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6. >> the heads of two u.s. companies are calling on congress to extend the export-import bank charter. some republicans oppose the bank, saying it distorts the market and puts taxpayer money at risk to support large companies. on thursday, the ceo of agriculture equipment maker johnson deer and the ceo of satellite maker orbital joined the discussion hosted by the export-import bank in washington. this is about an hour. >> welcome everyone. please take your seats. i'm not going to see through these lights whether you've done it or not. i'll assume everybody is sitting. thank you to the export-import bank and fred for the invitation to this event. my name is ted alden. i run the renewing america initiative at the council on foreign relations which deals broadly with the competitive issues we'll discuss on this panel. i was also recently the project director of cfr independent task force on u.s. trade and investment policy which was chaired by tom daschle and andy card and started from the evidence that the u.s. h
6. >> the heads of two u.s. companies are calling on congress to extend the export-import bank charter. some republicans oppose the bank, saying it distorts the market and puts taxpayer money at risk to support large companies. on thursday, the ceo of agriculture equipment maker johnson deer and the ceo of satellite maker orbital joined the discussion hosted by the export-import bank in washington. this is about an hour. >> welcome everyone. please take your seats. i'm not going to...
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given the displeasure expressed by influential u.s. lawmakers, attention will be focused on the moves in the u.s. congress too. >>> japan's nuclear and industry safety agency or nisa says it will draw up new safety standards regarding the impact of tsunami on nuclear power plants. in addition to the height of tsunami, the standards will also address the penetration and pressure exerted by the powerful waves. last year's giant tsunami flooded emergency generators at the fukushima daiichi nuclear plant, a situation that led to multiple meltdowns. experts say assumptions regarding the potential for the tsunami were inadequate. the plans were 7 meters above frothed levels. they inundated all major facilities. a turbine building closest to the shore was flooded to a height of 5.5 meters above the floor. the pressure of the tsunami forced the entrance door and water gushed in through air vents and hatches. the emergency generators and power panel located in the basement were flooded. nisa announced it will use a new yardstick for the design o
given the displeasure expressed by influential u.s. lawmakers, attention will be focused on the moves in the u.s. congress too. >>> japan's nuclear and industry safety agency or nisa says it will draw up new safety standards regarding the impact of tsunami on nuclear power plants. in addition to the height of tsunami, the standards will also address the penetration and pressure exerted by the powerful waves. last year's giant tsunami flooded emergency generators at the fukushima...
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abc news in the u.s. quoted government officials who said 90 seconds after the launch the rocket exploded and fell into the ocean. now people along what would have been the flight path are keeping their eyes on the sky once again. south korea's peninsula was one of the first points along that path. nhk world's anna jung is there. anna? >> reporter: south korea's defense ministry held a press conference. officials there confirmed that the north has launched a missile. >> reporter: the spokesperson says south korean and u.s. military analysts are looking into what happened. president lee myung-bak is convening a meeting of senior ministers at this hour. they are expected to discuss what to do about the launch. experts had calculated the first booster would drop into the ocean about 130 kilometers off the coast here, but we have not seen anything yet. ships in this port have refrained from going to fish in outer sea following down officials' advice. aircraft and ships are being urged to make detours around th
abc news in the u.s. quoted government officials who said 90 seconds after the launch the rocket exploded and fell into the ocean. now people along what would have been the flight path are keeping their eyes on the sky once again. south korea's peninsula was one of the first points along that path. nhk world's anna jung is there. anna? >> reporter: south korea's defense ministry held a press conference. officials there confirmed that the north has launched a missile. >> reporter:...
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the u.s. is increasing its military footprint in the asia-pacific region in response to china's growing presence. u.s. president barack obama announced the deployment when he visited australia last november. the 200-member infantry landed on tuesday. a ceremony to mark their arrival will be held on wednesday. the united states plans to increase the size of the deployment to 2,500 personnel. the infantry has no heavy equipment, but the country will also bring in artillery and armored vehicles over the next five or six years. the u.s. military also plans to make greater use of australian naval and air force bases to boost bilateral defense cooperation. >>> well, stock investors are usually encouraged by monetary easing. that's because more financial products are traded. but central bankers in the united states have hinted that further easing may not be necessary for the country's economy to stabilize. ai uchida from the business team has more on what they have to say. >> the federal reserve meets
the u.s. is increasing its military footprint in the asia-pacific region in response to china's growing presence. u.s. president barack obama announced the deployment when he visited australia last november. the 200-member infantry landed on tuesday. a ceremony to mark their arrival will be held on wednesday. the united states plans to increase the size of the deployment to 2,500 personnel. the infantry has no heavy equipment, but the country will also bring in artillery and armored vehicles...
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all the u.s. and china two world powers with a very shaky relationship and a study by the brookings institution shows that as china's influence grows they see the u.s. as a declining power but they also believe that the u.s. will do anything and its power to make sure that it stays on top now this comes as the u.s. is shifting their geo political focus to the age of pacific region and just yesterday two hundred u.s. marines arrived and darwin australia they are the first of thousands expected to arrive now this is the latest move by the u.s. military to amp up its presence in the region and china has some concerns with a growing u.s. presence nearby so as tension rises what does the future hold for u.s. china relations talk more about this rain a lot of political economist joins us now welcome raymond so we are seeing that there are suspicions on both sides but is there one side that seems to be more suspicious. you know i don't think it's a question of suspiciousness or distrust of those are real
all the u.s. and china two world powers with a very shaky relationship and a study by the brookings institution shows that as china's influence grows they see the u.s. as a declining power but they also believe that the u.s. will do anything and its power to make sure that it stays on top now this comes as the u.s. is shifting their geo political focus to the age of pacific region and just yesterday two hundred u.s. marines arrived and darwin australia they are the first of thousands expected...
