the u.s. embassy in ben gassy libya back in september the 2012. we are now awaiting comments from the state department momentarily, we'll take to you that briefing live when that happens. as you may recall the attack left four people dead including the u.s. ambassador chris stevens. the pentagon announcing this afternoon that they have a suspect in custody. lisa stark joins us live from washington. lisa tell us more about what you know about the suspect and the arrest. >> reporter: well, del, the department of defense is now confirm that go u.s. forces have captured ahmed abu khatallah, he is believed to be one of those involved in that attack in benghazi. the department of defense says it was the u.s. military, along with enforcement, law enforcement personnel believed to be the fbi who captured khatallah on sunday, the department of defense says there were no civilian casualties and that all u.s. military personnel are out of libya where that capture was made. we have a statement now from th

syria and finally the u.s. and iran are negotiating right now over the nuclear crisis if there was a way to move those forward to what they used to call a grand bargain where there would be a resolution of the the nuclear issue there would be a resolution of iran's role in the in the region meaning that the u.s. would acknowledge that iran is a big important country that you. happens to be a neighbor it happens to be next door to iraq next door to syria has a lot more right to be in the region than the u.s. does you know and begin a process of normalizing those relations that's a huge challenge to israel it's a huge challenge to saudi arabia and the other gulf states but if the u.s. was prepared to say you know what israel doesn't get to set our foreign policy you know what saudi arabia doesn't matter does it if all of those countries were ready then there could be the beginning of real negotiations which then could pull in russia as well and go back to the potential for negotiations that we saw that was never

the u.s. embassy in iraq. we're learning that some embassy employees soon will be leaving baghdad. security reinforcements are being sent in there to protect those embassy staffers who will remain in the embassy. let's talk about this developing situation with retired marine major general james williams, also eli lake for the daily beast. also joining us on the phone cnn pentagon correspondent barbara starr. barbara, i want to start with you first. what can you tell us about this effort we're learning about to protect the embassy there in baghdad. >> reporter: good evening, ana. what we're learning from the state department and other administration officials including the pentagon that somewhat less than a hundred u.s. troops, somewhere between 50 and 100 u.s. troops have arrived at the u.s. embassy in baghdad. either a mix of marines and army soldiers. they are going to go and stay put there. they are going to be there to reinforce protection at the embassy. at this point, they are not going

the u.s. lawns -- launch military strikes? .e will speak to phyllis bennis then we will look at the once secret justice department memo justifying u.s. government drone strikes against u.s. citizens. >> for the first time the court has ordered the government to disclose a memo it has wanted to keep secret. the memo lays out the government's eagle justification , constitutional analysis, for killing a u.s. citizen. >> then water is a human rights. tell detroit attorney caps back on. that is the cry of residents in detroit appealing to the united nations over the city's move to shut off the water of thousands of residents. >> parents had to run to find out how they're going to pay their water bill. >> all of that and more coming up. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. a federal court has released a heavily redacted memo that outlines the obama administration's legal rationale for killing u.s. citizens overseas. during the three month span in 2011,

we have talked about it in the u.s., the pga and now the u.s. open. it is amazing to start with those three. 65, 65, 72, 69, 35, only one three-putt, a putt from off the green lot, he basically demoralized the field and everybody was playing for second. it was a great performance. he hit the ball well, a lot of really good iron shots. that cut pays off as the guys winning that u.s. open hit that cut. that's what he has. >> well, this is a moment of our careers here in the u.s. open, johnny, that we know where we are coming to an end, the moment we didn't really want to ever kind of greet here. many of you know, this is the final u.s. open telecast for all of our nbc crew. i just want to say to you, johnny, what a privilege it has been to sit next to you here in a championship that you have loved for so many years. it has been the highlight of my career. >> i have had the best seat in the house with the best analyst that has ever done this game. >> thanks. >> 20 years, a lot of fun. i always believed there is a time and season for everything. i thank u

u.s. are arming their long foresman agents with weapons and tactics of war this has not come without consequence though last month a three year old baby boy was badly burned when a swat team accidentally dropped a flash grenade into his crib while searching for someone suspected of making a fifty dollars drug sale and back in two thousand and twelve a similar raid saw police throw a flash grenade into the bedroom of a sleeping twelve year old girl she was also badly burned and both incidents swat deployments were not sent out to deal with some sort of emergency situation but rather they were used to search homes for drugs in fact they say oh you found that sixty two percent of swat deployments were hunting for drugs and it's not only that innocent people are getting caught up in the raids the a.c.l.u. also found that minorities were disproportionately targeted thirty nine percent of people impacted by swat deployments were black and eleven percent or less. and as for acquiring weapons of w

