and lucy catherine of you're watching our t.v. . now libya afghanistan iraq yemen pakistan i mean the list of wars raged lightweights by this country seems to be growing america's patience for them is wearing quite thin now while outrage lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are battling the white house over libya a war that technically isn't really a war according to this president generals in the pentagon are reaching a quiet campaign of their own to ensure that the afghan surge continues meanwhile the cia has fast track its plans for a not so secret drone base in the persian gulf now whether or not you think these wars overt or covert are necessary the much more important question here is how this country can pay for all this i mean just today the i.m.f. that america's economic growth is going to be slower than expected warning washington of quote playing with fire for doesn't curb its soaring deficit you know even america's mayors are now joining into the fray calling on the white house to stop spending on all these wars and stop

i'm lucy catherine of any watching artsy well death toll the death toll is rising in libya and the culprit this time isn't a bloodthirsty dictator but the very same forces who are there on a mission to liberate the country now the latest bungled nato air strike has claimed the lives of millions how a lot of civilians and the inclusion of two toddlers among the latest death toll how the alliance struggling to defend its credibility argues morea for an ocean of reports on the ground in tripoli. another day has brought more death and destruction to leave here a large private company the rest of the capital tripoli has been leveled reduced to rubble in apparent as strike. rescues have discovered the remains of fifteen people according to libyan officials. the house destroyed belonged to general who are like movie one of the people closest to colonel gadhafi he was among those who took part in the military coup to bring the leader in leader to power forty one years ago the general escaped injury but most of his family died in the attack. this man is talking about legal are one of the grandchild

anything as friday june twenty fourth but lucy catherine up here in washington d.c. and you're watching our t.v. . now bankers are being laid off more than ever suge numbers according to some accounts twenty one percent increase in layoffs on wall street in fact i have a feeling that a lot of folks are probably losing sleep over this i mean these are the guys who have been profiting while everyone else has been losing cash right well for more details let's speak to a wall street reporter for the business insider watch to help. break this down for us tough times on wall street was i mean. i think that there is going to be i mean just this revenue down and banks have basically increased salaries and banks console to do that if they're not making money so what do you do you start cutting jobs and people are going to be angry about it and i think there's going to be some unhappy faces on wall street if they're not making the money they can't be kept around of course but i mean you know we can sort of look at wall street as the warning bell here i mean if these are the fo

i'm lucy catherine and you're watching our team now on memorial day we pause to honor the men and women who perished in america's many conflicts but all the dead were honored of countless ceremonies across the country this weekend those who came home from the battlefield are just now fighting to survive in our genes on a saucy churkin and gives us a glimpse into their struggle. first there are heroes the millions of us soldiers that have marched off to war under government whim then on their return abandoned souls they come home and see the truth about what they've been asked to do and i think this current glorification of the troops can't hide the reality of what happens when these young kids women and come home they are the real truth tellers it is often an unexpected many u.s. war veterans come from simple places like this one often not the best off neighborhoods some are following a dream others are lured in by promises of a better life but there are also those that sometimes join the military because they don't have any other economic choice and what many people don't realize is th

i'm lucy catherine of and you're watching our t.v. . well libya of ghana stana iraq yemen pakistan i mean the list of wars reached by this country seems to be growing the same time america's patience is wearing thin and all outraged lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are battling the white house over libya a war that technically isn't really a war according to this president generals in the pentagon at the same time are waging a quiet campaign to actually ensure that the afghan surge continues despite the plans for the drawdown and moreover the cia has fast tracked its plans for a not so secret base in yemen in the persian gulf in order to ramp up its operations in yemen and whether or not you think these wars are in their sincerity the more important the more pressing question that we have to ask here is how this country can continue to pay for all these conflicts i mean the i'm a just today came out with new numbers saying that america's economic growth will actually be slower than expected warning washington of quote playing with f

and lucy catherine of any watching r.t. now german chancellor chancellor angela merkel is in washington today where she's meeting with top u.s. officials and receiving the medal of freedom from president barack obama now both leaders are trying to project a close working relationship despite recent differences on foreign policy especially when it comes to libya not to mention these starkly different approaches to tackling the global economic crisis now the u.s. economy continues unfortunately to stagnate we're dealing with bare bones growth that just one point eight percent consumer spending is down home prices are sinking jobs and wages are having no. now germany on the other hand is frankly not doing so bad it comes to unemployment germany boasts a rate of just seven percent thanks to policies that encourage companies to keep folks on the payrolls during tough times meanwhile here in the united states the unemployment rate hovers at just over nine point one percent that's nearly fourteen million americans who are looking