live from moscow at nine pm the international stalemate over edward snowden moves a step closer to being resolved as venezuela confirms that it's received a formal request for political asylum from the whistleblower on the run caracas. to offer him refuge from u.s. prosecution god made so much. also to the muslim brotherhood of egypt the nation to rise up against the military following the ousting of the president and monday's deadly clashes in cairo this is the interim leader reveals a transition time for a new government. and a muslim brotherhood rally is underway currently in full swing outside of cairo where thousands of show of support for morsi who they call the country's legitimate leader still be in fact all the latest pictures live from nasa city looking out there. and also this hour as activists voiced their outrage over the force feeding

of guantanamo bay hunger strikers during the holy month of ramadan a popular american rapper finds out first time just how painful this procedure could be. if you just joined us this is r.t. international it's kevin owen here with very good to have you company edward snowden's plea for political asylum looking precisely promising to save me a fugitive u.s. intelligence leaker now has three latin american countries venezuela the correct bolivia all willing to work willing to offer refuge to him from prosecution in his homeland but whichever asylum destination snowden chooses getting there of course is going to be no simple matter as art he's going to teach you can explains now.

edward snowden submitted his request ask to have been his while this president indicated in very strong terms that his country was ready to accept him this is what you said about snowden he's a young man who in the spirit of her belly and has told the truth about the united states spying on the whole world so we see that snowden will be very much welcome. but the question is how is he going to get there we understand that he is still in the transit zone in a moscow strait a medieval airport there are no direct commercial flights between moscow and caracas and the usual route involves changing planes in havana it is not clear if the cuban authorities would let him transit besides using european airspace would not be completely risk free for snowden just last week a number of european countries banned believe the president's plane from using their airspace because they were told snowden was aboard one alternative flight plan would involve an era prior to taking off from moscow refueling in floods of

our stock and then continuing east over the pacific to south america but it's really not clear how it's going to happen but he's transit limbo in moscow may come to an end very soon moscow has indicated that they want snowden to choose is this nation and leave russia as soon as possible in the meantime the guardian newspaper has published the second part if it were skilled in the video interview from which we'll learn more about what drove him to sacrifice a seemingly comfortable lifestyle and blow the whistle on u.s. government secret surveillance activities he describes it as a journey of conscience basically remember one time snowden enlisted in the u.s. army because he wanted to fight in iraq he thought it was a noble war and then he has worked with a number of government agencies but as he grew familiar with the system from the inside is the use have evolved snowden says he hoped that with a new president things would change but he says instead he witnessed the opposite the growth of the surveillance state take a listen increasingly was exposed. true information that had not been propagandized

in the media. that we were actually involved in misleading the public and misleading all publics not just the american public in order to create a certain mindset in the global consciousness and i was actually a victim of that i grew up with the understanding that the world i lived in was one where people enjoyed a sort of freedom to communicate with them each other in privacy without of being thought of being measured analyzed or or or sort of judged by these shadowy figure systems i think a lot of people of my generation anybody who grew up with the internet that was their understanding the obama administration tries whistleblowers as spies snowden is wanted on espionage charges and whistleblowers in the u.s. these days risk the death penalty in the u.s. has certainly gone a long way from the days of de niro ellsberg and his pentagon papers nowadays paul patients and pundits on television say if snowden were a real whistleblower or

a good whistleblower he would have stayed in the western almost certainly going to jail so a lot of talking heads on television constantly questioning snowden's motivation and because he fled and is now asking for asylum in all these different countries it's easier to portray him as a traitor a correspondent in washington the national security agency which snowden used to work for them as a contract to seems to be undaunted by the scandal surrounding it that is scaring us colleges for new recruits but it is going to smooth the q. and a session at one university recently recruiters from themselves facing tough questions from students over the galaxy of the n.s.a.'s actions but the target is the students at the university of wisconsin she told me what happened. i think they were completely caught off guard they were confused you can hear that on tape it sounded like they never had to actually justify or even critically think about the work that they're engaged in and they simply didn't know how to answer the questions and these are very basic questions about the nature of their work that

speaks to the bubble i think that the intelligence community lives in that they are so good they think it they actually don't have to answer any questions that they can go on recruiting just they have just as they have they ended up by telling us that n.s.a. is simply an apolitical organization that fulfills requests that are sent to it by other departments i mean they seem to be taking their nuremberg defense that they were just doing their job which is a lot of sense at all well this information coming to light now from edward snowden building up a picture isn't it of how the american global surveillance operations are working it's pretty complicated as well may be scary if we didn't know so much about it before first of all this the futuristically made nuclear and system this is what party listens to your phone calls wherever that may be directed it's thought that if it catches a suspicious keyword you'll then be flagged if i'm subject to further scrutiny then moves to something that similarly cryptically titled pin whale this system is said

