in protest over proposed u.s. anti-piracy legislation critics fear the bill could lead to what they call genuine pirates that is major media outlets taking over the web. and occupy activists have descended on congress and the white house saying it's now money that makes all the decisions at the top of the event didn't live up to the hype of organizers who had hoped to draw tens of thousands of people. now when it comes to big money in america's politics lobbyist are the people who know exactly how it works next hour to talk to former lobbyist jack abramoff who explains why he thinks washington is corrupted to the core. i've. i'm sitting down with jack abraham off once the most powerful lobbyist in washington referred to as the man who bought washington he brought government officials in order to gain political support for his clients in two thousand and six he was convicted of ripping off his clients jack abramoff served three and a half years in prison guilty of conspiracy fraud and tax evasion mr abrams thank you ver

and coming out of u.s. anti-piracy laws and who's likely to cash in on them among the topics discussed in today's edition of capital account that's coming up stay with us. good afternoon and welcome to capital account i'm lauren lyster here in washington d.c. now the federal reserve has more than tripled the size of its balance sheet since the financial crisis printing money in order to do it whose decision was that not yours unless of course you're one of the handful of members of the federal open market committee next week they meet some are predicting more quantitative easing may be on the menu but what is all this money printing really amounted to we'll talk about it and speaking of bailouts. so do you know that taxpayers actually made money on the wall street bailout. but it is they may not on g.m. but they did on the on the wall street for the bailout well that's certainly one main stream take on them thank goodness there is an entire world of alternative financial media to tell you what's missing from tha

although u.s. anti corporate protests feel the full force of the law in oakland again with officers resorting to tear gas and flash grenades to disperse demonstrators as hundreds are arrested. and multinational proposals to stop where piracy sparked mass protests in poland activists say their government is supporting internet censorship not copyright protection. a warm welcome to the weekly here in artsy this sunday with me and you so now we've got the latest news from around the world and a look back at the week's top stories we begin with the arab league observers mission in syria which has stopped its work saying it's concerned over reports of a spike of violence more than a hundred people are thought to have been killed in fighting between security forces and rebel groups in the last few days alone the.

also u.s. anti corporate protests feel the full force of the lord oakland again with offices resorting to tear gas and flash grenades to disperse demonstrators and arrest hundreds. multinational proposals to stop where the piracy sparked mass protests in poland activists say their government is supporting internet censorship north of copyright protection our top stories this hour. with a look back at the top stories from the past seven days and the latest developments this is the weekly t.v. the arab league's observer mission in syria has halted its work saying it's concerned over reports of a rise in violence more than a hundred people are thought to have been killed in recent fighting between security forces and rebel groups have been more clashes near the capital on sunday damascus condemned the league's decision saying it could act.

also u.s. anti corporate crash out of the field of forced schools of the world to oakland again we're told this is resulting to take out a plan to create a state of demonstrators at a restaurant. multinational proposals to stop web piracy sparked mass protests in poland actually it say their government is supporting internet censorship. but. following welcome to our cities and weekly review i mean our thanks for joining as far as the arab league's observer mission in syria has halted its work so i think concern over a rise in violence with over one hundred killed in the last few days and clashes still underway russia has criticized the decision to air and water it's described as a useful initiative sarfraz has the latest from damascus.

also u.s. anti-corporate protests feel the full force of the law in oakland began the bombs are resorting to tear gas and plaster names to disperse demonstrators and arrest hundreds. and multi-national proposals stop web piracy sparked mass protest in poland activists say their government is supporting internet censorship not copyright protection. here with guards who live from moscow or six pm on many sonali with our weekly program this sunday the arab league's observer mission in syria has halted its work saying it's concerned over was the reports of a spike in violence more than a hundred people are thought to have been killed in fighting between security forces and rebel groups in the last few days alone well damascus condemned the decision saying it could actually result in more bloodshed and foreign military.

u.s. navy investigation bureau. the nuclear scientist who died in the bomb attack two years ago -- the mourners shouted anti- u.s. and anti-israeli sentiments. apple has halted the sale of all iphone models from stores in china. there were chaotic scenes outside a store in beijing when a crowd gathered ahead of the launch. a substantial step forward for democratic reform is out president obama characterized the release of hundreds of political prisoners in burma today. shortly afterward, the u.s. secretary of state said an ambassador will go to burma for the first time in two decades, restoring diplomatic pripet -- relations. ritual harvey reports. >> snapshots of freedom. now, they are home to close, as though they -- hugged close, as though they might be snatched away again. among them, the leader of the failed 1989 student uprising. aside, the crowds and expectations grew. former inmates struggle to make their way through. non-have been as far reaching as this. among those released, they spent more than a decade. among those set free come up monks who took part in the street demonstrations in 2007 and some of t

