abby martin r.t. washington and i'll be joined us earlier today to discuss more about monsanto and g.m.o. foods take a look. well unlike other countries we have deemed g.m.o. foods to be substantially equivalent bush sr passed this through in one thousand nine hundred two with the f.d.a. and what it says is that g.m.o. foods are substantially equivalent to non g.m.o. foods so they're pretty much equal and that's completely different than any other country really. knows what the other well there are both a parent way according to the f.d.a. there is no proof and the like other unlike other countries the u.s. does not require their own independent tests of verify whether these foods are safe or not what they do is have these firms and agricultural giants conduct their own research and tests and when the f.d.a. passes the substantially equivalent there was internal documents released later from f.d.a. scientists that said hey this isn't true and we completely disagree with this but it's kind of been suck

abby martin r.t. washington. and abby joined us earlier today to talk more monsanto and g.m.o. foods i first asked her about monsanto is history of scandals here's her take. yeah there so much scandal it's hard to put it all in one package but going back to aspartame it's an artificial sweetener that's two hundred times we were the sugar first owned by cyril who the c.e.o. was donald rumsfeld at the time and then when he joined reagan's cabinet they passed through aspartame when the national association of soft drink association said we do not want this passed all the tests that cyril have presented to us are full of holes shoddy at best so that was passed through santa later acquired cyril and then you see the f.d.a. commissioner who was appointed during that time that passed aspartame later joined the public relations firm for monsanto and cyril so there's just a revolving door that goes back decades with these companies also d.d.t. it was a pesticide that was produced by monsanto that was banned in one thousand nine hundred eighty two and since that ban we've seen a ten fold

the world's movers and shakers are meeting in secret parties abby martin was live on the scene earlier to show us what's been happening. well good evening it is friday june first eight pm in washington d.c. my name is christine for soule you're watching our t.v. . well as i said the first of june but also the start of hurricane season and guess what it appears the first storm has already arrived in the form of today's jobs numbers and to say the least they're not good according to the labor department u.s. employers created only sixty nine thousand new jobs in the month of may that is less than half of what was anticipated by economic analysts and also the worst level of job creation in more than a year and for the first time in eleven months the unemployment rate actually rose going up to eight point two percent from eight point one percent and it doesn't stop there the u.s. labor department also revised the numbers for march and april and determine that hiring in those two months was actually lower than previously recorded to take us to the next level and i talk about the implication

abby martin is live on scene to show us what's been happening today. well it is friday june first five pm in washington d.c. my name is christine and you're watching our team all right folks it's the first of june it's also the start of hurricane season well guess what it appears that first storm is already here it arrived in the form of today's jobs numbers and to say the least they are not good according to the labor department u.s. employers created just sixty nine thousand new jobs in the month of may that is less than half of what was anticipated but you cannot make analysts and the worst level of job creation in more than a year and for the first time in eleven months the unemployment rate actually went up it rose to eight point two percent from eight point one percent and that's not all the u.s. labor department. also revised to the numbers for march and april and determine that hiring in those months was actually lower than previously reported so we want to take this in the next level and talk about all of this and some of the implications of w

abby martin r. t. washington. well the capital account is up next on our table let's check in with laura lister to see what is on today's agenda lauren what you have going on over there hey liz let me ask you a question if you had to choose a year in recent times that two thousand and twelve would be like what year would you least like it to be in your recent memory of a least like two thousand and twelve know what year would you like at least to be like this year what year would you like to go back to the least given our recent history go back to maybe two thousand and eight yes exactly i think that's what most people would say but we're going to ask if that is exactly what we are headed towards chris martenson has predicted these things in the past he says he sees the same signs going across his screens when he's looking at the market this year that he remembers back in two thousand and eight and we're going to look at why and maybe we can't predict when work is actually what that will look like but he's going t

