rush to pun bish is out of -- punish is out of control. >> guest: yeah. so when we look at who's locked up, we tend to imagine these hard core thugs, folks who are like a menace to society. if you spend some time in a federal prison or a state prison, there are certainly some people like that, with but most of them -- a good half -- aren't. almost half of the people who are locked up are locked up for drug crimes, nonviolent drug crimes. and for those folks we have to wonder whether being locked in this cage with these horrible conditions, you know, subject to all kinds of violence and sexual attacks, lousy health care, horrible food, whether that's doing those folks any good, whether it's making them better, more responsible citizens when they get out. because about 90% of people who are in prison will eventually return to the community. so we want them to return as people who make a contribution, who are better equipped to be members of our society. and that's not happening with the way that folks get punished now. so it is out of control. so, yeah, i'm

opposition leaders talking to the protestors there were the megaphone, talking to the police to please bish calm . >> you know, the developments have been carrying on throughout the day in such rapid succession and i wonder whether the large group of people on the streets is able to keep up with what's going on and be aware of what's being done if their name? >> you would be surprised. everyone here is very connect. it has been a very 21st century revolution here if you will. people are on twitter, and as a matter of fact, there's a young lady, as you watch the opposition leader speak to the crowd last night, everyone is live tweeting what's going on. and a lot of the protesters are connected not only by their cellphones, but also with a lot of social media. they have some of the protesters have walky-talkies and really, that's why it has been such a fluid movement. so we see whenever there's word that something might happen, people do flock to the square, and tonight, there are thousands of people out here in subzero temperatures, tonight and last night as well because they know this is a

have confidence in their ability to attract the syrian people if they believe that you present the bishes of the syrian population then they should be ready to go to the ballot box why do they need to set preconditions and i saw it on the side at the end of the day no country other the syrian people can decide what will happen in syria and if they try to impose their wishes on the syrian people should later see the failure of that process talking about setting conditions u.s. secretary of state john kerry has said that iran could informally help from the sidelines. to the geneva two talks in syria well iran agreed to help from the sidelines iran is an important player in this reach. it would be rather. ironic to have. those who support extremist groups participate in the conference invited to participate in the conference and then for some. predispositions say that iran should accept preconditions in order to participate in the conference. will either participate in the conference or as any other state that has been invited without preconditions on the descent same circumstances and other

have confidence in their ability to attract the syrian people if they believe they are present the bishes of the syrian population then they should be ready to go to the ballot box why do they need to set preconditions and this all put it onto the site at the end of the day no country. other the syrian people can decide what will happen in syria and if they try to impose their riches on the syrian people sooner or later they'll see the fate of that process. now reports from germany say the talks with the united states to get a no spying agreement looks set to fail lengthy discussions have been going since america's n.s.a. was exposed snooping on its ally at the highest levels leaving germany furious and comparing it to the natori a stasi one veteran of the former east german secret police spoke to peter oliver about whether the two organizations really do have anything in common. i'm finding out that the united states attempt to private mobile phone and confronted president obama with this claim. former offices in the east german secret police which was known as the stars of a warning for

confidence in their ability to attract the syrian people if they believe they are present in the bishes of the syrian population then they should be ready to go to the ballot box why do they need to set preconditions and it's awfully down to the site at the end of the day no country other the syrian people can decide what will happen in syria and if they try to impose their riches on the syrian people sooner or later they'll see the failure of that process i. i. you can see more of that interview in sophie's program in the now meantime on the ground in syria over a thousand people have now been killed during into rebel fighting with radicals connected to al qaeda now waging war against more moderate groups where the opposition group still undecided said generally on its participation in peace talks the conference without them is still better than nothing says foreign affairs expert yan van achen he spoke to me earlier. there's so many huddling and infighting in there i can't judge who is going to go and who's not going to go so from the different opposition groups or do you have to scre

in that ability to attract the syrian people if they believe they do present the bishes of the syrian population then they should be ready to go through the ballot box why do they need to set preconditions and it's all put onto the site at the end of the day no country other the syrian people can decide what will happen in syria and if they try to impose their riches on the syrian people sooner or later they'll see the fate of that process. when leaked files from the us national security agency revealed that the american spies have been keeping close tabs on a key ally germany the government there was furious comparing the practices to those of the stasi is germany's notorious secret police are just pure all over met with a veteran of that service to find out just how similar the two really are. on finding out that the united states attempt to private mobile phone and glimmer confronted president obama with this claim. former offices in the east german secret police which was known as the stars he have a warning for the n.s.a. if they think must surveillance is the solution to a natio

have confidence in their ability to attract the syrian people if they believe that you present the bishes of the syrian population then they should be ready to go to the ballot box why do they need to set preconditions and i saw it on the side at the end of the day no country other the syrian people can decide what will happen in syria and if they try to impose their wishes on the syrian people sooner or later they see the failure of that process talking about setting conditions here secretary of state john kerry has said that iran could informally help from the sidelines. to the geneva two talks in syria well iran agreed to help from the sidelines iran is an important player in this region. it would be rather. ironic to have. those who support extremist groups participate in the conference invited to participate in the conference and then for some. predispositions say that iran should accept preconditions in order to participate in the conference . will either participate in the conference or as any other state that has been invited without precondition on the descent same circumstances

have confidence in their ability to attract the syrian people if they believe they do present the bishes of the syrian population then they should be ready to go to the ballot box why do they need to set preconditions and it's all put onto the site at the end of the day no country other the syrian people can decide what will happen in syria and if they try to impose their riches on the syrian people sooner or later they'll see the failure of that process. i. and i'm joined by political analyst keva callus yani has been closely following the conflict in syria thanks so much kara for joining us here on r t international discussed situation to have geneva two talks scheduled for next week so what does it actually mean if the main internal opposition group is refusing to participate and in fact doesn't go to the talks. good evening thank you for having me on are actually national court the national body for democratic change in syria yesterday day clarified their position regarding geneva two saying that the letter the invitation letter that received yesterday it was the same letter that has

confidence in their ability to attract the syrian people if they believe their you present them of bishes of the syrian population then they should be ready to go to the ballot box why do they need to set preconditions and it's not for iran to decide at the end of the day no country other the syrian people can decide what will happen in syria and if they try to impose their wishes on the syrian people sooner or later they see the failure of that process i. give us his thoughts there are moscow back on the ground in syria over a thousand people have now been killed during into rebel fighting with radicals connected to al qaeda now waging war against more moderate groups beirut based political analysts chemical massy and told us the opposition's reluctance to take part in the peace conference will do no great harm though since the talks are going to focus on the role of international players here. the dialogue should be between the regime and the opposition in syria not in geneva or in any other state so whether they boycotted the geneva or not it will have zero difference because geneva tw

have confidence in their ability to attract the syrian people if they believe their you present the bishes of the syrian population then they should be ready to go to the ballot box why do they need to set preconditions and it's awfully down to the say at the end of the day no country. other the syrian people can decide what will happen in syria and if they try to impose their wishes on the syrian people sooner or later they'll see the failure of that process. the time on the ground in syria over a thousand people have now been killed during into rebel fighting with radicals connected to al qaeda now waging war against more moderate groups let's bring in yemen i can see we're talking about this is a foreign affairs expert from the german left parties indeed just returned from a working trip in serious are very pleased i'm on the program i was when i could hide thanks for being with us there what is the rub here what is the general problem with the opposition taking part in these talks is it because they're afraid of radical attacks what's the issue i doubt that i think it's just a politica

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