exactly the u.s. aims to unite the world against iran that's 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 a u.s. citizen months or are both who's accused of trying to plot the assassination of the saudi ambassador in washington the u.s. attorney general said the man 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 the israeli embassy

and today u.s. president barack obama announced all u.s. troops will be out of iraq by the end of the year saying the future of the two countries will move forward in a different way. this will be a strong enduring for sure with our diplomats and civilian advisers who believe will go along to shrink the institutions that are just representative of the trouble to build a new choice of trade for the farmers but if you want to talk trade and commerce which is a more effective way to achieve this war at a cost to taxpayers in iraq eight hundred billion to three trillion dollars depending on estimates and not of course not talking about that incalculable cost of lives or how about checkbook diplomacy which seems to be paying off for some other countries also federal reserve officials are out talking about more bed stimulus aimed at helping the lousy mortgage market the idea is to help struggling americans refinance or buy new homes good who is this really help underwater u.s. taxpayers or the investors all over the world who bet on their bad mor

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 mounts or are both sierra who's 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 e

u.s. accusations tehran dismiss is comical. the partnership said to balance the scales of prime minister putin meets the chinese leadership in beijing and the countries whose ties to rival western dominance. and israeli soldier captured by hamas five years ago could soon be going home on the way to deal will see in exchange for over a thousand palestinian prisoners. and business well looking at russia and china that are close to a gas deal it's been on the cards for many rounds with both sides but the price to argue for a full business bulletin twenty minutes of. international news or comment live from moscow this is r.t. good to have you with us this hour washington says the thwarted plot to kill the saudi ambassador to the u.s. will further isolate iran with the allegations expected to increase sanctions on tehran geraniums were charged over trying to hard numbers of a mexican drug cartels to carry out the attack something tehran dismissed as a comedy show a lot is going to come reports

>> the u.s./korea each trade agreement has been in the works for about five years, and the moment of truth is just about here. on this program we will talk to laura lane, managing director for city group in co-chairs of the u.s./korea business coalition. also we will talk to jong-hyun choi, the minister of economic affairs at the korean embassy in washington, d.c. "this is america." >> "this is america" is made possible by -- the national education association, the nation's largest advocate for public education. the american federation of teachers, a union of professionals. honson corp., forging a higher global standard. the ctc foundation, afo communications, and american life tv network. >> for the person on the street, what is all about? >> this is about making the agreement between the u.s. and korea fair. there is a lot of barriers that have existed for a long time in international trade, and with this agreement the governments have got together to try to figure out ways to eliminate a lot o

u.s. dollars in debt was very much furious. with the retiree and regime. me the trial showed that the constitution and justice had been trampled on dispute i urge you to begin the struggle it's a very difficult and you have to protect ukraine against the us military and regime don't give up when her stand at the protest the several thousand of them will remain in the key of central street for another week at least to follow the developments and to see whether their leader would be set free or any any other development could happen to her i'm sure has been saying all along that those deals back in two thousand and nine were signed in full accordance with international law and with the two countries legislation and the reaction which we have already received from the russian foreign ministry is saying almost the same that the court which had the verdict delivered basically neglected the fact that russia believed that that the deals were signed lawfully and the verdict itself has something ov

u.s. financial system to the most vulnerable countries in europe is limited, we have substantial trade and investment tries with europe and european stability matters greatly for american exporters and for american jobs. already the crisis has slowed growth significantly in europe and around the world as increased uncertainty and red e reduced risk appetite, undermine business and consumer confidence and reduced household wealth. there are downside risk to the outlook for the u.s. economy and job creation. it is vitally important to the united states that europe is able to address its issues effectively and in a timely fashion. for this reason the administration has closely engaged with european leaders to encourage them to move forward in an effective way. at the same time, our supervisors have for some time been working closely with the u.s. financial institutions to identify risks and to improve their ability to withstand a variety of contagion events emanating from europe. in managing

