the u.s. whistleblower bradley manning will soon hear his sentence he could face life in prison if found guilty of aiding the enemy. all talk as israeli palestinian negotiations resume after years of failed peace at first we take a look at the roots of the deadlock. and a slowdown in the world's workshop as china post's modest growth figures we find out whether those predicting a major financial debt are justified. and of and you are watching r t well let's get right to our breaking news right here on

our t.v. series of explosions in a propane gas plant in the u.s. state of florida now we these are dramatic pictures from the scene of that incident in the town of to barra's which is located about northwest of orlando seven workers have reportedly been injured two of them are said to be in critical condition now out of the fifteen about fifteen out of twenty four employees who were on the night shift there are missing after the blast blew the roof literally off of the building that this took place at about eleven pm local time police say that they are expecting fatalities but cannot confirm the exact number at the moment we are hearing that evacuation orders have been put in place for the residents living within about a mile of the plant of course we will be bringing you more details on this developing story later this hour. well moving on a military judge just said to deliver the verdicts on the u.s. army was a blower bradley manning later today on tuesday the young man could spend the rest of his life in prison if he's convicted of aiding the enemy his defense meanwhile

argues that manning leaked the classified documents because he wanted to expose war crimes when it comes to the press coverage of the case in the united states innocent until proven guilty or not apply or he's going into town explains guilty before trial much of the u.s. media together with the government have all but convicted bradley manning look at simple manning did what he did they ought to try him and they ought to put his ass for for him up because he should be fine as to the fullest extent possible and what is that. you think he should be killed yes. life in prison here and he jeopardized he jeopardized national security that. we broke the law the president after all the commander in chief called him guilty before years before he was on trial that's under command influence to the judge in this trial who is a military officer in thousands of leaked documents bradley manning is exposed many aspects of u.s. foreign policy through his war logs the public has learned about war crimes

committed by the u.s. in iraq and afghanistan perhaps best illustrated by the leaked collateral murder video this classified footage showed the ease with which the crew of a u.s. apache helicopter killed civilians in iraq are protesting the port of bradley manning throughout the country you come across demonstrations are already in place . restaurants life story and watching t.v. and their supporters not so much for many years to be drawn to a word but more importantly for the public's right to know. but manning supporters are in the minority poll show that the majority of americans consider manning a traitor who cares whether the army killed some innocent people or not over in iraq we you know we don't want to we don't want to be a part of that we. very uncomfortable so if it's a complex issue and it's uncomfortable americans generally will pull back from it and allows the media to fill that gap and portray bradley manning as a traitor it's been all too easy to label bradley manning

a traitor perhaps because his revelations had to do with the u.s. government's wrongdoings abroad poll show that americans are more sympathetic to snowden perhaps because these revelations are about their rights their civil liberties so they care more when some iraqis rights they apparently care less some argue that politics and timing have also played a role in the media coverage of bradley manning's case this it happened during the war and he was. the least got the stuff out scooped all these major media outlets right as the bush administration was ending and the war was still an issue and something that was wrong the american psyche might be something different but we're short attention span people so three four five years later he's a traitor three four five years ago he might have been a hero the main narrative that the us government has pushed forward and it was effectively delivered by the west media was that many revelations have endangered

us national security but the conversation that's been avoided is that perhaps the government's killing of civilians with drones and otherwise has generated more enemies for the united states then greatly manning's revelations in washington i'm going to check on. manning has already pled guilty to ten lesser charges related to giving secret documents to wiki leaks the prosecution says that it was done with malicious intent and that it gravely harm to u.s. national security but denver next who has written a book about manning says that there is no evidence of that. there's no hard evidence that i've ever seen that american lives were lost it's a direct result of what bradley manning leaked there's no question that the army is over charged in this case that he does not deserve to be executed or stay there ice the rest of his life in prison bradley manning has offered to plead guilty basically to ten lesser charges that would land him in prison for twenty years or that by the time he got out he would have spent almost half of his life in prison

he would have been in prison almost for as long as he's been alive. today. manning was responsible for the largest leak of classified documents in u.s. history so let's take a look at how the exposure of those seven hundred thousand cables actually came about now manning joined the army back in two thousand and seven he was deployed to iraq two years later his leaked collateral murder video was released by wiki leaks showing u.s. forces killing unarmed civilians in iraq he later told a hacker about his leaks who in turn gave their chat logs to the government as a result when he was arrested and charged now the afghan war diary the afghan war diary was released later with manning being moved to solitary confinement in the united states more revelations about the iraq war and a series of u.s. diplomatic cables had followed in march the extent of the charges were revealed with leaks help release the documents about the guantanamo bay prisoners and all

