solution in southern syria.y have put all of thr eggs in that crossroads. if ty lose syriao the cities or liberty or the free forces o the free syrian army they will have a significa blow to the influence of the wes and the region. so therefore. melissa: on the side of the rebels. you could do is backing the rebels, the muslim brotherhood. it is not people who are friend i mean, i understand what you're sayingbout how iran is backing syria and while we should not be on that side, but that ii not a compelling enough reason to be on t side of the rebels, is it? >> well, i think, melissa, is. the zero calculus that the middle east is torn between two bad choices is falling apart. the egyptians on their way to ousting the muslim brotherhood and they're next revolution. the turks have shown that they are revolting. with the right influence, with our influence for liberty there can be a third choice in the middle east. left to its own devices, the strong course right now ishe worst choice. we can at least try to tilte

fact, on thursday, he -- his fighters fought against al qaeda in a town called deron i'm told in southern syria. that's a sign of what i think is really important and what this policy is. chris: a former general in the syrian army. >> a man who was a general in the syrian army. a professor of electrical engineering. he's very well spoken. german educated. and he's trying to become a military leader now. >> i think as -- as part of what this general has also spoken about is the fact that there is now hezbollah fighters in syria. and they have said we will go into lebanon. and we will chase hezbollah back into lebanon. because of the fact that they are fighting in syria. and i think that is part of what the american objective is. it's not so much what we want. it's what we don't want. and that's a broader sunni-shia split that starts in syria and progresses to iraq and engulf that region. >> this is where the president has a political problem. not domestically, internationally. and maybe it will be a problem that he regrets 20 years down the road. as with bill clinton was really trying to warn hi

golang or reopening the front from syria as opposed to fighting from southern lebanon, which is what hezbollah has been doing for years by proxy. how did you get to be the figure of 4000? >> only one man can get these decisions and that is the supreme leader. they are strategic cannot tactical. i understand this decision was taken before the presidential election. iran is being threatened by the eu and by america for so long that an initiative of this kind was probably going to be taken. you have got to see that america's decision to give military aid to the rebels effectively and for the first time in history alliance america solely with one side. they are on the side of the shiites.ainst the that is something iran takes tremendously serious and, as well they should. >> this could effectively change the battle rather to radically. look what we saw when hezbollah got involved. >> the battle lines in syria were changed even before. in northern syria, a mile and a half from the turkish border, they were able to advance and were taking the villages. before hezbollah became involved, we

guest: first of all, we already hezboollahh the -- from southern lebanon into syria proper and there is a risk of this writing into lebanon itself. lebanon is a country that certainly has seen its own share of civil war, and we do not need to see that reignited. the carrion violence in lebanon is a real risk with the syria conflict -- secretary and violence in lebanon is a real risk. and in the case of turkey, not necessarily sectarian violence in turkey but there has been shelling across the turkish border that led to some retaliation from the turkish military. i think the turks are very concerned about the possibility of the spread of this conflict across their borders. that is something as a nato ally and a crook -- close ally of the united states, that is something that has to concern us as well. host: the u.s. and the taliban, we may see some peace talks over afghanistan. there is a plan now for meetings in doha, qatar, but there is a pushback because hamid karzai, president of afghanistan, says he he is not being included in this. been: i have always skeptical, frankly, about p

was a southern turnaround for the christian democrats, who had long opposed equal tax treatment for same-sex couples. this is now set to be passed before the summer recess. >> the conflict in syria threatens to disturb the fragile peace with neighboring israel. battles between the syrian army and rebels near the border of the golan heights injured two u.s. peacekeepers in the demilitarized zone. make up one-third of the blue helmet mission that has overseen the cease-fire between syria and israel since the 19 70's. a surpriseay later, offer from russian president vladimir putin to send russian troops to replace them. u.n. you all know, secretary-general ban ki-moon recently visited russia. he asked us to increase our participation in peacekeeping operations. difficult situation, we could replace the contingent in this region on the border between israeli troops and the syrian army. >> united nations officials turned down his offer. and closen partner ally and major arms supplier of the syrian government would bar it from the mission. news media in the u.s. reported that the government is covering out why it spread surveillance. those said the fbi have collected communications da

