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you wrote you travelled to asia and south america, and you heard the same thing in all those places about american leadership. >> the united states is still the most powerful country. this has been a tough time for us. after 9/11 the two wars after the great recession, there has been a tendency by some politicians to bring us back to isolation. not president obama, but certainly the tea party, and very definitely some liberal democrats. the president is trying to steer a middle course. he has this many successes in foreign policy. it's been a rough year and a half since re-election. certainly we have not been effective in trying to unite with europe in sending a common response to vladimir putin on ukraine. we have not been able to deal with a serious situation, particularly when president asaad used chemical weapons and the united states didn't respond as it said it would, and now china is flexing its muscle against vietnam and others. we need a strengthened foreign policy. i think the president is capable of this. he has a lot of time left. he is not a lame duck, he has 31 months in off

eastern europe, the former soviet union, although we are seeing many of them evolved in asia as well as south americathey are meeting virtually online. in many cases they have never met physically. they have different members of the group that have specific skills. somebody who can distribute mall where. malware. somebody who takes the personal information and turns it into money. physicalsimilar to the organized crime groups that happening in the virtual world. >> for an attack like this, comedy people would normally be involved in a group like that? how many people are you trying to track down? couple ofe from a dozen that are involved technically but we have seen as involved.ndreds they are taking money out of atm machines, with compromised cars. i've talked about this for a long time. hanging oneen a lot the companies. these are aggressively involved in security. we have to start looking at those organized crime groups. how can we organize them from a law enforcement perspective? this will go on unfettered. >> thank you for coming in. we have to get better as consumers in protecting ourselves. no

twelve but remember all that he had deals in place with fifty countries from central and south america africa asia at wilton token featuring in the transatlantic trade deal with the united states is being hotly debated. sixty i didn't set out to find out how life changing relationships are changing with time. united head into the dining hall. notice that we have seen b from these bands and roast the owners it is the nineteen nineties josie reading my designs at the window to get there the company is not negate that giving something to be the trade agreements which can be good sports. although it's quite addictive. let's watch and is also depicted himself up to the technical elements thoughts on what they wanted me to go put your ego for cd certification and in us skeptical and relevance to us. as i ought to get by ross. it doesn't it's it's fine to deal with the sticks but critics patience which are out there. the song was aired unified what. and the transatlantic trade and investment on the sheet aims to free up trade in europe and this day because on that day but i think this effects of having t

there should be a collective action that involves states from africa, from latin america, from asia, countries of the south, in other words. and in the past we've seen those governments proclaim great solidarity with their--with the government of egypt. it's time for that to change. >> just briefly, joe, when organizations like your own, highly respected human rights organizations actually challenge the egyptian authorities about what goes on here, what do they say? what is their answer? do they just deny it? >> well, when they say anything at all, very often they try to ignore it. they do just deny it, that's right. we see this time and time--we saw it this past week with the presidential election. mr. al sisi's apparent victory, and this clap trap about road to democracy and so forth. i'm sorry, i'm not seeing any such thing. i was in cairo just ten days ago for about a week, and i can tell you that the people--the people i know in cairo, the egyptians are very, very, very apprehensive about what the future holds. >> we're trying to get reaction from authorities about these accounts of what's going on in

it is also reported in canada, europe, south and central america, and parts of asia. worldpers around the began to connect the pesticides to the vanishing bees. began with aoss pesticide that is sold in france aspects gaucho. french]king dern 2008, germany's iniegel reported bee deaths prime agricultural areas. many beekeepers pointed the finger to a pesticide. >> ," lay awake many nights thinking, what is going on here? changes are coming. this is systemic. in that time when they started getting more and more and more of this stuff, they were mute. --neo nick a titillates make all pollen toxic to insects. >> they are transferred to all portions of the plant, so any insect that shoes on that plant is affected by the insecticide. >> it is a chemical that causes exposure constantly. >> they are related to nicotine and are neurotoxins, or nerve poisons, that attack insect nervous systems, causing paralysis and eventually death. >> charles annenberg weingarten -- clothianidin is very toxic to bees. trillion is very toxic. in some cases it can kill them outright. in some c

i think this is going to be a key relationship because of course india and america have become key partners in south asiatime will tell how much initiative and warmth this government will show towards america, how easy it will take it for the obama administration to pass on its -- its olive branch. because the american ambassador had to leave just about six weeks before election had been determined. so yes, there's no clear-cut implication yet, apart from the democratic olive branch. >> and i guess the lust also be waiting to see what india's relationship will be like with pakistan. modi said he wants dialogue with pakistan, but the bjp seem to be much more bullish on the thornny issue of cashmere. >> absolutely. i think what is clear, unlike the american situation, is modi's outlook to its immediate neighbors. a very hawkish line has been taken on the line of control, and even in this very high moment of a high mandate, it's spokesperson has not been able to show any generosity on the issue. it is interesting to note when [ inaudible ] was prime minister, which was always the defeated government ten or

