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.

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 economy that's largely driven by exports 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 one made a good point that there are a lot of other factors quality of life and. of living. that are favorable for developed countries or vs is going to maintain or improve ok martin you know i think you could fair to say over the last thirty over the last thirty years we're going to martin and 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 had one. that's absolutely right a lot of people have come out of poverty by person x. and there were three 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 u.s. but it's because they have

the u.s. government takes a very aggressive approach extraterritorial if someone is in london wire transfers a sum of money to an individual and really on and on but none stop him the money kings through citibank in new york that paying that touching of u.s. jurisdiction is sufficient jurisdiction for the united states government and the charge both of those individuals with money laundering both facing extradition proceedings if they both lose they're looking at up to twenty years of parole twenty years without parole as worst place to go to the federal judge in manhattan the u.s. government decided they wanted him to say for a bill to food to manufacture in my view jurisdiction not illegally a form of in craft not where they were able to pull mr boot into the jurisdiction of the u.s. courts they placed him in you know in extradition proceedings about why you. thailand and had an extra dieted to the united states. over in bahrain on violent demonstrations against the government rage on was us

u.s. officials promised the aid in february. in return, north korean officials agreed to suspend their nuclear and missile programs. their statement says they are no longer bound by the agreement. it also says north korea is also able to take retaliatory steps but does not give any details. political analysts say the measures could include more uranium enrich, a nuclear test or other provocative acts. >>> a senior u.s. state department official says he isn't surprised north korea is abandoning the agreement. he also discussed concerns the country is preparing for a nuclear test. >> we can't preclude anything at this point, but very clearly reminding them of their obligations under existing u.n. security council resolutions and also very clearly conveying the fact that security councils would take appropriate actions. >> toner hinted at the possibility of additional sanctions if the country resorts to further provocations. he also confirmed that the u.s. suspended its plan to send food aid.

of the members u.s. elections are to special report looks at the accuracy of the country's voting system that's coming your way this hour. a vote for bush will. always stand by while the. so the people that are going to be validating this machine can stand there all day long and vote for somebody and it will be right every time put the guy to rock up here and if he hits the right buttons he can flip the vote their leader. norwegian mass killer and this brave rick says he would carry out another assault and he had the chance so i see the count of even his statements to court on the second day of his trial hearing was delayed after they judge was dismissed from the panel for writing on facebook brave it deserved a death sentence which is banned in norway and is prepared speech that you all describe his massacre as the some spectacular success of europe since world war two now. as admitted killing seventy seven people last summer as a marine also in a shooting spree at a youth camp outside the capital where

history u.s. based professor of mideast studies joshua landis says the operation will provide the world community with more time to decide on the next to come out of steps in syria. it's not clear what they can do they will report back to the un security council and the opposition has been calling for a timeline and they want this to be referred back to the un almost immediately they've they they have they're claiming that it's not working and it's falling apart but i think the international community doesn't know what the next and there are likely to give us more time and hope that they can they can prevent and bring some calm to syria there were reports that opposition a number of free syrian army people have talked that they're going to try to use this to rearm get guns in and and anti-tank missiles some of them are saying from iraq and really whether the two sides can be brought to the figo shading table that's going to be the important thing is if there is any will from either side to negotia

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 the knot is for conspiring to sell millions of dollars of weapons and surface to air missiles to colombian for rebels those rebels were really agents that were posing undercover the u.s. federal judge delivered her sentence in 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 through 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 d e agents that testified against him saying that th

the u.s. went along with that. the u.s. worked through it and implicitly linked food with a stand-down on its nuclear programs and continue missile moratorium. i think it's pretty clear that not all north koreans agree to that and ultimately they undid the negotiations within weeks. this is a different pattern though from the past. in the past when thing was go badly on some negotiating issue, the north korean was then issue some kind of provocation. in this case things were going fairly well. so it suggests that probably they didn't really have their act together, they didn't really have all of their leadership on one page on this. so i think that's really what happened. and as for all the pressure from the international community, i don't think the north koreans really care that much about pressure from the international community. >> joel witt, this comes at a time of course in the transition to a new leader. do you agree with ambassador hill that it suggests that there is kind of disarray t that one hand didn't know wha

