always cracks down hard on protesters and counter protesters who has been ballance to anton mountaintop removal activists or have we found no recourse within the state police as well as our state legislators our governor her senator they are bought and paid for bob a cold so we have no recourse through legislative or executive manners either the only way that we can effect change in appalachian is if we take power in terre own hands and resist and organize and planned lockdowns and actually. create an alternative to the communities and the alternative economy because it's not going to be politicians it's not going to be supported by the police if change is going to happen it's going to be people who are willing to go to jail who are willing to beat or working in jobs that don't pay well because it's work that appalachia is the central appalachian with or is the second most diverse place in the world with the exception of the amazon rain forest every day more and more acres of this beautiful beautiful ecosystem that's been destroyed by mountaintop removal the further generations of touri

several of the protesters outside, but it was raining, the conditions of the protest were really hard, and there was no threat. the amount of security was incredible. it was like a no man's land four blocks and blocks. >> they have something like $50 million? on security. >> yes, for machine guns and other security measures. you see these people in tan uniforms, deputies and shares from around the state. they have pistols, what appears to be teargas. they are waiting for the worst. tampa is not known for having major protest. we are not like new york or seattle. why they prepared in this manner, i talked to the police department, they said they were trying to learn the lessons from new york and chicago recently. but this goes way beyond. i do not know what the number is, but there is probably tend security personnel for every protester in town. >> talk about those who will be inside, give us the political landscape. governor rick scott, the positions he has taken, how he himself rose to be governor. now people are hearing about him because of the voter purge and that is going on in fl

this protest. in relation to bradley manning at how does that compare to some of the other protests occupy wall street protester occupy oakland protests rather that we've seen in the past in terms of police response. that's right this police response was definitely not as aggressive as the ones that we have seen before now we we have to remember that following the response of oakland police to the occupiers there have been several bessie geisha ins several watchdog groups and even government groups have condemned the oakland police department for their response to the occupy protests so we have definitely seen a very heavy police response to previous level of new protests occupy protests in the weeks previous to last night some inspiration we deceive a much more subdued police force here even trying to negotiate with some of the demonstrators who threw out stayed peaceful and in and the police assured them that they were going to try to do their best to get their demands sent to the national campai

outrage in israel thousands of protesters demand social justice from a government that keeps cutting at home but shelling out to score political points . and sectarian violence escalates in the gulf states dozens of demonstrators have been injured in bahrain and it's teenage protesters shot dead in saudi arabia. early morning to you six am here in the russian capital and lucy cathal of and you're watching our team our top story now in syria i'm at the fresh violence in the syrian capital armed gunmen reportedly snatched forty seven iranian pilgrims just outside of damascus on saturday now there were no immediate details about their fate syrian officials do say that they are trying to trace the source of the abductions are these acts on a boy go explains from damascus. forty eight iranian nationals who were kidnapped in damascus on saturday were of the largest group of foreign nationals. in syria even though assassinations and abductions by the rebels are by no means a rare here and now the iranians were on their pilgrimage to the site yet as they not reaches one of the holiest shrine

a couple of protesters at the chick-fil-a. a few people showing support for same-sex marriage. >>> and you are looking live, developing news out of oakland. you see a lot of broken glass, behind that man, this is obama headquarters. a protest that turned destructive. we will have more on that coming up. stay with us. >>> we are following developing news out of oakland. 100 protesters taking to the street near downtown. it turned destructive. kron 4's kate thompson is live. what is happening now? >>> the clean up is underway after the protesters came through. you can see it now. they are taking glass off of the sidewalk. the city carting them away. it has been like this for two hours. there are people inside the headquarters, it was around 9:00 p.m. when the protesters came through and smashed the window. they also vandalized several cars. now they are cleaning up the glass and they are also -- hopefully trying to board up those -- that big window. this area is no stranger to vandalism. in the past it has been vandalized by sev

