way behind well for some perspective on this let's cross live to keith boy field from the center for policy studies thanks very much for coming on to the program mr boyd field. we now understand that the un is head of the year i was the world's second currency. what does this show us do you think . i think what you're seeing is that chinese investors are wanting to diversity were far away particularly from the us dollar you've got to remember that china is the largest holder of u.s. treasury bills and they got a nasty fright this year when you saw congress not really able until the very last minute to agree a budget package and what you're seeing here in london for example is the chinese investing and a lot of property commercial property very bought for example the lloyd's building here in london and they're beginning to acquire an awful lot of. major brands such as volvo and even m.g. rover the iconic car company here in britain so do you think we can expect the un to get even more popular then what sort of growth could we expect in the future. and yet. you also have to remember that some of the

difficulty with that phone call that with gluttony of pinching cool with the international center for policy studies and thank you sir. russia's military is aiming for a substantial upgrade its weaponry next year by thirty percent. that word comes from president vladimir putin who was called home the armed forces to stay alert for threats and challenges. who was speaking at an expanded meeting of the defence ministry board he insisted. he listed more than forty intercontinental ballistic missiles two hundred and warplanes and helicopters and more than two hundred fifty armored vehicles. in addition to six military satellites would be lost as well as two new strategic submarines would be put into operation the president says on confrontations in some middle eastern countries as well as the withdrawl of international forces from afghanistan in twenty fourteen could create what he called the sizeable area of instability in the adjoining central asian countries. this would pose a direct threat to russia. we also mentioned us plans to build a missile defense network. moscow has opposed the deployment of

hard to become less dependent on american currency that's what keith boy field from the center for policy studies told us earlier. investors are wanting to diversity we're far away particularly from the u.s. dollar you've got to remember the china is the largest holder of u.s. treasury bills and they got a nasty fright this year when you saw congress not really able until the very last minute to agree a budget package you also have to remember that some of the biggest sovereign wealth based in china and all the time you're seeing they're wanting to diversify their risk and they're also wanting to invest overseas. on r.t. dot com a truck hijack in mexico but it's got nothing to do with drugs or cash this time it's extremely radioactive material that has gone missing the head online to learn more about the story. while you were there discover montreal's face recognizing flying machines online we tell you why the canadian cities deploying unmanned drones instead of employing cops to cut crime. right from the scene. first struck. and i think you're. on our reporters'. instrument. at the moment many b

douglas and sarah allison center for foreign-policy studies. previously served heritage is senior research fellow for defense and "homeland" security. he was well-versed in the special area operations in cybersecurity areas as well as defense support to civil authorities. he served for three decades as an army special forces officer and top pentagon official in july 2001. he assumed the duties of military assistant to secretary rumsfeld and work daily with the secretary for the next five and a half years and upon retirement from the army he continued that the pentagon as deputy assistant secretary of "homeland" defense and american security affairs. please join me in what coming steve bucci. [applause] >> let me add my welcome to all of you. i think you are going to have a real treat this morning. as john mentioned i'm a special forces officer by profession so this area is near and dear to my heart. this is what we did. they don't let me do it anymore. i mentioned max. when i was a cadet at west point i bought a book that had just been publishe

so, welcome to the special event hosted by the institution for social and policy studies new health care center. we are here to have a conversation about elizabeth bradley and volunteers asked what her new book, "the american health care paradox." there's no shortage of health care in the news right now. we've got democrats furiously defending the affordable care act. we would allrg

center. and the head of immigration works usa, a federation of small-business owners, angela maria kelley, vice president of immigration policy at the left leaning center for american progress. and jessica vaughn, director of policy studiesht leaning center for immigration studies. and welcome to you all. to the new shour. >> thank you. >> angela kelley let me start with you, what was 2013 like for undocumented immigrants in this country. >> so the senate advanced the ball considerably down the field by passing this bill with such a resounding yes given that you had so much republican and democratic support. the valley i would say though for the undocumented are the number of deportations, which are intense. and the separation of families and the ongoing fear that communities live . and the undocumented don't live in one apartment building all by themselves. we're talking about this affecting 60 million americans who live with someone who is undocumented. so it is an issue that is an important one. and i think will be resolved in the next year. >> woodruff: let's talk about that jessica vaughn, how would you describe 2013 for undocumented immigrants in this country? >> well, i think they were filled with a lot of expecta