to troll for suspicious activity through videos on the web whether that should live skype calls with your friends or family or indeed a you tube video that's been uploaded something else to who you followed where your phone from and when you call them is all stored in something called main way this system is reportedly capable of building a facebook like friends list just to profile you just recalling habits lost lee as well as something called merino now this is a program in charge of recording your online life it's said to be able to catch store and record your sending emails before they even reach the recipient pretty scary isn't it these are just. four of some of the systems the only way you know about the make of america's surveillance network the ones that we know the workings of the men. be more we'll keep you posted you know of course that with all this information on us snooping practice is now coming to the surface support for the government's declining president obama's approval rating deeds dropped by almost ten percentage points in just one month this not just the spying controversy itself

but also the fact that officials in washington lied about it and that sanguine the public as when a foreigner explains not tell the truth or someone might just tell it for you does the n.s.a. collect any type of gate at all on millions or hundreds of millions of americans no sir it does not not wittingly there are cases where they could inadvertently perhaps collect but not not wittingly in america it's a crime a violation of federal law to lie to congress during testimony i responded in what i thought was the most true for least untruthful manner by saying no the us director of national intelligence james clapper publicly acknowledged his error only after n.s.a. whistleblower edward snowden spilled the beans on america's clandestine espionage activities the director of national intelligence is now apologizing for what he

calls his erroneous response to congress over n.s.a. surveillance programs one of those covert programs indiscriminately collects the phone records of hundreds of millions of americans secret surveillance once criticized by a familiar face no more illegal wiretapping of american citizens no more national security letters to spy on citizens who are not suspected of a crime but upon entering the white house u.s. president barack obama seems to have had a change of heart my assessment and my team's assessment. was that. they help us prevent terrorist attacks government lies surrounding the n.s.a.'s programs has raised questions about the possibility of additional untruths being told in the name of national security i have been crystal clear about my position on iran possessing a nuclear weapon that that is a red line for us the fact is u.s.

intelligence officials and the united nations have concluded that iran is not currently building a nuclear weapon but that hasn't stopped washington sanctions if we're throwing accusations that are not true that cloud the domestic debate the political debate and also send negative signals to the other side we make it much more likely that diplomacy can succeed and we end up going into a war that was of avoidable but. in the case of syria's civil war the french and others had already. concluded that he's using the sharing gas in small quantities but again piers this is the red line and we allege that killed between one hundred nine hundred fifty people washington recently began arming the rebels after independently concluding that damascus used nerve gas against the opposition findings u.n. investigators have not supported i think

a reasonable reader. here in haiti we haven't been in the british who have you know u.s. government under well as for the whistle blowing website that aims to expose the truth the u.s. has listed wiki leaks as an enemy of the state until you the obama administration comes forward with a way to roll out open this into the national security debate there's going to be a problem of people trusting working ministrations up to the american public has witnessed a top u.s. official lie about the nation's pervasive surveillance program. and an n.s.a. contractor reveal the truth yet only one of those men is being punished and prosecuted for their actions and if people can't trust not only the executive branch but also don't trust congress and don't trust. federal judges to make sure that we're biding by the constitution due process and rule of law then

we're going to have some problems are. welcome to your problem mr president. our team in iraq. as a polling no punches as ever on the n.s.a. scandal this time he says the theft of personal data by the u.s. government harks back to nazi germany going to countries like this program online later tonight when you find it right now online at the dot com as well as much more as well. focus on egypt now for a few minutes shall we and at least six hundred fifty people have been arrested there is a storage fees to investigate monday's clashes which claimed at least fifty lives most of the detainee's are supporters of the ousted president mohamed morsi and his muslim brotherhood movement you know we're seeing live pictures from masses city that's a suburb of cairo where tonight again supporters of mohamed morsi of gathered in a show of solidarity for what they insist is the legitimate government still the muslim brotherhood called for a national uprising against the military which is currently holding power. reports

you know gyptian capital. well funerals are being held for the victims who were killed during monday's massacre that is according to the brotherhood responded in that way some seventy one people killed it comes amidst the it was a battle but really what's this is the streets in nationwide protests demanding the allston place to come see me and stated there is still unknown such confusion in terms of what actually transpired on monday morning wouldn't you rather that it's protesters were holding a peaceful city it was looting dorna ways to find out even something on. it court a building where it is believed that morsi is currently being held when they suddenly came under fire from the army they were provoked this is in stark contrast to what we're hearing from the military they say that they came under fire that it was armed gunmen who scaled the roofs of nearby buildings they were hurling molotov cocktails firebombs as well as huge stones at the army who were forced to respond

