in a way that makes them feel like all their rights are threatened are you proud of your country and want to stay in school our. thought are you probably do you really don't think you have thought we was america and we read thank you very much for the thousand francs pensions thank you thousand their target audience is conservative white gun owning men and they feel pinched and they feel sort of displaced in our society i've been fired up since the last election i got enough change already and again only more if you have the losing the country to others they feel like the minority they feel like you know immigrants and lesbians people of color are taking over the country and these conservative whites are now the numerical minority so they're going to act offers a message that not only are going to being taken away but so are your core beliefs your identity your values your status your power is that correct my interpretation

of what you said is that the right to insurrection against the federal drug is a god given right that you're protecting you sure that is correct. our founders did they have this political propaganda that essentially the federal government is depriving americans of their free and that they are resistance there shouldn't be any federal gun control or the federal government has no authority should be no further jails there should not be a you know lifting i just out this is a movement that has potential radical if not revolutionary. intentions self-defense is a benefit of being able to shoot the government. that's why we have a second amendment that's what we did with it we shot the government when the government broke the contract with the american colonies we shot up and we pushed them out issue i call this the in sarette. of the second. and it's very dangerous

it is an idea that is a threat to the very foundations of our democracy it's a foul it's a threat to the rule of law itself it's an invitation to vigilanteism it's an invitation to take up arms literally against public officials if you don't like what they're doing. if you have any doubt about how dangerous that is reflecting back on the oklahoma city bombing. it is a devastation and on certainty in a small city that has never before been touched by terrorism timothy mcveigh nine it was an individual who absorbed this. ideology and he acted it out he concluded that the time for revolution had come. to the federal building. and he knew that one of the agencies in that building was the bureau of alcohol

tobacco and fire which was the government agency that he thought would be the one to come for the guns in ohio citizen soldiers trained for carbon compound while snipers in michigan practice with high powered weapons. this insurrectionist idea which is also what motivates these militia groups formed back in the ninety's and reforming again a report out today he claims fifty new militia training and sprung up in less than two years as one law enforcement source dangerous mix is brewing at all but smith. founders were very clear about this it wasn't for honey that we have the second amendment they fear they feared big government and that is why the people should be armed it doesn't mean that we're agitating for the use of these arms but it always holds government in check we can't continue expanding the domestic anti-woman system so the time. time will come hopefully we will never have to use the weapons

for self defense but we should be prepared but the most important thing that we do is to understand the importance of defending liberty so that we can preserve the greatness of this country i thank you very much thank. me. the rest of the world has figured out that they can do something about gun violence other countries have taken steps to license guns to register guns require training and i'm not saying all those are things that should be done here to sara lee but there are things that we can do. since we don't think bad guys should have guns we should do background checks and find out if those who are buying guns are bad guys or not we

do that for some sales we don't do it for all of them we should do it for all of them it's just that simple guns should or should stop selling guns to get like. a strong sales are one of the most common ways they can to get into the hands of criminals why within congress give foresman the resources to do undercover inspections if thirty percent of the trafficking cases are connected to gun shows why would you close the gun show loophole. the way it works here is that congress is so afraid of everything else the n.r.a. can do to them that they won't make the simple gesture to make all of us safer so you've got to try to find the middle ground into the gun show loophole is the thing that the public really begin. to think is bill. has any chance i mean the air as opposed to this status strain

that they created the supreme court here on capitol hill that killed d.c. voting rights i mean it's worse to be going up but get this out is that it was really bad today. then sure at a. background check. no background check right. after. the fact is congressman i wouldn't be sitting here in front of you today if it weren't for the events that happened i do want to sixteenth two thousand and seven immersion in tech i wouldn't be sitting here in front of you today if it wasn't for the ten minutes of hell that i survived on that day and i wouldn't be sitting here in front of you today if our federal gun laws had been stronger the existing brady act as it is written is too weak to protect future americans from up from another some reach zero or other predator birch cers i can think of no reasonable responsible logical reason why that should be the fact is congressman i

wouldn't be sitting here in front of you today if i didn't believe with every part of me that might like that officials will do what is responsible and reasonable to protect their citizens. thank you very much for your time mr goddard i'd just like to say that your testimony is compelling is a testimony i've heard here on the hill and i would hope that all members of congress could hear that could make a big difference clearly with this particular issue so i want to thank our all i would assist today foremost concluded. thank there's still another college campus shooting this time in northern illinois university in dekalb in them am at northern illinois is that it's shooting at public schools and colleges in just one week what's it going to take when columbine happened people thought of columbine start enough nothing's enough well columbine wasn't enough a couple of years ago there was a whole string of shootings on campus virginia tech certainly most horrifically and

people said if this isn't enough nothing's enough old virginia tech wasn't enough not even in virginia let alone a federal law so i frankly don't know what's. old

