russia is still the biggest. >> russia is insisting it has historic rights and interests here. this is still the home port of the black sea fleet. these were the ships that russia deployed during its free fall with georgia. for russia, keeping the fleet here is a matter of national honor. it keeps warning ukraine not to defy it. >> russia behaves with ukraine like a divorced husband with his former wife treaty cannot understand how she was able to leave him. so he had stickies and takes all the food from the refrigerator. he switches off the electricity once in a while. >> relations with russia this generated when the president was elected during the orange resolution tree in this campaign, the president sounded weary and is giving little chance of winning. there's still a political consensus that ukraine needs to grow out of russia's shadow. >> we cannot afford to continue to lead within the gray zone of the security. we do believe, and the majority of ukraine, far more than 60%, is in favor of ukraine moving decisively toward the european union. >> to get all your headlines,

if it was, of course, different from russia. because in russia, the khrushchev time, it was beginning a demonstration and protesting. and i remember it was the wife of the ambassador thompson telling the story, demonstration, they don't ever, something in the american embassy and then throwing eggs, and she went out and poked his head out as a policeman. when you think everything was not. what are you talking about, half an hour. [laughter] >> host: so of course, it was different but of course, down from a little bit insulting, but i understand it is different cultures. and we can turn to some other things now. may be about little bit serious things here can. >> guest: okay. >> host: about relations between khrushchev and eisenhower. and when we talk about these and we talk about the invitation, it was many discussion that really, the white house, if khrushchev do this and this and this, and then we will invite him. not understanding khrushchev, because khrushchev want to be treated as equal. and if you put conditions of him, he

[applause] >> bertrand patenaude is the author of the american relief expedition to soviet russia in the famine of 1921. he's currently a research fellow at the hoover institution. find out more. but isn't hoover.org. archie brown for our politics professor at university presents a history of communism. the john hopkins school for evidence international studies in washington, d.c. hosts this 90 minute event. >> my name is bruce, the director of the russian studies program, and i am very pleased to welcome you to this lecture by dr. r. g. brown. the even is co-sponsored by sais and st. ns college was this part of oxford university where dr. brown spent most of his professional career. archie brown is emeritus professor of politics at the university of oxford emeritus fellow of st. antony's college. he began his academic career with doctoral studies of the london school of economics and political science where he worked with leonard shapiro was the giants in the development of russian soviet studies in the west. from lsd, he moved to a lectureship in the department of politics and [app

however, parts of russia not close down.heir three military biological weapons laboratories in russia which had never been opened that we don't know what remains are of it and they should be. and their other things such as the anti-places them in russia which was used to harvest pathogens. it's never been opened whereas we have seen efforts in the anti-play system in tajikistan and other former republics that was part of the biological weapons effort. there's more work work to be done. >> in the back. >> in your description of the dead hand system, you mentioned that it involved a bunker outside of moscow and that it was globe shaped and its people sat in it with checklists and things like that they could use command rocket to transmit information structures to the rest of the nuclear ports. can you talk a little bit more about the technical details you picked up in your research about the system and also what her sources were? for their readers that akayev papers, something else? >> first of all, the source said in his last

russia must have strong armed forces. will do everything i can to make sure that this funding is maintained. >> we're worried about those on the other side. illegal migrants. i am in love with security bureaucrats. question, within the program you have outlined in terms of performing the ministry of interior, will there be proper attention given to financing this service? it is an open secret that the salaries received by those who are daily giving their lives to risk our at times ridiculously low. >> of course, the system must be changed. we must look at all the components. this includes the head count. we must reduce the head count in certain areas. that could be used as a tool to ensure that formal modern effective people come to the ministry of the interior. so they will surge qualitatively and work honestly. i have a lot of friends who graduated from the university. instead of just branching out and making money, they signed up with the police. i have the highest respect for them. with their shiny university diplomas

if we are thinking -- with china and russia. if we are thinking about judging obama, i would focus on other areas where he is stuck, regardless of if he continues to embrace the general orientation he has displayed in his first year. i would focus on iran. i am hoping that steve clemens will take up his remarks. thanks. [applause] >> thank you, steve. dave is next on the microphone. >> thanks so much. i am pleased that steve left us thinking about thinking about a ron -- iran. i am very much in agreement with what steve laid out. let me just start in a different place. i, like most people, find many aspects of barack obama mesmerizing and find the possibilities of both his framing of challenges and the international community very compelling. when you look at the tasks that a president has and the portfolios they inherit, both the economic portfolio was in crisis and the power that the united states had on the foreign-policy front was miserable. it is probably the worst in my memory. to some degree, when you are a superpower and

