the u.s. military will share information on the upcoming launch. >> translator: we will watch how the diplomatic efforts work. however, i told secretary pa h panetta if north korea does go ahead with the launch, japan will take appropriate measures. the secretary said he understands our stance. >>> south korea has shown japanese destroyers as one of its ports to foreign media. the unusual move is seen as a way to show north korea that the south and japan are united against its planned rocket launch. two destroyers from japan's maritime self-defense force docked at pyongtech naval base in central south korea on sunday. the visit is part of japan's annual training for cadets. there will be exchange events and joint training with south korean naval personnel during their stay through wednesday. the maritime self-defense force and south korean navy have had exchanges and combined training in the past, but this is the first time for south korea to allow foreign media coverage of visiting japanese n

u.s. companies are calling on congress to extend the export-import bank charter. some republicans oppose the bank, saying it distorts the market and puts taxpayer money at risk to support large companies. on thursday, the ceo of agriculture equipment maker johnson deer and the ceo of satellite maker orbital joined the discussion hosted by the export-import bank in washington. this is about an hour. >> welcome everyone. please take your seats. i'm not going to see through these lights whether you've done it or not. i'll assume everybody is sitting. thank you to the export-import bank and fred for the invitation to this event. my name is ted alden. i run the renewing america initiative at the council on foreign relations which deals broadly with the competitive issues we'll discuss on this panel. i was also recently the project director of cfr independent task force on u.s. trade and investment policy which was chaired by tom daschle and andy card and started from the evidence that the u.s.

u.s. trade and investment policy chaired by tom daschle and andy card and started with the evidence that the u.s. has been an export underperformer and talked about how to improve things on that front. i'm delighted to be moderating this panel. we have a superb set of panelists with us to take us through the issues. on my right, samuel allen, the chief executive of john deere. his full bio is in your material. to his right, hall sirkin, managing director of the boston group and then to the far right, dave thompson, chief executive of orbital sciences. i'm just going to give a little bit of introduction. the title of our session is "competing around the world." i would suggest this is a particularly fluid time to be trying to address this question. just to sort of frame it, on the positive side some of might have seen a recent article in "american interest." it makes the argument the u.s. is poised to become an export powerhouse, notes since the end of the recession exports have accounted f

as u.s. troop strength rises in 1965, up to 100,000 men by the end of the year, the communists decide, okay, we'll go back to protracting the war. well, concentrate our attacks and yes, we'll fight the u.s. some, but primarily we'll just fight on the periphery. we're not going to go for the big battle, the big blow. this only lasts a while. the north vietnamese reassess. when they're assessing, they do a very good job of identifying what we planned to do. they really assess the united states strategy very, very well. in 1965 they predict the u.s. will build up its forces there, protect its bases in the population centers, try to build up the south vietnamese army and south vietnamese government. and at the same time, they believed that the u.s. effort would be undermined by a lack of public support for the war. and they also believed the u.s. effort would be undermined by the fact the south army was weak. you've still got this rivalry in the vietnamese high command, how do you prosecute this

that the u.s. is in britain's place today i mean the u.s. economy today is relatively strong compared to that and china only has twenty percent of world exports and to me that's largely driven by exports so i wouldn't say that you know the u.s. is headed towards decline in the same way that europe may have been after world war two and i think you are a good point that there are a lot of other factors quality of life. of living that that are favorable for developed countries or vs is going to maintain or improve ok martin i think you we could spare to say of the last thirty over the last thirty years we're going to martin the quality of life for the chinese is improved immensely i mean i think we tend to forget what it was like thirty years ago thirty five years ago go ahead martin. that's absolutely right a lot of people have come out of poverty but to some extent i do agree if you go to china you know the living space there and then compare that to you know what kind of housing living standard you can buy in the us but that's because they h

and reportedly some u.s. officials have departed early to negotiate his fate. >> we're going to make sure we do this in the appropriate way. >> reporter: john brennan stressed the importance of improving chinese/u.s. relations. >> i'm not going to address the issue of mr. chen right now. we are working very closely with the individuals involved in this, so i'm going to leave it to others in the u.s. government who have responsibility for it. >> reporter: negotiating chen's release will be difficult for both countries, with the administration hoping to avoid accusations of caving on human rights and the chinese fearing too many concessions may embolden other activists. >> i think that the u.s. is not in a position to require that the chinese treat him well if he leaves the u.s. embassy. the best we can hope for is to negotiate safe passage to the airport and exit from the country. >> reporter: there may be some incentive on both sides for a quiet resolution. if not only a presidential election year here in the

