n.s.a. whistleblower edward snowden is reportedly asking russian authorities for more protection and mounting death threats. he want unity to national coming to you live from moscow with me marina welcome now ukraine opposition from member tally could go has negotiated a temporary truce with authorities until eight pm local time it's reported the break will be used for further talks with the country's leadership meanwhile riot police have now put out the burning barricades in the center of kiev that remain a blaze over night well let's now take a look here at exactly where the ongoing turmoil has been taking place this as you can see on the map is european square a forefront of the unrest and this is where the tires were satellite and that's where our correspondent peter oliver was earlier and some of the fiercest clashes have taken place round nearby government buildings and specifically at the. street here and where that's where a security operation pushed out some of the more radical protesters the deaths of two of them have been confirmed both reportedly out of bullet wounds forty however

n.s.a. whistleblower edward snowden to reporters asking russian authorities for more protection amid mounting death threats. it is thursday morning here in moscow international. world headlines leaders over ukrainian opposition of cold on protesters in kiev to refrain from violence however the city's and battle center remained a blaze overnight let's show you these are live pictures now of the burning barricades defining the police and rioters with thick black smoke also covering the city right now i just i am in the morning let's get this report here from correspondent peter all of. there is a standoff again between riot is and riot police there's a line of fire a wall of fire separating the two that's being set alight by the by the riots is burning tires and sick black acrid smoke separating the two sides there's a steady stream of people moving from independence square over to where the flash point is currently is currently and what we're seeing is those people are coming they're carrying a lot of of rudimentary weapons some have held it some with homemade body armor we've seen them carryi

n.s.a. whistleblower edward snowden reportedly being russian authorities for more protection amid mounting death threats. news a live from moscow it's on t. international with me rule received welcome to the program today leaders of the ukrainian opposition have called on protesters in kiev to refrain from violence however the cities and battle centers remained a blaze overnight let's cross live now to peter all of us who has been in the thick of it for quite some time now good to see you peter so we've been watching the live pictures old light all morning here on our international the barricades apparently still on fire what can you tell us. well currently where i am right now i'm overlooking independence square where the speakers are continuing to deliver their rhetoric from the stage just as you might be able to hear that over the top of of me talking now we have seen a a distinct decrease in the amount of people on the streets on thursday compared to wednesday now that's because wednesday was a public holiday it allowed more people to come out but what those people have left that were here y

n.s.a. whistleblower edward snowden reportedly asking russia. protection amid mounting death threats. from moscow its aussie international with me rule research we've got your top headlines for this hour. leaders of the ukrainian opposition have called on protesters in kiev to refrain from violence over the city's embattled remains a blaze overnight these are live pictures we're showing for you right now in fact it's proximately eleven am there in the ukrainian capital the latest report from there with correspondent peter on. looking independent square where the speakers are continuing to deliver their rhetoric from the stage just as you might be able to hear that over the top of of me talking now we have seen a a distinct decrease in the amount of people on the streets on thursday compared to wednesday now that's because wednesday was a public holiday it allowed more people to come out but what those people have left that were here yesterday that were here on wednesday well they've left more barricades better built barricades and certainly far more secure barricades and i'm about two

n.s.a. whistleblower edward snowden reportedly being russian authorities for more protection amid mounting death threats. your top headlines for this hour international with me rule re sushi live in moscow where it's now a fairly mild minus seventeen degrees celsius the leaders of the ukrainian opposition have called on protesters in kiev to refrain from violence over the city's embattled has remained a blaze overnight live pictures for you here right now the boning barricades right as you can see there dividing the police and rioters with thick black smoke also mothering the city report here on our international with correspondent peter all of a. there is a standoff again between rioters and riot police there's a line of fire a wall of fire separating the two that's been set alight by the by the riots is burning tires and sick black acrid smoke separating the two sides there's a steady stream of people moving from independence square over to where the flash point is currently is currently and what we're seeing is those people are coming they're carrying a lot of of rudimentary weapons some have

n.s.a. whistleblower edward snowden reportedly. protection amid mounting death threats.

n.s.a. whistleblower edward snowden is reportedly asking russian authorities for more protection and mounting death threats. he wants an hour to international coming to you live from moscow with me marina welcome now ukraine.

