destruction of the fairness doctrine in one thousand nine hundred seven by the reagan administration there are another. public airwaves they are public in the interest to regulate the public airwaves to have a healthy democracy and by these corporations and wealthy individuals being able to funnel in tens of millions of dollars they are controlling the public airwaves and now what it has to do is. of opinion it's not about that you can spend hours or days maybe finding a dissenting opinion it's what people are bombarded with every day that's why they start to believe that global warming is a fraud even though the evidence is so horrible that's why it's wrong you know. again it is what matters here it's the buying of the political process i want to

stay with craig i want to go back to you do you think that media is complicit in this is well it's because they make an actually a lot of money off of this i mean these ads are expensive they make money off of it and they would like to see the process go on as long as possible because it's very profitable for television stations it has nothing to do with journalistic values or democratic hopes or anything else it's about making a lot of money and they're pretty pleased with it they love the primaries. you know you know by the way it's not only the media who's getting rich off these elections off of these super pacs it is also many of the people who are running these super pacs if you take a look at the super pacs since they're unaccountable to any real candidate or political party they tend to hire their own people to do the media work their own colleagues their own partners there is a flood of money go into these super pacs and we find it all being circulated within a very small elite circle of people who are running the super pacs because they lack accountability so it's not only

a dangerous trend for elections this is this is right for corruption here ok it's it seems you know why free speech or free markets ok but i mean is this just buying elections now i mean you crowd out the space with negative. i mean there have been people all around shares of american people are sheet you know we heard your talking points enough times already yes of course it is about buying elections look i just spent the last three love zero like i mean to be swayed by i had to know you know as of our poll i talked to hundreds of people all across the country in various cities who were all saying the same things our voice doesn't matter they said things like you can't you're not a corporation unless you have a senator or two in your pocket you know we can buy the political process like corporations can people across the country raising here is going to say you know.

do you have americans on a lot of people that is own bought and sold by the corporations and you can go out and find this and i didn't write i was going to get elected. but it was a i free market brother and i received huge amounts of money from wall street barack obama is part of the problem ok i'm not a partisan like you. money has fundamental not a right as a political process that's how wall street that's how. a centrally crashing the global economy ok they have bought the political process they have already. they they were able to buy a huge huge bailout and then they were able to essentially sabotage any sort of finance reform there's been no sort of proper prosecution the democrats and republicans are peas in a pod on this issue and on many other issues you know barack obama has the.

climate change talks. craig had joined and the most fright. the most frightening aspect about this is super pacs are not just buying elections this time around they're actually trying to buy the white house and. that's a very frightening prospect here where we're seeing not only so much money going in there we're seeing super pacs that are really essentially coordinated with the presidential candidates pumping five million ten hundred million to support a presidential candidate whoever is going to be elected president is going to know who he or she owes their election to this is this is a frightening prospect for america i'd like to know you know i want you to do a lot of this. village x.l. pipeline which i think you can tell by the lack of civility. going on right now how dangerous this is ok gentlemen. which i think is a great example there was

a recent vote in the house on the x.l. pipeline in terms of the representatives who voted against approving the x.l. pipeline they had received perhaps about one million dollars from the oil and gas industry for those who wanted the x.l. pipeline and the vote was pretty close they had received over eight million dollars from the. well and gas industries so it's going to add that into the buying of the political process. that is going on go ahead jump in excuse me you know just naysaying is a way certainly. second of all money chases ideas it's not the other way around i wasn't a liberal until somebody wrote me a check and then all of a sudden i was a conservative that's absurd the money chases the ideas not the other way around ok craig you know if i could go out of the can't is really true if i go back to campaign financing. up until the supreme court decision you know computing

campaigns you know there was accountability do you think there's any reason for middle class people to write a check for any campaign and it these days if so much big money is out there that crowds out the process being part of the political process and supporting candidates is it's what's the point in doing it i mean if ten dollars is nothing compared to the numbers you just mentioned being part of the political that's a story with there is a values it was a lack of money. and take take a look at the occupy wall street movement the occupy d.c. moment the what occupy k. street with the tea party i mean this is where groups citizens are average americans are finding their frustration and many many of these people especially in the occupy wall street movement are actually advocating don't bother voting it doesn't matter anymore we're not going to see is very easy to get into here and i lead as it were thousands i was last year and they don't have a ton of money wait

