. most sports now in k.c. stanley can finally take it easy as the australian rider prepares for his first race and retaining his world where g.p. crowned last week but my g.p. circus next pitch is up in malaysia for the season and the ultimate prix butts before getting down to business their wives and daughters in a different type of speeding car race around supine circuit means to lighten their moods have some serious racing to be repaired however champion stone it seems to be most needed that extra practice the twenty six year old sealed his second world title in front of his home crowd on sunday and as for the relaxed. you know is a big weight of pressure off. you know when you're in those last races if we made any mistakes or he was going to take a bunch of points off a certain you know the james he was wide open so you know for us because of chairmanship you know a couple rounds ago it's always nice and you know we can go on and just enjoy these

races. and finally sebastian vettel says drivers cons are on the side of caution as the newly crowned formula one world champion was the latest to offer his condolences pulling the tragic death of indy car driver dan wheldon i thought spoke of his red bull team's base in england as the german returned to milton keynes for the first time since retaining his crown in japan earlier this month the twenty four year old also said that death is a part of racing drivers have no other choice but to accept that indy car series champion wells and died at the age of thirty three all from escalation lost focus on sunday tragedy that prompted a course of opinion about stepping up safety measures racing a lot of sports and it is dangerous sometimes people forget sometimes we get a little bit of. criticism for the sport being to say but. yeah it still takes it is in general it will disappear the bad one the last sunday remind

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