several of the protesters outside, but it was raining, the conditions of the protest were really hard, and there was no threat. the amount of security was incredible. it was like a no man's land four blocks and blocks. >> they have something like $50 million? on security. >> yes, for machine guns and other security measures. you see these people in tan uniforms, deputies and shares from around the state. they have pistols, what appears to be teargas. they are waiting for the worst. tampa is not known for having major protest. we are not like new york or seattle. why they prepared in this manner, i talked to the police department, they said they were trying to learn the lessons from new york and chicago recently. but this goes way beyond. i do not know what the number is, but there is probably tend security personnel for every protester in town. >> talk about those who will be inside, give us the political landscape. governor rick scott, the positions he has taken, how he himself rose to be governor. now people are hearing about him because of the voter purge and that is going on in fl

always cracks down hard on protesters and counter protesters who has been ballance to. talk removal activists or have we found no recourse within the state police as well as i or state legislators our governor or senator they are bought and paid for bob a cold so we have no recourse through legislative or executive manners either the only way that we can effect change in appalachian is if we take power in terre own hands and resist and organize and planned lockdowns and actually. create an alternative to the communities and alternative economies because it's not going to be politicians it's not going to be supported by the police if change is going to happen it's going to be people who are willing to go to jail who are willing to beat for working in jobs that don't pay well because it's work that appalachia is the central appalachian are what is the second most diverse place in the world with the exception of the amazon rain forest every day more and more acres of this beautiful beautiful ecosystem that's been destroyed by mountaintop removal the further generations of

right now right you mentioned that you protest with other other people but protests in the united states have become very polite where people accept these free speech zones that are somehow different than everywhere else in the country that they accept corporate occupation without batting an eye in the meantime we have reports about billionaires in the hamptons who are writing openly in the new york times and elsewhere that they fear that their sheep might one day march on them for the crimes that they have committed so the so they come up to craps in the hamptons are now frightened about the reprisals from the masses of people that they've stolen from so why is there such a disconnect with those people who are protesting who insist on like they're going to a bake sale or a garage sale or some kind of organic cookie fast they don't seem to understand that the billionaires already are are ready to fight them in an open conflict it with any why any means necessary so there's going to be a clash at some point or the protesters ready for this well you know the thing that's sort of. amazing t

and speaking of those protests you know we saw those massive protests in canada back in the spring and then they kind of died down why the sudden resurgence absolutely of course social movements always find it hard to continue to stay strong during the summer and the fact that the semester was suspended bill twelve made it hard for students to keep mobilizing but clearly since the beginning of august we've seen a resurgence in mobilization of the provincial election of september fourth and we see that students could really have a lack of confidence in the electoral process of the parties who could take power do not have. promises that answer the demands of students and the best way to make their voices heard throughout this election campaign has been and will always be mobilizing and going into the streets can you talk more about what exactly the message is that these students are trying to send we were trying to send a very clear message to the political parties if they do not put an end to this recent hike if you not access to the students the amounts they will have to make do they w

disfigured syria have a peaceful protest just really. going to. to achieve democracy and freedom while they are supporting by naval weapons. money financial finding everything so which is very sarcastic that. promote them as very peaceful protests there's stairs while they are in fact you're arming them and backing them up so all this back to the militias will result in every team that goes along with. america's policy in the region. well still to come this hour of the employment protection that's actually keeping americans out of work. the u.s. is skewing visa rules and foreigners hiking but those entrepreneurs are also taking their job listing business is a long one a plus. and now we make iran out to be the bad guy but here we were exchanging arms with them why do you think the world is ok with that well because america is the hypocrisy of remember those days when america secretly sold weapons to iran well if not you may have company on the streets of new york going to have the latest from artie's the resident. thousands of protesters have been

