consistently high so if the border is absolutely deadly more than six thousand have that along the us mexico border since one thousand nine hundred four according to human rights groups that's when operation gate keeper program for defined international crossing with high priced benzene thousands of agents and high tech surveillance was launched border agents call this area below us there are a place where migrants karma. try to scale the wall to get into the u.s. for the scores we try to make the crossing here there are many others who choose a much more treacherous and sometimes deadly route into the u.s. policymakers start pushing the immigrant flow to the deserts with the term migration instead it has led to what some call a death trap internationally migration is. there's attempts to control migration through the same tactic militarisation through building malls and we see them in various places them in india unpack and in health and in israel you've seen disastrous wall attempts in germany many remains found in the desert for merely bone fragments making them difficult to identify you

ground law was a bit much there ready for that how about armed civilian militias patrolling the us mexico border with the blessing of lawmakers is this the best way to keep the border secure for four. and move over terminator there's a new robot in town and this one can run climb carry heavy loads and even stand attempts to knock it off balance it's a humanoid robot so would this be the warriors of the future. it's monday april sixteenth five pm in washington d.c. i'm christine for are watching r.t. and as many of you are watching this there's a chance you're also working on your taxes tax day is tomorrow and especially for those of you who over the government money so they might not be a happy day still this year's tax day comes at a time when taxes and the tax system in general is expected to be front and center in the public debate especially as we near the twenty top election of two candidates for president who have a very different idea about what the tax code should look like and then there are those of you who have some ideas yourselves so we'll start there are you correspondent an

to spend in the us mexico border region is an acceptable amount of dine here and orginally presidential elections are the most difficult time for immigrant communities because that is when a dent in immigrant venerate starts getting heat along with a campaign trail certainly being from san diego myself that is certainly the case when you interview any candidate for any office they all have a strong opinion one way or the other let's have a look back in two thousand and eight and think about what's happened on president obama's watch certainly he has spoken out against the ten seventy bill in arizona but names like governor jan brewer sheriff joe arpaio these have become household names people who are blatantly you know like to present themselves as over the top strikes against illegal immigration how have things changed for immigrants in terms of i mean as we showed in this report here were immigrants coming over and yet more dying what are some of the issues that are new in terms of the last couple years. i think what we have seen as we solve the our national lead the leaders being una

the law into their own hands arizona lawmakers believe finding armed civilian militias along the us mexico border would stop illegal immigration is this a smart way to secure the borders or a free pass for vigilante justice some answers in a minute. our t. is the state english speaking russian channel it's kind of like. russia today has an extremely confrontational stance when it comes to us. what drives the world the fear mongering used by politicians who makes decisions it's completely break through it's already been made who can you trust no one. is your view with the global machinery to see where we had a state controlled capitalism in school sessions when nobody dares to ask we do our tea question more. well the supreme court has michael hear arguments for and against arizona's so-called show me your papers law also known as s b ten seventy and in the meantime the state has been putting together more tough anti illegal immigration laws the state senate has passed a bill there which funds and thanks as an armed civilian militia with a distinct duty of trolling the border for immigrants

every year and thousands from mexico and latin america trying to make it the us states to stop the flow of illegal immigration american authorities have beefed up security along the border with mexico and as for among going to reports it's become the final destination for scores of people. the wind blows through the rugged sonora desert in arizona helping shape its rocky valleys and spectacular peaks it's a treasure of the american southwest but this is also a frontier land where deadly conflict is underway. it's almost a mass disaster situation the disaster which doctor has faces is the growing number of unidentified bodies being found along arizona's southern desert bodies stacked high you know fight for space and perhaps even a proper burial one day it becomes not so much an effort to determine why that person died it becomes an effort to sort out who's who we're inside of the pima county cooler at the medical examiner's office which has the capacity to hold hundreds of bodies now this facility is much larger than other places around the country pacifically because of the issue of bo

again we're porter is absolutely deadly a dream destination but a fatal path we report from the us mexico border tonight where many illegal immigrants perish as they try to find a new life in america. the next over two thousand candidates for new delhi municipal elections will try to woo voters on sunday but many might find it hard to make their choice not because of the overwhelming numbers it's because a fifth of the candidates are standing for office despite a dubious past pre-history to reports for r.t. . show pinney's has been a councillor representing one of the wards in india's capital city for five years he's up for reelection this year and says he wants nothing more than to serve his community. and politics is like social work i'm in it to serve the public as it gives me satisfaction i know their needs but alongside these lofty aspirations are some murky allegations denise has been charged with attempted murder intimidation assaulting a public servant and armed rioting he says he's not guilty of the charges but he's not the only candidate in this year's municipal elections facing

