i'm megan lopez. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >>> hello and welcome to nhk newsline. i'm catherine kobayashi in to goy. >>> uss lawmakers are remembering the background of a woman who led them on a wild chase in washington which ended in her debt. tints dent prompted authorities to fire their weapons and lock down the u.s. capitol for about 0 minutes. it started when the woman apparently tryed too get her coed

i am megan lopez. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >>> hello and welcome to "newsline." it's tuesday october 15th. i'm catherine kobayashi. leaders are closing in on a deal that could avoid financial catastrophe. they have been finding ways to solve the debt and end the government shutdown. they need to reach a deal before the thursday deadline. >> there has been some progress on the senate side with republicans recognizing it's not smart or good for the american people to let america default. >> president obama made the comments during a visit to a charity organization for families with low income. leaders in congress are pushing hard to reach a deal on the total amount of money the government is authorized to borrow. the democrats want to increase the debt ceiling for about a year without condition. republicans agree the limit needs to be extended, but only until january and demand changes to the health care reform. the democrats need the republican support. the repub

i am megan lopez. hello and welcome to "newsline." a north korea vice minister urged the united states to drop the hostile policy. >>. >>translator: the only way to assure lasting paeps on the peninsula is bring the hostile u.s. policy to an end. >> he urged the united states to agree to transform the 1953 arm cyst into a peace treaty. the two remain at war. he did not mention the six party talks on north korea's nuclear programs. he says the dialogue is open to improving relations. the north has been demanding the talks. the u.s. government maintains north should take concrete steps toward giving up the nuclear programs as agreed in the sixth party talks. south korea held its first military parade in five years tuesday to mark the anniversary of the founding of the country's armed forces. tens of thousands of onlookers cheered as the tanks paraded through you the streets. a range missile was displayed for the first time. one spectator said the site gives them a sense of security. u.s. defense secretary chuck hagel attended the event

i'm megan lopez in washington, d.c., and you are watching rt. spain has joined a growing list of u.s. allies demanding answers from the obama administration when it comes to spying. the spanish government summoned the ambassador to discuss allegations of collecting data on 60 million spanish telephones over one month this past december. using information leaked by nsa contractor edward snowden, a spanish newspaper reported the nsa collected numbers and locations of the phone calls, but not actual content. this after learning that the nsa has also been tuning into the communications up dirty five world leaders. now the european union parliamentary delegation is preparing for a visit to the u.s. to express concerns over nsa surveillance tactics. political commentator sam sacks brings us more. >> german intelligence officials will come to washington dc to demand answers from the white house about surveillance on chancellor angela merkel. is a marked the partner from just a few months ago, when germany was defending its foes cooperation with the nsa

i am megan lopez. hello and welcome to "newsline." north korea vice minister urged the united states to drop the hostile policy. >>. >>translator

i am megan lopez. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >>> hello and welcome to "newsline." it's tuesday october 15th. i'm catherine kobayashi. leaders are closing in on a deal that could avoid financial catastrophe. they have been finding ways to solve the debt and end the government shutdown. they need to reach a deal before the thursday deadline.

i'm megan lopez and you are watching rt. tomorrow, president barack obama will meet with the prime minister of pakistan in an attempt to smooth over relations between the two countries. turbulent is an understatement. topping the list of issues to be addressed, drone strikes. some 376 drone strikes have been carried out in pakistan since 2004. resulting in somewhere between 2500 and 3600 deaths. as if this statistic were not a big enough hurdle to overcome in these talks, to human rights groups today released reports accusing the u.s. of war crimes, as well as a gross violation of international law. our political commentator looks into the numbers. >> we have presented evidence today of potentially unlawful killings, and in light of this evidence, we are calling on president obama to immediately commit to insuring investigations of these cases and of all other potentially unlawful killings. >> today, to human rights organizations presented reports documenting multiple him a unlawful u.s. drone strikes in pakistan and yemen.

