abc's devin dwyer has america's moneyism topping america's money bleeding red ink. the u.s.ostal service lost $2 billion in the last quarter, almost three times as much as the same period a year ago. that even though its revenue was up in nearly all areas. the judge supervising the lawsuits against general motors over the ignition switch defect says he's going to push for deals not trials. but there's a question of whether the automaker can be sued for anything from before its government bailout five years ago. another judge will decide on that. and amazon is getting into the mobile payment movement today launching its own credit card reader that costs just 10 bucks. amazon's readers connect to a smartphone allowing individuals and companies to accept payments through a credit card. and finally burger king's chicken fries are back. they were dropped from the menu about two years ago because of slow sales but a social media campaign to bring them back appears to have worked. that's america's money. i'm devin dwyer. >> up next a new scam at a local atm. we have a video police

. >> on the balance, has america been a force of good or bad in the world? >> there is no question about powerful force for good. this world would be a much poorer place. [applause] >> thank you very much. your witness, mr. mccarthy. >> mr. forbes, mr. de sousa said in retrospect he thinks the iraq war and the iran war are due to exercises. do you agree with that? >> take the vietnam war, for example, the first war we lost. another way to look at vietnam is there was a terrible loss in the cold war. it was a huge battle lost just as we lost battles in world war ii. but we won the cold war. and given human history, the sad fact is, yes, in retrospect, you can say we shouldn't have done this, we shouldn't have done that. but when you're fighting these things, you will make mistakes. the key thing is, are you trying to win a big one and do it right. democracies supposedly don't have the stick-to-it-iveness, and we won the cold war. ronald reagan had the vision to see we didn't have to have stalemate, we could have victory, and we got the victory. >> mr. forbes,

that would be for america -- think of america as another canada. canada has zero impact on the world. things can happen all over the world. no one will come really cares. and america used to be like that. we have no influence and tell basically world war two. and then we started having an impact. what has that impact on the balance been? it is idiotic to do a microscopic scrutiny of this or that intervention. you have to look at the whole picture. you can't miss the forest for the trees. in retrospect it is always easy to say, we made a mistake over here and over there. churchill said in analyzing the war it is illegitimate to criticize people with the benefit of hindsight because they did not have that hindsight at the time. you have to criticize them based on the information available to them than. in retrospect i do not think we should have gone in. in retrospect i think the vietnam war was stupid. but when i look at the overall picture of american foreign policy, you have to remember that power in the world is either going to be used by us or somebody els

. >> the last question steve on the balance has america been a force for good or for bad in the world? >> there's no question about it. it's a powerful force for good. [applause] >> thank you very much. your witness mr. mccarthy. >> mr. forbes mr. d'souza said in retrospect he thinks the iraq war and the vietnam war are dubious exercises. do you agree with him on that? >> you that? >> agonized look back and point out the mistakes made in the past. the vietnam war for example the first war that we lost. another way to look at vietnam is there was a terrible loss in the cold war. there was a huge battle lost. these were lost battles in world war ii but we won the cold war. given human history the sad fact is yes in retrospect we can say we shouldn't have done this and we should not duh but when you are fighting these things you will make mistakes. the key thing is are you trying to win the big one do it right in the cold war has supposedly not receive democracies don't have the sticktoitiveness that the dictatorships have. we have that sticktoitiveness even though we had rough times in

>> in this envelope is my life right now... >> edge of eighteen only on al jazeera america >> on the stream, >> what has to happen next in ferguson missouri so the death of an unarmed black teen shot by police is not in vain. join us on the stream >> the stream on al jazeera america >>> this is talk to al jazeera this week, ken roth, the executive director of human rights watch. >> we know that there are active talks right now over iran's nuclear program. do you have concerns that because those talks have taken precedent right now that iran's human rights record over the years is being put to the side, ignored, neglected? >> i have precisely that concern. i think aside from the principal point, i think it's counterproductive to be ignoring human rights because if there were more pressure on iran to respect its people you would find more respect for rhouhani. there is a big splint in governmental circles between the more reformist segment, the old-fashioned hard liners and if there were more pressure on human rights, you might find the iranian people better able to express their views and i think the maj

