what surprises you as you stand here on antarctica? >> i'm not as cold as i thought i'd be. not as cold. >> reporter: west antarctica is among the fastest warming regions on the globe. the last 45 years measurements show the average temperature here has risen 4.4 degrees, three times the overall rate of global warming. >> i've been coming down here since '78 and in that period of time, a dramatic change has taken place. >> reporter: ice expert norm lasko from the university of wisconsin, milwaukee. >> when we're talking global warming we're talking about average temperatures across the planet which are going up. those, in turn, affect climate, so climate is changing. >> reporter: 90% of the world's freshwater ice is here in antarctica. to givyou an idea how much that is, if it were all to melt at the same time, sea levels would rise the lengths of two football fields. ironically, the word's carbon emissions that scientists say increase global temperatures have melted the ice here, allowing geologists to search and find what may be some of earth's largest petroleum deposits.

that's for sure. >> reporter: the remote and harsh nature of antarctica makes penguin counts inexact. scientists use time lapse cameras to count populations. in some spots the colonies of penguins known as adelie have dropped by a stunning 90%. >> we should not kid ourselves in thinking that will not have consequences. we don't necessarily need to fear change, but it will change the world as we know it. >> reporter: like a canary in the coal mine experts say the penguins are giving us a warning. kerry sanders, nbc news, antarctica. >> when we come back, the list just out for americans tonight on what are called the worst places to retire. >>> that was a backdraft. you know there was a movie of the same name. this was the real thing captured on amateur video at a fire in harrison, new jersey. it went to six alarms. five firefighters were injured. a backdraft is what happens when a sudden burst of incoming air gives an air-starved fire a sudden and dangerous burst of fuel. >>> next month president obama will award the medal of honor posthumously to an army chaplain for his actions in th

and a cool find russian scientists discover new unidentified bacteria in antarctica glacial lake which could allow them to shed large life forms from different planets on top stories. around the world on screen online international news and comment line from the new center here in moscow this is. the people of venezuela will be left for the permanent reminder of their late leader his body it's been announced will be a. public display that's after world leaders pay their respects at a state funeral ceremony from video agency. i'm standing near the military academy where the late president hugo chavez's body is on display at a half open cost and literally hundreds of thousands of people with him and he knew our offer to how it's a stream to pay their last respects shows now the meeting here is obviously very some of it as you can hear also people here celebrate the man who they say not only gave them a voice but also gave them the opportunity to participate in a society which prior to chavez coming to power in one thousand nine hundred nine was one of the most unequal in the world in ter

to calculate how much ice ask in antarctica. it will allow more accurate predictions to be made about the ice sheet in the future, given -- giving an estimate of potential rises in the sea level. our correspondent reports. >> pristine and largely untouched by human activity. it's still unclear how climate change will affect antarctica and if the ice melts, how much of it will cause sea levels to rise. researchers have created a detailed map using a combination of satellite data, radar from airplanes and ground surveys and this is what they found. take the ice away and a hidden landscape of mountain ranges, hills and plains cut by steep gorges. we see deep valleys much deeper than on any other continent. but t the ice back and scientists see there's more of it than previously thought, around 5%. the downside, it's vulnerable to climate change. >> we found that much more of the antarctic ice sheets are resting on a bed that which is below sea level. this means they're potentially more vulnerable to the ocean currents melting them

to calculate how much ice ask in antarctica. it will allow more accurate predictions to be made about the ice sheet in the future, given -- giving an estimate of potential rises in the sea level. our correspondent reports. >> pristine and largely untouched by human activity. it's still unclear how climate change will affect antarctica and if the ice melts, how much of it will cause sea levels to rise. researchers have created a detailed map using a combination of satellite data, radar from airplanes and ground surveys and this is what they found. take the ice away and a hidden landscape of mountain ranges, hills and plains cut by steep gorges. we see deep valleys much deeper than on any other continent. but t the ice back and scientists see there's more of it than previously thought, around 5%. the downside, it's vulnerable to climate change. >> we found that much more of the antarctic ice sheets are resting on a bed that which is below sea level. this means they're potentially more vulnerable to the ocean currents melting them