>> the u.s. is very important to us. in the past, the u.s. has been our second trading partner to singapore. in the u.s., you might be surprised, we are your 10th largest export market. we think we are also significant to your exporters. the u.s. is very important to us, in terms of investment. one of the biggest investors in singapore. if you drive around singapore, you see the presence of many familiar u.s. names. >> what is your biggest challenge? >> my biggest challenge is to create good, solid job for singaporeans. that means we need to bring in investment. the economy is always restructuring. some parts of the economy would become uncompetitive over time, so you would need new sectors to be built up, creating new jobs. and the workers to take on these new jobs. not just workers who are starting in plummet after school, but also training of existing workers in a new career as jobs are restructured. they need to be trained for the new jobs available. that is a constant challenge for us. the average person will change jobs six times in the

>> the u.s. is very important to us. in the past, the u.s. has been our second trading partner to singapore. in the u.s., you might be surprised, we are your 10th largest export market. we think we are also significant to your exporters. the u.s. is very important to us, in terms of investment. one of the biggest investors in singapore. if you drive around singapore, you see the presence of many familiar u.s. names. >> what is your biggest challenge? >> my biggest challenge is to create good, solid job for singaporeans. that means we need to bring in investment. the economy is always restructuring. some parts of the economy would become uncompetitive over time, so you would need new sectors to be built up, creating new jobs. and the workers to take on these new jobs. not juststarting in plummet aftr school, but also training of existing workers in a new career as jobs are restructured. they need to be trained for the new jobs available. that is a constant challenge for us. the average person will change jobs six times in their career. he need

are 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 cartel who turned out to be undercover f.b.i. operatives the attorney general said the man comes fast in the plot and said he was directed by high ranking iranian officials iran's firmly denies the allegations saying it is a comedy show fabricated by america saudi arabia on the other hand the allegations seriously and thanks to u.s. authorities for thwarting the alleged assassination attempt of their ambassador fear mongering against iran has been going on for a good many years now let me remind you that the state department has listed iran as a state sponsor of terror it seems now war mongering has reached a tipping point basically the questions asked in the u.s. media now come down to this one will the u.s. retaliate or not as if everyone saw it coming and now here it is what they are not b

>> the u.s. is very important to us. traditionally, the u.s. is our second trading partner to singapore. in the u.s., you made the surprise, we are your 10th largest export market. we're also citizens to your exporters. the u.s. is important to was in terms of investment. -- to us in terms of investment. there are many familiar u.s. names. >> what is your biggest challenge? >> my biggest challenge is to create good quality jobs for singapore. that means we have to bring in investment because the economy is constantly restructuring. some parts of the economy will become uncompetitive all the time and we have to give it up. so you really need new sectors to be built up, creating new jobs. and we need people to take on these jobs. not just workers who start after school, but also training of existing workers in mid-career as jobs are restructures. that is a constant challenge for us. a person may change jobs four times or five times or six times in his career. you have to constantly help him make those adjustments to. >> asia, not europe or south

side and the u.s. itself thousands of americans are gearing up for another day of demonstrations they've 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. reports. when it went down not it's creating more pain we're not very smart perhaps and i think people are taking it. 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 i've. demonstrated is worried that the one percent who controlled most of the nation's wealth have gained a stranglehold over the u.s. government alexander hamilton to refer to the people he was so afraid of is the great peace in the great peace as a way people of all walks of life have turned out for this mass ministry scene here in los angeles now

steps but i think there are limited responses that the u.s. 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. it doesn't hold out up well that's certainly what the iranians are saying and that dismissing it as a bit of a whole thing is a comedy act almost these accusations but they're also saying that. washington is actually trying to cover up its own domestic problems trying to divert attention from the economic problems that experiencing at the moment throughout the states would you agree with that. well i do i kind of doubt that actually because the obama administration is sophisticated enough to know that even something like this is probably not unless they're actually blew off a bomb or something is not going to take people's attention away from the economy and that's what the election is going to be about

