good afternoon and good evening for me and welcome to capital account i'm lauren lyster here in davos switzerland at day two of the world economic forum if you're watching our show you've already seen the barrage of headlines coming out of davos but here find out what's really going on all on an off day gerri davos all have that report for you but first here's dmitri of venus in washington holding down the fort. thanks laura and back in washington former fed chairman alan greenspan is out with an article in the financial times today titled meddle with the markets at your peril a direct warning to the world's policymakers and government officials when he was fed chairman many argue that the pedal was already floored to the market metal sounds like a tongue twister don't worry we're a former fed governor alan blinder in studio with us who was under chairman greenspan to help us on tires and why we're busy on time the mystery of the temple men in europe are busy tying the continent closer together billionaire investor george soros had his own op ed in the financial times today where he p

is lauren lyster host of the capital account. and as the one percent thinks about how to tweak the capital's capitalist system another group wants to change it radically and they're holding a form of their own it's called the world social forum and it's taking place right now in porto alegre brazil brazil president dilma rousseff decided to ditch the elites and instead tend an event which has brought together a medley of social movement groups from around the globe the event of rivals the exclusive forum happening now in davos so can the world social forum shake things up enough to change the system well to help answer this question and more as mike norman chief economist of john thomas financial. welcome norman so we have several different groups from the arab spring occupy wall street spain's indignant movement they're all taking part in this for what do they all have in common. well i think what they have in common is an expression of outrage of what we've seen policies which have resulted in massive income inequality around t

good afternoon good evening for me and welcome to capital account i'm lauren lyster here in davos switzerland to bring you the latest and greatest or where i can get to and who i can talk to at the world economic forum also in unrelated news i found out they doing a size is joining our will have won both the first years. down the fourth in washington. thanks loren and back and watch them last night was the president's annual state of the union address and although there might have been a lot of good rhetoric was the substance. and that's why i'm sending this congress a plan that gives everyone sponsible homeowner the chance to save about three thousand dollars a year on their mortgage by refinancing at historically low rates no more red tape no one around from the banks. who the program really benefits the average american which cost of living has been rising for the financial industry by helping to roll over more debt onto an already bloated government balance sheet and speaking of bloated balance sheets the f o m c concluded its two day meeting this morning and you know what they say about

welcome to the capital account i'm lauren lyster. put a picture of me when i was like no years old i don't get old with fruit. i confess that i am a total ghetto friends that tylenol rap and hip hop is back and. that it was kind of a yesterday. i'm very proud of the world with its place. all signs up police are trying to silence the occupy wall street movement up until now the u.s. could turn into a global revolution t.v. it's a website for twenty four seven that live streaming video of what's going on there . but the outlet has reportedly been evacuated from their studio in brooklyn new york police officers also arrested some of the project's key volunteers this week including co-founder of bird well when global revolution t.v. first started up arts he reported on how they became a driving force and breaking the information blockade our marina port and i reports . from the mass demonstrations of support. to the disturbing images of police force. day after day the world has been able to watch occupy wall street in action through glob

your tweets as usual i hope everyone else those that was host of capital account the lovely lauren lyster who is most. profusely here recover workhouse. earlier i spoke with formal former federal reserve vice chairman and professor of economics at princeton university dr alan blinder about the federal reserve system and what he thinks the role of the central bank should begin setting interest rates i start the question by playing a short clip of him speaking at the woodrow wilson astute about just that. the end of the criticisms of the greenspan said it was after they lowered the nominal interest rate to one percent creating a strongly negative real interest rate in two thousand and three they held that there too long that's probably right i consider it a forgivable or a but it's probably. so the point i wanted to make with that is i i agree with you i think was probably the wrong idea to have a rate that low but isn't that really a problem the fact that neither i nor you nor anyone really knows what the interest rate should be and i say that because we have we have that it with prices an

