that notion of a scary china has become an accepted truth in american politics. the problem it s based on a fundamental misunderstanding of who owns american debt. based on all this, what percentage of american debt would you say china owns? i ll do my best ron popeil, 60, 70, 80, every last piece of our debt? to the pie chart. the answer is roughly 8%. it s not nothing. china is the foreign country that owns the most of american debt but it s still 8%. in fact china is barely ahead of japan which owns 6.9% of our debt, who used to stand in as the scary asian nation, challenging american supremacy when i was a teenager.
good evening. i m erin burnett. and outfront tonight, the middle east on the verge. countries across the region from iran to libya on high alert reacting to the highest tension there in decades and all eyes are on the united states. what will america do? the big story tonight is a massacre in syria. the death toll mounting tonight as the government cracks down on protesters, demanding president bashar al assad step down. 74 people died today, many in the western city of homs. we re not animals. we re human beings. we re asking for help. asking for your help. if you don t help, they will kill millions. no one will find out about us. right now, the united states has been withdrawing, shutting down its embassy today. a source who has spent a lot of time with al assad says the situation is deteriorating to a blood bath and saying america s military may need to step in. meanwhile, the regime hoping turmoil in other part of the renal will buy it time. that is, of course, in s
good evening. i m erin burnett. and outfront tonight, the middle east on the verge. countries across the region from iran to libya on high alert reacting to the highest tension there in decades and all eyes are on the united states. what will america do? the big story tonight is a massacre in syria. the death toll mounting as the government cracks down on protesters, demanding al assad step down. 74 people died today, many in the western city of homs. we re not animals. we re human beings. we re asking for help. asking for your help. they re going to kill us all. no one will find out about us. right now, the united states has been withdrawing, shutting down its embassy today. a source who has spent a lot of time with al l assad says the situation is deteriorating to a blood bath and saying america s military may need to step in. meanwhile, the regime hoping turmoil in other part of the renal will buy it time. that is in syrian ally and iran. the united states slapped mo
iran to libya on high alert reacting to the highest tension there in decades and all eyes are on the united states. what will america do? the big story tonight is a massacre in syria. the death toll mounting tonight as the government cracks down on protesters, demanding president bashar al assad step down. 74 people died today, many in the western city of homs. we re not animals. we re human beings. we re asking for help. asking for your help. if you don t help, they will kill millions. no one will find out about us. right now, the united states has been withdrawing, shutting down its embassy today. a source who has spent a lot of time with al assad says the situation is deteriorating to a blood bath and saying america s military may need to step in. meanwhile, the regime hoping turmoil in other part of the renal will buy it time. that is, of course, in syrian ally iran. the united states slapped more sanctions on iran today freezing all assets in iranian banks in the uni
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