i'm meghan lopez and you are watching our t.v. well starting off this hour for the first time since she was convicted of the largest leak in u.s. history chelsea manning formerly known as private bradley manning has released a letter to her supporters that clarifying her reasoning for the mass document drop and criticizing people for speaking on her behalf without her consent the letter which was delivered to the guardian reads in part from my perspective at least it's not terribly clear to me that my actions were explicitly done for peace i don't consider myself a pacifist antiwar or especially a conscientious objector now i accept that there may be peaceful or antiwar implications to my actions but this is purely based on. your subjective interpretation of the primary source documents released in two thousand and ten in two thousand and eleven later on in the letter manning did clarify what she is writing i am a transparency advocate i feel that the public cannot decide what actions and policies are or are not justified if they

i'm meghan lopez and you are watching r.t. well happy government shutdown day everyone because of congress is in the ability and unwillingness to find a compromise on a spending bill the government has now shut down for the first time in seventeen years across the country over four hundred parks the museums have been closed and some eight hundred thousand people have received for a loan notices twenty hours into the shutdown and congress is still no closer to a resolution in fact we might be moving the exact opposite direction the senate voted today to reject the house's request to hold formal talks on a stopgap spending bill and a conference committee and so with the sale mate continues i was joined earlier by political commentator sam sachs for the latest on this game of chicken. on capitol hill and i first asked him if we are any closer to a compromise short answer no shortly after midnight as you mentioned imagine republicans send back a spending house republicans sent back a spending bill to the senate with obamacare memb

and meghan 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 turbulent relations between the country's and turbulent 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 that statistic wasn't 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 political commentator sam sachs takes a look at these numbers we have presented evidence today. potentially unlawful killings and in light of the seventy's we are calling on president obama to immediately commit to ensuring investigations all of these cases and of all other potentially unlawful killin

frontier in the never ending war on drugs only this one has no simple solutions in washington meghan lopez r.t. . and while we are on the topic of illegal drugs the f.b.i. says it has arrested a san francisco man who allegedly ran an underground web site for selling drugs documents and services twenty nine year old ross william old british who reportedly used the name dread pirate roberts to run the silk road website was charged in new york district court this week overage is also accused of involvement in two assassination plots in one case or trying to get an undercover agent to kill a former silk road employee who he feared might become a government witness in the other he tried to have a user of the silk road murdered who was attempting to extort him as for the silk road website itself the f.b.i. has shut it down for good and just to give you an idea of how big of a deal this is f.b.i. special agent christopher tarbell described the silk road website to the guardian as quote the most offish. dictated an extensive criminal marketplace on the internet today since two thousand and eleven

i'm meghan lopez and you are watching r.t. u.n. weapons inspectors are due to arrive in damascus syria tomorrow to begin taking inventory of the country's chemical weapons arsenal it is the first step in ridding the country of all of its stockpile as part of a unanimous u.n. security council agreement know that agreement passed after a point of contention between the u.s. and russia was actually stripped from the resolution that is the requirement of punitive action against the syrian government if it does not comply with this disarmament for his part syrian president bashar all all side has vowed to fully cooperate with the mission a mission that aims of destroying the whole chemical arsenal by minute twenty fourteen for the latest i was joined by our correspondent ana stasia charkha and i first asked her about president syrian foreign minister walid on wall of this morning speech at the u.n. general assembly. well let me give you know that definitely the syrian delegation is breathing out a sigh of relief here in new york city fo

i'm meghan lopez and you are watching our t.v. well over the weekend u.s. special forces conducted two highly secretive raids on terrorism targets in africa the first happened at a beachside compound in somalia where navy seals with the elite seal team six were apparently trying to capture one of the men behind the recent attack on a kenyan mall which the terrorist group al-shabaab took credit for the second that happened just hours later in tripoli libya seals were looking for a man who is wanted in connection with the one nine hundred ninety eight bombings of u.s. embassies in kenya and tanzania one of those operations was successful the other one was not u.s. officials confirm the capture of nausea. otherwise known as a levy in libya however the seal team that stormed the compound in somalia came under heavy gunfire and was forced to retreat without al-shabaab leader abdul qadeer mohammad up to a year otherwise known as. rema now these two waves bring up a number of questions when it comes to u.s. counterterrorism efforts are we seeing a change in policy

