do you think that is putting more pressure on iran to cut a deal, more pressure on russia to support the u.s packed? >> i think it certainly envying it for us the highest cost producers of oil happen to be or include iran and russia, but that doesn't give us ultimate leverage in these negotiations. iranpposedly, saudi and are pre-opec meetings on thursday, are talking about some form of supply reduction. >> will they, won't they? i think forecasters are split 50/50? as mr. cruz was talking about earlier in the news, immigration. this battle. once again, we try to battle immigration 2015. what is the urgency, hans humes, tried to make a change in immigration? >> i think the urgency around the most recent developments with obama trying to pen down republicans maybe to incite a bit of a primary split, and spit out a more conservative candidate for the toy 16 elections. i was a little surprised you did this, because i thought he might be more concerned about his legacy. >> tom doctoroff, as we talk about immigration, when you were in china, you must are a lot of conversation about how the u.s. n

u.s. as well as russia or china. iran has to, you know, has a fear, i think an ex- existential fear that people are trying to overthrow the regime. the idea of a potential nuclear weapon even if it's an ambiguous one i like to think the strategic ambiguity iran is pursuing that where it doesn't get the arsenal but may have one. it does deter an invasion from the u.s. or other military attacks, look at lib yeah, it learns a lesson, via north korea and it has pushed iran down the path as far as it's gone. >> over the years second lahr and clerical leaders in iran have reassured the rest of the world that the country doesn't want a bomb . for a variety of reasons it find it a repugnant or distast distasteful weapon and then contradict itself shortly thereafter. where is the rest of the world supposed to put its faith in the idea that iran does want country or not? >> i ran has been very clear from the beginning that iran does not seek nuclear weapons. it does not see it, first of all religiously it is in the iranian rel

u.s.-russia exchange programs. >> the ordeal is over. now, they're back on american soil. >> when you're getting escorted to the immigration services office in russia, it's like woah. what is going on. >> the students were on a good will mission to foster leadership skills. it turns out police were taking photos of their activities that would show up as evidence against them, the issue over americans having tourist visas. >> they had to appear in court three times, represented by non-english speaking attorneys. >> there was fear of what is going to happen next. >> there is suspicion they were targeted because of a hard line against the u.s. >> spent hours, drawing out the trial seemed like there had to be more to it. >> there is that going on in that country. >> i think it's something like this, especially to have the media broadcast to the public, it does add salt to the wounds that seem to be growing. >> a little boy is recovering from serious injuries after a terrible fall that could have killed him. the 4-year-old suddenly slipped off

u.s. and russia need each other now more than ever. and we demonstrateded many times when we are together. for example, after september 11th we participated together in creating the coalition and went constructively together in afghanistan and other places copy righting the information of terrorism. and not only our countries and many times after differences when people, for example, here in my country also krit siszici the research. i think it was it was good for both sides. it was good for both sides. unfortunately, we were in for different reasons. but we gain. we have new -- is it good or bad? it's good. we signed different agreements in different -- very important areas. we, the united states, helped, supported the integration of russia to wto. it's good or bad? it's good. and i cannot agree. it was good. what was bad, there was no continuation of reset. and i think that it's a big mistake of politicians who think that we can leave creating wars in our country. politicians also saying we need to construct war. this is not the 21st

u.s.-russia exchange programs. >> the ordeal is over. on american soil. >> when you're getting escorted to the immigration services office in russia, it's like woah. what is going on. >> the students were on a good will mission to foster leadership skills. it turns out police were taking photos of their activities that would show up as evidence against them, the issue over americans having tourist visas. >> they had to appear in court three times, represented by non-english speaking attorneys. >>

. >> includes the u.s., russia,shine, france, the united king .com and germany.ran agreed to rule back parts of the new orleans well for release from some of the sanctions. the interim agreement went into effect on january 20thtion, 2014 and expires monday. they talked about reducing the nuclear program for 11 years now. what's at stake from nick schifrin in jerusalem. >> reporter: more than a decade, iran built a vast nuclear infrastructure. it could be for peaceful energy or components of a nuclear weapon. this weekend may be the last best chance to make a deal that president obama regularly references in his messages to the iranian people. >> iran would have access to peaceful nuclear energy, and we will have addressed peacefully with diplomacy one of the greatest challenges to international peace and security. >> the u.s. hopes to block iran's three poten cial paths to a weapon, plutonium. at the heavy water reactor, reinian: the u.s. hopes to reduce the hidden plants. a sko vert path, the u.s.thopes monitors get enough access to know if iran secretly starts

