as a result the u.s. debt has ballooned to more than fourteen trillion dollars much of that debt is owned by china it's at a time when many of the country's neighborhoods look like this and urban areas like this still for some including the mainstream media the military is often the first priority when it comes to spending beijing is rapidly modernizing its strategic nuclear forces and developing space weaponry china is developing ten varieties of ballistic missiles some of which will be able to strike the continental united states but critics say the threat from china is not the people's liberation army the threat from china is its growing economic might like every economist you talk to in washington are they say the u. one is going to be. the actual currency of the world maybe by two thousand and twenty so the economic policy of washington should lead and not the pentagon so . friend or foe only this day top leaders here. with this message building mutual trust and respect will help us to solve shared pr

nationals outside the u.s. and for his direct involvement in the bombing of the united states embassy s. in dar all islam timed tanzania and kenya and we're all lucky who earlier this year are just muslims residing in the u.s. to attack this country mongol sarel shukrijumah a high ranking member of al qaeda formerly a resident of florida he speaks perfect english and is thought by many to be a field commander planning the next terrorist attack on u.s. soil and then there's adam gadahn he was born in oregon and grew up in southern california he has appeared in numerous al qaeda videos and has threatened violence against his home country he remains also on the f.b.i.'s list of most wanted terrorists now many people today calling osama bin laden the quote world's most wanted terrorists and let's not forget we're only one country and all those all of the line was our most wanted terrorist if you go to other parts of the world there are others considered more important for them for example in russia doku umarov he i

will on their behalf go to the u.s. judge and get a search warrant the other on the other possibility is that a facebook has the data stored overseas and they can have preference that way but i think as far as i know the servers are just in the u.s. . i was declan mccullagh correspondent person at news now yesterday we brought you the story of numerous journalists who've been arrested at the hands of the u.s. government today we take this story even further and look into several deaths that have occurred journalists who are not killed because they are caught in the crossfire but because they were targeted by u.s. forces or to correspondent christine has a story. you could say it was the latest batch of shots went around the world brought to the warrant by wiki leaks and millions watched in horror as the pilots here treated the canada as a game. among those killed in this july two thousand and seven clash to reuters employees talk referred to near nortel dean and his assistant and driver site even someone he's calling a s

and the u.s. fighting various wars together and using their different strategy techniques very closely in line with each other but some see that formalization of this working relationship as very dangerous to the rest of the world as my record shows all smiles and handshakes as the u.k. and the u.s. take their special relationship to the next level washington's preparing to open up its highly secretive national security council to london as the two countries pledged to deal jointly with perceived security and foreign policy challenges. cost to the rest of the world. i don't think it will change foreign policy in any dramatic way i remember that britain already shares a huge amount of intelligence with the united states in fact britain's nuclear deterrent can't actually launch a nuclear missile on its own so in fact what is happening today is largely symbolic the special relationship phrase was a people he tested one. blair was in power and his relationship to bush was seen in britain pretty much mo

and the u.s. take their special relationship to the next level washington's preparing to open up its highly secretive national security council to london as the two countries pledged to deal jointly with perceived security and foreign policy challenges but what cost to the rest of the world i don't think it will be foreign policy any dramatic i regret. britain already shares a huge amount of intelligence with the united states in fact britain's nuclear deterrent can actually nuclear missile on its own so in fact what is happening today is largely symbolic the special relationship phrase contested one. blair was in power and his relationship to push was seen in britain to be much more one of approval rather than a partner and yes in a sense it will describe these unpopular wars. not everyone welcomes president obama's presence in the u.k. a range of groups are using it as an opportunity to demonstrate against what they see as the anglo-saxon warmachine and islamist fringe organizations linked aggres