rage in israel thousands of protesters demand social justice from a government that keeps cutting at home but splashing out to score political points . and sectarian violence escalates in the gulf states of teenage protesters being shot dead in saudi arabia and dozens injured in bahrain. hello thanks for being with r.t. this hour it's midnight now here in moscow my name's kevin ollie and our top story amid fresh violence in the syrian capital forty eight pilgrims from iran have been kidnapped in damascus which radiant diplomats are blaming tonight on terrorist groups there are media reports about their fate and syrian officials are trying to trace who is behind the abductions of his exam the boy reports now from damascus. forty eight iranian nationals who were kidnapped in damascus on saturday were of the largest group of foreign nationals to be abducted in syria even though assassinations and abductions by the rebels are by no means a rare here and now the iranians were on their pilgrimage to the site yet as they not reaches one of the holiest shrines for shia muslims because it's b

outrage in israel thousands of protesters demand social justice from a government to keep cutting at home but splashing out to score political points. i'm sick tear in violence escalates in the gulf states dozens of demonstrators have been injured in bahrain and a teenage protest that shot dead in saudi arabia. hello they're broadcasting live from russia this is r.t. it's now one am moscow time my name is kevin zero in first image fresh violence in the syrian capital forty eight pilgrims from iran have been kidnapped in damascus which iranian diplomats blame on terrorist groups there are no immediate reports about their fate and syrian officials are trying to trace who is behind the abductions examine the reports now from damascus. nationals who were kidnapped in damascus on saturday were of the largest group of foreign nationals. in syria even though assassinations and abductions by the rebels are by no means a rare here and now the iranians were on their pilgrimage to the sayed as they not which is one of the holiest shrines for shia muslims because it's believed to hold the relics

outrage in israel thousands of protesters demand social justice from a government that keeps cutting at home but shelling out to score political points . and sectarian violence escalates in the gulf states dozens of demonstrators have been injured in bahrain and it's teenage protesters shot dead in saudi arabia. early morning to you six am here in the russian capital and lucy cathal of and you're watching our team our top story now in syria i'm at the fresh violence in the syrian capital armed gunmen reportedly snatched forty seven iranian pilgrims just outside of damascus on saturday now there were no immediate details about their fate syrian officials do say that they are trying to trace the source of the abductions are these acts on a boy go explains from damascus. forty eight iranian nationals who were kidnapped in damascus on saturday were of the largest group of foreign nationals. in syria even though assassinations and abductions by the rebels are by no means a rare here and now the iranians were on their pilgrimage to the site yet as they not reaches one of the holiest shrine

this protest. in relation to bradley manning at how does that compare to some of the other protests occupy wall street protester occupy oakland protests rather that we've seen in the past in terms of police response. that's right this police response was definitely not as aggressive as the ones that we have seen before now we we have to remember that following the response of oakland police to the occupiers there have been several bessie geisha ins several watchdog groups and even government groups have condemned the oakland police department for their response to the occupy protests so we have definitely seen a very heavy police response to previous level of new protests occupy protests in the weeks previous to last night some inspiration we deceive a much more subdued police force here even trying to negotiate with some of the demonstrators who threw out stayed peaceful and in and the police assured them that they were going to try to do their best to get their demands sent to the national campai

outrage in israel thousands of protesters demand social justice from a government that keeps cutting at home but shelling out to score political points . and six hereon violence as collates in the gulf states dozens of demonstrators have been injured involve rain and it's protesters shot dead in saudi arabia. early morning to you it's two am here in the russian capital and you're watching r t with me lucy caffein of our top story now amid fresh violence in the syrian capital forty eight pilgrims from iran have been kidnapped in damascus the iranian diplomats blame this on terrorist groups but no immediate reports about their fate so far syrian officials are reportedly trying to trace who is behind the abductions will artie's looks on a boy who reports from damascus. forty eight iranian nationals who were kidnapped in damascus on saturday were of the largest group of foreign nationals to be abducted in syria even though assassinations and abductions by the rebels are by no means a rare here and now the iranians were on their pilgrimage to the sayed is a not one of the holiest shrines

