surveillance revelations which have forced european leaders to reconsider their partnerships with washington france and germany are demanding talks with the u.s. on this issue by the end of the year the latest n.s.a. leak shows the agency has been eavesdropping on the conversations of thirty five world leaders and the e.u. has issued a statement warning that a lack of trust with washington could damage cooperation in intelligence gathering and also on top of that germany has decided to team up with brazil which was also targeted by the n.s.a. to push for a u.n. resolution restraining u.s. surveillance artie's test recently has more on the discontent in brussels. up to about thirty five world leaders were being spied on by the national security agency or the n.s.a. they were actually encouraging senior officials in various government departments like the white house the state department to share those contacts of important or individuals in the world in order to be added to that list that surveillance list and also what's interesting to note in the latest leak by edward snowden is that the ac

the panic in washington d.c. came amid high tensions on capitol hill where lawmakers are still unable to agree and new national budget president obama is forced to cancel his trip to asia because of the political impasse in his country while the u.s. treasury issues are warning of a looming and catastrophic default we've got details shortly for. you lawmakers cia contractor turned whistleblower edward snowden on the final list of nominees for the european human rights prize has received plaudits from people around the world and his former boss however is not among them and says he dreams of a somewhat different fate for us now to our he's worried upward and i reports. speaking at a washington post panel discussion on a cyber security former n.s.a. director general michael hayden joked about putting edward snowden on a list that has very little to do with human rights or honorable recognition america's former spy chief eg knowledge that snowden an n.s.a. whistleblower has been nominated for a human rights award an

in washington are. the last minute decisions on the verge of a shutdown have recently become fairly common in washington let's have a flashback here to a couple of the closest calls in recent years for you here on the program on r t it was back in two thousand and eleven of the closing of the government was averted literally one hour before the deadline and after a painful legislative standoff the budget deal was finally agreed that the debt ceiling another nerve racking issue that was in the summer of twenty eleven sending shock waves across america and much of the rest of the world as well but the sky did not fall as it was agreed upon two days before time was up for example it's been about now seventeen years since the last time the government partially ceased its work but it's actually the eighteenth time in the united states taking a so-called spending gap in one thousand nine hundred seven the government was shut down three times in as many months of gerald solenn tell you the publisher of the tre

government has officially stopped walking for the first time in seventeen years with washington threatening to put the federal bill before deadline. written may pull out on the european human rights convention according to the country's prime minister who pledges to do everything to throw out those posing a security threat to the u.k. . and fears of a settlement as tools between the u.s. and iran gain momentum these rainy pm is in washington urging the american president not to get too close to tehran. international news and comment line for most of this is with me huge national policy. and time has run out for us lawmakers to agree on federal funding which means the government is now officially shut down the democratic led senate rejected the temporary bills by the republicans that would have delayed obama's health care law as the price to continue funding obama warns the shutdown will have a very real economic impact on real people in his war has been finding out about the effects of the shutdown that. federal air traffic controllers will remain working so will the majority of the departm

now where there are four days left until washington d.c. . that is and two weeks of deadlock and two weeks of deadlock with seen hundreds of thousands placed on paid leave and vala swathes of the government shutdown even the world bank's chief declared the situation is desperate warning of impending disaster over the continuing standoff has led to protests in the u.s. capitol a group of veterans accompanied by politicians have converged on a world war two memorial in the heart of washington it was closed for visitors during the shutdown just like national monuments and parks broke through the metal barriers surrounded the landmark and then carried pieces of the fence to the gates of the white house and to bomb a protest as it made the rallying point blaming the white house for the continuing impasse in the budget negotiations. u.s. president barack obama's signature health care legislation is supposed to provide millions of americans with the medical coverage they desperately need but the political debate over obamacare has also ironically cr

giant monsanto reporting from washington and you so now we are. well the company itself insists it is playing a key role in feeding the world's rapidly growing population and sons have also maintains that many people already can sheen g.m. food with no ill effects but jeffrey smith who's written extensively about the dangers of g.m. food banks to different. when you look at the animal feeding studies on genetically engineered foods at the american academy of environmental medicine they said there's gastrointestinal problems immune system problems excel aerated aging organ damage reproductive disorders there's massive infant mortality multiple massive tumors early death there are so many things that are going wrong with the animals that are being fed g m o's and now we're seeing those things rising in the u.s. population since g m o's are introduced the current generation of g m o's has nothing to offer feeding the hungry world or about a cave in poverty so this is just been a public relations fin and they spent two hundred fifty million dollars ov

