the average american dream and dreamer built dreams on shatorde hopes and left off on their own spaceshipsf life. but the average american laws are in a state of corruption. man is allowed to work -- to go to war and kill other. at age 18 but a man can't buy a drink until age 21. i mean the government has money to pay for wars but not to feed the poor. politicians say more taxes will solve everything -- everything the politicians say vote for me and i'll set you free. but then, dear politician, why are innocent men and women being arrested for helping a dying man on the street? men and women create but we got our name from our women and then we take from our women. when did we get to the point where we're buying everything but can't pay for anything? we have credit cards or checks and check books but not a dime in our pocket? we had dreams in the beginning but let them fizzle in the end so when the ship goes down we better get ready. thank you. [applause] >> ok the so it's called this guy. so there's this guy, right, and he has a smile that can turn my day brighter than bright and the scen

money and they got a free breakfast so let's go on to the next headline now so we see that the average american lost twenty three percent of their net wealth. forbes wealthiest list reflects changes in global economy and the wealth of the world's billionaires was up twenty five percent in the same time that the wealth of the american population was down twenty three percent yes yes it's a clip takhar see you see normally capitalism is about risk reward risk reward winners and losers like this you say this is this is what f.d.r. garrard see during the depression when he brought in the f.c.c. and the f.b.i. seeing all the reforms like last legal but the last twenty five years thanks to j.p. morgan goldman sachs we have something like this. we go your money. so the average net worth of billionaires on forbes billionaire list is now three point seven billion compared to three point five billion in two thousand and nine it dramatically increased at the top so carlos slim is still the richest man but his wealth in two thousand and ten increased by twenty billion for example but then steve forbes the

that's not going to affect the lives of middle class americans middle class americans should be making if if we kept to the sixty to one income model of talk one percent. to the average non-supervisory worker middle class americans should be making about two to three times what they're making now and that would make a big difference in terms of disposable income in the lives of average americans one other point that i want to bring up right now here in the last thirty years you've seen the rise of companies like wal-mart and target because their target their their focus is to allow the middle class and lower classes to wring the last bit of spending power out of their going to link income it very ominous sign even wal-mart is starting to do badly now so people can even afford to shop at wal-mart and this is this is though the end effect of supply side economics over the last thirty to forty years this is the problem that we're dealing with and it is a test of american democracy. when we go back to who pays for it all now if i can go to you you're an irishman and ireland isn't doing too well either of you states i would you explain to your fellow countrymen what the h

the money all the benefits eighty percent in the last thirty years has gone to the top one percent of americans and the average american today the average at what american worker are today is making twenty seven hundred dollars less a year than he was making when ronald reagan came into office they've been stealing us blind it's an insane theory it's time to put it to put out it's time to put it or give it a nice funeral let's go back to classical economics. in the most recent edition of the conservative magazine the weekly standard readers were treated to an article about the koch brothers that paints a picture of these billionaires and koch by the way as k.f.c. age as saintly figures in america who through their charity work are trying to make the nation better but unfortunately they're being demonized by the left as enemies of democracy as the writer of the article matthew connecticut writes for progressives confused at the heated opposition to their do gooder agenda coke's become a convenient scapegoat invoking their name was a way to write off opposition to obama as the false consciousness of racist rubes

the american people. the first two of them did not, for various reasons, but now, this has hit a lot of people. foreclosures, the an in play grid, and, of course, the average american incomes are actually down -- foreclosures, unemployment. i think it will take people coming to terms with the fact that that is what has happened as a result of this and deciding that really, they have to do something about it. tavis: so are you hopeful about that? >> in the long run, yes. i think president obama had a very powerful, unique, historical opportunity when he was elected, and he blew it, badly, and now, it is going to be a much longer, much more gradual, tougher process to get this change, and now, we are talking about years, maybe even decades, before this is changed, but, yes, i think it will change. tavis: if this president had 80 years' total, and we know he has had two -- if he had eight years total, why can he not transform the system in the next six years? >> he could certainly try, and there are things he can do, but it will be more difficult now that there is a republican congress, certainly a republican house. we will see what happens in the next electi

