[applause] thomas, please join us on stage.'m going to start reading my script so you know about thomas's incredible leadership. i know we have done great work with the community youth center and many community-based organizations. thomas has participated in at least two service projects per week since 2007. carly estop more pursuing a degree in marketing, he has also been active in the community from a very young age and has volunteered for callous area nonprofit organizations. graphic and by design has always been his passion. he has always volunteered he's design skills for countless organizations, which include building web sites for the chinatown neighborhood center, north beach neighborhood associations, american or in performing arts, and the asian american pageant. he was also a project coordinator ad a community youth center where he spearheaded community clubhouses after school programs. i even visited a program that he created, and he has taught asian youth graphics and web design, so we are honored to announce his l

thanks to pierre thomas for that report. >>> we're going to take a break. when we come back, we're in a different place. we're going to switch gears and catch up with a man known for his willingness to eat just about anything, really. andrew zimmern is the host of "bizarre foods." he's coming up next. for the conference. i'm a member of this hotel's loyalty program. well, how far away is it? okay, we take a train 40 miles to a dude ranch where we pick up a couple of horses that we ride to a nearby river. then we canoe upstream to a helicopter that takes us to the conference. or we could book with hotels.com and stay closer. see, with welcomerewards, no matter where you accumulate 10 nights, you get a free one. huh. smarter. [ male announcer ] accumulate 10 nights and get a night free. welcomerewards from hotels.com. smart. so smart. why go one more round ? you don't need a rematch, but a rethink. with lunesta. lunesta is thought to interact with gaba receptors associated with sleep. lunesta helps you get the restful sleep you need. lunesta has some risk of

garvin thomas will have that story for us in just a moment. first wi have more information about the shooting in east oakland near 83rd avenue and olive street. two people were shot. they were 13 years old. police initially said it was a child and an adult. no arrests have been made. police are not releasing any information on a possible suspect there. let's check in now with garvin thomas discussing the budget cuts and san jose firefighters in san jose. garvin? >> reporter: diane, with a 118 million deficit in san jose the budget problem affects all sorts of public services, not just firefighters. still most of the unions have agreed with concessions. not the firefighters. their latest offer to the city was rejected meaning reduced staffing and engine companies like fire station 30 could soon be happening. firefighters decided to walk away from the negotiating table. >> that is garvin thomas reporting. he is having trouble with his microphone. he was talking about the bargaining discussions with the fire department and the san jose firefighte

thomas was convicted for the murders. thomas faces life in prison with the possibility of parol. >>> two marin county teenagers are facing charges tonight. nevado police say they arrested john phillip wrestler and a 17- year-old male who's name was not released because he was under age. the break-ins cost about $6,000 in damage. >>> state lawmakers today joined bart officials to announce a new bart citizen oversight committee. sandra swanson authored the new law. it establishes an independent auditor to investigate citizen complaints against bart police officers and it creates an one member citizen review board to recommend any disciplinary action. >> it gives us another place to go when we need a check up how we're doing. what's going on, they look at our training, they look at our policies. they look at the investigation. >> reporter: the new law takes effect next january 1st, exactly two years after the death of oscar grant. >>> some of the oakland police officers who lost their jobs this week may find new work not too

thomas stabbed her in the neck. receivering her jugular vain. >> this is when i was taught if you do something wrong, gou to prison. it took a while. i think we're well served by having him in prison. >> thomas had been paroled from san quentin before the attack. >> they were required by rules to take him to langs on monday morning and hand deliver him to the parole agent. >> instead, guards dropped him off at the bus stop. a violation of policy. this family is suing for compensation. now, a judge threw out lawsuit and they're appealing that ruling. their turn believes they have a stronger case now that kidnap victim jaycee dugard received $20 million last week because of mist yaikz made by the corrections department. thomas will be formally sentenced next month. >> tesla motor as announced plans to develop an electric version of the rav 4. tels has delivered a prototype for testing and hope to begin selling knit two years. tela hopes to drive down the costs of electric vehicles so main stream pier as ford one. >> h

