also comes under fire for its stance in the gulf monarchies where activists claim new controversial internet regulations have led to arrests at a further curbing of freedoms. and interrogate the police crackdown on protesters for a cancer night and a row with security forces rounding on activists not only in the streets but in the social media as well. plus hungry for malya mineral wealth as global powers are being drawn to one of the poorest countries on earth to exploit its natural regions has a special report from the war torn nation. it is to be a mosque here you're watching our team with me marina josh welcome to the program. the source of the bombshell leaks that revealed the massive scale of u.s. surveillance has amassed himself twenty nine year old former cia technical assistant edward snowden disclosed the documents that prove washington was secretly collecting phone records and spy on the internet activity of millions of people exposing himself to possible prosecution he explained his motives were the need to inform the public of the operation and president obama's failure to provi

there was also comes under fire for its stance in the gulf monarchies where activists claim new controversial internet regulations have led to arrests and further curbing of freedoms. for mali and mineral wealth a global policy of drawing to one of the poorest countries on earth to exploit the natural riches of the war torn nation. and in turkey police crackdown on protesters for ten tonight in the row with their rallies in the capital demanding the prime minister resigns gaining momentum. it's nine am into the russian capital you're watching r t live with me to say it's good to have you with us the source of a bombshell leaks that revealed of the massive scale of u.s. surveillance has on mosques is himself twenty nine year old former cia technical assistant edward snowden disclosed the documents that proved washington was secretly collecting phone records and spying on the internet activity of millions of people exposing himself to possible prosecution he explained his motives where the need to inform the public of the operation and president obama's failure to provide the transparency that

also comes under flying out for its johnson the gulf monarchies where activists claim new controversial internet regulations have led to arrests and to further curbing our freedoms. molly and mineral wealth a global policy are drawn to one of the poorest countries on earth to exploit the natural reach. of the war torn nation. and a rosy estimates of the french president suddenly declares the end of the eurozone crisis but that's cold comfort for those facing record high unemployment and topples geraghty across the continent. live from moscow this is all with me to say it's good to have you company with us this morning. there's also a bombshell leaks of that reveal the massive scale of you with surveillance has on mosque himself twenty nine below former cia technical assistant edward snowden disclosed the documents that proved washington was secretly collecting phone records and spying on the internet activity of millions of people exposing to possible prosecution explained his motives with the need to inform the public of the operation and president obama's failure to provide the transp

hasn't been all that forthcoming over human rights violations in the gulf states despite championing its own global democracy credentials more on that side of the story for marty's marine important. addressing these gross human rights violations is problematic for the obama administration you see america has military bases throughout the gulf region which not coincidentally helped form a strategic envelope around iran additionally the us is in the midst of a major buildup of american military forces in the persian gulf more warships additional attack aircraft and most recently a laser weapon systems have been deployed to the region in two thousand and ten president obama struck a ten year sixty billion dollar weapons deal with saudi arabia and despite bahrain's bloody crackdown on pro-democracy protesters the u.s. has reportedly continued to provide tens and tens of millions of dollars worth of weapons ammunition vehicle parts and communication equipment to the country now critics accuse the u.s. of conveniently turning a blind eye to human rights violations in the gulf region for it

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he was also comes under fire for its don say in the gulf monarchies aware activists claim new controversial internet regulations have led to the arrest and for the curbing a freedoms. and in turkey police crackdown on protesters for the tenth night in a row with the rallies in the capital demanding the prime minister resigns gaining momentum. hungry full monty in mineral wealth as global policies are being drawn to one of the poorest countries on earth to exploit its natural riches party has a special report from the war torn nation. wherever you're watching a from around the world and this is r t it's good to have you company with us i'm to bomb with the. the source of a bombshell leaks of edge revealed of the massive scale of u.s. surveillance that has a mosque himself twenty nine years old former cia technical assistant edward snowden disclose the documents that proved washington was secretly collecting phone records and spying on the internet activity of millions of people exposing himself to possible prosecution explain to his a moped is where the need to inform the public all the oper

