to implementing the geneva. arrangement is it the resistance of the opposition or the syrian government or any of these capitals of international i would say stakeholders. may i starts yes this is a really important issue and. this is the core of the problem. and to understand what is an obstacle would be to do half of the job. and that's what we're trying to do today and we come came to the conclusion that it's a package of factors and that's the build see of the positions of the two sides. and as i repeatedly said all of the year the stakeholders have to agree the warring parties could to convince the warring parties that the principles of the geneva settlement. open up . very good but you need see for a way out of this. for that to happen and that's we really with brahimi assurance we need all of the external players that have. one of the parties they should be sending one signal the same identical signal. you go to the parties you. send that signal is to stop violence. sit down at the negotiation table of co

the geneva scheme is absolutely. actual today. who was appointed to replace. and read the rate that it is the basis for his activities we are in favor of unifying that position and after the geneva meeting we have been insisting that all of those who have influence on the opposition groups should help unify it on the platform of the geneva communiqué and so we have been sending the same message to the government and to the opposition guys this is the basis do what the geneva communiqué suggests it's in your interest down and negotiate. but the meeting which indorsed the syrian national coalition. and which was supported by the by the west and important regional players adopted also declaration which says that the main goal of the opposition is dismantling the toppling the regime and dismantling dismantling its institutions a direct directly opposite to what the geneva communiqué said i understand that no one is talking to their position regarding the need to be a bit more realistic and regarding the need. positions which are basically ruining the country th

so the geneva scheme is absolutely. actual today. who was appointed to replace kofi annan and reiterated that it is the basis for his activities we are in favor of unifying that position and after the geneva meeting we have been insisting that all of those who have influence on the opposition groups should help unify it on the platform of the geneva communiqué and so we have been sending the same message to the government and opposition guys this is the basis do what the geneva communiqué suggests it's in your interest down and negotiate. but the meeting which indorsed the syrian national coalition. and which was supported by the by the west an important regional players adopted also declaration which there is that the main goal of the position is dismantling the toppling the regime and dismantling dismantling its institutions a direct directly opposite to what the geneva communiqué said i understand that no one is talking to their position regarding the need to be a bit more realistic and regarding the need the void. positions wh

the geneva scheme is absolutely. actual today. who was appointed to replace kofi annan and read the rate that it is the basis for his activities we are in favor of unifying that position and after the geneva meeting we have been insisting that all of those who have influence on the opposition groups should help unify it on the platform of the geneva communiqué and so we have been sending the same message to the government and to the opposition guys this is the basis do what the geneva communiqué suggests it's in your interest down and negotiate. but the the one meeting which indorsed the syrian national coalition. and which was supported by the by the west an important regional players adopt it also a declaration which says that the main goal of the opposition is dismantling the toppling the regime and dismantling dismantling its institutions a direct directly opposite to what the geneva communiqué said i understand that no one is talking to their position regarding the need to be a bit more realistic and regarding the need for

the geneva scheme is absolutely. actual today. who was appointed to replace kofi annan and read the rate that it is the basis for his activities we are in favor of unifying that position and after the geneva meeting we have been insisting that all of those who have influence on the opposition groups should help unify it on the platform of the geneva communiqué and so we have been sending the same message to the government and to the opposition guys this is the basis do what the geneva communiqué suggests it's in your interest down and negotiate. but the the one meeting which indorsed the syrian national coalition. and which was supported by the by the west an important regional players adopted also a declaration which says that the main goal of the opposition is dismantling the toppling the regime and dismantling dismantling its institutions a direct directly opposite to what the geneva communiqué said i understand that no one is talking to their position regarding the need to be a bit more realistic and regarding the need. pos

so the geneva scheme is absolutely. actual today. who was appointed to replace kofi annan and reiterated that it is the basis for his activities we are in favor of unifying that position and after the geneva meeting we have been insisting that all of those who have influence on the opposition groups should help unify it on the platform of the geneva communiqué and so we have been sending the same message to the government and to the opposition guys this is the basis do what the geneva communiqué suggests it's in your interest down and negotiate. but the meeting which indorsed the syrian national coalition. and which was supported by the by the west an important regional players adopted also declaration which says that the main goal of the opposition is dismantling the toppling the regime and dismantling dismantling its institutions a direct directly opposite to what the geneva communiqué said i understand that no one is talking to their position regarding the need to be a bit more realistic and to regarding the need the void. posi