if gas prices were to freeze where they are right now, the average american family would still be paying $450 more per year in fuel costs than at this point a year ago. but of course, brian, gas prices are still moving higher. back to you. >> tom costello starting us off. bethesda, maryland, tonight. tom, thanks. >>> now to our team across the country. we're joined by nbc's miguel almaguer in west covina, california. john yang is in chicago and ron mott in atlanta. ron, we'll start with you. good evening. >> reporter: brian, good evening to you. the average cost for a gallon of regular here in georgia, $3.43. that is up 13 cents in just the past week. 40 cents over the past month and almost 80 cents higher than it was this time a year ago here at this exxon station in the buckhead section of atlanta. the prices are a little higher than the state average. the pain at the pump starting to spread as well. taxi riders are being hit with a $2 fuel surcharge every time they get into a cab. that went into effect a few weeks ago. and school districts around the state starting to pay attention to

know is his having grown up in kenya his view of the brits for example very different than the average american when he came the bus back to where the brits you know yeah yeah great insults of the british but then if you think about it his perspective as growing up in kenya with a kenyan condren grandfather very few of them our revolution in kenya is very different than ours because he probably grew up hearing the british were a bunch of imperialist to her seems to talk rant about it course president obama did not grow up in kenya so we live in states now and this guy wants to run for president of the eleven states now considering bills to require president obama to release his original birth certificate in order to run in two thousand and twelve here's today's question do you even have yours here are the possible answers yes i still have the original tiny footprints are all or no i lost the original somehow years ago and got a copy from the states around the tom hartman dot com to let us know what you think so far we're seeing about sixty percent of people saying they can't find it i can't fin

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. >> i think of the average american watching this program and i want to ask you, if we get more involvedin these issues as the obama administration is, to wit, helping women in other countries gain economic power, how does it help americans? an american women? >> and one of the things it will do, it gis economic stability also gives stability to countries. and to foreign governments. so we had the war discussion earlier. i mean you have a more stable universe. so it does help our country in that way. >> and should we be devoting the resources to it as a result or more resources? what is the best way, what role do we play in this? >> i think one of the things and i've been fortunate enough to travel to many, many different countries and meet with leaders and women leaders. and one of the things we have to do is make money available for women to start their own businesses. there is a disproportionate amount of money loaned from the world bankzn to men than to women and we need to encourage practices where women have access to be able to build and give themselves a stable life. >> i agree w

politics with marijuana all for the benefit of the government and big pharma at the expense of the average american that's of marijuana advocates are arguing after a number of recent developments the da has recently reclassified t.h.c. the psycho active ingredient in marijuana to schedule three subsets of the marijuana plant itself remains a schedule one substance the guy that carries the harshest criminal penalties and why would they do that well apparently sort of pharmaceutical companies can push products with naturally derived formations of t.h.c. meanwhile dr lyle cracker a professor at the university of massachusetts has dropped his nearly decade long fight to persuade the government to allow him to grow marijuana for medical research so is the government really anti-marijuana or do they just want to keep all the money that can be made from it at the top joining me to discuss it is paul armand deputy director of normal and the co-author of marijuana is safer so why are we driving people to drink thanks so much for joining us now first of all can you give us a little bit more detail on this re

the middle east turmoil are being felt worldwide now the mideast crisis is hitting home for the average americans as oil prices have skyrocketed so too have the prices people pay for gasoline and now the price americans pay at the pump is threatening to derail the u.s. economic recovery a surge in oil. prices will be the end of the u.s. economy not just an end to the recovery there's no more bailouts like a reality peak oil expert michael c. rupert sees happening it will hit one hundred fifty dollars a barrel which he believes is inevitable this year others predicted going to two hundred twenty dollars it's so devastating because oil. fuels more than just cars. it fuels the entire global economy. though there's no doubt that if gas goes to five dollars a gallon for americans asked some predict there would be a high political price to pay for the obama administration's you know gasoline prices go up and much i for a very long period it could be severe. your political impact if there is no denying the u.s. has played a role in the events that have transpired in the middle east every time u.s. presi

