storage that spent fuel needs to be removed quickly and would provide an excellent platform for ongoing r & d to better understand how storage systems how currently in use at both commercial and d.o.e. sites perform over time. we support the efforts of senator feinstein and alexander with their proposed legislation regarding a pilot storage program for high level nuclear waste and spent nuclear fuel as it incorporates several key recommendations of the blue ribbon commission and is a positive step toward the goal of creating integrated waste management program in the united states. our letter of support dated april 23rd, 2012, will be submitted for the record. sixth is prompt efforts to prepare for the large scale transport of spent fuel and high-level waste. to consolidated storage and disposal facilities when such facilities become available. the current system of standards and regulations governing the transport of spent fuel and other nuclear materials appears to have functioned well. and the safety record of past shipments of these types of materials is excellent, particularly with r

move for his part, for the department and the republican to step aside if he is part of an ongoing investigation r. >> the letter goes on to sayize step down from the cabinet, dr. blank will continue toself as acting secretary. as you know, she provided very capable leadership in this role last year and i ever confidence on her watch going food, the commerce department will continue to fulfill its mission with excellence. michael, are you reading between the lines here on something else? >> i think david hit it on the head i will give the benefit of the doubt to the secretary in terms of having a seizure, being taken behind the wheel maybe disor yenltd, left the scene. all that will be investigated. let's wait to find out what the facts are here. number one. number two, the secretary blank who will finish out the job will, you know, begin to, you know have to pick up the mantle for the administration in terms of what happens for this campaign season and we will see whether that goes. but right now, i wish the secretary well because, you know, there's still more questions than answers at this point

ongoing conflict. live from moscow this is r t the german parliament has approved the e.u.'s massive five hundred billion bailout fund down to ratify the new fiscal compact last night which limits spending deficit and that's as chancellor angela merkel finds herself on the back foot strongly rejecting notions that she somehow capitulated to the financial demands of southern european nations that criticism is especially loud in germany where many see the new bank bailout program as simply too much and the mechanism that would allow brussels to bail out banks and using taxpayer money without even consulting governments but merkel says she surrendered nothing and that any bank rescue would come with harsh strings attached jack russell most a professor of political economy at us and mary's college in california says he's skeptical of these so-called breakthroughs. you can bail out the banks but that's no guarantee you're going to get economic growth which is what you must have. in the longer run and what i see when the brussels in this growth package is it's very much tokenism a

ongoing talks here in moscow. one pm in the russian gavel you're watching r t with me welcome to the program president vladimir putin and barack obama have pledged commitment to solving syria diplomatically and preventing civil war there the deadlock in the middle east was just one issue of the two halves discussed on the sidelines of the g twenty summit in mexico is there for r.t. . of the two leaders lasted around two hours and that's a lot for a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of a summit the range of issues on their table was huge the leaders came out with a joint statement on syria they both agree that syrian people should decide their own fate and that a political not military process is needed to prevent a civil war that's what russia has been saying all along as was pointed out by president putin he saw common grounds in their approach on syria it might sound surprising to many because the rather break so far between russia and the u.s. has been very tense on syria with the two countries accusing each other of stoking violence there on iran's the leaders came up with a very general statement to and that i

ongoing talks here in moscow. around the world around the clock this is r t live from moscow with me role research presidents of lot of made putin barack obama pledged commitment to solving syria diplomatically and hopefully preventing a civil war but the deadlock in the middle east was just one issue the two heads discussed on the sidelines of the g. twenty summit in mexico there reporting that for us he of course is our correspondent guy in h. can the meeting of the two leaders lasted around two hours and that's a lot more a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of a summit the range of issues on their table with huge leaders came out with a joint statement on syria they both agree that syrian people should decide their own fate then that a political not military process is needed to prevent a civil war that's what russia has been so. all along as was pointed out by president clinton he sought common ground in their approach on syria it might sound surprising to many because the rather break so far between russia and the u.s. has been very tense on syria with the two countries accusing each other of stoking violence

