and hopefully by putting political pressure and economic pressure on great britain people in britain would then put pressure on parliament and get these hated acts repealed. now, one thing i think in our usual telling of the american revolution that gets overlooked is the status of the continental congress. we think, oh, a congress, of course, people would do what they asked. but remember, the continental congress was an extralegal body. in fact, from england's point of viewer, it was an illegal body. they had no official authority to make laws or to pass boycotts that would be imposed on the colonists. their authority came dlikt from the people. and to the extent that they were successful was the extent to which people voluntarily cooperated with their dictates. and i think this is something that is worth remembering because this was kind of an alternative government, a kind of shadow government that emerged, and it really -- its success really depended on the support of the people in a very direct way. and even more pointedly, the success of these boycotts depended on the support o

is it as united as latin america is behind britain? >> latin-american and the caribbean are virtually totally agreed on the fact that this should be argentinian soil. of course it is divided up on geographical lines basically. if you are in europe or beyond, if you are in the u.s., japan, you tend to side with the united kingdom on this, because there is a big trade dispute with argentina. it is not directly to do with the falklands. argentina is putting levies on any imports coming into argentina for more ever around the world. the european union, japan, a dozen other countries are all united against that on the world trade organization as a big dispute. if you are against that, if you're fighting argentine on that front, it is very hard to see that those countries would have any sympathy for argentinian pose a claim on the falklands. there is the oil. those the prospect of oil off the falklands to you do not have to be cynical to suggest that maybe the argentinian upsurge of support for regaining the falklands a second time is perhap

book and it will be particularly interesting because britain, i think, britain does not understand or acknowledge the role of religion in the american revolution and therefore our beginning. burke has trouble with the french revolution because human nature is king. man is not inherently good. i think in a nutshell i am not here to talk about ropes pierre so i can get away with being glib on this, i think that the french thought that man being inherently good they could put something nice together and burke says the king wasn't nearly as bad as we read in the history books. burke did believe that liberty was god's gift. we're going to get to that in a moment, too. so the english revolution started in 1215 when they told king john you have to stop taking stuff away from us and you have taken our power away, and these remember enormously wealthy landed people. this was not joe six pack, not even joe the plumber and started in 1215. it was gradual. it was gradual. all through this change, even through henry the viii, parliament survived, whaaxing a waning and more powerful, less powerful,

plus rising expenses and britain's most costly military project adverted makes london for considering its pricey partnership with the us. once a death row inmate now he's spending life behind bars for shooting and killing a police officer a case of foreign journalist and black panther movement jamal gained attention around the world and he says he's innocent and for decades supporters have rallied behind him and what they see as a quest for justice r.t. is the first t.v. channel in the world to speak to him out since he was removed from death row and he gave an explosive interview to our correspondent just as he assured him now here are her impressions of the evolutionary journalist and activist an honorary citizen in over twenty cities with a street named after him in france cases such as the one of the most debated in modern legal history accused of killing a police officer in the one nine hundred eighty s. linea has spent almost thirty years on death row this january he was taken off death row and is now serving life behind bars without parole and for the first time since his trans

s military hardware only he calls it flying the flag for britain it's seeking to become only the second country other than america to trade arms with japan not only big business but the chance for a crucial foothold in what's clearly the place to be as must be you know perfectly predictable result of the shifting of focus of american attention in the attention of much of the world to the asia pacific region as china obviously continues to be an economic powerhouse and even in the other countries in the region for him to actually become more economically dominant i think with that comes the attendant attention from the militaries of the u.s. and the u.k. and other countries america's recently announced plans to station two thousand and remains in australia hoping to exert influence in a region china says isn't theirs to meddle in and britain could soon join them part of its defense deal with japan could see a british hunter submarine deployed in china's backyard complete with missiles and all the physical presence the british government claims is needed these geopolitics are relevant but

america and britain were at a crossroads of just two possible paths ahead. failure to act on the threat of communism would send them all back to the pool for for a third time he contended. in contrast, standing strong and actively pursuing a settlement with russia would enable america, britain and the world to go down the brighter path where he said the high roots of the future will be clear, not only for us, but for all. not only for a time, but for centuries to come. now as i researched the aftermath of this most historic of churchill's speeches, i was amazed by how strong the negative reactions truly were. today we remember it is one of the pivotal moment that the area come a speech that defined the problems of the post-world war -- excuse me, the postwar world and one that should pass and the cold war. but at the time, churchill was blasted on both sides of the atlantic and on both sides of the aisle. despite the speech being called the pennies apiece and the press and politicians called him an imperialist, emil torry perhaps more even stalin himself cul

