say every u.s. intervention since vietnam has failed and the hated by the people on the end of them so why do they keep on interfering. with. humanitarian imperialism list some signs of the curve regime change campaign is stuff media screaming give. if mccain's posing for pictures with terrorists the white house is claiming in atrocities happened the moment it needs an excuse to invade all celebs showing a sudden interest in faraway economies it may be a plan for an interventionist jihad or more appropriately a new crusade by the west seek truth for facts this is the truth sicko. the year that was two thousand and thirteen and what has made it memorable we ask in this edition of crossfire who excelled in who disappointed us what stories captured our attention because of hope or to despair. on their way to antarctica the crew of the i can to make sure that face many challenges. here you have to look out for yourself crashing on to rocks trapped in pack ice in extreme conditions anything can happen an

the u.s. is confused. as for europe, the europe is not existing in the middle east, which is very strange. >> you mean you think that the consistency of russia's thetion, which is to oppose undermining or the externally driven overthrow of sovereign states and leaders is appealing throughout the middle east or to certain actors in the gulf states at this point who themselves are fearing perhaps that prospect? appealing is any consistency, and those regimes in the gulf region, they want to understand. in the american cave, they do not understand. idea, i think it is basically the approach, the assumption that regime change is not a solution. this is what russia is trying to say to americans. >> fiona hill, go back to your study of vladimir putin. do you feel that plays into the russian perspective here and russian actions here, and if so in what way yo? couple of things that one has to bear in mind about putin himself. one of which is that his goal from taking the presidency in 1999-2000 was to restore russ

u.s. extensive global surveillance network. russia's foreign minister talks started about the years of breakthroughs and challenges from syria to the missile defense spat with nato. it's eight am in moscow i match reza bring you today's top stories and a look back at the week's news here on r.t. international turkey needs to handle its deepening corruption scandal with more transparency according to the concerned european officials the probe that forced the arrest of twenty four people including the sons of two ministers and a massive government reshuffle is seen as prime minister heir to ones biggest challenge since coming to power more than a decade ago meanwhile some four thousand people gathered began in demanding the pm step down r t sarah for of has been following the protests. it's not some uncommon sight so the style of those streets a year that's been marked by widespread protests but this time the rallies taking place in the wake of the corruption crackdown that's what the govern

nearly 80% of the u.s. would rather buy american made products, and the majority are even willing to pay more. nostic manufacturing is increasing. >> it helps us support our businesses in the usa. >> it keeps jobs in america. >> it keeps our workers here and keeps our country going. >> keep the opportunity here, and keep the business here. >> keeping americans employed is about the most important thing we can do. >> countries once condemned for outsourcing are being applauded for in-sourcing. the manufacturing that faded from the landscape for decades, now is up to 12 million and is expected to expand in 2014. and meanwhile, the demand for imports is decreasing. but critics warn that reduced demand could reduce options, and may not lead to more jobs, and the other concern, fraud. frauding off of patriotism. recently they settled a lawsuit that claimed that their products were truly made in the usa and they were not. it was not any of the companies that you just saw in that shot of the but who benefits now t

u.s. doesn't use the safer credit cards. >>> child soldiers. years after the war, many parents still praying their boys will come home. >>> tonight security is being tightened across russia after i bombing t bombing at a strain station. the blast occurred in volegrad about 600 south of moscow and 400 miles from sochi. the u.s. condemned the bombing and says it stands with russia against trierrorism. peter sharp has the latest. >> reporter: the chaotic aftermath. a body lies on the ground as the emergency services scramble to treat services. officials say a woman set off explosives near metal detectors. the blast captured on camera. the station was packed with thousands of people leaving on the christmas holidays. >> translator: everything was covered in smoke. after ten minutes, i was able to see again, and there were bodies everywhere. inside the train station, everything is destroyed. >> reporter: the attack killed and injured dozens of people. >> translator: according to preliminary inf

league's u.s. regime change manual exposes interference in ukraine and beyond coming up. chilling pentagon plans to reveal systematic i don't want to roll on democracy. why is john kerry's assistant finding out can these two fanatical riders bulldozing people and injuring hundreds in unprovoked attacks. and i warning washington's quote. star sat i know. when to call them there's a twentieth century fox in shanghai and chinese they didn't submit to folks back home they were racists enslaving whole nations and resources they reassure the public through mainstream media that they were quote civilizing the natives to trick the soviet twenty first century public school in a quote pretext has become even more caring but in practice the west continuing to governments through the world and install puppet regimes america's current destabilization of ukraine's government rose washington based on this new push your mileage is following the white house regime change manual to the lead tip of the icebergs u.s. senate says like mccain flying to kiev and joining the protesters while ass

