u.s. beijing's growing global influence is encouraging some in america to look east to make money. next interview show spotlight host asks russia's chief hygiene inspector on the health dangers facing the world's largest country and the ways to combat them stay with us. for the full story we've got it first the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers. hello again or walk into the spotlight the interview on our t.v. . today my guest is. epidemics have always been a big threat to the existence of america even in today's medicine sophisticated drugs they do suppress but don't eradicate some infection in haiti for example thousands have died from cholera and many more. all of it any other threats and can we feel safe to ask the chief hi jean inspector. when there's a danger of infection old bad quality products getting into the country the russian consumer inspection rate is always on guard the criticism from the service was enough to start the so-called war with ballerinas two years ago. from. the most recent food scandal happened in germany where thom's of

u.s. beijing's growing global influence is encouraging some in america to look east to make money. up next we tour almost styria us an exclusive address from the soviet era the only apartment building within a mere three hundred meters from the kremlin r.t. here is the unusual tales from the people who live there. building that sprang up in one thousand nine hundred thirty two in the heart of moscow just. looks imposing even. now it is a new apartment building three hundred meters of the. town . every. time. it was meant for soviet russia ruling elite revolutionaries communist functionaries government ministers and members of parliament. a coveted key to the country's best . by nine hundred forty one one third of its tenants had been repressed. the special house for special people was popularly known as the house of pretrial incarceration. buildings in secrets is now known as the house. alexander. has spent a lifetime house across. the postcard like. a big gray house itself. for me. to say just don't you think it's something quite out of the ordinary. i'm sick and tired of it but i

u.s. beijing is growing global influence is encouraging some to look east to make more money. next protests in tunisia that ousted the country's former president have inspired demonstrations elsewhere in the region today host asked his gas what could happen to the arab world if the unrest continues crosstalk coming your way next. if you can. follow in welcome to cross talk i'm peter lavelle shifting sands in the greater middle east events in tunisia have inspired similar demonstrations elsewhere in the region often at the risk of violent crackdowns is there now hope for more homegrown democracy in the arab world. and you can. discuss democracy in the greater middle east i'm joined by stephen zooms in san jose he's a professor of politics and international studies at the university of san francisco in london we have the below ramdani she is a journalist an academic who specializes in the middle east and north africa and in philadelphia we go to daniel pipes he is an author and director of the middle east forum and another member of our crosstalk team on the hunger all right cro

u.s. beijing's growing global influence is encouraging some in the u.s. to look east to make for months. up next as president obama marks the end of his second year at the top the alona show takes a look at his achievements in u.s. domestic and foreign policy and she looks at america's relationship with china all that and more coming your way next. well can they learn a show where they get the real headlines with none of the mercy or can you live out of washington d.c. now it is president obama's second anniversary as the president so we're going to have a panel discussion on everything that's happened while he's been the commander in chief will cover the spectrum on everything from domestic issues to u.s. foreign policy and while obama is hosting china's president hu jintao many were questioning the far east country should we categorize them as a threat or as a country to emulate we're going to talk china with lawyer michael barnes next we'll ask is ten percent unemployment the new norm some say that we should get used to this number because this percentage is here to stay but how does

u.s. beijing's growing global influence is encouraging some in america to look east to make more money. next stay with us for part two of the show. well it's time for tonight's tool time award and we're going to give it to former republican pennsylvania senator rick santorum he's also a potential two thousand and twelve presidential candidate that's on tour am is a hard line conservative opposes gay marriage abortion generally falls in line with the far right wing every time the wall appearing on the conservative cns news network show online with terry jeffrey he was asked about president obama's stance on abortion and his answer well i thought really that it was just study take a listen. that is that human life a person of the constitution. barack obama says no well if that person human life is a person then. i find it almost remarkable for a for a black man to say don't we are going to decide who are people who are not. so rick thinks that because obama is black he should be against abortion you know the pro-life movement just never ever ceases to amaze me and recent years opponents o