and abby martin and you're watching our team steal from the rich give to the poor hey it worked for robin hood because i work for the people of this country well it's not quite the same thing as what robin hood did it's actually a proposed tax on wall street transactions an idea growing in popularity since the inception of the occupy wall street movement the best way to symbolize this is a nominee who we enjoy in washington some good stuff and what we want to do with. you is what some. would put a man. rubbing up people this particular point. well other than drying hats on dollar bills how does this tax actually work and if something like that really the potential to pass with all the bipartisanship squabbling on the hill to discuss more about the robin hood tax and the movement in favor of it i was joined by richard wolffe author of occupy the economy challenging capitalism i think this is a serious movement it is quite a few years old it was basically invented by a nobel prize american economist professor james told in of yale university who was my teacher when i was getting my ph d. in

i'm abby martin and you're watching our team. like father not like son in a shocking turn of events last night ron paul's son rand paul came out on the hannity show on fox news to make a special announcement. my first choice had always been my father i campaigned for him when i was eleven years old he's still my first pick but you know now the nominating process is over tonight happy to announce that i'm going to be supporting governor romney his endorsement for presidential candidate mitt romney it was a blow for ron paul supporters who are still rallying for ron paul and at the very end of the game so what does this indorsement mean and you expect ron paul's endorsement for mitt next to join me now to discuss more as lou rockwell chairman with the von misses institute so lou what's your opinion on this shocking endorsement to say the least and on fox news to boot. well i don't it's too bad it was on hand to you after all is an enemy of ron paul but i think it's not i think it's not a surprising announcement at all rand has alwa

i'm abby martin and you're watching our team. just days after the controversial bill sopa was shot down on the hill the u.s. government took down the popular mega hosting hosting site make a upload run by new zealander kim dotcom dot coms home was raided and he was arrested however new zealand courts have ruled that the raid was invalid and search warrants were too vague now hearing has begun in the u.s. to determine the legality of seizing millions of data from users of the site joining me now is andrew blake artie's web producer abbi hey andrew so tell us a little bit about the hearing that just happened today yeah actually the hearing is just finishing up for a number of ports are just coming in right across the river in alexandria they were talking to attorneys for ken dot com and mega upload to see how this whole thing is going to progress if it goes out of new zealand and into the u.s. we've got to backtrack a couple of days really there was a big victory for megaupload and its users back on thursday when a judge in new zea

with some believing attendees are conspiring to build a one world government or our correspondent abbie martin was enchanted leverage and it's a cover the event and joins us now to tell us all about it abby nice to see you again so this is that it's been happening for decades this time it's enchanted leverage and not too far from here what makes this event is anything different from years past what was a bird meeting started in one thousand nine hundred fifty four when a group of people very powerful people got together to talk about their perpetuation of power and ever since then annually one hundred forty plus people top elites of the world and across all industries have been meeting every year in secret locations all around the world from switzerland to spain to greece and this series and chantilly virginia just a hop skip and a jump as you mentioned from d.c. i think what made this year so different is the dovetailing off of this global consciousness this global movement that we see worldwide really with the arab spring and occupy wall street and so i think it was a lot of coal lessons of

i'm abbie martin and you're watching our t.v. an update on a story we've been following since the very beginning were q. expander julius songs remains in legal limbo holed up in the ecuadorian embassy in london as he awaits a response to his request for political asylum on thursday the british police requested that a son hand him self over to authorities so that they may bring the extradition process to sweden however songs rejected the request and remain safely behind the walls of the embassy for now a spokesperson for his defense fund susan ben came out today with this statement. asylum assessments take priority over extradition i mean. the issues faced by mr sanchez are serious his life and liberty and the life and liberty of so it is ation and those associated with it state. the united states government has instigated a grand jury against julian ascension other founders or managers of wiki leaks. eyestrain diplomats have described this investigation as being unprecedented scale in nature and nature just refresh your memory ab

of course we've got someone on the ground there as well so let's go now to our to correspondent abbi martin she is live in gentilly virginia outside the hotel where the conference is being held on this rainy day abby talk to us i know this is day two what have you been seeing. so far christine there have been about four violent arrests about fifty cops lining the streets violently arrest in someone's down on the on the cop car and carting away another girl just got arrested hog tied and pulled back kind of behind the barricade so we don't exactly know what happened to her right now but severe thunderstorms and rain did push some of the protesters back today and hopefully they'll come back out but there are tornado warnings so we'll definitely see what happens in the next few hours i mean what are these protesters being arrested for are they trying to break into the hotel i know you've been reporting on this and and of course the hotel is on a major lockdown but i mean were some of these protests or trying to get in what's the deal here i think they were just out in the street and the cop sa