and the u.s. government is well on its way to getting its debt ceiling by early august twelfth analysis for you from the business desk in twenty minutes time. one pm in moscow i met treasurer bring you today's news here on r t our top story with the u.s. having killed the man who was the reason for going to war in afghanistan nearly a decade ago many are questioning what's next for the military operation there tremendous cost of the campaign both in money and human life suggests the temptation is big for washington to declare mission accomplished and pull out but archie's marine important i reports bin laden's death is unlikely to improve life in the war torn country. nine years on the war in afghanistan has grown visibly worse while u.s. rhetoric surrounding it has consistently spun in circles we are making progress there is what is unable to make the progress that we have made i think it's possible that by the end of this year a year. since two thousand and three washington has repeatedly claimed

a military to allow the u.s. to carry out military operations that sense two thousand and one taking the lives of more than a million civilians. in iraq in afghanistan now in libya and of course that leads to an escalation of resistance of hatred of revenge and so in terms of keeping the american people safe that's a ridiculous notion the u.s. has a track record of policies that backfired like arming and training the afghan mujahideen in the 1980's in their fight against the soviet troops subsequently the same which are hitting militants turned their rap and training against the u.s. among those supported by the u.s. was also some of bin ladin who was group eventual evolved into al qaida one great program we're. still seeing as a great success. but one lesson was learnt victory over evil makes great television and approval ratings for the man in charge . obama said that he had known about bin laden's whereabouts sees august last year but only last week had he given the order to take him it's been two weeks he's ob

what i'm saying is the chinese leadership in essence see the u.s. as the single barrier that stands in the way to china assuming its quote rightful role as the predominant economic and eventually military superpower on earth what do you think the united states is china as we see china use there's a reason to continue asking leading us military spending the us spend six times what china spends it seems that the united states is the one that is progressing in imperial policy not china well three points there first of all the us has military responsibility that even the chinese leadership acknowledges china has stated that the use of u.s. presence in afghanistan is desirable for strategic trying these interests certainly trying on the us cooperated in the korean peninsula recently during a period of instability so the chinese recognize that the u.s. has defense responsibilities that provide a burden to the u.s. economy and budget china does not have to be there and certainly china also recognizes that the u.s. provides stability on the other hand the ch

it sounds like china and the u.s. have a sweet relationship at least for today this as leaders from the two countries powwow in washington d.c. to talk money among other things so is this the u.s. keeping its friends close and its enemies closer. and the world is alive with the sound of music as celebrations take place to remember the day nazi germany was defeated so sixty six years later what has happened to that sense of worldwide collaboration. good afternoon it's monday night four pm here in washington d.c. a more a lister you're watching r.t. well in a little more than a week since the united states killed osama bin laden we have seen several images crowds chanting usa outside of the white house we've seen celebrate story dance party songs at the internet about his killing so was this the new american way and those images aside do americans think his killing was a victory for the u.s. in the war on terror laurie harkness of the resident dot net took this question to the streets of new york city take a look. with t

the u.s. is in custody of bin laden's body. he will be buried at sea. rob and pegy. >> yes, many people wondering, where is that body now? so good to know that. now, t.j., of course we're watching these celebrations unfold at the white house, also here in new york at ground zero. tell us about that. >> well, that's right. a spontaneous celebrations have brokenen out. as you mentioned in front of the white house. thousands of people have gathered, waving that american flags and chanting "usa, usa" also just singing national anthems. here in new york city, thousands of people gathering in times square and down at ground zero. of course, on 9/11 nearly 3,000 people were killed by al qaeda operatives who hijacked those planes. i'm just going to read some tweets here, some realtime tweets about these celebrations. one of them says about ground zero, the crowds are audible from several blocks away. another reads the entire country sharing in this moment as crowds outside the white house and ground ze

gwen: as the u.s. braces for retaliation we learn more about what bin laden planned and what happens next in south is asia and the middle east. on the domestic campaign trail, more candidates join the republican fray. >> i'm newt gingrich and i'm announcing my candidacy for president of the united states because i believe we can return america to hope and opportunity. >> there is an old saying, three's a charm. gwen: and others edge toward the ring. how long can the democratic president capitalize on the g.o.p.'s uncertainty? covering the week, nancy youssef of mcclatchy newspapers, david sanger of "the new york times," dan balz of "the washington post," and john dickerson of "slate" magazine and cbs news. >> award-winning reporting and analysis, covering history as it happens, live from our nation's capital capital, this is "washington week with gwen ifill." produced in association with "national journal." corporate funding for "washington week" is provided by -- >> this rock has never stood still. sin

