russ. >> mitchell: wyatt andrews in turkey, thank you. afghan president hamid karzai confirmed today his government and the u.s. are engaged in peace talks with the taliban. an insurgent attack on a police station inicable later in the day killed nine people. the taliban claimed responsibility for that attack. nato said today its aircraft accidentally hit rebel forces in libya on thursday. a rebel spokesperson says the attack in eastern libya injured 16 rebel fighters and destroyed six trucks. back in this country, you can call it golf diplomacy it's president of the united states and the speaker of the house took to the lings today in what was billed as a friendly game of "getting to know you." but will today's round translate into a new round of cooperation? senior white house correspondent bill plante has more. >> reporter: that's the president of the united states lifting the flag from the cup on the first green of his long-anticipated golf summit with house speaker john boehner. for four hours or so, some forcesome with vice presiden

russ?> whit johnson, thanks. >>> joining us now is democratic strategist steve mcmann in our washington bureau and ed roll lands. let's talk about the nasty economic numbers. how does the president make an effective case he deserves a second term? >> i'm not going to sit here and tell you the numbers are good for the president. i don't think they would say that in the white house, either. i think the president has a case for a second term, based on what he inherited, what he did, growth in the economy to date, and it hasn't been perfect, hasn't been a straight line up. but 2 million jobs have been created since he became president of the united states. and this was no doubt a bad report and disappointed everybody in the white house. but the question at the end of the day is going to be whether or not people feel like the economy is getting better aren't election day. president reagan went through this, and ed can can tell you about that. ronald reagan was elected with unusually high unemplo

russ? >> elizabeth palmer in turkey, thank you very much. >>> for insight on what's happening in syria and with the military operation in libya, let's turn to retired general wesley clark, former nato supreme allied commander. good morning to you. >> good morning, russ. >> in your mind, is there anything the u.s. can be or should be doing in syria at this point? >> i think we are doing the appropriate thing which is we're making first our position clear to all the actors in the region including the syrian government that their conduct is not acceptable. i think our ally, turkey, has a lot to say in this case. turkey has been very circumspect in condemning what's gone on in libya. now this unrest is closing in on turkey through its border, through its refugee concerns, and i think this is going to be a very important moment for turkey's government to stand up and be counted in the need to treat people with humanity and respect their own citizens? these neighbors countries. >> general, let me

. >> mitchell: i'm russ mitchell. also tonight, wrapping up the battle for libya. britain and france use attack helicopters for the first time in the fight against moammar qaddafi's regime. a controversial last refuge for chronic alcoholics, offering them a safe haven where they can sleep, eat, and drink. and picture perfect-- meet couples in china willing to spend several days and thousands of dollars to get the wedding portrait of their dreams. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with russ mitchell. >> mitchell: good evening. we begin tonight with the latest on the economy and how it continues to hit americans hard in the pocketbook and in the workplace from coast to coast. the latest numbers show the unemployment rate stands at 9.1% with the pace of job growth slowing. when it comes to new jobs, 70% of those are coming from small businesses, but many of them are struggling just to hang on. whit johnson shows us a case in point in the small town of scarboro, maine. >> reporter: in the unsettled race towards economic recovery, small business

russ koesterich joining us. on "the wall street journal report" do women make better investors than men? how a woman's point of view makes for better returns and mo >>> wall street is traditionally known as something of a boys' club, but america's most famous investor struck it rich by acting like a girl. my next guest is the motley fool's louann lofton, author of "warren buflt investors like a girl and why you should too." louann, good to have you on the program. welcome. >> thanks for having me. >> so do women make better investors? >> i think they do. i think the studies show that. women tend to have a longer-term outlook. they tend to trade less. one study showed that men traded their accounts 45% more than women did. >> it's really interest. behavioral economists have highlighted a lot of the ways that men and women approach money and risk differently. so what made you equate general feminine qualities with warren buffett, the third richest man in the world? >> well, the science on this really started comin

