lines in russia would be soon which brightened if you knew all about someone from phones to impressions. from stunts on t.v. dot com. hi guys it's time for tonight's tool time award and tonight we're giving it to g.o.p. lawmaker chuck grassley he wants nights' award for his stance on a law called the violence against women act which provides funding for investigations prosecutions of domestic violence against women i know it's one of those rare occurrences where the name of bill actually adds up to what it does but

the bill was originally introduced by then senator joe biden and was passed into law under president clinton in one thousand nine hundred four since then it's been reauthorized twice by congress once in two thousand again in two thousand and five both times there were no objections plenty of bipartisan support a no brainer and the bill hasn't faced objections because it's been pretty successful that's for thus far according to the huffington post the reporting of domestic violence has increased by fifty one percent that's not saying that domestic violence is necessarily up or rather a sign that women are feeling more comfortable coming forward to police about the abuse well now the a.w.a. as it's called is up for reauthorization again with a few modifications designed to place an emphasis on reducing sexual assault strengthening housing protection for victims and putting more focus on preventing domestic homicides but this time around some people are objecting to the the authorization efforts and senator chuck grassley is leading the charge republican from i was says that he has problems with three of the provisions for stars he's opposed to the part that would give protections to abuse victims which is

designated to protect against discrimination based on sexual orientation he said quote these substitute creates so many new programs for undeserved populations that are risks losing focus on helping victims of every group as a priority no group is a priority so chuck is one of those conservatives who thinks of the community as undeserving of being protected from violence seriously but chuck doesn't just have a problem with the provision he's also upset about expanding the availability of visas for abuse victims who are also undocumented immigrants see according to the pop politician b.w.a. is meant to protect victims of violence. it shouldn't be an avenue to expand immigration law or give additional benefits to people here unlawfully and another insane comment from chuck and i'm going to take a moment to remind him that undocumented women have always been included in this language the only revision is the part about expanding the visas from ten thousand to fifteen thousand so chuck has a problem with that those five thousand abuse victims are now for chuck to call off

the whole thing and finally he's opposed to tribal language which has been included in the reality draft this would give native american tribes limited jurisdiction to prosecute those who have committed acts of domestic violence on their land so he says that this provision would extend travel jurisdiction over non indians now actually it would hold those accountable who commit acts of violence against native american women so there you have it grassley oppose elements that extend protections to gays undocumented immigrants and native americans or in other words he does want to protect anybody who's disliked by the republican party so i think it's pretty clear chuck is telling the line despite the efforts put in by other politicians to make sure that women can feel safe this senator has a different set of priorities let me just explain something when it comes to protecting women against domestic violence it doesn't matter if they're gay or straight legal or illegal or what their race or ethnicity is domestic violence is not ok in any situation so why does it matter who the victim is so for playing partisan politics potentially leaving more women at risk to become victims senator

grassley is tonight's told time where. guys it's time for a happy hour and joining me this evening is jim hansen retired special operations master sergeant military blogger black dot net and kevin glass managing editor at townhall hey guys. are you ready to talk to one of my favorite topics. oh. ok this story is pretty of me as of the first time. we can't help ourselves we love states. just take a look at this clip and explain the whole story and it's awesome. a former u.s. government consultant claims to have knowledge of at least three secret meetings

president eisenhower had with an alien civilization that consultant is timothy good shown here lecturing good says eisenhower met with aliens at a new mexico air force base in one nine hundred fifty four. i just wanted to be true so bad i love that story i'm obsessed i mean this isn't new to anyone who's watched the history channel you know they have those ancient aliens programs on all the time but you can find you know an expert like this guy purporting to have. internal documents showing the u.s. government contractor who is a long time ago and who isn't out there some of the like and says eisenhower did it what did we do you know i mean i'm sure you bear with aliens and we got what were the android smartphones and any one of those years i don't know that right little green that's what we got. but eisenhower probably is cashing checks right now on that one. out of the next one which i don't know if you

guys are basketball fans or not but linsanity is happening take a look lin sanity has reached new heights hundreds of rafted and unknown just a week ago harvard grad jeremy lin of the knicks has new yorkers lin saying last time he outscored kobe bryant and racked up a career high thirty eight points is new york beat los angeles ninety two to eighty five. all right so that was friday's game and for me this is a little bit of a tough subject because they beat the lakers i love the lakers so i was kind of bitter about it but this kid really does have a pretty incredible story so who but now it's got to the point just one week where lin sanity is so crazy that i think are the two people have tried to trademark earlier reach the u.s. and patton trademark office to try to trademark the term linsanity. i'll be honest i'm insane for jeremy lin i. think with ladies in any great story it was amazing

