congress. that makes the u.s. congress a little bit less popular than a sexually transmitted disease. >> the hate of the government branches is unrelated to defense, including nasa. thousands of its employees have been sent home. george, who manages the international space station, tells us how repercussions are likely to follow. >> there are missions that are coming up in four or five or six months, really critical missions. robotic lights that are going to the planets. they have launch windows that have to be maintained. if the workers are for load -- a re furloughed, there will be an effect down the line. i was in the johnson space center and we knew the space shuttle and flew missions at that time and we had to maintain a schedule. i managed to keep the workforce working. we kept the work going on at the johnson space center and kennedy space center in florida. it did not really have an impact. this time, about 97% of the workforce at the johnson space center laid off, there will be an effect down the line. >>

action by the u.s. government those drone pilots who carried out the direct violent death of this sixty seven year old grandmother they should be arrested and so should their superiors but the whole program has killed hundreds perhaps thousands of civilians many of them older people many of them their grandchildren so last week amnesty international i published a report release a news report saying that drug casualties in pakistan and yemen were higher than a lot of what has been reported by the government and here's what the researcher said about that survey take a lesson the u.s. must explain why these people have been killed people who are clearly civilians must provide justice to these people compensation it must investigate those responsible for those killings now what are your opinion can victims and survivors expect in terms of getting any justice in a case like this from the government well well compensation is critical of course people have to have just as they have to be compensated but we hav

action by the u.s. government those drone pilots who carried out the direct violent death of this sixty seven year old grandmother they should be arrested and so should their superiors but the whole program has killed hundreds perhaps thousands of civilians many of them older people many of them their grandchildren so last week amnesty international published a report released a news report saying that drug casualties in pakistan and yemen were higher than a lot of what has been reported by the government and here's what the researcher said about the survey take a lesson the u.s. must explain why these people have been killed people who are clearly civilians must provide justice to these people compensation it must investigate those responsible for those killings now what are your opinion can victims and survivors expect in terms of getting any justice in a case like this from the government well well compensation is critical of course people have to have just as they have to be compensated but we have

congress and when the u.s. congress was asked to give a capital increase to the world bank they had asked for a government accountability office audit which never took place so i was reporting this to the international organization of supreme audit institutions and then i asked the board to require p.m.g. to do an audit of the world bank internal controls and k p m g did not follow the auditing standards so i reported this to the public company accounting oversight board i reported this to the f.c.c. but since the f.c.c. couldn't be bothered to sort out the insider trading for the federal reserve system they certainly weren't going to straighten out the bonds in the world bank so i bought a world bank bond and i sued under the securities laws and i also went to each and every attorney general in the states and i told the states that they were responsible for making sure that there was accurate financial information going to the bond holders in their states and i also went to the international organization of se

pakistani families on the doorstep of the u.s. congress demanding answers to why their peaceful household was put through hell and american drone strike. also on our t.v. today we're reporting europe's small to a trillion shadow economy of black markets so massive it's costing some states of third of their revenues in just a few minutes we'll tell you why ordinary europeans and businesses are turning to the financial underworld for refuge. and russia's olympic countdown clock strikes eight hundred days until the games the olympic committee says it's happy with the preparations and president putin assures the world everyone is welcome regardless of some race or sexual orientation. this is r.t. coming to life in moscow with me marina joshie welcome to the program. now for the first time in his history u.s. congress is to hear directly from a family of survivors of an american drone strike in pakistan the main question is why their grandmother was blown to pieces while looking after her garden parties going to spoke to the family why

brinks manship an policy on the edge has become the order of the day for the u.s. congress. here we are again as you are thinking from the armchair as you watch. >> well you are right.

