hoffman: during the maximum cold of the snowball earth, you have an earth that's more like mars than it is like earth. narrator: hoffman is seeking answers to how the earth entered this snowball and, more important for us how it returned to warmer conditions and has maintained a stable and moderate climate. both of these scientists look to the deep past for clues to the present enriching our understanding of the one place we know in the universe where life flourishes -- earth,he habitable planet. eah's inedlerr ofifnt animals a plas, including humans, is relatively new to this planet. fossils contained in the earth's vast rock record show that the first animals emerged around 600 million yea ago -- a mere 15% of earth's 4.5-billion-year history. it's likely that simple, single-celled organisms ruled alone for approximately 3 billion years. the same rocks that document this evolution of life provide information out earth's physical environment clues to how earth managed to change from an alien world of simple microorganisms to a planet filled with complex life. andy knoll studies the

hoffman: during the maximum cold of the snowball earth, you have an earth that's more like mars than it is like earth. narrator: hoffman is seeking answers to how the earth entered this snowball and, more important for us, how it returned to warmer conditions and has maintained a stable and moderate climate. both of these scientists look to the deep past for clues to the present, enriching our understanding of the one place we know in the universe where life flourishes -- eah's inedlerr of difntnima as, earth, the habitable planet. including humans, is relatively new to this planet. fossils contained in the earth's vast rock record show that the first animals emerged around 600 million years ago -- a mere 15% of earth's 4.5-billion-year history. it's likely that simple, single-celled organisms ruled alone for approximately 3 billion years. the same rocks that document this evolution of life provide information about earth's physical environment, clues to how earth managed to change from an alien world of simple microorganisms to a planet filled with complex life. andy knoll studies t

it starred the at a snowball stand in bel air. that's where we find roosevelt leftwich who is here with the details. >> reporter: the shooting happened here late on saturday night. authorities are still trying to figure out exactly what happened here. but here's what we know so far. now on saturday evening, the sheriff's office got a call from a business that and mawas tear -- man was tearing up the place e stormed into the business near route 24 in forest hill. deputies say seth beckman wrecked the 7-eleven and punched a teenage outside the store and wrecked a bp gas station and sharon snowball standp cell phone video shows the damage -- stand. cell phone video shows the damage. >> my cousin helped me repair the doors so i could repair the building. >> there's a confrontation between the deputy and suspect and the deputy fires his weapon and strikes the suspect wounding the suspect. >> reporter: now beckman was flown to shock trauma where he died from his wounds. beckman's dad glen told abc2 news his son was dealing with depressi

he's getting pelted with the snowball. he stops the car and get out. of course, he's not in uniform. nobody knows he's a police officer. gets pelted with snowballs. so in the force of the melee he draws his weapon. when the first call came from are the press we heard there was a officer drawing a gun on the snowball fight pitches in a -- crime briefing and i have like i don't have time to give a statement. i grabbed one of the assistant chief. look at the video and give a statement. the officer drops his cell phone and picks it up. we're like it's not a gun. it's not a cell phone. i tell the chief to make a statement that it's not a gun. it's a cell phone. then we see the other video later he has a gun response lesson learned there about sacrifices. but secondly, you need to know all the information before you give conclusive statement. it was a nightmare. i got hundreds and hundreds of e-mails and calms and letters. people were so outraged over that. it was a -- a media nightmare for almost a year. >> host: i have a bunch of terms when i was doing the

it started as a snowball stand and roosevelt leftwich is here with the latest.> reporter: well, this startedvery, very late saturday night. at this point, authorities are still trying to figure out acts lid what -- acts lid -- exactly what happened but this is what we know so far. on saturday evening the sheriff office got calls from a business that a man was tearing up the place. they say 19-year-old seth beckman stormed into the businesses near route 24 and red pump road in forest hills. seth beckman wrecked the 7- eleven and punched a teenage outside the store and wrecked a bp gas station and sharon snowball stand. cell phone video from the snowball stand shows the damage. >> it took several hours to get that crap off the floor. and i am thank it will my cousin helped me repair the doors to secure the building. >> as suspect exists there's confrontation between deputy and suspect and the deputy fires his weapon and strikes the suspect wounding the suspect. >> reporter: beckman was flown to shock traumaer with died from his -- traumaer with died from his room.

