from the trouble on the markets to the trouble in london. >> in london, the british prime minister had said that a fight back is under way to restore law and order where areas of arson and looting have shocked the nation. a police forces on the streets in london. groups have been out in full force. birmingham and manchester are the latest to be hit by the violence. >> opposition leader visited central manchester to see the damage for himself. politicians have been caught by the violence. there needs to be a debate on the reasons for the riding. >> the party will have to look at this and understand. why we have people who go out and commit to these criminal acts. the truth is that the reasons for this are complex and not simple and we must resist simplistic explanations or responses. >> the government says that order has to be restored. "whatever resources the police need, they will get. whatever tactics they need to employ, they will have legal backing to do so. we will do whatever is as scary to restore law and order. >> the police have been authorized to use water cannons while offic

and i think it's more than the buildings are being charged but i think the london spirit of london pride has also been charred and frankly i see as an embarrassment as a capital that london planning for the olympics can't get it to go over you know of course is coming so close and some of these are right so close to that and you really pick village the stadium as well well thanks ever so much for the program nathan john chief executive officer of youth in light limited take care. well obviously with r.t. for the very latest developments from the british capital artie's i have a bennett our correspondent there will be updating you on the london riots every hour these are the latest live pictures coming through. yet to be clarified where these are we're saying london on the screen or maybe the production gallery can tell you where these are actually from all whether they're from hackney what anyway they are the latest shots we're not totally clear ourselves or you can see a vehicle or a building on fire there very disturbing scenes throughout parts of london tonight in the northeast and th

here's my colleague laura emmett who was in east london last night london's burning riot is in police takeover the capital for a third night as leaches target yet more areas of london in a spiraling cycle of violence police sealed off streets intreat whole areas it's crime scenes with local communities trying to to come. terms with the wave of looting engulfing north east and south london in tottenham where it all began the high street is a burned out shell the police that shops and so are the banks everything that's happening the recession you know there's a lot of anger about that no jobs nothing for the youths to do it was sparked by the fatal shooting by police of this man mark duggan tottenham once on says about why and how he was killed but his shooting was just the spark in an exceptionally dry tinder box tottenham and other london boroughs have long been simmering with resentment towards the police towards social injustice and towards unemployment this is a community which is around a fantastic prussia's by how levels of employment generalising jaw still is and services youth

london this evening i'm in. london where the streets are full of police and all the streets are full of riots my glutes is just about a hundred meters behind me a car is on fire the hair is full of i quit smoking you might be able to hear the police helicopters circling above me as police try to get control of the situation there are about one hundred fifty people in the street just around the corner we went round there but we judged that it was too dangerous to stay in fact we could hear people behind us talking about which part of the camera was the most valuable to which they would try to get. a hasty retreat. down the. cost certainly a call because at least several on fire and it's not just here in hoc committee there has been violence in brixton and it's also you breaking out now to other parts of the country croydon which is probably about thirty miles away from. parts of croydon on fire and we're hearing the balance is already over both also spreads right. there are all sorts of people on the streets but

. >> i enemy -- am in london. headlines. in london the third day of looting across the capitol. this spread to birmingham and liverpool. calling for emergency talks on tuesday. >> the fear of decent people who have done nothing to anyone. and the fear in them. >> on the world's stock market, the prices in asia fall sharply again. the dow dropping with the biggest and 5.5 to close. it's 11 a.m. here in singapore. >> welcome to news day. >> british police are urging people to stay off the streets to allow them to deal with the rioting that is continuing to spread across london and parts of the u.k. reaching all parts of the capital, from hackney in the east, to camden in the north. 332 people have been arrested over the past three days. and since the first time since trouble began on saturday, violence is spreading outside to liverpool. david cameron is cutting short his holiday and flying in on tuesday morning. and we are assessing the damage, and you started in south london and then the west. tell us what you saw in the south. >> the south was very chaotic, when we got there, th

