lauren has to basically put her trust in me, you know what i mean?ke, seeing us like that or let's go like this, you know what i mean? out of the three fugees the pulse of this time in this generation, they am have to say okay, you know what? we really gotta just listen to what clef is saying and mix it with what we're saying. >> lauren didn't trust you creati creatively? >> no. andty didn't trust them creatively at all. because i'm not a -- when it comes to the music, i'm not here to trust anyone. i'm here to say, let's take the group from point a and skyrocket it, that's my job. >> i don't mean to oversimplify this. >> you can. >> you're the leader they wouldn't follow? >> i wouldn't say that i'm the leader of the fugees. what i would do is, i would put the three of us out there, and you've seen careerwise what everyone has done. and you can say, okay, this one's the producer. like i would say more, when it comes to the fugees, i was the top producer of the fugees. >> right. >> is there any truth to the ideas that -- to the story that was circulati

lauren's parents chose an auditory/oral education and a cochlear implant at an early age. diana: so, i wenouout, and i researched older children, how they were doing with their cochlear implants, and they were doing phenomenally. so then i got the cochlear implant when i was 3, and then that's when i started going to lois. the goal is always to be able to listen. that's always the primary goal, and so it's getting her to listen to the sounds in a fun way and respond to them, and one of the techniques that we used for speech was oral motor therapy, which means that we are working on the structure and the rerength and flexibility of the articulators because children that haven't heard the first 3 years of life don't really use their jaw strength and their tongue strength the same way as children who have, and so we've strengthened those so she can make all the rapid movements of speech, and i think what you hear with lauren is, she has beautiful speech. i saw him yesterday. and you have to set goals for yourself, and you have to try to meet those goals, and if you don't, you

financial correspondent lauren lyster lauren thanks for being with us now i know this is a lengthy report here but you know did they just kind of they use the five hundred pages to spread the blame on everybody everybody from wall street to government regulators to the federal reserve. alone it seems that's exactly what they did i mean they went down the list of pretty much everybody that could have been involved in the financial crisis and blame them for playing a pivotal role from the governance of corporate governance on wall street firms to a government that was ill prepared for the collapse and then had an inconsistent response that rattled markets to a bell labs of accountability and ethics at every level to a scathing review of federal regulators and of the regulations that are in place i mean really every single it was it was a wide net that they cast in every single person or party that could have been involved was pretty much held to blame except for the specifics of the people that are still in power today in terms of being stewards of the economy they wouldn't really when push

. >> reporter: another come peopling reason to return home is his daughter lauren.d has epilepsy, a brain disorder involving repeated spontaneous seizures. >> lauren is very excited to get her dad back. he's already making dates, trying to get to some ball games with him and bring her friends along and wants to come home this weekend and, so, she's pretty psyched. >> reporter: that was the toughest part? >> it was hard. and, you know, i've said before, lauren was say all the time, why does barack obama need so much help? what really moved me is when i told her finally that i was coming home and she was so obviously excited about it and it meant the world, you know, to me, to know that it meant so much to her. >> reporter: it has been a grueling two years. the hours long, the work, excruciatingly complicated. and not always successful. what was the most difficult moment you had? >> when you work in that building, there are things that happen, the ft. hood shootings, that were just unimaginable, that were disturbing. dark. and then, the entire first few months of the

rising disobedience of modern day that are going to bail us out this is what will do to their was also lauren lyster r.t. new york and still ahead real money for fake purposes and a bonus cover how money donated from abroad for people in need in the india and soften the pockets of combat. now nine people

at the new york marxist school people have a chance to voice their plans for a better society is lauren lyster has more. the very first sentence of the congress manifesto in. a specter hangs over europe the speaker of communism like. in modern day us the specter of communism hangs over the bottom floor of a brick building on the west side of downtown new york city the wrexham started out actually as the new york marks of school in one nine hundred seventy five here communism is certainly no bogeyman and its poster a philosopher so to speak is revered i'm a marxist and i wanted to be around other marxists and and it's just a talk with all the marxists in the us that may sound a little taboo even unpatriotic to the average joe but these days amid rising poverty and inequality in the country more and more people are joining in the discussion certainly since the kind of the economic crisis where the financial crisis kind of hit home and a lot of people realized you know there are some systemic problems we saw a huge increase in. traffic here people opening their eyes to a different view her