out of the top 10 markets where u.s., u.s. companies invest, five of them are european. if you look at jobs in this country, 3.5 million jobs are with european-based companies. so the intertwining, the w eaving between these two regions is extremely strong. so what does that mean? as the european economy falters, then the u.s. recovery and jobs might well be in jeopardy. so america has a stake in making sure that european economies and world economy does better. and that brings me to my third and larger point. because if integration poses great problems, it also is a promise for great rewards. but it will only be so if there is heightened cooperation between the nations. history has shown us that when nations face common challenges in the spirit of solidarity everybody wins. when they do not, when the retired to their own backyard, when they operate in isolation, everybody loses. we have seen it. as ralph waldo emerson said, the reason why the world lacks unity and lies broken is because man is disunited with himself. now, this concept, two visionaries back in the last c

u.s. tomahawk and has a range of 1,000 kilometers. this is the first time the south formally disclosed its deployment. t details of the missile have come only through media reports. >>> india test ranged a long range ballistic missile capable of reaching beijing. india and china are the two emerging economic and military powers. india's test could spark renewed tensions between the two rivals. nhk world reports from new delhi. >> reporter: the indian defense ministry sees the long-range missile was launched thursday from an island in the bay of bengal. it stuck s it successfully hit its target in the southern indian ocean. >> i sincerely hope that in years to come scientists and technologists promoting self-reliance in defense and other walks of life. >> reporter: as recently as november, india successfully tested a mid-range ballistic missile. it's said to be capable of carrying nuclear warheads. the range of 3,000 to 4,000 kilometers is enough to strike most major cities in china. but th

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

the u.s. government continue spending millions of dollars to support freedom of the internet around the world but is it freedom for all we can leaks which to many has become the symbol of fear now freedom has been under fire from u.s. officials and lawmakers because we can reach publish documents which embarrass the american government in many ways we can expect come to the enemy the u.s. has reportedly issued a secret indictment against julian assange the head of the website which leaves hundreds of thousands of documents revealing embarrassing details about wars in iraq and afghanistan five major u.s. financial institutions and he said master card pay pal western union and the bank of america have tried to economically strangle weak elites by blocking donations to the web site until recently peter ranbir and has served as a foreign service officer of the state department he says he was fired over the book and the blog that he wrote about the failure of u.s. policies in iraq the state departm

the tax is really done out of the u.s. treasury. not the u.s. congress. >> it's so interrelated to the ability of a manufacturing company to do so. that's why i raise the point now. >> i've indicated what the president has set out for manufacturing companies, but let me also say to you i absolutely agree that your point about the incredible value to the united states now of this natural gas find, so that we become more dependent -- we become more dependent on u.s. sources of all forms of energy, which is just the position we most want to be in. so it enhances our national security and reduces the risk -- >> i totally accept that. with your business background, if you raise the cost of the company to produce this energy, which in turn produces the input costs for the manufacturing companies which depend upon that energy, won't you decrease the competitiveness, if you will, of our manufacturers? vis-a-vis, because of tax policy, whatever. imperilling our ability to compete? doesn't that just make sense? >> yeah. getting taxes right in our country

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 reacting 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 arming the taliban in a 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 th

mood lost his case in the court of u.s. public opinion long before his trial kicked off raising concerns about the fairness of his trial this is the award of war. the merchant of death right 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 behind bars a so-called merchant of death is now a federal inmate american agents posing as fart members a colombian group deemed terrorist in the u.s. but not by many other countries and the un met with and then arrested in thailand in two thousand and eight after twice being found not guilty by thai courts the west reportedly plea dirty arm twisting thailand into extraditing him to america they're willing to flawed every international law to get what they want and that means doing all these illegal things in the case of the extradited marshall say kidnap and boot family also called us actions entrapment and kidnapping but i can accept the possibility that victim might have some information that's might be