congress and when the u.s. congress was asked to give a capital increase to the world bank they had asked for a government accountability office audit which never took place so i was reporting this to the international organization of supreme audit institutions and then i asked the board to require k. p.m.g. to do an audit of the world bank internal controls and k p m g did not follow the auditing standards so i reported this to the public company accounting oversight board i reported this to the f.c.c. but since the f.c.c. couldn't be bothered to sort out the insider trading for the federal reserve system they certainly weren't going to straighten out the bonds in the world bank so i bought a world bank bond and i sued under the securities laws and i also went to each and every attorney general in the states and i told the states that they were responsible for making sure that there was accurate financial information going to the bond holders in their states and i also went to the international organization of

a reset of u.s. policy toward iran and quite powerful you know going to have sanction building in the u.s. congress the general to get passed in the senate hundred to zero or ninety nine to one and to change that it won't two. new sanctions bills are not passed it's going to be quite difficult i think you're right maybe if i go back to you in watching so what's different this time to do only difference is that there's a new president internet on is that the only difference because if it's about the nuclear program the two countries had very bad relations for thirty years way before that nuclear issue was on the table go ahead. exactly let me tell you something before answering this question. some people exaggerate about their power very lobby in washington and i think israeli lobby would be flattered by this exaggerations and they don't have any problem with it but it's misleading for analyzing the situation the problem with iran with islamic republic and its nuclear programs. is not only an israeli

for the first time in its history the u.s. congress is to hear directly from the family of survivors of an american drone strike in pakistan the main question is why they grandmother was been to pieces while looking off to have gotten. to the fam. why do you think your grandmother was . not money or that. i don't know but one of the reason why we came to believe i have no idea why my grandmother was killed and. what did you do when it blew up did you run with what were you doing the mind that when eternity and outside with my grandmother everything became dark i was scared so i started to run yet when i noticed my hand was bleeding so i tried to clean my hand had not kept coming out but i was very scared so i just kept running and. my deepest condolences to your mothers for the for your loss isn't their fault i am very much of it. my mother was killed my children were injured i'm so glad that people are going to hear our story that's why we came to america we have no idea why our village in my house was targeted and this is go

a reset of u.s. policy toward iran and quite powerful you know going to have sanction building in the u.s. congress the generally get passed. in the senate hundred to zero or ninety nine to one and to change that it won't two. new sanctions bills are not passed it's going to be quite difficult i think you're right maybe if i go back to you and watch it so what's different this time the deal the difference is that there's a new president internet on is that the only difference because if it's about the nuclear program the two countries had very bad relations for thirty years way before that nuclear issue was on the table go ahead. exactly let me tell you something before answering this question. some people exaggerate about the power. of the lobby in washington and i think israeli lobby would be flattered by this exaggerations and they don't have any problem with it but it's misleading for analyzing the situation the problem with iran with islamic republic and with its nuclear programs. is not only an

were injured we have no idea what village of mind it was a pakistani family is on the doorstep of the u.s. congress demanding answers to why the peaceful household was put through hell by an american drone strike. so we report on a year of the multi-trillion the shadow economy. so massive it's costing us some states a third of their revenues in a few minutes we'll tell you why ordinary europeans and businesses are turning to financial underworld. also coming up here on our team russia's olympic the countdown clock strikes one hundred days until the games the olympic committee says it's happy with the preparations and present shows the world everyone is welcome regardless of race or sexual orientation. live from moscow this year with me it's good to have you company with us let's get to our top story this hour live christians a prime minister is a threatening the ukase a guardian and other newspapers were. court action and i say watch what they say david cameron referred to the reporting of lead data on america's overwhelming surveillance program i g.'s a server that joins me live now of f

a pakistani family is on the doorstep of the u.s. congress demanding answers to why their peaceful household was put through hell find american drone strike. so we report on europe's multi-trillion shout con to me a black market so massive it's costing some states a third of their revenues and a few minutes we'll tell you why ordinary europeans and businesses are turning to the financial underworld for refuge. and russia's olympic countdown clock strikes a hundred days until the games the olympic committee says it's happy with the preparations of president bush assures the world everyone is welcome regard less of race or sexual orientation. this is are you going to live from moscow with me marina joshing now for the first time in its history as a u.s. congress as you hear directly from a family of survivors of american drone strike in pakistan the main question is why their grandmother was blown to pieces while looking after her garden parties get it she counts spoke to the family why do you think you grandmother was killed. that mon

