rashad ismael has two relatives detained at guantanamo. his brother sadeq was released back to yemen in 2007, after six years. rashad says that a few yemenis have joined up with al qaeda after returning from guantanamo. but he blames poverty & rampant unemployment, and american counter- terrorism policy. >> and what is your current relationship with al qaeda in yemen? my name is ranjani chakraborty, in washington, there's no hint that talks with al qaeda are on the table. but in may, as he laid out the next steps in america's war, the president announced his intention to renew efforts to close guantanamo - and lifted the moratorium on returning detainees to yemen. [...] given my administration's relentless pursuit of al qaeda's leadership, there is no justification beyond politics for congress to prevent us from closing a facility that should never have been opened. president obama has the legal authority to transfer many detainees out of guantanamo - but his critics say he has so far lacked the political will to do so. i'll be the first t

rashad ismael has two relatives detained at guantanamo. his brother sadeq was released back to yemen in 2007, after six years. rashad says that a few yemenis have joined up with al qaeda after returning from guantanamo. but he blames poverty & rampant unemployment, and american counter- terrorism policy. >> and what is your current relationship with al qaeda in yemen? [[voiceover]] gripping films from the world the world's top documentary directors. >>banging your head over and over again can be a bad thing. >>every time i would do heading i would see stars. [[voiceover]] it's all fun and games until tragedy strikes. >>a former player kills himself. >>we have to stop playing the game, or we have to find a solution. hi, my name is jonathan betz, and i'm from dallas, texas, and] in washington, there's no hint that talks with al qaeda are on the table. but in may, as he laid out the next steps in america's war, the president announced his intention to renew efforts to close guantanamo - and lifted the moratorium on returning detainees to yeme

we heard from sergeant rebecca would end this guantÁnamo -- and this guantÁnamo media team.hey regard the work they are doing their? what is their purpose there when it comes to media liaison? >> lovely, friendly, very nice people. their purpose there, from what we understand, is to make sure reporters don't go anywhere by themselves. i have to say, we really didn't spend any time left to ourselves, except for nighttime in our hotel room. we were taken everywhere by this media group. at the end of each day, what they did was review all of the video -- this is the media team -- they reviewed every single shot that reporters had on the ground. photos, audio, if there is anything they think is questionable in terms of security, from what they tell us, those shots would be deleted. their purpose is to really make sure what ever the officials don't want to leave guantÁnamo doesn't leave guantÁnamo. >> in late september, the pentagon denied a nearly $200 million request to renovate guantanamo bay. did you see any construction? what was the upkeep of the prison? did it need renovat

where he -- for guantÁnamo bay detainees., you have some cleaning to do. that is the message german chancellor angela merkel is probably saying to the president at the moment after finding out that the u.s. might have tapped her personal cell phone your it appears -- personal self earnec. merkel reportedly called president obama personally to say that his behavior is acceptable. the u.s. government responded by saying this -- "the president assured the chance of that united states is not monitoring and will not monitor recommendations of chancellor merkel." but note that the statement did not deny that the united states had in fact monitored her medications in the past if it did. and it would not specify about that. this isn't the first time in recent months that germany has taken on the nsa for its overarching collection techniques. we will bring you more as the story develops. meanwhile, one of canada's top spy agencies known as a communication security establishment canada is facing a lawsuit for violating privacy rights o

dot com there are more first hand reports from guantanamo bay prison also for you at r.t. dot com for this hour a toxic. japanese government plans to take up with the cleanup of the fukushima nuclear disaster away from the progs operator that means the expenses could al fall on the shoulders of taxpayers. i'm glad i'm here put in place for rock obama as forbes most influential man of the year i'll be at the praise comes with a liberal dose of ready made it dictator cliches. are to live from moscow this is our to step aside because abby martin breaking the set is coming your way next. the office of civil rights in the city of seattle washington has told city employees that certain terms may not be used in official emails and discussion scoring to google fox news these terms would be brown bag and citizen ninety nine percent of americans when they hear the expression brown bag think of taking a nice healthy lunch you know in a brown paper bag to work with themselves but in politically correct insanity land these words are obvious reminder of the days when a person's skin col

