as through protest lauren lyster r.t. lisbon portugal. well joining me live to give us more details from our studio in new york is our chief financial correspondent lauren lyster and all lauren we hear a lot that the european population is war weary i guess that this was a good way to prove it how many people do you think were out there on the streets. there were thousands alone and they weren't just from portugal though a number were from the country where nato was having their summit many were international the organizers that i spoke to had come from germany there were people traveling from the u.k. from spain there were members of parliament from the u.k. that i interviewed as well as from the e.u. so there was a wide range of people that came specifically for this from internationally all over europe as well as from portugal where the summit was held now would you say that their criticisms live with nato as a whole or did they try to single out the us as a leader of the alliance. well that's something that you know in my interviews w

get back what lauren has lost.says, it would be a tremendous legacy for lauren if other people didn't have to go through this. because of the advances that we're able to make. ♪ ♪ martha: the privilege was for me to go to misericordia and see the community and the love and nurturing and families and how they're involved in it. it's an extraordinary experience, if you want to learn more about it, there's a link on our home page now, go to foxnews.com, and you can click on "www.misericordia.org" and you can make a donation and if you are moved to do that. that would be much appreciated and it was a tremendous experience, for me, to get to know the families and we cover politics here, so intensely and it was nice to step out of that, and get to know the family, incredibly close family and one of the questions i asked susan and david was, this kind of situation can be hard on the marriage sometimes and david said, it goes one way or the other and for you, david and susan, it brought them much closer together than they

economic growth are to lauren lake artie's corn financial correspondent excuse me lauren lyster will join us from new york in just a moment. the official. called touch from the. mission. broadcasting live from our studios. this is our team certainly good to have you with us let's take a look at our headlines now. the right approach would be true if you go to the true strategic partnership between nato and russia. closer cooperation with russia as the alliance is chief a visit to moscow at a meeting in the kremlin requested more help for its afghan mission while moscow says it needs clarity on european missile defense system. president obama could be facing a tough pushing through his reforms including his foreign policy agenda after the democrats lose their hold over congress in the midterm vote the future ratification of the strategic treaty with russia could now be hanging in the balance. of iraq more victims of the deadliest wave of sectarian violence in months amid concerns once it will soon these are being drawn back to the insurgency on tuesday at least ninety one people have b

lauren has a severe case of 0 epilepsy.t since the day she came down with a bad cold when she was 7 months old. her pediatrician prescribed a small dose of cold medicine and even today, susan wonders if it caused the onset of her daughter's disease. >> at that time, they didn't make pediatric formulas and a gave her a quarter of an adult dose and she seemed to sleep through the night and i thought, this is unusual but she has been up several nights in a row, and i went into her bedroom, and looked into her crib and she was just blue and listless. >> tiny little baby, you know, and all of a sudden were one arm went back and eyes rolled back and it was frightening. >> she was foam, at ting at the and, making a guttering sound and i called my mom and, i said do babies do this and she said no, get her to the e.r. and they identified it as a seizure. >> they weren't alarmed as we were alarmed, they said it is probably a febrile seizure. martha: happens with a high fever in an infant. >> right, only... >> she didn't have a high f

hi lauren. >> hi jeff.as we were told a 7-year-old boy has died after being hit by a car in northeast baltimore. as the investigation continues belaire road will be shut down between american avenue and cliff mont avenue. stick with annette avenue as alternate route and nou not far from this scene another person hit by a car right on harper road at lake montebello terrace and if traveling the main line do expect a ton of congestion tonight on the belt way. looking at 17 miles per hour here at york road as we check in and live look you will notice it is just jam packed along the inner loop and outer loop lanes. as we make our way to the west situated here a look at liberty road you notice a congestion will continue moving a little bit faster but still very slow in this vicinity f.traveling on 83 it is a much different story. everything moving along just fine here at swan road. if you are traveling through the tunnel we look at pretty high speeds. 51 miles per hour through the fort mchenry tunnel. not bad thr

