the white house sidelines the u.n. probe into the use of chemical weapons in syria and makes final preparations for an assault against. based on its own unconfirmed intelligence. the latest leaks from edward snowden expose the financial dockside of u.s. spy programs there was a blow himself by governmental groups for its revelations also. some of the footage for you there we go. wow in the crowds of the twenty third shows just outside moscow showcasing some of the world's best pilots flying some of the planes on the.

very good morning to you from all of us here at r.t. moscow. live from the russian capital where it's now it's just after eight am on saturday. u.n. chemical weapons experts are expected to present the results of their investigation into last week's use of deadly toxins in syria over the u.s. has made it clear that the world's body's findings will not influence its intention to attack the syrian regime which it blames for the chemical attack that reportedly killed more than fourteen hundred civilians and within it a spectator intervention perhaps as early as this weekend and the wider international community remains unconvinced by america's claims. you can has this report. well the obama administration is laying the groundwork for a military strike against syria but the president says he has not made the final

decision if mr ation has spent the last few days scrambling an intelligence assessment that would make the case for an attack on syria today we finally saw that report the on classified four page version of it secretary kerry presented the record with this take a listen the american intelligence community has high confidence high confidence this is common sense this is evidence these are facts so the primary question is really no longer what do we know. the question is what are we we collectively what are we in the world going to do about it but if you read the paper you also come across this line our high confidence assessment is the strongest position that the u.s. intelligence community can take short of confirmation so u.s. intelligence does not confirm the evidence that the white house says is undeniable

as far as the evidence is concerned the report shows no evidence as such just conclusions then we have to bear in mind that this was the unclassified version of the report it mentions satellite images and intercepted communications with the paper's main argument seems to be this the assad government has huge stockpiles of chemical weapons they have the capacity to deliver them and therefore they were likely responsible for last week's attacks near damascus in the last few days several members of u.s. intelligence community spoke out on condition of anonymity saying the actual evidence that the u.s. has is not a slam dunk and there are caveats in the report related to the analysis of the satellite images and be intercepted communications also from secretary kerry's presentation it seems the main selling point for the strikes is the horrible horrible images that we've all seen the report refers to several times it refers to the videos seen the social media but they do not prove who carried out the attacks not only the american people are against an attack on syria but also the

international community although secretary kerry talked about what he sees as a substantial international backing for for action whatever international backing he was talking about it's not the u.n. or whatever military action the u.s. takes eventually against syria it will be illegal under international law nato secretary general just said nato does not plan to participate in the military intervention in syria the un security council is yet to receive the results of the u.n. investigation but even that investigation will not reveal who is to blame for the horrific attacks that took place the inspectors only have a mandate to ascertain the use of chemical weapons but not by whom they were you just so the key question will still remain up in the air even as we receive the results of that investigation nonetheless the u.s. has already made its judgment. now having failed to win over most of its international allies and lawmakers on capitol hill the white house is also struggling to drum up popular support for intervention among the general public in

the united states according to the latest polls are more than half of all americans think that the country should stay out of the syrian conflict altogether only a fifth saying they support getting involved and even if the assad government is implicated in the use of chemical weapons only twenty nine percent of americans would actually support military action and some observers think that foreign intervention is in fact being provoked by the desperate syrian rebels who are apparently losing the war the promise that president obama is making to the american people is that all the bleeding will be on the syrian side we will strike them we will bomb them we will drop cruise missiles but don't worry americans just stay shopping because we won't put boots on the ground that's just a euphemism for all the bleeding will be done on the other side unlike cameron who had to take the case to the british parliament obama's doing everything to avoid even a basic good bait to get congressional authorization no debate whatsoever even george

w. bush had to get congressional authorization before he launched his war of aggression this is the failure of democracy in america as obama goes on this reckless and dangerous course who had an interest in the use of chemical weapons assad is winning the war his public backing the rebels cannot win without foreign intervention u.s. intervention in particular they know that if if chemical weapons are used that's a trigger to launch the western intervention the only way assad can lose would be if the west intervenes militarily so who use the chemical weapons clearly not the assad government they're not suicidal they were winning the war this is a staged provocation that's what we're witnessing. and of the likelihood of military strikes around syria has certainly put its neighbors on high alert is policy reports of some worry it could be the catalyst for a large scale regional war. now the big concern of course is how will iran react we have heard from iran that if damascus comes under fire it will regard this