those revelations and manning a nobel peace prize nomination the court martial proceedings against him began shortly after that with the u.n. saying that he was subject to excessive isolation and cruel treatment during his attention a judge did not allow the u.n. torture inspector to testify the high profile trial finally got underway in fort meade maryland. want to find out how americans feel about manning and what he did fort meade maryland is where bradley manning learns his fate new york city is where we are giving citizens the opportunity to weigh in on his story you see we set up an open mike and in the four hours it's been available we've only found four people who know bradley manning is three only willing to comment about the circumstances surrounding the former army intelligence analyst that downloaded and leaked hundreds of thousands of u.s. classified documents i don't quite know what anime we were doing he was aiding

and was. no because he didn't give it to will foreign government. he made it public so i don't really believe that the charges fit what he did he released this information to the american people who the army and all the government claim to represent so off releasing information to the general public is consider releasing it to the to the enemies of the state then i guess in some ways they consider that the civilians the enemies of the state his intentions were. were kind of be some type of hero to the american people so i think intentionally he wasn't trying to aid the enemy we all claim to appreciate our service men but i think we should also appreciate the service men that will are sometimes willing to break the chain of command to do what's right for the people who are there claiming to fight for and we do as i respect that and i really really appreciate it while opinions

surrounding bradley manning's actions do differ nearly everyone agrees that he has sacrificed his own life in order to bring information to the public that they otherwise might never have known reporting from new york growing up or not. well do make sure you are tuned into our team and discover says fate will be covering that for you at. this is such a surge in. israel and the palestinians are holding a new round of peace talks in the united states reviving negotiations that have been stalled for almost three years now having a long and disappointing history there's already growing skepticism skepticism pardon me over whether the sides would actually reach

a compromise on some of the most intractable issues the united states is seeking to broker an agreement on the so-called two state solution and that proposal israel would excess exist peacefully alongside a new palestinian state created in the west bank and the gaza strip lands occupied by the israelis since one thousand nine hundred sixty seven war the major issues that need to be resolved to bring an end to more than six decades of conflict with the borders the future of jewish settlements the fate of palestinian refugees and the status of jerusalem and what's been called a good will gesture israel has agreed to release one hundred four palestinian prisoners but many critics say that the two sides are no closer to a solution artie's policy or reports from the divided palestinian city where the conflict is rooted. hebron to israeli settlers seen through the barbed wire that protects. his is the only arab house left in the tell them

a good neighborhood in the same type of ancient hebron. she lives on one side of the street across from him neighbors he watches through this video camera afraid of what would happen if he didn't kiss you or don't we go way you. did you see what you did you are and your daughters are to russia is a boy you she's daughter she's afraid to visit her father. because the settlers throw stones and eggs at her and her children. getting worse my mother was post give birth we called the ambulance but these are early on we did not give permission for them to get close to the house so my father and my brothers carried my mother out on the chair to give birth in the chair and the newborn baby died but it's not only ambulances who refused permission to drive down this road no palestinian is allowed to use a vehicle here seventy eight year old she has no choice he spends hours each day

walking these well trodden stones to fetch groceries gas or to go to the mosque. had euro but it was really say they closed the road because they were afraid somebody would smuggle bombs i asked them how we were supposed to get to our house and they said you can buy a donkey so i told them people are flown to the moon and you want me to buy a donkey or you go home by car. palestinians in hebron are no strangers to vote blocks here in hebron the streets are a maze if you're palestinian there are some streets palestinians can't use at all others they can walk on but not drive and still others they can access only with a permit it's to make sure the seven hundred israelis who live among two hundred thousand palestinians in hebron can move around safely although here brown is the second oldest and largest palestinian city it's also the second most holy site to jews after the western wall corrosive frustration in the land of israel this is the

very roots not only of judaism but of monotheism. just down the road as the second holiest site of the jewish people in all the world and only since we've come back everybody who wants access to the horse are. able to go and worship there these radios justify the road closures arguing they protect the settlers who live here but palestinians say it's often done for no other reason than to make their lives difficult. often the soldier. prevent me from crossing for no reason it depends on the mood whenever they feel like if they refuse this commission. all of these arab neighbors have left this part of. the city has made their lives a living hell but he says he's taking a stand one step at a time policy r.t. hebron. in its push for israeli palestinian peace talks washington has left hamas out of the score the palestinian militant group has governed the gaza strip since it was voted into power in two thousand and seven but it has also been classified

