emphasizes how much we benefit of scotland staying in the united kingdom and that's something i feel passionate about. >> we're grateful, prime minister. and i think we got through most of the things we wanted to get through. i think you would have gathered that we are very anxious about the national security strategy, age stimulus that the next one will be better. one point we have made repeatedly is how much we would like to see it drawn outside experts and other views. without any disrespect to the people we have. and a couple of times it's been suggested that the government might consult this committee and we very much hope that it will and we will do our best to be cooperative and helpful. >> thank you. in the end, the government has got to own this document. so it's got to reflect our collective view. but the more input and also identifying gaps and weaknesses that your committee does frankly the better. >> very kind of you. thank you very much indeed. order, order. the meeting is now adjourned. >> well, the house is out. they finished their work yesterday. but the senate is in

. >> the existing banking union between scotland and the rest of the united kingdom has proved durable and efficient. these arrangements help ensure that scotland can maintain a banking system whose collective balance sheet is larger than the gdp. >> so, let's get more on the bank of england. with the chief economist at markets.com. bill, are we sure that rates will remain low for a little longer? that threshold for an employment will be hit quickly. >> i am fully committed. after we got the unemployment numbers on the 22nd of january, we saw a massive drop, getting close to that seven percent. two things. first, i think we had 167,000 new jobs, of which 74,000 were estate agents. could that be a temporary job? and what we got those numbers, the futures market was implying that we would see the first rate hike in the fourth quarter of this year. as we have seen from mr. carney twice, saying that they will stay lower for longer. one of the things, if we look at the economic recovery -- we are not seeing a massive increase in " productivity." davidt week and davos, cameron and carney wer

. >> a lot of it ends up in the united kingdom. a lot is used for the european market. a lot is used in the russian market. st. petersburg itself has a heroin problem. >> the u.s. described him as a key member of a huge russian asian syndicate with drugs in the countries of central asia that travel all the way to europe. yet that's the very person the russians admit they used to help them get the votes for winter olympics in sochi. >>. >> translator: if we're talking about these links between the criminals and the kremlin, you don't have to go far. >> reporter: this russian investigative reporter showed us photos with rahimov with the mafia boss of sochi before he was killed last yeern was told he would not help russia unless there was something in it for him and his close-knit criminal network, which is known in russia as the thieves in law. >> translator: there was obviously some sort of agreement between the kremlin and the thiefs in law. and he showed us this photo of rahimov a at a russian olympic children events. his ties to heroin trafficking apparently not a pro

. >> the existing banking union between scotland and the rest of the united kingdom has proved durable. these arrangements help make sure that scotland can mccain a banking system. maintain a banking system. ♪ >> hello. welcome to "countdown." i am mark barton. >> i am anna edwards. for facebook, experimentation is the key to staying relevant. not to discuss why facebook be a dinosaur anytime soon is our guest. great to see you on the program. profiledhis highly winston study of which they said facebook would die out. you think those concerns are overdone? >> yeah. they were using search traffic. 52% of its revenues coming from mobile. people don't search using a mobile for facebook. that doesn't happen with the mobile app. >> it has got 1.23 alien active users. -- billion active users. a.at is december date >> it is slowing down. thank you markets like the u.s. and u.k., they're trying to edge toward saturation. half of the internet connected population -- what about the teenage spectrum? it has been some concern. >> facebook has been very reticent. third-quarter reports was a sligh

this is where we believe we can make a distinctive contribution as the united kingdom. >> reporter: according to the government around 300,000 asylum seekers are already in the u.k. but the decision not to take part in a resettlement scheme has been questioned by some m.p.s here. some have been slow in offering shelter. so far just over 18,000 places plus an open ended number to the u.s. has been secured by the u.n. they include germany, which has agreed to take around 11,000 syrians. france around 500. britain a few hundred, and spain, 130. thousands of other syrians are already in europe often having made perilous journeys to escape the conflict. the situation has reached far beyond crisis points. >> i have met many families as well who were traum traumatized. children are pulling out knives on their parents because they're mimicking what they've seen in syria. they're afraid of loud noises. there is trauma help needed as well. >> reporter: almost three years after the first protest began any end to the suffering seems a long way off. al jazeera. >> scott lapped's government has been told i