a reset of u.s. policy toward iran and quite powerful you know going to have sanction building in the u.s. congress the generally get passed. in the senate hundred to zero or ninety nine to one and to change that it won't two. new sanctions bills are not passed it's going to be quite difficult i think you're right maybe if i go back to even watch it so what's different this time they do only difference is that there's a new president internet on is that the only difference because if it's about the nuclear program the two countries had very bad relations for thirty years way before that nuclear issue was on the table go ahead. exactly let me tell you something before answering this question. some people exaggerate about the power. of the lobby in washington and i think is right the lobby would be flattered by this exaggerations and they don't have any problem with it but it's misleading for analyzing the situation the problem with iran with islamic republic and its nuclear programs. is not only an is

we have no idea what village in my house was talking to a pakistani families on the doorstep of the u.s. congress demanding answers to why their peaceful household was put through hell by an american drone strike. also we report on europe's multi-trillion shadow economy a black market so massive it's costing some states third of their revenues in a few minutes we'll tell you why ordinary europeans and businesses are turning to the financial on the world for refuge. the president of ecuador speaks exclusively to r.t. on his visit to moscow rafael correa explains his outrage and the revelations of america's worldwide spying efforts. and russia's olympic countdown clock strikes a hundred days until the games the olympic committee says it's happy with the preparations of president ford and assures the world everyone is welcome regardless of race or sexual orientation. this is r.t. coming to you live from moscow with me marina joshie now for the first time in its history the u.s. congress is to hear directly from a family of survivors of an american drone strike in pakistan the main question

a reset of u.s. policy toward iran and quite powerful you know going to have sanction building in the u.s. congress the generally get passed. in the senate hundred to zero or ninety nine to one and to change that it won't do it new sanctions bills are not passed it's going to be quite difficult i think you're right maybe if i go back to you in watching so what's different this time to do only difference is that there's a new president internet on is that the only difference because if it's about the nuclear program the two countries had very bad relations for thirty years way before that nuclear issue was on the table go ahead. exactly let me tell you something before answering this question. some people exaggerate about the power. of the lobby in washington and i think israeli lobby would be flattered by this exaggerations and they don't have any problem with it but it's misleading for analyzing the situation the problem with iran with islamic republic and its nuclear programs. is not only an israel

is it going to have any impact on u.s. drone policy briefly. there's a hope that it would to it but might actually have an impact on u.s. drone policy because the lawmakers are being informed about obviously we cannot see anything for certainty that president obama is going to listen to some say in their words is what i think we are very hopeful that it would have some impact all right thanks ever so much for your time shares of ag there are joining us on the line. this is all to international thank you the bay where this can tell you after the break we're on the case of the brics nations they've come up with a plan though to try to protect their internet from the n.s.a. an interesting story coming up we've got live coming up right after this break. some of the sixteen percent of imports came from illegal fishing and. the european union is ironically taking fish from some of the poorest nations on earth so this is a very serious and very urgent problem that needs immediate international action. on the territorial waters th

. >> the u.s. congress gave intelligence chiefs a grilling over america's spying activity. the national intelligence james clapper said they do not spy regularly on other places but others do. >> a pakistani teacher and his children appeared before the u.s. congress speaking of the horror of a drone strike on their village. they are the first drone strike survivors to appear before politicians in washington. >> ecuador is abandoning plans to have rich companies pay it not to drill. they are allowing oil exploration in a private een part of the -- pristine part of the county. >> there's a saying that the jungle will save us all, among the tribes of the amazon. the most divers area of the planet sits over a large deposit of oil. a few weeks ago the ecuadorian government gave a green light to oil drilling in the heart of the amazon. >> translation: for us the amazon is our supermarket. the jungle is our pharmacy, all our medicine is there. with the pollution it's gone. >> all large animals are gone, he said. ecuador's president said texaco caused damage in the amazon. his answ

four other members of congress it's no secret the u.s. congress generally approves of gross writes so it's very difficult to expect a sudden change of heart even though hard was what these drone victims were appealing through the twenty fourth of last year a u.s. drone strike left this pakistani family devastated a nine year old girl and her thirteen year old brother. death their sixty seven year old grandmother was killed that's the cold hard and. i no longer love blue skies i prefer the gray skies the drones do not fly when this kinds agree and for a short period of time the mental tension and fear eases between the. the drones return and so does the fear you know this family has never been abroad out of their home in north. he said he looked at the life around here in d.c. he wished his children too would be able to walk the streets not afraid of being bombed that in moment. my mother was killed my children were injured i'm so glad that people are going to hear our story that's why we came to america they have no idea why our village i