russ? >> wyatt andrews in turkey, see you later in the broadcast. >>> despite the warnings and all the political posturing, there are reports that a bipartisan group of lawmakers led by vice president joe biden is making some real progress on a deal that would increase the federal government's borrowing limit and at the same time reduce the deficits. cbs news congressional correspondent nancy cordes reports. >> reporter: when it comes to finding a deal to lower the debt republicans have made clear what's not on the table. >> our side will not support any attempt to raise the debt ceiling that is not accompanied by the kind of cuts necessary and reforms necessary, nor will we support an attempt to raise the debt limit that raises people's taxes. >> reporter: after a slow start and with a deadline looming, vice president biden met with a bipartisan group of six members of congress three day this is past week and he has at least three more meetings set for next week. the two sides have reporte

russ?, betty, thank you very much. >>> joining us is criminologist and legal analyst kacey jordan. is it just me or is this case getting more bizarre by the end of the day? >> nor bizarre. they estimate one more week and then hopefully to deliberations but the last two days have been bombshells. >> let's talk about lee anthony's testimony. what is the defense trying to do? >> good question. we have been waiting and waiting for lee to take the stand. four weeks ago we heard in opening statements allegations by jose baez that lee was sexually inappropriate, molested his sister. of course, george was accused of the same and already had the opportunity to deny it. when lee was on the stand, we kept waiting for that question. and it never came. instead, we get all of this emotional, this teary, my family didn't accept me, i was always excluded. we got a lot of emotions we weren't expecting and we didn't get the confrontational direct examination we were thinking we would see. >> any theory on yo

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captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with russ mitchell. >> good evening. the iowa caucuses are more than seven months away. for the republicans that want to be president, an early test came in this weekend. the polls are in and former massachusetts governor mitt romney came in first winning by one point over minnesota congress woman michele bachman. their strong showing comes on the eve of a poll, faced tough questions. jan crawford begins our coverage. >> reporter: michele bachmann was expected to do well, born here in waterloo. >> it's wonderful to be in iowa. >> reporter: the poll showing her at the top of the field with governor mitt romney before she's even started her campaign in earnest is a boost. the question is whether this queen have the tea party can attract a wide base of support across the republican party. >> we're gratified. we know it's a long road ahead, a marathon, not a sprint. >> reporter: a stop on "face the nation," she continues to blame the economic troubles on the president. >> this is the obama deficit, the obama debt, due to oba

how did you get to know russ? >> i was decorated director at the broadcast cable network. -- i was a broadcast director at a cable network. i had a lot of great support from my colleagues there. it was a great group of people. essentially, the combination of the election cycle in 2007/2008 and the financial crisis -- that sparked my interest in these ideas and economics. i was very inspired by the ron paul campaign and the way he was talking about -- how many people talk about monetary policy in a political setting other than him? nobody. now it is. the fact that that happened and you had this one voice talking about the role of money in the economy followed by this crash -- we have ben bernanke for the first time in 90 years do a press conference. that struck me as there is a story here that is not being told. as a media person, i have the tools to tell it in a different way. like you said the economy talk with the way you got to talk about --? "econtalk" -- he said the "econtalk" at was the way you knew that he

captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with russ mitchell. >>>> mitchell: good evening, the white house tonight is accused of syrian government of creating a humanitarian crisis after yet another bloody, tense day of fighting. troops loyal to bashar assad are cracking down on antigovernment demonstrators and others try to escape to turkey. we have the latest. a warning now: some of the pictures burr to see are graphic >> reporter: video gradually

i'm russ mitchell. cbs news in new york, scott pelley will be here tomorrow. good night.sored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org they're getting tonight from a man who's suffered the same anguish of a missing loved one. >>> a family refuses to give up hope. the support they are getting from someone who suffered the anguish of a missing loved one. >>> the message from east bay protestors on the eve of johannes mehserle's release. >> when the signal is given we're going to walk out. >> an unusual gesture to make a point. why they say their protest proves a suicidal man could have been saved. cbs5 "eyewitness news" is next. i know you're worried about making your savings last and having enough income when you retire. that's why i'm here --

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i'm russ mitchell. also tonight new drugs appear to against the fight against melanoma and other cancers. on this 30th anniversary of the first reported case of aids the story of a former hiv positive man who doctors say has been functionally cured. and preschool pay dirt. she's four years old with a new york gallery show of her own. >> this is the "cbs evening news" with russ mitchell. >> mitchell: and good evening. we begin tonight with the turmoil in yemen. the long time u.s. ally on the arabian peninsula whose future is now very much in doubt. here's the latest. president saleh has had surgery in saudi arabia after being wounded in an attack on his palace. a truce agreed too by major tribes is not holding everywhere and the u.s. ambassador met with the country's new acting president. the shockwaves are being felt all the way to washington where whit johnson begins our coverage. >> reporter: elation in the streets of yemen's capitol, anti-government demonstrators celebrated the exit of president ali