kingdom was not cheaper than the gas which was available in the rest of the european union i don't have any problems about fracking per se what i do have problems about is the hype that surrounds fracking the view that this is going to be a major force any time soon it just isn't it's going to be much slower and it is going to have much less effect on the economy than people think of elites and spectators from around the world a big understanding on the russian city of sochi ahead of the winter olympics what is paul scott spoke to the head of the organizing committee about the final touches being applied before the grand opening. well the countdown officially began in two thousand and seven when sochi was first awarded the winter olympics since then a lot of hard work has been completed a lot of roubles have been spent to ensure that this place and the surrounding area is ready to welcome the sporting world come february the seventh and this clock is just a little reminder that what was once a distant prospect is now slowly encroaching upon us and the final mine or ten days or so promis

kingdom was not cheap when the gas which was available in the rest of the european union i don't have any problems about fracking per se what i do have problems of art is the hype that surrounds fracking the view that this is going to be a major force any time soon it just isn't it's going to be much slower and it is going to have much less effect on the economy than people think. way more stories on life we at the moment including deadly statistics another search shows that at least one of the great american diaries every hour due to injuries from firearms and to a website for the full story on that plus. mine for the milk head to r.t. dot com to find out the threat to humans posed by the feed approved for farm animals. for. the state of the union address today today's a chance for the u.s. president to take stock and set the agenda but it comes at a time when americans are increasingly negative about how they view their own country when asked one word to describe the u.s. many citizens chose divided or troubled and some think the situation is getting worse or just a slightly smaller

kingdom was not cheaper than the gas which was available in the rest of the european union i don't have any problems about fracking per se what i do have problems about is the hype that surrounds fracking move view that this is going to be a major force any time soon it just isn't it's going to be much slower and it is going to have much less effect on the economy than people think and there are more stories online for the moment including deadly statistics alarming research shows that at least one under-age american dies every due to injuries from firearms at the website support the full story at r.t. dot com plus. the mil find out the kind of threat to humans posed by the meat approved for farm animals exist. for. athletes and spectators from around the world to begin descending on the russian city of sochi ahead of the winter olympics ati's paul scott spoke to the organizing committee about the final touches being applied before the grand opening. well the countdown officially began in two thousand and seven when she was first awarded the winter olympics since then a lot of work has

kingdom was not cheap then the gas which was available in the rest of the european union i don't have any problems about fracking per se what i do have problems about is the hype that surrounds fracking the view that this is going to be a major force any time soon it just isn't it's going to be much slower and it is going to have much less effect on the economy than people think. all stories for online right now including deadly statistics alarming research shows that at least one under aged american dies every hour due to injuries from firearms it's called for the full story. plus mind the milk head to the website to find out the threat to humans posed by the feet are approved for farm animals. athletes and spectators from around the world have begun descending on the russian city of sochi ahead of the winter olympics and all these poor scott spoke to the organizing committee about the final touches being applied before the grand opening. of the final stages of preparations the busiest stages yes we will learn and learn and then we will train in training now it's a final check of eve

of course it's also the police's responsibility in the united kingdom clearly and other european countries and he united statesicially pst t isat peaceful protests of cration invites us into quiet but nonetheless when i'm the kind of disorder that tak place that we've been seeing happening quite gripping on cap and elsewhere in ukraine as a place with the expected here in the oxycontin to spawn. much more costly. i can excel to swell of legislation the oxycontin to fathom what you can send in your car for a fix on putting on to condemn media has made quite a bit of what it's called cook onion in oil is being introduced into the current excel coal stocks found that people call when mosques on demonstrations and so on. but of course is helping mentioned that this has also been going on to condemn. for some timewell in awe looking at the situation in ukraine and how the police is dealing with ian around singer aaliyah see the police and using violence rather sparingly so far so in your opinion why isn't there an all out crackdown happening in that of the capital kiev and elsewhere in the coun