revolutions in jeopardy are boycotting the ongoing presidential poll after the military claimed all branches of power for itself. in the russian capital you're watching r t i'm marina josh welcome to the program how grades are facing a tough choice the sunday which could ultimately spell out their future in the euro zone a parties are running for seats in parliament but in reality people are left with a simple choice whether to stick with suffocating a stereo or ditch the euro zone's bailout deal and go it alone argues jacob grieves has the latest from athens. we're talking about two potential leaders here on the right we have bats of new democracy these represent the status quo they have run and been in power before alongside the coalition with pasok party now they represent austerity something they have implemented as backed by the e.u. i.m.f. and euro zone troika their popularity is really waned recently there has been a public backlash because of course as the stairs he's got hand in hand with the sheer rise in unemployment it's also seen since two thousand and eight a stalling a retraction of the contrary by about twenty percent new democracy thei

union on this situation for you and you know parts of 16th, 17th and r streets in southeast are closed while this situation is ongoing>> we'll bring you up to date as soon as we get more. >>> thank as lot for starting your day with us. i'm mike hydeck. >>> i'm andrea roane. meteorologist howard bernstein is live on the weather terrace with our forecast. he still has his jacket on this early morning hour. >>> it won't happen much longer if we're going to be outside. it's steamy. temperatures way up. it's going to abcouple of tough -- to be a couple of tough days. we'll show you a picture from tysons corner looking east. that hazy sky. some of that low level moisture. 93 by noon. highs today mid- to upper 90s with a heat advisory from noon to 10:00 and a drive home temperature of 96. it will feel like 100 to 105. a touch of fog in gaithersburg, manassas, stafford, out toward harrisonburg as well. that shouldn't be around too much longer as temperatures this morning start in a few spots in the 60s but most of us now low to even mid-70s. we're going well up in the 90s. monika samtani, it is 6:30. how is it looking out th

. >> madeleine and ber berkes r, we'll talk to you inagain. >> more on this massive ongoing law enforcementing place this afternoon. a law enforcement source tells cnbc this was a sting operation set up by the fbi to grab cyb - cyber-hacker information. the way they did that apparently was by setting up a website called carter profit, www.carderprofit.cc. this website became sort of a central clearinghouse where hackers could trade stolen credit card and banking information of victims. we are told this operation by the fbi this afternoon has prevented a loss of over 100 million and there were hundreds of thousands of accounts compromised in the course of all this. it was the fbi all along maintaining that website. carder is hacker slang for somebody who steals credit card information. if you go on that website, what you will see is this, the lo goes of the fbi and department of justice and a sign saying this site has been removed by the federal bureau of investigation in connection with lore action. so the sting operation clearly seeming to be a law enforcement success as of right now, bria

to developments in syria logon to our web site r t dot com also don't forget to check out our correspondents twitter feeds for all the latest on the ongoing conflict. if you to. come. to. russia would be so much brighter if you move about song from funds to impressions. dot com. wealthy british scientists are some expert on the time. market why not come to. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike stronger for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune in to kaiser report on. the german parliament has approved a use massive five hundred billion bailout fund and ratified the new fiscal compact last night which limits spending deficits that as chancellor angela merkel finds itself on the back foot strongly rejecting notions that she somehow capitulated to the financial demands of southern european nations that criticism especially loud in germany where many see the e.u. use new bank bailout program as too much a mechanism would allow brussels to buy it up by its. new tax payer money without consulting government concessions to read nothing and that any bank rescue would come with harsh strings atta