foreign and domestic policy and i first asked him to explain what concerns he has about america's involvement in ukraine take a look. over there are several first is i don't like our government getting involved in the affairs of other people or leading only to trouble. the admonition of our early founders of the country that we should be involved in the integrity alliances throughout the world nor in the internal affairs of other nations so whether it's the middle east northern africa or whether it's ukraine i apply that principle so i do but not believe it's to our benefit i don't hell i don't think it helps our national security i think it hurts our national security i don't think it helps in this particular instance the ukrainian people so i think it would be best . for everybody for us to just stay out besides we don't have the money we have to go borrow the money if we decide and we're already spending money on this effort in ukraine and i don't think we should be doing it. dr paul i take it you believe the money spent by the us abroad would be better used to shore up our finances here a

but we are not going to stop until every veteran who has defended america has hope in in america. that is a basic commitment that we have to uphold. we need to make sure our veterans have every opportunity to pursue the american dream, and that includes a home of their own. under the law, our service members are entitled to reduce d mortgage rates. but the burden is on them to ask for it and prove they are eligible, which means a lot of folks don't get the low rates they deserve. today we are turning that around and announcing a new partnership in which america's biggest banks and financial institutions will simplify the process, proactively notify service members who qualify for lower rates, and in other words, we are going to help more of our troops and military families own their own home without questioning them. -- without a crushing debt. [applause] we are also going to keep helping our troops transition to civilian life. because of the work we have done together, if you have a military truck drivers license, every state has the skills test so it is easy for you to get a com

public education has failed america.lmost half of our schools are poorly performing, violent, disruptive schools. our students graduate and after they -- for those few who do graduate, they are still ranked near the bottom of industrialized nations. it is a failure. we have got to do some things differently. we must make industrial education available to students starting at the sixth and sevpbt graced and give families more choices that will permit families to take their children out of violent badly performing schools, poorly performing schools and put them into safe performing schools. we must make that choice available. [applause] and we must remove the violence, the disruptions, those children from our classrooms, they deserve to be in therapeutic educational environments where their issues can be addressed, where they can be made whole so that they can become full american citizens. and while they are in that environment, the other 29 children in the classroom will be safe and their educations will not be destroyed

>>> 40 years after watergate and the resignation of president richard nixon, has america's faith in the federal government reached new lows? >>> and if you are heading to the beach this weekend, watch out. an fda ban on more effective sunscreens is leaving you exposed. >> when the lives of american citizens are at risk, we will take action. that's my responsibility as commander in chief. and when many thousands of innocent civilians are faced with the danger of being wiped out, and we have the capacity to do something about it, we will take action. that is our responsibility as americans. that's a hallmark of american leadership. that's who we are. >> welcome to the "journal editorial report." i'm in this week for paul gigot. that was president obama thursday night announcing he has authorized air strikes in iraq against the terror group isis as well as humanitarian aid to help save some 40,000 iraqi civilians trapped on a mountain without food or water and facing almost certain death. the announcement comes as the islamic extremists make dramatic gain in northern iraq threatening the k

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troops and soldiers in the military on its own citizens has woken the world up that america speaks with. by the end of the week police clashes and protests decreased significantly as temperatures in ferguson have around thirty seven degrees celsius meanwhile the st louis grand jury has already begun hearing evidence to determine if ferguson officer darren wilson should be charged with the death of michael brown a decision is expected in october but the makeup of the jury may good night a wave of backlash to see nine white people and only three black people were chosen as jurors the on even representation may spark a new feeling of injustice causing the public to accuse the process of being bias. r.t. ferguson. well the police in ferguson have been equipped with some heavy duty military equipment let's have a look now first of all they have gas masks and tear gas as well and they've also got military grade weapons bulletproof vests and stun grenades and that's not including additional handguns finally they're backed up with heavily armored vehicles fitted for crowd control former police