and a new talk about terril life was discovered in antarctica by russian scientists a breakthrough is made even to help find life on other planets we'll report on that in a few minutes. did any of you seen darth vader is stormtroopers trying to make their way into the ukrainian justice ministry as part of a protest well probably a lot of you saw this fun viral video but how many people remember what exactly they wanted and what their protest demands were all about probably not that many trust me i just did that using wacky protest tactics gets media attention and if you are pushing a cause that media attention is critical but when no one even gets what you want or why you're in that wacky costume it doesn't help there seems to be like almost a protest a culture and language like you see people protesting there so satisfied with themselves in their costumes and silly gimmicks but if your protest is actually aimed at people in power then how is it going to cure cost of goods with the opinion of heartless bureaucrats sitting in some soulless office again media attention is great but if y

and a look back into high life began russian scientists find an identified bacteria in one of antarctica's subglacial lakes which may have been isolated for millions of years. and i welcome you watching r.t. coming she live from moscow now more violence is expected in egypt's port side after a court said the twenty one death sentences handed out over the football riots which killed seventy people last year will stay in place it's also been an i've been jailed for life our correspondent bell tree is in full sight. young port syeed activists wept and held their heads in their hands as the verdict in this contentious. stadium disaster trial was announced people i was sitting with knew some of the twenty one defendants who will be executed the judge said today they were shouting at the t.v. screens what about the police five people have been given life some police officers also will face jail sentences including the head of security the former head of security here imports i assume some like he's been given fifteen years however the feeling here is that poor syeed is definitely being targeted

there's exploring antarctica have to brave some of the most severe and inhospitable conditions on earth r.t. son thomas told me what it's like having reported. in the icy continent. if you go back to the original research they were working on climate change in fact they were going back through layers of the glacier and trying to get core samples to find out what was happening in the earth way back millions of years ago and kind of isolate different temperature changes in the earth for global warming and what have you but then they discovered that the ice itself changed in it was not glacier ice anymore that they were coming in front of but actually smooth lake ice which means hey there's water there's a lake down there and then they said wait if there's water then possibly there's a chance for life that has not seen the light of day in millions and millions of years which is what drove them to go forward with this i mean it when you think about scientists say you always think like a man in a white suit and that bell in a tree or something like that but i mean you know in the harsh condi

to walk and to how life began russian scientists find identified bacteria and while of antarctica is subglacial lakes which may have been isolated for millions of years. it is not i am in the russian capital you're watching r t with me marina joshie well let me first bring you some news we're getting from afghanistan of this points where a powerful explosion has occurred near the country's to fans ministry in the capital kabul it happened as a new u.s. defense secretary chuck hagel is visiting the country he was not of the vicinity of the explosion will bring you more details from the get a stand as we're getting and to other news here on araa to hugo chavez's delegate a successor nicolas maduro has taken the reins of power in venezuela until a presidential election is held next month thousands gathered for chavis a state funeral at a military academy in caracas this is a felon from marty's video agency ruptly was also there. its body will remain in state for an extended seven days because of the shit amount of people people from the barrios the poorest neighborhoods in the cities th

now look into how life began russian scientists find identifiable tyria and one of antarctica's subglacial lakes which may have been isolated for millions of years. this is r.t. coming to live from the russian capital with me marina josh. of the chavez's delegate a successor duro has taken the reins of power in venezuela until a presidential election is held next month thousands gathered for chavez a state funeral at the military academy in caracas failon from artie's video agency ruptly was also there. its body will remain in state for an extended seven days because of the shit amount of people people from the barrios the poorest neighborhoods in the cities the countryside and across the country who want to see him for the very last time today is the first official day for the ceremony of the funeral of chavez when fifty five heads of state from around the world are attending this ceremony to honor the cuban leader raul castro showed up last night the brazilian neither do my research is here by the former brazilian president to lead to so but as a russian delegation and also the iranian p

antarctica to be exact.e going to retrace the harrowing steps of two famous explorers with members of their family. >>> if you have fitness questions, we have answers. what to eat before a workout, how to keep from bulking up. we asked you to accepted your questions in this week. >> you say "we." you mean jenna. >> collective here. >> we ask you questions too. we begin this half hour with a 1980s tv favorite. if you mention dukes of hazard chances are someone will probably follow up with the general lee or daisy duke. the cast came together for a rare reunion. it is still pretty cool to be country. >> remember this song? almost 30 years after the final episode of the dukes of hazard, people are still singing that tune. >> just a good old boy. >> some better than others. >> in trouble with the law since the day they were born. >> hey, y'all. >> when the cast reunited in peach county, georgia, fans flocked by the thousands. >> do you still have men following all over you saying are you daisy duke? >> are you d

