transnational corporations will profit by destroying what our founding fathers one school class i'm john mark and on this show we reveal the big picture of what's actually going on in the world we go beyond identifying the problem try rational debate and a real discussion critical issues facing america if i'm ever ready to join the movement then welcome to the big picture. i think that's the master plan is to tear removed public governorship or stock market participation from the unwashed masses who have the temerity to go out there and buy a share in some publicly listed company hoping that they too can emulate warren buffett all that's going to be wiped out by the koch brothers and the buffets of the world the private equity scam artists are going to take it all private and this is what these it's going to become be told when oligarchies hill america's a clip talk oligarchies. if you drive people away from the dollar many people now it must be sitting there saying gosh if we have u.s. dollars and the u.s. decides they don't like us they're going to put sanctions on us so people get more and

friends national corporations that will profit by destroying what our founding fathers once built i'm john mark and on this show we reveal the big picture of what's actually going on in the world we go beyond identifying problems. rational debate real discussion critical issues facing down by are you ready to join the movement then walk they take. the leap. welcome back to cross talk we're all things are considered i'm peter alito to remind you we're discussing israel's ground invasion of gaza. and i to remind our viewers that our our third guest decided to walk out in the first half of the program his choice for freedom of speech here. if i go to you i'd like to reflect a little bit on what when norah said it at the end of the first part of the program it seems to me the dynamic is this is that no unity government you know you a mosque isn't given any any legitimacy to be part of any kind of peace process which israel has refused adamantly since oslo in my opinion but it's really it's the palestinian authority. that's the real story right here because the israelis and the americans and their f

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of trans national corporations they will profit by destroying what our founding fathers once i'm john mark and on this show we reveal the big picture of what's actually going on in the world we go beyond identifying a problem try rational debate and a real discussion critical issues facing not to find her ready to join the movement then walk or take. the leap. below and welcome to crossfire where all things are considered on peter lavelle redrawing the map the rise of the islamic state or isis in the middle east is said to reorder political realities in the region the west neocolonial agenda for the arab world is coming to an end it would seem the arab spring has been replaced with a jihadi summer. to cross not to be shaping of the middle east i'm joined by my guest michael barnett in washington he is a professor of international affairs at the george washington university as well as a member of the council on foreign relations also in washington we have got up by god he is a professor.

transnational corporations that will profit by destroying what our founding fathers once built i'm john mark and on this show we reveal the big picture of what's actually going on in the world we go beyond identifying the problem try rational debate and real discussion critical issues facing or define are you ready to join the movement then welcome to the big picture. thanks for staying with us quarter till the top of the hour now in his hunt for lucrative shale gas reserves u.s. energy firm chevron has started drilling in northeast romania and though the government claims the technology is safe the public is still uneasy about the controversial industry new york is going to meet some of the locals who might have to bear the consequences of the drilling. this family gets everything from their form it's their home and business at the same time since whatever extra they managed to produce they so that's why having chevron develop shell gas just a few miles away is to say the least causing concern. we know what they did in other countries using this technique we're really worried it will contam

transnational corporations that will profit by destroying what our founding fathers once built by john mark and on this show we reveal the big picture of what's actually going on in the world we go beyond identifying. rational debate and real discussion critical issues facing them bunker hill ready to join the movement then welcome to their. welcome back now with all the fines that u.s. banks have been slapping on foreign banks recently they sure haven't made themselves any friends however it has demonstrated that the us a won't allow its currency to be used in ways that contradict its foreign policy aims that's for sure yet no friends but they got that point across but as the world's reserve currency such actions might prove disruptive for countries that disobeyed u.s. foreign policy rules so i want to check in with dr barry eichengreen now i can green is a well known professor of macro economics and political science at the university of california berkeley and he has done considerable research on the history and operation of the international monetary and financial systems and we want to

friends national corporations that will profit by destroying what our founding fathers once i'm john mark and on this show we reveal the big picture of what's actually going on in the world we go beyond identifying. rational debate and real discussion critical issues facing up to find her ready to join the movement then walk or take. the lead. is a. welcome to cross talk where all things are considered i'm peter lavelle we're discussing washington spinning of containment. ok john and i go back to you in chicago we're all children of the cold war i suppose but those days were quite simple one thing i mean it was very black and white the good guys bad guys and this seems to be what the obama administration is selling because it looks like it's given up on dialogue it's given up on diplomacy it's given up on problem solving in ukraine there were opportunities to avert what's going on there now but they were missed opportunities because the united states didn't want to respect anyone else is an equal partner. well i think what's going on here is that the united states has a particular world v