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lastly this is something that's really that this nation is going on right now and russ feingold who is no longer you know. excuse me a senator lost last time around because he didn't want to join into all of the corporate funding that we saw happen after citizens united ruling by the supreme court and this time around we've covered this story on the show that we've seen already a lot of these organizations on the left wing they also have these nice flowery names. and some of them for some reason they're not coming to my head right now but basically they take money from undisclosed donors and you have no idea where the money's coming from so if you can't just you know join up but russ feingold is trying to fight that let's think of ways that. really goes kind of super pacs for democrats is wrong it is not something we should do i disagree luser sure when it comes to your sure. what gutter message i think it's not just wrong i think it's a scritch. you know i think they've already kind of lost their soul because like i said they are joining the club but do you think buying gold has any c

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and business the sa russ's midsized banks are set to get a helping hand from the new funds that will help them compete with the country's financial giants bringing you the full story out this is important in terms of its . global news cliver from moscow this is r.t. on the research a welcome to the. program greece is that boarding point with police firing tear gas at crowds of angry protesters thousands of demonstrators are trying to block access to the parliament building where the government is discussing more cutbacks to secure a father rescue learns. is watching events unfold in athens. we did see clashes between the police and the process is just a little while ago a the police are letting take us into the crowd not still quite you can really feel that take us through such a state and in fact the square when it happened a lot of people trying to clear the area that a lot of people they say there was a major question that was happening a lot of people caught up in that were actually is that being quite how does that is just what happened we were slightly further back and it happe

i'm russ mitchell and this is sunday morning. as we head into summertime the living is not so easy for many folks across our land. what's bugging us? a pest so small yet so per persistent that many victims feel they have no choice but to summon the professionals and call in the dogs. as martha teichner will report in our cover story. >> reporter: meet man's best friends, but a bed bug's worst enemies. >> good boy. >> reporter: if you've got bed bugs, bed-bug sniffing dogs are the most reliable way to find them. we don't want to scare you but.... >> it's conceiveable that at some point everyone that you know will have dealt with them in one way or another. >> reporter: the bed bug blues. later this sunday morning. >> reporter: the horn of plenty will be here this morning has created some of the most popular recordings as the past half century. this morning we visit the man behind the music. ♪ it's been nearly 50 years since herb alpert introduced his smooth tijuana brass sound. ♪ he's been playing ever since. not to mention painti

but he sure does enjoy his work which makes fallon the envy of everybody including our russ mitchell. >> reporter: whether creating memorable characters on saturday night live or hosting his nightly talk show, jimmy fallon always has a good time. sometimes too good a time. >> it's tough for you not to laugh. >> yes. yeah, i have a problem with that. >> reporter: later on sunday morning, turning the tables on jimmy fallon. do you like that? >> it feels weird. can i sit there, please? >> reporter: we'll see. that's coming up. >> osgood: don't try this at home is is the very least that can be said about the event our bill geist has attended. >> reporter: now you might think saturday night in omaha sounds a little dull. but when they start lighting the roler derby girls on fire, you'll think again. one recent saturday night was an absolute blast. you'll see for yourselves later on sunday morning. >> osgood: michelle miller marks a big birthday for big blue. serena altschul shows us how to attend a to terrarium. mo rocca heads off to a summer camp for young performers and lots more. but fi

of the iraq war and the fallout from that and the afghan war two with the fallout from that so so russ is is there an analogy here between the last days of the british empire in the twenty's and thirty's and today with the united states i mean you know your thoughts and robert's concept that we're we're projecting power in the region i'm using the word empire he does. you know why that is i think it's more complicated now certainly if you look at what happened in saudi arabia the united states was able to get the british out of there back in that period but what here's what i think is going on now we need to look at a few bits and pieces that have been worried in good stories by the corporate owned media and these are the things i've been focusing on ryan is this story from the wall street journal that goldman sachs had convinced gadhafi several years ago to invest one point three billion dollars in options and somehow i don't know how they did this but they managed to lose ninety eight percent of this from libya's sovereign wealth fund these are very important developments that are no

