he told afghan president hamid karzai - sign the deal or the u.s. is pulling all u.s. troops from afghanistan by the end of the year. as patty culhane shows, it creates a showdown with potentially huge consequences for both countries. >> u.s. president obama left the negotiating with afghanistan's president hamid karzai to his staff. after nine months of silence, he picked up the phone on tuesday to send him a personal warning. he was told that while the u.s. wants to stay in afghanistan after 2014, they have given up hope that hamid karzai will sign an agreement. more than 12 years after the invasion, the u.s. started to plan for the zero option, a withdrawal, warning that there'll be consequences the longer he delays. >> the further we go without a signed dsa, any mission will be necessarily limited in scale and ambitious because of the requirements of planning for that troop presence. >> analyst mark jacobson says it could mean 3,000 troops stay, mainly to conduct drone operations. >> it's counterterrorism, enabling you to operate drones, some asemblance of working

but at least 75% are not contested like germany, or really and japan but a few have been contested seems to cause problems for u.s. diplomats or the u.s. military because those are critical. >> host: where? >> guest: okinawa is a long-running feud where they have been upset about a specific base. in 1985 there was a horrible report a schoolgirl was gay and raped and they demanded justice but under the agreement there were placed under the custody of the american military. as part of the ideal to mess up relations the u.s. agreed to relocate that base to the northern part of okinawa but that pace still exist in they have not been able to move forward because there's so much opposition about creating a new phase. it is smack in the middle of bay city, schools have to stop for 10 minutes in the past because of the aircraft or helicopters coming in and because of environmental concern, noise pollution, the crime around the base there is the opposition. we have seen this opposition. also the philippines in the 1980's two major bases and database into the air base. >> when it closes there is 14,000 troops. >> and hundr

if there was wrongdoing it can be investigated by sort of by the military or certainly prosecuted to the u.s. civil justice system. about what am i going to get that is a wednesdays or just what i'm asking is that within the blackwater was there a hierarchy to convict them of crimes was there someone to tell them this is wrong in your iraq duty or will you just wait for the state department to tell you it's wrong. then and certainly we had internal internal mechanisms for policing our people for. the equipment they're using for equipment countability where they're supposed to be the rules of engagement all the rest but you know as a private company we're not empowered to prosecute a guy i can't incarcerate someone i can't i can't punish them all we could do is fire them or find them but beyond that we don't have the authorities to to do more than that to an individual that is the whole realm of the government all right but you've said that your men wear guards not investigators stay shit to kill and on check the policy and that's from your book that's a direct quote what gave you the right t

by products of modern capitalism is seeking the most efficient way to deliver a good or a service in that sense the u.s. military figured it's cheaper for us to hire a contractor to do the laundry or to cook the food that it is to have you know a thousand or two thousand extra u.s. soldiers at a much higher cost basis to do that job right but you aren't exactly cooking fit her doing laundry but tell me who else do they share but whether whether it's whether it's a laundry or security or fixing aircraft or or operating a drone whatever those narrow skill sets are they have to be quickly assembled to do the other thing in a given this example before. i could talk about in my book as well the you know we took over through a competitive bid the vertical replenishment mission which is when you embark a helicopter on a supply ship our helicopter and it flies from supply ship over to warship wherever those ships are out at sea and we showed up to do that job with two helicopters and eight guys the navy that we replaced was doing it with two helicopters and thirty five guys same kind of helicopters really and

u.s. aid to target yemeni dissidents or to be used in defense of various factions within the many state. the short answer is, yes, there's a limited u.s. military human intelligence presence on the ground, but most of it, the overwhelming majority, is outsourced to the majority is lee -- notoriously corrupt saudi regime inside yemen. >> when we come back after a minute, we will continue with jeremy scahill as well as glenn greenwald. they have just co-author their first piece for their new online publication called the intercept. we will link to it at democracynow.org. back in a moment. ♪ [music break] recorded in 1964 singing "what did you learn in school today?" this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. we are broadcasting our exclusive first interview with jeremy scahill and glenn greenwald upon the publication just hours ago of their new piece the nsa's secret role in the u.s. assassination program. the article appears at the intercept.org, new digital magazine launched today by first look media. they cofounded the intercept with filmmaker la