right now right you mention that you protest with other other people but protests in the united states have become very polite where people accept these free speech zones that are somehow different than everywhere else in the country they accept corporate occupation without batting an eye in the meantime we have reports about billionaires in the hamptons who are writing openly in the new york times and elsewhere that they fear that their sheep might one day march on them for the crimes that they have committed so the so the kleptocrats in the hamptons are now frightened about the reprisals from the masses of people that they've stolen from so why is there such a disconnect with those people who are protesting who insist on like they're going to a bake sale or a garage sale or some kind of organic cookie fast they don't seem to understand that the billionaires already are are ready to fight them in an open conflict in with any why any means necessary so there's going to be a clash at some point are the protesters ready for this well you know the thing that's sort of. amazing to me is li

rage in israel thousands of protesters demand social justice from a government that keeps cutting at home but splashing out to score political points . and sectarian violence escalates in the gulf states of teenage protesters being shot dead in saudi arabia and dozens injured in bahrain. hello thanks for being with r.t. this hour it's midnight now here in moscow my name's kevin ollie and our top story amid fresh violence in the syrian capital forty eight pilgrims from iran have been kidnapped in damascus which radiant diplomats are blaming tonight on terrorist groups there are media reports about their fate and syrian officials are trying to trace who is behind the abductions of his exam the boy reports now from damascus. forty eight iranian nationals who were kidnapped in damascus on saturday were of the largest group of foreign nationals to be abducted in syria even though assassinations and abductions by the rebels are by no means a rare here and now the iranians were on their pilgrimage to the site yet as they not reaches one of the holiest shrines for shia muslims because it's b

and speaking of those protests you know we saw those massive protests in canada back in the spring and then they kind of died down why the sudden resurgence absolutely of course social movements always find it hard to continue to stay strong during the summer and the fact that the semester was suspended bill twelve made it hard for students to keep mobilizing but clearly since the beginning of august we've seen a resurgence in mobilization of the provincial election of september fourth and we see that students could really have a lack of confidence in the electoral process of the parties who could take power do not have. promises that answer the demands of students and the best way to make their voices heard throughout this election campaign has been and will always be mobilizing and going into the streets can you talk more about what exactly the message is that these students are trying to send we were trying to send a very clear message to the political parties if they do not put an end to this recent hike if you not access to the students the amounts they will have to make do they w

outrage in israel protests expected to draw thousands begin demanding social justice from a government to keep thing at home but splashing out to score political points. and sectarian violence is escalating in the gulf states a teenage protest has been shot dead in saudi arabia and dozens injured in bahrain . from russia eleven pm moscow time this is r.t. it's kevin zero in with you this hour with our top stories the mid fresh violence in the syrian capital forty eight pilgrims from around have been kidnapped in damascus with the rain in diplomats blaming terrorist groups there are no immediate reports about their fate and syrian officials are trying to trace who is behind the abductions xander boyd who reports now from damascus. forty eight iranian nationals who were kidnapped in damascus on saturday were of the largest group of foreign nationals to be of ducks in syria even though assassinations and abductions by the rebels are by no means a rare here and now the iranians were on the pilgrimage to the sayed as they not which is one of the holiest shrines for shia muslims because it's

more protesters are expected later today. early this morning, overnight, there were no protesters in sight, only people, lots of people camping out to get a year's worth of free food, more than 100 people were in line. almost everybody there to enjoy the party some did acknowledge the controversy. >> i know people would be here protesting, he should have not said anything. >> it is worth it.

