the u.s. prison in guantanamo bay, cuba, and prosecuting some detainee's on u.s. soil. as we break down that plant this morning, we want to hear your thoughts on the renewed push for action at guantanamo. give us a call, the lines are on your screen. you can catch up with us and all your favorite social media sites. a very good friday morning to you. let's take you first to an article from " the new york times," talking about this new policy the president talked about on guantanamo bay. i want to take you to a little bit of the president's speech yesterday from the national defense university. [video clip] again call once congress to lift the restrictions on detainee transfers from gitmo. [applause] have asked the department of defense to designate a site in the united states where we can hold military commissions. i am appointing a new senior envoy at the state department and defense department whose sole responsibility will be to achieve the transfer of detainee's to third countries. i am li

joint u.s.-mexico operations against top drug king pins may be subordinated to mexico only controlled operations to protect its citizens against crimes like kidnapping and extortion. two, economic ties. nieto is working to break telecom monopolies in mexico, to rework the nation's tax code, to expand the oil industry. president nieto wants new trade agreements with the u.s. and with other nations. trade between the u.s. and mexico going both ways was $520 billion in 20 126789 mexico is the u.s.'s second biggest export market for u.s. goods and for 22 of our 50 u.s. states mexico is the number one export market. on the flip side, the u.s. is the number one buyer of mexican goods. three, immigration reform. another big obama mexico priority. notably, president obama's endorsement of the pass for citizenship for the 11 million illegal aliens in the u.s. mexico has long l protection fo who work in the u.s. >> question, what is mexican president enrique pena nieto's principle concern regarding immigr

u.s. secretary of state are meeting to push for an international conference on the ongoing deadly conflict. comes amid growing fears the violence could spread across the region after a rocket was fired from lebanon into israel following two shells which landed in beirut also trade the peace german chancellor angela merkel hosts the chinese pm as the e.u. threatens beijing. unfairly selling products below their real value. welcome you watching our take with me and very far. now the conflict in syria and ways to stop the ongoing civil war are the focus of talks between moscow and washington russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov and the u.s. secretary of state john kerry will meet in paris to prepare a conference on syria planned for next month this comes as tension grows in the region with neighboring states already involved artie's tom barton has the details . kerry and lavrov have been trying to arrange a peace conference in june in geneva to try and get bashar al assad's government and

the u.s. assassination of these two who were killed in a u.s. aug strike -- drone strike week apart. i had the opportunity to interview jeremy scahill about his book when we were here in new york. i asked him to start with who i anwar al-awlaki is. the hijackers had attended services at a mosque and a third one had attended services at a mosque in virginia. ,e was already on their radar but most of the guys said that they did not really know the guy. some believe he was directly attached to the 9/11 attacks, which i think it's preposterous. they nonsensical to think would have keyed into these attacks at the time. he endorsed george bush in the 2000 election. he had a lot of support in the arab community because many people felt that he would be better than al gore on the issue of palestine. he had also been busted twice on solicitation of but -- of prostitution charges and those were resolved through community service. >> were they real? >> al-awlaki said that they were not real. the first ti

the u.s. illegally -- al-a man in yemen yemen.in they also confirmed the death of son. -- his but the administration said those strikes were accidental, saying all three were not specifically targeted. today, we are going to look at the new book "dirty wars" written by jeremy scahill, former democracy now producer and now writes with the correspondence as well. and italled "dirty wars" is based on u.s. operations in somalia, yemen, and afghanistan. the majors -- the major focus is the u.s. assassination of these two who were killed in a u.s. aug strike -- drone strike week apart. i had the opportunity to interview jeremy scahill about his book when we were here in new york. i asked him to start with who i anwar al-awlaki is. the hijackers had attended services at a mosque and a third one had attended services at a mosque in virginia. ,e was already on their radar but most of the guys said that they did not really know the guy. some believe he was directly attached to the 9/11 attacks, which i

the u.s. prepares to withdraw the bulk of its forces from afghanistan by the end of two thousand and fourteen karzai stepping down with the elections coming up also in two thousand and fourteen what's next the possibility of a power vacuum in afghanistan and the question what demons can emerge from that vacuum is of great concern to the whole region a vacuum in afghanistan seems to be nobody's interest here's a brief and very rough breakdown of what players regional and non regional are trying to achieve in afghanistan you ren despite the rivalry with the u.s. has three years supported the karzai government because having a completely chaotic and unstable afghanistan is a neighbor is obviously not good for them washington is of course interested in keeping the more or less centralized structure of the government in afghanistan for that the us is even ready to engage the taliban in talks and maybe see them as part of the government in the future that's right having fought the taliban for over t