debt ceiling and reopen government services which have been paralyzed for over a fortnight live to washington d.c. and artie's and he said now with as. america's d. faulting would have bludgeoned other countries' economies what the politicians when they really going to let this happen or do you sense that it was just some kind of dramatic posturing. well just hours before the deadline the so-called eleventh hour really coming down to the wire here the house of representatives passed the senate bill to raise the debt ceiling and restore government funding after a sixteen day shutdown barely avoiding a default on their almost seventeen trillion dollars in borrowings after the vote some bloggers jokes see you back here in three months now that's referring to the fact that this is really not a long term solution to the budget crisis the u.s. government is now funded through january fifteenth and keyboards are entering until february seventh but really they just kick the can down the wrote something congress couldn't agree on a budget for the last two years which makes it unlikely three months wil

it's wednesday october second five pm in washington d.c. i'm sam sax and you're watching our team and we begin with day two of the u.s. government shutdown more than eight hundred thousand federal employees remain furloughed and countless services and government functions around the nation remain shuttered the national institutes of health is shutting down its cancer trials this week and indefinitely moving forward as the government remains shut down roughly two hundred patients in clooney thirty child civi thirty children cancer patients were to begin cancer trials this week now they won't also while state's food stamp programs are still up and running the federal program is non operational meaning the longer the shutdown continues impoverished families and children depending on food stamps will see their lifelines dry up there are questions also about the safety of food in the united states as a bulk of food and drug administration inspectors are furloughed too and each day roughly eighty food facilities are. forgoing their necessary insp

again look out washington d.c. they both have the same. basic platform they're all more for your they're all on board for endless spending for one for corporate welfare one for social welfare they're all on board for surveillance they're on board for the police state. big thing is really just all about. crises deal crisis where a lot of deals are exchanged. analyses online team has listed ten ways the government shutdown could impact america from the looming default to the closure of museums and while you're about to dot com many other stories you to check out as well you can learn how the global stock markets have been reacting to the budget battle in the u.s. congress that and so much more right now on. our for the meantime here on the program already on the rise the u.k. has to go it alone sentiment is now being fueled by a fresh plan drawing the island nation even further from the mainland european state is off their prime minister david cameron hinted that he wants to withdraw from the european convention on human rights it's long bee

giant monsanto reporting from washington and you see now way. monsanto has been defending its products saying the food it produces is the only way to feed the world a growing population they also say that many people already consume g.m. foods with no ill effects or to use marine important takes a look. in the land of supersize approximately eighty five percent of all processed foods contain genetically modified organisms g.m.o. is an acronym that owns its notoriety largely to the agriculture giant monsanto a multinational billion dollar corporation generating global criticism revolving around the safety of its products and growing a monopoly over the world's food supply they are able to patent the genetically modified foods with a very strong patent for farmers can only be the seed from monsanto each year and they can save the seeds that researchers have documented dozens of health risks associated with the consumption of modified foods and the majority of americans have campaigned for g.m.o. foods to be labeled just like these organic fruits a

giant monsanto reporting from washington and you so now we are. well the company itself says it makes disease resilient crops that need less water to grow one son to also maintains many people already consume genetically modified food with no ill effects but jeffrey smith who's written extensively about the dangers of so-called franken foods says this couldn't be further from the truth. when you look at the animal feeding studies are genetically engineered just the american academy of environmental medicine they said there's gastrointestinal problems immune system problems like celebrated aging organ damage reproductive disorders there's massive infant mortality multiple massive tumors early death there are so many things that are going wrong with the animals that are being fed g m o's and now we're seeing those things rising in the u.s. population since g m o's were introduced the current generation of g m o's has nothing to offer feeding the hungry world eradicating poverty so this is just been a public relations and they spent two hundred fifty

giant monsanto reporting from washington and you so now we are to. become pretty itself says it makes disease resilient crops that need less water to grow one son to also maintains many people already consume genetically modified food was no ill effects but jeffrey smith has written extensively about the dangers of so cold frankenfood says this couldn't be further from the church's. when you look at the edible feeding studies are genetically engineered foods the american academy of environmental medicine they said there's gastrointestinal problems immune system problems excel aerated aging organ damage reproductive disorders there's massive infant mortality multiple massive tumors early death there are so many things that are going wrong with the animals that are being fed g m o's and now we're seeing those things rising in the u.s. population seems geos were introduced the current generation of jimbo's has nothing to offer feeding the hungry world eradicating poverty so this is just been a public relations and they spent two hundred fifty million do

pushes washington for more transparency over its deadly drone program in the region . two am in moscow i matter as a good to have you with us here on r t our top story demonstrators around the world marking frock down day an international protest uniting activists who want to put an end to shale gas extraction frakt of this as they're called are urging their governments to stand up to the oil and gas lobby there's been action so far in new york they hit the streets demanding that authorities change ways of thinking about the environment on the other side of you than to spanish activists have been campaigning for a nubile energy sources environmentalist also gathered in belgium and ireland hoping to bring about change a group called the young friends of the earth gathered in london saying they want to send a message to people in charge to stop and think about the younger generation sorties laura smith reports britain is nonetheless putting fracking on the fast track. it's going to make household energy bills she says it will create loads of job c. and we'll pay you if y

