second, the u.s. government for very good reason does not want to make itself the story in this case. as far as the action is concerned, admiral mullen has confirmed having received the memo, having concluded that it was not credible and having, therefore, decided to do nothing about it. that, essentially, is the only action that was taken by the u.s. government. with the poisonous state of u.s./pakistan relations at the moment, the u.s. government would not consider that it was doing either itself or ambassador haqqani any favors by raising its profile and becoming to any greater extent than is already inevitable a part of the story. so you're not going to see a u.s. government position paper on the credibility or otherwise of jaz. >> i would add a footnote. his role model seems to be that of the main character in the woody allen movie called zelig. [laughter] and in all critical world events for his whole life, it's a marvelous film. he's everywhere. and i think maybe that's jaz's vision of himself.

the u.s. military is in for a facelift after president obama announced america's focus would fall on the stump losing its dominance in asia the plan calls for a shift of special forces operations improve surveillance and cyber warfare capability alongside a slight reduction in ground forces but it's going to if you can reports there are still plenty of unanswered questions they new strategy is to move away from ground wars from long term stability operations to mobile wars where the u.s. can as we don't put out a put it shift and deploy forces to fight any enemy anywhere they said they're going to invest heavily in new capabilities seen drone scene space technology is to give the u.s. military this whole new shape which is the defense secretary said it will be nothing like the cold war or the post cold war military meaning they are moving away from ground wars told words and air wars toward the intelligence war so to speak the u.s. has pull troops out of iraq but feel less thousands of contrac

u.s. military threat that is the u.s. not the u.s. navy or air force it's the kind of truck tours for the u.s. navy for the u.s. navy and for the u.s. air force. they have there the main winners in this they knew war for this shrinking year as budget thank you jennifer so these military analysts thank you very much for your input. well coming out later in the program here in our power play in the persian gulf. a very big mistake and simply currently with iran which has as much regional power at the moment we take a look at the western scrambled corner iran a terror on accuses the e.u. of starting an economic war with its latest set of sanctions. plus hussein was hanged. for what fate awaits egypt's hosni mubarak we bring you the latest from the trial on the outside leader. but first what began as a symbol of a united europe is now at the heart of the crisis that's tearing it apart ten years ago and the euro is in real trouble with countries plagued by debt crisis remedies failing to provide fortunes are just as are sillier reports fro

the u.s. and japan work toward new sanctions on iranian oil while trying to avoid negative impacts on their economies. diplomats from the united states and japan are trying to cinch up the pressure around iran. they're meeting in tokyo to discuss new sanctions to block iranian oil. consumers in japan and elsewhere fear that could drive up the price of gas and slow economic recovery. japan gets about 10% of its oil from iran. the japanese side has asked the americans to be careful about how they impose sanctions. u.s. delegates said they'll try to avoid negative repercussions as much as possible. >> i am confident that as we continue to work with japan that they will -- that they will take the steps that are necessary. >> japanese representatives hope to get an exemption from the sanctions under certain conditions. they're exploring ways to reduce oil imports from iran. u.s. diplomats said they would make exceptions for some countries, depending on their trade with iran. the americans hope to u

army u.s. marine corps. navy and the air force so for the u.s. navy and for the u.s. air force they're the main winners in this they knew war for the shrinking you as budget. which is unveiling the plan was already drawing the ire of peace groups around the world many of them say the strategy is nothing but a military expansion disguised as a drawdown. this is not a step away from war this is not a step towards pacifism or a step towards a retreat from empire building it's actually the use of a military strategy that costs the american political leaders be they obama or whoever takes his place afterwards less on the home front if there are fewer american casualties of all the bleeding is done on the other side of all of the destruction is done by those who are suffering the consequences of air war they feel that there will be less antiwar sentiment at home so it's not a promise in the progressive directions what the obama administration and what the pentagon are doing in it and obama signaled that explicitly in his speech he puts again the primacy of the turn towards

well really the u.s. wars are a form of absolute terror there's no other way of explaining secret rendition torture should not being targeted assassinations drone attacks on countries which the us is not even in a declared war whether it's in pakistan somalia yemen. and and hundreds of drowned surveillance over countries all over the planet all of this is a form of release date terror and a must be linked to defense of our rights right here because the people of the war on when when the sovereignty of every country is under attack of course it resonates here at home because everyone here who speaks out for their rights also is increasingly finding themselves targeted the occupy wall street movement targeted. the muslim population as a whole targeted way but it's about in there but president obama has promised to keep the military in check to make sure terror suspects are treated fairly isn't that some reassurance. well there has been no fairness in the way those even charged with terrorism have been treat

