intervention this is a very limited western intervention how many western troops are there in libya at the moment. ok gentlemen and lady look like you all look like your own separate militias on this program many thanks to my guest today in hanover paris and in london and thanks to our viewers for watching us here are to see you next time and remember prosecutors. which brightened. from plans to. start on t.v. dot com. arm the syrian opposition fighters tighten control there damascus just fifteen minutes from the center as the u.n. prepares closed door talks tomorrow how to end the conflict. libya's new leaders face accusations of torture as doctors without borders pull out of a key city saying the same patients keep returning but with new interrogation injuries also. the public politicians and hackers lash out against the international online piracy act with resignations and rallies to stop the shady actor deal getting regular internet users. live from moscow eight pm you're watching r t welcome my name's kevin now in our top story armed syrian opposition fighters are encroaching t

intervention this is a very limited western intervention how many western troops are there in libya at the moment. ok gentlemen and lady look like you all look like your own separate militias on this program many thanks to my guest today in hanover paris and in london and thanks to our viewers for watching us here are to see you next time and remember prosperous. and. emissions free cretaceous three months for charges free. arrangement three. three. free. download free broadcast videos for your media project a free media and don carty dot com. download the official tea allocation to your i pod touch from the saps to. life on the go. video on demand. old costs and r.s.s. feeds now in the palm of your. question. dot com. march in poland as a government websites are down by congress opposed to warsaw signing up to an international piracy agreement the pact was negotiated in secret and covers a broad swathe of copyright material from the sort of full. time around considers cutting into oil supply to europe just before the european union sanctions come into full force in july the move co

intervention this is a very limited western intervention how many western troops are there in libya at the moment. ok gentlemen and lady look like you all look like your own separate militias on this program many thanks to my guest today in hanover paris and in london and thanks to our viewers for watching us here are to see you next time and remember prosperous. and. well. science technology innovation all the latest developments from around russia we've got the future covered. michiru free credit three. three. three. three zero three. zero three blogs a lot of videos for your media project a free media dog party dot com. play. play. play. play shocking revelations in an already troubled post gadhafi libya and human rights groups accuse them of a true torturing detainees to death. activists are back on the streets opponent to protest against the government signing of a key international until. they say when the sultan internet censorship. and iran considers banning oil sales to europe at the being used to signal to stop importing crude from the country in july but iran says it's re

intervention this is a very limited western intervention how many western troops are there in libya at the moment. ok gentlemen and lady look like you all look like your own separate militias on this program many thanks to my guest today in hanover paris and in london and thanks to our viewers for watching us here are to see you next time and remember process rolls. syrian opposition fighters tighten control there damascus just fifteen minutes from the center now is the u.n. starts closed door talks on how to end the conflict. take their anger to the top in poland and gather outside the presidential palace in protest of the online anti piracy pact which threatens regular internet users. and libya's new leaders face accusations of torture is doctors without borders pulled out of a key city saying the same patients keep returning with new interrogation injuries . are you watching our teams very good every company just after midnight here now in moscow my name is kevin now in and first arm syrian opposition fighters are encroaching towards the capital having already seized control of a

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intervention this is a very limited western intervention how many western troops are there in libya at the moment. ok gentlemen and lady look like you all look like your own separate militias on this program many thanks to my guest today in hanover paris and in london and thanks to our viewers for watching us here r.t. see you next time and remember process rolls. i i i i the syrian opposition fighters tighten control of the outskirts of damascus while opinions clash at the u.n. on how to end the bloodshed with a new motion under discussion at the security council. crowds take their anger to the top in poland to gather outside the presidential palace to protest the online anti-piracy pact which threatens regular internet users. and libya's new leaders face accusations of torture as it médecins sans frontières of polls out of a key city saying people are being injured repeatedly during interrogation by the new authority. to quote. the morning here in moscow this is r t glad to have you with us armed syrian opposition fighters are encroaching towards the capital having already seized