authorities say he had broken into a snowball stand. minutes before, he was inside the bp and a nearby 711. he trashed both places and punched a man. stand, ahe snowball sheriff's office spokesman said he charged the deputy from a short distance and it was unclear if he was armed. >> when the suspects came out of the building, what did the deputy see and proceed? at this point, we believe that deputy was in fear and fired. >> i have to give the benefit of the doubt to police at this time. but i want to know all the details of why the threshold was crossed. >> he said he was bating depression and five months ago checked himself into a psychiatric facility. his father believes that on saturday night he was hanging out with some friends and that is how he got access to the drugs. he took something that all to let the killed him. -- ultimately killed him. and now i have no son. it ultimately, my son made that decision. >> the deputy who fired the shot has been on the job for two years and is on administrative leave pending the outcome of th

. >> it really snowballed amazingly fas >>> mayonnaise, you're really going to hate this. and a whole different kind of traffic cones. it's driving safety russian style. >> boys, you can thank me later. >>> you can never let your guard down, especially when you're walking around with 40,000 bucks. this guy walking to a bank in dekalb county, georgia. two men followed in immediately right behind him and took that bag of cash right out of his hand. he was going to make a business deposit. wasn't quite paying attention. as soon as he walks into the lobby, these two men covered up in disguise holding guns, grabbed the bag out of his hands, run out. as they run out they fire seven shots. >> loud pops, but everybody was down. i thought people were shot. >> nobody was injured in this incident. police believe that the suspect had parked in the parking lot and waited 20 minutes until this man's deposit came in. that's when they backed their truck up and locked him? >> you're carrying $40,000 and you're just holding it like a shopping bag. >> police are looking for a dark colored ho

throwing snowballs. weapon, writing stories about traumatic amputation and death, they do what they have always done that gets you in trouble. that is where so many american bays say -- american boys say school is for girls, the boy who wrotes about combat is in trouble. when i went to high school in ohio, 30 something years ago, the kids earning honors, at the awards, the editor of newspaper and yearbook they are boys. now they are all girls, we den go to 5 50-50, we swung the othr way, when did boys decide that argue is not something that boys do. john: you grew up in a sexist girl. now it is more equal, girls took over and because they are smarter. >> no, the boys decided that being in a debate club is uncool it is aligned with the academic objectives of school, what is cool with boys is next level in call of duty, and the schools do not understand telling bys, i don't want to read the story that you want to write, i want you to write about your feelings, write about how you file, if you were not invi

throwing snowballs. weapon, writing stories about traumatic amputation and death, they do what they have always done that gets you in trouble. that is where so many american bays say -- american boys say school is for girls, the boy who wrotes about combat is in trouble. when i went to high school in ohio, 30 something years ago, the kids earning honors, at the awards, the editor of newspaper and yearbook they are boy now they are all girls, we den go to 5 50-50, we swung the othr way, when did boys decide that argue is not something that boys do. john: you grew up in a sexist girl. now it is more equal, girls took over and because they a smarter. >> no, the boys decided that being in a debate club is uncool it is alied with the academic objectives of school, what is cool with boys is next level in call of duty, and the schools do not understand telling bys, i don't want to read the story that you want to write, i wan you to write about your feelings, write about how you file, if you were not invited to

or you can watch dogs as a british police need a cultural change in a bid to taco bell snowballing claims of racism figures show black people are seven times more likely to be searched by police on the streets than white people and as outraged as our senior found out most of the time it's without any evidence. one morning while driving to work nathan was stopped by the police and asked to step out of his car. you know. a priest lady was walking. you know. anything i was going to. nathan says they grabbed his wrists at which point he started getting angry is anyone going to the police station and what he told me is when he told me. fifteen or forty speeding yeah so. you know nathan's experience is just one of numerous other stories of black and minority ethnic youths who feel they've been unfairly targeted or treated by police a sentiment that's fueled riots in the past. home secretary theresa may order the police watchdog to conduct its first ever study into the use of stop and searches and deemed wanted for were unlawful warning that black and minority ethnic groups were stopped more tha

