i'm liz wahl and you're watching our team. well it is day three at the republican national convention day two of actual convention activities and speeches and it would be an understatement to say things haven't gone according to plan hurricane hurricane isaac of course the main distraction from the r n c but yesterday brought us chaos and protest on the floor of the convention now by and really protesters but by the delegates themselves mitt romney is now the official republican nominee for president but yesterday's boos from ron paul supporters opposing new rules put in place by the republican national committee illustrate that full support behind their candidate is not easy to come by our white house correspondent christine has more from tampa. well as you know we've been spending most of our time here at the tampa convention center as well as the tampa bay times forum where the actual convention is taking place and right outside these doors i got to tell you it looks like what i call a war zone on the waterfront we've seen

i'm liz wahl and you're watching our. oh booted from a flight for wearing a silly t. shirt that's exactly what a thirty one year old doctor a student from buffalo new york says happened a rejig goo hoss as he was an issue it was his shirt that caused an airline supervisor to pull him off a flight forcing him to rent a car and find his own way back home this is the shirt that he says sparked it all as you can see it has a mark department of homeland security seal around it are words. zero m.g. terrorists and a lower level blood red it run run take off your shoes. now regent did it did pass the t.s.a. security it was the pilot and airline personnel that decided he couldn't fly despite passing extensive security and as a blogger rigid details the whole ordeal from being banned from flying to the searching of his belongings to the interrogations that followed but he believes this is about more than just his t. shirt to discuss this r t correspondent rhonda rowland joins us now from hiram own so would you say this is get another example of freedoms being compromised in the

i'm liz wahl and you're watching our t.v. well we begin this friday with congress's attempt to plug government leaks in the wake of some high profile leagues congress is pushing to prevent classified information from being made public the senate's leaking bill cracks down on government agencies but not all branches are created equal exempt from the bill are members of congress congressional staffers and the executive branch all interesting lead that's where most government leaks reportedly come from so in the quest to crack down on leaks wire and lawmakers getting to the source of the problem to discuss this and more josh gerstein white house reporter for political politico excuse me joined us earlier today. well you know it comes out of the senate intelligence committee which only has discretion over only has jurisdiction i should say over the intelligence agencies so they don't have authority really to regulate the white house to regulate the pentagon the state department or strangely enough they don't even have authority t

i'm liz wahl and you're watching our t.v. . well the biggest names on the internet are teaming up in hopes of influencing congress. it's made up of facebook google amazon and beg they're forming a new trade organization they say they'll advocate policy and legislation that's in the best interest of their users if the internet association as it's called is set to launch in september according to their president their mission is to lobby for quote a political solution to. well push for protecting a free and open internet so what's. really all about to discuss this joined now by sarah jacobson peer wall free lance a writer and editor for p.c. world sarah welcome so i here we are we have the most powerful forces banding together what do you make of this new law. well i think it's. a good thing and a bad thing because on the one hand obviously every district in the states has tons of internet users and we don't really have enough people in washington talking about you know what the internet needs and what their users on the other ha

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i'm liz wahl and you're watching r t. we begin with the latest on wiki leaks whistleblower julian assad right now the organization of american states is discussing his case here in washington d.c. this is the u.k. an aqua door remain in a diplomatic battle ecuadorian president rafael correa has granted a songe asylum but the u.k. won't allow him safe passage to the airport they even threatened to raid the embassy to get a hold of a son she's been holed up in that ecuadorian embassy in london since july nineteenth today is asking the supports of oh us are to get a chance to speak to president carter ai here's a look at that exclusive interview. we just wanted to address the request in a very thorough and responsible way we'll look to the motivations from this the sons of the soil and it looked into the charges brought against him in sweden reviewed u.k. law as well as international law and of course we went over our own legislation then we made a responsible decision just as we promised the originally after the olympics sp

