ok lisa thank you very much indeed and now he lives in washington d.c. and we can now discuss the shooting with defense analyst. ivan is in washington itself how do you gauge the atmosphere the moment i mean. well i just walked across the park. from the what then in front of the white house to come over here and i had to go an alternative route because the street in front of the white house's block i think they did that as a precaution in case it's a multi-pronged coordinated terrorist attack it doesn't sound like that's what happened here today. cause could be any number of things it could be a mentally ill person such as the. shooting at the navy yard a couple weeks ago there was mention in your lead up and. or it could be somebody disgruntled because of the government shutdown or could even still be a terrorist attack although i think that seems like it's unlikely at this point so we don't really know at this point in these situations are often fluid information comes in and sometimes things the conception of things is changes abruptly from a defense a

while washington, d.c. does have certainly gun laws, unfortunately, they're not abided by, by people who are wish to go do harm. >> when i lived there, that's what it was known for, the violence. you pick up the "washington post" and find throughout had been three or four shootings overnight. it was a favorite ploy of tv people who went in to washington on a pre-visit to compare and contrast of poverty of those areas, up in the northeast, not far from there. and thand we are we have a wickf up with the other in the background. let me try to sum up. there is not a lot to say at the moment other than the fact that the police have said there has been an incident. either in or close to the u.s. capitol building. we are speculating it was on the senate side of the building because that is where that camera is pointing to the multitude of security vehicles. there has been a twitter message put out by a political reporter for yahoo news chased the car, cornered it. it's been reported that a member of the capitol hi

mike, an extraordinary afternoon in washington, d.c. a city where you lived. a city you've covered for years. >> tony, you're right. when you describe the chase in washington, d.c. these are not just any streets of dc. they passed the monuments, memorial and government office buildings and traversed up capitol hill, when pennsylvania transitioned into constitution avenue. up past the u.s. capitol passing it on the capitol grounds and left to the chase to the senate office buildings and the supreme court. i'm on the third floor of the heart building. i have eyes on the vehicle in question. it is a black two-door infinity. police have both doors open at this moment. they're swarming in the car. the area is taped off, brass rank and file on the applies. they've cordoned off the area. the u.s. capitol police, an enormous force by most standards, 1500-1600 officers, this was described as an isolated incident. you've gone through the i want at this point, this vehicle being chased, hot pursuit by officers after evidently ramming in to the iron pipes that stick out al

washington, d.c. algo economista "los estudios dicen que se perdió un 0.1 por ciento de crecimiento por cada semana que estaba cerrado el gobierno en este cuatrimestre. así que es un impacto mínimo. casi imperceptible". y ahora que el gobierno está operando de nuevo, el presidente dejó muy claro las prioridades del país. entre ellas quiere que el congreso apruebe una reforma migratoria en cuanto antes. noticia muy bienvenida por los activistas del área. washington, d.c. rosie hidalgo activista "si la comunidad sigue levantando la voz y exclamando por la necesidad de la reforma pienso que con tiempo la cámara de representantes tiene que dar respuesta". washington, d.c. leni gonzales activista "ahora vemos que el presidente tiene poder para negociar. entonces ahora tiene que poner todo el peso de la presidencia como lo puso en esta negociación del presupuesto y del cierre del gobierno, se lo tiene que poner a este tema de la reforma". washington, d.c. randy serrano @randywzdc "aún falta por ver si el pre

inside washington, d.c. there was a wisdom how you went about running and winning a national presidential calmpaign and the internet didn't figure into that. raise money in $2,000 chunks and spend most of it on negative advertising on television. that was the model. joining the dean exam pain where he didn't have a national list of donors to tap and a long established mail program, he made it as a candidate to find a tactical advantage and, you know necessity is the mother of invention. that is in part what drove the dean campaign to the internet early was -- we had do something and this was available. i joined the campaign knowing that there was an opportunity here i was not going to have on a frontrunner or very establishment established exam pain >> what is radical connectivity that you talk about at the end of big? >> we just don't have very good language to talk about it. if i started talking about the role of the internet in political campaigns that doesn't entirely capture what we're seeing. if i star

