the pirate party we know pirate parties in europe are associated primarily with for aiding for freedom of information and against copyright laws but what is your broader vision of a society you will live to live in because as far as we understand today under the new more liberal laws you are getting ready to become a real political party in russia really we are of course real political party with very wide program and now we are in for more concrete program of course what we have ideas about everything has all parties all the real parties and our key idea is not this copyright problem our key idea is computer democracy and drawn in democracy we are for example in future against parliaments because we think that really all decision can be. realized in internet so by ordinary little do you believe that the internet really is capable of changing the way politics is done for six years we are not a right margin we are not. stimulate a left party because we have some elements for example of socialist ideas of self management direct democracy economical democracy some ideas of course of freed

the pirates -- >> the pirates receive their ransom after five months. >> it is clear that there are stilly filipinos willing to apply for a job on the seas. this is the place where they come to sign up. for many, it is an opportunity to get out of poverty. the truth is, almost any of these jobs could take them through clot -- pirate infested waters. it is impossible to protect every ship, every day. the captain has to weigh the risks with the rewards. >> this is the only job that i know to give my family a good future. >> soon, they will return to the sea again. >> that is it for the moment. there is plenty more to come. >> make sense of international news at bbc.com/news. >> funding was made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu. newman's own foundation. and union bank. >> union bank has put its global strength to work for a wide range of financial companies. offering specialized solutions and capital to help your objectives. we offer expertise and tailored solution for small businesses and major corporations. haw can we do for you? >> bbc world new

americans adore pirates. we dress up like pirates on halloween and bellow or maybe our friends and feed imaginary treats to the invisible parrots perched on her shoulders. we send every september 19 elaborating international talk like a pirate day indication which interface the language settings to pirate mode. but despite the curiously romantic appeal, pirates actually. they did back in 17th and 18th centuries in a low 6600 ships with canada's fourth and they continue today as they use their high-tech gps equipment not a magic weapons to recount it among the horn of africa and elsewhere. in april 2009 a huge unarmed american cargo ship carrying food for international relief organizations was on its way to kenya when for pirates attacked the tennessee's richard philip the alabama captain and demand length of dollars in ransom. naval officers on the uss bainbridge a destroyer in the indian ocean at the time of the attack negotiated for days but to no avail. in the lifeboat to paris for a under excepted to offe

from somali pirates. it's real life. we go there tonight. let's go "outfront." >>> good evening. tonight, the super rich surtax. okay, i keep stumbling on that one. but president obama today went on the road to press a theme from his state of the union address telling millionaires they need to pay up. >> if you make more than a million dollars a year you should pay a tax rate of at least 30%. >> all right, the president's proposal would affect about 240,000 tax filers across the country. an expert tells us it would effectively raise the top margin rate about 44% for millionaires. now, that's the highest it's been since the middle of this guy's administration when he was cutting taxes. now, putting aside the debate over whether it's fair, here's the math. taxing this dplup would bring in $41 billion in revenue a year. that adds up to about 380 billion over ten years. thanks to david logan for running the numbers for us. that sounds like a lot of money, right? but here is an interesting thing. compare it to

and were not trained to fight pirates. we were not trained to use guns, but we can train people to prevent pirates from coming on board, because the moment they are on board, it is a hopeless situation. >> it is not a filipino singled out by pirates. it is that so many of them work in the shipping industry. one in three of the world's seafarers come from here. filipino has a rich maritime heritage, and they are cheap to hire, but this is the kind of danger they face. these photos were taken by the captain when his vessel came under fire by pirates. >> i have ordered to increase speed, but there is nothing else i can do. they were speeding more than i am. they call on the radio, you must stop your ships. if you do not, i will kill all of you. >> the pirates released these photos to pressurize the ship's owners. after almost five months, a ransom was paid. it is clear there are many filipinos willing to apply for a job on the sea. this is the place where they come to sign up, and for many, it is an opportunity to get out of