the is is not only about u.s. but u.s. today because the is saying you should sign up or you risk big fines on you. a collective conscience of asking more and to reveal bank accounts. >> this is a global issue. very stronglyiven by the u.s. because they have clout to ic power and do so. but you will see not only in with theific agreement u.s. -- sorry, with switzerland tax so in the u.s.'s compliance act program which is spread globally. here is pressure on nations to disclose information about u.s. account holders outside of the u.s. people, i guess the wealthier people, will still less taxes as pay possible but still remain in the legality. what is the most attractive proposition right now? > i think it is becoming increasingly difficult because rightly so but the u.s. has driven this program specifically switzerland penalties ystem of nd punishments for not complying. other countries have picked up on it. so u.k. germany, france and have taken up there disclosure regime and out all the jurisdictions over which they have

coming up on r t the u.s. federal reserve has reached its one hundredth birthday but not everyone is celebrating this government milestone straight ahead we'll tell you why a growing number of americans are fed up with the fed plus the colombian government seems to be getting an upper hand in its ongoing battle with the far as it turns out a covert cia program helped assassinate dozens of far commanders that's not all details next and we've all heard the same family comes first but the l.a. county sheriff's department took that literally by hiring friends and relatives of department officials some with criminal backgrounds we'll tell you more later in the show. it's monday december twenty third four pm in washington d.c. i'm lynn neary david and you're watching our t.v. . today marks of a very special birthday for the federal reserve believe it or not the central banking system has now been in existence for exactly one hundred years it was created on december twenty third one nine hundred thirteen primarily as

this shows u.s. dependence on imported liquids and the difference in domestic supply. -- the difference between consumption and domestic supply. this is not just crude oil production which is above 9 million barrels a day. you have to add 2.5 million liquids, iay of think -- a little over one million barrels of day of refinery gains, that is a volumetric increase that you get in refineries when you put crude oil through and get white products like gasoline and at about a million barrels a day of biofuels. natural gas liquids, refinery gave bad biofuels, we're going to push up total liquid production in the us to not quite a bit close to 60 million -- close to 15 million barrels a day of fuel supply and supplies somewhere 20 million barrels a day, that is going to shrink the imported portion of our liquid fuel supply to a number that is closer to 25% around 2016, 2017, from numbers that as recently as 2005 for close to 60%. this shows that break down of the total oil production numbers, and you see th

and u.s. diplomats both in kiev and criticized the crackdown pledge that backing to the opposition leaders. with. thousands have gathered in independence square behind me following cool's from the opposition for a show of defiance following last night's events the police dismantled and removed barricades that had been set up and built by the protest as well by both sides police and protesters did show restraint some violent clashes break out this morning events where we saw the police try and retake the city administrative building here in the center of kiev which to be used by the opposition as a makeshift had cooled says over the last few days and weeks now the police will greeted the met by fish resistance from the protesters who has the police down with water cannons and when you've got temperatures as freezing and as cold as they are in kiev right now that was quite an effective response now authorities had earlier given the protesters until tuesday to remove themselves from the site a me

at the same time u.s. secretary of oh state john kerry saying nothing in the deal gives them the right to continue enriching. today sounds like they want to telegraph to oh the world and their people that they are moving forward. >> the deal itself says in clear language that the end state that the parties anticipate is that iran will continue to engage in uranium enrichment. the best the state department can say is, oh, but they will foreswear enriching to weapons grade or continuing a nuclear weapons program. it's a reason why this is a wretched deal. the iranians are continuing their nuclear program, weaponization, the ballistic missile program. the concessions were superficial and easily reversible. they achieved one of the critical objectives which is getting a weakening of the international sanctions. >> i wonder if you think this will play out like the situation did with syria and with capitol hill being a check on the president's plans at least as we thought and understood that they were being hint

u.s. retailers are hoping for many happy returns from the holiday shopping season. the head of the national retail federation tells cnbc we expect sales to hit the group's .9% forecast. >>> good morning, everyone. well, if you celebrated christmas, hope you had a fantastic break. for me, usually these breaks are way too short. let me tell you how u.s. futures are shaping up this morning. we're looking mixed as far as the dow, the nasdaq and the s&p 500 are concerned. the dow hit another record high in yesterday's trading session. it was up for the sixth straight session and hitting record highs on a nominal basis for the sixth day in a row, as well. the s&p 500 also ending at another record high. the dow up about 0.75% and the s&p 500 rising around 0.5%. remember, jobless claims falling by more than expected yesterday at a one-month low. we have a rally in retail related stocks after we got a data about the retail shopping season. that was better than speexpecte. i want to show you how eur