disfigured syria have a peaceful protest just really. going to. to achieve democracy and freedom while they are supporting by naval weapons. money financial finding everything so which is very sarcastic that. promote them as very peaceful protests there's stairs while they are in fact you're arming them and backing them up so all this back to the militias will result in every team that goes along with. america's policy in the region. well still to come this hour of the employment protection that's actually keeping americans out of work. the u.s. is skewing visa rules and foreigners hiking but those entrepreneurs are also taking their job listing business is a long one a plus. and now we make iran out to be the bad guy but here we were exchanging arms with them why do you think the world is ok with that well because america is the hypocrisy of remember those days when america secretly sold weapons to iran well if not you may have company on the streets of new york going to have the latest from artie's the resident. thousands of protesters have been

outrage in israel thousands of protesters demanding social justice from a government that keeps cutting at home but shelling out just for political points . and secretary and violence escalates in the gulf states dozens of demonstrators have been injured in bahrain and a teenage protester shot dead in saudi arabia. welcome back you're watching our t.v. it's four am here in the russian capital and you're with me lucy caffein of our top story now amid fresh violence in the syrian capital gunmen snatched forty seven iranian pilgrims just outside of damascus on saturday there are no immediate reports about their fate and syrian officials are trying to trace who is behind these abductions are six on a boy who reports from the capital. forty eight iranian nationals who were kidnapped in damascus on saturday were of the largest group of foreign nationals to be abducted in syria even though assassinations and abductions by the rebels are by no means a rare here and now the iranians were on their pilgrimage to the sayed as they not which is one of the holiest shrines for shia muslims because it'

through her speeches and online posts at the hearings took place amid an upsurge of protests across bahrain calling for democratic reform if we reported that they were brutally suppressed by police who used tear gas and rubber bullets with more of the voting for the man behind much of the dissent and of the reaction to it ati's tom barton has this. there has been a rather different decision in the case of the enemy of the state now below rajab in bahrain he coincidentally met julian assange for an interview shown on this channel on r.t. in may he has however been given a three year prison sentence by a court in bahrain for being involved in and for calling for illegal and to government protests when the sentence was given though he was already in prison serving a three month term for posting anti government comments on twitter there has been many comments of support from his family and friends but there have also been criticisms delivered via social networks criticisms of u.s. policy in relation to bahrain and overall in the arab spring those criticisms include allegations that if i

well we've also been following the protests in bahrain on our web site r.t. dot com the timeline of the government's crackdown of the opposition and in-depth analysis of the political situation the gulf state also log on to watch the full episode of join the songes interview wasn't deliberate job about the aftermath of the arab spring. plus the u.s. army spends three million dollars on the development of a nasal spray that eliminates the thoughts that go online for the details. and these are the images in seeing from the streets of canada. the decision of a russian court to jail the three members of punk band pussy riot for two years has split society and provoked a massive international reaction the groups and i put in stands in the country's main orthodox cathedral was ruled to be whole again as i'm motivated by religious hatred oliver has a story. to figure out a reason that you move the finish line you possibly you know that's the end of any delusion if one would never want to bring in the clothes on you but obviously it is . after their trial hit headlin

in israel protests expected to draw thousands begin demanding social justice from a government to keep cutting at home but splashing out to score political points. and dozens of injuries in bahrain as police fired tear gas and stun grenades at protesters demanding political reforms. hello live from russia this is r t it's ten pm here in moscow my name's kevin now in first forty eight a rainy and pilgrims have been kidnapped in the syrian capital with a raid in diplomats blaming terrorist groups there are no media reports about their fate and syrian officials are trying to trace who is behind the abductions bring us up to date on this headline tonight artie's exam the boy reporting from damascus. forty eight iranian nationals who were kidnapped in damascus on saturday were of the largest group of foreign nationals to be abducted in syria even though assassinations and abductions by the rebels are by no means a rare here and now the iranians were on their pilgrimage to the site yet as they not reaches one of the holiest shrines for shia muslims because it's believed to hold the relics of

reaching the president's veterans and protesters take over barack obama's election office in oakland calling for the release of jailed whistleblower bradley manning. plus an occupation in flames nato and international troops on alert as afghan forces doing friendly recently turned their guns on their mentor. to live from moscow i'm marina joshie the jailing of three members of russian punk band pussy riot has attracted criticism from across the world and seen protests in support of the women they received a two year sentence on charges of holding his i'm motivated by religious hatred for their mock prayer and russia's main orthodox cathedral foreign governments also have their say on russia's internal matter and u.s. even calling on the authorities to review the case. reports from new york. there's been both political and public reaction over the pussy riot verdict now around the globe there has been several protests on friday in support of the three russian band members that were convicted of hooliganism paris brussels london and tell of evil are among the cities where demonstrators