in jeopardy and are boycotting the ongoing presidential poll after the military claimed all branches of our for itself. eleven am in the russian capital you're watching r t on marina joshie welcome to the program greeks are facing a tough choice the sunday which could ultimately spell out their future in the eurozone eight parties are running for seats in parliament but in reality people are left with a simple choice whether to stick with suffocating a stereo or ditch the euro zone's bailout deal and go it alone artist jacob reeves has the latest from athens. we're talking about two potential leaders here all the rights we have that's of new democracy these represent the status quo they have run and been in power before long saw the coalition with pasok party now they represent austerity that popularity has really waned recently there has been a public backlash because force is a stare she has gone hand in hand with the sheer rise in unemployment has also seen since two thousand and eight stuhlinger attraction of the call me by about twenty per cent the new democracy the mainstay argument of the moment is that they need to stay within the euro zone bec

to developments in syria log on to our web site r t dot com also don't forget to check out our correspondents twitter feeds for all the latest on the ongoing conflict. is. join us and will remain with doron embassy in london until a decision on his asylum bed has made his that he's staying put after the five british police demand to turn himself and to face extradition procedures assad is trying to escape being handed over to sweden claiming the u.s. will get its hands on him once he is there fears that retired cia officer ray mcgovern says are quite justified. in our country there is no law against publishing secrets it's pretty clear that there's going to die print ready for him to be tried under the very draconian s.b. and i check it was used to identify german spies and that kind of thing one of the penalties is killing so all they have to do is lean really hard on the swedes and make sure that the swedes do what they did in two thousand and one and that was to hand over to applicants for asylum to the tender mercies of the police to be tortured in our rendition program so the swedes are anything but neutral they can be depended to do

r t v dot com. live from moscow this is getting but what about top stories here that have the ongoing crisis in syria as we're talking to you now there is a crisis conference ongoing in geneva with the international powers sitting around a table trying to discuss some sort of diplomatic solution to the ongoing conflict there let's get some more on this now across life to a lot of work a member of the london based syria social club think tank joining us here live. thank you for coming on the program it's good to see you today in his latest interview president assad said syria will not accept any outside solution to its crisis so is there any point in having this international meeting about syria in geneva. well yes there is because at the end of the day although it is an internal problem actually what is making it more far more complicated is the international complications every single nation the fault of this as an opportunity to stick their nose into this and try to get the best outcome that would suit their interest and i'm talking here about regional players international players and so on so it

developments in syria can always log on to our web site r t don't come don't forget to check out our correspondents to defeat as well for all the latest on the ongoing conflict and the assessment of course of that conference in geneva. the german parliament approved the use massive five hundred billion bailout fund and ratified the new fiscal compact last night which limits spending deficits that of the chancellor angela merkel finds itself on the back foot strongly rejecting notions that she somehow capitulated to the financial demands of southern european nations that criticism is especially loud in germany where many see the e.u.'s new bank bailout programs too much and mechanism would allow brussels to paying out banks using a u. taxpayer money without consulting governments but not all says she surrendered nothing and that any bank rescue would come with harsh strings attached dotage rasmus professor of political economy at some mary's college in california says he is skeptical of these so-called breakthroughs you can bail out the banks but that's no guarantee you're going to get economic growth which is what you must have in in the longer run

r t v dot com you. can see. the city. below in welcome across talking to people about asteroid decade of wars and an ongoing global financial crisis particularly in the eurozone just how attractive is the west when it comes to soft power is the west specifically the u.s. losing its ability to influence others through weak sample and the power of ideas and values the same. system the celebs. rostock soft power i'm joined by craig hayden in washington he's an assistant professor in. the international communications program at american university school of international service also in washington we have ivan eland he is a senior fellow and director of the center on peace and liberty at the independent institute and in london we crossed to jonathan mcclory he is a strategy adviser edwin creative all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want anyone if i go to you first in washington what is the state of america's soft power today ok a lot of people think it was the us to go real battering under the bush years and now we've had four years of obama what is this what is america's brand v

