to all of you here tonight from the city family i want to saw thank you for joining us here as well and to really encourage you to take part of in all of the if he istivities that we have to offer here at city hall and for those of you who have an opportunity to tine sign in at the front please do so we can reach you through the mayor's office and neighborhood services center which highlights the many services and if he is activities that occur in san francisco and in our city. and so while we take a pause, for a moment, to bring some more art into our hall, we would like to pause for one more musical enter lewd and to begin with the rest of our program. so thank you all very much. ♪ ♪ (applause). . (applause). . . >> thank you guys so much for that beautiful performance can we give them another round of applause? (applause). >>> all the this time if i can ask mr. joaquin torrez to join us again on stage, joaquin will be introducing the mayor and if i can ask my fellow committee members to also join us on stage. joaquin. >> thank you very much i have to say as director the mayor's oches

thanks for joining us here on r.t. canada is the latest nato country to step up support for the french intervention in mali recent number of allies of the african islamists some experts believe france may have bitten off more than it can chew opinion on that coming up in just a few minutes here on r.t. . and revelations of murder trial the internet freedom activist aaron swartz who took his own life earlier this month the man who had been facing thirty five years in jail for his activities may actually have been linked to wiki leaks. coming up just a few minutes. but for now the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu may have won the general election but he's done so only by the skin of his teeth defying almost all predictions the biggest winners were to the center with concern over house prices seemingly trumping nuclear threats as artie's pulis leave reports it may leave netanyahu desperate enough to turn to the extreme right for help in the future. the voting here might be in secret but what's no secret is the re

from tragedy in one accident which has gone viral dramatically underlines the point at tubby's here to tell us more about this tabby it's already been a few months of snow here in moscow and it's not just snow but it's usually snow on the ice as well a very thick blanket over that you know just driving by just walking the beach i know it's tricky already when you're just on your two feet but now you've got to be driving as well but i want to tell you talk to you about this video like you just said it's gone viral and the reason it's got viral it's because it's really terrifying to watch someone i'll ask you and all of us to take a look at this it might be a little bit disturbing for thirteen of us because it does have contained certain images now this driver you see does one hundred eighty degrees turn around because he was trying to overtake somebody that of a car comes out something flies out of the cot the mitsubishi and as you move closer you'll see right now as you move closer to actually we're going to tell you about him out of the car that's what you think the first time you think it's

pleasure to have you with us here on r.t. today. with your news from around the world. now hundreds of thousands of egyptians are expected to gather in cairo's iconic square. the beginning of the egyptian revolution however. instead they're holding rallies against the new government which the uprising helped to bring to power let's go to live to cairo now and speak to our. troops. joining us quickly on the program good to see you bella how big are the crowds. peaceful at the moment. at the moment said tens of thousands of people have flooded into egypt's tahrir square to maka the anniversary of the january twenty five seventy since however we have seen violent scenes already across our country to my right here just by some key government buildings like the cabinet building i caches continue between security forces and protesters and if you see in the last half an hour had reports of street battles happening in egypt second city alexandria between security forces and demonstrators now held two years off of the revolution two years after widespread protests in the square

really appreciate your commitment to our community and we are happy that you are here to celebrate this momentous day with us. we have an awesome community here, we are here to celebrate the awesomeness of our community the dedication of our community and, you know we are hebe here to serve all of you so really this award should go to everybody here in our community. thank you very much. (applause). >>> and i just want to echo jeff's words and say thank you for having us here today and thank you all for joining us and we look forward to many more arab heritage month celebrations and as well as our bigger community center and you know, through all of the different work that we do in different arab organization, different community organizationings it's about strengthening our community and contributing to the amazing cultural land scam of our city and we are very thankful to here today. >> and thank you shad deand the committee for putting on such a great show and where joaquin. thank you very much also for all of your dedication and work. okay thanks a lot:. >> so please everyone, join us for the reception,

rights in different countries arab countries but when it comes to buying they use double standard so the process there is here and by having a look they are those radical processors they are the minority and not the majority but they are using such methods to prevent them violent security forces from entering their religion and attacking it on armed civilians and children like we witnessed and a big deal and also of the four year old child being affected by security forces with tear gas canisters. this is a. this week a lot of stumped allowing the u.s. military to detain terrorist suspects indefinitely including americans without charge or trial the national defense authorization act it also extends the restrictions on transferring detainees out of guantanamo for another year a veteran congressman dennis kucinich thinks that of the move is ultimately part of a pattern that undermines democracy right now we're much more of a garrison and garrison plus. a powerful military which keeps asserting itself globally and it doesn't make america any safer and frankly doesn't make the world safer we're spending upwards