u.s. and russia and the answer was time will show. will be looking to hear more about the contents of what's reported to be a brief encounter with the u.s. president and the russian prime minister here on the meeting. >> quite a morning. feeding elephants in myanmar. >>> time to get an early start on your money right now. we have cristina alesci with the latest. >> looks like a good day for stocks around the world. european stocks are up now. asia shares ended the day mostly higher. u.s. stocks are following that lead. it could be another record day if that holds because stocks only pulled back slightly yesterday. s&p closed lower for the first time in six trading days. here is a fun story breaking overnight. toymaker hasbro is reportedly in talks to buy dreamworks animation. behind "shrek" and "kung fu panda." dreamworks stock has had a tough year. it has fallen 37% so far thanks to a few movie flops and weak dvd sales. >> i like to say what is good for my little pony is good for america. >> this deal would be good for dreamworks as

conditions of the ship also played a role in the tragedy. >> russia has signed a deal to build two more nuclear reactors in iran. >> the u.s., and russia continue to seek a deal on iran's nuclear program. iran says it is strictly for scientific purposes. some western capitals and israel -- >> 14 others are in critical condition after undergoing sterilization surgeries that went horribly wrong. india's program is voluntary and offered by the state as an alternative to contraception. >> there are birth-control clinics across india to control this huge population, more people live in the country than in the u.s., indonesia, brazil, pakistan. >> this woman is in critical condition. eight other women have already died. they were among 83 that underwent sterilization operations in east central india. the government offers money for women to have the operation and in this case, about $10 each. the goal is to reduce india's very high rate of population growth. >> around 55 women are critically ill and the minister has ordered it. a medical has been sent with the medical director and a compensation up to hundred thousand rupees eac

we're in an interesting period with u.s. russia relations or european russian relations. we have the most serious crisis since the cold war in which one country expanded its territory at the expense of another in the united states responded quite unusually to put sanctions against the financial holdings of the named individuals close to a certain russian politician this does not happen every day we very quickly become accustomed two's the idea of sanctions but normally there should have been movement of the sixth fleet in military response or more early nato action. we need to think why is that they responded with individuals and financial holdings? i think they represented a public admission by the united states government of what it had known for over a decade that putin has built the system that has not seen since the czars. transparency international estimates $300 billion is paid every year in corruption capital flight according to official russian bank figures since $2,005,335,000,000,000. credit cerise last year and a very important study not picked up sufficiently

u.s. and china, eliminateing some tariffs on high-tech goods exported to china. leaders of russia, and china skpeurbg raandiran seem dedicats embarrassment while he is in beijing, they are signing billions of energy deals to continue strength ending emerging alliance among iran, russia, and china. russian government today, announcing an agreement to build two more nuclear rectors in iran. with a possibility of constructing 6 more. russia has built iran's only active nuclear reactor on their gulf coast. the agreement reached as a two week lega deadline looms on negotiation between u.s., russia and china and other states on future of the iranian nuclear program. more concrete signs of that emerging russian chinese, iranian alliance with announcement of a 6 natural gas deal between two neighbors, so-called western route, eliminateing china's need to transport natural resources vi at pacific ocean. china also chose today with president obama on their soil to unveil their new j-31 staoelt 331 stealth fighter, they claim will be quote particular attractive to nations cut off from u.s. a

u.s.-russia relations. opics include russia's energy goals its relations with them in international community and the ambitions of russian president vladimir putin. on the aspen institute, this is an hour and 40 minutes. [inaudible conversations] >> welcome everybody. ambassadors really good to see you. it's good to see all of you. i'm walter isaacson the present of a espinace is in one of the great joys of being present at the aspen institute is occasionally get invited to sit in with the aspen strategy group with my friends drove and angela and steve and of course run by nick burns. the crisis with russia every day takes another step but these are the people best adept at dealing with it. in fact the group was started 30 years ago with really the crisis in russia in mind. with that i would like to turn it over to nick burns the director of the aspen group and a professor at the kennedy school at harvard. thanks nick for doing this. >> good afternoon everyone. it's a great pleasure for me to welcome all of