chaos reigns thousands of police move on to the streets of london to prevent new violence or looting after three days of disorder. shops and businesses closes fears rise of another nights of parlance of all the latest from london in just a few moments. also on r t u.s. stocks called back losses following their biggest slump for years amid fears of the downgrade of america's credit rating worsening the slowdown of the world's biggest economy. and europe's top bankers says the confidence going through the worst financial crisis since world war two was the central bank buys bombs from the region's crippled economies. bulk of this is r t it's eight pm choose the evening here in moscow my name's kevin zero in on our top story some sixteen thousand police officers will patrol the streets of london tuesday night in a bid to prevent more clashes the random violence and london for three days now is left a trail of smashed windows looted shops and burned cars in a number of cities across the u.k. all sparked from what was initially a peaceful protest over a police shooting in south london that

and south london.t now spread to so many areas that the police are finding themselves so stretched thin that they really aren't able to respond to everything. i came home last night through east london and found there was looting on one of my main shopping streets, a very small shopping street. but there were no police around at all because they were too busy responding to much bigger emergencies happening in other parts of the city. and it is that kind of lawlessness that is really frightening people. on the bus at home, people were really concerned and trying to compare notes, how are they going to get home, how are they going to avoid the lootings and make it home safely? >> this is the worry, isn't it? atika shubert reporting there from near hackney in london. as atika mentioned and as we have been reporting, this has spread. we want to update you on conditions in birmingham, after violence broke out there monday. and covering the rioting there is daniel wainwright, a correspondent for the express

the violence that has spread across london there's now reportedly reached burning up in several parts of the capital london groups of youths clashing with police buildings and cars are again ablaze it follows unrest over the weekend after a man was shot dead by police it's trying get across what's happening with a lot of events tonight i have a bet it is in the british capital for a hi there i just mentioned there burning and let's start with that first shall we what we know about what's happening there and then move on to london and what we witnessed earlier on the saving. reports from birmingham are the riot police have taken to the streets because there's been looting their shop windows have been smashed in not quite on the scale of london but the concern is that violence could erupt there as we've seen in london today as i said riot police have already taken to the streets to try and contain it here in london police are bracing themselves for another night of violence here. because the situation today has been getting steadily worse with new pockets of violence and writing springi

we will continue to say on top of the situation in london thanks for that. we want to know what you think share your opinion on the u.k. riots by participating in our latest poll log on to our website are to god com to contribute to today's topic we ask you what's the driving force behind the u.k. riots so far the most part the most popular response is this is from a over the economy a quarter of you say it's the failure of. them and some of you think that criminals hungry for profit and heavy handed policing hard to bully the line let us know what you think is the driving force behind u.k. riots r t top cop. well from trouble on the streets to trading turmoil as european stock markets plummet on tuesday after a break falls overnight in the u.s. and a volatile day of trading in asia and now joining us live from brussels our correspondent daniel bush all day how bad is the situation on the european markets are we perhaps seeing the beginning of a new crisis here. this is becoming a blog last week was the world's worst for world markets three years and yesterd

parties are bennett's following the latest developments for us in london. shops and businesses not just here in clapham in southwest london but all over the city have been closing early as fears rise of another night of looting and violence and we've seen people here walking home early from were carrying their computers with them fearing that there could be break ins to the shops and businesses here on the high street and the police also fearing another night of violence they say they'll be up in their offices in the street from six thousand last night to sixteen thousand tonight and they'll be prepared to use plastic bullets if they have to and so the so the city is prepared for another night of violence and now i haven't seen any of that here in clapham in the southwest of london where the tensions here have been definitely high people just angry here. not more was done by the police they say the rioters were given two hours to take what they couldn't cause much damage they could before any police turned up and they're angry that police chose to target ot

