n.s.a. denies leaked documents no show that her number was on the n.s.a.'s watch list from two thousand and two three years before she became chancellor comment from former french prime minister dominic develop and he says he never expected that american surveillance had gone this far we knew that. some practices were existed but the search and overall system this came as a surprise for everybody in fact what we are seeing today is that the incredible privileges of the u.s. administration over the control of the world system we knew that the u.s. were controlling the financial system through the banking dominance of some big banks through the dollar currency as a reserve currency but controlling internet controlling the information you know world this is a privilege in monopoly if we are going to follow up in the same direction then confrontation might be the literal leaders of the money explanations from washington france and germany are pushing for a new deal on transatlantic surveillance angered by reports that the n.s.a. has been tracking the phone call

on this issue by the end of the year the latest n.s.a. leak shows the agency's been eavesdropping on the conversations of thirty five world leaders the e.u. has issued a statement warning that a lack of trust with washington could damage cooperation in intelligence gathering and on top of that germany has decided to team up with brazil which is also targeted by the n.s.a. to push for a u.n. resolution restraining u.s. surveillance on his to syria has more on the discontent in brussels. up to about thirty five world leaders were being spied on by the national security agency or the n.s.a. they were actually encouraging senior officials in various government departments like the white house the state department to share those contacts of important or individuals in the world in order to be added to that list that surveillance list and also what's interesting to note in the latest leak by edward snowden is that the acknowledgment in that document that all of this extensive spying has produced very little quote unquote to very little reportable in

it's dropping on allies the latest n.s.a. leaks shows the agency has been monitoring the german chancellor's cell phone for over a decade adding fuel to europe's frustration over u.s. surveillance practices also this week. a suicide blast on a bus claimed the lives of six people on the left dozens more injured in the russian city of volgograd. america's unmanned killing machines draw condemnation from amnesty international and human rights watch to conclude that drone strikes in pakistan and yemen should be classed as war crimes. syrian government submitted a plan to destroy its chemical weapons to the hague while nineteen opposition groups refused to attend a long awaited peace conference in geneva. this is r.t. coming to you live from moscow now the german chancellor has been a target of u.s. surveillance for over a decade according to a leak and it's a document obtained by german media that follows earlier reports of american spies tapping the phones of dozens of world leaders now in a phone call to president obama merkel said t

eavesdropping on allies the latest n.s.a. leaks shows the agency has been a monitoring the german chancellor's cell phone for over a decade adding fuel to europe's frustration over u.s. surveillance practices also this week. on the recall being thrown onto the window then suddenly finding myself on the street and in a panic party talks to survivors of the suicide blast that hit a crowd of boss in the russian city of volgograd. america's unmanned killing machines draw condemnation from amnesty international and human rights watch to conclude that drone strikes in pakistan and yemen should be classed as war crimes. damn. the syrian government submits its plan to destroy its chemical weapons to the hague while nineteen opposition groups refused to tan a long awaited peace conference in geneva. six pm in the russian capital you're watching r.t. with me marina joshie welcome to the program the german chancellor has been a target of u.s. surveillance for over a decade according to a leak and it's a document obtained by german media follo

reform bills i certainly believe so but i think as more and more n.s.a. leaks come out two or three times a week lately the more information that we learn we're going to be more concerned about different programs once we learn that the government is doing things that right now we don't know exist moving out of my view maybe want to reform those so i think it's so you know we're going to just wait and see how to do about the tor stuff which will have to get you back on to talk more about. more to your web producer and your book except thank you and that does it for now for more on the stories we covered go to youtube dot com or to america to check out our website or to america for sure so you call me on twitter same socks we'll see you later. this point being the expensive car saloon. a new fashion show. also in designer bags and shoes in the best shop windows. but. luxury is a school. this is a lost cause. concert . on our cheap. wealthy british style. market why not. come to find out what's really happening to the global economy with mikes concert for a no hol

