prison system the release will come as a mass hunger strike continues in some california prisons and update on both sides of the story later on in the show. good evening it's monday august fifth eight pm here in washington d.c. i marinate and you're watching our two. now new reports over the weekend from the guardian show that house members looking for more information about face the courts were turned down by the house intelligence committee repeatedly now according to these reports the house intel committee also considered censoring congressman alan grayson a florida for distributing guardian reports of n.s.a. slides this is information already published in a major international newspaper now to house members representative morgan griffiths of virginia and representative alan grayson repeatedly requested information about the n.s.a. from the house intelligence committee both congressmen were denied access by the committee which turned down their request with a secret voice vote which they said also they were not allowed to see now the two congressmen send their attempts to get info

instead of barbara california. there are the people who are bailed out booted from their jobs or busted for financial fraud but still c.e.o.'s are among the highest earning people in america despite their job performance that is a new report released by the institute for policy studies discovered that forty percent of the top earning c.e.o.'s in the past twenty years have had serious performance issues the report found that forty percent of all top honors were fired or forced to retire but don't worry about them the average severance package was about forty seven point seven million dollars another twenty two percent of those people ran companies that needed to be eventually bailed out to break down the numbers zoe carpenter is a reporter for the nation and she joins me now zoe let's start off with your article you wrote an article on this very issue and in it you said quote one of the great american delusions is mediocracy the idea that everyone competes on an even playing field and then gets whatever they deserve

lawsuit against nevada they claim nevada gave hundreds of psychiatric patients a one way ticket to california more on this clash later in today's show. it's thursday august twenty second five pm in washington d.c. i'm meghan lopez and you are watching r t well the obama administration is trying to beat its critics to the punch in the wake of the n.s.a. surveillance scandal they're coming clean in a way any way the white house released documents dealing with the foreign intelligence surveillance court and the ruling that came out in two thousand and eleven after the electronic frontier foundation filed a freedom of information act request pretty recently in the documents the court lambaste of the national security agency for illegally collecting as many as fifty six thousand e-mails from innocent people each year over a three year period then the n.s.a. proceeded to misrepresent the size and scope of that collection to the fisa court former surveillance court judge john bates wrote to the two thousand and eleven october decision saying quote the court is troubled that the government's revelati

surprise state lawmakers have called for a federal investigation the california independent petroleum association claims fracking is being used on shore millions of times and has a strong safety record environmentalist disagree fracking is an inherently dangerous technology and really what we're talking about today is only fifty for the last time to fifteen years so this is an entirely new generation of truly no oil and natural gas extraction oil companies like de corps of a no go set their sights on the senate barbara channel which was also the site of a catastrophic oil spill back in one thousand nine hundred eighty nine two hundred thousand gallons of crude spread across the channel and on to the nearby beaches the black mass killed thousands of animals and sparked the modern environmental movement walking down this sandy paradise it's difficult to believe that this used to be covered in black sludge and that this beach was littered with dying and oily birds decades after the infamous santa barbara oil spill this pristine piece of coastline is once again the focus of some controver

the waters of california santa barbara post tightest secret for years now there's been offshore fracking even though there are no regulations and the coast was once trashed by an oil spill we'll tell you more coming up. pay raises and bonuses are usually the rewards for doing good work but that's not the case for many of the nation's top c.e.o.'s especially at a time of growing wealth inequality more on that later in tonight's show. it's friday august thirtieth eight pm in washington d.c. and lopez and you are watching r.t. we begin our newscast tonight in syria president obama and his cabinet are still deliberating on whether or not the u.s. should become militarily involved in syria and if so to what extent earlier today secretary of state john kerry addressed the public reiterating administration rhetoric against president bashar al assad and his military is alleged use of chemical weapons listen to our concern is not just about some far off. oceans away that's not what this is about our concern with the claws of the defenseless people of syria is about choices that will directly affe

well court in one word we're willing to follow a lawsuit because california taxpayers are footing the bill for something that we shouldn't and we let them know on tuesday that we are ready to go to court to get our taxpayers' money back and you said something specific there you said california instead of san francisco how widespread is this program to go beyond san francisco other jurisdictions in sanford and california are conduct their own investigations of mr brown here mentioned earlier is actually someone who was busted sacramento and they are conducting their investigation as well the five hundred thousand dollar figure reflects just the city of san francisco the city and county if other figures come to light later because other jurisdictions conclude their investigations and come up with dollar figures then them will compile a larger figure and they will decide what legal action they might want to take but this practice is absolutely widespread beyond san francisco we know of several other cases which this is the case gabriel is there any indication of what happened so these pe