you are aware of the picture of where the afghan drug goes, how much goes to russia, how much goes to europe, pakistan, iran, causing deadly consequences. how much money is accrued to the insurgents in afghanistan and around afghanistan. and also of course, how much goes into the pocket of organized crime world war. above all what the report does is links the dots together and we see the health situation, the crime situation and the organized insurgency's operation all together. this is very new. >> so in terms of the figures, some $400 million a year going to the taliban? >> yes. this is an estimate which has been produced some time ago which is confirmed in this report, at least regarding the amount of money which is being used by the taliban thanks to their role in the cultivation but especially in the processing in the labs and in the exports. >> i want to explore that with you. before people thought they were just getting a take, small take, off the top. but now you're saying that it is much, much more involved than that? >> well, we should compare for example the taliban period

how did you find all that background information and what city were they in in russia? >> they met in a city that has a romantic name. they also moved around in some rather small villages as well. actually, some of the material that is in there were published autobiographies. i also found the langston hughes papers at yale in the library and read them. >> how long did he stay in russia? >> just over 18 months. >> communist the whole time he was there? >> absolutely, yes. >> did he absolutely believe in the communist system? >> absolutely. part of arthur koestler's charm, -- what makes him impressive is the degree of every ideology that he pursued. -- the degree of immersion in every ideology that he pursued. when he was a zionist, he was an impeccable zionist. he dug down to the roots of zionism. when he became a communist, he did exactly the same thing. he became an absolute expert. he had an amazing way of assimilating books and ideas. i was rather amused to read one or two of the skeptical reviews when he was in the ukraine in the early 1930's when there was a famine

he is the author oligar new russia.or more information visit the dead handbooks.com. >> we are here at west virginia university speaking with professor daniel schapiro about his book, is the welfare state justified? so, let's start at the end of the well. is the well there's they justified? >> probably not, but i stood explain what i mean by that. first, what i mean by the welfare state. by the welfare state that mean programs like the national health insurance, social security or sometimes called social insurance programs and government welfare and when i say probably not what they do in the book which is kind of interesting i thank is, look at the values and principles of people who defend the welfare state. i take their values, the reasons they give, so i am in philosophy so contemporary political philosophy there are various positions that supported. to skip technical turns i will say fairness are protecting the poor, providing a sense of community and i argued that given their values if you compare those institutio

believe it or not, a lot of people think of russia as just a commodity market.ctually, it's consumer market as well. some of the consumer names there are doing quite well. and, of course, all the other markets, turkey, south africa, you name it. they are increasing sales of consumer goods. and that includes not only disposable, but hard goods. >> i know you've spent some 40 years working in emerging markets and really all over the world. what is your approach to investing? what do you look for, and what's most important when investing in a stock? or in an area? >> well, nowadays, we look at the people behind the company. who is running the company? what is their mentality? how do they treat shareholders? what is their attitude towards shareholders? that is very, very important. we've learned that the hard way over many years. when we started, we looked at the numbers. we looked at the ratios. and we thought that was all that was required. and now we know that people are really the key. we have to find out what's happening behind the scenes. >> my thanks to mark

with the nato expansion and say is because that is why we have russia, the magnitude of russia opposition is a pale shadow of what was predicted by the scholars. they were talking about their real duke vico -- cahow geopolitical case. we have a buildup of the world with a short window for them to develop their argument. it is only later in the game that it became clear that the invasion was likely to happen. it came up with arguments. it was smaller of them what you might think. the collections of callers with the same people in what seems to be shortsighted analysis. what did they are you? i have very little time left. they argue that this was a bad idea, primarily on the fallen argument. he is not irrational. it mean sanctions can work. war they said to be very costly. saddam would probably engaged in warfare. third is the pottery barn china shop argument. you invade it, own it, and it'll be difficult to hold together these are the key planks of their argument. my time is up. this one looked best in hindsight. that said, it is very different in many arguments you hear now. it is -- none

