tom hartman dot com free speech at origami dot com also check out our two you tube channel is there a link said tom foreman dot com this entire show is also available as a free video podcast on i tunes and we have a free tom hartman i phone and i pad app at the app store you can send us feedback at twitter at tom underscore hardman on facebook at tom underscore arbonne on our blogs message boards and telephone comment line at tom foreman dot com and as tom always says don't forget democracy begins with you get out there get active occupies something tag your it will say tomorrow. this is our time. to reclaim the american dream and reaffirm that fundamental truth that out of many we are one that won't we breathe we hope. to me the american dream is to live in peace and prosperity and freedom and a government under socialism is not a government a free. i'm sorry. to. hear. you have very motivated out cross the country who are activists who are willing to fight for what they think is right for themselves but the fact is already we're bridge. we are counting. property drowning and i think it's threatened by it's cutting off our. it's making goldmark recy. all but impossible. gave the. wealthy british style ho

he's up to and what life is like in the progressive paradise of happy iceland is none other than tom hartman tom welcome to your show a sam and in the u.s. i think it's thirty three percent said only thirty three percent of the u.s. . so what would what makes iceland so much happier than the united states. well first of all you know it's a relatively small populations there's a sense of social cohesiveness but it's a stir there's a strong social safety net here people people collaborate get along with each other they've got cradle to grave health care cradle to grave basically social security you know if you have a child you get nine months off maternity and paternity leave it's you know it's one of those nordic. social democracies so it's your earlier guest was talking about the you know social democrats or democratic socialists it's that kind of nation and people really like it here well you know we here we have our left political dynamic and they have a political dynamic over there too and on your radio show you interviewed libertarians and conservatives so what is it what is it like being a

podcast on i tunes and we have a free tom hartman i phone and i pad app have the app store you can send us feedback that twitter at tom underscore hartman on facebook at tom underscore hartman and then on our blogs message boards and telephone comment line at thom hartmann dot com and all for good as tom always says democracy begins with you get out there get active occupy something. your it will see tomorrow. well for the. money it's technology innovation all the latest developments from around russia we've got the future covered. plenty. more news today violence is once again fled up. these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. china operations are all today. look. the crisis in relations between washington and tehran is aggravated by the assassination of a fourth iranian scientists and ron blames israel and america. the first foreign journalists killed in syria's unrest a french camera man was mortally want to buy a grenade and watch the country's the war he say was a terrorist attack. and ten years after the infamous one tunnel bay greeted its first prisoners people in the u.s. and abroad demand the release of those stil

tom arbonne dot com free speech dot org and. also check out our two you tube channels there are links over tom hartman and this entire show is also available as a free video podcast on i tunes and we have a free thom hartmann i phone and i pad app at the app store you can send us feedback at twitter at tom underscore hartman on facebook at tom underscore hartmann our blogs message boards telephone comment line at thom hartmann dot. and don't forget democracy begins when you show up when you participate it all starts with you get out there get active tag your it occupy something we'll see them. with. its technology innovations all the latest developments from around russia we've. covered. welcome to the a lot of shall we get the real headlines with none of them or see or can live out of washington d.c. now tonight we're going to take a look at iowa and how it shows us where this campaign season will be had a lot to say the big money is already rolling in for this very first primary though david sirota and james fallows both join us for a panel discussion then while the overwhelming majority turns its back on sopa and protect ip there is still are a few out there they're touting this piece of legislation or those pieces of legislation including at the boston globe what would.

others who are by facebook at tom underscore hartman our blogs message for the telephone comment line for tom hartman dot com and don't forget democracy begins when you show up and participate get out there and get active tag your it occupies something suitable. download the official anti up location. pulled touch from the. lights on the. video on demand on t.v.'s mine gold coast's and r.s.s. feeds now in the palm of your. question on the dot com. the biggest on the get snow the whole president obama unveils plans to shrink america's military manpower shifting its. presence in asia. syria's opposition calls on the un to establish a no fly zone accusing our opponents as a. preemptive also. the. stronger of your you know. continental currency collective that symbolized a united europe but ten years of pit. ruining the union.

app store you said his feedback at twitter at tom underscore hartman on facebook at tom underscore our our blogs message boards the telephone comment line at tom r. . and don't forget democracy begins when you show up and you say i'm going to participate i'm going to get out there i'm going to occupy something to show up show up at a political party show up at a rally join a movement movement politics get out there get active tag your it see next week. we'll see the. technology innovations all the developments around russia we've got the future covered. he is easy to. see he. says. welcome to the lone a show where we get the real headlines with none of the mersey working we live in washington d.c. now today i are going to take a look at new economic figures coming out for the us ample take a look at some of the goals that obama laid out in his state of the union address that includes the you in the new unit take on mortgage fraud reasons anthony rand is going to help us hash it all out then we're going to speak to the very first official occupy candidate his twenty nine year old who considers himself part of the occupy philadelphia movement an

also check out our two you tube channels there are links to tom hartman dot com also at tom hartman dot com you can check out all the different ways you can send us feedback and don't forget democracy begins when you get out there and get active tag your it will see you tomorrow. mission and free accreditation free transfer charges free. arrangement free. free. to tide free. download free broadcast quality video for your media projects and a free media donda hard t.v. dot com you. vying for votes online a new dynamic in russian politics as millions of people take to the internet at the presidential elections with videos and creative campaigning holding sway than ever . the u.n. is under pressure to act on syria following the departure of six gulf nations from the arab league observers mission to the conflict torn country. and to enforce an anti. poland stance is of people onto the streets late of cyber attacks on government websites. and in the business bulletin the world economic forum in davos the head of a new state agency tells business. companies will become three times cheaper for

you can set a speed back at twitter at tom underscore hartman on facebook at tom underscore her on our blogs message boards and telephone comment line at thom hartmann dot com. and don't forget democracy begins when you show up it begins when you stand up and say right to work right to work i think no that's right to work for less let's change our language when you say yeah it's a democracy and a republic when you participate when you show up in movement politics when you go out and occupy something when you show up at the one of the political parties and say yeah i'm here i want to be a delegate i want to be a precinct committee person when you volunteer when you're there get out there and get active tag your it will see it. there are those who desperately need it to survive. these local is the to give money to look. good when the fees show on the suppresses the prize the rights of the fruits of. those who don't get their share of the traits. good by god. but he's a mean old boy last but not the one not us if people need to be out by you know about it i mean that we look at. from the

you can set a speed back at twitter at tom underscore hartman on facebook at tom underscore her on our blogs message boards and telephone comment line at thom hartmann dot com. and don't forget democracy begins when you show up it begins when you stand up and say right to work right to work at the you know that's right to work for less let's change our language when you say yeah it's a democracy and a republic when you participate when you show up in movement politics when you go out of occupy something when you show up at the one of the political parties and say yeah i'm here i want to be a delegate i want to be a precinct committee person when you volunteer when you're there get out there and get active tag your it will see it. with the u.s. economy still on the ropes the president pledges another program for change during his annual state of the union address. in libya darkie loyalists claim they're in control of the town of bani walid as the country's interim rulers struggle to keep the peace. and coming full circle in tahrir square thousands of egyptian protesters angry form are e