syria and finally the u.s. and iran are negotiating right now over the nuclear crisis if there was a way to move those forward to what they used to call a grand bargain where there would be a resolution of the the nuclear issue there would be a resolution of iran's role in the in the region meaning that the u.s. would acknowledge that iran is a big important country that you. happens to be a neighbor it happens to be next door to iraq next door to syria has a lot more right to be in the region than the us you know and begin a process of normalizing those relations that's a huge challenge to israel it's a huge challenge to saudi arabia and the other gulf states but if the u.s. was prepared to say you know what israel doesn't get to set our foreign policy you know what saudi arabia doesn't and cutter does it if all of those countries were ready then there could be the beginning of real negotiations which then could pull in russia as well and go back to the potential for negotiations that we saw that was never rea

i'm told by a senior u.s. official this suspect was apprehended by u.s. officials sunday near benghazi. and that this suspect is currently being held inside libya by u.s. officials but will be heading back to the u.s. soon to face prosecution here in the united states. multiple sources familiar with the operation tell fox that the suspect was captured as part of a joint u.s. military and law enforcement operation. as i said, he will now face prosecution in the u.s. the name of the suspect is atalloh. the justice department filed a sealed criminal indictment in the benghazi terror attack. at that time, the indictment charged several individuals, not just one, but it included him. he's the head of the libyan militia. that's very significant. he was seen at the u.s. compound in benghazi on the day of the terror attacks, later did interviews with various media outlets boasting about his role in all of this. now apprehended, i'm hold, by a senior u.s. official, sunday near benghazi, currently being held by u.s. military personnel. he should be headed back to t

and the u.s. government, the u.s. taxpayers have funded that project of building a brand-new iraqi army, arming them and training them. we funded that to the type of hundreds of billions of dollars. remember, that was the whole strategy for why we had to stay so long. >> our military is helping to train iraqi security forces. so that they can defend their people and fight the enemy on their own. our strategy can be summed up this way. as the iraqis stand up, we will stand down. >> and as i remind the good folks of idaho, our strategy can be summed up this way. as the iraqis stand up, americans will stand down. and what that means is, as more and more iraqis take the fight to the few who want to disrupt the dreams of the many, that the american troops will be able to pull back. >> our policy is stand up, stand down, as the iraqis stand up, we'll stand down. >> that was the political bumper sticker justification in the united states for why the iraq war had to go on for so much longer than the american public could stan

is there a lesson here with what's happening in iraq for u.s. forces and u.s. future in afghanistan? >> the lesson has already been stated in terms of the security agreement. there will be 9,800 forces left in afghanistan upon the signature of the bsa in order to provide mentoring and advising and assisting of the forces. we chose not to do that because we are unable to secure a status of forces agreement in 2011. since the days that are advisers and mentors and helpers inside the iraqi military left the battlefield, there's been a downward push, a downward thrust in capability of iraqi security forces so my advice to the government would be push very, very hard in getting the bsa approved in afghanistan so we don't see this kind of situation happen in afghanistan that we're seeing today in iraq. >> a situation as is described as being on the brink of catastrophe. much more to discuss. ahead "@ this hour," we'll talk about bowe bergdahl. he's back in the u.s. the hunt for the truth is on. could letters from his time in captivity of the taliban help investigator

well, it dependents on the u.s. can the u.s. afford seeing isil moving to jordan. which is very much on the horizon. can they afford seeing iran expanding and consolidating inside. s that an acceptable prize for december endangerment. those are questions and they need to be responded to. nonon piecemeal basis. >> gentlemen, good to talk to you all. that brings us to the end of this edition, thank you for being with us, in washington, i'm ray swarez. >> nogales, arizona. a bus has arrived filled with people being deported from the united states. >> right now we're headed to san juan bosco, a shelter here in nogales where the mexican immigration authorities have picked the people who were just deported, they take them there so they have a place to stay on their first night back in mexico. >> many thought 2013 would be the year when congress finally