in israel protests expected to draw thousands begin demanding social justice from a government to keep cutting at home but splashing out to score political points. and dozens of injuries in bahrain as police fired tear gas and stun grenades at protesters demanding political reforms. hello live from russia this is r t it's ten pm here in moscow my name's kevin now in first forty eight a rainy and pilgrims have been kidnapped in the syrian capital with a raid in diplomats blaming terrorist groups there are no media reports about their fate and syrian officials are trying to trace who is behind the abductions bring us up to date on this headline tonight artie's exam the boy reporting from damascus. forty eight iranian nationals who were kidnapped in damascus on saturday were of the largest group of foreign nationals to be abducted in syria even though assassinations and abductions by the rebels are by no means a rare here and now the iranians were on their pilgrimage to the site yet as they not reaches one of the holiest shrines for shia muslims because it's believed to hold the relics of

through her speeches and online posts at the hearings took place amid an upsurge of protests across bahrain calling for democratic reform if we reported that they were brutally suppressed by police who used tear gas and rubber bullets with more of the voting for the man behind much of the dissent and of the reaction to it ati's tom barton has this. there has been a rather different decision in the case of the enemy of the state now below rajab in bahrain he coincidentally met julian assange for an interview shown on this channel on r.t. in may he has however been given a three year prison sentence by a court in bahrain for being involved in and for calling for illegal and to government protests when the sentence was given though he was already in prison serving a three month term for posting anti government comments on twitter there has been many comments of support from his family and friends but there have also been criticisms delivered via social networks criticisms of u.s. policy in relation to bahrain and overall in the arab spring those criticisms include allegations that if i

a couple of protesters at the chick-fil-a. a few people showing support for same-sex marriage. >>> and you are looking live, developing news out of oakland. you see a lot of broken glass, behind that man, this is obama headquarters. a protest that turned destructive. we will have more on that coming up. stay with us. >>> we are following developing news out of oakland. 100 protesters taking to the street near downtown. it turned destructive. kron 4's kate thompson is live. what is happening now? >>> the clean up is underway after the protesters came through. you can see it now. they are taking glass off of the sidewalk. the city carting them away. it has been like this for two hours. there are people inside the headquarters, it was around 9:00 p.m. when the protesters came through and smashed the window. they also vandalized several cars. now they are cleaning up the glass and they are also -- hopefully trying to board up those -- that big window. this area is no stranger to vandalism. in the past it has been vandalized by sev

pro-democracy activist brain gets a three year jail sentence for criticizing the regime online for the protests are far from dying out with a verdict only sparking earlier on the arrests. a two year sentence for members of the punk band pussy riot for performing an type wouldn't stand in russia's main cathedral provokes a strong reaction of russia and around the world. the u.n. observer mission in syria expires later on sunday and ongoing clashes between rebels and government forces the latest blow to international efforts to bring peace to the conflict ridden state. this is actually coming to you live from moscow marina josh welcome to the program do it assad is expected to make his first public statement since ecuador announced it would grant him political asylum london suggested it could strip ecuador's embassy of diplomatic privileges to move in and arrest a songe who's been sheltering in the embassy for two months now to let the american nation has warned britain of grave consequences if that happens laura smith has been following the standoff. it was the day they'd been waiting for julian

a new wave of protests. leading to more crackdowns on dissent with dozens of people arrested and injured after the demonstrations calling for political reform. hello and welcome to our team this saturday i am karen taraji it is three o'clock here in moscow now russia has criticized a new u.n. resolution on syria as one sided and supportive of the armed opposition moscow says the non-binding motion passed at the general assembly does nothing to ease the conflict this comes after the u.n. envoy to syria kofi annan announced he was stepping down casting doubts over the future of the peace effort and that's the see it should get a has more from new york. this resolution apart from condemning the security council for failing to move the syrian peace process forward also condemns the syrian government for failing to stop using heavy weaponry as well as condemns the syrian government from for not withdrawing from civilian areas among the ones that voted against this text was of course russia russia believes that th

and forty five people are reported injured in brain police fired tear gas on stun grenades protesters demanding political reforms. hello and welcome to our team this saturday i am karen broadcast live from our studio in moscow fresh clashes have erupted near the syrian capital with reports of heavy shelling and gunfire in damascus fighting between government and rebel forces is also escalating in the key northern city of aleppo casualties are reported on both sides with rebels saying the syrian army is bombarding several areas opposition fighters also claim they have taken control of more than half of the financial hall where the clock ticking on the u.n. observer mission and the looming departure of peace mediator kofi anon the prospects for a diplomatic solution are fading oksana boyko reports. decision to resign as un special envoy for syria was a math disappointment and almost despair in this country it confirms what many people felt all along that the situation in that country is only getting worse the death toll continues to rise and violence spreads to new areas so seeing kofi