and mississippi, the only two states that have never elected a female governor, member of congress, or u.s. senator. changeyou are trying to that, but why has it been so difficult for women to break the glass ceiling in iowa? a war it actually said for women, talking about how my attendant governor is a rising star in the republican party. i appointed the first woman cpa state auditor. i have another of female department heads. at the head of the department of revenue, the head of economic development, the director of the civil rights commission and workforce development. -- workforce development. one of my department heads is running for congress. she had been the head of the department of public health. i think that we have a lot of talented women. we have a woman who is in the race for united states senate who is a state senator from our state. she is in a contested primary with several others. i think it is just a matter of time that you will see women winning the governor's office, senate seat, and congressional seats in iowa. a number of lieutenant governors, republican and democrati

the majority of bases are in places like germany or mainland japan, but the few that have been contested seem to cause lots of problems for u.s. diplomats or the u.s. military because we see those as hypocritical. >> host: such as where? >> guest: and okinawa, there has been a long-running feud in okinawa where the open now once have been upset about a specific base. in 1995 there was a horrible rate case or a school girl was gang raped. the okinawa and demanded justice, but under the statute of forces agreement there were placed under american custody of the american military. so as part of the deal because it would really mess up the u.s.-japan alliance relations the u.s. agreed to relocate that base. the name of the base was the plot aerostation. they said there were relocated to the northern part of okinawa thing. well, that base still exists. they have not been able to move forward because there has been so must propositions about creating a new base. he looked at the space it is smack in the middle of the city. school has to stop. in the past they had to because of aircraft, helicopters coming in. and because of things

it's americans or u.s. persons and foreigners. and then, you know, when's interesting to -- what's interesting to me among the distribution lists was the justice department and commerce. i mean, what -- is this because they're trying to regulate the porn industry or something? i didn't get what the commerce department would be getting a top secret document from nsa about eavesdropping on people's visits to porn sites. there's a lot i don't understand about nsa. so going back, this is what happened back in the bad old days, the 1960s. the fbi used wiretapping to discover vulnerabilities such as sexual activityies against radicallizers such as martin luther king. j. edgar hoover, the longest serving fbi director, now comes from general alexander, the longest serving nsa director. it says something about not letting people stay in a job too long. and nsa played a role back in those days too evidence dropping on antiwar protesters and so forth. so nsa would pick up some of the information and pass it on to the fbi. so in terms of refo

the position where your name is out in the public, if you want to work for something as a senator or u.s. congressperson, the people are going to know who you are. you find very ambitious people going after these jobs, and certainly at the federal level, we're all appointed by the president of the united states. can i just jump in? you just mentioned chris christie, and that brings up a coppic that i wrote about in the wall street journal recently. he was a u.s. attorney in new jersey, and he was a hard nosed guy, and he went after a lot of people, including people who had no reason to think that they broke the law, and now his administration is under federal criminal investigation by his successor because of the thought that maybe this bridgegate scandal would be stopping the traffic in fort lee with a phoney highway traffic study, maybe that violated some federal law, and now they're being investigated. you live by the sword, you die by the sword, but the fundamental problem is they can't find these laws. are there federal laws, harvey, if there's a prosecutor out there, he or she woul

to and or u.s. justice that been stolen tests are silly why being forced to go back home is for them afraid it's worse than one morning fourteen months ago a life changing knock on the door with two policeman from scotland yard and i said where i was sorting was done i'm with come to arrest you and your husband since then they've been out on bail and are fighting extradition to the united states to await trial after claims from the dunham's former company in the u.s. that they have more than one million dollars in illegitimate expense claims something the couple say are without merit showing as evidence that they've gathered that some say they're not afraid of trial but their worst fear in being sent to the states is the possibility of being denied bail and spending years behind bars apart from one another simply waiting for their day in court if we were away from this country needs is. for a very good chance he would have why we're confident we would win. because we are innocent but we would then b