now these procedures occurred at two california prisons the california institute for women in corona and the valley state prison for women in law former inmates accuse prison medical staff of coercing women who they deemed likely to return to prison in the future and get them sterilized this was a direct indirect violation of prison rules and state lawmakers are confronting the problem head on they said quote when we first heard of this issue we acted quickly and strongly because we all understand that this is about fairness and dignity this is at the core of basic dignity and human rights we need as a public safety committee to send a clear message to all californians that we will not accept less as of right now no legislation has been introduced but lawmakers say that the tax will include more oversight and education for prison officials and doctors about federal law. well you may have heard the phrase why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free but what about something with a little slack toe some talking of course about why our american consumers have drank their way to nu

works congressman adam shift representing california twenty eighth district thank you so much for coming on. now last week you might remember the house of representatives nearly defunded these n.s.a. domestic spying programs and a razor thin vote on the air matia amendment r t serenade has some interesting numbers about why members of congress voted in the way they did. last wednesday an extremely important vote took place in congress it was the house vote on the emotion amendment now proposed by michigan representative republican justin amash the amendment was designed to forbid the n.s.a. from spending any money on collecting americans phone records however the house voted two hundred five votes to two hundred seventeen in favor of not reigning in the n.s.a.'s phone fine dragnet and it turns out that the two hundred seventeen people who voted no receive twice as much campaign financing from the defense industry as those who voted yes and take a look at this data compiled by open secrets dot org and analyzed by a nonprofit organization mathlete representatives that voted against the emo

in santa monica california. are. while this week marks the anniversary of the atomic catastrophes on hiroshima and nagasaki japan today japanese attention turns to other nuclear concerns tensions in japan are rising over the radioactive water leaking into the pacific ocean from the country's crippled fukushima daiichi nuclear plant which was devastated by the earthquake and tsunami of two thousand and eleven to discuss the current state of affairs if i was joined earlier by paul gunter director of reactor oversight project the reactor oversight project at beyond nuclear dot org i started off by asking him how long the contaminated water had been leaking into the pacific ocean. likely since the explosions in the meltdown fukushima daiichi in march of two thousand and eleven that is quite a long time now how much and what sort of radiation is leaking into the pacific i know there's all different types that you can explain a little detail well clearly what we've seen now is the movement of radioactive hydrogen tritium w

well to california now where the u.s. district court judge belton henderson has granted prison doctors permission to force feed inmates who are on hunger strike the ruling says if and maids are near death the doctor may step in even if the inmate had previously signed an order stating their intentions and asking not to be resuscitated right now one hundred thirty six inmates in california are participating in a strike to protest isolation policies the prisons use as many as seventy could be force fed in the coming days as a result if this ruling but is this practice really legal and if if it is it ethical to discuss this and more i'm joined now by rod ron and ernie he's professor of politics at st mary's college ron thank you so much for joining me so is there a legal precedent in the u.s. for force feeding unfortunately there is this has it has been going on in there we also know that it's happened illinois in the state of new york but who are really really upset and disappointed that city c.r. is decided to go this rout

wildfires in california are spreading further into new so many national park the fire which is now thirty percent contained is threatening san francisco water supply due to ash falling on to a major reservoir the blaze that began two weeks ago has left no casualties behind but has destroyed more than one hundred buildings and campsite. with the damage from the floods in russia's far east reaching almost a billion dollars president putin has been urging local officials to step up their response the disaster has seen many thousands evacuated farmland and homes destroyed and entire towns devastated are caught has more. this man is one of thousands in russia's far east waiting nervously his garden submerged and soon his ground floor could also be taken over by the amel rivers rising levels the consequences of which are unthinkable. after this flood i'll be made homeless what would do if the house is entirely submerged this is the village of lenin square in the jewish autonomous region in russia's far east the other may drive the school bus during term time but for now he's found a scorching r

your home is mine for the city of richmond california is saying to homeowners an effort to help those with underwater mortgages the city is using eminent domain to seize homes with homeowner consent then sell the home back to them at a lower price but as usual all such well intended at birth have unintended consequences and those consequences are being expressed and escaping life saved by those who ended up owning the. securitized mortgage bonds that would include the pension funds which are now facing losses if the suit fails and several other cities are considering a similar eminent domain scheme so the ultimate risk is banks will be less willing to grant loans that the government simply imposes losses m.v.s. investors will be less likely to buy any and freddie paper and mortgage rates will needlessly write. and apples on a roll after winning a presidential intervention against samsung recently a federal appeals court just ruled and their favor and a dispute with motorola ironically while the samsung sued what have prevented apple from importing at.

