well we have a problem don't we well we have so she of paths from western european country is joiningthe psychopaths the religious bigoted psychopaths who are already there i mean they come from priests head off the other day a catholic priest with a kitchen knife to chanting support of women and children were actually looking at some of these people you know from the stone age you can't expect them to adopt paula meant to democracy what they had before was a not a very pleasant regime it was corrupt and it was autocratic but it was secular and all the people now better off now than they will before none of the no this is the trouble that we go on doing these things who who did benefit from our interference in these matters the answer is it's not the people we should have persuaded the current regime assad regime to liberalize perhaps when it came to their attitude to the democracy so on and several but where we are in the situation now it's called nothing but death and mayhem and worse western television western radio covers it up i haven't seen any reports on the beheading of these

councils being able to borrow then you'd change our accountancy buso then lowing with all the western european countries where borrowing by local authorities isn't included in the net national public sector boring figures again but we don't see has made this point abundantly clear but the point you're making about interest right upon side if you like i think is a really good one and it boils down to this life just becomes far cheaper the rich are and we have a situation where one million families have now be forced into the arms of these illegal. who are exploiting the fact we're going to see the biggest squeeze in living standards as i say on record we have time for million people in the seventh richest country on earth forced to rely on food banks where you have. charity show like save the children people having to choose between heating a holiday and feeding their children again one of the richest countries that has ever been on the face of the m then in order just to make ends meet to pay bills to pay rent to pay a mortgage let these people in was that they constantly cover that and again

western european governments restore the new convertible the of their currency systems on current accounts sponsored by the european payments union, abolished most exchange controls and sought to establish budgetary equilibrium at home. promptly dollar primacy began to wane. from that very year, 1958, when the once prostrate nations of europe hardened the convertibility of their national monies the european nations accelerated their postwar rise in world markets and then, and that was the united states which began to experience near permanent overall balance of payment deficits and budget deficits. threw up the 1960s under presidents kennedy and johnson, inflation and external deficit of the dollar generated by expensive u.s. monetary policies and budget deficits lead to a perennial, perennial foreign-exchange crises ultimately -- foreign-exchange controls in the united states. the breton woods system groaned under the flood wave of excess u.s. dollars growing abroad where of course they were accumulated in the official foreign-exchange reserves of our trading partners. this was the period

western european governments restored the currency systems on the current account sponsored by the europeanpayments union to. most exchange controls sought to establish budgetary equilibrium at home. promptly dollar primacy began to wane. from that very year, 1958 when the once nations of your part in the convertibility of the national monies, the european nations accelerated the post war rise in the markets and then it was the united states that began to experience the near permanent balance of payments deficits and budget deficits. now, throughout the 1960's under presidents kennedy and johnson on inflation and the external deficit of the dollar generated by extensive u.s. monetary policies and budget deficits lead to perennial foreign-exchange crisis and ultimately the foreign-exchange controls. foreign exchange controls in the united states. the brentonwood system grown under the floodgate of excess u.s. dollar's going broad where they were accumulated in the official foreign exchange reserves of our trading partners. this was the period maybe some of you remember when the washington po

was largely degraded and particularly great plains there were inappropriate farming techniques western european type for many techniques which did not apply and lead to the disaster of the dust bowl and one of the great innovations of the new deal we tend to think of it in terms of social and social security things like that but it was also natural resource conservation which had begun with franklin roosevelt sort of see her own him and others at the turn of the century but it was really one of the major tasks of the c.c.c. was to fight two problems so i will take a slightly youth unemployment we feel male unemployment in resource conversation is latest the one thousand doesn't daniel patrick moynihan was trying to revive it or call this a similar program which the conservatives shot they'll say we can't afford it i think reviving the c.c.c. would be a great idea i did it if not then when if not now when. you've been writing a lot lately about the influence of i think her name was alyssa rosenbaum and when she came from russia iran should rename herself for the dreams of coming to america and b

