leadership with the u.s.-led architecture not the last 10 are 20 years but think about what happened to japan in that order. and the marshall plan. talk about the united nations with the exception lonesome of the united states with the political and with the globalization of process. on balance but it is over. >> when did it start becoming over? >> with the rise of the emerging markets. that is not the problem. it is the rise of the other. when japan and europe rose we did not have that problem. you don't just have day coordination problem but to putin did not come to the camp david summit. and frankly that is a good thing. it would have then a tough meeting to normalize the trade status which nobody once frankly but with syria or iran. >> i am very disappointed as well. g-7 plus one. if you go to a wedding, take her wrong. -- along. but to get back to the initial question, it started to erode the globally because all these institutions the world series sums global and it behooves us to say that but. >> but w

well the cia and national u.s. intelligence officials have indicated that they think no more than sixty civilians have been killed in almost ten years of bombing in this campaign and that's ludicrous it's absolutely not the case until we've identified around one hundred seventy five children killed just in pakistan and we think the number of civilians killed in pakistan is a minimum it's just under five hundred maybe as high as i under there are huge numbers of people we simply don't know their identity we don't know their status and for the the u.s. to continually claim that it's not killing civilians is simply untrue i think it's wrong and they need they do need to be held to account for this ok bill what do you think is this strategy working. yeah you know this is i absolutely agree the obama administration is making political hay out of these drone strikes and it allows it to correct itself as being strong on terrorism but it's really a stopgap. it's it's a cheat to. in order for them not to make hard choices w

and when we say u.s. is the u.s. is a great power and we have the right to defend our interests the question should really be from us security is what are our vital interests and are they really in africa chasing around kone or anybody else right either you even in somalia combating the shabab we're just making more likely that somebody all attacked the united states right there are things that we don't really need to worry about and unfortunately our foreign policy elite doesn't seem to think that there's any place africa used to be the only place where we really didn't care about the strategic community didn't care about africa was probably better off for it but i think this idea that we can say this and nato are rich allies well they just don't have the capability to do it well if you continue to do stuff for countries they're never going to get the capability to do it if somebody pays your rent for you why should you pay it right and in that we we face this with the rich allies in nato so of course we're going to

the u.s. is warning the latest fierce battles in syria will be a nail in president assad's coffin as we reported our youngsters are being increasingly drawn into the bloody conflict on both warring sides. broke with reverberations members of a russian punk band go to trial facing seven years in jail for a protest in a cathedral in a case that's divided russian society. and another campaign promise goes on fulfilled as barack obama spends billions to prosecute whistle blows showing the u.s. government is as open as its pledged. online on screen international news and comment live from moscow the u.s. military chief says the fighting in syria's largest city of aleppo will ultimately be a nail in president assad's coffin leon panetta reese currently on a middle east tour promising to continue to push for assad's departure the commercial hub of aleppo has been the scene of fierce battles between syrian regime troops and government forces for more than a week now both parties view the fighting as d

and the u.s. went in and killed tens of thousands of thousands of people why didn't they to intervene then the answer is obvious that nato and the u.s. are the same entity there's no point in speaking of the two that the u.s. is nato nato is the u.s. and the u.s. was the one who was carrying out the genocide in iraq so of course nato was not called then to intervene in georgia when replying to that there were disagreements over the iraq conflict and the fact that you bring up the iraq conflict or the person example that nato is not dominated by the united states the u.s. wanted to be involved in iraq and the u.s. had to act by itself because other nato members do not agree with our mission in fact we have turkey did not agree with their mission and they're not cooperate as strongly on the iraq mission and it has another thing so you see there is disagreement within nato that there had our debate. there there was many people in the u.s. itself who were against the invasion of iraq that you had to s

