you. know coming up honor to workers of the world rise up on may day they'll from the us to the other side of the globe people are protesting against austerity growing wealth inequality and other failures in government policy we'll dive in to today's events and take a look at labor history. ten years ago today president george w. bush gave his mission accomplished accomplished speech he was declaring a victory in iraq and it turns out that was premature look at what's happened inside iraq a decade later. and more rasta in the boston marathon bombings police have reported that three minutes the suspects have been apprehended we'll tell you what police are saying about the suspects just ahead.

well it's wednesday may first pm in washington d.c. i'm mark held you're watching our. starting off this hour may day international workers rights day already as it's known under what a day earlier from greece to turkey to europe and on p. all walks of life are making their way onto the person current economic and as well as workers right now historically associated with the labor movement this day is comes with a compass many causes here in the u.s. under the umbrella of the occupy movement like wall street reform and immigration which have taken center stage now for more on this may day is past and present joining me now in d.c. our teas producer rachel kersey s n n los angeles archie correspondent. rachel starting with you just to reiterate from earlier why it's made a so important a labor community here will made it is really one of the only holidays that we have globally that really sets workers out at the forefront and says you are important and today is the day that we're going to value what you bring today what i heard a lot of people saying was you don't need your boss your boss needs you and that's

kind of what the mayday really has become. i just want to understand the maybe protest you went to this one in d.c. what was happening on the ground there yes so it started off in a park and it was you know it's a beautiful day in d.c. so there was there was about a hundred people gathered in the park first listening to speeches there were a lot of people singing as well free apples lots of signs and then there began a march from from that area the park it's about a mile from where that park is all the way down to the white house where so we marched all the way to the white house and the people in the protests are still there at the white house with more speakers more singing and more and more celebrations but they certainly gathered a lot of attention in between and i wanted to i want to show you this a man say look for us yes exactly sam. really did a good job of explaining what may day was to him. the goal of creating

a new world that is really fully democratic and fully equal and also just overall is incredibly difficult and if you look at things like yes we are all united as a working class but also today we do have these divisions that exist and they are more intense in some areas in some regions of the world than others and so it's i think it's important to conceive of all these individual issues as part as interconnected for a moment i want to go to you now so i understand you were on the ground in los angeles can you give us an account of is it the same thing happening over there or is it different from the protest in d.c. what i can tell you about the events here in los angeles this afternoon we had thousands and thousands of people taken over the streets of downtown los angeles several city several city blocks were shut down in order to accommodate these protests and these demonstrations are going to be happening here throughout the

evening while people here are celebrating international workers day may for over the last several years the theme of these maybe marches especially here in los angeles where we've seen the largest ones in the u.s. the theme has turned into immigration reform and that was the major issue being pushed today as well however a lot of the people that we spoke to today say that you know the origins of mayday fighting for worker rights has a lot to do with the immigrant rights movement that we're seeing today we heard from some of those people today who are also concerned about the immigration proposals that we're seeing in d.c. let's hear from them now. well the immigration rights and workers' rights are one in the same because the thing that unites us and the international workers day is what made it all about some of those people on the streets of los angeles people the streets of berlin or caracas workers and immigrants around the world it's a time to stand together in solidarity again this whole proposal of. forcing our

border which we absolutely we agree with but again it's not placing the emphasis on the families on family unity it's not place emphasis on stopping deportation which is much more important than border security this campaign so i keep people out to keep pushing them out it's just keeping them it's it's pushing it's all whole new level where it's going to get more expensive going to get a lot more dangerous a lot of people are dying because everybody's been bottlenecked to certain parts of the border trying to cross over the. way things are going is going to get to like him and nobody can really cause maybe suffering serious injury or even the people you know the truth will set of very very clear about the rights that they want they want immigration rights they want dignity in the workplace so rachel sounds like a lot of immigration issues in los angeles was it the same type of protest in washington who showed up at this one so there were certainly people talking about immigration in d.c. what was interesting about the celebrations and protests was it people were essentially talking about striking down everything you know it was about smashing

capitalism and then from capitalism we're all these secondary and tertiary issues as they saw things like patriarchy things like illegal deportations as they called them things like illegal foreclosures high unemployment all of these things so it was something that was interesting was a man i spoke to told me that he thought they were very different actually than the protests in l.a. in that the people in l.a. there were actually a lot more workers like work workers who we typically imagine people who work in factories are more direct directly connected to the capitalism we see whereas in d.c. there were certainly a lot of people who are kind of professional activists and people who were students and luciana had something else to say about that take a listen. most of the people here are young and so it's kind of the new system not having a plan for you and we are on conform with that i mean the unemployment really high you know the schools are being privatized so we all come out with these crazy loans and there is no directive is so i mean just just to have this i mean means