wildfires in california are spreading further into yosemite national park of the fire which is now thirty percent contained is threatening san francisco which is the plot to ash falling onto a major reservoir the blaze that began two weeks ago has left no casualties behind but it has destroyed more than one hundred buildings and temp sites. in northern afghanistan police say twelve people including a district chief have been killed in a suicide bomb attack on a mosque around twenty others are said to be wounded no groups have so far claimed responsibility but suspicions have fallen on the taliban incident reportedly occurred during the funeral of a tribal leader who died the day before north afghanistan has been the country's least volatile area in recent years but has seen a surge in attacks ahead of the twenty four thousand made to withdraw. with the damage from the floods in russia's far east so reaching almost a billion dollars president putin has been urging local officials to step up their response the disaster has seen many thousands evacuated farmland and homes destroyed and entir

and our website for you right now students at a california high school have been warned to tweet their status in social media only according to the school's rules or phase being stripped of extra curricular activities plus. find out how the likes of mcdonald's and wendy's are said to be pulling all the blood sweat tears and money out of their staff in america and check out what the employees of the fast food giants are doing about it at r t dot com. now with a damage from the floods in russia's far east reaching almost a billion dollars president putin has been urging local officials to step up their response the disaster has seen many thousands of accu waited farmland in homes destroyed and entire towns devastated scott has more this man is one of thousands in russia's far east waiting nervously he's gotten submerged and soon his ground floor could also be taken over by the amel rivers rising levels the consequences of which are unthinkable you know. after this flood i'll be made homeless what would i do with the houses entirely submerged. this is the village of lenin square in the je

state of california where firefighters have contained a twenty percent of the wildfires always continue to sweep through you see mick national park the blazes are edging closer to a large reservoir that provides ways of their francisco's water supply the flames have also damaged two hydroelectric plants force in the city to switch to other pass or says more than three thousand five hundred firefighters are battling to control the fire which has been raging for eleven days now in the u.k. police have launched a probe into who is responsible for sending a cd with part of graphic images and pictures of the prophet mohammed to several mosques in london it's just the latest in a chain of provocative acts that have heightened tensions between muslims and other parts of british society which is tells us all here when to find out what it takes to bridge the religious divide. my name is gavin baby and i'm the lawyer behind you and freedom foundation we start. that is we help local neighborhoods resist planning applications for mosques and we went that's now sixteen wins out of eighteen cases a c

and now to california where firefighters are still battling a massive forest fire near the u. some of the national park nearly seventy eight thousand hectares of woodland have so far been destroyed san francisco water supply is now under threat ash is falling into one of the city's major reservoirs the fire has been raging for over a week now and destroyed more than one hundred buildings. well it's going to be at least the and of september until conditions improve in russia's far east where intense flooding has wrecked entire towns and devastated the area's viable agriculture while thousands of families are sheltering in emergency accommodation others are staying behind to protect what's left of their property both scott reports from the flood ravaged region. this man is one of thousands in russia's far east waiting nervously his garden submerged and soon his ground floor could also be taken over by the amel rivers rising levels the consequences of which are unthinkable you know well after this flood i'll be made homeless what would do if the house is entirely submerged this i

a rapid spreading wildfire has forced thousands of americans to flee their homes in southern california five people have so far been injured and ten homes destroyed officials say another five hundred homes are now at risk thousand firefighters helicopters and tanker planes have been called in to tackle the blaze. israel has authorized eight hundred homes to be built in occupied west bank territory peace talks with the palestinians are supposed to resume on the fourteenth of august after a stalemate of almost three years but it's feared this new development will put a spanner in the works after israeli settlement expansion in two thousand and ten brought the last august to a grinding halt. russia's immigration laws just got tougher with harsher penalties for not only illegal workers themselves but also those businesses who choose to hire them millions of people come to russia without permission a situation in which the authorities are struggling to get control. i mean absolutely they came here thinking it's the road to opportunity but instead in many found themselves on their way back ho

