the u.s. prevents venezuela's president from flying through space and denies visas to a delegation being sent to the stoking tensions between. the blame game surrounding the use of chemical weapons in syria how has the russian american design and play on with fresh changes between moscow and washington over who's at fault. also the somehow of this you were in the opposition's numbers infested with extremists milliken be off some of the rebels see the ancient christian village where people won't leave their homes to protect their rights. and a string of fatalities sees birtles come under criticism for their reliance on also apparently newly tazes to control suspects. you saw in russia and around the world this is he was me you know should follow a hello and welcome to the program. the president has accused the you are so refusing to provide visas for some members of the delegation going to the u.n. next week nicolas maduro was also apparently refused permission to fly for american as space to g

the u.s. prevents venezuela's president from flying through its airspace and denies visas to a delegation being sent to the un stoking tensions between the two. the blame game surrounding the use of chemical weapons in syria hampers the russian american disarmament plan with fresh exchanges between moscow and washington over who's at fault. with the syrian opposition whose numbers infested with extremists we look at the aftermath of the rebel siege of an ancient christian village where people were forced to flee their homes to protect their faith. a string of fatalities seized britain's police come under criticism for their reliance on an arsenal of apparently non-lethal tasers to control suspects. live from moscow you're watching r t and lindsey france thanks for joining me. as well as president has accused the u.s. of refusing to provide visas for some members of a delegate of a delegation going to the u.n. next week nicolas maduro has was also apparently refused permission to fly through am

the u.s. preventive in is on this president from flying it sort of says space and denies seizes to a delegation big send to the stoking tensions between the two and. the blame game surrounding the use of chemical weapons in syria was the russian american design would fly on with fresh exchanges between multiple and washington over who's at fault. with the super in a position of numbers infested with extremists. of the rebel siege of an ancient christian village where people will fools to flee their homes to protect their faith. plus a tale of cool sugar and your pool rules you are up against pursuing a stereotype all the same claiming that another point on a million will end up in poverty if god was doubled listen. russia and around the world this is with me you know thanks for joining us but as well as president has accused the you are so refusing to provide visas for some members of delegation going to the un next week nicolas maduro was almost up when he refused permission to fly through am

u.s. denies their space to president nicolas maduro of venezuela legibly using visas to blackmail his government's u.n. delegation our top stories. live from our studio center here in moscow where it's just past eight pm this is r.t. with international news and comment the hague based chemical weapons watchdog has received data on syria's toxic now this comes as part of the country's chemical demilitarization plan hammered out by top russian and u.s. diplomats last week poor scott has the details. well under the deal a brokered between washington and moscow in geneva last weekend to syria has until saturday to disclose its arsenal of chemical weapons and the process has begun the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons or o.p.c. w for short a spokesman for that organization says we have received part of the verification and we expect more that's what the spokesperson was quoted as saying it's believed that the initial declaration outlining syria's chemical weapons program has

the u.s. is supplying if it is trading essential trading with me and venezuela it's not an enemy of the us there's no fighting between the us and venezuela and furthermore it's one of the democratic countries of latin america which was supposedly an important thing to the united states supporting democracy and so we're in nobody's contesting the validity of this election so the us is denying an elected president the right to fly over one of its colonies in order to get on a trip to china on a state visit and yet the u.s. allows dictators president military leaders known to have slaughtered their own people in latin america all those people are welcome to come and vacation in the united states but an elected leader of a. of a fellow nation in latin america is denied the right to fly over one of our colonies. sirrah is in a state of paralysis says the counter as a deputy prime minister and hope he has a war have bled the country's economy dry and exhaust both the army and the rebels with neither

u.s. strike on syria. meanwhile, thousands protest the intervention in the syrian civil war. >> the olympics will return to japan. we'll have more on the announcement for the 2020 games and global reaction. ♪ theme >> we begin tonight with news that secretary of state january kerry's been trying to drum um support for a strike against syria. he said that doing nothing is far riskier than responding. the european ministers say that response should be strong and clear but urge the u.s. to hold off on military strikes. the only ally of the u.s. which supports action in syria is becoming more cautious. france's president wants to wait for a u.s. support on whether chemical weapons were used. with more on the atory, we report from london that the e.u. reaction is likely to trouble the president. >> as hpresident. >> all 28 members of the e.u. signed a joint statement read by the chef of foreign policy stating clearly where the europeans stand. the syrian government use of banned weapons and the