the u.s. department of defense has teamed with universities and social science research or is to study the dynamics of civil unrest both abroad and here at home it's being called the minerva research initiative many scientists educators and activists though fear that the initiative could not only need to the militarization of the study of social sciences but that the information gained from the research could be used by the military to control and stifle ideological and grassroots driven movements like occupy wall street to shut some light on the minerva initiative i was joined earlier by david price a professor of anthropology and sociology at st martin's university i first asked him how the initiative works and what the military hopes to gain from it. well as you said the minerva initiative started in two thousand and eight it started with very modest funding around four million dollars it was announced by then secretary of defense robert gates with the idea being that the defense department

obviously u.s. actions are based on u.s. interests. the fact that we gave iraq eight years, a trillion dollars, as bill richardson said, the lives of 4,000 soldiers, we've done what we could in iraq. but obviously the dynamic, as bill kristol said that you have now between iraq and syria -- does pose a significant national interest. i think we've got to do things on both sides of the border. we've got to strengthen the iraqi government. i think that probably means trying perhaps pushing maliki out of power after eight years and opening up greater political space. and obviously i think that we have to do more to help the syrian opposition. but this is a challenge that's probably going to have to continue to unwind on both sides of the borders for several years. >> bill kristol, the u.s. may end up coordinating with iran, though not militarily. you say any coordination with iran is a mistake. why is that? >> i say any support for iran is a mistake. if we end up supporting an iranian-backed regime, sunnis throughout the middle east will l

the u.s. still examining its military optionses in iraq at the country seems to be headed for another sectarian war. the isil is continuing it's violent surge towards baghdad. its new target is 40 miles north of the capitol. >> a car bomb was set off in a city pro dominant listee i can't in the capitol, killing 12 and injuring 30 more. the u.s. is surveying the violence before taking any military action. >> everybody that noticed the speed with which isil has moved inside iraq, but that doesn't mean that you rush to a decision. >> the president is set to meet with congressional leaders today to discuss how to combat the islamic state of iraq and the lamont or isil. >> the president decided against immediate air strikes. "the new york times" said mr. obama is considering targeting highly selective air strikes instead of wide ranging bombing. >> we have our team of reporters tracking the situation in iraq. we are in london, but we begin our coverage with mike viqueira in washington. isil is gett

u.s. forces after almost five years. bergdahl seen wearing simple garb being patted down and then quickly whisked away by u.s. forces awaiting in a chopper. >> so much going on in this video just look at it as he's patted down. you see the expression on his face sitting in the truck. he's carrying a plastic bag. what's in that plastic bag? the special forces never turned their back on the taliban during the whole time. we want to break it down with a former reserve navy s.e.a.l. officer, expert in hostage recovery. thank you for being with us. first off, i want to ask you what you see in this video particularly dealing with the condition of bowe bergdahl. >> obviously stated concern and reason given at the highest levels is that bergdahl's life was in danger and he was on the verge of potentially dying so he had to be rescued because it sounded like a health issue. bergdahl is very healthy. the concerns that he is in some dire medical condition, those thoughts might be dispelled but still

team u.s. s, a big step. that team eliminated the u.s., ghana. tougher. >> it is only going to get tougher. the yate is in what i describe as the deathiest groups of death. there are several groups of deaths. there is so much terrific soccer. remember the top two in united states emerge. germany, a favourite to win, portugal led by cristiano ronaldo, and ghana, who the u.s. had not beaten. the fact that the u.s. beat ghana - germany will advance. the question is about port knal. this will be interesting. cristiano ronaldo who is the greatest player. detractors will send me a lot of hate freaks for saying he's the greatest player in the world. he's polarizing. cristiano ronaldo has never played the united states in international competition. it will be fascinatingto see how that plays out. she probably has more friend on the u.s. team. let's see how that dine abbingic plays out. >> enjoy your time in brazil. hope to talk to you soon. that's all for now. wednesday - parents with mental illness could be a break down away from losing their children.

