is it for me my colleague sean thomas will be here as the news continues in the meantime our special report reveals the human story behind a vigilante patrolling the u.s. mexican border and after that sean will be with you in about thirty minutes from now. and the immigration goes down in the senate that is the subject of this evening's talking points memo critics of arizona's newly signed immigration bill say it allows police to stop anyone on the street based purely on the person's appearance governor brewer's response when asked by a reporter what illegal immigrant looks like. i do not know i do not know what legal immigrant that's like but the sticking point is what to do with the millions of people who are in this country in this country illegally that the u.s. government will have no idea who they are and where they are in this very dangerous time that is a very dangerous thing as we. ran from an other country. when i ran round and round the america of the big. one but the people in mexico that need help oh yeah i call those people my lazy family they didn't want to come on the

sean thomas wish you a happy and prosperous year ahead from the heart of the russian capital where the party is still believe it or not in full swing and while brazil now has fireworks soaring across its city skies over half the world has already rung in two thousand and twelve. finally marked the arrival of two thousand and twelve just two hours ago while celebrations in russia have been in full swing all night long as the new year began its march across the country's vast territory australia japan that the two koreas china and other countries lit up with fireworks and celebrations. nine hours ago they were ringing in the new year in thailand and vietnam with. india falling just a bit later the next country to pick up the baton of the new twenty twelve the u.s. with huge festivities to be held across the east coast first while it's a night for celebration look back on what has been a turbulent year.

you up i promise and i sean thomas wish you a happy and prosperous year ahead from the heart of the russian capital where the party is in full swing and while moscow still has fireworks soaring across the city skies over half the world has already running in two thousand and twelve twenty twelve first arrived some fourteen hours ago and in a new location this year it was the independent state of samoa in the south pacific for the first time ever it used to be the last in line but switch to time zones to get closer to new zealand this week it skipped friday completely the previous new year premier venue was. better known as christmas and the next country to enter two thousand and twelve was a new zealand closely followed by russia's far in east and as the new year started its march across russia as the basques territory australia japan the two koreas china and other countries would up the fireworks in celebration of midnight six hours ago they were ringing in the new year in thailand and vietnam with kazakhstan appalling india falling just a bit later right now the south pacific is starting

so that brings up to date for them i'm not see it for me is very my colleague sean thomas will be hereas the news continues here on r.t. throughout the night and the next day and coming up we now look back at the form of the u.s. assault. felonies guess discuss what went wrong and whether the soviet union could have been saved that's next on alt.

i'm sean thomas and glad to have you with us freedom of speech and it's considered to be one of the basic principles of democracy but just weeks after the u.s. troop withdrawal from iraq we find that that basic right is being violated there and while iraq is learning to manage its own affairs consequences are proving brutal for some in a report now from our sebastian meyer we speak to some of the journalists that have faced imprisonment and even torture. this spring iraqis inspired by neighboring arab countries began protesting against their government in a square in baghdad one which shares its name with the better known counterpart in cairo. but iraqi journalists trying to cover these protests silenced by the government security forces in today's iraqi journalists who speak out are routinely imprisoned beaten or just simply killed it seems to be a high level of intolerance or dissent or for public criticism of either government policies or particular leaders use it felt to me a freelance journalist showed some shocking you tube footage from the protests this february that explicitly sho

just after six am here in moscow russia's capital this is our sean thomas and glad to have you with us fresh clashes between government troops and army defectors in syria have left at least eleven soldiers dead and more than twenty wounded the violence as also claimed the lives of ten civilians meanwhile ministers from the arab league met in cairo to discuss the progress of their observers mission in the country demanding that the syrian authorities to let more observers in this comes as critics say the bodies are failing to achieve its goal of ending the bloody crackdown on opposition activists claim at least four hundred people have been killed by forces loyal to president bashar al assad since observers started working in the country twelve days ago president assad claims his forces are fighting an armed insurgency funded from abroad and observers agree. right from the start the demonstrations were not truly peaceful but there were many incidents. perpetrating crimes against the army against the security forces against the civilians and of course they are denying this so-called oppo

and broadcasting live direct from the heart of moscow this is our team sean thomas and these are your top headlines the latest news and the week's top stories fresh clashes in syria claimed dozens of lives as the arab league decides to carry on with its observer mission despite criticism that the organization is not achieving its goal in ending the bloodshed. iran says it will continue war games in the persian gulf threatening to close a key oil route in the region if western nations proceed with blocking tehran's exports this comes as news.

just after two here in moscow russia's capital on sean thomas and this is our team a suicide bombing targeting a police has rocked a residential neighborhood in damascus killing at least twenty five people authorities say most of the casualties were civilians but some security personnel were among the dead syrian t.v. says the blast happened near a primary school it comes as the leader of the country's biggest opposition group reportedly.

and broadcasting live direct from the heart of moscow this is our team and i sean thomas wish you a happy end of.

and you are watching live from moscow i'm sean thomas let's get right to your top stories the u.k. has finally admitted to spying on moscow after years in denial a former senior government official has confirmed they were startled when the f.s.b. discovered their surveillance equipment. reports from london and i six were literally rocked by the rubble is that revelation. it's not exactly the most glamorous of james bond gadgets but hidden in this fake stone was a high tech transmitted british spooks used to spy on russia the allegations from moscow have always been dismissed but six years on there is a rock solid evidence the u k.

and broadcasting live direct from the heart of moscow this is r t i'm sean thomas let's get right to your top stories. the u.k. has finally admitted to spying on moscow after years in denial a former senior government official has confirmed they were startled when the f.s.b. discovered their surveillance equipment. reports from london and my six were literally rocked by the revelations. it's not exactly the most glamorous of james bond gadgets but hidden in the.

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and more recent thomas sole speak of, what america's foundation is and how it grew to be a prosperous, and healthy and voluntarily generous nation based on free market enterprise. >> seanand i said this to governor perry, there are questions you can ask about governor romney and distinctions from his record versus your record. a good record as you point out in texas of job creation here and i guess as, you know, as time goes on, i'm just not sure if this is-- it sounded to me, let me be more-- it sounded like the attacks, if governor romney gets the rom nation, they'd make against him or frankly any republican that got the nomination, did you not hear that at all? >> you know, what i heard was a little bit what's going on today, is some innoculation of the candidate itself. the front runner and what it is that he's going to face when he comes up against barack obama. nobody should be surprised that things about bain capital and maybe tax returns, not being released yet and maybe some, you know, records not being as transparently provided to the public as voters deserve to see right now, don't be surprised that that's all coming out today because it would come out as an