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red china will be surpassing the u.s. as the number one economy in two thousand and sixteen in the purchasing power parity terms and two thousand and eighteen in nominal g.d.p. terms so we would think if they have not already overtaken the u.s. which is quite possible then two hundred sixteen to the nation that's probably the latest date so clearly from an investor's perspective you are you all should better look at china gaining some exposure in some way form or geopolitical perspective clearly it's gaining influence quite strongly and it's probably a good thing that this is happening you know a trend and russia can criticize a lot in the u.s. but then as we all know there are different perspectives on this and some countries often say that the western interests are stabilizing the world and not the other way around so generally yes china will be probably number one soon and we think it's a good say ok josh when you your priorities are you not disagreeing ok but you react to what martin just said. yeah martin i mean i thi
red china will be surpassing the u.s. as the number one economy in two thousand and sixteen in the purchasing power parity terms and two thousand and eighteen in nominal g.d.p. terms so we would think if they have not already overtaken the u.s. which is quite possible then two hundred sixteen to the nation that's probably the latest date so clearly from an investor's perspective you are you all should better look at china gaining some exposure in some way form or geopolitical perspective...
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the u.s. today renewing itself, resurrecting itself so to speak? do we look like reagan on the hill, pat? >> i don't think so, john. i don't think it's morning in america right now. and i don't think many people do. we're still the greatest country on earth, greatest economy, greatest military, mighty power, but we can't defend our borders, we can't balance our budgets, we can't win our wars. our culture is an embarrassment if it's note a disgrace. i think our politics are very poisonous today. we're divided. i think the united states quite frankly is one every greatest nations in history, but i do believe it's in a period of decline, just like western civilization is when you see what is happening in europe. and i don't think it's pulled out of that in the last four years, and the unity that was promised both by bush and obama has not been achieved. >> eleanor, serious crimes -- longevity is up? people are living to be advanced old ages, problem today is obese tee, not underfed. is it renewing
the u.s. today renewing itself, resurrecting itself so to speak? do we look like reagan on the hill, pat? >> i don't think so, john. i don't think it's morning in america right now. and i don't think many people do. we're still the greatest country on earth, greatest economy, greatest military, mighty power, but we can't defend our borders, we can't balance our budgets, we can't win our wars. our culture is an embarrassment if it's note a disgrace. i think our politics are very poisonous...
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per capita in the u.s. is good ten times higher than china on the other end china supposed to still money have a cost of wind out of ten to fifteen percent that doesn't really seem to have thought out only perhaps if you assume there was exports go back to see you as a very far away but in the future that's going to be less and less the case as that of our supplier to go to other emerging markets ok joining a jump in here we're going to short break after lunch break we continue our discussion and china is number one state department. you. will. if you want to go over will. thank you. elaine. wealthy british scientists are. sometimes the tireless. market prajna. around. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike's cause or there are no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into cars a report. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then something else and you hear or see some other part of it and realize that everything is ok.
per capita in the u.s. is good ten times higher than china on the other end china supposed to still money have a cost of wind out of ten to fifteen percent that doesn't really seem to have thought out only perhaps if you assume there was exports go back to see you as a very far away but in the future that's going to be less and less the case as that of our supplier to go to other emerging markets ok joining a jump in here we're going to short break after lunch break we continue our discussion...
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and relations between the u.s. and pakistan are just shaking their down right just more of the american military isn't making life any easier constantly disregarding pakistan's sovereignty so we'll show you the fine line these two nations are walking. is selected santorum has vowed to prosecute our industry infrequently and forced obscenity but it's porn stars and americans we can't let that happen. and how do you make politics sexy you make angry a bunch of porn stars and call any adult film industry toxic or i'll tell you what some of these adults entertainers are asking you to do to protest rick santorum and let's just say it's definitely not p.g. thirteen. it's friday april sixth four pm in washington d.c. i'm christine frizz out here watching r t. let's begin with one of those terms that has become a very normal part of conversation here in washington cyber security there are a whole lot of top officials here who say this is where the future of terrorism is bound to take place on the internet and it's becoming
and relations between the u.s. and pakistan are just shaking their down right just more of the american military isn't making life any easier constantly disregarding pakistan's sovereignty so we'll show you the fine line these two nations are walking. is selected santorum has vowed to prosecute our industry infrequently and forced obscenity but it's porn stars and americans we can't let that happen. and how do you make politics sexy you make angry a bunch of porn stars and call any adult film...
