up next with all the latest sports news stay with us here on r.t. . and i want to do the latest sports headlines. the new york giants if you say let's come back once again to break new england in the super bowl twenty one seventeen. while you'll see alberto contador is stripped of his tour de france title and picks up a two year ban for a new drug test. track russia's political high jump champion and they said no we called the biggest need for the year of the country's athletes shine in moscow. as the new york giants are the winners of super bowl forty six after quarterback eli manning led his side to a dramatic twenty one seventeen victory at the new england patriots in indianapolis just as he did four years ago when the giants renewing the season well this time around the giants were the foster out of the blocks at the lucas oil stadium manning combining with the big to cruise line only however new in the responders and how the bad news is in front at half time thanks to a field goal on the touchdown to tom brady danny woodhead. and the events of th

what i am in moscow i match reza good to have you with us here on r t our top story the e.u. and u.s. want further toughening sanctions on syria in a bid to crank up pressure on the country's regime the decision came after russia and china vetoed the latest draft u.n. resolution on syria moscow and beijing say the wording took sides in the conflict as it solely blame the government for violence without mentioning armed extremist groups in syria opposition leaders claim at least fifty people have been killed in a fresh wave of attacks by the army on the city of homes the government denies the assault a mature footage showing the alleged shelling can't be verified as are reports an absence of credibility and video evidence from the country raises questions to exactly what's go. there was a warning you may find some of the images in this report disturbing. ichi video and social networking sites have for the past ten months being one of the activists he means of offering the world glimpses of the violence that's torn three syria activist groups report how we got the brick through

a pm in moscow i mattress a good to have you with us here on our t.v. our top story fresh clashes in egypt with reports of at least three killed and some four hundred injured as police again fire volleys of tear gas to disperse crowds of protesters we're looking at live video here that we're bringing you from cairo seeing fastens gathered in the center top here square out a rest broke out after wednesday's football violence when seventy four people died in post match clashes protesters blame police for doing nothing to prevent the soccer pitch deaths they're also calling on the military council to step down journalist believes there may be forces that are banking on the unrest. at this stage it's very difficult to say who is actually behind the violence and whether it was a spontaneous or straight it but what's certain is that there's a security vacuum and in egypt and this security vacuum is intentional the police and the security apparatus has wanted to since the revolution began has wanted to punish the people for the rebelling against it and and so.

thank you for being with here with us. m brian williams, and of course, we hope to see you right back here tomorrow night. good night. >>> good evening and thanks for being with us. i'm raj mathai. >> and i'm jessica aguirre. not in our backyard. a religious organization has plans to build a sanctuary roughly half the size of a target store in a walnut hills neighborhood. and although it was initially approved, tonight it's being challenged. nbc bay area's traci grant is live in walnut creek to explain why many people have tried to appeal the county's decision. traci? >> reporter: this is where reoriented is based right now and it has been for the past 37 years, but some members say even when they moved in, they knew it was too small. now some neighbors around here are hotly contesting the church's efforts to make more space. >> people will look back and say, what was the big deal? you know. but change is hard. >> reporter: karen welles is one of hundreds of members of sufyism reoriented, which packed a contra costra

business news next stay with us here are two. issues that some of you are going to go. to for a search of terminations and sovereignty this is what many scots say they want realistic is an independent scotland would appeal. the closest has been to the hub arabs creature where the country's mineral wealth starts its way across the ocean. now our team goes to the area. once named after lenin but looking to a different character to represent. the local businesses are striving to build the aviation capital of russia. for the four by fours are made and can be tested to the limit. welcome to the screeching. russian close up on our cheek. back into business russia's gazprom has acknowledged that it temporarily reduced gas supplies to european customers at the end of last week deliveries to some countries were cut by ten percent this is due to high demand in russia caused by an unusually cold weather the energy giant says it's now made up the shortfall in supply to europe and is pushing production to the maximum maria bill over from the skolkovo energy center moves to develop s

