putting cia whistleblower edward snowden on. a car chase and shooting on capitol hill police killed a woman driver after she rams the security barrier just near the white house. and the price tag for the. bailout plagued greek government couldn't have chosen a worse time for the. good morning to you from the entire news team. here in moscow and i'm.

a cia contractor turned a whistleblower edward snowden should be on a hit list rather than a list of names recently nominated for a prize for freedom of thought that was a joke made by former n.s.a. director michael hayden. a wave of criticism he told. he was misunderstood. well speaking at a washington post panel discussion on a cyber security former n.s.a. director general michael hayden joked about putting edward snowden on a list that has very little to do with human rights or honorable recognition america's former spy chief egg knowledge that snowden an n.s.a. whistleblower has been nominated for a human rights award and then reportedly said quote i must admit in my darker moment over the past several months i had also thought of nominating mr snowden but it was for a different list unquote some journalists including brendan sasso from the hill

blog have interpreted mr hayden's words to mean putting snowden on america's kill list now general hayden confirmed to me that the quote is correct but he claims that his words have been misinterpreted and he never proposed for snowden to be put on any assassination list but some would argue that this is probably the worst time for any former or current top u.s. official to even speak sarcastically about putting snowden on a list and that's because journalists jeremy scahill and glenn greenwald are currently working together on a joint investigation on how the u.s. national security agency has been involved in the wider overseas assassination program run by the obama administration now both of these journalists are known for their hard hitting investigations of the u.s. government and their collaboration will reportedly reveal how they say the vast surveillance network of the n.s.a. operates in conjunction with the clandestine operations run by the u.s. military or the cia now for those who don't know the prize that snowden is

nominated for was established by the european parliament in order to acknowledge individuals or organizations who have dedicated their lives to human rights and freedom of thought reporting from new york marina poor nial r.t. and despite the fact the bush era n.s.a. chief has no doubt be and heard by snowden's revelations and you will activist david swanson feels his comments were made in courts raised. when you joke about killing somebody with an ax your viewed as a sociopath when you joke about killing people with a million dollar missile you are considered a big powerful person who knows lots of secret stuff and so your rage is directed in particular at people who reveal that secret stuff so we've arrived at the point of putting whistleblowers and those who leak information for whatever reason on the list of enemies as if they are fighting a war because they are revealing the secret information including embarrassing and

humiliating information it is of course outrageous criminal and in fact sociopathic and i think the timing is the same timing of the past weeks and months in which this has become a top problem in the u.s. government the audience laughed when president obama joked about using predator drones against his daughter's boyfriends joking about war in u.s. culture is acceptable people talk seriously about new wars and people who claim to oppose it don't speak up with outrage it's off the line from moscow gunfire erupted in the heart of washington for a woman who rammed her car into the security barricades of the white house before speeding off towards capitol hill police opened fire in pursuit of the driver who was killed in the shootout at the scene as well. but we are just blocks away from the capitol police say the scene is secure after

a dramatic high speed chase and eventually. it started according to authorities at the white house where the suspect tried to ram through a security barrier and that is what led to this high speed chase with and without around this area near the capital of an chile police say that shots rang out into areas that the suspect the female suspect is dead here's some more on what the capitol police had to say a rolf's attempted to make a stop the call shuffle. the vehicles suited him continue no on behind us it was just an avenue it appears our all sure in a chimp to shoot digital. barricade. did leave the vehicle stopped and checked in maryland northeast where we were able to judge. who was such a united states secret service united states capitol police. suspect

. we do know was struck by gunfire at this point. both ortiz a confirmed that there was a one year old child inside of that car they did say that that child is unharmed and is in custody they also confirm that at least one officer was was injured during this ordeal it's believed that all or most of those shots were actually from police trying to stop this suspect i spoke to some eyewitnesses today that said that they heard these gunshots ring out police were around there with guns drawn into the car backed up slammed in it already turned around was taking off back along the road itself side near the front and that's why that's when the shots occurred so authorities say that this is an isolated incident and believe that it is not tied to terror. i know right now again it is actively under investigation

