half a billion dollars that was supposed to equip the new iraqi army had been stolen from the ministry of defense by the very people the u.s. entrusted to run it. >> that's a lot of money. >> it's one of the biggest thefts in history, i think. >> most of the iraqi officials involved, including the former minister of defense, have skipped the country, but we found one of his deputies vacationing in paris. if you went back to baghdad, you'd be arrested. >> uh, no. nobody will arrest me. they will kill me. [ticking] [camera shutter snaps] >> these surveillance photos were taken by undercover police officers while they watched a team of seven south american thieves clean out an old navy store. >> shirts at $22.50, and they got the whole rack. >> when police moved in to make the arrest, they found enough merchandise to fill a room. all taken in less than an hour without anyone inside the store noticing a thing. [ticking] >> we have never seen a problem of this size and magnitude in world history. >> now hang on. in world history. >> there's more counterfeiting going on in china now than we've ever see

coming out of programs not making a position so clear josh when the spokesman for the israeli ministry of defense thank you thank you sir. i'm kevin though it was just a couple of minutes ago an ati. texas wants to pull away from the usa effectively twenty states have started petitions for independence after obama won the election with well just a few voting irregularities but guess what suspicion will never happen it is a very easy thing to do decide a petition and it is another thing entirely to leave the usa that will civil war thing to happen back then does anyone the usa honestly think that they are gov has the bow determination to actual rebel i don't think there is a single george washington type among them well maybe just see fit tour a kind of but he's out of office how do it makes it seem like revolution or succession is this fun cool easy thing to do with cool slogans and texan flags flying but the reality looks a lot more like the arab spring before you put your name on the dotted line is a seed you should really understand what that means and what your in for the founding fathers sur

will the deputy prime minister assure me that the foreign office and the ministry of defense are working with secretary authorities to assure that the perpetrators are brought to justice? >> first, i think everybody, hearts of course go out to the mother and family and friends of david collins who came to such an untimely death in the way he described. it's right for him to raise this issue on behalf of of david collins, his mother. i certainly can short the ministry of defense and the foreign office will do everything they can to find exactly what happened and bring the perpetrators to justice to ensure the secretary of state of defense who is here will keep them updated as things evolve. >> thank you, mr. speaker. much needed costs destroyed in a devastating floods that affected my constituency last month, warnings we face another winter of floats to the government promised to bring forward plans for a new deal. my constituents are still waiting. when will this incompetent and out of touch government actually act on making sure that ordinary families and businesses, ordinary families a

and i can certainly assure him the ministry of defense and the foreign office are doing everything they can to find out exactly what happened to bring the perpetuators to justice and i'm sure the secretary of defense who is here will seek to keep him updated as things evolve. >> rosie cooper. >> thank you, mr. speaker. homes were wrecked and much needed crops were destroyed in the devastating floods that affected my constituency last month and warnings that we face another winter of floods. the government promised to bring forward plans for a new deal on flood insurance in july. my worried constituents are still waiting. when will this incompetent and out of touch government actually act on making sure that ordinary families and businesses are -- ordinary families and businesses are protected from flooding or will in the end this be another broken promise? >> she packed in every sound bite into that one. mr. speaker, we are involved in very detailed discussions with the insurance industry, precisely to provide her constituents with the reassurances they rightly need. i point out that wa

will the deputy prime minister assure me that the foreign office and the ministry of defense are working with secretary authorities to assure that the perpetrators are brought to justice? >> first, i think everybody, hearts of course go out to the mother and family and friends of david collins who came to such an untimely death in the way he described. it's right for him to raise this issue on behalf of of david collins, his mother. i certainly can short the ministry of defense and the foreign office will do everything they can to find exactly what happened and bring the perpetrators to justice to ensure the secretary of state of defense who is here will keep them updated as things evolve. >> thank you, mr. speaker. much needed costs destroyed in a devastating floods that affected my constituency last month, warnings we face another winter of floats to the government promised to bring forward plans for a new deal. my constituents are still waiting. when will this incompetent and out of touch government actually act on making sure that ordinary families and businesses, ordinary families a

