while the u.s. launched an appeal against the decision submitting more allegations as evidence the appeal the ruling today will mark the end of the legal road for the extradition bid the decision will determine whether those free or is sent for trial in the u.s. or he could spend the rest of his life in jail if convicted on the gun running charges victor boot has been accused of arms links to wars across the world allegations he denies as well as u.s. claims former u.n. expert on arms trafficking brian johnson thomas believes washington's battle to jail has become personal. i think the trouble is that. the americans have got a lot invested in this now in terms not just of cash but also national pride and if you look at the revised in darkness which they put in some months ago i far not even strangers on the original sting operation i mean i worked for the united nations over the years i was an arms trafficking expert and it's always seemed to me that if there was a case to a recipe for arms traffick

the u.s.- led invasion of iraq, the last u.s. brigade has left the country. during the occupation an estimated 100,000 iraqis lost their lives. the u.s. state department has described the end as a historic moment and vowed that america's long-term commitment to iraq is unwavering. 6000 troops will remain to the end of next year, training their iraqi successors. >> the withdrew under the cover of darkness. there was no fanfare and no ceremony. but the soldiers are looking forward to going home. >> we are going home. we won. it is over. america. i love you. i love you. >> operation in rocky freedom claimed the lives of over 4400 soldiers and almost 110,000 iraqis. the country held free elections, a law and order are a long way off. as recently as tuesday, 58 were killed in an attack. the rocky politicians are divided about the withdrawal. -- iraqui politicians are divided about the withdrawal. >> we have to take control -- move from military to civilian control. we are supportive of the withdraw

and the u.s. sanctions are starting to bite and they're going around trying to get the chinese and the emirates and various other players on board because it or they really need to let this play out on a political time to talk a little more about that's me just a resident of indonesia they said as well to me that he would like to publicly debate with president obama about global issues and solutions what are the chances at the end of the day that that meeting of minds could take place and what response we'd like to see from the obama side. there is zero chance that that meeting of minds will take place u.s. president president obama cannot be seen as elevating president to a debate of equals here and domestically in the united states especially in the run up for the november elections if he's seen to be seen as taking what might be perceived as some sort of a bait from to sit down and discuss these issues where of course will bring up the issue of israel and u.s. relationship with israel and so on

seven u.s. troops were killed in roadside bomb attacks in southern afghanistan today. >> suarez: and i'm ray suarez. on the newshour tonight, we get analysis of the latest violence and the charges of corruption within the karzai government. >> woodruff: then we have the first of a week of stories from margaret warner in baghdad. tonight she reports on iraqis taking over as u.s. forces draw down. >> especially as control of it, they are my partners, they protect me. they have for the last months. i trust them implicitly. >> suarez: kate zernike of the "new york times" and david von drehle of "time" magazine assess the glenn beck phenomenon and the tea party movement after the weekend rally in washington. >> woodruff: and jeffrey brown finds out what this year's emmy awards say about the business of entertainment television. that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... thi

designates as rogue can see what the u.s. has been compiling on them although at the department of defense the cia conducting the physical attack on drone operations but intelligence and coordinating with different government agencies on counterterrorism activities at the state department that designates individuals and organizations that either link to terrorism part of a terrorist organization or aided by state sponsors of terrorism it all comes out of the state department and you will terrorism reports welcome to the briefing where they deliver their findings and we ask the questions do dick have you have any evidence of him as has been involved internationally in terrorism or would you count only the israeli civilians that's been targeted by hummus and this is the only. kind of just sit statistics say hamas has been responsible for the killings of americans although those are some. quotes from us right now is actually. something of the sea so our most recent victims have been israelis but hamas does have american blood on

and u.s. stocks are rising modestly on to report and private employment showed a modest pickup in hiring payroll company eight hundred pieces in four years and it forty two thousand jobs last month slightly better than full cost investors are awaiting a key reading on the services sector due out later on wednesday. b.p.'s new chief executive robert dudley is a moscow is the talks deputy prime minister igor suchan discussions are likely to include possible asset sales to cover the cost of b.p.'s gulf of mexico oil spill they will be joined by tony hayward the outgoing chief of b.p. who will be taking up a non-executive director role on the board of the russian joint venture to pay for more we now live to our correspondent. who's that rolls next headquarters where the meetings that you take place hello to you zena now all the any details about the subject of these discussions. then did robert dudley is here in moscow to build new bridges with the russian government russian investors it up also b