i know the gulf coast hasn't. for many americans, the image of more than 200 million gallons of oil spilling into the gulf at an area of oil spill, an oil slick that if superimposed in this region would have gone from my district in northern virginia all the way to new york city. it threatened america's largest fishery, jeopardizing tourism, wreaking havoc with the region's entire economy. sadly the magnitude of the deep water horizon spill my -- deepwater horizon spill might have been mitigated had they been required to do what this amendment requires, to comply with the basic environmental standards established to prevent such disasters from happening in the first place. yet here we are three years later, and this congress still has not take an single action to improve drilling safety because the house majority's blocked every attempt. now they want to make matters worse by gutting nepa protections. i'm pleased to join my colleague in offering a commonsense amendment to preserve nepa protections and at least a m

need look no further than its own gulf allies several countries there have cracked down with arrests and incarceration to keep people quiet on and off line as r.t.c. corpus going off now reports. let's now take a look at some of the u.s. friends who are known to have somewhat suspicious methods of upholding the democratic freedoms of their citizens good door the united arab emirates qatar the united arab emirates reign and saudi arabia now in saudi arabia local media reported that the authorities asked more providers to find ways to monitor encrypted messaging and apps like viber skype and whatsapp and said that if these applications could not be monitored then they would have to be blocked well last month senior saudi religious clerics declare that those who use twitter are quote risking damnation and the lose both this world and their afterlife now let's move to are seen by many as a regional media hub which will be supports the radical freedom fighters in syria. there last week the. story now is looking at punishing websites and social media with a new internet called under the ne

is fighting the judum it claims made by gulf residents whose businesses and livelihoods suffered from tarred beaches poisons seafood a devastated economy an onslaught of health issues there are likely to persist for years to come as a result of the massive two thousand and ten oil spill how are they trying to sway public opinion on the matter b.p. is now running ads in the four largest newspapers in the country similar to this one right here that says whatever you think about b.p. we can all agree that it's wrong for anyone to take money they don't deserve excuse me b.p. what the hell are you talking about you destroyed the gulf of mexico you operate above the law and you continue to get awarded undeserved contracts but yeah yeah when you step it up and account for your mess so the poor people of the gulf. there are moves are being made that are profoundly screen over the environment and the people are here to give us a green update of the week i'm joined now by brad friedman editor of the brad blog what is up brad. brad so do you sympathize with b.p. or do you think i'm going to be h

. >> we are watching an area of low pressure in the gulf of mexico. this could be the first tropical depression of the season. first, here is a look outside. a few high, thin clouds. weather is next. >> the death toll from friday's storm in el reno, oklahoma has reached 17. the twister set a new record. may was full of severe storms. monthe a look back on the of wild weather. >> in may, a devastating tornado ripped through more, 17 dead. leaving raising questions about why more storm shelters were not available. >> there should be a place where if this happened again during school that kids gang gets you a safe place. >> two weeks later this monster storm touchdown in el reno, oklahoma, less than 30 miles from moore. it was a mile wide. 5 damages far as you could see. that is wider than the islands widest tornadohe ever recorded in the u.s. it surprised storm chasers by shifting direction suddenly. >> we are going to die! >> they were lucky, but three other expert storm chasers were killed. firefighters have battled more than 2000 wildfires this year,

what the hell are you talking about you destroyed the gulf of mexico you operate above the law and you continue to get awarded undeserved contracts but yeah yeah way to step it up and account for your mess so the poor people of the gulf. their moves are being made that are profoundly screened over the environment and the people are here to give us a green update of the week i'm joined now by brad friedman. editor of the brad blog what is up brad hey abbi how are you i'm great brad so do you sympathize with b.p. here do you think i'm going to harsh on him i know you haven't been harsh enough and frankly nobody has and but after i finish i'm going down to the sidewalk and i'm going to write b.p. socks that will show you better not bad you might jail time yeah well bring it the fact of the matter is b.p. signed a settlement agreement dealing with this oil spill and two hundred million gallons into the gulf the worst oil spill in the history of this planet and now they want to go back on the terms of the settlement agreement fine let him try let him take as a court so far the courts have s