the u.s. chamber of commerce. they tell us, u.s. chamber of commerce tells us -- and i quote -- "this is th -- this is the discussion about korea, panama and colombia. "this is foremost a debate about jobs. at a time when millions of americans are out of work, these agreements will create real business opportunities that can generate hundreds of thousands of new jobs." end of quote. that's the chamber of commerce. wait a second, is this the same chamber of commerce that on july 1, 2004, according to the associated press, said -- and here's the headline on that article: "chamber of commerce leader advocates offshoring of jobs." end of quote. here's what the article stated about the u.s. chamber of commerce, who is such a strong advocate for these trade policies. quote -- "u.s. chamber of commerce president and c.e.o. thomas donohue urged american companies to send jobs overseas as a way to boost american competitiveness. donohue said exploiting high-paid tech jobs to low-cost countries such as

and then the u.s. consumer. one data point that we track is the u.s. consumer's debt service to disposable income. how much do they have to pay out to service their mortgage debt, their credit card debt versus their disposable income? we're at the lowest level we've seen since 1994. that's a 17-year low, which means the u.s. consumer is getting their own financial condition in much, much better shape. so when there's a sense of confidence coming back, i think the consumer is poised to start spending again. >> there's a real pent-up demand is what i'm hearing you saying. >> the u.s. consumer's balance sheet is in much, much better shape. so when they have the confidence to start to spend, they have the economic wherewithal to do so. >> no doubt about it. consumer and the corporate, by the way. taking away europe, taking away housing, you've got a pretty good situation -- >> a lot of propellant to get the economy going once that confidence factor comes back. >> hedge fund managers, have you ever seen them as unlevered as you are seeing them today? what a

some u.s. companies manufacture solar cells and panels in china, and this case should make it clear just how extensive those operations are. darren gersh, "nightly business report," washington. >> susie: complex bundles of mortgage investments-- they were at the heart of the financial crisis. now they've landed citigroup in hot water with the securities and exchange commission. the agency says the bank has agreed to pay $285 million to settle civil fraud charges over how a $1 billion mortgage bond deal was structured. the issue? whether citi misled investors. the agency says citi bet against that deal as the mortgages soured. former s.e.c. attorney brad bondi expects more prosecutions like this. >> i think the s.e.c., with their structured finance group-- structured products group-- at the s.e.c. will bring a lot more actions in the future. they're actively investigating in this space-- other c.d.o. deals-- so i think we can expect to see more actions like this in the future. >> susie: bondi no

in 2007, we started a u.s. office to start a u.s. presence. my company only has two full employees but we use a lot of contract employees or events and projects. our total payable has amounted to over $1 million and all profits have been reinvested in the u.s., nothing sent back to the uk. here is my experience with emigrations -- immigration's. 2002, they issued a visa. 2003, successfully renewed in the u.s. be given eight months to prove our viability. thanks to my attorney for her experience and patience. 2005, the says are renewed successfully. but we have to return to the u.k. for processing because the laws changed. basically, when i try to renew again, they did not believe that i was a manager. also, they refused to recognize our employee as a professional, even though a four-year degree would exactly mirror the situation. we have been in limbo for 15 months until last friday when we found out the appeal was dismissed on grounds similar to the original denial. at least we know now. or something as important as a green card process, ther

you know whatever designs the u.s. has right at the moment you know i think there are things we need to be put in context which is that pakistan one pakistan has to seriously look at non-state actors even if the us leaves or does not leave. i would not agree with the notion that. part of the or a large part of the non-state actors or that problem is there i mean it has been excess abated by american presence but it may not have started with the american presence there they're all interconnected there are a lot of threads of terrorism and extremism and violence which are going on in the region which would actually go back to the 1980's interestingly a lot of people in pakistan as well do not question the war which we shouldn't have thought which is the war of the one nine hundred eighty s. . you know and that is where the problem has begun and ad that is going to continue the way of pakistan handles it is going to you know determine pakistan's future as well as i mean little or that's a very good point i'd like to take