and thank you mayor brown for being here tonight and to join all of us. kids, happy holidays. right. >> thank you, mr. mayor. so, a couple of other shout outs, our music concourse commissioner is here. [ applause ] and katie from the arts commission here and supervisor cohen just showed up in santa's sleigh and so speaking of there is a read jeep cherokee on conservatory drive, so if you have a red jeep cherokee you want to move your car. >> also want to thank whole foods for sponsoring tonight's event and so now mr. mayor and i am going to welcome you your predecessor mayor brown and i would like you both to lead us in the count down, are are we ready to turn the lights on? >> the lights only are electricians are literally at the north pole and they can't flip the switch unless there was a joke about the candle stick. they can only flip the switch from the north pole as we really, really hear them. so before i turn it over to mayor lee and mayor brown to do the count down, i need to hear as loud as you could possibly scream, are you ready to turn the lights on? they said that

hard a time for you to get involved with us here at r.t. on the web site r.t. dot com we've been asking you what you think the actions of the so-called muslim patrol will lead to here are the options you can choose from right there just to mention a couple of them for you for example that might result in an increase in muslim fundamentalism or increase or reprisal attacks from groups like the national front or down to the final option for you to choose from it'll create growing discord in mixed london communities off to r.t. dot com we go now bring up the numbers for you to see how your voting and the numbers have been changing from hour to hour those still in the top position here first of all first and foremost the majority of the voters from r.t. dot com saying this will simply cause a growing discord in mixed communities what else will result from the actions of the muslim patrol in london coming in a second place that will cause a rise in religious tensions in the u.k. down to the third position now it will prompt reprisal vigilantism from groups for examp

, but guess what, that is affecting us here. you are starting to see them pop up. there was the rubber person selling the rubber stuffer out the truck and they vanished and i haven't seen them around. i have seen a small truck with clothes in the commission and i'm okay, it's going to start to happen. if we could take about that at one of the meetings because that is going to happen sooner or later. >> i have seen women's clothing trucks at levi plaza. >> so yes, commissioners, that is starting to be a standing agenda with the policy committee, but we have beening to doing work and staff member christin murdock is staffing the work on this and we'll proficient you with a more detailed update at the general meeting. x any other items? >> next item. >> item 15, adjournment. >> motion. >> second. >> all in favor? >> aye. >> commissioners the meeting is adjourned at 7:10 p.m. >> it goes back to the 18 50s fisherman's wharf, meg's wharf which was the place in san francisco to enjoy yourself. eventually fisherman's wharf moved into yo

will use programs and documentaries in arabic it's all here on. reporting from the world talks about six of the yard p. interviews intriguing stories for you because you. see them trying. to find out more visit are a big don't call t.v. don't call. it's good to have you with us here in our suits today belfast is in a state of shaky calm after the self dubbed silent majority rallied against the violent riots of the past week's unrest began when the catholic dominated local council limited the flying of the u.k. flag on civic buildings sparking fears protests by pro british protestants as well to sarah for three ports unclear goals on both sides could easily trigger more trouble. well it's certainly been a turbulent time for northern ireland six weeks now since the decision was taken to limit the number of days of the flight city hall sparking. out on to the streets the weekend today we saw some of the worst rioting that has taken place. we have more than twenty nine police officers that were injured at the weekend in the damage that this is doing.