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don't come. diplomatic deadlock russia says no. syria that's moscow's proposed u.n. resolution calling on president assad to step down. the wanted man wiki leaks founder julian assange do what britain supremes called shortly to appeal against his extradition to sweden. and israeli ad campaign in the u.s. backed by insulting many jewish families all across america.

wired news twenty four seven this is r.t. live from moscow with me wrong. the u.n. security council has agreed it wants to avoid military intervention in syria but differences remain over the way ahead the u.s. as well as its european and arab allies one president assad out of power for its part russia says the u.n. shouldn't be used as a platform for an excessive interference in syrian affairs. now has the latest from new york. the united states france britain could talk are. all those countries supporting this draft resolution said that there would be no military intervention imposed in syria if the draft resolution was adopted but the most important thing to note is that those spearheading the push for this draft resolution are also calling for a ceasefire in in syria and also calling for

a national dialogue between the government and opposition groups these steps these calls are calls that have been made by russia for the last few months russia has indicated on tuesday that it will veto a draft resolution on syria in which the tax calls for imposes any regime change and leaves a rhetorical door open for military intervention similar to what the world saw transpire in libya this unity council cannot prescribe a radio disappears for the outcome of domestic political purposes it's not in the charter we don't want the security council to call him to fall into the habit because once you start as difficult to stop then you will start telling what needs to do you know what prime minister needs to step down this is read in the business of the security council moscow has proposed its own draft resolution on syria which

calls for both parties participating in the violence to come to the negotiating negotiating table and take part in a dialogue this is an invitation that russia recently made to representatives of the syrian government and opposition groups earlier this week to try to get them to come to moscow and participate in talks with russia has taken a positive position the draft resolution most cooper poos demands an immediate end to the violence another positive point. is the call for the government and the opposition to sit down for talks that we all want a political solution to the crisis in syria why in the coming days the security council will be working to try to come to a consensus on the text of a resolution on syria but if the tax remains as it's been presented calling for president bashar al assad to step down and leaving the door open for military intervention this is something that russia firmly will be opposed to

a. reporter right that the west has made a habit of using the u.n. to legalize it's aimed at version change in other countries this according to peace activist jacob horn that's the whole idea of these resolutions that there are how tightly they are constructed they will always be construed to do whatever the u.s. government the british government want to do but one thing's for certain this is a problem for the syrian people to resolve not for the u.s. government the british government the united nations this is a problem for the syrian people so obviously that the main thrust of u.s. foreign policy is regime change we've seen that time and time again it begins with sanctions it goes into embargoes blockade but ultimately the quest is to remove a recalcitrant dictatorship install a u.s. regime even if it happens to be a dictatorship so this is another classic example of where the u.s.

is but in india other people's affairs when it really has no business doing so. and coming your way in just over an hour's time here on a c it's going to be paid liberal and it's guests on cross talk this time they're debating the hurdles in the way of breaking the deadlock over the ongoing syrian crisis. to hold negotiations between all of the different parties and as we know the syrian national council you know one of the main opposition blocs has essentially rejected that offer possibly with some foreign encourage went behind them because one of the stipulations that they made one of the preconditions for the talks was that assad should resign so they wanted an old come of. the outcome of a process as a preliminary condition and so the possibility of negotiations is very unlikely and

from my point of view it's starting to resemble a bit what was happening in libya where the opposition consistently refused to engage in any sort of peaceful negotiations. and now here at r.t. we always enjoy getting you involved with news stories here you can share your thoughts on the situation in syria just by logging on to watch dot com right now you can take part in our latest poll here the numbers this is how they stack up this hour forty four percent say it will end with russia china veto over a third things the u.n. it's simply being used by the west to further its agenda in syria less than a quarter believes it will finish with a continued u.s. effort to overthrow the assad regime and just down to the bad nitty gritty to just one percent there will be an agreement on the motion i do head to our web site r t dot com josh to vote while you're there you have

a look at what else we have studied by for you right now online for example for seeing american laws with the russian. weapon us police will soon be using guns provided by the makers kalashnikovs. also the final verdict is out on why russia's martian and mission of probe drunk all that get all those two thousand well it's a click away at r.t. dot com. well a pill that could prevent aids but find out why some medical experts believe it could also fuel an epidemic and. it's good to have you with us here on r.t. today the u.k. supreme court is expected to consider an appeal by the wiki leaks founder julian

assange against his extradition to sweden of allegations of sexual assault dating back to august two thousand and ten the future of the world famous whistleblower is as unclear as ever but questions being raised over sweden's legal system and its ties with the united states are these details now with our party's top bottom. in the face that launched a thousand leaks julian a son does exposure of tens of thousands of secret documents has embarrassed governments the world over but the wiki leaks phenomenon is no longer his most pressing concern the swedish authorities want to question a songe over allegations of sexual assault dating back to august two thousand and ten prosecutors have been criticized by a son just supporters and international civil libertarians with allegations of cumbersome contradictory and slow legal process huge arguments have also broken out over the nature of some of sweden's laws on sexual offenses such as those of some

