of russia as a whole and as i said less moscow centric. presence actually got to love it further than not he said if by percent proves to be too little. of a decrease in the amount of the vote you need an election he's willing to lower it to three percent now this would make make sure that a lot of the more marginal parties as they are at the moment would be able to do city and only the main well in a decision making that goes on of making laws and governing here in the russian federation all right he's been one of them live in central moscow thank you. former prime minister of ukraine has gone on trial for abusing power during her time in office in two thousand and nine and yulia timoshenko secured a gas deal with russia which is claimed to have robbed the ukrainian economy of millions of dollars she's dismissed the case as fabricated but faces up to ten years in jail if convicted. for. the atmosphere inside the courtroom and around the court building is absolutely electrifying around fifteen hundred supporters of unity much as you can se

the federation council from the regions were saying that the federation council decided to moscow centric and they wanted to see more representation from across russia this is something that the president said yes i agree with you that he's boxed in. the. governor of st petersburg sixty two year old valentino. well she's essentially said to her if you want the job it's there and take it so it looks more likely that she will be established as the the new speaker of the house the state duma just behind me the lower house of russian government also set for a little bit of a shake up the president put forward a draft law that would mean that the current percentage of the vote you need to take a seat in the duma is seven percent he wants to see that lowered to five percent meaning there's more parties in the regions that can get a share of the main power base here in moscow not just the major political parties making the whole system far more representative of russia as a whole and as i said less moscow centric no it doesn't actually go further than not he said if five percent proves to be too

making the whole system far more representative of russia as a whole and as they said less moscow centric no it doesn't actually go look at further than that he said it's quite the same proves to be too little. of a decrease in the amount of the vote you need an election he's willing to lower it to three percent now this would make make sure that a lot of the more marginal parties as they are at the moment would be able to to sit in on a decision making that goes on of making laws and governing here in the russian federation. right that now to our attention to libya where libyan rebels in both main garcia and government control tripoli claim to be in secret talks and caring for the fall of these regimes the opposition is uniting efforts to set a date for an uprising in the capital and what they're calling the last step towards winning the revolution british m.p. barry gardner told us here at r.t. that the rebels would not have got that so far if nato had stuck to its u.n. mandate of protecting civilians are not attacking kidnappings forces. i think the good that the regime does look strea

it was totally television- centric. it was all about tv. there was no notion that there was some other thing in the equation. that has emerged more recently. and i think the government has looked at trying to get spectrum back because they have a higher and better use. that is a new conception. they want to be part of the visual age, too. it is complex and politically loaded, right? >> if your questions on policy with regard to spectrum. -- a few more questions on policy with regard to spectrum. this was from an interview with broadcast community cable, you said, net neutrality will become substantially less threatening. there is speculation around that. what were you saying? >> i think it does involve an enormous amount of speculation. there was fear. everybody case -- pointed to maybe four cases of things. there is fear that if someone have the incentive to do things that we may find inappropriate, let's regulating advanced against the pop -- possibility. in advancegulate against the possibility. it is easy to believe the worst will happe

.- centric, but without u.s. leadership, nato has difficulty in working. in my view, that leadership has been lacking at the political level. i think we need clarity. we have heard the resolution 1973 from the united nations that says take all necessary action to protect civilians. another side says gaddafi must go, and that is being interpreted as regime change. there is a lack of clarity, and i think we need to get that in order to get it straight. >> thank you very much indeed. out to syria, where u.s. secretary of state filler clinton today accused iran of backing what she called a vicious assaults against pro- democracy protectors. cummins, amidst reports of even greater crackdowns by forces after they regained control of the north of the country earlier this week. jonathan is at the border with turkey for 8000 syrians have now crossed to safety. he filed this report. >> these are serious refugees -- syrian refugees. back over the border with thousands of displaced people need food and shelter. the turkish military is allowing them this freedom of mov

wifi, this stuff that is now emerging as an alternate use wasn't there so the tv transition was tv centricall about just tv. it was just analog to digital tv. there was no notion that there was another thing in the equation. not only until more recently and the government now is looking at getting spectrum back because there's a higher and better use. that's a newer transition, and it's hard for broadcasters to swallow. you know, they are trying to work through it, they want to be a part of the digital age too, so that's going to be hard, and for no other reason, it's complex and politically motives; right? somebody's ox might get gored. change does that. >> host: two more questions with regard to spectrum management. one is net neutrality, an issue that's been around for awhile now. you have said at this show, and this was a quote to an interview with broadcasting and cable that net neutrality will become substantially less threatening, and right now there's a great deal of speculation around it. what were you saying? >> guest: well, i find it a tough issue because it does involve an enor

for white people or the white culture all this better built his only show a fundamentalist america centric culture but most of the outside world ridicule he did serve a big. bird america's right wing you know build it a megaphone of shameless rhetoric he claim to be on a mission to inspire americans to see themselves he's able to exploit the fears and paranoias of a nation with a real unemployment rate approaching twenty percent were people out of work for years to time and they got. it doesn't seem to even much less try to do something about it when becks annual income has been estimated at thirty two million dollars your motive is just pure profit and my oh my channing it is unlikely that the cut off from the reported two million dollars box news pre-check will significantly affect banks empire but i have other things to do and not because it's good or bad for business he makes the vast vast vast majority of his money not from t.v. it's from his radio show is stand a good exist books but he is a multi media conglomerate and his fox gig was any piece of that beck's new plan is to take a g

