the u.s. whistleblower bradley manning will soon hear his sentence he could face life in prison if found guilty of aiding the enemy and america's mainstream press has apparently already delivered its verdict. paltalk as israeli palestinian negotiations resume after years of failed peace upwards we take a look at the roots of the deadlock. and the slowdown in the world workshop us china post's modest world figures we find out whether those predicting a dire major financial are justified. thanks for tuning in this hour i'm lucy coffee and you're watching our t.v.

while a military judge is set to deliver the verdict on that u.s. army whistleblower bradley manning later on tuesday he could spend the rest of his life in prison if convicted of aiding the enemy and his defense argues that manning leaked classified documents because he wanted to expose war crimes when it comes to press coverage of the case in the us innocent until proven guilty may not apply artie's going to japan explains. guilty before trial much of the u.s. media together with the government have all but convicted bradley manning look at simple manning to but he did it they ought to try him and they ought to put his ass 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. by from prison here he jeopardized he jeopardized national security that. we broke the law president after all the commander in chief called him guilty before he 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 has exposed many aspects of u.s. foreign policy through his warlock's 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 on wednesday protesting support of bradley manning throughout the country you come across demonstrations of supporting places like this restaurant slash bookstore in washington d.c. and their support is not so much for many as the thing to be drawn back to of course but more importantly for the public's right to know. but manning supporters are in the minority polls 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're very uncomfortable so if it's

a complex issue and it's uncomfortable americans generally will pull back from it and it 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. polls show that americans are more sympathetic to snowden perhaps because these revelations are about their rights their civil liberties so they care more when you tell me iraq is right they apparently care last some argue that politics and timing have also played a role in the media coverage of bradley manning's case this had happened during the war and he was poor and weak 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 raw 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 he was effectively delivered by do us media with 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 greatly harmed u.s. national security but denver next who has written a book about manning says that there's been no proof of that there's no hard evidence that i've ever seen that american lives were lost the direct result of a bradley manning late there's no question that the army is over charged in this case that he does not deserve to be executed or stay there right the rest of his

life in prison bradley manning has offered to plead guilty basically to ten lesser charges that would lead him in prison for twenty years so that by the time he got out he would have spent almost half of his life in prison he would have been in prison august first 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 now at how the exposure of those seven hundred thousand cables actually came about when manning had joined the army in two thousand and seven he was later deployed to iraq about two years later his leaked collateral murder video was released by wiki leaks showing u.s. forces killing civilians in iraq there it is right there now he later told a hacker about his leaks who in turn handed their chats over to the government as a result manning was arrested and charged with revealing that classified information the afghan war diary was released after that with manning moved to solitary confinement in a maximum security prison more revelations about what the u.s.

did during the war along with a series of american diplomatic cables were then revealed by wiki leaks in march the extent of the charges became known manning was accused of aiding the enemy we had released documents about the guantanamo bay prisoners and all those revelations are in demanding a nobel peace prize nomination the court martial proceeding against him began shortly after that with the u.n. saying that he was subject to excessive isolation and cruel treatment during detention a judge did not allow the u.n. torture specter to testify the high profile trial finally got underway in fort meade maryland artie's marina part i.i. one don to find out just how americans feel about manning and what he dead. fort meade maryland is where bradley manning learns his fate but 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 who 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 enemy we were aiding he was aiding and was an espionage no because he didn't give it to a foreign government he made it public so i don't really believe that the charges fit what he did he releases information to the american people who the army and all the government claim to represent 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 the very the civilians the enemies of the state his intentions were. were kind of decent 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. manning has already pled guilty to tyler lesser charges related to keeping 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 running begs to differ. there's no hard evidence that i've ever seen that american lives were lost to direct result of a bradley manning late there's no question that the army is over charged in this

