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

u.s. embassy in yemeni capital of sanaa. these right here these are live pictures of what's going on right now outside the u.s. embassy compound in the city of sanaa. >> barbara, we understand you have been to that particular embassy. what can you tell us? >> those pictures are very familiar zoraida and christine. this embassy is located on a very busy, commercial street in the capital. what i can tell you this is one of the most secure embassies that the united states has. it looks like they are very close to that front gate situation. the yemeni forces control the street the outside perimeter of the embassy. there are checkpoints and anyone on that street who tries to approach the embassy is stopped well before they get there. this is a place that has seen many protests has seen attacks, seen attempted attacks. one of the most secure. but let's be very cautious here. we have seen the unrest at u.s. installations over the last few days. reports are the yemeni forces are trying to control

the u.s. thinks it's killing an al qaeda member and maybe it is. but he's been a killed on the ground and yemenis seen being killed is in fact the tribesman. this is a challenge that the u.s. obama administration not released all and i would argue that the drones in the airstrikes have not actually solve the problem and they've actually exacerbated the problem the great deal. so not to go on too long, but just let me close with this last scenario. after the christmas day attack 2009, president obama asked his staff to imagine what would happen if al qaeda had been successful and i think that's a very good exercise. and if today al qaeda were able to carry out an attack, even a fairly small one not on the scale of september 11th, but on the scale of christmas day 2009, with the u.s. respond? many people, put myself into a large-scale renovation of yemen would be mistaken that the u.s. has been bombing them and for the past three years and it really doesn't seem to have had the impact of the u.s

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. foreign service. but it's been many years since someone of this level has been killed in an attack like this. so i think there's going to be a lot of shockwaves through the state department. after all the u.s. has done for the libyans. using force to get rid of moammar gadhafi, to help libya stand up as it moved towards elections, as it tries to start anew. i think there's going to be a lot of gut checking right now about how the u.s. wants to proceed. not just with libya. but with a lot of countries in the middle east. i mean if you look at the islamic wave that has swept the middle east in terms of these revolutions, the u.s. was very apprehensive, that we are going to support democratic movements. but they also said, secretary clinton has also said that an election does not a democracy make. and so these countries are not going to necessarily hold up to their end of the bargain. there are diplomatic conventions about protecting u.s. facilities. about holding to democratic values. a

i think if the u.s. tomorrow said, we will not be prosecuting wikileaks cordially in assange, delaware indictment, the grand jury is over, etc., etc., i do not think julian assange would have any issue about going to sweden for interrogation on these charges. what this is about is the u.s. want to get their hands on him and put him into an underground cell with no communications, give him life imprisonment. people have already called for his death. he was faced with a terrible situation. considering he is a person who is exposed massive u.s. war crimes in iraq and afghanistan and wikileaks cables. >> extradition proceedings were to commence next week, june 28. the have any idea how long an application for asylum normally takes customer >> i am not sure i and a stand. >> the decision to send him to sweden. >> he would have had to be in sweden by july 7. as people in the u.s. know, if you apply for political asylum, they can take a week or two or three, four, five years. we do not know what that or will do

the u.s. risk ok martin you want to jump in the u.s. debt is the euro the u.s. so there i mean is it all of the. base they yet. to repeat that the u.s. over and as i would suggest the problem it's nothing as by the promise so that's that's why though you're kind of right the chinese are looking to invest in some other things with some form of banking with a hollow this industry so in europe actually they're buying up like dating german companies now all over the place looking at physical industry i think they have for quite enough of so and balance but within the u.s. and europe and again that have to write it off rather than throwing good money after bad so we do you realize we're twenty seconds and then we go right. ahead. i even though you know the story here is going to take a long time chinese investment in physical assets actually was flat last year it was going up for years it was flat last year they couldn't find things to buy you've got to have an alternative to the dollar for the dollar to decline even when u.s. fiscal policy is bad all right gentlemen

but problems remain for japan/u.s. ties. there is a call to relocate the u.s. air station in oak thank you way. the deployment of the u.s. osprey transport aircraft is another sticking point. defense officials have yet to convince local population to accept training flights over their neighborhoods. in okinawa people are calling for stronger controls on u.s. troops after the recent sexual assault of a woman by u.s. servicemen. on the economy japanese officials will be preparing a response should the u.s. press japan into joining free trade talks for the transpacific partnership. there may be friction if the u.s. insists japan drop its tariffs. but overall, obama's win should be good for japan. there's the chance of stronger u.s. ties. with china relations gone sour over the senkaku islands conflict, that's sure to be reassuring. june oikawa, nhk world, tokyo. >>> chinese leaders have welcomed obama's re-election. nhk world reports from beijing. >> reporter: foreign ministry spokesperson said president hu jintao and premier wen jiabao each sent a congratulatory