the u.s. mining giant newmont are escalating in peru. five participants in those protests have been killed in the past week. a state of emergency has been declared. >> the government is mistaken if it thinks it is going to crash the justified cries of the people. >> we will speak with amy goodman in spain today, 75 years after the bombing of that city. all of that and more coming up. this is "democracy now!," democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm juan gonzalez. i am filling in for amy goodman. the u.s. and european union are calling for new sanctions on syria similar to those used against the gaddafi regime ahead of the nato attack on libya. at an international friends of syria gathering in paris, secretary of state clinton invoked the threat of chapter 7 under the u.n. charter, which ranges from economic embargos to military force. the news comes as the regime of syrian president bashar al- assad has apparently suffered its highest level defection to date. on thursday, opposition ac

u.s. air tanker fleet is a mix of government-owned and privately leased aircraft. in 2000, the forest service had contracts with private companies for 43 air tankers. now it's just nine. some of those planes are decades old. >> were troubled by the crash. >> reporter: tom vilsack is the secretary of agriculture. >> it is not a secret that the tankers that we have are aging. it's one of the reasons why we issued a report to congress this year outlining a plan to replace and modernize the fleet. >> reporter: president obama signed a $24 million bill last month to lease seven more air tankers but they won't be joining the fight until august. scott, these tankers are so important because they not only fight fires they prevent the blazes from becoming massive and that's going to be even more important in the weeks to come in what's already been a historic firefighting season. >> pelley: rick, thank you. now, a story about a lifeline being reopened for american troops in afghanistan. a logjam of

a sovereign nation is allowed to do u.s. officials were quick to express concern the press in the west hurried to dub the proposed legislation as a kremlin crackdown on n.g.o.s presenting it as an exclusively russian initiative but as the russian foreign minister said the concept and even the wording of the proposed law was almost entirely borrowed from the american bill called the foreign agents registration act if you work in united states. if you work for another country you have to register as an agent of that country. again that's that's not a negative. representing a country and morals if you. have foreign nation veronica questioning nick of us says while in the u.s. she was forced to register as a foreign agent even though she was not involved in any political activities. to them i was a representative from st petersburg we promoted economy corporation to reason cultural ties nevertheless the u.s. justice department which more new touristic two meters of foreign agents insisted that representatives of cities also regi

and again in the thoughts of the u.s. if he were to be sent to sweden you know sort of furthur no wiki leaks significance is underlined by its ability to function and capture headlines despite a lack of funds and his chief says we had precarious situation most of you indeed have just lived rather the national security would rights direct threat of the government accountability project to the united states if these leaks were meaningless fluff or not in the public interest in knowing cared no one would report on them and they would see julian assange djoser crackpot and no one would pay any attention to it the fact that they're being reported on inherently shows their worth despite the fact that credit card companies that chilled doll financial support to wiki leaks and that he is holed up in the embassy this organization is continuing to function which is a testament to the by wiki leaks as an organization especially at this time and i find all of this is very interesting because it shows number one week the leaks is aliv

a u.s.-backed crackdown against cocaine track down and climate that led to the demise of drug lord pablo escobar. more than 47,000 people have died since calderÓn took power in 2006 and announced a crackdown on drug cartels. speaking in washington, state department's spokesperson victoria nuland congratulated enrique peÑa nieto for his apparent victory and said the u.s. expects continued drug or cooperation from the mexican government. >> we're not going to get ahead of a formal seating of a new government and predict changes in policy one way or the other, but we are committed to working in partnership with mexico to meet the evolving challenges posed by transnational criminal organizations and expect that our cooperation is going to continue with the enrique peÑa nieto the ministration went it is seated. >> in afghanistan, at least three british soldiers have been killed in a shooting by an afghan police officer. it was the latest in a wave of attacks by the members of the afghan forces