us into the hall. thank you. ♪ ♪ >> hello and welcome to me your district supervisor. we're hereh supervisors got scott wiener. he started his first term this january. we are going to get to know him and talk about the issues facing the city. welcome. thank you for joining us today. tell us about your background, where you grew up, went to school, and what kind of jobs to have had. >> i grew up in the philadelphia area, in new jersey. i went to school up and down the east coast. i went to undergrad at duke university. i went to law school at harvard. after clerking for a judge, i came out here in 1997. i have been here for the last 14 years. i have always lived in the castro. i am an attorney. i started out in private practice. i settle private law firm during complex commercial litigation. in 2002, and moved over to the sentences the city attorney's office where i worked on the trial team doing trials for the city, handling my own cases, and supervising a team of attorneys as well. >> why did you choose to live in san francisco? >> i always assumed i would go back to the philade

rights in different countries arab countries but when it comes to bahrain they use double standards so the protesters here inviting although they are those radical and protesters they are the minority and not the majority but they are using such methods to prevent violent security forces from entering their their and their religious and attacking on armed civilians and children like we witnessed and the big you have off of the four year old child being attacked by security forces with here gas canisters are now just turning up twenty minutes past the hour moscow time heavy fighting reported in syria's north where rebel fighters stormed a strategic base in the loop province then i'll even claim to have the capability of producing chemical weapons and threatening to use them and the u.n. meantime says more than sixty thousand people have been killed in the conflict some experts say the lack of dialogue will simply lead to even more deaths. if. a peace negotiation and peace initiative presented by brahimi last russia is not accepted by the opposition as it is at the moment the situation in syria will be esca

thanks for joining us here on r.t. today canada is considering extending its commitment to the french intervention in mali that's including sending in troops for logistical support it's after the us italy and the u.k. also boosted their backing for the operation and the morgan an expert on west africa believes piracy clearly underestimated the size of the task in mali. this is a very strange and very diverse some very kind of collide scopic coalition of people you have the hard core of the al-qaeda in the islamic magreb fighters now they are very very hard and desert fighters been out there for almost a decade they know the region very very well you know the desert is that absolute home you also have the radicals who basically decided to put their faith in a ghetto garley is this islam this leader this strong man who's basically seduced a lot of to ari into joining his islamist cause now they'll also be at home they know that there's a that's their territory their soup doesn't fighters they specialize in this kind of h

us. and we're here to announce today that the five of us here today and eight of us in total, including senators mccain, rubio and bennett have come together on bipartisan principles for immigration reform legislation that we hope can pass the snot in overwhelming fashion. we still have a long way to go. but this bipartisan -- sorry, we still have a long way to go but this bipartisan blueprint is a major break through. it's our hope these principles can be turned into legislation by march and have a mark up by the committee with a goal of passage out of the senate by late spring or summer. senator durbin and i spoke to the president yesterday to update him on the group's progress. and he couldn't be more pleased. he strongly support this is effort. the key to our compromise so to recognize that americans overwhelmingly oppose illegal immigration and support legal immigration. to this end our framework contains four basic pillars. first, we create a tough but fair path to citizenship for illegal immigrants currently living in the united states that is contingent upon securing our borders. second,

joining us here in our. e.u. leaders seeking to concentrate more power in brussels may face a setback from the union's most reliable member of course germany thousands of signed a petition against the european stability mechanism which could allow the block to use members' funds to help other states in trouble and the germans aren't exactly happy about letting someone else decide where that money goes. all of it went to find out. there's a rising feeling here in germany that it's not the germans who are really in charge of their country. the government is taking the sovereign rights of the german people and giving them away to bureaucrats in brussels specifically with regards to currency this is a painful injury to the sovereignty of germany the issue is said to be fought out in the second tightest court this group calling themselves the civil coalition movement want to stop germany's fiscal future being decided by the european central bank particularly how much german cash goes to the eurozone countries and set

us? >> nobody. >> right here, right here. left and right, all day. absolutely. >> mike: 49er personnel handing out towels on the streets. who got it better than us? nobody. and 49ers hoping that them tomorrow. i'm mike shumann, abc7 news. >> ama: we're all hoping that. stay with abc7 news for the latest on he big game. mike shumann will be back live with us tomorrow morning during the morning news at 5:00. >>> happening right now, a high surf advisory in effect in the bay area. it's good news for surfers preparing for tomorrow's mavericks competition, but it wasn't good for self -- several surfers who got caught up in rough surf. sergio? reporter: coast guard spokesperson tells me two surfers got in trouble up near dylan beach in marin county. one had to be plucked from the water bay rescue boat. here at ocean beach in san francisco, rescue crews were called in to help six surfers. the strong rip tides near the cliff house created a challenge for the surfers. a coast guard helicopter helped lock case some of thems' and rescue boats patrolled niche. on

