coming up on r t workers of the world rise up on may day now from the u.s. to the other side of the globe people are protesting against austerity and growing wealth inequality and other failures in government policy so we'll dive into today's events and take a look at labor history and ten years ago today president george w. bush gave his famous mission accomplished accomplished speech no he was declaring victory in iraq and it turns out that was a little premature we'll take a look at what's happened inside iraq a decade later and more on the arrest in the boston marathon bombings now police have reported that they have three new suspects in custody that they've apprehended and also tell you a police are saying about these suspects just ahead. well

it's wednesday may first five pm in washington d.c. i'm margaret held you're watching our t.v. . starting off this hour a may day international workers' rights day or may day as it's known is underway today everywhere from greece to turkey to europe and beyond people from all walks of life are making their way onto the streets protesting current economic inequalities as well as workers' rights historically associated with the labor movement the day has come to encompass many were causes here in the u.s. under the umbrella of the occupy movement issues like wall street reform immigration have taken center stage now for more on this may day is past and present i was joined earlier by r t is political correspondent sam sachs here in d.c. and art's his correspondent on a stasia turkana from new york and i began by asking sam why the stay is so important for the labor community take a listen well i mean the day goes back we've always i mean this goes back to the

dark days of the gilded age nine hundred eighty six when workers were trying to organize for an eight hour work day when workers were fighting against automation and we saw automation taking over the workplace as far back as the late nineteenth century so this was the beginning of the labor movement it all came to a head in eight hundred eighty six on may fourth in haymarket square there was a peaceful rally going on workers that turned violent a bomb was thrown into the crowd the police opened fire lots of people were killed actually used by police and by the government to crack down a lot of extremist organizations you know what they refer to as an artist or the far left socialists. but also the what it how did the effect of that is it strengthen the labor community as well in response to the kind of this this aggression from the police and out of that a few years later you soul around the world these kind of movements rising up around may commemorating what happened in his market square and also just taking

this this global struggle for workers during the age of the industrial revolution when conditions for workers weren't very good building and building and building the third a lot of. certainly a lot of history there sam so ana stasia i understand that you were actually on the ground today where the protesters were earlier can you give us some experience with knowledge of what was happening well margaret just several actions taking place in new york city today as well as another big cities throughout the united states and what we saw earlier today and are going to continue witnessing throughout the day are protests involving unions where groups are gathering to conduct several actions throughout the city the numbers are only beginning to kind of increase right now the day is only getting started this afternoon really we did see people marching throughout the city for many blocks and people were really you know chanting and were there out on the streets to voice their discontent with economic inequality with union busting with. you know wages with workers' rights we talked to some

people on the ground and they were certainly very vocal about why they're out on the streets today take a listen all the people in high places not in high places i don't have things that other people have that's why i am standing here that's why i'm marching for equality equality fairness for everybody fairness one have won one have one is not supposed to be one has to endure to have an equal before everybody does well much right here i'm here today. unfortunately to companies through their advertisers jobs at the below minimum wage and i think that's a big problem. you know is this may day protests is this just a single day or could we see this prolonged activity from these groups. is that to me margaret yes yes are we going to see. you know that's that's a curious question because certainly it's important to keep in mind that comparing the numbers of people who are out on the streets to for example last year when we

saw thousands and thousands of people kind of heated up by the moment of the popularity of the occupy wall street movement come out on may day certainly the numbers that we have been seeing today are a lot less we're talking about you know hundreds of people a lot most of we're going to see if those numbers grow so really it's going to depend a lot on whether or not the labor movement and then unions are going to be able to accumulate these numbers again and that is going to tell us whether or not we can expect more from the groups out on the streets after may day today certainly will sam is maybe taken more seriously in other parts of the world than it than it is here in the united states you think well it's international workers day is it's referred to i mean this is really only celebrate this is not really celebrate in the united states i mean you see these actions organizations have taken it upon themselves to claim the state within the united states but we traditionally have celebrated you know workers on labor day which is a different day of the year. that came out of political sensitivities of the time i

think it was president cleveland was a little bit uncomfortable with commemorating made this massacre that happened in his market square as a day moving forward for workers so he instead turned it to labor day but this is really important. in the open world especially in places like indonesia and in turkey and in bangladesh we're seeing massive protests in these kind of low wage nations that are kind of going to those same conditions that workers in the united states were going through when they were fighting for their rights in the late nineteenth century you know we just had the factory collapse in bangladesh killing more than three hundred people so we have workers out there rallying for workplace safety now a lot of those same issues animated the the. first strike in action that created mayday are still kind of animating today throughout the world it sounds like it will it also sounds like we may have intentionally changed the date here a bit honest of the i want to take it back to you so what's the u.s.

