security council so why has russia chosen to use it now. what actually it's a rare case of russia using its veto at the u.n. russia has only used its power of veto seven times since the collapse of the soviet union i didn't case of syria russia felt that it ought to do everything possible to stop the resolution from being implemented to stall a scenario similar to what happened to leave in march this year the mandate. it was picked up by nato which side it was aimed at helping civilians you know that that would aid to impose a no fly zone over libya in that year security council vote back in march russia abstained from the vote but the time and date will speak tough and as a result of that nato allies sided with and to gadhafi forces which helped topple the count so that in the case of syria russia is doing everything possible to stop these resolutions from being implemented and has told. not to let. that happen again what happened in the law to the russians the only prominent member of your security council which is actively trying to medi

security council resolution may sound relations with the u.s. even more later in the program we reported that washington is trying to get back at beijing for allegedly valuing you wander and taking away american jobs. thousands of people united against the government's latest round of austerity measures and a twenty four hour strike in greece flights in and out of the country a council schools closed hospitals working at a reduced capacity this nationwide protest comes after eurozone finance chiefs postponed greece's next let's cross live now from our correspondent sara for standing by. sara good to see you so what's happening today and i think what if you see. the team a lady had gathered earlier today and you can see they play thousands of people out on to syntagma square in the front of the parliament behind me that you can see them just to be having a live pictures coming through as well i can tell you some of these banners are they carrying and saying everybody take to the streets i get greece out of the european union that's what some of t

council member opener asked for a roll call to put all council members on the record. by the way, the committee looking into ethics reform led by council member bowser will take place october 26th. brian. >> and while we're on the topic, did politics play a role in decides whether a city contract was properly awarded to mow the grass in the district? an editorial in the washington post raises the question and now the city council will examine a contract awarded to two companies. one company with a lower price and is gut cutting the grass in six wards and the second company is cutting the grass in two words and charging more money. the company charging more has ties to mayor vincent gray. council member mary shay wants to get to the bottom of it. >> and why did we not accept the nowals in april? it would be -- renewals in april. it would be ordinary, i think, if both companies were doing the right job. >> and shay plans to hold a hearing on the contact this friday. >> four northern virginia men are charged in a $20 million federal kickback scheme. accused of stealing th

security council resolution may sound we're relations with the u.s. even more later in the program we reported how washington is trying to get back at beijing for allegedly undervaluing of you on and taking away american jobs from. thousands of people unite against the government's latest round of austerity measures in a twenty four hour strike in greece flights in and out of the country are canceled schools closed and hospitals will be working out reduced capacity this nationwide protest comes after eurozone finance chiefs postponed greece's next bailout our correspondent sara firth is an athens. it was just a couple of hours' time you're going to be seeing the country's main labor unions leading thousands of people on to syntagma square behind me the side of the main parliament building protesting of course against the new wave of the surge the vision that they see put in place with new announcements here in athens the job layoffs there's been tax hikes recently a really deep discontent amongst the public here flights in and out of the country have

security council resolution on syria they were g.m. backdraft called on damascus to and its crackdown on protesters or face targeted measures of moscow and beijing said this could open the door to alleviate style military intervention r.t. is worried about it now has the latest from new york. russian ambassador to the united nations vitaly churkin said the draft was too one sided he described the resolution as a confrontational approach taken by the european delegation and against the peaceful settlement to the crisis now this draft resolution was proposed five france with the support of portugal the u.k. and germany but the one part of the text that many countries seem to have disagree with was that called for syria to comply with the resolution within thirty days and it if not comply then the council would quote consider its options including unspecified quote measures and many council members including china russia brazil south africa interpreted these vague terms as leaving the door open to sanctions now of course russia's one is o

security council so why has russia chosen to use it now. it's actually a rare case of russia using its veto at the u.n. security council russia has only used its power of veto seven times since the collapse of the soviet union and in case of syria russia feels it hoss to prevent similar scenario and yet another arab state to what happened to leave after the u.n. mandate to protect civilians was implemented that resolution was passed in march with russia abstaining from the vote but the mandate was picked up by nato which sided with and to gadhafi forces in libya helping them to topple the khan and russia claims that in case so in case the u.n. mandate was misused and has vowed not to let that happen again russia is actually the only prominent member of the security council which is actively trying to negotiate a peaceful solution to the crisis in syria thus it has hosted representatives of both president bashar al assad and members of the opposition trying to notch them toward styler and russian lawmakers have also gone on a fact finding mi