the end of the day, you do get the sense it's not as if the western european leaders know what to doside -- in defense of the -- >> not egypt, no. not on egypt. >> they've done no more -- the president's been nothing more than the same thing the western european leaders have done. >> so this is what we aspire to? >> i'm just saying -- >> there you have it, all you need to know. obama's not any worse than old europe. >> it is this pragmatic streak in him. but it is this -- it's a form of isolationism. they don't like it to be called that because he likes to engage. but what are we engaging on? >> i think it's a desire in the white house to focus on domestic policies. >> because he's getting the view that this is a 25-year problem. and there's not much that can be done in -- >> -- obama's actually calling in today so it's easier -- >> fake tease. >> by the way, they can't hold you accountable after the fact. if i say you've got a one on one with barack obama, people tune in. >> the real trick on cable news, you just put up breaking news banners all the time. because at that moment, rig

capita consumption is low in russia and a lot lower than what it used to be and lower than many western europeanntries, so i think sooner or later, at some point in time, you'll start seeing growth in that market again in terms of beer consumption. it is still a low alcoholic beverage unlike the strong spirits where consumption is very high in russia. >> let's talk about your biggest market, western europe. we all have been seeing that euphoria as europe emerges from the recession. do you share that optimism, just how much visibility do you have for western europe? >> i believe it will take time before we start seeing a turn around in consumer confidence, consumer sentiment in europe. so despite maybe from a high level the macro economy is getting a little bit in western europe, it will take time before we start seeing that in the consumer markets. so western europe will be very changing markets, not only for the remainder of this year, but also going into next year and that's why looking at the business model, how we can operate more efficiently is very important. at the same time, we do invest

we topped focus the united states on '60s, western european tend to focus on the '60s. if you look from a global perspective. i don't think it looks quite that way. my book was an exploration, an attempt figure out why it is so. >> host: let's take the -- quickly here. you have afghanistan as i mentioned. i thought that house, to me, looked like the brady bunch. it's a copy of the house with the open staircase and the family would come down in the opening scene of the brady bunch. it was most recently occupied before news week took it over by al qaeda leaders or that's what we were told. i guess it seemed more glamorous. but it's a great point you make. afghanistan and the communists take over of afghanistan which happened in 1979. china. the solidarity movement. great britain, the election of margaret thatcher and the british economy i think has been lost as part of the historical narrative of britain affiliate thatcher. i'm looking forward of coming back to that. and number five, of course, the one that probably most people think of first when it i come of 1979, the i

not just united states, but western culture, european culture as well.d for thought, greg. >> gregg: doug, as always, thank you so much. appreciate it. >> arthel: news alert now. we're hearing from the white house as the president wraps up a meeting with his top national security advisors on the escalating crisis in syria. u.s. warships are in position as president obama reportedly considers a potential response to a suspected chemical weapons attack against civilians. bringing in molly henneberg now live in washington. so molly, the white house says that the president intends to act, quote, very deliberately when it comes to syria. do we know at this point what this means? >> the white house says the u.s. intelligence community is working to, quote, ascertain what happened in syria and president obama also is waiting to hear from a united nations team on the ground in syria investigating reports that chemical weapons were used earlier this week before he makes a decision about how the u.s. will respond. in the meantime, defense secretary chuck hagel tra

this really amazing spectacle of a polish pope, and not only was he the first non-italian and western european but really it's your view that he started a series of earthquakes rulings that became a solitary movement, that became sort of the unraveling if you will of soviet dominance in eastern europe. what strikes you as fresh and the story of pope john paul ii? >> guest: i think the thing that strikes me is the way that polls have described the impact he had on them. it was not just the pride in a polish pope. he became pope in 1978. poles were extremely happy about that needless to say. and the criminal is extremely worried about it. but i think it has a great deal to do with the special qualities john paul ii. he was one of the most brilliant men ever to become pope, he spoke many, many languages. he knew, he had two doctorates. he was an incredible figure. and he combined that intellect with a very easy charismatic way of dealing with ordinary folks. he was a very fine parish priest, because he did things with his parishioners. he went out and did sports with them, and he attended their c

