i'm lauren lyster. to believe the repetition of. what a test nobody seems to know. that never appropriate to face quite hard the argument that they're being overly dramatic. our guys it's time for tonight's tool time award and tonight we're giving it to one of the big banks capital what you probably know them as the bank that has those really witty ads on t.v. . for. taking the boeing jet. blue research everybody like that. well almost everything. would you like it to present more cash where you got it. right what's in your wallet what's in your wallet are all capital one might have to commercials but when it comes to dealing with bankruptcy or anything but in fact there are now reports of capital one financial corp going after customers who have filed for bankruptcy customers who have finished their chapter seven bankruptcy cases thought that they've been cut loose from the bank but cern's out the capital one continue to track them down demanding that they pay up in one instance a new jersey waitress filed for chapter seven bankruptcy in two thousand and nine and s

well the capital account is up next let's check in with lauren lyster to see what is on the agenda and you sugar daddies on the show today you know no sugar daddies on the show it's going to be hard to top those sugar babies and sugar mama but i think we do have a show to do it because we have max kaiser on who never minces his words and we talked about something that he knows very well he was involved in prediction markets when he founded the hollywood stock exchange so he was just the person to talk to about this new plan by a chicago's derivatives exchange that is trying to get legal vetting in the united states on the u.s. market regulated on the u.s. presidential elections later is this democracy just for the bidding and trading of wall street the same collateralised securitization that is brought us so much fraud well that is coming up next thank you laurin that's going to do it now for the news for more of the stories we covered go to r.t. dot com slash usa and check out our youtube page it's youtube dot com slash r t america you can also follow me on twitter at liz well the cap

i mean death trial it appears that the jury may have reached a verdict so let's go straight to lauren lyster who is live on the scene and who's been covering every detail lauren tell us what do you know you know nancy at this point we are hearing that the jurors have passed a note to the judge and that possibly a verdict could be delivered as soon as any minute here but as you mentioned earlier he has really dr conrad murray already been convicted in the court of public opinion after being called a murderer so many times on your show but as i said we are awaiting a verdict and it's highly anticipated controversy ok now lauren i hear that that isn't the only interesting thing that's happened here also here that there happens to be some kind of a sighting in the courthouse we are hearing reports that local police have been inundated with calls that done under that casey anthony is inside the courthouse as we speak now of course she has been fielding death threats ever since her acquittal however we have heard from a few key sources that perhaps because she was voted the second most creepy cele

welcome to the capital account i'm lauren lyster. the. the. the police read in. the. what is protesting the be nobody seems to know. but never a pepper spray to face but part of the argument that they're being overly dramatic . our guy has time for tonight's tool time award and tonight we're giving it to a republican presidential hopeful michele bachmann has been on a bus tour throughout i were prepping for the january primaries by visiting all ninety nine counties not only this you seem confident that showed a clear victory in america's heartland but she's also been touting one very strong message that she's not a politician she's a real person she's you that's a point that she reiterated as she is reduced result before last week's fox news g.o.p. debate in iowa and she's echoed that same i'm just like you theme for months now. i say what i mean i mean what i say and i don't dance around i'm not a politician i love real person sets of people are looking for people wanted to know who could they trust they knew that in me they may not always agree with me but they knew

good afternoon and welcome to capital like how i am lauren lyster here in washington d.c. u.s. president barack obama you know he may seem calm when he talks about the eurozone crisis and if you proof just look at some comments that he gave on the meeting with european leaders earlier this week. these are always the most dramatic reading because we're all short. of some sort of chore to measure. but behind the scenes the financial times is reporting there is more big fear about a euro zone meltdown in the administration and vice president biden is heading to greece amidst austerity marches on the streets there so how does what happens on another continent become as important to the health of the u.s. economy according to the obama camp as another big issue like job creation well it may boil down to banks we asked though has the meltdown already started on u.s. soil and who is next meanwhile the threat to the u.s. economy is not just coming from europe this week we learned housing prices fell back to two thousand three levels but is it worse than the numbers show that would jobl