i'm liz wahl and you're watching r.t. . always on the media descend on tampa with full force for the republican national convention and for the most part what we saw in tampa was a picture of a city in the sunshine state but that's not the full picture the reality is almost twenty percent of the population in tampa lives below the poverty line that's significantly higher than the thirteen point eight percent national average and according to the national alliance and homelessness tampa's the city with the highest rate of homelessness in the country many of the homeless in tampa have described more pressure and hostility from police during the r. and c. are the correspondent christine ventured into the heart of tampa beyond the convention center glitz. nancy and lee marian have been running this manufactured homes community for about seven years now so we moved down from and then michigan. and just seem like the economy got worse up there before down here and when it did they say they recognize the signs immediately cost of

i'm liz wahl and you're watching r t we begin today with the latest in the case of wiki leaks whistleblower julian a sausage assad remains inside the ecuadorian embassy in london where he's been seeking refuge for two months this is a day after ecuador announced it would grant asylum to a songe but getting from the embassy to the airport is proving to be a challenge if not impossible for a songe the u.k. ballasts to arrest him the moment he steps foot outside of the embassy this has outraged a songes supporters think you are wrong. me there are some of the sights and sounds unfolding today outside of the embassy more protests and more arrests while ecuador and the u.k. remain in a diplomatic impasse where does the united states stand in all this r.t. white house correspondent christine for south has the details. liz once again no word from the white house regarding julian assange and or the decision by the president of ecuador to grant him political asylum we did however here yesterday from the state department officials there insisting the u.s. government is in no way involved this is an i

i'm liz wahl and you're watching r t. we begin today with the latest twist in the case of wiki leaks whistleblower julian a song which we've received word that ecuador has granted him asylum a son was arrested in london back in december of two thousand and ten and has been going through legal battles there ever since he's been held up at the ecuadorian embassy in london for nearly two months awaiting president quote he has decision today ok dorian president rafael correa granted asylum to a songe the two men have spoken to each other several times over the past few years including an end up interview on giuliana songes show he's been fighting extradition to sweden where he faces questioning over alleged sex crimes songe has offered several times to be interviewed over the phone or at the swedish of the sea but officials rejected that offer as on has expressed that his alternate fear is that if he is extradited to sweden that will lead to him being extradited to the united states where he believes he will be prosecuted for

you i'm liz wahl in are watching our. what is the final day of the republican national convention the day has come for republican presidential nominee mitt romney to tell america why he should be the next commander in chief leading up to today a series of speeches and events that have showcased a vision and controversy within the republican party one of the clearest examples tension between ron paul supporters and the establishment republicans to talk more about this r t white house correspondent christine joined us earlier from the republican national convention in tampa. an interesting dynamic going on yesterday we saw those ron paul supporters the delegates from maine once again walk out of the convention hall in unison taking up a whole lot of room i should mention they waited for the ron paul tribute video to play they waited for rand paul's speech and then they were gone they seem to to really be angry at the way everything has really gone down here without even letting them have their voices heard christine and you

i'm liz wahl and you're watching r.t. . les is the final day of the republican national convention the day has come for republican presidential nominee mitt romney to tell america why he should be the next commander in chief leading up to today series of speeches and events that have showcased division and controversy within the republican party one of the clearest examples tension between ron paul supporters and the establishment republicans for more on what happened today r.t. white house correspondent christine frizz out is in tampa. i'm standing here in front of the very large group on. the altar that the clock ticking on that we're still here and there's still you think of. it fairly clear there was something going to. be funny there. was always grievances must be addressed war was duly elected delegates were top proper the city to rule said the biggest importance of brussels republicans were dotted through voting process that prevented participation by. the way in which a bill by board of the board was ignored it was

