u.s. state department's annual human rights report. the document attacked a number of countries around the world for human rights violations including china and pakistan but it gave the u.s. a glowing report now upset with that report china fired back with their own calling attention to america's border laptop searches and perhaps more importantly its attitude towards wiki leaks all professing a fundamental belief and the freedom of the internet i don't matter what you think about china pointing fingers on human rights you know that they do have a point when it comes to this and when asked about the un reprimand by its reporters at a state department briefing spokesman struggled to answer their questions. well ok so if you've been taught what you're talking about he says i'd like to i'd like to visit him and i mean i do is i believe in the absence of those conversations i just say we have but i believe in a state where you can show that you're being forthright about it if you if you refuse to talk about it and if you don't talk about it

u.s. state department releases its annual report on human rights but as they point the finger at everyone else what about the human rights abuses happening in our own land of the free. you know modern legalized economy one percent three it's an anachronism that a single currency. would play the pivotal role that the dollar has played or should it be i would be old and in with the new global economic system powerful financial leaders say that so why now. and unveiling the burka a new ban in france is forcing women to integrate into society but it's revealing more than their face that. it's monday april eleventh eight pm in washington d.c. i'm christine freeze out there watching our team and we're following developing news lots of questions this evening after a deadly blast the subway station in minsk fell over as you can see here is the capital of bellary in eastern europe so far reports say it's killed eleven people and injured more than one hundred others and this happened just before the height of the evening rush hour about six pm there this is people were rushing to catch two trains a

u.s. state department releases its annual report on human rights but if they point the finger at everyone else what about the human rights abuses happening in our own land for free. and billionaire george soros called a meeting of the mind this to remake the global economy and why now is the system meant to fix the financial fallout failing. unveiling the burka a new ban in france is forcing women to integrate into society but it's revealing more than people face it. it's monday april eleventh four pm in washington d.c. i'm christine freeze out there watching our team or following breaking news right now a lot of questions tonight after a deadly blast at a subway station in el over as you can see government is the capital of bellerose in eastern europe so far reports say the blast has killed at least eleven people injuring more than one hundred others this happened just before the height of the evening rush hour just as people were rushing to catch two trains arriving in the station now a criminal investigation has been launched as to who or what caused the blast we will stay on the story

u.s. state department as reminded americans to leave syria. >> heavy rain pelted parts of the midwest from northeast texas all the way to kentucky where firefighters rescued a man confined to a wheelchair from a flooded home. we'll have more in weather in a a few minutes. >>> first, yet another air traffic controller has been fired for falling asleep on the job. the federal aviation administration says a third controller, this one working in ceilings has been fired for dozing off on two separate days. since march, five cases of napping controllers have surfaced along with one who missed calls while watching a dvd. officials have rolled out new rules aimed at preventing such incidents. >>> there are just three days until the royal wedding. with the streets of london buzzing with activity, officials are beefing up security. tracie potts joins us from london with all the royal wedding details. tracie, good morning to you or good afternoon. >> good morning, lynn. good morning, everyone. we expect to get a security briefing later on this morning. we expect on the wedding day there will be 5,000

u.s. state department and giving them the support, training, access to feel that they would not have withoutdepartment funding. the men congregate towards her immediately. they say -- women congregate towards her immediately. how can we get your support? she does follow up on all of these requests that come into her every day for women around the world. tavis: does this story make you hopeful? >> i think i am most pessimistic about afghanistan in the u.s. and i am most optimistic when i'm there. you meet people who are fighting better -- fighting for something better. that is what gives me hope. there are entrepreneurs and teachers. one principle in the book, she runs four shifts every day. she does it because she thinks that a girl's education is really critical to our country's future. i am optimistic that people believe that there something better for their country. the odds are so stacked against them. this country is incredibly exhausted with it even though there is some hope. tavis: i feel compelled to ask as a quick exit question, i find that so often you have to literally put this qu

