i cannot speak for my son and really the legal issues i miss father i'm simply thankful that my son is safe and free edward snowden's father arrives here in moscow to see is son for the first time since the n.s.a. revelations sent the cia contracts are on the run from washington's prosecution. just minutes after landing i asked mr snowden what's the plan for his first ever visit to russia find out what he said in just a few moments. time edward snowden has received an award for integrity and intelligence from a group of fellow whistleblowers and activists we speak exclusively to them. you know the news that the libyan prime minister is freed after being kidnapped earlier by government contract and militia reportedly in revenge for his cooperation with the u.s.

and. the news of the biggest terrorist. never grow. rich with a world renowned american intellectual numb chomsky talks to the nuclear middle east syria's chemical weapons and us drone wars. for its kevin i would hear all top story then today the father of n.s.a. will supply edward snowden is here in moscow hoping to see a son who remains in an undisclosed secure location under the protection of russia's temporary asylum or he can off snowden it should mention where port where the former cia contractor spent five weeks in diplomatic limbo. waiting for him right at the entrance to the v.a.b.

a launch off the airport where we're standing now this is his first time in russia of course i had to ask him what's the plan for the first the office visit i'm mr coote arena's guest and i am very thankful for his hospitality and. i am going to follow mr trainers advice. that will determine where my day leaches and if the opportunity presents itself i certainly hope that i'll have an opportunity to see my son clearly mr snowden leaning on. this. who's been representing and counseling his son edward here in russia the only thing we know about edward snowden is that he's somewhere in a safe area in a safe place in russia father did. come to moscow in august there's a lot of speculation over why that didn't happen including for security reasons the

son edward snowden the former n.s.a. contractor arrives to be the transit zone airport in june he's wanted in the u.s. after a leaking thousands of documents providing details tell us the services spy on officials and ordinary people all across the world he was granted temporary asylum by a russian officials but now as we've also heard from his father even his family is not sure whether or not he'll ever be able to come back to the u.s. . well the man who's been assisting edward snowden on legal matters has revealed that father and son will reunite. today although the exact time and location aren't being disclosed for security reasons you get latest updates on the story any time of course is. twenty four seventh's. libya's prime minister has been free just a few hours after being abducted by government contract to gunmen in tripoli ninety's bell trues been assessing the many conflicting reports surrounding today's

kidnap. it is just been released up he was taken this morning from the corinthia hotel in tripoli by armed gunmen there are conflicting reports rebels have come forward and claim that they were behind the attack which was a retaliation they said first supposedly being involved in a u.s. special forces raid which took libyan al qaeda suspect. libby was implemented in bombing u.s. embassies back in one thousand nine hundred ninety however there are also reports that he may have been taken because he was actually going to be arrested it's a by government faction within the ministry of interior so it's not clear exactly right he was taken of what happened to him for those few hours he was in detention we do know however that he is alive and well but it really is just another example of how two years on from the ouster of gadhafi the country is really struggling to deal with these rebel groups and these islamist militant groups that control parts of the country. you have a journalist my russian writer says it's not surprised the conflicting reports are

piling up. there is no conflict between an arrest and the kidnapping because we don't know who it is now virtually for the interior ministry it's this integrated state it's in this integrated area and when we talk about ministry it's we talk about something else then if we talk about ministries in existing state it's all in states with with the state order so it's not surprising at all that we get confusing you missed by the way these are not the first confusing use we see from libya since the so-called revolution. just attention went away from libya within the last month and went to syria but. we see that there is a country it disintegrated country controlled by warlords controlled by those gangs with the biggest guns so it all the government politics and what they do is

confusing for for us of course i'm not surprised at all. edward snowden became washington's most wanted man after exposing the extent of america's global surveillance program with revelations sending shock waves around the world that set him on the run from the u.s. prosecution but also what in recognition and praise now he's been given the sam adams prize for integrity and intelligence it was awarded to by a group of whistleblowers and activists themselves all of which are veiled hidden secrets themselves in the past and very pleased to say they join me in the studio as well last take a look. at what's known last night how is it kind of put to you how easy i think you're doing remarkably well under the circumstances in which you came here and we've we've obviously covered his story extensively on this channel so we're obviously going to find out personally how easy you know what you look like these days. i thought he looked great he seemed very centered and and. brilliant smart funny very engaged. i thought he looked very well.