sure to tune in to a special episode of the capital account coming up in just a few minutes lauren lyster and dimitri will dive even further into the issues that leaders are facing at this year old world economic form and then later in the show us we'll sit down with peter schiff the c.e.o. of euro pacific capital to discuss the federal open market committee's latest decision to keep interest rates low at least until twenty fourteen. now still ahead an r t one year after millions of egyptians took to the streets of cairo there might be a new group of people in power but how much has actually changed or is it just a new face to the old policies we'll question this and explain more in just a bit. of people calling what you said for free and fair election. again we're still reporting from the development you can hear behind me loud explosions. i don't even. know you got it. well protesters have returned to talk we're square in thousands to mark the very first anniversary of the very uprisings that led to the ousting of president hosni mubarak so what's changed in egypt since the revolution a

now tonight really catch back up with host of artes capital account lauren lyster who's in davos and she's going to bring us all of the latest then you thought sopa and pipa are bad but we're going to revisit accept the anti-counterfeiting trade agreement that has just signed in a secret ceremony in japan by a few more countries but protesters are already coming on the streets are going to go all the details there and then newt gingrich has some a lofty ideas for space and colonizing the moon while everyone's laughing about that we should wonder if the military really has plans for using space as the next war zone or have all that morphy tonight including a dose of happy hour but first take a look at the mainstream media has decided to miss. all right so it's yet another day and we have more obsessive coverage coming from the mainstream media about the republican candidates as they prepare for the florida primary they're continuing to stoke these fires on the battle between new king bridge and that romney by days until florida's republican presidential primary just hours from the c.n

this and other palace intrigue from that snowy hamlet atop the swiss mountains is our own lauren lyster. so lauren look i do mean bundled up there is a cold. yeah it's called all right i think this no it wintery resort all right so i don't want to waste your time lauren i heard the news a genocide will be broadcasting on the same network as us what do you think of as you think the let him down in davos there with you and cover some of the facts in the snow. as the million dollar question right or maybe the billion dollar question so that's exciting new is that julian assange is joining r t that's very exciting i mean he's been such a prominent whistleblower and made such a big impact it'll be really exciting to see what you'll do in a show and an exciting extension of r t what i think is kind of shocking is the mainstream media reception that i've been seeing i've been looking at the headlines here about a song engine kremlin t.v. and kind of that spin on things i just think that that's so weird that the press wouldn't be more focused on what does that say that a song or a whistleblower

enjoy the rest your time there are two years lauren lyster host of the capital account. well let's take a look at the complete other side of what you could say is happening in davos where we have a swiss ski resort inhabited this week by some of the wealthiest people in the world people that in many ways fight tooth and nail to keep the system of capitalism in place because well it benefits them also right now in porto alegre brazil thousands of activists have come together from around the world they're looking to bring attention to the flaws of capitalism some believe it's a dying system that should be put to rest they come together to talk about new ways to do business and new system perhaps to replace what others see as just a broken system they're having their own world forum they call it capitalist crisis social and environmental justice these are things we've heard discussed time and time again in our coverage of occupy wall street and so i want to go to a mean hussein now he's an occupy wall street organizer protester and he's in porto alegre right now. hey there

good afternoon and welcome to capital account i'm lauren lyster here in washington d.c. and it's looking like the greek government may not be able to pay its bills come march out and is trying to negotiate with investors for them to take a bigger haircut the labor unions meanwhile are negotiating on proposed labor cost cutting so how will this greek tragedy play out no one seems to know but what does this mess tell us about the sanity of those who claim to be in control of this crazy economic world we're live in and that's a question we're going to try to answer and a ban on proprietary trading for big banks was debated in congress today as part of the volcker rule which is part of dog frank and surprise surprise lobbyists and so a big bank exacts have come out against it will break down what's really at stake here and u.s. president barack obama has been pushing in-sourcing with his jobs council just as a new report comes out showing at least one of the very corporations represented on that council are outsourcing more jobs and r. and d. to asia so what is the deal we'r

and live from the world economic forum in switzerland capital account host more lyster will bring us the very latest coming out of the meeting of financial minds and elites. good evening it's wednesday january twenty fifth four pm here in washington d.c. i'm lucy calf enough and you're watching our t.v. . now before we move on to our stop top story the state of the union i wanted to take a moment to discuss the gloomy state of the mainstream press network evening news continues to lose influence in the so-called big three networks a.b.c. n.b.c. and c.b.s. lost nearly twenty million viewers since the one nine hundred eighty s. that's when the half of the audience that they once enjoyed cable news networks have picked up the slack but despite lofty mottos like fair and balanced partisan and divisive seems to be the name of the game the news does seem to take a back seat a back seat to spin and opinion and you can barely heyer the real issues over the shouting talking heads now back in one nine hundred eighty three ninety percent of the american media was own by fifty companies last yea