giant monsanto reporting from washington and you so now we are. monsanto has been defending its products saying the food it makes is the only way to feed the world's growing population and also maintain that many people already consume g.m. foods with no ill effects or more importantly it takes a look. in the land of supersize approximately eighty five percent of all processed foods contain genetically modified organisms g.m.o. is an acronym that owns its notoriety largely to the agriculture giant monsanto a multinational billion dollar corporation generating global criticism revolving around the safety of its products and growing a monopoly over the world's food supply they are able to patent the genetically modified foods with a very strong patent for farmers can only be fifty years from monsanto each year and they can't save the seat researchers have documented dozens of health risks associated with the consumption of a modified foods and the majority of americans have campaigned for g.m.o. foods to be labeled just like these organic fruits are

so everyone can get back to business as usual in washington liz wahl r t. we talk about the widespread reverberations of the u.s. government shutdown is just sending shock waves across the globe stoking worries and fears in europe asia even australia and financial expert patrick young he spoke to my colleague bill dog explaining that when squabbles in congress end up suspending the government of the world's biggest economy it's a bad sign for investors this is just another example of how difficult it is to trust the american government machine but ultimately what do we want to see as investors well we like to see leadership and that's one of the problems we have at the moment unfortunately mr obama seems to be occupying the white house but he doesn't give us any confidence that he's actually leading the united states of america ultimately right now investors aren't taking any for their knee jerk action but of course what we're warming up to is going to be another couple of weeks' time somewhere between i think the seventeenth and the twentieth of october wh

well speaking at a washington post panel discussion on a cyber security former n.s.a. director general michael hayden joked about putting added words snowden on a list that has very little to do with human rights or honorable recognition america's former spy chief eg knowledge that snowden an n.s.a. whistleblower has been nominated for a human rights award and then reportedly said quote i must admit in my darker moment over the past several months i'd also thought of nominating mr snowden but it was for a different list unquote some journalists including brendan sasso from the hill blog have interpreted mr hayden's words to mean putting snowden on america's kill list now general hayden confirmed to me that the quote is correct but he claims that his words have been misinterpreted and he never proposed for snowden to be put on any assassination list but some would argue that this is probably the worst time for any former or current top u.s. official to even speak sarcastically about putting snowden on a list and that's because journalists jeremy scahill and glenn greenw

outraged by washington's a snooping at president rafael correa gives an exclusive interview to r.t. joining his visit to moscow plus. a mother killed my children were injured we have no idea why our village and my house was targeted they survived a us jerry strike in pakistan but lost their grandmother she speaks to the family preparing to testify before members of congress in the first of a hearing of its kind. and coming up here on r.j. with just a few hours to go before the one hundred day countdown to the soldier winter olympics we bring the latest from other preparations in the free city and follow the record breaking. hello and welcome to our team of you with me on the day it's good to have you with us to our top story this hour the british government has warned it could resort to legal action to silence newspapers seeking to publish edward snowden's n.s.a. revelations it's the latest in a string of attempts to block the release of embarrassing documents archly surface has more from london. well it's reported that he said on monday that if newspapers don't demonstrate some soc

crisis averted at least for now washington's dangerous and even the responsible political circus has taken the time out was brought obama still standing however neither the president nor congress have much to be proud of none of the core issues at the heart of this deadlock have been dealt with washington gridlock issues like it can't be kicked down the road. more news today violence is once again flared up. these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. today. again in canada police arrested around forty people protesting against shale gas exploration it's after clashes broke out as authorities try to dismantle a highway barricade officers reportedly used pepper spray on demonstrators who fought back there was molotov cocktail setting several vehicles and like you had rested new brunswick follows two weeks of protests activists are demanding that a local oil and gas company there stop fracking in their area saying it would devastate the environment probably an anti fracking campaigner and the ship one is that the race for oil profits those becoming more e

i think that there is reason to believe that the police in washington d.c. way way overreacted that there are alternatives to respond to situations short of deadly force in a speeding car it's a variety of ways it's stopping them the tires have the air on them they can be punctured by various means they put strips in front of the vehicles. the tires because they have these rubber things that they don't have a lot of time but all this whole situation is that the police had no evidence that she had any gun and she had not used any weapon at all she was using a vehicle that vehicle must receive attention yes of course and we are closely following the story for you here what you can always had online where we've got all the latest developments and photos from the scene of the shooting. still to come for you a bit later in the program. in athens as the government plans to build a pricey mosque in the greek capital locals event that they are already on the names because of painful austerity. citizens demand an overhaul of the whole concept of working for money tel