it's good to have you with us here in our three britain could soon be turning to chemical weapons to inforce the lore according to the national academy of sciences it's made legal police could use substances currently banned from military use market books will from the education activist network says the u.k. shouldn't be using the same type of gas that was internationally criticized when used by police last year. the income past the nerve gas as it is as it is called has been used against protesters in the june general strike in greece and amnesty international condemned the use of that tear gas in normal language it's called choking gas and has said that the greek government has waged a chemical warfare upon its very own citizens now you can actually die from the from the gases be being used against protesters against larger crowds and what we have seen is that the police time and time again has lost control of the streets and thus it doesn't come as a surprise in the context of global revolutions and revolt that now the u.k. is starting to use the same measures as countries as muba

sanctuaries to seeing that weapons are brought to the hands of those who are resisting us so they can defend themselves here in syria the home of position seems to strongly oppose. the idea of foreign help. we don't want any interference from abroad these countries we think that they can use this for the real interest but the syrian people will not allow that but to be able to resist strong political reforms are needed and with a vote on constitutional reform around the corner may here certainly any military intervention will derail the political process aimed at ending the crisis. damascus syria marcus papadopoulos an analyst from britain's politics first magazine says attempts by western states to stir up rebels in syria may cause the middle east powder keg to explode political dialogue it's the only solution to the conflict in syria any conflict in the middle east has the potential to turn the entire region into a vast firestorm and the fact that the american and british governments are implicitly encouraging the syrian opposition is only making things worse in syria and it's only groups without any more

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and exclusive interview to us here at odds here. filled in the blanks over iran's nuclear program following the recent visit of inspectors. preview we are warning that couple of countries including united states is trying to run the agency so that they can dictate from washington what vienna should do and that is why we do not permit such a thing to occur and that is the whole issue that the agency as a professional technical organization should do its work and that is why you see they make meet so many noses here and there they do not let the agency to do its work and that is why we want to expect all countries including russia and others and i'm very pleased that last meeting in fact russia and china ambassadors along with a hundred countries of nonaligned movement all together questioned what had happened in fact namely of confidential information that we need mobilization of member states to prevent something happening in vienna which did you raise. that is what we need but i went on. and you can watch the full interview with am

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sanctuaries to seeing that weapons are brought to the hands of those who are resisting us so they can defend themselves look here in syria the home of position seems to strongly oppose the idea of foreign help. we don't want any interference from abroad these countries may think that they can use this for their own interest for the syrian people will not allow that but to be able to resist strong political reforms are needed and with a vote on constitutional reform around the corner many here is certain any military intervention will derail the political process aimed at ending the crisis according to r.t. sources here in syria the fighting in homes is now over with the army taken control of the city if it's confirmed many agree the political discussion between the authorities and the opposition will become more realistic but only if foreign intervention can be kept at bay refinishing r.t. damascus syria thereafter of international studies at hartford stranded in college in the us v.j. pressure claims peaceful rallies in syria have free really been hijacked by those seeking foreign military aid. the syrian natio

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stay with us here on r.t. still ahead beating the war drums louder.iran could attack the united states next year some way we look at how u.s. media is playing a major role in stirring up fears over iran despite officials in washington and getting there is no proof tehran is seeking to develop a nuclear bomb. and is a u.s. soldier accused of passing classified secrets to wiki leaks gets charged in court we see how some lawyers think they're wrong person is being prosecutor stay with us . wealthy british style. market why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike stronger or a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines kaiser report. news today violence is once again flared up. these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. trying to corporations rule the day. the official t. hopefully cation your pod touch from the dumpster. lights on the good. video on demand. an r.s.s. feeds now with the palm of your. on the dot com. thanks for staying with us here on our teeth thirteen minutes past

stay with us here on r t still to come in the program silenced the truth or go on trial you were killed a tough choice a sing us whistle blowers as a new set of standards aims to classify alleged crimes under the guise of national security. plus protests turned deadly in afghanistan as a controversial so-called error by u.s. led troops continues to fan the flames of conflict. but first the heavens may have opened up over the greek capital but the wet weather failed to dampen the spirits of thousands who gathered for the latest protests this greek lawmakers are set to vote on a leash on legal changes that would clear the way for a debt restructuring part of the latest belo deal the agreement means more sacrifices for the country with almost a decade of painful cuts ahead and how sturdy anger also mounting in other parts of the debt ridden euro zone tens of thousands of students protesting against education cuts in spain for more on this i'm joined by coast us a doozy in the us press and professor of law at birkbeck university of london so the latest belo deal under the latest bailout dea

