Merging like burger king to stop paying taxes. Im ali velshi, and this real money. In this is real money. Youre the most important part of the show. Tell me what is on your mind by eighth ali velshi or facebook. In a bid to reduce tension in the west, Vladimir Putin said a deal to end the fighting is, quote, very close. That after talking on the forth with ukrainian president poroshenko. The ukrainian president took that one step forward and said that putin agreed to a ceasefire on the ground. But they rejected any peace deal that would not give them full autonomy without a federal ukraine. Russia backs the rebels to the hilt, and n. A. T. O. Wont defend ukraine against russian aggression. All of this is focusing n. A. T. O. Like a laser beam on collective defense of its actual members in eastern europe. All these countries in blue. President obama flew to estonia today to drive home that point. But theyre ham strung not to station permanent bases along its borders. The problem is thats exactly what countries like estonia and poland are demanding now as they watch russia walk all over ukraine. How do you square that circle . That will take up the discussion with n. A. T. O. Leaders tomorrow. Now the alliance in collective defense is inclined in article 5 of the n. A. T. O. Treaty. It mandates an attack on one member is considered an attack against all, and all members are required to come to each others defense. So far russia is not signaling aggressive moves on neighbors who have joined n. A. T. O. But the alliance is bracing itself for a new cold war 21 years after the first one ended. And more americans who make up the bulk of n. A. T. O. s might, that means new commitments from poland and estonia. We have more. Drawing a line for the balance text. Reaffirming the u. S. Commitment to defend its n. A. T. O. Allies. Estonia will never stand alone. Nato has struggled to mount an Effective Response against annexation of crimea. The expansionest move expansion ist move brings fear to the areas. Poland and the Baltic States have lobbied n. A. T. O. For permanent basis. Calling it divisive in the alliance. Those opposed argue fixed bases would violate the n. A. T. O. Russia founding act, an agreement that president obama acknowledged wednesday has been placed under strain. The circumstances clearly have changed. N. A. T. O. Troops rotate through eastern europe. The u. S. Is deploy the 600 Ground Troops in october to replace 600 pair tradition troopers participating in joint exercises. The u. S. Will send combat aircraft to poland and will take part in policing missions over the baltics. It is an explicit the guarantee with a new Rapid Reaction force monday. But that did not stop estonias president calling for permanent bases warning that a twotiered n. A. T. O. Sends a wrong signal to potential aggressors. Now, in truth the Baltics States theyre not at high risk of being invaded by russia. Their economies are vulnerable to russian aggression. Its not just if it will come to your aid. Besides being an overt Russian Military ingas station is this hyper warfare. There is a risk that Baltic States face that russia will apply similar nonmilitary tactics in trade embargoes, tying off energy flows, even possibly stirring up ethnic tension among the russian population there is. These are all things that the baltic countries are viewing as a bigger risk to them. That last one is important, stirring up ethnic tensions amongst russian minorities who live in those countries. Like ukraine, those countries, those Baltic States do have in some cases significant russian minorities and people who remember the days when they were part of the soviet federation. I think its very clear there is a big drinks between the Baltic States and ukraine. Theyre members of nato and protected by nato. Anything that russia tries to do in those countries are going to be subject to n. A. T. O. s article 5, that n. A. T. O. Would respond to them. In general this whole idea that Vladimir Putin has, that he can control russianspeaking population outside of russia is something that we should takeoversly, and reall andtake seriously and not put up with. We have a prey world war ii that happened at the time. But we have to believe the argument that ukraine matters more to russia than ukraine matters to anyone else. It is not a member of the e. U. Or n. A. T. O. Its a very different story if russia walks into these other countries that are either e. U. Members or nato members. That is correct. Thats why i think president obama when he visited today made it very clear that u. S. And n. A. T. O. Fanned fully behind the Baltic States and laid out how the u. S. And n. A. T. O. Were going to provide their security following russian aggression in ukraine. Sending more troops even if not on a permanent basis, there are troops there on occasional basis and having the n. A. T. O. Response that would be able to respond more quickly. These are all things taken together that would make alliance stronger. Play this out for me. Member countries are compelled to come to each others defense as if it were an attack on their own soil. We know that 24 of the 28 n. A. T. O. Members dont fund their militaries to a level that n. A. T. O. Recommends. They dont actually have access to fund to do anything, are we betting that Vladimir Putin doesnt have his troops set foot in a n. A. T. O. Country . Are we betting that it just doesnt escalate . I