the u.s. as opened a massive growth floodgates in louisiana to avert inundation in cities along the mississippi river thousands of square miles of land will be engulfed in the flow this is the first time in four decades the level of the river has forced the floodgates to be opened officials say twenty five thousand people in more than it ten thousand buildings could be a by grossly affected. by the star six passengers have been killed after a bus was hit by a roadside bomb near a garrison town in eastern pakistan twenty others but we did it is the second major attack in pakistan this week from friday twin blasts targeted a para military base killing almost one hundred taliban officials at the bombing was to avenge the death of osama bin laden. while sitting high in the caucasus mountains chechnya has high ambitions to prove itself as a sports loving republic and it's already made rather a lot of headway a brand new football stadium capable of holding thirty thousand people has opened in the cap

addressing the u.s. congress the israeli prime minister says he's ready for a quote painful compromises with the palestinians that stands firm in rejecting a peace plan a backed by wash. not just special but essential relations president obama reaffirms close ties with a lot of them had during his visit to the u.k. but behind the smiles and handshakes there are strong differences too over coffee. and a controversial kerber rush on the drive these five year old unconventional battle against drugs as they feel the official war is not bringing the desired results. eleven pm here in the russian capital you're watching r t thanks for joining us now to our top story israel's prime minister has stated he's ready for quote painful concessions but flatly denied his state would return to the preaching one nine hundred sixty seven borders with the palestinians well during his speech in the u.s. congress benjamin netanyahu raided his country's friendship with washington but failed to give any solutions for the middle

if the u.s. sparing money it could negatively affect the whole world economy if it continues to borrow money it could accumulate a burden to have it carry so as the u.s. fast approaches the debt ceiling over fourteen trillion dollars that congress just put into place in two thousand and ten should it can it or raising that that feeling even more this week let's talk about that do you think these did raise the debt limit again i'm not sure of the shoot but because they really have to think how do we get to a place where we have to keep doing an. expenditure if you have to try to own national parks if you have to. saving the turtle or this is like cut out some teachers' jobs maybe three percent here three percent to three but wherever. there are small percent off of everything have to cut everyone has to give up something would you be willing to give up two more percent of your salary no tax no tax raises be willing to pay more in taxes yeah a little bit i think it's patriotic. i did too what's with

the u.s. administration now of course hails osama bin laden's death as a great victory on the war on terror front but the bigger question is how much more care has that war instigated ever since the u.s. has a track record of policies that backfired like arming and training the afghan mujahideen in the nineteen eighties and you know in their fight against the soviet troops subsequently the same guy who the militants turned their weapons and training against the u.s. among those supported by the u.s. was also on the bin ladin who's been politically involved into al qaeda but like i said i said there is a lot of cheerleading going on in washington right now and it says many find it more comforting to think only in terms of justice is being served and evil punished rather than also look at the other side of the double edged sword which is america's war on terror and turning to a nice and now russia is no stranger to al qaeda linked terror movements tell us more about that. russia most certainly is

the u.s. congress proposes cutting funds for controversial body scanners at airports that attackers were slammed as an invasion of privacy while some also question or effectiveness plus. classical music goes underground the moscow metro prepares a treat for a late night commuters as five hundred lucky recipients win tickets to a special concert part of the capital's museum they experience all this and more at archie dot com. on may ninth russia celebrated victory day one of the most important and memorable occasions on the country's calendar it marks sixty six years since soviet and allied forces defeated nazi troops during world war two a spectacular parade in the red square saw twenty thousand troops marched alongside military hardware a minute of silence was observed in memory of twenty seven million soviets who died during the war meanwhile in western ukraine veterans who fought for flee people from the nazi invasion were attacked by violent nationalist parties like to witness the events. h