that is typically very great of the occupy wall street protests. there is an idea and i want to ask you speaking of giving voice to these people i know that you really played a critical role of. bringing things set together from behind the scenes making sure that you know we had relevant guestbook. who was it there are a lot of interesting people involved there out this this movement who stood out to you i mean i would even say that people stood out because they feel that everyone from every echelon stood out everyone from taking some mental notes everyone from you know musicians like tom morello boots really that were you know pretty into the from the beginning to journalist ugur that also sort of you know saw this and went for it so as you know picking up from what ramon said just a short while ago that it was good to see that you know people on the streets were savvy were intelligent and were completely the opposite of what as to what they were being betrayed as in the mainstream media i mean we met parents we met you know college grads that wer

what is being done here is that protesters are being branded as terrorists every time in this country people get together people you know find a mass movement there haven't we were pressed by the state and the police and that's exactly what they're doing now if you look at any protests now if you look at the mass demonstration words the violence over. the rounds is always coming from the police we don't want to do it with them we don't in dorset how they're part we're targeting one percent we're tired be safe we're tired of the wars of seizing the systematic attacks of just about every person in this country. and of course there's plenty more november's presidential election and altie dot com including a look at toward the candidates are spending record amounts of cash on the zero is really a us presidential candidate deny shopping for twitter funds while new tools show hordes of zombie followers eagerly it's quiet into the election. and the wager last march and as brave it has for a decades long stay in jail wait turns out it really might not be so bad after all more he's a new pulsa

protesters plan to be there to protest recent statements from the company's president about same-sex marriage. katie marzullo is there and joins us live. >> reporter: a couple of things going on many you can see the line steady this morning just beyond that two protesters holding two signs further down the line closer to the start of the drive-thru a woman heckling drivers as they approach the window. a man with the sign has a megaphone. that man and the others in favor of gay rights they are protesting because of what the president of chick-fil-a said last month which was he favored traditional marriage and was against same-sex marriage. more protesters are expected later today. early this morning, overnight, there were no protesters in sight, only people, lots of people camping out to get a year's worth of free food, more than 100 people were in line. almost everybody there to enjoy the party some did acknowledge the controversy. >> i know people would be here protesting, he should have not said anything. >> it is worth it. i have a chance to get obviously free food, also, to get s

than protesters the police presence is just pretty overwhelming yes there was protest of dogs against romney some of them were in a caravan of cars with dogs on top of their roofs that were quite hysterical but the occupy movement has definitely been part of this that's marvelous media how are the police responding i mean we've seen you know hyper over response on the part of police in cities all over america since the occupy my wall for for decades but particularly the last year or so are they exercising some restraints over. well so far yes the chief of police today came and held a press conference right across from where we were having our rally and she was quite nice she told us about how the police are on. our being told to be very careful around the protesters and make sure we could exercise their freedom of speech on the other hand she talked about spending fifty million dollars the city of tampa spending fifty million dollars on a ridiculous amount of new. war machines there are literally equipment a-g. to it looks like a police state down here so they say they're going to be

worldwide they tweeted that they will be recruiting foreign feminists for a new protest action those remains to be seen what exactly that will mean and what form this will take we do know that several weeks ago on august seventeenth three members of the post the right group were sentenced to two years in prison for participating in this protest it was an effort to gain publicity they've certainly succeeded as the move has a worldwide condemnation as well as the russian government for the sentencing of the members opposition groups here and russia have claimed that this was some sort of part of a clampdown by the russian government but those members were actually sentenced of charges of hooliganism motivated by religious hatred the identities of the two women weren't released but we do know that there are several people associated with the groups who do still remain in the country that according to the husband of one of the sentenced members we also saw sort of similar protest actions inspired or sparked perhaps by what pussy riot had done immediately after the sentencing. brainy and