for months, oil spewed into the water of the gulf coast. back in april, a judge upheld a settlement bp reached with a lawyers and plantiffs requiring the oil company to pay billions of dollars in fines. the second phase of the trial begins in september. when we reached out to bp, we were told the company is not doing interviews at this time. more consumers are making the switch to electric. automakers are highlighting recent growth in the electric vehicle market. nissan reported leaf sales topped 2,000 in may - that's a 319% jump from last year - while automotive tech company bosch notes that it's installed over 7,000 residential charging stations over the last 4 years. the growth is picking up on the east coast, in georgia, virginia, and washington d.c. the west coast leads the way in hot spots for car thefts. the national insurance crime bureau, which works with the fbi, ranks modesto, california, as the city with the most stolen cars, followed by fresno, bakersfield, and stockton. yakima, washington, rounds out the top 5. even sesame str

there is a storm downed in the gulf of mexico, andrea. it is comfortable right now with the temperature at 61 at the airport. the chance for rain will increase today. there could be some rain showers this afternoon or this evening. we will come back and give you an update on the tropics and check the seven-day forecast. >> good morning. not bad out there. a nice start on 95 coming down to the 895 split and the fort mchenry, 55 miles per hour. this is traffic on 895

is fighting the judum it claims made by gulf residents whose businesses and livelihood suffered from tarred beaches poisons seafood a devastated economy an onslaught of health issues there are likely to persist for years to come as a result of the massive two thousand and ten oil spill how are they trying to sway public opinion on the matter b.p. is now running ads in the four largest newspapers in the country similar to this one right here that says whatever you think about b.p. we can all agree that it's wrong for anyone to take money they don't deserve excuse me b.p. what the hell are you talking about you destroyed the gulf of mexico you operate above the law and you continue to get awarded undeserved contracts but yeah yeah way to step it up and account for your mess so the poor people of the gulf. their moves are being made that are profoundly screen over the environment and the people we're here to give us a green update of the week i'm joined now by brad friedman editor of the brad blog what is up brad hey abbi how are you i'm great brad so do you sympathize with b.p. or do y

we're going to have to face a very difficult challenge in the gulf region.hey will become much more aggressive. and once a country has a nuclear weapon, there's a great deal of circumspection given. as witnessed with the soviet union for years. there were certain things we just never challenged them on. we let it go. so i think that is what the outcome is going to be. i do not think that this administration will use a military strike. we're going to have turned get the nuclear weapon. that is my feeling. >> you argued against a military strike anyway. so they get the nuclear weapon and then what happens? then do we have a military strike? >> well, it is possible. a think what is happening now in addition to sanctions, the united states policy is to build up a deterrence in the region. and so recently we -- the administration but together a very large package. the gulf states trying to reinforce anti-missile capabilities. air forces. sort of create a regional deterrent and trying. then the other path that could be as you know widely considered fraudulent. and

they will limit the board's independent from the va, a move veterans advocates says is to sweep gulfllness under the rug. >> unfortunately the secretary when confronted with these recommendations on our part that these be investigated, they have opted to shoot the messenger. >> i am troubled by the changes reported to have been made. >> reporter: department of veteran's affairs issued a statement strongly denying wrongdoing, says it has recognized nine new diseases associated with gulf war illness since 2010. quote, funding for gulf war research increased from $5.6 million in 2011 to $6.7 million in 2012, to an estimated $7.3 million in 2013. but a former va research doctor says the va was manipulating scientific evidence to suggest gulf war illness was psychological, despite evidence to the contrary. the whistleblower accused the va of not wanting to honor these claims. shannon? >> jennifer, thank you. >>> the dow lost 160, s&p 500 dropped 10, nasdaq finished 22 behind. they were all down about 1% for the week. >>> prying eyes wraps up with tmi. how do you keep your kids from wrecki