with u.s. combat troops now out of iraq, insurgents are severely testing that country's security forces. today, the largest series of coordinated attacks in more than three years in iraq, 13 in all, just about every big iraqi city was hit. suicide bombers targeted police, roadside bombs killed civilians. at least 36 are dead tonight, more than 200 wounded. at the same time, the white house said the president will mark the official change in mission in iraq with an oval office address next tuesday evening. our terry mccarthy is in baghdad tonight and he spoke with the top u.s. general there. >> reporter: coordinated attacks across the country, all within a two-hour period. meanwhile, said america's top commander in iraq, a bad day. >> i'm fairly certain it's al qaeda, maybe with some other groups working with them. it's about the terrorists trying to make a point about the lack of a government, trying to challenge the security forces. put doubts in people's minds. >> reporter: the attacks came j

the last u.s. combat brigade pulls out of iraq two weeks ahead of leaving behind a month's contingent to train security forces and protect the people. it's fifty years since two dogs from the soviet union became the first living creatures to survive space travel making history and paving the way for a future exploration. chief inspectors to pull off russia a visit to examine its bid to host one of the next world cups leaving officials optimistic about the country's chances. turn are stopping terrorists and stemming the flow of drugs that's what the leaders of afghanistan and pakistan together with russia agreed upon at a summit in sochi middle east expert james denselow thinks there's a chance that afghanistan could become a source of corporation between russia and the u.s. . i think russia is strengthening strengthening its presence in the world in the last few years and i think it's interesting that afghanistan a country which for ten years during the one nine hundred eighty s. was a source of co

the former u.s. marine greg klavan returned to vietnam in one nine hundred eighty six he makes a living by giving private english lessons when he left vietnam off to being wounded in the war it never occurred to him that some day he might come back let alone share a table with vietnamese guerrillas so coming back and seeing. developing people. getting jobs and going to school in a normal life made me feel better that we didn't completely destroyed all of the. things that we. have gone through i wish that the people of the united states the people of vietnam and all nations always live in peace and understanding. since the end of five years ago many things in vietnam have changed in some can expected ways. one of the buildings of the jail the u.s. invents nicknamed the hanoi hilton is now indeed a moat and the hotel. the u.s. flag is often seen side by side with the vietnamese flag on the facades of joint ventures. to graduate stumps to modern pop music near a monument to soviet leader lending. but on

the u.s.s. often. around the same time defense units hold massive training exercises. constantly. defense force during the exercises he heard rumors about getting ready to go to a far away country to take. it before was sent to vietnam we get strict orders not to tell anybody we're going to distant places. what that place was. the defense missile system was to be tested for the first time in history in vietnam in military conditions. had a rocket launch a crew. i know this launches down to the last i felt it's all over and checked it thousands of times. the first soviet rocket specialists came to vietnam one nine hundred sixty five here they were officially called military advisors they organized a crash course training the vietnamese to copy teams did their work. and. the vietnamese were generally not very tall short actually. it was hard for them to load the rocket launcher around. so when one of us was enough to load the launcher two or three vietnamese had to do it but this. was one of vie

citizens u.s. instructed us employed people in iraq as an occupying force and supporting the government and that's why we're seeing this spate of explosions but there are a variety of reasons why it should happen and various theories but one of the i think one of the more credible one is that the government is actually involve itself in it in order to prevent an american from pulling out or at least the troops they leave they must be engaged in military and use of force not just training it was playing by the americans when do you think that the iraqi government will be ready to function without the u.s. . unfortunately i don't see it in the foreseeable future as there is no government anyway because the people are talking about forming a government whether it's allowed whether it's my leaking and what have you that is really not the situation iraq has been dismantled there is no government there is no authority in iraq the prime minister cannot leave the green zone there is no military or police i

the u.s. flag is often seen side by side with the vietnamese flag on the facades of the joint ventures college undergraduate stumps to modern pop music near a monument to soviet leader lenin. but one thing remains the same. is guarded around the clock by the soldiers of the vietnamese army the army the twaddle.