a crowd of protesters gathered in oakland. they took down a fence and smashed windows and had a campaign office for president obama. abc7 news reporter nick smith is live at telegraph and 17th. >> good evening. we started out with a very different story in mind. you know we talked about focusing on the art and soul festival. we wanted to highlight some of the positive things in this community that continues to struggle. look over my shoulder. this is the narrative that ended up taking control of the evening. there were about 2,000 people participating in the oaknd la first fridayy vepped -- oakland first friday event. they were protesting near 17th and telegraph. they were angry their application for a permit to protest and occupy the corner of 17th and telegraph at the first friday event was denied by the city. oakland police say a crowd of as many as 200 marched from 24th to telegraph and 17th and telegraph and broke a window. there were a few staff members working at the time. none were injured. off camera i was told there

than protesters the police presence is just pretty overwhelming yes there was protest of dogs against romney some of them were in a caravan of cars with dogs on top of their roofs that were quite hysterical but the occupy movement has definitely been part of this that's marvelous media how are the police responding i mean we've seen you know hyper over response on the part of police in cities all over america since the occupy my wall for for decades but particularly the last year or so are they exercising some restraints over. well so far yes the chief of police today came and held a press conference right across from where we were having our rally and she was quite nice she told us about how the police are on. our being told to be very careful around the protesters and make sure we could exercise their freedom of speech on the other hand she talked about spending fifty million dollars the city of tampa spending fifty million dollars on a ridiculous amount of new. war machines there are literally equipment a-g. to it looks like a police state down here so they say they're going to be

breaching the president veterans and protesters take over barack obama's election office in oakland calling for the release of jailed whistleblower bradley manning. plus an occupation in flames nato and international troops on alert as afghan forces deemed friendly increasingly turn their guns on their mentor. it is a day out in the russian capital you're watching r t a marina joshing the jailing of three members of russian punk band pussy riot has attracted criticism from across the world and seen protests protests in support of the women they received a two year sentence on charges of holding isn't motivated by religious hatred for their mock prayer in russia's main orthodox cathedral foreign governments also have their say on russia's internal matter in the u.s. even calling on the authorities to review the case not retorts from new york. there has been both political and public reaction over the pussy riot verdict now around the globe and there has been several protests on friday in support of the three russian band members that were convicted of hooliganism paris brussels london and te

more protesters are expected later today. early this morning, overnight, there were no protesters in sight, only people, lots of people camping out to get a year's worth of free food, more than 100 people were in line. almost everybody there to enjoy the party some did acknowledge the controversy. >> i know people would be here protesting, he should have not said anything. >> it is worth it.

if you look at any protests. you look at any mass destruction where is the violence always something. there's always something to believe you look at two thousand and eight the margin. calls innocent people protesters in the media were shot at by police with tear gas and rubber bullets now why. by by police we're not doing anything but just raising their voice and having a clear command. i think the fact is that the state doesn't doesn't like it when people get together they don't like it when people are unified and they're going to do everything they can they're going to frame it as tears they're going to frame this is whatever. but the fact is. we're getting together on august twenty seventh and we're going to have and. we're going to march in the national convention ok you know with the occupy protesters have in the past been criticized for not having a clear message you say that you have clear demands can you talk about what those clear demands are. voting of people which and we're saying no to the republican

the protesters pussy riot now just minutes away from a final verdict in the trial over the controversial. of course this was in russia's major. and worldwide attention. asylum to nowhere. political refuge. using blackmail and desperation to try and seize the whistleblower. and the u.s. based leaks hacker group claims to be behind an ongoing. ts web site apparently in an attempt to disrupt. plus the un security council with the international monitoring mission in syria rebels meantime pledging to step up their fight and threatening to join the ranks of al qaida. there's a pleasure to have you with us here one day i'm live in moscow three members of the old girl punk band pussy riot are set to discover their fate at any moment as a judge prepares to deliver a verdict in the trial we can all cross live pictures right here these are coming to us from the courtroom the feminist trio were charged with hooliganism for their controversial performance in russia's main cathedral the prosecution has demanded three years in a minimum security prison for the women now let's move outside the courthous

