the radio. >> bergman: by the next morning, adolph archie was dead. coroner minyard's office performed an autopsy, which found that adolph archie had a fractured skull, a broken rib, blood in his lungs, lacerated lips, and other injuries consistent with what happens when someone is violently beaten to death. but initially, coroner minyard left the classification of the death blank, and then said publicly that archie had died when he fell over backwards by accident. >> ...archie to go into a coma and die. >> bergman: there's been a long history where you've been accused of being biased on the side of law enforcement. >> correct, yes. >> bergman: to the point that you had a friend, who was an officer involved in one of the more famous incidents... >> yes. >> bergman: adolph archie. >> adolph archie. >> bergman: you wound up getting the police an undetermined cause of death when he was in the custody of the police department. >> right. what's wrong with that? >> bergman: in a very violent... >> yeah, but what's wrong with that if it's the truth? >> bergm

you know with archie still to come on the program the electric trash cycle. was at the apple store yesterday there was almost a riot that broke out over the night. what do you think of that i think it's ridiculous that. america's obsession with the latest god it sends a wave of tired out technology to countries like india r t r six people in new york if they think twice before ditching their digital garbage. the infamous koran burning pastor has been briefly jailed in the us softer accord looks his plans for announce his protest outside a mosque the courts ruled that the rally which was to take place in a city described as america's muslim capital could cause finance archies kristen fossil has been looking at how free speech can threaten public safety. they came to show that the planned protest was not causing a rift in their community even formed a human chain in a show of solidarity christians jews and muslims were not afraid. but we work together as a team as if it is one family they came to send pastor terry jones a message whatever has him tormented i'm

it's five pm in moscow this is archie coming to you live you're watching the weekly with me and he said now my first stop progress through forces in libya are attempting to recapture the country's third largest city in his truck in misrata it's the last rebel stronghold left in the west and has been under attack for weeks now correspondent paul is clear is in the capital tripoli with more. well worth of bloodshed is increasingly being used to describe the situation in the last rebel

archie silk is something of a smoker's rights champion. living in a city where a pack of cigarettes cost thirteen bucks and the freedom to park where you please grows ever more limited. down in our basement this retired new york city police officer nurtures a garden of rebellion this garden is about reacting and to find their time to

mikhail store sure has gone on trial in finland accused of illegally smuggling chechens in of a country archies and nice and now he has been following the case. he may not look like a supporter of terrorism but torture founded and runs this website center a propaganda mouthpiece for one of the world's most wanted terrorist and declared

for democracy in egypt there are fears the vote could bring about another unwanted regime archy's there and that explains. the more things change the more they stay the same certainly that's how it seems in egypt where the army is clearing qarase tahrir square of demonstrators to show everything's back to. and they're not wrong after months of up evil it's very much the same people in charge as before this is a concern that they may have already the dictator they haven't been to the dictatorship or deep concerns as to whether the reforms have gone far enough whether the restrictions on the role the military is still too great for true freedom to emerge in egypt and that is the debate this can only polarizing society but without the army a power vacuum and poised to step into that vacuum the muslim brotherhood links to al-qaeda the brotherhood is understood to be multiplying and organizing from the mosques according to their spokesperson they expect to win seventy five percent of the electoral seats they contest in september's election sun expect something more

coming up your own archie a russian road rage. down this road alone with all three m. to gas stations nope that's true now lines find out why people in the world's

broadcasting live from our studios in central moscow this is archie certainly glad to have you with us let's take a look at our top stories. fuel prices in recession hit europe already at record levels are ballooning even further thanks to turmoil across the energy rich middle east it's made the scramble for cheaper alternatives even more desperate e.u. states are pouring billions in to their own natural gas pipeline aiming to bypass russia and reduce their dependence on one of the world's top energy exporters but as our g.'s then your bushel reports europe is likely to pay a high price for that too. for friends truck company the road ahead looks bleak soaring oil prices mean filling up costs cool fifteen hundred euros if you're not watching it closely than then you go bankrupt chaos in libya and the oil rich middle east has hit a you supplies and shot up prices but they could be an alternative you see that if north and south stream were already built supply risks and energy prices would be lower. the e.u. is refusing to back new russian projects to supply energy it's continuing to ins

