u.s. side is believed to have urged the north to end the uranium enrichment program and accept inspectors from iaea, but bosworth's comment shows they have different views on the north's denuclearization. >> translator: some progress was made, but there are points on which we didn't agree, so we will review these issues and hold another meeting. >>> defense chiefs from the japan and united states say their countries must make progress on relocating a u.s. basin okinawa. defense minister and the defense secretary leon panetta met tuesday in tokyo. ish could you a says the government is preparing to submit an environmental impact report on relocation to local officials in okinawa within this year. the report is the final step in the environmental assessment for the relocation of the u.s. marine corps air station. the base expected to be moved from a densely populated area to a location closer to the coast. >> this is a critical initiative in our effort to maintain a strong, forward deployed

the commander of u.s. forces in afghanistan, general john allen, urged islamabad to review its ties with militant groups. those ties were forged more than 30 years ago when the soviets invaded afghanistan. >> for us, we're doing the analysis to determine whether the isi in collusion with the insurgents inside pakistan are causing problems inside afghanistan. pakistan has to make decisions about its own relationship with those insurgent groups. >> reporter: the security situation in afghanistan continues to deteriorate. the kabul government and the u.s. now face the huge task of quelling the violence before the pull-out in 2014. >>> now for an in-depth report, in the second part of our series on mongolia, we focus on the nomadic herdsman. this main industry used to be the main way of life in the country. now their numbers are falling sharply. changing political systems and natural disasters have played a role. so has modernization. >> reporter: for the nomadic herdsmen of mongolia, life is a constant search

. >> a japanese sdf member asked whether the u.s. military will reduce its presence in the region to accommodate reduction in the nation's defense spending. panetta said there would be no reduction in u.s. forces in asia and the pacific. panetta is to meet the prime minister noda and defense minister separately tuesday and discuss delayed relocation of a u.s. military air basin okinawa. a plan to move the marine corps station to nago city has been stalled due to strong opposition from local residents. >>> china's defense budget is the second largest in the world. the country is building its military, including its navy, and that's causing concern and friction in the region. how is japan responding to this military force? we have a report. >> the marathon sales southern basis in yokosuka city, 40 kilometers south of tokyo. it is a base for submarines conducting civilian activities in waters around japan. sovereign activities are national secrets. even sales defense members have no knowledge unless they're engaged in the unit. we are a

the u.s. led war in afghanistan enters its second decade with victory over the taliban in the pullout of foreign troops scarcely in sight also. but i think that the background here is there are still plenty larry and time and attention is really been biting police and demonstrators clashed on the streets of athens after the i.m.f. ultimatum for the country cuts or collapse. kind of woman promoted by western media as the victim of the sorrow of regime in syria says she is alive and well raising concerns that fabricated stories are being used in a bid to topple the country's leadership. or welcome to the weekly here in archie this sunday i mean you saw now with today's top stories and a look back at the top stories from throughout the week and we begin on wall to wall street where else you protest that kicked off in new york three weeks ago have now grown into a nationwide rally engulfing a growing number of u.s. cities every day demonstrators inspired by the arab spring demand an end to social

can have of course the u.s. can also use covert operations to do sinister things to the iranian regime and of course the u.s. has many are more resources to do that than the iranians do that's why this whole thing doesn't seem to add up that the iranians would actually be foolish enough to do something like this i think it gives the hawks in the united states some sort of excuse for ratcheting up the pressure maybe even including military action and certainly you have a weakened president who who might benefit from a foreign crisis and we've seen that happen before in u.s. history so i think i don't think if iran is really did this it was really a bungled. bungled mess and also a bad thing to do because it could invite the u.s. retaliation and gives them an excuse to do so and i think this type of rhetoric is not good even under these circumstances i think we've got to get to the bottom of this and see what really happened and see you know what what who is behind this and what what actually was going on. more ne

it's some former u.s. military officers are growing disillusion with the afghan war lieutenant colonel karen quite koski is one of them and she thinks the true way with the invasion was to create a platform for keeping an eye on or even invading other possible targets. in many ways american people have not been told what we came to afghanistan to do and that mission is to build bases which we have done and to man those bases and to operate militarily from those bases against other countries in the region that mission has actually been somewhat successful and quite frankly don't think we ever intend to hand it back to any of the afghan people we put karzai in charge in december of two thousand and one as they suppose it democrat of course never never elected back time a friend of a patsy of the american government and he remains there to this day you know we had no intention of allowing the afghan people to choose if they had if they were allowed to choose i think we would be long gone. you know this is not