russia must have strong armed forces. i will do everything i can to make sure that this funding is maintained. >> we're worried about those on the other side. illegal migrants. i am in love with security bureaucrats. question, within the program you have outlined in terms of performing the ministry of interior, will there be proper attention given to financing this service? it is an open secret that the salaries received by those who are daily giving their lives to risk our at times ridiculously low. >> of course, the system must be changed. we must look at all the components. this includes the head count. we must reduce the head count in certain areas. that could be used as a tool to ensure that formal modern effective people come to the ministry of the interior. so they will surge qualitatively and work honestly. i have a lot of friends who graduated from the university. instead of just branching out and making money, they signed up with the police. i have the highest respect for them. with their shiny university diplom

if this is an organization to support political development, it should be extended to russia. he said that every achievement, every solution to a big problem contains the seeds of a future problem. i found that to be a profoundly wise statement. the prefab solution which worked very well does contain problems that we are now on seeing today in our relations with russia. thank you. >> i would like to thank the miller center for inviting me. i commute from charlottesville because my wife works here. my paper has a fairly simple point that was also made in different ways at the previous panel which is that the assumptions and premises that policymakers bring to bear weather on predictable event or one with a high probability that tend to be very important in the way they filter information. i go on to talk about concepts and metaphors and how we build up our assumptions. the simplest line in the paper is the one about the plastic dummy that has sent in the bottom. i take several case studies. the second is the call of the berlin wall. as a historian, i bring to bear a different p

he referred to his grand strategy looking for ways to work with russia. just referred to one of the ways in which she sought to work with russia by acquiescing the demands that we not proceed with the ballistic missile defense systems installations with two countries in eastern europe. i do not think that worked out very well. the focus of the administration's policy with russia has been antiquated. it is a focus on the arms control of the cold war. it no longer matters very much to this country how many nuclear weapons russia has. my own view is we should be reducing our nuclear arsenal substantially beyond its current levels but we should do that unilaterally. there is no reason why our amending what we consider to be an optimum nuclear strategy should be held hostage to negotiations with russia. during the cold war, you had to do a different sort of calculation. it seems to me we are beyond the cold war and we have a diplomatic establishment that, in many ways, is mired in the cold war and the president reflects that. i hope he will have a plan "b>" --

here in russia they turn to things like cleaning fluids to turf you. to aftershave anything. which contains some form of our culture of course. that is extremely dangerous. and the government there with this increase of a minimum price. must think that it will have some positive impact give us an idea of how much forget currently cost. how much it will cost. well. at the moment so until now. the minimum price for the lowest price for vulcan you could pick up a bottle of vodka. for less than a pound. it's now going to cost almost two pounds which is still pretty cheap for half a liter of vodka but yes. you know i mean the government. clearly thinks it has to do something when the prime minister described as described alcoholism in this country. as a national tragedy. in an effort to kill or where because one of the key problems in this country is the fact that the population is declining. at a very rapid rate according to some statistics. by about three quarters of a million people around him. so they have to do something to tackle the health crisis in this country. and that m

why did russia go through this? and isn't a typical of history that this type of thing happens? just your opinion? >> that is one of those big questions. i'm actually teaching a course in the stanford history department, modern russia and this is sort of like the theme of the course, and would take a long time to answer the question. the fact is trotsky always said everything was worth it through the october revolution and a few years beyond and that all you had to do was to oust the pair acidic regime and he would have the restoration of democracy, workers democracy and truth soviet democracy. in fact trotsky's problem is he wasn't a proponent of democracy while he was in the soviet leadership. only when he was being defeated did he recognize the virtue of the inner party democracy and he wasn't talking about democracy beyond that. and in fact, if you get the first trials these are not the show trials but trials began in 1928, 29, 30. a lot of people don't know about these. they are not the trials of the bolshevik leaders but engineers, specialists in various fields of the mens

>> the president's view was that you can't get a second resolution, because in essence france and russia are going to say, no. even though in fact, i don't think they were really disputing iraq was in breach of resolution 1441, then we were going to be faced with a choice i never wanted to be faced with. did you go them without a resolution and my view very strongly was that if he was in breach of 1441, we should mean what we've said, it was a final opportunity to comply and he wasn't complying. >> your position at the time was if you couldn't get second resolution, you would agree with the americans, go with the americans -- >> and peter had drawn my attention to that said there were all sorts of factors that would be in play there and it was the political question as to whether we get support for it. but my own view, and i was under absolutely no doubt about this, is if you backed away, when he was playing around with the inspectors, in precisely the way he'd done before you would send out a very, very bad signal out to the world. >> your position at the time, end of january, was that