i'm abbie martin and you're watching our t.v. more g.o.p. dirty tricks against ron paul supporters seventeen ron paul delegates have been disqualified from representing the state of massachusetts at the republican national convention in tampa the reason because they didn't sign an affidavit that under penalty of perjury would swear their support for mitt romney's nomination ron paul supporters are known for their rowdiness. i could would. would. but the republican party has never required an affidavit in the process of selecting representative delegates so why now and what will this mean for the convention to answer these questions and more i'm joined now by austin peterson director of production for freedom works. they often thanks for joining me thanks for having me so why are they doing these intimidation tactics i really don't know because it seems like it's just one step closer on the reelect obama train because romney is really going to risk a civil war in the g.o.p. if he continues to do this and it's very disingenuous of romney to co

and that was largely correspondent abbie martin joining us a little earlier. switching gears now america's energy woes have crossed overseas to india the energy deficient country is still relies on iranian oil despite america's disapproval leaving diplomatic relations in a state of uncertainty argy correspondent preassure either has more from new delhi . india has taken a stand despite washington's ongoing pressure to stop buying oil from iran india is forging ahead india's severely energy deficient it's important. growing but it's even up to ninety per cent of its over requirements it only becomes of the two souls for acquiring and if you decide and many say the sanctions simply won't work without india since its iran is biggest oil customer and so the united states finds itself in the position of warning india's cooperation for its plan to be successful hillary clinton recently visited india during her asia two are trying to sell american strategy to isolate iran but leaders here in india won't budge while they have reduced imports on iranian oil is slightly

should be an interesting weekend as hundreds of protesters are expected to join those already here abby martin r.t.t. chantilly virginia. that's going to do it for the news for tonight but stick around the big picture with tom hartman is coming up at the top of the hour this morning the first circuit court of appeals ruled that the defense of marriage act which denies same sex couples federal benefits is unconstitutional and essence limiting marriage to between man and woman is considered discrimination the people fighting against same sex marriage say the bible bans it and one kansas baptist pastor went as far as to say that gays and lesbians should be put to death because that's what the bible says but what if we went by everything the bible said that and women who are not virgins would be stoned or in clothing made of two types of fabric would be a no no and rape would constitute a traditional marriage tonight tom hartman will debate the rights and wrongs of using the bible to dictate law with his panel of experts for more of the stories we covered you can go to youtube dot com slash artsy

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dot com slash usa you can also follow me on twitter at abby martin we'll see you at seven. if you. start. following welcome to cross talk i'm peter all about moscow streets thousands protested in russia's capital for a wide variety of reasons but one issue nice many of them they are against the return of law to mere putin to the presidency do these protests truly reflect public opinion or protests now simply a ritual for the sake of protest. if you. start. to cross not the time of protests in russia i'm joined by my guest here in moscow erich krauss he's an independent asset manager fred where he's the correspondent for the christian science monitor and dimitri bobbitt she's an independent political analysts all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect i mean you can jump in anytime you want eric i know you went to the demonstration today i was there as well and what was your impressions did it change anything did it mean anything. my impression was it seemed to be pretty carnival like it was pretty friendly there were probably twenty twenty five thousand people there was a huge p

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in america or check out our web site or to dot com slash usa you can also follow me on twitter abby martin. more news today violence is once again flared up. these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. giant corporations are on the day. i'm julian a son but that's just saying. it is true when he wakes exposed the world secrets these jackets belong united states government being attacked by the powerful united states strongly condemn us going after white people all illegally shoot five hundred days now i being detained without charge but that hasn't stopped us. today we're on a quest for really high ideas can change the world tomorrow. from humble origins my next guest imran khan became a household name as captain of pakistan's victorious cricket team he then left sports and launched his movement for justice party in the most dangerous political environment on. for years can anti corruption party was ignored in two thousand and seven us state department cables referred to him as pakistan's one man party. but pakistan is changing. over the last two years widesp

