the u.s. illegally -- al-a man in yemen yemen.in they also confirmed the death of son. -- his but the administration said those strikes were accidental, saying all three were not specifically targeted. today, we are going to look at the new book "dirty wars" written by jeremy scahill, former democracy now producer and now writes with the correspondence as well. and italled "dirty wars" is based on u.s. operations in somalia, yemen, and afghanistan. the majors -- the major focus is the u.s. assassination of these two who were killed in a u.s. aug strike -- drone strike week apart. i had the opportunity to interview jeremy scahill about his book when we were here in new york. i asked him to start with who i anwar al-awlaki is. the hijackers had attended services at a mosque and a third one had attended services at a mosque in virginia. ,e was already on their radar but most of the guys said that they did not really know the guy. some believe he was directly attached to the 9/11 attacks, which i

the u.s.deliberately killed a militant cleric anwar al awlaki in yemen in 2011. he also acknowledged the deaths of his 16-year-old son, abdulrahman, and his elder aid samir khan in yemen as well as the death of jude kenan mohammed in pakistan. upholder suggested those strikes or accidental, saying all three were not specifically targeted. mohammed's killing had previously been unknown and of wednesday he was still on the fbi's most wanted list. holders letter was revealed on the eve of today's major counterterrorism address from president obama. the president is expected to announce a policy limiting targeted killing outside of four sons in places such as pakistan, yemen, and somalia and also expected to endorse using the same standards for attacking foreign suspects now used for targeting american citizens. the move could in the so-called signature strikes that treat foreign males and target zones as militants unless they're proven innocent after death. more after the headlines with jeremy sc

>> the u.s. taxes paid by apple inc at the u.s. rate of 35%, yes. >> there is no tax paid on the money itself that has been sent to apple -- excuse me, to aoi -- by theributors, distributors is that correct? not paid in ireland or the united states. >> the income of the subsidiaries have been subject to tax in the countries in which they operate. paid in ireland on those distributions by the is no dates? >> there u.s. tax on the transfer of the balances to aoi. the income earned by asi and subject to irish tax in full, in accordance with the agreement we have with ireland. >> is that a maximum of 2%? >> mr. chairman, i am not precisely sure of the mechanics of the competition. >> is that a maximum of two percent? >> approximately, yes. >> has aoi filed the corporate income tax return? -- in the last five years? >> no. prior to that, it made filings in france for a branch operation there. >> they paid no corporate income tax for the last five years at least, is that correct? >> again, they did not pay any corporate income tax, but a

the u.s. and russia have had very clear differences have an eye on this issue in the past such as washington's vocal support for the syrian opposition do you think that in any way might hamper the talks today and in fact any hopes for progress. hi there andy yes lover of and kerry meeting today in paris according to a u.s. official who spoke on friday the subject of their meeting syria that official said their discussion would continue from a discussion that was held on the seventh of may when kerry visited moscow the main the main emphasis here at the conference that's planned for june trying to bring together various parties in the region chief among them the syrian government and the bashar assad and the rebels there whether they can get both those groups around the table both russia and the u.s. trying in their respective parts to get the rebels or at least a good representation of them there are many divisions within the rebel ranks and the syrian government under bashar al assad to sit d

nhk world, new york. >>> u.s. consumer prices posted >>> an 80 year old japane adventurer has finished day one of his attempt to scale mt. he s out from e 5,300 meter high base camp on thursday with his son and other climbers. he told nhk by telephone before departing that he did not mind dying to achieve his goal. he and his team climbed for about eight and a half hours to get past the ice fall and arrived at camp one. it's about 6,000 meters. he said the ice fall is difficult as usual but his condition is better than when he was 70 or 75. he said i was able to enjoy the climb. he plan does ascend about 500 meters a day. if everything goes smoothly, he'll reach the summit next friday. >>> one of the world's largest diamonds was sold for $26.7 million at an auction in switzerland. it was a record price for a colorless diamond. >> sold! number 9107. thank you very much. >> it took two years to cut and polish the stone. >> 101 karat diamond. it was auctioned on wednesday. a pink diamond holds the record for the most

