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plus n.s.a. leaks and possible military strikes in syria in two thousand and thirteen were just some of the topics that the obama administration stumbled through r.t. takes a look back at the year that was in the beleaguered white house. and raising the minimum wage the measure was approved last year by several states but only two days into this new year one former congressman says raising it actually hurts more than it helps the lower class is that really the case to find out later today show.

on the press in britain falling there also was his response to the guardian newspaper printed leaks from n.s.a. whistleblower edward snowden and some suggest three hundred years of press freedom is under threat lower smith investigate. the world association of newspapers and news publishes isn't an organization everyone has heard of but if you live under a government that violates press freedoms it's likely they will have visited to investigate and document now they've sent out another delegation but not to a war torn failed state or dictatorship it's come to the u.k. to look into international concerns that the government reaction to the guardian publishing edward snowden's revelations on the n.s.a. was way over the top and very worrying for press freedoms the paper says its face says to sit on the threats of legal action. of the chief executive of the organization that. you were already concerned about the status of press freedom in the u.k. before the snowden affair up. studying the religious and. we've always as an organization taking care of patients all over the world always concerned ab

plus n.s.a. leaks and possible military strikes in syria in two thousand and thirteen were just some of the topics that the obama administration stumbled through the year argy takes a look back at the year that was in the beleaguered white house. and raising the minimum wage the measure was approved last year by several states but only two days into the new year one former congressman says raising it actually hurts more than it helps the lower class is that really the case find out later in today's show.

plus n.s.a. leaks and possible military strikes in syria in two thousand and thirteen were just some of the topics that the obama administration stumbled through the year argy takes a look back at the year that was in the beleaguered white house. and raising the minimum wage the measure was approved last year by several states but only two days into the new year one former congressman says raising it actually hurts more than it helps the lower class is that really the case and find out later in today's show . it's thursday january second five pm in washington d.c. i'm sam sax and you're watching our team and we begin with breaking news about the n.s.a. the spy agency hope the leaks would stop in two thousand and fourteen they hope today the washington post is reporting on n.s.a. efforts to build a supercomputer or what they refer to as a crypt a logically useful quantum computer capable of breaking any sort of encryption on the internet documents provided by edward snowden reveal that the project is pa

some that would put israel in a very uncomfortable situation learn what else to expect from the n.s.a. leaks on our website. right see. first street. and i think the church. doors would. there's just three weeks left until the international peace conference on syria but the opposition has again delays of want on whether to even attend all the searching members of the western banks where a national coalition resigned over the planned participation in the summit and let's say the opposition bloc doesn't have the support of the syrian people anyway in syria you have an electoral process there is a presidential election this year and the big problem for the opposition is that they don't have the support on the ground in syria because they don't represent anyone other than western powers the transatlantic alliance nato the gulf cooperation council so there are support in syria is very very minimal and that's why they don't want to take part in the actual election process in syria writing process so this is a big problem because how do you negotiate go see it with people who essentially represent

joining me here not good to be with you to me as a journalist it feels like we are reporting on a new n.s.a. leak each day what have you what are your thoughts on these recent revelations have any of them surprised you know well another day another revelation first of all i should say lest your viewers be confused i am no longer a candidate for the senate but you're right i did make stopping this warrantless spying on americans a platform of my campaign and i do think that this is a real transgression and these recent revelations that you talked about and you listed several of them. really go to show how capable the n.s.a. is for many people it's scary how capable they are and what what they can listen in on what they can manipulate so all the more reason that we have to make sure that they operate within bounds that they operate with good firm oversight and that the engender the trust of the american people. and to some extent people around the world i mean i'm sure the n.s.a. will say look we don't we don't owe the you know we don't know protection of civil liberties to other people around the

