for you right here with. blazing barricades go up again. despite opposition leader calls to maintain a truce that is now a well spreading westwards across the country if there is anti-semitic violence there will be no mercy for anyone either women or children made intensifying nationalist attacks we look at where a division could lead the country. fragile peace talks in geneva between the syrian government and the opposition entering a crucial stage as both sides begin their first ever direct negotiations since the start of the uprising in two thousand and eleven. and whistleblower edward snowden holds his first live q. and a session saying he would already be behind. the n.s.a.

leaks in the. news live from moscow national with me rule research thank you for joining us. from opposition leaders to maintain a truce with riot police have failed to prevent protesters in kiev from building new barricades. on the embattled independence square meanwhile negotiations between the country's president and the protest front set to go on thursday's talks however didn't bring the government and the opposition any closer to a compromise angry mobs refusing to back down and as the fragile truce holds for the time being. looks at what's further fueling the conflict.

the violent scenes in ukraine triggered a strong reaction from abroad seems like they so police attacking protesters the brutality the protest is against the police has prompted the head of the e.u. parliament martin scholtz to call for immediate elections in the country while jose manuel barroso the e.u. commission president warned that he was ready to take action if the situation didn't change these type of statements of led to accusations of encouraging the riot is in a way it's being seen previous conflicts so very similar scenario to what was happening in. the beginning of the ninety's. we had people clamoring for democracy which was completely legitimate and then. outside western support pretty much gave weighings to the extremist who started calling not just for democracy but for the breakup of the country it's not just european leaders that have weighed in on the

ukrainian crisis the united states canceled visas for officials who it believes were involved in the crackdown on demonstrators the end of last year and all the time they've pointed the finger of blame for the riots directly at the ukrainian government now this increasing tension in ukraine is a direct consequence of the government failing to acknowledge the legitimate grievances of its people instead it has moved to weaken the foundations of ukraine's democracy by criminalizing peaceful protest and stripping civil society and political opponents of key democratic protections under the law determined not to see his country ripped apart president geonic overtures warned foreign politicians against trying to influence which direction the country will take care and politicians from the west and east really help us let's be frank they are fighting for their influence over ukraine or state is independent weekend and we

will decide our fate. wait independently the government and opposition have entered into tentative negotiations just as violence spreads to other cities with local government offices attacked in the west of the country while throughout it all thousands of demonstrators and police remain caught in a tense standoff right in the heart of the capital peter all of a r.t. . and an expert on the eastern european affairs martin saif he told my colleague bill dog that external players are knowingly fanning the flames. i think this is a very dangerous and even horrific almost unprecedented example of hypocrisy and do values being imposed and this is not coming the situation in ukraine it is poor make it much worse it is pouring petrol petroleum on the flames we do not see peaceful protesters in ukraine we see highly organized violent protesters in

ukraine let's talk about violence in the streets and the way it's been handled by the authorities of course we are reporting that many police have suffered severe injuries and we've shown some dramatic and disturbing pictures of the police being attacked and certainly some being set alight and yet the western media are following the line of many of the western governments saying much of the blame is on the way the authorities and the police have the situation that's happening and what some are saying at the moment picture show riot police shooting at protesters who tore down the barricades and we could also see the washington post claiming that police were armed with rifles but of course not enough no reason to suggest they were actually using live rounds is that despite the fact because there have been two tragic deaths there is always a concern in these situations because police need to be trained and equipped with riot gear it's crucially important to have adequate supplies of rubber bullets and of non-lethal c.s. tear gas to control rioting in extreme situations. early elections that's the right

solution well that's solve everything no it will make things far worse very bad solution. while the riots have spilled over into ukraine's west where protesters broke into government buildings in several cities one of the largest live off riot has managed to force the governor to resign effectively handing over power to nationalist parties as the unrest spreads further becoming more and more extremist as artie's alexy go to shops people. he have. involves by violence. molotov cocktails pitched battles between protesters and police a capital city spiraling out of control. and emitted all its the radicals and extremists who are spearheading this violence. and is ready teacher in a key of synagogue glickman is following it all from his hospital bed twenty four hours before the violence erupted she was beaten and stabbed by ana defied men it