the opposition the arms embargo on syria lifted last month while for its to push both sides to peace talks continue to stall. a motorbike bombing arrest of part of southern afghanistan hild to one hundred fifteen when it blew up in a marketplace this less than twenty four hours after another suicide explosion took the lives of seventeen people in the supreme court in the capital kabul in recent weeks has been a wave of attacks by taliban forces and other militants against afghan security forces pushing violence there were twelve year high. french traffic controllers in their second day of strikes causing more than eight hundred flight cancellations workers oppose e.u. plans to centralize euro airspace rather than leave each nation to control its own skies to protest the first since two thousand and ten when airport staff protested against changes in french pension rules. with pensions high in the region israelis are used to living under constant threat of conflict but how prepared are the people of israel should they come under attack or peace policy or takes a look. israel is the most fertile and country in the world we're talking about fifty to thanks

syria left at the last month to push the. both sides to peace talks continue to stall. a motorbike bomb in a restive part of southern afghanistan has killed two and injured fifteen when it exploded in a marketplace this less than twenty four hours after another suicide explosion took the lives of seventeen people at the supreme court in the capital kabul in recent weeks there's been a wave of attacks by taliban forces and other militants against afghan security forces pushing the violence to a twelve year high. frank air traffic controllers in their second day of strike action causing more than eight hundred flight cancellations workers oppose evil plans to centralize european airspace rather than leave each nation to control its own skies the protest the first since that is for the first since two thousand and twenty one airport staff protested against changes in french pension rules. all four thousand evacuated as wildfires spread through the u.s. state of colorado a fire covering an estimated four hundred acres is likely to grow quickly because of low humidity and high temperatures and fast winds there are report

about the export of munitions export for instance of weapons into syria the export of weapons into war zones like the nile area of southern sudan the kinds of weapons that are accounting for tens of thousands of innocent deaths every year women and children in conflict zones so i'm confident that after the senators have a chance to really read the treaty have a chance to hold hearings on it after president obama signs it that they will find as the president has found that this treaty is in no way a threat to the second amendment rights of u.s. citizens right will at the same time though sky. odd this this report from the hill says that you know over half of senators are on record against it and that president obama is hasn't had to sign it because of the political capital it would were prior to once again take on the n.r.a. on this issue why is the n.r.a. sticking its head out on this issue that doesn't really affect them at all is this is this as i said in the intro maybe an attempt by them to take advantage of the issue to stoke up fears about a one world government take away of guns to then inspire more gun sales in th

opposition the arms embargo on syria was lifted last month while efforts to push both sides to the negotiating table have so far stalled. a motorbike bomb in a rest of part of southernafghanistan has killed two and injured fifteen when it exploded in a marketplace this less than twenty four hours after another suicide explosion took the lives of seventeen people at the supreme court in the capital kabul in recent weeks there's been a wave of attacks by taliban forces and other militants against afghan security forces pushing violence to a twelve year high. french air traffic controllers in their second day of a strike causing more than one thousand nine hundred flight cancellations workers oppose evil plans to centralize european airspace rather than leave each nation to control its own skies well where workers are expected to also walk out thursday levy much of the country's transportation routes paralyzed. with tension high in the region israelis are used to living under a constant threat of conflict but how prepared other people should they come under attack or whose paulus leader takes a look. israel is the most fertile and country in the world we're talking abo

the southern part of the country controlled by hardline sunni militants around sixteen soldiers killed in two days of clashes with followers of a maverick cleric also supports anti assad rebels in syria the fighting has been seen as a test of the weak government's ability to contain the anger unleashed by the civil war in the neighboring country. our times who are ruffled some feathers and talk money markets kaiser the kaiser report it's in just a moment. anyone who lives in the us knows that the i.r.s. does not play around one honest or dishonest mistake could get you in a lot of trouble even a longtime friend of mine got his entire life savings destroyed due to some simple honest error you think that workers in an organization that could punish you for your financial failings would be very sharp with their own money but that's sadly not the case according to an audit report from the treasury inspector general for tax administration at the very least one thousand iris employees have abused the charge cards they were issued to cover their official travel expenses some of these people are very high in the letter including an executive level official a criminal investigator and multipl

