whistle but who you blow the whistle on that determines if you're an asset or an adversary in washington christine for south r.t. . also ahead here on our team we are going to have dr cornel west and tavis smiley in the studio don't go anywhere. here's mitt romney trying to figure out the name of that thing that the americans call a dollar. short. here's an awful lot of money for you sorry our little you know what kind of mind terrorist cells in your neighborhood all want the usa to feature in the uk the only liberal democrats. can secure the support of the. you know the corporate media distracts us from what you and i should care about because they're a profit driven industry that sells a sensationalistic garbage he calls it breaking news i'm out to martin and we're going to break this that. please. old poverty continues to plague america as poverty rates remain stuck at record levels this reality confirmed by a census report released yesterday shows fifteen percent of the u.s. population living in poverty more than forty six million americans live below the poverty line and one in five children

whistle but who you blow the whistle on that determines if you're an asset or an adversary in washington christine for south r.t. look out over there of today announced its plan to help stimulate the economy the plan is to buy forty billion dollars worth of mortgage bonds a month until further notice this whole idea has been dubbed q e three the hope is that this will bolster the economy and generate jobs this after fed watchers have been ramping up pressure for the central bank to take more aggressive steps to strengthen the economy but will that's not the work to weigh in our financial guru lauren lyster host of capital account joins us now lauren great to have you here q e three it's called this because it's the third time around or they're trying to do this what makes this time different there are a few things that make this different so you're calling this q.e. three for good reason but you might want to call this q.e. infinity or q.e. and till further notice because unlike what the fed has done in the past where it said ok we're going to buy this amount of treasuries or mortgage backed secur

good evening it's wednesday september twenty sixth eight pm in washington d.c. i'm christine and you're watching our t.v. well moments ago wiki leaks co-founder julian assange just spoke to the u.n. general assembly via video link at the event strengthening human rights many of you watching we carried it live right here on our t.v. and a songe really covered a wide range of topics but most told him this is a prose that the u.s. cracked its intelligence chief. who would. the us knew was a tool. to take the real. it must come as a surprise to all of those egyptians who heard vice president joseph biden declare that hosni mubarak was a democrat and the jewel in a silence was a high tech terrorist. songes live speech aired during the event which was hosted by aqua dorian foreign minister ricardo patino ecuador of course has granted a songe asylum though he's been holed up in the ecuadorian embassy in london for several months now as he tries to figure out a way to get out of the country without being arrested as and is wanted for questioning in sweden on allegations of sexual ass

it is monday september twenty fourth at four pm in washington d.c. i'm christine and you're watching r t let's begin today with a pretty significant action taken by the u.s. state department to rebut remove a group of mujahideen a call from the u.s. government's terrorist list it's a group many americans have now heard of though many simply know it as the any k. because of the frequently played commercials the group has sponsored and that air on most cable networks. any k. is iran's democratic opposition working for a nuclear free iran founded on human rights unjustly listed a terrorist group and the k. is the victim of violence radical regime in iraq and their iraqi allies europe has delisted m e k and in two thousand and ten a us court ordered a review iranians u.s. lawmakers and former senior officials demanded listing secretary clinton for democracy and freedom in iran d. list m e k. well it appears that will happen so the m.k. in the dozens of americans who have gone to bat for them have now gotten their wish but it is not quite as simple as you know a peacef

good evening it is wednesday september twenty sixth it's seven pm here in washington d.c. i'm christine for zero in you're watching our team. well it's day two of the u.n. general assembly in new york and already it's been jam packed full of world leaders putting forth their thoughts and ideas about international issues and policy coming up any moment now wiki leaks co-founder julian a song and is expected to speak via video link at the event strengthening human rights this event is hosted by our producer and foreign minister ricardo patino or has of course granted us on asylum though he's been holed up in the ecuadorian embassy in london for months now as he tries to figure out a way to leave the u.k. without being arrested songe is wanted for questioning in sweden on allegations of sexual assault now as we wait for this speech which we do plan to bring you live as it happens any moment now we want to talk about the latest in his case and what he might bring up in this evening in his talk for more on that i was joined earlier by kevin got stolen blogger for firedoglake and he talked ab