as a mate of downsized to america's last for the latest techno got it at archie dot com reporting on home developing countries are paying the price or horse honest to the streets of new york to find out of people care about their cost offs. american spirit is about three million tons of electronic waste every year and countries like india and up as a dumping ground so how many gadgets have you got this year this week let's talk about that is the word gadget that you're lusting after right now as a g.p.s. that you are desperately yes you have no way to track where you're going without it basically you know maps. were just not as good but an i phone ended she already have a phone course what was wrong with that but she needed my phone was on my phone i was at the store yesterday and it was almost a riot. what do you think of that is ridiculous actually why do you think americans are so all about their get. tonight short attention spans. of money taken out of you guys. i forgot what are you talking about everybody is inside way like you see these people right here when i drive because.

archie. if. he could. be patient.

countries to consider following suit but as archie's daniel bushell reports it could all backfire and stir interracial tangents even further. in just become a criminal from today a new french law bans covering your face in public is designed to make muslim women integrate in society but the softly spoken single mom says it's had the opposite effect. my friends have simply stopped going out on a new rulings made some skid to speak out. not to change the way they dress and move on the mind is what the french republic stands for says business men he pledges to pay the hundred and fifty euro fine for anyone who continues to wear a veil and is taking the dispute further that we are seeing france in the european court of human rights it's about freedom of expression. was fired as nicolas sarkozy's integration advisor last month of the criticizing the president's approach that he now calls on french muslims. are similar to the one forced on jews by the nazis big. these governments should learn how to negotiate opinion polls show record low approval ratings for the french government with accu

archie new york. we have more complaints of official heavy handedness still ahead this hour this time in london where police are waiting for making partner a virtual arrest to keep protesters out of sight in the war over oil wedding day. plus paying for a day or so of paying for sex a new web site sparks controversy in the u.s. over whether. people are looking for a load before last. oh before we get to that leaving your homeland in search of a better job is a basic human and vision and with a big demand for foreign labor israel may seem like the perfect option for thousands of chinese but some criminal israeli employment agencies are offering the world for a fee delivering only a life of hardship costlier takes a look. in china understood lee was a big shot he owned a textile business had gotten thousands of dollars a year but he gave it up on the advice of a friend and forked out a small fortune to travel to israel hoping that the promised land would full his pocket it was not worth it for me becaus

it through the virtue of what archie means there was investigative journalist poll says president bush goes regime was the target of the attack. it's quite hard to judge at this point. forward three notions that disaffected people or young extremists or someone with mental illness my suspicion is that it's aimed at president because it's only one hundred meters from these ministration offices and of course he's a very controversial figure he has ruled the roost for now for the nineteen years he's brought. many of the elections the last elections in december were contested and i think what we've seen is a rising discontent with these also wrote a regime and while belarus reels from the deadly attack extremist views find a safe haven and unexpected place. finish authorities ignore the promotion of terrorism under their nose of with the country's capital harboring a website which openly supports attacks on russia. italy says it's going to accept tens of thousands of new refugees from unstable arab countries straining up border control laws and the. pro-government forces in it libya have d

archie new york. still ahead for you why israel's desperation for workers is leaving labor is only for themselves tentative prospects and to end up living in fear. when the rich are being rich that's why they're here do you blame yourself for that you write my book. york but their thoughts on why the wealthy are better than one bunny level else struggles and all. army life can be tough for russian conscripts there's an added danger systematic bullying and abuse from within their own ranks but he's discovered how valid humiliation becomes tragically too much for some to behead this report contains footage of graphic. it's a disturbing site one that's on the rise in the russian army. it's called hazing ability or it's all too familiar with its consequences you can hear in the ads in the reports about forgeries covering physically and mentally are coming in every day. she runs the committee of soldiers mothers an organization partly funded by the government on a day to day basis her job is to protect sol