britain is seeking to boost its military presence in asia as prime minister david cameron visits japan to agree on a possible royal navy submarine to point in the region the u.k. is joining the american buildup in asia pacific a strategy critics say is aimed at challenging beijing's growing influence from london as artie's about. well for britain it hopes to gain two things really from these talks firstly big business because when it comes to defense japan is a completely untapped market because of its self-imposed ban really on taking part in the trade since the second world war so britain will obviously be very keen to explore that but secondly this is a chance for britain it hopes to exert its influence on the region and what is already a highly competitive area and one of the that is traditionally and certainly geographically china is the main really because one thing that britain hopes that will come out of these talks this agreement is for the more regular deployment of british submarines in the area and these are hunter killer submarines one of the ones that stalk missiles with

book and it will be particularly interesting because britain, i think, britain does not understand or acknowledge the role of religion in the american revolution and therefore our beginning. burke has trouble with the french revolution because human nature is king. man is not inherently good. i think in a nutshell i am not here to talk about ropes pierre so i can get away with being glib on this, i think that the french thought that man being inherently good they could put something nice together and burke says the king wasn't nearly as bad as we read in the history books. burke did believe that liberty was god's gift. we're going to get to that in a moment, too. so the english revolution started in 1215 when they told king john you have to stop taking stuff away from us and you have taken our power away, and these were enormously wealthy landed people. this was not joe six pack, not even joe the plumber and started in 1215. it was gradual. it was gradual. all through this change, even through henry the viii, parliament survived, waxing and waning and more powerful, less powerful, and

that's making some waves and it looks like it might pass it would give one of britain's national security agencies the power to monitor all phone calls texts e-mails and online activities all in the name of quote investigating serious crime and terrorism to protect the public and this is interesting because it means internet companies would be required to install a special kind of hardware that would give the agency the ability to access who an individual or group or individual or group is in contact with how long and how frequently and they would still need a warrant to gain access to the content of the e-mails and phone calls but still this is causing quite a stir aaron swartz is the founder and executive director of demand progress. aaron let's talk about this i mean this sounds a whole lot to me like the u.s. patriot act is that essentially what we're seeing here. yeah i mean it's very similar like the patriot act there's not a lot of details in the proposal and like the patriot act it's going to allow the government to put these boxes in that allow them to make full copies of pretty

but he's going to live from moscow britain is seeking to follow in america's footsteps by heading east and beefing up its military presence in asia the prime ministers of japan and the u.k. a massive arms deal when possible deployment of a royal navy submarine in a region dominated by china. reports on us from london. well for britain it hopes to gain two things really from these talks firstly it's big business because when it comes to defense japan is a completely untapped market because of its self-imposed ban really on taking part in the on strait since the second world war so britain will obviously be very keen to explore that but secondly this is a chance for britain it hopes to exert its influence on the region and war is already a highly competitive area and one of the that is traditionally and certainly geographically china's the main really because one thing that britain hopes that will come out of these talks in this agreement is for the more regular deployment of british submarines in the area and these are hunter killer submarines one ones that stalk missiles with ranges of

well certainly north korea will be one of the main talking points here with britain seeking to allay japan's fears because tensions already very high in the area north korea planning a rocket launch later this week it says it's nearly launching a satellite into orbit but japan south korea north korea's neighbors both fearing it's something much worse they're saying it's a provocation they theory could be a test of a long range missile and threaten to shoot down any danger it falls on their territory and that in itself could lead to another dangerous chain of events because north korea will say any thoughts activity will be they will view you view it as a provocation as well and therefore threaten to respond in kind and we've seen all this before of course because back in april two thousand and nine three years ago this this scenario this exact same scenario played out with japan fearing a north korea rocket launch with something much worse than it was and back then the u.s. sought to get involved so the u.k. trying to the north korea from doing this is u.s. certainly also trying to d

that britain is seeking to boost its military presence in asia as prime minister david cameron visits japan to agree on a possible royal navy submarine deployment in the region and u.k. is joining the american buildup in asia pacific a strategy critics say is aimed at challenging beijing's growing influence from london as r.t. as ivan. for britain this is a highly lucrative opportunity first because it means big business when it comes to defense japan is an untapped market and britain is very keen to exploit that prime minister david cameron is unashamedly touting britain's military hardware on this trip taking with him over thirty executives from the u.k. aren't arms industry he's defended that move as being perfectly responsible and respectable despite the region being highly sensitive to any kind of military maneuvers whatsoever and tensions are particularly high at the moment with north korea planning a rocky launch for later this week but on top of that and more importantly for britain is the chance to exert its influence with a physical presence in the region a region that tradi