as an attack on its thirty fifth province the thinking is that iran could activate both hizbollah and the rainy and revolutionary guard corps it could get them to use their fighters to attack those countries who are supportive of a u.s. led military strike inside syria at the same time iran could also close the strait of hormuz now this would affect around twenty percent of the world's supply of petroleum the head of the rainy and revolutionary guard is also said that if damascus was to be attacked this would see and this is a direct quote the immediate attack and the immediate destruction of israel this is of course something that the israelis are taking seriously the official word from the israeli leadership is that they are not involved in anything inside syria but that they of course will respond and respond harshly if they come under attack the israeli army is calling up reservists at the same time the israeli army has deployed the iron dome anti-missile defense system and other interceptors over the

north of the country the public has been queuing up in the thousands at local post offices and other outlets to collect gas masks at the same time there have been emergency drills held at various schools and also the there are many who are actually clearing up a bomb shelters now for fear of any kind of strike on israel the jerusalem post is a daily newspaper inside israel and it is running with the headline keep calm but carry on at the moment the mood in the region is anything but keeping calm there is a growing sense that this conflict could result in an all out regional war. and obviously with so many players being drawn into be untangled conflict now the u.s. and its allies might find themselves on the same side of the fence as those they've historically called enemies to use on a. filed this report. a major aspect that's close to impossible to prevent in the syrian crisis should it get even more chaotic and unpredictable with the u.s.

and western outside military involvement the likelihood of empowering al qaeda already a very powerful force in the country experts left and right are warning that the west would be fighting alongside group members in syria who at home are seen as its own main enemy in the war on terror the opposition in syria is far from unified political force members form a large chunk of this opposition attempting to get assad to step down concerns were high before that western ammunition would end up in the wrong hands because there's no way to selectively support one part of those against assad's government and not another the fear now is that u.s. and western military escapades would in force not just a vague opposition it sees as the good guy but the al-qaeda members that make it up by the thousands namely the front considered the most violent element in the opposition which experts label are branded iraq in syria its numbers on the ground are estimated to be at around six to ten thousand fighters the larger extent of us

presence in the country in terms of specific numbers is not known but its presence and influence in the future of the country cannot be diminished if historical lessons are remembered this is already reminiscent of the old two painful experiences we've seen before prior to western involvement in iraq in libya for instance insurgency it ran rampant but a peek at us presence walk hand in hand with foreign participation bringing the long terror suicide bombings and even greater chaos to those regions. well we always invite you to get involved with our stories here on r.t. today we're asking a what do you think military intervention in syria would result in you just go to r.t. dot com right now get involved with our latest world wide web poll and see how the numbers are stacking up for this hour right here on the program though the majority there the majority saying that a catastrophic conflict would result perhaps engulfing the entire region including israel and iran now about a fifth who say well they foresee a libya like scenario coming out of it with possibly

a huge amount of vibrations still to come years of possible violence in islamic insurgency as well a few less the believing that a washington won't dare attack syria on its own and now down to the bare handful here they're saying that the except obama's claim that the strikes will be short and sharp and that they're merely aimed at teaching syria a lesson we can still get involved controversy right now at r.t. dot com. in the meantime though here on the program a britain has asked the new york times to get rid of copies of documents leaked by will serve lower edward snowden that's another u.s. newspaper revealed from one of the top secret files just how much america spends on surveillance of the so-called black budget has never been shown to the public that is until now and let's bring it up for you here on the program on r t the classified data shows the u.s. has a splash more than fifty two billion dollars on intelligence gathering this year alone and the cia got the lion's share of more than fourteen billion dollars

significantly more than the n.s.a. or any other agency for that matter and the national low recognizance office and the geospatial and general defense intelligence programs also came near the top of the money leakers well together they got about nineteen point six billion dollars to operate or imaging satellites draw maps and assess the foreign military plans and resources as well. now snowden's leaks of i won him international recognition he was awarded the twenty thirteen whistleblower prize by a coalition of n.g.o.s and the saudis are peter all over now reports in berlin he says snowden's name is featuring prominently in germany's upcoming general election . well he's certainly not on the christmas card list of the german government as it stands at the moment these leaked documents that he says he's put forward really are the damning on the german government and just how complicit it seems that the b. and d.

