occupy chicago will announce its plan of action today for the upcoming nato meeting in the city. the coalition of groups will join together against nato for the week. today's press conference will offer a preview of protests. one participant says nato policies trickle down to her people in every community in chicago. a private funeral will be held today for nfl star junior seau. today's service will be for family and friends only. he was found dead from a self- inflicted gunshot wound. he is best known for leading the san diego chargers to the super bowl in 1994. a public memorial is planned for friday night. still to come, we will be speaking with how we mandel after this season -- howie mandel after this season of "america's got talent." >> sunshine before the next dorms come in. sunshine and blue skies out there right now. winds gusting near 30. >> check out that radar/satellite combination. the departing storm is now over new england, even pulling away from there. a few scattered clouds. the air is unstable over pennsylvania. colder air coming over the great lakes generating a

need to be that tourists and chicago police spent one million dollars on riot gear ahead of the upcoming nato summit with only peaceful protests planned for that summit of the detroit police or the chicago police department going overboard. you need to know this all signs now point to a greek default and exit from the euro greece's president announced today the parties have failed to create a coalition government and he's called for new elections in june when greek voters hit the polls again the far left sarees a party is expected to win big a likely be able to form a coalition government opposed to more trickle down austerity putting it at odds with the bailout deal reached with e.u. officials back in march greece could run out of money within the next month and without a bailout it will certainly lead default and be forced out of the euro now it's just a question of how messy the situation might get in the coming weeks and whether greece will be the only country to part ways with the eurozone despite the certain economic turmoil that a default in would draw. all from the euro might cause gr

and then we're going to talk to kevin zeese about the upcoming nato summit and how both protesters and police are preparing and what can for documents from the department of homeland security tell us about how they monitor political movements are now all of that and more food and i including a dose of happy hour but first take a look at what the mainstream media decided to miss. well believe it or not looks like we're really going to see another debt ceiling showdown on capitol hill and wall will provide the media with plenty of fodder for months i think that everyone is collectively shaking their heads in preparation for the massive headache that is going to result. over again seriously speaker john boehner once an election year fight over the debt ceiling last year you remember that ugly standoff the government flirted with shutdowns and the nation's bond rating was downgraded for the first time ever well now boehner says again there will be no compromise the stage is set for another showdown over our nation's debt as it nears sixteen trillion dollars president obama and house speake

activist in chicago are in jail after plotting domestic terrorism at the upcoming nato summit the three men arrested wednesday charged with making molotov cocktails to firebombed police stations president obama's campaign headquarters and mayor rahm emanuel house. nato's protest against the nato summit have been noisy but peaceful >>> it is the war machine of the 1% we're in chicago saying that neda should be disbanded >>> nearly 50 world leaders attending a conference are focusing on winding down of the war in iraq protesters say money should be spent at home. on one side the activists and in the middle of the frogs like two sides who say they want the same thing cannot seem to agree. a gorgeous day in the bay area brian hackney up next,,,,,,,,,,, >>> free tests in san francisco as part of first-ever national hepatitis testing day, where the 5 million americans estimated that hepatitis b or c with the majority not aware. the viruses can lead to liver problems including cancers. the bay area has the highest rate of liver cancer in the country. it battle between environmentalists and gol

and so the question is, for the upcoming nato chicago summit, what do we do with interpretability, what do we do with capacity building capabilities and so on and so forth. so we call that smart defense. the secretary general of nato called that smart defense. i would like to use that sharing of idea. i totally agree with smart defense. it should be negotiated. i also believe that my country should also take the step up. we need to solve our issues, whether this is a regional issue or not regional issues. for us, a fiscal crisis is also a political crisis that we resolve issues and move forward. we take the step, and we move along and move ahead. so i will not take too much -- too long of your time. but i will -- i will divide my speech into three parts. the first part is that i will explain how i understand or how we understand in southeastern europe smart defense. what is smart defense in southeastern europe, engaging in it their expertise. and what is to expect to the chicago summit from our leaders. now, if -- i can give a title to my whole speech, i would give it -- creating a smar

