coming up on r t one day after a white house appointed panel released its report on the n.s.a. r t is sifting through the nitty gritty details of the panel's recommendations will the n.s.a. listen and is it enough to protect your privacy some answers ahead could jamie dimon end up behind bars years after the financial meltdown one report shows how j.p. morgan chase and its c.e.o. violated a federal law that could carry up to twenty years in prison so where's the justice department we'll take a closer look at that story next and amnesty international has released a new report on atrocities in syria detailing inhumane acts by g. hottest groups like torture and murder more on the crisis in syria.

coming up on r t one day after a white house appointed panel released its report on the n.s.a. r t is sifting through the nitty gritty details of the panel's recommendations will the n.s.a. listen and is it enough to protect your privacy some answers ahead could jamie dimon end up behind bars years after the financial meltdown one report shows how j.p. morgan chase and its c.e.o. violated a federal law that could carry up to twenty years in prison so where's the justice department we'll take a closer look at that story next and amnesty international has released a new report on atrocities in syria detailing inhumane acts by g. hottest groups like torture and murder more on the crisis in syria just ahead. it's thursday december nineteenth four pm in washington d.c. i'm meghan lopez and you are watching r.t. well the white house appointed review group on intelligence and communication technologies released a report detailing forty six recommendations for the national security agency to become more effective and more transparent the report was just over three hundred pages long jus

coming up on our t.v. a white house appointed panel has released its report on the n.s.a. r t is sifting through the nitty gritty details of the panel's recommendations will the n.s.a. listen to it and is it enough to protect your privacy some answers ahead and amnesty international has released a new report on atrocities in syria detailing inhumane acts by joe hottest groups like torture and murder more on the crisis in syria coming up. plus hatteras taking aim at shoppers that and major data companies are getting personal personal with your information we'll break it all down for you in our tech report up coming up next welcome to our.

n.s.a.'s surveillance activities r t political commentator sam sachs has more. one of the most consistent criticisms of edward snowden leveled at him by the n.s.a. is top defenders is that it wasn't his job to reveal the n.s.a. secrets that he wasn't elected to make decisions about what should and should not be classified well in his most recent interview published on monday by the washington post edward snowden spoke to that criticism and explain exactly who did elect him to do what he did dianne feinstein elected me when she asked softball questions he said mike rogers elected me when he kept these programs hidden the pfizer court elected me when they decided to legislate from the bench on things that were far beyond the mandate of what the court was ever intended to do the system failed comprehensively and each level of oversight each level of responsibility that should have addressed this abdicated their responsibility to the events of last week that a federal court ruling against businesses bulk phone records collection program the white house's review panel

n.s.a. watch it now at r t dot com. now it may be the time for giving but it's also the time for spending coming out on our team and over there was a test of spirit has taken hold of millions of brits who are said to be saddled with christmas debt for months to come. and a story of riches to rags for the muslim brotherhood just months after holding the reins of power in egypt the group is now not only banned from the country's political life but officially does a designated as terrorists. just over two months to go before the sochi olympics athletes are putting everything of god into training for a chance the gold that service for victory is just as strong on the paralympic contenders i just would you know question of a fall is a story of one to ask that found the loss of his legs was no match for sporting ambition. this is one second family thirty six year old by d.m.c. lukin is the captain of the twenty fourteen russia sledge hockey paralympic team and this training base as his home mortgages are here almost every day

n.s.a. across russia's leadership. are you watching r t international with me. tens of thousands have gathered in the ukrainian capital for a major anti-government protest the opposition call it the last chance and hope for at least a million people to show up. is in kiev. ambiguity over the exact figures but the certainty that thousands still remain in the square behind me despite the bitterly cold conditions and also no uncertainty over the demands issued by the opposition heavyweight boxing world champion vitaly klitschko urging the protest on the protesters to remain peaceful while simle taney asli giving an ultimatum to the government now the ultimatum contained can demands these demands are the release of all price protesters who have been arrested over the course of these demonstrations punishment for those who violently clamp down on the demonstrations last weekend the resignation of president viktor yanukovych and his government and an early election now one opposition leader has even gone as far as to suggest that if those key demands are met within fo

