george soros reaches out and helps.f few weeks ago, soros has to issue an apology after supporting a donation to the london school of economics from gaddafi's son, because he said i'm going to help. i'm going to help. i'm going to help the u.s. firm to improve libya's image and get his son into the london school of economics. but then, gaddafi's son plaggerrizes his work and so now, george soros is humiliated. 2008, george soros is so intrigued by the powers' doctrine, that he helped fund and create an entire global center for the responsibility to protect. which is designed to be a catalyst for action using the responsibility to perfect as justification. got it? he thinks this is great. but it's not really making progress in the u.n. i spooky dude will get involved and he puts it together in a global organization. 2008, powers, cass sunstein's wife, works on the obama campaign. you know her if you remember someone getting booted off of obama's campaign because he called hillary clinton, because she called hillary clint

this evening, george soros. his organization helped democracy around the world and made him a leading voice on the world stage. despite all of the talk of a debt crisis, george soros believes the u.s. could absorb more debt if it made improvement in the struggling u.s. economy. we are glad you have joined us. our interview with george soros is coming up right now. james, and he needs extra help with his reading. >> i am james. >> yes. >> to everyone making a difference -- >> thank you. >> you help us all live better. >> nationwide insurance supports tavis smiley. with every question and every answer, nationwide insurance is proud to join tavis in working to improve financial literacy and remove obstacles to economic empowerment, one conversation at a time. nationwide is on your side. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like thank you. [captioning made possible by kcet public television] tavis: george soros is, of course, a very successful businessman and chairman of open society foundation,

and billionaire george soros called a meeting of the mind this to remake the global economy and why now is the system meant to fix the financial fallout failing. unveiling the burka a new ban in france is forcing women to integrate into society but it's revealing more than people face it. it's monday april eleventh four pm in washington d.c. i'm christine freeze out there watching our team or following breaking news right now a lot of questions tonight after a deadly blast at a subway station in el over as you can see government is the capital of bellerose in eastern europe so far reports say the blast has killed at least eleven people injuring more than one hundred others this happened just before the height of the evening rush hour just as people were rushing to catch two trains arriving in the station now a criminal investigation has been launched as to who or what caused the blast we will stay on the story and continue to update you throughout the evening. well a two thousand and ten human rights report published by the u.s. state department came out on friday it's an annual report

is a long list of very influential well known highly regarded academic economists of course george soros is here the billionaire investor who started this organization this think tank with fifty million dollars of his own money back in two thousand and nine we are hearing from larry summers who up until recently was the president's top economic aid nobel prize winning economist joseph stiglitz also paul volcker is. here he's a former federal reserve chairman that's just a short list of some of the names economists fergus and harvard professor kenneth rogoff so all very highly fluent schol names in terms of the economy and even politics definitely a lot of big names there now as i said the theme is crisis and renewal but i'm just wondering what that really means you know a lot of people are pointing back to an interview that george soros did back in two thousand and nine where he essentially said that he wants to rearrange the entire financial order is that is that a big conspiratorial the now people are saying this is where he's going to do it. because i thought with some of the fear mon

currency now even joseph stiglitz was saying that george soros one of the organizers agreed with and you also had several other members. and speakers at this conference including gordon brown the former british prime minister and others who have said we need a new currency we need a new global central bank. so this new global currency there's a general idea i mean i was on and it's a wonder and not only the institute for new economic thinking organizing this but also a lesser known organization in canada of the center for international governance innovation which is basically a think tank dedicated to global governance. and so these are the. premise of the ideas i mean at its meeting whether or not institutions result is another matter and that and this hasn't had as much influence but i think this is a continuation of processes as it's been going on since he and i left talk about the timing on this you know why now certainly george soros has been talking about changes needed at least for the last two years at this conference put on now right before we go into some pretty important f