the senators are making their way in and it's a rainy day there in washington, d.c. >> reporter: it certainly is, thomas. but the tone has changed here in washington, d.c., after that meeting that you talked about last night between president obama and house republicans. we are told that house speaker john boehner put an offer on the table essentially to increase the debt limit without reopening the government. he said before we can do that, let's have budget negotiations. president obama didn't reject the offer but he didn't accept it rooireither. he said, look, we need to do both at the same time. we need to reopen the government. and i am told that a number of establishment republicans agree with that thinking and that they have been increasingly voicing that opinion to house speaker john boehner. so it's back to the drawing board to some extent, but all sides describing that meeting as positive and constructive. so i do think that the tone has changed here a bit. there is more optimism that

he is running against d ct dc cd washington, d.c. he is taking advantage of the new cycle and he looks to be coasting to victory. >> coastalling to victory and setting up a race in 2016. thank you. we appreciate it. that is it from the team here in washington, d.c. and from me david shuster for now. you can keep the discussion going by logging onto the facebook page. you can send us your thoughts on twitter i'm david schuster, thanks for watching. >>> hello, welcome to al jazeera america. i'm morgan radford in new york. the search is over for two florida fugitives. charles walker and joseph jenkins will wake up behind bars. they were found in a panama hotel after they escaped separately from the franklin correctional institution using forged document. >> jpmorgan chase could pay a record $13 billion fine for its mortgage practices leading up to the 2005 crisis. a tentative agreement has

he is running against d ct dc cd washington, d.c. he is taking advantage of the new cycle and he looks to be coasting to victory. >> coastalling to victory and setting up a race in 2016. thank you. we appreciate it. that is it from the team here in washington, d.c. and from me david shuster for now. you can keep the discussion going by logging onto the facebook page. you can send us your thoughts on twitter i'm david schuster, thanks for watching. justice. >> >>> over 50 years ago in the early days of the vet no, ma'am war, american forces began using a potent new herbicide known as "agent orange." it was designed to clear forests divid i have provided the vet kong with food. the deadly effects of that poison can be seen in the sickness and disabilities that have affected millions of people and the feeling of shame they have induced in some american vets.

capitol here in washington d.c. now this all started at around two pm yesterday afternoon she tried to gain access to the white house security area of the white house where she was confronted by police she then sped off struck a police officer and then led police on a high speed chase to the u.s. capitol where again she eluded cops says as police tried to fire on the vehicle and when she led to the third location near senate office building she crashed the car and she was riddled with bullets by the police again with with her child in the back seat it was only then that police say they realized her child was in the car as for why any of this happened and why she was killed we can't know for sure now anyone familiar with this area in d.c. knows that there's a lot of drills going on there's a lot of security checkpoints going on and and really it's hard to drive around so you can imagine someone who might be having some mental illness issues confronting a checkpoint that she wasn't expected to confront and then panick

he is running against d ct dc cd washington, d.c. he is taking advantage of the new cycle and he looks to be coasting to victory. >> coastalling to victory and setting up a race in 2016. thank you. we appreciate it. that is it from the team here in washington, d.c. and from me david shuster for now. you can keep the discussion going by logging onto the facebook page. you can send us your thoughts on twitter i'm david schuster, thanks for watching. . [ ♪ theme ] >> hello, i'm richard gizbert. you are at "listening post." this week when should state secrets be kept, when should they be revealed. two british papers are having the debate on the front page. glenn greenwald, the reporter who broke the edward snowden story leaves "the guardian" for a new outlet. seldom has so much been said to so many by so few. [ screams ] >> no, this is not

