fight for literature i'm joined now by gareth porter investigative journalist and historian welcome mr porter so the iraq war has been over for ten years officially. but with this take offer of allusion the question is are we any better off today than we were when we left that well we are not better off today than when we left it in terms of the situation in iraq obviously it's deteriorated in terms of security but i think of the underlying problem here has to be understood as was mentioned in the intro the funnel problem really goes back to the us introduction of forces into iraq in the first place the occupation was the single biggest not just the single biggest but overwhelmingly the cause of the rise of jihadism throughout the middle east and this is very well documented and it has to be reiterated over and over again that without that occupation al qaeda would not have had the opportunity to flourish in iraq and therefore would not have been able to insert itself into syria when the time when the opportunity arose the last couple of years and as a result of course of the syrian opportuni

mr porter another slightly lockyer group of scientists who packed up their gadgets trapped on their boots and headed to antarctica. this is our tuna it is rude wall. ay ay ay. i am. recently the federal reserve system celebrated its one hundredth birthday in the big con game that just a few years ago no one seem to know about has been in place for one hundred years. so let's celebrate the federal reserve by remembering all their accomplishments since nineteen thirteen. firstly they managed to take the printing of money out of the hands of the us government and thus are the hands of u s voters. when it comes to money queens democracy for the sedation anyways. he also managed to whittle away the dollar's tagging gold until nixon finally said forget cold express our way out of vietnam. because there's no link between the dollar and gold the purchasing power of the dollar has reduced by at least twenty three times since the fed came into being lovely. but what about the next hundred years. what is the recent rounds of quantitative easing or any sign of things to come in we're releasing a lot

mrs. shea porter or mr. difazio mr. knox forhank coming to testify today.et me start with a few questions in a series. investigation into a regulatory assault on the economy? anything on the war on jobs or evidence of a war on coal? these may sound like odd questions, but i am asking them because these are the titles of various investigative hearings this committee has held over years now looking into this matter on the screen protection rules. this was all about a war on the economy, all about a war on coal, all about were on jobs will stop interviewing the you, in youre ask report, it seems evident that the management of this contractor by the osm certainly could have been better handled. but there is evidence they were the workd to complete necessary and prepare analysis .or the rules am i reading that correctly? >> our report identifies failures by the contractor and failures by the government in the progress of the performance of the contract. >> what is getting lost in all forhis is the need environmental protection for coal mining communities. my col

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porter. our next guest, a very successful entrepreneur who came to this country from canada for the opportunity to tell americans we have terrible ideas. he's the ruthless investor known as mr applause ] ♪ >> jimmy: for those who don't know on "shark tank" you're like -- well, you're kind of like the -- you're like simon cowell with a better haircut. is that fair to say? >> jimmy, i just tell the truth. when you're talking about money, you need to tell the truth, even if it breaks your heart sometimes. >> jimmy: so you don't feel bad at all being mean or kind of smashing these thoughts that people have? >> no, because reality's going to strike them anyways. i might as well tell them the good news while they still have some money left. imagine if you mortgaged your mother's house and the idea's really stupid. >> jimmy: i have. >> so if i was telling the truth, that's why they call me mr. wonderful. no one else does. i'm the only shark that tells the truth. everyone else is, "just keep doing what you're doing and wasting money." >> jimmy: who started calling you mr. wonderful? >> i think it was barbara. barbara. >> jimmy: okay, i feel like it was you, i don't know why. >> she

mr. mcgovern: i yield to the gentlelady from new hampshire, ms. shea-porter, for a unanimous consent request. ms. shea-porter: i ask unanimous consent to bring up h.r. 3824 to end the republican leadersship's refusal to ex-ten unemployment benefits. the speaker pro tempore: does the gentleman from oklahoma yield? mr. cole: i do not. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from oklahoma does not yield, the unanimous consent cannot be entertained. mr. mcgovern: for the pup of a unanimous consent request, i yield to the gentlelady from california, ms. roybal-allard. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. ms. roybal-allard: i ask unanimous consent to bring up h. reform 3824 to end the republican's refusal to extend unemployment requests. the speaker pro tempore: does the gentleman from oklahoma yield. mr. cole: i do not. the speaker pro tempore: ma'am, happy to yield to the gentlelady from california ms. loretta sanchez for a unanimous consent request. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from california. ms. sanchez: madam speaker, i ask unanim