u.s. congress.kily, stephen latourette, an 18-year member of the house and subcommittee vice chairman knows firsthand the profound satisfactionave rewarding career giving voice to the american people. give me three words that sum of your experience. >> frustrating, maddening, gridlock. >> okay. three words that aren't those words. >> uhm, sad disappointing, difficult. >> okay, forget about words. i'm looking to inspire somebody to run for congress. >> you'd have to be crazy to run for congress. >> why? >> the leadership in the house is more concerned about gaming the other party so that they can be in charge than they are in actually accomplishing something. potential candidates shouldn't be motivated by accomplishing anything. >> okay, this sound like an objectively terrible job. if we want to get someone like perez to run for congress, we are going to have to recalbright her expectations so she libraries to love d.c., despite the 535 obvious flaws. >> well, i don't see much compromise taking place

u.s. congress. many politicians on those committees are concerned that the proposal to provide ammunition as well as a light weaponry simply does not go far. others are concerned that the weapons could fall into the hands of radical extremists fighting alongside the rebels. this is an issue the white house press secretary addressed in speaking to reporters. >> it is important that we continue to step up the provision of aid. we believe that it is essential to strengthening the opposition. this is under significant andult by bashar al-assad coupled with the support that he has been getting from hezbollah and iran. >> under u.s. law, the secretary of state, john kerry, as well as the deputy director of the cia have both briefed members of the house committee on the president's plan. under u.s. law, it is not required that the white house plans gets congressional approval. however, it is customary and it seems for now, that is how the white house chooses to proceed despite the lengthy delay in the deli

u.s. congress approves japan's participation. the negotiating members have been holding 24 working level meetings covering 21 fields. japan is expected to take part in seven of the meetings, including chief negotiator talks on intellectual property and investment. the date on market access rolls is expected to finish before japan joins the talks. but the japanese team plans to explain its position at the special session that will be held so that the country can catch up on the current topics. the tpp participants are reportedly aiming to conclude the talks this year. >>> up next, the world weather forecast. >>> before we go, an all japanese saying describes saki as being the best medicine. a group of visitors to a british temple and a buddhist temple have gotten to sample that medicine combined with the health giving power of lotus leaves. about 100 varieties of lotus are now in full bloom at the temple. a temple priests hold a saki tasting event every year. the lotus is rich in calcium and minerals. drinking sa drinking sake in

u.s. congress was waiting. for people who liberation army. had been taped to the. u.s. government offices and also had you as cooperation is for trade secrets but at that moral high ground to speak on. ceased you. know didn't disclose that actually the u.s. government spy on everybody running the world so. we've. seen that you as through b. of the defense if it is. economic summit and they were trying to explain to china what they did was really in those same day we need to get anything valuable but of course that is. rubbish and now our breaking news this hour an egyptian prosecutor has ordered the arrest of muslim brotherhood leader a mohamed beatty they was charged with in signing violent clashes outside the republican guard headquarters which left over fifty five dad and hundreds injured are just policy or join us now life. yes which is eating than you do right now that the egyptian prosecutors or the rest of the brotherhood leader mohammed i.d.d. of rates have also been issued for at least nine other fini a muslim brotherhood officials including the eighty p.t. and

u.s. congress was waiting. for people who. have been take to the. u.s. government. you as corporations for trade secrets but at that moral high ground. since last month since june when it was snowden disclose that actually do you ask of my inspire everybody running the world so. you as the gaucherie they would have a lot of explaining to do why the heck does everyone that happen remember that it happened on a deal with the california summit where obama met so the timing of it was quite interesting as well so the question now is how has that word snowden's revelations affected the tone of negotiations between the u.s. and china afterwords. post california some of that is well put did you yeah well put do you on the defensive actually because you. really aggressive. pursuing the fact that. humans but now of course they. are much much larger scale and. think that you will be on the defense if it is. economic summit and they were trying to explain to china what they did was really they really didn't get anything but of course that is. rubbish well ok politics is politic