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the announced goals of these new u.s. troops are to protect u.s. embassy personnel and other american interests this is according to a statement from barack obama to congress made on monday this comes as the islamist militants al qaeda affiliated group isis increasingly spreads its wings on the ground now the statement released by the white house on monday says the troops would stay in iraq until the security situation gets better additionally a separate special forces mission which is yet to be officially approved by washington would focus on training iraqi troops on the ground this comes as last friday of course barack obama had reiterated the commitment to not send u.s. troops back into combat into iraq we will not be sending u.s. troops back into combat in iraq but i have asked my national security team to prepare a range of other options that could help support iraq security forces according to the pentagon over the weekend around one hundred seventy u.s. personnel began arriving in baghdad all of this of course comes amid growing concerns tha

the u.s. out of iraq and information. did one and is well on his way to the second. he promised he would be far more selective about the use of american military power in the world, and there are no american casualties from syria, libya or the black sea. there have been no military airstrikes on iran's suspected nuclear program, and iran has come to the negotiating table. his speech to graduates at the military academy of west point rests on two main pillars, the united states remains the indispensable nation, and there is not a military solution to every problem. >> the question we face, the question each of you will face is not whether america will lead but how we will lead. not only to secure our peace and prosperity, but across the globe. >> reporter: president obama told thousand was a cadets dressed in uniform that america must always lead and military is backbone of that leadership. >> u.s. military action cannot be the only or even primary component of our leadership in every instance.

u.s. president barack obama last week challenged him to present a unified front. maliki says it represents a coup against the constitution. some political parties are urging him to step down to establish a national salvation government. u.s. secretary of state john kerry is to meet with foreign ministers this week to discuss iraq's crisis. he will talk with ministers from the uae and israel and saudi arabia's king abdullah. the insurgents hit a military air base wednesday north of baghdad and they are fighting government forces around baiji which is the site of the country's largest oil refinery. >>> syrian war planes crossed into western iraq to carry out an attack on the islamic extremist group. and residents near the border saw military aircraft flying toward iraq. sunni militants have been moving back and frth across the syria-iraq border. the air raid could complicate iraq's crisis. >>> a bomb has exploded in the capital of nigeria. dozens of people were killed. the explosion in abuja

well, it dependents on the u.s. can the u.s. afford seeing isil moving to jordan. which is very much on the horizon. can they afford seeing iran expanding and consolidating inside. s that an acceptable prize for december endangerment. those are questions and they need to be responded to. nonon piecemeal basis. >> gentlemen, good to talk to you all. that brings us to the end of this edition, thank you for being with us, in washington, i'm ray swarez. without american help? >> our national security team is looking at all of the options, but this should be also a government. >> tonight, on the border but not on the fence. against all odds, mothers and even little kids by the tens of thousands warming their way into the desert southwest. >> they are prepared to lose their life. the mother is because they feel their life is in such threat in their home country, they have a better chance in our desert to salvador.

also today, iraq finally granted u.s. troops legal protection that the u.s. has been demanding and those first u.s. military advisers will be embedding with iraqi forces, with the iraqi command in the next few days, brian. >> andrea mitchell covering the travels of the u.s. secretary of state starting us off from jordan tonight. thanks. >>> in other news, back in this country the sunday evening roller coaster ride that had much of the nation kicking and screaming all at once right up until the stunning turn of events in the closing seconds. it turns out last night's usa/portugal game was the most watched soccer game ever broadcast on american television. just under 25 million americans tuned in and spent the day recovering as a result. bill neely reports tonight from brazil. >> reporter: american fans were defiant leaving the game. >> we love you! >> reporter: this was the tie that felt like a loss. >> really tough. >> the worst thing that ever happened to me. >> so close! lit literally the last play of the game. >> reporter: emotions were high from the start

while the u.s. is making it clear, the iraqi government needs to step up, chuck todd there with more, chuck, good evening. >> reporter: the president chose his words carefully. laying the ground work for possible military action but he also had a clear message for iraq's political leaders, any american help comes with conditions. in a hastily arranged press conference, the president outlined his options quickly eliminating one of them. >> we will not be sending u.s. troops back into combat in iraq, but i have asked my national security team to prepare a range of other options that could help support iraq security forces. >> reporter: but even as he hinted at some military action, targeted drone strikes the most likely, the president made it clear help won't come if the prime minister doesn't stop shutting out his sunni adversaries. >> the u.s. is not going to involve itself in military action in the absence of a political plan by iraqis that gives us assurance they are prepared to work together. >>