. >>> the folks at nato have put out a beautiful video about chicago in preparation for the upcoming nato summit there. while it's a terrific tribute to a great city, there are some problems. >> we'll meet in the capital of illinois this time. the decision was made by the american president, barack obama, who wanted this event to take place in the city he grew up in. >> okay, few facts wrong, but there are other errors in it as well. and in all fairness, how many americans know where nato is headquartered? answer, brussels. and the secretary-general of nato's name? they're said to be correcting their narration. >> even if you're not a yankee fan, you recognize a player of all time in mariano rivera. and new york was a very sad place today because mo wement down last night, loosening up before the game, as he always has, going after fly bails in the field. he crumpled in the warning track, tore the acl in his knee, out for the season and perhaps forever. it's hard to express how good he is beyond this. he's the best of all time among closers. his 608 saves the most ever, his e.r.a., the lo

leaders settle into the g eight meeting in maryland police and protesters in chicago gear up for the upcoming nato summit. r.q. a chicago denies and demands that nato disband occupy activists are lashing out at the alliance and how authorities are preparing to respond just a few minutes here on out. the protest mood is also brewing in europe but there the targets are capitalism and austerity policies in germany thousands are rallying in the country's financial capital frankfurt marking the climax of a four day campaign now called block. all of our reports. i'm actually in front of the building which is the reason that these protests are taking place here this is the headquarters of the european central bank demonstrators and activists they're currently marching here to voice their displeasure at what the see is unfair austerity measures that are being imposed on the people of europe they want to see a more socialist fiscal policy in place across europe a policy that they say would be fair to the people of europe and that's why they're taking to the streets here of frankfurt the groups that are pus

to settle into the g eight meeting in maryland police and protesters in chicago gear up for the upcoming nato summit are you going to go tonight. demands that nato disband. we look at why occupy activists are lashing out at the alliance and how authorities are preparing to respond in just a few minutes on r.t. . the protest mood is also growing in europe but this time capitalism and austerity policies are the targets in germany thousands are expected to rally in the country's financial capital frankfurt marking the climax of a four day campaign called block of time i g.'s peter is in this city germany seems to be the only economy that's doing anything good anything that has anything in the black in their balance sheets when it comes to their economies however there is on rest here in frankfurt now that's because the city is the largest financial hub in europe and it's also the home to the european central bank now on friday we saw protests taking place around a thousand people were out on the streets demonstrating in some four hundred were detained this is after people tore down traffic signs

world leaders circle into the meeting in maryland police and chicago are raging themselves for the upcoming nato summit. occupy chicago denies demands that nato. nato demonstrators plan a show of strength on the streets in the hope of grabbing that. does attending but the whole. i'm excited that sort of thousands of protesters in the middle east are calling new arab union plans it comes after saudi arabia said it wants to form an alliance with bahrain paving the way for any used integration independent political analyst glazebrook explains why he things did bahraini government just so keen on good plan. bahrain's government is enthusiastic for the very reason that the bahraini people are an enthusiastic because it's going to legitimize and systematize the saudi involvement in crushing the bahraini revolution drowning the bahraini revolution in in blood seventy percent of the population are sheer and increasingly actually systematically excluded from any positions of influence power effectively disenfranchised always have been in this regime and you know we have to ask why what's in it for saudi

where at least one thousand protesters have flooded the city's center demonstrate head of the upcoming nato summit as the mood becomes at the small tense and off season to see trick and was in the middle of the much joins us live and this is stan nice to see you but you've just left the scene talk us through what's been happening on the streets of chicago . will you even though we weren't to supporting protesters protests getting intense until sunday when the biggest march is expected to take place action really definitely got out of control earlier today we were as you said in the middle of the protests there was several marches taking place throughout the day we were at one where about eight hundred people were marching and later on in the day over a thousand were estimating from one thousand to possibly two thousand people were marching through downtown chicago it was peaceful at first but then crowd started becoming a little bit on ruly people were jumping over police barricades the police eventually ended up taking out baton people did get hurt i personally saw one girl her face bleedi

occupy chicago will announce its plan of action for the upcoming nato meeting in that city. there'll be a preview of the protest with information on each day's activities. nato policies trickle-down to every community in chicago. >> a private funeral for former nfl player junior seau. he is best known for leading the chargers to the super bowl back in 1994. a public memorial is planned for friday night. >> mother's day is inching closer and closer. yet?ou have a gift to >> we can deliver a nice commute. not tracking any problems >> now traffic pulse 11 and insta-weather plus together. >> good morning. sarah caldwell checking on your morning commute. your thursday morning in shaping up to be a nice ride, despite the fact that the roads are a low wet. -- are a little wet. moving well on the j.f.x., even through the construction zone. 60 on the west side approaching 70. so far so good on 70. 95 running smoothly down into howard county. same goes for 295 heading southbound to the capital beltway. 95 at the fort mchenry, southbound traffic looks good at the moment. harbor tunnel

