. ♪ albania albania, albania ♪ >> albania and croatia are the countries that joined the alliance most on april 1st, 2009. we'll be right back. you're watching "the daily rundown." aspirin is just old school. people have doubts about taking aspirin for pain. but they haven't experienced extra strength bayer advanced aspirin. in fact, in a recent survey, 92% of people who tried it said they would buy it again. what's different? it has micro-particles. enters the bloodstream fast and rushes relief to the site of pain. visit fastreliefchallenge.com today for a special trial offer. >>> let's bring back our panel. laura, i'll start with you. secretary of state of arizona made a big deal last friday of saying that he was going to get -- he needed to get certification from the state of hawaii that they have the president's birth certificate before they put the president's name on the ballot. this is all, he claims, a constituent that was doing this. but this is an elected official in the state of arizona. >> absolutely. >> it only -- i don't get it. >> well, some republicans would have liked

i remember john sein were going to actually go to albania fares. and then it became apparent that maybe these folks are looking for information and maybe we shouldn't be dispensing so much. but that was one of the finer moments that i share with john shaw as he researched this book. i'm going to turn the show over to him now so that he can explain the third okies written. this one on senator lugar. so john. >> ryan, thank you for the kind introduction and a little trip down memory lane. one part of the story that wasn't mentioned was when i set when we go to albania eye, brain kicked me for shazam to the table and i then realized that probably wasn't the smartest thing to be saying to strangers. so thank you so much for hosting -- cohosting the event tonight i'd also like to thank kathleen angelo at the store who is cohosting. i very much appreciate that. i'd like to thank marche davis and his team at indiana landmarks for allowing us to use this incredible facility. it's really beautiful. i'd like to thank rebecca homeland and her colleagues from

on and, in fact, macedonia, as you know, was slated to get in bucharest in 2008 with croatia and albania. so if you could speak to those two issues. >> thanks for both parts of the question. on sweden and finland, sweden even more than finland, they are extraordinary partners. they participate in every single operation that we are conducting major cooperation and operation unified protect libya, a leading role in the north and afghanistan until recently although that's gone down as contributing significantly in kosovo as has finland in many different ways. they could be allies tomorrow. by the way, i remind them of that, too. it is -- there is something -- the membership does have its privileges. for one you get to sit at the table to make decisions and if you don't, if you're not a member you get to sit at the table but you don't get to make decisions. but it's a national decision. sweden will have to decide, finland will have to decide, like every country, whether or not they want to become members of nato. you don't have to become a member of nato to be an extraordinary partner. on ba

a teacher while translating into his favorite, albania. >>> and we will have the latest on the questions and the condition. and governor brown is expected to announce the state budget today and who he is turning to for a solution. stay tuned for more news whether or and traffic. . >>

the greek neighbors, including albania, they put in 10% flat taxes.sia did the same thing one decade ago, and they are experiencing growth while greece contracts. higher vat taxes. they did this in the 30's, and that did not have a happy ending. >> connectability in this. we look at what the french are about to do now, taxing people 75% if they earn over 1 million euros, but without it, you cannot demand the kind of suffering the country is going through without asking for cuts, as well. >> the suffering comes when you do not have a vibrant sector. we should have learned that from the soviet union and other countries. the key is, you can have that like the flat tax. this would make the private sector to flourish. in japan, it is set proportionally higher than in greece. this stuff does not work. >> when you went to bed last night, you had seen that there had been a big change in france. we do not know what we are going to end up with in greece. what was your reaction in terms of the economy and for the businessmen and women in this country? >> well, i

. >>> a horrible accident in albania sends a bus carrying college students over a cliff.t ended up 500 feet below in a ravine. police say 12 of the students were killed. now the cause of the accident is still under investigation. witnesses say the bus was traveling at a high rate of speed. the group was on a pre-graduation trip. >>> aftershocks are still being felt in northern italy following a deadly earthquake. dozens were injured and several killed. thousands more are now living in tent cities. many towns sow centuries old churches and castles reduced to rubble. >>> a murder for hire trial ends with the conviction of a baltimore more. he was paid $1000 to kill a man in 2006. the cousin testified she arranged the murder in order to cover up her embezzlement. serving a 60-year murder sentence for an unrelated homicide. >>> twin tragedy. a columbia teen is killed. the suspect? his identical twin brother. an amazing story of murder, imprisonment, and now freedom. he tells his story only to wjz. >> reporter: identical twins, mirror images. >> it's not just another brother r