of a conference is being led by george soros think tank the institute for new economic thinking that we cannot cross live to these institutions executive director robert johnson thank you for being with us our reporter lauren has been telling us about some of the ideas being put forward out before who do you think global decision makers would be listening and not to take action. i guess i would say it was because there was an awful lot of smart people a lot of experience from the product markets experienced people both pros and from the posted community what a great job are very very children it works was good which was young so well that was old men and women so if they were not loose in the groups and there was in your opening speech i understand you question the effectiveness of the current financial governance and calls for measures to restore trust in the system who do you think people can trust to steer the economy responsibly. at this time i do not think people trust the government after the financial bailouts i do not think their trust experts are large but. the notion of unf

well for more on the soros conference in bretton woods head to our website. and have a look at all the latest news and developments in our team usa section find out why some actually believe america is facing our revenue not a bunch of crisis partly caused by u.s. corporations finding tax loopholes overseas to squirrel away their profits all that and more that are to the. well of course back to square commemoration ceremonies are being held to mark a year since the polish president's plane crash there you can see live pictures of these commemorations taking place a polish delegation is headed by a commercial church that's the wife of the new pope was president. recently candles to honor the memory of those who died there a year ago ninety six people were on board the plane including of course president kaczynski and his one grief united the two nations in the immediate aftermath but both rejection of the investigations findings has threatened to open up new divisions crossing to smile notes throughout the day so you can stay with us for. the. i mean other new

town of bretton woods the summit held by billionaire philanthropist george soros and focusing on the place emerging nations will take any new world order nazis laura lister reports now from the bench. so part of the themes that we've heard are not so much what needs to take place going forward but that something needs to change in a new new way of thinking about the global economy and the financial order and the tools that people have to use in that countries have to use need to change there needs to be new thinking going forward one of the main issues that we've heard from already is something that the original bretton woods conference held here stablished remember back in one thousand nine hundred four countries all met here to decide on a global economic framework and that was the time that the u.s. dollar was named the reserve currency and countries peg their exchange rate to it which is the framework that holds today and it's something that's coming under question yesterday we heard george soros say that one of the big questions is if the u.s. dollar should still be the reserve

someone like soros anything he says pretty much makes news and is influential when it comes to finance when it comes to the economy so i ask what role these kind of things can have and he said that they do in kind of a cumulative way that they're often the precursor to the actual policy that gets pushed forward years later and i'll remind you that some of the policymakers here do still have a role and are closed the government even yesterday mr summers said he couldn't answer a question on japan selling treasuries because he's still selling u.s. treasuries in the wake of bear quake and tsunami and a disaster and what they'll need to repair their economy and he said he couldn't answer that because he's still much too close to government just kind of showing that a lot of the names here do have influence still and people that are making policy when it comes to the economy or choose long list are reporting live from new hampshire thanks for that update. and more on the conference in bretton woods on our web site www dot com you can also have a look at the latest from our washington bureau

as money and why that should be the least of your concerns and will shed some light on what george soros has been up to counsel rod pepys here to tell us how he decided to run for office i got elected the next day with a jake and luke will explain what you need to do to protect the data on your phone from the police and check in with gary frenchy for a police state update it might not qualify as a qur'an burning good time but at least you're watching adam vs the man. in one thousand nine hundred four at the end of world war two forty four allied nations gathered together at the mount washington hotel in bretton woods new hampshire for the united nations monetary and financial conference the delegates there created the bretton woods agreements which established the international monetary fund and the us dollar is the global reserve currency thus securing an unprecedented economic advantage for the federal reserve system here in the united states which controls the rate the dollars are created and who gets them first in one nine hundred seventy one president nixon took the u.s. dollar off

a list or reporting when as we've mentioned the conference in bretton woods is being led by george soros is institute for new economic thinking its executive director robert johnson told us the first thing the financial elite should do is to restore public trust in the system. i do not think people trust the government after the financial bailouts i do not think they trust large but we have to take that seriously that we have to grow out of my regaining the trust. to look at themselves in a credible or they embrace a new kind of social responsibility to rethink it's the role of an expert and i'm certainly concerned about the united states which is in the center of the world system the middle class in the united states is feeling compressed they're experiencing what you might call a social growth while trying to three percent of most are doing very very well almost all of the gains from one hundred seventy nine to the present perhaps more than a hundred percent have gone to the top one percent and that's just not that's not sustainable and that is not inspiring of trust people who can tel