i think 2014 at least from the u.s. perspective, you're going to see a little bit of curtailing of that liquidity. to whatbe a question of extent the markets are already pricing that in versus to what extent the central banks are still going to want to force investors to move back into risk markets. >> that is going to be key too. stimulus gradually being eased and the normalization of monetary policy. today too. look, what i would say is that global growth story seems to be on a slow recovery pattern. central banks are going to continue to promote that liquidity. you are going to have some troubles like in europe in 2014 and the question is, will markets respond like they did in 2013. like i said earlier, i think it is going to be more of a challenge in .14 because a lot of the good story has already been priced into some markets. >> where you are at the moment, what is the vibe you are getting for next year? you have the reserve bank looking like it has the wiggle room to cut interest rates further. it is an economy w

i think the u.s. is not in dlichblt i think that the u.s. economy is doing incredibly well i think the people, despite the fact that many americans aren't benefitting from it, the support of the desire, the desire of chinese to invest in the u.s. to our strength, there's no question. it's not just energy, it's food, it's demographics, technology, all the stuff that you talk to c.e.o.s about constantly. but i do believe right now u.s. foreign policy is in decline. it may not be structural and forever. >> rose: u.s. foreign policy is in decline which means defined another way, america's influence in the world is in decline. >> the perception of american leadership and diplomacy around the world has taken a very significant beating in the last six months, yes. >> rose: and does this put you, you say that and would you cite as evidence, for example, you know, the statements by prince bandar in saudi arabia. >> absolutely. not joining the security council, not taking the seat was perceived by the saudis as a direct slap to the united states. whet

u.s. telephone data just days after a separate court reached an opposite opinion. friday, district judge william polley dismissed a lawsuit from the american civil liberties union challenging the nsa's mass collection of u.s. phone records. he said telephone metadata could have potentially prevented the 9/11 attacks by alerting the government to hijackers who made phone calls from the united states. the issue will likely head to the supreme court. polly's ruling comes less than two weeks after another federal judge questioned the program's constitutionality and described the bulk collection as almost orwellian. the german publication der spiegel has revealed new details about a secretive hacking unit inside the nsa call the office of tailored access operations, or tao. the unit was created in 1997 to hack into global communications traffic. hackers inside the tao have developed a way to break into computers running microsoft windows by gaining passive access to machines when users report p

. >>> u.s. vice president joe biden will soon get off a plane in the japanese capital and step into a dispute that's increased the friction between neighbors in this region. he'll be meeting leaders in tokyo, beijing and seoul to talk about china's newly established air defense identification zone. biden will sit down on tuesday with prime minister shinzo abe. abe has called the zone very dangerous. chinese defense ministry officials announced last month they'd set up the zone. it covers a large part of the east china sea. and includes islands the japanese control, but the chinese and taiwanese claim. biden will head to china after he leaves japan. the vice president will meet on wednesday with president xi jinping and other chinese leaders. analysts say biden is starting his tour in japan to highlight the decades-old u.s./japan alliance and to coordinate the response to china. he'll travel to south korea later this week. >>> u.s. leaders responded quickly to china's move with both words and act

the u.s. believes this is its best weapon against al qaeda although not officially at war in yemen the covert drone campaign has been dramatically ramped up here under president obama. yemen's al qaeda threat is real it's plotted attacks on international airliners and caused hundreds of deaths the cia described it as the most dangerous and active branch of the terrorist network. the defense is that drone strikes have seriously damaged his ability to plan attacks but critics here say it's doing the exact opposite it does not. contain the ghosts of the facts that may have contributed to the growth and expression of the at some point when we can slide enough powerful enough to be able to inflict serious damage the u.s. war on terror has no borders often waged remotely with cruise missiles and drones it's an undeclared global battlefield in which yemen is just one of the front lines of fight against groups like al qaida in which ordinary civilians also end up paying a price. i ask obama to bring m

