you know how sometimes you see a story and it seems so for sleep you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else and you hear or see some other part of it and realized everything you thought you don't know i'm tom harpur welcome to the big picture. wealthy british style. but that's not on the title. market why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike's cause or for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune in to cause a report on.

me is easy to it's. easy to. see. it.

loads of work ahead for america's brand new secretary of state john kerry while we also can weather a fresh person on top of us diplomacy will mean change the washington's foreign strategy. egypt's opposition wants to see the president for urgent talks soft almost a week of deadly and breast hammad morsi himself is meanwhile going to the e.u. to discuss publishing deals on a visit shortened by tales of home. and open to detention the team toss it was shutting down guantanamo bay get the ax on a probe into cia secret prisons around the world that's a little compression. he says labor ministry headquarters turned into battleground as hundreds of protesters brawl with the police over eminent pension.

it's eight pm here in moscow you live with us on our t.v. with me tom would say it's good to have your company the seat the u.s. senate has approved john kerry as the next secretary of state so with hardly anyone opposing the nomination the sixty nine year old democrat will replace hillary clinton whose legacy infuse the rise of anti-american sentiment worldwide as well as tough times with russia. you can takes a look close look into kerry's political pots to get more perspective on what to expect from him in the future. the evolution of john kerry's views has been quite remarkable so remarkable that it's hard to pin where exactly his standing on a number of issues he built his career on the reputation of a name to war advocate a vietnam veteran himself he was very vocal as a spokesman of the vietnam veterans against the war back in the seventies then in the eighty's he challenge to the reagan administration's policies on central

america in one thousand nine hundred one he voted against the us involvement in the first gulf war but later over the years john kerry has morphed into a pretty much mainstream politician with a record which casts a shadow on the antiwar image that he's been trying to build for himself in two thousand and two he voted to authorize the iraq invasion and since then he has made a slew of conflicting statements which might have cost him the election in two thousand and four when he was running as the antiwar candidate so while criticizing george w. bush for the war in iraq in two thousand and four in august of that year when asked if he would still of gone to war knowing saddam hussein did not possess weapons of mass destruction john kerry said yes i would have voted for the authority i believe it was the right authority for a president to have in september that year in direct contradiction to that statement john kerry said we should not have gone to war knowing the information that we know today. these are just some of his other conflicting statements for

example on supplemental funding for the troops back in two thousand and three it was an eighty seven billion dollars bill in september of that year he was for it in a cold war he voted against it it was at that time when he said i actually did vote for it before i voted against it a phrase which kind of stuck with john kerry on patriot act again he was for it before he was against it on israel's unilateral construction of a security fence he called it a barrier to peace at one time but less than a year later he reversed himself calling the fence a legitimate act of. as far as his present views which he shared during his confirmation hearing last week on the range he said although the u.s. favors diplomacy but washington will act to prevent iran from getting the nuclear weapon whether the preventive action could be in war he did not clarify that he was cautious speaking about syria and that caution is reflective of the white house

becoming seemingly more aware of the challenges there and the threats behind a military intervention but it's worth noting that he may ask if there were any conditions under which you would support u.s. or nato led airstrikes on the syrian military john kerry said quote unquote sure but before that in march he also said bombing syria would not be the right thing to do is not necessarily a flip flop but you can see that his actions and views can go either way during the confirmation hearing we've heard john kerry channel a new message that the obama administration is trying to convey and that is in president obama's own words we're not treating from the hip and his nomination of chuck hagel who is known to have been against a strike on iran for example could be part of that message so secretary of state john kerry now channels that we are not going to rush into action message but he's record shows that when the tide turns and that tide can turn very quickly and

the drums of war start beating loud and clear again john kerry would probably jump on that. we discussed the issue with brian jones director of an independent media outlet deep dish t.v. he believes there's a certain consistency in washington's foreign policy no matter who's at the helm it remains to see. kerry a certain period still in the. overflow. i mean you know there may be some changes in style and tone but there won't be a change in substance between kerry and clinton in any more frankly than there was between congolese so rightly so every thought every clinton in the last twenty years even in the last since bush and obama what is really change trey's first strike wars in afghanistan and yemen and pakistan and now they're positioning so-called missiles defense which is essentially a first rate weapon targeted assassinations intensified under obama and its

