coming up on our t.v. in response to n.s.a. spying brazil plans to create an internet link that doesn't rely on the u.s. the underwater cable would connect brazil to europe in hopes of avoiding u.s. surveillance of brazil's communications or and that just ahead. and out there clashes days of clashes ukraine's future looks uncertain the nation remains divided in supporting the parliament's recent political changes after the removal of the nation's president a look at the situation in ukraine coming up. and our close is a planetary neighbor mars has a surprise for us scientists have captured images suggesting that mars water could

this be a boost for humans hoping to live on mars an in-depth look at the red planet later in the show. it's tuesday february twenty fifth here in washington d.c. i'm liz wall and you're watching r.t. america. will begin today with a new fight against n.s.a. snooping this one is bringing brazil and the european union together literally connecting the two regions of the globe the groups just announced an agreement in brussels to build an undersea communications cable these are the submarine cables that currently carry internet traffic around the world the proposed underwater route would look like they're traveling under the depths of the ocean from lisbon portugal the four de lay is a. brazil the line would reduce the country's reliance on u.s.

cables after word got out of n.s.a. spying on international leaders including our allies brazilian president dilma reception has been vocal about respecting privacy rights here she is speaking about the issue yesterday actually due to hear us the i believe the see that doctor it's an economy where you go to brazil make everything. as you point out this further we will be giving your contributions the idea was this is the main if you say you have relations between your country. that cable is estimated to cost one hundred eighty five million dollars it's another example of the fallout after leaks from former n.s.a. contractor edward snowden revealing a massive government spying program i was joined earlier by political commentator sam sachs who fell the sand on the latest with this underwater cable.

there you can think of it is kind of a coalition of countries that are being spied on the u.s. has for a while been the chief administrator of the worldwide web if you look at a lot of the traffic is carried through by u.s. tech companies a lot of the infrastructure those fiber optic cables that you show that carry the internet traffic around the world all of them run through the united states so the u.s. has been kind of this de facto. administrator of the internet which hasn't been a big problem for all these countries and the u.s. is was basically a pretty good. this was a good role for the united states which is often preach openness and united against censorship but since these n.s.a. disclosures it's completely reversed their role in the world has seen that the united states as well as its by bi's partners the spying partners the u.k. australia new zealand canada have been abusing this role is that in ministering the internet and they're spying on not just legitimate targets but entire domestic populations and so you see these countries that are members of the five guys that have been spied upon like brazil that are trying to forge connections of their own

to kind of carve the united states and other spying allies out of the world wide web yeah what they're upset about and we see that they're taking action i was doing some research on this and saw some people skeptical that this is really going to stop the n.s.a. from spying if they really wanted to could they intercept these lions if they if they wanted to get ahold of the information i mean if they spent millions of dollars on that a guarantee i mean you know they can intercept the lines so it's a lot easier of course to tap into a fiber optic cable right in your own backyard and that's where a lot of these cables were running in the united states we know that the u.k. is doing this. a lot they're just cutting right into the tables that are running off the coast of the u.k. so i think of huge amounts of data and sharing that with the n.s.a. and everyone but conceivably yeah the n.s.a. could send a submarine to the middle of the atlantic ocean find this new hundred eighty five million dollars cable or something they're building in top right into it and it's been documented going all the way back to the ninety's when the internet in these fiber optic cables started proliferating around the world that the n.s.a.

was experimenting with doing just doing exactly that the same sort of activity of going to the bottom of the ocean and putting in secret taps into these cables all places or heard all of their i guess i want to ask you because we saw some some leaders speaking out against the spying and essay spying and the revelations from former n.s.a. contractor edward snowden and beyond this building of a new this fiber optic cable are saying this is one step what are the other some other steps that other countries are taking well we've heard leaders like dilma rousseff talk about completely walling off the internet within their own country so say i mean i live in brazil and i have g. mail if i need if i need to access my gmail my data automatically leaves brazil because google doesn't have any data centers in brazil it has to go to the nearest data center but brazil is talking about saying hey google if you want to do business with us in brazil you have to come to brazil and build these data centers so that people's data stays within the country so this could be the future you