and so joining us this is live sports if they can archie the headlines for russian football i'm terry gross nay on their first points of the season to climb off the bottom of the premier league standings. consonantal quest of you can include finals in the champions league get on the way late and snipe with matches in the lawn and madrid. and we go way down south to judge a stock where the only known chinese king of shows where he learned his world big to trade. for the first word terror sits on closed out the third weekend of the russian premier league on monday evening the grozny side getting off the mark with a two no wind in that one going into this and we go back in with losses across the board to eric and so on very good to jump start to come things change and it was the home team who made the movie earlier only resulting in the penalty being awarded to sound the maurice you know the man and it's the spot the one male. and it became to nothing after twenty one minutes audrey good to see we heading home with it so i'm going to see terry finally out of the drop zone on removing the

president barack obama dr west tells archie why his opinion has drastically changed dr west thank you very much for taking the time to speak with r.t. with us today hey dr west you are one of twelve hundred speakers from around the world who have come here to new york to take part in the last four and this year's theme it's called towards the politics of solidarity why do you think that like this is so important one of the i just want to pay tribute to the visionary figures behind the form of play such important role is stating it we are now experiencing a we're at a cold democratic awakening in the american empire in the united states deeply affected by what's going on in northern africa the people affected by what's going on in the middle east and more and more now shaped by what is happening in madison wisconsin and columbus ohio and other capitals so that i think we've had so much sleep walking in the united states where of course. wall street overgaard and corporate elites have been not just dominating but in many ways losing the use and dollars from the public funds. based on th

now archie goes east of lake by calm for the longest russian railway line runs. through the sunday desert lies among siberian mountains of where people follow the same routes as hundreds of years ago. welcome to the trancelike. russia close up on a party. line . would be soon which brightened if you knew about someone from files to question some. news from stunts on t.v. don't succumb. to. the. egypt sets out along the path to democracy gearing up for elections in september but there are warnings islamic radicals thinks he can stop the muslim brotherhood could take roots in the existing power vacuum. and they're off the explosion of the deepwater horizon rig spilled billions of gallons of oil from gulf of mexico b.p. has filed two lawsuits for damages those whose health has been wrecked but it's off to have some struggling to get the help they desperately need. and russian police keep a constant. vigil to prevent terror attacks the bullets are north caucasus more than ninety minutes since killed in recent months the country's ninety terror committee says the regi

fun archie. if lines. would be soon which bryson. song from funds to christians. who threw stones on t.v. don't come. wealthy british style signs. on. the. market 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 cause a report. in the united kingdom is available in ft hood the house bill and the forty one votes on the old waverly hotel a canal such as the mill stone hotel some country house holiday inn the pool. halls the rim brant the crimson ditches to feel the montague the town the old phone the rubens hotel. story small teacher not just crawling number of senior libyan officials who reportedly flaying the country to raise. resumed attacks on a rebel held city meanwhile seven more civilians are said to have been killed in coalition air strikes. a prison term for investing in georgia and israeli prisons would get seven years in jail for bribery but his lawyers claim he was in trouble for the country to follow these which to run the million dollar. japan's au

archie silk is something of a smoker's rights champion. living in a city where a pack of cigarettes cost thirteen bucks and the freedom to park where you please grows ever more limited. down in our basement this retired new york city police officer nurtures a garden of rebellion this garden is about reacting and to find their time to control my behavior hundreds of home grown tobacco leaves hang to dry before soaked shreds and smokes her nicotine we're talking about products here so back it was legal if they don't want people to smoke they should go to congress and lobby to have it from allies the big apple's new smoking ban comes a bit close very soon it will be illegal to light up in new york city's parks beaches and pedestrian plazas like this one in times square violators caught blowing smoke can be slapped with a fifty dollars far right. if that's so dangerous why do so they probably make the law because they want to their morning america. as we socialist about to become can smoke in public officials say the ban aims to limit harmful

