(laughter) merkel should be flattered. someone looked at the chancellor of germany and said "i'd tap that." (cheers and applause) besides, we aren't even doing it, right, white house spokesman jay carney? >> i can tell you that the president assures the chancellor that the united states is not monitoring and will not monitor the communications of the chancellor. >> stephen: kay? (laughter) we are not and will not that takes care of the present and the future and there's no other time periodic think of. >> the u.s. has been listening to merkel's cell phone since 2002. >> stephen: oh, the past? who cares! (laughter) you know what they say about those who forget hisly. i don't and i'm pretty happy about it. (laughter) and even if we did listen in on angie merkel's cell phone, we have a damn good reason. i mean, just ask n.s.a. chief and first attempt by student taxidermist general keith alexander. (laughter) explaining who we are and targeting just who we are targeting with these programs. >> who are they spying on? >> we're

this appears to be more of a than it doeshem for angela merkel. has she had to concede too much in this agreement? think she gave in too much. he arrived at the outcome of the election -- it is quite amazing. it is only 30% and still very important the retirement age of 63. side, we have no major advancements and european policy, especially concerning the debt crisis. we have a negotiation that came giveith the compromise to in. it looks quite equilibria did. -- equilibriated. >> do you think this will change the way the eurozone is run? do you think this will curb her policy of august there it he? .- policy of austerity >> it may change. the retirement age of 63 may to some internal probes in germany, but we don't see that it would change her stance on the international scene concerning european politics. no points that are going through with the policy. >> thank you very much for joining us. latvia,e minister of just weeks after the country enters the eurozone. begins he will now conversations on forming a new government. elections are not was t

>> translator: my relationship with angela merkel was good. i must say that we always spoke to each other with respect and sinceri sincerity. she is much nicer in person than you would expect. at the g-20 meeting, we were facing huge turmoil with high risk premiums with italy and spain. she was trying, with all the world leaders, to provide an exit, to find an answer. all of this took place in the presence of the u.s. president who was affected by the situation. if the eurozone was to fail, again, it would have impacted the world's economy. china and all the world's powerful countries have their eyes on the eurozone. the solution was to ask for a bailout. in the end, we didn't request a bailout. angela merkel, although she suggested it to me, was respectful when she approached and when i told her. >> the banks are about to exit the bailout program, but there are plenty of problems still like the youautomic regions or schedule. >> i think the spanish society has made a huge effort and huge sacrifices. if we want to exit the crisis, we need abov

it means merkel's position is very much stronger. if the coalition agreement is approved by the social democrat grassroots, it will mean that merkel will be able to determine policy and should be able to argue policy, push it through in brussels. and she won't need to -- she hasn't until now had to do so to win the support of social democrats in parliament. that will be done a fine closed doors. what she is clearly going to do because it is an essential part of the coalition agreement is she is going to continue the link between income and spending. she feels justified in doing that, also, because of what is happening with greece, as we have seen with greece able to show a primary budget surplus this year. >> the latest on the coalition agreement. thanks very much. >> what to do with -- what do the representatives of german business make up the coalition? >> reactions are mixed. some expressed concerns over the coming minimum wage and expected higher energy costs. this report from a business reporter. >> the coalition agreement conta

in the south germany's held a special parliament session over spying allegations with chancellor merkel complaining of a lack of trust with washington. and the russian called the greenpeace arctic ship's medic and a photographer both charged with hooliganism along of course with others who tried to storm the oil rig in september we've got the latest coming up this hour too about back. there if you just joined us this is our to international one is kevin oh it's just after midnight now here in moscow and first this hour ati's obtained dramatic video of the final terrifying moments of tatarstan flight three six three which crashed killing all fifty on board in. can offer ports from the site of the tragedy. a new footage of the actual moment of the plane crash here in cousin does provide a clearer picture of what happens but it actually raises even more questions into what could have caused this horrific tragedy because earlier we were reported and we're told that the plane sort of slid the runway then exploding while the new footage shows it knows diving into the ground and then joining i

