the u.s. was enough to push the asian markets deep into the red this day. let's go to randy. >> investors lost a lot of money yesterday. the nikkei, let me bring that up, the nikkei fell about 1.7% to close at about 9555. this plunge came on the back of two developments. the first was that political one, prime minister kan's no confidence vote, which he did manage to survive. the second was poor sales of japanese oautos in may. hon in hong kong, the hang seng was down about 1.5% to close at 23,263. this is the left finish for the index in about four months it was led by a fall in oil shares. cnooc and petrochina, their shares fell about 2%. over in the mainland, looking at the shanghai composite, the index fell about 1.4% to close at 2705. looking at slower growth and manufacturing numbers, real estate curbs, and falling banking shares today. like the hang seng, today's close was the lowest in about four months. and australia, the asx 200 fell about 2.27% to 4600. this was led by mining giants,

the genius of the u.s. it seems to me has been to take other people's resources and to use them to grow its own economy. >> uh-huh. >> maybe it should carry on doing that. [laughter] >> the final point i have is do you see a difference between french soe's investing in the states and chinese ones? does it make any difference that the french government is pressing edf to invest in certain ways and subsidizing them? is that any different from chinese soe's? thank you. >> good questions. powerful questions, thank you. >> let me start and go backwards a little bit. so not just soe's but again this is the reason why we've taken more time than derek to do our global database because it would be rather easy to cast a very wide net and collect up all the sovereign wealth funds doing just mere portfolio investment around the world and say that says something about their nation's competitiveness, their nation's readiness to operate in a complicated ocd economy by which standard the middle east would be the most econom

the potential now for u.s. investment access to the prc is not very well understood, potential value, and it's extremely large. potentially. that makes it a very powerful bargaining tool, and it's a unique bargaining tool because it is not coercive. we can get improvement in chinese behavior -- not perfect chinese behavior, but improvement in chinese behavior that i think one would want to see, and we can enrich the chinese relationship using u.s. access. first i want to give you some facts. heritage has a china global investment tracker. it goes back to 2005. it does not just focus on the u.s. the advantage it has over the research dan and his colleagues have done is it is global, the same database and same methods applied to all countries so you can make comparisons. it goes back, you know, farther than some current work outside of dan's that's being done in new york. the disadvantage is it's shallow. it's $100 million only. so dan's stake in the u.s. is deeper. he can draw more conclusions. the other importan

that many see in the u.s. media basically a lot of american media they will ask a democrat and a republican in the same question and then call it a day i mean that's that's a gram is what is we're hearing both sides is going to member it's not just the both sides and certainly not just those two sides it's not about truth or law it's about perspectives and i strongly believe that the american audience lonely when from the variety of perspectives the radio audience in america is growing and with the demand for more voices and more perspectives and it seems a certainty that in the wake of the voice of russia other foreign stations will be launched in the last will really benefit from the right in the media always the viewers and the listeners i'm going to check our reporting from washington r.t. and speaking of alternative voices and stigma. it's time for another installment of the war on our t.v. this is where we give ourselves a chance to respond to some of the criticism that has been directed against us that w

the u.s. house of representatives has voted down a measure giving president barack obama the authority to continue american military action in libya. but lawmakers voted against cutting funds for the u.s. participation in that war i'll be back with more in just a moment. declassified documents reveal the u.k. was happy to hand over terror suspects from iraq to the u.s. with little regard to what would be waiting for them in secret prisons. mourning the euro the fate of the common currency is in serious doubt as europe agrees another bailout to debt laden greece but urges the country to get behind savage spending cuts. international news income and live from our studios here in central moscow this is . a majority vote in the lower house of the u.s. congress has turned down a motion to cut funding for the american military action in libya but this came directly after the very same lawmakers refused to grant president obama approval to carry on with the campaign he's going to come on has more now

a majority vote in the lower house of the u.s. congress has turned down a motion to cut funding for the american military action in libya but this came directly after the very same lawmakers refused to grant president obama approval to carry on the campaign. has more from washington the resolution adopted by the house of representatives is seen more like a message of rebuke to president obama rather than an actual war stopper because when he came to voting on cutting funds for that war the majority voted no so some analysts see elements of a showing the behavior of the u.s. congress saying that many lawmakers don't miss a chance to snub the president yet knowing that this numbers won't change much at the end of the day as capitol hill observers say when it comes to waging wars congress has generally been supported the resolution was sort of a way for the congress to show their frustration over the white house refusal to come to the lawmakers to seek authorization for the military actions under the u.s. constitution only congress ca