a lot of details still unclear at this point here in washington. and then we spoke to a former l.a.p.d. officer in d.c. resident michael c. ruppert he's been involved in similar incidents he believes that the police had no choice but to open fire. this was a life and death deadly situation when i saw the driver making irrationally aggressive moves with a five thousand pound vehicle i didn't positions like that now i in fact as a police officer was in a shooting when someone was chasing me with a vehicle trying to run me down. this was this was irrational driving eighty five miles an hour and clearly those and i'm from washington d.c. this was something that had to be stopped or let's bring up for you here on r.t.c. you can see exactly how the chase unfolded in the heart of america's capital starting at the white house there it was the suspect advancing all the way to the capitol building here ramming a secret service vehicle on its way and coming under heavy police fire and the

chase ended with the driver being shot dead by police officials say all the shots were fired in order to stop the suspect but human rights activist dr mark mason he believes the police reaction to this was severely overblown. given the fact that we have an armed female the police have come forward and say that she was armed there was an infant in the car. there was no gun fire of any kind that cane from the car at any time a lot of questions need to be asked i think that there is reason to believe that the police in washington d.c. we overreacted that there are alternatives to respond to situations short of deadly force in a speeding car you could and there's a variety of ways it's stopping them the tires have the air on them they can be. very screened strips from the those vehicles they can shoot out the tires that they

have the. things that they don't have a lot of time but all this whole situation is that the police had no evidence that she had any gun and she had not used any weapon at all she was using a vehicle that vehicle must receive attention yes of course we are closely following this story for you here. you can also had online where we've got all the latest developments on the photos from the scene of the shoot. still to come for you a bit later in the program here on r t in athens as the government plans to build a pricey mosque right in the greek capital locals are venting their fury they are already on because of painful austerity paying for this well it's not exactly perfect. and swiss citizen is demanding an over the whole of the whole concept of working for money we'll tell you more about that in just about ten minutes. i

just hitting at ten minutes past the hour here in the russian capital the international monetary fund has set the alarms ringing over america's debt crisis putting the world economy under threat i.m.f. chief christine legarde warned things will be fall worse than the current u.s. budget standoff if indeed congress fails to hike the debt ceiling like it usually has to every few yes. the ongoing political uncertainty over the budget over the debt ceiling does not help the government shutdown is bad enough but failure to raise the debt ceiling would be far worse. and could very seriously damage not only the u.s. economy. but also the entire global economy now the u.s. government shutdown is taking its toll on the president's plans with barack obama forced to cancel a trip to asia and missed two summits the federal stoppage is now in its fourth day

and with continuing squabbles that's happening in congress there are fears that it will drag on for at least another week perhaps more in the meantime though in less than two weeks america will run out of money unless lawmakers agree to raise the debt ceiling failure to do so will end up with the u.s. defaulting on its debts for the first time in history that is the official warning from the u.s. treasury predicting quote catastrophic consequences worse than the two thousand and eight meltdown kenneth levin from the city university of new york he says the crisis has been snowballing for you. have a twin crisis is a new normal in the economy and this seems to be a new normal in our political system this isn't the first time that congress hasn't passed a budget by october first which was the deadline it's the twelve consecutive year that they failed to meet the deadline and the only reason there hasn't been a shutdown for the last twelve years there's always been these temporary resolutions that's the bill for a six week temporary resolution that the house speaker of the house john boehner is

refusing to put before the congress for a vote right now so there is no constitutional mechanism and if that suggests some sort of constitutional crisis in a time when the economy is provoking serious conflict in the party movement. much more government must now shut down until congress funds are you. so good to have you with us here on our team today just about twelve minutes past nine on friday morning here in moscow scuse me just a moment i will be taking you underground in athens to some mosques there and then we're going to head to a very unusual garden growing in a palestinian village do hope you can stay with us. there's a medium leave us so we leave the baby. by the sea potions to cure the play your party is involved in their shoes that no one is asking with the guests that you

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more news today violence has once again flared up. these are the images cold world has been seeing from the streets of canada. china operations are today. i'll be stepping aside for larry king shortly here but for now as greece struggles

to make ends meet the plans to build a new mosque in athens are infuriating locals and the money from the project is set to come from state funds despite the fact impoverished locals are told they have to suffer austerity as the coffers are. reporting from the go to school. even in prayer one of the five daily spiritual rituals for muslims worldwide some prefer to do it at home others visit a mosque. this one looks more or less ordinary from the inside but there is one detail which makes it stand out from the rest in other parts of the globe this is a literally an underground mosque set up inside the garage of an apartment building things and every day muslims from nearby neighborhoods come here to pray while in total there are around one hundred twenty of similar unofficial mosques all across the city it's hard to tell the difference between unofficial and illegal but the