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western countries have been gradually tightening their sanctions against iran. they are now trying to sever exports of crude oil from the country. last month the u.s. congress passed legislation aimed at preventing iran from shipping crude oil abroad. the european union also plans to impose an oil embargo against iran in the near future. iran relies on revenue from oil exports. if they plunge, the country will face domestic turmoil. early this month, the value of iran's rial slumped against other euro currencies. a local newspaper carried out this cartoon. it depict iranians lining up to buy golden dollars, which are more stable than rial. we're here at a bazaar in tehran where recent economic sanctions have greatly affected prices of basic goods leading to consumer frustration and grim prospects for the future. >> translator: this has been caused by the sanctions. >> translator: inflation is squeezing us hard. the price of food, clothes, and everything else is rising. the government is unable to solve this. >> reporter: however, the international pressure is so

intervention this is a very limited western intervention how many western troops are there in libya at the moment. ok gentlemen and lady look like you all look like your own separate militias on this program many thanks to my guest today in hanover paris and in london and thanks to our viewers for watching us here are to see you next time and remember. to. download the official antti allocation to your i pod touch from the camps to. watch on t.v. life on the go. video on demand. old girls and r.s.s. feeds now in the palm of your. question on the dot com. if. me is eve he. he. says. it's. like. welcome to the lone a show where we get the real headlines with none of the mersey working we live in washington d.c. now and i are going to take a look at new economic figures coming out for the us ample take a look at some of the goals that obama laid out in his state of the union address that includes the you in the new unit take on mortgage fraud reasons anthony rand is going to help us hash it all out then we're going to speak to the very first official occupy candidate his twenty nine ye

government loyalists there's also criticism from alice that the council's main goal was to secure western oil interests rather than to establish democracy. mission in libya but why in a country libya already had the highest standard of living in all of north africa where libya does have is the largest were global oil reserves and the top all reserve in africa and that is what the national transitional council are being supported for in order that they should promote western oil companies western financial interests in libya and the people will just have to be rid of the people have already been killed a little veritable genocide has taken place as we've seen in iraq so in a way the same pattern is repeated over and over again that we are there's a double standard they say that they are promoting democracy but what they are basically doing is promoting the financial and political interests of the global power elite embedded inside the united states britain the european union and israel . a spokesman for british civilians for peace in libya's a confidant says the national transitional counc

western powers step up their pressure on the u.n. security countystill sill to act on the violence in syria. a fiscal pact is signed in a summit in brussels. now spain's supreme court has decided to put on trial one of the country's most eminent judges accused of breaking a law which bans anyone from investigating alleged crimes during the civil war. despite arguments from both the prosecution and defense to dismiss the charges the supreme court has refused to drop the case. our correspondent joins us from madrid. tom, this is a fascinating case. complex. explain what happened today. >> well, essentially the judges here in the supreme court here more pressure from the people in the background, the judges have decided to go ahead with the case against the judge and try him for overstepping his powers as an investigator when he tried investigate alleged crimes under the franco under the spain's civil war. there were rumors spinning around this he might drop the case as there were two other separate trials and it was thought this partic

and parts of western allegheny county, garrett county, northern west virginia. they could get over a foot of snow there. here's your day planner. we'll have sunshine with clouds racing through and a bit of a blustery wind gusting to 20 to 25 miles an hour. temperatures climbing into the mid-40s by noontime and then getting colder by sunset, near 40. and this evening continuing to drop with a blustery wind out of the north and west. it will be down to near freezing by midnight. and then by dawn tomorrow even colder. we'll look at that and a frigid blast coming in for tuesday and wednesday. we'll look at the end of the week and weekend at 6:51. carol parker, good morning. how's traffic? >> good morning, tom. >>> on this 2nd day of 2012, traffic traveling at speeds around the area as you can see. few schools open, but the rest will not open until tomorrow. downtown, new york and bladensburg road, a lot of pavement, some cars. east-west highway, connecticut avenue, same situation. moving well. traffic is light. back to you, joe and eun. >> thanks very much, carol. >