it's not how you want to see city council members actling. but that's what we found after spending the last two months going to city council meetings all over the bay area. see what happens when we confront leaders about their bad behavior. city council meetings are not always known for their excitement. but residents rely on their elected officials to be engaged and present. but look at what we found at a recent city council meeting in san jose. during the open forum, when the public can address city leaders, there's a sea of empty seats around council member, nancy pile. we saw several council members walking out of chambers. even eating and drinking. showed videos to elected officials. and they were unapologetic about their behavior. even when it has nothing to do with city business. >> sometimes, it's as simple as my wife sending me a text message, wanting me to pick something up on the way home. >> reporter: we found him using his cell phone, during a recent ceremony honoring san jose residents. he says he was posting a picture of the ce

you're talking about the council on one hand, the national transitional council on another.he battles be only political or will we see civil conflict in this country? is that a right concern, a real fear? >> you know the middle east as well as i do. i'm not being patronizing at all. we have been presented a romantic view of the libyan uprising. for a variety of reasons gadhafi did a great deal of harm. we have hoped that the rebels will rise up to the occasion. but at the end of the day we're talking about politics, the politicians of libya does not differ very much from the politics of yemen. you have regional differences we're just talking about benghazi, about tripoli, about cert. the fighting have exposed some major tribal and regional cleavages they do not bode well for libya. so far i'm not convinced with my hopes for libya, i'm not convinced not only there's not a unity government, i fear that the political cleavages and the reej federal cleavages would easily escalate given the extent and the intensity in libya. we hope that libya will transition more peacefully, we

using the security council as the only face of the u.n. whatever one's views of it is it's a real reductionism so in attacking the. logo and i totally aware of collateral totally agree with you ok i totally agree with you ruth but the guess want most of that's about seven eight is dropped on areas where it was were allowed to happen in the first place ok thomas somebody had the last word on this program out of sixteen out of nations in a in a few sentences going mad. well i i want to urge people to buy my book and thereby increase my royalties problem with ridiculous trying to reform the united nations is trying to get everyone on the same page part of the book argues that in fact. you know the ideal should not be the enemy of the good so the fact that we are not moving in syria should not make us sad about having done something occasionally in a place like libya it also talks about getting much more from those units that routes spoke about there are no remember the great we've run out of time folks very very good interesting conversation

security council. the planned reshuffle in the putin of viet of tandem has been the highlight of this week's headlines the sudden departure of the longest serving now former finance minister also gave the russian press plenty to chew on in fact dimitri medvedev a felt compelled to explain to the media face to face the reasons behind his decision not to run for a second term in office and his are thinking about trove of reports the pre-election period in russia could hold even more surprises yet. i think this week's headlines have been all that if hootin futenma advantage and use of the drops was brought out polemic switch russia hasn't seen for quite some time while some criticize others applauded the tandems deal and the kings of thought oh shock rolled out some of their best work yet with the general mood being that the deal had been done long ago but it was an exciting for just a few days until the first rich shuffles in the corridors of power began. if you think your views on russia's economic agen

security council resolution that calls for condemnation against the syrian government and opens the door for potential sanctions against damascus russian ambassador to the united nations vitaly churkin said the draft was too one sided he described the resolution as a confrontational approach taken by the european delegation and against the peaceful settlement to the crisis now this draft resolution was proposed by france with the support of portugal the u.k. and germany but the one part of the text that many countries seem to disagree with was that called for syria to comply with the resolution within thirty days and it if not complied then the council would quote consider its options including unspecified quote measures many council members including china russia brazil south africa interpreted these vague terms as leaving the door open to sanctions now of course russia's one is one of many countries that has been opposed to international sanctions against syria ambassador churkin says moscow believes the violence should be stopped through internal reforms and political dialogue not ext

security council to vote against palestinian membership in the u.n. this is the key to send for us all the member states all the security council have the right to use all as i would put it this use their right to me sir of course such a decision will be regrettable. again you can catch that full interview next hour right here on our cheek and i'll be back with a recap of our top stories in just a few minutes. it was created to serve public interests to inform and to entertain. these days there's nothing easier than opening up a new media outlets but there is nothing harder than revoking its license in case of corruption on. when she's going to. stand on the new ways and drama. drama. you can get involved in a community ground where you have one large corporation controlling the daily newspaper radio stations television stations the cable outlet you told me that that sounds like the marcy the public opinion versus f.c.c. broadcast blues on archie.

