is on r t. coming up on r t a dark secret buried just off the coast of new york part island is where many have been laid to rest in mass graves including the homeless before and even infants birth by prison inmates will dig up the history that. just because you're paranoid doesn't mean that they're not after you the old saying rings true as a florida school district upsets parents by keeping biometric data on students this is a group of hackers files a permanent complaint against the german government for assisting the n.s.a. more on that coming up and how much did it cost to build a guantanamo bay detention facility well it's a question that the obama administration refuses to answer now a federal court is being asked to dismiss a lawsuit seeking that's true more on this later in the show. it's monday february third five pm in washington d.c. i'm going lopez and you are watching r t america well not too far away from the bright and dazzling lights of times square and the new york city skyline w

america you can check out our website r t dot com forward slash usa can also follow me on twitter adam you're a david and feel free to tweet me and let me know what you think our t. should be covering and of course stay tuned because boom bust is next. that. her hair ambulance the location to consume boy seal river. should bow to the dwellers of the rawhide tent and said you would stop this storm we might be more my people will die . there's a medium leave us so we need to be. by the sea potion secure the. physical . issues that no one is asking with the guests that you deserve answers from it's all on politics only on our t.v. . you know the united states has as many think tanks as the next ten countries combined yes one thousand eight hundred and twenty eight takes to tell three hundred million people how to sing. there i'm aaron a this is a boom bust and these are the stories that we're tracking for you today. first up the european banks are playing it fast and loose when it comes to dodgy new capital requirements here in the u.s. i'll tell you all about it coming right up then we h

coming up on r t u.s. troops may soon be gone from afghanistan the pentagon is preparing a full withdrawal of all troops after the u.s. and afghanistan governments could not reach a bilateral security agreement what does this mean for the future of afghanistan find out just ahead. in the line between church and state but words in the u.s. military more american service members have complained that religion has been forced on them during training and while on duty and debt look at this coming up. a new study cast a weary eye on monsanto herbicide study claims that roundup may be linked with more americans suffering from celiac disease we'll ask if that's possible later in the show. it's a wednesday february twenty sixth four pm in washington d.c. i'm perry i'm boring you're watching r t america the pentagon is preparing a full withdrawal of troops from afghanistan by the end of twenty fourteen president obama phoned afghanistan president hamid karzai on tuesday to discuss of ghana stands coming elections an

coming up on r t the sochi winter olympics finally takes front and center the olympics have brought a record eighty eight different countries to sochi with athletes representing their home nations while kicking off the twenty four team global competition a look at the first day of the olympics ahead and you may remember him from his action packed films now steven seagal is focused on topics like u.s. immigration and international relations we'll get his take on those matters and much more in this r.t. exclusive. and our lawmakers overstaying their welcome in congress one politician says they are and he's pushing for a bill that would limit how long congressman can stay in the game we'll take a look at that and more later in the show. it's friday february seventh eight pm in washington d.c. i'm all right david and you're watching r.t. america and we begin tonight with the commencement of the twenty fourteen sochi winter olympics opening ceremonies just wrapped up not too long ago in addition to the athletes a russian history sequence was on display called welcome to sochi which feature

and i live near a david and you're watching r t america. a former federal regulators calling an april sniper attack on silicon valley's phone lines and power grid a terrorist act according to a wall street journal report it is all thought to be caused not by some glitch in the system but rather by an entire group of snipers who shot up a silicon valley substation for nineteen minutes last year the snipers knocked out seventeen transformers before fleeing the scene the incident took place the day after the boston marathon bombing which kept it out of the media spotlight and now one former federal regulator is going public about the sabotage john while inhofe was the chairman of the federal energy regulatory commission at the time so this is the most significant incident of domestic terrorism involving the grid that has ever occurred falling off also caution that if this were replicated across the country it could take down the u.s. electric grid and blackout much of the country utility executives and federal energy officials have long worrie

