the government no longer represents the. the people are going to take the term. the way our economic system currently does not.

download the official publication yourself. stream quality and enjoy your favorite. if you're away from your television just doesn't matter now with your mobile device you can watch on t.v. anytime anywhere. so barack has set in braces for a confirmation battle as a power pick so-called assassinations are. supposed maverick. the top security jobs. of downer and downing street britain's coalition government

tries to trumpet its midterm success while its future plans and the public unimpressed. also north korea lifts its fire wall for the visit of head of internet giant google reports the secretive state german economist to help it open up the phone invest. a fifth night of rioting in belfast flags up the social and political divide in northern ireland as police use non-lethal force on loyalists angered by restrictions and displaying. here this is just after eight pm no more screen time our top story tonight a pacifist accused of being an anti israeli in charge of the military as an apparent supporter of harsh interrogation methods in charge of intelligence there

president obama's picks to run the pentagon the cia and washington correspond i got to teach you can profiles the nominees. by appointing chuck hagel as defense secretary president obama is arguably trying to change the perception that he has embraced bush administration national security policies because after four years of militaristic foreign policy that's most people see it chuck hagel former senator from nebraska vietnam war veteran as being one of the very very few u.s. politicians who opposed u.s. military expansion and who dares to question and dissent from washington orthodoxy is on foreign policy one of them tested with israel he's there to publicly point out that the u.s. and israel are separate countries and american interests should trump israeli interests when they conflict and that's a subversive thing to say here in washington could be a career killer yet a catered for direct negotiations with hamas he condemned the power of the pro israel lobby in washington here's one of his statements to that effect the political reality is that the jewish lobby intimidates a lot of people up here i have always argued against some of the dumb things they

do because i don't think it's in the interest of israel i just don't think it's smart for israel needless to say his nomination for the position of defense. a slew of objections for the past we different interest groups have been running attack ads on t.v. saying things like he's soft on iran he's the best choice for the job chuck hagel unlike the vast majority of u.s. politicians who keep repeating the all options are on the table montra has allowed himself to say outright that attacking iran is a stupid idea is nomination is seen as a bold move on president obama's part and it's an important decision image wise for the president as painting a possible changing foreign policy but many fear the trucks could deliver that change in focus on more than substance because there's only so much one person can do in washington the speaking of the other person along with chuck hagel president obama nominated his counterterrorism adviser john brennan as the next director of the cia john brennan has been in charge of some of obama's most controversial

policies including the targeted assassinations program one where the administration determines who will be marked for execution without any due process oversight or transparency is the man who's been in charge of president obama's kill list last year john brennan claimed that the u.s. drone program called no civilian deaths in pakistan over the prior year which was an outright lie by so many accounts add to that the fact that as the bush era cia official mr brennan had endorsed torture and rendition and also was a vocal advocate bush administration's warrantless wiretapping program and we can see why he is the most fit for the job as the head of the central intelligence agency which over the years has evolved into a paramilitary force the logic some see behind nominating hey girl and brennan for these top national security positions is that when accused of being hawkish the president can say does my defense secretary low kokesh do you ever accuse of being

soft he can point out his new cia director who can be accused of anything but being soft. i'm gonna teach you can retired u.s. army colonel douglas macgregor thinks that if the senate approves hagel as the pentagon chief will see much less war mongering from washington well there are a number of things first of all hey go has been a very effective and strong critic of the interventions over the last several years and the mismanagement of our policies and the squandering of blood and treasure on missions that make no sense strategically for the united states that's what subset large numbers of people who have supported bad decisions the decision to intervene and then occupy iraq and then to transform the initial operation in afghanistan into a nation building mission president obama has always been disinclined to attack iran and i think we're going to see some evidence over the months ahead for an alternative approach which will rely more heavily on the go sheesh and so i don't think the the desire of the israeli lobby and the government interior in tel aviv

for an attack on iran will will ultimately occur sliding down a slippery slope into the economic abyss of the eurozone it's a new one in more than a high with but it's again the worst infected war by the in the program plus to the syrian crisis feeds the shasta ration for statehood with the turkey paralyzed by fears and second step of the. next the market now for a point of its term in office the u.k.'s ruling coalitions touted a list of its achievements so far also served under one thousand reform promises mostly minor but others threatening moral standards as well sara first reports on the mid-term review. prime minister david cameron and the deputy leader of the kurdish nick clegg giving one of their rare joint public appearances together to deliver this mid-term review it was an awkward appearance it was really really