assertion of his right to order the killing of american citizens anywhere in the world is kerry going to stand up in international forums and say no that's wrong we can't do that i don't think so neither did hillary clinton. and the gates of sexual abuse against russian child services authorities in moscow seems just as wild feeling of the newly implemented ban on american adoptions still runs high. egypt's opposition has called for an urgent meeting with the president and ministers to end the violence in the country and mohamed morsi is in itself is currently in berlin to negotiate a partnership agreement he had planned to visit paris nights but decided to head back home instead violent protests in egypt have been going on for almost a week and resulted in over fifty deaths thousands have been calling for an end to morsi is rule clashing with police and troops and to find

a new order imposing three towns along the suez canal. co-founder of the council of trustees of the revolution in egypt says amid the chaos military's role should not be underestimated. resurface interpretation of what's happening definitely there are groups who are willing to sabotage anything and try to embarrass the government specifically morsi and the military that's on the surface however there are deeper interpretations of what's going on some of the interpretation goes as far as that the military council or the military is behind all of this so that big can have. the grip over this race canal and intensify their presence militarily over there probably don't want to see an economic development of this specific strategic area because it would hand over to civilian oversight of the canal rather than military oversight of the canal according to the new constitution something called the

national defense council this council in most countries and previously had an advisory structure right now it has more of an executive and it has more military members on board than civilians. which outnumbers the civilians including be commander in chief the president which means they force the president to take certain decisions which we have just seen in the past couple of days when they have the commander in chief says that he will declare martial law or emergency emergency law in those specific areas another case of abuse against russian children adopted by u.s. citizens has come to light investigators in moscow have launched a criminal case into allegations of sex crimes against a six year old boy in an american foster family a man cause of death has more on that. the increasing number of news of inhumane treatment of russian children adopted by americans is alarming to say the least but

what's worse is that the russians can hardly do anything about it from here from across the atlantic and all russian investigators could do is launch a criminal probe here locally common sense says it will not affect the alleged child rapist at all now child the abusers like the foster parents in question and others well they managed to get away with murder and according to russian investigators the family that sexually abused them had already been convicted by u.s. courts earlier for acts of abuse against maxime now mind you the word sexual never came up and they only got probation at that time russian diplomats are unable to be of any use to kids in such cases which earlier prompted russia and to.

live a law and that law prohibits americans from adopting russian kids altogether now live was an adopted child from russia and that he was left by his american parents locked in a car and he eventually died from suffocation when the law was passed it prompted huge debates both here and in the united states whether the orphans would benefit from such restrictions while the local authorities in the united states seem indifferent to the fate of little kids adopted from here in russia. that's one of our top stories now they've been president mohamed morsi his visit to europe and the chaos in his country for some analysis on this let's join journalist and blogger why eskandar news in cairo while mostly shortened his age something one would expect from a leader facing tales at home but he didn't cancel it altogether even though he had

plenty of time to change his plans why didn't why didn't he. it's actually a wonder why why more she went to that trip in the first place and why you stopped short and what we have is a leader who is not very competent and he's he all these decisions have undermined his leadership and out of the muslim brotherhood and has eaten away their lives just in the sea so he's going to the europe trip to secure funds perhaps for for egypt but but what will he do with these funds when he's very hesitant and they you know he cannot even run his country how the morsi left at a time when the police were exercising extreme brutality with a lot of people killed and. swears and him imposing

the emergency law which he. promised he would never would. so so it's actually has been present and i think he's just trying to secure his international relationships so that he can oppress the people. back in his country i think those were the same sentiments that the german foreign minister told morsi any partnership deal would depend on his country's democratic progress is that going to inspire the positive change in egypt. oh. i think the public the public will be very upset if foreign countries start lending a hand to president mohamed morsi while he is executing these very oppressive measures against his people he has cracked down on a lot of freedoms sidelined. arrested people just really and i think that. the sentiment in egypt is basically