on archy's. twenty years ago in the largest country in. the survey says. if. bush had been a tremendous. street janitor. where did it take them. to a failed state visit is not a production but a warm up. before it should step what are you sure this a pretty picture it speaks of they have no idea about the hardships the you face. they wanted to says it all took two minutes to. bring in the army the life of a usaf is the most precious thing in the world. uses of self-sacrifice and heroism with those who understand it fully but you have to live a. real life stories from world war two because. the truth nine hundred forty five dollars on t.v. dot com. disarming saddam hussein. charge of iraqi citizens. this event brings further assurance that the torture chambers and the secret police are gone forever. flies again over embassy in kabul. chance too much occupied afghanistan. now occupy sales at guantanamo bay. met. that is appropriate today in accordance as much as we can if the geneva convention if a slap some a slap if you can shoot them enough so that it shocks

we're going on a trip to the ghost town i'll have to stay with archie for the latest coverage on the twenty fifth anniversary of the true noble nuclear disaster. this side project it's. crazy five years ago the entire paper eight thousand population over ukrainian town of creepy i was in my way to within three hours. but now it was to be recently some people started receiving post notices telling them to pick up letters at this post office. the stories of the world long gone. after. reading the diaries of the ghost town. watching r.t. live from moscow to other stories now italy has approved the use of its fighter jets and needles air strikes in libya despite its earlier refusal to join the partings and their air strike among the badly damaged colonel gadhafi compound in the capital tripoli libyan government forces continue their siege of the rebel held city of misrata were at least twelve opposition fighters have been killed in shelling it's over and months since the allied intervention in libya began but there is speculation that some nato countries supplied rebels with arms before

now archie goes east of lake baikal with the longest russian railway line runs. through the sunday desert lies among siberian mountains to cover people full of the same roots as hundreds of years ago. welcome to the transplant. was a close up counterpart to. download the official t.f. location q i phone the i pod touch from the i choose apps to. chauncey life.

the nuclear power plant over there now you can see dead towns like pretty like the village of cup archie which was buried. the sound because it was too radioactive to be kept and be on the soil now of course these things are very depressing and this is a completely unique place in that sense it's rated number three world's most extreme holiday destination indeed so in my trips to the zone i've seen lots of things you will not be able to describe them all in two or three minutes report it's worth hours and hours of talking but indeed this place its main purpose as i see it is to remind the world. of how costly a man's mistake can be. just take a little while to tell us more about some of the people that you've met i mean you have must heard some incredible stories of these people that stayed behind despite the a burst of facts of living in their hometown tell us tell us what you've heard from them. well generally the exclusion zone is not suitable for living it is cordoned off by a fence and you can only get here with the permission most of the people i mean the vast majority of them were

very warm welcome twenty four hour news coming to you live upon the russian capital you are with archie it is three am in moscow and all top stories that saw thousands of people have welcomed easter sunday at russia's main cathedral last questions world wide celebrate their most only fast of all this year it falls on the same day so both also took some western worship was our first witness the mass at the christ the savior cathedral in moscow. easter is a major holiday here in russia marked with this if the service that takes place here of course the savior cathedral in this year over five thousand people attending including both president medvedev and prime minister and also families inside bringing their children it really is a family event a religious event that's marked by thousands and thousands of people every year floods to look at the jewel and celebrate not only inside but also lined the streets as well with candles just to take part in the ceremony. to celebrate easter it's a russian christian holiday which has always been celebrated russian. business trip we just couldn't hel

archie new york.'m looking further down the road pizza vesna home pentacle explains what will happen to measuring markets in the u.s. that situation worse. the general trend before this was that people were moving back into emerging market we're going to be moving into the lot more to the last couple of months they were not moving back into emerging markets russia had been the biggest performer in seems to be the people rotating within russia out of energy into other sectors and also there seems to be some indications that. we've got a school it's only through other other markets should the story develop and the cheering in the u.s. all bets are off the table if you could murder markets is an asset class will become my chair away from that again but i also do believe you will see a future support for development because it will be other assets currencies forms that would be at the forefront and again if this consideration of ten years. let's have a look at this stock market reaction on the news from a

now archie goes east of lake baikal with the longest russian railway line runs. for the sunday desert lies in the siberian mansions looking for people full of the same roots as hundreds of years ago. welcome to the trance like come it. was a close up come party.