spying on chancellor angela merkel's phone. in germany it awakened painful memories. >> the starsy museum in berlin, a reminder of how of the east german regime spied. governments used computers to sniff through our lives. the biggest shock about the n.s.a. spying scandal is washington was certainliling in on german chancellor angela merkel's sell phone, causing outrage in a country scarred by dictatorship. >> in communist times they did it to repress people. today they say they are protecting us from terrorism. >> with public affection for the u.s. dropping. this is a moment of a branden burg gate last summer feels like it happened years ago. >> during the trip obama said surveillance stopped terror plots. he didn't say the american embassy, according to the german medium, filled with surveillance equipment. the saunls is angela merkel moved the cell phone. americans would have been able to record every word said. >> the german parliament session on the n.s.a. scandal will no doubt express outrage, and for the opposition those

washington was almost certainly listening in on german chancellor angela merkel's cell phone causing outrage. >> back there in communist times they did it to repress people. they did it to prevent people were fleeing to the west. today they say they're doing it for protection. >> during the trip obama said american surveillance had stopped terror plots against this country but he didn't say was that the american embassy right over here has according to the german media, a suite of rooftop rooms filled with surveillance equipment. the assumption here had chancellor merkel used her cell phone on that summary day the americans would have been able to record every word she said. >> the session on the scandal will no doubt express outrage for american actions but also from the opposition at angela america. >> well, they're angry that the americans spied on her cell phone, but at the same time she went at bat with them. >> reporter: it could be risky for merkel, whatever the outrage for phone hacking in germany. benefiting from the information from spying material could also raise anger. >

to justify its actions and while we're waiting to learn what exactly obama wanted to hear in aguilar merkel's conversations the question remains will the west manage to roll back the mass surveillance or will it submit to the reality of this one particular big brother presence. when friends spying on friends and trust has been undermined what can stop the relationship from crumbling europe forgive us for sneaking in snooping or will they hang up on their curious ally. but how much longer will snowden's revelations keep fanning the flames of the router and our guest today is to british labor i mean. well it's a really interesting visit and to be honest we didn't expect one hundred percent answers when we went to washington the whole nature of investigating the stored knowledge of master valence of spying meant that we were very realistic we didn't expect to get you know the definitive answers about what was going on but we did get some very high level meetings we got face to face meetings with the n.s.c. we went to the white toast and so on you know we had to every major department and we had

also this germany has held a special session over spying allegations with chancellor merkel complaining of a lack of trust with washington. and the russian called bale's the greenpeace. along with others who tried to storm an oil rig in september. first the nazis obtained dramatic video of the final terrifying moments of tatarstan flight three six three yesterday which crashed killing all fifty on board and our correspondent. on the site of the tragedy. and you footage of the actual moment of the plane crash here in cousin does provide a clearer picture of what happens but it actually raises even more questions into what could have caused this horrific tragedy because earlier we were reported and we're told that the plane sort of slid the runway then exploding while the new footage shows it knows diving into the ground and then joining into this huge ball of fire there's a lot of hope that the answers will be provided by information from the flight recorders which have been found by now but they have been damaged so severely in this crash in the explosion they've been delivered to mosco

and the targeting of anglo merkel's private mobile telephone german opposition parties has long been calling for a full investigation into these allegations that have come out following leaks by edward snowden that germany with targeted extensively by united states operations of senior parliamentarians here in germany that actually called on the government themselves to be very candid with this of course comes after allegations that the german security services may have actually been complicit in this. so this whole session is there to try and to find out who knew what about what exactly and as it goes on throughout the day i'll be bringing you all of the information that comes out of the book meeting here on r.t. . and let's not discount the situation in germany with palin based political commentator said christan schmitz mr schmidt welcome to r.c. great to have you with us so what do you expect to come out of this because the understudy anything that. to be honest not very much we have to look at those entire scandal and political context as one who grew up in cold war germany wher

