and iran because u.s. president barack obama spoke to the international community yesterday he said in iran we have seen a government that refuses to recognize the rights of its own people he also called on the international community to support new sanctions against syria that should be put through by the u.n. security council so in that context i asked the iranian leader how could there ever be a reconciliation here's what he had said but the fundamental points behind the uprising not in the arab world but across the world is against the influence of the extreme capitalist system which is inhuman at its core and it is not just pertaining to the arab world it is the world over in europe in great britain in france in spain and greece the world over wherever we see today if people are given a commission and a chance to express themselves and express their opinions and they will certainly rise up against the influence of the united states as well. that was a different saga that was supposed to play but the i

u.s. . the eurozone teeters on the. deaths with greece trying to speed up the i.m.f. warning a new recession is in the. twenty four hour news live from moscow this is artsy with me. thousands of palestinians are marching all across the west bank to support their leader's move to win recognition for their state at the u.n. now there's an atmosphere of jubilation as government services and schools were closed down to allow people to head out onto the streets and demonstrate. has been following the events. it's being high so it's right across the west bank is this major that some twenty thousand people have taken to space or but not let people took off work the schools closed early i mean if businesses shut down i'm standing in omaha which is really the focal point of the trial there and in this area the businesses the shops in the restaurants have been opened so that people can really celebrate with almost a clone of the atmosphere now this does kick start three days of peaceful demonstratio

so that's what u.s. consumers may have to look forward to according to peter schiff president of euro pacific capital so we talked about a number of issues facing the economy and of course the big one jobs where have they all gone we hear the president of the united states and the head of the russian federal reserve talk about how we need to get them back in the u.s. talk about the threat of long term unemployment to this country's economy but we want to looking for where these jobs have gone and look at what we found look at what corporations are doing to avoid hiring americans these people protesting behind me they're protesting the practices of hershey's as in the chocolate maker they're accused of using captive labor at their packing plant this summer they're accused of luring students from countries like china turkey romania to come to the united states for a cultural exchange program and then putting them to work in their factories instead at the same time activists say this ties into the bigger is

the u.s. ambassador in syria. what's described as an armed violent mob attacked robert ford during a visit with an opposition leader. he was not hurt, but it is similar to a confrontation last month. secretary of state hillary clinton calls the situation ugly. >> this assault is clearly part of an ongoing campaign of intimidation aimed at not only american diplomats, but diplomats from other countries. observers who are raising questions about what's going on inside syria. >> an opposition group says 49 people have been killed in western syria over the past two days in fighting between pro and antigovernment forces. >>> nearly 40 current or former boeing workers are now facing drug charges. they are accused of illegally selling, having, or trying to buy prescription drugs like oxycotten and sa nax. boeing said they cooperated with the investigation, and the quality of the aircraft was not affected. >>> let's head to atlanta to check in with rob. expecting any flight delays today? >> we have a

stocks have plummeted to after the u.s. had to resign indicated that the u.s. economic slump could last year as the u.s. had or is a also signaled significant downside risk to the economic outlook including volatility in overseas markets and what also weighing on investors here is moody's downgraded three u.s. banks and the news of course troubles investors across here and in russia the r.t.s. lost more than eight and a hundred percent at the close and what's also adding pressure here in russia is that the ruble continues to pull against major world currency the ruble dropped against of the u.s. dollar to its lowest level in two years. if i get more on this in our business bulletin coming up in about five minutes as you will you mentioned the situation with the debt crisis remains tense with greeks now protesting against a new round of austerity cuts public transport workers then taxi drivers on a twenty four hour strike snarling traffic in athens the protest comes a day after the government handouts more tax hikes and pension cuts in the latest move to reduce

base will stop posting thousands of u.s. soldiers however the u.s. consulate is undergoing a massive expansion and is expected to hold over twelve hundred employees most of which will be security contractors along with civilian officials from the state department's bureau of international narcotics and military personnel to oversee oversee weapons sales and security training now there are also plans for a consulate in terrible it will have approximately fourteen hundred people and will be the operating post for the security cooperation facility and don't forget we already have the one billion dollar u.s. embassy in baghdad that was one billion the one hundred four acre compound is the largest u.s. diplomatic outpost in the world and it's home to three thousand troops contractors and civilian officials now the state department appears to be doing its best to take over the troops left off they're requesting five point two billion dollars just in iraq for two thousand and twelve that's the review billion dollar increase over the previous year so a lot m