now as the u.s. government remains deadlocked over the budget and the debt the credit ratings agency fitch is that of u.s. lawmakers can't agree to raise the debt ceiling this could endanger the nation's aaa credit rating if this sounds familiar it's because this now means all three credit rating agencies have come out with warnings over the u.s. debt debate now as lawmakers grapple with where to cut spending with social programs on the chopping block a new poll actually shows that more americans blame the debt on the nation's wars and the federal reserve's role trying to pump up the economy with more cash is set to expire at the end of business so what does this all mean for the u.s. economy not to mention the global economy to help us i spoke earlier with renowned investor jim rogers i asked him if u.s. lawmakers should be concerned that three credit rating agencies now are warning about the debt here was his response one of the. rating agencies doing america's already bankrupt the idea that there's

you know the perception in the u.s. forces the perception of pride in the u.s. and those people have come to accept this is very normal that you know as it states in the resolution that it's the duty of the united states to support israel people in other countries including you know even and and europe and the u.k. think that this is a little crazy that that especially u.s. lawmakers are so blatant in their support talk about perception as it differs here versus the rest of the world well. when you look at europe though i mean they could they can say well we're not you know the us is completely impossible and droned but when it came to things like garza practical issues on the ground the e.u. was just as bad as the united states was absolutely appalling so so when you look at substance in real efforts to drive the situation what would you have to look not at europe not of the u.s. but elsewhere to see any substantial effort to change the situation i mean the europeans not to say the united states a fanatical and all the rest of it but when they calculate heels wh

netanyahu was received in the u.s. congress not so long ago he was interrupted what twenty eight times by rapturous applause that should give you a clue when the members of the u.s. congress have the history of israel they think political survival they think campaign money that's it i mean the congress is israeli occupied territory so this time lieberman of course has been the u.s. senator from israel the prime u.s. senator from israel for many many years no surprises there because no surprises in the whole spectacle which is why to expect any political movement to get past the u.s. congress beneficial to the situation in the middle east is totally impossible but let's talk about this i mean you mentioned that a lot of these senators politicians really across the board here in the u.s. they do you get a lot of their funding from a pac the american israel public affairs committee there a very powerful lobby here a very powerful group but there are so many other powerful groups and lobbies here in washington why is it do

and the u.s. the british made the island available to the americans as a military base because of its true strategic position and to put it it's two thousand inhabitants today according to the pentagon diego garcia is one of the thirteen major u.s. military bases in the world and has played a crucial role in all post nine eleven conflicts. the diego garcia exiles to date have scattered between the richest and the united kingdom where for years they have been fighting a legal battle to return to their island in two thousand and eight though the house of lords overruled for all the cases previously won by the islands which the pelts the right of return. we had to suffer exile because of for defense purposes and we think that prides ends up christ needs to be exiled from your homeland for the defense of the west. to a substantial degree and one farm or another socialism has spread the shadow of human regimentation over most of the nations of the earth. and the shadow is an approaching upon our own mem

where the u.s. and mexico were competing for participation in the athens olympic soccer composition composition -- competition at the mexico stadium. the american players had been impolite, perhaps a bit aggressive. all of the sudden towards the end of the game, the crowd starts chanting. this made this concert some of our american people who are watching us. osama, osama, osama. needless to say, the american players got upset. this would be insulting anywhere in the world, but in guadalajara, it's worse. because they are the number one sending country of immigrants to the united states. it's the home of pow puerto via that. it's the home of guadalajara itself who live there and spend a wonderful time and with their neighbors and friends. in this city to be that insulting to americans means there's something going on which is not right. doesn't work. that's part of the problem the relationship with the united states. now we've got the drug wars which the united states is helping on. but not enough. >