also the germany holds a special parliamentary session over the spying allegations of chancellor merkel complaining about a lack of trust with washington. and mistreating migrants amnesty international calls out qatar over the severe abuse towards foreign construction workers. for a good living is kevin over here at this hour just after nine pm in moscow and to start then this hour artes of dramatic video of the final terrifying moments of the tatarstan flight three six three from last night which crashed killing all fifty on board and our correspondent for ports from the site of the tragedy. and you footage of the actual moment of the plane crash here in cousin does provide a clearer picture of what happens but it actually raises even more questions into what could have caused this horrific tragedy because earlier we were reported and we're told that the plane sort of slid the runway then exploding while the new footage shows it knows diving into the ground and then joining into this huge ball of fire there's a lot of hope that the answers will be provided by information from the fligh

to justify its actions and while we're waiting to learn what exactly obama wanted to hear in angola merkel's conversations the question remains will the west manage to roll back the mass surveillance or will it submit to the reality of this one particular big brother presence. when frames spying on friends and trust has been undermined what can stop the relationship from crumbling when europe forgive the u.s. for sneaking in snooping or will they hang up on their curious ally. but how much longer will snowden's revelations keep the flames of the route and our guest today is to british labor i mean. well it's a really interesting visit and to be honest we didn't expect one hundred percent we went to washington the whole nature of investigating the stored knowledge of mass surveillance of spying meant that we were very realistic we didn't expect to get you know the definitive answers about what was going on but we did get some very high level meetings we got face to face meetings with the n.s.c. we went to the white toast and so on so you know we had to every major department and we began to b

agency but you were clearly upset with the revelation that we were tapping german chancellor angla merkel's cell phone, you said it was a big problem that the empty was unaware. do you believe that that the president didn't know this was happening? >> i can't answer that. i don't know. but i think where allies are close tapping private phones of their's particularly of the leader, the leader is what i'm talking about has much more political liability than probably intelligence viability. and i think we ought to look at it carefully. i believe the president is doing that and there are some exceptions. >> schieffer: do you think that the national security agency has gone too far? >> well, let me say something about the nsa. i believe the nsa is filled with good patriotic people who want to do the right thing. they follow the orders they're given. the administration controls intelligence. the national intelligence framework is put together by the administration. it begins with the director of national intelligence, it goes to the white house, it's the president, it's the nsc the cabinet and th

even in the case of angela merkel we know that they can get at the cloud, we know that they can get out her cell phone. the mystery that we don't know as a reporting target for us, these days, how much are they pulling down. and on that they have been extremely quiet. let me -- >> schieffer: as i'm listening, i'm thinking, i guess it's a little unforce natural that didn't let the nsa put together the -- for obamacare. because we talk about on this side of the table how wonderful and these great capabilities. i have never seen anything that flopped the way this thing. >> the thing is when you hear all these technological advances that are leading to surveillance people just assume in their daily lives. technology at some point is going to work. i think that was going in to the website. something nobody -- americans would not have expected people in the white house that were not testing this getting some clues leading unto the launch. now you have david axelrod saying, this website is a debacle. i think the problem now for the white house is that you can fix a broken website. but this is

to justify its actions and while we're waiting to learn what exactly obama wanted to hear in angola merkel's conversations the question remains will the west manage to roll back the mass surveillance or will it submit to the reality of this one particular big brother presence. when i was spying on friends and trust has been undermined what can stop the relationship from crumbling when europe forgive the u.s. for sneaking in snooping or will they hang up on the curious. how much longer will snowden's revelations keep the flames of the route and our guest today is to british labor i mean. well it's a really interesting visit and to be honest we didn't expect one hundred percent we went to washington the whole nature of investigating the story of massive valence of spying meant that we were very realistic we didn't expect to get you know the definitive answers about what was going on but we did get some very high level meetings we got face to face meetings with the n.s.a. we went to the white toast and so on you know we had to every major department and we got to build up a picture in one of th