u.s. government says it has uncovered officials in washington say two iranian agents tried to hire members of a mexican drug cartel to care yob the attack allegations to ron dismissed as a comedy show or his gun issue gun has the latest from the u.s. capitol. the u.s. attorney general explicitly said that the u.s. will be holding the uranium government accountable for the plot to kill the ambassador of saudi arabia to the united states also the u.s. is accusing iran of conspiring to stage two bombings at these really embassy in washington and at the embassy of saudi arabia also in washington and here is how the u.s. department of justice came up with those accusations the f.b.i. and was a drug enforcement agency have arrested a new raney and born u.s. citizen his name monsoor are burps yar u.s. investigators say the man tried to plot the assassination of the saudi ambassador to the united states and for that according to the americans this iranian man turned to members of a mexican drug ca

and the u.s. and south thousands of americans are gearing up for another day of demonstration they have been protesting for three weeks against corporate influence on government policy which they blame for the country's economic woes but even after police arrested hundreds of activists over the weekend the movement's still picking up momentum across the united states were among the window reports. we don't want that not that it's creating more pain where it's not very more aggression and i think people are taking a step. more than a thousand people in los angeles. chose to stand in solidarity with the occupy wall street movement. at city hall the very visible center of government in power and demonstrators worry that the one percent who controlled most of the nation's wealth have gained a stranglehold over the u.s. government alexander hamilton you know referred to the people it was so afraid of as the great peace in the great peace as a way people of all walks of life turned out for this mass dem

all right so u.s. regulators the f.c.c. has settled with citi group for two hundred eighty five million bucks in relation to a probe an f.c.c. probe the f.c.c. allege that the bank misled investors in a two thousand and seven war good related security and also charge the director in that c.d.o. structuring group as responsible it's a former city employee so does this show the government is finally holding wall street accountable or is this just a false flag and the u.s. federal reserve reportedly has more room to stimulate growth if it needs to because the pace of u.s. consumer inflation measured by c.p.i. fell last month but is the current policy of operation twist showing that policies are a bust and as u.s. president obama prepares to sign three free trade agreements tomorrow into law for solar panel makers in the u.s. are essentially begging for tariffs on imports of panels from china and just to remind you if you aren't aware we've seen several of these solar panel makers declare bankruptcy and the past few months in t

in the u.s. but also in other economies this will have an impact on russia we need to take measures against those negative choices that many experts have already the second wave of the crisis we don't share that opinion and we don't ask others not to make the situation worse by calling. them back prime minister vladimir putin said that russia is in a better position than some other countries because russia's government debt is less than ten percent of g.d.p. and when it comes to the external debt is a three percent now of course this is an investment form and the whole encourage people to bring a money and so the russian economy and that's why the prime minister highlights of the importance of privatized they should and he said that the government is on track with those funds and they want to expand them even for their. own strategy is the state should gradually reduce its direct presence in the economy therefore we will gradually withdraw from state corporations through privatization and we'll a

u.s. and global economies. >> our markets are so fragile, the littlest thing really moves our markets in a negative way. >> tom: from bankruptcy rumors swirling around american airlines to fresh lows for bank of america investors. it's "nightly business report" for monday, october 3. this is "nightly business report" with susie gharib and tom hudson. "nightly business port" is made possible by: this program is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. captioning sponsored by wpbt >> susie: good evening everyone. a grisly start to the fourth quarter on wall street. the major averages tumbled today as much as 3%, moving stocks closer to bear market territory, tom. >> tom: susie, investors were startled by news that greece will miss deficit reduction targets it agreed to as part of its bailout deal. concerns about europe continue to impact trading here in the u.s. at the bell, the dow plunged 258 points. the nasdaq lost almost 80 and the s&p fell 32. trading vo

as the u.s. prepares to withdraw its troops from afghanistan, there are growing tensions with pakistan over their relationship with the taliban. a bbc investigation has heard allegations that pakistan has been actively supporting the insurgents while behaving as washington's ally in public. the long war in afghanistan is intensifying in 2006 causing casualties among afghans and troops mainly from the u.s. and u.k.. now there is evidence of support for the taliban fighting that war. one says that he was trained by pakistani intelligence. >> they would arrive at 8:00 a.m. and leave at 4:00 p.m. and they were wearing military uniforms. they had the uniforms of the isi. they would give us specialized weapons training. >> the u.s. was certain by 2008 that pakistan had controlled the gunman who went on the rampage in mumbai. evidence piled up of a secret double game and afghanistan as well. >> our own intelligence was unequivocal in afghanistan. we saw an insurgency that was not only getting passive su

