u.s. justice. ukraine's v.i.p. visitors from america and europe put the country's constitution at risk and give tips on form and you governments will look at why they're so keen to be seen amid the protests. you're watching artsy ensor national with me marina call survive very warm welcome to now it's been seven years in the making and there is just one day to go before saatchi fires up the winter olympics now as the city wall comes its thousands of extra visitors many have been quick to show the world what they're experiencing post them pictures online about how their most the most of their trip to russia's black sea coast now for meeting the mascots to literally getting into the olympic spirit there's definitely a buzz about the place now most athletes have already arrived at russia's resorts and of course we know as well as the iconic symbol of the games the olympic flame and it's on the final leg of its after journey that's covered tens of thousands of kilometers from the bottom of the world's deepest like to t

u.s. justice. ukraine's v.i.p. visitors from america and europe put the country's constitution at risk and give tips on forming a new government will look at why they're so keen to be seen amid the protests. you're watching artsy enter national with me marina call survive very warm welcome to you. seven years in the making now there's just one day it's ago before so she fires up the winter olympics now as the city welcomes its thousands of extra visitors many have been kind of been quick to show the world what they're experiencing from mates in the mascot soon literally getting and sue the olympic spirit that been posting pictures online about how they're making their most of their trip to of course russia's black sea coast and most athletes have already arrived at the russian resort as well as of course the symbol of the games the olympic flame and spend going for quite a journey to complete in its final leg of the epic trip that's been its cover tens of thousands of kilometers from the bottom of the world's the p

u.s. justice. might put us on the plane. take the first opportunity we can inside. ukraine to the ip visitors from america and europe give this the authorities in kiev tips on forming a new government as we look out why they are so keen to be seen amid the protests. watching r t international coming to you live from the russian capital i'm marina joshie welcome to the program seven years in the making now there is just one day to go before sochi fires up the winter olympics as the city welcomes its thousands of extra visitors many have been quick to show the world what they are experiencing from meeting the mascot's to literally getting into the olympic spirit or posting pictures online about how they are making the most of their trip to russia's black sea coast while most athletes have already arrived at the russian resorts as a well as the iconic symbol of the games and that is the olympic flame. and it's on the final leg of its epic journey that's covered tens of thousands of kilometers from the bottom of the world's deepest lake to the top of europe's highest pe

u.s. justice they've been telling to us are still your y.b. forced to go there is for them a fate worse than death. one morning fourteen months ago a life changing knock on the door with two policeman from scotland yard and i said i was sorry miss dunham with come to arrest you and your husband since then they've been out on bail and are fighting extradition to the united states to await trial after claims from the dunham's former company in the u.s. that they embezzled more than one million dollars in illegitimate expense claims something the couple say are without merit showing as evidence that they've gathered that some say they're not afraid of trial but their worst fear and be sent to the states is the possibility of being denied bail and spending years behind bars apart from one another simply waiting for their day in court if we were away from this country so it's. for a very good chance he would have. we're confident we would win. because we are innocent but we would then be shipped but the u.k. there's no compensation and. wrongful ac

u.s. justice department are asked toweled testify. the senators accuse the u.s. justice department of lax enforcement in this area but tonight, neither the credit company, the bank, credit suisse or the justice department responded to our requests for comments, gerri. gerri: lax enforcement, huh? tell me this, how much money, how much tax money do you think is at stake, peter? >> the subcommittee says, probably billions. and to i willlous straight this, they point to an irs initiative started a few years back to allow u.s. tax cheats to voluntarily fest up, pay back taxes, penalty and interest and so far 43,000 u.s. taxpayers have paid $6 billion into this fund, gerri. gerri: peter, thank you for that. >> you bet. gerri: and now to a big story concerning your health. it is one of the most popular drugs in america and there is mounting evidence tonight that it could be very dangerous. according to a new study, the common painkiller, acetaminophen, you've seen it, right? it may double the risk of prenatal disorders, specifically adhd. that is a very big deal because

the department of justice can still hold accountable the u.s. tax evaders and the tax haven banks that helped them if the department has the will. among the questions we will be asking today is why the department of justice slowed the investigations of the 14 banks through its failure to use u.s. legal tools why it accepted the swiss bank secrecy principles and the department of justice nonprosecution programs why it obtained only 238 accounts with u.s. client names in five years out of the tens of thousands of credit suisse accounts and how it plans to collect the unpaid taxes still owed on billions of dollars of credit suisse accounts. allowing americans to evade their tax obligations through hit in offshore accounts to prize the government of needed revenue. and more than that, it deprives american taxpayers of something vital to the legitimacy of the tax system, fairness. of the law needs to be enforced to ensure that taxpayers aren't able to go offshore to cheat uncle sam and instead pay what they into the tax haven banks are held accountabl