she needs to convince the world, especially the u.s., russia and china, that there will be greater security in spiraling down the arms ladder than in a renewed spiraling up. she negotiated the 2010 s.t.a.r.t. agreement that capped u.s. and russia's developed deployed nuclear warheads and carriers and we look to her for continuing the reduction of the piles of nuclear arms that exist around the world. to develop meaningful actions against the threats to the world, we need to understand how they came about. from where did the threat of global warming come. well, i go back to the bible that tells us that when man was driven out of paradise for eating the fruit of the tree of knowledge, the lord told him that he would henceforth have to use his own energy to survive. in the sweat of thy face shall thou eat bread. the lord said. well, paradise was lost, as we know, but man developed a great talent to use energy outside his body. fire, wind, hydro, horses. and with explore tags of oil and gas, industrialization became possible. today developing countries, industrialization and an expanding global

u.s. businesses have in russia about whether they will be able to trade over the long-term. we have sanctions in place now over ukraine. the paper is worrying for these u.s. businesses because if the senate does go to the republicans, there's a strong possibility, a strong possibility, likelihood, there will be decade-long sanctions, a way of introducing legislation with the way the cuban trade embargo began in the 1960's. it is expressing concerns about the prospects for u.s. businesses in russia long-term. >> the french press is looking at the midterm elections particularly at how much the president might be a liability for the democrats. >> that is the whole question. i chose a piece in one of the most read papers in the country. it has a whole page which is all negative about obama. you can see the picture doing a lot of the talking. the headline, "who still wants the guy?" a lot of negativity about him in the papers. this is saying democrat representatives are saying he took down my campaign. they go to the small county in kentucky and two out of five people are below th

the tentative deal is on monday in iran, the p5+1, including the u.s., russia, china, france, u.k., and germany. under the deal iran had agreed to roll back parts of its nuclear programme in exchange for the easing of some economic sanctions. the interim agreement went into effect on january 20th, 2004, and ex-powers on -- expires on monday. more from jonah hull in vienna. >> negotiators spent the day hunkered down in closed-door meetings, giving little away to the media. technical teams have been hard at work, looking and testing different proposals and scenarios to see if one is better than another. john kerry, the u.s. secretary of state. zor zarif, the iranian foreign minister and katherine ashton finished trilateral talks. the german foreign minister arrived. his british and french counterparts are in their capitals. the russian and chinese have not left theirs, there's no indication when they mightment the indications we have as to where the talks are at comes from reuters, quoting a source in european delegations ag this, "chances of a deal by monday's deadline is small. there's

u.s. officials believe, by separatist missiles supplies by russia. >>> later today, u.s.other dignitaries will travel from beijing to myanmar will they will participate in the southeast asia summit in the next two days. one the rahinyas are denied citizen thipship by their own government. we take a closer look now at their situation. it's boat building season. these are used for a booming business. smuggling members of the minority out to sea. 50 people in a boat like this? >> yeah. >> part of a dangerous, illegal voyage to leave myanmar in hopes of finding a better life somewhere else. >> they are muslims, a minority who areling gisically and eth c ethnically different from the rest of the population in this overwhelmingly buddhist country. the myanmar government refuses to recognize their name even exists. >> this man works in a government agency that overseas aid distribution to the poor. he calls myanmar's rohigya invaders and he wants to expel them from the country. shimmering tension between rohingya and the larger buddhist community exploded in june of 2012. killin

the new one will include russia. the u.s.-led one will not include russia. like it to hold early elections. what are we talking about there? walk me through the relationships between the u.s. and japan, japan and china, and the political story surrounding the sales tax. issue is aa-japan big factor at aipac. the two leaders have their first meeting since they came to power two years ago. relations were very tense. day -- they did not look happy to see each other. which isaking hands, progress. on the domestic front, abe has a decision looming about deferring sale tax. he does not want to do it. in place to deal with a deficit that is more than 200% of gdp, but he does not want to choke the economy when he is trying to get his abeno mics in place. the sales tax would further hurt his popularity. why not call elections now? his numbers are solid. he could call the vote and betpone the sales tax and reinforced and avoid a leadership challenge next year. there is a lot of signals we are hearing from lawmakers that they are preparing for the vote. if it happens, i