response to the yesterday was a part of the u.s. diplomatic confirm that a fifty three million dollars weapons deal between the u.s. and have been finalized then today it was announced by the state department that after a number of u.s. senators had expressed their concern this weapons deal be put on hold until a special investigation of alleged human rights abuses in bahrain will be completed on october thirtieth and not something to make a final decision now at this point time it's estimated at least thirty five people have died since bahrain's protests began in february so how do we look at this postpone it is a good sign that our policies are starting to shift or is it just a symbolic move to quiet critique to everybody moves on and then the weapons deal can still go through joining me from our studio in new york to scott horton contributing editor on legal and national security matters for harper's magazine so i want to thank you for joining us tonight and so i just want to ask you that same question i mean how do you see this

. >> to be strong globally, we have to be strong in the u.s. the u.s. is such an important market, and so we've committed a $4 billion investment program specifically to the u.s. new products like this wonderful new beetle. >> reporter: analysts think vw can be a bigger player in the u.s. if it spiffs up its products and markets them better. >> volkswagen needs to be more aggressive. they need to be more efficient. and the good news for them is, to be a powerhouse in the u.s. market is you have to make the cars that people want to buy and you have to make money selling them. >> reporter: browning says, right now, volkswagen isn't focused on being the number one auto manufacturer in the u.s. but it is focused on reinvigorating the vw brand with help from the new beetle. diane eastabrook, "nightly business report," orland park, illinois. >> tom: here's what we're watching for tomorrow: mattel releases its quarterly earnings. we'll also see the september reports on retail sales and import prices. tomorrow's "market monitor" says since stocks have flirted w

but what u.s. policy did in 1986 with the free south africa movement was to remove and support from the apartheid government where it had been until then, until law was passed. you look at different u.s. administrations. all of them found excuses to do little or nothing above why it had this horrible system in place. if you want to give a little bit credit, you could say that jimmy carter was a little bit less supportive of the apartheid regime than the other u.s. administrations. going beyond the government, you could give robert kennedy some credit. but the point is that washington was pretty supportive of the authority of the regime until when things got really bad and the free south africa movement said it was wrong for this government to be on the wrong side of this issue. so this is very much an issue that was dominated by racism. the second one cover is a pretty long space of time. rhodesia and mugabe, once again, the united states, when it came to the independence of zimbabwe and the rhodes

to cross-talk u.s. pakistan relations i'm joined by stephen cohen in washington he's a senior fellow at the brookings institution also in washington we have jacob hornberger he's founder and president of the future of freedom foundation and in islamabad we cross to ayesha siddiqa she's a pakistani political commentator and author of the book military incorporated inside pakistan's military economy all right folks cross talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want you know different points of view and i want my viewers to see it but first tell us about the arab in this key strategic relationship where relations between the u.s. and pakistan have never been smooth after the fallout from the u.s. assassination of osama bin laden the state of the alliance has gone from bad to worse admiral mike mullen one of the most pro pakistan officials in washington has referred to the country as the epicenter of world terrorism but his most recent remarks have added fuel to the fire. choosing to use

u.s. thousands gathered for the biggest rally of a three week long demonstration dubbed occupy wall street. back from the dead the syrian woman reported as the first female victim of the government's pro-democracy crackdown turns up alive and well of course in several media into backtracking after giving her supposed death saturation coverage. violence flares up during a twenty four hour nationwide strike in greece with police resorting to tear gas to disperse crowds in athens the latest protests come as workers grow increasingly angry with the tight enough stereotypes. of american citizens are increasingly seething at the power of the big banks have over that big banks have over them are keys spotlight thanks look at who's to blame for the global instability that's reaching critical levels stay with us. hello again the welcome to spotlight the interview show and i see time i'll do nothing today my guests on the program william patey the. markets are depressed by the fear of recession whic

