opportunity not to do anything. >> the kremlin fears unrest in russia could grow, and that's forcing putin to spend more time worrying about the economyhan building up the military. russia's grand comeback is running rough this year. in moscow, dana lewis, fox news. bret: at least 156 people have been killed in rioting in western china. it is being described as the worst ethnic unrest in the region in decades. national correspondent cath inherridge has the story. china's state-controlled media portrayed the violence as a concerted campaign by the uighurs to terrorize the chinese. chinese women were shown repeatedly covered in blood apparently in shock as violence spread through the capital. one chinese woman claimed she was beaten by the demonstrators on her way home from work. uighur excels say it was part of a youth movement which used the internet to organize a peaceful protest after uighur migrant workers were beaten and killed by the chinese. the protest became bloody after the communist regime cracked down. the use of the internet and social networking sites is a striking parallel between these demonstrations and those in tehran

does russia really need the reductions -- a certain contradiction on this side of the paradigm. because if we take the weakness of russian economy, at the political weakness of the russian regime, we see the nuclear potential still remains the core of russian political influence in the world. antique -- and russia is recognized as a global superpower. in fact, if russia reduces its nuclear weapons, it will be a clear signal that russia becomes a week at least in the eyes of the russian decision makers kerik the second reason why russia does not want dramatic cuts in nuclear weapons is that the lord levels of nuclear potential would become -- the lower levels of nuclear potential would become -- to obtain nuclear weapons, because when nuclear potentials are lower with countries to have them, it means that the role of such countries as iran, north korea, with their smaller nuclear potentials, will grow. they will play a more significant role in international affairs tahn they plate before -- than they played before. if i believe nuclear reductions will make the political environment of the world more dangerous. so while russia is

comments about russia in an interview he gave to the "wall street journal," finds that russia has a withering economy and is quote clinging to something in the past that is not sustainable, end quote. the white house released a statement saying the president and vice president believe russia will work with us. again, not out of weakness, but out of national interest. >>> in just a couple of hours, alaska will have a new governor. sarah palin will hand over her hit m and her responsibilities to lieutenant governor today. yesterday, folks in anchorage held this farewell picnic for her. you can see the governor, soon to be former governor serving up hamburgers and hot dogs. she is resigning a year before the end of her term. >>> the u.s. is not doing enough to prevent another terrorist attack, that is according to a group of 9/11 commission members and security experts. cnn's homeland security correspondent jean meserve has the details on the potential problems groups with facing. >> reporter: it was five years ago this week the 9/11 commission issued the landmark report making specific recommendations

biden told "the wall street journal" that russia's economy is withering and suggested the trend will force the country to make accommodations to the west a wide range of national security issues including loosening its gip on former soviet republics and shrinking its vast nuclear aresenal. russian newspapers are ripping biden a kremlin spokesperson wondered exactly who is making u.s. foreign policy and a russian dep mattic aide called biden's comments perplexing. robert gibbs says both the president and vice president believe better relations with russia is in both country's interests and hillary clinton emphasized that the administration uses russia -- views russia as a great power. nancy pelosi says she does not care that she is one of the most despiseed political figures in the country. the latest fox news poll shows her favorability rating at 29% and 47% unfavorable, a 16-point increase there from march of 2007. a recent public strategies politico poll revealed only 24% of americans trust the california democrat, a term that struck a chord with pelosi. quote, i don't know about t

for comments he made in an interview with "the wall street journal," biden told the paper that russia's economys failing and the country has lost face on the international stage and is quote, clinging to the past. the kremlin says it is perplexed by biden's remarks. >>> police in mexico say they made four more arrests in connection with the murder of a border control agent, robert rojas. the four men may be part of a smuggling ring. the agent was killed thursday while responding alone to a suspected border incursion near san diego. >>> dangerous high surf is pounding beaches in southern california. waves as high as 30 feet have brought out surfers and swimmers. one person was killed and hundreds have been rescued. >> i surf this wave a lot but this was the biggest i surfed it and it scared the hell out of me. >> was good swimming until you get stuck under the whitewater. it holds you under pretty good. >> the big waves combining with riptides to make hazardous conditions for even the strongest swimmers. >>> paramedics called to michael jackson's house on the day of his death say he had already

