while u.s. lawmakers in washington big over the budget and blame across the aisle for the gridlock calling opposing colleagues relatively small stream group of. who are an anchor dragging down the budget negotiation process give me a berth another group of decision makers has been weighing in on the to be one of the country's top credit agencies telling the feds something has to get done on this debt ratings agency standard and poor and moody's has been warning for months that the u.s. debt could threaten the country's golden aaa credit rating telling investors in u.s. bonds essentially they may have to worry about getting paid the u.s. debt problem is big fourteen trillion dollars big meanwhile the solutions lawmakers are coming up with to solve this problem are small this tiny dot represents even the larger sixty billion dollars in cuts republican lawmakers originally proposed meanwhile the u.s. government continues to spend a lot more than it takes in resulting in more than a trillion dollars

and u.s. allies but how did it get to that point because it actually wasn't that long ago that back in two thousand and eight i thought he was actually helping the u.s. in the war on terror and back in two thousand and three when the u.s. that you know were gaining diplomatic ties with him and he let oil companies then you know how to fall turn around so quickly for him. well he was rehabilitated in a sense that we were happy with him not that he was an ally but. kind of rejoining the community in a nation who thought we could work with him and there was no real prospect at that point for him being overthrown so they figured he might as well live in what we have but when it looks like there's a possibility of actually be overthrown i think then the interest came from more involvement ironically however the gadhafi was was in the biggest trouble during the first week of the uprising when it was nonviolent that's when the that's when the opposition first over all those cities doesn't have those

ground forces or even u.s. special forces personnel on limited bases in the libyan khan conflict so what we're seeing now is obama warning to put leon panetta who is basically a former democratic congressman he was chief of staff to president clinton he's basically a democratic party hack although he has had had served his term at the cia as a director and the other issue of course is making general david petraeus the director of the cia replace saying mr panetta and we all know that petraeus the author of the guy who came up with this whole surge in iraq in afghanistan is somebody that the neoconservative certainly like they even were talking about running in for president on the republican. ticket what this is showing is that there is a trend to militarize the central intelligence agency which is after all and has always been run by civilians it's been pointed out that leon panetta is actually the first democratic secretary of defense since one nine hundred ninety seven there may not be as much independence i

than the u.s. banks. so that means for u.s. the banking system is always something that can be unpopular but rescued. there are circumstance but we have one of the highest exposures to the banking sector of any country on earth. >> rose: so the commission will consider that idea. it's too large and secondly whether it ought to be divided in terms of functioning. >> we will be considering whether there are structural changes. we have a specific mandate, a structural and related non-structural change which is will make the banking system more stable and more supportable by the british state. >> rose: the question is what kind of financial activities these banks should be engaged in and what should they not be engaged in >> well, it might be or alternatively all... maybe one of the issues might be to be raised by our chairman instead of... they can still do them all but with different active's the will be separately capitalize sod that they can be broken up separately. that's another alternative way of doing it. it's a question of

u.s. is accused of manipulating the regime change in the arab world through cyber warfare all under the guise of democratic revolution. and the parents of russian children but a rare genetic illness pleads for government help which they say is being denied because of the cost. of the business does b.p.'s holding and. i mean protests from shareholders and environmental activist the company is one amongst extents to compete with. these business bulletin. here with r.t. welcome to the program now a shake up of the global monetary system is what the world's fastest growing economies of called for at the annual meeting brazil russia india china and south africa the so-called the brics nations also nato operation and conflict in libya also has been following the summit at the chinese resort. well what these five countries especially want is greater influence on the world stage first economically they want to see a reform of the international commercial model currently in place that will benefit

records and addition to the u.s. military court washington d.c. and the u.s. this year courtney's from virginia there the price cia of course to try these cases and i think we have to look at the impartiality and i don't think the impartiality is there. when russian security services have killed sixteen minutes in a raid in the south it happened on the border between this major russian republic of korea a group of gunmen were hiding in a village and opened fire on security forces among those killed several militant leaders thought responsible so. there are reports of these casualties. and some names in brief. well it's all eyes on the other in london today is britain's prince william progress to take kate middleton's had a few hours in what's likely to be the world's most watched reading is a live pictures from the british capital tens of thousands of people are really not in london streets to see the royal couple make the journey to westminster abbey prince william and kate middleton or to see the titles the duke and duchess of cambridge. the possibility of r

