u.s. justice department has admitted to spying on associated press reporters a.p. condemned the sweeping foreign surveillance as an invasion of privacy and a threat to the freedom of the press he's gone nature can has more on the story and its implications. the u.s. justice department secretly obtained two months of telephone records targeting a.p. reporters and editors work and personal phone numbers if you believe more than one hundred of its journalists may have been caught up in this surveillance week the boss called it a massive and unprecedented intrusion into how news organizations operate the justice department acknowledged having spied on a.p. journalists but would not say why it sought the records they cited an ongoing investigation a peace process and said the government sought and of taine information far beyond anything that could be justified by any specific investigation now the guess is that the investigation had to do with a piece reporting on a cia operation in yemen last year and the government's possible hunt fleet the administration's unprecede

u.s. justice department. unprecedented intrusion. international efforts to find common ground on the syrian crisis see the israeli prime minister fly into russia to meet president putin. and a soyuz capsule brings a. five month mission. in the afternoon here in the russian capital with me. the u.s. justice department has admitted to spying on associated press report a.p. condemned the sweeping foreign surveillance as an invasion of privacy and a threat to the freedom of press. has more on the story and its implications. the u.s. justice department secretly obtained two months of telephone records targeting a.p. reporters and editors work and personal phone numbers a few believes more than one hundred of its journalists may have been caught up in this surveillance week the boss called it a massive and unprecedented intrusion into how news organizations operate the justice department acknowledged having spied on a.p. journalists but would not say why it sought the records they cited an ongoing investigation a peace process and said the

u.s. justice department secretly obtained two months of telephone records targeting a.p. reporters and editors work and personal phone numbers eight people leaves more than one hundred of its journalists were caught up in this surveillance sweep the some president eight hundred full leaks has had an enormous chilling effect on investigative journalism the obama administration has brought more cases against whistleblowers than all previous presidents combined journalists have seen their sources drying out as government officials are much less inclined to share these days but now we see a different probably more alarming development the government making journalists the subject of their investigations and it's not clear what the government expects from journalists just to copy paste whatever they say even press releases if that is the case that would be the end of our profession. the recent scandals expose the fine line between the demands of media freedom and those of statehood changable grant the from wide awake news told r.t. it's on thomas that the journalists are payin

u.s. justice department has defended its spying on associated press saying it was necessary to find leaks that could in danger american people the phone records of about one hundred journalists including that private numbers was seized sparking outrage in the media will wind the white house though has distanced itself from the scandal saying it knew nothing about the probe of a president obama's administration is known for targeting whistleblowers and his auntie contributor afshin rattansi reports they were now think twice before contacting a.p. . they would able to notify the head of associated press because it would undermine the security of the whole operation the idea of justice anyway in the united states around the world that we see now how can they be above the justice when their children youngest strike is in cuba and as for eric holder himself well. are they thinking when they're actually naming associated press the american taxpayer will have to be reparations to associated press because let's face it no whistleblower source is now going to call the a.p. desk in new york or wash

u.s. justice department or as one analyst told us so you could just be a way to scare whistle blows and stop them working with a.p. i'll take a closer look at that in a few minutes time plus. the no we're not talking about. rain that's a description is being given to you. and this important the submarine to run into trouble we've come here to the baron furnace where the submarines designed and built to find out what's been going on but more on that story coming up. new orleans police are seeking a teen suspect over the mass shooting at a mother's day parade on sunday which left nineteen people wounded the incident comes as president obama continues his push for a clamp down on gun owners but his answers more important i reports far giving no ground. it's the national wound that never stops. nineteen americans including two ten year olds were hospitalized after gunfire erupted in new orleans during a mother's day parade yet another mass shooting in the united states this time amid a national debate on gun control if you go to google to look at the stories on this particular incident you'll fi