when they beat the lakers no offense but you know this gets to. this gets to a policy problem in the united states you know people are trying constantly to cash in on things that they don't invent and obviously people are trying to trademark the term linsanity to sell t. shirts or drive people to their website or something like that you know it's a real problem in the united states when people are trying to take things that aren't theirs and use government force through the patent office to get away from us now with the rest you know what are we supposed to do what you can buy here's a you know cash for and i'm sure he'll win the patent claim and i'd just like to point out that once the football season ended pro sports is over until next fall and. germany was unreal he drafted from zero is a great affirmative action story he's an agent in the national ballet boehner here basically said yesterday that nobody would care if he was a nation that was terrible it was terrible jeremy lin it's

a great story you know it's a great story but it's also true he broke the rookie earth the points record for the first five starts beating shaq's record he's not it's not just an affirmative action you know that he's always like he's actually accomplished and i'll give i'll give you that ok. let's talk about a. business idea that is this going to. college kids college kids take a look at. this service is a five dollars ride to anywhere in an arbor the morning after a little too much partying her poster advertising the shuttle has gained momentum on sites like bro bible total frac move sports illustrated and she's talked with local radio stations so it's a walk of shame shuttle like you wake up at dude's alice and you're like going to get home and i don't want to walk home in my life this time do you believe many remember that a vending machine with the the b. pill the plan b. pill that we were talking about. last week she actually has a coupon to drop you off though in the slot bag she's got

a coupon for five dollars on bag you get a slot bag with your wish let me show you walk of shame thing that no it's not a good idea. but no she actually includes a coupon for five dollars off the plan b. all or. nothing i said that innovation is dead on college campuses clearly we have kids who are smart they're entrepreneurial and they know where the demand is it's true no i have good friends from college that do something where there are designated drivers and they'll come pick you up and drive your car home for you this is the designated driver for the day after excellent market here you go you've got all your bases covered pretty and afterparty ok last one this is a neighborhood where they're paying kids to attend school to look. you show up five days a week on time to behave well you'll get twenty five dollars every friday underclassmen will get ten dollars you know you have that we haven't seen you know in a week. coming to school you know so that tells me that this incentive that we're

trying to use is actually working. what do you think i mean you know in areas where they have a really hard time actually getting kids to come to schools is that a bad idea i want to hate i really do i would love to hate this but if it works who cares they waste so much money you take it away from that if they can somehow get away from the teachers unions and get in the hands of the kids i am one hundred percent in favor i mean economists tell us time and time again incentives work and all the incentives cash is the best. and hopefully maybe in this case money will raise a couple grades raise some attendance rates right some graduation rate for growth there you go pay for test scores pay for the rest of pay for play. what are you guys thanks for joining me tonight that's it for tonight so thanks for getting in and make sure to come back tomorrow kerry britto from arcadia center will be on the show to explain why cyber war is the new yellow in the meantime fan of a lot of you on facebook and follow us on twitter there's anything ever missing my stash came. out of jail and what's next.

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play. fears of pending confrontation between tehran intel of even grow following reports that iranians are arrested over recent thailand bombings were targeting israeli diplomats. violence in syria rising as high ranking religious leader was gunned down in damascus allegedly for his pro-government stands our correspondent reports from the heart of events in the syrian capital. ivan's fulfills a live in the last of the belo demands but many greeks feel the nation won't recover from austerity measures that harm their health care system while leaving the military untouched.

so levon pm in moscow i met trezeguet good to have you with us here on r t our top story thai police say israeli diplomats were the target of a group of iranians arrested after prematurely setting off explosives in bangkok the claims are expected to further fuel anti ronnie and sentiment that tell of eve has a ratcheted up after the bomb attacks targeted israelis in georgia and india are teaser reports from tel aviv. seems like the battle drones are growing louder and louder with israel continuing to this really harsh rhetoric towards iran accusing them essentially of terrorizing the entire world community just today there was a harsh statement from tel aviv which called to impose paralyzing sanctions on tehran all this while iran has just made it clear that they are indeed ready to sit

down for talks to continue talks on its nuclear program but the prime minister of israel has made a statement saying that iranian aggression should be stopped so there of course that brings forth many theories that the military confrontation with iran is imminent and nor where are these fears more prominent than in israel according to the latest polls less than fifty percent of the israelis support the idea of going to war with iran most of them believe that israel has enough problems of its own already already existing and they don't really need another confrontation with iran there is of course the issue of palestine which never really completely goes off the table then there is the rather strained relations with lebanon which some fear may escalate into a renewed conflict and the latest of those concerns of course is the issue of egypt where the muslim brotherhood said that they are going to they might reconsider a peace accord which they do have with israel in response to u.s.

