risk ok martin you want to jump in the u.s. debt is the euro the u.s. so there i mean it is all of us basically yes go ahead you are going to repeat that us over and as i would suggest a problem it's nothing as by the promise so that's that's why though you're kind of right the chinese are looking to invest in some other things with some form of banking with hollow this industry so in europe actually they're buying up like needing german companies now all over the place looking at physical industry i think they have put quite enough folks over in bonds but within the u.s. and europe and again that have to write it off rather than throwing good money after bad so we do you last word twenty seconds and then we're going to go right. ahead. i even though you know the story here is going to take a long time chinese investment in physical assets actually was flat last year it was going up for years it was flat last year they couldn't find things to buy you've got to have an alternative to the dollar for the dollar to decline even when u.s. fiscal policy is bad

you know if the u.s. could do three things right it could stay out of the syrian conflict and let the syrian regime just control the country that would be promoting stability or if you come in with a big leadership role with a big intervention and stability to install a new regime let me ok and that that would at least protect civilians but instead what the u.s. has done is the worst of both worlds it is said assad has to step down and therefore what that down is does is just embolden the rebels and fueled the civil war but it's not doing anything to actually help the rebels win or to defeat assad so all it's done is throw fuel on the fire if you want to say that that's not the u.s. taking a big role i would disagree the u.s. has made to play the flute role in syria it is emboldened it is escalated the civil war but it hasn't done anything to rein it in that's the worst of both worlds ok ryan when you look at all these interventions i mean where did i just go right when did these interventions go right for

the u.s. central commander from 85 to 88 to the u.s. military command from the middle east. at least that spurred an interest even though as a young lieutenant at the time and ranchers prefer different the march geopolitical issues. but after desert storm come work at a school with an interest in the middle east have got me quite interested in doing best in the region. it started with a dissertation and back to. i intended to read a book about the time -- just 90 book contract two days before 9/11 happened, which was a far different the thinness and then after my military experience is in iraq and afghanistan mse started you any started you any issue in a different light, i said bannings cope with the book and a good 10 years research and readiness. my wife reminded me we haven't had a vacation since 2004. so as to which every waking moment of my free time. it took us from the government service at a washington thing for an experience you from the government right to travel. research is quite i

the u.s. central commander from 85 to 88, the u.s. military command for the middle east. obviously that sort of spurred an interest even though i was a young lieutenant at the time in my interest for far different than large geopolitical issues. but after desert storm i went back to graduate school with an interest having served in desert storm with an interest in the police and if you that he got me quite interested in doing, studying the region so i started with a dissertation and that sort of kept up. i intended to write a book around the time and in fact i just signed a book contract two days before 9/11 happened, which is going to be a far different book than this. and then after my military experiences in iraq and afghanistan and as she started seeing iranian issues in a different light, started expanding the scope of the book and then spent a good 10 years researching and writing this. my wife likes to remind me we haven't had a vacation since 2004 so it's very much every waking moment o

julian assange says the u.s. must stop prosecuting whistle blowers they mean to shed light on the crimes of the powerful. hundreds of supporters turned out to hear his statement as did hundreds of police officers who were getting floated in their desire to arrest him more coming up in just a moment. and other news of the verdict for punk band pussy riot and you putin's done to and russia's main cathedral is two years behind bars crowds rallied both in support and against the women. but brains prominent human rights activists nabila red jab is a jail for three years while the equal rights movement gains momentum in the gulf states. and the un observers mandate for syria runs out late on sunday with a new peace envoy confirmed all as reports suggest you can teligent is helping rebels attack the regime. you're watching r t live from moscow first joining us on she has called for the u.s. to stop its witch hunt against whistleblowers and also thing to ecuador for granting him political asylum he made his long awaited s

if it weren't for if the u.s. had supported a little more he wouldn't have been locked up as he was he wouldn't have been treated like this hypocrisy is a word used quite regularly in saying that the you the u.s. have supported protesters in other countries like egypt and libya in the arab spring they have remained silent over bahrain the u.s. fifth fleet is based in bahrain. this also raises questions over bahrain's sunni government's commitment to human rights and reform for eighteen months now protesters have been trying to get a larger say in the politics of the country most of those protesters come from the country's seventy percent shia majority so far though despite warm words that they want dialogue the government has given up nothing. we will of course be following both of these developing stories a plus of the timeline of these high profile cases as well as expert opinion and analysis on the issues are always available on our website and if you've missed julian as long as the interview with bill rejects a

