hear or see some other part of it and realize everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm tom harkin welcomes a big picture. more news today violence has once again flared up. these are the images cold world has been seeing from the streets of canada. china operations are all day. this week's top stories here on r c believes beleaguered mission arab nations hold that serve as a work in syria reports of an upsurge in violence russia says that could make things work. toward between iran and you are new players back to you that made international television to run its considering stopping fuel supplies to be due within days as a response to sanctions. also you are trying to call for a protracted spill that false signals of the in oakland began with officers resorting to take down some flight delays to start demonstrators and the rest of them great. multinational proposals to stop where piracy it's called mass protests in part and actually say their government just supporting internet censorship in north copyright. cologne welcome to our season weekly review my name is you there should b

or see some other part of it and realize that everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm tom harkin welcomes a big picture of. a soulless substance. in a touch like a well trained army. villages in ruins. thailand where time stands still. all becomes a scene of nothing. the mysterious sons of russia. are to. download the official t. application to go on the phone on pod touch from the i choose our store. lunch life on the go. see video on demand parties mind broadcasts and says feeds now in the palm of your. question on the dot com wealthy british style stock. market. it's scandalous find out what's really happening to the global economy with max concert for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into kinds a report on our. planation free cretaceous and free transport charges free. range humans three kids three kids two types of free. download free broadcast quality video for your media projects and free media and on to our teeth on tom. i am. four shot four times a toy. story of the boys are still in my body plenty. million people should be allowed to defend

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or see some other part of it and realize that everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm tom harkin welcomes a big picture. full primary of primaries primaries unless you've been living in a cave you've heard all about them maybe it's too much because it is consuming most of the air time of the mass media these days almost like watching a sports game the minute to minute updates about who may be winning points scoring votes playing to the strategy is tackling their opponents no doubt it is important to cover the election but it is early in the game and are other more important issues being ignored as the news is swamp with nonstop campaign nitpicking artsy explores that question and we begin of course with presidential politics by candidates are out there in force boy are they busy today can anyone stop mitt romney at this point campaign seasons in full swing in the media sure is on top of it mitt romney is probably going to win the lion's share of the votes here in new hampshire if you want to have coffee this morning with the candidate he had diner after diner after diner day and

hear or see some other part of it and realized everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm tom harkin welcome to the big picture. from studio. starts on t. dot com. the world's top whistle blower to get others to spill the beans on television. interview should stand by so where to watch. president obama kicks off his campaign to stay in the white house using the state of the union address to pledge saving the economy and creating jobs. where thousands of egyptians gather to mark a year since the uprising but it's frustration along with celebration because of driving reforms. and in business while most of global markets are on the decline and oil also dropping in value russia is showing good performance in both stocks and the national currency more on this in twenty it's. a very warm welcome to you from all of us here. i'm rover suv shy he exposed some of the world's darkest secrets. soon you'll get the chance to find out even more when the world famous whistleblower launches a talk show here on our two julie massages exclusive series will premiere here in march and the world's media i

you hear or see some other part of it and realize that everything you thought you don't know i'm tom harkin is a big picture. welcome back to the kaiser report i'm max kaiser time now to go to london and talk with former compliance and market supervision director of the international petroleum extremes chris cook welcome to the kaiser report. already cursed could you predict the eminent and of the oil market why and how well in simple terms the oil market has become like several of the markets almost completely financial are used by the participation was being called passive investors by god almighty masters he calls them passive investors in the they also called inflation hedging investors and the participation of these investors in not just in the oil markets but commodity markets and they. have completely distorted the operation of these markets right now ok talk about the financial ization of these markets it's a curious term the word passive because. as warren buffett calls it these are weapons of mass destruction financial destruction. there's a very aggressive destabilization going o

or see some other part of it and realize that everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm tom harkin is a big picture. welcome back to the kaiser report i merely stated herbert we're talking about the global preeminent. for financial terroristic gather and swap ideas about financial weapons of mass destruction how to blow up countries make money so what else you got for me there are states that harbor well max we've already established that the regulators bankers economists and all or all of your their stowed and their own money supply i think are showing up pretty convincingly. and they're all meeting in davus now here's robert johnson an economist and a former currency trader for soros another big name always. appearing at davos and he says economy as a profession see how to keep economists from missing the next financial crisis notice that he says financial crisis is not financial crime wave and i think that's an important thing to think about here he says that it's all about the mathematical models in particular that we need to really look at these financial market models for ins

