and these rallies stay focused on what they say is the same demands they had back when they came out a year ago to push for the fall of hosni mubarak he said they want this regime to come out throughout the day and now we're seeing more celebrations like i said in the night people kind of strolling around the numbers are dying but throughout the day we heard a lot of frustration a lot of passion a lot of anger i have to say i've been here several times throughout the year and this is the most intense kind of a protest that we've seen and if we just look at the numbers certainly these are the biggest protests that we've seen since the fall of hosni mubarak and what we're hearing is organization saying that this is it this is another suit in the key now is what happens because every other sit in that has happened since the fall of hosni mubarak has been violently dispersed by the military and by the police and people here are saying that they will stay this time until the army lets go of power critics say that the army has purposefully created chaos in the country which might scare people into not coming out to protest against them unemployment is

tremendous now you have people who are still being tried in military trials a low cost me said the military rulers lifting that emergency law they have released several people that were detained and were meant to have military trials but these things are still happening a lot of people say in terms of the process we're seeing a lot more severe clamp down and what's happening is protests have become such a natural thing really it's not really intervention here in egypt anymore it's something you see all the time although like i said today the biggest numbers that we've seen so it's a lot of similar kind of complaints that we're hearing about the army some of the things that we're hearing which we didn't hear under hosni mubarak is the fact that the country one needs a president that yes they now have a parliament with a parliament essentially has no power that parliament has to write a constitution but these protesters don't want that constitution to be written under military rule like i said people on top three are now saying they will stay until the military steps down. he exposed some of the world's darkest secrets soon

you'll get the chance to find that even more when the world's most famous whistleblower launches a talk show here on r.t. julian assange has exclusive series will premiere here in march and the world's media is already abuzz about who the wiki leaks founder is set to interview our london correspondent laura smith as the details. basically we knew that as and wanted to wanted to write and host his own interview show and we made it happen the show is going to be broadcast on our t.v. it's going to focus of course on us ologies favorite topic control fifty two thousand and eleven was a solid as his name became one of the most famous in the world and indeed it became a byword for for explosives control to see when he releases the biggest ever set of us the documents by his website wiki leaks he's going to be interviewing a series of what he called iconoclasts visionaries and power insiders and he's

going to talk about how to shape the vision of a brighter and better tomorrow that as i say is going to be progress on r.t. and we are hoping that it will be as explosive as the release of those documents was via wiki leaks we can't see any reason why it wouldn't be hundreds of articles from all around the world local newspapers international newspapers everybody seems to be talking about this cause to twitter there is a light switch with rumors about the show and speculation about who might be interviewed by julian ourselves and of course he is a massive name but that's not the only reason why this show will be fascinating it's going to be filmed where a song has been subject to strict bail conditions things like signing in to the police station every day being essentially under house arrest under the spell conditions for the last four hundred fourteen days even though no charges have been filed the first episode is also going to be shot a week before his supremes court hearing to fight against his actual decision to

sweden for questioning on alleged sexual assault charges so as i say no use of rumors about what's going to go on he says going to be a new type of television of course he's no stranger to being on the other side of the interview as table i've interviewed him myself but if you want to find out exactly what's going on you're going to have to stay here on r t my lips are sealed so for all the details and the guests we can't reveal at the moment that the secret but we will be having exclusive trailers and previews here on our t.s.a. watch this space. so we will laura smith there reporting on what tell you the guests are either of them have to stay with us ok in the times or just after six minutes past midnight back to our top story now the gathering tonight thousands out of tahrir square in cairo let's talk about that with filmmaker phillip rivers joins us from cairo himself philip very good to see you thanks for being on the program a year on from the original revolution many say that very little has changed gyptian must be pretty skeptical i guess about how much has been achieved what's your thoughts about that. absolutely as far as the system goes

the political and economic system in the country almost nothing has changed we've had ousted from power after massive protests but he was basically a scapegoat while the system has remained very much in place what is important to realize is and that's very much you can see today is that people really have changed over the course of the part of this past year that egyptians are willing to take risks to go to the streets to demonstrate to call for change and this is this is often very costly over the course of the last year people have been shot at have been injured we've had many many killed throughout the year by security forces and the military egyptians are willing to put their bodies at risk in order to try and achieve the change that they have they started calling for europe will. be talking