tonight eavesdropping on allies the latest n.s.a. leaks shows the agency's been want to treat with german chancellor cell phone for over a decade you can feel them to europe's frustration over u.s. surveillance practices also this week. i remember flying out of the window and suddenly i was on the street and handing. out he talks to survivors of that suicide blast that hit the crowded bus in the russian city of volgograd. america's a man killing machine is still condemnation from amnesty international and human rights watch who say the drone strikes in pakistan and yemen may constitute war crimes. and the syrian government presents its full list of its chemical weapons now and its plans to destroy them while nineteen opposition groups refused to attend that long awaited peace conference in geneva. over a given for me kevin owen if you're just joining us this is r.t. it's a weekly roundup of the top stories of the last seven days eleven pm here in moscow and first the german chancellor has been a target of u.s. surveillance for over a decad

eavesdropping on allies the latest n.s.a. leaks shows the agency has been monitoring the german chancellor's cell phone for over a decade adding fuel then to europe's frustration over u.s. surveillance practices also this week. i remember flying out of the window in suddenly i was in the street and in a panic are to talk to survivors of that suicide blast that hit a crowded bus in the russian city of volgograd. america's unmanned killing machines draw condemnation from amnesty international and human rights watch who say that drone strikes in pakistan and yemen may constitute war crimes. and the syrian government presents its plan to destroy its chemical weapons while nineteen opposition groups refused to attend that long awaited peace conference in geneva. live from the r.t. do center it's ten pm here in moscow it's kevin with you this very good have you company it's a weekly top stories of the last seven days and the german chancellor has been the target of u.s. surveillance for over a decade it seems according to a leaked and th

dropping on allies the latest n.s.a. leaks shows the agency has been monitoring the german chancellor's cell phone for over a decade and adding fuel to europe's frustration over u.s. surveillance practices also this week. a suicide blast on a bus claimed the lives of six people on the left dozens more injured in the russian city of volgograd. america's unmanned killing machines draw condemnation from amnesty international and human rights watch to conclude that drone strikes in pakistan and yemen should be classed as war crimes. the syrian government submit its plan to destroy its chemical weapons to the hague while nineteen opposition.

top stories eavesdropping on allies the latest n.s.a. leak shows the agency's been monitoring the german chancellor cell phone for over a decade fuel to europe's frustration over u.s. surveillance practices also this week. i remember flying out of the window and suddenly i was on the street and in a panic talks to survivors of a suicide blast that hit a crowded bus in the russian city of volgograd. americas a man killing machine destroy all condemnation from amnesty international and human rights watch to say the drone strikes in pakistan and yemen may constitute war crimes. of the syrian government presents its plan to destroy its chemical weapons while one thousand opposition groups refuse to attend along.

and up next find out the views on the n.s.a. leaks scandal from apple's co-founder resembles a part. i recently read had large all over the russian internet screaming in full paranoia mode that china has just bought five percent of ukraine now they're writing that china will lease five percent of ukraine over ukrainian officials themselves claim that china will be getting out of there and that this is a deal about some drip irrigation system this is jewish it didn't explode out of the internet to the families of bloggers the south china morning post. that one company does have a crop in pig farming plant design utilized nine percent of ukraine's territory also last year the ban on foreigners buying land of ukraine. been lifted although i am the distrustful pro sovereignty type getting a rich foreign country to pay to develop your nation's agriculture might not be too bad of a deal it would definitely take a lot of money to restore ukraine's farming to its former glory they see that ukraine used to be the bread basket of europe agree t

n.s.a. contractor leaked thousands of documents with details of how u.s. security services spy on officials and ordinary people all across the world washington has been calling for his extradition accusing him of espionage but russia granted snowden temporary asylum lawyer say his father may not be the only family member heading over to visit since it's really unclear whether the former n.s.a. contractor will ever be able to return to the u.s. again you've got to come off r t moscow well the n.s.a. leaker's fate has been the main focus of discussion in our studio this week as we interviewed the group of former u.s. officials turned whistle blowers who boarded snowden full integrity and intelligence and discussed how the american fugitive on the run is getting used to his new life in russia and what his main concerns will. i think he's doing remarkably well under the circumstances in which he came here and we've we've obviously came to find out personally i was you know what are you looking at these days. i thought he looked great he seemed very centered an