the u.s. assassination of these two who were killed in a u.s. aug strike -- drone strike week apart. i had the opportunity to interview jeremy scahill about his book when we were here in new york. i asked him to start with who i anwar al-awlaki is. the hijackers had attended services at a mosque and a third one had attended services at a mosque in virginia. ,e was already on their radar but most of the guys said that they did not really know the guy. some believe he was directly attached to the 9/11 attacks, which i think it's preposterous. they nonsensical to think would have keyed into these attacks at the time. he endorsed george bush in the 2000 election. he had a lot of support in the arab community because many people felt that he would be better than al gore on the issue of palestine. he had also been busted twice on solicitation of but -- of prostitution charges and those were resolved through community service. >> were they real? >> al-awlaki said that they were not real. the first ti

u.s. secretary of state are meeting to push for an international conference on the ongoing deadly conflict. and it comes amid growing fears the violence could spread across the region after a rocket with died from lebanon into israel following two shells which landed in beirut. also trade war pace german chancellor angela merkel hosts the chinese pm as the e.u. threatens beijing the arabs for unfairly selling products below their real value. hello there good to have you company watching with me andrey from now the conflict in syria i'm ways to stop the ongoing civil war are the focus of talks between moscow and washington russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov and u.s. secretary of state john kerry will meet in paris to prepare a conference on syria planned for next month this comes as tension grows in the region with neighboring states already involved let's get more on this from artie's tom barton the u.s. and russia have had very clear differences haven't they on this issue in the past

u.s. to acknowledge as a clear bright thing to cross. the president has been textured and nuance about, is this a way of prevoccing the americans to do something? what does barack obama now have before him as the decision points when he comes and addresses the nation tomorrow or in a meeting in the sit o room as we speak? >> it is really a complex relationship. it is rarely officials, in the army or u.s. ambassador of israel was on msnbc with me last week, very eager to say israel was not pushing the u.s. into action. at the same time the arab world is divided. turkey has been supporting the more radical elements, according to u.s. officials, in rebel forces. at the same time, saudi arabia, the uaemmirates saying they have to force the elements. only today, richard engel, and the military leader of the syrian forces and the cia own other intelligence experts are more moderate, less islamist, more secular. that's been the hope of the administration, they were hoping to either arm them or ge

u.s. secretary of state are meeting to push for an international conference on the young deadly conflict. comes amid growing fears the violence could spread across the region after a rocket was fired from lebanon into israel following two shells which landed in beirut. also trade war based german chancellor angela merkel hosts the chinese pm as the e.u. threatens beijing with howard's unfairly selling products below their real value. and i welcome good to have you company watching r.t. this morning with me. now i fear is the conflict in syria could be spiraling into neighboring countries have once again being stoked the latest cross border violence a rocket has apparently been fired from lebanon towards israel that is. five people were injured when two shells landed in a hezbollah controlled area of beirut it's unclear who is behind the attack but it has a message that did come from within lebanon's own borders this comes just a day after the militant group reiterated its support for the a

shifted process on u.s. sales to u.s. customers from the united states to an offshore tax haven and also a study on how hewlett packard device tastes foreign loan program to repatriate offshore profits to the united states without paying u.s. taxes that are supposed to follow repatriation. today's subcommittee will focus on how apple effectively shifts billions of dollars in profits offshore, profits that under one section of the tax code should nonetheless be subject to u.s. taxes but are a complex process that avoids those taxes. our purpose with these hearings is to shine a light on practices that have allowed us-based multinational corporations to unmask an estimated $1.9 trillion in profits in offshore tax havens, shielded u.s. taxes. one study has estimated that offshore earnings stockpiled by s&p 500 companies using these techniques have increased 400 are sent in the last decade. there is a direct relationship between this rapidly accelerating shift of corporate profits offshore on the one hand and on the other a w

