in the capital let's discuss it further now with patrick henningsen a political analyst for the current affairs website how u.k. call him joining us live from london patrick a pleasure to see you today let's talk about the blame game here very quickly before we delve deeper in the matter too enormous a blast to end damascus targeting a government building who's responsible here why target such a major facility in the heart of the major city. it's clear now that the the hell that's been unleashed by the u.s. and their allies in the gulf states has now reached new levels of violence in the heart of syria in the capital of damascus so this is this is the result of eighteen months or two months two years of progressive of planning and trying to get into the country and having foreign fighters all over all over the different regions of syria and now the violence is coming to damascus it's very very sad to see the country descending into this sort of chaos but that's to be expected. as we saw it interrupted the rebels have already acknowledged they are responsible for these attacks ultimately in some

across the middle east and north africa with patrick henningsen geo political analyst and a for the current affairs website u.k. a column patrick thanks for being with us today so president obama has thanked his yemeni counterpart for the efforts to secure the u.s. diplomatic mission is that a little premature given what's still happening over there. well there's going to be a lot of moving and maneuvering in a very short space of time right now mainly because right now the u.s. is in an election cycle and it's coming to the end of the election cycle so the public sort of media show between obama and romney is in overdrive right now so each side has to react as fast as possible to every little saying otherwise they will get absolutely no live by either the right wing or the left wing side of the press which ever side you're looking at just. one brotherhood has announced it's canceling nationwide protests will only organize and symbolic protest on tougher square what do you think is the reason behind the surprise turnaround for the two political alliance between the united states and egypt is a very

to him just a bit earlier in the program and patrick henningsen geo political analyst with the current affairs website you could call him he believes that the iranian. journalists death was unlikely to be an accident. the propaganda war has now taken ugly turn and i believe that the recent shooting of the press t.v. bureau a correspondent was a targeted assassination because he's working for an iranian state broadcaster so the message is only certain amount of media is allowed to perform in syria and not others it's clear now that the the hell that's been unleashed by the u.s. and their allies and the gulf states has now reached new levels of violence in the heart of syria in the capital of damascus so this is this is the result of of eighteen months or two months of two years of progressive planning and trying to get into the country and having foreign fighters all over all over the different regions in syria and now the violence is coming to damascus it's very very sad to see the country descending into this sort of chaos but that's to be expected. the intensified terror attacks in the syria

percent of votes because of these videos since people are quickly and massively losing trust in the current affairs. if he has gone off or holding their life from the georgian capital tbilisi you are many thanks indeed and that's how date. thousands have taken to the streets of libya's second seat have been ghazi to demand an end to the tyranny of armed militias people have been killed and over twenty injured outside it is the myspace. fixit several brigade setting buildings and cars and fire militia members shot into the add to try and despise the crowds the killing of the u.s. ambassador to be and three other americans of which one of the groups is suspected to be responsible for sparked the violence of the u.s. state department officials occurred when i found the american consulate to the ground and now for all of the last night that not the prophet muhammad it's the islamist militias and legacy of the uprising that moment down. that's the traditional killing and journalist actually while says the u.s. foreign policy is destabilize the region. the cause of what we're seeing here today is many de

earlier i spoke to patrick having sent geo political analyst for the current affairs website u.k. a column of thinks that the muslim brotherhood's decision to back out of the nationwide anti-u.s. protests signifies how the movement is influenced by washington to canada lines between the united states and egypt is a very delicate one on one side but it's also very important strategically especially with regards to israel show you'll see a lot of pressure put to bear. on the power structure in egypt particularly right now israel the israeli lobby is very obviously very worried about the status of egypt they want it to be stable and also egypt is used as a political football in america so there's going to be a lot of moving in maneuvering in a very short space of time right now here with our team and coming up in the program epic efforts down the train we look at how president obama has been steadily building times without a country since he came to office only to see his efforts rolling in one fell swoop . the u.s. state department stresses that it had nothing to do with the film that the st

