that measure was voted down in germany's opera house of parliament -- upper house of parliament. >> publiclyhe stands for discipline, hard work, but when it comes to paying his taxes -- not commenting. he seems to be avoiding the public eye. >> it goes without saying that that story is an unwelcome distraction for munich as they gear up for their champions league semifinal against barcelona on tuesday. they show no sign of being rattled him crashing their opponents, hanover. the game against hanover provided a chance to prove themselves ahead of the clash with barcelona. he added a second after sloppy play from hanover. .he french winger fired past were truly open when gomez made it 3-0 before halftime. another after the break was a tidy finish. ,e refused to be overshadowed got his first of the day from close range and then added goal number six after hanover had grabbed a consolation strike. and's solitary reply came with a little help. solitary reply came with a little help. >> let's take a look at the other results this weekend. two games on sunday. a bit of a surprise here. in the earli

the head of a foreign affairs committee and russia lower house of parliament a great pleasure to have you want to thank you very much indeed for joining us. more ahead for you this hour here on our including a retrial of egypt's president while the current one faces mounting pressure. we look at mohamed morsi has failed to address the spike in sectarian violence as well . after the short break. the international landlords in the very heart of moscow. live from moscow this is r t with me will receive shy. the retrial of egypt's deposed president hosni mubarak has opened with a surprising move on the part of the judge he's withdrawn from the case referring it to another court and the announcement they met with angry shouts and geas mubarak was earlier sentenced to life for conspiring to kill protesters during the unrest that toppled him but a retrial was ordered after he appealed the verdict the proceedings are taking place against the backdrop of growing violence against the current president's policies mohamed morsi in his ruling islam is party facing pressure over a lack of democrati

the coffin will lie overnight in the houses of parliament in the hours before the service. >> tomorrow is the deadline to file federal and state income tax. an estimated 10 million americans still haven't done so. if you don't think you will make it in time, you can file an extension. >> tick-tock. now a warning from the irs. tax time is the prime opportunity for scam artists good irs officials say they deal with several cases where identity thieves steal taxpayers refunds each year. to stay protected, the irs suggests guarding your personal information. don't carry your social security card and check your credit report at least once year. watch out for iris impersonators. initiateould never contact through e-mail. make sure you protect your personal computer with firewalls, anti-spam, and malware software. airplanes are expected to resume commercial flights at the end of may in united airlines says belling has fixed the battery problems. you may recall the battery fires in boston and japan prompting aviation authorities globally to ground the aircraft in january. the federal aviation

. >>> both house of parliament are voting on same-sex couples and allowing them to adopt children in paris. the bill is on track to become law by the summer. >>> walk to work includes new plans to keep people safe. ♪ roundup ♪ ♪ i'm a loving husband and a real good dad ♪ ♪ but weeds just make me rattlesnake mad ♪ ♪ now roundup has a new sharp-shootin' wand ♪ ♪ i'm sendin' them weeds to the great beyond ♪ ♪ roundup ♪ yeha! [ whip cracks ] ♪ ♪ ♪ no need to pump just point and shoot ♪ ♪ hit 'em in the leaves, and it kills to the root ♪ ♪ 'round fences, trees, even mulched beds ♪ ♪ 'cause the only good weed is a weed that's dead ♪ ♪ roundup ♪ yeha! [ whip cracks ] [ male announcer ] roundup... [ whip cracks ] with the new one-touch wand. >>> san francisco is taking steps to improver pedestrian safety and the one thing police are telling people to stop doing. >> reporter: people are making their way home from work and city officials announced a plan to make the streets safer. walk to work today, the first city in the nation to sponsor the day. >> walked 4-6 miles, about an hour and a half

canary wharf and on past iconic buildings along the river and passed other landmarks like the houses of parliament. another massive challenge days thatcher'sret funeral. >> we will make sure we have more officers on the street looking after people, making sure they're kept safe. there is no reason to think they are less safe than they were after the terrible events in boston yesterday. >> buckingham palace is the site marathoners most want to see. here is the finish line. this year, there is a different feel to the marathon count down. by the time people are crossing the line on sunday, the hope is the security picture will be more clear. >> as we just heard, before that marathon comes margaret thatcher's funeral tomorrow. coming up, we will have more on the fare well being planned for the prime minister. the issue of forcemeat found in products labeled as beef has caused an uproar across europe. we have results coming in from what has been a horse meat scandal right across the european union. >> our food is safer than it was a century ago, but a problem for one country can be a problem for the re