joint u.s.ico operations against top drug king pins may be subordinated to mexico only controlled operations to protect its citizens against crimes like kidnapping and extortion. two, economic ties. nieto is working to break telecom monopolies in mexico, to rework the nation's tax code, to expand the oil industry. president nieto wants new trade agreements with the u.s. and with other nations. trade between the u.s. and mexico going both ways was $520 billion in 20 126789 mexico is the u.s.'s second biggest export market for u.s. goods and for 22 of our 50 u.s. states mexico is the number one export market. on the flip side, the u.s. is the number one buyer of mexican goods. three, immigration reform. another big obama mexico priority. notably, president obama's endorsement of the pass for citizenship for the 11 million illegal aliens in the u.s. mexico has long l protection fo who work in the u.s. >> question, what is mexican president enrique pena nieto's principle concern regarding immigratio

the u.s.repares to withdraw the bulk of its forces from afghanistan by the end of two thousand and fourteen karzai stepping down with the elections coming up also in two thousand and fourteen what's next the possibility of a power vacuum in afghanistan and the question what demons can emerge from that vacuum is of great concern to the whole reaching a vacuum in afghanistan seems to be nobody's interest here's a brief and very rough breakdown of what players regional and non regional are trying to achieve in afghanistan you ren despite the rivalry with the us has three years support the karzai government because having a completely chaotic and unstable afghanistan is a neighbor is obviously not good for them washington is of course interested in keeping the more or less centralized structure of the government in afghanistan for that the u.s. is even ready to engage the taliban in talks and maybe see them as part of the government in the future that's right having fought the taliban for over ten

even the u.s.sury secretary timothy geithner eric investigated whether we should be formally added to a u.s. blacklist and found there was no legal basis to do so. response, wikileaks has come up for the past year and a half or so, has been biddy -- busy litigating these financial institutions. we won in the lower courts and ice land, and in the supreme court in iceland just a few weeks ago. visavictory stated that .ust open up its gateway they had relented and have opened up the gate way. however, it has also activated what they call another clause in the contract, to shut us back down again on june 30. between now and midnight june 30, people can donate directly to wikileaks, or otherwise they will have to come and engage in indirect mechanism. the free press foundation was set to do with these sorts of things. if you go to wikileaks .org/donate, you can see we have constructed ways to work around this blockade. unfortunately, they are all a little in direct, so it is a bit of an extra burden, be

the u.s.o its top trade partners, mexico and canada. -- onepresents one-third out of these three products exported from the u.s.. it does not reach the level that the u.s. has with mexico, the exports from the u.s. to china. the integration of our economies has been shown to be relevant. the content of exports from have 40% of u.s. input. that the more growth mexico has shown and the more capacity to export, the more benefit the u.s. gets. jobs are created in mexico. stops are created in the united states. one of the first agreements we create a high-level that, within its framework would foster trade and commerce with the united states. that for the first time -- and this is probably unprecedented. we will have the mexican economic cabinet with their counterparts from various government agencies from the united states. we have heard from the president and in this group that the vice president will participate to send a dialogue that will result in arrangements in tom's of how the government c

it is said that u.s. military in germany are doing several things -- first of all, they are carrying out aerial reconnaissance, directing aerial reconnaissance in africa, that they are assisting with intelligence to provide identification of targets, and most crucially, that they are rooting this signals used in to attack saddam being carried out in africa, and given that the u.s. does have its command headquarters in germany, those allegations are somewhat plausible. >> at midnight tonight, the european union arms embargo on syria expires, meaning member countries could theoretically start providing anti-assad rebels with weapons if they chose to. >> meanwhile, the situation has become more complicated, with russia say and it is sending fighter jets to the syrian government as part of a contract, this is there was more heavy fighting in syria. >> and a lack of unity among the various syrian opposition groups is making it increasingly difficult to support the rebel movement. >> russian aircraft maker made