merkel said trust needs to be rebuilt after the spying allegations put u.s.-german relations to the test. aal jazeera's mick spicer reports. >> in courtroom probes they rallied. they are saying germany is becoming a police state again with the united states as big brother. >> we think that this is not doing enough to compete here. she only reacted when her cell phone was monitored. and so we ought to send a message to mrs. merkel that she ought to seend really strong sign against mass civilians. >> now more at stake that be her own privacy. >> the transatlantic relationship and the negotiations for a transatlantic free trade agreement are without doubt currently being put to the test. because of the allegations against the u.s.a. if having collected millions of pieces of data. the allegations are serious, they must be explained and more importantly, new trust must be built up for the future. >> angela merkel says she won't stop mps from starting an inquiry. many parliamentians feel the mr. person who broke the scandal. edward snowden. >> i am of the opinion w

also this germany holds a special parliament session over spying allegations with chancellor merkel complaining of a lack of trust with washington. and the mistreated migrants amnesty international calls catarrh over the severe abuse towards foreign construction workers. in this is r.t. international was starting this. by the way here in moscow with the fact that our dramatic video of final terrifying moment of tatarstan flight three six three yesterday which killed all fifty on board in carson as it went down our correspondent can offer ports from the site of the tragedy. and you footage of the actual moment of the plane crash here in cousin does provide a clearer picture of what happens but it actually raises even more questions into what could have caused this horrific tragedy because earlier we were reported and we're told that the plane sort of slid the runway then exploding while the new footage shows it knows diving into the ground and then joining into this huge ball of fire there's a lot of hope that the answers will be provided by information from the flight recorders which have been

also this hour germany's held a special parliament session over spying allegations with chancellor merkel complaining of a lack of trust with washington. the russian called the greenpeace arctic ship medic and a photographer both charged with hooliganism along with others who tried to storm an oil rig in september. it's now just after eleven o'clock at night in moscow and first this hour. dramatic video of the final terrifying moments of tatarstan flight three six three which crashed killing all fifty on board and yesterday a correspondent has can offer ports from the site of the tragedy. of the actual moments of the plane crash. does provide a clearer picture of what happens but it actually raises even more questions into what could have caused this horrific tragedy because earlier we were reported and we're told that the plane sort of slid the runway then exploding while the new footage shows it was diving into the ground then joining into this huge fire there's a lot of hope for that the answers will be provided by information from the flight recorders which have been found by now but

that's a letter he sent to german chancellor angela merkel. the former nsa contractor being recruited by germany as a witness into merkel's cell phone tap. >>> rebuilding after massive wildfires is a daunting task, but scientists are working on plants after wildfires. this is a report on seeds of success. >> reporter: when a wildfires ignites containment is the first priority. record high temperatures coupled with dry weather whipped up more than a dozen wildfires in colorado this summer. but what happens once the fire is extinguished could be the difference between it fueling more wildfires or preventing them. this is a site of the june 2012 pine ridge wildfire. >> it burned about 14,000 acres in the course of a few days. one day in particular. 10,000 acres burned. >> reporter: andrea is a conservation scientist with the chicago bow tannic garden. >> one problem is invasive species, but its run of the things that helped cause or carry this wildfire further than it otherwise. >> reporter: before the presence of cheat grass, the average fire cy

. >> the germans are interested in bringing edward snowdon to berlin as a witness for angela merkel. >> edward snowdon shows every sign of going native. he met with the german mp of the green party. he said he would be willing to come to germany as a witness of the bugging of chancellor angela merkel's phone. >> made it clear that he would come if he could come in asylum. >> he might not be happy with the news that the federal security service in moscow is being given new powers to intercept telephone and e-mail communications. >> it was a very warm meeting with the germans and he. it was held at his own initiative. >> reporter: new powers have been given to russian intelligence services. they say it will violate citizens constitutional rights to confidential correspondence. >> it's going to be very serious. especially in next year's winter olympics in russia. i'm talking not only about telecommunications but wi-fi, laptops and smart phones. 90% of all your passwords will be broken. >> reporter: it's been alleged september's g-20 summit in st. petersburg the russians handed out free

