it isn't going to make sense to the participating countries, whether it be russia or america. i believe the problem that we have with the international space station is that nobody in america is really understanding what is going on there, why we are doing this, we have done a very poor job of selling this program. and i believe it is going to go the way of the lunar program. it's going to go the way of skylab. but the problem is, you can't just walk out after the mission's over because you have this massive device up in earth orbit that has to be brought down in a controlled fashion. and it is again, a horrible waste of financial resources within the united states, within russia, within the participating countries. the fact is that we have to come to a business-like set of agreements with the russians in the same fashion we have with the other participating countries -- europe, japan and canada, and we have not yet established that kind of relationship. we continue to make excuses for the financial problems they've got. we continue to make excuses for the lack of deliveries. t

america is not to divide america drive divide is between one another on ways to come together as a nation that if you've got a better model if you think china is right or russia is better. or north korea is better run right here are my hero you're right and you're wrong. america is right and you're wrong and if you know why can't they just go live in north korea that's essentially what romney just said and this is the strategy of today's one percenters this generation's economic royalists their strategy is to deny that there is any quality in the united states to deny that they live in an america that they live in which is vastly different than the america that the rest of us live in and they hide behind the flag by saying that any criticism of there are enormous wealth and political influence is somehow un-american as romney says america's right but you're wrong but it's a lie if mitt romney wants us to believe there's no such thing as the one percent i'd like to hear his take on why is it that the top one percent have seen their incomes grow by two hundred seventy five percent since one nine hundred seventy nine while the majority of our incomes of fall are

namely today when you talk about america and china or america and russia, whatever, you can almost instantlybiostatistics and compare concerns of her site to release an efficiency if, crying , corruption, armaments, per capita incomes, longevity and so forth and you have an stints with the comparative data, which at this progress standings and rivalries of those words. it dawned on me that that was absolute league not the case, even as recently as 150 years ago. maybe it's reasonably have found the eve of world war i. people were not aware of these dimensions. to the ap in a world which is now so interactive that you can pair in ourselves measuring ourselves precisely. and in a way, it's a good thing because this kind of systemic rivalry puts much more at the same son who is higher, who was lower child mortality. but his longevity in respect to countries? what our standards of living? with levels of education? how was it dispersed and so forth? is much more sophisticated notion of competition and a world in which everyone now claims the rightful share to a decent life and is keenly aware of

in the category because he's not involved in russia or the region successful in miami we are not in america we are in russia and the space we are social democratic country with putin has in store he's social policy would give support to so many people that's why so many people together today to support him i think that what is happening today is that there are so many people calling call fair elections my hope is that they will get the fair elections but i think there may be disappointed again because in cairo actions there is a fair chance that we can move. still to come in the program. piracy treaty designed to protect intellectual property has it europeans in revolt find out why they say it violates basic rights also. religion as a testing ground we investigate how new forms of islam could change the face of a whole nation and to lead to serious consequences. in egypt at least twelve people have been killed in street battles with riot police more than two thousand have also been injured in violence following the death of seventy four people in football related violence on wednesday the d

in the category because he's not involved in russia or the rich and successful we are not in america we are in russia and this is basically a social democratic country who has in store he's a social policy that would give support to so many people that's why so many people who together to support him i think that what is happening today is that there are so many people calling for sparrow actions my hope is that they will get the fair elections but i think there may be disappointed again because in cairo actions there is a fair chance that we can move. there's more about moscow's rival rallies line. for the day of protests and. the pictures on our facebook and there's more analysis on the other top stories on our website. how around says a woman given to international pressure and abandon its nuclear program even if it's banned from selling a single barrel of oil it's response to this week's approval by a us senate committee of a package of new sweeping sanctions against the islamic state but the bill has yet to pass through congress america's initiative targeting nuclear program fol

america and now even india and russia. the boss of airbus has said something has to be done about this or it will be detrimental to airlines. there was a call for the united nations to get involved. countries like china and america are very upset they are having to pay this levy. they say it could end up sparking some sort of trade war. china says it is costing its airlines $124 million per year in extra costs. a lot of opposition and a lot of pressure on the european union. >> thank you very much. the israeli foreign ministry says embassies in georgia in india have been targeted by bombs. the details are still going on. we can go to delhi for the very latest. i understand you have been close to the scene, sanjoy? >> that is right. i've been about 100 miles away from the israeli diplomat's vehicle that was hit by explosion. it took place not far from the israeli embassy, quite close to the official residence of the israeli prime minister. the fire has been put out. police are on hand, as well as forensic experts, as well as diplomats from the israeli embassy. they are trying to get a sense -- trying to collect any evidence

