cyber security. chief makes a joke about putting cia whistleblower edward snowden on a list. of hill police. officer the security barriers near the white house. and the price tag for the new mosque in. the bailout plagued greeks feeling the government couldn't have chosen a worse time for the project. welcome to

a friday morning here in moscow it's just off to ten am now this is with me. top headlines cia contractor 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. has sparked a wave of criticism he told. simply put 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 eg 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 hell 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 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 aig knowledge individuals or organizations who have dedicated their lives to human rights and freedom of thought reporting from new york marina poor nial r.t. i know despite the fact the bush era chief is no doubt being heard by snowden's revelations until after which they would swanson feels his comments were made in poor taste. 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 all too long from moscow and gunfire erupted in the heart of washington after a woman 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 for us as well. 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 train 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 capitol police had to say a rolf's attempted to make a stop because she was shuttled. the vehicle you didn't 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 catch. just as she

was such a united states secret service the united states capitol police. suspect . we do know was struck by gunfire 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 they spoke to some eyewitnesses today that said that they heard these gunshots ring out police were around 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 terrorism based on the information that they. you know right now again it is

actively under investigation a lot of details fail unclear at this point here in washington liz wall. and we did manage to speak to a former l.a.p.d. officer and d.c. resident michael ruppert who's been involved in similar incidents he believes 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. well not everybody agrees with the police reaction to the incident if we have bring up a map for you here and you can have a look and see how the chase unfolded throughout downtown washington starting it

was the white house the suspect advances all the way to the capitol and you can see right here ramming a secret service vehicle on its way and then of course as we said coming under heavy police fire the driver was eventually shot dead by the police and dr marc mast on a believes that officials had other ways to stop the woman throughout the chase and perhaps they didn't need to report revote i should say to such a shootout. given the fact that we have been on armed female the police have important say that she was armed there was an infant in the car. there was no gun fire of any kind that came from the car at any time a lot of questions need to be. i think that there is reason to believe that the police in washington d.c. way way overreacted that there are alternatives to respond to situations short of deadly force in a speeding car it's

a variety of ways it's stopping them the tires have the air on them they can be punctured by various means they put strips in front of the vehicles. the tires because they have these rubber 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 and we are closely following the story for you here what you can always had online where we've got all the latest developments and photos from the scene of the shooting. still to come for you a bit later in the program. in athens as the government plans to build a pricey mosque in the greek capital locals event that they are already on the names because of painful austerity. citizens demand an overhaul of the

whole concept of working for money tell you more about that in about ten minutes time. for the meantime here on the international monetary fund has set the alarms ringing over america's debt crisis the whole world economy under threat i.m.f. chief christine legarde warns things will be far worse than the current u.s. budget standoff if indeed congress fails to hike its debt ceiling like it usually has to do every few years. 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 the u.s.

government shutdown is certainly taking its toll on the president's plans with barack obama forced to cancel a trip to asia and missed two summits by the federal stoppage now in its fourth day and with continuing squabbles in congress there are fears it will drag on for another week at least in the meantime though in less than two weeks america will run out of money that is unless they do raise the debt ceiling a 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 catastrophic consequences worse than the two thousand and eight meltdown. that live in from the city university of new york if there's a crisis has been snowboarding you. have a twin crisis there 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 that suggests some sort of constitutional crisis in a time when the economy is provoking a serious conflict in which party movement. martin has discussed the hypocrisy surrounding the government shutdown with jesse ventura that's coming up in a break in the set throughout the day here on r.t. for the meantime though a quick preview for you. spares elect congress they pay their salaries congress seems to have no disagreement on bombing countries and spine and they know that they have a ten percent approval rating so how is it that they have the gall to hold americans hostage indefinitely. i'll tell you it's beyond my comprehension i don't know how you know these congressmen and senators they shut the government down

because they don't want us to have health care for everybody yet selves have four different plans they can each choose from for their health care and music not provided by the government so it is not government run health care the high pocket or so years are stoning to me. much of our government must now shut down until congress funds again. i would still have a lot of news to come your way here on this morning after the break oh we travel to underground mosques in greece and then head to a palestinian village where its weapons that are starting to. see you in just about . this point be an expensive car so.

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soldiers you're in the military no more joking any more. never been so tight in my life. every day would be close to absolute limits. do you think it's going to be easy. but everyone's desperate. suspense to. which. i don't know if i'm going to make it to the end look i'm still filming some i'm just going to the left i don't know what to do. down here in moscow good morning to you greece struggles to make ends meet 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 further austerity as the coffers are empty. as this report from athens. the evening 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 another ground 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 passports. to this country and they are equal but now it's at the time of their prayer 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 that doesn't exist of course 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 turks to be again ivan if eventually 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 mission white stripes. 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. you can always had on line for the best stories from. falling from freedom states around the world a clamping down on cyberspace and bringing in sophisticated technology to monitor citizens online activities this according to one new report.

and while three point one billion dollars is how much it'll cost japan to get u.s. soldiers out of okinawa but only though if it hosts their drones instead the whole story on our website right. in the middle of the desert landscapes of the west bank a small village now has become an oasis of palestinian resistance against the israeli occupation its residents have planted flowers and hundreds of spent israeli tear gas canisters to honor those killed during their weekly protests against the separation barrier. went to see the rather unusual. this is believed 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 removed the village has also become a symbol of occupation office and the same to peace here is the garden of humvee abu rama he is a palestinian photographer and journalist whose managed to turn a negative into a positive for existence you know to make always such that it's from the resistance to make it to make the people to enjoy to like what the people here are too weak you know be tools to change the idea what palestinians doing all of the. violent the god and commemorates bassam 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 person was killed here will he get sure to show there is something. we can make.

of these two guys to mr 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 fight is not forgotten policy r.t. believe in west bank. some global headlines in brief for the r.t. world update now starting with swiss trade union members that have shown a red card to free for staging a protest outside of the headquarters of football's main governing body in zurich the rally was timed to coincide with the start of a crunch meeting on the twenty twenty two world. to be hosted by. the. newspaper investigation. and. started to seize the assets of the muslim brotherhood.

provides. schools. many of the. hundreds of left wing activists have clashed with police in an attempt. to countries are. mostly from. groups. the country was. following the fall of the wall in the collapse of the communist. others refuse to.

picture. thanks for joining us here on r.t. swiss citizens are demanding a crucial change in the constitution pushing for the introduction of a guaranteed income for everyone and those behind the initiative say the unconditional basic income will ensure the whole population lives with dignity. spoke to one of the african solve the grand idea. 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 in dignity it would become conditional to a basic amount which allows a life in dignity without any frills without any holidays in the south seas but just like 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 prod 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 first 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. what's good to have you with us here today you know most of us do enjoy some affordable that bags fancy shoes leather jackets as well problem is that the cheap leather market as a devastating effect on those making the leather and bangladesh special documentary it's interesting. 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 is 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 drunkard's 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're sure feel like people actually have a lot of power and this could be good for the country but that's just my opinion.

i. think. today the european consumer has no way of knowing be origin of the leather he bites . the feel of the number of e.u. member states have deede localized production and see no reason for shoes and leather bags to be labeled made in bangladesh.

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