in june, angela merkel played down the allegations of widespread intelligence gathering by u.s. agencies, but that is changed since the nsa was accused of having her cell phone. the extent of the surveillance is still unclear. and speaking at the start of the debates, angela merkel said washington still has some explain to do. >> the allegations are serious and they need to be cleared up. even more important for the future is to rebuild trust. made no mention of edward snowden, the former u.s. intelligence contractor thee revelations sparked scandal. some german politicians have called for edward snowden to be granted asylum. germany can only be independent if it listens to snowden's testimony, grandson asylum, and organizes a safe state here. but angela merkel's government has ruled that out, saying edward snowden is not a victim of political prosecution -- persecution. >> this amateur footage shows a tornado hitting the u.s. midwest. swept acrosssters the states of indiana, ohio, and illinois, leaving residents surveying the damage. several people died and many more wounded. r

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it is not an accident that the eavesdropping on chancellor merkel began in 2002. the fact that technology now allows the nsa to do anything doesn't mean it should do everything. we need a better and clearer set of rules for intelligence activity and we need confidence that these rules are being followed and observed. let's get started. >>> given the realities i just talked about, what is really going on in the heads of european officials? is all of this anger and outrage genuine? who better to ask than a former top official who can speak freely. that's why i invited germany's defense minister from 2009 to 2011 before that the nation's minister of economics and technology. he's now a distinguished statesman here in the united states. welcome. >> pleasure to be here, fareed. >> so when you were in the defense ministry, you must have seen all of this stuff and seen the espionage and counter counterespiona counterespionage. did you assume the united states was spying in germany? >> well, everyone spies on each other. that's a fact. and at the moment we hear interestin

it is not an accident that the eavesdropping on chancellor merkel began in 2002. the fact that technology now allows the nsa to do anything doesn't mean it should do everything. we need a better and clearer set of rules for intelligence activity and we need confidence that these rules are being followed and observed. let's get started. >>> given the realities i just talked about, what is really going on in the heads of european officials? is all of this anger and outrage genuine? who better to ask than a former top official who can speak freely. that's why i invited germany's defense minister from 2009 to 2011 before that the nation's minister of economics and technology. he's now a distinguished statesman at the center for economic recovery here in the united states. welcome. >> pleasure to be here, fareed. >> so when you were in the defense ministry, you must have seen all of this stuff and seen the espionage and counterespionage. did you assume the united states was spying in germany? >> well, everyone spies on each other. that's a fact. and at the moment we he

from angela merkel's cell phone. they are showing they are meaningful. >> the president said we would not listen in. >> could he say we will continue to listen in? he could not say that. >> why would you listen in on angela merkel? to show the president -- >> they are not listening to her conversations. it is part of the mega data that is coming in and they scan it for what they call selectors which are indicators of trouble. they are not listening to her -- >> order the groceries. >> they say that, i got some political gossip. >> i would be surprised if they did not target other heads of state. what bothered me, what about the countermeasures of their own security services? why would they -- she is the repository of the crown jewels. >> a french gentleman said they are jealous because they do not have the capability. to do what we do. >> the story this week is not angela merkel. and listening to her for 10 years. the real story is there are powerful forces arrayed against the nsa. they are apple, yahoo!, google. you

tapping the cell phone of angela merkel. they're hoping to spoke to edward

really, the worst thing about this, is that we created a political problem for chancellor merkel and the french having this come out. >> inside germany. >> they actually don't -- i'm sure they knew this was going on but once the snowden documents came out, they had to deal with it politically at home. >> what should they do to handle that? how can we help them at hope, mary? >> i prefer the kind of -- sort of things that senator feinstein is suggesting, which really aren't major changes in the way the policy would work. the fact of the matter is everybody spies. the french intelligence, former french head of intelligence came out last week and said, what are you talking about, everybody's been doing this. helmut schmidt said when he was chancellor of germany he assumed he was being spied on. this has been going on since the cold war. so basically yes, maybe we should provide some cosmetic cover in order to help, for example, merkel regain some trust in the relationship with the u.s. beyond that, i don't think we should do anything. >> dianne feinstein being the chairman of the senate