even can come and meet kids from turkey and albania and japan and afghanistan and see the displays and eat some of the food and do some crafts. >> reporter: organizers expected more than 5,000 people at today's international event. chuck is joining us now. a bit like ireland out there without the rain. we did have sun. >> little shrivers of sunshine is all we were able to deal with for today. but on a weekend as long as it is not raining it is safe for me to walk around town. plenty of clouds across the area. the rain drops, as promised, stayed away from the washington area. a few in the shenandoah valley but that's where they are confined to. a good day to get out on the water. the sailen season is officially open n. alexandria today they opened it up. brought the fire boat in and sprayed everybody down. a fun day out. there water temperatures are a little cool for swimming and sailing but it is nearly the middle of may and a good way to get the sailing season kicked off there in alexandria. good luck and good sailing season to everybody as the sailing season gets underway. not a bad

bulgaria and albania both put in 10% flat tax is pretty easy to collect. russia did the same thing a decade ago. they are experiencing growth. more real estate taxes. we did this in the early 1930's. it does not have a happy ending. >> the argument against that is it did not seem to have a credibility -- equitablility. they're looking at taxing people if they earn over 1 million euros. the population is suffering with the cuts as well. >> the suffering comes when you do not have a vibrant private sector. public sector economics does not work. you have learned that from the soviet union among other countries. the key thing is you can have a flat tax. people note it is equitable because if you make it, you pay it. if you do not have policies that make it possible for the private sector to flourish, you will stagnate. japan now has that proportionally higher than breeze. -- greece. they have policies throttling the country. this stuff does not work. >> when you went to bed and saw there had been a big change of government in france, and the lord knows what ki

its extremist credo whether it is there to greater albania in kosovo or. muslim brotherhood not shoot in syria. let's check out a few stories online at r.t. dot com that you may well be interested in the harrowing tale of a young man thrown in an american cell and forgotten and forced to drink his own urine to survive who got his story after he's left without food or water for five days. and russia's anti-gay propaganda law gets his first conviction a fine for a prominent gay activist who says that his sentence will help him to get that controversial legislation cancelled and find out more r.t. . a massive liberal drive a reset in russia u.s. for a push for internal reforms but also some of the largest protests in russia's modern history as president of better prepares to leave the kremlin before vladimir putin takes over and this is now it takes a look back at his term at the top. it really sees. you. one term in the kremlin was it too little time to make a dent in mr medvedev is going to be remembered as someone who had genuine reform intentions who was

and i remember john saying, well, we are actually going to albania for us. then it became apparent that maybe these folks were looking for information that we should not be discussing so much. but that is one of the elements that i shared with john shaw is he researched this book. i'm going to turn the show over to him so that he can explain the third book that he has written. this one on senator lugar. john? >> brian, thank you for that kind introduction and a little trip down memory lane. the one part of the story that brian did not mention is that when we pointed out that we were going to albania, brian kicked me under the table. i got the idea that that wasn't probably the smartest thing to be saying to some strangers. thank you so much, brian, for cohosting this event tonight. i would also like to thank kathleen angelo who is cohosting. i very much appreciate that. i would also like to thank marge davis for allowing us to use this incredible facility. finally, i would like to thank rebecca poland and mandy clark and their colleagues from the press who h

anyone not the majority group which subscribes to its extremist credo whether it is there to greater albania in kosovo or. muslim brotherhood offshoot in syria. next hour we'll speak with also cover spondon chris hedges who things there's no point in pushing for the ouster of syria's president when there's no organized opposition the country. i don't think anyone in the muslim world thinks that we care much about human rights or democracy we have since the first gulf war planted military bases some the size of small cities i think there is at this point absolutely no credibility i'm talking about within the middle east when the united states claims that it would like to bring liberty or democracy to syria my feeling is that everything should be pushed through to create some kind of a ceasefire rather than pass a resolution that calls for assad's removal or resolution. that calls for intervention or anything else there's no real formal opposition. you know it's a sort of a match so they just went through this in libya. egypt saw a shot sergeant violence this week as a mass rallies against the