>> russia's foreign minister says the u.s. is trying to blackmail moscow if russia does not support a u.n. resolution that allows the use of force. angela merkel has declared germany's election. and mobs cream for justice in greece where the killing of a prominent anti-fascist sparked uproar as thousands march in a national strike against endless austerity. the top stories and latest developments. this be is the weekly here on rt. western states are eager to gain a loophole for unilateral action against syria and don't care enough about peaceful efforts to resolve the syrian conflict. well, that's the impression the russian foreign minister says he's gained after several weeks of a diplomatic effort to avoid strikes. >> two weeks ago it seemed like the united states are ready to essentially strike syria. then they seemed to ease up a bit and now again russia seems to be facing some sort of animosity especially ahead of the u.n. general assembly meetings to take place next week. russia's channel 1 showed lavrov making some of p

the u.s. and iran haven't had diplomatic relations for over thirty years but recently both sides have suggested that steps could be taken to change that next week the new iranian president will visit the u.n. general assembly and the obama administration is preparing for high level talks between a rainy and u.s. officials possibly even a direct exchange so could this be the beginning of a fall after three decades of failed foreign policy towards iran well joining me now to speak more about that is hillary mann leverett and flynt leverett co-authors of going to tehran why the united states must come to terms with the islamic republic of iran. who's seen as much more open to work with the u.s. he has a softer line on israel he has come out and said that iran is not going to seek nuclear weapons is that enough to change u.s. policy towards iran the obama administration is very fortunate in terms of the incoming that the new iranian administration both president rouhani and his foreign minister mo

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as the u.s. president and the public agonizing over what is to be done and its impact of united states, elizabeth will bring what you needed focus on the alternatives that exist. finally, faysal itani is a fellow with the rafik hariri center. he is a relatively new and very welcome addition to the center. faysal is a middle east analyst whose focus is transition in the arab world with an emphasis -- before working on the council, he worked as a risk analysis analyst advising international organizations on political, economic and security affairs in the region. faisal will help us shape the discussion of potential regional implications of whatever it is the united states is about to do in syria. i will ask each of the speakers to frame the key issues as they see them and to do so within about eight minutes each. we will then turn to questions. which, given the size of the audience, will need to be tightly focused. i will attempt to do a brief wrapup at the end and we will make every effort to adjo

the u.s. and britain and france say they are convinced syrian forces used chemical weapons to kill hundreds of civilians last month. the regime of syrian president ba bashar al assad needs to be punished but faces stiff opposition from the leaders of russia and china. vladimir putin and jinping also stated their objections to a military strike. putin says russia may resume selling anti-aircraft missiles if western countries attack without u.n. approval. >>> putin could start shipments to syria and added that accusations about the use of chemical weapons in syria should be based on solid evidence and not on rumors, intelligence from eavesdropping or chatter. putin said if there is proof that chemical weapons were used by the syrian government, he with not rule out securing military action but it would need to be sanctioned by the u.n. security council. >>> the u.s. congress is still weighing the pros and cons of military action. members of the senate foreign relations committee have drafted a r

as we just heard u.s. secretary of state john kerry insists there is no evidence to suggest that the syrian opposition has sarin gas well michael maloof who works for the u.s. defense department for nearly thirty years showed us what he claims is a classified u.s. intelligence report stating otherwise. i have. a report from a source who has direct connections with two to classified information it's one one page i mean expecting others it's classified secret no foreign it's from the n.g.i. sea or the national ground intelligence center the u.s. military did an assessment based upon fifty indicators and clandestine interviews that the sourcing of siren originated out of iraq into turkey before some of it was confiscated in may in turkey and that there has actually been a more significant amount of cern production both in iraq and in turkey going to the going to the opposition principally al-qaeda and we've had separate reports now that al qaeda elements are rather significant numbers. and have and now have p

the u.s. military's twelve year fight in afghanistan is drawing to a close but there's some unfinished business on the ground washington still doesn't know what to do with its jail in bag ram built in the early stages of the war on terror may be dubbed the second guantanamo but its reputation for torture abuse and lethal interrogation methods may even overshadow the cuban detention center. and he reports on what the future holds for background. some call the bagram prison a second guantanamo although in reality it was established just before the detention center in cuba and at one point house twice as many inmates at the height of the u.s. war in afghanistan but these are just details the two really could be called sister jails just like guantanamo bagram is used to detain people apprehended in the u.s. war in terror and has been around for more than a decade the detention centers have both had their fair share of scandals surrounding the conditions in which the prisoners are held and the way