i'm liz wahl and you're watching our. we begin this hour with an update on wiki leaks whistleblower julian assad held up in the ecuadorian embassy in london awaiting ecuador's decision on his plea for political asylum his mother is now in the country to discuss her son's fate with president rafael correa eva golinger caught up with assad his mother for an exclusive interview her first question to christine assad how does she feel about the work her son has done. doing. people in a repressive regime should be able to whistles i'm a citizen who goes to be able to get the truth out about some of the abuse that was happening in the country and for you that's what happened and his life's work and anyway interest him with the good will that work that then when the stuffing is kind to you when to fix drop box on america i think those change some rains and it was all right to begin documents that other countries but it's in the united states with barack is not the kind. so i has to react one is another of course i wish she'd neve

i'm liz wahl and you're watching our team. but begin today in tampa florida where the republican national convention is kicking off slated to speak as mitt romney's wife ann and new jersey governor chris christie story are perceived as out shot this video with their camera phone inside the r. and c. the roll call to officially nominate mitt romney as the g.o.p. candidate for president got underway during tonight's speech is there not expected to mention what's been happening with the political process of actually nominating their candidate mitt romney but we do want to tell you more about it are the white house correspondent christine freeze out is in tampa for more on the story. of the thousands of ron paul supporters who attended his weekend rally a few of them are here on business political business mike wallace is here as a delegate from the state of maine and has spent the last week involved in a bitter fight quietly unfolding in the shadows there is a lack of. integrity with voting that way they aren't seen as handlers i

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i'm liz wahl and you're watching our take. we begin this hour with an update on wiki leaks whistleblower julian assange on shazad remains held up in the ecuadorian embassy in london awaiting ecuador's decision on his plea for political asylum his mother is now in the country to discuss her son's fate with president rafael correa artie's eva golinger caught up with the songes mother for an exclusive interview her first question to christine assad how does she feel about the work her son has done when she started when he told me that he was doing so. repressive regime she. was going to disagree to be able to. some of the abuse that was happening in the country and. that's what happened. when he would do. that then when the documents. struck books on america. some reason. to be just documents that other countries produced in the united. is going to be kind. so i have two reactions one is another of course i wish he'd never done and said nothing but as a citizen having this to go with he lives is down to the intense fear is it the

i'm liz wahl and you're watching our t.v. . well it is day three at the republican national convention day two of actual convention activities in speeches and to say things haven't exactly gone according to plan would be an understatement hurricane isaac of course the main distraction from the r n c being the top story in the news cycles but yesterday brought us chaos and protests on the floor of the convention but not by on really protesters but by delegates themselves mitt romney now the official republican nominee for president but yesterday's boos both from ron paul supporters and from those opposing new rules put in place by the republican national committee illustrate that full support behind their candidate is not easy to come by our white house correspondent christine freeze out joined us just moments ago from tampa with more we first discussed the split at the republican national convention. hey there listen that's a true fed's been known by the r n c for quite a while now but i don't think they really expected what ha

i'm liz wahl and you're watching r.t. we begin today with a story you probably won't see on the mainstream news taking a close look at the role of informants in the f.b.i. and we'll start by highlighting the case of man that played a critical role in the black panther movement in the one nine hundred sixty s. his name is richard. the man you see here he was a militant activist in arm the black panthers turns out he was also an f.b.i. informant this is all recently coming to light after an investigation by seth rosenfeld a journalist that put in a freedom of information act request to the f.b.i. asking they released thousands of documents in connection with a here is part of the report from the center for investigative reporting it discusses the f.b.i. as techniques in dealing with the black panthers but the. was to go through as you ranged from sending false letters or planted negative news stories to trying to foment violence between the pair through that other groups the f.b.i. also used informants as part of its cointe

i'm liz wahl and you're watching r.t. . but we begin today zeroing in on the media which increasingly is becoming controlled by just a handful of players these days there's more information than ever for news hounds to sort through making it more difficult for the public to figure out what's really important with such a twenty four seven overload most people rely on mass media sources to act as gatekeepers pointing us in the direction of accurate information there are more than twenty five thousand media entities in the u.s. but most of them owned by a very concentrated group of corporations in the relationship between the government media outlets and the corporations who fund them is complicated. turns out many media directors are former u.s. lawmakers some examples william cohen from viacom and former f.c.c. board members such as william kennard of the new york times and dennis fitzsimons of the tribune company this makes a perfect example of the revolving door between mainstream media and the u.s. government so why would

