we've seen this year the u.s. is carried out at least by my count anywhere from 37 to 50 airstrikes on suspected al qaeda target. those are according to the anonymous officials that we'll see quoted in the "washington post" or "the new york times." those are an effort to kill 10 to 15 individuals with the u.s. police plot against the u.s. so one of two things is true. neutron strikes aren't as accurate as we all told they are or the u.s. is doing something different than what it says it is doing, targeting more than just a 10 to 15 individuals. so what would any initiation and be able to do if al qaeda were to carry out an attack today? if a large-scale ground invasion is foolish in the disaster is and is really table, do they just have another missile search, which referred the same, which doesn't seem to be effective. this is the critique of the jenin battle that has been designed by individuals within the upon the administrator is not dismantling and defeating al qaeda. in yemen, was happening on the ground if a

u.s. troops after the recent sexual assault of a woman by u.s. servicemen. on the economy japanese officials will be preparing a response should the u.s. press japan into joining free trade talks for the transpacific partnership. there may be friction if the u.s. insists japan drop its tariffs. but overall, obama's win should be good for japan. there's the chance of stronger u.s. ties. with china relations gone sour over the senkaku islands conflict, that's sure to be reassuring. june oikawa, nhk world, tokyo. >>> chinese leaders have welcomed obama's re-election. nhk world reports from beijing. >> reporter: foreign ministry spokesperson said president hu jintao and premier wen jiabao each sent a congratulatory message to president obama. >> translator: we intend to keep working with the united states to further develop our relationship and cooperation. >> but the new leaders in beijing may have to brace for increased from the pressure from the u.s. during obama's second term. chinese authorities recently boosted their presence in the east china and south chi

u.s. bases in latin america the countries you see highlighted all host to u.s. military bases and under the pretext of helping these countries fight the narcotics industry the u.s. is continuing its historic role of using latin america for its own empiria list strategies in the same way the u.s. is bombing and setting up military strongholds in countries like yemen somalia pakistan and others on the auspices of fighting the war on terror u.s. military construction of bases and drone operations in latin america are growing and all of this is happening despite a growing opposition and mounting evidence of widespread human rights abuses directly linked to the u.s. . but this isn't true in all of latin america although u.s. bases and command posts have doubled in the last few years some leaders are refusing to grant the u.s. a foothold in their countries like ecuadorian president rafael quite a few leave me the last thing on is anti american because if i will always a spade a spade and if there are international u.s. policies as i saw it detrimental to our country or

the u.s. president tweeted just. and it's been retweeted half a million times. >> do you think he actually pushed the tweet button? >> twitter doesn't let you to that anymore which i found out when i tried to -- >> what do you mean? >> it only counts -- >> he it actually didn't -- >> oh, tweet it in the first place. no, they probably have a team of people. >> that's what i mean. >> so to say that he tweeted is not factually correct, is it. >> thank you for catching that. norm johnson is here to talk about just how as we were discussing, how candidates use social media. and to you you think the way in which obama used it helped his re-election? >> ross, first of all, i think it was his kids that tweeted it. that's the trick that i use. but i think it certainly helped. if you look at the power of word of mouth particularly for those that are undecided, that haven't decided which way they want to vote, social media is an incredibly powerful tool. if you look at the numbers, obama doubled the number that romney had in fac

the ratings agency told u.s. lawmakers that when it comes to the fiscal cliff, the time to act is now, not next year. moody's said if action on averting the cliff is delayed until 2013, it might downgrade the stellar credit rating on u.s. debt. t ghmoriw s noy'a odhas ti right now moody's has a negative outlook on the u.s. economy. worries about a fiscal freefall, kept wall street stocks in check: the dow and nasdaq fell a fraction, while the s&p was up a fraction. american businesses are not only concerned about the fiscal showdown in washington, but also about corporate earnings. nearly all of the s&p 500 firms have reported numbers, and profit growth is the slowest since the recession in 2009. and the majority of firms are also reporting disappointing revenues. here's erika miller with a look back at the quarter, and a look ahead. >> reporter: earnings season is drawing to a close. and for many firms it's good riddance. nearly all of the s&p 500 have reported quarterly numbers, and according to s&p capital i.q.