as the u.s. private sector brings together commitments to the economic empowerment of women throughout the apec region. a steering committee, specifically for women and the economy summit, has been formed, two of the founding companies are here. devry and mervell technologies. women play a powerful role in the global economy and within the apec region. women's participation in the labor force can increase the long-term gdp, and in relevant cases, reduce poverty. in many economies, increasing women's employment rate is beneficial to that process. for example, by increasing the u.s. female employment as equal, it would increase gdp in the u.s. by 9%. in the year rose done by 13%. in japan, 16%, according to a study from goldman sachs. so we are talking about women's economic empowerment, not just in being the right thing to do. it is actually the economic effective thing to do. in that mind, our policy discussion focuses on access to capital, capacity and skills building, access to markets, and wome

the u.s. special forces operation, which killed the al qaeda leader in the town of abbottabad was months in the planning. his compound was lessen from a kill meter from this pakistani military compound. our first report comes from andrew north in washington, d.c. >> tonight i can report to the american people and to the world the united states has conducted an operation that killed osama bin laden, the leader of al qaeda. >> it's 10 years since osama bin laden attacked the united states on its own shores. 3,000 people were killed on 9/11, the worst attack on american soil since pearl harbor. when bin laden admitted he'd ordered them, he became the world's most wanted man. >> there's an old poster out west as i recall that said, "wanted: dead or alive." >> he was tracked down to the mountains of tora bora after u.s. forces had invaded afghanistan. b-52's bombed the caves he used to hide out, but he escaped over the border into pakistan's tribal areas, and the trail went cold. u.s. special forces

addressing the u.s. congress of the israeli prime minister says he's ready for broader painful compromises with the palestinians that stands firm and rejected a peace plan that backed by washington's. not just special but essential relations president obama reaffirms close ties with londoners during his visit to the u.k. but behind the smiles and handshakes there are strong differences to overcome. and the russian vigilantes who feel the war on drugs is not bringing the desired results by their own controversial battle against the threats. one of the most anticipated i.p.o. of this year is running one of the most popular search engines and rushed out to save the most popular engines in russia the terms of some. sort for shipping. start more in business in twenty minutes. ten pm here in the russian capital you're watching our teeth thanks for joining us our top story israel's prime minister has stated he's ready for quote painful concessions but flatly denied his state would return to between one nine hund

and the u.s. . in libya nato is keeping out its sort of bombardment of the capital tripoli launching its heaviest attack there since the start of the military intervention state t.v. says that multiple air strikes including colonel gadhafi compound killed nineteen people and injured one hundred fifty others meanwhile the u.s. has invited the rebels were exertional council to open a washington office marking a new step towards recognizing them as the country's national representatives. more stories to come for you this hour here on our t.v. and in about ten minutes time we travel to russia's republic of dagestan for rare coins. this path leads to man who has worked through three centuries while studying his biography and is possible terms of the development of the country's history people come to visit and talk to him and his name about me and has agreed to share some of his secrets to a long life with us to. encourage us thousands of opposition supporters have protested against the government for fou

and the u.s. has opened a massive flood gates in louisiana to avert inundation in cities along the mississippi thousands of square miles of land will be engulfed in the flood this is the first time in four decades the level of the river has forced the flood gates to be opened officials say twenty five thousand people and more than ten thousand buildings could be adversely affected. at least six passengers have been killed after a bus was hit by a roadside bomb near a garrison town in eastern pakistan twenty others were wounded it is the second major attack in pakistan at this week alone on friday last targeted a military base killing almost one hundred taliban officials said the bombing was to avenge the death of osama bin laden. now this week russia netted the right to host yet another major sporting event this time the two thousand and sixteen. old ice hockey championship the country was also scored with his bids for the next winter olympics and the two thousand and eighteen world cup prime minis