punctuating a sentence u.s. prosecutors are demanding thirty years for a russian pilot convicted of drug smuggling but the case is complicated and it is a story you will not hear on mainstream networks will fill in all the blanks on constant in your life their sentencing and a live report next. if you don't work to bring justice or. i have a right to know what my government should do if you want to know why i think taxes . well i would characterize obama as a charismatic sort. of american exceptionalism. all right well there is so much going on in the world but what are these big stories happening now that you are not likely to see on u.s. mainstream media well what about four hundred that thirty thousand israelis who took to the streets across the country over the weekend in the biggest protest in the country's history look at this behind me they're demanding social justice a lower cost of living and government solutions for a struggling middle class sounds a little familiar actually also what about the executi

markets the u.s. stocks a sharp willow after the fact results indicate that the u.s. economic slump could last for years both the dow the nasdaq was setting about three percent and it's also a sea of red in russia and across europe well wednesday investors have been waiting for the outcome of the u.s. fighter is that decision but that signals significant. downside risk for the world's largest economy and another part to interest weighing on the markets right now is that moody's has downgraded three u.s. banks. and that also added pressure on the markets well and bearish sentiment on the russian markets as the ruble continues to fall against the major european currencies and the ripple has reached its lowest level against the u.s. dollar for about two years we'll tell you have more in business in about ten minutes time so we're going to thanks very much we'll see you sam. but of course you can also get more in this business bulletin as you listen to is coming your way in about five ten minutes time and i she was talking about the situation with the e.u. its debt crisis

u.s. leaders. also we talk exclusively to mark would ask about what's preventing palestinians from being recognized as an independent state and other global issues that's all ahead of the iranian leader's address to the u.n. . and an old nasa satellite is plunging towards earth with a number of fragments expected to come crashing down but still u.s. artists have no idea where the dead. and global stocks have plummeted after the u.s. federal reserve indicated that the u.s. economic slump could last for years or in business in twenty minutes. it is i just after seven pm here in moscow this is our team with. president barack obama has that personally sworn to veto any u.n. resolution recognizing a free and independent palestinian state his comments came in during a face to face meeting with the leader of the palestinian autonomy who nevertheless about to press ahead with this country is built on friday and while official israel's me officials of israel say that it's concerned about possible v

base will stop posting thousands of u.s. soldiers however the u.s. consulate is undergoing a massive expansion and is expected to hold over twelve hundred employees most of which will be security contractors along with civilian officials from the state department's bureau of international narcotics and military personnel to oversee oversee bump in sales and security training now there are also plans for a consulate and terrible it will have approximately fourteen hundred people and will be the operating post for the security cooperation facility and don't forget we already have the one billion dollar u.s. embassy in baghdad that was one billion to one hundred four acre compound is the largest u.s. diplomatic outpost in the world and it's home to three thousand troops contractors and civilian officials now the state department appears to be doing its best to take over where the troops left off they're requesting five point two billion dollars just in iraq for two thousand and twelve that's the review billion dollar increase over the previous year so a

why the u.s. says the killing of an american terrorist overseas today is so significant. >>> squeezed again. that swipe is about to cost you more. tonight, the new fees banks are charging to spend your own money. >>> final appeal. can amanda knox say anything to that italian court to win her freedom? >>> and to the rescue. a terrible accident. a father lost for days and the family that refused to give up. a father lost for days and the family that refused to give up. "nightly news" begins now. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> good evening. i'm savannah guthrie, in tonight for brian. tonight one of america's most wanted terrorists is dead. his name may not have been as well known as osama bin laden's, but officials say anwar al-awlaki was just as dangerous. an american-born citizen who later joined al qaeda, if you ask top u.s. officials to name the terrorist they were most worried about in recent years he would be at the top of the list. from yemen officials say he planned or insp