. >> the u.s. military had directed drone attacks against suspected islamist guerrillas in somalia and other african countries from its command in stood guard according to reports. the use of drones is highly controversial in germany. >> the u.s. air force base in ramstein, germany. reports have surfaced alleging the facility may have been involved in helping to carry out drone's strikes on terrorists abroad. according to information collected by german media outlets, pilots in the u.s. were able to steer unmanned drones via a satellite link at the base. their targets -- suspected islamist terrorists in africa. the united states-africa command located at a u.s. space science the guard reportedly planned the strikes -- at a u.s. based in stuttgart. >> the german government has no knowledge of any attacks being planned or carried out by u.s. forces. for that reason, there is no evidence that international law has been breached. >> the use of unmanned drones is highly controversial in germany. opposit

the cyber race between the u.s. and china is starting to look like a real arms race it has its drills its spies and both sides accusing each other of cyber attacks this june china will be holding drills with special i.t. units within its or me for the first time the chief of the u.s. cyber command general keith alexander says the u.s. is now busy setting up forty new teams of cyber agents that will both protect america's critical infrastructure from hackers as well as launch attacks against the country's adversaries and so that there is no confusion as to their capabilities general keith alexander says quote i would like to be clear that this team is an offensive team the offensive nature of u.s. cyber defense program is emerging new reports which say a large chunk of the country's current cyber endeavors does not rely on defensive strategy as one might imagine but instead involves offensive operations launched with the intent of causing harm on the computers of adversaries a recent reuters article cites defense con

and the u.s. immigration system faces tough questions after it emerges that it was back national arrested on terrorism charges into the country illegally three years ago. broadcasting live from our studios in moscow this is thomas glad to have you with us. and in syria state media have reported a powerful explosion in the capital damascus at least three people are reported dead and five others injured the bomb was planted in a car near a school no one has claimed responsibility so far for the attack meanwhile in turkey police have fired tear gas on a crowd of protesters at a town and near the syrian border which was the scene of a deadly double car bombing a week ago saturday as unrest follows similar clashes in the stand bull and the capital on carra demonstrators are angered by turkey's support for the syrian rebels which they say is putting turks in the firing line journalist manual oxon writer who's covered the syrian crisis extensively says is only making the conflict worse. the turkish demon

u.s. to acknowledge as a clear bright thing to cross. the president has been textured and nuance about, is this a way of prevoccing the americans to do something? what does barack obama now have before him as the decision points when he comes and addresses the nation tomorrow or in a meeting in the sit o room as we speak? >> it is really a complex relationship. it is rarely officials, in the army or u.s. ambassador of israel was on msnbc with me last week, very eager to say israel was not pushing the u.s. into action. at the same time the arab world is divided. turkey has been supporting the more radical elements, according to u.s. officials, in rebel forces. at the same time, saudi arabia, the uaemmirates saying they have to force the elements. only today, richard engel, and the military leader of the syrian forces and the cia own other intelligence experts are more moderate, less islamist, more secular. that's been the hope of the administration, they were hoping to either arm them or ge

the u.s. is moving forces into the area of the korean. the chinese are very angry about this they're saying oh no you've stirred up to the crisis with north korea as a pretext for bringing in lots more bombers submarines and heavy weapons things it's it's it's a very troublesome dangerous situation fortunately it's calmed down but i've long thought that the way out of the korean morass is through direct negotiations between washington and pyongyang no matter how much we don't like them we do business with a lot of nasty regimes around the world and i'm sure we can hold our nose and talk to the north koreans who their only think what they really want cash is they want to be treated with respect and recognized by the u.s. government and get a non-aggression pact that's cool with the u.s. says ok we're not going to go in and overthrow you that's what the north koreans are frightened of absolutely thank you so much for coming breaking down of all the conflicts going on right now eric margolis award winning journalist and author appreciate it

u.s. state of oklahoma. the suburb of moore now has to rebuild from scratch. the area is in roads -- ruins. the focus switches now to the cleanup. >> street after street, home after home, damaged, ripped apart, destroyed. some have begun the cleanup. others are just trying to find something of the life they had before the tornado came. thehid in her church when storm hit. in the morning, she could see the damage done to her home and the surrounding area. there are holes in the roof. the windows and doors are busted. there is no electricity, no heat, no light. she thinks she is lucky. >> their house is gone on the street next to us and that the end of our street. i think we are really lucky. >> this is a restricted area. key lease -- police are stopping anyone getting into the area. this is as far as we can go. the only people allowed in are those who owns -- own homes here or are helping with the cleanup. people are piling in with offers of help, which is what they do in times like this. a

