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>> it is a quintessential washington tale. a lot of people cycle through washington. they have an impeccable record of service in washingtonnand they become washington sages. there are people that are regarded with great respect. people from every political strife. in the course of their careers, maybe out of ambition and a mistake in he early part of their careers that is hard to leave behind. fred malek was a senior aide to president nixon and he made what he described as the most serious mistake of his life. when nixon decided that he was being blindsided by employees of the bureau of labor statistics who were undermining his positive messages about economics and economic growth, whether nixon's economic policies were helping. nixon was an anti-semite. he decided that it was a jews in the bureau of labor statistics that were behind this effort. he asked the chief of staff at the white house to figure out who these people were and fire them. malek was doing personnel work at the white house and he helped collect the list of 13 people who he thought were jewish and h

>> it is a quintessential washington tale. a lot of people cycle through washington. they have an impeccable record of service in washington and they become washington sages. there are people that are regarded with great respect. people from every political strife. -- with great respect by people from every political stripe. in the course of their careers, maybe out of ambition and a chemist take in the early part -- they make a mistake in the early part of their careers that is hard to leave behind. fred malek was a senior aide to president nixon and he made what he described as the most serious mistake of his life. when nixon decided that he was being blindsided by employees of the bureau of labor statistics who were undermining his positive messages about economics and economic growth, whether nixon's economic policies were hoping, nixon was -- helping, nixon was an anti- semite. he decided that it was a jewish call in the bureau of labor -- cabal in the bureau of labor and statistics that was behind this effort. he asked the chief of staff at the white house to fi

ok if i go back to you in washington i mean there's the u.s. hopes in one way one fashion or another that the pakistani this is what they're pakistanis what they're supposed to do in the deal is to bring the taliban to the negotiating table in one form or another hopefully not have to deal with them directly they're the intermediary but in a broader picture and i think i want to address this to everyone here and this is my own opinion all across the region everyone's just watching really waiting waiting for some kind of strategic withdrawal defeat of the united states be it. in iraq if the if the state were to not be a solid is the americans who told me when there is hard to believe there always are already talking about leaving afghanistan i mean the united states is talking about the future and for americans the future comes real soon in the region it's a lot more long term so how can we be talking about a negotiated peace when at the same time the obama administration are enormous pressure is being pressured to actually leave the region or l

tonight on "washington week." for democrats, headaches and more headaches. >> a public office is a public trust. our task is to determine whether representative rangel's conduct met that standard. >> there's no evidence that i have been guilty of corruption. >> the house ethics committee sees it differently. and with midterm elections just over three months away, a debate over the economy. is it picking up rapidly enough? >> we've got a long way to go. but we're beginning to see some of these tough decisions pay off. we are moving forward. >> the administration wins one in arizona, where our tough new immigration law is almost entirely struck down. >> we are going to continue to request that we get heard on this and that the citizens of arizona are protected. >> and the war in afghanistan continues on its bumpy course with new revelations -- a classified insider's view of the war and fresh evidence of how stress is hurting the effort. covering the week, karen tumulty of "the washington post," pete williams of nbc

ok if i go back to you in washington i mean there's the u.s. hopes in one way one fashion or another that the pakistanis this is what they're pakistanis what they're supposed to do in the deal is to bring the taliban to the negotiating table in one form or another hopefully not have to deal with them directly they're the intermediary but in a broader picture and i think i want to address this to everyone here and this is my own opinion all across the region everyone's just watching really waiting waiting for some kind of strategic withdrawal defeat of the united states be it. in iraq if the if the state were to not be a solid is the americans who told me when there is hard to believe there always are already talking about leaving afghanistan i mean the united states is talking about the future and for americans the future comes real soon in the region it's a lot more long term so how can we be talking about a negotiated peace when at the same time the obama administration are enormous pressure is being pressured to actually leave the region and

washington journal, live, 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> for a snapshot of washington and the 111th congress, the congressional directory -- a reference guide to members of the house and senate, the president's cabinet, and state governors. available online. >> president obama speaks at a fund-raiser for misery -- for missouri senate candidate robin carnahan. >> thank you very much. thank you. it is a gorgeous room. i like it so much that it is in kansas city. i want to thank all of you. so many of you are my dear friends. you have been for many years. and you have been here for me through thick and thin. for may through the thick and thin, ups and downs, the campaign's, the wins and losses, all of it. i am so pleased you are here enthusiastically supporting the next united states senator from missouri, robin carnahan. [applause] and greeting the president of the united states at the same time. you cannot get any better than at. we are all here today because we understand the choices that missourians have in november.

