there are good activists and not so good activists and even the good activists, frankly, have a few misfiresve to look at who is going in, you have to look at what their thesis is for change, whether it aligns up with yours. in positive or flat markets, activist investing is a fantastic strategy and there are great activists that you should follow. >> and you should agree? >> absolutely i agree. we've been involved in activist campaigns for close to two decades now and really what we look for is undervalued assets. an activist doesn't get involved in a situation unless the stock is cheap, unless it's trading for less than its break-up value or intrinsic val lou. for us, what we'll do is acquire a steake in the company and engage in a constructive dialogue with management and have meeting of the minds and agreements as to what steps can be taken. only when those talks breakdown do you end up having a proxy contest. >> and do you have a few favorites in the game? who are they and why do you like them? >> my three favorites are dan lobe, david ackman and david lamb. first and foremost, they con

. >> orders a retrial for the activists jailed after last year's protest. among them hunger striker abdulhadi al-khawaja, but they will remain in jail until they appear in court. his wife says he should be free now. >> they have been through a lot, they have been tortured. they have been denied all their rights. so they have to be free. >> hello and welcome. the world of news and opinion. also in the program, reports of friends of the escaped activist are coming under pressure from the chinese authorities. britain's olympic association is told to lift its lifetime ban on drug. do offenders deserve a second chance? midday here in london, 7:00 in the morning in washington and 2:00 in the afternoon in bahrain where the country's highest appeal court has ordered a retrial for 21 pro democracy activists jailed last year by a military court. they'll now appear in a civilian court. among them is abdulhadi al-khawaja who has been on a hunger strike for almost three months. but the decision to keep the men in custody until they're in court again has been condemned b

to reach gaza those flotillas were unsuccessful with the first one resulting in nine activists killed policy things for yourself to restore it emerged from tel aviv but the french just a week away from choosing the next president the two main rivals are rushing to secure a last minute support as they hold rallies in paris socialist candidate francois hollande head of the polls president sarkozy's joining the charge now to the right to try to sway voters exactly to the reports it's growing immigration and fear of terrorism that many french politicians are braintree on these days. anti immigration anti euro antiglobalization and advocates of protectionism. all in the name of the french state and national identity there is not a single french person not one european who does not know that i am a sworn enemy of the european single currency buskers it is radical islam as a direct consequence of mass immigration that the left and the right in hose on us for decades it is make no. traditionally on the fringes of france's national politics the rhetoric of today's far right may no longer be as

foreign activists some live in israel to hold peaceful demonstrations in support of the palestinian people need to toughen spawns from the israeli police join me for more in just a few moments. and it's the biggest holiday for millions of orthodox christians who celebrate easter sunday the day they believe marks the resurrection of jesus christ . hello welcome is ten pm here in moscow you're watching r.t. and this program is called weekly a round of news of the top stories of the last seven days with me. first the damascus says it will respond to increased attacks from armed gangs as reports of more violence come out of syria but the head of the arrival of the first group of you are monitors to the country after the security council adopted a resolution on the conflict that has made a poor knives for the latest from google. according to russian ambassador to the u.n. to tell you one russian officer will be part of the group heading to syria the resolution that was adopted also calls on all parties in in syria including the opposition to immediately seize all of our violence in all its form

of the activist still inside the village. he said, "i don't know. go away. -- go away." according to his friend, he is under the protection of american officials at the u.s. embassy in beijing. how china and america contestant -- decide to handle this case could seriously affect relations between the two countries. >> for more on the fallout, i am joined by a guest from the carnegie endowment for international peace. we do not know where the lawyer is. how sensitive is this? >> this is a major embarrassment for china. it is a no-win situation for america. it is a major embarrassment because it comes so soon after the boesky like -- bo xilai affair, whre bo xilai's chief security person took refuge in the american embassy. it is a no-win for america, because it will reinforce the view among many chinese conspiracists who think america wants to destabilize china. >> so much so that the state department spokesperson did not even say the man's name. mr. obama tried to sidestep questions about this. washington seemed to be as emba