from somali pirates. it's real life. we go there tonight. let's go "outfront." >>> good evening. tonight, the super rich surtax. okay, i keep stumbling on that one. but president obama today went on the road to press a theme from his state of the union address telling millionaires they need to pay up. >> if you make more than a million dollars a year you should pay a tax rate of at least 30%. >> all right, the president's proposal would affect about 240,000 tax filers across the country. an expert tells us it would effectively raise the top margin rate about 44% for millionaires. now, that's the highest it's been since the middle of this guy's administration when he was cutting taxes. now, putting aside the debate over whether it's fair, here's the math. taxing this dplup would bring in $41 billion in revenue a year. that adds up to about 380 billion over ten years. thanks to david logan for running the numbers for us. that sounds like a lot of money, right? but here is an interesting thing. compare it to

but there are signs pirates may be getting more trigger-happy. last year, off the coast of oman, four americans were killed by pirates who had taken their yacht, even as the f.b.i. was negotiating for their release. paul and rachel chandler were luckier, released after an undisclosed ransom was paid, 13 months after a terrifying kidnapping. >> i was pulled away from rachel and dragged on to my feet. and as i stood up, i looked back to rachel. and i could see that bugus was slamming the butt of a rifle into her head. and then, i was dragged off around the corner. >> that anger i felt that they were so cruel, so callous, just so despicable, you have to find a way of dealing with that. >> reporter: there are negotiations to try and win the writer's release. a u.s. official says there is great concern for any american held hostage. but, diane, there is still hope tonight he will be released unarmed. >> okay. on this developing news, thank you, martha raddatz. >>> now, we turn to the wild day in politics. "your voice, your vote." four days before the

hunting the pirates. charlie d'agata shows us how satellite imagery is exposing the somali pirates' hiding places. harsh words in the closing days of florida's volatile primary. >> he was fined for ethics violation. he ultimately had to resign in disgrace. >> dan crawford, dean reynolds and john dickerson have the latest from the campaign trail. and workers in silicon valley say they're owed millions because of a secret deal among seven high-tech companies. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news." >> good evening. i'm maurice dorks bois. the u.s. military is raising the ante in its stand-off iran. vital strait of hormuz. the move comes against a backdrop of escalating tensions over iran's nuclear programs. david martin is at the pentagon tonight. >> reporter: in what could well be the beginning of the end game, u.n. inspectors left for iran today, looking for answers to their suspicions about a secret nuclear weapons program. >> we hope iran will engage with us on the-- our concerns reg

but pirates actually stock. the back to the 17th and 18th century when they would plunder and is it ships with cannons and they continue today is the use a high-tech gps equipment and automatic weapons to recast ittis along the heart of africa andman elsewhere.r april 2009 and a huge nine armed america and cargo shipc carrying food was on its ways to kenya when four somali pirates attacked it and sees the captain to demand millions of dollars of ransom. naval officers in the ocean at the same time negotiated four days but to no avail.an when the lifeboat ran out of fuel they accepted the offer to tow them behind the ship then it steppers had been flown where they parachuted into the sea and brought aboard the bainbridge. the tension was high although they would fight -- fire the captain and then obama's it gave the go-ahead. the navy put on nine phase-in glasses into the sn pirates stuck the head outnt w of their rear hatch and the third was visible the three seals fired rescue workers boarded finding all pirate

pirates actually suck. they sucked back in the 17th and 18th centuries when they lawlessly plundered innocent ships with cannons and swords, and they continue to suck today. as they use their high-tech gps equipment and automatic weapons to wreak havoc along the horn of africa and elsewhere. in april of 2009, a cargo ship carrying food for relief organization was on its way to kenya when four somali pirates attacked it, seized richard phillips, the cap take, and demanded millions in ransom. naval officers on a destroyer that had been patrolling the indian ocean at the time of the attack negotiated for days with the terrorists but to no avail. when the life both the pirates were in ran out of fuel, they accepted the offer to tow them a short way. in the meantime, a crack team of navy feel? snipers had been flown to the area. tensions had been high for days with the pirates repeatedly threatening to kill the captain, but when a bullet was fired sometime near dusk on april 12th, president obama gave the go ahe

the pirate party we know pirate parties in europe are associated primarily with fighting for freedom of information and against copyright laws but what is your broader vision of a society you will live to live in because as far as we understand today under the new more liberal laws you are getting ready to become a real political party in russia really we are of course a real political party with very wide program and now we are working for more concrete program of course but we have ideas about everything. has all parties know all the real parties and our key idea is not this copyright problem our key idea is computer democracy and democracy and we are for example in future against parliament because we think that really all decision can be. realized in internet so by all.

