,the u.s. is still out in the lead, but we're increasingly coming up with ideas that then make other countries money because they are producing the gadgets that, um, are designed in the u.s. >> and david, what about things like the world bank and the international monetary fund which of course, had their major headquarter offices in the united states and for a long time have had a u.s. tint to their advice and their activities and so on? are other countries gonna salute and say, yes sir, when the united states, when the world bank tells them how to do something with their economy? have we lost credibility in that area? >> i think the jury's still out on one of the important issues in, in the old washington consensus which is the, the question of the role of the state and, and size of government. and, uh, i, you know, i don't think the u.s. can, can claim to have all the answers on that or, or anything else. the one area in which china has not copied the u.s. in which we, we really need to, for

and u.s. foreign policy and u.s. strategy around the world then i'm certain certain that alan has a point but one of the things that we're seeing or i would agree part of that on the one of the things that we're seeing in washington right now with the obama administration and with the bush administration before it is that there is a lot of internal debate here how much we should be supporting democracies and i think that we should be supporting democracy even if it might not necessarily be in the immediate u.s. interest and this is part of the debate that's going on in the white house in the state department right now and it's part of what happened in the bush administration as well so no i think just to say that the u.s. automatically suppresses democracy around the world for its own interest of we're looking at egypt right now no it's preposterous this is precisely what is not happening there would be no debate in the white house nor in the state department if the u.s. just automatically sought to deprive suppress

well it certainly may it is threat coming directly from the u.s. it's politically motivated it's an effort to shut down wiki leaks to intimidate others from taking action of revealing u.s. secrets which are enormous it's the way the government does business but particularly the threat or the possibility that julian assange could be brought to the u.s. when you consider the terrible conditions under which bradley manning is held. really locked down the isolation in solitary confinement to form of torture but many many it's very much a threat against chile. songe also but many people will argue that june in the sun she leaked a lot of information that could potentially put u.s. national security in danger therefore shouldn't be held accountable for that. absolutely absolutely not this is information that people of the world's people of the u.s. people in every country have a right to know and all of this material should be in the public domain it is the secrecy. and the way in which political struggle is political conduct is carried with threat of ar

and as the unemployment rate rises in the u.s. more and more women are taking the work going even in the porn industry to r.t. dot com to find out more. about next all the latest business news. hello time for your business update a very warm welcome there rally in the oil price since the beginning of the year given the russian government new options speaking exclusively to our finance minister says the higher revenues will mean lower boring. sure newspoll is only going to cut our initial plan for and borrowing due to the high oil prices this year it could be cut by around five hundred billion rubles we have an opportunity which we haven't used yet to finance modernization with money from asia in particular this relates to projects in the far east in siberia the money could come in the form of loans foreign direct investment through the placement of projects in asia. let's have a look at the markets now asian stocks are trading in the red that's our way down by political tensions in the middle east the nikkei lost almost two percen

and the u.s. is facing an increasing population of graduates as the struggling economy fails to provide employment. next parties eventually james brown head south to the pens a region for half an hour discovering the latest russia. in russian terms the pen's region is just. it's an area that any travel. a million people. with a driving business and cultural scene. it's passed around the streets. so this is where the history of began sixteen sixty three it was founded as a frontier town and the very first wooden buildings went up right here. in fact much of the region still consists of forests and if you're interested in seeing.

well the u.s. stance on the arab protests drawn criticism from around the world but now washington is also under fire for its handling of iraq closer to home. find out why workers from the midwest of the country are slamming the government for ignoring their fight for rights all supporting foreign protests. foreigners living and working in libya are getting ready to leave the country amid aggravating political quite the aggravating political crisis russia is among the states prepared to evacuate their citizens let's cross live to our to sara furth for more details so what's russia saying about the situation in libya how critical does moscow think it really is. but we've heard president medvedev speaking today at a security meeting and he was addressing the situation in the middle east and north africa and what we heard him saying was about talking about the real danger now let's go instability throughout these regions the decades to come we can hear him speaking about these five is the decades peop