settle into the g eight meeting in maryland police in chicago are readying themselves for the upcoming nato summit. marty raiser cargo denies and demands that nato disband and the nato demonstrators plan a show of strength on the streets in the hope of grabbing the attention of not just those attending rather that of the whole world. meanwhile demonstrations on the other side of the atlantic meaning germany's banking capital frankfurt is in a state of lockdown standing in battle lines since early morning thousands of police officers and bulletproof vests have entrench themselves around the city they are there to guard against a fresh protests by the country's block and banking movement artie's peter oliver reports from frankfurt. these protesters have taken to the streets of frankfurt to voice their displeasure at what they see as unfair all sturdy measures that are being imposed on the eurozone at the moment now right now amongst these people as they march towards the headquarters of the european central bank it has really been a center full protest against the current debt crisis in the a

protesters in chicago at least one thousand demonstrators have flooded this issue center head of the upcoming nato summit and the mood of the streets is turning them all turns on his insta citric who was in the middle demolished. action really definitely got out of control earlier today we were as you said in the middle of the protests there were several marches taking place throughout the day we were at one where about eight hundred people were marching and later on in the day over a thousand were estimating from one thousand to possibly two thousand people were marching through downtown chicago it was peaceful at first but then crowds started becoming a little bit on ruly people were jumping over police barricades the police eventually ended up taking out but tons of people did get hurt i personally saw one girl her face bleeding trying to get out of the crowd some of the police officers were swinging their bicycles out the protesters who were trying to jump through these police barricades definitely gotten violence this is still ongoing right now the protesters from about one thousand people ar

eight meeting in maryland police and protesters in chicago gear up for the upcoming nato summit. particularly chicago denies and demands that nato disband look at why occupy activists are lashing out at the alliance and how authorities are preparing to respond that's coming your way in just a few minutes here on r.t. . now the protest mood is also brewing in europe verba targets are capitalism and austerity policies in germany thousands are rallying in the country's financial capital frankfurt later on sunday as he's me saturday marking the climax of a four day campaign known as block you pine. in the city for us now and a good to see you peter just how big is a protest likely to be and what exactly is the message the organizers are trying to get across i look at you there a very beautiful day in frankfurt but it looks very calm and peaceful way you are. well indeed very calm and peaceful where i am i'm actually in front of the building which is the reason that these protests are taking place here this is the headquarters of the european central bank now around just over a kilome

leaders settle into the g eight meeting in maryland police in chicago readying themselves for the upcoming nato summit. and demands that nato. demonstrators plan a show of strength on the streets in the hope of grabbing the attention of not just those attending but the whole world. that's still to come for you but first and that's what tens of thousands of protesters in the middle east a calling new arab union plans it comes after saudi arabia said it wants to form an alliance with bahrain paving the way for an style of integration iran also strongly objects to the plan with thousands taking to the streets let's now discuss the proposed union and the opposition to it with independent political analyst dan glazebrook he's joining me live now from the u.k. there from london dan why is bahrain's government so enthusiastic about this union with saudi arabia. well i think bahrain's government is enthusiastic for the very reason that the bahraini people are an enthusiastic because it's going to legitimize and systematize the saudi involvement in crushing the bahraini revolution drowning the bahraini

so the question is for the upcoming nato chicago summit, what do we do with the interpretability, with capacity building, capabilities and so on and so forth. so we called that smart defense. the secretary-general called it smart defense. i would like to use the sharing idea, i totally agree with smart dwhaens should be negotiated and i believe my country should take the step up. we need to solve our issues whether this is a regional issues or not a regional issues for us the fiscal crisis is also political crisis that we resolve issues and move forward. we take the step and we move along. and we move ahead. so i will not take too much, too long of your time, but i will divide my speech into three parts. the first part is that i will explain how i understand or how we understand in southeastern europe smart defense. what is smart defense in southeastern europe engaging in their expertise and what is to expect to the chicago summit from our leaders? now, if i can give a title to my whole speech i would give it as "creating a smart defense engaging a smart alliance." now, in internationa

a handful of south side residents and business people turned out last night, to hear how the upcoming nato summit will affect their lives and livelihoods. at the dusable museum, people questioned a panel of security officials about how the summit, on may 20-th and 21-st will affect traffic, transit and tourism... and how chicago's heightened security may restrict their movements. the city will finish its series of neighborhood meetings next week. a church in bronzeville will play a supporting role in the summit, by offering its front lawn as a campsite for protesters. trinity episcopal church at 26-th and michigan, is just a few blocks from mc-cormick place, where world leaders will gather. the church is just outside the main security perimeter. it will allow about 40 cyclists from madison, wisconsin, to use its property as a base during the summit. the secret service will spell out its official security plan for the summit in the coming the the days. the plan will set the borders of the mc-cormick security perimeter, and outline the traffic patterns to and from the convention center nato