. >> his economy centric bid comes amidst headlines of home prices dipping downward again, a stubborn jobless rate. good timing for an opposition launch or maybe not so much. look who else was in the neighborhood playing rough with a swing at the massachusetts health care plan. >> health care plan in my opinion any mandate coming from government is not a good thing. so obviously, and i'm not the only one to say so, but there will be more of the explanation coming from former governor romney on his support for government man days. >> sarah palin says it's just a big coincidence she arrived in new hampshire in the middle of romney's speech, insists there's nothing political about her for ray into this first in the nation primary state and sees no reason romney should be offended. and as he ladled out chili, he didn't seem to be be. >> sarah palin in the state today. >> that's terrific. new hampshire is an action central day. >> your health care plan won't sell with the tea party. >> the day of his announce. may not be the time for romney to try to align that massachusetts health care la

we can't afford to have a pakistan centric strategy or an afghan centric strategy in the future. >> first, bruce, what make you think pakistan can become a jihadists country? yes, they do not trust the united states, but they are being killed by the jihadists who believe in global jihad. secondly, when we talk about political negotiations with taliban in afghanistan, where do we leave pakistan in regard to its long-term believe that one day u.s. is going to leave pakistan to deal with the situation? secondly, how do we look at the relationship with, their relationship with haqqani group and their longtime which to have a major role in afghanistan after 2014? thank you. >> i think and to the first question is, as i said before, a to which has to reincarnation. the pakistani army is at war with part of the frankenstein it created and it is in bed with this part frankenstein has created. the complexity, the contradictions that go on in the pakistani army's behavior towards jihadism are difficult for the american mind to comprehend, but it is these contradictions and these complexities which

i believe that there with every american-centric.ve the most basic, most powerful unit of all, is the family, and the family must be preserved. [applause] we have begun another campaign season, and it almost seems like the last one and only recently ended. but through the rancor of the campaign, let us always remember, there is always so much more that unites us as a nation that divides us. because our problems do not have an identity of party. they are problems that were created by both parties. i think that americans agree. our country is in peril today, and we have to act with urgency in order to save it. because americans are not interested in affiliation. they are interested in absolutions and leadership that will tell them the truth. the truth is, all of us, we, the american people, are the solution, not our government. because this issue is about big issues. it is not about petty wines. when all is said and done, we cannot be about big government as usual. because then america will lose, quite frankly. and in washington, u.s.

we do not need to make programs more government-centric and have the government take a central role in the economy. that is not working. >> good morning. thank you for coming. i am a student here. i am from venezuela. i have read in the news that there is a group of proposals in the congress that are trying to include venezuela as a harbor for terrorists. i would like to know your opinion? >> i have followed the rhetoric of president java's and it is troubling, disturbing, threatening, and concerning. as to whether he should be listed as a terrorist country, that is something i would want to study. that is a term of art. certain threshold are required before that level gets report -- gets applied and is deserved. i would give that additional thought there. but hugo chavez is extraordinarily misguided. i think he is dangerous. i think he is imposing burdens on the freedoms, democracy, human rights, and constitutional principles in venezuela. as to the label of a terrorist country, i would want to give additional study before i gave you a final answer on that. governor pawlenty, the firs

we can't afford to have a pakistan centric strategy or an afghan centric strategy in the future. >> first to bruce. what makes you think that pakistan can become a jihaddist country? yes, they do not trust the united states. but they are being killed by these jihaddists who believe in global jihad. secondly, when we talk about political negotiations with taliban and afghanistan, where do we leave pakistan in regards to its long time belief that one day u.s. is going to leave pakistan with afghanistan to deal with the situation? secondly, how do we look at the relationship with -- their relationship with hah cani and their long time wish to have a bhagor role in afghanistan after 2014? thank you. >> i think the answer to the first question is as i said before, a coups which has the reincarnation of the previous ruler. the pakistani army is at war with part of the frankenstein it created and it is in bed with part of the frankenstein it created. the complexity, the contradictions that go on in the pakistani's army's behavior towards jihadism are difficult for the american mind to comprehend