douglas and sarah allison center for foreign-policy studies. previously served heritage is senior research fellow for defense and "homeland" security. he was well-versed in the special area operations in cybersecurity areas as well as defense support to civil authorities. he served for three decades as an army special forces officer and top pentagon official in july 2001. he assumed the duties of military assistant to secretary rumsfeld and work daily with the secretary for the next five and a half years and upon retirement from the army he continued that the pentagon as deputy assistant secretary of "homeland" defense and american security affairs. please join me in what coming steve bucci. [applause] >> let me add my welcome to all of you. i think you are going to have a real treat this morning. as john mentioned i'm a special forces officer by profession so this area is near and dear to my heart. this is what we did. they don't let me do it anymore. i mentioned max. when i was a cadet at west point i bought a book that had just been published

beijing is doing everything to become less dependent on the currency itself is key for the field from the center of policy studies explain its. needs investors are wanting to diversity were far away particularly from the u.s. dollar you've got to remember that china is the largest holder of u.s. treasury bills and they got a nasty fright this year when you saw congress not really able until the very last minute to agree a budget package you also have to remember that some of the biggest sovereign wealth fund based in china and all the time you're seeing they're wanting to diversify their risk they're also wanting to invest overseas. our team has lined up plenty of stories for you as well on our website including under the cover of the night find out what the pope is doing when darkness descends on vatican city log on to r.t. dot com to see for yourself plus the festive season underway spirits are high in the russian capital and in our in motion section there's a video from the heart of moscow where every dish will christmas fair and a huge ice rink have been opened for the public. right to see. first street. and

we have joining us on the line now is brian mitchell and he's professor of strategic studies at the center for policy research either thing sort of being where this is going to show him some or even to this case is it is actually straightforward as it appears to be or is there more to it i political motivations here of some kind. this case has caused a lot of outrage in india because the diplomat was actually humiliated she was strip searched and handed and handcuffed. and and this was you know this is this this was a we and usually incident and there has been a pouring of anger in india and the indians have retaliated against the american diplomats in new delhi by the drawing some of the villages by removing the security batek its from around the u.s. embassy in new delhi and warning of further actions against u.s. diplomats based in india what this is what i don't girls like i was very well first they have a drawer on e series of privileges that american diplomats enjoyed in india for example they had passes to enter airports without having to go through security they have also overdrawn the import

simes, president of the center for the national interest, a foreign policy think tank; and angela stent is director of the center for eurasian, russian and east european studiesgeorgetown university. her latest book is "the limits of partnership: u.s. russian relations in the 21st century." welcome to you both. angela stent to you first, why the khodorkovsky pardon? >> well, i think it reveals two things. one of them is that putin clearly doesn't feel threatened any more by khodorkovsky sow doesn't have to keep him in jail. and i think there's a lot of-- it that it's been ten years but i think secondly it has to do with all the things we heard in your important. the upcoming sochi game, the criticism russia for many of the things that putin has done recently but particularly the so-called homosexual propaganda law, which has people really riled up about what will happen at sochi about the treatment of athletes am so i think this a gesture to show that russia listens to some of the outside world's concerns, that it isn't just imprisoning people t isn't negative and it's supposed to symbolically show that russia and that putin himself have become more open to s

so, welcome to the special event hosted by the institution for social and policy studies new health care center. we are here to have a conversation about elizabeth bradley and volunteers asked what her new book, "the american health care paradox." there's no shortage of health care in the news right now. we've got democrats furiously defending the affordable care act. we would all argue they're missing what might be the key point. which is that the health care system is broken. we spend more and we get less than virtually every other country. and that neither party are really talking about what we do about it. i would argue that our ability as a country to rant and health care spending is going to determine our fiscal future. this is the largest single factor that's driving our debt. quite literally, health spending is bankrupting this country. different able to get this under control will not have a whole lot of money to spend on anything else. this is the sort of underlying rationale. we firmly believe that evidence should be what's driving out their policy. and public policy in general. we'v