in self defense the army saying the fact that two policemen and one soldier was killed is evidence that they were under fire and that there was simply trying to protect both their lives the lives of the protesters and the installation that they were protecting well the first point that is worth making is that we are hearing from the interim president adly mansour now he has issued a five month roadmap to taking this country toward some kind of democracy and according to the roadmap the constitution will first be amended this will then be ratified in a referendum in december you will have parliamentary elections and then in february a presidential poll the muslim brotherhood has rejected this hour flight but when you talk to people here on the streets they say that the real culprit is in fact washington now washington has kept mum it hasn't really made any statements pointing this is a military coup and this is largely because it puts washington in a very difficult position it's a cause of a military coup it will be obliged to stop its military aid to egypt be the figures

are startling since nine hundred seventy nine the u.s. has spent some sixty eight billion dollars on funding of military are of the egyptian military and the u.s. covers some eighty percent of egypt's military spending the figures again are huge some eleven thousand five hundred egyptian officers were trained in the united states between the years of two thousand and two thousand and nine now this translates into about two point five percent of the current egypt should military move us. training across the atlantic and the most notable among them is the current head of the army general sisi when you talk to people here few doubts that even though washington hasn't come on board and actually said this was a military coup altimetry washington will end up supporting the army they point to history the fact that america supported will barack he was in overthrown in a place by morsi they supported morsi and this is why you had these probles the

supporters so angry today they accuse washington of double standards on middle east north africa of course one of their policies posting regular updates on situation in egypt on a twitter feed as well there she looks into the dilemma faced right now by washington which will have to code aid to the egyptian military if it did mit's that a coup actually has taken place follow her for the latest on. a senior advisor to the muslim brotherhood you heard her dad told me a bit earlier that the group's members of ready to put their lives on the line in this stand against the military. it's a military coup against a democratically elected president the first each has ever had despite the performance you don't bring down presidents because of their bad performance otherwise most part the countries of the world's brothers would have been brought down what you do is you engage in parliamentary politics to bring up a government that's capable of delivering on its promises and you cycled in every turn what happened at the moment is that the military coup took over the government and they have almost overnight resurfaced

a complete police state cracking down on political leaders attacking and killing protesters that we've seen yesterday morning closing down parties attacking media professionals closing down channels a complete police state in action this is unacceptable to twenty first century they can't stage the same coup they did in one thousand fifty six so if more bloodshed is involved it's par for the course it goes with the territory that here if more bloodshed is involved you will always be our blood and old law seems to be cheap enough for the military jointer they don't protect is in fact actually complicit in attacking us and attacking our protest and cities with our blood is the price that is needed for this country conscience to wake up with the rest of the world's conscious to wake up we would be glad to getting it but we still remain peaceful we will never engage in any violent retaliation if we become the punching back well that's something we have to deal with but with all the people here behind me are here by choice they have carrying their shrouds saying that if this military will kill me because i'm standing for my right to choose my leader through the ballot box then i'm dying for this country or meantime to another official from islamist

movement warns that the crisis could escalate into civil war doesn't take place. ted do. we think that without. a national dialogue. from all. the parties. freedom and justice and all the islamists that will. ensue that's why we are seeing this war is the. coming up i'll tell you look at the guantanamo bay hunger strike in the controversy over the force feeding of inmates during the ramadan fast soft this quick break. i told you my language as well but i will only react to situations as i have read

the reports so i'm like you know i will leave that to the state department to comment on your latter point of the month to secure a car is on the docket. thank you no more weasel words. when you need a direct question be prepared for a chase when you run should be ready for a. pretty tough speech and a little down to freedom to question. u.s.

federal courts condemned the force feeding of them obeyed prisoners is a painful humiliating and degrading practice but at the same time the judge turned down a request from one of the detainees to end the practice ruling that the only person with the authority to make such a decision is president obama calls to enforce feeding of also come from leading muslim figures in the country who say god should respect the religious fast of ramadan which has just started as his prison authorities claim that during the islamic holy month force feeding will take place only at night. prison is entering its six month now with one hundred six seven hundred sixty six inmates taking part in a protest against inhumane treatment at indefinite detention without trial of those forty five are being force fed i spoke to her from the council on american islamic relations he believes the protests won't stop until real changes are made at the

facility. our position has always been that it's wrong to force feed detainees that's a position of the international legal experts it's a position of medical ethicists it's a position i have every right thinking person who doesn't want to see detainees abused in this way and whether you do it during the daylight hours or it after sunset it doesn't really matter wrong is wrong the only reason these people are carrying out this hunger strike is because they feel desperate they feel that nothing will ever change for them you have to give them some hope somehow that the situation is going to change otherwise what do they have left. with no letup to the situation when ton of the activists are trying to show the public just how bad force feeding really is. one such attempt in

a program breaking the said it warned that you might find the following footage coming up upsetting. case you still don't realize how horrifying this procedure really is rapper most def recently volunteered to take part in the standard operating procedure for force feeding get no prisoners and here's what happened when he tried. seemed. to demonstrate the standard operating procedure to force feeding detainees at guantanamo bay. no you just. i felt that way to.