and the u.s. will not spy on non-u.s. citizens outside of the u.s. the scope of the program was revealed by edward snowden. the journalist who helped him get information out says changes need strong support. >> the congressional committee is completely cooptive, they are worth less even if they have the incentive to do so, which they don't. courts have been one-sided. we need oversight mechanisms to ensure the checks take place if the white house adopts them. >> the white house can accept, reject or modify recommendations, but will have to consider a recent decision ruling that the massive collection of data would be unconstitutional. it will argue that anyway challenge will listen in, or others, that they feel they need to be watched. >> any time there are outside elements. be they judicial, legislative, media, journalism that is passing judgment by shedding light on clandestine programs, it is a problem for the national security establishment. that's not necessarily a bad thing. oversight is important. unchecked and unwatched, institutions and its

for the u.s. military to occupy rudolph's oil rich homeland so while you may remember him as the free gift giving flying who friend from now on folks is the coming terrorist or all rich reindeer so bye bye center but by rudolph there is oil to be secured from those bad guys stacey. yes max things are hotting up in the arctic circle this christmas did canada just claim the north pole canada may have positioned itself to eventually claim sovereignty over the north pole canadian foreign minister john baird made a statement last week that revealed that a scientific and geographical survey regarding its claim to arctic territories will be submitted to the un commission on the limits of the continental shelf and may contain data robust enough to lay claim to the north pole yes all the way up to the north pole everybody has been sea starting to maneuver to get some sort of oil rights up there but canada is going all the way up to the north pole well no. i'm so proud of my canadian friends used to play ak

and the u.s. on him now. i think the u.s. has been skin system they trying to persuade him not to that he doesn't need to choose between russia and he you bet he does need to actually carry out what he told the people he would carry out when he was elected as president three years ago . approximately three years ago and. i don't think we're putting a lot of we're not putting threatening him the way moscow is threatening him we are simply saying we believe that it is in your self interest mr president and you and the self-interest of your country of all ukrainians to take this very good economic deal and we will do our best to help make sure that the i.m.f. and the other internationally european development bank and other institutions will help ukraine out of its very difficult economic situation we saw that with the economic crash in two thousand and nine a lot of assistance was given to the countries of. the baltic countries and they have rebounded very very nicely for american out there let me quickly ask you trade has not

if the u.s. isn't being that friendly, that's why we took away the traffic barriers but he insisted at no point did he say that he was scaling back security of the u.s. diplomats inside and they remain as safe as ever in india. >> as a courtesy, is he he thinking of putting them back there? >> not yet. i think they'll have to resolve this issue before they do that. >> all right. mallika kapur, appreciate it. obviously a lot of work still ahead. little things or big things but it is all about how it looks and diplomacy very much perception. >> both sides want to sort this out and don't want it to get out of control. let's turn to another part of the world, the korean peninsula, always a little bit tense. a new threat today coming from north korea. interestingly by fax. they still have one of those. >> they're faxing. they're threatening an attack on the south without notice. the threat came, as you mentioned by fax. and the threat comes as former baseball star dennis rodman making a return visit t

since the u.s. has dispatched an aircraft area to discontribute aid. >> with significance assistance give to us by the united states after typhoon haiyan. whether by support or by generously providing relief goods and aid, your support of the filipinos was clear. >> reporter: initial aid responses approaching $300 million. tent cities have been built and cash networks have been set up with charities and the philippine government. >> it is up to the people we can persevere and rise up to the challenges. even though it is slow people are still rising up. >> reporter: more than 5,000 were killed in the storm. 27,000 people were injured, and 1700 are still missing. disaster experts predict rebuilding affected towns will take up to ten years. >> is the united states new aid commitment to the fill pines simply help from an old ally? another step in the pivot to asia or some combination of the two. joining us to discuss this question or more, vice president and director of the brent sc scocroft center, and

u.s. troops have died in an air craft hash -- aircraft crash in afghanistan. it was the deadliest incident for american forces in afghanistan this year. the military says the crash was an accident, but the taliban said it carried out an attack. the senate, intelligence committee has asked the cia to hand over an internal study said to be highly critical of its own program of secret detentions and torture. the study is said to echo the findings of the intelligence committee's report, which has yet to be declassified but reportedly documents extensive abuses and a cover-up by cia officials to congress. the study is also said to contradict the agency's own formal response to the senate report. --tuesday, senate democrat democratic senator mark udall of colorado said the ca plus withheld study -- edward stone has published an open letter offering to help the brazilian government investigate nsa surveillance. his leaks revealed the nsa spied on the personal communications of brazilian president