these rebellions soft landings and if they are a well they're very they're very connected because soros took over the radio free europe radio liberty archives in prague radio free europe radio liberty were cia fronts funded by the cia so we see that all these connections between this central intelligence agency usa id national endowment for democracy and george soros is open society institute in foundation i'll ask you of course we just heard in that story that actual internet access and libya is so it's not just five percent but yet we hear about the role of the. twitter you know activists and activists on facebook that are you know can tweet and say we're being killed we're being massacred we need help you know those sorts of things is the joke on the u.s. if the if the u.s. is really looking at these as as advents that intervention needs to get and i think the u.s. is probably behind the these twitter feeds they don't even know if it came from libya they could have come from neighboring arab countries were people you know conversant in arabic or they could have come from outside the

co-opt these rebellions soft landings dorothea a well they're very they're very connected because soros took over the radio free europe radio liberty archives in prague radio free europe radio liberty were cia fronts funded by the cia so we see that all. these connections between the central intelligence agency us the id national endowment for democracy and george soros is open society institute and foundation well just because there are you know you connect connect the dots like this and people of own the same enterprise it doesn't mean that they're working if they have the same goals the goals are to make sure that whatever government comes in libya increasingly that's looking like and sort cozy had his fingerprints on this libyan rebellion even before it started it from all reports they want to make sure that the government of comes in is one that's sort of beholden to their friends the world bank the i.m.f. . the international corporations and just how to me because they want to reform the i.m.f. and the world bank you know by that you know i don't buy it well he wants if you want t

finance experts of today are once again gathering in bretton woods all brought together by george soros and the theme is crisis and renewal so joining me to discuss it is our chief correspondent laura lister who is there in new hampshire to tell us what it's all about lauren for starters who's on the list. there is a long list of very influential well known highly regarded academic economists of course george services here the billionaire investor who started this organization this think tank with fifty million dollars of his own money back in two thousand and nine we are hearing from larry summers who up until recently was the president's top economic aid nobel prize winning economist joseph stiglitz also paul volcker is set to speak and to be here he's a formal the former federal reserve chairman that's just a short list of some of the names of economists niall ferguson harvard professor kenneth robot so all very highly influential names in terms of the economy finance and even politics definitely a lot of big names there now as i said the theme is crisis and renewal but i'm just wond

bester george soros is holding a conference to be attended by the world's richest and most influential people the agenda to reform the global monetary system how do you think the world's economy this week let's talk about that world number one this go you there and these people who are getting together with you know trying to figure out how to fix the economy they're trying to reproach a way which is already going on which is the government's long since lost control over want to re will it was because. corporate sure. what i do i'd actually draw a line between the two corporations and government which right now that line is very blurry i think of the city economy is actually the problem for the economy of a good environment actually in terms of fuel efficiency and still needs a lot of the problems that are causing the economy could be remedied by fixing environmental issues my and most important economic trait which is triple bottom line which means you look at what's best for not only the businesses nine only for the employees involved and businesses to society as well so that becomes

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the american dollar as a reserve currency and now it's a place where a think tank backed by george soros has brought together big names like nobel prize winning economist joseph stiglitz and former us federal reserve chair paul it over to quote a remake of the financial order well joining us now live from bretton woods is artie financial correspondent lauren lester lauren thank you so much for being here now tell us what does this think of the historical significance of this gathering and what are they really trying to achieve here. well mystical significances as you mentioned this was back in one nine hundred forty four where united nations the allies in world war two gathered to try and did put together an international global framework for the economy and that was a time when countries and hit very badly with the great depression they were practicing beggar thy neighbor policies and this was the first time they came together to establish kind of a global order when it comes to the economy and to finance and a schoolgirl order came at a time when the united states was a great when the

