well today was defense secretary robert gates the last day on the job the world he leaves behind him in his retirement looks much different than when he first came into his career are two guy in the kitchen kind of looks into his work and his legacy. whoever's in the white house in the pentagon it's business as usual robert gates was secretary of defense to two different presidents obama was elected on a promise to end the wars of his predecessor george w. bush but america's worse continued and one more was even add it to the plate of inconclusive campaigns we've yet when administrative change or change between parties there really isn't a great deal of training in the pentagon under robert gates his watch america's annual defense spending approach the trillion dollars rising at the pace of about five percent a year but statements from his office were often contradictory fence bending that nearly doubled the base budget over the last decade the gusher has been turned off and will stay off the u.s. is supposed to leave iraq by the end of the year but it seems that that line is not fin

robert robert well let me jump in here let me jump in here we go to a short break an afro short break we'll continue our discussion on presidential war powers day with r.t. . they live not only next to the border of the cars. but also on the corner of peace and war. they are responsible not only for themselves. but also for their loved ones. they are ready to take any risk. the close up team has been to the golden grand richard thank the turning point a moon or more to. this time r.t. goes to the region where half of the area is occupied by a nature preserve. where the young generation transition their ancestors stepped on where the mysterious city on the deadlocks welcomed the republic of north to set yet russia close on a car keep. it . secret. welcome back to cross talk on people about true mind you were discussing the war powers act. the k.k.k. . still. ok and i think go to david denver right before the break we had a bit of a heated discussion here and you just really wanted to break in there so i'm going to give you that chance now go ahead. sure none of these euphemisms justify

robert robert well let me jump in here let me jump in here a good short break and after a short break we'll continue our discussion on presidential war powers day with r.t. . rachel martin here broadcasting live from washington d.c. coming up today on the big picture. that. wealthy british. market why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike's cancer for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into cars a report on our cheap. download the official implication. called touch from the choose our. life on the go. video. policies in mind. and feeds in the palm of your. question on the. and you can. start. welcome back across talking to people about remind you we're discussing the war powers act. and you. say. ok i'd like to go to david in denver right before the break we had a bit of a heated discussion here and you just really wanted to break and there's i'm going to give you that chance now go ahead. sure none of these euphemisms justify what president obama has been doing to violate the constitution the of the security council resolutio

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jobson before we go to break robert before we go to break i had.south africa the democracy the government there is chosen by the people in free and fair elections but yeah there's a lot of people who are locally upset with local corruption and things like that the argument is that it's like another egypt waiting for some to cater to be able to clear but i didn't say i did already see this juncture i'm going to jump in we're going to go to a break and after that short break we'll continue our discussion on the future of africa state party. fish fish. fish fish fish. fish to. can. welcome back to crossfire guy people about to remind you we're talking about africa and its future. king. ok and robert i want to go back to you in london right before we went to the break we were done by discussion flared up about the values gap that like the people as that term that some people like to use i mean it's been brought up that you know the west likes to say that it likes to prove it to support democracy and civil society i was already heard on this program the

robert please garrett. how much do you think of this is that i don't i don't see this there really any solutions out there i mean i agree with that but yes of you know they had time to think about this but they really haven't thought it out because they just don't want to let go of the political aspect of this to be into political integration of it all and the and that's where the mismatch continues because looking at statistics you know we're going to have the southern part of the eurozone is going to be in emacs for years with economic growth how can you match that with economies further up north that are much more dynamic and i especially germany i mean they do how much are they committed to this political integration in the end of all countries in the in europe germany is most committed with all the german girl is like so many go in there and let me go with mary we're completely for it this is like talking to let me let me bring you here in on this one to me please folks please this is great crosstalk e

the future of africa i'm joined by robert guest in london he's a business editor at the economist and author of the book the shackled continent africa past present and future in washington we cross to jendayi frazer she's a professor at the carnegie mellon university and in oxford we have produced mangi he's editor in chief of the pangas who can news all right this is cross lady and gentlemen that means you can jump in anytime you want and i know they have difference of opinion so i want my viewers to see it if i go to you first in oxford i do like to go the term africa in the new great game the scramble for influence because a lot of people are saying this right now as africa is stepping up its development some countries are getting ahead while some are not but nonetheless there's enormous foreign interest and i'm thinking of the united states and china do you like the term great game. well i think there's been an enormous interest in africa since about the one nine hundred eighty s. with the introduction of the near liberal policies of the international monetary fund and world bank