and as the unemployment rate rises in the u.s. more and more women are taking any work going even in the porn industry will go to argy dot com to find out more. all in a few minutes former russian foreign minister and middle east expert yet again a pre-market gives his analysis on the deepening problems in the region but first he was here with a business update. hello time to get the latest business news the rally in the world price since the beginning of the year is given the russian government new options speaking exclusively to our t. finance minister says the higher revenues will mean lower boring. sure newspoll is only going to cut our initial plan for foreign borrowing due to the high oil prices this year it could be cut by around five hundred billion rubles we have an opportunity which we haven't used yet. with money from asia in particular this relates to projects in the far east going to be in siberia the money could come in the form of foreign direct investment through the placement of projects. that's how to look at mar

u.s. economy is the political price too high for the obama administration. and the middle class movement trying to make its way in america so divided along political and class lines so has the fight for union rights opens up wounds that are unlikely to heal. and as the united states deals with problems from labor unrest to skyrocketing oil prices what america spending and revenues everyone's talking about it including the infamous bernie made off says the whole government is a ponzi scheme. but do we want. rolling back support as wal-mart look to take a bite out of the big apple not everyone is buying into capitalism we're going to take a look at the high cost of cheap food. to afternoon it's monday february twenty eighth four pm here in washington d.c. i'm going to soskin you're watching our team that if you're driving these days and most americans are a trip to the gas station it's probably pretty painful right now at least for your pocket that's because protests in the middle east have

fifth, and lists and on qualified u.s. support for israel. six, u.s. support and protection for muslim tierney. it is policy, not a lifestyle that is the cause for the war bin laden declared on the united states on 23rd of august, 1996. and yet, nearly 15 years on there has been no public contention by any serious political figure. ceram paul and dennis kucinich that they are motivated by any more than a blind blood lost in the cultural political religious hatred for america and the west. why is such the case? i believe it is because america's governing elites are addicted to interventionism. it is sadly the default response to international affairs. obama, clinton and mccain intervening on both sides in today's e junction crisis. from obama to speaker boehner to senator mccain from "the new york times" to the "the washington times," from fox news to the national public radio and most of the u.s. professoriate punditry to many of the top pastors of the christian evangelical community u.s. leaders left, right and center believe there is no political pro

and staying with dollars and the u.s. we explain to you later this hour a new budget proposal is making some americans fear even more for their future in front of a pretty federal spending will fall in the wrong hands only benefit those in power . that's to come a little later for you in the meantime let's move on to lithuania where disagreeing with the government can land you behind bars an opposition party leader faces jail after blaming his country's authorities for orchestrating a fatal gun battle with soviet troops two decades ago peter all of it takes a look at both accounts of that day. january nine hundred ninety one fourteen protest is dying out the clashes with saudi troops the incident sparked international support for the demonstrators cause an independent state of lithuania however one local politician now faces a possible jail sentence but disagree with the fish equation of the events a good artist polansky this is a member of the vilna city council and says soviet soldiers were responsible basing my opinion

there have been a few statements from u.s. officials calling for leaders of leave yeah bahrain and others in turmoil to show restraint in hadley handling the protests and that's about it no more of that epic coverage of democracy democracy in making the kind of things with egypt analysts say it was easier and safer for us to root for democracy and support the people because there is the army there which is very powerful and is largely financed by the united states and is now in control of egypt but you know other countries in leave you for example the u.s. doesn't have that same leverage so they are much more cautious calling for democracy in those countries i spoke to some experts here they say washington's biggest fear is that those op risings in the region could bring about leaders who will be hostile to the united states and many analysts and only say for the u.s. it's not really about supporting democracy in those countries it's about securing their interest in leave you to experts say the u.s. would so much rather have t

to stand trial in the u.s. on u.s. charges and then at the conclusion of her sating that he would be transferred dock to sweden based upon mutual agreement of the parties my reading of that provision of the supplemental treaty is that the u.s. could hold on to mr of songs if he is convicted in the u.s. so that the charges lodged against them that mr assad does his jail time in the u.s. which could be significant jail time and then afterwards transfer back the sweet. well coming up here a lot a not so neutral switzerland with more spirit travel any other european country an exclusive one trip it's time to funnel say farewell to one of those. specially farmed animals like rabbits are making their contribution to the treatment of diabetes and cancer. two weeks into the street campaign protesters in egypt are still refusing to back down until president quits thousands of square the lines are being pushed back by the army to get traffic moving banks and some businesses opened but schools remain closed and the curfew is to f