washington is the biggest leak in u.s. military history reveals a major cover ups over the war in afghanistan but is it old news rather than revelation. with smoke going heat wave in russia takes a turn for the worst with pete and forest fires adding to people's misery. a space to call home it's ten years since the international space station first became habitable when a russian module with life support systems with the orbiter up. in business react to the stress test results of europe's bronx we'll bring you the latest in twenty minutes. on twenty four seven this is live from moscow.

let's not go back to the know the show from washington state. well our tool time winner tonight is the sex scandal plagued senator from the state of louisiana you know him as david i got caught with a hooker.

spokane, washington. your thoughts on the possibility of republicans taking over the control of the house in november? caller: first of all, if you watched robert gibbs on a daily basis half of what comes out of his mouth is fallacy. i would agree with your caller from a couple of calls back in saying that the left-right paradigm is an illusion to keep everyone in check. the other thing that i wanted to call about was the point out -- why is there this huge media blackout on the oil spill? why is that not the story you are covering right now? they are poisoning people in the gulf. their heat -- there are huge stories to be done but there is a media blackout as far as the eye can see. host: joe, let's show you what is happening in the news regarding bp. it is the lead story in "the philadelphia inquirer." "and the oil company said that a new cap could be the most effective, but results could be days away. bp works on more secure well cap," that is the lead story in "usa today." "and bp is in talks with u.s

ok if i go back to you in washington i mean there's the u.s. hopes in one way one fashion or another that the pakistanis this is what they're pakistanis what they're supposed to do in the deal is to bring the taliban to the negotiating table in one form or another hopefully not have to deal with them directly they're the intermediary but in a broader picture and i think i want to address this to everyone here and this is my own opinion all across the region everyone's just watching really waiting waiting for some kind of strategic withdrawal defeat of the united states be it. in iraq if if the state were to not be a solid is the americans had hope when there is hard to believe they're always already talking about leaving afghanistan i mean the united states is talking about the future and for americans the future comes real soon in the region it's a lot more long term so how can we. be talking about a negotiated peace when at the same time the obama administration or enormous pressure is being pressured to actually leave the region and leave it

what was the slight, playing him, in washington? >> i do not think that i will ever have as good of an experience as playing thurgood marshall as i did in washington. he went to school in washington and was born in baltimore, and he went to school at lincoln. the supreme court was right there. we actually have the opportunity to stand at the lectern in the supreme court, facing these justices, which is a very powerful thing. the airport in baltimore is named after him. we had a standing ovation every evening. much of this, some of this was for my performance but i have to give credit where the credit is due. most of that is because of his legacy and his work. as a hometown person. tavis: there is no follow-up question here, i am just curious. you mentioned that certain justices came to see this, including sonia sotomayor. what about justice thomas? >> he was not there. tavis: where was i? [laughter] >> you were waiting for me to take you out. tavis: i was just asking. a little birdie told me that this show is even better now than wh

ok if i go back to you in washington i mean there's the u.s. hopes in one way one fashion or another that the pakistani this is what they're pakistanis what they're supposed to do in the deal is to bring the taliban to the negotiating table in one form or another hopefully not have to deal with them directly they're the intermediary but in a broader picture and i think i want to address this to everyone here and this is my own opinion all across the region everyone's just watching really waiting waiting for some kind of strategic withdrawal defeat of the united states be it. in iraq if if the state were to not be a solid is the americans had hoped when there is harding to leave there always are already talking about leaving afghanistan i mean the united states is talking about the future and for americans the future comes real soon in the region it's a lot more long term so how can we be talking about a negotiated peace when at the same time the obama administration are enormous pressure is being pressured to actually leave the region or leave

