in charlotte north carolina liz wahl r.t. . whether or not organized labor will be a major talking point at the d.n.c. remains to be seen for a preview of the convention i was joined by our correspondent liz wahl herself we first discussed the controversy that surrounds picking north carolina to host the convention. that's exactly it mag and a lot of controversy surrounding the decision to hold a democratic national convention right here in charlotte as i mentioned in that report charlotte is one of the twenty three right to work states well beyond that charlotte also has some of the harshest and see union laws in the country and of course a huge event like this attracting scores of delegates and members of the media descending upon charlotte and staying at hotels and hotels here happened to not be unionized so a lot of union members not happy about that which could pose a president a problem for president obama because back in two thousand and eight they donated more than eight million dollars to his campaign so they were key

artes on liz wahl brings us their story. from arizona to charlotte north carolina they have traveled across the country in what's called the docu bus forty undocumented workers risking it all to bring their message to the democratic national convention you have the rhetoric of you know this is a country of immigrants but at the same time we have four hundred thousand deportations a year and over a million deportations and the president obama want them to stop collaborating with ice and to stop separation of families and deportations dozens of undocumented workers traveled over two thousand miles on board this bus risking arrest and deportation to bring their message to president obama we take that risk every day in our own communities we driver children to school on some people work i mean every day there's a risk simply just being here in the united states is a risk natalie cruise moved to the u.s. from mexico when she was eight years old and the sixteen years she's lived here many of her family members have been deported s

in charlotte north carolina liz wahl r.t. . all right well what's in your food i guess that depends on who you ask if you ask g.m.o. advocates they might list in number of ingredients you can't even pronounce or the more popular answer could be it's none of your business but the more important question might be what are the future consequences of our present actions for years the agriculture giant monsanto has been genetically modifying corn and soybeans to withstand and even produce herbicides and pesticides but as what happened with the drug resistant bugs in modern medicine and as ike i said einstein so eloquently put it not unlike me for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction this time it's in the form of super weeds and even more daunting super worms the environmental protection agency has launched an investigation to inspect the resistance that is developing in the parts of the corn belt in the unprecedented colony of super worms that are bound to spread throughout the entire midwest to talk more about this

having billions at its disposal the results aren't exactly justifying the cost r t correspondent liz wahl takes an in-depth look at how invasive the t.s.a. really has become. but this is the entire eleven years after the september eleventh attacks the t.s.a. faces growing scrutiny here's the bottom line it takes. in fact it's been a long time coming marking the anniversary of nine eleven top officials from the department of homeland security testify before the house subcommittee on transportation security reasons t.s.a. was born from the strategy tragedy and lives this event every day from banning liquids to installing advanced imaging technology to enhanced pat downs many passengers have had enough attention i just want to have your rest of the others staged newsworthy protests the t.s.a. was created after the september eleventh attacks to help passengers feel safer when they travel but according to this report out of the subcommittee on transportation security the agency fails to meet taxpayer expectations and infringes on the privacy of passengers the report isn't titled rebuilding t.s

i'm liz wahl and you're watching r t well as anti-american protests persists in the middle east some lawmakers are asking a critical question is it time to slash funding for aid overseas or maybe we should first ask why do why exactly do we give aid according to the u.s. the idea quote we provide economic development and humanitarian assistance in support of the foreign policy goals of the united states but some say the recent protests as evidence the u.s. is falling short of these goals now senator rand paul is raising this question in congress. we need to have a debate in our country about whether we should send u.s. taxpayer money to countries that cannot or will not protect our embassy and i personally think that until we can be assured that they can protect our embassies and we will we should send him another penny he wants lawmakers to vote on a measure that would cut aid to pakistan egypt and libya. these are countries where we've seen some of the most brutal anti-american protests probably not the foreign policy goals usa id had in mind but beyond the nation cited in paul's b

in charlotte north carolina liz wahl r.t. all right folks well we've had a lot of information overload over the past couple of weeks with the d n c r n c and new today the august jobs report so today we want to dedicate part of our show to what we want to call financial fact check friday but first a look at the jobs numbers the august report revealed that ninety six thousand jobs were added to the economy to put that in perspective one hundred thirty thousand jobs were expected meanwhile unemployment dropped to eight point one percent from eight point three percent but don't go singing out praises yet the most likely reason for that drop is that people have simply stopped looking for jobs now the jobs that were added to the economy were in industries like construction education and health services along with hospitality so small gains but not enough to change anything other than the political discourse and yet the stock markets are doing surprisingly well today why to shed light on the situation i was joined earlier by our fi

i'm liz wahl and you're watching our t.v. we begin today with the united nations general assembly that kicked off today in new york city president obama took to the stage and spoke out on several foreign policy issues reiterating his message of freedom throughout the middle east he spoke about the inspiration of the arab spring of the power of the people taking to the streets to topple dictators depends on the freedom of citizens to speak their minds and assemble without fear and all the rule of law and due process that guarantees the rights of all people in other words true democracy real freedom is hard work those in power have to resist the temptation to crackdown on dissidents but president obama went on to say that the regime of syrian president bashar al assad must come to an end and that the u.s. is willing to take action to ensure that the transition happens people everywhere long for the freedom to determine their destiny. the dignity that comes with work the comfort that comes with faith and the justice that exists

as well as for the battle of minority vote parties only liz wahl joins me now live from the conventional in charlotte liz are you doing. doing well just kicking off here a lot of energy over a year at the time warner center in charlotte north carolina waiting for the the big speech today bill clinton is going to formally nominate president obama tonight another big speaker elizabeth warren so a lot of excitement kicking off here and just a couple of hours sounds sounds like it so you know i'd like to just talk a little bit about last night and just you know the speakers at both the d.n.c. and the r. and c. were very outspoken about their immigrant heritage has that rhetoric swayed any of the immigration activists you've spoken to. well i mean i think it depends on who you ask you know a lot of i spoke to a lot of latinos when i was covering that story the undock you bust said and a lot of them were thrilled to see that the keynote speaker this year is a latino the first latino in history to be speaking giving the keynote address at the republican excuse me democratic national convention