minister that all sides act in accordance with the un mandate it's a hope for a peaceful solution archies either but it has the story. in terms of what concrete support russia can actually provide in reaching a peaceful resolution to this conflict so again lever of russia's foreign minister has offered to said observers to help monitor a ceasefire deal between the rebel forces and get back these troops in telephone conversation he had with libya's prime minister al baghdadi out. at the behest of the libyan government following his announcement and i was ready to reach a ceasefire agreement with the rebels this is a position that russia has advocated continuously during this conflict which the peaceful resolution to is taking it into the political realm as a something this again lavrov champion of the russian nato summit earlier this month in but for this to happen he said that all sides in this conflict including the coalition forces must support of the un security council's resolutions regarding libya so that arms in particular on the no fly zone today russia is offering concrete support

is not born in the family leaving that future for females in the country unknown preassure either archie cora india. i still have for you this hour we ask if americans are bothered by the growing pile of computer junk the result of an essential appetite for a new device as it pollutes other countries. it's invisible it's you know you should be doing is somebody else's problem like a civil war in africa if you really have bought an i phone and if she already had a phone course what was wrong with that but she needed my phone was an i phone. and . the brother here in moscow to showcase this school. and the court has ruled the infamous koran burning pastor terry jones cannot hold on to the islamic rally in the city described as america's muslim capital just as the court delivered its decision in dearborn ruling that the proposed rally could incite violence while the outraged local community held its own protest archy's christine for want to see how freedom of speech is being brought into doubt their. they came to show that the planned protest was not causing a rift in their community even f

themselves their lives alone belong to prevent the tragedy from spreading even further archie spoke to one of them. he's a winner save my order i didn't have a full understanding of what was happening there with very scarce information other times i was on a business trip in budapest and i was told to leave it within the next twenty four hours a feature moscona right at the ministry where the chief department head told me to take a special flight in two hours you figure out what happens once you get there so i went to the airport immediately there i met my friends and colleagues design engineers who had taken the same flight to deliver project documents and we went together. we can watch that full interview firsthand accounts of one of the members of the emergency crew who worked in the aftermath of the true noble disaster shortly here on our cheek. and we continue our coverage extensively of the three noble tragedy anniversary throughout the day we'll be taking a trip to the ghost town of crete that stay with us from. this time silent for decades. twenty five years ago the entire fift

now archie goes east of lake baikal where the longest russian railway line runs. for the sunday desert lies among siberian mountains that's where people follow the same routes as hundreds of years ago. welcome to the translight colony. russia close of the parties. come into the. russian republic blends historic diversity with the economic diversification oil drilling industry pushes for tomorrow's petrochemical products traditionally the issues the focus is on the new high living rooms and the government bureaucrat a concept by going online sometimes done at the heart of russian innovation on technology update we've got the future coverage. if. the cave.

the diaries of the ghost of archie. who was allowed to live from moscow to other stories now italy has approved the use of its fighter jets and mayor's air strikes in libya despite its earlier refusal to join the bombings and they were airstrike on monday badly damaged colonel gadhafi is compound in the capital tripoli and again government forces continue their siege of the rebel held city of misrata worth at least. him people have been killed in shelling and so for months since the allied intervention in libya began but there's speculation that some nato countries supplied rebels with arms before the uprising are going to put that suggestion to alice from russia's institute of world economy and international relations. so where do we being rebels get their arms from to help us answer that question we're joined today by even a military analyst from the russian academy of sciences thank you for joining us today let's look at the picture we're looking at the arms obviously everyone fighter pointing at the plane i think we

in revenge for allied airstrikes archies daniel reports. e.u. countries have taken a leading role in enforcing the un resolution but their efforts all the way over in libya now threaten to bring conflict right to their very own back doors analysts claim colonel gadhafi now has little other weapons left in his armory than overseas terror he's faced repeated accusations that he ordered look at the bombing that killed two hundred seventy mostly westerners experts say some countries are particularly in the firing line tree leading countries of the offensive and that means france u.k. . and united states of course the only option yes really is to use terrorism so i think. it's a clear cut in prison today in the coming days maybe in the coming weeks but e.u. backing for anti kadafi rebels could backfire further rebel leaders including the libyan islamic fighting group and associates of al qaida and the casualties mounting every day from allied bombing make fertile recruiting ground and western forces that are. looking now. at that. chaos and. i am sur