a senior u.s. official tells me that the u.s. will not tolerate a target on our u.s. shores. we should expect further steps to try to isolate iran and that the u.s. will work with international partners towards that end. we have multiple sources telling us that we should expect at the very least new sanctions against iran and we should expect something announced later today towards that end. of course, there could be further action at the security council as you have heard others say. what a senior official tells me is that they think this is an acceleration that will hurt iran not just here in the u.s. but overseas where it will not be looked upon fondly where they have attempted to attack or set a plot to attack another member of the middle eastern nation, partner nation in the middle east. and the big picture, again, as the white house and no doubt the rest of the administration would like to see is that this would further isolate iran. i can add to this that this administration has said that they have been in regular contact with the saudi government throughout this inves

state department providing security for about five installations u.s. state department installations around the country of iraq so i i feel that i don't see any doubt that there's going to be thousands of american contractors of all different types security contractors construction contractors you name it that will be remaining in iraq and again as i mentioned in my book and as i've said repeatedly on this program all we ever hear about is the soldiers there are the ones who are in the uniforms there are many thousands of americans that will remain let's talk about this decision and this relationship between iraq and the united states as we just said you know it seems to me the u.s. actually wanted to keep a few thousand troops there they did not get that wish granted by the iraqi parliament by iraqi leaders of course it's hard to say what went on behind closed doors but i want to play a little piece of what president obama said today. as of january first being with our strategic framework agreement with iraq it will be a normal relationship between sov

u.s. president to do so. in response the august 1998 african embassy bombing president clinton's sided cruise missiles at a qaeda training camps to kill bin laden and authorize the use of lethal force if necessary to capture the saudi terrorist. moreover bin laden was not the first individual singled out as a strategic objective a u.s. military campaign. on may 3, 1886 more than a century before 25 million-dollar reward would be offered for information on bin laden's whereabouts. the u.s. house of representatives introduced a joint resolution quote authorizing the president to offer an award of $25,000 for the killing or capture of geronimo. 30 years later in response to poncho via's raid across the mexican border into columbus new mexico in march 1916, president woodrow wilson announced quote, a force will be sent at once and pursued with a single objective of capturing him and putting a stop to his forays. within hours of the 1989 invasion of panama of a administration of george h. w. bu

but the u.s. firm pays 19% plus another 20.2% to reach the u.s. tax of 39.2%. the u.s. factory will lose that business. even worse, when corporations realize they can't compete in the united states these jobs in the u.s. are going to go away entirely and end up in factories around the globe. which brings us to the most important thing about corporate tax reform-- fairness. who loses when we can't compete internationally? and who loses when we don't grow? american workers lose wages, benefits and jobs. that's what at issue in corporate tax reform. growth, competitiveness and fairness. we need to fix this tax system. i'm doug holtz-eakin. >> susie: and finally, a holiday first for macy's. the department store plans to get an early start on black friday sales by opening at midnight. more than 800 macy's stores will stay open for 23 hours and close at 11 p.m. on november 25. last year, only eight macy's locations opened that early, while the rest let shoppers in at 4 a.m. c.e.o. terry lundgren says the move is in response to shoppers' eagerness to shop early for great deals

secretary of the chief of staff to the u.s. secretary of state tells us u.s. forces are doing close to little close to nothing to tackle it fearing more resistance who benefits from this is who benefits from it in mexico and colombia and other places it's people who are heavily invested in the drug trade and i don't just necessarily mean those who are taking it there is a connection and that connection is very simple it is that the troops don't want to attack those people who are raising drugs not a blatant overwhelming comprehensive way because that just adds to the enemy list that they have to fight they are fighting all manner of taliban now different groups of taliban they're fighting people who are just pashtun and want them out of the country who may identify as taliban they don't want to add to that enemies list all the people who are raising drugs in afghanistan and making a profit from that and about ten minutes artie's military analyst explores why the u.s. despite its tremendous military superiority is struggling to contain the afghan insurgency . t