considering the amount of pressure. do you think that's taking any toll at all on the psychological toll i think it would in ordinary circumstances but this is an extraordinary person he's made his peace with what he did he's convinced that he put he did was right he has no regrets and he's willing to face whatever the future holds for him do you agree with that as well as the person you saw in front of you kohli yes actually we discussed this intel integrity and intelligence issue quite extensively and we talked about prior examples of great people in history that had themselves been under this type of pressure and he's remarkably centered in. just that you yourself were whistleblowers so you war would but the question of talking in the newsroom earlier on that could be we were in your position what would be going through our heads as well you all didn't feel various reasons that

you thought were right at the time have you ever had regrets and put that to you first of all have you ever regretted what you did you know now ever never and i did in fact i've cited to dedicate my career at the government accountability project to representing whistleblowers and helping whistleblowers i never thought they would end up being criminally prosecuted much less for espionage but i believe in what i did i would do it over again and that was actually the exact answer that edward gave us yesterday and it's not the same for the rest of you three guys as well you do you feel it's a way of you have a quietly in some quiet moments that he any second thoughts could you tell of you is again just remind our viewers about what your story was well i disclosed high crimes and misdemeanors by the us government at the national security agency that involved both secret surveillance and massive fraud waste and abuse and no regrets at all in blowing the whistle recognizing that i paid

a very high price fortunately for us not just yourself of course and your family and friends that are on the president. and that's that's part of the price that you pay i found that continuing pattern the more secret the us became and the more we grew into a surveillance state the more people who were willing to just do their job and tell the truth and obey ethics rules were getting in trouble so while i suffered i was under criminal investigation and put on the no fly list things like that i thought were very draconian i could never have imagined in a million years that president obama would begin indicting and prosecuting people like thomas drake and edward snowden and bradley manning and john kiriakou and a number of other people under the espionage act which is the most serious charge you could level against an american calling your next f.b.i. agent so. whistleblower again if you could briefly tell if you was an open about

your story how you were treated we gretz that i'm aware of usually stem from the fact that people didn't speak out we the sam adams story itself is one of somebody who went through vietnam and did not go public with the these concerns and so it's quite the opposite that the regret comes from not being able to get this important information out about illegal acts risks to public safety fraud waste and abuse what was the reaction from snowden last night when you told him that he had won this civil war he already knew because we awarded to two months ago that the problem was getting it to him and it is our tradition starting with colin that we physically present this it's sort of like an emmy or not what it is is a candlestick holder for someone who has shone bright light into the dark corners so he knew he was he didn't know about the candlestick holder knew that he had cheated the award and you know we were coming you know the reception we got was

just so warming it was a person who now realizes that he has very senior people alumni you know some of his size senior people who speak for a lot of people still within these organizations that admired greatly what it would snowden has done and hopefully will summon the courage to follow his example. was ready to go from there with the other speak to me earlier on now to say the very first signs of a possible warming in relations treat america and iran reporting on that but before even a single sanction is lifted american corporations could already be on a quest to conquer one of iran's most powerful industries to get up and help this very quick break. the recent history knows quite a few examples one humanitarian concerns were used as a that's a partial political action when you call a military intervention country

a humanitarian intervention you participate in the discreet he takes dangerous. i mean partially tyrannies. science technology innovation all the list of elements from around russia we. covered.

again the drawn out budget crisis in washington is beginning to affect america's foreign policy state john kerry's warned that the u.s. won't be able to sustain its goals abroad if the deadlock continues at his innocence i talked to one of america's most prominent political commentators intellectuals noam chomsky explain where he thinks his country went wrong. on chomsky am i on the faculty at mit and i'm. getting more heavily involved now the war activities for the last few years i think are writer linguists cognitive scientists and non-conformist for decades. like thirty six very very serious people . now in chomsky's work echoes well beyond the walls of the massachusetts institute of technology the author of over one hundred books has long been debating the other side of us foreign policy and it

is going to set policy special interests in certain places side most will never hear the press responded. to a straightforward and powerful let's just say get over it because. we want to read we have for sure the world but for the present chomsky invited our two to sit down with him in boston to discuss some of today's pressing global it seems he began with iran and hopes of a new u.s. policy term ski is pessimistic. last december there was supposed to be an international conference in finland to carry forward longstanding efforts to establish a. zone free of nuclear weapons or weapons of mass destruction in the middle east didn't happen first thing that happened is israel announced they wouldn't participate. and then everyone was waiting to see what was interesting was