kingdom to respond very much more robustly. while the authorities an opposition leaders in kiev try to reach a political solution impatient protests as elsewhere are taking matters into their own hands writers have been breaking into government buildings and city halls across the west of the country and opposition leaders seem to be increasingly losing influence over what's happening on the streets in eastern ukraine the situation has been relatively calm so far but locals do fear that back could soon changes. now reports. was road where afraid but we hope that these people will be stopped people internet scholar watching closely the demonstrations in kiev they fear the violence will spread from west to east ukraine and inspire upheaval and copycat protests here alexandra green is taking seriously remarks by the openly racist opposition party that there is no place for jews in ukraine. greenstein assuming you are ukrainian nationalists ukrainian patriots who can become the heroes that will today defend the land were standing yo

kingdom to further what you've just said in your graphic for example the united kingdom media has made quite a bit of what it's called noise being introduced into ukraine for example. people called where mosques on demonstrations and so on but of course it's not to mention that this has also been the law and united kingdom for some time well you know looking at the situation in ukraine and how the police is dealing with the young around there we have seen a police have been using violence rather spiraling so far so in your opinion why isn't there an all out crackdown happening in the capital kiev and elsewhere in the country. i think it's true to say that sudden from the footage we've seen here in the west that much of the protest movement is peaceful clearly also it's politically organized in a way that often doesn't take place in the west that's to say you have opposition leaders actually taking part in these protests started there might be a feeling that this is perhaps more than just a small section of society irrespective of how democratic and democratic the protesters actually ar

i don't know if you saw the editorial that the saudi ambassador to the united kingdom wrote saying that the u.s. has basically let syria slide. this is an issue that's happening in our own backyard and involves actors outside of syria. it involves iran and lebanese hezbollah, things that directly counter our interest. we are going to go all in on this. saudis are backing some groups that are not friendly to our u.s. interests. >> how do we make sure the islamists don't take over and what do you think that the united states should do? should continue providing aid to new moderate opposition groups that have developed. it's very important that we go about this very systematically stand training new groups. start training them command and control capabilities. c 2. we start giving them nonlethal supplies to see how they can disseminate those to their fighters. we follow that up by lethal aid. we counter weight the supplies the islamists are receiving from the gulf countries. counter the influence. eventually we start countering regime forces in those areas as well. >> if we don't do any of

the referendum on whether scotland should break away from united kingdom will take place in september. >>> 19 workers have fallen ill from carbon monoxide poisoning in the tunnel linking britain to france under the english channel. they did rail line maintenance overnight when the welder became sick. they were september to -- sent to hospital for treatment. >>> the huge security operation is under way in the volatile russian republic of dagestan where the sochi olympic torch will soonly arrive in the capital. they're threatening to attack the games next month. the 123-day relay covers 56,000 kilometers in russia and a trip into space before it arrives in the host city. >>> dedicated traffic lanes are marked in sochi. only people with permits can drive in the lane. they urge sochi residents to make good use of public transport to ease congestion during the winter games. >>> that's all the news from europe. now back to jane in doha. >>> at least 211 people -- 21 people have been killed after a boat sank off india's coast. the boat was carrying mainly tourists. >>> india and japan have p

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is fair to say that this is distinct or different from a situation where we had the olympics in the united kingdom or canada where we obviously have extremely close ties in close cooperation between our intelligence services, but we do have as a general issue on counterterrorism and , and wear with russia will continue to press for as get cooperation as we can as well as offer as much help as the russians may want to request in providing security for the x in sochi. instructingmericans folks not to even come because they want to focus on the competition and not their family safety. i would simply say that we have no doubt that the russian government very much takes seriously the need to make the olympic games safe and secure for participants and spectators. we have no doubt it is in their absolute interest to take all necessary precautions to ensure the safety and security of the olympic games, and we are working with them and other nations in taking the precautions that we can take, mindful of the fact that russia, as host nation, has the lead in security. i think the department of defens