torture accusations keep piling up on the guantanamo bay prison officials inside the camp try to convince our crew the inmates are fine and some of them actually enjoy force feeding you stay with us for the. secret deal to water down regulation going. to mollify upset bankers and those of industrial john. good morning from moscow is now just after. me and the entire news team welcome to the program today why do you spy an e.u. delegation is might have america's intelligence officials face to face to hear their firsthand explanations of the us national security agency was apparently not only taping the phone calls of tens of millions of europeans but intercepting the communications of world leaders as well for the missions members were clearly disappointed by the response they got as a teacher can reports from washington. the e.u. delegation came to get answers from the n.s.a. and they got nothing keith alexander told members of the e.u. delegation that they were not spying on european citizens on a massive. tracking it i caught up with some members of that e.u. delegation says this is sor

and there are more first time reports from guantanamo on our website but also what. about a. japanese government plans to take up the cleanup of the fukushima nuclear disaster away from the plant's operator that means expenses now could all fall on the shoulders of taxpayers. also a lot of me. as for most influential man of the year i'll be at the praise comes with a liberal dose of ready made to dictate cliche. i know c.n.n. the most n.b.c. fox news have taken some knocks lately but the fact is i admire their commitment to cover all sides of the story just in case one of them happens to be accurate. that was funny but it's close and for the truth from i think. it's because one full attention in the mainstream media works side by side with you actually on you. and our team we have a different brain. because the news of the world just is not this funny i'm not laughing dammit i'm not i. if. you get to the job we'll handle that. put it on your arm and a leg. like you know. little . pleasure to have you with us here on t.v. today i'm researcher. lead. player. lead. the. lead. le

guantanamo every morning at eight am the u.s. national anthem erupts across the base that holds america's most scandalous prison no one likes to be spit on no one wants to have their own torture hunger strikes and suicides have marred this place since two thousand and two and they're human beings after all they're there's no reason to expect that they enjoy being here you know we pretend otherwise prisoners held indefinitely in the name of the never ending war on terror whether they're innocent or guilty is not our job right here j t f you know we have the court system determined that in just over a decade a total of seven hundred seventy nine prisoners the majority released without charges today one hundred sixty four remain over half of them cleared for release but still kept locked up. on the other side of the barbed wire. life is a blast. furnace and water and it's nice there's nothing really bad about here just like any common american town now is awfully scared to come here but i mean it's absolutely beautiful place when yo

guantanamo bay cuba. we have been keeping a close eye on how the situation is unfolding in and around the guantanamo bay facility on our web site head to our teeth dot com for the full timeline of events and more updates on the story. right see. first street. and i think that you're. on our reporters there. in. the the in. you're watching are trapped and terrified migrants in qatar have been speaking about the desperation during their more than eighty million in the country many of whom are working flat out to get the prestigious world cup event ready. has more on how the football focus is showing the world's eyes to migrants suffering we know to organize. detour trended to fifa are both cup is coming. but the initial celebration and prestigious have been overshadowed by ford workers claims of treatment not getting paid and either that not being allowed to leave the country the international trade union confederation claims that about four thousand migrants could die before a football is kicked in twenty

doesn't leave guantanamo. time or the pentagon the nearly two hundred dollars million requests from yourself to renovate. guantanamo bay you were there did you construction there what was the upkeep of the prison did it need renovations well also you know curiously again the residential area everything looks lovely and there's certainly construction going on there a new facility is being built we were told that this is because even if and when event. get more will potentially be shut down the detention center at the. area where people live the military base will remain so the they are working on this but curiously the places where we were shown inside the detention camp we were really seeing these kind of very nice put together cells and unfortunately did not get to see many of the real areas where the detainees are held because we were just not allowed there to be. there so what should read this is the first report that we're seeing from your trip down there what should we expect from future reports are well