coming up on r t it appears no one is immune from the n.s.a. spying tentacles the latest as a leak revealed to us have to watch a close ally and well known international charities details on these latest revelations ahead and the u.s. lawmakers are demanding the release of a secret cia report detailing torture of detainees after september eleventh this as a british reports shows their own intelligence agencies turned a blind eye to some controversial u.s. practices we'll have information on that coming up and more sanctions on iran that's what a group of senators is calling for despite repeated requests by the obama administration to halt any legislation what's really behind this latest push we'll have that answer for you later in the show. it's friday december twentieth five pm in washington d.c. i mean you're a david and you're watching r t we begin today with a press conference where the president faced a flurry of questions about the n.s.a. after receiving nearly fifty recommendations from a white house appointed committee to reform the n.s

n.s.a. reforms go to youtube dot com slash r t america check out our web site also r t dot com slash usa and you can follow me on twitter at seven sacks we'll be right back here at eight pm thanks for watching. syria in collapse western backed rebels have either been routed or on the run the saudis supported jihad it's now prevailed in rebel held territory civilian population steroids meanwhile assad remains in power with this military intact what's next for syria.

n.s.a.'s mass spying practices details on our website r t v dot com. now it's thought that there are three point five million square metres of on the used office space in paris and yet nearly one hundred and fifty thousand people are homeless the french housing minister has recently called for all vacant buildings to be filled with people in need are just very financial needs some of those forced to call the street their home. a time of seasonal joy cross europe but not for all. these people have nowhere to sleep and nothing to eat if you have reasons to feel festive although some try. to see what happened while you on the street consider mr rob old illinois the system in france is designed so that anybody could be a graduation it's a very big decision on the shoulders people you know they give us coins because they know they could be here one of the back of that is here that the economic decadence is here we are collapsing and no one wants to to have a rise out of this in france europe second largest economy the number of homeless people has increased

r t r two dot com. over the past few months we've learned that the n.s.a. spies on everyone from brazilian oil company executives to german chancellor angela merkel but now a whole new group of people have to worry about being targeted by the spying agency . that's right the newest leaked documents show that the n.s.c. . along with its british counterpart g c h q had been monitoring the in game communications of people playing world of warcraft in second life why cause terrorism yes according to a two thousand and eight document titled exploiting terrorists use of games in virtual environments the n.s.a. calls these virtual playgrounds quote target rich communication networks where terrorists can hide in plain sight but online gaming attracts tens of millions of users worldwide so how could the n.s.a. possibly be monitoring all these communications by forcing their agents to save the world of warcraft by going into the world of warcraft right despite the lack of evidence of these fantasy field terrorist cells the n.s.a. devoted so many resources to this pro

coming up on r t edward snowden speaks again this time it's to the people of brazil the n.s.a. whistleblower has offered to help the nation investigate u.s. surveillance but this time he wants something in return details on that just ahead and in texas the fracking industry is on fire literally homeowners fear the controversial practice is lighting up their drinking water an in-depth look at the boom that we keep leaving locals busted coming up and in pennsylvania a bar of soap can land you in handcuffs two people spent a month in jail after police mistook homemade so for cocaine we talked to the lawyer scrubbing their records clean later in the show.

coming up on r t edward snowden has declared victory in a washington post interview the n.s.a. whistleblower said his mission was accomplished we'll talk details with the reporter who met with snowden next and billion dollar bonuses wall street bankers are pondering how to spend their holiday bonus says one group says it's obvious where all that money should go straight to the people who the banks made homeless we'll tell you more coming up and where do you get your drinking water from odds are you buy it off the shelf we'll take a look at the bottled water industry and how it's cashing in by marking those prices up all of that and more later in the show.

n.s.a. surveillance scandal he was being grilled by a parliamentary committee. you're watching r t live from our moscow studios islands in france thanks for joining me. ukraine's security services are looking into an attempted coup by some of the opposition leaders this as tens of thousands of anti-government protesters gathered on sunday in central kiev for a massive rally the opposition calls on its supporters to stage more protests early in the morning and block more public offices paul scott is following developments in kiev. there's a still ambiguity over the exact figures on this also well no one said to take over the key demands of the opposition as well heavyweight boxing champion batali klitschko taking to the stage behind me and urging the protest and the protesters to remain peaceful was similar tainio slate giving the government an ultimatum but i have to say despite klitschko schools we can pull this evening the mosque men carry nationalistic flocks of up pull down a statue a monumental lenin and smashed it with sledgehammers elsewhere today there are a number of key d

coming up on r t it appears no one is immune from the n.s.a. spying tentacle latest on a day week reveals the u.s. kept watch on a close ally and well known international charities details on the latest revelations that and u.s. lawmakers are demanding the release of a secret cia report detailing torture of detainees after september eleventh this as a british report shows their own intelligence agencies turned a blind eye to some controversial u.s. practices will have information on that coming up and more sanctions on iran that's what a group of senators is calling for despite repeated requests by the obama administration to halt any legislation.

