tell me about the track, "emmett till." >> i am from birmingham, a very tumultuous generation that we share, 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

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handed down nor emmett reporting from london greece's enormous debt is now out of control that's according to a leaked report to be presented to the country's parliament a special budget committee facing a ruinous recession the country simply can't keep up with interest payments on its near trillion dollar debt that's as e.u. leaders continue to bicker over greece's second two hundred thirteen billion rescue package with finland to mommy collateral in return for its participation this comes as portugal's prime minister declares a new wave of a sturdy measures and tax hikes across the spectrum to meet the country's own rescue interest payments for more than that some are joined by james mead way he's senior economist at the x. foundation in london joining us live from the capital this only way thanks very much indeed for being with us now greece's minister of finance is in full damage limitation moment calling the agency behind a statement inexperienced and irresponsible one it's a little late for that now isn't it. oh it's far too late for that this is the cat is out of the bag and to be q

land and sea for green energy if the scots vote for independence wales might not be far behind nor emmett's r.t. cardiff. brings up to date for the moment. they're with us live here in moscow. more news today violence is once again flared up. these are the images the world is seeing from the streets of kenya that. shine corporations are on the day. if you're just joining us a very warm welcome this is a lot from the russian capital top stories now this hour america marks a decade since the tragedy of nine eleven which united the nation brought about two of the bloodiest wars of the twenty first century. we're not going to stop which was invaded by the us shortly after the atrocity of the relentless taliban staged another deadly suicide bombing to discover as most afghan civilians don't even know why their country was ever occupied by foreign troops. russia in the sports world say goodbye to the country's top national ice hockey team wiped out in a plane crash in the blink of an eye. and moscow calls on the international community not to take sides in syria's internal violence as president d

this year and wales is not far behind with growing calls to break from london's are all parties or emmett's explores now the small nations patients. welcome to wales part of the u.k. and a proud nation with its own language and customs and the latest voice to call for independence applied comrie which means the party of wales has always argued the country could be better off without the u.k. and it seems increasing numbers are starting to see their point of view our economy . from an interest in priorities of the south east of england to the fore an independent would be able to chart a different course. priorities wales is a long way from declaring independence but it's no longer just a pipe dream of people here voted overwhelmingly earlier this year in favor of handing the welsh assembly full law making powers that was considered a turning point in welsh nationhood and plights comrie the party of wales have undoubtedly taken heart from the surprise victory of the scottish national party that a victory in may gave the s.n.p. an outright majority in the scottish parliament which has many pow

against libya and against the national oil corporation in particular getting the oil flowing again nor emmett's r.t. london and other top stories tonight from tensions on serbia's border with breakaway kosovo intensify following friday's takeover of two disputed border posts from police with the assistance of nato led forces have placed customs officers no checkpoints previously under-estimate control locals have tried to prevent what they call the unilateral action of kosovo's or bone eons of further reports from near one of those cities checkpoints. well we're at one of the border crossings you renny and the roads leading up to it remain bloke's by the protesters now we actually can't get too much play so when you go up to the front of that cross thing you're stopped by the bubble and we can see some of the k. full forces on the ground there we saw helicopters coming across and the you like helicopters dropping off some of the police forces to these crossings also the albanian cause the police a very needy actually got to. each of the checkpoints at the moment and that only for the time being

libya and against the national oil corporation in particular getting the oil flowing again your emmett's r.t. london. and elsewhere of the intentions on serbia's border with kosovo intensify following friday's takeover of two disputed border posts police with the assistance of nato led forces have placed customs officers checkpoints previously under ethnic serb control locus of credit revenge what they call the unilateral action of course of those are bony and first reports that from day one of those cease checkpoints. where one of the border crossings you're ready and afraid leading up to it remained bloke's by the ethnics a protest is now we actually can't get the much closer when you go up to the front of that cross thing you're stuck by the bulk load we can feast on a thick a full forces on the ground that we saw helicopters coming across and the you like helicopters dropping off some of the police forces to these crossings also the albanian calls the police they've only actually got to. each of the checkpoints at the moment and that the time being in an observatory role now of cours