going to get some of the double standards that are applied to muslims animal rights environmental activists verses anti abortion crime and then if you're part of the religious right does right wing economic policy really align with their christian views they would throw it is going to join us to talk about the right wing's party we're going to all of that morphy tonight including those of happy hour but first let's take a look at the mainstream media has decided to miss. so there's another big case that's going to be heard at the supreme court this week arizona's immigration law s.b. ten seventy is finally going to have its day and considering what a huge issue this has been since the law first passed the mainstream media is gearing up. court hears arizona's case on the controversial immigration law that is happening tomorrow now a federal court has already blocked four key parts of the law saying immigration is a federal responsibility so more of the supreme court will hear arguments about arizona's controversial immigration law but rate will focus on whether states can adopt their own imm

activist said they felt shelling by the army. before its part, the government accused the opposition of a lethal roadside bomb attack. in homs, we spoke to an activist who painted a mixed picture. it was quieter, he told me, but the tanks were still in the city, and there were still snipers on the roofs of buildings. the u.n. secretary general's wary response spoke for many in the international community. >> the world is watching with skeptical eyes, a sense of many promises previously made by the government of syria have not been kept. >> there was a welcome to the cease-fire, but also a threat of the government to retaliate against attacks. >> we are seeking the stability of the country. >> all syrians are supporting the cease-fire because we are already so tired of this mess and the events taking place. >> the man who brokered this cease-fire, kofi annan, whhad spoken of a fragile calm. but he said other parts of the plan are still not been honored. he has called for the president to withdraw heavy weapons, tanks, and troops f

we've been spending a lot of time on the show speaking about the case of tim de christopher the activist who's serving two years in prison for violating the offshore oil and gas leasing reform act of making false statements to the government now it turns out that tim is the only one who violated the offshore oil and gas reform act and he isn't the only one who made false statements to the government the very two big oil companies are also guilty of both of those things but seeing as how they're not really scary environmental activists they will be facing any jail time or basically two oil companies got us an energy corporation and as a key interest they entered into a written agreement in two thousand and five not to bid against each other in these auctions and then to divvy up the land acquired amongst themselves insuring a ping out of money they had to pay the government or pay to the government would be kept low so basically you have two companies striking backroom deals and what do you know turns up about illegal and in front of justice decided to go after them and in a settlement re

activists have arrived the majority of them being french nationals they have been barred entry from israel and at the same time they entertained at bangor international airport not the forty five twenty nine have already been taken to a prison in the same time of the country from where according to the israeli police spokespeople they will be deported the remaining sixteen are still at the airport and will be put back on flights later on sunday to be returned to their home countries they are part of this international campaign that has been dubbed to palestine essentially what the activists are saying is that this is a peaceful try turn its intention is to really hold peaceful demonstrations in the west bank they were planning to meet with kind of sitting in families to plant trees and to gather in bethlehem and they say that this is also an attempt to highlight the way the israeli police and the israeli authorities deal with activists all foreigners coming to as well who hold political views not shared by the government there was a small counter demonstration by a group of israelis

that would be a very activist decision.e nice billboards and put all kinds of limitation. >> the logic for them to deem this unconstitutional would be so fundamentally flawed it would basically be like saying here is a really wonderful present for you, it is so valuable that if you take it i'm being coworsive. >> that's right. and if the court were to rule against this bill it would bring a lot of other bills into question. you can't discriminate racially in your own restaurant, if you suddenly restricted the commerce clause a lot would be in question. >> now the justice said the president's comments throw into doubt the president's understanding of the law. nothing the president said suggested they couldn't do it if they had five votes. >> that's right. the president is saying the court shouldn't be activist. what the court did, the fifth circuit was highly improper to demand to the justice department a comment that the president made on matters not before the court is highly improper. >> and what that judge did was look c