u.s. for help but frequently gets the cold shoulder from washington. and chinese and american leaders agree the two superpowers still differ on the sensitive issues beijing's growing influence in the u.s. is making making people there look east again the report coming up. this is r.t. work and if you just joined us it's now ten pm here in moscow my name's kevin though in our top story tonight for you a woman who was voted norwegian of the year is being deported from the scandinavian country as an illegal immigrant born in the russian region of north korea came to norway in early teens and then published a book revealing corruption in its immigration system after that the order came for her to be kicked out laura emmott's picks up the story. this is a girl who is now known as maria amélie but riginal name was muddiness alarm of a she was born in body cars the capital of an office that the family felt when she was quite a young girl that they had to leave russia arrived in norway around about two thousand and two where they applied for asylum but their application was refused as the family decided that they would prefer to stay as a legal immigrant what seem

u.s. jet fighters i would say if i were sitting in beijing i'd be a bit nervous about the u.s.ngineering some equivalent of what's been called in over the last decade and asian nato to contain china. and while china and the west value for the world results is wall street isn't sitting idle. and stacey have it explained soon how those behind the u.s. financial crash of two thousand and eight about it again this time with government help. this psychological profile jamie dimon lloyd blankfein goldman morgan this guy daily is that of the arsonist the arsonist likes to burn things down their pyromaniacs here on wall street you've got debt maniacs they like to destroy things with debt and they like the price of debt to be as cheap as a pack of matches if the price of dead is as cheap as a pack of matches as it is now they can continue to burn things down to destroy the economy like they're doing at this very moment and what is the obama administration doing they are giving the pyromaniacs and the arsonists more starting fluid more lighter fluid more matches whatever they need to des

u.s. for help but frequently gets the cold shoulder from washington. and chinese american leaders agree the two superpowers still differ and sensitive issues beijing's growing influence in the u.s. is making people there look east. the inquiry into why the u.k. went to war in iraq will not draw on the private correspondence between former prime minister tony blair and former american president george w. bush the letters were thought to be able to shed light on exactly why the u.k. got involved with the invasion one of the politicians whose party was in power at the time now gives his insight an interview he gave to us today. today i'm in london with jeremy corbin he's a member of parliament with the labor party and also an antiwar campaigner we are here as tony blair appears before the chilcote inquiry for the second time jeremy cotton thanks very much for talking to r.t. now this as i've said is not the first time that blair is appearing before the iraq inquiry can you just remind us of what happened last time while he was very nervous to begin with came into the room and was asked some questions of a moderately robust way about the evidence leading up to

u.s. jet fighters i would say if i were sitting in beijing i'd be a bit nervous about the u.s.engineering some equivalent of what's been called an over the last decade and asia nato to contain china rows of well china in the west vive for the world's resources wall street isn't sitting idle my skies are in stacy head but explain how those beyond the u.s. financial crash of two thousand and eight read it again this time with government help the cause report on air in fifteen minutes. but wall street you've got debt maniacs they like to destroy things with debt and they like the price of debt to be as cheap as a pack of matches and what is the obama administration doing they are giving the pyromaniacs and the arsonist more starting fluid more lighter fluid more matches whatever they need to destroy the economy so we have to ask the question is obama in the pocket of the financial terrorists yes he says. the european parliament has voted for sanctions including travel restrictions to be imposed on the regime in better any piece also what assets to be frozen in retaliation for the

u.s. envoy to the six-party talks on north korea sung kim will join the meetings in seoul and beijing. the united states, japan and south korea want the north to take concrete action toward denuclearization as a precondition for resuming the six-party talks. the u.s. delegates are expected to urge china to press north korea towards that end using the influence it has as an ally. >>> in pakistan, the coalition government has apparently collapsed. its second largest party says it will leave the ruling coalition. this could deprive the government of its majority in parliament. the mutahida qaumi movement announced on sunday it will withdraw from the governing alliance. it cited dissatisfaction with prime minister yusuf raza gilani. economic policies and security measures. the coalition government led by the pakistan people's party would fall short of a majority in the lower house. the prime minister denied speculation that he may dissolve parliament. he told reporters the government will remain in tact and will not fall from the defaction. gilani will likely enter into talks with oppositio

american leaders agree that sue superpower is still differ on the sensitive issues beijing's growing influence in the u.s. is making people look east. and is all is in the middle of the joke there's a list of how one of the world's largest spying basically caged in israel went on notice and for decades nothing till an investigative journalist will sit on a front lines have it. now the inquiry into why the u.k. went to war in iraq will not draw on the private correspondence between former prime minister tony blair and former american president george w. bush the letters will be able to shed light on exactly why the u.k. got involved with the invasion one of the politicians in the party was in power at the time now gives his insides an interview with our city. today i'm in london with jeremy corbin he's a member of parliament with the labor party and also an antiwar campaigner we are here as tony blair appears before the chilcote inquiry for the second time jeremy cope interacts very much for talking to r.t. now this as i've said is not the first time that blair is appearing before the iraq inquiry can you