to be struck by the end of the year you nations have warned that a lack of trust with washington could damage future intelligence corporations a u.n. resolution to restrain american spying has been proposed by germany and brazil which was also targeted by the n.s.a. last came from the private party says the government's reaction to the news shows who they really are protecting revelations of the monitoring of world leaders from the showed the breathtaking double standards of our ruling elite suddenly when it's a case of. telephone being trapped then we have the likes of kiefer speaking out and saying it's a real scandal. actually when it's a case of ordinary citizens that's what the real scandal is the real scandal is the true extent of mass violence in the e.u. and of course beyond mr kay also pointed out that british prime minister has been quite reluctant to take a firm stance global surveillance. what's been clear is that david cameron is not willing to speak up in defense of britain and the british people when it comes to mass surveillance and indeed we've seen the extent of g.c.

we're learning more about the suspect who led police on a high speed chase through washington d.c. her name is miriam carey thirty four years old from connecticut reportedly suffering from mental illnesses including postpartum depression she was recently laid off from her job as a dental hygienist she tried to gain access to a secure area near the white house here in washington d.c. just really a block away from the studio here she was confronted by police she did a three point turn striking a police officer and sped off to the u.s. capitol where she was again confronted by police shots rang out she alluded police again where she drove another few blocks near senate office buildings the car was then crashed and police opened fire killing her only then realized killing her in front of her one year old child it's worth noting she was completely unarmed the only shots fired during this entire incident were from the police and some people are saying this could have been a misunderstanding if you know this area around d.c. there's constantly drills going on there security checkpoints go

foreign service as a washington keeps showing its war on terror is full often consistencies we should reasonably assume that within the u.s. government they have exactly the same data they know that the more that we attack harris the way that we're doing the more terrorism appears and so then the question is well if we're creating more terrorists who are into terrorism activities why are we doing it there's no sensible strategy there's no consistent logical strategy behind us actions we're taking things one piece at a time so here we support one group there we suppress the same group you know here we talk about terrorists and their we support terrorists in syria there's there's no real consistency in the shows that that's very strong proof that there's no thought behind what we're doing. and as all qaeda linked militants push on with their offensive against the government in syria more civilians are stepping forward a civil war of volunteers. my family wanted but nothing is more precious than our country the homeland when i was raised. coming up we meet a syrian woman who is putting h

and continue spreading with drawn strikes and brewing civil wars in washington i'm going to. discuss the situation further i'm now joined live by journalist and broadcaster neil clark the club how much of the turmoil and violence we're currently seeing in iraq and afghanistan are directly blamed on nature intervention i think they could all be directly blamed on the nato intervention because if we think back the so-called interventions that we need all build a humanitarian ventures work it was the benign nato powers led by the united states were going into these countries to liberate the people from these with dictators like saddam was say. exactly and in every instance of the so-called interventions the result has been death and destruction has been absolute chaos in iraq a new study said the least five hundred thousand people have been killed since the invasion and it could be even more so i think that these the consequence of these interventions would have been anything but humanitarian maybe war crimes and i think that for people living in these countries have been a nigh

reporting live from washington d.c. and of course we'll bring you more details on the shooting incident as soon as we get them here. on r.t. that's our breaking news this hour. thirty people involved in a greenpeace protest have now been charged with piracy by court in russia's north western port city of moments they were arrested after attempting to scale an oil rig in the arctic last month in protest over offshore drilling in the region of greenpeace lawyers are appealing the decision insisting that there was no violence involved and authorities said they pose a serious threat to the security of the platform despite facing up to fifteen years in prison activists are still refusing to give testimony when earlier i spoke to ben alias and he is head of greenpeace is arctic campaign and he believes the region should be off limits for any oil drilling company. but increase has a long history of peaceful protest it was perfectly obvious to the coast guard to the operator of the platform that this was a peaceful protest and

is in washington. many cities across the u.s. took part in this second organize march against the agricultural giant monsanto protesters rallying against the company's use of genetically modified organisms and trying to raise awareness about its corporate practices some protesters told us that even though the government is shut down monsanto lobbyists are hard at work here in washington many pouncers by actually came up to activists what we were standing there holding anti g.m.o. signs and asked what is a g.m.o. so awareness is very low in terms of what exactly genetically modified foods are let alone the dangers they cause in the capital the protests began with activists going into large grocery stores and retailers trying to ways raise awareness about controversal insecticides which affect the nervous system and have been repeatedly linked to deaths well the demonstration then made its way to the white house all sorts of activists students even young children our gannett farmers caterers chefs so real wide range of people there