and the u.s. state department releases its annual report on human rights but as they point the finger at everyone else what about the human rights abuses happening in our own land of the free. and billionaire george soros called a meeting of the mind this to remake the global economy but why now is the system meant to fix the financial fallout failing. unveiling the burka a new ban in france is forcing women to integrate into society but it's revealing more in women's faces. it's monday april eleventh five pm in washington d.c. i'm christine frizz now you're watching our t.v. well we are following some developing news a lot of questions this evening after a deadly blast at a subway station in minsk. as you can see here minsk is the capital of bel roof in eastern europe so far reports say the blast has killed at least eleven people injuring more than one hundred others this happened just before the height of the evening rush hour just as people were rushing to catch two trains arriving at the stati

was to reject the u.s. extradition order that would pose terrible problems to any country which he used to be harboring. as a place of trying to rockets and. faces legal questions is the united kingdom. does it came to extradite me play united states then it faces a difficult position politically. people. watch the full interview with julian aside on monday your argument. russia is cutting petrol exports after a fuel shortages that hit the home market as a result pump prices are burning a bigger hole in motorists pockets are going to tell you no because that's why the world's biggest oil producer is finding itself going without. russia with no oil sounds ridiculous yet. we want to five different gas stations that were closed here will be waiting in line for hours what is this isn't supposed to be an oil rich country overnight fuel prices jumped twenty five percent in several russian regions as the actual runs out the prize goes up even more their supplies are not only for two weeks all prices skyrocketed at

now the u.s. spends a lot of money on its wars in afghanistan in iraq in the shadow wars in yemen and pakistan and of course the new addition to the list libya but now the pentagon is setting its sights on south of the border once again as the d.o.d.'s announced that mexico is going to receive fifty one million dollars for fiscal year two thousand and eleven now according to military officials speaking before the senate armed services committee this week the drug war has grown to rival the conflicts in iraq and afghanistan and in fact general douglas frazier head of the u.s. southern command said that the so-called northern triangle of court amala el salvador and honduras is the deadliest zone in the world outside of active war zones in the past four years as many police and soldiers have died in mexico alone as have in iraq and afghanistan and since two thousand and six nearly thirty five thousand mexicans were killed in drug related violence compared to twenty one thousand afghan civilians durin

for us was saying that the u.s. is actually out greeting the greeks because if you add all the unfunded liabilities to the national debt figure i mean the national their figure. isn't really well what this is really about but really the unfunded liabilities are the so-called fiscal government that's two hundred and two trillion us dollars saw in many ways that's worse than greece the budget deficit is very small as the same as crazy of ten point eight percent budget deficit in the eurozone was formed not that the euro zone is any better i mean they're just they're blowing up right now toward we have seeing again pressure on greek and pigs government bonds and even germany and france are increasingly looking shaky on development as well but just as a reference on the eurozone was there was a limit of three percent a budget deficit as a percentage of g.d.p. that is normally considered the maximum sustainable so the u.s. is now at ten point eight percent clearly as we have been warning they are beyond the point of no r

the u.s. is providing high tech help with the innovations for anti-government activists in a number of countries throughout the world one of the latest developments is the panic button according to the state department the application can be uploaded on activists cell phones should they be detained the software instantly raises the contact group in their phones and sends a warning alert signal to other activists sounds great one push of a button and it's all gone probably mungo's thanking the u.s. government for the quick knowledge you are going to be drug dealers and terrorists but american officials of course claim the best of intentions saying the innovation is to protect hold them up or see forces in other countries to help use the technologies more effectively the u.s. has organized training sessions or thousands of activists the one held jews weeks ago in the middle east including anti-government campaigners from the fair egyptian syria and lebanon and as the newly trained and equipped a