even one man believes it's not a coincidence that the arab league froze its mission to have those western powers up to calls for foreign involvement. oh my goodness that sounds like a no fly zone to different language it was an open sesame to direct intervention meeting was the observers were sent into syria they picked the wrong man to lead the mission sudanese general. they thought they had the air manage your eyes who would deliver the goods against the side believing him for everything going oh i'm cool what a general we do what he said assad is cooperating it's exactly the opposite of what the last one they wanted a pretext to step up whatever they have in mind which is some kind of you do day to day basis allusion is the way of syria's civil it's only a theory and here is a legitimate office issue that syria syria is that authoritarian state a reporter in the when they got a young reporter that we could do it go get a national poll that apparently got some credibility he said good bye enjoy really all syrians aside for america and britain and the arab league and theirs to intervene

because it is heavily influenced by western countries it's not a democratic body most of the members on the board are european and north american they don't represent the international community at all and the head of the i.a.e.a. is he owes his job to the united states if you look at the wiki leaks documents but again the iranians are attempting to resolve the issue despite the fact that in the past when the iranians had attempted to put. the issue front to negotiate and resolve the americans blocked it such as the tehran declaration between brazil iran and turkey and more recently the russians step by step proposal that the west has and. hasn't been supporting why do you think the e.u. adopted this embargo on iranian oil without waiting to see what this latest mission actually finds. well the united states and the europeans are basically engaging in acts of war against the iranian people as ron paul the us presidential candidate said himself. i think most iranians believe that the united states and the europeans are losing ground in the middle east and throughout the world and this

pro western economic. research has been here gentlemen we've got run out of time and we certainly can all agree that yeltsin would lead a revolutionary life many thanks to my guest today in the studio here with me in london and in washington thanks to our viewers for watching us here r.t. see you next time remember crossed our plans. to. close has been too don't you stop. plays to the most ambitious football. club in the world. now our g. goes to the far east where the timber industry affects the legendary siberian tigers where the ancient native community loses its way in the modern world. and where the country's mineral wealth starts its way across the ocean. and well come to the bars creature russia close up. a suspected suicide bomb attack targeting a police boss rips through a residential part of the syrian capital becomes amid a growing opposition calls to overthrow president my military me. shifting strategy barack obama announces an end to iraq style prime myra's in favor of a power set to asia the

series of intensifying military and diplomatic responses by tehran and then growing pressure from western powers over its nuclear projects. but next people develop his guests if aris yeltsin was a key history maker or just in the right place at the right time. hello and welcome to cross talk i'm hearing about boris yeltsin was he a great man who made history or was he merely a product of his time opinions differ widely don't know one denies the important role he played in creating our present crosstalk continues its series on the collapse of the soviet union twenty years ago. to cross-talk yeltsin's russia i'm joined by dmitri barber chair in the studio with me he's a political analyst at ria novosti news agency in washington we have donald jensen he's a resident fellow at the center for transatlantic relations and in london we go to alex proud day he's director of russian and eurasian studies center at the university of oxford all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect i mean you can jump in anytime you want well the reason why we're doing this we're doing our series here on cross tal

the throne going to put someone in place to further the western interests and goals and i was russia was an ally and then of course the next step would be regime change in iraq. sudan's president omar al bashir who is wanted for genocide charges by the international criminal court as a right on the state visit to libya he was welcomed by the head of libya's nato backed government the shia was a bitter opponent a good afi who civilians and dar for to defend themselves against the bashir want to discuss the state visit and the message it sends i'm now joined live from london by patrick ase he's a reporter for the spider online magazine patrick a government that came to power fighting for human rights the m.t.c. has now just welcomed a man wanted for starting a genocide that killed tens of thousands are sort of irony here don't you think. well i don't think it's actually any more ironic than say gordon brown shaking hands with muhammad get afi in two thousand and nine at the g eight summit in italy or for example tony blair shaking hands with gadhafi in two thousand and seven just outsi

pro western economic links. suggesting here gentlemen we've got run out of time and we certainly can all agree that yeltsin would lead a revolutionary life many thanks to my guest today in the studio here with me in london and in washington thanks to our viewers for watching if you are to see you next time remember crossed our plans. to. the world with. its technology innovations all the developments from around russia we've got the future covered. a suspected suicide bomb attack targeting a police bus rips through a residential part of the syrian capital comes amid growing opposition calls for the overthrow of president by military means. shifting strategy barack obama announces an end to rock star occupations to focus on increasing u.s. influence in asia an extra emphasis on domination and unconventional warfare plus. the beginning of a wrong european union we should be the best they've been worn a decade on from its launch the euro finds itself at the heart of the biggest financial crisis in half a century bu