it's high resolution on imax. >> reporter: the 4-d lightshow was projected on ralph lauren's flagshipew york and london. the event celebrated the 10-year anniversary of ralphlauren.com it also marked the launch of the website in the united kingdom. >> there's an amazing sequence where prince charles's polo team is playing. it freezes into a polo player, which turns into a fragrance bottle, then four fragrance bottles, which are about 3 1/2 stories tall, will spread out seemingly floating in front of new bond street store and over madison avenue as well in new york. and then they'll spray real fragrance. 4-d experience comes to life. >> reporter: to create the show, digital artists built computer replicas of the two stores. >> this building is being captured from using a laser scanning technique similar to building surveying, and it's accurate to within plus or minus five millimeters. >> reporter: then crews built actual sets and shot real life models. the result was a show that was truly breathtaking. >> my favorite part was probably seeing the polo games and horses come through. >> t

. >> thank you lauren. baltimore waterfront is getting a new piece of art. >> artist john henry will build 2 36 foot metal sculpture on the westport new develop thament includeof homes offices shops and a hotel. it is being paid for

lauren cooke has our traffic edge report. lauren? >> thank you, jennifer. we are looking at many of our main lines, only 21 miles per hour on northbound 95. it's realll going to be slow on those northbound lanes from 395 past the tunnel toll to keith avenue where a disabled car is blocking one lane. it's going to be packed on the west side. speeds are only clocking in here at 40 miles an hour. here's a look at delaney valley road. you'll notice cars are ppcked on the inner loop and outer loop. volume will also be on the roads and on the harrisberg expressway. we do have our share hare of accidents in anne arundel county that you want to watch out for as well. route 100 will be shut down between route 10 and katherine avenue. we do have another accident that shut down the west-bound lanes of route 175. you do wann to stick with clark road as our alternate. as you head north another crash on nursery road at 295. that's a look at our evening travels, jeff and jennifer, back to you. >> thank you. >>> north baltimore is walking the walk. a one of a kind green ro

party financial correspondent lauren lister will break down the numbers for us in just a moment. a moment when the world has changed forever. thousands passed to nothing. thousands wounded. to suffer to endure the. worst the first but probably not the last military uses of this weapon. well many more will be come. children come and get on in the future. the close up team has fiends are no good creature where russia first free elections were held a thousand years ago. now margy goes to the area they used to be a place of exile since the seventeenth century. where businesses take advantage of the wild growing products. where rich academic life gives birth to innovative idea come to the tomsk region russia close up on r g. holidaymakers i wouldn't dare to swim so deep. a tourist would be scared of such cold water. and would never die if nothing is seen within arm's reach. they are not to lists if they are researchers if i'm feeling worse on land than in deep water. which brightened. about sun from finest impressions. for instance on t.v. . this is just a parliament building in durba

lyster now lauren first when you tell us about this loophole what's in there. what you referred to in your intro banks making short term bets with their own capital you know trading with their own money that's called proprietary trading and that's what's been eliminated it banks what's been regulated in the volcker rule so this is what banks have been reacting to they've been closing their proprietary trading desks which were big money makers for them but which also carried immense risk because banks were betting with their own money as opposed to customers money which is you know the traditional role of an investment bank well banks turns out according to the financial times are reporting that they've found a loophole there's a different kind of investment called a principle investment and because this is seen as a longer term it's not affected by the volcker rule but it allows banks to buy securities buy assets buy companies with their own money and financial firms what do you know are saying that they're going to continue to do this to use their money to buy

that's a lack at the traffic edge, now back to you. >> thank you lauren.baltimore waterfront is getting a new piece of art. >> artist john henry will build 2 36 foot metal sculpture on the westport new develop thament includeof homes offices shops and a hotel. it is being paid for with private funding. here's our question. l do you like the design of the sculpture to% be built on the wet port waterfront go to our web site as always an tell us what you think. sound off through facebook, tweet at fox baltimore, text to 45023 and you can enter a.for yes and b.for no and response may air tonight on the news at 10:00. >>> she disappeared in aruba 4 years ago. >> tonight the clue found that could very well break the natalee holloway case. >>> they gave me a a bleep, bleep, whatever. >> a rude receipt for a fast-food customer. the request he made that prompted such a strong rack. >> you know sometimes politics hurt. what one lawmaker is he that upset a colleague so much she ended the conversation she ended the conversation swinging >> didn't see that video before