they'll say, jason and me were throwing snowballs and we got in trouble. a story about whatever we want, and i got in trouble. in american public schools, in schools have a zero tolerance party, which means not only can you not bring a plastic replica of a sword or gun, you can't draw one. >> for good reason, to reduce violence. >> it's not based in evidence. the notion is if you don't allow boys to draw a sword, they will become gentle fairies who want to talk about their feelings. it's not true. what they do is they chew -- i was referring to disney fairies as in tinkerbell. they'll chew their bread into a pistol and i can give many examples of schools in the united states where a boy has chewed his bread into the shape of a pistol and gets suspended. >> when you were in school, you won a creative writing award. >> in which refugees tried to escape to west germany and got his legs blowed off in a mine field and died. then i visited a school where a boy wrote a story about stalin grad 1942 from the perspective of a russian soldier on patrol. and he's ambu

you know, good thing you got old tully here always sticking up for you, snowball. square. where i'm going, at least you won't have to fight sailors off just to get a dance. you know whe to find me, punchy. roger that, devil dog. tattoo was the last thing i remember about shore leave. almost didn't make it back to the ship due to the whiskey... and a redheaded girl. this karnow, he and tully have a history? "mean gene" karnow-- tully gave that bastard a really good pasting at a smoker right before we got our liberty passes. fight over what? boxing match over bragging rights. tully always took that semper fi, "always faithful" business seriously. me, on the other hand... karnow the type to hold a grudge? well, first off, he was a swabbie. no love lost between marines and sailors. vera: gene karnow? take it easy there, dragnet. you guys looking for lessons? we're here about jimmy tully. what's he want, a rematch? he's dead. jeffries: killed on shore leave the night he knocked you out. how'd that happen? we were just about to ask you the same question. you think i kill

the office said after breaking into a snowball stand and charging at the duty, boeckman was shot. he died of his injuries the next day. deputy feeney is a two-year member of the harford county sheriff's office. he is on administrative leave pending the outcome of the investigation. >> president obama promised safer schools. >> next, how othmar city schools are part of that promise. x a painful loss for the orioles. how resilient can they be is to mark -- can they be? >> we will check out the seven-day forecast. right now, some hazy >> a terrifying day for students , staff, and parents. students the teachers and police raced out of the school indicator after authorities say shots were fired. police say a 19-year-old man who entered with an assault rifle was able to get into the school by falling behind someone who is authorized to be there. officers returned fire. luckily, no one was injured create >> of more city schools are heart of president obama's plan to improve goal safety. city schools are among the first 100 school districts to be examined by the department of homeland sec

they say well we were throwing snowballs or we got in trouble. i drew a picture of a sword i got in trouble. we could write a story about whatever we want. i got in trouble. >> he got in trouble for drawing a sword? >> in america public schools today it is common for boys -- many schools have zero tolerance policy not only can you not bring a plastic replica of a gun. >> for good reason to reduce violence. >> an assumption which is not based in evidence. the notion is if you don't allow boys to draw a sword they will become gentle fair res who want to fautalk about their feels. it's not true. what they do instead is -- i was referring to disney's fair res as in tink tinkerbell. they will chew their bread into a pistol. a boy chewed his piece of bread into the shape of a pistol and s he gets suspended for it. >> when you were in school you won a creative writing award. >> for writing a story in which eastern refugees try to escape western germany and one of them got his legs blown off in a minefield and died. and then i visited a school very recen