difficult watching there were red faces there were or could pull tears there were these really embarrassing it was certainly i think rare public to integrate into somebody would say of his days as well and that's probably quite a good thing this is summing up where halfway through the coalition now of course a huge question was whether the coalition again to be breaking up whether they're going to stay together. the main message from the cheerleaders was that presenting a united front that they're in this for the full five years of course their plans that they laid out the next steps that are going to follow already being criticized by the opposition who says this is an empty promises no real substance here you know there was a lot of summing up we're going to get the details of this sort of bulk mid term or the in the coming weeks that some of the things that they saw to touched upon that they feel they've achieved and among the things like the welfare reform the

education reform you know you cast your mind back to what that actually entailed we saw these huge protest movements a hike in the university fees a huge outrage and feet of london you know i think when you get this bulk of detail like this some he certainly seems to be brushed away the as i said a little bit awkward and it was very nice of all the people who were laughing genuinely that was sort of met with a kind of any silence in some part saying you know this is no laughing matter it's a very serious point in the coalition there are big questions for the future this is a big question still remain every time they give an appearance like this we also about europe and people trying to clean a bit more information and you know it is quite short on substance i think a lot of people would just be hating the plans that were laid out today in the. going to be better received than the prime ministers jakes were at the take a little bit of a closer look at the detail of what the coalition has achieved or not the case may be here's my colleague. well it does look like the private pension could be

according to one prominent pensions expert here in the u.k. he says that by twenty fifty they could be no more because it turns out that just twelve percent of young people in their twenty's and their thirty's are saving for their retirement so we've got a lot of young people in the u.k. who aren't thinking about their pensions atoll and that's leading to concerns over a potential pensions gap in the future the sad reality is that young people nowadays they have a lot of very immediate financial pressures on their plate you know with austerity measures in full swing with the financial crisis with young people on very low wages having to live with a very high cost of living at the same time they could have debts in the form of university fees that they have to pay off if they're lucky they'll have a mortgage but the the truth is is that a lot of young people have all these very immediate precious and so they just don't

have time to think about putting money away for thirty forty years down the line that's money that they might not see again and there's a double sort of irony in this because by the time that they retire the pension age is going to be at least sixty eight and there are reports saying that some people have said that well if the pension age is going to be sixty eight we might not live that long so why save for it so it is quite a grim picture at the moment. north korea known for its reclusiveness and tight internet controls is playing host to a high profile visit from the u.s. one of the guests being head of online giant google in fact the trip's breeding speculation about the company's plans to expand into the secretive state as a talker john feffer he's the co-director of foreign policy in focus budget. joining us on the line now from washington d.c. hi sir thanks for being with us this visit by google boston eric schmidt headed by former new mexico governor bill richardson now richardson is a veteran of humanitarian journeys to north korea is this one going to be different

from the usual kind of trip you think well it comes with a great incentive for north korea and that is a visit from one of the top corporations in the world and so i think that's one of the reasons why north korea was so enthusiastic about having them come in on this trip the u.s. state department's not enthusiastic there is a spokesperson there victoria nuland says the visit ill timed in light of washington's recent rocket launch schmidt though says he's not there on business so why do the u.s. officials care what the u.s. officials care because they're trying to tighten the screws on the sanction regime against north korea but to be honest there aren't a lot of sanctions they can levy against north korea at this point where most heavily sanction countries in the world so what they're looking for basically is more a kind of atmosphere of condemnation and for a trip like this to go forward is to basically go against this overall atmosphere of condemnation john you said there's a lot in it for north korea and it's known for its very tight internet controls is

this is sign that things may be changing in that regard with the google guy there. well i think the leadership in north korea's always been interested in more information top elite in north korea has access to the internet has access to the world wide web has access to lots of information it's the bulk of the population of course that doesn't have any any access although we've seen some increase of course in cell phones and in applications smartphones in north korea so at a certain level yes we've seen a crack open in terms of information access but i don't think we're going to see any major deal come out of this and i don't think we're going to see google suddenly open up an office in pyongyang and interesting is making a visit no in it it's very interesting and i think a lot of it has to do with the fact that north korea positions itself as a leader in information technology i mean people may find that amusing but that's