pressure in regards to the scandal so a lot of people in israel primarily are thinking that perhaps israel should stop the rhetoric it does carry on right now and focus on its internal problems and the problems on those borders rather than really push forth with aggressive rhetoric towards iran. more on a different kind of pressure on iran coming your way later this hour. the u.s. wants to remove iran from the world's financial clearing system known as swift could this move backfire on americans themselves find out from our business bulletin in twenty minutes. but first the syrian opposition has accused the government of stepping up attacks on rebel held areas the city of daraa the latest target meanwhile a high ranking religious leader was assassinated in damascus reportedly for his pro-government political views this after the president's announcement of a referendum on a new constitution that would create a multi-party system in the country for the first time the proposal though doesn't

seem to have helped curb the violence as artie's marie if emotional reports. so there's a damascus has started with a new saw their sister nation the shake of one of the mosques of dunn one of the districts of the capital was killed as far as local media is reporting he was shot dad was five scholz this area may dawn is known to be very conservative people living here are supporting a very much pro-government procession but at the same time they've been many opposition people living in this neighborhood as well and tensions between these two sides have been very hard specially recently just last month this area so as to start boehmer a type one twenty six people were killed and more than sixty all those injured speculations appeared as well that this shaikh was killed because of his political views people we have been able to speak to here on the ground have been telling us that this man has been supporting president bashar al assad's violence is continuing in the southern part of the country we are hearing from the opposition

activists that the army of bashar al assad has attacked the city of daraa targeting free syrian army soldiers ati has actually just traveled to the city of daraa on wednesday and we've been able to speak to the governor over this area on the ground and with many military there and they've told us that there is no free syrian army in this region right now and actually in generally they say that it doesn't exist such a thing as well called united opposition military force they've confirmed that they're fighting almost every day the military a ration but they're fighting against separate armed groups which are mostly consisted they say of army defectors and foreign soldiers. a new showdown is expected at the u.n. general assembly later on thursday as the members are set to vote on a new syria resolution the text sponsored by arab states and supported by

a number of western countries could turn up the pressure on the assad regime artie's marine important i has the latest from new york. it is essentially similar or very much the same to the draft resolution that was circulated within the security council that russia and china vetoed it basically endorses and backs the arab league plan that calls for syrian president bashar al assad to step aside relinquish his powers it also calls on the syrian government to stop all violence and release all those detained in the past eleven months since the uprising began in syria the reason russia did not support it and will not support the draft in the general assembly is because the russian front of the federation feels that the draft is not balanced it all points all fault and responsibility on the syrian government and does not take into account that the opposition in syria has also been participating taking part in inflaming the violence. we've been asked to vote

on a resolution that only government forces to withdraw from. armed groups but it's very unclear who these groups there are muslim brotherhood members. but there's also a. little kind of leader who's called on everyone to you know you know. it's regime used to we would have. russia did propose some amendments similar amendments that were proposed to the security council draft reportedly those amendments have been rejected foreign minister lavrov has also said that the syrian opposition is perfuse ing to participate in dialogue with the syrian government saying that they are being dissuaded by quote external players that do not want to see possibly some kind of a peaceful result in syria and said inflaming this divide this draft resolution it's nonbinding it means it doesn't have

a legal implication such as a draft for such as a resolution adopted by the security council however. it will help put pressure on the assad government but it is nonbinding very much a symbolic move that will be taking place later today stay with us here on r t still ahead the arab spring has already run its course in libya but a year on the wings of the post-revolutionary atrocities are casting a dark cloud over anniversary celebrations. greece has fulfilled the last conditions demanded by the e.u. in exchange for a second bailout still there is no russian brussels to release further aid as a decision has been postponed till monday things pushed through final cuts wednesday and committed to a written promise to stick to the austerity plan after elections but frustration is growing among greek and other european politicians who agree president a lot out of the e.u. questioning what right countries like germany holland and finland had to criticize athens british amy p.

nigel farage says brussels is trying to bring athens to heel. what the e.u. is now doing it's trying to influence the outcome of the greek general election not satisfied with getting rid of the last democratically elected prime minister and putting in a puppet in the form of us to papademos it now says it's now saying to the greek people unless you vote for the right parties unless you vote for parties that are happy to be subjugated do you control we will not give you the rest of the money and you will go bankrupt i suspect that despite the dissatisfaction that is felt by many german politicians i think the german parliament just as the greek parliament did last sunday will continue to toe the line and continue to say the bailout so the answer as far as i'm concerned it's rather like saving the cancer and not saving the patients we saw one of the commissioners e.u. commission any cruz said the other day that if greece left it wouldn't be a man overboard situation so even at the top there is now