the u.s. central commander from 85 to 88, the u.s. military command for the middle east. obviously that sort of spurred an interest even though i was a young lieutenant at the time in my interest for far different than large geopolitical issues. but after desert storm i went back to graduate school with an interest having served in desert storm with an interest in the police and if you that he got me quite interested in doing, studying the region so i started with a dissertation and that sort of kept up. i intended to write a book around the time and in fact i just signed a book contract two days before 9/11 happened, which is going to be a far different book than this. and then after my military experiences in iraq and afghanistan and as she started seeing iranian issues in a different light, started expanding the scope of the book and then spent a good 10 years researching and writing this. my wife likes to remind me we haven't had a vacation since 2004 so it's very much every waking moment

the u.s. is also dispatching about 50 u.s. marines, part of a rapid reaction force that could move quickly on any leads. barbara starr is following all these latest movements and joins us now from the pentagon. tell us more, barbara. >> reporter: i do need to jump in and amend one thing there. this is not a marine quick reaction force. this is basically a force of 50 marines only that will go to the u.s. embassy in tripoli, in the capital, and they will be there to provide security for the embassy installation and any americans that may need assistance in being evacuated out of the country. strictly a security force. they will not operate on the ground in libya. only for the embassy. okay. so, that said, what do we have -- u.s. drones continuing to fly in eastern -- over eastern libya. they have done that in the past. they look for intelligence, overhead imagery that they gather, to try and find essentially al qaeda or militant strongholds, camps, evidence of militant activity in eastern libya, east of benghazi, where they thi

the treaty would also allow the u.s. to have a u.s. expert elected to the international body that determines the claims in the arctic and there are going to be a lot of them. securing international recognition for u.s. rights in these wears and defending against the unreasonable claims of other nations is vital to the economic prosperity of our nation. the telecommunications industry needs a treaty to codify the right delay and maintain underwater cables in the oceans of the world. it also needs them to provide stronger protections for cables against damages by other parties. a wide range of domestic indz stress including aerospace, defense and consumer electronics need the treaty to enable access to new sources of mineral resources including rare earth minerals as the senator indicated which lie in massive deposits on or beneath the deep seaboard floor. companies need the legal certainty and the stability provided by the treaty in order to minimize the investment risks and cause to developing these resources in the u.s.'s extended con

u.s. competition, to ideas and transparency. these activists have all raised serious questions about russia's human rights and democracy record. i share these questions. but like the activists, i believe that pntr should not be in question. we owe it to american businesses, ranchers, and farmers working to increase exports to the growing russian market. we owe it to u.s. workers whose jobs depend on those exports and we owe it to the russian activists who are asking for our help in their fight for democracy. so let's embrace this opportunity for our economy and for american jobs. in the spirit of catherine the great, let us move forward with that which we can all agree. let's work together to pass russia pntr. >> senator kyl? >> thank you, mr. chairman. i think that i understand the message this hearing is intended to conve american businesses want access to russian markets, we sho repeal jackson-vannic and grant russia normal trade relations without delay and grant normal relations. it's

tonight protesters stormed the u.s. embassy in yemen as the wave of fury spreads across the muslim world in response to u.s. made film which mocks islam. plus live pictures here stone sent six changes you can see right now between protesters and police in cairo that's another anti u.s. demonstration descends into scenes of violence in germany at least seventy people. and president putin strongly condemns all attacks on u.s. diplomats but says governments must be extremely cautious because people's religious feelings warning of dire consequences otherwise. hello eight pm thursday evening here in moscow you're most welcome if you just joined us this is r.t. and i'm kevin owen and to start this hour news that protesters have attacked the u.s. embassy in the capital of yemen clashing with police have opened fire to disperse the mob two people reportedly killed and several wounded in those clashes it's the latest u.s. diplomatic mission then to come under attack in response to that american film poking fun at islam. from off