images of a massive wildfire that has destroyed more than twenty five homes and a commercial building in california plus galleries for plenty of other world events . right on the scene. first for you and i would think that you're. on our reporters would. be in the. hundreds of gay rights activists have staged a protest in belgium in front of the russian consulate there were rallying and continued a wave of demonstrations against a new russian law banning the promotion of homosexuality to minors the main focus of the protest is to words the sochi winter olympics which activists hope will be moved elsewhere but some statements have been raising more than a few eyebrows for example renowned actor stephen fry compared president putting to hitler and how he treated minorities the olympic committee stepped in saying sports should be available to all and the new law will not affect those attending the games british journalist neil clark believes the reason for criticism lies beyond gay rights. in nazi germany homosexuals really were discriminated against they were putting to concentration camps and killed

wildfires in california are spreading further into new summit in national park a u.s. or east landmark the state officials are battling the blaze trying to stop it from clouding a holiday weekend labor day on sunday the fire which is all thirty percent contained also threatens san francisco's water supply due to ash falling on a key reservoir the fires there begin to lisa go left no casualties behind but destroyed more than one hundred buildings and tents. at these ten people have died of from dangerous fever in pakistan's largest city karate it's reported that around thirty five people are being admitted to hospitals with symptoms of disease on a daily basis or thorazine claim the situation is under control and that treatment is being provided free to curb the spread meanwhile health officials say the fever has already affected six areas of the country with over eight hundred eight hundred cases confirmed in southern sing province. where material damage from the mess of lives in russia's far east region almost a billion dollars present bridges are been urging local of

a rapid spreading wildfire has falls thousands of americans to flee their homes in southern california five people have so far been injured and ten homes destroyed officials say another five hundred five hundred homes are now at risk thousands of firefighters helicopters and tanker planes have been called in to tackle the blaze. russia's immigration laws just got tough with harsh is harsh penalties for not only illegal workers themselves but also those the businesses who choose to hire them millions of people come to russia without permission a situation which the authorities are struggling to get under control artie's you got these going off reports. i mean absolutely they came here thinking it's the road to opportunity but instead in many found themselves on their way back home we were working and then all of a sudden police rushed in and detained us. over one thousand illegal workers were arrested this week alone so many in fact that a temporary camp had to be set up to house those awaiting deportation several human rights organizations have criticized the conditions the migrants ar

state of california after a raging wildfire swept into yosemite national park the blaze doubled in size overnight and fills the city of san francisco to shut down some power lines the wildfires have also led to the evacuation of hundreds of people from a nearby town officials recall that only five percent of the blaze has been contained so far. germany has become the first country to recognize bitcoin as a legal unit of currency holdings of this size of a cash and are subject to german tax laws and can be exchanged for other currencies within the banking system while she's pisano reports now from the big corncob. well germany and particularly when it is one of the places in the world that has really embraced bitcoin as perhaps a new major player when it comes to world currency i'm currently stood on the floor of the trading floor of the exchange this is where the coins come be cool for cash it's a great growing a community here is five berlin and if they said guys like this dressed in the bowler hand to depict a traditional of the old london stock exchange they are holding up their than

leaker edward snowden california congressman tom mcclintock had this to say. i think it would be best if the american government granted him an amnesty. to get him back to america where he can answer questions without the threat of prosecution we have some very good laws against sharing secrets and he broke those laws on the other hand he wrote them for a very good reason because those laws were being used in direct contravention of our fourth amendment rights as americans the justice department in charging snowden under the espionage act seems to disagree but this isn't the only political news of the day regarding the n.s.a. the ticket in new jersey the democratic primary it to replace to see senator frank lautenberg is underway this is the first election since the revelations about surveillance on american citizens and candidate rush holt the u.s. representative from new jersey's twelfth district is a strong proponent of putting an end to domestic spying along with he talked about it in an interview with r.t. america the face of bill was set up to deal with.

