well stay with us here on r.t. still to come in the program catalonia affirming its wish to go it alone in barcelona voting through a declaration of sovereignty amid speculation the separation may be better for everyone involved. and north korea lashing out at the international community after a fresh round of sanctions are vowing to continue nuclear tests all of that and more still to come. but first a u.s. senate committee is set to decide whether john kerry should become the next head of the state department democratic senator was nominated by president obama to replace hillary clinton as the country's top diplomat but gareth porter a story of an investigative journalist thinks that under carried over a little change in u.s. foreign policy. well the clinton legacy is pretty much i think the legacy of american wars and a counterterrorism policy that has usurped the usual prerogatives of the state department john kerry will not be able to fundamentally change the course of u.s.

foreign policy which is again set in motion a set in stone if you will because of the power that the cia and the military really wield over the direction of u.s. relations with so much of the of the world particularly the middle east and now increasingly in africa as well as well as of course south asia so every virtually every important issue that he's going to deal with. you know in those parts of the world will be. issues which have been essentially preempted already the policy set by the military and by the cia and i think that there's very little chance that john kerry will challenge any of the fundamental directions of u.s. policy such as for example the drone war in pakistan. later in the program driving fast and i see winter roads in russia not such a good idea especially if there's

a baby on board take a look. at not once the bottom twice i'll give you the story of a one year old girl. before we get to that catalonia has adopted a declaration of sovereignty in the hopes of gaining the legal ground told a referendum on breaking away from spain but the central government remains unswayed saying secession is a matter for spaniards to decide and ark a spokesperson from the european partnership for independence is catalonia leaving might benefit both sides. the south declare a shot what he has done is just to follow the money is something that democrats already know and that is that it's a moonie has the suffering nation we just the plant the messiah for money in this popularity we don't know if that's the case but for the money that don't we i have prayed to god and the science section it's no way to stoop to progress when you have blacks to be something that you are not and it was fun for

young cats on the nations by doing that we are not the spanish so spain would be in progress and it would be united when we are a separate set a good times madrid is saying in independence about war and contrary to spain's counter to the constitution but carlos del close a sociologist of panto fabry university says that's little more than an excuse for denying catalans the right to self-determination well it's definitely unlawful i mean as a lawful against the constitution the question is also you know how many people in spain right now. are really behind this constitution and when when does this constitution actually mean anything the constitution also guarantees a right for instance to decent housing and yet we find that you know hundreds of people are being are being kicked out of their homes in a day and being left out in the street all over spain and in catalonia so you know the constitution a lot of the times serves to i guess is about to validate an argument or to

legitimize an argument whenever it's convenient for whoever is governing at the time. north korea's pledge to conduct more nuclear and long range missile tests in response to a round of u.n. security council sanctions is after pyongyang launched a rocket back in december a communist state singled out of the u.s. as the country's arch enemy invalid to take hostile action brian becker from the antiwar answer coalition says the situation on the korean peninsula is extremely volatile. korea is the most heavily militarized part of the planet the u.s. won't sign the landmine treaty one of the few countries not to be a signatory to it because they say they may need it in korea there's constant incidence in north korea one of those could blow up and become a major conflagration it's a serious problem every time any country says that they are going to defend themselves from the united states the united states you're an aggressor and thus we have the new excuse the new pretext to up the ante but i think when you look at the

whole picture you can see that north korea's sort of tenacious militancy even if it appears to be bombastic in the west in the way it's presented in the western media it's had the effect of preventing what would have been otherwise i think a war between the united states and its allies south korea in north korea that was a danger that existed in one thousand nine hundred four a very real danger it started again when bush came into office scratching scotching the normalization process that was under way during clinton so i don't think north korea is sort of. impression that it's prepared to fight is actually accelerating the conflict if anything i think it could lead to new negotiations. on our web site r t dot com intelligence agencies and governments becoming some of the google's favorite clients the number of requests for private data is skyrocketing the search giant keeps giving away your information to find out online which country spies on its people the most was the battle for scarce resources forcing some to take adventurous steps to report about

a california based company planning to mine asteroids and manufacture products from extraterrestrial materials head over to our team dot com to find out what else is on their plate. taking it slow and steady on icy roads during the russian winter is definitely worth your while this shocking viral video shows what can happen if you're not careful or he has to say it's along for the ride. the road is clear he decides to overtake his slips on the road the truck coming back shoes on to him they go something falls out there you see why don't your left corner is the baby who's just literally out of this a moving car into oncoming traffic now what's more surprising about this is that

the father comes out luckily this driver is quietly you know you pretty much aware of what's going on around him he picks up the kid goes back into the car his wife comes out picks up what what's left of everything in the now this video has gone literally viral people are going crazy over it and it's only natural that they would because so many questions are being asked on why was this baby not properly settled in this car there was no baby seat obviously seen that the baby fell out of the car and it's unacceptable that they just nonchalantly just went about their business but now the question that everybody should be asking is rather who was filming this video where all of this was happening so any russia motorist you saw that will put cameras on at the actual car so that if anything happens in terms of insurance they have something to actually show the police and say this is what happened on the road the person who was filming this decided to continue for me even as he saw that there's