all the u.s. and china two world powers with a very shaky relationship and a study by the brookings institution shows that as china's influence grows they see the u.s. as a declining power but they also believe that the u.s. will do anything and its power to make sure that it stays on top now this comes as the u.s. is shifting their geo political focus to the age of pacific region and just yesterday two hundred u.s. marines arrived and darwin australia they are the first of thousands expected to arrive now this is the latest move by the u.s. military to amp up its presence in the region and china has some concerns with a growing u.s. presence nearby so as tension rises what does the future hold for u.s. china relations talk more about this rain a lot of political economist joins us now welcome raymond so we are seeing that there are suspicions on both sides but is there one side that seems to be more suspicious. you know i don't think it's a question of suspiciousness or distrust of those are real

the u.s. government wanted victor boot to spend the rest of his life in an american prison however a u.s. federal judge has sentenced the russian citizen to twenty five years behind bars and that is for conspiring to sell millions of dollars of weapons and surface to air missiles to colombian for rebels those rebels were really the agents that were posing undercover the u.s. federal judge delivered her sentence into manhattan. thursday afternoon that was the mandatory minimum sentence that she could give mr boot the u.s. federal judge has said that mr hasn't been an active arms dealer since two thousand and three and believes that there is no proof that mr bush was looking for opportunities to deal with terrorists kill americans victor boot for the first time stood up and addressed the courtroom he said that he never intended to kill anyone or sell arms to anyone he said that is the truth and then he turned around and pointed his finger at the agents that testified against him saying that they

security this is the duty of u.s. congress since i would say you are saying that tackling cyber terror and the freedom activists wanted could become a license for but not a state. and the three day period of mourning begins with victims of monday's plane crash in western siberia as our team meets an emergency worker who was a nun first to help survivors. here watching r.t. up to date news and much more welcome to the program government forces have reportedly begun to withdraw from conflicts aids across syria is ahead of a planned ceasefire next week which many hope will at long last when peace to the war torn nation is growing doubt about whether the rebels a point by western cash and support will choose to enter the truce it seems point to slip has more from the region. a syrian government official has come food and that syrian troops have begun with point with the concert tease and returning to their bases while in the more volatile cities the troops have moved to the outskirts now this town is about only ahead of a

do you see that iran taking it out on u.s. and u.s. not allowing such a thing to happen where you, where iraq become as battlefield and a proxy war happens? >> so your question is how would iran react to sanctions regionally? >> correct. >> iran is kraereacting to u.s. policies overall in the region not just specifically on sanctions but we have to look at the entire u.s. policy towards iran. iran is influential in iraq. it is hoping that the u.s. withdraws from afghanistan without maintaining permanent presence in afghanistan. iran is very much against any sort of status forces agreement between the united states and the afghan government and it's exerting a lot of pressure and influence in afghanistan, including army, the taliban and very limited manner. so there are ways to exercise this power. reports suddenly that iran is also helping rebels in yemen, the rebels in the north and potentially al qaeda, and this is just not meant for the united states. it's also a signal to saudi arabia and countries like the uae that are supporting

the u.s. chamber of commerce and the organization business european looking at trade europe looking at priorities for the wto. this is about a half hour. >> i believe we're ready. for our grand finale. changing hats now. i'm ralph gardner, managing ceo of fedex. i'm the co-chair of today's task force, i hope that they found the panels as interesting as i did. i want to thank the chamber for organizing this, and for all of you for -- trade agenda, as chris mentioned, the statement by the chamber and business europe is doing well. set the priorities and a pathway forward for 2012 and beyond. today, we are especially pleased to be joined by deputy u.s. ambassador to the wto michael punk, who has his bioin front of you. but ambassador punk has worked in the field of international trade for two decades, from 1995 to 1996, he served as chamber advisory. from 95 to 95, he served at the white house senator max baucus worked on international trade issues, including his partner at the washington, d.c. o