its extremist creed or whether it is that greater albania in kosovo all are on. brotherhood offshoot syria also looking back in the recent history books and trying to refer to today and whether anything can be learned of me looking back at kosovo a lot of people say it showed the dealing with thousands of men trained as we were talking about a guerrilla warfare to fight authorities then turns into a peace time night where i mean one the turn kosovo and the regional crimes center the same thing happened in syria. well first of all caso is well positioned to be the prime send for the whole europe which is the main distribution point erin it is the main point from which networks of people smugglers christie touche and rings and so on reach out to equally to germany to great britain and even across the atlantic ocean syria probably will not be that syria will become a hotbed of islamist six phoebe's because let's face it after all the talk about beautiful things that the new democratic syria will turn into it will actually turn into another post. where when the dust

. >>> two minutes before five and around the world, a day of mourning for a day in albania after a bus crash in the southern region. 12 people died when the bus toppled off a mountain cliff carrying group of university stewed even the pregraduation trip. the cause of the crash remains unclear. >>> the vile end of the cartel has been arrested. daniel are a merse was ordered to dump the bodies in the town square and ordered to hang signs denying the responsibility in the killings to throw off authorities. >>> the president is -- they barged into his office on monday and severely beat him. protesters angry about a deal brokered to keep the president in power for an extended period of time. there's been unrest in mali since the military cue who elected leaders were thrown out country. >>> the cost of damage in northern italy is totaled. the parmesan cheese business will be hurt for sometime. about 400,000 wheels of cheese were damaged when the shelves they were on collapsedch the cheese was sitting there for -- collapsed. cheese was sitting there for two years. the cost of damages will be

in albania 13 people killed after their bus falls off a mountain cliff. people are in critical condition. the bus was carrying 75 students on a pregraduation trip. the cause is not clear. obama approving sanction to halt it from developing nuclear weapons. >>> rescue crews rescue a 2-year-old boy who got stuck in a sewer pipe. he accidentally fell down the nearly 10-foot shaft while playing in front of his home. only minor injuries. >> head over to you. >> it is 44 after the hour. we all like the extra boost we get from the sports energy drinks. a study shows those drinks could be rotting your teeth. we are going to show you all natural beverages that keep you alert. nicky fitness is here. >> so this study included 22 different beverages that are popular. kids play sports lots of parents give their kids gatorade that was part of the setting. no, don't give your kids that. kids are often using red bull and energy. it's not just the should go gash it's the acid for your teeth. >> what is the alternative. >> some are natural sources. for example if you are l

and i remember john saying, well, we are actually going to albania for us. then it became apparent that maybe these folks were looking for information that we should not be discussing so much. but that is one of the elements that i shared with john shaw is he researched this book. i'm going to turn the show over to him so that he can explain the third book that he has written. this one on senator lugar. john? >> brian, thank you for that kind introduction and a little trip down memory lane. the one part of the story that brian did not mention is that when we pointed out that we were going to albania, brian kicked me under the table. i got the idea that that wasn't probably the smartest thing to be saying to some strangers. thank you so much, brian, for cohosting this event tonight. i would also like to thank kathleen angelo who is cohosting. i very much appreciate that. i would also like to thank marge davis for allowing us to use this incredible facility. finally, i wouldiketo rebecc .. mandy clark and their colleagues from the press who have been wonderful

he writes frequently for the british newspaper, the independent, and has reported from albania, mongolia, south asia, and now italy. he's also the author of tokyo, the city and the end of the world. i'm happy to say that asia society has been able to make important contributions which continue to implement the policy dialogue in the united states and asia, and to help make directly to attractive and other initiatives to bring about a democratic transition in myanmar. we're delighted that the architect of those efforts in asia sides vice president for global policy programs, suzanne dimaggio, to conduct our conversation with peter. suzanne is co-author with priscilla clapp of the asia society report, enhance -- a way forward for u.s. policy which i think you'll find copies of on future. i urge you all to read it. it is a really excellent and important piece of work. suzanne and her team are also doing important things in relation to iran, pakistan and afghanistan, and other complex issue areas facing asia in the world. this summer they will release a new report led by our senior asia soci

