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coming up on our t.v. deal or no deal the latest round of diplomatic talks on iran's nuclear program ended over the weekend what exactly came from this high stakes meeting the latest up ahead and protests over the fatal police shooting of a california teenager police officers claimed a thirteen year old's toy gun to look like a real a k forty seven but andy lopez's family says there's more to it more of the protests coming up and a battle is brewing between old and new when the taxi industry well regulations increase operating costs for d.c. count dryers new competition also eats into their profit we'll tell you more later in the show.
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it's monday november eleventh eight pm in washington d.c. i'm megan lopez and you are watching r.t. well today iran and the united nations nuclear chief announced they reached a deal that would expand monitoring of the country's nuclear sites and allow inspectors into places they've never previously been allowed to inspect but the same can't be said for the p five plus one discussions that happened last week negotiators from the u.s. britain france germany russia and china walked away from the talks in geneva switzerland without a plan to address or nuclear program now the idea was to lessen sanctions against the country in exchange for iran freezing its nuclear program international powers fear that iran is trying to build a weapon but tehran says that the nuclear its nuclear program is peaceful secretary of state john kerry said monday that progress was made in the p five plus one talks
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and that he hopes a deal could be reached soon so we are working hard to try to overcome mistrust to try to build confidence to try to find a way is that both. the p five plus one in the united states. have the ability to be able to achieve this goal of ascertaining for certain without doubt that a program. is a peaceful nuclear program diplomacy takes time and all the parties here need time to fully consider the issues however talks were cut short when iranian officials backed out a new round of negotiations is expected to continue on november twentieth party's policy or has more what is so long ago that the talks did seem promising you had the iranian foreign minister meeting with the european union policy chief foreign
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policy chief catherine ashton in the mood in that meeting was certainly one of optimism but israel has been opposed to these negotiations from the start saying that iran will cheat anyway and in fact israel has always been against iran's nuclear program of what netanyahu says is that easing sanctions on the rent would be like to quote netanyahu putting a hole in a tire on the other hand you have the united states which is pro these negotiations and what we're seeing is possibly the most serious an american israeli standoff and dispute in medias that's a bad. it's dangerous. because it cutesy iran as a nuclear threshold nation. we are not blown them but i don't think we're stupid i think we have a pretty strong sense of how to measure whether or not we are doing in the interests of our country and of the globe particularly of our allies like israel
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john kerry also says to quote him that israel needs to recognize that no agreement with iran has of yet been reached on any kind of israeli opposition is essentially premature what kerry said was that the time to oppose any kind of deal is when you actually see what is kerry saying that the major powers were in fact united on and ukranian the nuclear deal but it was the rain ians who were unable to accept it now we did early hear from iran after the talks ended on saturday that it was in fact powerless who was responsible for blocking any kind of deal the french foreign minister fabia saying that we don't want a fool's deal that was our team's policy or i am speaking of negotiations the u.s. and the european union have hit a rough patch in relations in recent months due to the n.s.a. revelations about the size and scope of american spying on e.u. leaders this point that backlash negotiators are moving forward this week with
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transatlantic trade and investment partnership talks in brussels these meetings were originally scheduled for october about were postponed due to the u.s. government shutdown officials from both the e.u. and the u.s. bragged that the t t p would create jobs and boost growth in the two economies critics say these negotiations are not just about trade but about reining in the wild ways of the internet as well arty's peter all of our fills us in on the latest . just over our shoulder over here just over your shoulder over there is the u.s. embassy now the john kerry the secretary of state says that the n.s.a. spying saga isn't going to be an issue when it comes to talking about trade but that saga has limited trust between the two countries how can you have trade when you don't have trust i mean germany and the you is nothing else than. let's face it the slaves of the united states politicians are saying oh this is very bad desperate and assess buying an engine american but there is no real consequence out
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of it you know how does that relate though to business in particular if you say one of the big giant german companies would you be willing to sit down with one of your american counterparts to do trade knowing that perhaps they were listening in to all of your secret conversations of course the n.s.a. and all the spying is not only about political issues but also about economic facts german companies are aware that they are spired and thirty americans take the results of this bargain for themselves but they cannot do anything against it so there is a potential legislative minefield that comes from this and also the potential for the stripping of sovereign rights said lots of people have campaigned in the e.u. saying the too many rights go it's determined by brussels what this could end up seeing is that trade could end up determining the laws of a country how will it go down in germany let's face it i mean does this treaty is nothing else then submitting the e.u.