makeshift facilities are the local muslim communities only choice there's simply no official mosque in athens we're talking about thousands of people that hold the great passport. to this country but now it's the time of their place in greece is among the main points of entry for migrants to the e.u. and it's estimated around three hundred thousand muslims live in athens alone. so for the first time since gaining independence from the ottoman empire in the eighteenth century greek authorities are planning to build a mosque in the capital but as it turns out many of the crisis hit a traditional orthodox christian nation are not happy with the idea that the mosques price tag is one million euro plans to be paid from the state budget not the negative doesn't this money should be given to poor people pensioners who are starving in are collecting trash in the streets so they can eat the government should give the one million euro's to these people and not build mosques for the churches to be again ivan if then we have debts and then there are thousands of

unemployed sick poor starving people it's like telling me to build a house without even having money to eat can this happen no it can't be clearly it's only a drop in the ocean for many greeks who once again dove into a wave of nationwide strikes. against fresh austerity measures. and while the government redirects anyone happy with the mosques construction to the courts it seems that stories like this a reminder that the financial crisis isn't only about cash but it's exposing the most sensitive social problems that for many are becoming too expensive to tolerate . greeks are just a couple of clicks away you can always had on line for the best stories from our web including for this hour falling from freedom states around the world down on cyberspace and bring in sophisticated snooping technology to monitor their citizens online activities according to a brand new report find out about the dot com right now. and while the three point

one billion dollars is how much it'll cost to get u.s. soldiers out of okinawa but only though if. instead that whole story and much more on the web site right now. on the program here on our in the middle of the desert landscapes of the west bank a small village has become an oasis of palestinian resistance against the israeli occupation its residents have planted flowers and hundreds of spent israeli tear gas canisters and to honor those killed during their weekly protests against the separation barrier. to see the unusual god. this is between village in the west bank it's a symbol of palestinian resistance against the israeli occupation it's often in the headlines because almost every friday villagers here organize protests against the israeli separation wall they claim that the wall has taken some sixty percent of

their land away six years ago they went to court and the judge ruled that part of the wall needs to be rebooted the village has also become a symbol of occupation ours and the same to peace here is the garden of humvee rama he is a palestinian photographer and journalist whose managed to turn a negative into a positive. to make always such things from the resistance to make it to make to people to enjoy to like what the people here are too weak you know be killed to change the idea what palestinians doing all of the. violent the god and commemorates bassam abu ahmed a palestinian protesters leader who was killed back in two thousand and nine when a tear gas canister struck him in the chest this is the place where my cousin burst most killed here will he get sure to show there is something. we can make.

of these two guys to understand who could who could kill the people or the human and then we planted the flowers inside the city to show that was like we have to change of this file and things this is one way that his fighters is not forgotten policy or our t. believe in west bank. or into the are that we go very quickly starting with source trade union members they've shown a red card for me for staging a protest outside of the headquarters of the football's main governing body in zurich and the rally was timed to coincide with the start of a crunch meeting on the twenty twenty two world cup that is set to be a whole. the gulf state following a guardian newspaper investigation which revealed work died while building the tournament's facility. and to cairo where egyptian military authorities have started to seize the assets of the muslim brotherhood the vast social services it

provides including hospitals schools and charities are also set to be wound down in the islamist group has come into full force now called appeals were rejected and many of the brotherhood's leaders are currently behind bars when it claims many of its supporters have been killed in the crackdown. and germany where hundreds of left wing activists of clashed with police in an attempt to thwart celebrations marking the country's unification day and the anticapitalist protesters mostly from communist groups accuse the government of fueling a crisis poverty and war the country was reunified in one thousand full of the berlin wall and of course the collapse of the communist east german state. dramas the. stories others refuse.