southern california in the mid 1980s. in 1989, ramirez was convicted of 13 murders. today, the united nations made the biggest appeal in its history, calling for more than $5 billion to help the people of syria. the u.n. projects as many as ten million people, that's half of syria's population, could be in need of humanitarian aid by the end of the year and called the syrian conflict, quote, the most dangerous crisis since the end of the cold war. >>> when "nightly news" continues on this friday evening, high stakes at a low key summit with two super power presidents. and what about the talk about the first lady. >>> later, getting back on track. at 50, love isn't the only thing that's better the second time around. >>> president obama is in california tonight for a meeting with his chinese counterpart xi jinping who took office just last november. the men had a lot to talk about and they are dispensing with some of the usual formalities. part of the focus has been on their wives. one of them is there. the other is not. our report from chief foreign affairs correspondent andrea mitchell. >> reporter: the white house hopes this is a different kind of chinese leader. relaxed, self-confident en

southern lebanon. the protester belonged to a small shia party that opposes hezbollah's ideology. austria has started to withdraw peacekeepers, saying the area is no longer safe after tito peacekeepers were heard and fighting in syria across the border into the region. more than 300 austrian peacekeepers, and they cut the mission by a third. tell us more. >> we are seeing the first of some of the austrian peacekeepers pulling out already. it was only five days ago that the conflict came right to the crossing here when the rebels took control of this for four hours. the u.n. peacekeepers were caught in the middle of the violence, and the austrians said it is too violent to leave our people in. we have seen logistical pain today asked logistical teams today loading up. just on the crossing back there, suitcases and equipment going on the back of those vehicles and coming through the crossing. they are making their way to the main u.n.-based camp which is very close to the cease-fire line. it was also hit during the violence by two mortars. that was last thursday. we have not managed to speak to any of the austrians. they do not seem to want to discuss it. we did speak to a chilean peacekeeping officer who was passing

southern part of the country controlled by hardline sunni militants around sixteen soldiers killed in two days of clashes with the followers of a maverick cleric who also supports anti-government rebels in syria the fighting is being seen as a test of the weak government's ability to contain anger unleashed by the civil war in neighboring syria. a jailed kurdish militant leader launching a new peace efforts to end three decades of conflict with turkey to go she should come and made massive protests against the country's pm the kurdish leadership wants to give more rights to the kurdish minority that makes up twenty percent of the country's people the kurdistan workers party guerrillas currently withdrawing from turkish territory with some reports saying almost half of them have already lost. after the break a look at latest financial news headlines with prime interest stay with us here at r.t. . anyone who lives in the us knows that the i.r.s. does not play around one honest or dishonest mistake could get you in a lot of trouble even a longtime friend of mine got his entire life savings destroyed due to some simple honest error you think that workers in an organization that could punish you f

southern part of the city controlled by hardline sunni militants around sixteen soldiers killed in two days of clashes with the followers of a maverick cleric who also supports anti assad rebels in syria the fighting has been seen as a test of the government's ability to contain the anger and least by the civil war . in the neighborhood. after the break our special report on the consequences of the military conflict in chechnya stay with us here on our. you know how sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else and you hear or see some other part of it and realized everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm tom harpur welcome to the big picture. the interview. of feel good. download the official publication to yourself choose your language stream quality and enjoy your favorites from alzheimer's if you're away from your television just doesn't matter now with your mobile device you can watch on t.v. any time anyway. i would rather ask questions for people in positions of power instead of speaking on their behalf and that's why you can find my show larry king now right here on r.t. question more. should be in a i belie