u.s.-russia relations. an enormously important question immediately because of friction and danger and in the long run because of the importance that relationship is to international stability. certainly, we have had a foreign policy which for years has rested upon accommodation, desire that the great nations get along well and the united states has certainly wished to have russia have its place in the sun. the definition of place has been put to question at times but nevertheless that has been the endeavor and continues to be. as all of you know paralleling that are some real frictions today centered on eastern europe and the ukraine in particular. the issue of that place in the sun which should be, of course, commensurate with russia's unique strong role in the economy of the world as well as military power. the definition exactly of that place is somewhat open and certainly has caused great frictions. we are very, very fortunate to have the ambassador with us this evening to address the status of that re

rowe reu row row roman nian fears that russia and the u.s. are bound for armed conflict. yet an escalating conflict on both sides have left little room for understanding. combat aircraft near nato air space. nearly two dozen russian bombers and fighters swooped over the north sea, the black sea, the dpufl of finland and the baltic sea. that intercept was captured here on never before seen video, recently declassified by the norwegian military. it shows russia's newest fighter jet, the su-34 which is carry a payload of 8 tons of precision guided weapons. events like this happened more than 100 times in 2014. three times more than in 2013. >> essentially what it is is the cat and mouse game that was played during the original cold war where each side probes the defenses of the other in order to see how they'll react. >> that game is putting more pressure on nato outposts like this air base in buda, where norwegian forces recently cooperated with their russian neighbors. nato uses its joint commander and its f-16s to be its eyes and ears in the sky. recently moved 600 miles

russia has been bad, second-worst performing currency , down 30%, but the exposure of western europe, the eu, the u.sis infinitely greater than it is to ukraine, which is why we spend more time talking about it. what we have seen over the last few days is, the russians have been somewhat successful in stabilizing the ruble. it is going to be difficult. there is downward pressure. you see it right there. >> 46. it has come off after the other side of the week. >> they are not intervening. that is one of the first times they haven't intervened. they are beginning to restrict the amount of rubles they give russian banks. what they say is the russian banks were taking the rubles and buying dollars. further weakening the currency. incorrect conthat intervention, appears to be having some success. but it is going to come under pressure. >> ryan has a big interview coming up. you won't want to miss our bloomberg exclusive. 7:45 u.k. time. don't miss that. issue to think about the u.s. treasury secretary, jack lew says europe must do more to avert what he calls a lost decade of growth. he said that current p

on the other side, you have the u.s., russia, china, the u.k., germany, and france. somewhat of a surprise move, the u.s. secretary of state john kerry delayed his arrival in vienna. he told reporters that he's going to be arriving later in this -- this week. in the next five days, these two sides are going to try to hammer out some sort of compromise where they address one another's needs. of course, iran insists that they have a right to a nuclear program. they want to keep what they call a peaceful nuclear program. and they want those sanctions lifted immediately. and then you have the western powers. washington, their demand. they want to reduce iran's capacity to enrich uranium. they want to curtail the nuclear program and, of course, they insist that any easing of the sanctions should be gradual. they also want a system in place with which they can verify that iran is not after a bomb. this started a year ago in november. they signed the interim deal for six months. that was delayed. is it going to be delayed again come monday? the deadline, or will we have an o

. >> not everyone shares the former romania president's fears that russia and the u.s. are bound for armed conflict. yet an increasing presence has left no room for error. when russia launched an unusually large number of combat aircraft near nato air space. nearly 2 dozen russian bombers and fighters swooped over the north sea, the black sea, the gulf of finland and the baltic sea. that intercept was captured here on never-before-seen video recently declassified by the norwegian military. it shows russia's newest fighter jet the su-34 which can travel more than 2500 miles carrying a payload of eight tons of precision enjoyed weapons. events like this happen more than 100 times in 2014. three times more than in 2014. -- 2013. >> essentiallily what it is is the cat and mouse game, where each side proposes the defenses of the other to see how they'll react. >> that game is putting more pressure on nato outposts like this outpost in boudah. to be eyes and ears in the sky when it comes to russia. norway runs that operation from its military headquarters which it recently mov

u.s. and russia have been chilly ever since sanctions were issued against russia for its actions in ukraine. things seemed more hopeful when putin patted obama on the back as they arrived in their seats, but the two have not seriously discussed ukraine. >>> 4:45 right now. investors keeping a very close eye on what's happening in china. it will impact the direction of wall street trading today. hampton pearson live right now with the latest and how futures are looking this morning. hey, hampton. >> how are you doing? as a matter of fact, futures are pointing to a higher open today after stocks closed up on monday, following some decent earnings reports. the dow closing up for a fifth straight day. there's no economic data out today and the bond markets closed for veterans day. the dow rising 39 points yesterday to close at 17,613. still another record high while the nasdaq ended up by 19 points to close at 4651. meanwhile, ford is beginning production on the new aluminum f-15 pickup truck today. the truck, which is being built at ford's plant in deer born, michigan, goes on sale in december