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u.s. justice department and said you're to the doing enough to go after this. lanation coming from the justice department? >> well, they are also saying even when they issue subpoenas that the swiss government also needs to block that, so that hasn't even been affect any getting records. so what they areç saying is they are trying to build a criminal case against credit suisse and try to use that then as incentive to cooperate. >> woodruff: is there any new information or explanation that came out today? i assume the senators raised with the credit suisse officials some of these stories that you were just telling about hiding a financial report inside a "sports illustrated" magazine or having a meeting on an elevator z they bring some of this up? >> yeah, a lot of that had come out in previous indictments because there were 7 former credit suisse bankers were indicted from 2011. but the problem is that those senators kept repeating that no one has faced trial new york one has had a u.s. extradition request. and that has been a problem for prosecution. >> woodru

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u.s. justice department for allegedly helping its rich clients abate paying their taxes now a senate investigative report released on tuesday claims bankers at credit suisse used cloak and dagger tactics to help wealthy american clients stash billions of dollars in assets out of sight from the i.r.s. that is now senate investigators say the bank went so far as to open a special. now listen it's in the airport and this is so that customers could fly in meet their private bankers and then quickly hit the slopes right after not too bad if you're one of those v.i.p.'s now according to the report the v.i.p.'s would use a secret elevator to be whisked to a private banking suite while bankers used peltry meeting rooms to avoid sending account statements or leaving a paper trail now credit suisse held more than twenty two thousand accounts for u.s. customers that's a lot of accounts and with assets valued between ten and twelve billion dollars that adds up to quite a pretty penny executives from credit suisse are set to testify to the justice department in a hearing on wednesday chief executive brady doug

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u.s. justice and put it on the plane. first opportunity we can. all see cranes v.i.p. visitors from america and europe put the country's constitution at risk and give tips on forming a new government will look at why there is so keen to be seen amid the protests. you're watching artsy ensor national with marina costs are very warm welcome to you . now seven years in the making and now there's just one day to go before someone she fires up the winter olympics as the city says he welcomes its fountains of x. service answers many have been quick to show the world what they're experiencing from mates in the mascots to lecture they get into the olympic spirit they're posting pictures online about how they are making the most of their trip to russia's black sea coast and most of the athletes have already arrived at the russian resorts as well as that iconic symbol of the games the olympic flame let's go live now to the olympic capital and arts. is there for us. now hi there paul of course so following the epic journey that is the flame and the path that it's taken can you te

u.s. justice system crushing down on him another far more culpable money laundering machine has gotten off scot free i'm talking about multinational bank h s b c you may remember how back in two thousand and twelve a just b.c. was caught in a massive money laundering scheme for moving billions of dollars to the global financial system which pretty much ended up finding every international crime syndicate you can think of and leading to tens of thousands of murders as detailed an extensive and horrifying article by rolling stones mattei e.b. h.s.b.c. launder money for all qaeda mexican drug cartels and regimes such as north korea young other groups that have just a few issues with getting legitimate bank loans so surely based on the jail time that charlie shrem is now facing hundreds of h.s.b.c. executives receive criminal charges right now that would be a little too just for the american justice system and in fact not one just b.c. employee was charged with anything the bank merely had to pay a one point nine billion dollar fine and if you think that made a dent their quarterly profits don

u.s. justice system. from the wiretapping of western leaders to the industrial espionage of brazilian oil companies it's becoming increasingly clear that the so-called national security mandate is a complete joke the agency has shown time and time again that if it wants information on the inner workings of business government agencies and now law firms will stop at nothing to get it so if you believe that attorney client privilege still means something in this country then join us and let's break the set. the peaceably. it was a. very hard to take. care of what happened that had sex with that there was. the feeling. that. it was. just when you thought it couldn't get any worse for the water supply in west virginia last week yet another talks experience struck the state this time over one hundred thousand gallons of.

u.s. justice system. from the wiretapping of western leaders to the industrial espionage of brazilian oil companies it's becoming increasingly clear that the so-called national security mandate is a complete joke the agency has shown time and time again that if it wants information on the inner workings of business government agencies and now law firms will stop at nothing to get it so if you believe that attorney client privilege still means something in this country then join us and let's bring.

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u.s. justice. they put us on the plane. and. plus ukraine's v.i.p. visitors from america and europe put the country's constitution that risk and give tips on forming a new government we look at why there are so keen to be seen amid the protests. live from our headquarters in moscow this is r.t. international a very warm welcome to you. now seven years in the making and now there's just one dates ago before. the winter games as the city welcomes its thousands of visitors many have been quick to show the world what they're experiencing from meeting the mascot's to quite literally get an end to the olympic spirit they're posting the pictures online about how they're making the most of their trip to russia's black sea coast now most athletes have already arrived at the russian resort as well of course as the iconic symbol of the games the olympic flame it's our own the final journey of this epic journey in fact that has been its cover tens of thousands of kilometers from the border of the world's largest in the past like to the top of europe's highest pe

u.s. justice system listen from the wiretapping of western leaders to the industrial espionage of brazilian oil companies it's becoming increasingly clear that the so-called national security mandate is a complete joke the agency has shown time and time again that if it wants information on the inner workings of business government agencies and now law firms will stop at nothing to get it so if you believe that attorney client privilege still means something in this country then join us and let's break the set. they are very hard to take. that are fact that are right there. just when you thought it couldn't get any worse for the water supply in west virginia last week yet another toxic spill struck the state this time over one hundred thousand gallons of coal slurry that watery byproduct of coal mining spilled into the fields into fields creek which is a tributary of charleston's can now a river of course this latest rupture comes just weeks after the january ninth chemical spill the port an estimated ten thousand gallons of a chemical called for m c h and into the elk river contaminating t

u.s. justice system. from the wiretapping of western leaders to the industrial espionage of brazilian oil companies it's becoming increasingly clear that the so-called national security mandate is a complete joke the agency has shown.