military force and the u.s. generals are pushing back hard against direct u.s. military involvement in so rescuing the head of nato says nato is not going to get involved militarily follow for you we've been talking about the u.n. geneva conference what came out of it didn't it the warring factions to quote sit down and talk is the best way forward of a long time now but of course with the flow of weapons to rebels still ongoing doesn't bode well. because it well you know the head of the internal opposition reform opposition movement michelle kilo was in moscow last week at the invitation of the russian government me met with foreign minister lavrov and he said to lavrov that his group would be willing to negotiate begrudgingly with president assad's representatives it's the extra opposition based in london in paris and in iraq. who are the big impediment and they're being encouraged by saudi arabia qatar france britain and elements within the obama administration so it's a rough gordian knot to untie but i think emissary kofi are now on with backing from russia

the u.s. for medical tests. the new york times has revealed the u.s. has expanded its controversial drug war to africa. the u.s. has begun training an elite group of anti-drug police in ghana and planning other similar units to combat latin cartels allegedly smuggling cocaine into europe. the top drug enforcement administration official said africa has seen as "the new frontier in terms of counterterrorism and counter narcotics issues." the west africa corporative --su despite widespread criticism for the cause. the u.s. war on drugs has seen an earlier expansion in central america. most recently, dea agents have been under scrutiny for being involved in at least three fatal killings in honduras. the online whistleblower wikileaks has announced it has hired the trouble is in spanish judge garzÓn to have the legal team representing the site and its founder, julian assange. the recently met at the ecuadorian embassy in london, where assange has sought political asylum to avoid extradition to sw

the u.s. strategy shift as washington goes on a major headhunter for hackers in hopes they can use their skills to aid the government our top stories this hour. international news and comment live from our new center here in moscow this is r.t. with you twenty four hours a day the battle for syria's largest city is in full swing with activists saying aleppo could become the scene of another massacre many residents of fleeing as rebel forces and government troops converge for a decisive clash dozens of reportedly been killed in the nation's economic hub over the past twenty four hours while scores are also said to have died in and around the masters the former head of the u.n. mission to syria says the fall of assad's government is simply a matter of time but won't necessarily spell and to the conflict some countries are calling for humanitarian corridors to be set up but russia says that would simply help the rebels and their foreign patrons fuel the conflict even further bodies or some a boyc

the u.s. chamber of commerce and the american petroleum institute that all of the major producers are partners. jay timmons, president and ceo of the national association of manufacturers and the chairman and ceo of verizon. thank you for being with us. say hello. >> thank you, mr. chairman and join you in welcoming our distinguished panel of industry leaders. i appreciate especially their efforts on behalf of the law of the sea and willingness to explain how the convention will help them create private sector jobs and every major ocean industry including shipping, fishing, telecommunications, oil and energy gas and the united states succession to the law of the sea treaty. this is not a support and has been unanimous going back to 2003. we initiated the process that resulted in the committee vote to hospital law of the sea to the senate on that occasion. a few years later at a foreign relations committee hearing on october 4, 2007, a business panel identified and only that powerful unequivoca

plus the u.s. drone program has become the backbone to american wars abroad and surveillance act at home but this military pillar might not be as stable as you think we'll speak to the u.t. austin professor who actually cracked the drone code to prove how easy it is to hijack one. it is monday july second five pm in washington d.c. i'm christine fair and you are watching our t.v. . all right let's just get this out of the open wiki leaks founder julian assange is in fact the target of a criminal investigation by the u.s. those who have said so before have been accused of being paranoid or overly dramatic or touting conspiracy theories but the evidence is starting to pile up now as long as currently awaiting an answer to his request for asylum in ecuador he's at the embassy in london and top officials in the united states are not only keeping a close eye on what happens with that but they've also been working tirelessly to see if there is a way he could be extradited to the united states while the u

u.s. officials are concerned as the violence there explodes. two weeks out and a lot of opening jitters in london. a massive show of force before the games begin. and here at home, growing controversy over those american olympic uniforms made in china. tonight the folks at ralph lauren are announcing a change. and making a difference for children in some of the toughest places on earth. a one woman dynamo still going strong at 90. a one woman dynamo still going strong at 90. "nightly news" begins now. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> good evening. mitt romney planned all along to run for president based on his private sector business experience. at the same time the obama campaign has had months to prepare an attack on mitt romney based on just that his private sector business experience. just today this issue and romney's past in the business world escalated into a heated war of words. we heard from both sides today and just tonight mitt romney has spoken with nbc news on