, say, the eastern or western gulf.id as the american petroleum institute, went back and looked at recommended practices for operations in that specific area. and made improve manies to the operations so you do this each and every time if you're a manager of any facility. what could i have done different, better and we take those best practices and then disseminate them to ensure we have the safest operations we possibly can. cheryl: i hope we don't have to check back in with you this year. it was good to have you back on the show, though. >> thank you very much. my pleasure. dennis: and the health care debate. why waste youu time complaining about obama care? it's coming anyway. a guest says you can make some money on it. cheryl: and the most magical place on earth getting a lot more expensive. details coming up in the west coast minute. dennis: first take a look at treasuries. >> manufacturing activity fell in may to its lowest level since june of 2009. latest reading for institute for supply management contracted for

you're not going to see another place like this in the area of the gulf.s much undeveloped beaches. >> i agree with you. we have almost three miles. we need to have a place where people can come and enjoy it. >> reporter: this isn't enough? >> we don't think it's enough. >> reporter: alabama plans to spend $85 million on the project. so far, less than 10% of its share of the funds are earmarked for restoring the natural coastline. by comparison, louisiana plans to spend 100% restoring marshes and fisheries and wildlife habitat. florida, more than 90% restoring beaches, wildlife, oysters and sport fishing. what is alabama doing wrong here? >> well, they're not rebuilding their ecosystem. >> aaron viles of gulf restoration network says what alabama is proposing is not restoration. >> this is an economic development project. >> reporter: they're going to make money off this? >> absolutely. somebody has to be hired and build it and design it. if you're talking about that, yes, there is an economic development component of it. but it's restoration project addre

about a 40% chance we we will see a named storm developing in the gulf. right now, developing around key west. at the a look futurecast. lots of sun, beautiful day, maybe a shower in the mountains toward evening. thursday, clouds increasing. the potential for a few spotty showers thursday evening. that moisture in the golf searching north, we get a chance for some showers and thunderstorms. some of that rain could be heavy on friday and into friday afternoon as the tropical moisture comes up out of the gulf of mexico. all that said, enjoy tomorrow. it will be a beautiful day. a lot of sun. 75 to 80. low humidity, light south wind. good day to be on the bay. light winds from the southeast green waves averaging one foot. western maryland, 20% chance. look how the rain chances go up thursday. that will continue into friday as well. eastern shore, beautiful june weather tomorrow. a couple showers possible, but a 20% chance thursday evening. the range of hold off on the dash rain should hold off on the eastern shore until friday. showers and storms coming in o

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we'll take you to the gulf of mexico on the eve of hurricane season. and let's get a look at the top performing dow stokes. >>> the atlantic hurricane season officially begins tomorrow and forecasters calling for an active season with as many as six major storms. as residents and businesses prepare, the u.s. energy industry in the gulf of mexico is already on high alert, but we're in norco, louisiana, with some of the preparations already under way. >> reporter: we are 30 miles out in the gulf of mexico, and this is one of chevron's closest offshore facilities. >> we have to be very diligent. >> the south timbaloo platform, and 69 people live here two weeks on two weeks off. including david vine, a 33-year offshore veteran, showed us around. >> like it out here? >> love it out here. >> reporter: hurricane preparations begin well before hurricane season. even a tropical depression 200 miles away trigger phase one. moving nonessential workers and equipment. >> in the event of a hurricane, we would have to get all of this stuff rigged down. should take us

in the big bend area of florida thursday night, that's the curve on the gulf coast of florida. then stays inland for a while. this is going to probably run the east coast and not just be a rain maker for the southeast, but a rain maker for the northeast as well. >> if it's not going to strengthen that much, what is the biggest worry? >> flooding rains. right now looking about eight inches on the top. down south, four to six for tampa. i would shift it a little bit more north. we have tropical storm watches on the east coast from flagler beach to surf city, north carolina. then inland, it combines with another low and becomes a real rain maker friday and saturday for the northeast. and this is a problem. three to four inches of rain at least, soaking rain in those areas. it doesn't have to be a powerful tropical storm to be a real problem. >> again. thank you, sam. covering a lot of territory there tonight. thank you. >>> now we turn next to a report that baseball is on the verge of the biggest drug crackdown in its history. our sister network, espn broke this story and byron pi

everyone watching this, rumbling wind in the gulf. now officially tropical storm andrea, the first of the season. abc's weather editor sam champion is standing by to show us its path while back on land, these pictures say it all about the midwest plains along the mississippi. a watery mess. and abc's steve osunsami is in the flood zone tonight in illinois. steve? >> reporter: good evening, diane. this is what the mississippi river has done to the small town of grafton, illinois. the drop-off here is at least a couple feet, so we have to be careful. the mississippi has flooded businesses and threatened homes, and up and down the river, families are praying tonight that the levees hold. north and south of st. louis today, at least two levees that were struggling to hold back the mighty mississippi were breached. the water came pouring over. authorities went racing to shore them up. the sandbags could only do so much. from the sky, it was clear where the river was winning. at one point, flood waters forcing this bridge to close. >> it's