border is absolutely deadly and a dream destination but a fatal path for some we report from the us mexico border where many illegal immigrants perish as they try to find a new life in america. and continuing live video of the orthodox christian easter service live in moscow's main cathedral all the large congregations gathered in the main cathedral centerpiece for a ceremony for the main ceremony in the religions calendar stay with us for more live coverage we're also carrying it on our web site r.t. dot com. in egypt ten of twenty three candidates planning to run for president have been banned from next month's vote the move by the election commission comes after thousands marched in cairo in favor of a new well boring former regime officials in the country's top job those are not allowed on the vote on the ballot include mubarak era intelligence chief omar suleiman but also islamists like hereat all shot or the muslim brotherhood's nominee the commission said those stuff was standing didn't meet its conditions but the candidates who have forty eight hours to appeal. the race for mayor f

so we've got near the border is absolutely deadly and more than six thousand have died along the us mexico border since one thousand nine hundred ninety four according to human rights groups that's when operation gatekeeper program for defying the international crossing with high priced benzene thousands of agents and high tech surveillance was launched border agents called this area below as they were being a place where migrants commonly try escape to. all the while to get into the u.s. for the scores who try to make the crossing here there are many others who choose a much more treacherous and sometimes deadly route into the u.s. policymakers start pushing the immigrant flow to the deserts would deter migration instead it has led to what some call the death trap internationally migration is. there's attempts to control migration through the same tactic for militarization through building walls and we see them in various places in india and pakistan and see this in health and there's a. vast arrest while attempt. in germany many remains found in the desert are merely bone fragments makin

mexico itself quietly decriminalized personal use, i mean everything, everything, and the local drug arkets in mexico have exploded. the drug use in juarez has actually gone up so unless you want to truly legalize, meaning from growing the poppy to injecting it into your arm and and make all of that legal for all of the drugs, only that, and you have to have it happened several countries. as far as the u.s. taking a look at other countries, don't really think it will make that much of an impact. there is that whole little thing called the united nations single convention against illegal drugs and we are one of the signatories along with 186 other countries and that requires that all signatory countries have anti-drug policies. bolivia just pulled out of that because they are big on pro-illegal coca and having the legal market but they want to go back in. they want the u.n. to make changes to it and bolivia relatively speaking or are standing on the international, the international world there's really not that high so no one is seeing a decline but the u.s. has a long moral history of

militia with a distinctly patrolling the border for immigrants and smugglers as i'm living near the us mexico border feel the government is not addressing their security concerns so they think it's their duty to take action but critics feel fear that this bill senate bill twenty three could give vigilantes a free pass to take the law into their own hands one has a good here is the director advanced in need of the usa and i spoke to him about his controversial proposal to look. oh this is a terrible are economically undermines their we thing that we've been hearing about you know the new latino strategy on the part of the republican party to star in political ground they've been losing i mean who would think that by sitting up in independent paramilitary militia to guard the arizona mexico border you know that that's going to win. support in the state of arizona and across the country i mean you know it's a terrible idea when we have the minutemen we have nothin but problems along that stretch of the border to now institutionalize a militia and it's like rather than moving forward we continue

with a distinct tutti of patrolling the border for immigrants and smugglers some living near the us mexico border say the government of simply not addressing their security concerns so they've got to take matters into their own hands a critics fear that this senate bill ten eighty three could given vigilantes a free pass to take the law into their own hands earlier i spoke to one who has a good here it's the director of the usa about the controversial program take a look. well this is a terrible law completely undermines everything that we've been hearing about you know the new latino strategy on the part of the republican party the star. political ground they've been losing i mean who would think that by setting up. an independent paramilitary militia to guard the arizona mexico border you know that that's going to win. support in the state of arizona and across the country i mean you know it's a terrible idea when we have a minute mean we have nothing but problems along that stretch of the border to have now institutionalized a militia it's late rather than moving forward we continue to

mexico has been overlooked for so long. there's no body of water separating us from mexico. i would like to see more facebook, more twitter, just more attention brought to us so something can be done to help the mexican people who have been brutally cheated. >> charlie minn, thank you. thank you for your hard work in putting this documentary together. i hope listeners will go see t. again, it's going to be in alexandria, virginia at the amc. >> and also the regal countryside in sterling. the website is eightmurders-- 8murdersaday.com. >> again, thank you. best of luck with this documentary. it needed to be done. >> thank you. >> thank you for stepping up to the plate in doing this. >> you're welcome. >>> coming up, we're going to have our monday hero central report. today i am featuring sarah's circle. the organization is providing affordable and safe housing to many residents in our area. so stay with that. then howard has the forecast. >>> jc, just getting word of some frost and freeze advisories up for tonight. we'll let you know where that's happening. we go to break with