all right while my colleagues haven't ellen talk to josh huntsman he's the spokesman of the israeli defense ministry who claims that hamas is guilty of civilian deaths in gaza. the israeli defense ministry who i represent and indeed the israeli public mourning civilian deaths on both sides i've seen it running around the south from bomb shelter to bomb shelter dodging rockets hearing the cries of israeli civilians and the cries in the wells of the air raid sirens let me see the graphic footage in gaza of dead children being pulled. out of collapsed buildings to maintain that their deaths at the hands of israeli israeli airstrikes are the fault of the mass so i can tell you they genuinely generally breaks my heart you think that we want to see dead children on any side as i said we mourn every loss of life hamas on the other hand celebrating and they are putting their own civilians in danger i cannot tell you how much we desire quiet how much we desire true peace and calm in this region when we facing an enemy that's guilty of this double war crime whereby they hardly own civilians or shooting at our

below market value the investment scandal led to the sacking of russia's defense minister and out on a saturday and a major reshuffle of ministry positions another criminal case was launched into the alleged draft of two hundred million us dollars to develop a russian version of g.p.s. dubbed google nasa the project is currently being developed by the country's need in aerospace company russian space systems go atest corruption allegations have targeted the former russian agriculture minister and the screen nic a film by state run russian t.v. channel has accused her of embezzling more than the billing years dollars from the countries by jan. oh ok here we are the ministry of defense the moves to agriculture now journalist say the next lead the world will be the health ministry that i've read in the papers this morning so do you think that these high profile corruption cases minister being used do you think it's symbolic do you think that the real war against corruption in russia is on i can say to you i presume that today when we are sitting and talking there is no corruption in russia. when they heard the people who are corru

to five hundred much needed jobs for the community the reality a hot deserted site where the ministry of defense employs about thirty people to help test the watch keep there is a sense of frustration in the area a number of people who were for it in the beginning. because they didn't realise the level of nuisance that there was going to be there is behind the development of drones say it means less soldiers come home from war zones in body bags but civilian casualties a piling up we know from pakistan that somewhere around two to three thousand people have been killed in drone strikes because of these unmanned systems it's a lot easier. to go to war and therefore there will be much more war and the world isn't safe the british government has already spent two billion pounds on development but they're about to commit another two billion on a new armed drone closer to spent it could be spent on hospitals and schools rather than on killing machines despite drastic government cuts on welfare spending financing for the drones isn't up for debate to the dismay of locals the daily testing along with t

china's ministry of defense says it will raise the strength of the navy there. >>> a yacht caught fire off the coast of miami beach on an 80- foot vessel about 15 miles away from shore. three people aboard the boat jumped into the water and were rescued by the coast guard. it's partially submerged. no injuries reported. >>> the editor who published kate middleton's topless photos has resigned. the photos led to tensions between shareholders and even a possible shutdown of the tabloid. >>> changes in favor of more diversity in politics are extending to the state known for its conservatism. democrat... will represent a district that covers metropolitan phoenix. durine campaign her opponents labed her everything from a commut to a witch. "outside groups came in and spent a lot of money tryingo tell a story about me that wasn't true." sinema was one of four kidsa family that at one point was homeless for two years. but then she went on to eara masters, a law degree and a- d... and to serve in both houses of the arizona legislature. she also runs marathons and triathlons. california lived u

year, the defense department opened positions to >> the number of countries that have opened front line combat positions to women is larger than you might think. a 2010 survey by british ministrye listed canada, finland, france, germany israel, norway, poleland, romania and sweden as country that's allow women 7u australia joined the list when opening it front line units to women. including in afghanistan. >> a bay area woman is not giving up a fight against the federal government after she was fired from the va she's for pointing out errors in veteran disability claims. jenny fox representing her snefl a lawsuit against the va saying she was fired after notifying a supervisor about a;h being rejected. straining her but she will not back down. >> i believe i can nevering forrive myself if i don't stand up and advocate for myself which is advocating for other va employees and veterans. >> an analysis found an error rate of 38% in claims. attorneys for the federal government declined to comment on this case. today's hearing was over issues involving evidence. the trial doesn't start until next year. >> to washington. congress and the president are no closer to a deal to avoid ma