n.s.a. if the spy agency hoped the leaks would stop in two thousand and fourteen they hope to wrong today the washington post is reporting on n.s.a. efforts to build a supercomputer or what they refer to as a crypto logically useful quantum computer capable of breaking any sort of encryption on the internet documents provided by edward snowden revealed that the project is part of a nearly eighty million dollar research program called penetrating hard targets as it's called penetrating hard targets. civilian computer labs have long been working in the field of quantum computing a cutting edge science requiring large shielded rooms known as farraday cages to create supercomputers that have far more capabilities than classical computers we all use today but despite the amount of money and attention devoted to their quantum computer project it appears the n.s.a. is no farther along in research than top civilian labs are but experts believe a fully functional quantum computer could be built within ten years with code breaking capabilities that could render all forms of online encrypt unreliable co

some that would put israel in a very uncomfortable situation learn what else to expect from the n.s.a. leaks on our website. right see. first book. and i think you're. on our reporters. in. the in the. on. syria is making headway with its chemical disarmament the first batch of toxic arms has been just transported out of the country on a nato military ship meanwhile diplomatic efforts which are focused on the upcoming geneva two peace conference have a new issue to deal with turkey's prime minister has suddenly renewed calls for regime change in syria although analysts say he's just trying to draw attention from problems at home. it's hardly surprising that arizona would come up with such a ridiculous line he's been behaving mostly radically since the very start of the war. talking about regime change is not on the agenda obviously we're doing these themself under threat of regime change in turkey so it's probably the last man in the region talking about regime change at this stage of course you can't i have political negotiations with one side it's ridiculous preconditions. of course. never

specifically are you concerned about about the government's reaction to the guardian's publication of the n.s.a. leak there might be some risk actually be. that the british instead of the speaking . turns to believe. they could bypass the future of professional journalism it's become. a general trend which could. for actually the. the rights of citizens might be a connection with the political environment with the state and as soon as there is a connection to the states you can trust. the system. of. petitions. and admits the u.k. visit is unprecedented but his organization is worried that any violation of the freedom of the press here will give others carte blanche to oppress their own media and throwing away three hundred years of press freedom inside a single year is not something to be ignored. and i was some more global headlines this hour i think couples have broken out the riot police and protesters marching in memory of a journalist gunned down seven years ago around during campaign for armenia rights and all shot by an ultra nationalist outside his newspaper's office director say big governm

poll by pew research shows that while americans are still divided over the benefits of snowden's n.s.a. leaks when it comes to just young americans ages eighteen to twenty nine years old the majority believe that snowden's leaks served the public's interest reporting from new york. r.t. why works noting remains deeply. popular with u.s. officials members of the public consider him a hero and they were seeking ways to express their gratitude for exposing american mass surveillance the whistleblower has been nominated for an honorary position of director at glasgow university in the u.k. r t caught up was one of the students who spearheaded the bid the reason which shows edward snowden is because we know that he is a hero is a brave man who rist a lot of things to us that people know the extent of fewest media surveillance and intrusion into our private lives and we just want to show him that we appreciate what he's done and it is a clear message sent out to those who are monitoring us that we will not stand for this and that we do not this we do not accept this kind of criminality it would be

poll by pew research shows that while americans are still divided over the benefits of snowden's n.s.a. leaks when it comes to just young americans ages eighteen to twenty nine years old the majority believe that snowden's leaks served the public's interest reporting from new york. r.t. . a family dinner date for tony blair the former prime minister served with all the food and wine in a bomb and try to conduct a citizen's arrest to make him face justice over the invasion of iraq had to come to see how that worked out. plus details on one of the tories hackers suspected of breaking into the computers of george w. bush and his secretary of state has reportedly been caught by remain in police details on that story plenty of others just a few clicks away on r.t. dot com. iran says it's ready to engage with neighboring countries and world powers president rouhani has pledged came at the world economic forum in davos. is that. he is taking full advantage of the president of the country has all of the devil's economic forum because it's incredibly timely for him we know that the six month interim d