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

involvement in the region we know that the u.s. has handed a lot of countries around the world but you know there are currently a ton of bases in latin america and there's still more developing so should the u.s. be interfering with these countries to fight the drug war talk more about this now i'm joined by adrian keene professor at american university thanks so much for coming in so let's take a look really quickly at the violence happening in hundreds right now some say that it's the most dangerous country in the world. and eighty six deaths per one hundred thousand and also the homicide rate has just grown astronomically it's doubled in the last five years so why is this well in particular it's jump since the coup in two thousand and nine which the u.s. supported by basically by funding and approving fraudulent and violent elections carried out by the same military that carried out the coup and and then continuing the farce of recognizing a government that the hundreds themselves didn't recognize and it took several years for o

>> japan and the u.s. agree to relocate the futenma base in another part of okinawa, but the plan has been met with pierce local opposition and it's years behind schedule. the relocation agreement came about because of another case of sexual assault back in 1995. three u.s. servicemen raped a 12-year-old girl. the incident enraged okinawans. as many as 100,000 people gathered to protest against the u.s. military presence. this latest case of sexual assault, along with the deployment of the osprey aircraft could further inflame anti-u.s. military centiment in okinawa. and surther delay the futenma move. people watching to see how authorities from both countries deal with this incident. 1995 rape case brought japan/u.s. ties close to breaking point. if the japanese and the u.s. government fail to act appropriately, they could put the future of the alliance in question. >> nhk world's yoichiro tateiwa. >>> scientists in the u.s. have developed a blood test that predicts whether a child will be born with downs

longtime ethiopian ruler and u.s. counterterrorism ally mellows the now we has died the news of his death has caught our attention because of the international response that it's created un secretary-general ban ki moon said mehlis will be remembered for his exceptional leadership and advocacy on african issues within and outside the continent president obama added that milly's deserves recognition for his contributions to his country's development including his uncle in commitment to ethiopia's por jose manuel but also president of the european commission also offered his condolences praising him as a respected african leader so what's interesting about the statements made by world leaders is a lack of attention to a darker side of the now is legacy a side that includes ethiopia being criticized for years by human rights groups for the government's strict control i want to speak more about this with the answer coalitions that might surprise her hey there mike first of all your reaction to some of these other reaction

if they do if the u.s. secures the embassies are we talking about one or two security officers or hundreds that surround the whole compound? >> you are talking about beefed up security a heightened alert. u.s. marines are train to do this job train to do defend the embassies. there can be beefing up adding personnel. the presence off the libyan coast for example that is there as much as presence as anything else in case a further evacuation of u.s. personnel u.s. individuals might be needed from libya. there can be some degree of american presence in tripoli. we have not -- libya has not been heard of today yet. we are focusing on a few other countries now. >>> thank you so much. >> we continue to follow the situation now. stories making news at this hour. health and human services secretary kathleen sib beebeliu hot water for campaigning for president obama. a speech in north carolina liern gnaw violated the hatch act which pro hib britts public officials from making partisan remarks in a civilian capacity

she says the u.s. military in okinawa had pledged to enforce discipline among servicemen after a similar occurrence in the prefectural capital naha in august. she said the group will send a petition to prime minister yoshihiko noda and u.s. president barack obama. she said the petition demands strict punishment for the two servicemen and limitations on what u.s. soldiers can do when they're off military bases. >>> this case is coming at a time when tensions over the u.s. military presence in okinawa has hit another high. nhk world's yoichiro joins us. fill us in a little on the background to this alleged sexual assault. >> it followed the deployment of the deployment of the military aircraft osprey to the station. folks opposed to the decision to deploy osprey in okinawa. they worry about the aircraft flying over residential areas because it has poor safety records. the japanese and the u.s. government fear the incident could further stir up okinawans anger over u.s. bases. the governor nakaima says th

u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton is in beijing for why doing strategic talks with china is it coming at an extremely delicate time in relations between the two nations beijing wants an apology from washington after accusing it of meddling in its internal affairs the u.s. embassy harbored a chinese dissident activist china's also irritated over u.s. military buildup in the asia pacific region well for more on this we're joined now by dr chen from the east asian institute at the national university of singapore thank you for joining us here in artane our hillary clinton arrives in china for talks on corp in reality what are the u.s. strategic goals in the region. i've been there u.s. strategic goal actually is still thought that contain china rice and tried to keep the balance of power in that region on the way and economically u.s. is doable in were engaged china they want to. make and the treaty ties with china but on the upper hand on the security and the strategic perspective actu