u.s. to get involved or the u.s. to take action that may affect the balance.hey want it to go away as a problem. it's a bigger problem than a military advantage. >> more to come on al jazeera. it's one of the most dangerous jobs much al jazeera learnt the number of afghan police that die on duty is coming down. and the security industry that's growing up around marijuana. boom towns in the u.s. >> welcome back. top stories on al jazeera - defiant protesters are in independence square in ukraine's capital kiev despite a deal aimed at ending the crisis. the u.s. and russian presidents sayle plans need to be implemented quickly. >> venezuelan president nicolas maduro offered to talk to leaders to end weeks of unrest. he has challenged the u.s. to take part in high-level talks. nigeria's government seized the passport of former governor. he is been sacked, targeted for exposing the lose of $20 billion in funds. >> a volunteer nurse who tweeted, "i'm dying" has become a symbol of a three-month crisis. she was hit in the necks. doctors say she is making a good recov

. >> no, it is gnat video game or u.s., but a chance to hone your drone. euro price tag may seem steep but from this farmer, thissing a friday cultural drone could mean long-term savings. it will allow us to get everview of the lan more quickly. the view means reaching better thing, how the crop is growing if there is any disease or enough fertilizer. it could be interesting. the photo type of this drone was built four years ago in a become and now being marketed as one of the world's first drones to be equipped with agricultural sensors lookened to wrongs and features gps and infrared to annuluses the farm listen and the crops. as it can rapid overviews of large areas up to 50-kilometers square at the time. the americas are also targeting the international market including africa. >> there is not as much, as there is in western europe. >> we're offering african countries is a made to measure coverage. wanted to scale that is for them. the in know vagues is not in the air but also very much on the great harvesting machine that costs $250,000 oar rowes and

u.s. citizens, or overseas. >> there are different contexts and benefits of programs. issues,e different whether it is u.s. or non-u.s. persons. our system has to work properly. i think there are unique factors. it may not be same size fits all. >> thank you for joining us. >> thanks for having me. >> we are back with our reporters, josh gerstein, ellen nakashima. what happens next with the nsa surveillance programs, whether capitol hill or the white house? >> in january, president obama ,ade a big speech at the forum and outlined reforms he wanted to see happen. one big one was, he wanted to see an end to the nsa collection of telephone metadata as it currently exists. he did not say outright. he said as it currently exists. he ordered his director of national intelligence to come up with alternatives to the government holding of the phone metadata by march 28. they are going to have to come up with some options. then, there are several other reforms that can be done curtail thevely to collection or the analysis, and some of them need congressional approval, like setti

representatives to pass a bill which would have allowed the legal discrimination or gay couples was met with outrage across the u.s. a somewhat embarrassed state senate now plans to sing the legislation which would have allowed people to use their religious different beliefs to openly deny services care or employment to same sex couples he's going to check our reports. kansas lawmakers have outraged the gay community here in the u.s. says you know last year the u.s. supreme court ruled that the ban on same sex marriage is unconstitutional so you have states that have embrace this ruling and you have states that are trying to shield themselves from that ruling and here's how kansas is doing it kansas lawmakers have passed a bill that would allow businesses and state government employees to deny services to same sex couples if quote it would be contrary to their sincerely held religious beliefs so according to these lawmakers forcing businesses or state employees to deliver services to same sex couples is a violation of their freedom of religion and speech gay rights advocates are of course outraged over this some s

