dmitry medvedev of russia on syria and his relationship with president putin and the former prime minister john howard of australia on how his country acted after a tragic gun massacre. what the united states can learn. but, first, here's my take. it's a given that washington is broken. that the two parties seem incapable of coming together to get things done. but here is something president obama could probably do by himself that would be a signal accomplishment of his presidency, end the war on terror. for the first time since 9/11, an administration official sketched out a possible end point. jay johnson, the then general council for the pentagon said in a recent speech to the oxford union that as the battle against al qaeda continues, there will come a tipping point that so many of the leaders and operatives of allocate da and it's affiliate have been killed, captures such as al qaeda as we know it has been effectively destroyed. at that point he said our efforts should no longer be considered an armed conflict. you might not realize it, but we're still living in a state of war. this i

fact going back to march of last year the infamous exchange between obama and then president dmitry medvedev in seoul that the nuclear security summit with the american president saying he will have more flexibility on the issue after the elections so we could speculate this could very well be the u.s. president sticking to his promises but this doesn't mean russia now has nothing to worry about after all japan and alaska aren't exactly far from his borders and anyway there are still plans to build some facilities in eastern europe though on a smaller scale than originally planned the israeli prime minister has finally managed to form a coalition ahead of saturday's deadline but at a cost of some uneasy compromises for the first time in a decade ultra-orthodox groups longtime allies of benjamin netanyahu were left out in the cold arduous policy or has more from television. a new coalition agreement has been signed and this follows weeks of suspicion and mistrust between the various political parties and also turbulent coalition negotiations now there are two newcomers to the israeli politica

countdown a dazzling show on red square took place which included a visit from prime minister dmitri medvedev nothing is being overlooked in order to make these games a success while there has already been significant improvements to the region's infrastructure and of course to the venues themselves as was a particular. news including the ice palace here complete with it here to all international standards which means all entrances have ramp access for less mobile groups and of course special elevators and as you can see we have ramps all over the palace to help ease access to the venue. meanwhile an exhibit machin sledge hockey took place in sochi just under a week ago where russia's national sled hockey team took on the local side hockey side combined with players swapped regular skates for sledge ones in another sign of unity between all athletes. these athletes are tremendous most of us don't have the same problems as they do yet we complain when some things don't go our way but look at the obstacles these guys have to go through it's these athletes we should be taking examples from we sh

that yeah yeah well let's get back to from moscow perspective very quickly the prime minister dmitry medvedev said this morning that he felt that the europeans were stealing what has already been stolen i think that's a reference to cyprus is off shore status the casino capitalism line is a line that french foreign minister for example trotted out this morning i think it's a line they're using to justify what it is what it is that they're doing and let's not forget that this is not the kind of term they were using when they integrated cyprus into the euro zone in two thousand and three when you talk about integrating cyprus into the euro zone let's discuss the broader picture of the eurozone do you think what about other members should they be looking at what's happening in cyprus and should they be worried well. yes and no and i'll tell you what who won't be worried switzerland latvia and andorra financial times is reporting that they have their representatives from solicitors companies from those countries very happy to offer a haven to the cash that is on deposit in cyprus now let's and le

prime minister dmitry medvedev has been saying that this is a very difficult and complicated issue mainly because there are not so many exploration fields of natural resources. and also because this could have could have had serious political implications because those exploration fields on cyprus partly belonged to turkey and said that it would react to any decision by cyprus to allow russia access to the natural resources exploration fields on the island so only the obviously the only remaining solution for the super eight economy is starting to brussels but here it's also not so easy as it could seem because brussels has been saying that the bailout loan that can provide to cyprus will only happen if. impose this much maligned deposit tax which has been seriously criticized by ordinary citizens on the island moreover the bailout loan would not completely help the super eight economy. receive only partially of the money needed to save the economy and the rest of the money needs to find by itself it's also interesting here that. brussels has once again reiterated that it doesn't need rus

the crisis in cyprus with the russian of the bodies and this is happening after prime minister dmitry medvedev had some really strong words to say about the whole situation. but the fear so far the e.u. together with the cyprus parliament have unfortunately acted like a bull in a china shop i think all possible mistakes which could have been made in the situation have been made bustled will. the prime minister didn't stop there he also compared the approach with which european union officials are ready to deal with private bank accounts through how authorities dealt with the money of soviet citizens meaning expropriation of private property now the cypriot finance minister is also in moscow on wednesday he met with his russian counterpart and also with the first deputy prime minister there is speculation that cyprus is asking russia for a loan the finance minister said that no official offer has been made straightforward he stressed he's not leaving the russian capital until an agreement is reached and now all this is happening despite angela merkel being completely furious with cyprus for eve

in fact going back to march of last year the infamous exchange between obama and the president dmitry medvedev in seoul at the nuclear security summit with the american president saying he will have more flexibility on the issue after the elections so we could speculate this could very well be the u.s. president sticking to his promises but this doesn't mean russia now has nothing to worry about after all japan and alaska aren't exactly far from his borders and anyway there are still plans to build some facilities in eastern europe though on a smaller scale than originally planned. was discussed this issue further let's now cross live to belgium where a somber author and professor at the catholic university of new vein joins us to discuss this thank you for joining us washington has abandoned these plans in eastern europe poland more specifically this was of course great concern to russia what is the future now of missile defense. i don't know what they say that this should. be easy because you know. the member of the claim that there he said to france once again to you would you look at the m

