max keiser welcome to the kaiser report workers of the world unite and give up your rights nations of the world unite and give up their sovereignty yes uniting is the new dividing and conquering states here but explain. well max is there the first headline the big headline here this week has been george osborne workers of the world unite and give up your rights so he used that famous marx quote to give workers of the world unite but what he means is that companies can now from april give sharers worth between two thousand pounds and fifty thousand pounds but in exchange the workers have to give up their rights to claim for unfair dismissal they also have to give up their rights to redundancy payoff if the firm goes under and any right to demand flexible hours or time off for training oh this is a terrible plan coming from the slippery snake george osborne first of all they issue all this new stock to give the workers are mainly diluting all the shareholders including the new workers additionally giving away shares now historically at a time when stock markets are trading at their all

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a world and which the united states is strong but all of the institutions is eroding is not a world of2011. the united states has an interest in trying its best to shore up institutions. >> this is great. >> get set to run it, john. >> a couple of quick points. my thesis is not the institutions are independent. they are instruments of power. they are used to signal limits on power. power is never divorce from institution. a venture that regard, i idea that the united states has been so brilliant for half a century or longer because, it has allowed it to make the power more durable and expensive but also making it more delimited and less based on arbitrary use of power and the most traditional sense. there are a vehemence of republican allow for the state to be more influential by allowing it to signal its own strength. a couple of more point about this. my underlying argument is that we are shifting from one organized around trilateral world, the u.s. rip germany, japan, the kind of trilateral system. even when the united states was all-powerful ahead partners. they were restaurant are

they can take the diplomatic route and and the nuclear program or they will have to face a united world and a united states president that says that we will not take any options off the table. the disagreement i have with governor romney -- during the course of this campaign, governor romney has often talked as if we should take premature military action. when i send young men and women into harm's way, we see this as a last resort, not a first resort. >> i want to underscore the same point that the president made. if i am president of united states, when i am president of the united states, we will stand with israel. we have their back. but just diplomatically, culturally, and militarily. with regards to iran and iraq, there is no question that a nuclear capable iran is unacceptable to america. it presents a threat to our friends. but also a threat to us ifthey have nuclear material that they could use to be threatening to us. it is essential for us to understand what our mission is in iran. that is to dissuade iran from having a nuclear weapon in peaceful ways. -- through peaceful and

preparing to create a nuclear throat the united states and to the world that's unacceptable for us. it's essential for a president to show strength from the very beginning to make it very clear what is acceptable and not senl. -- senl. they must not develop nuclear capability. they need the tightest sanctions possible. we need to indict al-qaeda. we feed to put the pressure on them as hard as we can. because if we do that, we won't have to take the military action. >> bob, let me just respond. nothing governor said is true starting with this motion of me apologizing. this has been probably the biggest whopper that has been told during the course of this campaign. and every reporter has looked at it. the governor has said this is not true. when it comes to tightening sanctions, look, as i've said before, we put in the toughest most crippling sanctions ever. you were still invested in a chinese state oil company that was doing business with the iranian oil sector. so who is going to be more imposing? and with respect to the iranian revolution, i was very clear about the murderous acti

they can take the diplomatic root and end their nuclear program or they will have to face a united worldnd a united states president, me, who said we are not going to take any options off the table. the disagreement i have with governor romney is that during the course of this campaign he has often talked as if we should take premature military action. i think that would be a mistake because when i have sent young men and women into harm's way, i always understand that that is the last resort not the first resort. >> two minutes. >> well, first of all, i want to underscore the same point the president made, which is that if i'm president of the united states, when i'm president of the united states, we will stand with israel. and if israel is attacked, we have their back, not just diplomatically, not culturally but militarily. that's number one. number two with regards to iran and the threat of iran, there is no question but a nuclear iran, a nuclear capable iran is unacceptable to americans. it presents a threat not only to our friends but ultimately a threat to us to have iran to have