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troops and soldiers in the military on its own citizens has woken the world up that america speaks with. by the end of the week police clashes and protests decreased significantly as temperatures in ferguson have around thirty seven degrees celsius meanwhile the st louis grand jury has already begun hearing evidence to determine if ferguson officer darren wilson should be charged with the death of michael brown a decision is expected in october but the makeup of the jury may give night a wave of backlash you see nine white people and only three black people were chosen as jurors the on even representation may spark a new feeling of injustice causing the public to accuse the process of being bias. artie ferguson. well the police in ferguson have been equipped with some heavy duty military equipment have a look at exactly what they've got first of all they have gas masks and tear gas and they've also got military grade weapons they also have bulletproof vest and stun grenades and that's not including the additional handguns finally forces backed up with heavily armored vehicles fit for cr

never in history of america has america had a higher tax rate than they have now. nobody ever paid rates of 80% or 90% or even 40%. they all earned cash in a small business and they told the government they broke even. they may use the money to send the kids to columbia university. isn't a good for society? or they bought a new car. or they bought a new house. isn't that good for society? or the expanded the business and hired new employees. isn't that good? my grandfather told another story but like everything happening in america today. he said there are only two rules of business. rule number one is the customer is always right. world number two is if the customer is wrong, refer back to rule number one. the customer is always number one, except with the irs and the u.s. government. where the more money you make, the more they spit in your face. they don't ask for your money. they demand your money. they audit you, they harass you, they haven't you. when you give them large sums of money they don't even say please or thank you. it doesn't work like that in busin

." >> but it has the center of revolution sent -- shifted away. >> the center of revolution, 1776 in 1960. america has been the best in of white supremacy and the role of capital. >> a man. >> we have had resistance and protest but we have not had as south africa, venezuela, china, india 1948. america has been the bastion of capital. >> of vigilante violence. eighty out of every 100 americans owns a weapon. the government has nothing to fear. and this is the problem. the one sort of figure in our revolutionary intellectual tradition, thomas paine who has been marginalized in silence, has not had any errors. and so hofstadter writes about this in that book on violence. you know, you go back and look at american history whether it is the slave patrol where the pinkertons or baldwin or the coal mining gun thugs or the vigilantes' who shot down the miners at blair mountain, right up to the tea party, the militias. violence in american society does not revolve around in a way that it did in europe around the transformer and theology. but around these kind of pro fascists. and that is something that as

i think that's where america has gone wrong. >> okay. >> after the great depression and then world warrican dream was defined as being able to provide your family with basic necessities of life, such as food, shelter, the basic things we all need to live. somehow after world war ii we experienced so much prosperity that we ended up with a distorted version of what the american dream should be. so the key here is, we need to go back to basics and redefine the american dream to what it should be, and that's just providing for basic necessities of life. >> owning a home, owning a car. they don't necessarily define you. is there anything worse than actually owning a home financ l financially for those out 0 there? >> i think our political system has been pushing the philosophy that every american should own a home. unfortunately, the economics of that just don't fit. if everyone needed to own a home, had the right to own a home, there should be no rental prorlts out 0 there. it's not for everyone. if you show you can financially save enough for a down payment and you're financially respons

don't understand why this fact is being silenced by all ukrainian media ukraine's president has told america's secretary of state that he's inviting red cross coordinators to organize aid for people in lugansk the city declared a state of humanitarian disaster last week russia wants to send emergency aid has been trying to get permission from kiev to do so real financial reports from the beleaguered city. the ganske made luke abandoned but the rusting people here. those who didn't flee have a daily struggle to survive. the city has been without electricity for more than a week now but it's the shortage of water which poses the biggest humanitarian challenge. this woman is called. in russian her name means home but she has little of that left dozens of the buckboard up isn't even your fault not government cover one beach well we did go to the blue did you can chose a new being to new we've got new cheer warm up mum she's got no question of what's going to get shut out but. for you to miley for your usual storm i'm sure it's getting a bit of queues form early in the morning because people are af

abc's brandy hit has america's money. >> reporter: in this morning's america's money advice before yourinal summer get ay. what aaa expects 35 million of us to hit the roads during the labor day weekend. gas price are the lowest in years. if you're staying overnight watch out for hidden hotel fees. the industry is collecting more than $2 billion a year from its surcharges like automatic gratuities for the bell hops and restocking fee for the mini bar. also this one. >> something that's new is an early arrival fee. so it might be $30, for example, to go to the room a few hours earlier. >> reporter: bottom line read the fine print carefully from booking a room. and if you're flying, you might see this. it's called a knee defender. the 22-dollar gadget prevents the person in front of from you reclining. that led to a fight between passengers over the weekend and an unscheduled landing to kick them off. that's america's money. i'm brandy hicks. >> it's 5:22. up next a massive shark is spotted right off avenue popular beach in new england. >> plus more news you didn't see last night includin