thomas jefferson petitioned congress to grant a brewer american citizenship, in hopes beer became moreand fdr mayo his presidency in part to his promise to repeal in prohibition. george w. bush's tea toter will status keep the oval office beer-free for eight years. but president obama shows the world that beer is back. diana alvear, abc news, new york. >> making us all

fears it's trying to build an atomic bomb where we discuss the latest developments now with michael thomas he is director general of the middle east association of the u.k. organization promoting trade with the region thanks for being with us this evening is appreciated brussels says that these latest restrictions are an attempt to bring around back to the negotiating table but let's face it sanctions haven't really worked in the past why is the hope they're going to work this time round. well i'm not sure whether they will work but certainly. the sanctions before it didn't really affect main stream business as far as we were concerned in the u.k. . now i think it will affect mainstream business but the object to the exercise really is to get people talking we are restricted in the u.k. and we have to abide by whatever the legal situation is and i've always said iran is a wonderful country to do business with. and this is a real obstacle at the moment so if we can get people talking that would be great now david cameron today was reported as having said in turkey he'd like president to act

pierre thomas, on the way to the accused murderer, who was stalking his prey. >> reporter: jason thomas scott is a bright young college grad pursuing a masters in computer science. maryland authorities say he is also a stone cold killer. >> today a prince george's county grand jury returned a seven-count indictment against jason scott. >> reporter: scott was charged with murdering delores dewitt, a nurse, and her 20-year-old daughter ebony in march of 2009. >> she was a beautiful person, had a beautiful spirit. >> reporter: their charred bodies were found in a stolen car that had been set on fire. just months earlier, less than a mile away from the dewitt murders, police believe scott disarmed the security system at this home and then shot another nurse, karen lofton, as she hid in a corner. her 16-year-old daughter was repeatedly shot as she tried to dial 911. authorities believe scott, a ups employee, used his access working in a package sorting facility to find his victims' addresses. >> his employment is a core piece of this investigation. it's going to be very critical in laying ou

attracting con artists to not only swindle people out of money they also jeopardize their health thomas reports on the government's battle against fake magic. the allure of the unknown and of the showcasing of psychic abilities have become big business in russia while simple entertainment for some others turned to these self-proclaimed mystics for healing and the promise of answers to the problems of everyday life just get massive national seem hopeless lad six years ago trouble came to our family my son was lured into a relationship by a woman who use some witchcraft as a mother i couldn't help seeing that his house was impaired and was getting worse but his mind was suppressed he changed completely yes she put her trust in a psychic who claimed to have a special insight into the situation but as time passed it became clear that all the psychic was after was more of lewis's money but isn't that is that a good there's a i think her about six hundred thousand rubles a year for three years that's not because we're rich but for the sake of your child's health you do anything sell possessio

or before we hear from sean thomas of the news now a russian billionaire is suing christie's auction house legibly sold him a fake work of art viktor paid nearly three million dollars for this painting in two thousand and five it's called order leask and was thought to be by the russian artist borlase custodian but since then several russian are expensive concluded that it's a forgery now wanted money back as well as damages from christie's on the grounds of misrepresentation and negligence that the ports is a senior editor of the moscow news website says this could seriously affect christie's credibility with russian lovers. christie said they would carry out an internal investigation but this hasn't generated any results or at least not results which of satisfied. over the weekend he's launched this legal brit presumably to force their hands to get them into a courtroom and thrash it out so far all they've said is that this is a master taking very seriously and they will investigate it accordingly clearly it won't help if they are found to have to sell the painting on the other han

the police got a break when thomas was arrested last july in this u.p.s.a tip he was selling weapons out of the trunk of his car. he was charged with selling stolen weapons, including assault rifles and silencers. the investigation eventually led police to this vacant mansion that they suspect has served as the thieves' lair. it was there investigators found evidence linking thomas to the murders of the loftons and dewitts. scott is 27 years old. he's a college graduate and is pursuing a master's degree in computer science. he also worked at the u.p.s. and law enforcement sources say he may have used the company's database to help select victims. >> again, he utilizes employment to methodically identify his victims. so again, he had inside information. he knew a lot about his victims. he studied our response, the way we investigated crimes. so he managed to actually throw us off and disguise the crime scene based on his knowledge of police investigations. >> reporter: scott allegedly used bleach to clean his crime scenes. arson to destroy evidence. and cha