the u.s. is sending transport planes to aid french and african union troops in the central african republic on monday the peacekeepers started to disarm rival militias that were engaged in firefights with some still refusing to give up their weapons france and the african union sent their troops off of the country's president was ousted in one. wide well that's all the news of for now but does top the mad max i'll step aside for max kaiser the kaiser report taking on the dockside of world finance live from moscow it's on c international. just imagine if foreign leaders like alexander lukashenko or vladimir putin just showed up an anti e.u. protest and all garia greece are hungry to urge people to leave the e.u. and join up with the eurasian customs union obviously the media would be on fire screaming that this is part of an attempt to use democracy and steal the country's away some sort of imperialist agenda and you know what they might be right about that but the weird thing is that for some

in the u.s. the secrecy surrounding the talks has raised some concerns, but the administration is saying trust us, and the pushing forward is for the best. >> quite has a profound stake in what happens. because we need and we are and we will remain a pacific power. that sets a statement of fact. >> if the deal is signed the partnership will include countries responsible for 40% of the world's gdp, and 26% of global trade. here in washington to talk about the tran pacific partnership, it's promise, problems and prospects. for southeast asia studies and co director of the partners initiative. and sue rob, senior research association for the consulting firm samuels international associations. this was supposed to be the week, why didn't it happen? well, i think they are not going to make this year. i think largely the reason is that the president didn't make his trip to asia in november. and that was a time where it really matters. the political leadership, the big push has to take place. are waitin

we have a much stronger u.s. labor market probably indicative of the u.s. economy building momentum. the markets are staring at whether or not it is tapering. will we see the volatility from earlier this year? >> do think we're going to see that? they saw emerging markets really fall off the cliff with foreign investors taking money from emerging markets. what you think is going to happen in terms of volatility for december? i think there is a chance we'll will get them announcing some form of tapering. thatwe learned in 2013 is they are vulnerable to a tighter u.s. dollar liquidity. volatilityignificant this year. the economy is across much of the emerging world. had their underlying momentum derailed by this capital withdrawal. >> this is boosting the gross story. we have returned from the u.s. and europe. you think this will be in a momentum to push not only china but this region for work? . it is telling us that global growth momentum is building. 2013 will probably end up being the weakest year of growth for the world economy since 2000 and eight. if w

thus far the only nations to shoot missiles from drones are the u.s., britain, and israel. but u.s. intelligence officials believe it's only a matter of time before other nations deploy weaponnized drones also. in the meantime, just using drones for reconnaissance purposes can raise hackles as one unnamed official told the washington times, quote, no one is turning a blind eye to the growing use of surveillance only uavs, unmanned aerial vehicles, including by nonstate actors, even if these systems have a host of beneficial civil applications. one problem is that countries may perceive these systems as less proceed vok active than armed platforms and might use them in cross border operations in a way that actually stokes regional tension, unquote. question, are remotely piloted drones the air forces of the future? >> no, i don't think so, john. i don't know that they're that great a danger. if the chinese fot a major force of drones, i think, and they were very modern, i think it could represent a real threat to america's fleet off the china coast. but i think right now real danger

the u.s. who would have ever thought that the city of 7 million would be the safest? because they have been disciplined about the petty stuff and some of the other things. it shows up in a different culture. james wolfensohn, can you contribute anything else? >> the largest economy in the world will be china soon. in my experience, in terms of them joining into agreements in terms of disclosure, for example , they have been clearly absent. -- completely absent. when you talk about bidding for international contracts or anything that they are engaged in in terms of their financial arrangements, it is not clear, to put it mildly. if you have a country like china which will be the leading economy in the world, how does your program do with that? >> no one country, no matter how big, is an island. if we all work together to require that of them, i think they have to step up. they are not self-sufficient in everything. they will have to deal with others. if we succumb to their size and operate the

u.s. households are now worth a total of more than $77 trillion. >>> but the soaring home values have cost a surge in the market, and prices of houses have risen dramatically. there is talk that they're looking at the beginning of a rental bubble. >> when millions lost their home to foreclosure, they had no choice but to rent, and when the mortgage crisis curtailed millions more for potential home buyers the rush to rent rose own more and so did the rent. >> we are in the middle of the worst rental affordability crisis that this country has known. >>> a new study released today in washington by a harvard joint center for housing found that half of all u.s. renters now pay more than 30% of her income on rent, up 13% from ten years ago, for those in the lower income brackets the jump is even worse. >> the 40% increase in the number for americans, let's be clear what it mean business, they're paying more than half of ever dollar they earn for housing. >> the accelerated growth is up 3% from a

