u.s. congress enjoys a 10% approval waiting. 90% of the people they ask do not approve of the u.s. ngress. that makes the u.s. congress a little bit less popular than a sexually transmitted disease. >> the hate of the government branches is unrelated to defense, including nasa. thousands of its employees have been sent home. george, who manages the international space station, tells us how repercussions are likely to follow. >> there are missions that are coming up in four or five or six months, really critical missions. robotic lights that are going to the planets. they have launch windows that have to be maintained. if the workers are for load -- a re furloughed, there will be an effect down the line. i was in the johnson space center and we knew the space shuttle and flew missions at that time and we had to maintain a schedule. i managed to keep the workforce working. we kept the work going on at the johnson space center and kennedy space center in florida. it did not really have an impact. this time, about 97% of the workforce at the johnson space center laid off, there will be

u.s. drone war. if nothing shocks the conscience of the congress like this nothing ever will we see that this is a criminal action by the u.s. government those drone pilots who carried out the direct violent death of this sixty seven year old grandmother they should be arrested and so should their superiors but the whole program has killed hundreds perhaps thousands of civilians many of them older people many of them their grandchildren so last week amnesty international i published a report release a news report saying that drug casualties in pakistan and yemen were higher than a lot of what has been reported by the government and here's what the researcher said about that survey take a lesson the u.s. must explain why these people have been killed people who are clearly civilians must provide justice to these people compensation it must investigate those responsible for those killings now what are your opinion can victims and survivors expect in terms of getting any justice in a case like this from the government well well compensation is critical of course people have to have just as they have to be com

u.s. congress the generally get passed. in the senate hundred to zero or ninety nine to one and to change that it won't do it new sanctions bills are not passed it's going to be quite difficult i think you're right maybe if i go back to you in watching so what's different this time to do only difference is that there's a new president internet on is that the only difference because if it's about the nuclear program the two countries had very bad relations for thirty years way before that nuclear issue was on the table go ahead. exactly let me tell you something before answering this question. some people exaggerate about the power. of the lobby in washington and i think israeli lobby would be flattered by this exaggerations and they don't have any problem with it but it's misleading for analyzing the situation the problem with iran with islamic republic and its nuclear programs. is not only an israeli problem not to start yesterday. iranians blame united states for its role in one thousand nine hundred fifty three coup agai

u.s. congress demanding answers to why they. held by an american drone strike. so we report on the year of small the trillions shadow economy of black markets so massive it's costing some states a third of their revenues in a few minutes we'll tell you why ordinary europeans and businesses are turning to the financial underworld for refuge. also coming up here on our do you russia's olympic club strikes one hundred days until the games the olympic committee says it's happy with the preparations and present the world everyone is welcomed regardless of race or sexual orientation. life from our headquarters there in moscow you're watching r t with me to bomb was a top story. britain's prime minister is threatening the u.k.'s guardian then other newspapers with court action unless the what what they say david cameron referred to the reporting of lead to data on america's overwhelming surveillance program are to surf earth has more from london well it's reported that he said on monday that if newspapers don't demonstrate some social responsibility then it will be dif

u.s. congress demanding answers to why the peaceful household was put through hell by an american drone strike. so we report on a year of the multi-trillion the shadow economy. so massive it's costing us some states a third of their revenues in a few minutes we'll tell you why ordinary europeans and businesses are turning to financial underworld. also coming up here on our team russia's olympic the countdown clock strikes one hundred days until the games the olympic committee says it's happy with the preparations and present shows the world everyone is welcome regardless of race or sexual orientation. live from moscow this year with me it's good to have you company with us let's get to our top story this hour live christians a prime minister is a threatening the ukase a guardian and other newspapers were. court action and i say watch what they say david cameron referred to the reporting of lead data on america's overwhelming surveillance program i g.'s a server that joins me live now of from london so what exactly is david cameron warning against well it's reported that he said on monday that