nbc bay area garvin thomas is in san jose with details. garvin? >> reporter: diane, the budget problem here in san jose, a $118 million deficit is not just a firefighter's problem. what's making the firefighters in the city different is most other city unions including the police department have made agreements to make concessions to chip away at the deficit and save some jobs. the firefighters last proposal was rejected meaning what's likely to come are layoffs and reduced staffing including here at fire station 30, west of downtown. so what the firefighters did here today and in one other neighborhood on the east side is decided to go door-to-door and take their message away from the negotiating table and talk to people at front doors. they were handing out leaflets and telling people that cuts in staffing means increased response time. what they do is different than what other city departments do because people's lives depend on them. the question for the union is, if police can agree to concessions, why not firefighters? >> we've made an ident

nbc bay area's garvin thomas is live on treasure island with a look at the progress at long last. garvin? >> reporter: let's take you right to the action. action might be too strong a word. mikey, zoom into that spot. see that metal framework in the white and grey tower that's sitting inside? it almost looks like a rocket and it's ready to launch. it is being lowered ever so slowly into place right now. now, lowered so slowly as you stand here and watch it you can't even discern the progress. but it is going down there. they say they don't want to go too fast because they don't want to get it swinging at roughly 1200 tons that would be a bad thing. come to think of it, how slowly this tower piece is moving into place is a pretty good metaphor for how long this whole bridge project is taking. even those who showed up to celebrate a milestone today couldn't help but regret what's happened in the past. >> i have to be honest, i, at a point when i was the city supervisor thought this would never happen. this thing got caught up in so much politics the likes of which i never could imag

the very first to be executed, patrick pearse, thomas clarke, and thomas macdonagh, were taken down here separately in the early hours of the third of may. they were taken down to where that cross now stands. their hands were tied behind their backs, a white marker was placed over their hearts, and they were blindfolded. the prison museum personalizes the inspirational story of the leaders of the easter rising. the "last words, 1916" hall displays the poignant farewell letters the martyred leaders wrote to loved ones just hours before facing the firing squad.

thomas described it. >> we are not arguing against partnerships. we support partnerships. we are arguing the need to control the spectrum to assure that. we would be authorized to engage with carriers to help share that spectrum to and rfp basis and ensure there is not always going on. >> any response to that? >> risk, let me give a few statistics. right now, public safety has 100 megahertz below for gigahertz. -- four gigahertz. let me restate that. they have 100 megahertz total. they have 50 blow four gigahertz and about 27 below 700. they use a system called lmr, land mobile radio. the s.e.c. plans to all of thelte as for. -- the fcc planned all of this for lte. that is 10 times more efficient. no. 2, the interesting thing is if you want to increase bandwidth using a cellular system you have to put cell towers very close together. that increases the cost. if you look at plans like the motorola plan, it is three or four times more expensive to build than the fcc plan with no pre-emption. at the end of the day, i will agree with you. you cannot afford to wait a couple of

eric thomas takes us on a tour of the real estate with its own railroad. >> reporter: for sale, four 1/2 bath home in fairfax, detached two car garage on nearly two acres of land with its own babbling brook. as for amenities, how about its own railroad? >> particularly as a young child, it was a big out to go come out to my aunt and uncle's house and ride the train. >> reporter: in 1961, mary's uncle, a scottish engineer, began to build a miniature steam engine and train in the backyard of his home. he fabricated all the parts himself, laid the track, and invited the neighborhood kids over to enjoy what he called the raccoon railw gulch railway. >> his life of trains. all of his vacations were around trains. visiting big train, going to europe and riding the trains. he loved having the neighborhood kids come over and ride the train and, in fact, he even built a special car for a neighborhood dog. >> reporter: but adams is 93 years old, frail and lives in a nursing home. his wife is 99. they had to stop running the railroad several years ago and the trains are in serious need of repai