a man from the u.s. state of north carolina has been sentenced to six months in prison for threatening on twitter to assassinate president obama a twenty two year olds published five death threats during the democratic convention last year he admits to writing the tweets but says he was on drugs at the time the u.s. and south korean forces of flex their military muscle in a joint river crossing exercise three hundred u.s. and one hundred south korean soldiers took part tensions still very much simmering on the canary in peninsula two days ago the south rejected a tentative offer of diplomatic talks with north korea. it's going up to five to eleven zero here in moscow more the world's big stories than that with me kevin zero in just about five minutes from now thank you for choosing this. they played a family jazz band together. like hijack a plane together. lots of them from music to tara. twenty five years old questions still remain. just bad hijack a. plane. flew . we speak your language. school music

the same is true on a big scale for u.s. exports. u.s. multinationals have billions of dollars in hef ewes at stake, particularly in europe. already this year, ford, gm, caterpillar and general electric have all announced plant closings and lay offs in europe. smaller revenues will affect profits. for nightly business reports, i'm courtney reagan. >> and chief international strategist is with us from wells fargo. is this a case of the dollar getting stronger or others getting weaker? >> it's definitely a case of the yen getting weaker. also about flat. this is really a yen depreciation story. >> which is more important for consumers and investors. then on the other side, the profits of big corporations will be affected. which is more important? >> well, that's right. when you have an exchange rate change, it's a price rate change and some people will be better off or the same people will be better off in one sense and the others could be worse off in another sense. i would say there is a third factor that is more important than ether of t

some of these u.s. citizens killed by drones were previously known, but at least one of them was not. this comes on the eve of the president's big civil liberties and national securities speech planned for tomorrow. we are told today that speech will also include a major announcement about starting up the process again of sending prisoners home from the prison at guantanamo. the former general council for the pentagon, jeh johnson, is here to talk about that and more, as well. a lot going on. today in congress, a senior official at the irs took the fifth and refused to answer questions from congress, while the george w. bush appointed commissioner of the irs, who left his job in november, but who was there through the whole conservative group's targeting scandal, he did answer questions and got lam basted by both republicans and democrats. >>> also today, the city of chicago announced they are going to be closing 50 schools in the city. that is the largest mass public school closing in u.s. history. chi

the u.s. prison in guantanamo bay, cuba, and prosecuting some detainee's on u.s. soil. as we break down that plant this morning, we want to hear your thoughts on the renewed push for action at guantanamo. give us a call, the lines are on your screen. you can catch up with us and all your favorite social media sites. a very good friday morning to you. let's take you first to an article from " the new york times," talking about this new policy the president talked about on guantanamo bay. i want to take you to a little bit of the president's speech yesterday from the national defense university. [video clip] again call once congress to lift the restrictions on detainee transfers from gitmo. [applause] have asked the department of defense to designate a site in the united states where we can hold military commissions. i am appointing a new senior envoy at the state department and defense department whose sole responsibility will be to achieve the transfer of detainee's to third countries. i am li

in case of the u.s. federal reserve, the focus is whether they will begin to scale back with some of the bond buying program that's been in place. >> if the fed changes its policy that will be a boost for the dollar. >> exactly. it would mean the economy is improving the fed wouldn't need to pump so much cash into the u.s. economy which would be favorable for the u.s. dollar. dollar/yen 102.19 to 23. it weakened after jobless claims in and the weak housing data you also mentioned also pushed down the dollar. some traders bought back the u.s. currency after the head of the regional district said the fed could scale coundown this summer. euro has been crushed slightly this week after we had the gdp data that came in below forecast. the dollar yen is a big focus on how stocks trade. a bit of a negative start. still positive for the week. >> thanks a lot for that update. >>> world leaders are in the minds about the easing steps. >> translator: funds are spilling into europe because of the boj's injection tha