the u.s. to withdraw the last of its troops from iraq by the end of this year. at the defense conference in baghdad, the general warned the iraqi military might not be ready to assume full control for another decade. washington says it is on target to and combat operations by september and to remove all troops by the end of 2011. in afghanistan, several thousand prostrated -- several thousand protested the deaths of three men killed by u.s. troops in a nighttime raid. they shouted, "death to america," and blocked a road. the victims were suspected insurgents. the u.n. estimates that 300 civilians have been killed in afghanistan by u.s. forces this year. we will be taking a look at the challenges faced by german and international troops in afghanistan later in the show. poland has extradited a suspected mossad agent to germany. he is accused of assassinating a top hamas official in the united arab emirates earlier this year. this man allegedly provided a passport to one of the assassins. the ta

the u.s. to withdraw the last of its troops from iraq by the end of this year. at the defense conference in baghdad,d, the general warned te iraqi military might not be ready to assume full control for another decade. washington says it is on target to and combat operations by september and to remove all troops by the end of 2011. in afghanistan, several thousand prostrated -- several thousand protested the deaths of three men killeby u.s. troops i nighttime raid. they shouted, "death to america," and blocked a road. the victims were suspected insurgents. the u.n. estimates that 300 civilians have been killed in afghanistan by u.s. forces this year. we will be taking a look at the challenges faced by german and international troops in afghanistan later in the show. poland has extradited a suspected mossad agent to germany. he is accused of assassinating a top hamas official in the united arabmirates earer this year. this man allegedly provided a passport to one of the assassins. the target was

the u.s.s. often. around the same time defense units hold massive training exercises. constantly. defense force during the exercises he heard rumors about getting ready to go to a far away country to take. it before was sent to vietnam we get strict orders not to tell anybody we're going to distant places. what that place was. the defense missile system was to be tested for the first time in history in vietnam in military conditions. crew. i know this. i felt it's all over and checked it thousands of times. the first soviet rocket specialists came to vietnam in april one thousand sixty five here they were officially called military advisors they organized a crash course training the vietnamese to copy help a soviet teams did their work. and. the vietnamese were generally not very tall rather short actually. it was hard for them to load the rocket launcher. so when one of us was enough to load two or three vietnamese had to do it. was one of vietnamese colleagues he served in the army throughou

they can carry to the u.s. military germany still has the u.s. military but now the only thing between china and number one spot is the u.s. well i've been saying for years now the relationship with me between china and the us it's not a symbiotic relationship where china makes all the goods in america buys all the goods no china is basically at war with america it's a financial war and i think we're going to get into the guts of this financial war stacey tells us next story this is key well the headline is u.s. and china to clash over yuan fall yes that's right remember the u.s. has been pestering china to unpeg its currency from the dollar so low and behold china has pegged it draw up. by one point eight percent against the dollar. because they're not symbiotically working with america as bill clinton would have you believe any brought china in during the reform of the world trade organization new new new they want to be number one in the us is in the way. well between those two headlines i just read about china you also have going along with t

light some people are saying but here's a headline about the u.s. u.s. is bankrupt and we don't even know it this is laurence kotlikoff boston university he's an economist and he points to a fiscal gap of two hundred two trillion dollars if you put everything on the balance sheet that's a big number well it's fifteen times more than the official debt and the discrepancy between the official debt and the actual net debt. it reflects what economists call the labeling problem what is a labeling problem well it's when congress labels most of its liabilities unofficial in order to keep them off the books and into the future so the question is as laurence kotlikoff was asked by bloomberg presenter but is that to say that they are effectively lying to us. yeah they're effectively long tours there's no question about it yes governments are lying to you. wow what a revelation well how can you tell they're lying to us well take a look at this other video from america and its third world america tens of thousands of americans outside of atlanta georgia fight to get

