three books videos for your media project free media. dot com. i cannot speak for my son and really the legal issues he father thankful that my son is safe and free edward snowden's father arrives say to moscow to see his son for the first time since the n.s.a. revelations sent the cia contract 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. received an award for integrity and intelligence recruiter for the whistleblowers and activists spoke to them exclusively. in the days of the main news headlines the libyan prime minister appears on state television off for a brief kidnapping of this morning by a government contract militia reportedly in revenge over his cooperation with the

u.s. and. iran. are the biggest terrorist. never grow. with the world are not american it's like for them chomsky talks to us about the middle east syria's chemical weapons and u.s. drone wars. for a good afternoon for me kevin owen if you just joined us five pm now here in moscow this is r.t. international law top story the father of n.s.a. whistleblower edward snowden is here in moscow hoping to see is son who remains in an undisclosed secure location under the protection of russians temporary asylum and he met long snowden at sheremetyevo airport with a 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 day off his visit i'm mr coote arenas guest and i'm very thankful for his hospitality and. i'm going to follow mr coo 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 also for me it's about 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. . has been assisting i was legal matters has revealed the father and son the said to reunite later today thursday although the exact time location they disclose for security reasons we're going to get the latest updates on this story any time of course critics have a web twenty four seven it. became washington's most wanted man for exposing the extent of america's global

surveillance program. with revelation sitting shock waves around the world it set him want to run from the u.s. prosecution but also one in recognition and praise he's now been given the san adams prize for integrity and intelligence it was awarded him by a group of whistleblowers and activists all of which have unveiled hidden secrets themselves in the past they joined me a little earlier on today here in the studio to tell me how snowden's adjusting to his new life. doing remarkably well under the circumstances in which he came here we're obviously keen to find out personally how is the you know what are you looking at 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 is that the person you saw in front of you kohli yes actually we discuss this intel integrity in 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 just like you yourself were whistleblowers so you would have you ever had regrets might put that to you first of all have you ever regretted what you did no never never and i did in fact have 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 he's not the same for the rest of you three guys as well you do you feel it's a way or if you have

a quietly and some quiet moments that he any second thoughts could you tell all of you is again just remind our viewers about what you'll story was well i disclosed high crimes and misdemeanors by the us government while at the national security agency that involved both secret surveillance and massive fraud waste and abuse no regrets at all in blowing the whistle recognizing that i paid a very high price fortunately. it's not just yourself of course it's your family and friends that are on the president yes 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 what was the reaction from snowden last night when you told him that he'd won this civil war he already knew because we awarded to two months ago 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 shown the right light into the dark corners so he knew what he was he didn't know about the candlestick holder knew that he had cheated the award and you know we were coming and the reception we got was just so for the warming it was a person who now realizes that he has very senior people alumni you know some of the size and the senior people who speak for

a lot of people still within these organisations that admired greatly snowden has done and hopefully will summon the courage to follow his example so was what was thoughts about the future did he speak to you or anyone else around the table here about what you think is going to happen anytime soon well i think it's most what he has done is starting the conversation the discussion not just the united states but around the world in terms of the direct threat to the sovereignty of individual citizens people need to realize that there is a greater issue of human rights. that is brought up by asylum and the fact that a number of people involved in his case like sarah harrison glenn greenwald laura portress people are having trouble even moving around and getting where they're going i can speak personally and say we weren't worried about coming into your country we are worried about getting back into our own country and and that should not have been already the already and i would stay as a ban on the rule of law that's one change itself from its very own constitution

the mechanism by which we govern ourselves so when you when the u.s. began as a rule of law and use a secret law or interpretations of law we're a whole new ball game and it's pandora's box. when there's a full version of a published online autoconf want to catch it as well. libya's prime minister has appeared in public following his brief kidnapping by government contract to government in tripoli alys he does expected to make a public address and data the next few troops been assessing the many conflicting reports surrounding the kidnap today. it's just been released up here is 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 supposed to be involved in a u.s. special forces raid which took libyan al qaeda suspect. libby was implemented in bombing u.s. embassies overseas 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 at rest is