the u.s. state department said the u.s. is "willing to listen" to a drug legalization debate at the summit, but that "for us, frankly, legalization iliza solution. the u.s. war on drugs is going on since 1971. first declared by someone pat buchanan worked for, president richard m. nixon, who resigned from offers later. has the war on drugs been swept under the rug and it is a failure? >> yes. what is happening in mexico, mexico is at war of these cartels, latin america, all of these areas have really been huge amounts of criminality because of the demand in the united states for drugs. we're criminalized an awful lot of people in this country. but you have horrendous alternatives. you legalize drugs and have a significant parts of society be destroyed, you fight the war on it, and you create all these criminals. you got -- as i wrote, milton solution, malice solution. milton freeman says legalize them and forget is. he says kill everybody, the drug dealers and drug users, he solved it. but we're not going to do either one.

terms the u.s. has more than double china now are just around fifteen trillion u.s. dollars with china around six trillion u.s. dollars i don't see i don't see that imbalance changing anytime soon my firm has done some research on a productivity and you know there are a lot of factors contributing to manufacturing in jobs and going back to the u.s. from china i think this is all contribute to you know a slow in the growth of china and ny research i want to make clear that my research is separate i'm not here representing my firm but the research that i've seen of the evidence i've seen all point to you know china's growth slowing and so i mean just about every maybe even to seventy percent maybe it's seventy percent that's that sterling growth isn't it at seven percent for economy that's nice. and even if . it is ok marty want to jump in there i want to go to were allowed to go ahead mark here just to get there so just where really there's so much of what shine as opposed to snow in your time i mean if you're just looking at the most recent indicators that p.m.i. ind

u.s. ambassador susan rice the current council president, said the statement was adopted with unprecedented speed. >> the swift and unanimous adoption of this strong presidential statent shows that the international community is united in sending a clear message to north korea that such provocations are serious and totally unacceptable. >> reporter: rice said the statement provides for new sanctions. these include freezing the assets of north korean companies. it also calls for stronger enforcement of existing sanctions. the presidential statement is a unanimous call from the 15 council members, including china. traditionally north korea's closest ally. ambassador rice noted that last week's launch attempt caused grave concern in the region. widad franco, nhk world, new york. >>> china says the presidential statement reflects a basic understanding shared by the international community. china is north korea's closest ally and has been reluctant to condemn it. the foreign ministry spokespers

the u.s. prepares to sentence russian businessmen victor brutes for conspiring to smoke alarms and kill americans as the protests innocence and vows to appeal. balance erupts in central athens after retired tension a feud some self passes by any recourse to the cuts that's making its pension. us defense contractors lined up for business as india expands to modernize of the military it back rubs and scandals take that's one of the path. you're watching r t well live from moscow welcome to the program it's a judgment day for russian businessmen victor boot found guilty by american courts of conspiring to sell arms to terrorists he faces life behind bars for the sentence deep meeting on thursday but boots defense maintains his innocence or appeal they also claim the case has been swayed by the u.s. media and saudis and citric reports now from new york. here is spent by the u.s. to hunt down one russian man tens of millions of dollars of taxpayer cash poor into a sting operation snatched up from a

the u.s. could. european countries acting under nato could in theory but for both america and europe the financial costs are arguably too high and the political costs of entering another quagmire in the islamic world are simply unacceptable. so u.s. and european forces are very unlikely to go. that leaves turkey positioned on syria's border. turkey could intervene and has been under some pressure for western countries to think about intervening. but the turks are also very concerned about getting into a quagmire in syria. and although arab countries talked about intervening, they probably lack the military wherewithal to do so. so there is no credible intervention force as of yet. and that is why everyone turned to kofi annan and the u.n. and said can you find a diplomatic way snout it's possible in three months or six months if the syrian crisis gets word, there will be another political will for an intervention. but right now there isn't and so instead there's a u.n. process. >> let's go to molly o