the u.s. economy has improved in every part of the country this spring. the federal reserve released the findings today, in its regional survey. on wall street, the news helped stocks recover from early losses. the dow jones industrial average gained seven points to close just under 12,271. the nasdaq rose 16 points to close at 2,761. in pakistan, intelligence officials reported u.s. drone aircraft killed six suspected taliban fighters today. the officials said drones fired seven missiles in a forested region of south waziristan near the afghan border. pakistan's spy chief met with c.i.a. director leon panetta on monday, and reportedly asked for new limits on the missile attacks. former egyptian president hosni mubarak has been detained as part of a far-reaching corruption probe. the announcement came early today, hours after mubarak was hospitalized. we have a report narrated by carl dinnen of "independent television news." >> reporter: when people learned hosni mubarak was in hospital last n

good u.s. strategy to go in and then hope for it is the i dassent he of hope i guess to quote the president's own saying to run a strategy like this how we're going to get in do some bombing and that sort of thing and hope for the best and i just don't see going to war in that way is responsible and i can't believe the us foreign policy establishment is supporting that type of a half baked option jim if in london it can but this is something that can go ahead but this isn't good but this is not the us against gadhafi in fact the u.s. has taken a back and not see it through and this is a forty three countries internationally on the u.s. who are headed i'm leanin country it is the u.s. again as they were fighting most of them i got behind this is my point please can i finish my point please can i finish my point out of countries five out of countries two of them are engaged in the military action at their key norway and canada. netherland sort of denmark for three countries france britain you kno

discuss u.s. cuban relations or lack of them i'm joined by ray waltzer in washington he's a senior policy analyst at the heritage foundation in berkeley we cross the salt landau he is a senior fellow at and vice chair of the institute for policy studies he's also a filmmaker and his new film is will the real terrorist please stand up and in san francisco we have gloria she is a corner of the national committee to free the cuban five all right this is cross talk that means you can jump anytime you want but first let's have a short short report on recent relations between washington and about. fifty years following the failure of the u.s. back bay of pigs operation to alice for dell custer's government and here but the two nations remain at loggerheads the decades of washington imposed the cargo have kept the debate raging some supporters of the sanctions in congress say easing them only the communist regime but others see the embargo as elevated and counterproductive to u.s. interests and to the we

as the u.s. rushes in with cash and a from the arab spring it's washington's main ally israel which could feel the impact that radical islamists wormed their way into power. america's economic brain is coming to a close as the world's top financial body predicts china will snatch the lead in just five years. global news and live from moscow city center this is r.t. now the un has failed to agree on the e.u. proposal statement to condemn syria's brutal crackdown on anti-government protesters russia says the syria situation did not constitute a threat to international peace saying the decision could only provoke more violence. has come off as now or following the developments for us. russia china and india do say they are concerned about the violence in syria since according to some reports over four hundred fifty people have been killed throughout the violent protests russia's foreign ministry is calling on adel moscow's to hold a thorough and transparent investigation to find and punish hold thos

allowing the u.s. to bomb his country using u.s. weapons and train forces to kill domestic political opponents has contributed greatly to this destabilization there so the united states may have to withdraw its forces from yemen if the next government is not pliant as has been and relocate them to djibouti in north africa which is really becoming the hub for u.s. military operations throughout the middle east but jeremy if you look at these that trouble areas like yemen for example i mean if you build outs that was society you're still. you know promoting and perilous policies but more humane ones and you're involving yourself in that i guess you're right i'm not saying you but i mean that thinking so what what's the endgame for the united states when it comes to these unstable regimes that obviously do you have terrorist implication. yes but we can't necessarily afford to intervene in all of these countries that have essentially threats well i mean look the fact is that one of the main motivators for it is the fact that the united

the u.s. has spent one hundred eighty nine two hundred thirty five years at war in two thousand and ten the us spent more on its military in the next ten highest countries combined. both president bush and obama have ripped of the wars defense spending in the us has increased eighty one percent since two thousand what this seems to reflect a bipartisan prioritization of military and military conceptions of security even in the face of such difficult economic times and american earning federal minimum wage and working forty hours a week fifty two weeks a year can expect to earn a little over fifteen thousand dollars this year well below the poverty line you can also expect to pay more than five hundred dollars directly to the pentagon and american earning fifty thousand dollars a year will see their income. over two thousand and go directly to america's wars they thought out of control in the oil fields and sold them. little bit just. drags those tax dollars also go to maintaining over one thou

