away, and i think one of the interesting developments of the last couple of decades is how strong the state remains. the kind of party the nation state is coming back because the globalization is extraordinarily powerful. it reaches into countries and across borders in a way that's very intrusive, and in some ways those states are basically saying stop. we want more control over our destiny. take for example what's happening in europe. europe desperately needs the government to stabilize the bureau to find its way out of the crisis. but what is happening is the politics is drifting back from brussels to the capitol of the european union to the nation's state and that's because the nation states or getting slapped around by the european integration and globalization and they are saying we are madder than hell. we aren't going to take it anymore. they are pushing back and so precisely because the globalization punters the borders, the borders are coming back to life. so i think the 21st century will be a century in which the nation state is alive and well. >> if your theories or predictions turn out to be true is it a bad thing f

below him in the course that goes back to the civil war the abolitionist movement turned to the national state to abolish and break the chattel slavery the labor movement did the exact same thing in order to try to bring to bear the power of the national state over modern corporations and employers the civil rights movement did the same in the sixty's so conservatives have good reason to oppose the national state because to their mind and i think they're somewhat accurate in this perception the national state has really been the instrument for democratic emancipation and i think that's really the fundamental thing that's driving the conservative movement i'd like to draw a little more into that into that piece if i can we have to take a real quick break here more conversations with great minds featuring dr corey robin coming up right after this break. download the official anti up location to go on the phone or i pod touch from the i.q. exams to. one john t. life on the go. video on demand ati's in line broadcasts and already says feeds now in the palm of your. question on the t.v. dot com. mo

interesting developments of the last couple of decades is how strong the state remains. in fact, i would kind of argue that the nation-state is coming back. and it's partly because globalization is extraordinarily powerful. it reaches into countries and across borders in a way that's very intrusive. and in some ways those states are, basically, saying stop. we want more control over our destinies. take, for example, what's happening in europe. europe desperately needs collective governance to stabilize the euro, to find its way out of the crisis. but what's happening is that politics is drifting back from brussels, the capital of the european union, to the nation state. and that's because nation-states are getting slapped around by european integration and by globalization, and they're saying we're madder than hell, we're shot going to take it anymore. -- we're not going to take it anymore. they're pushing back. so those borders are coming back to life. there are so i think the 21st century will be a century in which the nation-state is alive and well. >> host: if your theories or predictions turn out to be true s th

powerful forces embody bid a giant corporation require that the national government roosevelt had the audacity to call it the national state had new responsibility to correct the quality of opportunity. roosevelt believed that the free market is the greatest source for economic progress in human history. it led to a prosperity and a standard of living unmatched by the rest of the world. but roosevelt also knew, he continued, that the free market has never been a free license to take whatever you can from whomever you can. our country, he quoted from pr's address, means nothing unless it means the triumph of an economic system under which each man shall be guaranteed the opportunity to show the best that is in him. for this, obama continued, and if you watch the video, at this point he made a knowing gesture. for this, he said, roosevelt was called a radical, a socialist and even a communist. but today we are a richer nation and a stronger democracy because of what he fought for in his last campaign. and then the president listed roosevelt's leading proposals that have become an important part of american politics. an eight

catching up to us too quickly and the united states is responding to china also with increased military presence the united states says that the south china sea is an area of national interest to the united states therefore said it doesn't make any sense it's like china saying the gulf of mexico is an area of national interest to china so i think these types of. militaristic statements. encourage china to build up its military and so the americans a sensibly maybe trying to start another arms race. and you can log on to our website artie dot com for the latest news and videos any time you like it's just some of what's just a click away how could be a devastating blow to the world's second largest stock exchange as they take out its web site with an online knockout of. how close mark the world has come to another novel style disaster reveal fresh claims over a fire on board a russian nuclear sub find out more how to dot com.

the united states actually does it was a crime against humanity that the united nations they're taking up the issue palestinian rights we can see here a manipulation of the united nations when it does with the united states wants fine but when it stands with the palestinian people which it has repeatedly over and over again then the united states government republican or democrat a way to condemn the united nations. the u.s. also did not support the resolution on syria forward by russia which would call for all sides in the conflict to stop the violence and to start a dialogue instead he chose to take sides in a civil war. one might describe to us that we do towards the u.n. as use if needed go around if you don't like it but while an approach to the world body might washington it makes for a bad recipe for world ability i'm going to check on reporting from washington. so i don't r c getting testy with tehran israel blames iran for attacks on two of its embassies in india and georgia before the smoke has even cleared bring you the very latest escalation of tension that's

