cons are for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into kaiser report on r t. n r t at ten pm the international stalemate over edward snowden moves a step closer to being results venezuela confirms that now it's received a formal request for political asylum from the whistleblower on the run caracas earlier signaled its willingness to offer him refuge from u.s. prosecution. russia says it has evidence that syrian rebel fighters not government forces used chemical weapons in an attack on aleppo back in march that's according to moscow's envoy to the united nations. the muslim brotherhood in egypt urges 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 transitional time table now for a new government. and indeed a muslim brotherhood rally is now in full swing just outside of cairo with thousands of gathered to show their support to morsi who they call the country's

leader these pictures saying there live pictures result of karo nasa city. also coming up this hour to his muslim 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 firsthand just how painful the procedure could be. as kevin owen you would out see tonight good to have you company our top story then as i've just mentioned edward snowden's plea for political asylum looking increasingly promising the fugitive u.s. intelligence leaker now is three latin american countries venezuela nicaragua and bolivia all willing to offer him refuge from prosecution in his homeland for more of these are developments as talk to us is more important issues in new york hi

there how likely is it that this case will come to some sort of movement soon and he will leave russia. well right now i think it would just are the main concern venezuela venezuelan president nicolas maduro has confirmed that the country has received an official request for asylum from n.s.a. whistleblower edward snowden and he now says that there needs to be decision of when he will fly to the country if he accepts. that point being made if snowden accept it but how he will fly out of russia is the main concern you see there's no direct flights that go from russia to venezuela there has to be a connection made in cuba and in cuba while we have heard the cuban leader raul castro voice some support for edward snowden it hasn't been made clear by any cuban officials if they will supply a safe passage for edward snowden if he were to decide to go to venezuela now

clearly edward snowden is searching for a new homeland he has applied according to reports for asylum in twenty one different countries he did release a statement a week ago saying that he is now stateless and he fears coming back to his homeland because of facing unfair prosecution or possible possible life in print prison or a death sentence if he feels he would not face a fair trial in the united states now while opinions about edward snowden and his actions are still very divided there is a lot of people that support what he has done there's a lot of people that criticize him and say he's a traitor but one thing that cannot be denied the fact is through edward snowden's revelations about the n.s.a.'s pervasive spying programs within the united states and abroad we have come to realize and know that the top u.s. officials have previously lied about the country's spy programs and this is caused many to wonder if the u.s. if u.s.

officials could lie about surveillance programs. tell the truth or someone might just tell it for you does the n.s.a. collect any type of data 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 wittingly in america it's a crime of violation of federal law to lie to congress during testimony i responded in what i thought was the most true for at 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 the government lies surrounding the n.s.a.'s programs has raised questions about the possibility of additional untrue just being told in the name of national security i have been crystal clear about my position on iran possessing a nuclear weapon 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. 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 here's this is the red line and we alleged they killed between one hundred one 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 it's reasonable. here in

haiti we have been in the grip of brutal 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 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 ministration is 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 abiding by the constitution due process and rule of law then we're going to have some problems are. welcome to your problem mr

president marina porton i am our team i mean. well you know all this leaked information has come out from snowden and it enabled us to build a picture of how america's global surveillance is working it's complicated it's an eye opener as well let's take a look at what we know first off is the futuristically titled system called nuclear and if you can see that this is what perry listens in to your phone calls rather than maybe directed it's thought that if it catches a suspicious keyword then you'll be flagged and subjected to further scrutiny then there's also a similarly cryptically titled system called pin well now this program is said to trawl for suspicious activity through videos on the web whether that should live skype call with your friends or family indeed you choose video that's been uploaded there's more to who you phoned where you followed and when you called them store were stored by something called mainway now this system is reportedly capable of

