tell me about the track, "emmett till." >> i am from birmingham, a very tumultuous generation that wehare, from totally different sides. really the story of an that till -- a em emmett till is a terrible tragedy in a story that we are aware of. i was actually listening to npr and we're talking about it and it made me remember the story. sometimes, tavis, i think that you channel things. i just kind of got the mind that i was born a black boy, and from there, most of the song is just a telling of the horrific tragedy of what happened, in his own voice. and then, from my point of view, giving him the words that he should not just be a footnote in history. that we must always remember the tragedy of a life cut short for such a terrible reason. but once again, it is the mystery of songwriting. we don't really know where these things come from. tavis: when i heard that track, it reminded me of what i love about your work, and it is the truth that comes through, the humidity that comes through in your music. thank you for that. -- the humanity that comes through in your music. the new cd is

uprisings and this is accuse them of misjudging whether those guns will be turned on civilians as more emmett you know explains in the. security forces put down or rest in the middle east with rubber bullets tear gas and other irritant ammunition and they've got plenty a u.k. was still selling arms to libya just months before colonel gadhafi turned them on his own people with government ministers approving a deal for sniper rifles bullets and take out. very very strict guidelines that say where where it is likely that human rights violations might take place are not supposed to sell their weapons i would say looking back through a number of credible sources including amnesty international but it was always likely always very very likely the equipment supplied to colonel gadhafi would and could be. in the brutal crackdown of protesters arms export is big business in the u.k. valued at nearly twelve billion dollars in two thousand and nine now a highly critical report by m.p.'s exposes the scale of u.k. arms sales to some of the world's most brutal regimes the libyan export licenses were some o

marched right down this road past the front door of their democracy to say it's not working you are emmett r.t. london. russian pilot constantine he was on trial in new york for alleged international drug trafficking he was arrested by u.s. officials in liberia last year his lawyers accuse american agents of kidnapping and torturing the pilot ideas marina gordon i reports on day one of the hearing. well day one of this trial was completely allocated towards the selection of the jury what we're told is that the prosecutors and defense attorneys went through more than five rounds of people before selecting twelve jurors that will play a role in this trial now when they gave was finished victoria. left the courtroom and addressed the media she told the correspondents in attendance that her husband is a fighter she is surprised by how strong and resilient he's remained during the course of this entire process she says that she believes that her husband's health has deteriorated that he has some skin condition she believes that he's as i say has also suffered and she has said that he is visibly

nothing catastrophic second there are some radioactive discharges they can easily be measured alone emmett's of these charges are also under control i don't think there's a threat the containment is deteriorating it was built at a very high engineering level it has thick walls with a high degree of safety overhead covers were also built moreover walls and overhead covers were built around the damage reactor unit well concretes was pumped inside the reactor helicopters dropped metal i think inside the reactor pumps pumped in liquid concrete if that's the field everything there are some minor cavities with thirty left all in all liquid a huge over two hundred thousand cubic metres of concrete but because of the construction the reactor of the first trial unit required four hundred twenty thousand cubic metres of concrete almost half that amount was pumped into the reactor and that concrete is resting inside the reactor and it's a vision a form. of thank you very much for they seem to be you're welcome. wealthy british style. time to cut. the. markets why not. find out what's really happening t

telecommunications equipment to the rebels but many suspect help of a different kind may be on the way to lure emmett's r.t. london. and will bring in more assad from anti-war activists john rees who was feature in laura comments report in an hour's time here on our. mean time a case tara men from the campaign against arms trade says the military hardware sold by britain was clearly designed to be used against civilians. the fact is these governments in the middle east and north africa who have been sold weapons quite aggressively should say who are in fact undemocratic dictatorial abusive regimes i think it was pretty world know when these weapons were likely to be used for internal repression of course no one knew when it was likely to happen but the fact is there were buying weapons such as crowd control technology tear gas and wall and door breaching equipment which could only be used for internal repression for us the most essential seeing this report does is our search for really tough question how do you reconcile promoting objects ports with staunch support for human rights well we would say ir

council will match that force with bags of cash and the conviction that the law is on best site your emmett's. essex british royal wedding is still two weeks away but the hype reached fever pitch from twitter and newspapers there's no getting away from prince william and kate middleton oftenest as in new york reactions are somewhat polarized with little middle ground. i used think of the media's nonstop coverage of the royal wedding this week let's talk about bet this country ran away from england because of of royalty and pins and queens it is just because they're born into a stupid family if the british run it like and do it but the americans that they could be fascinating. it's so ridiculous get a life already america eventually this brings a lot of thoughts for reform so stings like in. something like that. in my opinion really really is that good for people to have cuts away from serious things or is it just a distraction good because if you always think about the problems you have. in your life when you kill yourself do you care about the royal wedding yes they care about you need. not