europe and the u.s. share of central bank assets are steadily increasing over the past six years and japan's are projected to reach sixty percent or higher makes a quantitative easing itself as a relatively recent phenomenon officially chasing back to japan and shoot outs and wind is it possible that balance sheet targeting or q.e. itself is a manifestation of new monetary regime and not unlike britain we're in uncharted territory is quantitative easing is a reaction to the fact that official policy rates have zero in all these key economic areas so if policymakers want to provide more stimulus they have to use unusual means the interesting thing is that under the treasury department's philosophy back at bretton woods in the one nine hundred forty s. this would have been impossible because they were determined to institute a fixed exchange rate system where it would be really impossible for central banks to operate in such an uncoordinated manner all during birth and wards of the us heavily advocated for

as of yet the u.s. embassy has made no comment on the matter but have been a number of high profile spying scandals between russia the us and other countries in recent years in october two thousand and eleven a couple in germany were put on trial for suspected spying for the soviet union and then russia for many years in june two thousand and ten anna chapman was one of ten who were arrested in the u.s. as part of a russian spy ring and in january two thousand and six the u.k. was accused of spying in moscow by placing secret cameras inside rocks around various moscow parks you think. from the answer coalition i spoke to an allele he thinks the u.s. is waging an undercover war against moscow and i think the fact that the russian government has publicized this has made something of it means that the russian government is calling attention to the fact that the u.s. is doing something of a full court press on russia a shadow war so to speak they have the using the n.g.o.s and the penetration of russian soc

inspector general the u.s. justice department temporarily lost track of former terrorists who participated in america's witness protection program now the independent investigator found that officials at the witness protection program failed to share the fictitious identities that had been created for terrorism linked witnesses with the f.b.i. terrorist screening center that's the agency that maintains america's terrorist watch and no fly lists so as a result some participants of the witness protection program that were put on a no fly list could have flown commercial flights without approval in the meantime the u.s. that of these use to track suspected terrorists has reportedly reached eight hundred seventy five thousand me yes that's more people than the entire population of cyprus clearly washington does not however the resources to monitor each and every name. on that list and as recent developments have challenged the u.s. government has also failed suspected terrorists from entering or leaving the country

intelligence agencies it makes it clear that what is perceived by the u.s. government by law enforcement by intelligence is a true primal threat is not this abstract. the concept of terrorism but is in fact a social justice movement anytime you have a mass social justice movement that begins to take root in the united states and spark people's interest imagination you have the f.b.i. department of homeland security going after them surveilling them monitoring them and that's what these documents are showing and of course as you just mentioned this goes back decades of suppress same social justice movements but it's just amazing that in the wake of nine eleven they use terrorism as the justification to create all these fusion centers i mean do you think that this is what other fusion centers are doing across the country to just kind of data mining and cataloguing information on activism but we have evidence that fusion centers all across the united states were monitoring cataloguing collecting information on the occupy movement in september from september of

inspector general the u.s. justice department temporarily lost track of former terrorists who participated in america's witness protection program now the independent investigator found that officials at the witness protection program failed to share the fictitious identities that had been created for terrorism linked witnesses with the f.b.i. terrorist screening center that's the agency that maintains america's terrorist watch and no fly lists so as a result some participants of the witness protection program that were put on a no fly list could have flown commercial flights without approval in the meantime the u.s. that of these use to track suspected terrorists has reportedly reached eight hundred seventy five thousand me that's more people than the entire population of cyprus clearly washington does not how but our resources to monitor each and every name. on that list and as recent developments have to tell the u.s. government has also failed back to terrorists from entering or leaving the country accordin

inspector general the u.s. justice department temporarily lost track of former terrorists who participated in america's witness protection program now the independent investigator found that officials at the witness protection program failed to share the fictitious identities that had been created for terrorism linked witnesses with the f.b.i. terrorist screening center that's the agency that maintains america's terrorist watch and no fly lists so as a result some participants of the witness protection program that were put on a no fly list could have flown commercial flights without approval in the meantime the u.s. that of these use to track suspected terrorists has reportedly reached eight hundred seventy five thousand names that's more people than the entire population of cyprus clearly washington does not count but our resources to monitor each and every name. on that list and as recent developments have challenged the u.s. government has also palettes back to terrorists from entering or leaving the countr