u.s. counterpart barack obama. washington over beijing's growing influence on the global stage. next one of america's leading civil rights activist talks to r.t. the reverend jesse jackson explains why his country is on the verge of moral and spiritual bankruptcy and what needs to be done to save it. archie sitting down with a renowned american civil rights activist prominent political and religious figure in the united states reverend jesse jackson saying because i like you good for joining us today sir my first question to you is about the wall street projects economic summit that you're hosting here in new york right now as we speak what is the main goal of this gathering is what are you looking to do is it hold wall street accountable try to find a situation where you can try to create more jobs for millions of people who don't have them right now and who do you hope this message will reach out to the quest for economic justice and racial justice and are today's promises we bail out the banks who when tool prices because. the cost of greed because of marco oversight and sort

u.s. counsel. washington over beijing's growing influence on the global stage. next the energy industry gets the cash pumping false again. gas falls whether it will make the wells fronts all recovery run out of steam. if you can. stay. close to me welcome to cross talk on people about the one hundred dollar question the rising price of oil the cost of petroleum has been increasing steadily over the past few weeks and months are market forces at work and is the global recovery at risk. you can. start. to discuss the oil question i'm joined by tyson slocum in washington he is the research director for public citizens energy program in london we have angus mccrone he is the chief editor at bloomberg new energy finance and it lead to we go to gail faerber she's the editor of the oil drum and another member of our crosstalk team on the hunger all right folks cross talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want as we sit down folks do this program brant is training at ninety seven dollars thirty seven cents and well gail if i go to you first here one

u.s. leaders agree the two superpowers still differ on some sensitive issues beijing's growing influence in the u.s. is making some people there look at least. it's six pm in moscow good to have you with us here on r t our top story a woman who was voted norwegian of the year is being deported from the cat scandinavian country as an illegal immigrant or a north. maria amalie came to norway in her early teens and since then has been living there openly but without a visa after she wrote a book revealing corruption in the country's immigration system the order came for her to be kicked out or he's a lawyer emmett has more. are you relieved that you can stay in norway for one more day maria yes this was very good one day's good luck and one more day might be all she gets for russian born maria is due to be deported from norway where she's lived since she was sixteen she speaks fluent norwegian has a degree from a norwegian university and even a norwegian boyfriend. the only thing i've wanted and she as well is for her to be with me and all of you it's a case that touched the hearts of ordinary

u.s. for help but frequently gets the cold shoulder from washington. and this chinese american leaders agree the two superpowers still differ on sensitive issues beijing's growing influence in the u.s. is making people there look east. of programs continue next we take a tour of a mysterious an exclusive address from the soviet era it's the only apartment building within a mere three hundred meters from the kremlin and we hear on usual tales from its tenants. building that sprang up in one thousand nine hundred thirty two in the heart of moscow just across from the. imposing. it is. three hundred meters of the. town. every. time. it was meant for soviet russia ruling elite revolutionary communist functionaries government ministers and members of parliament. a coveted key to the country's best . by nine hundred forty one one third of its tenants had been repressed. the special house for special people was popularly known as the house of pretrial incarceration. buildings in secrets is now known as. alexander. has spent a lifetime house across. the postcard like. the big gray house itself. for me. to say just don't you think it's something quite out of the

u.s. jet fighters i would say if i were sitting in beijing i'd be a bit nervous about the u.s. engineering some equivalent of what's been called in over the last decade and asian nato to contain china. well china and the west vying for the world's resources wall street isn't sitting idly by max kaiser and co-host stacy herbert explain how those behind the u.s. financial crash of two thousand and eight may be added again this time with government support the report coming your way in the next hour here's a sneak peek. for wall street you've got debt maniacs they like to destroy things with debt and they like the price of debt to be as cheap as a pack of matches and what is the obama administration doing they are giving the pyromaniacs and the arsonist more starting fluid more lighter fluid more matches whatever they need to destroy the economy so they have to ask the question is obama in the pocket of the financial terrorists yes he says don't. you korean police are investigating two simultaneous blast that took place at a market and the government building in the east of the co