a child who just fell out of this car he continued film we didn't stop to help didn't say anything and he just went about for me maybe because he thought it was going to be on you tube you know i'm not involved who cares but something that got everybody even talking more is the actual parents they just nonchalantly pick up whatever's left of their belongings and just move on i think the lesson of the day here is that not only are you not you know supposed to be driving recklessly on roads as we have right now it's winter it's slippery it's no we you need to be a bit more vigilant and baby seats for reason to protect us and to protect our kids . well still to come david cameron says he's not turning his back on europe speaking at the davos economic forum britain's prime minister rushes to calm the storm after you promised a referendum on whether the u.k. should leave the e.u. details after the break.

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thanks for staying with us here on r t sixteen minutes past the hour now at least one person has been killed in jordan is furious supporters of the islamist opposition clashed with those loyal to king abdullah the violence was sparked after a partial parliamentary election results were announced they show the pro-government candidates will have seventy five percent of the seats are ceaselessly caffein out as more in the first parliamentary vote in jordan since the an arrest started two years ago there. these elections and the series of frankly cautious reforms that came along with it are really a way for the monarchy to sort of try to straddle both sides to give people enough of a sense of change to try to placate the growing discontent here at home while continuing

to hold on to power and so there have been some changes for example the elections were open to outside observers for the first time there's an independent commission that's set up to oversee the parliament will have more of a say in day to day affairs but at the same time the king maintains control over the security services over foreign policy and most importantly he can summarily dismiss the parliament at will by a royal decree and that's why for many jordanians the changes were simply too little and too late but at the same time we've had more than fifty percent percent voter turnout that's more than fifty six percent of the two point three million voters who are registered here in jordan and so what that says is that people at least for now are cautiously willing to sort of see where these reforms go and give this a chance but by no means is the monarchy in the clear just yet biggest party opposing these elections is the muslim brotherhood now this is actually the strongest most popular national party here in georgia and if the electoral law was different then

the muslim brotherhood was frankly when a majority of seats here but the way that things are set up of the one hundred fifty seats in this parliament only twenty seven of them go to national parties the rest go to largely independent and tribal candidates those are seen as being closely aligned with the government and that is why a lot of people who are upset with the outcome frankly see this new parliament as being aligned with the king and not necessarily an independent body of any sort. can dot com internet entrepreneur an activist claims he's a victim of a u.s. political witch hunt until last year his file sharing service may upload was one of the most popular on the web it allowed millions of users to exchange digital content free of charge but here's what comes up if you go to the mega upload site right now a band by u.s. authorities has become a landmark in the case. landmark case in the prosecution of those who are for internet freedom but kim dotcom says he's determined to keep free file sharing alive and is already started a new service simply called mega he spoke exclusively with our andrew blake about

why he thinks he's being hounded across the globe because a guy who grew up on the internet was a guy who made millions off the internet and here's a guy who designed mega upload at one site one of the most popular websites in the entire world at over one hundred million users is in the top five most trafficked websites and you know that's kind of why the f.b.i. wanted to shut it down i'm not. this my hero he was selfless he is completely the opposite of me but i'm a businessman i'm driven by the success of achieving something in the business world ok that's not a crime there's nothing wrong with that big raid on the mega mansion the dot com mansion happened january twentieth two thousand and twelve it was the middle of the night ken was at his guest house on this how not the mansion all of a sudden the authorities the local police showed up on helicopters came into his house with guns drawn arrested him arrested his colleagues hauled him off to prison froze his assets shut down his website essentially they put his entire life on hold

and caused him to kind of take this new stance in terms of what he thinks of the internet particularly what he thinks about the current state of privacy and surveillance of the government is quite exposed here because they really went in was completely the prosecutorial abuse and overreach and ignoring the process ignoring our rights spying on us illegal search warrants illegal restraining orders illegal spying going to the whole picture when you look at it shows that this was an urgent mission done in a rush to take them down i want them to go and it was a political decision to do that kim dotcom is still waiting a eventual extra dish. here into the u.s. at this point though it seems like every single passing day the justice department's case against him just crumbles more and more and more so sooner or later the u.s. government is going to have to prove that kim dotcom is worthy of being exploited

us and at that point if he's convicted he could spend decades in prison but the opinion that i got from him and from his legal team is that that's not going to happen anytime soon you can watch the full interview with kim dotcom later today here on our t.v. security forces in venezuela have uncovered an assassination plot against vice president nicolas maduro and the head of the national assembly it claims come directly from a dear old maid growing concern over the health of president hugo chavez recovering from cancer surgery in cuba he hasn't been seen in public for six weeks or he's eva golinger spoke to the vice president who says there is no cause for concern over chavez's condition. during the interview with vice president nicolas maduro the vice president of venezuela he informed us that president chavez is right now in his best moment. since his operation that took place at the beginning of december that there's a lot of expectation regarding his return to venezuela that he's definitely been improving complications have been overcome that arise during his surgery and