government in iraq and has pledged its full support for the president journalist larry evarist has written widely on america's record in iraq thinks the u.s. would like to see the embattled prime minister removed. the molecule regime has put in power by the united states is a product of the two thousand three invasion it is of coral imperialist very reactionary very repressive regime it is fueled sectarian cantons carried out if you describe so you know the sunni population and i would not doubt that the united states is manoeuvering behind the scenes to put in power every team that is you know more comfortable with it you know it's how tomorrow all of this in the name of humanitarianism and the unity of iraq it's obviously part of an effort to oust maliki. iraq's power struggle could hardly come at a worse time the country's under attack by islamic state jihad is to have already carved out swathes of the northwest for itself declared caliphate thousands of iraqi religious minorities have fled into remote areas to scape slaughter by a group that even al qaida rejects thousands from the u.s. the minority have

it has america in its crosshairs. the press has reported recently and people have been talking about for quite some time that isis has been, has training camps in iraq and syria. their headquarters and capital is in syria. they have been establishing training camps, not only did teach the terrorist arts of those who will fight for the syrian regime or the iraqi government, but also to train foreign fighters to return to their native lands to undertake acts of terror at some point. recently, about a week ago, an unnamed u.s. intelligence official -- i believe this article was in "the washington post" -- said that they believe isis is trying to establish cells in europe to undertake terrorist attacks and potentially the united states. if you hear with the u.s. government is saying publicly, you can imagine there is probably a lot of other stuff they are not saying because of intelligence sources and methods. isis has said they plan to raise al qaeda's flag over the white house. i think we need to take them for their word

has turned to crap. everything. by the way, the most expensive orrin hatch of the world is the war on poverty. all the wars in history of america combined have cost $8 trillion. the war on poverty only since 1964 was 66, lyndon johnson elected in 64, so 66, has cost $20 trillion counting. as of today there's more people living in poverty than the day it started. so what did we spend $20 trillion on? i can give you chapter and verse about what is the murder of the middle class. might insurance canceled. hillary clinton as a left las vegas paid $225,000 to give one speech at the university of nevada las vegas this fall. unlv is a middle-class blue-collar college filled with children of middle-class families who are struggling to afford to pay their tuition and you're going to be left with crippling debt for the rest of their lives. crippling student debt. every day there's a new article for the last five years saying we are broke, we have no money to educate these kids, we've got to raise tuition, we need more money from the state. but they had $225,000 to be hillary clinton for a one hour speech. i arrived in new york and they s

while america has never been able to right every wrong, america has made the world a more secure andous place. our leadership is necessary to underwrite the global security and prosperity that our children and grandchildren will depend on. we do so by adhering to a set of core principles. we do whatever is necessary to protect our people. we support our allies when they are in danger. we lead coalitions of countries to help uphold international norms and strive to take true to the fundamental values that are common to human beings wherever they are. that is why people look to the united states of america to lead. that is why we do. let me close by assuring you that there is no decision i take more seriously than the use of military force. over the last several years, we have brought the vast majority of our troops home from iraq and afghanistan. i have been careful to resist calls to turn to our military because america has other tools in our arsenal. we can lead with the power of diplomacy, economy and ideals. the lives of american citizens are at risk, we will take action. that is

abc's devon dwyer has america's money. >> reporter: topping america's money air fares continuing to climb the first half of this year the average round trip ticket caught over 500 flynn dollars up 14 bucks from last year. fewer seats and more people who want to travel lead to those higher fares. pf chang says the data breach that was discovered in june affected 33 restaurants in 16 states. it's believed an intruder may have stolen the data over an eight month period. sandra bullock tops the forbes list of highest paid actress. she made $51,000,000.02 is jennifer lawrence with 34 million, jennifer aniston was third after making $31 million and lego has sold off its new play set featuring three female scientists. the research institute was the company's answer to a seven year old girl's letter which criticized lego for its lack of sets that include professional women. it's expected to be available again in about two weeks. that's america's money, i'm devon dwyer up. >> next in your morning buzz we tell you who tops the annual list of the nation's top party schools. >> utah's newest bed and