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u.s. soil. >> reporter: only one american agency, the defense department can give the go ahead on such drone strikes, but if it's to go after an american citizen, the justiceartment first has to build a case against him. jay carney didn't speak specifically on the case but referred to it. >> when a u.s. citizen goes abroad to wage war against the united states and is actively plotting to kill u.s. citizens, and when neither the united states nor our partners are in a position to capture him before he carries out a plot, his citizenship should not serve as a shield. >> reporter: the man in question is reportedly in a country that doesn't allow u.s. military action. officials say what needs to be determined is if the man is dangerous enough to warrant an attack. one of the biggest criticisms of drone attacks is whether they are accurate or not. >> yes. all right. richelle thank you. our security associate joins us now, jim, welcome. >> good to see you, john. >> what do you make of this? >> i don't think as an an cyst of international security i don't think it will be u.s. policy that we're going to kill a lot of americans this way, but i think the principals

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u.s. justice department in the matter of a flamboyant texas wheeler dealer. he and johnson alluded multi-million dollars of federal agricultural contracts that johnson has delivered. robert kennedy has a full investigation. more importantly robert kennedy who wants johnson off the 64 ticket has leaked this information to time life. and "life" magazine has nine investigative reporters on the ground, a hit team, digging into johnson's background for a december 1 exposÉ issue. an issue that will bring lyndon johnson, under prosecution and prison. so it's not just being dumped from the 64 ticket. although, president kennedy tells the secretary evelyn lincoln according to her memoirs, on each of leaving for dallas he says, johnson will be off the 64 ticket, quote, i don't it will be but it will not be lyndon. he goes on to say he is considering north carolina governor terry sanford, a moderate, racial, southern racial moderate. so johnson is a man staring into the abyss. he can either become president of the united states or he can go to the federal penitentiary.

u.s. justice system. >> mother nature's wrath struck with snow and freezing rain, a fierce winter storm pummelling the mid west and the north-east. 15 states have been put under weather advisories. 1500 flights have been cancelled and hundreds of thousands of people are without power. new york and new jersey are running out of salt, creating an icy nightmare. there's two months of winter to go. it doesn't look like the weather will let up soon. >> al jazeera meteorologist kevin corriveau has been track the the storm. it's a repeat of everything so miserable all over again. >> i'm tired of it myself. what we are dealing with is the storm we are seeing now is beginning to make its way towards the north-east. as you can see, the storm was very large. we were talking about 1300 miles. for here in new york, it is misty conditions, and a lot of problems we are seeing towards boston. northern hampshire is getting the snow. towards the south, we have had a lot of snow on the ground, occurring all day. those are the advisors, these are the numbers. we saw 15 inches, 12.2 in massachusetts. boston had eight.

u.s. justice system. mother nature's wrath is stroke again for more snow, more freezing rain. another fierce storm. 15 states have been put under weather advisors, over 1500 flights have been cancelled and hundreds of thousands of people are now without power. all that cold. now new york and new jersey are running out of salt for the roads, causing an icy commute. doesn't look like this kind of severe weather is going to let up they time soon, kevin corriveau is tracking this. miserable all over again kevin. >> it is joie, i'm getting very tired of it myself. the storm is beginning to make its way towards the northeast. as you can see, the storm was a very, very large, we were talking about 1300 miles basically from nebraska all the way over here towards parts of new england. for parts of new york, misty conditions, boston as well as into maine, northern new hampshire new hampshire is getting it as well. we've had a lot of snow on the ground, that occurred all day. those are snow advisories, new york bainbridge, 15 inches, massachusetts, 12.2, boston had eight, here in central

u.s. justice system conspired against her. >> reporter: nermeen khalifa tells us it was not she that was the it was him, not she that was the alcoholic, it was him, and not she that kept the family apart, it was him. in a not so unbiased way told us that an anti-arab, anti-muslim u.s. judicial system is the root of all her problems. >> i left the united states with my kids of my own accord to protect myself and my sons. he's a manipulator, he's a liar, and i had to leave. i had to go. the system failed me. the system was against me. >> and you believe the system was against you because you're arab-american? >> i'm an arab muslim. definitely, yes. >> reporter: nermeen khalifa illegally abducted her two sons and left the country on august 25th, 2001. in maryland a court hearing was immediately scheduled. it would be held in two weeks. the date, september 11th, 2001. >> move it! >> reporter: on the very morning terrorist planes were hitting the world trade towers, a maryland state court ruled michael shannon should be granted sole custody of his two abducted children, and the state issued a war