speech dot org an r t dot com also check out our two you tube channel is there a link to tom hartman dot com also at tom foreman dot com you can check out all the different ways you can send us feedback and don't forget democracy begins with you get out there and get active tag your it will see you tomorrow. the big. wealthy british style dogs that's not on the tires on. the market why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy with max cons or for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into kaiser report. more news today violence is once again flared up for the film these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. giant corporations are the day the but. welcome to the loner show where we get the real headlines with none of the mercy or can we live out of washington d.c. now tonight we can speak the change you are about the obama's state of the union address last night there were a lot of big promises a lot of fingers point of the congress and he reminded us quite a few times that he is the one that got bin laden but does the president st

tom hartman dot com free speech dot org and. also check out our two youtube channels are open to tom harkin dr tara show is also bales of free video podcast on i tunes and we have a free tom hartman i phone an i pad app at the app store you said his feedback at twitter at tom underscore arbonne on facebook at tom underscore our our blogs message boards the telephone comment line at tom r. . and don't forget democracy begins when you show up and you say i'm going to participate i'm going to get out there i'm going to occupy something to show up show up at a political party show up at a rally join a movement movement politics get out there get active tag your it see next week. of nature and discover its beauty. communicate with you want to. test yourself and become free. see what nature can give you. a no go nation russia rejects a new u.n. resolution on syria saying it's unacceptable and do nothing towards ending the bloodshed. thousands of angry protesters in warsaw cry out against international. policy claiming it targets the basic rights and internet users. plus the e.u. takes yet another pounding this time with credit rating which downgrading. the nation and its leader

tom. i'm sam saxon for tom hartman in washington d.c. and here's what's coming up tonight on the big picture the big question coming out in new hampshire isn't what exactly a mitt romney win means for the republican race it's why the heck did so many new hampshirites vote against their best interests take a closer look at how the republican candidates economic plans screw over the middle class and there may be a lot of things wrong with our elections right now but not enough corporate money in them isn't one so then why are.

picture listen up we want to know your take send us your comments by visiting the tom hartman facebook page by a twitter at tom underscore hartman or in the chat room on the message boards or through the blog at thom hartmann dot com you can also leave a message on our rant line at two two five three six fifty three zero six agree disagree sound off it's all welcome but remember that your comments may be used on the air. just. the good the bad and the very very ignoble asli ugly the good bill gates in an interview with the b.b.c. gates was asked to respond to president obama's call to increase taxes on the wealthiest americans gates. the united states has a huge budget deficit so taxes are going to have to go up and i certainly agree they should go up more on the rich than everyone else. that's just justice i don't feel like. people like myself are paying as much as we should. of course mitt romney has destroyed people like gates claiming they're riddled with envy however bill gates and other billionaires like warren buffet who feel the same way have far more money than romney and view pay more taxes as doing

big picture with tom hartman just a half hour and we talked today a lot about the iowa caucus and tom hartman will take the discussion even further following a narrow romney victory tom asks dr robert jeffers if he will be starting a crusade against mormonism but that's going to do it for the news have a great night. sometimes you see a story and it seems so for like you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and realize that everything you thought you knew you don't. like is a big.