it was the sixth and largest state in the nation to approve this. one decade later, we have full voting rights in the united states. helping newly enfranchised women, a new political movement was founded. >> starting in the 1920's, it was a movement created by the suffragettes moving forward to getting the right to vote. all of the suffragettes were interested in educating the new voters. >> non-partisan, not endorsing candidates >> -- endorsing candidates, getting the right to vote and one they have their voice heard. >> the 100th anniversary of women's suffrage is taking place throughout the state. bancroft library is having an exhibit that highlights the women's suffrage movement, chronicling what happened in california, bringing women the right to vote. >> how long does this mean going on? >> the week of the 20th. people do not realize that women were allowed to vote as early as the 1920's. in the library collection we have a manuscript from the end of december, possibly longer. >> in commemoration of 100 years of voting in california. 100 years

for years i talked about the risk to united states national security of our dependence on foreign oil. i appreciate secretary clinton's recent reorganization in the department in this regard, which elevates the prominence of energy security within the state department. and i compliment you on this really remarkable endeavor. given the intensity of multiple crises in the middle east and the uncertainty and the threats to our oil supply, these are not limited to the current crisis with iran. it is incomprehensible to me that the president has rejected approval of a keystone xl pipeline. fewer national security decisions in the past several o oaks more clearly at odds with core united states interest than the present pipeline delay. the prospect of iran could disrupt oil flowing from the strait of hormuz underscores the importance of having safe and secure fuel supplies for the united states. the iranian threat is intensified by its growing alliance with the chavez regime in venezuela which supports iran with its own oil supply disruption during a conflict. our government should explicit

take up the issue of palestinian rights we can see here a manipulation of the united nations when it does what the united states wants fine but when it stands with the palestinian people which it has repeatedly over and over again then the united states government republican or democrat from a way to condemn the united nations. the u.s. also did not support the resolution on syria put forward by russia which would call for all sides in the conflict to stop the violence and to start a dialogue instead he chose to take sides in a civil war. right now one might describe the u.s. that you do towards the u.n. as use it if needed go around it if you don't like it but while an approach to the world body might suit washington it makes for a bad recipe for the ability i'm going to check on reporting from washington r.t. . or more in-depth discussion on the standoff in syria coming up in twenty minutes time becka to this day so when stanley says there's no unity and opposition and that's a calls for military intervention unsupported by solid facts with a taste of the interview. although both sides deny differences in in

let's be the first state in the nation to do it. new york can lead the way once again. [ applause ] we have done great work when it comes to tax fairness. there is more work that we can do. we can go through that tax code and we can close loopholes, we can make it more fair. we can make it more pro-growth. there's a lot of work to do. i want to appoint a tax reform and fairness commission to go through the code to close the loopholes. i want to do it on a bipartisan basis in partnership with the legislature and let's get new york the fairest tax code in the nation that incentivizes job growth in the state. [ applause ] i'm going to be sending you a bill on campaign finance reform that puts public financing, match contributions, lower limits and increased enforcement at the board of elections, new york currently rates 48th in the country in voter turnout. we have a government that we can be proud of. let's have -- let's build on that and let's have elections that new yorkers can be proud of also. let's pass campaign finance reform, a

take on the issue of palestinian rights we can see here a manipulation of the united nations when it does what the united states wants fine but when it stands with the palestinian people which it has repeatedly over and over again then the united states government republican or democrat found a way to condemn the united nations. the u.s. also did not support the resolution on syria put forward by russia which would call for all sides in the conflict to stop the violence and to start a dialogue instead he chose to take sides in a civil war. one might describe the u.s. that's what you towards the u.n. as use it if needed go around it if you don't like it but while an all work hard approach to the world body might suit washington it makes for a bad recipe for world stability i'm going to check our reporting from washington archly. but to give journalists the mideast specialists are so when stanley told r.t. that the syrian opposition is very fragmented and so there's no unity between groups over the means of fighting the regime here's a quick taste of an interview coming your way next hour. ok so is there no diffe

of the state address from the state capitol in springfield. heend the national gas tax and create a for parents. this is a little over a half hour. >> please be seated. mr. governor. >> thank you. president cullerton and speaker and secretary white and comptroller and members of our general assembly, our distinguished guests and fellow citizens of illinois, i'm here today to report to you on the state of our state. before i begin, i know i speak for all of illinois in wishing our senator mark kirk a speedy recovery. [ applause ] we're all pulling for you, mark. and i know i speak for all of illinois and all of america in thanking our service members in every branch of service who have volunteered to protect our democracy. we're here today because of everything that our service members have done for us. we are especially proud of our service members in the illinois national guard. in the early morning last december 18th, a convoy of the illinois national guard's 116th transportation company led by their commander, captain michael barton crossed the desert into ir