the former executive for thomas' english muffins who is privy to that recipe cannot work for a rival. that's the ruling by a federal appeals court. thomas' says chris botticella is just one of seven people who knows the recipe its for english muffins. he worked at the company for months after accepting a job with rival hostess. the court says botticella can be banned from hostess while the lawsuit plays out. >> tom: amazon.com hopes smaller is better. one day after listing its kindle as "sold out" on its website, the online retailer is selling new smaller, lighter versions of its e-reader. they'll be released on august 27. one model is an updated version of the kindle 2, it sells for $189. the other is wi-fi only, with a price tag of9. that's a few dollars less than the cheapest e-readers made by sony and barnes and noble, and $360 less than apple's least expensive i-pad. that only alan greenspan has endorsed. instead, congress could choose to raise taxes on nobody or-- the presidents idea-- for those making more than $250,000. what's going to happen? one thing you can count on is sam

he was confronted by two robbers and officer jeff thomas driver tomlinson of the oakland p.d. tells us the rest. >> an attempted robbery that went bad, we're trying to locate two african-american individuals, and they attempted to rob him and didn't get what they wanted and there were shots. >> reporter: he was pronounced dead on the scene. now there are a number of security surveillance cameras in this neighborhood t question is whether any of them were trained on the crime. the police are of course doing investigations but, let's remember, oakland has just been hit with a wave '06 80 police layoffs and that's put a terrific strain on the investigation especially in light of this weekend's violence and we'll be taking a look at the effect that's taking. >> this happened well after normal business hours, didn't it. >> it did. it happened last night at about 11:30, it was between him and a friend, someone he knew through church was giving him a hand. a sad story too, well- intentioned. >> phil ma tier in oakland. >>> a tragic accident to dell you about. a teenaged tourist has b

and thomas formed around the plant in the eighteenth century at that time glass was mostly used just by the wealthy so the factory aimed at producing it for the masses to use in that every day lives. up to your really already feeling here from this place think five thousand people working here and now they say hello horace the third just really hard labor is that his various items from breaking glass as well as this process thick skulled says. it. is amazing that inside such industrial and brush setting they can produce icing suit jackets and beautiful. the whole process hasn't changed much over the past two hundred years items are still haven't made by skilled local workers. this delightful building in the town was constructed as a judge at the end of the nineteenth century during the soviet times it was close like thousands of others around the country this church here became government offices and the cinema it wasn't until now. if you treat it became a museum. there are thousands of glass items here ranging from the eighteenth century onwards representing the history and developm

her son, thomas, was gunned down at a richmond bus stop in 2006. >> i was going through so much. stayed in the bed for about two months, didn't take no bath. i couldn't do nothing >> reporter: she couldn't pull hersel out of her grief, whi turned into depssion. finally she figured out a way to make sure thomas didn't die in vain. >> i can't tnk about my son right now because my son is gone. i can't think -- my mind son theseother kids that's out there in these streets. my mind i focused on them. >> where are they coming from? these big guns? >> reporter: her group has grown as the cycle of violence exples in richmond. >> i got a call from my sister-in-law that my son was shot. >> reporter: carol lynn's 22-year-old son was sho and killed while walking down a richmond seet eight years ago. >> what people fail to underand is that this carries on forever, you know. you need somebody and you might just be the person that someby else needs. all need somody to lean on. >> reporter: each time someone's child dies in richmond and surroundingommunities, she reaches out to that family, a mo

other don't at all or in other words making the magical and mystical majority more mainstream sean thomas r t moscow. while they're also online twenty four hours a day at the time to call attention to the stories here to discover. what's online right now the russian post. under fire topic check it reveals four out of ten letters to the plate. in the box for unwanted babies check a comic says the facility help save lives some can't encourage its mother's topanga . to want to. fish. muscovites are struggling in the worst heatwave for more than one hundred years with temperatures approaching forty degrees celsius what's making it worse is that forest fires and burning peat are spreading foul smelling small group across the city as measured sea to straggle trouble over twenty fires are raging in the moscow region are very southeast of the rivers are greatest right through the capital causing breathing difficulties for many people with small groups also reducing visibility of roads is very good news on horizon before costa saying most going sweltering record breaking temperatures and staying u