fact is when police are being recorded and when citizens are being recorded there's a new program in california where police have little cameras the number of police incidents and complaints it just drops you know like eighty percent because the citizens are going to be on their best behavior of course police are going to act with a. according to the law and are able to do their jobs just fine while remaining within the law now as an average civilian what can we do to make sure that the police are held accountable to the reports that they do and basically the truthfulness into their interactions with us the most i think technology in this is my camera right here and so imagine if i walk into somewhere there's a police encounter happening maybe i see a traffic in sin or something like that i want to record it i'm putting in my pass code very important to have a pass code to protect your phone. number and do have actually when you know when you're in that position you're going to if you want to train yourself to do this because you're going to be shaking a little bit i'm having my kik it's called

live now for some perspective on this by political analyst and activist mark mason joining us from california so president obama looked as though he was about to act unilaterally on syria and now he's saying that he's going to seek congressional approval for it what do you think prompted him to change his mind oh it's going to be the raytheon factor the wreath back there is that raytheon corporation makes the tomahawk missiles their stock price on the stock market shot off more than thirty percent last week and we do indeed here in the united states we help but presumably we're told we have a constitutional government and we're told that we have a representative government and indeed our government represents represents the interests of the one percent of the raytheon's of the military industrial complex big oil and such so you don't think it was the poll numbers you don't think it was the right wing and left wing pundits you don't think it was any of that you think it's purely corporate interests. absolutely. if you look historically u.s. opinion regarding the public opinion of the people un

a state of emergency has been declared in california after a raging wildfire swept through your seventy national park and the blaze doubled in size overnight and forced san francisco to shut down some of its power lines and the wildfires have also led to the evacuation of hundreds of people from a nearby town officials now we're told that only five percent of the blaze has so far been contained. now more than half a million brits could be losing their homes this over a debt of small is a thousand pounds and the new regulation applies to people's unsecured loans has more. frankie's ran up several thousand pounds worth of credit card bills that he can't pay off and because of new laws he could lose his home as a result new regulations state that an individual needs to own just a thousand pounds on their credit card or personal loans for a lender to force them to sell their home through court nobody asked me or twisted mile for somebody to take out the credit right that small are doing and so i like but the word unsecured was attached to it unsecured borrowing is borrowing that it isn't at

a huge wildfire in california as you saw many national park is continuing to spread ten days after a broke out forcing people in small mountain communities to evacuated their homes the flames fanned by high winds and dry conditions are also edging closer to a reservoir that san francisco depends on for its water supplies around three thousand firefighters and a dozen helicopters are battling the blaze. while the situation in russia's floods hit far east remains bleak with yet another rise in water levels expected in early september because of more heavy rains thousands of people have had to be evacuated to safety as crews battle the elements but not everyone's of battling their homes as artie's paul scott reports slavia is a village under threat on the banks of both the amo on the red river residents wait nervously record breaking water levels in the region a still rising forcing more and more people from their homes ruining property and livelihoods this lady is a full time carer for her disabled father she says leaving is simply not an option you know. i don't live here i live in th

a massive wildfire in california continues to sweep through you somebody national park edging closer to a large reservoir that provides most of san francisco water supply the blaze has also damaged two hydroelectric plants forcing the city to switch to other power sources more than thirty five hundred firefighters are battling to control the fire which has been raging for eleven days now. the venezuelan government has set up for oil an assassination attempt on president maduro earlier this month arresting two presumed hit men in the capital caracas officials say they were working on orders from four of venezuela. it's not the first on that as well as said it's derailed and assess a nation plot against the president the most recent was two months ago reportedly orchestrated from colombia and the united states. all you have today here on our team coming out is breaking the set with abby martin. sometimes it seems like in the face of giant corporations people are just sort of helpless i could be pretty pessimistic myself about what a few individuals with no real money or power could rea

a huge wildfire in california as yours might a national park is continuing to spread to ten days after it broke out forcing people in small mountain communities to evacuate their homes the flames are fueled by high winds and dry conditions are also edging closer to a reservoir that san francisco depends on for its water supplies around three thousand firefighters and a dozen helicopters. i bethink the blitz. coming up next with the beads in the bells cross talk to stay with us. sigrid laboratory to mccurdy was able to build a new its most sophisticated robot which all unfortunately doesn't give a dollar amount anything tunes mission to teach music creation why it should care about humans and we're going this is why you should care only on the r g dot com. this is a media lead us so we leave the media. by the same bush and security for your party visible. wishes that no one is asking with the guests that you deserve answers from it's all on politicking only on r t. mission. couldn't take three. judges three. months three. three stooges three. moseley braun video for your media projects