military on guantanamo bay that's coming your way in a few minutes. and a new orleans new apologies for washington as the german leader complains directly to. the n.s.a. private mobile phone everybody knows it's open talk among the officials says this is just. some expose not believing that. it is real and for the full analysis. a very good morning to you from the entire news team. live in moscow with your top world headlines for this hour. a key gas pipeline in syria has been blown up plunging much of the country including the capital into darkness the government accused the rebels of sabotage but the blast reportedly being followed by heavy gunfire middle east correspondent paula. damascus and huge parts of syria are now in a state of blackouts we're also hearing that coastal cities in the west of the country as well as parts of the aleppo province in the north are also experiencing power cuts now this comes after an attack on a gas pipeline that supplies power stations in the south of the country the pipeline is near the airport which is around twe

officials working at guantanamo like a mantra by those few who are comfortable speaking on camera you see the conditions under which the detainees live you get to talk to the people who are responsible for garner we make it is transparent as possible and those preferring to remain on identifiable like the majority of officials we were permitted to speak to every week we get media like yourself international media or local media or whatever and they're welcome to come you know we tell them what we have any journalists workflow at guantanamo starts with a mandatory introduction to media rules the so-called operation security briefing or the material that you guys are gathering to make sure that it abides by our policy here even though transparency is a word brought out by all the personnel we talked to on the ground we as journalists access to detainees aside are asked to be very careful about the shots we filmed all the backdrops and at the end of each day videos are reviewed and any shots deemed unacceptable are deleted this one will be ok because palm trees are not too controversial

greg's close guantÁnamo now. " guantanamo now. >> it was there that activists underwent a force-feedingcedure. >> force-feeding is being done to prevent prisoners who would rather die in guantÁnamo than to live in the limbo of what they are living, not knowing when they will be free, but also the constant psychological and physical torture that they are living every single day. >> then the force-feeding began. he described the pain. >> when the tube has gone and, at times it has blocked my capacity to breathe. it felt like constant agony. there is fire in your throat. >> as you saw, it is absolutely gruesome, and this happens out of sight in guantÁnamo to the men who are force fed. the hope is that bringing visibility to the gruesomeness of internal feeding will shock the consciousness and make americans troubled by what the government is doing. >> i cannot not stop. i have gone in front of the white house. why? because we need to reveal to the light of day what is the torture that is happening in the shadows. >> they will have to wait some time, perhaps months before we hear the appeal

guantanamo bay cuba. but you have been keeping a close eye on how the situation is unfolding in iran the guantanamo bay facility on a website head to r.t. dot com for the full timeline of events and more updates on the stroller. right to see. first street. and i think you're. on our reporters were there. in. the in the. this is our team all the world's a main news of for you now firefighters in thailand are still trying to back massive column of fire at a shopping center in although many of the thousands also people inside managed to escape unharmed rescue workers expected find bodies in the complex once the flames are put out. locals were forced to leave their homes due to exploding gas tanks inside the building as well as a nearby petrol station. a suicide bomber in pakistan has shot his way into the residence of a provincial government minister killing the official and at least one guess who was celebrating the end of a muslim holiday a blast also wounded more than thirty others things the most high pr

guantanamo bay cuba. we've been keeping a close eye on how the situation is unfolding and iran the guantanamo bay facility on our website and to r.t. dot com for the full timeline of events and more updates on the story. write the scene. first rate. and i think that you're. on our reporters. in. the the in. you still watching our team trapped and terrified migrants in qatar have been speaking about the desperation the enduring there are more than eighty million in the country many of whom are working flat out to get the prestigious world cup event ready qatar is not the only gulf state where the migrant population is large in proportion to the locals now both qatar and the united arab emirates have migrant populations of over eighty percent now in kuwait the region's other leading oil producer about seven out of ten workers are foreigners while in amman as well as saudi arabia of migrants make of almost thirty percent of the population now if we take a glimpse at the whole region are the number of migrant

do you really want to add more people to guantanamo? >> well, erin, guantanamo is there right now.who have been released under both administrations, there is a 29% reengagement rate. they've gotten back into battle against us. we have to be very careful about releasing people from guantanamo. that. right now, it is the detention facility with exists. to put someone on a to change the location of our defense facility, people can be transferred, but again, guantanamo exists and last the the interrogation lasted 60 days on the ship. we need a lot longer than 60 days to get the information somebody like the core member of al qaeda as about the al-qaeda and his association and let's not forget, we captured him in libya. what does he know about the attack on the consulate? does he know about that? >> that's a fair point. nobody is held accountable. what about this issue of guantanamo versus the civilian courts, since 9/11 there is 400 prosecution of federal related terror. as you know, conviction rate 90% according to the department of justice, which is darn good because over the same ti