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the u.s. overnight. advancers outpacing decliners on the stoxx europe 600. we saw a 100-point decline on the dow. right now, the ftse is absolutely flat. the xetra dax is up around 12 points. the cac 40 up 6 points and the ftse mib is up 0.5%. we would stop this week's run of losses if we stay like this. simon lee stepped down as chief executive of rsa, the stock down 17%. that's not why. he's faced scrutiny since the head of the irish unit quit over alleged accounting disputes. psa, peugeot citron down another 10% after being down 7% yesterday. the industry minister declined to see whether the government will buy into pleasure, this after general motors has announced the entire stake. and do you have ya bank is up despite the fact that the bank regulator in germany is reportedly asked for documents relating to the problem into the possibly manipulation of benchmark gold and silver prices. we saw them particular higher. that's where we stand at the moment. the dollar generally has gotten stron

the u.s. doesn't really know what to do here. this struggle that the military has is seen as so big, they're really not sensitive to the u.s. concerns about democrat sick. they're fighting this on their own. you know they need them to be guaranty tees is the piecekeeping, so it's unclean. >> elise, thank you so much. >>> faouad is joins us from new york and david keys, director of the organization advancing human rights and contributor to "the daily beast." after we watch this chaos unfold, david, looking specifically at egypt. is there anything that the u.s. can do to exert influence? >> i think there's an enormous amount the u.s. can do. it has to stay true to the aspirin tells. going back decades they have supportedsh whether it's in egypt or saudi arabia. the most important thing is to uphold maximum pressure on the government to uphold civil liberties, to increase space for freedom of express. it's not just the muslim brotherhood. it's also liberate activists. young bloggers, it starts out with the radicals, but i think it's

is the new logo for the u.s. spy satellite launched by the national reconnaissance office nothing is beyond our reach warns the propaganda posters stacey stacey stacey this is supposed to be reassuring nothing is beyond their reach look at this poster here this is from the n.r.o. the national reconnaissance office and you know nothing is beyond our reach and the tentacles of the american octopus extends all the way around the persian gulf so we're going to look there at the military operations there and the peak oil there solar would be cheaper u.s. pentagon has spent eight trillion dollars to guard gulf oil it has cost the united states eight trillion dollars to provide military security in the gulf since the one nine hundred seventy six according to roger stern a princeton economist the us has spent as much on golf security as it spent on the anti or cold war with the soviet union well the post logo i think is just to you know kids having a laugh the. they they hire directly out of mit and these other universit

the u.s. and brazilian governments is to catch up and align policies to this reality. that is why tom shannon is here. he will help us understand the landscape in this post snowden era. let me turn the program over to tony harrington. he served as u.s. ambassador to brazil during the clinton administration. welcome, tony. >> thank you. thank you, jane. thank you for the fine leadership that you bring to this important institution in washington. i first met tom shannon in 1999 when i was unexpectedly preparing to go to brazil as u.s. ambassador. i had a mandate to update an important and under attended bilateral relationship. i also met paulo sotero about the same time. they accelerate my appreciation and understanding of brazil. tom was nsc staff director at the time and it was apparent that he was not only knowledgeable about brazil, but had developed an unusual awareness and affection for the country while serving as assistant to a prior u.s. ambassador. with tom's advice and help, we were a

and to terrorism advisor to the u.s. house of representatives walid for as thinks the motives of jihad as attacks like these are always the same wherever they are. we're talking about asian harvest which is linked to al qaida that is. just in russia but also in other countries including in syria as we know now now the direct motive is not different from the previous attacks on moscow on other locations inside russia and i would say is not so different from my facts that has happened around the world oh i got a c.v. it's against democracy is against countries that they want to consider as enemies most of the answers that we had around the world and of course in russia is that the chechen jihad is all those terrorist units had a greater presence and added to the geographical area in volgograd in this case and therefore they are instructing militants to do the repeat of these attacks. we'll be closely following developments and we'll bring you all the details as we get them you can also bought on to our t. dot com for a min

if the u.s. does pursue that just a hypothetical to us pursues a better relationship with iran do you think we could see potentially a dangerous axis. between tell of even riyadh while there is right now it's odd and dangerous for a fragile arab monarchy to see its principal alliance with the israeli government but in fact that's what shaken out the a saudi government has carried out a proxy foreign policy until recently when they became independent they tried to overthrow the assad government. they teamed up with the u.s. to fund al qaida and other insurgent forces in syria that's collapsing right now the saudis see the wind has changed instead of the monarchy becoming the vital partner of the us along with israel suddenly they could be isolated and if they are isolated you know to one third of the people in saudi arabia are migrant laborers there's twelve percent unemployment amongst college graduates that regime can explode it's been eighty years of a theocratic government with no elections ti

