u.s. national security council spokesman said washington is not going to review its defense plans in europe. thousands vent their anger egypt's military rulers with protesters staying put in the heart of cairo saying the army's concessions are not enough the military council says a presidential election will be held by next summer the people want them to go right now. and the euro is in mortal danger brussels wants tough economic governance is the only way out of the crisis but money by germany says every country should look after itself. well that brings up to date for the moment i'll be back with more news for you another update in fifteen minutes from now on the meantime we talk to a politician from austria is far right and happy with the e.u.'s immigration policies and expansion plans he says they'll mean the end for the vision of a single europe stay with us for that. the far right freedom party leads polls austria's general election its leader has penned a rock saying islam is on the rise mr struck why are austrians so concerned about these long ceased ng this is an area where there a

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u.s. national security council spokesman said washington is not going to review its defense plans in europe. thousands vent their anger at egypt's military rulers with protests to stay put in the heart of saying the army's concessions are not enough and military council says the presidential election will be held by next summer people want them to go right now. and the euro in mortal danger brussels calls for tough economic governance it's unveiled a plan for joint boring for all seventeen year old nations something that germany opposes but it's the berlin is being dragged out to go through its worst. at. the vatican with more developing story in less than half an hour from now in the meantime reason of enemies cast discuss what lies behind you and who really are the so-called ninety nine percent that's crossed what next. plenty of. live. live live. live to take you. live to cut the legs. below in welcome across talkback you're a little what's next for the occupy movement across the u.s. after police use strong arm tactics to disperse protesters should the movement seek a way to join the po

u.s. national security council let's get more on this from ortiz kind of charm she joins us live now in washington. what more can you tell us. well as you mentioned the u.s. is not planning on making any changes to its missile defense system in europe we heard this from national security council spokesman tommy vietor and this is what he said its implementation is going well and we see no basis for threats to withdraw from it and he is also saying we will continue to work with russia to find the parameters of possible cooperation however in pursuing this cooperation will not in any way limit or change our deployment plans in iraq he also said the system would not be aimed at russia we. washington and moscow do not see eye to eye on this issue where she wants a legally binding guarantees. to which the u.s. doesn't seem to be ready to give the u.s. missile defense plan that we're talking about is a four stage play and with the first two stages in vision these relation of us and three perceptions of the world capability and the last two higher capability is the last two stages that especially for tho

u.s. national security council tommy vietor and this comes in response to the warning that it will pull out of the start treaty and stop nuclear disarmament if the u.s. continues to deploy its missile defense shield in europe well of course we're bringing you country of reaction and comment on this developing story between washington and moscow just to reiterate washington is saying it is not going to review its plans for that proposed missile defense shield in europe let's get more on this from an isolated she's from the nuclear age peace foundation joining us live now from new york. before we begin which is going to get a perspective here by an illustration which i will not show you on the screen here we have the five countries involved at the moment with this proposed plan. we can see that they are very very close and the russians are russia's border covering the western side of russia the likes of the czech republic remain a dog area and turkey. no what i want to ask you is there is clearly a perceived threat coming from the east this is the whole argument behind this anti missile defen

u.s. national security council spokesman expressing u.s. condolences and saying that the u.s. is committed to investigating exactly what happened. >>> california police charging and releasing a woman who allegedly pepper sprayed fellow shoppers on black friday. the woman turning herself in to authorities last night. >>> it's going to be a wet and stormy weekend for a large chunk of the country. forecasters say a cold front will push rain into the mississippi valley and the gulf coast. another system is also expected to bring snow to the pacific northwest. >> arthel: to think all those people trying to get home after thanksgiving. >> rick: that's right. >> arthel: you may have heard that today is small business saturday. thee receipticcally, it's the mom and pop store answer to black friday. several major corporations are looking to get in on the action. so are they ruining small business saturday or does that only happen if we let them? joining us now, michael, former business owner himself. what do you say, corporate involvement or not, good for small business, right? >> well

u.s. still has its hands involved in a war scenario the national security council spokesman tommy vietor says no interview with wired stranger and leader says that any troops returning would not be involved in combat nor special operations forces or rather troops of provide technical advice on counterterrorism and a whole joint training exercises so it looks like president obama might have been fibbing when he called this a full transition after all those who have troops on the ground in iraq and let's not forget that even with the official troop withdrawal it will still be cia around one hundred anybody affiliated with al-qaeda and there's also going to be about five thousand mercenaries to guard u.s. diplomats in the country so i ask you one more time is this really the end to the war in iraq or is the obama administration attempted to appease americans label the u.s. presence as a non-combat line and pretend as if they're really leaving the country think it's pretty obvious the latter. now back in september we reported on some very questionable counterterrorism training practices happening