reluctance to officially join the rest of the world in these celebrations well margaret you know i think that depends on the situation surrounding kind of social movements that occur at a specific current time in a specific year we just heard you know sam explained that definitely the shift towards a workers' rights is definitely more has been moved to labor day and certainly that is kind of the day when workers' rights are marked in a sense but it's important to keep in mind that it really kind of may day is a great opportunity for people concerned with these issues with wealth inequality with workers' rights with you know today we saw students coming out on the streets concerned with huge student debt in the united states all of these issues really made as a great opportunity to come out and voice their concern about them again so it really depends you know on from last year for example the huge numbers they were motivated by the occupy wall street movement this year seems to have dwindled certainly and the question is why if that is the case and you know we don't know do the people need somebody to kind of rally them around or i mean because certainly

these these issues have not died in the united states and if i if i could add on to that. she was right we saw a bit of tick and support last year as a result of the occupy movement but we've also seen these labor these kind of sporadic labor action since occupy we had the wal-mart strike we've had the longshoreman wal-mart strike destroyed about say for working conditions and better pay we had the longshoremen going on strike to go against outsourcing we just had the fast food workers go on strike demanding better wages so we've seen kind of a rebirth of of labor action going back to the occupy movement could be you know fueling this for the future so seem you've given us some some examples of how the labor struggle. the u.s. has changed can can you give me some examples of how it may not have changed that it still remaining the same since the first mayday yeah you know the first native they were fighting automation they were fighting with you know they didn't need

blacksmiths anymore because they had these mechanized hammers they were molding tools and everything we were dealing with automation today if you look robust forty years in the workplace productivity has skyrocketed as a result of machines and automation whereas worker wages have stayed have stayed plot to have an increase with their increased productivity you also have as a result you have c.e.o.'s making a thousand times the ratio from c.e.o. to pay to worker pays a thousand times greater today than it was one nine hundred fifty s. we need to take a back to understand we're running out of time here but honestly i see it can you tell me so what's happening in today's political and economic climate that's inspiring this may day do you think well margaret definitely a lot of issues and again many of the issues that were brought up by occupy wall street when that movement was kind of on it at its peak are certainly people are still talking about the corporate greed the low wages the wealth inequality the one percent versus the ninety nine percent all of these messages we've heard before we talk to them again today about what they think is the major disconnect between the

political and economic realities and the concerns of the people on the streets is what they told us twenty years ago sixty percent of the people in this country are in unions today it's down to thirty percent if we don't get out there or voice our opinion it will just keep going further and further down it's not about what we want today it's what we want tomorrow in the next year for my children and it's absolutely about our long term decline in the power of workers against the corporate really it's a corporate state right states completely controlled by private capital. so certainly margaret and some people are out there you know all of these issues remey have been around for years there's still a you know being addressed by the people coming out onto the streets whether or not it's going to take kind of more of a mass movement throughout the day we're going to have to see what the down revels see what we're going to have to leave it there guys a lot of information that was r.c. correspondent sam saxon honest. well ten years ago to the day president george w. bush boarded the u.s.s. abraham lincoln and declared operation iraqi freedom mission accomplished now ten

years later however history has shown the statement to be problematic at best so what did the u.s. accomplish in iraq exactly well arty's meghan lopez brings us more. mcnally captain card officers and sailors of the u.s.s. abraham lincoln. my fellow americans. major combat operations in iraq have ended in the battle of iraq the united states and our allies have prevailed it was a victory speech before the battle was won on may first two thousand and three zachary ten years ago today a triumphant president bush landed on the u.s.s. lincoln and declared victory over saddam hussein and his allies the speech happened just two months after american troops stormed into the country a massive mission accomplished banner actually hung in the back but on the anniversary of this infamous speech let's take a look back at what the u.s.

has actually accomplished in iraq and where the country stands today by the time president bush made this speech in this battle we have fought for the cause of liberty. and for the peace of the world. our nation and our coalition are proud of this accomplishment the u.s. had conducted a massive bombing campaign and engaged in skirmishes with iraqi troops the stated goal for entering this war were to topple saddam hussein and free the iraqi people with saddam hussein on the run in baghdad overrun by coalition forces president bush moved on to his next goal finding obtain weapons of mass destruction. we have difficult work to do in iraq. we're bringing order to parts of that country that remain dangerous. we're pursuing and finding leaders of the old regime who will be held to account for their crimes. we've begun the search for hidden chemical and

biological weapons and already know of hundreds of sites that will be investigated and the only problem is that there weren't any eight months after president bush make each us weapons inspectors reported that do indeed didn't exist so in a sense mission accomplished but even since this infamous speech and later admissions of the lack of w m d's the us state in iraq sacrificing money and resources and even human lives on a mission that was already declared a victory now in september of two thousand and two white house advisers had estimated that the conflict would cost somewhere between one hundred and two hundred billion dollars but by two thousand and six the u.s. had tallied over a trillion dollars in expenses and counting in two thousand and seven president bush again approached congress to ask for more money forty six billion dollars this time for overseas military operations today here's a look at the total amount of money spent in iraq i should mention that these