almost exactly a year ago there was an infamous exchange between obama and the then president dmitry medvedev with the american president famously saying during the open mike fay that he'll have more flexibility on the issue after the elections there they are right there and we could speculate that this could very well be that the u.s. president is sticking to his promises but this doesn't mean that russia has nothing to worry about like we said alaska japan aren't exactly far from russia's borders and anyway there is still plans to build some facilities in eastern europe though on a smaller scale than originally planned so we are looking at the situation which is changing but not changing too much. israeli prime minister has finally managed to form a coalition ahead of saturday's deadline but at a cost of some amusing compromise for the first time in a decade or two orthodox groups longtime allies of benjamin netanyahu were left out in the cold or his policy as more from television. a new coalition agreement has been signed and this follows weeks of suspicion and mistrust between the various

borrowers of course are also discussing the crisis in cyprus and earlier russia's prime minister dmitry medvedev i some really strong words to say about the situation but the fear so far the e.u. together with the cyprus parliament have unfortunately acted like a bull in a china shop i think all possible mistakes which could have been made in this situation have been made fun of bustled middle of the prime minister didn't stop there he also compared the european union's officials approach to the crisis to powell soviet authorities downs with the private funds of soviet citizens meaning the expropriation of private property of course all this is happening after cyprus have rejected the bailout plan proposed by brussels and mostly the so-called droid of investors which included taxing private bank accounts of the country is still on the verge of bankruptcy there is unconfirmed speculation that the cypriot problem and is a looking at an alternative plan to get out get out of the crisis which may even allegedly include getting out of the euro zone altogether with time is running out for the country

like a bull in a china shop but so russian president dmitri medvedev destroyed the bailout tax i think that the plan was nothing less than the soviet expropriation of property. russia the e.u. and human rights officials sound the alarm over the treatment of prisoners in guantanamo bay u.s. military officials try to downplay a mass hunger strike in the detention center. and barack obama arrives in israel for the first time as u.s. president but may struggle to close the growing gap between the country's middle east policy it's. very good even if you just joined us is kevin over here live the r.t. new center tonight our top story the scenes overleaf and celebration greeted the cypriot parliament's rejection of that tax on bank deposits the one off levy linked to an e.u. bailout deal would have seen millions of account holders lose up to a tenth of the savings had been condemned by officials in the public alike but the country of course now finds itself on the brink of bankruptcy and having rejected the east terms it may have to turn to russia for assistance as cross to article piskun all

president obama hinted to then russian president dmitry medvedev about his plans to compromise after.s. election. >> after my election i'll have more flexibility. >> as in putin. the pentagon is scrapping phase four of the european missile defense. the sm-3 block missile interceptors to stop intercontinental ballistic missiles or icbms like the ones iran is attempting to build. the pentagon said the decision has nothing to do with russia. >> let me emphasize the strong and continued commitment of the united states to nato missile defense. that commitment remains ironclad. >> we lost a bargainship, serious one i believe. >> others say the stage four were never viable and wouldn't be ready soon enough. >> the military implication of not developing phase four is not that great. the existing program is probably good enough. >> initial reaction from russia suggests their leaders do not feel "appeased." russia deputy foreign minister said this is not a concession to russia and we don't see it as such. >> bret: jennifer griffin at the pentagon. thank you. iran says it has launched domestica

take a look at what the p.m., dmitry medvedev said, he said the stealing of the stolen is continuing.is is something you need to watch over the next couple of days. one, this bailout needs to be passed by the parliament. >> right. >> you need to watch russia's moves here. had a great article today, talking about how russia might be playing poker here, looking to pick up assets on the cheap and they would be, and the reason why they're not saying anything now is let the vote fail, let cyprus have a huge problem, exit the euro zone and they can get some assets on the cheap. watch that over the next couple of days. but for me, the trade, which everybody wants to know about is i think you go into gold here. if i'm a russian billionaire, i don't want to go into any country anymore that i could lose 40% of my deposit. >> keep it in your backyard? >> exactly. absolutely. i want to build a vault in my backyard and put bullion in it. and i think that helps gold. you saw that today, gold and the euro traded together. in other words, the dollar traded up and gold trade up, that correlation could

here is president obama talking to dmitry medvedev about his discussions with vladimir putin on missilerehrebgs i have more flexibility, yeah. >> i understand. [inaudible] >> what do you believe was happening there? and how does that play into our discussions? >> it remains a stunning display, because you would think by watching it the most powerful person in that conversation is actually the man who wasn't prefplt you had our president demonstrating weakness to another leader who would convey the messages to vladimir putin. and so i think that that signal of weakness has not made us safer. it is important that the administration does recognize that they need to change course. unfortunately the power of the personality of the president, whether they thought it was negative in george bush and positive in president obama is not changing the actions of these hardened leaders. hopefully there is a more sober reality in calibrating our approach going forward. martha: do you think there is a direct connection between that move in eastern european the aggressiveness of north korea? >> well, th