kingdom but you could believe that even i was a bit surprised but now we've got a prospect where there is actually a possibility that you could could top the national elections that's got everybody think david cameron's already promised referendum if the conservatives when if i were somebody who would vote yes get out of the e.u. why wouldn't i just vote for the conservatives because david cameron has promised a referendum before in fact he gave a cost. that if he became prime minister to be a referendum it isn't treating people to do it so he's broken his promise once so yes and people don't trust him but i believe them they don't think is going to win the next general election anyway what he's trying to do in effect is to kick this into the long grass four years down the road we've got to bring together the rise of the left of politics together on the rebound of independence freedom and democracy on the other hand some of the pro e.u. calves' say that this surge in support for parties in the upcoming elections is exaggerated and that it will not prevent the quote unquote moderate maj

if you could get in the door, standing next to him was prime minister blair of the united kingdom. i talked to tony blair about british history. mr. dimon and i'm a late conversation about changes in. davos this year. he did not bring up his compensation package. >> that would be uncouth. >> the champagne was very good. >> actions speak louder than words. those are our front page stories. our guest is contributing editor david plouffe. let's go back to the jamie dimon story. despite being at a party and paying for champagne, he has kept a fairly low profile. no headlines generated from his appearance. trust is a big topic. mike mentioned $20 million in fines and settlements that he paid. what does he need to do to regain trust? he obviously has investor trust. >> they are they put this behind them. that is the key thing. have they paid all of the fines? are they out of the trouble? >> they always have more fines. >> more problems coming, more investigations. i will be tough. if they have put this behind them, then there's a strategy. they have to reboot and move beyond. that is wha

kingdom but you could believe it even i was a bit surprised at how we got a prospect where there is actually a possibility that you could. elections that's got everybody thinking on the other hand some of the pro say that the surge in support for parties in the upcoming elections is exaggerated and that it will not prevent be quote unquote moderate majority for moving ahead with the new integration however one issue the does need to be addressed is that of voter turnout only forty three percent voted in two thousand and nine the last elections which is the lowest turnout since election started in one nine hundred seventy nine potentially opening it up to questions of democratic legitimacy reporting from london. global for you know with north. korea apparently reaching out to its southern neighbor in an act of reconciliation jonghyun has sent an open letter to the south calling for an end to hostile military acts a gesture dismissed by seoul as quote deceptive propaganda the move comes weeks ahead of south korea's annual joint military drills with the u.s. last year north korea threa

kingdom into atrocities that were committed in iraq and possible violations of international human rights and humanitarian law committed in iraq the danish government has announced that they're going to investigate their forces actions in iraq we do have some maybe tentative reforms of the way the fisa court operates in the united states based on the n.s.a. surveillance scandal that snowden has revealed we have brazil and germany have put forward and gotten indeed a general assembly resolution on the issue of data protection or surveillance of surveillance and we also have the e.u. pushing very very strongly to strengthen their rules on data protection and on surveillance so i don't think that you could say at all that this hasn't had enough that i think it has had some good effects already and i would hope that that would continue we have to take a short break now but when we come back people in the west are proud of their democracy is but is their ability to make decisions about the future of their countries really so much greater than in non democracies that's coming up in a few moment

i mean, why don't we ask politicians why is it not seven like in the united kingdom. there's nothing spanish, there's no cultural factors, it's a matter of addressing the problems. >> the u.n. lakhdar brahimi is trying to convince talks on friday. there's tension. bashar al-assad, a senior member of the opposition says his group is under no illusion and accused the syrian government of rejecting everythingful >> friday's meeting is where we acknowledge the bad intentions of the bashar al-assad. we are here to relevant bashar al-assad and his family. they have ignored everything so far. we are expecting hard negotiations. this will not be over and lead to communication until the international community exerts pressure. >> the international airport in aleppo reportedly reopened after being shut for a year. state media says a passenger aircraft landed in aleppo. airports were closed after fighting between the syrian army and opposition forces. >> security men have been killed by masked gunmen in cairo. the attack was carried out by two men on motorbikes. no one said they

kingdom is to keep the queen's peace and in doing so to police with the consent of communities but with politicians not with government but we have to keep public consent it's really really cool we want to stand out of our policing in the u.k. i'm not sure whether it's the same in ukraine but i'd some point these police officers will be doing if you like what they're paid to do but i'm sure they see this part of a duty and that's probably their city they probably come from it probably don't like seeing it in a state that it's in but of course they will be ancient and pressures which are way or that the place is not. very very briefly played very briefly here are the police in control of the situation or could we see the military coming to help them oh oh i don't know i think they're in control the last thing you want an immediate need is i mean the military i mean you need to keep that in. someone for a former officer from one of the metropolitan police thank you very much and they really interesting to talk to you on this thanks for your time thank you. well it's internationally stayin