the case north korea's computer programmers are top animators are top notch they see themselves as as taking information technology as a vehicle into the twenty first century so having someone like google google's eric schmidt come for a visit is extraordinarily important for this. success north korea while you're on the line the reports of recruiting german experts to help make north korea a more attractive to foreign investors could do at the moment what is it got to offer them well number one it's got trained workforce highly educated and no trade unions i mean that's no trade unions are going to cause any strike and that's the big plus for outside. because raw materials north korea has a enormous amount of mineral wealth and at the moment china has pretty much locked up access to that the north korea i think is interested in getting

a couple more beds maybe getting some more money there and then of course location north korea is in the middle of one of the top economic zones in the world so if you're going to open up a business in northeast asia why not think of north korea. co-director of foreign policy and focus project at the institute for policy studies. direction is such a better life for a short break it tonight we report from venezuela for you which is becoming an appealing place for those who failed to find economic and social paradise in more traditional a. wealthy british style.

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well again belfast has seen a fifth straight night of violence as police fought plastic bullets and water cannons and hundreds of loyalist protesters the angry mobs hurled bombs and bricks in your forty's injuring three about sixty officers been booted in bouts of violence over the last five weeks now since city always decision to only fly the union flag on special days there's been reports of loyalist paramilitary groups orchestrating the riots social justice academic peter shallow told us they might want to use the confusion as a base for more violent action there are several issues i think well first of all the not area there are some lawyers as part of the leaders who are against the peace process and other issues such as putting except for help in a culture that's for people who disagree with the peace process forward in the you know stroke that it's going to take you to come together and to be able to engage in these types of activities. if you would want to go out and problems in this area these profiles will last two years there are people who are not organization who

are getting this violence there is another problem of course in northern ireland on the other side of the house as it were will be called this will republicans those who wish to create a united ireland and they have been involved in a series of bomb attacks and shootings for the last three years and i've also especially during periods like this we will try to use this obvious fear of disharmony to try to your play out day in terms of their own violence. a kurdish militant raid on a turkish border post as the thirteen people dead the soldiers eventually managed to force back their attackers the insurgency in the south east as rolled on for three decades now there were tentative deal of disarmament allegedly been reached today and it's ridiculous to report turkey meddling in syria may only involve militants at home that's not true his prime minister may have shot himself in the foot by openly supporting the syrian opposition the country's leader may have overlooked the thanked syria's political mayhem may have on turkey especially in the border areas. some observers believe in between un

corolla and damascus will have a devastating. intreat. turkey now involved virtually no war it's used as a base by syrian rebels and is now good to the kurds or more just perfectly predictable but the dangers here are a few early guns reasoning behind his support for the rebels can stem from lessons of the recent past. what do you. make. with the syrian opposition because they've made the same mistake in iraq. the kurdish region which is. now. thriving. but that could come at a dear cost. conflict between turks and kurds has been simmering for some thirty

years with thousands of victims of both sides in fact the last eighteen months have seen seven hundred deaths from the confrontation between turkish security forces and the kurdistan workers party or p k k recognized by some western nations as a terrorist organization some believe the thirty million kurds are ready to rise at a moment's notice to at least gain some autonomy if not reach their ultimate goal of the kurdish state the syrian crisis may very well provide such an opportunity and uncross increasing animosity towards both kurds and damascus it may very well be turkey that will end up being the biggest loser in this political game kurdish representatives in the turkish general assembly firmly believe no matter the outcome of the conflict the kurds in syria are set for some sort of autonomy and they're eager to follow suit the syrian kurds so the have their own. autonomy

for long years we are also struggling poor democratic autonomy we want. our identity to be recognized and we won the. democratic autonomy of regional autonomy then we should have our south governance right but these desires seem to fall on deaf ears within the turkish government without corrals kurdish conflicts coming under increasing scrutiny from human rights organizations accusations of rape torture kidnappings and the use of chemical weapons against suppose a pretty separatists have been backed up by independence through the records and investigations and are a major stumbling block on and crusade for e.u. membership the turkish government nevertheless seems determined to avoid the issue altogether instead turning its attention across the border into syria in a ghost go r.t. . getting armed to the teeth is

a controversial date being set aside on the calendar in the united states a right wing group of americans is over my special day to call owners of weapons to buy them and fire them anymore without online tonight also to the mystery of the missing million dollar materialists a sledgehammer wielding fave snatched it twenty five years ago now it's turned up again. bad news for the eurozone jobless rate this is a new record high with spain again suffering the most followed by greece while nearly twelve percent are out of work across the block over a quarter of people in spain can't find a job now worrying number comes amid fresh demonstrations in madrid thousands of doctors have been marching against government plans to partly privatized health care a move they feel will ultimately lead to further job cuts punish political analysts who go since it's an alarming sign that traditionally pro-government medical work is turning out in protests. that you see interesting about these protests in the