it's americans or u.s. persons and foreigners. and, you know, it was interesting to me. ong the distribution list was the justice department and commerce. because of trying to regulate the porn industry or -- i didn't get what the commerce department would be getting a stop secret document from nsa about eavesdropping on people's visits to porn sites. there's a lot i don't understand about nsa. going back, this is what happened in the old days of the '60s. the fbi used wiretapping to discover vulnerability of sexual toft neutralize or target such as radicalize or radicalize such as martin luther king. back then the idea come up with hoover, the longer serving fbi director now comes up -- now comes from general alexander the longest serving nsa director. it says something about not letting people stay in a job too long. and nsa played a role in those days too. it played a role as eavesdropping on anti-war protesters and so forth. they would pick up the information and pass it on to the fbi. in terms reforms now, you know, those are -- i couldn't see anything that really di

or the u.s. and those protests died down so i think you know we've got about foreign powers are deliberately. placed well that means it's already an example of its own no doubt so . in effect through all this what you're saying is they're an inherited completely bankrupt country which is already completely failed state why on earth would the e.u. or the u.s. or western powers really want to create such mayhem and chaos and supposedly take it into the embrace them as the want support of the e.u. it doesn't seem to make sense or doesn't make sense because actually a deal in the west or playing a really cynical geo political game the game is not to embrace the ukraine do d. d. aim is to prevent a new crane from drawing closer to russia. people of ukraine are being used as pawns in the very dangerous jew political game. so we'll just back to you again where is this going to go from now we got into a little so a meeting with the opposition and the president should he be making more concessions now just

things like aaron hamlin winning the first luge and other events where you pick up a bronze or silver the u.s. is doing okay, but they do need some of their bigger names to come through in the next few days, the ice dancers and a few others. in the meantime it's great fun here in sochi. >> reporter: finally we turn to basketball where the maryland terrapins continue their acc swan song tomorrow for the 177th time duke versus maryland at crazy cameron, final time in the regular season as acc foes. maryland needs this one bad. they don't like duke. wouldn't an upset be nice? >> we're looking forward to it. it's going to be a tough challenge. we understand that, always it down there. they got really good players, really good coach. it's another game in the league schedule, it's it's a big game. >> reporter: here's hoping maryland can come through with a big victory. they need it. >>> in the meantime tomorrow we'll be back out here bright

i believe this region will grow even faster. >> it is asia rather than the u.s. or europe that determines the success of a model. competition is fierce. owing also has its sights set on the far east. they are working on reducing the weight of its planes. one possibility is connecting tablet computers and smart phones into the onboard entertainment system. >> we do not have to build screens into all the seats. this would mean a medium haul jet could save 500 kilos in weight. not only saving fuel but also increasing the payload. >> that would mean more passengers per aircraft in higher profit. with orders in the billions, it is shaping up to be one of the most successful air shows in history. >> now to the winterland vixen sochi. friday was the day of the underdog. >> he showed the slopes and world what they were made of. >> take a look. >> delivering a race. his break neck slalom catapulted him to the top of the table. and claiming the fourth olympic silver. claiing the second biathlon games. the 27-year-old finished one minute 20 seconds ahead of her closest rival f

there are currently no chain requirements on interstate 80 or u.s. highway 50. >>> meanwhile in lake tahoe, the lake gained an estimateed 13 and a half billion gallons of water. in the san jose area there wasn't that much rain at all. several reservoirs remain below 10% capacity. . they only got less than an inch. >> less than an inch. get to the north bay, almost a foot of rain. that was amazing to see that storm rolling on through. things starting to calm down a little bit. plenty of low-level moisture. still seeing drizzle, slick if headed out on the roadways. high-def doppler radar looking for the rain drops. most have moved on by, sliding up to the sierra nevada, turning to more snow. going to dry things out, catch a much-needed break. out the door. got a little fog behind there. you can see -- actually you can't see. the bay bridge is hidden behind some of that fog. looks like it's going to take time to break up the clouds. as the sunrises, the drizzle will come to an end. the temperatures mainly in the 50s. latter part of the afternoon, keep t