surveillance for over a decade according to a leaked n.s.a. document obtained by german media follows those early reports of american spies tapping the phones of dozens of world leaders well in a phone call to president obama merkel said the monitoring would be a breach of trust if confirmed she also said that spying among friends just doesn't work now reportedly apologized and reportedly claimed to have had no full knowledge of such practices however germany's build newspaper goes as far as suggesting he actually. courage the bugging of merkel's phone leaked documents no show that her number was on the n.s.a.'s watch list from two thousand and two three years before she became chancellor former french prime minister dominic de ville parr says he never expected american surveillance to go this far we knew that. some practices were existing but the search and overall system this came as a surprise for everybody in fact what we are seeing today is that the incredible privileges of the u.s. administration over the control of the world system we k

up next find out the apple co-founder his views on the n.s.a. leaking scandal with worlds apart what oksana boyko stay with us. as afghanistan prepares for a presidential election many in the political and media mainstream speak of the country's first democratic transition but it's less talked about is the dire security situation on the ground where the karzai is angling to succeed him self the powerful presence of the taliban and whether the u.s. .

coming up to get some perspective i mean n.s.a. leaking scandal from apple's co-founder on worlds apart with oksana boyko stay with us. switzerland will soon vote if they should start giving out thousands of dollars in cash to every adult citizen in the country you heard me right there's a grassroots campaign that is trying to get the government to give out to every adult citizen two thousand five hundred swiss francs approximately two thousand eight hundred dollars per month the motivation for the project is that many in switzerland fear that the financial crisis has caused wealth inequality to skyrocket you know i'm not an expert at swiss culture so maybe people there are different but if they gave out thousands of free dollars per month anywhere i've lived you would see the majority of people going into early retirement and not working at all and sort of like how they tell people not to feed the bears at parks because then the bears lose their instincts and will go hunt because getting a sandwich thrown at them is a lot easier i mean wh

n.s.a. scandal and the relationship we can leaks has had with former u.s. government contractor edward snowden artie's eva golinger has more. here at the embassy of ecuador in london he affirmed that the exceptionalism that barack obama president of united states is defending is merely an excuse to be involved a law something used by nations such as united states with power to subordinate others assigned also alerted to the necessity of developing sovereign technology and sovereignty in general in order to defend nations against the mass surveillance and espionage programs of the united states that violate human rights and certain rights under international law will look at it whenever you see the president talk about exceptionalism what he's trying to say is there are rules of civil behavior. doesn't apply to him. whether that's invading another country or whether that's abuse of lords or. in relation to. barack obama's use of the espionage act against alleged journalistic sources. and journalists. that's something you so it's very important that people un

the n.s.a. leaks have been piling up more revelations are expected but what impact will they have that so we're asking you today and i. like to hear what you think about the big stories and save the day one of the big stories of the year what this is how you're voting over half of you who voted so far fifty five percent up to forty six expect politicians to be respecting privacy but no action will follow anyway almost a quarter thirty one percent. predict public anger over the n.s.a.'s practices will rise following on from the recent stop watching us rally in washington around twenty percent up to fifteen say further leaks will have no real impact as the public are no longer shocked by such news on the minority two percent real steps to curb surveillance you're not optimistic. if you haven't done so already it's always good to hear from. you. thanks for choosing our team for your news coming up a surprising solution to london's housing shortage. predictions of the housing crisis with the well at an al