against libya indicates the national oil corporation in particular getting the oil flowing again your emmett's all to london with libya's national transitional council now granted a seat at the united nations where he's going to try to counter reports on the first steps to rebuilding the country. one of the things that the new resolution inventions is a special u.n. support mission in libya that will be set up for an initial three months to help in what the climate insists is essentially a political operation it would give advice on restoring security but would concentrate on efforts to undertake inclusive political dialogue promote national recalls alleviation and generally help the government to leave the organizer elections and write a new constitution and that kind of a new on purpose a patient is welcomed by all members this is something that washes and went to the united nations was talking about saying it's a u.n. responsibility to help create some kind of a law and order system that would put an end to the chaos there as a result of the failure to properly implemented which really is m

land and sea for green energy if the scots vote for independence wales might not be far behind your emmett's r.t. because if so it will acknowledge some other stories making headlines across the globe a trial that i was to egypt and president hosni mubarak over the killing of protesters in february second resume in cairo hearing will be held off camera annoyed previous sessions one day the court adjourned the trial after hearing as host of morning of several witnesses before the session stuff broke out between pro and anti mubarak protesters outside the court we. even ten people injured. british lawmakers considering recall in the chairman of news corp james murdoch for further questioning over the phone hacking scandal a day earlier two former employees of the company suggesting he misled and ease about his knowledge of the widespread hacking at the company james murdoch has recently and has maintained till recently that news corp thought the illegal phone hacking was limited to only one reporter who was jailed in two thousand and seven murdoch and his father rupert had already faced a comm

libya and against the national oil corporation in particular getting the oil flowing again laura emmett's altie london. well western a through z. as i'm for a liberty and independence faces a tough test next week as palestinian leader is prepared to go flat out and getting un a recognition and although i guess voted by no means certain israel is already cracking down on its less than dedicated settlers as it looks to solidify its position in the occupied territory. back in. one thousand miles from the north pole. the team is taking you on a trip to spitzbergen on capella go. where twenty years after the us is ours collapsed between life is still going strong. for the world some not. presides over and those. who serve it. has become a target for those overcome by the cold war in the style of. the do something special edition. a call seven police assisted by e.u. forces have taken over two border crossings with serbia in the north of the breakaway region where the locals are mostly ethnic serbs and they've been trying to prevent the takeover by blocking roads through the checkpoints and sta

version of events that kelly committed suicide and the queues authorities of a major cover up artist or emmett has more now from london. more than eight years since the death of u.n. weapons inspector talked to david kelly and still no inquest following his almost skiing as the source of a report saying tony blair's government knew iraq had no weapons of mass destruction before person invaded the country kelly was found dead in woods near his home a good except suicide was recorded despite what many see as conflicting evidence no one's ever said questions under oath about kelly's death and all medical and scientific reports relating to it were secretly classified something which has never been legally explained but it hasn't gone away this week talked to david how pain is demanding that the question of holding an inquest be reopened he's challenging a decision by attorney general dominic grieve who ruled out holding a coroner's inquest in june citing what he called overwhelming evidence that the u.n. weapons inspector committed suicide but david help him and a group of other doctors are distin

land and sea for green energy if the scots vote for independence wales might not be far behind nor emmett's r.t. cardiff. and for the fourth time a top prize of the venice film festival is coming to russia alexander socor of the movie found other rivals to win the cult line the jury was united in its decision a word had darren aronofsky praising the picture saying it would change viewers for ever with two years of shooting and an overall price tag of over nine million dollars pounds is of course the most ambitious project inspired by go for strategy dialogue in german has yet to be translated to other languages including russian for more about the director and his work go to our website r.t. dot com. something similar to. charlie we ask a former george w. bush administration official for he's views on a fallout from nine eleven that's after be capped off this week's top stories in just a few minutes. welcome back you're watching our t.v. line from moscow today's news in this week's top stories the u.s. commemorates its worst terrorist attack the divide of the world the nine eleven assault t