post-operative phase at the same time he did want to speculate about when president chavez what exactly return to the country but that's definitely the cards definitely the near future. this isn't a good post-operative condition and he's recovering with very well will make an official announcement to the public soon were able to visit him all the time. vice president said that right after this interview he would be leaving on a plane to have an excuse to meet with president chavez to visit him informing us also that president chavez is conscious is awake he's aware of what's going on he's actively involved in his government wants to know what's happening and that he's still at the head of government that he's the one giving the orders and. decisions he's still making the decisions about the different paths that the government's taking. he's the president and more than fifty six percent of the people who voted for his continuing to fulfill his obligations everyone has been

a swell and the rest of the world will know that the government is continuing to develop social and economic reforms and he's waiting for the president to recover and for constitutional obligations. overall there's a lot of expectation regarding the return of president chavez and the people of venezuela are very anxious awaiting his arrival. turning now to some other stories making headlines across the globe police in egypt have used rubber bullets in tear gas to disperse dozens of protesters in cairo are trying to destroy a wall that surrounds the parliament in the city center this coming a day before the second anniversary of the uprising that ousted the former president hosni mubarak a massive anti-government protest is planned for friday. seventeen people have been killed thirty four injured when two buses collided in bolivia police say the crash happened when one of the vehicles went into the opposite lane it's the third such incident in the country this week libya has the highest per television rate from accidents on the road in south america.

pentagon's are moved a ban on female service members taking front line fighting roles almost fifteen percent of women are in the military mainly working in support roles the move could open up those in direct combat and special forces units military officials will have until twenty sixteen to contest the decision if they think some positions should remain for men only. the health of the global economy and debt wobbles in europe both in the spotlight of the world's business and political elite who have converged on the swiss ski resort of davos for the annual financial forum artie's katie pilbeam has more on what came out of the second day of the gathering wrap up of today's proceedings in davos switzerland those plenty on the agenda and most anticipated the day they had to come from british prime minister david cameron of the he announced a referendum on membership of the e.u.

and his desire to win a new system and the year at any rate he demanded confessions from brussels as well but when he came face to face of the leaders interestingly he lacks track flight he was so that in his approach knees that he was no way turning his back on year zero although he was one of the annuity of away from the top eight because based. he says that she focused on tax transparency the compound and avoided some of what he wanted to talk about but a raft of the financial ministers err in davos that is what it's all about they refer and we always had angle and i think the german chancellor sheets it to the mike and she was talking about structural reforms and she spoke about her concern as well to do with the spanish unemployment rate now sitting at sixty percent is used in sound with that we also had to look at some of the brics countries as well as women's role in the financial community that was going on today. more news coming your way in thirty five minutes time max and stacey up next with all the

latest the kaiser report stay with us. right wing t.v. host glenn beck is going to build his own utopia back plans to put together a massive social experiment building his own city which will be totally independent from the evil grasp of government and the outside world where residents will have to learn how to survive on their own make their old things and grow their own food the future city called independence usa will be based on libertarian principles with hints of iran flavor there will be no handouts and no help for the self-sufficiency minded residents but barack may need some help himself because building the city could cost about two billion dollars the thing is that

commentators about politics like glenn beck and yours truly have a very easy job and it's easy to point out what is wrong with society but it is another thing entirely to try to change it and i want to salute clint beck for actually doing something and putting his money where his ideological mouth is now while what i want to live in the ion rand paradise of independent. usa under the rule of lord barack no one no i wouldn't taking marching orders from a tiny portly man known for crying on camera doesn't suit me but if you were a hardcore libertarian here is your chance to make all of your dreams come true but that's just my opinion. welcome to the kaiser report i maximize or what exactly is in

a british beef burger apparently a lot of horse meat and boy oh boy are there british shot. what about the british banks what exactly is the taxpayer own british banks r.b.s. and lloyd's toxic derivatives fraud and zero collateral far more disgusting and dangerous than the horsemeat and yet the british economy collapses due to this disgusting fraud pos sold by the city and the taxpayer shrugs their collective shoulders and says gee these mud pies of austerity sure taste great with a little brown sauce and horsemeat tasting yes max so the news here has been just chock a block with this whole horsemeat story and i've never seen so many people interested in this big story and yet the very same week that we have just say nay horse me in burgers who are pfizer u.k. the very same day you see this headline lloyds in r.b.s.

need billions more capital bank of england says britain's bailed out banks need billions of pounds more capitals to shore up their balance sheets and support the economy senior bank of england officials have warned u.k. regulators have given royal bank of scotland and lloyds banking group until march to begin dealing with a black hole that brooks newmark a tory member of the treasury select committee suggested it could be as largest thirty billion pounds. i think it's a great contrast is that the british people are appalled that these british high street stores like tesco are selling the horse to me when they they expect to be getting some other forms of meat but the local banks know lloyd.