the u.s. military regrettably has determined that a policy should be had of not interdicting and not eradicating the drugs in afghanistan because it would destabilize afghanistan what a mistake of a policy and it's a policy mistake both by the military by general petraeus by ambassador holbrooke because it's the drugs that that fund al qaeda which is the reason that the united states went into afghanistan in the first place what are we doing making happy farmers in afghanistan or is our job to secure afghanistan stop the drug trafficking create alternative economies and then stop the killing that goes around the world both by the terrorists and by the drugs themselves have killed millions throughout asia and europe because of coming from afghanistan and pakistan which transits thirty percent of afghanistan's drugs we're creating crime we're creating addiction we are creating terror but it is a mission that can be achieved it's not going to create happy afghanistan farmers at first until they h

the u.s. . but perhaps the most interesting aspect of it is the development of a regional diplomacy which does not depend on the united states i think it's time that we began to look forward to a day when the united states will not in fact be present on the ground in afghanistan and countries in the region will have to make their own arrangements to deal with whatever comes after the american presence three other countries are absolutely essential namely china india of course and iran and the problem is that sort of deep distrust between pakistan and india and to a lesser extent between india and china makes return of the great arrangements over afghanistan extremely difficult in the past and to a degree even today these countries have often played proxy wars against each other including in afghanistan over the past thirty years or so there has been only one force only one force in afghanistan which has ever been able to control the heroin trade and that is the taliban for their own reasons in

u.s. president barack obama was out taking a victory lap on iraq today he was talking about the end of america's combat mission in the country which is that for the end of this month a promise he made obama gave a speech in atlanta georgia and to sum up the message in one hundred forty characters let's take a look at what he tweeted today he said quote as a candidate a presidential candidate pledged to bring to you walk iraq war to a responsible and that's exactly what we're doing as promised on schedule and quote now but this is this focus on iraq to distract from the waning support and the deteriorating security situation in afghanistan perhaps is obama trying to change the narrative of a war in iraq that was entered into under a false pretense at the cost of more than seven hundred billion dollars and counting and more than four thousand u.s. lives which for iraqis has meant the death of more than one hundred thousand iraqis and the displacement of two million well here to talk about is

first it was the u.s. troops killing civilians and journalists in iraq now more than ninety thousand classified documents about the war in afghanistan have been obtained by the whistle blowing web site wiki leaks and while this is being called the biggest leak in intelligence history this isn't the first time that important military information has been released to the process in public i'm here with neil sheehan former new york times reporter who released the famous pentagon papers which forever changed the american public's perception of the vietnam war mr she had first of all a lot of people are comparing this story with the pentagon papers story but one major difference between the two is that the source in this case went to a relatively new and modern web site wiki leaks as opposed to in your situation the source came to you working for an established newspaper the new york times what do you think that says about the state of the media today is there any sort of significance we can draw from that espe

a u.s. atomic bomb on august 9th, 1945. ban arrived in nagasaki on thursday morning. he's visiting the city and hiroshima on the 65th anniversary of the atomic bombings. the u.n. chief is visiting the nagasaki atomic bomb museum. he'll also meet bomb survivors to hear their stories. earlier, the secretary-general spoke to nhk. >> hiroshima and nagasaki, these are two most worst experience and disaster to human being. i'm very saddened to see there are still hundreds of thousands of people who have been affected by the radiation, and their life have been miserable. and we have to make sure that never again this will happen in the human history. >> he's also scheduled to visit urakami cathedral, the site of the atomic-bombed santa maria statue. ban saw the statue at the u.n.'s new york headquarters when it was sent to the city for an international conference on nuclear disarmament in may. >>> u.s. president barack obama says the mission to stop the oil spill in the gulf of mexico is nearing co

and u.s. officials today highlighted the enormity of the disaster saying it now tops the 2004 asian tsunami, the 2005 pakistan earthquake, and this year's haiti earthquake combined. flood victims stand in line for hours at a relief camp, waiting for food and water. >> ( translated ): we are receiving food sometimes, but sometimes we miss out. we are poor people and due to we have small kids and we wonder how will we provide food for them? we don't have any jobs and they are only handing out food once a day. >> lehrer: and there will be more coming into these camps, as thousands try to escape the swollen rivers by any means possible. water-borne diseases like cholera are a major health risk. in punjab, relatives buried a man who died trying to save his family. >> ( translated ): his son and wife both were stuck in flood waters so he went to rescue them, but the flood waters were too high and the current was strong and that's why he did not survive. >> lehrer: many pakistanis say their governmen

