it is exciting times in tripoli. with election and new congress coming together. as i read libya's recent history it is a bit like we are reliving the post world war ii years. how right he was. that was chris. always thinking, always sharp, always ready. public service is too often looked down upon by some in this country. often my colleagues in the foreign service la meant they don't make them the way they used to anymore. today we remember a man, chris stevens, whose life and service just proves how wrong my colleagues really are. chris shows us they still make them the way they used to, only an awful lot better, thank you. [applause] >> chris's family would like to invite everyone to a reception after the ceremony. it will be held over there. you are all welcome. let us pray. oh lord, support us all the day long until the shadows lengthen and the evening comes and the busy world is hushed and the fever of life is over and our work is done. then in your mercy grant us a safe lodging and a holy rest and peace at the last. may the author of all life bless us and k

tripoli lebanon. and you can find out more about the potential fallout from the syrian conflict by logging onto our car and there you also find a story of a syrian after admired by millions in the arab world but is pro acid views made him a target for syrian rebels that opposition fighters are increasingly accused of killing civilians simply for the jets to the government. the fallout from cia director david betrays his resignation continues with the man who replaced him as a u.s. commander in afghanistan general john allen now broiled in the scandal the trail down last friday after admitting to an extramarital affair the pentagon now claims general allen has been exchanging inappropriate e-mails with jill kelley the woman who is an initial contact with the f.b.i. lead to his downfall concerns are also mounting that what first appeared to be a personal matter now has deeper implications including security leaks and a political cover up from our washington correspondent garnish town hall of broadwell g

tripoli lebanon. well bouts of retaliatory fire and appeals for nato protection good article from you can find out how israel and turkey are coping with syria's cross border fire but seeing both states dragged into the conflict right next door . the german chancellor received an angry greeting in portugal when she came to support austerity measures gripping the country enraged crowds demonstrated in the streets claiming i'm glad for the financial pain they continue to go through as artie's sarah fourth reports many question why something that failed in other countries should be promised to work in portugal. these measures have been killing is there to give us no future it's only for carriage and employment and misery so many people are becoming desperate that it's almost like a visceral reaction a visceral reaction to these measures people of god getting angrier and angrier angela merkel says it supports the goal may have been meant as a sign of support for this seemed only to serve to highlight the b

reacher has a sunni militia here in tripoli as bubble to ben a slum in heavy fog with his guns. showing off his guns he says he's ready to use them again at a moment's notice. we are ready to defend ourselves and to fight fire with. shaikh masri accuses the syrian government of fermenting violence against the sunni's and that's why he says support for the uprising goes far beyond empathy. or assistance to the free syrian army then would do it within our capabilities and if it is possible to give them a gun and some bullets then we're happy. however the syrian war plays out it's clear that the outcome will have repercussions far beyond its borders in tripoli the battle lines have been drawn and neither side seems willing to back down lucy calf and r.t. tripoli lebanon and you can find out much more about the potential fallout from the syrian conflict just by looking on to our two top calm you'll find in the story of a syrian are admired by millions in the arab world but whose pro assad views made him a target of syrian rebels that has opposition fighters are increasingly accused

tripoli lebanon. headline news continues live from moscow after this break. catalonia wants to get its independence from the rest of spain locals feel that madrid texas of catalonia economic success is a way putting the region into debt trust me who work hard only to have it all taxed away is very aggravating i can see why people are frustrated but the people who want independence have a very odd slogan catalonia a new european state so let me get this straight you want independence but you want to stay in the e.u. is that what you mean what exactly would that change that's not really gaining independence that shifting dependencies staying in the e.u. means you won't have control of your borders you'll still be on the euro c. won't have your own currency you will be able to establish your trade standards those will be dictated to you by brussels and if you don't like the austerity measures from outsiders like in madrid then you might want have a conversation with the greeks because being an independent country in the e.u. won't save you from people messing wi

the battle lines have been drawn and neither side seems willing to back down lucy caffein of tripoli lebanon. i can find out more about the potential fallout from the syrian conflict by logging on to our dot com there you'll also find the story of a syrian actor admired by millions of the arab world but he's pro ass of use made him a target for syrian rebels that his opposition fighters are increasingly accused of killing civilians simply for the early engines to the government. there in towns where no margot received a hostile welcome and portugal as hundreds of angry protesters greeted her in lisbon they blame the chancellor for their country's astaire drive resulting in painful cuts and tax rises and as artists are first reports many wonder why four to go is following a path which is yet to reap rewards elsewhere. these measures have been killing is due to give us no future it's only for carriage and employment and misery so many people are becoming desperate and it's almost like a visceral reaction a visceral reaction to these measures people and are getting angrier and angrier a