u.s. congress wanted to pass a new sanction against iran and he has opposed those type of sanctions and in his a speech at the u.n. i think he had a couple of good points that it was the first time we have heard that from. u.s. president for example he talked about president rouhani having a mandate from the iranian people basically recognizing that these are vibrant democracy in iran and that the president is. elected by the majority and then he has a mandate from the majority want if i don't get this job and i don't you think said why don't you think mr obama is very much alone in washington because the congress is not going to go along with him i mean that he has a long long way to go and we'll talk about forces and so down but i mean i see what i'm getting at obama's words are just words because the political establishment isn't with him at least at this point go ahead. you know we could recognize three different groups in washington when president rouhani visited. new york last week one group basically read the talking points from tel aviv repeated what netanyahu said about the trip a

u.s. congress and when the u.s. congress was asked to give a capital increase to the world bank they had asked for a government accountability office audit which never took place so i was reporting this to the international organization of supreme audit institutions and then i asked the board to require k. p.m.g. to do an audit of the world bank internal controls and k p m g did not follow the auditing standards so i reported this to the public company accounting oversight board i reported this to the f.c.c. but since the f.c.c. couldn't be bothered to sort out the insider trading for the federal reserve system they certainly weren't going to straighten out the bonds in the world bank so i bought a world bank bond and i sued under the securities laws and i also went to each and every attorney general in the states and i told the states that they were responsible for making sure that there was accurate financial information going to the bond holders in their states and i also went to the international organization of

u.s. congress demanding answers to why their peaceful household was put through hell and american drone strike. also on our t.v. today we're reporting europe's small to a trillion shadow economy of black markets so massive it's costing some states of third of their revenues in just a few minutes we'll tell you why ordinary europeans and businesses are turning to the financial underworld for refuge. and russia's olympic countdown clock strikes eight hundred days until the games the olympic committee says it's happy with the preparations and president putin assures the world everyone is welcome regardless of some race or sexual orientation. this is r.t. coming to life in moscow with me marina joshie welcome to the program. now for the first time in his history u.s. congress is to hear directly from a family of survivors of an american drone strike in pakistan the main question is why their grandmother was blown to pieces while looking after her garden parties going to spoke to the family why do you think you mother was killed. that money or that it thing go and i don't know that's one of the rea

u.s. congress demanding answers to why their peaceful household was put through hell by an american drone strike. also we report on europe's multi-trillion shadow economy a black market so massive it's costing some states third of their revenues in a few minutes we'll tell you why ordinary europeans and businesses are turning to the financial on the world for refuge. the president of ecuador speaks exclusively to r.t. on his visit to moscow rafael correa explains his outrage and the revelations of america's worldwide spying efforts. and russia's olympic countdown clock strikes a hundred days until the games the olympic committee says it's happy with the preparations of president ford and assures the world everyone is welcome regardless of race or sexual orientation. this is r.t. coming to you live from moscow with me marina joshie now for the first time in its history the u.s. congress is to hear directly from a family of survivors of an american drone strike in pakistan the main question is why their grandmother was blown to pieces while looking after her garden granted she counts spoke

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u.s. drone strikes where ink. congress and there were maybe only about. only four members of congress present at the at the in the briefing room for the congressman of course apart from the congressman who initiated the meeting it's no secret the u.s. congress generally approves of drone strikes so it's very difficult to expect the sudden change of heart even the heart was what these drone victims were appealing to on a cobra twenty fourth of last year and was told strike left this one pakistani family devastated nine year old girl and her thirteen year old brother nearly scaped death that day their sixty seven year old grandmother was killed while picking vegetables in her car and as of this nine year old not below she saw everything and i was able to catch them very briefly a day before this meeting in congress if you is what she said. why do you think you queer mother was killed. that money or that it didn't go any i don't know but one of the reason why we came here i have no idea why my grandmother was killed that. did you do we need blew up do you ru