-russia relations.steps in institutionalizing our broader and more effective picture with the first strategic and economic dialogue held here in washington, d.c. last july. it is an arrangement that built on strong working ties between president obama and secretary clinton, and our chinese counterparts. those discussions reflected mutual understanding that we have in reflection of our most pressing challenges. nonproliferation, terrorism, pandemic disease -- there is little hope for progress, if we do not work together. as we look forward to the second meeting of the strategic economic dialogue in china next summer, we're having discussions at an -- on an unprecedented range of topics that we hope will ultimately yield action. more broadly, we are beginning our ties with other key parts of east asia, from are increasingly productive relationship with india to our corporation with asean. our bilateral relationships alone cannot achieve the kind of regional and global cooperation we need to meet the chall

>> the white house used to have when we had real enemies like russia. those were the days. red phone at the white house where if russia did something, you know, they could pick it up and the president could say what are you doing? we're going to bomb you. then they would talk things out. we installed this telephone. the only people who have it are the people now in anita dun's office in the white house. >> a red phone. >> when the phone there and they have the phone number -- the white house has the phone number. we verified it. they have the phone number. why in your wildest dreams wouldn't you phone? here is an idea, because you're lying. maybe. >> how many blackboards do we really have? >> we only have three. >> double sided. >> okay. we have three. they are double sided. we also have one that's a rental. and i did on a saturday near my hohome, i did try to buy a blackboard for my house, more my kids. >> the culprit of those who were going to save us, the federal reserve, they were supposed to safe us. what they do for a living they create bubbles. we have the savings an

officials here also have russia on their radar... hosting an annual russiasingapore business forum to strengthen trade ties and investment. >>tay: i think this for me is the match of the century russia is the font of tremendous technology...russian scientists and companies that are afraid of losing property rights-by actually locating them and patenting them in singapore they actually enhance and increase those rights. >>reporter: at least 2000 russians now live in this city state... buying properties and developing businesses. >>kichatov: the innovative infrastructure is built, the system is welcoming innovation from abroad, its easy start a business here, so beside an innovative infrastructure, its a business friendly environment. >>reporter: the speed of singapores rebound is also due to rising domestic consumption-evident on the popular orchard road. here ordiny consumers have more cash in their pockets than jobless europeans and americans. unemployment is low and nearly three quarters of the population live in subsidized public housing, often with their extended families. as a gr

people can shoot them in canada and in russia and england, but you can shoot them in america. you can't bring the carcass of the polar bear you shot them roust into the united states. i met someone in the united states was on this this very trip that i'm about to tell you about. we were on the ship in the background called cappy time and those of you who side with an russian icebreaker strand in the antarctic a couple of weeks ago was the sister ship of this one. and it looks very much like this. it looks like somebody said that a block of flats on a barge. and we the cabin upon the upper deck and had a huge bridge from which we could see everything. the point of this trip, was one of the leaders of the trip. we were going to the north pole. when you travel and as part of the world nbc bears off in the distance, as i said it's usually over there you see that white and moving. that's the bear. while this is somewhat closer. we had a bear that came this close to the ship and it was right alongside the ship. this will give you an idea, shooting rolls of film. remember what rolls

her decision to leave russia to come to america. her early years of struggle in hollywood vomited beginning of her success as a screenwriter, her early try and with the fountainhead. her career making book publisher in 1957. and what i do when the bug as i return to these very well-known novel and i show how deeply we david boas understood the political text. >> here i want to focus not so much of the luminaries but the rank-and-file, the libertarian movement or american right. but what impact did she have on those people whose names we do not remember today? the metaphor i like to use is rand was said gateway drug to life of the rights. i to set deliberately because there is a feverish ms. and intensity to reading ray and that david alluded to that the singular and unique and an important part of her appeal. this is part of what day quote from the book is from a young fan that said "about one months ago i noticed how much i was talking about your books to my teachers and classmates. as a result of my enthusiasm i have lost two frie