building a facebook like friends list a profile do just that for me calling her a bit scary and it lastly too we know of something called marina that's a program in charge of recording your online life it's said to be able to catch store and record your send emails before they even reach a recipient they're just four of what we know there could be more as well we'll keep you posted as we get to know more about it of course now artie's financial guru miles kaiser is pulling no punches on the n.s.a. scandal he says the theft of personal data by u.s. governments harks back to. nazi germany had to r.t. dot com for more on that we're covering it for you can be assured. russia says syrian rebel fighters not the army were behind a chemical attack in aleppo four months ago which left twenty six people dead the russian envoy to the united nations says that conclusion was reached after some

polls taken from the site were analyzed was no hundred the evidence over to the u.n. this group more on this and talked to our. going to she can a washington correspondent going to what exactly did the russian envoy have to say what more can you tell us about what they found well kevin as you remember the u.n. investigation into the use of chemical weapons near aleppo never materialized although the syrian government requested such investigation but some u.n. officials demanded access into all syrian facilities which theory denied insisting on the investigation of that particular incident anyway the u.n. investigation never happened but nonetheless the u.s. came forward and said it had evidence the syrian government used chemical weapons but there were lots of questions as to the sources from which they got the evidence washington kind of brushed up any reports that rebels could have been behind the attack the syrian government wanted the incident clarified and requested russian experts to look into what happened in all our sol near aleppo which they did and

based on that analysis russia says there is every reason to believe that it was the arm syrian fighters who used chemical weapons in khan all our stock take a listen the results of the analysis clearly indicate that the ordinance used in common assault was not industrially manufactured and was filled with sudden the sudden technical specifications proved that it was not invested in manufactured either the project island vault is not is standard one for chemical use therefore there is evidence you seem to believe that it was the armed opposition fighters who used the chemical weapons in khan. russia has just submitted its analysis of on site sam pole so russia's you went on for you also underscored that unlike other reports provided to the secretary general russia's samples were taken at the projectile impact point by russian experts in person they were not transmitted to us he says through third parties

which was apparently the case with us analysis the samples were analyzed at a russian lab certified by the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons russia also says they have information that the production of bosher three unguided projectiles the ones that were used in that attack started in february two thousand and thirteen by the so-called bosher all nasir brigade which is affiliated with the free syrian army in light of this russia calls for the u.n. to look into this and for the international community to consider all evidence it had been just to see what the reaction is now from the u.n. when those some present evidence is handed over going to chicken and washington thank you very much thank you for being with us it's now a commuter thirty minutes past ten at night live here in moscow it's kevin and it ought to be with more news after this break.

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again six hundred fifty people been arrested in egypt as authorities there investigate monday's clashes which claimed at least fifty lives most of the detainees are supporters of the ousted president mohamed morsi and his was live brotherhood movement the group called for national uprising against the military which is currently assume power. reports from the egyptian capital. well funerals are being held for the victims who were killed during monday's massacre that is according to the muslim brotherhood was turned in their way some fifty one people killed it comes amidst the muslim brotherhood calling for supporters to go to the streets in a nationwide protest demanding again for the ousted president mohamed morsi to be

reinstated there is still a lot of confusion in terms of what actually transpired on monday morning according to the brotherhood it's protesters were holding a peaceful city there were holding dorna prayers in front of the republican guard headquarters building where it is believed that morsy 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 calling this a military coup and this is largely because it puts washington in a very difficult position as a cause of a military coup it will be obliged. aid to egypt the 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 us 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 egyptian military who've received 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 onboard and actually said this was a military coup ultimately washington will end up supporting the army they point to history the fact that america's support of mubarak he was in overthrown in a place by morsi they supported morsi and this is why you have these probe morsi supporters so angry today they accuse washington of double standards. and paul is posting regular updates on the situation in egypt on a twitter feed there she looks into the dilemma faced right now by washington which will have to cut aid to the egyptian military for the admits the coup has taken