council general. everybody. it's great to see such a great crowd here for what for us is an extremely important event. my name is ed reiskin. i'm the transportation director here in san francisco and very pleased to welcome you all here this morning for what we expect will be a very lively and productive couple of days here in san francisco. the san francisco m.t.a. is the agency that's charged with implementing the city's transit first policy, which is about getting people out of their cars and into more sustainable modes of transportation, such as bikes, such as walking and transit in our great muni system. as someone who myself gets around the city often by bike, and i do that by choice, but more importantly, i'm given the charge of our agency to get folks out oaf their cars. i can't tell you how exciting it is for me to think all of the brain power and enthusiasm for cycling that's in this room are going to spend the next two days working with us to help us figure out how we can do every -- even better. alth

security council resolution on syria. i say is we're.importing the right decision for china and russia. the proposal a certain shows. is here in the atmosphere it is the surge is a nod to the past a way to settle a conflict or less because they cater all in by peers for dialogue we believed to have peace in syria and other countries so i think the us are. a very good division. well what does this mean for syria's future can you. great reason that. as it should be done the peace of syria is very important to the east as well as of for the region and the word sanctions ok we are ready of bad news for all your people off to be out so i think russia and the counties to listen to against the sanctions against syria is a very good videos for a cure people and that will be very a beneficial for a peaceful settlement off a serious mystical conflict in the future. and how do you see relations between the us and china developing in the future. right now inside the us relation in the very critical moment to there is not very much now very much a tr

this was a security council resolution to protect civilians. this led to rebel success. >> the air strikes really did destroy the infrastructure. they certainly hit the armed forces. this allowed us to get organized. >> with the help of trainers from some nato countries, groups of volunteers with kalashnikov were molded into fighting units. they eventually managed to capture the capital. >> nato was a decisive factor. they were able to sweep gaddafi out of the sky and then to control the way the conflict on the ground was developing. i think that nato decided it. >> it remains to be seen whether nato will play a role inside of libya in the post khaddafi era. the peacekeeping mission would require the deployment of ground troops. >> there will be great reluctance on the part of cash- strapped nato governments including the united states to actually put troops on the ground because this is much more might expensive -- much more expensive. this raises the question, how do you get them out again? >> the timing of the killing of gaddafi will be cruc

security council saying the text does not rule out foreign military intervention. and in business the russian markets are struggling between gains and losses on stronger crude prices an overnight rally on wall street journey for more in our business bulletin it's. a very warm welcome to you this is alex the line from moscow with me rory sunshine breaking news this hour police have started using tear gas on protesters gathering in the center of today are turning to live pictures right here on r.t. thousands of people have gathered to voice their discontent over the government's latest austerity measures flights canceled schools closed hospitals operating at limited capacity again live pictures right here as we see some defense forces there as the crowds are out of shot right now but we'll continue to pan across these live pictures for you as we cross live now to offer you sarah who are standing by. hi sara so a dramatic development what are you seeing there we've seen some pictures where the big crowds are gathering now the police are out in response. absolutely the

would quote consider its options including unspecified quote measures many council members including china russia brazil south africa interpreted these vague terms as leaving the door open to sanctions now of course russia's one is one of many countries that has been opposed to international sanctions against syria ambassador churkin says moscow believes the violence should be stopped through internal reforms and political dialogue not external sanctions or military intervention such as the case of libya you put in your p.c. what you broke with the draft resolution which was not supposed to do was based on an entirely different philosophy the philosophy of confrontation we cannot agree with its one sided accusations against damascus we believe the threat of implementing sanctions against the syrian government is unacceptable this approach contradicts the principle of peaceful settlement of the crisis based on a common serious national. brazil india south africa and lebannon abstained from voting on the resolution but it was the united states that voiced aig. strebe disappointment tha

