if you just joined us warm welcome this is all to the top stories now massive protests and rallies across the e.u. about accounts affecting millions putting a question mark of the brussels forceful demands for austerity. israel faces international criticism over its policy of detaining suspected palestinian militants indefinitely without the chance of a trial. and french offices are reported in the heart of the uprising in syria while the u.k. withdraws its embassy staff pull down amid a rising international calls calling for the rebels to be on. the next time we talk

to the former u.s. attorney general ramsey clark to discuss the twists and turns in american relations with iran and syria that's especially to be next week on. iran could attack the united states in a much more fearsome way new york could eventually be on iran's hit list for us media reports yes for new please come out of the country the oppressors and the oppressed on the killings echoing washington's repeated warnings they will carry out the attack american officials have labeled syria and iran as great threats to global security however former u.s. attorney general ramsey clark says the biggest threat to world peace is his own country's military and foreign policy in an exclusive interview with our t.v. the lawyer an activist says america's the next catastrophic mistake will likely be

a war with iran my impression is that israel is pressuring. or. before the election. and the obama administration is resisting that without favoring iran anyway but simply as a good master political matter well the u.s. can't really afford to get involved in another war. and that's not the way it works i mean you do crazy things and that's and that's why the world sort of moves in fear from strife and there's retaliation. the united states will intervene and i don't think it's obama's choice but i think he's he thinks that if he doesn't act with israel. we can cause you know action here do you have to see the american system to know this or to really understand it

fully. if he loses this election it's a failure of president. all his major decisions. we primarily affected by how they impact on the coming election. but if you lose that election anything you accomplish and you copy everything health care and things like that are better than they were far from ideal and far from what and if you have the congress in the second section session to do the. struggle against the enormous pressure of. the pentagon's ability i mean i've watched president to president johnson is one of those guys coming from the pentagon who just like my guy they know everything i don't know nothing with respect to syria. while speaking to the united nations security council the syrian ambassador reportedly quoted a statement that you said nearly twenty two years since he said quote the u.n.

which was established the encouraged meant of war has become itself a tool for war how do you perceive the circumstances surrounding syria right now and the u.s. and european actions and the campaign for some type of intervention we're sure is. under extreme international and some degree domestic pressure and violence for only one reason. it's the same reason that cavers iraq and. afghanistan and libya syria is a part of the effort to eliminate every independent arab. independent of u.s. control i think that's the core it's not humanitarian reasons. it's political

i mean look what we did to poor egypt going back through for actually measuring for the people for. four. brutal regimes. u.s. dominated over the decades you have faced a lot of criticism and have even been labeled by some as a traitor after providing legal to france to a controversial figure such as slobodan milosevic and saddam hussein and you have described both of their trials as unfair and flawed last year the world saw form former libyan leader moammar gadhafi murdered before receiving any trial court was to blame for that are well known one shouldn't. the american people are to blame because they let their government do it the american people though i mean it's the is the american government really acting on behalf of public

opinion within the country i mean it was think there's you don't have opinion about that but i mean you know you see the american people are allowed their government to do it to the u.s. government really consults with what the people want before taking foreign policy measures i would call a confrontation of manipulation and overpressure nucular public opinion to support its policy whatever it is and war particularly. the poured military action and particular important condition the public forum which is . i mean you don't have a minor issues the american public. has any data concern about what's going on in the world and since vacation prevent like you know many have labeled iran the new iraq with respect to the u.s.

media coverage of everything the u.s. officials are saying about iran right now just quite similar to what was said about iraq preceding u.s. intervention or the themes for self in a foreign country through history of almost always been somewhere have inflation you guys did and bad things were mean to their people or whatever their own a handful of things that you build up before you intervene in a foreign nation or they've been fencing for sure they're preparing to assault someone you know all of those countries have been victims of us aggression because of us. political economic interests and our our foreign policies over probably driven by. economic power the united states has interests in areas where we intervene basically for

a phone call or a business but it's exploitation if these interventions can happen and former leaders do not say so what you say a fair trial what's left of international law if saddam hussein had been like mubarak and done what the united states told him to do here it is he would been a pleasant personality united states media and we thought they were nice people but a great guy you know. because he wouldn't do what the united states wanted he had to be taken out as bashar al assad destined for the same treatment president assad is. general person there are a lot of people that would really disagree with the statement you just said that president assad is. the want to publicly disagreed but if you look at history here from when we were clean and he studied how to take care of people's eyes he should medicine and healing but right now there is no healing really taking care of syria

and trying to save this country as he sees it and that's a rough business if you've got people she's not sure how do you think that's going to play out do you think that because soc government will be able to withstand the mounting pressure i mean there were one hundred thirty seven member states of the u.n. that supported general assembly resolution condemning assad in indorsing the arab league plan that essentially calls for him to step down the fact that one hundred thirty seven nations voted. as they did mean the people of those nations or even to go to the base and really feel that way. the influence of the. united states particulars to some degree nato was just told and most of them have more direct interest anyway but they're going to go along with michael that's what that's about. it's going to be tough very tough.