china has slammed the u.s. senate debate on ways to punish beijing for under valuing its currency and taking away american jobs it would allow the government to. to impose duties on products from countries with specific currencies china has told the u.s. to abandon protectionism and stop politicizing economic issues web journalist edward harrison says america is just trying to spread the blame for the global economic crisis to other countries. well the reason to bring it up now is to show that the united states government has done enough in order to create a self-sustaining recovery therefore the problem must be elsewhere that is the problem us being in europe it must be in china elsewhere it's not because our policies of failed per se. that's really what is going on here now the reality is that the us government's policies have not been successful and as a result they're looking for other places to play or to share the blame for the economic crisis that is global at this point and i think that it's very true t

no in and first the u.s. led war in afghanistan is now past the ten year mark it's been widely dubbed the decade of failure with nato troops no closer to victory over the taliban the human cost though keeps rising both among the soldiers and the afghan civilians who demand an end to the aimless war and the violence it brings down on them jason mattera reports now for r.t. . another day in afghanistan's southern battle more casualties despite official claims that the war is being won two thousand and eleven is lining up to be the deadliest yet for u.s. forces fighting to tame the decade long taliban insurgency but things to improve medical capabilities casualties who would have perished in previous conflicts are surviving but these two soldiers one patrol in a vehicle when a roadside bomb exploded beneath them it took less than half an hour for a medical crew to pick them up by helicopter and deliver them to the trauma ward at kandahar airfield one of the country's busiest for their injuries are bad but not ex

government u.s. government as you know u.s. relations have been quiet u.s. has repeated threatened to attack iran. and then of a you hear accusations from the u.s. government against iran you just have to be very careful now under the guise of nato we've seen western intervention and in places all over the arab world in recent months it might seem to some the iran is next in the crosshairs or could that be part of it as well and also could it be a part of political posturing as obama's looking for reelection in two thousand and twelve and nothing sells better than thwarting a terror attack on america. you know. they can in the u.s. but all the demonstrations all the turmoil internally a tactic that u.s. government has used throughout its history has been to create an enemy outside whenever there is problem inside one of the difficulties with its economy. demonstrations and other difficulties u.s. has been able to create an enemy outside russia was the enemy for many many years and so. not bother we were not in iran considered to be the u.s. enemy but. basica

action in the u.s. as well because as you mentioned going to the bark obama promised us audiences and experience that he will end this war and bring all the troops before and of this you know unfortunately while this is a very good step in the road it does not necessarily mean the end of the u.s. involvement and prevention in iraq because the u.s. is planning to keep it on sixteen thousand personal and the department fears are going about private contractors but from what i under. stan there is no guarantee that those private contractors will have immunity either i mean do you think they'll actually still stay without you know that protection that's half of them half of the sixty thousand are expected to be private contractors and it seems that . iraq will not grant them immunity immunity talks are not over yet there is one less the current us spent on the state department are trying to implement which is keeping all of these forces a whole truckload of under an existing existing agreement between iraq

what the u.s. role was in this as well as nato. >> we've been talking earlier this morning there was a nato air strike on a convoy moving around sirte. at the time the nato officials said they had no reason to believe gadhafi was inside. now they are looking at that possibility that this all began when he was in a convoy moving around the city of sirte. we will find out in the coming hours more details about how moammar gadhafi died. how he was killed. but right now what we should expect to see are some fairly fast moving developments all indications are this, nato will now start looking at trying to end the military mission over libya that has been going on since march. the head nato military officer who is a u.s. navy admiral now formulating a recommendation we are told to end the military mission. he's looking at critical pieces of intelligence. and they are this, can the loyalist forces still mount a counterstrike against the rebels? all indications are they could do some, but really the rebel

politics specifically the amount of money corporations contribute to u.s. officials and the rewards that they reap from it now to give us a little bit more in depth about this story my colleague. in washington d.c. brings us the story. investing in politics has proved to be good business in america just a few million dollars in contributions and some lobbying can bring your company billions in bailout loan guarantees tax refunds and other stimulus all of the expense of the average american taxpayer exposed in the election system and it's in the ongoing lobbying and service influence industry these are powerful powerful businesses their whole business model is around using influence to break the rules of the game in their favor so far u.s. corporations have been successful in ensuring that the loss introduced to regulate wall street after the financial meltdown of two thousand and eight don't function those measures were effectively scuppered by u.s. lawmakers the corporations were also successful in keeping their tax cuts intact and finding loopholes for ge