they can take the diplomatic route and end their nuclear program or they will have to face a united worldnd the united states president, me, who said we're not going to take any options off the table. the disagreement i have with governor romney is that during the course of this campaign, he's often talked as if we should take premature military action. i think that would be a mistake because when i've sent young men and women into harm's way, i always understand that that is the last resort, not the first resort. >> two minutes. >> first of all -- i want to underscore the same point the president made, which is that if i'm president of the united states, when i'm president of the nine states, we will stand with israel. and if israel is attacked, we have their back, not just diplomatically, not just culturally, but militarily. with regards to iran and the threat of iran, there's no question but that a nuclear iran, a nuclear-capable iran is unacceptable to america. it is a threat not only to our friends, but to us for iran to have nuclear material, nuclear weapons that could be used again

lot of choice, they can can take the diplomatic route and end their nuclear program or face a united worldstates president, me, who said, we're not taking any options off the table. the disagreement i have with governor romney is that during the course of the campaign we often talked as if we should take premature military action. i think that would be a mistake because when i sent men and women into harm's way, i understand that's the last resort, not the first resort. >> two minutes. >> first of all, i want to underscore the same point the president made, which is that if i'm president of the united states, when i'm president of the united states, well stand with israel. and if israel is attacked, we have their back. not just diplomatically, not just culturally, but militarily. that's number one. number two, with regards to iran and the threat of iran. there is no question but a nuclear iran, nuclear capable iran, is acceptable to america. represent a threat to not only our friends but to us for iran to have nuclear presence to be threatening us to. it is also essential for us to underst

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they can take the diplomatic route and end their nuclear program, or they will have to face a united worldd a united states president, me, who said we're not going to take any options off the table. the disagreement i have with governor romney is that during the course of this campaign he's often talked as if we should take premature military action. i think that would be a mistake, because when i've sent young men and women into harm's way, i always understand that that is the last resort, not the first resort. >> two minutes. >> well, first of all, i want. to underscore the same point the president made which is that if i'm president of the united states, when i'm president of the united states, we will stand with israel. and if israel is attacked, we have their back. not just diplomatically, not just culturally, but military. that's number one. number two, with regards to iran and the threat of iran, there's no question but that a nuclear capable iran is unacceptable to america. it presents a threat not only to our friends but ultimately a threat to us to have iran have nuclear weapons

. >> we are at the stage where we need partnerships to solve any meaningful crisis around the world. unitedt do that alone. >> do you believe there is dead americans as a result of this administration's roughly to call the threat what it is? >> i do. showing signs of weakness, they take that as an opportunity and will attack. >> bret: what did the president say, when did he say it? that question is one of the most explosive in the presidential campaign. could the election turn on the answer? after the break. of my growing . but how am i going to fund it? and i have to find a way to manage my cash flow better. [ female announcer ] our wells fargo bankers are here to listen, offer guidance and provide you with options tailored to your business. we've loaned more money to small businesses than any other bank for ten years running. so come talk to us to see how we can help. wells fargo. together we'll go far. these are sandra's "homemade" yummy, scrumptious bars. hmm? i just wanted you to eat more fiber. chewy, oatie, gooeyness... and fraudulence. i'm in deep, babe. you certainly are. [ male an

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world. even in the united states. there is one company that makes the valves and they said we are having some coming in the broken and we had to repair them under warranty. we looked them up and they had our serial number on them. devin noticed that there was more than one with that same serial number. they were counterfeit products being made overseas with the same serial number as the u.s. company. they're being sold around the world at the they were being made by the u.s. competitor. this cannot go on. i want a great relationship with china. china can be our partner. that does not mean they can run all over us and steer -- steal our jobs. >> governor brown is right. you are familiar with jobs being invested overseas because you were -- governor romney is right. you are familiar with does being shipped overseas because you invest in companies that ship jobs overseas. we would be buying cars from china instead of selling cars to china. if we take your advice with respect to how we change our tax codes so companies th

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and on the military front, strengthening its alliance with the united states. nhk world. >>> hello. i'm ron madison here at the annual meetings of the international monetary fund and the world bank. finance ministers, central bankers, and business leaders for more than 180 countries gathered here in tokyo now. we'll get the latest on their tackle on the turmoil and speak to the leading financial minds. that's all this week on "newsline." >>> let's now check weather conditions around the world. sayaka mori joins us for that. sayaka, it seemed chillier this morning than yesterday morning. how will the day shape up? >> well, it was really cool this morning. but it should be warming up to 24 degrees during the daytime hours. looking at blue skies at this moment. showers are possible from late afternoon. get your umbrella handy. more heavy rain on the course from thursday as the systems are approaching from the continent. right now those symptoms are dumping snow showers in parts of northeastern china and thundershowers in the north korean peninsula. it will affect the northern half of j