lauren rymer set up shop outside the statehouse. the i-team caught up with her hu told representatives from her mortgage holder are trying to resolve the issue. she also spoke to governor o'malley's chief of staff. >> they are working on the tax issues and one my taxes jumped. not just for me but for those who might have experience with that issue. >> she hopes her hunger strike will raise awareness to the foreclosure problem. lauren rymer's strike may find a solution to hurtt problem. we listed the issues leading up to her for closure, as well as how one group helped thousands avoid foreclosures. you can find it all on wbaltv.com. baltimore city council has cleared the way to build a super shopping center in the charles village neighborhood. the mayor believes the 11 acre complex will be of valuable economic engine to the city. they have managed to win over many community members. kerry cavanaugh is live in west baltimore with the latest. >> those who lobbied the city to attach a living wage bill have lost out but many others worri

. >> reporter: today lauren is an active normal weight young adult but that's not always how it was. >> i was the fat kid. so, i got a lot of name calling based on my weight and physical appearance. >> reporter: as they age -- >> as they age there's a high risk for them to continue to gain weight and become severely obese as young adults. >> reporter: obese adolescence were significantly more likely to become severely obese by their early 30s than individuals who were normal or overweight as adolescence. >> reporter: drs gordon larson and natalie tay from the university of north carolina chapel hill and coauthored studied more than 8,000 individuals from 12 to 21 normal, overweight and obese tracking weight progression over 1 years into young adulthood in into the in the normal weight population 1 to 2% became severely obese. and in those teenagers who were already severely obese, at baseline, 75% of them continued to be severely obese as they became young adults. >> reporter: the study appears this week in journal of the american medical association. >> this study highlights the imp

ralph lauren also sewing up strong results. tonight, shares in the apparel maker and retailer jockeying to an all-time high thanks to a rebound in global demand for its popular luxury brands. the results welcome news for investors ahead of the holiday shopping season. erika miller will have more on the comeback in luxury retail in just a moment. and that's tonight's "market focus." as we saw with ralph lauren's blockbuster earnings, there's a surprising little secret about the u.s. economy: consumers who buy luxury goods are back! they're expected to be a bright spot in an otherwise ho-hum holiday for retailers. erika miller went shopping to find out why. >> reporter: on madison avenue, you still see a few empty storefronts. but you will also find plenty of luxury stores teeming with shoppers. handbag designer lana marks has locations here, palm beach's worth avenue and rodeo drive in beverly hills, among others. she says what's selling best is the top priced merchandise, including this $25,000 purse. >> people are wanting the

lauren cook has the traffic edge reportt lauren? >> well it is dark and the traffic is very slow.f you are traveling in east baltimmre we have a crash on eastern avenue at ryan street to watch out for and 95 is jam packed in the area. all due to earlier crash at murray view road and speeds at only 9 miles per hour on the northbound lanes and only get wore as you travel 95 up to harper county where we are dealing with the crash along the northbound lanes there and mountain road. we have an accident in white marsh that you want to watch out for that is right on the ebenezer road and on the belt way it's jam packed. very crowded tonight on the top side. clocking in at 11 miles per hour here at york road as we check in and in and take a live look at the south west side you notice quite a bit of volume at frederick road buttcars moving along fine. we have a house fire not the far from kateville that shut down mills road at co by road and deer ford road and alternate here and 83 nice and clear as we take a live look at should juan road. not much activity here and will be an easy ride as