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as the cost of storage are high the u.s. army decided to use some of it to manufacture munitions and armor plating. dug roxy's the pleated uranium quite simply as a nuclear weapon and yes it is it's solid radioactive waste as chemically toxic it's radioactive radioactive for eternity it's a dirty bomb and yeah it is i always call it nuclear for what it is it's nuclear waste used to kill and destroy us contaminate air war soil and food that remains there to cause harm for eternity this weapon was used for the first time in iraq in one thousand nine hundred one at the time the u.s. army asked to inspect the tons of burned down iraqi tanks destroyed by depleted uranium missiles this is measuring the contamination undestroyed as a result he dug and his team were seriously contaminated by inhaling or even to dust today doug is one of the only survivors of that group i mean you can look at me i mean what i look like there was a lot different story early healthy and our bodies ashore nearly sick little me right there. you know we we
as the cost of storage are high the u.s. army decided to use some of it to manufacture munitions and armor plating. dug roxy's the pleated uranium quite simply as a nuclear weapon and yes it is it's solid radioactive waste as chemically toxic it's radioactive radioactive for eternity it's a dirty bomb and yeah it is i always call it nuclear for what it is it's nuclear waste used to kill and destroy us contaminate air war soil and food that remains there to cause harm for eternity this weapon...
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the u.s. and north korea is important for a nuclear free korean peninsula and for peace and stability. the pact was reached in february. the chinese government has implemented its call to implement the agreement, stipulates the north suspend its uranium enrichment program in exchange for food aid from the u.s. japan's ambassador to the u.n. praised the statement. he told reporters the statement takes into consideration the position that japan has been maintaining. >> translator: the japanese government supports the statement. we will continue to work closely with relevant countries to resolve north korea's nuclear and missile issues. >> officials in north korea say they will continue to develop their satellite technology. they say the launch was the first of a five-year space program. the online version of the newspaper quoted the north korean committee of space technology. the probe pyongyang general association of korean residents in japan publishes the paper. the article said the launch was
the u.s. and north korea is important for a nuclear free korean peninsula and for peace and stability. the pact was reached in february. the chinese government has implemented its call to implement the agreement, stipulates the north suspend its uranium enrichment program in exchange for food aid from the u.s. japan's ambassador to the u.n. praised the statement. he told reporters the statement takes into consideration the position that japan has been maintaining. >> translator: the...
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the u.s. has supreme, independent authority over its territory. item, war. the u.s. has the power to wage war and has been preoccupied with war for over a century. iraq, afghanistan, vietnam, korea, world war ii, world war i. so where is america today? the international stage is populated by superpowers, china, russia, india, and owing dk u.k., france, israel, pakistan, north korea. so how is the u.s.' position today? are we number one, or are we one of nine? are we the u.n. enforcer? are we the world's c.i.a.? do we stop others from becoming number one? the nuclear warhea matter? question, in the light of this mystique, how would you describe president barack obama's foreign policy for the u.s.? eleanor? >> i would call it pragmatic idealism. he picks his spots. he is certainly not a dove when it comes to military engagement. he took on libya, and strikes in yemen, and the drone strikes have set a whole new pattern of military engagement. but because military power and economic power are so intertwined, i think there is a sense that we are -- we are the lone superpow
the u.s. has supreme, independent authority over its territory. item, war. the u.s. has the power to wage war and has been preoccupied with war for over a century. iraq, afghanistan, vietnam, korea, world war ii, world war i. so where is america today? the international stage is populated by superpowers, china, russia, india, and owing dk u.k., france, israel, pakistan, north korea. so how is the u.s.' position today? are we number one, or are we one of nine? are we the u.n. enforcer? are we...
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it makes the argument the u.s. is poised to become an export powerhouse, notes since the end of the recession exports have accounted for fully half of total u.s. economic growth. so the rather weak recovery that we've had would is been positively anemic without the strong growth on the export side. and he notes that the obama administration surprisingly appears to be on track to -- even starting from the depressed face of 2009, there were very few economists thought that was achievable. so barring a real down tun, that number gets hit in 2014. that's the positive story. on the negative side, would i point you to a recent survey by the u.s. competitiveness project at the harvard business school. michael porter, professor there, has long been the guf rue on these topics. they went out and did a survey of 10,000 harvard business school grads who are now in senior management positions in companies all across the country. i suspect mr. thompson may have received that questionnaire as well. the most intriguing part to me
it makes the argument the u.s. is poised to become an export powerhouse, notes since the end of the recession exports have accounted for fully half of total u.s. economic growth. so the rather weak recovery that we've had would is been positively anemic without the strong growth on the export side. and he notes that the obama administration surprisingly appears to be on track to -- even starting from the depressed face of 2009, there were very few economists thought that was achievable. so...
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per capita in the u.s. is that ten times higher than china on the other in china supposed to solemnly have a cost of rounded of ten to fifteen percent that doesn't really seem to have thought out only perhaps if you assume that all those exports go back to see you as a very far away but in the future that's going to be less and less the case as there was a fire called two other emerging markets ok joining a jump in here to get a short break an avalanche of rethinking jim you are just go to china is number one state department. the ok thank you. elaine thank you you thank . there hasn't been anything yet on t.v. . it is to get the maximum political impact. and for the source material is. journalism we thought. we wanted to present. something i. suppose the plant that was responsible for causing the world's worst industrial disaster and now it had been abandoned in a condition where it had become a source of pollution and the most recent study that was done shows that this water pollution and spreading. more t
per capita in the u.s. is that ten times higher than china on the other in china supposed to solemnly have a cost of rounded of ten to fifteen percent that doesn't really seem to have thought out only perhaps if you assume that all those exports go back to see you as a very far away but in the future that's going to be less and less the case as there was a fire called two other emerging markets ok joining a jump in here to get a short break an avalanche of rethinking jim you are just go to...
