r.t. correspondent liz wahl is in montgomery county with more. the massive manhunt underway. so a lot of attention. county liz wall r.t. now before we continue with our coverage i want to make it very clear that right now we are only going to report the facts that are coming in and we are not going to speculate about the means or the motives of these two men the fact is that we don't know why these two individuals did what they did whether or not it was an isolated attack or part of a bigger network we don't know what current connections these men have with the republic of chechnya so we want to be very careful in describing these men now that being said the chaos playing out in boston will undoubtedly have international repercussions for a look at the bigger picture of these events i'm joined now by john king is the president of the arc angels group john ah thanks for joining us first of all a lot of media began quickly calling this an act of terrorism on monday after the bombings actually happened president obama of course was very hesitant at first to call it such an attack

r.t. correspondent liz wahl takes a look at how government practices could be making companies think twice before investing in the u.s. well as we've reported here at r.t. the government has made several moves lately regulating the internet and getting access to online data we see this in cyber security bills like the foreign intelligence surveillance act allows the government to tap into international e-mails and phone calls without a warrant similarly the electronic communications privacy act lets law enforcement access online and with a court order no warrant needed and perhaps most well known the patriot act a law passed after nine eleven which significantly expands the government's ability to surveil citizens that these laws have raised red flags when it comes to our privacy but turns out government snooping could be having an effect on the economy now foreign companies are cashing in boasting that their service is guaranteed privacy that american companies can't take german telecommunications company deutsche telekom for example. trojan that's working. quickly for your very little. m

r.t. correspondent liz wahl shows us how a little bug is becoming a big problem for the medical community. an invisible but deadly threat has creeped into us hospitals it's not getting better actually is getting worse dr anthony found he is talking about c.r. re a so-called super bug that is resistant to nearly all antibiotics the bacteria kills half of infected patients while the first case of c.r.u. was identified here at johns hopkins back in two thousand and seven and since that microbiologist here say that the superbug has become much more common detecting one to two cases per week now on average testing for the bacteria happens here in the basement of johns hopkins hospital scientists take several steps to confirm the bacteria they are dealing with is in fact the superbug this is called the phoenix when you put the microbes in there what have u.v. lights that go through the spine and generates them and it would create and give you haven't been in susceptibilities the highly resistant microbes are tested again and in your bio lab once it's in the broth. uses large plates we actually s

r.t. correspondent liz wahl has more from our farm in today's protest in washington d.c. . organizers are calling this a day of action as you can see dozens of protesters are gathered here in front of the white house some of them wearing orange prison jumpsuit made to mimic what the prisoners are wearing at one time obey moments ago they were calling out the names of some of the prisoners that are stationed there and attempt to humanize them to give them a face to give them a name their message here today is simple to close guantanamo bay and end indefinite detention also to bring attention to the hunger strike that's been happening there for well over two months i spoke to some of the organizers here's what they had to say what i think one hundred hunger strike really underscores the problem with guantanamo instead of ensuring justice for nine eleven it's given us ten years of torture indefinite detention and a kangaroo court it's really time for change enough is enough the members of the media are not allowed to go have been stopped from going that so we're not able to fi