thinking of earthing ankara many thanks indeed. war games are causing concern in other regions of the world as well still ahead for you here on our t.v. this hour but espionage under fire russia's air defense secrets are safe for another day after special forces capture an alleged spy digging up details on the anti air weapons systems. and a top military commander says the u.s. troops will endure an extended stay in afghanistan as their mission calls for a prolonged approach. now a quarter past the hour here in moscow in the united states the occupy wall street movement is growing support on a daily basis labor unions have now joined the chorus of disapproval all the way from los angeles to the district of columbia thousands upset with the state of the economy and the government's inability to turn things around are protesting for a week run monica linda reports they are determined to. why not it's paid in more pain where it's not very more perhaps and i think people are taking it. more than a thousand people in los angeles. chose

both were reunited at the hospital and put on a flight to ankara to receive more medical care. she says in the desperate hours, and beneath the rubble, she fought to keep her daughter alive. after running out of breast milk, she said she fed her hungry baby girls lined up. their story has become more rare in recent days. more than 500 have died and the death toll is expected to climb. the other concern is, of course, shelter. many people standing in line for hours for tents and other supplies. and all this rain is expected to turn to snow in the coming days. >> amazing stories coming out of turkey. if you have a pet questions, dr. ken hammond will be here to answer them. you may also e-mail your questions to -- swiping your bank card is a convenient way to shop but it is also getting more expensive. we speak to the banking >> if you are one of the many who are upset about new charges for using your debit card, you are not alone. president obama recently addressed it in a speech. but is there anything you can do about it? indeed the sarah has a preview. >> do you like to use you

petra's of votes is a city on the bank of lake county ankara and russia's northwest. saw peter the great founded it in the early eighteenth century as a supply base for the russian navy today's as one of the leading centers the wooden boat making. turn supports. the roger laps of turnings of course a lot of been a. cheesy island just a short distance from the trees of course nothing has changed in the past two hundred years. the island looks like an open m.z. and. once a year it becomes a meeting point the festival's to belong to a bygone era. other than mark two called set of a private shipyard more than twenty years ago. since then the shop has been crammed with wooden boats either under construction already for sailing. or console each launch is an exciting and festive occasion. shipyards owner is unlikely to ever get bored with sending vessels on then maiden voyage. joyous their success for the wooden boats have been built throughout human history three this is a modern see any reason why we should ever stop making them for. after all was the only building materia

a convoy of fire engines and other vehicles from ankara is heading to the town, more than 1,000 kilometers from the capital. food rations are being distributed. people are receiving soup and bread. workers are pitching tents. people are trying to keep warm by making a bonfire. rain is forecast on wednesday, and snow on thursday. with subzero temperatures expected, the cold weather will add to the plight of evacuees staying outside. nhk world, urgess. >>> the leader of libya's national transition council says islamic law should be the basis for legislation. the statement is seen as the growing political influence of islamic forces. >> translator: we, as a muslim nation, take sharia law as the foundation of our legal system. >> jalil gave a spech in benghazi on sunday. he called for lifting restrictions on the number of wives that libyan men can have and establishing an interest-free islamic banking system. but some ntc members say islam should play a more limited role. jalil's remarks could have repercussions in establishing a provisional government. the ntc plans to form a provisional gove

three days after the earthquake in eastern turkey, the government in ankara has had a change of heart. it decided it will accept offers of foreign aid to help victims and it is seeking assistance for reconstruction and temporary accommodation for the many thousands left homeless. a rescue worker goes on. an 18-year vessels stood was pulled from the rubble of an apartment building, injured but alive. if you hours ago, a 27-it is old woman, an english teacher, had a heart attack during her rescue but she was revived. my colleague is close to the epicenter. tim, we can see from there, the work goes on. >> the worker goes on, david pitted two remarkable survival stories again overnight. the english teacher, the woman, and also the student mechanics discovered alive. the english teacher, though, had a heart attack and had to be revived when she was rescued. i am in a different location from yesterday. this is opposite the mosque. and this is an apartment building that had 24 flats in it. a man was found here alive today days ago. if you look weatherman with the blue jacket and a crowbar an

late today azra and her mother were flown to ankara for medical care. we're told they're doing fine. in turkish azra means pure. today in the disaster zone, it also means hope. tonight crews down at the site where azra and her family were rescued are using that hope and sense of urgency to search for another relative, azra's father, who is still missing and said to be at home when the earthquake struck. brian? >> michelle, thanks. michelle franzen on the scene in turkey for us tonight. >>> president obama is headed to denver where he is set to announce a plan to help lower some monthly student loan payments, but it's what he said on his way there that got some attention today. kristen welker traveling with the president with us from denver. kristen, these comments, what i saw of them, seem to go to the core of american spirit and capability these days. >> reporter: that's right. they absolutely do. president obama talking about things like the hoover dam, and we'll get to that in just one second, brian, but for the second consecutive day, president obam