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 militant groups that control part of the country build true there were the promises abduction code was no surprise to middle east commentator meal clark who explained to us that libya has been torn apart by rival militias since the revolution two years ago the only thing that kept these militias together of course in twenty seven was opposition to the rule of colonel gadhafi they were very disparate group they came together to topple president talk topple colonel gadhafi with western help of course but since then of course they've been fighting over the spoils of victory things are worse now in october twenty thirty that they were last year or two years ago much worse because the crime rate is rising five hundred percent increase in the murder rate you've got more listen

so the whole parts of the country production a see. large amounts and we've got a real economic crisis in libya the fact is libya is going back but it's not going forwards and i think that the responsibility for this chaos really must lie with the western powers who topple gadhafi without having really a firm plan is what was going to happen afterwards. the drawn out budget crisis in washington is beginning to affect america's foreign policy state john kerry's warned that the u.s. will be able to sustain its goals abroad if the deadlock continues but isn't this an hour talk to one of america's most prominent political commentators and intellectuals noam chomsky who explained why he thinks his country went wrong. on the faculty at mit and i'm. getting more heavily involved in every war activities for the last few years i think are right or linguists cognitive scientists and non-conformist for decades. like the recent very very serious people

. in their. church. chomsky's work goes 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 policies and special interests in certain places side most will never hear the press responded. straightforward with the powerful let's just say get over it because. we want to we 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 issues he began with iran and hopes of a new u.s. policy tomsky is pessimistic. last december there was supposed to be an international conference in finland to carry forward longstanding

efforts to establish. as own free of nuclear weapons or weapons of mass destruction in the middle east didn't happen first thing that happened israel announced they wouldn't participate 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 can't have a conference until this regional peace settlement of course in the background there can't be a regional peace settlement until the u.s. 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 you can read about it in arms control journals or. international affairs journals or in articles that i write things on the fringe with the presses so i know about it 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. you're comical weapons are not there just for fun they were there as a counter it was really. easy as you. know. so there's a broader issue goes back to the question of the weapons of mass destruction freezone in the middle east which the us is the blocking for the same reason so this is a partial. it's good in itself but very forceful on the broader opportunities

are 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 the security is almost always relevant but its security of the government from its own population that's the security concern the genuine security like security of the population is very low. and drones according to chomsky are a direct threat to america. and it was horribly gets worse when the girl. never wrote. which of the furthermore it's her it's generated. from the highest level but it's sort of. rocky with the growth create. thank you very much for your time for inviting us

to your office here and i seen that with noam chomsky and i'm in now way for our team. what get more dough to chose kids unique perspective on how the u.s. helped raise domestically and abroad to we brought you to watch this full interview and straighten it all to. see the very first signs of a possible warming in relations between america and iran lately but before even a single sanctions lifted american corporations could already be on a quest to cope with one of the runs most powerful industries we investigate that after this break. wealthy british style. market why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy

with mike stronger for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines kaiser reports. i was convinced in all my interaction with. iran was not. going to make nuclear weapons but it was important for them. and identity. and sense of the.

again greece expects to end the year with a small budget surplus hoping its economy will slowly pick up in twenty four teams barely though to pop the champagne corks just yet the jobless rate continues to climb it twenty seven point six percent in july national cost saving could drive an even higher result he's on to farmer found out. there was a time when the bay of the rin just north of athens could only support a small fishing community but the arrival of the large smelting plant on its banks changed all that i employing a thousand strong workforce for decades however it's 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 amid the grime and 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 privatisation it's of money making machine that when you use the. ones you get money will go no government is good. business with. each other but that. we want to be private. but we want it to be forever does the good way then 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 be i.m.f. who they believe is wrong to question the plant's viability. we can prove the i.m.f. is wrong 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 either supply or service it including this port so it disappears those jobs. across the water the people of quietly go about their business not only his lark oh create jobs it's spawned a community generations have lived and worked here the burning question is for how much longer andry farmer r.t.