place when archie. if the russians would be soon which brightened if you knew about sun from feinstein christians. who threw stones on t.v. don't come. the headlines here on r.t. a finnish priest is charged with inciting a racial hatred after an interview with us here at r.t. he's a being a persecuted for calling the man behind deadly bombings in russia a terrorist and criticizing internet round piece. a nato airstrike has reportedly killed thirteen rebels in libya as comes as the u.k. is accused of destroying a major khadafi control the oil fields starting fresh doubts over the coalition's true motives in the country. and for the e.u. to drag it out of a financial black hole it's threatening to arouse waves of anger among european taxpayers who once again will have to foot another bailout bill. also russia provides poland with a newly declassified and the nine hundred forty massacre of polish officers nicad in a fresh effort to dispel tension over the incident. for the sports with natasha. thank you ar

dubbed the brics met in china this week to talk business and push forward their vision for the future archies it in english grow reports from the center of the economic and geo political shift. brazil russia china india and this here is the new kid on the block south africa have gathered on the island of high ninety forming a united front against the old world financial establishment. a world strongly needs a reform of global financial architecture the new multi-polar and dynamic development and new senses of economic and political influence though political issues were present in the discussion economy of the day after all the organization is well placed to call the shots in the financial world arena let the numbers do the talking the five countries accounted for eighteen percent of the world's economy in two thousand and ten they comprise almost half of the world's population so after the form it became apparent brakes is a force to be reckoned with it's out with the dollar and with something else one of the main messages relayed during the summit and strongly supported by some of the world

the nuclear emergencies is raising anxiety over the safety of the industry itself on our web site archie dot com we're asking you what will happen to atomic energy in the near future let's take a look at what some of you have already answered almost forty percent think that there is a danger of more serious disasters happening but others are more optimistic a quarter think atomic energy will expand and be good for humanity the third to put their hopes on green and renewable energy six percent think that nuclear energy is days are numbered and that people's fears will see it phased out let's focus a little bit on those who witnessed the chernobyl disaster as it unfolded of course the cleanup crew the people who fought the fires and dealt with the rubble put themselves their lives on the line to prevent the tragedy from spreading even further archie spoke to one of them. when our seed my old i didn't have a full understanding of what was happening there with very scarce information by the time i was on a business you're going to be passed and i was told to leave it within the next twenty f

a warm welcome to the week we here in archie our many sonali with the latest in a look back at the week's top stories we begin in libya where programs are few forces in the country are attempting to recapture the west the third largest city in a strong and the last rebel stronghold left in the west and has been under attack for weeks now are one of polls here in the capital tripoli with more. but word of bloodshed is increasingly been used to describe the situation in the last rebel held city in the west of this country the city of misrata now according to doctors on the scene they say that one person was killed and several people were wounded in the early hours of sunday morning when the government forces renewed shelling on a building in the city and we understand from the doctors that and turn a few days ago there were number of civilians being housed inside that building they have been injured in recent clashes between pro and anti gadhafi forces but fortunately there have been evacuated before the shelling began we are also hearing from doctors that in the last week alone one hundred

archie goes east of lake baikal with the longest russian railway line runs. through the sunday desert lies of a siberian mansions of her people full of the same roots as hundreds of years ago. welcome to the trance like it. was a close up of parts of. top international rally drivers have gathered in moscow for a taste of some rip roaring competition. well the capitol is hosting its first rally master show the motor sports events which has already gained popularity across the world and among the participants a british star to perform stunts one of the james bond movies peter all of us among those feeling the need for speed. kagan's the three time british champion british champion is here a most go to strut his stuff he is of course the mom behind the driving in james bond quantum of solace so he's been whizzing around this track behind me like a thunderbolt with a view to a mark in the rest of the company's own just here to allow me to make terrible james bond funds to showcase the way is all of the rally must is now this is the first time events being held he

now archie goes east of lake baikal with the longest russian railway line runs. for the sunday desert lies m m siberian mountains. for people full of the same routes as hundreds of years ago. welcome to the translight. russian flows of the party.

