from kiev and sure noble so do stay with us for that also throughout the day will be taking trips to riyadh a ghost town so tune in to our team. this time side. five years ago retired eight thousand population over the radio sound of radio for the microwave with three hours. now it was recently some people started receiving post notices telling them to pick up letters at the box office in. the stories of. the. diaries of those two. choices. this is r.t. live from moscow italy has approved the use of its fighter jets and nato's s. trucks despite its earlier refusal to join in on the bombings and after a strike on monday badly damaged cut off about his compound in the capital tripoli

this time last week i was in riyadh had a very similar conversations with the ones were having here today. and i think there are -- there are two parallel lines of discussion here about saudi arabia, and at the end i think to make two parallel lines come together. one is the domestic situation in saudi arabia, and the other is -- did i just shut it down? is that okay? >> the other is, they are only related but they do come together at the end of his presentation. you may have read analyses, and longwood in "the wall street journal," saying saudi arabia will be the next big, no of the arab spring. after all it's sort of autocratic country and geriatric leadership. youth employment bulge, it has all those characteristics.

creatures, islamic ngos and direct funding by riyadh for local islamic organizations the saudis have created muslim fear in most areas of the world that are alienated and hateful toward the west. .. >> please tell us what it's teat led. >> "wild card." >> and tell us a bit about the book and how you came up with the idea. >> sure. i wrote it during the '08 campaign and have continued to write it since then.

our elite deceitfully pretend that riyadh is close and reliable ally. it keeps america's security depended on its enemies by relying on the saudis to play pro-u.s. role in the world oil market. it endangers our economy by allowing the saudis to buy an ever larger share, up her ever more out of control federal debt. in addition, the saudis over the past 30 years have built a highly effective lobby in the united states which is as pernicious, effective and corrupting as i tacked a more quiet and subtle. this lobby implores former u.s. ambassadors, generals and seniors, senior intelligence officers to argue its case in the white house, the congress and the media, especially in "the wall street journal." needless to say, this lobby's work is enthusiastically assisted by our oil and arms making corporations whose concerns have less to do with u.s. security than in making sure they keep their seats on the saudi gravy train.

like them to be a in the such a great and the whole they will not reach the stage in their bilateral riyadh still aiming at each other every day i mean the soldiers and the officers and he spoke of my. fields many many hundred miles of minefields sell for there are also i don't know a local for all the places in the rural i'm sure we also know all there with the same separation but that doesn't mean that perhaps it will stage a war in so called a war separation perhaps between them but it's very important for us for the world peace to even poorer countries through improve for a better bilateral relations for the sake of grandson as well and you're something we started by talking about this terrorist situation now in afghanistan after this after this koran burning in in america to a study commissioned by the united nations i quote violent attacks against humanitarian aid workers have tripled tripled during the last decade with more than

tower in the pretense that riyadh is a close and reliable ally. it keeps america's energy security depended on its enemies by relying on the saudis to play pro u.s. role in the world oil market and endangers our economy by allowing the saudis to buy a larger share of our ever more out of control federal debt. addition the saudis have built a highly effective lobby in the united states which is as pernicious and corrupting as anyone else but more quiet and subtle. it employs former u.s. ambassadors, generals and senior intelligence officers to argue its case in the white house, congress and the media and wall street journal. needless to say this lobby's work is assisted by our oil and armsmaking organizations whose concerns have less to do with u.s. securities and making sure they keep their seats on the

national security advisor through to riyadh. >> woodruff: just a few days ago. >> to talk with him because ever since hosni mubarak stepped down in egypt and the saudies were quite vocal in their displeasure with how the united states handled it, i disagree with the saudi criticism, but i think this is a difficult balancing act that links us to oil, counterterrorism and a range of interests in the region. >> woodruff: maria mcfarland, remind us why the saudis care some of about what is happening in bahrain? >> they don't want a neighboring country to present an example to their citizens of change, of greater democracy. it would be very problematic for the saudis if suddenly their population saw that a neighboring country they had a constitutional monarchy. similarly, it's a problem because the protestors in bahrain are part of the majority shi'a population, for the most part. and the sunni government, like the bahraini government, is sunni.