u.s. congress speaking of the horror of a drone strike on their village.y are the first drone strike survivors to appear before politicians in washington. >> ecuador is abandoning plans to have rich companies pay it not to drill. they are allowing oil exploration in a private een part of the -- pristine part of the county. >> there's a saying that the jungle will save us all, among the tribes of the amazon. the most divers area of the planet sits over a large deposit of oil. a few weeks ago the ecuadorian government gave a green light to oil drilling in the heart of the amazon. >> translation: for us the amazon is our supermarket. the jungle is our pharmacy, all our medicine is there. with the pollution it's gone. >> all large animals are gone, he said. ecuador's president said texaco caused damage in the amazon. his answer for the world to pay ecuador $350 million to leave it untouched. but his plan failed. the government now defends drilling in the basin. it's for the greater good, this government ad says - a media campaign comparing drilling to the shor

u.s. drone strikes were in congress and apart from the congressman who initiated this briefing i saw only four other members of congress it's no secret the u.s. congress generally approves of gross writes so it's very difficult to expect a sudden change of heart even though hard was what these drone victims were appealing through the twenty fourth of last year a u.s. drone strike left this pakistani family devastated a nine year old girl and her thirteen year old brother. death their sixty seven year old grandmother was killed that's the cold hard and. i no longer love blue skies i prefer the gray skies the drones do not fly when this kinds agree and for a short period of time the mental tension and fear eases between the. the drones return and so does the fear you know this family has never been abroad out of their home in north. he said he looked at the life around here in d.c. he wished his children too would be able to walk the streets not afraid of being bombed that in moment. my mother was killed my children were injured i'm so glad that people are going to hear our story that's why

u.s. congress when americans discover that the fact of the government shut down, the partial government shutown has not been averted and expect the numbers to go even lower in terms of approval rating. >> reporter: and japan prime minister is announcing a controversial measure to revitalize the economy, a sales tax hike from 5-8% is expected to increase prices in the shops, that is the japanese prime minister talking live right now and also an attempt to reduce the country's huge debt burden which is fueled by looking after an and expanding elderly population. and wayne hey joins me now from tokyo and what do people say about the effect it could have on the economy? >> well, i think there is an air of inevitability really that something has to be done to get the economy back on track and to begin to start to reduce their huge government debt that is among the highest in the world. so of course no one wants to pay more for goods at the shops but there is an air like i say inevitability and most people seem to believe that something needed to be done. there are a lot of concerns though about w

u.s. congre congress, only 35 showed up to the hearing.t's the first time there has been testimony before the congress. it's hoped it will lead to a process that could lead to changes in u.s. drone policy. >> rafiq ur rehman is optimistic. >> translation: with the grace of god i hope it does. if they have good intention, i put trust in them that the drones will come to an end. >> as a school teacher and father, he has one wish. he wants to see pakistani children grow up with the same sense of security and safety with drones, that americans take for granted. >> and in a report last week, amnesty international countered her as one of 900 killed in drone strikes, a higher number than previously reported. >> a year after the deadly and destructive hurricane, some are trying to move on still. sandy was the largest storm to build in the atlantic. it was the costliest hurricane in u.s. history, causing $65 billion in damages. a year later many victims are complaining about the slow federal relief process and many others are fighting over insuranc

u.s. congress today their grandmother was killed while working in the garden parties can met the fam. why do you think your grandmother was killed. i don't know but one of the reason why we came to believe i have no idea why my grandmother was killed. what did you do when it blew up did you run with what were you doing my mind that when i did turn here and outside with my grandmother everything became dark i was scared so i started to run yet when i noticed my hand was bleeding i tried to clean my house and get her not to care for coming out but i was very scared when. my deepest condolences for your mother's good for your loss is a very tough up i am very much of it. my mother was killed my children were injured i'm so glad that people are going to hear our story that's why we came to america we have no idea why our village and my house was targeted. this is going to be the first time when the u.s. congress that generally approves of drone strikes will hear from innocent victims of those strikes the rayman family from pakistan are going to tell their story and they hope to hear answe