tom hartman facebook page but a twitter at tom underscore hartman or in the chat room on the message boards or through the blog at thom hartmann dot com you can also leave a message on our rant line at two two five three six fifty three zero six agree disagree sound off it's all welcome but remember that your comments may be used on the air. just. the good the bad and the very very big new. ugly good bill gates in an interview with the b.b.c. gates was asked to respond to president obama's call to increase taxes on the wealthiest americans gate's. the united states has a huge budget deficit so taxes are going to have to go up and i certainly agree they should go up more on the rich than everyone else. that's just justice i don't feel like. people like myself are paying as much as we showed. of course mitt romney has destroyed people like gates claiming they're riddled with envy however bill gates and other billionaires like warren buffet who feel the same way have far more money than romney and view pay more taxes as doing their fair share to help the country and the economy it bill gates in the league of extraordinary rich americans are ready and willing to pay their fair share in taxes and capitalism vultures like mitt romney should be too well said bill the bad sniper crosshairs in missouri five democratic state senators missouri return to work tuesday only to find large orange crosshairs stickers plastered over their new office nameplates the crosshairs covered the doors of only four democratic women in the state senate and the door of the democratic minority leader some of the senators remove the stickers only to find larger ones covering the doors later in the day in response the missouri capitol police have increased security around the democratic offices and the capitol as a whole but they have no leads on the possible call republicans routinely use crosshairs for political purposes most notably sarah pail and we all figured the rhetoric would be toned down after the get gabby giffords shooting last year tragically that's not the case this year. and the very very ugly rick don't google my name santorum president obama discussed his plans to increase access to higher education in his state of the union speech on tuesday in response to those plans santorum sold told c.b.s. news on wednesday that it's no wonder president obama wants every kid to go to college indoctrination that occurs in american universities is one of the kids to the left holding to have maintain power in america. and kids learn more about the world and science they tend to vote for democrats more maybe that says something about sometimes republican party more than it says about the so-called indoctrination by the way i guess the only indoctrination prefers is the kind of teaches kids that same sex marriage eventually leads to man on dog marriages it's very clear. right now at this very moment odds are someone is get on a plane someplace with a condom full of heroin or cocaine shoved up some hole in their body all probability is happening right now as we speak ten twenty four and t.s.a. security has no chance of finding none at all unless they want to bust out the k.-y. jelly and latex gloves but think about this that balloon could just as easily be filled with c. four plastic explosive instead of heroin and once that person is on the plane you can go in the bathroom pull out the balloon and well you can imagine what would happen and like the drugs t.s.a. security has no chance of finding explosives and because those high tech x. ray scanners that are in the airports all around the nation shooting doses of radiation at us and displaying our new bodies to t.s.a. agents. they only look at the outside of our bodies they're not keeping us safe from a terrorist attack so why the hell are we using them because we're scared stupid we're scared stupid because bush and cheney made us that way after nine eleven we got hit pretty bad but instead of telling americans we'll be ok and we'll come out of the stronger than before bush and cheney freaked out and so did the rest of the nation instead of treating nine eleven like the crime it was and working with our allies to find those who committed it and bring them to justice in the same way clinton brought to mcveigh to justice we went on the war path we started a war in afghanistan that we're still fighting today we went to war in iraq we started an unknown number of covert wars all around the world in countries from somalia to yemen to pakistan everything our nation has done in the name of security after nine eleven has been over kill and his stereo especially if you ploy in these x. ray porno scanners in our airports back in one thousand nine hundred eight a team of radiation experts were shown some new technology by the food and drug administration in hopes of getting their takes on the public health risks of this new technology that new machine was called the secure one thousand or what is now known as the church of x. ray porno scanner it was being used in a few prisons to make sure inmates were bringing weapons it but the machine made the radiation experts uneasy as the director of new jersey's radiation protection program joel poti said i think this is really a slippery slope i'm concerned with expanding this type of product for the traveling public. the inventor of the secure one thousand a guy named stephen w. smith agreed but he assured the health experts that places i think you are not going to see these in the next five years is lower security facilities particularly power plants embassies courthouses airports and governments i would be extremely surprised in the next five to ten years at the secure one thousand sold to any of these famous last words because three years later nine eleven happened we all got scared stupid by the bush administration and now these machines are in airports all across the country and as for the concerns by radiation experts in one thousand nine hundred eighty eight they were largely ignored and their calls for greater research were drowned out by a massive lobbying effort by security corporations who knew that they could make a fortune off these x. ray porno scanners they knew that they could exploit our fear and they did company rapid skin which built some of these machines and spent four hundred twenty thousand dollars just in two thousand eight hundred phone lobbying lawmakers their return on that investment in lobbying was two thousand and nine contract for one hundred seventy three million dollars worth of these machines for our airports former homeland security director michael chertoff who played his part in hyping up fear while working for the bush administration went on to become a lobbyist and then went on t.v. telling the american people that these machines were needed to keep us safe and guess who is one of chertoff lobbyists rapid skin so we all bought it hook line and sinker and now we're all being a radiated when we board airplanes a little regard to the health risks and there are risks. according to research as many as one hundred americans could get cancer from these scanners every single year and in boston union reps at logan airport worry that these scanners may be responsible for cancer clusters that are showing up among t.s.a. agents and despite requests from the union the t.s.a. has yet to provide individual dosimeters to t.s.a. agents to wear or to measure the radiation they're getting hit with from the scanners so senator susan collins is introducing legislation this week to call for a new independent health study of these scanners and some people might argue that one hundred cases of cancer plus a few sick t.s.a. agents out of the billions of passengers and flights here is a risk we're willing to take to stay safe but these scanners as i said earlier don't work if someone wants to blow up a plane they will and ultimately our best security is actually the other passengers around us on the plane when no one's going to let that happen again these scanners are security theater brought to us by the bush administration and lobbyists who are making millions after all they work so well with their why isn't israel which is under more threat than the united states using them and why is your a band that it's time to stop being scared it's time to stop being doused with radiation and getting groped in the name of so-called security we need to become the land of the free and the home of the brave again as the airport security agent in germany said to me a year ago when she said i don't have to take off my shoes before walking through the metal detector we're not that frightened so enough with the x. rays and don't touch my junk. that's it for the big picture tonight for more information or to see any segment of the show you may have missed check out our website it's on arbonne dot com and don't forget democracy begins when you show up when you participate get out there and get active tag your student. mission free accreditation free in-store charges free arrangement three. three stooges free. download free blog morning videos for your media projects a free media dog our t.v. dot com. it's. more news today violence is once again flared up. these are the images where world has been seeing from the streets of canada. the giant corporations are old today. but. bucket of the loan show at the real headlines with none of mercy me live out of washington d.c. now it's not really catch back up with a host of artie's capital account lauren lyster who's in davos and she's going to bring us all of the latest then you thought sopa and pipa are bad but we're going to revisit accept the anti-counterfeiting trade agreement that has just signed in a secret ceremony in japan by a few more countries but protesters are already coming on the streets are going to get all the details there and then newt gingrich has some a lofty ideas for space and colonizing the moon while everyone's laughing about that we should wonder if the military really has plans for using space as the next war zone or have all that morphy tonight including a dose of happy hour but first take a look at the mainstream media has decided to miss. all right so it's yet another day and we have more obsessive coverage coming from the mainstream media about the republican candidates as they prepare for the florida primary they're continuing to stoke these fires on the battle between new king bridge and. by days until florida's republican presidential primary just hours from the c.n.n. debate mitt romney newt gingrich locked in a dead heat in the polls and this debate could be a game changer newt gingrich today is trying to rally conservatives out of tea party rallies hitting mitt romney pretty hard if you look at the polls it does seem that newt gingrich is surging as he did in south carolina beginners' doesn't have a lot of money but he does have a super pac spending a lot of money in support of him at this point. so aside from most of the pointless banter that last little clip there really did pick up on something interesting the fact that newt gingrich's entire campaign is essentially being kept alive thanks to funds from just one single man. give this to me is worth is around twenty one billion and he and his wife have almost singlehandedly kept newt gingrich's campaign alive newt gingrich basically has kept on life support by sheldon adelson he's the son of an immigrant cab driver and the country's wealthiest according to forbes worth over twenty one billion just behind the koch brothers to a large extent gingrich's candidacy is possible thanks to billionaire if you know mogul sheldon adelson in just the past month alone he and his wife have pumped ten million dollars into the program which super pac winning our future the to give spy mr adelson ten million dollars in one month that we are aware of we've been told that there is much more to come for him. now this ladies and gentleman is the perfect example for you of citizens united in action those that study campaign finance say that the two contributions of five million dollars apiece by adelson are the largest known political donations in u.s. history so that is how far our political system has been corrupted to where one single donor can give as much money as they want to a super pac with absolutely no restrictions and in this case it's ten million dollars i think that it's good that at least m s n b c is all over the story today but they're the only network doing so the problem there are two is that they don't take this even further they'll focus on just this one man's or question his motives how they affect the gingrich campaign but hello just because we know how much he's giving doesn't mean that he's the only one that we should be worried about it's the entire system as citizens united this created the fact that there are so many campaign contributions coming in from various super pacs that we have no idea about and we have no idea who they're coming from according to probe just in the first four presidential primary states alone super pacs have so far spent nearly twenty million dollars on campaign activities so this is why we're seeing a nationwide movement to get citizens united overturn this is why we're seeing amendments brought