it is monday september seventeenth four pm in washington d.c. i'm christine frizz out and you are watching our t.v. . we're going to get today with the massive protests taking place across the middle east and north africa after last tuesday's attack on the u.s. embassy in libya which ended in the deaths of four americans including a u.s. ambassador protests have been spreading throughout the region there are conflicting reports regarding the source of the anger from a low budget offensive film to overall frustration with the west u.s. embassies around the world are on high alert and non-essential u.s. government personnel from embassies in places like sudan and tunisia have been asked to evacuate in beirut lebanon today a massive protest put on by has the law and our two correspondent lucy cavanagh has been there covering it and joins us now live. from what i understand unlike some of these other protests the one where you are actually hasn't gotten violent tell us what you've been witnessing. yeah well it's certainly not the kind of protest where you about y

good evening it is monday september tenth eight pm in washington d.c. i'm christine and you're watching our t.v. let's begin with a story that has been developing just over the last few hours the largest domain server on the internet go daddy dot com was taken down earlier today shutting down fountains and potentially millions of websites the twitter user anonymous owner wrote quote the attack is not coming from anonymous collective the attack is coming only from me and then went on to say that the action is being carried out to test how the cyber security is safe and for more reasons that i cannot talk now well i spoke with our two web producer angie blake earlier about what's going on here. a couple hours ago go daddy disappeared the web went offline a bunch of the web sites their hosts are go daddy the largest domain registrar on the internet they have something like eight million different user accounts on a bunch of their sites much of their emails just spam disappeared and actually go daddy's come out maybe two or three times in the last few hours just to say h

it is monday september tenth five pm in washington d.c. i'm christine for zero and you were watching our team once again with a story that has been developing just over the last few hours the largest a main server on the internet go daddy dot com was taken down today shutting down thousands of potentially millions of web sites now the twitter user anonymous old three are wrote the attack is not coming from anonymous collective the attack is coming only from me and went on to say that the action is being carried out to test how the cyber security is safe and for more reasons that i cannot talk now well we want to talk about it now with our two web producer andrew blake an engineer i know there's a whole lot of things that we really don't know at this point really don't know of next to nothing but we can we can do we can speculate that we have all you know your question so we don't speculate because we actually know you know something's real a couple hours ago go to disappear the web so what awful. bunch of the web sites that are hosted your go daddy the

it is wednesday september nineteenth five pm in washington d.c. i'm christine for and you're watching our team. let's begin today as we have for the last several days with a look at the latest in what's happening in the middle east and north africa for the last eight days protests on the streets of cities in several countries have become widespread and in some cases violent most have come out say they're protesting an entire muslim film made in the united states that insults the prophet mohammed one of the major events today a rally in lebanon planned by hezbollah here's our correspondent paula slater with more. tens of thousands of protesters have taken to the southern lebanese city of tire this is in line with a call that went out earlier by the his but their leader hassan nasrallah no way he called for his supporters to show their anger firsts in a shouts and in their faces he says that this film is the worst attack ever on islam now so far the demonstration is useful if one of the demonstration on monday in which more than one hundred thousand hizbollah sup

it's monday september tenth of four pm in washington d.c. i'm christine and you're watching r t. well we have been telling you for months now about the f.b.i. xp plans to roll out its next generation identification program that facial recognition project that will make the fingerprint fingerprint database seem like a prehistoric relic now this is some use existing mug shots and then matches them with faces in crowd shots along with social networking sites to create a whole new database of images which according to the f.b.i. will help to find criminals and terrorists well now it's official the program has been tested in michigan has been given the green light for pilot runs in places like florida and north carolina two states which not coincidentally just hosted the major political conventions and also here in washington d.c. and by twenty fourteen this program will be nationwide so i do want to talk more about this with barrett brown founder of project p.n. barrett before we get started i do want to talk about something else that's happening right now a whole lot of chatter spec