government over the years the u.s. military has gone as far as dosing detainees with high levels of psychotropic drugs . according to reports released by the pentagon prisoners were forced to take mind altering drugs often against their will before being interrogated a story first broken by truth out's lead investigative reporter jason leopold what the inspector general said was is that detainees were interrogated while they were on drugs that is known to produce or will end up producing unreliable information so then you have the government going into the d.c. circuit ok and arguing that all of the detainees statements are true critics accuse obama of following in the footsteps of his predecessor george w. bush by continuing a system that revolves around censoring defendants in the name of national security this is not a legitimate process how do you prosecute someone years after the crime when you have full control of their body and the evidence for that and entire period of time nearly eleven years following the sept

the u.s. to repeat as the arms trade treaty, the first-ever global agreement regulating the $60 billion arms trade. we will speak with william hartung, author of, "prophets of war: lockheed martin and the making of the military- industrial complex." then, the conversion of a climate change skeptic. we will speak with a scientist once funded by the right wing koch brothers. >> one, recognize how bad it is. the surprising answer is, so far it has not been very bad. >> years of denying global warming, university of california professor richard muller now says global warming is real and that humans are almost entirely responsible. bill mckibben on "global warming's terrifying new math." >> the key steps are to keep the oil and coal in the ground, not to open the arctic to drilling, not to put up that pipeline to the tar sands. >> all of that and more coming up. this is "democracy now!," democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. president obama has reportedly issued secret authori

than in the philippines that the u.s. or so many economic and business interests in china it wants to keep china obedient to whatever dictates that you have in store for china so all the treaty allies from japan south korea australia the philippines you're being mobilized right now to encircle china and keep it subservient to the u.s. dictate in interests with a deeply checkered historic background of the u.s. military presence in the region many concerns have been raised the united states has for many many battles and pivot towards asia should be considered something of great alarm for the. fearing full scale conflict in the region beijing is looking for a helping hand and it has to look no further than its closest neighbor during the recent state visit to china who seemed glad to know he had the support with pledges to boost already strong military ties all but making this point clear. washington the must stay vigilant in the face of china's growing military hasn't yet openly criticized the new us agenda in the asian pac

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julian assange says the u.s. must stop persecuting whistleblowers aiming to shed light on the crimes of the powerful. statement hundreds of police officers who were. coming up in just a moment. three members of the feminist punk band pussy riot in jail for two years for their stunt in russia's main cathedral the verdict resonates across the world and sparked demonstrations for and against the women in russia. prominent human rights activist. jailed for three years while the equal rights movement gains momentum in the gulf states. united nations observer mission wraps up its four month long presence in syria citing increasing violence. suggest british intelligence is helping rebels fight the regime. recapping the week's top stories and with today's headlines this is our team with our weekly good to have you with us julian assange has called for the u.s. to stop its witch hunt against whistleblowers and also thing to ecuador for granting him political asylum he made his long awaited statement on the balcony of the l

the u.s. war in afghanistan is known as the longest military conflict in american history and as u.s. officials hope for a successful exit strategy by the year twenty fourteen an alarming new trend is spiking on the ground indicating that this may not happen so easily u.s. troops have been dying at record rates in so-called insider attacks at the hands of their afghan allies at least ten u.s. troops have been killed in these attacks in the last two weeks alone this makes up for over thirty percent of u.s. military deaths in august of last year there have been at least forty such deaths in so-called green on blue attacks where members of afghan forces turning against western troops sixty nine people were wounded and one of many attempts to tackle the increasing problem a top u.s. general flew to afghanistan this week to address the issue only to have his plane become the target of a rocket attack experts say it's yet another sign of growing discontent in the war torn country as u.s. president ba

plus the u.s. army spends three million dollars on the development of a nasal spray that eliminates the thoughts that go online for the details. and these are the images in seeing from the streets of canada. the decision of a russian court to jail the three members of punk band pussy riot for two years has split society and provoked a massive international reaction the groups and i put in stands in the country's main orthodox cathedral was ruled to be whole again as i'm motivated by religious hatred oliver has a story. to figure out a reason that you move the finish line you possibly you know that's the end of any delusion if one would never want to bring in the clothes on you but obviously it is . after their trial hit headlines around the world a global audience who is watching as madea. and you cut it in as some would say of each found out their fate for their performance the punk rock prayer in russia's main to phaedra outside the courts a large group gathered with both those supporting the wome

well here in the u.s. what julian assange has done is he has released a lot of information that is compromise the integrity and credibility of the u.s. government and many corporations because what he's done is he's exposed secrecies exposed the truth that's what he says and much of those documents hundreds of thousands of those documents were classified and not supposed to be seen and read by the public we showed our viewers at the start of the show some video it was shown of a u.s. military taking place in activity in and over in iraq if not for with the leaks maybe the public would have never known that and of course it is shed a very dark light on u.s. foreign policy and also put into question relationships between u.s. corporations wall street and u.s. politics because so many documents have been released over the course of six years this of course has angered many u.s. politicians and influential leaders in the banking and even media world as you mentioned liz and they do not want to see julian assang