the top story the first u.s. marines have arrived in australia as america boost its military presence in the asia pacific region more than two thousand personnel are said to be deployed there over the next few years and it adds to america's military footprint in such countries as the philippines and singapore all in china's backyard is one of poor guys got the latest on this from new york. but total of twenty five hundred american troops are expected to arrive. by twenty sixteen this part of a bilateral defense agreement of the two countries and now. part of that agreement also includes an increased presence of u.s. warships and military aircraft including the fifty two bombers to operate from australia's bases but of course this is part of a bigger plan that u.s. president barack obama announced in january in which he said the u.s. has a new strategy of pivoting its defense to the asia pacific mr obama said the plan is aimed at countering china's growing military and economic influence he also said it would also

but u.s. officials insist the meat and dairy that comes from their country's cows poses no health risk. experts with the department of agriculture identified the disease during routine testing. they assured consumers and global importers that the cows' meat never made it onto the market. >> we will complete an investigation into this particular case, and -- but there should be no concern as indicated about the safety of our food supply. and so the finding of this case should not affect our international trade. >> u.s. officials say their beef complies with international safety standards. clifford said his department has begun notifying the world organization for animal health as well as u.s. trading partners. >>> the latest discovery of bse in the u.s. is creating rip pps in south korea. nhk world anna jung reports on the reaction. >> reporter: this case has been getting wide coverage in south korea. some leading supermarkets have bowed to public concerns by removing u.s. beef from their shelv

it would also help u.s. manufacturers solve one of their largest issues, which is getting enough talent into their organizations to drive their competitive capabilities. >> thank you. does anybody else care to comment on women? >> yes, i would agree with that. i think the problem is not that there aren't women in manufacturing, especially high technology manufacturing. i think the problem is we can't find anybody with the backgrounds and technology expertise that we need. i think there would be absolutely no hesitation on hiring women if we could find equalled women to come into the company. >> thank you. it seems the manufacturers i've met, the women are entrepreneurial and they're recognizing their opportunities and end up bringing their own great ideas into the sector. if nobody else care to comment, i'll move to dr. atkinson. you state that the country can restore its manufacturing competitiveness if we adopt the right set of policies in the tax, trade and talent arenas. why do you believe the changes yo

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

years spent by the u.s. to hunt down one russian man and tens of millions of dollars of taxpayer cash poor into a sting operation snatched up from a third country alleged arms dealer viktor boot was handcuffed to 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 to conspiring to kill united states office. there's an employee's three conspiring to use an acquire anti-aircraft missiles and for conspiring to provide material support to the for the forty four year old russian air cargo business and fascinated hollywood one car everywhere people are. going to question. and only on the other a writer who lost his case in the court of u.s. public opinion long before his trial kicked off raising concerns about the fairness of his trial this is the lord of war. a merchant of death right and you've got him in your hands or he's in custody it's a great feeling u.s. officials were relentless in their efforts to get behi

insidehe's believed to be u.s. embassy in beijing. >>> a meeting today between the gingrich and romney campaigns will take place behind closed doors. gingrich is expected to officially drop out of the race wednesday. >>> the wife of john edwards' former aide, sherry young, is back on the stand today. on friday, she testified about her husband's formerly close relationship with edwards. >>> look at today's weather. rainy in the pacific northwest. possible severe storms in the ohio valley. a nice, sunny day along the east coast after a chilly start. >>> and finally from us this morning, like everything else, these days, courtship has gone online. dating websites attract millions of folks with the lure of technology and a promise of a little bit of science. >> but can that so-called science find your soulmate any petter than you might yourself? jim avila investigates. >> reporter: in cleveland, autumn is single and writes about her dating frustration on her week site, 30somethingsingle.com. >> i hoped to meet my soul