the u.s. congratulates egyptians for getting rid of a repressive leader it's a big change after washington sponsoring hosni mubarak for thirty years and turning a blind eye to widespread human rights violations in the country what have they been doing for the previous thirty years while mubarak was actually torturing people. putting down you know opposition by force with barak was a bad guy but he was our bad guy and as long as we had some element of control and that was good for us america's close ally is out of power but some analysts say the u.s. is still pulling the strings. long term alliance with israel a deep partnership with egypt we as a country have provided more than one hundred billion dollars in aid to both of these countries there's a real investment here the force now in charge in egypt is the country's military largely financed by the united states the army will be in power until egyptians choose their next president it is the second largest recipient of american aid in the wor

the u.s. has a new budget coming out can america ever go bankrupt this week let's talk about that well we're already bankrupt so it's like credit card debt i mean. can you go at what point you hit bottom and what point do you start screaming about it china has to much invested in dollar to let america go bankrupt so now were something that someone else has to take care of. right now. if anything happens there's going to other countries who are going to do that for us is that fair. it's . not saying that everything's all right rosy at this point we're certainly are at a critical point and i think what you're pointing out is the fact that we need increased global cooperation it's not just a problem that can be fixed unilaterally either within the within the euro or within the u.s. economy it's something that has to be fixed globally how do you stop spending when you've got. thirty three hundred million people to make sure that they're healthy and have enough food and all that kind of stuff. how

the u.s. congratulates egyptians for getting rid of a repressive leader it's a big change after washington sponsoring hosni mubarak for thirty years and turning a blind eye to widespread human rights violations in the country what have i been doing for the previous. yes while mubarak was actually torturing people. putting down opposition by force barak was a bad guy but he was our bad guy and as long as we had some element of control and that was good for us america's close ally is out of power but some analysts say the u.s. is still pulling the strings. long term alliance with israel a deep partnership with egypt we as a country have provided more than one hundred billion dollars in aid to both of these countries there's a real investment here the force now in charge in egypt is the country's military largely financed by the united states the army will be in power until egyptians choose their next president it is the second largest recipient of american aid in the world after his neighbor as

the u.s. wants an orderly transition as they say president obama said hosni mubarak statement on the transition of authority was not clear and needs more explanation mubarak basically said in his address that he was not going to run for president is a member and egyptians will have the chance to elect whatever leader they choose but a little meantime is that he was not going anywhere we spoke with senator ron paul earlier and he thinks mubarak is following washington's plan we had a lot to do. mubarak being in power and staying in power like we subsidize them we own them these are puppet dictator he does what we tell him because he gives so much money he's gotten probably sixty to seventy billion dollars and i understand his family probably has sixty or seventy billion dollars stashed away in swiss accounts and other places around the world washington can hardly be considered to be impartial when it comes to power struggle in egypt it's a strategic location for the us mubarak has been a close

the u.s. wants an orderly transition as they say president obama said hosni mubarak's statement on the transition of authority was not clear and needs more explanation mubarak basically said in his address that he was not going to run for president is a member and egyptians will have the chance to. whatever leader they choose but at any given time he said he was not going anywhere we spoke with senator ron paul earlier and he thinks mubarak is following washington's plan we had a lot to do with mubarak being in power and staying in power like we subsidize and we own all these our puppet dictator he does what we tell him because he gives so much money he's gotten probably sixty to seventy billion dollars and i understand his family probably has sixty or seventy billion dollars stashed away in swiss accounts and other places around the world washington can hardly be considered to be impartial when it comes to power struggle in egypt it's a strategic location for the u.s. mubarak has been a close

it's previously cooperated with the u.s. on illegal rendition most notably of a terrorist suspect who was then sent on to egypt where he was in fact tortured so sweden does have what you might call form for cooperating with the u.s. in these matters and if sent to the u.s. it's really not clear what would happen to us on she's even received death threats from certain u.s. politicians including sarah pailin who said that he should be hunted down like al qaida the defense is also arguing that he may be subject to the death penalty if he's if he does go to the u.s. all that he may be kept in a detention facility like guantanamo or something similar. to the u.k. is pirate party laws cases there is overwhelming support for the work that a song doing. we think there is a very real danger julian assange could be taken to the united states even possibly detained in going to turn him over and actually basically pursuit of some kind of espionage charges and what i'm seeing in terms of how people are responding to the wiki leaks is tha