we talked about the u.s.indiabt two-way trade which has grown exponentially, really, at the rate of 30% since 2009 and standing to just short of 50 billion. and india really featuring high in the u.s. administration's goal of doubling u.s. exports by 2015. at the same time, we have also seen india's ambition of doubling its exports by 2014 to 500 billion. needless to say, of course, that india is also looking at the u.s. in this regard.ng the possibilities we listed wer limitless. and also when we talked aboutalo india wanting to sustain its economic growth to 8% plus in the coming years, we talked a lot about the massive infrastructure need for india. we said that in the five years, so to say, india estimates a total amount of investments to about 2.5 trillion within infrastructure alone, looking at a trillion dollars of investments.$2.5 and we looked at several modelsv and we talked about public/private partnership and saw several opportunities at emerging in how u.s. could participate in it. we saw new sec

at the very time that the u.s. is using the un security council the international criminal court to bring charges against other countries for terrorism and it is clearly exposed in international terrorism itself in yemen and of course in sabotage teams in syria and in bombing of libya not to mention the devastating wars in iraq and afghanistan in yemen it is to protect a complete thirty three year dictatorship of salo who's now. health reasons in saudi arabia an effort to protect his regime potentially bring him back and it's been used against a people's movement anyone that the u.s. fears is a threat to them is now being labeled as al qaida and it's open season in terms of attacks and and bombs and drone attacks on any number of different resistance organizations. well many more stories are available for you online twenty four seven at r.t. dot com and here is what you can find there right now on a legacy of civil war with side of the united states while a few enthusiastic way dressed up to reenact history millions

a look at the markets u.s. stocks opened lower gear down now this despite a slight up with provision of first quarter g.d.p. figures on the corporate front micron technology report. disappointing results were the same chip sales all week and european markets were mixed this friday the foot sea narrowed its allegations investors' confidence and banks were shaken by this is a bunch of trading and some lenders in italy under pressure from europe's debt crisis techs was in the red point four percent. and here in russia the markets rebounded after thursday's shot most as both the r.t.s. in the my six finished up one and a half and one point six percent respectively. russia's biggest social networks come back to dot argues going to hold an initial public offering in new york the company hopes to get the listing completed during twenty twelve and analysts say the company could be worth up to three billion dollars given the high demand for tech stocks contactee has won sixty million users worldwide with half of those in

with the u.s. predicting the economy will grow less than 3% and with the end of the $600 billion treasury buyout program known as qe2, the plan is to stay the course on rates and hope the recovery slowdown is temporary. >>> the committee decided today to keep the target range for the federal funds rate at 0% to 0.25%. the committee continues to anticipate that economic conditions, including low rates of resource utilization and a subdued outlook for inflation in the medium run is likely to warn the exceptionally low levels to the federal funds rate for an extended period. >> ending the -- quantitative easing is widely knowns aqe2. it started last november. it pushed stocks higher and kept u.s. prices from deflating. critics still say that it also weakened the dollar and stoked inflation in america. few are surprised that it's ending now, because the fed said it would do so when it kicked off with that program. as long as those interest rates stay low, at record low levels and money stays cheap, econ

this case between the u.s. and cuba is not fair because her son's cause was very noble and the cuban five sent to the u.s. to prevent terrorism in cuba so why is the man they were watching now receiving the key to the city of miami while they're sitting in prison. good evening it's wednesday june fifteenth eight pm here in washington d.c. i'm lauren lyster in your watching our team now while u.s. lawmakers are trying to come to an agreement on the country's debt problem and still trying to decide on raising the fourteen point three trillion dollars debt ceiling which mind you the u.s. has already blown through in greece protesters are taking to the streets and opposition to their government solutions greek police have fired tear gas at protesters they're trying trying to block the parliament building more than twenty thousand of them trying to prevent members of parliament from voting on new austerity measures measures so the country can get more bailout cash are to sara firth has been on the ground in the middl

companies the u.s. wanted by china the u.s. says we will not let you know by filling stations here or refineries you can't buy in america we can buy and you you can't buy in america for and take a result the time of the u.s. companies with their european takeovers or their takeover is by friendly so obviously american china as a potential enemy and that's why the united states doesn't let china invest in our are they doing it you know cutting off their nose to spite their face. well i think so but it was really going on is the u.s. government wants china buying treasuries they don't want to buy real assets instead do you think that's why. the the in that's why don't i if they think you think that's why the united states doesn't let china buy u.s. companies because they need them to buy u.s. dollars absolutely plus they know as long as they're buying our debt we can always default we can always print money and wipe it out with inflation we don't want the chinese to get their hands on our real assets but the minute the chinese fig