that is the reward the u.s. is offering for the pakistani militant accused of the mumbai attacks, but why now? fighting against a debilitating disease in uganda. children are falling victim at an alarming rate to a disease without a cure. >> just about every home we stopped by, they said one or more of their children are affected. >> and for 50 years, the escapades of james bond have entertained us all. we go behind the scenes of the latest close of and the adventure. -- of the latest 007 adventure. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and elsewhere around the globe. a $10 million dollar reward is being offered for the person responsible for masterminding the attacks in mumbai, where 165 people were killed by a gunman who went on a three-day rampage. now, the founder of one militant group is under new international pressure. but his supporters claim this is yet another attack on islam. from islamabad, our report. >> coming to rally around their leader. this was last week in an islamabad. the black and white

thousands of u.s. troops in iraq received one of these drugs a drug called lariam and it may have prevented many soldiers from getting sick the question tonight is whether or not soldiers were adequately warned about its rare side effects serious life change and side effects. well it's cross to the business desk and see how the world of business is doing with natasha finance go again to natasha when i think look at what's happening in the russian markets given fact that most european markets are still enjoying his their holiday stick that's absolutely right but wall street will reopen then a few hours and of course as you mentioned the russian markets are alive and kicking essentially looking for direction in the out sense of any strong global sentiment this hour as you can see there let's see the russian markets there they are and they are a share in value just under one percent for both of my sex and the r.t.s. and perhaps the r.t.s. is slipped below the psychologically important level of sixteen hun

u.s. missile defense program says that north korean officials have made no progress in developing a missile. pointing to the rocket they launched last friday, blowing up two minutes after takeoff. o'reilly made the assessment at a senate hearing, saying a lot of flight testing is needed to validate missile capability and said the north koreans haven't done that. >> it's been evident every time they test, and their progress has not been made apparent in this latest flight test. >> the missile defense agency has set up interception bases in alaska and california to counter long-range ballistic missiles from north korea and elsewhere. analysts are analyzing information from their satellite around the clock. >>> japanese and u.s. officials are discussing how to realign u.s. marines based in japan while keeping an eye on north korea and the region. as part of the talks, they are considering holding joint military drills in the west pacific. the officials say u.s. troops and japan's self-defense

and they say these guys are stoned on angel dust well this is one of the u.s. consumer is doubly screwed because they're dependent on the fed but the fed is dependent on the creditor nations for guy reserve their securities of their bones so as the chain breaks apart the u.s. government collapses the bernanke used friends collapse but then the consumer collapses doubly hard they also mentioned that they're going to try to form a competitor to the world bank because of course they provide all the capital that is backing basically all the derivatives and all the fraud across europe the euro zone. america all these debts all these student debts that can't be paid all these mortgage debts that can't be paid across all those economies and here's a tweet from jim records regarding this proposed banks he says if bricks start bank as planned currency would be far behind geitner out to trash u.s. dollar he's getting his wish right well you know here's the fundamental point to keep in mind so see end of world war two the reason the u.s. has gotten away with this idea bei

and the u.s. government time for a safer now than ever before but what is the price of our freedom and how many people have suffered at the hands of national security interests will open up the book of secrets and shine a light on america's torture past. one day before it's seven pm in washington d.c. i'm liz we're all here watching artsy. well starting off this hour australia is rolling out the red carpet for two hundred u.s. marines that are today they are the first of the twenty five hundred soldiers expected in darwin the troops will be rotating in and out of the region every six months or so as part of an agreement by president obama and prime minister julia guillard back in november at the latest move by the u.s. military to amp up its presence in the region and a major shift in the global geopolitical chessboard the u.s. of course has no issues with australia president obama even went as far as to call the country one of its closest allies it does however demonstrate an ever increasing amer

the u.s. prepares to sentence russian businessman victor boot for conspiring to smuggle arms and kill americans as he protests in this sense and vows to appeal. violence robson central athens after a seventy seven year old man shoots himself in front of the greek parliament claiming austerity costs for decimating his pension. because defense contractors of lined up for business as india makes plans to modernize the military hit by corruption scandals and crumbling what great. it's three pm here in moscow the society coming to you live on the nice now way with our top story and it's judgment day for russian business when victor boot found guilty by an american court of conspiring to sell arms to terrorists they face life behind bars with the sentence to later on thursday but both defense maintains his innocence and will appeal but also claim the case has been swayed by the u.s. media sorties and stitcher cannot reports from new york. years spent by the u.s. to hunt down one russian man tens of