artie's lauren lyster reporting for us there now online at r.t. dot com find out about those who headed for the world economic forum not one of the businesses. has hit three activists from the group stage a topless protest in davos against the economic elite also. this is what's greeting visitors at an all strolling the natural history museum but some of the kids clearly want their history a little less vivid we've got the great historic line. the official. pulled from the. video. feed with the palm of your. comb. taking a look at other news from around the world of this hour. the nigerian army has shot dead the eleven suspected insurgents during a gunfight in the country's east it follows a warning from the supposed leader of the violent islamist sect that they will kill more security personnel and kidnap their family a week ago boko haram killed more than one hundred eighty people during a gun and bomb attack in the northern city of kano boko haram wants sharia law enforced throughout nigeria. at least twenty six people have been killed and inju

for artie's lauren lyster host of the capital account or have all that and more few tonight including it as of half the hour but first take a look at the mainstream media has decided to miss. it so this past weekend sixty minutes aired an interview with secretary of defense leon panetta now was a good sit down with a former cia director that covered a pretty wide range of topics some of them highly important if you ask me the mainstream media however didn't really pay all that much attention to what he said and in fact i'm pretty sure that c.n.n. was the only network that even bothered following up on some of the secretary statements this morning from what we saw and for some reason their take away was that the following line of panetta is was really wild and shocking. but that is creating some international buzz he says he remains convinced that someone in pakistan's government must have known that osama bin laden was hiding in that country what do you know about the rifts between our country and pakistan and is it getting any better these types of statements from u.s. officials like

welcome to the capital account i'm lauren lyster. well whole lot of people around the world enjoy watching adult films and most porn movies are filmed in the los angeles area but now the government there is cracking down on the pornography industry and how the performers have sex many in l.a. i wonder why the city is even creating unusual laws like these that a time when tens of thousands are living in the streets and many other basic needs are not being met as our teams are among the lindo shows us the political mess over condoms could be a costly one. it's a very dangerous issue. not only is it unconstitutional but it's kind of against our human rights at a time of growing concern about government in people's liberties the porn industry is fighting for rights they say is under attack so i prefer not to use condoms you want to see like the nasty stuff you know and i think some of the city of los angeles has approved a new ordinance which mandates performers like aaliyah janine and domino presley must use condoms well having sex on s

well to the counseling i'm lauren lyster. hi guys is time for you said it i read it right take time to respond to my brilliance and engaging viewer comments from facebook twitter and here too because you've got some to say i listen now first i want to respond with you are the watch my interview with glenn greenwald on among other things the president signing the national defense authorization act on new year's eve s.t.'s six one six seven eight commented on you tube thought experiment what if w would have passed and how would journalists have behaved they c.l.u. exactly well i think of this thought experiment of yours would come out with two very different results because the a.c.l.u. has in fact been rightly so very hard on obama for his civil liberties record and very much so for his support of the n.d.a. mainstream journalists on the other hand have not there's been a very little coverage of the bill in general and of course president obama's signing statement which promised that he wouldn't attain indefinitely american ci

good afternoon happy monday and welcome to capital account i'm lauren lyster here in washington d.c. happy to be back and euro zone leaders are meeting again after talking about the eurozone crisis in davos they've moved to brussels to talk about it some more at any use summit a lot loblaw a lot of talk will tell you when something really happens that we need to break down until then let's talk about this meanwhile government and banks are still in bed together tangled up in their illicit love affair three years after the financial crisis yeah yeah we know the drill we're sick of socialized losses but how do we break this consensual rape of the public purse by wall street. i view a new lust. you don't do you. hold . and if that's all we're really contending with out of touch and leaders what chance do we have of escaping rule by financial all of our heat we'll talk to dr michael hudson about it and i'm back obviously from the world economic forum my return to davos one and hardly one thing is for sure i never have to rely on this trespass ever again to get anywhere or to get rejected