team u.s. s, a big step. that team eliminated the u.s., ghana. it's a big step, but it will get tougher. >> it is only going to get tougher. the yate is in what i describe as the deathiest groups of death. there are several groups of deaths. there is so much terrific soccer. remember the top two in united states emerge. germany, a favourite to win, portugal led by cristiano ronaldo, and ghana, who the u.s. had not beaten. the fact that the u.s. beat ghana - germany will advance. the question is about port knal. this will be interesting. cristiano ronaldo who is the greatest player. detractors will send me a lot of hate freaks for saying he's the greatest player in the world. he's polarizing. cristiano ronaldo has never played the united states in international competition. it will be fascinating to see how that plays out. she probably has more friend on the u.s. team. let's see how that dine abbingic plays out. >> enjoy your time in brazil. hope to talk to you soon. that's all for now. wednesday - parents with mental illness could be a break down

in a real surprise, it suggested that the u.s. start paying its lowest earning workers higher wages. steve liesman has the story. >> reporter: the international monetary fund taking on a step today, in its annual review of the u.s. economy, a supporter of raising the minimum wage saying it would have an impact of reducing poverty. >> you have 15 million people living below poverty level, many of whom are actually working people, not many of whom are just not doing anything. that's why we're recommending it. as to give you a number, is it 10.10? this is something that needs to be decided by the legislators clearly. >> the imf office steers clear of economic issues, especially the u.s., which is the fund's biggest shareholder. the u.s. has the third lowest minimum wage among industrialized countries. hiking it could help the millions of americans out of poverty, even though it could reduce total jobs. >> certainly there's an employment tradeoff, the congressional budget office recently estimated the loss of jobs at half a billion. t

or u.s.. we spoke to -- earlier on who was telling us that part of the problem with forward guidance is that they put all the eggs in the basket of the unemployment rate. unemployment rate came down but wages did not increase. that seems to be persistent. >> if you look at u.s. data, the is worth of household debt anyone trillion dollars. but you are not seeing a rise in consumption. this is down to a recent survey where they talked about consumers and what would make them consume more. almost half of them said an increase in wages and 20% said increase in -- an job prospector it that is two thirds of what would make them consume more. i think that is key about where the inflation numbers are going to come from. we look at the number in the u.s., it is more than the headline in the weekly wage growth and that is more important than anything else. >> the whole debate around income inequality, wealth inequality has become topical. corporate earnings in the u.s. and second quarter will kick off n

u.s. have to go back in to iraq? >>> humanitarian nightmare a. crisis on the u.s. border as thousands of children entering the united states on their own facing very tough conditions. we're going to hear what the federal government is doing about it and what one state is threatening to do about it. they are threatening legal action. >>> and birthday jump. you may look frail, he may look 90, but a president of the united states celebrates his birthday by leaping out of an aircraft. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." [ gunfire ] we begin with the breaking news. shock and awe in iraq. this time coming from terrorists. american contractors are now being evacuated from an air base near baghdad as a brutal extremist group holds a major iraqi city and is battling to take other cities, vowing to march on to the capital of baghdad, trying to regroup and starting to fight back, president obama says iraq needs help and he says he's weighing on possibilities. our top experts and corresp

u.s., of course, spent $17 billion to arm and train iraqi security forces thinking if we arm them and train them they'll do the work. they'll become nationalists. they'll become iraqis, not sunni and shia and kurds. in the thousand-year history of that country it had never happened, but america thought we could make it happen, and we were wrong. and 4,489 americans died in the process. and right now, iraq is in crisis, and its army is clearly on the run. the word is troops are deserting by the hundreds. reportedly stripping off their uniforms in the streets and leaving abandoned trucks. we see uniforms in video everywhere. they took them off and ran. those who stayed behind are left disorganized and, frankly, defeated. defense officials in iraq are trying now to show that they are fighting back. they just released this video which they say shows a missile blowing up a camp of insurgents, but the iraqi air force has long been lacking in strength. president obama said today the u.s. has been

u.s. official sells a top iranian general has been in iraq this week. we're covering this story from multiple angles. and cnn's arwa damon is in the northern iraqi city of erbil. and cnn's jones in the white house. >> arwa, tell us how far isis has advanced. the question is, will they make it to baghdad? will they take over the city? where are they now? >> right now in diyala province just to the north of baghdad, they're about 60 kilometers away from the capital, battling with iraqi security forces, who in one town in that area made a gruesome discovery, saying they found the bodies of 12 police officers who had been shot and then burned. those bodies were found in an orchard. they suspect that isis was behind this, but they say the investigation is still ongoing. isis also advancing on baghdad again from the north, but this time further to the west of diyala seeming to advance on the capital from two different directions. quik remarkable when one thing the entire advance by isis only beg