. it's known as the black sheep of the e.u. but hungary's been given the block some home truths lately in prime minister viktor orban criticized for lacking a clear vision and called on member states to push on with their own policies or praising his own country's reforms to at the same time article a smith asked him why he's biting back at brussels. when victor hungary controversal prime minister gave a talk at chatham house in front of journalists and members of the institute he started his new mexico on i am hungry area peace that we have a unique and we produced more history than we can possibly manage he started by telling the story of hungary his relationship with the european union first the storage of this sort of unattainable land of promise an opportunity but increasingly he said hungary and see a european union which is on the scene and unclear where it's going in the future politically that hungary still has very positive feelings about being

a member of european union but the only thing which opened up an opportunity for renewal and regeneration of the institutions in his country has soon he says that things cannot go order as they are smith blacks the differences between the e.u. countries he was very clear about saying no one here is a member states have the right to dictate their own economic policy three of an ideology and knowledge that diversity between them at this concept of patriotism and nationhood still exist inside the european union but i also am about the risks that you feel english to bring to this policy with regards to do you feel you came . first by prefer the further political and economic integration he was very clear about his own political isolation in the modern good instrument rated to success. if hungary be a successful country should be not isolated if you treat everything. it's all bad

news day his push to politically differentiate hungary from the rest of europe is an experiment in the forestry of hungary that includes a perfect just for us. or a smith you said today with more world news a causality dot com a web site among the stories headlining right now we'd like. make you aware of a pair of brand new u.s. hunters drones are set to begin roaming german skies officials those system will not be spying or shooting you can question whether there yourself it's online plus cholera victims in haiti blame the united nations now for the epidemic in fact they're taking the united nations to court over it want to read up more about that interesting twists on line two. u.s. federal agencies regarded as essential remain unaffected by the ongoing government shutdown crisis the drug enforcement administration therefore is one of them it's rolling on with its war and our katic switches it's been fighting since the one

nine hundred seventy s. let's see if it pans out of the news will the cost effectiveness of the bodies now really being brought into question the d.e.a.'s work has cost taxpayers more than a trillion dollars but so far it's failed to hold back the tories drug industry heroin cocaine cannabis they've all become more accessible indeed their average price has fallen by about eighty percent meantime the purity of these substances is also risen we spoke to drug policy expert who says the u.s. is on the wrong track by 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 increase in thirty years so start 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 will 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 iran and the u.s. recently signaled a full one political relations but it's unclear if this means to around will finally be rid of its burden of economic sanctions one industry sector that has been standing strong regardless that surrounds carmakers let's say it pans out on the news well one point six million vehicles are produced in iran every year making it actually the thirteenth biggest manufacturer in the world the industry accounts for ten percent of the country's g.d.p. too despite a ban on shipping parts some of the most popular persian would rather models still

made in iran the country produces its own cars based on french designs more generally no official business of course is allowed between the u.s. and iran until those sanctions are lifted but now the american companies like general motors are already said to be trying to secure their positions they're moving in i spoke to george mel bruno he's from france is the figaro newspaper he's been closely following the industry he told me earlier he believes the u.s. has been preparing the ground to take over iran's markets when the time is right. i think already there of been. secret contacts between us for and iranian counterparts in order to to prepare or to anticipate 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 in europe to try to to to go to iran because for the last the last years

france was extremely active in the fighting against the iran war from is exerting a lot of pressure you know for the last twenty years the u.s. where outside from iran and the the french businessmen i didn't quite good position in iran. or know in the autumn in 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 coming up next thirty minutes of qais or unco. 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 is trying to spook a certain country with nuclear destruction the delegates from namibia were probably unmoved 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 candid 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 disarm countries are better advocates for nuclear disarmament but that's just my opinion. well. it's technology innovations all the developments around russia. the future are covered. i'm max keiser welcome to the kaiser report you know last year the group real food for kids based in fairfax virginia convinced local schools to replace at.