well obviously there is western involvement the significant syrian diaspora the e.u. the us the pro western countries in the arab world of putting tremendous pressure so there is foreign intervention in a more practical level i'm sure that there's a lot of ties across the borders between lebanon and syria and iraq and syria however if assad wants to stay in power and not go the way of the other arab regimes yes to look at models where there has been a sort of military impasse on both sides and where the the solution has been found through negotiation serious negotiations with the opposition. i'm not sure that he actually sees himself in that position yet if you look at the situation at the end of the civil war in rhodesia it looked intractable it looked like there was a lose lose situation there and they found a way to include mugabe in the government and it was a peaceful resolution of the problem same thing in south africa i think these are the models the arab spring is not the model and it's not not eastern europe it's the model i think the model of southern africa

out in western maryland and northern west virginia, it's near freezing out there. brace yourselves for a big winter storm coming in. they're going to have upslope snows in western maryland and northern west virginia. up to six inches of snow developing there later today. sunrise at 7:27. temperatures around the metro area and much of the region, except out of the mountains, climbing into the 40s. out where the big winter storm is happening, only around freezing the rest of the day. we'll look at your evening planner in ten minutes. here's a look at traffic. carol parker joins us this morning. good morning, carol. >> good morning, tom. thank you. >>> keep that big winter storm away. keep it where you said it was going to be. the beltway, smooth sailing. enjoy it because tomorrow things will look entirely different. let's check the bridges. over at the sousa bridge, we're moving right along. woodrow wilson bridge, no accidents, no incidents to report. and the 14th street bridge wide open. eun, joe, back to you. >> carol, thanks very much. >>> 5:03 now. there is a lot

western rhetoric and policy saying that we are for democracy.

pro western economic links. suggesting here gentlemen we've got run out of time and we certainly can all agree that yeltsin would lead a revolutionary life many thanks to my guest today in the studio here with me in london and in washington thanks to our viewers for watching us here r.t. see you next time remember cross talk with us. wealthy british science. markets why not come to. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike's conjure for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into cars a report on our gee you know how sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else and you hear or see some other part of it and realize everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm tom harpur welcome to the big picture. mission free cretaceous free transport chargers free. range humans free. free. to try free. download free broadcast quality video for your media projects and free media and on the hard teton tom you. welcome

pro western economic links. suggesting here gentlemen we've got run out of time and we certainly can all agree that yeltsin led a revolutionary life many thanks to my guest today in the studio here with me in london and in washington thanks to our viewers for watching us here r.t. see you next time remember crosstalk. wealthy british style sun it's time to. think of the. markets why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy cars report. and bring you the top news headlines coming directly from russia this is with us take a look at those headlines now the e.u. says it's agreed in principle to an embargo on iranian oil exports driving up fears of a spike in oil prices amid a troubled global economy. the syrian national council the country's largest opposition group wants the arab league to seek a no fly zone over parts of syria at the u.n. security council leaders of several anti-government movements are urging the league to scrap its observer mission in the country saying it's failed to halt alm

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this is not only anticipated that were critical of the western military intervention in one war that the. there was a significant danger pushing the country into so war and unfortunately no the western media has largely look the way that the objective of regime change or regime toppling. of regime change is not clear and that there's a new regime that the regime toppling into the media and western media is a lot the way but the. but the result isn't particularly pretty and i think it's particularly we're looking at no there is a debate over. how to handle or what to do with respect to the situation in syria with again these frantic calls for some kind of western military intervention and other waste and they know that be patient and try to make some kind of diplomatic political process work even though you know that's not perfect either it's not immediately going to solve the problem though you know several different examples in the region to look at look at the example of yemen where there was an asian diplomatic crisis which was not pretty did not solve the problem right away but a