welcome to the capitol in calgary i'm lauren lyster. you just put a picture of me when i was like nine years old don't you tell the truth. i have a confession i am a total get a princess i love grabbing hip hop music and for. that he was kind of a yesterday. i'm very proud of the world without years as place. well they claim to be fair and balanced but are they really the media they're supposed to be the government watchdog reporting the facts exposing the truth but instead of keeping a watchful eye on government corruption is the fourth estate now beholden to it and has confidence in the mass media waning laurie harshness takes these questions to the streets of the big apple. are you sick of the media being biased this week let's talk about that do you feel like the media's biased sure they are just going to pick the right one that you want to listen to is the right one on one you know. you're going to listen to them all and make up your own wife when do you k.'s very political party is it government is in power but i can't. she sings

good afternoon and welcome to capital account i'm lauren lyster here in washington d.c. and from goldman sachs to governor to grilling john corazon former c.e.o. of the now bankrupt m.f. global testifies on capitol hill he claims he is clueless about the possible one point two billion dollars of his client's money that is missing simply do not know where the money you are one of the accounts of not going to work and for good. but how is all of this happening three years after the financial crisis when wall street was supposed to be reined in and will poor design ever pay personally himself only at least pay for falls advertising. sometimes you wish people didn't agree with you all the time at m.f. global we do you what's good for you. looking back we have seen plenty of wall street executives get grilled by congress in the wake of the financial crisis and then go right back to business as usual why are you was official is saying criminal prosecutions for financial executives may just be too tough to what is the truth we'll talk to the regulator during the savings and loa

blow to the capital account again i'm lauren lyster. sign for show and tell on tonight's program and last week and spoke with colonel lawrence wilkerson about the u.s. covert war in iraq and we ask you how far you think is escalating tensions could go between the two countries let's go to producer. had to say over the past several years we have watched the covert war against iran heat up from the sucks now virus explosions at nuclear facilities to the unexplained is a. parents of iranian nuclear scientists and just last week iran revealed that they were in possession of the us sentinel drone which was flying over iranian airspace this against the backdrop of an increasingly heated rhetoric coming from the u.s. political class from the president no options off the table means i'm considering. all options to the g.o.p. presidential candidates people after all the work we've done there's nothing else we could do but such bill take military action but of course you take military action if in the end despite all of those things the dictators

good afternoon and welcome to capital account i'm lauren lyster here in washington d.c. and as the u.s. gears up for the holiday days we have seen the signs we've seen the christmas tree lighting we've certainly seen the black friday shopping day ham. right ok. so one question remains where is santa claus coming from china well we'll speak with author professor and least she'll make the case and speaking of holiday cheer pimco bon titan bill gross tweeted about stan.

welcome to the capital account i'm lauren lyster. the police corruption is. what a protest that nobody seems to know. but never a pepper sprayed the face but hardly argument that they're being overly dramatic. our guys aside tonight still time awarded rights because two new york city mayor michael bloomberg i don't last couple of months bloomberg is taking a break from outlawing smoking and cracking down on trans fats unleashed the full weight of the n.y.p.d. against the peaceful protesters occupy wall street and so far the n.y.p.d. has arrested hundreds and hundreds of those protesters thank you. thank you thank. you thank you. and also being caught on video becoming violent with the protesters with everything from baton separate spray after all who can forget the original occupy wall street occupy wall street pepper spray incident which came before so many others. i. was. her. right. to our eyes. was and most recently the n.y.p.d. isn't responsible for censoring the media during their late night eviction of psychotic park. thing the thing. i'm crossing. you

good afternoon and welcome to capital account happy friday to i'm lauren lyster here in washington d.c. and it's d.-day for the euro zone but is it crisis on or crisis averted while euro zone members sign on for more fiscal unity and analysis ranges from success to total failure and does anything on the table really get to the core of the problem for one thing the u.k. is foregoing the fiscal unity deal and this video has some saying france may be forgoing its well known advocate. of the load. to see that snub and countries and banks are preparing for the collateral damage of a collapse of the euro nonetheless reportedly contingency plans see countries like ireland evaluating the need for additional printing presses while the swiss government is studying capital controls in case of a tidal wave. there was that the tidal wave of the euro collapse threatening to wipe out other countries export economies as capital flows into them and as pundits economists analysts analysts size of the crisis and the solution to global and market and personal impact from this side of the atlantic we get t