10% approval rating for the u.s. congress when americans discover that the fact of the government shut down, the partial government shut down has not been averted and expect the numbers to go even lower in terms of approval rating. >> reporter: and japan prime minister is announcing a controversial measure to revitalize the economy, a sales tax hike from 5-8% is expected to increase prices in the shops, that is the japanese prime minister talking live right now and also an attempt to reduce the country's huge debt burden which is fueled by looking after an and expanding elderly population. and wayne hey joins me now from tokyo and what do people say about the effect it could have on the economy? >> well, i think there is an air of inevitability really that something has to be done to get the economy back on track and to begin to start to reduce their huge government debt that is among the highest in the world. so of course no one wants to pay more for goods at the shops but there is an air like i say inevitability an

congress is to hear directly from a family of survivors of an american drone strike in pakistan the main question is why their grandmother was blown to pieces while looking after her garden parties gone as she can spoke to the family. why do you think your grandmother was killed. that money or that it being go away i don't know that's one of the reason why we came here i have no idea why my grandmother was killed. what did you do when it blew up did you run the boat what were you doing in mind that when the turn hit i was outside with my grandmother everything became dark i was scared so i started to run yet when i noticed my hand was bleeding i tried to clean my house not kept coming out but i was very scared so i just kept running and. my deepest condolences for your mother's for the for your loss is a very tough up i am start their worship with the. news that my mother was killed my children were injured i'm so glad that people are going to hear our story that's why we came to america we have no idea why our village and my house was targeted and this is going to be the first time when

a reset of u.s. policy toward iran and quite powerful you know going to have sanction building in the u.s. congress the generally get passed. in the senate hundred to zero or ninety nine to one and to change that it won't two. new sanctions bills are not passed it's going to be quite difficult i think you're right maybe if i go back to you and watch it so what's different this time the deal the difference is that there's a new president internet on is that the only difference because if it's about the nuclear program the two countries had very bad relations for thirty years way before that nuclear issue was on the table go ahead. exactly let me tell you something before answering this question. some people exaggerate about the power. of the lobby in washington and i think israeli lobby would be flattered by this exaggerations and they don't have any problem with it but it's misleading for analyzing the situation the problem with iran with islamic republic and with its nuclear programs. is not only an

. >> they travelled from north waziristan to the u.s. congress in washington d.c. the goal - to tell americans what happened when a u.s. drone targeted a pakistani family. it was a year ago when zubair rehnan was struck by shrapnel. he was gathering vegables to prepare for an east of eid >> translation: i could see the drone hovering, why would i worry, neither my grandmother or i were militants. when it fired, the ground shook. >> shrapnel from the second drone hit nabila, his sister, later. as she ran she heard the grandmother, the village witch doctor screaming. >> no one told me why my mother was targeted. four of my children from injured and four of my brother's children. we had to borrow money and sell lands to pay for the children's medical treatment. there has been no compensation. the pakistani government accepted my claim, confirmed the details but says it is not responsible, the u.s. is >> the obama administration has never commend on the strike that targeted the rehmans. and the cia never publicly acknowledged the drone program, that's something the dem

a reset of u.s. policy toward iran and quite powerful you know going to have sanction building in the u.s. congress the generally get passed. in the senate hundred to zero or ninety nine to one and to change that walt to. new sanctions bills are not passed it's going to be quite difficult i think you're right maybe if i go back to you and watch it so what's different this time the deal the difference is that there's a new president internet on is that the only difference because if it's about the nuclear program the two countries had very bad relations for thirty years way before that nuclear issue was on the table go ahead. exactly let me tell you something before answering this question. some people exaggerate about the power. of the lobby in washington and i think israeli lobby would be flattered by this exaggerations and they don't have any problem with it but it's misleading for analyzing the situation the problem with iran with islamic republic and with its nuclear programs. is not only an isra