and u.s. foreign policy and u.s. strategy around the world then i'm certain quite certain that alan has a point but one of the things that we're seeing or i would agree part of the alamo one of the things that we're seeing in washington right now with the obama administration and with the bush administration before it is that there is a lot of internal debate here how much we should be supporting democracies and i think that we should be supporting democracy even if it might not necessarily be in the immediate u.s. interest and this is part of the debate that's going on in the white house in the state department right now and it's part of what happened in the bush administration as well so no i think just to say that the u.s. automatically suppresses democracy around the world for its own interest of we're looking at egypt right now no it's preposterous this is precisely what is not happening there would be no debate in the white house nor in the state department if the u.s. just automatically sought to deprive suppr

the u.s. has a new budget coming out can america ever go bankrupt this week let's talk about that well we're already bankrupt so it's like credit card debt i mean. can you go at what point you hit bottom and what point do you start screaming about it china has too much invested in dollar to let america go bankrupt so now we're something that someone else has to take care of. right now. if anything happens there's going to other countries who are going to do that for us is that fair. it's . not saying that everything's all right rosy at this point we're certainly not at a critical point and i think what you're pointing out is the fact that we need increased global cooperation it's not just a problem that can be fixed unilaterally either within the within the euro or within the us economy it's something that has to be fixed globally how do you stop spending when you've got. thirty three hundred million people to make sure that they're healthy and have enough food and all that kind of stuff. how

the u.s. homeland security secretary has warned that the threat of terrorism against the u.s. is at its highest level since the attacks of september 11th, 2001. let's bring you more on the breaking news. at least 10 soldiers had been killed, several more injured in a suicide bombing at an army recruitment center in northwest pakistan. the attack is reported to have taken place in -- let's get more on egypt. our world affairs correspondent spoke with the american egyptian nobel laureate about the way forward for egypt and the role he could play in the country's future. >> and you met omar suleiman who is now talking to the opposition. did you say to him that you believe that president mubarak should go now? >> i had almost an hour with the vice president and that was one of the issue is. i think that the vice president and the prime minister have made the point not only to me but also publicly. this is not in the cards. they would like to see that the president's -- the president completes his term and then steps down. >> and if he does not steps down, do you fear for your coun

and with some u.s. politicians famous for the bloopers they make one of the guys in the world of democracy it seems the american people are being turned into the object of ridicule . live from our studios here in central moscow this is our team with you twenty four hours a day so the egyptian president hosni mubarak is currently addressing the nation and we can now see that live address some of the egyptian president and earlier the egyptian military announced they are siding with the anti government protesters and that the president would meet their demands it's been more than two weeks since the mass uprising in the country which has been accompanied by a wave of violent clashes between pro and government protesters. the author william engdahl says the u.s. has long been planning to get rid of mubarak for his opposition to some of washington's policies in the middle east. mubarak's government realized that the u.s. was preparing a regime change that along the lines of the so-called color revolutions i

the u.s. should realize that it will no longer a be able to pick leaders in other countries for its island. this is time for washington to make reappraisal of their relationship to the muslim and arab world not just with respect to your branch that are happening in egypt but to look across the board and to see that we're at a transformational moment in history it's not up to the united states to pick the leaders of any country and while i believe that in many respects we're still an indispensable nation for the purposes of helping people we have to be very careful of when i reach would try to tilt the balance in favor of one candidate or one group as opposed to another we really cannot control the events in egypt even though every year the united states gives the country of egypt about two. billion dollars and about one point three billion. goes to the military but you know that doesn't necessarily buy a city ability to influence the outcome of this event. now what's behind this uprising and w

some experts believe that the u.s. bogged down in wars impressed by emerging powers will have to rethink soon its role in world affairs but norwegian sociologist yorn goldstone goes one step further by predicting the fall of the us empire in the near future his interview coming up next. r.t. sitting down with professor johan galtung an internationally recognized founder of peace studies and author of more than one hundred fifty books his most recent book is titled the fall of the u.s. empire and then what professor galton thank you very much for sitting down my pleasure in two thousand you had predicted in forecasting that the united states would fall apart would crumble in twenty twenty five and then after.