to us we're looking we've just lost them again we were looking at live pictures tahrir square there well we'll bring about now we go the full frame we've been looking at least pictures all night thousands again gathered there no trouble people out to make their mark i guess one reason to say you know a glass is half full not half empty the lifting of the emergency rule would put in place for almost thirty years but there's reason to be cheerful yes. i want to. i don't see it as being that big of a shift i mean we lived under military rule for thirty years and that gave the government the authority to do just about what they wanted today we live under military rule so to me it's just a formal matter and that they may lift emergency law while we live under the rule of a military dreamt up since the military took over general twenty eighth over fifteen thousand civilians that we know of have faced military courts and have had have

received trials of anywhere between six months to fifteen years and a formal matter like like lifting emergency law means absolutely nothing when we have a newly elected parliament that is still under the thumb of military. joint isn't it and will but. military juncture as you put it give up completely at the end of the day. i have a hard time believing that i mean they've they've tasted power they have massive economic interests in the country again this everything that's happened in egypt really needs to be looked at from an economic perspective in that there is a there's a group of cronies of one bloc and his. his government that were in power they've been moved out of power and there's a new group of cronies that are in place and and central to that group of power hungry rulers today are the military generals and they will not just let go and

hand over power like that without having guarantees that their interests will be secured all right philip those who thought their independent. filmmaker talked to us there from cairo appreciate it and we're inviting you to watch invents unfold in egypt tahrir square our cameras still trained on the live events they are the latest live pictures we've got coming through now we're streaming in as well online at r.t. dot com our web site you catch up with them as that goes on throughout the course of the evening and night. millions of new jobs manufacturing back on track the war in iraq over a bin laden go on barack obama said it is store for reelection and using the annual state of the union address to do it in office got the story. very positive speech as you mentioned set against a very dire backdrop where a record forty six million americans are now receiving food assistance some thirteen million are out of work and millions more have abandoned on the job force

all together but of course the president is as you mentioned launching his reelection campaign and touted a resurgence of american manufacturing talked about the sort of the issue of fairness where every citizen will get their fair chance to live the life to pay their fair share including the wealthiest sort of attached to the financial industry talking about how wall street will no longer be allowed to write its own rules announcing some new initiatives in that sense and really in some ways mirroring some of the rhetoric coming out of the occupy wall street movement although whether or not this tough talk is going to translate into realistic policies remains to be seen of course this congress is very deadlocked and there's not a lot of initiative for the lawmakers here to pass his agenda. the one you dispense with. and we need. security to threaten our citizens our friends and our interests well it's quite interesting this is coming from

a president who campaigned on ending america's wars abroad who spoke at length about the u.s. declining influence abroad and completely changed his rhetoric in that regard the toughest language was reserved for iran followed by syria and china on iran the president reiterated his determination to keep iran from going nuclear talking about how the iranians are isolated how there's a consensus with the u.s. in targeting iran that's not quite the case moreover he reiterated that no option is off the table he also was a bit more nuanced in regards to syria but he did say that changes the president assad will see change in the air and on china he did announce a new task force that will be dealing with the sort of protection economic issues that will target china the biggest. laudatory remarks or force reserve or ending the war in afghanistan or drawing it down in iraq he mentioned that no u.s. soldiers are currently fighting on the ground there did not get into the fact that some fifteen thousand federal bureaucrats state department visors and contractors

are there and of course did not go at all into the undeclared u.s. wars abroad in somalia and yemen in pockets don and of course the drone strikes that have been such a devastating part of the u.s. foreign policy when it comes to the way it's been received abroad willis is going to. need to national action said to new york good to see you what is happy days all round them for the average american is that according to president obama. well the speech that was given made a lot of references to the united states is just one country we're all together we're all pulling together and we're all sharing the sacrifice but in reality there are people all across the united states laid off unemployed food stamps are being cut homes are being foreclosed and the only sacrifice the rich are even being possibly threatened with is the possibility that they might have their taxes go up

well i don't see this country is as one nation of all of us pulling together i see this is a country with two classes in it there's one class a small ruling elite that owns the banks the factories the oil wells and then there's the rest of us who have to sell our labor to the small ruling elite and i think any any push for a national unity is going to be sadly one sided let's try to look at the positive c.e.o.'s who said that the wall street wouldn't be allowed to play by its own rules or you will guess that means they'll complain protest is a finally been heard in the white again what you think. well i think that history was made when people took to the streets in huge numbers and began demanding things like jobs education etc and i think history was made and i think the halls of power kind of cowered in fear what i would like to see is frankly i think a national jobs program i don't think hating china is going to create jobs i don't think you know forming a commission to further kind of maybe have slight regulations is going to solve the