the u.s. down there or italy and spain here in the periphery, 4.7%, 6%, remarkable there, level for spain even today as the country's banks are being more fully examined in light of the national examination plans. the dollar/yen pulling back about half a percent to 8167. let's get to deirdre bolton from singapore. hi, deirdre. >> hi, kelly, how are you? and it's morris, by the way. but i'm flattered that you call me bolton. in china and hong kong, it was all about, what else, the fiscal cliff. those comments from the senate majority leader harry reid overnight really sparked some jitters in this session today, so we have red across the board. the shanghai composite, it is well and truly below that 2011 level, shedding another .9 of a percent. the hang seng was feeling some of that pressure from chinese stocks and shedding .6 of a percent. it was the mainland banks that were the culprit. they didn't fare as badly if the mainland. some capital requirement rules are going to be implemented that ar

the u.s. telecom trade association. he's been our guest on "the communicators" along with paul barbagallo of bloomberg. gentlemen, thank you. >> guest: thank you.Ñsr >> next, the interim america dialogue discusses the results of the november 6th elections and implications for latin america. panelists discuss the prospects for change with the obama add enrings' policies involving immigration, trade, drug policy, and economic cooperation. this is about an hour and ten minutes. >> this morning, we're going to have a conversation, a discussion, about the elections, november 6th elections in the united states, and what the results mean for u.s. relations and latin america, and the idea really is to have a good exchange and to engage everybody here to talk about what the significance of the outcome might be. we're going to start with the few opening remarks, and then invite, encourage you to share your insights about what the elections might mean. i'm joined this morning by three of my colleagues fro

that's why the u.s. nts to see an end of the artificially low value of the yuan. >> china deliberately keep the value alone. the noticed -- they say their companies are not yet fit to hold up against the world market. it has valued at 20% alone. they want to get there a bit by bit. >> too far for u.s. which feels the pressure of a crushing debt with china as its main creditor. the chinese central bank holds u.s. bonds worth more than $1 trillion in. that puts beijing in an unprecedented position of power which cannot use. if they sold these bonds, it would put washington under pressure. it would also harm chinese interests. it would see the value of its own investments tumbled. the fact that the western world 's #one superpower should find itself financially dependent on a communist state is one of the trials and tribulations of history. hopefully, there will be positive endings. >> there's i hope that washington and beijing could put an end to it this and focus more on common ground. >> a renewed labor c

we know that the u.s. business sector actually has still very strong cash balances and we know the housing market is getting better signs of traction. and we can see that there is quite good job creation. so things are generally going in the right direction for the real economy and the key question really is whether the public and political institutions can now give a horizon of greater clarity which will enable investors to hire with more confidence and i think the rest of the world is looking carefully at this. you mentioned china and i think those developments will also be important for how global business confidence performs. but the u.s. is something that europe will very much be dependent upon. and in general if we can get a clear out, then we know what the popular view is the people would have limited their verdict to the united states and that can perhaps galvanize congress to giving the u.s. business sector some greater clarification over things like the fiscal cliff and regulation. the fiscal clif

u.s. interests now the people of latin america always been opposed to u.s. dominance in their regions but finally we are starting to see the leaders of these countries stand up against the policy of a foreign government that has for so long oppressed their people their economies and their autonomy so let's stand with them. she could leverage or. was able to build the world's most sophisticated robot which on sick leave doesn't give the donor the found anything. tunes mission to teach music creation and why it should care about humans in ruby ridge is why you should care want your only. real vote both of war lords could even notes we have a while to believe the only groups are the causes of the sluices all our views in the whole mood right enough to just find out it was like many of them out h. it wasn't forced marriages the smadi when i was fifteen years old you can't liberate other women and you certainly can't do it through the barrel of a gun only effective social changes can be the afghans themselves afghan men and women we believe going to spawn and not

there's the chance of stronger u.s. ties. with china relation is gone sour over the senkaku islands conflict, that's sure to be reassures. june ohka wa, nhk world, tokyo. >>> leaders around the world wasted little time congratulating president's re-election. he said he's sure the u.s. and south korea will continue to develop their alliance. he added ties have gotten stronger and more dynamic than ever over the past four years especially because of a free trade agreement. a spokesperson for the presidential office said wednesday south korea will keep working closely with obama for peace and stability on the korean peninsula and northeast asia. >>> russian president vladimir putin sent obama a telegram congratulating him on winning a second term. the spokesperson declined to discuss the contents of the message but said he hopes the pe impact on russia's ties with the united states. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has congratulated obama. in a statement he said he'll continue to work with the u.s. president to ensure in