-russia relations. with china, we took important steps in institutionalizing our broader and more effective picture with the first strategic and economic dialogue held here in washington, d.c. last july. it is an arrangement that built on strong working ties between president obama and secretary clinton, and our chinese counterparts. those discussions reflected mutual understanding that we have in reflection of our most pressing challenges. nonproliferation, terrorism, pandemic disease -- there is little hope for progress, if we do not work together. as we look forward to the second meeting of the strategic economic dialogue in china next summer, we're having discussions at an -- on an unprecedented range of topics that we hope will ultimately yield action. more broadly, we are beginning our ties with other key parts of east asia, from are increasingly productive relationship with india to our corporation with asean. our bilateral relationships alone cannot achieve the kind of regional and global cooper

it was so far away and took many weeks to get on the plane to russia and really knew that chinese people ate with chopsticks and my father sort of disappeared. i thought he was gone for many years and has installed and tested he was caught only 19 months but as a child i thought he was gone for ever and this is a picture because u.s. adventuress. when he probably borrowed a costume to look to bentsen and he met the dalai lama who was 19 years old. in that way i lost to a great friend and supporter and somebody who was making fun so that as a pitcher with my sister. i drew maps, this is not imad, this is a map of my daughter. one and i wanted to discover the world and i think my father with his trip to tibet was important because he is directly told me when he came with it was much bigger than i was told as school. this is a picture when i went to school, the middle of the last century. for the first time. this is when the problem started because of a sudden we were expoto the political side and school, we were told this than at home and the was wondering how it was that the parents w

be building nuclear power and china, russia is going to build nuclear agreements in india.these are a shift in the geometry of asia generally in korea is very much involved in this government has committed to working with russia on the development of the far east, this nuclear export policy, they are very proud and it is a dramatic shift in their role and as i am sure you know the u.s. is already part of that, they're going to get out of billion dollars of the parts production for this and they intend to expand all of the southeast asia is looking to create support for the nuclear power in visions so this is an area where the u.s. if it were to return to a kind of roosevelt approach to policy instead of the current mess could play a dramatic role with the rest of the countries in what i think is the new frontier for the human race right now which is the development of the eurasian region and i would be interested in what mike and scott as well have to say on that. >> other comments? >> there is a situation with nuclear weapons, but in terms of energy security i think you ar

we also have russia-specific problems. there are a global economic problems and have been exacerbated by our economic backwardness, which is unfortunately a fact. >> why is it that modernization has been stated today at this time as a key priority admit to it seems to be the most difficult time for our economy? >> that is why it has been stated as the number-one priority. our economy seems to be in the most difficult time. if we were still in the middle of a time where we're living fat and a price of fuel is growing and we are in a position to modernize the economy completely, the decision would be made all later. i think we're still in a time of beneficial development. however, we're absolutely confident that unless we modernize our economy, the economy has a future, even though it does rely on advanced natural resources, the resources which affect our ancestors and feeding us, which you cannot just keep eating through natural resources. first, we need to make use of them. these all of gas and oil. that is not bad, but it

so i thought real quickly about democracy in russia and remember enough paper, some of the stick outof context and frankly sentences taken in context would not have been too good to her and not campaign in which republicans were already criticized for even gone to russia. and i realized this would derail his campaign by russia is really a democracy, his paper had come out. so i'm hit with that moral dilemma of do i tell this nice, wonderful pseudo- professor jeff, give up that paper to the reporter. so finally i said, dr. paul chomsky i don't know what you should do however if you were my paper i preferred that she left me first. and so fortunately he says, yes you're right. i'll ask them. i'll ask clinton before i give it out. that result when dilemma but then i had another to l-lima which is i still thought i might have a copy of this paper and i was at "time" magazine and it would be a great scoop. [laughter] so i call home and get my dad on the phone when i say dad, can you go to the basement, by the workshop behind the table saw, there's a white chest of drawers, with all my pap

russia. never. >> larry: what was the gate agent's point of view then? was it a he or a she? >> it was a woman, and i think she was premenstrual. and she was just in a terrible -- she just wasn't going to understand that i was flying under two names with my passport that the united states government says also known as, aka. >> larry: so you never boarded the plane? >> i was not allowed to board the plane. i was left in the airport which closed on sunday night. it was a very small airport. and i was told, that's it. that's it. >>larry: more on this, joan, in a moment. joan rivers, our special guest. don't go away. >>> let's check in anderson cooper. what leads tonight? >> we have breaking news, actually. the top of the hour. disturbing new details of a major failure in one of the nation busiest airports. a security breach not caught on tape, at least initially. newark airport security cameras were broken, had been for days. remember this is one of the airports the 9/11 hijackers left from. we'll have details. and the terror in the skies above detroit could have been averted. p