america's relationships with allies are stronger than when obama took office. look at asia, probably the most important area in the world, america's relations with japan, south korea, the philippines have invited us back in militarily, malaysia, vietnam. america's allies where it counts most are stronger. >> they've been skeptical of us as we've dealt with russia. we've made promises to get involved and they've seen us dither on those promises and they've asked us to, you know, assert ourselves yet again. are we going to keep our treaties? >> well, i think the people most concerned about what we're doing in russia are european allies, and i think obama's done a pretty good job of leading those european allies. he got us to support tougher sanctions and look what happened in the last few days, there was an legitimate election in ukraine, the russians are saying they are going to work with this new ukrainian leader. the potential for them moving militarily seems way down from a couple weeks ago. looks like the country has a much better chance of hanging together in a pro european way in part, i think, because of what america did. >> bill? >> i'm sure you agree with

financial companies all putting their nexus down here high income earners in canada europe asia and south america they can face high marginal tax rates so here's an example now though the top rate in france is forty five percent french president francois allies have been looking to temporarily raise the top marginal tax rate to as high as seventy five percent so how do you think high income earners would respond to this type of policy. well we've already seen a flight of capital in a flight of intelligence out of high tax jurisdictions in europe you know at first we saw people leaving london london has an extremely high tax rate between local municipal taxes and national taxes they also have some penalty tax rates on hedge funds and other people in the financial business and a lot of people have left major financial centers and major information technology centers in europe to head to lower chat tax jurisdictions already we see people headed to the cayman islands we see people headed to singapore hong kong and the people in those countries have been able to always lower their taxes by simply movi

if you lock at what's happening in southeast asia, middle east, south america, africa, the world is continuing can't develop without the type of commodities that we supply. if the world is a volatile place, that's the commodity business. it is cyclical. >> and stan, we appreciate you weighing in on this. stan walsh from rio tinto. >> there's an equal pay fight on capitol hill. senate republicans have blocked an equal pay bill and senate majority leader harry reid says firing jill abramson for demanding the same pay as her predecessor is why they should attack it. we'll get too that controversy ahead. also -- >> i am dracula. >> well, forget visiting dracula's house. you can actually buy it. coming up, we'll reveal the shocking asking price for this piece of history. no matter what kind of business you own, at&t business experts can help keep it running... seamlessly. so you can get back to what you love. when everyone and everything works together, business just sings. what'swithout the thinking capitathat makes it real?? what's a vision without the expertise to execute it... and the financing

its own mind has jurisdiction over half of the world this includes china russia asia most all of the pacific south america central america this is a huge section of the human population that has nuclear missiles and nuclear weapons that are directed at them from hawaii if we were to enter into a third world war and if nuclear weapons were launched there is absolutely no doubt whatsoever that hawaii will be majorly target targeted by america's enemies specifically china and russia directed at hawaii because of american presence but it's a significant number and rest assured there's no question that if there was a nuclear war and missiles were sent here there would be so many missiles that there would be nothing left of hawaii. d.m. . potence of the american war machinery in hawaii is not highly strategic in reality the economy of all why depends a great deal on the united states military structure according to the rand institute of defense studies the military economy of hawaii constitutes at least eighteen percent of its gross domestic product or that twelve billion dollars a year. military industrial com

fantastic forum as you can see we have investors from europe from the united states from south america from africa from asia they all here and why are we. being hosted taken hostage by. it is. i must say. decision making people. you know. there's an old anymore we work in our business. we're not sellers we don't sell the product we're investing. we very much believe in the future of russia you have tremendous human capital and your human capital is a huge assett you have huge resources and you're on the border the asia what is happening now is very logical the atmosphere the mood here at this forum it's the fourth that i've attended. it's quite resilient and i think people are looking for the art of the possible they're looking businesspeople looking to politicians on all sides to create a sustainable political solution that enables us as business leaders to focus on how we're going to take advantage of that to build our business interests and to ensure. the health and stability of the regional economy as i think there's a very healthy can do attitude being demonstrated by all the people that are here. and