tripoli lebanon. turkey is considering bringing back the death penalty and korea abolished capital punishment a decade ago when it launches attempts to join the european union foreign affairs expert such a trick of age says the match is a the political point scoring for turkey's unpopular leader. first of all air the un is aware that he has overplayed his hand piece of the syria and that domestically he's now encountering increasing the position more than seventy percent of turks are totally opposed to any form of intervention in syria's affairs and i think he's trying to appeal to the nationalist element by actually. showing that he doesn't particularly care about what the european union says or does let's not forget that the evolution of the death penalty was one of the preconditions for the princes of turkey getting closer to brussels so he's really trying to put together some kind of domestic coalition that will propel him to the presidential election of twenty fourteen at a time when she is old p

neighborhood in tripoli right across the street out the window that's the bubbletop in a neighborhood where the largely sunni community has been has been clashing with the largely allawi community that is based here it's actually not very safe for us to stand here we've been told by the owner of this apartment that they're still taking casualties in the fighting could really flare out but at any moment out of range of the snipers we speak to the homeowner and allawi militia man the misery has only hardened his resolve to fight against neighbors who he says pose a mortal threat. these people have one objective and that is to have an islamic emirate in the north and militia organizations like hezbollah we won't give up arms as long as thought exists. this is been a flashpoint for years a sunni stronghold next door to an alawite community but strife in syria has unleashed new sectarian tensions leading to the worst fighting since lebanon's civil war. is the spokesperson for the arab democratic party which has its own loyal militia here in. the us of them is a regime falls this area will

the battle lines have been drawn and neither side seems willing to back down lucy caffein of tripoli lebanon. can find out more about the potential fallout from the syrian conflict by logging onto our dot com there you also find a story of a syrian actor admired by millions in the arab world but whose last abuse made him a target for syrian rebels that his opposition fighters are increasingly he's appealing civilian simply for their own needs and to the government. now a fall out from cia director david petraeus his resignation continues with a man who replaced him as a u.s. commander in afghanistan general john allen now broiled in the scandal that has stood down last friday after admitting to. marital affair the pentagon now claims general allen has been exchanging inappropriate e-mails with jill kelley the woman has initial contact with the f.b.i. lead to the tresses downfall concerns are also mounting that what first appeared to be a personal matter now has deeper implications including security leaks and of political cover up more from our washington correspondent. paula broadwe

tripoli lebanon. now turkey is considering bringing back the death penalty stance of believe it seems to tackle violent kurdish separatism bullish capital punishment a decade ago when it launched its attempts to join the european union more on this let's cross live to sort of to choose the foreign affairs editor of chronicles magazine and it's written extensively on turkey's part. it's good to see you today sir thank you for coming on the program do you think of restoring the death penalty it would do anything to quell the rising kurdish separatist attacks and why now talk to us about timing as well. well first of all is aware that he has overplayed his hand musically syria and that domestically he's now encountering increasing the position more than seventy percent of turks are totally opposed to any form of intervention in syria's affairs and they think he's trying to appeal to the nationalist element by actually. showing that he doesn't particularly care about what the european union says or does l

tripoli lebanon. turkey is considering bringing about the death penalty it stands simply it seems to tackle violent kurdish separatism abolished capital punishment a decade ago when it launched its attempts to join the european union to talk more about this stone new spokes person for the think hamilton coalition to stop war can even to you thanks for being on the line with us do you think bringing back the death penalty will be enough to help quell the upsurge in kurdish attacks let's focus on what we think it's for first of all. well the short answer is that executing nationalist militants is now a report and to a national movement anywhere in the world the only way to. achieve a reconciliation is through a political settlement and an accommodation to the demands of a national movement. that's what the top brass in turkey of course i would have thought know that so why are they bringing it in do you think going to polishing capital punishment was one of the key conditions of course for turkey to joi

tripoli lebanon. headline news continues after this break. it is a way of life traditionally the people. are also highly skilled and organized. depending. on the day we found this particular camp they were settled near the coast of the. here for families work together to manage nearly a thousand. people and. they can use almost every single part of the right to help them survive. a deer is a means of transportation. equipment and. the life in the tundra is harsh and so before winter hits many of the children are helicoptered to the center of the district for boarding school. students learn different languages utilize modern technologies through specialized grant programs and even learn arts skills all within a protected the school was founded. a scientist who wanted a better way of life for his people but even with the most progressive ideas and education say they don't want to trade the modern life. i have returned to the time and i actually like it here if you're outside there's fresh air fresh water looks at the site you can see deer it's