do you really want to add more people to guantanamo? >> well, erin, guantanamo is there right now.detention facility. yes, the people who have been released under both administrations, there is a 29% reengagement rate. they've gotten back into battle against us. we have to be very careful about releasing people from guantanamo. that. right now, it is the detention facility with exists. to put someone on a ship, what is the reason for that? if there's a decision to change the location on your decision to default on the debt. >> that's misleading because the military is reduck tant. he was indicted in federal court. the 2006 military commission law, the offenses that he committed were before that. he could get try in federal court. that's not the issue for me here. the issue is he needs to go to guantanamo first and be fully interrogated for as long as our intelligence officials deem necessary to protect our country. >> thanks to you, senator. what is amazing is the numbers, 160 detain knees held there tonight. taxpayers pay $150 million a year for that. the president vowed to close

. >> hunger strikes continue at guantÁnamo bay. rare access to the military facility.we look back at the top stories. american lawmakers gave the entire world a scare because the bickering over the new budget drove the country. temporary to pre-in the upcoming months. >> global market eyes were right -- were wide open. >> at the 11th hour, congress struck a deal to deal with it later. >> temporary effects. >> the agreement reopened the government and funded it to january 15. it allows the u.s. to continue borrowing until february 7. america rarely avoided defaulting on almost $17 trillion in debt. >> america took a beating here. >> the shutdown halted the capital to a standstill, with hundreds of thousands of workers out of jobs and the economy on the verge of a recession. >> eventually, the market will say, we do not want to play this game anymore. >> it sparked a global reevaluation. >> we have seen these political crisis appear in the u.s. you would think there would be more cause for trying to reduce dependency on america in the same way that america is trying to r

also coming up greg glimpse inside guantanamo as our correspondent gets unique access to the infamous facility that's caused a decade of fear and a few restate with us here on our t.v. . interview. dramas that try to be ignored. stories others refuse to notice. so it's a strange world. to picture. from around the globe. with more international news of this now i've talked to a number of experts today on our top story the majority of them are all but relaxed over the u.s. deal only delaying another risk of default as richard aynesworth the c.e.o. of a universal credit group explains our america hasn't actually averted the catastrophe . obviously the american dollar is the largest quantity of currency in the world the american economy still remains the largest in the world. the problem is the reality that the americans can't be trusted anymore whereas over the last fifty years or so the americans have been predictable they have kept to their laws they have. paid back all of their obligations this time around in reality america did default it defaulted on its obligations to its own peopl

officials working at guantanamo like a mantra by those few who are comfortable speaking on camera you see the conditions under which the detainees and you get to talk to the people who are responsible for garner we make it is transparent as possible and those preferring to remain on identifiable like the majority of officials we were permitted to speak to have do we get media like yourself international media or local media or whatever and they're welcome to come you know we tell them what we have any journalists workflow at guantanamo starts with a mandatory introduction to media rules the so-called operation security briefing the material that you guys are gathering to make sure that it is biased by our policies here even though transparency is a word brought out by all the personnel we talked to on the ground we as journalists access to detainees aside are asked to be very careful about the shots we filmed all the backdrops and at the end of each day videos are reviewed and any shots deemed unacceptable are deleted this one will be ok because palm trees are not too controversial re

now if he is doing his best to tell you about what goes on inside guantanamo bay prison. of torture and legal mistreatment and cover ups. i know a lot still to come for you on the program here on. trade with the west and the east of ukraine for the best of both worlds hitting the skids. to protectionism. also the american media gets its teeth. based in the u.s. something he's labeled. an echo of the cold war. after the break. with. the. choose to. choose the stories that him. choose. to. do the. show. he says. he sees with. the future coverage. i. or like from moscow it's all to do with me role research it is being reported in america the head of a russian cultural exchange program in the u.s. is now being investigated by the f.b.i. their security agency reportedly looking into his alleged spy activities are joining me live from central moscow now was our teams are going to go to chicago to give us the latest on this so you talk about murky details perhaps no surprise to you irina what if you got regarding the reported grounds for this investigation at this point we know