or some place in russia. if i say, ♪ i left my heart ♪ they immediately say tony and them. that means the national anthem for san francisco and literally for americam this extraordinarily talented human being. >> ♪ i left my heart in san francisco ♪ >> ok, here we are down memory lane. we are at the at&t park, home of the san francisco giants. as you know, we sing your song after every win of the giants, so we have been sitting here a lot. you were here in 2011 for the opening, and you sang your song, and guess what? we won the world series. so, tony, we want you back. [applause] >> tony bennett has said his song "i left my heart in san francisco" changed his whole life. well, it has affected our lives as well. from the first time tony sang this beautiful love song to every time we hear it sweet sounds after a winning giants game, it deepens our love for our home town and for tony bennett. >> ♪ above the blue >> here we are above the blue and windy city been -- sea in your city by the bay. remember 25 years ago, you were to come here and sing with the san francisco symphony for the 50th anniversary of the golden gate bridge -- you were before me a

to walk away any who i think if you and if they want america and israel want to see to place or continue instability in egypt. politics here in russia is back in fashion from glamorous socialites in moscow to factory line workers from the urals everyone wants to be heard so with the presidential election less than two weeks away no ortiz diapers kovan looks at the unprecedented rise of civil activity. sponsored to paris hilton t.v. host senior subchapter has a reputation to match claiming to earn two million dollars a year she leaves a life of glamour blood putin was once very close to her father and is still a family friend if rumors are true he could even be such a good father hence the shock when she became a vocal part of the new energized opposition which i laughed putin as a man who saved my father but i don't respect his politics right now he is a free person to think whatever he wants he can think of anything as a betrayal it's his choice i can't agree with his politics and it's not of the trail at all i just don't agree with this in december subject for the first time in her life joint thousands of history tragedies trigger

or more solving syria furious too as moscow stands firm over how to try to tackle the conflict russia's prime minister that america's position on the crisis and doesn't seem to override the mission of the french to go with details of that just ahead. developing story the next crowds of students in spain turning out once again in valencia against planned education cuts earlier this week the police were accused of being heavy handed when similar demonstrations end of in clashes a correspondent sara first reports from the east coast city. you know the problems that face every day students lack of money a fierce competition for jobs adds to that this thing has the highest unemployment in a food the nine percent the sixteen to twenty four year olds unemployed in the country and factor in that they just had recent spending cuts that is affected education in fact say badly to some of these students who come to the streets say they haven't even got basic heating in the closings and well this is the result really thousands and thousands of people already out on the streets were to protest just joining all the time you can se

with civil wars in russia a civil war which is one by one side or another it's never a solution because the victors always you would you venture on the vanquished turning to america and to quote what he said here he believes the u.s. is striving for status of invincibility saying that nato washington's foreign security plans make other countries when he says vulnerable what exactly does he mean by all that well he speaks about cold in the vulnerability of the united states and seemingly it's a good concept you know why shouldn't some state be told lean vulnerable to security threats but he writes in his article that these stall doing vulnerability for the united states means total vulnerability for many others i mean before all that this because then the united states would not only be the biggest power when the ward with the biggest amount of fire power but also it will be able to strike anyone it wants to strain. now he also says that iran has a right to a peaceful nuclear program for energy sources only how does that go down that comment with the u.s. especially israel but from a legal point of view which is absolutely right because. iran is part of n.p.t. non

russia india and south africa. but we have to be very careful because the whole concept of brics is not something that we invented for example latin america or china or south africa or india but it was something that goldman sachs invaded so in a way it's very dangerous to bring from the point of view of the bankers who try to lump one series of countries here they lump another series of countries there are the brics countries are very different amounts and solve the lead china is very different from brazil brazil has an overvalued currency for example south africa is very different from india so i think that each of these countries has to do its own thing so to speak at their own time based on their own national interest and they should really lend death ears to the national interest of the europeans and the national interest of the united states sure we can talk but the key issue and i think china is in russia are the prime examples the key issue for every country is its own national interest and not the national interest of circumstantially powerful hegemonic like the united states and some of the countries in the european union but never

or youtube dot com slash r t america thanks so much. r t is the state run english speaking russian channel it's kind of like al-jazeera . russia today has an extremely confrontational stance when it comes to us. you know how sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else and you hear or see some other part of it and realized everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm tom harpur welcome to the big picture. up. me is me he is me he. believes. such. as of this is the cause a report where do the one percent live really i mean where do they really live. max that's our first headline here where the one percent live the fifteen richest counties in america and this is from census bureau data and my answer is that pretty much they live within an hour's drive of washington d c ten of the fifteen are within an hour's drive of washington d.c. either virginia or maryland so number one richest median income in america is virginia looting county it's a one hour four minute drive to washington d.c. median household income is one hundred one thousand thousand five hundred forty