a minute wait a minute the tea party elected sixty plus republicans in the house live here and they don't have this kind of money so what are you talking about what are you talking about so if you have to. go to. the others who are out there they had one hundred ninety days that they're out of there is. going to increase to i. forty seven percent. it is when i want to say that i mean i'm spending they had a ton of money i had a ton of money. and they didn't i know the top three tea party groups believe me they'd love to have a ton of money they don't ok that's absurd and i mean this is this is go ahead go ahead. this is essentially the story goes on it's basically. you know we hear these blatant blame lies at least least on this show that we you know we're able we're able to counter some of these lies but the but

the thing about citizens united and what you already have yourself they are able to essentially spew propaganda with no opposition whatsoever and this and i think it's true that when it was where it was when i was going on that i think we should we should. we should allow dollars spent in two thousand fitted like nascar drivers where it shows their sponsors on their suits you know they they should have to wear logos for michael that exxon mobil and the koch brothers ok craig go ahead jump in we're going to see eight eight eight million dollars spent in the two thousand and twelve elections and we're going to see a decrease in voter turnout because most of that money is going to be very negative it's going to you know leave most americans feeling disgusted with our campaign finance system and it is not going to help mobilize or increase the confidence or increase the integrity of the democratic system in the u.s. ok we're in

a very dangerous period i want to call that ok see them with the last word twenty seconds. well first of all government was strong we wouldn't have to do all those second of all the reason tara is going to be down is because obama's. magical run is over and a lot of the new first time voters who never voted but voted for him will be gone next time ok gentlemen very spirited discussion thank you very much many thanks to my guest today in los angeles and in washington and thanks to our viewers for watching us here at the scene next time and remember crossfire. if you. still. want. to the. science technology innovation all the latest developments from around

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syria rejects arab league proposal for president all song to cede power to his deputy and the formation of a national unity government with the opposition. the e.u. formally adopted the oil embargo against iran as part of president the sanctions against the country but there are fears that the sanctions may backfire for the details in a few moments. and croatia says yes to membership but more turnout for the referendum and violent protests to deep divisions within the balkan made.

oh and thanks for being with us at two o'clock here in moscow and karen tara syria has called an arab league of proposals to resolve the crisis in the country a conspiracy the league calls on president assad to hand power to his deputy and form a national unity government pending elections damascus slammed the plan as interference and its internal affairs and an attack on its sovereignty cerf earth is in the syrian capital. likud president bashar al assad to step down and to hand power of his deputy they also called for the formation of a national unity government and that would be a pretty late early parliamentary and presidential elections now those calls have been vehemently rejected by the syrian government here so you could play grand

interference with the internal affairs really the sense here from damascus is that the government here are working on their own reforms they want the arab league mission to focus on their job of course the problem is you've got countries in the arab league like saudi arabia like qatar now seeing the sense that they're preaching democracy to syria when of course they themselves don't have democracy. rush's stance is once again that this should be seeking resolution with alice for an intervention now i've actually spoken to the national coordinator council which is the opposition within the country they welcomed the maven again reiterated their felt that as long as there is no move towards foreign military intervention they're very pleased with the response from the arab league mission because you still got observers on the ground it's expected that the mission is actually now going to continue possibly for another month and possibly with the extension of their powers

and their numbers as well of course what you don't want to see happen now is that the arab league mission which is really the only route there remains a teacher seeing dialogue in the country to now have blocks put in its way so the question really is how to make the mission the observer mission more effective because as we've been witnessing in the past couple of weeks really at the moment in the country what you want to be thing is the sightedness and not further division but it's not for civilization that's for. going. to homes the conflict has moved ever closer to the country's capital and now many damascus suburbs are also embroiled in the conflicts between government forces and the armed opposition. well this is all that's left of many of the houses now inside just absolutely gutted it broken gloss you've got bullet holes lining the walls you've got close around the house where people have left them behind fleeing very

quickly you can really see here the devastating consequences that this conflict has heard for picking up the pieces easy amongst the opposition themselves there are worrying divisions and as the conflicts become increasingly violent there are now areas of the country where it's unclear exactly is in control what do the people here in sanford on the image i think the syrian army having control or it's. not. a lot of numbers but a number of secrecy of who's in charge and so you know. the division the diversion of the stuff and league observers look set to remain in the country for another month trying to build the basis for multi-party elections even seen by the international community or that you are or you are into a position you have to put in your mind that you have to work with the other side