the geneva scheme is absolutely. actual today. kimi who was appointed to replace kofi annan and read the rate that it is the basis for his activities we are in favor of unifying that position and after the geneva meeting we have been insisting that all of those who have influence on the opposition groups should help unify it on the platform of the geneva communiqué and so we have been sending the same message to the government and to the opposition guys this is the basis do what the geneva communiqué suggests it's in your interest down and negotiate. but the meeting which indorsed the syrian national coalition. and which was supported by the by the west and important regional players adopted also declaration which says that the main goal of the opposition is dismantling the toppling the regime and dismantling dismantling its institutions a direct directly opposite to what the geneva communiqué said i understand that no one is talking to their position regarding the need to be a bit more realistic and the regarding the need for

the geneva scheme is absolutely. actual today. who was appointed to replace kofi annan and read the rate that it is the basis for his activities we are in favor of unifying the opposition and after the geneva meeting we have been insisting that all of those who have influence on the opposition groups should help unify it on the platform of the geneva communiqué and so we have been sending the same message to the government and to the opposition guys this is the basis do what the geneva communiqué suggests it's in your interest down and negotiate. but the the one meeting which indorsed the syrian national coalition. and which was supported by the by the west an important regional players adopt it also a declaration which says that the main goal of the opposition is dismantling the toppling the regime and dismantling dismantling its institutions a direct directly opposite to what the geneva communiqué said i understand that no one is talking to their position regarding the need to be a bit more realistic and regarding the need. p

so the geneva scheme is absolutely. actual today. me who was appointed to replace kofi annan and reiterated that it is the basis for his activities we are in favor of unifying that position and after the geneva meeting we have been insisting that all of those who have influence on the opposition groups should help unify it on the platform of the geneva communiqué and so we have been sending the same message to the government and to the opposition guys this is the basis do what the geneva communiqué suggests it's in your interest down and negotiate. but the meeting which indorsed the syrian national coalition. and which was supported by the by the west and important regional players adopted also declaration which says that the main goal of the opposition is dismantling the toppling the regime and dismantling dismantling its institutions a direct directly opposite to what the geneva communiqué said i understand that no one is talking to their position regarding the need to be a bit more realistic and to regarding the need. positions

at geneva, one of the side stories you may have heard about, the president had said to mr. gorbachev we were using simultaneous translation not done before, a wonderful to work. instead of sitting through the session, people talk for 30 minutes and had to sit for 30 minutes of translation these men were engaged across the table and president reagan said i will share with you the technology of the strategic defense initiative. gorbachev said you won't even share with us milking machine technology. those of us who were no takers stopped taking notes. we had never seen an exchange like that. these two men arrived in minivan and reykjavik with the dialogue in place, a style with talking with each other, respect for each other which is palpable and a belief that each could probably deliver on what they were talking about. very important. everyone knows the talks broke down. what was there was the agreement that there would be 100 long-range on each side, europe would be free of such missiles and 100 would be placed in soviet asia and for the united states, hundred missiles would

international peace envoy for syria and russia's foreign minister say the geneva agreement is the only difficult path to peace for syria. human rights around between the u.s. and russia results in sanctions and then an option bad sensitive cold war memories . and iran rolls out the big guns for a new exercises in the vital oil route in the strait of hormuz saying it wants to show it can defend itself of pressure mounts over its nuclear program. thus the pricey paris christmas lights while the crowds for millions of french in poverty there are dark days ahead. from moscow twenty four hours a day this is. the situation in syria will only deteriorate unless a peace process is pursued by all sides say both the international envoy brahimi and the russian foreign minister sergey lavrov after meeting in moscow where the two pointed out the geneva agreement earlier this year only suitable platform for a long and difficult journey to peace going off is following developments for us now you go what was the main message that. well both the international envoy on syria and russia's foreign ministe

i want to feel like i'm in geneva. between that and the maker's market this morning. >> right there, there's the entranceway and that is where all 157, to be 158 soonthe ambassadors will be meeting. we might just go and -- we'll go and take a shot of it. it's quite an impressive place. >> we'll get plenty of coffee to be ready for that. ross westgate from geneva giving us the inside scoop. thank you very much. bob parker from credit suisse is still with us. the ibex 35 is now down more than 2%. how does this set us up for 2013? >> well, i think the overall theme is the progress is continuing to slowly be made in resolving eurozone crisis. and, obviously, the most significant event over the last three months has been the omt from the ecb. now, having said that, we've got renewed political uncertainty in italy. that means that italian markets, come april/may, italian markets will be higher. i don't see much radical change in italian economic policy. but, obviously, we're going to have very nervous markets. >> what is it