u.s. is likely to veto the bid. the u.s. says it would block peace talks. japan is set to join the u.s., russia, and other countries in pressing for direct dialogue between israel and the palestinians soon. >>> the chinese and north korean premiers agreed to resume stalled talks on nuclear development. the talks had been suspended since december, 2008. north korean premier met with his counterpart on monday. he said china hopes the relevant countries will improve relations with the north through dialogue so the six party talks can start again soon. he said north korea would like a nuclear free peninsula through dialogue and cons you will tagss and six party talks should restart unconditionally. the two premiers confirmed their countries will cooperate to strengthen bilateral economic relations such as improving trade and infrastructure. >>> the chinese government says it'll launch a module to practice docking at its future space station. china's central television reported the news on mond

it's been a thing for the u.s. economy it certainly saved it saved the holders of fannie mae and freddie mac. bonds what it saved i mean basically you had fannie and freddie being completely bankrupt after having made ridiculously foolish loans into the mortgage market now i don't think there's anything criminal about offering. foolish loans or even buying shares in a company that's making foolish loans that is stupid it's not necessarily necessarily criminal but as a result of the bailouts these companies should have gone down the mortgage market a completely disappeared i mean the essential u.s. housing market should have been returned to a cash business which was which was not what didn't happen but instead all of the losses that should have been borne by fannie and freddie shareholders and bondholders and the banks that bought and sold fannie mae braun's and any loans those people should have borne the losses i mean i think the banking system would have survived in a much more truncated form in a much more much

bailouts why was the u.s. so quick to plug the holes for big banks but not the american people will tell you why one artist says burned banks burned. i have seven years of school work i do. you know the start of the bottom or your way of working your way up is tough when there are no jobs in the first place so with president obama's jobs plan speech less than twenty four hours away is there a light at the end of the tunnel or just more of the same. we don't have jobs recovery and everybody knows that if people are saying where is our hoover dam the moment plus seventy five years after the opening of the hoover dam has a life of american innovation burned out and was stagnant us unemployment rate is it time to get creative. getting it's wednesday september seventh eight pm here in washington d.c. i'm lauren lyster you're watching our t.v. there's so much going on in the world but what are the big stories that you are not likely to see on us mainstream media t.v. well what about the four hundred thirty thousand

u.s. stocks fell after four days of gains as markets are cautious ahead of the key jobs data out later today. for details, we cross over to ramin at the tokyo stock exchange. there is an announce many of a new prime minister line-up here in japan. how are stocks kicking off here this friday morning. >> good friday morning to you. a bit after negative start actually following on from the u.s. sessions. let's look at the opening levels and you can see there quite clearly the nikkei down. it closed in the positive yesterday and actually also closed above 9,000 for the first time in two weeks but we are seeing a decline here right now and we are likely to see investors tread a bit more carefully today ahead of those key u.s. jobs numbers. as you mentioned, ism manufacturing in the u.s. showed a slight drop in august but the contraction was a lot less than what economists expected and still showing an expansion. however, the affect for europe was not as good. we did see a contraction there in t

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influenced by the u.s. administration and its international politics and iran has been classified as a country an enemy of the you us an enemy of israel and that's why we have seen many countries leaving the hold while he was speaking so let's turn to palestine now has he brought out friday will be the data palestine is delivering its bid to the world body reports say it's already been decided that there may not be a push for an immediate vote do you think mahmoud abbas backtracked. well what's going to happen tomorrow is that the palestinian president mahmoud abbas is going to speak the you and get out on the assembly he is going to defend the palestinian people to defend the right of the palestinians who have been deprived of their political rights for more than sixty three years now since one thousand nine hundred forty eight when is were in concord and expelled more than one palestinian refugees from historic palestine the palestinians have been for the past sixty three years deprived of their political