play out will this forum be any different and being a real force for change will argue the lauren lyster joins us now from davos to bring us the very latest hi laura nice to see you so leaders from the euro zone have spoken how is it playing out over there and what are some of the highlights. well as you can imagine liz the eurozone as very much taken the if fishel center stage after yesterday we heard from angela merkel which i talked about with you guys and she said be patient we're going to stick to this fiscal integration we're going to join together for more europe that's a solution just hang in there we heard david cameron come on stage today for his remarks which were drew a very large audience a very large line to see and as you would expect he talked a little trash on the eurozone and talked a lot of trash on the solutions the leaders of come up with that have been championed by angela merkel saying that in order for a single currency to survive in the case of the euro zone needs a number of things including a central bank including a way to do some kind of what sounds like he w

that's all we have time for thanks so much for tuning in feel free to follow me on twitter at lauren lyster give us feedback on the show at you tube dot com slash capital account and be sure to tune in next week i will be off i will be at the world economic forum the annual meeting in davos switzerland dmitri kofi anna is our producer will be filling in we have some great interviews lined up and i will be bringing you daily reports from davos on the back room hallway deals and schmoozing going on so i can give you an insider's look but until then i am lauren lyster have a great night and we'll see you next week. this is claude. allen sitting on the edge of past and present. mixing reality that's nothingness. but if you enter this time. the mystery of supernatural will reach you. shaman of siberia. download the official anti up location to i phone on pod touch from the i choose ops to. watch on t.v. life on the go. video on demand parties mine gold costs and says feeds now in the palm of your. questions on the dot com. admission free accreditation free in-store charges free. range month of f

that's all we have time for thanks so much for tuning in feel free to follow me on twitter at lauren lyster give us feedback on the show at you tube dot com slash capital account and be sure to tune in next week i will be off i will be at the world economic forum the annual meeting in davos switzerland dmitri kofi anna is our producer will be filling in we have some great interviews lined up and i will be bringing you daily reports from davos on the back room hallway deals and schmoozing going on so i can give you an insider's look but until then i am lauren lyster have a great night and we'll see you next week. a wave of online protests from blacked out google and wikipedia pages to a crippling hacker attack on government websites force us lawmakers to rethink tough new anti-piracy legislation. the u.s. u.k. revotes iran's press t.v. broadcasting license for breaching a string of regulations a move which the channel calls a clear act of censorship. and in syria thousands of people have taken to the streets of damascus to demand president assad release political prisoners held since the sta

good afternoon and welcome to capital account i'm lauren lyster here in washington d.c. now the federal reserve has more than tripled the size of its balance sheet since the financial crisis printing money in order to do it whose decision was that not yours unless of course you're one of the handful of members of the federal open market committee next week they meet some are predicting more quantitative easing may be on the menu but what is all this money printing really amounted to we'll talk about it and speaking of bailouts. so do you know that taxpayers actually made money on the wall street bailout. but it is they may not on g.m. but they did on the on the wall street for the bailout well that's certainly one main stream take on them thank goodness there is an entire world of alternative financial media to tell you what's missing from that conversation you just heard. and people the u.s. anti-piracy bills change all that we've seen the protests from silicon valley today we'll break down why the financial blogosphere is going to war over a never ending witch hunt in

to the capital account i'm lauren lyster. to see. people calling like you said for free and fair elections. and they're still reporting from the. past you can hear behind me loud explosions. i get it gave. me what drives the world the fear mongering used by politicians who makes decisions to break through it's already been made who can you trust no one. with a global reach see where we had a state controlled capitalism is core fashion so when nobody dares to ask we do our tea question more. it was one year ago today that egypt protesters first started gathering in tahrir square inspired by events in tunisia to demand an end to the thirty year old rule to president hosni mubarak within a month mubarak was out egypt's military was in all in the promise that power would eventually be returned to the people as soon as possible and now a lot has changed in egypt over the past year but hasn't been enough for the demonstrators today tens of thousands of egyptians are back in tough we are square many to protest against the military rulers ot