libya and against the national oil corporation in particular getting the oil flowing again your emmett's all see london western fears he has done for liberty and independence faces a tough test next week as palestinian leaders prepare to go flat out and getting un recognition of the yes vote by no means certain israel's already cracking down on its less than dedicated settlers as it looks to solidify a position in occupied territories. if back into the one thousand miles from the north pole. the iraqi t.v. mistake you're on a trip to spitzbergen archipelago. where twenty years after the us is harsh climate to get the subregion way of life is still a growing stronger player in the world so long as the statue of lenin presides over a goes. to sleep it. has become a tourist site for those overcome by the cold war in the style. of the close up special edition on our. kosovo police assisted by e.u. forces have taken over to nato are two border crossings with serbia in the north of the breakaway region the locals are mostly ethnic serbs and they've been trying to prevent the takeover by blocki

land and sea for green energy if the scots vote for independence wales might not be far behind nor emmett's r.t. cardiff. those are the stories of that for you this hour back with the week's headlines in just a few moments to stay with. we'll . come up the limits. it's just some. sick. sick sick. sick. sick i am a. soon which writer knew about the song from months to. come. and again this is are she coming to life from moscow the headline. american rocks a decade since the tragedy of nine eleven which united a nation but brought about two of the bloodiest was of the twenty first century. government which within the age of by invaded by the who was shortly after that transfer to be relentless taliban had staged in another deadly suicide bombing and there's also the discovers that most of the incidents don't even know why their country was ever applied by foreign troops. rather than mornington also one of its top forty teams of locomotive get us out of every plane crash on a bridge about pride game of the season the tragedy on this board with ceremonies against love another country in which a

land and see for green energy if the scots vote for independence wales might not be far behind nor emmett's r.t. cardiff. and those are the stories of got for you this hour of course i'll be back with a week's headlines in just a few moments to stay with us. you're easy to meet when you look for nuclear winter against. blondie's measured in barrels. when your brain is most. when you have no idea. of them is. we'll. bring you the latest. from. harvard. welcome back this is all sand these are the week's top stories. america marks a decade since the tragedy of nine eleven which united nations thought about two of the bloodiest walls of the twenty first century right now you're looking at live pictures from new york. in a balanced on which was invaded by the two us shortly after that the relentless town about staged another day it's a side bomb they has only to discover as most of their civilians don't even know why their country was at the top you find by foreign troops. also russia has been mourning the loss of one of its top hockey teams a locomotive in a blank crash hungry to that first gam

exercising their right to speak out against the government and that's a dangerous precedent to set your emmett's r.t. london. twenty four hours minutes past eleven era moscow tonight thanks for being with us very soon artie's people of discuss the possible end of capitalism first that it's got across the business with you. hello and a very warm welcome to the business update and as we've been reporting alexa could ring has resigned as russia's finance minister that follows a disagreement with president medvedev sparked by couture and publicly stating he would not work on de mint vet if in the next administration while christians resignation was announced after the markets had closed it became clear by mid afternoon could trust position was no longer tenable correspondent peter all of a brings us the market's reaction. when somebody who's as big a play hours alexy could today intend as their resignation the effects will inevitably be felt all the markets when that announcement was made that there was an ultimatum be issued from president midfield of two khodr and to get on board with medvedev pol

libya and against the national oil corporation in particular getting the oil flowing again your emmett's altie longton. ethnic tensions or service border with breakaway kossovo intensify following friday's takeover of two disputed border posts kosovan police would be assistance of nato led forces have placed customs officers or checkpoints previously under a mixture of control well locals have tried to prevent what they called the unilateral action of constables albanians r.t. surfer of the courts now from near one of the seas checkpoints where one of the border crossings you're reading and the road leading up to it remain blogs by the protesters we actually can't get much closer when you go up to the front but you're stopped by the barbed wire we can feast some of the cable forces on the ground there we saw helicopters coming across and. you like helicopters dropping off some of the police forces to these crossings also the albanian cos the police they've only actually got two each at each of the checkpoint at the moment and only for the time being in an observatory role now of course t

bleak future for young people they are together with a rising use unemployment rate are just lower emmett's try to trace the roots of the problem. reading writing and arithmetic the cornerstones of basic education but one in five young people in the u.k. leave school without them and that hasn't improved since the one nine hundred sixty s. teachers salim roger picks up the pieces schools have dropped teaching sixteen to nineteen year olds wholly unprepared for the job market it is purely down to the individual themselves. interlinked with their upbringing how the family raise them so sometimes it could be a case of it's not only do they want to show that no i'm not smart i'm not a study type of person i just can't get along with people and that is actually a big problem as well salim teaches small classes of school leavers who realize they can't get a job with their level of writing and math these students are managing to stay the course despite a thirty percent dropout rate and a poor school record i missed out. here ten so in year eleven i didn't really get a chance to revise much and get