though they're not putting an end to child prostitution, they are helping girls like lauren escape. we are expecting to see more stings here in the east bay. the department of justice has awarded a $300,000 grant to the district attorney to fight child prostitution. reporting live in oakland, jean berry, oakland news. >>> we're under a frost advisory tonight, and cold weather isn't the only thing we need to get ready for. jeff has all the detail jeff? >> temperatures dropping quickly across the bay area right now. 30s and low 40s in the north bay. right in frfield at 41 degrees. the coldest spot will be in the north bay. that's where we'll see the potential for patchy frost tonight. ino of the coldest spots, napa is expecting 35 degrees. the other possibility wre looking at here tomorrow is rainfall. we're tracking a system here in the pacific. we'll timeline these showers for your tuesday, coming up. >> thanks a lot, jeff. >>> former san francisco police chief alex fagan, sr. has died. he was famously linked in 2002 when his son was beaten and accused of sneaking takeout. he was st

i'm lauren for "teen kids news." >>> this book report is brought to you by books by seth.th fowler is making a special appearance at the 75th street elementary school in los angeles. the kids here are being treated to a reading of a book called "cory the popcorn's big adventure." >> cory wondered how anybody could live in such a mess. >> seth has a special relationship to this strange and delightful story of a lost kernel of popcorn. he created the book himself when he was a kid. >> when i was a little older than you guys, i came up with the story of this book, first by drawing. >> seth was a kid who loved to draw. his parents supported his talent by enrolling him in art classes. and that's how the character of cory began to take shape. >> the story actually came out of a sketch that i did at 9 of a piece of popcorn running through a busy street intersection. >> this is the story of cory the popcorn, who was left behind, and his big adventure to find his way home. >> the book is his journey throughout this big house in search of his family. it talks about forgiveness, over

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my family when i'm gone and even if his family does no one is resting easy concept that right now lauren this year r.t. new york and over one hundred iraqis are demanding a public inquiry in the u.k. over claims they were systematically abused by british troops between two thousand and three and two thousand and eight the allegations include torture or sensory deprivation and being stripped naked david scheiner one of the lawyers in the case told r.t. what exactly british soldiers are accused of. well byelaws they're in their homes usually with their wives usually one o'clock two o'clock in the morning the door is exploded open twenty soldiers rush in. they're abused calf often rifle but sometimes hooded sometimes the women and children are abused in two of our cases pregnant women have miscarriages because they've been so badly abused. our clients are iraqis and civilians they don't know what they've done they're never told the never charged. and wash aka tales of the british campaign in iraq watch the full interview with phil shiner later this hour here in r.t. . investment russian inv

point at the nato summit in lisbon held as historic for ending a once hostile relationship but as lauren lyster reports there still remains this season on which they get to see eye to eye. nato rolled out the red carpet for the country once considered its bow and russian president dmitri radiative arrived at the summit of the former cold war military alliance to leaders welcoming him with open arms and a plea cooperate with our. let us do this together leaders on both sides seem to indicate they plan to do just that after nato russia talks they hailed as historic missile defense plans under the bush white house provoked the most serious rift between russia and nato since the cold war now the alliance wants russia to join in its plans but russia wants more than just sweet words. you have agreed with our nato partners that we will pursue donnegan the european a.b.m. i mean god his should be that our participation will be equal and i will stress this it can only be as partners around no other form of participation for the sake of the parents is acceptable only by the we participate fully we

president kim: thank you. >> lauren? >> good afternoon, i'm the national sales manager. i've had the pleasure of working with brian and his team for about a year and a half now. we are in favor of this program. not only do we feel that it's an economic cal and clean way of seeing san francisco, it's a safe and quiet way of seeing the park, which is a very large piece of property. speaking on a personal level, i have a lot of people in my family who have mobility issues, who can't walk for great distances, and this is a really actually ingenious way for people to be able to get around the park and enjoy it, as anybody else would have the opportunity to. in the past year and a half working with brian and his team, they've been reliable. they've been quick to respond. they've lived up to a safety standard that we all respect in our community, which is a very small community. they deliver their goods when they say they're going to deliver their goods. we have about 10 to 15 vehicles on the road at any given day and we've never had a problem with their product. i'm keeping it