the u.s. ambassador to the united nations, susan rice, met with her iranian counterpart last night, but there is no word as to what was said. today, president obama spoke about the case, and we have more on that from chief white house correspondent norah o'donnell. norah? >> reporter: scott, today, for the first time, president obama said iran will pay a price through sanctions and international pressure for what he called their dangerous and reckless behavior. >> we don't take any options off the table in terms of how we operate with iran. >> reporter: mr. obama did not offer specifics on what new punitive measures the administration might take. >> what you can expect is that we will continue to apply the sorts of pressure will have a direct impact on the iranian government until it makes a better choice in terms of how it's going to interact with the rest of the international community. >> reporter: the president would not say if he believes iran's supreme leader, the ayatollah khamenei, or

the u.s. led campaign in afghanistan has failed to meet most of its original goals because they're shifting asked the war drags on that's according to our military contributor who now assesses the situation from kabul the initial intent was crystal clear to catch or kill osama bin laden no strings attached period but from the outset the operation has gotten the wrong turn and today ten years later it's painfully obvious that it has diggin aerated into their mission creep be that open ended commitment and no graceful exit inside for the united states forces or peace and security for the afghan people the w. bush administration. has ignored the key principle keep it simple stupid advocated by the u.s. special operations command and undermined. their efforts in the pakistani afghan. tribal battles otherwise. today we would have celebrated the tenth anniversary of the mission accomplished. well let us know what you think of the u.s. campaign in afghanistan at our t.v. dot com today we're asking wh

the u.s. led war in afghanistan enters its second decade with victory over the taliban and the pullout of foreign troops scarcely in sight i also. think that the fact that you. and thousands really think police and demonstrators clashed on the streets of athens after the i.m.f. sort of made them to the country cuts or collapse. and women who were western media reported as big butchered by bashar al assad's regime in syria says she's alive and well raising concerns that fabricated stories are being used in a bid to topple the country's leadership. nine pm sunday evening here in moscow over getting a drink from me kevin owen you're watching r t and our weekly it's surrounded by the week's top stories and first one to wall street protests that kicked off in new york three weeks ago now grown into a nationwide rally engulfing a growing number of u.s. cities every day traders inspired by the arab spring command an end to social inequality and corporate greed and there's there are calls for revoluti

the u.s. led war in afghanistan enters its second decade with victory over the taliban in the pullout of foreign troops scarcely in sight also. the background here. and it's really been writing police and demonstrators clash on the streets of athens after the ultimatum to the country cuts or collapse. kind of woman a western media report that is being put should by bashar al assad's regime in syria says she's alive and well raising concerns that fabricated stories are being used in a bid to topple the country's leadership. eleven pm sunday evening here in moscow you're watching the weekly iran r.t.o. roundup of the week's top stories with me kevin having and first i'm see wall street protesters they've kicked off in new york three weeks ago now grown into a nationwide rally engulfing a growing number of u.s. cities every day demonstrators inspired by the arab spring demand an end to the social inequality and corporate greed and as their calls for revolution get louder the authorities and media

why the u.s. has used a v two fifty times to protect israel and it continues to threaten to use these will power and this could be considered pretty even genocide the saw the entire u.s. delegation headed by susan rice walk out of the meeting in protest of a syrian envoy was referring to america's stance on the palestinian bid for full recognition of the u.n. and white house says it will veto any resolution program saying that such a move can only come through direct peace talks between israel and the palestinians . let's talk more on the u.s. resolution veto by russia and china where john laughlin from the institute for democracy and cooperation in paris i thank you for coming on the program today so russia's envoy to the u.n. said that a resolution on syria could lead to a libyan style foreign military intervention what's what's your take on. well i think they're right i think the envoys right i think moscow has been very annoyed with nato britain france and america for the way they exploited th

the u.s. aims to unite the world against the rand us what we hear from the officials here they are talking about the need to completely isolate iran in the international community vice president joe biden for example said the u.s. action against iran could go beyond sanctions but added that we are not going there yet that's a quote we're getting reports that the u.s. might raise the issue at the u.n. security council and generally a lot of tough words in washington these days the u.s. administration strongly believes in the case against this iranian born man also u.s. citizen months or are both who is accused of trying to plot the assassination of the saudi ambassador in washington the u.s. attorney general said the men admitted being directed by quote high ranking you raney and officials and on these grounds washington says it will hold the reigning government accountable for the plot to kill the master also the u.s. is accusing iran of conspiring to stage two bombings at these really embassy

that is the double double dip scenario for the u.s. as well. >> what are the signs that you are looking for late sunday night to let you know if the european finance officials have a big enough solution. >> well, the key here is are they going to mostly through some kind of leveraging mechanism turn this pot of money that they have, about 600 billion dollars into something much larger, say four or five times as big so that they could prevent, for example, this crisis from spreading to spain, to italy, even to france. that to me is probably the single biggest element here. if they can do that, then we're on our way, to a solution. >> tom: the difficulty here in doing that kind of leverage is to some degree the european downgovernments want greek bondholders to take a haircut meaning they would accept less than what they bought the bonds for, up to 60% some are saying buts to bond hold ares are banks and the european government was likely to have to put in public money into the banks to support the haircuts that they want to see, right?