t does it for now for more of the stories we covered go to our web site follow me on twitter at abby martin and we'll see you in a half hour. download the official tea allocation to your i pod touch from the. life on the go. video on demand. old costs and the street now in the palm of your posts. pushing. the to. the length of. the flow. flow well coming up i hear about the euro crisis the never ending agony of the european union where do the problems come from and just anyone have any solution the first step to take to steer the slow lead. to discuss this i'm joined by a gusto carlos lopez he is director for the global indicators and analysis department of the world bank also we have jeff there he is an economist and we have tom conway he's a principal at reinsurance consultants international ok jeff if i could go to you first. when you when we look at the euro crisis today doesn't watch fox put into what could go wrong because it seems to me that we have nineteen emergency meetings nineteen. and everybody keeps looking over the cliff and we keep hearing a solution is in sight and then we

some believing attendees are conspiring to build a one world government or are to correspondent abbie martin was in chantelle leverage and it's a cover the event and joins us now to tell us all about it abby nice to have you here in the studio so this event has been happening for decades since the one nine hundred fifty s. this year in gentilly virginia what makes this years of that difference from different from the ones in the past well is i think there's this whole global awakening that we see with the arab spring the occupy wall street movement a lot of protesters that i've talked to engine to the virginia for the first time since the obama election people all across the board are really waking up to the power structure in the united states so you saw just a lot of people all across all walks of life really out there and it was a really interesting melting pot of people and i think as opposed to four years ago when i when i was also there build a bird kind of covering what was going on we saw a massive i mean thousands of people over the course of the four day were there coming in and ou

stories we covered go to our website r r t dot com slash usa and you can also follow me on twitter at abby martin. wealthy british soil. is no time to write for. markets why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy with much stronger for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune in to conjure reports on our. mission. critic a should treat in store charges free. range month free. three stooges free. download free broadband live video for your media projects a free video dog r t dot com. good afternoon welcome to capital account i'm more in the store in washington d.c. and happy friday here are your headlines for june eighth two thousand and twelve spain is poised to seek a bailout for its banks possibly tomorrow that's according to media reports meanwhile figures show greece's economy shrank at a rate of six point five per cent for the first three months of this year as there appears to be a collapse going on in europe were guarded less of what technocrats and politicians say so what is this going to look like well it's all a lira says he has seen it all befo

dot com slash usa and you can also always follow me on twitter at abby martin capital count is up next we'll see you right back here and a half hour. r t is the state run english speaking russian channel it's kind of like. russia today has an extremely confrontational stance when it comes to us.

you tube dot com slash r t america check out our website and you can also follow me on twitter at abby martin c. and a half hour. good afternoon and welcome to capital account i'm more in the store here in washington d.c. these are your headlines for june fifteenth two thousand and twelve as we all know greek elections are sunday greeks choose among political parties and the world assesses what the outcome will mean for the hellenic republic and the eurozone but are we really looking at a choice between a catastrophic and for greece and lists chaos catastrophe at this point can nothing outweigh the benefit of a default we'll talk about it and on the crisis management side the european central bank reportedly stands ready to act if there is market turmoil the u.k. reportedly will unleash aggressive monetary policy in the face of a worsening euro zone debt storm so central banks are threatening to turn on the spigots. thanks. that's what they aim to do but will they drown us all in liquidity pumping an extra liter of liquidity into a container losing gallons by the day does nothing to change th

i'm abby martin and you're watching our t.v. all eyes have been on egypt since its revolution catapulted the arab spring movement there's been a bloody battle in the country ever since the title election muslim brotherhood candidate mohamed morsi was declared egypt's first freely elected president over the weekend parties marina looks at how the new leadership in egypt could mean a delicate diplomacy dance for washington. egypt's revolution began with tens of thousands into here square and it became a success shortly after washington sided with the anti-government opposition by stepping down president mubarak responded to the egyptian peoples' hunger for change america's indorsement of change has paved the way for the muslim brotherhood one of the world's largest islamist movements to become egypt's strongest political force their candidate mohamed morsi just won the presidential race morsi has reportedly called for a constitution that is based on the koran and sharia law in the case of egypt we're taking a piece of the board th