in 1985 district has suggested there's an agreement to get a geneva for someone meeting in geneva the question is how did you get there, what was your negotiation? in the summer of 85 through such events of the final act and convening as usual at the united nations general assembly in new york, the secretary shultz was able to engage in a relationship with foreign minister edward shepherd not shia, another new face for the united states. the march toward geneva included a discarding of the old notion of a page long issues about which we disagreed in which rebadged over with language which has always misinterpreted and the establishment of the acceptability of the so called for party agenda. arms-control coming human rights and a birdie that the statement. human rights arms-control regional issues in bilateral issues. the essence of that, rick has touched on. in that we did not trade-off when u.s. interests. it's interesting how quickly people would say that the soviet union is something we don't like, let's make them pay with the u.s. interests instead of one of their own interests. s

. >> they are in geneva to take part in the festivities. for the u.n.'s high commissioner of human rights, the ability to participate, work together, and have your voice heard are rights that everyone should exercise freely. >> i particularly have been inspired by what has happened in the streets of egypt, north africa, the middle east, as well as the occupy wall street protest, where people have come out in huge numbers, asking for their civil and political rights, achill -- economic, social, cultural rights. >> being heard often start small. in this kenyan village, the chief uses twitter to communicate with residents. he says it has made the running of the community much smoother. >> i believe that is the best example. we find that those people are the grassroots. those people in the villages, they don't know about technology. they have been suffering. >> it also means his friends back home can follow him on his dirty to geneva, despite the difference -- on his journey to geneva, despite the differences -- distance. >> that's it for "journal." >> find

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bureaucrats living in geneva or switzerland, have control over u.s. kids somehow or changed the laws of the united states? >> control over kids, control over state law, control over the american educational system, never, absolutely not. >> all right. jeff toobin, thanks. let us know what you think. we're on twitter right now. @andersoncooper. i'll be tweeting tonight. >>> up next, are republicans and democrats looking for ways of climbing down from the fiscal cliff? the president, house speaker john boehner meeting at the white house. new signs of give on both sides but can either side go far enough without losing their core of supporters? >>> welcome back "raw politics" now. 22 worried days until america goes off the fiscal cliff. or maybe 21 worrying days and one panicking night. there are signs even three weeks out that neither side really wants to push it to the very end. president obama today speaking at a truck engine plant in michigan said he's willing to give a little but he's not willing to compromise when it comes to higher taxes on the wea

it -- geneva conventions to get up about every kind of detail. they're entitled devastation. no one ever follow that. they got down to that level of detail. the first met as to the top detention authority, entirely relevant to all weather and not the originally doing it with the afghanis and not jointly detaining with the germans have are the delicate issue to with respect to a few hundred detainees potentially million of over hundreds of thousand detainees in a full war scenario the supreme court precedent. looking back at the decision said there were still dangerous from german partisans at that point in time, five years after the peace tree had been put into affect. that was a real consideration that justified the nine gaby's protections. five years after world war two was over. so with that amount to get back to steven. >> part of the issue is, we give you all power, what would be their regime you would like to see constructed. though in the debate, curious to it here but that you speak to this briefly. congress's play no role in and out duri

bureaucrats living in geneva or switzerland have control over u.s. kids somehow or changed the laws of the united states? >> control over kids, control over state law, control over the american educational system, never, absolutely not. >> all right. jeff toobin, thanks. >> let us know what you think. we're on twitter right now. @andersoncooper. >> are republicans and democrats looking for a way of climbing down from the fiscal cliff. there are signs of give, perhaps, on either side, but can either side go far enough without losing the support of their core supporters? [ female announcer ] what if the next big thing, isn't a thing at all? it's lots of things. all waking up. connecting to the global phenomenon we call the internet of everything. ♪ it's going to be amazing. and exciting. and maybe, most remarkably, not that far away. we're going to wake the world up. and watch, with eyes wide, as it gets to work. cisco. tomorrow starts here. [ sniffs ] i took dayquil but my nose is still runny. [ male announcer ] truth is, dayquil doesn't treat that.