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why some protesters are being anarch at. it's friday august twenty fourth six pm here in washington d.c. i'm liz wahl and you're watching r t we start off this hour taking a look at the rocky relations between pakistan and the u.s. and it's likely what happened earlier today will further strain those ties a series of american drone strikes in pakistan killed at least eighteen people a drone strikes took place here and the shah will valley up north was was the euro stand and shows the u.s. is persistence in carrying out the controversial drone campaign here's a chart that details the number of u.s. drone strikes targeting pakistan thirty three strikes in pakistan this year nine of those in north waziristan but drone strikes remain a major hurdle and the two countries mending their relations now today's developments come as one of the biggest advocates of the drone program. some self in hot water here at home one of america's most prominent diplomats ryan crocker was recently charged with drunk driving in a hit and run in his

outrage in israel the country braces for thousands strong protests demanding social justice from a government that could cutting at home but splashing out to score political points . and forty five people reported injured in bahrain as police fired tear gas and stun grenades of protesters demanding political reform. fighting between government and rebel forces continues in syria's second city of aleppo with reports of heavy shelling and gunfire there are casualties on both sides with rebels saying that syrian attack helicopters are bombarding the areas some twenty thousand government troops are also said to have been dispatched to the city to flush out the opposition fighters in several districts syrian security forces claim they've managed to hold back reveller attempts to take control of key government facilities now earlier the free syrian army said it captured more than half of the financial. now focusing in on damascus there forty eight a radian pilgrims have been kidnapped the iranian embassy consulate chief there is quoted as saying armed terrorist groups seized the pilgrims from a bus

well we've also been following the protests in bahrain on our web site r.t. dot com the timeline of the government's crackdown of the opposition and in-depth analysis of the political situation the gulf state also log on to watch the full episode of join the songes interview wasn't deliberate job about the aftermath of the arab spring. plus the u.s. army spends three million dollars on the development of a nasal spray that eliminates the thoughts that go online for the details. and these are the images in seeing from the streets of canada. the decision of a russian court to jail the three members of punk band pussy riot for two years has split society and provoked a massive international reaction the groups and i put in stands in the country's main orthodox cathedral was ruled to be whole again as i'm motivated by religious hatred oliver has a story. to figure out a reason that you move the finish line you possibly you know that's the end of any delusion if one would never want to bring in the clothes on you but obviously it is . after their trial hit headlin

people showing up naked to protest the t.s.a. so it's really going to be interesting where the tipping point is where people are funny going to start fighting back against this intrusion of privacy. thanks so much for coming on the show and weighing and that was our t. correspondent from on glenda of thousands of students taking to the series in quebec canada protesting tuition hikes demonstrators say it's a renewal of the protests we saw last spring where told things got chaotic in the area with police pepper spraying the crowd and students flooding the sciri the demonstrations are ahead of callbacks general election to be held on september fourth voters will decide a premier jean charest liberal party is going to be reelected he has run on a plan to increase tuition fees over eighty two percent over the next seven years organizers of wednesday its protest said it was the largest planned demonstration seen during an electoral campaign and it's a sign that the protest movement is making a comeback there we'll keep you updated on

more world news for you this teenage protester. in overnight clashes with soldiers in saudi arabia he was among a group of armed anti regime demonstrators calling for greater rights and the release of political prisoners they fired on a patrol killing one serviceman uprisings erupted in march last year over what's seen as the discrimination of shiite muslims by the sunni monarchy. there's been a car bombing in the libyan capital one man was injured in the blast near military police offices in tripoli it's the first such attack in the capital since the overthrow of moammar gadhafi regime last year although there have been explosions elsewhere mostly targeting of the major city of benghazi. an explosion at a far worse factory has rocked a city in central pakistan leaving at least two people dead and some fifteen injured resulting fire quickly spread to neighboring houses in a crowded market district police are now scrambling to rescue people from the debris investigators are looking into how the tragedy started but there has been a c