more on the stories we cover to go to our you tube channel on our web site follow me on twitter at abby martin see you back here an hour and a half. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else and you hear or see some other part of it and realize that everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm tom harpur welcome to the big picture. welcome to cross talk i'm peter lavelle another push to legitimize going to war against assad the downing of a turkish military jet by syria may prove to be the tipping point allowing nato to force regime change in damascus though the syrians may have deliberately been sending turkey and nato a message like back off. and. slow. to cross talk syria turkey relations i'm joined by ryan morrow in new york he is the national security analyst of the. radical islam dot org and a fellow with the clarion fund in london we have patrick case he's a journalist and political commentator at spike magazine and in beirut we cross to joseph key he is an author and columnist for gulf news all right gentlem

i'm abby martin and you're watching our team and a dramatic move to avoid extradition work in expander joining a song just sought asylum in the ecuadorian embassy in britain he's been there for four days so far in a state of limbo and is currently waiting on whether or not he will be granted asylum for an update on from on the ground r.t. correspondent sara for. silly escape avoid things that you're going to hear in the media at the moment relating to stalin just decision what he said this is not about avoiding the sexual assault allegations against him in sweden far from that is that really this is never about me then it was the fear of what would happen to him once he was in sweden and the involvement of the us. this issue is about a very serious matter. announced by the swedes that i would be detained without charge. immediately on extradition. to come to the u.k. for the past eighteen months despite that absolutely normal procedure and the refusal to explain any matter what. three tracks. from. the united states. if you can really sense really that always leads to the u.s. event sa

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and abby martin and you're watching our t.v. still from the rich give it to the poor hey it worked for robin hood it can work for the people of this country it's not quite the same thing robin hood was doing it's actually a proposed tax on wall street transactions an idea growing in popularity since the inception of the occupy wall street movement. as leaders of the lives of saddam abused george washington some because you know. what we want to do is get ahead of george washington symbolizing robin we've got a man because our government is robbing our people this particular point so how does this tax work into something like this really have the potential to pass with all the bipartisanship squabbling on hill to discuss more i'm joined by richard wolffe author of occupy the economy challenging capitalism. hey richard so is this movement really about just drawing a little higher dollar bills no i think this is a serious movement it is quite a few years old it was basically invented by a nobel prize american economist professor ja

me on twitter abby martin see you right back here in a half hour with more news and in-depth interviews. the issue is that so much easier to make a lot of people if you're really looking at what is the future of you and you will be a venue in order to continue to be hero down the road. good afternoon and welcome to capital account i'm lauren lyster here in washington d.c. these are your headlines for monday june twenty fifth two thousand and twelve well on friday we had a week to save europe now we've got the read a that's according to george soros and he said the upcoming e.u. summit later this week could go like this. to come out to be a school and that. should be critical. george soros changing the game here remember at the beginning of june he said europe had the reymundo to get it together now just three days will talk about it meanwhile spain has formally requested its bank bailout cyprus has now requested bailout aid citing spillover from greece greece's new finance minister resigns merkel puts the basha on euro bonds and the central organization of central banks says their money

i'm abby martin you're watching our team after britain's supreme court rejected julian assange just final appeal against rape accusations in sweden he's now seeking political asylum in the ecuador some imus in britain has remained inside the embassy for two days which is a relatively short amount of time considering other asylum cases we've seen worldwide over the years. here's a look at some top asylum cases from around the world the longest asylum case took place during hungary's communist regime roman catholic cardinal you'll have been senti lived inside the u.s. embassy in budapest from one thousand nine hundred fifty six until one thousand nine hundred seventy one he was eventually allowed to leave budapest for vienna fast forward to nine hundred eighty an economic crisis sent tens of thousands of cubans attempting to flee the country but being stopped before they could leave six cubans including group leader and use these took matters into their own hands and crashed a bus through the peruvian embassy gates and ivana seeking asylum as a result fidel castro then opened the port of mo

i'm abbie martin and you're watching our team. the obama administration took a daring gay rights initiative in december of last year to aid countries that support gay rights abroad and combat ones that don't. being gay is not a western invention it is a human reality this morning back in washington president obama put into place the first us government strategy dedicated to combat ing human rights abuses against persons abroad and last month obama made international waves by personally endorsing same sex marriage during the last decade americans have become more supportive of gay rights but the country is still heavily divided about the issue we're going to raise gallup poll only fifty four percent of americans consider gay and lesbians morally acceptable so if such a divided opinion about gay rights still here at home should the u.s. government have the right to coerce world policy when sanctions are aid to countries that do or don't support gay rights discuss this issue further i'm joined by jimmy. salvia can speak co-founder an