so everyone can get back to business as usual in washington liz wahl r.t. . when talk about reverberations of the u.s. government shutdown is sending shock waves across the globe stoking worries and fears in europe asia and even australia the u.k. prime minister david cameron has said that america's budget bickering is a grave risk to the entire world economy and headlines around the globe are echoing exactly that sentiment for the french daily love to go said the shutdown is a blow to the credibility of the united states and a comment from germany spiegel online called america a super power power lies in itself and one of china's major news portal scolded the lawmakers for holding their own country hostage and the australians are pointed out that washington's struggle to agree on the budget doesn't speak well about the world's largest economy a financial expert patrick young explained to my colleague bill dog but when squabbles happening congress ultimately it looms a very bad sign for investors. this is just another example of how difficult it is to trust t

the us government shutdown sparks angry scenes in washington as the world bank warns deadlock is just days away from causing a global financial catastrophe. to blast terror to mask is one targeting a government t.v. station the other going off near the hotel where chemical weapons inspection team is today we have the latest from the capital. whistleblower edward snowden raises his head above the parapet as he makes his first public appearance in months outlining modern day threats to privacy. to it in moscow i met bring you today's top stories and a look back at the week's news massive riots shook a neighborhood in the south of moscow where crowds spilled onto the streets after the killing of a local man almost four hundred people have been arrested as mobs went on a rampage protesters claim the uncontrolled flow of illegal immigrants has turned the area into a big crime scene artie's lucy cavanagh reports from the troubled suburb. or in the southern moscow all available moscow police crews had been called to this area to try to calm the tone down the on the rest this was the scene of

while man outraged by washington snooping ecuador's president rafael correa gives an exclusive interview to us and our teacher in his visit to moscow plus. with just one hour to go now before the one hundred day countdown to the saatchi winter olympics we'll bring the latest from the preparations in the host city and follow the record breaking torch relay. for it even if you just joined us my name is kevin now in this is our t. international just after eight pm here now the top story the developing news tonight survivors of a u.s. drone strike testified to members of congress today the families grandmother was killed when a missile hit their guard in pakistan a year ago say they've got no idea why they were targeted our correspondent got a teacher can we'll be talking to a bit later as she was meeting them and she was at the hearing a little bit earlier on we cross into her in a few minutes time so you can stay with us for that meantime though the british government's warn it could resort to legal action to silence newspapers seeking to publish edward snowden's n.s.a. revelations is the

i nine day government shutdown with the credit default looming in the wings washington's failure to so far agree on a budget or how to pay its bills has given an entirely new meaning to american exceptionalism hundreds of thousands of americans are losing paychecks and social benefits because u.s. officials elected to lead this country are engaged in a bitter fiscal deadlock on tuesday president barack obama said he would be willing to negotiate on budget issues only after republicans agreed to reopen the federal government and raise the debt limit without preconditions republicans meanwhile are insisting on deficit reduction talks as a condition for raising the federal debt by october seventeenth members of the party have demanded also that obama's health care be delayed or defunded in return for approving funds to end the government shutdown now president obama warned the public that an economic shutdown the first in history would be dramatically worse than the current reckless government shutdown and while washington's temper tantrum remains on full display economist max wolf says t

more grants to dictators and terms in relations with washington. the turkish government. of course negotiate this situation with americans but the americans have to make this point station that turkey is taking part in the production mechanism process until now it was already offset fairly. in turkey this was their new way of thinking a new set of confidence that turkey wants to be part of the entire process meanwhile another issue turning heads in turkey is still the e.u. membership bid and that tensions are running high as marina flush now reports. always the bridesmaid but never the bride progress over turkey's accession to european union could be best described as. this is like a. platonic love affair the europeans doesn't want turkey to go away totally but there's a war in the house the talks started in two thousand and five but brussels still says turkey is not yet ready with the eurozone debt crisis raging turkey's membership plans look far less tempting everybody's concert. in new further enlargement of the european union whether it's on the balkans or in turkey .