exist in thehat u.s. government are designed to suppress information in order to keep the public from learning about it. finally, in terms of the question about how i is a journalist make these incisions -- decisions, i make them the same way that journalists make these decisions everyday. spain, the biggest journalist institution in brazil , the guardian, the new york times, the washington post are all going through the same process. it is a collaborative process. we make certain that the information that we published doesn't put anyone's life in danger. , which is to overcome the desire of politicians. we want to make sure that people are knowing what their government are doing because that is what democracy requires. >> thank you. mrs. gomez on behalf of the foreign affairs committee. evidence anye any european leader that has been spayed on by the nsa has been iedckmailed or could be -- sp on by the nsa has been blackmailed or could be? that the different elements of the administration oddsat odds --

u.s. military personnel last night. the four americans were sent to libya to work security at the u.s. embassy in tripoli. i want to bring in sunlan in washington. >> reporter: reiters is reporting that libyan police and military officials say this all started at a check point friday. the four u.s. military personnel were in a convoy according to these libyan officials. and at the check point, they were questioned about why they were carrying weapons. now, as they were being questioned, the american vehicles drove away. one vehicle even caused an accident. the third car, according to the libyans disappeared. the four military personnel were detained for hours held by the libyan government. hours later overnight, the u.s. defense department confirmed to cnn that they were released. now, u.s. officials say the four were quote augmenting security at the u.s. embassy in tripoli. fred? >> and what about the white house? any word from it? >> now word yet. the white house hasn't publicly reacted

and i open the u.s. sees it's in no one's best interest for him to be there, and if he transfers here, there should be somewhere he can live. >> what should we expect in 2014? >> there's a possibility he will emerge a little bit. people have been trying to get interviews with him, people have been trying to get book deals and movie deals. he prefers to stay out of the limelight, but i think he would like to engage more in the public debate. >> certainly would love to have him here. thank you very much. >>> coming up here, the u.s. and the world. how has president obama handled america's foreign policy, from syria to chemical weapons to the controversial nuclear agreement with iran. the roundtable will be back to go over the hot spots that will define america and the world in 2014 and beyond. that's up next. [ sniffles, coughs ] shhhh! i have a cold with this annoying runny nose. [ sniffles ] i better take something. [ male announcer ] dayquil cold and flu doesn't treat all that. it doesn't? [ male announ

u.s. deal. are supporting the some politicians are opposing the deal. some politicians are silent. almost everything is the same at the same level. there is a big difference. inre is foreign intervention the u.s. decision. the israelis are interfering and -- in thedecision -- u.s. decision. -- this is the big difference between our domestic situations. that this istom the beginning. this is a breakthrough, but this is the beginning. is left for a comprehensive package to be agreed. >> are you confident the interim agreement is going to be executed? andran already has agreed signed with the iaea the framework of cooperation. this is one of the most difficult parts of the interim agreement. is the number one issue. iaea have hadhe many meetings. they have agreed on the facts and it is ready to go. accesss have given before the implementation of the interim agreement. iraniansiance -- the gave access to the iaea to some very sensitive nuclear facilities. both parties are serious. >> you are w

the u.s. accounts for 47% of global credit card fraud. the u.s. uses swipe technology, other countries adopted a sophisticated card technology. >> in europe and asia, canada, mexico, australia and other places they are using chip and pen, which is an advanced form of credit card that requires a chip, meaning it's a small little chip like a smart chip and requires a pin. it is not easily led and has more security and encryption. >> here is how it works. when you use a chip card the transaction information is scrambled. dozens of pieces of information are changed between the card and bank. on a swipe card the information is there and can be copied with a cheap card-reading device. hackers pay a premium and use it to create counterfeit cards. they purchase gift cards and convert them back to cash. the chip technology is the strongest defense against counterfeit cards. why is chip technology used in less than 1% of cards. for one, it costs more to adopt the system, and some companies would rather wait for newer technology that relies on fingerprints.