it's good to have you with us here on r.t. today now more than one hundred and fifty people remain in hospital in syria after a deadly blast rocked a university campus in the city of aleppo which killed almost ninety and the explosion came on the first day of exams the majority of those injured are students on the place also house some thirty thousand refugees state run media is blaming terrorists for the blast while rebels have pointed the finger at the regime saying warplanes carried out the strike a middle east analyst on my role action russia says the tactics of terror thank you so much to say. we are talking about negotiating with terrorists and there cannot be any negotiation with terrorists this is this is the problem you cannot negotiate with the people who are killing civilians to press you to negotiations this is this is a really big problem no western state no western state no western government. who say now it was here in government that should negotiate and so on and so on and negotiate with terrorists if seen in

could have you with us here at r.t. today and probably for the third time by any minute netanyahu is a right wing blogger does end up winning the general election the faces of the former coalition to back his plans to tackle what he sees as the ongoing iranian nuclear threat and more on that and other stories so after a short break. more news today violence is once again flared up. these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. giant corporations are all day. it's a quarter past three on sunday afternoon here in moscow this is artsy prime minister benjamin netanyahu may of come out the winner of israel's general election this week but he did suffer a major setback the two main blocs were left close to deadlock in the new parliament meaning that netanyahu has a struggle to build a stable government during the election campaign he pledged to put iran's nuclear program at the top of the international agenda and i'm sorry but who is the editor of the palestine accountable dot com earlier he spoke

and we've got a whole array of pastries here just for us. honey and nuts and cinnamon, all kinds of great ingredients. this is amazing. here's another yummy pastry made with filo dough. oh, my gosh. really sweet and similar, it's so much lighter. this is what i like. we have a lovely little row here. it looks like a very delicious and exciting surprise. covered by input. i'm going to bite into it. here we go. godness. this would go great with armenian coffee. now we're making some incredible armenian coffee. >> we buy our coffee from, they have the best coffee. these come from armenia especially made. would you like to try it? >> i would like to try. >> would you like sugar or no sugar? >> no sugar today. so excited. really earthy, you can really taste the grain. i think that's what makes it so special. really hope you try it. having a great time at the armenian festival. we ate, we saw, and we definitely conquered. i don't know about you, but i have to go dance this food out. in the meantime check out our blog for recipes, out takes and so m

he saw that we were not taken care of by the relatives we were left with, and he decided to bring us here because he had changed his mind about coming back to mexico, and he decided we should join him here in the u.s.. >> host: how did you get to the other side? >> guest: i had to run a lot. we had to cross the border illegally, through -- back then, there was no wall, and that's what we did our crossing, and the first two times, we were caught by border patrol. my father, he was hesitant to bring me at first because i was nine and a half at the time, and he thought i was too too littler the journey. we were caught the first two times, and i felt guilty because i thought it was my fault. my father was right in that i was small, got tired, hungry, and he carried me on his back for a big part of the journey so then the third time, he told us that was it. that was the last time, and if we didn't make it, he was going to send us back to the relatives in mexico, and the third time was different because we trieded it at night, and it was very scary to be in the middle of nowhere, pitch black, c

us for that. for now though a bit earlier here on r.t. at least nine people were killed and nearly five hundred wounded reportedly in clashes with police across egypt it's on the second anniversary of the revolution that toppled hosni mubarak literally tens of thousands of demonstrators were calling on president mohamed morsi to step down saying his muslim brotherhood backed government is only working for its limits shammy editor of the online newspaper says the people of egypt have grown increasingly disillusioned with the politics of the u.s. backed muslim brotherhood. people who voted for him to give him a good chance. at the last. for most of the people who are out in the streets to the people in egypt now truly are is that. religion and politics should not be mixed clearly and some nations would use slam and religion to get the support of the people and once the are being in a very very differently from what the have been promising and that's. one of the reasons of their anger you seeing to the industry to egypt. americans want some