blow to the counseling i'm lauren lyster. our guidance. in our earlier this week we spoke about leon panetta is a recent statement on the war in iraq the price of the war was worth it to establish a stable government not exactly as they want to make a whole lot of sense these days so what will you like to hear leon panetta say a two americans about the year long war go to producer has roots in a century to find out what you had to say. as allies u.s. troops officially left iraq secretary of defense leon panetta said that the price other rock war was worth it the nearly four thousand five hundred americans killed and then. thirty two thousand wounded hundreds of thousands of iraqi deaths and as to major cost eight hundred six billion dollars according to the congressional research service and by other estimates maybe even up to two trillion now after a decade of war entered into on a false pretense and with lives lost and billions spent many found an understatement to be in adequate to say the least now although making sure troops don't fee

good afternoon happy monday and welcome to capital account i am lauren lyster here in washington d.c. now the european union summit solution friday markets work cited for a day but now it's back to reality and it doesn't look like a good one moody's reiterate ratings of the eurozone are still at risk sarkozy says the loss of a aaa rating for france wouldn't be insurmountable people in latvia lined up to take their money out of banks and the o.e.c.d. warns industrialized governments are expected to borrow more than ten trillion dollars this year and may struggle to do so at the mercy of the markets animals fear it. just when you think you can't get any worse. and speaking of bank runs it is the anniversary of the one that started in the u.s. in one thousand thirty credited with bringing down the banking system so what could stop that from happening today while people talk about jobs the deficit the president's plans is this silent threat they can bring down the economy we'll break it down for you and in a sign of the times no one has been immune to the real estate downturn the white ho

good afternoon and welcome to capital account i'm lauren lyster here in washington d.c. and more m.f. global exacts adam to the list of people who say they don't know where the missing customer money is. that you can gamble for your phone where's the money senator unfortunately i do not know where the the money is. that happened on the hill today former c.e.o. john kors line of course said something similar at a hearing last week he was there today to again testifying meanwhile farmers and customers who can't get their money are dumbfounded retail investors say they've lost their trust in the sanctity of customer accounts we'll talk to one of them gerald celente to find out what is going on with his money and the strait of hormuz the most important oil transit channel in the world well after reports that iran will hold drills to close it boil prices this morning spiked modestly above one hundred dollars a barrel reportedly on summers that it was closed more importantly though does announcing these military exercises drive home the point that iran has the capacity to make

good afternoon and welcome to capital account i'm lauren lyster here in washington d.c. the german government has begun to prepare for a possible bailout of its second largest bank by assets its commerzbank meanwhile depositors in the u.s. have been pulling their money out of foreign owned banks operating here and what some call a flight to safety as a result these banks have seen the largest six month fall in their deposits on record are these all signs that a bank run is currently under way meanwhile show me the money that's what lawmakers and customers have been telling m.f. global executives pretty much to no avail well now regulators report they have found the missing money and we heard one top regulator alleged chorus line new customer money was dipped into but the big question will customers actually get it back and as gold plunges to a five month low are we seeing the end to investors saying this dynamic. or does the broader collapse in commodity prices signal investors are running to cash selling anything they can get their hands on could this be the excuse the

welcome to the capital account i'm lauren lyster. well the european union has imposed tough new restrictions on the sale of drugs used to execute prisoners here in the u.s. his move which is likely to squeeze an already short supply across the atlantic is aimed at fighting capital punishment and archie's ivor better reports on why human rights groups say the export controls are step in the right direction. they've tried hanging electrocution and most recently a drug used to euthanize animals but now american jails will find it much harder to kill prisoners on death row the main supply line for its lethal injections has been cut off after the e.u. slaps new restrictions on drug exports i really think this will make a difference and we will see the effects of this this control order in the coming months that the the u.s. relies on european drugs for use in executions and without them they're going to be stuck and lives will be saved specific execution drugs aren't made in the e.u. but several american states have been importing sedativ

of the capitol i'm lauren lyster. you're still believe the roughing it. but what a protester nobody seems to know. but never a pepper sprayed the face but more of the argument that they're being overly dramatic. well tonight we'll continue our coverage of bradley manning's article thirty two pretrial hearing it was the last day of testimony before closing arguments will begin and despite the fact the prosecution called twenty witnesses to testify over the course of five days the defense presented their case today utilizing only two witnesses and they rested their case after thirty five minutes forget the government blocked the majority of witnesses the defense wanted to take part but their first witnesses they did get to call sergeant daniel padgett was manning superior while stationed in baghdad and he joined the chorus and going into detail about manning's erratic behavior recalled an incident where manning was tardy and was so upset about being confronted about it that he actually flipped the table setting its contents like contents like laptops and ra

