it's very exciting to watch this unfold. >> you know, igor, that's an important point.t last week, you know, new mexico became the 17th state where same-sex couples could marry. now a judge has made it possible in utah. i just want to say that again. utah. the idea that you've got that going on in a red state, does have a highly symbolic importance. at the same time -- we know there is a legal fight going on in that state. what's the status of that? >> now it's going to go to the supreme court, and they're going to have to make some kind of decision. you know, the justices, i think, who decided on doma over the summer, a big ruling saying the federal government can't discriminate against gay people, is going to take -- have to look at the issue again. i think sooner than they expected. and what they're going to be looking for -- even the justices who struck down that part of doma were skeptical about getting too far ahead of public opinion. >> right. >> now that you have this decision, the red state, it's really going to be the experiment in the backlash. >> right. >> w

and igor made an try point by changing the definition of success. 80% of people are going through thexperience. the prior goal was 99%. if they're only having 80% success rate, they would not go to that. they're used to the amazon experience. they go, see the price, decide if they want it or not, and if they want t they get it delivered to their door. >> if you ask the young people how optimistic they are about the website, they tend to say by the greatest margins by age group they think the website can fixed. eight out of ten think that the website can be fixed. that's a swell that they'll do campaign. they say it's full of problems and they tell pollsters that they will return. >> they said that they were bewildered. they didn't you fully understand the law. they didn't fully understand what would happen when they got to the website. does having the navigators change experience, and are you less likely to have some of those back end problems if you work with someone who really knows the process inside and out? >> that makes a big difference. i've been doing outreach enrollment assis

so igor, what do you say to that?crats up by large numbers in that same kind of poll that changed immediately after when you saw the problems with health care reform. so the good news is, you're out here, so you have time to change the dynamic. and i think if the law works, health care law works and people get coverage and the dynamic changes, the story changes, the perception is different and those numbers are going to switch again. i mean, you know, these numbers are really if i cfickle. they go back and forth depending on the snapshot of the moment. >> and nia, why do you think the president hasn't gotten more credit for dealing with this kind of congress? i mean, it seems to me people beat up on the congress as do-nothing. the year-end reviews in the statistics, work less hours, pass fewer laws than the previous low record. is it just too hard to campaign on that negativity, because he's colored by it? >> yeah. in some ways. i think you can't campaign on what the congress won't allow you to do. i mean, that's not

igor bollski, managing editor at thinkprogress.org. katrina beltran with nyu.d ron christie, a contributing columnist at the daily beast and a former special assistant to president george w. bush. igor, let me ask you this, is this the end of speaker boehner's speakership or the beginning? >> well, i hope it's the beginning. you know, this was kind of a long time coming. you saw in 2010 when this new class was elected, boehner very frustrated on issues like the debt ceiling, all of the budget fights. he tried to make a deal with the president, with the democrats. it didn't go anywhere. i mean, issue after issue, the farm bill, comprehensive immigration reform. he tries to do something, they pull back. and so now it all kind of boiled over out into the open. you know, i think at the end of the day, though, this is about politics. republicans right now see obamacare as the golden goose for the 2014 elections. >> again? >> oh, again. they think, again, yes. so anything that distracts from that is a problem. that's why he's saying, guys, sh, let's do obamacare and

igor is trying. it's a hard thing for a left person to answer. why does it get in my craw?se people are suffering and a president lied to them. >> this is the thing. on a serious note, the way chris matthews didn't ask the question the way the president hasn't been asked the question directly and hasn't directly come out and addressed these families and these individuals losing their health insurance and aren't getting put into a better marketplace, i'm sorry. but they are not going to get better coverage. they can't sign up for obama care through the exchanges and they are seeing premiums triple. for young women it's going up 19 t 93%. explain to me how they are getting better coverage. they don't have coverage. 5 million people lost insurance. to my broader point, chris matthews is not asking the question and president obama continually dodging it and people like you dodging the question shows you don't appreciate or you never respected the fact that these people are losing their insurance and these are real people dealing with real problems who lost insurance coverage an

talk to him on the phone right now but unfortunately been told that actually we lost connection with igor right now but of course will return to him as soon as possible. they european union's credit rating has been dealt a blow standard and poor's has downgraded it from triple a to double a plus the agency is sad that blocks financial profile has deteriorated on of are reports now from. standard imposed financial services agency have decided that the european union's credit rating of aaa was too good for it so they've downgraded it one point to double a plus now the reasons that they've given for this is they said that the financial profile of the e.u. deteriorated also that there was a lack of cohesion within the european union and if you look across the individual economies that make up the e.u. well it's it's quite clear that there's winners and there's losers economically just this last week the you agreed that they would they agreed in principle how they could put together a banking union perhaps this was an attempt to to assure their creditors that they were trying to get some cohes