the u.k. column a current affair website good to see you today patrick as i'm sure you've been listening and ikeeping a close watch on this story bahrain has recently accepted most of the un human rights bodies are recommendations pledging to improve its treatment of political activists crackdown on torture but now we have a report of another person being killed should we be buying the lines that they're selling us this is the third child to be killed in bahrain this year we had a kid killed on january nineteenth another teenage boy was killed in august this is the latest one you know it's quite funny that benjamin netanyahu would give a speech in the u.n. craving israel is the beacon of democracy in equal rights so forth and his rule routinely shoots children through stones but yet they are special friend of the united states and have a special position in the u.n. in going to some kind of moral authority so that the do the situation in bahrain is completely ignored for reasons that are obvious but punching out if i can you know if i can just get into that right now because it certainly does

there's enough money to pay seniors today in the current affairs of social security. the trillion comes from the surplus. surplus is money -- more money than needed. let me tell you what your plan is. it's not social security plus, it's social security plus huge debt. that is what it is. you leave future generations with tremendous iou's. it's time to have a leader that doesn't put off tomorrow what we should do today. it's time to have somebody to step up and say look, let's let younger workers take some of their own money and under certain guidelines invest it in the private markets. the private markets.

security i mean is that implying that the countries partners really aren't happy with the current state of affairs obviously we know there's tensions between russia and europe over energy security you know. there have been tensions between russia and europe over energy security in the past i'm not sure that they're quite as high. as they were before and we've sort of today the peak of that with the gas crisis through through the ukraine but you know those relationships are still strained when you know there are issues in ukraine issues in sort of the transitory areas with bella who says well and so really the deepening of the ties here is really taught towards the east and russia and. who are now. and what everybody is really sort of looking towards is the new the new leadership which will be focused on the economic relationships but if courtly also put a renewed focus on a serving chinese military and political influence to a more aggressive level than the current leadership has been focused on sun thank you very much indeed founder and c.e.o. of s.t.h. macro advisors join me live there in new yo

main players in the iranian revolution is now committed to the overthrow of the current iranian government international affairsnd defense analyst. the u.s. is seeking to create an ally inside the country. this group. has been very successful apparently to get the support of my birth from both the republican and democratic parties. as well as is work of military. and also there is another issue not the washing up by fight these groups the useful it seems that they have used to be the new so feet that sees these two thousand and seven to try to this. situation apparently equilibration we face really secret service. they have used this group to conduct the assassination so for dr scientistic to carry out all their acts of sabotage the group is they they're going to be secular. people. power. they are going to go back to their own roots which she said is it took six weeks off marxism a long. anybody who is a critic of the current government of iran i would say that it's child's play compared to what the government if you were i would be run by the. now as the internet becomes more readily available across the arab

energy security does this imply to you that the countries partners are not happy with the current state of energy affairs. and it's important for russia to be good luck to. the look of the. latter point of view any d.e.q. eat quickly. and it won't be. lifting. weights if you buy it on the need to eat or so i was as you say so ultimately russia russia has the resources china has the appetite but as russia and china team up in asia pacific the u.s. is shifting more focus to the region perhaps in an attempt to get a bigger piece of the action do you think that wasco and beijing can contain washington's ambitions that i didn't want to know what. is going to be playing out. in the community. trying to grasp it would. be of the united. because every moment you know if you want to follow what i did time and already who who and what you call the two of you could wind up in the trying to walk pretty close to the beginning when you talk you talk about russia and china working close together in the future certainly that they're teaming up on the other key international issues for example syria and iran are trying t

the u.k. call them current affairs a website good to see you again mr having same now these attacks happened in countries where washington was directly involved in regime change what does that say about the effect the revolts have had on the us. well this is a very interesting development and what you can deduce from this is basically you know that washington in america is still living in their own sort of western bubble where they believe that they don't have any chain of responsibility for the events that have happened to transform countries like libya for instance egypt a lesser degree but definitely libya because there was a military intervention that killed thousands and thousands of civilians so this this this event in your career could easily be. more than just. an islamic american protest that could have something to do with get off oil lists that are still being rounded up and arrested the next particularly the recent extradition of a house in a sea from or tell you a deal which the u.s. brokered to live. right now new governments of libya and egypt to ill prepared to protect diplomati

