u.s. department of defense has promised a thorough investigation are you saying that people in the u.s. on short by this like so many other people all throughout the world i think a lot of ordinary people. rallying around the sort of support our troops thing but yes the governments and the authorities in both countries have been condemning it right but the problem is that in the past when things like this have come up say like abu ghraib photos of you know naked men in pyramids or when they were standing next to the great detainees smiling with their thumbs up i mean these kinds of things happen a lot and all we ever hear is yes we'll investigate this don't you worry we're going to these are the bad apples it doesn't represent the most of most people so on and so forth it happens over and over again just happened with kill team the fifth striker brigade in kandahar who slaughtered afghan children for the fun of it and took cell of a tory pictures pictures next to their corpses were just told you know ignore this it's only a minor pick up go on supporting the troops and supporting the war

u.s. department of defense says twenty five percent of the young americans are too overweight to join the military and the damage so bad experts say threats to national security. our short but quite totally unscientific poll found americans picking logic over the world of their lawmakers like pizza. it doesn't look good to me no. you know i don't really which are too small to be service but that's not just what it's like it's much made of beer at all that's what. that's what the nutritional value in that. period whatever it is i don't buy whatever you're feeding in treme about the cheese is terrible knowing that u.s. leaders have a hand in cooking up the greedy and can also leave a bad taste in many now it's very important r.t. new york. now to some other stories making headlines around the world this saturday fifty three people are dead and over one hundred wounded in a bomb attack on sea of cold rooms in southern iraq according to local officials the terrorists in police uniform approached the checkpoint and blew himself up in the middle of a passing crowd hundreds of thousands of shia

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u.s. department of defense says twenty five percent of young americans are too overweight to join the military and the damage some experts say threats to national security for. our short but quite tally unscientific poll found americans picking logic all over the world of their lawmakers like pizza. it doesn't look good to me. to see the service that's. what it's like it's much beer and all that from. that's what solution on our human. whatever it is i don't think whatever they're feeding in public schools is terrible knowing that u.s. leaders have a hand in cooking up the ingredients can also leave a bad taste in many mouths porton i r r t new york. i would bring up those news stories in brief the emir of qatar had been covering he has become the first arab leaders of openly support the idea of foreign military intervention into syria speaking to c.b.s. news in chief he said that arab states should send in military forces to end ten months of bloodshed in the country this comes as a top opposition leader and syria's claim that the country's deputy army fled to turkey two weeks ago because the

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u.s. department of defense says twenty five percent of the young americans are too overweight to join the military and the damage so bad experts say threats to national security. our short but quite telling unscientific poll found americans picking logic over the world of their lawmakers like pizza. it doesn't look good to me no matter. which are two three swords but that's not what it's like it's much made of beer that's what. that's what the nutritional value in that. period whatever it is i don't buy whatever they're feeding in treme but the cheese is terrible knowing that u.s. leaders have a hand in cooking up being greedy and can also leave a bad taste in many now it's very important r.t. new york. let's take a look at some other stories making headlines around the world the emir of qatar oman been a colossal tamani has become a first arab leader of openly support the idea of foreign military intervention in syria speaking to c.b.s. news in tunisia he said the arab states should send in military forces and ten months of bloodshed in the country this comes as a top opposition leader i

u.s. department of defense says twenty five percent of the young americans are overweight to join the military and at the time that so many experts say threats to national security. our short but quite totally unscientific poll found americans picking logic over the word of their lawmakers like pizza. it doesn't look good to me. we try to some research that's. not just what it's like it's much made of the earth that's what. that's what the nutritional value in that. period whatever it is i don't think whatever you're feeding in treme about the cheese is terrible knowing that u.s. leaders have a hand in cooking up the ingredients can also leave a bad taste in many mouths. r.t. new york. a look now at some other stories making headlines around the world fifty three people are reported dead and over a hundred wounded in the bomb attack on shia pilgrims in southern iraq according to local officials a terrorist in police uniform approached the checkpoint and blew him self up in the middle of a passing crowd hundreds of thousands of shia believers are making their way towards strine in the city of k