tropical storm andrea is far out here in the gulf. the feeder band is going up the peninsula. we have had a couple of tornado warnings. no reports of any damage. that's the concern as we go throughout the morning hours. all day long for the most part and even this afternoon. all that moisture comes up later today into georgia and south carolina. flash flooding to deal with but not a lot of damage from winds or anything like that. >>> time now for entertainment. michael jackson's 15-year-old daughter paris was rushed to the hospital early yesterday morning for what was possibly an intentional overdose. the jackson family rep says paris is physically fine and that the family just wants some privacy. >> the "new york post" reports skier lindsay vaughn was given an impromptu drug test while she was at the cfda awards monday night. guards escorted her to the restroom to provide her sample but the test was not a big deal for the skier. carrie underwood and maria lambert were quoting about the back stage beauty routine. it's breast pump parts. and she skipped out of a $14,000 tab to

tropical moisture from the gulf in florida. let's get you started. first up on wednesday, take a look at one of our time lapses here. we will put this in motion for you. this is typical of the whole area. the campus in montgomery college, this look before sunrise this morning. a gorgeous day. temperatures in the lower 80's. fairfax, high-80 degrees. right now across the area, we see the slow transition east of the winds. 78 in waldorf. it will not be excessively hot. the low 80's the next couple of days. humidity will come up and increase. 82 in fredericksburg. 77 in annapolis. temperatures around the 80 degree mark. their 85 degrees in charleston. cooler across northern new england. all of our attention to the south. you will see there is a big tropical blob down there. high-level moisture tropical disturbance. they will fly through and find out that there is a plume of tropical moisture coming across the eastern gulf into florida. the flood watch is up. we first spotted this a couple of days ago. that is going to final up the east coast. a lot of r

army suffered this defeat, and we became critical of the iranian world that connected the persian gulf would enable the ally to resupply the army so occupied iran became essential. getting rid of the nazis became essential. almost rebut -- >> host: reluctantly so? >> guest: he was not that time anticipating the dissent of the throne. he wasn't anticipating he was going to be virtually occupied country. finally, my son and i try to convey in the book that he really wasn't by inclination of the demand. he was not someone who had the drive that his father had come under basically grabbed the throne and made it his own. he was very weak inside, but also pretended to be very strong. he was the hair that grows like lion. headers that ride the lines make that politicians. reluctant the modernizing leader who came to power at a very crucial time, and a very critical piece of real estate. he ran as truman, fdr, eisenhower, kennedy, nixon, literally all the president has said it was one of the most important countries. those are the days of the cold war. iran had 2500 kilometers in the soviet un

the fear is that the latest measures by gulf countries will only make the situation here even worse. aljazeera, beirut. >> one of the largest video-game exhibitions in the world has opened in los angeles. it is called the electronics entertainment expo, or e3 for short. to sellstation 4 is set for $100 less than the rival products from microsoft, the xbox one.

we had marines in the gulf, flying in the gulf, and we have a significant contribution on the ground in afghanistan. turning the world on its axis, going out to the asian-pacific area, we have a large amount of marines out there. we have a marine rifle company down in australia, our nation's first installments for that renewed relationship between the government of australia, there are me, and the u.s. marine corps. so we are optimistic about that. focusing more specifically on afghanistan, even though our nation is weary of war, i am mindful, and i would ask you to be mindful, of what is happening in afghanistan. allen have talked to john when he was still the commander, he would say exactly the same thing. if given the opportunity to complete the mission, not just to pull the last force out and live, but to complete that mission that both of those officers, and they know more than any of us who anticipate success. success is defined by all of us in different ways. let me focus on the helmet province which is where your marines are today. there are about 8000 u.k. forces there and t