good afternoon and welcome to capital account i'm lauren lyster here in washington d.c. and we've seen the euro hit an eleven month low after a selloff as euro officials warn their crisis solution may be tougher to commit to than thought now the u.s. meanwhile says it will stop producing one dollar presidential points they're going to try and save the money there says it just has a bunch sitting around as it is reportedly but how is money really created or destroyed we'll talk about that and look at if this system is really sustainable meanwhile opec may have a new deal on oil production and the u.s. may be auctioning the first offshore oil leases since deep horizon spill in the gulf of mexico while kioto may have a new protocol and leaders may be trying to work on solutions to debt and unemployment crises but the big picture are energy the economy and the environment all coming to a point where inevitably something's gotta give growth or prosperity meanwhile in the u.s. the house approved a bill to extend payroll tax cuts that the senate is sure to reject and the presid

banks so they can weather another financial collapse if need be lauren lyster and samone foxman is going to are going to join us to hash it all out then what if campaign donations were completely secret as in the candidates couldn't even know who was giving the money but to make it impossible for them to then serve big money donors and special interests might seem like a long shot but some say it's a concept that we should start trying out at the local level and opposition against sopa and protect ip continues to mount tonight we're going to show you two new music videos targeting this legislation i will speak to a singer and songwriter about how this would affect us on a more personal internet user level we're going to have all that and more fit and putting a dose of happy hour but first let's take a look at the mainstream media has decided to miss. well the nonstop campaigning continues here in the u.s. and the mainstream media continues to act like nothing else at all is happening except of course the other tit for tat game being played out in congress over the payroll tax extension b

all over with the latest from moscow capital account is up next on our team let's check in with lauren lyster to see what is on the agenda lauren i understand there is a deadline coming up for the euro crisis there is we've been talking about it i know you guys have been talking about it on the news kind of the headlines in the officials saying this is really it for the eurozone crisis last week we heard people saying there are ten days left now we're down to the wire this is the week leading up to that big summit on friday so we will look at really what is its stake here and is this really the panic is this really that and or are there things that politicians want to push through and order to do that it helps them a lot if there is this panic so we'll examine that from both sides and the global role was just passed health about that yeah you know on this show we have been covering m.f. global very closely liz you know one of our our commentators lost money with m.f. global so today regulators did pass a rule in light of m.f. global's failure about not betting with customer money if you are a

iceberg laurin well we'll look forward to that definitely tune in for the council account with lauren lyster coming up next well that does appear now for more of the stories we covered go to our team dot com slash usa and check out our new to page with you through dot com flashcard to america you can also follow me on twitter at live wall the capital account with our listener is up next. i passed. more news today violence is once again flared up. these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of chatter that. giant corporations are all day.

slash r t america you can also follow me on twitter at liz wall the best capital account with lauren lyster is up next. wealthy british scientists are. sometimes tired of. markets why not come to. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mikes concert for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into cars a report on our. morning news today violence is once again flared up the film these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. giant corporations are old today. all right good afternoon and welcome to capital account i'm lauren lester here in washington d.c. and we are on vacation this week for the holidays but we still have exciting shows all week for you lined up we've been on the air for a little more than two months now but we've already had so many great interviews with amazing unique gas and with a smart worldly engaged but not financial expert of yours we've broken down so many financial terms from the dense to the store cold to the slaying so now is your chance to catch up on some of the best of it.

dot com slash r t america you can also follow me on twitter at liz wall the capital account with lauren lyster is up next see you back here in a half hour. culture is that so much different and there is a huge decision to find the mark when going from very bad to even worse this is the state of u.s. pakistan relations after a cross border attack that left up to twenty pakistanis. a nation of free credit patience three runs for charges free. range month free risk free. to tide free. download free broadcast quality video for your media projects and free media oh don darty dot com . you know our sometimes you see a story and it seems so for lengthly you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else and you hear or see some other part of it and realized everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm tom harpur welcome to the big picture.

