good evening welcome to the capital account i'm lauren lyster here in washington d.c. now libyan leader moammar gadhafi has reportedly been killed we see the images today of people purportedly celebrating on the streets of tripoli but who may be really celebrating khadafi death from a far this photo should give you a hint and griese continues to burn with the anger of protests on the streets over austerity meanwhile any little rumor of a wrinkle in the plans for an euro zone deal this weekend seems to send markets haywire but is the real solution to the eurozone debt crisis and politically unthinkable one and as u.s. president barack obama is expected to sign three free trade agreements tomorrow as the u.s. solar panel makers plead for tariffs and as regulators go after city group appearing to hold wall street i count a bold are they going after the wrong guy and that has room to act people are reporting but are the fed's policies hurting the economy we ask is government the solution to u.s. economic problems or is it causing them all right let's get to the capital acc

good evening welcome to the capital account i'm lauren lyster here in washington d.c. today europe tries to save itself european leaders are meeting a bit expectations here and rumors with the international monetary fund reportedly considering getting more involved well u.s. taxpayers wind up funding a euro bailout and with reports the head of the f.s.f. was en route to china today is that a sign of the direction of things meanwhile in the u.s. the obama administration and bailed out a new plan it's hoping will help ease the massive burden of student debt student loan debt but as the president warning today listen you could moment problems with those to the didn't happen overnight there will be solved overnight. and interestingly new figures from the college board show the cost of college surged again this year more than eight percent showing the white house may have a hard time making a dent in that debt meanwhile the president's approval rating among those young folks who helped elect him i have now dropped below fifty percent so hoping for reelection what is the pre

good afternoon welcome to capital account i'm lauren lyster here in washington d.c. we have been warning on this show of possible american casualties of the eurozone debt crisis and now we have one sometimes in which people don't agree with you all the time. we tell you what's good for you. and the global as securities firm has now filed for bankruptcy after making big bets on european sovereign debt is c.e.o. was reportedly banking on government bailouts for these countries he never thought they'd be allowed to go down we asked how many other people are betting on continued government lifeline and keep in mind when you listen to the news on this story according to the bankruptcy protection c n b c is one of m.f. global's largest unsecured creditors and could stand to lose more than eight hundred forty five thousand dollars and speaking of bailouts the u.s. government is still having trouble unloading its have to investments in bailouts during the financial crisis three years later the u.s. treasury department is still the largest shareholder in ai g. with this seven

all right good evening and happy friday welcome to capital account i'm lauren lyster here in washington d.c. according to the united states treasury mars the big day the second anniversary of the u.s. getting out of recession and before you start cheering no we're going to give you five good reasons why there is nothing to celebrate and why the u.s. economy is nowhere near out of the woods protests on the streets are just one example of course and today the occupy wall street movement in new york took its message directly to too big to fail banks and after the bank stocks rallied yesterday on news of europe's debt deal more economists came out today saying this deal may not be enough to prevent a crisis also pressure off europe's deal u.s. president brought go bomb maker lee heading into the g twenty has suddenly saying all right let's please get a firewall now to prevent the crisis from writing he says the u.s. will do its part as an economy touting his jobs plan as key to u.s. road but attempts to pass it have failed so far so with washington really impotent and what does this mean fo

with lauren lyster tell us a little bit about that so your show is called capital account with lauren lyster i'm producing the show lawrence hosting it and. it's it's basically find its economic show we have some light hearted fun stuff as well as some really great guests coming out in our first few weeks so i'm really excited about it we're working on it for the past few weeks and i think people should definitely going to grade one is because they're here if it isn't one thousand dollars over an extra going today for thirty there should be air shows while the show airs live i read something to look forward to you know well that was at canonical blogger at our a team contributor and we take a look at. all that doesn't for now for more on the stories we covered go to ours you dot com slash usa and check out our youth to page if youtube dot com slash r c america there you can catch my interview with the independent filmmaker oriole divvy he made a short film called i am not moving about the occupy wall street protests and.