sean thomas. almost as in the midst of the horses july week for almost fifty years on saturday the mercury hit thirty five degrees centigrade which is ninety five degrees fahrenheit and this is doing temperatures a full cost to saw even further one consequence of this record breaking some is an increase in the number of people drowning across russia the majority of victims seeking relief from the heat index and rivers and firefighters have also been kept busy battling always a thousand wildfires a nation winds. and wherever you are in the world you tell us where you think is the best way to deal with storing it temperatures by logging on to r.t. dot com and letting us know via our online very well so far the majority of all of you is that the forty six percent say they're walking around the bell on the way to beat the heat there's a smaller number of us who prefer to stick their head in the fridge a sensible sixteen percent stock up on ice cubes for drinks in the minority doubts just the air condi

sean thomas. meanwhile he of wave in moscow continues to smash records in waters the hottest july week for seventy years on saturday the mercury hit thirty five degrees centigrade that's ninety five degrees fahrenheit the sizzling temperatures are forecast to soar even for there the number of drownings across russia has increased as many rushed to cool down in the sweltering heat and firefighters have been busy battling almost a thousand wildfires across the country. added later in the program the resident asks if the people running new york's financial district can ever change their ways . do you think that wall street bankers can be reformed no. because it's just the mentality that you need to have to work on wall street it's like it's almost ingrained into their personalities. also what's on the menu after eating an octopus german and russian leaders felt up for a burger. this week marked thirty five years since a race between the soviet union and the u.s. turned into a joint effort in space ex

sean thomas our t.v. . moscow is in the midst of the hottest july week almost fifty years and on saturday the metric thirty five degrees centigrade which is ninety five degrees front and this is the temperature the full cost the sort even further consequence of this record breaking summer is an increase in the number of people drowning across the country the majority of victims seeking relief from the heat in lakes and rivers and also for five years of being kept busy battling almost a. nation. and wherever you are in the world in your suffering from hot temperatures tell us what you think is the best way to deal with the soaring heat you can exchange your views on our web site is. on line vote let's have a look at the responses so far the majority of you say they want to keep fifty one percent here saying you're walking around in your underwear to beat the heat for our team in the newsroom tonight a small amount of votes are turning the air conditioner up fifteen percent prefer to stock up on ice kids for

shaun thomas went to witness some of the wonders of space engineering up there. it circles the globe about three hundred fifty kilometers from the earth's surface it is the largest construction in space it is a marvel of modern engineering which is approaching a crucial milestone moment customs christiane's the i assume this is a major contemporary space project it has a huge mass of around three hundred eighty tons it involves a big number of program participants including the united states canada european countries belonging to the european space agency and japan and the station is being used as a big scientific laboratory for. though it is a prime example of international cooperation now the roots of the station stem from the apollo soyuz program thirty five years ago when two rival space programs of the u.s. and soviet union integrated technology for the first time twenty years later russia and the u.s. expanded on that shared experience with the goal of creating a permanent space presence. we've done a lot with in the mir shuttle program which was the ancest

or in other words making the magical and mystical majority more mainstream sean thomas moscow.well later in the hour financial analysts mark scott and stacey hubbard give their unique take on the latest financial headlines that's about ten minutes from now but before that though let's get a look at what's happening in the world of business with stephanie. hello welcome to the business bulletin hello naughty it's two years since robert dudley then head of b.p. fred russia after a dispute with russian shareholders on tuesday he was to credit the new boss of b.p. taking office in october and in a final twist tony hayward to may return to russia as a director of t.i.n.k. b.p. saying i didn't read about reports. robert dudley has already earned his credit for handling of the gulf of mexico oil spill the gulf represents one third of the company's oil and gas was and refineries and his experience in russia where t.v. generates about a quarter of the abuse revenues and she should be well prepared to take over the whole company where she's likely true mean central to be peace jirga e.g.