in washington, d.c., and i am meghan lopez. two terrorism raids in africa.avy seals with the elite seal team six were apparently trying to capture one of the man behind the attack on the kenya mall, as the terrorist group al-shabaab took credit for. the seals were looking for a man in connection with the 1998 bombings of the embassies in kenya and tanzania. one of those operations was successful. the other one was not. it is said that it involved al- libi, and in somalia, they came under heavy gunfire and were forced to retreat without the al-shabaab leader, otherwise known as -- these two waves bring up questions about u.s. counterterrorism efforts. are we seeing a change in policy? why is it so important to capture these men a live and will he be tried in new york? i was joined earlier by a professor of law at howard university, and i started off by asking him his initial thoughts on the raids. >> well, i think you have to look at them separately. the rate in somalia was coordinated with the somali government, and it appears to be done in the law. contrast

tonight spot for more on the stories we covered go to youtube dot com slash r t america i meghan lopez. no there are i marinate and this is boom bust here some of the stories are tracking for you today. first up china's jump in u.s. debt so the headlines say what are the chicken littles of the financial world getting ahead of themselves we were below that historical hysteria when it comes to foreigners buying of uncle's sam's ious as well as the real eight hundred pound gorilla sit in on the trade desperate there and thirty eight months after dodd frank was passed the bureaucrats are still battling around with the final rules rules that are supposed to keep your favorite too big to fail banks on the routes nailer of public citizen joins me to cast a plan and finally bob talks with the david webb about how the financial industry gamed the system to legally take your assets legally even if fraud is committed let's get to the ship. with the u.s. government shutdown still fresh but slightly fading in the memory of most the treasury just released its monthly report detailing who is buying a

be paved so once again all eyes are on congress as these people wait for reform in washington meghan lopez r.t. . we're no less than two weeks away from the u.s. reaching its debt limit or i should say bursting through its debt limit a limit that has been increased many times since nation's founding usually with little drama and the world hopes that the u.s. debt limit will be raised and avoid any potential harm to the world economy if congress fails to act for a closer look at this issue the residents florrie her finished. with. the u.s. debt ceiling is currently sixteen point six nine nine trillion dollars we've already reached that amount and we're set to start running out of money on october seventeenth so if we don't raise our debt limit by then we just falls on our debt and our checks start bouncing the u.s. treasury issued a report saying in the event of a default the u.s. economy could be plunged into a recession worse than anything we've seen since the great depression. that would be terrifying except for the fact that this happens over and over again since nineteen sixty congress

all right on meghan lopez have a wonderful night. mission free critique a free. for judges free. range free. free. free. old free blog video for your media project c.e.o. don carty dot com. hello and welcome to cross talk of all things considered i'm peter lavelle as afghanistan prepares for a presidential election many in the political and media mainstream speak of the country's first democratic transition this may or may not be true what is less talked about is the dire security situation on the ground whether karzai is angling to succeed him self the powerful presence of the taliban and whether the u.s. will ever actually leave afghanistan. to cross like the upcoming election in afghanistan i'm joined by john glaser in washington he's a contributing editor at antiwar dot com and a columnist for the washington times community section also in washington we have michael kugel and he is an associate at the woodrow wilson international center for scholars and in philadelphia we crossed england in he is a political commentator and a writer or gentlemen cross-talk rules and a fact th

study the history and changes of the red planet's atmosphere and that's going to do it for now i meghan lopez and i'll see you right back here at five pm. two years out of the force ouster of gadhafi by nato forces would be a stands at the abyss the lack of a strong central government weak rule of law and endless violence in a country awash with weapons has resulted in libya facing failed state status activists the presence of islamic militants can things get any worse in libya. some of the sixteen percent imports came from illegal fishing. the european union is ironically taking fish from some of the poorest nations on earth so this is a very serious and very urgent problem that needs immediate international action. coupons with the territorial waters they fish they load the fish into the ships and leave for europe. to day illegal fishing just taking the bread out of our mouths. of. course outside to an active camp at guantanamo where patients are forced to the outer amount hunger strike never turned the world's attention to the place that something gulag of our times. i'm. i think. trying t

i'm meghan lopez and you are watching r.t. all right folks well welcome to weeks three of the government shutdown at this point the lights on capitol hill are being alumina did by bipartisan bickering alone or at least it feels that way over the weekend senate majority leader harry reid met with mitch mcconnell two attempts to broker a deal we have yet to see what actually came from that meeting though both men are publicly expressing optimism about a possible agreement or at least an agreement to raise the debt ceiling anyway meanwhile today house and senate leaders were supposed to take a trip down down pennsylvania avenue to the white house for talks however that meeting was just postponed because the senate leaders say that they need more time to work out a deal and the longer this debate continues the more ordinary americans are feeling the sting now if you are waiting for justice in immigration or civil court. he says that wait just got a little bit longer federal courts have been operating on emergency funds since octob