birkenfeld neglected to tell them about his dealings with this man, california real estate developer igor olenicoff, who was his biggest client. birkenfeld helped olenicoff hide $200 million by introducing him to a consultant who specialized in creating shell companies and sham entities that concealed the ownership of the ubs accounts. >> i don't sign people's tax return, so what they do with their taxes is not my business. i'm a banker. >> so you would steer them to somebody who would help them hide their money? >> i would them to these service providers. >> that's correct. >> you must have known deep down that it was illegal. >> when you came into the u.s. you felt uncomfortable. that's correct. >> but as a gesture of good will, birkenfeld did give the justice department, senate investigators, irs agents, and the s.e.c. lots of information about ubs and its secret activities. >> any transaction that happened on an account was held deep in the vault and sealed until the client came to pick it up personally. then they would either take it with them, which was generally not the case, or th

suspected suicide bombing at the main a railway station in the city of volgograd live now to our seas igor there you go so what do we know about the blast so far.

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east ties with russia have traditionally been stronger and we talk to russia's deputy prime minister igor off he believes the future should not be decided under that extreme pressure which nobody wants an escalation on everybody is interested in continuing the discussion on the subject the further development of ukraine's economy which partnerships which integration will introduce of the scheme but this has to be discussed in a calm manner but this cannot be done under the influence of the mood on the streets under harsh pressure from opponents this is about determining the future of the country and there has to be done after all the pros and cons have been wait. now when asked if the situation in ukraine will stabilize if the current opposition comes to power the majority of ukrainians out of thirty seven percent said the opposition would not be able to effectively govern the country while thirty percent have said they do support the opposition now in some pro e.u. cities activists are mobilizing to join the demonstrations in the capital to help prevent any further attempt by security fo

is igor piskun office in moscow with more. it's traditionally become the place to be to find out the president's vision of the president and his plans for the future every year russia's top politicians businessmen economists and elites gather at the kremlin to listen to his idle address first head of just returned from there as well and here are some of the key points why the world had to make russia isn't looking and dominating the rules but that doesn't mean it has to stop protecting its sovereignty and traditional values. because we know that there are even more people around the globe who support our position in terms of ensuring traditional values these are the values of traditional family and the value of human life including religious life that is not only material life but also spiritual of course this is a conservative position but the point of conservatism is not that it hinders the movement forward and upward but that it precludes the movement backwards downwards back towards chaos and a barbaric state. diplomacy wa

going to cross live joker spawn and the group is going off who is following this meeting for us so igor the leaders of the two neighboring countries are meeting what is the significance of this well despite everything that's been going on in ukraine for the past few weeks stance is still not clear is that leaning towards the e.u. or is it leaning towards russia and there's lots of speculation and fears both within the ukrainian opposition and in the european union as well. as and gas prices and despite his personal reassurance as president. i mean also discussed the customs union and earlier during the mass protests in kiev the street opposition passed a resolution basically banning him from discussing this issue with russia but the fact of the matter is the economy is in bad shape brussels did give a red light on financially compensating the reforms that it's demanding from here while there is speculation that moscow may be looking at giving multi-million dollar loans and slashed gas prices which clearly isn't being greeted with applause in the west and for more on this here's a report

artes igor peace cannot live you go thank you very much indeed. and you can watch the highlights of our exclusive interview with the russian foreign minister into hours time here on r.t. international. the egyptian says here when syria has been wronged by a bombing a target that targeted the police h.q. in the city fourteen people have been killed and more than one hundred injured the blast has devastated a large portion of the building the government has put the blame on the muslim brotherhood with spokesperson calling it a terrorist organization reporting for us from cairo is tom de. around one am a series of at least two explosions went off inside and just next to the security directorate building and i'm sure we know that at least two senior security officer among the dead according to state t.v. and this is the deadliest the most two day shifts in a series of attacks a series of bombings which are plagued egypt since the july third and also my family will say i am not thinking of the tube which has been following most of these bombings just p

were the first public comments he's made since the suicide attack that took place on sunday artie's igor piskun up has more the president changed his traditional new year's address location from the kremlin to the russian far east where he's currently on an unexpected visit reading the new year with those affected by major floods which happens in the region last summer and led me to put in more of the things he talked about spoke about the challenges that russia had to face in two thousand and thirteen including the two latest terror attacks in the volga and the president voices voiced his condolences to the families of the victims pledged to provide all the necessary support and help and also promise to continue fighting terrorists until they are completely defeated but i do you do see a difference. for the victims of these a true issues of terror we will keep the recruits you can assume. the terrorists into they are fully defeated what you. are. the statement was made seven hours before the new year in moscow that's the time difference between the capitol and the bottom scans while tra

