full of heartfelt success stories about the economy and about jobs it was at times very touching but there is a lot of skepticism among americans right now social inequality in america is now at a level unseen since the great depression the top one percent of wealthiest in the country are making a killing while the middle class is shrinking dramatically and that the app is getting wider american jobs are being outsourced to other countries president obama's state of the union speech was motivational photo of full of good intentions intentions but the fact that almost all of his major economic initiatives got bogged down in congress like the jobs act and that he put forward last year is giving a sense to may need that he might be saying all the right words but. they may not be necessarily followed by deeds. going there he reiterated that the u.s. remains a key power player in the world what's the road map laid out for washington's foreign policy. well kerry we have to remember that he

ran on the foreign policy front he ran on promises to end wars but while he pull troops out of iraq and started winding down the war in afghanistan with the plaids to bring all troops home by twenty fourteen america's wars did not stop there president obama bombed levy a last year to the tune of bringing about democracy here leaving much of the country's infrastructure destroyed and its future very much alarming the country's about to adopt tria laws bases for their new laws which is pretty much in from pavel with democratic values and violence is still simmering in leave but in president obama's presentation it sounded like what happened to leave you know was one big success story also the u.s. senate may now be on the verge of an all out confrontation with iran and in the speech he once again said all options are on the table washington is now actively building up military presence in the persian gulf region fifteen thousand troops

dispatched to kuwait is just one of the latest steps there knew he was drawing bases are popping up in the arabian peninsula so we see that while president obama went through went through over with the promises to scale back on iraq and afghanistan and he's been. he's been actively believe building a platform for possibly new wars and also just about the other promise that that he did not even mention in this speech and that is to shut down guantanamo he promised to shut down guantanamo by the end of twenty eleven but you know instead we have seen him signing the indefinite detention act which are infuriated so many americans of course he talked about america's mission to hunt down terrorists globally president obama certainly prides himself on his role in killing osama bin laden and a number of other terrorists but the means by which the u.s. is going about that task chasing down terrorists raises

a lot. of red flags that there is a crisis in the west pakistan relations because pakistanis are you created by the right right kind of thing many of the things that happened recently their own pakistani soldiers some experts argue that washington is doing it what washington is doing is fighting terror and provoking terror at the same time. ok we'll leave it there for now artie's going to church of terror live from the u.s. capitol thank you. and staying with this story let's now get some reaction to barack obama's speech from the libertarian party activist wes benedict who joins us via broadband from louisiana thank you for joining us here on our team that we just heard new promises of even more change but in your view how much improvement has barack obama actually brought over these past three years. well not much from our perspective president obama did say that anyone who tells you that america is in decline is wrong and i think that's just i think he is absolutely wrong i don't

blame just president obama you have to blame the republicans the former president bush and republicans in congress as well but we have some major problems here in the united states we're spending way more than we can afford a lot of that unfortunately is on military adventurism your previous guest talked about you know of raising increasing the efforts in afghanistan we should we should never have gone into afghanistan or iraq we should bring our troops home from both right now we're rattling the sabers against iran that is not what we should be doing and obama did not apologize for those same seek a somewhat campaigned as someone who would be a little bit more peaceful than president bush was but in fact he sounds proud of our efforts over there and that's wrong so that the military adventurism we can't

afford it we need to bring our troops home but the end similarly there are problems here with our government too involved domestically and by that i'm talking about in the economy we had those bailouts several years ago we've been bailing out auto companies he's now bragging about the results we've bailed out banks that is not free markets it's not what america was founded on when in free markets you have companies that make bad decisions they go bankrupt ok so out on the home front the president made no mention of the anti corporate bulky party movement which has been the war raging across the country for the past four months what do you make of that . well i i agree with them in some ways we've have too much crony capitalism here and i don't agree with all the solutions that the occupy wall street supporters promote but you have a mix there it's not just socialists and i capitalists you have people who are big supporters of the ron paul movement here in the u.s.

