the white house sidelines the u.n. probe into the use of chemical weapons in syria and makes final preparations for an assault against damascus but all based on. intelligence. leaks from edward snowden exposed the financial dark side of u.s. spy programs as a whistleblower himself is on the governmental groups for his revelations also. absolutely astonishing. the crowds of the twenty third that's just outside moscow showcasing some of the world's best pilots flying some of the fastest planes on the planet.

a very good morning to you from all of us here in moscow. live from the russian capital where it's now i just after nine 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 though the u.s. has made it clear the world body is findings will not influence its intention to attack the syrian regime which of course it blames for the chemical attack that reportedly killed more than fourteen hundred civilians with an intervention expected as early as this weekend and the wider international community remains unconvinced by america's claims as reports. 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 the administration 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 report 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 the intercepted communications also from secretary kerry's prison presentation it seems the main selling point for the strikes is the horrible horrible images that we've all seen the record refers to several times that refers to the videos in 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 produce faith 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 used 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. 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 or among that of the general public in the united states now according to the latest polls more than half of all americans think the

country should stay out of the syrian conflict altogether with only a fifth saying they actually support getting involved and even if the assad government is implicated in the actual use of chemical weapons or only about twenty nine percent of americans would actually support military action some observers over think that foreign intervention is in fact being provoked by the desperate syrian rebels who were are apparently losing this civil 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 a military strikes around syria has so if you put its neighbors on high alert as all of these reports 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 provinces 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 of 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. now there with so many players drawn into the in time. of the u.s. and its allies might find themselves on the saw side of the fence i should say those who they are historically called enemies. of the story. a major aspect that's close to impossible to prevent in the syrian crisis should it

get even more chaotic and unpredictable with the us 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 groups. are seen as its own main enemy in the war on terror the opposition in syria is far from unified political force al qaeda 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 elements in the opposition which experts label rebranded iraq in syria its numbers on the ground are estimated to be at around six to ten thousand fighters the larger extent of our

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 along terror suicide bombings and even greater chaos to those regions. well if you get a second to do let us know what you think if indeed a military intervention should happen in syria what would the result be you can take part in our latest our worldwide web poll right now just by logging on to our t. told com let's see how the numbers are stack up for this hour here on r.t. others so far the majority predicting a catastrophic conflict engulfing the entire region possibly including israel and iran though almost a fifth of those who voted now for seeing a libya like scenario with the years of violence and an islamic insurgency and down

to a few less don't actually think that washington will even dare to attack on its own no major unilateral strike coming out of washington they're down to the bare minimum now are saying that basically two days of strikes are simply designed to teach syria a lesson well the numbers do fluctuate every hour and we cordially invite you to get involved here in r.t. just cast your vote right now at r.t. dot com. the meantime here on the program on r t britain has asked the new york times to get rid of copies of documents leaked by whistleblower edward snowden and 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 let's give you some ideas here on r.t. of how all the cash really stacks up with a classified data showing ultimately the u.s. has splashed out more than fifty two billion bucks on intelligence gathering this year alone the cia getting the lion share of it all fourteen billion dollars that

is a lot more than the n.s.a. or any other agency and the national reconnaissance office and the geo special and general defense intelligence programs also came near the very top of the money league and together they got nineteen point six billion dollars to operate imaging satellites draw maps and assess a foreign military plans and resources as well i mean while snowden's leaks have won him international recognition in fact he was or awarded the twenty thirteen whistleblower prize by a coalition of n.g.o.s and as artie's pretty roll over in berlin reports snowden's name is now 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 unglue merkel over. the leader of the social democrats who said her 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 islam or cologne 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 so good to have you with us here on r.t. today and still to come for you in this hour no homes grown five years after london's mayor came to power promising to help the city's rough sleepers its pledge to provide a roof for all remains well a bit out of reach to report on the rest of the news. but he sees things that people don't notice.

things most people never do they call him disabled but he's the world's first deaf and blind doctor of science. professor i think the other civil of. the great life. it's. going to. be on the face. of pleasure to have you with us here on t.v. today i'm sure.