bureaucrats living in geneva or switzerland, have control over u.s. kids somehow or changed the laws of the united states? >> control over kids, control over state law, control over the american educational system, never, absolutely not. >> all right. jeff toobin, thanks. let us know what you think. we're on twitter right now. @andersoncooper. i'll be tweeting tonight. >>> up next, are republicans and democrats looking for ways of climbing down from the fiscal cliff? new signs of give on both sides but can both sides go far enough without losing the support of their core supporters? [ female announcer ] what if the next big thing, isn't a thing at all? it's lots of things. all waking up. ♪ becoming part of the global phenomenon we call the internet of everything. ♪ trees will talk to networks will talk to scientists about climate change. cars will talk to road sensors will talk to stoplights about traffic efficiency. the ambulance will talk to patient records will talk to doctors about saving lives. it's going to be amazing. and exciting. and mayb

in 1985, as rick has suggested there was an agreement to go to geneva for someone meeting in geneva. the question was how did you get there? in the summer of 85, through such events as the 10th anniversary of the helsinki final act, and meeting user of the united nations general assembly in new york, the secretary, secretary schultz was able to engage in a relationship with foreign minister, another new phase for the united states. the march towards geneva included a discarding of the old notion of a page along communiquÉs and issues about which we disagreed in which we patched over which -- with language which was always misinterpreted. and the so-called four-part agenda. human rights, arms control, regional issues and bilateral issues. the essence of that, rick has touched on. it meant we did not trade off one u.s. interests were not u.s. interest. how quickly people would say if the soviet union does something we don't like, let's make them pay with the u.s. interest. instead of one of their own interest. we got away from that as a new negotiating approach. we made away gradually

bureaucrats in geneva are going to be telling parents in utah how to raise their disabled child. but is there any case that you can cite where u.n. bureaucrats in geneva have been able to tell american parents how to do anything or american citizens how to do anything? >> no, there's not, anderson, but the fact that something like that hasn't happened, the fact they haven't succeeded in telling people how to live their lives from their perch in a u.n. office doesn't mean that we shouldn't be concerned about it here. >> i'm just trying to look for facts and i don't see the facts of the concerns that have been raised. i understand the hypothetical concern, but just based on, you know, the history. the u.n. has been around for a long time. i would think if this was the international organization of laws and the u.s. having to kowtow to u.n. law, i'd think that would have happened in some other case and i don't see it. >> you can't assume because something hasn't happened already that it couldn't happen in the future. and it doesn't render it a hypothetical concern. simply because it

body sitting in geneva, switzerland. >> by that argument you really don't support any kind of u.n. treaties because you're saying the whole idea of u.n. treaties that countries sign on to, you don't like that idea at all? >> typically, anderson, we use treaties to deal with international relations, to deal with the law of nations acting on the world scene. this deals with a lot of issues that are distinctively domestic in nature. >> there are those who say that your objection to this and the objection of many groups has more to do with basically a dislike of the u.n. and any kind of thing that comes out of the u.n., and you sort of painted this picture that u.n. bureaucrats in geneva are going to be telling parents in utah how to raise their disabled child, but is there any case that you can cite where u.n. bureaucrats in geneva have been able to tell american parents how to do anything, or american citizens how to do anything? >> no, there's not, anderson, but the fact that something like that hasn't happened, the fact that they haven't succeeded in telling people how toley their

in geneva in one of the side stories you may have heard about the president said to mr. gosh khref and we were -- gorbachev and we were using simultaneous translation, a wonderful tool. instead of having to sit through the sessions as people talked 30 minutes and had to sit for 30 minutes of translation, these men were engaged actively across the table and when president reagan said i will share with you the technology of the strategic defense initiative gorbachev said it was an outburst of laughter you won't share with us milking machine technology. those of us who were note takers had stopped taking notes. so these two men arrived in geneva and reykjavik with a dialogue in place, a style of talking with each other in place, a respect for each other, which was palpable and a belief that each could probably deliver on what they were talking about. very important. but as everyone knows, talk disappeared or broke down on s.d.i. on the last day. but what was there for i.n.f. was the agreement that there would be 100 long range i.n.f. missiles on each side. europe would be f