some libertarians there. we may not all agree on the solutions but they are greedy that we've got to get government and big business out of bed they're in bed together and as treating problems president obama as a proposing to raise taxes for the richest americans how's that locking to go down with the wealthier parts of the that it well they'll say they're against it but keep in mind every time they raise taxes on the wealthy they also give incentives they give consent to big corporations that are also in owned by the same wealthy people are supported in financed by these big banks so they may raise taxes but then they put loopholes and give incentives it's it's the opposite of what we should be doing we should be cutting taxes across the board but also cutting incentives for businesses across the floor to make when you have those incentives threat of taxation that's when businesses hire lobbyists to go to washington and

they get special favors for summing up then how do you see barack obama's chances of getting reelected in the vendor and on his republican rivals any better. i don't think there's that much difference between president obama and his republican rivals they have different rhetoric but once in office stay off and deliver the same things both supported supported the foreign wars both have supported the bailouts i obviously i'm a libertarian and i prefer to have libertarians in there who would oppose the wars and the bailouts but they both support those if the economy's doing terrible if it's getting worse i think that you know voters tend to vote for the opposite party and that would tend to help republicans things are bad but they're not terrible so i say president obama unfortunately as a good chance to win it but to me you know whether it's mitt romney or newt

gingrich or president obama it doesn't make a whole lot of difference ok live from the u.s. military and party at west bennett thank you for joining us today thanks for having me. it with r.t. and still to come on the program a meeting of monetary minds if it isn't banking elites descend on davos for the world economic forum's find out how much focus will fall on forming the global financial system. but are searching for a fair salary why a legal loophole in india has left many without jobs or stable income. fighters for libya's interim government have set up checkpoints outside the town of bani walid it's in response to the city being seized by market duffy loyalists who raise the green flag which was a symbolic of the ousted regime five people were killed and twenty five injured in monday's clashes elders in the town said they will now appoint only local

government and reject any interference from the interim. in the beers interior minister said it's actually not clear who controls anyone even claimed clashes erupted huge internal problems a new government has been struggling to unify its forces of protests in several cities across the country prompted the council's chairman to one of the civil. rights journalist says many millions feel they're not getting what they fought for . the thing about revolutions is they're not simply passive events there is a whole awakening of a population in the middle east but also libya and people saying well this is not what we have not prizing for the victims themselves you know the victims the new victims you also go to the old regime saying well you talk about democracy where is our inclusion in this so you get the sense there is this fracturing the new electoral law is very. good it has made people very very unhappy it seems there's

a reintroduction tribalism and there's networks and so on and so you know. that there is a lot of disquiet in every corner of libya it's a truism of there's no sense. because the civil wars are the most brutal affairs and so you so you can imagine. nato but i don't need to imagine made to really pushed the envelope and they broke the resolution they were there to defend civilians that was the mandate and they were essentially became the rebel rebels air force and so they were attacking the all you know almost total annihilation of very messy very brutal and i think there's quite a lot of acts of revenge taking place as well although we have more news and stories for you on our website r.t. dot com here's a look at what you can find there right now trading real gold gold iran will reportedly bypass the latest round of western sanctions by accepting the precious metal as payment for its own exports also. from one online source to another

the founder of russia's most popular social networking site has donated a million dollars to wiki pedia why darty dot com. egypt's military ruler has announced that the country's decades long state of emergency will be partially lifted on wednesday is one of the key demands of thousands of protesters who are marking first anniversary of the uprising that toppled president mubarak but for many who continue to demand that the army steps down it's still not enough their financial reports now from cairo. a year after its historic revolution in egypt is far from calm protests have become

a part of everyday life and no longer in event one of the revolutions most significant achievements. what i could never believe come out and speak out like. there are several reasons for egypt's people to take out to the streets following the uprising that ousted mubarak last february the country's economy is struggling unemployment is at its highest in decades and while the movie elected islamist dominated parliament debate the country's future resentment grows against military rule and the feeling they hijacked the revolution is organised we want them to do what military should do it protect its citizens and not rule the country people. want to be sure that there will not destroy our solutions achievements they betrayed us the military dominated egypt's politics since the fall of the monarchy

sixty years ago some skeptics say the twenty eleven revolution did little to change this trend. where mubarak toppled down people welcome to the supreme council of the armed forces to lead the transition but the initial euphoria began to fade when the military council was still in place six months later after one bloody crackdown on peaceful protesters after another claim at least eighteen lives as a toper there isn't any doubt left here scaf should go i believe that they're there i mean our life i believe that we don't want them anywhere here in this chair that's what i believe in the words and that's what most of what i all i know believe and the work whatever happens as these are works with and to scholars are scared because the blue in arabic or army lawyers campaign they work to reveal the army's wrongdoings p.t. not female activists. attacking field hospitals and conspiracy theories under the

