the u.k. would respond does or so the r.t.e. london. now russia's foreign ministry says the syrian opposition's reluctance to take part in peace talks is a made obstacle in the way of ending the bloodshed in other developments in syria damascus claims that western intelligence agencies have been to the city to discuss the radical groups fighting president asad let's get now the thoughts of intelligence analysts clamor trainer harvey thank you so much mr harvey for joining us here in r.t. to discuss the situation is in the country so why do you think first off western help in services are moving towards cooperation with syria's government right now and which countries do you think could be involved well it's hardly surprising at the moment. suggests that germany france spain and of course the united kingdom are engaged in conversations in damascus with the heater out. the maid syrian intelligence agency plus a mohawk about iraq the military intelligence agency and the reason for their conversations and so the concern that the west has an

carney at the bank of england as an attempt to continue to bail out the big four zombie banks in the u.k. r.b.s. lloyds barclays and the other one so they don't understand vince cable doesn't seem to understand that there's a connection so either he's just financially illiterate or use trying to convince the u.k. people that he's he's stupid which i think he's doing a good job but the economist did a piece about these house prices because it's important to note that the house prices are rising very fast here it's only in nominal terms here's the economist it's a chart in nominal prices the light blue is the u.k. as you see prices are rocketing that dark blue line is the u.s. not so rocketing and oranges japan definitely not rocketing but if you put it in here's the chart in real terms you see prices are indeed down twenty two percent in the u.k. but people are very just as happy with nominal price rises they don't. understand that they're actually conformed for what does this is what i'm saying in other words if you don't mark to market and do real accounting in other words of k.p.n. g.e

the u.k. would respond does or sylvia r.t. london russia's foreign ministry says the reluctance of the syrian opposition to take part in peace talks is the main obstacle on the way to ending bloodshed that says a major donors conference is taking place in kuwait as part of a u.n. appeal to raise six point five billion dollars for struggling syrian civilians the largest aid appeal in the organisation's history but it's also claimed doubts the refugee crisis is being used by some countries to push their own agendas in syria you have been ignored when it's convenient and it's been quarters were nowhere near when they're playing along with the game and they really don't have the say in anything if everyone gave them to the refugees or there would be no more emergency gives the whole syrian issue more often memphis's when you have refugees suffering the governments can claim to their citizens or they really need to go in and help as we know nato did in libya and they tried to do that in syria recently. in other developments in syria

burning building with no exits reform or decline britain's treasury chief warns the european union that the u.k. will quit if nothing's done to fix the block's flagging competitiveness. the web the u.s. communication giants empowered to govern internet traffic at the go ahead online services jump the queue at the expense of others. in this is art international live from moscow eight pm here now our top story then this hour the second and final day of voting is underway in egypt on whether to accept another new constitution critics say yes result will serve to secure the military's grip on future governments the ousted muslim brotherhood refuses to take part calling it a sham referendum that puts the army before the people volunteering day one of the ballot killed eleven r.t.l. troops and kyra. well the chip sions it once again in the polling stations for a second day on this referendum on the constitution people behind it so are this interim governments and also the minutes three and then the people who stand to gain the most if this is a yes votes and if there's a high turnout in particular th

the u.k. would respond does or so the r.t.e. london. russia's foreign ministry says the syrian opposition's reluctance to take part in peace talks is the main obstacle in the way of ending the bloodshed right now and in other developments on syria damascus claims that western intelligence agencies have been to the city did the scuffs the radical groups fighting president assad syria's deputy foreign minister suspects indeed there's a rift between politicians and intelligence communities and some western countries that have been calling for assad to go earlier we spoke to former british counterterrorism intelligence officer charles hsu bridgie explain to me why he thinks we may be seeing a change in european and american policies right now world syria. i think that's a recognition of a number of factors one of those is the inability of the syrian opposition and the rebels to get their act together politically but also i think there's a recognition that militarily the rebels are unable to deliver on their promises in any case perhaps of m

the u.k. would respond does or sylvia r.t. london. russia's foreign ministry says the syrian opposition the reluctance to take part in peace talks is the main obstacle the way of ending the bloodshed right now and in other developments from syria to massacres claims the western intelligence agencies have been to the city to discuss the radical groups fighting president assad syria's deputy foreign minister suspects as a rift between politicians and intelligence communities and some western countries that have been calling for assad to go let's bring in charles shu bridge in fact as i'm about to say let's talk to show charles she bridge i'm being told that we don't have charles to bridge there so we're trying to get to him to get some comment on him very shortly we are all right let's move on here wave of bombings in iraq has killed at least sixty two people in baghdad the northern city of books the worst attacks or eighteen people die when a suicide bomber blew himself up at a funeral procession the u.n. says over five hundred people h