coming up on r t in the hot seat u.s. intel leaders are called before congress to answer questions about n.s.a. surveillance worldwide threats and reforming the fires a court will have all the details on that just ahead down the keystone pipeline gets a green light the u.s. state department says the pipeline would not have a significant effect on climate change or the environment but is that really the case will dig further into this pipe battle coming up and cloaked in secrecy and san francisco google's mysterious barge still has people asking questions while city officials are pushing for its removal from the bay more on that later in the show. it's tuesday february fourth four pm in washington d.c. i'm lynn neary david and you're watching r.t. america we begin today with two different hearings that took place in congress this morning the house intelligence committee heard testimony from director of national intelligence james clapper on his annual worldwide threat report this follows a senate hearing on the same topic

coming up on r t stopped and interrogated at london's heathrow airport a legal adviser to n.s.a. whistleblower edward snowden who was singled out by a border agent and interview with that attorney from london straight ahead on the sochi winter olympics heat up with another day of competition russia has scored an olympic gold in a two man bobsled race while the u.s. and russia stand neck and neck for total medals the latest on the sochi games coming up. and a mixed verdict in the trial of a florida man who shot and killed an unarmed teen we'll break down the verdict in the case and ask if michael dunn will face a retrial for the death of jordan davis all of that and more later in the show. it's monday february seventeenth five pm in washington d.c. i know you're a david and you're watching r t america but we begin today with the news that an attorney who represents former government contractor edward snowden says she was detained and questioned by heathrow airport border force in london while going through customs just on radar was traveling along with former n.s.a. whistleblower

jess are cilia r t london. and other world news now for you police haven't been engaged in street battles with. stone throwing protesters in istanbul demonstrators were riled by a recent court ruling that delayed a hearing over the death of a protester in the gas park rallies last summer the twenty year old became the first victim of weeks long violence over urban regeneration which swelled into anti-government protests. israel has approved plans for over five hundred houses in east jerusalem in territory occupied since nine hundred sixty seven construction is expected to start next week palestinian leaders say it violates international law and is accusing israel of destroying the peace negotiations which began last july in the united states jerusalem is bitterly fought over by both israelis and palestinians as their capital. and a warehouse fire in argentina's killed nine firefighters and civil to fans were verse twenty seven meter wall collapsed into them as they battled the flames seven others were injured i

where i live here in david and you're watching r t america. we begin today with breaking news german media outlets are reporting that u.s. intelligence began spying on german leaders long before chancellor angela merkel took office the report says that the u.s. began spying on chancellor merkel's predecessor gerhard schroeder in two thousand and two because of his opposition to the u.s. led invasion of iraq this comes of course just months after anna say weeks indicated mogul's cell phone had been targeted spoke with obama by phone just last july about allegations that the u.s. was conducting surveillance on its european allies and in that call she made it clear that if the information about the u.s. having monitored her phone were true it would be completely unacceptable now in response to the revelation chancellor schroeder had this to say quote back then i would never have entertained the idea that the u.s. secret services would be listening in on me but now this comes as no surprise. and now we turn to two different hearings that took plac

fear that has a thousand on days are r t. o g twenty fourteen promises week alternate and exhilarating winter was enough to join me and you so now i make seven zero and the rest of our lives take news team for sochi twenty four take. on oxy. put it on your. face.

tests are cilia r t london. well some more news making headlines around the world for you this hour eight people have been killed and over a dozen wounded in an attack in pakistan's port city of karachi gunmen threw grenades at religious gathering and then opened fire on preying sunni muslims it is not yet known who carried out the assault though the taliban and rival muslim groups are suspected last month militants killed six people at a sufi shrine in the same city. three spectators have been injured in a shooting outside a world cup stadium in brazil supporters of local club america in the tall were leaving the venue and were shot at by two gunmen on motorcycles violence has been on the rise as the country prepares to host the world cup in june. hundreds have gathered again in bosnia this time calling for the release of about forty people detained during friday and saturdays riots officials denied protesters claims of police brutality and added at all but ten of those arrested have been released and governmen