u.s. department of defense says twenty five percent of young americans are too overweight to join the military and the damage so many experts say threats to national security so. our short but quite telling unscientific poll found americans picking logic over the world of their lawmakers like pizza. it doesn't look good to me. to some serious service but that's not what it's like it's much made of beer at all that's what. that's what the nutritional value of. whatever it is i don't think whatever they're feeding in the speech is terrible knowing that u.s. leaders have a hand in cooking up the ingredients can also leave a bad taste in many mouths. r.t. new york. but if you missed any of our stories they can find them all at home. on the. russian pensioner gets five power instead of firewood accidently being sent to deadly arsenal rifles stood up to fuel. tank pointing blame at a seventy six year old lady and. after breaking away to bigger swanky restaurant in florida the story. but more firsthand experience now what it means to be an entrepreneur in russia is part fun to talk to experts who are

u.s. department of defense says twenty five percent of young americans are too overweight to join the military and epidemic so bad experts say threats to national security. our short but quite totally unscientific poll found americans picking logic all over the world of their lawmakers like pizza. he doesn't want it to mean a. group which are too small to be sort of explosive belts not just like this much made of beer at all that's what. that's what the nutritional value in that. period whatever it is i don't but whatever you're feeding in charlie about the cheese is terrible knowing that u.s. leaders have a hand in cooking up the gradients can also leave a bad taste in many mouths in a port in iowa r.t. new york. in just a few minutes max kaiser says the tough times of austerity are affecting a series so badly that even the mafia having to tighten their belts because reporters on the way after this quick break and a recap of the headlines. when an uncomfortable question leads to a grave accusation the world who is more xeno following. the president who isn't supposed to hide anything. worth s

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u.s. department of defense says twenty five percent of young americans are too overweight to join the military and epidemic so that experts say threats to national security see. our short but quite telling unscientific poll found americans picking logic over the world of their lawmakers like pizza. he doesn't want it to mean. make sure to say to me sir it's. not like it's much made of beer at all. that's what the nutritional value or. whatever it is i don't think whatever they're feeding in public schools is terrible knowing that u.s. leaders have a hand in cooking up the ingredients can also leave a bad taste in many mouths porton iowa r.t. new york. who took first world news stories in brief now and first off the emmy of cats. been coming for all funny it's become the first arab leader to openly support the idea of forward military intervention in syria speaking of c.b.s. news into news here you said the daragh state should send in military forces to end months of bloodshed in the country this comes as a top opposition leader and syria's claim that the country's deputy army commander fled to

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u.s. department of defense has promised to investigate. the lobby and group the pac nationalists for and believes incidents like these will only endangered the lives of u.s. troops. let's not forget that the americans came to understand with the explicit objective also off transforming this country into a more humane country into a democracy and what we're seeing happening right now with the appearance of this kind of a video is the opposite and it is having an impact let's not forget that this is a region where religious values are really very deep deeply entrenched and the way you treat bodies and the way you treated dead it is something that is treated very secretly here and with this video you can you can rest assured that this will have an impact in terms of the kind of reaction the kind of backlash to this will generate this video will generate against the very the. the american soldiers who are there right now in a modest and it really in danger is their life so what it is fair to say that with this video surfacing the lives of ameri

u.s. department of defense has promised to investigate it let's talk about the video and possible consequences from islamabad is empty as goold the head of the center for research by the security studies and thank you for coming on the program urinating on dead bodies it's hard to think of a more insulting act and given how high profile the video has become do you expect it to have a tangible effect on the situation in afghanistan some are for seeing a type of backlash. we're not sure whether this video could have debilitating impact on the operations of the u.s. and nato troops putting in afghanistan however this i think reflects a very the alarming aspect of conflicts wars where the united states and other forces have been involved in i think the latest history involving all these troops led by the united states starting from of coniston then going back to iraq and some other parts as well as the operation there their detention of a number of other qaeda and taliban detainees at guantanamo bay it suggests that there is not enough regard for the fundamental lies not enough respect for even fo