bustling council will match that force with bags of cash and the conviction that the best site you're emmett's ot essex. the latest news and future stories from our to you by logging on to our web site. here's a look for you right now. find out president obama's chances of re-election in two thousand and twelve as many americans say they feel betrayed by his promise of change and. also online. a sure sign that spring or to watch the. movie pool. the british royal wedding is still two weeks away but the hype has already reached fever pitch from twitter to newspapers there's no getting away from the big day for prince william and kate middleton. new york where reactions are somewhat polarized with little middle ground. are you sick of the media's nonstop coverage of the royal wedding this week let's talk about bet this country ran away from england because of of royalty and kings and queens it's just because they're born into a stupid family if the british wanted and i can do it but the americans to be. fascinating. it's so ridiculous get a life already or eventually this brings our a force for

council will much that force with bags of cash and the conviction that the law is on their side you are emmett r.t. battled in essex. the british royal wedding is still two weeks away from now but the hype is already reached fever pitch from twitter to newspapers there's no getting away from the big day for prince william and kate middleton. is in new york where reactions are somewhat polarized with little middle ground. are you sick of the media's nonstop coverage of the royal wedding this week let's talk about that this country ran away from england because of of royalty and kings and queens just because they're born into a stupid family if the british run it i can do it but the americans debate at the fascinating. it's so ridiculous that a life already emerged eventually this brings our thoughts for reform source things like. something like that. in my opinion really we don't need is that good for people to have god's away from serious things or is it just a distraction good because if you always think about the problems you have. or you could have in your life then you can kill yourself do

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telecommunications equipment to the rebels but many suspect help of a different kind may be on the way to your emmett's r.t. london. we have more insight for you from antiwar activist john reese who you saw enormous power coming your way locals are right here are today. libyan oil is to go on sale from the opposition held areas of the country prices of crude have been over sensitive since the uprisings in the arab world started recently hitting a thirty month high and let's get more analysis on this from marty's business team and demetrius standing by dimitri what sort of impact do you think is the news of the libyan oil expected to have on the markets well it seems right now the news over the turmoil in the middle east is not having that much of effect because there is of course the high risk premium which is price and therefore we're seeing prices of brant going up as much as one hundred twenty three dollars per barrel but it seems right now that central banks have a higher weight than opec does when it comes to oil prices because everyone is looking at the e.c.b. rate hike decision which is expected

and once that happens many seen libya turning into another afghanistan ten years and counting your emmett's r.t. london. the international community should comply with the no fly zone resolution in libya refrain from taking sides in the country's civil war that's a statement released following talks between the u.n. chief from the russian president's can offer meeting in moscow. the russian president and the un secretary general have straightened their cause only call it. strictly within its mandate which was given by the un north resolution it's goal is to protect civilians but operation in libya has been going on for months and every day more civilians are killed i just personally. spent two weeks there saw various commemorations services in memory of the victims of violence and of course all this is a raising concern among the international community and now the u.s. is planning to use the predator drones in we do have quite an unpleasant history in afghanistan when it comes to see all of this makes it highly likely that people will believe that the real goal of minos operation to protec

telecommunications equipment to the rebels but many suspect help of a different kind may be on the way to lure emmett's r.t. london still to come on the program searching for solutions. financial minds gather to discuss the future of the global economy but will emerging markets of be the driver of the economic recovery. to finland now where a priest there is facing criminal charges for speaking out against doku umarov one of the world's most wanted terrorists. could actually face being defrocked but after receiving death threats the cleric told r.t. why he's considering moving to russia first homeland because it ended up children vesta gets. your of these may be the last days the so man wears his pastas color you hum while the re faces been defrocked for speaking out against i use the word terrorist a used word president musharraf and his international peace become our center the site was the first to publish the terrorists' words on the taxi claims the nafs ski express and also a matter of war means and most recently the idea that our ports attack the website is banned in russia but in finland it enjo

council will match that force with bags of cash and the conviction that the law is on their site your emmett's ot essex. whatever happens at dale farm intolerance towards the communities in britain is reaching boiling point now the country wants to cut immigration levels rest of what. i want ration more and less immigration but as a deliverable a british m.p. says it's impossible to stop people coming into view. freedom of movement that's raising fears of ghettos and disjointed society tell us what you think on our website. and as brock obama launches his bid for a second term change which he pledged americans tell us whether he's delivering the dream he promised to. be soon. if you only bounced from the phones to. these food stamps on t.v. dot com. live in a country that don't understand that there's more violence in the streets of this country than there are in the streets of baghdad. despite the racial. road to the. streets of the. wealthy british style it's not out of. the. markets why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy because a report on our. this is r t let's re