u.s./russia relations. what do you think can be learned? >> i think what we should learn is that the -- that not everybody viewed that wall coming down as a triumph and that some of those people who didn't view it as a triumph now have tremendous power in this world, and it may be mainly destructive power, but they have that power. i think that one of the things we -- you got to look to the totality of it, and we need to somehow convince everybody this was a victory for mankind, humankind. that's my feeling. >> the g-20 about to begin in australia. the president, president obama will be there. vladimir putin will be there. see if the two men will talk and get accomplished. >>> two americans once detained in north korea are now free. they're home safe this weekend. these two men. it seemed to capture everyone off guard. it happened so suddenly. why did it happen now? we'll talk about that next. kne. that's more... shh... i know that's more than 100%. but that's what winners give. now bicycle kick your old 401(k) into an ira. i know, i know.

and russian president vladimir putin rarely circled each other as russia cemented its ties with china. tensions are growing between the u.s. and russia over ukraine and syria, and their announcement of a contract to build two nuclear reactors in iran, even though we are two weeks away to tehran to sign an agreement on the nuclear programme. speaking to jewish leaders, vice president joe biden forcefully answered critics of any deal with iran. >> i have heard to much maliki about our position on iran -- maliki about our position on iran. let me say it clearly in a biden esque way. we will not let iran acquire a nuclear weapon. period. period. period >>> joining us from santa fe if mexico is bill richardson, former governor of mexico and ambassador to the united nations. the president and vladimir putin apparently had a few short conversations, the body language between the two was, to put it mildly, it was awkward. now, we knew that this deal for russia it build reactors in iran was in the works. announcing it two weeks before the deadline on the nuclear talks, and just as leaders are meeting at the summit. well, vladimir

u.s. now no longer an importer of oil. goall of that has to elsewhere. you've got russia, whose economy is on its knees trying to produce as much as it can to expand the growth in its economy. so essentially it would not have made any difference whatsoever because american and the russians stepped into the brink. >> they had no choice. not like they were pushed into a corner. production,ad cut russia would have upped their production to compensate for that. there is no consensus now with respect to oil production globally simply because opec no longer has this way it had five years ago. >> how can the various countries sustain this? the oil price needed to balance economies, 72 dollars per country like qatar, it needs $77. not to mention all of the others. how can they manage this? they can't. russia wants to squeeze the u.s. because they break even around $65 a barrel. price is about $100. they are playing a game of chicken with each other. i think the u.s. wants to punish russia for what is going on in the ukraine and at the same time russia and saudi arabia want to put

officials saying that russia has amassed 8,000 troops on the border. u.s. s also say that a convoy that russia claims was humanitarian did not go through an independent inspection. an obama administration officials conceded that u.s.-led sanctions are hurting economically but they have not deterred russia when it comes to ukraine. >> putin has been had almost immune to that pressure even as the ruble has fallen and stocks under pressure. >>> time for an "early start" on "your money." arabian stocks lower. look at the bank stocks there. big news there, they're falling on news of $3.3 billion settlement on manipulating exchanges. the s&p 500 climbed one point. that was enough to close higher than they ever have in history. >>> news this morning for holiday shoppers, walmart's black friday deals will start at 6:00 p.m. on thanksgiving night. the same time as last night. walmart telling us 22 million shoppers last year on thanksgiving visited the superstores. walmart's going to spread its best deals out over several days. it's an attempt to keep shoppers calm an

she needs to convince the world, especially the u.s., russia and china, that there will be greater security in spiraling down the arms ladder than in a renewed spiraling up. she negotiated the 2010 agreement that capped u.s. and russia's develop deployed nuclear warheads and carriers and we look to her for continuing the reduction of the piles of nuclear arms that exist around the world. to develop meaningful actions against the threats to the world, we need to understand how they came about. from where did the threat of global warming come. well, i go back to the bible that tells us that when man was driven out of paradise for eating the fruit of the tree of knowledge, the lord told him that he would henceforth have to use his own energy to survive. in the sweat of thy face shall thou eat bread. men developed a great talent to use energy outside his body. wind, fire. with oil and gas civilization became possible. today developing countries, industrialization and an expanding global population result in a steep expansion in the world's energy demand, but some grave problems result. and one