washington politicians just aren't listening and the american people know it. with nearly 15 million people unemployed and the pelosi-led congress poised to take a six- week paid vacation, the american people deserve better. now, president obama says things are getting better. but american families see things a little differently. the economic policies of this administration have failed. last year the obama administration said that its trillion-dollar "stimulus" plan would create jobs "immediately" and keep unemployment below 8%. today unemployment remains near a heartbreaking 10%, and since the stimulus bill became law, our economy has lost about 3 million jobs. and if they haven't already done enough to wreck our recovery, democrats in washington are pushing more spending, more regulation, and right around the corner: more taxes. democrats in washington are now actually talking about embracing what would be the largest tax increase in american history. let me say that again. after 18 months of runaway

>> is a quintessential washington tale -- is a quintessential washington tale. a lot of people cycle through washington. they have an impeccable record of service in washington and they become washington sages. there are people that are regarded with great respect. people from every political strife. in the course of their careers, maybe out of ambition and a chemist take in the early part of their careers that is hard to leave behind. fred malek was a senior aide to president nixon and he made what he described as the most serious mistake of his life. when nixon decided that he was being blindsided by employees of the bureau of labor statistics who were undermining his positive messages about economics and economic growth, whether nixon's economic policies were hoping, nixon was an anti-semite. he decided that it was a jewish call in the bureau of labor statistics that was behind this effort. he asked the chief of staff at the white house to figure out who these people were and fire them. malek was doing personnel work at the white house and he helped collect t

we can no longer afford the middleman in washington, d.c. we have to take care of these on a state-by-state issue. when somebody violates the law and does not provide a service that was promised, then we put the full force of a federal government on that person that violated the law. that is how to keep costs down. >> mr. hayward. >> i believe the question had to do with medicare preservation. i voted and worked to preserve medicare with market-based reforms that our costs down. we assured medicare into the 21st century. the one thing that will kill medicare is to paul john mccain's suggestion of granting amnesty. we will find out that we have to pay $2.60 trillion in retirement benefits -- as a security and medicare -- to illegals. that is untenable, an ill- advised, and you do not save medicare. you will wreck the country by voting for amnesty. >> senator mccain. >> medicare is in trouble, my friends, and in even more trouble because of obama-care. i am proud to lead the fight to try to dismantle and stop medicare. it is a giant takeover o

our team washington d.c. . sensors have also been at work in pakistan this week and new bollywood comedy featuring an osama bin laden lookalike has been bombed also issues where war that's a comic depiction of the world's most wanted man could trigger a terrorist attacks his current saying when tossed those behind the indian comedy the wall is really ready for post nine eleven humor. this could well be the biggest scoop of my career interviewing the world's most wanted terrorist however this man does not have a twenty five million dollar reward on his head in fact he's not osama bin laden but an actor in a bollywood bin ladin or without you lot in but just in case you think this is a movie glorifying a terrorist it is a general sort of. biography it's a film which is on the post nine eleven world of which bin laden happens to be a very very important character and this is a fair number of feet bin laden and that's how you're using it's not insensitive or offensive in any way and anybody from any part of the wor

r t washington d.c. investigative journalist contributor wayne madsen thinks the idea that someone simply press the wrong fax machine button is a poor excuse i think this is part of the carry over from the bush cheney administration where the u.s. basically thumbs its nose at international law and we've seen it time and time again it seems like the reset button doesn't work at the state department fax machines but the idea that there's a bank of buttons that they push it i guess if they push the next one they would have gone to rule rwanda which is next in the alphabetical list so that sounds like a very strange story and i don't think anyone would buy that why didn't they contact the russian embassy or the russian government itself why wasn't justice department to the ministry of justice in moscow you know direct talks between. let's take a look now at some other news stories from around the world this out it's emerged that a loan system of the oil rig which exploded in the gulf of mexico was partially