to discuss branding i'm joined by robert sasson he is senior managing director at u.f.c. private equity also we have you know she is chairman of the board of the retail chain technique and robert me he's managing partner at robert make consulting group ok gentlemen we're in st petersburg and i'd like to ask you robert the first question when we think of the term branding the country japan technology china the factory of the world germany decision united states maybe too much financial markets you think of russia what brand comes to mind if if there's one if one does come to rob me what i can say about that i've lived here in russia for a long time and i've watched a lot of changes and improvements happen over the past ten to fifteen years if i had to describe russia in short i would say it's continue to be a country in transition with considerable long term potential is that a brain that's a brand in my opinion it is because i'm not sure how well she could describe it because we won from one system in or one from one french there and in so we're in transition to i mean cr

jump in there before we go to the break robert before we go to break i had.south africa's a democracy the government there is chosen by the people in free and fair elections but you know there's a lot of people who are locally upset with local corruption and things like that but the arguments is that it's like another egypt waiting for some dictator to be able to play but i didn't say i did already see this juncture i'm going to jump in we're going to go to a break and after that short break we'll continue our discussion on the future of africa state party. the arms. to the so. i'm going to. was. today children play war in the old keys me. but in june nine hundred forty one these walls were the first barrier from another troops on their way to moscow and. the senators and restless were dying one by one under siege in the search for the water election. to. cool. down the last shelter an unnamed soldier left a few simple words farewell mother i'm dying but i'm not surrendering. six and kicking sister. came in. to a welcome at a crosswalk i'm people about to rem

do cross talk the war powers act i'm joined by robert naiman in our band he is policy director at just foreign policy and denver we have david koch how he is an adjunct professor of advance constitutional law at the university of denver and in london we crossed the leslie in your morrie she is co-director at the center for international politics of conflicts rights and justice at the school of oriental and african studies hi folks this is cross talk and you can jump in anytime you want i very much encourage it but first let's have a look at a short report about whether or not obama's foreign policy is in line with the law . i said at the outset that this was going to be a matter of days and weeks more than two months after obama's promise to put a time limit on u.s. military intervention in libya they made a lot of campaign continues to live off of u.s. support beyond the fact that the campaign has morphed into an indefinitely protracted mission and america's participation in a very well be violation of the us constitution under the war powers act introduced in one thousand seventy thr

more complex picture than one that is reduced to economic ok robert if i can go to you in london where you. progress or backtracking. growing economies growing independence or occupation as we heard earlier in the program. well i really can't think of any african country that is being occupied by corporations and i've traveled all over the continent and it seems to me that while there are one or two places where nobody's in charge like somalia pretty much everywhere else the governments are in charge like they are in most other countries now many of those governments are very inefficient governments but by and large they've gotten a lot better over the past twenty years and when the dealings between corporations and african governments it's absolutely the african governments who call the shots if you go to somewhere like angola doesn't matter whether you're an american oil company a british one or a chinese one you have to deal with the angolan government nobody disputes that they own the oil there and if you annoy them they kick you out as is happening to people for from both sides so

. >> host: robert gooding-williams, what do you teach? >> guest: political theory, a variety of courses, some having to do with the american political thoughts. i also teach more systematic courses. nineteenth century german philosophy, and right now. seminars. >> host: social. i just finished teaching a course on the cali an african american jewish political thought. next year i'm teaching another course on heidegger. so a range of courses. most of them have to do with either political thought in manson century german political pot or having to do with african-american critical thought. >> host: also the author of another book. >> guest: a collection of essays present representations of race in film. a few other essays as well. so, for example, i have an essay on representation of race. a movie that many of us saw long time ago. i have an essay on the representations of race during the rodney king piece that was originally published. also an interesting piece engaging another philosopher, stanley gold, around his reading of the fred asta

we love emma roberts!s and applause ] and, also, making his network television debut with us tonight, a very, very funny man. stand-up comedy from julian mccullough, you guys! julian's going to be pretty good. [ applause ] nikki, do we have time for this? can i just talk about this quick or no? what happened two nights ago? yeah. really -- the other night, we're doing the show and we go to commercial quick, and i look over and i see -- i see higgins like, do something quick, saying -- and he -- i don't know, he's like, whatever. i thought he was mad or something. and then he came over to talk. it was in a commercial, and his shirt was untucked and i go, "what's going on, buddy? you're a mess." he's like, "my pants fell down." [ laughter ] >> steve: it was like old school. >> jimmy: i mean, old school, your pants -- >> steve: i wish i was wearing heart boxers and -- on my socks. >> jimmy: your pants just fell down? >> steve: i'm losing weight. trying to get healthier. you know what i mean? >> jimmy: yeah. t