the u.s. justice department not only subpoena fox news reporters private e-mails but also said that james rosen was quote an aider and abettor and or coconspirator in the alleged crime so these words appear in a court document basically accusing the reporter of breaking the law for conducting the routine business of reporting on government secrets in the forty four pages of the justice department's application for the search warrant of mr rosen's g.-mail account you see e-mail exchanges between a state department employee identified as the alleged the courier and james rosen so the authorities have established that the communication between the two has led to rosen writing an article in two thousand and nine which said north korea planned to respond to looming u.n. sanctions with another nuclear test it's becoming obvious to journalists that the administration is now targeting not just the leakers but also reporters just recently we learned that the u.s. justice department secretly obtained tw

and the u.s. immigration system faces a tough questions after it emerged that it was back in national arrested on terrorism tried got into the country illegally three years ago. and broadcasting live from our studios in moscow this is our team thomas glad to have you with us now in syria state media has reported a powerful explosion in the capital damascus at least three people have been killed and five others are injured the bomb was planted in a car near a school no one has claimed responsibility for the attack as of yet. i mean while in turkey police have fired tear gas on a crowd of protesters at a town and near the syrian border which was at the scene of a deadly double car bombing a week ago saturday's on rest follows similar clashes in east on bull and in the capital on car demonstrators are angered by turkey's support for the syrian rebels which they say is putting national security at risk journalist emanuel oxen writer who's covered the syrian crisis extensively says on cars only making

u.s. diplomats meet to pave the way for next month's international conference on syria. hate crimes sore across the u.k. following the brutal killing of a british soldier a muslim extremist in london. a massive rally in france's capital against a recently posset gay marriage nor turns violent allegations of police brutality against protesters. and on the brink of a trade war and disputes between the e.u. and china intensifies as brussels threatens high import tariffs accusing beijing of selling goods below market value. needs a much more twenty four hours a day. foreign minister and the u.s. secretary of states have a top that meeting in france and the upcoming syrian peace conference speaking to the media afterwards both diplomat stressed a commitment to the process of a political transition that will help end the violence in the country. meeting in brussels the e.u. foreign ministers have decided to let the syrian weapons to expire on friday. for the story. that is safe for a lot to do s

u.s. over how to achieve peace in syria seems to be narrowing where both sides say they'll try to bring all wearing factions to the table then usual show of solidarity came despite the u.s. not giving up its plans to arm the syrian rebels at some point in the future alessio cesky been following the first visit of secretary of state john kerry to moscow. after a very lengthy meeting between the russian president the russian foreign minister and the u.s. state secretary hardly anybody in the press room expected that there would be somewhat of a backing down from the very harsh rhetoric which we heard from washington and moscow on the syrian conflict lately in fact at one point of the press conference john kerry even said that there is a common perception that russia and the united states have been on a different page about syria and they were here to show to everyone that they were on the same page in fact the main bottom line of the meeting and that was voiced to the press conference was th

plots u.s. security for wanted again though with the arrest of a suspected terrorist who got into the come single family just like the boston bombers. international news and analysis as well as also this i'm to bang with say. turkish police have five guests and protesters in a town near the syrian border which was the scene of a double deadly double call bombing a week ago the andress one a similar clashes and it's jimbo and ancora demonstrators that angry about taking support for the syrian rebels which they say is putting turks in the firing line let's begin now with journalism and well off center he's covered a syrian crisis extensively miss the us and ride so with us several deadly cross border incidents claiming turkish lives that recently shortly on has the right to take action to prevent a spill of the syrian conflict. whether turkey has not just the right to test the obligation to prevent the spillover but if we look how unkind are acting politically we see that on how it's doing the con