. >> mellody, i live in the united kingdom so i have one of these chip cards here. you can see what they look like. i've blacked out the number so no one can steal my identity here. tell me, what is the lag? why is the u.s. taking so long to get on board here? >> the big issue is cost. this is not about us all getting new credit cards where we traditionally have the card that has the magnetic strip on the back. we know that because a lot of times it doesn't work, that has all of our information in it. and all the information on the front of the card. we know that. the chip and p.i.n. the thing that's grade about it the information is embedded in the chip. for the transaction to go through, you have to put in a p.i.n. code, just like we're used to with an atm. it's a belt and suspenders approach. the issue is the point of sale. that hardware has to all be changed in the u.s. because we have such a massive network, the estimated cost is about $8 billion. that's why this has been so slow to happen. >> what would have to happen for them to have the incentive to change?

states and the united kingdom. i think it's still at a brittle stage. we could see some things taking us off track but i feel as everybody else does that there are some green shoots and one can feel these economies beginning to grow. also very importantly i think we've seen some slowing of growth rates in some of the higher emerging growth countries which again seem to be now recovering a little bit, not dramatically but they are recovering. and i think the huge dangling debit of the instability in the financial system certainly seems to be working its way up. of course that's terribly important for confidence. >> the key phrase you mentioned something that takes us off track. you're a risk assessor. what takes us off track or potentially could take us off track? >> well i think, to be honest, i think political instability in some countries could take us off track where the right prudential policies are not being pursued. i think could take us off track. i think if you take, for example, the uk, where we are making

it's the equivalent of the entire kingdom, moving to the united states. that's how many we are talking about. this is not only about the war, or the politics, we are talking about here, it is the stories of the people who have had to three their homes and are now living as we saw illegally, and basically paying to live like squatters. >> one quick question for you, the gentlemen at the end of your piece, the dad there, no one will help. did you get a sense that there is any optimism about these talks this week? >> absolutely not. there's a lot of people who hope that one day maybe there will be some peace, but the people on the ground, the refugees and the fighters i have been talking with, all of them dismissed this conference. most of the p osix didn't even want them to attend, from the u. point of view, they feel like they have succeeded. other end kind of actual peace on the ground. this is a war that is still ravaging yesterday. it's a war where there are barrelle bos being released. the violence, is catastrophic right now, and there's no sign of tha

states the united kingdom and france but also angered the syrian opposition and saudi arabia which has been largely seen as a backer of the syrian insurgency they've threatened to boycott their protests a patient in the talks effectively undermining the whole deal the syrian national coalition hours after bonking was announcement issued an ultimatum saying we don't invite iran or have iran stick to certain agreements and we saw bond ki-moon reversing course essentially now the russian foreign minister said that the behavior by the syrian opposition group here raises questions about the group's willingness to really stick to commit to a peaceful solution take a listen. revoking the invitation is a mistake of course but not a disaster we believe that all sides that have influence on the conflict should be present the syrian national coalition is trying to impose its own interpretation of the existing geneva communiqué that's where the old sweet to me is rooted this is a situation the united nations and several other countries including russia for instance have long argued that iran is a

states the united kingdom and france it also angered the syrian opposition and saudi arabia which has been largely seen as a backer of the syrian insurgency they've threatened to boycott their protests the patient in the talks effectively undermining the whole deal there was the threat of that to be a serious of geneva two conference could collapse as a result of this what we basically saw afterwards was the syrian national coalition hours after bonking wins announcement issued an ultimatum saying don't invite iran or have iran stick to certain agreements and today we saw. reversing course essentially now the russian foreign minister said that the behavior by the syrian opposition group here raises questions about the group's willingness to really stick to commit to a peaceful solution take a listen. to that put a good anyone judging the necessity of all influential players taking part in geneva two is not seeking an end to the syrian crisis these are just the syrian government who poses no preconditions and is even willing to sit with countries who directly arm the rebels it's not ju