a prison break out in the quake hit region three military planes have taken off from the capital ankara for van carrying aid and supplies with the red cross at the scene the aftershocks are also felt in iran armenia and georgia the turkish prime minister is on his way to the affected region. afghan president hamid karzai said his country would back pakistan if it ever went to war with the us a statement that contrasts with his harsh criticism of his nation's eastern neighbor during the u.s. secretary of state's recent visit to kabul if hillary clinton in cars i have accused the pakistan government of providing safe haven to terrorist groups launching attacks in afghanistan nato led peacekeepers trying to remove roadblocks in northern kosovo have been prevented by serbians who sat on the roads guarding the disputed serbia course of a border crossing serbs set up the barricades in july need to stop kosovo from extending its control over the part of the country populated mostly by ethnic serbians what is more of a notion that reports on the continuing standoff. as months of tension between

questions but calm and a visiting professor in international relations of bilk and university in ankara believes the late dictator i could have blown the cover off some murky deals if he was still alive. two basic types of secrets were all the allegations of his in a resume movie is the one he was the one who could know every move he would so you were told to for us will never hear his testimony and then of course he was restored three to two thousand and three and were business deals with dogs also reduced from bushes three very very close even from some of those who live around and we must ask how there's a new solution to gadhafi is going to with his gritty sequence with plus the shooter dealing with his constant intuitions of the install would go away for seriously the kinds that this incident situation was suspicious who probably grew intrinsic national relative not a great relief for these western leaders who whose it was good of things disappeared from see it couldn't believe it was traditional they could never see were there is. another thought i hear a lot see a financial guru

this should not cause disruptions as promised companies come to terms with gas from if they want ankara is complaining that the price of russian gas has risen so much in line to send into the hof gives . us all the business for now in europe today two more stores check all websites that sarky dot com slash business. to obtain. welcome back you're watching r t here's a look at the top stories backs against a wall street brutal crackdowns of workers for social and financial justice sparks accusations that u.s. democracy is just an illusion. athens prepares for the plunge a severe austerity fails to save the greek economy with the government admitting it won't be able to meet key dictated deficit deadlines for this year. russia's orbit ambitions grow as another satellite for its global tracking system launches into space to rival u.s. produced g.p.s. systems. next on our to ring in the latest edition of our debate cross dock which sees peter lavelle and his guests exploring whether western social democracies are heading for a quick and painful death.

reports of power loss and disruption to telephone lines military planes have taken off from the capital ankara for van carrying aid and supplies with the red cross at the scene the aftershocks are also felt in iran armenia and georgia the turkish prime minister is on his way to the affected region . present hundred karzai has said his country would practice pakistan if it ever went to war with the us a statement that contrasts with his harsh criticism of his nation's eastern neighbor during the u.s. secretary of state's recent visit to kabul both hillary clinton cause i have accused the pakistan government of providing safe haven to terrorist groups launching attacks in afghanistan. a large german satellite has made an uncontrolled reentry into the atmosphere after being deactivated in space over a decade ago scientists were able to communicate with the satellite before its return and another trying to determine its whereabouts space enthusiastic worldwide are following the latest developments on the search for the fallen telescope online via nine crew blogs. nato led peacekeepers trying to re

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even a prison break out in the quake hit region treatment two planes have taken off from the capital ankara for van carrying aid and supplies with the red cross at the scene the aftershocks are also felt in iran armenia and georgia the turkish prime minister is on his way to the affected region. afghan president hamid karzai has said his country would back pakistan if it ever went to war with the us a statement that contrasts pretty harsh criticism of his nation's eastern neighbor during the u.s. states recent visit to kabul with hillary clinton and karzai have accused the pakistan government of providing safe haven to terrorist groups attacks in afghanistan. to colombia now where at least ten soldiers have been killed in an ambush by rebels in the country's northeast it comes just before a nationwide election is planned for next week last thursday another attack on colombia's border with neck couldn't left ten soldiers dead after their vehicles hit roadside bombs both incidents are being blamed on active left wing rebels despite the group being the focus of a recent army offensive. million

and that's a dramatic moment as a professor in international relations at a bill can university in ankara thank you and. what another country affected by the arab spring out of syria and that's still seeing widespread on breast but the government has promised to meet some of the key demands and implement crucial reforms within six months that's the short period of time that's according to syria's foreign minister his exclusive interview with r.t. is coming up in about twenty minutes from now though here's a look at what he had to say. the country's leadership is not slowing down reforms and the deadline set by the syrian president are very short in less than six months the country will see these reforms carried out that is why i'm asking if the opposition really cares for the future of this country why it wouldn't begin dialogue as lay out some serious approaches to creating a new syria as for the bloodshed let me ask you whether there's a regime anywhere in the world whose purpose is to kill its citizens or rather isn't its direct purpose to protect its own citizens from. terrorists we a