government debt recently reminded washington that the clock is ticking and urged u.s. lawmakers not to repeat the mistake of two thousand and eleven that's when the debate over raising the u.s. debt ceiling. fight it reading. and japan's finance minister also recently said a failure by the u.s. to quickly resolve its political deadlock over government finances could damage the global economy in the meantime the u.s. government shutdown has reportedly delayed trade talks between washington and brussels it has also forced president obama to skip asia pacific economic cooperation meeting this week ceding valuable ground china reporting from new york . and of washington's inability to solve his political messes and go for nations around the globe with many countries risking their economies being compromised by close ties to the u.s. meantime both democrats and republicans are refusing to capitulate costing americans hundreds of millions of dollars every day let's take a look at how political impasse is worked in other places where lawmakers couldn't agree on a budget where

global market eyes were wide open while washington was shut waiting and bracing for impact. to congress and house votes to come in and more not finished up she did. have to act on it. but at the so-called eleventh hour congress struck a deal to deal with it later if that's what it is the agreement reopen the government and funds it until january fifteenth allowing the u.s. to continue borrowing until february seventh america barely avoided defaulting on their almost seventeen trillion dollars in debt brand america took a beating here sixteen days of a government shutdown halted the capital to a standstill put hundreds of thousands of workers out of jobs and the world economy on the verge of recession then surely the markets going we don't want to play this . we're not usually you money at any price the scare sparked global evaluation given the time and time again these political crisis appear in the u.s. i think there would be more calls for sort of trying to reduce dependence in america in the same way as america has been trying to reduce dependency on the middle east for i

government debt recently reminded washington that the clock is ticking and urged u.s. lawmakers not to repeat the mistake of two thousand and eleven that's when the debate over raising the u.s. debt ceiling led to america's credit rating downgraded and japan's finance minister also recently said a failure by the u.s. to quickly resolve its political deadlock over government finances could damage the global economy in the meantime the u.s. government shutdown has reportedly delayed trade talks between washington and brussels it has also forced president obama to skip asia pacific economic cooperation meeting this week ceding valuable ground to china reporting from new york r.t. . anxiety over washington's inability to solve its political messes engulfing nations around the globe with many countries a risk in the commies being compromised by close ties to the u.s. meanwhile both democrats and republicans are refusing to capitulate costing americans hundreds of millions of dollars every day let's take a look how political impasse is worked in other places where lawmakers

government debt recently reminded washington that the clock is ticking and urged u.s. lawmakers not to repeat the mistake of two thousand and eleven that's when the debate over raising the u.s. debt ceiling. reading downgraded and japan's finance minister also recently said a failure by the u.s. to quickly resolve its political deadlock over government finances could damage the global economy in the meantime the u.s. government shutdown has reportedly delayed trade talks between washington and brussels it has also forced president obama to skip asia pacific economic cooperation meeting this week ceding valuable ground china reporting from new york r.t. . while anxiety over washington's inability to solve his political mess is a goal for nations around the globe with many countries risking their economies being compromised by close ties to the u.s. meantime both democrats and republicans are refusing to capitulate costing americans hundreds of millions of dollars every day let's take a look at how political impasses like this works in other places and where lawmakers co

government debt recently reminded washington that the clock is ticking and urged u.s. lawmakers not to repeat the mistake of two thousand and eleven that's when the debate over raising the u.s. debt ceiling led to america's credit rating being downgraded and japan's finance minister also recently said a failure by the u.s. to quickly resolve its political deadlock over government finances could damage the global economy in the meantime the u.s. government shutdown has reportedly delayed trade talks between washington and brussels it has also forced president obama to skip asia pacific economic cooperation meeting this week ceding valuable ground china reporting from new york . anxiety over washington's inability to solve its political messes and gulf nations along the way with many countries and risk a mekon and he's being compromised by close ties to the u.s. let's take a local political impostors worked in other places where lawmakers couldn't agree on a budget australia had a shutdown one thousand nine hundred seventy five to all the budgetary squabbles the queen st

it's tuesday october twenty ninth eight pm in washington d.c. i'm in the area david in you're watching our t.v. we begin tonight with the continued fall out between the united states and the european union over allegations that the u.s. has been spying on its closest allies german officials have confirmed that the e.u. is now mulling over sanctions on the us government these sanctions would impede the u.s. government's access to a law enforcement tool mainly used to track the flow of money associated with terrorism but it seems the international leaks that incited this action are far from over journalist glenn greenwald now says there are many more ahead. through that all of these arguments there were never three. were there are arguments for which is most countries in the world. will be seen in brazil germany france and. spain in the states is going to repeat itself continuously for the next several weeks or months just every country around the world here in washington the tone took a very serious turn as senator dianne feinstein a vocal and us

he's continues here in our still not knowing what led to a car chase in washington d.c. which caused a security lockdown of the government and did with an unarmed woman being shot in front of her baby by police on thursday details now from some sex. suspects been identified by law enforcement miriam carey's thirty four year old from connecticut she's a mother she's been suffering from mental reportedly suffering from mental illnesses including post-partum depression she was recently laid off from her job as a dental hygienist and her family have no idea why she did this they are completely confused by all of this but around two pm yesterday she tried to gain access to a secure area near the white house here in washington d.c. just really a block away from the studio here she was confronted by police she did a three point turn striking a police officer and sped off to the u.s. capitol where she was again confronted by police shots rang out she alluded police again where she drove another few blocks near senate office buildings the car was then crashed and police opened fi