whether at sochi or anywhere else in the world, including in the u.s., you should just be smart aboutngs. don't click on unfamiliar or unknown e-mails. don't download software that you're not absolutely confident of. don't do things like that. if you're a business person traveling overseas, then in all honesty, you should be taking a clean phone and a clean computer without your personal information on it. you just have to be smart about your own behavior. it's down to the individual responsibility, frankly. >> wow. overall, mike, how safe is it in sochi and what would you say is the biggest security burden? >> the biggest security thet continues to be the fact that sochi is in the backyard of one of the world's most rabid islamic insurgencyies. they're highly motivate to do try during the course of the games to embarrass putin on the world stage. that's the number one threat. whether that takes place in the ring of steel or whether it happens anywhere else around russia, the fundamentalists don't care. their point will be made one way or the other. so that remains the biggest threat.

u.s. senator plibz warren of -- elizabeth warren of massachusetts. believe it orot, so did america from 1911 to 1967, when the u.s. post office offered savings accounts to its consumers. well, the post office estimates that banking services could generate $8.9 billion in new revenue per year and let's face it, it needs the money. last year the post office cut its operating budget by $5 billion and that was considered a good year. david lazarus, consumer editor at the los angeles times. davis why off the top should the post office get into banking? should it? >> the post office needs to fix itself. the woman at the previous segment was all at sixes and sevens, and the post office needs some way to bring money back in, as the volume of mail declined, thank you very much, mr. internet. this is a way to think out of the box and there is a need for it. because when we look at the short term payday lope industry, we are -- loan industry, we are looking at something that is given out with annual percentage rate topping 400 percent. which for families living at odds, and

clearly the west has already taken the side of the protests or so u.s. secretary of state john kerry said that the time has come for you have to decide whether it's what one country or what the rest of the world and he added that washington supports the people of ukraine but some have been calling this a one sided approach and criticizing it including russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov your produce what it is look at it from there are some fundamental questions that need to be answered in particular about the situation in ukraine how does fuelling sriracha that are becoming more and more violent to promote democracy why is there no condemnation of the siege and even still occupying government buildings were those who burned police officers show racist anti-semitic and nazi slogans why do many leading european politicians encourage such actions while any violations of the load hold are dealt with harshly some strong words there from russia's chief diplomat also added joking that next time they meet was mr kerry is going to ask him what grades he had i

we need protection national guard or u.s. marshals or other personnel. is essentially they were ignored by johnson. he had seen urban riots and a big controversy that seemed to stigmatize black families in a couple of weeks but johnson kept his distance from the grass roots organization. he basically refuses to have any more federal prisons. paula jones thing gives them carte blanche to use violence into use the police to protect them but now he knows there is not federal intervention so they make up point to set up the big tent in the black community publicly. we have a right to use this land. what happens is many places along the way they say you can't but they do it anyway. when they get to camp at this point it is close to the end there is about 1,000 people participating. they come to the ball field of the elementary school in the black community even though the police arrested the advance crew. then they let them do it. then the say mississippi highway patrol that was supposed to protect them puts on right gear and launches tear-gas into the crowd

top members were aest ared or killed. u.s. attorney general is saying that the alleged criminal activities cricketed to the death and destruction of millions of lives across the globe through drug addiction and violen violence. the united states wants to extradite him for the crimes in the united states. he faces a number of drugs and money landering charges in new york, chicago, miami and texas. they have not commented about the idea of extradition and the head of the cartel is behind bars tonight. the organization is not out of business. . it is not the only cartel operating in mexico to supply the americans the drugs. for more now on the arrest of guzman, we are joined by al jazeera adam from mexico city and thank you for joining us on "inside story" and today guzman is officially charged and what are the counts? >> well, really, it is one charge, and it is for breaking the mexican drug trafficking laws and that is significant and showing the u.s. they are registering a charge, but they haven't started to file many of the c