place we are following for the latest on twitter on. senior adviser to the muslim brotherhood returned you heard had told me that the group's members are ready to put their lives on the line in their stance against the military. it's a military coup against a democratically elected president thursday the time that i have despite the performance you don't bring down presidents because of their bad performance otherwise my part the countries of the world's brothers would have been brought down what you do is you engage a parliamentary party to bring up a government that's capable of delivering on its promises and you cycle 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 than here if more bloodshed is involved there will always be our blood in our blood seems to be cheap

enough for the military joint or they don't protect is in fact actually complicit in attacking us and attacking our protest in cities with our blood is the price that is needed for this country the conscience to wake up with the rest of the world's conscious to wake up we would be gladly giving it but we still remain peaceful we will never engage in any violent retaliation if we become the punching bag well that's something we have to deal with but we all the people here behind me are here by choice they have carrying their shadows 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. she had had this become a bit earlier in the meantime an official from the islamist movement warns that the crisis could escalate into civil war if dialogue doesn't take place. that might tend to a national war and we think that without. a national dialogue that's really from. the parties. even.

freedom and justice and all the extremists that will end to this national war. that's why we are saying the sooner the better. it was federal courts condemned the force feeding of guantanamo bay prisoners as a painful humiliating and degrading practice but the same time the judge turned down a request from one of the detainees to end the practice ruling only that the pres that the person of authority do that would be president obama will cause to enforce feeding also come from the leading muslim figures in the country to say god should respect the religious fast of ramadan which has just started says prison authorities claim that during the islamic holy month force feeding will only take place at night hunger striking going tell of a prison is entering its six month now with one hundred six out of one hundred sixty six inmates taking part in a protest against inhumane treatment an indefinite detention without trial of those

forty five of being force fed a split abraham hooper from the council on american islamic relations who believes the protests won't stop either 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 of 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 let up to the situation

a growing tide of insight activists are trying to show the public just how bad force feeding really is martin looked at one such attempt in a program breaking the set he warned though you might find some of the footage coming up upsetting him. he's you still don't realize how horrifying this procedure really is rapper most deaths recently volunteered to take part in the standard operating procedure for force feeding get no prisoners and here's what happened when he tried. when it was seen. here to demonstrate the standard operating procedure to force feeding detainees at guantanamo bay. the.

drug. i'm not going to. meet he's got to do it. 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 to syrian his brain just imagine in forced against your will to incur this kind of treatment not once but twice daily so critters to most def 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 i. want to do if you've never seen anything like that.

reckless sprigged bankers could soon face jail time for misconduct while managing banks chancellor george osborne's backed tougher rules for the industry but his response of proposals from the parliamentary commission on banking standards is already drawing criticism of his test resellers got the latest from london. call it for the for jail time for bankers who are accused of a reckless behavior that 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 all those born 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 backers 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 they did 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. tell you. satisfying the british criminal

definition of criminality is going to be very difficult specially when it comes to something like this in the banks to prove because in british law we have is something called men which is a mental element of a crime how will they prove the. until the element the mystery of recklessness comes you know in response to banks one aspect of this question yes or no do you think anything will change no the public should realize that it's been essentially unless they wake up and wisen up the market is rigged against you because the market will always be rigged against them all right so it's nothing going to change thank you very much for that well as you know isn't there stricter guidelines being debated in parliament however news like a financial regulators having found the twenty seven point one billion pounds a 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 us for siller so for now about kid just over thirty minutes time but tubby martin we saw some of the

just want to see it again should we have breaking the set in just a minute left brain to. remember how all the sudden avent guard protest group became world famous and and were completely forgotten by the 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 a 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 band 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's e.d.f. may have been given a little extra motivation to cry travesty overall. i think that most important of what 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. to live on one hundred thirty three bucks

a month for food i should try it because you know how bad the less bad luck. i mean . i know that i'm still really messed up. in the very silly. worst for the little. white house of a. radio guy for a minute. i want. to give you never seen anything like this i'm still. going on guys i'm abby martin this is the break in the set with the three latin american countries and bolivia nicaragua in venice will have all this really offered asylum for n.s.a. whistleblower edward snowden hardly a surprise considering the attitude the us has taken toward the leaders of these countries you know like blatantly disrespecting the president of bolivia by kidnapping in mid-flight and forcing