working with the other side uses their look. of change with thousands kills bringing the different factions to the negotiating table is going to be a major task sara for. damascus syria. has imposed fresh travel bans and asset freezes on the syrian regime as punishment for the ongoing violence but a ceremony a political analyst from syracuse university says the opposition is also partly to blame for the bloodshed and that pressure should be put on both sides to start talks. of course there are certain parts of the opposition that should share the responsibility for the there are a good amount of syrians who are dedicated to peaceful demonstrations who have been showing up on the streets and have been you know resisting calls to violence but then there are also many dangerous segments of the opposition who have long used violence we see this as more and more especially over the last several months with

a lot of weapons coming in through foreign borders to opposition that's becoming increasingly militarized and carrying out some very devastating attacks on syrian infrastructure syrian government institutions the police and also innocent civilians are getting killed in syria and so really the violence now is a two way street and it's really a failure of the syrian mission the observers if they're not going to the pressure on both sides it's unrealistic to force one side to make all the changes when there is violence coming from both sides what's going to happen to the silent majority of syrians who are not protesting are they going to be attacked by the more militant forms of protesters are they going to be. in some sort of process that is not going to facilitate dialogue that's going to facilitate chaos. the members have voted to impose further sanctions on iran in an attempt to curb its nuclear ambitions which

maintains are purely peaceful the measures target the iranian oil sector the country's main source of foreign income banning any future contracts russia expressed its regret over the move saying it undermines diplomatic efforts to solve the crisis. has more. it's sensually a total oil embargo it will have immediate effect on new contracts but that existing contract will be allowed to run for another six months they've also agreed on a ban on the gold and gold trade and other precious metals with iranian central bank all of these of course aiming to financially and economically cripple iran over its controversial nuclear program with western leaders still insisting iran is trying to build nuclear weapons while terror run denies this now the e.u. embargo follow strict new way u.s. sanctions that were passed into law by president obama in january so as far as the e.u. is concerned by july it will be a full and total implementation of these new sanctions this is unprecedented in terms of the scope and the desired potential effects on iran but it is also one

president in terms of its potential economic impact on the european union itself let's not forget the e.u. imports up to twenty percent of rain in all its second biggest buyer and one of the twenty seven the biggest buyers within that are elite spain and greece the very same countries that are now struggling to deal with that sovereign debt crisis greece in particular heavily dependent on the range with up to one third of its total imports from iran also it's relying on terror for easier credit terms so they will definitely have to find alternatives for these countries these are what the leaders will have to talk about how to cushion the potential economic impacts on the several member states and of course because of all the uncertainty oil markets have already reacted pushing oil prices up and higher oil prices will just mean higher prices of goods. meanwhile prince britain and germany they were willing to negotiate the sanctions if tucker and hope the tomic activities but. columnist and asia times correspondent says iran's patient patience is just about to end. the

five plus one as it's called decide for and members of the security council goes germany does should sit down theoretically by the end of this month with the run in this will. get to start talking again about iranian nuclear programs but i wonder if ron has any incentive at the moment any fact the hard line there is into our say exactly that. after the sanctions a nice day are fully implemented on july first we are going to close down the streets of hormuz as a reaction this is something that they need to see terms of their internal public opinion because they are being pressured all the time by the europeans the americans and europeans any really a million iranians are asking themselves what is our government doing to defend this in effect that we have the right to develop a peaceful nuclear program and there is no if it is a new we're glad you by national intelligence estimates in the united states that

they are developing a nuclear weapon coming up later in the program the twists and turns of russian politics as the electoral campaign intensifies the presidential hopeful who i think have put and wants to get tough on immigration. and now to libya where at least four people have been killed and twenty others wounded as forces still loyal to colonel gadhafi attacked to the former leader stronghold of bani walid earlier the national transitional council's leader warns of that the country was on the edge of several more weeks of protests in the city of benghazi forced his deputy to resign on monday the demonstrators many of whom helped overthrow the previous regime are angered by the slow pace of reform and as a lack of transparency in the n.t. seems handling all but countries after patrick hayes a reporter for the online magazine for spiked says the events in libya are not surprising given the fact that the council was not chosen by the people. now i find