birth in the u.s. or u.s. territories, birth outside of the u.s. to parents who are u.s. citizens and naturalization. a child porn overseas may also be i au.s. citizen in one or both of its parents are citizens. that determines that. children born overseas have to meet certain requirements to gain citizenship but one would be if one or both of your parents are u.s. citizen. so there you go. child's parents should right- hand sister the birth at a u.s. embass you or consulate. for u.s. military personnel and their dependents, the report is file through the military personnel office. so there you go. -- the child's parents should register the birth at a u.s. embassy or consulate. >> even if it is not a military base -- if you are born to a u.s. citizen, you are a u.s. citizen. >> whether you are born in london or a military base. >> that is the simple answer. thank you for the question. for those of you wondering why aren't you mentioning the president or others, we are talking about the children of military officers. but the whole natural born thing does come up periodical

u.s. corporate earnings, and the global economy. >> susie: and one company is making a big push into china, marriott international, a look at its latest earnings and strategy. >> tom: that and more tonight on "n.b.r.!" >> tom: markets were clearly disappointed today the federal reserve does not seem ready to act right away to boost the economy. minutes from the fed's june meeting show only a few policy makers wanted to expand a bond buying program known as quantitative easing to lower interest rates and boost the economy. but as darren gersh reports this is now really a question of timing. >> reporter: the fed was not willing to give markets an immediate monetary fix, but the latest readings from its policy making committee show a couple more lukewarm reports on the labor market might change that. >> and if these employment reports are still weak like this last one, i think a strong case could be made for the fed to expand its balance sheet and try to support the economy more. so, at that

emerging markets there's better growth, so u.s. companies with strong brand presence and a foothold in emerging markets, we think will do well. >> susie: less than 30 seconds. consumer discretionary. last sector, cars, appliances, apparel. why is this compelling? >> it's a diverse sector. we're focused primarily within the modeia subcomponent of consumer discretionary, and what we're thinking is that there's going to be a fair amount of corporate spending going on in advertising budgets, and also, we think about the overall consumer, the discretionary sector. if we have a better economy in the second half, that should support it, and with lower oil prices, lower gas prices. that's a good thing. >> susie: thank you, curt. kurt reiman of ubs. all this week on "n.b.r.," we've been looking at the impact of immigration on the u.s. economy. tonight's commentator wraps up our coverage. he's adam looney, policy director at the hamilton project. >> immigrants now make up 12% of the u.s. population, the highest level in almost 80 years. so i

not more than fifty percent of recent u.s. college graduates are unemployed or working low wage jobs this as the an affordable cost of higher education in america has produced a national student debt bubble topping one trillion dollars teachers meanwhile are among the seven hundred thousand federal and state public workers who have reportedly been laid off since the crisis hit the u.s. a country where sixteen million are reported to be without full time jobs and approximately fifty million people are living without medical insurance now we've reached a point where the middle class is shrinking. and sighs and what is growing is the distinction between the people who have the american dream the people who don't and the people who will never get it as millions of americans are sliding down the economic ladder median household income has it moved up in more than a decade americans are making less now than when bill clinton was in the white house while the top one percent have nearly tripled their fortune since the eighty's we have

u.s. airways in 2005, parker took a new set of challenges on as the ceo of the newly restructured legacy alive. u.s. airways is a company built on mergers and acquisitions, which is a fitting for dug parker, the industry's main advocate for consolidation. he has argued time and again the airlines can be more flexible, more capable, and more valuable to travelers if they join forces . the airlines that did so are now operating successfully. mr. parker believes the combining u.s. airways and american airlines would create a more competitive industry and a more sustainable airline. so far his plan has received widespread support, including and, perhaps, surprisingly from the workers and american airlines and the union. he is here today to tell us more about the merger and where it sits and to his broader vision for the industry as a whole. ladies and gentlemen, please join me in welcoming dug parker to the national press club. [applause] >> thank you. thank you, all of you, it was very nice.