corporations that will profit by destroying what our founding fathers once the old testament by john markand on this show we reveal the big picture of what's actually going on in the world we go beyond identifying the problem to try rational debate and real discussion critical issues facing our young for ready to join the movement then welcome the. welcome back to the senate now before the break you heard from michael hudson on the b i asked report but i want to get a more libertarian perspective on monetary policy overindebtedness and financial instability so earlier i spoke with anthony randolph the director of economic research at the reason foundation and i first asked him what a fax zero or near zero rates have an asset prices here's what he had to say. first i think that the b.o.'s is absolutely correct and basically telling policymakers they need to start looking more long term easy money policy around the world has created all this big capital misallocation and that is created some severe problems for global economic stability easy money policy may not be creating problems for tom

transnational corporations that will profit by destroying what our founding fathers once built i'm john mark and on this show we reveal the big picture of what's actually going on in the world we go beyond identifying. rational debate real discussion critical issues facing are. you ready to join the movement then welcome to. the league and. welcome back to cross talk or all things are considered i'm peter lavelle to mind you we're discussing the reshaping of the middle east. ok michael i'd like to go back to you in washington was mentioned earlier in the program about a possible showdown between the sunni world and the shia world and obviously that means saudi arabia and iran what do you think of that because you really have so many odd bedfellows going on right now in that region of or it isn't only your enemy's enemy you're dealing you know your enemy your friends are dealing with your enemies and so you like i said earlier is a very complicated but what about this showdown between the sectarian. differences here well i think again this is actually a matter of contrivance and convenience t

transnational corporations that will profit by destroying what our founding fathers once told i'm john mark and on this show we reveal the big picture of what's actually going on in the world we go beyond identifying the problem try rational debate real discussion critical issues facing up to find a job ready to join the movement then walk to make. me feel. welcome i can cross talk we're all things are considered i'm peter lavelle to mind you were discussing perceptions of russia and russians. go back to a nickel in berlin a nickel in one of the things i find really quite remarkable when i look at descriptions of russia well quote unquote behavior and condescending language but when i look at it western politicians and i describe what's going on in the g.o.p. . call environment and i always find it very interesting is that russia is always accused or very often accused of what exactly the the west is actually doing brutality the use of force on compromising and go on and on and it seems to me it's just projecting onto russia because russia has its own national interest and it's going to sta

john ford. joining us is author mark harris. how did john ford view his service in the u.s. navy? service. he was the oldest of the five directors i write about. in fact, he became a grandfather during the war. e he had been old enough to serve in the first world war, although he didn't. so for ford, i think the war was a proving ground. he really wanted to test his courage, and although he was at least once directly in the line of fire, i'm not sure that ford ever believed that he was courageous. in fact, at one point he said all i know is that i'm not a brave man, that it i'm a coward. that was after he had been at d-day. so ford was really proud that he had served and in fact, when he completed his sort of decommissioning papers, he said he would do it again if called upon. one of the things ford did right after the war was farm, which was sort of a combination rest home, clubhouse, barroom, getaway for the men in his field photo unit. and it was a place that he decorated with every medal and recognition that he had ever won during the war. that was something he was really obse

transnational corporations that will profit by destroying what our founding fathers once it's all just i'm john mark and on this show we reveal the big picture of what's actually going on in the world we go beyond identifying the problem to try to rational debate and a real discussion critical issues facing us to find him are you ready to join the movement then why. i know c.n.n. the m s n b c news have taken some not slightly but the fact is i admire their commitment to cover all sides of the story just in case one of them happens to be accurate. that was funny but it's close in for the truth and might think. it's because when full attention and the mainstream media works side by side the joke is actually on here. and our teen years we have a different brain. because the news of the world just is not this funny i'm not laughing dammit i'm not how. you guys stick to the jokes will handle the stuff that. sixty minutes is one of america's most celebrated journalistic institutions c.b.s. news magazine has won over one hundred and the award since the program first launched in one hundred sixty eight and