they can't get rid of the u.s. military germany still has the u.s. military but now the only thing between china and number one spot is the u.s. well i was saying for years now the relationship with me between china and the us it's not a symbiotic relationship where china makes all the goods america buys all the goods no china is basically at war with america it's a financial war and i think we're going to get into the guts of this financial war stacey this next story this is key well the headline is u.s. and china to clash over you on fall yes that's right remember the u.s. has been pestering china to unpeg its currency from the dollar so low and behold china has on pegged it dropped by one point eight percent against the dollar that's . because they're not. symbiotically working with america as bill clinton would have you believe any brought china in during the reform of the world trade organization new new new they want to be number one and the u.s. is in the way. well between those two have lines i just read about china you also have going along

and u.s. officials today highlighted the enormity of the disaster saying it now tops the 2004 asian tsunami, the 2005 pakistan earthquake, and this year's haiti earthquake combined. flood victims stand in line for hours at a relief camp, waing for food and water. >> ( translated ): we are receiving food sometimes, but sometimes we miss out. we are poor people and due to we have small kids and we wonder how will we provide food for them? we don't have any jobs and they are only handing out food once a day. >> lehrer: and there will be more coming into these camps, as thousands try to escape the swollen rivers by any means possible. water-borne diseases like cholera are a major health risk. in punjab, relatives buried a man who died trying to save his family. >> ( translated ): his son and wife both were stuck in flood waters so he went to rescue them, but the flood waters were too high and the current was strong and that's why he did not survive. >> lehrer: many pakistanis say their government

the u.s. flag is often seen side by side with the vietnamese flag on the facades of joint ventures college undergraduates domes to modern pop music near a monument to soviet leader lending. but one thing remains the same. is guarded around the clock by the soldiers of the vietnamese army the the army.

u.s. haul sales and to record temperatures that's all in the kaiser report only here on alt. max kaiser and welcome to the kaiser report controversy swirling a room the world dirty corrupt bankers but dirty crow grading agencies duty and corrupt economists who fail to see the big picture as we do on this show we give it to you wrong we give it to you straight we give it to you real let's go to states or overseas here or do some of the real stuff max i have a lot of real stuff first a real beef with you but i deposit a fifty euro note that you gave me into my bank account yesterday yeah and the whole machine shut down yeah guards came to me and said it was a counterfeit fifty euro note yet now that's the fifty euro note that you gave me ok you're hanging the money you're passing bad bills well speaking of bad bills this is indirectly in my first headline max china's gold demand surge is twenty six percent in q two w g c w g c is the world gold council and they report china's gold demand in

but china cut 3% of its u.s. treasury holdings as it worked for a second straight month to diversify its massive portfolio of international debt. >> tom: here are the stories in tonight's n.b.r. newswheel: the markets tread water. the dow fell a point, while the nasdaq gained eight and the s&p 500 was up a fraction. trading volume started the week light. under 800 million shares traded on the big board. nasdaq volume came in at 1.6 billion. with the home buyer tax credit now a memory, homebuilders aren't feeling so hot about their prospects. in june, the national association of home builders' monthly sentiment index fell to its lowest level in more than a year. the fed said banks began easing lending standards for small businesses during the second quarter, the first time that's happened in four years. but the data show easing of standards is happening mostly at the nation's biggest banks. and, general motors appears to be ready to start its much- anticipated initial public offering. reuters says g.m. has finishe

u.s. military files. sordid details of politicians i don't think we need to know but information that's in the public. should know everything. indiscriminate shooting by u.s. soldiers and civilians is nothing unusual that's the view of veterans you spoke to they regret their actions. desperately trying to intercept thousands of barrels containing toxic chemicals which are floating towards russia severe floods washed the drums into a river on wednesday. in office in russia's far east looking into unconfirmed reports that some barrels already leaking poisonous contents. base either just around fifty years ago the water in the arm or was so clean it was possible to drink it straight from the river obviously over the years the situation has changed but the ecology here is now under threat of becoming even worse chinese authorities now say that they've managed to extract several thousand barrels which had been washed into the river last wednesday as a result of the biggest flood china has exper