the u.s. senate foreign relations committee is now debating a possible strike on syria now these are live pictures from washington the committee chairman been calling on senators to support military action voicing his conviction of the syrian regime's responsibility for the recent chemical attack near damascus and this is just been reiterated by the secret state john kerry he's talking now and he says he does believe firmly that the assad regime was behind that attack and they're saying that this was a direct threat to american national security that's despite the fact that the u.n. inspectors have yet to present their findings on their mission in syria well earlier israel carried out an unannounced missile test in the mediterranean sparking an alert in light of a military buildup in the region for a potential strike on syria the confirmation came after the march of two rockets was detected by russian radars are not brings the details. the two missiles were launched at around five am g.m.t. in

u.s. provide proof. for the possible u.s. attack on syria sparking a wave of protests across the world thousands take to the streets in support of the middle east state. in moscow i matter as a good to have you with us here on our t.v. our top story u.s. president barack obama he doesn't need u.n. authorization to launch an attack on syria as he sends strike plans to congress for approval that is going to punish damascus follows the publication of a u.s. intelligence assessment claiming the assad regime ordered a chemical weapons attack the report the only contains circumstantial evidence artie's marine important i has the latest from new york. u.s. president barack obama has announced something of a shift in strategy with respect to military intervention into syria now most of the world was speculating that washington would strike damascus within the next within the next twenty four to forty eight hours but on saturday afternoon president obama confirmed that the u.s. will take military a

the u.s. denies as base to president nicolas maduro of venezuela while allegedly using these is to blackmail these governments. damascus says they would still raise gridlocks and is spending hard on international diplomacy which is facing a rocky road as moscow and washington low pauling's over chemical weapons. dossiers crew in the midst of this sewer and water pool torment and should christian village which fell victim to the schools of hardline jihad is to make up to hold to make up to a halt for the anti-government forces in the country. loss of a shock and place in the u.k. are increasingly turning to high voltage tasers to bring volatile situations under control but rights groups say the weapons are dangerous and that the boys in blue being owned by stout's. international news and comment line for most of this isn't see with me you know thanks for joining it's. caracas has declared america's decision to deny as face to the venezuelan president is nothing short of an act of aggression nic

the u.s. prevents venezuela's president from flying through its airspace and denies visas to a delegation being sent to the un stoking tensions between the two. the blame game surrounding the use of chemical weapons in syria hampers the russian american disarmament plan with fresh exchanges between moscow and washington over who's at fault. and a tale of caution a new report warns europe against pursuing austerity policies claiming that twenty five million will end up in poverty if governments don't listen. you're watching r t live from moscow and lindsey france thanks for joining me venezuela's president has accused the u.s. of refusing to provide visas for a delegation going to the u.n. next week nicolas maduro was also apparently refused permission to fly through american airspace to get to china venezuela's foreign ministry said these incidents were and act of aggression and a violation of international law artie's marine up porton reports. venezuelan president nicolas maduro flight plan t

spying on her government in her speech to the u.s. assembly. she accused the u.s. of violating human rights and international law by spying numbers are in companies, politicians and civilians. >> we are a democratic country surrounded by democratic, peaceful countries that respect international law. living in peace with our neighbors for more than 140 years. like so many other latin americans, i, myself, fought against arbitrary behavior and censorship, and i could therefore not possibly fail to uncompromisingly defend individual's rights to privacy and my country's sovereignty. canceled herly october state trip to washington in response to leaks from edward snowden showing the national security spying on her personal communications and petrobras. the greek government has launched a probe of the neo-nazi group golden dawn. deather was stabbed to outside of a cafÉ last week and the murder has sparked a new wave of protest against golden dawn. came hip-hop artists together for an event honoring his life. r said greeks are united against fascism. it was a great moment