telecommunications equipment to the rebels but many suspect help of a different kind may be on the way to lure emmett london and will bring in more thoughts from anti-war activists john rees who was featured in lawrence report later this hour. rebels are preparing to restart crude oil exports as the first tanker arrives in the opposition held eastern corridor to grow the petroleum is expected to go through kickstarter for it reaches its maiden quarter the e.u. and according to reports oil hungry european states have offered their rivals a look let's have deal with potentially dangerous consequences daniel bushell explains the main use of libyan oil the main. reason to go on. the e.u. representative here in brussels more sanctions only applied to the national old corporation the state held hold energy company and all other companies continues as usual there are concerns that this will be used. for own. in the region of course the u.s. . has imposed only. and the proof will raise questions about the motives of the coalition raising. the control. was the motive and the ruble for the. bases in the east o

telecommunications equipment to the rebels but many suspect help of a different kind may be on the way to your emmett's r.t. london. will bring you more thoughts. as featured in more emirates reports. on here on libyan rebels are preparing to restart crude oil exports the first tanker arrives in the opposition held eastern. petroleum is expected to go through cutter before it reaches its main importer. and according to reports on oil hungry european state of rebels a lucrative deal to potentially dangerous consequences daniel bushell expects. a main use of libyan oil the main purchase that there isn't a ball go on in libya and we represent the here in brussels not. only applied to national all corporation the state held that we held energy companies and all other companies business continues as usual now there are concerns that this oil will be used as a swap for. oil in the region the us. has imposed involved on the weapons and this is always a question about the motive of the coalition raising accusations that come from. one of the most lethal alone and the rebels have admitted that the outside has t

council will match that force with bags of cash and the conviction that the law is on their site your emmett's. essex. whatever happens at dale farm intolerance to work after communities in britain is reaching boiling point now the country wants to cut immigration levels drastically . i want to do immigration less immigration. but is a deliverable a british fuel m.p. says it's impossible to stop people coming into the u.k. while the e.u. allows freedom of movement it's raising fears of ghettos and disjointed society tell us what you think on our website. obama launches his bid for a second term he looks out to change what he pledged americans tell us whether he is delivering the dream he promised it to our team dot com. would be soo much brighter than a few. songs from feinstein. he's from stunts on t.v. come. wealthy british soil the sun. that's not on. the. market why not. come to. find out what's really happening to the global economy with much stronger for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines. for. today violence is once again flared up. these are the images the world f

council will match that force with bags of cash and the conviction that the law is on best site your emmett's ot essex. whatever happens the dale farm intolerance towards africa communities in britain is reaching boiling point now the country wants to cut immigration levels drastically and join debate. to tell us whether you think it will be enough. of british m.p.'s says it's impossible to stop people coming into the u.k. so long as the e.u. allows freedom of movement the fear is that could lead to gatos and i just joined society tell us what you think on this issue at r.t. . bad as brock obama launches he's bid for a second term party looks at the change which he pledged americans tell us whether he's delivering the dream he promised to dotcom. for. the motion would be soo much brighter if you only balanced songs from plans to transition these. stunts on t.v. don't come. down to be official ante up make a show joy phone the i pod touch from the i choose option. one geology life on the go. video on demand on g.'s minefield costs an hour as this feeds now in the palm of your. question on the

council will match that force with bags of cash and the conviction that the law is on their site your emmett's r.t. battle that essex. well whatever happens with intolerance towards ethnic communities in britain is reaching morning point out the country wants to cut immigration levels trust. me i want to jim racial. immigration. british bureau and he says it's impossible to stop people coming into the u.k. while the e.u. allows freedom of movement it's raising fears of yes i was going to destroy your society that's what you think on a website that's not seen. also on our website of the kremlin their gods conduct this post ok yeah sure sign of spring finally coming to moscow. also the star. would sing it to the mocking be a viable let's bring. it. back to the fifteenth century that is full of people. pulling taking part of the minutes he has to play in the background we've got the. board he's at the. pictures from the spectacular ceremony of course. we've also gone. around making the choice of all the major events in the kremlin and red square such as last year's historic victory day parade whi

