. >> this is democratic post saddam -- iraq kurdistan. -- this is democratic, post saddam kurdistan. >> tokyo was buzzing and the rest of the world could not get enough. then japan's bubble burst, the stock market crash sent the economy tumbling. they call the next 10 years the lost decade, a time of slow growth and unemployment. other countries are worried as they are destined to follow japan posture tikrit and what lessons must be learned to avoid it. we will talk to a japan watchers who questions the entire premise of the lost decade. >> japan does not look like it has been stagnating for 20 years. the streets are bustling. many of the women have a luxury handbag. there are nearly four times more michelin restaurants in tokyo than in france. this company has doubled its work force since the bad times began. they produce panels that control the machines that make the exports that japan is famous for, cameras and cars. their jobs have never been under threat. >> have you have ever had to let anyone go? >> we have had a salary let down. >> you have reduced the salary. how come you ha

kurdistan is secure and stable compared to the rest of the area. the kurds have fought for centuries to gain the level of autonomy they have here today. there are plenty of people nervous about jeopardized and that by challenging the status quo that has got them here. after two months of continuous protests, government forces broke up the demonstrations in the city and killed a central square with their own troops. there is unfinished business here. kurdish democracy is a work in progress. a lesson perhaps for other nations in the region trying to move beyond dictatorship. bbc news, kurdistan. >> researchers suggest one in five people will suffer from depression in their lives. in the world of professional sports it is still taboo subjects. the former england cricket capital and andrew believes he also suffered in the height of his career. he's made a documentary speaking to other sports stars who have suffered mental agonies in triumph and defeat, yet they felt too ashamed to tooit. he's looking back at press headlines of when he had to be rescued

he has fled to the autonomous region of kurdistan and he has blamed the shiite-led government for the security situation. >> the trial of ousted egyptian leader hosni mubarak took a dramatic turn when the prosecution demanded that he received a death sentence. mubarak, who traveled back and forth to court in a helicopter, is charged with ordering the killing of anti-government protesters in the mass protests that drove him from power last year. i spoke a short time ago to our correspondent in cairo. calling for the death penalty is a major step. why do they think he deserves that? >> the prosecution said quite simply that the crime of murder is punishable by death here in egypt. the accusation is really that hosni mubarak and his colleagues ordered the killings of hundreds of people and effectively he is responsible for multiple murders. one of the prosecutors in the final summing up basically call for justice and said the souls of the murders -- martyrs demanded justice. >> the trial continues on monday, doesn't it? >> the time frame in deed is a good question that i cannot really an

forward with specific legislative proposals, is the mayors and that the board of supervisors as a kurdistan's is not taking job creation and consideration as we do -- that the board of supervisors is not currently taking job creation and consideration? >> absolutely not. there is the committee process, and if in your opinion you believe that is sufficient to receive the amount of public feedback need to make decisions about legislation that creates jobs lost, that is a valid decision to come to. and american opinion, adding another opportunity for people who are -- in the mayor's opinion, adding another opportunity for people to come to city hall and a formal way, brown act, sunshine, open process, that is beneficial. that is in no way harmful to the endgame of making good policy. supervisor campos: when we talk about jobs, the number of hearings we have had since i have been here where the issue of jobs has been raised, one of the things that i hear from people, not only from the business community but from workers, that it is not just the number of jobs that you have but the quality of thos

the vice president is hiding out in kurdistan, the prime minister malaki thinks things are very seriousas we predicted they would be. but president obama made a campaign promise he would get everybody out of iraq. i'm very worried. in the case of afghanistan, again, he is pulling the troops out early. still the recommendations of the military that be provided and poses much greater risk whether we can succeed or not. last night he said anybody who says that it's not pursued that the united states is weakening throughout the world doesn't know what they are talking about. well, i can assure you i have talked to many leaders around the world especially in the middle east that believe that the united states is withdrawing and is weakening. >> greta: are you saying he doesn't know what he is talking about then? >> i am saying he must be talking to very people than i do. i talk to the leaders of these middle east countries and i talk to them around the world. leading from behind is not what they admire. >> greta: something is very wrong, two different views of the world. he said last night,

you don't need a visa to go to kurdistan, but you do to go to iraq. it is, except for having a flag at the u.n., it's an independent country. so they're delighted. of course, they were also spared almost all the violence. it's a small segment of the iraqi population, the sunnis, and even only part of them, that are worse off. but the question is for the united states. was this worth $1 trillion? 4,000 dead and many thousands more permanently injured? to do what? to go into iraq and to leave a situation where we have a government in baghdad that is closely alied with our number one adversary in the world, iran. we also did great damage to the prestige of the united states, to have argued that we had to invade because of iraqi wmd, and then none existed. the incompetence of the occupation, particularly in the early period. the spectacle of the united states standing aside as baghdad was looted. all of these things damaged america's standing in the world. and these resources. the resources that the trillion dollars has added to the national debt. there a

we continue to work and support the kurdistan region of governments.e what is happening in iraq right now. maliki is aligned to pro-iranian influences. i think it was a political decision and not in national security decision. host: with that some people are twitter page courted the alexis de tocqueville. the want to know where they can collect their $1. we were expecting some calls. the check is in the mail. guest: contact our office. host: how would you describe the tone of the president's speech last night? guest: i kept account. three times the was divisive rhetoric. i think the president needs to take responsibility for some of the things we have seen in the past three years. that is what leadership is about. host: congressman allen west, thank you for being here. center mark pryor and joins us. --senator mark pryor joins us. the president did not mention the xl pipeline. your reaction. guest: i did not expect him to talk about it in the speech. pipeline.ehe xl there will let us refine it here and burn it in our automobiles cleaner and safer than

given what's going on and what's happened since the american truth withdrawal in the kurdistan region, i was wondering what the role of u.s. diplomacy is right now with that situation and what you hope you will see in the future to ensure iraqi security and democracy and stability continue. >> well, first, i'm delighted that you have gone from intern to full-fledged employee in such a short period of time. and we're delighted, and that's exactly the kind of movement of young people into our ranks that i'm thrilled to see. there is no doubt all one has to do is follow the media, that there's a lot of political contention in iraq right now. the united states led by our very anal, experienced ambassador -- able, experienced ambassador jim jeffrey, he is constantly along with his able team reaching out, meeting with, cajoling, pushing the players starting with prime minister maliki not to blow this opportunity. let me just be very clear. this is an opportunity for the iraqi people of all areas of iraq, of all religious affiliation, of all backgrounds. thisthis is an opportunity to ha unif

on the borders with iraq and syria, iraq and iran and up north continue to work and support the kurdistanof government. we've seen what's happening in iraq right now with the resurgence of sectarian violence. maliki is -- muqtada al-sadr and the army is there. i think it was a political decision and not a good visionary national security decision. host: canry at the outset attribute an error on my part because we had some people on our twitter page quoting alexis so one of our viewers saying, steve, where can we collect our $1 from congressman west? we were expecting some calls. i guess the check is in the mail? guest: contact our office and we'll be happy to refund $1. i'd be honor to do that. host: in a word or phrase, how would you describe the tone of the president's speech last night? guest: i kept a little count here. fair was used six times. fair share was used five times. and there was three times where some divisive rhetoric. i think that the president needs to, you know, take responsibility for some of the things we've seen here in the past three years and chart a new course for