so the level of planning in libya, there was an effort to do planning for the ministry of defense but not the ministry of interior. so this whole business of assessment and strategic planning is fundamental. >> thank you. querine? >> i think the greatest potential opportunities are also in that part of the security sector that is most deeply troubled, which would be the ministry of interior and the police. i think the fact that the police are afraid of operating tells us that the since the rules of engagement, the standard operating procedures need to change, but they don't have the guidance. they don't have protection from the ministry. they understand that security is escalating. they understand that the role is changing, and i think that there appears to be an interest in having this address. they organized to a stage protest. they are saying we are afraid to operate. there are issues here that need to be addressed, so i think that is one area where even at the beginning of the dialogue before the constitution is finally formalize, quite a bit of work that could be done within the

high figure within the defense ministry and a close associate of. she herself has been charged with embezzlement she was the head of the defense ministries prophecy relations department and she was involved with the defense contractor all the wrong service and a few weeks ago the scandal broke that there possibly was alleged to have been a scheme to sell off eleven million dollars worth of defense property cheaply if she's convicted kenya could face up to ten years in prison and unfortunately it goes beyond that as well possibly into russia's. satellite navigation system as well the company involved with building that russian space systems is alleged to have been burgled two hundred million dollars that's five point six percent of the total funding for that program all of this comes as a major blow to russia's defense ministry which was supposed to have been one of the ministries most pushing for reform in russia reform of the armed services and of the defense contracts that supply it got in there putin has pledged an eye watering seven hundred twent

to that budget so this change is basically to take on the telly surgical of who is the defense minister remove him from the ministry replace him with. all of this wrapped up in today's decision right tell us more about himself and also tell us a bit about his successor he's taking over here certainly it will anatoly sort of the first civilian to ever hold the position of defense ministry here in russia he was actually charged with bringing needed reforms to the russian military machine and he successfully did so in fact he has been praised for doing so and then we have. who is the former emergencies minister very popular held that position for eighteen years then recently most recently has been the governor of the moscow region and he's been very popular in fact of let me put putting his confidence behind saying that he might just be the right man to be able to clean up this mess that the defense ministry now this is corruption at the highest levels of the russian government so why is this being targeted what is this perhaps a sign that corruption which is of course has been a major problem in this country for many

a quarter of that go to the ministry of defense. israel's most valuable tools. >> we can see the uav position. >> uavs are planes without pilots and operated with the click of a mouse. >> sometimes you need to get footage. this is something better to be done by an unmanned capability. >> the flying is with a trackball, and i'm actually just commanding the direction and the speed and altitude. and then the uav will follow my command. when i want to land or take off, i just need to click a button. short drive away, the parts of the drone are crafted. >> it is a high-tech nolg. the stabilization and a lot of soft fair. >> that allows the drones to see far away and function as a surveillance tool. >> the main requirement is to see if you see a person a few kilometers away and he's holding something, do you want to know if it's a gun or a stick? >> in the future, the drones could get smarter and smallen. cnn money got a look at the latest yet to hit the market. a surveillance drone the size of a butterfly aimed to alert soldiers of dange

survey by the british ministry of defense listed canada, denmark, finland france germany israel the netherlands norway positive lapped romaine why and sweetden country allow women in close combat roles. australia joined the list in september of last year when it opened the front-line quantity to women including largest contingent in afghanistan. >> all right let's mav on. return to where we started with at the to the of the broadcast. you have got a lot to do with the weather center looks prett pretty. >>th disaster for the morning. most people commuting in the morning between 5 and 10:00 a.m. is the worst of the wind and written will hit. fast mover so show you live picture from our roof cam are. lovely view of the full moon and we do have clouds starting to move in but the rain still far behind. it will arrive as i mention in the morning. is you will see from that perspective that we have the clouds coming in on definitely levels own radar on mt. st. helens that. first tracking in a series of storms expected to arrive tomorrow morning and will slam us first thing in the morning. temperatures

