tv [untitled] December 8, 2012 8:00pm-8:30pm EST
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in egypt president morsi cancels the power grabbing decree two weeks of protests while the referendum on the new constitution will still go ahead next week after hundreds of thousands rallied near the presidential palace on friday. tried and tested the u.s. and britain claim damascus is preparing chemical weapons for an attack as the to appear to make the case for an intervention whether the lessons from the iraq war have been. the media frenzy pushing for world pregnancy story into overdrive as speculation mounts over a suspected suicide allegedly triggered by a prank call. news
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and commentary from moscow studios glad to have you with us egypt's president has an old controversial decree granting him sweeping powers beyond of the reach of the judiciary the declaration issued last month sparked a violent protests across the country however the referendum on the new constitution drafted by an islamist led assembly is still scheduled to take place next saturday that is despite of the document being rushed through by lawmakers and critics say not enough consultation took place on friday the public made their feelings known as hundreds of thousands marched on the presidential palace journalist bill true has the details. here the presidential palace doesn't say. it's in protest. the president. sees a power grab under the constitution which is next week. by an
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islamist dominated constitutional assembly overnight scenes here were tense as the muslim brotherhoods gathered in nearby mosques to the presidential palace and there were rumors that they would march on the city in however that never happened the scenes were very calm after we witnessed extraordinary seeing hundreds of thousands of protesters just outside the presidential palace in front of republican guard barricades. to be a republican guards who essentially stepped aside and let the. protesters through to the gates of the presidential palace so they could continue their protest right in front of the gates shouting leave morsi leave and against the constitution very emotional scenes here on the streets professor lawrence davidson from west chester university down to the opposition would be satisfied with morsi concession as their ultimate goal is to take the power. he believes that if the vote goes and you get more shoes forces you get the constitution perhaps. and i think the opposition knows that you can do that. they want to stop that but i do want to prove to
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a series of leadership that was once here is that they want to start the process all over again with zero actually they want a new election maybe one new parliament and introduce a new constitution so what are you going to do if you're trying to kick them out of power if you try to change the match for new release a civil war risk we're seeing the islamists going to the students as long as population who. i don't think goes or pushed. so we're it's a very very dangerous situation especially for my own situation and elsewhere in the region public outrage hits the streets of a once stable gulf state we report from in the capital of kuwait where tens of thousands demonstrated potentially writing a new chapter in the history of the arab spring find out what straw broke the
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camel's back later in the program. police in the u.k. are refusing to release the details about the death of a nurse who allegedly committed suicide after a prank call about the pregnant duchess of cambridge news of the nurse's death only added fuel to the fire as media speculation about the royal baby reached fever pitch and as artie's a public boyko reports analysts say the frenzy had already hit almost a hysterical level of coverage all this taking place against a backdrop of intense media speculation as a real media circus a la the whole pos week i have right now is that tape middleton is pregnant we've seen discussions about whether or not they could be having twins if take has twins which of the baby. these potential babies would be the ones succeeding to the throne if it was if they were delivered by c. section it would be the physician potentially deciding it is the successor to the
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british want to key we've seen bookmakers taking bets on what this baby might be called predictions that this will already be the most popular name in britain as soon as the name is announced all this you know when we've got real news taking place in syria political crisis in egypt and. the press much more interested in kate middleton's acute morning sickness i'm joined by cost curve in the studio here with me he's in london journalist who's been following the story cost a tragic wake up call to the british media. it certainly should be. very very tragic case the circumstances under which are still under investigation by the police but the real issue is of course the media which blew itself out of proportion i believe the daily mail we're still going to be a story broke the daily mail devoted fourteen put its first fourteen or thirteen pages of the newspaper one of the most read newspapers in the country to the royal baby they've just had the leveson inquiry
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a damning report about the state of the british media and now this you know is this more criticism for the british media in the way it's following these stories while there is other news taking place and internationally well again it should be but it isn't because the media is trying to deflect attention away and is calling for the hanging of the to australian great radio deejays the media is not questioning the monochord coverage they are devoting to your family and what consequences that this may have a new video individual's life if we had a media which was more reasonable this wouldn't happen if the suicide is actually proved to be related to what happened but there you have it now the june and duchess of cambridge have said that they're deeply saddened by the news of the tragic news of this the death of the royal not so what should have been. a joyful pregnancy announcement has been some say because of the disproportionate media coverage tending to a very tragic story. and staying with britain our london bureau is covering the
