eyolf. coming up on r t it's day two of the bradley manning trial adrian lamo the man who gave manning up to federal authorities testifies in court line from for read just ahead. protesters in turkey continue to clash with police thousands have left their jobs to join the demonstrations in the violence has turned deadly the sights and sounds of turkey's on rest coming up and connecticut's legislature is making a push for labeling all g.m.o. foods a new bill is on the governor's desk but doesn't have teeth the latest on the battle over g.m.o. is on the state level later in the show. it's

tuesday june fourth four pm in washington d.c. i'm meghan lopez and you are watching r t well day true of the bradley manning trial kicked off today the moment many in the courtroom were waiting for a testimony from the man who alerted federal authorities that manning was the person behind the biggest document draw in american history former computer hacker adrian lamo detailed how he communicated with the army private first class using a number of computers and e-mail addresses along with encrypted text has been covering the story since the first apache helicopter video was released and if you had trouble accessing our r.t. dot com web site yesterday afternoon for the latest information on this trial there is a reason why we were attacked a group known as anti leaks claimed responsibility for shutting down our web site for several hours apparently the group has a problem with the free flow of information but hey the fact that we were attacked could mean that this group was afraid that the stories that we report might just be

worth listening to so let's get straight to the story that they didn't want us to cover r.t. producer adriano seto is at fort meade with the latest on the bradley manning trial hi there adriaan a so what came out of the average testimony today. hi there megan yes today as you just said it was the second day in the court proceedings of the court martial of bradley manning some key things happening today and most noteworthy was as you pointed out earlier the testimony of adrian lamo a former hacker that actually ended up actually giving over manning to authorities very interesting testimony we were able to just reconfirm some of the things that we already knew throughout the trial and a lot to talk about for sure so how was he received in the courtroom adrian lamo.

well megan it was actually kind of a shock not a lot of people were expecting him to testify today especially not as early in the day as he did so you could hear some gasp in the courtroom from some of the visitors and some from of the media attending and as he made his way to the podium it was actually very interesting you could see his demeanor just very straight very serious very straightforward just ready to be able to speak his mind it was just. kind of a shock. so what came of today's trial let's talk about manning first of all how was his demeanor and what did we learn today. well many looked very engaged in all of proceedings physically he looked pretty much the same as he has had in the past however he looked very engaged he looked very attentive especially when i adrian lamo was on was testifying he also tried to sort of make some sort of contact with lamo i he tried to sort of

look at me in the eye and try to you know crack half a smile but was unable to make some sort of contact with him so that was very interesting to see you could see that it was very tense environment also see that it was actually. serving him sorry i lost you there it was actually a very very emotional testimony with even a lot of himself trying to keep his composure over things that are obviously. very very sensitive and talk about the presence in the court room was there saying the same amount of media presence in the courtroom and what was the feel like to you adriano. well actually today i had simply enough in the media center yesterday it was full it was a round of seventy journalists up packed the tire house and that goes along with the courtroom today are over less than half attended twenty five however major media outlets were in attendance including the guardian and the new york times and

while for those who didn't actually attend they missed out on a very very important part of the proceedings which was the limo testimony in which we heard about his actual communications with manning how long it actually was it was about a period from twentieth to the twenty six and how intimate their conversations were and how much how much they shared throughout that time even though they were almost strangers at that point actually no they were strangers at that point because manning himself had actually tried to actually went and reached out to limo personally because he needed someone to be able to talk to essentially and that's what one of the key things that the prosecution wanted to make certain make clear was the fact that. this entire process or inspired all this leaks that everything that happened. manning was just trying to connect with other people and he was only trying to do this in the words of the. that the defense was only trying to make the

world a better place in his words now wiki leaks founder julian assange much recently released a statement about. read part of it he said quote this is not justice never could this be justice the verdict was ordained long ago its function is not to determine questions such as guilt or innocence or truth or false hood it is a public relations exercised designed to provide the government with an alibi for prosperity it is a show of wasteful vengeance a theatrical warning to people of conscience so is this a shared sentiment from what you're gathering afterward mead among manning supporters. well absolutely megan that is pretty much that hits the nail on the head for many of the supporters of the people that i've talked to that have come and taken time out to to go and

attend the trial as back taters also another interesting aside yesterday many of them were not able to wear any t. shirts or wear any buttons that were in solidarity with the private today however they were able to come in with bradley manning paraphernalia if you will with t. shirts with signs. the officials here for me that said that that was supposed to be a safety issue they wanted to make sure that nothing happened in court however they assured us in the press that that would no longer happen and that people would be able to come in and be free in the courtroom and let's talk about manning's defense lawyer david coombs as i understand it he tried to bring up wiki leaks today but the judge stopped him from doing so why was that. well during his line of questioning when he was cross-examining adrian lamo he tried to talk about as well as about his many involvement with