a lot so ramona what type of protesters were you saying did you see any students at all the ground there. it was a pretty diverse mix of demonstrators at the protests that we went today there were a very large consistent contingent excuse me from the local labor unions we saw office workers who are sort of day laborers but they were office workers who came out and showed the solidarity there was also going to students university and high school students who wanted to show their solidarity with immigrants and and with workers around the world and there were a lot of undocumented immigrants in the last sound bite that we played there was an undocumented immigrant there telling us his concerns about being able to work here in the united states safely so it was a very diverse mix and here in a town where unions are still pretty strong they want to maintain that very strong

solidarity which is not just there for the workers but with a growing number of workers coming from other countries as well rachel let's take it back to you made a do you mean more seriously in other parts of the world than it is here in the united states if so why you have well i spoke to someone who is from northern europe and he told me that this morning he woke up to an e-mail from his mom saying enjoy your day off and he had to be like actually we don't have the day off here so certainly other countries do commemorate made enough or it's more like how we see labor day in the united states but when you think about labor day in the united states you're much more likely to to magine barbecues on that day as opposed to really marching in solidarity with workers or marching as a worker and i think that that have something to do with the way that labor is viewed in the united states as a whole the labor movement is something that that may be not a part of the united states but maybe cement whereas in in other places in be even going through and said it's more of a it's more fully integrated as opposed to seeing in opposition or no let's take it

back to you why do you think that the u.s. has this for a locked to celebrate this as you know not as much as our counterparts in other parts of the world. that's right here in los angeles have a lot of immigrants from latin america so they're very up on the history but you know a lot of people here in the u.s. are not familiar with the fact that you know made a has its origins with the u.s. labor movement here and you know at the turn of the nineteenth century when a lot of workers many of which were it immigrants from eastern europe were fighting for an eight hour work week or work day excuse me now you know overtime mainstream labor unions and politicians didn't want to be connected to mady because of its anarchist roots or its socialist roots so we went on to celebrate labor day and kind of went away from the whole may day and that in the history of it and really discussing the injustices that have existed in the u.s.

labor force throughout the years certainly ramana a lot of valuable information we have to leave it there we're out of time that was artie's producer producer rachel currency as the from the l.a. studio r.t. correspondent among the lindo well ten years ago today president george w. bush boarded the u.s.s. abraham lincoln and declared operation iraqi freedom as mission accomplished now ten years later however history has shown that the statement has to be a little bit problematic at best so what did the u.s. accomplish in iraq exactly what r.t.s. meghan lopez she brings up more. mcnally captain card. officers and sailors of the u.s.s. abraham lincoln. my fellow americans. major combat missions in iraq have ended in the battle of the united states and around i. have prevailed. well it was the victory speech before the battle was actually won on may first two thousand and

three exactly 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 west take a look back at what the u.s. actually accomplished in iraq and where the country stands today now 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 for entering this war to topple saddam hussein and free the iraqi people well with saddam hussein on the run and 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 are 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 the only problem is that there weren't any eight months after president bush made that speech we were asked weapons inspectors actually reported that w m d's didn't exist. so in a sense mission accomplished well but even sense those infamous speech and later admissions of the lack of w m d's the u.s. stayed in iraq sacrificing money and resources and also human lives on a mission that was already declared a victory now let's look at the money of this in september two thousand and two white house advisers 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 eight trillion dollars in expenses and counting in two thousand and seven president bush again approach congress to ask for an additional forty six billion dollars 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 on the conservative end this is because it does not account for the hundreds of billions of dollars the u.s. will spend on future veteran care and also 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 let's talk about lives lost 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 iraq is are harder to come by but estimates say anywhere from one hundred twelve to two hundred twenty one hundred twenty two thousand civilians actually died and as for the promise to liberate the iraqi people when iraqi civilians looked into the faces of verse servicemen and women. they show strength. and kindness. and goodwill less than a year later images like these actually came out and shocked the world the abuses of detainees that aboud grave put an ugly face on the war even before these pictures came out and. mysti international hughes the us of using cruel inhumane and degrading conditions on captured enemy combatants as for the civilian population an estimated one point six to two million people 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 to the u.s. in two thousand and twelve were from iraq and what about the idea of creating

a country that is actually by and for the iraqi people well this week ten news stations had their licenses revoked from the country it is 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 is still happens on a near daily basis in that country so today ten years to the day after this infamous speech was made it's important to put this as well as the entire war into context as the u.s. shifts its focus away from the country so as that mission accomplished well you be the judge in washington meghan lopez r.t. . well still ahead here on our team new information is coming out about the boston issue concerning the marathon bombings now boston police they now say that they've arrested three new suspects more on these developments after the break.