u.s. policies as our team talks to the iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad. as director general resigns due to rumors he is linked to the cia critics say that explains the switching u.s. attitude towards the qatar based news network. a.t.m. of the russian capital you're watching r.t.i. marina joshie welcome to the program president barack obama has personally sworn to veto any resolution recognizing a free and independent palestinian state these comments came during a face to face meeting with the leader of the palestinian autonomy who nevertheless vowed to press ahead with these countries bid tomorrow. this kind of has the latest the sixty six the general assembly of the united nations is in full swing a lot of issues are on the table of course but the key with planning to raise the question of becoming an independent state being recognized by the united nations on a friday and there is definitely a lot of uncertainty when in comes to this issue since all know were. u.s. president barak

the u.s. state of georgia has denied a final appeal for clemency for a prisoner on death row on the eve of his execution for the nineteen eighty nine murder of an off duty policeman no murder weapon was ever found and no d.n.a. evidence or fingerprints conclusively linking choi davis to the shooting most witnesses have also since changed their testimony more than one million people worldwide have signed petitions for clemency and the state or national said georges discredits the justice system and will execute an innocent man davis is due to face death by lethal injection on wednesday. to mexico now where gunmen have dumped the bodies of thirty five people on the roadway during rush hour in the gulf state of veracruz the victims were found in two trucks left near a shopping mall in the city of baqubah no real police identified seven of them and all have criminal backgrounds including extortion home aside and drug trafficking bulk of the rio has become a frequent side of clashes between armed g

for its history of slavery he attacked the u.s. for using a nuclear bomb and he also said the u.s. and european countries impose and support military dictatorships in asia latin america and african nations but it's when the president of iran referred to september eleventh as the most serious of temper eleventh attacks and started speaking about questions surrounding the holocaust that delegations all caught up and started leaving the general assembly hall what was different though about his speech this year is his reference to the september eleventh attacks and osama bin laden want to take a listen justification. as instead of assigning a fact finding team they killed osama bin laden and threw his body into the woods and to be more reasonable to bring him to justice well you don't need. a leader also said that the majority of the nations around the world that are currently suffering from a global crisis have now have had no role in creating it he said the same small powers that dominate the united nations have dominated all the decisions around the world that have led to several di

u.s. economy takes a serious turn for the worse. erika miller, "nightly business report," new york. >> tom: bank of america's move to cut jobs comes at the same time president obama is trying to get companies to add jobs. the president sent his $447 billion jobs bill to congress today. he says the american people need help now, urging congress to pass the bill with "no games, no politics, no delays." >> we know what will help businesses start right here and stay here and hire here. we know that if we take the steps outlined in this jobs plan, that there's no reason why we can't be selling more goods all around the world that are stamped with those three words-- made in america. >> tom: meanwhile, house majority leader eric cantor suggests a fight may be brewing over the jobs bill. he says the president can't simply say, "it's my bill.. all or nothing." >> suzanne: a late session comeback for the major averages helps wall street shake off its latest round of european jitters. behind the tur

u.s. delegation lead the charge of walking out of the iranian president's speech but one of the mainstream media missed focusing on those antics we want to hear what ahmadinejad has to say r.t. sits down with them for a one on one interview. and racial inequality isn't the only problem plaguing the u.s. economy inequality is growing too this is the rich are getting richer we'll talk more about america's struggles plus we'll take a look at the plunging markets most people right through the door for the. u.s. government might be right on they did adopt that doesn't mean everyone sees iran as a threat or to national security or national health for that matter so does iran really have the prescription for a clean bill of health for poor communities in the u.s. . it's thursday september twenty second it's five pm here in washington d.c. i'm laura lister and you're watching our t.v. while the. well the sixty six united nations general assembly continues aronian president mahmoud ahmadinejad addr

first, u.s. policy should be predicated on their respective merits, not their value bargaining chips or other countries. start with the basic questions of what american interests are at stake in a given bilateral relationship, and that should also mean paying little attention to leaders' pronouncements of geopolitical loyalty. second, the u.s. should broaden engagement with the stateses in the region not just in terms of our resources, but diplomatically, economically and culturally. finally, the u.s. should emphasize transparency and win/win opportunities while simultaneously rejecting russian notions of sphere of influence and the arguments from post- soviet union governments themselves. such a strategy is more than just a simple jettisoning of great game analogies. it requires playing a new game which positions the u.s. as a potential full partner without reference to our or their relations with russia. it also asks us to fully reimagine the region outside of the historical context of the bagg