u.s. allies and they are the people calling for an immediate foreign intervention whereas the syrian national council in syria itself which consists largely of progressive left wing kurdish parties has not called for a foreign intervention and are essentially insisting that the struggle against the assad regime continues within the country and there are other groups also in the opposition calling for a negotiated settlement to bring this regime to an end so there are three different to use the strongest group in the country of course is the muslim brotherhood and that is now in my opinion and i very clearly with nature well the head of the free syrian army has called for the world through all of the the current arab league's mission the arab league coming under a lot of criticism of the moment french officials even saying that the observers on capable of doing their job properly what do you think is behind that i think it's behind what is behind that is that they don't want the these obser

but now that the u.s. is going broke it says it needs to be more frugal in their military spending this as they unveiled plans for the most expensive piece of military equipment ever take a look you are looking at the u.s. as a gerald ford the biggest price tag for any single weapon in history it cost a whopping eleven and a half billion dollars that carrier is worth more than the g.d.p. of both nicaragua and haiti although what you call cutting back to look deeper into this earlier i spoke to retired u.s. army colonel douglas macgregor i asked him if this is money well spent. no i don't think so. the real question for the american taxpayer is are you getting something better dramatically behead in capability than what you normally would get with the traditional carrier and the answer is really no it's very expensive we've invested in some new technologies such as the electromagnetic air left aircraft lift system which is designed to replace the catapults it's troubled we've got problems with it's not work

obama says the u.s. will be able to ensure its security with a smaller ground force. >> our military will be leaner, but the world must know the united states is going to maintain our military superiority with armed forces that are agile, flexible, and ready for the full range of contingencies and threats. >> defense secretary leon panetta made it clear the military will no longer be large enough for large scale ground campaigns. still, he noted that american soldiers could win a conflict on the korean peninsula, and counter the iranian threat in the straight of who are muz. the u.s. will help allies defend themselves through diplomacy and military assistance. north korea says new leadership will promote nuclear development under military led rule. the statement was issued by the north committee for peaceful reunion i have indication of the fatherland on thursday. the statement refers to the south korean president's new years speech. he said if north korea halts nuclear activities, the south will provide

well tension between the u.s. and iran is being ratcheted up on what seems like a daily basis the u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton added fuel to the fire calling terrans recent threats to close a vital oil transit route in the gulf a provocation artie's guy and chicken looks at whether a war of words could translate to an all out war. the cold run of tension between iran and the west is simmering. seems the slightest thing chris of heat could make it boil over into an all out confrontation. where we'll be that boiling point the point of no return we're getting closer and closer to war with iran the iranians are playing with fire problems in a crisis if you get where any small thing can really set it off and it doesn't quote washington that the international nuclear watchdog these i'm sorry closely monitoring iran's nuclear activities are they trying to develop a nuclear weapon no but we know that they're trying to develop a nuclear capability and that's what concerns us and our red line to iran is do not de

the torture around in afghanistan the man in the u.s. the u.s. army hands over control of its main prison in the country within a month after claims inmates have been severely news. the french and german leaders are stressed the boosting economic growth is a priority as they try to stem the eurozone debt crisis in their first meeting of the new year they've also been calling for a quick conclusion to negotiations on a new treaty which will in shrine strict fiscal rules but is he going to report some worry that germany above all sees this as an opportunity to increase its political clout. billions of euros had been injected into the greek economy while its population has been given shot after shot of austerity measures in most cases that cement wages cut taxes raised my friend the famous composer. crees. compares it with a time before the fascism and what they are doing is to destroy the democracy greece is that democracy has seen the elected pm swept into the political gutter and replaced by an unelected technocrat who just happened to be a forme

u.s. there is under investigation for allegedly seeking u.s. assistance to prevent a military to following the death of osama bin laden. analysts examine what they think they mean internal politics and relations with afghanistan, india and the u.s. the is just over an hour and a half. >> good morning. i am hillel fradkin, senior fellow at the hudson institute and direct gravis center on islam democracy in the future of the muslim world. it is my duty to welcome you to this event, whose subject is packaged and come in a crisis state. and with that, in welcoming you all here and the service authors who spin on the. this duty is an important one, but also for me, a personally sad one. it is an important duty because pakistan is an important country and also a country in the midst of a great crisis, a crisis which affects important american interests as well as pakistan's. it is a personally sad one because the most grave expression that this crisis are the difficulties, the undeserved difficu