tripoli lebanon. and about so retaliate tory fire appeals for nato protection and find out on our t.v. dot com how israel and turkey are coping with syria's cross border fire seeing both states dragged in the conflict next door. a german chancellor received an angry greeting in portugal when she came to support austerity measures gripping the country and raised demonstrated in the streets claiming call for the financial pain they continue to go through as r.t. sarah for ports many question why something that failed in other countries should be heralded to work in portugal. these measures have been killing is due to give us no future it's only the cottage unemployment and misery so many people are becoming desperate but it's almost like a visceral reaction a visceral reaction to these measures people of god getting angrier and angrier angela merkel is is it the political may have been there as a sign it's the pull but it seemed a need to serve to highlight the. great test this message. loud and clear w

libya as the country's two major cities are attacked a grenade strikes the security headquarters in tripoli while a car bombs detonated in benghazi. truth under attack in greece a journalist shows solidarity with whistle blows were being silenced while trying to expose government wrongs. and swastikas flying in the streets of moscow russia's most radical nationalists and merged in the capital and nationwide aiming to stir up divisions on the country's day of unity. with a look back at the past seven days top stories and the latest developments this is the weekly t.v. while voters in florida lined up to cast their ballots in early voting those in new york are lining up for fuel rations and blankets much of the big apple remains paralyzed with tens of thousands still without power heat or hot water nearly a week after superstorm sandy ripped through his art to use marina portnoy with the political fallout from the disaster. she was a storm the size of europe and it might be a game changer for america's upcoming u.s. presidential election early voting was suspended as hurricane sandy ripped th

reacher heads a sunni militia here in tripoli has bubbled to been a slum front. showing off his guns he says he's ready to use them again at a moment's notice. we are ready to defend ourselves and to fight for. sheikh mansour he accuses the syrian government of fermenting violence against the sunni's and that's why he says support for the uprising goes far beyond empathy. systems to the free syrian army then would do it within our capabilities if it is possible to give them a gun and some bullets then we're happy. however the syrian war plays out it's clear that the outcome will have repercussions far beyond its borders in tripoli the battle lines have been drawn and neither side seems willing to back down. r.t. tripoli lebanon. tori fire and appeals for nato protection find out of our t.v. dot com how israel and turkey are coping with serious cross border fire. both states drag the conflict right on their doorstep. the german chancellor received an angry greeting in portugal where she came to support austerity measures gripping the country enraged crowds demonst

libya as the country's two major cities are attacked every need strikes the security headquarters in tripoli while a car bomb detonated bengazi. and truth under attack in greece journalists show solidarity with whistleblowers who say they're being silenced while trying to expose the government with all. it's five am in moscow why mattress or bring you today's top stories and a look back at the week's news here on r t an explosion in syria's capital has wounded at least eleven people the blast happened near a heavily guarded military and government buildings no one's admitted to the attack but all titling militant groups have been behind similar recent incidents meanwhile there's been another drive toward a diplomatic solution to the syrian conflict as russia's foreign minister met with peace envoy lakhdar brahimi sergey lavrov and so stressed in states priority of regime change in syria the strategy of the needs to more bloodshed ali mohamed editor in chief of the syria tribune says no resolution can solve the crisis while the u.s. and its allies seem determined to oust president assad. the

post gadhafi libya as the country's two major cities are attacked a grenade strikes the security at tripoli and a car bombs detonated in benghazi. and truth under attack in greece journalists show solidarity with whistleblowers who are being silenced for trying to expose government problems. and look back at the past seven days top stories and the latest developments this is the weekly. while voters in florida lined up to cast their ballots in early voting those in new york and nine in up for fuel rations and blankets much of the big apple remains paralyzed and tens of thousands still without power heat or hot water nearly a week after superstorm sandy ripped through his arteries marina portnoy with the political fallout from the disaster. she was a storm the size of europe and it might be a game changer for america's upcoming us presidential election early voting was suspended as hurricane sandy ripped through the u.s. east coast monday causing eight and a half million homes and businesses to lose power with the death toll expected to surpass one hundred president barack obama canceled cam