now as the u.s. prepares to leave afghanistan with thousands dead billions of dollars spent was a decade of bloodshed and war all for nothing former u.s. marine an r.t. blogger jake deliberate joins us now for more welcome jake so violence in afghanistan at its worst now since the u.s. went into the country over ten years ago now afghanis are bracing themselves for the taliban to return back to power this seems to be a far cry from a victory for the u.s. was the war than a waste of time in your opinion. it's good to see you and. good job kudo's r.t. for picking up the story a lot of the mainstream media is not covering this that this news revelations i think i think we have to take the war in two parts first the united states response to nine eleven i think was reasonable was done just that i think that us performed relatively well that afghan support at the very beginning but when we chose to go into iraq the u.s. got totally got sidetracked we missed the boat and capturing bin laden we totally tota

repeated u.s. statements that washington has no affiliation with the offensive internet movie that sparked this crisis aren't being listened to here. just religious passion and the blindness of a mob. and egypt's new president isn't doing much to calm things. president mohamed morsi from the muslim brotherhood says he supports protests against religious insults but also denounced attacks on foreign embassies. also unleashing deep hatred and zealotry that's now focused on u.s. properties overseas. >> joining us now live from cairo is nbc's chief foreign correspondent richard engel. richard, thanks for being here again. i appreciate you staying up into the middle of the night. i know you spoke with those protesters outside the embassy today. why do they believe the u.s. government is responsible for this anti-muslim internet video? >> reporter: because they think the united states is secretly paying for not only this movie but lots of activities like this. they think it is part of a hidden agenda, a

two u.s. diplomatic compounds overseas. first libya where militants staged a protest outside the u.s. consulate in ben za lee leading to clashes with security forces and the death of a security department officer. >>> the other powder keg is in cairo where several men managed to scale the walls of the u.s. embassy. take a look at this. they tore down all the american flags. ian lee is live from cairo this morning. i want to start with what has caused all this outrage. >> reporter: well, zoraida, it focuses around a film. and the film is very amateurish. it's a mishmash of clips. it is really incoherent, i have watched the clip, but it has a lot of things the muslims would find offensive about their prophet. so this is what sparked the clashes that we saw last night when thousands of people gathered outside the u.s. embassy where a handful of protesters actually breached the embassy compound, te down the american flag like you just saw and ripped it apart. and these protesters are also calling

the u.s. consulate in benghazi and opened fire. the violence in protest to that amateur online film produced in the u.s. that offended millions and millions of muslims. first, we want to bring in elise labott. she has known ambassador stevens for ten years. she works at the state department for us. elise this is a tragedy for the entire diplomatic community this morning. >> yes, yes. john, this is a terrible day for the state department. everyone is going to be in mourning today. it's not just the fact that chris stevens was such a popular figure of the state department. really, one of the cream of the crop of the u.s. foreign service. but it's been many years since someone of this level has been killed in an attack like this. so i think there's going to be a lot of shockwaves through the state department. after all the u.s. has done for the libyans. using force to get rid of moammar gadhafi, to help libya stand up as it moved towards elections, as it tries to start anew. i think there's going

u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton is in beijing for wide ranging strategic talks with china her visit coming at an extremely delicate time in relations between the two countries but the aging wants an apology from washington for accusing it of meddling in its internal affairs of the u.s. embassy however the chinese dissident activist china is also irritated by u.s. military buildup in the asia pacific region. drawn by france's learn managing director at in soon holdings restaurant in hong kong thanks for joining us here on r.t. there are many areas of disagreement between the two you want them to be foreign affairs or u.s. military strategy in the region what hope does that give us for any meaningful dialogue. well. china number one and number two you column is in the world their economies are so intertwined one cannot live. china's most amount of course to the u.s. and u.s. pride that the biggest market in china to just last week. play so i think for hillary clinton. and the rest i

julian assange says the u.s. must stop prosecuting whistle blowers they mean to shed light on the crimes of the powerful. hundreds of supporters turned out to hear his statement as did hundreds of police officers who were getting floated in their desire to arrest him more coming up in just a moment. and other news of the verdict for punk band pussy riot and you putin's done to and russia's main cathedral is two years behind bars crowds rallied both in support and against the women. but brains prominent human rights activists nabila red jab is a jail for three years while the equal rights movement gains momentum in the gulf states. and the un observers mandate for syria runs out late on sunday with a new peace envoy confirmed all as reports suggest you can teligent is helping rebels attack the regime. you're watching r t live from moscow first joining us on she has called for the u.s. to stop its witch hunt against whistleblowers and also thing to ecuador for granting him political asylum he made his long awaited