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u.s. state department list of countries of particular concern, they made a very public showing of, look, we're making progress. look, it's different now. they wanted not to be on that list. and it works. >> but todd metalton and craig are concerned. as representatives of voice of the martyrs in the u.s. and canada, they travel the world to document cases of christian persecution. this means going directly to the source. >source. religious persecution is ongoing, albeit more hidden. >> to the outside world you get this understanding that things are not so bad in vietnam. but when you're actually in the country, you start to talk to the believers, you realize that the persecution is still there. >> which brings us back to this video. this is an unregistered church, which makes it illegal. according to pastor quang, government registration of churches is the new frontier in the battle for freedom of religion. >> registration is not freedom of religion. we have to ask for permit. registration is giving in to control. >> pastor quang and his church have no plans to register with the government. and

u.s. state department is telling american citizens now to leave the country. others are wondering how long the u.s. can stay out of the fray. our chief foreign affairs correspondent, andrea mitchell, reports tonight on what may be another no-win situation for america. >> reporter: human rights groups say hundreds of protesters have been killed in the last few days. some gunned down in the streets. and today more than 2,000 security police reportedly fanned out across a damascus suburb. but this is what syrian government tv showed tonight. a funeral, it claimed of 15 soldiers killed by demonstrators. in daraa the situation is desperate, says al jazeera's rula amin, one of the few reporters in syria. >> anyone who dares to get onto the streets is risking to be shot because the army is deployed heavily and is shooting at anyone who's on the street. people are scared. they are panicking. they want to try to flee town, but there's no way out. >> reporter: in addition to those killed, hundreds more have gone missing, taken from their homes. >> just in the last coupl

u.s. state department is telling american citizens to leave syria as soon as possible. just yesterday syrian soldiers opened fire on civilians in the southern city killing at least 11. >>> and in libya, italy has now agreed to take part in the nato bombing raids with the stated goal of protecting civilians there. prime minister silvio berlusconi made that decision late yesterday after talking with president obama. italy had previously refused to take part in any air strikes because of the history of colonial rule over libya. italian aircraft and ships have already been doing refueling and some other support operations over libya. >>> 4:40. from poking to couponing. we'll tell you how facebook's newest feature promises to save you money. >> plus, it's the dogfighting game that has even michael vick outraged this morning. why the makers of a controversial app say they are actually animal lovers. >> a win for football players and their fans. the decision that could end the nfl lockout. ,, >>> a beautiful day in the bay area. the showers are out of here. temperatures warmer

u.s. state department regularly puts out reports on how horrific human trafficking is in other countries but right under the government's very nose in washington dozens of girls and boys are sold. just blocks away from capitol hill where on the street that's known as the heart for lobbyists and lawyers in washington that's by day at night this is where scores of prosecutors want to get picked up and killed when average age thirteen are also being trafficked here to washington and seoul the f.b.i. estimates that each year more than one hundred thousand under-age american girls are exploited for commercial sex in the united states but the usual trick when the children get when arrested is either jail kine or probation in the u.s. prosecution laws do not exam minors from prosecution the office of juvenile justice and delinquency prevention reported one thousand and six hundred juveniles were arrested for prostitution within just one year book lawyer saying the u.s. the paradox of the system is that the children are prosecuted for crimes for which they cannot legally give consent we say that thi

u.s. state department is there are quick to condemn the violence as arab awakening can see is one who holds weight national interests all the rights of the people themselves that is what crossed our artsy. ok stephen i know if you go to you first hear mr obama the us president said that the united states is going to intervene or some form of intervention into libya because of. the need to protect civilians and he said innocent people are were carpeted for killing hospitals and ambulances were attacked journalists were arrested and today is the day we're doing the program here the independent wrote about bahrain one doctor intensive care specialist after was held after she photographed weeping over a good protester. and another arrested in a feeder room while an operation an operation on a patient was going on i mean i seems like that's a very blatant double standard there and it's only going to get worse so i start out by asking what we're going to be great are different reactions to what is fundamentally the same phenomena. very much so the united states has a clear double standard when it