libya the country's two major cities are attacked a grenade strikes the security headquarters in tripoli probably a car bomb detonates in benghazi. and truth under attack in greece journalists show solidarity with whistleblowers who say they're being silenced while trying to expose government along. it's three am in moscow i mattress i bring you today's top stories and a look back at the week's news an explosion in syria's capital's wounded at least eleven people the blast happened near the heavily guarded military and government buildings there no one's admitted to the attack but al qaeda linked militant groups have been behind similar recent incidents meanwhile there's been another drive toward a diplomatic solution to the syrian conflict as russia's foreign minister now with you when peace envoy lakhdar brahimi. the editor in chief of the syria tribune says no resolution can solve the crisis while the west seems determined to oust president assad was the. basis for the west's insist that they should dictate the outcome of the struggle there would be no solution because the. choir memb

the security headquarters in tripoli. truth. this is. the stories now that made headlines this week and while voters in florida . early voting those in new york for fuel rations blankets much of the big apple remains paralyzed with tens of thousands still without power or hot water all of this nearly a week after superstorm sandy ripped through the area and here's. the political fallout from the disaster. she was a storm the size of europe and a mighty game changer for america's upcoming u.s. presidential election early voting was suspended as hurricane sandy ripped through the u.s. east coast monday causing eight and a half million homes and businesses to lose power president barack obama canceled campaign appearances to handle the superstorm the election will take care of itself next week right now our number one priority is to make sure that we are saving lives national polls show the commander in chief garnered excellent marks for his response my a lot of faith and i think that was the president flying overhead. vote for obama. yet t

guys from tripoli would get out. everyone understands these are complicated decisions.this, we are entitled to an account of what the decisions were made and followup on that evening. >> want to explain about our reporting, jennifer griffin's reporting about the stand-down. the c.i.a. now says it took 24 minutes for the, from the start of the attack for tyrone woods and five other c.i.a. operators in the alex, a mile away from the con sue -- affection, a mile from the consulate to respond. they were waiting for libya militia to get weapons ready. our source, knowledgeable that we trust said they could have left much sooner. but they were told to stand down. the timing is different. the c.i.a. said that there could have been a misunderstanding in that communication. they say it was 24 minutes. kirsten, u.s. intelligence informed the senior leaders as early as 7:00 p.m. eastern time. less than four hours after start of the attack. that ansar al-sharia tied to al-qaeda, carried out this attack. >> well, not only that, they surrounded the hospital, where ambassadorsteins' b

. >> director petraeus went to tripoli, he interviewed many of the people as i understand it that were involved. >> reporter: house senate intelligence members spent thursday interviewing officials. they were shown a video taken from cameras and drones flying overhead. >> it begins from when the incident, before the incident started and it goes through the incident. and the exodus. >> reporter: members still have questions. there's new information out of thursday's congressional hearing. lawmakers said it was confirmed to them susan rice was told spontaneous protests over an islamic film sparked the attack. rice was given the information as part of an unclassified briefing before she appeared on sunday morning talk shows five days after the attack. >> that unclassified version turned out to be inaccurate as we found out later. >> reporter: several republican senators are threatening to block rice from becoming the next secretary of state because of her assertions that the attacks didn't appear to be pre-planned. petraeus' testimony is critical to this investigation. several more hearin

on the selective trip advice from tripoli libya is busy attracting tourists but visitors are being kept in the dark on tragedies like the violent siege and assault of bani walid. it's eleven pm here in moscow a very good evening if you just joined us some kevin owen in this is r t syria's president says the conflict in his country's escalated because western powers of hand picked him as the latest bogeyman in an exclusive interview with r.t. bashar al assad warned that any direct foreign intervention in syria would spark a global disaster r.t. sophie shevardnadze spoke to the embattled leader in his capital. that he's not a western puppet he also denies to fuck that civil war is taking place in this country he's saying that it's not civil war it's a conflict where he has to fight different fractions of terrorism. and the fact that the financing of this terrorist actions was unprecedented and it was coming from abroad what he told me that if the finest were to stop then he would probably need about two weeks more to restore peace in his country and he also said that if the west were to i

rival libyan militias have fired guns and rocket propelled grenades at each other in tripoli in one of the worst collapses in security and the capital since formerly known as fall last year the country continues to be in disarray with residents of the city of benghazi calling for the autonomy of the oil rich east the outer of the pan-african news wire believes the nato backed revolution of two thousand and eleven has turned the clogged back for libya by several decades. historically during the period of the ottoman empire as well as a time colonialism the country was divided basically in its way different regions on three design in the south tripoli the time yet in the west and of course or annika in the east and as a result of the independence movement in libya after nine hundred fifty one and of course after the seizure of power by gadhafi and his cohorts in one nine hundred sixty nine there was a concerted effort to bring about some type of national identity and cohesiveness inside of libya all done has fallen apart over the last year and this is why we're having these type of sexua