u.s. department of defense has promised to investigate or to talk more about the video in the possible consequences i'm now joined live from islamabad by our president of the nationalists pakistan's first political lobbying group thank you for coming on the program the afghan president has condemned the incident as quote shame for all that he said he wouldn't do rail peace talks are there many concerning thinking about other concerns that this could cause some type of a militant backlash what are your thoughts. well it's quite obvious that the u.s. military presence in afghanistan has lost legitimacy completely i mean we are we are. we are far ahead from those days when the united states military presence had some sort of an international. legal cover in the shape of a u.n. mandate after the nine eleven attacks what we're seeing right now is that is a fig leaf and and the u.s. military presence in afghanistan has turned into a complete occupation and the result of this we're seeing that there is a complete sort of we're reaching a point where the u.s. military is closer to defeat then to any other

u.s. department of defense says twenty five percent of young americans are too overweight to join the military and that the damage is so bad experts say threats to national security see. our short but quite telling unscientific poll found americans picking logic over the world of their lawmakers like pizza. it doesn't want to get to me. make sure to speak to the service that's that's not that's what it's like it's much made of beer and all that from. now that's what the nutritional value of. the terrible whatever it is i don't think whatever they're feeding in public schools is terrible knowing that u.s. leaders have a hand in cooking up the ingredients can also leave a bad taste in many mouths porton iowa r.t. new york now to some of the stories making headlines around the world fifty three forty one hundred wounded and bomb attack on she of pilgrims in southern iraq according to local officials a terrorist in police uniform approached the checkpoint and blew himself up at the middle of a passing crowd hundreds of thousands of shia believers of making their way to a swathe of the city of karb

u.s. department of defense has promised to investigate or to talk about the video and the possible consequences i'm now joined by david swanson author and campaigner at roots action dot org well you're part of a movement that opposed and very much concerned with u.s. wars abroad what's your reaction to this video shows what my outrage is in particular in the fact that these soldiers have apparently referred these people and the scandal is that they are urinating on great i mean hatred that is necessary to get people to do such a thing is necessary to motivate soldiers to fight in a war that has no other credible rationale the war itself is an atrocity and so we pick out these particular atrocities and we get outraged but we don't look at the underlying fact and we end up with this incredibly bizarre phenomenon of being upset that someone is peanut on a body that he has killed or washington has been quick to condemn this incident from hillary clinton to them panetta we've heard some very strong words from them what actually is at stake now for the u.s. over this incident. well there will be incr

u.s. department of defense says twenty five percent of young americans are too overweight to join the military and epidemic so bad experts say it wrecks to national security. our short but quite totally unscientific poll found americans picking logical over the world of their lawmakers like pizza. he doesn't want it to mean a. group which are too small to be service but. it's not nothing like this much made of beer at all that's what. that's what the nutritional value in that. period whatever it is i don't but whatever you're feeding in me about the cheese is terrible knowing that u.s. leaders have a hand in cooking up the radiance can also leave a bad taste in many mouths in a port in iowa r.t. new york top of on with the main headlines just a few minutes and a little later reports the billionaires to possy about their protest movement which emerged in opposition to brock obama threatening to derail his promises of hope and change stay with us. when an uncomfortable question leads to a grave accusation the world who is more is enough obviously. the president who isn't supposed to hide anythin

u.s. department of defense says twenty five percent of young americans are too overweight to join the military and epidemic so bad experts say threats to national security. our short but quite telling unscientific poll found americans picking logic over the world of their lawmakers like pizza. it doesn't we're going to mean a regular grilling with your table so to be served it's a bedsit belts not nothing would like this much tomato beer and all that from. that stuff to what the nutritional value of. the tearing up whatever it is i don't but whatever you're feeding in charlie about the cheese is terrible knowing that u.s. leaders have a hand in cooking up the radiance can also leave a bad taste in many melts in a port in iowa r.t. new york. the other back with the headlines in just a few minutes underlay south special reports that billionaires tea party about a citizens' protest movement which emerged in the u.s. as barack obama swept supposed with them. now it's not about spilling blood. it's the war of the barricades from one side and fears blockade from the other. invisible border has cut p