americans or u.s. persons and foreigners. it was interesting to me, among the distribution list was the justice department and commerce. is this because they're trying to regulate the industry or something? i didn't get what the commerce department would be getting a top secret document from nsa about eavesdropping by people such to sites. there's a lot i don't understand about nsa. going back this is what happened back in battle days of the 1960. the fbi used wiretapping to neutralize the target such as radicalizers such as martin luther king. back then the idea had come up with j. edgar hoover, the longest-serving director, that comes from general alexander, the longest-serving nsa director. it says something that not letting people stay in a job too long. and nsa played a role back in those days and liberal as part of eavesdropping on antiwar protesters and so forth. they would pick up some of the information and pass it on to the fbi. in terms of reforms now, i couldn't see anything that i really disagreed with on those 46

but it does not apply to any flights inside the u.s. or to the u.s. from other countries, and that is because it is based on intelligence that dealt only with flights into russia. so most people here will not even notice this new rule. the restriction on what could be carried on board the flights from the u.s. to russia will last for 30 days. and then next month after the olympics are over, the tsa will consider whether to extend or discontinue it, brian. >> all right. pete williams in our d.c. newsroom with the latest that is known on this story tonight. >>> and back here in sochi, despite all the security concerns, the games, as we mentioned, actually got under way here today. qualification rounds in the bright sunshine as the world started to focus on these olympic games. anne thompson is up at the nearby alpine center above us in the mountains over sochi. anne, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. it was a day of firsts. the first competitions in the mountains. the first olympic snowboard slope style runs, and the first time americans h

u.s. growth. it that way or the if you will you will get a kind of backyard of the white noise if you are kind of in terms of the financial media every day and if people are always saying or probably better to talk about this in your years of the ten year bond yield if you just look at it in terms of its three to six month moves as track i was precisely the slower growth again it's the way to change that nothing to do in that absolutes like the government would like to talk about or traditional economists would like to talk about a ten year bond yield doesn't carry place anymore it cares about macquarie replacing because the best zero percent bed early on in fighting inflation so what we're seeing here is very simple i mean last year when g.d.p. drugs are related to well point one two percent in the third quarter you saw not surprising late i as well of the ten year bond yield that we've seen. quite a while finding that one bloke who said it's really a sequential beat since then it's come back like they did the

u.s. cuban relations. or better u.s. cuban relations that is a very very deep and complex probe problem no it's not only you know the many crossed interests between these two countries but because there is such a large and strong cuban community live in herein the u.s. and specifically here in miami or south florida that many times you know one gets the sensation that this can just get in the way of any possible improvement but as i say it is such a problem and we do try to tendon find you know a turning point that would trigger a change but i don't really think the relations will change due to a single issue it's more a matter of will and of compromise absolutely well ali have time for our tease nicholas o'donovan from our miami studio thank you. and two former guantanamo bay detainees have asked a french judge to subpoena a former prison commander they accuse of overseeing their alleged torture bizarre saussy and morag vigilante are french citizens who were both captured by u.s. authorities in khandahar afghanistan the

u.s. tank or -- tanker. this is just one tiny part of andhuge buildup in u.s. coalition military operations here in the horn of africa, and djibouti is the nerve center. me itreign minister told .s a target for al-shabaab he supports controversial u.s. drone strikes launched from this country. >> these people are very dangerous. whatever it takes. if we can contain them, ok. if we can get rid of them, it's better, but we don't have to on whether we should use drones or not. >> the u.s. base here has swollen to over 12,000 people. trainers go out to african nations sending soldiers to fight al-shabaab. seen by washington as the main threat in the region. >> the real reason we are here is to neutralize al-shabaab and somalia. that's why i'm sitting right here, so i can assist the other nations to neutralize al-shabaab in small he a so it will not leave somalia or threatened a united states interest or our country, the united states, as a whole. certainly has the tools in its armory, but does it have the patience? 20 years ago, it rushed to leave the region after