wiki leaks as per his point of view however the judge deemed that hearsay as you as we know from yesterday one of the main points the prosecution contends is that not only did manning knowingly leak classified information he was also aiding the enemy by doing so i.e. he was aiding wiki leaks which the rescue should still contend i was bred by al qaeda and other terrorist groups so this is another reason why the prosecution is trying to make a very clear that by leaking information to wiki leaks manning was aiding the enemy and finally adriano we have about thirty seconds left but what's next for. this case. well i seem just more testimony just today right now to so many still continuing on and just today another list of

witnesses has been released for the next three days around ten to fifteen people on that docket the producer adriano several bringing us the latest from fort meade. well the f.b.i. calls it a backdoor internet companies call it a floodgate who only alectryon communication first the government wanted to find tech companies for refusing to provide them with information about their customers e-mails now a new wiretap bill supported by the f.b.i. is planning to expand wiretap designs significantly it will include written communications like emails but also digital functions like video chats and face time the bill forces tech companies to not only allow the f.b.i. to conduct the spine but to pave the way for them to be able to do it with infrastructure because law enforcement is concerned about quote going dark and losing the ability to surveil electronically the bill is an updated update to the communications assistance for law enforcement act that was passed back in one nine

hundred ninety four which compels all telecommunications providers to design their network so that law enforcement can sneak a peek the new report from the center for democracy and technology argues that the expansion of colombia amounts to developing for our adversaries capabilities that they may not have the competence access or resources to develop on their own and in that sense the endpoint wiretap mandate of kaliya to may lower the already low barriers to successful cybersecurity attacks now it's worth figuring out precisely who can get through this back door before we open it up. well it started off as a peaceful sit in but has extended to a nationwide anti government demonstration violent protests in turkey continue today with thousands demonstrating for the prime minister prime minister recep tayyip erdogan to step down.

over five hundred people were arrested when city police squared off with demonstrators again last night another three hundred were reportedly arrested in the city of east mir for his part the turkish prime minister. test says a group of extremists he said that the situation will calm down when he returns from this trip to monaco. go has more on the protests that have turned deadly. twenty two year old man did die after his sustaining a head wound during the night's protests in the south of turkey in the city of kentucky of the protesters are saying the shocking apparently from a police car however this information we have to stress this hasn't been confirmed yet so we have to wait and see for at least somewhat official results whether or not this indeed was a case of us to hear police brutality earlier on sunday there was a young man also died after a car slammed into a crowd of protesters so far these are two confirmed deaths but the people on the

street that we have been speaking to they are saying that they have personally seen least four or five people are dead more than sixteen hundred people have already been injured and more than a thousand arrested there is more and more people coming out on taksim square going to get the park just in istanbul alone the numbers stink bracing and most of them are really peaceful protesters and we have talked to one of the young lawyers association representative who explained to us why people continue to flood the streets in turkey voicing their protest of the current government groups who not only low years here are some doctors just the organization of their community of the nation now asking the government for resign they become a union here due to do to do any legal acts of the government now their decision is somewhat different in a different part of the city just a couple of kilometers from here and go just as there are actually targeting the prime minister's office says the police are retaliating with tear gas water cannons

rubber bullets plastic bullets a prime minister erdogan is actually out of the country he's on a trip to morocco and speaking on monday he said the situation in the country in turkey is calm he has also disregarded the words of the turkish president good who called off to end police brutality and is actually meeting with the representatives of the top opposition parties in turkey in order to try and solve the situation however prime minister erdogan has said that he doesn't understand what the president says but he said. that the protesters message has been very members of the public sector also going out in protest today so this ad just adds to the magnitude of protests that we're seeing are so really the protest movement in turkey does look like it's only gaining momentum now as our teams arena go well health conscious consumers in connecticut are one step closer to knowing exactly what's in their food the state legislature passed a bill requiring special labeling on foods that contain genetically modified and

radiance this bill was overwhelmingly passed one hundred thirty four two story and is now on the governor's desk awaiting his signature but the mandate will not take effect until four of connecticut's surrounding states enact similar legislations so what exactly did this bill achieve joining us some of the answers as liz right so she's the co-founder of the farm food free coalition thank you so much for joining me so as i had just kind of alluded to the connecticut legislature passed this act but it doesn't go into effect without the help of other states so was it mostly symbolic well it was definitely more than symbolic because what it did is it motivated and mobilized people to be in action on the issue and whether that means that they're going to start producing their own food or they're going to start making a bigger fuss about it at the grocery stores they shop it really did help to mobilize people around the issue and it brought huge awareness to the fact that there's a most prevalent in our food supply and they are not labeled chair now what's the next step for for this type of g.m.o.

