Taibbi: ‘U.S. politics – reality show sponsored by Wall Street’
RT’s Anastasia Churkina sits down with Matt Taibbi – journalist, author and contributing editor to Rolling Stone magazine.
Duration : 0:12:52
Big test for Berlusconi in local election run-offs
The stakes are high for Silvio Berlusconi as Italians go to the polls in local election run-offs.
The premier took a battering in the first round, in his stronghold of Milan especially, with centre-right mayor Letizia Moratti beaten into second place.
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Duration : 0:1:21
Rep. Hirono Gives 1st Interview Since Declaring for Senate
Congresswoman Mazie Hirono gives her first interview since declaring her intentions to run for Sen. Daniel Akaka’s seat when he retires.
Duration : 0:4:5
Politics over Bhullar’s clemency
Politics seems to be brewing over the death sentence of Punjab militant Devinder Pal Singh Bhullar. After Bhullar’s plea for clemency was rejected last week by President Pratibha Patil, the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) today rushed to his rescue, seeking Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s “intervention on humanitarian grounds” to save him from the gallows.
Duration : 0:1:59
Moeletsi Mbeki’s analysis of the latest municipal election
A multiracial vote is emerging behind South Africa’s Democratic Alliance (DA) opposition party in the important metropolitan areas, says Moeletsi Mbeki, who spoke at the Bureau for Economic Research conference in Johannesburg on May 27.
Duration : 0:4:42
A message from Lady Gaga to the Senate Sept 16 2010
http://www.sldn.org/Gaga
Call your senator at (202) 224-3121
Duration : 0:7:29
US Politics of Fear
Barack Obama and the US Congress joined forces to successfully extend the Patriot Act until 2015, meaning broader domestic surveillance will pioneer through America for another four years. The variety of far-reaching surveillance measures being used to collect information from most law-abiding citizens are being criticized as tools to perpetrate fear for political purposes.
Duration : 0:3:51
Wasserman Schultz: Israel & the 2012 election
Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz visits The Christian Science Monitor’s Monitor Breakfast on May 26, 2011.
Duration : 0:1:49
Senate’s Grassley Says SAC Met With Investigation Staff
May 26 (Bloomberg) — Senator Charles Grassley of Iowa, the top Republican on the Judiciary Committee, talks about his examination of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s oversight of hedge-fund firm SAC Capital Advisors LP’s trading practices.
In a letter this week, Grassley asked SEC Chairman Mary Schapiro to explain how the regulator has handled allegations of suspicious trading at SAC Capital, referring to about 20 examples he received from the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority of possible insider trading involving the firm founded by billionaire Steven A. Cohen. Grassley speaks with Betty Liu and Peter Cook on Bloomberg Television’s “In the Loop.” (Source: Bloomberg)
Duration : 0:6:48
Shields, Brooks on Patriot Act, N.Y. Race Upset, Medicare Politics, Palin Tour
Read the transcript: http://to.pbs.org/kECvpV
Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks discuss the week’s top political news, including the Patriot Act extension clearing Congress being signed by President Obama, the Supreme Court decision to uphold Arizona’s illegal workers law and the Ryan Medicare plan’s impact on a New York House race.
Duration : 0:14:35