r t r r. live from moscow in a scandal in scandinavia now sweden is revealed to be on the spy game helping the n.s.a. snoop on the russian leadership also. there is a systematic attack. on the christian community in syria religious officials plead for action to protect serious christians were a group of nuns are still being held by rebel forces but. there should be no doubt where the united states stands on america weighs in on ukraine's ongoing crisis supporting the pro e.u. opposition as protesters give president on a code which i'll tomato. i'm ready to pick up any key forty seven and start shooting ukraine's hardline nationalist groups and the claims they're hijacking the country's pro e.u. demonstrations. to center at nine pm is kevin i am with you this very good to have you company this is r.t. international our top story than sweden has been helping america's n.s.a. to spy on russian leaders and provided washington with a list of high profile targets swedish state t.v. sites documents leaked by whistleblower edward snowden the program which revealed the claims called mission investigate its c

r t. let's take a closer look at what snowden exposed about n.s.a. surveillance it's collecting millions of phone records in america every day and it also has access to internet giants like google facebook microsoft and it's harvesting online data around the globe on top of that the security agency's target european citizens and even leaders but at the same time germany and the u.k. along with australia and canada are actually closely collaborating with american intelligence latin american governments and companies are a target for u.s. spies plus the n.s.a. is collecting data from fiber optic cables that carry most of the world's internet and phone traffic before her cia officer ray mcgovern believes those of violating privacy should face justice not the leakers. i am delighted to hear that ed snowden on his desk in honolulu had a copy of the constitution of the united states all dog eared because he used it to argue with his in his campaign there it is say as to whether what they were doing was illegal whether it was constitutional whether it was a

sam sachs r t well in the midst of this report calling into question the n.s.a. surveillance tactics the spy agency is also conducting a blitz of its own santa fe has launched a twitter p.r. page so far it has sent out a total of three tweets its first tweet encourage viewers to tune into and it becomes traversal a sixty minutes report that media critics claim amounted to a p.r. job for the agency the other two tweets linked upon tasks on lawfare where a reporter interviewed the n.s.a. director of compliance john de long and the n.s.a. general counsel raj s.g. to talk about the recent report on the n.s.a. i was joined earlier by cass sunstein a professor of law at harvard. i've been paying more attention to the substance of the report to as and. to the feedback seems to be people's reactions are generally very positive which is gratifying so what was the most shocking practice that you discovered that the n.s.a. was telling. we didn't discover any shocking practices so our goal was to think about principles that are going to be helpful for the future and one thin

coming up on r t edward snowden speaks again this time it's to the people of brazil the n.s.a. whistleblower has offered to help the nation investigate u.s. surveillance but this time he wants something in return details on that just ahead and in texas the fracking industry is on fire literally homeowners fear the controversial practice is lighting up their drinking water an in-depth look at the boom that we leaving locals busted coming up and in pennsylvania a bar of soap can land you in handcuffs two people spent a month in jail after police mistook homemade so for cocaine we talked to the lawyer scrubbing their records clean later in the show. it's tuesday december seventeenth four pm in washington d.c. i'm lynn neary david and you're watching. and we begin today with an open letter that edward snowden has written to the people of brazil now in the letter which was published today in brazil's full han newspaper snowden said he'd be willing to help brazil investigate and i say spying on its soil but could not fully participate in doing so without being granted political asylu

coming up on r t edward snowden speaks again this time it's to the people of brazil the n.s.a. whistleblower has offered to help the nation investigate u.s. surveillance but this time he wants something in return details on that just ahead and in texas the fracking industry is on fire literally homeowners fear the controversial practice is lighting up their drinking water and in depth look at the boom that's leaving locals busted coming up. and in pennsylvania a bar of soap can land you in handcuffs two people spent a month in jail after police mistook homemade soap for cocaine we talked to the lawyer scrubbing their records clean later in the show. it's tuesday december seventeenth in washington d.c. i'm here at david and you're watching our team we begin tonight with breaking news at least two people a gunman and another person have been killed in a shooting today at a hospital in reno nevada that's all according to the reno police department the gunfire occurred this afternoon at the renown medical center and according to the city's communications center the shooter went to

coming up on r t a federal court ruling delivered a blow to the u.s. surveillance judge found that the n.s.a. is tracking a phone data is likely to be unconstitutional the latest on this new development coming up the transfer of to guantanamo bay detainees to saudi arabia has given new hope for the detention camps closure with the obama administration pushing forward on the transfer of more detainees or is this the end of get no more on that ahead in mexico politicians and the public rise in protest against an energy bill critics fear it will allow foreign companies to plunder the nation's oil resources and help the u.s. dominate mexico's oil and update on this growing opposition later in the show.

