this. sinister cyber security a former n.s.a. chief makes. edward snowden. the u.s. federal hold president obama grounded. trip to asia where the u.s. treasury issues a warning of a. plague greeks. for the project. with the worldwide news live from moscow this is. a pleasure to have you with us

today the cia contractor turned whistleblower edward snowden should be on the hit list 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 is just 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 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 maureen up or r.t. now despite the bush era and i'm sorry chief there's no doubt been hoed by snowden's revelations. david swanson feels his comments were made in rather 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 in the meantime the international monetary fund has set the alarms ringing over america's debt crisis putting the world economy under threat of the i.m.f. chief christine lagarde she's warned 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 to fill you 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 and in the meantime in less than two weeks america will run out of money unless lawmakers do agree to raise the debt ceiling the failure to do so will lead to devastating effect and that's the official warning from the u.s. treasury and for the departments predicting an unprecedented default with catastrophic consequences of the collapse of the american economy sending shock waves across the globe ending with a financial crisis and recession worse than the two thousand and eight meltdown of the u.s. government shutdown is certainly taking its toll on the president's plans as well barack obama forced to cancel a trip to asia and missed two summits at the federal stop which was placed hundreds

of thousands of workers on unpaid leave and it's costing the american economy at least three hundred million dollars every day it's in business and consumer confidence kenneth that levin from the city university of new york he says the crisis has actually been snowballing for years. between crisis there's a new normal in the economy and 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 the only reason there hasn't been a shutdown for the last twelve years there's always been these temporary resolutions that 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 serious conflict in the two parties

zimmerman's side of the federal stoppage is now in its fourth day and with continuing squabbles in congress there are fears it will drag on for another week perhaps even longer and the american people's trust in the whole economy is just plummeting and here's the latest gallup poll showing that economic confidence has a nosedive since the. government brought its operations to a standstill it fell to minus thirty two points which was the lowest reading in more than a year and in his program show politicking larry king spoke to american business magnate donald trump to get his view on the events unfolding in america and here's a preview of the program coming up for you throughout the day here on azzi. the government shutdown what should take well it's a mess larry i mean the whole country is being stuffed it in left 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 as you know china will be replacing us if we keep going the way we're going which looks like inevitable it's effect the effect 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 a year away 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 i really like the wall street journal it's a major mistake well out of the golden well let's see how it happens lots of strange things happen larry let's see what happens in the end but if they are very committed to killing obamacare when everybody's committed obama's committed to a moment if you like commitment he's committed you would certainly think that he's not coming to end it that's what they want so it's a tough it's a very tough situation for the country and it's somewhat embarrassing for the country. much more government must now shut down until congress

funds it again. it's good to have you with us here on our three today still to come for you later in the program. in athens the government plans to build a pricey mosque in the greek capital locals a furious stressing they're already on the needs due to painful austerity. and swiss citizens them on an overhaul of the whole concept of welcome to money we'll tell you more about that in a little less than ten. this point being an expensive car saloon. clueless a new fashion show. also designer bags and shoes in the best shop windows. luxury is

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lots of news for you today on the program here on r.t. as 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 country already suffering soviet continued austerity reporting from athens on its easy a go to his going off. 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 an illegal but the maisha 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 greek passport. to this country but now it's the time of their players 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. this

money should be given to poor people pensioners who are starving in our collection trash on the streets so they can eat the government should give the one million euro's to these people and not build mosques for the church to be again i've done if eventually 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 . athens greece and r.t. is coming to life from moscow as swiss citizens are demanding a crucial change in the constitution and pushing for the introduction of

a guaranteed income for everyone. video agency ruptly is following the story therefore so we cross live now it's all over who is in bern where a small group of supporters of a basic income idea have now gathered for a rally peter good to see you is it about free money for everyone in switzerland or can you can you shed some light on it for us please hallo. right well what they're putting forward to a group of folks is that suggesting that there should be a minimum basic income for every citizen now they haven't put an exact figure on what they think that should be but it has been bandied around that it could be around the the two thousand five hundred swiss franc mark it's around two thousand euro per month now the way that they're trying to get this into law is by using switzerland system of direct democracy means is that if they get over one hundred