canary wharf and on past iconic buildings along the river and passed other landmarks like the houses of parliament. another massive challenge days thatcher'sret funeral. >> we will make sure we have more officers on the street looking after people, making sure they're kept safe. there is no reason to think they are less safe than they were after the terrible events in boston yesterday. >> buckingham palace is the site marathoners most want to see. here is the finish line. this year, there is a different feel to the marathon count down. by the time people are crossing the line on sunday, the hope is the security picture will be more clear. >> as we just heard, before that marathon comes margaret thatcher's funeral tomorrow. coming up, we will have more on the fare well being planned for the prime minister. the issue of forcemeat found in products labeled as beef has caused an uproar across europe. we have results coming in from what has been a horse meat scandal right across the european union. >> our food is safer than it was a century ago, but a problem for one country can be a problem for the re

hopes to form a government before markets opened on monday and see confidence votes from both houses of parliament early next week. the eurozone's third largest economy has been in political deadlock for the past two months. >> crystal meth is on the march in germany according to police who say seizures of that drug were up by almost 90% last year. >> overall drug debts are down, but meth usage is growing quickly, especially in the states bordering the czech republic. >> this is where it all begins -- in meth lab like these in the czech republic. crystal meth, ice or crank as it is also known, is produced from a mixture of medical drugs and household chemicals. analysis on crystal meth have turned up traces of drain cleaner, battery acid, rat poison, and even powdered glass. smuggling the drug into germany from the czech republic is a lucrative business. buyers are usually young people in german regions along the border. >> it is cheap. you can get a hold of it quickly. it just suddenly appeared from one day to the next in circles that i slipped into here in bavaria, but the addiction is powerful.

france's upper house of parliament has begun debating a bill to legalize gay marriage and allow same-sex couples to adopt children. the law has already passed the lower house. it is president francois hollande's first big social reform, but it faces a lot of opposition from catholics and conservatives. >> thousands of mourners have turned out in the west bank for the funeral of two palestinian youths shot dead by israeli forces. the incident led to clashes between palestinians and israeli soldiers, which have continued for a second day. >> italian police have arrested a priest accused of stealing 4 million euros. he ran a church, clinic for years. the church is now deep in debt. police say he embezzled millions to buy a villa in tuscany. >> it has puzzled the world's scientists for years -- dark matter. it is thought to make up about a quarter of our universe, but its presence has actually never been confirmed. that is, until now. >> a team of researchers say they had detected signals that could be caused by dark matter. it is not much to go on yet, but it is a victory for scientists try

now germany's lower house of parliament is due to vote later n an e.u. law to cyprus. the german finance machinester is urging parliament to pass the bailout despite an uncertainty of the euro crisis that they are going in the right direction. an aid package could save the debt-ridden country. eurozone finance ministers already agreed to a $13 billion bailout for the mediterranean island last week. >> cyprus is in a dramatic situation. it's had practically no access to the markets for a year and a half, and if we don't help, then cyprus will inevitably go bankrupt. >> we're going live to berlin. is the outcome a surprise? >> this is the latest news we have. 602 members of parliament, 487 by d in favor, so it passed very large minorities. it's not a surprise given germany got what it wanted. there was a time when it looked like there was not a bail-in, there would not be cypriot depositors bailing them, and many german members of parliament were really reluctant to bail out another country. germany decided much of the details of the bailout package, insisting there be a

really, in order to have a state funeral, a vote has to be passed in the houses of parliament behind me to -- for that to be authorized. and margaret thatcher herself expressed a wish she did not want a state funeral because she sensed that could be divisive. even so in spite of that last night, there was a debate here at the house of commons about whether parliamentary proceedings should be suspended today which in fact they have been given -- for this funeral. remember, of course, her policies were extremely divisive and even though it's more than 20 years since she left office, people love her or loathe her with a passion. brian. >> a lot of people know that story. annabel roberts, thank you very much. >>> still ahead on "way too early," playing through the tragediment we'll check in on the boston red sox as they reflect on the marathon bombing and actually get back to baseball. >>> also heroism at the scene of the attack. we'll hear from the man in a cowboy hat and how his reaction may have saved a life. that story and the check on weather whether "way too early" comes right back.