u.s. and its western allies consider a third round of economic sanctions against russia two of the biggest u.s. business organizations are publicly warning that the move would create long lasting damage to america's economy the u.s. chamber of commerce and the national association of manufacturers are running advertisements right now in the new york times the wall street journal and washington post saying the only effect of additional sanctions would be to bar u.s. companies from foreign markets and business opportunities to firms from other countries u.s. companies fear that even temporary targeted sanctions against russia would damage their export markets and poison relations with russian customers business leaders say potential restrictions on technology transfers would also harm u.s. energy companies that do business in russia this is precisely what moscow warned of back in march when foreign minister lavrov said any sanctions imposed on russia would come back to hurt the united states

u.s. president barack obama last week challenged him to present a unified front among iraq's three main groups. and some political parties are urging him to step down to establish a national salvation government. maliki says he represents a coup against a constitution. u.s. secretary of state john kerry is to meet with foreign ministers this week to discuss iraq's crisis. he will talk with ministers from the uae and israel and saudi arabia's king abdullah. government forces in iraq are countering attacks by sunni militants. insurgents hit a military air base wednesday north of baghdad. they're fighting government forces around baiji, the site of the country's largest oil refinery. >>> sunni residents in northern iraq have condemned air strikes by the xia led government. sunni militants are consolidating their control by taking advantage of anti-government feelings among residents. the fierce fighting forced more than half a million people to flee their hometowns in the north. about 2,000 p

u.s. secretary of state, john kerry landing in iraq as terrorists fight inches closer to baghdad. is the country on the brink of civil war? we are live. >>> tornadoes touched down. communities cleaning up after storms tore through their streets. this morning, a threat for more severe storms. indra petersons is tracking the latest. >>> a world cup shocker. what a shocker it was. team usa jolted by portugal's last minute heroics. shots that tied the match. a play-by-play of the stunning finish and what's next for the u.s. >>> good morning and welcome to "early start." >> it's monday, june 23rd, it's 5:00 a.m. in the east. up first, they were this close. oh! in the last 20 seconds, just moments away from a thrilling come from behind win that would have sent them to the world cup's knock out round, but portugal had other ideas. we have more on the stunning finish and the victory celebration that wasn't. >> reporter: are you guys over the absolute shock that we experienced just moments ago behi

earlier this month, the u.s. supreme court ruled they have to pay back u.s. investment funds before settling with other red creditors. argentina placed ads in newspapers in major creditor nations. argentines have a 30-day grace period to make payments. but if they can't reach a deal with creditors demanding full payment, the country will have to default. japan also has a mountain of debt, more than double the country's gdp. officials are taking a breather before issuing new debt. issuing about $430 billion worth of deficit covering bonds in the year that ended in march, that's about $20 billion less than initially estimated. one big reason was higher tax revenues. companies earned more and paid more to the government. tax revenues topped estimates by about $16 billion. on the spending side, low interest rates cut down the cost of servicing debts that helped government officials spend $16 billion less than they first estimated. as a result, the government racked up a surplus last year of about $14 billion. officials will spend more than half of that to redeem

. >>> u.s. carmaker general motors is recalling nearly half a million dollars after it appears software glitches could cause vehicles to switch into gear and runaway. g.m. has recalled 20 million vehicles over various safety concerns. >>> president barack obama set many lofty goals when he first took office. one of them was to have the highest u.s. graduates in 2020. but obama is far from achieving that and several other presidential ambitions. >> it's the time of year when sea of black gowns, string of confetti. the energy ant excitement that is college graduation. the 7,000 plus graduates at the university of maryland paint an impressive figure until you realize how many other students they started school with that didn't make it to this day. according to a harvard study the u.s. now has the highest college dropout rate in the industrialized world, 44% of students who enroll in a four-year college don't gradua graduate. people like nikira, who dropped out of college because she couldn't afford

elsewhere the u.s. prepares a military launchpad for possible help for iraq as the country teeters on the brink of collapse terrorist dominate the north keeping baghdad in the crosshairs. of scotland's historic independence referendum now less than one hundred days away r.t. here is some of the hopes and fears fueling the yes and no come. this is the weekly our top stories of the last seven days here from r.t. starting first of all with a story very much in the news right now russia's embassy in ukraine has been vandalized by crowds of young people who threw stones and petrol bombs and drew nazi symbols on the walls the russian foreign ministers filed an official protest with kiev he also said members of the national guard were at the forefront of the assault and that ukraine must compensate the damage done is ukrainian counterpart was one of those in the crowd outside the embassy shown to have seen slogans together with the vandals all scots got the details from kiev. despite the fact there was no poli