percent of the people they are nine in ten do not approve of us congress that makes the u.s. congress a little bit less popular than a sexually transmitted disease. the hardest to hate those government branches unrelated to defense including nasa thousands of its employees have been sent home with the virus program severely affected and george abbey refused to manage the international space station for nasa told us how repercussions are likely to on. their missions that are coming up in say four or five or six months really critical motions or images that are robotic lights that are going to the planets they have launch windows that have to be maintained and if the workers are working and being done so there is going to be an effect on the line but i was the director of the johnson space center and we were flying the space shuttle and of course flying missions to time so we had to maintain a schedule so i managed to keep the workforce. working and we kept or going on in there to georgia to each other and the kennedy space center in florida and we didn't really have a real imp

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that have called for a constitutional convention and there is absolutely no excuse for the u.s. congress not to convene a constitutional convention they are the american people hold them in contempt. ok i mean well they certainly should hold them in contempt and it comes to security because all i ever hear is that al qaeda nine eleven and a few other words and then you know this don't ask questions because don't worry we're taking care of it just trust me well look john inglis who's the deputy n.s.a. director was before the senate judiciary committee earlier this summer and as you remember we were told that the spying was necessary and it's captured dozens of terrorist plots disrupted some fifty terrorist plots with mr english said before the senate judiciary committee earlier this year is that quote at most one maybe what was just maybe maybe one book collection of maybe one maybe one or maybe one was was intercepted exactly. exactly so you know they throw everything into the box and say we've stopped this we've stopped that in the other but but when it comes down to it there's

congress that makes the u.s. congress a little bit less popular than a sexually transmitted disease. nicely put the how to say so those government branches and related to defense including nasa thousands of its employees have been sent out on the various programs severely affected your job it used to manage the international space station for nasa told us how repercussions are likely to follow there are missions that are coming up in say four or five or six months fairly critical motions or missions that robotic flights that are going to the planets they have launch windows that have to be maintained and if the workers are working and being done and so there is going to be in effect on the one where i was the director of the johnson space center and we were flying the space shuttle and of course flying missions to time so we had to maintain a schedule so i managed to keep the workforce. working and we kept our word going on in the johnson space center and the kennedy space center in florida and we didn't really h

that have called for a constitutional convention and there is absolutely no excuse for the u.s. congress not to convene a constitutional convention they are the american people hold them in contempt. ok you know i mean i certainly should hold them in contempt and it comes to security because all i ever hear is an al qaeda nine eleven and a few other words and then you know this don't ask questions because don't worry we're taking care of it just trust me well look john inglis who's the deputy n.s.a. director was before the senate judiciary committee earlier this summer and as you remember we were told that the spying was necessary and it's captured dozens of terrorist plots disrupted some fifty terrorist plots where what mr lee said before the senate judiciary committee earlier this year is that quote at most one maybe what was just maybe maybe one book collection of maybe one maybe one or maybe one was was intercepted exactly. exactly so you know they throw everything into the box and say we've stopped this we've stopped that in the other but but when it comes down to it there'

. >> they travelled more than 11,000km from north waziristan, pakistan to the u.s. congress. the goal - to tell americans what happens when u.s. drones target an innocent family. a year ago zubair rehnan was shot by shrapnel, he was gathering vegetables for a special eade dinner. >> translation: i could see the zone overhead. why would i worry, neither my grandmother nor i were militants. when it fired the ground shook and smoke rose up >> shrapnel hit his sister nabila. she said it was hard to stob the bleeding. she her her grandmother, the village screaming. rafiq ur rehman says the loss of his mother devastated his family. >> translation: no one told me why my mother was tarted. four of my children were injured and four of my brother's children. we had to borrow money and sell land to pay for medical treatment. there has been no compensation to pay for the bills. the pakistani government accepted the claim and confirmed the details but says it is not responsible, the u.s. is >> reporter: the obama administration never commented on the strike that started the rems. the cia