i'm abbie martin and you're watching our team. well the number two al qaeda leader has been declared killed by a drone strike on the pakistani border according to government officials under obama cia drone strikes they've killed fifteen of the most important players in al-qaeda while bush killed sixteen since nine eleven problem is the threat of al qaeda seems to be ever expanding after nine eleven they were primarily based in afghanistan pakistan and sudan which has led to drone strikes in those regions in recent years of his influence has reportedly sprung up more in yemen and somalia which would lead to drone strikes there and mali may be next on the list with all these important leaders of al qaeda being taken out or drone strikes doing their job of eliminating dangerous terrorists and as a result is america safer scott horton contributing editor for harper's magazine joins us now scott i want to read you a quick quote from the washington post that says on at least ten occasions in the past decade al qaeda is a sustained the l

i'm abbie martin you're watching our team like father not like son and a shocking turn of events last night ron paul's son rand paul came out on the hannity show to make a very special announcement. my first choice had always been my father i campaigned for him when i was eleven years old and he's still my first pick but you know now that the nominating process is over tonight happy to announce that i'm going to be supporting governor romney well indorsement for presidential candidate mitt romney was a blow to many ron paul supporters who are still rallying for ron paul to the very end of the game so what does his endorsement mean and what should we expect should we expect ron paul's endorsement from it next to talk about the endorsement and warm i was joined by jack horner the szell blogger for ron paul two thousand and twelve. jack what do you think about the endorsement. well it caught a lot of people by surprise i don't think it necessarily should you know senator paul has been saying for months now that whoever the eventual nominee is that he would endorse him i would like to kno

i'm abbie martin and you're watching our team more g.o.p. dirty tricks against ron paul supporters seventeen ron paul delegates have been disqualified from representing the state of massachusetts at the republican national convention the reason because they didn't sign an affidavit under penalty of perjury where their support for mitt romney is on the nation now ron paul supporters are known for their rowdiness. the only. the only. way. but the republican party has never required an affidavit in the process of selecting representative delegates so why now mitt romney truly has in the bag and what will this mean for the convention to answer these questions and more i was joined earlier by tim cavanagh managing editor for reason dot com take a listen it is in the bag for romney ron paul himself has more or less withdrawn from the field so i mean it's unnecessary p.r. headache there are a lot of people in the republican party who have this feeling like we want to really openly purge the ron paul supporters their argument being that these are no

i'm abbie martin you're watching our team. the tepee p. flip flop no it's not a dance move it's back pedaling of rhetoric from the obama administration regarding the power of multinational corporations controversial portion of the so-called free trade agreement between nine nations has now been leaked that allows foreign corporations operate in the us to appeal regulations to an international tribunal that could overrule u.s. law so what does this mean and why is there so much secrecy surrounding this agreement joining me now todd tucker research director for public citizen todd thanks so much for joining me thanks for having me could you break down the newly leaked document and what the implications would be for trade in this country sure what president obama campaigned on a few years ago was a pledge to make sure that u.s. trade agreements would never allow multinational companies to challenge public interest regulations like environmental protection laws or consumer protection laws but what this latest text reveals is that president oba

i'm abby martin and you're watching our team he's declared an enemy to somebody hero to many army private bradley manning is allegedly responsible for the largest government leak and u.s. history after being held without charges for over two years manning's pretrial hearings finally started today he's charged with twenty two counts including aiding the enemy which holds a life sentence in a person military. isn't the serious charge that deserves a fair trial yet the u.s. government is holding on to two hundred fifty thousand documents relating to manning's case that are being withheld from the defense to join us now for an update of someone who's been at the trial all morning kevin koe stolen a blogger on the dissenter at firedoglake dot com kevin thanks so much for coming in the studio give us a quick update on what happened today the trial well briefly to sum up what happened i would say that today the big issue was all about whether the defense is going to get the evidence that they need to represent bradley manning and the government today was actually exposed and i sort of suspected