when the u.s. invasion began almost went into hiding from an increasingly wary northern alliance but his freedom didn't last shuckers supporters maintain he was sold for a bounty went into the hands of the northern alliance who were warlords basically and he actually thought all the americans that my goodness it will save me from the torture that he's had lots of torture by them but no he was transported to graham turner and there he has remains despite president obama's original election pledge to close guantanamo altogether despite being cleared for release and is despite being a legal permanent resident in the u.k. with family in london which includes one son he's never even seen and fell for moving closer to being freed shuckers supporters see worrying developments in the us is attitude to extrajudicial detention obama recently signed the national defense authorization act which places domestic terror investigations into the hands of the military and extends a ban on transferring prisoners out

u.s. has released employment data for december and the results beat market expectations. the u.s. labor department says the jobless rate dropped 8.5% from 8.7%. the previous month. the figure was better than the market forecast of about 8.7% and the lowest in almost three years. employers generated 200,000 more jobs in the nonfarm sector, which sensitive to economic trends. the transportation and warehouse industry added 50,000 jobs. most of those gains occurred in the courier and messenger sector. >>> michael woodford's campaign to return to the top post at olympus is over. he says his tussle with the optical equipment maker has taken too much of a toll on his family. that means he won't lead a proxy fight on behalf of some investors to push for new management and a new board of directors in the wake of the company's accounting scandal. >> if i'd come back, even with the majority, olympus' main bank and creditor wouldn't want me. didn't want me, and i don't want to see that for olympus. i

certainly the u.s. companies that have a majority of their sales into the u.s. or into emerging markets which you want to avoid is u.s. equities that do in the 40% or more in the even markets being in the euro surface. we see a recession for most of 12 for the euro zone. if you got exposure to some of the emerging markets continuing to grow you will do well. look for dividend yields. there's still a lot of yields out there in the marketplace and look for those companies that are actually category killers the folks doing extremely well and out pacing. >> susie: can you give an example of the kind of stocks you're thinking of in terms of dividends or these other factors. >> if you look at other factors for example, consumer, we heard a lot from the consumer over the back to school and holiday shopping season, we have consumer numbers out. one of companies doing very well is the limited. victoria secrets and bet bed, -- bath and body works. it's a company in large part does well and has continued to do well. and it's dependent on a consumer that continues to be in

the u.s. government has the has the ability to take out websites now you know passing so passing sort of. further kind of set those abilities in stone in u.s. law and i think that. what we saw with act and what we were starting to see with sopa and pipa is that the entertainment industry has a vested interest in sort of getting these bills through quickly and you know they want to have the most aggressive. legal combat against piracy that they can and it's in their best interest to kind of get the laws made and started forcing it before the public has a chance to weigh in on the government seems to be helping and that let me just press in a different you really quickly we just found out that twitter is changing one of its policies and they're enabling the ability to read reactively withhold content from users in a specific country so you know if something is if a tweet is illegal in a certain country they will actually censor the tweet in that country what do you think of them from twitter. yo

the u.s. and its allies continue to accuse iran of seeking to develop nuclear weapons a charge to iran denies that of the corporate report card affairs website says pressuring iran further will eventually lead to war in the region. i think it's quite remarkable to think that france and the us and other countries would be willing to step up sanctions that have already had such a profound effect on the iranian people on the basis of their hunch that iran to run is developing nuclear weapons as as france has basically put it is quite remarkable because that really does is tantamount to an act of war and and really the i think the only logical outcome for this is another increase in military tensions between the countries involved in that region that are already on the knife edge of military tension so it is quite an explosive thing to be talking about and i think the escalation in recent weeks with the recent ten day military drill in in the straits of hormuz has to be weighing heavily on the min

these people are demanding an end to u.s. drone attacks on pakistani soil. u.s. government agencies, including the cia, have repeatedly used unmanned drone aircraft to attack the suspected terrorist and the islamic extremists. but pakistani said those operations have also caused many civilian deaths. the they became angrier in pakistan when the american held come and fighter jets in afghanistan, attacked border positions in northwest pakistan, killing 24 soldiers. the operations wereuspended in an apparent effort by the obama administration to stop ties with islamabad from worsening further. but on wednesday, pakistani government officials told nhk that the united states carried out its first drone attack in about two months. it took place in northwest pakistan. at least three people were killed. resuming the drone attacks threatens the region and the anti-u.s. sentiment in pakistan. it may also delay pakistani's reopening of separate routes for international forces in afghanistan which have been closed since the border incident in november. nhk world. >> and tur