to the u.s. basically and while we're on the topic a saudi arabia how do you think that this will change its position in the middle east and how it relates to other nations well again a lot of people would tell you many different stories as to how the saudi arabia is going to react to this how the other gulf countries are going to think about this but one more thing one thing that a lot of people are talking about is how the these countries should maybe unite together and find other resources that depend on other than the oil we know that they're going to distil export their oil to other countries many people say that asia's going to be the next power but will the u.s. allow asia to be the power in the middle east and maybe control the state or the strait of her moans and control the arab countries and when we're talking their countries when we're talking the gulf countries we're not just talking those. countries we're talking the middle east entirely so is the united states going to let china ind

i mean i mean here in the u.s. we don't know anything indian we're going into a shell nothing no nothing. nothing nothing that well truly truly i hope there would be an opportunity to develop something which is different from previous four years of a standstill. whether it would be possible remains to be seen i don't believe the u.s. administration the obama administration. is it any possible mindset of immediately enter into these type of discussions with russia we are very firm in insisting upon what our two fold position that is we need a legally binding guarantees that nothing. in what is going on in this area is against russian strategic deterrence and second we want. something that would allow us to judge and access on our own whether these statements are true whether they are compatible with reality those two things i very firm we cannot move on those and if the us part won some agreements some understanding with us they need to adjust that's our view you know you already told us once that one must go once i

you had the u.s. army, the u.s. navy, the state department and fbi cut treasury, commerce and every major agency in the u.s. government had its own intelligence service specialized nature. so it was created to naturalize or centralize that intelligence existence which is something that the model offered the british which is also very controversy all major -- major because there are blamed by inference in the british system. so it was a very interesting experience because in world war ii was the prior opportunity for the proponent of a centralized intelligence to prove its worth? ?d that's likely it was???? fascinating and generated a lot of argument for the purpose of providing the legal??????? justification.????????? it became a very important??? ground because all that exist in military generals or admirals' did not like having the overarching intelligence service working under them because they are the local boss. and only in china the command structure was a mess. there was no unity of com

the u.s. house coming in at 2:00. four items on their agenda this afternoon. they will gavel back out shortly thereafter. we expect them back at about 4:30 or so. a number of new members will be sworn in. we'll have live coverage. the senate meanwhile comes in this afternoon at 2:00 p.m. as well. they take up a bill dealing with hunting and fishing on federal lands. we'll have live coverage of the senate on c-span2. also coming up this afternoon, a number of house -- new house members, democratic members will be meeting with reporters and also nancy pelosi will be at that briefing, as will the head of the d triple c, chairman johns for the house races, steve israel of new york, news conference coming at 2:00 eastern. we'll likely have it for you here on c-span as the house is expected to gavel out quickly at 2:00. >> what i like about c-span's coverage is it's in-depth. oftentimes you'll cover an event from start to finish, and i can get the information that i need. i like to watch the communic

polls in the u.s. have opened and for the first time in history americans are embracing election day in the shadow of a deadly super storm that left behind a trail of devastation and voting disruptions here in new york city sixty polling sites have been relocated due to the unprecedented damage caused by sandy just one week ago city officials say military trucks will also be used throughout the day as makeshift polling stations in areas still without electricity this is of course is to ensure that all citizens will be able to cast their votes now when nearby new jersey millions are being allowed to cast their ballot by fax mail or online the last minute decision was made after a reported two hundred fifty polling sites in the garden state were damaged by last week's superstorm now as government officials along the east coast are scrambling to ensure that millions are not disenfranchised from the presidential election cyber security experts warn that online voting can't be verifiably secure and this can

the u.s. as americans decide who will lead the country for the next four years. after vigorous campaigning right to the last minute and aggressive advertising that made it the most expensive campaign of all time, president barack obama and his challenger mitt romney both into the election day confident of victory. >> but most election polls say the race for the white house is too close to call, meaning the result will be decided in a small number of so-called swing states by florida, ohio, virginia, and new hampshire, which was the first to vote on the stroke of midnight. >> voting began early in this part of new hampshire. the first ballot such traditionally cast here at midnight, and after the first 10 were tallied, it was a drop -- draw. >> for president -- this has never happened before -- we have a tie. five votes each. >> of voting in dick's bill has never been a gauge for the rest of the nation, but this year, polls show the race is a dead heat -- voting in dixville has never been engage