into mexico city are the same men who are keeping us out of richmond. as mcclellan withdrew down the james and occupied berkeley and

something about your gun laws because, you know all of your guns are being shipped down to mexico and being usedars down here. maybe you should reconsider bringing back the ban on assault rifles in this country. nobody here talks about it. it takes the president of mexico 866-55-press. we will talk about the primaries in just a minute herer aaron blake from the washington post. i want to remind you we are having a party, and we invite you to the party our virtual book party. it's not a physical party for the obama hate machine. you can put yourself on line to sell as many books as you can to your friends and family. depending upon how many you sell, you can win all kinds of prizes, tee shirts and golf shirts and bumper stickers and coffee mugs and baseball caps. >> it's a virtual party. not even have to dress up for you for it. >> but you will get stuff you can wear. >> exactly. >> all of this stuff and the big winners will get a trip for two to washington, d.c., hotel airfare, all included, come into the studio, watch the show in studio and then go out to breakfast with the team press at ted's

>> i tell you they're very important for us as mexico was.mexico, four years back in the middle of this recession, three years back, we decided to expand a small 30,000 square foot plant to a 240,000 square foot plant. others said do not invest, but this plant in mexico is helping our united states plant operate more efficiently because they're doing the work that we have a hard time doing in the united states, the cutting and sewing. in honduras, they're doing things off shore. in honduras, it's in our control rather than coming from off shore where in southeast asia things are getting more difficult. >> more expensive? >> more difficult in the terms of pricing, also sourcing and timing. we like to have control. 70% of our products are still made in our u.s. plants which is somewhat rare these days. >> you mentioned mexico and honduras, walmart has been caught up in a scandal, how do you avoid this if you're in these companies. >> yesterday we had a meeting, a conference call, and i mentioned to them, and referred to this, reading the newspa

and of course, what we hope is that what we learn from mexico city, it will provide insight for us so that we can use that insight and understanding and apply it to other future megacities. narrator: while many previous studies revealed a great deal about pollution within mexico city, what happened to the pollution after it left the city and what its effects were on the region and the globe had never been systematically studied until milagro. so you have all this pollution coming out from burning of fossil fuels, from cars, from industry. and so the pollutants that emitted locally, the local effects would be on the health of the population and on the air quality. but then they could also -- the regional impact, which would affect the ecosystem. and then, also, there's the global impact that would affect the climate. so this is very serious. narrator: 24 hours a day for 30 days, the milagro team collected data using airplanes, radars, weather balloons, and dozens of scientific instruments. i brought here to mexico city an instrument which i call the differential supersaturation separat

so mexico to us looks extremely well positioned at the moment. >> all right. thank you so much, julian thompson. certainly a great conversation and who are to tamore on talk ad the time. coming up, our next guest says the s&p 500 will like sli be sustaining in a range the rest of the year. of the year. > dddddddddddddddd >>> welcome to the show. headlines from around the globe today, here in the united states, ben bernanke down plays the expectations of any further easing in the near future. but doesn't completely close the door. >> we remain prepared to use balance sheet tools to support the recovery and help make sure that unemployment continues its downward path. >> mixed results from european banks. barclays beats. but deutsche bank hit by a big one off charge. >> and in japan, nintendo promises to regain its shine this year after posting its first annual loss in more than 30 years. nice to have you here. let's take a look at the u.s. futures to see how we're setting up for trade on wall street. we were positive before, now looking in negat

use in war. bbc news, new mexico. >> that's going to be more frequent. you're watching "bbc world news america." still to come on tonight's program -- with the pressure to get to a good preschool mounting, some parents are taking the curriculum into their own hands in their own homes. >>> protesters have clashed with riot police in the greek capital of athens after a pensioner shot himself dead outside of parliament. >> still they keep coming, crowds arrive to pay their respects taking candles where in broad daylight, a pensioner shot himself. 77-year-old man despairing for his financial future took his life on wednesday morning outside of parliament. he left a note, i see no other solution, he says, than the dignified end so as not to resource sort -- >> this is a tragic moment for greek society. they're hurt. they need contemplation and silence. [ speaking foreign language ] >> we're all heading there. today i got paid my easter bonus and instead of 400 euros, i got 180 euros. how can i manage to live on this, for me and my children. >> he was a retire