a quarter of that go to the ministry of defense. >> we can see repositioned. es without pilots and they are operated with the click of a mouse >> this is something that is better to be done by an unmanned capability. >> the flying is with a trackball and i'm commanding the direction and the uav will follow my command. when i want to land or take off a need to click a button >> a short drive away, the parts of the drone are crafted. >> it is a high tr-tech nolg. >> that allows the drones to see far away. >> the main requirement is to see if you see a person, and he is holding something you want to know whether it is a gun or whether it is just a stick. >> cnn money looked at the latest that is yet to hit the market. a drone the size of a butterfly to alert soldiers on the ground. >> the drones are continuing. and they can hear them right? what are they doing? >> they are still there. they were there before and they will be there after. they have cameras and they said we can see your shoes from miles and miles away. and what they are doing now they are going to c

that's five point six percent of the total funding for that program all of this comes as a major blow to russia's defense ministry which was supposed to have been one of the ministries most pushing for reform in russia reform of the armed services and of the defense contracts that supply it but a mere putin has pledged an eye watering seven hundred twenty six billion dollars to defense for defense reform over the coming decades but there's also the government's push against corruption in russia and for the russian public to trust that their money is going but all this money is going to the right place these corruption investigation. we're going to have to try and put to rest scandals like this that in the process weeks have been rocking russia's differences stop response a group of twenty three doctors have been sentenced to three months in jail by a buffer in a court for treating protesters and taking part in mass rallies this follows a damning report by amnesty international which condemned the gulf kingdom for quote sliding into a downward spiral of oppression the medics were among nearly one hundred who were

that's five point six percent of the total funding for that program all of this comes as a major blow to russia's defense ministry which was supposed to have been one of the ministries most pushing for reform in russia reform of the armed services and of the defense contracts that supply it but a mere putin has pledged an eye watering seven hundred twenty six billion dollars to defense for defense reform over the coming decades but there's also the government's push against corruption in russia and for the russian public to trust that their money is going but all this money is going to the right place these corruption investigation. we're going to have to try and put to rest scandals like this that in the past weeks have been rocking russia's defense establishment. north korea could be preparing for a long range ballistic missile test that's according to japan's aside newspaper citing a u.s. intelligence report american satellite images appeared to show missile parts big move from a factory to a launch pad in the country's northwest the move is seen as a response to south korean military drills marking two years

embezzle meant scandal corruption at the ministry level and possibly even a love affair mixed in with all of this this change comes from a scandal basically with the defense ministry selling off assets at an undervalued rate to companies that are affiliated with that defense ministry and that corruption costing the russian federal government about one hundred million u.s. dollars in terms of damage to that budget so this changes basically to take the surgical of who is the defense minister remove him from the ministry replace him with sergei shy do so that he basically is not part of the investigation because he's a little bit too close in fact two arrests have been made there's one person of interest who's fled the country she's reportedly possibly a mistress of therefore being too close so all of this wrapped up in today's decision right tell us more about yourself and also tell us a bit about his successor he's taking over here certainly it will anatoly sort of the first civilian to ever hold the position of defense minister here in russia he was actually charged with bringing needed reforms to the russian military machine and he successfully did so in

of defense. will the prime minister meet with me and other interested members to discuss this issue? >> i am always happy to talk to colleagues about this issue. i know the ministry of defense and secretary of state are. we have had to make difficult decisions to put in place the teacher structure of the army with 82,000 regular soldiers and a larger reserve. i think that is the right approach. we have had to make difficult decisions about regiments and italians. we were guided by trying to save as many regiments -- battalions. we were guided by trying to save as many regiments as possible. >> mr. speaker, will the prime minister confirm that the changes due to be introduced in january this year -- next year, the cost of that, the overall cost is very much over 100 million pounds? >> the changes we are making to child benefit, where we are taking child benefit away altogether from those earning over 60,000 pounds -- that will save around 2 billion pounds. it is necessary to take tough decisions in order to deal with the massive deficit, bigger than spain that his party left us. i find it completely inexplicable that the party opposite that says they want those to