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world. >> rose: because the election will have that kind of consequence. >> absolutely. >> one of romney's top foreign policy advisors said the other day that obama has made the united states look impo nent the world. dot facts bear that out. >> i disagree with that. i disagree with that. the suggestion that somehow america could or even should be in the drivers seat in the arab spring is inherently ridiculous. i mean what happened in egypt was done by the people, the young people, primarily, in tahrir square. then the egypt that was left having lost its autocratic superstructure was still an egypt, just look at the distribution of the population, most likely to produce an islamist government, with which it did. all along the way we should try to maximize our values and our interests, including freedom and human rights, and not just majority rule but minority rights, and individual rights. but we couldn't control it, and we shouldn't. and i expect that's what president morsi will say here tomorrow. but if you look at libya, we had more opportunities to influence it, and we did. and we influenced it in a very positive way. and they like us more than a lot of people do in th

so the united states should be engaged, should continue to engage in the arab world. the united states should invest in a long-term alliance with those people in the arab world and the muslim world who share with the united states certain values, who believe that it serves their own interest to have a good relationship with the west. today believe that it's in our interest to be part of a globalized world. they believe that it's in their own interest to have good economic and political relationship with the united states even when we disagree with the united states. i mean, one of the good things that i liked about this poll is that the majority of americans still believe that democracy in those countries are going through transition or in the arab world -- [inaudible] and we're more fully in turkey than the rest of the arab world because you have a more democratic system in turkey. they support it even when the turks or these new supposed democratic governments take positions that are not necessarily to the liking of the united states. this is great. this is the nuanc

brands in the movement to fight world hunger by supporting the united nations world food pgramme.e information, go to fromhungertohope.com. your contribution will feed children and save lives. together, we can stop the dyin and start the living. and together, we can move people from hunger to hope. neil: welcome back. this is another area, adjacent to this center, the filing center, hundreds of print reporters gather. i am in a broadcast center area, these folks are monitoring and watching, filing their stories, wire services, blogs and magazines, i'm telling you across the hallway from them is a cafeteria, no a dining hall, free beer. i mean they are serving peer on beer on tap all you want, i know what you are thinking, neil, not you. well, for you to question, me to know. you will judge my performance based on those fears or whether they are justified. it is amazing they allow it kentucky, the bourbon state, a lot of bourbon flowing freely, that is what is happening. i want to get to my next guest, mccurry, bill clinton's top aide. there will be no applauding either candidate,

not incidentally in the arab world, where the public regards the united states as the second most dangerousountry right after israel. in the arab world, it ranks far lower as a threat among the populations that is not the dictatorships. with regard to iranian nuclear weapons, nobody wants to have them -- nobody wants them to have them, but in many polls, sometimes considerable majorities have said the region would be more secure if iran had nuclear weapons to balance those of the major threats. there is a lot of commentary in the western media, journals about our attitudes towards iran. what you read, is the arabs want decisive action against iran. which is true of the dictators. it is not true populations. but who cares about the populations? what are called the spiritually the arab street? that is a reflection of extremely deep contempt for democracy among western elites. i mean, so deep that it cannot be perceived. it is just reflecting it. the study of popular attitudes in the arab world -- and there are extensive reviews, it shows why there is the threat of democracy by the u.s. and ot

they can take the diplomatic route and end their nuclear program or they will have to face a united world and a united states president, me, who said we're not going to take any options off the table. the disagreement i have with governor romney is during the course of the campaign, he's often talked as if we should take premature military action. that would be a mistake. when i have sent young men and women into harm's way, i understand that's the last resort, not the first resort. >> two minutes. >> first of all, i want to underscore the same point that the president made which is if i'm president of the united states, when i'm president of the united states, we'll stand with israel. and if israel is attacked, we'll have their back. not just diplomatically, but militarily. that's number one. number two with regards to iran, there's no question that a nuclear-capable iran is unacceptable to america. it presents a threat not only to our friends, but to us. to have iran with weapons to use against us or to be threatening to us. it's also essential for us to understand what our mission is i