undermine the arab nations for closer ties with europe cross live to our correspondent corpus going off so igor we don't have to choose a leader of the two neighboring countries will be meeting do tell us more about the significance of this well despite everything that's been happening in ukraine for the past few weeks here have still has been trying to sit on two chairs at the same time either leaning more towards the e.u. who are leaning more towards russia but to the protesters are still there and they're closely watching in fact they said that there are further actions will largely depend on the outcome of this meeting in moscow. well despite these promises not to do so it is feared it would end up as an end in the european union that president. is discussing the warrants and gas prices will also discuss the customs union it's interesting is that the street protesters have actually passed the so-called resolution banning him from doing so which is which has been greeted with a mixed reaction since how can street protesters and elected president from doing so is a ban not a demand in itself

and a session this week archies igor piskun of was there and brings us the details . they never met personally but his revelations surely made an impact on the world . answering a question about edward snowden the president didn't reveal his exact whereabouts but he couldn't resist humoring his all relationship with barack obama and u.s. surveillance tactics. it was noticeable if you want to know how my feel about mr obama after snowden's leaks i feel jealous i feel jealous because he can do these things and get off scot free still there is nothing to be happy about but on the other hand there's no reason to be frustrated however tough the criticism against the us may be all these measures have always been aimed at tackling terrorism but there must be some clear rules and certain agreements including those of ethics ukraine was also discussed that actually said it right from the last few weeks with mass protest both in favor of against moving closer with the e.u. moscow's giving kiev a fifteen billion dollar loan to help because of severe economic problems and accordi

by igor stravinsky. the dancers flooding on stage, primitive and raw. everything about it was new and shocking. >> after a few minutes, people started shouting in the aisles. first murmurs then fist fights breaking out. >> people in evening dress , throwing punches. >> yes, people felt like they were having mud slung at them. utter madness. how could this have been even presented as art? you have a few people, a few people saying this might be the germ of something new. >> scandalous, shocking, ugly parody, words used to describe the original dances of the ballet russe. while many of the iconic ball it russe seems tame, some like the fire bird, have become well loved classics. of the nearly 100 ballets that came from the company in the 20 years between 1909 and 1929, none brought together the ideals of the ballet russe more than the rite of spring. >> you had this performance, it really was a lightning rod for what art was, what avant garde was. whether art, moving forward, had to destroy the past or not. >> list of collaborators read like a who's who o

igor, thank you so much for your time. truly appreciate it. >> thank you. >> all right. "the ed show" for tonight. we really appreciate you joining us. "politicsnation" is coming up next with the reverend al sharpton. and that starts right now. rev, how you doing? >> good, joy. how are you? good to see you. >> doing very well. hope you had a merry christmas. >> i did. we did. we spent all day feeding the homeless and the poor and seniors there in harlem. so had a great christmas. good to see you. and thanks to you for tuning in. >>> i'm live tonight from miami. tonight's lead, republicans reveal their new year's resolution. block all economic solutions. in less than 48 hours unemployment benefits will run out for over a million americans. it's been decades since congress refused to renew long-term jobless benefits. when the unemployment rate was this high. this is not politics as usual. it's the result of a heartless, mean spirited party. and now families

it is not just -- selling igor was quantities of ipads. -- selling enormous quantities of ipads.ina mobile vast number of subscribers it has and the rivals, which look puny in comparison. these are not small companies. >> not at all. the smallest one is china telecom with 100 million. that is about as big as at&t. we are dealing with six to seven operator inith one this deal. >> why don't they cut the price for those two specific countries to just grab market share react :00's i think the tim cook answer would be we have the older products available at a lower price. they introduced the five c at a lower price. the 5c has not done as well as people think ms product would. the early market, which is the first few months after launch, is going to go for the high-end product. gohink the 5c story will into next year. not so much about profit as brand. apple needs to make sure there he are the premium brand. -- they are the premium brand. crooks coming up, maxine waters of california on nelson mandela. >> this is bloomberg surveillance. let's get you some company news from the files o

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igor offered this, yoda was a coward.in, pizza is better without the cheese. i worked in a pizza place one time, made a few pizzas without cheese and the customers didn't agree. i would like all of us to express our own unpopular political opinions and before we begin, i want to welcome to the table, reporter and tweeter sarah posner and to start with anna marie, because she participated earlier this week and said glenn beck is super smart, and would be fascinating to get to know. limbaugh also smart, butexpleti one. ana marie, you can elaborate on that one, your unpopular opinion. >> i listen to limbaugh and beck a fair amount. i need to -- i feel i need to keep up on what the other side is saying and what their logic is. limbaugh is a great entertainer enama and amazing how he twists things. beck, what i like about him, he has a very earnest enthusiasm for the forum of radio and television. he clearly is having a good time when he does these things. and, you know, he's kind of crazy, but it takes a lot of mental energy