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backlash as the public demands more bang for its starbucks activists threatened to close the company's outlets over the miserable amount of taxes the coffee giant pays in the u.k. despite huge profits more videos and pictures from the day of action on our twitter page. britain and the u.s. have claimed syria's president might be readying for a chemical attack washington says it has intelligence indicating assad could resort to chemical weapons in the fight against the rebels something that would trigger a foreign military intervention the rhetoric is increasingly looking like of the run up to the iraq war ten years ago r.t. has spoken to former u.s. state department chief of staff lawrence wilkerson who was behind of the report laying out the case for the iraqi intervention we asked him what he thinks is next for syria and how justifiable the fears are about its chemical arsenal i would be highly skeptical of any intelligence rinder by the one hundred forty plus billion
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dollar u.s. intelligence community that is to weapons of mass destruction in the possession of another country period i'm not violating any great confidence great prohibition in the intelligence community to tell you that we've known for years years that syria has chemical weapons stockpiles just as iraq had chemical weapons stockpiles for a while but the fact that president assad would be moving them around and preparing them for use against his own citizens within his own territory i frankly find prosperous i think that if we were to intervene in a substantial way that is to say we were to put troops on the ground marines soldiers and so forth and we were to do in syria what we began to do in march of two thousand and three in iraq it would be even worse than iraq. i think also that it would be again a back door as a war into iran which is the as you well know the real threat that we've been
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putting out there for years now so i think you're looking at a combination here not just syria i think ultimately the target is iran meanwhile the u.k. wants to push for a review of the arms embargo on syria by its european partners but then says it wants to allocate more help to rebel fighters there shipments of military gear but artie's explains what type of aid could end up in the wrong hands. well the u.k. foreign office has confirmed this week britain is going to be thinking an amendment to the arms embargo on syria making it easier to help the opponents the syrian president bashar al assad now a foreign office official has said that the practical support is like eating three training and non-lethal equipment britta want to play a role in syria after the other side regime falls because. they would like to be involved. so therefore. wants to back the winning side. never
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provide. the trouble. they can't identify eventually. which side with mission should you support. what will be the interests of the militia. here when they take power because the danger is there is new. leader of the opposition because twenty. therefore if. leave power. in syria the. part. in fact fight one another at the end of the day it's going to be the syrians are going to decide not britain france the united states now currently items such as body armor and night vision goggles of course up in that arms embargo and say the amendment would allow items like that to be supplied of course throughout the conflict in syria we've seen an increasingly
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fragmented opposition say there is a lot of concern that the supply of any weaponry could well end up in the wrong hands numb the last person will be pushing ahead this week seeking that amendment and coming up in the next part of the program hundreds of thousands of palestinians welcome home for. the leader of mass is on his first visit to gaza after years in exile calling on his supporters. for the region for the. next winter olympics. you can tell an ordinary russian. apologist. eight different food.
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call whether you're watching from north west moscow or northwest montana this is r.t. and we're glad to have you with us crowds are rallying in coates and capital against the parliament elected last week and a disputed amendment to electoral law protesters say the voting rules were changed so they favor pro-government can. it's one of the oldest gulf monarchies kuwait has been shaken by a series of political crises the government unleashed a crackdown on protesters and suppressed the opposition that largely went unnoticed in the western world but all of this is energizing the resistance even more as our treasonous accountable for explains. when you don't rises over kuwait tensions are simmering beneath the calm as those seeking political change are forced to wait another day. one sleepy community into a powerful nation although it's been ruled by the same family for more than two centuries kuwait is widely seen as the most imma craddick of the gulf monarchies
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get some young kuwaitis beg to differ there is a few countries. seem to feel it in this time. but. it's just for show that's what the government says it is doing all it can to maintain stability supporters of the ruling family point out that it boasts a robust public life with electoral traditions and a vibrant parliament for youth activists. that's not enough the opposition consists of an unlikely alliance of youth groups hard line islamists and local tribes who are ramping up their calls for reform increasingly they've taken their message to the street for peaceful demonstrations have been met with an iron fist and we were beaten up by. the special forces. and after the march. on the streets of the just being detained. critics of kuwait's government claim it turns
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a blind eye to allegations of widespread corruption and the use of security forces to crush dissenting voices ask for the rule of law so we don't have a law we have a law that is being used whenever the government feels like using the riffs here began years before the arab spring protests but have intensified over a series of political crises the opposition dominated parliament was dismissed earlier this year following a road. the ruling establishment the electoral law was then changed prompting many to boycott kuwait's most recent parliamentary vote the resulting divide is unlikely to be bridged anytime soon and it leaves the monarchy with an energized opposition eager to make itself heard. about the take up this might make you steal your car or right. now or what people are trying to say might take the streets but there are people in the local system they want more freedom more of the right. answer to this one showing that oh it isn't enough to ensure. freedom say in the