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as the u.s. winds down two modern wars, how the nation remembers its war dead is a question that future generations must continue to answer. >> and that brings today's show to a close but it can find constant updates on our website. from all of us here, thank you for watching and have a good holiday weekend. >> make sense of international news at bbc.com/news. >> funding was made possible by -- the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu, newman's own foundation, union bank, and shell. >> this is kim, about to feel one of his favorite sensations. at shell, we're developing more efficient fuels in countries like malaysia that can help us get the most from our energy resources. let's use energy more efficiently. let's go. >> "bbc world news america" was presented by kcet los angeles.
as the u.s. winds down two modern wars, how the nation remembers its war dead is a question that future generations must continue to answer. >> and that brings today's show to a close but it can find constant updates on our website. from all of us here, thank you for watching and have a good holiday weekend. >> make sense of international news at bbc.com/news. >> funding was made possible by -- the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu, newman's own...
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cnn says the u.s. navy has sent its most advanced radar system to the region. >> we along with our partners in the region are monitor developments very closely. >> the cnn report says the navy moved the advanced radar system from a base in hawaii, but defense officials have not given any details on how u.s. forces will be deployed to prepare for the launch. >>> we wanted to dig deeper into this story so we asked defense and security expert chiak chiaki akimoto for insight. >> the u.s. international officials is a long range ballistic missile, the modified version of taepodong 2. it's 25 to 30 meters long, and an estimated range of 7,000 kilometers. now we should focus on the location of the launch site. it is a new facility on north korea's western coast, so-called tongchang-ri. many countries launch rockets eastward to take advantage of the earth's rotational speed, so they also have launch site on their east coast, so-called musudan-ri. what they plan to launch from the west means that the flight will
cnn says the u.s. navy has sent its most advanced radar system to the region. >> we along with our partners in the region are monitor developments very closely. >> the cnn report says the navy moved the advanced radar system from a base in hawaii, but defense officials have not given any details on how u.s. forces will be deployed to prepare for the launch. >>> we wanted to dig deeper into this story so we asked defense and security expert chiak chiaki akimoto for insight....
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the u.s. prepares to sentence russian businessmen big to boot for conspiring to smuggle arms and kill americans as he protests innocence and vows to appeal. but it's erupts in central athens after seventy seven year old man shoots himself in front of the greek parliament that he was there as he cuts decimates intervention. the us defense contracts is lined up for business as india makes plans to modernize the military by corruption scandals and probably weaponry. and online twenty four hours a day you're watching r.t. it's judgment day for russian businessman to boot found guilty by the american court of conspiring to sell arms to terrorists he faces life behind bars and sentenced today to on thursday defense maintains his innocence and will appeal but also claim the case has been swayed by the u.s. media but artie's to say choking reports now from new york. years spent fighting us to hunt down one russian man tens of millions of dollars of taxpayer cash poor into a sting operation snatched ou
the u.s. prepares to sentence russian businessmen big to boot for conspiring to smuggle arms and kill americans as he protests innocence and vows to appeal. but it's erupts in central athens after seventy seven year old man shoots himself in front of the greek parliament that he was there as he cuts decimates intervention. the us defense contracts is lined up for business as india makes plans to modernize the military by corruption scandals and probably weaponry. and online twenty four hours a...
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the u.s. economic recovery that finally seems to be underway and one of the news the debt crisis in europe. really that's just one of the things one of only of those who are us politicians looking for a scapegoat or an excuse oh and the grapes are just the lazy freeloaders who caused the euro zone debt crisis right we have a reality check for the mainstream media let's get to today's capital account. so u.s. stocks fell today and people are crediting friday's lousy u.s. jobs report for that now it is hard to say exactly what moves markets you can't really attribute it to one thing or another in our view especially when you can have single traders like the so-called london whale making a gigantic splash that rattles markets or as we talked about on friday when you can have firms manipulating them so what do the u.s. unemployment numbers really spell as far as the broader picture and what does the london whale or voldemort as he's also been spell in terms of the outsized big risk subsidized by th
the u.s. economic recovery that finally seems to be underway and one of the news the debt crisis in europe. really that's just one of the things one of only of those who are us politicians looking for a scapegoat or an excuse oh and the grapes are just the lazy freeloaders who caused the euro zone debt crisis right we have a reality check for the mainstream media let's get to today's capital account. so u.s. stocks fell today and people are crediting friday's lousy u.s. jobs report for that now...
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the room. and reportedly some u.s. officials have departed early to negotiate his fate. >> we're going to make sure we do this in the appropriate way. >> reporter: john brennan stressed the importance of improving chinese/u.s. relations. >> i'm not going to address the issue of mr. chen right now. we are working very closely with the individuals involved in this, so i'm going to leave it to others in the u.s. government who have responsibility for it. >> reporter: negotiating chen's release will be difficult for both countries, with the administration hoping to avoid accusations of caving on human rights and the chinese fearing too many concessions may embolden other activists. >> i think that the u.s. is not in a position to require that the chinese treat him well if he leaves the u.s. embassy. the best we can hope for is to negotiate safe passage to the airport and exit from the country. >> reporter: there may be some incentive on both sides for a quiet resolution. if not only a presidential election year here in the
the room. and reportedly some u.s. officials have departed early to negotiate his fate. >> we're going to make sure we do this in the appropriate way. >> reporter: john brennan stressed the importance of improving chinese/u.s. relations. >> i'm not going to address the issue of mr. chen right now. we are working very closely with the individuals involved in this, so i'm going to leave it to others in the u.s. government who have responsibility for it. >> reporter:...