now the u.s. is israel's big supporter at the un but its support for the arab spring threatens to leave its main middle east ally in total isolation america the muslim movements for democracy but the new regime in egypt has left israel to pick up the pieces of broken relations. explains. democracy has a price the people of egypt have spoken. their voices have been heard and egypt will never be the same and the new egypt embraced as a positive example of change in the arab world by the west is not the only one paying for what they did it with the revolution bring us you know i think during the earlier times there was a bit of security but now there's less security on the streets israel has also been left hanging a slow road to stability in neighboring egypt mixed with the massively unpopular israeli foreign policy makes a dangerous cocktail. the pace for change towards those disputation was very slow so you had a lot of frustration on one side and then you had a lot of anger that. exacerbated after

as the u.s. prepares to mark ten years since the nine eleven attacks the result of what president bush dubbed the war on terror are coming under scrutiny a decade of military campaigns overseas has been accompanied by headlines of civilian deaths and secret prisons as well as torture we begin our special coverage of the anniversary our he's got a cheeky on takes a look at whether all that succeeded in making the u.s. a safer place. i mean one of the deadliest terrorist attacks in history that ushered in a decade of anti terror campaigns across the globe. but is america and the world now a safer place ten years on the most recent nine eleven commission report card gives aviation security in the u.s. the worst rate an f as for terrorists experts say the methods used to fight them have spawned even more extremism torture and if that which warmed if it out the great we're going to talk them over which we're thank you is the highest level of burden uter and that have significantly said it's back on th

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

. >>> u.s. president barack obama asked japan's prime minister, yoshihiko noda, for concrete progress in resolve ing the okinawa based disputwhen e two met in n yk dnesda nh rlstamotokama reports. tnslator: iou le to thanon behf the jane peop the u.s. litaryor the eat extence tendedn lping japan rever from the disaern mah 11th. iantoelmeri mister na and his delegation untes. i am sure it will be an excellent working relationship with the prime minter as well as his team. noda held his first face to presenonedsd othress sidelines of the u.ngeral assembly meeting. the u.s. side hoping for progress on several issues. the two men cut straight down to business at the meeting. obama explained that the u.s. terms on the relocation of the u.s. marine corps futenma station in okinawa prefecture. he called on noda to begin laying the ground work for building alternative city in the head district of nago city as agreed by the two governments. obamsa hhos see nglerogress on this issu ro e ineti o trans-rs r

the u.s. is the largest creditor china has three point two trillion dollars in reserves and spend what happens to the u.s. if china starts exit in dollars and buying up euro that's a that's a really good question because because the fact that it's not there the amount of money that china has has to go somewhere right now a lot of it's and t. bills so if they're going to move money out of the you know out of into europe they have to move it out of u.s. treasuries which means are they going to take some demand out of the market and if the u.s. isn't change the amount of supply in the marketplace that's going to drive up deals it's going to make borrowing costs higher for the united states government which alternately because the way the fed works the pheasant have to step in to do more monetize ation so all that just means is more and more loss of purchasing power for dollar holders if the chinese words with this word choose to disengage from treasuries and move into the european sovereign debt

the u.s. prepares to memorialize the events of september eleventh a day that unleashed the war on terror now feared by some to have an even bigger threat to the youth to the world. a crowd of egyptians strums the israeli embassy in cairo in a rage by the deaths of five egyptian border guards last month.

so europe will probably contract by 1% so we're not going to get help in the u.s.-- u.s. from europe. if anything europe will be a headwind for us economically. >> susie: let's talk about the u.s. economy. looking at the statistics that we just reported on, do you think that the u.s. economy is in better shape than we thought? >> so the good news is we grew at 1.3 instead of one. but the reality is we should be growing at 3% plus. so we are still way below potential, way below what we should be and that speaks to the structural impediment. we have problems with the hoss market with the labor market, with public finances, so we need to do a lot for more if we are to grow rapidly and if we are to lower unemployment. >> susie: is recession still on the worry list? could we, the u.s. slide into a recession three months, six months from now? >> it's a risk. i think that our own projection is the baseline, is about 0 to half a percent for the u.s. but like many other things, today, this baseline is subject to a lot of uncertainty. and unfortunately the balance of risk is on the