pro western economic links. to jump in here gentlemen we've got run out of time and we certainly can all agree that yeltsin led a revolutionary life many thanks to my guest today in the studio here with me in london and in washington thanks to our viewers for watching if you are to see you next time remember cross-talk plans. to. close has been to. plays to the most ambitious football. goes to the far east. st. tiger where the community loses its way in the modern world. and where the country's starts its way across the ocean. to the. a suspected suicide bomb attack targeting a police boss ripped through a residential part of the syrian capital becomes amid a growing opposition calls to overthrow president by military means. shifting strategy barack obama announces an end to iraq style quagmires in favor of a power shift to asia extra emphasis on air domination an unconventional warfare what's. the. draw you're. a decade on from its launch of the euro finds itself at the heart of the biggest financial crisis in

pro western economic links. to just been here gentlemen we've got run out of time and we certainly can all agree that yeltsin led a revolutionary life many thanks to my guest today in the studio here with me in london and in washington thanks to our viewers for watching if you darkie see you next time remember crosstalk. syria's interior minister says twenty six have been killed after a suicide bomb attack targeting a police ripped through a residential part of damascus comes amid growing opposition calls for the overthrow of president assad by military means. and israel is preparing for joint army exercise with the u.s. but this kind of troop movement involved spots concern of a possible build up to a military strike on iran plus. the beginning of this strong year again you know we should leave the dance to the war ten years on the euro finds itself at the core of the biggest financial crisis in half a century. to drag down the very great. international news or comment live from moscow this is. a deadly explosi

pro western economic links. suggesting here gentlemen we've got run out of time and we certainly can all agree that yeltsin would lead a revolutionary life many thanks to my guest today in the studio here with me in london and in washington thanks to our viewers for watching if you darkie see you next time remember crosstalk. and broadcasting live direct from the heart of moscow is our thomas have you with us a suicide bomb attack targeting a police. one of the country's largest armed opposition groups calls for the overthrow of the assad regime by military force arab league observers main in the country. thousands of u.s. and israeli soldiers are said to take part in joint defense. they say some a raise fears that the move is just a rehearsal for a strike on iran denies the allegation saying the exercise was planned. are celebrating christmas with churches and cathedrals across the world. here in the russian capital of moscow has led the liturgy at christ the savior cathedral. the orthodox christian celebration

soldiers and officers who have deserted the syrian army and who are supported by western powers and by the americans and by nato in order to create chaos in syria and to show that the syrian government is incapable of preserving law and order in syria so they will do everything in their power over them and their supporters to actually make sure that the report offer the out of monitors or . is reported to. the interests of the powers that the western powers that have been calling for regime change in syria if you know the pressure that they put is it's based on that you see if they realize or if they feel that the monitors and the observers. noting the violations by the demonstrators and by those desert then they will call for the withdrawal of the monitors and they would say that these monitors were under pressure from the syrian authorities it was true that there are some legitimate demands on the part of this . people have but it's such a big shame that some western powers and some foreign an intervention sit in affairs is using these people and using the demands of these people to

the western sentiment is that is always a different thing from what actually happens on the ground and i think that westerners investors are looking with a certain amount about prevention of what about what's going on in russia but it's largely based on what they see on television screens i mean this isn't the protest movement and isn't a sudden sort of. change of heart amongst the russian population has been protested in a consistent development process and the protests in the country over the last number of years it's just been rather more kind of human rights based on what's happening now is the more sort of person although in a more frustrated expression of people's feelings business if the opposition wasn't there before and i think that what we're going to see what we are seeing is actually the kremlin being more responsive to that i think that they will be concerned to try and address. the evils which is which are consistently talked about in the russian and in russian political establishment and i think that's a very good thing i think actually business looking at a political si

it could further encourage western countries to consider lifting economic sanctions against southeast asia's most reclusive nation. myanmar says 651 prisoners were included in the presidential pardon. and nhk correspondent outside a jail confirms that political detainees were among those released. freed inmates were reunited with loved ones and supporters. organizations that campaigned for the release of political prisoners say dozens of them were freed on friday. >> translator: i'm grateful, but i want all political detainees released. >> former prime minister was also freed from house arrest. he was removed from his post in 2004 following a power struggle with the then military leader. >> translator: i'll not be involved in politics, but i'll do something that would benefit the people. >> on thursday, myanmar's government signed a cease fire agreement with one of the nation's largest ethnic rebel groups after more than 60 years of fighting. the series of recent moves by the civilian led government is seen as a message to the united states and european nations to encourage them to li