key transportation link for construction and reconstruction work in the area for n biden says russia's economy is withering away. the vice president says that may force moscow to soften its approach with the west on a wide variety of national security issues. he says including how it treats its former soviet republic and perhaps even shrinking its nuclear arsenal. the vice president just finished up that trip to the ukraine and georgia. >>> and a new study finds more evidence of a link between your height and your risk of getting cancer. south korean searchers say for every additional two-inches of height, men have a 5% greater risk of getting cancer. that risk actually goes up 7% for women. why? they think environmental conditions. taller people have more body tissue, obviously, so they're going to get cancer probably easier. that's good, if you're a short guy, that's bothered you, your chances of getting cancer are lower. >> mixed messages on the economy. wall street is looking good. right? busted over 9,000 last week. but diferent scene on many main streets where unemployment rates are up a

suggested that the united states can take a firm stance in negotiations with the kremlin because russia's economyis withering. well, some observers say biden's blunt talk will hurt the obama administration's efforts to improve u.s./russian relations. secretary of state hillary clinton tried to smooth things over today insisting thatted by san strong supporter of better relations with the russians. >>> france's president is spending the night in the hospital after he fell ill while jogging. initial tests on nicolas sarkozy showed nothing be a norm a.m. the country's health minister said the president had fainted but his office later said it wasn't true. mr. sarkozy is an avid jogger who exercises regularly. those are your headlines now. fareed zakaria and "gps" in just a moment. >>> as the finance minister of france, kristen lee guard is a powerful voice in the global economic crisis. she has acted decisively and smartly to put french banks under control and argued frequently and loudly for world cooperation on strengthening finance aal regulation. even before assuming her current position, lee gu

but the role of the rule of law in connection with the international economy and the business community, as russia seeks to grow its economy and expand it, for example with membership into the oecd. it has to understand -- we are reinforcing the importance of the rule of law in its ability to participate. it has to understand the price that it pays for not doing so. the first time i addressed this topic was more than five and a half years ago on october 27, which was the first business day after the arrest of kortakowski, and spoke about the rule of law as several did at the time bridge in connection with that, the response that that man's position had little to do with the rule of law. it was a one-off event involving a wealthy businessman and a powerful politician. history has shown that that is not the case. the references in the prior pannell, almost all the stories that are written today, there is focus on those two men as the symbol for russia's turn away from the rule of law. the council of foreign affairs published a report in the summer of 2005 that referred to the rest of that one man as

unlike the other emerging market countries like china and india, russia is a declining power. it has an unimpressive economyg population, a bloated, inefficient army and fronts an array of problems along its borders. the kremlin might dream of reclaiming its superpower status, but it's a dream. russia has thousands of nuclear weapons and can only play the role of a spoiler. president obama should treat it with the respect it deserves, but no more. and frankly, he should have gone to beijing before moscow. just say, "call dave taylor." calling dave taylor mobile. and if you wanna tell it what to play, just say, "play songs by jack johnson." playing songs by jack johnson. ♪ voice control. on the iphone 3gs, the most powerful iphone yet. the gold delta skymiles credit card... from american express... it's the official card... largest airline. of the world's and it's the only credit card... that earns miles on delta. miles that take you... to more places than ever before. over 350 destinations worldwide. so switch today. get up to 25,000 bonus miles-- good for a free flight. call now to apply. there's no annual

saturday, "the wall street journal" quoteded by.saying the russia economy is wiltering and that is creating the controversy began when biden visited ukraine and georgia and supported their efforts to break their bonds with russia. one observer says clinton and biden are part of a white house message. >> it was sort of a good cop/bad cop turn, you know? we have got hillary clinton and barack obama saying one thing, saying you let's be nice, let's be friends and then on the other hand, you have joe bind saying don't take us for granted we are not going to roll over if you have certain interests in this neighborhood. >> russia has resisted efforts to allow georgia and ukraine to join nato. russia's president says he wants good tides with washington but washington won't be pushed around. >>> a backyard cookout ended with gunfire that left 12 people injured. baltimore police say that at least one gunman walked into the backyard and started firing a semiautomatic weapon and ran off. a 2-year-old girl and pregnant woman were among those hit. none of the injuries was life threatening. so far, polic

