should think was arrested in thailand in a sting operation in march two thousand and eight following his arrest the u.s. was pressing for him to be taken to the united states but the russian citizen was in. jail for some two years and during two different courts hearings type courts refused the u.s. extradition request the russian federation also said that mr putin a russian citizen and also former soviet military officer are should not be extradited to the united states nonetheless in november two thousand times mr boot was taken out of thailand by a group of u.s. officials according to documents released by wiki leaks the u.s. government spent an enormous amount of time trying to get custody of viktor booth following his arrest in thailand according to u.s. cables u.s. president barack obama was urged to personally call thailand's prime minister directly about in addition the state department and the attorney general of boardings will weaken the documents were encouraged to call the thai embassador highlighting the massive drug enforcement administration's commitment to thailand to

what would drew you to this case were you know it's interesting i was in thailand and. both my fiance at the time and she happens to be russian and it's just a coincidence but you know it's for i was in thailand in bangkok actually when he got arrested and was front page of all the newspapers so you couldn't miss a case unless you weren't watching t.v. or arena newspapers at all and i was such big news in thailand and then i was i went back to india and then i came back to thailand and this is when you know over a year later and the trial is still going on and i remembered the biggest station here was coming off and i think october two thousand and ten. against you know against us for sex addition to the america and i didn't see anything in the papers and it was just struck me as odd so i started to write about the case and then i contacted by some investigative journalist and then iceland and other people and then for i knew what i found myself in thailand and through mutual friends that knew victor i was able to meet him in a courtroom the courtroom in thailand was a

in thailand by the sting by the dea a sting operations the d.a. in the united states government has done everything their power not to look for these alleged weapons so again you have no weapons you have no proof it was kidnapped from thailand he was brought to various states illegally the travel should have been a whole three years ago how things are being done right in thailand and certainly he would have won the case in that he states had he been represented by competent lawyer but we want to know what you think about the case i think to a good log onto our web site r.t. dot com and participate in our latest web poll this hour what we have is the majority believes the reason behind his sentence is that he's a secret russian agent the opinion that he was smuggling arms to u.s. enemies come second fourteen percent of you think he was in fact competing with the u.s. backed gun runners and minorities so far claims that boot is a victim of hollywood and politics let us know what you think go online and cast your vote about the. in other news the u.n

in thailand by this thing by the dea a sting operations the d.a. in the united states government has done everything in their power not to look for these alleged weapon so again if you have no weapons you have no proof it was kidnapped from thailand he was brought to its states illegally victor boot should have been a whole three years ago how things have been down right in thailand and certainly he would have won the case in that he states had he been represented by competent lawyer. well we want to know what you think about the case of picked a bit we're going to our website or not he got to come and participate in our latest poll of the sorrow of the majority of them the reason behind he said is that he's a secret russian agent putin that he was smuggling arms to u.s. enemies come second forty percent think he wasn't competing with us that the government and the minorities so far claim that it is to move to hollywood. on line to have your say. the u.n. security council has issued a non binding ultimatum to the syrian government and opposition sa

in thailand by this thing by the dea a sting operations the d.a. in the united states government has done everything in their power not to look for these are legit weapons so again if you have no weapons you have no proof it was kidnapped from thailand he was brought to its states illegally victor boot should have been a whole three years ago had things have been done right in thailand and certainly he would have won the case in that he states had he been represented by competent lawyer. oh you want to know what you think about the case of it to be to log on that website r.t. dot com and participate in our latest web poll where the moment it's the week to send the reason behind the sentence is that he's a secret russian agent targeting those who said he was smoking in the arms of the u.s. enemies of those who think he wasn't u.s. backed governments and minorities so far playing that as a victim of hollywood mythology we're going to cost you a bit. the u.n. security council has issued a non binding ultimatum to the syrian government in opposition sa