. >> reporter: romney's economy centric bid comes as a trifecta of discouraging headlines.orn jobless rate. look who else showed up in new hampshire. also playing rough with the massachusetts health care plan. >> health care plan -- in my opinion, any mandate coming from government is not a good thing. obviously -- i'm not the only one to say so but there will be more of an explanation coming from former governor romney on his support for government mandates. >> reporter: sarah palin says it is just a big coincidence she arrived in new hampshire in the middle of romney's speech. insists there is nothing political about her fore and see no, sir reason romney should be offended. as he ladled out chili he didn't seem to be. >> here you go. >> that's terrific. new hampshire is an action central today. >> reporter: health care plan won't sell with the tea party. as you can hear, wolf, certainly romney did not today want to answer questions about that massachusetts plan. but whether it is sarah palin or reporters are those in crowd certainly a question he's apt to be asked as he

it's not just so arab centric. that's not to say that i'm not proud of being arab and the muslim. i very much am so, but within our committee we already know about each other so why don't we extend the olive branch to other communities and religions so they get to feel like they're part of it. whenever a community or religion or culture excludes, then you've isolated yourselves. so it's hard to circle back and say hey, can you help us now? it's like what you said earlier. no, we were there. you were not paying attention. >> i just want to add to that. coalition building, it's a fact. i just want to give a specific example in my capacity working, last year when the controversy around part 51 and increased level of islamophobia, you know, we actually created a coalition, a coalition that includes all the religious organization, major ones. catholic bishops, all other religious organizations in just one coalition. we were standing shoulder to shoulder upholding america. for that particular portion that was provided, actually -- that particular event we had last year for the anniversa

that's why i introduced a plan to repeal obamacare and replace it with a state centric plan. >> sylvia has put her finger on one of the most important issues facing the country. president obama stood before the nation in 2008 sxsd he promised to do health care reform, focused on cost containment along with republicans. he'd do it on a bipartisan basis. >> the question was why obomnicare. >> this is another example of breaking his promise, and he has to be held accountable. in order to prosecute the case against president obama, you have to show you have a better plan and different plan. we took a different approach in minnesota. we didn't use top-down government mandates and individual requirements from government. we created market alternatives and powered consumers. >> you don't want to address why you called governor romney obomnicare. >> what was the similarities between the two. president obama looked to massachusetts as a blueprint or guide when he designed obamacare. >> why would you choose those words informant comfort of a sunday show studio. your rival is standing right it th

i believe that there with every american-centric.elieve the most basic, most powerful unit of all, is the family, and the family must be preserved. [applause] we have begun another campaign season, and it almost seems like the last one and only recently ended. but through the rancor of the campaign, let us always remember, there is always so much more that unites us as a nation that divides us. because our problems do not have an identity of party. they are problems that were created by both parties. i think that americans agree. our country is in peril today, and we have to act with urgency in order to save it. because americans are not interested in affiliation. they are interested in absolutions and leadership that will tell them the truth. the truth is, all of us, we, the american people, are the solution, not our government. because this issue is about big issues. it is not about petty wines. when all is said and done, we cannot be about big government as usual. because then america will lose, quite frankly. and in washington, u

and that's why i introduced a plan to repeal obamacare and replace it with a state centric program. >> governor, you just heard the governor rebut your characterization obamneycare. >> first to sylvia, she has put her finger on one of the most important issues facing the country which is president obama stood before the nation in 2008 and said he promised to do health care reform, focused on cost containment, along with republican republicans. >> the question, governor, was why obamneycare? >> i'll get to that. >> 30 seconds, governor. >> another example of him breaking his promise and has to be held accountable. and in order to prosecute the case against president obama, you have to be able to show that you've got a better plan and a different plan. we took a different approach in minnesota. we didn't use top-down government mandates and individual requirements from government. we created market alternatives and empowered consumers. i think that's the way to fix health care in the united states of america. >> and you don't want to address why you dalled governor romney's -- called go

it's been levinstein centric and to allow new communities to be involved and part of the experience and to be integral voices in what it means to be arab-american. >> thank you. there we go. question where are you from? >> i'm from detroit. >> yeah. >> i'm actually mexican. i just wanted a marketing scheme. so i went to the arab route. i've known -- first of all, i want to give phrase and honor to the adc for inviting me here. it's a pleasure to be on the panel with all of the smart people. smarter than me. and now that i've known forever, thanks for bringing me back, full circle, warren david who's included me. i'm not politically active. although i was placed as a political sort of figure i guess by default because being arab and muslim you are just political. whether you like it or not. [laughter] >> no, because i do stand up comedy, started out as an actor. people would say, oh my god, you are a political comedian. i don't have any political jokes. no, because you are arab and muslim, it makes you political. you watch too much cnn is what you do. but i started out as an actor almost