here's you getting rich was a full alpha kappa alpha was wrapping up for us. positive news today was chinese pledge to hold asses denominated in europe so it's ruled the positive for the markets however it doesn't still solve the problem as far as market movers are concerned with the rising by four percent today this is rule the top story in local markets today yesterday's movers like severstal. energy transmission companies are more or less flat. the latest short term drop of russian gas supplies to europe spurred discussions on how to secure consumers from possible cuts in the future they had of gas problems export branch is that a big if says one of the ways it's increased storage capacity in the region. is a key. for security of supply for extreme situation like this winter so that's where we propose a program to. experience . between two hundred to three hundred million euros in the next five years to secure top levels. and that's all that this is for this cell but you can always find more stores if you just log on to our website talk to dot com business

before we go, i want to thank melissa alexander for having us here tonight. how did you know san francisco needed a night like tonight? >> thank you for coming. everybody loves the exploratorium. we are reluctant to push the kids out of the way in the day, so i knew we needed to create one evening a month just for the rest of us to have a good time, the adults. >> absolutely. where can we find out what is coming up after dark? >> that is easy, exploratorium .edu/afterdark. >> thank you. thanks for watching

eight pm in moscow i matter as a good to have you with us here on r t our top story moscow says it's determined to help bring an end to the syrian crisis by implementing democratic changes it's sending its foreign minister to damascus for talks next week on saturday russia and china blocked the latest u.n. security council resolution on syria saying it could cause even more bloodshed because it took sides in the armed conflict for more on this i'm joined from new york by our teaser merino porton. so the vote at the security council happened almost a day ago but it seems tempers still running high tell us more. tempers are still flaring because as we've been reporting this should be surprise the security council did not reach a consensus on the draft resolution on syria yet western countries still host for a vote and russia warned from the very beginning that if the draft was not a did not address some of russia's concerns it would veto and that's exactly what happened now let's talk about these concerns because moscow said it just requested some simple amendments would be made to the

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stay with us here on our team coming your way in about ten minutes we'll hear from a former israeli ambassador about the growing tensions over iran here's a preview. it's very obvious that. position it's a regional power. primarily be fancy response to. you run to pick so i. take a look now at some other stories making headlines across the globe the president of the dives mohamed nasheed has resigned amid a police mutiny after weeks of popular protests the crisis drew to a head when authorities offered security officers to remove the barriers between the government and opposition supporters protesting close to each other the leader had earlier come under fire for arresting the chief judge of the criminal court accusing him of being loyal to the country's former president nasheed swept to power in two thousand and eight. to the island nation. factory in eastern pakistan has collapsed after gas cylinders exploded in the building rescue workers are struggling to reach dozens of people trapped under debris a day after the incident the number of dead currently stands at eighteen though there are re

even though all of us here probably know that there's a need for us to do something to stop the stealing of property. that's the kind of impact the distrust has had and affects us all. the stevens prosecution and these other examples are all serious problems that i hope will be addressed. not to mention the fact that the failed prosecution costs the taxpayers threefold. the cost to investigate and prosecute the special investigators and third the dea dea deaf-defense attorneys, the cost alone is reason enough for us to discuss the cases in the committee here in their oversight capacity and even hold hearings to get to the bottom of what's going on. the public and the -- the best thing the department can do is to be transparent and accountable, something that was promised not only by the president, but also by many confirmation hearings of people working there, the transparency promise has not yet been realizeded. >> as you know, i applaud attorney general holder for his decision to drop the prosecution of senator stevens, which he did, the prosecution which as you pointed out was begun i

kate up next with all the latest sports news stay with us here on r.t. . and i want to do that i just bought into the headlines. the new york giants has to say let's come back once again to great new england thoughts on the super bowl twenty one seventeen. while you see alberto contador stripped of his tour de france title and picks up a two year ban for failing a drug test. i'm not russia's olympic high jump champion and they said no we pulled the biggest need to be at the country's athletes shine in boston. but it's the new york giants are the winners of super bowl forty six off the quarterback eli manning led his side to a dramatic twenty one seventeen victory at the new england patriots in indianapolis just as they did four years ago when the giants really new england's perfect season well this time around the giants were the fos to add to the ropes the lucas oil stadium not in combining with the big to cruise unwilling known leaned however new in the responders and have ben hours in front half time thanks to a field goal on the touchdown after tom bra