they can see accumulating snow on some of the western slopes. the western part of the state is really getting hammered by all of this lake effect is now. baltimore has seen some snow, of these some flurries in the city. not much more than a trace, but nonetheless, it is causing some problems. where you could see accumulation is in the northern counties. these are out of the northwest right now. 23 miles per hour in parkton. it's very dusty and chilly this afternoon. you can bet that those are affecting the temperatures. currently temperatures are in the upper 20's and low 30's. with what the wind chills are at right now, we are talking 20 degrees at the airport, 19 in downtown baltimore. single digits, if not below zero, what it feels like as you head into western maryland. that is the thing to focus on. even though temperatures are cold, it feels even colder than that when you factor in the winds. coldest night so far this season. we are expecting a note around 15 in the city. -- low around 15 in the city. for tonight, the skies will clear out,

declare illegal all of the crazy decisions by the state emergency committee in the us and in the western world yeltsin was seen as a reformer and a leader who could compromise he was embraced as a friend and told he was treated as a peer and when he died in two thousand and seven some of the warmest eulogies came from western leaders he stood up for freedom and democracy and openness he really believed that russia couldn't go back to communism or back further to extreme rationalism praise from abroad yes. but yeltsin sharpest critics were in the new country that he helped bring into being russia in theory yeltsin supported a market economy but the reality was western inspired shock therapy and crony capitalism russia's economy went to freefall and the russian ruble had to be devalued choice during his time in office for millions of russians this was yet another time of troubles. yeltsin played a critical role in ending communist rule the us president he ordered the army to tackle mutinous parliament he then ran through constitutional reforms that extended his powers as president at the e

pro western economic links. suggesting here gentlemen we've got run out of time and we certainly can all agree that yeltsin would lead a revolutionary life many thanks to my guest today in the studio here with me in london and in washington thanks to our viewers for watching us here r.t. see you next time remember crosstalk. a suicide bomb attack targeting a police a bus in the syrian capital damascus it leaves at least twenty five dead dozens more this comes as one of the country's largest armed opposition groups calls for the overthrow of the assad regime by military force. thousands of u.s. soldiers are set to take part in their largest joint defense drill ever. raise fears that the move is just a rehearsal for a strike on iraq plus. ten years on the euro finds itself at the core of the biggest financial crisis. with the single currency threatening to drag down the very created. orthodox christians are celebrating christmas with. holding all night vigils here in the russian capital of moscow has held at chris

western sanctions in syria are likely to be followed by intervention. i think we will see further sanctions and we should remember that sanctions both in former yugoslavia and in iraq were the pro used to war there was a way of softening up the those countries for direct intervention by nato and by american american forces the americans and its allies in the west are desperate to get a handle on the arab spring which is broken out that was one of the reasons for the intervention in libya we want to create a loyal ally of the west in the region although i think it's more difficult because of the rise of islamic forces there this is a very dangerous movement in my opinion and i believe that what will happen in two thousand and twelve there will be a western intervention american intervention in that region because there for that one because i think there is a logical work here which which cannot be stopped no. polling stations are closed in egypt after the final day of a three stage vote the country's first democratic election in more than half a century

to its knees as a prelude to invading iran and also to further marginalizing russia you have the western media which loves wars boost ratings which in turn. to sabotage any revenue and loss but by no means least you have saudi arabia qatar saudi arabia is financially and politically backing the the still very young opposition and has been widely reported to be funding and arming the jihadi rebels who are leading this insurrection now obviously apart from doing nato's dirty work saudi arabia. hate the syrian regime for a simple reason it's secular this is the only secular country that's left in the middle east now we've seen the overthrow of secular regimes throughout the region during the past here and in their place islamised are often very closely aligned with saudi arabia and qatar if not funded by them have taken their place and so this is the saudi cutlery wahhabi revolution and it's called my nation will be the overthrow of our said regime the death of the final secular state in the arab world and it's obvious who will take their place radical jihadists and their counterparts in th