could see countries are requiring these tech companies to build data centers within their country so that they can better protect protect their citizens privacy but there are a lot of concerns what effect this could have on the internet the sort of balkanization breaking up of the internet you also see countries in the you putting up warning messages when people are on the internet if their data is leaving the country and going somewhere that leaves it vulnerable to to n.s.a. spying so there's a lot of all other efforts that you see fundamentally challenging the u.s. role in being that she wanted out of you about that because it sounds like these data centers are an integrand part of the internet in a way. it works throughout the world so how can these efforts this five rack fiber optic cable one of them of among others that you mentioned how could it change the internet as we know it today will if if we're moving from a u.s. centric internet to a more decentralized global internet that in itself is a fundamental change in the way the internet has worked if tech companies now have

to move their data centers to compete for business in these other countries that are wary of n.s.a. spying that's going to require a lot of investment in a lot of cost up front and change the way these companies are doing business and this kind of fractured balkanized internet is completely different than the free flowing internet that we're used to and that we've had they could present some new opportunities for people to better protect the privacy of their citizens and offer some new innovation within other countries and new tech companies are as up but also have some pitfalls as more repressive regimes could use the excuse of walling off their internet to spy on their own citizens to censor the internet as well so the kind of higher ground the u.s. had in promoting a free and open internet has been lost as a result is known as the revelations and it's kind of given these more authoritarian regimes a tool to put in i can put in more censorship interesting the internet times are a changing and i guess we'll see how this plays out thanks sam very interesting that was political commentator sam sachs now to ukraine where the future is

uncertain the people are deciding on a new government after the ousting of the president a violent uprising resulted in thousands dead and today a very divided country artie's alexy you're a chef ski has the latest from kiev. e.u. member states greece we don't have any jobs and at the same time we have debts to pay they should support us now that we're in great need e.u. member states spain is about it and you know i'm unemployed i have two children and we don't get any government help and it's hard to survive each month but if we don't have money for us how can we give it to ukraine. and revolt in ukraine a country without even an association deal with the e.u. . the e.u. is playing with carrots and sticks the there's economic integration which was going to mean a big part of the ukrainian working population will see a detour in a ration in their living sell the fantasy about entering your of the streets be in

line with gold that's a fantasy because the real project is it is an i.m.f. based austerity program with questions about who will lead ukraine into the future and whether the country will stay together one thing that's clear it's the ruined economy that needs to be revamped first even before the euro my down protest kicked off there was a talk of a possible default in ukraine in the van by its external data breach the hundred and sixty billion euro it was one of the main reasons why king of refused to sign the trade bank with the e.u. fearing it could aggravate the situation even more you november last year you were offered only several hundred million euros to ukraine but with the opposition now taking the reins the e.u. is ready to give a whole lot more a luxury maybe even embers such as greece and they can no hardly afford to buy that same can help now. i'm just speechless this idea is worse than anything.

her state could greece seem to huge debts and then they owe for ukraine all the money that she receives yards from kiev ukraine. at the heart of the conflict of ukraine ties to the european union the opposite. as pending their hopes on they come to the rescue but does the union have the financial capital to secure the country's future while some are skeptical of that. investment consultant zeevi adviser said it that use not financially prepared to save the country. the situation has not changed months ago the free trade agreement collapsed because it was skewed in favor of the european union secondly because the european union offered a derisory eight hundred million euros knowing the european union's financial situation has not changed we've got all manner of people the governing party in the u.k. all sorts of politicians across europe even mr to scrim neighboring poland is saying

that effectively it's going to be impossible to manage to be very lavish with phones at the same time frankly the new ukrainian government is is effectively in la la la on that mean they're already asking for thirty five billion dollars that's up from the fifteen billion dollars that had been agreed to by the by the president mr young the cove it's just a few months ago with with russia and therefore it's really a mess the european union does not have the political capital to spend on rescuing ukraine from twenty years of economic mismanagement given the problems in the backyard of the euro zone. that was patrick young executive director at d.v. advisors. now to it uprising against police brutality here in the u.s. and the city of detroit new york residents are demanding justice after a clash between police and patrons at a bar take