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in newport beach california among galindo r t. and west virginians are still asking whether a chemical spill that contaminated the elk river last month could be dangerous to their health but what happened to west virginia are only sheds light on an even bigger water catastrophe that took place many years ago at camp lagoon the military bases most recognizable as the home to hundreds of thousands of marines and their families but camp le june which is located in jacksonville north carolina also has a darker side it's the site of what is thought to be the largest water contamination in american history between one hundred fifty seven and one nine hundred eighty seven hundreds of thousands of marine corps members and their families were exposed to tap water containing extremely toxic chemicals during that time people living at the base bathed in that water drained and ingested it not knowing it had been compromised the water had been contaminated with chemicals thought to have stemmed from underground storage tanks that leaked indust

does are cilia r t london. and coming up on r t international we look at whether security cameras and sensors are actually making life any safer in big cities stay with us are watching our two international. the head of the sober russia program wants to bring back russia's sobering stations which are like a hybrid hospital and police station and american we call these a good old fashioned drunk tank and in russia their history dates back to the early years of the twentieth century to twenty eleven when they were all closed putting the burden of alcohol abusers health and local hospitals despite the amount of alcohol consumed per person in russia steadily declining over the last few years i'll call isn't remains a big problem but will privatized drug tanks work no no they won't let's think about it what is business motivated by money big government contracts in countries around the world are often abused and if you get paid per alcoholic served then pretty soon companies are going to incentivize the police to ro

you're watching r t international live from moscow islands in france thanks for joining me well we are well into the second week of the soccer winter games and the fans are certainly getting their money's worth let's go straight to the r t team in the olympic city to take us through the events. of the world day knowing of the winter olympics done and dusted no heading into day turn but day nine gave russian hockey fans a little consolation just twenty four hours after the red machine lost to team usa in a dramatic shoot series the crowd was up for more this time as soon as the extra period was over russia closed the door and slovak his chances of victory with. his full scope. was a victory for russia but perhaps not in the style of the fashion that they all their fans would have hoped for they were made to work hard and pushed all the way by a stubborn and resilience slovakia it was nil nil at the end of reg. elation time and not even overtime could separate the two sides so for the second day in a row russia faced the lottery of a penalty shoot out but this time they were victorious i

and it welcome you're watching r t here on our international channel but let's cross now live to our studios in sochi where kevin owen is there for us he will be bringing you the latest from the twenty second winter olympics kevin. yeah hi sean hi everyone now welcome to our final round of than of the day all day to hear the twenty fourteen winter olympics which brought the first gold to the host in team figure skating russian athletes live an impressive performance is now the disciplines as well winning silver and bronze medals as a result russia has now been tied for fourth place in the medal table with kind of the breaks down the day's results for us. celebrations beginning with the fireworks behind me russia's first gold came in the figure skating team event they saw and challenges from canada and the united states to take the top spot and they were helped along the way by a foolish display from one of russia's most famous sporting sons if gagne pushed blowing the competition away in the men's free program a magnificent display when you consider in recent days he's been plagued b

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welcome back you're watching r t international that as when israel continues to be plunged into a wave of protests the u.s. has expelled three of the country's diplomats this comes after president ordered the expulsion of three american diplomats accused of inciting the unrest at least thirteen people have been killed in the protests that start started two weeks ago was demonstrators demanding that manure resign over high levels of crime and the poor economy meanwhile some experts believe there is foreign influence in what's going on in the. the united states has imposed. charters for a very long time and so has the conservative government both governments know various ways whether it is. paramilitaries going to go this way from colombia or also the u.s. government supporting opposition groups with funding and with this public statements that for example kerry gave secretary of state kerry which essentially gives you a position in a shop when you are because of. their protests even though it's quite clear that most of the protests that are out there are being broken into and there are

states to take an even more aggressive stance against the gay community in washington i'm going to r t r a lot still to come on all of the international including edward snowden's lawyer detained and interrogated by customs officials in london it's just the latest such incident she was put through and watch two things whistleblowers are being specifically targeted by certain countries. for the meantime let's get some action here on r.t. international some early success for russia. today in the form of a silver medal that in the snowboarding that will do nothing the second place standing in the overall medal table let's go live now to our headquarters. with the details on a nice and unexpected spot on the podium but. yes indeed russian fans certainly celebrating this tuesday russia wasn't to take any medals in the snowboarding but there you go that's the magic of the olympics nicholai at noon and finished second in the cross the country's first ever medal in that sport he was put by his french rival but stayed ahead. in third is the twenty ten world junior champion and before the sochi