photos of u.s. soldiers posing with body parts of afghan suicide bombers emerge the latest in a series of scandals involving american troops and their behavior in a war zone. that one hundred days before the start of the summer olympics in london accusations of sponsors using the games as a p.r. campaign to improve their own tarnished reputation our top stories this hour. on screen online around the world this is r.t. live here in moscow and joining us urges debuts a t.v. interview on r.t. was bound to face criticism and praise from around the world and it's done just that the world's most famous whistleblower tract of controversy many jews choice of guest and the channel chosen to prove the show and he's going to gauge is the response for most american media julian assange is guilty without charge reckless traitor and a threat to our national security interests sleazeball named julian assange who is bent on damaging america how did this guy just land his own t.v. show the implication is assad is a

per capita in the u.s. is good ten times higher than china on the other end china supposed to still money have a cost of wind out of ten to fifteen percent that doesn't really seem to have thought out only perhaps if you assume there was exports go back to see you as a very far away but in the future that's going to be less and less the case as that of our supplier to go to other emerging markets ok joining a jump in here we're going to short break after lunch break we continue our discussion and china is number one state department. you. will. if you want to go over will. thank you. elaine. wealthy british scientists are. sometimes the tireless. market prajna. around. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike's cause or there are no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into cars a report. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then something else and you hear or see some other part of it and realize that everything is ok

>> i am positive on u.s.-secentc companies. u.s. banks don't have to worry about problems in europe, chinese competition. retailers, restaurants, u.s. centric companies that are going to benefit from continued improve month in the u.s. economy. >> what's the best sector and what's the sector that i want to avoid? >> that's a good question. you know, as i said, i see opportunities in the u.s.-centric sectors. i mentioned retailers, restaurants, regional banks strike me as improving, the sector is consolidated since the housing crisis in '07 as has the housing sector, so i think home builders are good. i also what i call global best of breed multinationals, the largest companies in the s&p 500 are as cheap thaz they've been in 15 years. you know, companies like coca-cola, or colgate-palmolive. these are companies that are going to be able to sell their products throughout the world to the 2 billion consumers that are coming in from the emerging markets. they have excellent financials. they've got great brands. they've got great financ

so far it's been the u.s. because it is the u.s. the most efficient, largest actor that has the most at stake in all this. but the question is how muchlet sit could have he it has its own war going on, as well. therefore, the central asian countries constantly talk about the u.n. as being the actor that would have a role in this process. now, i finally get quickly to the core of my presentation which was about the central asian interests in afghanistan. i've said quite a lot of it in terms of broad pictures, these conceptual things that are important. afghanistan presents both an opportunity and a threat for the central asian, five central asian countries. it's but however, both the opportunity and the threat that weep think. are not really opportunities and threats. in the west, in the committee we assume that an central asians need access to the south to sell their energy, electricity, you know, gas, et cetera. they need access to the seas. they're willing to get -- be we assume that they need equipment and pone and so therefore,

as the cost of storage are high the u.s. army decided to use some of the main factor munitions and armor plating. dug roxy's depleted uranium quite simply as a nuclear weapon and yes it is it's solid radioactive waste as chemically toxic it's radioactive radioactive for eternity it's a dirty bomb and yeah it is i always call it nuclear for what it is it's nuclear waste used to kill and destroy this contaminate air war or soil and food that remains there to cause harm for eternity this weapon was used for the first time in iraq in one thousand nine hundred one at the time the u.s. army asked doug to inspect the tons of burnt down iraqi tanks destroyed by depleted uranium missiles this is measuring the contamination undestroyed know as a result in his team were seriously contaminated by inhaling uranium just today doug is one of the only survivors of that group we need to look at me i mean what i look like there was a lot different story early healthy and now where british ordinarily sick little me right there. you know we wer