discouraging news on the u.s. labor front as the government releases new employment numbers. >>> president obama made one last push at the g-20 summit for action in syria. he's encouraged by his meetings with world leaders and spoke of growing recognition that the world has to act with the host of this year's g-20 is russian vladimir putin had a very different take on things. we're joins by mike viqueira in st. petersburg. the first press conference went a little long a tad bit was russian president vladimir putin and batting cleanup, if you will, was u.s. president barack obama. he only took about four or five questions, but he gave very lengthy answers to the questions. the bottom line, he seems to not be wavering on his position, but he answered -- was asked rather some rather pointed questions and answered some, did not answer others. one question that really struck me is he was asked specifically about reports that his list of targets is being expanded, asked specifically before anything happened is this proj

the u.s. national security agency had been spying on her personal communication as well as communication belonging to her aides tell her visit to the white house it would have been the first official state visit during president obama's second term and it would have been the first visit brazilian leader in nearly two decades so clearly that just shows how angry the brazilian president and other latin american countries should at all are about the n.s.a. surveillance program reporting live from new york thanks very much indeed for that update. want to stay with r.t. for the latest from the un general assembly in new york of course we'll be covering those developments over the next few hours and indeed to more of brazil's leader resurface urge the u.n. g.a. to protect cyberspace from spying activities and sabotage and said a country will equip itself with legislation and technology to protect its online users an emotional the former m i five intelligence officers stressed the importance of such

u.s. retreats says a cleric. and now for the details. the prime minister will be meeting u.s. president barack obama this week in washington. the agenda is packed as both countries are close to signing a new pact. world leaders are expected to discuss security cooperation and regional issues. the meeting is already overshadowed by reports of the indian government diluting the liability law for nuclear energy. the government has denied it. the report of dilution of the nuclear liability bill by the government of india to favor us- based firms interested in nuclear deals is false. the indian prime minister's stated this in new delhi. the indian media had reported that prior to the visit of the indian prime minister to the united states to attend this year's session. in the course of his visit, he would also meet the u.s. president, barack obama. the media diverted attention. the diluted version of the bill will overlook security concerns that would hold foreign reactors liable in the event o

the u.s. war machine awaits orders to strike syria but barack obama says he would like to be biking a long way because funds have to key world powers and many americans speak out against intervention. as a legitimate reason dismissed allegations that the syrian government has used w m d's as after norton is appealing to the u.s. president as a nobel peace prize winner to think of the bloodshed he might cause. and also the sound of greek national debt increases alongside financial aid from the e.u. as athens struggles to appease international lenders i mean to report it may need a bailout and. the latest news on the week's top stories you're watching the weekly here on r.c. with me our thanks for joining us again the distant cries of antiwar protesters a bronco bamma house pulled back from ordering a strike against syria at least for now the u.s. president has decided to ask congress which doesn't reconvene for over a week to give its backing for a war which he says needs to be launched obama w

the u.s. is supplying it is it is trading essential trading with me and venezuela it's not an enemy of the u.s. there's no fighting between the u.s. and venezuela and furthermore it's one of the democratic countries of latin america which was supposedly an important thing to the united states supporting democracy and so we're in nobody's contesting the validity of this election so the u.s. is denying an elected president in their right to fly over one of its colonies in order to get on a trip to china on a state visit and yet the u.s. allow this dictator is. a military leaders known to have slaughtered their own people in latin america all those people are welcome to come and vacation in the united states but an elected leader. of a fellow nation in latin america is denied the right to fly over one of our colonies. and no news including the latest report on europe's economic here in the next doesn't get is coming up after a very short break stay with us. well . it's technology innovation all t

the u.s. tomorrow morning at 7 a.m. eastern. next, a for him on this. the book war from earlier this week. they will talk about potential u.s. strikes and opposition. minute.90 >> ladies and gentlemen, good afternoon. my name is frederic hof and on behalf of fred kemp, the president of the atlantic council and michelle done, the director of the center for the middle east, i would like to welcome you all to today's program. this is a joint production of the hariri center and the atlantic council. over the past two weeks, we have witnessed a truly extraordinary chain of events that began on the 21st of august with a chemical attack in a suburb of damascus. in the fullness of time, i think we will probably know for sure what motivated the assad regime to take this step and what it was actually thinking. in terms of trying to get away with it. what is objectively clear at this point is that this was a criminal attack on defenseless civilians. it was a clear violation of international prohibitions