artie's been given rare access to the guantanamo bay prison. only people who know little girls on the mall is also under ten years. after the break we asked staff at the facility why conditions and instance they're so wrapped in mystery. and shooting the messenger of the syrian journalist working for state media being terrorized by the rebels more on that just a few moments. two years after the force ouster of gadhafi by nato forces in libya stands at the abyss the lack of a strong central government weak rule of law and endless violence in a country awash with weapons has resulted in libya facing a failed state status added to this the presence of islamic militants can things get any worse in libya. free. education free. free. free. free. free. download free blog video for your media. free media r t dot com. welcome back you're watching our t.v. live from moscow i'm linda in france thanks for joining me spain is being ordered to release a basque terrorist guilty of killing twenty three people in the late eighty's thousands protested in madrid

behind the barbed wire at guantanamo bay. unique access inside the notorious prison. heard about it. but really this is a place that people forget about why they don't ever think about it and. to find out why they took on the job in the first place. we are highlighting the top stories of today and the week here on our course it's the weekly with me welcome to the program today it was. default for america this week just as the nation was about to run out of cash congress sealed a last minute deal to reopen the government and push the debt ceiling even higher and the whole world watched the debt. drama worried though it could cause some sort of another global recession though the end result wasn't entirely good news as artie's and he said no way now explains. global market eyes were wide open while washington was shut waiting and bracing for impact. because i sucked in households to come in more nuts and she did. but at the so-called eleventh hour congress struck a deal to deal with it later if that's what it is the agreement reopen the government and funds it in till j

government's working on mending the shattered image of guantanamo bay the flow of criticism continues to shower down on the prison a new report by a u.s. based human rights group has found quote systematic violations of the side and called for its immediate closure. went directly to guantanamo bay to see what it's like for herself from deep inside the walls of good mo is her report. every morning at eight am the u.s. national anthem erupts across the beast that holds america's most scandalous prison no one likes to be spit on no one wants to have their own torture hunger strikes and suicides have marred this place since two thousand and two and they're human beings after all they're there's no reason to expect that they enjoy being here you know we pretend otherwise prisoners held indefinitely in the name of the never ending war on terror whether they're innocent or guilty is not our job right you know we have the court system to time and that in just over a decade a total of seven hundred seventy nine prisoners the majority released without charges today one hundred sixty four remain

guantanamo bay cuba. where the outside active camp at guantanamo where patients are forced that in the interim or strike never turn the world's attention to the places that some. of our time. we saw the world update the sound the egyptian capital car where police arrested fifty five students to security forces tear gas and crowds of young supporters of ousted president mohamed morsy the group ended up the seeds in a prestigious muslim university ofter stone throwing protesters blocked a road many of its students back morsi and his muslim brotherhood it's the second day of unrest in the area and the university is close to where islam is had a protest camp which was demolished in a deadly raid in august. it may have lost it for just half an hour but that didn't save a gay parade in montenegro from becoming violent and around one hundred fifty participants would be marching through the country's capital. when. they were attacked by anti-gay protesters police used tear gas and buttons on the mall which respon

but we're trying to shed some light on what is actually going on inside guantanamo and every we call it tea has a new report from inside the detention center well if you live here moscow more news including a look at the shady side of the u. economy is coming up for you in just a few moments from. good luck. was able to build a most sophisticated. fortunately. found anything mission to teach me why it should care about humans. this is why you should care only. speak your language. programs and documentaries in arabic. from the seven interviews intrigued. visit arabic. news continues all of the facilities used in syria to produce chemical weapons have been destroyed a day. is being seen as a major step under the russian american brokered deal to rid syria of its stockpile of toxic alms by the middle of twenty fourteen. what we're hearing now from an official inside the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons is that damascus has destroyed all equipment that is useful producing mixing and filling chemical weapons this comes a day ahead of the agreed november first deadline