for a show tonight thank you so much for watching you can continue to follow me on twitter at lauren lyster even on vacations on the show i have not taken one from twitter and e-mail us your feedback and questions to you can do that at my account alister at r t t v america dot com you can also of course post them on our youtube channel youtube dot com slash capital account and go visit it because we will be posting fresh content exclusives during the break and from everyone here at capital account happy holidays and have a great night. is he he. he. is a visitor stork moment. a war's ending. a new day is upon us the iraq war as we know it is history tonight will reflect on the path they fear and it's the cost to both the american and iraqi people. there are so many mistakes committed by the u.s. military leadership especially in managing civilian icepacks here this kind of negative effect of this is going to mention and what about our legacy and i will have a special report revealing what the iraqis think about our occupation of their home and what the future relationship could hold for the

the capital account i'm lauren lyster. still leaves the option of. testing nobody seems to know. that never appropriate to face quite hard the argument that they're being overly dramatic. is time for tonight's tool time award and we're giving it once again to repeat winner in this category newt gingrich the g.o.p. presidential candidate was featured just last week for his truly original albeit wrong stance on child labor when he was speaking to you when he was speaking about income inequality at harvard's kennedy school new told us what he thought of child labor laws. it is tragic what we do in the poorest neighborhoods in trapping children in first one child laws which are truly stupid ok you say to somebody you shouldn't go to work before you're what fourteen sixteen years of age five you're totally poor. that's right he declared those laws designated to protect children from essentially slave labor as being stupid what's worse newt then offered up his own suggestion for kids who are in need of a job. most of these schools want to get rid of the unionized janitors have one mast

our guide in time for happy hour and joining me this evening is lauren lyster host of the capital account here on r.t. and derek thompson senior editor at the atlantic thanks for joining me guys thank you for having some fun videos today and they all kind of deal with older generations of people. let's first start with the barney frank and something that he wore on the floor of the house that. this is so wrong just take a look at this like ten second clip you know get it. are you supportive i do want to make clear that nothing in the past. should be taken as your criticism of the. exit was like casual friday you don't need to wear a collar just certain word but. those are massive man boobs yeah yeah they are the only thing that would be better is to see him do one of those interviews where he's really combative with journalists. that's what i want to see next because i don't know what could. leave the man who issue aside every day is casual friday in congress i mean they don't do anything they can pass a payroll tax cut extension to save their life we might as well dress up as they were h

all right it's time now for happy hour joining me as lauren lyster host of capital account of kit right here on r.t. and of course jim hansen retired special operations master sergeant and military blogger at black five dot net all right guys a lot to talk about tonight what's going on so washington cops raided a store right here in d.c. i think it's called capitol hemp this was back in october and during that raid they saw a d.v.d. they didn't really like it was called ten rules for dealing with police according to police if it's a store that you know is in a store that promotes promotes the use of drugs but the d.v.d. became a tool in their mind for deceiving a law enforcement i want to show you guys. the recruits to the outside closes the door behind her but it seems we've probably we just need to do a required routine check now everything's ok inside could you go ahead and let us take a look everything's under control officers like i know your vote is doing their jobs but without a search warrant i can't let you inside. all right so what do you guys think is knowing your rights you

welcome to the capital account i'm lauren lyster. just put a picture of me when i was like nine years old i like to tell the truth. incessant i am a ghetto friends that i love traveling hip hop music and. it was kind of a yesterday. i'm very proud of the wall that it's played. internal we are military making do the work to bring justice or accountability. i have every right to know what my government should do if you want to know why i pay taxes. but i would characterize obama as a charismatic. of american exceptionalism. a russian soyuz spacecraft carrying three future international space station crew members blasted off this morning just in time for the holidays the rocket which is carrying some newly developed digital equipment is expected to reach to the i os us on a friday and the crew members will stay aboard for six months to conduct experiments artie's and he's undoubtedly was lucky enough to witness the launch take a look. why is rocket just about to blast off here from baikonur cosmodrome and conflicts stand let's take a lo

to the company like now because i'm lauren lyster. well libya is heading heading into two thousand and twelve is a completely new country with new leaders and new hopes but as the immediate post a revolutionary excitement fades different factions of the former rebels are turning on each other and what may become a competition for power. boyko has more. flying high but still running low almost two months after the lifting of a no fly zone over tripoli the city's airport operates far below its capacity yet the passenger traffic keeps increasing every month as more and more airlines a putting tripoli back on their flight schedules the tripoli airport is once again buzzing with visitors a feller's have already within service and more expected to follow in the coming months but while flight controllers and customs officials are back of their desks it's still the militia who call the shots here and the rebels themselves admit that the situation is still way to trouble and to cede control to civilian authorities they're no longer flashing th

banks so they can weather another financial collapse if need be lauren lyster and someone foxman is going to are going to join us to hash it all out then what if campaign donations were completely.