u.s. diplomats prepared to discuss final preparations for next month's international conference on syria. seen there as the latest. we have the u.k. and france who are aggressively pushing for lifting partial lifting of that embargo on syria in order to send arms to the rebels the u.k. a foreign secretary william hague is trying to get the other e.u. members to agree with him that arming of the a moderate army the so-called moderate rebels in syria also france's leaders have been particularly aggressive in trying to lobby the other leaders to be on board in fact today. leading newspaper also published a report saying that serious forces loyal to bashar al assad had used chemical weapons because one of the reporters had experience effects of it critics would certainly point out that the timing of the publication especially since leaders are to make a decision today now on the other side you have france of the u.k. on one side on the other side you have several countries that lifting any of

the u.s. prepares to withdraw the bulk of its forces from afghanistan by the end of two thousand and fourteen karzai stepping down with the elections coming up also in two thousand and fourteen what's next the possibility of a power vacuum in afghanistan and the question what demons can emerge from that vacuum is of great concern to the whole reaching a vacuum in afghanistan seems to be nobody's interest here's a brief and very rough breakdown of what players regional and non regional are trying to achieve in afghanistan you ren despite the rivalry with the us has three years support the karzai government because having a completely chaotic and unstable afghanistan is a neighbor is obviously not good for them washington is of course interested in keeping the more or less centralized structure of the government in afghanistan for that the u.s. is even ready to engage the taliban in talks and maybe see them as part of the government in the future that's right having fought the taliban for over t

u.s. and russia to hold peace talks in geneva next month but the syrian national coalition has said that it will not participate in these talks and less iran and hizbullah renounce all involvement in the syrian conflict this statement does follow the syrian army's advances in the central part of the cunt. three but with the european union's arms embargo now lifted something that the rebels may try might make try to gain the upper hand on the ground not one of this is happening while the first batch of russian and aircraft missiles arrives in syria now that's according to the syrian president bashar assad he announced it while speaking on a hizbollah television network moscow has said that it will continue to supply a defense missiles calling it a balance designed to deter foreign intervention in syria the u.s. of course is against the sale it and israel has said that it will act to quote the israeli defense minister to prevent the s. three hundred missiles from becoming operational on syri

. >> the u.s. military had directed drone attacks against suspected islamist guerrillas in somalia and other african countries from its command in stood guard according to reports. the use of drones is highly controversial in germany. >> the u.s. air force base in ramstein, germany. reports have surfaced alleging the facility may have been involved in helping to carry out drone's strikes on terrorists abroad. according to information collected by german media outlets, pilots in the u.s. were able to steer unmanned drones via a satellite link at the base. their targets -- suspected islamist terrorists in africa. the united states-africa command located at a u.s. space science the guard reportedly planned the strikes -- at a u.s. based in stuttgart. >> the german government has no knowledge of any attacks being planned or carried out by u.s. forces. for that reason, there is no evidence that international law has been breached. >> the use of unmanned drones is highly controversial in germany. opposit

in case of the u.s. federal reserve, the focus is whether they will begin to scale back with some of the bond buying program that's been in place. >> if the fed changes its policy that will be a boost for the dollar. >> exactly. it would mean the economy is improving the fed wouldn't need to pump so much cash into the u.s. economy which would be favorable for the u.s. dollar. dollar/yen 102.19 to 23. it weakened after jobless claims in and the weak housing data you also mentioned also pushed down the dollar. some traders bought back the u.s. currency after the head of the regional district said the fed could scale coundown this summer. euro has been crushed slightly this week after we had the gdp data that came in below forecast. the dollar yen is a big focus on how stocks trade. a bit of a negative start. still positive for the week. >> thanks a lot for that update. >>> world leaders are in the minds about the easing steps. >> translator: funds are spilling into europe because of the boj's injection tha

the same is true on a big scale for u.s. exports. u.s. multinationals have billions of dollars in hef ewes at stake, particularly in europe. already this year, ford, gm, caterpillar and general electric have all announced plant closings and lay offs in europe. smaller revenues will affect profits. for nightly business reports, i'm courtney reagan. >> and chief international strategist is with us from wells fargo. is this a case of the dollar getting stronger or others getting weaker? >> it's definitely a case of the yen getting weaker. also about flat. this is really a yen depreciation story. >> which is more important for consumers and investors. then on the other side, the profits of big corporations will be affected. which is more important? >> well, that's right. when you have an exchange rate change, it's a price rate change and some people will be better off or the same people will be better off in one sense and the others could be worse off in another sense. i would say there is a third factor that is more important than ether of t