this has snowballed into a sweeping campaign against illegal immigrants, even though the suspect was not an immigrant. herald tribune looks closely and says at least 1500 foreigners have been rounded up in these detention centers and a large majority of the immigrants are read the means, and this has drawn outrage from -- vietnamese, and this has drawn outrage from human rights supporters, but the campaign has been cheered by a lot of the media and the public, and the mayor of moscow says -- seeingrmal, sane this as an emergency situation. he is probably trying to defend his job because there will be a race for mayor september 8 and immigration is a hot button issue. >> in the u.s., a federal judge 'ss ruled that new york police stop and search powers are racist. >> yes. it's as a federal judge that says the new york police department's stop and frisk target unfairly target blacks and hispanics and this is a violation of constitutional rights. you can read about it in "the independent." she did not ban the policy but said the nypd had to change its ways, the mayor, michael bloomberg,

scandal snowballs in the u.k. snowden's latest leaks show how leading telecom companies secretly gave a british spy agency. access to net traffic and phone calls. washington. has swept under the rug along with initiatives despite most people's apparent disapproval of it all. and as the u.s. keeps its citizens away from the middle east due to an unspecified terror threat we look at the butterfly effect of washington support for the rebellion in syria.

meanwhile the scandal snowballs in the u.k. snowden's latest revelations show how leading telecom companies and their client state of british intelligence which is funded by america's controversial spy agency . different held without charge. excuses guards and carrying out proceed does that amount to sexual abuse critics say.

the surveillance scandal snowball was in the u.k. is snowden's latest leak show high leading telecom companies secretly gave the british spy agency precedented access to net traffic and phone calls but in washington the violence is swept under the rug along with time to snooping initiatives despite most people's current disapproval of it all. in the u.s. says citizens away from the middle east to to an unspecified terror threat we look at the bus or fly effect of washington the support for the rebellion in syria.

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his sexting scandal appears to be snowballing with each passing day. each bringing more heated confrontations with voters, like this one in queens. >> this neighborhood does not trust the government. okay? i would like to know, how can i trust you with my family and my community when you can't be trusted in your own family? >> that's between i and my wife. i tried to be a good congressman for you. i try to work hard every single day for you and your neighbors. >> despite the criticism, weiner shows no sign of giving up his bid for new york city mayor. >>> today could be the day that baseball's doping scandal comes to a head for alex rodriguez of the yankees and other players. espn is reporting that a-rod's a possible deal with mange major league baseball. >> major league baseball is going to try to ban alex rodriguez for life. but if they do, they know they're going to get an incredible fight with the union. >> the league is hoping a-rod will accept a long suspension that would keep him off of the field through at least next season without having to go

punched a teen outside the store and crossed the street and wrecked a bp gas station and shan's snowball stand. video shows the damage. when a dep tay arrived beckman- - deputy arrived, the beckman allegedly confronted the deputy who shot beckman. he was flown to shock trauma where he died from his wounds. beckman's dad says his son was dealing with depression and may have been taking synthetic drugs but he doesn't think that the police should have shot his son dead. >> he had to be dealing with head issues in his head and he think he was self-medicating with the marijuana. he was not himself when he was- - when he came after that officer and was killed. he was definitely under the influence of some serious drugs. >> reporter: now at this point, detectives are investigating the shooting and if you have any information about this incident please call the harford county sheriff department at 410-836-5431. the deputy involved in the shooting has been placed on advattive leave. report -- administrative leave. >>> we reported on two other law enforcement involved shootings the first on tuesda

then it just snowballed and the kids had nowhere to go. then great good fortune, we met with the east bay regional parks who is the landowner of the camp. we partnered and we built this amazing green facility. so during the school year, school camp. during 11 to 14 weekends a year we use it for medically fragile and developmentally disabled children. in the summer we take it over for the summer. >> that's got to be a different kind camp in terms of activities, safety factors, medical support. what kind of things do these kids do? >> they do everything from the ropes course and going out to the reservoir and having a field trip. they have a horse program. we just started a music therapy program that is so successful and really for children like with autism, it unlocks them and allows them to capture their language and be a part of their little community. for kids that don't have that issue but maybe aren't able to express possibly in a grief camp, it gives them a chance to write a song. our therapists are licensed and trained and they know

meanwhile the surveillance scandal snowballs in the u.k. snowden's latest revelations show how leading telecom companies and their clients data to british intelligence which is funded by america's controversial spy agency . also this hour prisoner held without charge of guantanamo bay accuses guards of carrying out procedures that amount to sexual abuse critics say the invasive searches are used to break the resolve.