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

to a certain extent the u.s. would like to see would like to take the opportunity to be able to kind of weaken. the weaken the regime. around seven thousand people have been arrested under egypt's military rulers since the country's revolution in february the jointer has promised to review military trials of civilians and says it will increase the powers of civil courts however human rights watch dogs are skeptical saying not much has changed since president barack stepped down well discuss this i'm now joined by david kiddie's he's the executive director of advancing human rights and he's joining me live in our new york studio thanks for being with us here on our team now the military government promises it will increase the powers of civil courts now does that actually mean that these people who've been arrested now will get a fair trial. unfortunately i don't think that's what it means the egyptian government and the supreme council is lacking in transparency there are thousands of people that have been arreste

well the u.s. japan security alliance is the cornerstone of america's defense posture in the asia pacific and the united states is both a transpacific and a transatlantic power but we couldn't project that power without the men and women who serve here in japan as we look at the region it is at peace but we have threats like what we hear every day from north korea. and the security mission is essential to continuing to under gird america's leadership and being prepared for the kind of challenges we face but also to seize the opportunities for a better future. in two thousand and nine after years of local protests u.s. secretary of state clinton signed an agreement with the japanese government to move the eight thousand troops stationed in the fertile. to the island of u.s. territory the move though is tied to the construction of a new strip on the eastern coast of okinawa in himachal bay the project follows the decision to expand the jungle warfare training center. for the north in short the u.s. ha

now looking at the equity markets the u.s. markets are trading negatively in response to the prediction of far greater unemployment than was initially anticipated european markets closed trading on a negative note also with the decks and the footsie both well over one point five percent in the red line is down as well the downturn and glencore losing two percent and banks also down with lloyds three percent. and here in russia the plummeting oil prices drag the markets down with the r.t.s. closing over two and a half percent in the red. looking at some individual shares on the my sex energy majors were among the main losers with little down almost one percent banking stocks were also under pressure with sperm bank down more than a percent bucking the trend there was aeroflot the company was named the best airline at the ongoing labor day air show paris. gazprom is just one step away from getting full control over the gas transportation network in ballarat the country says it will sell fifty percent of network operator belt. fri

and while the u.s. has more time because we have the world's reserve currency, if we don't start getting our house in order as some day the things markets will make us do it, so we've got to get to work and we've got to get to work now. >> susie: a lot of people might think look this whole ripple effect of what's going on in greece to the u.s. is overblown. is it? is it much ado about nothing? >> well, like the housing crisis, it's a big problem, it's a long-term problem, there are going to be casualties along the way. it's got to be managed by worldwide monetary authorities. but there are going to be casualties and it's much more than a lot about nothing. these are serious secular problems. >> susie: all right, interesting stuff, thank you so much, jim. >> okay, susie. >> susie: we've been speaking with jim awad >> tom: president obama today said failure to reach agreement to increase the nation's debt limit would have a significant and unpredictable impact on the u.s. economy and markets. warnings and

the u.s. is going down by the same financial terror so please people of greece don't let public jails and those nincompoops in your country steal all of your wealth well remember as this article describes the i.m.f. the international monetary fund. they are the global lender they're a lender so they're pushing debt that's the product they push on to people so in fact they're warning the u.s. that a gross domestic product will grow in any mc two point five percent this year and two point seven percent in two thousand and twelve of course those numbers are fake yet anyway. g.d.p. numbers are cooked they're fake you can't get growth by increasing the debt you could fake it for decades for every dollar and debt they created a dollar g.d.p. after world war two that has been going downhill ever since then it takes six seven eight dollars of debt to create one dollars of g.d.p. but at some point it becomes like blood transfusions you could say technically the patient has a pulse but that's completely

agenda around the world to the u.s. actually has an apparatus a media apparatus much larger than just what's out what's coordinated by the b.b.c. and and this is what i think as a as a broader impact in a much more powerful impact around the world in promoting us agenda and does it have an impact though i shaping public opinion in places like venezuela because commentary i've heard from people in regards to these u.s. funded operations is that people in those countries know they're u.s. funded and as a result they don't put much credence into them but yet this is something that's supposed to shape image abroad and we heard in that report that there's accusations that all this funding really is just money outlets that are falling on deaf ears what have you seen to be the reality i mean i think that the b.g. and likewise in america again and the radio and t.v. marti here have been complete waste of millions. millions of u.s. taxpayer dollars i mean absolutely everybody knows that voice of america is the department of state