both countries and, of course, canada, many countries in the east and south asia, many countries along that western side of south america that partnership, that dpp would spur economic growth across a region that represents 40%, 40 percent of the entire global trade. a particular area growing significance, of course palin is energy. mexico is one of the ten largest oil producers and the world. the united states next year will be number one. mexico is in the top ten. and it is one of the largest sources of u.s. oil imports. last december of mexico announced historic energy reform ending the 75-year state monopoly, and this committee will be watching closely as mexico finalizes these reforms which are expected to result in a large productive influx of private capital and technology and expertise. if done right, this will allow mexico's energy sector to drive, improving u.s. energy security by creating a more reliable source of oil from our close southern neighbor. and this committee played a key role in the passage of the u.s.-mexico trans boundary hydrocarbons agreement paving the way for greater energy exploration. as a

america is doing business today just ten years ago we thought sweatshop elysium was for what the u.s. promoted only in developing countries we experience sweat shop capitalism places like asia or maybe south america where pan we outsourced the most disgusting qualities of the united states capitalism that's what we've done but what if they don't have to outsource anymore what if they can accomplish worker victimisation right here in the united states never leave home the u.s. chamber of commerce and past decades had the great what they want to do is change the world of worker benefits in this country early on the u.s. chamber of commerce dreamed of the day where a c.e.o. could make one hundred million dollars in a key worker would gladly just gladly settle for thirty thousand dollars a year with no benefits at all part of the change part of their talking points is this latest jim here's what really gets ugly. create jobs scarcity in the u.s. and force american workers to settle for whatever the hell terms they can get on the job market ten workers would gladly line up for every one available job workers will they be afraid to organize labor pushed back it would be a thing of the past the

they face challenges in asia outside of china, and europe where they have lost money since 1999, even in south america where they have introduced new vehicles yet they are continuing to see a decline. she faced a lot of challenges around the world. the recalls are the most noticeable to the u.s. audience. >> thank you very much, tim higgins, joining us from detroit. coming up next, the chief executive of radio flyer. how the american brand known for the red wagon has transformed itself and has created a series of new products designed to compete in today's global economy. also, crowd funding. indiegogo announces a new round of funding. ♪ >> my next guest is about reinvention. radio flyer. the historical american brand we've all seen, the classic red wagons. how does a company like radio flyer am a started in 1917, stay relevant? joining me now from chicago is the chief executive, great to have you with us on bloomberg. you are the grandson of the founder of radio flyer. what is it like to be in charge of such a brand that has all of these memories? >> it is wonderful. everybody has a radio flyer story

south-east asia, some say. a p l.a. general warned that it was america's actions which were inflaming tensions in the region, and warned washington to mind its own business. for now, the focus for beijing is getting the nationals out of vietnam. >>> after days of often violent anti-chinese protests, the vietnamese authorities appear to be containing the disturbances. police broke up the protest in ho chi minh city. demonstrators are angry over china's refusal to halt the deep sea oil operators in waters claimed by vietnam. >> translation: the intention today was to show support for the government adds efforts to chase the chinese rig from our waters. >> reporter: the skirmishes in the waters have been going on for almost two weeks. >> the worry is it could get out of the control. like china, vietnam's government is communist and tends to keep a lid on des-september. it was unable to -- dissent. it was unable to stop days of violence. stom attacked chinese -- some attacked chinese-run factories, many were taiwanees owned - a distinction lost on the rioters.

prior to being at the ministry of interior, a 20 year career with voice of america covering south and central asia in the middle east. and prior to that he served as a colonel in the afghan national army. published widely and all anticipating. working for several years, the military history of afghanistan. fest. [applause] >> thank you very much. police to open the session. i am sure that we have a panel of distinguished efforts and later on, national security forces in afghanistan. the afghan national police, from the days that it was first established, to the -- today when we saw the successful protection and security of the first round of elections. always had been very successful for example the security of the constitution. and the prevention. this will not tell you about the overall capacity of the afghan national police, the forcible do the kind of job at the same time . actually, afghanistan national police. the police action became of fighting force. most of the box of police were certain. the traditional police. being forgotten. before that additionally, helping to function. the section

warning for the united states saying america's actions in the region were fuelling tension, referring to president obama's desire to re-engage more with south-east asia. president xi jinping has been wading into the row, saying chinese people did not wish to be part of an action to invade another country, it's not in there d.n.a. they want harmonious development. that is a sign that president xi jinping wishes to reduce tensions. >>> later we'll report from new york on the efforts for the french government to have parties from the syrian conflict taken to the international court. >>> we will try to explain why libya's oil revenues will not be enough to balance the budget in that country. stay with us if you can. >>> i'm david foster, you're watching al jazeera - these are the main stories - india's main opposition party is heading to a landslide victory in the general elections. they campaign on the promise of economic revival and it was set to unseat the ruling congress party. >>> there has been funerals in turkey for some of the 284 miners killed in the coal mine explosion on tuesday. about 100 are thought to be trapped underground. >> less than 30