security council also. reviving their revolution eight months after the toppling of president hosni mubarak. so you look at whether or egyptians money. for. this is that weekly here on tuesday a debt ridden greece tighten its belt even further to please its creditors the country's government approved a brand new property tax the move received an angry response from greeks who are already burdened by austerity meanwhile the decision on another portion of the rescue package is still being delayed international inspectors are in athens right now they're assessing whether greece deserves a cash injection the last chance for the country to avoid a default because r.t. sarah furthur reports the public remains convinced that the relentless austerity policy is only making things worse. greece has been the poster child of the year. with germany to expand the bailout fund the country looks to get that much needed cash injection with the help condition here in greece that people say the price of being made to pay them

welcome to cross talk and peter lavelle you know spacious beginnings libya's national transitional council has announced the country's liberation from the good daffy dictatorship what kind of country libya will now become is anything but clear will it be ruled under islamic law and will the rule of law prevail in the wake of gadhafi is killing and is national unity an illusion with so many factions vying for power. to cross-talk libya's future i'm joined by daniel serwer in washington he's a professor a real lecturer at john hopkins school of advanced international studies also in washington we have paul coring he is a foreign correspondent for the globe and mail and in new york we go to ted rall he is a journalist political cartoonist and author of the anti-american manifesto all right gentlemen this is crosstalk that means you can jump in anytime you want to know very much encourage it but first what are libya's prospects moving forward well you as you mentioned in the beginning the road ahead of libya is anything but clear and i dare say it is all because of deploy a city deployed city

security council to vote against palestinian membership in the u.n. this is the key concern for us all the member states all the security council have the right to use as i would put it misuse their rights of course such a decision will be regrettable. monday here on r t f n are you all watching the weekly back with more headlines from the possible days here on r t in just a moment. of this nature and discover its beauty. communicate with the want to. test yourself and become free. to. see what nature can give you. the. welcome back this is all it's a lot from moscow but headlines of the week and the arab spring echoes in america. u.s. police use force to disperse the wall street protesters arresting more than seven hundred taking part in a rally that's quickly gaining momentum all up and down the east coast and across the country. also in the week's top stories are president and. his decision not to run for a second citing of lot of. popularity at home his comments come in a surprise interview that stood up debate all about the country's political. s

vote for something less there's the taliban bad guys vicious beginning libya's national transitional council has announced the country's liberation from the kicked off each paper showing what kind of country. get up sometimes you see a story and it seems so horny you think you understand it and then he lives something else and you hear sees some other part of it and realize everything is off you don't know i'm charming welcome to the big picture. download the official anti up location show i phone the i pod touch from the i choose up still. life on the go. video on demand on cheese mine comes an r.s.s. feeds now in the palm of your. question on the call to calm. the phone. we'll. bring you the latest in science and technology from around the world. we dump the future of coverage. clinicians. couldn't take three. lawyers judges. maintenance free. free. free. lunch just let it be over for your media projects a free media gun tard teton time. soon . live to. follow the welcome to cross talk computor a little in our spacious beginnings libya's national transitional council has announced the coun

the vice president of the council agreed with him.for now live in rockville, back to you. >> aaron gilchrist thank you. >>> hope all the teenagers are home by now. it is a nasty drive out there. the leaves on the road and all the rain. >> this show ends at 11:35 and i have to be home at 11:40. >> there is nothing new about that. a short lean. >> it's not working well for me. >>> you saw aaron had the umbrella. you need it. take a look at this. the national archives building looking good this evening from this vantage point but looks better from inside a car rather than walking around outside. we are seeing nasty weather out there this evening. the high temperature today was only 66 degrees. the low today was 64 degrees. that is only a difference of two degrees. with some sunshine out there today through those clouds we were no it able to warm up much. keep the umbrellas handy. we will need them. 65 is the current temperature right now. don't expect the temperatures to move much. 57 in martins burg. 66 in culpepper. and annapolis right