the u.s. apologized for the november airstrike that killed 21 -- 24 pakistani troops. a recent poll shows anti-u.s. sentiment has grown in pakistan. according to the pulitzer center, 74% of pakistan is considered the u.s. to be an enemy, up 5% from year ago. violence continues to rage in afghanistan where at least 35 people were reported dead in nationwide attacks on sunday. at least 29 afghans, mostly civilians, died in roadside bombings and militant attacks across afghanistan. seven nato troops for killed in separate attacks including six u.s. soldiers who died in a roadside bombing in eastern afghanistan. a nato spokesperson announced the deaths. >> i can confirm this today, seven american soldiers have been killed in southern afghanistan. i cannot give you any further details on this incident for the time being. yesterday was a tough day for afghan civilians, coalition, an afghan forces. a number of people were killed or injured due to a number of roadside bombs and conflict. >> the latest

it's not only u.s. bombs that fly in pakistan but also the stream of demands an accusation from washington there are several things that where asking the pakistanis to do more and better number one they've got to do more about the safe havens inside their own country even ridiculed the u.s. defense secretary has laughed at pakistan for being in the dark on the bin laden raid. literally in washington's rhetoric now suggest that during the decade of war in afghanistan pakistan had been there myself instrumental ally in the region the united states could not have had secured afghanistan in three weeks with minimum cost in terms of. money and in terms of in terms of the lives of its soldiers that would not have been possible without fox and the assistance and help three sentiment towards the alliance with the us has domestic insurgency in pakistan some has lost about somewhere between five thousand to six thousand soldiers and paramilitary soldiers but more than that we've lost more than thirty five thousan

the retreating i guess the u.s. dollar and back it's trading at year lows against the greenback and of course all of this is that i'm from concerns from the eurozone as well of course of us hit hard by that that quizes and the last reports of one of the main foreign exchange speculators outside a bank of course says that the european authorities are hardly helping to stabilize the situation you can see on the graph there that senior lows that i was talking about of course and parties tom bars and actually this issue with the head of the bank's strategy that's let's hear what he had said. the only way the year is going to stay together two things need to happen first jury needs to become more involved more deeply involved and be more generous that is going to be so far in the equation and as well we need to see a restructuring of the debt is too much the periphery we can't keep the state alive in the current solutions that germany is offering saving austerity that is not the way a solution there's no way to save our

this is not in u.s. vital interests there is a bill up in congress right now to authorize more troops to go into northern uganda in the central african republic this follows making of the viral video kohak only twenty twelve millions of dollars have been devoted to this by private citizens kone is not in uganda at this point it's a local band of criminals who have gone elsewhere to other african countries the policy on the ground there is one of reconciliation it's the amnesty the u.s. vital interest are true to facilitate the development of africa to correct the poverty to correct the inequality africans have to do this themselves development is an internal matter what development happened many african economies are growing quite rapidly now according to a recent i.m.f. report six of the ten fastest growing economies in the world are in africa not all of that is commodity driven much of the wealth from commodities is being diversified in industrialised nation is taking place for the united states it sho

this is the biggest release since we had cable gate which gave us the u.s. diplomatic cables and a really unique insight into the workings of the u.s. government now the syria files is even bigger than that it's supposed to be eight times bigger than the u.s. diplomatic table late in terms of documents and a hundred times bigger in terms of data now in the same way that we saw the u.s. diplomatic cables released a similar things going to be happening with the syria files wiki leaks have partnered up with different media organizations around the world and they go through the day to release this in small stages now so far from what's been released already we've had a very interesting insight into the workings because these are the e-mails that were being exchanged between senior political figures in syria ministry figures corporations around the world the first e-mails that were released we can show you the tally in company had been providing communications equipment to the syrian police and the syrian army now they that contract was signed back in two thousan