speaking of russia, a withering economy -- joining me to talk more about the fallout is the washington correspondent for "time" magazine. that's for being with us. >> thanks for having me on. >> explain why it's so important, why russia is such an important player on the stage and why it matters. >> reporter: future gas and oil. relations haven't been exactly rosey in recent years. if you remember back in the beginning of the administration, hillary clinton hit the reset button and said we're going to reset relations with russia. there was a big push in the obama administration to get on better terms with russia to ease a lot of tensions that happened under the bush administration. obviously these comments aren't exactly in the mold of what has been, obama's stated policy. >> the vice president seemed to suggest we had the upper hand, i guess you would say, we're in a better bargaining position to get them to go along with us, north korea, iran nuclear threats. then it was interesting to hear what secretary of state hillary clinton, the nation's top diplomat had to say about biden's co

which is what russia needs to bail out their economy. and secondly, the two largest producers in the world of natural gas are russia on iran, and they would like to have, shall we say, a cooperative relationship with them in terms of fixing natural gas prices because the whole russian economy rests on energy prices. and they have suffered a catastrophic economic blow as a result of the collapse of energy prices at a time when they had gotten way too much debt on their books, both privately and through their government. so we don't have the capacity either with russia or china, both of whom have basically indicated they will not support the kind of sanctions regime that we need, particularly through the u.n., in order to pressure iran to cease and desist from this kind of -- discyst from this kind of weapons capacity. we are in a very difficult situation to do. this country does not want to go to war with iran, but if iran does develop nuclear weapons there will be a huge change in the global shift, and it will be against the united states

he told the wall street journal that russia has a withering economy and a leadership clinging to the past. his comments come a week after a summit meeting between the u.s. and russia designed to promote a softening between countries. >>> during a ceremony, lieutenant governor shawn parnell will be sworn in as her successor. she's leaving mid-term largely because of a slew of ethics complaints against her, and the complaints cost the state millions of dollars to investigate and distracted her from her job. >>> meantime, three best friends make a packet as teenagers to make something of themselves. well, they have. they're all doctors on the front lines now of the health care debate in this country. hear what they have to say about reforming the system, live in the next hour of cnn at the top of the hour. fareed zakaria gps returns in just a moment. >>> as the fitness minister of france, christine la guard is a powerful voice in the economic crisis. she has argued frequently and loudly for world cooperation on strengthening financial regulation. even before assuming her current position

reformers versus traditionalist d i think one thing we can't lose sht of is ainancial and an economi prism. russia is governed by men who have very powful very luke a vested personal ierests and those areeally important drivers what happens. ssia as a country isvery uncertain d unclear as to what its global role is going to be in this emerging econo. when oil was at $100 it didn't matter becse that sort of washed through and everythg woed. but ev at $70, it's t so great fo russia. and it was a very interesng mome when they recently convened this suit of the brick countries and you had the other brick countries saying, you kn what? maybe it should the big countries. maybe russia doesn't really belong here. i think that uncertaty about how russ is going to ce economically in the fute is thcentral driver and really pls a role in russia's con commit tonight dire to expre self on the world ste. rose: and its nfidence? >> and its confidence. >> rose: they sometimes talk about grand bargainwith reect to russia andhe anti-msile system. is tt possible? is that reasonable? isthat a direction that's fertile?

his overseas trip included arms talks and russia and discussions in italy over the global economy.s last stop, 17th century castle in ghana that held enslaved africans. >>> attorney general eric holder may go ahead with an investigation into the bush administration's interrogation practices. reports that holder may appoint a criminal prosecutor.

biden told the "wall street journal" that russia has a withering economy and a leadership that's clinging to the past. his remarks come weeks after a summit meeting between the united states and russia that was intended to promote thawing relations. sarah palin's last day in office. she resigns tonight during a ceremony in fash banks. the lieutenant governor will be sworn in as her successor. she's leaving office because of a slew of ethics complaints against her. it cost the state millions to represent her and distracted her from her job. that and more ahead on the "state of the union." now let's get right back to reliable sources. >> the media are in rare agreement health care was the issue facing america. barack obama's news conference was a make or break moment and the fate of his presidency was hanging in the balance but journalists found the prime time press performance dull. that is until the final minutes when the journalist from "chicago sun-times" changed the subject and then you could hear them pumping their fists and talking about race and privilege and law enforcement. the qu

earlier you were talking about the effects on the economy and you mentioned russia. i had actually been looking into that for a whole. well, my main question about the whole ning was, did you notice -- host: let me move on to new eye beeria, louisiana. democrats line. go ahead, please. caller: yes, good morning. i was trying to get on the first issue when you were talking about state budgets. if you go back to the regular administration -- reagan administration when he dedicated all of in double defense budget and cut states. louisiana had to regulate an income tax. moving beyond that, that was a problem with the states and they ever restored the budget. now, moving on to this gentleman here, i am not going to argue any point with him, basically. he's a revisionist, propagandaist of the right-wing neocons and this type of thinking got us not bind we are in. he's trying to revise history. i reject everything he has to say. i'm disappointed in c-span. i mean, the american public has been informed and turned the corner on these issues and i'm disappointed that you allow