secretary robert gates traveled to riyadh, saudi arabia for talks on the spreading unrest in the region. japanese engineers turned their focus today to preventing new explosions at the destroyed fukushima dai-ichi nuclear plant. they began injecting nitrogen near the reactor to prevent more hydrogen explosions like the ones that happened after a tsunami hit last month. that came as the new york times reported the united states nuclear regulatory commission sees a host of new threats at the plant, including explosions and growing stresses on containment structures. portugal has become the third eurozone country to request an international financial bailout. the prime minister said portugal needs the extra help to tackle skyrocketing debts amid recent political instability. he said the fact that parliament rejected austerity measures last month made the request for aid inevitable. greece and ireland have already asked for financial assistance. on wall street, stocks closed higher today as the dow neared a three-year high. the dow jones industrial average

in home with them intervening everywhere in the world including in the nothing in riyadh world in your hand it's a crime and of course having wars going on right now there is the goal of syria and potentially at hand the problem is that those enemies are much bigger and stronger than libya so i think there will fade i think they're really in syria in the hand because they're already i do know problems in iraq and afghanistan and so on less the logic of their intervention in libya is that they should intervene in syria also and everywhere and potentially they would be led into a dinner is a war in the middle east. colonel gadhafi is resolutely taking his heels saying he won't be forced out of libya pride is ready for talks with nato meanwhile the coalition's operation is failing to resolve the situation they would have to protect civilians as the main objective but our case military contributor believes the u.s. is not always dealing out judgment equally. barack hussein obama passionately presented his case ofa looming genocide in libya and that in the lead there the only way to prevent

didn't see anything hong we damn intervening everywhere in the world including in the in africa in riyadh world in your hand it's a cloud and of course having wars going on so it seems to me that we are the turning point where we have to choose between continuing the war like policing of the last ten years and maybe get involved in the general areas will in the middle east where it's back to back home that policy you can keep on that policy of permanent wars and the proud of these and go be haitian even though the situation in the present in the story may be tragic in syria angry at other places it seems to me that we are not qualified to throw the poll that we've done and we have shown it by the fate of our policies all right thanks very much and britain author of the vote humanitarian imperialism. thank you very much. coming up your own archie a russian road rage. down this road alone with all three m. to gas stations nope that's true now lines find out why people in the world's

here now his report from riyadh. >> reporter: saudi arabia is the richest and most powerful country in the arab world, hugely important to the u.s. because of its oil reserves, and now surrounded by populist rage on all sides. a sunni country, it is the home of mecca, the birthplace of islam, and takes pride in its orderly society. even so, there have been protests by the country's shiite minority against saudi rule. but they were quickly put down. saudi's king abdullah surprised almost everyone by sending his country's military into bahrain to suppress shiite demonstrations in that country. the king and other saudi officials are known to be unhappy with the obama administration for pushing egyptian president mubarak out so quickly. but until my weekend interview with prince saud, the foreign minister, there has been no public comment. >> the evidence is overwhelming now that people are demanding more change and a greater voice at a faster pace. >> reporter: and the influence of the united states on saudi affairs? >> reporter: recently, king abdullah spread $125 billion among workers,

it in hong with them intervening everywhere in the world including in the in the nothing carry in riyadh world in your hand it's a calm and of course having wars going on right now there is a culture of syria and potentially hand the problem is that those enemies i'm much bigger and stronger than libya so i didn't have a period of intervening in syria in the hand because they were already had enough problems in iraq and afghanistan and so on the logic of their intervention in libya is that they should intervene in syria also and everywhere and potentially we would be led into agenda is a war in the middle east. in a later year colonel gadhafi has called on the nato led coalition to stop bombing his country and hold peace talks but a nato official says gadhafi must first stop attacking the rebels and u.s. initially led last month's assault on libya but are his military contributor says washington has failed to justify the intervention. barack hussein obama passionately lobby it and manipulate it and world public opinion that in the lead in the only way to prevent the looming humanitarian

signet in hong kong with them intervening everywhere in the world and gloria in nothing kerry in riyadh world in your hand it's a clash and of course having wars going on right now there is a pall of syria and potentially at hand the problem is that those enemies are much bigger and stronger than libya so i think the other fate of intervening in syria and you hand because they already had enough problems in the hike in afghanistan and so on the logic of their in government and in libya is that they should intervene in syria also and everywhere and potentially they would be led into a generalized war in the middle east. where colonel gadhafi is resolutely taking his heels saying he will not be forced out of it place ready for talks with later and other coalitions palmer self-interest of the situation and things like that sex civilians as that when objective but out cease which contributor says the u.s. is not always stealing our strategy equally. barack hussein obama passionately presented his case for a looming genocide in libya and that in leave here the only way to prevent the looming

