by the press all national security warry so britain's prime minister wants to publish those of n.s.a. needs to be careful with their reporting all be ready to face proceedings. the president speaks exclusively to r.t. on his visit to moscow rafael correa explains his outrage at the revelations of america's worldwide spying assets. my mother and my children were injured we have no idea what. this was talking to a pakistani family is on the doorstep of the u.s. congress demanding answers to why they. held by an american drone strike. so we report on europe's multi-trillions shadow economy so massive it's costing some say.

there are already fears of ballot rigging violence and corruption all that pales in comparison to warry of a possible return of the tonopah afghanistan expert van dyke who was kidnapped and held by the minute and a group that explains why the taliban won't recognize. they consider democracy a western religion for them islam of course which is submission to god which should be the rule of god which is what they want in democracy meaning the rule of law is anathema to them this is they are diametrically opposed to this so for them to see in their eyes a western religion come to power truly by having a democratically elected president step down a new one come forward is not something they're going to want all you have right now nato the united states depending upon the afghan national army and the police force which number three hundred fifty two thousand to takeover you have the taliban who number approximately twenty to thirty thousand at the most and you have the taliban on the upswing they killed four american soldiers today you have the you have a desertion rate of up to thirty percen

government has been shut down while congress bickers over a spending deal the american people want chance warry the latest on the shutdown and as a fax coming up. the u.n. general assembly continues in new york last week the president of iran signaled that his country is willing to work with the west to curb its nuclear programs today the prime minister of israel says that that is a lie an update ahead of more revelations about the n.s.a. surveillance continue to be revealed thanks to edward snowden the latest allegations coming out and we'll also look at what legacy snowden is leaving behind that's later in the show. it's tuesday october first four pm in washington d.c. i'm meghan lopez and you are watching r.t. well happy government shutdown day everyone because of congress' inability and unwillingness to find a compromise on a spending bill the government has now shut down for the first time in seventeen years across the country over four hundred parks and museums have been closed over eight hundred thousand people have received furlough notices nasa has essentially shuttered the list goes o

government has been shut down while congress bickers over a spending deal the american people want chance warry the latest on the shutdown and as a fax coming up. the u.n. general assembly continues in new york last week the president of iran signaled but his country is willing to work with the west to curb its nuclear program today the prime minister of israel says that that is a lie and update ahead more revelations about the n.s.a. surveillance continue to be revealed thanks to edward snowden the latest allegations coming out and we'll also look at what legacy snowden is leaving behind that's later in the show.

now turning to the same place for treatment, k-9s for warri s warriors. program that rescues dogs from shelters and trains them to be service dogs for people suffering from ptsd. it's here in this four bedroom house that veterans learn to readjust to every day life with the help of a service dog. >> the dog makes me feel safe. when you're on the battle field, you have buddies, the guy to the left, your guy to the right. she's my partner. >> it's a win/win for both the dog and the warrior. >> reporter: 68-year-old sherry had the idea to start it. she notice that when her son was around dogs, he was back to his old self-cracking jokes, relaxed, happy. >> he felt comfortable around the dogs. it would take his mind off of what he had seen and been through. >> reporter: young wasn't sure what worked for brett would work for him, but today he credits this dog, whisky with saving his life. >> i was skeptical at first because i never had a dog. once i got the dog, about the second day, like a light came on and everything changed. >> reporter: before meeting whisk

government has been shut down while congress bickers over a spending deal the american people want sound warry the latest on the shutdown and its effects that have been. in afghanistan there's a shake up in the ranks of the u.s. military two generals were fired for not having adequate protection of a giant base that was stormed by taliban fighters more on that coming up and reverend jesse jackson was invited to by the colombian rebel group the farm to mediate the release of a hostage but colombian president has actually refused that meeting we'll talk about that and more with the reverend himself later in the show.