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

the u.s. became a net exporter of refined products in recent months, yet consumers are still paying higher prices at the pump. that's why i hope we can use today's discussion to understand broad energy trends in the u.s. and around the world. my view is we need to understand not only how to make the u.s. less vulnerable to all disruptions but understand what events and ambassadors actually affect world oil prices. we have a panel of four expert witnesses today who can help us understand the interrelated markets for oil and for all of our energy sources. we'll start today's discussion with dr. howard gruspecht, the acting administrator of department of energy's energy administration and he will share the highlights of eia's latest short and long-term energy market fok forecast. this committee is a effie consumer of eia product. we always appreciate having eia share its data and knowledge with us. president obama has nominated adam somins sk ky to become the next administrator of the eia. in the

or the u.s. department of justice back in two thousand and ten and chapman was one of ten legit russian spies that the u.s. has been working he working in the states to try to gather intelligence and send it back to moscow that that whole story was it was humongous but it ended with those ten alleged spies being extradited to russia it was as actually a spy swap then the u.s. got three people back from russia those three people that were that the moscow was allegedly holding worse were sent back to the states it was it was a spy swap one of the biggest ones that that occurred in more than twenty years so more this story is not the first that we're hearing about these russian firings i know you the rest. very much cross this story out of their sails are you going this more later of shulman to pull my life in new york for now though thanks very much ok let's go to who stood next to a told to a man who's had access to the case files his name is douglas mcnabb he's a lawyer and a senior principal but

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

now in the u.s. thousands brace for rallies against the corporations i had of the occupy wall street movements first anniversary activists are hoping to regain some of the rallying support for demonstrations passing on the york's financial district the protests now ball last year with dozens of cities across the us right in corporate america for its role in the country's failing economy police were accused of using having handed tactics to break up several events arresting sal's incident making camps from public parks however activists column op and believes the anti-capitalist movement can be reborn in more ways than one. i would say without a doubt if one looks at the world right now one looks at what's happening in the middle east in spain and greece everywhere there's a confrontation going on against the one percent so the idea that somehow the u.s. is exceptional and it's just a small passing phase i mean the u.s. is part of the world capitalist economy in the world characteristic of using the s

but hold on it's u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton has told chinese president hu jintao that relations between their countries are stronger than ever her assurance appears and attempts to patch of the mounting serious differences during her visit as an extremely delicate time between the two beijing accuses the u.s. of meddling in its internal affairs after the american embassy briefed the shelter the chinese dissident activist and it's also annoyed by washington's military buildup in the asia pacific in a tense effort to contain china's growing regional clout and dr kahn had enough from the foreign policy in focus thanks tom i believe the u.s. china corporation is forced on both countries it's very bipolar kind of relationship because in many ways not china is our number one trade partner. and they hold trillions of dollars in u.s. bonds we are all kind of locked into international markets so on one level the cooperation is kind of sourced on us by the fact that we're so into a linked at the same ti

in the end, the u.s., the size of the u.s. and the capabilities of the u.s. are just so qualitatively different than both quantitatively and qualitatively different than theirs. but i wonder if you, you know, have the impression a that they would expect to participate or, you know, be a full partner if both, you know, in a deterrent or containment strategy and in a strategy that might require more forward action. >> guest: well, they obviously have the most online since it's their backyard of any conflict with iran. you raise a good point because one of the enduring constants, if you will, of u.s. foreign policy -- and i think it comes through in this different phases -- is the desire to partner with the gulf cooperation council states. the first incident i ever found of us trying to work with them and trying to forge sort of a cohesive bond was in 1982. the defense the president pushed it very hard. the late '80s we start working on an integrated air defense system, kuwait buys hawk missiles as well as other ones, and it's all primarily aimed at iran at the