in washington, megan lopez, rt. >> in japan, the government is asking the rest the world for help containing the nuclear crisis at fukushima. this comes two and a half years after an earthquake and tsunami triggered the crisis. tom harman interviewed japan's former prime minister, who had this to say about nuclear power and japan. >> i think it is better to reduce japan -- dependency on a nuclear power. and eventually, gradually we need to get rid of nuclear power. >> for more on how former prime minister -- the former prime minister arrived on those conclusions, turn in tonight -- tuna in tonight to "the big picture" with tom hartman. that does it for now. for more on the stories, go to youtube.com/rtamerica. you can follow me on twitter. see you right i curate :00 p.m. -- right back here at 8:00 p.m.. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- hello and welcome t "newsline." i'm catherine in tokyo. south korea says the north korea nuclear reactor has resumed. the head of south korea national intelligence service made the confirmation news at the national assembly co

i'm megan lopez and you are watching r.t. all right well president obama met with pakistani prime ministers no wasn't sure if today to talk about relations between the two nations prime minister sharif is calling for a fresh partnership with the u.s. but simultaneously demanding an end to drone strikes in his country or to correspondent liz wahl tells us more about this high stakes meeting at the white house pakistan prime minister nawaz sharif's meeting with president obama aims to ease tensions between the two countries the meeting comes just a day after amnesty international released this report detailing how u.s. drone strikes in the north waziristan region have resulted in the deaths of hundreds of innocent civilians during anti american sentiment and emboldening militants we have to basically in the control the impunity. that human rights abuses have in that region be they the u.s. of the cia pakistani forces or the taliban and al qaida speaking at the u.s. institute of peace prime minister sharif called for an end to d

all right that does it for now i'm megan lopez have a wonderful night. more news today violence is once again flared up. these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. showing operations around the day. i would rather ask questions to people in positions of power instead of speaking on their behalf and that's why you can find my show larry king now right here on r.t. question for. hello there i marinate and this is boom bust here are some of the stories we're tracking for you today on the show. better late than never the newly rechristened belated labor statistics released jobs data today yes b.l.s. numbers for september are out now and it was a mixed bag which of course gives birth nappy the green light to print with impunity until his term ends in january like loony joins us later in the show to talk monetary shop and you won't want to miss his prediction for an inevitable dollar racist and can a hedge fund buy a city that's the question on the table management and magna charta capital snapped up a sizable portion of the day

i'm megan lopez and you are watching r t let's get straight to our breaking news this afternoon just around three pm shots were fired outside of the capitol building police say a woman in a black sedan got in a confrontation with police officers after trying to ram her chorus through the barricade outside of the white house when that was unsuccessful she fled the scene in her car and got into a police chase this is the video that you're seeing of that police chase what you can't see inside of that car is that there is a child in there and that the driver is a female she is now reported dead just unbelievable footage coming out of this really chaotic scene playing out here in washington d.c. capitol hill was temporarily put on lockdown but has since returned to business correspondent liz wall now with the latest liz what is the scene i like outside of capitol hill right now. while the sienna was quite chaotic but we are told that the scene has been secured now we know that the d.c. police can. bittle hill police f.b.i. secret service all of them are investigating what exactly happened

as well as luis gutierrez were arrested at the rally megan lopez was there earlier here's her report but we are officially and weak. the government shutdown lawmakers just a little bit away from here on capitol hill are still arguing to get even a temporary spending bill passed and this is coming on a time when we're still very close to a default as a result of the debt limit were supposed to reach that in just a few days here but in terms of the national mall every museum here is one of those as a result of that partial government shutdown however that doesn't mean of the mall is completely out of commission behind me is an immigration rally where thousands of people are supposed to be gathering today to tell congress that in the middle of this budget battle and in the middle of this debt crisis there is still an overarching issue that needs to be discussed and that is immigration reform for the eleven million undocumented people that are currently living in this country in this country is supposed to be about democracy we have eleven million people with no rights my rights are no d