u.s. troops from the region by the end of the year. the president defending his decision, saying it's time it start focusing on the u.s. economy. but the move is raising red flags with some republicans in washington over security, safety and iraq's ability to keep the peace. molly henneberg is live in washington with more. why does the president believe that now is the right time to bring those u.s. troops home from iraq? >> hi, rick. the president says the strategy to end the war has succeeded. he also says he campaigned on a promise to bring the war in iraq to a, quote, responsible end. and now he's following through on it. >> we've already removed more than 100,000 troops and iraqi forces have taken full responsibility for the security of their own country. thanks to the extraordinary sacrifices of our men and women in uniform, the iraqi people have the chance to forge their own future. now the rest of our troops will be home for the holidays. >> why now? u.s. and iraqi officials say th

u.s. to iran has rejected the accusations calling it america's latest propaganda attack he's going to church can has the latest now 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 plots 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 the really embassy in washington and at the embassy of saudi in saudi arabia and washington and here is how the u.s. department of justice came out with those those accusations the f.b.i. and the u.s. drug enforcement agency have arrested a new rhenium born u.s. citizen in a sting operation his name on sure are. u.s. investigators say the man tried to plot the assassination of the saudi ambassador to the united states and was ready to pay one and a half million dollars for the murder and for that according to the americans this the rainy and men turned to members of the mexican drug cartel w

response to the yesterday was a part of the u.s. diplomatic confirm that a fifty three million dollars weapons deal between the u.s. and bahrain had been finalized then today it was announced by the state department that after a number of u.s. senators had expressed their concern this weapons deal be put on hold until a special investigation of alleged human rights abuses in bahrain will be completed on october thirtieth and that's when they would make a final decision now this point time it's estimated that at least thirty five people have died since bahrain's protests began in february that's how we look at this postponement is a good sign that our policies are starting to shift or is it just a symbolic move to quiet critique to everybody moves on and then the weapons deal can still go through joining me from our studio in new york to scott horton contributing editor on legal and national security matters for harper's magazine scott i want to thank you for joining us tonight and i just want to ask you that same question i mean how

the u.s. invaded iraq back in march 2003, few people imagined it was the start of a nightmare that would last almost nine years, cost more than 4,000 american lives, plus hundred of billions of u.s. taxpayer doll lors. the u.s. mission in iraq which had been gradually drawing down will instead come to an abrupt end in just over two months with all american forces out of iraq by year's end. president obama himself announced the end of the iraq war. >> today, i can report that as promised, the rest of our troops in iraq will come home by the end of the year. after nearly nine years, america's war in iraq will be over. over the next two months, our troops in iraq, tens of thousands of them, will pack up their gear and board convoys for the journey home. the last american soldier will cross the border out of iraq with their heads held high, proud of their success and knowing that the american people stand united in our support for our troops. that is how america's military efforts in iraq will end

so far, the u.s. has joined in insisting on those conditions. >> they need to promise not to do nuclear missile tests. they have to promise mott to attack south korea again. they have to freeze the plutonium program, and they have to allow inspectors the uranium program. the north koreans have not given public sentiments they are willing to meet those conditions. >> to think we're going to get the north korean to agree to our dpolz ahead of time before negotiations is to imagine that they are somehow a vanquished-- so if we're not careful the north koreans will say then you're not serious. >> warner: carlen also says washington and seoul should be willing to broaden their focus beyond nuclearization. >> if we only deal with the nuclear issue in and of itself, chances are very slim that we're going to get this airplane off the ground. >> warner: publicly, the two presidents today showed no distance between them on how to handle the north. >> if the northands its quest for nuclear weapons and moves towa