kingdom the world association of newspapers and news publishers is so worried about the reaction of authorities there to the snowden leaks that it's now taking the government to tosk more from london with. the world association of nice paper and nice publishes isn't an organization everyone has heard of but if you live under a government that violates press freedoms it's likely they will have visited to investigate and document now they've sent out another delegation but not to a war torn failed state so dictatorship it's come to the u.k. to look into international concerns that the government reaction to the guardian publishing edward snowden's revelations on the n.s.a. was way over the top and very worrying for press freedoms the paper says it's face to sit on the threats of legal action and you are the chief executive of the organization. and you were already concerned about the state of press freedom in the u.k. before the snowden affair up. studying the religious and. we've always as an organization taking care of patients all over the world always concerned about the situation

yes i was a paper of register for they they are and they tell you not only in the united kingdom people are very much that they quite accept the c.c.t.v. and the police to a good job with the c.c.t.v. and they are happy to identify criminals as not so much a fear of surveillance at all take in the united kingdom as possible on mainland europe. over the past decade the u.k. has been constantly seeking new ways to combat the perceived threat of terrorism. at this military base two hours outside of london the newest techniques are getting put through that paces. mark lawrence is one of the new breed of experts offering instruction in the east of unmanned aerial vehicles or drones. you know official government sources who publicly talk about the effectiveness of this new technique only mark lawrence who speak with us. so one planning to do now is hopefully track patrick than either on his way there or is way back if i don't see him in a few odds i will fly to the horse track and see if we can pick him back. the one takes place across three miles. ok so we've got patrick we've located in he'

for example, the national nuclear security was a -- by contrast, the entire united kingdom suffered 44 million cyber attacks in the entire year of 2011. some of these are efforts to spy on america, enter into communications systems, telecome systems, steal secrets. others are trying to disrupt normal life or kill civilians. last year the head of the fbi testified that cyber attacks from foreign sources has surpassed terrorism as the single -- this debate about american policy cannot take place in a vacuum, there are countries out there and groups of militants and terrorists and they are actively using kpaefr signer tools they have to tap into phone systems, e-mails, bank records, power plant operations systems, nuclear facilities and more. president obama has taken on a worthy test, to see if american intelligence has got on out of control. as it deals with these threats and challenges, his speech suggests that no, the nsa is not a rogue outfit. but two facts need to be kept in mind, first that the united states has unique capabilities in this area and second that after 9/11, the ameri

., united kingdom, france, russia and china, plus germany, the so-called p5+1, in negotiations with these six countries, that they would basically freeze their nuclear program. they do not have an overt nuclear weapon program. it's not like the manhattan project. it's not like the north korean project. iranians have been fooling around with nuclear technology since the time of the shah. we believe that in the past according to u.s. intelligence estimates they did do dedicated work on nuclear weapons, that they did some work on warhead design, on fabrication of uranium into the middle which is now suing application. it is only used in warhead. this is a repressive regime that is guilty of numerous, vicious acts over its tenure. but u.s. intelligence concludes that that dedicate weapons program ended about 2003 and has not been restarted. but what iran does have is a program that allows it to acquire the technology to building the material that could go into a nuclear weapon, should it decide to build one later on. it's an open program. they tried to hide the facilities be out of. i have a

united kingdom, france, china, germany, five plus one, in negotiations, and the nuclear program. and it is not like the manhattan project, not like the north korean project to build a nuclear weapon. they have been fooling around since the time of the shot and. we believe in the past according to u.s. intelligence estimates they did do dedicated work on nuclear-weapons, warhead design, fabrication of uranium into a metal which has no civilian applications, uranium metal will use in warheads and this is a repressive regime guilty of numerous vicious acts over its tenure. the u.s. intelligence concludes with the dedicated weapons program ended in 2003 and has not been restarted but what iran has is a program that allows it to require the technology to build the material that could go into a nuclear weapon should decide to build one later on. is an open program. they tried to hide the facilities periodically and had a long history of trying to hide facilities and we have a long history of finding them and so they have several sites in iran? important to understand what have you can'