by some countries as a terrorist organization you have all the same from the hamas interior ministry says that leaving the group out of talks is a serious mistake actually this new call for the palestinian israeli negotiation is coming from the american administration so they can want to make some. special that mr obama didn't do anything in this case it during the last period this negotiation will fail especially the israelis will give nothing for the palestinians and the only thing they're looking for the security. team actually is not. given the right from the palestinian to negotiate and to give up our lands and. in constant cases. so we here at our t. want to know what you think about the israeli palestinian talks you can have your say online at r.t. dot com some of you have already cast their ballots and let's take

a look at how you've been voting so far so as you can see right here ninety percent a large majority of you are not optimistic you believe that the talks will essentially prove fruitless four percent in the purple right here believes that the good the well the the discussions right now will actually create more goodwill for further talks a smaller percentage three percent you guys are essentially split on whether you believe that the talks will forge a process path towards a palestinian state and those of you who think that settlement plans will be set back so long that are. coming up drones and polling politics in the run up to the presidential elections unmanned air strikes by the u.s. are keeping pakistan on edge to counter drone tactics just as important as like nomics in a political race. we

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welcome back well let's get right back to our breaking news right here in our t.v. a series of explosions at a propane gas plant in the u.s. state of florida now we do have pictures for you there they are from the scene of that incident that took place in the town up to barras which is northwest of orlando in central florida there are no fatalities but seven workers have reportedly been injured two of them are in critical condition all the employees have now been accounted for according to the authorities evacuation orders have been put in place for residents living within one mile of that fact. after decades of china's rapid growth and development the world's second largest economy appears to be slowing down the government is expecting the lowest rate of economic expansion in more than two decades of seven point five percent now that has said some economists to forecast

a grim future saying that growth may dip to as low as three percent in the coming years big banks are sounding the alarm over the slowdown which is also complicated complicating global recovery efforts so is china in for a financial collapse or other doomsday predictions overblown artie's business correspondent katie will be in sit down. china despite enjoying phenomenal growth over the last three decades is not immune to the overall global slowdown and as an economy reliant on external investment and demand the cracks are beginning to show . as it currently stands a chinese economy is expected to grow a modest seven point five percent by their standards having enjoyed a nearly ten percent average growth for the past thirty years now some point five percent is certainly not a disaster this acquaints of the whole of switzerland economy one of the wealthiest countries in europe so china's growth was to stay at this rate because you would be adding the whole of the swiss economy to its balance sheet every year but

nevertheless the economy is slowing so what is being done to get the chinese economy to accelerate a bit more and avoid this three percent scenario well there have been chinese whispers that the government is planning to implement a huge spending package to boost the country's gross rushing out a new route ways and infrastructure the government also intends to dig itself out of debt most of the country's risk comes from having high death and bad loans now all of this sounds bad it's nothing compared to the situation in europe where the year area is expected to contract and over in the u.s. growth is expected to reach just below two percent and china's spello emerging markets are expected to grow five percent is sheer fact remains that while china's some point five percent growth may be ruffling a few feathers most of europe can only dream of being able to fly high dr of thorston patton burke from picking universities says that the contraction predicted

by barclays is unlikely. i think this this is not realistic at all like this is. on seven point five percent is still a healthy growth and it's actually desired by the government to reduce the overheating economy and the secret ma lies in domestic consumerism and the spend it a mystic spending has to go up the government announced three major. stimulus now they want to reduce it taxes for small businesses and they're not on the export they want to balance the currency a little bit so that export is still working explore and they want to set up the railway farms this is a kind of seamy prevent terror that isn't of the railway system and beijing has been pouring cash into the infrastructure of debt ridden greece making it a gateway for investment and trade between china and europe on top of that china has become a priority market for the greek food business ideas even this kind of has more.

this is not the set of a movie about the post-apocalyptic world but the old international airport this is what six years of recession twenty seven percent of unemployment and billions of euro in debt look like to me very well be the perfect reflection of the greek economy and since its creditors or the troika demand that greece of reserves nearly seventy billion dollars by the year twenty twenty two it has to sell off its state assets and here is where the chinese come in beijing is only planning to purchase the abandoned facility but is also looking at leasing the current working international airport it's also attracted other countries like russia and the u.s. but there is a great chance that that deal me also go to china back in two thousand and nine china's cost course the shipping company you least half of greece's largest port in your happens with thirty five years and local authorities say it's completely revitalized it's a win win situation great business for costco and millions of euro in tax revenues for greece in fact things have been going so well athens is now considering leasing