russia has barred several u.s. officials from visiting the country and escalating over the death of lewis your game of need skate in moscow prison almost two years ago this comes in response to a similar blacklist of russians bond by washington from entering the u.s. but nice kid died after a year old reminder facing tax evasion charges that he's colleagues claimed it was held after he'd alleged a huge fraud against a number of russian officials to prison doctors face charges in moscow of negligence over his death the us is now refusing to grant visas to several russians it's as are connected to the case there says the americans it was blacklisted this saturday also suspected of crimes against russian citizens in the u. us including kidnapping and torture russia has also ruled it may extend to the list which has not been publicly released unless washington drops its sanctions. president barack obama announced the end to american military deployment in iraq troops to leave by the end of the year about thirty nine th

i never said the u.s. was a parasite on the global economy but i do think it's a monopoly of the us dollar as a single global currency. not only for the world economy america's economy as well because it leads to a violation of financial discipline. when it comes to you live in europe. is a big problem but it could be a result weren't afraid to take action he said that russia and china should lead the reform international financial systems and that the role of the brits will become more important on the world stage. i think it's reforming existing institutions i mean global financial institutions such as the international monetary fund and world bank and you will agree that the role of the brics countries in these organizations must be you. given the growing importance of a country's economy or if you put it in front of people's so there is a lot of big hopes and best plans but both premier said that they are confidence that they have established clients that are what make sure that they become a reality f

and american defense official claimed a u.s. predator drone along with the french fighter jet hit could out this convoy thursday morning as they were trying to escape effectively handing them over to the leader in forces on the ground there are still unanswered questions about what happened to the colonel qadhafi how was he killed. but clearly i think what it. for external intervention and all of nato. and they both watching their objective nato's 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. supporter of the allied forces and i think we'll see. not a new democracy in libya but a new reorganization of the libyan political and economic. institutions to the benefit of those who brought the national transitional 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 they're the big winners here in the meantime wester

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 are fun even harder to ignore it is more important is got the latest from new york for. 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 blease to 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 fairer and more just society for the young people coming up and all of the american people right now are suffering through these hard economic times this seems pretty revo

u.s. charges to reign for allegedly plotting to kill the saudi arabian ambassador to washington as part of a major terror attack iran said it's a joke. i'm not in israel strike the long awaited prisoner swap deal that will see george sold vergil actually freed in exchange for over a thousand palestinians. look east the russian premier a hazmat the chinese leader in beijing on a visit to boost cooperation and balance out the financial and political dominance of the west. in the russian capital this is r t with me wearing a joshing welcome to the program iranians hiring mexicans to assassinate the saudi ambassador in america and details of a complicated plot the u.s. government says it has uncovered officials in washington say to rein agents try to hire members of a mexican drug cartel to carry out the attack allegations tehran dismissed as a comedy show arc is going to count as the latest from the u.s. capitol. the u.s. attorney general explicitly said that the u.s. will be holding the uran

u.s. say that europe must get its act together and putting extreme pressure on them reaching a solution. is there anything the u.s. can do in practical terms at this point? >> know. from the point of european leaders, it is pretty rich to hear tim geithner telling them what to do. i think what is different in europe is that the banking sector is much bigger. this is four times the size of the u.s. banking sector. the sovran crisis is much bigger. the stakes are higher and many governments have to come together. -- the sovereign crisis is much higher. >> thank you for joining us. rescue workers in turkey are continuing to search for survivors from the earthquake. two people have been pulled out from the rubble. one of them is a university student and was found alive 60 hours after the earthquake. rescue workers broke into the floor as he emerged from the debris. our correspondent sent this report. >> slowly they are digging down into the heart of the masses of concrete that were once people

the u.s. to withdraw its ambassador. >> woodruff: margaret warner examines new tensions in the u.s. pakistan relationship. >> i think the obama administration understands that the relationship with pakistan spiraling out of control will jeopardize their ability to leave afghanistan. >> ifill: we look at the administration's plan to jumpstart the ailing housing industry, as president obama visits nevada, the state hit hardest by foreclosures. >> woodruff: and jeffrey brown talks with the irish nobel laureate known as "famous amus" about his newest collection of poems and his life's work. >> i began to write poems about my parents, kind of elegaic poems connecting up with n chain. generations, so that >> ifill: that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." major fundinfor theab pbs newshour has been provided by: >> computing surrounds us. sometimes it's obvious and sometimes it's very surprising where you find it. soon, computing intelligence in unexpected places will change our lives in truly profo