telecommunications equipment to the rebels but many suspect help of a different kind may be on the way to lure emmett's r.t. london. looking ahead coming up in the program searching for solutions the first financial minds gathered to discuss the future of the global economy but the big question will emerge and markets be the driver of economic recovery package opinion in the next few minutes also find out how the new crew of the international space station is planning to mark the inspiring all over the world to see if you regard fifty years ago. in most countries of standard practice to denounce terror but not so in full and it seems. where a priest is facing charges of inciting racial hatred after he spoke out against the man behind the moscow metro airport bombings i think the country a great show over reports from helsinki. these may be the last days these man where is his pastor's call are you hummel or faces being defrocked for speaking out against i use the word terrorist to use word. no kumar and his international peace become a center assad was the first to publish the terrorists' words on the

marts right down this road past the front door of their democracy to say it's not working you are emmett r.t. . japanese officials say sixty thousand tons of radioactive water have accumulated in the basements of these stricken plant workers must keep feeding water into the reactors to stop overheating which is leading to a buildup of radioactive fluid well japan has asked russia to send a waste disposal facility to the crippled nuclear station almost twelve thousand tons of tainted water are being released into the ocean to free storage space for more highly contaminated waste the forces say this poses no threat to human health or the environment more to talk more about that i'm now joined by you an expert on chemical safety professor larry potassium joining me here in the studio thank you very much for being with us here on r.t. well as we've just been hearing this sounds like a massive amount of radioactive material being released into the sea and despite what the japanese authorities are saying how dangerous all of these levels do you think. yeah that's actually very dangerous situat

telecommunications equipment to the rebels but many suspect help of a different kind may be on the way to lure emmett's r.t. london. which country following libya's footsteps. with libya being torn apart by the war and anti-government protests gaining momentum in syria the question on everyone's mind is who might be next but he explores if the protests sweeping across the region are part of a covert strategy. if so. the priest in finland is facing charges of inciting racial hatred after openly criticizing the world's most wanted interview with the tape alleged crime the core of the man behind the moscow airport bombings a terrorist. trover conducted the interview has this report. you're a sneeze maybe the last days this man wears his pastor's color you hum mauler e faces being defrocked priest speaking out against i use the word work theorist use word. not tomorrow and his internet mult piece becomes essential the site was the first to publish the terrorists' words on the tax he claims the business and school siege the nab skeets press the matter of war means and most recently the idea divert water att

telecommunications equipment to the rebels but many suspect help of a different kind may be on the way to your emmett's r.t. london. with more insight for you from the war. and its report he'll be giving his views in just over an hour here on. well you can catch up on the news you may have missed any time you wanted r.t. dot com plenty of other views and analysis there as well for example there you can find out about israel allowing nearly a thousand homes to be built in a disputed part of east jerusalem setting the stage for a bumpy ride for the troubled palestinian peace talks. and fifty years after a year together and beyond earth's atmosphere for the first time the latest project space travelers make their way to the international space station and for their mission at t.v. dot com. the russian prosecutor's office has given new details documents into the plane crash that killed the polish president and much of the country's political elite investigation still underway into the tragedy in western russia last april ortiz elizabeths watched the handover. the importance of the ceremony lies within what

telecommunications equipment to the rebels but many suspect help of a different kind may be on the way to lure emmett's r.t. london still to come on the program. i was searching for solutions. the best financial minds gathered to discuss the future of the global economy but will emerging markets be the driver of economic recovery. can find out how the new crew of the international space station plans to mark euro gerunds orbital adventure fifty years ago. to finland now were a priest is facing criminal charges for failing ethnic hatred after speaking out against doku umarov one of the world's most wanted terrorists mori could actually be fraud and has already received death threats because i read a grouch over the rest of. your of these may be the last days the so man where is his pastas color you hum while aree faces being defrocked for speaking out against i use word for word terrorist use word. your kumar and his internet mouthpiece become a center of the sun was the first to publish the terrorists' words on the tax he claims the netsky express mosque a matter of war means and most recently the idea

marched right down this road past the front door of their democracy to say it's not working you are emmett r.t. london. it's a quarter past the hour now here in moscow a palestinian engineer allegedly kidnapped by israel's security forces has been charged with developing sophisticated rockets for hamas and its record also accused . of training palestinian militants believe anish without a trace from a training ukraine two months ago before recently reappearing in an israeli jail artist alexi ghosh asked interest. the rocket got farther off hamas that is how television has labeled this man palestinian there are other c.c. israel claims the engineer was behind the development of kasam rockets and missiles that can penetrate steel. but we ease accused of developing kassam and grad rockets in creating rockets with a range of over six kilometers like what it would by the way belonging to her masses a simple accusation in the charges referring not only to weapons design and military training but to planning a murder attempt such accusations may send him to prison for many years. something his uk