problems a national jobs program like roosevelt did during the works progress administration in the one nine hundred thirty s. when you put millions of people to work instead of continuing to give money to the bankers that they put gave people jobs doing useful work all throughout this country that would be a great a great victory and you know again i don't think change comes from you know one politician or other i think change comes from people being in the streets in huge numbers and making demands on the ruling elites and i think occupy wall street is a fine example of that i know you specialize in iran and you got to. talk about it is pressure building with the oil in. the u.s. defense department israel nonetheless admitted that they don't think is building nuclear weapons at the moment at least but still putting all the pressure was. well it it's really tragic the speech made a lot of references to tyranny and a love of democracy but this is coming at the same time the u.s. continues to fund saudi arabia which is committing crimes against the people and

continues to get u.s. funds at the same time the u.s. is funding the egyptian military which is which is repressing the movement that brought down mubarak you know the u.s. supports supports all kinds of tyrants all over the world that support its agenda and economically you know benefit the ruling elite of the united states the oil companies and then the speech spoke of libya as if what happened in libya was a great victory but for the libyan people it was a disaster the libyan people prior to this conflict had the highest life expectancy on the african continent the oil wealth was used to provide education and health care for the people of libya and now libya has been had its infrastructure destroyed by nato bombs and and the people there are in misery a country was destroyed i don't i don't view that as a great advance and the situation with iran again you know sanctions are not going to help the iranian people i mean people starve to death and sanctions that was what happened to iraq prior to the invasion that that should not be considered

a victory i guess is another way to shoot yourself in the foot as well because the international monetary fund the warned of the sanctions on an oil embargo in iran would raise the old prices but. so what is europe in the us want to keep pushing was going to at the end of the big coastal move the puck is. well like i said you know the united states is run by a small ruling elite and this ruling elite wants to reprocess from the people of the world and continue to live at the expense of the rest of humanity those of us who have to sell our labor to survive the working class and at this point iran is a country that has not followed the orders of the ruling elites in washington d.c. and so iran has been put on their enemies list and they are seeking to isolate iran and threaten iran with war because of the crime the crime that iran is using its oil for iranians and not for washington d.c. and not for the wall street oil companies very good to have you on the program speaking to us from the international action center in new york where. the world's business top brass descends on switzerland in the not to save the financial

system to stem the crisis and of course to suit a few lucrative deals as well the leader of europe's germany kicked off the world economic forum who once again pledged support for a united europe and the eurozone which did say it needed a major rethink lister's across the latest devil's. angela merkel talking about the eurozone crisis trying to convince this room of some of the most financial elite that she's got it under control that pretty much sums it up she took a real defensive you know let me tell you she said i realize that we're labeled as the headache for the global economy but you know i think there are more headaches to really this was to you could also see it is kind of merkel versus the bond market she was really trying to reassure markets saying if you want to attack us just know that we are promising to solve this crisis of course this is a time where we've seen euro zone bond auctions be a daily news item sell enough has italy seen those unsustainable yields of seven

percent haven't they seen him spike is greece going to get a deal with its leaders in order to avert this disaster of a disorderly default so these are this is all the subtext where this speech is coming from and then she gets up there to say you know fiscal solidarity integration is the solution we're promising that even if we don't promise more bailout money or more central bank action which so many of the investment community seem to be pushing for we're trying to substitute that with this fiscal pact and a fiscal union to solve this crisis she also urged patience saying this is going to take a while but i think you know as you can see with everybody so concerned over the eurozone debt crisis patience maybe for some as well occupy davos is here of course in a year where we've seen occupy protests all over the world it's fitting that there would be one at the world economic forum davos style of course there and igloos but we've seen them have some actions protests they have them planned all week and that is their concern not being part of the conversation it's interesting because at the

end of merkel's remarks she said you know the importance of davos too is to hear the input from the financial leaders and from the people that are there for politicians who then go back and make policy so i think that kind of plays to the concerns that people have about all those which is that these are the world's elite that are networking and talking about these. issues these problems trying to claim that they're going to be able to solve them without the voices in the employ of the rest of the world that aren't the global elite so those are the concerns of occupy davos i went down and i spoke to the men and their many of the same concerns that we hear in the news about the debt crisis all the time they're very well informed they're concerned about debt they're concerned about the current currency system that we're living in and these are all of the issues that they haven't they don't think that it's fair that they should be decided or discussed solving them without the input of some of the people that they impact. lauren list of their talk

a bit earlier now the russians heading to the polls in march to elect a president we talked to one of the candidates in the race he's an international toy code an owner of the new jersey nets basketball team. reveals his plans for russia in an interview to us next. thank. you.