in our reports to follow and going to our guantanamo bay cuba. where the outside to an active camp at guantanamo where patients are worse than the moment in terms of their strike never turned the world's attention to the place that some. of our clients. turned out as one of the stories making international headlines around fifty people killed in a fresh round of attacks in iraq a suicide bomber crashed his car full of explosives into a busy cafe in the capital baghdad leaving at least thirty eight dead and more than forty wounded earlier in the day a wave of assaults on security forces and government buildings claimed the lives of at least twelve people across the country iraq experienced some of the worst violence have seen in years a recent report found that more than six thousand people have died there since the beginning of the year with almost one thousand killed last month alone. in cairo police have arrested fifty five students this after security forces fired tear gas at crowds of young supporters of ousted egyptian president morsi the gr

in our reports to follow i said you're going to party guantanamo bay cuba. and the plight of migrant workers in qatar and plenty more stories after this break don't go away. crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want. mission free cretaceous three times torture free. range month free. three stooges free. download free blog clothing videos for your media projects a free video dog r t v dot com. welcome back you're watching our timeline for moscow now the data set for a long delayed syrian peace conference is expected to take place in just over a month from now let's get all the details now from our correspondent. has got all the very latest that is so it looks like there is finally lot of the end of the tunnel in the syrian war do tell us more. you know we finally have today for geneva two talks according to syria's deputy prime ministers november twenty third twenty fourth russian the u.s. pledged to bring together the syrian government and the syrian opposition in order for them to map out a political solution peaceful way out of

in our reports to follow as they see it you're going to party guantanamo bay cuba. where sounds like an act of camp at guantanamo where patients are forced that in the aftermath of their strike never turned the world's attention to the place that some gulag of our time a new round of attacks in iraq has killed at least fifty people and injured dozens more a suicide bomber crashed a car full of explosives into a busy cafe in baghdad leaving at least thirty eight dead in forty wounded earlier that day a wave of assaults on security forces and government buildings claimed the lives of at least twelve more people across the country iraq experiencing some of the worst violence in years according to recent data more than six thousand people died there since the start of the year even more shockingly a new report suggests almost half a million were killed as a result of war related violence and loss of infrastructure between two thousand and three and two thousand and eleven the study thought to be the most rigorous to date we asked one of its authors why many people still

>> well, look, then close down guantanamo. the fact is nobody wants these guys here. i don't want them in my district and i don't think people want them in new york and put them in guantanamo and intear gaaeur in them. >> the american people are fed up with every one of you. when is the government coming back? >> i think the american people should be upset with us. for one, the republicans -- i have been very critical of our party. i have been an outspoken opponent of obama care, but from the beginning of the strategy that ted cruz laid out and a few of the people in our republican conference followed was built on a false premise that somehow just by shutting down the government miraculously obama care would disappear and that was never the case and now what we are waiting for on the shutdown side of things is ted cruz and his allies to come out and admit to our party base that in fact even if we keep the government shutdown obama care still moves forward. but now you have a situation where two have met. now you have president obama who is closing down war memorials a

officials working at guantanamo like a mantra by those few who are comfortable speaking on camera you see the conditions under which the detainees live you get to talk to the people who are responsible for garner we make it is transparent as possible and those preferring to remain on identifiable like the majority of officials we were permitted to speak to every week we get media like yourself international media or local media or whatever and they're welcome to come you know we tell them what we have any journalists workflow at guantanamo starts with a mandatory introduction to media rules the so-called operation security briefing or the material that you guys are gathering to make sure that it advised by our policy here even though transparency is a word brought out by all the personnel we talked to on the ground we as journalists access to detainees aside are asked to be very careful about the shots we filmed all the backdrops and at the end of each day videos are reviewed and any shots deemed unacceptable are deleted this one will be ok because palm trees are not too controversial

we're not psyched to an active camp at guantanamo where patients are forced back in the months after announcing their strike never turned the world's attention to the place that some gulag of our time. is real journalism a thing of the past and much of the western world in the name of security challenging the official media message of the elites is often met with serious threats. blowers are damn in need to feel severe consequences what remains is a deafening echo chamber warning all to get in line or else. thanks for joining us for the weekly here on out c it's a day a new report on the real death toll of the u.s. led war in iraq came out this week it's just that almost half a million people died as a result of violence in the country's poor infrastructure the study is based on speaking to randomly chosen iraqis. to date i'll be off one of the surveys all foods why many still underplay the human cost of the war. clearly. like in both the u.s. and u.k. . underestimates the number of people who died in iraq as a result of the war and that's been true for a long time and i think it's t