u.s. department of defense has launched an investigation with reports that two of the marines have been identified david swanson author and campaigner at roots action dot org has told me that he thinks this latest scandal is a byproduct of a force being made to fight a war it doesn't believe in. the fact that these soldiers have apparently referred these people and the the scandal is that they are urinating on their prey i mean the hate sure is that is necessary to get people to do such a thing is necessary to motivate soldiers to fight in a war that has no other credible rationale for the war itself is an atrocity and so we pick out these particular atrocities and we get outraged but we don't look at the underlying fact and we end up with this incredibly bizarre phenomenon of being upset that someone is peanut on a body that he has killed. john glaser from antiwar dot com told r.t. that the real issues of being sidelined as the u.s. military brass attempts to cover for its failure in afghanistan the problem is that in the past when things like this have come up say like abu ghraib photos of you k

u.s. department of defense returned the verbal fire, saying u.s. deployments to the persian gulf will continue, as they have for decades. >>> and we want to tell you now more about that rookie hero who single handedly stopped a man charged with lighting more than 50 terrifying fires in the city of los angeles. and to make it more remarkable, he's a volunteer, like 400,000 other americans who volunteer to help their local police. his salary, by the way? $1 a year. here's abc's david wright with the story of how he saved the day. >> reporter: for four days, an all-out dragnet, with detectives and arson experts working feverishly to find the culprit. an eagle-eyed rookie appears to have cracked the case. >> thank you. thank you. i want to say thank you to everybody. >> reporter: reserve deputy shervin lalezary, a beverly hills real estate lawyer volu volunteering for the sheriff's department for just a dollar a year. in just his fourth shift in a patrol car -- the graveyard shift after new year's -- he spotted the minivan with canadian plates police w

u.s. department of defense to cover reconstruction expenses.raqi inspector general's report says the pentagon can't find the correct records. but they are continuing to look. >>> and officials at new york state's highly exclusive vasser college blame what they call a computing error for a mistake that caused 76 applicants to think they had been offered admission to the school when they had not been actually admitted. the website error was corrected in about a half hour and the unlucky 76 got an e-mail apologizing, but they still do not get in, john. i can only imagine what those families were feeling like after getting that apology. >> oh, boy. not happy. and then some. >> and then some. >> family friendly program. we'll leave it right there. kate, we will see you in a few minutes. still ahead, the truthing about newt gingrich's promise to stay in the race till the republican convention. and later, fred thompson who is worried he says about some of mitt romney's campaign tactics. >> we've got members of congress going around to gingrich rallies

u.s. navy ship rescued 13 iranians and they were being held for weeks in the sea. this video courtesy of the u.s. department of defensewaving hands in the air this comes just days after they warned the u.s.. military said the navy ship just finished operations in the gulf when it answers the call. u.s. team captured pirates and freed sailors security software giant symantech may have to boost security after a hacker stole the source code from the program. and it added it involved products that are four to five years old. in point pro section tex 11.0. so they no longer sell the latter product but discontinue to service it. the spokesman says it does not affect the flagship norton soft wir for consumers. hackers targeted a security think thank for the second time confirming someone sent out a fake e mail filled with obscenityies to customers serving clients ranging from apple to us us air force. the company acknowledged the problem and apologized for inconvenience. in december the group anonymous claimed responsibility for stealing information and san francisco's city leaders trying to use technology and announced a pa