russ, i know this is a hard question. you work for the guy and you want him to win. is it his to lose? >> listen, i think that i would agree with both candy and ovid. this is a very tough process, the nomination. it is a long process and candidates, all the candidates are going to be tested day after day, time after time. and we do believe that, you know, governor romney, because of a very unique set of circumstances, his experience, having private sector experience, a governor of a state that took on tough problems, cut taxes, that worked on jobs and the economy, makes him a good choice for the republican party and the best choice to defeat barack obama. >> tough spot for you. we know from hillary clinton and john mccain's experience presumed front runner is a tough position for any candidate. so thanks to you and to all of you for being with us. >> sure. thank you. >>> up next, more calls for syrian president assad to step down. will it have any impact on the violence in the region? plus, is the violence in yemen a threat to the united states? why do the residents

. >> reporter: and that is even better than a paycheck, russ mitchell, cbs news. >>> a tiny pooch has been crowned the world's ugliest dog. you be the judge. the mutt weighs about 1.8- pound. she won a trophy about 15 times her size. yoda has come a long way. her rescuer said she thought the little dog was a rat. i think it's pretty cute. >> reporter: speaking of ugly, the giants get an ugly -- the only thing factored in the sports minute, find out next. [ beep ] [ male announcer ] new toothbrush, for that killer smile: $4. ♪ home cooked meal: $28. [ beep ] ♪ first date finest: $33. [ beep ] ♪ having time on your side: priceless. mastercard pay pass. bringing you the most convenient ways to pay. learn more at mastercard.com/paypass. at least two w placed jonathan >>> will start tuesday in chicago and remain in the rotation for at least 2 weeks staff giants place -- after the giants place jonathan sanchez on -- consisted of two cleveland errors, a walk and a box. but that was all they needed to move back into first place. as and phillies, 3 more hits and started the suite to end the ga

plane crash which killed forty four left eight injured in northwestern russia on sunday night the russe air flight on route from moscow to petros of course crashed onto the road just a kilometer from its destination our correspondent tesoro city reports from the city. just before a midnight on monday a plane from moscow to that there was a village had crashed here right behind me if you can see this is in the northwest of the country it had crashed on a road it's just less than two kilometers from the actual airport according to the a police that we have talked to here the crash is actually perpendicular to the main road because it was trying to make its way to the airport which you can see just to my left over here now as we were we were going around here we still saw pieces of the plane being picked up quoting it to the records that they have there were fifty two people on board nine crew members and forty four of those people were killed in this crash eight of them survived including a young boy and a young girl including their own mother as well now as of now the five of those survi

a plane crash that killed forty four left eight injured in northwestern russia on monday night the russe air flight on route from moscow to petrus divorce crashed into a road just one kilometer from its destination a correspondent tester a city reports from the scene. a commercial plane that would have landed on schedule ended up in pieces and in flames this tuple of one three four carrying fifty two people from moscow to northwestern russia crashed on a road around a kilometer from the runway narrowly missing a row of houses and killing forty four on board airport officials say the plane hit a high voltage power line that cut off lights on the runway which also knocked out the town's electricity. at around midnight the lights went off in our house we were going to check the electric transformer when we heard the sound of a huge explosion we arrived at the scene of the accident the airplane was seriously damaged we could see its wing justing out of the bushes scattered all around the field there were lots of them. where here at the side with a total of one three four crash landed on a ro

that in favor of house instead of russ that i'm american investors instead of russian investors is that true. i'm not one of those people who take wiki leaks seriously so if you want to talk about that you better find somebody who takes a series of other sources of information says look the price as i said i think you know all of the these conspiracy theories and these discussions that are being spurred by leaks are very interesting and fascinating but the reality is that we're talking about a nuclear power facility i nuclear power facility is a highly complicated. facility that must. you know at the very minimum meet the requirements in terms of safety that we know. and as i said after fukushima people who have been very sensitive to that but you. know we're not abandoning them for energy at this point definitely not. you know people are sensitive after fukushima but people in bulgaria also remember mobile and they remember the effects of that happened and these effects still linger on. in many bulgarian families. stories about how the government then the communist government then did