we're covering here on r t with the u.k. government struggling to contain a rise of islamophobia at home so britons are making their job easier a group of activists have started patrolling the east london streets in armored vehicles saying they want to protect people from being harassed by radical muslims some locals fear the campaign is only igniting tensions though as reports. i want it to be so hard for the vehicles given the christian prolific there's any patrol in town wholesomely hills the small but nato it's muslim patrols any political group calling themselves britain first have responded by filming what they've dubbed christie and patrols and this patrol comes complete with vehicle bomb proof their bullet proof the whole thing is off the tee joins the as they took to the streets in east london where we had info. why the area taking. drugs in behalf of the. boy was to make fun of the group is being described as far right many of the members a former b.m.p. or e.t.l. there we get to differentiate themselves from these

r t new york of course here on r.c. international we keeping you updated on the turbulence situation in ukraine throughout the day on air and online right now you're looking at live pictures here and you can actually fall down on our website r.t. dot com and of course follow the situation our twitter feed. which aren't international and do stay tuned for more news after this break. yes i feel when i close my eyes i see people. you know sometimes i think that itself is a face covered by. people in both sides of the barricades if you. listen to me sometimes it feels as if all of ukraine is no. pleasure to have you with us here on t.v. today i roll researcher. or go back to watching r t international with me or you know joshing or china may be the dominant economic power in africa but when it comes to military reach the united states leaves its rivals trailing on the continent with hundreds of millions of dollars a year maintaining its presence and as we can see on this map right here america has made north somalia a key o

stay with us still to come on r t r t's martin tells us about the alleged soundtrack to guantanamo stay with us after this short break. the first recreational marijuana shops are now open in colorado finally the question of what effect legal marijuana will have on the american public can be answered with real world experience you know there are a lot of people out there with strong arguments as to why we should legalize this controversial play it firstly there are plenty of things just as bad for us as marijuana or worse like beer cigarettes antidepressants and mystery fast food meats which are totally legal secondly young men are often thrown in jail for the absolutely victimless crime of smoking marijuana i could see punishing someone for drugs like crystal meth which can and do turn people into maniacs but have any of you out there ever heard of someone breaking into people's houses on a we've rampage no no you haven't the downside to all of this is that across america and all the world people are looking for change and they want to message store rise but when the masses are stoned o

r t new york. earlier we spoke to and civil war activists prime backer who explained why he thinks russia is not the mastermind but the most likely targets of the head and the behind the ukrainian crisis the united states and nato and the together using their combined forces to signal these demonstrators that we are with you and of course that emboldens them and john kerry and the e.u. in the nato leadership and the obama administration are neck deep in now a plan to carry out regime change in this extremely important part of europe trying to integrate a former soviet republic into the e.u. and of course into nato ultimately i think the united states government is playing a dirty game another dirty game they're trying to do what they've been doing for the last twenty years which is to incorporate all of the former socialist countries in the eastern and social and central european bloc those that were aligned with the soviet union into an american western nato sphere of influence and you can see tha

or the back you're watching r t international know in the u.k. shoplifting is no longer the domain of bored kids and petty criminals the country has seen a nine year high in the amount of goods stolen from stores and many are now resorting to the proctors for their basic needs polly boyko has been finding out. some people do it for a dare others might have a physical compulsion when i could be part of a larger crime network but up until now few people in britain were doing it out of necessity i'm talking about shoplifting. people they don't even a small going big thing even expensive or cheap or what they do they just grab the bar and they walk out according to the british retail consortium theft from shops is not a nine year high and the biggest increase has been food theft the police say there's a link between welfare cuts unemployment and shoplifting we're seeing people choosing to shoplift to maintain their previous life still on diminishing budgets and police forces approve actively targeting shoplifting we have a sixteen. if you can see on

five him in moscow watching r t with me marina joshie the twenty fourteen winter games in sochi have and in style sixteen days of tough competition were kept with a dazzling closing ceremony our very own and he's now in our team's such a studio was lucky enough to witness the games from start to finish and she takes a bittersweet look back at how it all went. this is sad and it's overwhelming we've seen so many big breaks and heartfelt losses cheers and tears here in sochi over the past weeks a lot of nail biting competitions nerve wrecking races and great performances all of those are going to go down in olympic history and this great celebration of sport certainly was sealed with a finale to remember you were taken further on a journey through russian culture picking up from the opening ceremony it was a tribute to the russian greats in the arts music and literature and the organizers didn't miss the opportunity to poke a little fun of themselves over the infamous the limbic ring that would open at the start of the games of course the biggest excitement came from russian fans after