the good evening on this monday september seventeenth it's eight pm in washington d.c. i'm christine and you're watching our t.v. . well this evening we want to talk about the massive protests taking place across the middle east and north africa and really all around the world after last tuesday's attack on the u.s. embassy in libya which ended the death in the deaths of four americans including the u.s. ambassador protests have been spreading all throughout the region there are conflicting reports regarding the source of the anger from a low budget offensive anti islam film to overall frustration with the west u.s. embassies around the world are on high alert and many americans in foreign countries are fearing for their safety we want to take more of a bird's eye view and connect some of the dots in terms of what we've seen over the last seven days and what we've seen over the last few years and decades earlier i spoke with r.t. arabic correspondent rima abu hamza. first of all i would say that these events. these are arab nations who are very sentimental very emotional they saw som

is wednesday september twelfth four pm in washington d.c. i'm christine and you're watching our t.v. . we're going to begin with the latest on the attack in benghazi libya that killed four americans including a u.s. ambassador ambassador jake christopher stevens and the others were killed at the american consulate tuesday night as they were trying to evacuate staff members there there were times by a group apparently protesting in a maryland american made video posted on you tube which ridicules islams prophet muhammad the new information has come out about other possible motives as well it's now been confirmed that u.s. surveillance drones have been sent to benghazi to try to find those responsible for the attacks president obama reacted to the killing this morning and valid to take action to make no mistake we will work with the libyan government to bring to justice the killers who attacked our people since our founding the united states has been a nation the respects all faiths we reject all efforts to denigrate the religious beliefs of others but ther

it is wednesday september twenty sixth five pm in washington d.c. i'm christine for zero and you're watching our t.v. . well it's day two of the u.n. general assembly in new york and already it's been jam packed full of world leaders putting forth their thoughts and ideas about international issues and policy coming up very soon we can leaks co-founder julian assange is expected to speak via video link at the event called strengthening human rights an event hosted by ecuadorian foreign minister ricardo patino ecuador of course granted his songe asylum though he's been holed up in the ecuadorian embassy in london for several months now as he tries to figure out a way to get out of the country without getting arrested as songes wanted right now for questioning in sweden on allegations of sexual assault now as we await his speech which we do plan to bring to you live as it happens around six thirty eastern tonight and we do want to talk about the latest in his case and what he might bring up. this evening and on the subject of human rights for more on that i was joi

began it's wednesday september twelfth eight pm in washington d.c. i'm christine frizz out and you are watching our. let's begin with the story of an inmate at guantanamo bay who was found dead over the weekend in his cell one of the first detainees taken to the prison in two thousand and two. odd none farhan abdulla teef was from yemen and at the time of his arrest on the border of pakistan and afghanistan he told authorities he was seeking medical treatment for a head injury though the military claimed he was an al qaeda recruit twice his release had been recommended once in two thousand and six and then in two thousand and eight but it was later rejected by the u.s. supreme court and the details of how he died have not yet been released but he had attempted suicide in the past and his lawyers say he spent long periods of time confined to the prison psychiatric ward to speak more about this i was joined earlier by colonel morris davis a retired air force attorney and former prosecutor a quantum obey here's his take. you know i think one thing the american public

it's monday september twenty fourth five pm in washington d.c. i'm christine and you're watching r.t. . well let's begin with a closer look at the attack in benghazi libya that killed four american citizens including a u.s. ambassador this is become part of a much larger arab fall taking place around the region. it turns out the fallout from that attack in libya has been detrimental when it comes to building up american intelligence efforts in the region the new york times is reporting that of the more than twenty four u.s. personnel evacuated from the area at least half of them were cia operatives and contractors so these were people whose job it was to collect information and intelligence in the area and they were removed speaking anonymously a u.s. official who spent quite a bit of time in libya told the new york times it's quote a catastrophic intelligence loss we've got our eyes poked out it's also becoming more and more clear that the u.s. state department did not even take the time to secure the area or investigate too deeply afterwards since a c.n.n. c

it's monday september seventeenth five pm in washington d.c. i'm christine frizz out and you're watching our t.v. . let's begin with the massive protests taking place across the world after last tuesday's attack on the u.s. embassy in libya which ended the deaths of four in the deaths of four americans including the u.s. ambassador protests have been spreading throughout the middle east and north africa there are conflicting reports regarding the source of the anger from a low budget offensive film about islam to overall frustration with the west u.s. embassies around the world are on high alert and non-essential u.s. government personnel from embassies in places like sudan and tunisia they've been asked to evacuate in beirut lebanon today a massive protest was put on by hezbollah and our to correspondent lucy catherine of it joined us earlier for an update on that protest i started off by asking her how that protest was a little different from some of the others we've been seeing. well it's certainly not the kind of protest where you what about your america