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the u.s. is such a big economy and so separate from the rest of the world that we have not been engaged in competition and tax competition. so i'd like to go back to the original ideas with the federal tax needs to be if it's going to be constitutional but that is the federal government figures out how much money it needs and bills a bill to the states and let the states raise the revenues and the states compete among themselves with the tax code. if you want to be a new yorker who redistrict like crazy thing you can raise your federal tax that would. if you want to do some other way and some of state you can do how you like. so i think imposing this -- keeping on how much we want to spend. >> the federal government -- [talking over each other] then the states can compete for the tax credit if we could do that they'll be much better to anyone here on the stage could come up with it because in the competition would produce the code. >> what do you think of that, governor? do you think should be
the u.s. is such a big economy and so separate from the rest of the world that we have not been engaged in competition and tax competition. so i'd like to go back to the original ideas with the federal tax needs to be if it's going to be constitutional but that is the federal government figures out how much money it needs and bills a bill to the states and let the states raise the revenues and the states compete among themselves with the tax code. if you want to be a new yorker who redistrict...
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well the u.s. and china two world powers with age shake your relationship a recent study by the broking in brookings institution shows that as china's influence grows they see the u.s. as a declining power but they also believe the u.s. will do anything in its power to make sure it stays on top now this comes as the u.s. is shifting their geopolitical focus to the asia pacific region and just yesterday two hundred u.s. marines arrived in darwin australia it's the latest move by the u.s. in a later military to amp up its presence in the region and china has some concerns with a growing u.s. presence nearby so as tension rises what's the future hold for u.s. china relations to talk more about this room and lot of political economist joined me earlier. you know i don't think it's a question of suspiciousness or distrust although those are real phenomena or who distrust who more what's really going on is that there is that there are growing geopolitical tensions between the united states and china and t
well the u.s. and china two world powers with age shake your relationship a recent study by the broking in brookings institution shows that as china's influence grows they see the u.s. as a declining power but they also believe the u.s. will do anything in its power to make sure it stays on top now this comes as the u.s. is shifting their geopolitical focus to the asia pacific region and just yesterday two hundred u.s. marines arrived in darwin australia it's the latest move by the u.s. in a...
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the. first u.s. marines reach australia as america's military moves in on the asian pacific region challenge china's growing influence. and russia warns against arming the syrian rebels with peace efforts underway saying they can't topple president and they will only leave the carnage. the bears are growing on the russian markets with the obvious m i six ending wednesday session down around two and a half percent more on this in twenty minutes from. seven pm here in moscow this is r.t. coming to you live from an isa now a with our top story struggling with money has proven to be an unbearable burden for a greek pensioner who has shot himself in a square in central athens and this is one of a string of suicides across the e.u. caused by financial desperation and the continuing harsh austerity measures are these tests are simply reports from brussels. on the bigger picture it is a symbol of the desperation on the street of the ordinary people across the e.u. who are suffering from all the a steady cuts
the. first u.s. marines reach australia as america's military moves in on the asian pacific region challenge china's growing influence. and russia warns against arming the syrian rebels with peace efforts underway saying they can't topple president and they will only leave the carnage. the bears are growing on the russian markets with the obvious m i six ending wednesday session down around two and a half percent more on this in twenty minutes from. seven pm here in moscow this is r.t. coming...
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the u.s. cancelation of food aid for the north. a senior u.s. official told reporters that pyongyang has informed the international atomic energy agency of its decision. the u.s. official criticized the country for the move calling it a complete reversal of their position. north korea reportedly told the iaea that inspections are off the table now that the possibility of food aid has been withdrawn. the u.s. government withdrew its offer of food shipments after the launch last friday. the u.s. says the launch was in violation of an agreement between the two countries sealed in february. under the terms of the agreement, north korea pledged to suspend long-range missile tests and accept iaea inspectors at its nuclear facilities in exchange for 240,000 tons of food aid. meanwhile, an official from north korea said the country remains committed to implementing the february agreement. the official was speaking at a recent international arms reduction conference. the state run korean central news ag
the u.s. cancelation of food aid for the north. a senior u.s. official told reporters that pyongyang has informed the international atomic energy agency of its decision. the u.s. official criticized the country for the move calling it a complete reversal of their position. north korea reportedly told the iaea that inspections are off the table now that the possibility of food aid has been withdrawn. the u.s. government withdrew its offer of food shipments after the launch last friday. the u.s....
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the u.s. is increasing its military footprint in the asia pacific region in response to china's growing presence. u.s. president barack obama announced the deployment when he visited australia last november. the 200-member infantry landed on tuesday. a ceremony to mark their arrival will be held on wednesday. the united states plans to increase the size of the deployment to 2,500 personnel. the infantry has no heavy equipment, but the country will also bring in artillery and armored vehicles over the next five or six years. the u.s. military also plans to make greater use of australian naval and air force bases to boost bilateral defense cooperation. >>> people around the world have praised mayan nar fyanmar for t of its recent by-elections. now officials in the united states are suggesting they could offer the prize they have their eyes on. a state department official is indicating that the u.s. is planning to lift economic sanctions. pro-democracy leader aung san suu kyi won a seat in myanmar
the u.s. is increasing its military footprint in the asia pacific region in response to china's growing presence. u.s. president barack obama announced the deployment when he visited australia last november. the 200-member infantry landed on tuesday. a ceremony to mark their arrival will be held on wednesday. the united states plans to increase the size of the deployment to 2,500 personnel. the infantry has no heavy equipment, but the country will also bring in artillery and armored vehicles...