up in congress resolutions passed in more than fifty cities in the u.s. thus far and it means. the media they pay very little attention to all of that so i guess it would make sense that they also paid no attention to a new bill that's being brought up in congress by two democrats in the house right now see last year democrats tried to get the disclose act passed to increase the transparency in election spending but they failed to pass it by just one single senate vote so now we suddenly hear republicans like gingrich and romney and john mccain the moaning the negative influence of money in the election so thanks to this mood and this momentum democrats are going to give it another go now this updated version of the disclose act or disclose to as it's colloquially being called would do the following it would require super pacs corporations outside groups to stand by their ads but one of those i approve this message on the back end of that possibly even with the name of the top five funders in the at would also force corporations to disclose campaign expenditures to their shareholders it would require lobbyists to disclose their campaign expenditures to these groups and would require timely disclosure by the super pacs and the five who once before don't get me wrong by no means is a still perfect and by no means is this bill anough you know we really need is for citizens united to be overturned in this bill doesn't change the legal ruling at all but it's a start it's an attempt to at least in some way get the democracy back to expose to americans who is influencing their democracy with their money but in order for legislation like this to be noticed for the momentum to be build we need the media to actually pay attention to it to fight to get the money out of the political system now that can happen without the press also taking part so i'm asking the mainstream media this time to cover not only one donor or another but the entire problem i'm asking them to take a look at the efforts being made to take back this toxic ruling and give us back our transparency i'm asking them to choose not to miss. well the world economic forum in davos is still underway with business and political leaders meeting and greeting and finger pointing and trying to solve the world's economic woes while basking in a luxury at a mountain resort yesterday we heard from german chancellor angela merkel today china got a little bit of grief and u.s. secretary treasury secretary tim geithner has now arrived right after an interview with bloomberg came out where he announced that if president obama wins a second term he does not plan to serve alongside him so how is davos taking the news and does it affect the weight of geithner is yet to be made statements earlier from davos i caught up with lauren lyster host of the capital account here on r.t.e. and i first asked her if there have been any reactions to governors announcements. you know i think this is really a bigger story from what i could tell from everybody else that was maybe on the east coast because i was getting tweets from different guests and from dozens of different people about this saying hey when you see timothy geithner ask him about what he said about you know not serve in the obama administration again if obama gets reelected and maybe that obama would sack him more all of these reports and speaking about that interview but here yes word is that timothy geithner had arrived but if he's here he's maybe whisked away into some. meetings behind closed doors that i am not aware of and definitely not privy do because he's not officially on the program until tomorrow so there wasn't a whole lot of buzz about that that as far as i could see here in davos but i'll get back to you as soon as i hear more ok go i can't wait to hear that day but in the meantime today he's having all closed doors meetings tomorrow he'll finally be giving a speech that's open to the press to we have any idea what exactly it is that he might be saying you know i'm just wondering if with this announcement that he won't be staying on if maybe tim geithner isn't going to carry as much weight on the international stage anymore. well there's been a question of how much weight timothy geithner plays on the international stage he's always asked about europe and anyways him but we have heard reports about european leaders you know shutting him out and saying get your own house in order before you tell us what to do and other meetings that he's been a part of over the time that this crisis has been dealt with so i don't know how much he's been able to play a role although of course there are always always leaders coming out saying oh we appreciate is employed and we value what he's saying so from what i've heard he is expected to address the eurozone crisis and that is an important part of what he's talking about because that's such a big part of this forum because it's such a big part of the concerns that the global economy has right now is the eurozone crisis and a lot of people here from prime minister david cameron to george soros saying the solution for the eurozone crisis is no solution and the prognosis at this point is still bad so i think that that's a big part of it but timothy geithner's program tomorrow is about the outlook for the u.s. i believe and and for that i would imagine some of the talking points that we would typically imagine that things are getting better and things are on the up and up and all of these kind of selling points that politicians make and bureaucrats make and that we then you know dissect and discount every day. maybe the whole use the state of the union is getting stronger obama's line there although you know i guess you could say that we've also seen a little bit of anger and resentment from some european nations when you have timothy geithner coming in and telling them that they need to get their house in order and so you know in that respect i'm just wondering if ben bernanke is announcement that interest rates are going to stay where they are he doesn't see them changing until at least two thousand and fourteen if that there is any way you know what the talk is over there at davos because some are saying well hey that's good news interest rates are going to stay low but at the same time it gives kind of a gloomy outlook for where exactly bernanke he thinks the economy is going to be headed over the next two to three years. exactly alone my question is for all these people that are bullish on the u.s. economy are saying things are getting better if things are getting so much better then why is the fed keeping interest rates at zero until the i can see for years that doesn't make me feel like things are getting better and that's making it so that savers still can't make any money and are oppressed which is a major concern for you and for people that aren't the speculators the jamie diamond the brian moynihan those guys that are here at davos as far as the reaction to the fed i think that we probably saw some from people that were asked in interviews about that that maybe we're doing press but as far as it being an important part of this forum i think very surprised at the lack or maybe i shouldn't say surprised i guess it's not surprising among this crowd that you wouldn't see it but there is a lack of attention to central banks in general criticism of central bank policy evaluating central bank policy of valuing the role of central banks that's just not on the agenda there is one session i saw tomorrow on the prognosis for currencies for the dollar the euro and the you won which you know obviously the central banks play a large role in currencies but there's not a serious discussion about central banks or about the currency wars we see as a result of central bank policy and printing so that's kind the biggest takeaway for me interesting why i know that you know a few chinese business then were in the spotlight today and of course trying to get a lot of flak on the world stage for being a currency manipulator what not some people are saying pointing at specific bad businesses comparing them to you know the new colonist so what did they have to say for themselves and was it more of a defensive move. well you know i think that this is something that we see where china is both looked to as a beacon of hope because it's such a quickly growing economy still projected to grow nine percent second world's second largest economy driving a lot of that growth at the same time there are concerns about the economy about housing about the fact that it is export driven and could be hurt by the eurozone crisis and be affected by moves in currencies that sort of thing so there are concerns and there are also concerns that you point to which is this perception of china and the reports i was reading coming out of the conversations had today and some of these sessions is that china is facing a perception problem that western countries think that maybe china is out to have a resource grab and a technology grab and not playing by the rules and china says the participants that spoke today said china is just trying to invest their money and not lose it not watch the the value of it diminish and that is why for the foreign investment in the sort of thing but what you can really see this clearly is if you look at it through the lens of what we've seen in the united states where you have high unemployment and people see china is growing and people accuse that china has taken manufacturing jobs and us politicians and maybe the media use that as a scapegoat to say china is a currency manipulator china isn't playing by the rules so that there's an excuse and a villain but at the same time you don't see the u.s. actually labeling china a currency manipulator and taking that step the treasury has neglected to do that several times several years in a row since i've been covering this issue so at least two maybe more so essentially what you see is a lot of the politics that come into play but china was trying to reassure that it is. that it is playing for the rules it is investing for the proper reasons and i actually thought it was interesting i saw that the c.e.o. of nasdaq was saying in contrast to us it took to the u.s. when the u.s. had sarbanes oxley which was fresh regulations that corporate community was very disparaging. and was was not happy and was dismissive and that in contrast he said that china seems to be more and more looking towards good governance and striving towards that and it's really this perception issue are now lastly we didn't get to the ts today but there is a theme to the world economic forum this time around it's about shaping new models and so you know you and i talked about the fact that their political leaders business leaders of over seventy billionaires there but in such crazy times you know is it really in their hands or they really think that they can shape the new models at this moment. that is a great question because so far you know you and i have been talking about this from the lens of the occupy protesters or you know the ninety nine percent that feel that they're shut out of the discussion and that's very hubris stick this one percent of elite around the globe to come together and say oh we can solve the world's problems but then there's another layer to this that i think is important to get to which is can anyone predict what the economy is going to do and claim to have any kind of solutions or new models that are going to actually solve that in a way that they can measure no matter how rich no matter how powerful no matter how much political influence or what elected official they are because all we have seen from so many people is signs that the that nobody knows where the economy is going i mean that's something that c.e.o. their c.e.o. of pimco which is the largest bond fund in the world has told me that these are paranormal times where they don't know literally whether the whether the economy is going to move towards deflation or inflation what the impact of central bank policy is going to be if it's out of bullets which they believe it is this is something we hear from people like jim rickards who's author of currency wars and battle effect on things and how these are uncertain times as a result i mean really to act as though you know where the economy is going and that you have the policies in order to control it seems a little farfetched and i think that's probably why certain people have mixed emotions towards this world economic forum in davos a learned thing that much for filling us in and i. after the break we're going to ask should have the right to be forgotten online that is and online mobilization and protests help prevent it from becoming law for now with a new focus shifted to accept after the break we're going to tell you about this international treaty and why people are trying to fight it. people calling what you said for free and fair elections. and we're still reporting from the. as you can hear behind me loud explosions. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else and you hear or see some other part of it and realize that everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm tom harpur welcome to the big picture.