u.s. congress the generally get passed. in the senate hundred to zero or ninety nine to one and to change that it won't two. new sanctions bills are not passed it's going to be quite difficult i think you're right maybe if i go back to you and watch it so what's different this time the deal the difference is that there's a new president internet on is that the only difference because if it's about the nuclear program the two countries had very bad relations for thirty years way before that nuclear issue was on the table go ahead. exactly let me tell you something before answering this question. some people exaggerate about the power. of the lobby in washington and i think israeli lobby would be flattered by this exaggerations and they don't have any problem with it but it's misleading for analyzing the situation the problem with iran with islamic republic and with its nuclear programs. is not only an israeli problem it did not start yesterday. iranians blame united states for its role in nine hundred fifty three coup agains

u.s. congress is to hear directly from a family of survivors of an american drone strike in pakistan the main question is why their grandmother was blown to pieces while looking after her garden parties gone as she can spoke to the family. why do you think your grandmother was killed. that money or that it being go away i don't know that's one of the reason why we came here i have no idea why my grandmother was killed. what did you do when it blew up did you run the boat what were you doing in mind that when the turn hit i was outside with my grandmother everything became dark i was scared so i started to run yet when i noticed my hand was bleeding i tried to clean my house not kept coming out but i was very scared so i just kept running and. my deepest condolences for your mother's for the for your loss is a very tough up i am start their worship with the. news that my mother was killed my children were injured i'm so glad that people are going to hear our story that's why we came to america we have no idea why our village and my house was targeted and this is going to be the first time when

u.s. congress a little bit less popular than a sexually transmitted disease. the hardest to hate those government branches unrelated to defense including nasa thousands of its employees have been sent home with the virus program severely affected and george abbey refused to manage the international space station for nasa told us how repercussions are likely to on. their missions that are coming up in say four or five or six months really critical motions or images that are robotic lights that are going to the planets they have launch windows that have to be maintained and if the workers are working and being done so there is going to be an effect on the line but i was the director of the johnson space center and we were flying the space shuttle and of course flying missions to time so we had to maintain a schedule so i managed to keep the workforce. working and we kept or going on in there to georgia to each other and the kennedy space center in florida and we didn't really have a real impact but this time with about ninety seven percent of the workforce at th

u.s. congress not to convene a constitutional convention they are the american people hold them in contempt. ok i mean i certainly should hold them in contempt and it comes to security because all i ever hear is al qaeda nine eleven and a few other words and then you know this don't ask questions because don't worry we're taking care of it just trust me well look john inglis who's the deputy n.s.a. director was before the senate judiciary committee earlier this summer and as you remember we were told that the spying was necessary and it's captured dozens of terrorist plots disrupted some fifty terrorist plots with mr english said before the senate judiciary committee earlier this year is that quote at most one maybe what was just maybe maybe one book collection of maybe one maybe one or maybe one was was intercepted exactly. exactly so you know they throw everything into the box and say we've stopped this we've stopped that in the other but but when it comes down to it there's very little to show for this would you agree with that karen because again it's the n.s.a. for n.s.a. sake it sound

u.s. congress that makes the u.s. congress a little bit less popular than a sexually transmitted disease. the hardest hit is government branches and related to defense including massive thousands of its employees have been sent home with various programs severely affected your job it used to manage the international space station for nasa he told us how repercussions are likely to fall and. there are missions that are coming up in say four or five or six months fairly critical motions or missions that robotic flights that are going to the planets they have launch windows that have to be maintained and if the workers are working and being done and so there is going to be in effect on the one where i was the director of the johnson space center and we were flying the space shuttle and of course flying missions to time so we had to maintain a schedule so i managed to keep the workforce. working we kept the work going on in the johnson space center and the kennedy space center in florida and we didn't really have an impact