hear or see some other part of it and realize everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm tom harkin welcome to the big picture. in kalmykia the majority of the population is buddhist here there is a saying that if a person is pure of heart one turn of the prayer wheel is saying i'm. constantine been just man but every time he sets out on a journey he comes to the say could place to forget about worldly things for a while today constantine is heading for the so-called charney zimmy all black lands one of the most environmentally troubled regions of kalmykia it is found two hundred kilometers southwest of comique is capital s. star his mission is to monitor the work battling the desert of the cation in this area. is an arid region located in the southeastern part of european russia. to my organ that this is my home land. when we were children playing in the steps of the grass was so tall that you could barely see if this could be more premium they say that climate change takes millions of years but all steps of change are right in front of our eyes. it was plowed in the one nine hundr

com free speech dot org and our team dot com also check out our two youtube channels or a link to tom harkin dot com terry show is also available as a free video podcast on i tunes and we have a free thom hartmann i phone and i pad app at the app store he said his feedback at twitter at tom underscore arbonne on facebook at tom underscore our our blogs message boards the telephone comment line at tom r. . and don't forget democracy begins when you show up and you say i'm going to participate i'm going to get out there i would occupy something to show up show up at a political party show up at a rally join a movement movement politics get out there get active tag your it see next week. wealthy british style. time. markets why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike stronger or a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune in to the report. we'll do the. science technology innovation all the latest developments from around russia we've got the future covered. mission three couldn't take three. three. three. three. three. zero three blog playing vid

or see some other part of it and realize that everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm tom harkin welcome to the big picture. wealthy british style sign. on the title. market why not come to. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike's cars or for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into cars a report on our. well i'm tom are in washington d.c. and here's what's coming up tonight on the big picture the applause breaks during the state of the union tell us a lot about what people are thinking and what the president is saying were there any surprises last night when it came to who did and didn't the blog also president obama laid out plans last night for a minimum thirty percent tax on millionaires and server is of course are going nuts so of course we'll ask a couple of them followed it in tonight's one liberal and in tonight's daily economic austerity and anorexia have more in common than you may think i'll let you know how they're similar and how to cure the recession. one of the really interesting and unique things about the state

com free speech dot org and our team dot com also check out our two you tube channels or links to tom harkin dot com also thom hartmann dot com check out all the different ways you can send us your feedback and don't forget democracy begins when you get out there get active tag your it sort of. free. education free. lunch free. free. free. free. old free blog videos for your media project free media r t v dot com. we. welcomed a lot of shell get the real headlines with none of the mercy or can live in washington d.c. and i'm going to speak to the founder of the alternative banking group people keep saying the occupy movement isn't offering any real solutions while this group of bankers and traders the lawyers they want to help but how are they being received then glenn greenwald joins us to discuss the notion that america supports democracy in the arab world we heard a million times during the arab spring but is the jig it finally up all ready to admit but really we only.

or see some other part of it and realize that everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm tom harkin welcome to the big picture. on. morning news today violence is once again flared up. these are the images cobol has been seeing from the streets of canada ashton china operations are all today. which. good afternoon and welcome to capital and i'm more in the store here in washington d.c. of course we know mitt romney won the new hampshire primaries he is the biggest recipient of wall street contributions so far this presidential election year so maybe obama is trying to catch up he has to chicago reportedly tonight for a fundraiser at the hole of a former bear stearns exact meanwhile his treasury secretary timothy geithner is in china to talk currency controls with beijing we are here in d.c. to ask if uncle shit sam should really want a cease fire to what many of called.