u.s. department of defense, pictures taken of this stunning rescue that took place at 3 a.m.q. they were six iranians who were in distress on a cargo ship. the u.s. coast guard cutter monamoy received the distress call, they took two of the iranian mariners off of the ship, four others were in lifeboats, one of them was severely burned. their ship was taking on water. the navy and the coast guard carry with it meals, those are according to muslim tradition. they fed the iranians, and then they handed them over to the iranian coast guard. so this all comes at a time of increased tensions in the persian gulf. it's the second rescue in a matter of five days that the u.s. navy has conducted against iranians who reached out for help and you'll remember the uss stennis helped those 13 iranians who were kept hostage by pirates just last week. jenna: viewers probably have some questions about why we help citizens of a country who are threatening our own, our own ships. my husband being a navy veteran says to me, i asked him this question, he says, this is what you do. when mariners a

of these deals. as he a report released this week says the u.s. military operation in afghanistan is doomed to failure it directly contradicts recent optimism expressed by the department of defense u.s. troops are said to leave the central asian country in twenty fourteen but an american think tank on peace in afghanistan believes the actual pullout will take far longer. it has been ten years that has not unified the country i said should have been it looks like there is no chance for the americans to see here government standing on its feet however this could roll on americans be honest on for quite a number of years i would say in the years are unknown at this time but it looks like it's going to be a long time because there's a corrupt government cannot function in the way that it is right now the fact is that there is a friction in the white house right now that some or say no basically the pentagon good military is the one that's calling off that saying don't know we should not really rush in pull out fast as we can putting boots across kazakhstan have now closed millions of people cause their votes to choose the country's new parliament and those votes are now being counte

their attempt to sort of push back at the idea that the sanctions are going to bully them into behavior. >> has anyone from the u.s., anyone where you're sitting, department of defense, even responded to this publicly today? >> no, not really, because, you know, they're within their rights to test-fire these missiles. i mean, it was missiles, they also had some submarines, shooting at some of the mock targets, military exercises. but combine this with some of their talk about closing or blockading the strait of hormuz where a lot of the world's oil comes through, again, a lot of people feel it's iran pushing back on the idea, trying to get other nations to feel like, if you do impose these sanctions, there will be repercussions, because the sanctions, it's believed, are really hurting iran right now. >> chris lawrence at the pentagon. chris, thank you. that's reporter roulette for this monday. >>> unfolding right now, you just heard live breaking news from the l.a. fire department, a string of arsons -- fires set in los angeles. we just heard now two men are charged. i'll speak live with the mayor of west hollywood about how the city is responding to what he is call

there's new evidence today of increasing tensions between the u.s. and iran. u.s. defense department has just released these pictures. they show iranian boats speeding straight toward u.s. military and coast guard ships in to separate incidents last friday. one of these incidents took place in the strait of hormuz. it has been a deadly day in iraq. a suicide bomber disguised as a policeman blew himself up killing at least 53 people. 137 others were wounded. most of the victims were shiite pilgrims on their way to a mosque to mark a holy day. >>> the four u.s. marines seen on video desecrating the bodies of taliban fighters have been interviewed by commanders. all u.s. forces in afghanistan are getting a stern warning. cnn's nick paton walsh is in kabul. >> reporter: deputy commanding officer has issued a directive reminding troops the need to treat the corpses of insurgents and civilians they find here in afghanistan with what they refer to as the appropriate dignity and respect. clearly the u.s. military trying to do to contain the damage done in the eyes of many afghans, but perhap

. >>> there's new evidence of increasing tensions between the u.s. and iran. u.s. defense department just released these images showing iranian boats speeding towards u.s. military and coast guard ships in two separate incidents on friday. one of these incidents took place in the strait of hormuz. this comes as they threaten to close the stait of hormuz, the only outlet for oil being. barbara starr says they may have gained important information from these encounters. >> reporter: the thinking is the iranians were not looking for a shooting match. they were going to break off but were going to cause a little heart stopping action before they did that. one of the things here is, look, the iranians gained intelligence by getting so close to u.s. fave i have ships. they were able to gauge the u.s. military response as they came at those ships. that gives them valuable information if the next time it's not just a cat and mouse game. >> word of the aggressive encounters with iran comes as the united states recently rescued several iranians at sea. >>> former mississippi governor haley bar