i'm megan lopez and you are watching r t well we begin tonight with a developing story a chaotic scene unfolded on the streets of washington d.c. today involving one woman a televised car chase and gun shots being fired near capitol hill police say a woman in a black sedan tried to ram her car through the barricade outside of the white house when that was unsuccessful she fled the scene in her car you are looking at video that was captured of that police chase it ended near the capitol building now what you can't see in that car is that there is a child inside the female driver has been confirmed dead tonight the secret service capitol police d.c. metro police and the f.b.i. are all trying to piece together the events that led up to this fateful scene police say security perimeters around the white house and capitol building worked exactly as they were intended to or to correspondent liz wahl brings us the latest . we are just blocks away from the capitol police say the scene is secure after a dramatic high speed chase and eventually huge day it started according to authorities at the

i'm megan lopez and you are watching r t let's begin this afternoon was breaking news just over an hour ago shots were fired near the capitol building capitol police just held a press conference confirming the fact that there was an incident though they are still trying to determine exactly what happened police say a woman tried to ram her car through the barricade outside of the white house when that was unsuccessful she fled the scene for the capitol where shots were heard capitol hill was temporarily put on lockdown but has since returned to business r.t. correspondent liz wahl is there and she joins us with the latest information liz what is the scene like outside of capitol hill right now. that's right mike and we are on constitution avenue right now just blocks away from the capitol as you can see it's very chaotic here but we are told that the see and has been secured this is after i spoke to a couple witness says that they heard several shots several shots that were fired here. we were told that there's a lot that we don't know at this point there's going to be another press con

i'm megan lopez and you are watching r.t. well tomorrow president barack obama will meet with pakistan's prime minister nawaz sharif in an attempt to smooth over tone reel in relations between the countries and turned violent is an understatement topping the list of issues to be addressed drone strikes according to the bureau of investigative journalism some three hundred seventy six drone strikes have been carried out in pakistan since two thousand and four resulting in somewhere between twenty five hundred and thirty six hundred deaths as if this statistic wasn't a big enough hurdle to overcome in these talks to human rights groups today released reports accusing us of war crimes as well as a gross violation of international law political commentator sam sachs looks into the numbers we have presented evidence today. of potentially unlawful killings and in light of this evidence we are calling on president obama to immediately commit to ensuring investigations all of these cases and of all other potentially unlawful killings

slash usa and follow me on twitter at megan underscore lopez so you're right back here at eight. germany's finance ministry as tonight reports it is preparing its third bailout for great. of course not no there will be no third bailout for greece balance or so last decade this is the age of the bailiff by the john this is over the bed it's banks as a broker to get all that you've got no dollar euro you are drunk will be left behind and inflation deflation the composition will take a realistic look does. i have. a site that i think. kind of can. do and the banks. all of them all about my. end of the valley that for politicians right the last. ten. years just to flood threat today by. cop. welcome to the kaiser report i'm max keiser you know germany's finance ministry as deny reports that is preparing a third bailout for grazed up of course not no there will be no third bailout for greece bailouts or so last decade this is the age of the belin by the time this is over the bandits bankers and brokers will have taken all that you've got no dollar euro yen or truck will be left behind

megan well the f.b.i. is investigating the death of a thirteen year old boy from northern california after officers from the santa rosa police department shot and killed him police say andy lopez was carrying a polish gun that looks like an a k forty seven a riot assault rifle and was wearing a hoodie on tuesday when they confronted him when he says told police that they heard the two sheriff's deputies or the boy to put down the gun twice one sheriff's deputy opened fire when he thought that lopez aimed the gun at him family and friends gather today to say their final goodbyes to the middle school students more than one thousand people showed up according to local news stations. a number of annie's young supporters also held protests over the weekend to tell the officers actions into question the sheriff's deputy who opened fire on the boy is a twenty year veteran of the santa rosa police department police offered their condolences to the family of andy lopez during a press conference but also gave a physical demonstration of where the confusion came from now the picture that you were looking at the gone on the left is the fake one that lopez was carrying the one on the right