the u.s. would like to see a regime change in iran do you think that really could happen bearing in mind what happened a year ago and what's happening now well i think events in iran are a lot harder to predict simply because there are a lot more robust security forces in terms of their ability to clamp down on any protests and rebellions which has been proven over the last year i think that iran will perhaps be the least likely to fall of all these regimes it is much more prepared for these things and seemingly much more ruthless when it comes to putting down the protesters but of course it does face these issues today and and as we saw in egypt sometimes of momentum from the people kind of it is simply unstoppable by the state less it chooses to use stream levels of violence let us not forget in syria nine hundred eighty two a serious uprising against the regime was put down in a bloodbath in hama in which thousands of people were killed that i don't think will happen in any western supporte

the u.s. has a new budget coming out can america ever go bankrupt this week let's talk about that well we're already bankrupt so it's like credit card debt i mean. can you go at what point you at the bottom and what point do you start screaming about a. dollar to let america. so now worth something that someone else has to take care. no but if anything happens there's going to other countries who are going to do that for us is that fair. it's really tough on not saying that everything's all right rosy at this point we're certainly not at a critical point and i think what you're pointing out is the fact that we need increased global cooperation it's not just a problem that can be fixed unilaterally either within the within the euro or within the us economy it's something that has to be fixed globally how do you stop spending when you've got thirty three hundred million people to make sure that they're healthy and have enough food and all that kind of stuff. how do you. you. you have to. cut it

and the u.s. we explain to you later this hour explores how a new budget proposal is making some americans fear even more for their future. find out why they claim trillions in federal spending will fall into the wrong hands and will only benefit those in power. ok let's move on to lithuania now where disagreeing with the government can land you behind bars an opposition party leader faces jail time after blaming his country's wealth or abuse for orchestrating a fatal gun battle with soviet troops two decades ago. looks at both accounts of what happened that day. oh. january nine hundred ninety one fourteen protesters dying up to clashes with saudi troops the incident sparked international support for the demonstrators cause an independent state of lithuania however one local politician now faces a possible jail sentence that disagree with the fish equation of the events of the goddess polanski this is a member of the vilna city council and says soviet soldiers would responsible basing my opinion

former u.s. secretary of defense donald rumsfeld has lifted the lid on life inside the war on terror by publishing his memoirs the book his time during the wars in iraq and afghanistan will likely brian a former u.s. contractor in iraq says rumsfeld still refuses to take responsibility for his actions. i think it will hurt his reputation because he says he doesn't really take the responsibility for poorly executing the war or it was his war he prosecuted it for it was carried out by tommy franks who did everything wrong still told him to do. he blames paul bremmer well he hired paul bremer so don't blame the guy that you hired if he wasn't doing the job right then get somebody else he blames all these other people but he was the one responsible for executing the conflict no one else i really do believe that it will like like robert mcnamara in viet nam i don't think this is going to help donald rumsfeld reputation it's just a book to try and use his selective memory to to describe what happened i

state, u.s. interest and u.s. response. yesterday the state department issued a very carefully worded statement calling on both sides to show restraint, regretted loss of life but did not specifically call on the government to implement any of the reforms being demanded by the protestors. how key is the u.s. stake in bahrain and what do you think explains the reaction? >> the american stake is considerable. the u.s. has maintained a significant naval presence in the persian gulf for a long time. bahrain is home to the headquarters of the u.s. naval fifth fleet. the u.s. has been the sole provider of security for many of the arab states in the gulf, including saudi arabia and kuwait as demonstrated by several wars against iraq in the last 20 years. so the u.s. has a vested interest in seeing the durability and the stability for the el khalif, the ruling family in bahrain. this is tied over the long term to american materiel interests in the persian gulf. it's about oil. >> warner: and to you, what about the saudi factor here