and who has been talking to the fans about love r t has been getting feedback from leading athletes ontheir experiences in sochi and how they found the olympic venues after some negative publicity and scaremongering before the games the competitors said they couldn't be happier with what they actually discovered here i've been here or i guess three days and it's been pretty sweet like i was here the last three years in a row and i heard the stories coming in and i didn't really understand it because it's not like i'm not going to real vegas but it's just pretty sweet like through our accommodation our food or features pretty spoiled i guess. but we've also talked alpine skier hugh burgess one colin lower who is a mexican citizen with german royal ancestry he says all the negativity that foreign journalists have been pouring on sochi could be cancelled out by some good p.r. i think it's great it's a great game i think with russia the only problem that they have this station that hired a p.r. person like me to be better p.r. before i mean you know it's a great place is good with wonderfu

tests or cilia r t london or corruption pandemic sweeping the e.u. member states in brussels claims losses to shady deals amount to hundreds of billions of euros. their estimation that corruption costs in the european union is no less than one hundred twenty billion euros each year and that is the equivalent of an annual budget so it's a lot of money we're talking about figures are revealed by the e.u.'s home affairs commission in its first annual report the agency's chief called the problem breathtaking and warned it's getting worse philip plays an m.e.p. for the flemish nationalist party says while highlighting bribery on a national level it ignores brussels overall complicity. problems in some member states are huge and widespread and the problem within the european union is that all the member states are in danger of being contaminated the by this problem because when you are in the euro zone for instance and when one of these member states in the eurozone has a big corruption problem well this problem will be felt by the other member states with

you're watching r t international with me marina koester of all welcome to the program now it promises to be a dramatic day at the olympics with the right machine and team usa facing off in the salt sea ice hockey arena and of course we're following all the action. tens of thousands of fans have to sign that on the olympic park while millions worldwide have been and they haven't been left wanting by any measure the call incest is fierce and both sides appear to be pushing themselves to the limits so far as he's paul scott now for the action so far hi there paul well where and sue over time now as the riots. yes well this much promised a lot didn't it between the two rivals and it hasn't failed to deliver it's just going into overtime after a two two draw russia actually took the lead midway through the second period the captain pavel datsyuk leading by example and open the scoring he actually plays his hockey in america in the n.h.l. so it was a sweet moment for him but then goals from cam fowler and joy prevailed for the united states to one up before that man again that suit leveled

or watching r t international live from moscow i'm lindsey france thanks for joining me on sunday eight sets of medals will be up for grabs and as the winter olympics are set to continue into their second day right now let's take a look at the results from day one which was a huge success for the norwegian team our correspondent paul scott who is in saudi right now has been following the action closely. well there's no medals for russia on day one of the sochi twenty fourteen winter olympics but they are in a good position to pick up their first medal of these games in the figure skating team event after five of eight rounds they currently lead the overall standings meanwhile biathlete ole einar darling has created history he's become the joint record holder for the most amount of winter olympic medals he now has twelve to his name and seven of them a gold he's also become the oldest individual gold medal winner in winter olympics history this is after he claimed gold in the men's ten k. sprinter vent there was also a super display from the netherlands in the speed skating in the men's

coming up on r t it was another day of fierce competition at the sochi olympic games today female athletes from around the world competed in hockey ice skating as much much more the latest on the wins and losses just ahead. and ukraine remains in a state of chaos televisa continue to pile up as protesters and authorities clash born the unrest in ukraine prominent are to reporter on the ground in the chaos and a new database is being created to people more than fingerprints doctors at johns hopkins university are creating a digital library of brain m.r.i. scans so what could be behind this we'll tell you why our later in the show. it's thursday february twentieth five pm in washington d.c. and i'm meghan lopez and you are watching r t america well it was another big olympic day for team usa in sochi russia teams competed in women's hockey and freestyle skiing among other events so let's take a look at the leaderboard the u.s. leads in the medal count with twenty five russia is two behind with twenty three medals followed by the netherlands norway canada and germany now the long anticipated