u.s. congress has given the intelligence community and ultimatum scale back the mass surveillance or lose power entirely if this happened at a house judiciary committee hearing or across party lawmakers have demanded a greater accountability although some doubt that they will make good on that threat among those is cindy coaches the legal director for the electronic frontier foundation which is one of the groups challenging the n.s.a. surveillance program. what they've been able to slow us down with is the argument that it's just all too secret and can't be decided by the courts because of national security and state secret well not only did they lose in the courts with that argument but now they've admitted the central facts of the program we're talking about so we're hopeful that that will help us move forward with the cases a little more quickly i would point out that trying to change things through the u.s. congress is also a slow process so you know while it's frustrating for those of us who want change neither the courts nor the congress moved to take your lovely quickly i think the

u.s. congress puts the brakes on military aid to the opposition fearing the weapons may fall into the wrong hands. egypt's political forces failed to agree on a transition plan while prices convulsions and what used to be a popular tourist destination are turning visitors away during a heavy blow to its volatile economy. edward snowden reportedly leans towards venezuela for asylum while r t speaks to ecuador's foreign minister on the reasons behind latin america's backing for whistleblowers on the run. world news and analysis live from our moscow headquarters i'm lucy counseling of any watching our team. well it may have been the syrian rebels not president assad's forces behind a chemical attack in aleppo that had left two dozen people dead earlier this year now that is according to a russian team that had conducted an on site investigation and it believes the chemical trail of leads straight to the rebels washington though maintains that it is more likely to be the regime in damascus the details now from artie's guy and it sure can. as you probably remember the u.n. investigation into the

u.s. congress is also a. but while it's frustrating for those of us who want change neither the courts nor the congress move to kick your lovely quickly i think there are many members of congress who are in a situation in which they basically signed off on this and now maybe perhaps feel that they need to defend it rather than taking the steps that i think the american people want which is to stop it. and upsidedown sensor is to blame for a rocket exploding soon after takeoff the proton disintegrated in midair sparking questions about just how such an expensive piece of equipment could fail so spectacularly. and while you're on there on the web site you can find striking images of rolling mass protests in egypt by supporters of the deposed president mohamed morsi there online for you at r.t. dot com. authorities in northern ireland are set to rule on whether loyalists can march through the nationalist area of belfast where riots first broke out six nights ago now the major political players will now meet to th

u.s. congress is also a slow process so you know while it's frustrating for those of us who want change neither the courts nor the congress move particularly quickly i think there are many members of congress who are in a situation in which they basically signed off on this and now maybe perhaps feel that they need to defend it rather than taking the steps that i think the american people want which is to stop it. time for a brief world update a we begin with greece where the greek parliament has narrowly a proves a public sector reform bill that will force thousands of people out of work the ruling is despite a large scale anti-authority protest throughout the country but it is needed to secure nine billion euros in financial aid from international lenders now the german finance minister has visited today to discuss its financial troubles. in the ghana sam eight people have been shot dead on their way to work in a province just south of kabul the men aged between fifteen and twenty five were forced out of the van that they were travelling in before being executed it is unknown who carried out

u.s. congress is also a slow process so you know while it's frustrating for those of us who want change neither the courts nor the congress move particularly quickly i think there are many members of congress who are in a situation in which they basically signed off on this and now maybe perhaps feel that they need to defend it rather than taking the steps that i think the american people want which is to stop it. from san francisco over to washington for the right for the numbers that matter the financial show prime interest on the i just couple of minutes that. you want to hear something truly baffling the u.s. supreme court has ruled that generic drug makers cannot be sued for bad reactions to their products only the original branded creators of the drugs can the court's decision was five to four overturning a multimillion dollar award for a woman who was horribly wounded by taking a medication which gave her toxic epidermal necrosis which is basically the equivalent of getting third degree burns all over her body and of course after winning the case mutual pharmaceutical company is demandin