very important talks between the u.s. and afghanistan the two countries have been in negotiations over what the u.s. will do with the remainder of its sixty eight thousand troops that are here that are due to withdraw by the twenty fourteen deadline some analysts i've spoken to on the ground here in kabul think that this embarrassing scandal will really be sort of a bargaining chip for some factions in afghanistan to be able to effectively get more of what they want to say well look you know you guys here in the u.s. military top brass don't necessarily have the credibility to pull off certain policy options and that's really been the concern as one of the fallouts of the scandal but of course if we look at the big picture in terms of u.s. policy in afghanistan it really has been crisis after crisis it's not just these resignations of petraeus and the implication of general allen we've seen in the u.s. spend nearly six hundred billion dollars and it's eleven year effort in afghanistan the insurgency the taliban insurgency

for many nations the u.s. election is almost as important as their own whether it be because of financial aid or military protection they know what a bomb is all about but mitt romney on the other hand is an unknown quantity auntie's alexian a chef he looks at what the republican candidate might herald. if mitt romney wanted to make friends across the atlantic during his summer tour he's certainly failed first he doubted britain's preparations for the olympics then he angered palestinians by calling jerusalem israel's capital even though washington does not recognize israel's annexation of its eastern lands romney has been bashing europe in his campaign back home but across the pond many have been thinking where they say he really has a clue what was happening in the old world and some are even openly concerned about his potential when there is a fear of victory will see or for the implementation of free market measures particularly tax cuts which can only encourage governments like david cameron from britain t

the u.s. in early 2012 to promote relations. his counterpart, vice president joe biden, was with him for much of the five-day visit. >> xi showed that on some issues the two governments will not necessarily see eye to eye. >> reporter: xi will likely be joined at the top by the man widely expected to become china's next premier. >> lee became a member of the politburo standing committee in 2007. he skipped the stage of politburo member during the communist party convention along with xi jinping. lee became vice premier in 2008. lee is 57 years old. he hails from a province and is currently in charge of domestic policy. >> li studied law at the prestigious beijing university, where he went on to get a ph.d. in economics. hiss classmate told us li also dedicated himself to studying english. he said the man who will become china's premier show nod sign he would become a politician. >> i think every single day he had a lot of tickets in his pocket. in one side, he write english, another side, chine

the u.s. allegatielections and redskins lost. >> we will mention the redskins indicator, but it's true whether the u.s., china, greece, eurozone itself would make for a big week, but combine them all together, in fact it's no wonder that markets are a little unnerved. >> coming up today, plenty to get through. we're at singapore where hundyui shares are down. >> and here in london, uk pmi data will be out. the question whether it will follow an upward trend. >> and china preparing for the once in a decade political handover. we'll take a lower look at the new leadership. >> when the redskins win or lose, it has predicted the top winner since 1980. there has been a notable expossession of 1984. >> although gore did win the popular vote but not the electoral college. >> in 2000. >> that's right. >> the all-important football -- i should say american football indicator here. it points towards a romney victory. >> besides all that, plenty corporate news. hsbcs has set aside an additional $800 milli

john says the u.s. is desperately trying to maintain its position in the face of the quickly emerging east. wind. or receive the always. or. over the. what. the east. with the rise in the east you have a lot. of latin america in africa or in asia. well let's get some other global news for you here on r t now reports of up to were twenty fatalities in a series of explosions across iraq and central but that a car bomb targeting a senior general killed in the garden his convoy in the multi-ethnic city of kirkuk knowing killed in four civil ten years the last ten were also killed in a marketplace in a village just south of the capital and yes there were more detonations in other villages without fatal the t. s. and the attacks come on the eve of the islamic new year festival a special date for shia muslims who are the prime target of al qaeda. but this just in gaza is the governing party hamas says its military leader ahmed jabari was killed today they say it was a targeted assassination by israel which has