nation. when we understand again u.n. membership washington is vowing to veto the security council saying a peace deal with israel is needed. analysts say that the international support for the u.s. government goes well. a symbolic idea that the all of these nations wanted to let palestine in over the objections of the u.s. and israel is very significant i think and it. tells to me and said ben stein meet in their efforts to have a state and of course they're trying a new route they're trying. he's full protest and they're trying this method of trying to get into more and more international organizations to build their legitimacy and i think that's a better way to go than violence the difference between this vote in the one. or statehood bid is that of course the u.s. can veto in the security council that the latter one whereas this vote there is no veto and it was voted overwhelmingly that people went against what the u.s. and israel wanted and voted in palestine as a member a manned mission to buzz came a step closer this week they do experiments and has shown scientists that the human body trying to enjoy the isolation of such a long distance space flight so gotten reports of

u.s. is not planning on making any changes to its missile defense system in europe we heard this from national security council spokesman tommy vietor he said we will continue to work with russia to find a parameters of possible cooperation however in pursuing this cooperation we will not in any way limit or change our deployment plans in europe he also said the u.s. missile defense system is designed to reflect. a growing threat to our allies from the random we are committed to deterring we have explained to russian officials that the missile defense system planned for deployment in europe do not and cannot threaten russia's strategic deterrent while nato secretary general made a statement along the same lines of good clearly russians have a different analysis of the situation but what's interesting many u.s. media outlets go with headlines like this one russia may target u.s. missile defense sites and in those headlines it's all looking very intimidating but not often do the u.s. media mention that for russia it's a last resort and present day debate it made it clear that russia would rather not be ploy new

council asking of the u.s. and other western countries at this point? >> the syrian national council as their representative, for the united states to make its weight more felt in the securityncil. it is outrageous that 3,000 unarmed civilians would be killed while the security council from time to time debates this and comes up with nothing. the united states can do more with its allies in terms of imposing further sanctions on syria. and certainly talks with the russians into regaining some sense because this situatio of an armed force shooting at unarmed civilians is absolutely outrageous. >> let me ask you briefly. do you see signs of weakening in the assad government? one sign we here a lot about is military defections. how many are there? how much can you tell us? >> military defections are important. i have heard the number of 10 have defected thus far from the armed forces but what is significant is that two days ago bashar al assad did not even recognize an opposition and said that he's too busy to think of an opposition and today seemingly he agrees to an approach in which he is to talk to the opposition. >> so there is a potentially important development today th

u.s. embassy in burma between 1999 and 2002. she's now an analyst and consultant to think tanks and foundations. and tom malinowski, washington director of human rights watch, and a former state department and national security counciler in the clinton administration. welcome to you both. priscilla clapp, let me begin with you, why this turn around on the part of the united states. i mean the u.s. has had myanmar in the deep freeze now for years and years. >> it's an attempt to respond to some very, very positive developments in myanmar that we have been calling for for decades. they're finally moving it in the direction that we have been asking for, reconciliation, particularly bringing the nld and-- . >> warner: the opposition party. >> the opposition party into the political fold. they have changed their party registration laws to make it possible now to remove the objections that the nld had to the party registration act. they can now participate in the elections that are coming up next month. they will be part of the political process. and this is a major step in the direction of reconciliation on the side of the opposition. >> warner: is that the way you see it, that this is to recognize the really significant

u.s. is building its own argument. the tone of the reports of the agency has moved more decisively political directions for example. there as moderate abroad they did former director never talked about united nations security council resolutions and only talked about the technical issues at hand the new or the new reports by. year brings out the political issues that france which is not the job that they are you e.m.r. still because our task is technical and scientific it is supposed to inspect monitor and report about some of the various member states to the board of governors so in that sense the our. reports and tone have moved in a very decisively political direction which in my view actually has the credibility of i.a.e.a. because as a as i said the task of the agency is not to talk about political issues and leave them alone for united nations security council and the international community rather just talk about the technical issues two people have been wounded after stepping on a landmine planted by syrian troops on the northern border with lebanon syrian authorities say it was mind to prevent illegal shipments of arms ammunition and military supplies which increased over the last few months when russia i

security council and still is needed but on the say that. this. future. the symbolic idea that all these nations wanted to let palestine in over the objections of the u.s. and israel is very significant i think and it. tells to. meet in their efforts to have a state and of course they're trying a new route they're trying. protest and they're trying this method of trying to get into more and more international organizations to build their legitimacy and i think that's a better way to go than violence the difference between this vote in the one. or statehood bid is that of course the u.s. can be. in the security council that the latter one whereas this vote there is no veto and it was voted overwhelmingly that people went against what the u.s. and israel wanted and voted in palestine as a member. him in the area was ruled on wednesday as a cause of september a plane crash in russia which killed one on board investigators said one of the pilots were the only employee of the brakes on the forty two. failed to reach its probably most before plunging off the end of the runway among the forty four killed was the time. you take that away to the first match of t