>> get our fiscal house in order so we don't become economic dependent on china and russia and put usat a extra see -- strategic disadvantage. i'm going to be the person i've always been and look at each bill and make a good logical decision and represent the people of my state and make sure the interests of the united states are taken care of, especially in terrorism, policy and our fiscal mess we are in now. i'm excited to do that if people want to send a thunder clap around the country, learn more about me, get involved and let's have some fun. >> sean: if you win this race it will be a political earthquake. if you were to grade barack obama what grade would you give him? >> he needs work to do. we was too slow reacting in the recent terrorist bombing. i'm glad he's talking about it. we need to solve that for the safety of our kids and our families. >> sean: a, b, c,? >> i'm not going to give him a grade. i him to keep us safe we are in serious trouble al-qaeda is trying to hurt us and our kids. >> sean: scott brown we appreciate it, tight race we'll continue to follow it. >> comin

in recent years russia has accounted for 10% of total production according to the company. indeed the factory flow has been quiet for most of 2009. fortunately for his own wallet, they have branched out and make the product people presumably keep coming back to buy. we will be right back. >> the whole tone of america's relations with the rest of the world has changed. a kind of reflexive anti-americanism you saw in europe, islamic world and some parts of latin america, that's gone. clearly obama is someone who's widely respected all around the world. as a great man. even though they're waiting for him to deliver results. >>> hi there, i'm brooke baldwin. quick check of the day's top stories. president obama's top counterterrorism adviser says human error allows the terror suspect umar farouk abdulmutallab to board a u.s. airliner christmas day. john brennan says government agencies had information on abdulmutallab but failed to connect the dots. brennan insists, though, none of the information stood out as a major red flag. >> clearly the system didn't work. we had a proble

it is a report from russia bankruptcy proceedings have begun for the manufacturer of the ak-47.oday it is the world's most popular weapon. it might prove to be a victim of its own success. in 1947, a soviet soldier won a competition for a new submachine design gun. so good was the weapon, so indestructible, the soviets put tonight the hands of everyone fighting on their side. it didn't always shoot where you aimed it but it was an almost indestructible workhorse. the u.s. first fought against it in the jungles and rivers of vietnam. in afghanistan, in the 1980s. today many of those same weapons that the united states provided for those freedom fighters being used against american and nato forces by the taliban. anyway, then the ak-47 crossed the ocean and cementing its reputation as a rebel favorite. first in the hands of the fur i will guerrilla fighters to africa africa. aks have been bought for as little as $12. it got the nickname the african credit card as in don't leave home without it. it is said to be in the official arsenal of more than 80 countries. the u.s. bought mor

russia. never. >>larry: what was the gate agent's point of view, then? was it a he or a she? >> it was a woman, and i think she was premenstrual. and she was just in a terrible -- she just wasn't going to understand that i was flying under two names with my passport that the united states government says also known as, aka. >>larry: so you never boarded the plane? >> i was not allowed to board the plane. i was left in the airport which closed on sunday night. it was a very small airport. and i was told, that's it. that's it. >>larry: more on this, joan, in a moment. joan rivers, our special guest. don't go away. where's my car? where's my car?!!!! where are you?! arghhh... (announcer) dr. scholl's massaging gel insoles give you outrageous comfort, all-day-guaranteed. woah. it's not too far... (announcer) are you gellin'? dr. scholl's. hi, may i help you? yes, i hear progressive has lots of discounts on car insurance. can i get in on that? are you a safe driver? yes. discount! do you own a home? yes. discount! are you going to buy online? yes! discount! isn't getting discounts

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so there is a competition to sell this pisshipped to russia. i did not know if we will win this competition, we will see. but as far as i know, there is no embargo on selling ships to russia. there is a policy of increased cooperation with russia, not only on behalf of france, but on behalf of the european union and on behalf of, i think, the united states also. this is where we are at the moment host: one last call, pennsylvania, patrick, democratic line. caller: i was wondering if you think that he's example of old crop wheat-of overpopulation has to be done with, controlling -- of overpopulation has to be done with. what is your population plan for that island? guest: is a very old debate, and i think that many economists would tell you that population is not the problem. it can be a working force as time goes by, and it can really be an asset for a country. it all depends on, first of all, the kind of indication you can give to the young people inside that population. it depends also on the kind of agriculture you can build, the kind of eco