the global economy artie's moralists a report from the summit held by renowned billionaire george soros. one of the main reasons why this gathering is taking place is because the belief is that after the financial collapse that shook the globe and it reverberated all across the world there hasn't been anything to replace the old system that reflects a new world where the united states is not the one singular power that dictates economic policy the way that it was in the one nine hundred forty four conference when the dollar was named the reserve currency that was the historic conference that was when you united nations got together the allied countries during world war two at its peak to have this summit today it's a very different story this is billionaire george soros gathering together two hundred according to the think tank intellectuals this is a think tank funded by soros and south fifty million dollars reportedly behind it gathered together to discuss where this is going next and the idea among thinkers here or at least behind this conference is that there needs to be a system th

dollar is the reserve currency and in fact george soros said that other currencies it no longer really is there for and sees are filling not role as well the euro being one of diversification of currencies and something that was really blamed on although nobody really knows the alternative is a number of factors in the us economy and a debt to g.d.p. ratio that's really grown and i think as i spoke to earlier said he attributes that and a large part to bailing out this thing bailing out wall street not the public which it's just her revenues in the united. further and turned it further into something that we didn't see dealt with as right here in the united states we saw the government barely avert a shutdown and we saw them essentially only cutting thirty eight billion dollars from the budget which is nothing more than one trillion dollar deficit so really you can tackle the deficit or that if you at all people are concerned about you if economy. lauren lyster reporting there well as we mentioned at the conference in bretton woods is being led by george soros is institute for new econ

according to the think tank intellectuals this is a think tank funded by soros themselves fifty million dollars reportedly behind it gathered together to discuss where this is going next and that idea among thinkers here or at least behind its conference is that there needs to be a system that reflects that this is no longer you know polar world and this is a multi-polar world that brings developing nations into the conversation of the bric nations brazil russia india china nations that now are fueling growth and have booming economies around the world in opposition to the developed nations such as the united states that were growth that's really stagnated and where debts have been run up yet this is still the reserve currency this is still a large force as far as monetary policy so the idea mongers here is that there really needs to be a different system and that engages and reflects the developing nations and the nations that are fueling a lot of the growth in the world that aren't as reflected in old policies that are considered by some of these thinkers according to them outdated so

very concerned conservative viewpoints blogs about how george soros was trying to end capitalism and remake the global economy and take down america few notches and very kind of fear mongering blogs about this conference and i asked the executive director about that when i interviewed him and he said he was so upset and upset and angry over the silence of what he called the centrist mainstream media and he specifically said the new york times and the washington post and he said he thinks they're scared he said he thinks that they're scared of the right he thinks they're scared of losing corporate donors and and he has he shared your skepticism over over over the silence that i guess i'm happy to know that i'm not the only one that learned thanks so much for filling us in before we go tonight it's time for our tweets of the day so she's not officially in the race but congresswoman michele bachmann said today that if she were elected president in two thousand and twelve she would only serve one term at order to really get stuff done that led every american to quickly tweet how noble bu

pretty determined or at least billionaire george soros bringing together ph d's and nobel prize winners with the backdrop of historical bretton woods would suggest someone is hoping it will go back to what you have it was here allied nations came during world war two with an economic system in crisis they came searching for stability they formed the international monetary fund the world bank and established the u.s. dollar as a global reserve currency it's here that decades later in the wake of a financial crisis a group of influential economists and former policymakers have got together to try to rethink that very framework to reflect a different world so everything that we have taken for granted for almost two centuries american and european dominance he's no longer in adjusting to that fact and cleaning up the mess of the two thousand and eight anshul crisis in the u.s. to move the country forward critics here paint a picture of near continuous failure of u.s. policymakers to do the job of president barack obama's former right hand economic man so the stimulus should have been bigger

and scholars from across the world will gather at the conference world renowned billionaire george soros well let's get more details now from of course for the lower list that joins us live from the summit venue could see that tell us more about what we can expect here is what is the significance of the timing the chosen venue. well essentially the chosen venue that you see this beautiful state and hotel behind me has a very historic purpose this is the setting of the one nine hundred forty four the famous grand goods conference that is actually second monetary system and policy for the world the international system this is where the international monetary fund was established this is where what is now the world bank was established and this is also when the united states dollar became the reserve currency for the world in exchange rates of countries all over the world were pegged to it now that was the historic conference that was when you united nations got together the allied countries during world war two at its peak to have this summit today it's a very different story this is as y