military council twelve thousand people have been brought to military trials that are against less than two thousand in the dark thirty years staff claim it's leave when the new president is elected in june but if you believe the promises that once were broken so easily some also fear that a general space to yawn behind the scenes reluctance to relinquish the power they've had for decades with protests pushing them to leave one thing is clear the fight is not yet over. grief an option r t cairo. lenders of the world's business elites have gathered in davos switzerland for the new world economic forum those attending will be discussing the salvation of capitalism and striking some lucrative deals in the process that long mr has the details. all right i'm here i've made it to davos i'm at the world economic forum my first time i'm not alone though turns out morgan stanley's c.e.o.

says first time out which shows the caliber of the people that are here ok these are much of the corporate elite much of the global elite when it comes to wealth power all of that so they're all gathered here the question is what is davos man got on his agenda this year now of course the unofficial business is what davos has really become known for in many respects that's what you hear about that makes it worth all of the money that some of these corporations shell out to be here is the networking and the deals that are done in private parties. you know off the record in hallways in the lobbies so this is where a lot of the global one percent or some of them at least presumably are doing business according to past reports ironically on the actual official agenda this year is that the topic of capitalism and if it is or ambling what its future is and what the solutions to its problems are so schwab the founder of the world economic forum has said that we can't think of this is business as usual anymore that

capitalism in its current form has no place in the world around us talking about much of the of the discontent we've seen over inequality that we've seen with the occupy wall street movement which is on the agenda when some of these sessions are talking about remodeling capitalism occupy is one of the things that they're talking about interesting lee though none of those activists are invited to the forum to have that discussion but they are here really highlighting the difference separating everybody else from the elites that are meeting here they have the igloo and can't mint which many people are talking about but they're very much here now as far as what exactly is going to go on i'll do my best to show you that the more i'm looking at these reports of what the press is going to be able to do it looks like i'm not going to be able to see a film or go a lot of the places that i would want to go except for maybe in thirty minute increments what's a day hopefully as supported by someone from the world. economic forum for me to lock down from some of these big business leaders and heads of state and central

bankers exactly what they're talking about in session and my main critique but that is what i'm going to try and do i'm going to do my best to bring you all of that and i will be here being your intrepid reporter until then back to you guys. some international news in brief now syria has agreed to extend the mandate of the arab league observers mission by a month the mission was set up at the end of last year to monitor the regime's compliance of the league's plan to end the violence there latest reports claim sixty people were killed in government protests across syria on tuesday alone the u.n. says more than five thousand people have died in the last. forces have arrested scores of suspected members of an islamist group during raids in the country's northern city of qana boko haram sect said it carried out a series of bombings in the city on friday in which at least one hundred eighty five people died it is considered the most violent radical organization in nigeria

responsible. hundreds of demonstrators in argentina by riot police as they demanded sovereignty disputed for protest is gathered outside the british embassy in one of. ten to negotiate the island's right to govern themselves that united nations britain has refused plans on sending. their. hands around and using troops on the islands to three thousand people. rescue teams are searching for seventeen people still unaccounted for after a cruise liner capsized off the coast you footage has emerged showing images of looting debra inside the vessel. only interior of the ship using explosives to blast into morris sixteen bodies have been recovered since the ship ran aground twelve days. now india's labor laws promise full time workers

a range of benefits from decent wages to paid holidays but those from the country's poverty stricken regions aren't always so lucky employers have found a legal loophole even many workers exploited through the fear of losing their jobs at any moment we should have reports. it's got one of the fastest growing populations in the world and getting india's eager young workforce into skilled jobs is no mean feat business tycoon mini shopper well thinks he has the answer a temp agency that trains and then touts its labor. was existed all over the world temporary stuffing some wood but dunno what we've heard somebody of the five minutes for the last five years filling posts and bringing home a paycheck it sounds like a perfect match but for indian firms there are extra more dubious benefits india's tough labor laws make it hard to fire workers plus permanent staff get decent hours holidays and a living wage none of which apply to hiring temps it's a cost cutting gifts keeping employers smiling all the way to the bank india has