libya american billionaires are watching their wealth rise as we report later this hour a financial analyst moves kaiser stacy had to dig into the week's financial scandals. you see that the average american lost twenty three percent of their net wealth. forbes wealthiest list reflects changes in global economy and the wealth of the world's billionaires was up twenty five percent in the same time that the wealth of the american population was down twenty three percent yes yes it's a club soccer see you see normally capitalism is about risk reward risk reward winners and losers like this you say this was this is what f.d.r. guaranteed very depression when he brought in the f.c.c. and if you guys see it all the reforms like classical but the last twenty five years thanks to j.p. morgan goldman sachs we have something like this. we. more of that a little later back to the news now though and you can work at the damage fukushima nuclear plants being hampered by the dangerously fluctuating radiation in and around the facility a highly radioactive substance has now been found in groundwater near the plant it's ten thousand times more than normal levels and the levels of nearby seawater

his having grown up in spain you know his view of the brits for example very different than the average american when he gave the bus back to when spiritual yeah great insult to the british but then if you think about it his perspective growing up and you would think union father and grandfather their view of the mountain all revolution in kenya is very different than ours because i think probably grew up hearing the british were a bunch of imperialism who persecuted about it. chris has been widely reported the president obama was neither more nor did he grow up in kenya and huckabee confuse the situation even more yesterday when he told bryan fischer from the american family association that i've said many times publicly that i do think obama has a different worldview i think it's more that a lot of revert different experience those of us grew up going to boy scout meetings in our communities were filled a rotary clubs not madrassas. right so what's really motivating the burghers here to offer his take help work attorney and creator of the website obama crimes dot org philip roth of the program

that the average american lost twenty three percent of their net wealth forbes wealthiest list reflects changes in global economy and the wealth of the world's billionaires was up twenty five percent in the same time that the wealth of the american population was down twenty three percent yeah yeah it's a club talk or see normally capitalism is about risk reward risk reward winners and losers like this you say this is this is what f.d.r. guaranteed during the depression when he brought in the f.c.c. and the f.b.i. thing and all the reforms like last legal but the last five years thanks to j.p. morgan goldman sachs we have something like this we call your money. i want to show in the phone about ten minutes time before the patriot and business desk called the latest from the world stay with us. thanks for being with us here on r.t. and welcome to the business bulletin new rules the russian state companies have been spelled out by president medvedev he says regulation needs to be significantly improved in order to help the country's investment climate be a credit deal it in order to reduc

see that the average american lost twenty three percent of their net wealth forbes wealthiest list reflects changes in global economy and the wealth of the world's billionaires was up twenty five percent in the same time that the wealth of the american population was down twenty three percent yes yes it's a kleptocracy you see normally capitalism is about risk reward risk reward winners and losers but this is a this is this is what f.d.r. guaranteed throwing of oppression when he brought in the f.c.c. and f.b.i. seeing all the reforms like last legal but the last twenty five years to j.p. morgan goldman sachs we have something like this. eek. well now to some international stories making headlines this hour the un security council has voted unanimously for an immediate end to violence in ivory coast sanctions will be imposed on incumbent president laurent bribery and his inner circle the council of brutal u.n. peacekeepers should be able to meet all means necessary to protect civilians the vote comes as supporters of the internationally recognized president alassane ouattara seems to contro

know is his having grown up in kenya his view of the brits for example very different than the average american when he gave the bus back to. the great insults of the british and if you think about it his perspective as growing up in kenya with a kenyan father and grandfather very few of them out revolution in kenya is very different than ours because he probably grew up hearing the british were a bunch of imperialists to persecute all grandpapa. now that obviously caused a media storm because it was a great lie and everybody knows that obama in fact never visited kenya as a child huckabee spokespeople later said that he misspoke but it was a mistake although clearly i think it's a little different than just a slip of the tongue when you base an entire theory about obama's foreign policy on a false premise but the thing is that instead of trying to redeem himself huckabee made two more statements are right wing radio host bryan fischer show and this is the one that should make everyone squirm. most of those groups want to poison. you know our communities were filled with rotary clubs. so not on