international emmys are coming up on monday and artie has been nominated under the two thousand and twelve current affairs and news categories for the continuous coverage of the o.-w. s. movement so wish us luck and we'll see you back here on monday have a great night. free . free. storage free. range free. free. free. free blog below for your media project c.d.o. done to our t. dot com. good afternoon and welcome to capital account i'm lauren lyster here in washington d.c. in our studios me in new york what am i talking about these are your headlines for friday september twenty eighth two thousand and twelve so bank of america announced today that it will pay two point four billion dollars to settle a class action lawsuit wish shareholders regarding the opposition of merrill lynch during the financial crisis now do you remember this deal looking back this is what our guest today wrote about it she wrote an article calling it the deal from hell hole what heidi moore reminds us of the legacy of the financial crisis still being worked through today at too big to fail banks like bank of america and what may

what did that say about the current state of affairs in this country? >> there are two numbers you are not going to hear in the democrat convention. you haven't heard them yet. one is 16. for the $16 trillion of debt which we have now amassed. and the president came in there was $10 trillion. the prior presidents combined amassed $10 trillion. he added $6 trillion to that. $16 trillion. unthinkable number. the other number you won't hear is the number 47. 47 million people have now been reported to be on food stamps. when the president came in there were 32 million. that is a 15 million-person increase. that is more than the population of ohio have been added to the roles of food stamps. the president's policies have not worked. either from a debt standpoint or the standpoint of helping those falling from the middle class to poverty. >> reporter: yet, the obama for america senior staff is arguing that people are absolutely better off than they were four years ago. >> no one in the convention so far has had the tu herty to say that -- tumerity to say peop

presidential candidates may troll need criticized the current president barack obama for his handling of foreign affairs at the republican national convention this week his comments could be worse for other nations as america's presidential election approaches romney has a history of flip flopping on issues though so it's hard to tell what his message will become november. second explaining. mitt romney is now officially barack obama's opponent for the white house and he's talking tough throwing rocks well verbal rocks not only the president but also nations at the republican convention where he accepted his nomination mr romney did not fail to once again highlight his any masorti towards russia he criticized the president for not being hard enough in his view on russia when it comes to missile defense mitt romney says under his administration quote mr putin will see less flexibility and more backbone and of quote and of course that adds up to his earlier statements that russia is america's number one geopolitical enemy and that they need to reset the reset that's actually what he says on his website as

he always tried to go and talk to various factions within the syrian society because it was his country. political analysts will be current affairs website you can call them believes the journalist death was unlikely to be an accident. the propaganda war has now taken another turn and i believe that the recent shooting of the press t.v. correspondent was a targeted assassination because he's working for an iranian state broadcaster so the message is only certain amount of media is allowed to perform in syria and others it's clear now that the the hell that's been unleashed by the u.s. and their allies in the gulf states has now reached new levels of violence in the heart of syria in the capital of damascus so this is this is the result of eighteen months or two months or two years of progressive. planning and trying to get into the country and having foreign fighters all over all over the different regions of syria the square by the greek parliament in downtown athens us scenes of chaos today with protesters and police exchanging molotov cocktails and to gas of grenades resells is at a standstill today with a nationwide strike of

western hemisphere act of 2012, introduced by representative duncan, an esteemed member of the current affairs committee. i would like to thank him for his hard work. in february, the committee on foreign affairs held a hearing titled ahmadinejad: tour of tyrants, and iran's threat in the western hemisphere to examine the threat posed by iran in the western hemisphere. one month later, this bipartisan measure was unanimously adopted by our committee on foreign affairs. as we have witnessed in the last few weeks, the violence perpetrated by extremists in the mideast against our embassies and our consulate undermine our foreign policy objectives and we must prevent these vicious attacks from occurring in our region. let us not forget that 18 years ago, iranian so-called diplomats readily partnered with hezbollah, a u.s. designated foreign terrorist organization, to carry out a deadly attack against the jewish community cent for the buenos is are, argentina. iran has only increased its subversive action since then and over the past decade, the regime has increased diplomatic and economic ties bet