welcome to the capital account i'm lauren lyster. just put a picture of me when i was like no new years old an old wood fruit. i have a confession i am a total get a friend i love grabbing hip hop music and pretty. much it was kind of yesterday. i'm very aware of the world with its place. well it's a video that has sparked outrage all around the world u.s. marines urinating on what appears to be dead bodies of the taliban while such an embarrassing display of behavior by american soldiers is surely not helping to win the hearts of people abroad and it's likely to strain relations between washington and kabul this as at a time when washington aims to form some kind of a diplomatic relationship with the taliban but it isn't the first time humiliating humiliating acts by the us military have been captured for the world to see it brings back memories of the infamous case of all who ghraib who can forget these haunting images these photos were released back in two thousand and four from the great prison in baghdad american guards piled na

financial system stem of the crisis and of course see all the few lucrative deals along the way lauren lyster is at the ski resort for us where she also met a few who are locked out of the talks. it's certainly on the agenda talk of remodelling capitalism debate about capitalism and they can talk all they want though you have to wonder how serious people are about that discussion when many of the corporations that are present here are those that have benefited from this this type of capitalism so although klaus schwab the founder of the world economic forum has said that capitalism in its current form has no place in the world around us these are the corporations and banks that are represented here many of which have benefited from government bailouts in the case of banks from central bank easy money policies in the case case of many banks and corporations so whether or not these are the right people to be having that conversation to be talking about reform i'm not quite sure you also have to remember that while the official genet agenda yes deals with capitalism the unofficial agenda of davo

next lauren lyster with the big money questions from washington in. good afternoon and welcome to capital account i'm lauren lyster here in washington d.c. now the federal reserve has more than tripled the size of its balance sheet since the financial crisis printing money in order to do it whose decision was that not yours unless of course you're one of the handful of members of the federal open market committee next week they meet some are predicting more quantitative easing may be on the menu but what is all this money printing really amounted to we'll talk about it and speaking of bailouts this.

that's all we have time for thanks so much for tuning in feel free to follow me on twitter at lauren lyster give us feedback on the show at youtube dot com slash capital account and be sure to tune in next week i will be off i will be at the world economic forum the annual meeting in davos switzerland dmitri kofi anna is our producer will be filling in we have some great interviews lined up and i will be bringing you daily reports from davos on the back room hallway deals and schmoozing going on so i can give you an insider's look but until then i am lauren lyster have a great night and we'll see you next week. islam is with an overwhelming majority in egypt's first parliamentary election since mubarak was deposed the muslim brotherhood claims almost half of the votes. the future of the arab league mission in syria caught between those saying observers present reduced violence and others slamming the group for lack of progress. police clashed with protesters in croatia's capital where hundreds take part in a rally against joining the e.u. will head of sunday's membership referendum. and wit

and welcome to capital account i'm lauren lyster here in beautiful snowy davos switzerland and timothy geithner here to day representing for the u.s. say that day euro zone is one of the biggest the rights to the u.s. economy is or isn't the distraction that is saving the u.s. right now i'll tell you all about it coming up but first here's dimitri in washington. thanks lauren and staying with europe for a moment the negotiations between greece and its creditors seem to finally be on the verge of a resolution at least that's what you finance commissioner olli rehn thinks beyond just a boat to pull should you indeed all know that he would secure involvement between the greek government and private critter to. a deal the kind of deal greece is a deep depression consumers aren't spending and businesses are investing and that's not going to change the almost as bad debt underwritten by greedy banks and taken on by generations of the crowds and politicians and taken off the backs of the greek people why should they could do to suffer while bankers like jamie dimon claim as you did in a recen

welcome to the capital account i'm lauren lyster. all right so tomorrow is the florida primaries and as usually happens in presidential primaries votes for one candidate are votes that of course don't go to the other candidates and some conservatives say they've had enough and they've launched a petition to try to steer support away from ron paul now included in it the quote the time has come for true conservatives to rise up and take a stand they call those who support wrong call ron paul quote radical leftists and it also says the real conservatives of the republican party here by demand that wrong paul and his presidential campaign at once and accept the g.o.p. all along with his radical cult followers and supporters. i don't know about you but the supporters i've seen of ron paul they don't seem like the type of people to pay any attention to these this someone threatening language so i did talk to somebody somebody deeply involved in all of this her name is mary wilson she's a ron paul supporter herself and here's her take. we'r