amidst the protesters, they're rocking the streets of london, it's north of london. the streets, cars on fire, reports of shots fired. we are going to get more details momentarily. >> eric: it's almost midnight in london and the streets, as you can see in one local area, chaos. reported shots fired, police on horseback. police cars torched, a building potentially on fire. this after there was supposedly a peaceful protest called earlier this afternoon to protest the shooting of 29-year-old mark duggan. he's described as a father of four, he was shot on thursday. the media in london describe him as a suspected gang member who police feared was about to avenge the killing of a rapper cousin when they say he opened fire at police while he was in a london taxicab. details not confirmed by fox news. his family and friends had a protest this afternoon to protest against his killing when that apparently turned violent, as you can see, with the overturning and torching of two police cars. that seemed to escalate a bit in the pottingham area of london, north london, after thi

laura emmett who is in east london last night london's burning riot is in police takeover the capital for a third night as leaches target yet more areas of london in a spiraling cycle of violence on monday night a pilot shoot a few signs of abating in fact it spread further around the city say here in. slugs in hackney where writers set fire to cars and try to break into more shops meanwhile terrified residents of london could do nothing but according to police seal off streets and treat whole areas as crime scenes with local communities trying to come to terms with the wave of looting engulfing north east and south london in enfield rages looted shops making off with whatever they could carry in nearby edmonton a man with stopped south in brixton riots says threw rocks at police and in tottenham where it all began the high street is a burned out shell the police the chops i'm sorry the bags everything that's happening the recession you know there's a lot of anger about that no jobs nothing for the youths to do so yeah i did our first race in america you know and it it it is sad that

lewisham in south london peckham hackney in north london north east london they're finding it hard to control the situation there because a number of spectators in particular children watching events and getting in the way of them doing their job and being on robust on the necessary people and so the acting commissioner of police commissioner tim godwin has come out. evening insead . asking parents to get in touch with their children to try and keep them inside and so the police can do their job that's the plea from the police but also they're saying they simply can't get on top of things as quickly as they would like because seems viruses just spring up just instantaneously at the same time as all across london so they simply don't have the resources and services so this trying to recruit people as it happens well that seems to coincide with a couple of the reports i've been reading as well people saying over the weekend the brixton for instance carries electrical shock people reporting looking out from beyond the curtains of their homes reporting that the shot was being looted diali

areas of london in a spy. cycle of violence a monday night of violence few signs of abating in practice spread further around the city said here in east london and hackney where right says that car to cars and tried to break into more shops meanwhile terrified residents of london could do nothing but no court and police sealed off streets and treat whole areas as crime scenes with local communities trying to come to terms with the wave of looting and go thing north east and south london in enfield looted shops making off with whatever they could carry in nearby edmonton a man with jobs found in brixton riots says threw rocks at police and in tottenham where it all began the high street is a burnt out show the police the cops and charge the banks everything that's happening the recession you know there's a lot of anger about that no jobs nothing for the youths to do so yet i am all for australia america you know and it it may just sad that it's not it's the poor people that's suffering it was sparked by the fat

here in south west london to clear up operation begins as police prepare for other nights of violence. in other news u.s. stocks call back losses following their biggest flopping years amid fears the downgrade of america's credit rating could worsen the slowdown of the world economy. and europe's top banker says the continent is going through the worst financial crisis since the second world war as the central bank finds bongs from the region's crippled economies. live from our headquarters in central moscow you're watching our team with me and you so now eight and seven pm here in the russian capital four pm in london where the random violence which has gripped the city for three days spread like fever across the u.k. overnight leaving a trail of destruction smashed windows looted shops and thousands of cars on fire in a number of cities all sparked from what was initially a peaceful protest over a police shooting in south london aren't you clever bennett is there our moment and joins us live ivor how is the atmosphere in the streets now any signs of new clashes. oh i'm in the place