u.s. justice department admits it spied on their so stated press news agency but obama's administration insists it remains dedicated to protecting freedom of speech. you raise is to raise billions of dollars to reconstruct the whole tone mali but there are concerns the country is still too in secure and the insurgency too strong for rebuilding to begin. and six countries including india and china have joined the arctic council as observers potentially gaining access to the region's fast and topped energy resources. to russia and around the world this is an see with me years of our hello and welcome to the program the u.s. justice department has defended its spying and associated press saying it was necessary to find leaks that could endanger american people the phone records of about a hundred journalists including their private numbers were seized sparking outrage in the media worldwide the white house has distanced itself from the probe saying it knew nothing about it or his will reports now on the scandal. it's being called an unprecedented government intrusion the justice department secretl

u.s. justice department says it spied on journalists to protect americans seizure of phone records from one hundred associated press employees is causing massive outrage. fourteen countries try their luck by seeking permanent observer status of the arctic council this in order to gain access to the region's energy resources. a very warm welcome to you from all of us here at. global twenty years. european leaders and delegates from all over the world are meeting to raise billions of dollars in aid for war torn mali is the highest level gathering since france sent troops to intervene to help rebuild a country though still plagued by islamists and rebel insurgents. now has more from the summit in brussels the leaders from the e.u. and france as well as international donors are gathering today here in brussels to drum up and get aid and support for mali a country which has been dealing with a radical islamist militants as well as a political crisis for the last couple of years now now the french foreign minister law fabulous' had said that the aim of today is to raise some one point nine a bill

u.s. justice department admits it's played on the associated press news agency but obama's administration insists it remain as dedicated to protecting freedom of speech. the e.u. braces to raise billions of dollars to reconstruct war torn mali there are concerns the country is still too in secure and the insurgency too strong for a building to begin. to calm a conspiracy the detention of a cia spy in most schools falls victim to media mockery thanks to the wigs dull glasses and all school with the band found on the american agent. international news and comment live from moscow this is all she with me thanks for joining us the u.s. justice department has defended its spying on associated press saying it was necessary to find leads that could endanger american people these phone records of about one hundred journalists including their private numbers were seized sparking outrage in the media worldwide the white house has distanced itself from the probe saying if we knew nothing about it all she is is of all reports sound scandal. it's being called an unprecedented government intrusion the

u.s. justice department surveillance mission with norman solomon he's director of the institute for public at crissy it's known as a show that helps activists groups be heard. in the interests of national security short of the action against associated press was justified in this instance. well a lot is done in the name of national security and protecting the public several decades ago spying by the nixon administration on the press dirty tricks and so forth were also rationalized inside the white house and later publicly as somehow protecting the public from subversive or other elements that threaten the republic and that is really one of the last refuge of scoundrels when it comes to top leaders who want to turn off the tap of information reaching their own public that those leaders would rather the public be kept in the dark about and i think what we've seen with these revelations about the phone records of a.p. reporters is that this in ministration which has already waged a larger war against more whistleblowers than any other in u.s. history has continued to push the envelope and try

u.s. justice department as well as the obama administration for going after the associated press as phone records are to correspondent liz wahl takes a look at the backlash that the administration is facing as a result of this caesar of phone records. amid the justice department scandal perhaps more than ever before journalists and citizens are raising questions over the freedom of the media to get news and talk to sources in private while details remain murky there are very clear guidelines when it comes to the justice department getting subpoenas of the news media because our standards the d.o.j. sets for itself let's take a look at them now. according to the rules the investigation must be as narrowly drawn as possible as of now the a.p. isn't convinced that this is the case that all the facts point to the opposite we know now that the justice department traced incoming and outgoing calls and twenty telephone lines in three separate bureaus and the capitol press gallery this includes private and work lines traced over the span of two months the a.p. believes that over one hundred emplo

