coleen rowley, why do you take this one? you work for the agency for decades.bout what is being proposed now as a result of what edward snowden has revealed? -- and ourr visit visit, we were told edward snowden that he had begun the debate by disclosing to american citizens what was going on, this massive spying upon american citizens. we were happy to tell him the debate has begun, but he is very concerned -- and this is actually the reason he has sacrificed so much, is that he wants to see these laws, the secret interpretations of law i should say, fixed. and of course the debate has begun. there have been hearings. they heard from clapper and alexander, who have not been truthful. for instance, alexander has claimed the nsa's massive spying has thwarted 54 incidents of terrorism affecting the united states. this was immediately debunked, mostly by the press, and the fbi later testified in hearings that, no, is really only one example they can come up with and it is actually a very flimsy example of a case involving giving a few thousand dollars to show bob -

quote in the vast majority of cases those same insurers will automatically shift their and roll rowley's to a plan that provides new consumer protections and for nearly half of the individual market and rowley's discounts for premium tax credits so like it or not the message has changed but the white house says it's for the better. and on capitol hill today the mother of trayvon martin called on lawmakers to work with state and local officials to re-evaluate the purpose of the controversial stand your ground law stand your ground is the piece of legislation that took front and center this past summer when george zimmerman was put on trial in the death of trayvon sabrina fulton spoke at the senate judiciary subcommittee hearing that took a look at how this law is being practiced in thirty different states in addition a bolt in the panel also heard from lou cmyk bath the mother of another slain african-american teenager named jordan davis the man who killed davis is currently trying to use the stand your ground law in his defense in florida last month r t spoke with the davis family attorn

whistleblower colleen rowley met snowden in a secret location they are the first americans known to have met him since he was granted asylum in russia in august they travel to moscow to present snowden with the sam adams amir for integrity in intelligence also noted edwards' father arrived at the sheremetyevo airport this morning one has yet to meet his son but is planning to see him in the next couple of days. no wins caught up with the group of whistleblowers today here's a wrap up of that conversation. well you know some would call them veteran whistle blowers jesselyn radek thomas andrews drake remedy govern colin rowley all sides around the table with me earlier to tell me their experiences of whistle blowing themselves and how they were treated them by the authorities as a result just earlier they met edward snowden at the undisclosed location here in russia we still under heavy security to present him with the sam adams award this been presented annually since two thousand and two to intelligence professionals who take a stand for integrity and ethics what they see is the greater

red mcgovern colin rowley all sides around the table with me earlier to tell me their experiences of whistle blowing themselves and how they were treated by the authorities as a result just earlier they met snowden at undisclosed location here in russia we still under heavy security to present him with the sam adams a war that's been presented to a new league since two thousand and two to intelligence professionals who take a stand for integrity and ethics what they see is the greater good incidentally samuel adams was a cia whistleblower during the vietnam war we've been extensively covering edward snowden story in r.t. for a long time the first thing i wanted to ask was i was really i thought he looked great he seemed very centered and and. brilliant smart funny very engaged. i thought he looked very well but of course the obvious question was given the time edward snowden is now it reflected what he's done did he have any regrets well have fun i'm a governor former federal employee you served on the seven u.s. presidents over twenty seven years but then in two thousand and two wen

whistle blower colleen rowley met snowden in a secret location they are the first americans known to have met with him since he was granted asylum in russia in august they travel to moscow to present snowden with the sam adams award for integrity and intelligence also long snowden edwards father arrived in the sheremetyevo airport this morning lonnie has yet to meet with his son but is planning to see him in the next couple of days archies kevin owen caught up with a group of whistleblowers today for a sort of meeting of the minds here's a wrap up of that conversation well you know some would call the veteran whistleblowers just would rather. read mcgovern coley rowley to run the table with me earlier to tell me their experience as a whistle blowing themselves and how they were treated by the authorities as a result just earlier they would snowden at undisclosed location here in russia we still under heavy security to present him with the boom is a war that's been presented on you really since two thousand and two to intelligence professionals who take a stand for integrity and ethic

rowley. please. lauren: i don't understand what's happening. dr. rowley, what are you doing here?esented itself. i had no other option. and he's here to take you back to the hospital. to the hospital? you're the one who needs help, not me! where is he? hmm? where is he? listen to me, there's this guy... he says that he's a secret service agent. he held a gun to my face. he blindfolded me. he tied me up. and he's holding my sister hostage. relax, lauren. notice where you are. you're safe. everyone here is safe. oh, my god. oh, my god. you tell him! you tell him about the gun and the room! lauren, you're scaring the kids. okay, jake. hey. hey. hey, look at me. i know that you saw what happened. i know that you did. so, you tell him. i don't know what you're talking about. why... why are you doing this? to help you. to save you. you're gonna have to come with me, lauren. your sister has power of attorney. it's her decision. she thinks it's best that you go back to sheppard pratt. so you'll get well. i love you. you did the right thing. we did the right thing. you're a monster. ellen:

agent coleen rowley jesselyn a radical of the government accountability project all of them whistleblowers in their own right as well as former cia analyst ray mcgovern now our team was lucky enough to have those four in our studios on thursday for an in-depth discussion and now of course with this new video we're able to hear from mr snowden himself and that video was provided to us by wiki leaks now the head of that organization judy this own judge has also voiced concerns as he absolutely did r.t. did have the opportunity to sit down exclusively with the wiki leaks founder at the ecuadorian embassy in london where he's still basically trapped in ins and some ways with no ability to leave now he said that he was concerned not so much for the safety of mr stone and but for the safety of. publishing his we leaked and really working to get his story and that information out there let's play that clip as well but i'm more concerned in terms of present people at risk. of this sort of harrison who was involved in getting. out of hong kong spent thirty nine days with him moscow report protectin

agent coleen rowley both of them whistleblowers in their own respects as well as just one radek from the government accountability project also a whistle blower and former cia analyst ray mcgovern now those for we were actually quite lucky to have them stopped by our studios right here in moscow last week at r t mr snowden meanwhile did speak out quite a bit he discussed the government transparency situation in the united states let's take a quick listen to what he had to say about that this latest you know relationship to go where we know exactly for sure it's on the wrong. side to the bombs. but they'll stop ok the. first stop will be to try. so strong passionate feelings as you heard right there mr snowden did also say that he doesn't believe mass surveillance actually increases people safety a point of view that he thinks is growing more popular across the world now the organization lucy that provided us with those clips and we keep leaks and the man in charge of that june in the sun has also voiced concerns his name once he said he certainly has r.t. did have the opportunity to

whistleblowers coleen rowley and just one radek the latter to join me now to discuss their visit and what lies ahead for mr snowden thanks much for coming on justin and colleen so much. so just one start with you both went to russia you presented edward snowden with the sand out of the terrier world what is this award all about and why did you choose to give it to him well this award is true recognize people who have shown courage and integrity in the in intelligence communities where it can be particularly hard to speak up because those people are unprotected it doesn't necessarily have to go to a whistleblower but often. and we felt it was very important to give it to edward snowden because he had engaged in that magnificent amazing act of civil disobedience and basically threw away his life as he knew it to do so to help people here in america and certainly colin to move on to you considering the reach of n.s.a. control do you guys take any precautions to make sure his location was revealed. well we didn't take too much for cautions ourselves other than we did take laptops with us

eleven it would have been prevented just the opposite is true and all one needs to do is go to colin rowley rallies testimony from the f.b.i. showing that it was all wacko. sharing it was a lack of opaqueness or a lack of transparency actually that contributed to the fact that these things or shorted together the dots were not connected stovepipe sure it exists and it's just the opposite of what dianne feinstein is saying and she should know and she does know that he she is not telling the truth she's not what i'm saying i'm afraid you brought out a trifle not what happened with the trust politicians here many thanks to my guest today in washington and in london thanks to our viewers for watching us here on c.n.n. and remember. these . splits divide the syrian opposition party takes a close look at why. it's just a few kilometers from the capital damascus like a state within a state free syrian army. the syrian military. reports from fragmented syrian rebel held territory. syrian rebel group on our. economic down in the final. days. and the rest. will be on. it's on a journey to shut. one h

will definitely going to continue to follow this story appreciate all your time coming on colleen rowley former f.b.i. agent and whistleblower thank you. last february more than one hundred men at guantanamo bay went on a hunger strike to protest their indefinite detention but instead of addressing the underlying issues pushing these men to put their lives on the line the u.s. military decided to force feed them now sixteen men remain on hunger strike but the technique to keep the men alive remains in question force feeding has been deemed cruel and inhumane by the international medical community and today the federal court of appeals in washington d.c. heard a case seeking an injunction against that very practice artie's sam sachs was there and brings us more. u.s. federal court of appeals here in washington d.c. heard arguments that in a case challenging the force feeding of guantanamo bay detainees three detainees have challenge there for speeding and i've asked the court to put an end to it the issue at hand today was whether or not the court even has jurisdiction to do that because