the tools aimed at young people from poor neighborhoods recruiters try to fill their quotas oxys lauren list about an iraq veteran who says he couldn't take any more war and that others shouldn't have to we. automate new york the leaves red and yellow reminders that seasons change green becomes obsolete for people to meet sergeant sure roe first name out this u.s. army all formerly and now but there are vets who are anti military i'm one of them you know there are vets who are anti american specifically because of what they experienced and i'm one of them he keeps moving forward as a college student and activist trying to create change. because he can't turn back time i came to that conclusion that personal conclusion that we were actually not just we hadn't just made a mistake but we were and continue to be in violation of the law to wage the war in iraq that i said it is imperative that i not go though mathis took the military head on resistance even if more quiet is becoming more common since two thousand and four the number of soldiers who have gone a while in the u.s. army has gone

has slumped to nearly fiftieth with many blaming government policy for the slide artie's lauren lyster has been talking to one nine eleven hero for whom curing the system is the only hope for staying alive. new york. the big apple it's this city that never sleeps and just beyond the urban chaos. neither does kenneth george. gear in his closet and you can see why of course you can it is a sick man and despite appearances the photos with us politicians and plaques from the president recognizing him as a hero in the aftermath of nine eleven x. zero is a little ego from president obama he still can't afford his health care a lot of the medications i'm eating called good. you know it's expensive his insurance fall short which means every month he has to pick and choose what ailments he treats this is what i do a lot of times i stick with the course here to help me breathe at night and i skip some of the other medications my sleeping pills that we sleep even without sleeping pills he hasn't slept well since nine eleven a city employee working on highways he was drafted into the search and re

critics say the sixty one year old military alliance is facing an identity crisis can nato find itself lauren lyster and i'll have more from. the dangers lurking beneath the dome. investigate tenchi deadly poison could lead. to glimmer of hope. she could soon have the option of a fine. instead of a stay in an overcrowded prison. twenty four hour news from russia and from around the world this is r.t. in moscow good to have you with us this at a summit defined as one of the most important it's ever held nato is meeting in portugal to decide what its future should be and whether it's even relevant engaging more closely with russia and deciding on a strategy to stabilize afghanistan and get out our key issues all this is part of an identity crisis for an organization created sixty years ago to oppose the now defunct soviet union. is in the portuguese capital and has been. we can expect the leaders to really try to defend what the reason is for nato to be in this day of age this is a time when analysts internationally are asking why it still exist what its purpose is what its place is in the worl

will now struggle to implement a reform whether congress meets in two thousand and eleven arches lauren lyster has been talking to a nine eleven hero for whom a new health care system is the only hope to stay alive. new york for. the big apple it's the city that never sleeps and just beyond the urban chaos. neither does kenneth george from one of the most. deer in his closet and you can see why here's a quote here kenneth is a sick man and despite appearances the photos with us politicians in plaques from the president recognizing him as a hero in the aftermath of nine eleven act around zero here's a letter from the president obama he still can't afford his health care rather than medications i'm eating probably. you know it's expensive his insurance fall short which means every month you have to pick and choose what ailments he treats this is what i do a lot of times i stick with the course here to help me breathe at night and i skip some of the other medications my sleeping pills to help me sleep even without sleeping pills he hasn't slept well since nine eleven a city employee workin

a simple life worth fighting for lauren lyster r.t. so paulo brazil. and remember our website is also keeping you up to date twenty four hours a day here are some of what you'll find online right now at r.t. dot com. hopes are running low for women in afghanistan a shocking number of fall victim to domestic abuse and violence with the suicide rate on the rise despite international efforts. and the moscow landmark metro unveils a new attraction as it turns one of its stations into a new c.e.o. more click on over to r.t. dot com. the u.s. federal reserve is set to reveal its plans to pump five hundred billion freshly printed dollars into the economy the move as it is designed to revive the weekend u.s. financial reform and reduce unemployment but economists warn that the strategy may result in the drop of the dollar and the rise of consumer prices for more about the risks we turn to economic researcher william engdahl he's also the author of the book gods of money wall street and the death of the american century thanks for joining us so do you think the

