at the white house correspondent liz wahl was there and she brings us this report well one thing is clear walking around the city washington d.c. is under heightened security where i'm standing right now on pennsylvania avenue which is the closest that we can get to the white house as you can see there is yellow caution tape surrounding the perimeter of the white house as you know it is tourist season so usually there are throngs of people throngs of tourists in this area on the pedestrian walk viewing the white house i spoke to a member of the secret service asked him why the execute he said that this is in response to the tragedy that happened today in boston and even just walking around the city you can get a sense i saw of members of law enforcement with bomb sniffing dogs so clearly a heightened sense of security here now of course we did hear from the white house we know that they are aware of the situation we know that. the administration is in contact with state and local authorities but from what i understand the extra security is not in response to any direct threat but these ar

with the hearing but then again the obama administration wasn't present our chief correspondent liz wahl reporting from capitol hill today bring us all the latest on that drone hearing. well it's one small step for space exploration one huge like up on the competition yet another private company has entered the commercial arena for space anyway and it's giving space x. a run for its money the orbital sciences corporation launched its new rocket from wallops island virginia on sunday it's just the first step for this company in a race to supply the international space station are to correspondent margaret how was at the launch and she brings us this report. for free so interests majestic fear jaw dropping using spark inspiration and all like seeing a rocket launch from earth and harris was no exception it's liftoff historic in part because it's changing the spectrum of who has access to the international space station from here wallace island virginia where we just witnessed the historic rocket launch of the an terrorists rocket arguably the largest rocket launch virginias ever same zero

himself thomas frieden held a press conference to sound the alarm are to correspondent liz wahl shows us how this little bug is becoming a big problem for the medical community. an invisible but deadly threat has creeped into us hospitals it's not getting better actually it's getting worse dr anthony foundry is talking about c.r. re a so-called super bug that is resistant to nearly all antibiotics the bacteria kills half of infected patients all the first case of c.r.u. was identified here at johns hopkins back in two thousand and seven and since that microbiologist here say that the superbug has become much more common detecting one to two cases per week now on average testing for the bacteria happens here in the basement of johns hopkins hospital scientists take several steps to confirm the bacteria they are dealing with is in fact the superbug this is called the phoenix and you put the microbes in there what have you the lights that go through the spine and generates them and it would create and give you hadn't been in susceptibilities the highly resistant microbes are tested again

county liz wahl r.t. . and update now police are using thermal imaging to track down the suspect they believe that because of that thermal imaging that he is in a boat in the backyard but before we continue our coverage i want to make it very clear that right now we are only going to report the facts that are coming in and we are not going to speculate about the means or the motives of these two men the fact is that we don't know why these two individuals did what they did whether or not it was an isolated attack or part of a bigger network we don't know what the current connections these men have with the republic of chechnya or any groups so we want to be very careful in describing these men now that being said this chaos is playing out in boston and it will undoubtedly have international repercussions i was joined earlier by walid faris he's an advisor to the anti terrorism caucus for the united states congress he broke down whether these attacks could have been motivated by religion or not. but if we as

correspondent liz wahl is in montgomery county with more. the massive manhunt underway. so a lot of attention. county liz wall r.t. now before we continue with our coverage i want to make it very clear that right now we are only going to report the facts that are coming in and we are not going to speculate about the means or the motives of these two men the fact is that we don't know why these two individuals did what they did whether or not it was an isolated attack or part of a bigger network we don't know what current connections these men have with the republic of chechnya so we want to be very careful in describing these men now that being said the chaos playing out in boston will undoubtedly have international repercussions for a look at the bigger picture of these events i'm joined now by john king is the president of the arc angels group john ah thanks for joining us first of all a lot of media began quickly calling this an act of terrorism on monday after the bombings actually happened president obama of course was very hesitant at first to call it such an attack

to snoop through your client's data and that is making room for competition are to correspondent liz wahltakes a look at how the government practices could be making companies think twice before investing in the u.s. . well as we've reported here at r.t. the government has made several moves lately regulating the internet and getting access to online data we see this in cyber security bills like the foreign intelligence surveillance act allows the government to tap into international e-mails and phone calls without a warrant similarly the electronic communications privacy act lets law enforcement access online and with a court order no warrant needed and perhaps most well known the patriot act a law passed after nine eleven which significantly expands the government's ability to surveil citizens now these laws have raised red flags when it comes to our privacy but turns out government snooping could be having an effect on the economy now foreign companies are cashing in boasting that their service is guaranteed privacy that american companies can't take german telecommunications company d

plaintiffs and thousands of others the night at the airport the no fly list doesn't fly in washington liz wahl r.c. well in newark new jersey one thousand students walked out of class on tuesday protesting governor chris christie's budget cuts to the state educational funding of public schools. now this is walkout is in response to a number of complaints mainly that their public schools like most around the u.s. are understaffed with cuts to programs and classrooms that are in major need of repair now this is very similar to other protests we've seen in cities like chicago earlier this month with over fifty four school closures following a budget deficit earlier i was joined by r.g. correspondent stasia churkin to who was on the ground in chicago and joined us from our studio in new york to tell us just what's going on in newark. what we saw happen earlier this week on tuesday from according to different estimates from several hundred up to two thousand public high school students walked out of their schools about a dozen schools in total to protest what seems to be becoming a trend in the uni

piece is stirring plenty of curiosity and controversy on this college campus in fairfax virginia liz wahl r.t. . all dressed up and nowhere to go you might want to consider a get most party one of the most notoriously glamorous events in hollywood the coachella festival actually planning a guantanamo bay party theme yes the place where the u.s. sends enemy combatants deemed on trial in american courtrooms yes the same facility where a major hunger strike is currently underway by prisoners they ignored by mainstream media so here's an actual invite to this most foray and as you can see the mockery of the detention facility is in plain view the party plan to offer pleasurable torture and mostly naked models clad in machine guns and ammo now this scandalous invite didn't stand for too long a sponsors of the of it backed out and the organizer of the event magazine decided to change the name of the party so it could cellist still cool or just plain out of touch. i guess you be the judge. what's going to do it for now for more on these stories we've covered go to youtube dot com slash r.t. amer

correspondent liz wahl brings us more from today's protest and our nation's capitol . organizers are calling this a day of action and as you can see dozens of protesters are gathered here in front of the white house some of them wearing orange prison jumpsuit made to mimic what the prisoners are wearing at one time obey moments ago they were calling out the names of some of the prisoners that are stationed there and attempt to humanize them to give them a face to give them a name their message here today is simple to close guantanamo bay and end indefinite detention also to bring attention to the hunger strike that's been happening there for well over two months i spoke to some of the organizers here's what they had to say what i think one hundred hunger strike really underscores the problem with guantanamo instead of ensuring justice for nine eleven it's given us ten years of torture indefinite detention and a kangaroo court and it's really time for change enough is enough here with the members of the media are not allowed to go have been stopped from going back so we

about the fact that members of his own family were involved in this tragedy are to correspondent liz wahl is in montgomery county with more with the massive manhunt underway in boston there are local ties here in montgomery county this is the home of a man by the name of ruthless arnie he claims to be the suspects. he spoke to media a short while and down here is what he had to be losers. settle the. visit the only reason i get to that is that you know this is then used to do with religion with islam it's a really it's a this is just if you have the money. to. give me. and from those who love. so a lot of attention now is on. members of. you know that. the big question. asked. now before we continue our coverage i want to make it very clear that right now we are only going to report the facts that are coming in and we are not going to speculate about the means or the motives of these two men the fact is that we don't know why these two men did what they did whether or not it was an isolated attack or part of a bigger network we don't know what current connections these men have to the rep