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well new information reaming and about the boston bombings that rocked the nation nearly three weeks ago and 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 the news in a tweet pro. biding assurance that there was no new threat to public safety appeared in federal court in boston this afternoon and for more on these hearings and the suspects themselves artie's correspondent reporting and joined me earlier to explain what we know so far about these suspects and their relationship to the knife take a listen. according to federal investigators the three college students who have been arrested been identified as friends of dzhokhar the the nineteen year old

suspected of carrying out the boston bombings alongside his brother ted rowlands or not have two of the students. are from kazakhstan and the other the other person arrested. is a u.s. citizen now they all allegedly attended the university of massachusetts dartmouth where joe hart was was attending university. the cause of students are charged with conspiring to obstruct justice by conspiring to destroy conceal and cover of tangible objects belonging to joe who are specifically a laptop and a computer backpack containing fireworks according to the federal complaint 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 he says eight years in prison and two hundred and fifty thousand dollars find if found guilty we should stress though that according to federal investigators these three college students that have been arrested are charges stemming to what is taking what took place in the aftermath of the boston bombings and not in 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 what do they have to say about the if guy well the attorneys for to you know to have this suspect as you've been. 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 tourney's the church has maintained 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 have been arrested were conspiring in the aftermath to possibly help cover up for. 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 the university of massachusetts dartmouth issued a statement saying that two of those arrested are no longer enrolled at the university and one of the students has been suspended while these proceedings with

this with these charges is continuing 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 possible deportation well what one of the attorneys said is that his client. is actually he is not a technical violation on a 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. i 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 of the f.b.i. i may have collected in this case that you can share with us as i mentioned the f.b.i. did state that these students at least two of them went into went into. dorm room and helped to remove certain items such as a backpack with a laptop and also bags containing fireworks and those were dumped in a landfill according to federal investigators so clearly there's going to be many more met many more details coming out about this case we're just getting bits and pieces as it evolves prima thank you so much that was our tease correspondent marine important. well you tell a woman was initially facing charges for violating the state's so-called ag gag laws and she just got her case dismissed it was a because of new evidence or the growing press the tension amy meyer was horrified

after seeing the dale smith meat packing company in draper city utah and now she began filming the facility cows now this is a crime in utah as it is in similar states with laws that make it illegal to photograph or film businesses with the intent of making them look bad so the slaughterhouse manager told meyer to stop it and ultimately police arrived on the scene now she found out that she's being prosecuted for utah's ag laws but a class b. misdemeanor for interfering with agricultural operations was the twenty four hours after independent journalist will potter brought myers case to light the charges were dropped coincidence well the prosecutor says that he dropped the case because the defense introduced new evidence which show that meyer had been standing on public property while filming. now it's worth noting that ag gag laws are designed to silence debate about business practices and with cases like this it certainly getting people talking about the meat packing company in utah and about those ag gag laws in general. well school safety it's an issue concerning parents and

lawmakers alike across the country and now kids may be heading off to math class with added safety precautions the colorado based company elite sterling security known for designing various bulletproof products including clothing well they've come up with a new piece of merchandise that has some parents running to stores now the m. c. kids ballistic backpack approximately three pounds in weight can stop up to a nine millimeter bullet so what's next well the residence for harvest she brings us her take. americans it's time to admit that we're 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 propagandist machine of the n.r.a. are definitely driving the regression train but there are plenty of greedy bums hopping on along the way happy to profit on the express train to barbarism case in point the generically named company elite sterling security they are distributing bulletproof backpacks for kids that's right we can all just accept that guns in schools are a given now so why not buy your kid a backpack second 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 for kids 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 justice level two that means it's a great balance between blunt trauma protection comfort and conceal ability making any of this up. the backpack won't stop to twenty three caliber rifle bullets which were the kind of bullets that the kids in newtown were killed with but you know they cost three hundred bucks and as long as you throw money at a problem you're helping out right americans. at least sterling has sold over three hundred of the packs in two months and has thousands of inquiries backing up according to a.j. the bodies the leads president the backpacks can be seen as routine for caution 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 than say bells in the car he

says. it's just like that except seatbelts and life jackets protect you from accidents while bulletproof backpacks protect you from the intentional reign of terror of homicidal maniacs while the lead is the distributor of the backpack michael how the euro 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 americans the wild wild west is winning tonight let's talk about that by following me on twitter at the residence.

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