n.s.a. leaks firestorm keeps spreading worldwide germany is now demanding answers from washington over its controversial spying program coming up next former presidential candidate and former new mexico governor gary johnson discusses the latest revelations and more. then speaking of secrets revealed cia documents indicate that for years the pakistani government has known and endorsed u.s. drone strikes so why is pakistan's prime minister urging president obama at the white house this week to stop these attacks. and it's october and that means breast cancer awareness month is in full swing before you go out buy those pink products to help fight cancer and you don't want to miss our report. it's thursday october twenty fourth eight pm in washington d.c. i'm sam sax and you're watching r.t. . and we begin with another diplomatic fire started by the national security agency today the european union is holding a summit in brussels and one of the topics of discussion will be revelations yesterday that

speaking of the n.s.a. leaks the man who first wrote about them for the guardian glenn greenwald announced on tuesday that he's leaving the guardian for a new independent journalism project a statement posted on his website greenwald wrote my partnership with the guardian has been extremely fruitful and fulfilling the decision to leave was not an easy one but i was presented with a once in a career dream journalistic opportunity that no journalist could possibly decline this new project is reportedly funded by billionaire e.-bay founder pierre omidyar who himself has been very critical of the n.s.a. based on the leaks provided to greenwald it's rumored that journalists and filmmakers laura poitras and jeremy scahill will also be a part of this new journalism project. and finally stick around after this newscast in just a minute for the world premiere of a brand new financial here on our team america it's called boom bust now the boom bust cycle is as old as western banking but how does it affect your wallet host

behind wiki leaks remains in london's ecuadorian embassy but he's not staying silent from the n.s.a. leaks to much more arts he was able to interview the world renowned leaker that exclusive conversation just ahead and according to a new report the obama administration has invoked a chilling effect on the freedom of press from the d.o.j. tracking the phones of journalists for the prosecution of whistleblowers concerns for press freedom are growing more on that coming up and it's the eleventh day of the government shutdown but the standoff between republicans and democrats continues republicans are pushing for a short term raise of the debt ceiling but obama demands no strings attached before saying yes to the deal the latest on his this cold dead co-op deadlock later in the show.

eavesdropping on allies the latest n.s.a. leak shows the agency has been monitoring the german chancellor of cell phones for over a decade adding fuel to europe's frustrated over u.s. surveillance practices. and drone deaths and war crimes amnesty international says the u.s. must answer for the many civilian deaths inflicted by unmanned ops in pakistan and yemen. good morning from moscow where it's just two am i'm lindsey france thank you for joining me. the week began with tragedy in russia when a suicide bomber killed six people she blew herself up in a bus packed with at least forty passengers in volgograd the terrifying moment of the attack was caught on video take a look. police suspect the killer stalked the city waiting for an optical moment to strike the most deadly with the most deadly damage i went to volgograd to report and retrace the events of that day. october twenty first started just like any other monday here in boulder grab people woke up with places to go and things to get done heavily using bus stations just li

on each other's leaders that's just an dynamic we now live from the twenty first century or the n.s.a. leaks have been piling up more revelations are expected to we'll be covering them but what impact of the that's what we're asking you our viewers in our latest web poll thanks for voting if you have let's see what part of the wall now almost half of you voted who voted so far forty six percent of you explain policies to make more promises on respecting privacy but no action is going to follow around thirty percent predict public anger of the n.s.a.'s practices will rise following on from the recent stop watching us rally in washington d.c. fifty percent of using see their. further leaks will have no real impact as the public a longer shot by such news in the majority the eight percent expect real steps to curb surveillance r.t. dot com you can cast your vote you can make that change. he. thanks for choosing out see we do appreciate it coming up a surprising solution to london's housing shortage could be on the way. with predictions of a looming housing crisis and with rents at an all time h

another radiation leak strikes japan's fukushima. the n.s.a. . chief stepped down after months of damage control. revelations us. just two kilometers from the capital damascus but it is like a state within a state. from the heart of the syrian rebel movement they feel besieged by bible brigades for control.