the u.s. and afghanistan have agreed on the terms of this new strategic pact which the presidents of both countries still have to sign the document is needed to provide u.s. forces with the authority to continue in afghanistan after twenty fourteen when the afghan government is scheduled to take over control of security there so the majority of u.s. combat troops are expected to be out of the country by two thousand and fourteen but some combat forces will continue to go on missions and trainers and advisers and the afghan security forces will also remain the strategic partnership agreement covers the period from twenty fourteen to twenty twenty four it does not address specific troop levels or the size or location of u.s. bases and this is something that many afghans are very much worried about and that is that the u.s. runs permanent bases that would have furtively keep them as an occupying power the withdrawal from iraq was also not complete the u.s. still has two bases there four thousand

u.s. military forces to serve as advisers to the regional forces pursuing the lra. the president announced yesterday that the united states will continue this deployment. my colleagues from the department of defense will go into more detail on this work of the advisers. we are coordinating closely with the united nations peacekeeping missions in the region especially to promote civilian protection. we have encouraged the u.n. to scale up its efforts when possible. we are also working very closely with the african union to increase efforts to address the lra. last month the au officially launched the regional cooperation initiative for the elimination of the lra. united together, these is new initiatives is offer real promise. as the chairman kerry wrote earlier this month, the lra operates in very small groups across krs vast territories roughly the size of california. and very heavily forested. mr. chairman, effectively ending the threat requires simultaneously removing the top leadership

u.s. and mexico the u.s. is building up its defenses somewhere else these days in cyberspace but that's not stopping people from illegally entering our domain so is it time to up to up the ante. and relations between the u.s. and pakistan are just shaky they're downright business and the american military isn't making life easier constantly disregarding sovereignty we'll show you the fine line these two nations are wrong. it's friday april sixth five pm in washington d.c. and christine for us out there watching our team so let's start off this hour with a look at the g.o.p. primary it's been a fun week you know primaries in wisconsin maryland and here in d.c. on tuesday and mitt romney won all three but despite all this talk of the presumed nominee which by the way has been going on since the beginning of this campaign there's another candidate that still draws quite a following were ever he goes here is ron paul at the university of california at berkeley. a thousand students came to hear

afghanistan and the u.s. have signed a deal concerning controversial night raids by u.s. forces this means such missions will now be controlled by local leaders deadly raids have fueled tension between the afghan government and the u.s. with president hamid karzai condemning aerial bombings this ahead of nato as planned withdrawal from the country by the end of two thousand and fourteen. while in afghanistan the u.s. is decreasing its influence the opposite story playing out in the asia pacific region so the first batch of new deployment of u.s. marines has arrived in australia more than two hundred will be based in the north while the number could bench really reach some twenty five hundred is adds to the u.s. military footprint in the region an area barack obama has called a priority u.s. also is stepping up alliances with japan south korea the philippines and singapore all countries in china's backyard some experts predicting a conflict could flare up soon journalist james corbett explains why asia pacific countries are choosing to side with the us and not china. it's

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

so u.s. stocks fell today and people are crediting friday's lousy u.s. jobs report for that now it is hard to say exactly what moves markets you can't really attribute it to one thing or another in our view especially when you can have single traders like the so-called london whale making a gigantic splash that rattles markets or as we talked about on friday when you can have firms manipulating them so what do the u.s. unemployment numbers really spell as far as the broader picture and what does the london whale or voldemort as he's also been spell in terms of the outsized big risk subsidized by the taxpayer that still is being taken on we also have you debt scams to pick apart here to talk about it all as karl denninger he's trader and author of leverage how cheap money will destroy the world we've certainly see it do a lot of damage but continue to be a huge problem nonetheless so first of all i mr denninger thanks for being on the show thank you very much for having me absolutely so let's talk about jobs i know these numbers came out on friday but the

the u.s. lost a staggering 66,000 manufacturing firms and average of 17 per day over the same period. at the current rate of recovery, itif estimates the manufacturing sector would not return to 2007 job levels until at least 2020. there are other factors contributing to this slow rate of recovery as well. in its 2009 report, facts about modern manufacturing, the national association of manufacturers identifies external policy rated costs such as a persistently high corporate tax rate, the high cost of health care, the rising cost of energy, regulatory costs and tort costs as serious barriers to manufacturing. simply put, there's a prevailing sense among many people that the u.s. is falling even further behind in fostering an environment conducive to job creation. when it comes to u.s. manufacturing, is the glass mafl full, half empty or will it remain shattered on the kitchen floor for millions of out of work americans. mr. secretary, let's working to the sweep up the glass and then set the t