syria. northern jordan comes to mind, southern turkey, and it's true, things don't all the time -- don't often burn down immediately but over time, given that we don't have a solution to this cries and one doesn't seem to be in the offing, at least as easy one, the potential for this to spread is much, much greater and deserves greater u.s. attention. so, my ideas in the paper we have discussed in meetings we have had in and outside of government circles and are not unknown to most of you. and there are four parts. one is, i believe that the first step is we need to enforce the chemical weapons use redline with president assad. when you lay down the lines you should enforce them. and the choices of not doing so rereverb rate beyond this case and affect how we're perceived in the region. but most importantly if we don'tens force the red line i think the president bears every indication, based on the evidence, that president assad is moving up the escalation change. so already using chemical weapons. use of the surface-to-surface missiles is already the third most used against a civilian pop nat

southern part of the country controlled by hardline sunni militants around sixteen soldiers have been killed in two days of clashes with the followers of the cleric who also supports anti assad rebels in syria the fighting has been seen as a test of the weak government's ability to contain the anger unleashed by the civil war in the neighboring country. or it's. breaking the set here are not see it's going to be coming your way in just a moment because they would. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else and you hear or see some other part of it and realize everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm tom harpur welcome to the big picture. interview. download the official publication to your cell phone choose your language stream quality and enjoy your favorites. if you're away from your television just doesn't sit well with your mobile devices you can watch on t.v. anytime anywhere. you live on one hundred thirty three bucks a month for food. you know how. i mean. i know i'm sitting in the same place really messed up. and we're all very so personally apologize and say. worse you are going to fly down superman t

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southern part of the country controlled by hardline sunni militants around sixteen soldiers have been killed in two days of clashes with the followers of a maverick cleric and also supports and see assad rebels in syria and the fighting is being seen as a test of the weak government's ability to contain the anger unleashed by the civil war in the neighboring country. it's been a pleasure having you with us here on r.t. today i'm rover sushi in moscow and just a moment on a check of the financial news headlines with private interest. you know how sometimes you see a story and it seems so for you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else and you hear or see some other part of it and realize that everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm tom harpur welcome to the big picture. the interview. a. good job. download. the creation so you like stream quality and enjoy your favorite. if you're away from your it's early version of early just awesome but not with your mobile device you can watch your t.v. anytime anywhere. good afternoon and welcome to prime interest i'm perry and washington d c and here's the prime headlines that we're tracking today. they only picture how the left ba

southern part of the country controlled by hardline sunni militants around sixteen soldiers have been killed in two days of clashes with the followers of a maverick cleric who also supports anti assad rebels in syria the fighting is being seen as a test of the weak government's ability to contain the anger unleashed by the civil war in the neighboring country. why let's give us one of our top stories of the top story here on our moscow has said that it considers washington's threats towards it over edward snowden the whistleblower as unacceptable and the foreign minister sergey lavrov has addressed a question posed by r.t. regarding russia's relationship with the spy leaker let's cross live to. now joining me live here on the program to give us the latest on this so today eleven often is a poll scott the russian foreign minister addressing the issue of snowden where is he what's to be done and what he did tell us. that well that is the eternal question being asked by a journalist still here it's not a matter of but as you say in the last hour or so russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov has been speaking out a press conference with his counterpart from algeria and he was asked a question as you s

southern part of the country controlled by hardline sunni militants around sixteen soldiers killed in two days of clashes with the followers of a maverick cleric who also supports anti-government rebels in syria fighting seen as a test of the weak government's ability to contain anger unleashed by the syrian civil war. a jailed kurdish militant leader launching new peace efforts to end three decades of conflict with turkey these negotiations come amid massive protest against the country's prime minister the kurdish leadership wants to give more rights to the kurdish minority which makes up twenty percent of the country's population kurdistan workers party guerrillas are currently withdrawing from turkish territory with some reports saying almost half of them have already left. and updating our breaking news this hour russia's president vladimir putin says fugitive n.s.a. whistleblower edward snowden not only landed in russia but is still in the transit zone at sheremetyevo airport that means he hasn't crossed the russian border officially and doesn't need to go through passport control putin responded to demands from the u.s. saying russia can't extradite anyone to a country with whom it has