thousand signatures to a petition. to apologize i hear that was a. switch and we just lost the signal we'll get back to him very shortly here on the program thank you for your patience here with us here. if you had online dot com right now loads of stories for you at the moment for example falling from freedom of states around the world a clamping down on cyberspace and bringing in sophisticated snooping technology to monitor the citizens online activities this according to a brand new report. i want three point one billion dollars is how much it'll cost japan to get u.s. soldiers out of okinawa but only if it hosts their drones instead the whole story right now. thanks for joining us for the program today 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 in the hundreds of spend israeli tear gas canisters and so on of those killed during their weekly protest against the separation barrier. i went to see the rather unusual god. this is between village in the west bank it's a symbol of palestinian resistance against 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 the land away six years ago they went to court and the judge ruled that part of the wall needs to be rooted the village has also become a symbol of occupation army 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. 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 close to change the idea what palestinians doing the. violent the garden 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 percy was killed here where he did show to show there was something. to 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 fighters is not forgotten policy or our team believes in west bank. 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 shoot out more from the scene with artie's lives while. 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 which ended up 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 rush should jump to give it to stop the call shovel. the vehicles needed him he continued on behind us it was just an avenue it appears our all sure interceptors

to shoot digital. barricade. would lead you to stop to check in maryland northeast where we were able to get you just as she was such a united states secret service. right suspect. we do know was struck by gunfire both ortiz of confirmed that there was a one year old child inside of that hard 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 south side near the front and that's why that's when the shots agree so authorities say that this is an isolated incident and believe that it is not tied to terrorism based on the information that they. right now again it is actively under investigation a lot of details still unclear at this point here in washington r.t. . and in the wake of all of this not everyone agrees with the police reaction to the incident let's bring up. the chase unfolded in the heart of the american capital starting at the white house that the suspect evolves all the way to the capitol building over here ramming a secret service vehicle on its way and then coming under a very heavy police fire the driver of the shot dead by the cops i talked to mark mason he believes officials did have other ways to stop the woman throughout the chase. given the fact that we have an arm female the police have come forward and say that she was armed there was an imprint 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. we 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 heavier and then they can be punctured by various means people from the vehicles can shoot out the tires because they have these rope 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 i quickly some other global headlines for you in brief with the world update as

a swiss trade union members have shown no bread to feed staging a protest outside of the headquarters of the football's main governing body in zurich at the rally was time to coincide with the start of a crunch meeting on the twenty twenty two world cup which is set to be hosted by cuts out of the gulf state came under fire following a guardian newspaper investigation which revealed that nepalese workers the dying while building the tournament's facilities. at the cairo military authorities have started to seize the assets of the muslim brotherhood the social services it provides including hospitals schools and charities are also set to be shut down on the islamist group has only come into full force now off the old court appeals were rejected many of the brotherhood's leaders are currently behind bars and it claims many of its. killed in the crackdown. for germany where hundreds of left wing activists have clashed with police in an attempt to thwart celebrations marking the

country's reunification day and the capitalist protest. groups accuse the government of fuelling crisis poverty and war in the country was reunified back in one thousand nine hundred following the fall of the berlin wall and the collapse of the communist east german state. story others through a few. pictures . from moscow this is r.t. in an exclusive interview with the spanish channel ecuador's president. barack

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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 low allows citizens to protect public order by becoming volunteer workers deputy policeman and even forming 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 militiaman 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. 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. moscow nineteen ninety three. twenty years since the russian. russian waikato birth hasn't happened hour by hour reliving the events in real time live timeline minute by minute update relive the nineteen ninety three moscow agenda. black october today on r g dot com and our g.'s twitter. has area bag is classified as one of the world's thirty most polluted sites it's

tanneries or an auslan out ecological disaster playing to waste everything around them every day the factories belch forth fifteen thousand cubic meters of toxic refuse leaving it to pile up amid the housing and along the river bank. to demand soon the waste floods into to a lings penetrating the soil and filtering down to contaminate the water tables. the brewery gangle river flows through the slum is paying the highest price. the tanneries use vast amounts of water millions of liters of water required to wash treats and tender skins. this water goes into the sewers. it is no longer useful you know that it is discarded. it ends up polluting the river.

haven't you noticed the state of the burgan the rivers water this is the water that flows into it. all this water laden with chemical products is dumps directly into the river with no purification. thing. think of this event is there life saying no this is only a walk up i guess that really street hockey and people love cock i dependent on this rebirth for a number of cities this week just some of which are believed by defy the affair by the lead their way of being. we wash ourselves here because we have no other choice we have no running water but there are always two hundred people waiting at the pub.