and so the level of planning in libya there is an effort to do planning for the ministry of defense, but not for that ministry of a qa. it's fundamental. >> thank you. >> i think the greatest potential opportunities are also in that part of the securities sector that is most deeply troubled -- troubled. i think the fact that the police are afraid of operating tells us that they sense that the rules of engagement, standard operating procedures need to change, but they don't have the guidance. they don't have the protection of the ministries. they understand that security is escalating and their role is changing. i think that their -- this appears to be an interest in having those addressed the, organized, stage protests, saying, we are not afraid tough upgrade. there are issues that must be addressed, so that is one area where even at the beginning of a dialogue, before the constitution, quite a bit of that work that could be done within the ministry of interior, within that it turned -- internal security part of the sector in tunisia. certainly there has been this initial assessment.

authority been to arrest to put sergei shy goo in this position he's charged with the task of cleaning up the defense ministries affairs now he has been very popular the past eighteen years as the emergencies minister and most recently he has been serving as the governor of the moscow region so very popular person big task ahead of him. on the weapons. of the regime and why moscow is accusing the western media of florida reporting about russia's role in the civil war all of this. usually the police and occupy protesters are like oil and water but it landed they've come together to save the house of a former detective jacqueline barber unfortunately ms barber lost a lot of money battling cancer and was facing eviction when she turned to occupy homes for help so far she's managed to stay in her home despite it being sold out from under her feet but the main thing is that her fight to stay in her home has become like a bridge between two groups who are usually at each other's throats the police and occupiers the thing is that cruel economic practices can affect us all even retired police like ms barber i know ther

in this position he's charged with the task of cleaning up the defense ministries affairs now he has been very popular the past eighteen years as the emergencies minister and most recently he has been serving as the governor of the moscow region so very popular person big task ahead of him. you're watching r t we're here in moscow with the twenty four hours a day we bring you the kaiser report in a couple minutes from now. the mighty volga that runs deep through the russian soul it has provided inspiration for songs and poems and is the country's main north south artery and decades ago schumann ingenuity connected it to the don't refer to the west the voted on canal is an engineering marvel within a day a vessel can pass the canals thirteen locks ten million tons of shipping does so every year. another concrete giant is this finished fifty years ago it's the biggest hydroelectric plant in europe it powers the local city of volgograd and sends lots more electricity to moscow the hydroelectric plant behind me is a potent example of how much the volga can provide but harnessing a revel l

that's five point six percent of the total funding for that program all of this comes as a major blow to russia's defense ministry which was supposed to have been one of the ministries most pushing for reform in russia reform of the armed services and of the defense contracts that supply it but a mere putin has pledged an eye watering seven hundred twenty six billion dollars to defense for defense reform over the coming decades but there's also the government's push against corruption in russia and for the russian public to trust that their money is going but all this money is going to the right place these corruption investigation. we're going to have to try and put to rest scandals like this that in the past weeks have been rocking russia's defense establishment. security forces have fired tear gas at protesters railing against the muslim brotherhood president mohamed morsi in tahrir square thousand taking to the street streets across the country as well reacting to calls for nationwide demos more position leaders has crossed like the egyptian capital to get the latest developments from cairo true well good eve

of that about a quarter goes to the israeli ministry of defense. uable tools. >> we can see the position. >> reporter: the unmanned aerial vehicles are planes without pilots and here they are operated with the click of a mouse. >> sometimes you just need to get footage. and this is something that is better to be done by an unmanned capability. >> reporter: some uav service surveillance tools and others carry weaponenry. here's how they work. >> the flying we detract and i'm actually just commanding the direction and speed and altitude. and then the uav will follow my command. >> reporter: they are controlled by pilots on the ground. >> i just need to click and they perform. >> reporter: a short drive away a valuable part of drone is hand crafted. high-tech cameras. >> you can see a very small ball but inside there is a very much high-tech technology including stabilization and a lot of software. >> reporter: that allows the drones to function as a surveillance tool. >> the main requirement nowadays is if you see a person a few kilometers away holdin