tom you. i'm sam saxon for tom hartman in washington d.c. and here's what's coming up tonight on the big picture just in case the few one hundred republican debates in two thousand and eleven weren't enough for you there were two more this last weekend less than fifteen hours apart from each other so were any of the other candidates successful and knocking down mitt romney or is wall street's favor republicans headed for an easy win and in his closing speech in iowa last week ron paul clung to his libertarian ideals and dream.

to tom hartman dot com this entire show is also available as a free video podcast on i tunes and we have a free tom hartman i phone i pad app in the app store and send us feedback on twitter at tom others who are by facebook at tom underscore herman our blogs message boards and telephone comment line for thom hartmann dot com and don't forget democracy begins when you show up and participate get out there and get active tag your it occupies something a seat about. what drives the world the fear mongering used by politicians who makes decisions to break through it's already been made who can you trust no one who is you in view with a global missionary see where we had a state controlled capitalism is called sasha's when nobody dares to ask we do our t. question more. welcome to the real get the real headlines with none of the mersey going live to washington d.c. now tonight we're going to take a look at the pentagon's new strategic review the president says that we're turning a page turning our focus away from counterinsurgency and towards the south pacific all while cutting hundreds of billions from defense but what exactly does all that mean we're going to hash it out stephen c

tom hartman dot com this entire show is available as a free video podcast on i tunes and we have a free tom hartman i phone and a brand new i pad app at the app store. you can send his feedback at twitter at tom underscore hartmann on facebook at tom underscore our on our blogs message boards and telephone comment line at thom hartmann dot com. and don't forget democracy begins when you show up it begins when you stand up and say right to work right to work i think no that's right to work for less let's change our language when you say yeah it's a democracy and a republic when you participate when you show up in movement politics when you go out of occupy something when you show up at the one of the political parties and say yeah i'm here i want to be a delegate i want to be a precinct committee person when you volunteer when you're there get out there and get active tag your it will see it. there are those he desperately needed to survive. these local is the to give money to look. good when the fisa law to suppress is the prize the rights of the few for . those who don't get their share of the traits. good by download you've got. people that he's i mean you'll go last but look the one that i

podcast on i tunes and we have a free tom hartman i phone and i pad app at the app store you can send us feedback that twitter at tom underscore hartmann on facebook at tom underscore hartmann in on our blogs message boards and telephone comment line at thom hartmann dot com and don't forget as tom always says democracy begins with you get out there get active occupy something. your it will see tomorrow. i asked. welcome to the loner show or get the real headlines with none of the mercy or can live in washington d.c. tonight we have a horrible new video that's been released of u.s. marines urinating on dead afghan bodies get some commentary from our guest michael hastings and also talk about his new book the operators he's the rolling stone reporter the became the tory is for ending general stanley mcchrystal career but he hasn't stopped there then today is the ten year anniversary of the opening of guantanamo bay.

podcast on i tunes and we have a free tom hartman i phone and a brand new i pad app at the app store you sent us feedback on twitter at tom underscore armin on facebook at tom underscore blogs message boards and telephone comment line at tom. and don't forget democracy begins when you participate when you show up when you're out in front of the supreme court or your local federal court say no corporations are people when you go to your town council when you participate in the political process when you say yeah i'll be i'll be a committee person in this in this particular political party whatever it may be it begins with you so get out there and get active tag your it will see you next week at a great. it is easy. he. welcome to the a lot of show will get the real headlines with none of them or c n n live out of washington d.c. we're going to take another look at the f.b.i.'s take down of make up what does it mean for users of the site and for international law even without sopa pipa the feds are taking down sites around the world kato julian sanchez is going to join us to break it all down then at last night's debate we saw the g.o.p. candidates rail again

podcast on i tunes and we have a free tom hartman i phone and i pad app at the app store you can send us feedback at twitter at tom underscore hartmann on facebook at tom underscore hartmann our blogs message boards telephone comment line at thom hartmann dot. and don't forget democracy begins when you show up when you participate it all starts with you get out there get active tag your it occupy something we'll see them on. the. science technology innovation hall the list of melons from around russia we've dumped those huge earth covered. the u.s. rebuffed iran's demand not to bring its aircraft carrier back to the persian gulf while the standoff sparks fears of a looming military disaster. his foreign policy is very distinct from the other candidates but republicans also understand that existing will not win in the general. antiwar advocate ron paul is among the front runners in the first caucus to pick a republican presidential nominee but his views on likely to win over fellow party members. while the popularity of democratic president barack obama appears to be to ending even among hard core supporters.

podcast on i tunes and we have a free tom hartman i phone and a brand new i pad app at the app store isn't this feedback on twitter a tom underscore our on facebook at tom underscore hartmann on our blogs message boards and telephone comment line at tom harbor dark and don't forget democracy begins when you show up when you participate it all happens when we get out there and get active it's not enough just to vote it's we have to participate in this thing otherwise it doesn't work get out there show up participate get active tag your it occupy something suitable. more news today violence is once again flared up. these are the images and seeing from the streets of canada. for asians rule today. the book. was. aboard sanctions in the works for syria as a pressure on the regime but moscow promises to block any move towards foreign intervention. led. the angry voice of romanians carries interest second week as the castros rage against highly cuts taxes and deteriorating living standards. led sparks flying in the persian gulf the u.s. says it's ready for armed confrontation with iran with forces on standby in case of iran decides to.