exercising their right to speak out against the government and that's a dangerous precedent to set your emmett's r.t. london. always what was hard hitting stories on our website as well exclusively if you haven't checked out our web site already let me take you through a couple of stories that might catch your eye if you go there now britain's estimated to have a whopping two point seven billion dollars over libya that's seven times more than planned there's no know exactly how much the military shelling out so on. from us russia's state of the art mars probe there it is it's a ship was due to go on a major mission to dig into a martian moon to reveal the secrets of its soil it seems that it's all going ahead you can catch up with more of that r.t. the commons well tonight. at midnight twenty one moscow time that's the news looks this next we talked to a former nato secretary general of explains where he thinks the lines today is taking the right direction. s. s. thank you very much for being with us again later now you've managed. you're on a board of one of the world's top energy companies are

land and see for green energy if the scots vote for independence wales might not be far behind nor emmett's r.t. cardiff. those are the stories of gold for you this hour here and i'll see stay with us for a recap of the week's headlines in just a moment. to a wide manhunt for him lasted for fifteen years. and one million year old war was promised for his country i am a little a mass murderer for the west. also managing. general in the serbian army. mahdi. army. on our cheap. mornings today violence is once again flared up. these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of kenya that. change corporations are on today. welcome back this is our see the headlines. america marks a decade since the tragedy of nine eleven which united a nation but brought about till the bloodiest battles of the twenty first century you're looking at live pictures from new york. in afghanistan which was invaded by the you are shortly after that transfer to the relentless town of on stage another deadly suicide bombing and he discovers most arkansas women don't even know why their country was able t

libya and against the national oil corporation in particular getting the oil flowing again your emmett's ality london ethnic tensions on service border with breakaway kossovo intensify following friday's takeover of two disputed border posts because of and police with the assistance of nato led forces have placed customs officers at checkpoints previously under ethnic serve control the locals of trying to prevent what they call the unilateral action of kosovo's albanians arky surfer earth reports now from one of the seas check points . well where one of the border crossings you're ready and the roads leading up to it remain bloke's by the protesters now we actually can't get too much play so when you go up to the front of that cross thing you're stuck but if we can see some of the capable forces on the ground we saw helicopters coming across and i saw the you like helicopters dropping off some of the police forces to these crossings also the albanian cause the police they've only actually got to. each of the checkpoints at the moment and that the time being in an observatory role now of

visits of leaders to the were stricken country assistance in protecting the population but as laura emmett reports and europe's top brass have a different agenda on their minds. david cameron and nicolas sarkozy surveyed their hyundai work the most senior leaders to visit tripoli since their countries began the nato intervention in libya they say their work is not yet done all with the mission and kill civilians. working he's right civilians are still being killed but now the kidnapping it's virtually powerless the people increasingly doing the killing are national transitional council forces together with nato as they attack lead and other gadhafi strongholds and that cameron and sarkozy are silent to paraphrase george orwell in animal farm some civilians are more equal than others nato insists they're targeted attacks but there are reports of m.t.c. reprisals against suppose it could daffy supporters clearly there are real problems on the ground there is a legacy of such a conflict that you will have human rights abuses taking on both sides i think the rebels the national transitional co

libya and against the national oil corporation in particular getting the oil flowing again your emmett's altie. and western enthusiasm for liberty and independence faces a tough test next week as palestinian leaders prepare to go flat out and get it in their bid for u.n. recognition. call though a yes vote is by no means certain israel is already cracking down on less than dedicated settlers as it looks to solidify a position occupied territory. one thousand miles from the north pole. the. e.q. on a trip to spitzbergen on to tell ago. where twenty years after the u.s. was ours collapsed. life is still going strong. in the world's most statue of lenin presides over a ghost. it. has become a tourist site for those overcome by the cold war. the close special edition. because of an police assisted by e.u. forces have taken over two border crossings with serbia in the north of the breakaway region locals are mostly ethnic serbs and they've been trying to prevent the takeover by blocking roads to the checkpoints and staging protests or he's sorry for it has been close to where the border seizu