u.s. justice department or subpoenas a t.v. news reporters e-mails as part of a probe into a possible leak. and do you rock sectarian violence a russian sub as the nine car bombs ripped through a sheer neighborhood killing more more than sixty people and wounding scores more. the situation is spiraling out of control with sectarian violence fueling fears of the country is on the brink of a civil war. has just gone past eleven pm here in moscow you're watching r t lie bill with me to bomb would say. growing british distrust of the e.u. has got members of the leading conservative psystar the push for referendum on whether to quit a bills in the pipeline for twenty seven thousand deadline for the public to decide if they want to stay in the debt ridden the you or not recent years have seen opinion move in one direction here's what the euro barometer polling center found six years ago it discovered that almost half of the u.k. population didn't trust the e.u. a poll taken last year shows that two thirds of those who took part we eu

u.s. justice department has been monitoring the associated press for months this included collecting the telephone records of a.p. reporters and editors will take a deeper look into this government violation of press freedom. in the battle of david versus goliath on the field of agriculture the highest courts in the nation has actually sided with the corporate giants next we'll tell you the deciding factor in the case of an indiana farmer versus monsanto. nearly a month after the deadly explosion of a west texas fertilizer plant state investigators are now launching a criminal investigation into the blast meanwhile authorities are now questioning a first responder will bring you the latest information coming up. it's monday may thirteenth eight pm in washington d.c. i'm going lopez and you are watching r.t. we begin tonight with a developing story the associated press is now reporting that the u.s. justice department has secretly obtained two months worth of phone records that reports from reporters and editors and what the a.p. calls a massive and unprecedented intrusion into how the news organiz

u.s. justice department admits to spying on the associated press reports this in a surveillance campaign the news organization calls a massive and unprecedented intrusion. and a soyuz capsule brings the thirty fifth i.s.a.'s crew home safe and sound and look at some of the out of this world tricks performed by the commander on board the international space station.

u.s. justice department for spying on associated press reporters the news organization called this surveillance a massive and unprecedented intrusion. international efforts to find common ground on the syrian crisis see the israeli prime minister flying to russia to meet president putin just days after israel's and the strikes near damascus put a trace cover tell nation. alice. brings these says if it's isis crew home safe and sound are wrapping up that five month mission in orbit .

u.s. justice department a new directive expanding the meaning of harassment.t, if you ask a woman out for a date and rejects it and you flirt, this constitutes harassment and she doesn't like it. okay, secondly, it doesn't have to be objective harassment, but factual harassment but if she feels harassed. this directive goes to all universities taking money. >> paul: i take that as a hit. >> a miss this week nothing can escape politics, new app that lets you scan items at the supermarket and see if they were made by koch industries. so liberals can buy the right paper towels and sending money to the koch brothers they might spend on politics. >> paul: oil executives because they supported libertarians. that is it for this week's show. thanks to my panel and especially all of you watching. i'm paul gigot. we hope to see you right here next week.

u.s. department of justice refused to take responsibility has made all the mentors he didn't know what he's owed agency was doing. i am not familiar with the reasons why he was you know instructed in the way he works i'm simply not a part of the of the trees. however eric holder said he firmly believe that what time or he's subsidiary subordinates did was illegal so had to call what we've got the attorney general's call me. to some other world news briefing as a series of bomb blasts have rocked a shia neighborhoods in baghdad killing at least fourteen people in the was a single incident a vehicle stuffed with clothes and went off near a bus stop during rush hour to see if today thirty three people died in the result of terror attacks in the iraq accomplish. several tornadoes that ripped through the u.s. state of texas in one area up to seventy five homes or destroyed and six people killed but that number looks likely to rise many others have been injured and rescue teams are continuing the search for survivors under rubble next stop along the southern tornado is oklahoma where storm warnin

u.s. justice department has defended its bail and separation and the associated press news agency attorney general eric holder says wiretapping the photos of one hundred journalists was necessary to protect americans from leaks that could endanger their safety but norman solomon from the media watch group things it's aimed at making an example of a pete carroll whistle blowers. that is really one of the last refuge of scoundrels when it comes to top leaders who want to turn off the tap of information reaching their own public that those leaders would rather the public be kept in the dark about and i think what we've seen with these revelations about the phone records of a.p. reporters is that this isn't ministration which has already weighs data larger war against more whistleblowers than any other in u.s. history has continued to push the envelope and try to have a chilling effect on not only journalists but the sources within the administration . when questioned about the phone probed they had on the u.s. department of justice refused to take responsibility and his main argument he didn'

u.s. justice department for spying on associated press reporters a news organization called the surveillancea massive and unprecedented. kind of brings the thirty fifth crew home safe and sound with some of the out of this world tricks performed by the commander. of the international space station.