president obama touted cooperation with america's allies in asia and now engaged in disputes with china over uninhabitable islands in the south seas. but what we didn't hear much about today was anything about the president's pivot to asia. in the months since the president has failed to get agreement with japan on a trans-pacific trade pact while suggesting any pivot just antagonizes china. today we got what sure felt like another presidential speech who said u.s an'sto critics who say president policy adrift under his watch. now this all may sound like it's a world away. if conflict breaks out in this patch of the pacific, the effect will likely ripple throughout the globe. >> reporter: stretching from the straight of malaccas to taiwan, the south china seas waters and even rock are contested by six nations. vietnam, the philippines, malaysia, brunei, taiwan, and china. one of the world's busiest international sea lanes as much as half the world's merchant shipping and oil tanker traffic passes through this pass of the pacific, amplifying it's strategic significance well beyond the countries to board it. >> so many countrie

fantastic forum as you can see we have investors from europe from the united states from south america from africa from asia they all here and why are we. being hostage taken hostage by. irresponsible i must say political decision making people. wonder you know they are my partners and there's an old anymore we work in our business which is. we're not sellers. we're investing a reversal to long term we very much believe in the future of russia you have tremendous human capital and your human capital is a huge assett you have huge resources and you're on the border of asia hence what is happening know is very logical russia exporting to join russia working closely with india this is just very logical and will continue to deepen and we look forward to that change. so very you have it as you heard there the exports and c.e.o.'s and spoken to don't seem to see how this war empire the business while they're continuing to do business as usual right now we're all waiting to be able to lattimer putin will say and his a keynote speech here at the st petersburg international economic reform we know that he has alread

my book losing vietnam or how america abandoned southeast asia covers period 1973-75 after the peace treaty and after u.s. troops vacated south vietnam. headquarters in vietnam was moved in northeast thailand. its name was changed to united states support activities group and as under all the power of the seventh air force of the u.s. air force. it was combined headquarters run by air force with an army deputy and the mission was very simple, just to coordinate with joint chiefs of staff, to take command of a huge organization we had, to ensure cambodia got resupplied and also take command of whatever has given you for whatever reason, has happened three times, evacuate saigon and find a container ship. when i was appointed deputy commander i had to get up-to-date on the war. the war was still going on and the idea was how did this compare to the north vietnamese. at the time there with two studies, one by the north vietnamese and the other by the d a 0 in saigon. they all said exactly the same thing, south vietnam had much more firepower, tactical mobility, better strategic mobility, much better logistics'. if that is true y

a large part about the push into the south china sea and the disputes with vietnam came triggered when obama went to asia a few weeks ago and and besides america's pivot towards asia. we are going to see a lot more maritime disputes in the coming years. i don't think it is about diverting problem's. i think the chinese problem -- the chinese still support that the central government is helping the country. there are concerns the economy is slowing. middle-class chinese are frustrated because their wages are not increasing as fast as their home prices. frustration.t of >> let's go back to the companies affected by the technology concerns. worst powerand the you might find in mackenzie or bcg. how much further does this go and who might also be embroiled in the conflict? luxe i think a lot of the american tech companies are going to have an issue. ibm, cisco, they are going to have serious issues. need toto saying we replace american technology companies with chinese firms -- -- there technology are those saying we need to replace american technology companies with chinese firms. government already said that officials cannot use windows eight. i t

asia the most important policy concern. i think america's alliances with japan, with south korea, the philippines invited us back in militarilythan before. he killed osama bin laden. while there's still a terrorist threat theres has not been a major terrorist attack on u.s. soil. >> do you think he should focus more time on defending his foreign policy actions to this point or speaking forward to the two years left and what can be done? because a lot of criticism coming at him today is the timetable that some of his critics will argue is an arbitrary timetable and drawing down troops in afghanistan. >> the president made it pretty clear, i think, that part of what he wanted his legacy to be is ending the wars in iraq and afghanistan. >> what is the conditions on the ground so differently. >> there's a reasonable argument we should have done it -- we should be doing eight little bit more slowly but let's not kid ourselves here. this is a mission against al qaeda. that's what's in america's interest. we do not have the capacity to defeat the taliban insurgency or to remake afghanistan into a modern successful country. i hope it