technological advance, the trade development agency and they jointly hosted a gas training program in beijing. the u.s. geological service is working to assessment of the china shell gas consortium and the host of a policy dialogue. i thought i would end with a picture of the waterfront. this is two years after i had a chance to see the shanghai waterfront. i lived in shanghai in the summer of 81 and here it is today. 1983 and today. for anyone who thinks that the largest countries, the economy, developed countries in the world can work together. for anybody that thinks the climate challenges are insurmountable and things we can't innovate in energy technology look at what's happened in this great country over 27 years and in 27 years into the future aggression what it might be. thank you. [applause] thank you very much mr. sandalow for your remarks. i also like to add that he's played it very important will and made great contribution to the u.s. collaboration clean energy. our next speaker will be president of china energy research society. he also serves china political consultations council and he

u.s. jet fighters i would say if i were sitting in beijing i'd be a bit nervous about the u.s. engineering some equivalent of what's been called an over the last decade an asian nato to contain china. gets to log on to our website home where there are always more stories and analysis. on line from his it can be the coolest. showcase of his embrace and the best pieces of culture punk very deceptive world trash as it's known in moscow. and you can warm up by checking out the hottest planet found by science is. its temperature is s. the message at a whopping three thousand two hundred degrees celsius. dot com to find out. i'll be back with a recap of our top stories in just a moment. very first verses of the bible is that all human beings are created. in god's image doesn't say just. sixty to seventy percent of what i did as a comment so. territories was to do with deterrents doing what we call making our presence felt to go out should somebody so they hear a knock on some doors run to the other corner invade another house religion and nationalism not just judaism have been a part

u.s. for help are frequent against the culture older from washington. how the chinese american leaders agree the two superpowers still differ on sensitive issues beijing's growing influence in the u.s. is making people there looking. twenty forty five here in moscow and who's got the major sport now. hello death thanks for watching the sport and these headlines. for russia if you're straight you know you can use main hopes of a movie over and usually bonds and grand. classics heavy truck driver valerie cherokee and he returns to russia after winning number seven at the dakar rally. and rude awakening can get in chechnya we cast our eye over the lake is for a manager to take a chance in russia. but start with the tennis they were still flying the flag for his country is the only russian left in the men's draw but made it through to the third round after a grueling five set of the ten seed was pushed although why by slovenia's a blast cabbage usually producing some magic to put himself through this one can change coming from two sets down to the level of my usually two sided six one set of meeting with the last ryan. rafael nadal showed why he's a top see

u.s. counterpart barack obama. washington over beijing's growing influence on the global stage. it's midnight thirty one next we toured a mysterious an exclusive address from the soviet era it's the only apartment building within a mere three hundred meters from the kremlin here is the usual. building . thirty two in the heart of moscow just across from the. imposing. is. three hundred meters of the. town. every. time. it was meant for soviet russia ruling elite revolutionary communist functionaries government ministers and members of parliament. a coveted key to the country's best. of its tenants had been repressed. special house for special people was popularly known as the house of pretrial incarceration. buildings couched in secret is now known as. alexander. has spent a lifetime house across. the postcard like. a house itself. to me. to say just don't you think it's something. i'm sick and tired of it but it's. his grandfather alexander in the one thousand. he held the post of food minister in a country that had gone through the revolution and civil war a person responsible

u.s. backed help and frequently gets the cool shoulder from washington. as chinese american leaders agree that few people follow still differ on sensitive issues beijing's growing influence in the u.s. is making people look eat six. more years in the middle of all of the death is an investigative journalist uncovered in one of the world's largest spying bases in israel after decades of secrecy. russia has halted supply of oil to as opposed to neighbor since the first of january find out what the dispute is all about in our business program in twenty minutes time. a very warm welcome to this is the line from moscow i'm alice had but the russian a political position often have internal squabbles but they do have in common is that they're all free convinced as to the u.s. embassy in moscow but fresh files from wiki leaks published by the newspaper komsomolskaya pravda reveal that washington's officials got tired of the constant pleas for financial and political help that's how the novel. authority paul talks about the inability of the russian opposition leaders still lobby their interests on the domestic level and having to reach out to the third parties to achiev