u.s. marine corps futenma air station. the base is expected to moved from a densely populated area to a location closer to the coast. >> this is a critical initiative in our effort to maintain a strong forward deployed presence in the pacific region. and it's also important to reducing the impact of our bases in okinawa. >> panetta says it's necessary to make progress on the relocation plan. the u.s. and japan signed an agreement in 2006. ichikawa says japan hopes to strengthen its alliance with the u.s. it faces security issues related to north korea and china. panetta says the u.s. is a pacific country and intends to maintain its presence as a military power in the region. he added the united states hopes to strengthen ties with japan as much as possible. >>> the bulk of american forces in japan have been stationed in okinawa prefecture since the end of world war ii. thousands of service men work at the futenma base. many local residents say they're tired of having them as neighbors. u.s

the u.s. attorney for northern california says she is specifically concerned about stores that also operate near schools and parks and ball feels and cities like oakland and san francisco that have ordinances allowing dispensaries, the feds say they are going after commercial operations both civilly and criminally. >> this is probably a shot across the bow by the federal government letting everybody now wait a minute, just remember there is still federal violations, the federal government does have authority to act here and intends to. >> former u.s. attorney said some believe state law has given everyone a free pass when it comes to medical marijuana and that has never been the case but people we talk to say when it comes to the battle, those in oakland say they have a hard time siding with the feds. >> i believe more in state and local law and not federal law. >> i think they basically bring in something, if everything was going all right, everything was fine, they have not broke no laws and

u.s. at the bell, the dow plunged 258 points. the nasdaq lost almost 80 and the s&p fell 32. trading volume starts the week on the heavy side. 1.4 billion shares moving on the big board, 2.5 billion on the nasdaq. >> susie: investors are nervous that this quarter will be just as bad as the last one. as suzanne pratt reports, investors have good reason to be worried. >> reporter: it was not a good start to a month known for stock market crashes and halloween. and, after the carnage to stocks in september, it's no wonder investors are really spooked. so, will this october be a scary one? big board trader jonathan corpina says the change in calendar pages has not improved the outlook for the market.. >> the same mentality that was there last week is now here this week. so, yes, there continues to be pressure on our markets. the markets are very fragile. investors are still very confused as to what the outlook is going to be moving forward. >> reporter: market pros say companies are likely to

plans on saving the u.s. risk as a crucial meeting of european finance ministers is cancelled the head of wednesday's e.u. summit is cast doubt over the prospects of a solution being found the deep debt crisis. clashed with hundreds of anti corporate demonstrators in the u.s. city of oakland grounds took to the streets to protest the arrests the forced removal of tents brought squads to use tear gas and rubber bullets to this crowds. and a new study says the u.s. used secret uranium based weapons in iraq causing congenital illnesses and increases intensity innocent civilians the court found a new generation of a.

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officials for the attack on the u.s. embassy as well as the attack on u.s. troops among other attacks. >> let me ask but other attacks. i know the president greeted his counterpart in south korea. you hit him hard with some questions about not only iran but also the u.s. economy. on the economy, you asked him why he is not sitting down with congress and compromising to get people back to work. what did he say? what was his answer? >> reporter: he said he'll meet with republicans any time any place if they come ready to negotiate. but he does not want more political theater. he doesn't want a repeat of what happened during the negotiations over the debt ceiling. not his words, mine. so if they're willing to compromise, he'll do it. it sound not likely to happen. >> we learned today the state department has had direct contact with iran about the alleged plot to attack the saudi ambassador to the u.s. on u.s. soil. you asked the president who in iran knew? >> reporter: you know, he would not link it to the highest levels. he would not definitively say the supre

u.s. and saudi arabia, a chilling effect going on, because the saudis saw the u.s. as supporting the revolutionary movement in egypt and they don't like revolutionary movements going on in this region. >> we will wait and see. thank you very much. >>> thank you very much. we will continue -- wolf blitzer will continue this coverage, very serious story with clearly international implications, "the situation room with wolf blitzer" starts right now. >> brooke, thanks very much. >>> happening now, breaking news. an alleged iranian plot to assassinate the saudi ambassador to the united states. two men now charged. one is due in court this hour. >>> we're also following reaction this hour from tehran to riyadh to the white house and beyond. our correspondents around the world are standing by. and the united states is vowing to hold inner accountable, but how? we're working all angles of this major breaking news story right now. i'm wolf blitzer, you're in "the situation room." we're also awaiti