labeling i mean obviously there are four other states have to sign on but is this an idea that's kind of spreading yeah it really is and you know i keep hearing that we're almost at the tipping point for it so the generation of awareness that we're getting from from the initiation of these bills whether or not they pass is a huge step in that process and it's really exciting to see it happen to see the conversation happening and people getting into it and they're interested in finding ways that they can source food that they know doesn't have to. whether or not it's labeled whether that means their own food production or sourcing from a local farm now at the same time that we have this connecticut legislature debating and coming up with a bipartisan agreement on g.m.o. labeling that was overwhelmingly passed we had it last november a proposition thirty seven in california where the people were the ones that struck it down so is the best way to go about getting this g.m.o. labeling to go to the legislature instead of the people and is it really the will of the people well i think that we definitely need to have both approaches i mean

it's super important because especially at this time you know there are still people who say what is the g.m.o. and so we've got to answer that for everyone so everybody knows what it is and then you know either way whether it's through a voter initiative or whether it's through the legislature there will be the tipping point of demand and grocers retailers and food processors will all be getting on board because the demand will be there and let's talk about the difference between a federal approach to a most and a state level approach is there one that's better and your opinion well just in my opinion i think the state level approach is better because the more localized you can get the better now let's move on to the other end of the spectrum away from genetically modifying foods a wisconsin farmer named vernon hershberger is potentially facing jail time for his role in producing and selling raw milk as i understand it he told me a little bit more about this case and why producing and selling. amounts to criminal charges right will basically vernon hershberger is

a peaceful farmer he operates a dairy in wisconsin and he was charged with four criminal counts for distribution of fresh milk so this is unprocessed. milk that he was distributing to his local community these are people that bought into the farm that he was operating many of them helped operate the farm and the state for criminal charges against him and i was under understand he's not the first person to face charges like this there were three other acquitted is that right well there was one. another in minnesota another farmer in minnesota who was charged with criminal counts for distribution and he was acquitted yes and i understand that verna's charges many of his charges have actually been acquitted as well why is that well so before county was raising were distribution of raw milk operate in a dairy without a permit and operating a retail food establishment without a permit and then violating a holding order and the violating a holding order that's the one he was found guilty on the others he was acquitted on and that's also the least significant because it the other set

a precedent for other farmers who are wanting to engage in that same level of private contractual transactions with their local communities and let's talk about the idea of wrong now because that doesn't bring into question the idea of food safety as i understand it raw milk does and it could potentially have poisonous pathogens and it which is why the food and drug administration and others really want it to be regulated so first of all what benefits do you know of that are. processed now you know that's a whole other conversation but i'll touch on that raw milk has multiple health benefits many people who switch from conventional milk to fresh on processed whole milk they just experience many many health benefits from weight loss to lower allergies less asthma improved immunity this is what real people experience when they make the switch the whole argument of safety i mean to me that's really a non issue because there's multiple foods that contain pathogens that can contain

pathogens and dairy in general is at the very bottom of that list and set it to have that be the argument against milk is irrelevant i mean it's it's not a component really of of the bigger picture that we're looking at so what do you make of this just the two stories that we have been talking about what do you make of this idea of the f.d.a. . and other food. ministrations going after person that is selling wrong milk but really. pushing for and not criminalizing bio engineered foods what does that say to you as a consumer and as an advocate for food well. there's a big difference between industry and the private sector and that they've got a one size fits all kind of regular regulation and it really doesn't and we need to look at these regulations and look at the enforcement of these regulations and ask you know as a culture here is it appropriate to not do anything to the big corporations who really are causing massive numbers of illnesses or potentially damaging the

environment through g m o's and then go after small family farms with armed swat teams is that really an appropriate use of how to enforce these regulations so what is next for the case of vernon well the next thing is is his sentencing hearing which is on june thirteenth i believe and at that point the judge will determine if he or how much jail time he gets for the one guilty charge he had expect to see some more cases like this of a small arms fire as you describe are amish farmer as you describe them i think we'll see a little bit more of this you know the enforcement is still so aggressive against these small farms unfortunately and so i think that before it gets better it has the likelihood to get worse was writes a co-founder with the farm food freedom coalition thank you so much for joining us . well it's one of the last few states to still allow the use of electric chairs and inmate executions now florida lawmakers are speeding up executions to cut down

