u.n. commission that i chair your commission on reforming the global financial monetary system. explains how we can create a global reserve currency as really interesting to be here at bretton woods talking about that because keynes argued for this seventy five years ago. in the aftermath of the of the great depression he understood. the links between you case problem the u.k. being the reserve currency then and then if we're going to have a little economic stability we need to move off of the. single currency country being the reserve currency. bretton woods failed from his perspective in this respect and didn't us say hey we disagree we want to do it in a reserve currency and got their way so it would be us still have that same power if world leaders got together again today for another bretton woods conference i think at that same meeting we're here in bretton woods the world is markedly different china has close to three trillion dollars of reserves about a third of the global reserves about nine trillion dollars you're already three trillion dollars you have some voice in w

hundreds of thousands of millions of dollars every year funding the u.n, a body that is completely not accountable to us. commissions run amuck and work against our interest. with this economic crisis, stop funding the u.n. >> i like that. the point i was going say is -- no, i agree with everything you said that i ignored. high school should have, and we said this before the show, real economic -- like theory. they have a thing called home-ec, it should be for real. give them a book and let them figure out what makes sense to them. >> who was the teacher in ferris bueller? ben stein. as a result ferris never went to that class. >> good point. >> creationism is not a science. what will we teach in an economics class? >> you are insulting -- it is simple. the first time i read -- i got it. i am not the smartest tool in the shed. >> the way you teach this basic economics to kids, it is called getting a summer job. you learn you have made this much money, and you cannot spend more than you have brought in. it seems to be the economic lesson the people who are running our country were aware. >> because they haven't had a

nations security council held closed door meetings with the un human rights commission following a report that was released by u.n. investigators that this report did find that the syrian government and security forces in syria have carried out a pattern of human rights violations since mid march when anti-government protesters took to the street calling for the resignation of the syrian president bashir al assad and security council members were briefed about what u.n. investigators did find this report accuses the syrian government and security forces of carrying out numerous summary executions kidnapping and torture over the past five months and also u.n. investigators are encouraging security council members to refer this issue to the international criminal court to the un is planning to send a humanitarian team to syria on monday no u.n. investigators were not allowed inside syria to to see what is going on inside the country but maybe this weekend things will change and of course this meeting happening within the security council is just the latest blow to syria we do know the u.s. president barack obama ca

u.n. food and agricultural organization planes migrating birds for bring the virus. it has the ability to resist existing vaccines. a u.s. commission has heard that at least 83 guatemalans died after being deliberately infected by a sexually transmitted diseases by american scientists. they were infected with syphilis and gonorrhea in the 1940's to study the effects. we have news of a major political showdown. >> it is an interesting development. he faces a disciplinary hearing. he faces charges of bringing the party into disrepute. he has been a thorn in the president's side. his ambitions to lead for a second term relies heavily on the outcome of this hearing. >> he is never far from controversy. he has been accused in the past. the party is now disciplining him. he has been expelled, but this is more. >> what we are seeing now is a series of dynamics that could mean that next year's leadership contest is almost decided here. he probably will not be contested next year. if it ends badly for him, it could be a different story. >> just last year, there were a series of embarrassing incident. he ordered a bbc journalist at venues co

yearing the arts commission will partner with people in plazas to activate the sidewalks along this stretch with art installation, opening events, live music, and new arts and antique markets at u.n. plaza. >> this area has been sleighted for many years, at least the past 25 years. i think that this redevelopment project and the n.e.a. grant are very positive signs that we have political will and a lot of momentum to really make the mid market area what it could be, which is a vibrant area where everybody is welcome and it's a place to be in san francisco. >> to get a feel for the future of the central market arts and culture district, be sure to catch out an upcoming concert. for locations and times, visit peopleinplazas.org. to learn more about the central market revitalization initiative, visit sfartcommission.org. thank you for

u.n. support to the process of registration. i think we have to keep in mind the losses that the congolese election commission and the u.n. suffered in a plane crash some months ago. that's a big hit for both of them. .. challenges and so on is a significant accomplishment in my opinion. regardless of what people see in the process to me that is a hugely significant accomplishment. of course the way the world works is as soon as one thing is accomplished the things crop up. indeed just this week other key aspects of the election are under consideration. i believe right now this week the national assembly is looking at the ev law in terms of redistricting and all of those things we as americans know so well. gerrymandering and things like that. an issue of whether or not of the presidential elections and the national assembly will take place at the same time or will be decoupled my understanding of the discussion as well as the fact of whether or not the code of conduct that has been put forward will be signed by all significant players let me just say that i think it's hugely important all significant players cited the co

u.n. calls to arrest the leader not kill him all of these were financial reports now from tripoli. gadhafi still remains the goal number one for the rebels and since the beginning of the commission here in the libyan capital tripoli we've been hearing numerous reports and we've been here in numerous statements by leaders all of the rebels that his whereabouts first as you remember they've announced that they catch captured say for his son and then it turns out that he actually hasn't been captured then we've been receiving information that the rebels know where gadhafi is here in tripoli and they have been sad that they've cornered khadafi and they spin headlines. many international news channels for quite a while but it actually didn't end with any concrete detail and concrete success and today as well we are receiving reports that the rebels have flooded the streets of tripoli trying to hunt down khadafy what we saw while driving from the tunisian libyan border to the capital tripoli differs a lot from what we used to see here june and july when the western part of the country had been controlled by gadhafi forces. flags. waving everywhere and all the buildings all the walls c