u.s. spent helping but frequently gets the cold shoulder from washington. as chinese other american leaders agree that the power to stand that it is beijing's growing influence in the u.s. is making a. profit warning is in the middle of the desert uninvestigated german it was one of the world's largest buying bases in israel after decades of secrecy. russia will offer bellerose more than four billion dollars in subsidies on its ball deliveries following a rout over prices find out more about what the sides of agreed to in our business report in about twenty minutes time. very warm welcome to you this is from moscow as the russian political position has many internal squabbles but one thing that they will have in common is that they frequently visited the u.s. embassy here in moscow fresh files from wiki leaks published by the newspaper. but all of that revealed they often requested financial and political help but washington's officials got tired of the constant please. report. authority called talks about the inability of the russian opposition leaders to log be their interests on the domestic level and having to reach out to the third parties to achieve th

u.s. for help but frequently gets the cold shoulder from washington. i was shy about american leaders agree the t.v. superpowers do differ on sensitive issues beijing's growing influence in the u.s. is making people look eats. last fall is in the middle of the desert sand investigative journalist uncovers one of the world's largest spine bases in israel of the decades of secrecy. a very warm a welcome see this is r.t. live from moscow with me alice habits now top story panic has swept through a town in eastern ukraine which has been rocked by two applause in the morning on identifying terrorists are promising more attacks today if they don't get full life on the home million dollars or more on this story let's cross to our correspondent in ukraine he's on the phone for us like that tell us what's going on in the town now well we heard of two explosions which happened in the middle of the night in the town of mike you can you can you crazy. four hundred thousand pounds. we know that at the site of one of the lotion and then the load was found with a letter saying that terrorists are demanding four million euro otherwise there were a lot of bombs at fi

u.s. really it's in this sense of beijing and vice versa during this this is.what i think the visit the visit went quite well given the constraints that i mentioned earlier there was nobody was expecting a major breakthrough and also this is a president whose last visit to the united states it's a transition in china pretty soon and he will he will finish his term you know as president so even if he wanted to deliver sort of a major breakthrough there were questions here about whether or not he could so i think in that way you know in that way the visit did much better and more guarded it's much better than president obama's visit to beijing in november two thousand and nine that you version recently that america has to find a new sign a strategy what the basic elements of such a strategy be. yeah well i wrote that i think in last summer and i think there have been shifts in u.s. strategy in that it. period and i think they've gone sort of in the direction that i would have hoped and basically what i was what i was writing then was that the united states needed

u.s. the whole frequently gets the cold shoulder from washington among the requests stepping up and additional pressure on the. chinese and american leaders agree that people still tend to do they see beijing's growing influence in the u.s. is making people. sick. of all it is in the middle of the desert you know that how one of the world's largest spying base is located in israel wrong on their chances for decades until i'm back on the spot. light. britain's inquiry into why it went into war in iraq will not look into the private correspondence between former prime minister tony blair and former american president george w. bush the letters were thought to be able to shed light on exactly why the u.k. got involved with the invasion one of the politicians whose politics was in power at the time now gives his insides in an interview with aussie. today i'm in london with jeremy corbyn he's a member of parliament with the labor party and also an antiwar campaigner we are here as tony blair appears before the chilcote inquiry for the second time jeremy cope in tax very much for talking to r.t. now this as i've said is not the first time that blair is appearing before the iraq inquiry can you jus

u.s. special representative on north korea is in beijing and will likely ask china to use its influence on the north to ease tensions on the korean peninsula. stephen bosworth arrived in the chinese capital on wednesday, after visiting south korea. on thursday he will meet senior chinese officials including envoy wu dawei, who chairs the six-party talks. s expted to ask boswort toccep cha' proposal of an er chief negos of the talks. a long utkoannbu in oul th resu towardrow their differcebereis going to move mi fuchu,improve the speed to spebout a th dcuedheomonagnsthtw noakpledhee'thth porhi, ccute th th'shess,anfougxpects f onal picminier koicro gemnd mgolian president tkhgi elbeorj. canet minte in crge of energy andsources re also present. they agreed the government and a japanese semi-governmental body will celerate tir researc with an eye on the future joint developmentth minerals. the mongolian leaders said they would accept japanese help in developing the country's mineral resources such as country wants receive japanese technical aid as well. the twoides also agreed to start talks