waiting to see what iran would say iran's said they would participate with no conditions immediately obama called off the conference. giving the reasons which are the official israeli reasons cannot have a conference until this regional settlement of course in the background there can be a regional peace settlement until the us and israel stop blocking the international consensus and israel palestine agreement as they are doing have been thirty years so no meeting people in the united states have done very almost nothing about it for a very simple reason not a word about this is appeared in the american press literally or you can read about it in arms control journals or international affairs journals or and articles that i write things up. with the presses so i don't so no pressure on syria chomsky says getting rid of chemical weapons is

a good first step but not enough great opportunities are being missed during chemical weapons are not there just for fun they were there as a counter to is really a nuclear weapon israel is going to. make some. so there's a broader issue there's back question of weapons of mass destruction free zone in the middle east which the us has been blocking for the same reason so this is a partial. it's good in itself but very forceful on the broader offer to the user not through we also talked about one of the most pursued men in the world chomsky doesn't buy edward snowden is a threat to u.s. national security and security is almost always relevant but its security of the government from its own population that's the security concern genuine security

like security of the population. and very low. and drones according to chomsky are a direct threat to america. you know those were horribly good or you will. never grow that would. prove them or three or it's generating. from the highest level of the truth of the record that you. create will. thank you very much for your time for inviting us to your office here at and night that with noam chomsky and i mean it's in our way for our team. to get more though to chill miscues unique perspective on how the u.s. operates domestically and abroad we invite you to watch his full interview anytime you are fancy at r.t. dot com our website. the u.s.

federal agencies regarded as essential remain unaffected by the government shutdown crisis currently the drug enforcement administration is among them it's rolling on them with its war and complex which has been fighting a fight since the one nine hundred seventy s. took a lot of unusual but the cost effectiveness of the bodies being called into question the dia is worse cost taxpayers one trillion dollars but so far it's failed to hold back with the tourist drug industry heroin cocaine cannabis have all become more accessible on the average prices fall and by road eighty percent meantime the purity of these substances as apparently risen substantially drug policy expert work told us the u.s. is on the wrong track in trying to reduce supply instead of demand. given the billions that has been spent over the past two decades in particular on the war on drugs and just the increasing volume of drug seizures over this time is it surprising that these trends towards lower prices increasing truly are so stark at

present you know i don't think there is a lot of interest in moving towards more effective approaches i would suggest that you know it doesn't matter what you do to try to contain this market when it's worth three hundred fifty billion a year a low believe it's going to be incredibly difficult to to constrain it but instead i think what needs to be happening is a movement by governments by international bodies like the united nations towards using metrics that you know are more focused on reducing demand for drugs rather than trying to you know continue on this costly and ill fated attempt at reducing supply. around in the united states recently signaled a fall in political relations but it's unclear if this means to ram will finally be rid of its burden of economic sanctions in place but one industry section insect has been standing strong regardless that surrounds car makers one point six million

vehicles are produced in iran every year making for the thirteenth biggest manufacturer in the world the district cans for ten percent of the country's g.d.p. despite a ban on shipping parts some of the most popular persia and read models are still made in iran of the country produces its own cars based on french designs to no official business is allowed of course between the u.s. and iran until those sanctions are lifted but american companies like carmaker general motors are already said to be moving in to try to secure their positions for the future as and when those restrictions are lifted i spoke to george melbourne or he's from sydney figaro newspaper correspondent he's been closely following the industry believes the us is preparing the ground to take over iran's markets when they can. i think already there of been. secret contacts between us for ns and iranian counterparts in order to. dissipate a political deal between iran and the united states mainly these contacts of kurds

in the automobile sector and fortunately for us in france we are the brother the last one even tried to to to go to iran because for the last the last years france was extremely active in the fighting against the iraq war from there is exerting a lot of pressures you know for the last twenty years the us where outside the the french businessman i do quite a good position in iran to draw or know in the automobile sector and now they're afraid that these all these years of the force will be cleaned by the new deal which will happen between us and iran for sure that the european companies will be most probably losers in this kind of agreement greece expects to end the year with a small budget surplus hoping its economy will slowly continue to pick up in twenty