>> at first it was actually good for africa to diversify from the european and from the western world. but we started to realize that of course business is business. the chinese are coming to invest because they are just because the good samaritans are not coming because they're expecting return on their investment. it allows the africans to have the choice. opportunitylso the to discuss better conditions with their western counterparts. but these wild investments from china are starting to stabilize. now that we established that africa can actually diversify, the spherers -- now of chinese taking over is actually coming down. >> ok. i want to talk about mitigating risks when doing business in africa. lack oftalk about the rule of law before, how do you mitigate that? how do you get around it and make sure does not impact your business? >> it is the way you interpret the risk. different environments have different cultures. the culture is a very important impact in evaluating risks. obviously, once you have all the parameters that represent the graphic of risk some of then you actuall

as well like qatar saudi and any other gulf countries and we calling this you know european union we are calling western countries to to stop or to to put pressure on turkey government turkish government to prevent supporting this rebels or this. as we call them over to nosferatu to enter syria from from turkish border so they facilitates them yeah just what tom selleck and says i want to really focus in on what may have been happening there we're hearing some some people even mentions are genocide ethnic cleansing here we hear that maybe up to four hundred fifty people have been killed do you think that there is any marginal figure at all it keeps coming and yet there seems to be a kind of a media blockade we're trying to make headway not going in there what what's your thought. actually the situation is getting worse and the number of people who have been kidnapped and killed and beheaded is rising every day i think this is how writing our varies. of course it is happening because i witness is you know they call them we call them every day so we are in contact with them every day i can say like every

has to leave in a moment and sharif abdel kouddous, and ask you both about what the european envoy leon said westernlies warned egypt's military against using force if he said "we had a political plan that was on the table that had been accepted i the other side. they could have taken this option, so all that is happening today was a necessary." what was that plan? the problem is that we have been hearing about negotiations that have been brokered by several european allies -- qatar, but the problem is there is no transparency at all about the terms of these negotiations. so the government would not give any details on one hand and on the other, whenever a journalist approaches what remains of the muslim brotherhood leaders of prison, basically, and who may be taking part in this ago shenzhen process, the main thing they keep telling us is the main demand is reinstatement of mohamed morsi, aich does not seem to be reasonable demand. president morsi is going through a series of cases against him. the problem is that it is very difficult to comment on whether a political plan was viable and was possib

and european universities have established campuses in asia, but it's rare for western and asian universitieso jointly set up a college. >>> there's a storm making its way towards parts of southern japan and taiwan. we learn more in world weather. >> it looks like taiwan will get very stormy starting this afternoon. a severe tropical storm is now located over the waters between taiwan and the philippines, and moving towards the north at a speed of 15 kilometers per hour. here is the projected path. it looks like it's going to brush through tie warninaiwan a typhoon and then approach the western southern islands of japan or main land japan and south korea on the weekend. now heavy rain of about 250 millimeters likely for parts of taiwan. not good news of this area still dealing with the aftermath of a tropical storm, last week's storm. the ground is saturated. and also, this area is a mountainous area, so landslides and mudslides are going to be very high risk here. waves as high as seven meters anywhere in the center of the storm system. and as for the philippines, with the departing system,

if we are looking at influence, western influence, american, european influence in egypt, it has to do with this much larger relationship and not with how many dollars are being appropriated by the u.s. congress and going to egypt. we need to understand. , how do weoint is think about it now? i think it has become clear that the egyptian government, the military is launched on this , a very unfortunate course and a course that i think will promise much instability in egypt which will in turn make it impossible to address the economic problems because you cannot bring tourism and investment back to the country in an atmosphere of instability. morewill lead to instability. we have seen several turns of the wheel with egyptian public opinion. against the mubarak regime, in -- againste staff the scale, in favor of the brotherhood, in favor of the military, who would that that this is the last turn of the wheel? i wouldn't bet on that. has been a very unstable situation in egypt in terms of look sentiment and it will continue to be so. there's going to be more change. how do we think about

if we are looking at influence, western influence, american, european influence in egypt, it has to douch larger relationship and not with how many dollars are being appropriated by the u.s. congress and going to egypt. we need to understand. my fourth point is, how do we think about it now? i think it has become clear that the egyptian government, the military is launched on this course, a very unfortunate course and a course that i think will promise much instability in egypt which will in turn make it impossible to address the economic problems because you cannot bring tourism and investment back to the country in an atmosphere of instability. that will lead to more instability. we have seen several turns of the wheel with egyptian public opinion. against the mubarak regime, in favor of the staff, against the staff, in favor of the brotherhood, in favor of the military, who would that that this is the last turn of the wheel? i wouldn't bet on that. it has been a very unstable situation in egypt in terms of look sentiment and it will continue to be so. there's going to be more change