non-violent protest movement he d. the standard should be higher because the us has more influence in. its army marini itself in weapons to bahrain it's got a military base in bahrain it's seen as a key ally of the partner in go so the same words the scene for us in the case of bahrain we have more impact nobody you know i mean as you say as you say it's awfully easy it's awfully easy for any country or particularly america as you say that has a lot of influence in bahrain it's very easy for them to make a distant judgment to say well you know what will stick our nose in this from a distance but do you think when it comes to the whole pussy riot case you think in any way that it might have been sensationalized a little bit by mainstream media because you know some of the girls are considered to be attractive and perhaps i mean one of them even allegedly was being has been offered to get her own spread in playboy. that doesn't surprise me i mean look because they're young because they're women because they're rock music

also don't dice with the greenpeace activists storm a russian brig in protest over drilling for oil in the arctic. well there's been a huge boost of support for ecuador after the entirety of both america's threw their weight behind quito in its condemnation of british threats to storm a tempest sam london in a blow to the united kingdom the organization of american states declare that embassies are indeed inviolable it wasn't all smooth sailing well with the u.s. and canada both starch and british allies demanding amendments to the final statement they claimed that britain wasn't threatening to upgrade ecuador's embassy just pointing out that it could and that according to attorney and r t spanish host going or demonstrates how divided the organization of american states really is the united states in cannot actually oppose the convening of this meeting in the first place and so the meeting in those positions throughout the meeting where as the rest of latin america and the gridley and workers welcoming and found it important to talk about and debate this issue that's affecting one of

worldwide they tweeted that they will be recruiting foreign feminists for a new protest action those remains to be seen what exactly that will mean and what form this will take we do know that several weeks ago on august seventeenth three members of the post the right group were sentenced to two years in prison for participating in this protest it was an effort to gain publicity they've certainly succeeded as the move has a worldwide condemnation as well as the russian government for the sentencing of the members opposition groups here and russia have claimed that this was some sort of part of a clampdown by the russian government but those members were actually sentenced of charges of hooliganism motivated by religious hatred the identities of the two women weren't released but we do know that there are several people associated with the groups who do still remain in the country that according to the husband of one of the sentenced members we also saw sort of similar protest actions inspired or sparked perhaps by what pussy riot had done immediately after the sentencing. brainy and

protesters say they just don't want people to forget the past incidents. >> protesters began showing up the the fruit bart station at 5 o'clock for the protest shot by bart police in san francisco. >> some just young street people. this is an issue that affects everyone. my wife doesn't feel safe riding ton bart, and she doesn't feel safe riding the bart not because of anyone on the bart. she doesn't feel safe because of the police. >> some protesters came with signs or wore masks. many say they're also protesting bart's crack down last year on cell phone communication. >> they assume the power to -- to trump the first amendment just because they didn't like what people were saying. >> bart officials shut down all cell phone service tat underground station ins san francisco for three hours there was no wireless service, something many passengers say is wrong. >> i don't think they should have any right to shut it down. >> some passengers say they're fed up with the protest. >> it doesn't hurt the people that they want to affect. it hurts everyone that is out there working for a livin

following their protests russia's main cathedral. given asylum but still trapped britons unmoved by ecuador's acceptance of julian assange as a political refugee. is still subject to arrest and will not be allowed to leave the country. at a road the u.s. group claims it's behind the ongoing attack against the odds the web site of all of this in an attempt to silence coverage of julian assange. live from the heart of moscow this is our. welcome to the program three members of the feminist punk band pussy riot have been found guilty of hooliganism motivated by religious hatred and follows their controversial protests in russia. this year and the judge in their cases right now still delivering her findings on is yet to hand down a sentence however. who is standing by outside the court house of peter thanks for coming on again the judge has ruled guilty as charged but wants me in their reaction. well in finding the three women guilty the judge said that they had committed a gross violation of public order that they disrupted citizens and