all right good evening and welcome to the capital account i'm lauren lyster here in washington d.c. today police arrested occupy oakland protesters and cleared out as world wide protests continue over the global financial system and the occupy wall street protests began four continents proof for one economist that economic leaders have gotten it all wrong. you heard a man fresh from occupy sydney we'll hear from economist steve keen news coming to us from down under meanwhile u.s. housing is still in the doldrums and consumer confidence there with it home prices in twenty major cities ball more than predicted and consumer confidence slumps to its lowest level since the spring of two thousand and nine when mind you the u.s. was in a recession this as us president barack obama announces efforts to try to revive a sinking program that aims to help underwater mortgage borrowers and in response mortgage bonds plummet to a new six month low meanwhile european finance ministers cancel a meeting on the debt crisis scheduled for tomorrow casting doubt that a grand plan will come to weak u.s.

i'm lauren lyster and you're watching r.t. now occupy wall street protests continue in new york despite a weekend that saw more than seven hundred activists arrested and jailed for marching on the brooklyn bridge now today protesters remain camped out in laura manhattan standing strong going into a third week standing their ground over wall street grievances now aside from questions over whether police were too aggressive with the weekend's arrests the questions remain about just what we're seeing with this movement altogether is a radical left answer to the tea party will it be a turning point in american history could we be seeing the start of a true of illusion channeling the arab spring that the occupy wall street movement claims to be inspired by in response to the inequality poverty joblessness and corporate power in this country we'll get to all of those questions but first report i was out there so she has a story of just what went on. a new season in a different nation the arab spring has become america's author and o

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that wait a second wait a second controller i think we've got the wrong picture that's that's lauren lyster our reporter knows that's that's the right picture all right we have to go to a break but we will continue looking into this bombshell when we get back don't go anywhere. do you believe that any. protest nobody seems to know. but never a pepper spray to face the argument that they're being overly dramatic. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so for things you understand it and then a glimpse something else here sees some other part of it and realize that everything is ok. i'm charging welcome to the big picture. mr. we're on the factor we want to cut through all the spin hype and p.r. nonsense and break it down for you so get ready for tonight's edition of pansies and patriots and over the weekend a very left leaning web site politico did a hit piece on g.o.p. presidential candidate herman cain now according to his liberal parasite well cain was one of those associations national restaurant association in the one nine hundred ninety s. at least two female employees complai

stocks are soaring but are the banks in the clear lauren let's talk lauren lyster will dive into all of this and more up next on the capital account and that does it for now for us but for more on the stories we covered go r.t. dot com slash usa check out our you tube page youtube dot com slash r.t. america you can also follow me on twitter i'm at i'm christine freeze out again the capital counters up next and we'll be back after that. more news today violence is once again flared up. these are the images the world seeing from the streets and chatted after. trying to call for a shelter all day.

up next is the capital account with lauren lyster today she's going to tackle how the fed may act again more and asks whose interests are they acting in us so have much more on the on the capital account for now i'm christine for sound. culture is that so much a lot of people have hearing all their little words come to roughly fifteen hundred occupy protests occurring in eighty two countries worldwide this is a global protest movement was staying power to. get off sometimes you see a story and it seems so for life you think you understand it and then you've lived something else you fear see some other part of it and realize everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm sorry welcome to the big picture. we'll. bring you the latest in science and technology from around russia. we've gone to the future covered. the for.

for all americans and i want to sponsor a comment to wash my interview with our he correspondent lauren lyster or we discussed bank of america announcing a five dollars monthly checking fee on all debit card users banshee eight nine eight nine said on you tube i went to my local credit union two years ago and i will never look back they give me a debit card with no fees except for line i use other a.t.m. the big banks are making a fatal mistake they think we need them they are wrong now the new fee to be levied on millions of americans by bank of america government is a good thing but if you want to look at the silver lining if you will i think this is a great opportunity for americans to look at their options is there a local credit union who they could bank with is there a smaller bank would treat them more fairly you know i think it's high time that the american people stand up and the spirit of occupy wall street and the banks show that they need us more than we need that. finally i want to respond to a viewer had an interesting proposition for an experience t.f.t. nine three five three sa