the n.s.a. leaks have been piling up and war revelations are expected but what impact will they have that's what we're asking of you is in our latest web poll taken part if you have let's see how it pans out she way over half of you have voted fifty nine percent of some fifty five last hour expect politicians to make more promises on respecting previously but no action is going to follow almost a quarter say was lost on predict public anger over the n.s.a.'s practices will rise following on from the recent stop watching us rally in washington we were covering sixty percent. say further leaks will have no real impact does the public i don't know get shocked by the news like this we're getting immune to it maybe in the minority it's down to just one percent down from to expect to see real steps to curb surveillance so pretty gloomy outlook there for most of you to r.t. dot com still plenty of time to vote throughout the evening it's always good to hear from you. coming up a surprising solution to london

com now for more details and updates on the battle for privacy as well as expert analysis on the n.s.a. leaks and the outcry there triggering. a suicide bomber killed six people in russia's southern city of volgograd on monday dozens more injured what were injured when the bomb went off in packed boss lindsey friends to retrace the events of that day. october twenty first started just like any other monday here in volgograd people woke up with places to go and things to get but heavily using bus stations just like this but for several people needing bus number twenty nine they could never have foreseen how quickly their lives would change when they took that ride. the route ran without incident from morning till afternoon until one person got on board thirty year old lie you see all of that is when things took a tragic turn and a star student there on the plane was on his way home from classes at the university laughing and talking with the other students crucially it was pete he did it at the bus which say training like. the roof when the blast hit everything around me went flying and then i

eavesdropping on allies the latest n.s.a. leaks shows the agency has been monitoring the german chancellor of cell phone for over a decade adding fuel to europe's frustration over u.s. surveillance practices. and drone deaths and war crimes amnesty international says the u.s. lost an answer for the many civilian deaths inflicted by unmanned ops in pakistan and yemen.

let's take a look now at how you've been voting so far right way so love you as believe that new n.s.a. leaks a will merely prompt a mole familia speeches about privacy but no action and a quarter of you think that we're going to see a rise in social resistance add. of demonstrations against and it's a surveillance and i'll just say a thirteen percent say people are getting used to these scandals and want riyad to for the revelations and just a small percentage of us three percent they say that they anticipate genuine steps to protect privacy so head to our g dot com to cause your vote if you haven't done so already. survivors of a u.s. drone strike will appear before members of congress today for the first time in history a family whose grandmother was killed when a missile hit the garden in pakistan a year ago say they have no idea why they were targeted. she can spoke to them for us let's take a listen why do you think your grandmother was killed. i don't know but one of the reason why we came here i have no idea why my grandmother was killed. did you do when it blew up did you run with wh

attempt to curb the press national security worries the britain's prime minister wants publishers of n.s.a. leaks to be careful with their reporting all be ready to face court proceedings. the president of aquittal speaks exclusively to r.t. on his visit to moscow rafael freire explains his outrage at the revelations of america's worldwide spying assets also. my mother and my children were injured we have no idea what i. was talking to a pakistani family is on the doorstep of the u.s. congress demanding answers to why they. held by an american drone strike. so we report on the year of small the trillions shadow economy of black markets so massive it's costing some states a third of their revenues in a few minutes we'll tell you why ordinary europeans and businesses are turning to the financial underworld for refuge. also coming up here on our do you russia's olympic club strikes one hundred days until the games the olympic committee says it's happy with the preparations and present the world everyone is welcomed regardless of race or sexual orientation. life from our headquarters there in moscow

attempt to curb the press national security wall riza britain's prime minister warns publishers of n.s.a. leaks to be careful with their reporting all be ready to face court proceedings. the president speaks the streets of egypt on his visit to moscow rafael correa explains his outrage at the revelations of america's a worldwide spying efforts also. the mother of my children were injured we have no idea what village of mind it was a pakistani family is on the doorstep of the u.s. congress demanding answers to why the peaceful household was put through hell by an american drone strike. so we report on a year of the multi-trillion the shadow economy. so massive it's costing us some states a third of their revenues in a few minutes we'll tell you why ordinary europeans and businesses are turning to financial underworld. also coming up here on our team russia's olympic the countdown clock strikes one hundred days until the games the olympic committee says it's happy with the preparations and present shows the world everyone is welcome regardless of race or sexual orientation. live from moscow this