we are in a difficult economic situation in britain. just as you see recessions in denmark, in holland, in italy, in spain, that's what's happening across the continent we trade with. what is absolutely essential we take every step we can to help our economy in a recession, investing and setting up enterprises, cutting business practices, prioritizing investment in our infrastructure. we are doing all these things and will do more things to help get our economy out of a mess in which the last government left it. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i think the prime minister actually knowledged it was disappointing but wouldn't you agree with me getting out of a debt crisis you don't spend more money and there's no internationalization suggesting this country changes its thoughts and spend more money to get out of a debt crisis? >> my honorable friend is exactly right. it's not that there is no international body making that case, there is no business organization making that case. indeed, the i.o.d. and c.b.i. are both saying today while these f

britain. in influence. to japan which is. the true market. ten of the twenty three candidates who want to run for egypt's presidency have been banned from taking part in next month's election thousands of islamists relevant current support of a new the former regime officials from entering the race. start by going to tree roots excluded candidates have forty eight hours to appeal and supporters demonstrations are expected in the capital. one of the two muslim brotherhood candidates. who control. i believe this law is unconstitutional because the supreme constitutional law. and court has to review any legislation that affects the presidential elections the muslim brotherhood were creeping towards grasping all the power in egypt they first they had the to overwhelm the civil societies the unions then the second phase of the strategic plan is to overwhelm and control the legislative authority so they are accelerating their pace in controlling the power in egypt by controlling those dimensions or key players in the political scene in egypt. well

for britain this is a highly lucrative opportunity first because it means big business when it comes to defense japan is an untapped market in britain is very keen to exploit that prime minister david cameron is unashamedly touting britain's military hardware on this trip taking with him over thirty executives from the u.k. armed arms industry he's defended that move as being perfectly responsible and respectable despite the region being highly sensitive to any kind of military maneuvers whatsoever and tensions are particularly high at the moment with north korea planning a rocky launch for later this week but on top of that and more importantly for britain is the chance to exert its influence with a physical presence in the region a region that traditionally and certainly geographically is china's domain because part of the agreement could mean the regular deployment of british submarines in the area these would be hunter killer submarines they can hold missiles with a range of up to two thousand kilometers and any such move would really mirror america's activity in the region becau

from britain among them is radical islamist cleric of. three who is reportedly linked with the nine hundred ninety eight hostage taking in yemen and setting up in a tourist terrorist training camp in oregon if extradited the suspects could face life long solitary confinement in top security u.s. presence. and before we move on to business coming up later today our team's cause report uncovers of vicious circle of fraud engulfing the global economy. that ended the day live masters is not going to go down into a mine and go mining for silver but i mean look let's be clear about something they have the vast resources of the market as you just expressed they have near zero percent interest rates and they have the backstop of the central bank and they use this to commit fraud and any time they make a mistake they put a gun to the head of government say either give us another bail out or going to kill the economy i'm saying put an end to that cycle if you take over the five hundred dollars and you take people's give them the chance to old real

well for britain it hopes to gain two things really from these talks firstly it's big business because when it comes to defense japan is a completely untapped market because of its self-imposed ban really on taking part in the on straits it's the second world war so britain will obviously be very keen to explore that but secondly this is a chance for britain it hopes to exert its influence on the region and what is already a highly competitive area and one of the that is traditionally and certainly geographically china is the main really because one thing that britain hopes that will come out of these talks and this agreement is for the more regular deployment of british submarines in the area and these are hunter killer submarines one of the ones that stalk missiles with ranges of up to two thousand kilometers even this kind of activity really mir is america's recent activity in the area also seeking to exert its influence in the asia pacific region recently the u.s. deployed two hundred marines in australia deployment that china actually saw as an incursion on its fear of influence a

and japan have both agreed to develop defense weapons together as britain seeks to boost its military presence in asia part of that cooperation can see a possible royal navy submarine deployment in the region the u.k. is joining the american buildup in asia pacific a strategy critics say is aimed at challenging beijing's growing influence in london as artie's of a ban it. for britain this is a highly lucrative opportunity first because it means big business when it comes to defense japan is an untapped market in britain is very keen to exploit that prime minister david cameron is unashamedly touting britain's military hardware on this trip taking with him over thirty executives from the u.k. arms arms industry he's defended that move as being perfectly responsible and respectable despite the region being highly sensitive to any kind of military maneuvers whatsoever and tensions are particularly high at the moment with north korea planning a rocky launch for later this week but on top of that and more importantly for britain is the chance to exert its influence with a physical presence