a rejection of mohamed morsi and the monopoly on power that he that he has and it's not so much as mohamed morsi he's he's viewed here. as a puppet. so unless he starts taking control and actually doing the steps taking the country forward with a democratic transition i think people will not be pleased otherwise the opposition is called for talks came pretty suddenly after a previous refusal of more since that time said dialogue why the sudden change of heart. i think what the opposition refused was the calls for dialogue by morsi that they thought were very serious because they've been plagued with lying president who has lied about every single promises made to people or to the opposition but i think that things are getting out of hand and the pressure i think is on them and on him and morsi to

actually get through this situation i think it's both pressure internationally and domestically and so i think what they're trying to do is find a way to a real serious dialogue that people can commit to i think that's always been their position but. not being very confident about the muslim brotherhood's promises and morsi is has caused them not to go into dialogue with the current regime but why would that dialogue in tail and is dialogue going to be what's going to bring the solution to the situation. we're not sure what what the solution will be today we were we've seen is that the presidency has promised that there will be changes to the constitution. this is a this this is just a response to pressure i think the constitution has been passed without much consensus so it doesn't make sense to push forward the referendum. and then asked

to change the constitution we're seeing a lot of maneuvering by president hundred. or c at the moment because of the pressures how the solution will happen i think what they've lost agreed on the you know the different opposition parties is that there must be some kind of government that represents everyone a national you know a national government not just one party over the other and i think that if the if the president morsi responds to these demands there might be a solution out of it. why you ask and journalist thank you. coming up virtual kidnappings for ransom a new idea and cyber terrorism that's only a quick glimpse into the internet to find yourself on the top boss at google that after you. thank you.

thank. you. thank you you. thank . oh.

i watch not a brutal class said greece's labor minister's office today as hundreds of protesters battled with police after storming the building the demonstrators lined rays of an eminent brand of fresh pay cuts and pensions slashed it's all part of athens austerity drive but the police response according to lawyers george a childless was part of a new zero tolerance approach. the government has decided to follow up on lucy zero zero taught us as it ses i guess that is distance to your stated measures so we have deemed the government to take the medicine measures that they are

unconstitutional i guess that he sent strikes and now we have seen the order the police blocked very violently against a generally peaceful and calm demonstration well and it seemed the last three or four weeks i campaign of propaganda try to convince us that now they're worse is becoming that there is no i don't believe that this is that is exactly because we are following this same set of policies over thirty minutes notice that the first three hears that content. of slow death that this recession of the economy going to actually innovate going to meet. of the good relation. but. i think as far as we are for this. there's not much. hopes of a timely closure of guantanamo bay have dimmed a further with the men tasked with the recycling inmates and shutting down the u.s.

detention center in cuba now transferred away the white house has not so far signed a replacement daniel fried was picked for the job in two thousand and nine by president obama who had vowed to shut down the notorious prison friday word to convince other nations to take guantanamo inmates considered to be low risk but he soon saw his job grow more difficult with new laws complicating the repatriation of detainees over the almost eight hundred inmates that have passed through one time or only nine have had charges brought against them including the five nine eleven suspects currently facing pretrial hearings. meanwhile investigations into america's so-called black sites abroad are making little headway eight years long probe into covered cia jails in poland in particular has investigators frustrated with washington not volunteering much help and as our. reports even the details were forthcoming justice might not be. one tunnel may hold all the headlines but

all the interested it means people are moving their focus elsewhere so-called black sites secret prisons were established by the cia during its well publicized war on terror unlike the cause however these secret facilities were never publicly discussed by the authorities the us claimed they could hold prisoners outside the us because then they wouldn't be subject to the geneva conventions to international law and humanitarian law reports suggest such prisons were in existence from two thousand and two basically not long after the events of nine eleven the u.s. government denied the existence of these prisons until two thousand and six now the only country in europe which has acknowledged the presence of a secret cia facility on its territory is the through any and if you were to look at it you will you will see something almost a deliberate site except for the imposing fences surrounding it likewise a suspected secret prison poland is believed to be located here apparently in one