i'm liz wahl and you're watching our t.v. we begin this hour zeroing in on two match shootings that have rocked u.s. community is the massacre at a colorado movie theater and just days later a gunman opens fire at a sikh temple in wisconsin both cases tragic and suspected and. well for the most part they're seen as isolated incidents in both cases the suspects are young white males not the typical face of terror but someone may have seen this coming a former d.a. chess analyst darryl johnson wrote a report titled right wing extremism occurred economic and political climate fueling resurgence and radicalization and recruitment money on the right criticize it as politically motivated fear mongering. wing extremists here. this is a funny story. this is the book we. like to tell it oh my god. does that mean they're going to be spending so despised. there are no timothy mcveigh he's out there right now if they're going to issue these reports for this made up threat as posing a bigger threat to this country than al qaida terrorists

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i'm liz wahl and you're watching r t. well action season is in full swing and we are ninety days away and counting now until the general election and as it plays out we're seeing repeats of the same partisan talking points attack ads are the norm with one partisan party criticizing the other but it seems what we aren't seeing are real proposals for changes and policy and americans are taking notice or at least just disillusioned by it all here's a recent poll from the pew research center you can see there six in ten americans say the two thousand and twelve election has been too long and too dull other words to describe the campaign including exhausting and annoying well this is a sharp contrast to the presidential candidate reality show that was playing out about five months ago who can forget these memorable moments that kept america glued to their t.v. screens i'm ready for the gotcha questions and they already started to come and when they ask me who's the president of you beki beki beki beki stan stan i'm going to sa

i'm liz wahl and you're watching our t.v. we start off this hour with a look at a piece of legislation that should be coming up for a vote sue but it's one that congress seems to keep putting off it's called the farm bill and is restructured and renewed every five years far from a simple bill to help farmers the bill is all encompassing and deals with everything from food to biofuels to food stamps and as our to correspondent christine reports there's a growing concern that powerful lobbying interests will have a major impact on the future of food in the country. for those facing hard times places like this do still exist in most major cities washington d.c. included and the need is growing exponentially since two thousand and eight there has been a twenty five percent increase the number of families saying your citizens who need our food assistance the capital area food bank provides food to organizations who distribute it to those in need many part of the supplemental nutrition assistance program or snap formerly known as f

i'm liz wahl and you're watching our tea. but again today in tampa florida where the republican national convention is kicking off slated to speak as mitt romney's wife ann and jersey governor chris christie but there's a group that feels the establishment g.o.p. is blatantly trying to silence them we're talking about the ron paul delegates more specifically the delegates from the state of maine are the correspondent christine is in tampa for more on this story christine sounds like there's a lot of action going on around you how's it going over there. yet the convention center or the tampa bay times forum rather has turned it to go down to party john i don't know if you can see behind me the texas delegation. waving there how boy has in the air a lot of excitement here and speech after speech this afternoon we've heard rising stars in the republican community we've heard lawmakers each echoing a call for coming together to back mitt romney and paul ryan but that may not be the case in just a little while when roll call a sch

i'm liz wahl and you're watching r t well we begin today taking a close look at cyber legislation and the aim to regulate the internet with the failure of the most recent cyber bill in the senate and a possible obama executive order it seems the government is looking for ways to beef up internet protection the head of cyber command general keith alexander also the head of the n.s.a. has come out asking the administration to review the rules when it comes to cyber attacks currently the pentagon is only allowed to defend against attacks inside its own boundaries but they're hoping to expand that power to outside of their own computer networks and within foreign countries this comes a day after the labs identified another apparent state sponsored virus with links to stocks not inflame so as have you speculation swirls around the future of the answer. net we here at r t sat down with someone who had a clear hand in creating our current cyber climate c was the act co-founder of apple speaks to our t. about net neutrality and his fear that freedom on the internet could become a thing of the