and staying with dollars in the u.s. we explain to you later this new budget proposal is making some americans fear even more for their future. they think pretty and federal spending will fall in the wrong hands and will only benefit those in power. they faced this is not a problem you should look toward. it and you should see everybody you should it's a pretty tree they have no idea about the hardships to face. they wanted. to do things for the army life never use is the most precious thing in the world. uses of self-sacrifice and heroism with those who understand it fully but you have to live a. real life stories from world war two. victory nineteen forty five dot dot com. news today. and these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. today. sure is that so much you're going to make it a lot of people look at the world they see the serious and sustained food prices are at an all time highs and tens of millions of people are joining the dinner. disagreeing with the government can land you beh

the u.s. defense budget is going under the knife as the country seeks to slash the national debt from a staggering fourteen trillion dollars the proposed budget is almost forty billion dollars less than last time well even though it's still a balance to almost half of all global military spending defense analyst laura kong he told us that america's approach to spending on its off forces can't last forever . the defense budget is it's actually higher now than it was at the peak level of spending during the cold war we're spending more on defense than they are spending during the war in vietnam as well and defense spending in the country is actually doubled since two thousand and one so really i think we need to do a better job of matching our resources and our priorities i think since two thousand and one in this country we've sort of gotten into the mindset of buy everything do everything in a sense we've decided that if we can spend enough money we can sort of in a way address every threat th

and as u.s. lawmakers rush to expand the patriot act before it runs out some congressmen say represents the growing violation of civil liberties under the pretext of fighting terrorism the act was hastily adopted after the nine eleven attacks and unable to forty's to spy on american citizens. as they had lines here in our margin andrus explores the rich tapestry of russian culture in great britain that's coming up next. hello welcome to the saturday visiting different cities exploring russian life history our culture we begin with one of my favorite cities in the world. london one of the most visited cities in the world and the cultural scene here you see how in many areas russia has been a huge influence fifty years in the past bush on the west may have battled it out.

and the u.s. is facing an increasing population of out of work graduate says the struggling economy fails to provide employment. to postpone the remorse some experts believe now that the u.s. bogged down in wars and pressed by emerging powers will have to rethink its role in world of furze but norwegian sociologist your goal time goes one step further as you're about to hear by predicting the fall of the us empire in the near future his interview coming right up on r.t. . r t sitting down with professor johan galtung an internationally recognized founder of peace studies and author of more than one hundred fifty books his most recent book is titled the fall of the u.s. empire and then what professor galton thank you very much for sitting down r.t. today my pleasure in two thousand you had predicted in forecasts that that the united states would fall apart would crumble in twenty twenty five and then after.

the u.s. heavily in the wars they fought in iraq and afghanistan are opposed by the majority of people and ruin even if supported by the british government kill vows to boycott the census despite the risk of prosecution he says he won't be alone look he'd makes land mines and nuclear weapons and contracts out interrogation of one town of bay although it will be the u.k. arm that carries out the survey there's still a worry that the information could fall under the auspices of the us patriot act which compels personal data held by any company on systems in the us to be made available to government intelligence the office for national statistics which in age lockheed martin maintains it's taken measures to make sure u.s. authorities can't access the data. all dance processing will be carried out in the u.k. will leave will be held at any point outside the u.k. no lockheed martin staff will have access to any personal census data all data is the property of you and only u.k. you owned companies w

it is threat coming directly from the u.s. it's politically motivated it's an effort to shut down wiki leaks to intimidate others from taking action of revealing u.s. secrets which are enormous it's the way the government does business but particularly the threat or the possibility that julian assange could be brought to the u.s. when you consider the terrible conditions under which bradley manning is held of really locked down the isolation in solitary confinement it's a form of torture intimidation and repression is always an effort to stop what already exists and will continue because people all over the world have a drive to know there is a technology technological ability today to reveal this and so the threat of imprisonment in the u.s. is so one specter that they raised just as around the world they raised secret rendition kidnappings and torture. such as has been news from the grave to. mayor ford of space to guantanamo. and more bloodshed as colonel gadhafi is clinging to the last vestige of a country which only a mat

the u.s. defense budgets going under the knife as the country seeks to slash national debt from struggling fourteen trillion dollars the proposed will see seventy eight billion dollars cuts in defense funding of the views that is significantly less in comparison with the four hundred billion slashes in discretionary spending including education food safety and environmental protection but even with the upcoming cuts washington will still come from most harmful of the world's military expensive defense missile recalled we told us that the u.s. defense can't last forever. budget is it's actually higher now than it was at the peak level of spending during the cold war we're spending more on defense and they are spending during the war in vietnam as well and defense spending in the country is actually doubled since two thousand and one so really i think we need to do a better job of matching our resources and our priorities i think since two thousand and one in this country we've sort of gotten in