. >> this is the latest trophy for lauren bagbo loyalists, a u.n. vehicle set alight by angry youth in the commercial capital, abidjan. these men despice the peacekeeping troops of the u.n., whom they claim are backing bagbo's rival. >> it is an opportunity for us to show that with our bare hands we can also take action. each day we hear shooting, we will burn 10 anunsy cars. >> three u.n. peacekeepers have been injured in the past few days, a move that's been strongly condemned internationally. u.n. troops protecting mr. watara now find themselves dragged into ivory coast crisis. watara is considered by most of the world by the legitimate winner of recent elections, but his rival refuses to cede power. security forces sealed the area off and moved in with heavy weapons, hunting down rebels, they claim. this has been seen as one of the most provocative acts in recent weeks and in time the u.n. is left impotent and forced to retreat. u.n. patrols have been restricted in the wake of the attacks. with u.n. forces now considered a legitimate target by l

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of citizens american scott and the financial crisis are choosing a more creative tactic as artie's lauren lyster reports it's a more quiet protest that has literally gone underground. the only language that they are doing bad it's going down in the us most are familiar with the age old protest tactic of civil disobedience we sure are moderate you're supposing what's established and in some way with signs of the civil disobedience but these days with rising inequality and low wages in the us being a pressing issue many researchers and activists are documentation wages are falling cutting benefits for people taking away their pensions there is evidence of a different form of disobedience now taking place all over the country may not be quite paid to the papers there are no state making a right this is left with a razor heard call it economic distress they don't see it because it's going on underground. and poor neighborhoods in new york city some residents organized to raise a little money to buy subway cards offering unlimited rides they swipe as many people in as they can to give them a f

if you're thinking of shopping this way, lauren has some tips. buy at the start of the sale, because the best deals go fast, and be aware that returns aren't always allowed. >> with baby clothes especially, size is always an issue. in certain brands, i know she wears six months. in certain brands she wears three months. in certain brands, three months swallows her. >> reporter: then again, returns are not a concern for certain customers-- especially the ones that would rather play than shop. erika miller, "nightly business report," new york. >> tom: here's what we're watching for tomorrow: we'll have quarterly results for 3m, boeing, j&j and verizon. the federal reserve's interest rate setting committee begins a two-day meeting. we'll also see november's s&p case shiller home price index. and our "word on the street" is "commodities." thestreet.com's energy expert, dan dicker, has tips on how to invest in commodities and commodity e.t.f.s. >> susie: neither rain, nor sleet nor gloom of night keep the postal service from its appointed rounds. but

in a country where the number of private guns so most equals the population cowboy habits die hard lauren lyster reports. unlike many other countries in the united states guns can be found everywhere from retail stores this particular want to six hundred dollars my personal a springfield x t forty five two rallies it's a river thames wanted to it's easy to air user the hands of politicians running for office commodore and john mcmillan because he gives a rip about alabama and auburn not care to new toads or criminals the. many readily cite the country's second amendment that allows for this right to bear arms the vast majority of level headed americans was a constitutional right and as such they probably don't have a problem with it. but with a population of three hundred seven million people and roughly three hundred million firearms owned by civilians in the united states what's a constitutional right is now feared by some to become an obsession in the twenty first century. saying that people die in urban areas the machine guns and forty seven and so on is preposterous an obsession that

very dangerous for the social peace of the nation i guess lauren sister r.t. and chamber another washington d.c. . in denmark a free speech campaigner is on trial over racism charges lawyers have guard the president of the danish free press society will be handed his verdict later today all hedegaard was prosecuted after drawing attention to the trend of honor killings or sexual abuse in some muslim families this trial has been criticized by human rights activists so don't want to cordy's are trying to suppress free speech have are told are to you the problems created by a move to call for rosamond europe can only be solved by speaking openly about them . it seems to these days that anyone who stands up against. the ruling ideology is chocolate and. stands to be dragged in front of a of course for their policies fail and fail actually on the free speech advocates . i don't have the solutions. to this problem created by our politicians i can only say one thing the predict received for even be able to solve the problems is that we mean change free speech because