on costs the bill is called the timely justice act and it would require the governor to sign a convicted murderer his death warrant within thirty days of the conclusion of the appeals process that would allow the state to perform executions by lethal injection or injection within one hundred eighty days of that appeal process and also limits options for defense attorneys to contend that death sentence there are currently four hundred four people on death row in the state of florida according to the official death row roster released by the state's department of corrections five of those people are women and in some cases those cases range all the way back to nineteen sixty eight if that measure is signed by governor rick scott approximately one hundred inmates who are on death row would immediately be scheduled for execution that fact has human justice advocates reeling and here's why since one thousand nine hundred seventy three twenty four people have been exonerated from death row when the defense was able to prove their innocence

critics say this bill would lead to more executions of innocent people without a proper appeals process from trial to execution the process of issuing a convicted murderer the death sentence costs millions of dollars per person according to the death penalty information center and forcing executions cost four to fifty one million dollars a year more than it would cost to punish all first degree murder is with life sentences in prison without parole based on the forty four executions florida carried out since one thousand nine hundred seventy six that amounts to a cost of about twenty four million dollars for each execution the state of florida has conducted. well wal-mart might be the company to boast that about having the lowest prices in town and also advertises itself as a place for career growth and opportunity on the next american success story working for companies where over seventy five percent store management started it

seems there's opportunity here but the corporation might also have the lowest wages in town according to a study released by a congressional democrats last week wal-mart's wages are so low that many of its workers rely on food stamps and other government aid programs just to get by so are these so-called job creators really hoping taxpayers out or are they just adding on another bill are to correspondent margaret how rolls back on the numbers. multinational corporation wal-mart is the largest grocer in the united states currently has ten thousand eight hundred stores around the globe and approximately two million employees it's the biggest employer in america sounds like they're doing their part to keep jobs in the hands of americans right let's take a closer look and the study coming out of congress shows wal-mart cost the government roughly nine hundred thousand in government aid programs every year for

just one of wal-mart's superstores now that was based on a wisconsin store a study model for example the government ponies up nearly two hundred fifty one thousand seven hundred six dollars per year on health care alone for one of their stores three hundred employees not surprisingly wal-mart was the number one employer with employees and rolled in state assisted health care last year so what would help anyway higher pay well listen i proposed legislation that would raise the minimum wage to ten dollars and ten cents an hour the argument is that by raising the minimum wage rate those earning in that bracket would we not federally subsidized programs offer to those who can afford them but would raising the rate just a couple of dollars really change anything anyway we'll take for example a single mother of two making ten dollars in ten cents an hour if she were able to work forty hours a week that amounts to and come just over six hundred dollars a month but that would still qualify her and her family for federal food assistance and other government aid but just has to blame anyway will on one side you have

wal-mart who does provide jobs to americans but on the other side the labor policies of wal-mart emulate what critics call a low road approach letting the taxpayer hold the bag for employees when those benefits that they need to survive meanwhile each month more than sixty percent of americans will shop at wal-mart like those employed by wal-mart who still rely on public assistance food stamps section eight housing state funded health care something else may need to change more so than just a few dollars of wage increase right in washington margaret howell r t. well m.s.n. b.c. is the station that promises to lean forward but that applies more to its opinion shows then breaking news and interview with the new york times on sunday president of the network phil griffin said in this n.b.c. is not the place to turn to for breaking news he said quote we are not the place for that our brand is not that the statement comes at

a time when the network has slumped into fourth place behind c.n.n. headline news and fox rachel maddow who helms the network's flagship opinion program experienced a similar drop in the ratings last month so innocent b.c. is not covering breaking news take a look at what they are devoting their time to instead just twenty four hours after angelina jolie revealed she had a double mastectomy a spokesman for michael douglas backtracking on the actor's comments about his bout with throat cancer people magazine is reporting this morning that jolie is now planning to undergo surgery to remove her ovaries douglas's comments have been one of the hottest topics on social media her openness over her health problems is producing what's being called the jolie effect douglas said it wasn't smoking or drinking but h.p.v. caught through oral sex because there's throat cancer now covering celebrities with cancer is a serious issue yes and it should be noted that the station has avoided getting

information wrong when breaking news happens like the obamacare ruling or the boston bombing but perhaps it's time to redefine what news is according to this and d.c. standards and that's going to do it for now for more on the stories we covered go to youtube dot com slash r t america and check out our website r.t. dot com slash usa don't forget to follow me on twitter at meghan underscore lopez and stay tune prime interest is up next with perry and boring. you know how sometimes you see a story and it seems so for lengthly you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and realize everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm charming welcome to the big picture.

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