and what adds a sort of extra dimension to the current state of affairs is that now there are people in this country who have questionable agendas of their own. who are giving provocation just as there are people willing to take offense too easily there are people who are willing to give offense, whoever made this movie did so deliberately to give offense. the people who then put that on the internet spread the word about it, wanted to give offense. then it was picked up in egypt by a tv host whose known for this kind of incendiary stuff this picked up and magnified there. so there are parties on both sides who are playing this game, with very different intentions and ambitions and agendas. and they would hate to be, for us to suggest that they are in bed with each other. a pastor in florida who wants to burn the koran is working without knowing so with a islamist television host whose's sort of writing of that same kind of hatred in egypt. they would rather die than to be actually knowingly working with each other. but in effect they are collaborating and cooperating with each other

he says the world is losing patience with the current state of affairs. 'll have more on his speech when we go live to the washington, d.c. bureau. >>> after months of debate, a new mosque will be built in santa clara county. the county gave its approval off highway 101 in san mar teen. the approval process has been controversial. large crowds have attended hearings about the mosque. county supervisors say the cordova center has passed every requirement. >>> 8:06. well, starting march 1st, in san francisco, rvs will not be allowed to park overnight in some san francisco neighborhoods. yesterday, the board of supervisors passed a ban on rvs saying their idea is to get people out of rvs and into temporary housing. homeless activists say this is gonna force a lot of people onto streets. a complete list of locations that will be banning overnight parking by rvs that will be released at a later date. >>> well, san francisco to l.a. in just 30 minutes? tesla's ceo says he's working on a mass transit breakthrough that could give high-speed rail a run for its mone

joining me former ambassador to the united nations for special political affairs, currently a senior n adviser to the romney campaign. thank you for joining us. what about the questions that have been raised about the romney campaign jumping on this with a statement while we didn't even know the identities of who had died, and without knowing the timeline of what had happened? >> you know, as a lawyer, i'm familiar with the old saw that when you don't have the facts you argue process. and that's what's going on here with the white house trying to have a discussion of timing of a statement. the fact is, the substance of what the governor said last night was true. he continues to stand by it. we shouldn't be on an apology tour. but rather be aggressive in condemning this breach of sovereign american soil. we should be defending our principles, our free speech in pluralism and first and foremost, this morning when we learned that a life was lost and other lives were lost, we have to be conscious of our condolences and sympathy and appreciate for -- appreciation for their service but the

current affairs. college students were galvanized by the vietnam war and inspired by the black power movement. in the daily nies people were agitated and there were a growing number of people who had the obviously political feelings. i understand it had a lot to do with civil rights and the pressure for equality and demands for social justice. i had not found a group of people they could talk to about political issues in global terms, yes. in national terms, yes not in ethnic specific terms. how does this affect filipino americas. >> they were organizing around california. in san francisco the third world liberation front was formed to challenge education. the front was spearhead by the black student union who lead a coalition of hispanic and native american and others they had 15 demands intending to change the focus and the power structure of san francisco state. these 15 demands had 3 themes. the right of third world students to an education. the formation of a school of ethnic studies. and the hiring of third world faculty. school administration gave little response. history professor john

what trends were occurring, how do people feel about economy and the current state of affairs, and most importantly who are the people who actually show up at the polls in november. we wanted to have a follow-up discussion about economics, demographics and implications for 2012. this is a follow up to the practice released in november of last you. .co office wanted to see what a change in the past year and what, if anything, it would mean for the presidential election. so with that kind pleased to introduce my colleagues. after his presentation he will be a conversation with our very distinguished panel and with the foregoing from of you as well. and for anyone watching online i encourage you to follow the conversation at twitter using hash tag cap 270. is also a guest scholar at the brookings is achieved with redistricted projects on political demography and geography and co-authored a series of papers with abilify on the shifting of demographics of battleground states. his recent writings include demographic change in the future of the parties, the european paradox, and a decline of t