defense manufacturer. iai does $3 billion in sales. of that about a quarter goes to the israel ministryfense. >> we can see the uv position. >> uavs or unmanned aerial vehicles often referred to as drones are planes without pilots and here they're operated with the click of a mouse. >> sometimes you just need to get footage. this is something that is better to be done by an unmanned capability. >> reporter: some uvas serve as surveillance tools. others can carry weaponry. here is how they work. >> the flying wheel is retractible. and actually just commanding a direction, speed and altitude and then the uv will follow my commands. >> i want to land or take off, i just need to click. >> a short drive away, a valuable part of the drone is hand crafted. high-tech cameras. >> you see a very small ball. inside there's very very much high technology, including electronics, stabilization, lot of software. >> reporter: that allows the drones to see far away and function as a surveillance tool. >> the main requirement nowadays, if you see a person a few kilometers away and he's holding something,

before go onto, brigadier, you see the level of violence are beginning to go down, but the ministry of defense memorandum says violence levels in 2012 remain broadly similar to 2011. and, of course, was out in september, the destruction of hair your jets in things like that. so why do you say -- >> i think the levels of attack, you're right to say that they are broadly the same people are beginning to see one or 2% decline in the activity levels from the insurgents. i think this is a judgment about helmand, rather than a judgment about the rest of afghanistan weather is more improvement across the rest of afghanistan. >> yes, i did ask, you're right. brigadier? >> i think within the three districts -- [inaudible]. i think there's a level of violence that is only get very, very slightly. but what has changed is why the violence is taking place but i think that's the significant change that we are seeing. that violence has been more displaced now, out of the market town areas, sort of deeply farm areas, more into the desert areas, which are out with that. but allow the sort of afghan local econo

naturally israel like just like any other country in the world has the basic right of self-defense your interior ministry says that one of the aims is to send the. gaza back to the middle ages which really implies your you are targeting an entire people there what was the message behind that statement. i'm not a spokesperson for the minister of interior i'm a spokesperson from the idea and on and on that one of the goals of the i.d.f. here is to cripple the capabilities of the different organizations in gaza cripple them of their huge arsenals an arsenal that be built for years and years they smuggled weapons through hundreds of tunnels in gaza has served in the last couple of years is the backyard of many deserts in africa making it a lot more convenient to smuggle weapons inside the country you're not a spokesman for the interior ministry but perhaps you could at least give us some sort of idea what they're implying here you must be on the same message board with them aren't you in effect having the same message what do they mean that by that returning to the middle ages. once again i'm not a spokesper

of defense. would the prime minister meet with me and other interested members to discuss this issue? >> i'm always happy to talk to colleagues about this issue, as i know the ministry of defense and the secretary of state is. as he knows, we've had to make difficult decisions to put in place the future structure of the army with 82,000 regular soldiers and a larger reserve of 32,000 territorial army soldiers. i think that is right. clearly we've had to make some decisions about the regiments and battalions, and we were trying to save as many as possible. i think the proposals have taken that into account but, of course, the defense secretary will go on listening to representations. >> [inaudible] >> mr. speaker, will the prime minister confirm that the changes to child benefit due to be introconstitutioned in january -- introduced in january this year, next year, is -- that the cost of that, the overall cost is very much over 100 million pounds? >> the changes that we are making to child benefit where we are taking child benefit away altogether from those making over 60,000 pounds, that is going to save two billion pounds. now, it is necessary to make tough decisio

that's five point six percent of the total funding for that program all of this comes as a major blow to russia's defense ministry which was supposed to have been one of the ministries most pushing for reform in russia reform of the armed services and of the defense contracts that supply it but a mere putin has pledged an eye watering seven hundred twenty six billion dollars to defense for defense reform over the coming decades but there's also the government's push against corruption in russia and for the russian public to trust that their money is going but all this money is going to the right place these corruption investigation. we're going to have to try and put to rest scandals like this that in the past weeks have been rocking russia's defense establishments . russian foreign minister sergei lavrov has criticized nato as potential deployment of patriot missile systems at the syria turkey border plans to install the arms were put forward for requests by ankara alliance officials claim the systems will only serve defensive purposes and it comes amid reports of intensified shelling in damascus suburbs by syri