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they can take the diplomatic route and end their nuclear program, or they will have to face a united worlda united states president, me, who said we're not going to take any options off the table. the disagreement i have with governor romney is that during the course of this campaign he's often talked as if we should take premature military action. i think that would be a mistake, because when i've sent young men and women into harm's way, i always understand that that is the last resort, not the first resort. >> two minutes. >> well, first of all, i want. to underscore the same point the president made which is that if i'm president of the united states, when i'm president of the united states, we will stand with israel. and if israel is attacked, we have their back. not just diplomatically, not just culturally, but military. that's number one. number two, with regards to iran and the threat of iran, there's no question but that a nuclear capable iran is unacceptable to america. it presents a threat not only to our friends but ultimately a threat to us to have iran have nuclear material,

difference it was very hard to get rid of them could it be that the reason that the united states in the in the western world in the more developed northern hemisphere countries that the united states is at the least growing. g.d.p. and has been for three years two and a half years and change and the european countries that are embracing austerity are collapsing could it be that those european countries are doing what they were doing in south america twenty years ago and we're doing a really tiny version of what chavez is doing in venezuela well it is. what you see in europe is very similar to what it was in south america for those twenty years of failure you had a lot of. instances where governments cut spending in a time of recession or tight monetary policy in time of recession and so you have you have the european central bank and the i.m.f. are involved in a project in europe to dismantle the welfare state that is a very that is very similar to what the voters have rejected in country after country in south america and it's what you know with who is the right wing dictator took over chile. pinochet than

they are preparing to create a nuclear threat to the united states into the world. that's unacceptable for us, and it's essential for a president to show strength from the very beginning to make it very clear what is acceptable and not acceptable, and ironnian -- iranian nuclear program is not acceptable to us. they must not develop nuclear capability, and to understand that, we have to have from the beginning the tightest sanctions possible. they need to be tightened. our diplomatic isolation needs to be tougher. we have to indict candidates bin gat -- ahmadinejad, and put the pressure on as tight as we can. if we do that, we don't have to take military action. obama: nothing mitt romney said is true starting with me apologizing. that's the biggest whopper in the campaign. fact checkers have said this is not true. when it comes to tightening sanctions, look, as i said before, we put in thee toughest, most crippling sanctions ever, and the fact is while we were coordinating the coalition to ensure sanctions were effective, you were still invested in a chinese state

world. even into the united states. as with one company that makes valves in process industries and they said, look, we're having valves coming in that were broken and we had to repair them under warranty and looked them up and they had our serial number on them then we noticed that there's more than one with that same serial number. there were counterfeit products being made overseas with the same serial number as a u.s. company, the same packaging. these were being sold into our market and around the world as if they were made by the u.s. competitor. this can't go on. i want a great relationship with china. china can be our partner. but that doesn't mean they can just roll all over us and steal our jobs on an unfair basis. >> governor romney is right, you are familiar with jobs being shipped overseas because you invested in companies that were shipping jobs overseas. and, you know, that's your right. i mean that's how our free market works. but i've made a different bet on american workers. you know, if we had taken y

i used to read glowing writings the united states, people who have emigrated from the arab world to the united states. everybody talked about the legacy of american education and american universities. the american support of the people for self-determination following the first world war. it is not in the genes of arabs to be against americans. there are historic reasons for this. we're talking about a number of arab states going to transition. let me remind you as someone with a leftist background, when you grow up to change a little bit, the past description -- and you should have heard me say that before -- i would quote a great marxist from italy, he said the crisis consists in the finding that the old is dying and the new has not been born yet. a great variety of war but sentence appears. -- a great variety of morbid symptoms appears. where are we going? there is a transition from in the post-mubarak in egypt, but where we are going, we really do not know. this is going to take years. the me quote other markets. -- let me quote another marxist. sometimes decades pass and nothing h