sorrow says the u.s. is fight against the taliban and the search for their most wanted man osama bin ladin is only a means to justify their presence in the country. he's a person who knows a lot closely work together with the c.i. . the saudi arabian intelligence he was acquainted with the head of saudi arabian intelligence that such he has great knowledge of many contacts pakistan into agency intelligence close ebooks with the us intelligence it might be so that somebody is interested in his presence in a certain place americans say they fight against al qaeda in pakistan and afghanistan but the u.n. reports that in afghanistan there are less than three hundred al qaeda members in comparison with one hundred fifty four thousand u.s. personnel and according to our information they are no more than one hundred people perhaps even less you understand what this means when there are one hundred three hundred terrorists against the one hundred fifty four thousand of the symbol should remain otherwise there is

this week the u.s. added thirty seven billion dollars to its war budget off the congress approved further funding for the afghan troops image capitol hill was unmoved by the whistle blowing web site wiki leaks which published ninety thousand classified documents detailing civilian deaths at the hands of nato personnel the pentagon is investigating the source of the leaks and one soldier has been charged with releasing online a classified video of a military operation white house has requested we can leaks to stop posting top secret documents to the founder and editor in chief of the website julian assange says they've tried to cooperate with the white house but have had no response but we're looking at the issue seriously to see whether that is true we did hold back between thousand reports for for the period because they had this sort of classification that suggested maybe they contain that sort of material we approached the white house to austin for assistance in reviewing material before we published

the u.s.s. often. around the same time defense units hold massive training exercises. cruise around constantly. in the defense force during the exercises he heard rumors about defense units getting ready to go to a far away country to take part in. it before was sent to vietnam we get strict orders not to tell anybody we're going to distant places. what that place was. the defense missile system was to be tested for the first time in history in vietnam in military conditions. had a crew. i know this launches down to the last little. i felt it all over and checked it thousands of times. the first soviet rocket specialists came to viet nam in april one nine hundred sixty five here they were officially called military advisors they organized a crash course training the vietnamese to. a team's did their work. and. the vietnamese were generally not very tall rather short actually. it was hard for them to load the rocket launcher around. so when one of us was enough to load two or three vietnamese h

that was right retired u.s. army colonel turned peace activist coming up on the program still ahead we report on what's in store next for the parasailing don't keep and she settles into five star luxury stables the help of forget it all coming up. first the new strategic arms reduction treaty known as start has been stopped for now at least the u.s. senate pushed a vote to ratify the deal but to september the treaty signed by presidents to me to inventive and barack obama in april would see each country's nuclear arsenals gradually reduced by a third however it won't come into force until about the five by both sides and so far neither mosco says it's ready to put the deal into effect but wants to do so at the same time as washington former u.s. senator and acting chairman of the atlantic council think tank chuck hagel told me there's more than just bilateral play at stake here. if in fact we we the civilized world especially the nuclear powers and as we know russia the united states but there's about ninety per

the u.s. flag is often seen side by side with the vietnamese flag on the facades of the joint ventures college undergraduates domes to modern pop music near a monument to soviet leader lending. but one thing remains the same. is guarded around the clock by the soldiers of the vietnamese army the the army.

here in moscow the u.s. says its combat mission in iraq will come to its official end within the hour vice president joe biden is in baghdad overseeing it with all american combat troops having already left the country. and washington says that this means the end of the seven year long war that killed over four thousand u.s. troops however about fifty thousand will remain in iraq to provide training and support for local security forces u.s. troops will no longer be allowed to go on combat missions unless requested and accompanied by iraqi forces but many analysts say baghdad doesn't control the country which remains split some plagued by insurgent violence last week alone dozens of iraqi citizens died in a wave of terror attacks well john laughlin from the institute for democracy and cooperation says the war in iraq is far from over. there's no real withdrawal at all on the contrary fifty thousand troops are going to remain in iraq so what we're dealing with here is a political package it's an administrativ