and welcome to our business bulletin this hour thanks for joining me russ as electricity expert monopoly into rao has pulled the plug on its supplies to bella rose that's out the men's failed to pay bills on time and missed an extended deadline the outstanding debt amounts to around fifty million dollars but i will say it's an economic crisis in the country that sparked the problems with pavement rushes into round notes that supplies will be resumed once the debt is paid off meets about ten percent of its electricity needs to grass and supplies. russia has given the nod to imports of vegetables from the netherlands and belgium the two countries make up a considerable share of russia's spectacle imports such a product products account for about a third of the two and a half billion euros russia spends on european vegetable imports but a ban on imports from poland denmark and the e.u. members are still under review moscow posed the embargo and early june and made a deadly outbreak of e. coli in germany. and you could disaster in japan has shattered confidence in what was one of the most pr

the word dank russ is what we're going to deal with, the dangerous heat once again making our way into the tomorrow and thursday as well. already right now, 79 degrees. that dew point around 67. you're going to walk outside tonight and you're real going to feel a difference in the past few nights. that humidity is really starting to creep up. high temperature today, 90 degrees but really not a lot of humidity to talk about. 89 in richmond, 88 in salisbury, temperatures tomorrow will climb between 5 and 10 degrees above where they were today. that's why we have the heat advisory in effect tomorrow. it begins at noon along the i-95 corrid corridor. the heat index could be between 100 and 105 and may be warmer on thursday. i'll let you how long the warm air lasts, coming up. >>> police hope video released today will help them find a woman who attacked another woman in a brutal purse snatching. it happened may 29th at the second chance saloon in columbia, maryland. the victim was almost immediately hit in the face in the bar. a security guard hired by the private party under way appeared t

plane crash that killed forty four and left eight injured in northwestern russia on sunday night the russe air flight en route from moscow to petra crashed into a road just one kilometer from its destination our correspondent tess recent reports from the scene. right here at the scene you can still see behind me the emergency services so they are still picking up parts of the plane that we saw earlier well from what we know the early reports that we know the a plane was flying from moscow to. the northwest of the country and if you can see behind me there's a road it had landed perpendicular to the road it was on its way to the airport which is to my left it's about two kilometers to the left very close and right behind right beside our homes residential homes which luckily were not hit. in terms of survivors recent reports we have five of those survivors already in moscow to be treated for their injuries but three of them are still in very critical condition and will be staying here at local hospitals for the time being now there were also for foreigners on board there was one. as well as

skolkovo fund putting pen to paper in order to establish a research and development center in russia also russ nano the russian nanotechnology firm and also signed with several asian partners in order to establish a nanotech fund that is going to be worth more than one hundred million dollars also the head of the international energy agency spoke earlier today here at the conference he said that in his opinion in twenty twelve the average oil price per barrel will be between one hundred and one hundred ten dollars also hearing from a lot of important players and guests in the business community here in russia among them the head of cisco's emerging markets who talked about the challenges of the russian population centers places where people live that are far flung out there and technology's role in bringing them all together russia has the largest land mass in the war does it largest country by its size but the population clusters are centered and far remote from each other from the eastern united states to the western united sees a five hour flight from eastern russia to a western side of rus

russ and russian subsidiary joint fed eventually in-store loan offices in many retail stores across russia then about three years the company is expected to donate what's around a thirty percent market share analysts suggest that the company's key competitive advantage will be rooted in its low interest rates spag is set to seventy percent of the new b.n.p. patty about holding the rest. and that's all the business for this will be back with more in just under an hour's time stay with us without spare headlines next. coming. up. we'll. be above the biggest cities. subsists to. the big. wealthy british style but it's a small time to explain this let's go. back to the south african. markets why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy is causing reforged on our. cost around the world from central moscow this is thank you for being with us in. kevin i would here with the headline update now plato admits it launched the airstrike that killed nine civilians in the tripoli subway while british taxpayers with a reckless spending and the bill for three months of blood and stanley