debt crisis has been center stage at the annual world economic forum in davos switzerland lauren lyster reports on what leaders and key finance years have in store for greece and other debt stricken countries. we've seen leaders not only from the euro zone but from other countries financial and political leaders also continuing to to fight and to argue over the proper solutions for the eurozone crisis and at the center of it is a lot of people pushing for a larger bailout fund for a for a secure fire wall the irony is that as they're talking about this we hear from an exclusive that reuters had a european source has reported that germany wants greece to hand over control of its fiscal budget as a condition for the next bailout package this softer t. over its fiscal matters the further irony is that we've seen capitalism really be one of the topics one of the issues here at this davos questioning of capitalism in its current form is still serving the globe and we've seen klaus schwab the founder of the world economic forum want to have a meeting with him and b i. spoken about the problem

financier's are struggling to find a remedy to the debt crisis at the annual world economic forum lauren lyster reports from davos. we've seen leaders not only from the eurozone but from other countries financial am political leaders also continuing to fight and to argue over the proper solutions for the eurozone crisis and at the center of it is a lot of people pushing for a larger bailout fund for a for a secure fire wall the irony is that as they're talking about this we hear that germany wants greece to hand over control of its fiscal budget as a condition for the next bailout package the further irony is that we've seen capitalism really be one of the topics one of the issues here at this davos questioning of capitalism in its current form is still serving the global and these western nations and i just heard david cameron and his remarks at davos asked about this and he said you know despite the problems i still believe that the capitalism in its current form and western democracies is the best first serving freedom and democracy at the same time that we see not only technocrats managing

the fault of the system while others argue that radical reform is urgently needed artie's lauren lyster is in davos for us. so far we've heard a lot of debate about capitalism and just various sessions of it which is a lot of talking but not necessarily solutions being put forward yet one thing interesting today although this is the world economic forum politics is on the agenda and a number of world leaders heads of state europe rats are here today some of that attention turns to the arab spring people here at the forum try to weigh the economic implications are reports are coming that investors it davos are stumped over the arab spring and what that means for investment in countries like egypt that have seen their borrowing costs or and you still see protests on the street as we've seen a year after that uprising so for the business community the investment community that is really looking for merkel pledged more money they certainly didn't get what they wanted pledged instead that that the solution a euro zone leaders have to have come to that she's kind of led the charge on for fisc

ravaging the eurozone took top billing at the annual world economic forum in davos argues lauren lyster is there. we're going in today for davos at the world economic forum and today we'll hear from a number of economists and kind of thinkers about where the global economy is headed we'll have to see how much attention the eurozone captures though because it really has overshadowed a lot of other things that happened on the official and unofficial agenda here at davos we heard from a number of euro zone finance ministers and e.u. officials speaking with a lot of optimism about the euro zone solution saying they believe the fiscal compact will be reached with tighter fiscal discipline in that this will really help the debt crisis that the euro zone is dealing with they also said that greek bond holders will come to an agreement on haircuts for greek debt by this weekend to hopefully presumably avoid default which is definitely not a certain thing at all and that d.-day for greece is march twentieth.

to the capital account i'm lauren lyster. and what drives the world the fear mongering used by politicians who makes decisions to break through it's already been made can you trust no one. is in view with a global regime where we had a state controlled capital school sessions when nobody dares to ask we do our tea question more. president obama is on a three day visit to five states hill need to win in november to keep his job his next stop tonight michigan the state has seen rising inequality and a disappearing middle class especially the struggling blue collar city detroit its earned a reputation as a doomed place where no one in their right minds want to go this movie clip captures the emotion. of it. as for my american friends it's. true the moment. so you get to detroit. really. well that insult to injury there is one town in michigan that is the problem of corporate greed crippling the community while apple and many companies ship jobs overseas another company has found a way to drain average americans without even step