>> this group is growing in washington, d.c. they are the largest prsrael organization in the united states with over 400,000 members. they have a lot of help. on thursday of thisweek, they are on capitol hill. this is cufi, christians united for israel lobbying on capitol hill, talkg to congreman, senatorsbout israel, about supporting israel. they are a growing group. a lot of clout, senator joe lieberman, israel's ambassador to the u.s.mike pence, and democrat shelly berkel. this is a growing influential group no doubt. >> what is their opinion towards obama's administration? >> it is not too high. mike pence out of indiana said the obama is the most antiisrael administraon in american history. that summeup the sentiments of the cufi crowd unfortunately. it can't be ignored what the obama administration is doing with israel. recent photo op with israel prime nister benjamin netanyahu. they want to see more policies out of this administration, policies that line up with the policies of every administration over the past 50-60 y

and dana priest of "the washington post." live from our nation's capital, this is "washington week with gwen ifill." produced in shorks with national -- in association with national journal. funding for "washington week" is provided by -- boeing. exxonmobil. the ethics in excellence in journalism foundation. the annenberg foundation. the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. once again, live from washington, sitting in for gwen ifill this week, gloria borger of cnn. gloria: good evening. if you follow the economic news here in washington this week, then you would know that president obama signed one of his most far-reaching accomplishments. the financial reform bill. and it's designed to prevent another economic meltdown. meanwhile, democrats in congress and a largely partisan vote finally passed an extension of unemployment benefits for nearly 2.5 million people. and the chairman of the federal reserve, ben bernanke, was quite cautious when describing t

you discuss whether we're experiencing a paradigm shift i'm joined by princeton lyman in washington he's an adjunct senior fellow for african policy studies at the council on foreign relations in kiev we go to xan roberts of the elliott school of international economics at the george washington university and here in the studio with me is but a common he's the director of global governance initiative of the american strategy program at the new american foundation and another member of our crosstalk team on the hunger all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want princeton i'd like to go to you first in washington it's been about twenty one months since the financial crisis hit has capitalism taken a major hit is it is it created doubts in the world that it can really pull itself out or is there just simply an indictment of neoliberal capitalism a certain model that has come out of the west during that say the reagan years. i think it's more the latter if you look at the debate going on for example in the united states you find there's a lot of

discuss whether we're experiencing a paradigm shift i'm joined by princeton lyman in washington he's an adjunct senior fellow for african policy studies at the council on foreign relations in kiev we go to sean roberts of the elliott school of international economics at the george washington university and here in the studio with me is but a con and he's the director of global governance initiative of the american strategy program at the new american foundation and another member of our crosstalk team on the hunger all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want princeton i'd like to go to you first in washington it's been about twenty one months since the financial crisis hit has capitalism taken a major hit is it is it created doubts in the world that it can really pull itself out or is there just simply an indictment of neoliberal capitalism a certain model that has come out of the westering that say the reagan years. i think it's more of the latter if you look at the debate going on for example in the united states you find there's a lot

discuss whether we're experiencing a paradigm shift i'm joined by princeton lyman in washington he's an adjunct senior fellow for african policy studies at the council on foreign relations in kiev we go to shawn roberts of the elliott school of international economics at the george washington university and here in the studio with me is but a common he's the director of global governance initiative of the american strategy program at the new american foundation and another member of our crosstalk team on the hunger all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want princeton i'd like to go to you first in washington it's been about twenty one months since the financial crisis hit has capitalism taken a major hit is it is it created doubts in the world that it can really pull itself out or is there just simply an indictment of neoliberal capitalism a certain model that has come out of the west during that say the reagan years. i think it's more of the latter if you look at the debate going on for example in the united states you find there's a lo

in washington state are leaving. this is an extraordinary electoral environment. there will be more opportunities. >> one follow-up, if you don't mind. north of $4 million. i know your committee was down. do you think this movement in cash on hand is due to republican donors channeling their money to the nrss as opposed to the rnc? d.c. donors avoiding michael steele and the rnc to bring your money -- to bring their money to you? >> well, we are where the action is. of course, in a mid term election the congressional races are where the action is. in a presidential year, the rnc is the titular committee for the presidential nominee and they would tend to get more attention. it is no secret that the rnc has had some problems this time. frankly, we have reached out to major donors and said, for this cycle, we would encourage you to contribute to the senate committee, because of the structure of the senate, because of the importance of 41 votes. every additional vote we can get in the senate is going to be our chance to