bet paribus russ insensibly subsidiary the joint venture will install loan offices in many retail stores across russia but about three years the company is expected to dominate with around a thirty percent market share analysts suggest that the company's key competitive advantage will be rooted in its low interest rates sperm bank is said to seventy percent of the new firm with b.m.p. paragraphs holding the rest. that brings you up to date with business for this will be back in just under an hour's time stay with us for headlines next. we'll. the lumia. just sleep is. just spam. seems to me. seemed. more news today violence is once again fled the scene these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada as trimmed shank operations are over they say. paul comeback here's a recap of the top stories on our t.v. nato admits it launched the airstrike that killed nine civilians in a tripoli suburb while british taxpayers really of reckless spending are how did the bill for three months of bloody stalemate. every head of state want a second term but it's the people who hav

russ's central larrys have been faced with such a place now it is on a separate right meantime president said that despite the authorities claiming the fire had now been contained evacuees could not return to their homes until it was completely put out addressing the defense minister he added that those responsible for the accident must be punished on the water as it was resistant to military people for a single span of two weeks. you submerging the defense minister must report who will answer for that and how some certain people feel to draw conclusions will have to strip them of their shoulder straps. you know you can be on top of this story by just checking us out on the facebook that's where we are for a full length amateur video of the inferno of course and updates on the story i just want to work facebook's last hour to use to follow these and of course all of our other stories. it is nearly ten minutes past the hour here in moscow now today marks a year since the volunteers set off on a simulated mission to mars and it's been tough going. but now has more on the challenges they fa

both fun putting pen to paper in order to establish a research and development center in russia also russ nano the russian nanotechnology firm and also signed with several asian partners in order to establish a nanotech fund that is going to be worth more than one hundred million dollars there's an exciting news on that front also two pieces of information that we'd like to share the head of the international energy agency spoke earlier today here at the conference he said that in his opinion in twenty twelve the average oil price per barrel will be between one hundred and one hundred ten dollars so that's an interesting news and also as we've heard it on our t.v.'s main news hu jintao in moscow in moscow right now should be coming to st petersburg later on to address the forum here and hammering out the final details on an enormous gas deal with russia hu jintao and dmitri medvedev sitting down to work out the final details of that so there's a lot of into. informative and interesting things that are going on here at the economic forum also hearing from a lot of important players and gue

are in business russ knocke is the first time this week with most of the blue chips trading lower look at the figures in about twenty minutes from. their broadcasting live from moscow you're watching our take welcome to the program the conflict in libya shows no sign of letting up pressure on its members to intensify airstrikes and increase what it calls efforts to protect people in government claims more civilian deaths have been caused by coalition aggression thirty this week and then. spread to some of those caught up in the violence. saddam has been within a hair's breath of death the doctors have performed any a miracle and the young girl is back home with her family she took her mother's pills to kill herself. if someone wants to kill me and go to do it myself. but who wants to kill the teenager so most native city tripoli has been under constant bombardment by nato forces for three months day and night forms have been fooling around the city with a population of around a million no one can ever say when or where the next one would land. this week in the most intensive where radi

whereas the rest is to be provided by foreign investors richard haynesworth from the rating agency russ raising believes demand will be high. a fund like this is a mechanism for distributing the risk to the foreign and to any investor so an investor putting money into a fund. takes a risk on all of the bugs on any one particular book so even if the inverse the my worry about the risk of a small i mean particular small russian point the category of small planes these are actually quite certain on the profitability of russian writers very well i think there will be a lot of foreign investors who would be very interested in this and. let's have a look at how the markets are performing crude is struggling for direction concerns about rising demand of supporting the price as the american people humans the two reports of decline in us in the trees for the last week limiting gains so is the news that u.s. retail sales are not as bad as expected european markets have made a soft stop for the day concerns the discussions about a bailout package for greece maybe most attractive than originally th

is inevitable and looks set to be held in the first quarter of twenty twelve recently russ's so tender young that successfully generated one point three billion dollars and its own i.p.o. . now will be back with more at about forty five minutes statement. to a substantial degree and one form or another socialism has spread the shadow of human regimentation over most of the nations of europe and the shadow is an approaching liberal. believe early twenty first century military bases a network of military bases all around the former empire that the united states is trying to do that's astonishing most americans have no idea there are more than a quarter of a million more than two hundred fifty thousand u.s. troops stationed on these bases all around them. we don't have fallen bases on america we don't have any british base we don't have any korean base we don't have any french bases or you know we just all american bases in. our base is a fine of the noises our noise and doesn't bother us at all because they're all basics but for other people it's almost like a cancer here for these peopl