britain expects a complete and convincing explanation of neil hayward's death. what really happened at this hotel last november? it is here that the body of the british businessman was discovered. at first, the chinese businessman said he died of excessive alcohol. he was very close to this man -- a rising political leader, now brought down by accusations that his wife was involved in murdering mr. hayward. in the commons, the foreign secretary was accused of acting far too slowly to the changing stories from china. but he insists it's not the case. >> we have asked for and demanded an investigation. the chinese authorities have agreed to conduct such an investigation. there'll be no further discussion about that this afternoon. we are pursuing this extremely carefully but vigorously. >> the foreign office is having to explain this -- a meeting between the british minister and now disgraced man on the date britain first heard of mr. hayward's death. while this was all going on in the same city, the government insists there was nothing initially to suggest there

meanwhile a lot of attention in great britain especially in part with news that britain's office of nationalist statistics indicating that the gross domestic product dropping for the second consecutive quarter from january through march, a drop in construction is blamed for tipping the scales in the first quarter pushing the british economy into a double dip recession. during the first three months in 2012 the economy shrunk to .2%. the pace of that recovery is non-existent. the labor party pouncing on this as he posed questions to the conservative party leader david cameron. >> mr. speaker, today we had the news that britain is back in recession. i'm sure the prime minister spent the last 24 hours thinking of an excuse as to why this has nothing to do with him. so what's his accuse this time? >> these are very, very disappointing figures. i don't, i don't seek to excuse them. i don't seek to try and explain them away. and let me be absolutely clear. there is no complacency at all in this government in dealing with what is a very tough situation that frankly has just got tougher. i believe the

the pressure of the international community on china until now britain and america have had to make do with exerting their influence on the region from afar but with the talk of physical presence there the theories could upset the balance are that when it see the. sort of check in on that breaking news this hour in the afghan capital it's been struck by at least at least a dozen large explosions and what seems to be a coordinated attack on the diplomatic area there are reports that the taliban has claimed responsibility and this all reports were that rockets were fired at the afghan parliament and the russet embassy in kabul witnesses also said a rocket propelled grenade has head the british ambassador's residence so obviously this is an attack on the green zone where there hasn't been an attack there for quite some time smoke was also seen river rising from the german embassy and a turkish base on the outskirts of kabul is also thought to be under attack from the order of fire turkish and greek forces are responding with heavy caliber machine gun fire people on twitter writing basical

he was responsible for the britain's intelligence service. it is alleged he signed off on a secret opposition to deliver papers to muammar gaddafi's jail. after last year's nato bombing of libya, ransacked government offices revealed letters sent by ted british intelligence to the libyan intelligence one referred to this libyan commander. back in 2004, they believed he was an al qaeda operative, which he denies. he said there were dragged back to libya by the cia based on intelligence and was then torture. >> the revelation over the weekend have only heightened the view that rendition such of this would have been sanctioned at the highest level, and they follow all the documents that were revealed following the fall of muammar gaddafi. >> this is not the subject of a metropolitan police academy. he is expected to speak to detectives in due course. >> our correspondent, john donaldson. it is the reaction in tripoli? >> the libyan government for the moment is keeping out of this. certainly his position is that he says he is not seeking any sort

the star desire early next week we've got the lowdown for you plus britain boosts its eastern influence hawking its arms to japan which is looking to invest in the military market a report about. israel's refused entry to dozens of activists who arrived in tel aviv as part of an international campaign dubbed welcome to palestine nine israeli activists have also been arrested the organizers said they planned peaceful activities like planting trees in the west bank and they criticized israel for overreacting paula sleeze in tel aviv. well we are receiving reports of more foreign activists arriving late on sunday so thought the five international activists have arrived the majority of them being french nationals they have been barred intreat from israel and at the same time they're in detained at ben-gurion international airport now of the forty five twenty nine have really been taken to running a prison in the center of the country where according to the israeli police spokespeople they will be deported the remaining sixteen are still at the airport and will be put back on flights later o

until now britain and america have had to make do with the existing the influence in the region from a bomb that with the talk of basically presence there the theories that could upset the balance ought to bennett's see london turn now to some other stories making headlines across the globe the taliban says it's responsible for the mass a scapegoat here lee four hundred prisoners after a full scale attack on a jail in northwest pakistan the heavily armed islamist insurgents stormed the prison with guns and grenades early sunday morning among those freedom militant placed on death row for trying to kill pakistan's former president authorities suspect the attackers had inside help from some presidents doubt that the. president barack obama promised more sanctions on iran if negotiations over its nuclear program stalled remarks were made at the close of the americas summit in colombia obama's warning came is more talks were planned between iran and the five plus one group of world powers next month after resume talks were described as constructive and ending in istanbul a group aims to