deal is in the works send the only way out is by creating a transitional government a plan drawn up in geneva in june and a syrian delegation has held a closed door meeting in moscow. has details moscow on thursday has officially denied speculation that russian the united states have been secretly working on a plan b. on the conflict in syria and has once again stressed that it's sticking by the agreements reached last summer in geneva a peaceful transition of power involving the creation of a transitional government which could include all sides of the conflict in syria is deputy foreign minister met with russia's chief diplomat in moscow on thursday behind closed doors very little details came out of it but there is speculation that they were discussing the a long awaited peace deal in the syrian conflict and it comes after international envoy on syria mr brahimi met with the syrian president on monday in damascus after this meeting he said that he had a good feeling and some positive things were happening in fact mr brahimi is also expected in the russian capital on saturday moscow has a g

there is the geneva community garden in the kayuga terrace [speaker not understood] stainable horticultural demonstration guard ebb. and they have raised $40,000. * garden the friends of pioneer park raised $40,000 in the north beach neighborhood of district 3 to [speaker not understood] and to also install light fixtures. the friends of dee boers park, this is actually one of the projects that we're requesting retroactive authorization. they raised $104,000 for a new youth play area in duboce park in the lower haight neighborhood. it's a very exciting and creative outdoor play area for school age kids. oftentimes our play grounds are for younger kids, and this one really benefits children who are in elementary and middle school and really even adults as well. in golden gate park, the [speaker not understood] club has raised about $25,000 to repair and upgrade the green number 1. there are three greens, but this is for one of them. the fifth project is for the lincoln park steps in the richmond neighborhood, district 1. this group has raised about $21,000 to improve and beautify the lincoln

conflict which is a diplomatic one any foreign military intervention should be based on the principles in geneva which basically call on both sides to immediately and simultaneously put their weapons down start up a little process and for the international community to apply equal pressure on them to do so. reporting the german parliament has approved the deployment of patriot missiles to turkey and berlin is now also ready to send up to four hundred soldiers to operate the batteries this following similar decisions by the u.s. and the netherlands all the aim to protect ankara from possible syria. discuss it further i'm now joined by jeremy sold an associate professor of middle eastern history and politics and bill can university thanks for coming on our team today the countries are involved in the only aim is to protect their nato ally but the missiles are capable of reaching deep into serious territory what do you make of that well this is the reason for staging the missiles on syria's border is not because of an attack by syria because there's actually no likelihood that syria turkey and in a

is in the works saying the only way out is by creating a transitional government a plan drawn up in geneva in june and a syrian delegation has held talks in moscow and it claims the authorities in damascus could be ready to agree to the plan but let's get more now from our tease you know. you go russia's been trying to mediate for peace in syria since the bloodshed there began but now there seems to be some mystery about how the next step involves musket. ball syria's deputy foreign minister met with russia's chief diplomat in moscow on thursday behind closed doors very little details came out of it but there is speculation that they were discussing the a long awaited peace deal in the syrian conflict and it comes after international envoy on syria mr brahimi met with the syrian president on monday in damascus after this meeting he said that he had a good feeling and some positive things were happening there speculation that they were discussing a peaceful transition of power allegedly involving the creation of a transitional government which could include all sides of the conflict now mos

a syrian allowed political process which should be based on the agreements reached by wolf hours in geneva and they include forming a transitional government which could include all sides of the conflict but the opposition is not only unwilling to negotiate with the syrian authorities it's now rejecting direct talks with moscow which has been trying to be a mediator and we've heard from the leader of the recently established opposition for lucian who demanded moscow to apologize for what he said was support for president assad. and i understand that mr had tb is probably not very experienced in politics if he's looking to be a serious politician it is in his interest to hear our position from us and not from the media that sometimes distorts information so i'll repeat we're ready to talk to all opposition forces but we start from the premise that they should not only think about their own ambitions but also the fate of the syrian people and if they think that russia could play a role in the country's tragedy they should meet our representatives without preconditions official notice meanwhi

welcome to the kaiser report i'm max kaiser time now to turn to david smith geneva business insider dot blogspot dot com david we recently spoke to you about that swift current sea pegged to the euro what's the latest on that peg well the peg was established if i remember correctly about tobar last year so we were just through the first verse free of this decision but if you look at the situation today with the pag in order to maintain the relative weakness of the swiss franc interest rates have been lowered to virtually zero the central bank has embarked upon a major. acquisition purchasing plan of euro's in particular the end result of all of this now is that switzerland is holding about four hundred fifty billion of foreign exchange reserves now to trying to turn number that in some kind of perspective we are talking about you could buy two thirds of apple the biggest corporation in the world for that you could buy general electric twice over and goodness knows how many times you could buy general motors so the question then is how. how do you deal with this large amount of money and