health care sector is that it's different from a sociological point of view from all the protests we're seen around spain we've seen of course teachers and and. public sector workers of all sorts transport all the services are basically on strike or staging protests now what is different about the is that you have doctors which are traditionally in spain like elsewhere are traditionally more conservative they most of them they backed the government prior to its election so this is their own people that he sent happy with the way the government is going so i think it will it will make a difference it will it will cost some extra problems for that for the current government. well as unemployment brings the spirit of what was once a land the prosperity of many of those who are hunting for a better life and are making some unexpected choices cuffing off the porch from venezuela while the country is becoming

a more attractive place to live these days with no end in sight to the financial crisis many are finding refuge in countries with an alternative economic model or some business well that represents hope and new opportunities to bolivarian republic may be a surprising choice after all it's been ranked as one of the most corrupt nations in the hemisphere whose murder rate exceeds that of iraq still the world bank says venezuela draws the largest number of immigrants after argentina with one million flocking here in two thousand and ten alone the most. and get weaker rosa is one of them after decades of struggling in the u.s. she decided to start anew in venezuela. and that come to you completely alone when you go that trying to find a new way to really learn nobody helps you that nobody in caracas the helping hand came from the government a cheap loan to kickstart a small business and subsidies that enabled her to purchase this home that's why

rosa and others like her see the country as a place where. you can move more freely here you have more opportunities. robust economic growth and increased spending on social projects to help create those opportunities having the state on your side in terms of the benefits is a huge think as you don't have to worry about your basic necessities everyone has the right to universal free health care quality health care education at all levels the government provide subsidies to start up small businesses medium sized businesses that do the same in terms of housing to help people if they're coming from a country where the economic crisis is so bad they've been cutting all those benefits but as well it begins to look like a paradise that may certainly seem to be the case for those on the bottom president hugo chavez helped bring the poverty rate down from fifty percent when he took office to roughly thirty one percent and the u.n. says venezuela has the lowest level of inequality in latin america.

it's one child as diehard supporters among the poor but what about the rich critics say childless is alienating the wealthy many of whom turned out in droves to vote for his opponent in october closely contended election twenty first century socialism hasn't helped us it is her job his opponents blame his so-called socialist experiment for problems like limited foreign investment they say that it's driving businessmen and entrepreneurs out of the country. by daniel year g.'s himself a young businessman disagrees after spending twelve years in barcelona he decided to return to venezuela not just for the economic benefits he says but for the chance to partake in a different sort of future order there are two very different political forces in this country one wants to move towards capitalism the other is on the path of socialism in the october election the people of venezuela voted to make the country greener fairer to create more opportunities and in this regard many venezuelans

like myself have decided to return home and so they do showing that for some gambling in venezuela system may be worth the risk you see catherine of r.t. venezuela. after the break out these cars ripple pulls no punches in the banking world as we head into a brand new year twenty city more programs to enjoy from in the. crime is a plague of the big cities but in a tiny arkansas town of twenty five thousand it is really getting out of hand pure gold is a property crime index of more than double the national average and rape burglary and assault are also way above average poor poor gold is a dangerous place to live in but what's the answer to living in constant fear of

criminals well the mayor thinks that the answer to that problem is to live in constant fear of the government how logical the mayor and police chief have a doorstop plan to send out police patrols with a r fifteen and full swat armor to i guess intimidate the local population into submission well actually the plan is for them to stand around it ask people an important question ask them to show id the answer to crime isn't a police state sending guys out with automatic weapons and body armor around just to check people's i.d.'s like it's the berlin wall or something won't do anything a guy who breaks into your house for crystal meth money isn't going to be affected by this only the good average citizens will have to show an armed thug of their id just to go buy milk but i shook my opinion.

thank. you. welcome to the kaiser report i'm max kaiser or what is it good for some say absolutely nothing but from what i see it's a good way to support a bunch of books welfare queens in virginia maryland and d.c. stacey yes max this is come to light recently as there's been all sorts of alleged you know wrangling over the budget in the united states this whole deficit ceiling and how much we need to cut why is the pentagon off the table well if you lou.