think for a long time a lot of people in europe this problem did not exist, that europe was secured. The Baltic States have been the most vocal warning for the tendencies of seen in russia under Vladimir Putin. They now feel vindicated, and unfortunately, theyve been proven right. Europe is beginning to wake up and i would suspect european will take scur security more seriously going forward. And they would increase their defense spending something that the u. S. Has been complaining about for a very long time. That might be the biggest take away from the n. A. T. O. Meeting in wales. Good to talk to you. Thank you for being with us. My pleasure. Erik, at th. Towns and workers like you have a lot to do, and ill tell you how the. On tech know, what if there was a miracle . Graces stem cells are in this box. That could save the live of your child. Were gonna do whatever we can would yo give it a try . Cell therapy is gonna be the next big advance in medicine tech know, every saturday go where science meets humanity. This is some of the best driving ive every done, even though i cant see. Tech know. Were here in the vortex. August was a hot month for car companies. Pushing sales to an annual rate of 17 million cars. A number not seen since 2006. Heavy incentives are credited with boosting sales. Car makers sold 1. 5 million cars in august, thats a 5 increase from last year. Chrysler wholesales jumped 20 from a year ago. General motors posted a 1 drop and sales were flat. Orders for factory goods shot up more than 10 in the month, and thats the biggest one month gain in 22 years. The command for aircraft provided another boost. Outside of transportation factory orders fell. And they expect Factory Production to provide solid support for Economic Growth in the second half of this year. The United States has moved up in the rankings of competitive economies. The United States ranked number three up two spots from last year. But u. S. Still trails it switzerland and singapore. And as you can see finland and germany round out the top five. The World Economic forum is the notforprofit forum in switzerland that bases the competitive rankings on 12 factors including the strength of the countrys infrastructure, institutions, and they help the u. S. Leapfrog finland and germany on the latest list. The u. S. Is moving higher on that scale but still face as number of challenges. One of them involves something that the World Economic forum calls social sustainability, the access all members of society has to Economic Prosperity in the country in which they live. It is impropering less than other advancing economies because of high levels of economy and youth unemployment. This inequality, its something that the Economic Forum has lashed on to the la few years. How does the u. S. Fit into the rest of the world. On one level we have more people moving out of poverty than ever before. And yet weve got this growing inequality problem. When weve seen growth over recent years a lot of growth has accrued to the wealthiest. What is happening now although its not causing massive social unsustainability in the u. S. Weve seen it in other places and this is something that could end up hed roding at the social fabric and the ability to be productive, the sense that people have of being able to move up. Yes, this economic upward mobility is an important matter. If i dropped to earth from mars and look at economic indicatessers i think everything is fine in the United States. The stock market is up, i dont know how many percent since the lows of 2009. Up 35 in two years. Home prices have gotten higher and higher. Its easier to get a loan. Interest rates are lower. And yet half of society is benefiting from this. Its that, and i think what youre talking about are shortterm measures. If you look at longer term measures thats where the concerns are really. If you look at educational attainment. If you look at the quality of the educational system which is part of the social equality were talking about, these are significant concerns. Also if you look at infrastructure. Its really crumbling in places in the u. S. These are things that are important in terms of investing in the future for all of us. The infrastructure question around the world is so fascinating because rates at which you can borrow money to build the best infrastructure in the world are as low as they have been in a long time. Probably as low as they can be for a long time. Has the rest of the world struggled in these commitments to build infrastructure, and to remain competitive in the long term . It depends on the country. This comes back to the concerns that you touched on in the beginning which relate to the political class. In china they can think longer term that investment is taking place. In places like the u. S. Where its harder to think longer term, i think that is something that is holding us back. And if you look at the developing countries, if you look at places like africa its really a question of return on investment. I think everybody is struggling with it, but for different reasons. Some of the problems that you identify in the report about doing business in the United States. This is just another way of competitiveness. Tax regulations inefficient government, bureaucracy, access to financing and regulations. These two are coming into play. Were talking about these inversions, burger king buying a Canadian Company to become a