florida just off the quarter past the hour here in the russian capital that's a with me rule re sushi i free and synchronized moves making the bolshoi's directors jealous russia's max twenty thirty an airshow providing the stage for a state of the art aircraft and very daring pilots. francois to watch the 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 brand new it's a feature in the russian military and it really while the crowd with its maneuvers at such a low altitude and of course we have the russian sweats 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 for forming 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 it 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. well the. headliners of performing for you on our you tube channel also you can head over to the emotion section of our website for more there you can feel what it's like to be here on a testing range. the size you can see in the clip leaving through steep hills or. challenge these machines really. is the place to go online if you want. also what are. these creatures new how to run for cover the u.s.

navy. set to commit a whale and dolphin right off america's coast so you can learn about this new type of collateral damage on our website. and i think. that's a shift gears here and turn our attention of out of greece where one of its largest labor unions is calling for a two day strike in mid september that's in protest to 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. discussed what the billions being poured into the greek economy are actually achieving if anything. 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 mad let's let's go to athens kind of guilty we've spoken to many times before every time we've talked about the huge amounts the billions being poured into greece from international lenders. eagle there you see the first time 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 straw for. this by those huge huge bailout loans greek debt.

very high have reached a peak over three hundred and 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 pouring good money after bad do you think you're a proponent of the bailout on the turn of 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 still today living standards in reason are higher than they are in bulgaria if greece were to have less to eurozone and that's why men 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 been. 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 driving 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 and not the economy 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 forty 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 the industry. i think mr the greek colleague is only rock looking at this one side of the coin not seeing and not realizing the long term effects right into the r t world up there we go let's start with egypt now or at least six people reportedly killed in clashes between security forces and thousands of supporters of the ousted president morsy of violence erupted near the presidential palace where demonstrators gathered to demand the leaders reinstatement 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. colombia where thousands of soldiers

have been deployed on the streets of the capital bogota in support of the police it's 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 a workers demanding subsidies and cheaper fuel and fertilizer is president santos to open talks with protesters on tuesday and so far failed to ease tensions. and dozens of people have been no waiting for dengue fever treatment in pakistan's largest city of karachi after the disease involved six of the country's region's meantime authours claimed the situation is under control though some health officials say over eight hundred cases have been confirmed in the southern sindh province. is a more skeeter borne virus that has no vaccine and has become the world's fastest spreading tropical disease. now london's mayor made some rather grandiose promises to provide

a roof for the schools of homeless people in the capital opposed to stick suggest he has done little to follow through with this. reports. the charity nightwatch head out on their nightly run distributing food to london's homeless 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 more 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 does he not hit that target but rust leaping numbers have increased every year he's been in office in london i promise and he eradicate a sleeping bag and. yeah. it's very

difficult. although it is. a problem people are doing anything about this 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 rat reach teams mean more people than ever before being identified and now eight out of ten new rough 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 and. that doesn't have.

a lot of them are problems before. the council for. it's good i'm sure you think about it i get the police from a viewer in an image of an annoyance a room. twenty two year old scientists doesn't want his face shane he tells us he often sleeps in a cop nearby it's a complex story silas tells us that he has had some contact with that week's cleats operating in the area but he hasn't yet got benefits and therefore can't get into count so the commendation do chemistry was stupid and. the local outreach team have told us that they're looking into this is case his just one of thousands of the heinous in the capital this is the face of london sameness in twenty thirteen and it seems it's an increasingly young one sarah. london for the story of one extraordinary man coming up here and from considering suicide to

becoming a renowned psychology professor this remarkable story it's just after the break and . so the historic and for many americans tragic ruling in a bradley manning case just got a lot weirder because he has declared that he wants to live the rest of his life as a woman named chelsea well i'm glad his lawyer got him to keep this revelation to himself until the end of the trial but sadly he really should have pushed for him to keep quiet about this just a bit longer why you ask because if there is one thing i know about the mainstream media is that the second sex is involved everything else instantly becomes

a distant second case in point what is the legacy of bill clinton is it the job murderer who are sure to nafta no is it a violent foreign policy throughout the world somewhat similar to bush. isn't obama's in locations like haiti somalia in the balkans etc no his legacy is based on the least important sin he committed as a president cheating on his wife for the years couldn't wasn't office the lewinsky scandal just smothered everything else i am pretty sure that if i know the mainstream media they are going to use manning's gender confusion to overshadow and drown out everything else involved in the case but that's just my opinion.