lewisham in south london peckham hackney in north london northeast london they're finding it hard to control the situation there because a number of spectators in particular children watching events and getting in the way of them doing their job and being on robust on the necessary people and so the acting commissioner of police commissioner tim godwin has come out this evening and said. asking parents to. get in touch with their children to try and keep them inside and so the police can do their job that's the plea from the police but also they're saying they simply can't get on top of things as quickly as they would like because seems violence is just springing up just instantaneously at the same time as all across london so they simply don't have the resources this is so this trying to recruit people as it happens situations have gone from from seemingly complete carmen places like clamp and to widespread looting and no one feels safe and. it can go turn into a seemingly like a war zone in just a matter of minutes to buildings in croydon going up in flames so it's very hard to sta

hackney east london. the chaos in the u.k. on our twitter feed or to underscore calmly uses some of the latest tweets more correspondents working at the same the same scotland yard's of paling to any london police volunteers all retired officers as well for help also saying a man is critically ill after clashing with riot his kneeling london last night he suffered head injuries on to our school call me keep an eye on the best videos to a you tube channel. off as a mother to be given permission to use rubber bullets to disperse crowds of top metropolitan police officers will said the not afraid to use any tactic necessary now but investigative journalist tony goes believes the force is in big trouble. it's about a crisis of leadership in this country we've got a prime minister that doesn't really connect with the people a lot of the policies in implementing are actually dictated to him by the banks and he's lost touch with all three people there's also a crisis at the metropolitan police who had support stevenson who is a very

in london. and you can follow me on twitter for the latest updates but what's happening in britain also the news analysis. of the u.k. crisis available twenty four seven two on our website are you choose channel always great pictures there for you we can follow the timeline of the ride since the very first day and dramatic footage of britain on fire. so four people have now been confirmed dead as rioting moves across the u.k. prime minister david cameron vowed to end the violence that was sparked after police shot a man in tottenham north london last no talk to journalists north turns into a on the line live from the other russian could see if these clashes were spotted regionally by the death of mark duggan what's the motivation now then as we head into the potential fifth night of rioting as it gets dark. i think first of all i have to give my condolences to the needy family but the others who have been killed either by police or by rioters. it's an awful situation in london at the moment the

in east london where the streets are full of police and all the streets are full of rioters i believe it is just about a hundred meters behind me a car is on fire here is full of great smoke you might be able to hear the police helicopters circling above me as police try to get control of the situation there are about one hundred fifty people in the street just around the corner we went round there but we judge that it was too dangerous to stay and it's not just here in hockney there has been violence in brixton and it's also you breaking out now to other parts of the country croydon which is probably about thirty miles away from logging parts of poison on fire and we're hearing that the violence is already over both also spreads writes to forming that there are all sorts of people on the streets here but it is being perpetrated by ethnic minorities it has to be said about arrests and this is certainly the worst violence that we've seen so far it hasn't been confined to the hours of darkness as i say has been going on for three nights so i mean business makes the parts of london that

london's riots have claimed another victim. police revealed an elderly man who took on the rioters as they were trying to set fire to a bin in ealing has died in hospital. footage from the third day of the disorder showed police and others tending to 68-year-old richard manington after he'd been sat upon. detectives say it was a brutal incident and senseless killing. dan griffith is here with us now. bring us up to date. >> as you were saying, this is the case of 68-year-old richard manington beaus who was trying to put out a fire that are the started by rioters on monday. he was sat upon by some of the rioters. they assaulted him. he sustained serious head injuries and he was hospitalized and put on life support. unfortunately, police say he died on thursday. they have informed the next of kin and the post mortem will be carried out shortly. the police say they have launched a full murder investigation. >> police have actually released footage of the man that they want to question in relation to this. >> that's absolutely righ

laura emmett who is in east london last night london's burning rioters and police take over the capital for a third night as leaches target yet more areas of london in a spiraling cycle of violence police sealed off streets and treat whole areas it's crime scenes with local communities trying to come to terms with the wave of looting and girl thing north east and south london in tottenham where it all began the high street is a burned out shell of the police the job center are the banks everything that's happening the recession and you know there's a last minute are about that no charts nothing for the youths to do it was sparked by the three to sheet. by police of this man mark duggan tottenham once own says about why and how he was killed by his shooting with just the spot in an exceptionally dry tinder box tottenham and other london boroughs have long been simmering with resentment towards the police towards social injustice and towards unemployment this is a community which is fantastic precious or how levels of unemployment than our lives and their lives and services youth clubs be