certainly you know how vulnerable it can be despite all of the security you have there even in washington, d.c., all right, congressman joining us live from washington, d.c., glad you are safe and everyone else there is safe and we appreciate the updates, thank you very much. >> thank you. >> right now we can't to go back to justin gray, who is once again live just outside capitol hill there. you have new information for us, justin. >> reporter: yeah, we are confirming some of the what the congressman was just telling you, we are learning this was a capitol police officer injured when shots fired, again witnesses there say at least 4 to five shots they heard and that capitol police car just crushed, it looks like it was the result of some sort of police chase, also down at the white house down pennsylvania avenue it was put on lock-down, lots of pennsylvania there in front of the white house is blocked off but the key thing here as far as safety right now is that that lock-down we were all under is over but again a capitol police officer, the person who was injured in this, senator harry reid

he is running against d ct dc cd washington, d.c. he is taking advantage of the new cycle and he looks to be coasting to victory. >> coastalling to victory and setting up a race in 2016. thank you. we appreciate it. that is it from the team here in washington, d.c. and from me david shuster for now. you can keep the discussion going by logging onto the facebook page. you can send us your thoughts on twitter i'm david schuster, thanks for watching. ♪ ♪ >>> welcome to al jazerra. i am stephanie sy. here are the top stories at this hour. transit workers in san francisco are officially on strike. the walk out by union workers happening just an hour ago will strand more than 200,000 daily commuters. a bart union official says both sides agree on health care and pension bud remain far apart on pay and work conditions. negotiations have been going on for months. bart workers walked ute for nearly five days back in july. furloughed federal employees are back on the work and national parks have reopened. president obama says the 16-day govern

. >> on america tonight it will the driver who led a high speed chase through washington, d.c. what keeps doctors and police on alert? >> have they simply been sitting across from the white house peacefully or have they tried to scale the fence? >> also, tonight, karen storms forward. a late entry in hurricane season but experts warn a sleeper storm shouldn't be ignored. >> everybody needs to pay attention and be vigilant because these things have a mind of their own. >> and how now does the cow? technology makes the most of what's left down on the farm. >> and good evening, thanks for joining us. this week in washington ends with a lot of loose ends. the budget battle continues with to end to the government shut down in sight as do the questions about that driver who rammed barricades near the white house and capitol hill before dying in a final battle with police. >>> the seat of politics and power may also be a magnet for the mentally ill. we beginning with america tonight correspondent lori jane gliha. >> it is not possible what the woman was thinking during her final momen

he is running against d ct dc cd washington, d.c. he is taking advantage of the new cycle and he looks to be coasting to victory. >> coastalling to victory and setting up a race in 2016. thank you. we appreciate it. that is it from the team here in washington, d.c. and from me david shuster for now. you can keep the discussion going by logging onto the facebook page. you can send us your thoughts on twitter i'm david schuster, thanks for watching. nairobi. >>> welcome to al jazeera america. i'm del walters. here are the stories that we are following for you. congress is turning its focus back to the budget. now the whole new deadline they face. >>> the president set to name a new head of homeland security. >>> and the syrians pushing lebanon, and an already fragile economy towards the breaking point. ♪ >>> well now that the federal government is back in business, congress and the white house are looking forward. the house and senate are

this is not washington, d.c. thing, a country thing. >> reporter: these furloughed federal employees cannot go to work. they are standing outside of the senate. >> you have bills stacking up on your desk and no way of paying them. >> reporter: they went legislatures to pass the clean continuing revolution to end the shutdown. >> they are arguing about petty things. they are not, again, there is no reason just go ahead and pass it. >> reporter: we spoke with maryland lawmakers who are frustrated with the government shutdown, but they don't when it will end. >> speaker john boehner will allow a vote on the house floor. we are convince that the votes are there. >> reporter: congressman sponsored a bill to give retroactive pay to furloughed workers. >> that will give a sense of security to people who have -- basically laid-off or furloughed. >> reporter: but frustrated americans want to resolved now. >> let the government go back to work. stop the government shutdown. . >> a new crisis is just around the corner. trea