transnational corporations they will profit by destroying what our founding fathers one school class i'm john mark and on this show we reveal the big picture of what's actually going on in the world we go beyond identifying the problem to try rational debate and real discussion critical issues facing the now defunct bill ready to join the movement then walk they take. a chance. or so. there's a line of the marathon. like . the military industrial complex has guaranteed the pentagon is heavily involved in many if not most of this country's major economic and political decisions but you might not know that the defense department's also heavily interested in cultural and sociological aspects of the world too in fact in two thousand and eight the d.o.d. launched the minerva research initiative multimillion dollar program to quote improve d.o.d.'s basic understanding of the social cultural behavioral and political forces that shape regions of the world of strategic importance to the u.s. but according to a recent article written by guardian journalist offering some men the pentagon is working in conjun

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but first, we speak with author mark harris about john ford. >> in his book, author mark harris focusingsecond world war and five leading directors at the time including john ford, who serve ed in the u.s. navy during world war ii. mark harris, thanks very much for being with us. >> thanks for having me. >> what can you tell us about the work of john ford? >> ford was one of the most respected directors in hollywood. probably thee most respected before the war. between 1939 and 1941 he went on kind of an unmatched tear in hollywood making "the grapes of wrath", "stagecoach" one of the first important westerns, "young mr. lincoln", just a set of movies that gave him the reputation as one of the most intelligent and serious-minded directors. . he was also the most presentation of the five directors i write about in realizing that war was inevitable. in fact, three months before pearl harbor, ford was already in uniform. he felt that war was coming and that he also understood that hollywood really needed to be prepared. he had gotten the navy to agree almost a year before the war to let him

but first, we speak with author mark harris about john ford. >> in his book, author mark harris focusingnd world war and five leading directors at the time including john ford, who serve ed in the u.s. navy during world war ii. mark harris, thanks very much for being with us. >> thanks for having me. >> what can you tell us about the work of john ford? >> ford was one of the most respected directors in hollywood. probably thee most respected before the war. between 1939 and 1941 he went on kind of an unmatched tear in hollywood making "the grapes of wrath", "stagecoach" one of the first important westerns, "young mr. lincoln", just a set of movies that gave him the reputation as one of the most intelligent and serious-minded directors. . he was also the most presentation of the five directors i write about in realizing that war was inevitable. in fact, three months before pearl harbor, ford was already in uniform. he felt that war was coming and that he also understood that hollywood really needed to be prepared. he had gotten the navy to agree almost a year before the war to let him cre

john, as i say, thinks jesus is literally god which is not what matthew, mark and luke say about jesusre is no phrase in which he says he is himself god. whereas he says this in john all the time. that doesn't mean it's incorrect. that's a faith statement. a christian can be as much a christian in believing that jesus is literally god incarnate as he can be if he believes that jesus is just a man. there are many, many christians -- the aryan christians are many of them -- who believe that jesus was not god. by the way, there are many, many christians who believe that jesus was not a man. the copts, for instance, in egypt believe this jesus was pure -- that jesus was pure god, that he had no human nature whatsoever. so that verse which seems, in your mind and in the minds of many, many christians around the world, to be self-explanatory and to require no kind of interpretation, that it can only be understood in one way, in reality has been understood in hundreds and hundreds of different ways. so i ask you again, how do we decide which way is right? how do we decide which interpretation

. >> great if we could hear from the applicant, either john kevlin or mark? >> supervisors, thank you so much for your time this morning, i am genius with the law firm and mr. kevin is out of the country at the moment, this is an 8,000 square foot cvs on the corner of jefferson and it is under construction right now and schedule to be completed in the fall and this is a convenience store only and not a pharmacy here. and one interesting thing about this item the alcohol use itself, the 8,000 square feet is the total retail area, and only 250 feet will be devoted to alcohol and it is a small component of the retail for this location. the license as would mention is being transferred from another location on polk street and not an increase in the district three number of licenses. our out reach consisted of fisherman's wharf and working closely with the merchant's association. and there are no residents nearby and no opposition to that we are aware of and we are in agreement with all of the conditions that have been proposed and happy to answer any questions th