a crack beginning to appear and very interesting lee what i've seen in the european parliament is for the first time in years we're hearing real criticism and and the the socialist criticism is that these austerity cuts are damaging living standards to such an extent that they now want to acceptable so i'm beginning you know i'm not the lone voice anymore in this place that these policies are mad. sturdy measures accepted by greece in the face of public outrage have had their health care system pensions and public sector workers while the human cost of the cuts is rising nato secretary general anders fogh rasmussen is heading to athens to secure the country's military spending greece has one of the largest military budgets relativity with the g.d.p. with only the u.k. spending more but as our teacher grieves reports the nato chiefs visit to greece suggest the military may remain largely immune. from many athens has been the battleground in recent years to try to get some popular stare to sunday's events to

show there's little hope for a cease fire one shot being fired by those discontent is the script it seems spending when it comes to the military something serving m.p.'s from a defensive on relations or turkey remain for some as ever present a threat as a card debt crisis for our nato partners don't seem very keen to help us not to need to spend so much i mean think about it we have been through we are being threatened from a member of the alliance that we belong and the alliance doesn't do anything. so we have to spend huge amounts of money but that is the nato chief arise in athens the talks other things may be on the table among the weapons for cure meant i believe that means there is a kind of negotiation if i may say so between our major partners future germany france. if we spend really big nor new

procurement of course a major part of france and germany france she is the major critic of the last talks remain afloat another threat lose it be made nice but what we've been advised to do is to sell copies of medicine relations of patients are being forced to put their hand in their pockets for treatment this problem persists in other hospitals i want to. dimitris account comes in the back of carts slashed medical staff pay and lead to desperate shortage of equipment including affordable prescription drugs this is the very human face the term austerity measure i think creasing number of people carp on the treatment need in the current health care system and desperation to turn to aid agencies like this regime nova care into athens immigrant population the midday queue at this center shows just how sort after the treatment is first before you see more and more people coming to us that are there is that we might

see up to three hundred people and the numbers of the greeks are increasing so present many greeks remain too ashamed of the situation to be filmed those wanting to be heard paint a grim picture of. greece cannot recover from what's going on right now if you ask me greece is finished. it's a situation that has a country verging on implosion all during a time of peace not war but once the nation remains sick cuts have a real damaging impact on the people's well being despite the sizable military defenses protecting them do you agree r.t. that it's it's been no secret that from the onset of the euro crisis germany spearheaded the e.u.'s austerity drive the original argument was that the cuts were necessary and the pain a consequence later of your review issue gets the kaiser treatment with max and stacey. terms carthaginian terms for greece now ambrose evans

pritchard of the telegraph says the last time germany needed a bailout from world creditors it secured better terms and shattered greece last week so in one nine hundred fifty three recall there was a london debt agreement whereby creditors for all of germany's debt agreed to take a fifty percent haircut on german debt yeah well this is interesting isn't it a bit of a double. and there here the germans got a huge break on the debt back in one nine hundred fifty three other countries rallied to give them a break because they felt that it was in everyone's best interests now here we are in two thousand and twelve and germany is in a position to return the favor but they pause. as libya's celebrates the first anniversary of the start of its nato backed up rising the national transitional council is struggling to take control over the

country's volatile situation amnesty international recently accused the n.p.c. of failing to protect human rights claiming thousands of coffee supporters are being held without charge and even tortured the group reports at least a dozen have died in the rebels prison since september as a result of now treatment reports from libya say former rebels want to take over power civilians remain armed in the economy has crumbled since the war for some perspective on this i'm joined by journalist easy phailin who's covered the events in libya during the revolution so amid reports of multiple human rights abuses and even atrocities many in the west have dubbed libya regardless as a foreign policy success what do you think. well i think that today very few people inside libya and many of those who have been forced to flee since the nato invasion and rebel invasion of tripoli will actually be celebrating today i think many many thousands if not millions of people will be commiserating and commemorating the destruction the beginning of the destruction of their country which began more or

less a year ago there's been a very interesting development today to mark this date which has been the announcement by effectively what is becoming more and more like a government in exile of what they have called the libyan popular national movement and i have been in direct contact with some of those that have put together the docket and the declaration and not seeing this movement and what they are effectively calling for the let me just be clear the declaration has been agreed to essentially by the generals people's congress which is one of the highest bodies under the former government the libyan are of german harir and what they have what they are calling for effectively is for the international community particularly countries like russia and china which have proven to be more neutral and which have a much better track record than the nato nations to hold and respect the most

important principles in international law calling on the international community to support them in their efforts to build a libya that includes all libyans because i would as we are seeing at the moment as you mentioned amnesty have mentioned and even now the media is the west and the g.c.c. media is more and more beginning to take note of the fact that a large proportions of the country if not most. people in the in the country are being excluded by the militias that run the country now in the political process so just a few days ago for example in misrata the heads of the misrata and. c announced that they would hold local elections there and astonishingly they named fifty thousand people who are be allowed to participate in this election and this this is really a tiny proportion of the population of misrata the population of misrata is approximately half a million so that is.