. >>> and a big al qaeda capture in africa and reignite the political debate over guantanamo bay over here at home. >>> welcome to ""the journal editorial report." i'm paul gigot. well, with october 17th fast approaching, both sides are scrambling to reach at least a short-term deal to raise the federal government's borrowing limit. president obama this week painted a bleak picture should congress fail to reach an agreement on the debt ceiling before thursday's deadline. >> if congress refuses to raise what's called the debt ceiling, america would not be able to meet all of our financial obligations for the first time in 225 years. nobody in the past has ever seriously threatened to breach the debt ceiling until the last two years. and this is the credit worthiness of the united states that we're talking about. this is our word. this is our good name. this is real. >> but thanks to the 14th amendment, constitutional attorney david rivkin says the default on the federal debt is not even a possibility. i spoke with him earlier and asked him why. >> the united states is the only country

artie's been given rare access to the guantanamo bay prison. only people who know what goes on his arse under the table. after the break we asked staff at the facility why conditions and incidents there are so wrapped in mystery. and shooting the messenger the syrian journalist working for state media who are being terrorized by the rebels more on that in a few moments. amnesty international is on the attack saying america's ongoing drone attacks in pakistan and yemen have violated international human rights law and should be regarded as war crimes the group released a report this week revealing that number of civilian casualties is much higher than what the u.s. repeatedly claims let's take a look at some of these numbers the bush administration started using unmanned aircraft widely in its pursuit of al qaeda and the taliban the number of drone victims soared in two thousand and six when almost a hundred people were killed another escalation came in two thousand and eight when the seventy five people lost their lives the toll in two thousand

as the detainees hunger strike at the guantanamo bay prison continues gains rare access to the infamous u.s. military facility. with a look back at the top stories from the past seven days and the latest developments this is the weekly. american lawmakers gave the entire skin this week as their bickering over a new budget drove the country to the brink of default yet the last minute deal is only a temporary reprieve with more issues expected to rise in washington in the upcoming months and the reports. global market eyes were wide open while washington was shut waiting and bracing for impact. in households who do come in more nuts and up she did. but at the so-called eleventh hour congress struck a deal to deal with it later if that's what it is the agreement reopen the government and funds it in till january fifteenth allowing the u.s. to continue borrowing in till february seventh america barely avoided defaulting on their almost seventeen trillion dollars in debt brand america took a beating here sixteen days of a government shutdown halted the capital to a standstill put hundreds of

for the outside activity camp at guantanamo where patients are forced that. the first strike ever turned the world's attention to the places that some. of our time. we start this hour in the egyptian capital karo where police have arrested fifty five students that's off to security forces fought to gas or crowds of young supporters of ousted president mohamed morsi the group ended up a siege then a prestigious muslim university off the stone throwing protesters blocked a road many of its students back morsi and his muslim brotherhood it's the second day of unrest in the universities close to where islam is how to protest camp which was demolished in a deadly raid in. may of last of just half an hour but that didn't save a gay pride parade in montenegro from becoming bon and around one hundred fifty participants have been marching through the country's capital. when the. attacked by anti-gay protesters police used tear gas and buttons on the mob which responded with firecrackers and stones countries government has recently passed a bill against all forms of se

artie's been given rare access to the guantanamo bay prison. only people who knows what goes on get his ass and get him. later this hour we ask staff at the facility like conditions and incidents there so wrapped mystery. and shooting the messenger the syrian journalist working for state media who are being terrorized by the rebels more on that in a few months. now spain has been ordered to release a basque terrorists guilty of killing twenty three people in the late eighty's thousands protested in madrid over the european human rights court's decision you know still reel in member of the separatist movement she was given a maximum thirty year sentence but strasbourg judges say spain denied her the right to reduce her tariff to work in prison something which is afforded to other inmates in the country john laughland from the institute of democratic denmark recy and cooperation says the strasbourg court is doing the opposite of what it was created to do but it's incredible isn't it that a european court of human rights should intervene in this w