one is now 20, and the other is here with us tonight. [applause] i want to thank you for being model adoptive parents. leona, i expect to see you down here delivering your own state of the commonwealth speech here in about 30 years. [applause] tonight i am asking you to join with me in ensuring that more little girls like leona get great parents like jeff and angie. there are 1100 foster care children currently awaiting adoption. i have provided money to provide for roughly 1000 families to adopt foster care children. this will help more young children find the loving homes and loving parents that they need. i want to thank secretary janet kelly for her leadership in bringing this to my attention. i am also saying to you today that we owe our children a clean environment and a clean chesapeake bay. i am proposing a $200 million water quality improvement bond issue that will provide over $100 billion for much-needed waste water treatment plant upgrades, and $35 million for urban storm water projects in multiple municipalities all over the

good morning, thank you for having us here. as you know, san francisco travel continues to really appreciate the relationship with the city to transform moscone into a state-of-the-art facility that continue to attract convention business to the city. ensure that we remain competitive. currently the 16.35 million visitors that come to san francisco spend about $8.5 billion. of these visitors, 21% come through moscone. we know that due to size constraints we're at risk losing some of this business. we know from third party report, we've lost over $2 billion between now and 2019 because of size constraints. the m.e.d. will help us fund an explanation project that will allow us to recoupe a lot of that business so we will remain competitive. doing so, the city will realize significant benefits. these include the creation of 3430 jobs. the community as a whole will realize $713 million over the first seven years in incremental economic activity and the city itself will benefit from $321. with that, san francisco travel is in comple

. >> next saturday, folks, be sure to watch us here 2:00 eastern. i'll be joined by football hall of famer marcus allen, grew up loving this guy. really excited talking to him next saturday just in time for super bowl sunday. we are now one full week into president obama's second term, and a theme already seems to be emerging from republicans, including john boehner. it's that the president is on a mission to annihilate the gop and push a far left agenda, and they point to his inaugural speech as evidence where the president said things like, well, this. >> preserving our individual freedoms ultimately requires collective action, medicare and medicaid and social security.

you know, many of us came here from smoip else or their parents did. and whether it was guadalajara or a rural county in texas what brought us here was that hope where in san francisco as most places offered a better life. it was judged by a play we create not by a language we grew up with. we're a city that rewards the inno matter and the risktaker. fred and harvey ye very and willie brown and nancycy pelosi. we've known our share of adversity, earthquake and the problems with aids. we're not afraid to fail or doing what we know is right. and most importantly we know that none of us succeed alone whether it's in reconcile or business or life. we know as michelle obama said so well, this past summer when you walk through that door of opportunity you don't slam it shut you help someone else walk through that door behind you. my fellow san franciscans i know there's no limit to the opportunities in this city in we keep the door open. if we commit ourselves and put politics behind us we can help future generations and thank you go because we have a great

. >> translator: kill us here because i can't go back to myanmar. may they protect us. i'm very worried about my family, but what can i do. >> the government is conducting a plan to remain on soil for six months. where they will go next is unknown. more boat people are expected to arrive in the coming weeks and months. they leave hostility and violence behind, but they are facing an uncertain future. nhk world. >>> asia is home to rapid economic growth but the region is also the stage for an arms race. india has produced a ballistic missile that can be fired from a submarine. nhk world reports from new delhi. >> reporter: the defense research and the development organization which works under india's defense ministry says they successfully testified a k-5 ballistic missile in the bay on sunday. the group says the missile has a range of 1,500 kilometers and is capable of carrying a nuclear warhead. india aims to put a nuclear powered submarine into service and is expected to arm it with the newly developed missile. china's increasing influence in the region is behind the

us. thank you for being here. let's start with the title of this documentary, the grand deception.in where that comes from, if you will. >> sure. the title actually came from a term that was invoked by a group of muslim brotherhood activists who secretly got together in philadelphia in 1993 in a meeting that was actually wiretapped by the fbi, and in that meeting -- and the wiretaps have been declassified -- they openly talk about deception as the primary campaign tactic that they would use to change the image of the muslim brotherhood and hamas in the united states by creating new front groups, changing the terminology, claiming they were against terrorism publicly but in fact raising funds 4011 privately. the word deception is the word that i used in the title because says exactly was going on throughout the country with these radical islamic groups. not all of the monetarists. their radical in the same way that david duke was radical. being applied to the state department on vhs, having their indictments dropped. this is what's going on under the tutelage of the muslim brotherho