poll by pew research shows that while americans are still divided over the benefits of snowden's n.s.a. leaks when it comes to just young americans ages eighteen to twenty nine years old the majority believe that snowden's leaks served the public's interest reporting from new york. r.t. even though the white house and the u.k. . government considers snowden to be almost an anime for some people he's a hero worthy of being on earth students are glasgow university have nominated him to be their reactor which would make him a representative on the university's governing body we caught up with one of the people spearheading the bit the reason which shows edward snowden is because we know that he is a hero here's a brave man who rist a lot of things to us that people know the extent of hewas media surveillance and intrusion into our private lives and we just want to show him that we appreciate what he has done and it is a clear message sent out to those who are monitoring us that we will not stand for this and that we do not this we do not accept this kind of criminality it would be more symbolic

thing he'd already be behind bars if you congress with the n.s.a. leaks in the first place. headlines its national with me rule thank you for joining us we start with the news coming in from cairo where two explosions went off on friday morning the first blast killed at least four people and dozens just outside the police headquarters in the center of the egyptian capital at the explosion severely damaged the front of a building of the attack also caused extensive damage to the museum of islamic art just across the street witnesses report following the bombing and a second blast struck near a metro station in a different part of cairo at least fifteen people reportedly injured there these are live pictures for you right now and attacks on security. and police locations of course have stepped up since the gyptian military overthrew the regime of islam as president mohamed morsy and launched a crackdown on his supporters last summer as we show you these live pictures from cairo right right now we will get a live reaction and analysis from the capital later in the program. for

specifically are you concerned about about the government's reaction to the guardian's publication of the n.s.a. leak there might be some risk actually you're right. that the british instead of the speaking. tends to believe. they could bypass the future of professional journalism it's a big concern about. the general trend which pete. i think actually. the rights of citizens might be a connection with the political environment with the state and as soon as there is a connection with the states you can trust. the system ability of. put it to. me think u.k. visit is unprecedented but his organization is worried that any violation of the freedom of the press here will give all of those caught to oppress their own media and throwing away three hundred years of press inside a single year is not something to be ignored or it is some of the global headlines in brief to turkey we go scuffles have broken out between riot police and protesters who were marching in memory of a journalist gunned down seven years ago and drink campaign for armenian rights and was shot by an ultra nationalist right outside his ne

turned to congress with the n.s.a. leaks in the first place. the very latest worldwide headlines live on national welcome to the program today. we start off with an update on the news coming from cairo at least one person has been killed and many others wounded and. just outside the police headquarters in the center of the capital this is all according to officials and local television and the explosion caused a major damage to the building. following the bombing the attackers also said to have nearby. attacks on security police stations have stepped up since the egyptian military overthrew the regime. and of course there was a crackdown on his supporters last summer we will bring you more on this story as soon as we get. it but for now on the program here on r.t. international calls from opposition leaders to maintain a truce with riot police have failed to prevent protesters in kiev from building new barricades and burning tires this on the embattled independence square meanwhile the riots have spilled over into ukraine's west where protester

specifically are you concerned about about the government's reaction to the guardian's publication of the n.s.a. leak there might be some risk actually be. that the british instead of speaking. tends to believe. they could bypass the future of professional journalism it's become. a general trend which could. should be. the rights of citizens might be a connection with the political environment with the state and as soon as there is a connection with the state you can trust. the system ability of. put it to. me. is unprecedented but his organization is worried that any violation of the freedom of the press here will give all of those caught to oppress their own media and throwing away three hundred years of press freedom inside a single year is not something to be ignored or let's get some other global headlines for brief a time now for the turkey we go also broken out between riot police and protesters through a marching in memory of a journalist gunned down seven years ago. during campaign for meaning in rights and was shot dead by ultra nationalists outside his newspaper's office detractors say the

some that would put israel and i'm very uncomfortable situation and what else to expect from the n.s.a. leaks on the website. right on the scene. first for you and i think you're. on our reporters with their. instrument. to be in the. syria is making headway with its chemical disarmament the first batch of toxic arms has been transported out of the country on a nato military ship meanwhile diplomatic efforts which are focused on the upcoming geneva two peace conference have a new issue to deal with turkey's prime minister has suddenly renewed calls for regime change in syria although analysts say he's just trying to draw attention from problems at home. it's hardly surprising that arizona would come up with such a ridiculous line he's been behaving mostly radically since the very start of the war. talking about regime change is not on the agenda obviously we're doing this himself on the threshold in turkey for the last legion we're told he was returning to the stage of course he contacts political producer one size fits ridiculous missions. because you never know. absolutely possible the stat