u.s. congress gives a surveillance ultimatum to obama and we report on the tense standoff between loyalists and nationalists in northern ireland right after the break. well the british. market. find out what's really happening to the global economy with. the no holds barred look at the global financial headlines. a report. could take three. three. three. three. three. three. video for your media project. northern syria could be facing the prospect of becoming a terrorist state within a state sources in the free syrian army which is the major western backed rebel group claim that al qaida plans to declare islamic rule over territory near the border with turkey until recently the opposition was believed to be cooperating with extremist groups in its fight against president assad but there are now signs the relationship is growing so let's get more so we. can. you imagine okai hiding in some caves in remote mountains not anymore they want their own country they found the land for syria the part of syria which is under the rebels control we're talking about the northern part of the country that

u.s. congress. >> u.s. president barack obama is scheduled to give a speech in washington to commemorate the anniversary. >>> north koreans are also preparing to mark the 60th anniversary of the armistice. kim jong-un welcomed the chinese vice president to pyongyang ahead of the event. he is in the capitol to attend the ceremonies on saturday. he reminded kim that many chinese soldiers lost their lives in the war. li noted the peace today was hard earned and called on kim to refrain from doing anything to provoke north korea's neighbors. li says they want to resume the six-party talks on north korea's nuclear program. kim replied he supported those efforts, saying they value the traditional friendship with the chinese. the two sides have gone through a period of tension. the chinese imposed sanctions on pyongyang after the north koreans carried out their latest nuclear test in february. >>> president barack obama's administration has decided it will not declare the overthrow of egypt's democratically electe

u.s. congress has blocked plans to send them weapons. senior u.s. army officer says he has advised president obama for the potential use of force in syria. he spoke to a senate panel about the possibility of america's involvement. as thehave me portrayed one who is holding back from our use of military force. >> i am not saying that, general. >> what your advice is to the president and your views are very important because that is your job. >> i have given those views to the president. members of this committee have been briefed on the options in a classified setting. the decision on whether to use force is the decision of our elected officials. >> of former cia agent convicted of kidnapping a muslim cleric has been arrested. robert seldon lady was convicted in 2009 for the abduction of abu omar. a was kidnapped in italy decade ago. he says he was taken to egypt and later tortured. >> robert seldon lady, the former cia chiefs in milan, no longer on the run and definitely under arrest. the former c.i.a. officer was brought into custody by panamanian

u.s. congress puts the brakes on military aid to the opposition during the. weapons may fall into the wrong hands. egypt's political forces fail to agree on a transition plan while convulsions in what used to be a popular tourist destination are turning visitors away dealing a heavy blow to its ball of total economy. edward snowden reportedly leans towards venezuela for asylum while artie's speaks to a horse foreign minister on the reasons behind latin america's backing for whistleblowers on the run.

u.s. congress to urge china to improve human rights. here he visits the office of republican party congressman. he is frustrated with obama for not giving enough attention to china's human rights issues, even though the situation gets worse. >> translator: the obama administration is giving priority to economic and trade ties. sacrificing human rights concerns. that policy is misguided. >> reporter: human rights def d defenders say there is more to the issue than the china 16. many other chinese are also detained. but as china's power rises, the advocates worry the u.s. is less willing to raise the human rights. nhk world, washington. >>> senior u.s. and chinese officials met in washington last week. they agreed to hold talks on human rights later this month. >>> time now to check on the weather around the globe. there's heavy rain over the korean peninsula and our meteorologist joins us now with the latest. >> it's in the middle of the rainy season for much of the korean peninsula and parts of northern china. we have an active seasonal

u.s. congress puts the brakes on military aid to the opposition fearing that the weapons could fall into the wrong hands. egypt's political forces failed to agree on a transition plan while crisis convulsions in what used to be a popular tourist destination are turning visitors away feeling of heavy blow to the it's volatile economy. edward snowden reportedly leans towards venezuela for asylum while artie's speaks to ecuador's foreign minister on the reasons behind the latin america's backing for the whistleblower on the run.