back to u.s. stocks, drug maker amylin saw strong volume and a big rally thanks to the f.d.a., giving the okay to its diabetes drug. shares shot up 17.5%. volume was 10 times normal. the drug was rejected twice by regulators wanting more info on the side effects to the heart. the medicine is injected once a week to treat type-2 diabetes. "u.s.a. today" owner gannet shed almost 7% after reporting another quarterly drop in advertising revenue for its newspapers and t.v. stations. the publisher said retailers recorded the biggest drop in ad spending between thanksgiving and christmas. share price slid 7%. we mentioned the big corporate buyouts earlier in the program. we had a couple of big companies announce asset sales. exxon mobil shed a fraction after selling its japanese subsidiary for almost $4 billion, giving up control of a refiner. u.s. steel fell almost 4% after agreeing to sell its serbian unit to that country's government. the company calls it a nominal price and expects to take a loss. th

citizens so landry and frank and it want to take out the u.s. citizens part of landry's house proposal came with the following statement is that any statute that could possibly be interpreted to allow the president to detain american citizens without charge or trial is incredibly alarming frank and express similar concern saying to not give people a hearing to not give an american citizen the right to have his case heard in a court i think that's one of our basic rights once we start getting rid of our basic rights we're in trouble and frank and landry are the only ones that are trying to use their political powers to fight this broad sweeping bill senator dianne feinstein tried to change the contentious element of the bill to exempt american citizens but that was rejected by a majority of republican senators however she's trying to reintroduce that amendment and it seems to be gaining some support this time around let's not forget that senator carl levin claim that it was the administration which pushed for u.s. citizens to be included in the l

was that u.s. lawmakers don't need to be able to take down a website and to be able to arrest people for copyright infringement even if that person lives in another country and i think we're about to see a long drawn out legal case with the megaupload founder kim dotcom. they need to extradite him from new zealand and. i think that a good part about this process is that these questions are starting to be asked and hopefully we'll get some answers but again the u.s. government has the has the ability to take websites now you know passing so passing what sort of. further kind of set those abilities in stone in u.s. law and i think that. what we saw with. what we were starting to see with sopa and pipa is that the entertainment industry has a vested interest in sort of getting these bills through quickly and you know they want to have the most aggressive. legal combat against piracy that they can and it's in their best interest to kind of get the laws made and started forcing it before the public has

u.s. marines are going to do their first exercise together in 20 years. south korean military officials say it involves landing and flairing exercises in the southeastern city. those stationed in okinawa japan may take part. they plan to conduct military exercises every other year. they did not specify when they would hold this year's drill. it's likely to be part of an annual joint exercise in march. it's a show of force to check military by north korea following kim's death. >>> japan's minister in charge of the abduction issue says he welcomes a north korean diplomats remark they intend to continue bilateral dialogue. abduction minister, the north korean diplomat in charge of normalizing ties with japan. >> translator: since coming to office, i have been saying in order to resolve the abduction issue, it's important not to rule out any possibilities. i also think it's necessary to hold ongoing dialogue with north korea. i believe that mr. song is sending a positive message to japan in r

so with the u.s. giving in to their demands to be seen as a victory for the taliban i think the idea of releasing these individuals without understanding what we're getting in return we being the united states i staff is not really a good idea and i think it's almost an act of desperation so how does the average citizen feel about releasing the terrorist suspects either out of high profile. to be. right so i would say that they need to be. detained should the u.s. be negotiating with taliban i don't think so. we're not well i mean they bombed our country and. they should pay for their for their sins so to speak i think they're everybody's come to the conclusion that valid taliban was there to stay so if we ever expects the ability in afghanistan they've got to be part of something the deal can be seen as one of the biggest breakthroughs in the ten year conflict in afghanistan but the fact that the u.s. is still trying to negotiate with the taliban shows that the u.s. is far from declaring. victory in

the u.s. department of defense has promised a thorough investigation are you saying that people in the u.s. on short by this like so many other people all throughout the world i think a lot of ordinary people. rallying around the sort of support our troops thing but yes the governments and the authorities in both countries have been condemning it right but the problem is that in the past when things like this have come up say like abu ghraib photos of you know naked men in pyramids or when they were standing next to the great detainees smiling with their thumbs up i mean these kinds of things happen a lot and all we ever hear is yes we'll investigate this don't you worry we're going to these are the bad apples it doesn't represent the most of most people so on and so forth it happens over and over again just happened with kill team the fifth striker brigade in kandahar who slaughtered afghan children for the fun of it and took cell of a tory pictures pictures next to their corpses were just to