stays in the public eye so that when election day comes there won't be any surprises and christine in washington for our . capital account is up next let's check in with lauren lyster of lauren what do you have today do you think fireflies if you see any around over the summer in the d.c. area i have you know they're pretty magical maybe arguably the only bug that is so magical but when you shine a light where fireflies are swarming then it just you can see where you're going they stop lighting up then you know they just look like the bugs that they are what does this tell us about the eurozone debt saga we're going to talk about it on our show all right lauren lester thank you from will all of you tune. but that does it for now for your for the news from one of the stories we covered go to youtube dot com slash r.t. america or check out our web site r t dot com slash usa i'll see you back here in a half an hour but until then follow me on twitter at meghan underscore lopez. admission free accreditation free transport charges free. range moncef free risk free studio tied free. download free broa

speaking at an event in washington, d.c., christine lagarde urged policymakers to take decisive steps to secure sustained economic growth. >> this time what we need is not just a bounce. we need a sustained rebound. sustained rebound. not a bounce. if this time is to be different, we need certainty more than uncertainty. and we need decision makers to turn into action taker. which will require courage and the ability to rise above the short term agenda of the domestic boundaries. >> meanwhile caterpillar has cut its earnings forecasts for 2015 citing a slower than expected economic recovery. it's often seen as a barometer for growth. and it warned of a worse than forecast drop in demand. and you can see shares after hours shedding greater than 2% in the u.s. joining us now is alan capper at lloyds banking group. there's plenty to cover this morning. and just keying off this caterpillar news, if there's concern about the health of the global economy, someone forgot to tell the credit markets. >> the credit markets have been tightening because there's been a big imbalance between demand

stays in the public eye so that when election day comes there won't be any surprises and christine for sale in washington for our t.v. so what does it mean for all of us come november well to answer just that of with me now is because of all of it as meghan carpentier executive producer or director from the raw story hi there meghan so first question i show my id several times a day to pay for my groceries to get to bars in a certain building so what's wrong with showing your id when you're voting i mean after all it is a sacred american right. well i think that's the difference it isn't a right to go to are you there isn't a right necessarily to buy groceries unfortunately it is however one of the fundamental rights of this country to vote and unfortunately when you look at some of these voter id laws they they are it isn't as easy to get an id as you might expect because of course some people can't get driver's licenses easy you have to go to the other side of town to two towns away you have to have transportation you have to work you have to go during business hours maybe you can't get the time off be

i'll go to washington, and do what you would do. i'm christinenell, and i approve this message. >> cenk: on-camera ads are really dicey. what is point number 3? when you are at the bottom of the barrel how do you go below the bottom of the barrel? you go to implied and obvious racism. watch this. >> let me tell you what the big problem with this president is in my opinion. he is absolutely lazy, and detached from his job. >> cenk: okay. lazy black guy. now if it's just sununu, you might say it's just sununu. i don't remember him calling bush that. george w. bush with 1,020 vacation days obama with 78. and it's not just john sununu. here is newt gingrich to make it very, very clear. >> i'm assuming there's some rhythm to barack obama that the rest of us don't understand. whether he needs large amounts of rest whether he needs to go play basketball for a while, i don't watch espn -- i don't quite know what his rhythms are. he is not a real president. >> cenk: play basketball. he doesn't work hard enough. i don't know what his rhythm is. come on new

christine for example have a good night. good afternoon welcome to capital account i'm lauren lyster here in washington d.c. these are your headlines for wednesday september nineteenth two thousand and twelve simpson bowles it was obama's bipartisan deficit commission in two thousand and ten but it keeps coming up mitt romney paul ryan joseph biden they've all flung it around as a political football in recent speeches or interviews we will talk to a former republican senator a senator and he was the co-chair of the simpson bowles commission alan simpson about the facts and how he proposes to fix the deficit and the august u.s. housing starts number came in below analyst expectations today while mortgage lending declined to its lowest level in sixteen years for two thousand and eleven according to a report from federal regulators also fed ex which is an economic bellwether its global growth forecast i could go on the point is this is all more evidence the u.s. economy and any kind of recovery is slow going at best so how do you sell us deficit reduction as a top priority in this environment plus the u.k. cit