me like you do in. i don't know about you but i was very difficult to watch in fact he couldn't even do it he later said it felt like an object searing his brain just imagine enforced against your will to encourage this kind of treatment not once but twice daily so cruel as to most deaf or even attempting to do it just to send us a powerful message now it's our job to make sure that message doesn't fall on deaf ears. and what. we're about to do if you've never seen anything like that. right clisp british bankers could soon face jail time for misconduct while managing banks chancellor george osborne's back tougher rules for the industry but his

response to proposals from the parliamentary commission on banking standards is already being criticized these tests are said more than on this from lunde. call it for the for jail time for bankers who are accused of reckless behavior it has gotten a lot of coverage because of the how big that statement is he is supporting in the parliamentary backing commission's recommendations essentially on stricter guidelines we know now that the banking reform bill is up for debate in a part of the whoever the critics are pointing out that osborne basically don't believe what he is saying that it was that it will actually amount to anything basically they're saying that the legitimacy of banks have been eroded so much out of financial crisis that was simply forced to say something like that in order to appease his critics well let's get more insight on what this all actually means from studies of financial trader you are in the industry should bankers be shaking

in their shoes right now because of this big statement from osborne. well some would argue that the best punishment for the banks would not be jail them but to stop what has been going on in last few years bailing them out of public money every time to get it wrong and every time to bring the economy to its knees banks need to realize that most important currency in the world is not sterling it's not the dollar it's not the euro it's not even gold it's trust you lose trust of the public lost perhaps that trust will be regained if they start seeing bankers who are guilty in handcuffs but will it actually take place i mean there are those who argue that this is simply was or was simply dragged into saying something like this will it actually happen i'm sure there is some political element to do to win populist votes with the electorate there's no doubt about that and will it work one thing barrister will tell you is that satisfying the british criminal definition of criminality is going to be very difficult especially when it comes to

something like this in the banks to prove because in british law we have something called ments rio which is the mental elements of a crime how will they prove the. element the mystery of recklessness you know in response to banks one answer to this question yes or no do you think anything will change no the public should realize that the essentially unless they wake up and wise and up the market is rigged against you because the market will always be rigged against them so it's nothing going to change thank you very much for that well as you know also there stricter guidelines being debated in parliament however news like financial regulators having found the twenty seven point one billion pounds hole in the balance sheet of some banks now is really that big the confusion of the disconnect between the talk and what is actually being done. to the they also pretty well financial fact from fiction interest only a right after this break.

remember how all of a sudden avent card protest group became world famous and were completely forgotten by next month yeah i'm talking about the feminist punk rock group pussy riot that performed a vulgar anti prayer and one of moscow's most famous orthodox cathedrals one possible reason for their explosive popularity in the media's eyes was revealed recently by german actress on a book the actress claims a german t.v. channels e.d.f. paid her a large undisclosed amount of money to come out on behalf of the activists banned show said on a t.v. discussion that she doesn't even remember what she said except for wishing them well with dealing with their incarceration it would be very odd for an actress to just make up a bribery scandal especially one she was complicit in but it makes you wonder just

how many other people may have been given a little extra motivation to cry travesty overall i think that most important of what said her public revelation is that she said that you know what it's a bit dumb when actors talk about politics and i couldn't agree with her more but that's just my opinion. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so. you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and realize that everything you. are is a big picture. good afternoon welcome to. prime interest i'm bobby english here in washington d.c.

here is a story we're telling today the world is turning or is it looks like we have the slightest inkling of a crack down on wall street but is it too little too late for the press to have quarter not told though it may be continues against john core design and ex goldman i gary gensler is being painted as a tough new sheriff even though he abdicated oversight of the entire futures industry one m.f. global ago and it's the age of whistleblowers today actually yesterday snowden and then today bank of america thanks to two new lawsuits we learned how the too big to fail giant systematically built home over promise and loan modifications who then they proceeded to kick out of those homes and you might have heard of the volcker rule that says banks cannot gamble with customer money lloyd blankfein said his goldman sachs doing this but guess what he did it we just learned that the firm found a loophole to keep doing it anyway over a billion dollars worth we'll learn how this is possible and how it might add we talked to bart naylor a public citizen.