paid city council in the nation. only los angeles pays more. on a per resident basis washington dc spends the most on its city council. so one would think we could find and elect a council that would serve our needs in a competent and honest manner. the citizens of the district of columbia have been inundated with revelation after revelation of improper and unethical and possibly illegal actions. some of them concern kwame brown's request for an suv and that his campaign funnel money to a firm operated by his brother. and the use of city funds ear marked for the development of use sports used for a car purchase and a golf outing. with all the revelations coming to life it's no surprise they are saying we are losing our moral authority to govern. so why do we the voting public, let this go on? well, given recent voter turnout it would appear that we just don't care. on april 26th of this year in a special election for several offices, including an at large seat only 10% of registered voters turned out to put vincent o

approach the believer was there's the taliban bad guys vicious became libya's national transitional council has announced the country's liberation from the gadhafi dictatorship what kind of country. downloads the official policy of location and join a phone called touch from the on choose our. one jaunty life on the go. video on demand keys minefield comes an r.s.s. feeds now in the palm of your. question. dot com. wealthy british. title. market why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy with max cause or for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune in to cause a report on. the for. me is eve he. gets to. see. the bill clinton. bringing you the latest in science and technology from around the brush. we've got the future covered. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and realize that everything you thought you don't. welcome to the big picture. the mission for. didn't take three. judges. maintenance free. free. free. lunch plug in video

security council. what will it mean if it's implied what will it would mean for the relations between your country and washington and for the mh of washington on the streets of the arab world. and the key to this thing this is something we never want to happen then why would we palestinians have always cared about building good relations with america and we think we have succeeded in building improved relations with the american administration over the years. what we're heading on a peaceful track with the support of the united states russia and other member states of the quartet is not about i wonder how will we always endeavor to coordinate our political steps with these porteous if the united states tries to veto our bid as stated by many american officials think such a step would greatly harm the expectations and dreams of jealous seen having their own state when i could have the. only palestinians who would be influenced by such . u.s. credibility would be shaken because america itself adopt the t

security council how to vote against palestinian membership in the u.n. bases is the key concern for us in all the member states all the security council have the right to use as i would put it use their right to meet a war of course such a decision will be regrettable and that full interview with mark would have us will be at four am greenwich mean time i'll be back with a recap of our top headlines in just a few minutes. it was created to serve public interests to inform and to entertain. these days there's nothing easier than opening up a new media outlet but there is nothing harder than revoking its license in case of collage run the. san antonio ways in front. of you can involve in a community where you have one large corporation controlling the daily newspaper radio stations television stations the cable how can you tell me that that sounds like democracy the public opinion versus f.c.c. broadcast blues on march. sixth.

i am grateful to the student advisory council. your ability to out reach is clearly stellar, and i just want to support it all the way. commissioner wynns: i want to thank you for bringing this, and it is a clause that we support. i am concerned again about the -- there is no reference in here to the cost. the last time there were free passes for public school kids, there is no distinction here between public-school students and other students. there is no distinction here related to -- there is a reference, but nothing in the result of making sure that our immediate students are prioritized or any of the public school students are prioritized. nor is there any reference to -- the first time this was brought up, the idea is that we would take the money out of proposition h.. i think we would feel unable to do it this year. i really appreciate the resolution that came that is being put forward by supervisor campos, very much in the mode of urging all the agencies to have a discussion about it and try to move toward doing this. if i

security council members to vote against the bit o. the full interview is coming up at four am g.m.t. here on our chief. we knew in advance and we were officially notified that washington will use its veto journey in the voting in our bid it's clear that the u.s. as the dominant world power wants to extend its support to israel but what concerns us most is that the u.s. wants to force all the countries that took part in the general assembly big and small alike in particular the members of the un security council to vote against palestinian membership in the un peace is the key concern for us all the member states of the security council have the right to use or as i would put it misuse their right to veto of course such a decision will be regrettable. others say with us or r t r recap of our top stories is coming up in a few it's. all . in. the. mind michel would be so much brighter if you knew about some from first impressions some of. these friends starts on t.v. dot com. in moscow all she's available in marriage grants which of whic