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Five years. Good morning everybody. Welcome to Al Jazeera America. Im David Shuster in new york. Former russian oil tycoon Mikhail Khordorkovsky in prison for 10 years is free and speaking out. In his first media interview since his release the highprofile critic said he is not planning to go into politics. His comments were made to reporters in berlin, where he is reuniting with his family. Putin pardoned Mikhail Khordorkovsky in a pr mood taking a lot of people by surprise. More from berlin. This is the moment days ago they must have thought was impossible. A family finally reunited. A day a...

President obama and the first family will soon be on their way to hawaii for their annual christmas vacation. But first a total of 11 reporters got to ask president obama questions, and a few of the questions came with attitu attitude. Americans seem to have lost trust in you, your credibility has taken a hit. Are you youre not addressing the fact the public statements that your statements to the bubblpublic. When you look back and you look at the decisions you have made, what you did, what you doesnt do, were you personally, what do you think has been your biggest mistake . With respect to he...

More normal approach to monetary policy. The nomination is set to begin at 10 00 a. M. Eastern time. In the meantime, outgoing chairman ben bernanke says the central bank will remain alert to preventing inflation from declining too far from its goal of 2 , falling too far below that. Were going to talk about the future of the central bank with greg ipp and ir neil irwin in the next hour. He says he expects to taper in the next couple of months. Beyond yellen and the fed, a few other economic event toes watch today. We have weekly jobless claims at 8 30 eastern time. At the same time, the septe...

Are permitted to speak for up to ten minutes eesm the senator from rhode island. Mr. Reed mr. President , i ask that dr. Jeff fine and lawrence that dr. Jeff fine and lawrence mr. President thank you very much first and ask unanimous consent that fellows of my office of the we granted historical support and im pleased that senator heller has joined me, so this is a bipartisan bill also. And its something that we have to deal with today. It is a huge crisis. Aces i said, 1. 3 million americans have lost their benefits as of december 28, but we can expect through this next year approximately 3 m...

His former hits at boss and at the Vice President. The president absolutely wants tough questions asked on matters of National Security he advisors to be blunt and candid. Blunt . This this candid . This soon . Eanwhile, on capitol hill Lawmakers Debate the best way to close the income gap. Cant agree to extend benefits for the longterm unemployed. Unemployed are not lazy, not lacking in motivation. They are cope being with the after aftermath of the worst economic crisis in generations. It is only when you believe government is the answer to all problems. 50 years after the launch of the war ...