the cumberland county i'm lauren lyster. well ron paul is surging in the polls in iowa considered a fringe candidate by the mainstream media he appears now to be making his way to the front of the race most recent poll shows him coming in second to newt gingrich now what mostly sets paul apart from the rest is his stance on foreign policy throughout the years he has maintained that the u.s. should stop acting like the world's policeman and stop waging wars abroad and it seems his anti-war message is resonating with more and more people today so what exactly does ron paul have that the other candidates don't and how do his stances measure up with other world leaders and if elected what will it mean for the u.s. libertarian columnist for world net daily dot com a lot of mercer is here to dig deeper into all of this welcome a lot of so what ask you what sets a ron paul apart from the rest of the candidates and what he has come to symbolize . well he's the only candidate who actually adheres to the constitution in terms of forei

dot com slash r t america you can also follow me on twitter liz wall the capital account with lauren lyster is up next. wealthy british scientists are. not on the tireless. markets why not come to. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike's cars or there are no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into cars or report on. you know how sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and realize everything you thought you don't know i'm tom harpur welcome to the big picture. download the official auntie application to go on the phone on called touch from the still. watch on t.v. life on the go. video on demand on tees and line bold costs and says feeds now in the palm of your. questions on the dot com. good afternoon and welcome to capital account i'm more in lister here in washington d.c. and japan's government will purchase f. thirty five storm u.s. contractor lockheed martin as its new air defense fighter the u.s. is pleased meanwhile japan reportedly m

take effect so let's get more about it here or let's hear more about it or discuss it with me is lauren lyster the host of the capital account on our t.v. lauren thanks for coming back on weekend. we having this discussion earlier this week and some on fox news on the program with you too but we kind of ran out of time and i feel like this is a really important element to get into because suddenly when the when the entire economy was crashing this were derivatives popped up that nobody knew what it was and they were i guess you could say pigeonholed as one of the made problems and then still two years later you know derivatives regulations true but this is what i think is the really interesting thing about this ok so this regulation has been delayed and kind of at the crux of this derivatives regulation is moving derivatives from over the counter trading into u.s. regulated exchanges so we're doing it over the counter alone and we're making these trades making these deals between you and me no central exchange on u.s. exchanges it's supposed to mitigate counterparty risk it supposed to elimina

for that's it for our show thanks so much for watching you can continue to follow me on twitter lauren lyster even though i'm on vacation from the. no i certainly have not taken one from twitter you can e-mail us your feedback and questions to go and get out of my email account ellis during our team t.v. america dot com and visit our you tube channel you tube dot com slash capital like how because we will be posting fresh content what explosives during the break and from everyone here at capital account how to holidays and have a great day. whether you dive from high or to the depths. catch the power of the wind or drift in the beauty of the currents. being well prepared is a must and if you're lucky. you'll never forget your experience we only need some ice cream that's going to be further. into why see. below the ice on our team. eve it's. the. elite. are all signs pointing to war tensions are further strain between the u.s. and iran after the arab countries spotted a u.s. aircraft carrier near their border and i will find out if the us is inching closer to another conflict in the persian g

good afternoon and welcome to capital account i'm lauren lyster here in washington d.c. and we are on vacation this week for the holidays but we still have exciting shows for you all week we've been on the air for a little more than two months but we have already had so many great interviews with amazing guests and for those smart but maybe not financially expert viewers we've broken down so many financial terms from the dense to the.