so, if you are a u.s. investor, the problems in europe are going to have an affect on your returns and we're seeing that in weak equity markets. >> reporter: the crisis in europe appears to be escalating. although spain is currently in the spotlight, it's far from the only concern. investors are also growing more worried about italy, because sicily is on the brink of economic collapse. erika miller, "n.b.r.," new york. >> susie: still ahead, this canadian oil firm, has a new owner: china's biggest oil company. we look at what it means for global oil markets. "nightly business report" is brought to you by: captioning sponsored by wpbt >> susie: so what spooked investors today? joining us now to talk more about the european financial crisis, andres garcia-amaya.. global market strategist at j.p. morgan funds. thanks for coming to us. what's the real danger in europe now? >> well, the interesting thing is the last two weeks, the market went from focussing on the macrostory to the microstory, basically looking

calls for u.s. security council action which may include military intervention into syria are growing louder outside the country but there's deep resentment to that from people within the country as political analyst while the al-khateeb told us from to mass has the vast majority of the people that we talk to in the street in the intellectuals that we speak to this is nobody wants to see. libya type or. third type military intervention in syria i think syrians are extremely protective of their territory this is a country that has for since its creation in the twentieth century has been facing constant wars in the neighborhood people do not want to see foreign troops on their ground under any reason now i'm not sure the there are voices that call for the stop of intervention but i think nobody can make the claim that this represents even a significant minority within the syrian population. another take of the syrian conflict this time from wiki leaks the whistleblowing group promises to count more li

in u.s. economic news, jobless claims rose, after a one-week lull, and factory activity slowed more than expected in the mid-atlantic region. still, wall street managed a limited rally. the dow jones industrial average gained 34 points to close at 12,943. the nasdaq rose 23 points to close near 2,966. microsoft reported its first loss as a public company, nearly $500 million in the second quarter. it followed a huge charge against earnings due to weak online ad business. ford motor company is warning owners of some of its 2013 escapes to stop driving them immediately. the small s.u.v.s may have faulty fuel lines that can crack and leak, causing engine fires. the automaker said it's recalling more than 11,000 escapes. they have 1.6 liter engines and were built between april and early july. the head of homeland security janet napolitano today fended off republican criticism of a new immigration policy. last month, president obama announced the government would mostly stop deporting illegal immi

to cross talk the u.s. military in africa i'm joined by my guests in washington ivan eland he's a senior fellow and director of the center on peace and liberty at the independent institute james middlemen he's a university professor of international affairs at the american university and peter pham he is the director of the unsorry africa center at the atlantic council all right gentlemen crosstalk rose in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want i have anyone if i go to you first is the u.s. militarizing africa. i think very definitely and i think the primary reason is oil africa was never regarded as a strategic continent it might have been the only common in the world that wasn't regarded as strategic by the military and i think now what we're seeing is that more and more u.s. oil comes from africa and the u.s. military has essentially become a oil protection force if you look at where they're deployed in that sort of thing . and so i think definitely and what they're worried about china going

it's a quieter day in the u.s. there's no economic data but still a few high-profile earnings reports. numbers from general ee electric, r, baker hughes, cemex, ingersoll rand, suntrust and xerox. inch >>> a local gunman has shot dead one person and wounded 30 to 40 others. these pictures brought to us by reuters. no further detail known at the moment. but of course local media is now on the scene and we're starting to get a better sense, ross, of what's happened and just to what degree this was a premeditated incident. >> we will keep you informed of what's going on. >>> other news, of course, we're also following. microsoft has posted its first quarterly loss since going public in 1986. the company warned two weeks ago it would take a $6 billion charge in the fourth quarter to write down its struggling online ad and web business. excluding items. microsoft's earnings beat forecasts although revenues came up shy. microsoft is being booing its fortunes in coming months on its new windows 8 software which launches i