u.s. political parties keep bickering over the new project credit agencies sell the lot of the country's bad habits so it's a road straight bankruptcy. and george's attempts to project a democratic image of tarnished the state of its legal system where even lawyers are getting prosecuted and persecute. international news live from our studios here in central moscow this is our teachers past eight pm here in the russian capital and nine and six pm i should say in libya where at least four russian journalists are being captured by rebel forces russia has voiced his concern about the situation and is taking steps to resolve it including asking for help from the nato coalition but our correspondent paula has the latest developments now from libya. two russian journalists working for a popular russian newspaper have been seized by opposition fighters in the east of this country we are hearing that among them is also a captured russian television crew but we have no independent verification of t

are u.s. taxpayers getting what they pay for if it's a con it's a con and useful defense is the greatest fraud in the department of finance and believe me it's had a lot of competitors. i really i really believe this i'd. missile defense is the longest running fraud in the in the history of the u.s. department of defense. if the listed strikes are so improbable why seek to repel many such cots and from space. what if missile defense is a disguise for envision beyond simply destroying this site. there's going to be an inherent in the satellite capability with any ballistic missile defense system regardless of whether it's located in space or elsewhere. and i think that that's effectively on oh boy the. ballistic missile in some senses is more difficult than targeting a satellite and therefore targeting a satellite is almost always ok filippi that's associated with missile defense system. in february two thousand and eight the united states destroyed a disabled satellite of its own using missile

u.s. is when they went into vietnam. correspondent there we want to know what you think about. just as you said military advisers to libya to check facebook opinion poll leave your comments there it was good to hear from you there you also find some video to facebook dot com slash r t. in watching r.t. from moscow ahead in the program with me kevin owen we report on the despair of the last hope in the caucasus. and now no job no money and no social support all i can do is to ask the church makes and i can feed my sick child impoverished georgians venting their fury at the government which they claim isn't helping them get by despite promises of a better welfare system. first though global finance minister is demanding urgent action to avert another devastating economic crisis the world bank coming i.m.f. driven primarily by the us are usually the first port of call for ailing nations looking for financial support but asked as r.t. is really important i reports next that washington is in no

within minutes, he returned with his u.s.-issued handgun drawn. u.s. officials tell abc news he ordered the americans and afghans to drop their weapons and line up. that's when he opened fire execution style. the eight american service members and one u.s. contractor were killed. the five afghans badly wounded. the shooter then took his own life. across the complex, chaos. the sounds of gunfire and soldiers scrambling, some jumping out of windows to escape. abc's mike boettcher was at the airport. >> sirens were going off and people were being herded into hardened buildings and told there was a situation. >> reporter: the afghan pilot's family said he was under financial strain, and depressed, with no connection to the taliban. this is the seventh time this year that afghan troops have turned on american and nato forces. the level of trust in the afghans will be even more shaken after today. in fact, since 2009, 24 u.s. military personnel have been killed by afghan forces. but this horrific day is by far the worst. and diane, i have already gotten e-ma

twelve days into the u.s. bombing of libya. u.s. congressmen were hoping to finally get some answers but after two hours of questioning the secretary of defense and chairman of the joint chiefs of staff there were still confusion about the u.s. is engaged i think a policy success would be the removal of the qaddafi regime a military mission is a limited one and does not include regime change. who the rebels are we don't have much visibility into into those who have risen against gadhafi and each element has its own agenda. and whether the us will arm them discuss our plans if any regarding arming the rebels they seem to be getting their butts whipped but gates and mullen passed the buck on that one deferring to the white house but it was ok to decided to bristle and there are bits that we would clearly have a problem with that how long the u.s. will stay a bottom line is no one can predict for you how long it will take. for that to happen and whether the u.s. is at war at all these are combat operations were intended to be combat op

scenario study by the u.s. forces by knocking out fifty u.s. military satellites chinese could literally cripple the u.s. . they could prevent the military from being able to communicate with its forces they could blind the u.s. intelligence community which uses electro optics satellites. military force movements around the world and they could also cripple the guidance systems that are used on persuasion guided munitions. in many sense it could be a kind of an electronic pearl harbor. without space the u.s. would be unable to conduct any type of military operation in an effective way. the civilian space industry generates more than two hundred fifty billion dollars every year the destruction of even a single orbiting satellite could put at risk the economy daily lives and millions of citizens. if you look at space lots of times you think about. most people. every day. when you open yourself to make. money out of the. satellite t.v. and live news from around the world. system. traffic control and even in your own. weather forecasting faster mon