u.s. congress. the goal - to tell americans what happens when u.s. drones target an innocent family. a year ago zubair rehnan was shot by shrapnel, he was gathering vegetables for a special eade dinner. >> translation: i could see the zone overhead. why would i worry, neither my grandmother nor i were militants. when it fired the ground shook and smoke rose up >> shrapnel hit his sister nabila. she said it was hard to stob the bleeding. she her her grandmother, the village screaming. rafiq ur rehman says the loss of his mother devastated his family. >> translation: no one told me why my mother was tarted. four of my children were injured and four of my brother's children. we had to borrow money and sell land to pay for medical treatment. there has been no compensation to pay for the bills. the pakistani government accepted the claim and confirmed the details but says it is not responsible, the u.s. is >> reporter: the obama administration never commented on the strike that started the rems. the cia never publicly acknowledged the program. something that these democratic members of co

u.s. congress want negotiators to approach this not as trying to get iranian concessions but getting iranianompliance. that is over a decade's worth of resolutions demanding that they stop the activities until they can get a clean bill of health. we are seeing elements of the obama administration extremely eager to get a deal no matter what. what you're hearing from both sides, republicans and democrats -- >> the obama administration wants a deal no matter what? what do you mean? >> they don't actually deal with iran's growing capability to build a nuclear weapons on very short notice. >> one has to remember that kerry said it is better to have no deal than a bad deal. i am not sure the americans are ready to accept any kind of deal. the pressure is too high from congress. and now we will see, we have to remember the civil servants in the resolution of the security council. we won't find the momentum for this resolution. >> nuclear negotiations seem to be going well for iran. again, this is all about the iranian nuclear program at the heart of the matter. >> iran will scale back the nuclear

u.s. relations with other countries soured over the n.s.a. scandal congress holds a public hearing to look into the spying issue of possible reforms to the foreign intelligence surveillance act a breakdown on those efforts ahead and the collateral damage of u.s. drone strikes overseas congress hears from pakistani family on the drone attack that killed their family matriarch more on that hearing coming up and headed to jail former u.s. congressman will be spending three years in the slammer he was convicted of multiple crimes including wire fraud conspiracy a breakdown on his criminal activity later in the show. it's tuesday october twenty ninth five pm in washington d.c. i'm lynn neary david in you're watching our t.v. we begin today with the continued fallout between the united states and the european union over allegations that the u.s. has been spying on its closest allies german officials have confirmed that the e.u. is now mulling over sanctions on the us government these sanctions would impede the u.s. government's access to law enforcement to a law en

u.s. congress demanding answers to why their peaceful household was put through hell find american drone strike. also we report on here of small the trillion shadow economy a black market so massive it's costing some states a third of their revenues in a few minutes here in our team will tell you why ordinary europeans and businesses are turning to the financial underworld for refuge. and russia's olympic countdown clock strikes one hundred days until the games the olympic committee says it's happy with the preparations of president putin assures the world everyone is welcome regardless of race or sex.

u.s. congress demanding answers to why their peaceful household was put through hell by an american drone strike. also we report on europe's multi-trillion shadow economy a black market so massive it's costing some states a third of their revenues in a few minutes we'll tell you why ordinary europeans and businesses are turning to the financial in the world for refuge.

u.s. congress was a scene of dramatic action today amid a must -- a government shutdown which one to bookreasury department and the international monetary fund to issue dire warnings of the potential economic dangers ahead. both institutions are concerned that the current standoff will invent a deal to raise the debt ceiling -- will prevent a deal to raise the debt ceiling. done, the united states will default in its debt. >> the ongoing political uncertainty over the budget, over the debt ceiling does not help. the government shutdown is that enough but failure to raise the debt ceiling would be far worse. and could very sears the damage that only the u.s. economy -- very seriously damage not only the u.s. economy, but the global economy. >> while congress continues to there is onending, country caching in. >> republican opposition to obama care is at the heart of the government shutdown. museums, memorials, parks and zoos have been forced to shut their doors. india.ning new doors in the indian generic medicine industry is gearing up for a huge boost of demand in the u.s.. nearly 40% of