u.s. was at 20%. the average for the 30 or so countries is about 22% but the u.s. is moving up in the ranks. 2013 number placed it 30 or so from the oecd countries up from 28th in 2005. interestingly with employment at 11% in his country and weak economic growth it is president holland is backing away from the socialist model and now proposing a tax-and-spending cuts to help jump-start the french economy. >> what holland is trying to do is, alter accommodation that is have been struck between labor and business, between citizens and their government that might have worked 20 years ago, 25 years ago but no longer enable the french copy to cope with a very different international environment. >> we want to point out that bigger government is a bipartisan venture here in washington. of course president obama opposed, proposed rather his health care reform plan but it was president bush who proposed and signed into law a major expansion of medicare with that medicare prescription drug program during his administration. melissa? melissa: peter, thanks so much. aol making

u.s. client is done on a completely compliant aces. >> again you have reported or certainly in our reports we see the size of u.s. banking assets and credit swiss. do you have any u.s. assets in total in switzerland? >> i don't know if we do. i don't think we do have that estimate. u.s. citizen assets in suisse banks i don't have that on hand. >> no further questions at this time. >> thank you very much senator johnson. let's go to just a few facts to set down very firmly. of the 22,000 banks the customers that you had in 2006 after you did required a showing of compliance with their u.s. tax laws and we talk about u.s. customers, 18,900 of those accounts were closed and today there is about 3500 that you have determined are in compliance. are those numbers correct? >> those numbers are correct as of today but i would like to add that in total we have breathed you'd been verified tax compliance of -- of which 3000 have been closed and the number you have mentioned are still with us. >> so what is the total number of accounts that no longer have the 22,000? >> 8000 that you mention. >> all

are they seeing signs of a slowdown so far this year or is the u.s.omic recovery going to keep getting stronger? joining us in a fox business exclusive, is robert sanchez, ryder system chairman and ceo. robert, great to see you. thank you so much for coming in. let's get right to what happened yesterday. we had the stock market, don't want to call it a crash, but big downturn of 300 points on the dow, primarilily because of that ism number, the manufacturing number. , was much lower than what was estimated. are you seeing any direct signs that would indicate the ism number was the norm, not an exception? >> we have not. we actually saw, certainly last year, through most of the, we have two product lines that are really indicators of the economy. the first one is our truck rental business where companies come and rent for us with short-term spikes and demands and needs for trucks. that was relatively stable and performed well throughout most of the year which said there was activity in the economy. in the second half of the year we saw an increase in o

u.s. military base from a densely populated urban areas or more remote location. ecade-long movement of okinawa residents has opposed the base altogether and push for theing u.s. forces off island, citing environmental concerns and sexual assaults by u.s. soldiers and local residents. around 300 people marched ahead of kennedy's arrival, waving signs saying "no base." thousands have rallied in bahrai n. opposition activists began protesting the u.s.-backed sunni regime on february 14, 20 11 amidst popular uprisings in egypt and tunisia. the protests have been crushed by martial law and u.s.-backed invasion of saudi arabia forces. crowdive crowded -- marched in the capital tuesday behind a banner reading "it's impossible for the people to give up on democracybahrai." castedical research has doubt on the value of mammograms. study in theg british medical journal involving nearly 90,000 women has found death rates both from breast cancer and other causes are the same regardless of whether a woman underwent mammograms are not. in fact, the study found one in five women

now it's difficult to talk about the mexican manufacturing industry or the u.s. manufacturing industry. it's the north american manufacturing platform. >> rose: and do you find yourself now, i mean with talented, educated workers, not going to the united states or somewhere, or to asia, are now staying in mexico. >> every year we have more engineers graduating from school. in mexico than we have in bavaria, germany. the talent and the skills of the mexican workforce is a key factor enabling what we were able to produce and export. and that is a source of competitiveness. we, now net migration into the united states from mexico is zero. it used to be a large positive number. we have net migration of mexicans coming into the united states. now the number is zero. that means that migration is not what is driving-- what is driving our integration. it's other things. it's supply chains, it's trade, it's even financial blows. so it's a different time. and we need technology, the trend, and to seize the opportunities created by this integration. >> rose: when president o