u.s. congress now rejects education and aimed at curbing the government spying activities. whistleblower edward snowden could make russia his code but still lacks the paperwork to walk out of the moscow airport transit zone where he's waiting for a decision on his asylum application. how could we ask our brave young men and women to fight against al-qaeda in some countries and al-qaeda in other countries u.s. filmmakers and taco bell has plans to send weapons to the sewer and opposition as rebel leaders travel for an informal meeting with the u.n. security council and america's secretary of state. and the jailing of full russian oligarch to hail fellow.

u.s. congress, the u.s. president, how they act, capri, don't cooperate, etc.? >> i think that american politics is broken to an extent that a lot of americans do not fully grasp. and i know that among those that can about these things there is a discussion in the united states about the failure of cooperation on capitol hill and the way that there is a level of hatred. that isn't too strong of a word in modern american politics. but there wasn't even a relatively recently. but i actually think that you've got to go further than that. and i do wonder whether there is an extent to which the u.s. constitution, this wonderful document that is in so many ways so great for you. it isn't fit for a purpose and the modern age. the house of representatives is a really failed body. i think you have to get to grips with the gerrymandering that is taking place on both sides. but you have ended up now with a ludicrous house that doesn't do what it was originally meant to do and what the members of the house, those members of the house that have to worry about the real electi

u.s. forces in africa told congress in february that he needed a fifteen fold increase in surveillance recorded songs sending televisions gathering on the continent fifteen fold that's in africa the pentagon says the u.s. is also committed to increasing its surveillance in asia and the pacific. which effectively means be where china at the other end of the world in south and central america u.s. military commanders say they need drones for counter-narcotics operations so in every region on every continent there is something to keep an eye on but everybody understands that it's not just an eye wherever there are the spy drones there will be the predators waiting right behind to go on a kill mission and washington's requests and that's where america's world policing or urges often clash with international law in washington i'm going to take them or i to five hundred inmates including senior al-qaeda members are now on the run in iraq that's after two high security prisons near baghdad attacked by gunman and they killed at least twenty security personnel in a battle that lasted around ten hours be

u.s. congress narrowly rejects legislation aimed at curbing the government spying activities. whistleblower edward snowden could make russia his home but still lacks the paperwork to walk out of the moscow airport transit zone where he's still waiting for a decision on his asylum application. and the jailing of former russian oligarch. for fraud and money laundering was not political that's according to the european court of human rights which also found no violation of his right to a fair trial.

u.s. congress. he says highly accommodative monetary policy will remain appropriate for the foreseeable future and says the fed intends to buy $85 billion worth of bonds every month until the labor market improves substantially. >>> analysts say bernanke is trying to calm investors worried the fed may start to scale back its quantityive easing program soon. let's look how the markets are reacting to bernanke's comments. the dollar is trading against the yen, 99.26 to 29. turning to european stocks, ftse is up by a half of one percent. paris, up by.54%. stock markets in new york starts in a while. >>> voters in japan face a choice this weekend. they are deciding who should represent them in the upper house of their diet. when they cast ballots on sunday they'll be considering whether to give prime minister shinzo abe and his liberal party more power. the ldp controls the lower house. but opposition parties hold the majority of seats in the upper chamber and that's created a divided diet where passing

u.s. congress has delayed plans to send arms. asked the european union not to add has a lot to its list of terrorist organizations. the lebanese government says the shiia group is an essential component of society. you leaders are expected to discuss the plan. it is an issue they are divided on. united states and israel have long demanded the e.u. listed as a terrorist group. agent accused of kidnapping a muslim cleric was sentenced to nine years in prison for adopting the court. he was taken from italy a decade ago. he says he was flown to egypt and later tortured. we have the latest from loan. agent wasmer cia taken into custody on thursday. he has had an international arrest warrant out since 2012 when he was convicted for his role in the rendition of the muslim cleric after he was kidnapped off of the streets of the lawn in 2003, loan to egypt, and allegedly tortured by ca intense. he was convicted for nine years in absentia and has since fled to the u.s.. the fact he is now being found in panama means italy will be fighting