in thailand by this thing by the dea a sting operations the d.a. in the united states government has done everything they were not to look for these are legit a weapon so again if you have no weapons you have no proof but to get more information in the case of victimhood to log on to our web site r.t. dot com and let's take a look at some other stories that are on line few right now united states is a greeting that was named brotherhood with open arms during their visit to washington d.c. well today a new day new best friends that it's a web site. also online tons of radioactive water leaks from the fukushima nuclear plant in japan and it's believed flowed into the pacific ocean. and u.n. security council has issued a non binding ultimatum to the syrian government and opposition saying a complete cease fire speed place within the week the mascot's has agreed to the plan grapples a corner president assad to step down first the middle east correspondent one slip of the latest. the united nations has given its formal backing to the peace with forward

we've got the traffickers from thailand as well.ng out the proceeds and money-laundering as well. >> in order to secure convictions in britain for all of these involved in lilly's case, it's essential she positively identifies her traffickers. for her own safety, lilly is now in the witness protection program in thailand. but in an incredible act of bravery, she agrees to return to the uk to help identify and convict her traffickers. >> i was quite surprised she actually would agree to come back. she has no reason to support prosecution. but she seems still very determined in the fact that she's going to still support us, chp is a very positive thing. >> it is a big day for our inquiry. a big chunk of evidence. >> so as not to be accused of influencing lilly, officer tomlinson and clement can't be there at the identification process. >> just give us a call. >> the first procedure is for gomart, where she will be shown -- the victim, will be shown a series of images, and asked to identify the person she knows as tu. hopefully she wil

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to remote, rural thailand.r guide, this young scientist named nam fong cutter, who has researched these fiercely private animals for eight years and has only once seen one of them in the wild. >> reporter: that's good enough for you? >> yeah. in a way, that makes it even more exciting because you want to give them some respect. >> reporter: as a matter of fact, the only way we could take pictures of fishing cats for this story was in a zoo or in this wildlife rescue center where these cats hissed at us. >> that is a classically unhappy look. >> reporter: and each other. to show us the one way she can reliably see fishing cats, she took us out to their natural habitat, which, to say the least, can be risky. >> there are a lot of snakes. cobras. >> a lot of cobras here? >> yes. >> perfect. >> reporter: when they find a trap, they put chicken in it. >> yes. >> that's cheating. >> it is. >> when night falls, bingo. a fishing cat in the wild, an incredibly rare sight. critics say what we're doing here is putting the

in countries including thailand and singapore and malaysia, warnings have been set out. but the president says there's no evidence to suggest a major tsunami is likely. there's fear having born the brunt of the tsunami of 2004. we'll go live to the region in a moment. but first this report. >> there's panic in aceh. they are all rushing to get to higher ground, and the authorities are trying to manage the evacuation as best as they can. it's no wonder they are terrified, this is a place where 170,000 people were killed in the 2004 tsunami. experts say they may escape the worst. this earthquake is different. >> this far offshore, it reduces the shaking hazzard. it reduces the shaking to buildings on land and also because the motion is horizontal, it's not moving the sea floor or water column as much as a vertical or thrust or normal fault-type mechanism. >> the british prime minister, david cameron was in jakarta where there were reports. >> i'm hugely concerned about the reports in the aceh region. our thoughts should be with those who are affected. britain stands ready

you are in thailand. tell us what you felt, if anything. >> reporter: the tall buildings here in bangkok did shake. it wasn't as bad here as it was in other parts of southeast asia and indeed around the indian ocean. we had a report of at least one building, though, in the city center being evacuated. people being so frightened when the quake struck, so it was felt pretty extensively. there were reports also from india, from singapore, from malaysia, so it was a powerful quake and of course people's memories immediately go back to 2004 and the terrible tsunami which followed then. what we are hearing now is the smallest tsunami, the small ripples that have come from this quake but thankfully at this point nothing on the scale of 2004. i think that the authorities will regard the alert, the early warning as something of a success. you saw those pictures of people being evacuated, of people moving. there were sirens, there were alerts. people did move quickly away from the beaches towards higher land. and i