for britain this is a highly lucrative opportunity first because it means big business when it comes to defense japan is an untapped market in britain is very keen to exploit that prime minister david cameron is unashamedly touting britain's military hardware on this trip taking with him over thirty executives from the u.k. aren't arms industry he's defended that move as being perfectly responsible and respectable despite the region being highly sensitive to any kind of military maneuvers whatsoever and tensions or particularly high at the moment with north korea planning a rocky launch for later this week but on top of that and more importantly for britain is the chance to exert its influence with a physical presence in the region a region that traditionally and certainly geographically is china's the main because part of the could mean the regular deployment of british submarines in the area these would be hunted killers submarines they can hold missiles with a range of up to two thousand kilometers and any such move would really mirror america's activity in the region because the

britain who says he's very influenced selling arms to japan which is looking to invest in military hardware. but first more than forty activists from the welcome to palestine movement have been detained by authorities said ben-gurion airport in tel aviv israel also worth . dozens part of a so-called fly to work plan peaceful activities like planting trees in the west right now with his third year of the campaign with activists from more than fifteen countries wants to charge what they call an israeli siege of occupied territories or just cause leaders and they are part of this international campaign that has been dubbed to palestine and the intention of this campaign is to highlight the plight of the palestinian people its intention is to really hold peaceful demonstrations in the west bank they were planning to meet with palestinian families climb trees and together. this is also an attempt to highlight the way the israeli police in these rebel forces deal with activists all foreigners coming to israel who hold political views not shared by that was a small. ladies who shouted at them go h

speaker, who said that britain was a safe haven. the chancellor said it on monday and we are back in recession. he was the person, he was the person who said we were out of the danger zone and this is what has happened. as even his own ventures are say, the complacent, arrogant boys don't get it. now let's turn p the economic disaster of this government to the political disaster of the culture secretary. we now know from the evidence published yesterday that throughout the time the culture secretary was supposed to be acting in an impartial matter -- manner, he and his office were providing a constant flow of confidential information to news corporation about statements to be made in this house in advance, in private cushion with the regulation yacht and his discussions with opposing parties. having seen the 163 pages published yesterday, is the prime minister seriously trying to tell thinks secretary of state was acting as he should have done in a transparent, impartial, and fair manner? >> let me finish off on the economy, which h

. >> britain can extradite five terrorism suspects to the united states. welcome to bbc world news. also on this program, chinese arrest of a disabled activist. and quick action by school children saved their bus after the driver collapsed at the wheel. hello and welcome. russia has expressed its for the international peace plan for syria to bring an end to the country's conflict. speaking in moscow, the russian foreign minister reiterated calls for president assad's regime to end the violence that has been going on for more than one year. after meeting with the syrian prime minister, he encouraged them to cooperate with the peace plan. he says there government could be more result in implementing the peace plan but also criticized syrian opposition. >> the syrian national council, even before kofi and on -- annan started to implement his plan. in the opinion of those who are making the statements -- therefore, today, once again, we want to appeal to all the forces and all of the states who have influenced the political and armed positions to use resistance for the immediate cease-f

can britain extradite six terrorist suspects to the united states. the european court is set to rule. >> mass celebrations in north korea to the countdown of the 100th anniversary of its founder's birthday. and the titanic stop in ireland of the memorial cruise. it's 11:00 in the morning here in singapore. >> 4:00 in the morning here in london, broadcasting to viewers around america on pbs. welcome to "news day." the deadline for syrian government troops to begin withdrawing from towns and cities has passed. violence continued across the country in the run-up to the u.n. brokered deadline with activists saying 100 people died in attacks that included the use of helicopter gunships on monday. eyewitnesses on the border with turkey saying refugees are trying to flee the country. a television cameraman was shot dead at the border. fears that the peace plan put in place is close to collapse. from turkey, jonathan head reports. >> the violence building up just inside syria spilled over the borders today. refugees who thought they had reached safety in tur