this is going to be the first time when the u.s. congress that generally approves of drone strikes will hear from innocent victims of those strikes the rayman family from pakistan are going to tell their story and they hope to hear answers where this is all going why do they have to live in fear every day and why was their grandmother killed in washington r.t. i'm going to check out. amnesty international recently left out at washington condemning some of the drone strikes as it was quine's the rights group so called for greater transparency and justice for the victims like the room on family this story became the inspiration for documentary filmmaker robert greenwald latest movie ghana chicken spoke with him and with the fam. people want to believe in santa claus and they also want to believe that there's a simple solution to these incredibly complicated problems when we started reading that the drones were killing only high value targets of represented an imminent threat it doesn't make sense it's just not possible so i think ther

a reset of u.s. policy toward iran and quite powerful you know going to have sanction building in the u.s. congress the generally get passed. in the senate hundred to zero or ninety nine to one and to change that walt to. new sanctions bills are not passed it's going to be quite difficult i think you're right maybe if i go back to you in watching so what's different this time the deal the difference is that there's a new president internet on is that the only difference because if it's about the nuclear program the two countries had very bad relations for thirty years way before that nuclear issue was on the table go ahead. exactly let me tell you something before answering this question. some people exaggerate about the power israeli lobby in washington and i think israeli lobby would be flattered by this exaggerations and they don't have any problem with it but it's misleading for analyzing the situation the problem with iran with islamic republic and with its nuclear programs. is not only an israe

that have called for a constitutional convention and there is absolutely no excuse for the u.s. congress not to convene a constitutional convention they are the american people hold them in contempt. ok and you know i mean i certainly should hold them in contempt and it comes to security because all i ever hear is al qaeda nine eleven and a few other words and then you know this don't ask questions because don't worry we're taking care of it just trust me well look john inglis who's the deputy n.s.a. director was before the senate judiciary committee earlier this summer and as you remember we were told that the spying was necessary and if it's captured dozens of terrorist plots just disrupted some fifty terrorist plots what would mr inglis said before the senate judiciary committee earlier this year is that quote at most one maybe what was just maybe maybe one book collection of maybe one maybe one or maybe one was was intercepted exactly. exactly so you know they throw everything into the box and say we've stopped this we've stopped that in the other but but when it comes down

the u.s. might run out of money to pay its bills. talks with world powers on the nuclear program. a strong earthquake strikes the central philippines. first to the u.s. where the house of representatives are questioning plans to prevent a default on american debt. the white house has rejected the house proposal calling it a partisan attempt to appease a small group of tea party conservatives. it said a deal is far from being struck. here is our business editor with more. >> you have the republican and democratic senators actually agreeing on a plan. it would see the debt ceiling raised until february and see the government funded until mid- january which would end the u.s. pgovernment shutdown. they are working on a completely different flan and are still trying to tie this tax closely related to obamacare to the raising of the debt ceiling. >> we met with our members today to try to find a way forward in a bipartisan way that would continued to try to provide fairness to the american people u

congress that makes the u.s. congress a little bit less popular than a sexually transmitted disease. the hardest hit is government branches and related to defense including massive thousands of its employees have been sent home with various programs severely affected your job it used to manage the international space station for nasa he told us how repercussions are likely to fall and. there are missions that are coming up in say four or five or six months fairly critical motions or missions that robotic flights that are going to the planets they have launch windows that have to be maintained and if the workers are working and being done and so there is going to be in effect on the one where i was the director of the johnson space center and we were flying the space shuttle and of course flying missions to time so we had to maintain a schedule so i managed to keep the workforce. working we kept the work going on in the johnson space center and the kennedy space center in florida and we didn't really have an impac

that have called for a constitutional convention and there is absolutely no excuse for the u.s. congress not to convene a constitutional convention they are the american people hold them in contempt. ok i mean i certainly should hold them in contempt and it comes to security because all i ever hear is al qaeda nine eleven and a few other words and then you know this don't ask questions because don't worry we're taking care of it just trust me well look john inglis who's the deputy n.s.a. director was before the senate judiciary committee earlier this summer and as you remember we were told that the spying was necessary and if it's captured dozens of terrorist plots disrupted some fifty terrorist plots what would mr english said before the senate judiciary committee earlier this year is that quote at most one maybe what was just maybe maybe one book collection of maybe one maybe one or maybe one was was intercepted exactly. exactly so you know they throw everything into the box and say we've stopped this we've stopped that in the other but but when it comes down to it there's ver