numbers are conservative and this is because it does not account for the hundreds of billions of dollars the u.s. will spend on future veteran care or interest on our debt also important to note according to the iraq rebuilding inspector general of the sixty point five billion dollar effort to rebuild the country at least nine billion dollars was wasted or subject to fraud that's fourteen percent of the total now more important than the money is the human toll of this war since that day on the u.s.s. lincoln three thousand four hundred twenty four american troops died in combat numbers for iraqis are harder to come by but estimates say that anywhere from one hundred twelve one hundred twenty two thousand civilians died and as for the promise to liberate the iraqi people. when iraqi civilians looked into the faces of our servicemen and women they saw strength. and kindness and goodwill

less than a year later images like these that shocked the world the abuse of detainees in abu ghraib put an ugly face on this war even before these pictures came out embassy international accuse the u.s. of using cruel inhumane and degrading conditions on captured enemy combatants and as for the civilian population an estimated one point six to two million people actually fled the country and many more were displaced internally that is a trend that continues even today just over twenty percent of the fifty eight thousand refugees admitted into the u.s. in two thousand and twelve were from iraq and what about the idea of creating a country that is buy in for the iraqi people well this week ten new stations had their licenses revoked from the country the worst silencing of the press since the days of saddam hussein and when it comes to freedom to walk the streets safely fifteen people were killed today in multiple blasts an occurrence that still happens nearly near daily so today ten years to the day of this infamous speech

it's important for us to put this as one entire war into context as the u.s. shift its focus away from the country so is it mission accomplished you be the judge in washington meghan what does r.c. . still had here on our to do information is coming out about boston concerning the marathon bombings now police are saying that they've arrested three new suspects one of these developments after the break. the same story doesn't make it news.

is it possible to navigate the economy with all the details of his diction misinformation and media hype will keep you up to date by decoding the mainstream like. it's been your right. below the ten chilly deadly blizzard taking aim for the northeast expected to hit starting in

a few hours from new york to maine we have team coverage of the storm. that we're watching is the fear of heavy snow moving into boston proper earlier today it is very sticky you could be a start to become more kind of the end of the line there's still a lot of snow out near the place for snowball fight the. case and it is going to pretty incredible day there and even record snowfall throughout much of it might still be slugging blog listens to the emergency exception. new information is streaming out about those boston marathon bombings that rocked the nation nearly three weeks ago now three more suspects have been taken into custody on accusations that they interfered with the investigations into the attacks during the boston marathon now the boston police department released this mist tweets providing assurance that there is no new threat to public safety now the suspects just appeared in federal court in boston with more on these hearings

and the suspects the selves our chief correspondent very important joins me male so reno what can you tell me about these suspects and their relationship to joe hart's than i do are they going to according to federal investigators the three college students who have been arrested have been identified as friends of dzhokhar the the nineteen year old suspected of carrying out the boston bombings alongside his brother ted rowlands are naive now two of the students. are from kazakhstan and the other the other person arrested. philippe's is a u.s. citizen now they all allegedly did the university of massachusetts dartmouth where joe hart was was attending university. students are charged with conspiring to obstruct justice by conspiring to seal and cover of tangible objects

belonging to joe hart specifically a laptop computer backpack containing fireworks according to the federal complaint police both is charged with willfully making material materially false statements to federal law enforcement officials during a terrorism investigation now the students face up to five years in prison and twenty two hundred fifty thousand dollars fine if they are found guilty and the u.s. suspect that has been arrested faces eight years in prison and two hundred and fifty thousand dollars fine if found kill. we should stress though that according to federal investigators these three college students have been arrested are charges stemming to what is taking what took place in the aftermath of the boston bombings and not connection to planning the boston bombings in any way but nonetheless unexpected development in this ongoing story an investigation to

a terrorist attack that took place in boston and suso the attorneys of two of these suspects just spoke of what they may have to say about these guys well the attorneys for two you know two of the suspect as you've mentioned the cause accidents spoke saying that both of them are shocked and horrified by the boston bombings that they in no way helped or conspired with the suspects they actually according to the attorneys the charities maintain that. their clients actually worked with the f.b.i. and answered all the questions that the f.b.i. had asked that the defendants were very forthcoming with federal investigators so while federal investigators say that the these three college students had been arrested were conspiring in the aftermath to possibly help cover up for job or not have the attorneys maintain that those that have been arrested the two cars of students both nineteen years old are actually working with with federal