>> in albania, it would have gone very well.a, having a president that is popular is a good thing. >> dalai lama number two, hilary clinton number 3. [ applause ] >> the dalai lama is going to be president? what? [ whacky comedy music ] >> what do you think of the race thus far? now that we're down to -- i think the president's campaign -- i already think they have made an amazing case and the general -- general election hasn't even started yet. >> first of all in terms of the gop primary, it has been the most interesting entertaining primary that i can remember in my lifetime, and i'm really sorry to see it go. the president, i think has thus far run a really remarkable almost flawless campaign. and he needed to. it's a tough time. economically we're finally making progress but the economy is the paramount issue, and i think, you know, getting back to the topic we were just discussing, it is fascinating that national security which is always the push in the presidential race against the democrats, our president is now thought o

on and, in fact, macedonia, as you know, was slated to get in bucharest in 2008 with croatia and albania. so if you could speak to those two issues. >> thanks for both parts of the question. on sweden and finland, sweden even more than finland, they are extraordinary partners. they participate, sweden participates in every single operation that we are conducting with major cooperation and operation, unify and protect in libya, a leading role in the north in afghanistan until recently, although that's gone down, has contributed significantly in kosovo as has finland in many different ways. they could be allies tomorrow. by the way, i remind them of that too. [laughter] it is, there is something -- membership does have its privileges. for one you get to sit at the table and make decisions, and if you don't, if you're not a member, you get to sit at the table, but you don't get to make decisions. but it's a national decision. sweden will have to decide, finland will have to decide like every country whether or not they want to become members of nato. the good news is you don't have to be a

writes for the independent reported from albania, mongolia, a south asia and italy. i am happy to say the asia society has made important contributions to continue to inform the policy dialogue idirt to bring about the democratic transition. ran we're delighted to have the architect year suzanne dimaggio to conduct the conversation. she is co-author of the report to would finance the myanmar transition which is. poc nhink he will find copies ofo and it is an excellent piecet ao of pork.rt they're also doing baines to pakistan and iran and other areas facing a share in the world. they will release a new report released a those who assess the police forcese in ats report that is co-authoredstani by other pakistani and u.s. experts to enhance capacity. please come back april april 12th word the u.s. pakistan afghanistan entangling without unraveling the hbo series featuring the newly nameddo dean of the john hopkins be school and former advisor to soc richard holbrooke. and also speaking with georgetown university. please check out the website and the flyers.e if you ar

he writes frequently for the british newspaper, the independent commission has reported from albania, mongolia, and now italy. he is also the author of tokyo, the city at the end of the world. asia society has been able to make important contributions which continue to informing the policy dialogue in the united states and asia and to help directly through tracking and initiatives to bring about a democratic transition. we are delighted to have the architect of those efforts and global policy programs, suzanne dimaggion, to be with us today. she is advancing a way forward for u.s. policy, which i think you will find copies of on a chair. i urge y'all to read it. it's an excellent and important piece of work. suzanne and her team are also doing important things in relation to iran, pakistan and afghanistan and other complex issue areas facing asia and the world. this summer they will release a new report led by our senior asia society visor, who has assessed the current state of pakistan's police forces and in a report that is co-authored by other pakistani and u.s. experts, they will

he writes frequently for the british newspaper, the independent commission has reported from albania, mongolia, and now italy. he is also the author of tokyo, the city at the end of the world. asia society has been able to make important contributions which continue to informing the policy dialogue in the united states and asia and to help directly through tracking and initiatives to bring about a democratic transition. we are delighted to have the architect of those efforts and global policy programs, suzanne dimaggion, to be with us today. she is advancing a way forward for u.s. policy, which i think you will find copies of on a chair. i urge y'all to read it. it's an excellent and important piece of work. suzanne and her team are also doing important things in relation to iran, pakistan and afghanistan and other complex issue areas facing asia and the world. this summer they will release a new report led by our senior asia society visor, who has assessed the current state of pakistan's police forces and in a report that is co-authored by other pakistani and u.s. experts, they will