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the u.s. government wanted victor boot to spend the rest of his life in an american prison however a u.s. federal judge has sentenced the russian citizen to twenty five years behind bars the knot is for conspiring to sell millions of dollars of weapons and surface to air missiles to colombian for rebels those rebels were really agents that were posing undercover the u.s. federal judge delivered her sentence in manhattan. thursday afternoon that was the mandatory minimum sentence that she could give mr boot the u.s. federal judge has said that mr hasn't been an active arms dealer since two thousand and three and believes that there is no proof that mr bush was looking for opportunities to deal with terrorists kill americans victor boot through the first time stood up and addressed the courtroom he said that he never intended to kill anyone or sell arms to anyone he said that is the truth and then he turned around and pointed his finger at the d e agents that testified against him saying that the
the u.s. government wanted victor boot to spend the rest of his life in an american prison however a u.s. federal judge has sentenced the russian citizen to twenty five years behind bars the knot is for conspiring to sell millions of dollars of weapons and surface to air missiles to colombian for rebels those rebels were really agents that were posing undercover the u.s. federal judge delivered her sentence in manhattan. thursday afternoon that was the mandatory minimum sentence that she could...
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the liberal promoted in the u.s. and the international community because the countries of the region including central issuia, pakistan, japan have common interests in defeating nonstate actors, drug traffickers and terrorists and extremists and, et cetera that they are going to come around and cooperate. hence, or because they have interest in trade promotion, therefore they will come together. that is the kind of liberal approach that we'll have trade as the thing that will bring everybody together. but there is the realist view that actually says in the presence of anarchy which i would say the region definitely applies, we actually have a lot of countries playing their own interests, security dynamics within each other. pakistan has their own dynamics, central asia russia, have their own, et cetera, et cetera. so compounded with the lack of capacity, a lack of ovenity of the afghan government, everybody plays their own security problems. so the question is do we have a region? are they really viable together becau
the liberal promoted in the u.s. and the international community because the countries of the region including central issuia, pakistan, japan have common interests in defeating nonstate actors, drug traffickers and terrorists and extremists and, et cetera that they are going to come around and cooperate. hence, or because they have interest in trade promotion, therefore they will come together. that is the kind of liberal approach that we'll have trade as the thing that will bring everybody...
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the u.s. government continue spending millions of dollars to support freedom of your net around the war but is it freedom for all we can leak switch to many has become the symbol of fear now freedom has been under fire from u.s. officials and lawmakers as we age published documents which embarrass the american government in many ways we can reach becomes the enemy the u.s. has reportedly issued a secret indictment against julian assange the head of the website which leaves hundreds of thousands of documents revealing embarrassing details about wars in iraq and afghanistan five major u.s. financial institutions we said master card pay pal western union and the bank of america have tried to economically strangle we here leaks by blocking donations to the web. sight until recently peter van buren has served as a foreign service officer the state department he says he was fired over the book and the blog that he wrote for but the feeling of u.s. policies in iraq the state department since two thous
the u.s. government continue spending millions of dollars to support freedom of your net around the war but is it freedom for all we can leak switch to many has become the symbol of fear now freedom has been under fire from u.s. officials and lawmakers as we age published documents which embarrass the american government in many ways we can reach becomes the enemy the u.s. has reportedly issued a secret indictment against julian assange the head of the website which leaves hundreds of thousands...
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when the u.s. sent major combat units into vietnam in april of 1965, the north vietnamese leaders also feared that they might get an intervention in north vietnam. again, they're looking at korea. the ghost of korea hangs over both sides here in thinking about what to do. and so in april 1965, the chinese give the order to send troops to north vietnam. and between 1965 and 1969, there are 320,000 chinese troops that serve in north vietnam. at one time there's as many as 170,000. this is critical in many ways. to the north, they want these chinese troops because the more chinese troops there are in north vietnam, that's two things. one, it acts as a trigger. if the americans come north, there will be a war with the chinese. and this is helpful to the north vietnamese. plus, if there are chinese troops in north vietnam, the north vietnamese can infiltrate more of their regular units into the south or cambodia or laos. when you think about american options next week, think about american options for de
when the u.s. sent major combat units into vietnam in april of 1965, the north vietnamese leaders also feared that they might get an intervention in north vietnam. again, they're looking at korea. the ghost of korea hangs over both sides here in thinking about what to do. and so in april 1965, the chinese give the order to send troops to north vietnam. and between 1965 and 1969, there are 320,000 chinese troops that serve in north vietnam. at one time there's as many as 170,000. this is...