but so far no one is coming out questioning justification for a virtual version lauren lyster r.t. new york the latest news this hour transport safety in russia has been a focus at a meeting between the country's president dmitri medvedev and federal security service officials in response to the attack while we can now cross live to our correspondent tom barton who is. following the story for us there. we will have a chance to talk to tom hopefully later in the program. now the blast at the moscow airport may also affect the upcoming world economic forum in the swiss town of delphos and russia's president dmitry medvedev was scheduled to open the summit but after the attack he said he would delay his arrival artie's lore and it is in switzerland. he's cancelling it all together so we still are expecting him to come to davos at some stage this week he was supposed to make this very important opening speech but now it looks like he may may not make that speech we don't know whether he's going to be here on wednesday in time to make it so someone else may have to make it to his place

government and corporations appear to capitalize on a war that looks here to stay lauren lyster r.t. new york. coming up on the program going viral on the internet literally to move russian scientists invented for the. online microscope. use viruses of microbes from anywhere in the world. where pensioners are going bankrupt faster than any other group in the country and insolvency service report indicates that over the past decade the number of elderly with growing debts and reduced income has risen six fold result is the emmitsburg finding out that leaves them struggling to afford the basics. retirement depicted as a golden age where older people get more time to enjoy their families and hobbies but a new survey shows a different side of old age in britain a worrying picture of a country where more and more elderly people can't afford to retire pensioner lydia portsmouth won't say how much money she gets from the state but she's forced to dip into her limited savings to pay her monthly bills like many others she wasn't able to push away a lot of money for her retirement and what she

government attracts newcomers through official visa lotteries granting them green cards but as lauren lyster reports for many people the quest for the american dream can turn out to be a grim reality. in the united states and here in new york every year countless people play the lottery. and touring for a chance to win for a mega million dollar fantasy believing a few dollars and a dream could buy them so for the life of a ticket that could change their lives every year more than ten million people also play a different kind of lottery and fifty thousand when i meet one of them my name is a woman and her husband teenage son and seven year old daughter you see here. are immigrants from nepal they entered and won the united states diversity visa lottery this lottery is a congressional mandate it's supposed to be an opportunity for people to come to america from countries with historically low rates of immigration the jackpot with permanent residency the prize is not cash but green cards and this startling experience was due to a lot of we had to start from scratch from zero once we got

forerunner an american videogame released two years ago featured a similar story line as artie's lauren lyster found out the game was sold worldwide without any condemnation. terrorist attack kills dozens of innocent people and creates chaos at a moscow airport fact. or fiction it's the scenario being played out here in this popular american video game sold worldwide call of duty modern warfare two dozen new russian in this mission the player goes on a terrorist rampage hoping to massacre civilians in a fictitious moscow airport it may have seemed too gruesome and tragic to become true were it not for the very real events seen here at the doing we did to vote airport more than thirty people have been killed more than one hundred eighty injured stars a video game version a lot more people have been involved in this violent video game was released in november of two thousand and nine by the american company activision and in just a few months sales had surpassed one billion dollars now even for people that didn't download the game just a simple youtube search where you type in no russian

before being gunned down the violence has many americans calling for tougher gun control laws but as lauren lyster reports some see the weapon as part of their culture they say that taking it away goes against the history. you're looking at is ready for. the age of five for the right to bear arms. the target of debate in the united states. just because you have an individual right does not mean. the state or local government can't constrain think you can carry a gun in chicago. and in my world everybody on the bus could have a gun like making liberal shoot guns i just don't think we should be allowed to bring them home. but travel more than six hundred miles south. follow the same well worn tracks taken here during the civil war and you're transported to. kennesaw georgia. a world of these. days where second amendment rights are sized all the time everybody except for one except whenever you go to be a it's a way of life in the south a gun is just part of the household just like a hammer isn't a tool box and in the town of kennesaw. it's the law on may first one thousand nine hundred two th