hackney east london. and we'll be talking to our correspondents in london throughout the day for you meanwhile you can follow all the latest developments there on twitter slash our team underscore tom cole the british committee that deals with national crises needs in the wake of recent developments home secretary ruled out the use of water cannons and a military presence meanwhile police have so far arrested over three hundred people are going to underscore com for more details throughout the day. with police stretched beyond their limits looters some as young as fourteen have been clearing the shelves of abandoned shops and you go again from the british newspaper the sunday telegraph was just one of many victims of the five or so. i was and i was mugged i was pulled off my bike and my bike was stolen by. on the way to the studio about forty five minutes ago i spent most of the day in tottenham which is where it all kicked off interviewing people who were lost their home as a result of these rights and t

much of london is problem-free.as, business centers and so forth are operating absolutely normally. but it is essentially good advice to simply be aware of what may be happening in certain districts. the nature of these riots is they have been very fast-moving. they described them as flash riots, group of people coming together very, very quickly and causing these disturbances. carol. >> phil black live in london. now let's head to syria. the united states is inching ever closer to calling on president assad to step down. sources saying the announcement should be made in several days. fareed zakaria discussed that development on "john king usa." >> it puts the screws even further on assad. i think it is not the beginning of the end. john, what we realized about many of these regimes, they are real police states, really brutal, really tough. tough to crack. sanctions didn't get rid of saddam hussein. sanctions and a no-fly zone haven't gotten rid of moammar gadhafi. i doubt it will get rid of president assad in syria

clapham, south london, north london. there's a lot of outon the street who seem very disenfranchised. the politicians are calling them criminals, others are saying there are social issues beneath the surface which are causing the big riots on the streets of london. >> steve sedgewick, we appreciate the live report from london. we'll get back to the riots in just a second. for more on the markets and what can be done to get us back on track. we turn to "new york times" columnist, co-anchor of cnbc's squawk box, andrew sorkin. the dow down 634 points yesterday, politicians at home, you heard some of the republican presidential candidates linking it directly to the downgrade. but the problem obviously much bigger than that. what's at the root of this? >> take a deep breath. i had a conversation yesterday with hank paulson, a former treasury secretary, who knows a thing or two about financial crisis and we discussed this. as much as the downgrade seems like the problem, it's not clear that that's it. it's exacerbating the bi

and it's all greek to me as austerity measures have put greece in ruins and london is now in a lot of trouble is this the end of the economic era the difficulty is one thing a lot of people prepared for. and with good reason so will you be prepared for the end of the world as we know it well we'll show you just how far some americans are going to be ready just in case. after noon it's wednesday august tenth four pm here in washington d.c. i'm lauren lyster and you're watching r.t. now in the u.k. riots have gone into a fifth day and they continue to spread as the night goes on looters are taking what they can get their hands on setting fire to buildings the number of london police forces on the streets have tripled to fifteen thousand now now along with rioters a new development a different type of mob is springing up those cleaning it up you can see him down there holding brooms but analysts and citizens say what is really in need of confronting is what's going on underneath all of this the root cause some say in equality and inability to move up in the world racial targeting by poli

most serious disorder here in london. historic buildings that survived the blitz of world war ii lost in the arson of mindless vandals. last night alone, more than ten major fires devoured city blocks. businesses lost. homes lost. one person is dead. it's amazing the number isn't higher. >> i saw the building, it had flames -- the building and it was just black smoke coming billowing from the corner of the -- you know, ten minutes longer in that building and we would have been dead. we would have been dead. >> reporter: it all began saturday in north london. what was a peaceful protest against the police shooting of a black man alleged to be a gang member turned ugly. on saturday night, it spread. it got worse on sunday. and much worse last night. more than 75 separate incidents so far. overwhelming police and firefighters. as police tried to contain the violence, the mobs dispersed, texting each other to regroup a few blocks away. when they did, they smashed everything in sight. they set cars on fire. often police were n