coming up on r t the sochi winter olympics heat up as teams from around the world compete already a few select team stand at the top with medal wins but it's far from final the latest on the olympic games just ahead and since news broke about the death of actor philip seymour hoffman the danger of heroin is back in the news and a large portion of those drugs in the u.s. come from countries like afghanistan and mexico a look at heroin in the u.s. coming up. and for decades u.s. marines and their families were exposed to toxic water at their military base in studio to survivor share their stories with r.t. america. it's tuesday february eleventh four pm in washington d.c. i'm in the david and you're watching our team america we begin today with the winter olympics that are underway in sochi russia the sochi olympics mark the largest winner of gains in history boasting twenty eight hundred athletes from eighty eight different countries those athletes are competing in ninety eight advance let's take a quick look at the medal count up until this point norway leads with eleven medals for gold

america or check out our web site r t dot com slash usa and don't forget to follow me on twitter at meghan underscore lopez i want to know what you want us to cover so make sure to let me know but for now i'll see you right back here at eight pm eastern. it was a problem very hard to take up. arms against. a plug hat never had sex with her hair cut. the first. place. like. one of. the. world's. science technology innovation hall the list of elements from around russia we've got the future covered. is a. hello and welcome to cross talk we're all things are considered on peter lavelle the european union likes to think of itself as one of the brighter and fairer parts of the world for european commission report on corruption the first of a.

the latest headlines of the week's top stories here on r t international bans and sought to celebrate russia's shootout victory over slovakia and the men's ice hockey a day after the disappointing loss against arch rivals team usa. the euro nets so infuriated by n.s.a. spying german chancellor angela merkel proposes a plan for a european online network to shut out america's snoopers. the lawyer of the russian pilot fears his client is dying in a u.s. prison that's after visiting constantine you're a shango who has apparently been denied proper medical care for weeks we talked to the attorney to find out what he saw plus. and your interview with. we. are t. goes behind rebel lines in lebanon where jihad s. are raised to kill other muslims out hallman across the border in syria. you're watching r t international live from moscow and lindsey france thanks for joining me. where well into the second week of a song and fans are certainly getting their money's worth at the action packed games and day nine proved to be no different as russian hockey fans got some consolation after the bitter

i'm not going lopez and you are watching r t america well we begin this afternoon with breaking news from ukraine where at least thirteen people are reported dead and dozens of others were injured today according to government officials. clashes in the country continue to become more and more violent between police and demonstrators both protesters and police have been killed during this violence protesters again are protesting against president victoriano show a cold which those protests have been going under way for twelve weeks now ukrainian prop parliament is considering constitutional changes that would make it much more powerful than the president president which is set to meet with opposition parties tomorrow to discuss peaceful resolutions for the latest from ukraine here's our teaser read of the lucia. well basically all we have to do in order to understand what's happening in the ukrainian capital is to look at the pictures then they truly are mind blowing these central independence square in kiev is. up in flames right now protesters are tossing molotov cocktails at the po

coming up on r t the sochi olympic games wore on with another day of action team usa spores a few more medals while a major russian figure skater has to bow out because of injury the latest just ahead and the golden state is struck with severe drought the recent dry spell in california could have huge implications for food prices across the globe more on the state's search for water coming up. and big news for bitcoin despite the recent obstacles the dismal currency is gaining more and more traction especially in germany a special report from berlin later in the show. it's thursday february thirteenth on your i david washington d.c. and you're watching our team america. the winter olympics are underway in sochi russia this euro zone lympics marks the largest winter games in the history of competition both twenty eight hundred athletes from eighty eight countries and let's take a quick look at the medal count up until this point you have norway leading with a total of thirty thirteen medals and second place is the netherlands with well battles by the united states for the same number ru

at the neck and lopez and you are watching r t america well i don't know about you but i was glued to my television all weekend watching the world's top athletes compete at sochi at the winter olympic games the massive ceremony showcased twenty eight hundred athletes from eighty eight countries were competing in ninety eight events and right after that beautiful opening ceremony competition kicked into gear let's take a quick look at the medal count up to this point canada leaves with seven medals three golds and three silvers had a bronze the other ones and norway take second and third place also with seven medals the united states takes fourth place followed by germany russia australia and france now today there were competitions for the men's five hundred meter speedskating women's ice hockey women's singles in louche and a number of other sports i spoke earlier with r.t. correspondent paul scott he is reporting from sochi and he gave us some highlights from over the weekend. well i think i think the highlight from a russian point of view is quite easy to point to it came in the fi