in fact, governor john hickenlooper, senator mark udall and andrew romanof all will not be seen with the president. they have, it turns out, prior commitments. they won't be able to attend the president's speech on the economy, and apparently will be avoiding photo ops with him altogether. that's how popular this president is. udall does have time in his schedule to attend a closed-door democratic fund-raiser with the president, later in the day. >>> up next, we'll talk with a congressman denied access to a detention facility on an oklahoma military base, fort sill, containing more than a thousand illegal immigrant children. he explains why this administration is behaving as he puts it much like the former soviet union? friday night, buddy. you are gonna need a wingman. and with my cash back, you are money. forget him. my airline miles will take your game worldwide. what i'm really looking for is -- i got two words for you -- re-wards. ♪ there's got to be better cards than this. [ male announcer ] there's a better way with creditcards.com. compare hundreds of cards from all the major

ordered russia to pay more than fifty billion dollars to the former shareholders of the or john you cos really marks a milestone in a more than a decade long legal process according to that ruling you cos owned by former tycoon mikhail khodorkovsky was in fact expropriated by the kremlin and it contradicts moscow's claims that the business was split up in accordance with market regulations russia now has ten days in which to appeal the court's decision one analyst told us that the ruling is just another ball in the political games being played. it strikes me as a very political decision the west manages to create this illusion of. law. staring this in the judicial process and this is the. mr sort of cold ski and he is he's had been found guilty not only in russian courts but is that guilty sentence for tax evasion and fraud which was uphill by the european court of human rights it is outrageous that anyone should imagine that russia is going to pay sixty billion dollars to these criminals. fast food john mcdonald's has found itself on the battlefield with russia's officials once again in federal con

that he would lift some of japan's economic sanctions in return for john yang's -- john yang's decision. this summer marks the 100th anniversary of the start of one of the greatest catastrophes of the 20th century. >> that were left millions dead. it read through the borders of europe and pave the way for another global concentration. the german parliament stopped to remember those in a solemn ceremony. >> the first world war is often considered to be the first industrialized war. it involved guns, tanks, and poison gas. it was thought in europe, the middle east, africa, east asia, and at sea. 17 million people lost their lives. the initial enthusiasm for the war turns to horror on all sides. in his speech to the german parliament, he said the two world wars affected germany much more than other european nations. >> the federal republic of germany is and remains a special case in europe. it was not built in the principle of a nationstate. in stand, it was from a political philosophy that reflect and stalin as a regional leader. >> president said overcoming militarism had made germany into the country it i

[applause] john: second prize football helmets, mark lendl of novi, minnesota. that is 500 bucks. john: all right. now questions for some of our other guests. it is first? >> in this country there are a lot of horrendous losses, but what can we as ordinary citizens do to try to fix it? >> we have become a society that looks to solve everything bypassing ace -- pass in a criminal law. at first blush it is really their politicians because any time something bad happens is it -- it is easy to say let's make another criminal law, but realls us as individuals. john: what can you do? >> we have to say to our politicians, don't give us more criminal laws unless you can show what the impact will be, what benefit we will get, what the cost will be of enforcing it. it is up to the people now to say enough. john: yes. >> i was wondering how many laws there are an american, like overall? >> too many. [laughter] john: nobody knows. they cannot even count the criminal law, right? >> right. that's right. john: yes, sir. >> hello. nick ricci from connecticut. my question is for

in fact, governor john hickenlooper, senator mark udall and andrew romanof all will not be seen with the president. they have, it turns out, prior commitments. they won't be able to attend the president's speech on the economy, and apparently will be avoiding photo ops with him altogether. that's how popular this president is. udall does have time in his schedule to attend a closed-door democratic fund-raiser with the president, later in the day. >>> up next, we'll talk with a congressman denied access to a detention facility on an oklahoma military base, fort sill, containing more than a thousand illegal immigrant children. he explains why this administration is behaving as he puts it much like the former soviet union? [ male announcer ] if you suffer from a dry mouth then you'll know how uncomfortable it can be. [ crickets chirping ] but did you know that the lack of saliva can also lead to tooth decay and bad breath? [ exhales deeply ] [ male announcer ] well there is biotene. specially formulated with moisturizers and lubricants, biotene can provide soothing relief and it helps k