denies to u.s. treasuries so standard and poor's is giving a higher rating to securities backed by sub prime home loans the same type of investments that led to the worst financial crisis since the great depression then it assigns the u.s. government now these aaa sub prime mortgage backed securities one of the participants of this is a i g. which is owned by the same government that is now suing these other guys who are that it's the same is the same circle of of a psychopathic schizophrenia schizophrenia is just for the back part. as. right this is a pretty bad environment exchange but as you're doing it make sure that you look at yourself in the mirror collateralized by your own image slice and dice your invention by the skin training class and take a problem kind of drugs while doing it and you yourself can become as rich as one point five sitting on trillions of dollars of the i person which actually for the article here quotes gregory w. smith the general counsel for the forty one billion doll

in the u.s. markets are trading in positive territory the dow is up twelve percent while the nasdaq is adding over one percent this hour. and then europe investors are concerned by the weakness on the global economy markets there closed imports of the territory with banks among that small performers that was following heavy losses in the previous session. there are also markets bounce back from earlier losses and then the the trade in session end up black as well both the arts yes and the my sex added point of three percent let's take a look at some x. movers on the my socks most energy majors were down despite strong crude and bucking the trend was norsk nickel the company's board has approved the terms of a new share buyback it's right it's twelve point five billion dollars to buy a seven point seven percent stake for minority shareholders also oversell says it's ready to discuss the sale of its twenty five percent stake in the arsenical at the price as rights. well a giant gas from nafta is re

i mean i think it's interesting that you say the u.s. is doing a lot to make sure that this doesn't happen but this is a little bit different from what we start president obama say just last year take a listen to that when we come here next year we can have an agreement that will lead to a new member of the united nations an independent sovereign state of palestine living in peace with israel. so things have changed well they've changed but of course the obama administration has been very very. strong on trying to back away from the president's comments it's funny that you played that specific sound bite because that's actually what the palestinians are using in a new ad they just released to try to goose the more international support for their bid the white house position has and unfortunately for the palestinians from their perspective has always remained the same they want the negotiations between the palestinians and between israel they claim that this unilateral approach by palestine to seek recognition through the united nations w

the u.s. is deploying new drone bases in east africa to intensify attacks on al qaeda operatives but while the policy in saving american lives it's already resulted in thousands of civilian deaths in pakistan are things going to change you can report . the u.s. is aggressively expanding its drone war by setting up more and more bases for those unmanned aerial vehicles or the u. a.v.'s they are armed with laser guided bombs and air to ground missiles and network of those drone bases is unfolding in east africa ethiopia is hosting the fleet of hunter killers as they call them in the military a similar installation has opened in the seychelles a new base is under construction. to look to enable more flights over yemen and all this as u.s. officials say is being done to target al qaeda affiliates in the region drones have become the main weapon of america's undeclared war so it's a new kind of warfare one that the u.s. is waging without sacrificing the lives of their soldiers in a number of countr

in the u.s. markets opened in the red but have now a raised earlier losses a record showed for some outlook and for don't miss part of that six wind last week which drove and this is lower cost by fiat i head of ben bernanke on the u.s. economic outlook. in europe is back in some positive territory and that's the spike here the central bank cutting its. forecast for economic growth and the girls on the c.v. also signaled it was no longer considering them for their rate hikes. here in russia markets ended the trading session on the positive notes the arts yes again point two percent of all the noise lights went out point six percent let's take a look at some individual share moves on the my sex is burbank going up over its super science act there acquired the eastern european arm called gold strangle girls clinical gain this is what all of their group wants result is finally starting talks to sell that's in the company and the most closed book in the trebles look or oil company could place a sever