familydoes having u.s. military bases all over the world make the u.s. aid for? find out as we continue our broadcast of "standing army," only on link tv. >> summary. some do not worry at all. and they are free to do that, too. but only because others step forward and serve our country. >> by militarism, we do not mean national defence or the obligation of citizenship for able-bodied people to defend the country in times of national emergency. we need a way of life. and ideological position. hubert joly our conception was like the early roman legions of the republic. they were ready for an emergency. farmers left their fields, went to war, work instantaneously demobilized. they thoughtlessly call themselves and empire. the needed a standing army. something like this happened in america in world war ii as we began to build an arms industry. suddenly altered the political structure of the united states. >> the u.s. constitution made a strong point that the military had to be under the control of civilian leadership, that they would always present a threat to democr

well we should listen very well u.s. politicians and also u.s. mainstream media is writing up all of those things so we hear there also the position that the pure existence off of chemical weapons stockpiles of the syrian government might be reason enough to intervene so i don't think that this will change a lot if it comes again to the question of the military intervention or not we shouldn't forget that the u.s. that the west is prepared the u.s. told already they will not respect any u.n. decision or even they went on distance to the nato they were saying we can do that alone so we shouldn't forget this in this context. right german. and right mistakes in right to thank you very much indeed or for your time thank you. and when it comes to the exodus of refugees from syria europe's find itself split and there are those who say the european union must help us sign them seekers especially considering you aid rebels is a major drive all the conflict others think different question why e.u. taxpayers must bear the burden of another hour of conflict

u.s. push for military intervention in syria. they're heading home just as divided. nhk world's akihiro mikoda reports. >> reporter: the situation in syria dominated the agenda. u.s. president barack obama tried to drum up support for military action against the syrian government. he did not win unanimous backing. some leaders said they wanted military action right away. others said they won't back any armed intervention without the authority of a u.n. security council resolution. russian president vladimir putin used his closing statement to highlight the divisions over obama's push for military action and his opposition. >> translator: we hear each other, and we understand the argument, but we do not agree with them. i don't agree with his arguments, and he doesn't agree with mine. but we hear each other and we try to analyze. >> reporter: the head of the international monetary fund took part in the talks. she said decision in syria is threatening the global economic recovery by pushing

the u.s.ctivities. this is day two of a dash of the trip for the president. what happens on day three? will have the meetings with the leaders of france and china. there will be another working session of the g20. there will be a closing ceremony. he will have a post g20 news conference tomorrow in saint petersburg, russia. i think it is going to be 9:45 eastern time friday morning. a lot of these issues that were talked about will surface again, then. host: do think the president will have something to come home with from the international community when it comes to syria? something he can say to help him convince lawmakers up on capitol hill? guest: he is hoping to get as many endorsements from other countries as he can. he may get help from japan, i think the president of france will reaffirm his support of military action. he has help from sweden. i suspect several other countries will weigh in on syria. he is trying to get as many countries as he can to sign off on this. host: thank you f

and for the u.s. private prison industry another man behind bars means more money in the bank many private prisons have quotas to keep most or all prison beds filled up more of the industry that combines money and bars later in tonight's show. it's monday september twenty third eight pm in washington d.c. i'm maggie lopez and you are watching r.t. world leaders are gathered in new york city this week for the sixty eighth annual united nations general assembly this meeting could not have come at a more important time of the war in syria and a potential u.s. strike will undoubtedly command the spotlight at the conference along with the u.s. recent u.n. report detailing chemical weapons used in the country also we are on lookout for a potential warming of relations between the u.s. and iran it has become a sort of preditions in recent years for the american delegation to get up and walk out right in the middle of former iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad speeches but this year could be different irani

the u.s. war machine awaits orders to strike syria barack obama says he would like the backing of lawmakers for arced after key world powers and many americans speak out against intervention. that is what amir putin dismissed allegations that the syrian government used d.s. as utter nonsense appealing to the u.s. president as a noble peace prize winner to think of the bloodshed he might cause and greek national debt increases along financial aid alongside financial aid from the e.u. as athens struggles to appease international lenders amid reports it may need a third bailout. the latest news and the week's top stories here on r t m lindsay france against the distant cries of anti-war protesters broke obama has pulled back from ordering a strike against syria at least for now the u.s. president has decided to ask congress which doesn't reconvene for over a week to give its backing for a war which he says needs to be launched obama wants to punish damascus for its alleged use of chemical weapons