of the most beautiful spots in the country according to various reports mostly from journalists or human rights organizations so-called high value detainees were flown in by the cia for interrogation at these polish facilities. i managed to get the flight records from the airport in germany where it's clear that they have learned the aircraft used by the cia very important evidence because until then everyone denied these landings and reported different destinations of these flights to europe controlled however just like their american counterparts the authorities in warsaw have been extremely frugal with the details and investigation into the secret prisons has been dragging on for almost five years now but what is some earth during its course remains unknown one man who has been charged with involvement is poland's former chief of intelligence and security is big news to miss called ski this first high profile official of any nation to be prosecuted over the issue while this investigators have only one response to all questions

concerning their investigation all the information has been classified as it involves state secrets which of course they're not allowed to divulge on top of that since the case directly involves u.s. officials one would imagine warse and washington working very closely together yet people who are privy to the investigation say this is definitely not the case the united states or thirty's have. any way in fact i can say that the investigation. in my absolutely. article three. mutual legal assistance treaty between poland and the united states. refused to produce any information requested by the prosecutor therefore the extent of the investigations progress just like any information about the torture of prisoners regarding who watch where when and how all of it remains a mystery and the investigation is rumored to conclude next month by the looks of

it whatever its outcome may also be a state secrets and swept under the carpet. identity theft cyber hostages online terrorism that's not a plot of a new science fiction bestseller but a fall course given by the chairman of google eric schmidt to warn that our virtual lives are becoming as vulnerable as our real ones are. explains. the image of a human future liberated by technology and to hunger teleportation and so on just got a reality those from a guy who knows eric schmidt one point five billion dollars and the chairman of google voice his views on in the internet and the dangers that lurk within it warned that as technology becomes cheaper and easier to use cyber terrorists could use the web to run a drone war essential in california could fly a drone strike a target in a remote part of the world in fact schmidt says hackers will be known cyber

terrorists could well become the targets of the same drones but it's not only about potential terrorists states and governments can use cyber technology to isolate and distort the lives of their critics call this online ethnic cleansing moreover a cyber identities that's your online avatar in social networks could be taken hostage for ransom actually there are already cases of hackers remotely blocking personal computers and demanding cash. cyber identities me soon also form a global black market where users will be able to buy an identity the always dreamed of in real life also pointed to the record so much of our lives is stored on servers now any mistakes will be there for all the world to see typically at the worst possible moment when you're applying for that job mortgage making the marriage proposal or running to become president in fact the lines of everyone will

be so public turns will have to teach children about cyber safety before safe sex well these are only predictions but depressing vision for the internet is a reminder to be careful whatever you post and do online may bite you back when you least expect it that's a bit scary up ahead it's breaking the set. wealthy british style stock. market. can. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike's cause or for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines two kinds a report on

a. secret laboratory to mccurdy was able to build a new most sophisticated robot which fortunately dorna found anything tim's mission to teach creation why it should care about humans and. this is why you should care only. download the official publication to your cell phone choose your language stream quality and enjoy your favorite. if you're away from your television or it just doesn't do so now with your mobile device so you can watch on t.v. anytime anywhere. you live on one hundred thirty three bucks a month for food i should try it because you know how fabulous. i mean.

i know that i've seen the same thing really messed up. in the old series so closely . at the. worst you're going to. find out superman the radio guy and pull up a bale of minestrone cause they want to close for about fifty years you've never seen anything like this on telly. gooden tog i'm abby martin and this is breaking the set earlier this week. and for other guantanamo be bay detainees made a public appearance before military tribunals as they face the death penalty over the nine eleven attacks and there's all of this brings me back to obama's promise to close guantanamo.