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working for us to the good of us corporate kristie michael morales economic analyst like you very much for talking to me there so the second round of talks on top of the under way but certainly still a long way to go to convince the people of europe that this is best for them that was our team peter all of our well to the philippines now where nearly one thousand people have been confirmed dead and officials fear that number could reach ten thousand after a historic super typhoon made landfall on friday. a philippine president been in new york when you know the third declared a state of national calamity in the wake of typhoon haiyan authorities say almost ten million people were affected by the storm some twenty three thousand houses were destroyed or damaged communication lines are down and roads and bridges are decimated leaving many thousands more are scrambling to find food water and shelter more than eight hundred thousand people were evacuated even before the storm hit however one of the reasons the death toll may be so high is because of those
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evacuation centers where schools churches and government buildings made of brick and mortar and they could not withstand the winds and water surges themselves listen to how one woman described the chaos. i was able to go to the factory to seek refuge i spoke to my husband earlier that day i had faith that he would make it maybe his will to live there was no time he was on his way to the factory but he was telling me there was water everywhere and there was no time anymore. at least six silence and forty one provinces experienced winds up to one hundred forty seven miles an hour with one hundred seventy mile an hour gusts and storm surges that reached twenty feet now the u.s. government is providing some twenty eight million dollars in immediate humanitarian assistance that's according to the usa id and has also sent some troops to help one major task will be clearing the bodies away from the streets as
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a matter of public health. well over the weekend hundreds of people across california took to the streets demanding justice for victims of police brutality the emotional marches were sparked by the death of thirteen year old andy lopez last month and he was shot and killed by sonoma county deputy eric jell house while holding a toy gun that resembled an a k forty seven assault rifle or to know was ak this weekend's marches and he brings us more. yeah live. from santa rosa california to here in los angeles and several places in between marchers are taking to the streets demanding justice for and you know pitt is sonoma county deputy and iraq war veteran eric go house shot thirteen year old and you know tolbert twenty second get house claims that he felt threatened by the gun and he was holding the gun turned out to be a toy which resembles an a k forty seven weeks after the shooting and his death is
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still stirring up strong emotions it's unbelievable that trained officer could just open fire on the young boy for out here so it doesn't happen to another family among the protesters were mothers who lost their children in police shootings genevieve rees our son when all dia's was shot and killed by and i'm police last year his death also sparked weeks of protests the da is just applying the crime for juries or justifying the crime and carbs are getting away with murder throughout the united states jeanne faxon son thirty one year old michael knight was own nor and when he was shot and killed by southern california police officers mistook knight a for an armed robber and shot him in the back after he ran from police the family agreed to a settlement of four point five million dollars but the officer was never criminally charged and in the case of man you know piers this car shot shoot first ask questions later shoot first and ask questions later that's ok with my sanity
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but her son is putting even her son protesters believe the shooting is part of a troubling trend of over aggressive policing in the u.s. the thing both if you look this case is if you there's a child and what we're seeing is the militarization of our police departments here we need to start addressing this issue about police brutality it is true i think it's stupid for us to say police brutality that never existed because it does we see it happening everywhere all the time and all of. still looking into the envelope of shooting as his family continues to mourn supporters will likely continue to rally on the streets demanding justice friend lopez and other victims of police violence in los angeles. marty and art history mungle indo joined me earlier to explain the latest in the lawsuit and the lopez's family filed on his behalf that's right i have a copy of the suit here that was filed in u.s.
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district court in san francisco it claims they go house acted recklessly and violated the rights of any lopez when he shot and killed them back on october twenty second the suit also falls the sonoma county sheriff's office claiming that the sheriff encourages it step pretties to use excessive force when encountering the public now you might another a number of other people who were family members and they had loved ones that were killed by police officers you highlighted a few of those stories in your in your piece can you tell us more about them and their cases sure in several the cases those mothers say that their children were shot and they were unarmed at the time the investigation did prove that however. such in most cases of officer involved shootings prosecutors in each of those cases found that the shootings were justified and that's what we
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see in most of us are involved shootings where prosecutors do rule that the shootings are justified so that really brings a lot of frustration from these families who who think that who believe that this is a troubling trend that always takes the of serzh word that justice in that justice is them does not accommodate the victims no ramon how often are officers being charged with wrongful death. an officer being charged with a wrong wrongful death while doing the shooting. you know in uniform is very very rare we saw. a conviction against officer johannes messer in the oscar grant case a couple of years ago he served eleven months for that right now we're seeing a couple of. fullerton police officers going on trial for the beating death of kelly thomas but in reality it is very rare the press democrat the newspaper there
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in santa rosa where and he was killed documented dozens of officer involved shootings going back to the ninety's and none of it and in every single case the officer was justified and i don't lot of police agencies are now starting to equip their officers with body cameras in order to clear disputes could this have helped to any of those cases that you reported on but it's interesting you mention that the l.a.p.d. is actually about to experiment with these body cameras they claim that it's they hope to catch misconduct and also protect the officers over false allegations of misconduct but just going back to those cases of kelly thomas and oscar grant those are just a very few cases where an officer does go on trial. for death while on duty and really the only reason that those did go to trial is because there was video involved sure now what does supporters of the lopez family have planned for
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the future. sure well tonight there will be a prayer vigil at the site at the site of the shooting where andy was killed and we are seeing that there are organizers playing future rallies there are some online petitions right now demanding that the deputy involved in the shooting be prosecuted there's also a petition to create an ad the memorial park there in santa rosa as well and romona where these protests localized in any part of california they spread beyond california that you know of. well there was hundreds of people who turned out for a rally there in santa rosa and the lopez is home but we also saw the video from here in los angeles in sacramento and even in oakland all communities where there are several victims' families who believe that police officers who are involved in delhi confrontations need to be held accountable thank you so much for reporting on that our to correspondent rym angelino. still ahead here on r t taxi drivers find
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themselves the add ons with industry change and you say regulations and competitors are making us wife out the profits of old school cab drivers we'll tell you how after the break. we're going to an active camp at guantanamo where armed forces that are around there in the first strike never turn world's attention to the places that some jobs gulag of our time.