talks between russia and u.s. entered a third day in switzerland. u.s. officials are quoted as saying both sides are coming to an agreement. >>> this was the scene in geneva where we expect to hear from the russian foreign minister and u.s. secretary of state john kerr, and we will, of course, go to that news conference as soon as that begins. >>> for weeks now the white house has been saying it knows the syrian government is responsible for poison gas attacks, but as we report, some politicians are questioning that intelligence. >> reporter: matthew is a former foreign service officer and captain in the u.s. marine corps. he was the first united states official to resign in protest over the afghan war, but his government contacts are still fresh. he says they're pleading with him to expose the u.s. intelligence being presented in the case for strikes on syria. >> the intelligence that's being presented, what little actual evidence is being presented, is cherry-picked. it is misleading. it is not completely thorough. there are other evidence that contrad

despite u.s. fiscal worries, the nikkei 225 reverse warning will send higher by 1.2% on hopes of imminent corporate tax cuts. an xwokt vehicle related tax cuts supported automakers. but china markets saw profit taking ahead of the week long holiday this week. the shanghai deposit ending down almost 2%. and the big loser on the hong kong bores was global supply chain manager leonfong. its major customer, walmart, is cutting orders. but solth is south korea ended marginally in the green. lixil gained 4% after reaching an agreement to buy germany's groche for about $4 billion. tenco jumping over 7%. meanwhile, stocks soft bank got a boost of 3.67%. they value alibaba at about $7.5 billion. that is about a third of the company's market cap. back to you. >> that alibaba listing, one to look forward to. thank you very much. >>> u.s. senate majority leader harry reid with house democrats wednesday night to avoid a shutdown. re id says he will not let republicans include provisions in the funding bill or

u.s. military strike on syria saying he wants to get approval from congress first. >> in cairo where arab league foreign ministers hold a meeting on what happens next in syria. >>> radiation readings increase 18-fold in japan's fukushima power plant. and part of the global movement once again. afghan boys an girls join the scouts after more than 30 years. >>> nelson mandela has been discharged from a hospital after being treated for a lung infection. the south african governor says the formerer president is still in critical condition. doctors are convinced he can receive the same level of treatment at his home. we are joined from the phone from johannesburg. what can you tell us? >> caller: while this is going to be very welcome news from south africans. an effort to receive the same level of intensive care at home. hay have reconfigureed his home to allow for the equipment to be used there to maintain his critical condition and hopefully improve it. the health experts that have been trea

the u.s. navy's building its presence around syria how do you ask congressional debate later this month on whether or not to strike five u.s. destroyers landed with missiles loaded i should say along with an phoebus assault ship are in the mediterranean right now they have been joined by an aircraft carrier group that's now in the red sea to support that ordered the super carrier u.s.s. nimitz is one of the largest warships in the world at more than three hundred meters long it's powered by nuclear reactors and hundred ninety planes and helicopters on board is accompanied by five smaller washrooms armed with tomahawk cruise missiles meanwhile some u.s. servicemen have joined the chorus of those against america's possible move true for e this judging by images uploaded on social media people wearing military uniforms seen posing in front of cameras were posed as saying they did not join up to find for al-qaeda in syria those pictures cannot be verified by the pentagon is reportedly already look

american intelligence u.s. intelligence they didn't see this coming and they spread from tunisia to one country after another and there's an obviously a yearning for some kind of freedom and dignity and economic and intellectual and political freedom in that area but the but there's not much of a tradition of civil government and there's not much of a tradition so what you've got are extremists who are oppressed for a long time and you've got military forces you've got some secular forces but they were largely repressed also right a lot of the wording of the democratic revolution and democratic process in a lot of these countries you know the syria situation is causing so many global power players and dynamics to shift that are remnants from the cold war we have least some of this so much of this with our invasion of iraq we go into situations not having any idea i mean bush for example didn't even know there was a difference between sunnis and shia i mean we go into situations where we're totally blind we did