on the issue by the end of this year the latest n.s.a. leaks shows the agency has been eavesdropping on the conversations of thirty five world leaders the e.u. has issued a statement a warning that a lack of trust with washington could damage cooperation in intelligence gathering one top of that germany has decided to team up with brazil which was also targeted by the n.s.a. to push for a u.n. resolution restraining. u.s. surveillance well let's now cross live to our correspondent who's got more for us so tessa do tell us about the latest and i say leave and you know it's been causing such a stir in brussels so tell us what's the fuss is all about here will this is the document that does say that up to about thirty five world leaders so will be spied on by the national security agency or the n.s.a. and aside from that it also provides a bit more insight into how the n.s.a. actually works in the mindset that they have a meeting that they were actually encouraging senior officials in various government departments like the white house the state d

let's take a look at how you're voting safe most of all of us believe that the end of the new n.s.a. leaks will merely prompt a wolf a million speeches about privacy but not no real action really and a court of you they believe that they going to see a. a rise in social resistance and a mess of demonstrations against n.s.a. civilians of thirteen percent people are getting a used to these scandals and won't react to any further revelation just a small part of the minority who voted to anticipate general steps to protect privacy so head to our dot com to cast your vote if you haven't done so. the white house is facing international pressure over the drone warfare members of a family who survived an unmanned aerial strike will appear before the u.s. congress today their grandmother was killed while working in the garden parties can met the fam. why do you think your grandmother was killed. i don't know but one of the reason why we came to believe i have no idea why my grandmother was killed. what did you do when it blew up did you run with what were you doing my mind that when i did turn here

chancellor merkel's mobile phone and tracking calls made by the french administration the latest n.s.a. leak has shown down the agency encouraged u.s. government officials to hand over their contact list and use that data to eavesdrop on the conversations of thirty. five world leaders their opinion council has issued a statement warning that a lack of trust with washington could damage cooperation and intelligence gathering on top of that germany has decided to team up with brazil which was also targeted by the n.s.a. to push for a u.n. resolution restraining u.s. surveillance are just as are so he has more on the story now the latest document that edward snowden that provided the guardian we do see some some more insight into the process of how this global surveillance was actually working and the fact that it had spied on the thirty five world leaders is one side of the matter on the other hand it would also encourage a senior officials belonging to departments such as the white house the state department or the pentagon to share their contacts with them encouraging them to give the phone

snowden's n.s.a. leaks and calls for an investigation. however a good evening if you're just joining us my name is kevin i when this is r t it's just past eight pm no you are moscow our top story president obama's face the nation for the first time since the sixteen day long government shutdown admitting that the standoff has inflicted quote completely unnecessary damage on the u.s. economy and the nation's credibility let's get the details of what is in this now she's in washington. having to admit some rather an easy but realistic i guess truth. well kevin it comes with the job the u.s. president now having to face the fallout from this two week hold on capitol hill the u.s. government is now up and running after a sixteen day shutdown america just barely avoiding default on their almost seventeen trillion dollars in borrowings at the very last minute deal funds the government until january fifteenth allowing the u.s. to continue borrowing until february seventh so we now have a new deadline but the same problem obama and other official

revelations could have here's how you've been voting a safe law most of our viewers believe that new n.s.a. leaks will merely prompt more familiar speeches about privacy but no really no action a court of you think we're going to see a rise in social resistance and mass demonstration gains and as a surveillance thirteen percent say people are getting used to these scandals and one react to further revelation just a small minority they at three three percent say that they need to support a genuine steps to protect privacy so head to r.t. dot com to cause your vote if you haven't done so already. survivors of a u.s. drone strike appearing before members of congress today for the first time in history right you're now seeing live pictures from the briefing the family has no idea why they were talking to one of the sons this is a bear has told the members of congress that he no longer loves blue skies because drones don't fly when it's cloudy a lawyer representing the family was earlier did. the u.s. visa and they say they had hesitated to speak to congress because of that but the family hopes that n