r t. the tory newlands use of strong language has caused outrage from many around the world including germany's chancellor angela merkel she dismissed the comments as totally unacceptable load of a new still former deputy speaker of the belgian parliament he says the conversation is a clear demonstration of how america really regardless of a sovereign states. open to do real good diplomacy behind closed doors this confirms the long stance of the united states and the e.u. by the way towards a new conscious diddy's dana to show floor for democracy to some of the old logic countries this one small undermines the whole claim of transparency and democracy building and but to do building of political institutions these are all ideological efforts to influence politics in other countries and also by the way shows how casual these people can talk about the do politics of another country. still last to come here on r.t. international including the corruption eating away deep inside the e.u. and th

coming up on r t going for the gold another day at the sochi winter games is wrapping up so who is bringing home the medals we'll give you the latest from sochi . and u.s. senator rand paul souza these surveillance state the senator files a class action lawsuit against president obama and top security officials more on the fight to protect american civil liberties coming up. and a florida case over the fatal shooting of an unarmed teenager draws to a close both sides delivered closing arguments in the trial of the man accused of firing several shots into a car over loud music in update on that trial later in the show. as of wednesday feb twelfth four pm here in washington d.c. i'm liz wall and you're watching our team america the two thousand and fourteen olympic games are in full swing in sochi it's the fifth day of competitions here is a round up of today's winners germany is currently in the lead with six gold medal wins but only has a grand total of eight medals canada is in second place with ten medals and norway is in third with twelve now their limbs is in fourth place followed by th

and broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is r t i'm sean thomas glad to have you with us now ukraine's former prime minister yulia timoshenko has urged protesters in kiev to stay put until their demands are met she addressed the crowd at independence square just hours after being released from prison the country's lawmakers have voted to dismiss president young who called rich and have set their date for an early election that's as the president has refused to step down and accused of the opposition of an attempted coup parties are going to be going off as the latest. the piece with which have been unfolding here in kiev hasn't changed one bit it hasn't slowed down at all since. the country's former prime minister an opposition leader has been released from jail by the deputies of the palm it and shortly after coming out she pledged to run for office and that could happen very soon since the other thing that the deputies voted on was the date for an early presidential vote according to their plans that is going to happen at the end of may and to also deputies of t

coming off on r t breaking news coming out of ukraine protesters once again filled the streets of the nation's capital demonstrators and local police continue to clash with some the fatalities already reported look at the on rest in ukraine just ahead today was a day of many champions of the sochi olympics numerous medals were awarded dramatically shifting the current rankings will have the latest coming up and a new development for a russian man imprisoned in the u.s. u.s. authorities have finally agreed to allow a medical examination of the inmate this after russian authorities that show concern over his health warn that later in the show. it's tuesday feb eighteenth four pm in washington d.c. i'm maggie lopez and you are watching r.t. america well we begin this afternoon with breaking news from ukraine where at least nine people are reported dead and dozens of others were injured today according to the government officials the. clashes in the country continues to become more and more violent between police and demonstrators the ukrainian interior ministry reports that some police o

i'm perry and boring you are watching r t america. or nearing the halfway point of the sochi winter games another day is wrapped up in russia let's take a look at the medal count. norway and the u.s. topped the total medal count with thirteen each the netherlands and russia are just one medal behind followed by canada and germany for a fall wrap up of today's events and a preview of tomorrow's usa russia hockey match here's our teens paul scott in sochi. well america's men's curling team won one and lost one on day seven they secured an eight five victory over germany but followed it up with a seven six defeat to russia meanwhile the women's team went down knowing two to denmark not a defeat which keeps them rooted to the bottom of the table and all but ends their chances of progression to the semifinals meanwhile america's men's team are in the final of the five thousand meter short track speed skating that's despite finishing fourth in qualifying now the reason for that is that there was a collision with the south korean team americ

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