u.s. congress about the extent of the agency's spying. >> moscow's airport. edward snowden is still thought to be holed up in a transit area, but no one is sure. it is also unclear if he will fly to venezuela, where he has been offered asylum. analysts say russia is not keen for snowden to stay on and has already told him to leave as soon as possible. >> russia does not want to further damage its relationship with the u.s. while putin is not worried about conflict with the u.s., he wants to be in control. russia does not have anything to gain from snowden remaining here. >> the first visit to moscow by the new venezuelan president, nicolas maduro, was a good opportunity to unofficially discuss snowden's eight -- fate. president vladimir putin said snowden would only be able to stay in russia if he stopped revealing secrets, but now another excerpt from snowden's damning interview in june has been released. >> the nsa lied about the existence of this tool to congress and to specific congressmen in response to previous inquiries about their surveillance activit

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u.s. congress about the extent of the agency's spying. >> moscow's airport. edward snowden is still thought to be holed up in a transit area, but no one is sure. it is also unclear if he will fly to venezuela, where he has been offered asylum. analysts say russia is not keen for snowden to stay on and has already told him to leave as soon as possible. >> russia does not want to further damage its relationship with the u.s. while putin is not worried about conflict with the u.s., he wants to be in control. russia does not have anything to gain from snowden remaining here. >> the first visit to moscow by the new venezuelan president, nicolas maduro, was a good opportunity to unofficially discuss snowden's eight -- fate. president vladimir putin said snowden would only be able to stay in russia if he stopped revealing secrets, but now another excerpt from snowden's damning interview in june has been released. >> the nsa lied about the existence of this tool to congress and to specific congressmen in response to previous inquiries about their surveillance activit

u.s. congress has not yet ratified it, and beyond the ctbt the president also wants a worldwide treaty to end the production of fissile materials for nuclear weapons. if he could achieve any of these nuclear steps, president obama could possibly cement his legacy as the nuclear nonproliferation president. >> question, if president obama can achieve a test ban and a treaty to end the production of fissile material, is itthe equivalent of nuclear disarmament i@ask@you susan. everybody els like they're losing 'ome(hing. kis(an wants it tobeapplied@ to the@cuent stockpile ich@ it's going to feel like it's left vulnerable. i just don't see it's going happen. >> the treaty is still being negotiated. but the comprehensive test ban treaty was killed in the u.s. senate when clinton was president. we've ha moratorium anyway. we don't@test. so basically we're respecting that treaty, and republicans are not going to rati it, and they're making a mistake because if a country can't test a weapon, they therefore can't have a weapon, and so it's good policy. >> are nuclear weapons are old and they're los

u.s. congress was waiting. eight people who liberation army. had been actively hacking u.s. government offices and also hacking you as cooperation is for trade secrets but at that moral high ground to speak on since last month since june when edward snowden disclosed that actually the u.s. government is spying on everybody i run the world so. we've found them all high. that you will be on the defense if it is. economic summit and they were trying to explain to china what they did was really in those they really did get anything but of course that is. rubbish. also too in today's breaking the set host of emotive speaks of the man credited with being the first and his agent to blow the whistle of government misconduct it will come up in about ten minutes time for. the very first person to claim the title of n.s.a. whistleblowers a man you've probably heard the least about his name is russell tice he served twenty years with the various government agencies including the n.s.a. a two thousand and five ties and blew the whistle on the n.s.a. engaging in unlawful and unconstitutio