when the u.s. was fueling all of these dirty wars in central america in nicaragua honduras el salvador and elsewhere i mean the under the obama administration we have kind of full spectrum covert war you have the drone strikes continuation of the use of mercenaries use of special operations forces cruise missile strikes proxy warlords in somalia so it's all very very dirty right now and while people pale a lot of attention to drones right now this is really full spectrum and so i want to try to tell this whole story of all the players that operate in the sort of shadows of this new world. and of course the effect of these wars is kind of facilitating this anti-american sentiment this hostility toward american interests and and this country causing blowback i mean it seems like such an obvious concept yet when you go on the corporate media it's ridiculed i mean they literally do ridicule and scoffed the idea just like when you're on m s n b c n. do you really believe this i mean why is it that this

some of these u.s. citizens killed by drones were previously known, but at least one of them was not. this comes on the eve of the president's big civil liberties and national securities speech planned for tomorrow. we are told today that speech will also include a major announcement about starting up the process again of sending prisoners home from the prison at guantanamo. the former general council for the pentagon, jeh johnson, is here to talk about that and more, as well. a lot going on. today in congress, a senior official at the irs took the fifth and refused to answer questions from congress, while the george w. bush appointed commissioner of the irs, who left his job in november, but who was there through the whole conservative group's targeting scandal, he did answer questions and got lam basted by both republicans and democrats. >>> also today, the city of chicago announced they are going to be closing 50 schools in the city. that is the largest mass public school closing in u.s. history. chi

the u.s. and the international community has been saying that for the past few years. how you make that happen is the question nobody is answering at the moment. >> thanks, hoda abdel-hamid. the syrian president, bashar al- assad, has no place in the transitional government. john kerry is in romance as all sides are working on a deal -- in rome and says all sides are working on a deal. israel has approved what could become another obstacle to the peace process. it has given the greenlight to the construction of about 300 new houses houses in a settlement near ramallah in the occupied west bank. the army says they will compensate israelis who will -- were evicted from another settlement last year. a war crimes tribunal in bangladesh has confirmed that has consigned -- has consigned --ammad kamaruzzaman of during the 1971 war of independence. the just -- the jamaat-e-islami party says the charges are politically motivated. on five of seven charges and sentenced to hang. mohammad kamaruzzaman is

laws the u.s. security for wanted again with the arrest of a suspected terrorist who got into the country norfleet just like the boston bomb. it's ten pm here in moscow you live with us on our d. with me to bang with a turkish police have fired tear gas at protesters in a town near the syrian border which was the scene of a deadly double car bombing a week ago. similar clashes in istanbul and ankara demonstrators are angry over turkey support for the syrian rebels which they say is putting turks in the firing line journalist manual often writer who's covered this syrian crisis extensively says was aggravating the conflict. the turkish demonstrators the turkish people is upset because of what was happening on the turkish side it's their full right because it's like to let me say to invite a fire starter into your house because you want to send to me later to your neighbors and then you wonder that the fire starter starts putting fire on your own house we have to see that turkey has a nine hundred ki

u.s. appears to be a step closer. despite . opposition fighters have resorted to using chemical weapons. and the top u.s. diplomat has arrived right here in russia. rather unlikely to. militarize zation of the conflict. shifts eastwards as a strange palestinian and israeli leaders rush to china's favor. rolling out the red carpet for. a million dollar deals for benjamin netanyahu. and election bloodshed in pakistan forces major candidates into the shadows they prefer to give up. on the campaign trail in favor of staying alive. just approaching a day here in the russian capital with me will receive it's good to have you with us today. a bill allowing the united states to provide training to syrian rebel factions is now circulating among congress but the motion is based on allegations the leadership in damascus has resorted to chemical weapons in the country's long lasting civil war and that's despite u.n. claims it's the rebels who may have deployed illegal agents and not the government for

some of these u.s. citizens killed by drones were previously known, but at least one of them was not. this comes on the eve of the president's big civil liberties and national securities speech planned for tomorrow. we are told today that speech will also include a major announcement about starting up the process again of sending prisoners home from the prison at guantanamo. the former general council for the pentagon, jeh johnson, is here to talk about that and more, as well. a lot going on. today in congress, a senior official at the irs took the fifth and refused to answer questions from congress, while the george w. bush appointed commissioner of the irs, who left his job in november, but who was there through the whole conservative group's targeting scandal, he did answer questions and he got lame -- lambasted by both republicans and democrats. >>> also today, the city of chicago announced they are going to be closing 50 schools in the city. that is the largest mass public school closing in u.s. hi