and as the u.s. looks to slash its defense budget critics say it's just a drop in the ocean for the world's biggest military spender will find out more in just a few minutes. ties between moscow and the vatican saw a dramatic improvement this week when president medvedev met pope benedict the sixteenth in rome while the two discussed ways of refusing dialogue between the russian orthodox and catholic churches in the latest attempt to better relations that were destroyed during soviet times and that's just over a year since small scale of the vatican restored to full diplomatic ties earlier the president met with prime minister silvio berlusconi in rome where they signed a multi-million dollar energy deal twelve months of cultural exchanges as part of a year of russian and it really cool but that. the e.u. is launching an aid mission to help it leave deal with a wave of immigrants from north africa more than five thousand arrived there from tunisia alone during the past week and officials agree the si

antigovernment protests are also going on the u.s. sponsors the yemeni government in exchange for their food cooperation in chasing down terrorist suspects experts say the un rest there is very dangerous for the united states as well the stark difference being rather rape that we've seen here in washington many allen analysts say for the u.s. it's not really about supporting democracy in those countries it's about securing their interests turning now to protests in yemen at least two demonstrators have been killed in eleven government rallies in the capital sanaa supporters of president saleh reported to have opened fire outside sanaa university they tried to force thousands of anti-government protesters from the city's main square before eventually retreating tuesday's deaths of the second fatal shooting since students started demanding the resignation of the president two weeks ago tens of thousands of people have rallied across the country calling for an end to solids thirty two years in office. british prime minister rise up held

need to know what it means when the u.s. corporations and the u.s. government supports a dictator like this giving billions of dollars in aid again and again and it's money that goes both to mubarak and it goes to military contractors right here and never to the people of egypt. as you're saying this is been a known fact for some time to people to be suspected and after all that's what they're in the streets campaigning against him protesting about his corruption. understand the three cabinet members and a couple of others close to mubarak are now under investigation that in the egypt what do you think the consequences all of these revelations could be if they're under investigation could mubarak himself be held to account and indeed possibly punished. well he says certainly should be held to account and all of that money should be returned to the people of egypt to whom it rightfully belongs when this money is deposited in swiss and british and u.s. banks every one of those bankers know that this is really money that belongs to the people of egypt a

the u.s. government said they should have been allowed to demonstrate in peace. mind your own business, says iran's government. >> it is clear that iran has enemies because it has ambitions. it wants to change relations between countries. there is a lot of animosity even against the government. the protesters will not achieve their goals. monday's demonstrations were the biggest protests against iran pose a government since 2009. reports from tehran said some members want to continue protesting. security forces are out to stop them. >> the u.s. has urged all sides to exercise restraint following anti-government protests by thousands of demonstrators. two people have been killed in clashes with police. in the capital, there is a focus of unrest. here is our security correspondent. >> in the tiny gulf kingdom of brain, protesters have come out in thousands. the demanding what they call absolute freedom. more power for elected mps. violence hovers in the wings. two people have now died. this was

u.s. experience, u.s. employers want, demand and really rely, rely on in their assessment, whom to hire. those who entered non-employment-based visas, those who, country of origin or region of origin matters. lacking u.s. professional and social networks is a huge barrier. but also institutional factors that absolutely have to be addressed. immigrants often face substantial difficulties in recognizing therefore an armed potential's and work experience. professional networks, mentors and learn how things are done in the field of study. so, i have four more minutes. just real quickly about other institutional barriers that we found in our research that has been a can and again huge obstacles. lack of a state specific and occupation specific information about steps that are needed to pursue form of careers. gatekeepers, we have two major gatekeepers. professional associations that sets rules, state-by-state, that often with perception is instincts, as well as employers who often lack knowledge and cultural co