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the u.s. current account deficit which is another knock on the u.s. has far of as well it's roughly half of what it was it's at its worst maybe even a third of the size it was so i think the u.s. economy a relative to other countries that's what the foreign exchange market measures it's relative terms i think the dollars over the world economy remains really undeterred by the rise of china and blemished i think by the financial crisis the dollar still makes up about eighty five percent of the world trade it's one part of about ninety percent of all trades that take place in the foreign exchange market which is five point two trillion dollars a day so i think that despite the problems that we have here in the u.s. it's a relative sense that there's no substitute for the dollar yet that was market chandler cheap currency strategist at brown brothers harriman. time now for a very quick break but stick around because when we return marshall robock is on the program he's sitting down with me to talk us economy and hyman minsky and in today's big deal edwar

government, u.s. congress, the u.s. public, and the u.s. economic and culture actors. partners work with each other to design a process, understand, change of circumstances, adjust to each other's requirements, and build and enter upon friendships that are going to be enduring. >> now, some analysts believe that the taliban aren't even the biggest threat to afghanistan because the country now faces a deadline because it hasn't taken action when it comes to money-laundering. afghanistan is being threatened by being black listed by the international country. one of the very few countries that would be black list said that way that could hurt any kind of foreign investment. is the economy, is the issues of corruption and the government is that a bigger problem moving forward than the taliban? >> we have, we have the natural resources the water resources and most significantly the entrepreneurial energies of our people. but we need to fashion an economic system that can produce profits, legitimate profits for the investors, revenue for the government, work for the people a

u.s. congressional panel has voted to rename a street in washington after one of china's most famous dissidents. >>> and we'll show you how developers and designers are pushing the limits of computer simulations to improve everything from houses to tooth brushes. >>> iraqi prime minister nuri al-maliki has rejected calls to create a more inclusive government. he is facing criticism that he instigated the sunni insurgency by favoring the majority shia. so he is being urged to form a national salvation government as a way to stop islamist militants. u.s. president barack obama last week challenged him to present a unified front. among iraq's three main groups. maliki says it represents a coup against the constitution. some political parties are urging him to step down to establish a national salvation government. u.s. secretary of state john kerry is to meet with foreign ministers this week to discuss iraq's crisis. he will talk with ministers from the uae and israel and saudi arabia's king

the u.s. be in on this decision? i'm john berman. and this is "the lead." the world lead, terrorists ramp paging through iraq claim more territory as the president and his top diplomat warn that isis wants more than just iraq and syria. >>> the politics lead, the battle of the bank accounts. joe viden does everything but show off the holes in his socks to show he's more in touch with the middle class than hillary clinton. i didn't hear a bell but did 2016 just begin? and the sports lead. it's enough to make lady liberty face pump if she had a free hand. the u.s. ties portugal. tie? oh, yeah, it's soccer, baby. i'm john berman na 0 for jake tapper today. the world lead, as the new state of iraq, the one built on the ultimate sacrifices of 4500 american troops as it continues to collapse, secretary of state john kerry spoke in baghdad today after meeting with prime minister nuri alabamaly kei and vowed intense support in the fight against terrorist who's now control a huge chunk of that country

i think the u.s. is their number one force for destabilization them in the middle east and the way they've done it with iraq is for many by invading a quiet and i think this the isis invasion is the third one the third us invasion and this time they're doing it by proxy. when the us took over iraq in two thousand and three and there was nothing but instability between the sanctions and the invasion about. three million iraqis died so if genocide is stability then of course and call what the us doesn't iraq stability otherwise obviously it's not. following for you at the moment the u.k. army may be getting too fat to fight the country's defense ministry has revealed shocking figures of those failing basic fitness tests and being at risk of grave health problems more details on the reported just a click away. also there a flight of fancy a pizzeria in one russian city turns to drives to get its deliveries out on time to find out how it's being carried i watched a video on our website. right on the scene