podcast on i tunes and we have a free tom hartman i phone and a brand new i pad app at the app store you sent us feedback on twitter at tom underscore arbonne on facebook at tom underscore blogs message boards and comment line at toys r us and don't forget democracy begins when you participate when you show up when you're out in front of the supreme court or your local federal court say no corporations are people when you go to your town council when you participate in the political process when you say yeah i'll be a committee person in this in this particular political party whatever it may be it begins with you so get out there and get active tag your it will see you next week at the very. wealthy british style. that's not on to the right in the mornings with cardinality . markets why not. come to. find out what's really happening to the global economy with much stronger for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines to name two kinds of reports. it is easy. to. see. where the blogs still flowing and a growing the arab league reportedly wants to carry on monitoring in syria despite being slammed for being totally ineffective. silenced and thr

tom hartman look look at pedia reddit roster and others of the lock outs tom is going to tackle this issue to talk about privacy internet freedom and what these a web sites and the corporate lobbyists out in hollywood are trying to do. and he's also going to look at the whole issue of limited government and the sort of libertarian paradise has and vision to by the likes of wrong paul and some folks in the tea party is that really what our founders envisioned well tom will weigh in on it all. and of course for more on the stories you saw tonight or any other night check out our team dot com slash usa or argue to page you tube dot com slash r t america and follow me on twitter that's at lucy craft and of getting. letters that say much given to you should be sitting on the mark with one featuring a wide range of issues the standoff between iran and western powers has branched out is the west preparing for a military confrontation. if you.

tom harpur welcome to the big picture. welcome back to the big picture i'm tom hartman coming up in this half hour private corporations are eating our towns our colleagues get devoured what's left the breakdown in just a moment also in today's geeky science segment conservatives love to rail against same sex adoption i'll tell you why they should start listening to science programs and it looks like george bush and dick cheney may want to get a good lawyer and ideally take what's going on around the world and why we need to start pressuring our president to throw bush and his cronies into prison.

tonight but be sure to stay tuned for the big picture with tom hartman that is coming up in just a half hour on this martin luther king holiday tom will tell you why the legacy of dr king encompasses so much more than racial equality he was also a strong critic of war and an advocate for economic justice for all some themes important for even today and later thomas the down with author neal as very to talk about the employee rights act and what may be some issues with it. for more of the stories we cover here on the news go to our to dot com slash usa also don't forget to check out our you tube page that address you tube dot com slash r t america and see what i'm doing when i'm not reporting the news you should follow me on twitter at christine for for now have a great night. culture is that so much as i am and i'm going to call on a compliment a recasting america mobile military strategy or just more of the same problem obama's new vision for the pentagon is aimed at saving. me please be. seated.