to be in the know what. now u.k. finance chief george osborne has issued a stark warning to the e.u. saying it needs urgent reforms to regain its competitiveness and britain could leave the bloc if it fails to do so let's get some details from march's laura smith who is in london for us so long as we can see is some very strong words from chancellor what has prompted this well i think the why it's pretty easily summed up by an analogy that george osborne used to the beginning of his speech on wednesday where he said europe's like a burning building with no exits basically he sees the political bloc as the falling behind india and china overspending on welfare becoming less and less competitive essentially an economic and political bloc in decline domestically of course here in the u.k. the e.u. is losing popularity people see it's very expensive increasingly power hungry and also the originator of an awful lot of red tape but also one central message today was that the u.k. is not pushing for reform for its own sake o

it's only in nominal terms here's the economist it's a chart in nominal prices the light blue is the u.k. as you see prices are rocketing that dark blue line is the u.s. not so rocketing and oranges japan definitely not rocketing but if you put it in here is the chart in real terms you see prices are indeed down twenty two percent in the u.k. but people are very just as happy with nominal price rises they don't. understand that they're actually can form for this is what i'm saying in other words if you don't mark to market and do real accounting in other words of k.p.n. g.e. or price waterhouse cooper or deloitte ernst and young who work for the government if they actually handed them a piece of paper with honest accounting not arthur andersen enron accounting which they're all still guilty of perpetuating but they did a really counting what the housing stock is really worth on the balance sheet of these four banks then the government would have to close these four banks because those four banks the big four banks in the u.k. are technically in solvent they are only still breathing by an

it's now is the time because the u.k. had ten years to investigate to prosecute the direct perpetrators but also the higher ups in the u.k. ten years and there are still hardly any prosecutions in the country so now it's simply the time that international courts have to step in well there are also you know political considerations here regardless of guilt do you believe the u.k. would actually allow its top officials to be prosecuted. the u.k. rectified the rome statute and they are under the same obligations as any other states and that also includes to cooperate with the court and so it's still left to chance to prosecutes of people themself in the country but if they don't do so they have to cooperate with the international criminal court the i.c.c. has a reputation for going after africans what it dare go against a european power such as britain. it's the time now also for the i.c.c. after also ten years in its existence to broaden its of focus not only on africa but also on the u.k. but also in states like colombia. w

the big issue in the u.k. right now is something everybody is talking about, the fear of missing out. fomo, as they call it. in my age group. this is something happening across all regions, across all age groups. they think if they are not on the housing ladder they are going to be priced out. this is a big issue for this country and it will be through 2014. >> we're getting to an interesting race right now. rates are likely to start to rise. you're going to see that priced into the market. how that affects affordability starts to become quite interesting. you have to project forward two or three years to work out exactly where these people are going to be further down the road. some says that the government is setting a trap for them. >> this is a massive issue. from nationwide's on earlier talking about affordability. wereld hope that mortgages affordable with interest rates at record lows. what happens when interest rates start to rise? a lot of people's mortgages track the base rate. what happens when that

what we are seeing in the u.k. . house. ok ok well i mean i think the answer is that we can tweet about and follow us on twitter for a follow up but i think the answer is the debt the debt the debt levels are are epically higher than they had been in two thousand and eight so we've got to go back and really examine the policy makes and who is doing what to whom but we're out of time danny thanks so much for being on the kaiser report hope to have it on again soon to see it. ok and that's going to do it for this edition of the kaiser report was made max kaiser stacy herbert i'd like to thank our guest david blanchflower if you'd like to get in touch tweet us a kaiser report that's a lifetime bio. if you. need no opportunity. to start to construct your current. q don't want to be bit gives don't want to be gangsters you don't want to be. they don't want to blow you know the time that the kid came to be we can see. you just meet her as i was and i hope i was in the hood with a very good thirty round clip. but i said. i don't wa

in the u.k. ten years and there are still hardly any prosecutions in that country so now it's simply the time that the international courts have to step in this is far from the first serious attempt to bring the u.k. armed forces to account for their iraq war transgressions the last one being in september on our website you can read the harrowing allegations of how british troops in one battle mutilated the bodies of fallen iraqis. with the u.s. national security agency has gone to staggering lengths to hoard the private data millions of people at an independent study now suggests all that information failed to produce the results the government had hoped for artie's marina portnoy explains . when edward snowden first revealed the u.s. government's indiscriminate collection of every american's phone data u.s. president barack obama defended the program insisting that dozens of threats around the world have been a bit courtesy of the national security agency and i say chief general keith alexander