so far sri lanka and thailand have asked coastal residents to evacuate.rs for the residents of the coastal areas in sri lanka and thailand. the first waves were due to hit sumatra by now as well. we'll monitor and see whether we get any news from that part of -- that part of the island. now, once we monitor as well what's going on as far as this is concerned, it's also worth pointing out as well, on the financial side of things, we'll keep our eyes on this. this is a human cost on the financial side of things that we're monitoring as well this morning. dispie disappointing results on the bi t-bill. we straddle both sets of news here this morning, jackie. >> absolutely. as as we're monitoring the events in indonesia, we're watching the u.s. futures to see if there's any impact. as a matter of fact, we're steady. the dow could be up still by 87 points. i'd like to bring in one of our guests who's just joined us. dan dicker. of course, george is still here. can we talk a little bit about what we're hearing out of indonesia and some of the news flashes and ho

the earthquake was felt as far away as thailand and malaysia. that's part of the reason they're watching for this too. the tsunami watch again is in effect all the way to india, sri lanka, iran, bangladesh, south africa and singapore. >> okay. we're going to keep an eye on that but in the meantime we're going to take a look at narkts following the selloff on wall street. also i was going to say looking down because they were looking down earlier but now we're in a much better place. this is literally five hours ago. >> five hours? >> i woke up. max woke up. it's a long story. dow is looking up, about 117 points right now if we opened up right about now. the dow has declined for five straight sessions now, losing about 550 points. the blue chip index closing yesterday at its lowest level since early february. benchmark treasury yields fell below 2% for the first time in more than four weeks. the big part of the market story is europe and specifically spain. the debt problems there driving spanish ten-year yields up nearly 6%. it's yielding. it's

rock aeration from thailand was essentially stored it the thailand was told that assistance programs and united states would be shut down unless they turned over to the groups now how do we think of this in the grand scheme of things you know i'm sure that most people out there would agree that we don't really want weapons you don't want armed getting into the wrong hands into the hands of bad guys but then you know who is it that decides because you could say that the u.s. government is probably the biggest arms dealer in the world we've just had the biggest sale of u.s. weapons in history to saudi arabia for sixty billion dollars last year and you know and so how does who gets to decide and went before was ok to sell weapons to the mujahedeen because we're fighting the soviets but then give a couple years and that flips around you know it isn't just what's in the government's interest. well i do you can say the u.s. is the biggest arms merchant in the world i bar and fact the u.s. basically competed neck and neck with the eastern bloc throughout the cold war and the end of the cold

they so much a bay area residents is in thailand right now.ice jeopardy of and mark tellus was like a there right now. >>> with the beach is pretty scary. i started coming on-site their shops and restaurants all the locals are looking around and saw all the sudden people started running for the hell's and then after the actual siren when off people willie started getting some high ground it was crazy for a few hours but now it seems like things are settling down after the travers. and that's as clinton asking it looks like we're looking at video ends it just looks like there was some panic they're obviously an area that was headed years ago was there at a concern that this could be repeated what happened not too long ago? >>> completely. that's what everyone was concerned about been vice we heard that it was on the beach where really hits. the area last time was closed down but some apparently is back in its water was initial concern people are now less concerned. i imagine a lot of people have been e-mailing no your mama there's probably worr

were the worst in thailand in decades. the crisis slashed the nation's economic growth in 2011 to just 0.1%. the latest asian development bank report estimates post-flood reconstruction and government stimulus measures will bolster growth to 5.5% this year. they earlier set a june deadline to finish key projects, such as the construction of 4,000 small dams along upstream stretches of the nation's rivers. but observers say many projects are already behind schedule. with the rainy season fast approaching, there are worries. tie land remains unprepared for another catastrophe. >>> next, to cambodia where the trading on the country's stock exchange began for the very first time on wednesday. it reflects cambodia's recent economic boom and recovery from decades of civil conflict. we have a report from phnom penh. >> reporter: ringing in the first trading on the stock exchange, it was a symbolic moment for cambodia. the country has transformed itself from one that relies on foreign aid into an attractive destination for investo