mr prothero hello and thank you for the time. do you really think you can be the next president. i always aim high and whenever i launch a project i'm always in it to win it taking part in this presidential election is definitely the most important decision i've ever taken and i'm ready for a fight if you aim high and other things you definitely should aim high in politics . you know people often ask you if you're a crime and project but i'd like to ask you about something else you're very much you're smart you have the reputation of a maverick and you have a strong team how did you end up in a situation where no one believes that you are not a project. i think almost anyone who joins the presidential race is automatically labeled as a kremlin project i will always want to know what it is i was a successful and wealthy person even before i don't throw away. and government

contracts with the whatever it's what if problem with people outside russia on the other hand don't really care if you're a crumb and project that say you make it to the runoff where you run against putin what would people outside russia know about you first they know your take then they know about the scandal in france where you were practically accused of being a pimp and also the fact that you own the new jersey nets why should the west take you seriously because of appalls the point isn't whether it should or shouldn't it's up to me in my teen to explain to people that my goal is to change russia to have a specific program for integrating our country into the international community and making it war old leader the whole world is changing all nations are having a hard time unless we change our country and develop it our relations with other countries will only become worse in the future i mean your last thought on this. let's talk about the us now with the three years of reset in relations russia and the u.s. have fallen out on quite

a number of issues iran libya the spy scandal not to mention missile defense how would you build a relationship with america. the first thing i do i would abandon the whole idea of the west versus russia i think it's about time we'll learn to differentiate our relations with europe are one thing and our relations with the u.s. are a different matter russia and america have many things in common the nuclear shield the fact that both our countries are large and multicultural we face similar challenges say immigration issues even if the reasons are different both countries have vast territory the only problem with america is that despite all that we don't really have economic ties with the us russia's share in u.s. trade is less than that of thailand below one percent if we build a purely political relationship it proves to be unstable and often emotional the world is changing and the olds. system of checks and balances he's not enough now i

would suggest replacing nato with a pan european security system less and less can russia join the european union or us should i think we should actually make it our strategic goal of course we'll need to consider how to organize this common market but strategically i agree with gen to goal who said decades ago that we need a united europe from lisbon to vladivostok i wish to regard russia as a superpower. national odd believe our country has an important mission but by virtue of our history we should set high goals and achieve them of course we haven't been doing that lately so mean you our people have lost the vision in our past we colonized the vast territories like say bierria russia's a special nation but like sixteen challenges there is a downside of course what i mean is that individual people are considered in

significant in are sacrificed for the sake of a great goal but that was before me of course the us at war do you mean before you before you become president of the because yes before i become president we need to change that completely people should be at the heart of every grand arms the taking of people should be the top priority people often ask you whether you are going to get married or not i only ask about this because of political i really done now as in the president we take a look at russia's history russia has never had a single president or a single leader you say you are waiting for the love of a lifetime but your love of a lifetime may come tomorrow or in ten years and you want to be president today are you ready to get married if this helps you become president of book or form with no of course not if you put it like that i genuinely believe in love and i really hope it comes to me sooner or later i work a lot and perhaps i don't give enough time to other things including dating my guests my work takes up too much of my time it suited them. or bad luck i'm lucky

in many other things but i'm not lucky in love but i should be lucky sooner or later. you have been extremely lucky your whole life and you always emphasize the importance of good luck have you ever considered why you're so lucky actually i think that to be lucky you have to work a lot of that with i often observed various politicians and the way they talk to the media especially during the campaign or they often try to win you over with passion or emotion but you're a very reserved person at least that's how you appear to the media also when you talk you say all the right words but it all sounds like math is this if you're reciting the multiplication table do you ever get sentimental which are working everyone gets sentimental once in a while what can move you to tears let it be my own little secret with book that's what you tell everybody what was the last time you cried that it was back in my school days when i was bullied by three boys who were older than me they connoted me and there was nothing i could do the whole class saw it but i caught them all

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market. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike stronger no holds barred look at the global financial headlines kaiser reports. live from moscow this is a. these are all top stories tens of thousands of egyptians of tahrir square to mark a year since the uprising that toppled. president mubarak you will lose the latest picture for us tonight. also president obama kicks off his campaign just in the white house using the sort of the state address to pledge saving the economy he stressed his successes and promised millions of new jobs but critics say it's not

quite like reality. blowers to get others to spill the beans on television. show right here on this channel see the wiki leaks founder exposed some of the world's darkest secrets and his new series will premiere here. next as our programs continue we bring the story of one farmer who stood up against a massive multinational corporation to defend his rights and his property. in japan i met with a lot of scientists consumers and processors and in part of us and this document here is a condensed version of the all the scientific studies the japanese have done using month sounders data is over for.