>> the housing market in the u.k. is critical. is one of the main things that drives consumption. it will be interesting to see what it means for the concept of forward guidance. >> do you think the bank of england has done something wrong on forward guidance? --you think they have been >> it is a credibility issue. you cannot tell markets that interest rates are going to do something when it is markets that determine what interest rate are going to do. that is where it comes back and bites you. >> that is when forward guidance becomes obligated. thank you very much for joining us. coming up, british retailer next raises its four-year forecast -- full-year forecast. we will see what its policy had to do with the story. stay with us. ♪ >> welcome back to "on the move ." i am an edwards in london. here are some companies that are on the move this morning. sold itsury fox minority stake in star china tv. the company is divesting businesses in which they can gain majority ownership. -- can't gain the dirty ownership. -- majority owner

the u.k. braces itself for a new wave of immigration is the lifts would permit requirements for both gary and remains well cold for david cameron to safeguard the borders go on he did. and. residents in new york have a new form of brutality to contend with and it's spreading like wildfire both online and on the streets. thanks for joining us you're.

in the u.k. ten years there are still hardly any prosecutions in the country so now it's simply the time that international courts have to step in. but as you mentioned it's not the first major attempt to get the u.k. forces to for alleged iraq war abuses and i read about a previous inquiry into allegations that british soldiers told should take these mutilated the corpses of killed iraqis and the reaction that got them from. voting in egypt for yet another constitutions be marred by deadly violence with the muslim brotherhood claiming that at least six people have been killed in clashes with police south of the capital security is intense with more than two hundred thousand police officers on the streets the massive deployments failing to prevent attacks from skirmishes just before polling stations opened a bomb went off in a cairo court house luckily no one was injured there opponents of the latest constitution claim that the document will cement the power of the military backed interim governme

slow christmas for two retail giants in the u.k.. have your retail roundup next. ♪ >> welcome back to "on the move ." i am francine lacqua in london. here are some companies on the move. no participant is said to be in talks with merck to trade its axioms unit for merck over-the- counter products business. the two drugmakers may each trade $5 billion in assets. for would fit strategies both companies to focus on core strength. japan's health ministry is seeking criminal investigation. the complaint accuses novartis of exaggerating the effectiveness of its hypertension drug. is one of novartis's bestsellers. danone canceled a supply contract with new zealand. they are seeking competition from last year's product recalls over a contamination scare. protein used in baby formula may have been tainted with botulism, causing bacteria. for more, let's head over to paris. danone very much in focus. >> exactly. it is a very big deal because baby products represent about one percent of their revenues. it all started about six months theseen th

well we certainly are seeing in the u.k. . house. ok ok well i mean i think the answer is and we can tweet about and follow us on twitter for a follow up but i think the answer is the debt the debt the debt levels are are epically higher than they had been in two thousand and eight so we've got to go back and really examine the policy makes and who is doing what to whom but we're out of time danny thanks so much for being on the kaiser report hope to have it on again soon to see it. ok and that's going to do it for this edition of the kaiser report with me max kaiser stacy herbert i'd like to thank our guest david blanchflower if you'd like to get in touch tweet us a kaiser report it's a lifetime bio. why is the price of gold so high. demand global demand do you think oldest money. know the value of the only place we have to live of the water that we need to survive it's not compared to bill i mean gold we're not going to eat gold we're not going to bait gold. we're not going to drink what clearly what amal is and is in a desperate ec

models include money they just modeling based on certain assumptions that don't include debt so in the u.k. economy as close to a thousand percent debt to g.d.p. inclusive a bank the national debt household debt corporate debt that's a thousand percent what you iceland before blew up but i was born tells us this is . good this is a recovery this is good news and this to paper the times of london carries a story saying he's the britain of the year he's the clown of the year you should be getting the clown of the year meanwhile at the close association over there at the festival of red nose day one of the color comic relief they say they're out there actually investing in cigarette companies gambling companies energy companies they're the ones investing in the worst the worst of the worst in terms of companies so the real clowns are investing in death and destruction and this guy is not supposed to be a clown is out there doing closer to getting people more into debt. well so we have these million people in perilous debt at a minimum but is this a small percentage of the population and yet w