it's monday october fourteenth eight pm in washington d.c. i'm meghan lopez and you are watching r.t. all right folks well welcome to weeks three of the government shutdown at this point the lights on capitol hill are being alumina did by bipartisan bickering alone or at least it feels that way over the weekend senate majority leader harry reid met with mitch mcconnell two attempts to broker a deal we have yet to see what actually came from that meeting though both men are publicly expressing optimism about a possible agreement or at least an agreement to raise the debt ceiling anyway meanwhile today house and senate leaders were supposed to take a trip down down pennsylvania avenue to the white house for talks however that meeting was just postponed because the senate leaders say that they need more time to work out a deal and the longer this debate continues the more ordinary americans are feeling the sting now if you are waiting for justice in immigration or civil court. he says that wait just got a little bit longer federal courts have be

so, again, just getting in, shots fired from washington, d.c. viously, we've got full team coverage. eamon javers in washington, d.c., all the resources of nbc universal news, msnbc as well. on a day where the discussion has been on cnbc, where the market is going to go, what is the resk of derisk of debt defa there are other risks and some of them may involve guns, bullets and people. let's go to eamon. have you heard anything else? >> reporter: here's what we have from nbc news. the u.s. capitol has been locked down after reports of shots fired on the west front of the capitol. now, we have just reports of these shots fired, but obviously you can see from that police activity, there sais a pretty major police response going on right now here on capitol hill. we see varying reports now from varying news organizations of this incident that has apparently just happened at the u.s. capitol building. what we're going to go with right now, though, is that there are reports of shots fired at the west front of the capitol building. and we're looking at

economy right now is the elected representatives in washington, d.c. what an extraordinary thing to have to say, but that is the commentary in most of the newspapers this morning and on the websites as people realize that what is happening is we are just moving from short termism to short termism and there's no real effort being made as mike was saying just now to look at this in the long term. that is what wall streeted message was. wall street looked at the basic facts. they looked at the government shutdown and in particular at the debt ceiling needed to be raised by today, and they came to a logical conclusion that whatever happened, has congress would finally do it and they did. >> the dow down 78 points. we are awaiting word from the white house concerning the debt deal that was reached last night ending the government shutdown. we are going to take a break right now to pay some of our bills. we'll be right back. >> i'm del walters coming to you live from new york. right now, we are awaiting word from president obama concerning the deal reached l

unfortunately here in the nation's capital to you know right now it's a sound science life in washington d.c. thank you very much indeed for that. and you can see how the chinese unfolded throughout central washington by taking a look at base right here and starting at the white house the suspects advances all the way to the council building coming under police fire the chase ended almost two miles away from the white house where the driver was killed. i joined the majority leader in expressing our gratitude to the capitol police. so then two of the conch haste following the shooting death of the suspect received a plea also in the us congress will make us all the officers involved fall carrying out that but dr mark mason believes officials had other ways they could have stopped the moment. given the fact that we have been on armed email the police have comported say that she was on armed there was an infant in the car. there was no gunfire of any kind that came from the car at any time a lot of questions need to be asked i think that there is reason to believe that the police in washington

there is one message iraq's prime minister nouri maliki has been pushing during his visit to washington d.c. this week help me fight terrorism in my country because maliki says well not only help iraq but the region here's what he said during his speech this morning in washington d.c. fault by all countries and societies would like we want an international war a global war against terror if we're on to war we want this surge would war against those who are killing people getting flocculation who are calling for blood shed for ignorance and do not belong to. logic to govern our daily lives the main challenge iraq faces remains the same a rise of attacks that has claimed the lives of hundreds of thousands of civilians arise now he says as a result of violence in syria but maliki was in washington d.c. to try to convince both the administration and the lawmakers to step up their support to help him fight terrorism in iraq is having trouble convincing them congress who experts say take a harder line on iraq that obama sent a letter to the u.s. president asking him to be so far on maliki in it t