a u.s./e.u. accord, platinum quality, could stimulate incentives to move forward on a multilateral front. finally in the western hemisphere now that the u.s. has traded grievance with every single government that borders the western pacific and except ecuador, why not focus on brazil? the president of brazil, meeting with president obama with commodity prices hy and brazil seeking agricultural reform they might have grounds for very interesting conversation. with the private sector still where bridge hugely and our government continuing to spend more than it collects, it is providing a much-needed economic cushion. whatever we do let me just say we have to work with congress. whether we are able to get trade promotion authority, so-called fast-track, we need to meet regularly with congress to explain our strategic drive, what we can accomplish. if we don't have an arrangement with congress it is tough for our trading partners to sit down and put their tough political issues on the table, take the

for the u.s. to involve on behalf the syrian rebels will grow but obama will no dot it in part because china and russia don't want it? >> by the time extreme court rules on obama carrawell see public a resolve prize as people see more settle they like. 92 commander in chief obama will advance to withdrawal deadline of u.s. troops in afghanistan by a minimum of 12 months. that's by december 2013. bye-bye. happy easter!

u.s. ambassador to the united nations susan rice left the meeting on saturday not showing as much optimism as russia and many other countries how odd susan rice shipped to her twitter feed to save. it's a plane into of three hundred or three thousand unarmed observers cannot on its own stop assad's quote murderous rampage susan rice said that external pressures are additional we needed to solve the problem in syria the u.s. ambassador also said that washington and its allies are preparing for action that will be required if assad says to slaughter ambassador churkin said that these efforts that are trying to put pressure on an already stressful situation does not help bring peace and security to syria they missed an opportunity it was a signal to the opposition they kept criticizing the government saying nothing about what they expect the opposition which is in fact outlined very clearly in the security council resolution which they themselves had just voted for under all those provisions

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

and in two thousand and ten a u.s. court ordered a review iranians u.s. lawmakers and former senior officials demanded listing secretary clinton for democracy and freedom in iraq do you list. and that's a good journalist seymour hersh wrote in the new yorker last friday that jay stock conducted training for members of the emmy came two thousand and five at the training and did some time before president obama took office and that training included cryptography communications small unit tactics weaponry and her spoke to a number of sources for this former senior intelligence official a retired four star general who advised the bush and obama administrations retired cia agent pentagon consultants and i make a defector and others so if it's true the next question we have to ask is why are the press with me is raising the russian research director of the national iranian american council or thanks so much for joining us tonight thank you so first our you know what do you think of this report is this something that you have you heard about this before and i th

assistant u.s. attorney david herzog. >> the timing was critical because the screener had to be on the x-ray monitor at the exact moment the courier put the bag with the drugs on the x-ray conveyor belt. >> reporter: one of the tsa screeners was arrested here at los angeles international airport yesterday. the indictment says shipments were set up through meetings and cell phone communications for bribes up to $2400. a lot of money for tsa screeners who earn between $25,000 and $44,000 a year. >> this is about as bad as it gets because it is compromising security and could potentially endanger the flying public. >> reporter: he ran the tsa for nearly four years and says the agency needs an overhaul. tsa screeners have been accused of on-the-job crime before but usually theft. earlier this month an agent was accused of stealing eight ipads from luggage at dallas/ft. worth airport. earlier in february, a screener at jfk airport was charged with stealing5,000 in cash from a passenger's jacket on the co

in january a video surfaced of u.s. troops urinating on afghan dead. u.s. secretary of state clinton said the real afghan story was last weekend. local troops trained by the u.s. and nato, beating back taliban attacks. >> the transition is ontrack. the afghans are increasingly standing up for their own security and future. >> reporter: and all u.s. combat forces are still set to be out of afghanistan in 2014. but tonight in the wake of the release of those 2010 photos u.s. commanders say they're taking special precautions to try to protect u.s. forces in afghanistan against any back lash. i'm steve handelsman, news 4. doreen back to you. >> thank you. >>> new details tonight about the spending scandal rocking the general services administration. today marked day three of hearings upon the hill. the government employee at the center of the scandal jeffrey neely was a no show. he is accused of taking lavish trips all over the world on the taxpayers' dime. lawmakers are calling for sweeping reform and looking at cleaning house to make sure funds are never mish