four teams bit early though to pop the champagne just yet they say the jobless rate continues to climb it twenty seven point six percent in july and national cost cutting could drive that even i as it is andrew farmer. there was a time when the bay of the just north of athens could only support a small fishing community but the arrival of the lark a smelting plant on its banks changed all that i employing a thousand strong workforce for decades however its days could now be numbered the government is considering closing it as part of radical cutbacks and workers turn up fearing what lies ahead. now by going any worker imagine his future without work i live here i was raised here my grandfather worked here so how can i imagine my future without this plant. largo's commercial manager gave me a tall image begriming flames he pointed out the plant is among the biggest and

most modern in europe a recent slump in profits he says is the result of a short term plunge in the price of nickel and the government's doubling of the price of electricity closure in his eyes is not an option he wants privatization it is certain moneymaking machine that when you. meet. once a month it will go no government is good. business with. each other but that. we want to be private. but we want it to be for over there is a good way as it is. the greek government has tough choices to make to meet i.m.f. bailout conditions it has to x. four thousand public sector jobs and reduce the salaries of twenty five thousand

more by the end of the year in the meantime workers at largo have rallied and handed their own plan to the i.m.f. who they believe is wrong to question the plant's viability. we can prove the i.m.f. is. this factory is profitable and has a future and we have made a plan to counter the lies and tell the truth the future of this plant will also determine the fate of the surrounding economy and that's because around twenty thousand people are employed in industries that even supply or services including their support disappears those job states. across the water the people of london now quietly go back that business model only his last created jobs spawned a community generations have lived and worked here the burning question is for how much longer and. r.t. . news continues here and see just over thirty five minutes time between now and

then coming up next after the break a red cross official describes the massive humanitarian crisis right now that they're facing in syria it's an ex-pro. you know it's getting old trying to beat the war drums to invade iran i think the let's invade iran talk has been going on since i was in college to keep the saber rattling rolling israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu declared in front of the un that iran is building nuclear weapons that could hit new york in three to four years no he said new york obviously he was trying to spook a certain country with nuclear destruction the delegates from namibia were probably moved sadly this time netanyahu failed to bring a funny cartoon bomb picture with him like in his two thousand and twelve un speech

in which he also warned the world about the threat of a nuclear iran you know i might be more optimistic about israel accusing other countries of being nuclear threats if they had a better track record themselves although israel is a bit. headed with their arsenal according to a b.b.c. article the federation of american scientists believes that israel's arsenal has grown to about two hundred nukes based on their surveillance of ever expanding facilities inside the country also let's not forget that israel has plenty of ways to deliver those two hundred nuclear bombs if the need be so my question is why should we automatically trust israel with a lot of nuclear weapons but not iran is it because they're bureaucrats where european suits and shave i don't know it just seems to me that disarmed countries are better advocates for nuclear disarmament but that's just my opinion. i was going in all my interaction with iran and. iran was not determined to

make nuclear weapons but it was important for them. and identity. and so sensitive to. a long welcome to worlds apart the plight of civilians has been used as a rallying cry in many conflicts especially in syria and other times when humanitarianism and interventionism go hand in hand how do you how those who are suffering assisting those who may be contributing to the suffering while to discuss that i'm now i'm joined by peter moore president of the international committee of the red cross thank you very much for your time sir now you just had a series of meetings with the russian officials which focused on the urgency of

delivering aid to syria what are the main obstacles there. well the main obstacle is definitely the expansion of war fear of the combat in syria which leaves the civilian population trapped amongst fighters of the government on the one side the armed opposition on the other side and the challenge is indeed to negotiate access and independent humanitarian actor to negotiate access with both sides this is increasingly difficult and the problem as far as i understand you work in conjunction of with the syrian arab red crescent and they have an extensive network on the ground so theoretically speaking you would have a much larger access you many of the neighborhoods in syria than some other humanitarian organizations i wonder from your own experience on the ground do you aid providers in syria discriminate between supporters of the government and

opponents of the government indeed our most important partner is the syrian arab red crescent which actually at the present moment is basically the only organization working in the whole of syria we certainly make the best of our efforts together with the saarc to have impartial and independent humanitarian aid coming to all who need it at the same time it's also why obvious that we do not care to access to all those places who need access so we are the first ones to be frustrated about the fact that the concrete expression of a neutral and impartial your many tyrian aid which does not discriminate is sometimes virtually impossible to realize in the present circumstances in syria but if i could follow up on that if there is a discrimination of what are the main reasons for that this current.