here in thailand we focus mostly on u.s. citizens living in and traveling to the indian ocean part of thailand. again, we really do encourage anyone if they're traveling in the region or know of people traveling in the region go to travel.state.gov. take a look on twitter or facebook on your american embassy in the region, follow them. >> because there will be so many people state side wondering about loved ones traveling in different areas there as it was felt so widespread. >> absolutely. and i can't stress enough, if you are in one of these places, tune into the radio, tune into television, listen to your local authorities. the situation may vary widely from one place to another. some times they may tell you to go to high ground, sometimes they may tell you it's all clear. just listen to local authorities. >> in checking with folks and talking to them, are you getting a sense of the mood? has the panic subsided or is that sort of the state in which people are moving forward in right now? >> thankfully, i don't think we're

we met the family earlier this month in a refugee camp in thailand.essons in american life. >> do you see any firewood here? >> reporter: muhammad's wife marveled at an oven. >> we have hot water and cool water. >> reporter: in this mockup of a western-style home, many things that are routine in america seemed unknown here. >> please show me, how do you use that. >> reporter: muhammad came to this camp of 47,000 when he was just 15. there are more than a dozen of these camps along the burma border. some have been here for 30 years. they're safe havens for ethnic minorities who fled villages destroyed by burmese soldiers. when i was in burma, he told us, burmese soldiers discriminated against simple people like us. i just could not bear it anymore. muhammad told us that he cannot go back to burma and he can't find work in the camp. for him, the only option is to leave for good. since 2006 around 55,000 burmese refugees once living here in thailand have been resettle to the united states. 20,000 from this camp alone. >> the majority of the students have

who was arrested in thailand in a sting operation in march two thousand and eight. the u.s. was pressing for him to be taken to the united states according to documents released by wiki leaks the was government spent enormous amounts of time trying to get custody of viktor booth following his arrest in thailand according to u.s. cables u.s. president barack obama was urged to personally call thailand's prime minister directly about the u.s. federal judge says she will recommend that mr bush remains in the prisons general population for now the russian citizen heads back to a maximum security prison in brooklyn morning from homs federal court house marina r.t. . well boots not the only foreigner to endure high pressure extradition to the states britain also handed over citizens here and says but what if someone sent to the us it's almost impossible to escape the clutches of the american legal system. but there may be some cases where it's permissible if somebody is organized crime is the only way of getting out but i think has to be created with great caution and what we also

i was based in thailand and the damage was not to be believed. the water line, especially in phuket was just devastating doesn't even come close to it. so i'm always surprised it's an inexact science when the tsunami could hit. they're sort of waiting to see when they can clear people. >> for something with such devastation. unfathomable. your experience is untranslatable to the three of us. i certainly didn't. the number, 230,000. that's just -- >> 14 countries. >> impossible for me to wrap my mind around. >> the weirder thing, even in the japanese earthquake, planes would buzz by and say, tsunami warning, tsunami coming, tsunami coming and that could be, you know, six inches or could be multiple feet. you just don't know. it doesn't look like anything. we would sit there and try to decide, do we run or do we stay with our live shot because often the warnings were don't turn out to be anything. crazy. >> in the case of phuket people had no way of knowing. my manager was on the beach in phuket and the folks on the beach had no idea it was coming.