russia was in afghanistan that's well it's the government forces. and certainly the america's allies in afghanistan are worried they're going to take this is a sign that isn't tend to get out or it will have to leave it there thank you very much for your thoughts eric margolis war correspondent joining me live in toronto the blunders all of us politicians have in spite of jokes and parodies for decades with the presidential election campaign heating up as a whole new supply of ammunition now but as we report now report somebody the comments of displays of ignorance and disregard for world affairs and no laughing matter. every four years america's top job is up for grabs. with each new election comes a new batch of candidates with compromising foreign policy credentials when they ask me who is the president of you beki beki beki beki stan stan i'm going to say you know i don't know do you know i'm afraid that it's a very hard struggle particularly given the situation on the iraq pakistan border you can actually see where russia from land here in alaska africa was a country on the brink on the brink of complete meltdown and chaos geographically illiterate us candidates have sup

russia and its china will come to regret their votes. those are some of the latest headlines on c-span radio. >> an america where freedom is made real for all, without regard to race or belief or economic condition. [applause] i mean a new america which reflects the ancient idea that men can solve their differences by killing each other. [applause] >> as candidates campaign for president this year, we look back at 14 men who ran for the office and lost. go to our web site c-span.org/ thecontenders. >> the left offer is one solution to the problems which confront us. they tell us again and again that we should spend our way out of trouble and spend our way into a better tomorrow. >> c-span.org/thecontenders. >> ed whelan is our guest. president of the ethics and policy center. guest: good morning. host: the health and human services department recently put out something that some are calling the contraception mandate. before we start, we have that done a synopsis of what the new rule is, based on some media reports. we will take a look get the screen. if this is they hhs final rule on private insurance plans and contraceptives. this would require private insurance pla

center last year-i doubt china and russia are using cyber hackers to steal valuable american ingenuity from the safety of our own soil. cyber attacks or try to capture america's cutting-edge research and develop an information to harness our competitive edge in the future. some are calling it a cyber cold war. $300 billion of intellectual property stolen from american companies every year according to the u.s. cybercommand. every day, u.s. websites and our nation's networks are threatened by foreign governments and criminal groups trying to steal our money, seize our valuable data, disrupt our services or even shut them down affecting millions of americans. we know the threat is real because websites have already been -- the nasdaq has been hacked. cyberporn cyberporn of those threaten key sectors of u.s. and global economy. with the white house and congress understand the cyber backbone of our critical infrastructure must be protected. we have a long way to go. this is not the time when american economy can afford more instability. now is the time to act as it relates to cybersecurity. the intelligence community passed a bipartisan cyber legislation in the s

russia around and give us commands in our own house. we want to live peacefully with our neighboring countries. we can see though that things are not smooth and calm in europe, or latin americaries are being destroyed in the middle east. we all know why it is happening. it is a creeping war for the resources and wealth of nations, especially small nation. we don't want revolution. we don't want wars. we won't let anybody disrupt our peace. we are a peaceful nation. we want peace all over the world. we need a strong russia. we need a strong skilled and knowledgeable leader who understands the life of the people. we do have a leader like that. his name is vladimir putin. [cheers and applause] [speaking in russian] >> translator: on behalf of thousands of coal miners, i am calling on you to come to the polling station on march 4, and to cast your vote. for thousands, russia's been part of this world with its complicated and difficult history. we will not let anybody define our future for us, only we by coming to the election on march 4 can determine the future of this country. russia has been in and will be a great country with our president. our president is vladimir putin. th

russia around and give us commands and instructions in our own house. we want to live peacefully with our neighboring countries. we can see though that things are not smooth or calm in europe or latin americas are being destroyed in the middle east. we all know why it is happening. there is a creeping war for the resources and wealth of nations, especially small and weak nations. we don't want revolutions. we don't want wars. we won't let anybody disrupt our peace. we are a peaceful nation and want peace all over the world. we need a strong russia. we need a strong skilled knowledgeable leader who understands the life of the people. we do have a leader like that. his name is vladmir putin. on behalf of thousands of coal miners, i am calling on you to come to the polling stations on march 4 and cast your votes. russia has been part of this world with its complicated and difficult history and with its unique culture. we won't let anybody define our future for us. only we coming to elections on march 4 can determine the future of this country. russia has been, is, and will be a great country with our president. our president is vladmir putin. thank you very much! >> brilliantly foot. it is su