tom harpur welcome to the big picture. welcome back to the big picture i'm tom hartman coming up in this half hour mitt romney released his tax returns yesterday and said last night that he pays a lot of taxes and he's proud to do it what those tax returns are going to show us and the supreme court on monday took a stand for our right to privacy or did they actually cut into our rights to privacy what do they do and how might it affect you the next time you make a phone call or surf the web also the indiana state senate passed what they call right to work legislation monday but really it's right to work for a last legislation i'll explain. when someone americans don't pay their fair share in taxes the rest of us get screwed after weeks of playing cat and mouse with them mitt romney finally released his tax returns yesterday last night in the republican presidential debate reference to his tax returns and tax rates he said this feels like income how much taxes are paid how much i paid to charity you'll see how complicated taxes can be but what i pay all the taxes that are legally required and not a dollar more i don't think you want someone as the candidate for president who pays more taxes than he owes so while they point out that that's the case and will be discussion sure will be an article you know but is it entirely. legal unfair absolutely i'm proud of the fact that i pay a lot of taxes and the really a lot of taxes upon closer examination romney's tax returns there are several things that set him apart from the average american for example mitt romney makes more money in one day than the average american makes in one year and even scarier he makes enough money to become a one percenter every single week at the same time romney the multimillionaire a a lower tax rate the most middle class americans and he says he pays a lot of taxes joining us now to discuss mitt romney's tax debacle is a amanda beadle reporter with think progress and think it was there ok amanda great to have you back with us when it comes to payroll taxes the average american contributes seven point six six percent almost eight percent for medicare or social security that on the payroll tax what's mitt romney plan i believe it's one tenth of one percent so why is that when it's because that the taxes and medicare taxes all come from earned income most of his income is coming from capital gains in money that he's money he's getting that he's not actually from a regular income is what most people pay for their taxes and it's also part of why is taxes in general of so low but if you're talking about something that everyone's pay going to it there's all this concern about medicare and running on money for social security and he's not paying into it he's paying one tenth of one percent why do we have a capitalist gains tax and an ordinary income tax why we have an income tax for people who work and then we have a capitalist gains tax i was called capital gains for. capital gains tax for people who like paris hilton you know earns a living city in her bikini on her butt around the pool waiting for the dividend check to arrive i don't get it it's the idea is that investment income from capital gains that these people are job creators they're going to go on and invest this money to create even more jobs for more people rockets ronald reagan thought that was a bad idea he brought both those tax rates to twenty eight percent he made them identical and he came right out and said that the capital gains should be taxed at the same rate as ordinary income. what do these republicans all have amnesia clearly they're not listening to what reagan said if they believe that under gingrich's tax plan romney would even be better off because gingrich has proposed getting rid of the capital gains tax entirely whereas romney let the i believe would at least leave it at charging something for capital gains tax you know it was twenty percent before george w. bush can remember correctly. romney famously had some of his wealth in offshore accounts. i lived in europe for a year and i looked into getting a swiss bank account just because i had to get a european bank account and i'd heard that they were kind of cool and what i discovered was that when you put your money the swiss bank you have to pay them interest and i said to us was the banker you know the wife and he said because we keep secrets you know so why would why would this guy put his money in a bank in switzerland where he has to pay them to take his money i don't believe they were fully explained that but i know that they closed his swiss bank account in two thousand and ten because it would there was too afraid of going to politically embarrassing to have a swiss bank account but he saw that the cayman islands accounts and i believe they talked also about that he had accounts in other known taxation of luxembourg and ireland. so how does his how would his own proposed tax plan affect his taxes i believe the tax is about half because he wants to lower the taxes even more because they get the idea that these people who are earning are into capital capital gains that they're investors they're going to turn around and invest this money and create more jobs so that's their theory is the theory romney's tax rate which is already only in a paper eighteen point nine percent in two thousand and ten it's estimated about fifteen percent in two thousand and eleven he cut it in half amused and bush cut it by five percent a cut by twenty five percent actually from. twenty to fifteen percent and it didn't seem to create an explosion of jobs my recollection is that the bush administration left it on a negative note that that would be correct ok apparently he needed for lawyers and a former i.r.s. commissioner to explain his own tax returns is that just like the nature of being a multimillionaire makes forty million bucks every two years i guess that all it says is the only the main jobs they're created from romney's capital gains were for his lawyers and his bankers and. amanda beadle thank you so much for the great reporting good to hear good to have you with us. well in last night's republican debate in florida both mitt romney and newt gingrich attacked each other over who's closeted skeletons or worse leaving republican voters left to decide who is the lesser of two evils the tax evader or the philandering lobbyist good luck on that one. in the best of the rest of the news police may need a warrant from now on if they want to plant g.p.s. systems in your car to track you so says the supreme court in what many are calling a huge victory for privacy rights in the case of the united states versus jones the high court found that the police violated the fourth amendment rights of a suspected drug kingpin antwan jones when they install a g.p.s. tracking device on his car and monitors it it is activities for twenty eight days without a warrant still there are questions left unanswered as to what reasonably are or what really are unreasonable searches in an age where people are using three hundred thirty two million cell phones that can be tracked and surfing the internet visiting websites that can be tracked to court didn't really touch that question so even though the nation took one step back from orwell's one thousand nine hundred four with yesterday's supreme court ruling there are still a lot of questions around what constitutes privacy in today's digital world joining us to discuss the supreme court's ruling and how it really affects our privacy rights going forward is ginger mccall the director of the electronic privacy information center is open government program change your welcome back thank you for having me great to have you here with us scalia has this trespass theory that he was in the majority decision the the five not that this was a unanimous decision but but for two completely different sets of reasons for two largely different sets of reasons and scalia said basically this is a property rights thing you're if you're trespassing on somebody's property that's an invasion of their privacy that's an invasion or that's a violation the fourth amendment it's not an invasion of privacy. on the other hand you had four other justices who wrote a concurring but different opinion saying well it might be a trespass but it's also an invasion of privacy. isn't it concerning that the five justices who really decided the case didn't think this was an invasion of privacy merely that it was trespass well the important thing and the upbeat thing about this case is that scalia and the rest of the justices in the majority didn't foreclose the option that this would have under the other analysis also been an invasion of privacy in fact he explicitly pointed out that he wasn't foreclosing that this was an invasion of privacy under the cats which is after the u.s. cats case under that sort of analysis he just said that here the obvious answer is that it's an invasion of privacy under the property based analysis so they're just going to stick with that and go with the easy track but in the cat's case was the one where. it was whether or not if you're not going to wiretap somebody at their home but you're going to do it at the phone station is is that still wiretap is still an invasion of privacy and the supreme court ruled however that. there what came out of that was an analysis that's based on a reasonable expectation of privacy based in part on your subjective expectation of privacy as well as society's objective a record expectation of privacy an expectation of privacy that society is willing to accept this is this is you know there are some here's a quote from cats that that was in the top of the sun it's the concurring opinion that disagreed the minority or green opinion they quoted from the cat's case the existence of a property right is but one element in determining whether expectations of privacy are legitimate to the promise of the property interests control the right of the government to search and seize has been discredited which basically and this was being quoted by the other four justices is they're throwing it in school is face well here's really actually recognized that the cat's case as being valid and he said that yes property based analysis is one of the analyse is that you can run into it to figure out whether or not there is a privacy interest and the great thing about this it's rare that i get to come on here until. good news about privacy it's you know it's a day it's world but the great thing about this is that the other justices the justices in the concurrence and also sotomayor suggested a willingness to to really take a good hard look at these electronic surveillance issues and in fact she said that she was willing to reexamine precedent and yet case and i think that we're going to look back five ten years from now and say this was probably one of the most important cases that she wrote a decision on. do you agree yes and that precedent that she said that she was willing to reexamine is this idea of the third party doctor and which is if you give a piece of information you give an item to someone else and then trust that data to that person then you lose your expectation of privacy and she said that she was willing to reexamine that and here's why that's so important because in today's world with cloud computing with a lot of of web based applications you're giving so much of your data away a third tour google to facebook to these other companies that's the third party and it's so important which reminds me that dr to this question and this is this blue this is a headline from the washington post i want to put for thirty three this afternoon news story google to track users across products and the first paragraph are those the summary used by cecilia king web giant google says it won't allow users to opt out of changes which will follow activities across email search youtube and other services the shift is expected to invite greater suit scrutiny of its privacy practices. is this the kind of thing the sort of my or was basically sane in her in her individual she wrote a separate individual concurrent. not just sun agreement concurrence in this case is this what she was talking about the you know maybe we're going to be looking at google want to this is precisely the sort of thing that she signaled and also the other concurrent justices and to some extent schoolie and the majority as well that they were going to be looking at these issues and all of the opinions they. put out a very explicit invitation to congress to legislate in this area to come up with a good comprehensive privacy legislation that will protect people. and. almost justice brandeis wrote in material where the physical connection toll from wars was made but i guess we're we're covering the same territory here. so the trespass theory will hopefully be extended and. do you think that somebody can sue google and provoke this i think that we will see a lot of cases that come out of this it's it's good news and this is a case this is language that we're as privacy advocates going to be quoting back to the court for years to come because there's a lot of great strong language in here about the value of privacy and the ways that this sort of surveillance can really undermine the important values in the united states of america our freedom of expression our freedom of speech and that language it's it's great this is the first time that we've had something to celebrate you know in a long time where the decision i thought was fascinating ginger thank you so much and it was much appreciated thank you eventually the supreme court and congress will have to weigh in on these issues let's hope they make the right decisions. after the break the indiana state senate and governor mentioned daniels are the latest culprits in the ongoing war against the middle class but what did they what they did on monday and how is it going to affect the people of india. download the official antti up location on the phone on called touch from the top story. one life on the go. video on demand on t.v.'s mine gold coast's and already says feeds now in the palm of your. question on the dot com. more news today violence is once again flared up. these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. giant corporations to rule the day. mission. critical three years for charges. ranging three. three. three. three branches video for your media project free media oh don carty dot com. crazy alert wind power solar power. barter power giant butter sculptures of the main attraction at this year's pennsylvania farm show and this year's major player is a one thousand pound giant of butter brilliance after the show is over the owner of the sculpture steve rein for plans to break down the sculpture and use it as energy to power both his farm and house of his is a very creative form of alternative energy work essentially the butter is dumped into a giant manure pit microorganisms develop eat the mass of butter and produce methane as a byproduct ranford says the amount of methane produced to be enough to power his entire house and farm for three full days and also said is relied on methane as a source of energy in the past or has it the koch brothers are already trying to corner the butter market. your take my take is your chance to send into us your questions comments rants observations about anything we talk about here in the big picture during my radio show and it's my chance to give you my take on it one more time tonight's first comment came to us from stacy our facebook page stacy wrote if there is a brokered convention big if you think that it would spell the end of the g.o.p. at least in the g.o.p. we know that we know in its current incarnation if they pick someone that did not go out and campaign that would simply infuriate the base measure if they put chris christie out there as the compromise after the furious debates and campaigning that has already taken place. a brokered convention happens when no single law money goes into the convention with enough delegates to have already locked up the nomination and although newt's not on the ballot in at least three and maybe five states he could still if he really hits a role when enough delegates to be the nominee are more likely those started this whole thing just as a book tour and therefore has no real ground game offices or structures in place for most of the country is that mitt romney will be the nominee because he's done his homework and he has enough money to outspend newt but even if it goes down to a race between the two of them that's so tight that neither has enough delegates odds are the convention would pick either one or the other either by other candidates throwing them their delegates delegates decided to change their votes which they could do or by the elders of the party making a choice i'd be really surprised if somebody who hasn't been in the debates was picked moving on our next comment comes to us via twitter julie who tweets under the name ethel rosenberg. tom hartman i know you love this t.s.a. stuff but the agency says that rand paul was at no time detained. yeah and the agency says there chertoff or no x. ray scanners don't produce dangerous levels of x. rays even though all european countries have banned them because the t.s.a. so says something doesn't make it true they told bomb ron paul rand paul to stand in that box now i call that detained maybe they think detained means sent to get go but i agree with rand paul that he was detained in fact the entire security circus at our airports is a form of unconstitutional.