that very interesting actually because well what's in the national transitional council itself was very much something that was orange and chosen by the west not something that was chosen by the libyan people it was very much kind of put in place and then there were kind of helicopters in when gadhafi was gotten rid of so the thing i find very striking here actually is that the n t c isn't doing itself any favors in terms of pro-democracy campaigners also seeing off. supporters as well and warnings for a long time that this could happen in bani walid people are saying very least two months we may get a pro get off the uprising here and the entity did nothing about it they were warned and now bonnie well it is apparently been taken so it's not surprising and it does seem like the n.t. is impotence and it's reflecting the needs and desires of anyone in libya at the moment there was a lot of congratulates really talk by cameron sarkozy and the bomber who kept a bit of a distance but was still involved after the fall of gadhafi i think they're going

to be very reluctant to admit that what they didn't do was bring about democracy in the country. and in neighboring egypt the newly elected parliament has had its first session most of the seats are occupied by the islamist parties that clinched an overwhelming victory in the first post mubarak elections but as artie's maria emotional reports many now feel there are just going to play by the rules set out by the old regime. is a growing option here in egypt already that with these with this new poll and changes will actually not be as dramatic as people in the revolution demonstrators protesters have expected them to be the muslim brotherhood's freedom and justice faulty has indeed won the first vote in post barak egypt mostly because he had voted had promised people old age to how to keep production transitional transition from ministry to civil power something people have been calling for have been demonstrating for since the supreme council of the armed forces took power

from mubarak last february because to them they say that the ruling generals have been actually representing the old regime something they've been fighting against and something actually their revolution has been designed to gets read off but even today we have many signs indicating that these were missed and this new poll meant the muslim brotherhood as well as some of the business section told you that. a vote actually going most likely to cooperate with stalled and that's why many people who have been able to speak to here in prague road say they feel a little bit. croatia voted sunday in support of a bid for membership the yes ballot however wasn't a solid one with more than half of all eligible voters simply ignoring the national referendum the country is now set to become the union's twentieth state by july next year but only after all the other members ratify the move croatia was split on

the issue with those in opposition saying there is nothing to gain from a bloc currently experiencing its worst ever financial crisis analysts say as are going to must focus on reforms to stave off the country's credit rating and boost the economy before they become a fully pledged member and as artie's tom barton reports the divisions are here to stay even after the yes vote. violent scenes in the croatian complicated it's the country's new referendum but setting. limits to being made behind me the police trying to push the protesters away as they take and seize protest his late sixty's diminish the tense here in the creation capital and financing has been telling well now i don't think.

these are empty protests to say the government is trying to suppress the dissenting voices they are joining with surrender the way she is independence to brussels is not very good that in another street nearby the foreign minister is trying to convince people that took session is vital to the current economy they should leave the stability that scout can lead it into the credit rating of creation. that is translated into membership of the union gracious budgets would be in serious trouble everywhere you turn in croatia the e.u. is being discussed whereas most. the political class no longer question the europhile it stands for public views differ widely. italians will come into her seat and catch all our fish and that's our biggest threat you know if you go there after you told us you have to pay the e.u. is regulations those that don't want to obey must stop trading here in memphis you

know i have two sons who are employed and maybe because of that i would be prior to being raped or murdered to be symbols for you know you worries about solvency local industry and economic well being a former student and there are still some voices in parliament that think the benefits of well joining. the coalition we're not going with our heads high up we're going to already because our economy our non-existing our exporting is pretty bad our b d p is very low so we don't really have anything to offer you back out on the streets the arguments quality not continue with ferocity with such strong emotions it seems unlikely this referendum resolves the nation's decision and the european membership top box of. romania's foreign minister has been fired after making insulting comments about anti-government

protesters calling them quote violent slum dwellers protesters gathered in bucharest university square said the dismissal did not go far enough and called for the resignation of the president as comes amidst almost two weeks of violent clashes in the country as the e.u. the second poorest nation romanians are creating wage cuts and tax increases as their country struggles to meet the demands of its international creditors. russia's a presidential election is less than fifty days away and the candidates are setting forth their agendas prime minister and contender bloodying that putin has published a second major newspaper article this time outlining his plans to unite russia's multi-ethnic society artie's peter all over reports. but talking on multiculturalism a migration vladimir putin praised what he sees as russia's long history as a multicultural nation a history he says goes.