i'm not going lopez and you are watching r t well it was the thread that unraveled the undercover world of n.s.a. surveillance in light of the leaks by former contractor edward snowden eight major u.s. tech firms have written an open letter to president obama pushing for more restrictions on government surveillance as well as a more open internet the letter reads the balance in many countries has tipped too far in favor of the state and away from the rights of the individual rights that are in trying to our constitution this undermines the freedoms we all cherish it's time for a change a oh well apple facebook google linked in microsoft twitter and we all who signed the letter and created a website listing five areas for improvement meanwhile more revelations are out this week about the government agencies and what they are doing with their surveillance tools for more on that though we turn to sam sachs. this may look like your typical battle between alliance and horde members in the virtual world of warcraft but to the n.s.a. this could also be a secret terrorist gathering today pro publica rep

or let's get into it here on r t i was promised the issue of a pardon for snowden taking center stage edward snowden the former n.s.a. whistleblower he's going to be the hot topic for debate in crosstalk coming your way in a. the parliament of yemen has put forward a motion to ban drone attacks in the country the motion is now awaiting approval by the president and it's probably impossible to enforce unless they could build a really big net or something isn't it strange that now after years of drone strikes in their country the parliament just wakes up to the fact their systems are getting blown up from the sky to be fair yemen doesn't have a ton of cash and i could see how having the well equipped and funded us military take care of the al qaeda problem for them for free could be really entice and i mean it must be scary to be a politician with lots of power hungry terrorists about this would be the first time in history that a stronger foreign power fought a weaker states battles for them but the problem is that according to the huffington post a former u.s. state department official in yemen says that every year

coming up on r t a federal court ruling delivered a blow against u.s. surveillance a judge found that the n.s.a. is tracking of phone data is likely to be unconstitutional the latest on this new development just ahead the transfer of to guantanamo bay detainees to saudi arabia may rise hopes for the attention camps closure with phil bomb administration pushing forward on the transfer of more detainees is this the end of get mo more on that coming up in mexico politicians and the public riots and protests against an energy bill critics fear that it will allow foreign companies to plunder the nation's oil resources and help the u.s. dominate mexico's oil and update on this growing opposition later in the show. it's monday december sixteenth four pm in washington d.c. i'm meghan lopez and you are watching r.t. well starting off as our a landmark ruling could pave the way for more regulations of the national security agency u.s. district court judge richard leon ruled that the n.s.a. is spying program violates the fourth amendment probation on unreasonable searches and seizures the decision says qu

r t v dot com. live. in scandinavia now sweden is revealed to be on the spy game helping the n.s.a. the russian leadership also. says. religious officials played for action to protect serious christians were a group of nuns are still being held by rebel forces. where the united states stands america weighs in on ukraine's ongoing crisis supporting the pro e.u. opposition is protesting president code which. i'm ready to pick up any key forty seven. nationalist groups on the claims the hijacking the country's pro e u.

n.s.a. you can watch it now at r.t. dot com. maybe the time for giving but it's also the time for spending coming up on r t an overdose of spirit has taken hold of millions of brits who are said to be saddled with christmas debt for months to come. but just over two months to go before the sochi olympics athletes are putting everything they've got into training for a chance at gold that thirst for victory is just as strong among the paralympic contenders are demanding a question of a follows the story of one athlete who found the loss of his legs was no match for sporting ambition. this is my second family thirty six year old by d.m.c. lukin is the captain of the twenty fourteen russia sledge hockey paralympic team and this training base as his home which is here almost every day at this training base morning till night training and while the games are just around the corner the athletes are training even harder than africa well most of your every day is the say we get up we have breakfast and we train on the days that we have a game to play we arrive at the stadium an alibi for we spend some time to get ready and then we go an