washington d.c. doesn't tax too little. washington d.c. spends too much. i don't know anybody back in indiana who thinks they pay too little in taxes. and only in washington d.c. would anyone believe that raising taxes creates jobs. the american people know we can't tax and spend and bail our way back to a growing economy. house republicans opposed the democrats' failed stimulus bill, their national energy tax, their government takeover of health care and house republicans will oppose this tax increase with everything we've got. congress must take immediate action to prevent any tax increase on working families, small businesses and family farms before next year. so why are we in this mess? you know, it's like i said before. democrats just aren't listening to the american people. the good news is that after seeing so many important decisions made behind closed doors and so much money being funneled into backroom deals, the american people finally have a way in, an unambiguous seat at the table. it's called americaspeakingout.com. now in its third month, th

yesterday washington d.c. show the country once again just how disconnected they are from the american people and a rare show of bipartisan might the democratic house overwhelmingly approved fifty nine billion dollars in funding for the war in afghanistan all of this fall a majority of the american people disagree with that war and it's pretty damn obvious to the naked eye that we're losing that war and that there is no chance of winning that war but here's what made the news that one hundred and fourteen brave representatives voted against the bill most of whom only voted against it because social spending provisions got cut out so for this the last time the house voted for war funding thirty two democrats voted against the bill that was last year at this time around three times as many a hundred into democrats voted to defund the war but you're right it was a tough battle because a lot of the president's fellow democrats in the house didn't want to sign on to this some of them already anti-war but even. you

hello again from fox news in washington. day 90 of the oil spill in the gulf, here is where things stand. government announced a one-day extension of the test to determine if the new cap on the b.p. well is holding. the test is set to end late sunday afternoon. but the president point man retired admiral thad allen says even if the cap is working they plan to go to a containment oil to bring oil to the surface. phil keating is reporting from the gulf for the latest. what can you tell us? >> reporter: b.p., thad allen and the engineers and scientists like what they have seen and not seen so far. we are 65 hours in the testing period with no new oil gulfing in the gulf of mexico -- oil gushing in the gulf of mexico. they have not seen or detected any new oil over the integrity test. a small fleet of remotely operated vehicles and multiple seismic and sonar readings conducted from the service. it indicates that the well's integrity appears to be sound. but instead of leaving it cork and waiting for the relief well, the plan rem

washington d.c. . censors have also been at work in pakistan this week and new bollywood comedy featuring an osama bin laden lookalike has been banned so wishes were worse that a comic depiction of the world's most wanted man could trigger terrorist attacks kyra saying when to ask those behind the indian comedy if the world is really ready for post nine eleven. this could well be the biggest scoop of my career interviewing the world's most wanted terrorist however this man does not have a twenty five million dollar reward on his head in fact he is not bin laden but an actor in a bollywood for their new bin ladin or without you lot in but just in case you think this is a movie glorifying a terrorist it is a general sort of. biography it's a film which is on the board. of virgin london happens to be very very important character and this is a fair number of feet below. that of you using it's not intended to vote in any way anybody from any part of the world is going to enjoy this from i can guarantee you

washington, close to 91 tomorrow. it's going to be hot, but lester, taking the extreme humidity out of the factor, will help it a lot tomorrow afternoon. >> we'll take what we can get. maria, thank you. >>> with all the hot air over the east coast this weekend, it's hard to imagine that the temperature in washington could go much higher, but it's about to. another bitter partisan fight is brewing, this one over taxes and the national debt. nbc's mike viqueira reports from the white house. >> you are seeing recovery, you're seeing private investment expand again. >> reporter: today on "meet the press," timothy geithner said the obama administration will work to extend the bush tax cuts for all but the wealthiest americans. >> i think it is fair and good policy to allow the tax cuts that only go to 2% to 3% of the highest earners in the country to expire as scheduled. >> reporter: but republicans say anything less than a full extension of the tax cuts will stall the recovery. >> mr. speaker, the american people are aski