the u.s. trades boots for bombs in afghanistan a bomb announces the withdrawal of more than thirty thousand troops wanted leave drone strikes are stepped out sparking fears of more civilian casualties accused of inciting hatred and discrimination against muslims don't fall right politician here villagers walks free from a quarter basement say his trial shows europe's multiculturalism policies have simply driven communities apart and plan bringing the past to russia and its heart and soul search local audience twenty four hours a day off these new documentary channel goes live with the help of president. nixon's the kaiser report in which max kaiser and find out how the international monetary fund will actually make money on european states in crisis such as greece that's next. max kaiser this is the kaiser report we are back from athens where we were able to stand up to an onslaught of tear gas from provocative jurors what's a provocative or that's a cop dressed up like an anarchist hastings or

now in the u.s. by because of being laid off in huge numbers almost twelve thousand jobs have already been cut since the beginning of the year there's hardly much sympathy for wall street high flyers among ordinary americans but as a financial journalist cut your watch told explains they should be concerned as it hits a new low for the u.s. economy. i think of what happened was there was kind of an idea that was happening that maybe a recovery was on the way because banks were making money again there were huge bonuses being paid out last year and that was an issue there was a lot of backlash and i think that's one of the reasons they actually salaries instead of keeping bonuses the fact now that they're not making money shows that perhaps the economy isn't growing as fast as they thought it was the numbers keep coming out suggesting that growing across various sectors and i think that if there's not money being made on main street. kind of effects finance the financial sector as well and if you're no

it's america's military presence there was the u.s. saying it's concerned militants makes boyd the current unrest in the country to seize power by reports introducing cia spooks will move the operation into the legal shadows. the decision to pass the cia with tracing. marks a major escalation of america's covert war in yemen which is not really covert it's one of the on an undeclared wars that the u.s. is waging against terror but up to this day in yemen it's been the u.s. military that was running the show that was carrying out the drone strikes so if in cooperation with the yemeni counterterrorism units but now get that power vacuum and all the political turmoil in yemen the cooperation is falling apart and according to u.s. officials because the cia operates under different legal authorities than the military the cia will have quote greater latitude to carry out strikes no matter what the political climate they are greater latitude in other words they don't have to ask anybody's permission to bomb the country the yemeni leader who is

the u.s. presses ahead with a drone base to attack militants in yemen despite the use of the unmanned aircraft are being blamed for the deaths of hundreds of civilians in afghanistan and pakistan. news from russia and around the world this is r.t. with me us are probably all over thanks for joining us another day of fierce battles in libya has left twenty four rebels dead and twenty eight others wounded nato forces are continuing to tighten their grip on colonel gadhafi stronghold tripoli civilians in the capital live in constant fear of being killed and now a petrol shortage is making their lives even more difficult. for notion of reports nature's actions aimed at protecting civilians have succeeded only in stoking people's anger. it's may have some of the largest oil reserves on the planet but these days labor is also god some of the longest queues at his pastoral stations the international sanctions imposed on them battled colonels regime did not include a few and. but nato is targeting. if

interests the u.s. position that the taliban should reach a settlement with karzai while the united states continues to have troops there to provide you know what they were guard as an insurance policy that's really not a viable position no independent analyst of the war and of the taliban regards this as a realistic negotiating position and so there's really kind of a flimflam going on with regard to these negotiations or these talks with the taliban in a lexus i mangle back to you in london why in the world are the taliban want to sit down with the united states and its allies and negotiate any kind of agreement when they can just wait them out they've done a pretty good job for ten years. well i think there's also quite an interesting distinction to be made which is that western democracies particular although i said contributing nations continue to talk about withdrawal of combat troops first is that withdrawal of training operations and moving more combat troops into training operations. secretary

the u.s. has accused of the sudanese government of blocking aid deliveries to thousands of people fleeing fighting in the disputed region and us president barack obama has called for a cease fire following a devastating bombing campaign near the north-south border one hundred fifty thousand people have been displaced either side of the border because of tensions ahead of south sudan's formal independence which comes into force on the ninth of july. the chairman of the us federal reserve has warned any delay in making payments on the government's debt could lead to a new crisis in the financial markets and worsen the economy than bernanke he warned the dollar status of the reserve currency could be damaged he wants republican support to raise the country's borrowing limit by august warning that america could default on its obligations if an agreement isn't reached. syrian authorities are being accused of using a scorched earth strategy to suppress anti-government rebels and border areas accordin