if the u.s. is 100% and recharge of the different search engine, we are not going to assassinate when lifting the bounty and so on. and then the message goes down to the line to other western embassies, jakarta site, pakistani government, to everybody has to be followed up. it has to be followed a very impressive u.s. negotiations. >> questions of the karzai among them much more inclined to negotiate than the afghan government, particularly the northern alliance opposition. >> is a very emotional person because sometimes you said publicly i'm going to join the taliban. and he says my brothers, my disaffected brothers said that phrase several times. taliban jan i think he said. so that of course makes them suspicious because they think at some point this could be some secret deal and karzai will and the whole thing over. so yes, there's massive suspicion, but i still think the war is not working, so you have to find an alternative. and you have to try and end the civil war. i mean, there's the arg

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embassy and various support by the u.s. and iran respectively of of groups that oppose one another whether it's the. origin the love by the u.s. or. iraq in. iran and north recently it's sort of the fact that iran is supplying to all sides by u.s. allies to the north south east and west. i think accounts for a lot of. this tension over the years despite all the friction we're seeing though of course the u.s. and iran do have some common interests as well they both want to stable afghanistan for example what is holding them but maybe a simplistic question of what sort of there but from finding a common language and ending this crisis certainly i think. the biggest issue is just decades of distrust it's taking it's taking a lot of it will take a lot of political capital to sort of break beyond that but at the same time there are vested interests on both sides and the you in iran there are certain elements of the regime that actually based their power. or on an anti americanism where is there certain lobbies from saudi in isra

welcome back to crossfire computable to remind you we're talking about u.s. defense spending. ok matthew if i go to you in madison a lot of people would claim that it's just a military industrial complex it's complex corporations that make an enormous amount of money off of americans wars abroad a military presence a broad this is what it's about to i mean they're going to still be making buckets of money on the defense spending again as i pointed out if you do the numbers over ten years and inflation and all of this it's not a whole lot different from the the the bush era. right you can't discount the power of the military industrial complex that president eisenhower warned about six decades ago and a lot of times the pentagon just serves as the advance team for u.s. corporations and if you read this current doctrine it's going to still do that obama talks about the pentagon making sure free trade lanes are open around the world while those free trade lanes help us corporations who are plowing those lanes and sending their goods through those lanes so we need to recognize rea

critics charge this new mission is no different from the one obama inherited from the bush era the u.s. will remain the world's policeman. and. to cross-talk washington's new military strategy i'm joined by matthew rothschild in madison he is the editor of the progressive magazine in los angeles we have christian whiten he is a principal with d.c. international advisory and a former state department senior adviser and in london we crossed to frank jackson he is vice president of uniting for peace all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want but first let's see what mr obama has in mind for the pentagon. in light of budgetary mandates passed by congress last year requiring reduction in overall defense spending president barack obama has announced a new strategic initiative for the american military in contrast to his predecessors the president's plans no longer call for the u.s. to be able to fight two conventional wars simultaneously in different parts of the world and his vision for a smaller more nimble military america will be able to res

of the u.s. marine corps. well fewer foreign wars while battling more issues on the home front appears to be what most americans want from their presidential candidates. but they think the upcoming election bring any tangible change to u.s. policies. this year the us has the opportunity to elect a new president are they ready for a radical change this week let's talk about that changing that much i just don't think is realistic at all we don't move that quickly it's not the way our system works and it will move in different directions over time but i don't think it's going to happen do you think that's a detriment to us that everything takes so long. maybe but it's the way the system works and i think that those checks and balances in the way that it moves slowly actually in the long run well they thought they were ready four years ago for radical change do you think they had radical change so far i feel like they had a radical change in the wrong direction so what direction do you think it should go in the wa

well the u.s. now shifting energy away from the middle east to asia pacific that's because that is where all the action is apparently with china's growing economy and expanding influence in the region president obama recently announced a plan to scale down the military budget but part of that plan is eroding in asia as i make clear in australia we will be strengthening our presence in the asia pacific. and budget reductions will not come at the expense of that critical region china and the us now two of the biggest of world economic powers and we see somewhat of an arms race going down now with the two countries the us bumping billions into new weapons to do to deploy to the region here's a look at some of the well this is a fighter jet lockheed martin is working on it integrates advanced l. technologies and sensor systems with supersonic speed and then there is this you're looking at a sketch of the most expensive piece of military equipment ever to be created the first of the navy's next generati