specifically are you concerned about about the government's reaction to the guardian's publication of the n.s.a. leak there might be some risk actually be. that the british since generally speaking. tends to believe. they could bypass the future of professional journalism it's a big concern about. a general trend which could. effect i should be. the rights of citizens might be a connection with the political environment with the state and as soon as there is a connection it was the states you can trust. the sustainability of faire attitude put it to sions that's not penn admits the u.k. visit is unprecedented but his oaken a station is worried that any violation of the freedom of the press here will give others carte blanche to oppress their own media and throwing away three hundred years of press freedom inside a single year is not something to be ignored. now some other global headlines this hour on and on about the suicide bomber killed at least thirteen people in pakistan city of rawalpindi the explosion was at a military checkpoint near the army headquarters considered to be the city's most secu

the n.s.a. leaks in the. news live from moscow national with me rule research thank you for joining us. from opposition leaders to maintain a truce with riot police have failed to prevent protesters in kiev from building new barricades. on the embattled independence square meanwhile negotiations between the country's president and the protest front set to go on thursday's talks however didn't bring the government and the opposition any closer to a compromise angry mobs refusing to back down and as the fragile truce holds for the time being. looks at what's further fueling the conflict. the violent scenes in ukraine triggered a strong reaction from abroad seems like they so police attacking protesters the brutality the protest is against the police has prompted the head of the e.u. parliament martin scholtz to call for immediate elections in the country while jose manuel barroso the e.u. commission president warned that he was ready to take action if the situation didn't change these type of statements of led

and a session saying he had already be behind bars if you congress with the n.s.a. leaks in the first place. a very good morning to you from all of us here at r.t. international. we did latest world news headlines we begin this hour here with the bombing in cairo at least three people have been killed and dozens wounded in a suspected car bomb blast outside the police headquarters in the center of the capital and this all according to officials and local television explosions severely damaged the front of the building. to the museum of islamic just across the street witnesses have reported gun fire following the bombing attacks on security and police have stepped up since the egyptian military overthrew the regime of president mohamed morsy and of course they launched a crackdown on his supporters last. we'll bring you more on this story as soon as more details come in here on r.t. international. for now here on the program calls from opposition leaders to maintain a truce with the riot police have failed to prevent protesters in kiev from building new barricades and burn

poll by pew research shows that while americans are still divided over the benefits of snowden's n.s.a. leaks when it comes to just young americans ages eighteen to twenty nine years old the majority believe that snowden's leaks served the public's interest reporting from new york. r.t. now on the way disturbing allegations about doctors who break their primary oath of caring for the sick and instead get involved in torture. recently facebook was ablaze with likes and shares about the twenty fourteen no pants subway ride this is a yearly event that has grown in popularity and spread way beyond its native new york to cities across the globe according to fox news a century thousands of people ride the subway in their underwear as if it were a normal day what you're going to say is a prank collective the cause a scenes of chaos and joy in public places yeah i guess this is kind of funny i mean hey i like wackiness but think about the effort and propaganda takes to get thousands of people the world over to simultaneously do something and then with all that effort and all those thousands of partic

something unsuccessful the google did was their brand was damaged potentially irreparably by those n.s.a. leaks that came out so that's something that's going to affect their brand and their bottom line negatively moving forward so the way not only they interact with customers but also governments and the press it's crazy governments got to work on their brand and particularly and i know you very well as always that's over and over you can see all segments featured in today's show on you tube or you tube dot com slash boom bust are we also love hearing from you so please check out our facebook page at facebook dot com slash started from all of us here boom bust thank you for watching c n x time back. if you. got no opportunity. to start to construct your current. you don't want to be bit gives don't want to be gangstas in a lot of. those they don't want that blow with the time that he came to be we can see. just me as i was when i was in the hood. very very well. but i said. i don't want to die i just really do not want to die young young. the most obviously. slightly but. the fact is i admire