minister dismissed it as [unintelligible] >>> a suicide bomber killed six police officers in southern russia. the attacker tried to drive a car into the main yard of the police station as a parade was taking place, but a policeman rammed into the car and saved many lives. al qaeda's responsibility -- the attack at the cia base was carried out by a jordanian doctor working as a double agent. our correspondent caviled -- traveled to the capital for this exclusive report. >> driving to meat al qaeda to speak to a fighter who claims he recruits jordanians for al qaeda's cause. the militant is suspected of killing cia agents in afghanistan this week. this man's praise for him was predictable. >> lots of people here would like to do something like that. he was a mortar. i would love to do what he did. -- he was a martyr. >> the bomber work as a doctor in this infamous suburb. al qaeda's #two grubb pierre. jordan has been aggressively -- al qaeda's number two gre up here. months ago the doctor was arrested here by a spy agency. he began working for them they thought as a double agent inside al qaed

i think there is a threat there with russia and iran and with venezuela. .i think the united states has done that well of the last two administrations. host: the next call is from maryland. caller: good morning. in 1991, -- host: next call from maryland. caller: in 1991, [unintelligible] guest: i do not think anyone has a pick -- accused the president of being in najaf president. he has restored stability to columbia. the is one of the closest allies in the region of the united states. he is a natural fit -- admirable figure who i hope will not run for a third term and step down as the constitution says he should do. host: has this arisen -- because a rise of drugs in mexico? guest: yes, it is kind of like a bubble. you push down in one place and it pops up somewhere else. aunt unfortunately, people want drugs. if they cannot get it through columbia, they will get -- to colombia, they will get it through some worlds. host host: what is going on in argentina? guest: nothing ever goes well in argentina, unfortunately. it is a very rich country that has been ve

that's very important from brazil to russia. they are evaluated, the issue of accountability, measuring and using error and fraud -- all of these subjects were of high interest. while learning about the united states if they get programs, our clients would have to adapt ideas that they may borrow from the united states for their own country settings. this process of adaptation brings a lot of excitement for us as a practitioner in the world bank, what we accompany a client government or partner from a developing country in this process of setting a principle to their own country settings. i will pick one example to illustrate this point. one of the principles that was mentioned which is taken -- the principle of targeting assistance to low-income households, which is one of the key principles in the united states safety net. it is so ingrained in our culture and is based on targeting on the basis of income and assets, identify and low- income households. many of our client countries, the informal sector is very high. this type o

another country that is not formally at the table is russia, because of a very subtle legal issues. perhaps that is something that will change. >> does that prevent them from using the internet? >> there are very active. there seems to be an expression of interest in international domain names. president medvedev just got a briefing that is on line of him being briefed by the minister of telecommunications on international domain names and how they intend to work on the cyrillic alphabet, which means a lot to them. we generally see good government buy into what we are doing. >> this is "the communicators" program. our guest is rod beckstrom. >> will be part of your role to go forward and play a bigger part in the cyber security area? >> that is a great question. what role we play and cyber security? there are certain things we can do in cyber security and certain things we absolutely cannot do. we are fundamentally a bottom up community driven organization. we have to be sensitive to the roles that governments and stakeholders want us to be engaged in. we are focusing on the securit

the reporter is alexis bloom. >> in putin's russia moscow is a city of bright lights and glamor. however heavy-handed putin may be, he has presided over an era of relative stability and prosperity. and he remains very popular . >> in moscow's glittering night, it's all about enjoying the moment. the karaoke clubs are packed. and they're still playing that same old tune .-x- 7 ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ . >> reporter: this night was a reunion. yana and irenea promised to take the stage for us and sing the song that made them famous. >> practically the song of a generation. in 30 years they will make a movie about the putin era and they will remember the song. >> reporter: and yellin, the old rock 'n' roll dissident says he has no regrets. the song became the anthem for the again railings. >> i am a professional. i can write whatever you want. if i were asked to write an anti-putin song by some foreign intelligence service i would do it for the money. and then i would laugh because a song like that doesn't have a future. there is no market right now for a song that criticizes putin. >> it is futile t

periods of history other forms of art seem to have a same affect when one thinks of literature with russia in the 1960's [inaudible] one could give many examples where it seems like the art, whether that be music or visual arts or literature it seems to be more effective than grenades and bombs. why should that be? >> i don't know. i don't know because i can't speak for everybody else but that is a very good point you just brought up because a was a fantastic program of united states government for a don't know what it's called, international -- what is it called? it just was so amazing in the time -- it's hard to describe that how it looks to the outsider when i talk about 1968 everything changed. but this was somehow gradual shift from let's say early 60's, and i remember it was so amazing to see to louis armstrong, elephants durham, a this was all these concerts -- even the beach blaze it was the cultural organization of united states command which was sending out. there was cunningham who came with robert rauschenberg. there was exhibition of american graphic arts which a great deal of