citizen cht he was there for a book on pirates. on tuesday, nine pirates died when special forces, u.s. s.e.a.l. team six freed jessica buchanan. who had been held since october in somalia. great to see you, general. let me start by asking you this. obviously, a lot of these pirates are young kidses. they're desperate. don't have a lot to lose. do you think that raid from the s.e.a.l.s this week put michael moore's life at greater damage? >> i really don't and first of all, it's a difference, but these really aren't pirates. these are kidnappers. they're hanging on in this case, in a hostage situation. i have no doubt if there is another assault, they will use any means necessary. we see that in every situation with somalia, whether it's pirates or kidnappers, they're willing to use force, they're another assault, they will use any means necessary. we see that in every situation with somalia, whether it's pirates or kidnappers, they're willing to use force, they're willing to kill their hostages to get the ransom they demand. >> ho

americans adore pirates. we dress up like pirates on hollowing and bellow arrrr maties to our friends. we spend every september 19 celebrating international talk like a pirate day an education change our facebook link which settings pirate zone. but despite victor is a romantic appeal come pirates actually suck. they sucked back in 1718 centuries when they lawlessly plundered innocent ships and they continued to suck today. as they use their high-tech gps equipment and automatic weapons to wreak havoc along the horn of africa, and elsewhere. in april 2000 alabama, a cargo ship during food for berries international relief organizations was on its way to kenya when for somali pirates attacking seize richard fuld, the captain and the maintenance of dollars in ransom. naval officers on the u.s. s. bainbridge, destroy the been put on the indian ocean at the time the attack negotiated for days with the terrorists but to no avail. when the life of the pirates were in ran out the field accepted the bainbridge offer t

general pirates the pirate party we know pirate parties and europe are associated primarily with fighting for freedom of information and against copyright laws but what is your broader vision of a society you will live to live in because as far as we understand today under the new more liberal laws you are getting ready to become a real political party in russia really we are of course a real political party with very wide program and now we are working for more concrete program of course what we have ideas about everything. has all parties now .

they killed nine pirates and escaped unharmed.rican aid worker jessica buchanan and -- were kidnapped last october. now, there's a lot of land d kidnappings. they've been terrorizing captives and the whole point is to get ransom money. while we hear a lot about them in headlines, very few have spent time with them. in part, kidnapping and death are real and present risks for anyone in somalia. he went in there, lived with them, had protection of a clan. he's in nairobi right now and i spoke to him before the show and asked him about the pirates behind this kidnapping. >> well, it was based in central somalia. now, you're seeing more brutal gangs and gangs turning inwards. these two hostages that were freed, from the danish demining group, they were kidnapped on land, so oddly enough, pirates, because it's becoming more difficult for them to hijack ships at sea, they're actually as i said, turning inland and i guess you can't call it piracy anymore. you can call it straight up kidn kidnapping. they become more brutal. the pirates a

a pirate party to fight for these principles are the existing parties enough to include the don't in memphis they are very old for this they are very old nor communist party annoyed you know nor. and. they know it is interesting and this is their for all forms they are like feudal parties in terms of revolution they are for all i got you ok so then how would you explain the success of the pirate parties in germany and sweden does that inspire his because of this that we are only one part of a future now of this old world in deep crisis in a passion nobody knows how to go out of this powerful only pirate party make program for future for future society and thus i would say i had no other explanation my explanation is that maybe in countries like. denmark sweden germany people who are sick and tired of politics they don't distinguish between different parties the the moderate left of the right move the so so the pirate party is the only party the talks to people about something that they're interested in there and they're really calling for a real change something like what. if in this