domestically, we're facing our own fiscal issues right now, what's going on in washington, d.c.she's going to be able to handle that upstream current and also how do you think the markets will respond? we've seen what happened when people thought larry summers was going to be involved and he withdraws his nomination. how do you think the markets will go? >> i think janet yellen is the right person to do this right now. given the dysfunction that you see in congress and the dysfunction you have in fiscal policy in the united states where the government is doing things that will cause the economy to shrink, shutting the government down, creating the prospect of a crisis where the government can't pay its bills, the federal reserve can be a rock of stability and take actions that support the economy while congress is failing to do so. i think yellen has clearly indicated she thinks it's proper for the fed to do that in times when we do not have a self-supporting economic recovery, the fed should stimulate the economy. it's not that she's for easy money all the time. to the extent w

maybe not a great place for a tour, washington, d.c. will stop what's better -- d.c. what better way to demonstrate against the government shut down the nation's capital? far from what the protest called itself the one million veteran but it called attention. they broken the barricades at the world war ii memorial and brought those fences to the white house where demonstrators and got into a tense standoff with police clad in riot gear. >> a wholly new level of discontent was displayed in washington, d.c. thousands of veterans from across the united states led a pilgrimage to the world war ii memorial on the national mall. this is the memorial that was built with mostly privately funds that was closer to the partial government shutdown. protesters in a strong message to obama yesterday. tear down these barricades. the testers have been referring to them as barricades and except for the president they are part of the partial shutdown. the truckers waited integral role. -- played an integral role. truckers ride for the constitution is a grassroots campaign that is very

washington d.c. or "mientras estemos positivos estamos bien si el presidente lo dijo pues estamos con el." washington d.c. paola alonzo @paolawzdc y las manifestaciones a favor de una reforma migratoria continúan, esta mañana más de 40 personas protestaron frente a las oficinas de home depot en la capital del país, para pedirles que paren las donaciones que estos le hacen a los republicanos que no apoyan un proyecto de ley con camino a la ciudadanía para los más de 11 millones de indocumentados en el país. washington d.c. elizabeth alex organizadora comunitaria en casa de acción "home depot da donaciones a varios líderes republicanos, entre ellos el jefe del partido republicano dentro del congreso el speaker john boehner y también a eric cantor, que son dos de los republicanos que han dicho que no vamos a llamar el voto ahora." el mensaje ha sido claro, pedir el apoyo de las grandes corporaciones que patrocinan las campañas de importantes políticos, para que los congresistas voten a favor de una refor

you know this is where the studio is this is a boom town washington d.c. s doing fantastically well the question is why are companies sending money to washington one of the reasons is crony capitalism which is an enormous problem and you've got a lot of corporations that have come to the conclusion sadly that they are better off spending x. amount of dollars hiring lobbyists trying to influence politicians to get favors or to block things from happening than taking that same money and investing in growing their business educating their workers getting their workers more efficient so you have that problem coming from the business side the bottom line and this is something that i remember reading milton friedman in high school which i think is right about is there's a difference between being pro-business and pro free market i'm free market i'm not pro business i don't like set asides or cut asides for businesses so that's the problem the business side the problem on the government side is that you have the privatization that you talked about where literally

they are addressing questions about her mental state and the use of deadly force by washington, d.c. police. danielle nottingham has the latest for wjz eyewitness news from washington. >> we are still absorbing all of the things that are happening. >> amy and valerie carey don't know why their sister, miriam carey, drove her young daughter to washington, d.c. amp trip that ended with a wild chase from the white house to the capitol hill, and miriam carey shot dead by police. >> she did suffer from postpartum depression with psychosis. >> reporter: law enforcement sources tell wjz eyewitness news 90 months before miriam carey rammed her car into the white house barricade, she told connecticut police president barack obama had put her home under electronic civilians and that she was communicating with him. her sister, valerie disagreed. >> to my knowledge, she did not believe that the president or any government official was going to do her any harm. >> reporter: miriam carey was not armed when she led police on a high-speed chase. her 1-year-old daughter was in the backseat. police are

let's get the latest from washington, d.c. now. libby casey is there for us. libby? , tony, as you heard this dramatic chase today in washington. the driver of the black vehicle shot and killed. was a child in the car. the incident took place both on the steps -- not literally the steps, but in the area of the capitol, so very dramatic from washington, d.c. and we heard from witnesses that after things calmed down police were swarming the vehicle and pulled out this small child. that child is now in protective custody. kathy lanier spokes to reporters just a few moments ago. >> reporter: the security perimeters worked, and did exactly what they were supposed to do, and stopped the suspect in a vehicle at both locations. >> you get a sense of the high security already in place here at the nation's capitol but also how the police say they were able to keep this from being a worse situation. who officers are injured, we hear that both, though, are expected to do okay, but really a dramatic turn of events here in washington. >> okay. libby thank you. >>> more than 100 peo