n.s.a. whistleblower edward snowden he now has a new job the former cia employee joins the journalists glenn greenwald and his fellow whistleblowers on the board of the freedom of the press foundation read the full story on our website. and a fishing net company is tasked with developing a remedy for space junk war on the revolutionary plans for a clean up in orbit at r.t. dot com. right from the scene. of the. first street to you and i think that you're. on our reporters' twitter. and instagram. to be in the know. a time of economic unease and deep welfare cuts british politicians have been holding back when it comes to immortalize and their colleagues on canvas and sculpture leaving taxpayers to pick up the tab artist polly boyko has the details. they say a picture is worth a thousand words but in the case of the u.k. parliament it's more like a quarter of a million pounds it's been revealed that since ninety ninety five m.p.'s have splurged two hundred and fifty thousand pounds on commissioning portraits of fellow parliamentarians to adorn the walls of the houses of parliament behind me t

n.s.a. whistleblower edward snowden and some suggest three hundred years of press freedom is under threat or he's norsemen investigates the world association of news. isn't an organization everyone's heard of but if you live under a government that violates press freedoms it's likely they will have to investigate . now they've sent out another delegation but not to a war torn failed state. it's come here 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. the paper face. and the threats of legal we've always as an organization. all over the world always concerned about a situation in the nature of democracy like u.k. where they can be potentially a risk to. creating an exceptional case of interference between. the freedom of the press but if you since june. speaking. turns to believe it's decreed by france the future of professional journalism it's a big concern about. the general trend which could affect actually be. the rights of citizens that's n

whistleblowers were about here in russia are kept secret marine organize details of the vindictive hunt for the former n.s.a. contractor. despite his temporary residency in russia it's fair to assume that n.s.a. whistleblower edward snowden follows what's reported about him throughout the world however it's the recent death threats and robberies descriptive ones published in the us media that is causing the thirty year old to request extra security and protection from russian law enforcement the website but speed quoted an anonymous u.s. intelligence officer describing how he would have assassinated snowden if he had the chance another unnamed pentagon official has been quoted saying he would have simply love to put a bullet in snowden's head work he not restricted from killing an american snowden's lawyer says the former contractor is constantly accompanied by private guards but that may no longer be enough to ensure his security. we clearly understand that there is a serious danger for the life and health with edward snowden and n.s.a. intelligence officer says that it's easy to imagine a situation where he walks around for example after doing his groceries and he accidentally bumps into someone then he suddenly. goes

n.s.a. whistleblower edward snowden takes part in a live q. and a lots of people ask their burning questions to snowden including a question about his reaction to president obama's n.s.a. speech we'll take a look at his response just ahead and the capital of ukraine has seen countless clashes between protesters and riot police now a ten cease fire has been declared while opposition leaders negotiate with the government the latest from ukraine coming up and the syrian peace talks have just wrapped a day to win switzerland but with the two sides warring over assad's power in the country will the syrian government and rebels even be able to come to an agreement we'll bring you more from switzerland later in the show.

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 about the situation especially in the unmeasured democracy like u.k. we set an example to the rest of the wo

n.s.a. whistleblower edward snowden you now has a new job. former cia louie joins the journalist glenn greenwald and his fellow whistleblowers on the board of the freedom of the press foundation read a full story on our web site r t v dot com. and a fishing net company is tasked with developing a remedy for space junk more of the revolutionary plans for a clean up in orbit at our team dot com. right from the scene. first for you and i think that you're. on our reporters twitter. and instagram. to be in the know what. now u.k. finance chief george osborne has issued a stark warning to the e.u. saying it needs urgent reforms to regain its competitiveness and britain could leave the bloc if it fails to do so let's get some details from march's laura smith who is in london for us so long as we can see is some very strong words from chancellor what has prompted this well i think the why it's pretty easily summed up by an analogy that george osborne used to the beginning of his speech on wednesday where he said europe's like a burning building with

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n.s.a. whistleblower edward snowden. to me he's a hero larry because he caught our government breaking the law in violating the constitution it took great courage to put himself on the line and make there's wrong doing no one to the american people and we have every right to know what we have the right to know when our government violates our constitution and our bill of rights and that's what makes him a hero because of the courage he showed in bringing it if if snowden doesn't do that we're still all under surveillance and it's business as usual can anybody sit here and tell me that it's a good idea to have all americans put under surveillance they treat us like we're all potential terrorists and what we're for getting larry is the main thing they work for us we're the boss. so don't forget to tune in at nine pm for that and much more here on r.t. america and the bus is coming up next here on r.t. aaron a joins us for a quick preview erin what can we look forward to today thank you america coming up on boom bust we're

n.s.a. whistleblower edward snowden i think like most people i'm a bit torn on the one that i think the information on the medium in the war. will be of value to society we stand a chance of being a better country because this information gets out in the short run i'm going to do the organises listen the country needs to be able to keep some secrets so much as who in our brothers is has contacts in pakistan and other places expose and enjoys difficult to know that i think he's neither a hero nor a villain i think those who say bring him back to this country let him stand trial that's fine but it quickly gives him the question if you're going to put him on trial what about the head of the g.s.a. . the n.s.a. who didn't go to congress. so don't forget to tune in at nine pm for that and much more and tonight's politicking right here on our team. and this morning the senate finance committee held a hearing about the so-called fast track authority which would allow trade deals to pass through congress with a simple yes or no vote rather than letting legislators add or take away from the deal this fast t