lawmakers the analysis of alexei pushkov head of the foreign affairs committee in russia's lower house of parliament. the irony of all of this is that to my mind president obama has become hostage to this list has become hostage to the anti russian elements in the u.s. congress because basically obama needs a cooperation with russia and is a cooperation on korea it is a collaboration on iran on so many other regional and global issues his cooperation if he wants to make progress in the cuts. nuclear armaments and so on but by having signed this law is like shooting oneself in the leg so i don't really see the russian oil for this from the point of view of obama administration which claims to be an administration that is paying attention to multilateralism to international partnerships well i can say that by having enlarged the list the obama administration is definitely narrowing very much the possibilities for such a partnership was russia. on our website we're asking where you think the dispute between moscow and washington in this case will lead click on r.t. dot com and take part in our online p

light for gay couples to marry and adopt children of those under debate in the country's upper house of parliament despite president francois hollande support for the issue it's faced wide opposition from the public leading to a wave of protests in the country's capital. presidents monarchs superstars businessmen worldwide left red faced by a new tax haven scandal originating this time in the british virgin islands millions of leaked e-mails expose offshore ties of the world's elite to the sunny caribbean islands cyber security expert and the halls all whose campaign manager for the u.k. pirate party points out the irony of those with tax haven accounts actively promoting austerity. some of these people appear to be in positions where they wouldn't necessarily want to be associated with sticking a lot of money onto an office into an offshore tax and it was clearly a disconnect between what people are saying in terms of taxes and austerity especially more than actually doing in terms of their personal finances have there been discussions about using this. to take a look at the whole area in the who

deal but avoided questions about reported fascist sympathies from the wrong i'm not in the house of parliament that i'm not going to put it better and i want to talk about all the food as i see yesterday that goes out the last few we're going to talk about the situation in forty five years i never had a problem with anyone so that's a tough to be enough for ever part of the county's in a normal person that they spent there also like many others well meanwhile another new come on ice hockey great yeah to me yeah go it seemed rather more nervous had his debut for boston in the n.h.l. but the forty one year old czech went on to score the winner as the bruins major as the devils one nil on home ice. so. it's not easy but on i was coming to that a great deal of i know there's a lot of great guys you know how do you more so. but they're going to make it easier for me. and gulfs well number two rory mcilroy says he's happy to have regained his form just in time for the first major of the season the masters after the northern irishman came second at the texas open two shots behind scotland's martin le

to reset ties pushed call for the head of the foreign affairs committee in the russian lower house of parliament he believes that president obama is trapped by the anti russian mood among american little because. the irony of all of this is that to my mind president obama has become hostage to this list has become hostage to the n.t. and russian elements in the us congress because basically obama needs a corporation was russia and he's a corporation and he's a corporation and they ran on so many other regional and global issues in his corporation if he wants to make progress in the cuts. nuclear armaments and so on birds by having signed this law is like shooting oneself in the leg so i don't really see the rational for this from the point of view of obama administration which claims to be an administration that is paying attention to multilateralism to international partnerships well i can see by having enlarged the list the obama administration is definitely narrowing very much the possibilities for such a partnership was russia. and the time for you to get involved now on our website we're as

light for gay couples to marry and adopt children goes under debate in the country's upper house of parliament despite president francois hollande support for the issue its face opposition from the public resulting in a wave of protests in powers. a call for help from palestinian prisoners in israeli jails inmates say they have been left to waste away behind bars in tonight medical treatment the alleged inhumane conditions claimed to be behind the recent death of a palestinian official in israeli custody that was followed by angry riots in the west bank in gaza r.t. spoke to one of the prisoners who describes the convict's plight. we suffer from an incredibly low standard of medical assistance among those detained here there are at least twenty five people who suffer from cancer and they're not getting the treatment they need the most recent example is abu hamed diop who died in the prison hospital but this hospital is really like a jail like the ones in fascist germany during the holocaust it only has a small infirmary if you get placed there for several hours you leave with sick kidneys or l