you can google it and find out yourself so back in june rick was asked about his google problem and emmett and n.b.c. and this was his response. well you know. the it comes with the territory when you're out there unfortunately there are people out there who do do horrible things of my and i responsible it is to go out and and talk about the issues that i care about i it's unfortunate that some people thought that they would be a big joke to to make fun of my name. you know i totally agree with rick it's vile to make fun of people and say crazy things about the but that's what rick santorum did when he said gave marriage is going to lead to man and dogs having sex so this week we learned that rick reached out to the company to see if something could be done about it now google said sorry can't help you rick and of course after being told no rick then played the g.o.p. victim card an all time favorite for the party he told politico i suspect if something was out there like that about joe biden they'd get rid of it and then went on to say if you're responsible business you let things like th

land and sea for green energy if the scots vote for independence wales might not be far behind nor emmett's hati cardiff. business up next with dmitri stay with us here on r.t. . alone welcome to the business of going on our team moscow's largest construction company in techno has changed hands mid cap lender been back and forth ninety five percent of the company from you in about two to now the wife of the former mayor of moscow the bank took the remaining five percent but nobody was valued at one point two billion dollars but given its debt the value of the deal could be about two hundred million dollars but when it became the richest woman in russia would have three billion dollars fortune during her husband's stewardship of moscow. was fired last year by present value of over lack of trust and often claimed his wife's business success had nothing to do with his running russia's biggest city. so you get the markets now oil is back up with brant crude adding one dollar and sixty four cents respectively that's ahead of an energy department report which is expected to show a decline in stoc

land and sea for green energy if the scots vote for independence wales might not be far behind nor emmett's r.t. cardiff. it's been a day of disquiet in israel where police have started dismantling the tent cities built by protesters during the past two months come for part of a nationwide construction over living costs and other social problems among israelis right now and the move came less than a day after televisa administration promised to protect the demonstrators and cooperate with them it led to clashes between the counter inhabitants and police as well as calls for tell of his mayor to resign some of the worst bone was vandalised israeli defense force base damaging several vehicles but was in response to the i.d.f. earlier this month in several posts jewish settlers leader danny guy and told us the authorities will act as they would in a palestinian incident and neither side will achieve anything. they called upon the perpetrators to surrender themselves to the police and also called the police to use the all the. capabilities they have in order to perpetrate those of these acts by

land and see for green energy if the scots vote for independence wales might not be far behind nor emmett's r.t. cardiff. is printed disquiet in israel where police have started dismantling the tent cities built by protesters during the past two months the council pollination y. demonstration of living costs and other social problems among israelis the move came first in the day after televisa ministration promised to protect the demonstrators and cooperate with them but wednesday's police action led to clashes between the comes inhabitants and officers as well as calls for television's mayor to resign meantime in the west bank jewish settlers vandalized the israeli defense force base damaging several vehicles that was a response to the i.d.f. earlier dismantling several illegal outposts jewish settlers the deli diam spoke to us he says the authorities will act as they would a palestinian into the neither side will achieve anything. they called the bond the perpetrators to surrender the police also called the police to use the . capabilities they have in order to catch that perpetrate those

land and sea for green energy if the scots vote for independence wales might not be far behind nor emmett's r.t. . those are the stories of go for you this hour here on r.t. stay with us for a recap of the week's headlines in just a moment. worldwide manhunt for him lasted for fifteen years. and one million euro borat was promised for his camp. political miss murphy or the west. for minions or. generally the serbian army. money. on r t. more news today violence is once again flared up. these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. china operations are the day. well combined this is all see the headlines. america marks of decades in the trenches of nine eleven which united a nation bug brought about two of the bloodiest battles of the twenty first century you're looking at live pictures from new york. in afghanistan which was invaded by the u.s. shortly after that transfer to the relentless taliban are staging nothing deadly so seinfeld makes and he discovers most of them civilians don't even know why their country was at all people and by foreign troops. also ru