was the second attack on a jew in his many days we asked the local jewish community to comment on the matter but they refused hearing retribution from far right groups those watching on from abroad are also deeply disturbed by recent developments what. of course we're worried about jews in ukraine at the moment because if there is anti-semitic violence there will be no mercy for anyone neither women nor children. with nazi off fascist images clearly on display the concern is that even the nationalist leaders are no longer in control of their supporters and the evidence of support for ukrainian wartime leaders who lead death squads against the jews is apparent on the streets of kiev right beside the stage of kiev's independence square the heart of the protest there is a big banner with step on going down on it the 1940's insurgent leader in ukraine but despite there's lots of control of the surrounding his role in history in many

countries this would hardly surprise anyone in today's kiev but that the other scene of the protests beside what seems to be future molotov cocktails we see a peculiar graffiti on the wall an old area groom which is unlikely to have any double meanings in european countries because back in the one nine hundred forty s. it was used by some of the not social divisions. now that ultra wing activists have become the core of the protests some analysts say dispense bleak picture for the country. most of those rioting do not take orders from our legal opposition forces their radical nationalists football fans revolutionary romanticists and inadequate people it's a mixed mob but radical nationalists are the only ones with knowledge and skill when it comes to mass rights they know how to handle themselves it's not only unsafe for the public but also for the few. alexy reserve ski artsy reports and promptly you. and we are of course are closely following the developments in

ukraine online more expert analysis opinion for you just a couple of clicks away and later today across top putting the entire ongoing unrest directly into focus. looking at some of the dreadful pictures over the last few days coming out of care it looks like an attempted coup of some sort and i don't understand why people are calling them protesters they would be look more like rioters well i think that could be exactly what has been characterized as happening in the ukraine in kiev for the last week i have family in laws in kiev and they're afraid to leave their houses right now because of what is happening it should be said that this is limited to the downtown section of the city and what we have are several thousand altria nationalist. rioters because we can call them rioters we can call them terrorists we can call them insurgents at this point but one thing is sure is not this has nothing to do with democratic

protest alexander in london how do you see that characterization playing out in the streets of care of right now what this is long gone beyond the point of being a peaceful protest let's call them what they are which is rioters and that isn't that what the situation is now can i also do very briefly with what happened in the parliament last week none of this is an expert on ukrainian parliamentary procedure laws that were passed on that day are perfectly standard laws they're very similar to the kind of laws that exist in most european countries if you riot in britain the sentence for that is ten years the maximum sentence for that is ten years you need commission six clear days before you hold a protest the police are entitled to put restrictions on their protest and if they fear that there is a danger. public alter they can band. it's

also international law from moscow a long awaited direct talks between the syrian government and the opposition getting under way friday in geneva but few think there will be a meeting of the minds with the government saying it will not discuss removing president assad while the rebels insist this should be the only way forward you go to pissing off reports from sweets. syrian opposition says that it's not ready to sit down at the same table to talk with the syrian authorities but they are nevertheless ready to continue the negotiations using un special envoy on syria lakhdar brahimi as the mediator so basically he'll be meeting separately with the rebels and with the syrian authorities and passing on information from one to another thus making this dialogue possible it's not coming as

a surprise because. after all these years of violence and so much show mutual accusations even having them in the same building is already quite an achievement but on the positive signal coming from the rebels is that they also say that only a political solution is possible and that it is going to take a long time and this is only the first step but they also say that they made back out of the talks at any moment but this is really not the first time that we're hearing conditions or possibly mixed signals from the rebels since unlike syrian authorities who confirmed that they were going to take part of this conference a long time ago the rebels who are constantly changing their minds even twenty four hours prior to the start of the opening day of the conference in montreaux. and he will activist brian baca he believes the syrian rebels are not prepared to hold meaningful talks on peace with that country. syrian opposition has come to the

conference kicking and screaming in the first place they don't really want to be there because there's nothing that they think that they can get from the conference the syrian opposition only wants one thing which is to replace the assad government with their own government and clearly the assad government is prepared for a political settlement but won't agree in advance that the assad government will disappear or no longer be present in syria there are forces within the syrian armed opposition those affiliated with al qaida those who are getting the bulk of their arms from saudi arabia and from other regimes in the in the middle east they don't look for a negotiated settlement they're not going to agree to a negotiated settlement so it's not possible for the syrian government to see the syrian opposition is a real partner for negotiations when there are two wings two armed wings fighting each other in fighting the assad government and one wing is determined in advance that they will never agree to some sort of transition that allows the bath this party to remain in power in any shape or form and there is one battle that's bound