europe and the u.s. also took a long time to agree on a unified approach to handling muammar gaddafi's murderous violence against his own people in libya. germany was against bombing tripoli, what the french and british wanted to act sooner rather than later. you're clearly was not on the same page. bridget europe was not the same page. >> there are more divisions in europe and across the like. in some ways, looking at europe as a partner is a complicated game because we have to not only know whether they can act uniformly or whether it will be somewhat divided in its own responses. >> a few months ago, the whole world was treated to insights on u.s. assessments of european politics when wikileaks published at classifies the -- published classified diplomatic cables on the web, showing top european politicians been ridiculed. it also became clear other continents were featuring more prominent on the u.s. radar. china is a key market for the west, not to mention it now seems to be the u.s.'s own personal b

economic data that's come out of the u.s. and germany this week in asia some of the emerging economies there will be raising interest rates an attempt to slow the economy's down there i guess we've also had a little bit of the risk premium come out of the market this week with the death of osama bin laden. out of the middle east north africa as far as fundamentals are concerned even though even with the libyan issue you know saudi arabia has sort of suggested that the market is well supplied and they've offered to put more into the market and no one's willing to take it. and here is the snapshot of the market's performance this hour while prices continue lots with its losses after regaining some ground on monday light sweet is currently trading at one hundred one dollars a barrel while brandi's around one hundred fourteen dollars a barrel. and asia worries only greece's debt problems contrary to new trading on asian markets on tuesday just find a rise on wall street forged by rising commodity prices the nikkei is. electric pow

the u.s. envoy to the middle east is stepping down after two years george mitchell is reportedly resigning for personal reasons it comes amid growing frustration at the talks between israel and the palestinians accepting the resignation president obama called him a tireless advocate for peace mitchell also helped broker an accord in northern ireland in the late ninety's. with the us debt ceiling already at a staggering high almost half of america is now refusing to buy into the proposals to raise it still further and while the government struggles for a compromise our own resident new yorker laurie harshness asked people in the big apple what they would do. if the us stops bearing money it could negatively affects the whole world economy if it continues to borrow money if we keep the later burden that's too heavy to carry so as the u.s. past approaches the debt ceiling over fourteen trillion dollars that congress just put into place in two thousand and ten should it consider raising that that f

the u.s. president was there for all of 15 hours. 2010, obama spent 20 days touring asia, with stops in indonesia and south korea. a source claimed the trip cost $200 million per day. that was picked up by the media and the critics of obama. the white house responded by calling that absurd. the u.s. air force has said that each hour air force one is in the air costs $100,000. by comparison, german chancellor angela merkel travels cheaply. the government airbus costs tend thousand euros an hour to fly because the 10,000 euros an hour to fly. -- costs depend thousand euros an hour to fly. -- costs 10,000 euros an hour to fly. kcsm needs you financial support. you can pledge at any dollar level that is comfortable for you. at the 50 dollar level, you will receive the kcsm polo shirt. whenever you wear it, you'll show your support of kcsm, the bay area's independent public tv station. this 100 percent cotton shirt features the kcsm logo on the front. it's a great way to show your appreciation for your local independent public tv station.

the latest news on the week's top stories here on our team u.s. moves to hold the syrian regime accountable for violent crackdowns on castors much like it did with colonel gadhafi just before leaving airstrikes over libya. libyan rebels suffer a crucial setback failing to secure official recognition and from washington. the recent influx of refugees from the arab world breeds mistrust between europeans and unprecedented order consultant. plus russia and the world commemorates sixty six years of victory over the nazis but fascist followers in ukraine tarnished by tacking on war veterans and. it is not the end of the russian capital you're watching r t with me wearing a joshua welcome to the program while this week the u.s. mounted pressure on syria with a state secretary hillary clinton promising to punish the government over the ongoing violence against protesters something hundred people have been killed since the beginning of anti-government demonstrations in the country the european union has already imposed economic sanctions on the raising of

the u.s. intelligence official briefing us said all of this, the videos, the thumb drives, the computer disks, the largest single haul of intelligence information from an operative ever. they're forming a government task force in washington. they're going through it bit by bit. it is a race against tiement, of course, because they need to find out if there are any clues in there to other plots or threats. what does this tell us about osama bin laden? the official says the conclusion is bin laden was very much in control, not just the big picture ideology and message. he had operational, tactical control over the day to day details of the affairs of al qaeda. he was involved in plots. and al qaeda definitely had a motive to continue to attack the united states. drew? >> go ahead. >> actually, i'm going to jump in here because as we know, the raid has been described by washington as the single largest collection of senior terrorist material ever. so in choosing to release the snippets of the five