any business that comes through the u.s. they can even go after foreign corporations it's not really fair i think it is i mean i think in this situation that if you're breaking the law and you want to do business in the marriott america you want to sell your product you know goods in this market that you should be able to do that you know the u.s. used to be a city upon the hill you know the bright shining light to guide the world and so what if we penalize companies a little bit more we're supposed to be the standard setters and it's good that we have these kind of tough laws well that's interesting though if you think back to you know the seventy's when this law was actually passed it was because there was so much corruption we weren't really being be the bright city on a hill quite the opposite there was a lot of graft going on and so there was this national mood a part of the reason to call it a cold war era feeling was that they didn't want capitalism to seem corrupt and didn't want the idea of communism you know to whi

u.s. code is so terrible is we abandon the view of the founders but the u.s. is such a big economy and so separate from the rest of the world that we have not been engaged in competition and tax competition. so i'd like to go back to the original ideas with the federal tax needs to be if it's going to be constitutional but that is the federal government figures out how much money it needs and bills a bill to the states and let the states raise the revenues and the states compete among themselves with the tax code. if you want to be a new yorker who redistrict like crazy thing you can raise your federal tax that would. if you want to do some other way and some of state you can do how you like. so i think imposing this -- keeping on how much we want to spend. >> the federal government -- [talking over each other] then the states can compete for the tax credit if we could do that they'll be much better to anyone here on the stage could come up with it because in the competition would produce

scientists in the u.s. and australia measured changing salt levels in the ocean over the past 50 years and concluded the water cycle over the ocean has intensified by about 4% as the world has been getting warmer. massive student protests against education cuts and tuition hikes continue in chile as well as the canadian province of quebec. wednesday, an estimated 50,000 students marched in santiago. in montreal, at least 85 people were arrested after protests erupted. the quebec student strike is in its 10th week. activists gathered in new york's union square thursday to announce plans for a mass of may day protests that will include immigrant groups, workers unions, and members of occupy wall street. the protesters called for the 99% to unify on may 1 and all our -- urged all workers to join them in union square. this is the secretary-treasurer of teamsters local 808. >> we want teamsters, laborers, we want the united food and commercial workers. this is a day that should be represented by hundreds of thou

in january, a video service of u.s. troops urinating on afghan dead. u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton says the real afghan story was last weekend. local troops trained by the u.s. and nato beating back taliban attacks. >> the transition is on track. the afghans are increasingly standing up for their own security and future. >> all u.s. combat forces are still said to be out of afghanistan in 2014. steve handelsman, wbal-tv 11 news. >> it is still uncertain if you'll end up spending more money on your favorite bottle beverage in the city. kalthoff members say they are not ready to vote on the proposed bottle tax increase and are keeping the bill in committee. shelton dutes joins us live from city hall. >> they've definitely got an earful from both supporters and opponents of that tax bill. at the end of the day, they say they want the entire council to vote. >> maybe i should think about another city, but is this city does not care about its kids. >> after more than two hours of heated testimony, the city taxation committee did not take an up or down

the headlines now the u.s. prepares to sentence a russian places with a bit to boot for conspiring to smoke alarms and kill americans as a protest his innocence and grounds to feel good faces life behind bars in a case the defense claims is hugely influenced by lies u.s. media coverage. of sit ups in central athens and protesters clashing with riot police after a retired pensioner shoots himself in front of the greek parliament the suicide notes the retired pharmacist then the sturdy cuts introduced by the government reducing his pension to nothing. just defense contractors line up for business as india expands to modernize our military by corruption scandals crumbling right. up next it's the kaiser calls. this the kaiserin for work it is about a country and is a can of me resolve and a problem of obesity in fever. stacy ever tell us more max i'm sure you're referring to the pill that they now give pregnant women in order to make sure their fetuses are not obese but we're going to look at how a situation like t

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 double-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