images of a massive wildfire that has destroyed more than twenty five homes and a commercial building in california let's get it resolved for plenty of other world events all on our team. right to see. first street. and i think richard. on our reporters with the. instrument. i. see in the little. the new russian law banning the promotion of homosexuality to minors has taken the upcoming torture winter olympics hostage there have been protests by gay rights activists throughout europe and in the us renowned author stephen fry suggested most that she's used to being rejected activist and when with the words sort of a boy called man not thinking russian locked up a comment is stepped in saying sports should be available to all in the new no will not of bag those attending the games but as journalist neil clark believe that the reason for criticism lives be on gay rights in nazi germany homosexuals really were discriminated against they were put into concentration camps and killed in large numbers and of course this is not happening in russia today if it was i'd be the first person said we go to russia

you want to check it out to force fit in at guantanamo bay seems to have inspired a federal judge in california we got the story that he's given orders for the highly controversial practice to be used to break up a prison and destroy in the golden state more than r.t. dot com i'm a following this up to a flotilla now of spanish fishing boats to stage to protest in disputed waters near gibraltar amid ongoing at escalating tension between london and madrid over the territory find out what sparked it all calm. turkey's prime minister has accused israel of orchestrating last month's military coup in egypt to do and also claims western powers are working to undermine other country's democracies to do and cited an unnamed jewish intellectual that he apparently met in france two years ago who claimed the muslim brotherhood wouldn't be in power even if it won the election meanwhile the past week's turmoil in egypt now claimed almost a thousand lives both civilian and in law enforcement with the latest attack indeed same twenty five policeman ambushed and executed the chaos in the country's racy is that

your home is mine for the city of richmond california is saying to homeowners an effort to help those with underwater mortgages the city is using eminent domain to seize homes with homeowner consent then sell the homes back to them at a lower price but as usual all such well intended efforts have unintended consequences and those consequences are being expressed and escaping lawsuits by those who ended up owning the securitized mortgages that would include the pension funds which are no place in losses if this suit fails and several other cities are considering a similar eminent domain scheme.

huge wildfire in california as you saw many national park is continuing to spread ten days after it broke out forcing people in small mountain communities to evacuate their homes the flames fanned by high winds and dry conditions are also edging closer to a reservoir that san francisco depends on for its water supplies around three thousand firefighters and a dozen helicopters are battling the blaze. well it brings us up to date here in our team and time now for the sports update with kate partridge. technology innovation all these developments around russia. that you covered. you know how sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else and you hear or see some other part of it and realize everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm tom harpur welcome to the big picture. choose your language. because we know if you're going to say still some. choose to use the consensus here to. choose the opinions that immigrate to. quit choose the stories that impact the life choose the access to your office. hello and welcome to the r t s

a rapid spread in wildfire has forced thousands of americans to flee their homes in southern california five people have so far been injured and ten homes destroyed officials say another five hundred homes are now at risk a thousand firefighters helicopters and tanker planes have been called in to tackle the blaze. israel has authorized eight hundred homes to be built in occupied west bank territory peace talks with the palestinians are supposed to resume on aug fourteenth after a stalemate of almost three years but it's feared this new development will put a spanner in the works after israeli settlement expansion in twenty ten brought the last talks to a grinding halt. u.s. journal strikes in yemen has killed up to fourteen suspected militants according to officials the attacks come a day after authorities say they had foiled a massive al qaeda terror plot in the region the u.s. and other western states close their diplomatic missions earlier this week amid fears of an islamist attack but some analysts have believe america's joan strikes are contributing to militant recruitment rather

massive wildfire in california continues to stream through. my national park edging closer to a larger reservoir that provides most of san francisco's water supply the blaze has also damaged two hydroelectric plants or so in the city to buy energy from other sources more than three thousand five hundred firefighters are battling to control the blaze that's been raging for eleven days. a political scandal has forced the brazilian foreign minister to resign after he helped a fugitive bolivian senator just leave raja bindo was granted asylum at the brazilian embassy in la paz last year and the minister use his diplomatic immunity to snatch at the opposition politician and get him across the border window is accused of fourteen crimes in believing in corruption but denies the charges. the u.k. government has been spending hundreds of billions of pounds to tackle homelessness no matter how much cash is doled out the situation doesn't seem to be improving in fact there's an increasing share of young people are monkeys sleeping rough archies a surfer