program i spoke to alexei pushkov the head of the foreign affairs committee in the russian lower house of parliament and he describes ultimately what lies ahead for the relationship now between russia and the united states. the irony of all of this is that to my mind president obama has become hostage to this list has become hostage to the n.t. russian elements in the u.s. congress because basically obama needs a cooperation with russia. on career it is a collaboration on iran and so many other regional and global issues in his corporation if he wants to make progress in the cuts. nuclear armaments and so on but by having signed this law and by having enlarged the list he has become a hostage to the very negative dynamic in the relationship and so i seeing that is like shooting oneself in the leg so i don't really see the rational for this from the point of view of a bomb administration which claims to be an administration that is paying attention to multilateralism to international partnerships well i can say that by having enlarged the list the obama administration is definitely narrowing very muc

. >>> both house of parliament are voting on same-sex couples and allowing them to adopt children inis. the bill is on track to become law by the summer. >>> walk to work includes new plans to keep people safe. ♪ roundup ♪ i'm a loving husband and a real good dad ♪ ♪ but weeds just make me rattlesnake mad ♪ ♪ now roundup has a new sharp-shootin' wand ♪ ♪ i'm sendin' them weeds to the great beyond ♪ ♪ roundup yeha! [ whip cracks ] ♪ ♪ no need to pump, just point and shoot ♪ ♪ hit 'em in the leaves, and it kills to the root ♪ ♪ 'round fences, trees, even mulched beds ♪ ♪ 'cause the only good weed is a weed that's dead ♪ ♪ roundup yeha! [ whip cracks ] [ male announcer ] roundup... [ whip cracks ] with the new one-touch wand. >>> san francisco is taking steps to improver pedestrian safety and the one thing police are telling people to stop doing. >> reporter: people are making their way home from work and city officials announced a plan to make the streets safer. walk to work today, the first city in the nation to sponsor the day. >> walked 4-6 miles, about an hour and a half, but i am

this time they are organized by opposition parties and they stalled both houses of parliament today. people are shocked by the number of rape cases being reported in the media every day and the gruesome nature of many of the case. the delhi police commissioner is facing the brunt of criticism that there are accusations that the police did not act quickly enough and two police officers allegedly bribed the family of the five-year-old girl not to report the case. many protests are asking for the police commissioner's resignation but he says he is not the problem. >> if my resigning will prevent such depraved actions of society, then i'm prepared to resign a thousand times. but that is not going to address this problem. >> reporter: the police commissioner went on to say that 97% of the rapes take place inside homes in india not in public spaces and the police and authorities should not be held accountable for not being able to prevent the crimes. the alleged rapist is the girl's neighbor. the five-year-old is recovering inside the hospital in stable condition now. >>> a territorial dis

she didn't -- i would not want to take on margaret thatcher in the house of parliament. would have been a tough proposition. but she was always a lady also. cheney said she was motivated deep cleave in principal values and principles. >>> this morning a new warning from north korea telling foreigners in the south to evacuate because of the two rivals are on the eve of a nuclear war. we have the story live from washington. good morning, kelly. >> good morning to you as well. it should come to a surprise as many that he is weighing in on the issues. he doubts north korea will explode a nuclear weapon. speaking to fox news about his home in islamabad after aq contest. kim jong-un is not very stupid quote he does not believe the north koreans are trigger happy. he does not believe the north will actually detonate a nuclear device. in the face of joint u.s. and south korean forces. >> (inaudible) >> for those dealing with the threats from north korea's unpredictable regime japan is deploying interceptors around tokyo as a predugs against threats to launch ballistic missile te