to rage on no matter what peace efforts are made the war online on our website we report on how one group known as the syrian electronic army took control of the twitter and facebook accounts of c.n.n. and find out if the hackers managed to take full advantage of that intrusion. plus an apocalypse for the world's top social network research it's claimed the days of facebook could be numbered comparing a slump in his popularity to an infectious disease still ahead for you on at this hour. just as. they did early syngenta many took me two minutes entitled the one day need to leave you can check out our correspondence latest. limp a cluster of a for the athletes get down to business that's coming your way very shortly also. can set up. confidentiality ping

maintained. people really know yet what's going on national health service is moving to make patient's medical records public sparking a nationwide. majority . would be to say the majority of people made clear the choice to. join. the only thing we may expect is that the. government and opposition. necessary understandings specially. to define.

these policies it's a. pleasure to have you with us here today. if you are just joining us welcome to the program here on our to international and it's a leaker edward snowden has held his first live q. and a session on certain questions online at the agency was a blowing and america's mass surveillance snowden said that he has no chance. so the trial in america you pointed out that if you turn to congress with his

information in the first place they would have charged him with a crime on the spot but it was a bit of a stretch the bulk collection of personal data must come to an end that it violates the u.s. constitution and remains in effect when it comes to tackling termism a marine important has more on what snowden had to say. during the live q. and a student was asked by one person if america's democracy could recover from the damage the n.s.a. spying has done on liberties snowden's answer yes but only if laws are corrected overreach of agencies are restrained and senior officials are held accountable for abusing and i say programs so that he made it clear that there's a lot of work that needs to be done now during his back and forth in his exchange with various citizens he mr snowden underscore the fact that he believes that not all spying is bad some spying is necessary but he says that the biggest problem

citizens now face is the technique of indiscriminate mass surveillance where governments are seizing communications from billions upon billions of innocent people every day he believes that people should be able to dial a number make a purchase send an s.m.s. write an e-mail or visit a website with out thinking that it's going to be on their permanent record in another thing he kept on pointing out over and over again in various answers that he says that this phrase bulk collection is a euphemism for mass surveillance and he says there is simply no justification for continuing what he calls an unconstitutional policy with a zero percent success rate. now two weeks before the winter olympic games in sochi kick off all the trains buses and cable cars are running just like clockwork but if you decide to head to the ice dome for a top class hockey match right after watching some speed skating you'll find it's all right at your doorstep artes to buy mazzei reports. the twenty fourth

olympics comically you have dubbed the these the olympics to be very unique and it's not only because they're being hosted in a subtropical environment it's also because for the very first time in on the big history they have been created into this coastal cluster almost thirty m. in a one a circular area. spectators who move from one stadium to the next but how easy is it well let's go find out. right behind me is that the iceberg a stadium now is going to take a walk from here to the other side to where the atlas ring is let's take a walk now let's see how far it's going to take us to get from this site to the next one in the meantime a quick client to. the coastal cluster with all the five indoor ice stadiums will also be next to the opening and closing ceremonies stadium the fish also in the

coastal cluster is the main international broadcasting and press center now the beauty of this design is that it shouldn't take you more than five minutes between venue right so where were we are our experiment how long does it take to get from one venue to the next and the verdict. right so it's two minutes. and we've now made it to gate to be all that be at the stadium they go ladies and gentlemen it took me two minutes anyhow you. know one venue and still the other. meanwhile the longest and probably the most diverse torch relay in history in our door into a close right now the olympic flame is touring cities in russia as south nearing its final destination of course you can follow all the stages of the relay on our website you know it it's our to talk. it's on the.

one hundred twenty three days. really. people who are sick. in a record setting. here. the. olympic torch relay. are the. this is. some news just in from cairo egyptian state television reporting a blast in the police headquarters a plume of black smoke rising above the center of the capital right now of the extent of damage unclear at this point attacks on security and police locations certainly have stepped up since the egyptian military overthrew the regime of islamist president mohamed morsi

a crackdown on his supporters last summer we will bring you more. on this story. or at some other global news for. reconciliation. has sent an open letter to the calling for an end to hostile military acts a gesture dismissed by. the move comes weeks ahead of south korea's annual joint military drills with america. north korea to launch nuclear strikes in response to u.s. stealth bombers flying over the during the annual exercise. the government of south signed a cease fire agreement with the rebels following peace talks in ethiopia according to the past. twenty four hours the u.n. says over a thousand people have been killed during the month long conflict about half a million displaced. constitutional court is set to determine whether

election. could be. a suggestion today the whole commission calls for the removal of the current prime minister and massive protest since the end of last year the prime minister did call for the vote in december in hopes of curbing beyond rest. britain's national health service has announced that patients medical records will be shared with the public for such purposes despite promises of anonymity for those whose illnesses are exposed the move has sparked furious debate as to reports some twenty six million households in england will be receiving leaflets like this one from the national health service or the n.h.s. explaining how medical records and some confidential information may be shared with third parties which they say is in order to improve patient care all of this will be kept under a new giant database called care and everyone's n.h.s.