western election observers were not allowed to monitor the vote. the u.s. has called the election deeply flawed. the european union also expressed its concern. jacob zuma has congratulated him for his successful vote. our correspondent has more on what we are likely to expect from his seventh term. >> they won more than two thirds of the parliament, giving them superpowers and allowing him to do just about anything, including making changes to the constitution, without the support of any party. one of the things he is most likely to go in is what he calls in digitization policy. this is a policy aimed at foreign owned mines which forces foreign mining companies to cede 51% of their share to black zimbabwean groups. that policy was introduced in 2007 and people are not -- people are expecting us to go ahead. and. >> the front runner in mali's presidential elections have gotten -- has gotten a boost. >> ahead of the run on vote, the favorite has already have -- the favorite has one when already in the bag. >> i am solemnly calling on all members of the party and all my fellow malian's who voted for me to retur

so we, you know, if we're looking at influence, western influence, american, european influence in egypt, it has to do with this much larger relationship and not with how many dollars are going, you know, being appropriated by the u.s. congress and going to egypt, okay? so we need to understand. and i fourth point is -- my fourth point is, so how do we think about it now, right? i think it's become clear that the egyptian government, the egyptian military has launched on this course, this zero sum politics, repression of the brotherhood, exclusion and so forth. a very unfortunate course and a course i think that will promise much instability in egypt which will then, in turn, make it impossible to address the economic robs because you cannot wring tourism and investment back to the country in an atmosphere of instability. right? and that will lead to more instability. we've seen several turns of the wheel with egyptian public opinion, right? against the mubarak regime, in this favor of the calf, against the scaf, giving the brotherhood a chance, against the brotherhood, in the favor of t

president assad now experts say most of the westerners are self radicalized enjoying the terrorist ranks of al qaeda and the al nusra front the total number of europeans fighting in syria estimated now up to six hundred that number could be much higher and france's interior minister recently called the threat quote a ticking time bomb artists are sillier now reports on why the e.u. could be wary of arming the rebels. while the u.k. on the syrian rebels or not that's a question that's been answered in a number of different ways it's a plant that began to mostly in varying degrees the right but ultimately always sending signals of support for the opposition it will be no political progress it lets the opposition is able to withstand the onslaught and put pressure on assad says he is there is no military victory so we will also increase our efforts to support and to shape the moderate opposition. to a man. arms embargo wolf it was served. we must ensure that these arms go to the syrian national coalition into no one else to one half years on syria continues to pay the delicate complex picture a battleground constantly shifting as it is with western leade

and experts say that most of those westerners a self radicalized and join the terrorist ranks of al qaeda and the al nusra front fishel estimated number of europeans fighting in syria is now up to six hundred while the actual number could be much higher. discovers this is feeding e.u. hesitancy. for the u.k. on the syrian rebels or not that's a question that's been answered in a number of different places a conflict began a mostly in varying degrees of life but ultimately always sending signals of support for the opposition it will be no political progress in less the opposition is able to withstand the onslaught and put pressure on assad so he is no military victory so we will also increase our efforts to support and to shape the moderate opposition we propose to a man. arms embargo. we must ensure that these arms go to the syrian national coalition and no one else to want a half years on syria continues to pay the delicate and complex picture a battleground constantly shifting as it is with western leaders rhetoric in american twelve hour meeting in may e.u. leaders agreed to disagree on syria with the u.k. and france successfully getting their

so if we are looking at influence, western influence, american and european influence in egypt, it has to do with a much larger relationship and not with how many dollars are going, and you know, being appropriated by the congress and going to egypt. so we need to understand. and my fourth point is how do we think about it now? i think it has become clear the egyptian government and military has launched on this course the zeros some politics of the brotherhood exclusion. and so forth. a very unfortunate course. and a course that will promise much instability in egypt which will then in turn make it impossible to address the economic problems because you cannot bring tourism and investment back to the country in an atmosphere of instability. that will lead to more stability. we have seen several terms with the egyptian public opinion against the mubarak regime and in favor of the scath getting the brotherhood the chance, against the brotherhood, in favor of the military. who would bet this is the last turn of the wheel that public opinion is going to stay where it is now. i wouldn't be