so the demagogues of the ancient republics, modern republics in holland and britain, especially britain, the example of oliver cromwell, was considered very disgraceful for republics. and the modern thinkers of republicanism would take the side of the republic's in the 17th century english civil war to decide republics in -- as opposed to the moderate monarchy of great britain and people like james harrington and sidney. they were all against a strong president. with us, the idea of a strong president came rather late in the constitutional convention of 1787. there were at that time, you remember, would original plans. the virginia plan and the new jersey plan with which the convention began. and neither of them had a strong executive. the virginia plan, executive that was elected by the legislator would therefore be a creature of the legislator, legislator. the new jersey plan had an executive by committee. so that no single person was responsible and the members of the committee could blame one another if something went wrong. after the constitution was formed or framed, a strong exec

so the demagogues of the ancient republics, the modern republics in holland and britain, especially britain, the example of oliver kromwell was considered very disgraceful for republics. the modern thinkers of republicanism who took the side of the republics in the 17th century english civil war took the side of republics as opposed to the moderate monarchy of great britain. people like james harrington and eldernon sidney. they were all against a strong president. and with us, the idea of a strong president came rather late in the constitutional convention of 1787. there were, at that time, you remember two original plans, the virginia plan and the new jersey plan, with which the convention began. and neither of them had a strong executive. the virginia plan, an executive who was elected by the legislature would, therefore, be a creature of the legislature. in the new jersey plan, it had an executive by committee so that no single person was responsible, and the members of the committee could blame one another if something went wrong. and after the constitution was formed or framed, a stro

itself for using british jets to bomb civilians david cameron arrived in jakarta from japan as britain seeks to boost its military presence in the region all in china's backyard archies on preventive reports. selling weapons is quickly becoming what britain does best prime minister david cameron unashamedly town says the u.k.'s military hardware only he calls it flying the flag for britain it's seeking to become only the second country other than america to trade arms with japan not only big business but the chance for a crucial foothold in what's clearly the place to be its must be perfectly predictable result of the shifting of the focus of american attention in the attention of much of the world to be measured pacific region as china obviously continues to be an economic powerhouse and even india and other countries in the region for him to actually become more economically dominant i think with that comes the attendant attention from the military in some of the u.s. and u.k. and other countries america's recently announced plans to station two thousand marines in australia hoping t

but it's not just as britain itself, but what david cameron represents. and yes, that was a very strong message that certainly britain would be backing, and i think there is a strong impetus to do what he said as far as the e.u. is concerned, and he is a major leader in the e.u. to suspend sanctions, and he made the point suspend, not completely withdraw sanctions, because while he made a lot about the -- about what these elections represent and the progress that has been made as far as the outside world is concerned in burma, there's also a long way to go and this is not irreversible as far as the west is concerned. but i think also because britain is, you know, very close to the united states, and while the similar wlism of his presence is significant in terms of the substance of relationships and the substance of recent visits, perhaps the arrival of the u.s. secretary of state, hillary clinton, last december was in many ways a greater substantial importance. but clearly mr. cameron will be reporting back to president obama as well on what he's found i

inspired by norway's mass killer and this brave peace to fear is similar attacks could take place in britain. pressure crackdowns on pro-democracy demonstrators in bahrain and the lack of condemnation from western governments prompts questions over the selective approach to the arab spring revolts. and kofi annan warns of violence in syria continuing despite the cease fire stressing an urgent need for the expansion of a u.n. observer mission that. will costing lives from the heart of the russian capital this is r.t. . while the trial of a self-confessed mass killer anders breivik continues there are fears last year's massacre in norway might one day be repeated in other european countries the u.k. anti fastest group has warned his anti islam rhetoric could be inspiring extremist followers worldwide a move must be done to stop it and in britain which has a number of towns considered hotbeds on the far right the trend is especially worrisome marti's i have a better reports. this is also considered the breeding ground of far right extremism in the u.k. so to a large muslim community and also to

the main export market for this company is britain. >> i go to 12 places a week to try to find a job. everywhere i went, no one was hiring. >> he finally found work here two weeks ago, but he says it is too soon to use the word recovery. >> i don't feel that the economy is improving. if it is, it is so slowly that it is not noticeable. people are still out of jobs. >> elsewhere, the retail sector, so emblematic of america, shed jobs last month, as did the construction industry. you could sense the president paused disappointment. "we welcome the news that our business have created 120,000 jobs last month but it is clear to every american that there will still be ups and downs along the way. we have a lot more to do. >> the underwhelming numbers matter to countries like britain which is looking to america to drive a global recovery. >> strong growing america will be able to import more from britain and europe but the second reason, which is under stress, are just the financial markets, when they do well in america, they tend to do well around the world. >> it is important to stress tha