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being tear gassed and even arrested some insist they are specifically targeted by officers artie's abby martin takes a look at how this all can pose a threat to democracy. the fourth the state something that's crucial to keep power in check but as a consolidated corporate media machine continues to marginalize the voice of the people most are more radical leftists they hate capitalism want to burn a british system down or distort the truth yet the bank bailout made money for american taxpayers right now to the tune of ten billion dollars anticipated that it will be twenty billion dollars. citizen journalists and independent press outlets have picked up the slack instead of just. planing and begging them to cover important issues like the build a bear group citizen journalist just had enough and they're like well if they're not going to do it we're going to do it luke is the one man band of independent media who has built a custom rig for live streaming and video recording was able to put together in order to provide the best coverage i could possibly do any. coverage often watched by thousands

a scary thought for the powers that be abby martin r.t. washington so what exactly as a citizen journalists will our i spoke to luke rick koski and independent journalists who broke down this unique form of journalism take a lesson many different names for independent journalists citizen journalist i like to call them organic journalists that are not corporately modified to the corporations liking it's pretty much as people taking responsibility and power and seeing the failures of the mainstream media not concentrating not harping on them but actually being the mainstream media and driving that. we're going out to events press conferences and other conferences that are happening all around the country and asking the questions that need to be asked and you say that a citizen journalist can cover stories that are overlooked by the mainstream media can you give some examples of where where you are fellow citizen journalists have served this function well there's many issues that are not talked about in the mainstream press because there's a

us your feedback story suggestions and we're always listening and follow me on twitter as well abby martin have a great night and what drives the world the fear mongering used by politicians who makes decisions it's going to be a breakthrough it's already been made who can you trust no one who is in view with a global missionary zeal where we had a state controlled capitalism is called sasha's when nobody dares to ask we do.

i'm abby martin you're watching our team like father not like son in a shocking turn of events last night ron paul's son rand paul came out on the hannity show to make a very special announcement. my first choice had always been my father i campaigned for him when i was eleven years old are you still my first pick but you know now that the nominating process is over tonight happy to announce that i'm going to be supporting governor romney his indorsement for presidential candidate mitt romney it was a blow for ron paul supporters who are still rallying for ron paul and to the very end of the game so what does indorsement mean and should be expect ron paul's endorsement for mitt next to join me now to discuss robert vaughn california court nater of the two thousand and twelve ron paul campaign and pocket host of occupy the media on ron paul media dot com so paul let's start with you. robert let's start with you what do you think the political implications are for the liberty movement as a whole with this indorsement well as a liberty move as a whole i think a lot of people are going to be

or check out our website our dot com slash usa problem and twitter at abby martin we'll see you back here in a half hour. good afternoon and welcome to capital account i'm lauren lyster here in washington d.c. these are your headlines for friday june twenty ninth two thousand and twelve european leaders have a breakthrough out their summit they agree to more adverts to play dead a hot potato. despite the hard to believe. that you should start early. but hang new schemes announced to try to help spain and italy avoid getting burned by the bond market turn out to allow the rescue funds to bail out banks directly in some cases but that did occur and claim that the crew of the boat pushed back before the road to the suspension to wish to a confluence in detroit good with. what was that mr van run boy i know you were looking down kind of under your breath but what was that about needing a credible solution for the long term oh yeah there's that we'll talk about how it's going and in the u.s. the personal savings rate rises to its highest since january coupled that with virtually no real i

a scary thought for the powers that be abby martin r.t. washington and i talked more about the crackdown on citizen journalist luke read koski and append a journalist joins us now welcome luke thank you nice to have you in the studio first want to talk about since this is a fairly new. part of the media. what exactly is a citizen journalist and what function do they serve well there's many different names for it independent journalists citizen journalist i like to call them organic journalists that are not corporately modified to the corporations liking it's pretty much people taking responsibility and power and seeing the failures of the mainstream media not concentrating not harping on them but actually being the mainstream media and driving that video camera going out to events press conferences and other conferences that are happening all around the country and asking the questions that need to be asked and you say that citizen journalist can cover stories that are overlooked by the mainstream media can you give some examples of where