i'm liz wahl and you're watching our t.v. but we begin this hour with a former marine who was detained at a psychiatric ward for his facebook posts today a judge ordered the release of twenty six year old brandon routh old he was sent away for posting anti government messages on his facebook page the police and f.b.i. raided his virginia home mid august and interrogated him about his online activity he was later transported to a psych ward against his will but a judge today said there is no basis to hold him at the psych ward so why was he ever detained in the first place earlier i was joined by john white had an attorney for the marine and got his reaction to the judge's order take a listen well we were. actually a bit surprised that this is very difficult to navigate civil commitments were what happened here last week last thursday. we struggled with driving in front of his house he was out on the front porch and we had a short sale and started talking said what's up guys they said oh she. subconscious version of things on

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i'm liz wahl and you're watching r t we start off this hour taking a look at the rocky relations between pakistan and the u.s. and it's likely what happened earlier today will further strain those ties a series of american drone strikes in pakistan killed at least eighteen people a drone strikes took place here and the shah will valley up north was was the euro stand and shows the u.s. is persistence in carrying out the controversial drone campaign here's a chart that details the number of u.s. drone strikes targeting pakistan thirty three strikes in pakistan this year nine of those in north waziristan but drone strikes remain a major hurdle and the two countries mending their relations now today's developments come as one of the biggest advocates of the drone program. some self in hot water here at home one of america's most prominent diplomats ryan crocker was recently charged with drunk driving in a hit and run in his home state of washington crocker recently returned home after serving as u.s. ambassador to afghanistan well crocker is one of the leading voices in continuing the drone

i'm liz wahl and you're watching r t we begin this hour with an update on wiki leaks whistleblower julian a sancia sondra me and held up in the ecuadorian embassy in london awaiting ecuador's decision on his plea for political asylum his mother is now in the country to discuss her son's fate with president rafael correa artie's eva golinger caught up with us on his mother for an exclusive interview her first question to kristina songe how does she feel about the work her son has done. when he initially started wiki leaks told me that he was doing something to show. people in a repressive regime to be able to whistle so i was to this image of god to be as we get the truth out about some of the abuse that was happening in the country and for us that's what happened and his life was and in the way in which he was it would work but then when these documents came to be with you dick struck box on america things will change for some reason it was all right to begin documents that other countries voted in in the united states with barack is not the kind. so i have two reactions one is the mother

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i'm liz wahl and you're watching our t.v. we begin this monday taking a look at the top global players in arms sales when it comes to selling weapons the united states takes a strong lead recent reports reveal that arms sales by the u.s. tripled to in two thousand and eleven to a record high of over sixty six billion dollars and no other country comes close as you can see the u.s. accounts for seventy nine percent of weapons sales russia comes in at a distant second at six percent china lags even further out three percent so who is america selling to turns out the top customers are in the persian gulf saudi arabia as the top recipient india comes in second united arab emirates third in israel comes in fourth so what are the implications of this to talk more about this i was joined by retired lieutenant colonel anthony shaffer from the center for advanced defense studies we first discussed how the dramatic ways first discuss this dramatic jump and u.s. sales. well obviously we're in the first world and i hate to say that we ha

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i'm liz wahl and you're watching our t.v. . we're going to see evening in tampa florida where the republican national convention is underway slated to speak is mitt romney's wife ann and a jersey governor chris christie. just a short time ago artie's christine shot this video with her camera phone inside the r. and c. along with some cheering you have to listen closely for some booing over how the delegations are being seated most notably in maine during tonight's speech as they're not expected to mention what's happening what's been happening with the political process of actually nominating their candidate mitt romney but we do want to tell you more about it our team white house correspondent christine for that was in tampa for more on this story christine tell us more about what you're seeing and hearing over there. i tell you well as i don't know if i've ever seen anything like it and to be totally honest i'm not sure of the r n c was expecting what happened to happen what you had here was the chairman of the republican nat