and it is up next with all the latest business news stay with us here on r.t. . welcome to business was goes promos acknowledged that it temporarily reduced guest supplies to european coast them as at the end of last week deliveries to some countries were cut by ten percent this was due to high demand the russia cools the unusually cold with all the energy joins there is no made up the shortfall in supplying to europe and is pushing production to the maximum. last week of december the month jumped twenty five percent and gus was in a position actually to meet hundred percent of the inquiries but the first week of february it was another jump of the month plus thing too but it was a previous twenty five actually were plus fifty percent normal and dissipated well . sport gas prices in europe have shot up to their highest level since two thousand and six but alexander medvedev says the market is an illusion as there is no extra gas in the system. support market that demonstrated that actually there is no real support market in the usual market is fragmented there is

we're looking forward to a robust and enlightening conversation that should inform all of us here to for in ways unimagined. as a part of our rich tradition here at morehouse college that actually grew out of the baptist church, we're featuring the works of three exem particulars that really transcended the parochial nature of their own faith boundaries and they really set the stage for how morehouse college and people who have come through morehouse college could then have an effect, an influential role in the broader society, particularly as has been celebrated and is being celebrated over these few days in the life and legacy of dr. martin luther king jr. now, i would like to call your attention for those of you who have not seen just to make sure you're aware of the additional events that we have planned during the course of this month of king that are not only sponsored by the chapel but also by the king collection and other institutions right here at morehouse college. we want to thank the faith alliance of metropolitan atlanta for their participation with us and several of thes

going to check us out online at r.t. dot com here's what's a click away this weekend but tween a rock and a holy place tear gas and stun grenades used against own probing palestinians at jerusalem's flashpoint mosque compound as religious tension reaches or peek. at a welcome to moscow's math museum as a diehard apple addicts open up a twenty year old collection of computer gadgets and a rarity. and winding up winter with a pancake pageant russians welcoming the upcoming spring with the annual mausoleum to festival read more about it at our team dot com. turning now to some other stories making headlines across the globe anti-american protests continue with a fifth day in afghanistan over the burning of copies of the koran by u.s. troops thousands surrounded u.n. buildings in couldn't do so in the north hurling stones and trying to break in more than twenty people died since tuesday after afghan workers and u.s. military base discovered several of the muslim holy books in an incinerator. and attack on a police headquarters in the niger

stay with us here on r.t. still change your tune no one spoke critic of russia's prime minister is now telling a different tale. the news there if you feel he sees many who be feasible. he wants to be a putin for his son's death alexander litvinenko but now the former f.s.b. officers father's changed his mind it offers his own theory to explain what happened. plus the latest incident versus u.s. anti-corporate protest face a heavy handed police response we asked how the occupy movement will cope with eviction from the park they've occupied since early october. but first saturday was a day of demonstrations in russia more than two hundred thousand people across the country voiced their political views ahead of next month's presidential vote two of the largest rallies happened in moscow with supporters and opponents of the current leadership braving bitter cold to have their say it was the third and largest opposition gathering after the parliamentary vote two months ago which protesters claim was rigged now the

the sport what it could to demonstrate to the picture that is what it all sports look at here in the us to look at this for them into that is the walloons it's a little spook all issue to the there's a there's a sport crisis there's a price war for long term contracts on leverage them to continue to grow but that is will get that will get us in both of those as well because when you and so it's all the same out of the water so we'll go with it will be people. now xander mitigate it wasn't the first official who used this mini crisis to drum up support for the russian pipeline three point similar comments from russian prime minister vladimir putin on saturday sad that sport markets are essentially a virtual idea that it's still not working properly at this point of time. during that meeting on saturday putin also urged gas prone to do everything that is in his power to satisfy european increased european demand but he also made it very clear that gas from the first and foremost should our work to satisfy the master demand and many experts suggest that it is a very very expected. statemen