u.s. justice department on an american news agency are sending shock waves through russia appeared reporters at the associated press are expressing outrage over a sweeping seizure of staff phone records. federal agents secretly to the information while conducting a probe into an ap story about the cia operation in yen and yenyemen -- in yemen. >> gemini's plunging birthrate is so dramatic that the company will be short much-needed workers in just over a decade. >> the chancellor is calling for society to be more open to families and for companies to give new fathers and mothers more time off and shorter hours. >> she called the second annual demographic summit where she also underscore the need for attracting europe's best and brightest immigrants. >> chancellor merkel is looking to tackle germany's demographic challenges head on. she says the country must help young people balance work and family. that will mean more skilled workers at home, but merkel says germany must also attract talented professionals from abroad. >> the oecd tells us the conditions for this are very good in germany, bu

u.s. justice department spying on journalists the associated press reveals that the d.o.j. has been taking their phone records for months now supporters of the first amendment are demanding answers for this violation of the fourth estate more on the fallout coming up. authorities in moscow detained a member of the u.s. embassy under the suspicion of him being a cia agent there even calls for the suspects expulsion from russia we'll have the latest on the case coming up. and the supreme court yesterday sided with monsanto against an indiana farmer it's a real life case of david versus the goliath we'll tell you what the farmer actually thinks of the ruling later in the show. it's tuesday may fourteenth five pm in washington d.c. i'm megan lopez and you are watching our t.v. well we begin with the latest developments coming from the associated press news organization the u.s. department of justice actually sees the phone records of twenty phone lines connecting journalists and editors ranging from washington d.c. to new york and hartford connecticut between the months of apri

u.s. justice department admits it spied on that so say to the press news agency but obama's administration instead it remains dedicated to protecting freedom of speech . you races to raise billions of dollars to reconstruct a torn mali but there are concerns the country is still in secure and the insurgency too strong for rebuilding may begin. on six countries including india and china have joined the arctic council as observers potentially gaining access to the region's fost entente and achieve resources.

u.s. justice department in washington where he led the criminal division. in 1998, bob returned to san francisco as united states attorney. please join me in welcoming my good friend and one of america's most distinguished public servants, robert muller. [applause] >> let me start off by thanking mason for that kind introduction. i will say -- you often wonder when a former professor is going to introduce you. you do not know what is going to come out. but, thank you. you were there to kick start my career when it needed kick starting. let me thank the commonwealth club for having me back. it is great to be back in san francisco but also to be back with you this afternoon. two months ago, we marked the 10th anniversary of the september 11 attacks. the horrific events of that day were the prelude to a decade of political, economic, and cultural transformation, and globalization and technology have accelerated these changes. consider now how different our world was in the summer of 2001. leaders of egypt, iraq, and libya were entrenched in power. barack obama

u.s. government surveillance operation against the new senate a p is calling the monitoring network created by the justice department itself unprecedented size and scope and a gross violation of privacy. has been tracking the investigation. the u.s. justice department secretly obtained two months of telephone records targeting a.p. reporters and editors work and personal phone numbers a few believes more than one hundred of its journalists may have been caught up in this surveillance week the a.p. boss called it a massive and unprecedented intrusion into how news organizations operate the justice department acknowledged having spied on a.p. journalists but cited a.p. is reporting on a cia operation in yemen last year and the government's possible hunt fleet a peace prize and said the government sought and obtained information far beyond anything that could be justified by any specific investigation the administration's unprecedented one food leaks has had an enormous chilling effect on investigative journalism a number of journalists with major news organizations here told me that isn't it's never been as hard for t