russia. because their economy is in trouble. it's really had a bad quarter, sinking down somewhere to negative, between 7 to 8%. only about a 1% growth in 2010. so their economic situation is certainly being a challenge now. it can make them more compliant or eager to do business or aggressive in trying to have a more aggressive stance against the united states to divert attention from the russian citizens on what is happening with the government. >> shannon: what if the president goes down to sit down and meet with their leaders, who is really in charge on their side? >> that is for them to decide. i think president obama will meet with his counterpart. but prime minister putin is still very much there as a key player. and i think that that, the russian people have to decide who is really in charge. plus what has happened, president putin most recently pulled back on russia's application for wto status. world trade organization status. that was surprising. it came at the last moment without notice. it was sort of a power play o

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to protect those, particularly those thinks of the mineral extraction parts of the economy that are so important to russia. so the way in which the russian economy is structured is deliberately structured in order to maximize, if you like, russia's ability to attract money in capital, but without any of the -- without giving up any of the controls it would normally sociology associate with that kind of process. >> david, this is christine. what about russia's bid to join the wto? do you think russia can convince the u.s. to back its bid? >> i think russia's interest in joining the wto has declined markedly and recently russia announced that it's pulling its own application to join and would be reapplying to join along with kazakhstan as a joint trading block. i think that was a power play. it was basically saying, i think, to the international community, are you going to let us join the wto or not? this process has been dragging on for 16 years. it's time that it was brought to some sort of conclusion. either you are going to fast track these processes now and let us in or we're sending a signal that our

were to be a benefit, i do not think anyone would have a problem. >> russia needs worldwide will prices to be high to build on their economy. the biggest natural gas producers are also russia and iran. let us say they would like to have a relationship in terms of fixing natural gas prices. they have suffered a catastrophic economic blow as a result of dropping energy prices. host: do you agree with that? guest: that is a pretty interesting observation. the russian economy has suffered pretty badly. energy prices have declined. in the aftermath of the fall of the soviet union, their economy collapsed and was rebuilt on energy resources. that is an interesting of starvation that could have some merit. host: next phone call from indiana. caller: good morning. i was listening to everyone earlier and i was interested about the cold war being over. my concern for the american people is, they say russia is our friend and ally. how come we are not always working together? guest: we are working together on some levels. obviously, there are still some differences between these two nations. the u.s. is a superpower, russia is a forme

economy. and making deals could be complicated by russia's power structure. president barack obama not only has to work with the russian president, but tomorrow he will meet with former president and current prime minister vladimir putin. many in the u.s. believe putin is still in control of russia, a country that wants to return to super power status. >> the world has changed dramatically, and it is trying to find those ways where it can be that super power. >> reporter: moscow is just the first stop for president obama on a trip that will take him to italy and ghana. tara mergener for cbs news, washington. >> the russian president says the meetings are helping to revive that country's relationship after being strained a little under former president george bush. >> still to come on eyewitness news at noon, gunmen go through a party but the latest on 12 people shot. >>> a hunger to win. the national hot dog-eating contest. how many dogs were downed this time. >>> another live look outside this noon. meteorologist bernadette woods will be back with your first

economy. and making deals could be complicated by russia's power structure. president obama not only has to work with the russian president but tomorrow will meet with the former president putin. many in the u.s. believe putin is still in control of russia, a country that wants to return to super power status. >> the world has changed from dramatically and trying to find ways where it can be that super power. >> reporter: moscow is the first stop for president obama on a trip that will take him to italy and ghana. tara mergener , cbs news, washington. >> senator elect al franken is in washington today. in an hour he will meet with the senate majority leader harry reed. tomorrow he takes the oath and officially becomes minnesota's junior senator. in theory he gives the democrats a felt buster profit majority in the senate but with robert byrd and ted kennedy ailing, democrats can only count on 58 votes. >>> well, all sunscreens are not created equal. coming up we will look at which top a new list. kim has this forecast. >> what a great day. this weather is fan