welcome to the capital account i'm lauren lyster. you just put a picture of me when i was like nine years old and just you know the true. confession i am a total get a friend that i love grabbing hip hop music and. that was kind of yesterday. i'm very proud of. its place. thanks. well we are just one week away now from the iowa caucus and the presidential campaigns heat up most of the g.o.p. candidates have taken quite aggressive stance is when it comes to foreign policy and there is a segment of the country that supports expanding military presence and military spending when it comes to foreign policy and the conflicts abroad how much does the average american on the street really know about what's going on around the world artie's on the stasi a target explores. it's three agencies of government when i get there that are gone commerce education and the what's the third one there let's see he's looking to to actually fire tens of thousands of federal workers and eliminate an entire cabinet level position and you can even remember it

ok ok it's time for happy hour and joining me tonight is lauren lyster host of capital account here on r t n j p for air senior communications strategist with new and. strategies thanks for joining you guys. so as we all know austerity is hitting the u.k. hard and that includes the royals who normally really like to spend a whole lot of money just like they did earlier this year when it came to the royal wedding. it's right parents who traditionally pay the middletons are sharing the winning family with the taxpayers pick up the bill street decorations stewarding biggest post b.c. sixteen million dollars to. sixteen million dollars for a wedding i think that like brad and jen's wedding like more than your member that from from my younger days but it's no no taxpayer subsidy to talking about the really quick so the poor queen as part of the austerity measures she's going to will the government plans to raise the funding to her but she still gets to continue to draw fifty million dollars per year in public money for the royal parties and repairing the palace and such if that does not rea

welcome to the capital account i'm lauren lyster. are you guys it's time for tonight's tool time award and once again we're going to get the republican presidential candidate rick santorum now the former pennsylvania senator has been on the campaign trail and as we told you yesterday he's already had trouble defending his stance on same sex marriage and health care but on monday during a town hall meeting in lamar's iowa santorum focused on how he would cut spending if he were the commander in chief and. one of the areas that he said he would target is funding for food stamps and he said the food stamp program a.k.a. snap is one of the fastest growing programs here in the district and he explained that forty eight million people are currently relying on food assistance programs from the government however his explanation for why the program has grown is what really bothers me according to santorum if hunger is a problem in america then why do we have an obesity problem among the people who we say have a hunger problem that's right th

to the counseling counter i'm lauren lyster. our guys it's time for you said it i read it right take time to respond to my brilliant and engaging viewer comments from facebook twitter and you tube because you got something to say i listen now first i want to respond to a viewer that wash our interview on bradley manning's pretrial hearing one and three five four commented on you too whether or not you agree that secrecy should be reduced and transparency increased manning is going to pay for his actions assuming they can show that what he did that he did what they are accusing him of doing just because you don't like the speed limit doesn't mean that you don't have to pay for not following them and i think everybody out there understands that when bradley manning entered the united states army he submitted himself to both the rules and their system of justice and the government is accusing many of of leaking classified material which if true would be breaking the law but if nobody wants to argue that bradley manning should be he

welcome to the capital account i'm lauren lyster. all right guys it's time for tonight's tool time of war and tonight we actually have two winners for you both from the current g.o.p. presidential candidate category now a lot of the candidates out there been working very hard to come out with the most insane immigration plan possible rick santorum might have just taken the cake and yes i believe that this makes is the third time this week the rick santorum is what are told time award. so i guess i just makes him a really really big tool but seriously the guy just keeps spewing crazy during a campaign stop in spencer iowa yesterday the bench of a new set of there was asked again about his stance on immigrants who have families here in the united states so not only did he reiterate his usual point that those people are breaking the law but he went on to explain he can't be here for twenty years and commits only one illegal act because everything you're doing while you're here is against the law families should be broken up when the law

good afternoon and happy friday welcome to capital account i am lauren lyster here and washington d.c. and new numbers are out today but do not be fooled by the drop in unemployment to eight point six percent more than half of that is coming from people leaving the labor force entirely people who have given up looking for work now even still this is the longest the jobless rate has been this high since monthly unemployment records began in nineteen forty eight we will show you what this means for this holiday season meanwhile the m.f. global plot thickens now that the firm has collapsed regulators are considering new rules restricting the use of customer money for brokerage is now the regulator this is the f.t.c. pay they wanted to finish the new rules earlier this year but they don't lay the changes can you guess why turns out heavy lobbying from none other than m.f. global chief executive john poor design this just as he was suspected to be betting with client cash and is the solution to the u.s. economic problems not new regulations not a new jobs policy but to ditch cash entirely