a head of state to be grounded in an airport caremark tarmac sorry for cowards or indigent in mass propaganda campaign against venezuela's leadership for decades according to russian officials and then this one might be snowden's best bet. specifically because there are clauses in the country's extradition treaty with us that pertain to reject any politically motivated requests in other words if venezuela thinks that the u.s. wants snowden back for political reasons they can simply say no and don't think u.s. politicians haven't noticed senator bob menendez told me at the press that he's quote not surprised by the countries that are offering him asylum they like sticking it to the u.s. yeah dude and i wonder why maybe it's because the us has been sticking it to then from far too long that said it's very sad.

actual security agency is that tori asli allusive so it's not every day that you get the chance to confront its agents about the mass unlawful surveillance being conducted on innocent americans but last week a handful of students at the university of wisconsin got that unique opportunity and what resulted was nothing short of amazing and essay was at the college campus for recruiting drive and held a session with students to pitch its career opportunities but they got a little bit more than they bargained for you see one of the students in attendance but you had to hear took over the session and started interrogating the n.s.a. reps about their criteria for issuing surveillance they responded by simply saying that the subject of surveillance would have to be a quote adversary and this is how she followed up. i'm surprised that foreign language analysts you are incredibly imprecise with your language and it just doesn't seem to be clear so adversary basically is what any of your so-called customers as you call them which is also a strange term to use for a government agency decide if anybody wants any any part of the government wants

something about some country suddenly they are now internally considered or turned an adversary and that's what you seem to be saying. i'm saying he didn't think about it saying that. but that wasn't the only qualm she had so the n.s.a. had issued fact sheets riddled with complete untruths and fabrications so to hear then call them out for misrepresenting themselves it's very strange that you're selling yourself here in one particular fashion is at absolutely not true. figures will be there for the entry now this is a recruiting session and you're telling us things that aren't true a government agency wrong about its motives what a shock but i hear being the bad as that she is didn't stop there or they try to dodge her questions by saying that they want to remain a political and that they didn't represent the agency as a whole but here completely obliterated the two n.s.a.

drones. less interested in what you're specialized role is within the n.s.a. i don't care the fact is you're here presenting a public face for the n.s.a. and you're trying to sell the organization to people that are as young as high schoolers and trying to tell us that this is an attractive option in a context in which we clearly know that the n.s.a. has been telling us complete lies so i'm wondering is that a qualification i don't believe in. love you believe. you know i mean people you know a lot of human beings. are. portrayed as that and that doesn't mean that just because there are you read it or intelligence reports. of the recruiters everything you've been seen and read in the news isn't necessarily true but a lot of news comes from actual kernel intelligence reports and while toward the end of the session an exasperated n.s.a.

recruiter told taught here that she didn't need to be there that she was actually detracting from other students who were interested in n.s.a. careers and once again here's the students land on her bottle and there are one here who are in your career the trouble is we can't opt out of n.s.a. surveillance we don't get answers so we actually you know it's not an option you're posing it as a choice like oh you know people are interesting you just sit here and those of us who are not interested can leave if i could opt out of n.s.a. surveillance and it was no longer my business that would be fine but it is my business because all of us are being surveilled so we're a year. or so there are that doesn't seem to be incorrect given the leaks right and you were not able the n.s.a. has not been able to actually put out anything that is convincing contrary to that . she is dead on even though they vehemently deny it documents show that the n.s.a. is indeed spying on every american citizen and furthermore it's not only her