and isolated body of water which sits beneath almost full kilometers of ice and is the largest of antarctica as nearly four hundred known subglacial lakes it's named after russia's only station on the frozen continent in february two thousand and twelve russian researchers became the first in the world to reach the lake after more than two decades of drilling through ice they finally managed to read up forty liters of water that had remained untouched for more than twenty million years to avoid contaminating the lake special technology was developed in st petersburg which meant the trail automatically we drew as soon as it struck water the discovery of russian scientists could provide an incredible insight into our planet's past. now take a look at some other stories from around the world and taliban suicide bomber has struck near the afghan of fans ministry building in kabul killing at least nine people police say the attacker was riding a bicycle and detonated his device near the main entrance of the building another suicide blast eight children and a police officer were killed at a checkp

our planet's most harsh environment at least that's what russian scientists believe they found in antarctica after digging deep into the subway szell lake vostok. now look into what they've discovered. more than three and health billion years after life first appeared on earth and the trees still spring in surprises on those who have spent their lives studying it on thursday russian researchers say they've discovered d.n.a. traces of previously unknown bacteria in the waters of the subglacial lake vostok the bacteria they think they found does not belong to any existent class it's one of the only living things on earth that's managed to survive in such harsh conditions last temperatures no light enormous pressure and a high concentration of oxygen with little nutrients talk is a unique and isolated body of water which sits beneath almost four kilometers of ice and is the largest of on top because nearly four hundred known subglacial lakes it's named after russia's only station on the frozen continent in february two thousand and twelve russian researchers became the first in the world to rea

some estimates it can laypeople including antarctica, demonstrated against the war. americans reacted by saying the most hated us. they hate us because burkett. in fact it turns out that's not a helpful way of for behavior and the concept of anti-americanism so often it is a wall between ourselves and a better understanding of the complexity of the world that i decided to look into its history >> host: what is significant about 1899? >> guest: and nike are were number of critical books printed about the rise of u.s. industrial power and how post a challenge to european trade and in european countries with the debate over how to ensure the rising challenge of the new world power would take over the markets european slope are essential. that's a dispute about material concerns, but americans read it as the world is coming to hate us and they hate us because were so successful because we are about the country, because we're free and stand for the good, which sounds rather curious enough than a predominately americans have in case you encounter hostility or lack of coope

they didn't play in antarctica. come on! >> here's the thing. the mets won.ll that suffering we went through led us up to 2004 when we kicked the yankees' ass. >> jon: the detail in which you remember that is the same as the detail in which i remember these things. my wife, whom i love and i've been with almost 20 years, there is nothing in our world that i have that level of detail remembrance of. like she'd be like remember our wedding? i'd be like, oh, yeah, there was a cake. when you're talking about baseball. he was wearing a very light sweater. the level of detail that you remember these sports moments is incredible. let's talk about the cop shows. so the boston guys, the boston cops must have been a little reluctant to get involved with this. yes? >> i think any cop worth their salt don't want to just get involved in a reality show right away. i think for me, you know, i know playing a cop i play one on tv. i don't want to make light of that. i've worked with cops and probably played 800 jobs in my acting career. i've had 801 jobs and 800 were cops. th

they are trained for one of the toughest challenges of their lives -- a race across antarctica. >> one minute, you think you are going good, and the next, a blast comes in and blows you over. it is intense. >> three teams of servicemen and women will be competing from the u.s. and the commonwealth. everyone here has suffered life- changing injuries in combat. they've been shot, blown up, burned, and traumatized. the charity behind this is walking with the wounded. unable to walk after my own gunshot injuries nine years ago, i went to see them training. >> [inaudible] >> many of the wounded are amputees. this u.s. soldier is totally blind. for him and many others, this is their first time ever on skis. >> [inaudible] also people who have never skied before. [inaudible] >> in these conditions, it helps them to remember why they are doing this. >> [inaudible] >> iceland is a tough environment, but the an uptick will be tougher still. the finalists can expect conditions that make this feel like a walk in the park. determination in deed by those who have served. that brings today's broadcas