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>> no, because the u.s. and the international community's position is important because a weak position gives the impression to bashar al-assad that he is backed by the international community. they would like him to stay so they will look the other way if he suppresses the opposition. he interprets this as a carte blanch. this is like giving him a license to kill if you are hesitant on that. he has been sending all of these signals to increase the tension and frighten the international community. he sent tanks into deraa to give them the impression that this is like libya. he is fear mongering. the bottom line is that there is no going back. he has crossed the line. >> at least 8 people have died in a shooting in mexico. the authorities say that the government opened fire on a group of people on tuesday. police are still trying to find a motive for the killings. the highest court in guatemala have approved the divorce of the president and his wife the decision allows her to stand for election to be his succe

tenchi talks between the u.s. and china pay lip service to its mission of cooperation but looks unlikely to stop american spending billions on plants restoration of whiskey some of their. fellow your team to watch the well live from moscow welcome to the program it was a day of remembrance that turned violent western ukraine nationalist tactic veterans and their relatives on victory day people wearing sent george ribbons to commemorate world war two had been ripped off their clothing and full riot police force pitched battles with neo nazis. events. a holy day for millions a street brawl for some and like most of the post soviet region on may the ninth this ukrainian city became a vicious display of neo nazis and. several thousand activists from radical nationalist parties block the entrance to red army soldiers cemeteries preventing war veterans from getting inside and paying tribute to some in this part of ukraine do not see may the ninth as a reason to celebrate leaving the soviet period to be worse than endurin

the u.s. and pakistan have been at odds over the operation that wiped out bin laden washington's exasperated that is a lot of bad seemingly had no idea he'd been there for so long but a status question on the legality of a secret seal mission on sovereign soil. explores whether life for people in the region is going to change now that washington has taken out the man who was its top terror target. osama's death couldn't have come at a better time u.s. and pakistani relations are going through their worst period since nine eleven reasons behind it predator drones and private contractors when a cia agent shows two pakistanis that in broad daylight earlier this year officials in islamabad said it was the final straw and demanded all american operatives leave the country immediately we have to be doubly sure rather be a presence or be in. a guest and then proper. dasha why not western pakistan just one week before and had as leader was killed an anti us german demonstration united hundreds of prote

she talks between the u.s. and china pay lip service to competition corporation on life and to stop america spending billions on plants and preparation for the worst case scenario. and on monday the russian markets were closed for a public holiday and last friday they managed to post some gains while they continue their winning streak on the past trading day this week as they have to react to the news that greece has become even less credit for the more than business infringement. here watching our table costing life in the hearts of the russian capital welcome to the program it was a day of remembrance that turned violent in western ukraine nationalists attacks veterans and their relatives on victory day people wearing some george ribbons to commemorate world war two had been ripped off their clothing for riot police force pitched battles with neo nazis things like. the events. holy day for millions a street brawl for some unlike most of the post soviet region on may the ninth this ukrainian city became a vicio

and that the u.s. really needs to get its financial house in order as an investor what do you think that outcome would be of not raising the debt ceiling. of not raising the debt isn't not raising the debt ceiling so i think we don't raise the debt ceiling sure there will be some short term pullbacks here but that's really the right thing that we need to do here now you have house speaker boehner coming out today and saying that you know i'm ready to raise the debt ceiling i'm ready to cut a deal with obama you know we're broke i mean not that the woman has already been raised ten times over the past fifteen years meanwhile the national debt has tripled you know it's clear that these politicians have no real intention of going to the real fundamental issue at hand and that's where overspent and we're over leverage here as a nation and it's clear that they have no intention of paying this bag without monetizing you know from government except cons of the tax evader himself to me gee you know we don't hav