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welcome back well when you hail a cab on the street you're probably know i'm giving too much gone to the person driving or the company that he or she works for here are concerned with getting from point a to point b. the quickest way possible while paying the smallest amount of money but in the nation's capital a taxi turf war is playing out on the streets new regulations are now in place to modernize d.c. caps but at what cost to drivers buckle your seat belt says artie's let's all explain the road rage is really like you know a month and a half i didn't get nor paid nothing elias' arabia has been driving taxi cabs in washington d.c. for twenty years but it's been a rough road doing business the last few weeks after the d.c. taxicab commission implemented
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a number of new rules. now all taxis must have the same dome light carry an approved credit card system and eventually be painted the same color cab drivers have had to take on the cost themselves upwards of a thousand dollars because of near these new regulations you know a lot of people not abuse he says the calls for these don't life keeps going up and many drivers can't even get one due to a long waiting list now some drivers have been ticketed their cars chode and their business at a standstill if you don't get the money how can i buy food for my kids how could they pay my bills just like anybody else. drivers that say they're tired of being ignored have banded together and joined the teamsters union they're now suing the district demanding they get an extension on the rules and for the city to stop telling cars and imposing fines rob linton is the chairman of the d.c.
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taxicab commission he says he put the rules in place for a reason. instructions of the mayor was no and he asked me to take this position to modernize. the regular taxi service should be destroyed it's not just new regulations i can't drive or say are impacting their business parking lots like this have been more full lately because cab drivers say they're losing business to another company that's not playing by the same rules. as a booking service known for its upscale luxury car service with the click of a button on a smartphone customers can expect the car to arrive in a matter of minutes drivers are dressed for business in the transaction is smoother and seamless no cash needed it arrived in d.c. in late two thousand and eleven people could provide at least the illusion of being bald or being elites cab drivers say they've been fine with sharing the road with
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until now goober recently launched a more affordable service called labor access to get a license for nobody's just coming off the road because the person you're from d.c. did business cab drivers say goober x. which charges similar rates to regular taxis doesn't have to follow the same rules in order to be a cab driver have to do fingerprint. you have to bring. the commission says it's still in the process of writing the rules for x. but the cars can stay open for business until that hoover is gaining popularity and many of its users think it's the future of urban transportation we know that it's fundamentally transforming transportation if the venture arm of google is given in this company a quarter of a trillion dollars for a taxi drivers that don't welcome the service the taxi cab commission says if they think. other services are
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a problem they need to ask why are people using them instead of me that's that's the question it's a question many county drivers are struggling to answer as their business and livelihood remain uncertain and washington lives of all parties and i was joined earlier by arches very own liz wall and she told the sun on the latest with this lawsuit taxi drivers have come up with to ease competition. yeah it is getting it nasty typically taxi drivers there they operate independently so it's been very difficult for the war for their voices to be heard because they're kind of all over the place now they're trying to change that by unionizing hundreds of them have united and joined up with teams start to form the d.c. taxi operators association and on their behalf a lawsuit has been filed in the d.c. superior court that's now in the federal court and what it does is ask for d.c. to
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a to stop to extend the deadline so that they can have more time in order to comply with these regulations and even if they wanted they're having a hard time doing so and for the city to stop giving them fine slapping them with fines and telling their cars so there is a restraining order right now we're trying to see where that goes that's up in the air but definitely things are heating up absolutely you know you had mentioned and you kind of highlighted some of the different services that one company that's really up and coming or has it and you know i know you try to i've definitely try that service before it's so convenient so is it time for taxi drivers to catch up with the times to follow technology right well the commission is going to say absolutely a lot of people come to d.c. they're used to being in other cities where everybody takes credit card and that's just the way that it is and that you you're competing with that with huge companies like and that that's just the way that that's the changing times and they've got to get with it. the taxicab commission is actually came under fire because the spokes
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person used kind of controversial words when he was describing this problem here in d.c. he said that our taxi cab system is comparable to third world countries and that didn't fly very well with cab drivers here in d.c. they're asking for an apology in addition to that legal action that they're taking they want to apology for the taxicab commission for using those words saying that there's kind of racial undertones associated with. those strong words but at the same time when you have a company like or some of those other companies they don't have the same regulations as a regular taxi company right well that's kind of where the controversy lie. in my report there spoke to a lot of taxi cab drivers that you have been driving here in d.c. for years and years some for decades and they have always had to abide by these rules they have to get fingerprinted they have they have to have they have their driver's records. looked at very closely they some of them they have to even get