the second half of the board beijing is once again interested pledging to turn it into the number one seat in the mediterranean from here chinese products are put on trains and then distributed throughout the e.u. so there are no prizes for guessing who wants to snap up the greek railways as well but this chinese takeaway doesn't end all the infrastructure greek food products or virgin all of all to be exact are stirring up an appetite in china last year the country became greece's number four export market and officials here say they used to think was a long term priority and now it's top of the list so as the troika slams greece with various authority measures and demands a new job and the reduction of salaries china is storming in on the white children for springing big business said it's considering covering some of the debt which is great news and a great opportunity for the greek economy and given that many other southern e.u. countries are also in dire straits china would just be flexing its muscles. are to

athens. you can find more on that story and much more at our team dot com including the fed's crackdown on sex crimes. but it has saved five minors from prostitution and arrested one hundred fifty people all those details for you line also there. is that word snowden remain stranded in a moscow airport we look at what the future could hold if russia grants and was silent you had on to our site r t dot com to get that story. pakistan has just gone through its first ever democratic transfer of power but it's not over yet the country's parliament in parliament has now such a choose a replacement for outgoing president also dari now with an anti drone group promising reprisal attacks for each u.s. strike defense analyst. says that if the new leader wants to rebuild the country he has to start by stopping those on meant a tux. but the current government there are two priority areas for state

highlighted for their term in office one is the energy or the interview or the economic development approx one second is the security situation in the country and the security situation in the country is directly linked to the war against terrorism and the old box on this be stability in afghanistan and most importantly getting rid of the draw in pakistan's entire population which is made hostage to the drone attacks has got no recourse to any kind of response from these drone attacks and they are illegal they have no basis the fact that the united states is carrying out these operations and has been carrying out these operations under the cia it gives them no legal recourse to actually carry them out in pakistan either and according to the pakistani national domestic law or as for the international drones in effect actually helping in stopping or winning the winds or the hearts of the people but in in effect are actually bringing the people to whom you want to secure them from the acts of terrorism or even from the threat of terrorism actually sliding over in terms of empathy going towards service groups because they

believe that they are the ones fighting for them and that's the dangerous thing that's the thing which you want to stop any counterterrorism strategy that the masses should stand with the state of rather than with the the terrorist groups. and violence in that country continues twelve people have been killed during a taliban assault on a prison holding some of the top leaders in northwest pakistan officials said more than two hundred forty prisoners escaped during the attack which was coordinated by more than one hundred men disguised as officers and a squad of suicide bombers the fight went on for over three hours forcing prison officials to call in the army for backup while in other world news a driver's body has in the cupboard from the wreckage left by a commuter train collision in switzerland thirty five people were injured after two trains smashed into each other head on just south of burn on monday evening investigators are still trying to find the cause of that accident. authorities in

thailand have closed the coastal area on a popular tourist island after streaks of crude oil contaminated the shore about fifty tons built into the sea off province saturday morning after a leak sprung in a pipeline operated by a subsidiary of the state owned gas company more than three hundred workers have been deployed to clean up the oil the nearby area has been cleared a disaster zone. breaking the site is up next to stay with us. she did laboratory was easy to build needs most sophisticated radios which on critically doesn't do it during the sound anything mission to teach you really should why you should care about humans and. this is why you should care only.

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. i mean it's a challenge i know that i'm sitting in the team really really messed up. in the all very slow motion little it's a little worse for the little. white house or for the. radio guy and for minestrone cause they want closure of a good good you've never seen anything like this i'm told. hey i'm having martin and this is breaking a set today as the first day of d.c.'s annual whistleblower someone this morning i was able to sit on a panel with some other journalists to talk about the obama administration's crackdown on whistleblowers it's quite unfortunate that we're seeing this kind of attack on the press happened under obama considering how one of the foundations of his presidential platform was the urgency to protect whistleblowers in fact for the

last five years obama's website changed our gov has maintained a pledge to protect them by stressing the importance of encouraging people within government agencies to expose wrongdoing more specifically it reads hope brock obama will strengthen whistleblower laws. to protect federal workers who expose waste fraud and abuse of authority in government obama will ensure that federal agencies expedite the process for reviewing whistleblower claims and have whistleblowers have full access to courts and due process for access to courts and due process so that the bradley manning who sat in a solitary cell for years before seeing his day in court or edward snowden who is already being deemed bit guilty in a court of public opinion and can't even come back to the us because he knows his fates been sealed well don't try to look for this pledge now because of last week and it no longer exists as obama's whistleblower protection declaration as well as all those.