predetermined or at least billionaire george soros bringing together ph d's and nobel prize winners with the backdrop of historical bretton woods would suggest someone is hoping they will but it was here allied nations came during world war two in crisis searching for stability they formed the international monetary fund the world bank and established the u.s. dollar as the global reserve currency. it's here that decades later in the wake of a financial crisis a group of influential economists and former policymakers have got together to try to rethink that very framework to reflect a different world we've got to have a serious problem to reach the internationally to reconstruct the international institutions for the times that we were not for the past times that have gone by gone time says brown are the centuries of american and european dominance with the bric nations of brazil russia india and china fueling more of global growth they need a bigger seat at the table the critics say in with the new should mean outwith the old orthodoxy of britain woods the i.m.f. for one i think i am. h

well for more on the soros conference in bretton woods i could head to our web sites on the table now from the capital makes a sneeze on developments in the all to us site section. and why some experts believe that america is facing a revenue out of budget crisis partly caused by u.s. corporations tax loopholes and will say yes to screw away their profits that's a call to. wealthy british style holds. on to. the. markets why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy cause a report on r.g.p. . that's one of our top stories now back to the smolensk region where commemoration ceremonies are being held to mark a year since the polish president's plane crash and these are live pictures from the site of that post relegation is headed by a. wife and you heard it because they're going to lay wreaths and lighting candles to honor the memory of those who died their year of course and i think six people were aboard the plane including the late president lech kaczynski and he's going to brief the united nations in the media it's often a rejection of mortification this things the

hosted by billionaire philanthropist george soros how to store understand as well. if these hills could hark the economic theory they would expound upon. ladies and gentlemen please welcome ideas they could change the world the future is not predetermined or at least billionaire george soros bringing together ph d's and nobel prize winners but the backdrop of historical bretton woods would suggest someone is hoping they will. it was here allied nations came during world war two in crisis searching for stability they formed the international monetary fund the world bank and established the u.s. dollar as the global reserve currency. it's here that decades later in the wake of a financial crisis a group of influential economists and former policymakers have got together to try to rethink that very framework to reflect a different world we've got to have a serious plan to restructure the international reconstruct the international situations for the times that we are in and not for the past times that have gone the bygone time says brown are the centuries of american a

the event hosted by billionaire philanthropist to george soros is exploring what role emerging powers will take in a new world economic order or at least there has been covering the conference for. we heard from u.k. former prime minister gordon brown at lunch he addressed the crowd talking about the role of bric nations brazil russia india and china their growth as ours in the globe and how this needs to be addressed and needs to be global governing bodies need to adjust to this if the west and europe and united states are not going to decline in the same way that we had a two billion produces to the world economy over the last twenty years we are about to go consumers people who will respond to middle class incomes people who are sponsored by middle class products and services are huge groups of the middle class particularly the show that and the other bric countries which is going to transform the relationships between consumer and producer across the world that is probably the means by which the world economy will be eventually rebalance as one gets pointed out that the emerging e

venue of bretton woods in the united states the event hosted by billionaire philanthropist george soros is exploring what role of emerging powers will take in a new world economic order loyalist has been covering the conference for us. we heard u.k. former prime minister gordon brown at lunch she addressed the crowd talking about the role of bric nations brazil russia india and china their growth as ours in the globe and how this needs to be addressed and needs to be global governing bodies need to adjust to this if the west in europe and the united states are not going to decline he said he says the rise of these nations mean that europe in the united states will decline said what all depends on how they adjust if they're able to change your free will to invest more in education in science but he did say that this is going to take reform and so one pointed out that the emerging economies the bric nations are kind of the ones i point at a conference where many people are talking about what needs to change in terms of the western banking reforms monetary tools and the u.s. dollar as a re