here. lisa amin gulezian joins us from the site of the new 49er stadium. lisa? >> carolyn, here in santa clara, the talk is already about super bowl 50. tonight the city leaders met to discuss what it would take to get the super bowl here in 2016. tonight the city council met in a closed door session to discuss the super bowl plan. the proposal is due in may, and in it santa clara has to prove it can handle a massive event like the super bowl. some members of the council supports the team in new orleans. >> we are excited about it. the buzz is around the super bowl right now because our team is in the super bowl. >> the san francisco bay area is already on the short list to host the 2016 super bowl. along with southern florida. >> live in santa clara tonight , abc7 news. jay be sure to turn to abc7 news on sunday. our team in new orleans and in the bay area, we will be live on the air with coverage of how 9er fans are reacting here and in the big easy. >> stick with us. >>> we are having awfully nice weather. >> sandhya? >> right now, dan, live doppler 7hd is not

they think he just likes to jam to the music. >>> that's it for us here at "right this minute." s, and we'll see you next time.

if you join us here. in the. lead to us stock. robberies in france gold jewelry shops of the main targets and the people working in them and getting more nervous every day this report. until a month ago this was one of many jewelry shops on a quiet street in central paris after a gruesome attack by armed robbers never reopened for business having kept robbers out of his store a fifty two year old metal worker tried to chase them down into the street to the parking lot where their motorbike stood the criminals turned around and fired a shot at him he died right in the middle of the street in broad daylight the murder shocked france with the country's interior ministry fearing it would not be the last incident of its kind. we must not regard these attacks as these individuals are well trained and they can and will use force and weapons against the employees of jewelry stores. since france plunged into financial crisis armed robberies have become ever more frequent criminals not only attack stores but they also strip people of their

thanks for joining us here on. live in moscow now watching you tube videos while picking up a good salary getting good performance reviews possible dream for the world's desk jockeys one enterprising american he secretly outsourced his day's work at multiple companies to china and thought he's gonna reports and he got away with it. you may already know that outsourcing is very popular in american companies outsource manufacturing to places like china they outsourced services including call centers to places like india american companies outsource jobs all the time but some americans took outsourcing to a whole new level by getting someone in china or elsewhere to work under their name and credentials one of america's largest broadband and telecommunications companies why is that most recently caught one of software developers doing exactly that someone they refer to as bob paid a software consulting firm in china less than one fifth of his six figure salary to do his job bob gave them all the codes necessary to acc

. >> and akiko is with us here in new york tonight. and you talked with your experts on this. they tell you this was a message aimed right at america? >> reporter: that's right. analysts say this was an address that was addressed directly to the u.s. and south korea's new leader. and with that rocket launch, we know that kim has a bigger hand at the bargaining table now. >> perhaps something new afoot. akiko fujita with us here tonight, thank you. >>> we're going to turn to pack stan now, where gunmen in the country's volatile northwest region launched a deadly attack on a passenger van there, killing five female teachers and two health care workers. the director of the group believes they may have been targeted for their anti-polio work. militants in the past have accused health workers there as acting as spies of the u.s. >>> back here at home tonight, and environmental crisis may have been averted off the coast of alaska tonight. a coast guard flight over a drilling rig that ran aground in shallow water is showing no signs of any oil leaks. the rig was being pulled out of h

i said joining us here on r.t. let's shift gears here and turn our attention of out of pakistan over the standoff between protesters and the government continues but authorities are already threatening action if the demonstrators don't clear the streets near parliament thousands have been camping there for three days now demanding the government's dissolution the political chaos in the country has also deepened after the government clashed with a top court order to arrest the prime minister was a graft case that was refused ultimately officials of accused the judiciary and the military over conspiracy and speculation the military's also had its hand in the sudden rise of the leader of the ongoing protests or the man. in country or the muslim cleric has called for a revolution if the demonstrators demands are not met we spoke exclusively to him he explains how the situation in pakistan is different from other arab spring countries. when i see evolution we should keep in your mind in egypt in tunis in libya and all th

joining us live here on r.t. it's good to see you today so we're just getting a little bit of an unclear picture but ok now everything's absolutely fine here on r.t. we've got to ask the question as we've heard reports of anti morsi chanting at the funeral march in port sayed why is a funeral march turned into a protest. it's very very difficult situation in egypt but we have to disentangle between two issues the first one is. again is the government again is of president morsi and the second hand violence. some people would like. is a situation in a very violent image in the egyptian society so we have to distinguish between two things first of all if illusionary forces who are looking good for. implementation of the slogans of evolution in egypt freedom and justice are struggling to do it and other groups we would like to threaten stability of the situation in egypt and we have to be. very gracious to uncover all those people who brokered violence will support the violence or violence violence because it's too