television does britain's public broadcaster really represent those who run the. b.b.c. and in my mind has a duty to challenge the government in power and they are failing to do that and they are not representing the people they really need to listen to the public because at the end of the day we are paying their wages the b.b.c. gets three billion pounds from the public every year in the form of license fees so if you own a television in britain and you have to pay almost one hundred fifty pounds just to watch it that's spent on programming as well as news that many don't feel they're getting their money's worth. on twitter for example b.b.c. bias is a hot topic the channel reporting of the government's controversial health and welfare reforms have stoked recent debates. that many still fiercely opposed the bills passed in parliament claiming they've been ignored not just by the government but by the broadcaster to die i truly believe had our national broadcaster accurately reflected everything that was taking place in terms of the welfare reform bill on the n.h.s. they

television does britain's public broadcaster really represent those who run. the b.b.c. and in my mind has a duty to challenge the government in power and they are failing to do that and they are not representing the people they really need to listen to the public because at the end of the day we are paying their wages the b.b.c. gets three billion pounds from the public every year in the form of license fees so if you own a television in britain and you have to pay almost one hundred fifty pounds just to watch it that's spent on programming as well as news that many don't feel they're getting their money's worth. on twitter for example b.b.c. bias is a hot topic the channels reporting of the government's controversial health and welfare reforms have stoked recent debates there are so. many still fiercely opposed the bills passed in parliament claiming they've been ignored not just by the government but by the broadcaster to die i truly believe had our national broadcaster accurately reflected everything that was taking place in terms of the welfare reform bill on the n.

burke was never for american freedom from britain. burke provided the serious philosophical underpinning of early american political society, and for the conservative movement that is as appropriate and important today as it was in 1775 and 6. so, i think burke made a bigger contribution to the result. and i think payne made the contribution to lighting the fire. so, i'm willing to give payne his due. and by the way, jefferson, big payne guy. don't know that he read burke. haven't read that he read burke. he did all right without it. so i think i have filled my allotted time. we're going to take a break, right? and we'll come back and talk about revolutions and payne and

that's making some waves there and it looks like it may pass it would give one of britain's national security agencies the power to monitor all phone calls texts e-mails and online activities all in the name of quote investigating serious crime and terrorism to protect the public and this is interesting because it means internet companies would be required to install kind of a special kind of hardware that would give the agency the ability to access who an individual or group is in contact with how long they've been in contact with them and how frequently now they would still need to get a warrant to gain access to the content of the e-mails and phone calls but still this is causing quite a stir there so is this law up copycat of the u.s. patriot act aaron swartz the inner and executive director of demand progress joined us earlier to give us his take. i mean it's very similar like the patriot act there's not a lot of details in the proposal and like the patriot act it's going to allow the government to put these boxes in the law then make full copies of all the internet traffic that

this editor thought in terms of waging war against great britain by seizing canada. and i don't think until 1900 that americans realized that canada was here to stay as an independent nation. i tell my students that if quebec ever pulls out of the canadian union, which i do not believe it will happen, in their lifetimes, we may get some canadian provinces, particularly from the west coast. i don't think any of that's going to happen. i think secessionist sentiment, the -- that movement in quebec really piqued in the 1990s. >> thank you. >> other questions? >> this might be a bit outside your province, but i heard on canadian television of which detroit is one of three u.s. cities that receive canadian television, by the way, that canada almost went to war with the united states in the 1840s. do you know anything about that? >> i think the better argument is the 1830s. there were a number of problems on the northern border. you had irish nationalists periodically agitating -- now, that's really in the 1860s. and i don't really know quite how that happened. but it soun

. >>> plus, the hazards of austerity as britain slips into it. the lessons of britt itch prime minister david cameron's worst week in office, yet. and, john edwards may be considered a liar and a louse, but then is he criminally guilty? critics from the left and the right say the charges are amerimurky and he's getting a raw deal. they warn if legal moves like this succeed, what's to stop the prosecutions in the future. it's thursday, april 26, 2012. this is "the daily rundown." i'm chuck todd. we have been telling you the general election is on. now, the obama campaign is making it official. just yesterday, the deputy campaign manager was equivocating on the idea. when are we going to see him have his first campaign rally? >> i'm not going to wager a date on your show. i think sometime soon. >> well, soon is literally hours later. cutter's boss, campaign manager jim messina made the announcement. >> good evening, everyone. welcome to the general election. we are announcing the president and first lady will hold their first two campaign rallies s