well the u.s. of course as we all know was planning to withdraw from both iraq and afghanistan in the relatively near future but not in step change that if anything at all how the anti war critics say well he's dead let's go get out of those two countries but let's not forget that before they withdrew from or planted with or began withdrawing rather from iraq and afghanistan the u.s. got their hands tied up with libya there the number one enemy enemy of course is colonel gadhafi it's no secret that the u.s. and europe wants to get rid of him and although it's just been reported that they're arming these rebels it hasn't been confirmed we do know that they are planning if they haven't already begun to train the rebels in libya and that certainly draws parallels with what we saw in afghanistan it's very well known that the u.s. trained in armed groups that then went on to become battalion bound and so we're going to hear a lot of analysis today about those parallels and my guy said osama bin laden is

the u.s. government has decided to show the world. let's be very clear about that. there is no audio of them. that's been stripped off. they said they don't want to be in the business of distributing osama bin laden's message. four of the videos show osama bin laden with his beard and facial hair dyed black, more formal clothing, very much reading remarks. one of the videos is labeled a message to america where he attacks america and capitalism, again, his basic message. but it is this video that is captured the world's attention, bin land with no dye on his beard, a man hunched over a tv, his beard white, his facial hair white, a blanket around his shoulders, a cap on, peering at the television, looking at im e images of himself. we're told this all goes to the assessment they have that bin laden was obsessed with his own edge, very involved with how he looked, presented himself to the world. he's scoured newscasts on a satellite television to look at pictures of himself. where does this leave

the u.s. to go after these individuals in a more aggressive way ali abdullah saleh staying in power means they can continue to hit these guys ali abdullah saleh leaving power could open the door even wider for the u.s. to go in and it's very very dangerous i think for the u.s. to consider boots on the ground in a more extensive way than they already exist all dangerous and of course absurdly expensive and lord knows if we have the budget to sustain that journey thank you so much for your time and i look forward to having again the programs as jeremy scahill author of black blotter. all right moving on from yemen roughly to in roughly two months president brought obama is expected to announce the beginning of the end of america's longest war now afghanistan has been called the graveyard of empires and with one hundred thousand u.s. troops on the ground at a cost of more than one hundred twenty billion dollars per year the war in afghanistan has taken a serious toll on the united states but what

is it the opportunity to oust the khadafi regime that is u.s. policy that often needs to go and prop up one more favorable to us foreign policy interests true to. the situation if push this through. a so-called humanitarian intervention that critics argue was never warranted but which now may be causing a humanitarian crisis we didn't start a bloodbath but we are prolonging and perpetuating the suffering of civilians in libya the suffering that is now washing up on the shores of nato allies by the boatload of refugees though the united states has seemingly stepped back from libya the u.s. is the number one contributor to nato and therefore many would see the u.s. really as being nato now this comes at a time when the conflict in libya on the ground more and more people are calling a stalemate and emits light and fighting as well as rising costs in every sense that fame question people have been asking for decades comes to mind after the end of the cold war why nato lauren lesser artsy washington d.c. . stay with us here on r t still ahead until t

the u.s. has the body. as we've talked about the important of the u.s. making sure this was osama bin laden with dna evidence. there is some real joy at the white house, both inside and as you see on the streets of pennsylvania avenue, outside the white house. tourists, washatonians coming together to celebrate the death of this man who cost so many americans their lives. >> and that is a remarkable scene right now. we're looking outside the white house right now. the american flag being whatevered by a crowd. just beginning to gather as they learn the news that osama bin laden has been kil

the u.s. is escalating the military pressure on gadhafi because they're not winning the civil war and their side is not yet winning the war and so they're using aerial terror against the qaddafi administration and against his family with the hope that he will cry uncle be intimidated or be so afraid that he will quit the u.s. has been guilty of miscalculations in iraq and afghanistan underestimating the opposition underestimating the resistance underestimating the colonial or anti colonial sentiment of the people who are being targeted by under occupy and clearly in libya there's no doubt the regime no matter how unpopular it is in some parts of the country perhaps in benghazi in the east it also has a popular base in tripoli and elsewhere and the nato thought the bombs dropped would would cause the regime to collapse it isn't in fact they were escalating their own capacity to straight back out to rebel forces so this is an effort by nato to up the ante start killing khadafi or khadafi families