u.s. defense secretary robert gates. that was certainly not a coincidence. mr. gates was hoping to restart military to military contact with china, halted by beijing almost a year ago. ed china's growing capability, especially its expanding air and naval power, is worrying not just washington, but also its friends and region. inevitably the u.s. fears it will face as strategic competitor. beat visiting u.s. defence secretary also had kirby and missiles -- the defense -- the visiting u.s. defence secretary also had kirby and missiles on his mind. -- korean missiles on his mind. now though, chinese airports rely on older jets, none of which are a match for the sort of integrated air power the u.s. can bring to bear. no one knows yet if or when it the stealth fighter will be entered into service and how many will be built. it is a powerful sign that china's investment in air power could dramatically change the balance of power in the region. bbc news. >> at least four more people have been killed in the main city of ivory coast and the standoff which has persisted since november's presidential election. u.n. peacekeepers were forced to retreat from one area. karen

of chinese and american the does agree that you see still to this use beijing's growing influence in the u.s. is making people. do what is in the middle of the desert look at how one of the world's largest sprawling base is located in israel although just. to well investigative journalist posted it on us. next in the interview show spotlight is i'll go to law falls chief inspector on the health dangers facing the largest country in the world and ways to combat the. hello again awoken to spotlight the interview on our t.v. . today my guest is. epidemics have always been a big threat to the existence of america even in today's medicine it's sophisticated drugs they do suppress but don't eradicate some infection in haiti for example thousands have died from cholera and many more. all of it any other threats and can we feel safe to asking the chief hi jean inspectors. when there's a danger infection old bad quality products getting into the country the russian consumer is always on guard to criticism from the service was enough to stop the so-called war with ballerinas two years ago. banned from

those massive companies that are still a big ownership from the government from the beijing government yet trade on u.s. stock exchanges. so what the opportunity? >> western investors have this visceral reaction, stay away from these big bureaucratic dinosaurs. which they don't. but in fact the state can grant theseompaes real mopoly p. they can pn their foreign competition and if you want exposure to china broadly, it's still a great way to get that exposure. speaking of mining, freeport mcmoran led the losers among the materials sector. the stock is now down 9% from this high. today, selling came despite solid fourth quarter earnings, easily beating street estimates. profits were up 60% from a year ago, thanks to much stronger copper and gold prices. but not today-- copper was among the commodities taking a hit today. copper futures fell almost 2%. but look at this rally, and this is just the past 180 sessions. at the beginning of this year, copper was at an all-time high. it wasn't just copper. precious metals silver and gold each saw some profit-taking, silver down more than 4%. and oil prices fell

beijing. it is a meeting of titans. u.s. president barack obama representing what is the world's most powerful country despite its faltering economy. chinese -- and the chinese premier hu jintao, leading of the emerging superpower that is the motor of the global economy. obama chose to underline the importance of ties with beijing and address the concerns of many americans who are wary of china's growing influence. commercial ties are taking center stage at the talks. another sign of china's soaring economic confidence and clout. beijing has so far taken its line on crucial issues such as global trade imbalances and measures to combat climate change. the outcome of this state visit will have a big impact on the future course of the world's two most powerful nations. >> max joins us fromashiton. can you tell us about what the ader had to say during a press conference? >> it was not easy to understand at the beginning because there were some technical issues, some transition issues. there was no simultaneous tren anslation. pr

those massive companies that are still a big ownership from the government from the beijing government yet trade on u.s. stock exchanges. so what the opportunity? >> western investors have this visceral reaction, stay away from these big bureaucratic dinosaurs. which they don't. but in fact the state can grant these companies real monopoly power. they can beat up on their foreign competition and if you want exposure to china broadly, it's still a great way to get that exposure. >> tom: we do have one investment idea since we have a professional stockpicker with jeff papp along with us. your fund likes fina.com an on-line and mobile-media company in china. has had a huge run-up from the $30 rang to $80, more than doubled over the past six months. where is the growth? >> yeah, just getting back to don's point, this was a traditional ipo about 7 or 8 years ago, right now they are seeing a tremendous boom from a twitter-like service called wibow that has nearly a hundred million users in less than one year's time period. we think there is tremendous opportunity for them to monetize this asset in the next c