a warm welcome to you live from our headquarters in central moscow for watching archie with me and he's now in our top story this hour the u.k. has reportedly been holding talks with a senior aide to the libyan regime who's believed to be seeking an exit strategy for colonel gadhafi this comes as more top ranking libyan officials have now reportedly fled the country following the tracks of foreign minister mustafa koussa libyan opposition has presented conditions for a cease fire but as are all so they are now reports from tripoli the government doesn't seem ready to back off. we know at this moment of at least two high profile defections the country's foreign minister mr minister mussa koussa is currently in london where he is meeting with british officials despite the fact that they say they will not grant him immunity and then mr abdul salam tricky he's also a former foreign minister of libya he was also an ambassador to the united nations where he served a term as president of the general assembly has also announced his departure now there can be no doubt that this is a psychologica

of space people across the globe are marking the anniversary of yuri gagarin's pioneering flight archy's tests are a solar a force from the cosmic drone that propelled the first man into orbit. i'm here in baikonur where many significant events in space history had taken place not least of which was the first successful manned space flight well it all began here because on this day fifty years ago cosmonaut yuri gagarin boarded his vostok one capsule and blasted off into space well that launch pad where he had taken off from is now called a good god and start is the very same launch pad used by vs so used to you may twenty one crew when they left for space on april five going to be a international space station they were of course in a spacecraft that had the image of eureka guided to mark this anniversary well since then a lot of there's a long list of achievements in terms of space exploration what different countries have died in that field but we have been speaking to the astronauts and for them one of the biggest progress they've seen really is the it cooperation among countries the

fired from our studios in central moscow you're watching archie with me and he said not way thanks for being with us it's true pm here in the russian capital eleven am in london first this hour the u.k. has reportedly been hosting a senior aide to the libyan regime is believed to be seeking an exit strategy for the leader moammar gadhafi some media sources suggest that more top ranking libyan officials have now fled the country following in the tracks of acts foreign minister moussa koussa archies polis lawyer is in tripoli. we know at this moment of at least two high profile defections the country's foreign minister mr mr russo koussa is currently in london where he is meeting with british officials despite the fact that they say they will not grant him immunity and then mr ali abdul salam tricky he's also a former foreign minister of libya he was also an ambassador to the united nations where he served a term as president of the general assembly has also announced his departure now there can be no doubt that this is a psychological blow to the gadhafi regime certainly what we're hear

you viewers may recall we've also covered a fracking issue here on our show numerous times in fact archie reported on a pennsylvania family who can't drink their water after a natural gas company began drilling on their land. it got so bad that uli and his cousin lives down the street just let me just find out what would happen if they let their water and fire. a lot of flames would kill a gal. like what's here with a clean slate i like that high. so senator inhofe he is still think of fracking as a cause of the water contamination ask that pennsylvania family who can now light their drinking water on fire and if you still aren't convinced senator there's a new study from cornell university is going to be published this may and it says the fracking could be worse for the environment than coal mining and didn't president obama just a few weeks ago call for more drilling of natural gas here in the u.s. maybe a few years everyone will be able to like their drinking water on fire so on this earth day wouldn't it be nice if senator inhofe and other g.o.p. leaders started telling the truth abou

decision making archies more important as more. yes. from smoke bombs to probing glass austerity measures budget cuts and taxes have inflamed riots across europe and elsewhere aside from anger also connecting these cash strapped countries a heavy hand played by the international monetary fund and world bank global institutions meant to promote economic growth and reduce poverty yet critics say their priorities lie elsewhere looking after the interests of their creditors spain portugal greece the i.m.f. is working with the european authorities and a lot of these countries are going to recover as much as ten years. public first ration with branford unemployment high food prices and privatization deals is believed to have helped spark mass uprising in egypt. have a suggestion of the i.m.f. and world bank ousted president hosni mubarak's old companies to local and foreign investors forty percent of egyptians earn two dollars per day but it's definitely a catalyst and the timing is very much related to what was tremendous financial deregulat