for one, u.s. investors are worried. for another, the prospect of higher interest rates without the bond-buying is concern, as well. bill, from investors, saw the early-selloff thursday. and that helped the dow from triple digit early morning losses. the u.s. still isn't strong enough to stand on its own two legs. and that bad news, for now, is seen as good news on wall street. for nightly business report, i'm kelly evans from the new york stock exchange. >> so we now have the time to change your long-term investment strategy as the day to talk one way and then the other. we'll chat about that in just a few moments. >> hewlitt-packard knows about good and bad. profits plunged 32% last quarter but raised 17% today. now, c.e.o. meg whiten is right where it should be. >> hp stock reached 52-week highs. >> so a happy day is here again? not so fast. these results are more a testament to ceo meg whitman's skill at managing expectations. pc group sales came in especially week. but, investors are focused on nongap earnings per s

fifth, they ended u.s. counterproliferation efforts with iran and spread dangerous technology to other anti-western regimes and potentially terrorists. beijing has not been an innocent bystander or passive observer of north korea's activities. the startup technology for its nuclear program came from china by way of pakistan's network. much of the nuclear missile technology and materials from north korea to other rogue states has gone through chinese territory. china has not only been a proliferators of wm d but a proliferators of proliferators. last year defense secretary panetta said china has been complicity in developing north korea's missile technology. china has consistently blog dorr weakened security kelso resolutions seeking to halt pyongyang's nuclear missile programs such as the 2005-2009 resolutions. when it is allowed something to pass the council has failed to follow through with the effective enforcement, and time will tell whether china's pattern of behavior will be more serious or sustained

amba sees on high alert the u.s. and u.k. are polling nonessential diplomatic staff out of libya with security fears fueling after militants besieged two ministries last month.

the u.s. state. they confirmed 24 people were killed and 237 others injured. rescue workers are still picking through homes and buildings as they search for survivors. the tornado churned through the suburbs of oklahoma city on monday. the winds reached more than 300 kilometers per hour. the storm swept along a path two kilometers wide and nearly 30 kilometers long. it took homes off their foundations and blew them away. analysts with the national weather service gave the storm their highest rating on the international tornado scale. >> right as i heard the roar of it coming, i grabbed my dog and we laid down in the closet. everything kind of collapsed around us. >> state officials say the tornado disrupts communications and made it difficult to confirm the number of deaths. they say at least 24 people were killed including 9 children. police officers and firefighters are checking evacuation centers to confirm those listed as missing. >> i've never been involved with anything like this before.

the u.s. and around the world and digital platform only make it more powerful. one must also recognize the implication of the role. a journalist may be diminishing his or her potential audience preaching only to the converted. he or she may be cutting themselves off from the sources who won't gate fair hearing. most fundamentally reporters may fail to invite or consider opinions and facts that will make the journalism more texture, authentic, and valuable. for those that value the search for truth. unencumbered to the specific point of view, i would say, whatever you write, whatever you say has become a part of how your reporting will be viewed you can no longer separate your tweet or post from your article or broadcast. the sooner you see social media as integral to journalism not as a sideline. the more easily we can adapt to the possibility and risk. when i began researching the speech a few months ago. i took the time to reread the e-mails from 2004. it had been about nine years since i ha

everything editor for the u.s. foreign policy in focus are good to see you today thanks for joining us on this saturday off the last israeli air strike in january of damascus did say that it reserves the right to defend itself but it never did how do you expect the syrian government to react no i don't expect the syrian government to do anything specific i don't expect them to respond to this i think that if they did it would create the possibility of a much more massive israeli attack i think the idea that the syrian government would be shipping arms to has below in the midst of a civil war to be a very dubious kind of project i don't i don't see what the log of that is i think the israelis are intervening to just point the u.s. is is thinking of intervening because they don't think things are going. exactly the way that the insurgency wants them to go i mean so suddenly washington and washington in recent weeks in recent months has been treading very very cafe around the ongoing syrian call for you know where it