the united states acted as if there was a crime against humanity that the united nations there take up the issue of palestinian rights we can see here a manipulation of the united nations when it does what the united states wants fine but when it stands with the palestinian people in which it has repeatedly over and over again then the united states government republican or democrat found a way to condemn the united nations. the u.s. also did not support the resolution on syria put forward by russia which would call for all sides in the conflict to stop the violence and to start a dialogue instead he chose to take sides in a civil war. one might describe the u.s. thirty two towards the u.n. as using if needed go around it if you don't like it but why would all of a court approach to the world body might suit washington mates were better recipe for world stability i'm going to check our reporting from washington. well more in-depth discussion on the standoff in syria that's coming up in just over twenty minutes with investigative journalist art so winstanley says there's n

secretary of state marshall at the time saw this as something that potentially could challenge the heart of the state department's authority. now, early incarnations of the nsc, then the national security adviser were trying to be careful not to do that, to give the state department the primary role short of the president in the nsc and to make sure it didn't infringe on the state department's turf. um, but tension began seriously during the kennedy administration because while the president and mitch george bundy himself, national security adviser, i'm convinced they did not seek to undercut the state department, but they saw it -- they sought above all to present actions to the president, to assess matters, to work with the people who were responsive to the president, sometimes to work around the people who weren't. and dean rusk, the secretary of state -- a very capable man -- did not really mess with the president. and he was very uncomfortable with this new version of the national security adviser. so when eisenhower was president, he had had this man for planning, and he had had almost secretly another man who later became famous, andrew goodpastor, fs who was his operat

that the electoral college votes in their state are awarded proportionally that if you which is some part of the vote in the state you can get some part of the electoral college votes with the national popular vote plan proposes it at the state level it says and the states that have signed on to say we're not going to apportion our electoral college votes to the winner of the national popular as you get to the part of the popular vote in our state we're going to apportion our electoral college votes to the winner of the national popular vote no matter what happens inside our state now you can be for or against that plan but the notion that it's unconstitutional is preposterous the constitution says that each state is allowed to decide how to portion their of their own electoral college votes now in a sense to me as you know if you are running to be the president the united states' right to be in charge of the executive branch that's the highest position that we have in this country so why wouldn't it be you know why wouldn't everybody get a say why would certain votes count more than other votes but they also bring up that there's constantly this argument that's made over not democr

the issue of palestinian rights we can see here a manipulation of the united nations when it does with the united states wants fine but when it stands with the palestinian people which it has repeatedly over and over again then the united states government republican or democrat from a way to condemn the united nations. the u.s. also did not support the resolution on syria for the work by russia which would call for all sides in the conflict to stop the violence and to start a dialogue instead he chose to take science in a simple. one might describe the us towards the u.n. you need to go around. but why would all the card approach to the world body might . it make a bad recipe for well i'm going to. argue. till i had an r t two bombs one detonated in india the other diffused in georgia both aimed at israeli embassies and now israel is putting a big target on iran claiming it for both of those bombs already the very latest on the escalating tension. in the scene. people calling what you said for free and fair elections. again we're still reporting from there. you can hear behind me loud explosions really

crime against humanity that the united nations there take up the issue of palestinian rights we can see here a manipulation of the united nations when it does what the united states wants fine but when it stands with the palestinian people which it has repeatedly over and over again then the united states government republican or democrat found a way to condemn the united nations. the u.s. also did not support the resolution on syria put forward by russia which would call for all sides in the conflict to stop the violence and to start a dialogue instead it chose to take sides in a civil war. one might describe the u.s. attitude towards the u.n. as use it if needed go around it if you don't like it but while an almost carte approach to the world body might suit washington it makes for a bad recipe for the ability i'm going to check on reporting from washington r.t. . what about twenty minutes we have more in-depth discussion on the standoff over syria today we speak to investigative journalist so when stanley who believes it's incredibly difficult to verify information coming out of that country here's a taste of that interview. i find it all seems to me basically