activists say china and the u.s. trying to resolve the issue before secretary of state clinton's visit later this week. >>> a disease that normally attacks adults is now being found in the young. it's type 2 diabetes. a new report says doctors are seeing a dramatic increase, especially in overweight teens. and as tony guida reports, is also harder to treat. >> reporter: type 2 diabetes was never seen in young people as recently as 15 years ago. now it's occurring with alarming frequency. doctors know a major risk factory is obesity. beyond that they were mostly in the dark about this disease. >> very little is known about the right way to both prevent it and to treat it. >> reporter: a new study in "the new england journal of medicine" finds standard treatment for type 2 diabetes in children is ineffective because the commonly prescribed drug metformin prescribed for adults, has a high failure rate in children. but a combination of two diabetes drugs is far more effective in treating children. >> two drugs right off

access denied scores of activists from across the globe perceived as a security threat by israel and banned from flying to the country but some do make it into protests. and the biggest day of the religious calendar for millions of orthodox christians who've been celebrating easter sunday with the most spectacular service held in moscow. five am in moscow i match reza bring you today's top stories and a look back at the week's news here on r.t. the first u.n. monitors have just arrived in syria to oversee the ted cease fire set there after a security council resolution saturday this is damascus warns of retaliation if attacks by armed groups increase the number of demonstrations erupted in the wake of the fragile truce since it began last thursday leading to fresh confrontations with security forces archy's marina port and i reports from new york. according to russian ambassador to the u.n. one russian officer will be part of the group heading to syria the resolution that was adopted also calls on all parties in in syria including the opposition to immediately seize all armed violenc

the activist wanted instant justice. that is not realistic. they still may not be quite prepared to set the outcome of what the actual trial may bring. >> are tensions heightened? have there been any repercussions? >> the tensions were running quite high. we have this so-called new black panther party offering a reward for the head of george zimmerman. there were tensions running very high. police cars had been shot at been sanford, florida. the rest -- the arrest has, that somewhat. the expectations are very high. if that is not the outcome, things might once again surfaced. we will watch this very carefully. >> we are live from singapore and london. the scandal that rocked beijing's -- troubling times in the new china. ready to race, the formula one grand prix will go ahead despite continuing unrest in the gulf kingdom. a quick look at what is making the front page news around the world. the u.n. security council's expected resolution to send an international observer mission to syria. the u.s. seeks new terms for bank bonuses. spaniards wil

and foreign activists arrived in israel to hold peaceful demonstrations in support of the palestinian people but needed tough response from israeli police dozens of activists were part of an international campaign dubbed welcome to palestine barred from entering the country nine israeli activists also arrested. coming up next a man convicted of killing a us police officer in a case seen by many as a miscarriage of justice speaks with r t m m e abu jamal a former journalist and black panther who's now serving a life sentence in prison because this is first interview since being taken off death row. revolutionary journalist and activist an honorary award holding citizen in over twenty cities with a street named after him in france his case is said to be one of the most of beaded in modern legal history accused of killing a police officer in the eighty's and has spent almost three decades on death row in general he was taken off death row and is now serving life behind bars without parole for the first time since his transfer and he's speaking exclusively with our teeth from jail. thank

access denied scores of activists from across the globe perceived as a security threat by israel are banned from flying into the country but some do make it to protest in the country the phone taps of us some i've been his whole to hold peaceful demonstrations in support of the palestinian people that need to tough with stones from the israeli peace join me for more in just a few moments. and the biggest holiday of the religious calendar for millions of orthodox christians celebrating easter sunday with the most by tackler service here at moscow. two am in moscow i match reza bring you today's top stories and a look back week a look back at the week's news damascus says it won't stand idly by of attacks or armed groups increase across the country is out for a number of demonstrations erupted in the wake of the fragile truce leading a fresh confrontations with security forces the first u.n. monitors have just arrived in the country to oversee the cease fire set there after a security council resolution saturday artie's murray important reports from the. according to russian ambassador