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and they broad daylight cut chase in washington d.c. ends in a hail of bullets and a mother despite no apparent danger we're going to report on the circumstances and what authorities had to say about the use of force but later in the program too. but next with america's government in shock for a sixth day now various agencies are doing their best to try to bypass the partisan deadlock the pentagon says its lawyers have found a way to get hundreds of thousands of employees back to work on the politicians causing the stole a vote to pay laid off workers for the days they're messing economist mark fried wolf says that that dispute is a sudden shock waves worldwide. there's literally nothing the u.s. government can't and won't do for unclear reasons sending whatever shock waves they feel like sending into the u.s. and global economies i cannot imagine a recipe that would undermine confidence in the dollar and the us or particularly the us government faster or more effectively than what we see on every news channel in the world every day for

reports of shots fired now in washington, d.c. you recall, shots were fired in the naval yard in washington, d.c. this all started now from a car chase apparently at the scene of the capitol. so what is the connection between some sort of a car chase now that happened near and around the capitol in washington, d.c. and shots being fired as you can see more than a dozen police cars there on the scene trying to figure out what is going on there. capitol on lock down at this hour. 2:30 on the east coast as shots appeared to have been fired outside of the capitol building in washington, d.c. as we continue to watch inside of the floor there. whether or not they are boeing going to be evacuated at this time. we are getting one of our reporters in dc to give us more information. originally the reports came across that there could have been shots fired inside of the capitol building. but that was corrected on the wire here. no activity there as you continue to wash on the left side of your screen. not sure if people have been evacuated n

first, lets go live to kimberly covering the political tussle in washington d.c. kimberly, i guess now this deal must be breathing some life at least back into the government buildings around you. >> indeed, you can see it on the roads heading into washington, d.c. this morning, packed for the first time in 16 days as more than 800,000 federal workers, not just in washington, d.c. but across the country return to work. they return to an awful lot of work that has to be done. there were many departments closed, department of commerce, the e.p.a., to name just a few, have been largely shuttered. so they are back to work with the stroke of the pen by president obama shortly after midnight early this morning, but it is just a temporary fix. >> without objection, the motion is agreed to. >> and with that, a temporary reprieve for the global economy. the u.s. will not default on its debt. for the american people, their government will now reopen for at least the next three months. president barack obama expressing optimism that the country won't be back in the same place

the panic in washington d.c. came out of high tensions on capitol hill where lawmakers that's still unable to agree and you national budget president obama is forced to cancel his trip to asia because of the political impasse in the country while the u.s. treasury issues are warning of a looming and catastrophic default and got the details shortly. the army has reportedly find live rounds of supporters of deposed islamist president mohamed morsi in cairo to prevent them from occupying to square let's now get an update on the escalating tensions from our correspondent in cairo bell truth a lot about also what's going on there right now can we expect to see the city engulfed in turmoil once again. you know we really saw today was multiple clashes explodes between supporters of ousted leader mohamed morsy and security forces in multiple locations across the country across the country as well as the city i was down just after the square when the thousands of supporters of morsy essentially attempted to access this ma

d.c. so it's big business after the federal government lobbying is the next biggest business the washington d.c. . lobbyists function is the razor to guard dogs from fake industry making sure congress does their bidding but big loyal uses a far more aggressive means of tightening its leash around congress' neck here's the reality you're sitting there is a billionaire you make money on bullshit making money maybe your exxon mobil you should know contribute to self only front organization which can then what millions and millions of millions of dollars on television ads in two campaigns hold to this country what it really is saying is that we are giving unbelievable power to a handful of people to control the politics and the nature of our democracy. on a national scale fuel companies have huge power over our government. but didn't we throw those oil guys out in the last election. didn't we elect the guy who is going to change things. i believe that americans of every political stripe are desperate they are hungry for a new kind of hope that. most people who will go to go in because they care