coming up on r t a new leak from edward snowden reveals more about the n.s.a. surveillance program u.s. agency is tracking billions of cell phones around the globe a day tell you more just ahead. and in california police officers face charges over the death of a local homeless man video shows kelly thomas being beaten in taiz by the officers before his death an update on this case and a look at police brutality here in the u.s. ahead. at the air force academy in colorado contents take a pledge to never lie but investigative journalist says he's uncovered information that some recruits are asked to not only lie but also spied on classmates professors and commanders we'll speak to that journalist coming up. it's wednesday december fourth five pm in washington d.c. i'm sam sax and you're watching our team and we begin with a developing story today as yet another n.s.a. bulk data collection program has been revealed based on interviews and documents obtained from edward snowden the washington post reports that the n.s.a. is tracking cell phone locations all around

r t political commentator sam sachs has more. now there are a few interesting takeaways from the washington post report of the week that the cia and the n.s.a. are covertly assisting the colombian government and its fight against fark rebels now it was just this month that the president of colombia juan manuel santos was at the white house meeting with president obama you see this is a relationship that's very important to the white house and in particular president obama's agenda of boosting u.s. exports from two thousand and nine to two thousand and twelve exports to colombia have steadily increased and they're expected to further increase this year also colombia is second only to mexico and the amount of arms and equipment the u.s. has shipped to central and south american countries since two thousand and six so clearly a colombia not in the midst of rebellion is pretty good for the u.s. economy but what's good economically may not be illegal that's a question the white house wrestled with internally is he guilty of carrying out assassinations by helping the colombian government target and kill suspected fark leaders will ultimately they

n.s.a. spying programs although that will likely take a few years and that will do it for now more of the stories we covered go to youtube dot com forward slash r t america check out our web site r t v dot com forward slash your site a you can look at all the big stories from twenty thirteen and you can follow me on twitter at sam sachs we'll be back with more news at five pm thanks for watching. i've got a quote for you. that's pretty tough. stay with sob story. but if this guy like you would smear that guy stead of working for the people most issues the mainstream media are working for each other right right just as you don't find. a good brother. wealthy british style. time to write. market why not come to. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike's cause or for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune in to kaiser report on our. world including. science technology innovation all the news developments from around russia we've got the future of covered. does use it this scope of this to go on you go it absolutely one time ago to. move move move you to. the. people who challenged. you would want a mem

r t major tech companies like google and facebook are demanding restrictions on u.s. government surveillance programs but while tech titans take on government giants it looks like the n.s.a. is dabbling in fantasy spying on world of warcraft players details that the bureau of alcohol tobacco and firearms is targeting and is the target of an investigation this month news reports reveal agents took advantage of mentally disabled men for sting operations only to have them face jail time after work we'll tell you more about this of the use of practice coming up and u.s. soldiers return from war to enter a new field of battle as the veterans administration continues to prescribe pain killers vets are getting hooked on the.

n.s.a. snooping on them. at will be bringing you more updates from the conference here on our team. but i had in a program here in the international toxic imitation experts tell r t britain has become an international line help for selling and consuming the legal equivalent of class a drugs that could actually be just as harmful as the originals. and former russian oligarch meal how to calm me out of prison but some of those who remember how you spoiled company fought its way to the top say it left plenty of victims along the way we'll talk to the widow of one of them in just a few minutes. jamie diamond is a guy who's begging to be euthanized and i think as a country is a world we should get together and answer his wish he wants to become one with his maker he says look i broke the law please arrest me i want to go to jail and be abused by hundreds of thousands of inmates and some on godly way that's my goal in life i'm tired of being free put me in prison i beg you so he breaks more and more laws but unfortunately the law breaking becomes the basis of the g.d.p. for a country of qatar pursued like america and they can't put him in jail because they need him out

n.s.a. revelations this year perhaps a little alcohol diplomacy or alcohol therapy is what's really needed and that does it for now for more of the stories we covered go to youtube dot com slash r t america or check out our web site r t v dot com slash usa you can follow me on twitter at sam sachs and don't forget to tune in at nine pm for larry king now tonight's guest is the actor misha collins one of the stars of the c.w. t.v. series supernatural we'll talk about the show's cult following share stories on what happen to be on the scenes and much much war you don't want to miss it till then take it easy. look if it was a problem very hard to make a plan to get along here a lot of that had sat with her great care playing little. ole boy. lived the american . play. well i'm. a. hello there i'm marinated this is boom bust in here the stories we're tracking for you today. first up where have all the banks gone well according to statistics from the f.d.i.c the way the dinosaur will tell you about it coming right up and also a columnist and former treasury secretary paul craig roberts joins me today to discuss all things bad policy related and later on as is and i discussed high net