is fresh revelations of spying european leaders force them to reconsider their partnerships with washington now france and germany are demanding talks with the u.s. on this issue by the end of the year that followed reports that the n.s.a. has monitoring chancellor merkel's mobile phone and calls made by the french administration the latest on a single leak has shown that the agency encouraged u.s. government officials to hand over their contact list and used that data to eavesdrop on the conversations of thirty five world leaders well european council has issued a statement warning that a lack of trust with washington could damage cooperation and intelligence gathering on top of that germany has decided to team up with brazil which was also targeted by the n.s.a. to push for a u.n. resolution restraining u.s. surveillance r.t.s. are silly as more on the story. the latest document that edward snowden there provided the guardian we do see some some more insight into the process of how this global surveillance was actually working and the fact that it had spied on the thirty five world leader

live from washington d.c. i mean he said now with special coverage of the government shutdown now the deadline to block will has possibly come to an end america just barely avoiding default and agreeing to raise the debt ceiling at the last minute so the u.s. can keep borrowing beyond its almost seventeen trillion dollars in debt well sixteen days of a government shutdown halted the capital to a standstill put hundreds of thousands of workers out of jobs and the world economy on the verge of recession this deal would reopen the government and fund it until january fifteenth allowing it to continue borrowing until february the seventh so really it's just a temporary fix well to discuss this joining me are gerald levin publisher of the journal and curtis ellis executive director of american jobs alliance in london we have mr keith boy field a researcher for the center for policy studies and here in ross washington with me is neil mccabe senior reporter at human events thank you all very much for joining me i wan

begins to bytes with hundreds of millions of dollars trickling away each day of the stalemate while washington's mall makers showed no sign of finding a quick resolution. three senior members of greece's far right. released pending trial three more remain in custody following the killing of an anti fascist rapper last month. so this russian investigators charge fourteen greenpeace protesters with piracy after their attempt to board an oil platform as part of an anti drilling campaign in the arctic our top stories this hour. from studio center here in moscow where it's just ten to eight pm this is. washington's struggle to govern itself has already cost the american economy hundreds of millions of dollars on the first day of the government shutdown and things alone to get even more expensive with neither republican nor democrat lawmakers willing to back down from their stance on barack obama's signature health care bill sachs as the latest from washington d.c. . lawmakers here are pretty open about saying they have no clue how they're going to resolve this government shutdown the sticking point r

it's thursday october third at four pm in washington d.c. i'm megan lopez and you are watching r t let's begin this afternoon was breaking news just over an hour ago shots were fired near the capitol building capitol police just held a press conference confirming the fact that there was an incident though they are still trying to determine exactly what happened police say a woman tried to ram her car through the barricade outside of the white house when that was unsuccessful she fled the scene for the capitol where shots were heard capitol hill was temporarily put on lockdown but has since returned to business r.t. correspondent liz wahl is there and she joins us with the latest information liz what is the scene like outside of capitol hill right now. that's right mike and we are on constitution avenue right now just blocks away from the capitol as you can see it's very chaotic here but we are told that the see and has been secured this is after i spoke to a couple witness says that they heard several shots several shots that were fired here

in washington. yesterday the justice department brought new charges against four former blackwater worldwide security guards the guards were accused of taking part in a shooting in iraq six years ago they killed fourteen unarmed civilians and eighteen more the decision was determined by a federal grand jury in the u.s. district court for the district of columbia with the guards being charged with voluntary manslaughter and other crimes involved in the shooting in a statement u.s. attorney now mation jr said today's indictment charges for blackwater guards with killing or wounding thirty two defenseless iraqi citizens these defendants abuse their power through a relentless attack on unarmed civilians that recklessly exceeded any possible justification the blackwater incident took place back in two thousand and seven in baghdad the contractors security detail had been clearing the way for a convoy of u.s. state department vehicles transporting diplomats to a meeting blackwater guards said that the con

is the latest now from washington d.c. . lawmakers here are pretty open about saying they have no clue how they're going to resolve this government shutdown the sticking point remains obamacare as you said with house republicans saying they'll only fund the government and reopen it if president obama's signature health in iowa is defunded or delayed senate democrats are saying no way that's going to happen there yesterday and today there were attempts on capitol hill to provide partial funding the government just partially funded veterans administration and to fund the park service is but those aren't going anywhere as other lawmakers say they will take full funding of the full government and nothing less despite the government now being shut down there's a lawmakers who want to defund obamacare still going to have leverage because in a few weeks the united states hits its debt limit deadline and there too these lawmakers are saying they'll only raise the debt limit if obamacare is de lay bore or defunded and the president h