case that he does not deserve to be executed or stay there as 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 so that by the time he got out he would have spent almost a half of his life in prison he would have been in prison almost for as long as he's been alive. today and i'm trying to tune in to our team when bradley manning discover sess fate we will be covering that part accountable for you at seventeen hundred twenty. he is charged with murder in. israel and the palestinians are holding a new round of peace talks in the u.s. reviving negotiations that have been stalled for almost three years now having a long and disappointing history there's already a growing skepticism over whether the sides can 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 states to a solution under the proposal israel would exist peacefully alongside a new palestinian state created in the west bank and the gaza strip now those lands have been 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 including borders the future of jewish settlements the fate of palestinian refugees and the status of jerusalem and what's been called a goodwill gesture israel has agreed to release one hundred four palestinian prisoners that many critics say the two sides are no closer to a solution party's policy reports from a divided palestinian city where the conflict is rooted. in hebron is really sick as seen through the bob why is that protects you so if you she's home his is the only arab house left in the told you made

a neighborhood in the center of ancient hebron. she lives on one side of the street across from him his neighbors he watches only through this video camera afraid of what would happen if he didn't. you are. no way you. did you see what you did you are and you daughters are to russia is a boy you she's a daughter she's afraid to visit her father because the sec is throw stones and eggs at her. her children are. getting worse when my mother was first 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 my brother carried my mother out on the chair she gave 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 because of what had you are 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 houses when 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 palestinian there are some streets palestinians can't use or 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 hebron 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 it's the second holiest site of the jewish people in all the world and only since we've come back because everybody wants access to the whole sorry. fable 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 and you have the afternoon soldiers prevent me from crossing for no reason it depends on i mean. whenever they feel like it they refuse this commission. i do-i you she's arab neighbors have left this part of hebron the city is maybe lives and living hell but he says he's taking a stand one step at a time. hebron. has pushed for israeli palestinian peace talks washington has left hamas out of the score the palestinian militant group has governed the gaza strip since of those voted into power back in two thousand and

seven but it has also been classified by some countries as a terrorist organization although hussain from the hamas interior ministry says that leaving the group out of the talks is a serious mistake actually this is a new call for the policy an israeli negotiation is coming from the american administration so they can want to make some. in this special that mr obama didn't do anything in this case it during the last period these negotiation will fade especially that israelis will give nothing for the palestinians and the only thing they're looking for their security. and. actually is not. given the right to from the palestinian to negotiate and to give a glance and. constant cases so we have our tea what i have give you a chance to weigh and then let us know what you think about the israel palestinian talks you can vote online at r.t.

dot com let's take a look at how those of you who have cast your ballot answered so far now an overwhelming majority of you about ninety one percent right there are pessimistic that this new round of talks will bring about a solution a tiny fraction four percent in the purple of you think that the current talks will lead to even more negotiations now the rest of our voters are split as you can see or actually three percent to two percent right there who believe that either could pave the way for a palestinian state and those saying that they will lead to a rollback of israeli settlements of course we want to hear what you think on on line and cast a ballot. coming up the deadly drone diplomacy in the run up to the presidential elections on manned airstrikes by the u.s. in pakistan and is the new government serious about halting the strikes stay tuned to find out.

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after years 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 at seven point five percent now this has made some economists say that there will be a grim future in store for china fact some have predicted growth as low as three percent in the coming years big banks are sounding the alarm over the slowdown which is also. complicating global recovery so is china in for financial collapse or are the doomsday predictions overblown party's business correspondent katie pilbeam breaks it down. 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 crux of 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 figure 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 what happened chinese whispers that the government is planning to implement a huge spending package to boost the country's gross rushing out of new run away as an 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 fact remains that while time is some point five percent growth may be ruffling a few feathers most of europe can only dream of being able to fly. dr thorston from picking university says the contraction predicted by barclays is unlikely. i think this this is not realistic at all like this is an evil 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 now lies in domestic consumerism and the spend it on mystic spending has to go up the government announced three major. stimulus now and they want to reduce it taxes for small businesses and they're not on the