u.s. and china. defense secretary, robert gates, and the chinese defense minister agreed to establish a working group to discuss strategic i ssues. this is a symbolic end to a year where beijing selferred ties with the u.s. >>> a san francisco-based company is now involved in the investigation into wikileaks. twitter has been ordered to release private information connected to four wikileaks related accounts. that includes the websites of wikileaks supporters. one of the supporters is a member of iceland's parliament. now, the head of iceland has demanded a meeting with the man possibly involved. the united states is trying to build a case against wikileaks after it published thousands of released military and classified documents. >>> questions are being raised about whether pg&e put extra stress on the pipeline. the september blast killed eight people and damaged 8 homes. the chronicle reports they purposely raised increase to the maximum and that coo have placed -- could have placed a strain on the pipeline. pg&e denies that practice. >>> the six defendants in the gang-rape case are expected to make their first court appearance since the judge o rdered them to stand trial

u.s. defense secretary robert gates was paying key visit to beijing do you think that's a coincidence because i don't a senior u.s. official traveling with gates said the chinese president hu jintao was asked about the test flight and according to media reports the chinese president his people were completely unaware about the test but i'm betting that military has a little explaining to do with the news of this stealth fighter jet has pundits analysts war hawks all predicting impending doom it's the next cold war but to up the ante even more in photos china's twin engine g twenty appears. larger than either the russian or the u.s. fighters potentially allowing it to fly farther and to carry heavier weapons now keep in mind they were probably more than a decade before these jets could start rolling out of the chinese plants and right now nobody outside of the chinese government knows what the jets for or what it's even capable of doing so for now i'm going to leave to the hogs who promise do if we do not amp up our military in response to the new chinese threat after all if we didn't have jet

american leaders agree the two superpowers is still a death or on sensitive issue beijing's growing influence in the u.s. is making people nuke states next all the scandals behind the financial headlines and the kinds of reports. for the full story we've gone to. the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers. there this is the kaiser report i'm max kaiser hey you know the globe is run by corrupt kleptocracy we've talked about it on this show before news on this front stays here max that's correct and we see this in the first headline the subtext of it all. fed's fischer says monetary policy not cure for a nation's fiscal pathology so this is federal reserve bank of dallas president richard fisher and he said that monetary policy isn't quote solve for the nation's fiscal pathology and that congress should focus on reducing the federal deficit and creating incentives for companies to grow yet all fiscal meaning tax tax they're saying that there's only so much tweaking the plumbing of the banking system can do at some point people who are elected to govern must govern they simply c

u.s. defense secretary robert gates and chinese defense minister liang guanglie reached the agreement at a meeting in beijing on monday. the two sides arranged for china's military leaders to visit the united states in the first half of this year to discuss bilateral cooperation over counterterrorism and disaster relief operations. they also agreed to work on a framework for dealing with collisions between military vessels or other incidents that could lead to conflict. the u.s. defense secretary stressed the importance of china's commitment to stability in the region. >> we acknowledge and appreciate china's constructive actions late last fall in terms of trying to tamp down tensions on the peninsula. >> despite these agreements, liang once again criticized the u.s. arms sale to taiwan. >> translator: we are against u.s. weapons sales to taiwan. it has undermined china's core national interest. >> following the bilateral defense talks, u.s. president barack obama and chinese president hu jintao will meet in washington next week. >>> myanmar's transfer to civilian rule is expected to take place as early as f

u.s. official is on a four-day trip to china. gates was speaking to reporters in beijing on tuesday. he said north korea will develop an intercontinental ballistic missile within five years. this type of missile could reach the u.s. mainland. referring to north korea's lethal attack on south korea's yeonpyeong island in november, gates said another provocation would lead to pressure on the south korean government to react. asked about north korea's recent offers of interkorean dialogue, gates said there are several areas where the north could take concrete actions first. he suggested that north korea freeze its missile and nuclear testing. >>> during the meeting with chinese president hu jintao on tuesday gates proposed the two countries should create a framework for strategic security dialogue. gates said a new framework should cover discussions on nuclear and missile defense, space development, and measures against cyber attacks. hu agreed to consider the proposal seriously. he said he hopes thaex panneded dialogue and exchanges by defense officials will boost mutual trust. >>> chin

u.s. initiatives from the new administration's good- faith out of reach in the beginning to please beijing to keep u.s. debt. they did not approve fighters going to taiwan and they did not approve meeting with the dali lama. i think china's view of the united states is summed up by the reaction to the defense review which headlines described as "u.s. arrogance replaced by strategic contraction." by listening to their own rhetoric, the chinese leadership, some say because they are surrounded by superfast, dramatically over played before last year and the high progressive stance on core issues, bullying smaller powers, and sweeping territorial claims, and prompting them to strike ties with washington, something that american officials have been all too eager to take a vantage of. america has increased its diplomatic and military outreach in the region. interestingly, regional states that have held long standing animosities are forging closer relations. obviously, north korea is the driver. they recognize that china is the fundamental element of those discussions. the challenges that china's