activists say the government was behind the attack. whoever is to blame, the violence casts doubt on the peace plan that secretary general says is being flouted by the syrian government. we have this report from beirut. >> more bad news for kofi annan and his peace plan. a deadly suicide bomb in the heart of damascus. state television carried gruesome pictures of the aftermath. it showed shattered body parts in explicit detail. it reinforces the regime's viewpoint it is not facing a popular uprising but a terrorist onslaught. with government shelling still going on, activists accused the regime itself of being behind the damascus bomb to distract attention from the continuing use of heavy weapons in defiance of the kofi annan peace plan. the troops should have gone back to barracks weeks ago. activists say the regime has killed one and 460 people since the u.n. started arriving. the regime accuses recalls armed terrorist groups of carrying out a string of assassinations. they say it has violated but more than 1300 regulations. the anna

we can speak to an activist from homs. thank you for talking to us. given the situation we are in at the moment, tell us, first of all, what is happening? >> this is the center of homs, and since this morning i spoke to your radio around 9:30 a.m., and i said before you called me and around 15 minutes, the shelling started -- and we received a lot of videos from the killed persons today. about 14 persons were killed and we documented them by name. today our organization -- this is our main work, to document all the killed persons, their location. and we always requested videos for those, and we are following the measurements for the human rights organizations. what we want to say -- >> just before we get to what you want to say. we are getting there for a clear suggestion there is still fighting, from government forces. but of course, for this cease- fire to work, and has to be reciprocal and we have reports of six soldiers also being killed by rebels in the attack. >> we cannot trust at all what the government says, because we don't have any touch wi

a revolutionary journalist and activist an honorary award holding citizen in over twenty cities with a street named after him in france is case is said to be one of the most of beaded in modern legal history accused of killing a police officer in the it is nearby jamal has spent almost three decades under a throw in general he was taken off death row and is now serving life behind bars without parole for the first time since his transfer oh he's speaking exclusively with our teeth from jail. thank you so much for speaking with us today my first question to you is after almost thirty years on death row and now serving a life sentence without parole if you were behind bars right now if you could be anywhere else in the world where do you think you would be and what would you be doing. i've always been sent my earliest years what one would call international studies pay attention to what's happening in other parts of the world and as an internationalist i'm. thinking about life lived by other people all around the world of course as an african-american i would love to spend some time in

and activists take action t.v. presenter and greece's bond with the over an ad fly over there by raf warehouse terrorists who broke into the studio. now there's less than forty eight hours left for the syrian government to comply with a u.n. bad piece plan it calls on the basque is to withdraw troops and tanks from residential areas seizing all military activity by syrian activists and even the head of the u.n. say their regime continues its crackdown on dissent damascus blames ongoing violence on terrorists funded and armed from abroad more than one hundred people were reportedly killed just saturday by rebel fighters are refusing to cease fire until president assad steps down and they have been promised a multimillion dollar support from the u.s. and its allies there to sarah ferguson now reports. thoughts of ending the violence on the inside at the friends assyria conference. outside day and take place with getting heavy handed if they dispersed a tiny processor in government gathering. in a crowd at the moment

this is an example where the activist investors don't always win.arl icahn, he tried to do a takeover here of lionsgate. he sold his shares he gave up in august. look at that. the stock is up by 96% in the past year. so talk about activists today but they don't always win. >> "the hunger games" bounce. look at comerica. it was my number one pick. what does goldman sachs do? they resumed it a sell with a 28 target. depends on who you want to put your money with. i'd stick with goldman sachs. >> thanks everybody for watching. that will do it for "power lunch." >> "street signs" begins right now. >>> are america's regional economies weakening? we are going to find out in seconds with the release of the fed's beige book. should more ceos be released from their jobs? herb adding two new names to his hit list of the worst ceos. we're going to show you those