and u.s. lawmakers heard testimony from survivors of an alleged u.s. drone strike today three pakistani. congress this morning to describe an attack that killed their sixty seven year old mother and grandmother in pakistan last year the family which was invited to washington by representative alan grayson came to share their heartfelt stories with lawmakers and held high hopes of getting answers from congress artie's guy in a chuck e. on spoke with the rudman family and brings us this report. this was the first time actual victims of u.s. drone strikes were in congress and there were maybe only four members of congress who came to this briefing apart from the congressman who initiated this meeting congressman alan grayson it's no secret the u.s. congress generally approves of drone strikes so it's very difficult to expect the sudden change of heart even though hard was what these drone victims were appealing to on a twenty fourth of last year a u.s. drone strike left the pakistani family devastated the nine year old girl and her thirteen year old broth

congress demanding answers to why their peaceful household was put through hell by an american drone strike. also we report on europe's multi-trillion shadow economy a black market so massive it's costing some states a third of their revenues in a few minutes we'll tell you why ordinary europeans and businesses are turning to the financial in the world for refuge.

so they are literally walking the halls of the u.s. congress meeting with any politician that will listen to their plea to put in place laws to stop domestic spying. >> for me this is obviously very person al. personal. working for the arab community it's the community that targeted by the post 9/11 and counter terrorismive eterrorism effort. they are va vacuuming up everybody's information an coping through it. it contradicts the pun fundments of our constitution. it's not just kept but it's stored. 20 to 30 years on the they the y be useful in the future. it's only gotten rid of if it's not tuesda use to the fbi. that include the in the sa and a and a the counter terrorism every m months it's been reseed the super x key score tracts on the internet. so much information is being collected a massive new data center is under construction. when it opens next year it will hold 300,000 square meters of a person's personal information that is monitoring of a violation of u.s. civil liberties. they approved the government's application to co

and u.s. lawmakers heard testimony from survivors of an alleged u.s. drone strike today three pakistani citizens appearing before congress this morning to describe an attack that killed their sixty seven year old mother and grandmother and pakistan last year the family was invited to washington by representative alan grayson and tonight on our team rep grayson spoke with tom hartman about how the drone program is damaging relations between the countries take a look. america's gone from the most popular country among pakistanis to in many respects the least popular country among pakistanis and that will definitely have all sorts of consequences for our own security and by alienating the people of pakistan we are going to end up a lunatic in pakistan itself and this will actually impair our ability to fight terrorism. on the hell that family came to share their heartfelt stories with lawmakers and held high hopes of getting answers from congress artie's guy in egypt talk young spoke with the family and brings us this report this was the first time actual

we have no idea what village in my house was targeted a pakistani family is on the doorstep of the u.s. congress demanding answers to why their peaceful household was put through hell find american drone strike. also we report on here of small the trillion shadow economy a black market so massive it's costing some states a third of their revenues in a few minutes here in our team will tell you why ordinary europeans and businesses are turning to the financial underworld for refuge. and russia's olympic countdown clock strikes one hundred days until the games the olympic committee says it's happy with the preparations of president putin assures the world everyone is welcome regardless of race or sex.

and could very sears the damage that only the u.s. economy -- very seriously damage not only the u.s. economy, but the global economy. >> while congress continues to there is onending, country caching in. >> republican opposition to obama care is at the heart of the government shutdown. museums, memorials, parks and zoos have been forced to shut their doors. india.ning new doors in the indian generic medicine industry is gearing up for a huge boost of demand in the u.s.. nearly 40% of the drugs used in the u.s. comes from india and it is going to get bigger. >> we see a tectonic change in generic consumption and pharmaceuticals that will happen in the united states. being a big provider of that kind of product to the world, india stands to gain significantly. >> more and more doctors in the u.s. are now prescribing generic drugsw. >> because of obama care, now the dollar amount that is being paid for prescription drugs will be something that the government will take responsibility for. there is more awareness for the cost of drugs i t