investigators and in addition to that the university of massachusetts dartmouth issued a statement saying that two of those arrested are no longer are enrolled at the university and one of the students has been suspended while these proceedings with this with these charges is continues and is ongoing so clearly a lot of pieces to this puzzle that is still being put together certainly so these suspects who were here on expired can you talk to me about what they're facing you know if they're found not guilty are they facing. deportation well what one of the attorneys said is that his client. is actually he is on a technical violation on student visa for not regularly attending classes so according to his attorney that that student visa had expired it's a technical violation but i would presume that anybody that is in the united states

without a legal visa of course would be facing deportation maybe there's reasons that would allow them to stay but i imagine that if you don't have a legal document a legal visa a green card permanent residency then you would be deported from the united states certainly will do you know of any other evidence for the f.b.i. may have collected in the case that you can share with us. as i mentioned the f.b.i. stood state that these students two of them went into went into. dorm room and helped remove certain items such as a backpack with a laptop and also bags meaning works and it was found in a landfill according to federal investigators so clearly there's going to be many more many more details coming out about this case we're just getting bits and pieces as it evolves brianna thank you so much that was our tease correspondent marine important. well the utah woman was initially facing charges for violating

the state's so-called ag gag laws and she has got her case dismissed now with this because of new evidence or because of the growing prostitution well amy meyer was horrified after seeing the dale smith meat packing company in draper city utah so she began filming the facility on the couch this is a crime in utah as it is in other states with similar similar laws that make it illegal to photograph or film this is with the intent of making them look bad. well the slaughterhouse manager told meyer to stop it and ultimately police were called to the scene now she found out that she was being prosecuted under utah's ag laws which is a class b. misdemeanor for interfering with agricultural operations less than twenty four hours after independent journalists will potter brought myers case to light the charges were dropped was this a coincidence or the prosecutor he thing that he dropped the case because the

defense introduce new evidence would show that meyer had been standing on public property while filming. so it's worth noting that the ag gag laws are designed to silence debate about business practices and with this case it's certainly getting people talking about the meat packing company in utah and about the ag gag laws in general. with school safety it's an issue concerning parents and lawmakers alike all across this country now kids may be heading off to math class with the added safety precaution now the colorado based company elite sterling security known for designing those bulletproof products including clothing have come up with a new piece of merchandise that has some parents running to the stores the mc kids' ballistic backpack possibly three pounds in weight can stop a nine millimeter bullet so what's next well the residence for harvest she brings us her take.

american time to admit that we are regressing porter pioneer days the wild wild west when everyone and their sister had a gun our poor excuse of a congress and the immoral propaganda machine of the n.r.a. are definitely driving the regression train but there are plenty of greedy bums hopping around along the way happy to profit on the express train to barbarism case in point the generic body elite sterling security are distributing bulletproof backpacks for kids that's right we can all just accept big guns and schools are a given now so why not buy your kid a backpack that can double as

a shield from that inevitable hail of bullets the backpacks are the latest in ballistic protection for kids cost three hundred dollars and are only available within the us which is fine because the us might be the only country in the world that needs a three hundred dollar bulletproof backpacks and good other kids with bullet problems just hide behind rocks or something sensible but in the us kids have three hundred dollar bags with a ballistic protection level of national institute of just level two that mean it's a great balance between blunt trauma protection comfort and conceal ability not making any of the. the back x. won't stop two twenty three caliber rifle bullets which for the kind of bullets that the kids in newtown were killed with but you know a call center box and as long as you throw money at a problem you're helping out right americans. it leads to rolling has sold over three hundred of the packs in two months and has thousands of inquiries backing up

according to the body of the leafs president the backpacks can be seen as routine for a car sion rather than something that should alarm kids it's like you find life jackets on ships or planes in case they go down it's no different to having a seatbelt in the car he says right it's just like that except see both the life jackets protect you from accidents while bulletproof backpacks to protect you from the intentional reign of terror of homicidal maniacs. while a lead is the distributor of the backpacks little a year zero is the manufacture he is based in colombia and he made his fortune selling bulletproof fashion jackets to customers in fancy department stores in gun ravaged colombia which is what we are now america gun ravaged just like colombia and just like our pioneering days whether you like it or not america

in the wild wild west is the bane to me let's talk about that by following me on twitter at the resident. for more on these stories we've covered go to youtube dot com slash r t america check out our website at r.t. dot com slash usa you also follow me on twitter at m underscore j underscore how will stay tuned next for prime interest. potentially deadly blizzard taking aim for the northeast it's expected to hit stunning in a few hours from new york to maine we have team coverage of the storm. but what we're watching is the very heavy snow moving into boston proper earlier today it was very sticky you can see it start to become much more powdery down the line

there's still a lot of snow out here a good place for snowball fight. jason it is going to be pretty incredible day there and even record snowfall throughout much of in life will be is largely driving license of emergency vehicles are exceptions. to michoud free cretaceous three.