or see some other part of it and realize that everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm tom harkin welcomes a big show. down the official t. hopefully cation to on the phone the i pod touch from the top story. on the go. video on demand. gold coast's. are a sense for you now in the palm of your what. on the dot com. the ball. is hitting you. if you. if the military video gone viral or rain that you're in a ding on dead afghan bodies we covered it we were ready to move on but the overwhelming response we've gotten on our website says this story is far from over well we're listening and we'll read some of your responses. in politics there are kings and king makers question is where israel falls on that spectrum when it comes to electing the next u.s. president and why it has so much poll in the first place will question more. bipolar depression doesn't have to consume you here's me and here's my depression you know.

hear or see some other part of it and realize everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm tom harkin welcomes a big picture. well some new numbers out today that may be very telling about the world we live in the united nations food and agriculture organization found that food prices hit a record high last year according to the f a o the monthly food price index averaged twenty eight points in two thousand and eleven the record before that was two hundred points and that was back in two thousand and eight high food prices one of the major reasons behind the uprisings in the middle east and north africa last year and as christine for south discovered part of those high prices could be a result of something a home grown in america corn based ethanol. it is a process that. the price. for the american way not just from farm . but from solar to fuel and this is where it all starts where the feeds are planted and the corn grows it is the most simple part of a process that has become anything but simple the production and use of ethanol one largely considered an environmental one has become

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hear or see some other part of it and realize everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm tom harkin welcomes a big picture. welcome to the a lot of shall we get the real headlines with none of them or see or can live out of washington d.c. now tonight we're going to take a look at iowa and how it shows us where this campaign season will be had a lot to say the big money is already rolling in for this very first primary vote david sirota and james fallows both join us for a panel discussion that while the overwhelming majority turns its back on sopa and protect ip there is still are a few out there they're touting this piece of legislation or those pieces of legislation including at the.

also check out our two youtube channels are open to tom harkin dr tara show is also bales of free video podcast on i tunes and we have a free tom hartman i phone an i pad app at the app store you said his feedback at twitter at tom underscore arbonne on facebook at tom underscore our our blogs message boards the telephone comment line at tom r. . and don't forget democracy begins when you show up and you say i'm going to participate i'm going to get out there i'm going to occupy something to show up show up at a political party show up at a rally join a movement movement politics get out there get active tag your it see next week. of nature and discover its beauty. communicate with you want to. test yourself and become free. see what nature can give you. a no go nation russia rejects a new u.n. resolution on syria saying it's unacceptable and do nothing towards ending the bloodshed. thousands of angry protesters in warsaw cry out against international. policy claiming it targets the basic rights and internet users. plus the e.u. takes yet another pounding this time with credit rating wh

hear or see some other part of it and realized everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm tom harkin welcomes a big. mass arrests chemical weapons and nationwide solidarity the occupy wall street movement has what's the big story is the big story of the weekend and so too was how hundreds of americans were screwed out of their constitutional rights to free speech and assembly more than four hundred members of the occupy movement were arrested saturday in downtown oakland as riot police used flash bang grenades chemical weapons and less lethal rubber coated steel bullets cracking down on an attempt to occupy a long abandoned city building an unknown number of patriots were hospitalized with injuries after the assault by oakland police at least four journalists were arrested the most since mayor bloomberg midnight raid on zuccotti park last november all in all it was an ugly day in oakland saturday but the nationwide occupy wall street movement rebounded on sunday with solidarity marches across the nation within just twenty four hours marches were nice and least twenty seven cities in

hear or see some other part of it and realize everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm tom harkin welcomes the big picture. hard i want to go out on the street then ask a hundred people what's wrong with our elections really go do that tomorrow and i'll bet you like mitt romney ten thousand bucks but not a single person will tell you that the main flaw in our elections is that there's not enough corporate money in them that are elections would be so much better if there was just a lot more corporate money being dumped in them you're not going to find one person will say that especially after citizens united in the two thousand and ten midterm election that saw more secret corporate cash funneled into it than any other previous election ever really who thinks really who thinks there should be more corporate money in our elections they do. yesterday the republican national committee filed a brief with the fourth circuit court arguing that the ban on direct corporate donations to political candidates is unconstitutional just to clarify here corporations are prohibited they're not all