it seems that this quake itself has been felt as far away as malaysia, singapore, thailand, and india. more on that as it comes in. let's catch up now with the business. aaron is right here. the bond market is moving around a lot. >> oh, my gosh, the bond market, all of the markets are moving at the moment. look, here's the problem, geta. 2012 is at risk of being a carbon copy of 2011, where the markets started the year with a spring in their step, and then a few months ago, everybody goes, hang on, hang on, we've still got problems, big problems in the eurozone. but it actually goes wider than that. we're seeing several days of falls on the markets. this is off the back of weak u.s. jobs numbers, which we talked about on friday when they came out. we've got concerns about china slowing down. in fact, they've revised downward their forecast this year. inflation creeping back up in china. and on top of that, as i just mentioned, eurozone, in particular, and we knew this was going to happen. we knew once greece got settled, there would be a respite, everybody would take a breather, and

thailand and had an extra dieted to the united states. over in bahrain on violent demonstrations against the government rage on was used the word is weighing in and with force several protesters were injured on saturday one police fired tear gas and rubber bullets thousands railing on friday were also met with a crackdown they marched in support of a human rights champion who's serving a life sentence for speaking out against the bahraini government has been on hunger strike for two months to achieve freedom or death regimes been slammed for whites violations by international watchdogs but the u.s. continues to support. the arab allies at least aspart the risks says the case will help expose the truth. hunger strikes i think they do contribute though you do what you gold because what they do is they reveal the real tactics which are being because through and by the regime in order to clamp down on the protests of stores so more and more such acts i think call for that expose of the true nature of all the true tactics which the regime use

reportedly play dirty arm twisting thailand into extraditing him to america they're willing to flawed every international law to get what they want and that means doing all these illegal things in the case of the extradited marshall kidnapping boots family also called us actions entrapment and kidnapping before i can accept the possibility that the boots might have some information that's might be of interest to someone but why is it that other countries don't just think to themselves there's someone who has some interest in information and why don't those governments just drag those people into their territory ask those requests to send him to russia for trial were brushed aside there was no official decision of an extradition russia called boot extradition illegal and question the validity of his conviction one of the main arguments of the defense that the u.s. lacked jurisdiction was ignored by the court woods defense says the russian was aware that he was not in touch with real fark members and all he was trying to do was sell to all the cargo planes we use of magic crimes manufac

thailand heading extradited to the united states he must file a properly prepared notice of appeal and probably in about a year or so we'll know what the second circuit court of appeal says with regard to mr pope's appeal. and don't forget there's plenty more for you on our website we're going to ask dot com for more now this is a big to blitz imprisonments here's a quick look at what else we have in store for you this hour north korea already has moved its long range rocket into position for the controversial satellite launch but that's not all that's running out international tensions around the communist state so local tarted up home to find out more. force to join three new six party talks on iran's nuclear program may be in jeopardy get the details online. the few survivors from a plane crash in russia's two main bridge on monday remain in hospital but their conditions are said to be stable their craft went down soon after takeoff just a few kilometers from the airport killing thirty one people investigators have identified failure to the plane as the possible primary cause of the

thailand and have the next provided to the united states. now around two thousand mourners the town of the funeral of the demetrius current source and elderly man who shot himself in front of the parliament building in athens earlier this week seventy seven year old left a suicide note in which he accused the government of destroying his pension with a stare and cuts his suicide rate can hold and. protest with violence erupting when hundreds of demonstrators gathered in syntagma square to pay their respects protesters started throwing petrol bombs at police responded with tear gas and depression and suicide rates have been on the rise of a country which has been forced to impose public spending cuts to deal with its mounting debt financial analyst patrick young says recently needs to take urgent action to get out of its dire situation. the greek government is bankrupt the greek government cannot afford to stay in the euro and pay its debts it must to vault ultimately that may be a terrible problem for a great many financier's and investors b

thailand and had him extradited to the united states. coming up layer of the sour here in our team are shaping politics new what it allows for brand new and sometimes controversial parties to answer the russian parliament examine the possible outcome in just a few minutes. around two thousand mourners a tale of the funeral of demetrius crystal's and elderly man who shot himself in front of the parliament building in athens earlier this week the seventy seven year old left a suicide note in which he accused the government of destroying his pension or the stare he cuts his service side rekindled and to stare you measures protest with violence erupting with hundreds of demonstrators gathered in syntagma square and pay their respects protesters started throwing petrol bombs at police responded with tear gas depression and suicide rates have been on the rise in a country which has been forced to impose public spending cuts to deal with its mounting debt financial analyst patrick young says rees needs to take urgent action to get out of its di