small burst of growth in the last three quarters ok actualize it as you would a mascot a race and the u.k. economy did a pretty fast lap sadly it was lap four times by most of the competitive countries what we see is all stares at your post on the economy outputs about five percent lower than it should have been if also and haven't actually implemented this oh and the good example really when white people aren't feeling good is it g.d.p. per capita cheer i'm compared to q two two thousand and ten is up point four percent so i shit that rate it will take fifty years with current policies to actually goes back to the starting levels so far so i'm really recovery this is been the worst most disastrous mapper economic policy in a hundred years the slowest recovery in a hundred years and we are seeing this little sliver up but this is been a disaster now let's let's point out that george osborne the chancellor was named britain of the year for returning the u.k. to growth so meanwhile there's a lot of placards are circulating that say britain isn't eating kind of a swipe going back to the old

in the u.k. nds of dixons likeetionary companies, the likes of amazon and other giants. they are also suffering, as well. strategies and i think, going forward, it is about the online strategy and having a restructuring of the business. >> i hate to write up the whole week. if we can jump to friday, what can we expect to the -- from the payroll number? >> it will be in line with consensus and a confirmation of the fed plan to start tapering this month. stronger, aything lot of people will start get the that we will and the bond program by 2014. the bond program by 2014. >> the bank of england and the european central bank. matter will the arise from those? >> there will be no changes this month and i don't expect any. ecb will be a bit tricky and there will be the issue of deflation and the unemployment rate. that will be the big focus. we willbe stronger and see a deeper contraction in some of the markets that will be interesting. focuset yellen will be in te.the 15th federal reserve >> will she

and cancer provocation through fracking and the u.k. public and the japanese public and american public can't wait to get cancer that's their goal in life most will golf all right we got to go by who. state to have a second i have a whole lot more. imports came from illegal fishing. the european union is ironically taking fish from some of the poorest nations on earth so this is a very serious and very urgent problem that needs immediate international action. on the territorial waters of the fish they load the fish into the ships and leave for. illegal fishing just taking the bread out of our mouths. i. find. all that. money and other family politics right. here just to. welcome back to the kaiser report by max kaiser time now to go to colorado and speak with the don draper of pot mason to work their actor of communications for the marijuana policy project with help pass the colorado's recent marijuana legislation welcome to the show. thanks remy all right mason tell us about colorado's new marijuana law what is actually allowed under th

what we are seeing in the u.k. . house. ok ok well i mean the i think the answer is and we can tweet about and follow us on twitter for fun follow up but i think the answer is the debt the debt the debt levels are our epically higher than they have been in two thousand and eight so we've got to go back and really examine the policy makes and who is doing what to whom but we're out of time danny thanks so much for being on the kaiser report hope to have it on again sin to see it. ok and that's going to do it for this edition of the kaiser report with me max kaiser stacy herbert i'd like to thank our guest david blanchflower if you'd like to get in touch tweet us a kaiser report it's a lifetime bio. millions around the globe struggle with hunger each good. what if someone offers a lifetime food supply no charge. they can the very strong position against g.m.o. and we think that's. the genetic anymore the right products are pretty cool tool there is no. evidence to this any problem with genetic engineering when you make a deal.

the u.k. is criticised for refusing to let in syrian war refugees who are struggling to survive the world's worst humanitarian crisis in decades. and say hello to a new version of cyberspace where internet providers get to decide which websites you see based on their commercial interests we explain shortly. you're watching our international live from our moscow headquarters where it's just after nine in the morning and windy france thanks for joining me. in just a few hours polling stations will be opening across egypt for a second day of voting on a new constitution that has the backing of the transitional government and egypt's powerful military which brought down islam as president will hamad morsi six months ago in a coup supported by nationwide protests since then the country's new rulers have worked vigorously to cripple the entire power structure of the muslim brotherhood the movement was even saw the jailing of a senior members and was even declared a terrorist organization day one of t