it is washington and the world, your way. nevada's senate republican nominee spoke at the nevada republican party convention unity dinner on friday. she talks about the differences between her senate campaign and democratic opponent senate majority leader harry reid, who is running for fifth term. it took place in henderson, nevada. hours after, president obama left the state or he was campaigning for senator reid. [applause] >> whoa. i hope you can see me. [laughter] there is no hand-held microphone. good evening, republican levers of liberty. thank you so much for being here. [applause] >> that is a little better. [cheers and applause] >> i had a press men say i did not expect you to be so little. [laughter] and i said, i do not let it fool you. i have been fighting about this all my life. there is, you know, an old adage about folks that are a little on the short side. anyway, i am so glad you are here, and i am so grateful to andanny for those wonderful wor. thank you. [applause] great. now we are cooking. i'm want to tel

who are not caught up in the culture of washington. we all know that my likely opponent in this race, congressman blunt, has been in washington along time. he has gone so cozy with the powerful interest out there that he has forgotten about the folks here in missouri. to me, that shows the very worst of what is wrong in washington. if we're ever going to get our economy moving again in creating those good jobs we need in missouri, that has got to change. you know there are plenty of things that i am not shy about when it comes to congress and blunt and callable on things he says and does, like as wasteful -- calling bull on things he does -- but most importantly his willingness to stick the middle class with the bill. but there is one thing that takes the cake, and that is that he comes out here to missouri, puts on his pledge shirt, drives around in a rented pick-up truck and says he will be looking out for us in washington. the trouble is he is the number one of top recipient of lobbyists campaign contributions in all of congress. no

washington d.c. . investigative journalist and contribute to wayne madsen thinks the idea that someone simply press the fax machine button is a poor excuse i think this is part of the carry over from the bush cheney administration where the u.s. basically thumbs its nose at international law and we've seen it time and time again it seems like the reset button doesn't work at the state department fax machines but the idea that there's a bank of buttons that they push it i guess if they push the next one they would have gone to rule rwanda which is next in the alphabetical list so that sounds like a very strange story i don't think anyone would buy that why didn't they contact the russian embassy or the russian government itself why wasn't justice department to the ministry of justice in moscow you know direct talks between. well you can see among the stories we're covering online that r.t.e. dot com what else is on the site like a woman trying to claim that it's given birth to a puppy it's mums is ten.

this is corruption in washington. that is one of the reasons why he was voted out by his constituents. republicans led spending get out of control. i fought against my home majority to eliminate your mark spending. i am pell of my record. >> mr. deakin. >> both of them are the same. the net benefit themselves in the same position. if they would stick to the united states constitution and spend more time in arizona ban in washington, which would not get caught up in this system. i want to campaign on the u.s. constitution and the issues facing our nation. it is much more important than slinging mud. >> john, if you had told the truth about barack obama, you might be president of the united states right now. john mccain has been caught in a cynical attack politics in washington, d.c. never did my name come up. shame on you. arizona deserts better. >> the next question is for you. tea party activists are suggesting that you dropped out because your candidacy, they claim, is hurting the conservative cause. >> i think it i

an underground garage. 500 cars on the corner of washington. it is only four lanes for one block, and they want to take that away. this is ridiculous. folks, please use some common sense. [inaudible] the 555 washington street condo died for good reason, and it was not because of special interests. it was because it was wrong, and this is wrong. connect the boat to the water. this is a travesty. i do not understand where you are coming from. the tower that contradicts the waterfront study plan in the first place, and you cannot go wrong with this. you have to make this a beautiful thoroughfare, so connect the land to the day. do not block the ferry building sites. this is in direct contrast to where the ferry building is. you will not be able to see it, and that is just iscoit tower. you have to protect that view. so again, you  tower. you can have valet parking. you can have shuttles. you cannot get to the bay bridge now, with n. with the exploratorium and other things coming down the pike, it is going to be ridiculous. this contradicts your o