business but it's my business and it's your business to care guys i can't tell you how refreshing it is to hear a young college student ask the right questions and confront abuse of authority this student provided more hard hitting journalism about the n.s.a. in ten minutes and the entire corporate media has in the last month or so here's to hoping more young mind follow my idea to here is lead. a little more of yourself or should i be like. oh. wow. u.s. government is no stranger to supporting brutal dictators and its relationship with a tyrant a bone has been no exception for the last half century a bone has been under to palestinian rule by the bongo family and its president ali bongo is among the most corrupt dictators in the world have reportedly pocketed twenty five percent of the country's g.d.p. since taking office in two thousand and nine according to yahoo finance but this is

an aspect of the small oil rich west african country that you won't hear about instead as recently been in the news for hosting the new york africa forum a meeting of leaders and international investors aimed at opening the continent for investment but behind this polished economic forum is a dark side of the country that goes beyond just financial corruption you see gagne's leadership is allegedly covering up a massive black market trade in human organs which are used for ritual killings sacrifice believed to bring good luck to the powerful in the country in fact this past may thousands and gabbana marched in protest against the killings so to talk more about these human rights violations and why the u.s. supporting not condemning them i'm joined now by gagne's activist and human rights advocate from dr jane thank you so much for coming on thank you so much for having me so for people who are watching this in the u.s. why should they care about bone i mean they should care about but because first of

all governing is human beings so. that's one reason i should care and i think the problem in the world right now is the problem the major problem is that people have an employment everywhere and i believe that one of employment ease to people on their own country to have the ability to find work so americans should care because. what's happening is that if they're not the governor's people are not allowed to express themselves freely in dublin. fortunately they would have to go to other countries where freedom ees valuable so they can leave their dreams . you know let's talk about all the bongos relationship with obama in two thousand albany came mary was praised he was also praised by rudy giuliani amongst many other politicians why is it that obama has this close relationship with the u.s. where we get one has a little over a little. multiple american corporation in the bone. so

because of oil i think that's why we have that strong relationship and i also believe that the u.s. is supporting the governor's army they they have some mission together i know that the u.s. is very interesting in establishing bases in africa in order to secure the materials because china is advancing very rapidly in africa so i think the u.s. would like to have a bone and the gulf of guinea in his backyard because there is always there. were oil is there that's where he has interests usually ally or the imperialist powers rather i mean third the population in the bone is below the poverty line a lot of people say it's a dictatorship but they did have a lections so why is he viewed as a dictator if they had elections in two thousand one. because he there was election

there was supposed to be a free election but before the result was given he declared himself person of they stopped counting the vote government has a history of the elections i don't recall a president being. elected all normally elected. so this election is no different and let's talk about these ritual killings and when i first read about them it's very shocking and disturbing why are they happening who's doing them how long has this practice been going on when i think this practice has been going on for a long time and i think that what's happening is that it's increased special. when during the election period i think that the culprit is the is the government and the reason why i think is the government is because nobody is being arrested however we see bodies of people seashore we see buddies in the street being mutilated so we know the crime there but it in my great surprise there is nobody paying for those crimes so if nobody is paying for those crimes or that

government should have should be behind it that's what i believe so you're saying that the government actually covering up these these ritualistic killings or even participating and i'm glad that the government is participating because the reason why they're doing ritual killings is to secure power or to obtain power and i think that they also want to terrorize the population because we all know that a population that is terrorize is a population who actually is not able to dream is not able to try to advance their cause of course you know your imagine that no one's been held accountable recently there was this one senator who was just arrested in connection with a ritual killings but is this a sign that there isn't any more accountability i mean who was this guy that kind of was he kind of scapegoated you know held up as an example maybe of where they're still going on what do you think about it what i think about it he's he's a sinner and yes he's been arrested and he's in jail right now i think what's happening is that the pressure is mounting on the governments people have reached

a level where enough is enough so there was a huge march in make believe with the governors people rise up and say we want justice and we want the people who are doing these to the government is people in jail and of course the prison has no choice again because of you know because of the pressure of the streets so what he decided to do is to our greek to have a march and march he promised to the governor's people that he will. do something about this problem and so where do we go from here how can people help the situ. what can people do. well i mean what the people can do is what other people have done in the in the rest of the world so i think the governance people need to stand as one people and they need to pressure the government they need to demand to the government to do what is right i believe that government is there to serve the people not the other way around and i think that the governance people need to