more than forty activists from the welcome to palestine campaign of been detained by israeli authorities it tell of either airport israel's also refused entry to dozens of kids who say they plan peaceful activities are planting trees in the west bank now in his third year the organization aims to gather activists more than fifteen countries to challenge what they say is an israeli siege of the occupied territories of his posts lier. they are part of this international campaign that has been dubbed welcome to this time and the intention of this campaign is to highlight the plight of the palestinian people its intention is to really hold peaceful demonstrations in the west bank they were planning to meet with palestinian families to plant trees and to gather in bethlehem and they say that this is also an attempt to highlight the way the israeli police and israeli authorities deal with activists all foreigners coming to israel who hold political views not shared by the government there was a small counter demonstration by a group of israelis who started it in go home go to syria what are yo

opposition activists say the dead included security personnel and civilians. the state news agency said the blasts were the work of suicide bombers. terrorismobama's top adviser has said that the use of drone attacks to kill suspected terrorists is helping to win the war against al-qaeda. he described the task as legal, ethical -- the tactic as legal, ethical, and necessary. his speech was interrupted by a protester who spoke up on what she said were -- on behalf of what she said were the innocent victims of the attacks. it is the great escape making headlines and headaches in u.s.- chinese relations. last week, the blind chinese lawyer, chen guangcheng, pulled off a remarkable feat and led his house arrest. he is believed to be under u.s. protection in beijing. the circumstances surrounding his escape are still not clear. >> ever since the blind activist fled, there has been growing concern about the fate of his family members and friends. what we tried to enter the village, we were stopped by a group of men. we ask why we could not go into the village. one o

activists were often attacked and beaten. a year ago, footage showed chen and his son under house arrest was smuggled out. how the blind lawyer slipped away is not clear. chen guangcheng spent four years in this prison after exposing away thousands of women underwent forced abortions. there are now fears for the safety of his wife and child, to be left behind. he had a direct question for china's premier. he asked wen jiabao if the local officials were acting on their own or with the support of the central government. i think you should give the people a clear answer, he said. in recent days, china's leaders have been struggling to contain one crisis. chen guangcheng's this data gives the menu problem. -- escaped gives them a new problem. >> an extraordinary tale of bravery. to japan, where the issue of u.s. troops stationed there since the second world war has long been a strain on relations between both countries. now it seems a compromise may be close. thousands of u.s. marines will leave their base and okinawa. at least 1

activists and journalists who are activists and journalists for your thoughts there on the line from new york much appreciated thank you. coming up on this program the britons risking everything on the roll of the dice we look at how the u.k.'s gambling industry is becoming russian roulette for countless addicts unable to fight the lure of easy money. and i read a lot from moscow as hundreds of communists of porters hit the streets to try and shake off the party's soviet image. mollies johnson's agreed to hand power to civilian rule in return for an end to sanctions imposed by the country's neighbors as part of the agreement the west african bloc ecowas will lift trade in fuel bombs or mali now and grant amnesty for those involved in a coup the country's parliamentary speaker said to be sworn in as an interim president and organize elections within forty days political crisis in mali broke out when the military seems to power and topple the president last month saying he failed in his efforts against the insurgency that religion taking advantage then of the chaos rebels captured key

since the age of fourteen revolutionary activists and journalists jamal spent three decades of his life on death row i'd like to tell myself that i've actually spent a lot of time. on the chorus and in other countries you know. the world because i did so mentally but you know so far. the truth of the matter is i spent most of my living years in my lifetime on death row in january mia had his sentence reduced to life without parole he called in to speak exclusively with archie from prison the feeling of looming exit fusions still hard for him to shield and wait even to this day in my own heart. if back. in one nine hundred eighty one the former black panther was accused of killing a police officer in philadelphia has always maintained his innocence his analysis is a revolutionary announce that this is to him is rotten to its core that it's race is class is sexist evil and that is the head the leader of an imperialist. down the nation of the world is this me and his supporters say that led to his arrest this was a police frame up against a revolutionary journalist and activist very well k