-u.s. economic relationship. we take the view that we must capitalize on matters already achieved and further exploit the existing potential for the transatlantic business relationship. this will send a strong signal at a time of serious economic difficulty, both of our economies are prepared to extend an open market. this will send a clear message to our global trading partners. the commission's proposal for a mandate for a transatlantic trade is being discussed in the council. obviously some detailed work is required not least giving the extent of range of interest and issues which this touches on. our range is to reach agreement on the mandate on the 14th of june which will be dedicated to trade issues. as soon as the negotiating directives are adopt, the council will perform the european parliament. i look forward to this discussion this evening and particularly to hearing your views on this very important topic. thank you. >> thank you very much minister. commissioner, you have the floor. >> thank you madam

plots u.s. security for wanted again though with the arrest of a suspected terrorist who got into the come single family just like the boston bombers. international news and analysis as well as also this i'm to bang with say. turkish police have five guests and protesters in a town near the syrian border which was the scene of a double deadly double call bombing a week ago the andress one a similar clashes and it's jimbo and ancora demonstrators that angry about taking support for the syrian rebels which they say is putting turks in the firing line let's begin now with journalism and well off center he's covered a syrian crisis extensively miss the us and ride so with us several deadly cross border incidents claiming turkish lives that recently shortly on has the right to take action to prevent a spill of the syrian conflict. whether turkey has not just the right to test the obligation to prevent the spillover but if we look how unkind are acting politically we see that on how it's doing the con

u.s. and ironically the stocks that have been favored the best have been very defensive. defensive markets don't necessarily correct that much. really what i think they're starting to see now in the equity market is quite a rotation into more real economy issues as people become much more confident about their next 12 months in the u.s. i suspect that we'll continue to make new highs and that will grind higher as people capitulate into much more riskier parts of the economy. >> shawn, i was speaking earlier today about andrew simon of jpmorgan. he mentioned that he thinks that the dividend stock trade has gotten very crowded as investors have poured money into that particular category of the market. do you agree with that? >> well, i do. unfortunately, the evidence that we see from the fixed income market is that that trend can go on for a lot longer. last week, for example, we saw a very, very -- over 7 billion going into fixed income and credit into the u.s. which is a 2 1/2 year high. i

and the u.s. immigration system faces tough questions after it emerges that in fact national arrested on terrorism charges got into the country illegally three years ago. and broadcasting live from our studios in moscow this is our team thomas going to have you with us now in syria state media have just reported that a powerful explosion has hit the capital damascus at least three people are reported dead and several injured in the blast is believed to have been caused by a car bomb of course we'll bring you updates on this story as we get them in our team is covering the wires right now. meanwhile turkish police have fired gas at protesters in a town in near the syrian border which was of the scene of a deadly double car bombing a week ago saturday's unrest follows similar clashes in east on bull and on carra demonstrators are angry over turkey's support for the syrian rebels which they say is putting turks in the firing line journalist many well and writer who's covered the syrian crisis extensi

the u.s. is worried that a sharif administration might not be cooperative in operations against terrorists. sharif's campaign contains no negative rhetoric against the united states. people say it will change once he takes power. the elections may have an impact on u.s. terror operations regi. >>> turkish authorities have detained nine turkish citizens in connection with car bombings. they occurred at a border town leaving 46 people and over 150 people injured. it is an important hub for rel negotiated mediations. the philippine government is considering withdrawing op of his p 300 peacekeepers in the region. >>> meanwhile, u.n. secretary-general issued a statement welcoming the release of the peacekeepers. he called on all parties to respect the mission's freedom of movement as well as the safety and security of its personnel. >>> south korean foreign minister has indicated that president park geun-hye will sun be visiting china, but he said the president will not be able to visit japan at th

the u.s. and around the world and digital platform only make it more powerful. one must also recognize the implication of the role. a journalist may be diminishing his or her potential audience preaching only to the converted. he or she may be cutting themselves off from the sources who won't gate fair hearing. most fundamentally reporters may fail to invite or consider opinions and facts that will make the journalism more texture, authentic, and valuable. for those that value the search for truth. unencumbered to the specific point of view, i would say, whatever you write, whatever you say has become a part of how your reporting will be viewed you can no longer separate your tweet or post from your article or broadcast. the sooner you see social media as integral to journalism not as a sideline. the more easily we can adapt to the possibility and risk. when i began researching the speech a few months ago. i took the time to reread the e-mails from 2004. it had been about nine years since i ha