end of discount and yet well look at the situation that we have here at hand as we can see the n.s.a. leaks have upset a number of european states and u.s. allies so where does that in your opinion leave the united states. well the thing is the economic and political dominance of the u.s. is waning anyway even before this town and what this is doing is even i mean accelerating is true i mean the u.s. may be military rule number one in the world for many years to come but they're losing ground on the economic issues everywhere and when and why i mean did their problem is not that their spine their problem is the score a lot of this year they have been god it's flying not that's another that's another matter altogether their defeat is why do they do that not to chase terrorists they do there for economic reasons they want to know what you are going to do the world the brics countries throughout asia do or into they are afraid that they're losing ground if you see the pacific trade agreement is not working out so yes they have a big problem all right a lot of interest former u.n. diplomat than

eavesdropping on allies the latest n.s.a. leaks shows the agency has been a monitoring the german chancellor's cell phone for over a decade adding fuel to europe's frustration over u.s. surveillance practices also this week. on the recall being thrown onto the window then suddenly finding myself on the street and in a panic party talks to survivors of the suicide blast that hit a crowd of boss in the russian city of volgograd. america's unmanned killing machines draw condemnation from amnesty international and human rights watch who concluded that drone strikes in pakistan yemen should be classed as war crimes. down.

who these people are they've never been given a fair trial david let's talk about another recent n.s.a. leak that the agency actually harvests hundreds of millions of contact lists and personal e-mails and instant messenger accounts is clearly beyond just a met a dead end now why are there no consequences for these continuous the lies from n.s.a. officials well general alexander is. announcing his retirement from the agency you know after all those tours of duty that combat zone of checking people's facebook likes and their yahoo address books you can understand why he wants some down time it's pretty ridiculous because what they initially told us at first back in march james clapper the director of national intelligence told congress that they're not collecting any data at all on the u.s. citizens clearly a live perjured himself or congress should be in jail based on our existing laws but of course nothing is happened to him because he's too powerful and so that was back in march not collecting any data on us citizens and then we have yeah we're collecting data but it's only the metadata do

revelations sick could have us all you've been waiting a say fall most of all of us believe that the new n.s.a. leaks all will merely prompt more familiar speeches about presidency but no action in a court of you think we're going to see a rise in social resistance and massive. ations against n.s.a. surveillance now thirteen percent of people are getting used to the scandals and won't react to further revelation and just a small minority of you at three percent be really that general steps to protect the previous you go ahead head to our to dot com to cause your vote if you haven't done so already. survivors of a u.s. drone strike will appear before members of congress today for the first time in history a family whose grandmother was killed when a missile hit the garden in pakistan a year ago say they have no idea why they were targeted artie's guy and she can speak with them. why do you think your grandmother was killed. i don't know but one of the reason why we came here i have no idea why my grandmother was killed. what did you do when it blew up did you run with what were you doing. when the dro

britain's prime minister the guardian newspaper over its reporting on whistleblower edward snowden's n.s.a. leaks and calls for investigation. no and here very good to have you company our top story the president face the nation for the first time since that sixteen day long government shutdown admitting that the standoff has inflicted quote completely unnecessary damage on the u.s. economy and the nation's credibility. has the details from washington. u.s. president now having to face the fallout from this two week hold on capitol hill the u.s. government is now up and running after a sixteen day shutdown america just barely avoiding default on their almost seventeen trillion dollars in borrowings at the very last minute deal funds the government until january fifteenth allowing the u.s. to continue borrowing until february seventh so we now have a new deadline but the same problem obama and other officials seemed confident a more long term solution to the budget crisis can be found by the end of the year the rest of the world not so confident the global economy was bracing for the worst here a