if you look at any protests. you look at any mass destruction where is the violence always something. there's always something to believe you look at two thousand and eight the margin. calls innocent people protesters in the media were shot at by police with tear gas and rubber bullets now why. by by police we're not doing anything but just raising their voice and having a clear command. i think the fact is that the state doesn't doesn't like it when people get together they don't like it when people are unified and they're going to do everything they can they're going to frame it as tears they're going to frame this is whatever. but the fact is. we're getting together on august twenty seventh and we're going to have and. we're going to march in the national convention ok you know with the occupy protesters have in the past been criticized for not having a clear message you say that you have clear demands can you talk about what those clear demands are. voting of people which and we're saying no to the republican

a crowd of protesters gathered in oakland. they took down a fence and smashed windows and had a campaign office for president obama. abc7 news reporter nick smith is live at telegraph and 17th. >> good evening. we started out with a very different story in mind. you know we talked about focusing on the art and soul festival. we wanted to highlight some of the positive things in this community that continues to struggle. look over my shoulder. this is the narrative that ended up taking control of the evening. there were about 2,000 people participating in the oaknd la first fridayy vepped -- oakland first friday event. they were protesting near 17th and telegraph. they were angry their application for a permit to protest and occupy the corner of 17th and telegraph at the first friday event was denied by the city. oakland police say a crowd of as many as 200 marched from 24th to telegraph and 17th and telegraph and broke a window. there were a few staff members working at the time. none were injured. off camera i was told there

pro-democracy activist brain gets a three year jail sentence for criticizing the regime online for the protests are far from dying out with a verdict only sparking earlier on the arrests. a two year sentence for members of the punk band pussy riot for performing an type wouldn't stand in russia's main cathedral provokes a strong reaction of russia and around the world. the u.n. observer mission in syria expires later on sunday and ongoing clashes between rebels and government forces the latest blow to international efforts to bring peace to the conflict ridden state. this is actually coming to you live from moscow marina josh welcome to the program do it assad is expected to make his first public statement since ecuador announced it would grant him political asylum london suggested it could strip ecuador's embassy of diplomatic privileges to move in and arrest a songe who's been sheltering in the embassy for two months now to let the american nation has warned britain of grave consequences if that happens laura smith has been following the standoff. it was the day they'd been waiting for julian

a new wave of protests. leading to more crackdowns on dissent with dozens of people arrested and injured after the demonstrations calling for political reform. hello and welcome to our team this saturday i am karen taraji it is three o'clock here in moscow now russia has criticized a new u.n. resolution on syria as one sided and supportive of the armed opposition moscow says the non-binding motion passed at the general assembly does nothing to ease the conflict this comes after the u.n. envoy to syria kofi annan announced he was stepping down casting doubts over the future of the peace effort and that's the see it should get a has more from new york. this resolution apart from condemning the security council for failing to move the syrian peace process forward also condemns the syrian government for failing to stop using heavy weaponry as well as condemns the syrian government from for not withdrawing from civilian areas among the ones that voted against this text was of course russia russia believes that th

your leadership protest even. you can do is are also the church that should know. researchers are here to watch and bush at the. very same time as the charge by the courts hooliganism based on religious hatred is rather unfair to sentences i don't think that this is a good signal either for the political system or for the church to a society which is asking for freedom. girls have made use of that is inappropriate now what does a wave of criticism for the pussy riot verdict to the response to the case like the jailing of the prominent human rights activists in bahrain or britain's refuel refusal to observe a thunderous asylum ride i know i'm nearly as vocal in the west why is that. well you see i think we've got to distinguish between how the media treats the two cases read charts. and who you are and the political me because you're right it's an extremely good starting story here you have the young women are considered pretty small children and they are now fighting the beast and mr putin was a very very bad repu