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think about as we enter this wave new world of technological innovation and that does it for now meghan lopez. mission. critical three. point three. three. three. three. three blog video for your media project revealed on our t.v. dot com. hello and welcome to cross talk of all things considered i'm peter lavelle as afghanistan prepares for a presidential election many in the political and media mainstream speak of the country's first democratic transition this may or may not be true what is less talked about is the dire security situation on the ground whether karzai is angling to succeed him self the powerful presence of the taliban and whether the u.s. will ever actually leave afghanistan. to cross like the upcoming election in afghanistan i'm joined by john glaser in washington he's a contributing editor at antiwar dot com and a columnist for the washington times community section also in washington we have michael kugel and he is an associate at the woodrow wilson international center for scholars and in philadelphia we crossed england in he is a political commentator and a writer or gen

s meghan lopez was out that she joins me now to break down what was discussed more than welcome thank you for having me let's start with senator wyden he's been one of the most vocal critics of the n.s.a. he gave the keynote address at this cato conference and the interesting thing about why didn't he's been he's been kind of talking critically about all these n.s.a. secrets for a while and now they've been exposed has did he have anything to say about that he absolutely who want to say about it sammy as you mentioned it's something that he's been talking about for years and for years and he's obviously received a lot of pushback first are a lot of people that didn't agree because he simply didn't have the evidence to prove this and also he's been saving a receiving a lot of pushback from the n.s.a. intelligence community itself one of the things that he says was going to happen that actually did happen today a little bit away from here on a different side of washington was that keith alexander and the n.s.a. intelligence community were going to use media mischaracterization of govern

your car on a highway ask yourself if a dead deer is really worth it that does it for now i'm meghan lopez see you back here at eight. millions around the globe struggle with hunger each day. what if someone offers a lifetime food supply no charge. they can but a strong push against them all and we think that's. the genetic anymore the right products are pretty cool. there is no. evidence that there is any problem with genetic engineering when you make a deal. or is free cheese always in the most trap i don't believe that. free. enterprise is profit. for social justice golden rice. mission and free cretaceous free store charges free. range month free. three stooges free. download free broadcast quality video for your media projects free media oh don carty dot com. i'm max ties you're welcome to the kaiser report you know last year the group real food for kids based in fairfax virginia convinced local schools to replace additive infused pink slime burgers we one hundred percent all beef patties the students however upon and countering the one hundred percent all beef pink in the middle of t

keep shooting for the stars instead of remaining grounded but that's going to do it for now i meghan lopez. crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want. welcome to the kaiser report imax kaiser a new study has revealed the negative side effect warnings get increased sales. the study found that consumers tend to buy more of a product that advertises potentially harmful side effects like weight gain and heart disease than products that do not yeah it seems the warnings have the paradoxical effect of creating trust in the consumer pig this could help explain why david cameron has brought forward by three months the conservative party ponzi scheme marketed under the name helped by the ponzi scheme comes with economic health warnings from mervyn king bank of england the i.m.f. and from economists around the world that the program will destroy the u.k. economy despite the warning greater fools are lining up to put just five percent down on a property worth up to six hundred thousand pounds so that they the taxpayer chump will put down the remaining fifteen percent. pop

up to the members in congress to decide how to go forward with immigration reform in washington meghan lopez r.t. now on the japan where the government is asking the rest of the world for help containing its nuclear crisis at fukushima and this appeal comes two and a half years after an earthquake and tsunami first triggered the crisis today the big picture is tom hartman interviewed japan's former prime minister naoto car on who had this to say about nuclear power in japan. i think i think that it is better to reduce dependency on a nuclear power and eventually graduate early and gradually we need we need to get rid of the nuclear power is a couple more into how former prime minister conor arrived at those conclusions about nuclear power turning tonight the big picture with thom hartmann at seven pm right here on our t.v. and that does it for now for more on the stories we covered go to youtube dot com slash r t america and check out our web site r t v dot com slash usa you can follow me on twitter at sam sachs we'll see you right back here at eight pm. for the. technology innovation all th

study the history and changes of the red planet's atmosphere and that's going to do it for now i'm meghan lopez and i'll see you right back here at five pm . look at this i understand it's go back to libya because for all the criticism that you have about russia and syria russia doesn't want to see syria explode everyone thinks it's russia trying to protect its friend is by geopolitical i just know it's about a region they could explode and they explode in a really vicious fashion it's a way for me the outlines of the horrors because we're not doing killed in a civil war is that your position no matter who is it is what you're saying is we just want to show people that doing something this is a level we're doing nothing and only a hundred and a lodger to be heiress richie to your publisher is ok or that is her own life even across the political i'm sure you handle it i mean around ok i'll give you good finish the russian oil no no no i'm not going to be in the line of peter lavelle to my line. wealthy british style. time. market. come to find out what's really happening to the global economy wi