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leaders settle into the g eight meeting in maryland police in chicago are reading themselves for the upcoming nato summit. occupy chicago. and demand for nato disbanded. and the nature demonstrators plan a show of strength from the streets in the hope of grabbing the attention of not just those attending but the whole world. that start a company of first annexation that's what tens of thousands of protesters in the middle east a calling new arab union plans it comes out of saudi arabia said it wants to form an alliance with bahrain paving the way for each new style of integration independent political analyst dan glazebrook explains why he thinks the bahraini government is so supportive of the plan. bahrain's government is enthusiastic for the very reason that the bahraini people are an enthusiastic because it's going to legitimize and systematize the saudi involvement in crushing the bahraini revolution drowning the bahraini revolution in in blood seventy percent of the population sheer and increasingly actually systematically excluded from any positions of influence power they're effectively dis

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police surrounded town are heading to chicago to help prevent scenes like this the upcoming nato summit. but protest organizers say concerns about violence on the street are misdirected. tonya francisco has more on the need osama, just five days away. >> mccormick place is ground zero for the nato summit which gets underway on sunday in the u.s. delegation is reportedly staying here which is why they held this place to hold a press conference this afternoon. >> tang8 announced they have an agreement with the city to set up a sound system at the intersection of michigan on sunday mid-20s which happens to be the start of the need of summit. that location marks the end of the march rally that is expected to begin at noon on sunday. the march and rally is being led by the iraq veteran against the war, the permit had been approved for the grant park rally and march but the news today was that the officials got an e-mail last night that reaches an agreement to set up the stage and sound system here. organizers are also asked about what message they may have for the black block anarchist's tha

dollars are coming down a lot well yeah but part of that is you know what's going to happen at the upcoming nato summit is trying to get other nato allies to also agree to reach into their wallets and keep funding training of afghan forces for the next couple of years and so this is where i think that some of these elections that we've seen are interesting for taken literally and france with a lot of the kind of president i don't know when you have a socialist president do you think that that's going to affect how much they're going to want to cooperate when it comes to afghan onet in a pickle because you know he's the new fresh breeze in french politics a french public that is tired of the austerity programs that were talked about by sarkozy tired of have ghana standard and so france has already said it's going to begin withdrawing its forces from afghanistan earlier than the two thousand and fourteen drawdown date that others that subscribe to so he's on track for that. but the problem is he wants to maintain a strategic dialogue in a relationship and not scare the system at the same time what

. >>> and three protesters at the upcoming nato summit in chicago, were arrested on conspiracy to commitrorism. they were allegedly planning to make molotov cocktails. thousands of people marched in downtown chicago on friday, ahead of that two-day summit. >>> and mitt romney, he is closing the gap with president obama when it comes to fund-raising. the presumptive republican presidential nominee had $60 million in the bank at the end of april. a lot of money, but only about half of president obama's campaign war chest. but the gap has closed sharply from the previous month, as republican donors begin opening their wallets for mitt romney. >>> and new details in the manhunt of the illinois man accused of killing his wife just hours after they were married. the fbi says armando jimenez said he was going to mexico, where his parents live. his cell phone was tracked near the mexican/u.s. border sunday night. >>> at the end of his school's talent show, he really impressed. he got up and walked for his classmates for the first time. everyone erupted in cheers. there were a lot of tears in his

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white house officials tell us the timing was driven by the negotiations over that agreement at an upcoming nato summit. critics will say it is about politics. everyone knows today is the anniversary of the raid in pakistan that killed osama bin laden. on the ground, do people there -- are they aware that president obama is on the ground? >> reporter: late in the afternoon the sun went down there was a report on afghan media suggesting that he was already in kabul. since then we have seen absolute silence across the city occasionally by helicopters and that is presumably some part of the president in and out of the capital. the speech we are about to hear in the next half hour i think will be cap suilated. there are two bits of the speech which stand out to me suggesting new white house thinking which is further suggesting that afghanistan will take leads next year. and another issue of contention, too, in which he suggests the pace of withdrawing troops will continue steadily after the first chunk of withdrawals this year. that is a little different than what the general wanted which is to keep

demonstrators are calling for a week without capitalism and scheduled the protests to correspond with the upcoming nato summit in the chicago this weekend. matt, welcome to the program. >> thank you for having me. >> i'll ask you the first question out of the gate here. do you think the having seen some of the add presumably having seen the ad, is this a fair argument for the president to make? >> i'm all for criticizing mitt romney for his time at bain. barack obama took more money from wall street in 2008 than any two presidential candidates in history put together. who doll we think is financing all these new factors in india and china, companies like goldman sachs, obama's number one private campaign contributor. if he wants to go there, he's going to score points because romney did work at a firm that did fire people but in the larger issue, i think he's vulnerable there, as well. >> you have made the point that president obama is cozy with wall street. a lot of wall street doesn't feel brotherly love or they say they don't coming from the white house. what will steve ratner said this morning rega