that was riyadh a lot more likely the palestinian foreign affairs minister there will be much more from him in an in-depth interview he gave to us and that is early next week. military service isn't an easy task but in russia young recruits often face horrific walling when they join the army human rights organizations have been lobbying in an attempt to help eradicate the problem but as artie's jacob grieves reports in some cases it's simply too late we must warn you that this report contains that footage of a graphic violence it's a disturbing site one that's on the rise in the russian army. it's called hazing ability or it's all too familiar with its consequences here in that in that the new reports about thought is that frank physically and mentally are coming in every day . she runs the committee of soldiers mothers an organization partly funded by the government on a day to day basis her job is to protect soldiers from the harsh realities of service and you family are there for protection rackets going to boy have to be and now the soldiers say seventy dollars a month to be able to

government has sacrificed libya are to the united states and the neighboring states i guess for reasons of riyadh parlance because it's kind of like what are chamberlain did you know in nineteen thirty eight he sacrificed czechoslovakia to hitler in the hope and expectation that he could he could divert shit learn our to the east towards to solve the union and not to the west towards syria but they were sorry to interrupt but that the russians of stained the chinese abstained from that your resolution because it was imposing a no fly zone were you saying a little earlier about a full military invasion hasn't happened actually has it there has been a measured response by nato to carry out aerial bombardments admittedly it's taken a long time for it to take effect but there hasn't actually been a full scale invasion by america has there. there's nothing are measured about what . nato and united states of john bull florence even according to your own reports a man of the russian government very just blowing the heck out of libya all up and down this has nothing to do with the no fly zone we also kno

from kiev and sure noble so do stay with us for that also throughout the day will be taking trips to riyadh a ghost town so tune in to our team. this time side. five years ago retired eight thousand population over the radio sound of radio for the microwave with three hours. now it was recently some people started receiving post notices telling them to pick up letters at the box office in. the stories of. the. diaries of those two. choices. this is r.t. live from moscow italy has approved the use of its fighter jets and nato's s. trucks despite its earlier refusal to join in on the bombings and after a strike on monday badly damaged cut off about his compound in the capital tripoli libyan government forces continue to see each of the rebel held city of misrata or at least ten people have been killed each other it's over a month now since the allied intervention. again there's speculation that some nato countries supplied rebels with arms before the uprising. suggestion to a military just. so we're doing the rebels get their arms front to help us answer that question we're joined today by a

through expatriates' on the creatures, islamic ngos and direct funding by riyadh for local islamic organizations the saudis have created muslim fear in most areas of the world that are alienated and hateful toward the west. .. >> please tell us what it's teat led. >> "wild card." >> and tell us a bit about the book and how you came up with the idea. >> sure. i wrote it during the '08 campaign and have continued to write it since then. my publishers didn't think it'd get out in time for the campaign, so it gave me the chance to update it over the last two years. you know, it's really an overview of her life and politics and since then, of course. >> so with all of the book withs that have come out about her since '08, what do you think is going to be new in yours that we haven't heard before? >> yeah. i think my book has a chapter on her faith that is, i think, unique among the other books. especially, i think, what's significant is that this is really the first, the closest that somebody coming from a pentacostal background b, sort of the wing of christianity has come to this kind of high office

this time last week i was in riyadh had a very similar conversations with the ones were having here todaynd i think there are -- there are two parallel lines of discussion here about saudi arabia, and at the end i think to make two parallel lines come together. one is the domestic situation in saudi arabia, and the other is -- did i just shut it down? is that okay? >> the other is, they are only related but they do come together at the end of his presentation. you may have read analyses, and longwood in "the wall street journal," saying saudi arabia will be the next big, no of the arab spring. after all it's sort of autocratic country and geriatric leadership. youth employment bulge, it has all those characteristics. and a society that has no way to make, benefits its political will and make the government responsive to its decide. but, in fact, nothing happened in saudi arabia and it was not like anything would happen. the day of rage fizzled to a lot of reasons for this and i want to run through them quickly. saudi arabia is not like egypt or tunisia. i was in tunisia briefly last fall

it is not reality-based parent -- it is not a riyadh-based budget. . .velop a fiscal policy that makes sure that we encourage growth in that 90%, not further enrichment of the top 1%. that's what the crick alternative did, and that's why i believe that we must defeat this republican budget, because, again, it is a hoax on the american people. with that, i'd like to introduce betty mccolin from minnesota. >> i'm going to yield. we're all about mass transit. >> thank you. let me thank our representative, chris van hollen and my democratic colleagues on the budget committee. i am really proud of the effort we made to inform the general public. make no mistake about it -- this republican budget stops medicare of the it puts an end to medicare. it encourages corporations to export jobs rather than jobs for the united states of america. it is for tax responsibility that grows weaker and weaker out of millionaires and billionaires and allows for oil company handouts to be the theme of the day. these are the wrong choices for america, as has been said so many ti