they'll bring back back forbe grant they'll bring on 68 h, 265 senior out of russia. georgia state able to fight through it. marcus johnson who took over the point guard duties midway through the season. smaller guard make it in. >> moving to the basket he's warning, good for the taller guy. >> mix son getting penetration. he puts it home. >> with his size he can wait while the defense leaves its seat and goes over top of him. good patience to get the finish. >> georgia state collects itself. looks like a break down of communication for bcu. >> not a ton of -- daniels off front rim and miss. leaping rebound by gold. georgia state with a 10-8 lead. >> look out if dukes gets going. he averages 13.5 points per game. getting inside not settling for the 20-25-footer. he will go 10-15 feet early on. >> let's go a.m. coursing down was we'll get a whistle at the lane. a bump that knocked off the ball. we'll have a timeout on the floor. 14:49 to go. first half georgia state 10 u 8. :21][v483] he brought in a lot of transfers. they have big program guys. couple from ole miss, w

most of them problems in the financial sector and undealt with problems in russia. all those problems now don't merit the word "crisis" today. and that's an indication of where we have come on the pressure on our financial markets gobblely and here in this country. -- globally and here in this country. we are not facing the prospect of a meltdown in our financial system. >> but in the past we've always been able to grow ourselves out of our fiscal crisis. not because congress has stepped up to the bar and cut spending or raised taxes all of it's been growth. in the 90's a technological revolution. in the first decade there was this phony leverage thing. where is the growth coming from in the next decade? >> i don't mean to be a cassandra here my rosy predictions from my two book end friend, but let's get one thing. nobody runs for things would have been really worse if we hadn't been in office. that is not exactly a winning slogan in 2010 for the democrats or anybody else. >> all right then let's take a look ahead and a brief look back next. you know, truck guys lik

we have a program developing russia to 2012. we are speaking about modernization of the economy, innovation of developing the country. development of different branches of the economy, agriculture, restructuring the economy as a whole. we spoke about social development, about education, and so on. all of this is written down. this requires additional corrections of of the present- day realities. we're not turning our backs on this. the report is right in line. together with you and our people, we will cope with everything. i will think about running in the election campaign. thank you for the honor. this is indeed an honor. i shall never forget their stand in respect during the aggression. they also really up held the interest of their republic and the interest of the whole of russia. >> will rush to help the united states after it falls apart? -- will russia helped the united states after it falls apart? >> this will also affect us. the united states is the greatest power. we have relationships. partners. the world economy is c

russia was a continent-sized country. >> big, yes, but it did not position itself to dominate two oceans. >> it did not dominate them, but it had access to them. >> india takes up the whole subcontinent. >> not in the same way. >> i do not think there was ever a country that was as unchallenged on two oceans as the united states. >> righto. >> once this emerged, and polk at this moment is a political has been. he had lost twice. he had a good career in the house, 14 years, speaker of the house for two terms. chairman of the ways and means committee. governor of tennessee. then he was-then he was defeated by a young upstart backwoodsman who was a backwoodsman. polk prided himself on his owledge and was very serious. jim jones was the tall guy from the back woods who ran rings around him in terms of the rhetoric of the campaign. he lost twice, so he was considered washed up. then this explosion occurred, and two very significant developments occurred. henry clay, who is going to be the wig presidential nominee, came out against the immediate annexation of texas. and martin van buren also d

and russia.but in light of some other recent reports reports in the media that china has working to perfect or develop a midrange and long range missile defense capability, they don't seem quite as concerned about that strategic balance as maybe we are. and so i guess my question to you, can you talk to is a little bit about the chinese missile defense technology advances, and specifically, their medium to long range capabilities? >> i would only offer that in terms of their missile defense capabilities, that they are by and large still in research and develop in stages. that this is a subject actually of inquiry regarding the most recent missile to missile engagement, that has been witnessed and that the chinese, as we discussed earlier, reported on over the past several days. so these developments and other developments, we would continue to watch, but in terms of levels of detail and so forth, obviously, in a closed session. >> well, let me, if i could then, switch -- thank you, admiral, to se