the actual location washington d.c. for creating this sort of empathy gap between what's actually the problems americans are facing today and the problems that congress is focused on is there's something in the air in washington d.c. that inhibits our empathy we're receptors. no it's just that this is where it happens this is where the groups coalesced in and they have these interactions but i think that what will happen is that either members of congress will realize that we're all part of a bigger group and have to come together or the larger group that is america the citizens are going to remind them through their votes that that you know this is this is not an acceptable behavior to sabotage the normal operation of government and i think by and large people don't accept that there's something that actually psychopathic about choosing to be a politician choosing to go to appeal to people for you know ask for votes all the time i mean there's been studies one percent of the population is believed to be psychopathic som

and the underwear floors that giant corporations like monsanto have on washington d.c. i made it about monsanto is that making money is more important than the health and well being of the people i mean his problem is the lack of research and the safety of g.m. and the fact that the f.d.a. only. once a month scientists backs that research in order to improve the product and there's no independent research that shows the safety of the g.m. monsanto it's not about feeding people it's about control if you control the food you control the people monsanto corporation claims it is helping farmers feed the world by pushing it superstrength herbicides in combination with genetically altered seeds most of the corn consumed in the u.s. is genetically modified g.m.o. products are banned in several countries if this continues to happen this way what's really going to be the result of very very wealthy people are going to be able to afford to eat super well while people who are not wealthy are going to be eating this terrible food we don't know what the long term applications are yo

more people have an ability to organize and know what's we talk about it in washington d.c. in washington d.c. and you think about economic opportunity. >> host: what about immigration? >> guest: its funny immigration is a perfect example of what i'm talking about because the deal that was cut in the senate in washington d.c. was based on democrats like dick durbin who are protecting the the union interest and some republicans who just want to build a wall. if you want to solve the immigration problem that principle is everybody who wants to come to this country and work should be allowed to. if that that is the principle why are we limiting h-1b visas? why are we limiting the availability of people to come in legally before looking for process that's on its? i think what upsets a lot of tea partyers is the fact that he would reward people who broke the law. who is was responsible for that? i think the ins dysfunction is responsible for that and they think that union leaders and dick durbin the representative in the senate are responsible for not letting good people come in w

in washington, d.c. you're watching "r.t.." we begin with the wild series of events that took place here in washington, d.c. on thursday. more details are emerging about the high-speed chase through the streets of the nation's capital after a driver attempted to enter a secure area near the white house. >> a day after a high-speed chase came to a deadly end here near the capitol, we're learning more about the suspect in the case. police have identified her as 35-year-old miriam carey, dental hygienist from stanford, connecticut. police found medications for schizophrenia and other mental disorders after searching her home. people close to her say she suffered from postpartum depression. her family members say they have no idea why she was in washington, d.c. police say this started when the suspect tried to ram her black infiniti sedan into a barrier at the white house, setting off the high-speed chase from the white house to the capitol. law enforcement say shots rang out in two separate areas and all of those shots are believe

hiv heavy rain pushing up to washington, d.c.d rain developing and 66 and 5 on 5 --8 and rain will go up t up the coo new england. this is a nor'easter and we could see costal flooding. that is the only rain on the radar aside from showers in washington and oregon. that storm is over the coast and in the middle nothing. just warmer temperatures. they are climbing from 70 to 80 accept o80880exempt on the snows there. in bengal that is a tropical system developing. we are watching that closely and that is to intensify over the hours. >> house speaker called again for redestruction talks with president obama on tuesday. thousands of people are gathering at the capital of washington, d.c. to bring attention to immigration and calling on congress to pass a sweeping reform bill. and a second team of weapons inspectors will go to syria, u.n. general secretary