n.s.a. whistleblower edward snowden the u.s. president would not have been forced to make the speech that he made today and according to information that we're getting in part from wiki leaks edward snowden is preparing to respond to president obama's speech sometime next week yeah that's the rub exactly what you're saying that if it wasn't for edward snowden this wouldn't have happened in the last few would it we had. a former f.b.i. agent just noted whistle blow she said she saw this is baby steps made today but some progress nonetheless however what about a total moment was that really atonement for what had gone on here he did say that the other side overstepped the mark but what about that apology to all those people that have been needlessly spotted on what was. it wasn't i didn't sense from the tone of obama's speech very lengthy speech that was any apologies made as a matter of fact he said the u.s. will not make any apologies for continuing its surveillance practices overseas he did say that spying on foreign friends an

n.s.a. whistleblower edward snowden takes part in a live q. and a lots of people asked their burning questions to snowden including a question about his reaction to president obama's n.s.a. speech we'll take a look at his response just ahead and the capital of ukraine has seen countless clashing between protesters and riot police now a tense cease fire has been declared while opposition leaders negotiate with the government the latest from ukraine coming up. and the syrian peace talks have just wrapped david two in switzerland but with the two sides warring over assad's power in the country will the syrian government and rebels even be able to come to an agreement in geneva bring you more from switzerland later in the show. it's thursday january twenty third four pm in washington d.c. i mean you're a david and you're watching r t. and we begin today with breaking news with a special q. and a chat conducted by former government contractor edward snowden today snowden gave a number of curious people out there the chance to have a conversation wit

n.s.a. whistleblower edward snowden. earlier this morning and marie slaughter used to work as the state department's director of policy planning said on twitter that she agrees with the new york times. slaughter was of course referencing a new york times editorial board opinion piece published on wednesday that called on the obama administration to either pardon snowden or offer him a plea bargain at a tauriel argued that because of the enormous value of the information he has revealed in the abuses he has exposed mr snowden deserves better than a life of permanent exile fear and flight it is time for the united states to offer mr snowden a plea bargain or some form of clemency that would allow him to return home that's an editorial also said that in respect in retrospect mr snowden was clearly justified in believing that the only way to blow the whistle on this kind of intelligence gathering was to expose it to the public and let the resulting fear or do the work is superiors would not. a similar editorial published in

n.s.a. after whistleblower edward snowden revealed to us all just how far it has gone into our private lives but expectations of any fundamental change are pretty low as are two same sex reports from washington. today president obama heads to the department of justice just a few blocks from here and he'll deliver a speech on n.s.a. reforms specifically what he supports from the forty six recommendations his own review panel put forward a few weeks ago the president is expected to devote a large portion of his speech to the privacy concerns of non-u.s. citizens and businesses basically trying to assure foreign consumers that their privacy will be protected when they communicate using american tech companies like google and yahoo now you may remember when it was disclosed that allied world leaders like brazilian president dilma rousseff were spied on by the n.s.a. the president was quick to order a review of that program but the president has not shown the same concern for tens of millions of non u.s. citizens in germany and brazil and france who are also being spied on so there's a high likel

n.s.a. contractor edward snowden comes forward as the source of the recent n.s.a. stories he's left the united states and is in hong kong he says he's a whistleblower and he's handed over his trove of evidence to journalists the public needs to decide whether these programs and policies are right or wrong snowden is later forced to hide out in russia as over the next six months the world's newspapers begin publishing the n.s.a.'s and g.c.a. chuse most closely guarded secrets dragnet surveillance on entire foreign populations targeted surveillance on diplomats and world leaders including key allies the black budget of the u.s. intelligence agencies the deliberate tapping of under seize fiber optic cables a commitment to breaking in corruption standards we also learned that the n.s.a. has secretly hacked into google and yahoo is data links barton gellman calls this the most explosive story and it's a was breaking into the data links the private cleone the links between for example to google data centers this one in finland and one in. and they are intercepting the data as it crosses there and they're intercepting that in very large numbers to collecting for example

n.s.a. spying operation revelations about the agency's unconstitutional global surveillance have snowballed and launch whistleblower edward snowden onto the forefront of every news outlet on the planet now less than a week since obama's speech addressing the n.s.a.'s most controversial policies self took to the internet today for a live q. and a instead of mainstream coverage of one of the biggest whistleblowers in u.s. history actually answering questions on his first virtual press conference bieber fever has been infecting the airwaves yet again. i wanted to read this for you but it is so filled with expletives that i'm going to have to just edit fly ok so i'm going to edit on the fly because the police officer who were spawn did. said that is just right for the f. bombs part of it is why did you stop me why the f. are you doing this what the f. did i do i ain't got no f. and weapons why the f. . i think that's what the f. are you doing i think we just got the most shot in of justin bieber at the miami well i wouldn't be smiling if i were you young justin drew bieber. so all t.v. anchors were busy trying to edit curse words by