welcome to the kaiser report imax guys are time now to turn to david smith geneva business insider dot blogspot dot com david we recently spoke to you about that swiss currency pegged to the euro what's the latest on that peg well the peg was established if i remember correctly about it told her last year so we were just through the first verse free of this decision but if you look at the situation today with the pag in order to. maintain the relative weakness of the swiss franc interest rates have been lowered to virtually zero the central bank has embarked upon a major. acquisition purchasing plan of euro's in particular the end result of all of this now is that switzerland is holding about four hundred fifty billion of foreign exchange reserves now to try and put it to number that in some kind of perspective we are talking about you could buy two thirds of apple the biggest corporation in the world for that you could buy general electric twice over and goodness knows how many times you could buy general motors so the question then is how the. how do you deal with this large amount o

welcome to the kaiser report imax guys are time now to turn to david smith geneva business insider dot blogspot dot com david we recently spoke to you about that swiss currency pay to the euro what's the latest on that peg well the peg was established if i remember correctly about twelve or last year so we were just through the first verse free of this decision but if you look at the situation today with the pag in order to maintain the relative weakness of the swiss franc interest rates have been lowered to virtually zero the central bank has embarked upon a major. acquisition purchasing plan of euro's in particular the end result of all of this novel is that switzerland is holding about four hundred fifty billion of foreign exchange reserves now to try and prove to number that that in some kind of perspective we are talking about you could buy two thirds of apple the biggest corporation in the world for that you could buy general electric twice over and goodness knows how many times you could buy general motors so the question then is how the. how do you deal with this large amount o

welcome to the kaiser report imax guys are time now to turn to david smith geneva business insider dot blogspot dot com david we recently spoke to you about that swiss currency pay to the year all what's the latest on that bank well the peg was established if i remember correctly about tobar last year so we were just through the first verse free of this decision but if you look at the situation today with the pag in order to. maintain the relative weakness of the swiss franc interest rates have been lowered to virtually zero the central bank has embark upon a major. acquisition purchasing plan of euro's in particular the end result of all of this now is that switzerland is holding about four hundred fifty billion of foreign exchange reserves now to try and pick to number that in some kind of perspective we are talking about you could buy two thirds of apple the biggest corporation in the world for that you could buy general electric twice over and goodness knows how many times you could buy general motors so the question then is how the. how do you deal with this large amount of money

is in the works saying the only way out is by creating a transitional government a plan drawn up in geneva in june and a syrian delegation has held talks in moscow amid claims the authorities in damascus could be ready to agree to the plan and your person off has more. moscow on thursday has officially denied speculation that russia and the united states have been secretly working on a plan b. on the conflict in syria and has once again stressed that it's sticking by the agreements reached last summer in geneva now moscow has a good chance of mediating this since it's been in contact with both the authorities and the syrian opposition mr brahimi is also expected in the russian capital on saturday syria's deputy foreign minister met with russia's chief diplomat in moscow on thursday behind closed doors very little details came out of it but there is speculation that they were discussing the a long awaited peace deal in the syrian conflict and it comes after international envoy on syria mr brahimi met with the syrian president on monday in damascus after this meeting he said that he had a go

welcome to the kaiser report i'm max keyser time now to turn to david smith geneva business insider dot blogspot dot com david we recently spoke to you about that swiss currency pay to the euro what's the latest on that peg well the peg was established if i remember correctly about tobar last year so we were just through the first verse free of this decision but if you look at the situation today with the pad in order to maintain the relative weakness of the swiss franc interest rates have been lowered to virtually zero the central bank has embarked upon a major. acquisition purchasing plan of euro's in particular the end result of all of this novel is that switzerland is holding about four hundred fifty billion of foreign exchange reserves now trying to turn number that in some kind of perspective we are talking about you could buy two thirds of apple the biggest corporation in the world for that you could buy general electric twice over and goodness knows how many times you could buy general motors so the question then is how the. how do you deal with this large amount of money and so