a look at this surveillance video. right right right right right right no no you go there right there on the right. well you can see several police officers swarming the inside of the bar the seed of it turning chaotic and you can see several officers for seeing a man to the ground there one of them beating the man with a baton police say they were responding to a nine one one call alerting them of a fight at the bar but according to the outraged patrons and the owner of the bar that witnessed everything there was no problem until the police showed up well that conflict has sparked outrage in the community out there alleged racial discrimination and police brutality barry collect one of the own bar owners spoke at a public safety committee hearing after the event hundreds of people showed up to voice their support take a listen to this surveillance tapes clearly show that mr dunn really did nothing to

provoke the brutality he received thank god for the show show by the patrons being hit with nightsticks by the police in the building during and after the initial assault on this done only i can only surmise that these individuals were being beaten because they were expressing outrage at what they were seeing unfolding before they thank you. a group of activists and concerned citizens wrote a letter to the u.s. department of justice demanding a civil rights investigation into the police department one of the citizens that signed the letter tells our t.v. that an investigation is under way the torah police department denies using

excessive force and says they are cooperating with the f.b.i. . still ahead here on r t a turns out that mars is the last of the bear and then it looks scientists now claim that the red planet has that liquid water well this discovery make future trips live on mars more likely more on that after the break. and spotlessly that. in the finish line of the marathon. was a little her luck. by

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their behalf. and that's why you can bring my show to larry king now right here on r.g.p. . for decades people have wondered if life on mars is possible now we may be closer to an answer water or an essential component of life as we know it may currently be on the red planet scientists have been keeping a close eye on mars and have captured images that could reveal the presence of water take a look at the photos snapped from nasa as mars reconnaissance orbiter they're raising a lot of questions of the formations are shaped sort of like fingers they appear and disappear depending on the season scientists say this could be pretty convincing proof that there is water there added believe it to be salty great news

for the hundreds of people planning on going to mars in the next decade the mars one mission has offered one way tickets to the red planet and as you'll see there is plenty of takers i want to go to mars because i feel like an alien here to reach out to support. it's about if they do go there. i don't ever buy any furniture i just find it by the side of the road and if i can't find a. cardboard. i'm resourceful. farmer i was joined earlier by lou gender he is a graduate student at georgia institute of technology and published a paper with the findings i first asked him to tell us about these images and their significance. so the images were captured by hired sam on mars reconnaissance orbiter and what she was seeing in these senior looking like in the dark street

performing or when the temperatures are right on mars so you know a lot of other things on mars is driven by carbon dioxide activity for what you're seeing there that these things that are forming and growing when the temperature just fly for water liquid water to exist on mars so they're forming and growing and then they're feeding the birds and everything these are probably grinds on the present the surface of mars i want to ask you because it seems like every or year or every other year and there is kind of new news about loudwater being on mars so what's the significance of this discovery. going to every year there's some sort of brain or by the water and bar and we're probably like the hundred discover water on mars but we'll go we're proposing is actually look at what a lot of people have proposed. water on the marks of the water in the minerals but what we're talking about is you know something like a stream you were flying on your backyard or something it actually could water on

the surface so it's much different than maybe some of the previous going in and also there also has been a lot of people going to be proud it was actually had water on mars and they just i mean the evidence did not stand up and we put this is the would be nice your paper we published back in two thousand and eleven so it's been three years now and no one has been able to come up with alternative hypothesis to explain the features so h two o. in liquid form a sign of that ad could you drink at. well you could probably drink it but i wouldn't i wouldn't break it more so. if it ok water it's probably very salty. just so you know what the pure water like. it would probably not be able in the purpose of a bar so you our water is probably going to be very salty ok ok so i don't blame you for not wanting to drink at want to ask you one of the first men to step on the moon buzz aldrin is on a mission to get the first human on mars i he was here at

a conference not too long ago i caught up with then mr aldrin and asked what his vision is for mars here's what he had to say a growing permanent group people arrive here knowing that they're going to spend the rest of their life and they've been trained as a team to that was right as you said different it's cheap me. so very very ambitious outlook for life on mars are and having it and even starting a civilization there i mean what do you think is the new discovery more proof that mars is habitable for humans. either it's an interesting question or one of the holy grail of human three also the. with certainly with this discovery i mean we know that there's water on mars that's been known for a while now. hypothetically we can go to the surface of mars the surface subsurface