the u.s. army spends three million dollars on the development of a nasal spray that i wanted so soft. not so go online for the details. plus the chinese beauty queen is crowned miss world ribot all the pomp and pageantry at parties. the u.n. observer mission mandate for syria is expiring later on sunday as government forces try to push the rebels out of the or key strongholds the armed conflict that began in march of last year has already claimed more than eight hundred thousand lives on both sides fierce clashes are continuing in the country's commercial hub a level with bashar assad's army turning increasingly to air power to push back insurgents trying to seize the city the new many earlier harbor hate me was confirmed by the u.n. this friday and is expected to give it new if it is to peace efforts meanwhile russia says the u.s. will buy a late international norms if it goes ahead with imposing a no fly zone over syria a move that helped rebels to always throw the khadafi regime in libya but

the pressure comes down on the u.s. border patrol. 1994, the man in charge of el paso is sylvestre reyes. when i first got here, the problem that i saw in this area was a strategy that pretty much guaranteed us to fail at maintaining control of this border. narrator: before 1993, the border patrol more or less looked the other way, allowing people to cross freely. the policy sort of invited the mexicans in for a game of "cat and mouse." the strategy required our officers to be in the neighborhoods here in the el paso area and then try and chase people down after they had made an illegal entry into the metropolitan area of el paso. narrator: sometimes they were captured one by one. sometimes they were rounded up in waves. chief reyes set forth a whole new approach to guarding the border. it's called "operation hold the line." reyes: what we did to adjust, or to compensate, for that is move all our agents right up on the international line itself, right up here on the rio grande river and maintain a deterrent posture 24 hours a day, seve

in the u.s. army reach a new peak an average of more than forty people killing themselves every single month. twenty minutes past the hour here in moscow the international observer mission in the conflict torn country of syria will be scrapped when its mandate expires in three days and the decision by the u.n. security council is a disappointment for russia which sees the mission is key to finding a political way out of the war reporting from new york now is on. truckin. regretfully for russia we have to see the united nations security council did in fact decide to not prolong the mission the mandate of the observer mission in syria of the united nations now there were two conditions for this mandate to keep for them to keep functioning on the ground and these were and end to the violence as well as ending the use of heavy weaponry and of course we know that this unfortunately has not occurred as of yet the united nations will however mean team a presence on the ground in a different format this w

recognize the military by the u.s. stablishing military bases is building up its military assets throughout the region and just to come back to the point you might hear about many of. us as a presence for peace in the region i mean on the surface a surprise but in many countries there is big concern about the dilemma which thirty five's which means that they're dependent on charm economically but on the u.s. they have long long standing the strategic targets and how it balances. is of deep concern to the rule you know going to these countries and they're well aware of the potential for conflict and war. well as we've just discussed and you mentioned earlier the geopolitical landscape of the region is quite complex but business is business and in fact trade ties between the u.s. and china are the largest in the world so given that why do you think washington would risk that by driving up tension was beijing. oh to move as a journalist for the world socialist were sort of a first order to my cleaver are not a ticket with

the u.s. has been strengthening military ties with neighbors and asia pacific ever since president obama assumed his post in the white house that includes nations which have better territorial disputes will keep power in the region china and washington's actions are making beijing question what its real aims are. reports. always they are courting each other at official meetings but it's a different story under the table with the u.s. employing every turn to asia policy ties between washington and beijing are getting tense. becoming. the u.s. . is having you along. because you're much more. they are coming into this region. trying to. china. and that intention has already been felt south korea the philippines and vietnam have already held nato military exercises with several more countries in the region expected to have similar war games soon during a recent extensive tour of the asian pacific u.s. secretary of defense leon panetta said washington will relocate at least sixty percent of its nava

to the u.s. to face death row but is it enough to persuade the whistleblower to go and face the sex is still playing a few. washington's being internationally condemned for turning to al qaeda style tactics by using follow up strikes in its pakistan drone raids the attacks target those who arrived at the initial scene to help victims multiple american missiles have killed over a dozen people in pakistan over the last few days in areas the u.s. claims are full of militants gun it if you can reports for us. the u.s. prides itself on the rule of law but on a number of issues the line between what's legal and what's not has kind of blurred in the last decade or so is wiretapping legal no but in the name of national security yes there are attempts right now in congress to legalize big brother on the web by making it legal for providers to funnel all private correspondence to national security agencies the law in the u.s. protects free speech but never before has there been such a hunt for whistleblower

and that is because many believe the u.s. was hoping that julian assange would be extradited to sweden so that sweden would subsequently be able to extradite julian assange to the united states we have heard in recent years it's no secret former and current u.s. government officials equating julian a songe to are terrorists and that was in the aftermath of him releasing cables and memos that were classified that belonged to the u.s. government as a result the integrity of the u.s. government was compromised a lot of secrets were revealed and it painted the u.s. foreign policy in a dark light it's no secret that the administration of u.s. president barack obama has been earning a reputation for waging a war on whistleblowers fiercer reputation then any of his predecessors many journalists scholars and activists in the u.s. have signed a letter of support for julian a songe one is including naomi wolf she's a journalist and author first of all this is a white house now to wait houses obama's and bush's which is systematically ov