i don't know whether you make or don't you served as u.s. attorney general under president johnson and having said that i want to ask you about some domestic issues when you read legislation such as the national defense authorization act what impression do you get of democracy in america now where you get to impression. that we live in a military and. the people who are on. the. care is was a threat you know on nine eleven has created a level of fear has been exploited and. sustained. but. an informed people would never go along with it how is the us political

process changed since you became a part of a half a century ago. consistently stronger at the national level and the states have become less powerful what was your biggest disappointment made from. various disappointment for our administration was war. shoulders above anything else it was a great great tragedy many have compared the the demonstrations and the rallies that took place trying to be about more to the occupy wall street movement what you think will come out of the occupy movement do you think it will be much political or social game changer do you think it will just be it just think it's a tool to let steam i think the occupy wall street movement has an enormous potential. war movement

a civil rights movement and so on are you people should know if you're if you're black you know you're great if it's a war if you're putin the war should be drafted or if you're just a pacifist. but when you finally have a major population hurting so bad for the economy or concerned so much about the justice or injustice of the economy here if you. and i nine percent basically you surely are reaching ninety percent so i think he has you know we spoke to actually i think it's got to. it's got to study harder trying to do. it's got to appear a little bit less to selfish interest and more to general mcchrystal i wonder why there's a shellfish interested i want to be at stake in the economy has a me true motivation the. problem is the long run more of the same rather

than. more better thank you very much for your time.

you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then something else and you hear or see some other part of it and realize that everything you thought you knew . i'm sorry welcome to the big picture. let's. see.

the resists are here in our teeth french officers are reportedly detained in the heart of the uprising in syria when the u.k. withdraws its embassy stuff pulled out of in a rising international chorus calling for the rebels to be on. massive protests and rallies across the e.u. about the cuts affect to millions putting a question mark over brussels forceful demands for the stairs. israel faces international criticism over its policy of detainees suspected palestinian militants indefinitely without the chance of a trial. and more of the stories when fifteen years from now meantime let's take a look at what's happening in the world of sport cases here.

hello welcome to the first my sports round up the lines. taming the danes and they are shouting leaves russia today to be all friendly willing to take a break and stick up a class man happy euro twenty twelve. while down but not as the next cars on the news are time to panic and i passed but still it's a quarter finals because we're a. crouching tiger former world number one woods targets young and it was recorded eighteen majors despite being reversed on the p.g.a. tour for more than two years. but let's kick off a thought for where russia remain unbeaten after eleven games after eighteen or friendly win over denmark in copenhagen catch the kava got huge praise on goal scorers. and i am sure that in place for the dutchman when he was in charge of the

needs which of our corporate reports short of has been in fine form recently for both club and country it's hard to swallow our goals in the season's champions league where he's been a key player in russia's campaign to qualify for euro two thousand and twelve finals in poland and ukraine and he's manager of the national same level to cover current was full of praise for the thirty year old. and it was a little bleak and we played against him and we knew that he was cheap and then. start putting in a solid hundred position and well he's a second back about but the problem was in a certain moment that every game we made a mistake despite all this quality and. but he played along to. see development. because. all the. underachieving grab the second just before half time break with a shot from this sense which really thomas sorenson should have saved however the

former arsenal player looked incredibly impressive private much as he wanders from the left to right flank and also pops up in the middle on a number of occasions and he really looks a much improved player less player but struggled so much for arsenal this season but i was happy for the team. because it's a difficult period. so. you can play ninety minutes and know you can. and you can see what kind of player he is or this is a russia second friendly win in a row and it really did look impressive against a strong danish side as they ran out sooner winners and for that you know a couple of russia's third choice is getting a rare start to injuries to iraq and fear and others are now i fear he was delighted first of all at least a clean sheet and the fact that russia ran out so control when it would be end. it's hard to judge our opponents but we came out with our own game plan focused only on getting one hundred percent and maintaining

a good control of the ball rusher them out of a break of aren't two months till break it's in your back reparations of your it. as more than capable of causing one or two surprises and the tournament gets under way richard pombo played r.t. copenhagen. well also playing for denmark has forward nicklas bendtner the twenty four year old who is currently on loan at english premier league side sunderland has reportedly been eyeing a possible move from arsenal to russia in the summer and is full of praise for the capitals man. i thought it played really well to kill what we already knew that though because they have played together for such a long time and they did really well in midfield and. will be disappointed with a chance or didn't score but they did play quite well and in areas of the game. so with the european championships less than a hundred days away a host of other friendlies were played on wednesday nights with france's impressive two one win over germany in brain and want to stand back games well following that