her coffin will lie at the house of parliament before the funeral. >> today is the 10th anniversary of the fall of baghdad to the united states-led coalition happening three weeks into the invasion of iraq. the forces marched into baghdad and toppled the sat use of saddam. opposition cheered and stomped on the statue. today, the base of the statue is still at the city square. combat forces have left but iraq is still struggling to find stability as suicide attacks rock the country and security checkpoints dot the city. auroras pulled off a heist worthy of hollywood movie snatching $40 million worth of goal. a team of ten bandits ambushed two armored vans and blocked traffic along the freeway and trapped the vans with their own vehicles. they opened fire. no one was hit. one of the two vans was carrying millions in gold bars. the robbers' cars were found abandoned. >> the louisville cardinals are celebrating this morning as the national champs. they trailed the wolverines by 12, but they came back at 82-76. hancock led the cardinals with 22 points and this is the first crown since 1986

i would not have wanted to take on margaret thatcher in the house of parliament. that would have been a tough proposition. but she was always a lady also. i mean, i can remember, she came on the fifth anniversary of 9/11. we always had a special ceremony at the white house in those days. and she came downstairs we were on the ground floor there on the white house, there is a room next to the diplomatic reception radio rom, where they have the maps that fdr used in world war ii, framed on the wall. i can remember standing there with lady thatcher, prime minister thatcher, looking at the maps and talking about d-day and what had transpired in world war ii. she was -- she conveyed this aura of... knowing what needed to be done and being willing to do it, no matter what the political cost. i think of what she did for example, for the british economy. i remember, she took over as prime minister after several years of labor government that was socialist in terms of its leanings. and the british economy was in tential shape. she turned it around, she privatized large part

in 2007 the unveiling of her statue in the houses of parliament. in 2010 she made one of her last visits to 10 downing street at the invitation of prime minister david cameron. after that, as depicted in the 2011 movie, the iron lady, her dissent into dementia kept her largely shut in. today queen elizabeth authorized a ceremonial funeral with military honors for the former prime minister at st. paul's cathedral in london. margaret thatcher was 87 years old. >> woodruff: and we have much more about margaret thatcher coming up, including her interview with macneil and lehrer; plus, secretaries baker and schultz on her legacy today. also ahead, how states are tackling guns, and new efforts to protect the berlin wall. but first, the other news of the day. here's hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: a suicide bomber in syria blew up his car in damascus today, killing at least 15 people. it happened in the city's financial district. rescue workers searched the smoking wreckage for survivors. the state news agency said the blast wounded 146 people. other rep

they even stalled both houses of parliament today. but still, many people here are shocked by the number of rain cases being reported in the media every single day, and the gruesome nature of many of these cases. the delhi police commissioner is facing the brunt of criticism as there are accusations that the police did not act quickly enough, and that two police officers allegedly bribed the family of the 5-year-old girl to not report the case. this allegation is still being investigated. many protesters here are asking for the police commissioner's resignation. but he says he is not the problem. >> if my resigning will prevent such depraved actions of the society, then i am prepared to resign a thousand times. but that is not going to address the problem. >> reporter: the police commissioner went on the say that 97% of these rains actually take place inside homes in india, not in public spaces systems of the police and authorities should not be held accountable for knoll being able to prevent many of these crimes. in fact, the alleged

this in mind prime minister better today face a tough who do have to address russia's forward house of parliament the state duma he describes the current state of the economy as long as he pointed out russian war deployments that the budget deficit but that did not impress cause the country's opposition to the prime minister was real about what his government is doing to address corruption capital flight and the oil dependency but that it defended the government's policy and described the opposition criticism as constructive it was on top of the line the government's commitment to a recently i don't to the fiscal rule that faces government spending on the long term average oil price caps the budget deficit one per cent of g.d.p. . but on the last slip in this rule is especially important in a period when other countries are going through a recession and they could eventually happen to us is the time now when there is a risk of commodity prices falling it's an on two thousand and eight experience of a dramatic collapse of the oil price has taught us to follow the rules strictly i'm a little chilli