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russia announcing plans to send long range bombers to the u.s. doorstep. does russia need patrols over the gulf of mexico. a controversial pardon by the governor of arkansas for his own son. whether any special treatment is involved. hello. i'm wolf blitzer. it's 1:00 p.m. in washington, 6:00 p.m. in london, 8:00 p.m. in damascus, 9:00 p.m. in moscow. thanks very much for joining us. we start with the fight against isis. moments ago, the house armed services committee here in washington wrapped up a hearing with the defense secretary chuck hagel and chairman of the joint chiefs of staff martin dempsey. they termed it a long fight and cautioned about expanding the u.s. role. >> we've established a modest footprint, one that is focused on the development of the security forces, assisting them with planning, integration of fires, and advising and assisting them from higher headquarters. any expansion of that, i would think would be equally modest. i just don't foresee a circumstance when it would be in our interest to take this fight on ourselves with a large

u.s. tensions with russia surged again on sunday's election in rebel-held eastern ukraine. the vote, but stopped short of formally recognizing the region as independent. >> woodruff: on the newshour online right now for nearly two years, our "ask larry" column has been answering your social security making sense questions, but as one of our readers pointed out, most of those questions have been directed at married d reees. what about those who have never been married? our benfits guru breaks down the four things they need to know. that's on our making sense page. all that and more is on our web site, pbs.org/newshour. >> ifill: and that's the newshour for tonight. on tuesday, election day is finally here. join us for analysis and the latest results on-air and online. plus, we'll bring you a special report at 11:00 p.m. eastern. good thing we got that extra hour's sleep over the weekend. i'm gwen ifill. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. we'll see you on-line and again here tomorrow evening. for all of us here at the pbs newshour, thank you and good night. >> major funding

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u.s. relations with russia seem to be getting frostier by the day, and in an unprecedented move, the russian military says it now plans to send strategic bombers on regular patrol in america's backyard. david martin is looking into this. >> reporter: russian bomber patrols over the caribbean would be significant, military officials say, something the russians have never done before. during the cold war, soviets flew reconnaissance missions there, but never bombers capable of carrying nuclear weapons. once blackjack bombers flew to nicaragua and venezuela, but those were window dressing for visits by high-level russian delegations. when the russian defense minister announced the bomber patrols earlier this week, he linked them specifically to tensions over ukraine, in effect saying, if you medal in our backyard, we'll meddle in yours. u.s. military officers say they would not pose a military threat as the bombers could be tracked as they came down through greenland and iceland and through the atlantic, leaving plenty of time to scramble jet fielgtders. a real attack would most likely come ove

u.s. and russia.here is abc's john donvan. >> reporter: in berlin today, they went with light to remember these are balloons, 8,000 of them, each with a light in them to mark the path of the scar, that once ran through this city the path of the berlin wall. constructed in 1961 to stop this, the flight of its own citizens from communism to get to freedom on the west side. the wall, the ultimate symbol, the talking point. >> mr. gorbachav, tear down this wall. >> reporter: he was the soviet leader who let this happen 25 years ago when a crowd of east german's surged for one of the crossing points and the guards let them through. our peter jennings was right there. >> the wall is suddenly irrelevant. >> reporter: here is how it changed. heading the celebrations, a leader who grew up there, angela merkel. the fall that the dreams can come true. not all dreams, former enemies becoming good friends. and gorbachav describing relations with russia as a new cold war. but 25 years ago tonight, it was still all

u.s. officials believe by separatist missiles supplied by russia.ciutto, cnn, washington. >>> we turn to india now and a doctor who performs sterilizations that led to at least 11 deaths is pointing blame at local officials. dr. gupta tells cnn those officials allowed the women to receive expired medication, including painkillers that caused their deaths. he says all necessary safety procedures were followed by himself and his team. the controversial program is meant to curb the country's population growth. >> what happens is women largely do not have access to any other form of contraceptive. their choices are limited. at the same time an extensive polls that is implemented where the woman is given a cash incentive. the field level health worker who works very closely with the woman is given a cash incentive. usually the doctor is given a cash incentive per surgery. and the facility and the health workers there on up will be praised and lauded for having very high sterilization numbers. so the entire system is geared towards funneling women towards