the u.s.. we sit down with u.s. ambassador susan rice. -- this sets the stage for a veto by the u.s.. >> this is frustrating. there is no shortcut. >> falling to earth, a defunct satellite is set to crash land soon but where is anyone's guess. what >> welcome to our viewers on pbs in america. a collision course has been said today. the palestinian president mahmoud abbas says that he will be applying for full membership at the u.n. next week. this amounts to an implicit recognition of statehood. the u.s. says that they will veto only application. they argue only direct talks with israel will bring palestinian independence. >> the campaign for palestinian membership stopped the traffic in ramallah in the israeli occupied west bank. israel and the americans think that going to the u.n. could put a stop to any chance of peace. president abbas in a speech announced the determination to go ahead with an application which the americans say they will be tow. -- they will veto. we will request the rig

welcome back the u.s. military is packing up shop and getting ready to move out of iraq or so we're told but reports show a different kind of buildup is actually underway as we pointed out in the past the mainstream media has continued to overlook the fact that contractors and employees from the u.s. state department are moving into the country to pick up the slack left by the military drawdown so far the state department has awarded three security contracts worth nearly two point nine billion dollars over the next five years alone and there are more clues as to where the state department will carry a strong presence and basra the u.s. base will stop posting thousands of u.s. soldiers however the u.s. consulate is undergoing a massive expansion and is expected to hold over twelve hundred employees most of which will be security contractors along with civilian officials from the state department's bureau of international narcotics and military personnel to oversee oversee weapons sales and security training

for the u.s. major parties welcome president obama on the great job but i would say the tremendous stimulus package might be just too much for a split congress to swallow. as the headline is up next on the show from our washington studio and today we'll take a look at what's changed in the u.s. since the nine eleven attacks a decade ago stay with us for that.

stocks have plummeted to after the u.s. federal indicated that the u.s. economic slump could last a u.s. fighter is a also a signal significant downside risk for the comic outlook including all until we see in overseas markets and what also weighing on investors here is moody's downgraded three u.s. banks and the news of course troubles investors across europe and in russia the r.t.s. lost more than eight in the percent up close and what's also adding pressure here in russia is that the ruble continues to pull against major world currency the ruble dropped against of the u.s. dollar to its lowest level in two years. and this coming up in our business bulletin in about five minutes and as you imagine a situation with the debt crisis remains tense with greeks now protesting a new round of austerity cuts public transport workers and taxi drivers on a twenty four hour strike snarling traffic in athens this comes a day after the government announced more tax hikes and pension cuts in a latest move to reduce the country's budget deficit the finance minister has

the worst attack in u.s. history terrorists hijacked four planes and two of them into the twin towers of the world trade center in new york city the one into the pentagon while the force was presumably targeted at the white house in washington but crashed into a filled the horrific attacks which al qaeda eventually admitted left some three thousand innocent people dad and created a perception that no place is safe from the threat of extremists from the media to u.s. response was to war on terror declared by president george w. bush it instigated highly controversial military complains in iraq and afghanistan they were inter has been criticised many times it's counterproductive because in a further escalation of violence. one of the legacies of nine eleven is the guantanamo bay detention base where l.h. terrorists have been held the markets used that have been condemned by organizations like amnesty international and human rights watch is something which turns a war on terrorism in turn the act of terrorism in

soil up until he was snatched up by u.s. special agents in liberia last year and brought here to stand trial now his family as well as russian officials were not informed as to what his whereabouts affectively considering him missing russian officials cited a breach of diplomatic conduct a breach of international law because they did not know where this their citizen was and because the u.s. state department failed to do only inform them. now in just a few days the united states will be marking its greatest tragedy in half a century the terrorist attacks on september eleventh two thousand and one what followed was a decade of invasions torture scandals and untold abuses all of the name of justice and righteousness well as we begin our special coverage of the anniversary of his going to check out takes a look at whether the past decade made america a safer place. maybe one of the deadliest terrorist attacks in history i'm sure doing a decade of anti terror campaigns across the globe. but is america and the world now a safer p