richard quest there outside the houses of parliament. >> and we want to bring in fareed zakaria who knewt thatcher well. fareed, give us a sense of what was her influence on former president george h.w. bush? we know when iraq invaded kuwait, she was the one who famously kind of turned to bush and said don't get wobbly on me here and take on saddam hussein. >> you know, she was a very determined woman who believed issues of international relations were ones fundamentally about morality. so she saw the invasion of kuwait as essentially a violation of international law. i think the bush people including the president have always felt that by publicly reminding him not to go wobbly she did him a disservice. that george h.w. bush had no intention of going wobbly. but in any event you saw the way she reacted to the forkland islands business when the argentine and saw with the gulf war. her response in these situations was almost kind of a snap moral judgment. the details followed later. >> and, fareed, you know, her legacy is really going to be a tapestry, a rich one and varied one. to her co

the houses of parliament and number 10 downing street where she was in residence as prime minister for more than 11 years. and at her current home in london, memorials began to pile up, flowers laid out in front of the home. as we said, she has evoked a lot of reaction across the political spectrum. >> today is a truly sad day for our country. we've lost a great prime minister, a great leader, a great briton. the real thing about margaret thatcher is that she did not just lead our country. she saved our country. and i believe she will go down as the greatest british peace time prime minister. >> she will have her critics even today. i think they will think carefully about her ultimate legacy and what she did to unleash the enterprise, the spirit of the british people. and to enable them to rediscover what they had lost which was really the belief in britain of. >> the news that she's gone brought back a lot of memories to me of times when i've traveled with her, when i argued with her, when i stood beside her. here was a brave woman who had become prime minister by her own merits. who

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her coffin will lie overnight at the houses of parliament before the funeral service. travel by horse-drawn gun carriage to the cathedral. margaret thatcher passed away yesterday morning our time at the age of 87. this is going to be a huge international event with leaders obviously from countries all around the world and it will be a spectacular, as the british can do very well send-off and good-bye to somebody who was very important to them. gregg: it should be. she transformed their society and in many ways the world as well. so she needs to be honored. >>> president obama insisting his push for gun control is about preventing future tragedies. it is not about the a political victory he said, speaking to newtown families yesterday, the president urged congress not to block the vote. >> so connecticut has shown the way and now is the time for congress to do the same. [applause] nd a foxteve hayes of "the news contributor joins us. steve, good to see you. >> good morning. gregg: republican as you know are threatening a filibuster but mccain and graham both say that wo

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the marriage bill passed the lower houses of parliament back in february. >>> and the university of connecticut rewriting the history books by winning the nak women's basketball championship for the eighth time. yeah, freshman sensation breanna stewart scoring 18 of 24 points in the first half as the huskies crushed louisville 93-60. >> look at that steal. >> yes, it was the most lopsided win ever in a final. uconn are now tied for the most women's national titles with eight each. congratulatio congratulations, ladies. >> that's awesome. what a program they have up there in connecticut. fantastic to see. 11 minutes after the hour. >>> we could find out within a matter of hours whether a deal has been reached to turn a major gun proposal into reality. we'll give you the details coming up. h scent boosters, here with my favorite new intern, jimmy. mmm! fresh! and it's been in the closet for 12 weeks! unbelievable! unstopables! follow jimmy on youtube. you know who you are. you can part a crowd, without saying a word... if you have yet to master the quiet sneeze... you stash tissues like a squirre

the british house of commons is back tomorrow as members of parliament are allowed to pay tribute.hey were on break, but the prime minister who was in europe came back yesterday and announced that parliament is being recalled for tributes to lady thatcher. redwood falls, minn., open phones this morning. go ahead, please. caller: i wanted to comment on the gun laws. i do not think that we need to get a bunch of new laws passed in congress that do not work. there is nothing wrong with what we have. what would be wrong with beefing up our school security? could bes coming back the security on the front lines. to me that makes more sense, putting people back to work and protecting children. host: thank you for the call. this point on our twitter page -- host: mcconnell is joining a senate gun filibuster, this story from politico.com. he announced yesterday that he would join a group of republicans threatening a filibuster. "yesterday harry reid promised to move a gunboat to the floor, but it is unclear which one. it depends on if democrats can strike a deal on background checks, otherw