something unsuccessful the google did was their brand was damaged potentially irreparably by those n.s.a. leaks that came out so that's something that's going to affect their brand and their bottom line negatively moving forward so the way not only they interact with customers but also governments and the press it's crazy governments got to work on their brand and particularly and i know you very well as always that's all over now but you can see all segments featured in today's show on you tube or you tube dot com slash boom bust archie we also love hearing from you so please check out our facebook page at facebook dot com slash boom bust r t from all of us here boom bust thank you for watching a c n x time but i. got a quote for you. it's pretty tough. if they were it's not a story. it's just this guy like me are about guns that are working for the people most missions the beach. ritual bridegrooms days. of the world. for three to. take a bus back to slow motion housing time bomb ticks away of the british economy over which george osborne presides he says twenty fourteen will be a year of har

between tracking people's porn habits to spy on our next lovers you would think that the n.s.a. leaks couldn't get any weirder revelation from earlier this week shows that the agency is also watching you play angry birds to data mine everything from a user's political affiliation to their sexual orientation great cause i won't be playing candy crush any time soon but with all the flak that the n.s.a. has been getting over the past year it's easy to forget that our neighbor to the north how exactly been a huge advocate for civil liberties either so all the corporate media attention has been soley focused on uncle peeping tom the most recent snowden leaks show that a johnny come knock who's also been sticking his hockey puck or doesn't belong today c.b.c. news reported that canada's own spy agency called the sec used the airport why fight attract travelers movements but the agency didn't stop their second continue tracking individuals long after they left the airport by monitoring when their wireless devices showed up at other wife i hotspots in cities across canada and the u.s. accordi

plus n.s.a. leaks and possible military strikes in syria in two thousand and thirteen were just some of the topics that the obama administration stumbled through our tea takes a look back at the year that was in the beleaguered white house. and raising the minimum wage the measure was approved last year by several states but only two days into this new year one former congressman says raising it actually hurts more than it helps the lower class is that really the case to find out later today show. it's thursday january second it's four pm in washington d.c. i'm sam sax and you're watching r.t. and we begin in iraq which is just coming off its deadliest year since two thousand it according to the united nations mission to baghdad seven thousand eight hundred eighteen civilians were killed in sectarian violence this year alone in iraq at an iraqi security forces deaths in that toll rises to more than eighty eight hundred although the war in that country officially ended in two thousand and eleven the vio

something unsuccessful the google did was their brand was damaged potentially irreparably by those n.s.a. leaks that came out so that's something that's going to affect their brand and their bottom line negatively moving forward so the way not only they interact with customers but also governments and the press it's crazy governments got to work on their branding particularly and i know you very well as always that's all over now but you can see all segments featured in today's show on you tube or you tube dot com slash boom bust our cheek we also love hearing from you so please check out our facebook page at facebook dot com slash boom bust our teeth from all of us here boom bust thank you for watching we'll see you next time back. and. i was a new alert animation scripts scare me a little bit. there is breaking news tonight and we are continuing to follow the breaking news. alexander's family cry tears of the war you and your great things that. you had at the core of what the ground. there's a story sort of movies playing out in real life. the most obviously. but it's their commitment to cove

about and was asked about he was asked whether or not american democracy can recover from these n.s.a. leaks and he responded by saying yes what makes our country strong is our system of values not a snapshot of the structure of our agencies or the framework of our laws we can correct the laws restrain the overreaches of agencies and hold the senior officials responsible for abusive programs to account so a hopeful there by snowden clearly not what you would expect from someone who is allegedly working as a spy trying to take down the united states as certain members of the house and senate intelligence committees have alleged without any proof whatsoever of some very important questions there indeed answered well that was our political commentator sam sachs thanks so much thanks mary. and the national security agency program to collect vast quantities of information about phone calls has been determined illegal this is all according to an independent review done by the privacy and civil liberties oversight board also known as the p c l o b and a two hundred thirty eight page report released

these revelations come from the trove of documents leaked by former n.s.a contractor edward snowden. late today the n.s.a said in a statement,