decision to make whether they want to proceed and join the talks abide by the geneva communique or still get stuck really down with the islamist governments that are supporting them and for them really for them to prove their credibility in syria and for them to prove that they represent a fragment of the syrian opposition or from the syrian population they have to get to get on board now if the turn comes to the united states to apply pressure on on the powers that many plates in the in the gulf and in the region especially its arche and the gulf countries really now reduce the arms and. the infiltration of the armed rebels into syria. well more nose news is still ahead for you this hour including the following. a showcase of iran's naval and military might on a vital oil round causes of nervousness for the international community but tehran insists it's only proving it can defend itself from a foreign attack. plus from food chains it returned to the kremlin to bursts of public dissent a look at how the changes on russia's a political scene in two thousand and twelve will be remembered

be a syrian allowed political process which should be based on agreements reached by wolf hours in geneva and they include forming a transitional government which could include all sides of the conflict but the opposition is not only unwilling to negotiate with the syrian off gaudi's is now rejecting direct talks with moscow which has been trying to be a mediator and we've heard from the leader of the recently established opposition coalition who demanded moscow to apologize for what he said was support for president assad. and i understand that mr had tb is probably not very experienced in politics if he's looking to be a serious politician it is in his interest to hear our position from us and not from the media that sometimes discords information has lost so i'll repeat we're ready to talk to all opposition forces but we start from the premise that they should not only think about their own ambitions but also the fate of the syrian people and if they think that russia could play a role in the country's tragedy they should meet our representatives with no preconditions official notice m

is in the works saying the only way out is by creating a transitional government a plan drawn up in geneva in june the syrian delegation has held a closed door meeting in moscow. has the details moscow on thursday has officially denied speculation that russia and the united states have been secretly working on a plan b. on the conflict in syria has once again stressed that it's taking by the agreements reached a last summer in geneva peaceful transition of power involving the creation of a transitional government which should include all sides of the conflict as you call syria's deputy foreign minister met with russia's chief diplomat in moscow on thursday behind closed doors very little details came out of it but there is speculation that they were discussing the a long awaited peace deal in the syrian conflict and it comes after international envoy on syria mr brahimi met with the syrian president on monday in damascus after this meeting he said that he had a good feeling and some positive things were happening in fact mr brahimi is also expected in the russian capital on saturday moscow

syrian allowed political process which should be based on the agreements reached by world powers in geneva and they include forming a transitional government which could include all sides of the conflict but the opposition is not only unwilling to negotiate with the syrian authorities it's now rejecting direct talks with moscow which has been trying to be a mediator and we've heard from the leader of the recently established opposition coalition who demanded moscow to apologize for what he said was support for president assad. has been coffee i understand that mr hottie because probably not very experienced in politics if he's looking to be a serious politician it is in his interests to hear our position from us and not from the media sometimes distorts information so i'll repeat but we're ready to talk to all opposition forces but we start from the premises that they should not only think about their own ambitions but also the fate of the syrian people and if they think that russia could play a role in the country's tragedy they should meet our representatives without preconditions on not

welcome to the kaiser report i'm max kaiser time now to turn to david smith geneva business insider dot blogspot dot com david we recently spoke to you about that swiss currency pegged to the euro what's the latest on that bank well the peg was established if i remember correctly about it took over last year so we were just through the first verse free of this decision but if you look at the situation today with the pag in order to maintain the relative weakness of the swiss franc interest rates have been lowered to virtually zero the central bank has embarked upon a major. acquisition purchasing plan all of europe was in particular the end result of all of this now is that switzerland is holding about four hundred fifty billion of foreign exchange reserves now to try to turn number that in some kind of perspective we are talking about you could buy two thirds of apple the biggest corporation in the world for that you could buy general electric twice over and goodness knows how many times you could buy general motors so the question then is how to. how do you deal with this large amount

decision to make whether they want to proceed and join the talks abide by the geneva communique or still get stuck really down with the islamist governments that are supporting them and for them really for them to prove their credibility in syria and for them to prove that they represent a fragment of the syrian opposition or from the syrian population they have to get to get on board now if the turn comes to the united states to apply pressure on on the powers that many plates in the in the gulf and in the region especially its arche and the gulf countries really now reduce the flow and and. the infiltration of the armed rebels into syria. well coming up iran begins yet another military drill on a vital oil route in the persian gulf as tehran announces it is well equipped to defend itself if international pressure escalate. but from the trains that return it to the kremlin or to burst of public dissent a look at how the changes on russia's political scene in two thousand and twelve will be remembered by those who covered them here on our team that and other stories in just a few minutes

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