. >> we are not trained to fight the pirates. we were not trained to use guns. but we can prevent pirates from coming on board, because the moment they are on board, it is a hopeless situation. >> it is not that filipinos are singled out by pirates. it is just that so many of the work in the shipping industry. one in three of the world's seafarers come from here. filipinos have are rich maritime heritage and they are cheap to hire. but this is the kind of danger they face. these photographs were taken by a captain when his vessel came under fire. >> i increased the speed to the maximum, but there was nothing else i could do. they called on the radio. capt., you must stop your ship. if you do not stop, i will kill all of you. >> he used his photographs to pressurize the ship's owners. after five months, the ransom was paid. the risk of piracy. it is clear that there are so many filipinos are vying for a job on the seat. this is the place in manila where they come to sign up. for many is an opportunity to get out. they sent $4 bill

it's the pirate festival. it's like mardi gras with pirates. full swing.annons. we just couldn't resist asking a couple of these swash bucklers their thoughts on tomorrow's primary. >> i don't know, man. they're just not up to par what i expect. you would figure out of the entire u.s. we would have better choices than we have. but not seeing it. >> i hate politics. i really do. just going to tell you what you want to hear. i say we just start all over, get rid of all of them and do it the right way. just like the pirate way. >> i like romney. i like a lot of what he believes in. i think he's more of a moderate in the middle because i'm actually a democrat and i will probably vote democrat, but i've got to hear everything on both sides of the election. >> arrr. >> let's stay focused to the problems, not name-bashing. stop the commercials. >> mitt romney. >> i'm thinking i don't like any of them. i'm going to vote for a pirate. >> thank you very much for shooting that and braving the pirate crowds. pirates and politics, we thought we had to do it. now a coup

citizen cht he was there for a book on pirates. on tuesday, nine pirates died when special forces, u.s. s.e.a.l. team six freed jessica buchanan. who had been held since october in somalia. great to see you, general. let me start by asking you this. obviously, a lot of these pirates are young kidses. they're desperate. don't have a lot to lose. do you think that raid from the s.e.a.l.s this week put michael moore's life at greater damage? >> i really don't and first of all, it's a difference, but these really aren't pirates. these are kidnappers. they're hanging on in this case, in a hostage skagituation. i have no doubt if there is another assault, they will use any means necessary. we see that in every situation with somalia, whether it's pirates or kidnappers, they're willing to use force, they're willing to kill their hostages to get the ransom they demand. >> how seriously do you take the threat they could execute michael moore, the man writing the book on the pirates or do you think this is an empty threat? >> remember, this

ray vie rescues iranians held by pirates. david martin's on the story. it's been a year since the mass shooting and congresswoman gabrielle giffords is teaching doctors more about the brain. ben tracy's in arizona. and a postscript to the cold war, a missile silo goes condo. "on the road" with steve hartman. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: there f there's one number the presidential candidates are watching as closely as the polls it's the unemployment rate. today the labor department reported the rate fell two-tenths of a point last month to 8.5%. that's the lowest level since n three years. job creation picked up as well. the economy cranked out 200,000 new jobs in december bringing the total for the year to 1.64 million new jobs. we asked anthony mason to tell us where all those new jobs are. >> reporter: december's hiring surge was led by the transportation sector which added 50,000 jobs. most were messenger or currier positions and may only be seasonal. but the economy's overall grow growth-- 2

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if maritime targets are available they're pirates.human victims are available, but it's the same business model. kidnapping for random. whether at sea or on land, preferably westerners whose governments or families are capable of generating hundreds of thousands if not millions of dollars in ransom. >> reporter: what was the pentagon saying about this particular group? >> the group, they're calling them common criminals. they's no sense they're linked to al-shabaab, the terrorist group in somalia. again, there's no indication also-- i know the f.b.i. has been working on this case-- as to whether there was any ransom request for either of these hostages. >> brown: is the raid itself, how was it carried out? what from what kind of bases? what kind of personnel? >> we're told two dozen seals from seal team 6, one of the most elite commando units left djibouti on a c-130 aircraft, parachuted into this encampment in northern somalia and shots were fired. they killed nine of these criminal, alleged criminals, whatever you want to call them.