the u.k. retail sector experienced challenging christmas trading conditions. >> welcome to countdown. >> a major winter storm is hitting the united states as we speak. the northeast is seeing blizzard conditions from new york to maine. the worst of it is happening right now. boston, it might get up to 14 inches of snow. new york city, up to 19 inches. more than 2000 flights have been canceled. 6000 have been delayed. quite fascinating. new york and new jersey governor's declaring a state of emergency. let's bring it back to the u.k., shall we? retail, mixed fortune. big discounts failed to spur last-minute christmas shopping. this is a predominant force in the united kingdom. there have been a lot of concern about clothing retailers. fashion sales are a concern. -- haveing the likes of done far better. many anticipating the next will be setting the scene for us. -- trying to get the foot all -- football. they lost their chief financial officer as well. we are expecting sales to rise, but it wil

i think that looks forward that actually well it would be the first time it was used here in the u.k. and i like to call it the water canon a financial fraud is the reason why it has to be bring in because they're saying that there's going to be ongoing austerity measures they predict there's going to be a negative outcome about this and you could tell it's done in order to protect the top point zero zero one percent because they're having a bespoke made water cannon in germany of course only german make cars for the top elite well yeah i mean for the bespoke water cannons here to stuff a lot of the you know marmite goes ling obese brits into the can and you need extra sturdy cannons to make it all work but there's another analogy here which is of course the water cannon you could say is not analogous to quantitative easing which is just a water cannon of money which as in rich the bankers who have been caught committing fraud like h.s.b.c. barclays royal bank of scotland and lloyds and so this is the water cannon of money the free money as a reward for committing crimes and fraud mal

in japan the growth is there, in the u.k. we see quite good growth, so i think now the challenge is for a government policymaker not to be too much complacent and continue physical confrontation and structural reform. i think that will be the key. >> let us know what your biggest concern is by getting in touch with us. >>> global equities, the dow jones stock 600, take a picture of this. pretty even stevens, really, between advances and decline. the decline has just about had it by a short nose, but dow 600 is down a quarter of a percent. ftse very flat in low volumes, right now it's down another eight points. we'll be looking at the retailers during the course of the week. we'll talk to mark spencer as we don't think the gross has done particularly well, but next week has done potentially well. the ftse is up a third of 1%. some italian shares have fallen at the open after telefonica denied a report it was looking to join telecom italia. comm bank up 3% as they look to sell their banks in germany. the opportunity to expand th

it's now is a time because the u.k. had ten years to investigate to prosecute the direct perpetrators but also the higher ups. in the u.k. ten years. any prosecutions in that country so now it's simply the time. that international courts have to step in. with the first serious attempt to bring the u.k. armed forces to account for the iraq war transgressions the last one being in september and on our website you can read. of how british troops in one battle mutilated the bodies of fallen and rocky's. voting on a new egyptian constitution has got off to a turbulent start violence has been reported and near the capital despite a two hundred thousand strong police presence the true has more on the latest from cairo there was a bomb blast here in the capital in an area called the better that's a court room that was supposed to house all the ballots about particular area by the end of the day the explosion was so large that it managed to break the windows of the buildings adjacent to it however no one was injured it's not the

right wing groups are gaining ground from the u.k. to greece and their voice is said to get louder we queue european parliamentary elections looming in the spring. hill to become the. as new tracks and not just to be at this time stay with. the newest addition to the south she's infrastructure that will both stand in the van used in simple quick time. now a new form of violence has hit the streets of new york and police that seem unable or unwilling to do anything to stop it rena portnoy has more now on the new gang craze that's spreading fear across the city. you're walking down the street minding your own business and without warning police say they are investigating yet another knockout attack attackers mainly in their teens targeting victims at random it's called the knockout game the goal of this violent and twisted so called game is to knock a stranger unconscious with a single punch a feared phenomenon across the nation the ongoing brutality has claimed lives in at least three u.s. states here in new york city more than ten peop

government by your proving these arrangements the u.k. government because after all these are british territories and i believe that these are abuses that need to stop them not only exchange of information that's not enough but stopping the abuse itself of letting very very british people from the united states or europe or mega companies like apple like apple or google take their profits and instead of paying the taxes that they should pay as decent citizens put the tax free in these tax havens with the approval of the politicians of course who get the tax who would use this to generate campaign contributions so this is a scandalous system that really needs to stop not just some exchange of information there's been a little progress but we have a long way to go because it's estimated that there are maybe twenty trillion dollars of assets booked in these tax havens around the world that's an abuse of the public trust now that's a wrap for today's frenzy capital and i'm going to be heading to switzerland for the davos economic forum next we