traces it's going to be a closed course. and leading up to the trial is going to be held. while the prosecutor asked for him to be held in solitary confinement it's just bizarre so there are so many bizarre aspects of the why in which the management is being conducted up till now. from our perspective i just can't see how he would get a fair trial others have gone beyond legal arguments saying that the storm raised by our sons through wiki leaks has made him a target for political interference across the atlantic u.s. authorities enraged at having their secret documents exposed may seek to have a son extradited there to stand trial but surely sweden's famed neutrality would stop such a thing but i would disagree that's weather so it in this country sit in a very clear cut. proximity and collaboration

even in military operations with such campaigns initiated by nato you have for intense. so its presence in that is that you have a clear cut. if nato policy wanted practice written and that it's not tried it with some u.s. politicians branding a son a cyber terrorist and calling for the death penalty it could get a lot worse for the wiki leaks founder the problem is not that we have too much wiki leaks too little. people ok with. who is a national. polls indicate very large majorities applaud and support the efforts of wiki leaks to why do worry is that with or without julian asuncion governments around the world with something to hide will now launch

full scale assaults on internet freedom in order to keep their secrets secret but for now the focus is on the man not his website killing our son just connections with sweden have raised many questions about what really happened in august two thousand and ten but now with the sun just future as uncertain as ever questions are being leveled at sweden's legal system and its relationship with the united states which could prove crucial to the fate of the world's most notorious whistleblower tom watson r.t. stockholm sweden r.t. is coming here live from moscow still ahead for you this hour a campaign before of controversy. to. find out why a series of ads paid for by the israeli government has left millions of american

jews feeling insulted now let's turn over to katie with some big news in the realm of business today hi therefore that's right today the most anticipated i.p.o. listing in the last decade is expected based say they plan to sell a twelve percent stake of up to ten a billion dollars the question. it isn't i've already said i have more details for you about ten minutes time now business before. it was shot four times in total in the air war as it would. sort of the bullets are still in our bodies. and people should be allowed to defend themselves wherever they are gone from the hands of law abiding decent people are not

a problem national rifle association. or group of basically retired military we love to shoot holes and i'm sorry if you know that the bullet comes out here and this makes it go bang and if what's in front of here is going to die and that's all the training you really really need raise your hand if you know somebody's been shot ok but to live without one of the philadelphia only service treats. in jail without a gun hopefully we will never have to use the weapons for self defense but we should be prepared the full class including the teacher as it was. seventeen students and city and one of seven or still a lot of. cultures that so much different and therefore you should be willing to share the power of finding the mark with siri on the brink of violence escalates and this in the battle

country the calls for strong sanctions and even a military intervention grow in intensity. you know how sometimes you see a story and it seems so poorly you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and realize everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm tom harpur welcome. now quarter past the hour in a very chilly moscow you're watching r.t. inspectors from the un's nuclear watchdog say that iran seems committed to resolving all nuclear issues the statement comes after a three day visit by the i.a.e.a. which tehran's called constructive experts have been attempting to verify the peaceful nature of iran's atomic program the west has recently stepped up economic

sanctions against the islamic state suspecting it of developing nuclear weapons washington's intelligence chief has warned of an increasing likelihood that iran could attack merica or its allies the u.s. is beefing up its military presence in the persian gulf once again by sending a third aircraft carrier to the region former cia analyst ray mcgovern says people have been misled into thinking that iran is a clear and present danger. if you look at the polls seventy percent of the american people believe that iran already has a nuclear weapon that's exactly the same percentage of people in two thousand and two who were persuaded by what i call the phone in corporate media to believe that saddam hussein was working on a nuclear weapon it's bizarre what do the defense ministers of america and israel say they say are the readings working on a nuclear weapon know if the arrhenius were working on

a nuclear weapon they would have to kick out he would inspectors he would know that and they don't want that at all they are not working on a nuclear weapon they have not yet decided to do so so the facts are the offense ministers both intelligence agency and say the way they say it is they have not yet decided to do no nuclear weapons well that means that i mean simple english means they're not working on a nuclear weapon going to war if on a contrived synthetic if you have to take five steps back and say what is this whole about this is about a nuclear capability right now it was about it's about regime change this is our china is the world's fifth largest holder of gold seems to be in the market for a bit more it's believed beijing snapped up around five hundred tons of gold in two thousand and eleven and that is double what it brought in two thousand and ten and let's say that china is looking for investment safe havens if you for the weakness

of the u.s. dollars. china has the largest foreign exchange holding of any country in the world about one trillion u.s. dollars most of them in u.s. dollar for several years now chinese see how limits wanting the government to diversify is holding of foreign exchange china's economy is. that of the u.s. and china has about nine percent economic growth why the u.s. has about one point nine percent so is good to diversify some with the foreign exchange holdings into something not a u.s. dollar basis like go but of course together with. china we would need to have a say in the global financial situation right now. you.