Canadian Company. Only some of this is about tax rate. Most we here that its the highest tax rates in the world. A lot of companies dont pay it. This is trickier, tax regulations. This is the loopholes and the complexity of dealing with the tax rates in the United States. This is true as well for individuals. There needs to be more clarity. I think the u. S. Has to align itself more with the sorts of rules that you have in other countries. Its not just about rates. Its about the tricks that you come up with and all of those complexities. When you look to attract Foreign Investment youre looking for a level of simila simplicity. Also knowing i will pay income earned within the country. Not everywhere that it is earned. However, despite all that, people still want to come and do business in the u. S. Absolutely. Weve been talking about the problems and im concerned with some of them, but if you go back to the strength of the u. S. And the reason why its third out of 144 countries is because its an innovation powerhouse. Its amazing in r d, and businesses collaborating with universities and coming up with the latest inside and getting them to the market quickly. Thats something that many markets envy us for. And that will drive our success. But you have to worried about longer term issues, part of it is immigration. The quality of people you need. You still have a skills gap between those that are needed by Top Companies and emerging companies and education level that a lot of people in the country have. Dealing with Education System directly, but also allowing for migration in the cases where its valuable. Its a good reason. Sometimes you have to have a look at your economy from the outside to understand what some of the more important fixe fixes are. Thank you for joining us. Thank you. Going well get the view from ground in iraq. Al Jazeera America presents smile and look at the camera. Edge of eighteen i thought grades would get me into college. The tough realities the bullying became too much to take for me. My parents basically hated each other. Facing our kids thats not how life works, apparently. Look what i have for you. You cant have it. Im not giving up my father cant take those dreams away from me. Dreaming big ive got to get into at least one of these top schools. Theres no way i cant. I would like to run for president of the United States. Confronting fears i have a confession to make. I dont wanna have to take out loans. I took the pregnancy test. Making their future, real that dream was crushed, youre done. You werent good enough. 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Now in his role of Prime Minister hes hailed as a Strategic Partner in the United States and a hero at home. His elections sparked a National Celebration and hope for better days. In his bed for Prime MinisterNarendra Modi vowed to roll out the red carpet not the red tape to investors. And cutting red tape is much needed. Everything from building roads to rails to factories has been stalled because of governor regulation making it difficult to buy land is one of the problems. Its estimated the sluggish growth and sidelined projects has cost india 104 billion in investments. You hear stories about India Companies who are choose ing to invest outside of the country or sitting on piles of cash waiting for the government to become more business friendly before investing that. Modi supporters are optimistic. Some economies say expectation s are high. 4054 of voters say yes. Others say the promise was empty. The rest say its too early to tell. Modi needs to hit the reset button, and he has not done that in the first 100 days. Thats a view of met ra, who just came back from india. She joins me now. Good to see you. Welcome back. What do you mean he has not set the reset button on the policy making in india. Hes very project focused. He just unrolled something to have millions of indians to get Bank Accounts, a very successful initiative. What he was voted in for, though, was to hit the reset button on the indian economy, to create 50 million jobs, to get more Foreign Investment in that country and open up sector after sector that has been strangled by red tape. I think there was great expectations, and in some ways that was his campaign promise. Good times are coming. This is what he has got going on. He does, and he has successful projects. The issue is that projects dont create a reset button on policies. They will complain about a political steam strangled unto itself. They have the added issue of financial corruption, but those are the things that happen. Then you pile on to that a legal system which drags initiatives to a halt in many cases. How does this guy do it . The fact is i that did it in his home province. But india is a complicated place. The judiciary system is a strangle hold on the economy. There is a recent initiative that has been a political football where he has sustain Supreme Court appointments and put them under the executive branch. Thats been controversial. On one hand it shows him to be in power and to be in control. But india is a parliamentary no, sir, its not china. Right, its not china. He has been talking the tough talk in some ways like china. Things have to go through parliament and judiciary. Hes wasting no time in letting people know that he does not like china, and china should not be everybodys darling. He was in japan where he called chinas view of the wo