similar to other u.s. banks citi's american home mortgage business is booming thanks to record low borrowing rates. j.p. morgan shares saw som profit-taking after friday's rally after its own stronger than expected earnings. today's 2.7% fall was the steepest percentage drop among dow industrial stocks. the slower economic data here and abroad in the past few weeks has brought multi-national industrial and manufacturing companies in focus. these three industrial companies are scheduled to report earnings this week. ingersol-rand reports friday. shares fell 3.2% today, leading the industrial sector lower. on wednesday dover corporation reports earnings. shares fell 2.7%. and general electric turns in its latest financial report card friday. shares were almost 1% lower today. morgan stanley cut its rating to equal-weight for g.e. today, but said it is not in anticipation of friday's results. two deals are cooking in the drug business. the first has glaxo-smithkline raising its offer from human genome scienc

a u.s. senator has renewed calls for julian and songe to be prosecuted for espionage as senate intelligence committee head has regenerated his fear that their will is added to has compromised america's security and a son just currently holed up in ecuador as the embassy in london waiting for a decision on his asylum bid let's not talk to our teaser laura smith laura good to see you there now as sanchez has been at ecuador's embassy for two weeks are there any more indications about when we can expect his way to be decided. not really i mean we hear stuff coming out of the embassy all the time his supporters and backers are doing everything they can to keep julian assange has faced in the media the latest statement we heard was on friday from the legal fund which was talking a lot about about the situation in the u.s. of course has always maintained that what he fears the most is being extradited from sweden to america to face these charges of espionage and evidence is mounting with these ren

issued its annual report on the u.s. economy today, and offered this advice-- focus on boosting growth now and cutting deficits later. lagarde also said she is most concerned about the so-called "fiscal cliff" facing the u.s. next year, as several tax cuts expire. she says that threatens to reduce the u.s. economy's growth to just 1%. >> too strong a contraction of the u.s. economy as a result of, say, the realization of the fiscal cliff would have significant spillover effects outside the united states. so not only the fiscal cliff realization would contract the u.s. economy and reduce it to marginally positive, if at all, it would also have effects outside the united states. >> susie: our guest tonight says one word describes stock market performance for the rest of this year: "volatile." he's stephen wood, chief market strategist at russell investments. >> hi, steven. why the call for volatility? >> i think there's a lot -- i agree they're very consistent in the forecast on the u.s. economy, but there's a lot of polit

as the cost of storage are high the u.s. army decided to use some of it to manufacture 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 us 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 to inspect the tons of burned down iraqi tanks destroyed by depleted uranium missiles this is measuring the contamination undestroyed as a result in his team were seriously contaminated by inhaling uranium dust today doug is one of the only survivors of that group now i mean you can look at me i mean what i look like there was a lot different story early healthy and now where bodies are stored nearly sick little me right there and we were

u.s. reports it's closely monitoring syria's chemical weapons and today the u.n. security council again failed to try to stop the slaughter. witnesses report the rebels today attacked the main police headquarters in the capital, sparking an intense fire fight in the streets. they report dozens of cops and military members are dead. the opposition also says they've taken over bases on the borroweds with iraq and turkey and at the same time, thousands of syrians raced to escape the fighting. hundreds of cars and taxis and buses reportedly crossing the border into lebanon. and today for the third time, behind the murdering syrian president, vetoing a united nations resolution which aimed to hold al assad accountable for killing his own people. in all, more than 17,000 men, women and children dead, according to activists. to hear from western diplomat, china and russia signed the death warrants of many more. listen to an apparently furious susan rice, the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. >> the sec