to which the u.s. is comparatively dependent on and successful at in the financial world, it is an important vulnerability. i don't presume to be able to say what is on the mind of the chinese government or the more senior leadership but obviously, this set of things is troubling. stewart got to go in the via when it was a secure environment. i got to go to libya when all hell was breaking loose. [laughter] >> me, too. [laughter] >> one more question and then we will open it up to the audience. so get ready. going back to the private sector and the totality of american economic influence and power, one way of thinking about it is a little overly simplistic. ut one thing about tfi, it has developed and harnessed the tools to exclude actors for a national security impact. have we done enough in the u.s. to think holistically about how we use financial inclusion and positive dimensions of american power as part of a national security strategy? that is to say, we use the stick quite well. we are very good

the u.s. intelligence community couldn't tap into it they're pretty good at that but but it will give them some independent capability they're building their own development bank they're building their own reserve bank basically what the brics are doing there replicating the i.m.f. governance it infrastructure now the reason they're doing that they actually don't want to do that they want what they want are more votes from the i.m.f. they want china for example is ten percent of global g.d.p. but it's i.m.f. photos closer to five percent so china saying hey we need more votes there are other countries that belgium netherlands that have too many votes relative to the size of their economy so that that that was going on behind the scenes in washington at the i.m.f. but so the bricks are siloed give us the votes and will play ball with the i.m.f. and weaken the relative position of the u.s. but if you don't give us the votes we're prepared to go away and replicate these institutions so it's a lit

. >>> a u.s. court has ordered an american bank to return money it received from the argentine government as repayment of sovereign debt. that comes amid growing concern the south american country may default on its debts as it did in 2001. on friday the district court in new york ruled that argentina cannot repay bond holders that agreed to debt reductions from the default until the country pays back u.s. investment funds in full. the court said argentina is trying to pay back creditors who agreed to reduce its obligations. the country deposited about $540 million in the u.s. banks account earlier this week. but the move by argentina runs counter to a supreme court ruling earlier this month in favor of investment funds that refuse to accept a debt restructuring deal. argentina's now required to fully pay back more than $1.5 billion by monday. there's a 30-day grace period before default can be declared. >>> japan is pledging more money to help developing nations along with other countries. japan

u.s. illegally. >> we begin with developments surrounding iraq, the muz limbs around the world are getting for the holy month of ramadan and there are indications that in new government formed in iraq is not including the prime minister. it is sad a new government needs to be formed right away and the next prime minister and speaker and president should be in place by tuesday when the parliament is scheduled to meet for the first time. in a report, spent the last four days reporting from iraq and people are caught in the cross fire and the divisions that are tearing the country apart permeated the camps for those displaced. >> we are driving along the highway. iraq's second largest city and overrun by the sunni rebel group. hundreds of thousands have fled the city. many to camps and most of the camps are divided along the ethic and rereligious lines. >> we don't have clotheing with us. i have nobody to support me. i'm living by god's mercy. the army and isis is fighting and we are caught i

u.s.-led naval exercise for the first time even as maritime tensions simmer in asia. >>> and a survivor of a ship that sank in southern japan during world war ii hopes to pass on stories of hundreds of young victims to future generations. >>> the world's largest naval drill is under way in hawaii. the pacific exercise has been held every two years since 1971 and for the first time china is taking part. the country's participation comes at a time of heightened regional tensions over territorial disputes at sea. >>> a group of chinese ships have arrived in pearl harbor. not only flying its own flag, but also the colors of the u.s. china has sent four vessels, a missile destroyer and others. u.s. navy officials greeted their chinese counter parts for the first time during the impact exercise. chinese and other could be tris fleets got into formation ahead of the drill and conducted fire exercises. the naval drills are to foster cooperation among participants that is critical to marry time sec

the u.s.-led invasion of iraq. >>> meanwhile, iran's president, rouhani, has not ruled out the possibility of his country cooperating with the united states to deal with the crisis in iraq. rouhani made an address in the capital of tehran on saturday. he said iraq is iran's neighbor and friend, and that, quote, we will consider any request for help from iraq. rouhani also said if any terrorist group approaches iran's border and threatens the country, iranians will definitely respond with every possible means. iran's president blamed the u.s. and european countries for the rise o >> translator: iranians would consider cooperation with the u.s. if it begins to take action against terrorist groups in iraq. >> iran and the united states have been at odds regarding the nuclear development program. >>> u.s. secretary of defense, chuck hagel has ordered an aircraft carrier to go to the persian gulf to give the u.s. more military options in iraq. the "uss george h.w. bush" will sail from the arabian c