or so u.s. anti corporate protests feel the full force of the law in oakland again with offices resorting to flash grenades to disperse demonstrators and arrest hundreds. and also reporting the national proposals to stop whether piracy sparked a mass protest in poland activists say their government is supporting internet censorship not copyright protection. but coming up next r.t. caught up with the head of russia's high tech state corporation reese know at the economic forum in davos to discuss the country's business and political future that interview is next. to choose wisely what's one action should russia's new government take to stop business leaders stealing money and taking it out of the country the basic reasons for the capital of war. has no connection or is the marker economic fundamentals because they're quite positive so we care for inflation rate last through a belief less so and definitely less of the seven percent there is no file they don't. believe that the next to solve until your

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and coming up peter lavelle and guests discuss the route over the planned u.s. anti-piracy legislation that critics say will censor the internet worldwide stay with us cross talk coming up. hello and welcome to crossfire computable it's a contest pitting silicon valley against hollywood with washington in the middle supporters of the stop online piracy act claim they are losing billions of dollars a year to theft on the internet opponents of sopa worry the internet as we know it today could be hijacked. to discuss the future of the internet i'm joined by daniel castro in washington he's a senior analyst with information technology and innovation foundation specializing in the information technology policy also in washington we have wayne rash he is a senior analyst for weeks labs and to new york we cross to jason he is the gerald beilin professor of law at brooklyn law school all right gentlemen this is cross talk that means you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage ok when and if i can go to you first to what degree should internet companies be invo

the hour's headlines up next peter lavelle and guest discuss the dispute over a planned u.s. antipiracy laws which critics say may censor the internet worldwide stay with us crosstalk. oh. hello and welcome to cross talk i'm peter lavelle it's a contest pitting silicon valley against hollywood with washed.

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although u.s. anti-corporate protests feel the full force of the law in oakland again with officers resorting to tear gas and flash grenades to disperse demonstrators and arrest hundreds. and most are now so proposals to stop web piracy sparked a massive protest in poland activists say their governments are supporting internet censorship not copyright protection. up next to modern david and goliath battle as we report on how our cultural giants are trying to eliminate old fashioned farmers . both control dangerous knowledge and control like no one should have that great input patterns a nature and right as long as my wife and i have to wait for then us we will always fall down and fight for the rights of farmers always and beautiful to use their seed from year to year no one should take that right away from anyone. this is why the judge ruled number one if you are contaminated by gates your wishes by much satisfy most you will no longer own your seeds or plants they become the ownership of a corporation

u.s. takes its anti ron barassi to china and tries to persuade energy. to stop buying oil from to veronica currently purchases almost one third of iraq's oil exports. when i started says down with colonel morris davis what the former chief prosecutor at one time on he says a light on some of the methods used in the prison and explains why he quit. we're sitting down with morris davis a man of a very interesting career he was the chief prosecutor for the military tribunals of one tunnel bay in two thousand and seven he resigned over his objection to the use of evidence obtained by torture and to what he saw as growing political interference in those military tribunals now he says although president obama promised to shut down guantanamo he doesn't have the using colonel davis his own terms the balls to do that colonel davis could you clarify that latest statement for us or he was elected i was thrilled you know that he took office the first thing he did was sign an order. closing guantanamo within one year of his order which was signed in january of two t

also u.s. anti corporate protests feel the full force of the law in oakland began with officers resorting to tear gas and flash grenades to disperse demonstrators and arrest hundreds. of multinational proposals to stop web piracy sparked mass protests in poland activists say their government is supporting internet censorship not copyright protection. with a look back at the top stories from the past seven days and the latest developments this is the weekly on tape the arab league's observer mission in syria has halted its work saying it's concerned over reports of a rise in violence more than a hundred people are thought to have been killed in fighting between security forces and rebel groups in the last few days alone damascus condemned the decision saying it could actually result in more bloodshed and a foreign military intervention at the u.n. security council resolution on syria is under. aeration russia rejected the latest drop put forward by the e.u. and arab states calling for regime change i

the largest online encyclopedia we could media temporarily sucks up salt in protest over proposed u.s. anti-piracy legislation critics fear the bill could lead to what they call genuine pirates that is major media outlets taking over the web. and occupy activists have descended on congress and the white house saying it's now money that makes all the decisions at the top but the event didn't live up to the hype of organized artists who had hoped to draw tens of thousands. next it's peter the bells debates so cross talk. the old. technology innovation all the latest developments around russia we've gone through a few jerks covered. and if you. want to.