the face and. you heard it right he said facebook one big tool for u.s. intelligence while trying to expose the evidence behind us all just plain. good afternoon it's wednesday may fourth four pm here in washington d.c. i'm lauren lister in your watching our t.v. well a fog of war or you might call it the fog of p.r. the obama administration since announcing bin laden's death has flip flopped on the details quite a number of times first it was a firefight and an armed bin laden fought back listen to this he was engaged in a firefight with those that enter into the area of the house he was in and whether or not he. had quite frankly don't know well. later the white house knew and it was quite a different story they announced bin laden wasn't armed at all they gave a different account listen to this a woman rather bin laden's wife rushed the u.s. assaulter and was shot in the leg but not killed bin laden was then shot and killed he was not armed now more confusion a senior pakistani security official says bin laden's twelve year old daughter claims he was ca

the u.s. state of texas committing billions of dollars to wage war against calories authorities plan to install cameras in schools in a bid to battle the growing student obesity epidemic find out more about archon dot com. time now to share more of bit more with you about the way life is like in russia our close up team exploring the vast and varied regions of the world's biggest country. say we visited volga grabbed some fouls in kilometers southeast of moscow the area got its name from the volga river running through it and it's the longest in europe one of russia's most progressive regions economic lead you to it's well developed agricultural industry or he's tired barton takes a look now at the hardships and benefits of life in the volgograd countryside. i'm currently stood in a typical russian village street as you can see it's probably not the most glamorous of places not that that's particularly important to the people who live here the russian countryside is always been seen as a very p

the u.s. says the operation to capture ability to get bin laden rather was a kill or capture mission but journalist author of heartsease says taking him alive may have been opening the floodgates to a past that the u.s. rather keep close. they obviously didn't want the embarrassing revelations of how the united states basically created bin laden as it's created so many islam ists as it's funded so many islam it's around the world what's so terrible is how the american population being lied to about how that exactly went on so when you saw those chants of usa around ground zero i think very few people seem to understand that bin laden was a creation of america assassinations as we've known and usually don't make the world a safer place i think we do have to be on guard but we mustn't allow the united states which after all created this al qaeda operation through its foreign policies to make it even less safer place because of what happened is as iran said you know this this alien forces in iraq

as the u.s. appears ready to denounce the syrian government as unlawful for its brutal crackdowns on protesters but we take a look at what's next for the country. libyan rebels leave washington disappointed in their feet and it after the white house staffers expectations of official recognition and money from gadhafi is frozen assets. and of the international monetary fund detained on charges of sexual assault charge he explores the repercussions of his arrest. a grandiose military victory displays marking victory day across russia while ukrainian veterans face a new battle against nationalists who assault them on the holiday. eight pm in moscow on match reza good to have you with us here on r t our top story thousands are fleeing syria where violence is regime despite the government's promise of dialogue with the opposition international pressure mounting on syria over brutal crackdowns against anti-government protesters with some eight hundred killed and more than a thousand arrested in two mont

the u.s. market-- especially the high end-- is getting strong interest from buyers outside the u.s. home sales to foreigners hit $82 billion for the year ended in march. that's up almost 25% from the prior 12 months. that's not the only potential positive. there's another trend that could help neighborhoods where home prices are weakest. >> in a lot of markets-- particularly the hardest hit markets of the country-- you are seeing a surge in cash buyers. a lot of these are investors-- buyers that are purchasing multiple properties. and that may well serve to put a floor under prices, limit how much further prices can fall. >> reporter: home prices have fallen about about 5% in the past year, and many expect a similar drop in the coming 12 months. but pessimists predict prices could fall 10%-- or more-- if the job market stays weak. erika miller, "nightly business report," new york. but pessimists predict prices >> susie: with two months to go before it begins work, the consumer financial protection bureau is already under fire. house republicans today intensified their attacks on eliz