chen guangcheng is a blinn legal activist who escaped house arrest last sunday.ir chinese couuterparts are working to resolveethe case. john brennan / white house counter terrorism adviser:"the president will do whatever he thinks is in the best interests of the united states as well as the individuals involved." the comments on fox news sunday were the first by the u-s administraaion on its potential involvement in allegedly harboring the chinese activist. just spokesperson victoria nuland stayed tight lipped on the topic.ms. nuland: i don't have anything for you on that subject. (question: nothhng at all?) nothing at all. and while president obama's discuss the case, he declined - to provide many details.john brennan / white houue counter terrorismmadviser"i'm not going to address the issue of mr chhnnright now. we are working very closely with the individuals involved in this and so i am going to leave it with others in the us government who have responsibility forrit.. a handful of members f the christian defense coalition held a prayer vigil outsiie the chin

also on this program, chinese arrest of a disabled activist. and quick action by school children saved their bus after the driver collapsed at the wheel. hello and welcome. russia has expressed its for the international peace plan for syria to bring an end to the country's conflict. speaking in moscow, the russian foreign minister reiterated calls for president assad's regime to end the violence that has been going on for more than one year. after meeting with the syrian prime minister, he encouraged them to cooperate with the peace plan. he says there government could be more result in implementing the peace plan but also criticized syrian opposition. >> the syrian national council, even before kofi and on -- annan started to implement his plan. in the opinion of those who are making the statements -- therefore, today, once again, we want to appeal to all the forces and all of the states who have influenced the political and armed positions to use resistance for the immediate cease-fire by the anna plan. >> they had already met some of the mea

activist said at least one protester was killed by gunfire and more than 20 others wounded. security forces intervened to break up demonstrations in many places, like this one just south of damascus, where tear gas was used. despite the risks, thousands of people turned out in many parts of the country to voice their opposition to the regime. in some places, security forces did not move and. -- move in. away from the demonstration, the military are still around with their tanks and heavy weapons. activist said there have been a resumption of bombardment, not on the scale that was killing dozens of people a day before the cease-fire. they also say there has been a wave of arrests. this footage shows troops apparently randomly detaining a suspect, beating and kicking him before taking him away. the government says people are only arrested with legal warrants. the soldiers also seemed to be shooting at random. getting them back to the barracks with their tanks and heavy weapons is one of kofi annan's highest priorities. international observers into the country, too. the u.n. se

an activist take action a t.v. presenter in greece's bond with yogurt and agues by their group of mass protests there is a probe into the studio. and there is less than forty eight hours left for the syrian government to comply with the un backed peace plan and calls on damascus to withdraw its troops and tanks from residential areas seizing all military activity but syrian activists and even the head of the u.n. say the regime continues its crackdown on dissent massacres blames ongoing violence and terrorists funded and armed from abroad more than a hundred people were reportedly killed just on saturday the rebel fighters are refusing to cease fire until president steps down and they've been promised a multimillion dollar support from the u.s. and its allies at r.t. sarah ferguson are reports. talks of ending the violence on the inside it the friends a syria conference. outside they take issue riot police are getting heavy handed as they dispersed a tiny pretty syrian government gathering. line a crowd at the mome

campaign dubbed welcome to palestine or barred from entering the country nine israeli activists were also arrested. now the man accused in a case seen by many as a flagrant miscarriage of u.s. justice talks exclusively to our. former journalist and black panther a life sentence around buzz because this is first interview after being taken off death row. a revolutionary journalist an activist an honorary award holding citizen in over twenty cities with a street named after him in france his case is said to be one of the most a gaited in modern legal history accused of killing a police officer in the eighty's near boojum all who spent almost three decades on death row in january he was taken off death row and is now serving life behind bars without parole for the first time since his transfer all he's speaking exclusively with our teeth from jail. thank you so much for speaking with us today my first question to you is after almost thirty years on death row and now serving a life sentence without parole if you were behind bars right now if you could be anywhere else in the world where