but so far no one is coming out questioning justification for a virtual version lauren lyster r.t. new york we'll be bringing you more from moscow's demoted of airports throughout the day here on artsy and you can always get the details about the blast on our website that's dot com there you'll find the latest video also eyewitness comments expert opinion and much much more available for you twenty four seven on. you with our team becoming to you live from moscow where it's now are just turning twenty minutes past the hour russia has a lower house of parliament the state duma is considering the ratification of the russia u.s. strategic arms reduction treaty in its third and last reading you got a piece going offers following the hearing for us. the meeting started with a note of sorrow and of silence commemorating the victims of monday's attack in moscow's the much of the world airport the vote on the new strategic arms reduction treaty between moscow and washington is going to be held at around five pm moscow time it's known that in the same fashion as the u.s. congress the state

people caught in the center of america's financial crisis she was never all the different tactic lauren lyster reports it's a quiet protest that has gone underground quite literally. the only language that they understand and shutting down in the us most are familiar with the age old protest tactic of civil disobedience we usually mark protests you're supposing what's established standing somewhere with signs would be civil disobedience but these days with rising inequality and low wages in the us being a pressing issue many researchers and activists are documented wages are falling cutting benefits for people taking away their pensions there is evidence of a different form of disobedience now taking place all over the country you may not see it on my page in the papers there are no statement making a right this is laughable the research here call it economic descent and they don't see it because it's going on underground. and poor neighborhoods in new york city some residents organized to raise a little money to buy subway cards offering unlimited rides they swipe as many people in as

lifestyle was one they stuck by their guns lauren mr r t kennesaw georgia. and here's a glance at a story that still have for us our here in our. educational experiment in russia leaves many divided on the possible threats and advantages of teaching religion at school and we explain why later in the program. the pivotal nuclear arms reduction path between moscow and washington is a final step away from being ratified by the russian parliament it's once again being debated before heading for its third of file hearing on tuesday russian lawmakers a man at the start treaty in the second here reading last week in response to changes in reservations raised in washington among the amendments is a requirement for america to remove tactical nuclear weapons from europe the house will also call for other nuclear powers to join the process of nuclear reduction treaty signed between presidents movie had been abolished year as already been ratified by the us senate it now needs a file say from the russian parliament russia's deputy foreign minister sergei with cough says

but so far no one is coming out questioning justification for a virtual version lauren lyster r.t. new york we'll be bringing you more from moscow airport throughout the day here in our t.v. you can get all the details about the blast on our website which is r t dot com all the latest video eyewitnesses comments expert opinion and much more available there for you online at our t v dot com. the blast of the moscow airport may also affect the upcoming world economic forum in the swiss town of davos russia's president dmitry medvedev was scheduled to open the summit but after the attack he said he would delay his arrival argues laura amate is in switzerland. we've heard no word that he's cancelling it all together so we still are expecting him to come to davos at some stage this week he was supposed to make this very important opening speech it's a great honor for medvedev to be asked to make this speech it really sort of russia in a very important part of the world economic forum here in davos last year this speech was made by president nicolas sarkozy so he was he was obviously loo

hit by falling wages and high unemployment are employing a new tactic economic disobedience artie's lauren lyster takes a look. the only language that they are. going to be in the us most are familiar with the age old protest tactic of civil disobedience we usually mark your supposing what to say i was just an exam where would science would be civil disobedience but these days with rising inequality and low wages in the us being a pressing issue many researchers and activists are documentation wages are falling cutting benefits for people taking away their pensions there is evidence of a different form of disobedience now taking place all over the country may not be at all the high paid to the papers there are no statement making a right this is left to the researcher call it economic justice you may not see it but it is going on underground. and poor neighborhoods in new york city some residents organized to raise a little money to buy subway cards offering unlimited rides they swipe as many people in as they can to give them a free ride here or is this an ferrites were resisting the cost

countries such as canada and germany unless they make sure winning the lottery actually pays off lauren lyster our new york from the image of the american dream at risk you to a dream community in denmark facing the threat of being destroyed feel free thinking state of christiania is coming under pressure from the danish government that's coming up in just a few minutes right here on our team. when defending its record in the iraq war the u.s. is quick to point out the tens of billions of dollars that it is spending on reconstruction but between rampant corruption and gross inefficiency poverty stricken iraqis say they see little sign of improvement to their daily lives it means many are forced to do whatever they can describe by as sebastian meyer reports. at seven am every morning fatima crouch is outside her house and along with her sister and cousins begins to sort through garbage displaced from southern iraq that most family is too poor to send her to school and so she works eight hours a day sorting through baghdad's landfill collecting plastic and metal that will be shipped abroa