that is up for debate in congress.two bills known as sopa and pipa target overseas sites -- like the pirate bay -- that allow users to share illegal downloads of movies, music and other digital content."these rogue sites are hurting american jobss stealing american jobs. they're harming american consumers and they have no business being on the internet."the bills try to cut off access to the overseas sites....by requiring u-s search eegines and other providers to withhold their services."in the worst versions of the bill, wikipedia would be defined as a search engine and we would not be able to even link to something like the pirate bay even in our encyclopedic description of what piratebay is. i think that's a real problem. that raises really serious first mendment issues."other websites are

. >> and the tanker makes its way through a pirate-infested waters.uddenly, it comes under attack. this exercise is taking place on a dry land, thousands of miles away from somalia. the government has made it compulsory for fall filipinos to be trained in how to evade -- all filipinos to be trained in how to evade pirates. >> we can train people to prevent piracy from coming on board. when they are on board, it is a hopeless situation. >> it is not that they're singled out, just as some many work in the shipping industry. one in three come from here. filipinos have a rich maritime heritage. but this is the kind of danger they face. these photos were taken by a captain when his vessel came under fire from pirates. >> i had to increase the speed but there was nothing else i could do. they were speeding more than i am. they called, you must stop your ship. if not, i will kill all of you. >> the pirates released to these voters to pressure the ship's owners. after almost five months, a ransom was paid. it is clear there are many filipinos willing to apply

the pirates and kidnappers want money. the money is paid and the people are released. >> well, thank you very much. appreciate you taking the time tonight. >>> the first lawsuits were filed against the cruise ship company that ran aground last tuesday. this. co-s the same day the cruise line offered $14,000 to each passenger. the cruise line, of course, is carnival. the captain is now under house arrest, facing possible charges of manslaughter and abandoning ship. 16 bodies have been recovered from the wreckage, 16 still missing. my next guest represents the six passengers who just sued cruise line company. good to see you, sir. we appreciate it. the cruise ship came out. they limit damage to about $16,000 a person. thaf are offering about $14,000 as well as psychological counseling for passengers. why was that enough? >> why was that not enough, did you ask? >> right. >> it is an insult. this was not an incident that could be covered by the ticket limitations. erin, this is an act of horrendous negligence. it was careless

that still leaves over 150 hostages, mostly sailors, held by somali pirates. there ransoms are well into the millions of dollars. george, to put this in perspective, this is a high- profile, very dramatic rescue, this will not solve the problem of piracy. if anything, it could drive some of the pirates towards more of violent action. there's an unconfirmed report going around today that pirates have amputated the arm of a sea captain as punishment because his company will not pay the ransom. a really terrifying ordeal for offle held by pirates somalia. >> barack obama, the president, has to behave presidential. barack obama, the politician, has to go after the opposition. more fair america,re where the rich carry what he called a fair share of the burden. bluntly, more taxes. "class warfare" shouted his opponents. let's go to washington and our correspondent, adam brooks. which president did we see more of last night? >> that's what everybody was asking. it was a bit of both president obama president has to defend -- it was a bit of both. president obama has t

they were pirates and deserved to be killed. i'm not sure how this affects the power structure of the pirates. perhaps this will add these cost pirates to check passports when they kidnapped people. -- perhaps this will cause these pirates to check passports. the economy as it is, it lends itself towards more kidnapping, towards more hostage situations, not less. i don'i think that this would affect the incentive structure for this to a degree. >> thank you for coming in. in egypt today, and they are asking how much difference does a year make. 12 months ago, the egyptian people flocked to tahrir square to stand up against authoritarian rule for the first time in a generation. since then, the president has fallen, democratic elections have happened, and the wider arabic world has been thrown into turmoil. they gathered to mark a year of momentous change and also to say there is much more to do. >> on tahrir square today, they came out in their hundreds of thousands. the young egyptians who led the revolution here a year ago. thi