they are trained for one of the toughest challenges of their lives -- a race across antarctica. >> one minute, you think you are going good, and the next, a blast comes in and blows you over. it is intense. >> three teams of servicemen and women will be competing from the u.s. and the commonwealth. everyone here has suffered life- changing injuries in combat. they've been shot, blown up, burned, and traumatized. the charity behind this is walking with the wounded. unable to walk after my own gunshot injuries nine years ago, i went to see them training. >> [inaudible] >> many of the wounded are amputees. this u.s. soldier is totally blind. for him and many others, this is their first time ever on skis. >> [inaudible] also people who have never skied before. [inaudible] >> in these conditions, it helps them to remember why they are doing this. >> [inaudible] >> iceland is a tough environment, but the an uptick will be tougher still. the finalists can expect conditions that make this feel like a walk in the park. determination in deed by those who have served. that brings today's broadcas

will antarctica survive as we know it? >>> good evening. that within days a new pope, a new leader of the catholic church, could emerge on a vatican balcony above st. peter's square. and now that we finally know the voting to choose a new pope will start here on tuesday, there has been a flurry of activity this weekend to ready the sistine chapel for the historic conclave. that includes things like making sure we will all be able to clearly see the smoke that will tell us a new pope has been chosen. it's not like vatican workers get a lot of practice at this. there have only been four papal conclaves held in the last 50 years. today our cameras got a look inside the famous chapel, in a way tourists never see it, as the mechanics of an ancient ritual, with profound implications, are put into place. anne thompson's here to tell us more about it. anne. >> good evening, lester. for these cardinal electors this is the most important decision of their lives. the church is shrinking here in europe but it's growing

medals given by the department of defense for service between fifteen and thirty consecutive days in antarctica although the cold down there is potentially deadly no penguins are going to storm the base with kalashnikovs the homeland security distinguished service medal has also never been issued to anyone on the battlefield because thankfully for america there haven't been any invading armies in the homeland so is there precedent for a medal like cyber warfare battles i mean yes just there is but when you think about it giving someone a medal for using a mouse to blow up blips on a monitor really seems to devalue the medals of the guys who are brave enough to storm the beaches on d.-day or slog through disease and sneak field swaps in vietnam so maybe for the sake of the prestige of the of their medals let's just let the cybersecurity one go but that's just my opinion. more news today. again flared up. these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. operations today please. play. live. please please please . welcome back you're watching r.t. live from moscow this wee

medals given by the department of defense for service between fifteen and thirty consecutive days in antarctica although the cold down there is potentially deadly no penguins are going to storm the base with kalashnikovs the homeland security distinguished service medal has also never been issued to anyone on a battlefield because thankfully for america there haven't been any invading armies in the homeland so is there precedent for a medal like cyber warfare medals i mean yes just there is but when you think about it giving someone a medal for using a mouse to blow up blips on a monitor really seems.

the threats in my opinion russian scientists have found a new type of life in the water of antarctica subglacial lake vostok researchers found the bacteria while studying ice samples retreat from a death of almost four kilometers late last year the project at one of their most remote places on the planet it took years of planning the unique ecosystem is thought to have been secluded from the surface for millions of years. through the great survivor of italian politics finding himself convicted and sentenced to a year behind bars find out whether there's any chance silvio berlusconi actually will be sent to prison and why he was on trial in the first place that's on our website r t v dot com also online now a group of international reporters plus an r t camera man caught in a tear gas attack by as. forces while covering a peaceful west bank protest but on our website for details. finally in the news block a traditional british pint could soon become a luxury in the last five years a tax on every beer port has gone up so much many restaurants and pubs are going out of business by the th

russian scientists who discover a new unidentified a bike teria in antarctica subglacial lake vostok which could allow them to shed light on life forms are from different planets. it was an r.t.a. it's good to have your company with us this evening. fierce clashes into their sixth day in the egyptian city. a group of men charged for multiple deaths in a massacre at a football match last year protestors have hurled a stones and petrol bombs at police are demanding the release of the detainees the army has been called in but has so far been unable to put an end to the violence in which seven people have been killed artie's correspondent beltran lines of the latest for us. the clashes continued through the night here in front of the security headquarters in the rest of city of pro-science we had reports that a thirty three year old protester died from his injuries after receiving a gunshot wound to his head yesterday as the violence escalated between anti-government protesters and security forces this comes ahead of a very contentious verdict in the poor saeed football stadium massacre