failed to track detainees handed over to the u.s. neglecting to protect them from possible torture in america's secret prisons that's been revealed after an agreement between the two states on the treatment of terror suspects captured in iraq was deep. that's a fine twenty eight year old pakistani you know is one of the victims of this deal you seized by british soldiers in iraq in two thousand and four as a suspected insurgent and secretly sent to a u.s. detention camp in afghanistan a process dubbed extraordinary rendition the man's laws are calling on the u.k. to help free him as britain was the detaining authority. from the reprieve charity he's fighting for his release told r.t. that britain's friendship with america blind to the truth there are hundreds of prisoners but what makes you special is that eunice was actually picked up by the united kingdom in iraq in february two thousand and four the u.k. handed him to the united states in march and april there were discussions between the u.s. and u.k. because the u.s. wanted to se

the u.s. house of representatives has voted down a measure giving president barack obama the authority to continue american military action in libya. while get be adopted a resolution that dad criticize this president obama on his policies in the i'll be back with more if your moment of. classified documents revealed the u.k. was happy to hand over terror suspects from iraq to the u.s. with little regard to what will be waiting for them in secret prisons. mourning the euro the fate of the common currency is in serious doubt as europe agrees another plane out the debt laden greece will notice the country to get behind savage spending cuts. the former prime minister of ukraine goes on trial for abuse of power that's a matter of cost her country millions of dollars. around fifteen hundred supporters of good service and called gathered in front of the court building to protest what they describe as a particle hearing join us with the latest details from the ukrainian capital kiev . international ne

the u.s. trades at groups for bombs in afghanistan obama announces the withdrawal of more than thirty thousand troops while deadly drone strikes are stepped up sparking fears of more civilian casualties. accused of inciting hatred and of discrimination against muslims far right politician here wilders walks free from the. experts say his trial shows europe's multiculturalism policies simply driven communities apart . and bringing in the best of russia and its heart and soul to a global audience twenty four hours a day that new documentary channel goes live with the help of a president. join me for those stories and more in about thirty minutes but before that we talk to those who still remember nazi germany's first offensive against the soviet union which took place in the city of brest in modern bella ruse that's next on r.t. . brest fortress today it's on the territory of the sovereign republic of belarus formerly the soviet republic of belarus a fortress was once the westernmost outpost of t

the first story is one of the u.s. government working with oil companies companies like exxon mobil and chevron to sabotage a deal for haiti the joint petrarca rebate venezuela's oil alliance and the u.s. admits itself in these cables of the deal would have saved haiti one hundred million u.s. dollars a year money that would have gone to development of schools health care and infrastructure and the second story details the u.s. government lobbying heavily against raising the factory wages in haiti and just three dollars to five dollars a day working with contractors for u.s. companies like hanes levis and for now keep in mind haiti is the poorest country in the western hemisphere that houses the fourth largest u.s. embassy in the world earlier today i got it became eyes out of there with the weekly newspaper hey the protégé i first asked him to give us more details on both of these stories including exactly how big of a role the u.s. government and u.s. corporations played when it came to putting on the pressure. really

and as the u.s. government remains deadlocked over the budget and debt the credit ratings agency fitch has said if lawmakers can't agree to raise the debt ceiling this could endanger the nation's aaa credit rating if you feel you've heard this all before it's because this town needs it the three major credit ratings agencies have come out with warnings over the u.s. debt debate now as lawmakers grapple with where to cut spending with social programs on the chopping block a new poll shows more americans blame the debt on the nation's wars than on those very programs domestic spending and the federal reserve is also trying to pump up the economy or have been with pouring more cash into it but that program is that to expire at the end of this month so what does all of this mean for the u.s. economy not to mention the global economy and financial system all here to help us sum it all up is renowned investor jim rogers jim thank you so much for being with us it's so nice to see you as always in new york an