so u.s. frigates were not ships of the line in disguise, they didn't rely on picked crews and they didn't rely on british tars. now, the last part of this myth is the american myth. that because we won a series of duels on the high seas, that we won the war at sea. not so. the british gave about as good as they got in the course of the war. won about as many duels as they lost. more importantly, they used their naval power to blockade the entire american coast, and that had a devastating impact on the u.s. economy, and cut sharply into government revenue. so if anybody, the british won the war at sea, and one would expect that, because after all, great britain had long been mistress of the seas. number seven, kentucky and tennessee riflemen won the battle of new orleans, although this battle was fought after the war was over. well, rifles did not play a very significant role in the battle of new orleans. all the evidence suggests it was those eight batteries of artillery that anchored jackson

the u.s., keeping a close watch on eurozone debt issues. dow-jones fell 0.1% to 13,060. nasdaq was up to 3,080. let's see how stocks are kicking off in tokyo. we're going to ramin mellegard at the tokyo stock exchange. mixed signals for the region, but caution ahead for key job numbers in the u.s. today. >> yes, exactly so, ai. markets look to have factored in some of the bad news regarding eurozone debt problems, despite some relatively positive data out of the u.s. we did have the weekly jobless claim numbers yesterday showing further gains, and again, that means less people filing for unemployment benefits in the u.s. the u.s. is going to have public holiday later today, but the labor department is still coming out with key jobs numbers. we'll see how that effects markets. let's look at the opening levels for this friday morning in japan. nikkei and topix trading lower as you see. nikkei has been capped in recent sessions, is below 10,000 level the third day in a row, dropped around 340 poi

u.s. military assets, japanese military assets, south korean millary assets and the chinese watching as well. how much progress have they made from 2009 to april, 2012. have they reached a point where they can get this up into orbit. if the answer to this question are yes, the security concerns are multiplied exponentially. >> this thing is traveling at this moment, if it's in flight, if it's working, some where around 14,000, 17,000 miles an hour, about 300 miles up in the air if it's all worked properly. no one knows more about how it is being tracked right now and all the efforts to figure out what's going on than our barbara starr at the pentagon. barbara, tell me about the assets that have been deployed and what exactly they're looking at. >> reporter: well, tom, you can bet at this very moment situation rooms across washington, from the white house to the command center here at the pentagon, to the cia have all eyes on their visual screens right now. what they are looking at is a var

the u.s. prepares to sentence russian businessman victor boot for conspiring to smoke alarms and kill americans secret tests innocence and vows to appeal. violence erupts in central arkansas after a seventy seven year old man shoots himself in front of the greek parliament claiming prosperity cuts and decimating his pension. plus defense contractors lined up for business as indian eggs and butter knives in the military by corruption scandals and crumbling weaponry. around the world and around the clock this is r.t. it's a judgment day for russian businessmen it to boot on american courts conspiring to sell arms to terrorists he faces not behind bars for the sentence into on thursday but boots the defense maintains his innocence and would appeal also in the case has been swayed by the u.s. media as artie's reports now from a new york. here is spent by the u.s. to hunt down one russian man tens of millions of dollars of taxpayer cash forward into a sting operation snatched up from a third countr

they are to forget the border between the u.s. and mexico the u.s. is building up its defenses somewhere else these days in cyberspace but that's not stopping people from illegally entering our domain so is it time to up the ante. and relations between the u.s. and pakistan are just shaking their down right just more of the american military isn't making life any easier constantly disregarding pakistan's sovereignty so we'll show you the fine line these two nations are walking. is selected santorum has vowed to prosecute our industry infrequently and forced obscenity but it's porn stars and americans we can't let that happen. and how do you make politics sexy you make angry a bunch of porn stars and call any adult film industry toxic or i'll tell you what some of these adults entertainers are asking you to do to protest rick santorum and let's just say it's definitely not p.g. thirteen. it's friday april sixth four pm in washington d.c. i'm christine frizz out here watching r t. let's begin with one of those terms that has become a very normal part o