a simple life worth fighting for lauren lyster r.t. south paulo brazil. a brief look at some other international news this hour the government in greece has is spending international mail deliveries for forty eight hours after a series of letter bombs were found in athens some were sent to foreign embassies while three were posted to germany's chancellor the italian prime minister and the french president police have already charged two men and are now searching for five others suspected of involvement in extreme left wing group is thought to be behind the attempted attacks. iran has denied reports that an execution is imminent for a woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery earlier this year the mother of two sentence was suspended after the case sparked international outcry however the authorities said she could still be hanged for murder the iranian foreign minister has reportedly told his french counterpart that no decision in the case has yet been made. a volcano in indonesia which began erupting the last week has unleashed its biggest blast y

was going to do something but seasons will change and time minutes soldiers will keep marching on lauren lyster r.t. new york we're coming to you live from moscow this is r.t. the condition of the russian journalist savagely beaten in moscow last week oleg kashin is said to be slowly improving but his wife says he's still a long way off from making a full recovery the case has been transferred to russia's top investigative committee prosecutors claim they have a real chance of finding the people behind the vicious assault caution was attacked on friday night by two men who almost beat him to death with metal rods police suspected the journalists investigative work for the commerce a newspaper and his internet blog that provoked the attack. all that stories online for you and many others. at r.t. dot com we'll give you a sample now of some of the other stories we're updating online for you right now a form of president george w. bush two years of silence to give his take on his role in the most turbulent decade in recent u.s. history. and the interactive literally designed to shock why is

i was on to do something but seasons will change and time minutes soldiers will keep marching on lauren lyster r.t. new york you are watching r t it's good to have your company today and doctors treating russian journalist oleg kashin have brought him out of his coma the reporter was savagely beaten in moscow last week but his wife says he's still a long way from making a full recovery caution had been put into an induced coma after he was almost beaten to death last week police suspect it's the journalist's investigative work for the come a sun newspaper and his internet blog that provoked the attack his case has been transferred so russia's top investigative committee prosecutors claim they have a real chance of finding the people behind the vicious assault. all right now let's get to some other international news making headlines at this hour and a powerful explosions rocked the pakistani city of karachi killing at least five people and wounding around forty others destroyed a police building and happened close to the heavily fortified u.s. embassy emergency crews are now searching f

also want to do something but seasons will change and time minutes soldiers will keep marching on lauren lyster r.t. new york. let's take a look at some other international news in brief at least fifteen have been killed by a massive bomb and a wave of gunfire in the center of pakistan's largest city the bomb destroyed a police compound in the same area where the u.s. consulate and regional politicians offices are located over one hundred were injured and emergency crews are now searching for survivors in the rubble police suspect the bomb may have been intended to help an escape attempt by militants held in the compounds detention center. iraqi leaders have formed a coalition government ending an eight month political standoff since in from close of elections nouri al maliki will serve another term as prime minister under the deal which splits power between shia sunni and kurdish sides of elections in march nor the subsequent negotiations were able to produce a decisive result rockey leaders hope the new arrangement will stabilize the country's fragile security situation. russia is revv

to come out here, my sister lauren helped me a lot.'s the one that put up with me and all my ideas. thanks lauren. >> reporter: and this year they cheered us on again. >> we appreciate you all inviting us again this year. >> reporter: it was our biggest crowd ever. >> we want to thank everyone at home for tuning in and taking part of this. hopefully every manic monday we put a smile on your face. >> maestro, the music if you please. >> ♪ >> this year more than 38,000 votes for cast. and that's a new record. >> so many votes, i can't believe it. great for ron and he did great. i love seeing him in a tux every year as well. >> he's classic. >> he is a class act too. >> congratulations to the winners. >>> still to come, he said she said. a woman speaks out about her night with charlie sheen. why she's now preparing to sue. >>> unusual shopping trip. >>> and we have a look at the outlook of your five day warning forecast. >>> and here's today's report from wall street. we'll be right back. ,,,, 3q copd makes it hard for me to breathe. but