former chief counterinsurgency strategist with the u.s. state department has estimated that drone attacks kill fifty nine targeted persons for each intended target nonetheless we now see the rapid expansion of the cia drone war. now you can also catch up was the stories we're covering online dot com there's plenty for you to explore. money never sleeps u.s. auditors look into the disappearance of more than six billion dollars meant for iraq where the cash now i can't afford. and sauna diplomacy finished diplomats are awarded the prize for promoting sauna culture abroad and helping forge international relations find out more dot com. meantime syrian authorities are being accused of using a scorched earth strategy to suppress anti-government rebels in border areas of civilians forced to flee across the border are being housed in refugee camps in turkey according to activists over fourteen hundred people have died since the beginning of the anti-government uprising and mid march united states is trying to put more pressure on president washi

the u.s. congress refuses to authorize president obama's military intervention in libya but stopped short of cutting off funding for the campaign. they backed the revolution so why are they sheltering of our scrawlings the u.k.'s under fire as a top official wanted in egypt for fraud is reportedly living in london. british transport or european passport is a doorway to opportunities and pulling out of the promised land more and more israelis are considering emigrating accusing the government of failing to make their country safe home. it is eleven am in the russian capital you're watching r t was nearing an joshie the u.s. congress has refused to grant president obama authority to continue the military campaign in libya but the very same lawmakers have turned down a motion to cut funding for the american action in the country the votes are being seen as largely some dog as the white house says it doesn't need congressional approval for the mission he's going to check out has more from washingto

the u.s. made device is designed to remove radioactive cesium. tuesday's test showed it reduced cesium by a factor of 3,000. tepco planned to reduce the number of substances by 10,000 before moving the decontaminated water to temporary tanks. technical problems delayed the test by four days. >>> we're getting another look at the extent of the damage at fukushima daiichi. tepco released video inside the number three reactor building. the footage was taken last thursday when workers entered the building to check radiation levels. the roof of the facility is missing because of a hydrogen explosion on march 14th. the video shows the workers wiping the floor with paper sheets to check the concentration of radioactive substances that have been scattered there. it also gives a look at the water that's accumulated in the reactor building's basement. it's believed to be water leaked after it was injected to cool the reactor. the highest dosimeter reading during this information was about 100 millisiever

is doing to the u.s. government now and they're saying reserve debt ceiling this is what the fed and the u.s. government are doing to the consumer stephen roach contends here they're just trying to force them to go shopping by keeping low rates and trying to encourage them to get. back into the housing market you know they offering all sorts of incentives to go into the house and mark they should install cattle prods into staring wheels of all new general motors cars then you turn on the ignition to get a huge jolt of electricity and it gets you one hundred miles an hour to the nearest shop and you start spending beyond your means wildly out of the u.s. economy to actually you know what they should also do at the same time is have george bush is what he's come on and say go shopping standing on the rubble after nine eleven but judging shoppers don't look behind me at the bottom of rubble to go back to the store put your credit cards or risk well so i have these final few headlines regarding the housing mar

looking at the equity markets now u.s. markets are trading negatively in response to the prediction of far greater unemployment than was initially anticipated european markets closed trading on a negative note also with the dax and the footsie both well over one point five percent and the red line is a down as well the dancer and glencore losing two percent and banks are a drag down almost three percent and here in russia the plummeting price drag the markets down with the r.t.s. closing of it said in the red. i think it's an individual share moves on the my sex energy majors were among the main losers with lukoil down almost one percent banking stocks were also under pressure it was down more than a percent bucking the trend i was araf lot of company was named the best east european airline ever. in paris. gazprom is just one step away from getting full control over the guest transportation network in bella ruse become free says it'll sell fifty percent of network operator beltran's gas for two and a half billion dollars g

former chief counterinsurgency strategist for the u.s. state department has estimated that drone attacks kill fifty nine targeted persons for each intended target nonetheless we now see the rapid expansion of the cia drone war. right that now you can always catch up over all the stories we're covering online and artsy thought plenty for you to explore for example as the nato continues its humanitarian bombing campaign in libya people in the oil rich country say they're being robbed of both the fuel supplies and the safety. and deep sea vessels and in geneva supporters find out how one wide two russian navy subs went to the bottom of one of europe's largest lake starts dot com you can also catch up with our best videos on art and using you tube channel. he. says. the official tea allocation. pod touch from the. video on demand all she's mine. and. all of your. questions on the dot com. just one hundred twenty minutes past the hour here in moscow you without c let's get some other headlines now from around the world this hour the other son