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their medical records checked and they're upset now because this business is coming in very boldly right in front of them sweeping up their business at least as of now until the rules are more or. more exact and more in place for specifically that competes directly with d.c. taxi cabs if they're allowed to operate so it's frustrating a lot of count drivers who say that they've had to abide by these rules for years and years and seeing their livelihood in danger at the same time i know a lot of people that you are gaining popularity it's so quick it's so easy it's so simple so seem less and it's gaining popularity so so yeah some of them some of them are adapting some drivers are adapting for some it's harder than others but it's the changing times it is the changing times and i know that customers want to have that safety in knowing that they can trust the person whose car they're getting into but at the same time technology makes things so convenient they can be
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laying out changes is a tough thing to do so give us an example of how big is at the moment launched not too long ago in two thousand and nine and since then. it's exploded it's in fifty cities now they're going global they think about expanding into other parts of the world. see it here in d.c. just where i live my friends that use it. that one's in their heart because it is so convenient so very popular growing in popularity and only expected to grow as they can so much for reporting on these taxi tour for is our chief correspondent liz wahl joining me in the studio thanks maggie. tonight's resident looks at a stanford university study that people against each other in two separate groups one group was called wall street game and the other was called community game take a look and find out what happened once they conducted the study.
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scientific studies are just like people they can be really smart while actually being really stupid to life is a study from folks at stanford university in the air force where researchers gave participants a game to play taps the participants were told the game was called wall street k.b. and the other half were told it was called community gave the ones they were told it was called wall street games acted much greedier and screwed over other players more often than the ones who were told the game was called community gave the smart researchers then declare this to be proof that just about and hearing the words wall street people get greedy here and lose their moral compass and that is stupid
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now of course wall street is outrageously greedy and there are many well documented reports on how people act more ruthlessly when they're dealing with money then when they're dealing with other aspects of society that's not the stupid part the stupid part to me is that i don't think the two words wall street for the most important ones in this study i think the most important word was the game of people that they were playing a game of the participants were trying to win the day and day they were worried about the welfare of the other players in the game that's where i think the study got through it but i think it's worth trying to figure out why the hell bankers are so greedy because they are actively ruining our society so i propose another study that a bunch of wall street bankers in a room on one side on the other side said a bunch of people from their community who they directly screwed over let all. the people who lost their homes or their retirement funds or had their lives devastated
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in other ways by the corruption of the financial sector let all of those people tell their stories right to the bankers faces. which bankers cry and which ones don't but ones that don't lock them up in cages like read and study their d.n.a. to isolate whatever made them so. they keep them locked up and keep studying them until we find a cure i think that's a study that would be much more useful and much smarter tonight let's talk about that by following me on twitter at the resident. and finally tonight we've brought you stories in the past about regulations for the pornography industry that would require actors to wear protection when measure be passed in los angeles that stated that performers must use condoms during sex
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scenes were face fines or criminal measures in protest adult film stars james dean and jessica drake made this parody video. but it looks like the two weren't that far off the mark new draft regulations excuse me currently under consideration in the california senate would require quote personal protective equipment or goggles to ensure that there is no quote ocular contact with male bodily fluids if the measure passes get ready it could mean a lot more porn taking place underwater or on the ski slopes. and that's going to do it for now for more on the stories we covered go to youtube dot com slash r.t. america or check out our website r.t. dot com slash usa and follow me on twitter at meghan underscore lopez buffer now
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have a great night. this is obviously more for the ladies because it's pink. women wanted to avoid rate they really need to buy guns and learn how to use them. this is the one that i want to go with them once again it's the field. with the familiar target of the gun loving the one you don't kill them when you kill anybody but if somebody would you with this with her. i've noticed that more and more is this really scary marketing tactics which implies that women have some sort of moral obligation to own guns to protect their family and young girls shoot out here too so we do have a pink or. more kids young kids choke on food than are killed by far as if being armed made us safer.
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