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former u.s. diplomat john graham thinks frustration with america's foreign policy is a first for common ground for israel and saudi arabia both countries israel and saudi arabia are very annoyed right right now because of american policy toward iraq what's happened to annoy you right both of them is that first of all bob i actually called to talk on the telephone it was counterpart suffering an american president had done for decades and second meeting in geneva actually produced an agreement which groups like iran would make significant changes in its nuclear policy in exchange for a lessening of sanctions trade keep to the agreement then we would definitely be let's rethink sanctions and this is driving israel and saudi arabian nights. on screen and online as well and here's a look at what's waiting for you at home today lost in translation the centuries old to find that entire percent from nelson mandela's memorial service here in tell it turns out was making out with plain language as he went

the u.s. president has approved a law easing the transfer of guantanamo bay detainees to their home countries but it's still a far cry from actually closing the tories prison which barack obama has been promising to do for years in the wake of a mass hunger strike that dragged on through most of two thousand and thirteen r t one behind the barbed wire. every morning at eight am the u.s. national anthem erupts across the beast that holds america's most scandalous prison no one likes to be spit on no one wants to have their own autumn torture hunger strikes and suicides have marred this place since two thousand and two and they're human beings after all they're there's no reason to expect that they enjoy being here you know we pretend otherwise prisoners held indefinitely in the name of the never ending war on terror where the innocent or guilty is not our job right now we have the court system to time and that in just over a decade a total of seven hundred seventy nine prisoners the majority re

iran considers a bill on accelerating its nuclear program if new u.s. sanctions are imposed as western powers are urged to fulfill an agreement brokered in geneva seen as a key breakthrough of twenty thirty. the turkish cabinet gets a major recession fall as the prime minister tries to restore trust in a government that's cracking under pressure of corruption allegations and raging protests. child born today will grow up with no conception of privacy at all privacy is on the verge of extinction warns edward snowden as he takes to the british airwaves giving an alternative to the queen's speech and wishing everyone a merry christmas. plus competing is nice but winning trumps it all say athletes as they ready themselves for the sochi winter olympics stay with us as we report on one paralympic contender was using bad gold fever to turn tragedy into purpose. my from our studios in moscow you're watching r t international with me and he said no way. our top story iranian lawmakers have proposed a bill on boosting uranium enrichment to sixty percent if new sa

if the u.s. congress passes more sanctions now or passes more sanctions now that would go into effect in the future at some specific date, or that would have some trigger attached to what we are negotiating with them about already, iran has already said, explicitly, in no uncertain terms, that if the u.s. congress did that, that would mean, no more talking. diplomacy is over. in the very direct words of the iranian foreign minister, when he was asked what iran would do if the u.s. congress passed a new round of sanctions, he answered very directly. he said, quote, the entire deal then is dead. so this is not a secret. he said this in an interview with "time" magazine, which isn't even all that hard to get. if the congress passes a new sanctions bill right now, diplomatic channels, which are working, will close. and if we're not going to resolve it by diplomacy, how exactly are we going to solve it? the lead senator proposing the new sanctions is senator bob menendez of new jersey, who is a democr

wintry weather spreads across the u.s. >> tonight a u.s. veteran is home with his family after being held in north korea for more than a month. merrill newman arrived in the 85-year-old was accused of committing crimes while he served in the korean war. his family called merrill newman's time in north korean's hands, "a very difficult ord eel", >> melissa chan has the story. >> when merrill newman made the trip, he would not have known how difficult it would turn out. after weeks of detention he's in the u.s., looking healthy, with his wife by his side and a simple message. >> it's been a great homecoming, and i'm tired, but happy to be with my family now. thank you all for the support. very much appreciated. >> merrill newman was a soldier in a korean war. his visit to pyongyang was a long-planned vacation down memory lain. he was no ordinarily soldier. the north koreans released this concession video, likely forced by newman, admitting his affiliation to the white tigers. for merrill newman the war was ancient history. for north korea, ev

the u.s. mission in iraq. the american military is now helping the fight against extremists with everything from surveillance drones, rockets and missiles. so consider this, did the u.s. leave iraq too early? and what does that mine for america's mission in afghanistan? also, edward snowden sends a special holiday message back to the u.s. saying mission accomplished. but what is the real impact on the nsa? also, a plus sized barbie reigniting a firestorm of controversy over what childhood dolls should look like and their impact on body image. and a british invasion on tv. why are sherlock, downton abbey and other shows from the uk all the rage here on american tv sets? hello, everyone. i'm adam may sitting in for antonio mora. welcome to "consider this." we begin with two international hots spots where u.s. policy does not seem to be working write now. starting in iraq, more than two years after president obama declared the iraq war was over, now the u.s. is sending hellfire missiles and surve