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future and how that future plays out well write the next chapter of the arab spring you see catherine of kuwait and while the revolutions across the arab world received wide coverage and support in the west the same cannot be said for the unrest on the streets of america's allies political analyst eric draitser believes that the kuwaiti leadership is getting favorable treatment from its western backers the quick monarchy is entirely dependent upon the united states and the other powers which need kuwait and other countries like it to maintain control on the oil dominance in the region are not so sure that they can control the opposition as was reported in that report the opposition is complex there are psalmist elements but there are also leftist elements and youth groups and so forth so whether or not they can actually depose the government i think remains to be seen but they do have the ability as we have seen the show of strength on the streets to make
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a statement and to make a statement on the world stage and that is of course incredibly important in the context of what is happening around the region bahrain saudi arabia and elsewhere the end result what we would like to see is corrupt monarchies depots and real democratic governments take their place and not just in kuwait all throughout the gulf. in gaza hundreds of thousands of people have joined the celebrations marking the twenty fifth anniversary of hamas the crowds were addressed by the leader of the islamist group michel he has returned from exile to visit the strip for the first time in decades michel valuable to liberate palestine inch by inch and called for arab countries to keep on defying israel rival par fatah was also invited to the event as michel stressed the importance of reconciliation a giant replica of a medium range rocket was a centerpiece of the event political analyst sean mena told r.t. about its significance. i think the rockets are kind of two things one that all
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options are back on the table that the military option for powell seems to resist militarily is now a possibility again the second reason the rocket counts is i think it's a sign that deterrence has been reestablished of course it makes the israelis nervous they don't like to be sitting there and they don't like to be told that they are the defeated party this is you know fairly unprecedented and except for of course hezbollah's defeat of israel in two thousand and six they'll be dying to prove themselves once they can't because every day that the conflict went on and of amber it may be iran and palestinian islamic jihad and hizbollah look better and. the not tarrie the us you in france worse because you know these are people who are time but arming the resistance in syria and pushing forward but not willing of course to arm the resistance in gaza so israel
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has had to sit tight or risk a lot more potentially now let's take a look at some other news making headlines around the world this hour former a tally and prime minister silvio berlusconi has announced he has to run for office in next year's parliamentary elections the flamboyant seventy six year old tycoon says he wants to lead the debt. out of the financial crisis he stepped down in disgrace last year with italy on the brink of financial disaster and has since been convicted of tax fraud. the president of the philippines has declared a state of emergency as a deadly typhoon bopha is making its way back towards the country the storm claimed the lives of more than five hundred people earlier this week with tens of thousands left homeless authorities expect more heavy rains floods and landslides in the north east of the country. around two thousand protesters have rallied outside belfast city hall in northern ireland after the local council voted to remove the u.k. flag from the building a policeman was injured and irish tricolors burned as the crowd chanted and sang
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sectarian songs it follows trouble when the vote was first announced last monday and again on friday when eight police officers were injured and at least thirteen people detained after riots politicians have appealed for the protests to stop. and this weekend the world's best figure skaters are testing the olympic ice in russia's resort city of sochi the countdown is in full swing with just over a year left until the winter games. and all the reports from the next olympic city . there is just over a year until the actual winter olympics get underway but still if this task competitions give us a chance at the construction is almost over and that the city will soon transform into the world capital of the winter games this weekend is all about pushing the new venue through their paces of course all eyes are right now at this iceberg a rina ice rink which is right behind my back it's
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a new twelve thousand rink which is part of a cluster of ice sports venues which have been or are still being built along the black sea coast now its brand new sparking doors have just been opened for numerous competitors from around the globe and it seems no matter how they would actually do at the event they will sure go back home pleased with all this new facilities now an offer this weekend is all about testing the new venues however it also provides an exciting taste of what's still to come we're coming up on our two travels to the scorching nevada desert as our cameras show you what the famous burning man festival is really like. see good laboratory tim curry was able to build the world's most sophisticated
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that's annoying. big. as far as i am concerned i'm a virtuous person i know i just don't have any money but i live in one of the most beautiful places i've ever seen i'm with the people who love me the most and i get to. do this art form that i've come up i've started doing in the last four years and it's just opened my eyes to so many different things and it was all inspired by burning man and it was just a coincidence because i was making costumes for myself and i had decided to make myself a coat and as i was finishing it the first person that came over to visit me said what is that and i said that's my royal road because i had realized when i had put it on it wasn't just a fur coat it actually was a royal road and that's when i became king. so the first
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person who came in said i want one of those and i said well it's going to be for five hundred dollars because it's expensive to me he said no problem. and he had me custom it so he could put his ball cap on and put the the below. kept inside the head so i have this little pocket here form and then. this is so. the reason i open the store was i do a lot of business online all over the world but i don't have a great connection with my community so i figured if i open the store and was visible the people that i want to connect with will come in. i just start this is crazy like we were just driving by foot so i was very very ma'am nice got to call head guy and then i had too many pretty things so i had to sort.
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