and robert me. when they were in st petersburg and i'd like to ask you robert the first question we think of the term branding the country japan technology china the factory of the world germany decision united states maybe too much financial market you think of russia brain and comes to mind if if that is what one does come to that broadly what i can say about that i live here in russia for a long time and i've watched a lot of changes and improvements happen over the ten to fifteen years i had to describe russia in short i would say it continues to be a country in transition with considerable long term potential that a brand that's the brand in my opinion it is because i'm not sure how last you could describe it because we went from one system in we went from one another brand and so we're in transition to create their own model here in russia i would say it's not going to match the model you'll see in other countries but what i can say it is it has considerable long term potential naturism but lo

ok robert if i go to you in boston. i want a half century old now and but it is is the only environment changing more than it was then the half a century ago then now because we have new players or relatively new players that are have very large growing economies i'm thinking of china and india which were really were not part of that dynamic a half century ago i'm getting at high oil prices there's demand there is this is so high and continue there for for i mean ad infinitum go ahead well the big change yes you're right there are big changes on the demand side but they're even bigger changes on the supply side and that is for the first forty years of opec the existence. no no impact will production was actually increasing to some degree in walk step with opec production to keep up with rising demand but since two thousand and four there's been no net increase in non opec production and so what's happened is as well demand has increased in places like china and india it's all had to come from opec and that's really give

cherish ella he is a founding partner of the energy management institute and in boston we cross to robert kaufman he's director and full professor in the center for energy and environmental studies at boston university ok gentlemen this is crosstalk that means crosstalk rules are in effect you can jump in anytime you want but before let's take a look at how the world has been reeling since opec's last meeting. when last week's opec meeting ended and discord for the first time in two decades it left oil consuming countries and analysts and did their speculations about the cartels imminent demise and fears of higher oil prices have abounded after the arab spring changed the political landscape in the middle east exposing deep divides among opec's twelve members. you have no other choice when iran forded saudi arabia's attempt to raise production quotas it became evident that the group was anything but united poised to assert its influence in a region rapidly changing due to popular uprisings and sectarian turmoil iran defied saudi arabia's proposal to change production policy but aim to add

. -- in memory of robert pender. he was a tenant at parkmerced for 40-plus years, a tremendous advocate for the community throughout san francisco. in fact, the majority of his advocacy was probably for tenants outside of parkmerced. in no way to that comment be meant to take away from his advocacy work for his friends and neighbors and residents of parkmerced, whom he was 100% committed to, but robert was truly a great man. no question over the last 12 years working with the residents of district 7, robert and i came across each other quite a bit. many times on opposite sides, but on the rare occasion on the same side, but the thing with robert that i always appreciated -- it did not matter if we disagreed. we always be engaged with the next issue. he was absolutely one of those rare people who have the ability to disagree while still being agreeable. he was a true gentleman. a former city employee as well. he worked for the municipal railway. that was his career. he worked for me -- muni throughout his career and g

one of the two managed to outrun the gang and get away. 33-year-old roberts hillsboro could not escape died that night. >> he was stomped in his face and his chest 15 times by a gang of men screaming fagets. gay men and lesbians are his survivors. >> reporter: by then police had arrested 19-year-old john cordova the man with the knife. they'd seized the other three young men police say were with him. those arrested not in the meetings and protests in san francisco. people said it was time to stand together. >> gay people realize that they can't do it alone. >> reporter: he also ordered police to saturate the parade rout. the police squads stood ready. organizers asked the gay community to remain calm. that sunday an estimated 200,000 people turned out to march in the parade or watch from the sidewalk. double the number who had shown up the year before. the women who called themselves dykes with bikes were back. and men dressed to be admired but paradegoers said there was a difference this year. >> i think the big key was you're going to see all gays of all time. you're not going to see

this is robert gates' last day on the job. you see him there on the right marching with the well decorated soldier next to him. robert gates served in that position as secretary of defense for five years began under former president george bush then president obama asked him to stay on. the president we're waiting for him to arrive. he will be making remarks in honor of robert gates. and he has become very close the two of them through the years he has spent on the job. in fact that said he asked him to stay on. but you can see the pomp and circumstance very, very elaborate for robert gates. we'll check back later on and bring all the details to you later. >>> a modest apartment could soon become a very hot property in southern california. it is the former santa monica home where suspected mob boss james whitety bulger hid from the f.b.i. for ten years. a line of people already jostling to get a look at that apartment once occupied by america's most wanted criminal. real estate agents say they're ready to pay top dollar. the 8