the sochi games will be the first in more than a decade with no sitting or former u.s. president, first lady or vice president in attendance. in an exclusive interview with nbc's bob costas. president obama dismissed the notion that his relationship with vladimir putin is ice cold. he says, in part, quote, my sense is that is part of his s the schtick wanting to look tough guy. we tend to smile once in a while. you can catch the interview tonight in sochi. it all begins at 7:30, 6:30 central right here on nbc. we will be staying on top of that right here on msnbc. >>> one more note on the olympics. by now, you have probably heard of the snarky and satirical twitter handle at sochi problems. that's what it is called. as of this morning, it has gained more followers than the official winter games twitter account. it has garnered more than 186 followers in just three days and the hashtag sochi problems is being tweeted about 50 times a minute. so after 22 years, jay leno is going out on top. thursday night marked jay leno's final tonight show and in his opening monologue, h

we have to consider whether we are thinking about the u.s. or an overseas perspective. the u.s. been a leader when it comes to trying to include in the agreements standards on labor and environment. there's no other country that wants to do it except the united states, when it wants to make sure that environmental protections are not undermined. it's developing countries pushing back and saying we don't want the environment standards, the labour standard, they are not appropriate. we are at different stages of development. cheaper labour is something which makes exports more competitive. if you are in a developed country and you think there should be stronger environmental standard overseas, and you support the trade agreement, you may not thing it is appropriate. it's a mixed bag. the u.s. is trying to make sure that a lot of standards are raised globally. >> i would jump in on that. there was a leak of the environment chapter that was fairly recent and it is true that the united states was pushing for stronger standards. every other country line upped against the u.s., and the

u.s. the world's it creepy is toast or it's yet another colossal drain of our tax dollars for nothing either way if you're planning on crossing the u.s. border anytime soon you might want to wait for smile or something just to say hello to all who are watching tonight let's talk about bad by following me on twitter at the rest of it. and before we go don't forget to tune in at nine pm for larry king now tonight's guests are the cast members of the c.b.s. t.v. series criminal minds here is a sneak peek of tonight's episode larry asks them about a statement made by the show's previous star mandy patton can. is what mandy said about quote on the biggest public mistake he's ever made was doing that show i never thought they were going to kill and rape all these women every night every day week after week year after year it was destructive to my soul and my personality and should have read the pilot a little closer to know that they do that way no as i said i mean it's the nature of the show and the fact that real men and women do this job the read out of respect to my in the way all managed to t

so i would say nothing publicly suggests direct threats to the u.s. or the u.s. athletes but they are simply part of the environment and the concern over this is manifested in simple signals. you have seen for example the advisory for u.s. athletes not to wear identifying clothing outside of secured venues. that's a demonstration of concern the u.s. government has that there may be vulnerabilities. finally there is a concern about a contingency plan. every country that goes through security planning around the olympics wants to demonstrate not only that they can put on a successful game but they want to demonstrate their security sources are professional and they can do it on their own terms. this is in many ways a point of nationalist pride. often you won't get as much cooperation and visibility regardless of the ally. even in london it wasn't sort of complete and open visibility. every country manages security of an event like this on their own terms. but i do think there is an important set of concerns about how the u.s. government might plan for a worst-case

that's not much accountability for the bankers or u.s. clients. the taxes owed on the leaves of dollars on the offshore assets remain uncollected. to collect those unpaid taxes and hold u.s. tax evaders accountable, the critical first step is to get their names. the prospect of the united states getting the names is what produced the ubs affect, the rush of u.s. offshore account holders making so-called account disclosures to the irs and pay them what they go to avoid embarrassment. but getting names is where the whole story goes bust. there is a chart i've ask we put up. it's a chart of the 22,000 u.s. clients with swiss accounts and credit suisse. the total accounts with the swiss to the united states over five years it's a grand total of 238. that's that little green sliver. that's 238 out of 22,000, about 1%. other swiss banks with thousands of u.s. clients in switzerland have as far as we know this closed no names at all. the reason for this nearly total failure is the swiss insisted on being secrecy, and the united states letting them get awa