the german security services were in terms of spying not only to help the n.s.a. but spying on their own people here in germany when edward snowden released these documents one of the things i'm sure he didn't think he would be was a major issue in the german elections the that's on the twenty second of september the general election here and it's become one of the main the only real issue that people seem to be attacking anglo merkel over. the leader of the social democrats who had a main challenger in this election it said if he becomes chancellor if he wins this election then he will be asking some serious questions of the united states and he also be looking into delaying an important trade deal saying how can we possibly look at doing trade with the americans when we don't know if they have microphones under all of our desks so this has become something that the politicians are looking to attack on it's probably one of the only things she's really weak on in the public eye because not only it seems to allow the united states to spy on

germany but it seems that she also helped the united states to spy on germany so this is one of the reasons why edward snowden has received this award and he is being honored with this by a number of groups for his work in revealing what turns out to be the the wide ranging spying activities of the n.s.a. and the united states thanks for joining us here on our a lot more to come this hour for example no homes grown five years after london's mayor came to power promising to help the city's rough sleepers to provide a roof for all that still remains a lofty fantasy i report on that and the rest of the world's top headlines in just a second here on alt. ok. david crockett well going to take virginia edge a little while and a little of the chesapeake bay and of virginia. county.

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with me rule. and synchronized moves to make the bolshoi's directors jealous of course are. seen as show it's providing the state side of the craft and daring pilots on season one to watch some magnificent men and of course the flying machines. three days of business led up to this but now the fun begins for the public here as you called ski fields just outside of moscow the flight programs are the big draw for crowds here every year at max and it could because it's not just about the

exhibit the latest in aviation technology that's on the ground it's what's flying above us in the sky and it makes quite an impression on the eyes and i can tell you on the ears as well some of the highlights included the flight of the t. fifty the sukhoi successor to the mc twenty nine brand new it's a feature in the russian military and it really wild the crowd with its maneuvers in such a low altitude and of course we have the russian switch that have been performing here on the grounds he did jet team that does choreographed maneuvers also very low altitudes was breathtaking to watch very difficult maneuvers there and then of course moving on to helicopters you see the helicopter team there brooke cooties team piloting the me twenty eight and strike helicopters made by the russian helicopters company now this is their first time performing at max it's very rare to see helicopters performing like this anywhere in the world at an aviation show but they do vertical and horizontal maneuvers again

a very low altitudes giving the crowds a look at how they use their technologies to move in such an agile way in the air and then of course with that with the business going on here a lot of money was made one hundred twenty nine aircraft were sold here at max totaling up to seven billion dollars so a lot of business has been done here at maks two thousand and thirteen but this is where the weekend kicks off and where the enjoyment really begins for all the crowds. as a lot small footage of the headline is performing for you on our channel also you can head over to the in motion section of our website. you can also feel what it's like to feel. you can see right here in this clip. through the steep hills or deep waters no challenge for these machines. you can go

online if indeed you want to buy the video. creatures knew how to run for the u.s. navy has openly admitted it's a whale. coast about this new type of collateral damage that's on the website as. the sea. search. and i think. all right it's. twenty minutes past the hour here in moscow. now one of greece's

largest labor unions is calling for a mass two day strike in mid september and that's in protest at rescue loans that could cause over twenty thousand public sector workers to lose their jobs by the end of the year and according to recent statements by germany's finance minister greece may need a third huge. it's going to discuss what the bill pulled into the greek economy are achieving it. quite a lot of people are being affected these layoffs really are aimed mainly at the public sector and the public sector traditionally is the foundation of the greek economy and that's why so many people are taking to the streets to protest these my let's let's go to athens kind of go to. we've spoken to many times before every time we've talked about the huge amounts the billions being poured into greece meant to nationalize it is. illegal there you seen it first hand that you

know the guys he's talking to at least a pretty depressed they don't see the light at the end of the tunnel your enough is what's your view well it is obvious by now. the whole scenario adopted for greece has been like a trophy. this by those huge huge bailout loans greek debt. very high. peak over three hundred twenty one billion euros did so that means that we're much worse than when the debt crisis started the bailouts were bad the bailouts were carolan who said if european studies in brussels there. was it good money after bad do you think you're a proponent of the bailout i don't know this would have been much worse much worse situation i don't think from greece you have to look very far you simply look to bulgaria for example to see i mean the whole much worse it could have been the sale today living standards in reason are higher than they are in bulgaria is greece were to have left the euro zone and that's why i'm in favor of further beno i think