the u.s. economy is on quite the roller coaster down been another steep drop for a country already stuck in a financial think so will this ride ever and believes it will but from being america the same time you do that you have to do to make sure that your comfort was well you know watching children waking up at night when you were barely heard things like the right isn't going to end anytime soon at least for those living in california also you just how much the golden state living in. and the verdict is in a russian pilot arrested in liberia is found guilty of drug trafficking by a court here in the united states but why exactly is the u.s. involved to begin with. and first it was libya and now syria finds itself in the middle of deadly violence so what's the criteria for a u.s. intervention we'll take a look at cherry picking in the arab spring. for a top story today some disturbing numbers out about the economy when it comes to jobs recovery it has been a bumpy ride i know one of those fun

i think that one of the scariest things from a u.s. perspective is that the u.s. doesn't actually seem to know who the rebels are that are fighting against moammar gadhafi what we do know from the great reporting of people like jon lee anderson of the new yorker and others is that they are very very skilled warriors that they're wasting a lot of ammo shooting their bullets in the air but they are not trained fighting force that they are not engaging in anything even vaguely resembling proven guerrilla tactics or military tactic its tactics against the regime and the fact is that president obama stuck his neck out very far by saying the qaddafi had to go it could be that a civil war rages on in libya for years with gadhafi on one end and then these sort of cia backed rebels on the other side of it the fact that the cia had to go in there to figure out who the rebels even are indicates how bankrupt the u.s. intelligence was libya before this started it's very similar to what happened in iraq at the time where they chose to back him a child to be someone who had a gr

the u.s. auto industry. we know have three auto companies here in america that are all turning a profit, gm just announced it's hiring back all of the workers that it was planning to lay off. and gm just put a new standard on cars for the first time in 30 years. so it can be done. but it takes a balanced approach. [applause] >> all right. we have a question from the university of florida. where in february, you launched the initiative at whitehouse.gov, there's 100 youth roundtables across the country. a bunch of them are watching live. cesar and elisa are participating. prosecute, in your deficit reduction speech last week, you spoke of the need to not only reduce government spending but also increase federal revenue. in light of the nation's budge channels, will your administration consider a policy such as the d.r.e.a.m. act which will reduce the deaf is the by $1.4 billion, and increase the revenue by $2.3 billion over the next ten years? president obama: let me talk about d.r.e.a.m. act,

by the u.s. many would say well at the moment doesn't see working a lot of international support and when you bear in mind what's going on in libya and now we see what's happening in syria many people are saying syria is not libya and now we're seeing the u.n. at the moment the security council undecided in some ways in fact has actually decided to stay away from the syrian conflict so that's not what the u.s. wants it actually wants help from the international world to push for its policies . well if you look at what the u.s. did to engineer the. un resolution on libya this was one of the most. brazen transgressions of the rights of nation national sovereignty and international law that we've seen in the post world war two period the responsibility to protect is an insidious doctrine that has been used it's an entirely very notion that spend developed by various and you'll think thanks connected to the circles in the united states to justify a nato definition of an intervention in a sovereign co

u.s. top brass are getting a really in congress with many still uncertain as to what a low goal of the libyan campaign is and whom are going to pay for it. also the price of dealing with georgia two israeli businessman owed millions by to d.c. are jalen find on bribery charges that say the government framed them to move boyd packing up. and a palestinian engineer disappears from a train in ukraine before resurfacing in an israeli jail with the scandal gathering momentum kiev tonight any involvement in the incident or some. more analysis on the situation in libya and cross talk coming up next leader of al asad as gas if nato is the susan to back out position was a wise choice. can't . stand. alone when welcome to cross talk i'm peter lavelle arming to when the conflict in libya has reached a stalemate should western powers expand their intervention and arm the and take it off the rebels would this be tantamount to choosing sides in a growing civil war and as time passes there's an end game