policy. >> reporter: the latest america's place in the world study by the pugh research center finds that for the first time since the early '70s, a majority of americans, 53%, sees the u.s. as less important and powerful than a decade ago. that is up 12 points since 2009. >> we've been lurching from crisis to crisis, often leading from behind or showing up late or just in the 11th hour like in syria, there aren't clearly articulated priorities coming out of the obama administration right now. >> people know these are tough issues but they also know that their government is overseas representing them, fighting for our values and national security every day even when it is hard. >> reporter: the stubdy found a growing share of americans wanting the u.s. to mind its own business and focus on problems at home, even though americans believe the benefits of participation in the global economy outweigh the risks. bret. >> james, thank you. >>> still ahead, charles will, charles krauthammer and george lane. and your pick for the lightning round. but first south africa after nelson mandela. >>> thous

of foreign-policy magazine talking with christian caryl on his book "strange rebels" 1979 and the birth of the 21st century. in the book is senior fellow at the center for international studies at m.i.t. argues a left-leaning consensus developed across the western world after world war ii and that counterrevolution represented a new era beginning in 1979 with the election of margaret hatcher is british prime minister in the overthrow of the shah and iran. this is about an hour. >> host: hello christian caryl. we are here to talk about your terrific new book "strange rebels" 1979 and the birth of the 21st century. i'm going to let you explain why it is that 1979 was the crucial pinpointed history but let me first start out with a little bit of explanation for what i think is a really unusual book that you have done. i know it's a real labor of love but christian for those of you joining us today is a longtime "newsweek" foreign correspondent and contributor to the new york review of books as well as my colleague who contributes to foreign-policy magazine where i am the editor-in-chief. i think you have done something very unusual with this book which is you have managed to do

for vice president biden, jared bernstein. he's at the center of budget and policies. jim pazakukas is with the american institute and cnbc. jimmy p., what about income inequality. there's a lot of studies out there and they show in the last 20 or 30 years that hasn't happened. that's not true. it's a bogus issue. >> i don't want to have study versus counter study. income inequality, the top 90% and 10% have increased. a lot of disputes about how high inequality has gone. the president fears all of the statistics about income inequality. there is no evidence that, a, income inequality hurts income and, b, there's no evidence that income inequality has led to the middle class stagnation. you don't have to look at the studies. there's a country that's been running the obama playbook for 20 years. it's tough to fire people. that country is called japan. how has their economy done the past 20 years, terrible. that's the obamanomics there. >> what do you think of jim p.'s challenge? >> i think that the issue that you're missing there was really at the heart of his presentation and, again, there's very strong evidence for this, is it's not so much that inequality hurts growth, although there

the center for strategic and international studies, where i was director working closely with numbers of congress, both sides of the aisle, educating them on a number of foreign-policy issues were working on at csis and the issues involved. a lot of work around china as well. moved on from there doing work for a university, leading a project called the 3-d security initiative. working on peacebuilding issues and how to incorporate peacebuilding measures into u.s. foreign policy. but still, working very closely with members of congress and members of the administration and staff as well on a number of different issues. >> how did she get into that line of work? with your education? >> acerbic university via the sheik and where he studied the political science course and moved on to the university of chicago and got a masters from the public policy program there and came to washington and found a spot right here internation's capital and it moved on from there. >> some people are going to say you worked for a democrat, bill nelson. >> a centrist democrat. but now you read about the gop civil war. >> guest: this is not it was a controversial book, although the title mi

policy agendas based on this. guest: thank you for your question and i disagree with your premise, which is that the world trade center was an inside job with explosives. there are the studiesut there and it is pretty clear that the -- those buildings were attacked by planes that were hijacked by al qaeda operatives. i know there is a continuing conspiracy theory community out there that think this was some sort of nefarious scheme to -- it is hard to take of things seriously. i know you may genuinely believe it but i encourage you to go out there and engage in debates. i don't think the conspiracy theory holds any water. host: maurice from ohio, democrat's line. i have a question about -- let's sayear tomorrow they have a nuclear bomb. whatd of want to know would be the consequence, what the world would do about it as compared to pakistan having a nuclear bone, india having a nuclear bomb. what will the u.s. or the rest of the world do if iran says they have a nuclear bomb today? that is an interesting hypothetical. i think there is a decent amount of confidence that iran has not completed a nuclear explosive device. the general belief is that there iranill time to prevent