human rights abusers and torturers yeah i mean the congressional research service came out with this list of the top ten countries that received foreign aid right but. what they didn't publish it actually took human rights watch and amnesty international come up with this but you just mentioned u.s. law that also goes with the foreign assistance act section thirty two which is essentially the cornerstone of human rights for for us law here in this country and i mean you say you know how if this law is on the books how can we continue to do so but only to how can we have kuantan and have to create these are things that just happen they just are but the truth is that it's not just u.s. law that this is kind of in spite of it's in spite of of u.n. resolutions and u.n. treaty is the u.s. is a signatory on the u.n. convention on torture not only a signatory but ratified that along with almost every other country in the world so for the u.s. to continue to say that they're giving assistance to these countries and believe me this is far more than just five or ten countries it's a lot of countries that the u.s. is giving money to that doesn't just go in the form of economic aid or disaster relief it's military aid specifically going and here

department's out the department of justice as well as organizations like the aclu human rights watch and amnesty international might we have not received any comments so far. the nose and a nonchalant surrounding this case in the us was that apart from the early stages u s officials said they didn't let russian know about bringing its citizens to us soil because of pressing the wrong button on a fax machine notifying romanian consider brush. as this intricate and rt meal. u s and european officials and growing concerns that the security vacuum in syria is supporting a training ground for foreign nationals looking to wreak havoc on their home countries. so according to information provided by the director of national intelligence james clap or below. we estimate at this point in excess of seven thousand from foreign fighters have detracted from some fifty countries many of them and in europe in the mideast. and this is of great concern not only to us but to those countries. of course is not the only the us casting peers british intelligence are now expressing concern that some citizens to join the opposition a

human rights watch and amnesty international but we have not received any comment so far the no to the nonchalance surrounding this case in the us was apparent from the early stages u.s. officials said they didn't let russia know about bringing its citizens to u.s. soil because of pressing the wrong button on a fax machine notifying romania instead of russia and this is r.t. new york. and we turn to florida where a verdict was reached in the trial of michael dunn the forty seven year old who shot and killed teenager jordan davis on saturday the jury in jacksonville found michael dunn guilty of attempted second degree murder for opening fire on three teens who were in the same as jordan davis however they could not come to a consensus on whether to convict or acquit dunn of the most serious of charges first degree murder in the two thousand and twelve killing prosecutors argued that dunn recklessly recklessly shot at the teens after complaining about the volume of their music in a convenience store parking lot three of his ten shots struck davis one of them cutting through his liver alo

human rights watch and amnesty international but we have not received any comment so far the notion the nonchalance surrounding this case in the u.s. was apparent from the early stages u.s. officials said they didn't let russia know about bringing its citizens to u.s. soil because of pressing the wrong button on a fax machine notifying romania instead of russia and if this is true r.t. new york u.s. and european officials are growing concerns that the security vacuum in syria is supporting a training ground for foreign nationals looking to wreak havoc on their home countries that's all according to information provided by the director of national intelligence james clapper take a look we estimate at this point in excess of seven thousand. foreign fighters have been attracted from some fifty countries many of them in europe in the middle east and this is of great concern not only to us but to those countries . and of course it's not the only the u.s. casting fears british intelligence are now expressing concern that some citizens who joined the opposition in syria have returned home and

and government officials in seoul will watch to see if the publication will have an influence on the unions and the relations between the two countries. >> the human rights group amnesty international is due to release a damning report on north korea, releasing test mopies from north korean former prisoners and guards. >> the u.n. says 10,000 international soldiers are needed to bring stability to the central african republic. france is sending another 400 troops, raising the deployment to 2,000, as kath turner reports, it could be months before soldiers arrive. >> african peacekeepers were worried vehicles would come under attack in an area where there has been renewed fighting. they refused to take a risk, turning back thousands of muslims desperate to escape across the border. >> we are going home to chad. if piece is restarted, we can come back. >> there has not been sustained peace for months. sectarian violence erupted when the muslim rebels seized power last year. looting, murder and rape followed. christian militias retaliated. >> for years the central africans got along fine. they came to liberators. it was them who became dangerous and killed the people. that sparked the

and a drunk program is another example of significant activity that the public is trying to discuss that has been thwarted by lack of transparency. this year both amnesty international and human rights watch have conducted a series of researches and raised concerns about the consequences of the drone program on u.s. security. yet the government has not responded. director clapper, what steps can intelligence community take to increase transparency into the drone program and fostered a responsible national debate? >> we are speaking of activities that are conducted covertly, so that's one area where being transparent is on one of a numbr of areas where we not going to be able to perhaps be as fully transparent as some might like. john, you want to add to that? >> when i was at the white house and i was assistant to the president on counterterrorism i spoke repeatedly publicly about this so-called drones, the remote pilot aircraft that he become an instrument of war. i spoke about that to the extent that they could. but this is something that they think has been discussed quite broadly. >> does the intelligence community way or consider how signature strikes, strikes against unnamed militar

and not the government. anothere program as example of the significant activity at the public is trying to discussed that has been forded by a lack of transparency. both amnesty international and human rights watch have conducted research and raised concerns about the consequences of the drone program. the government has not responded. the intelligence committee take to increase transparency into the drone program and foster a responsible national debate? speaking of activities that are conducted covertly. that is one area that being where we are not going to be able to be as fully transparent as some might like. housen i was at the white and listening to the president, i spoke repeatedly about the drones. they become an estimate of war. i spoke about that to the extent that i could. this is something that i think has been discussed quite broadly. >> does the intelligence community way or consider how signature strikes, strikes agenst unnamed military could generate hatred to americans? from an intelligence perspective, we are always analyzing. to include any counterterrorism activity we might be involved in to see what the impact is, i think the feeling is we have have greatly in mitigated the

this year amnesty international and human rights watch conducted serious research and raised legitimate concerns about the consequences of the drone program on u.s. security. yet, the government has not responded. director clapper, what steps can the intelligence community take to increase tran parent sei to the drone program and foster a responsible national debate? >> we're speaking of activities that are conducted covertly. that's one area where being transparent is one of the number of areas we're not going to be able to perhaps be as fully transparent as some might like. when i was at the white house and i was assistant to the president of counterterrorism i spoke repeatedly publicly about this so-called drones the public aircraft that become an instrument of war. i spoke about it to the extent i could. this is something, i think, has been discussed quite broadly. >> does the intelligence community weigh or consider how signature strikes, strikes against unnamed military-age males may increase the terrorist threat because they could generate hatred for americans and motivate youth

both amnesty international and human rights watch have conducted research and raised concerns about the consequences of the drone program. yet the government has not responded. director clapper what steps can , the intelligence committee take to increase transparency into the drone program and foster a responsible national debate? >> we are speaking of activities that are conducted covertly. that is one area where being transparent is one of a number of areas where we are not going to be able to be as fully transparent as some might like. >> when i was at the white house and listening to the president, i spoke repeatedly about the so-called drones. automated graph. they become an instrument of war. i spoke about that to the extent that i could. this is something that i think has been discussed quite broadly. >> does the intelligence community weigh or consider how signature strikes, strikes against unnamed military age males, could generate hatred to and motivate youth to join rather than reject terrorist americans? >> from an intelligence perspective, we are always analyzing. to includ