to the capital account i'm lauren lyster. what drives the world the fear mongering used by politicians who makes decisions to break through it's already been made who can you trust no one who is you view you with the global machinery see where are we heading state controlled capitalism is called sasha's when nobody dares to ask we do our tea question more. well it was one year ago today that the egyptian protesters first started gathering and talking of square inspired by the events in tunisia to demand an end to the thirty year old rule of president hosni mubarak within a month mubarak was out egypt's military was in on the promise the power would be returned to the people as soon as possible well a lot has changed in egypt over the past year but it has been but hasn't been and nuff for the demonstrators today tens of thousands of egyptians are back in tough we are square many to protest against the military rulers others to celebrate the anniversary of the revolution but artie's maria finish and i was in the midst of the ac

the last three there's still a lot of talks to go maybe there's a chance lauren lyster live from davos thanks for that update. you can get more on business deals that are being conducted at the world economic forum stay tuned for our financial update that's coming up in about five minutes. well a total of five people will officially run in russia's march presidential election but the country's central election commission set to confirm its short list of candidates competing for the top post peter all over has the latest from here in moscow. we're expecting in the next few moments that the rubber stamp will be put on that list of names that will appear on the ballot papers on the fourth of march in the presidential elections we're not expecting to have any surprises we pretty much know in the five names will be on there for a little while now we're going to see vladimir putin the current prime minister along the way you know he's a god of the cause of the communist party let him eat your healthy for the little democrats sort of gave me it all all from their russia and the independent ca

opportunities lie that's what we'll have to find out we'll keep you posted but for now i'm lauren lyster here in davos. but progress spacecraft has launched from the baikonur cosmodrome in kazakhstan and is now on its way to the international space station this is the first space flight of twenty twelve it's expected to reach the softer to the journey the cargo ship is carrying more than two and a whole tons of fuel food in the equipment as well as personal packages for crew members from their families there are currently six people stationed at the r.s.s. monitoring and conducting scientific experiments. there are some world news in brief for you this hour and eighteen a story building has collapsed in the center of rio de janeiro say that people are dead and up to eleven could still be trapped under the rubble dozens of firefighters and paramedics are working at the scene looking for survivors. of dust and debris cover the surrounding area making the search difficult eyewitnesses say there was a strong smell of gas an explosion before the building collapse. libya's defense minister has

all unfolds on day three but for now from the world economic forum in davos switzerland i'm lauren lyster. and to get more on the business to you sort of being conducted by the world economic forum so from a financial updates in just a few minutes time. there are some world news in brief for you the saudi u.s. plans to cut one hundred thousand troops and it's a bid for a smaller leaner military restructuring comes as the president prepares for hundreds of billions of dollars worth of next ten years this will still leave the u.s. military larger and stronger than it was before the wars in iraq and afghanistan the government will continue to spend around eighty eight billion dollars a year on combat operations in afghanistan engines in the country are still high there as the taliban counters western troops often leading to civilian casualties. syrian rebels have clashed with troops in a town just north of damascus two hundred people were detained by security forces as they raided homes looking for weapons and suspects in the town of provincial governor hopes to negotiate a cease fire as a t

good afternoon and happy friday welcome to capital account i'm lauren lyster here in washington d.c. as the u.s. heads into the presidential primary in south carolina the most recent republican debate had gingrich defending his marriage more reality brawny defending his tax returns and the only one making real sense of the country in terms of dollars dollar bills. are going to see the federal government have a currency that. is will lack of more opinions like that in washington helping turn cash into trash we'll talk to mike maloney founder of gold silver dot com about the path the u.s. is on.

opportunities lie that's what we'll have to find out we'll keep you posted but for now i'm lauren lyster here in davos. oh yeah the ousting of egypt's hosni mubarak cairo's iconic central square has been occupied once again thousands of protesters have gathered to call for the interim minute you government to be deeply relinquish power dozens have been killed in recent months as troops cut down on several demonstrations americans currently on trial over there to surrender that some of the. strains haven't been able to do in the constitution on the military still seem mubarak in a state of emergency no one has finally been lifted. through and the risk says that change is little. i don't see it as being that big of a shift i mean we lived under military rule for thirty years and that gave the government the authority to do just about what they wanted today we live under military rule so to me it's just a formal matter and that they they lift emergency law while we live under the rule of a military dreamt up since the military took over gender twenty eight's over fifteen thousand civilians

good afternoon and happy friday welcome to capital account i'm lauren lyster here in washington d.c. as the u.s. heads into the presidential primary in south carolina the most recent republican debate had to.