mexico. you said what makes him come from another country and lecture us on our health care system. maybe the president asked him to. >> that is correct. >> kevin, you mentioned one out of 11 people born in mexico live in the u.s. i think it is okay because in return our justice department sends our guns to mexico. >> which is really thoughtful of them to send lots of weapons down there where they can be used to kill people including american law enforcement agents. why isn't eric holder in jail? >> that's above my pay grade, sir. >> we put him in a holder cell. >> i guess the good things about the guns going down there if anyone is shot under 18 they have free health care. >> dan, you said mexico lecturing us is like having a friend who is a drug addict lecture you about how messy your apartment is. it sounds like you were talking about something in real life. >> no, but if i were meth lets you keep your apartment clean. >> all right. >> put that out there. >> thought maybe it was a joe derosa reference. >> no, but close. >> by the way, the worst part of the press conference was whe

>> honduras is very important for us as mexico was. mexico, four years back in the middle of this recession, three years back, we decided to expand a small plant to 8240,000 ft. , state-of-the-art plants. we made that investment because i was thinking of the future. three years back we would've said no. similarly this plan in mexico is helping our united states plants operate more efficiently because they're doing the work that we have a hard time to do in the united states, the cutting and sawing. similarly in honduras it's starting to make chairs, which today we are making offshore. we're bringing them back. in honduras, which is under our control, rather than to have it coming from offshore, especially in southeast asia, where things are getting somewhat more difficult. >> getting more expensive to make their. >> they're getting more difficult, somewhat more difficult in the terms of pricing. also sourcing and timing. we like to have control. 70% of our products are still made in our you as plants, which is somewhat rarer these days

this one comes to us from new mexico, where a bunch of kids stole a car for a little bit of a joyride>> little did they know, that's what the police wanted. liz mcinearn joins us from albuquerque. >> reporter: you can hear the excitement in the air, as a boy goes for a joyride in northwest albuquerque. but he won't do it alone. >> god. dang. >> what the [ bleep ]? >> out of here. >> oh, dog. you're crazy. >> i know, dog. >> how did you get this? >> i love you. >> how did you get this? >> reporter: the answer comes a little more later, after a couple of friends jump in on the action. >> how did you get there? >> i don't know. i saw this car with the keys. and i opened the door. it was unlocked. i grabbed the keys. i was like, this is the car. >> reporter: but the kids realize they have to have a plan. >> oh, my god. what if we go to jail for this? >> we have to bounce if the cops are here. i'm happening out. and running for my life. probation. and if i get caught. >> reporter: so, what's the plan? one idea, torch the stolen car in the arroyo or blame it on someone else. >> this is gran

it's not bad they're helping to stabilize mexico which means less cost to us whether on immigration control, drug war. >> tell that to the folks in tennessee who don't have jobs. >> back to mexico and -- you have about 48 killings per day in mexico yet businesses are willing to take that chance because it's more economically feasible there than here. is that a problem? >> yeah, it is a problem to tomorrow degree. but you can't stop it. you can't stop a company from going to asia, china, africa, despite the fact there's human rights violations or security problems or totalitarian government. if they can get cheap labor they go there to build cars. i hope it solves the problem. i think the problem is more systemic in mexico but we have to do something with mexico at least getting this company will supply 1,000 jobs. >>> mitt romney floating a plan to get rid of cherished mortgage tax deductions on certain homes. why someone here says this is a great idea for housing. hi, i just switched jobs, and i want to roll over my old 401(k) into a fidelity ira. man: okay, no problem. it's easy to get st

. >> bill richardson, thank you so much for joining us from new mexico. >> thank you. >>> tsunami. it is a word we have learned, and today we heard it again around the indian ocean. if at powerful earthquake triggered tsunami warnings from indonesia to kenya. after hundreds of thousands were killed several years ago, there was panic today. people fled the coast, but there are no reports of major damage or injuries. riggle harvey reports. -- rachel harvey reports. >> the terror on their face speaks volumes. the 2004 tsunami is not ancient history, the memories are still fresh, still painful. you did not forget the loss of more than 200,000 lives. today, there was another powerful reminder of this region's volatile foundation. the response? visceral fear. but this time there was purpose within the panic, a mass movement to higher ground and the safety of a mosque, one of the three buildings to survive the tsunami seven years ago. the same reaction on thailand's west coast. locals guiding holidaymakers to safety. they hoped the siren -- they listen to the siren, followed the sirens, k