breaking news out of north korea u.s. officials have confirmed that the country has in fact all of through on its plans to launch a rocket will bring you the latest. as if the situation and afghanistan wasn't problematic enough the u.s. military is taking fire on two fronts war support on the home is at an all time low the afghan government is trying to downsize their own military force so is there a way out of the flag or will explore this space to the ship you. will still speak softly well that's in an ideal world but in reality non-government organizations may have a bigger dog in the fight than you think bill and bloodshed as well as intervention we'll show you the dark side of n.g.o.s. it's thursday april twelfth eight pm here in washington d.c. i'm liz wahl and you're watching our t.v. . well starting off this hour with some breaking news for you u.s. officials have confirmed that north korea has in fact launched a multi-stage test rocket but now it looks like the launch may have failed and actually broken up in fli

the u.s. government takes a very aggressive approach extraterritorial like if someone is in london wire transfers a sum of money to an individual and beryllium under announced that they am the money kings through citibank in new york that pinging that touching of u.s. jurisdiction is sufficient jurisdiction for the united states government have to charge both of those individuals with money laundering the both facing extradition proceedings if they both lose they're looking to add up to twenty years of parole twenty years without parole as first place and no federal judge in manhattan u.s. government decided they wanted to say for a go through to the manufacturer in my view jurisdiction not illegally the form of an craft much where they were able to pull mr boot into the jurisdiction of the u.s. courts and placed him in him in extradition proceedings. thailand had him extradited to the united states. you're watching the weekly here on r.t. around two thousand mourners attended the funeral of d

but the u.s. economy continues to heal. the federal reserve is keeping interest rates low. companies have plenty of cash. so we may not have to relive last year's round of doue-dip recession fears. i think it is safe to say the economy is struggling against pretty strong headwinds and i would not expect a return to robust looking growth until well into 2013. >> reporter: but we won't know for sure if the slowing we are seeing now is just a weather giveback or a real concern for a few more months. just one more uncertainty you can add to the list. darren gersh, "nightly business report," washington. >> tom: between the weaker economic signs and corporate earnings, the stock market ended today with mixed results. the dow gains 65 points, but the nasdaq fell seven, the s&p 500 was up a point and change. for the first time in three weeks, the dow industrial average moved higher gaining 1.4% compared to last friday night. but the nasdaq was the loser among the big three indices, falling 0.4%. the s&p 5

the u.s. coast guard has opened fire on a japanese fishing boat drifting in the north pacific since last year's devastating tsunami. the coast guard is trying to sink a ship deemed a threat to navigation. they fired at the 60-meter long ship on thursday using a 25 millimeter machine gun. the ship was ripped from its moorings in the northern japanese port by tsunami. it was spotted drifting off canada's queen charlotte islands on march 20th. 50i the vessel has floated north to waters off alaska. an estimated 3 million tons of debris from the tsunami is said to be drifting east in the pacific ocean and most expected to reach the west coast of north america next year. iran's foreign minister said that his country is considering asking neighboring iraq or china to serve as the venue for the next round of nuclear negotiations. >>> talks between iran and six western countries over its nuclear program are scheduled for april 13th. the last round was held 15 months ago. an iranian proposal to hold the

companies and u.s. products and services and we see that very clearly and a number of things are happening to try to win hands that opportunity i think what china has just done here with its currency flexibility move just right now yesterday is a very good move because i think it begins to to play down some of the political concerns about currency many companies are not as concerned about currency as i believe perhaps some politicians and some others here at home where we're jobs may or least perceived jobs have been lost because they've moved to china jobs move all over the world actually so i sometimes think china gets more of the blame for that than anything is is is accurate yeah so i really think what we see it in business terms is a great opportunity of that market now i think we have to understand how interconnected and i think you set this. how interconnected the two economies are and in fact the very foundation of the u.s. trying to bilateral relationship today is economic didn't start out that

u.s. embassy. >>> and white house humor. president obama tries for laughs at the expense of mitt romney at the annual white house correspondents' dinner. >> we also both have degrees from harvard. i have one. he has two. what a snob. >>> this is the "cbs morning news" for monday, april 30, 2012. >>> good morning. thanks for joining us. i'm michelle miller. it was one year ago this week, u.s. special forces raided bin laden's secret compound in pakistan and killed the al qaeda leader. al qaeda is weaker but remain a threat to americans and u.s. interests and the raid has become a political issue in this year's presidential campaign. tara mergener is in washington with more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. this anniversary is quickly becoming a controversial campaign issue. this as americans are warned to be on guard while officials track down leads. the fbi and homeland security department warns, americans need to be on alert ahead of wednesday's one-year anniversary of osama bin l