the u.s. or global economy. one of the attractive features of this proposal is it promises to do that, which is to reduce iran's ability to earn revenue without having the knock on the effects on the globe economy by raising the price of petroleum. we have economists at the true treasury department who are a heck of a lot smarter on this. but it does hold promise to achieve that objective. >> thank you, mr. chairman. >> i allowed senator menendez some leniency in time because he has legislation pending, but do the committee -- are you -- senator cook. >> mr. chairman, and undersecretary sher major welcome. i know you're verlander and new to this. you just came out of the private sector three weeks ago, so i'll mainly direct my comments to david cohen, who has been in this much longer. i think it's verlander and important that here at this hearing we not hear your concerns, we hear your consequences for what has happened, and i think it's verlander and important for us not to look at this from

u.s. suggest anti-corporate protests sweeping the country have the support of more than fifty percent of the population still there are accusations that politicians and the mainstream media are ignoring the movement it all started in new york a month ago and occupy wall street activists have been camped out there ever since are refusing to be moved moreno work now has the details. on wall street all the demonstrators hundreds of them that have been camping out there and sleeping there for weeks are pulling out their brooms their moms even brushes to clean the every square inch of. the park that the. reason why the demonstrators are doing this is because new york city mayor michael bloomberg paid a visit there are personally on wednesday evening walk through and told all the protesters that they would house to temporarily leave the park on friday so that it could be cleaned up now the protesters believe that this is an effort city officials are making to remove them from the grounds that th

u.s. suggest anti-corporate protests sweeping the country have the support of more than fifty percent of the population still there are accusations that politicians and the mainstream media are ignoring the movement it all started any york a month ago and occupy wall street activists have been camped out there ever since are refusing to be moved during a fortnight has the details. on wall street all the demonstrators hundreds of them that have been camping out there and sleeping there for weeks are pulling out their brooms their mom even brushes to mean every square inch of. the park but the. reason why the demonstrators are doing this is because new york city mayor michael bloomberg paid a visit or personally on wednesday evening walk through and told all the protesters that they would have to temporarily leave the park on friday so that it could be cleaned up now the protesters believe that this is an effort city officials are making to remove it from the grounds that they have been camp

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

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

if the u.s. wants to address the problem of deficits that is trade deficit it really needs to look at creating policies that raise private sector savings. forces have valid to launch what they call a final attack on water cut out his hometown of syria several strategic areas of the city stronghold have already been taken over by fires for at levy as national transitional council aided by nato airstrikes colonel could obvious whereabouts remain no more than seven weeks after the capital fell to the former rebels yellowing civil war in libya began more than six months ago with over thirty thousand lives lost identify her a spokesperson for the red cross who visited the region says the situation there remains dire. we managed to get in the hospital and spent a few hours to check on the hospital however the security situation did not allow us to move inside the town and see the situation of the civilians we managed to talk to presented to us of the civilians to understand the situation they talk abou

well u.s. correspondents are in the heart of events in la and keep you updated on how the protests go. lucic a fan of tweeted about a huge turnout at the protesters camp this sunday with a march planned for four pm you can follow the action on my twitter feed r.t. underscore. also later in the program a look at how financial distress is driving people on the streets of the greek capital and r.t. crew this week witnessed police violence in athens as anger among austerity hit greeks reached boiling point. also history falls victim to political correctness in france with fears that the younger generation might lose this sense of national identity when you look at what pages are being removed from textbooks and why. the first wave of violence are swept across syria this weekend with at least fourteen people killed in clashes between security forces and anti-government protesters some of the most severe scenes came at the funeral of a kurdish opposition leader in the northeast of the country syrian