from criticism and caustic ridicule on washington the news agency called the u.s. civilian slayer prisoner torture and meddler and others affairs and said the pax americana was a failure on all fronts well i mean china should walk the walk instead of just talking the talk so mcdonald's kentucky fried chicken kicked out coca-cola they're making their citizens obese and they're getting diabetes so you know they talk the talk but will try to walk the walk simultaneously and they say they want to d.m. merican eyes the world here's a here's a country that has huge exposure to exports to america is the basis for their merc until this rise of the twenty first century why would they be cutting the nose off to spite their face unless they're ready to come out and say we've got enough gold at this time to cut the dollar loose. foreign governments and businesses affected by the n.s.a. surveillance that edward snowden revealed taking decisive steps to prevent future spying brazil is creating an encrypted e-mail service shield official communications from u.s. snooping and germ

the criticism of caustic ridicule on washington the news agency called the u.s. civilian slayer prisoner torture and meddler and others affairs and said the pax americana was a failure on all fronts well i mean china should walk the walk instead of just talking the talk so kicked out mcdonald's kicked out kentucky fried chicken kicked out coca-cola they're making their citizens obese and you're getting diabetes so you know they talk the talk but will try to walk the walk simultaneously let's say they want to deal merican eyes the world here's a here's a country that has huge exposure to exports to america is the basis for their merc until this rise of the twenty first century why would they be cutting the nose off to spite their face unless they're ready to come out and say we've got enough gold at this time to cut the dollar loose. foreign governments and businesses affected by the n.s.a. surveillance that edward snowden revealed taking decisive steps to prevent future spying brazil is creating an encrypted e-mail service to shield official communications from u

crisis averted at least for now washington's dangerous. even the responsible political circus has taken a time out with barack obama still standing however neither the president nor congress have much to be proud of none of the core issues at the heart of this deadlock have been dealt with washington gridlock issues like that can't be kicked down the road. more news today violence is once again flared up. these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. trying to corporations rule the day. welcome back a new study based on a visits to households all over iraq has concluded that almost half a million people have lost their lives as a result of the u.s. led invasion either through direct violence or the collapse of the health care system r.t. spoke to one of the surveys authors who says the staggering figure or come as a surprise to many in the west clearly the public in both the u.s. and u.k. . underestimates the number of people who died in iraq as a result of that war and that's been true for a long time and i th

pushes washington for transparency over its deadly drone program. five am in moscow i match resident good to have you with us here on r.t. our top story demonstrators marking a frock down day with activists around the world urging governments to put an end to the controversial extraction method steak a look at what's been happening at some of the protests now in the state of pennsylvania it's become something of a symbol for gas development gone wrong with numerous fracking accidents in recent years and fracking sediment particularly strong in pittsburgh and philadelphia in new york protesters demanded authorities change their way of thinking about the environment on the other side of the atlantic spanish activists have been campaigning for renewable energy energy sources and a group called young friends of the earth gathered in london to highlight worries about how the younger generation could be affected by fracking as artie's laura smith reports british authorities still say yes to the practice. it's going to make household energy bills she says

visit to washington seems to be a step towards that direction. reporting there from paris while claims by the n.s.a. that e.u. agencies collaborated and compiled with mass surveillance has been backed up by a document published in spanish newspaper el mundo and we will talk to the journalist behind that report later this hour stay with us. the white house has already made steps to tail the n.s.a. in particular ordering eavesdropping on the u.n. headquarters in new york to be reduced but to what extent stars the u.s. president actually control the agency's activities and how aware was he of spying on europe's leaders and citizens these are some of the questions raised and peter levels latest episode of crosstalk coming up in less than thirty minutes but he has a quick pretty. good shake corney the president spokesman said is that the president knew nothing about it however the n.s.a. is doing a great job what they're doing anyway so it really does raise some very troubling issues does the president have control over the n.s.a. does seem you know a

so everyone can get back to business as usual in washington liz wahl r.t. . and the u.s. government shutdown is sending shock waves across the globe stoking worries and fears in europe asia even australia financial expert patrick young he explained to my colleague bill dog that when squabbles in congress and ups are spending in the government of the world's biggest economy it's a bad sign for investors this is just another example of how difficult it is to trust the american government machine but ultimately what do we want to see as investors well we like to see leadership and that's one of the problems we have at the moment unfortunately mr obama seems to be occupying the white house but he doesn't give us any confidence that he's actually leading the united states of america ultimately right now investors aren't taking any for their knee jerk action but of course what we're warming up to is going to be another couple of weeks' time somewhere between i think the seventeenth and the twentieth of october where actually the american government is going to reach the point w