u.s. congress meeting with any politician that will listen to their plea to put in place laws to stop domesticpying. >> for me this is obviously very person al. personal. working for the arab community it's the community that targeted by the post 9/11 and counter terrorismive eterrorism effort. they are va vacuuming up everybody's information an coping through it. it contradicts the pun fundments of our constitution. it's not just kept but it's stored. 20 to 30 years on the they the y be useful in the future. it's only gotten rid of if it's not tuesda use to the fbi. that include the in the sa and a and a the counter terrorism every m months it's been reseed the super x key score tracts on the internet. so much information is being collected a massive new data center is under construction. when it opens next year it will hold 300,000 square meters of a person's personal information that is monitoring of a violation of u.s. civil liberties. they approved the government's application to continue the surveillance of telephone communication. >> it changed the way that some americans have goon abou

u.s. congress and who will brink first as politicians fail to agree on a budget. leading bangladesh is facing rape and torture in the civil war and a bitten ap toll the golden arches we will tell you which of the world's are the most valuable brands. ♪ but first a new team of chemical weapons experts is due to begin work in syria in the coming hours and inspectors from the organization from the prohibition of chemical weapons and will cow late a list of syria's weapons that need to be destroyed and experts left the capitol damascus after completing the mission in two months and looking into several alleged chemical attacks. syria begins stockpiling chemical weapons in the 1970s and relied on other countries to get the agents needed to create the weapons the governments also established its own chem agent manufacturing plants in forqlus and other 50 towns and cities and the israeli military described the arsenal as the largest in the world and the french intelligence says that includes several hundred tons of mustard gas and has thousands of emissions used to deliv

u.s. congress give its approval for the deal to take effect. russia and japan were the successful bidders for vietnam's first and second nuclear power plants. more nuclear facilities are planned in the country. >>> taiwan's president mass been reaching out to their closest neighbor, china. nhk world reports from taipei. >> reporter: president ma addressed the taiwanese at the foundation day ceremony and urged them to reach out to people on the mainland. >> translator: we should use frequent contacts and interaction to boost political trust, and we should continue expanding and deepening exchanges in a variety of fields to further the people's welfare. >> reporter: ma said he's briefed chinese and taiwanese ministers in charge of relations that met last weekend for the first time. and he highlighted some benefits of a deal china and taiwan reached in june to open up their service sectors. he said that agreement will create jobs in taiwan. still, not everyone on the island supports the president's policy of opening up to the mainland. a demonstra

u.s. congress was a scene of dramatic action today amid a must -- a government shutdown which one to bookreasury department and the international monetary fund to issue dire warnings of the potential economic dangers ahead. both institutions are concerned that the current standoff will invent a deal to raise the debt ceiling -- will prevent a deal to raise the debt ceiling. done, the united states will default in its debt. >> the ongoing political uncertainty over the budget, over the debt ceiling does not help. the government shutdown is that enough but failure to raise the debt ceiling would be far worse. and could very sears the damage that only the u.s. economy -- very seriously damage not only the u.s. economy, but the global economy. >> while congress continues to there is onending, country caching in. >> republican opposition to obama care is at the heart of the government shutdown. museums, memorials, parks and zoos have been forced to shut their doors. india.ning new doors in the indian generic medicine industry is gearing up for a huge boost of demand in the u.s.. nearly 40% of

u.s. congress, the law in d.c. that says buildings in d.c. be short buildings, is a law that was passed not by the city itself but by congress. in 1910. an act to regulate the height of buildings in the district of columbia. 1910, congress passed that. more than a century is a long time to have your city stay short while the world is putting up skyscrapers. in d.c. the decision create aid city skyline like no other. one where you can see great federal monuments of our nation from long ways away, there are no buildings blocking your view. i don't know why they did it in the first place in 1910, the overall effect of the height restrictions an ak -- architectural thing. rich people have the view. poor people have the view. it isn't something to trade on. d.c. height restrictions are permanent. more than a century. nobody was ever going to take away that view. two years ago, in august 2011, a rare east coast earthquake rattled the washington monument. so hard that they had to close it off from visitors ever since. the earthquake cracked the marbl