hour and tonight's show and joining me this evening is our chief producer jenny churchill and lauren lyster host of the upcoming show capital accounts here on our t.v. little or no given where we're going to our other stories give everyone a quick little inn oh ok a lot of g ok a lot i know of where i'm off but launching monday we're going to get a new show it's a half hour show it'll air for thirty daily it will be focused on the economy and finance and kind of taking what we do on news but bringing it to its own platform where we can do a little bit more in-depth alternative financial analysis and reporting and while we're all very much looking forward to it so now let's get into the political world and some of the things that we have out there we have a lot of presidential candidates on today's happy hour in the stupid things they say to do let's start with herman cain. i've written for the dutch of course and they are were distorted. and when they asked me who's the president of. the bacon stanstead i'm going to say you know i don't know but you know i mean i'm going to say how is that

i'm lauren lyster and you're watching r.t. occupy wall street is still going on still going strong and not just new york but all over the country as you can see behind me in new york this is friday of the third week that we've seen protesters ranging from hundreds camping out to thousands on the streets speaking out against inequality in this country and grievances over the panel system directed at wall street now this movement continues to grow we've seen demonstrations in cities behind me like boston chicago and los angeles also dallas san francisco philadelphia we've seen a sympathetic movement protesting in washington d.c. this week going on right now and our viewers have been sending us stuff chad subtle meyer a viewer sent us these photos of occupy portland there's one saying the g.o.p. has a coke addiction co. being the koch brothers some criticism there what else did he send us i know we have some others obviously some criticism there over the ridge you can see quite a big crowd and i think there's one more we got from

going to counseling i'm lauren lyster. being overly dramatic. i did sign for shelley talent tonight's program now last time we told you about the democrats and republicans coming together to free up free trade agreements for these types of agreements help her u.s. economy producer patrice in a sense you to find out you have said. this friday president obama is expected to sign trade agreements with south korea and among colombia making the group of agreements the biggest trade deal since nafta ninety four now the u.s. department of commerce website says that free trade agreements have proof to be one of the best ways to open foreign markets to u.s. exporters. but seventeen years later it is as controversial as ever so we want to know what you thought do you believe that these trade agreements will help or hurt the u.s. economy a mile said and the f.d.a. for the u.s. is a lose lose situation the u.s. is importing stuff it doesn't need and looking to export other stuff to other countries that can make it even cheaper a large grain of salt said gre

all right good afternoon welcome to the capital account i'm lauren lyster here in washington d.c. and today u.s. president barack obama announced all u.s. troops will be out of iraq by the end of the year saying the future of the two countries will move forward in a different way. this will be a strong enduring for sure with our diplomats and civilian advisers who believe will go along to shrink the institutions that are just representative of the trouble to build a new choice of trade for the farmers but if you want to talk trade and commerce which is a more effective way to achieve this war at a cost to taxpayers in iraq eight hundred billion to three trillion dollars depending on estimates and not of course not talking about that incalculable cost of lives or how about checkbook diplomacy which seems to be paying off for some other countries also federal reserve officials are out talking about more bed stimulus aimed at helping the lousy mortgage market the idea is to help struggling americans refinance or buy new homes good who is this really help underwater u.s. taxpayers or

i'm lauren lyster. are you guys it's time for show and tell us night's program the last time we told you about rick perry's brand new economic plan to give people an option to pay a flat tax rate of twenty percent and we want to know is a flat tax a good idea for the us has got a producer for treason essentially to find out what you have to say. presidential candidates are always looking for ways a promise voters lower taxes and rick perry well he's no exception if he had it his way you will have your choice of paying under the current tax code or paying a flat tax of twenty percent easier not quite cheap or both maybe for some so it's a wide tax really a good idea for america political said. is a good idea for the one percent the only ones in the country who apparently matter is equal told us he likes the basic idea behind a black cat but allowing us to choose what our taxes are paying for it may be a better idea katz said no because the top one percent should pay more and not just leave the burden on

welcome to the conflict i'm lauren lyster. well the polls have closed and sneezes first free election it's the first task for emerging democracies in the arab world and tunisians are in are exercising their new rights and estimated ninety percent turned up to the poll to cast their vote the election will decide the over two hundred representatives that will draft a new constitution and choose who will lead the north african country so what does this historical event mean for the future of tunisia and will democratic practices act though throughout the rest of the arab world meanwhile in libya a revolution and its earlier stages is underway after the death of longtime libyan leader moammar gadhafi now the interim leader says says islamic shari'a law will form the foundation of legislation and the voting government this sparking fears that an intolerant islamist resurgence will take hold of the country for more on this earlier we spoke to our three correspondent an isa now we who is on the ground in tripoli. the so-called libera