due to beijing's active manipulation it intervenes every day. the discounted value to the u.s.acticed law in asia many of my plans for u.s. manufacturers, and i would watch my plans haggle for days over pennies on unit prices. that is how important prices. it is counter intuitive to think that a discount of 30-40%, and that is what we are talking about, would not have an affect on our trade deficit. you don't have to take my word for it. chinese premier bob, the top of economic officer came to the united states last september and talked about the possibility of countless chinese enterprises going bankrupt and countless chinese workers becoming unemployed if it increased in value. well, if that is what the currency does to china's manufacturers and their employers, then what to you think it does to hours? nonetheless, many economists say, you should not do this currency bill, h.r. 2378 which passed the house. i think we certainly need to. china won't change its destructive currency practices if we appeal to its self-interest, which is what the bush to administration and obama ad

technological advance, the trade development agency and they jointly hosted a gas training program in beijing. the u.s. geological service is working to assessment of the china shell gas consortium and the host of a policy dialogue. i thought i would end with a picture of the waterfront. this is two years after i had a chance to see the shanghai waterfront. i lived in shanghai in the summer of 81 and here it is today. 1983 and today. for anyone who thinks that the largest countries, the economy, developed countries in the world can work together. for anybody that thinks the climate challenges are insurmountable and things we can't innovate in energy technology look at what's happened in this great country over 27 years and in 27 years into the future aggression what it might be. thank you. [applause] thank you very much mr. sandalow for your remarks. i also like to add that he's played it very important will and made great contribution to the u.s. collaboration clean energy. our next speaker will be president of china energy research society. he also serves china political consultations council and he

u.s. visit will conclude with a stop in chicago before the president of china hits back to beijing.boston. good evening. >> caller: good evening. thank you for taking my call. i just like to preface my first by saying that i am an american phone practitioner who has traveled to beijing in 2003 and was illegally, unlawfully detained and arrested by the secret police. and just for speaking openly to a citizen who felt scared and turned me in judea or reduce about the persecution of fallible. and while i was being interrogated, i was with a friend of mine who speaks fluent chinese. and the secret police in china had no idea that he spoke chinese. and the topic of their conversation was that we were fbi or cia sent to beijing to see how they treat balin golden practitioners. and my point is that those chinese government looks set to following code is more vague dread of the u.s. government. >> host: your question, steve. >> caller: that leads me to my point which is why we don't hear the u.s. government and actually the u.s. media really criticize or focus on chinese human rights abuses

beijing government. the nikkei posted gains. >>> later today u.s. federal reserve starts a two-day interest rate informal this country. that could change by spring when the fed must decide if they will continue the bond purchasing plan. >>> checking in on wall street. we start the day right now it looks like we could see a slightly higher open. the dow jones posted a 100 gain yesterday. verizon in this morning saying its added 872,000 smart phone subscribers. >>> as many as 2,000 u.s. postal service stations and branches may close down this year. postal service wants to cut cost after losing $8.5 billion last year. more than 20 post offices right here in the bay area are on the list. they include several in richmond, san francisco, oakland, and berkeley. other possible sites may be closed in vallejo and concord. >>> a search for a man suspected of killing a young woman is intensifying in vallejo. why police believe he did not act alone. >>> also what russia's president is vowing this morning as a response to the deadly airport bombing. >>> good morn

beijing. it is a meeting of titans. u.s. president barack obama representing what is the world's most powerful country despite its faltering economy. chinese -- and the chinese premier hu jintao, leading of the emerging superpower that is the motor of the global economy. obama chose to underline the importance of ties with beijing and address the concerns of many americans who are wary of china's growing influence. commercial ties are taking center stage at the talks. another sign of china's soaring economic confidence and clout. beijing has so far taken its line on crucial issues such as global trade imbalances and measures to combat climate change. the outcome of this state visit will have a big impact on the future course of the world's two most powerful nations. >> max joins us from washington. can you tell us about what the leaders had to say during a press conference? >> it was not easy to understand at the beginning because there were some technical issues, some transition issues. there was no simultaneous tren anslat