and of course tuesday's comments by u.s. federal reserve chairman ben bernanke haven't exactly encouraged americans either merino what happened paul basically crowned what we saw there is ben bernanke the face of the grim outlook for the u.s. economy and he also said that reduction in the unemployment rate will be frustratingly low haven't sucked that investors or that man is rendered it's actually most of the so it's or so after all maybe barack obama was right in the hole but does remain in the united states i have more on the market action and reaction in five minutes. time now for more stories making headlines around the world almost two dozen nato supply trucks have been destroyed in a bomb attack in afghanistan a device planted on a fuel tank or detonated engulfing others nearby the vehicles were transporting fuel into the country from neighboring uzbekistan the attack comes after pakistan lifted a blockade on nato supply routes into afghanistan in a move that provoked anger across the country. the final results in lib

the u.s. and not move my jobs overseas. the obama policies are forcing jobs overseas. >> romney's spokesperson ann gillespie on "meet the press" on sunday. in baltimore, the green party wrapped up its convention with the nomination of its presidential candidate, the physician and activist jill stein, and her running mate, the anti-poverty leader cheri honkala. dr. stein called her ticket a viable third-party challenge to corporate bolden republicans and democrats. >> i agree that grassroots democracy grows from the community up. at the same time, we have a state of emergency at the national level. and to silence the only hope of an opposition voice in this election when so much is at stake, i think would be just a terrible loss for the american people. there is no reason why americans should have to walk into the voting booth in november and have only effectively two wall street sponsored choices. >> we will have more from the green party convention later in the broadcast. a number of major ba

and the u.s. voiced regret for and the u.s. voiced regret for mistakenly killing two dozen pakistani troops last fall. in turn, pakistan agreed to reopen key military supply routes into afghanistan. and to hari sreenivasan for what's on the newshour online. hari? >> sreenivasan: on our health page, personal reactions from three ordinary americans on how the supreme court's health reform ruling might affect their lives. plus we look at fresh public opinion polling since the decision. that's in the morning line. also on our web site, we asked newshour viewers to outline their level of enthusiasm about the upcoming election, and the results might surprise you. that's on our politics page. and why didn't the 2009 stimulus plan lead to greater recovery? paul solmon answers one reader's questions on our making sense page. all that and more is on our web site, newshour.pbs.org. judy? >> and that's the newshour for tonight. on wednesday, we'll look at what happened to the signers of the declaration of independence after that historic m

the u.s. justice department has confirmed that we can leaks remains the target of a criminal investigation becomes us the head of the us senate intelligence committee said the website at it said julian assange should be prosecuted for espionage a son just kind he's staying at the embassy in london the waiting for a decision on his political asylum bit parties a lawyer smith and reports. sanchez always maintained that what he fears the most is being extradited from sweden to america to face these charges of espionage and the evidence is mounting with these renewed calls that we've heard this weekend from the head of the us senate intelligence oversight committee she joins these calls for us to be prosecuted for espionage she says she's senator dianne feinstein and she said that knowingly obtained and disseminated information which could cause injury to the u.s. has caused serious harm to national security and should be prosecuted accordingly she said that he shouldn't be protected by the first

had a motive probably in light of the the correspondence and also it's clear that the u.s. was spying on to go and i think that the distinction between the state department and intelligence gathering operations like the cia is getting more and more subtle

u.s. investors are looking ahead to a busy week. >>> okay. so welcome to the first trading day of the week. we're weighted to the upside one hour in the trading session for europe. after of course big rallies on the last few trading sessions of last week. the ftse 100 down half percent last week but up 2% the last three trading days. up 4.68% in the last three trading days. ftse 100 up. dax up two-thirds. the ibex today up another 1.75%. italy has got an auction out this morning. the auction focusing on -- i was going to show you three. but we got five and ten years very much in auction as well. 5.97% is where the ten year is trading. auction last month, the yield was 6.19%, lower today. the italian five year trading 5.28 at auction last month they hit 5 policy 84. auctioning up to 5.5 billion. yields in spain remain at 6.649%. hundred basis points lower. ten year bunds up to 1.4%. treasuries hit a record low. big week with the fed and employment report and of course the ecb, bank of engla