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and russia, vice president joe biden made a blistering reference to russia's failing economy, loss offace and a leadership that is "clinging to something in the past" in an interview published on saturday. speaking on the heels of his trip to georgia and ukraine, mr. biden said flatly that the obama administration would make no deals and accept no compromises with the kremlin in exchain for better relation. russia itself he say should find its own interest to repair relations. the kremlin immediately responding to comments made in the interview with "the wall street journal" with the demand for a clarification of the administration's intentions toward russia, saying essentially that it was receiving a mixed message so soon after president obama had visited moscow for that summit meeting. more this morning. the pavings section of "the new york times," also posted on "the new york times" website. john is on the phone from auburn hills, michigan. good morning. guest: i thought the only doctor that represented price -- i thought he was an comblent spin doctor because i thought his argumen

economies. even some g-8 members like canada and russia sounded uncertain. in a harsh rebuke, the u.s. secretary general to dismiss the deal as a wasted opportunity. the targets, he said were just not ambitious enough. >> the policies they have stated so far is not enough. is not sufficient enough to meet the targets. this is politically and more -- a politically and morally imperative a responsibility for the leaders. >> every year a breakthrough on climate change as promised, but when you look at the detail, it's not clear how inclusive or binding the deals are. if the with an important climate change conference swimming and president obama in charge in the united states, it feels as though the new political will -- there is new political will to get something concrete agreed. if formal dinner hosted by the italian president and a host of new guests. african leaders, including libya, representing the african union, poised for tomorrow's session is devoted to aid and food security. it's another chance for president obama to show his emergence on the world stage can make a difference.

you're looking at the economic structure itself, russia does represent more of a commodities-related type of exposure. so, you know, in a world economy that's growing and in that case, you would see manufacturing and india and china booming, demand for commodities will keep pace with that, and therefore russia deserves to be in the same sort of category as bric. but when that category was designed, they didn't focus on commonalities that these economies shared, they just -- it's sort of a residual category. the largest emerging markets, which showed a tendency to integrate with the rest of the world. >> you know what? we're going to hold it there for a second. we're going to squeeze in a quicbreak before this meeting starts a right back with more from russia. >>> okay. welcome back, you're looking at a live picture of those golden doors there in russia where president obama and president medvedev are expected to walk out momentarily. we'll be going to that press conference as soon as it happens. we want to go back to our russian panel. joining us today. nick, i'll send this one over to you. politically it seems like russia is a real

biden was asked about russia, and this is what he said, "they have a shrinking population base. they have a withering economy. they have a banking sector and structure that is not likely to be able to withstand the next 15 years. they're in a situation where the world is changing before them and they're clinging to something in the past that is not sustainable." interfax and "the new york times" reports an adviser to russia's president says, biden's comments were perplexing, since relations between russia and the u.s. have improved since president obama took office. he says, quote, if some members of obama's team and government don't like this atmosphere, why don't they say so? >>> a vote on supreme court nominee sonia sotomayor could take place on tuesday. a senior republican senator on the judiciary committee says he's made up his mind how to vote. but jeff sessions of alabama won't publicly say how he's going to vote. yesterday, he told a crowd at a gop fund-raiser he's troubled by sotomayor's responses at her recent confirmation hearings. with the democratic majority in the senate, it's virtually guarant

russia, italy and africa. during his busy trip questions about the u.s. economic, economy have followed him every step of the way. brian moore reports. >> in ghana, president obama was greeted like royalty before the people before giving a major speech to the parliament. >> this is a new moment of great promise. >> here at home though, the president's approval numbers are slipping. as republicans hammer him and his party on their stimulus efforts. >> they promised you that if you pay for their stimulus, jobs will be created immediately. >> with unemployment now at 9 1/2%, the president is facing pressure to explain results that so far have been modest at best. >> the recovery act was not designed to work in four months. it was designed to work over two years. we also knew that it would take some time for the money to get out the door. >> the administration points to highway projects likehis one in arkansas as a sign the $787 billion stimulus plan is getting americans back to work. >> for the stimulus alone, washington borrowed nearly $10,000 from every american household.