r t. the syrian president has called on his newly sworn in ministers to do everything in their power to win what he called an ongoing war but shahrazad appeal follows a daring rebel assault on the outskirts of damascus while international efforts to and the conflict are being stepped up the reason ashleigh is in the syrian capital with the latest. this is the strongest statement from president bashar al assad since the uprising began sixteen months ago and i have to say that things that are indeed dramatic here on the ground the conflict is definitely escalate to a halt i'm old and one hundred people have reportedly been dead in the last in just the last twenty four hours and earlier on tuesday the rebels attacked the president's elite republican guard just a few kilometers from the mask assented and in the night before president bashar assad's speech before a new cabinet we've been hearing the sounds of heavy explosions and tense shelling and opposition activist to have laid to colditz in the poorest day of clashes between the rebels and government all forces say this is the uprising began last march the government

ongoing savings, reductions would still allow an increase of $5.2 million, 6% of the budget. on a general fund redemptions. 13-14, recommended reductions total 819,000 for the $27. of that amount, 105 r one time savings. those reductions will an increase of 3.8 million, 4.1%. we are still working with the department and will report back to the committee next week. supervisor chu: colleagues, if there are no questions at this time, thank you for the presentation. we look forward to seeing you next week and would love to hear back from your cfo about your long-term strategy around your fund balance issue keef. colleagues, we have a lot of departments left. we are getting close to 12:00 when we generally take our break. i know the chief is here as well. i would like to go to the department of the status of women, doing those presentations. colleagues, do you feel like you need to take a break at 12:00, or do you need to go to the fire department as well? what do we do that. we will do the law library, department on the status of women, fire departments, and then we will go on a quick break. the next department is the law library. >> about supervisors, madam chair, library in. -- law lib

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ongoing civil unrest in syria harsh words are more effective when they're true fact checker statement in just a few. wednesday june thirteenth seven pm in washington d.c. i'm having martin you're watching r t. so liked of leaking facts to foster a myth that obama is a no holds barred superhero taking out terrorists to save the world anonymous government sources have been leaking stories in the press that bolster the president's image of being tough on terror despite the compromise of national security. this administration has been blatantly political on all nations security issues that i've been driving up and so. i think it's very clear that these leaks came from the white house people within the white house itself i don't think it's ever good to expose your allies to. their programs and their systems being offered to the united states in the new york times and i think this is the most devastating for our national security dianne feinstein to a great credit to said it lives and put at risk all at the same time his administration has come down harder on whistleblowers who leak inconvenient truths than any other previous administration combined so where is the line between political plowe

would reach an accommodation sufficient to get the information needed r the american people while at the same time preserving the ongoing criminal investigation. i'm proud to say that our committee has maintained the ability for the justice department to continue their ongoing prosecutions, neither the majority nor minority has allowed any material to become public that could compromise that. however, the facts remain fast and furious, the department of justice permitted sale of more than 2,000 weapons that fell into the hands of the mexican drug cartels was both reckless and inexcusable, and it clearly was known by people both career professionals and political appointees from the lowliest member on the ground in phoenix to high ranking officials in the department of justice. but that's not what we are here for today. today we are here on a very narrow contempt, one that the speaker of the house in his wisdom and assistance has helped us to fashion. let it be clear we still have unanswered questions on a myriad of areas related to operation fast and furious, but today we are only here to determine over the 10 months fr

some of the sources in recent publications specifically r refused to be identified because what they were talking about related to classified or ongoingprograms. in his book which describes the administration's use of drones in yemen, "newsweek" journalist daniel klegman writes "when i quote president obama or other key characteristics, i do so only if that coat was relaid to me by a source who personally heard it." that certainly narrows down the number of people that could be guilty of these leaks. on sunday, a reviewer of both mr. sanger and mr. klegman's books found "both authors were clearly given extraordinary access to key players in the administration to write their books." and that in some cases they appear to have talked to the same sources, several of their stories track nearly word for word. perhaps most illuminating in all of the articles and books is how taken together they describe an overall perspective within the obama white house that has viewed u.s. counterterrorism and other sensitive activities in extraordinarily political terms and taken on a related approach about how classified information should be handled. bo