i'm liz wahl and you're watching artsy. well it was one week ago today that a raid in benghazi left four americans dead new details continue to come to light as the story of volves and many questions remain and was reported in various reports that u.s. ambassador to libya chris stevens was killed after the consulate was stormed and then burned down by extremists this after an amateur anti muslim film produced privately in the us went viral on the internet here's a look at some of the reports. we know he was a big ozzy of the u.s. consulate there we know that there are three other three other people who were killed united states marines who guard all of our facilities this consulate and the embassy had no actionable intelligence foreshadowing the attack on the u.s. consulate in libya there are important divisions between the united states and libya on the investigation of what exactly happened at the consulate and the safe house. but here is an interesting detail puzzling de tell if you take a look at the u.s. state departme

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correspondent liz wahl points out you might not want to put your money on any of that getting accomplished. well congress is back today after over a month long recess lawmakers plan to occupy the capitol for thirteen days before the election and for congress to go back to work it's going to cost taxpayers a lot of money according to emily's list the price tag to bring them back for two weeks is over sixty two million dollars that's four point eight million dollars a day to keep the house of representatives doors open and you would hope that with that kind of investment they would get things done right well the reality is that they probably won't elected leaders themselves have admitted there is no chance of any legislation passing in the coming days and weeks that's because their time and effort right now is consumed with the election but this isn't anything new their track record for passing a law is a measure of their product to vittie is decimal take a look at this graph according to the library of congress the one hundred twelve congress has passed about a third of the laws of the prev

i'm liz wahl and you're watching. a victory today for reporters and activists fighting the controversial indefinite detention law a federal judge has ruled that the government cannot enforce a provision that allows the military to detain those who support terrorists or associated forces now those two words associated forces are key that's with us the plaintiff in the case against the government a group of seven reporters and activists say they believe they may fall under this category by reporting on the middle east they say under the n.b.a. they could be indefinitely detained because their job sometimes require them to interact with terrorists well the judge granted a temporary and junction back in may but put a temper that put a temporary block on that part of the law federal judge catherine force has now made that order permanent carl mayer an attorney with merit law group and co-counsel for the plaintiffs joins us now welcome carel so i know that the latest on this today the government is now trying to appeal this

i'm liz wahl here watching our team. we begin today with wiki leaks founder co-founder julian a saunter has shaken things up at the united nations general assembly speaking via video link from the ecuadorian embassy in london a cylinder addressed the assembly last night we agreed that we do and so determination and not merely american or western values but universal values and we agree with the president when he says that we must speak on the sleep if we are serious about these ideals it is time for president obama to do the right thing and. change not. find the. they covered a lot of ground condemning the treatment of accused whistleblower bradley manning the calling out president obama for cracking down on wiki leaks while handing free speech in the middle east in the arab spring this information has just been released that suggests the u.s. have declared a silent enemy of state has been holed up in the ecuadorian embassy in london for a hundred days now as the u.k. terror and to arrest him the moment he sets but outsi

in charlotte north carolina liz wahl r.t. . no it was not too long ago that jamie dimon lloyd blankfein brian moynihan and john mack appeared in front of a financial car crisis inquiry commission to receive a public lashing for their reckless gambling but it turns out not all banks are as evil or as greedy as the mortgage crisis made them out to be a case in point scranton pennsylvania amalgamated bank america's largest union owned bank has given the city of a multi-million dollar loan to help pay police officers and firefighters the debt ridden city has already been forced to cut the pay of over four hundred public servants to seven twenty five an hour and in case you're wondering yes that is a minimum wage up until very recently the city couldn't get anyone to take on its debt that's when amalgamated bank stepped in if you think you recognize the bank's name it could be because it's the bank the democratic national committee just switched to to take care of most of its finances here to tell us more about the loan deal with th

action behind the scenes as well as a prop up of last night's our audience a convention artie's liz wahl joined us earlier. and you saw the party there that was that the red carpet was rolled out for all the celebrities and and that's what happens after the speeches and here is a lot of partying a lot of exclusive partying a lot of powerful people mingling with corporate interest and with lobbyists and i sexually kind of a power if you can here it's kind of a party and here there was a mark anthony. practicing doing a practice run for the national anthem mary j. blige was just singing so kind of a party atmosphere inside but definitely once the speeches and the parties began and to these parties seem in step with the challenges facing regular america. i would say. i don't think regular americans are are worried about getting into exclusive read party events i think they're more worried about the economy and jobs and and things of that nature so i would say that is a little bit out of step with with the worries and concerns of the average of the average american one i mean as you talk to

to go there well we did find something that not everyone else was talking about r g correspondent liz wahl explains we're going to presidential nominee mitt romney is finally released his much anticipated two thousand and eleven tax returns the three hundred seventy nine page return shows he paid a tax rate of over forty percent so there's debate over how that number was calculated his tax return also reveals ties to his cayman island investments and the performance of his goldman sachs fund but perhaps the most important yet overlooked item on his two thousand and eleven tax return is romney's foreign investments and mitt romney's family trust return shows romney purchased shares and two giant russian companies around the invested in russian energy firm gazprom and russian internet firm yandex the largest search engine in the country the records show romney invested over a thousand shares and both countries tax records also show romney sold both shares at a loss less a temper right before the presidential election season kicked off but what's puzzling is that the presidential hopeful took