white house demanding congress approve of any military strike democratic congresswoman barbara lee from california said while the use of chemical weapons is deeply troubling and unacceptable i believe there is no military solution to the complex syrian crisis and the harshest words against u.s. intervention came from former u.s. congressman dennis kucinich who said so what we're about to become al qaeda is air force now this is a very very serious matter that has broad implications internationally and try to minimize it by saying we're just going to have a targeted strike that's an act of war it's not anything to be trifled with meanwhile the u.n. security council received a draft from british prime minister david cameron today authorizing what he calls necessary measures to be taken in syria but such a resolution can't gain approval of the security council given that both russia and china have a veto and they're both critical of military strikes in syria now for more on this artie's marine important i had joined me earlier from new york and i started by asking her about the details of this u.k. r

has come forward to confirm her diagnosis which prompted a moratorium on the making of pornography in california filming will be on hold until an s.t.d. over say a group for adult performers test all of the partners they have since two weeks before her last negative test now it has only been confirmed that zander corpus who shot her last movie with had unprotected sex only weeks later with sydney left with sydney leathers during the filming of their adult movie about about anthony weiner leathers has been in the news recently after it was revealed that she was anthony weiner's latest sexting partner leathers has released a statement saying that she has been tested and retested for hiv and the results have been negative here to discuss how the porn industry is responding to these revelations is adult film performer chanel preston. i'm going now what does wednesday is news of the news for the adult porn industry and cameron bell being diagnosed with hiv mean for the industry as a whole well i mean it just means we're going to keep on doing what we're doing i think that a lot of people try to make

citing human rights we know tens of thousands of american prisoners are going to be on hunger strike in california and it was only a few days ago that in ohio cellmate hanging himself in jail had of his death penalty had a visit due in the next few. well we know that the two countries have been on the bumpy road for quite some time and there are a number of issues that both powers did not see eye to eye on so that chance in st petersburg to have a one on one meeting may have helped to resolve some of the key issues so my question at this point is what is obama or the u.s. administration rather gaining out of not attending this one one. i would sure you know i mean you were just mentioning what was the first thought another thought that occurred to me was it was five years since the georgia conflict and a lot of analysts geopolitical analyst see the georgia conflict south of setia as a milestone perhaps as important as the fall of the berlin wall because this is the first time since the collapse of the soviet union where the united states was not able to get its head to more like way because of cou

seemed worryingly higher over sixteen trillion dollars but according to a study by the university of california america's debt is actually four times higher at seventy trillion dollars but how much is that really well let's compare these sums to the world's most valuable company so as you can see the official u.s. debt figure of over sixteen trillion equates to forty apple empire's bar professor hamilton studies found that the u.s. has over seventy trillion dollars of unaccounted for debts which would make up a total of one hundred and sixty five apples and that's not all it turns out that even seventy trillion dollars may be an underestimate of former economic adviser for president reagan professor courtly calls reckons a more accurate figure would be two hundred and eleven trillion dollars which in our apple analogy is five hundred times the size of the world's most valuable company. so whatever figure economists come up with although they may defy all the estimates show one common factor they are enormous and it raises the question of how much longer such extraordinary debt levels can be sus

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a representing wildfire has forced thousands of americans to see their homes in southern california five people have so far been injured and ten homes destroyed officials are say another five hundred homes are now at risk a thousand firefighters helicopters and tank planned planes have now been called in to tackle the blaze. israel has also rise eight hundred homes to be build in occupied west bank terror dream peace talks with the palestinians as opposed to resume on aug fourteenth after a stalemate of almost three years but it's feared that this new development a will put a spanner in the works after israeli settlement expansion in twenty two and brought the last talks to a grinding halt. right up next. seven home and if they end cia chief michael hayden and safety. everyone respects a promise written in stone a promise is written on the internet well they're a bit more flexible and a lot easier to erase obama made a lot of promises as a candidate on his site change dot gov including some about protecting whistleblowers and obama said that we need to empower federal employees as watchd