store up the 7-e-- 7-eleven and punched a teen outside before going to a bp gas station and sharon snowball's father says his son was dealing with depression and was not himselfet at the time of the shoot kneeing was not himself when he was-- when he came after that officer and was killed he was under the influence of serious drug. >> beckman was flown to shock trauma with where he died. the deputy involved suffered minor injuries and is on administrative leave. they are check for surveillance video to get a better idea of what happened. >> >>> just last week we told you about two other police-involved shooting the first on tuesday when an officer shot a suspect who police say was dragging the office are alongside a moving car. in that case the suspect was killed. another person in the car was arrested. in the other police involved shooting last tuesday in baltimore city, police say the officer he witnessed a drug deal going on near a school and one of the suspects appeared to have a gun. the officer fired and the suspect in that case is expected to recover. >>> police are investigating a t

and punched a teen outside the store and crossed the street and wrecked a bp station and sharon snowball stand. cell phone video shows the damage that when a deputy arrived beckman confronted the deputy who shot beckman. he was flown to shock traumaer with died from his wounds. his dad was dealing with depression and may have been taking synthetic drugs but doesn't think his son should have been shot. >> he was dealing with issues in his head and i think he was maybe self-medicating with the mayor wanna. he was not himself when he came after that officer and was killed. he was definitely under the influence of some serious drugs. >> reporter: now at this point detectives are investigating the shooting. if you have information about this incident, call the harford county sheriff department at 410-836-5431. the deputy involved has been placed on the administrative live. reporting live in har forecountyroosevelt leftwich. >>> five minutes after five. it's not something you like to see when flying a plane bound for baltimore from boston had to make an emergency landing in philly because of s

. >>> snowball stand is one of the last places you he can spt a deadly-- expect a deadly shooting butwhat happened in bel air. roosevelt leftwich is

on this year and if it's a gadget snowball about you then your best friends or your most personal information is available at the touch of a button to big brother social networks have substituted rumors and not connections government's behind it all claiming you are protected how safe is your info how far should surveillance go is sacrificing privacy work claims of security. and our guest today is richard dr richard solomon software freedom activists and program and recently inducted into the internet hall of fame has joining us live from brussels it's really great to have you with us today dr stallman thank you now we're not that you don't own a phone why is that. well i do have a phone but it's not a mobile phone the reason is mobile phones are surveillance and tracking devices the phone system is constantly finding out where the phone is and they generally keep a record of this for months or years and that information is available to big brother very easily and i consider that oppresses. but it's worse they can be remotely converted into listening devices because the software in the phone

ones that were a couple hundred dollars because hardly anyone applied for them, and there was a snowball effect. you won the smaller ones, and they could help you win the larger ones. >> are you saying that just about anyone has a pretty good chance at landing a scholarship? >> i do. i think anyone out there can make a major dent in their ability to pay for college. here's an example of a person who actually won a scholarship from prison. so, he was locked up behind bars. now, don't go to prison. that's not what you want to do. but the question asked him, what would he do if he could give freedom away? and he talked about how he didn't even know what freedom was until he literally went to prison and had his freedom taken away and how he was trying to turn his life around. so, if he can win a scholarship, i know everyone out there can, too. >> what are some examples of scholarships out there that most people don't know about? >> one program i love is actually from dr. pepper. they have the dr. pepper tuition giveaway program, and all you have to do is film a 60-second video about the futu

temporary asylum but more of all what he has already given out to the media is being released the snowball effect of exposure continues apace with reuters recently putting a spotlight on how the drug enforcement agency cooperated with the n.s.a. in spying on american citizens that's not knowing whether or not the latest report came from snowden's early and weeks but as well as foreign minister told r.t. spanish channel that his country has been very wary of u.s. intelligence even before snowden's revelations i meant when a woman that we had always strongly suspected that the u.s. was carrying out surveillance across the world america excuses its nuclear activities by saying it's based on legislation and congress gave its approval along with the supreme court or the government to simply put it into effect but there are a lot of ethical questions as to how this program is being implemented in regard to society in this case the rights of u.s. citizens are being abused and besides we also see that the program involves other nations who are not obliged to abide by american laws and this is what