in the u.s. as oh the u.s. is on the path of japan they either say that because they want to say how bad the u.s. is doing and how long this is going to be or they say hey look you know you can keep sputtering along for a really long time without just like. falling off the map and being priced out of the bond markets overgaard less does this kind of energy outlook mean that the u.s. if you're comparing it to japan could age a little better because a change like this i think it could it's funny it's you know four years ago when this whole process of q.e. started in our recession if you said that looked like japan you'd be laughed out of the room everyone would just say oh we're not japan we're not japan you could mention any one of our markets not like japan four years into it more and more people are saying oh you know what we look a lot like japan so we need to do something we need something other than q.e. in this monetary stimulus and i think you know a real effect of energy policy where we get jobs getting t

he said the u.s. must maintain its own strengths to create stability around the world. >> it is our responsibility and the responsibility of the president to use america's greatest power to shape history. >> reporter: both candidates have talked about relationships with china, but often in economic terms. neither has explained enough how he would deal with beijing diplomatically. china is now the world's second largest economy. it's also strengthens its military power and it's growing more assertive in territorial disputes. professor sew cha chin is an expert on foreign policy at american university in washington, d.c. he says both obama and romney would, if elected, continue the u.s. policy of engagement in the region. >> asia pacific is the natural choice for the policy of u.s. foreign policy given the very size of economy, and this is the most dynamic region in the world. think about u.s., china, japan. number one, number two, number three economies, all in asia pacific. zhao says the potential for

how people react on this declaration of the u.s. the head of the u.s. that he is the enemy that he. should be. should be seen like the taliban or. terrorists and want to drill in asuncion main concerns expressed to you how he thinks where the situation is going well i met him in a very very good mood. especially in a very good psychological more he's a very strong person and he is very. self confident and confident about this what he has done he knows that was right and. the only thing that would like to free men and. got the opportunity to his replies to the swedish government and the security. in sweden is he optimistic well he hopes that he will soon get the opportunity to reply on these accusations. done by the swedish side and therefore he hopes that he will get it. from great britain and sweden that he will not be extradited to the us few people have actually seen the conditions in which leaves these days the embassy we only know we all have been hearing that there is a very small room telephone and internet connection so could you please give us an idea what a live in conditi

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dangerous increase game and builds the u.s. in syria now syrian opposition factions are currently holding talks in qatar on forging a common front what will be the new face of syria's opposition after the reshuffle do you think it's just a case of just reshuffling the same furniture in the same house or no i think it's something. you know it's a kind of a paradox because step by step and i go between the two lead us begin to understand the play drawn cards they realize that the national security council has no that you know efficiency it doesn't represent the real internal opposition it's our group are of absolutely no efficiency like like the like it was in libya years ago and they realize also that there are more and more pretreated and by jihadists so they put a strong pressure on the national student council to ask them to broaden their organisation and i think they should have also the big pressure on the qatar because the meeting was in there and you know the cattery were absolutely not in favor and such and it was just re

u.s. interests now the people of latin america have always been opposed to u.s. dominance in their regions but finally we are starting to see the leaders of these countries stand up against the policy of a foreign government that has for so long oppress their people their economies and their autonomy so let's stand with them. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and realize everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm charged barker's a big issue. more news today violence is once again flared up. and these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. giant corporations are old today. limitation free liquid intake should free liquor store charges free range and three live free stereotype free liquor.

in the u.s. health system into 1986, it was legal for hospitals to turn away patients simply because they could not pay. and that is still true in the case of non-emergency conditions. we have a huge number of studies showing that economic barriers lead to people not being able to stay in primary and preventive care and even lead to reduced life expectancies. so the u.s. rations health care based on the ability to pay. people without health insurance have more trouble getting care, or they don't get it at all with severe consequences for their health. but that is not the whole story of the american way of rationing. i showing my book at the u.s. has ration health care in many other ways, by race, by region or location, by type of insurance coverage, by health condition, by age, by miracle or parental status, by gender, and the list actually goes on. i'm going to give just a few examples from history of these various types of rationing, starting with race. you are probably all aware that a jim crow

who takes the wheel as the u.s. drives into the future and get the news the mainstream misses with up close election coverage the u.s. election up close. and dot com. is eaves. believed to mean. six. million. people. well the matter cross talk i'm curious about the mind you were discussing whether the world actually wants american democracy. ok john i'd like to go back to you i mean you're all my guests are in washington today john let's say for example exactly actually an example it's a reality you know iraq is not turning into the democratic a way says that everyone in washington hoped in two thousand and three and it's getting closer alliance to iran ok and then let's look at egypt ok what if the egyptians have a referendum to end the peace treaty with israel and they do it democratically ok in iraq they do things democratically as they understand it but big they become enemies of the united states so democracy comes back and hurts american interests quote unquote. that's right and as as has been established democ