intervention in syria. >> brown: then, as the u.s. government weighs new regulation, we debate whether publicly traded companies should have to disclose their political donations. >> suarez: special correspondent john tulenko visits a middle school in maine where students are trading in their notebooks and pencils for robots and wind turbines. >> brown: we turn again to the subject of guns in america, as a texas man proves technology has made it possible to easily make your own pistol at home. >> anyone can create it in the privacy of their garage with a couple of clicks and some software and a download from the internet. anywhere there's a computer and an internet connection, there's a promise of a gun. >> suarez: and we close with a report on poland's embrace of fracking, despite concerns from some residents about land rights and the environment. >> brown: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> and by

there had been so many threats to the u.s. in benghazi, why let the u.s. ambassador be there on a day when everybody suspected there could be some serious terrorist problems? and then the second big question which really hasn't been thoroughly answered is once the operation began, the terrorist operation, could the u.s. military special operations forces, others, have done more to save u.s. lives? those are the big questions. and this story now that jake is breaking here on cnn, it raises further questions. two suspected terrorists whom the u.s. government had relocated presumably because they were providing sensitive information to the u.s., all of a sudden disappear and the u.s. doesn't know where these terrorists are right now? this is a national security issue of significant importance. and i'm sure it's going to cause a lot of heartburn for a lot of national security officials especially those at the justice department who were responsible through this marshals service and making sure that everyone knows where these terrorists are even if they're coop

u.s. south korean missiles. >>> south korean president park has agreed to work to resolve tensions with north korea. park is on her first overseas visit since taking office in february. she met on friday at the u.n. headquarters in new york. she hopes to have dialog with south korea. park has arrived in washington to meet u.s. president obama. the two leaders are expected to agree on a tougher system to defend against the north. south korean officials are refusing to cancel a military drill scheduled for august with the united states. the officials of north korea demanded the drill be scrapped. south korean defense ministry spokesperson said the drill will continue as long as the south korea u.s. combined forces exists. they plan to stay on alert and he noted that a u.s. aircraft carrier will come to south korea to take part in this year's exercise. analysts say leaders in seoul are using the threat of force to contain north korea's provocations. >>> spokespersons for north korea's nationa

well that's the u.s. and its kind of western allies definitely trying to kind of push more action at this point. you know we still have to keep in mind that it's very split opinions it's lawmakers it's people who are actually dealing with the syrian crisis directly and certainly their safety nets in the u.n. has been a major one leg in this particular scenario because of russia and china blocking u.s. attempts to intervene in syria more heavily this is not been the case and it seems like this is a position that's going to stick around so while the united nations exists united nations security council the u.s. is not going to be able to just plow through any international collaboration without getting others involved are to correspondent on a softie a check on a reporting from new york. well her new criticism of the cia as long as the obama administration is coming out this week now that's because both are dragging their feet on impending releases of this six thousand page review of the u.s. torture progra

there are global protests against a u.s. g.m. food giant accused of dominating the world's food markets so much so that consumers health is at risk and farmers are taking their own lives. to listen to a french owned you raney a mine in retaliation for france's military for its a north africa. mali intervention is fanning extremism across the continent. also reporting the suicide bomber targets police in the capital of russia's republic of dagestan killing one and injuring fourteen people is the latest in a string of deadly terrorist strikes in the region. on screen online international news and comment line from our studio center here in moscow this is. a wave of ronnie's is rolling across the globe in protest by a take a giant monsanto campaign is an environmentalist some more than forty countries accuse the multinational corporation of aggressively expanding into the food market and spreading hazardous products some of the largest demonstrations are taking place in the u.s. where the company was set up more than a century ago a

this wednesday the u.s. attorney general for the first time officially come from wright field for american citizens including the sixteen year old son of the yemen there was no mentioning of other countries citizens killed by u.s. drone strikes in his state of the union address president obama said he would get more transparent on drone operations we haven't really seen but we expect to hear more from him this thursday. he's going to if you can right there much more coverage of the all the guantanamo bay hunger strike including a timeline on our web site. also a message of despair. one of the maids is now able to tweet his feelings from behind bars after eleven years in detention all about despite being cleared for release plus. start of the art technology proves to be a complete disaster the latest multi million euros spanish submarine is unable to dive underwater due to a full in its construction. thanks for joining us here on out to you today an elderly award winning historian has shot himself dead at the