people who support us and that was wiki leaks founder julian found sitting down with our own laura emmett. and from government secrets to government ploys to get more money that is forget those rumors about everything being bigger in texas leave it to the big apple that have the biggest of all just about everything big banks big jumbo trons in the middle of times square and now big fines for what most would consider petty crimes are you correspondent marina for and i is live in our new york studio with more. marjorie 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 post where you cli's 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 the flying they are trying to control my behavior hundreds of home grown tobacco leaves hanging to dry before silk shreds and smokes are 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

telecommunications equipment to the rebels but many suspect help of a different kind may be on the way to your emmett's r.t. . will bring you more thoughts from. and he had worked a wrist joint recently was featured in its reporting in just over an hour's time right here on the world of libyan rebels are preparing to restart crude oil exports as the first it sank arrives in the opposition held the eastern port of tobruk petroleum is expected to go through cutter before it reaches the main importer the e.u. and according to reports oil hungry european states offer the rebels a lucrative deal with but century dangerous consequences not seen it on a bushel explains. a main use of libyan oil. however there is new all go on in libya and the e.u. representative here in brussels. only applied to the national all corporation the. energy company and all of the company's business continues as usual now there are concerns that. for all. in the region the un security council has imposed limbaugh goes on the import of weapons and it also raises questions about the motives of the coalition raising accusations that i

laura emmett's who is outside the a.g.m. office hello to you laura so it's a tough day to be b.p.'s executive isn't it. it is and it's been a very tough year for them i mean it's been taught since hailed essentially by disasters we're nearly a year or now two almost to the day since the gulf of mexico oil spill started and that's something that hasn't gone unnoticed in our environmental protesters all shareholders minds and as you say there are holders around environmentalist's protesting outside this annual general meeting they gulf coast fishermen who say that their livelihoods and communities have been ruined by the oil spill and also canadians native canadians processing b.p.'s potential development of the tar sands that eight protesters we hear have in fact been dragged out of the a.t.m. they managed to make their way in and they had to be dragged out during the meeting by security by security at that meeting and essentially shareholders are incensed by this year that's gone by during which by the way the companies received two of lurched from one crisis to another and lost ar

once that happens many seen libya turning into a not that afghanistan ten years and counting lower emmett's r.t. london. joining me for more is david swanson he is author of the book right here war it's a lie they say right there on your screen david you know i want to ask you this this use of drones that we now know is going to be going on in libya what do you think the toll is going to be of earth or the think that we have been drones have a success of strategic kills the success rate of just two percent since two thousand and four and pockets don what is their success going to be on libya i know no reason to think it will be higher of the twenty five people killed in pakistan today are known to have included children we're talking about of it spends months meeting face to face with chalk level taliban officials who turn out not to have anything to do with the taliban and we're supposed to believe that a guy at a desk in was made just can't identify who's under a roof in libya or pakistan or anywhere else in the united nations denounces this is the illegal and here it's been used as part

ruin the show then they cancelled the show and it was the top rated show i mean when you talk about emmett's in the sea i remember olbermann sort of replaced the name when he was pro-war oh and when he started over time coming out against the bush administration was very much a fluke the fact that olbermann ended up like he is there was is very much not what management expected or wanted and while he was doing so great with ratings because there was no place for progressives to go but his show is on american television there was no r t a few years ago or any some of these other options the you know overman went through the roof in terms of ratings that many open the door for him out of but i think we're really seeing you pointed out the limits of this sense if m s n b c it's not really a progressive. chinn was more like a democratic chair with a democratic white house authorizing a weird unexplained military action you see so many people would have missed and basically said any group or go home to all the limits of dissent unfortunately it is the american people that suffer as a consequence

some are newsworthy, things concerning the trial of emmett till, the retrial of the emmett till murders. of course it was newsworthy. but others seem more to stoke racial ill. and they seem to be printed in pursuit of emotional reparatio reparations. that's one of the times hobbyhorses were it will get a hold of some report usually by liberal think tank, and then we'll go down three or four times in the space of couple of weeks and report that there are more black kids being stopped and frisked than white kids in certain neighborhoods. we also had victor maliki in the coverage of the katrina catastrophe. in one case it was a major hoax perpetrated on a self-described victim of the katrina catastrophe to present herself as a bureaucratic ownership that had her hold up in a fleabag hotel in queens, her health in jeopardy, or having to go for five trips to the hospital, her children all living together with her. in fact, she had never been anywhere near katrina. she said she was from biloxi. she didn't have -- she didn't have custody of the kids she said she had, and she never went to the