i'm meghan lopez and you are watching r.t. well happy government shutdown day everyone because of congress' inability and unwillingness to find a compromise on a spending bill the government has now shut down for the first time in seventeen years across the country over four hundred parks and museums have been closed over eight hundred thousand people have received furlough notices nasa has essentially shuttered the list goes on sixteen hours into the shutdown and congress is no closer to a resolution in fact we might be moving in the exact opposite direction in the senate voted today to reject the house's request to hold formal talks on a stopgap spending bill in a conference committee that stopgap measure would have been a six week spending bill to fund the government but also keep the debate going essentially kicking the can down the road president obama also weighed in on the shutdown. i will not negotiate over congress's responsibility to pay bills it's already racked up i'm not going to allow anybody to drag the good nam

america and follow me on twitter at meghan underscore lopez i will see you right back here at eight pm. it's. a little unwelcome to cross talk where all things are considered on peter lavelle on the back of one fiasco after another in the middle east the u.s. says now it is willing to engage iran after decades of prosecuting a covert in proxy war against around can watch then change its behavior many in washington have dismissed obama's always branch out of hand many in iran are just as mistrustful is this quest for peace a fool's errand. to close up all of branches i'm joined by mehdi how the g. in washington he's a senior fellow with the washington institute also in washington we have michael hughes he is a freelance journalist and foreign policy analyst and into and we cross to ford is id he's a political science professor at the university of toronto and gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want i very much encourage it find it's go to you first. do you believe a word that barack obama has to say given the last thirty years of bad relations bet

slash america and check out our website r t dot com slash usa and follow me on twitter at meghan underscore lopez. old. son technology innovation all the list of melamine stuff from around russia we've dumped those huge earth covered. you don't know if you don't per car or you're not response to really. most everyone in my life that i cared about their goal much and then. i came askin well. i was national champion in track and field and also was able to go in qualify for the olympic games. you know nine hundred eighty eight i started to experiment with that the drugs i had lost all the financial means that i. was really on the street . black market can't. break. free. know there i marinate and this is boom bust here are some of the stories we're tracking for you today. first up china's jump in u.s. debt or so the headlines what are the chicken littles of the financial world getting ahead of themselves we were below that historical hysteria when it comes to foreigners buying of uncle's sam's ious as well as the real eight hundred pound gorilla sitting on the trade desperate over there and thirty e

follow me on twitter at meghan underscore lopez tune in larry king now is coming up at the top of the hour. for now it's like to an active camp at guantanamo where patients are forced back in the months after announcing their strike never turned the world's attention to the place that sometime dubbed gulag of our times. and. 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 boss here are some of the stories we're tracking for you today. score another one for the wall street a week you thought foreclosures were bad right well we've got a black stone to turn lemons into well lemons they're the largest player in the burgeoning poor closer upon the rental market and thousands of new tenants are irate their new landlords love lowered and the fed just stumbled on twenty eight million dollars worth of bitcoins the stock belongs to the owner of silk road the so-called give a of drugs and i sit down a little bit with bitcoin found

forget to check out our website it's r t dot com slash usa and also follow me on twitter at meghan underscore lopez tune in larry king now is coming up at the top of the hour. we're not psyched to an active campaign had one time where patients are forced back in the aftermath of our strike never turned the world's attention to the police and that summed up job gulag of our times. i would rather ask questions to people in positions of power instead.

check out our website archie dot com slash usa and don't forget to follow me on twitter at meghan under. lopez also tune in at nine pm for larry king now tonight's special guest is the actress and musician gina gershon who talks with her key about her key film the house of her saatchi but for night we're going to have a good night i'm trying to say. mission . critical three. point three. three. three. three. three blown video for your media project medio down to our t.v. dot com. he was. ill.

slash r t america check out our website r t dot com slash usa and follow me on twitter at meghan underscore lopez so you're right back here at eight . germany's finance ministry has tonight reports it is preparing a third bailout for greece. of course not you know there will be no third bailout for great balancer so last decade this is the age of the bailiff by the time this is over the bed its banks as a broker will take it all that you've got no dollar euro yen a drop will be left behind and inflation deflation a couple station will take every last one does. that i think. kind of. bank all that. money and the family fixed.