the surveillance scandal snowballs in the u.k. is snowden's latest league show how a leading telecom companies secretly gave a british spy agency unprecedented access to net traffic and phone calls. but in washington debate over mass surveillance is swept under the rug along with qantas snooping initiatives despite most people's apparent disapproval of it. and as the u.s. keeps its citizens away from the middle east you two unarmed specified terror threats we look at the bus and fly affects of washington support the rebellion in syria. welcome you watching r.t. with made andrew farmer. fresh surveillance scandal is unveiling in the u.k. it's been revealed that major telecom companies are secretly collaborating with the british intelligence agency giving it unlimited access to the private communications of millions of customers documents naming verizon business vodafone cable and bt among the companies aiding g c h q to intercept much of the world's online and telephone traffic were leaked by the whistleblower edward snowden this c

out in the streets the protests started back in june over a simple bus fare hike but it rapidly snowballed into a nationwide anger over that of government corruption. or thanks so much of. any thoughts here on our. skepticism is there any hope that's up next. remember we talked about clothing for regular folks like you and me that can make you invisible drones well freedom fashions as i like to call them are continuing to expand although the fact that our drones infrared eyes are very scary the more common street cameras are way more likely to want to average day violate your privacy and thus they invented the justice cap this hat blocks your face with the lights from face recognition software all the camera will see is an anonymous glowing ghost i personally haven't tested this thing out nor have i seen it with my own eyes and wearing three aaa batteries on your head at all times does seem like a bit of a bother but hey if you really want to be left alone and you're willing to throw down a few dollars this looks like a pretty good fashion statement to me the sad thing is that this sort of

front of these these issues before they keep snowballing and that makes sense now let's talk about some of the reform the president is open to and what he had to say about that sure well he first address the section two fifteen of the patriot act now section two fifteen is what allows the government to go to businesses like horizon and collect massive amounts of data from their users in this is metadata this is the phone numbers and you know who you are who you're talking to and when you're talking to them and he said that he's open to to making public a lot of the legal justifications for that i think we have a clip here of him talking about it. my direction the department of justice will make public the legal rationale for the government's collection activities under section two fifteen of the patriot act the n.s.a. is taking steps to put in place a full time civil liberties and privacy officer and released information that details its mission authorities and oversight. so is this section two fifteen here like i said the a mushroom and almost completely defunded it now the president t

meanwhile the surveillance scandal snowballs in the u.k. snowden's latest revelations show how leading telecom companies and their clients data is of british intelligence which is funded by america's controversial spy agency. and different held without charges. excuses guards of carrying out procedures that amounted to sexual abuse critics say the invasive searches are used to break the resolve of inmates. and i welcome it's good to have you company you're watching r.t. coming to you live from moscow with me andrew farm. now an american judge has found private bradley manning guilty of almost all charges against him the former intelligence analyst now faces more than one hundred thirty years behind bars for leaking a massive amounts of classified data the soldier was however cleared of the most serious and controversial charge of aiding the enemy so let's take a look at the timeline of events surrounding manning it all started when he was deployed to iraq in two thousand and nine seven months later he exposed to the world a video showing u.

when the deputy came up on the suspect in the snowball stand there was an altercation and beckman was at this point we don't know why the deputy fired. >>> firefighters in ann arundel county say something is up and they need your help. they responded to a barn fire on the old mountain road airport property. 22-year-old fireman injured his leg. if you know anything about this fire call the number on your screen. two people suffered second degree burns as they tried to push their boat away from the boat on fire. this happened at the baltimore yacht club. big cabin cruiser yacht boat caught fire. those on the dock tried to shove the boat away. >>> two miles for two hearts. last summer these two were killed during train derailment. yesterday 100 runners honored the 19 year old's lives. anniversary