interests and russian u.s. relations at that point snowden walked out but on the subject of how snowden eventually ended up in russia. this is what the president had to say about that so to speak and then snowden was on route to latin america via russia and what happened next there was a leak i hope i don't offend u.s. security agencies and diplomats so they could have handled this issue in a professional way instead of allowing him to enter a country where it would be easy for them to get him they intimidated everybody latin america european countries everybody and as a result naturally he stayed at our airports and became stranded in russia. and so optimism from the president about relations between the united states and russia continuing to grow although there have been tensions he is sure that the g. twenty is a good chance for those ties to be mended meanwhile the man who made snowden's leaks possible is offered police protection in brazil back to the u.k. government's attempts to wipe information gathered

the u.s. says the request was improperly but permission was granted anyway this is all just a misunderstanding isn't it or is there more to it than just. well i think there's more to it partly because we know the similar request for use of air space was denied to us and the united states obviously could've. eventually had to give permission for the overflowed. just shows that it was within their discretion of doing so in the first place i think it's basically just a show of force of muscle. and when the united states is increasingly isolated and this is really one of the few resources it has to show it's it's it's power internationally you mentioned incident concern even though lars of bolivia he's actually as a result of this latest incident called for mass withdrawal of latin american ambassadors to the u.s. this is that an overreaction. well yes i think it wouldn't really hurt the united states as much as it would hurt latin america actually so i'm not sure if that would be really the best

if the u.s. decide to take powers. >> it seems that the western powers have decided to take this unique opportunity to destroy some of the rebel groups against whom they have a certain ambivalence and they do not trust them. >> the u.s. has not said whether any of those groups will be targeted, but some in congress worry that they might take advantage of any u.s.-led military action. >> secretary of skate john kerry has put the opposition in two camps: the good guys and the bad guys. that means those linked with al-qaeda and those with the syrian free. council. heading the moderate opposition. the obama administration argues military intervention would help put these forces in power. that's not necessarily. brigades have failed. groups not aligned use such efforts as skepticism and feel it aims to serve a western political agenda, and those allied with them will not fight if the u.s. calls the bad guys. >> these people came to syria to help us. it's up to us to decide to deal with any group that

and the u.s. and others consider it a terrorist organization a treaty by saying that america should side because we are fighting terrorism america doesn't agree i have decided that the united states should take military action against syrian regime targets they have no right to strike a country man but in the united nations each c.m. person who loves his country. he would never accept the. who to send one to attack that's just another entry on the lawn least of daily concerns which already includes terror attacks pains and killings those living in residential areas of damascus say several days ago they started receiving letters like this one advising them to clear their basements in preparation for now no one i spoke to looked like they would follow the advice syrians may vote with their feet when the bombs start to fall but for now they've got plenty of other things to worry about. the reporting from damascus in syria and our days maria fellowship will remain in syria keeping an eye on developmen

senior u.s. navy official tells me that they now believe one shooter at least, one shooter is dead. that is the word that he hears that he expects law enforcement authorities to make public shortly. so that information appears to have developed in the last few minutes. as to this question of whether there are multiple shooters, a different navy official who works at the navy yard, ed zeigler, he says that he believes that there are two shooters down. he's not saying whether that means dead or wounded or in custody. but two shooters down. now, let's try and help people understand why there may be this conflicting information. we're here at the pentagon. senior u.s. from navy officials at the scene at the yard, information very difficult to confirm for them. they're being very cautious, very deliberate what they are telling reporters. they want to make sure they get it right. that is why this one senior officer telling me one shooter is dead. the word about two shooters being down coming from offic

but part of the u.s. dollar please i beg you now finally on this story is this headline from mt weil dot com and it says james clapper is financial war on the world and they look at this the same memo that that national intelligence director released on his tumbler and they say two things first of all he mentions that with their monitoring swift so this is the n.s.a. monitoring swift that we're all financial transactions happened to their well first of all those european nations already have a deal to give that information over to the u.s. government so why is why do they need additional information it must be more than just the war on terror and financial terrorism south so the other thing that he mentions however is that he mentions the word financial weapons he uses actual words financial weapons and as it's all there people are going to use it well and he will brings up the fact that for example quantitative easing the likes of brazil have over the years called that financial war by brazil going to on

fifteen fighters shot down two u.s. army black hawk helicopters instantly killing twenty six un peacekeepers this happened in one thousand nine hundred four full three years after the end of the first gulf war it was not a shooting war going around there's not a lot of bad guys around on the ground there aren't a lot of enemy planes flying around near broad daylight unlimited visibility relatively benign conditions and it's on.