the national committee on u.s.-china relations and the u.s.-china business council have been promoting friendship and cooperation with china long before china-u.s. diplomatic relations were established. the normalization and development of china-u.s. relations would not have been possible without your tremendous contribution. i salute you for your efforts. and i wish to send warm greetings and express heart felt appreciation to all the friendly organizations and american friends from various professions who have valued and supported the growth of u.s.-china relations over the years. [ applause ] i am paying an official visit to the united states at the invitation of vice president biden, and i have come to further implement the important agreement reached between president hu jintao and president obama and advance the building of a cooperative partnership between china and the united states based on mutual respect and mutual benefit. during the visit i had a meeting with president obama and held talks with vice president biden. i also had sepa

u.s. mourns the death of it was a massacre to libya christopher stevens, demonstrators in yemen stormed the u.s. embassy there, protesting an american-made film than a credit me profit mohammed. we will go to yemen and egypt where protests have entered a third day. then to one of the world's leading islamic scholars, tariq ramadan on "islam and the arab awakening." >> if you look at the situation in tunisia and egypt, corruption, poverty, unemployment -- many people who were visiting egypt are dealing with the media saying, there is something not going right. the situation is very bad. we knew something could happen. >> as new census figures show 46,000 americans -- millions of americans are in poverty, we will speak with tavis smiley and cornel west. >> inequality, the top 1% got 93% of income in 2010. income. wealth. that is morally obscene. it is an ethical abomination. >> all of that and more coming up. this is "democracy now!," democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodm

the u.s. embassies found themselves under attack by outraged mobs and in some cases forces fired on mobs with deadly consequences and all of it caused a dramatic shift in the presidential campaign as foreign policy suddenly took center stage. ben wedeman is back in cairo. it seems that this weekend there seems to be a cooling of heads to a certain degree in egypt. is that what you're seeing, ben? >> certainly among the leaders of the muslim brotherhood and in the administration of the egyptian president, there is an attempt to calm down the situation rhetorically. and certainly we've seen in messages conveyed by leaders of the muslim brotherhood and the egyptian president, they're trying to send a message of reassurance to washington. but at the same time they're kind of walking a tight rope between washington and the street here in egypt, where there is anger, where we have seen these protests really going on around the clock. and therefore there's a difference between what we're hearing in e

in the u.s. intention to prosecute the world's most famous whistleblower for spying it comes ahead of. with the wiki leaks currently seeking refuge at the ecuadorian embassy in london. coming up america's unmanned deadly war drones cross-talk examines whether they're effective or even legal it's just moments away. please. liz. can you. please. hello and welcome to cross talk i'm peter all about america's love affair with drones the use of unmanned drone attacks has surged during the obama presidency proponents of this weapon claim they are precise say for american military personnel and with limited collateral damage critics disagree drones are immoral illegal and generate unnecessary blowback. live can. start. to cross talk america's growing affection towards drones i'm joined by bill roggio in philadelphia he's a commentator on military affairs and managing editor of the long war journal in geneva we have gene myrow she is a president of the international association of democratic lawyers and i

the french of the u.s. made a huge difference -- the friendship of the u.s. made a huge difference. >> farc is the name of the insurgent guerrilla group. how does that stand now, and what are the hopes for the country that although it does insist on some areas, it is not -- exist in some areas, it is not as much of a huge headache, it to be putting it mildly, to the government and the people? >> i think we all want to get to the point where we don't have any more farc any more organized crime. the change has been significant. farc was 24,000 members 10 years ago. now it is close to 7000. but they are still there. we continue our effort. it is an open door. if they decides to come back into society, colombia is willing to have them surrender and find a peaceful solution, an endgame in which they comeback. if not, we will get there through other means. >> let's take a little break right now and say that we are talking with ambassador gabriel silva, the ambassador from the republic of colombia. sit tight. back on the other side. "this is america." captioned by t

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

the u.s. government has exempted japan and ten other countries from its financial sanctions against iran. the u.s. says these nations have significantly reduced their imports of iranian crude oil. u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton announced the didition in a statement tuesday. the statement says japan and ten european countries, including france and germany, will be exempted from the measure. the u.s. enacted a law last year that effectively bars financial institutions from its domestic market if they do business with the iranian central bank. the move is aimed at blocking countries from importing crude oil from iran. japan imports nearly 10% of its oil from iran. it has been urging the u.s. to exempt japanese firms from the sanctions. a senior u.s. official says japan reduced its crude oil purchases from iran by 15% to 22% in the latter half of 2011, despite the accident at the fukushima daiichi nuclear plant. the official adds that japan understands the purpose of the u.s. law. japanes