all right good evening welcome to the capital account i am lauren lyster here in washington d.c. european leaders reach a deal u.s. stocks surge but are u.s. banks off the hook for the eurozone debt crisis law not so fast we'll tell you why and why americans may have u.s. leaders to thank for their money being on the line and could bank of america be the first to go down three years after it got a bailout and despite help from the fed moving money around these days could the wave of bad mortgages and sovereign debt simply proved too heavy we'll talk to an analyst who called the fall of bear stearns the fall of lehman brothers and now has his eyes set on b. of a and the man who gave b. of a five billion bucks in a vote of confidence is reportedly throwing his support behind us president barack obama warren buffett investor is set to speak at a chicago fundraiser for obama tonight as for the proposed buffett rule its fate is are less certain as the congressional debt reduction supercommittee remains at an impasse but is a deadline nears could the u.s. as a credit rating downgrade a

i'm lauren lyster and you're watching our team starting off this hour as the economy continues to hit average people hard occupy wall street continues as activists efforts to fight back now the movement. appears to be gaining more steam getting support from a number of unions the new york transit workers voted to support the occupy wall street and were supposed to be joining the protests this evening the teamsters union declared support the united pilots union reportedly had members protesting in uniform now this could get interesting unions are a large part of the reason why we see so many people turn out to protest in europe for example our kids own anastasio charkha has been covering the protests since they began and tonight earlier she was out there and she shows us what's going on. as a dissipation for these crowds around social networking sites two weeks ago hundreds of people out of the twenty thousand signed up for these protests came out onto the streets this clip the financial district initially agreed on five released as well as a means to media the opportunity to marginali

is lauren lyster about the government's continuing efforts to silence whistleblowers. realized they couldn't stop the publication of my work they wanted to send a message the easiest books to stop are the ones that are never written and so for my colleagues here who are seeing things and make notes and thinking about their own books watching the treatment of state miscue the nice ones are very clear signal that you do want to publish a book you're going to pay a very heavy price for it perhaps your career. i've been very. joins a group of former government employees people like tony shaffer frequent guest on this show and ishmael jones a former interrogator who also is under the magnifying glass after their own books were shed light upon unpopular acts within the military and the cia now the way i see it then here it is just the latest example of the obama administration's crackdown on whistle blowing none of the information that he wrote about was classified and as for the wiki leaks cable that was already publicly available on the web so why is this man being targete

i'm lauren lyster. now when it comes to getting things done there is nobody better than corporations are doing it because all do just about anything to get what they want and so eighteen t. is no different here in eighty initially announced its proposed thirty nine billion dollars merger with t. mobile they have lobbyists go to every inch of america to make sure that their plan would go off without hitch they met with more obvious people like the department of justice for a series of sessions discussing our proposal although all of that came to a halt when the d.o.j. slapped an antitrust suit on the deal out of the blue but the government was the only sector where they were trying to gather support the eighteenth tee got edible a.c.p. to back the merger and they're notorious for finding ways to get groups other groups to support it of all shapes and sizes across the country hispanic groups cattle farmers even hot air balloon companies are sending letters to the f.c.c. explaining why this merger would be

i'm lauren lyster and you're watching r.t. well occupy wall street is still going on still going strong in new york city friday of the third week that we've seen protesters ranging from hundreds camping out to thousands on the streets speaking out against inequality and over grievances towards the financial system and of course wall street now this movement continues to grow we've seen demonstrations in cities including st louis dallas san francisco los angeles and philadelphia you're sanam behind me in boston to all over we've seen a sympathetic movement protesting in washington d.c. . this week as well and our viewers have been sending us stuff chad settle meyer i hope i pronounced his name right but we do appreciate him even i slaughtered it he sent us these photos of occupy portland you can see right there you have the g.o.p. has a coke addiction i guess talking about the koch brothers what else did he see out there i know we have some other shots. obviously some criticism of the rich right there and more criticism towards