western countries get involved? >> in hearing the pronouncements of senior french leaders and senior british leaders, certainly many european nations are on board with the united states. certainly many regional states are on board. and so the united states, if it chose to take action against the assad regime, would certainly not be the only one. there would be a coalition of forces against it. >> let's say you go in, you conduct pinpoint bombings and then what. this would be no easy trip to syria. >> it may not be easy, but the costs of inaction are even greater. the cost of inaction includes telling dictators that they can gas their civilian populations if their civilian population versus up risings against them. the costs are very high. there may be costs here, but certainly the action against the assad regime armor would degray its military, and would show the seriousness of the international community in upholding international law. >> what can we expect i from ths conflict in coming weeks? >> the key here is really the action or the lack there have of the international community. should there be no action then the assa

president assad experts say most of the westerners are self radicalized and join the terrorist ranks of al qaeda and the al nusra front the total number of europeans fighting in syria estimated now to be at least six hundred officials say that could be well higher than that and france's interior ministry recently called the threat quote a ticking time bomb artie's tester austerely reporting now on why the e.u. could be wary of arming the syrian rebels. what are you ok on the syrian rebels or not that's a question that's been answered a number of different places upon the began the mostly in varying degrees and the like but also has always sending signals of support for the opposition it will be no political progress unless the opposition is able to withstand the old school and put pressure on a sat so he those there is no military victory so we will also increase our efforts to support and to shape the moderate opposition we are prepared to amend arms embargo or no. we must ensure that these arms go to the syrian national coalition and no one else to want a half years on syria continues to pay the delicate complex picture a battleground constantly

well now let's discuss the western powers eagerness to act on syria was natural for the leader of the ukraine panels party and a member of the european parliament mr ferrars thank you so much for joining us here on r.t. well as we know the u.k. parliament is being recalled to vote on a response a response to the alleged chemical attacks in syria but why now i mean why not wait until the u.n. investigators finish their job and come up with some results of the a fact finding mission. well from the very start it's been the british government particular shape of william hague i didn't the david cameron himself who throughout the entire international community have been the keenest to get involved in syria you know whether it's arming the rebels or now as we see today a build up of warplanes in cyprus preparations for cruise missile attacks this government the british government has been the keenest of anybody to intervene in syria so that's why they're not prepared to wait but they also think that it's unlikely that they will get a resolution passed through the u.n. security council. and that what will happen there i mean some of the cou

there was a profile at the time for potential assassins of western leaders, based that eastern european anarchists had killed a number of leaders throughout europe and have warned leaders of the west that they would be next. and the profile was the person when you got to the ethnic and racial component would be swarthy, tall, and with exotic facial hair. when he said this was a guy out for a day, he did not fit the profile. he looked like anybody else. boss, he had a decoy. what do you mean? right behind him, a tall man, swarthy, and had a long mustache, exotic facial hair. by all means, find him. we have good news, bad news. what is the good news? the good news is we found the tall, swarthy man with a mustache. what is the bad news? how do i say this? that is constable big jim parker, who tackled the a light-skinned black man. it is not as if the world did not know who constable jim parker was the next day. because newspapers were like cnn now. keep running the same story until it stops selling. for a week the president was surviving, there was an update every day, morning and night, a

against assad experts say most of the westerners are self radicalized and do join the terrorist ranks of al-qaeda and the al nusra front but the total number of europeans fighting in syria is estimated at up to six hundred though the actual number could be much much higher france's interior minister recently called the threat quote a ticking time bomb so are these tests are syria now are falling this reporter why the e.u. could be wary of arming the rebels. while the u.k. on the syrian rebels would not that's a question that's been answered a number of different ways it's a complicated data mostly in varying degrees of light but ultimately always sending signals of support for the opposition it will be new political progress in less the opposition is able to withstand the onslaught and put pressure on assad so he that is there is no military victory so we will also increase our efforts to support and to shape the moderate opposition. to a man. we must ensure that these arms go to the syrian national coalition no one else to want a half years on syria continues to pay the delicate complex picture a battleground constantly shifting as it is with western