washington, d.c., is debating it, right? >> it is aptly put -- here's what the republicans are saying, listen, 33 billion is fine many but give us the cuts to be able to get there. >> as in what? what are we going to cut. >> i didn't say a word when you all were talking. barack obama said the democrats gave us the -- oar the republicans gave us the deficit. they left us $200 billion in debt, we're now $1.4 trillion in debt. the republicans say, we'll give you the 33 billion, but find a place where we can make cuts so we can do it. >> i think michael's right on this than dana. i don't think the point is extending unemployment benefits, they want to find a way to cut the deficit. the republican party hasn't given us any good ideas on how that can happen. the republicans are pushing back because it's election season. barack obama is publicly spanking the republicans right now, because he's fighting for worker's rights. yes, republicans have been absolutely disastrous in bloating spending and refusing to raise taxes on the wealt

which is why delegations are here in washington following a report issued by lawmakers scientists and doctors calling on the u.s. government to own up to its agent orange legacy in vietnam today also people than me government records show nearly ninety five percent of all u.s. agent orange related aid is committed to efforts to contain and remove dioxin contamination we asked it just a storage on the victims those fighting for justice in the case of vietnamese agent orange victims want the physical and psychological damages to be acknowledged with . the dark legacy left behind by the u.s. in vietnam is one with millions of human face. their struggle three decades in the making will not end with money from the u.s. governments but it could ease the pain the u.s. has been ignoring scented dumb for months sent to manufactured agent orange in these jungles to have half this washington d.c. . and this week marked thirty five years since a race between the soviet union and the u.s. turned into a joint effort in space exploration it was a giant leap for mankind with the launch of their first

you discuss whether we're experiencing a paradigm shift i'm joined by princeton lyman in washington he's an adjunct senior fellow for african policy studies at the council on foreign relations in kiev we go to xan roberts of the elliott school of international economics at the george washington university and here in the studio with me is but a con and he's the director of global governance initiative of the american strategy program at the new american foundation and another member of our crosstalk team on the hunger all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want princeton i'd like to go to you first in washington it's been about twenty one months since the financial crisis hit has capitalism taken a major hit is it is it created doubts in the world that it can really pull itself out or is there just simply an indictment of neoliberal capitalism a certain model that has come out of the westering that say the reagan years. i think it's more of the latter if you look at the debate going on for example in the united states you find there's a lot o

there's a lot of different definitions, and we come up washington, d.c. with a one-size-fits all approach where i would rather see a states out there, laboratories of democracy, trying to find their own ways to solve those health care reform issues. and in utah we do have one of the health care exchange windows out there that is having some success in bringing scapentition in a private sector setting with defined contribution as opposed to defined benefit for employers, where employees can go to a portal in the web and match up their needs with what's available in the marketplace with a defined contribution. i don't think it solves all the problems, but it's a step down the right road. i think it will give us competition in a private sector setting. and i think that will help us to keep costs down and help give us access to health care. but my dismay is the states have not been from the very beginning at the front of this discussion helping lead the charge with goals and objectives set out by washington. >> governor. >> at the risk of redundancy, i want t

basically we have moscow accusing washington d.c. of having abducted a russian citizen a pilot going under the name constantini or shen co and failing to inform russian officials about having done so and traditionally under international law when one states. arrests or captures or abductor kidnaps or whatever it may be a citizen of another country they're supposed to inform the country of citizenship that this has been done this is not the case however and we have washington d.c. accusing this man offending been part of an international cocaine trafficking ring and he was he's being accused of having been part of a scheme to transport as much as four tons of cocaine from south america to africa with the intention of leader transporting the drugs to europe and the united states right now this man is that a jail in manhattan awaiting trial with four other people who were arrested along with him and we have been hearing from the prosecution that they're saying that the group wanted to acquire as much as four and a half million euros as

washington d.c. . well meanwhile investigative journalist contributor wingnut's thinks the idea that someone simply press the wrong fax machine button is a poor excuse i think this is part of the carry over from the bush cheney administration where the u.s. basically thumbs its nose at international law and we've seen it time and time again it seems like the reset button doesn't work at the state department fax machines but the idea that there's a bank of buttons that they push it i guess if they push the next one they would have gone to rule rwanda which is next in the alphabetical list so that sounds like a very strange story and i don't think anyone would buy that why didn't they contact the russian embassy or the russian government itself why wasn't justice department to the ministry of justice in moscow you know direct talks between. well let's take a look now at some other news stories from around the world this hour at least twenty three bodies have been found buried in northern mexico in what's