export they want to balance their 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's become a priority market for the greek food best and. 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 this important very will 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 this 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 costco's the shipping company you least half of greece's largest port in your happens for 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 port beijing is once again interested pledging to turn it into the number one seed 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 wall 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 announce top of the list so as the troika slams greece with various austerity measures and demands a new job cuts and the reduction of salaries china is storming in on the white children for springing big business even 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 embarrassed. it's china would just be flexing its muscles. or athens. you can find more on that story and lots more for you r t dot com including the fed's crackdown on sex crimes guys says it has saved five miners will cost attrition unless the one hundred fifty people those details online for you. that has edward snowden remain stranded at a moscow airport we look at what the future could hold air freshener granting asylum to do a lot onto our web site r.t. dot com for those stories and more. right.

first. and i will be sure. with. today a pakistani lawmakers are set to elect a new president and this is just two months after pakistan had its first democratic transfer of power but it seems that no matter what the government one controversial issue continues to plague the country it's the cia led program of drone strikes and with a militant group promising reprisal attacks for each u.s. strike retired senior air force officer and journalist assault on hold. hands are tied. the new government which had in all resorted to

a lot of rhetoric in the run up to the elections especially during the electoral campaigns it had promised that it will bring an end to the controversial drone attacks but it seems that there is been a reality check given to the new government by the americans that the aid which comes through i.m.f. through loans and other things will be stopped unless the government of pakistan draws the line so therefore it does appears to be business as usual although the number of drone attacks have in fact increased with the new government coming in there have been only lip sympathy paid there have been in number of protests but there has been nor a stance taken do to take it up with the u.s. government that is drawn strikes must stop john kerry the u.s. secretary of state is likely to visit this week and maybe it is taken up with them but i personally have very little hope from that because if something had to be done in a concrete manner it would have been done the worst thing is that with the new

government taking over it's been nearly fifty days but the number of terror strikes have actually increased. violence in the country continues twelve people have been killed during a taliban assault on a prison holding some of their top leaders in northwest pakistan officials said more than two hundred forty prisoners escaped during the attack which was boarded by more than one hundred men disguised as officers also a squad of suicide bombers the fight went on for the three alice police and prison officials to call in the army for backup. and other world news a driver's body has been recovered from the wreck 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 byrne on monday evening investigators are still trying to find the cause of that accident. forty one thailand have closed the coastal area on a popular tourist island after streets of crude oil contaminated the shore about

fifty tons filled into the sea saturday morning after a leak sprung in a pipeline more than three hundred workers have been deployed to clean up that oil the nearby area has been declared a disaster zone. be back in just about thirty minutes to stay with us prime interest is up next. good leverage sure we need to build on these most sophisticated radios which on the cheap lead doesn't give the doing about anything mission to teach creation why it should care about humans. this is why you should watch only. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so silly you think you understand it and then you glimpse

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stories that impact the lives choose the access to. good afternoon and welcome the prime interest i'm perry and boring and i'm barbara bush and here's the stories that we're tracking today. too easy or not to q e that is the question now that it's clear chairman bernanke out as of next january two front runners are being floated by the mainstream media these would be larry summers and janet yellen we've profiled summers before and noted his complete mismanagement of the harvard endowment and he is nowhere near the glib politician bernanke so why some are well it's quite simple he's been openly critical of the fed's monetary wanted jazz and has much more keen on fiscal stimulus and on the

other side we have janet yellen a close bernanke you confidant and someone who is likely to keep the monetary pedal to the metal as long as possible the wall street journal reports only today that she has that pressure and economic prognosticator however parian dug into transcripts of meetings pre-crisis and came to a different conclusion should profile journey go into just a bit. and scandal after scandal is already precipitating a j.p. morgan exit from the commodities market but now goldman sachs and morgan stanley are in the limelight as well who have been key players for decades the fed is already reviewing special exemptions they gave banks to dominate these markets and decade ago given the recent spotlight it looks like the two banks are getting ahead of the curve and seeking to spin off their commodities division finally you've probably heard of g.d.p. well the bureau of economic analysis which compiles a figure to start it wasn't happy with the calculation most.