realize that their land and they have a seat and they need to choose who they want who they want them to lead them and. they need to put pressure industry to take control of their own resources their own lives and hopefully we can stand in solidarity with every human life is precious thank you so much this pain as active as appreciate your time thanks so much. guys we have to take a quick break but coming up we'll take a closer look at everything that's unfolding in egypt. i'm not used to the tundra to freedom i am my dear. in second grade i ran away from the boarding school to my friends will be around to the tundra.

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free. free. free. free. free. free. video for your media. free media r t. four days after the military ousted egyptian president mohamed morsi rival protests erupted across cairo as tensions rose between the opposing political groups and just today fifty one protesters lost their lives many at the hands of the egyptian military backers of the reason they deposed president are rallying to assert that morsi is the nation's legitimate leader because he was democratically elected and

they're outraged over what they say is an unjust military coup however those that oppose the former president argue that he did not and body a democratic leader by any means morsi was often criticized for marginalizing the bows of the egyptian people with a particular neglect for women and minority religious populations and in egypt climate political turmoil there's a growing concern for the new violence and instability moving forward so will the country find a political common of days ahead or the latest clashes merely the beginning to talk more about that i'm joined by our correspondent. thank you so much for coming on rima thank you for having us so remote i'm torn a little bit. when i first saw the tens of millions of people on the streets i said amazing i was really excited and really inspired and then you know the military took over and everything that's happened would you call this a coup or is this revolution part do. it really doesn't make a lot of difference as to the situation on the ground however technically speaking

this is a it's a text book if you look up any different from any historian or from any scholar who has written extensively or studied extensively the issue of who fits all the definition of these people who. through this coup was backed by the masses by the millions of people out on the street protesting the rule of law how much morsi but it was not them storming the presidential palace it was the army ousting the president so this is a man and really doesn't. their name is still a coup exactly and the fact that you're protesting the name of what actually happened in egypt does not really change what it is it is a coup we can argue if it's a good one or a bad one if it's good for the people if it's bad for the people if this is what should happen based on what's going on on the street but that really doesn't change what actually happened that's

a good point i mean and i guess i was thinking it comparable to here if i saw hundred million people which is comparable to thirty three million in terms of egypt's population on the streets of america i guess you would say what would you want the military to do back the people of one hundred million people on the streets demanding that obama step down or would you rather them side of this but then again here we are now military has gone and arrested multiple muslim brotherhood political leaders. shut down i mean very sketchy things going on the way it is this is to be expected i mean should we just expect total chaos for a little bit and have things like this happen or should this worrisome you know are they just trying. to contain maybe what's going on because they are not sure what the leaders of the muslim brotherhood are going to say if they are out on the street and we so some of the leaders who were actually out and took part in some of the protests. sit ins that are organized by the muslim brotherhood we saw what they said we heard and maybe the military is afraid of that however there are still setting the precedent that if you say something that we don't like regardless if

it's a call for violence or not there is no due process we are just going to get you no one is trying to uphold the law here and this is what scared this is maybe what sketchy about what's going on in egypt they understand what's least from the you point of us the ability in egypt that they're trying to continue the situation but at the same time you're setting the precedent for the future and the precedent that you're setting is not really a lawful one what do you say to people who say this was an enormous back for democracy i mean the people who are opposing morsi should have just waited another three years till the next election galvanized the opposition and then tried to oust him democratically i actually spoke with people about this exact point just because for an outsider for somebody who lives outside not having gone through over the past year and over the past two years and before that over the decades of the previous rule we don't really know what the people should or should not do and