also u.s. anti corporate protests feel the full force of the war in oakland again with officers resorting to tear gas and flash grenades to disperse demonstrators and arrest hundreds. and multi-national proposals to stop web piracy spark mass protests in poland activists say their government is supporting internet censorship not copyright protection. be back with another some of those made news stories for in about fifteen minutes from now the mean time has been catching up with the head of russia's high tech state corporation. the economic forum in davos to discuss the country's business and political future that's in a special interview next on our team. was one action should russia's new government take to stop business leaders. and taking it out of the country.

also u.s. anti corporate crash out of the field reports also the word oakland again this is resulting to take down somewhat of a grenade to the demonstrators and the restaurant trade. multinational proposals to stop web piracy sparked mass protests in poland actually it say their government is supporting internet censorship. but. hello welcome to our cities and weekly review i mean our thanks for joining as far as the arab league's observer mission in syria has halted its work so i think concern over a rise in violence with over one hundred killed in the last few days and clashes still underway russia has criticized the decision to air and water it's described as a useful initiative sarfraz has the latest from damascus. a sense really from moscow that this decision to hold the mission was going to inflame an already very volatile situation and unfortunately as seems to be exactly what we've seen happening here now foreign minister sergei lavrov was speaking today on his tour of the asia pacific coun

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sobs shop in protest over proposed u.s. anti-piracy legislation critics fear the bill could lead to what they call genuine pirates that is major media outlets taking over the web. and occupy activists have descended on congress and the white house saying it's now money that makes all the decisions at the top but the event didn't live up to the hype of organizing earth who had hoped to draw tens of thousands. next it's peter the bells debate so cross talk. world. leads technology innovation all the moves developments around russia we've gone through a few jerks covered. and you can. start. blowing welcome to cross talk on people about taunting turnaround on a wider range of issues the standoff between iran and western powers has ratcheted up is the west preparing for a military confrontation with the islamic republic what role does israel play in the scheme of things and how much of this standoff is really generated by domestic political agendas. and you can. start. to cross talk around the news i'm joined by solemn duty in los a

the largest online encyclopedia temporarily shut up shop in protest over u.s. anti-piracy bills it says could fatally damage internet freedom. occupy activists descend on congress and the white house saying it's now money that makes all the decisions at the top of. the world bank has cut its global economy growth forecast to twenty twelve full details in twenty minutes in the business. it's three pm in moscow you're watching r t how many so now with our top story and moscow is pushing for stability through dialogue in syria calling for no military action against sovereign states russia some diplomat also criticize western sanctions against the wrong as he faced media questions on the issues moscow was busy with in the global arena in twenty eleven peter oliver is out the foreign ministry and now enjoys this live for the latest peter of the situation in syria seems to have dominated the issues posed to the foreign minister how is russia involved in efforts to bring the peace to bring peace i should say to the troubled country. used his statements in the.

and the u.s. anti-piracy bills change all that we've seen the protests from silicon valley today will break down why the financial blogosphere is going to war over a never ending witch hunt in the words of one blogger and we all remember the u.s. debt ceiling debate where the nation came this close to default well we're not hearing it now even though u.s. president barack obama is moving to raise the debt ceiling by a more than a trillion bucks again that's because of the deal lawmakers reached the last time around but hey guess what that didn't stop congress from rejecting the debt ceiling increase again but what we'll discuss let's get to today's capital account. all right so in the race for the white house texas governor rick perry has announced he'll drop out of it he's going to endorse newt gingrich so naturally a lot of the u.s. media is focused on what this means for the republican field on who can be elected u.s. president in two thousand and twelve but here is one area where it most likely won

and coming up here lavelle and gets discussed the raw a over the planned u.s. anti-piracy legislation that critics say will censor the internet worldwide stay with us cross talk coming up. if you say. hello and welcome to cross talk i'm peter lavelle it's a contest pitting silicon valley against hollywood with washington in the middle supporters of the stop online piracy act claim they are losing billions of dollars a year to fast on the internet opponents of sopa worry the internet as we know it today could be hijacked. live. and you can see live. to discuss the future of the internet i'm joined by daniel castro in washington he's a senior analyst with him.