u.s. might intervene to stop its own fragile economy from skidding into trouble. one of the story as britain's prepared to tell all of the latest national census there's deep concern that the u.s. connecting information could dish out the tainted with molecule intelligence by law . you're watching our ten pm moscow time welcome if you're just joining us my name is kevin our top story tonight gunfire has been heard on the streets of the libyan capital as hundreds of opposition protesters gathered to call for an end to colonel gadhafi his rule there are also reports of pro-government forces launching airstrikes on protesters in other parts of the country has paid all of his keep across developments from neighboring egypt. on monday we saw hundreds of protesters on the streets of tripoli protesting against the gadhafi regime security forces fired shots to try and disperse the crowds now colonel gadhafi is certainly imparts old at the moment he's not in control. but anywhere in libya pretty mu

the u.s. congratulates egyptians for getting rid of a repressive leader it's a big change after washington sponsoring hosni mubarak for thirty years and turning a blind eye to widespread human rights violations in the country what have they been doing for the previous thirty years while mubarak was actually torturing people. putting down opposition by force barak was a bad guy but he was our bad guy and as long as we had some element of control and that was good for us america's close ally is out of power but some analysts say the u.s. is still pulling the strings. long term alliance with israel a deep partnership with egypt we as a country have provided more than one hundred billion dollars in aid to both of these countries there's a real investment here the force now in charge in egypt is the country's military largely financed by the united states the army will be in power until egyptians choose their next president it is the second largest recipient of american aid in the world after his n

the u.s. has a new budget coming out can america ever go bankrupt this week let's talk about that well we're already bankrupt so it's like credit card debt i mean. can you go at what point you hit the bottom and what point do you start screaming about it china has too much invested in dollar to let america go bankrupt so now we're something that someone else has to take care of. right now. if anything happens there's going to other countries who are going to do that for us is that fair. it's. not saying that everything's all right rosy at this point we're certainly not at a critical point and i think what you're pointing out is the fact that we need increased global cooperation it's not just a problem that can be fixed unilaterally either within the within the euro or within the u.s. economy it's something that has to be fixed globally how do you stop spending when you've got. thirty three hundred million people to make sure that they're healthy and have enough food and all that kind of stuff.

and the u.s. is facing an increasing population of out to graduate as the struggling economy fails to provide employment. just a couple of months time cross-talk people of his guest discussed huge military spending in the middle east and whether the region actually benefits from it. for the full story we've got it for. the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers. welcome to cross talk i'm peter lavelle u.s. president barack obama has requested five hundred forty nine billion dollars in military spending for this year a small decrease over last year nonetheless the global arms business is booming do more arms not less in jane ger the world security obviously events in the middle east are top of mind.

we're similarly looking for same-store sales for u.s. stores to be flat to down this year again, after a disappointing year last year. >> tom: walmart fell 3% on the news. volume was twice normal. the sell-off brings the stock back to prices it saw for the better part of four months late last year. other retail earnings include macy's fourth quarter coming in a nickel better than estimates. its own house brands and exclusive merchandise got the credit. home depot also beat the street. unlike walmart, home depot saw strong growth at its u.s. stores. and it's raised its guidance. still, macy's and home depot fell 1% after their earnings reports. dollar tree may be one to watch tomorrow with its earnings call. one company relying on retail, v.f. corporation, is better known for lee jeans, vans shoes, and north face outdoor gear. the stock took off today, up 7% to a new high. a strong quarter and better outlook helped. we saw amazon.com move in more direct competition to netflix. amazon started an unlimited streaming video service with 5,000

. >> reporter: u.s. and mexican officials believe the two ice agents were ambushed by as many as ten gunmen connected to one of mexico's violent drug cartels. sources tell cbs news the thugs specifically targeted the black chevy suburban belonging to the u.s. embassy and baring diplomat plates, but it's unclear if the outlaws knew there were two u.s. agents inside. ice agent jaime zapata, and his partner, victor avila, were traveling on this four-lane divided highway heading for mexico city when the ambush unfolded. this is the way sources say it played out. two cars had been following the agents' s.u.v. for some time when one of the cars suddenly swerved around the s.u.v. and forced it to a stop. the trailing car boxed the agents in a trap. gunmen from the cars then surrounded the s.u.v. sources say when the ice agents rolled down a window to identify themselves, one of the gunmen armed with an automatic weapon opened fire. as the agents scrambled to roll up the window, other gunmen opened up on the arm