we are live from singapore and london. and agents didn't rob small he was hurt and helpless speaks for the first time. paying tribute to the serious thought. we looked at the chinese halloween. >> a roadside bomb has killed five nato troops in southern afghanistan. it comes a day after the alliance said it killed the taliban insurgents responsible for shooting down a helicopter. >> there is a fight going on out there. this is not the first helicopter of force that has been hit. a lot of work is involved. the human loss is tremendous. it was a pretty hard thing to watch. it is not going to affect the course of the campaign. we were back in business with our afghan partners the very next night. that is where we were going to stay. >> the taliban seem to be shifting their position when it comes to some kind of political engagement. is that your perception? >> i think it is an indication that the surge is working. the increased military activity against the taliban have definitely made them pay a very heavy price. i would have

criminality across the whole of london what we should do in my view is pull our troops back from these pointless wars in afghanistan in iraq. as money's spent on two wars in foreign lands parts of london birmingham liverpool and bristol i sensually ghettos partly because of high immigration but also because young people in these communities have no prospects they're bored and disaffected and as the cuts bite that's not going to improve a class youth worker told me four out of eight youth centers have closed since last year it's about investing in our communities when when you take away the money from the policing and you take away the money from the youth work. i mean i could never imagine such consequences to be honest this is you know you book a consequence of tuesday night saw sixteen thousand police officers on the streets of london a call. into the metropolitan police force is being stretched more than ever before and increasingly londoners are talking about taking matters into their own hands bringing with it to a certain under control is just the beginning of golding problem and

well i want to start in london this evening where massive protests have led to widespread rioting and looting and we're just right sixteen thousand police officers just deployed to the streets lawlessness has spiraled out of control over the last couple days a protest there broke out after a twenty nine year old man was apparently shot and killed by police officers if you take a look here you can see just how many clashes between police and rioters have taken place over the last five days an illustration of just how widespread this has become more and it is on the ground in london and she brings us the very latest. london's burning rioters and police take over the capital for a third night as looters target yet more areas of london in a spiraling cycle of violence police see a lot of streets and treat whole areas as crime scenes with local communities trying to come to terms with the wave of looting and golfing north east and south london in tottenham where it all began the high street is the burned out shell the police the job center are the bags everything that's happening the reces

hackney east london. a lot of talk now going on about how long these will continue for and also about the security in london in general now it's important also to look at not just the specifics of what we're seeing but also of the bigger picture where does this anger actually stem from what are the implications of it are ben cohen is the editor of the daily banter and also a regular contributor to the huffington post and he is in our studio in los angeles . and then i know that you've written about this pretty extensively and one thing that you wrote i thought was really interesting was that that type of behavior is the result of many years of social nation frustration and anger and that a decent society should produce normal happy and production productive citizens and when you get angry and destructive citizens something is clearly wrong so i guess i want to start off by asking you what is the larger problem here. polaha problem is that you have an entire class of people that feel completely alienated f

this is r t the headline is chaos reigns thousands of police move on to the streets of london to prevent new violence the looting of the three days of disorder. shop some business is closes fears rise of another nights of violence while all the latest from london in just a few moments. also u.s. stocks claw back losses following the biggest slump in years after america's credit rating downgrade. europe's top bankers says the continent is going through the worst financial crisis since world war two as the central bank by its bonds from the region's crippled economy. welcome this is r t it's not just after nine pm choose the new year in moscow my name is kevin irwin and first some sixteen thousand police officers will patrol the streets of london choose day night in a bid to prevent more clashes the random violence has gripped london for three days now it's left a trail of smashed windows looted shops and burnt out cars in a number of cities across the parties are bennett's following the latest for us. shops and businesses are not just here in clapham and southwest london but all over the