it's friday october eleventh four pm in washington d.c. i'm a neera david and you're watching r t we begin today with an exclusive interview with whistleblower julian assange artie's sister spanish channel sat down with the wiki leaks founder in london a song she was granted asylum by quarter last year has been waiting in the country's embassy in london for safe passage in the interview a song shared his thoughts on a number of issues talking specifically about the n.s.a. scandal and the relationship wiki leaks has had with former u.s. government contractor edward snowden artie's eva golinger has more. here at the embassy of ecuador in london he affirmed that the exceptionalism that brock obama president united states is defending is merely an excuse to be involved the last something used by nations such as united states with power to subordinate others found also alerted to the necessity of developing sovereign technology and sovereignty in general in order to defend nations against the mass surveillance an espionage program of the united

i will not forget thomas jefferson standing here in washington d.c., but i will tell you, woodrow wilson attended will was then the college of new jersey in princeton. he graduated in 1879. his aspirations then -- he had political dreams already. it great aspirations to become, as i discovered going through his papers because he had once made of the business card, homemade business card that said thomas woodrow wilson, senator from virginia. and that was the dream. the way to achieve it was to become a lawyer because most presidents began their professional lives as lawyers. also, as you notice, senator from virginia is virginia had sent more men to the white house than anyone in history. wilson went to the university of virginia law school. he studied law, did not like it so much, but after a year to the move down to the atlantic, opened a law office and was really a terrible lawyer. in his year or two down there he attained no clients. he loved spending the afternoons reading. he read a lot of history. he created new discipline in this country, political science. he read a lot about po

it's friday october eleventh eight pm in washington d.c. i'm a near a david and you're watching our t.v. we begin tonight with new video of edward snowden out of moscow this is the first video we're seeing of outward snowden since his guardian interview that coincided with the first of the n.s.a. run revelations leaks back in june what you're seeing here is video released by wiki leaks of edward snowden receiving the sam adams integrity award which he received in moscow just two days ago snowden spoke at the award ceremony about government transparency have a listen. this is about the belief he got on the. air. recently. what he. is really. good we. see. we are. very. very modest recently we don't. know. snowden then went on to talk more about the dangers to democracy. exactly. just this one the last. one but this. person. already. edward snowden is a former government contractor who leaked documents on the us and the british government's master valence programs to the press. and now we turn to an exclusive interview with another whistleblo

quite a rare occurrence in washington, d.c. at this hour. let's bring in ali velshi to talk a little bit more about this. this is quite an amazing display here tonight. >> it is. i got used to the fact that we weren't going to get a budget. every year we are supposed to have a budget, not every year but that's been the convention for decades. i wasn't sure we weren't going to get this. this is kind of strange. this congressman, saying we want fairness for all americans. you have to come to terms with the fact that you hate obamacare, you tried 42 times to defund it and it didn't work. my twitter feed has been going pretty crazy but one poignant. a woman just tweeted me, i wish they would consider us the little people when they want to flaunt their little vendettas in public. why don't they think about continuous. >> the anger seems to be rising. >> absolutely it is. >> michael sure, what do you think from the senate and the house? >> jim mcgovern and tom reid and harry reid enormous. this is the theater of politics and this is what people wh

the mayor of washington, d.c.ed his support on wednesday for a measure to decriminalize possession of small amounts of pot. right now, possession of less than an ounce is punishable by six months in jail and a $1,000 fine. d.c. lawmakers want to make it more like a traffic ticket. punishable only by a small fine. the measure gets the support of ten of the districts 13 council members and it's expected to get a vote in the next few months, but the news from d.c. is just the latest from one that is about to be one of the most rapidly transformational in all of american politics. polls show that legalizing marijuana is now for the first time, a majority position among americans. it has been legalized in colorado and washington state. the feds made it pretty clear they're not going to interfere with those new laws. activists are setting their sights on a whole host of other states. joining me now is carl hart, a neuroscientist and author of high price. it challenges everything you know about drugs and society. i was c