a lot of them told me specifically that who are you to tell us what we can endure and what we cannot over the past year we saw what no one else could. see basically and it was the constitution the killing of protesters the failures that one failure after the other however again all of this year and maybe the. thirtieth were a great demonstration of the people's will how things turned out the end maybe is not what they are looking for. kind of position. and even for me i mean why do i have a stand you know i've never been to egypt i don't know anyone there who's been in the leadership and i can't help but think you know the u.s. didn't support for those decades of brutal oppression then where would you now i mean i just can't help but think about let's talk about who's leaving the country now military appointed this interim president does he have any real power should we

worry that there is no constitution and place right now how long do you think this is going to go on he just declared constitutional or issued a constitutional declaration in which he said that laws will be. passed in accordance or in coordination with the interim government that he is going to form so i think he is in he is he is in power he is trying to set things right he actually ordered the investigation of what happened last night with the protesters who were killed over fifty of them so i think he is in power however who is actually in power we don't know there is the military and it's very obvious that the military is the final arbiter of power in egypt since they are the ones who took that decision to oust or to basically to overthrow how much more so. things signs in egypt show that this is actually trying to do something is actually in power how much of power does he have i don't think anyone knows at the moment

and for people who are worried to say you know how long is the military kind of usurping their power and seizing it and maybe they will go this time in but they did before they did allow democratic elections to happen how long was that process last time it was about a year i think a year and a half before they actually had elections the military made it very clear they do not want to be part in the political life in egypt they are running the scenes maybe behind the screen but they said publicly that they have no desire to be part of this life to be part of the decision making of everyday life they did make sure of though. in the constitution and in the previous constitution that their budget is not vented by the people that said by the people it's not transparent we don't know exactly what their budget is we don't know exactly what it was in command i want to get and one more point we have about thirty seconds of the do you think there's a chance that in the next democratic election the morsi supporters will kind of

show up in droves and actually elect another muslim brotherhood figure i think it's very highly unlikely just because people who lived through a whole year of the muslim brotherhood they know exactly how that year was run and they're probably very skeptical of choosing another m.b. or another justice and freedom and justice party leader just because of what happened last year and you said that the opposition party in the meantime under morsi is rules really consolidated really kind of united and united front so hopefully we'll see some big changes happening soon they do so much for wayne and india for shit. for many of the words guantanamo bay conjures up images of forgotten prison where dozens of men have been held indefinitely for over a decade others might see it as a jail for dangerous terrorists who deserve to be there but no matter where you

stand the unmistakable truth is that none of these men have been afforded a fair trial for their alleged crimes and according to the u.s. government indefinite imprisonment is a just punishment even for the crimes that have never been confirmed moreover eighty six of these prisoners have already been cleared for release but remain in legal limbo because of this a gross injustice one hundred six of the one hundred sixty six prisoners in the facility have gone on a hunger strike according to the detainees refusing to eat is one of the last desperate measures they can take for the world to pay attention to them and it worked because as human rights activists began to probe the issue the us government was finally forced to respond after much silence but instead of reevaluating the purpose of keeping get open the obama administration decided to remedy the situation by torturing the inmates even further trice every day prison officials force feed the detainees despite an international ban that recognizes the practice

as a form of torture you might be thinking right now force feeding but the harm in that doesn't sound too bad well according to one prisoner being forced that is one of the most agonizing things a person can endure in an open letter he explains quote as the tube was thrust in it made me feel like throwing up there was agony in my chest throat and stomach i would not wish this cruel punishment upon anyone but in 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. when it was seen. here mr stand it. operating procedure for force feeding detainees at guantanamo bay.

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live tonight on our take russia says it has evidence that syrian rebel fighters not government forces used chemical weapons at an attack on aleppo back in march that's according to moscow's envoy to the united nations it's a top story this hour also. the muslim brotherhood in egypt urges 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 of the transition timetable now for a new government and. the international stalemate over edward snowden moves a step closer to being resolved now venezuela confirms it's received a formal request for political asylum from the whistleblower on the run caracas early a signal his willingness to offer him refuge from u.s. prosecution. and this was the max of his.