are washington d.c. . the start of the atomic age sixty five years ago the u.s. has won the race to produce a nuclear weapon america spanned the modern day equivalent of about twenty billion dollars on the project in a bid to bleed off its rivals who are also close to creating an artist and as a bloc explores the remaining relics of the soviet union's push for nuclear supremacy. it was the culmination of the manhattan project the first american nuclear explosive device nicknamed the gadget went off in new mexico just weeks before devastating the japanese city of hiroshima many including the godfather of the bomb j. robert oppenheimer were terrified by the power of the deadly mushroom cloud people . cried. people were spared the blast carried for beyond the atlantic and the soviet union experiments with nuclear energy were on the way too but just like the us in this research institute on the black sea coast the main rules were played by jurymen scientists. this used to be a top secret nuclear facility but aside from these lines the entrance was guarded by soviet s

i want to show you who is coming up on "washington journal," tomorrow. larry kudlow, jane oates from the department of labor will be here to talk about unemployment benefits, and we wrap up with adam boutlon of sky news to talk about u.s.-british relations. we will see you again tomorrow morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] . . >> the governor, who is a popular governor, has made it clear he wants to run in a special election if the law changed to allow that. but i think this election year is going to be largely a question of whether voters in the states want to send another vote to rubber stamp the administration's agenda or whether they want checks and balances. so i think it could be a very interesting election. i think we'll have a competitive candidate. >> let me introduce our two reporters. >> thanks for coming. i'm very interested in the role of the tea party. my understanding is that they have energized conservative whose may have sat home in

peeled back the report calls on washington to own up to the vietnam war they could see if the deadly chemical agent orange which it has denied for decades. that was the maker of the first atomic bomb described its detonation sixty five years ago which kicked off the cold war changed forever. seeing double a new hollywood film starring bin ladin spitting image takes a humorous look at the post nine eleven world. and in russia the euro is losing its popularity while the dollar is becoming more attractive and blame the debt crisis in the euro bensalem most russians still prefer. that and much more time. on a twenty four hours a day you're watching r.t. the u.s. house of representatives has convened for a third time to discuss the impact of the deadly chemical agent orange during the vietnam war while the effects are still being felt to this day washington insists there is no evidence to link it to illnesses that continue to afflict they two generations you may find some of the images in this report disturbing. i was born with and with too late and missing a hand it is because of america

could smoke him for three americans being held in iran on a spanish charter is washington denies this that american media meanwhile has reported that amir was actually the last time i forget is working undercover as a terror on university oss he's pursuing for sound looks into the case. the looming question in this case how did the iranian scientists sure all of the early get to the united states one person has already answered that question sure amiri himself but his answers completely contradict one another in this video a man who says he and miri says he's in tucson arizona and was kidnapped by agents from the cia and saudi arabia. an intelligence agency he claims he was tortured a few hours later though this video is released a man who looks the same and also says he is sure amiri claims he is here to further his education the u.s. state department seems to agree with that statement he is here of his own volition that he has chosen to return to iran of his own volition that is how we do things here in the united states we didn't we didn't seize him and bring him here they were not

washington d.c. . now let's take a look at some other stories making headlines all around the world now it has emerged in the alarm system on the oil rig which exploded in the gulf of mexico in april was partially disabled on the day of the blast a technician on board at the time says that sound and light signals were switched off meanwhile tropical storm bonnie has reached the gulf and it's now picking up strength the ships monitoring the temporary cap on the leaking oil well are withdrawing now to safer waters b.p. says work on the site will be suspended for nearly two weeks. and some dramatic pictures now show the moment a canadian fighter pilot had an extremely lucky escape he managed to successfully eject himself from his plane just a split second before it crashed he's now recovering in hospital the accident happened during practice for an air show no one on the ground was injured. but it's the only certain thing in life is death not everyone is willing to accept their fate they're putting their