u.s. and iraqi officials say they couldn't come to an agreement on legal protection, meaning protection from lawsuits for american soldiers stationed in iraq. >> molly, some republicans say this was a failure of diplomacy by the obama administration. there were negotiations for a different scenario, tell us more about that. >> molly: and several presidential candidates say the president and his diplomatic team should have pushed for some kind of agreement to keep a contingent of troops in mc. romney put out a statement the unavoidable question is whether this is naked political kliags or ineptitude in negotiations -- >> and they put out a statement in every case where the united states has liberated a people from dictator's rule we have cut troops to ensure a peaceful transition and protect the fragile growing democracy. >> and costly protracted war in iraq, they say it's strengthened iran's influence but president obama says bringing home the troops will allow the u.s. to focus on rebuild

cases of u.s. military personnel killing innocent civilians what was this a result of i think overall occupant. keeping some u.s. three moves through the new iraq you're using. just u.s. weapons it would be hard against don't think munity because as you mentioned that have been a long list of crimes that were committed killing civilians with no accountability and so the government although they would like to actually give them immunity is so much public pressure and go to so much more limited pretty resistant to the idea of granting immunity to the u.s. troops because of the so many crimes that were committed and i do want to remind some people and put up some facts and figures of the actual cost of war take a look at these figures those serving in the u.s. military in iraq came home injured from iraq more than thirty two thousand also u.s. military deaths in iraq almost forty five hundred can't forget though the big the biggest figure fifty thousand iraqi civilian deaths most people estimate that

the u.s. says william and donald political analyst and author of a book called dogs spoke like will be shook me right off to stay with me back. to eat. to earn the libs it's. just simply. six or. six pts subject. even the books based on the sacred. magic is the essence of life. whether it is a buddhist press or a shamanistic mckeown. crossroads of religion. safe and strong a spirit is costs. to . welcome back to the spotlight i'm often just a reminder that my guest on the show today is william and dahl political analyst and author of a book called god's. many. you mentioned just a couple of minutes ago in the first part of this interview the united states keeping the u. on pretty loudly to make and its products competitive do you think that a u.s. . as one of the measures may may devalue the dollar and or to make its products more competitive because some people say it may be it may be a measure the others say never of the dollar if you look at it over the last several years has devalued quite

if the u.s. military were to leave afghanistan altogether or if it were to leave iraq altogether those governments would become independent determining governments free of foreign interference or foreign occupation that's what would happen they would form their own natural alliances with their neighbors the united states does not want that this is the great prize this is a geo strategic we in resource rich part of the world united states is there for the long term and i think that's the real goal is to put firmly afghanistan and the surrounding countries into an american sphere i think the karzai government really is an extension of american power which has a masquerade the fiction of a nato cover but really it's an american power. or it's probably cannot survive without outside support after all the outsiders the occupiers put him into power i don't think he has any real legitimacy or credibility for his people. antiwar sentiment is growing in britain which has the second largest number of troop

involvement and intervention in iraq because the u.s. is planning to keep sixteen thousand person under the state department all for all the iraqi political leaders are not against keeping some u.s. trainers to train the new iraqi army on using the newly purchased u.s. weapons but they are against granting immunity because that have been a long list of crimes that were committed killing iraqi civilians with no accountability for the u.s. intervention and occupation of iraq has been stuck there is not because. there is nothing to look back at it has been a disaster that should not have happened it's a disaster of death and destruction and the u.s. has been a bottle of iraq's problem. daughter two decades since the intervention started i'm very happy that the u.s. is ending its intervention because i think this will help iraqis move forward and put the country and truck. with the occupy wall street movement surpassing its one month anniversary many are wondering what exactly has united so many people in protest very often a star in residen

and american defense official claimed a u.s. predator drone along with a french fighter jet hit could alpheus convoy thursday morning as they were trying to escape effectively handing them over to the lead in forces on the ground there are still unanswered questions about what happened through the colonel qadhafi how was he killed. but clearly i think one of. four external intervention and all of nato. may not have been able to achieve their objective nato's a u.n. mandate was to protect libyan civilians but it quickly became to get rid of gadhafi and prop up a government which is now in power only thanks to this. support of the allied forces and i think will see. not a new democracy in libya but a new reorganization of the libyan political and economic institutions for the benefit of those who brought the national transition council to power it will be for the benefit of the united states oil companies for the benefit of the british and the french and perhaps the italian oil companies are the big winners here in the meantime we