always been a famous destination for foreign companies to outsource their work at its cost but a growing trend here is for indian companies themselves to outsource their work force to agencies like instead of hiring workers for themselves everywhere from malls to restaurants in india are using agencies to hire and manage their workers for the shopper while insists his workers do benefit vital training they are unlikely to get in india as many poverty stricken regions in the woman. who really cannot afford a very expensive education it's going to. have those those with nowhere to go they don't have the grooming them some pantry agrees she's in her old in one of the many nationwide team lease training centers to improve her english skills and enroll in a computer accounting course to make her stand out from the crowd to potential employers. coffee i was very worried to nervous about sitting for job interviews i'm not fluent in english so i'm good teachers because english get motivated and

gain some confidence but critics say jobs people like some end up in should be higher paid in permanent and because the agency keeps the jobless figures down many believe it's bloody india ovoid. it's labor a lot me which lets firms get away with dire wages and sacking staff on a whim but shovel insists the priority for those on his roster is putting bread on the table and that is really where we came in and said that look a job is better than no job and employers were not hiring people because they were scared of him because we were not as we were saying look there are lots of kids who actually are not trying to move off employers to use the law as a weapon in their hands to he didn't blow it was there just war and an opportunity to get a job preassure either r t new delhi india. well korea is ahead now with latest business news.

her welcome to our business update this out thanks for joining me on to printers are surging around the world according to a new report by the global entrepreneurship monitor however that's not the case when it comes to russia over seven thousand people were surveyed in the country and the findings show that russia is a lagging behind not only all its bric peers but also the majority of eastern european countries were in a cost i have the details. there are almost four hundred million businessmen and fifty four countries and about a quarter of them are planning to add at least five new jobs over the next five years and we're talking about countries like brazil china australia and the united states now one that comes to russia the picture is very grim the number of new firms account for just five percent of business is that's compared to twenty five percent in china which places that at the bottom of the list of developing countries and russia is also want to come in for nationalized station with fewer

businesses offering their goods and services to foreign markets. still you. get more taxes from small business at this point all the taxes almost all the taxes go. for their own lives and then some of taxes go but there's a subsidy it means there is no the rich food we should pull forward from the developmental business and they should be should get this money to communes they will see very very pleased between the number of small businesses small businesses and the budget. this sort of reveals a high level of has. the majority of small and medium sized businesses do not believe there will be a positive change and this is a force of government plans to diversify the economy away from raw materials and make it less vulnerable to external financial songs. almost half of

russian c.e.o.'s are very confident of growth over the next year according to a survey by accountancy firm pricewaterhouse coopers that's low that at the beginning of two thousand and eleven when sixty percent were predicting good times ahead global peers even less optimistic with only forty percent forecasting growth in two thousand and. and time to look at the markets now all is heading higher are signs of rising stock in the us rob said by concerns that iran could disrupt shipping in the persian gulf now into equities asian stocks are adding gains in early trade bans new case of over one percent. earnings for exporters to hang saying it's closed for a public holiday and it's two hours ahead of the opening bell here in moscow let's look at today's closing figures the russian markets finished all lower the r.t.s. share of a percent was a miser twelve point seven percent. below was appears to be pulling out of the

severe crisis which crushed its national currency last year getting three billion dollars support from a crisis fund set up by regional states including russia deputy chairman of the year asian development bank of details how the country's prospects have improved and the risks that remain the program of close to seven percent of g.d.p. of this country this is ample amount of resources so given. the current account of the country is showing first signs of improving. historically high international reserves which is very close to two months of imports bill has had never we see clear signs of stabilization in bill it was the challenge to his will is to all countries including russia and kazakhstan is how

the global economy will shape up in the in this year. business update this hour back in about fifteen minutes with more tax watch.

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talk about the headlines now barack obama pledges another program for change during his annual state of the union address his approval rating suffering and the republicans turning up the heat the president is trying to ratchet up support for reelection in the very. in libya gadhafi loyalists claim they've seized control of the town of bani walid and abolish the government appointed military council their country's interim rulers admit they're not sure what the situation is they say the

violence in the city is due to internal problems. and coming full circle square thousands of egyptian protesters angry at the reform are expected in central cairo countries marking the first anniversary of its popular uprising that toppled president mubarak. and the russians are due to go to the polls to elect a new president on the fourth of march we talked to the surprise candidate one of russia's richest tycoons and the owner of the new jersey nets basketball team we hear about plans for russia that's next. thank you for your time.