the u.s. is going to threaten rhetorically or otherwise pakistan but it really needs pakistan to stay on board at least a little bit with the u.s. project in afghanistan even as the project is winding down and so that's why i think we're going to see something like we have sixteen transfers and upgrades and so forth canceled canceled and so forth we're going to see a lot of bluster but maybe not complete. so frenemies will have to say at this point as enforcing it is it is one of those relationships or both sides are depending on the other robin thanks so much for joining us tonight thank you for having me. and just ahead we have our thursday edition of selling sell and a new times asked if president obama has killed the civil liberties of the. internet only one with the mechanisms in the world to bring justice or. i have the right to know what my government's true if you want to know what i think taxes. i would characterize obama as a charismatic. american exceptional that's. something seriou

the u.s. russia relationship went through a lot of ups and downs putin returning to the kremlin as president would be bringing a lot of baggage with him, both in russia and in the united states, and in the united states i would say particularly in the congress, which becomes obviously quite important to converting u.s. officials, ratifying agreements in the legislation that may need to be passed. and my very last point i guess is that, you know, we are all assuming of course that putin will return to the presidency and medvedev will be the prime minister, but it strikes me this is a time period that it's dangerous to make too many assumptions, and i think what happens with the criticism of medvedev and the subsequent firing, you know, it makes clear that there are a number of strains inside that system and inside that leadership that make it perhaps less predictable than in the past. thank you. >> thank you very much. it is quite remarkable in two respects. first of course he came to washingto

u.s., but overseas as well. the federal reserve spooked everybody first. this was yesterday. the fed giving a really bleak assessment of the u.s. economy warning of significant downside risks to the economic outlook. translation there that the economy will get significantly weaker. then overnight, we got weak manufacturing reports out of europe, the u.k, even china, which had been an engine of growth out of the great recession. you have to remember, wolf, we're all interconnected. only been one economist to tell us europe is probably in a recession and the u.s. is teetering on the brink of one. wolf? >> so, basically, it doesn't look very promising right now. what are they brace you for tomorrow? >> tomorrow, we're trying to see if we're getting, if volatility may sort of come to a head, calm down a bit. the fact is, the markets had been looking to the fed for some help and the fed came out with this stimulus measure to basically sell short-term bonds and buy up longer term ones to hopeful

u.s. says a palestinian state can only be achieved through talks with israel parties maria portnoy has more from new york. u.s. president barack obama did address the international body and specifically addressed the issue of how to stand state hood the u.s. leaders said that peace will not come through statements or view when resolutions and that the united nations should be encouraging palestine and israel to get back to the negotiation table this is basically a way that he would say that the united nations no resolution no vote upcoming vote on palestinian membership will help the situation in any way the united states has said outright that it will veto the palestinian membership the united nations a campaign that's been going on for quite a while the majority of u.n. member states hundred ninety three of them a majority of them do support palestine on its u.n. membership and statehood and that includes russia now russian's foreign minister sergei lavrov did address the press say that

who were stare at tuck in u.s. history terrorists hijacked four planes and crushed two of them into the twin tower was of the world trade center in new york city the one into the pentagon while the force was presumably targeted at the white house in washington but crashed into a build the roof tax which kind of eventually admitted some three thousand innocent people died and created a perception that no place who knows. is safe from the threat of extremism the immediate u.s. response was to war on terror declared by president george w. bush it instigated highly controversial military campaigns in iraq and afghanistan who were on terror has been criticized many times it's counterproductive because in a further escalation of violence one of the legacies of nine eleven is the guantanamo bay detention base where l.h. terrorists have been held the math that's used there have been condemned by organizations like amnesty international and human rights watch is something which turns the war on terrorism in turn the act of

u.s. promises to veto the move unless the palestinians and israelis relaunch peace talks let's get some more details now it's marty's marina live in new york a lot of talk on the sidelines ahead of this palestinian statehood bid president obama just telling the u.n. general assembly there will be no short cuts where we stand at this point. that's right u.s. president barack obama did address the international body and specifically addressed the issue at issue of palestinian statehood the u.s. leaders said that peace will not come through statements or un resolutions and that united nations should be encouraging palestine and israel to get back to the negotiation table this is basically a way that he was saying that the united nations no resolution no vote upcoming vote on palestinian membership will help the situation in any way and as we have been reporting the united states has said outright that it will veto palestinian membership the united nations a campaign that's been going on for q