and bunky moon did voices hopes that moscow will back his candidacy right archy's a good piece can all thank you very much for that. political analyst from the moscow based newspaper sergei told r.t. russia's concerns over the who could try to mysie of nato is actions are shared by many in the international community. but there's a growing frustration in the world on how the nato led operation in libya is going on and the definitely going for the u.n. resolution which initially was installed just to introduce the no fly zone so so what's going on now we started a different story commission definitely stay concise and. i know they're considering another step to stop the let the parade which can really unpredictable results for the country so that's why this is not only russia's concern but this is a concern of quite a big part of the international community lucian came out as a result of care for me and word of compromise all prosper discuss i mean your own credibility is at stake you see it can be jeopardized and this is what's happening in libya. and coming up the curious kidnapping o

america tomorrow and archie over the weekend also have a report on monday of our live coverage of the bretton woods conference in new hampshire now you may recall back in one thousand nine hundred four this is the scene of the conference that established the world bank and the i.m.f. now it's a place where think tank backed by george soros gathers lots of intellectuals such as nobel prize winning economist joseph stiglitz former us federal reserve chair paul volcker to in the words of critics remake the financial order and knock america down a peg or two but we will give you the real truth so be sure to tune in i'm lauren lyster and i will see you right back and a half hour for more news more interviews and more of the stories that you want to hear also check out our was that we have lots of interesting new videos that we're constantly posting viral videos that we're posting and we don't want to miss a thing back in half hour what drives the world the fear mongering used by politicians who makes decisions.

and as some of the town prepared for his arrival many were unsure what to expect archy's christine for his hour was in dearborn for the event and she brings us all the details from the weekend. on. the. it is a tale of two worlds or at least two hemispheres and you could say this is where they meet sixty years in the shade of the ford headquarters lies dearborn michigan it may be in the midwest. books and sounds be much more like the middle east. with the with the largest muslim population not to mention the largest mosque in north america. on this day the mosque the islamic center of america is packed. it is possible for people to. respect. nearly a thousand people from every religion of gather joining together for a common cause to stand against this man florida pastor terry jones i believe the koran strictly followed can and does lead to terrorist activities many many people believe that around america but that's not why we're here why jones is here he says is to protest against radical islam and his actions which have in the past included holding the qur'an on trial and having a su

protest against a real law and jihad in dearborn michigan outside the biggest mosque in the country archies own christine was on the ground there she has this report. dearborn michigan is a suburb just not thirty miles southwest of detroit all of the original ford motor company in fact i'm walking along ford road right now but here in the midwest of the united states a lot of people say it looks more at times like the middle east because here in dearborn out of the one hundred thousand residents forty thousand or arab american there is the largest muslim population in the country and also the largest mosque you can see it here right behind me people who live here say it's a peaceful place but many are concerned about what is scheduled to take place right here tomorrow remember florida pastor terry jones the one who threatened to burn the qur'an on september eleventh canceled that but then ended up burning one last month though he has scheduled a protest here but he's protesting against radical islam also on good friday were many christians will attend church and the mosque is that right bet

country's economic future so why are these corporate giants getting away with financial murder well archy's christine for south has that story. if you will the economy with innovation with jobs and yes with wind but it turns out not with tax dollars general electric one of america's oldest corporations is also one of america's most creative at least when it comes to doing taxes a new york times investigation found that in two thousand and ten g.e. reported worldwide profits of fourteen point two billion dollars five point one billion of which came from its operations in the united states but its tax bill in the u.s. was the euro in fact g.e. claimed a tax benefit of three point two billion dollars according to g.'s website the company pay what it owes under the law and g.e. is right thanks to heavy lobbying legislation passed allowing companies to keep much of their profits overseas or tax rates are lower and it's not alone google also benefits from laws passed here in washington because it keeps its money here in ireland near its dublin headquarters well the corporate tax rate in the us is