against assad experts say most of the westerners are self radicalized and join the terrorist ranks of al qaeda and the al nusra front in total more than six hundred europeans are now estimated to be fighting in syria so lottie's testor australia now reports on the e.u. could be very wary of the syrian rebels. while the u.k. on the syrian rebels would not that's a question that's been answered in a number of different places a clump that began to mostly in varying degrees of light but ultimately always sending signals of support for the opposition it will be moved political progress in less the opposition is able to withstand the onslaught and put pressure on assad says he isn't a military victory so we will also increase our efforts to support and to shape the moderate opposition we propose to a man. who will fit was served. we must ensure that these arms go to the syrian national coalition into no one else to one half years on syria continues to pay the delicate complex picture a battleground constantly shifting as it is with western leaders rhetoric in american twelve hour meeting in may the needers agreed to disagree on syria with the u.k. and france su

on state experts say most of the westerners are self radicalized and join the terrorist ranks of al qaeda and the al nusra front in total more than six hundred europeans are estimated to be fighting inside syria so are these tests or are syria now reports on why the e.u. could indeed be rather reluctant to go ahead and the rebels. what the u.k. on the syrian rebels would not that's a question that's been answered a number of different ways it's a clump that began to mostly in varying degrees to the right but ultimately always sending signals of support for the opposition it will be new political progress in less the opposition is able to withstand the onslaught and put pressure on assad says he that is there is no military victory so we will also increase our efforts to support and to shape the moderate opposition we propose to a man. we must ensure that these arms go to the syrian national coalition and to no one else to one half years on syria continues to pay the delicate complex picture a battleground constantly shifting as it is with western leaders rhetoric an american twelve hour meeting in may the meter's agreed to disagree on syria with the u

mean we have lots of case of the european court of human rights on freedom of assembly and we won the case on the on the most pride. absolutely if you . like most western media ok but just quickly sort of questions we're not giving interviews to western media outlets well i'm just telling you that i think that the whole picture is absolutely exaggerated it's not what they report is absolutely not true what they're saying is that basically everyone is being killed on the streets here what's like the sense i'm sure. i mean i want to say i mean we i want what we want to say i'm here i mean i'm absolutely involved in all the public to keep it is probably one of them i don't know not being rated by the police why am i not running why am i not now in new york why am i not now in london why am i here in moore school in your studio fighting for your rights and talking about iraq that's what i want to say absolutely and proof you hear and it's proof is very happy to talk about it now peter just quickly you said that you were targeting russia does that mean that you don't agree with boycotting the olympics. absolutely boycott is not the right way that would puni

the european union expressing outrage saying we'll urgently review relations, asking all sides to refrain from violence. so western powers seemingly stepping forward to say we're very upset about this and we may consider changing our actions in the future, but really the violence and crackdown here which has so many aghast haven't significantly changed the character of western egyptian relations. >> thanks, nick. >>> it does not come more complicated than egypt. president obama summed it up in a single sentence. >>> while we want to sustain our relationship with egypt, our traditional cooperation cannot continue as usual when civilians are being killed in the streets. >> the president cancelled next month's joint military exercises with egypt, but did not cut off u.s. aid, not yet. his equation is this. however popular a military coup ousting an elected government followed by a deadly crackdown on protesters run counter to the values the u.s. espouses to the world. still, so much rides in the balance of what happens next. for decades, egypt has been an imperfect, undemocratic but critical u.s. ally in the middle e

regime, a lot of the -- if the key figures are virulently anti-western in their rhetoric, then this reduces the chance that u.s. or european will see iran as a willing partner in any negotiations. >> the same time, we've seen the -- in the states the house of representatives pass a nuclear iran prevention act. this has still got to go before the senate and president. if it does get signed off, how will they respond to that? >> it will certainly be very unfortunate for iran if this does go through. because the supreme leader is very concerned about negotiations with the west. he doesn't necessarily see the u.s. as a body in which he can trust. certainly if this new law is is passed by the congress and then by the president, he will see this as proof that iran should not enter fully into negotiations with the u.s. >> yeah. finally, what happens with oil production? >> well, that's -- that's crucial, really. iran's economy depends on oil production and oil exports. exports have actually risen a little bit in recent months from a low point. but iran still struggles to actually access the funds for which these are paid in. so t