u.s. resumed its controversial drone strikes on pakistani soil for the first time in almost two months. nhk world reports on the potential fallout. >> reporter: anti-u.s. demonstrations in pakistan. seems like this has become increasingly common over recent months. 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 target suspected terrorists and islamic extremists. but pakistanis say those operations have also caused many civilian deaths. some people in pakistan became even angrier when jets off afghanistan attacked border positions in northwest pakistan, killing 24 soldiers. drone operations were suspended 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 drone attacks threatens the rekindled anti-u.s. sentiment in pakistan. it may also delay pakistani's reopening o

u.s. takes its anti iran proceed to china tries to persuade energy hungry beijing to stop buying oil from to iran it currently purchases almost one third of iran's oil exports. the economy will dominate the upcoming u.s. election but some presidential candidates are still keen to demonstrate their support for israel next peter lavelle and his cross guests discuss how americans view their long lasting friendship with the jewish state. and you can. follow and welcome to cross talk into the house republican party presidential contenders are falling over themselves in their support of israel is this a reflection of gross ignorance of history in the israeli palestinian conflict or is it gross pandering to the israeli lobby in the us is this the kind of support to israel in america's national interest and in the end is it in the national interest of israel and its future. to take a. stand. to cross-talk the g.o.p.'s backing of israel i'm joined by small rosner in tel aviv he's a senior political editor of the jewish journal and a fellow at the jewish people policy institute and in washington we

we'll look at the hidden health risks from the increasing use of anti-psychotics and the u.s. . plus an expert explains why he thinks iranian threat is purposefully being blown out of portion by the media and politicians in just a few minutes here r.t. . the us is said to have directly warned iran supreme leader ayatollah khomeini that it will respond if iran blocks a key world transit route in the persian gulf the escalating verbal conflict between washington and tehran has also been made worse by the assassination of an iranian nuclear scientist on wednesday talks between the u.n. nuclear watchdog and iran over its nuclear program have been scheduled for two weeks' time but lindsey german from the stop the war coalition says iran's atomic ambitions are the only reason for the build up of pressure. if you look at the recent report from the atomic energy authority it said quite categorically that there is not evidence of iran developing a nuclear weapon it seems to me that the forty's in america and britain and elsewhere are ignoring this report and they are definitely stepping

u.s. government anti-depressant use among americans has increased nearly four hundred percent in the past two decades published reports find that one in five adults take at least one drug for mental health disorders with over fourteen billion dollars in annual sales anti-psychotics remain america's top selling therapeutic class of prescription drugs this is a medical journal dr harriet fraud believes big pharma has manufactured a climate of insanity by manipulating and even creating illness for capital gains the advertising strategy is to have a big diagnoses and then find wiggle room so that they apply to everybody prescription nexium the u.s. is the only western country that allows direct to consumer advertising of prescription drugs this ad for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder warns that untreated patients will likely end up divorced and this commercial for so long in new york on this is to make you happier but side effects may include dry mouth insomnia sexual side effects diarrhea nausea and sleepiness critics also say big pharma uses its financial muscle to ply doctors with

it is part of a protest against anti-piracy laws in the u.s.. the foundation which runs the online encyclopedia says it would merely great new tools for online censorship. >> imagine a world without wikipedia. one of the most popular sites on the internet with more than 25 million visitors every day. but on wednesday, it will block out its english language website for 24 hours, leaving many users in the dark. >> you are trying to do your research paper and you are trying to find some factual information and people rely on wikipedia. it will not be there. it will come to a message that says they will be going dark in protest. it is only for the english- language version. >> the co-founder is teaming up with other websites that art is bidding in the blackout. they are protesting against new u.s. laws against anti-piracy. it could force some websites to shut down. but supporters of the new laws, including many hollywood studios and media moguls, like rupert murdoch, say it is crucial to stop all mind piracy. and some of the biggest names on line ar

u.s. has resumed its controversial drone strikes on pakistani soil for the first time in almost two months. nhk world has the report on the potential fallout. [ chanting ] >> anti-youth demonstrations in pakistan, scenes like this have become increasingly common over recent months. 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.

u.s. led anti-piracy legislature aren't the majority saying they will be able to get their voices heard seventy two percent believe they will only discredit their cause by creating a haven for online crimes just under a quarter of respondents say hats and titian's don't work against the times and guns while the rest are just a proper political party should be formed to stand against the controversial last cylon tarty dot com and cast your vote. also coming up after eleven thirty am g m t r t's crossed our coast people about asks his guest whether the new legislation may completely change the face of the internet. business what we're trying to do is enforce u.s. copyright laws on foreign companies whose copyright laws may be different from ours and what we're saying is if you don't follow us law in terms of copyrights then we have the right to shut you down the other part of the problem is affectively use this case to the division of the i mean. you're objecting to the fact that people are trying to stop sites they're pirating american american intellectual property and it's not always just movi