the u.s. prepares to withdraw the bulk of its forces from afghanistan by the end of two thousand and fourteen karzai stepping down with the elections coming up also in two thousand and fourteen what's next the possibility of a power vacuum in afghanistan and the question what demons can emerge from that vacuum is of great concern to the whole reaching a vacuum in afghanistan seems to be nobody's interest here's a brief and very rough breakdown of what players regional and regional are trying to achieve in afghanistan you ren despite the rivalry with the u.s. has three years support the karzai government because having a completely chaotic and unstable afghanistan is a neighbor is obviously not good for them washington is of course interested in keeping the more or less centralized structure of the government in afghanistan for that the u.s. is even ready to engage the taliban in talks and maybe see them as part of the government in the future that's right having fought the taliban for over ten

the cyber race between the u.s. and china is starting to look like a real arms race it has its drills its spies and both sides accusing each other of cyber attacks this june china will be holding drills with special i.t. units within its army for the first time the chief of the u.s. cyber command general keith alexander says the u.s. is now busy setting up forty new teams of cyber agents that will both protect america's critical infrastructure from hackers as well as launch attacks against the country's adversaries and so that there is no confusion as to their capabilities general keith alexander says quote i would like to be clear that this team is an offensive team the offensive nature of u.s. cyber defense program is emerging new reports which say a large chunk of the country's current cyber endeavors does not rely on defensive strategy as one might imagine but instead involves offensive operations launched with the intent of causing harm on the computers of adversaries a recent reuters article cites defense cont

the u.s. had conducted a massive bombing campaign and engaged in scritches with iraqi troops the stated goals for entering this war were to topple saddam hussein and free the iraqi people with saddam hussein on the run in baghdad overrun by coalition forces president bush moved on to his next goal finding obtain weapons of mass destruction. we have difficult work to do in iraq. we are bringing order to parts of that country that remain dangerous. we're pursuing and finding leaders of the old regime who will be held to account for their crimes. we've begun the search for hidden chemical and biological weapons and already know of hundreds of sites that will be investigated and the only problem is that there weren't any eight months after president bush made that speech u.s. weapons inspectors reported that w m d's that didn't exist so in a sense mission accomplished but even since this infamous speech and later admissions of the lack of them days the u.s. stayed in iraq sacrificing money and res

. >> the central bank boss told a u.s. congressional hearing that the american economy remains weak. bernanke says monetary policy should remain on hold until the u.s. recovery picks up further. how did investors respond? our markets correspondence sent us this summary from the trading floor. -- our markets correspondent sent us this summer. >> briefly after 4:00 p.m., traders were clapping their hands, applauding the decision of the head of the u.s. central bank. he said what traders wanted to hear -- the fed will continue its bond-buying until the labor market has improved substantially, which is not yet the case, meaning that the flooding with cheap money will continue. money which should help the economy to recover, but which is also driving the markets, including the dax, to new record highs because investors can only get an acceptable return with riskier assets. the central bank in the u.s. is not alone. >> let's get a closer look at those market numbers. the dax saddling the day at yet another record, about 0.7% hig

>> emergency crews in the u.s. state of oklahoma semp for survivors of a -- search for survivors of a devastating tornado. you're watching al jazeera live from doha. also coming up, out of the race, iran's former president is barred from running in next month's elections. >> we pay all the taxes we owe, every single dollar. >> apple defends his company against allegations of tax avoidance. rewriting history, how president vladimir putin plans to ban criticism of russia's past. >> the search for survivors continues after one of the worst tornados ever recorded in the united states. 24 people are confirmed dead. more than 200 others are being treated for injuries after the tornado ripped through a suburb of oklahoma city. our correspondent allen fisher joins us from the suburb of moore. allen, are there any further updates from the death toll? is it likely to rise? >> well, there's good news and bad news. the bad news is there have been no survivors found over the last few hours and that is unlikely to change. the go

the u.s. federal budget. today, what you are looking at is about 64%. as you look toward the future, the future is beginning to look like this. -- minor page and outpatient surgery is becoming critical surgery. if you have a debt problem, you do not exhibit debt by doubling or tripling the debt. let me show you what $1 trillion in $100 bills looks like when it is stacked up. please note the gentleman sitting to the left of the picture is six feet tall. that is about $1 trillion. here is what has been happening in the u.s. with federal gross debt. you take about 1.3 of these stacks in 1983. you take about 4.4 a decade later. you take about 6.8, and then today, you are sitting at 17.2 of those stacks. by the time you project those forward, by 2040, you are talking about almost two times the gdp of the united aids. you have got to ask yourself, is that sustainable or does it again to look like a fun european weekend? , itou go through this stuff is really important you start reading documents lik