to picture. are just a moment on larry king. citizens are demanding a crucial change in the constitution pushing for the introduction of a guaranteed income for every one of those behind the initiative the unconditional basic income will ensure the whole population lives with dignity. talk to one of the. a petition signed by over one hundred twenty six thousand swiss citizens is being presented to the parliament on friday what it proposes is a radical shake up of the social welfare system in the country and even changes to the very concept of working for money now to find out

a little bit more about this i'm joined by one of the ten founding members who put forward this proposition. thanks very much for talking to me talking about just giving people free money a main starting point is that constitutions including ours in switzerland make it very clear that each person individually has a right to a life and dignity. become conditioned to a basic amount which allows their life in dignity without any frills without any holidays in the south seas but just a life in dignity which would be unconditionally available to everyone but if people are receiving this money from the state is there an incentive to work then the incentive is not the same as today and i think that we want that to be the case because the incentive today is simply to be able to survive no matter how awful the job that you have to accept and if you find a job at all or feeling completely left out of normal life because your unemployment benefits we believe that people would still want to work and eighty

percent of people say that if they had this they probably would still work perhaps time perhaps only to complete. the amount that they need to live. beyond this basic amount of the basic income and the really awful jobs would have to be paid much better for anyone to want to do that and we think that's probably a good thing so what's the next stage after this initiative has been handed over to the government switzerland has a system where one hundred thousand people can put in an initiative which obligatorily has to come before the people unless both the government and the parliament have accepted it which is unlikely in this case so in about three or four years they'll be a popular vote. all the voting citizens of switzerland will vote whether they accept this or not it's a radical change and we are taking a chance but we believe we're taking a chance on the individual responsibility of all the people who would have a basic income so they can live in dignity thank you very much that's he's one of ten people putting forward this initiative in switzerland that would completely

change the way we we conceive of work and in turn turn the welfare system here in switzerland on its head. or live from moscow this is a see i will research a stepping aside for a bit of politicking with the legendary host larry king that's next on c.n.n. just don't. you know i'm old enough to remember on reruns when gomer pyle used to cry citizen's arrest when he saw something wrong in mayberry and a new law in russia could allow our city average to do the same thing by helping to enforce law in the country this law allows citizens to protect public order by

becoming volunteer workers deputy policeman and even foreign peoples militias which will in theory prevent crime or at least allow the police to be informed more quickly and accurately of course this like any project which sounds nice on paper is all about the implementation so we'll see how these deputies and militias will work overall i think this won't have much of an effect on crime but it could have a huge impact on non-criminal bad public behavior you know i am not the bravest guy on the planet and it's hard to confront a group of five drunk guys who are just as big as you who are acting like idiots on the street but doing so with ten stone sober militiamen buddies could provide a much more convincing argument for the drunkards. this could be a big step forward for democracy when you actually have at least a scrap of power or control over the events in your neighborhood then you are sure feel like people actually have a lot of power and this could be good for the country but that's just my opinion.

he's an american business i got news brazen outspokenness is always at the top of the headlines his disgust with politicians is led him to consider running for president himself love him our hate him he can make or break someone's future with two words you're fired. the one and only donald trump is next on politics a little larry king. live on the ticket with larry king one of my favorite people of all times donald trump we go back a long long way i have to tell you we usually have a major problem let's go right into it word by the way from top of the top of his building overlooking his city every way a look trump and lots of things to talk about chris he's made some amazing

acquisitions one of which i'm trying the person involved with i'll get to that later we'll get a government shutdown what's your take well it's a mess larry i mean the whole country is being scoffed at and left ed and we're not doing well as a country as you know we will no longer be the great economic power in two thousand and sixteen and as you know china will be replacing us if we keep going the way we're going which looks like inevitable were different place than you and i remember well we've done all our interviews that i cherish and that i saved i don't save too many but i always say being interviewed by larry king and we're not the same country. what one thing i don't understand i know you're a great critic of the press are but let's affect the fact we passed a health care law right the supreme court upheld it right and the republicans don't want to fund it well it's a law that really has to be that's true in the law it's still your l.a. and i understand where you're coming from but it is something that's turning out to be very negative it's having

a huge negative impact on business so reveals happening and i guess that's what is going to happen one way or the other i don't see this getting them to the end but i fully understand what the republicans are doing and i actually respect them for it and i really like the wall street journal it's a major mistake while a lot of us are the golden well let's see how it happens lots of strange things happen larry let's see what happens in the end but they are very committed to killing obamacare obamacare is a very look i have friends that have without going into deep anything or deep studies and we can do that to one is not turning out too good for obamacare but i have friends that have businesses hiring only part time people now ok only part time people because they get out of obligations by doing that i have friends that closing down businesses because of obamacare i mean obamacare is turning out to be a disaster so people see this some people thought it when it was passed a lot of it is that the who got it we don't we need some sort of health law i think you do any such thing and you need something good i think you can actually.