i get frequent calls from the u.s. journalists asking what the u.s. should do in the current situation and whether they should withdraw their troops next july i usually respond with a question of my own but is there an alternative there is not there is no alternative to the complete withdrawal of u.s. troops the longer the forces of u.s. and nato forces stay in afghanistan the more they will destabilize the region it's evident that the presence of any foreign troops nato u.s. or soviet troops will only inspired terrorism in afghanistan you cannot depict the country as a den of terrorism or its people as terrorists by default this is not true there is a faction of people within the rebel movement that use terror methods some of these people do indeed have links to al-qaeda in no way does this mean that any afghan or any armed afghan is a terrorist the us is facing a philosophical problem they spent nine years there by december two thousand and ten the length of their military presence will match that of the soviet contingent now over this period they h

u.s. government is desperately trying to emulate france or other state run economies because these are the only economies that will survive of course the u.s. has started q e two liter q e light some people are saying but here's a headline about the u.s. u.s. is bankrupt and we don't even know it this is laurence kotlikoff boston university he's an economist and he points to a fiscal gap of two hundred two trillion dollars if you put everything on the balance sheet that's a big number well it's fifteen times more than the official debt and the discrepancy between the official debt and the actual net debt. it reflects what economists call the labeling problem what is a labeling problem well it's when congress labels most of its liabilities unofficial in order to keep them off the books and into the future so the question is as laurence kotlikoff was asked by bloomberg presenter but is that to say that they are effectively lying to us. yeah they're effectively long tours there's no question

the united states authorities are doing everything they can to extradite the man to the u.s. as quickly as possible according to some rumors there's already a charge it is a special chartered plane stationed at an air force base in thailand that was said there just to pick up food and bring him back to the united states so he could stand trial there but so far basically all those attempts to extradite the man as soon as the ruling was made on august twentieth have failed we don't know what will happen tomorrow but for now think that a bit remains in thailand of course the united states authorities do want him in the u.s. as quickly as possible there are a number of reasons for that my colleague lauren lyster looked at some of them last week prior to the appeals court ruling for viktor brute's extradition there was immense pressure from u.s. president barack obama's administration coming from the state department the state department met with the thai ambassador in the u.s. and said that this extradition was a top priority for the united states in the same manner the u.s. amba

citizenship has made it his mission to oppose u.s. military action wherever he can he was on board one of the gaza bound aid ships raided by israeli c'mon days in may and following that he was branded a terrorist by israel but ken o'keefe now an irish citizen giving up his country wasn't an easy decision and he insists it wasn't one borne out of hatred you know i realized at a certain point it citizenship was a social contract and i didn't agree to the charms of the contract obligations you have rights and you have obligations among your obligations is paying taxes those taxes are being used to commit mass murder i don't agree to that a lot of people misinterpret renounce your citizenship or hate america and that's absolutely not the case at all i have a deep love for the american people and i wish that the ideal of america became a reality until that dream becomes a reality o'keefe and others like him will be staying away from the land of the free and the home of the brave. r.t. london. now after winning the right to host the winter

u.s. military is desperately trying to find a source of the biggest leak in its history this week internet site wiki leaks published around nine thousand classified documents on the war in afghanistan the documents exposed the alleged killing of innocent citizens during u.s. led operations in afghanistan and there are also reports of u.s. concern that pakistani intelligence is helping the taliban insurgency in april the same website released a video showing u.s. soldiers shooting civilians from a helicopter in iraq or if he's going to confound out the soldiers that served on the front lines things like that are not unusual. you know when something that any military tries to keep under wraps civilians killed during an operation this april the pentagon saw one of its skeletons walk out of the closet a secret video of american soldiers opening which looks like indiscriminate fire in a baghdad suburb three years ago more than a dozen people were pretty damn it including two reuters news staff

citizenship has made it his mission to oppose u.s. military action wherever he can he was on board one of the gaza bound aid ships raided by israeli commandos in may and following that he was branded a terrorist by israel can o'keefe now an irish citizen giving up his country wasn't an easy decision and he insists it wasn't one borne out of hatred you know i realized at a certain point it citizenship was a social contract and i didn't agree to the charms of the contract obligations you have rights and you have obligations among your obligations is paying taxes those taxes are being used to commit mass murder i don't agree to that a lot of people misinterpret renounce your citizenship or hate america and that's absolutely not the case at all i have a deep love for the american people and i wish that the ideal of america became a reality until that dream becomes a reality o'keefe and others like him will be staying away from the land of the free and the home of the brave you are at it. well after winning the right to host the twenty fou