because of the covering of crimes by u.s. army in afghanistan and iraq and that's what i was getting at when i visited in london to show solidarity as i understand you don't consider him a criminal right i am not the court i think is really in our sawers has to go to court or has to have the opportunity to say in freedom. and to give the answers to the reply. for the swedish side. that means that he has to have the guarantee not to extradited to the u.s. do you think currently has no guarantees sweden and great britain they do not give the guarantee to not extradite him to the u.s. and extradited to the united states is not the best example to do everything in. a good way in the. case of justice so we do have a death penalty in the us and we do have lots of prisoners which are waiting for the death penalty or are for life. in prison and we have the example bradley manning. is concerning about the health of bradley manning and his case but he. afraid that he will the same fate if you will be extradited to the u.s. i do not thin

that is the primary u.s. concern. when the al qaeda problem goes away, the u.s. ends to forget about yemen and slashes aid. there is a case to be made about incentivizing what you want to avoid. yemen is on the border of saudi arabia. the saudis are concerned about al qaeda. they are also concerned about chaos spilling over. this is one way the u.s. can partner with and take the lead. i think it would be a mistake for the u.s. to abdicate its leadership role and give that to saudi arabia because of the mistrust. one thing that really stands out to me that is something a brookings individual has talked about is that there is still a belief in what the u.s. stands for and what yemenis would like to see and there is still a role for u.s. leadership. u.s. political leadership combined with saudi economic support could go a long way to solving this, as well as limiting drone strikes. it is not as if yemenis are up in arms whenever there is a drone strike. it is the civilian casualties that are a result, not dead al qaeda members. that is important to keep in mind. hope

where the u.s. was most involved in various countries in central america what you actually saw was a decline in democracy in a continuing support of autocratic regimes and we can see that straight through it's also i think the case in haiti oh yeah and. that's fine tom go ahead. it's certainly true that the united states is often inconsistent in its policies with respect to democracy but the fact that it's inconsistent doesn't mean it's in significant united states has come in on the side of democracy in many countries and the fact that we're still very close to the saudi regime i think is in an unfortunate in many ways and is a reality of our economic and security interests there but the fact that you have some cases that fall on one side of the line doesn't mean there haven't been many significant cases on the other and so i don't think we should overstate the fact that the united states isn't always in consistent to say therefore that u.s. democracy promotion is just a sham ok charles i mean the

and of course the u.s. and what we've seen since then huge consequences both internationally and the wiki leaks as a corporation and so people within that corporation so we're going to talk about this in a little bit in more detail i know but there's been a huge consequences in terms of the arab spring cable guy is really credited with being a catalyst for the arab spring also since cable as a corporation and many people will say that this is not a coincidence has come under increasing pressure quite shortly following cable gate it experience denial of services services tax on it as it was also blockaded by a lot of payment method said pay pal credit card companies denied wiki leaks that this is and so it couldn't therefore receive any donations and that's a legal battle that's still going on of course there have been consequences for broadly manning who may or may not be the original source of the documents he's in pretrial detention in the united states as we speak and of course julian assange himself the

the incumbent u.s. president defeats challenger mitt romney to win the u.s. election. with the u.s. having made its choice so we look at how the word might affect america's ties with the rest of the world will be assessing the reaction live with our correspondents in london the middle east and moscow. and another news that today are turning up the heat travel set up with those charity in athens event of their anger ahead of a crucial vote in parliament that could see the already savage cuts only getting more brutal. you're watching lardy a live from moscow good to have you with us top story barack obama has vowed to move america forward in a victory speech to cheering supporters after winning the u.s. election to stay in office for a second term. america's incumbent leader has come from the council to be paucity seventy electoral votes threshold in what had been a hard fought campaign republican challenger mitt romney conceded defeat after losing in a number of key battleground states is gonna teach again has been following the developments in washington. well mitt romney has accepte