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the u.s. military believes that this is the easiest and most efficient way to kill militants certainly there are other ways sort of militants could have been in certain cases captured. you could also use more traditional means such as they are strikes or cruise missiles although i'm not sure that would make yemen or accent any happier. the other would be to revise the strategy in the campaign that make it less oriented around joint insurgents and militants. ok thank you but if i assisted a professor at the patterson school of diplomacy international commerce at the university of kentucky thank you thank you. but take a look at some other news now from around the world the south. bradley manning accused of leaking u.s. government secrets to wiki leaks has failed in his attempt to persuade the judge to throw out the most serious charge against him crime of aiding the enemy carries a maximum penalty of life imprisonment he hasn't entered a plea to any of the charges or decided whether he tried ju
the u.s. military believes that this is the easiest and most efficient way to kill militants certainly there are other ways sort of militants could have been in certain cases captured. you could also use more traditional means such as they are strikes or cruise missiles although i'm not sure that would make yemen or accent any happier. the other would be to revise the strategy in the campaign that make it less oriented around joint insurgents and militants. ok thank you but if i assisted a...
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and i think even here in the u.s. if you look at the data, we're definitely taking our foot off the gas pedal, as well. i'm not sure if it will be as dramatic as last year when the market sold off over 20% from the early may highs to the october lows, but we're telling our clients that the market is vulnerable and so we want to be a little bit more defensive. >> i wanted to ask you about the second half. i'm curious as to whether your clients are concerned about how the fiscal situation is going to work out here in the united states. and how you see them reacting to what is going to be a really uncertain outcome. not just from the election itself, but also miss cal policy. will they pull their head wills back in their shells or will they try to move forward? >> i don't think that's an immediate concern. i think that's spg that's definitely in the back of people's minds. i think kind of the way the politics and the election play into will is how hampers the fed. if we do have the kind of slowdown that we had last year,
and i think even here in the u.s. if you look at the data, we're definitely taking our foot off the gas pedal, as well. i'm not sure if it will be as dramatic as last year when the market sold off over 20% from the early may highs to the october lows, but we're telling our clients that the market is vulnerable and so we want to be a little bit more defensive. >> i wanted to ask you about the second half. i'm curious as to whether your clients are concerned about how the fiscal situation...
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this is how it views the u.s. presence in the region but iran does have a number of issues with the afghan government as well. there are disputes over the hellemond river. the eiranian government accuses the afghan government of preventing water flows to iran and there have been some reports that according to the afghan police that iran is actively helping the taliban in order to prevent the building of a dam on the helmand mond. there's the issue of narcotics, one of the highest addiction rates in the world. there are literally millions of iranian heroin users, a lot of them are young. and iran has spent hundreds of millions of dollars and has lost thousands of lives trying to protect the iranian/afghan border so this is a major issue for iran. often the drug flow is cited as a reason for regional cooperation and not just regional cooperation but cooperation between iran, the united states, and international forces in afghanistan. but at the same time there have been reports of the revolutionary guards which is ve
this is how it views the u.s. presence in the region but iran does have a number of issues with the afghan government as well. there are disputes over the hellemond river. the eiranian government accuses the afghan government of preventing water flows to iran and there have been some reports that according to the afghan police that iran is actively helping the taliban in order to prevent the building of a dam on the helmand mond. there's the issue of narcotics, one of the highest addiction...
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we're reducing our prices in the u.s. g busier and busier. >> when i go to hong kong, i see pret a manage everywhere, but in terms of cracking the china market, how much have head way have you made? >> we're taking the china market very slowly. i don't think we should rush into it. building first our business in hong kong. slowly moving out of say the central districts into western districts and on the hong kong island and gradually moving a bit more mid markets. china will come later on. >> it's basically arise and noodle market. sandwiches not quite the thing that chinese are used to. how do you create preferences or make it more attractive for consumers to try your sandwiches some sflink t ? >> i think hot food is what they want to have. i don't think they regard the cold sandwiches to be the core diet for them. so we have to develop the best kind of hot food we can before going in to the chinese market. >> i'm looking at the u.s. menu. it's interesting to compare this. >> we were looking it for some free sandwiches thi
we're reducing our prices in the u.s. g busier and busier. >> when i go to hong kong, i see pret a manage everywhere, but in terms of cracking the china market, how much have head way have you made? >> we're taking the china market very slowly. i don't think we should rush into it. building first our business in hong kong. slowly moving out of say the central districts into western districts and on the hong kong island and gradually moving a bit more mid markets. china will come...
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part of this trend that the u.s. is that the rest of the world is now rejecting this washington consensus that's part of it max and you're right about the u.s. position of the end of world war two we were an economic monic power and a military power but there were two elements to that one was the one you mentioned which is our superior military force and of that our nuclear umbrella over europe and japan so we could kind of get them to do what we wanted because we were holding up their defense but also remember in one nine hundred fifty the united states had twenty thousand tons of gold we had all the gold two thirds of all the physical gold the world today of course that number is not a thousand tons we've lost twelve thousand tons actually that was all lost between one hundred fifty nine hundred eighty so we had two things with the military we had the gold today we have a lot less total though fortunately the u.s. still has a fair amount of military still the strongest in the world but you're right the countries are
part of this trend that the u.s. is that the rest of the world is now rejecting this washington consensus that's part of it max and you're right about the u.s. position of the end of world war two we were an economic monic power and a military power but there were two elements to that one was the one you mentioned which is our superior military force and of that our nuclear umbrella over europe and japan so we could kind of get them to do what we wanted because we were holding up their defense...