it seems to me u.s. policy, i take it the u.s. is never better than when it stands up for its ideals and i truly believe that. what should u.s. policy be? it should be to encourage stability in iraq but what does stability mean? hosni mubarak rules for 30 years. this ability. saddam hussein rules. 5 years. that is not the stability we mean. i hope it isn't. there is a dialogue happening in iraq and it started before the 2010 elections to get us over this evil-the lebanese don't want iraq in lebanon. there was a dialogue to tried to get us beyond that in iraq. it seems to me the united states again continuing the bush administration's policy and still stuck, if we just say this or do this, rather than looking at iraq in the way i think most arab iraqis want to think of it. not as she yet iraq and sunni iraq. i still don't understand why we can't get past that dynamic when i believe and we could talk about this in the question and answer period. most iraqis want to get beyond that. iraqis and the united states ought to promote the e

the u.s. >> scott, we did see that today, a lot of safe haven buying in government ious. when you look at a chart of that yield of the 10-year benchmark, certainly it popped up in march, an awful year to be an investor. but so far this month, pretty good. what is the message to bond investors, hold on? >> i think for bond investors using strength as an opportunity to sell is a good idea. you know, we are coming into the toth year of a bull market, in bonds, you know, has been a generational run and with rates as low as they are, the up-side is pretty tapped out at this point and i think at some point, when the fed begins to raise rates we're going to see a major correction in bonds. >> earnings season just underway. we'll talk to the ceo of alcoa coming up in a few moment, what do you expect? >> i think we're going to have a pretty good earnings season. it's not going to blow your socks off, but it's going to be enough to support the market. i this i that is going to be a pleasant surprise and

even in the u.s. so the swap lines by providing that access to fumding significantly reduced the need and the pressure on europe's institutions to cut lending in the united states and emerging markets where u.s. companies have big stakes and where growth matters. the swap lines were effective in helping to soften the impact of the crisis on us and on countries around the world, and it would have been much worse for us without those lines and as i said, the feds are into positive returns on those swap lines. what the congress did in the middle of 2009 in authorizesing the imf to have a larger emergency capacity was critical to getting trade around the world restarted, providing financing for countries to borrow to buy american products. we would have been in much worse shape and our economy much weaker without those two steps. >> i appreciate that. and as you have indicated it certainly is in our best interests to have solved this crisis and i believe that in addition to the cooperation that has been t

says the u.s. mission is failing. eight models after the last impressive commander style attack in kabul targeted a very building of the u.s. embassy there kerry headquarters a big forces in afghanistan the fact that this happens again just shows you that we will not be exaggerating if we see them here what we're witnessing right now is the collapse and the crumbling of what they don't mandate in afghanistan it was a complete disconnect wiped out in the name of forces of the american forces only one head and evolved national army of the afghan national police have seen how the american and one we're still just getting killed at the hands are very are gun owners solutions and bullets means that the needle will be used to train the afghans are really just tested and i think if the new commanders of the american military commanders continue to be insensitive they would lose with little chance they have of making it grow british they sit in a constant. well we want to know your view on events in the afghan capital called

here is spent by the u.s. to hunt down one russian man tens of millions of dollars of taxpayer cash poor into a sting operation snatched out from a third country alleged arms dealer viktor boot was handcuffed one should the u.s. and placed in solitary confinement for months before trial found him guilty on all four charges one conspiring to kill united states nationals two conspiring to kill united states officers and employees three conspiring to use and acquire anti-aircraft missiles and for conspiring to provide material support to the stark the forty four year old russian air cargo business men fascinated hollywood running around for every twelve people around. the record. i don't want any other over who lost his case in the court of u.s. public opinion long before his trial kicked off raising concerns of the fairness of his trial this is the lord of war. the merchant of death. and you've got him in your hands right he's in custody it's a great feeling u.s. officials were relentless in their efforts to get