lifestyle was one they stuck by their guns lauren mr r t kennesaw georgia and those of you would like to read more on the gun laws in the us log on to our website. find out why more americans buy weapons despite the financial crisis and how lawmakers in new hampshire are opting to change gun rules to appeal to liberty loving individuals. plus we'll reveal just who gave the former u.k.'s prime minister her famous nickname the iron lady more than three decades ago. at a pivotal nuclear arms reduction pad between moscow and washington as a final step away from being ratified by the russian parliament it's once again being debated before heading for its third and final hearing on tuesday russian lawmakers a man of the start treaty in the second reading last week in response to changes and reservations raise in washington among the amendments is a requirement for america to remove tactical nuclear weapons from europe the house will also call for other nuclear powers to join the process of nuclear reduction the treaty signed between presidents medvedev and obama last year as already been ra

investigative commission points the finger at the country's economic elite but as aussies lauren lister reports previous experience showed those responsible are likely to remain unpunished. it wasn't so long ago the world was reeling from a financial crisis and in the financial capital of the world hard hit americans were calling for heads to roll on wall street and then he blamed irresponsible and illegal actions of big wig bankers for the economy's near collapse but i did get it he they got it he did that we get it yeah it was born from this mess the us president formed a bipartisan commission to get to the bottom of the crisis. it is our hope that together we can rebuild the american people's belief in a financial system that puts americans to work over a year they heard from stewards of the economy the most important lesson of this crisis is we have to end too big to fail they heard from c.e.o.'s of investment banks anyone who says i wouldn't change a thing i think is crazy. now the meltdown panel believes the answers to this outrage can be found here and five hundred plus pages of

but so far no one is coming out questioning justification for a virtual version lauren lyster r.t. new york. and we'll be bringing you more from moscow airport throughout the day here on r.t. and you can get all the details about the blast on our website that's r.t. dot com and all the latest video eye witnesses commons and expert opinion and much more available for you on line at r.t. dot com. to other stories now here in our team russia's lower house of parliament the state duma is to consider ratification of russia u.s. strategic arms reduction treaty in its third and last reading the nuclear arms cut has been already approved by the american side the previous review of the bill has seen an amendment introduced in response to the american interpretation of the tax russian legislators stressed moscow could withdraw from the deal if it felt threatened by u.s. missile defense plans interviewer agreement was signed by presidents mitigate and obama last year and will slash the country's nuclear arsenals by a third. now the council of europe will debate the findings of an explosive re

no more protected from it happening again i'm not sure that we can prevent it from happening again lauren lyster r.t. new york. and terence landing as the director of the trans research institute says that latest report is nothing more than a bit too wild watch the culprits. i mean come on only an eighty eight in brazil or an idealogue can see the deal. wall street has hijacked was. it's a whitewash like all the rest of them you know what's going to happen if they say no heads roll the only heads that are reached through role are we the people and that's the way the deal works the police have become nothing more that enforcers for the crime bosses look this is big going on alongside these commissions is nothing more than white wash who's running the commissions the republicans or the democrats the people who take the money from these stock brokerage firms from these investment firms but they have nice language for it they call them campaign contributions could any adult say. it's huge and look what's going on in europe it hasn't been solved remember they did the greek debt crisis ireland

very dangerous for the social peace of the nation i again lauren mr r.t. and chamber and out of washington d.c. and mark a free speech activist is on trial over racism charges laws how to guard the president of the danish free press society will be handed his verdict later today all have a guard was prosecuted after drawing attention to the trend of domestic abuse and child rape in some muslim families or human rights activists say it's a show trial conducted by what they call denmark's top police head guard told r.t. that the problems created by multiculturalism corrupt can only be solved by speaking openly about them. it seems to these days that anyone who stands up against. the ruling ideology is the talk of it and. as it stands to be dragged in front of the of course the policies failed failed actually on the free speech and. i don't have the solutions to true to this problem created by our politicians i can only say one thing the correct procedure for even being able to solve the problems is that we maintain free speech because without free speech the