u.s. dollar hits its lowest point since the financial crisis. but there may be an upside. what a weaker dollar means for big business and your purchasing power. you're watching "nightly business report" for friday, april 29. this is "nightly business report" with susie gharib and tom hudson. "nightly business report" is made possible by: captioning sponsored by wpbt >> tom: good evening and thanks for joining us. my colleague susie gharib is on assignment at the berkshire hathaway annual meeting in omaha. we start with a look at the u.s. dollar. for years the american greenback was the go-to currency in times of worry and prosperity. but thanks to less than stellar economic data and expectations the federal reserve will keep interest rates low. tonight, the dollar is at its lowest value in more than a year against the euro, british pound and canadian dollar. it's at the lowest level ever against the swiss franc. we have two reports looking at the weaker dollar. in a moment, how the drop ha

well u.s. defense secretary robert gates chairman of the joint chiefs of staff placed a grilling front of congress over the meantime kate said that washington shouldn't assist the rebels and should instead build them to other countries. twelve days into the u.s. bombing of libya. u.s. congressmen were hoping to finally get some answers but after two hours of questioning the secretary of defense and chairman of the joint chiefs of staff they were still confusion about the u.s. is the end game i think a policy success would be the removal of the khadafi regime a military mission is a limited one and does not include regime change. who the rebels that we don't have much visibility into and of those who have risen against each element has its own agenda. and whether the u.s. will arm them discuss our plans if you need regarding arming the rebels they seem to be getting their butts whipped but keep in mind pass the buck that one differing to the white house but if it was ok to decided to pursue this

to move the country forward critics here paint a picture of near continuous failure of u.s. policymakers to do the job of president barack obama's former right hand economic man so the stimulus should have been bigger well the decision was political i mean the the judgment was we wanted to get as much discomposed fiscal stimulus as we could meanwhile the wall street bailouts of the time and probably deserve reaction favored finance they say to the big banks but they have not really gotten our economy going again. the financial reforms passed by washington supposed to bend too big to fail haven't banks still aren't required to hold enough cash that's just one reason critics like this former j.p. morgan exact site putting the country on course for another disaster. there are plans on what one says about crisis but i have to say yes the concentration of power in finance is greater today than it was before this crisis and that's courtesy of the cash flow from wall street to politicians and lobbying corrupting real reform and believe in the leaders top to make it despite some wit

the u.s. well looks at the river as the u.s. tries to agree on a two thousand and eleven budget all all of this so amid threats to its credit rating we have new details on that shortly here on artsy. now in japan radioactive water is reported to have leaked from a fuel pools at the owner nuclear power plant it's following a violent aftershock a measuring seven point one the plant is less than a hundred kilometers from the stricken fukushima plant which is still said to be made safe. at second rate so far following last month's there was a double hit of earthquake and tsunami so let's get some more develop on this will discuss how events might develop i joined now live by white from the citizens nuclear information center in tokyo so we're not hearing about a leak at another power plant out of honor guard we know very very little at this point you think this could be another case of the government stifling what information to people should be and deserve to be informed. i think very little is known about what is really happening

the u.s. army announcing a bold new look for its 1.1 million members. "nightly news" begins now. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> good evening. it is the third front americans are fighting tonight, and tonight the libya story is on the move. there have been some important developments during the day today. first, reports of some sort of a deal possibly in the works to get gadhafi out of there, but his army is still fighting hard, still not letting those rebels advance. despite the u.s. having fired off 227 cruise missiles and flying all those countless air missions. and tonight with nato now in charge of the fight, the air war, the no-fly zone, the u.s. has announced it will no longer fly combat air missions over libya starting tomorrow. we want to begin tonight with nbc's jim maceda who remains inside tripoli for us. jim, good evening. >> reporter: hi, brian. even as moammar gadhafi's forces gain the upper hand against the rebels on the battlefield, his regime is beginning to

in my own view, i think i have sat down with u.s. officials, the u.s. administrator, the u.s. representative and pakistan, and with the pakistan /afghanistan special envoy, who was a great friend of pakistan and a great loss for us, and identified five areas, which our energy security, food security, infrastructure development, private sector growth, which includes the enterprise development fund, and the social sector, and i think the amounts were also dedicated for these sectors in particular amount for five moyears. so i think it is a promising program, and in no way do i want to appear to be either not thankful it or for it. >> down here in the front. >> with the pakistan american leadership center. i think at a certain point we need to go beyond the statement of we need market access in the u.s. from pakistan. we have been working on some of these things, and there has to be recognition that one of the largest export to the u.s. is in textiles and apparel. at the same time, we have an american textile industry that is very protective against any kind of production for pak