drone strikes had killed four u.s. citizens in yemen and pakistan. >> simply put, the strikes have saved lives. moreover, america's actions are illegal. we were attacked on 9/11. within a week, congress overwhelmingly authorized the use of force. under domestic law and international law, the united states is at war with al qaeda. the taliban, and their associated forces. >> according to a gun to newspapers, and the speech appeared to expand those who could be targeted in drone strikes and other undisclosed legal -- legal actions. up until thursday, obama and his top aides have said drone strikes are restricted to killing confirmed "senior operational leaders of al qaeda and associated forces close >> plotting imminent violent attacks against u.s. of of treatment -- but obama dropped that wording thursday, making references at all to senior operational leaders. >> we act against terrorists who propose an imminent threat to the american people. when there are no other governments capable of of that beverly addressing the

the cyber race between the u.s. and china is starting to look like a real arms race it has its drills its spies and both sides accusing each other of cyber attacks this june china will be holding drills with special i.t. units within its army for the first time the chief of the u.s. cyber command general keith alexander says the u.s. is now busy setting up forty new teams of cyber agents that will both protect america's critical infrastructure from hackers as well as launch attacks against the country's adversaries and so that there is no confusion as to their capabilities general keith alexander says quote i would like to be clear that this team is an offensive team the offensive nature of u.s. cyber defense program is emerging new reports which say a large chunk of the country's current cyber endeavors does not rely on defensive strategy as one might imagine but instead involves offensive operations launched with the intent of causing harm on the computers of adversaries a recent reuters article cites defense cont

at the time u.s. intelligence officials deemed this concern over his son's radicalization to be insufficient to pursue at the moment. they did add the young man's name to a half million other names in a computer database. for the most part, the tip was sort of forgotten. until a month later in december 2009 when umar farouk abdulmutallab boarded a jet going from nigeria to detroit and had 80 grams of petn hidden in his underwear. and now more information. now the government is saying that the underwear bomber and anwar al awlaki, same guy, were introduced through text message. that mr. awlaki hosted the underwear bomber in his house for three days before the kid went on to an al qaeda training camp. we're also being told mr. al awlaki planned it in detail. and a statement in a martyrdom video that would be shown after the attack. awlaki directed the underwear bomber to take down the u.s. plane. that his last instructions to him were to make sure he blew it up when it was over american soil. all these

u.s. military occupation of afghanistan and no i'm not highlighting some special anniversary i am simply reminding you how absurdly long this war has been now the white house to set withdrawal for two thousand and fourteen and this week press secretary jay carney said that the u.s. would keep a presence in the country quote only at the request of the ask and it sounds a little odd then that on the same day afghan president hamid karzai said that the u.s. has requested to keep bases in the country beyond twenty fourteen same quote we are giving the nine bases they want from afghanistan yes nine huge military bases scattered across the country will remain in for u.s. operation following the two thousand and fourteen withdrawal and there's very little information as to how many troops remaining that will translate to indeed it seems that the longer this war draws out the more afghanistan is looking like just another american colony in fact my next guest has made the argument that occupying ar

this wednesday the u.s. attorney general for the first time officially come from wright field for american citizens including the sixteen year old son of the yemen there was no mentioning of other countries citizens killed by u.s. drone strikes in his state of the union address president obama said he would get more transparent on drone operations we haven't really seen but we expect to hear more from him this thursday. he's going to if you can right there much more coverage of the all the guantanamo bay hunger strike including a timeline on our web site. also a message of despair. one of the maids is now able to tweet his feelings from behind bars after eleven years in detention all about despite being cleared for release plus. start of the art technology proves to be a complete disaster the latest multi million euros spanish submarine is unable to dive underwater due to a full in its construction. thanks for joining us here on out to you today an elderly award winning historian has shot himself dead at the