london but correspondents are keeping a close eye on the events as they unfold in london and beyond when you go latest updates on twitter you can follow the feed at our t underscore column in one of her latest tweets laura says that londoners have taken to the streets of the british capital in a mass cleanup operation people armed with hands and brushes unite together to tidy up and that are to underscore calm throughout the day for more details from laura. now the fatal shooting of police by police of a black man in london that sparked the riots is under investigation that's after the police watchdog said there's no evidence mark duggan was first to fire at officers as initially had been claimed investigative journalist tony gosling says the force how does have a bad record. we've had something like three hundred and forty deaths mostly of ethnic minorities in police custody over the last twelve years now that's around about one a month without a single conviction of a police officer we also need to know the names of the police officers and the firearms people who shot mark duggan are w

has the footage of london from living nightmare to our dot com takeover. the eurozone is struggling to keep its economy afloat with rumors france is next in line for a downgrade president nicolas sarkozy is to hold an emergency meeting he's interrupting his summer holiday after criticism for staying away while turmoil grips financial markets meanwhile the italian treasury borrowing costs drops sharply in its latest bond sale but while europe has further into the red elsewhere their story of a black china could top the list of the world's strongest economies in the u.s. century old seat earlier than expected that's according to the international monetary fund which says the power set in the financial arena could take place as soon as twenty sixteen artie's british media reports from asia. the latest international monetary fund predictions are showing that china's economy will actually grow bigger than the u.s. economy by twenty sixteen which will be the first time in more than a century that the united states economy will not be the biggest economy in the w

it's in a song full scale alert the scenes of violence and destruction flare beyond london after three days of clashes between riders and police. wall street hits a new oses a two thousand and eight financial crisis as their full investors withdraw from the us stock market said big shock waves across the world. plus as the result price whether its economic storm poland shelving of plans to adopt the single currency highlights the european desire to stay out of the euro crisis. ten am here in the russian capital you're watching r.t. i build ings on far windows smashed and shops looted all these are the scenes devastating the streets of london after three days of violent riots police are deploying thousands of extra officers to contain the situation as seeds of lawlessness spread to other cities including birmingham liverpool and of bristol all the prime minister has cut short his holiday in italy to hold emergency government meetings archies or anybody is keeping a close eye on the situation. by. the logs in where the streets are full of police and all the streets are full of rioters i

four or five different parts of london where you can share your opinion of the u.k. writes about criticism in our latest poll you can log onto our website that's our deep dark card to contribute to today's topic and we're asking you what's the driving force behind the u.k. riots we have a chart so far the most part of the response is the failure of multiculturalism over a quarter of you say it's the dismay over the economy and some of you say that criminals are hungry for profit heavy handed policing are to blame. to america now where the stock markets are in freefall as investors rush out in reaction to the u.s. losing its aaa credit rating and that's the sky president obama's speech in which he declared america was still an economic powerhouse. has more now from new york. market reaction to the historic downgrade of america's credit are sure it is the worst day on wall street since the two thousand and eight financial crisis all through. major u.s. stock indexes plummeted between five and seven percent on monday now all of this coming just after standard and poor's

clapp and london. so sixteen thousand police are on the streets of london on tuesday night while the situation seems to be simmering down a little bit it's definitely not over and is in fact spreading to other cities but is prime minister david cameron has now responded by authorizing the use of rubber bullets and water cannons but is responding to violence with more violence the right answer even if this type of force is use the riots are quelled for the time being ordered nor the larger problems within britain and leave the reasons for social unrest untouched and what exactly is it about britain that makes riots of this size and the scope possible. and might we ever see them here in the u.s. and discuss this is sally mcnamara senior policy analyst in european affairs at the heritage foundation thanks so much for joining us tonight now of course you are far from britain so you're really watching some of these scenes from iran country what is it what exactly do you think is going on here because we've