you know ensuring a continued international presence in space for many more years to come john thomas r.t. moscow. and we have greetings for you from the current crew of the i assess fair go to go to chicken russian flight engineer tells our feelings about the had fought it years of working in space. square i can hear you know a space officer is the best window of you know traffic jams on the way to work you know though there are not many people around in space aliens haven't visited us yet who never balls crashed and luckily we are far away from me he. is nearly twenty minutes past the hour here in the russian capital and a short time away from daniel bushell to give us the latest from the world of business for the meantime though abandoned babies are often found in strange and sad places sometimes even discarded like rubbish in the czech republic of though it's five years since a special facility was set up for women who give away their new born children the so-called baby box has sparked protests from clergyman and even doctors who claim it encourages mothers to abandon their babie

john thomas our team. almost is in the midst of his july week for almost fifty years also today the mercury hit thirty five degrees centigrade which is ninety five degrees fahrenheit and the sizzling temperatures in full cost to suit even. one consequence of this record breaking sama is an increase in the number of people traveling across russia the majority of victims seeking relief from the heat in the lakes and rivers and five five years of also been kept busy battling with a owls in a while to make sure know why and how do you cope with soaring temperatures were to log on salty dot com and let us know via our online vote well so far i can tell you that the majority of us prefer will king around and then on the way a smaller number of votes is between days and stick their heads in the fridge and they stock up on the ice cubes to drink from the minority this is the air conditioner into overdrive what's your opinion on the. home of the top stories section. the wall when the russian conduct. is in thailand

troubled funds as well as limiting a range of risky trading activities chief economist from john thomas financial explains more from new york. the bill could have been stronger but as i said it's i think it's necessary for a long time now the financial sector has been operating totally unregulated unfettered without any real controls we've seen the development of this huge amounts of added risk and very little added value to the real economy and in fact we saw what happened with this totally deregulated approach it nearly brought down the entire global economy so we needed to do something this is a step in the right direction it'll impose limits on the abilities of banks to trade with taxpayer backed funds limit the amount of speculation in food and fuel which is one of the reasons why we saw oil prices run up to one hundred fifty dollars a barrel a couple of years ago so these things are good the problem is now is for the regulatory authorities and the rule makers who are going to be involved really crafting the nitty gritty details of this these days space exploration is a joint inter

ensuring a continued international presence in space for many more years to come john thomas r.t. moscow and we have greetings for you from the current crew of the idea assess if you're not here to the russian flight engineer tells us earthlings about the advantages of life in space. squared let me like ok actually you know a space office is the best window of the traffic jams on the way to work there are not many people around space aliens having visited us yet whenever ball is crushed and luckily we are far away from it. israel has yet to respond to an official request to cooperate with the un human rights council's investigation into the deadly attack on a gaza bound aid flotilla next here on r t we take a closer look at the story with veteran british journalist alan hart who spent decades covering the arab israeli conflict. today i'm talking to you alan hart veteran middle east correspondent we're going to start by talking about israel's blockade on gaza and the aid ships that are trying to get into the region allan hart thanks very much for talking to r.t. let's talk first ab

any other doctor or in other words making the magical and mystical majority more mainstream sean thomasor moscow. well and charlie is now here with the latest from the world of business and shot it looks like there could soon be a big boost in interest when russia hello that's right the government wants to attract seven times more foreign tourists the country and is ready to invest eleven billion dollars today say well have the details later in the program but moving to our top story the latest developments pay the oil giant has confirmed its top swap decision teddy heywood will be stepping down in october where placed by american robert dudley hayward is said to be joining the b.p.'s russian joint venture. trading places with dudley he was head of the company until two years ago reshuffle comes as being paid post wreck or losses for the second quarter setting aside thirty two billion dollars to clean up the worst oil spill in u.s. history robert dudley will accelerate a program of asset sales to pay the bill. christine to school rain and equity research a standard and poor's in london