we see that the average american lost twenty three percent of their net wealth forbes wealthiest list reflects changes in global economy and the wealth of the world's billionaires was up twenty five percent in the same time that the wealth of the american population was down twenty three percent yes yes it's a kleptocracy this is normally capitalism is about risk or you or risk reward winners or losers like this you say this is this is what f.d.r. guaranteed during the depression when he brought in the f.c.c. and f.b.i. seeing all the reforms like plastic but the last five years thanks to j.p. morgan goldman sachs we have something like this we call your money. it's a small international headlines this hour twelve men killed until we did a brood side bomb in northwestern pakistan it's always a convoy carrying a prominent islam and supplements and should just solder is the words be the second attack on the same politician in the last two days here again a skate on hartley's truck and several shots were destroyed at the blogs. the un security council has voted unanimously for an immedia

you see that the average american lost twenty three percent of their net wealth forbes wealthiest list reflects changes in global economy and the wealth of the world's billionaires was up twenty five percent in the same time that the wealth of the american population was down twenty three percent yeah yeah. see this is normally capitalism is about rares korea war where you war winners and losers like this and say this is this is what f.d.r. guaranteed the president when he brought in the f.c.c. an f.b.i. thing and other reforms like last year got but the last five years. we have something like this. we. eat. now to some international stories making headlines this hour the u.n. security council has voted unanimously for an immediate end to violence in ivory coast sanctions will be imposed on incumbent presidents were invited for his inner circle casting agreed on when these people should be able to or means necessary to protect civilians votes came with supporters of the internationally recognized president alassane ouattara seize control minister to capital. former american presidents

you know what you might want to tell the average american about what it means not you know both from the viewpoint of being a voter looking at people trying to run for president and also you know there might be somebody out there who someday will be president you watch the first thing that i was surprised about as i went across the country in two thousand and three in two thousand and four was how much americans are alike were told that you know we were state by state the differences are so profound and and there's differences and in race color creed class there's an underlying unity in this country and it's the responsibility of anyone who would lead this country be able to find that and to be able to express it and speak to it and and so that was my first discovery the underlying unity that exists in america the reason why we we can we can cognize this idea of an america it does exist it does exist in communities across the country and what. what would you share with somebody who is looking at presidential candidates and trying to make some sort of a sorting process out of it almost

has special forces training that is going to open the average american military journals. world affairs. expert steven cohen says what's happening in libya won't necessarily bring about democracy here's some of what i will hear in about twenty minutes time here in r.t. when the new york academic talked to us. state and they are going to turn me in so many countries in my lifetime very rarely does it worked out for. america going to eventually. discredits your prerogative to the tyranny of its being overthrown because if it appears the parliament was overthrown with the backing of the united states in the forces in favor of domestic partner so you're saying that if we do what we're witnessing can happen and i think. it's not clear that these are pro-democracy movements your views are and. despotic who would say want to get rid of the dictator or getting rid of a dictator and they're going to the country doesn't mean a certain thing to marcos and that's a process. so leaving government as a reporter the leader running out of money whether you count of colonel gadhafi and his

pretty well, but in fact -- and this is the most recent analyses that we have done from data from the american community survey -- the african-american -- the averagean-american family earning over $75,000 lives in a neighborhood with a higher poverty rate than the average white family that earns less than $40,000. there is a divide here. people can live well in a neighborhood of any racial composition, but the way that we actually organize communities does not work out so well. host: baltimore. republican line. caller: hello. this is really great, an interesting conversation. i have -- well, i am hispanic. when i came to this country, i came of my free will, and i married someone who was an american. i did not become a citizen right away because i wanted to make sure that that is what i wanted to do. i decided that this is such a beautiful, fantastic, a great country. i love it, and i decided i am going to become a citizen. i am going to be a really true american citizen. my family, some of them were not very happy, but i stayed. i never told them, you are hispanic american, you are this american. we are americans, and we knew that we were going t

years many people have complained that he's a little out of touch he doesn't connect with the average american and let's face it romney is a successful businessman who's worth millions he's never heard of that joe six-pack image but you know looks like his right hand is trying to help develop an article over the weekend in the l a times writer paul west was discussing the make over of romney ahead of two thousand and twelve and this line about mitt has everybody talking he's going tieless on network t.v. strolling the nascar pits in daytona and sporting skinny jeans bought for him by his wife so ok ok everybody holds the phone mitt romney is wearing gap skinny jeans and his wife and bought them for him this is a little ridiculous that we found some photos of him in jeans walking in the pits of the daytona five hundred a few weeks ago but we couldn't tell if they were from gap but you made it and really think that wearing a pair of gab skinny jeans is all that it's going to take to get elected come on people voters are smarter than that they can smell republican elite who just pandering to the