these it should be good enough for the u.k. to the international criminal court has come under increasing pressure to act against war crimes committed by western countries it's now up to the prosecutor at the i.c.c. to go through the claims of abuse and to decide whether to call high ranking british officials into the dock at the hague ali boy artsy and majority of the contents of the report are being kept away from the public but some parts of it have come to light the dossier contains reports of killings beatings raping rapes and various torture methods that the u.k. forces allegedly used on a rocky's families of inmates also reportedly targeted the eight year old son of one man supposedly slot by an officer as his father was being arrested and other former detainee claims soldiers threatened to sexually abuse his sister we spoke with one of the co-authors of the report for more on the allegations. evidence shows that it's not only about individual and single cases and incidents it's really a systematic pattern of reparative a

and admits the u.k. visit is unprecedented but his organization is worried that any violation of the freedom of the press here will give others carte blanche to oppress their own media and throwing away three hundred years of press freedom inside a single year is not something to be ignored. and i was some more global headlines this hour i think couples have broken out the riot police and protesters marching in memory of a journalist gunned down seven years ago around during campaign for armenia rights and all shot by an ultra nationalist outside his newspaper's office director say big government is done little to uncover lend support to the killer they rally takes place once again and has become a general call for justice in. america and japan has strongly against the relocation of a us military base to his city has been reelected divide puts us planted in the wax fish oils have been trying to move the current installation from okinawa for more than ten years thirty thousand american soldiers are still s

well back to the day that data started the form started here in the u.k. the other side of this boom and bust sort of financial eyes economy police to ask home secretary to approve use of water cannon across the country the association of chief police officers said that the need to control continued protests from quote ongoing and potential future austerity measures justifies the introduction of water cannon across britain for the first time. i think they should feel themselves lucky that they're going to use water cannons on the on the victims of financialization instead of actually stuffing the victims into the cannon itself and firing the victims at each other and just using human cannonballs i think that'll be the next step of george osborne the giant poker stuffing the austerity victims into cannons and firing them over the thames and then you know taking pot shots at him from buckingham palace that'll be kind. take it they got rid of fox on thing that didn't have austerity victim hunting with george osborne the little cute cat. there's another sucker.

crate of some of the finest dope possible in the u.k. actually to smoke it recreationally in china is against the law you face very long prison sentences however they are the world's leader in industrial hemp so they grow that industrial a for traditional chinese medicine they've always used it medicinally which the u.s. has that's how they enter the markets in new york for example is allowing medicinal marijuana not recreational marijuana but this is the first move china you seem only confused about medicinal and what's not and was available in the pharmaceutical section of your supermarket i mean you have got fi agra and yet they still go after you know a rhino horn for a reptile dysfunction driving the rhino to extinction when all they get the little blue pill mr chinese man ok you don't need to go kill a rhino to you know get a spliff and get a little blue pill and you're set for the weekend don't go kill a rhino you don't need to be killed rhinos anymore could you do your thing and wake up to the twenty first century so there you hav

the u.k. braces itself for a new wave of immigration is the. requirements for both. calls for david cameron to safeguard the borders go unheeded. and. residents in new york have a new form of brutality to contend with and it's spreading like wildfire both online and on the street. thanks for joining us you're watching. international. now doctors in moscow are trying to save the lives of a baby and a young girl critically injured in the volgograd terrorist attacks they've been brought to the russian capital for specialist treatment after the blast an artesian in english joins me live now for more details on this arena for further information do you have about their condition. well at this point we do know that both children are in serious condition but the doctors are saying that there is positive dynamic i'm outside the russian children's clinical hospital is seriously one of the best hospitals for children in the nation that is where both of the girls are being treated now the nine year old was wounded in during the first blast that took place in volgograd on decemb

right wing groups again in grants from the u.k. to greece and their voice is set to get louder with european parliamentary elections looming in the spring. come the olympic city has new tracks and not just for the athletes this time stay with us for a look at the new is to dish and to sell cheese infrastructure whisk sports fans to the venue in simple quick time. now a new form of violence has hit the streets of new york and police seem unable or unwilling to do anything to stop it portnoy has more now on the new gang craze that's spreading fear across the city. you're walking down the street minding your own business and without warning police say they are investigating yet another knockout attack attackers mainly in their teens targeting victims at random it's called the knockout game the goal of this violent and twisted so called game is to knock a stranger unconscious with a single punch a feared phenomenon across the nation the ongoing brutality has claimed lives in at least three u.s. states here in new york city more than ten