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kingdom. the white paper backing band on seeking independence with priests scotland's international trade final. you would see the new opportunities to explore st also said that scotland has contributed more tax cut head of population that is the case suggesting that it's going to use any wealthy enough to parents in a lovely seems to vary the campaign staff seemed they might be getting the run up to that historic rates when the eighteen percent and then i suspect that's the case foreign secretary william hague is in spirit for few more trips up to spot and it still cost of what's nice is intensifying. no campaign in the run up to that takes his case he said ebert east all stars in business finance lease costs few breaks. no they are stealing independence on the eighteenth of september playboy killed trying to pen this goes company golden monk and psych and told me of scotland can go to low whatever the west needs to scare tactics. skull and that is a wealthy nation would just not a wealthy so

kingdom say part of the focus of today's analysis is britain's extensive diplomatic network and how much scotland benefits from it said the document even goes as far as reminding scots about some of the relatively modern day in pleasures that they enjoy as british citizens such as consular services when they travel abroad which they might be taking for granted at the moment and of course william hague was keen to remind scots that should they vote for independence there their membership within the european union would have to be renegotiated nor would they be able to use the pound and of course you also spoke about the u.k. protecting scottish business interests for example the world famous scotch whiskey and the salmon industry protecting it from excessive taxation and so forth but today scotland analysis comes off the scottish government produced its white paper back in november which propagated why scotland should vote yes to independence it was somewhat of a road map by the scottish government despite everything that william hague said today about scotland being better off withi

first of all of scotland quits walks and it leaves behind all that he gets is part of the united kingdom. not just to build membership of the eu the un security council the commonwealth the g eight the g twenty. but in very concrete terms. we've got this very large international network of embassies and high commissions around the world most of its business including things like scotch whisky scottish agriculture produce and eat and so on after five am today. as if i'm going to talk about events that will one day and that is that they enjoy worst affected areas such as coincidence that this is when they travel abroad the meaning of my friends just had to get a campaign is me stepping on the plate that the union. i'm sort of dream of owning the spots with needs to stay tonight keeping them from anderson and thursdays at prominent business to get this all stars but in the three scottish independence this great roommate for both height and according to nielsen poll just twenty six found that australian batangas concept and aesthetic or more of what some scientists said he hoped the nominati

kingdom the white paper back in november argued that independence would boost scotland international profile it would deliver new opportunities for exports and it also said that scotland has contributed more tax per head of population than the u.k. suggesting that scotland is certainly wealthy enough to go it alone but what we're seeing is two very big campaigns getting very much bigger in the run up to that historic vote on the eighteenth of september and i suspect that you case foreign secretary william hague is going to be making a few more trips up to scotland it's all part of westminster's intensified no campaign in the run up to the vote is going to see celebrities sports stars and business figures with scots to vote no to independence on the eighteenth of september. well let's hear how the yes scotland movement plans to counter the westminster romance and when she will go to scotland where gordon macintyre comes in glasgow thankfully pro independent scottish business network an economics think tank business for scotland joins us now live hi sir thanks for being on our to inter

united kingdom and canada and australia. and the interesting thing edward nowden. the dog that didn't bark. we didn't break the agreements. but you extend them farther away. it is problematic. and if angleca merkel is unwise to say sensitive things, you can bet the chinese and russians are picking it up. we should be able to know what is on the minds of germany and other foreign leaders before we read about it in the newspapers and don't know about it. they are important for our security. >> christian, listen to what the president defined as what he is going to change about this program. >> i believe we need a new approach. i am therefore ordering a transition that will end the section 215 bulk metadata program as it currently exists and establish a mechanism that preserves the capabilities we need without the government holding the bulk metadata. >> what is the significance of that? >> you know, he passed the buck off to congress and the justice department. passing it to the justice department which never got around to indicting julianne a safrj, mastermind of wik