it isn't make the problems more government centric. that's not working. >> hi, good morning. thank you very much for coming. i am a student here at the university of chicago here. i am have venezuela. i heard in the news there's a group of republicans in the congress trying to include venezuela in the list of countries that support terrorists. i would like to know what's your opinion about that issue. >> well, i followed the rhetoric of president chavez. it's troubling, disturbing, threatening, concerns. as to whether he should be listed or the country listed as a terrorists country, that's something i'd want to give study and thought. that is a term of art. certain thresholds are required before the label gets applies and deserved. as to hugo chavez, i think he's extraordinarily misguided. i think he's dangerous. i think he is imposing burdens on the freedom and democracy and human rights and constitutional principals in venezuela. as to the label of terrorists country, i want to give it an additional study before i gave you the final answer on that. >> governor? >> sure. >>

with cannot afford to have a pakistan-centric static dream -- strategy. >> what makes you think that pakistan can become a jihadists country if they do not trust the united states but they are being killed by a the jihadists? when we talk about political negotiations, where are we in regard to the belief that one day the u.s. will leave pakistan to deal with the situation? how do we look at the relationship and their wish to have a major role the it is in bed with part of this. the complexity, the contradictions, and it is these complexities that make it such an important problem to deal with. isn't it eminent? is it inevitable? no. is a possible? certainly. outcome? most likely i do not think so. usually your nightmares are not the most likely thing that happened to you the next day. you ought to pay attention. it is in a future process. countries do not have a right to be involved with the political process of their neighbors with out this. the problem for them is said they proceed to have invited themselves and. if you think my delfts in the dealings with afghanistan are extreme,

howard dean of was hailed as a master of web-centric politics. reagan is the antecedent palin well-prepared reagan had depth and experience and on the estimated grasp of issues, a gift for compromise, a season that lawyer -- loyal team and good-natured time that translated into public trust. he concludes by saying sarah palin, on the other hand, has just our attention. guest: i think bill keller is rewriting history. i think ronald reagan would gotten less than 10% of the vote in the -- from the new york times. now they have decided and he has passed away and was president long ago and was successful, saying reagan was different. we always like reagan. nonsense. look at the coverage, the contemptuous coverage from 1964 through 1980 and indeed, through his administration. they don't -- the reason why they dislike sarah palin is not that she does not like the meeting, it is because she is a strong conservative. some of criticisms of sarah palin may have been correct in some other criticisms of right and have been correct. to throw and howard dean t

businesses have and goes back to what i agree with on clive, and i hate all these things becoming china-centric. the biggest leverage with china is jobs. i can bang on the table and say you have to do this. if you're going to behave this way, maybe we have to move the jobs somewhere else. that gets china's attention. i don't blame them. they have 600 million people they are worried about being engaged in productive behavior or something else, but the jobs component is a huge lever when you look at the reaflt of how much -- reality of how much of american money is invested in china, india, and africa. it's a huge lever america has to play in at least getting the other countries to behave in terms of protecting intellectual property rights and not engaging in the ntb's. we'll use all the legal tools we have, but that takes time. nothing is as compelling as when our industry will stand up and say if you're going to continue to behave this way, we don't have to be here. >> you're saying, doug, you think that's self-defeating and the u.s. industry is not ready to do that? >> i think a lot of u.s. co

the distinguished lawmakers economists and business leaders, my thought is that instead of the in centric industrial manufacturing policy, the congress should instead adopt pro-growth economic policies to reduce the competitiveness and opportunity for all economic growth in the country. one, to ensure business is to not their higher cost congress should adopt a plan to reduce federal spending relative to the size of the economy. and reform on the entitlement programs to make them sustainably solvent and gradually to bring the federal government back in the balance. never to come increase competitiveness around the globe congress should perform the corporate tax system. the united states is the second-highest income tax rate in the world. congress should reduce the after-tax cost of investment by spending most equipment and shortening the schedules for building. congress should move to the territorial tax system and until then congress should act now to allow the u.s. corporations to repatriate stranded american process to invest in the new jobs, research investment and financial stability

>> i think the things that we can count on are less united states centric. we need china to stop slowing down. we need europe to ge stronger. we need japan to get back online. the only thing that really involves the united states that could matter, debt ceiling resolution, some sort of reconciliation between democrats and republicans. >> when we talk about the debt ceiling, it's pretty clear it will be raised. but the question is, what comes out on the spending side to counter that. how much of an impact will the results of the debate in congress have on the economy? >> one of the reasons i don't want people to sell stocks is i think it could be dramatic. we are frozen in this country for a variety of reasons, including gasoline, but also washington. you get any resolution, i think people are going to start hiring. >> a resolution that looks like what? >> that looks like some toughness. we can't just be kicking the can down the road. there's got to be some sense that both the democrats and the republicans recognize the urgency of getting this country's fisca