when we made our commitment to the gulf, bp had two big goals: help the gulf recover, and learn fromcould be a better, safer energy company. i've been with bp for 24 years. i was part of the team that helped deliver on our commitments to the gulf - and i can tell you, safety is at the heart of everything we do. we've added cutting-edge safety equipment and technology, like a new deepwater well cap and a state-of-the-art monitoring center, where experts watch over all our drilling activity, twenty-four-seven. and we're sharing what we've learned, so we can all produce energy more safely. safety is a vital part of bp's commitment to america - and to the nearly 250,000 people who work with us here. we invest more in the u.s. than anywhere else in the world. over fifty-five billion dollars here in the last five years - making bp america's largest energy investor. our commitment has never been stronger. pull out the paper and what? another article that says investors could lose tens of thousands of dollars in hidden fees on their 401(k)s?! seriously? seriously. you don't believe it? searc

it's out in the gulf of mexico. a broad area of low pressure in the central gulf.wers on the east side of any low pressure. it doesn't have a closed circulation or else it would be a tropical depression. whatever helps, drier air to the west is not helping the system. whatever happens it will be moving to the north, northeast. the only question for saturday is does the moisture come right over us or more toward the coast. 81 today. really nice again with high clouds. upper 50s, low to mid-60s tonight. tomorrow 79. more clouds. the afternoon shower and storm. then the yellow alert friday. your commute probably going to take extra time. a high of 79. then saturday maybe a repeat. confidence level not as high as i'd like on saturday. we'll call for more showers and storms on saturday, 83. maybe the afternoon storm threat sunday through tuesday with highs creeping up into the mid-80s. monika samtani, how are we doing so far? been an up and down morning. >> reporter: right, we had a little bit of a low point. now we're back on a high point which just means we don't have

believe it or not, it's in the gulf of mexico. minimal, but we'll talk about it a,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> the baltimore ravens have been basking in the sunshine in the spotlight today. president barack obama congratulated him here at the white house in a big ceremony on south lawn for winning super bowl xlvii. just a wonderful day out here. people were all smiles. it was a great big maryland contingent, a baltimore contingent, out here to celebrate with the ravens. here in washington, people have been enjoying a wonderful day. but now, here's bob turk, with a look at your weather in baltimore and around the state of maryland. >> i'll tell you, last week, temperatures in the 90s. would have been a little tough for all of those folks out there in the sun. beautiful afternoon. dry, plenty of sunshine. a few clouds coming in. but high, thin clouds coming in. tomorrow, it will probably be rather overcast. d.c. at 79. we're up to 78. 79, easton. and a cooler, 66 ocean city. that's the cool spot right now around the region. and 68 out in

everyone felt really wonderful about the gulf war and the performance in the gulf war.what a remarkable change in the military in this post-vietnam period. we had this volunteer army, it was superb at what it did. if you asked them to get involved in what proves to be a continue-year war and a war that has more than a little component of nation building, then it becomes harder. so no one's questioning the ability of our military people and what they've done for the country. we have to question what kind of wars we're going to be involved in and whether it does become a default instrument as the colonel has discussed. >> yeah. i totally agree. i think it becomes harder to be skeptical when people ask military to do things they are not trained to do that aren't their area of expertise, like nation building. it's harder if you haven't served for politicians to say, wait, is the military going to be good at this? this isn't their thing. and i think that's where the rub comes in. it's not that the military can't do the job it's set out to do well and not that people can't be

we're looking for the heat to continue through the gulf coast.ngland, mid-atlantic coast on into the lower >> good morning. it is a mild start to the day. after lunch time, a shower could pop-up >>> and that's your latest weather. >>> thanks. have you ever snooped through your partner's e-mails or texts or asked them to defriend an ex on facebook. what if your boss was sending inappropriate messages. what would you do? >> those questions were asked by good and bad.com in conjunction with mens and womens health magazine and the results were surprising. >> ian is an expert and contributor to men's health and she is featured editor for women's health. >> good to see you guys. >> this is a nationwide survey. let's start with the first question. what to do if your partner is facebook friends with his or her ex. 56% say it's not a threat. 17% would ask their friend to defriend their ex, 6% would friend the ex themselves. >> which i love. i think people are too cavalier and they're saying it's not a big deal but we see it all the time. people rekindle t

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