area latest reports say that two military planes have taken off from the capital ankara for carrying aid and supplies the tremor was also felt in iran i mean. afghan president hamid karzai has said which country would back pakistan on if it ever went to war with the united states a statement that contrasts with his harsh criticism of his nation's eastern neighbor during the u.s. secretary of state a recent visit to kabul both hillary clinton and because i have accused the pakistan government of providing safe haven to terrorist groups launching attacks in afghanistan. a large german satellite out of ross that has made an uncontrolled reentry into the atmosphere after being deactivated in space over a decade ago scientists were not able to communicate with before its return are trying to determine its whereabouts space enthusiasts worldwide are following the latest developments on the search for the fallen telescope online microblog. well other astronomers though have been glued to the progress of a russian soyuz rocket launched on friday from a space based in french guiana it's a car

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turkish authorities have not yet confirmed their retaliation occurred minority has been a problem for ankara for decades resorting to violence in attempts to try and forge its government. police in britain have begun addicting a community of irish travelers from a site where they live legally for more than a decade a large force of officers and encountered some resistance from residents and supporters through objects back when caravan but set on fire as police moved in and travellers call it as nick cleansing even though they had no permission to settle on the land. seventeen days alone scrambling for food and water a real life robinson crusoe has been rescued from a remote island in russia's north and although he was eventually found his discovery was only by chance to grow to house the shipwrecked sailor story. the moment of knows he saved these rescuers are the first people he's seen for seventeen days they didn't search for him no one reported sergei's disappearance found him by complete accident his chance of survival. i was here to collect seaweed but the weather was bad and my boat ca

with the regime mark almond visiting professor in international relations at bill kent university in ankara believes that a dictator could have taken some high profile secrets to the grave he restored free of the two three and what business deals with. the two mr. sarkozy introduced. and we must ask how those musicians. and who may in fact i really don't treat his creature you see. the shine through dealing with his construct an efficiency of his it's all through to really seriously consider this is a situation suspicion with rudy crew drinks it may not be a great relief for these western leaders who would use a good of if he's disappeared from the sea couldn't lead to a situation as it were reduced severely patients. professor of international relations a market driver as well another country if i could by the arab spring is that of syria still seeing widespread on breasts that the government has promised to meet some of the key demands and increment crucial reforms within six months that's a record short period of time according to syria's foreign minister is exclusive interview with r.t.

for larger countries and we pass from the foundation for political economic and social research and ankara believes that military intervention will not help to resolve the political crisis i don't think that north fly zone would be an official way to face with the assad regime because when we see the level of the protests and the brutal crackdown of the cedar ridge you may gain some protestors we see that the syrian regime has been using its length for since i'm not except for occasional use of helicopters to shut down the protesters and using a no fly zone like the one in libya i don't think would be an official way to face with peace brutal crackdown or to redeem strong parallels had been a start with with the libyan case and the syrian case i think this is a grave error because there are grave differences between the syrian case and the libyan case when we look at the syrian case i think it's completely different i mean if you look at it's like social fabric or the sectarian lysine syria. all groups. from the opposition and also the fighting this regime groups they are believing togethe

ankara's fret yes the poor bankers are fretting betting against themselves isn't just enough they're manic depressive people one hedge fund manager is quoted here i don't think it's time to make money this is a time to rig for survival another finance guy says they're not going to make the kind of money they wanted i'm not sure people really have come to terms with the fact that what we had was a financial bubble well the use of the word grigg is interesting when a lot of these hedge fund managers are sailors out there and greenwich connecticut as well is he saying he's ringing his sales to deal with this economic catastrophe that they created or are you saying. in our day to day operations of market rigging we need to rig these markets for survival instead of rigging these markets for growth well i believe it's those second option here and this is a good proof that the hedge fund community which is the tail wagging the economic dog sort of lives entirely on market rigging look at john paulson he was part of the market rigging two years ago he made billions on the collapse of the mor

questions mark almond a visiting professor in international relations at bill kent university in ankara believes the late dictator could have blown the cover of some murky deals if indeed he was still alive. basic types of secrets the rule the allocations a president who would resume movies who. would never know who he was so you were told to throw the littlest little bit of his tissue and then of course he was restored free world to two thousand and three and what this is to was with the existence of the rest of british history still whose influence for those who lived we must ask how was your solution to on and on for years mostly with his group sequence with. the shooter dealing with his constant of those protections of his it still wouldn't go away the first place he becomes of this some sort of situation position who truly grew intrinsic an international routine or be a great relief for these western readers who don't think he's disappeared from see the legal situation of a liberal as it were proved there and this is. how it will offer more of the story i'm joined right now by supe