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i want to get to christine romans first with a quick update on the other top stories. >> good morning. authorities in washington state are searching for a shooter who fired at cars and police officers in a town about 90 miles north of seattle. they are warning arlington residents to stay inside. one man was shot in the leg. they heard shots coming from the woods and called in the s.w.a.t. team. and they were fired fon also. >>> the line judge accused of stabbing her husband is out on bail. she killed her husband in their california home back in april. she was arrested in new york last month. she has pleaded not guilty to murder charges. >>> news international chief rebecca brooks to answer to phone hacking charges. she's accused of being part of a conspiracy to illegally access voicemails along with six other members of the news of the world tabloid. brooks has another appearance to face charges of conspireing to thwart justice. >> special operations forces have time to double check the afghan police. there's been a rising number of attacks with more than 40 killed by members of the afghan security forces or in

washington strategic ally of the united states. trading partner us will where the headquarters of the fifth u.s. fleet. located i don't think that the. east is to try to coax. people christine freedom of speech here but your it. appears like yes there are. record with patients that need of course that they are going to try to follow them try to relax their repressive over the majority of the population but it's just for the media for public. now let's take a look at some other news making headlines around the world this hour we have fights in between government forces and rebels which continues throughout syria with most of the violence reported in the country's financial hub aleppo meanwhile the military claims it's quarter end of the city of hama fighting also continues on the country's border with turkey where opposition fighters seized an important crossing on wednesday ankara has evacuated the area and deployed military personnel in response. ecuador says it's ready to transfer julian the songs to sweden under its protection so he can respond to the sex crimes allegations his face and their cover the move would require through as a nation from the u.k. the wiki leaks t

washington bureau. so is this the widest we've seen the gap? >> it appears to be the widest in quite some time in our polling and in other polling. christinee ratings. this is interesting. look at the president's favorable rating today as opposed to one week ago. a six-point jump for the president. you can see mitt romney's numbers going down from 53% to 48%, you know favorable rating. also strong and decisive leader. take a look at these numbers. another change, too. the president now at 50%. romney at 44%. very different story a week ago. and one other number that kind of explains how we got from there to here. that is which candidate has a clear plan for solving the country's problems? it was 45-39. romney a week ago. now it's 45-39 president obama. i think you put all three of those together and that's where you get the horse race. >> the polls now between now and the election we'll be looking at new polls every minute. >> we sure will. there's a brand-new one out from abc/"washington post," conducted after the democratic convention and thirz on likely voters is basically dead even with the president a one-point margin. very, very tigh

christine. we got a statement moments ago from the yemeni office in washington condemning any attacks on u.s.r diplomatic facilities. given recent -- it says that unfortunately angry protesters have flooded the perimeter of the u.s. embassy in sanaa and breached the embassy's walls. security services have quickly been restored. fortunately no kadzuals were reported this chaotic incident. it goes on that it will meet its obligation to keep safe u.s. personnel and all the responsibilities of the host government. this is not egypt o yemeni where the security forces, there's a vacuum. even though there's been a problem, i'm sure we'll talk about it throughout the day with al qaeda and militants in the country, this is seen by the united states as someone month has the security in hand. obviously the u.s. has been reaching out throughout the last 48 hours trying to talk to all of its diplomatic facilities but particularly in these type of countries where there's militant activity to make sure the diplomat personnels are secure and those facility are secure. >> they're reviewing security procedures