native son senator tom harkin won that year.ank you, iowa, for making me the comeback kerry. >> reporter: and, more recently, senator barack obama staged a caucus upset that catapulted him to the front of the pack. recall that senator hillary clinton was considered all but a shoo-in until then. >> hi, this is michele bachmann calling. >> reporter: what the iowa caucuses are good at are winnowing down the field. the saying is, there's only three tickets out of iowa. >> who comes in second and third as well as first. if somebody else does surprisingly well, it could well launch their campaign. it's happened before. >> reporter: political upstarts have a chance here because caucusgoers really do, as they say, kick the tires. >> what i want to know is, if you get a republican house and a republican senate in two years, will you fulfill all those promises? >> the answer is yes. >> reporter: and iowans take this work seriously, which is why the media and the country follows what happens here so closely. >>> it is music monday, the ver

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native son senator tom harkin won that year.emocratic nominee john kerry won the caucuses in 2004. >> thank you, iowa, for making me the comeback kerry. >> reporter: and more recently, senator barack obama staged a caucus upset that catapulted him to the front of the pack. recall that senator hillary clinton was considered all but a shoo-in until then. >> hi. this is michele bachmann calling. >> reporter: what the iowa caucuses are good at is widowing down the field. >> who comes in second, who comes in third as well as who comes in first. if somebody else tuz surprisingly well, it could well launch their campaign. it's happened before. >> reporter: political upstarts have a chance here, because caucusgoers really do, as they say, kick the tires. >> what i want to know is if you get a republican house and a republican senate, in two years will you fulfill all those promises? >> the answer -- the answer is yes. >> reporter: and iowans take this work seriously. which is why the media and the country follows what happens here so cl

and then back in 1992, long-time iowa senator tom harkin won in a landslide while future president billnton got less than 3% of that vote. fox news is there in every city with all of the candidates tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern an america's election headquarters special for you hosted by bret baier and ma may megyn kelly. >>> from deadly tornadoes to wicked winter storms folks across the country had plenty to deal with in 2011. fox news meteorologist janice dean takes a look at this years if wow weather storys. >> mother nature hitting the u.s. with plenty of surprises this year. from hurricanes to an unexpected nor'easter, the headlines in 2011 were filled with stories of wild weather and natural disasters. a busy year for firefighters in the west and southwest. triplele digit temperatures and dry conditions sparking thousands of wildfires in texas. the most dove statin devastatin the state's history destroyed over 30,000 acres. and a deadly year for tornadoes. dangerous twisters ripping across the south back in april, reducing thousands of homes to rubble and killing more than 300 peop

native son senator tom harkin won that year.on the caucuses in 2004. >> thank you, iowa, for making me the comeback kerry. >> reporter: and more recently, senator barack obama staged a caucus upset that catapulted him to the front of the pack. recall that senator hillary clinton was considered all but a shoo-in until then. >> hi. this is michele bachmann calling. >> reporter: what the iowa caucuses are good at is widowing down the field. >> who comes in second, who comes in third as well as who comes in first. if somebody else tuz surprisingly well, it could well launch their campaign. it's happened before. >> reporter: political upstarts have a chance here, because caucusgoers really do, as they say, kick the tires. >> what i want to know is if you get a republican house and a republican senate, in two years will you fulfill all those promises? >> the answer -- the answer is yes. >> reporter: and iowans take this work seriously. which is why the media and the country follows what happens here so closely. >> reporter: that's abs

. >> this is a lot like tom harkin in 1992 in iowa. it's no news until harkin does badly.ow, so far out in front that there's almost no way that he cannot come out of here. so the question is, who is going to be number two? ron paul or is the huntsman momentum that people are identifying -- you do feel it out there. is there any way -- i talked to rand paul yesterday and he said that after south carolina if they haven't made a dent, that they would consider not going on to florida. >> yeah, there's -- you look at some of these polls, don't trust them. i'm going to get 40 calls a minute from the campaign, it's hard to get a poll call through. you can make kind of a theory, huntsman's moving up, but the only state he's in, he's put everything here. and he's not going to beat romney. if he comes in second, he's got a strong story, but then he goes to south carolina where he's on the menu and doesn't have the fun money for florida. and mitt's the only guy with millions of dollars lining up in florida. >> let's talk about the rules of politics, okay? there are some, and this is