were to protest. you know and that we were facing fifteen days in rikers island which is a violent prison yeah it makes you think twice about going out to use your first amendment rights i mean occupy protesters were you know mazed they were power hosed they were. they were locked up for seventeen hours and you know for britain to use the bathroom they were tortured you know as much as the civil system allows you know every activist you know assumes that their e-mails are monitored their phone calls are monitored i mean it's just a complete sense of big brother is a hair's breadth the way i. am frightened seeing countries like britain sleepwalking into okaying legislation to institute. this kind of surveillance but really in europe people still feel they have some privacy they can go to the march and they can go home. i'm sorry to say that when you get this matrix of surveillance plus police brutality plus laws that suspend due process it's very effective at breaking down protest now let me flip it ar

they were protesting near 17th and telegraph. they were angry their application for a permit to protest and occupy the corner of 17th and telegraph at the first friday event was denied by the city. oakland police say a crowd of as many as 200 marched from 24th to telegraph and 17th and telegraph and broke a window. there were a few staff members working at the time. none were injured. off camera i was told there were a few who were still quite shaken by the incident. there is a huge amount of glass that was caused -- that was damaged in the -- by those who broke the window and during the march. protesters who broke the campaign office window continued to march down the street. police are not sure, but campaign workers told me there were bricks and stones that came through the window. staffers have been trying to clean up the mess. there are a bunch of voter registration cards that are on the streets. the opd thinks the crowd has dispersed. now, what we have seen is the police department just pulled up with the city of oakland wor

and forty five people are reported injured in brain police fired tear gas on stun grenades protesters demanding political reforms. hello and welcome to our team this saturday i am karen broadcast live from our studio in moscow fresh clashes have erupted near the syrian capital with reports of heavy shelling and gunfire in damascus fighting between government and rebel forces is also escalating in the key northern city of aleppo casualties are reported on both sides with rebels saying the syrian army is bombarding several areas opposition fighters also claim they have taken control of more than half of the financial hall where the clock ticking on the u.n. observer mission and the looming departure of peace mediator kofi anon the prospects for a diplomatic solution are fading oksana boyko reports. decision to resign as un special envoy for syria was a math disappointment and almost despair in this country it confirms what many people felt all along that the situation in that country is only getting worse the death toll continues to rise and violence spreads to new areas so seeing kofi

under reports from kind of the latest protest. we saw several arrests happen there in oakland there were actually several arrests in portland as well as a group of supporters conducted several protests up and down the west coast now in oakland where dozens of people showed up the supporters of manning there were trying to deliver a couple of demands to president obama first of all they want president obama to apologize to bradley manning remember last year president obama during a fundraiser said that. many had committed a crime now in the eyes of many of his supporters this really creates an environment where bradley manning won't be able to get a fair trial given the fact that the commander in chief has already pretty much rendered him guilty in this trial saying he has committed no crime and second of all the supporters of bradley manning also want president obama to step in it in to guarantee that many another u.s. soldiers are not punished before they go to trial now there's been a lot of world rights worldwide criticism over

the protesters pussy riot now just minutes away from a final verdict in the trial over the controversial. of course this was in russia's major. and worldwide attention. asylum to nowhere. political refuge. using blackmail and desperation to try and seize the whistleblower. and the u.s. based leaks hacker group claims to be behind an ongoing. ts web site apparently in an attempt to disrupt. plus the un security council with the international monitoring mission in syria rebels meantime pledging to step up their fight and threatening to join the ranks of al qaida. there's a pleasure to have you with us here one day i'm live in moscow three members of the old girl punk band pussy riot are set to discover their fate at any moment as a judge prepares to deliver a verdict in the trial we can all cross live pictures right here these are coming to us from the courtroom the feminist trio were charged with hooliganism for their controversial performance in russia's main cathedral the prosecution has demanded three years in a minimum security prison for the women now let's move outside the courthous