first it was u.s. troops killing civilians and journalists in iraq now more than ninety thousand classified documents about the war in afghanistan have been obtained by the whistle blowing web site wiki leaks and while this is being called the biggest leak in intelligence history this isn't the first time that important military information has been released to the press and public i'm here with neil sheehan former new york times reporter who released the famous pentagon. paper is which forever changed the american public's perception of the vietnam war mr she had first of all a lot of people are comparing this story with the pentagon papers story but one major difference between the two is that the source in this case went to a relatively new and modern web site wiki leaks as opposed to in your situation the source came to you working for an established newspaper the new york times what do you think that says about the state of the media today is there any sort of significance we can draw from that es

the u.s. army corps of engineers. >> it's a reliable system. it's a resilient system and it is tied in, in all areas. >> reporter: but after the levees failed, a federal judge blamed the corps for mismanaging the patc patchwork barrier systm that collapsed for creating the disaster. but it's not just the corps now rebuilding reputations. take mike brown, who found infamie in a presidential atta boy. >> brownie, you're doing a heck of a job. >> if you watch that tape again, you'll see my wince. >> reporter: this mike brown the former fema director. >> i was asking for things, telling them what we needed. >> reporter: brown said all government agencies involved in katrina's second disaster, the response, learned a great deal from katrina. the question from ken dorsey and so many other people here whether those agencies learned enough. could katrina happen again here? >> no doubt in my mind. i believe it could. >> reporter: just because not enough has been done. >> not enough has been done. >> re

there are 50,000 u.s. troops that are remaining in iraq, albeit it in a support role rather in a leading combat role. but that's enormous capability. the real bottom line in iraq, i think is that it is-- despite all of its challenges-- it is a much, much more hopeful place than it was in january and february of 2007 when the surge was launched, and when there were 50 dead bodies in baghdad every 24 hours. there is going to be violence in iraq, there still are al qaeda in iraq, there are other extremist elements. there are residual militia elements but the 700,000 iraqi security forces on the ground there generally can deal with this, with some assistance from the united states. >> couric: i'll be back with more from afghanistan later in the broadcast. right now, harry smith in new york has the rest of today's news. >> smith: all right, katie. coming up next on the "cbs evening news," the latest on the massive egg recall. and which brand may be tainted. the news helped send stock glart line for unemployment

the u.s. is reportedly close to setting up a defense shield in europe against a possible attack from iran pentagon officials say a deal may soon be reached with. a key element of the defense system. to help combat crime among its ethnic minority which is seen as failing to integrate into society. but critics say it's just another example of discrimination . and star from america's small screen is conquering the hearts of millions with other famous for guess trying to ride the wave of popularity take a look at snooki from m.t.b.f. reality show jersey shore. celebrity letter. or knees in just under fifty minutes time next it's the sports news with kate. in there. alone welcome to the sports news here from out in moscow and here are the top stories. on the rise champion's rubin go second in the past and i was scared i'm survey also i went in the russian premier league. while sunday thrill is filling grab my last gasp drawer gets man stand i did on the cos it smashed six cars aston villa in the en

the u.s. flag is often seen side by side with the vietnamese flag on the facades of the joint ventures college undergraduates domes to modern pop music near a monument to soviet leader lenin. but one thing remains the same. is guarded around the clock by the soldiers of the vietnamese army the army the guadalupe.

the u.s. state of arizona has enforced new illegal immigration legislation but the most disputed parts of the bill were struck out just before it was enacted it means immigrants will be safe from random police checks which some claimed were racial profiling but those against the bill say it's a bittersweet victory to face all the illegals in the u.s. remains precarious. as it is. doesn't sound like your typical immigration protest today i feel great. everybody was so excited. and. it was. because just one day before the law was to be enacted i. harshest provisions. with the. victory. to be removed a celebration over one hundred long hot days in the making. the . salivary. governor were assigned immigration. every. right but it wasn't always. the most diverse summer messing. with we've been in pretty every day twenty four hours this is taking over or our life and right now this is the. sure we can work because there's so much demand for it right here were directly in the thick of it right on th