u.s. pacific command and director of the joint staff and held a number of policy positions in the national security council and maybe staff. we are here to talk about u.s. readiness in perilous times. i thought i would talk a little bit about homeland security issues and how things have changed in the 10 years since 9/11, but most importantly, during the obama administration. then we thought we would turn to some of the foreign sources of these threats, explore what is going on in pakistan. particularly after the events of the weekend. we wanted to talk about iran. we wanted to talk about the arab spring and how it will remake the region, and as a result, threats to the u.s.. so let's dive right in. you have often heard people ask the question, are you safer today than we were 10 years ago? let me turn that and ask the question, if somebody had said to you the morning after 9/11, that we would go more than a decade without any major terrorist attack, but have done several close calls, would you have thought that was possible, and had the reform that you saw take place post 9/11, in your mind, primarily res

u.s. pacific command and director of the joint staff and held a number of policy positions in the national security council and maybe staff. -- the navy staff. we are here to talk about u.s. readiness in perilous times. i thought i would talk a little bit about homeland security issues and how things have changed in the 10 years since 9/11, but most importantly, during the obama administration. then we thought we would turn to some of the foreign sources of these threats, explore what is going on in pakistan. particularly after the events of the weekend. we wanted to talk about iran. we wanted to talk about the arab spring and how it will remake the region, and as a result, threats to the u.s.. so let's dive right in. you have often heard people ask the question, are you safer today than we were 10 years ago? let me turn that and ask the question, if somebody had said to you the morning after 9/11, that we would go more than a decade without any major terrorist attack, but have done several close calls, would you have thought that was possible, and had the reform that you saw take place post 9/11, in your

u.s. is sending weapons to iran's neighbors, some calling this part of a regional containment strategy. just in case. michael singh is a former senior director at the national security councilly managing director of the washington institute for near east policy. so, michael, is containment a realistic policy, a realistic option? >> well, it's one that you hear popping up in government circles but one that i'm afraid is really not realistic. you know, the challenge of a nuclear-armed iran is just a tremendous challenge, and it's not simply sort of containing iran's conventional military or its ability to deploy the nuclear weapons that's the issue. the issue is what about asymmetric warfare and political influence which are the primary means iran uses in the region to try to advance its own hegemony, and what about the reaction of other neighbors who want nuclear weapons of their own? these are things you can't contain using naval vessels and planes and so forth. jenna: what should you do instead? >> well, this is the right debate to have, what are we prepared to do the carry out the's stated policy of preventing iran from getting a nuclear weapon, and i think we're reaching

u.s. with a $189 billion trade deficit with china is giving foreign aid to beijing? yes but -- >> it doesn't go to the government. >> reporter: china expert douglas paul served with the state department, cia and national security councilanizations to do things people in america would like our congress to support. >> reporter: things like fighting the spread of fektous diseases and fighting narcotics and environmental cooperation and programs in tibet where some want independence from beijing. would saving $10 million help pay down the u.s. budget deficit now at $15 trillion? hardly. and romney admits it. >> not very much money bupt the idea -- >> reporter: two years ago the state department says the u.s. gave china more than $27 million. now state is requesting less than half that as china transitions from aid recipient to aid donor. mitt romney thinks that's a great idea. >> it doesn't make a lot of sense for us to borrow money from the chinese to give to country for foreign aid. >> reporter: but is it? >> kchina tends to benefit its own contractors. it does deals with infrastructure and exchange for commodities and these are nonmarket transactions and not transparent transactions and i hope this is not the sort of t

u.s. development assistance to china. the brooksings institution recently looked at the international response to iran's nuclear program. much discussion focused on the role of china, russia, and the united nations security council. and also the possibility of an israeli military strike against iran. this is an hour and a half. >> ladies and gentlemen, i would like to welcome you to the second session of this conference day. i'm fiona hill. and before i begin, just a couple of logistical things i want to run through because i'm on schedule is a little tight today. first of all i wanted to also mention -- this is -- with the central united states and europe but also with our arms control initiatives here at brookings that my colleague steve piper runs. and as a result of that we also show a word of thanks to some of the people who have made this and some of the research that surrounded this event possible, the carnegie corporation of new york that provides us some funding. looking where the united states and its allies and other countries. iran being one of those rising power issues. and also something that we have, work an arms control. iran is one of the critical issues. something i wanted to mention is immedia