information will be included unless people choose to opt out by the family doctor now mental health illnesses yet serious diseases and even smoking and drinking habits will be made available to researchers but also insurers and private medical companies and pharmaceutical companies now the n.h.s. has said that they do have measures in place to make sure that identities are kept private but the debate has been reignited between advocates of the benefits of such a database and campaigners we spoke with julia manning from twenty twenty health and independent think tank on the issue of the first time it would bring together states are from the hospital sector from the community sector so that's what's really revolutionary about it we're concerned about privacy confidentiality being maintained concerned about public awareness we don't think people really know yet what's going on and also the accuracy of our records you might not mind. such

a having access to your information to be able to inform and clinical research but you might be very concerned that private information about you is public to favorable and we really feel it should be an opt in system and so the debate continues a massive drive for patient care improvement or a gross violation of patient privacy of the n.h.s. constitution does set out that individuals have the right to object to disclosures of their personal confidential data and that they also have the right for these objections to be respected just or sylvia r.t. london we have more of the world's top headlines for you in about half an hour's time for now although i'm wrong research shows stepping aside for larry king products are going on at sea and so.

i know. tanya. well tell me how you are my little grandson. i don't like i don't like. being cut off. except as an ecovillage that the spiritual side is destructive. i try to convince her and try to preach that it was a sect but it's dangerous and she had to leave it was a story she had lost her mind. you know you see we'll come back i know it was and i will wait even if it means i must wait until my dying day.

ukraine or at least the country's capital kiev has descended into chaos protests have turned extremely violent and the social order is on the verge of collapse to what degree do protesters in kiev represent the ukrainian people which of these protesters believe in and what do they really want is ukraine on the path to nowhere. the sooner the better the majority of the bottom end we will be to say the majority of the people makes a clear choice to join the group of the opinion meanwhile the only thing we may expect these that the ukrainians and serves. to do. with these government and opposition. necessary understanding and especially the necessary reply made to define their the but i used to.

he could congress in the midst of a scandal only recently made an unsuccessful bid to become new york city's mayor he's the always outspoken democrat anthony weiner and he joins we're going to talk about obama's second term the mounting allegations against new jersey governor chris christie and what he calls the wacky doing of the g.o.p. plus we'll hopefully get a few insights into picking up the pieces after a public fall and be winners our special guests today. on politics.

with larry king on larry king if anyone is our special guest he's been a frequent guest the mind during the many years that i was on television at c.n.n. i'll tell you very frankly i always enjoyed talking with him others have always found him to freely speak his mind a six term congressman who never was afraid to speak out on any issue he joins we from a snowy bay in new york let's take care of some quick things anthony and get to some things current how well you do and how you're holding up eugene o'neill said there is a second act in america well i'm doing well it's great to be to be on with you and talk to a brooklyn boy who's displaced there in l.a. for a while look i'm doing fine i mean the guy destined myself off i had to the run for mayor was one that i you know i was proud the campaign that we ran i obviously was a deeply flawed messenger and we didn't do as well as we would like but nothing ventured nothing gained moving forward i'm blessed i've got

a two year old at home and now a wife i love very much and so i've got many blessings to be thankful for are you out of the political arena at all it's completely. well i can't see running for office again anytime in the in the near middle or probably the distant distant future i mean i had to spend my entire adult life in politics i worked for my predecessor chuck schumer and then was elected to the city council of a young age and was honored to have a job that's mentioned in the united states constitution representing the people of brooklyn and queens so i've had a pretty good career it as an elected official the things i care about i still care about i mean the challenges facing the middle class and those struggling to make it a challenge to find comprehensive health care for all americans these things i still care about the law i'll be looking for other ways to advance those things but i'm not sure running for office again in the future will be in the cards but do take it one day at a time. and before we get to some current is your wife still very close with him.