investigation in utah has led to the arrest of two former attorneys. 23 charges leveled benefits john swallow and marks they plan to fight the charges face up to 30 years in prison if convict >>> when the nba season starts in october, donald sterling could still be the owner of the l.a. clippers. that is according to adam silver. silver said that the league is doing everything they can to oust silver but he believes there's a chance that the courts could step in and halt the sale to former microsoft chairman steve ballmer. >>> coming up a direct hit to millions of sweet tooths. hershey's hiking prices on its chocolate saying, well, we got to. we'll tell you next. find out why more than two million members count on angie's list. angie's list -- reviews you can trust. i'm living the life of dreams. i'm living the life of dreams, with good people all around me. i'm living the life of dreams. no! i'm living the life of dreams. i'm feeling hopefully. feeling quite hopefully, it's right up here, turn right, turn right. with good people all around me. right, right, right, right, right! with good people all a

president obama, harry ride, john boehner, warren buffet, mark zuckerberg, bill gates. even now speaker boehner wants to pass immigration law as he sues president for his abuse of executive tower. in a "usa today" opet over the week, speaker boehner outlined at least 4 issues where the president acted outside of the bounds of law. heramazingly, speaker boehner, d not list immigration among those issues. even though his critics say one of the president's executive actions causeed crises on our southern border, many of the politicians and, executives clamors for amnesty, claim there is a labor shortage in this country. which is untrue. household network has fallen, wages have remained stagnant. the advocates insist there is a shortage of so-called stem degree holders. well, that is not true either. so says census bureau. they say 74% of those with stem degrees, are not employed in stem jobs. why then are folks like former microsoft ceo, found erbil gates -- bill gates calling for a unlimited number of high-tech guest worker visa, when microsoft itself have month, slashed

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john brennan mislead the public. mislead is a pretty way to say lied, maybe? >> let's all go off-the-record for a minute. i agree with senator mark cia director john brennan should resign. that's not all. there is a lot more. i smell a ratted and a squishy apology from the cia director should not push this matter under the rug. earlier today, cia director john brennan apologized toot senate intelligence committee leaders for spying on them. that's not a mistake. that is a crime and a big one. on the cia's own web site, it says domestic spying by the cia is a crime. and the only way it is not a crime and this is where i get a bit suspicious, is if the attorney general of the united states authorizes domestic spying. that, of course, would be eric holder. so, did the attorney general authorize domestic spying? if he did, he needs to tell us why. he owes the american people those answers. and if eric holder didn't authorize the spying, he needs to do his job and prosecute, convene a grand jury immediately. i don't buy for one second the department of justice previous statement that there is not enough evidence for a a criminal inves

the elder john seigenthaler made his mark in journalism and was a celebrated editor and activist. ay is the author of "the bill of century", and join us us to discuss john seigenthaler's contribution to the civil rights movement. >> i have to say his actions in alabama during the freelied om riots, for him to go down and put himself in the middle of that situation, to try to protect one of the freedom writers and be beaten and sent to the hospital for it. that was beyond the call of duty, and something that most journalists would never find themselves in the middle of. he had followed his moral compass into the kennedy administration and into the middle of the civil rights movement. he was the definition of a crusading journalist. he took on unions, he was a strong democrat, but had no fear of taking on special interest people who might have agreed with him on a lot of policy issues. he was nevertheless fearless, taking on corrupt politicians and anything that he thought went against the public interest. >> there was not a lot of people that stood out as having made the right choic

mark harris, thank you for that explanation. here is that film. from the mid-1940's by director john huston, "the battle of san pietro." >> in 1943, it was one of our strategic aims to draw as many german forces as possible away from the russian front and french coastal areas and to contain them on the italian peninsula while liberating as much of italy as might be possible with the means at our disposal. as the bulk of our supplies was directed to england, for the forthcoming invasion, operations in italy had to be conducted on an extremely them did scale. -- limited scale. it became about him during the winter months, the number of allied divisions in italy was reduced. so determined was there effort, they succeeded in holding in italy a very large number of german divisions. san pietro was the key to the valley. we knew it and the enemy knew it. we had to take it even though the immediate cost would be high. by its very nature, the success worked bitter hardships upon each individual soldier, calling for his devotion. the response of the troops supply an inspiring page in our mili