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of the members u.s. elections are to special report looks at the accuracy of the country's voting system that's coming your way this hour. a vote for bush will. always stand by while the. so the people that are going to be validating this machine can stand there all day long and vote for somebody and it will be right every time put the guy to rock up here and if he hits the right buttons he can flip the vote their leader. norwegian mass killer and this brave rick says he would carry out another assault and he had the chance so i see the count of even his statements to court on the second day of his trial hearing was delayed after they judge was dismissed from the panel for writing on facebook brave it deserved a death sentence which is banned in norway and is prepared speech that you all describe his massacre as the some spectacular success of europe since world war two now. as admitted killing seventy seven people last summer as a marine also in a shooting spree at a youth camp outside the capital where
of the members u.s. elections are to special report looks at the accuracy of the country's voting system that's coming your way this hour. a vote for bush will. always stand by while the. so the people that are going to be validating this machine can stand there all day long and vote for somebody and it will be right every time put the guy to rock up here and if he hits the right buttons he can flip the vote their leader. norwegian mass killer and this brave rick says he would carry out another...
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the u.s. and other world powers expressed worries over what comes next, after north korea's long-range rocket disintegrated just a minute after launch. good evening. i'm jeffrey brown. >> warner: and i'm margaret warner. on the newshour tonight, we have an on-the-ground report from pyongyang, and assess the consequences for the secretive nation and the world. >> brown: then, as president obama heads to the summit of the americas, ray suarez examines new pressures on washington to retool its drug policy. >> warner: gwen ifill reports on a veteran republican senator being targeted for defeat by his own party. the indiana senate race will be about the strength of tea party movement but mostly it will be about richard lugar who at 80 years old has been in washington for more than three decades. >> brown: mark shields and david brooks analyze the week's news. >> warner: and we close with a look at the never-ending fascination with the "titanic," 100 years after it sank. >> brown: that's all ahead on
the u.s. and other world powers expressed worries over what comes next, after north korea's long-range rocket disintegrated just a minute after launch. good evening. i'm jeffrey brown. >> warner: and i'm margaret warner. on the newshour tonight, we have an on-the-ground report from pyongyang, and assess the consequences for the secretive nation and the world. >> brown: then, as president obama heads to the summit of the americas, ray suarez examines new pressures on washington to...
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the u.s. government takes a very aggressive approach extraterritorial if someone is in london wire transfers a sum of money to an individual and really on and on but none stop him the money kings through citibank in new york that paying that touching of u.s. jurisdiction is sufficient jurisdiction for the united states government and the charge both of those individuals with money laundering both facing extradition proceedings if they both lose they're looking at up to twenty years of parole twenty years without parole as worst place to go to the federal judge in manhattan the u.s. government decided they wanted him to say for a bill to food to manufacture in my view jurisdiction not illegally a form of in craft not where they were able to pull mr boot into the jurisdiction of the u.s. courts they placed him in you know in extradition proceedings about why you. thailand and had an extra dieted to the united states. over in bahrain on violent demonstrations against the government rage on was use
the u.s. government takes a very aggressive approach extraterritorial if someone is in london wire transfers a sum of money to an individual and really on and on but none stop him the money kings through citibank in new york that paying that touching of u.s. jurisdiction is sufficient jurisdiction for the united states government and the charge both of those individuals with money laundering both facing extradition proceedings if they both lose they're looking at up to twenty years of parole...
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u.s. dollar the. dollar is still posting at one thirty one at forty six at this hour let me just mention to you that we've got the u.s. stock futures now they're pointing ops about offering an interesting one to watch and we also know that is season as well it's a day we're going to be looking out for goldman sachs results and coca-cola as well as investor housing starts as well so lots to look out for ally so in the u.s. i was in about three hours' time all right katie thanks for that update stay tuned of course to archie as the most renowned visionaries to amazon's interview show is coming up in just a few moments its world premiere after a short break come out fine. blind in russia would be soon which crisis if you knew no bounds room from phones to move rations. to for instance on t.v. don't come. the close up team has been to the sverdlovsk region. where blacksmithing has developed from a craft into an industry. now largely goes far north. of where attempts to put roads and rail are a battle agai
u.s. dollar the. dollar is still posting at one thirty one at forty six at this hour let me just mention to you that we've got the u.s. stock futures now they're pointing ops about offering an interesting one to watch and we also know that is season as well it's a day we're going to be looking out for goldman sachs results and coca-cola as well as investor housing starts as well so lots to look out for ally so in the u.s. i was in about three hours' time all right katie thanks for that update...
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i practiced law in south africa before moving to the u.s. n march of this year i was faced with a choice. i could stay in the united states with might call-year-old daughter in a shared custody arrangement or i would have to leave her behind to go into exile with my same-sex spouse and our four-year old. our nightmare involves navigating the complex immigration system to keep our family together. had we not been of the same sex, we would have not had any problems. after receiving help from senator feinstein, i led the drive to introduced private bill 867. when my advocacy became public, scores of bi-national couples began contacting me for help. not a day goes1/ request. i testified before the california state assembly, judiciary committee, and provided written testimony to senator leahy for the uniting of american families act. the irc, in making their recommendations to the mayor and board of a supervisors, to improve and enhance the quality of life into the participation of all the grim immigrants in the city and county of san francisco mu
i practiced law in south africa before moving to the u.s. n march of this year i was faced with a choice. i could stay in the united states with might call-year-old daughter in a shared custody arrangement or i would have to leave her behind to go into exile with my same-sex spouse and our four-year old. our nightmare involves navigating the complex immigration system to keep our family together. had we not been of the same sex, we would have not had any problems. after receiving help from...