whistleblowers coleen rowley and just one radek the latter to join me now to discuss their visit and what lies ahead for mr snowden thanks much for coming on justin and calling me in so much. so just start with you both went to russia you presented ever started at the sand out of the terrier world what is this award all about and why did you choose to give it to him well this award is true recognize people who have shown courage and integrity in the in intelligence communities where it can be particularly hard to speak up because those people are unprotected it doesn't necessarily have to go to a whistleblower but often has and we felt it was very important to give it to edward snowden because he had engaged in that magnificent amazing act of civil disobedience. and basically threw away his life as he knew it to do so to help people here in america certainly cold enough to move on to you considering the reach of n.s.a. control do you guys take any precautions to make sure his location was revealed. well we didn't take too much for cautions ourselves other than we did take laptops wit

spokesperson said quote in the vast majority of cases those same insurers will automatically shift in rowley's to a plan that provides new consumer protections and for nearly half of the individual market enrollees discounts through premium tax credits so like it or not the message has changed but the white house says it's for the better. tonight's resident takes a look at the disparities of good cop bad cop and how far cops will go to be undercover and become a run meg take a look. there are a lot of rotten eggs in society that's why we need cops in the first place to catch rotten eggs for stealing or trying to kill us that kind of thing but somewhere along the line in society the cops went from being good guys that catch bad guys to being the bad guys themselves bad guys who in the name are good people into doing bad things for bad reasons like police quotas or quelling activism to the point where a lot of people call cops hague's but perhaps it would be more accurate to call them chickens at least you can call a cop in lake elsinore california chicken because recently one of them dressed up

whistleblower thomas drake, as well as former cia analyst ray mcgovern and former fbi agent coleen rowley. they gave snowden an award from the sam adams associates for integrity and intelligence, a group of former cia officials. jessleyn radack describe the impact of snowden's disclosures in an interview with rt. >> it is a dangerous time for whistleblowers in the united states, but the effect -- the snowden effect has been the opposite. we have more and more whistleblowers coming to the government account ability project than we have had before. i think if the u.s. is trying to clamp down and send a message by making an example, courage is contagious. i really think he has had a wonderful effect for the u.s. and for the world. >> edward snowden's father has also met with his son after arriving in moscow on thursday. russian state tv said details about the meeting are being kept secret for security reasons. snowden addressed reporters at the same airport were his son was stranded for more than a month to summer before receiving temporary asylum. ask i want to learn more about my son situa

that is not a ratio, that is in rowley's. es.enrolle he was the 800 pound gorilla and i was taking him to his knees. thingsthe encouraging that we are getting is that some of our early enrollees have been under 30 which was a concern which we would get all of the high risk business and not get any young folks to offset the high risk. we have had a fair amount of younger folks which give me reason to be optimistic that maybe there will be chance for success. most of the interest in our plans have been coming from folks that are calling us directly instead of going to the federal marketplace. there seems to be two reasons. one is that there is a significant amount of frustration with the ability to get the federal marketplace. the folks who have been able to get on and do transactions have all occurred between the hours of 11:00 at night and for clock in the morning. some of that not without long waits of two hours to make a single trance action. there's a lot of frustration. -- a single transaction. an lot of folks looking at

who believes that is the to vote right now cochair of the progressive caucus, my friend and yours, rowley. take it home. it is an honor to be here with the workers, an honor to be here with my colleagues, and an honor to be here with the leadership of organized labor. four days of a lockout. this is what it is. we have locked up the working people from their jobs and the people from their services, and from the government surface that they paid for and that they need. this is a republican lockout. i would suggest to our speaker that the american people have reached the tipping point with this action. we cannot go on for two more days or three more days. whatever political point was being made is lost. what is being lost in a very the effect on the lives and livelihood of the american people, and the people that work for the american people. that is what is going on now. we have to have a vote right away and we have to move on and get the deal with the budget cuts, the same budget, protect social security and medicare, speakere all, this needs to understand mark received. there is a majori

that is not a ratio, that is in rowley's. -- enrollees. he was the 800 pound gorilla and i was taking him to his knees. one of the encouraging things that we are getting is that some of our early enrollees have been young people under 30 which was a concern which we would get all of the high risk business and not get any young folks to offset the high risk. we have had a fair amount of younger folks which give me reason to be optimistic that maybe there will be chance for success. most of the interest in our plans have been coming from folks that are calling us directly instead of going to the federal marketplace. there seems to be two reasons. one is that there is a significant amount of frustration with the ability to get into the federal marketplace. the folks who have been able to get on and do transactions have all occurred between the hours of 11:00 at night and 4:00 in the morning. some of that not without long waits of two hours to make a single transaction. there's a lot of frustration. and a lot of folks looking at the marketplac