was going to do something but seasons will change and time minutes soldiers will keep marching on lauren lyster r.t. new york. let me bring up to date on some world news stories in brief powerful explosions what pakistan's largest city killing at least twenty people a building and one hundred homes destroyed a police building in karachi and in close to the heavily fortified u.s. embassy emergency crews are now searching for survivors in the rubble witnesses say the crater left by the blast suggests it may have been a car or. iraqi leaders have agreed to create a unity government after eight months of political standoff nuri al maliki will serve as prime minister for another term under the new deal which includes parties from the shia sunni and kurdish sides to go see a show the ongoing since elections in march failed to produce a decisive is old news hope the deal helped stabilize the country's fragile security situation. millions of people across europe are marking armistice day paying tribute to the victims of all conflicts since the first world. these are pictures of the two minute si

threat of rising tuition that's not the only part of the world fighting economic troubles artie's lauren lyster will fill us in on the financial crisis around the world and it's a rubber revolution that attempts to gain awareness of the growing aids epidemic in d.c. one website has come up with a very fun way to promote the use of condoms but some conservative groups are saying that the website is actually promoting casual sex so is the website a good or a bad thing we're going to find out at the end of the show but now let's move on to today's top story. it's safe to say that the t.s.a. the backscatter machines and enhanced pat downs are the biggest story of the last few weeks travelers are up in arms over the idea of a government employee touching their and their children's junk so to speak but what if they weren't government employees what if they were private contractors like a good old days before nine eleven. and obviously before junk touching now if you airports around the country are already using contractors and members of congress including representative john mica of florida t

a new list of threats but does anyone out there remember what nato's initial purpose was artie's lauren lyster give us a history of the north atlantic treaty organization. it was an alliance born of fear fear of the red army. fear of communism spread westward it was supposed to do rejoice was to defend western europe against the soviet union. those threats whether real or perceived were enough to help america gather its european allies to form a new military bloc he was now part of the to the signing of the north atlantic treaty which television reports the united states of america marketed nato is the world's hope for a better future united states keenly aware of its strategic role as a leader in the pre world has a large itself with other nations dedicated to the preservation of peace under nato this so called preservation of peace legitimize the presence of u.s. troops and military bases from norway to turkey and massive military budgets and the position of the us as the leader of the western world. but the fall of the berlin wall changed all of that bringing with it the rise of this

lyster lauren thanks for being here now let's start of course with this announcement today basically that china and russia said that they are recounting the dollar at least when it comes to buy lateral trade deals they're only going to use their own currencies that sounds like a kind of big step i mean is this the first step you know of a move away from the dollar is the reserve currency literally a continuation of something that we're seeing that absolutely does call into question the u.s. dollar as a reserve currency according to many of the economists that i've been speaking to i mean this is something that countries have been doing for a while now you know we've seen this happen in brazil where where brazil is kind of spearheading trade among latin american countries and their own currency currencies where we've seen china spearhead a lot of these deals and the deal between china and russia now is just one further example of countries circumventing the dollar and trading in their own currencies of course the u.s. dollar is the reserve currency for a very long time this was the on

. >> yes, lauren rymer was so frustrated she would lose her home in 45 days, she decided to take action did she it accomplish any of that? >> a lot has happened since she went to annapolis. her hunger strike came plenty of attention in the state, on national news programs, and on the internet. >> it was such a big topic. >> outside her baltimore home she expects to lose, lauren rymer describes the attention she has received a positive and negative, local and national, and she continues her hunger strike against foreclosure. she found a spot just across the street from the maryland state house, hoping to tell everyone about her situation and the devastating impact for closure is having on thousands in maryland. >> we went to their office, and we went through my options in regards to my house. >> the agency is to hurt mortgage holder. the options include her paying what sheet of those -- but she purchased the home two years ago using an interest-only a month. the property taxes were paid with her mortgage bill. in the past two years, the tax assessment jumped 55%, causing her payments to