the u.s. invasion and occupation. she has visited afghanistan and it led to a book called, "bleeding afghanistan," she has a masters of science degree from the university of hawaii. -- in astrophysics. she also has a two-month-old baby. let us welcome her. [applause] >> thank you. a two-month-old and a five-year- old. i want to address a few of the major issues that journalists struggle with when covering the afghanistan war. the first of the wars on terror and the longest war that the u.s. has ever fought and the war i am most familiar with. much of the coverage of the afghanistan war is not totally unique. it is similar to the coverage that other u.s. wars have gotten. it does not question very much the government's rhetoric or motives. it does not pay much attention to those most affected by our policies think and feel about the war. we are familiar with the case made initially for invading and occupying afghanistan in 2001. we were told it was a moral imperative to free them the tyranny of

the u.s.ederal budget. today, what you are looking at is about 64%. as you look toward the future, the future is beginning to look like this. -- minor page and outpatient surgery is becoming critical surgery. if you have a debt problem, you do not exhibit debt by doubling or tripling the debt. let me show you what $1 trillion in $100 bills looks like when it is stacked up. please note the gentleman sitting to the left of the picture is six feet tall. that is about $1 trillion. here is what has been happening in the u.s. with federal gross debt. you take about 1.3 of these stacks in 1983. you take about 4.4 a decade later. you take about 6.8, and then today, you are sitting at 17.2 of those stacks. by the time you project those forward, by 2040, you are talking about almost two times the gdp of the united aids. you have got to ask yourself, is that sustainable or does it again to look like a fun european weekend? , itou go through this stuff is really important you start reading documents like

the u.s. government seizes the phone records of over one hundred journalists from the associated press sparking me outraged by the white house insists he was unaware of the probe. syria's president maintains he'll stay on till he is voted out and warned the foreign backed rebels will keep fighting despite international efforts to mediate peace. and more spies in disguise russian security exposes a cia chief in moscow as u.s. intelligence has left red faced after again getting caught red handed trying to recruit a russian agent.

and the u.s. immigration system faces tough questions after it emerges that in fact national arrested on terrorism charges got into the country illegally three years ago. and broadcasting live from our studios in moscow this is our team thomas going to have you with us now in syria state media have just reported that a powerful explosion has hit the capital damascus at least three people are reported dead and several injured in the blast is believed to have been caused by a car bomb of course we'll bring you updates on this story as we get them in our team is covering the wires right now. meanwhile turkish police have fired gas at protesters in a town in near the syrian border which was of the scene of a deadly double car bombing a week ago saturday's unrest follows similar clashes in east on bull and on carra demonstrators are angry over turkey's support for the syrian rebels which they say is putting turks in the firing line journalist many well and writer who's covered the syrian crisis extensi

u.s. it. there's 104 points that school. go back to 1900, difficulty guide with when you get past the toy century. we've got enough data to be working. you can calculate energy scores for the year 1900 do it again for 1800 on and on you go back into the past. it's difficult to do but the interesting thing is when you go all the way back to the hunter gatherers, it's not that difficult within certain limits of margin of error. these guys almost certain on average were catching about $4500 per day. if they captured more than that we be able to see it in the archaeological record and the things they were doing. they would consume a half inch as food, the other half ago and firewood, simple shelter and this kind of thing. then the most difficult part of writing these books has been documenting energy capture a cross the intervening 50,000 years. i can pin point 14,000 b.c. fairly confident. it's just the past 16,000 years in between that is headed. so it took a very long time on this and just

u.s. house of representatives to issue her latest warning to north korea. theouth korean president addressed the joint session of the u.s. congress. >> the president of the republic of career korea. >> she said it's backed by the mite of its alliance by the u.s. >> so long as this continues you may rest assured no north korean provocation can succeed. >> park alluded to differences south koreans have had with another u.s. ally, japan. south koreans continue to blame the japanese for colonial era abuses and the use of so-called comfort women during world war ii. >> differences stemming from history are widening. it has been said that those who are blind to the past cannot see the future. >> park criticized japan a day earlier, too, when she met with u.s. president barack obama. she said the japanese should have the correct perception of history to improve ties and build peace in the region. >>> sole security personnel are more prepared than ever for a chemical weapon attack. south korean fo