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was the predecessor to the international space station which is it still in use today right sean thomas thanks very much indeed for bringing us the latest on the so use a poem mission which was the first space venture between the u.s. and the soviet union. and watching r.t. live from moscow now a grammy award winning russian pianist and conductor is appearing in court in thailand over child sex charges if found guilty may help lift me off could spend up to twenty years in jail earlier this month thai police detained the musician for allegedly raping a fourteen year old boy which he denies now falls and freedom bail to continue a world tour old oh he must appear at court hearings every twelve days the pianist claims his arrest was triggered by the detention of a time uses he knows who is suspected of involvement in a prostitution ring. now railway officials say fifty six people have died after a moving train rammed into a stationary one in the eastern india dozens have been taken to hospital rescue workers are tempting to free those trapped in the wreckage for maintenance has been blamed

garvin thomas, nbc bay area news. >> 91%. that's not bad. the honesty test is traveling to different cities throughout the country. so far, boston it turns out is the most honest place. they got 93.3% followed closely by washington, d.c., just about 0.03 off. about 90% in new york and atlanta were honest. los angeles, uh-oh, you can't trust the guys down there, 75% of them. a quarter of the people there -- >> they're going to start to hate you. i can't believe the lady who made the motion. come on. >>> courtney reagan is always honest about what we'll see from investors on wall street. does it look like two green arrow days in a row? we'll see. good morning. >> hi, good morning. things are looking up for the green arrows at least right now futures are slightly higher ahead of the opening bell and following yesterday's rally. you can kind of call it the earnings relief. investors cheered positive results from 3m and caterpillar and at&t. asian markets were higher overnight. europe mostly positive right now and there's no economic data out ton

sean thomas r t. meanwhile heat wave in moscow continues to smash records and water is the hottest july week for seventy years and saturday's america really hit thirty five degrees centigrade that's ninety five degrees fahrenheit and the sizzling temperatures are forecast to soar even further two hundred rounds have been reported across the country as many rushed to cool down in the sweltering heat and firefighters have been busy battling almost a thousand wildfires across the country. now the u.s. banking system is about to go through its biggest overhaul in over seventy years the dodd frank bill is designed to prevent a repeat of the financial crisis and would limit risky trading activities limiting bank profits but it isn't popular on wall street with wealthy donors beginning to direct more campaign contributions to the republican party president finds out if people in new york think bankers can't be reformed. the twenty three hundred page died frank bell is being regarded as the most significant f

or in other words making the magical and mystical majority more mainstream sean thomas moscow.coming up we talk to an author who is hoping to address the un as he claims he can help bring peace to the middle east not going to finkelstein says it's the right time to involve local communities in finding a lawful solution. in the real world the laws often descend guarded and then replaced by the use of a big club and you crack people skulls but we're talking about how we think the conflict should end and i think most people understand maybe not people in power regular people they understand the rule of law and that we should respect the law but i think you can reach a large audience without principle and i think the audience is now ready to listen . and you can watch the full interview with norman finkelstein later. this hour here on. well muscovites are still struggling with their worst heat wave in more than a century the situation in the capital's being exacerbated by high levels of smog in the moscow region alone emergency teams are trying to put out at least twenty four stand

thomas r.t. . so muscovites is suffering from the hottest july week for almost fifty years on saturday this is the temperatures reached a record high plus thirty five degrees centigrade pushes ninety five degrees fahrenheit with no letup predicted by forecast as within a week while people are seeking relief from the boiling heat in lakes and rivers two hundred drownings have been reported across russia and the heat wave has also caused almost a thousand while fires nationwide. wherever you are in the wilds tell us what you think is the best way to cope with soaring temperatures. and so far the majority of viewers forty four percent say they're walking around in their underwear to beat the heat a small amount of voters are turning to add conditioner up to cool off seventeen percent prefer to stock up on ice cubes for drinks on dissimulate desperate minority sticking their heads in the fridge so what's your take to be a hate notice now you walk in and out it up moment in the top story section. eleven