christine? >> all this looking in the rearview mirror is driving me crazy, because i'm so scared looking forward. we have to figure out in washington how we can fix the right now and look longer term to cutting our debts and deficits. why can't we do both, stephen moore? why can't we do both at the same time? i'm not convinced that washington and party politics will allow us to do -- we have to be juggling a lot of balls, it and can't just be debt reduction, and it can't just be near-term stimulus. it has to be all of that, and more. >> yeah, look, christine, i agree with you that it would be wonderful if we could do both. if we could stimulate the economy, and then have these conversation and senators turn into fiscal saints and then, you know, and then cut the spending. i've been in this town for 30 years -- >> i'm sorry. >> all i ever hear is put out the punch bowl and let's party. they never put the punch bowl away. that's what i have a problem with what the three of you are saying. i believe that this is a real financial crisis. this is not a fire drill. this is a really important component as to why the economy is doing so we

christine romans. >> good morning, investigators say they believe a suspected sniper who terrorized northwestern washington. he was killed after a standoff with sheriff's deputies today. they are trying to fig out why this unidentified 60-year-old fired on neighbors and armored police vehicles. the seatal times reports one man was treated for a gunshot wound to the calf and later released. >>> this morning the red cross met with bashar al assad to discuss humanitarian operations. this comes after a camera man in syria caught the moment the fighter jet dropped a bomb on the rebel strong hold. the syrian opposition says air strikes destroyed a building killing an entire family and others. in total opposition groups say 2448 people were killed yesterday. august was the bloodiest month of the crackdown, 5,000 people killed. still a syrian government official is calling on citizens who have fled the country to come home. he says they have nothing to fear. >>> secretary of state hillary clinton is taking a strong message of cooperation and partnership to beijing today. she'll call on china and southeast asian co

something's got to give >> reporter: christine and phyllis maguire are both retired and living in las vegas. dorothy maguire was 84 years old. now to bob scheiffer in washingtonll be talking this morning with the president of libya about that attack on the u.s. con consulate there in ben ghazi. >> osgood: thank you, bob. we'll be watching. next week here on sunday morning, everybody is talking but who's listening? hey babe.how are ya? daddy,look! you lost another tooth. [man thinking] don't grow up without me. oh,uh riley wants to say hi. riley... hey buddy...keep 'em safe. [announcer] we know how important your dog is. so help keep him strong and healthy with the total care nutrition... in purina dog chow. because you're not just a family. you're a dog family. we miss you. impact wool exports from new zealand, textile production in spain, and the use of medical technology in the u.s.? at t. rowe price, we understand the connections of a complex, global economy. it's just one reason over 70% of our mutual funds beat their 10-year lipper average. t. rowe price. invest with confidence. request a prospectus or summary prospectus with investment information, risk

washington d.c., this is about an hour and a half. >> let me welcome all of you today to our peterson institute for international economics for a very special event in honor of christine lagarde, managing director of the imf since july a year ago. madam lagarde has obviously been playing a very central role in the management of the global economic and financial crises from its outset, from the prior position as minister i. manson rant and continuing of coors at the home of the imf. she famously attended some of her high school in earlier days here in bethesda. she is a lawyer by training, spent much of her career at a current mckinsey becoming chairman of the global executive committee and then chairman of their global strategic committee in 2004. she then joined the french government in 2005, originally as minister for foreign trade of them as minister for fisheries her brief time and then in june june 2007, just in time for the crisis to hit, she became the first woman to hold the post of minister of finance and economy of any g7 country. a rather notable milestone. she reminds me of is a couple of french men and a frenchwoman who can play a critical role in dealing

washington this morning. >> 16 minutes past the hour. later this hour, we'll talk with ana navarro, cnn contributor and republican strategist about mitt romney and that coveted latino vote. >>> let's get you up to date. here's christineour. we begin with fast and furious. one day after releasing his report on the botched gun running operation known as fast and furious, michael horowitz, the inspector general of the justice department, will be testifying before a house oversight committee about his findings. that is scheduled to begin in just over three hours. his investigation found no criminal behavior and essentially says attorney general eric holder was out of the loop. 14 officials with the department of justice, and the bureau of alcohol, tobacco, and firearms face potential punishment for misguided strategies, errors in judgment, and management failures. two of them are already out, one retiring, one resigning yesterday. >>> a controversial ad that critics say is hateful to muslims is set to appear in new york city subway stations next week, despite new york city's efforts to stop it. the metropolitan transportation authority initially rejected this ad, but a judge overturned its decision on first amendment gro