in the u.s. election the alternative candidate seems voices have gone largely on the during the campaign given a crucial stage on our teeth barack obama and mitt romney make their last plea for votes in the final hours of the presidential race. voting problems caused by last week's superstorm sandy lead to the widespread use of online voting cybersecurity experts warn it could result in fraud which could ultimately swing such a tight race. that we look at how the outcome of the election could affect the course of america's foreign affairs and its relations with the rest of the world. a very warm welcome to you from all of us here at the moscow rule received. russia as a president vladimir putin has sunk to one of the country's key ministers the head of the defense department now the move follows a recent corruption scandal around the ministry and the start of a criminal investigation details now. shawn thomas today so good to see you sean a it's a high level shakeup what we're talking about here w

the u.s. president defies a fragile economy and high unemployment to win the election, telling the american people the best is yet to come. >> appeals from angela merkel to her european partners -- an end to the eurozone debt crisis will require more unity. >> and a parliamentary vote on another round of austerity cuts in greece. >> thanks for joining us. barack obama has won his second term in office as president of the united states, but his celebrations will be short-lived as the multitude of urgent issues on his desk draws him back to work without delay. >> the first order of business will be to negotiate a new budget deal in congress by the end of the year. otherwise, and harsh plan of spending cuts and tax increases are due to go into effect. we will hear more about that later on in the show, but first, a look back at how things play out on election night in the u.s. >> his face said it all -- president barack obama had to fight hard to keep his job in a tough race against his republican

this is book tv at the u.s. naval academy. >> is there a nonfiction of your book you would like to see featured on book tv? send us an e-mail. or tweet us. talks about the history of the office of strategic services in china and the successes and failures the organization had. this interview, recorded at the u.s. naval academy in annapolis, md., was a part of the book tv college series and is about 20 minutes. >> on your screen, a professor at the u.s. naval academy, also the author of this book, al ss in china, a prelude to a cold war. professor, if you would, start by briefly describing china's role in world war ii. >> china's role in world war ii is very complex. first of all, china entered the war first. most people in china would agree that china entered the world were to way back in 1937, july july 1937 with china and japan went to full-scale war. that fact, of course gile was not recognized by the mainstream western scholarship because most people think will work to start the september 1st 1939 with

investors continued to worry if the u.s. will avoid the dreaded fiscal cliff, let's not point out the most previous minutes. plus retail cannot escape hurricane sandy. sending sales numbers down about 1%. a 4% rise in profits, jumping as much as 32% right now. staples looking good after having higher on all kinds of news. check out what else is soaring today. finally getting an earnings report that people like better-than-expected earnings after the bell yesterday, expected optimistic guidance. the chairman and ceo, 24 hours since those numbers came out, we will ask him if he investors should be expecting more numbers like today and what does he think about the fiscal cliff. what ideas does he have the president right now. and why we dropped 50 points farther from where we were already. down about 78 points, fell 122 down, now it does not look good. why? >> why? i thought maybe you would say something positive. i think we are just dealing with the aftermath of the election. this is not unexpected. it is the same old rhetoric,

analysts with the u.s. geological survey say the magnitude 7.4 quake struck on wednesday at around 10:35 a.m. local time. they say the focus was 41 kilometers beneath the pacific ocean, about 160 kilometers from guatemala city. authorities say several houses in the town of san marcos near the mexican border collapsed. they say residents are trapped in the rubble. a fire department official tweeted that a school about 120 kilometers from the epicenter has also collapsed. he said eight people have been taken to the hospital. reuters says landslides have cut off roads in several places. >>> a meeting of the association of southeast asian nations later this month in cambodia will seek to promote regional integration. three of the main players of the summit wouldn't be talking to each other, at least directly. japan is locked in territorial disputes with china and south korea. the country's foreign minister says it's unlikely prime minister yoshihiko noda will meet with south korean or chinese counterparts. gemba

plus the u.s. is stepping up its presence in the arab world putting all its efforts in creating a proxy army in the region that story is still to come later in the program after the business news after the break here in r.t. . and talking of the businesses dimitris next with that now dimitri russia is pledging to support the euro much needed to light that is true russia has forty two percent of its foreign currency reserves in the euro and prime minister medvedev has said today that he will be keeping it in the year and he was saying that in paris while blessing a major business deal is a way that russia and indeed russian companies can really capitalize on the miseries in your own really get something out of it well apparently there are bargains for the taking basically of the european market right now and russian companies are going ahead with that i'll tell you all about it the couple of great notes after the break thanks a lot to me to. parents versus social workers dot nabbing. dot the man you'