libya joining me is a mark almond visiting professor in international relations of university and ankara. thank you for coming on the program today good to see you so all that secrecy around khadafi is burial and the location of it all the legitimate fears though now that the former leader could in some way become a kind of a monster. who. serve these those of his supporters who went on fighting for him and we will have fewer risks. otherwise why would he be treated where he was and the danger is that. if you will. trip from three to. four he is trying to destroy the fool who says there is a room and still don't just come here people becoming lost to get out of his regime if. the new regime is really to return to the region and things to the way they were before. but actually to be able to produce basic living standards that exists under such i will get a few moments here you know how a democracy can survive when it's basically comprised of all traditional boring tribal factions but before we get if i may one a fascinating question i have had for you here since the fall of the allegation

questions mark almond a visiting professor in international relations at bill kent university in ankara turkey believes the late dictator could have blown the cover off some murky deals if indeed he was still alive to two basic types of secrets the rule the obligations of his in booting terrorism movies the. never knew what he would say were going to the truth of the liver his test and then of course he was restored to two thousand and three and what business deals with the response of the divinest bushes to anybody who's even from those who do you believe. we must ask how was your solution to. his great seasons with. the. dealing with his constant titian's of. group go away and precisely the kinds of this one sort of situation was sufficient to prove the group shrinks it may not be a great relief for these western leaders who is gadhafi and he's disappeared from the sea it could lead to a situation. there and this is. how it will offer more of the story i'm joined live now by so kind of chandan a spokesman for british civilians for peace in libya and a freelance journalist i live in lo

but just several hours ago as i mentioned there were tensions when these supporters of you tomasz ankara try to march through the streets of kiev and the police had to disperse them there was no real strong violence used against the crowd but still pushing and shoving and the atmosphere was very tense it could spark a major violence any moment just as some deputies of the ukrainian parliament had predicted earlier that this day would see some major violence now the reaction to the court ruling which sentence you like so much i'm going to seven years in prison with her property being confiscated and the damages of two hundred million u.s. dollars to be paid was rather calm the crowd here is saying that they must continue their fight for freedom and they will do it with no violent means but they will picket the court because the streets of kiev and other ukrainian cities in order to get the their position their stance heard and the u.s. much like was a verdict revised now. to herself has been saying that this case has been political through went through and she was very nervous inside the

>> she was flown to ankara with her mother. and they're apparently doing well.r's brother, the uncle. the baby's doing well, she's doing well. it all seems to be good for a baby who was born three weeks premature and just survived an earthquake. >> her mother actually handed her to rescue workers while she was still trapped, right? >> exactly. basically they managed to tunnel a route through to the mother and the grandmother. apparently the grandmother was lying on top of the mother because of the way that the rubble collapsed. they had to send in a very thin rescue worker because this tunnel they managed to dig was so thin. and the mother was able to literally hand over the child to this man. and the man said, you know, i have a son already, but the moment when the child was put into my hands, it felt like i had a second child. he was so ecstatic about the whole experience. he was able to bring the child to safety, put it in an ambulance and then go back and inform the mother and the grandmother that the baby was safe and on its way to hospital. and apparently

they were flown to ankara for medical attention.certainly a dire sort of time here, because we're getting into that fourth day, that time when a lot of the health organizations say that it will be very hard for people to survive here. and the focus again is going back to the survivors and how to meet their needs. you've got international aid that is now coming in. and even israel is sending prefabricated homes here as people in this region get ready for snow. savannah? >> all right, michelle franzen on a cold night in ercis, turkey. thank you. >>> back here the political headlines today, mitt romney trying to set the record straight in ohio, but may have opened himself up to new accusations of flip flopping. while holding an event, he said he's 110% behind governor kasich's law to restrict union rights bon day after he said he didn't have a position on it and wouldn't comment on the ballot measure to ratify that law. >>> another indication that michele bachmann's campaign may have hit hard times. the congresswoman did not personally

in ankara, turkish prime minister recip erdogan blamed shoddy construction led to the large number of dead and injured. >> ( translated ): we see that people are paying the price for concrete that virtually turned to sand, or for weakened concrete blocks on the ground floors. municipalities, constructors and supervisors should now see that their negligence amounts to murder. >> sreenivasan: the prime minister also acknowledged problems in sending aid to thousands of people who lost their homes in the quake. the turkish red crescent reported 17 aid trucks were looted before the supplies could be distributed. thousands of people jammed roads leading away from bangkok, thailand today, as rising floodwaters swamped more of the city. elsewhere, vast swaths of countryside remained under water. we have a report from john sparks of "independent television news," who traveled to a town north of bangkok. >> reporter: our journey began in the back of a thai air force chopper filled up with donations with rice and water. we were heading to a place we'd never heard of called ban kudi. the people n