the united states of america and to this country for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> thank you. now senator jim demint who has written a book called "falling in love with america again". he served in the house from 99 to 2010 was the senator from south carolina until he joined the heritage foundation in 2013. jim demint has a long record of public service, fighting for freedom and conservative principles and continues to advocate for limited government, individual liberty, strong national defense command traditional american values. also the author of the book saving freedom. in the senate he was a leader in the fight against obamacare, the misguided 2007 amnesty bill and against any interested united nations treaty. zero. well, i should have made the pledge of allegiance cut twice as long. have you as a captive audience. we have other people that have filed in to hear some of our next speakers. after senator jim demint we have senator santorum. then we have. three speakers in the afternoon will be tremendously exciting. andrew mccarthy talking about a book he has written about building the case for obama's i

my fellow americans, the world is confronted by many challenges, and while america has never been able to right every wrong, america has made the world's more secure and prosperous place. our leadership is necessary to under write the global security and prosperity our children and grandchildren will depend on. we do so by adhereing to set of core principles, we do whatever is necessary to protect our people. we is u is up up support our aly are in danger, we leave coalitions country to uphold international norms, we strive to stay drew to the fundamental values, that desire to live with basic freedom and dignity, that is common to human beings wherever they are. that is why people all every the world look to the united states of america, to lead. that is why we do. let me close by assureing you that there is no decision i take more seriously, than use of military force. over last several years, we have brought the vast majority of our troops home from iraq and afghanistan, i have been careful to resist calls to turn time again to our military, because america has other tools in our ar

josh is the mastermind behind the procera avh formula, which has become america's number-one brain-health and performance supplement. hi, josh, and congratulations. >> thanks for having me on. >> well, josh, you're not only the brain behind the procera avh formula, but you're also the author of the medically acclaimed book "20/20 brain power: 20 days to a quicker, calmer, sharper mind," as well as author of the "4 pillars of brain health" at-home program. by the way, our audience has the opportunity to receive a free copy of each of these today. so, josh, tell us about the story behind procera avh. >> we measured over one million brains. >> 1 million brains? >> actually, we measured 1.5 million people's brains. we measured their i.q., their brainpower, memory, their powers of concentration. and from all this data, we found something very shocking. >> and what was that, josh? >> the brain seems to be declining faster than the body. in fact, brainpower declined by up to 50% by age 50 to 55. it really shocked all the researchers. >> so, tell us what happened next, after this discovery. >> we

that america has the ability to help. and america must help at this point.there's no standing by. >> clearly, the president reluctant to make this decision, and expressing that tonight in his talk to the american people at the state dominica dining ro. at the white house. we have on the phone the ambassador to iraq, and he has been wrestling with this today. and what do you think pushed him to make this decision. >> several things. the plight of the azidis on the mountain, and the isil fighters, where we have not only american forces but the capital of the kurdistan region, and the evacuation of kurdish villagers, and tens of thousands of people and the evacuation of the mosul dam. this is exactly the situation that he talked about on the 19th of june, and he clearly is hoping that it won't come to this, but it has come to that. and now we think he's acting, but again, in passing his words, he used the military strikes, and that's the more important issues. humanitarian aid is good, but the military strikes are the only thing that stop isil. he couched that

reinforce the tax code, which has led america to be the country with the highest level of inequality of any of the advanced countries. >> give us a working definition for the laity of corporate welfare. >> well, this was an idea that i began talking about when i was serving as chairman of the council of economic advisers. >> 20 years ago. >> 20 years ago. and everybody was talking about how much money you were giving to the poor people. it wasn't -- if you actually looked at the amount of money, it wasn't that much. but we said, well, you're also giving away a lot of money to rich corporations, directly and indirectly. most of the indirect way is through the tax system. so, for instance, if you give special tax provisions for oil companies, so they don't pay the full share of taxes that they ought to be paying, that's a welfare benefit. lots of other provisions in our -- hidden in our tax code basically help one industry or another, that can't be justified in any economic terms. and, so, that's where we coined the term "corporate welfare." it's caught on. and because it says it's a s