us. we are standing here in a very crucial point actually it is called the flame us to square or the local language where dr qadri and his protest are as are gathered and demanded the government to step down. and he has added to that the seven demands which briefly says that the all parliamentarian legislative institution should be dissolved and the government has to resign immediately and he's also said in his speech that he would not move from this place even if the last person would leave but he was going to continue his demands and they knew his their protest here requested all the protester who are very ill and a golden chance as he called it to make a change in pakistan which is needed since the initial end of this country in nineteen forty seven. order still ahead for you this hour here on the father of the internet freedom fighter aaron swartz accuses the government of killing his son as the late activist receives tearful goodbyes. more bloodshed in syria where dozens die in a double bombing in the center of a battleground between government forces and rebels. ok we're about a bit

thanks for joining us here and. sushi there was certainly a lot of talk about democracy and individual freedoms and president obama's inaugural speech this week but it's the privacy of millions of americans that may be most a threat on civil liberties group in the u.s. has demanded to know exactly what techniques the f.b.i. uses to track its own citizens but it's not. going to try to cut explains the reply raised more questions than the ones. everybody knows that the f.b.i. uses all sorts of tracking devices on car cellphones and whatnot everything that can carry g.p.s. the american civil liberties union filed the request under the freedom of information act asking for the justice department to review the f.b.i.'s guidelines their internal memos as to how and under what circumstances they track people as of now there is no clear understanding among americans of when they will be subjected to tracking possibly for months at a time or whether the government will first get a warrant this is the justice department's res

here in london. everyday ordinary people teach us that democracy is free speech and dissent. from heretics to hero american whistleblower bradley manning finally free. droning on the nations agree to end iraq of remote control. egypt's arab spring sees democracy defeat hardline islamist. the reality on the ground was anything but egyptian president mohamed morsi is fouled like power grab unleashed fury and frenzied street battles and a fast track to constitutional overhaul referendum left a bitter opposition eager for change for them twenty twelve saw the arab spring transformed into an egyptian nightmare had the revolution to get rid of a tyrant. in order to that we made elections the revolution and elections to choose someone to the present us turned out that this guy is also a tyrant himself and he has had lines may have been the stuff of imagination but that's the of twenty thirteen can bring any of them to life. r.t. moscow. or celebrations on capitol hill were delayed as lawmakers use the early hours of twenty thirty to strike a crucial deal to avert the so-called fisca

human rights in different countries arab countries but when it comes to behave they use double standards so the protesters here it by having although they are those radical protestors they are the minority and not the majority but they are using such methods to prevent that why didn't security forces from entering there they are at their religious and attacking on armed civilians and children like we witnessed and a big deal and off of the four year old child being attacked by security forces with here gas canisters ok i asked my dollars solve european or par or any organization for human rights so i thank you for joining us here naughty. well top u.s. arms makers are forecasting a significant rise in sales for the coming year after a pretty solid twenty twelve washington has been shifting its sights towards asia looking to arm it sounds eyes who are in neighboring north korea and china independent journalist james corbett says the u.s. is creating a pretext to make billions from arms sales which could backfire through geopolitical tensions. what we can see is really just a return to a very old imperial strate

it should an decent looking holiday here for us. are headed down to the mall, dress in layers. -- you want to be prefared for a winter -- prepared for a winter morning. leonardtown, 30 degrees. 32 here in annapolis and 30 in baltimore. temperatures overnight again falling generally below freezing with the exception of quantico and here at reagan national. looking at the satellite-radar, a little bit of cloud cover to start your day. i think there will be peeks of sunshine particularly early. later this afternoon, as our arctic front starts to move in, yesterday, it got up to 60 and we had the little front come in. we won't be as warm today but we will warm up. we'll have cloud cover and possibility of a for you snow showers late this afternoon and during the early evening hours and then behind that front, look out. we are talking dangerous cold around here for the next couple of days. so today, honestly, the warmest of the next seven as the bottom will drop out on these temperatures overnight. jet stream looks rather benign with a l

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