southern part of the country which is controlled by hardline sunni militants around sixteen soldiers have been killed in two days of clashes the followers of a maverick cleric who also supports anti-government rebels in syria the fight. is being seen as a test of the weak government's ability to contain anger unleashed bloody civil war in neighboring syria. and also the vis a jailed kurdish militant leader is launching new peace efforts to end three decades of conflict with the peace negotiations come amid massive protests against the country's prime minister kodesh leadership wants to give more rights to the kurdish minority which makes up twenty percent of the country's population to stem look his party guerrillas are currently withdrawing from turkish territory with some reports saying almost hall for them all ready and that. to bring up to take a moment i'll be back with a news team with morphine half an hour from now in the meantime the latest edition of our money program the coase the report after the break. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so silly you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and realized everything you thought

southern part of the country controlled by hardline sunni militants around sixteen soldiers have been killed in two days of clashes with the followers of the maverick cleric who supports and he asked saad rebels in syria the militants attacked an army checkpoint first which could indicate a growing frustration over hezbollah led shiite ascendancy to power in the country . or at about to our breaking news here on r t the presidential palace in the afghan capital kabul has come under massive militant attacks reporters waiting for a press conference there with the afghan president we managed to get in touch with a local reporter courtney body and she gave us a few details. be attractive indeed in the. three to four. i can see giant holes in the glass wall new black balled why and the out of print. green. the child in clinton tried to hit the presidential power and here we are in which. the partners will talent. and other interesting thing is that if you track it back in time the president will tell it's called journal or. conference to discuss the taliban people stop trying. to get track during your term when you're talking peace should a lot about. the situation here not going to benefit our thank you f

this comes as syria's military forces prepare for a major attack on rebels in the southern part of that> leaders from north korea and south korea have agreed to hold talks at the senior level this week in seoul. the two-day meeting will start on wednesday. it's the first such meeting in more than six years. talks are expected to focus on resuming operations at a jointly-run factory park near the border in north koreand other projects that could unify the country. talks on nuclear issues, though, are not planned. >>> 7:46. happening right now in florida, jury selection in the george zimmerman trial, he's charged with second-degree murder in the shooting death of trayvon martin. rene marsh is live in florida to tell us what's been happening so far. rene? >> reporter: good morning dave. as we speak this jury selection process is underway. we have some 200 potential jurors inside of the courthouse right now. half of them received a questionnaire. so they are filling that out and lawyers from both sides will look at the questionnaires and if there's anything they want to follow up on, they w

if every fixed wing aircraft in syria is destroyed, we'll hear about helicopters engaged in military operations as we did during the uprising in southern iraq after desert storm where we had an effective fixed wing no-fly zone. if helicopters are destroyed, then we will notice that most of the indiscriminate killing is being done by the regime that's being conducted by indirect fire from artillery as assad in syria able -- look, i don't let insurgents were seeking to gain the maximum accessibility support for the fight. they are in a struggle to the death and a very brutal assad regime to as one is to have the constant without misconceptions. only the removal of assad will diminish the demand signal for military intervention. i have not discussed the as 300, the patriots or other technical matters but if your printer matters but if you're burning to a we decided to take a question. just know that most objective oe observers would you find the note especially as cannon fodder, at least as, remarks accordingly. thank you and i welcome your questions. [applause] >> thank you, dave. ms. waxman. >> thank you, dr. anthony come for inviting m

syria. that's dangerous, and all of the refugee problems it causes putting prressure on jordan, th very structure of lebanon is in doubt now, the southernse pressure with refugees, israel is under a bit of pressure. we have to have a solution that regains the confidence of the opposition in the united states and the arab league in any hope we might have of having a negotiated peace settlement. if we don't get that credibility back, womp, we're toast. this thing is going to spiral out of control and we will be passive observers to one of the greatest humanitarian disasters in recent time. >> do you want the u.s. to provide arms to the rebels? do you want the u.s. to engage in a no-fly zone over syria? what do you want the obama administration to approve? >> what i have called for early on -- we have unique capabilitieso this doesn't mean 1 1 zr w 101 airborne or -- a, leadership to the arab league, which by the way, they're asking for on providing certain specific training, intelligence vetting of the opposition forces, intelligence packages, and we can help the arab league create a safe zone that would include the ability to knock out a