stay with us here at r.t. still to come from politics to prison his career has been bruised by fist fights and drunken brawls but now ukraine's former interior minister faces more serious charges more just ahead. but first south korea and the u.s. have started a large scale joint naval drills despite north korea's threats to attack if provoked for p.r. nyang the exercises involving hundreds of thousands of troops are a silent declaration of war in two thousand and ten the north responded to drills from its neighbor with an artillery strike that killed four people and raised fears of a wider conflict rigor frog an expert on north korea and east asia at the university of vienna thinks it won't take much to light the fuse. north korea has issued such statements in the past look it just means but you never know. bill you can play with fire safely for a while and the until you create some kind of a big blast on the school if you don't want to i'm really concerned because we have a new leader in north korea kim jong

we want to be on that chopper business next with kati stay with us here on r.t. . welcome to the business program. is bank bonuses and that annual vides of big money and even bigger the policy may be over in the russian banking sector that the country's central bank is taking steps to avoid excessive humans it will make the fees dependent on the lenders financial performance and that's just the beginning the old systems will do so in the end of may saying in the future so the regulates now also wants to think hall thank you for the other thing performance based which is haynes was writing agency. explains what's behind the move. russia is trying to harmonize regulations. regulations in other parts of the world so harmonize ation of all regulators. something beneficial it does create an environment in which because a paid in a fairly regular fashion. may help. some of the smaller banks in the medium banks to compete with the very large russian banks. and staying with the story angus campbell from london capital group explains how similar measures are already making

economy is to collapse and whether its future even belongs inside the block well or do you stay with us here on our teachers to come in a few minutes here for you not to most revenge a wave of arrests in your abound south america sees a quick response from online activist to find out how a notorious group struck back at interpol. and us presidential candidates in russia are trying to make count the final days before the election r.t. visits to neighboring regions the show just how difficult it will be to please all of the people all of the time. just after quarter past the hour here in moscow a fugitive russian tycoon and a suspected chechen terrorist both living in the u.k. may be linked to the murder of a celebrated russian journalist anna politkovskaya the revelation comes from a former russian police official currently on trial and charged with masterminding the killing laura smith now reports on the latest twist in this case. the man who is making these allegations is a man called colonel dmitri. who is charged with organizing the killing of a political he is a former senior police offi

today if they were selling soap they would use some drug-addled star as their model. herere northeasterners using stonewall jackson to sell soap. what an explosion in just a period of a few weeks in jackson's public image. that of course is my main thing today. an aside from the phrenology. maybe some of you know about phrenology, the pseudo science that the bumps on your cranium showed your strengths and weaknesses. and this was one of his eccentric subenthusiasms. the library a few miles from here on the boulevard includes two phrenological volumes. one is something like marriage or a guide for choosing a life's mate. you were supposed to feel his or her head and look for the bump that had to do with love, sentiment, music. jackson presumably had a concavity for music since he was tone deaf. this has fallen out of vogue, but the fact that it was in the american phrenological journal seems to be a footnote. when jackson launched his epic venture he had no cache whatsoever. just none. public mentioned of him in the valley usually poked fun at him in the southern newspapers

those of us here today, those of us here in spirit, and people throughout the world who have been affected by h.i.v. and aids, take a moment and pause today. virtually everyone has lost someone, knows a colleague or has a friend who has lost someone. today i remember my first friend, steven landman. i lost him to aids more than 20 years ago. steven i met when i moved to new york. i had just come out, and he was the first gay friend i made. he was beautiful, so beautiful. he had the face of a runway model and the body of adonis to match. we joked and said he had the smile of pearl drop teeth as bright as farrah fawcett's. he introduced me to yoga. he introduced me to medication, and he introduced me to some very, very late nights in the east village, it you know way mean. a couple of years later, things changed. steven was ill, hospitalized at st. vincent's, and a number of times there and back again. finally his body succumbed to