it's a disastrous idea once you realized you've made a mistake you should stop doing it it is very simple the bailout is not helping the greek people we've just seen the images of people homeless people living in shelters losing their jobs cannot pay the rent their pension funds are disappearing now the bailout money is not aimed to help the greek people it is a. huge rescue package for bags just because who has benefited who has. most not the banks but i think germany has benefited most from the euro zone that's why i see the us campaigning on staying within the euro zone and that's why merkel has forty percent of the approval rate because germany is thriving germany exports all over europe and they are have a disability interest in having a stable currency zone. to london to brussels i can only say that he is looking at the completely wrong end of the stick simple is that the euro was a political project it never had any financial standing. and he is supporting

a political decision not the economy and germany is has vowed to cover twenty six percent roughly a quarter of the bailout money that is going to greece now we're looking at two hundred fourteen billion that means german taxpayers in the end will have to pay for sixty billion euros this money is badly needed in germany our infrastructure is suffering the railway system needs. investment so does the famed out to bonn and the industry. i think missed the greek colleague is only rook looking at this one side of the coin and not seeing and not realizing the long term effects. busy r.t. world update for you here on the program let's get straight to it now starting with egypt where at least six people have reportedly been killed in clashes between security forces and thousands of supporters of the ousted president mohamed morsy

violence erupted near the presidential palace where demonstrators gathered to demand the ex leader's reinstatement it is a so far the biggest display of defiance towards the military backed government since hundreds died in a mass crackdown now more than two weeks ago. and i thousands of soldiers have been deployed on the streets of the colombian capital bogota in support of the police so after at least two people died in violent protests street riots have been escalating in colombia which is in the grip of a farming sector crisis and workers demanding subsidies and cheaper fuel and fertilizer as president santos open talks with protesters on tuesday but has so far failed to ease the tension. and thousands of people have been waiting for dengue fever treatment in pakistan's largest city of karachi after the disease ingolf six of the country's regions i mean. claim the situation is under control some health

officials say over eight hundred cases have been confirmed in the southern sindh province. borne virus that has no vaccine and has become the world's fastest spreading tropical disease. and almost. an almost a six point eight magnitude earthquake has been hitting southwestern china reportedly killing at least one and injuring three others a shock waves also felt in several countries in uganda and the sichuan province is now the country's a mountainous areas are prone to such incidents just this april quake in sichuan killed more than one hundred ninety we'll bring you more on the story as we get it here on r.t. . our before we get to the kaiser report for an hour london's mayor made some pretty grandiose promises to provide a roof for the schools of homeless people strolling the capital streets about statistics suggest he's done little to follow through on the surface reports.

the charity nightwatch head out on their nightly run distributing food to london. no one knows exactly how many people are homeless in the capital but one thing that's agreed upon and that's that the numbers are increasing it's gone up from thirty people to fifty sixty seventy. you can see a large number of people have gathered here to use night watches daily now nor all of the people who are here. but a number of them are when london mayor boris johnson came to office in two thousand and eight he pledged to end rusty playing by thousand and twelve not only did he not hit that target but rust leaping numbers have increased every year he's been in office london had promised to be eradicate the sleeping bags and. yeah. it's very difficult. although it is. a problem.

about homeless database change shows a rise from three thousand four hundred seventy two people when the mayor came to power to six thousand four hundred thirty seven sleeping rough last year but the mayor's office insists it's not all bad news and the increase in numbers isn't party to an increase in funding longer hours on the streets reach teams mean more people than ever before being identified and now a target of ten new sleepers lanie spend twenty four hours on the street yet despite the increase in funding many of the people here have been sleeping rough for months. on the street. that doesn't have. a lot of them or problems before. the council please.

it's true that i'm doing something right i get the police from move on in the middle of the mindful room. and twenty two year old scientist doesn't want his face shane he tells us he often sleeps in a car park nearby it's a complex story this tells us that he has had some contact with out we each greats operating in the area but he hasn't yet got on benefits and the full can't get into council accommodation to get ripped through. the local outreach team have told us that they're looking into silas's case his just one of thousands of the homeless in the capital this is the face of london's famous in twenty thirteen and it seems it's an increasingly young one. aussie london. well i thank you for joining us here on r.t. today i'm. up next to no mercy for the big bang because of the fat cats on wall street the cars report just about.

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