>> reporter: anger in the u.s. congress and who will brink first as politicians fail to agree on a budget. a leading bangladesh is facing rape and torture in the civil war and a bitten ap toll the golden arches we will tell you which of the world's are the most valuable brands. ♪ but first a new team of chemical weapons experts is due to begin work in syria in the coming hours and inspectors from the organization from the prohibition of chemical weapons and will cow late a list of syria's weapons that need to be destroyed and experts left the capitol damascus after completing the mission in two months and looking into several alleged chemical attacks. syria begins stockpiling chemical weapons in the 1970s and relied on other countries to get the agents needed to create the weapons the governments also established its own chem agent manufacturing plants in forqlus and other 50 towns and cities and the israeli military described the arsenal as the largest in the world and the french intelligence says that includes

u.s. house of representatives have offered up a plan that could end a standoff over the national debt. they say they're considering legislation that would allow for a short-term increase in the debt ceiling. but they stopped short of agreeing to stop the government shutdown. republican leaders outlined their proposal to avoid a default on the debt. the government needs approval from congress to borrow more money. otherwise, by next week, it might not be able to pay its bills. u.s. media has reported the legislation would allow the government to avoid a default for six weeks. >> i would hope that the president will look at this as an opportunity and a good-faith effort on our part to move halfway, halfway to what he's demanded, in order to have these conversations begin. >> the proposal does not include any measures to resolve the shutdown of government services that started last week. but it would give republicans and democrats more time to negotiate a deal for a deficit reduction over the

this was talking to a pakistani family is on the doorstep of the u.s. congress demanding answers to why they. held by an american drone strike. so we report on europe's multi-trillions shadow economy so massive it's costing some say.

is governed by the u.s. congress, the law in d.c. that says buildings in d.c. have to be short buildings, is a law that was passed not by the city itself but by congress. in 1910. an act to regulate the height of buildings in the district of columbia. 1910, congress passed that. more than a century is a long time to have your city stay short while the world is putting up skyscrapers. in d.c. the decision create aid city skyline like no other. one where you can see great federal monuments of our nation from long ways away, there are no buildings blocking your view. i don't know why they did it in the first place in 1910, the overall effect of the height restrictions an ak -- architectural thing. rich people have the view. poor people have the view. it isn't something to trade on. d.c. height restrictions are permanent. more than a century. nobody was ever going to take away that view. two years ago, in august 2011, a rare east coast earthquake rattled the washington monument. so hard that they had to close it off from visitors ever since. the earthquake cracked

and could very sears the damage that only the u.s. economy -- very seriously damage not only the u.s. economy, but the global economy. >> while congress continues to there is onending, country caching in. >> republican opposition to obama care is at the heart of the government shutdown. museums, memorials, parks and zoos have been forced to shut their doors. india.ning new doors in the indian generic medicine industry is gearing up for a huge boost of demand in the u.s.. nearly 40% of the drugs used in the u.s. comes from india and it is going to get bigger. >> we see a tectonic change in generic consumption and pharmaceuticals that will happen in the united states. being a big provider of that kind of product to the world, india stands to gain significantly. >> more and more doctors in the u.s. are now prescribing generic drugsw. >> because of obama care, now the dollar amount that is being paid for prescription drugs will be something that the government will take responsibility for. there is more awareness for the cost of drugs i t

. >> the u.s. congress was a scene of dramatic action today amid a must -- a government shutdown which one to book treasury department and the international monetary fund to issue dire warnings of the potential economic dangers ahead. both institutions are concerned that the current standoff will invent a deal to raise the debt ceiling -- will prevent a deal to raise the debt ceiling. done, the united states will default in its debt. >> the ongoing political uncertainty over the budget, over the debt ceiling does not help. the government shutdown is that enough but failure to raise the debt ceiling would be far worse. and could very sears the damage that only the u.s. economy -- very seriously damage not only the u.s. economy, but the global economy. >> while congress continues to there is onending, country caching in. >> republican opposition to obama care is at the heart of the government shutdown. museums, memorials, parks and zoos have been forced to shut their doors. india.ning new doors in th

. >>> leaders of the u.s. congress are meeting at the white house. >> reporter: hello, in london with the latest from europe including the leader of greece's