six pm in moscow i metro so it's good to have you with us here on r.t. our top story seventy countries led by the u.s. are united their efforts against the syrian government by agreeing to step up sanctions the so-called friends of syria group also shown supporters of president assad who weren't invited to the meeting in tunisia that's one of the reasons why russia refused to attend saying it can't support a one sided approach to the crisis moscow as a peace deal that will involve both damascus and the opposition with no foreign pressure fighting between rebel forces and government troops is apparently as a way to go ahead of sunday's a breakthrough poll of the country or he's worried if an ocean has the latest. preparations for a national referendum are in full swing here in damascus on sunday people are expected to vote on the country's new constitution posters and banners calling on them to come and cast ballots out of every way haim the capital and as far as the information minister has said for the first time it only invites people to come and vote

stay with us here on r.t. for more analysis of the e.u.' economic woes with journalist charlie mcgrath will join us later this hour. meanwhile tehran has reiterated its readiness to resume nuclear talks with major powers to discuss the country's controversial nuclear program as well israel has stepped up its stance against iran with prime minister benjamin netanyahu saying tehran's aggression must be stopped he repeated the claims that iran was behind recent bombings allegedly targeting israelis in india georgia and thailand israel says there are links between the incidence of iran denies any involvement saying israel is waging a psychological war that many fear may pave the way to military action political analyst chris bambery from the international socialist group explains why he thinks israel is acting as if. i have to take israel's claim that iran is behind the attacks on its diplomats in georgia and india with a pinch of salt firstly should be said israel has a long record of using assassination as the tool i think it might be better

is in damascus for all of us here abouts. so as new constitution is now waiting to be implemented the majority of the people voted in favor of the new charter on sunday but it only comment to force after presidential decree so while president bashar al assad he in syria is getting ready with the papers the right different professions in europe french foreign minister in a speech to the un human rights council on monday in geneva where syria is dominating the agenda has said that the time is common for president bashar assad as well as all the syrian officials both civilian and military to face justice for crimes against their people france wants to see the regime before the international criminal court and urges for procreation is to start the draft resolution of the un human rights council condemns widespread and systematic violations of human rights and other freedoms here in syria the diplomats are expected to vote on this resolution on tuesday the un human rights council is also expected to call on syria to stop attacks a

a lot of us here are small business people. if we bail, we fail. >> i had a record stores went under because the record industry changed. nobody bailed me out. i had to go on to doing something else. i did not even think to go to the government asked for millions of dollars. >> we keep inching our way toward socialism. the first step is to taking over businesses. they now own a two of our largest automobile companies. >> this will be essential to the general election in november. obama argues that by saving plants like this when he has saved the economy from a much worse off fate. as opponents will say that big spending and big government is putting this country on a bad track. >> there may be eight months to go into the presidential election, in russia they will make their choice this weekend. prime minister vladimir putin is expected to win. as we report, putin's critics have up on the most unusual way to voice their opposition. >> they have asked us not to reveal where they are, or who they are. it is all very hush hush. not

sports news next with dmitri stay with us here on r.t. . but of their good company again this are all the latest from the boxing world who are not in the next eleven minutes coming up in the program. change had reports claim former england manager fabio capello is on the brink of joining the big spending russian premier league side. rage. seven time jujitsu champ turn corners apart at the inaugural the verdict and then make championship in moscow. and in goal phil mickelson wins the four two title of his career as he claims that pebble beach national in california. so we start with football according to sources in russia father capello could be about to become the next manager of color. of the club's management and players took place with an official announcement on the future of coach expected later it's believed left the club by mutual consent while capello a reporter that arrived in moscow on saturday and it had been claimed it was due to hold talks with the darkest on a club the sixty five year old there has denied those rumors saying h

it's great to see such a great crowd here for what for us is an extremely important event. my name is ed reiskin. i'm the transportation director here in san francisco and very pleased to welcome you all here this morning for what we expect will be a very lively and productive couple of days here in san francisco. the san francisco m.t.a. is the agency that's charged with implementing the city's transit first policy, which is about getting people out of their cars and into more sustainable modes of transportation, such as bikes, such as walking and transit in our great muni system. as someone who myself gets around the city often by bike, and i do that by choice, but more importantly, i'm given the charge of our agency to get folks out oaf their cars. i can't tell you how exciting it is for me to think all of the brain power and enthusiasm for cycling that's in this room are going to spend the next two days working with us to help us figure out how we can do every -- even better. although we've done a lot in terms of bicycling and increasing the mode of bicycling as a transp

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