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 nevertheless as a group of economies will we see further influence from those brics countries in comparison to what we've just been talking about the u.s. for example absolutely if anything the pentagon is probably a good reference point you know that starting in the year twenty seventeen america's greatest enemy or potential enemy is china because it will be the largest economy so knowing that economy very often calls the shots i think of the pentagon planners all over are not in the economic field they know very well what the future has in store and they are probably the only long term one of the worst in the world the chinese however would the news of experience have been long term planners fo

been very cautious with about the information they received about iraq so the combination of the national states and the inspectors who are there legally on the site is a very very useful well the world doesn't seem to be getting any simpler but we thank you for helping to make it a little bit more sense of it so mr blix trying much like. wealthy british scientists are. trying to explain. markets why not come to. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike's cause or for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into cars a report on our. wealthy british style holds the. title. of the. markets why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy. he's. a terror plot to kill vladimir putin afforded by moscow and kiev which was planned shortly after the presidential election sunday three suspects arrested for a bomb plot in ukraine have confessed to preparing to assassinate the prime minister. yes to reform the syrian people overwhelmingly approved a new constitution after voting in a landmark referendum but the e.u. is stepping up pressure with

been very cautious with about the information they received about iran so the combination of the national states and the inspectors who are there legally on the site is a very very useful well the world doesn't seem to be getting any simpler but we thank you for helping to make it a little bit more sense of it so mr blix trying much like. happiness and tragedy. roshan. and b. train. family. and does a lake. on the bottom of a coffee swamp. wealthy british style. pastime. markets why not come to. find out what's really happening to the global economy with max concert for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into cars a report on our. an assassination attempt targeting russia's prime minister vladimir putin has been foiled by russian ukrainian special forces according to russia's main state t.v. channel the suspects reportedly admitted planning to make their move in moscow right after sunday's presidential ballots in. syria is awaiting results of sunday's referendum on a new draft constitution and one party rule that the government already had it as a success but the oppos

and of course the partisan b bickerring that we have seen on the national state and state stages from time to time. and i truly believe that when the history of this period is written that you, sir, are going to be remembered as a critical figure. because your role has been so prominent in helping avoid the complete collapse of our financial system and for that we are enormously grateful. we continue to have major fiscal challenges facing the country. a long-term budget crisis brought on primarily from the rising cost of health care and out dated tax system, and yours of political expediance and the economic challenge of a slow recover as the chart indicates from that 2008 financial crisis. which, if it had not been for, by the way, the bipartisan cooperation, after september of 2008, when we nearly went into a financial death spiral, and the cooperation of an out going republican administration, with the incoming democratic administration, the two of them working together to reverse that death spiral, now, cbos report last week sheds new light on the long-term budget challenge. under

bring to the united states it's a lot tougher since we have divided government here but republicans are trying to do their best anyway especially at the state level twenty four states across the nation mostly controlled by republicans have pursued austerity slash their budgets and laid off government workers and just like in europe it's been bad for their economies on average in those twenty four states the unemployment rate ticked up one percent private employment shrank two point one percent and the economy shrank by two point nine percent on the other hand twenty five states mostly controlled by democrats didn't pursue austerity and actually increased spending and taxes and on average those twenty five states saw eight digits of a percent decrease in unemployment a one point four percent increase in private employment and a half percent increase in economic growth once again austerity doesn't work. so why are republicans pushing it so hard both at the state and federal level for us here in the united states is something going on here that has nothing to do with fixing economies austerity is just a vehicle it's not supposed to help a commie it's actually supposed to remake an econ

the big issues. if we're going to create a big national state that has administrative authority. how do we keep corporate interests out of it? what happens is, this is talked about by the tea party more as crony capitalism. you have a tea party argument saying we want to free the american people and the economy from the oppressive state. you have occupy wall street and the folks down the street here at mcpherson square saying we want to free the people in our government from the influence of corporations and money. they are trying to challenge the two-party duopoly in some ways but it's not likely to engage in refashioning of american politics we saw in 1912. a little built of context, reading about 1912 is probably more interesting than talking about 2012. that said, what about president obama's speech as useful and interesting to talk about? i think it's pretty clear that he's -- you know, he made a fairly shrewd move by embracing teddy roosevelt's new nationalism here. i'm going to talk in a minute about how it doesn't reach the levels of tr's original address in many ways. oba

crime against humanity that the united nations their take on the issue of palestinian rights we can see here a manipulation of the united nations when it does what the united states wants fine but when it stands with the palestinian people which it has repeatedly over and over again then the united states government republican or democrat from going away to condemn the united nations. the u.s. also did not support the resolution on syria put forward by russia which would call for all sides in the conflict to stop the violence and to start a dialogue instead he chose to take sides in a civil war. one might describe the u.s. that he towards the u.n. as use if needed go around if you don't like it but while in all the court approach to the world body might suit washington it makes for a bad recipe for the stability i'm going to check on reporting from washington r.t. . well for some more analysis of the syrian crisis we're now joined by james corbett editor of the independent news website a corporate report dot com thanks for being with us the arab league is calling on the u.n. to send peacekeepers to syria what this is a t.v. and how different might it be from the