we feel positive about the impact it's going to have on the u.s. economy and the u.s. workers. >> lake cutler, florida, phil, good morning. >> caller: good morning. first, i want to take a couple of seconds here to recognize c-span. you're probably the most educational station on tv. thank you for being there. now, for your guest, i have a vision that i want him to comment on. i envision in the future having refuelling stations rather than gas stations where i drive my car in with either gas, diesel, hydrogen, fuel cell, battery, interchangeable battery. and my question is, does the auto industry see that same vision and do you think that there -- that there is anyone working on the infrastructure necessary to support all kinds of different kinds of fuels for automobiles? thank you. >> yeah, it's a great question. really insightful. that's really the key to where, you know, transportation goes in the next 10, 15, 20 years. it's really all about infrastructure. but the current administration has been very focused on electric vehicles and electric infrastructure. and i t

i think the u.s. should really speed up its transfer of power in all its ramifications to the afghan government the obama administration is now having talks with the taliban the taliban want to set up a headquarters and cutter the obama administration after the troops leaving iraq is now talking much more about the troops leaving afghanistan and this has created more tensions but i think the solution for that is the u.s. to hand over the management of the background prison over to the afghan government and to start developing to the afghan authorities in general so you're saying also what speed up that proposed troop withdrawal before twenty fourteen if that's the case is the country really ready in terms of security for the u.s. troops to completely withdraw. but what is ready mean i think unfortunately the obama administration is talking about leaving in twenty four entirely due here to find the scenes he's negotiating to have quite a significant number of troops stay beyond that date i don't think

u.s. arms export and export reforms after a flurry of foreign sales ended september 2011. but first president obama made a rare visit, that will shape some $490 billion in spending cuts over the coming decades, cuts to be detailed next month when the administration's 2013 budget request goes to congress. the new strategy scraps the long standing policy that the u.s. military be able to fight two major wars at once and it would shift to asia as ground forces are cut in favor of air and naval power. is this the right strategy, will it yield on a tighter budget, and what will it mean for pentagon and the industry that supply it. joining us now are david bertow and lauren lexington. welcome back to the show. >> welcome and then i want your take on this. >> the strategy was tight about eight page, is it the right strategy and what will it mean. >> this has to answer a couple of critical questions. one thing we have debated for a long time as we looked at the draw down is what do we need the mil

as the u.s. government flies prying eyes through the sky lawmakers have neglected to create any privacy protections for american citizens is. controlling the. anger and. they're. not just. being federalized the agencies keep using more and more of these to justify their existence so they can say we need this to crack down on drugs we need this because there are a lot of robberies in this neighborhood we need this the united states is not only now a military industrial complex it's a homeland security complex they've merged into one in two thousand six. a drone manufacturer received four point seven million dollars from the u.s. defense department to develop new unmanned aerial vehicles. the newest and smallest invention is hummingbird a palm sized q looking spy plane weighing less than one pound there can be a very lucrative market in the united states for drones with police departments who are already militarized tanks the assault vehicle to assault rifles. the modern police look like the milita

the u.s. has to chip away and unlock that relationship. i also think the u.s. of marshall, not in a threatening way, you have to marshall your allies. japan, south korea, australia, europe, many of whom have the same problems you have. everybody has problems with china. and so to get some sort of united action against china or an effort to persuade china in various sectors in which they are distorting the world economy, i think that's the way to go. the chinese leaders don't wake up in the morning worrying about what's happening in congress. they are worrying about what's happening in their own country. >> and again, the biggest issue in china is employment. they have a much younger population than many other nations in the world. obviously, a significant concern that a high unemployment would lead to political instability. jim, you mention the dumping issues. richard just pointed to the issue of the state. there may be no better example recently than china's solar development where they made it impossible for the world to compete with them on solar by virtue o

the u.s. as well as in china continues to have a very positive situation. in the u.s. it is very strongly influenced by the average age of the cars being higher than typically, so there is a demand to lag so to say which is coming through now. >> susie: tell us how -- >> and we have lagging industries like the construction industry where we really continue to see basically nothing happening here in the u.s.. >> suzanne: . >> susie: looking around the world i do want to ask you about europe, how are things looking in europe. we've been hearing a lot of forecasts calling for a recession in europe. what is that going to mean for your business? >> well, we do believe that there is a chance of a recession in europe and pressee high chance. the projections from bloomberg are minus 0.25%. overall now as henry kissinger said there is no telephone number for europe. so there is obviously huge differences depending on which country you go to. the interesting thing is, which i believe say very sensitive