night, biden told the "wall street journal" in very blunt terms that russia faces big problems in the future. he says their economy is "withering." in his words they're clinging to something in the past that's not sustainable. the white house has issued a statement pledging cooperation with russia and today secretary of state hillary clinton was asked if the obama administration is sending mixed signals on russia. >> no, i don't. as i just said, the vice president was the first person to call for resetting our relationship with russia and that's what we're in the process of doing. obviously it's going to take time and effort but the president's summit in moscow a few weeks ago was a great start and the president said, look, we want a strong, peaceful and prosperous russia and we're going to work with russia and we're going to have areas of agreement and areas of disagreement as we do with any other country. >> for more insight on where joe biden was coming from and what secretary clinton was trying to say with her comments, candy crowley is in washington, our senior political correspondent. hi, candy. so what is t

economy was. and president obama clarifying that to nbc while in russia saying they received incomplete information on the state of the economy. >> and, yet, there are a lot of people saying the unemployment right 9.5% now almost certain to go over 10% at this point. we are still going to lose many, many jobs. so, we might be splitting hairs as to how much information we had or didn't have. this is a bad economy, but it will be interesting to see what sort of answers they get. kate, thank you very much for that. >> of course. >> kate bolduan in washington. >>> well, a lot of people -- see, this is new to me. i like kate so much, i don't really now how to get rid -- there we go. see you, kate. all right. maybe she'll be back tomorrow. >>> with millions of people out of work, a lot of people on the topic that kate was talking about, are doing double duty in jobs they don't even like. but a new survey shows that americans are making big plans. >>> and if you work in a federal building or visit one -- one on business, we got a story that should make you very, very concerned. plainclothes investigators

economy. just like the u.s. russia has experienced a significant downturn. >> what can you tell bus those meetings were russian opposition leaders today? >> >> reporter: well, this is something the president likes to do in every country that he visits and it really sends a strong message. we know they're going to be talking about one of major issues, human rights here in russia. the president does this to send a message he is interested not in just hearing what official leaders have to say but really getting a full picture. >> thanks, yunji. >> reporter: ? china, muslim uighurs scuffled with police given. today women were at the front, protesting the arrest of their husbands among the 1,400 taken into custody in a crackdown. hundreds of ethnic chinese took to the streets with clubs, too. at least 156 people have been killed since the violence started on sunday. it's the worst ethnic violence in china in decades. now back to the u.s. and a look at your tuesday forecast. strong to severe storms in the nation's mid sectio

biden told "the wall street journal" in blunt terms russia faces big problems in the future. he said their economye clinging to something in the past that is not sustainable. today hillary clinton was asked if the obama administration is sending mixed signals on russia. >> no, i don't. as i just said, the vice president was the first person to call for resetting our relationship with russia. that is what we are in the process of doing. obviously, it is going to take time and effort but the president's summit in moscow a few weeks ago was a great start. the president said, look, we want a strong, peaceful and prosperous russia. we are going to work with russia and have areas of agreement and disagreement. >> secretary of state hillary clinton. french president nicholas sarkozy is in the hospital after he became hant while jogging near his residence. he did not lose consciousness. he will be under standard heart monitoring until tomorrow morning. >>> president obama is putting on a confident face and pushing ahead with health care reform even though it is all but certain the plan won't make the augu

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russia, italy and africa. questions of the u.s. economyllow him every step of the way. >> they promised you if you paid for your siment the pressure is facing pressure to explain result that's so far have been modest at best. >> the recovery act was not designed to work in four months mplet we also knew it would take some time for the money to get out the ever >> this one in arkansas is a sign that the stimulus plan is getting americans back to work. for the stimulus, washington borrowed nearly $10,000 from each american household. >> it says a couple of critical weeks ahead. dradpu. brian moore, nbc news, washington. >> elijah cummings is trying to et >> he sponsored the third annual path way to suck. we are trying to make sure we connect these folks to get into the programs to get the skills necessary to do the kind of thing that's will allow them to make a decent wage and take care of their families. jo still ahead on 11 news. summer trips, just one tank full of gas is jo a new airline catering to the pet pop ue lation. we are talking a

think hillary really had to walk back to the disastrous diatribe of joe biden about russia being a withering economyn all these things, which i think was a diplomatic disaster. she walked that back by saying that she's looked upon russia as a great power, but i think a lot of damage has been done by the vice president. >> well, we'll talk a little later in the show about her position as secretary of state and all the other personalities in there, including joe biden and how that sort of -- is it a team of rivals or are they able to define themselves in their specific areas of interest? she also talked about, this was an interesting moment on "meet the press," willie -- >> yes, interesting to hear carl's take on this as he wrote the book on hillary clinton. but david gregory pushed hillary and asked her, asked the secretary of state what it was like, now that she had six months to step away and think about it, working under the man she fought so hard against for two years, at times a nasty campaign. here's what she said. >> here was a recent headline that got a lot of attention, not surprisingly, in