but the u.s. and its western allies have underscored as late as this eat this meeting taking place security council that they will continue supporting the syrian opposition and continue providing them with a quick meant. political analyst and freelance writer cavour come on is also skeptical of a no fly zone questioning just to monetary needs it would fulfill. this is not them here mary cary what should be done. for a negotiation for a very look with the syrian leadership and with the opposition for example next month we have the interim opposition meeting in san dimas close. to syria so why do islamist it's not helping the syrians for a political solution where there are we going to see the so-called g. how these. and the fundamentalists in syria. against a secular state it's like syria i'm going to work we're kind of studio expecting in the future about syria falls in the hands of this experience. because of the syrian society will be totally collapsed and you could have. the whole of the mideast

well the cia and national u.s. intelligence officials have indicated that they think no more than sixty civilians have been killed in almost ten years of bombing in this campaign and that's ludicrous it's absolutely not the case until we've identified around one hundred seventy five children killed just in pakistan and we think the number of civilians killed in pakistan is a minimum it's just under five hundred maybe as high as i under there are huge numbers of people we simply don't know their identity we don't know their status and for the us to continually claim that it's not killing civilians is simply untrue i think it's wrong and they need they do need to be held to account for this ok bill what do you think is this strategy working. yeah you know this is i absolutely agree the obama administration is making political hay out of these drone strikes it allows it to correct itself as being strong on terrorism but it's really a stopgap. it's it's a cheat to. in order for them not to make hard choices which is to

the u.s. is quietly piecing together a missile defense system across the persian gulf which american officials say is to guard against any possible threat from iran washington has recently boosted sales of detection systems and missile batteries to its allies in the region such as kuwait united arab emirates and saudi arabia let's discuss this now with me is a political analyst from the center for strategic studies well before we discuss the implications of that network being built around iran let's actually see what it's all looking like that we got a map to show here on screen and what we can see it really does appear that the iranian state is being increasingly encircled by all kinds of u.s. military bases and weapons that we can see there and it's all being done under the pretext of countering a potential attack by iran so the question is is an iranian strike really likely given that american intelligence officials have recently predicted that iran wouldn't initiate any war you. don't you w

the u.s. lost its aaa credit rating. let's look at what happened when we learned for the first time in hospital, the s&p stripped the united states of its perfect rating. >> it's historic and unprecedented. america may still be the world's biggest economy, but it lost its status as the world's safest bar. >> a standard and poor's downgraded the united states's aaa credit rating. >> tonight on world news, downgrade disaster. >> for will be a line in the history books, but what it will mean for the pocket book. >> get ready for the averages to tumble. >> we're are spent and the jig is up. the pain could be severe. >> joining me now to talk about what the united states is doing to get the aaa rating back is richard quest, anchor of quest means business. good morning to you. >> good morning, randi. here's an interesting question. there two issues really. jumping in with both feet, the first question is what effect losing aaa had. not very much indeed. the second is what the u.s. is doing to get its

plus it's one small step for the u.s. one huge opportunity for china despite the mars rover landing nasa is taking a backseat in space exploration while china aims for the stars is this the makings of a great space race. and nasa isn't the only one taking a backseat for so many who are struggling to find a way out of the economic ruin there seems to be no end in sight with those elected to help not even addressing the problem coming up we'll show you how the big disk big the disconnect is between congress and the people they claim to represent. the washington pro post broke a big story today it turns out after serving as president obama's two thousand and eight campaign manager david plouffe accepted a one hundred thousand dollars seeking fee from a company that does business with the government of iran the company is a subsidiary of the m.t.n. group a south africa based telecommunications company and the article states that pluff was paid for two speeches he made in nigeria in december two thousand and ten it also goes on

doesn't like it the fact is that the u.s. getting while isolating iran on a whole series of issues south america africa countries china russia you know that is the world market going to see more shit in the years to come to us power is in decline and that's the reality and that's what we don't like. now the u.n. security council is to discuss syria with france presiding over the top body hoping for a resolution to help to try and tackle the growing humanitarian crisis there turkey was also invited to the ministerial meeting it's pushing for a creation of a buffer a no fly zone over syria that is something russia and china strongly object to a serious president has lashed out at ankara saying it bears direct responsibility for the bloodshed in the country mashad our side says his forces need more time to overcome the rebels with heavy fighting ongoing recent reports suggest opposition fighters have downed a government fighter jet in that province and a lebanese nun who spent over a decade in syria and came to the aid of the suf