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. >> so let's talk -- i'm sure the audience is going to want to in your questions -- about current affairs. we're in the middle of a week in which we're seeing just how unstable this great big part of the world, near east and middle east, can be. we had today violence extending as far as bangladesh, and i wonder, through the lens that you've developed in this book, what you would say to policymakers as they try to figure out how to respond to an islamic world that is just exploding with anger and instability? >> i would say that communications technology has collapsed distance, but rather than negate geography, it's only increased its preciousness now. you have people in indonesia who care vitally about what the israelis did interrupting the flotilla bound for gaza. and you have crowds in bangladesh and i'm sure tomorrow we may see in may malaysia and indonesia and elsewhere, enraged about a movie that was made in california. but while rage can spread around the world, once the -- the rage is a starting point. once you start to analyze what is likely to happen in libya next, what is liable

the ongoing current troubles in the islamic world the. professor and dean of the gentile school of international affairs joining us live from india good to see you today as i'm sure you were just listening to our correspondent paula so we are she is in cairo certainly talking about the regional aspects there of the tensions that have alternately eased compared to the ongoing violence elsewhere do you think the muslim brotherhood's decision to call off the mass protests had an effect. and certainly the polar r. and b. or c. in recent weeks that of them are centered themselves over the military and see how to calm you back and also remember that egypt is a plane fly and who owns and west and financially. and you can't really interests. too much so i do the roku. remember the salafi use and the ones who are said to be actively engaged in the forests are not entirely brotherhoods controlled so. no. political space and the extreme islamists i think will continue to try to prop up the crowds in the region the anger and attitude against . people remember the dealership's was not on the field on the side of revolution and so there is a lot of pe

consider them an end in the parties paula slimline from current thanks very much indeed for that update. well dr shriram charlie he's dean of the school of international affairs believes that people should surge deeper for the root cause of the protests. but through district nobody in australia or in foreign countries which are obvious from the epicenter of the arab spring region i think those are more spontaneous but libya egypt yemen these are like post-revolutionary societies and this is where you have seen the brunt of the violence and the skill of the group of seven rather high and i do these are politically orchestrated by local actors who are being backed by some of these rich donors from these don't want to be smaller also behind the edge of dollar to assad in syria so i see this as a you know many ways an extension of the proxy war that's going on in syria we're so efficient extreme fundamentalist have been unleashed in the name of toppling the assad regime the same some of these are not money just intelligent violent and reactionary manner to outrank you feel that you've been ignored it is a connection of not of these you cannot be separate dream we

the former pastor of hammond's first baptist church to register as a sex offender. schaap admitted to having a two-month affair with the girl... taking her across state lines for sex. he is currently in custody... and is scheduled to be back in court next week. illinois senator dick durbin says he's concerned about the rise in anti-muslim hate crimes across the country. hate crimes and domestic terrorism were the topic of a hearing in washington yesterday. >>according to the justice department the increasing discrimination against mosque's since 2010 " reflects a regrettable increase in anti muslim sentiment " the hearing is in response to last month's shooting at a sikh temple in oak creek, wisconsin. 40 year-old michael page shot and killed six people and wounded four others before he shot himself. at yesterday's hearing .... the son of one massacre victim asked the obama administration to begin collecting statistics on hate crimes against sikhs. mayor emanuel is considering raising chicago's taxes on amusements and cigarettes to close a 369-million dollar budget shortfall for next year. the move could make the city's tax on sports tickets the highest in the nation, bumping it f

the san jose police chief has vowed to get to the bottom of a serious violation of department policy. >> we do have internal affairs investigation currently being conducted to determine who released it, maybe why they released it, and if someone is held accountable for it, the administrative discipline process will take its course. >> it happened tuesday well the mayor was driving to work at the intersection of mayberry. >> i have no criticism of how the mayor handled the incident. >> within hours a photograph of his ticket was circulating on the internet. >> it was a stupid thing to do. >> the police union had nothing to do it but they also know it comes at a time when morale is low and tension is high due to pension reform and cutbacks that the mayor had supported. >> i have never seen be so strong in the time have been here. >> the officers involved are subject to a wide range of disciplinary actions. they could be written up, they could be suspended, they could even be fired although that is very unlikely. frothe mayor says that he will pay the ticket and not take the time to go to traffic school. >> today san fransisco schools took o