tom hartman dot com free speech dot org and our team dot com also check out our two youtube channels or a link to tom harkin dot com terry show is also available as a free video podcast on i tunes and we have a free thom hartmann i phone and i pad app at the app store he said his feedback at twitter at tom underscore arbonne on facebook at tom underscore our our blogs message boards the telephone comment line at tom r. . and don't forget democracy begins when you show up and you say i'm going to participate i'm going to get out there i would occupy something to show up show up at a political party show up at a rally join a movement movement politics get out there get active tag your it see next week. wealthy british style. time. markets why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike stronger or a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune in to the report. we'll do the. science technology innovation all the latest developments from around russia we've got the future covered. mission three couldn't take three. three. three. three. three. zero three blog playing video for your media project a free media. a no go notion russia rejects a new u.n. resolution on syria saying it's unacceptable and do nothing towards ending the bloodshed. thousands of

a free video podcast on i tunes and we have a free tom hartman i phone and a brand new i pad app at the app store you sent us feedback on twitter at tom underscore our on facebook at tom underscore hartmann on our blogs message boards and telephone comment line at tom harbor dark and don't forget democracy begins when you show up when you participate it all happens when we get out there and get active it's not enough just to vote it's we have to participate in this thing otherwise it doesn't work get out there show up participate get active tag your it occupy something suitable. he. from the. world. now with the palm of your. lack of the law to show where you get the real headlines with none of the mercy or can live out of washington d.c. now today is a day of protest against sopa and the protect ip act we're going to give you a breakdown of who is taking part and how i will speak with alexis ohanian founder of reddit about whether online activism and the tech industry are going to be able to beat the entertainment industry on this legislation then there's favors debate amongst the left over president obama's record and his.

covered visit our website to tom hartman dot com free speech dot org and dot com also check out our two you tube channels there are links to thom hartmann dot com also at tom hartman dot com you can check out all the different ways you can send us feedback and don't forget democracy begins with you get out there and get active tag your it will see them are. wealthy british style. markets why not. come to. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike stronger for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune in to kaiser reports on our. buying votes a new dynamic in russian elections as millions of people about their favorite presidential candidate by the internet which could play a pivotal role in race for the kremlin. un is under pressure to act on syria but i think the departure of six gulf nations from the arab league observers . torn country. and plans to enforce on on and. don't go and prompts thousands of people on the streets and afraid of cyber attacks on government websites. god this is r t with international news and comment twenty four hours a day welcome to the program it's the online election battle front wh

feedback at twitter at tom underscore hardman on facebook at underscore hartman on our blogs message boards or telephone comment line at thom hartmann dot com and don't forget it as tom always says democracy begins with you get out there get active occupy something tag your heads . is easy. easy easy easy easy easy. easy. welcome to the lot of show or get the real headlines with none of the mercy and i live in washington d.c. now time we're going to take a look at what some are calling a gear up towards a new cold war between china and the u.s. treasury secretary tim geitner makes his way to china a week after the president announced a brand new military strategy to counter it so i ask why i things have to be this way if they even have to be this way thomas barnett is going to join us then we hear a lot about the undo power and influence of wall street but.

tom hartman will break it will recap last night's state of the union speech with the help of an expert panel and major setbacks for press freedom in the u.s. tom is going to examine why journalists arrests at the occupy wall street protests are hurting america's standing in the world it's a show you won't want to miss and it's all new right here on our t.v. . but as a for now as always for more on the stories we've covered whether julian assange just new show state of the union was actually really going on behind the scenes a doll those check out our website at r.t. dot com slash usa and also our youtube page that's youtube dot com slash r t america and as always if you want to weigh in on anything that you saw this evening suggest stories you'd like to see or perhaps just say hello don't be shy you can reach out to me and get in touch with me on twitter the address is right there on a screen but my handle is lucy catherine of one word have a great evening see you soon. culture is that so much of a given to each musician find the mark left egypt unfinished business a year on the revolution that you have to do spirit appears to have stalled the military rulers who replacement. download the official auntie application to go on the phone only pod touch from the q stops to. lunch on life on the go. video on demand on teasing blindfold costs and says feeds now in the palm of your. questions on the dot com wealthy british style. on the title of. markets why not come to find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike stronger for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into cars a report on. you know how sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and realized everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm tom harpur welcome to the big picture. book and if you. still. want. hello and welcome to crossfire computor all about egypt's unfinished business a year on the revolution that youth activist spirit it appears to have stalled the military rulers who replaced mubarak seem to be exploiting opposition splits and popular fears of chaos to shore up their power and confine the extent of change is a counter revolution now managing egypt. cross-talk change in egypt a year after the revolution i'm joined by bradley blakeman in washington he was a senior staffer in the administration of george w. bush and currently a professor at georgetown university in chicago we have david faris he's an assistant professor of political science at roosevelt university all right gentlemen this is crosstalk that means you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage it but first let's see what's happened in egypt a year on. the iconic séance of the egyptian revolution shook the middle east and the west by

tom hartman welcome to the big picture. the for. the mission free accreditation free in-store charges free arrangements free. free studio time free. old free broadcast clothing video for your media projects and a free media. tom. wealthy british. market. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike stronger for a no holds barred. the global financial headlines tune in to gaza report on r.g.p. . and. blowing welcome to cross talk i'm peter all about taunting turnaround on a wider range of issues the standoff between iran and western powers has pratchett is the west preparing for a military confrontation with the islamic republic what role does israel play in the scheme of things and how much of this standoff is really generated by domestic political agendas. to cross talk around in the news i'm joined by solemn in los angeles he is the executive director of the muslim public affairs council in irvine we have psoriasis up or ehrlich she is an independent researcher writer and political commentator and in london we cross to mark fitzpatrick he's director of nonproliferation and disarmament program at the international institute for strategic studies our focus is crosstalk and that means you c