this editor still thought in terms of waging war against great britain by seizing canada. and i don't think until about 1900 americans finally realized that canada was here to stay as an independent nation. i tell my students if quebec ever pulls out of the canadian union, which i do not believe will happen, we may get canadian provinces, particularly from the west coast. i don't think any of that is going to happen. i think secession is sentiment. that movement in quebec really peaked in the 1990s. thank you. other questions? >> this might be a bit outside your province. but i heard on canadian television, of which detroit is one of three u.s. cities that receive canadian television, by the way, that canada almost went to war with the united states in the 1840s. do you know anything about that? >> i think the better argument is the 1830s. there were a number of problems on the northern border. you had irish nationalists periodically agitating -- now that's really in the 1860s. and i don't know quite how it happened. but it sounds to me like you have a bunch of irishmen si

for britain this is a highly lucrative opportunity first because it means big business when it comes to defense japan is an untapped market and britain is very keen to exploit that prime minister david cameron is unashamedly touting britain's military hardware on this trip taking with him over thirty executives from the u.k. arms arms industry he's defended that move as being perfectly responsible and respectable despite the region being highly sensitive to any kind of military maneuvers whatsoever and tensions are particularly high at the moment with north korea planning a rocky launch for later this week but on top of that and more importantly for britain is the chance to exert its influence with a physical presence in the region a region that traditionally and certainly geographically is china's to maine because part of the greenman could mean the regular deployment of british submarines in the area these would be hunted killer submarines that can hold missiles with a range of up to two thousand the pullman says and any such move would really mirror america's activity in the regio

david cameron extended the invitation for her to come to britain. it is almost certain she will accept that invitation. >> thank you very much. there are 100 days to go into the opening of the 2012 olympic games. a floral spectacular is being unveiled in the gardens. david, tell us more. >> it is all very exciting over here. some of the volunteers will be at the game. some of them will be bearing the torch. he is telling us about his preparations. when he was in los angeles with 100 days to go, how much effort he still had to put in. something like $15 billion is being spent on the london olympics. that is an awful lot of money to prove these games are worth it. i am joined now -- you put what? $500 million in? that is a heckuva lot of money. >> yes, we have. that is the most ever spent. i think we have two objectives. one obviously is the result in london. the other is to make sure we build a high-performance system in this country. >> that is the real challenge, keeping this going. time and time again we see them have great games, and then delete

his body had been cremated in china so there's no possibility of an inquests in britain. quarters rules require the return of the body, not cremated ashes. >> the perils and complications of doing business in china. now to the final flight of the space shuttle discovery. over nearly three decades of service commission as logged nearly 350 million miles. after being retired this year, discovery caught a ride on top of a 747 for a tribute to the skies of washington d.c.. >> an early morning piggyback ride from cape canaveral in florida. a short flight on top of the 148 million miles already traveled. discovery made its way north, complete with a diminutive acts -- escort. more miles, more missions than any other shuttle. in washington, tourists and office workers strained for a glimpse. discovery making the first of three, low breathtaking passages over the capital. at 1,500 feet on the back of a jumbo jet, this final fly over monuments to washington, lincoln, and jefferson is a fitting end to an astonishing 30. when the shuttle several gone, something profoundly inspiring

they were talking about a problem with great britain. and the editorial says, when the next war ends there should be but one flag flying from the rio grande to the north pole. it didn't matter that canada had been independent for 30 years. this editor still thought in terms of waging war against great britain by seizing canada. and i don't think until about 1900 americans finally realized that canada was here to stay as an independent nation. i tell my students if quebec ever pulls out of the canadian union, which i do not believe will happen, we may get canadian provinces, particularly from the west coast. i don't think any of that is going to happen. i think secession is sentiment. that movement in quebec really peaked in the 1990s. thank you. other questions? >> this might be a bit outside your province. but i heard on canadian television, of which detroit is one of three u.s. cities that receive canadian television, by the way, that canada almost went to war with the united states in the 1840s. do you know anything about that? >> i t

television does britain's public broadcaster really represent those who run the. b.b.c. and in my mind has a duty to challenge the government in power and they are failing to do that and they are not representing the people they really need to listen to the public because at the end of the day we are paying their wages the b.b.c. gets three billion pounds from the public every year in the form of license fees so if you own a television in britain then you have to pay almost one hundred fifty pounds just to watch it that's spent on programming as well as news but many don't feel they're getting their money's worth. on twitter for example b.b.c. bias is a hot topic the channels reporting of the government's controversial health and welfare reforms have stoked recent debates there are. many still fiercely opposed the bills passed in parliament and claiming they've been ignored not just by the government but by the broadcaster to die i truly believe had our national broadcaster accurately reflected everything that was taking place in terms of the welfare reform bill on the n