russia it's not it's not a western allies of course that would put someone in place which is it would further their interests and just briefly one analyst saying earlier that this could really increase tensions between the likes of russia china iran against the west on a wider scale what do you think the implications could be just briefly. i think yes of course. if you have. syria and the syrian government that is being. drawn to put someone in place further the western interest and iran would lose an arab russia as an ally and then of course the next step would be would be. regime change in iran judy thanks very much your thoughts about the break up in communication little earlier but we're going to see all of that eventually thank you for joining us live in montreal. well still ahead we continue to meet the trailblazers of post soviet business and find a series. my first trip was very impressionable i couldn't understand how so many young people i was meeting were making tens of millions of dollars a year and some of them billionaires before they were thirty meet the american bringi

talk i'm peter lavelle taunting turnaround on a wider range of issues the standoff between iran and western powers has ratcheted up is the west preparing for a military confrontation with the islamic republic what role does israel play in the scheme of things and how much of this standoff is really generated by domestic political agendas. and you can. start. to cross talk around in the news i'm joined by solemn duty in los angeles he is the executive director of the muslim public affairs council in irvine we have soraya support her like she is an independent researcher writer and political commentator and in london we cross to mark fitzpatrick he's director of nonproliferation and disarmament program at the international institute for strategic studies our focus is crosstalk and that means you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage it so i if i go to you first iran's very much in the news here we have murders we have sanctions we have military maneuvers we have calls for an attack on iran is this a drumbeat to war is it inevitable. good morning too good to be back on your sh

welcome to western maryland. welcome to a winter wonderland. i'm taking this with a glass half full. here is a ski industry in the state that really needs the weather help. they are getting that. i don't think it was, i may be rock, but not like there was a lot of skiing weather out in western maryland. northeast west virginia over the holidays. this is a blessing in disguise. as long as it is on their roads. (laughs). >>> we have a bit of activity, trying to meet into the area and you may see some of this on indication, but it is not a big deal. it is amazing this thing, this teen, this has blown this far south and east. the wind from the west, howling for over a day and a half. you can imagine that. a look, on the corner of the state, not a big issue in garrett county. that lake effect, a winter storm warning in effect for some more snow. right now, it is 32 and 44% humidity and west and north west wind at 20 and gusting higher. 25 to 30 miles per hour. this is rising to 30.01. here are the current temperatures, bringing in the windchills. tw

the headlines -- western powers continue to push for a u.n. security council resolution based on an arab league peace plan. voters in the sunshine state it ready to show their hands in the latest rounds for the presidential nomination contest. time now for the business news. we talkst start with -- a lot about the eurozone and the crisis. but today, a particular focus on unemployment. >> disappointing figures from the 17-nation eurozone showing unemployment has risen to 10.4% in that area. that is in the month of december. of the same month a year earlier, down to 9.5%. 16.5 million people are jobless across the eurozone but in terms of specific countries, spain is of course the worst performing, 22.9% unemployed, the highest number of unemployed in the industrialized world. one of the big focuses of yesterday's summit in brussels is to find where the jobs and the growth will be coming from. a little earlier i spoke to one strategist and ask her how much pressure there was on eu leaders last night. the more will have to come. if you think abou

came from western leaders he stood up for freedom and democracy and openness he really believes that russia couldn't go back to communism or back further to extreme nationalism praise from abroad yes. but yeltsin sharpest critics were in the new country that he helped bring into being russia in theory yeltsin supported a market economy but the reality was western inspired shock therapy and crony capitalism russia's economy went to freefall and the russian ruble had to be devalued choice during his time in office for millions of russians this was yet another time of troubles. yeltsin played a critical role in ending communist rule the us president he ordered the army to tackle mutinous parliament he then ran through constitutional reforms that extended his powers as president at the expense of parliament and few can forget the brutality of the first chechen conflict by the end of his presidency yeltsin like so many russians at the time became wary of the west i told near to the americans the germans don't push us toward military action otherwise there will be a european war for sure a