u.s. state department. you're now in moscow and it's probably in going to mean for you to answer such a question but nonetheless a year ago there were rumors that the uprising was inspired by moscow and almost organized from moscow was there a factor of influence from abroad was there such a factor in the revolution. no absolutely not just nonsense condition there was no influence from moscow your book. either through official or unofficial channels. i mean both the staff of the russian embassy what would you know the other russian people who voted meeting with this would be good if that you don't have to look for encouragement from moscow in this kind of situation it was a popular uprising of people who just had no choice. so there were you saying that it was the people's uprising and there was no other option but what about today. let's take the revolutions that take place in north africa and the middle east for example many say that those countries with their culture history and traditions cannot exist w

u.s. state department is selling you about -- telling you about being in mexico. >>> the oakland coliseum could soon have a new name on how much -- and how much money the naming rights could bring the as and the raiders. bree: right next to my posh castle! i'm sensing a theme here. well, i am the queen, dear sister. >>> 7:53. this is a live picture out houston, texas. this is the private plane that will take congresswoman gabriel giffords to watch -- gab briele giffords to watch the launch on friday. only days ago, giffords's doctors said she was well enough to travel. she was shot in the head in tup back in january again, these are live pictures -- in tuson back in january. again, these are live pictures that will take give orders to bought the launch. >>> launch -- to watch the launch. >>> americans are being warned to avoid travel in state of mishikan, right in between acapulco. carjacking and robbings are a serious problem. americans are being urged to avoid driving at night. >>> a pilot program would allow pilots in the courtroom. u.s. judicial committee approved this project and it

u.s. state department official put it counts on the ripple effect for an interference doesn't have to be a military invasion a bombing campaign or you know some kind of special operation on the ground in that country it can also be the training and funding and political support given to individuals who then promote those foreign interests and that's one of the newer strategies that the u.s. government has successfully been executing in different countries around the world that it doesn't consider subordinate to their agenda and it's a way to do it subtly it's harder to detect it it's harder to denounce it and it can often be more effective the u.s. perceives the internet and social networking platforms as major pools for spreading democracy and pumps millions of dollars into developing systems to help pull in the middle east and china get around internet blocking our walls but at the same time american companies provide bahrain. saudi arabia and kuwait with the technology to effectively block websites when the us government purports to be spreading democracy it's simply a sham it's a prete

u.s. state department issued its annual human rights report today in the heart of china iran venezuela and all the regular usual suspects and therefore came at a sort of interesting time in world history right amid the arab spring awakening where citizens across the middle east eat up to brutal regimes in many cases only to be silenced with bullets the missing from both the u.s. report and the mainstream media coverage their own role questions about our own role in supporting these regimes i'm talking about egypt saudi arabia off name yemen join me out of this class this and much more is the legendary norman solomon he's the founder of the institute for public accuracy and the author of many books including this one here made love got war close encounters of the americas there states thank you so much for being here it's really quite an honor well thank you i don't actually want to focus on this human rights report what i want to talk about is why there seems to be so little honest discussion in the media in our country when it comes to that reality of our foreign policy so for example we

u.s. state department list of state sponsors of terror, there's been a recent warming of relations betweenand israelis without syria. now thousands are risking their lives to take to the streets to defy his regime. demanding freedom and dignity. syria is a potential gain changer for the region. these protests suggests that no amount of nationalist and religious credentials to be enough to head off real demands for change. meaning, there is in a regime in the middle east , and not even america's allies saudi arabia that can afford to ignore the potential power of its people. mohammad, cnn. >>vicki: charlie sheen is booed on the opening night of his tour. coming up will see what happens in city number two, at toward a force or it toward a farce. >>brian: today temperatures or beautiful with readings in the upper 60s and low '70's even warmer for tomorrow. i will tell you about the forecast coming up. hey marcel, watch this! hey marcel, watch this! [ buzzer sounds ] [ cheers and applause ] ♪ hey marcel, watch this! yeah, marcel! -marcel! -hey marcel! are you listening to me? marcel! [ male an