disasters world cup campaign they have gone undefeated since september two thousand and ten and long gone sides to the game to the germans for the first whistle in twenty five minutes and if you. move through the window after sixty nine minutes past stoppage time strike for germany is merely a consolation. and also reaction where russia's group a opponents for euro twenty twelve greece drew with belgium poland played out going to school with portugal and the czechs held the irish. elsewhere in the last three two it had into the netherlands all europe and grabbing the injury time winner after england come back from two goals down and reigning world and european champion spain thrashed venezuela five nil the birth of five other tricks. and also welcomed striker clint dempsey was on target to see how the united states their first ever win i recently watched the last and privileged open from the penalty

spot and sebastian lawson find a brace to help sweden thrash croatia three one euro twenty twelve co-hosts ukraine held on to beat israel while the most poignant big song vials use one male one to costa rica this was wales first match since the death of their manager gary speed in november midfielder had made his first appearance for wales against costa rica in nine hundred ninety his time his son is tommy and edward mascots standing by the side captain craig bellamy before kick off there is also evidence of wells lost one nil but manager chris coleman said the result wasn't. good for the play be sure on the start they gave us. an orphanage for them. for games tonight but. it wasn't about us was it and i. it's. basketball now and it is because i have gone through to the quarter finals of the year early despite losing sixty eight sixty three as i am to patterson i calls only victory

would secure them a spot in the last eight panels and i thought the business in the white shirts were also determined to win ensure they finish top of group g. call him me down i can't help it was with nineteen points but his efforts weren't enough that this is a fifty two forty six lead in a set period and held on for victory and show only advantage into finals but the russian side were still able to celebrate and the party's defeats to employers and money into the next so at this rate. it was also good news for spots and k. through to the last rate of the women's year only this is a seven season in a row the moscow region side to reach this far after they thrashed belorussians eighty two sixty seven and something points out of records. beaten ninety three seventy nine in the first game my dears overcame sparring came orenburg and set up a do or die battle back in the moscow region and a decisive third major for

a place in the euro league final eight bar and key to total control from the very start and had a nine point lead by the end of the opening quarter of same or no we asked us and becky hammon pouring in points however the host spilled over confident she really got the edge of them managed to get back into the game and level matter is five minutes to go in the second elana the new is going off russia and american rebecca bronson meeting there or move side this seesaw game continued in the third the four time yearly champions pushed the other a hand and the visitors came from behind however in the decisive frame sporting kate took the lead and metal back to twenty seven year old olympic champion now we asked has had another match to remember proving her phenomenal form of financing more than twenty points for a good straight game while hammon and candace degree also hit double digits in

points would cease to appease and that is the so all their hopes of traveling to used to move vanish with a two one defeat in the distance for a serious cut that was our opponents have a soul exhausting and good coaches they prepared properly for our encounter so it was a tight game we desperately needed this week to and we deserve this when i think we never heard of all our last week and a lot of. that. but it was the beginning of the game. with this weekend sporting caper instead to get fully euroleague deciders for the sound straight season and while making to edit the fuel excise and ending more neural system who finally age which hits the party were on march twenty instead. all right she. well over in the n.b.a. latest sensation jeremy lin has again been fined for helping the new york knicks fight back to one hundred twenty points to one hundred trey wins i think cleveland

cavaliers well in scored nineteen points and thirteen assists and was helped by teammates carmelo anthony twenty two of the cavaliers and one jamison managed to recall twenty three points and ten assists thought it wasn't enough to mix a seventeen point deficit and are used to that to its high flying literates the still room for improvement. coming off my game going i'm focused on is to make sure that my approach is the same in terms of aggressiveness good. job. and finally with golf's first major of the season the masses just a month away for world number one tiger woods says jack nicklaus' record of eighteen major titles is well within his reach the thirty six year old watson said he is the second best in a close with fourteen major wins to his name however tiger has been without a tour victory now for over two years it was down to twenty one will try to break

ground on the classic in florida this weekend he goes into the tournament off the back of a steaming second round defeat to nick watney last week's w.c. match play how about woods can't wait to get swimming at the masters. i'm excited to have. the full schedule leading up until the top of that being healthy enough to prepare. very pleased some of the progress i've made. it's just getting better each and every week which is good that's. four times a year. from front of the. house all the sports news for this evening the weather news headlines are up next i think. well. science technology innovation all the latest developments from

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