and we start in the u.s. where occupy wall street protests have changed their slogan to a single word occupy as anti corporate rallies spread to most of us across the u.s. angry protesters say they're fed up with the growing unemployment and corporate greed but have come under attack from police riot scores as well as some politicians as ati's post ny reports protesters say the spirit of the arab spring has come to new. the collective voices of american dissent has manifested into a movement impossible to ignore occupy wall street began in the world's financial capital but this week protests have blazed through dozens of cities nationwide. in the big apple up to fifteen thousand americans flooded lower manhattan labor unions transport workers teachers nurses and u.s. veterans standing shoulder to shoulder with young activists spearheading a fight against us wealth inequality and corporate greed young people right now have no hope in our society i just want to see a more just society for the young people comin

discontent in the u.s. shows no sign of abating following saturday's protest where hundreds of peaceful demonstrators were arrested sparking accusations of have a hand of policing the fine anti wall street activist refused to back down saying more marches against corporate greed and social inequality are in the pipeline is more important caught up with some of those involved. the new season in a different nation the arab spring has become america's autumn and on saturday new york's brooklyn bridge reminded many of a scene from egypt to hear square. nearly eight hundred protesters were trapped cuffed arrested and jailed as thousands of activists continued their second week of occupy wall street demonstrations the grassroots movement is campaigning against social inequality and corporate influence over u.s. politics in the interim police conduct against peaceful protesters has come into question. just last week a new york city police officer attacked occupy wall street protesters with pepper spray prompting p

u.s. military engineers are constructing new housing and storage facilities to make room for even more many more where. there are plenty of home comforts for soldiers staying on for tell a few long deployments they can shop for everything from flat screen t.v.'s to find jewelry enjoy a cappuccino or grab some take out the new pizza hut franchise and if they're tired of working out in the gym they're free to go to the salon for a hair cut in the side although some officials have tried to limit such amenities calling them a distraction from the war the troops are happy to have them and these are keenly but if you have a fever the latter would take. the right. local afghan merchants are also glad to have the extra business both inside and outside the wire without beggarman the soldiers my business would be nothing we like having them here but not everyone agrees deadly taliban rocket attacks are on the rise and as the base becomes more and more crowded the threat to those living inside multip

now on saturday the associated press reported that the u.s. troops still stationed in iraq were going to come home. the obama administration is dropping its plans to keep u.s. troops in iraq past a year end withdrawal deadline this despite ongoing concerns about iraq's security forces and overall stability and will effectively end more than eight years of u.s. involvement in the iraq war. that's right a peer part of the plan to keep thousands of u.s. military members in iraq have been scratched and it said only a hundred sixty troops were made at the u.s. embassy in baghdad who were breakdown in negotiations between the two countries rather shocking revelation considering that it's been reported that the obama administration was heavily leading towards keeping thousands of troops in the country after the original withdrawal deadline of december thirty first that by the way the date was decided back in two thousand and eight so in the past we've heard gates state of the u.s. would keep troops in iraq if for a question by the iraqi government mo

it's korea the u.s. . wants to extend its support to israel but what concerns us most is that the u.s. wants to force all the countries that took part in the general assembly big and small alike particular the members of the un security council to vote against palestinian membership in the un this is the key concern for us all the member states of the security council have the right to use or as i would put it misuse their right to veto of course such a decision will be regrettable. and other end of us next hour here on our team but whether they realize it or not french school kids are learning a serious lesson in the power of political correctness across the country parents and teachers are enraged by new textbooks which carry revised historical accounts to avoid insulting minority pupils as artie's down your bushel reports many french fear their identity will soon disappear along with their history twenty pages on the history of black slavery and just six on the time of napoleon shown here sitting on a t

the u.s. led war in afghanistan enters decade two with the white house dashing hopes of a total pullout saying cia and special forces are there to stay this as violence reaches a peak with two thousand and eleven becoming the deadliest year yet. russia and china vetoed the un resolution on syria calling for political dialogue instead of tough sanctions on president assad's regime meanwhile the syrian government says terrorist groups are active in the country and targeting military leaders and intellectuals. a slew of for.