u.s. congress puts the brakes on military aid to the opposition fearing that the weapons could fall into the wrong hands. egypt's political forces fail to agree on a transition plan while crisis convulsions and what used to be a popular tourist destination are turning visitors away feeling of heavy blow to its volatile economy. edward snowden reportedly leans towards venezuela for asylum while artie's speaks to ecuador's foreign minister on the reasons behind the latin america's backing for the whistleblower on the run. great to have you with us this morning and i am here in the russian capital i'm lucy catherine of you're watching our t.v. well it may have been the syrian rebels not president assad's forces behind a chemical attack in aleppo that left two dozen dead earlier this year now that is according to a russian team that conducted an on site investigation it believes the chemical trail leads straight to the rebels the details now from our. as you probably remember the u.n. investigation into the use of chemical weapons near our never materialized the syrian government requested such

u.s. congress was waiting. for people who liberation army. had been taken to the. u.s. government offices. you as cooperation is for trade secrets but at that moral high ground speed since last month since june when edward snowden disclosed that actually the u.s. government spy on everybody around the world so. we've. seen that you as through the of the defense if it is. economic summit and they were trying to explain to china what they did was really in those same day we need to get you a bull but of course that is. rubbish. and in today's breaking the sad host abby martin also speaks with a man credited with being the first annecy agent to blow the whistle on government misconduct and here's what's coming up at four pm g.m.t. . the very first person to claim the title of n.s.a. whistleblower is a man you've probably heard the least about his name is russell tice and he served twenty years with the various government intelligence agencies including me and has a two thousand and five ties blew the whistle on the n.s.a. and gave an unlawful and unconstitutional surveilla

u.s. persons the and congress passed the. so in 1808 the u.s. prohibited the slave trade which was a long time before of course slavery itself ended in the trendy. but the issues were seen as different and even southerners were in support of banning the slave trade. >> host: why were southerners in support? >> guest: one was that it was perceived as the more unjust or inhumane part of the traffic. but also they had an economic self-interest. they already owned slaves and the environment in the u.s. is such that slave mortality was not a site in southern plantations as it was in places like google or brazil where slaves didn't live for very long because of the environment and the diseases. here in the u.s. if they were well treated, as well treated as they could be, they would live for a decent lifespan. and so slave owners proceed it would increase the bite of the sites they already own because it would limit the influx of slaves and the ability of their neighbors to buy new slave. so it was an odd coalition. >> host: you have a chart in your bo

u.s. congress. there've been many amendments, but last new big law. 1980. so 1980 was one year before ibm came out with the first personal computer. i was four. i had hair here and is none here and big glasses. 1980. you might think that is fine because the rivers are not on fire anymore like they were. he might think that is fine because we do not have like monday like we had in st. louis where you cannot see the sun at noon because of air pollution. but when you look at what president bush just put out or the end of his tenure, that over half of us will get cancer in our lifetime, and that over 61% of those cancers are related to the environment, when you look at that, we are far from done. the reason we got all these laws pass from 1972 1980 was that there were millions of people in the street, and our corporate opponents were flat. corporate opponents and not know what was hitting them at all. ,veryone knows the pell memo if you don't, quickly google it. come on, i know you have your iphones or whatever. i know you have your cwa- supported phone. but th

u.s. congress that the feds is not retreating from its unprecedented economic stimulus known as qe3. quantitative easing number 3. for now. qe3 means that the feds pumps $85 billion into the u.s. economy every month. the feds buy bonds and other assets. but mr. bernanke is realistic. as he explains unemployment is still too high for the feds to ease off on their quantitative easing. as of june, the u.s. unemployment was that 7.6%. underemployment is currently at 17.6% according to gallups. the feds will not stop qe3 unless unemployment drops from 7.6% to 7%. if that happens and the economy maintains their quote-on-quote modest to moderate taste of growth, then qe3 will be eased as early as this year and then terminated by mid-2014 a year from now. on the flip side, mr. bernanke noted that should the economy know that they need to stand on up there already to increase qe3 purchases. >> well, sum it all up, will you? you have about 30 seconds. >> you're dealing with the critical issue that they are not recovering that they are growing on a less than 2% despite that huge fiscal intervent