and how water board what we're proposing as well in some places you actually have liquid water so it's a little better and brighter for buzz aldrin's plant you know just on the right and this mars was known michette in a very ambitious mission within a decade is when they hope to really start getting people on on mars and to start building up that civilization. do you think that this mission is a is attainable i know there's a lot of people that are are signing up for these one way tickets that i mean they arrive there and they wouldn't come back to earth they become martians essentially or what do you think i can is this another sign that this is a result of all of feasible venture of i certainly hope so you know. in the uniform with google simple and i think we're. back in the being able to achieve those three. certainly goals that were able to be with us and i don't know

i mean i have my doubts. i know you know all that might go towards the sales and someone will move along and we actually have them the ten years yeah well we'll have to see it so that'll creep up on us sooner than we think i. appreciate you coming on very very interesting developments there that was louis gender of audrina lead graduate student at the georgia institute of technology. well it may not be the mega millions but some people may consider it a jackpot the c.b.s. cares he missed hitting up with a top rated hospital in new york city to offer a sweepstakes the grand prize of being a colon. that's right you can't beat a free go to masturbate after the c.b.s. gears go to be sweepstakes you can be our numeral oh no. that's right the lucky winner gets a trip to new in new york trip for two to new york city three nights in a luxury hotel and

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biometric solution for play and border exit basically homeland ones companies to submit informal proposals for how they'd help the government biometrically track through facial or i respect admission at least ninety seven percent of all the people who leave the u.s. at land borders they want to be able to identify by face or eyeball everyone who walks or drives out of the u.s. along this land borders and keep a record of it they say this tracking will improve reporting in malice a favorite catch all excuse for surveillance but here is by far the creepiest part of the proposal they want the technology to quote require limited already no direct travel or information or physical contact if possible in other words they want people to have no idea if they've just been tracked i guess according to the requests document an average of twenty two thousand nine u.s.

citizens can walk into an out of the u.s. every day in a twelve hour period homeland wants to be able to peacefully recognize every single one of them they also want anyone who submits ideas about how to do that to remember that the u.s. wants the technology generic and i. so they can integrate it with all of their others buy toys they want you to develop it for them and then go away basically so the u.s. wants to track every single visitor as they leave the u.s. probably without them knowing it not exactly friendly neighborly approach but if you think it sounds like a good idea because that's the kind of world we live in they consider this home is when trying to figure out how to track everyone leaving this country to no avail for over a decade now they're going to spend billions more to keep trying to figure it out even the government's own accountability office considers homeland acquisition programs like this one to be it highly risky for abuse always costing more than they should take more time than they should and delivering less and promised so

either this initiative makes the u.s. the world's it creepy is toast or it's yet another colossal drain of our tax dollars for nothing either way if you're planning on crossing the u.s. border anytime soon you might want to wait for smile or something just to say hello to all who are watching tonight let's talk about bad by following me on twitter at the rest of it. and before we go don't forget to tune in at nine pm for larry king now tonight's guests are the cast members of the c.b.s. t.v. series criminal minds here is a sneak peek of tonight's episode larry asks them about a statement made by the show's previous star mandy patton can. is what

mandy said about quote on the biggest public mistake he's ever made was doing that show i never thought they were going to kill and rape all these women every night every day week after week year after year it was destructive to my soul and my personality and should have read the pilot a little closer to know that they do that way no as i said i mean it's the nature of the show and the fact that real men and women do this job the read out of respect to my in the way all managed to them as an actor my job is to portray that as honestly and truthfully as possible to know that there's not if there's a dog whistle the show you know i think we come under fire for that but i think if people actually watch the show they realize that the show is about the heroes that take down these bad guys we're not sensationalizing we're not you know making it look cool it's about these people that spend their lives hunting down these

horrible people. to an end at nine pm tonight here on our america that's going to wrap it up for now thanks for watching. i've got a quote for you. stay with that story. because this guy like me here that guys did it work for the people to choose the beach. for each other right right speech and. they did rather well.