shake up the mega market retail sector and here to discuss all this is our correspondent amir and david amir a first and foremost great having you here were there and i did you on the show i love it i know you did have some good is good so bad now what's the deal is just what we're going to do this is a pretty big deal ok so we've got the two the second largest the second and the third largest discount retailers coming together you're definitely going to be some healthy competition for dollar general now that's the top money maker as far as discount retail goes but what's really interesting i think is that most people don't think about these companies as billion dollar companies you know not one dollar in a time but you know all those dollars really kind of add up and this really has a lot to do with the economy why they're doing so well according to the most recent data total income for households earning less than thirty thousand dollars a year dropped by one percent between two thousand and four and two thousand and twelve that's according to bureau of labor statistics also during the rec

i'm amir a david and you're watching r.t. america and american man believed to have been killed in syria was there to fight alongside a terrorist group most likely the islamic state formally known as isis he was thirty three year old douglas mcarthur mccain originally from san diego according to an activist linked to the free syrian army which saw his body mccain was among three foreign jihadi fighting with isis who died during the battle u.s. law enforcement and intelligence officials have long expressed concern about foreign fighters joining hardline jihad is in syria as to its very but most suspect the number of fighters with western. passports is in the thousands more than one hundred are thought to be americans officials have expressed concern that radicalized foreign fighters could one day import those influences once they were turned home in fact just last week federal authorities urge law enforcement across the country to be alert for possible attacks inside the u.s. and a joint bulletin the department of homeland sec

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sentiment here may not be enough to quell the movement as the conflict in gaza rages on and washington amir david ortiz. ukrainian police forces are working to clear out the remaining protesters at kiev's independence square reports of approximately one hundred or so people are still remaining at the square and have occupied the space for the past seven months some may know them as the maid and self-defense activists they initially laid siege to the square in protest a venue korean president viktor yushchenko which is plans to bring ukraine closer to russia and away from the e.u. and the theme of hitting nations in the pocketbook continues here as well ukraine is now threatening to block off russia's oil and gas supplies to europe they can have government had already cut off their own russian ties no longer receiving energy gas or oil from russia since the conflict ask elated but ukraine still acts as one of the conduits to how russia transports its oil and gas to e.u. nations this move will most likely hurt european countries depending on russian energy resources now meanwhile in the east the uk

correspondent amir and david will be here to tell us what dollar please takeover of family dollar could mean for you and your dollars and finally your feedback day is upon us we're putting you the viewers into the driver's seat lead to letting you tackle all the stuff that we talked about with your questions something concerns sent in for us throughout the week live on today's show it all starts right now. so low there now it's the first friday of the month which means it's be a less and bagels day translation the bureau of labor and statistics put out jobs numbers today and in honor of this monthly occurrence we here at boom bust like to celebrate with bagels in the morning so that's what that means now according to the report u.s. job growth slowed in july and the unemployment rate unexpectedly rose pointing to slack in the labor market that could give the federal. served room to keep interest rates low for a while nonfarm payroll jobs increased by two hundred nine thousand last month however a condom it's had expected a gain of two hundred thirty three thousand jobs now in addition d

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says it has no plans to send in troops artie's amir a david brings us more on the obama administration's arming of the fighters on the ground. the obama administration is beginning to directly provide weapons to kurdish peshmerga forces to fight off islamic militants senior officials who announce the decision to the press on the condition of anonymity what i say exactly what types of weapons are being sent nor what government agency would be leading this effort now this comes as the islamic state militants threaten civilians and the u.s. consulate in the northern city of erbil in response the obama administration quickly moved some american diplomats out of the city erbil is a very strategic city in iraq and not just because it's home to american personnel but that he also happens to be the capital of iraq's kurdistan region located just east of mosul kurdistan is a geo cultural area in the middle east that shares parts of iraq iran and turkey now since the fall of saddam hussein iraqi kurds have built a semi thomas region with their own regional government armed forces and even oil depe

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had detained an american now joining me now to discuss this latest revelation is our t's own amir and david he of me are being here now what what is the state department saying about this i mean this is all new news to the department has actually been quite critical of israel when it comes to the rest of my dear what the state department is most concerned about is the fact that the u.s. consulate general was not notified of this arrest immediately as is typical when a u.s. citizen of course is arrested abroad they've also expressed concern that members of the family appeared to be singled out of course this isn't the first time we've heard this last may we have tarik of will hear the other. mohammed who was killed the boy aura of course is the one in florida now in terms of the status of his arrest the charges are still unclear i asked the state department today for an update take a look at that. what can you tell us about the status of a dear u.s. citizen who's being detained in israel and why has his arrest been extended apparently to the end of september and why has he not been indicted

i'm amir a david and you're watching r.t. america. it's been a day of reflection after a two star general became the highest ranking u.s. official to be killed in either of america's post nine eleven wars fifty five year old harold green was one of the army's gadget gurus an engineer by trade whose goal was to integrate digital technology in a way that would improve military operations greene was killed yesterday when a gunman believed to be an afghan soldier opened fire and a military academy near kabul afghanistan more than a dozen other soldiers were injured including eight americans it was among the most damaging insider attacks since the war in afghanistan again. a power grab is underway in iraq as this law make insurgents continue in their fight not only for land and supporters but also for the country's most valuable resources a mist heavy fighting the islamic state militants are also looking to capture a key dams in the country over the weekend isis launched a three pronged attack on the deep the dam which regulates the flow o

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