most u.s. and japanese policy- makers, alliance managers, continue to elevate the importance of the bilateral alliance at exactly the moment china had become more assertive diplomatically, and that alliance drift was halted. then again after the 3/11 crisis, it looks like the relationship was further enforced. the jury is still out on what 3/11 will ultimately mean. still, this, too, agreed four spaces in a national security perspective. these contradictions of policies are reflected here in a revised model. somewhat familiar to us. for example, when you look at the southwest, as in the original model, there are those who trust -- distrust for entanglements. they are not just on the right. there on the left as well. there would prefer japan with the independent military capability. on the far left, no military capability at all. they see no reason to hedge their bets on china or the relative decline of the u.s.. from their view, japan should regain full sovereignty and provide for itself in a s

sanction or the u.s. military control to put its thumb on the juggler vein so i think you have to see libya less as a particular incident then as a piece on a very global chess board i don't think they expected the united states and britain and france to directly involve involve themselves in the civil war i think what they decided was they would go with the no fly zone because very difficult to resist one at that time trying to figure out ok what do the no fly zone corneliu and charter eventually to sit down and talk with the people before you move to a military operation in fact not even dry before the french started bombing so i think in a certain sense the chinese catch an awkward into doing next. also ahead for you this hour the forces behind the uprisings urges that the us state are funded organizations principle in the world we hear why there's no cash to fund change in libya. and keeping a terrible european aid carriage talk sends police abroad claims that instead of meeting poverty it's probably

the u.s. debt problem is big fourteen trillion dollars big and meanwhile the solutions lawmakers are coming up with to solve this problem are small r t looks out of a gridlock as the u.s. tries to agree at twenty eleven budget read threads to its credit rating. every year thousands of women die as a result of domestic violence in russia even more decide to suffer in silence a lawyer say only a change the law allowing greater involvement in family life can help the victims. reports it was a cycle. we had he raised his hands it happened so many times held on for as long as i could but when i realized then that i found out about the center where they help women took my child and ran to save my life. it wasn't this help center named ideas that were even i was finally able to cope with the scars left by years of emotional and physical abuse at the very thought of my child's witnessed and it's twice as hard for me to understand that i told them rated all of it i thought i was guilty for something th

u.s. top brass gets a grilling in congress with many still uncertain as to what the goal of the libyan campaign is and who's going to pay for it. plus the integrity of america's motives also come to noise as if the north civilian deaths in gaza south of setia are jumps of the opportunity to bring democracy to other regions. also russia prepares for a new verse restrains front sending them you so you steam into all of its fifty lives since not a cons most trip to the final frontier. join me in around twenty minutes time with our special guest is lucas county russia's social tax. pro costing live from the heart of the russian capital your watching our team well straight to our top story now the u.k. has reportedly been hosting a senior aide they've been regime is believed to be seeking an exit strategy from the that we market duffy some media sources suggest that more top ranking libyan officials are rough and that the country following in the tracks of acts foreign minister mr coo some forc

in march as the u.s. automakers continued their comeback. but the disaster in japan has clouded the outlook for sales of both japanese and u.s. vehicles. that's as imports of parts and vehicles have stalled from the country. ford sales were up 19% last month. it sold more cars than g.m. for the first time in a year. still, g.m. sales rose 10%. chrysler was the u.s. standout, enjoying a 31% sales jump. toyota continued to struggle after a string of recalls. sales fell almost 6% for the automaker, while honda's soared 23%. >> tom: here's what we're watching for next week: our friday market monitor guest is elaine garzarelli, president of garzarelli capital. the federal reserve releases minutes from its march policy meeting and we'll see monthly wholesale trade inventories. monday, with public worker unions under pressure in several states, we'll talk with a.f.l. c.i.o. president richard trumka. >> suzanne: american apparel may file for bankruptcy. the company warned today it may seek chapter 11 protection or liquidate its business as its finan