thailand had the next provided to the united states. this is artsy over in bahrain nonviolent demonstrations against the government rage on with your thora to use weighing in with force several protesters were injured on saturday when police fired tear gas and rubber bullets thousands rallying on friday were also met the crackdown they marched in support of a human rights champion who's serving a life sentence for speaking out against the government he's been on a hunger strike for two months vowing to achieve freedom or death the regime has been for rights violations by international watchdogs but the u.s. continues to support the terrain as a key arab ally middle east expert early risk says the case will help to expose the truth these hunger strikes i think they do contribute they would do which if their goal because what they do is they reveal the real tactics which are being pursued by the regime in order to clamp down on the protesters shows more and more such acts i think although they're exposing the truth all the truth practice

president barack obama was urged to personally call thailand's prime minister directly about the u.s. federal judge says he will recommend that mr bush remains in the person's general population for now the russian citizen has got one that some of the security forces in brooklyn reporting from in homs federal courthouse moreno want on arts. and boots not the only foreign aide to enjoy a high pressure extradition to the states britain is also handed over citizen the euro and pager about said that when someone sent to the united states it's almost impossible to escape the clutches of the american legal system. and there maybe some places where it's it's probably so if somebody is organized crime is the only route getting out but i think has to be created with great caution and what we also have been under the american system is once people have been entrapped and taken to a court you have this plea bargain system where people are faced with you know sixty five years in prison unless they plead guilty to a lesser offense and get a few years i mean this isn't in my view this isn't a legal

was arrested in thailand in a sting operation in march two thousand and eight following his arrest the u.s. was pressing for him to be taken to the united states according to documents released by wiki leaks the worst government spent an enormous amount of time trying to get custody of viktor booth following his arrest in thailand according to u.s. cables u.s. president barack obama was just recently called thailand's prime minister directly about the us federal judge says she will recommend that mr bush remains in the person's general population for now the russian citizen heads back to a maximum security prison in brooklyn the morning from manhattan federal courthouse marino are to. be only for a high pressure extradition for the state spartans also handed over citizens. told us that when someone sons of the u.s. it's almost impossible to escape the clutches of the american legal system. well maybe some cases where it's it's permissible if somebody organized crime is the only thing has to be created with great caution and what we also have been under the american system is once peopl

thailand and having extradited to the united states he must file a properly prepared notice of appeal and probably in about a year or so we'll know what the second circuit court of appeal says with regard to mr boots appeal. don't forget there's plenty more for you on our website slogan shakti dot com for more analysis of the exhibits imprisonment and here's a quick look at what's also in store for you there right now in north korea already has the international community alarmed imminent rocket launch what else is ramping up the nuclear tensions log on to our to go home to hide out. in force to jump three new groups to fix project oil some of ron's nuclear program may be in jeopardy get the details online. the few survivors from a plane crash in russia humane region on monday remain in hospital but their conditions are said to the stable their craft went out soon after takeoff just a few kilometers from the airport can such people. a plane has been named as the primary cause of the tragedy drake agrees reports now from the scene. well i heard an explosion then we got a call and my co

thailand and had him extradited to the united states. over in bahrain nonviolent demonstrations against the government rage on whether your stories weighing in with force several protesters were injured on saturday when police fired tear gas and rubber bullets thousands rally on friday were also met with a crackdown they marched in support of a human rights champion he's serving a life sentence for speaking out against the bahraini government has been on hunger strike for two months bowing to achieve freedom or death their resumes been slammed for rights violations by international watchdogs but the u.s. continues to support bahrain as a key arab ally journalist anti-war activist don de bar thinks washington's middle east policy is inconsistent look at the role the united states is playing in bahrain when they've been claiming that they're in syria over human rights that they were in libya over human rights and yet they are suppressing human rights and it shows that president obama and secretary of state hillary clinton are hypocrites th