and set up to succeed a beauty queen finds herself just like the average american jane without a job or a home we'll speak with former miss colorado from two thousand a lot. has thursday march seventeenth eight pm in washington d.c. i'm christine for a sound and watching our team. well the united nations security council has voted on a resolution imposing a no fly zone extending over all of libya and that quote all necessary means can be used to protect citizens there this is of course an attempt to try to halt libyan leader moammar gadhafi is mounting attacks against rebel positions and there has certainly been a some mixed reactions tonight we've been seeing video i think we have this video here of the people in benghazi celebrating upon hearing the news that the u.n. resolution has passed these people have been hoping for outside help and perhaps for them this is an answer to those hopes are to correspond on a stasia churkin to is live in our new york studio not far from the u.n. and bring us the latest on this breaking news on a saucy as we just saw there are some mixed reactions

is right that environmental pressure came about as a result of the efforts of richard nixon in part. to what extent is the american average americans confusion about global warming i mean you look at the poll numbers and they're just startling the number of americans who don't understand or have believed misinformation to what extent do you think that that is the result of things like well funded and oil industry funded right wing think tanks getting their shills out in the media or fox news and that sort of thing it's the it's the it's the accumulation of all of those echo chambers that are funded by the koch brothers and the right wing and so people who see themselves as republicans here the republican leaders saying over and over again oh this is all a hoax that's what senator inhofe told our committee it's all a hoax and of course they have in mind in their minds that one of the chief spokespeople to do something about this problem was former vice president al gore so they think it's a partisan issue but science has never been a partisan matter you look at the evidence and you've based the evidence reach conclusions a

america because the people that have the money these days have the influence and you know that the average american no longer has that kind of power well that's not i wish i would agree that because of the tea party movement has demonstrated that average people can get out there and make a difference and that's what that's all about this is there was really a strong attempt by the left to really you didn't mind the tea party by trying to say that this is all creations of rich people that's not true bottom line is the tea party as an example or people that are upset about current policies with this administration went out and began marching and protesting and have been able to effect change the fact that people might agree with them that it might happen to have money because they have in common the agenda of freedom doesn't should be a negative thing really what do you think they're do you think of the tea party would have gone as far as it did would have been as successful if a bunch of rich people had gotten behind it and decided to perhaps co-opt a movement started you know as a grassroots moveme

the average american woman owns 17 pairs of shoes and buys three new pairs every year. the average expenditure is about $49. but about a third of the women said they spent more than $100 on a pair. 14% admit to hiding a shoe purchase from their spouse. >>> i'm paul chambers in oakland where 500 teacher jobs are at risk. i'll explain coming up. >>> i'm meteorologist, we have rain out there on the afternoon commute and there is more rain to come. you see the wet roadways here. when i come back, the latest computer model forecast that shows wet weather headed your way. >>> state budget cuts could take a drastic toll on public education. some 19,000 pink slips have gone out to california teachers including two all but one teacher at a school in oakland. ktvu's paul chambers is live now where the frustration is palpable. the reason why that teacher didn't get a notice is because she has tenure. right now. oakland education association is meet inside oakland high school auditorium. they are being notified of their rights just in case they may lose their jobs. >> i insist upon

the urban coalition says. i am leading a campaign and there is a card on each of your tables. in this city where unemployment for african-american youth is 28%, this is twice the national average. among african-american young men, only about 30% are greg tweeting from high-school. i want you to adopt one of our schools. i want to have mentors for the kids who are chronically truant, who have problems. i am asking you to look at in giving 8 -- to the public school teachers. and bring them into shadow your employees for a month. when they go back, they can have real world experience. of course, give your young person an internship. if you give a young person up an opportunity to shadow someone and the possibilities and if you give them an internship, they're more likely to graduate from high school, they're more likely to go on to college. that is the kind of experience we want. oakland, but this was the number 8 the city with the most woman entrepreneurs. there is an engineering at the academy that cents for kids to mit the in any of the high school in the east bay. they also said more kids to harvard than any other high school in the east bay. they have a very famous pre engin