-russia relations and a global economy. it's a 35-minute speech following his weapons agreement yesterday with the president. reducing the stockpiles to the lowest levels of any u.s. -russia accord. again, we'll show it to you in its entirety. [applause] >> mr. president, i present to you the graduating class of the new economic school, 2009. [speaking russian] [applause] >> thank you. thank you very much. thank you so much. well, congratulations, ock sanaa and to the entire class -- oksana and to the entire class of 2009. i don't know if anybody else will meet their future wife or husband in class like i did, but i'm sure that you are all going to have wonderful careers. i want to acknowledge a few people who are here. we have president mikheil gorbachev is here and i want everybody to give him a big round of applause. i want to thank the director of the new economic school. maxim boykoi, chairman of the board. and arkadi, the n.e.s. board member, president of the alumni association and is doing an excellent job with the pr

russia for the st. petersburg international forum. let me ask you about the demand for commodities because this is also a window into what's going on in terms of the global economy what do you see today in terms of russia, economic growth there and in the emerging markets wit oil above $60 a barrel once  again. >> russia is the ugly stepsister of the bric. brazil, russia, india, and  china. when we're looking at the robus growth rates in china, we are having a decent growth, slow growth in india, and very little decline in brazil. 1.6%. something like that. russia is down 8% of gdp and over 10% of the industrial  production. so it is an unfortunate confluence of a couple of factors in russia. one, it is very dependent on oi and gas prices. and those plummeted from 147 pe barrel to 35. now it's back to 65 range. and the second issue is that russia is seriously lack whg it comes to the rule of law. therefore, the russian investors are running away like scared rabbits. and foreign investors don't want to come back. >> you know, the imf recently said that the emerging markets, and i don't know if really russia was a part of this, because the picture you p

he said that russia is not a strategic equivalent of the united states. that, in fact, its economyering, its population is withering. the white house had to kind to walk that back because it wants to reset relations to russia and that's not surprising. joe biden is being joe biden. brian: is he lying? >> it's deposition between honestly and diplomacy. joe biden doesn't note difference. that's why he is vice president as opposed to the president of the united states of america with that being said, he was a senator for the better part of three decades. the man has rips abroad, obviously they consider him to be an asset. take those things into into consideration. combine that with barack obama being known as smooth and eloquent and things of that nature. it's not something that should be made a big deal of. i applaud the vice president for being honest on the occasion that he has been. but at the same time it's not always the wisest thing to do considering his situation. brian: america's interest to have russia as our enemy if it is not it is screaming headlines in russia, beshed, bi

russia. he said, they have a shrinking population base. they have a withering economy. they have a banking sector and structure that is not likely to be able to withstand the next 15 years. they're in a situation where the world is changing before them and clinging to something in the past that is not sustainable. "the new york times" reports an adviser to russia's president said biden's comments were perplexing to relations between russia and u.s. have improved since president obama took office. he says, quote, if some members of obama's team and government don't like this atmosphere, why don't they say so? >>> the melbourne international film festival has become the target of hackers with an agenda. the australian festival is screening "the ten conditions of love." it profiles an exile member of the uighurs. hackers are hacking into the website. demand they apologize to the chinese people for showing that film. the attack was tracked to shanghai. the online attacks appear to be part of a campaign to suppress the film. >>> a wisconsin man saw his young daughter's illen

joe biden telling abc there was a misread of how bad the economy truly was, and then president obama have been to clarify that to nbc while in russiaed incomplete information when it comes to the economy, tony. >> is anyone defending the stimulus plan? >> in this hearing there are two people, two of the witnesses that they're talking to right now, with you ben gene dedarro, the comptroller of the gao. they're doing a bimonthly study. also, rob naybors -- >> is that who's speaking right now? >> exactly. >> so gene dedarro, he did say there is good here, money is flowing to states, and he says it seems very clear that the stimulus money has helped to stabilize the difficult fiscal situation with state and log government budgets. that's a good thing. rob naybors, when asked about how are you tracking this money and saving and creating jobs and making sure that's happening, he says they do believe they are on the right path and they are making progress. tony? >> this is important stuff. if you get some additional reporting coming out of this, give us a bit of a heads-up. >> absolutely. >> indicate boldkate bolduan fo washington. >>> yo

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