john and mark, what is something ridiculous?ng ridiculous is a two-man juggling comedy support. >> a couple of happy guys making complete fools out of ourselves. >> reporter: i hear you did three hours of unicycle last night. >> we're training for the championships this summer. >> reporter: okay. do your thing. and jim farley is here. hi, jim. jim's retiring. 40 years here. we'll move away. 28 years as director of the fair. huge job. is. >> yes. >> reporter: you have a favorite memory? >> probably the biggest year was 1988. george lucas generously provided his costumes, models and characters. people came from all over the world. it put moo career on the map. it put the marin county fair on the map all over the bay area. >> reporter: and you had no idea. tell me about the experience. >> i had no idea. it was a four-hour line to get in the exhibit. the line stretched down the stret. i had no idea how people are -- are loved and engaged by the stories of "star wars." >> reporter: darth vader is here and the storm troopers. >> and o

john. >> good morning, mark.is case, goldman sachs and morgan stanley are forecasting double-digit percentage growth in the stock market. the government and china must make steps to reach its growth target. it would be about 7.5%. he was promised it would be a different percent. example, they have seen it's lacking a bit. we have seen manufacturing retail sales and all of this growing in the last few months that is encouraging. we have also got goldman sachs. that will rise 13% by june of next year. you have got morgan stanley that will rise. rise 4% by thel end of this year. they are fairly bullish as a government will put into place steps and see the stock market grow. that is why it must meet the 7.5 or send growth at any cost. -- 7.5% growth at any cost. for example, morgan stanley's forecasting for june of next year. they downgraded that. we expect the chinese indices to rise in the second half. goldman sachs had both thousand target by june of next year. the original one was 13600. they downgraded there's b

and in talking about this project, mark, what you and john have been doing, i think that it's very thoughtful. i have an open mind. i haven't really reached a conclusion, but i think we're going in the right direction because it's local businesses, it's a good fit. and this is a city, we say what we really do, we can pay no tourism. we're trying to get to a goal of a million passengers a year with the new cruise terminal. we have to have something to entice people to come to the waterfront. this is going to be part of a community, lockal businesses. it's a place for the small person. i think people will be screened and we look at and we have some opportunities ~ and the people from telegraph hill, all the community should be able to come over to this facility and feel like this is a part of the community, different things and stuff like that. i think this will enhance our waterfront. i mean, we're [speaker not understood] about progress. we're talking about having the olympics in this city one day. never do you look back into the present, you look into the future. and this is something that w

today's marking the 's first week they commute. john gonzalez has reaction from metro officials after the morning rush. >> everything is brand-new. i am excited. >> everything is new here at the metro station. even bathrooms now visible to the public. we know riders of the new stations are generally traveling longer distances. transit system is 10% larger with the addition of five new stations. this is the first new test of the line on a weekday after more than 50,000 customers road this past weekend. >> we got more choked up with traffic. i could be a sign. >> some worried about overcrowding but for the most part, people were impressed on this day one. >> you took advantage of the bus service? how do that go? >> it was good. faster than taking the bus, which is what i used to do. >> 20,000 riders are expected daily on the miles of tracks. dan gave us his assessment. >> i see local commuters coming on the buses. >> this is a project that in three or four years, will expand to the dulles international airport, that for now, will take som

meteorologist mark tamayo has more on the weather but first ktvu's john fowler joins us live at a red cross evacuation center where they are hoping for good news. john? >> reporter: that's right. right now the -- here neighbors have been dropping off pet food, boxes and canned and pet carriers. plus the salvation army began serving dinner for families whose homes are still at risk from the fire. >> reporter: this fire is still burning across the hills of pope valley. clouds of emotions. >> scary. tiring. worrisome. >> she fled her home of 15 years. >> got the kids. got the dog and the cat. chickens and turkeys are still there and my husband stayed back. >> reporter: firefighters protecting 50 homes where resident could not or would not leave. the wind and humidity today favored firefighters. 280 structures remain at risk and evacuations still in effect. american red cross volunteers expected a new surge of needy people. >> we expect twice as many to spend the night. >> reporter: the red cross expects 60 people tonight. >> especially accommodating the people who evacuated with their pe