german chancellor angela merkel says the door is still open. >> japan and south korea defied china over its new air defense zone, ratcheting up tensions in the area. >> the migrants who died coming to europe. we look at how one man's search for a better life ended in tragedy. >> european union leaders are gathered in the lithuanian capital at this hour for a two- day summit to discuss ties with eastern european countries. >> the agenda is expected to be dominated by the sudden decision to scrap lands for closer integration with the european union. >> the german chancellor said she was willing to resume talks with ukraine and that the door was still open for kia to sign the eu trade pact, but she also said she had no hope that the deal would be sealed at this summit. >> meanwhile in ukraine, pro- european groups continue to protest against the government's decision. >> theocrat opposition leader arrived at the eu summit before the ukrainian president, upstaging him. also a champion boxer, he met the eu commissioner and called on the ukrainian president to sign the proposed pact with the

german chancellor angela merkel had her phone tapped as far back as 2002. obama personally apologized to merkel, but there are still questions about whether he knew about the eavesdropping. >> welcome to the white house. >> reporter: when things go wrong president obama often grabs hold of the situation and works to correct it in a big public way. >> nobody is matter than me about the fact that the website is not working as well as it should, which means it's going to get fixed. >> reporter: but this week he seemed overshadowed by the generals and leaders in his cabinet who instead took the heat. >> hold me accountable for the debacle. i'm responsible. >> reporter: kathleen is h sebes endured nearly four house of questions in the white house. >> nothing that has been released has shown that we're trying to do something illegal. >> reporter: and it was a director of national intelligence james clapper and nsa chief general keith alexander fielding the tough questions about surveillance and spying in another congressional meeting this week. >> some of this re

the german chancellor angela merkel voiced her intention to speak with the russian president in person at the earliest possible opportunity about the turnaround of ukraine which as we know the signing of the association deal with the european union the first and foremost mission of angela merkel according to herself is to persuade the russian leader that the eastern partnership initiative is not directed against russia have been fearing this comes just basically hours. himself welcomed the idea of holding a three sided commission between russia ukraine and the european union on how to alleviate potential economic losses we should. eventually joining. with the e.u. and also. some of the european countries some of the member states accused russia of blackmailing ukraine out of signing this is something russia had a very harsh response to meanwhile several hundred people are still protesting in independence square we're expecting this protest to multiply on sunday when the country marks the anniversary of the orange revolution of two thousand and four the event which changed the political

and this equipment intercept mobile phone calls and it's well known that angela merkel conducts a lot of government business through mobile phone calls and also through text messages can also incept wife by data and long just longer distance communications right across the german capital so it's incredibly intrusive syncros it really awkward for the british red faces all around the british ambassador has been summoned to the german foreign minister to try to explain himself in german and u.s. diplomatic relations really has an extraordinary since this since this was revealed and we can expect the same for the u.k. if the ambassador isn't able to provide now to protect the nation and the first test of those relations particularly between the u.s. and germany is coming up next week the space be trade negotiations between the u.s. and the european union understandably those in now in jeopardy or a smith for european parliament member paul murphy figs that although there will be consequences for london in the end business interests will prevail over public demands for just. germany and br

and this equipment intercept mobile phone calls and it's well known that angela merkel conducts a lot of government business through mobile phone calls and also through text messages can also incept wife by data and long just longer distance communications right across the german capital so it's incredibly intrusive syncros it really awkward for the british red faces all around the british ambassador has been summoned see the german foreign minister to try to explain himself in german and u.s. diplomatic relations really has an extraordinary since this since this was revealed and we can expect the same for the u.k. if the ambassador isn't able to provide now as a percentage of the nation and the first test of those relations particularly between the u.s. and germany is coming up next week the space be trade negotiations between the u.s. and the european union understandably those in now in jeopardy or smith there will european parliament paul murphy thinks a lot of oh there will be consequences for london in the end it's going to be business interests will prevail over public demand j

tapping of chancellor angela merkel's phone in a letter to german authorities the former n.s.a. contractor expressed hope the growing support for what he did will prompt washington to abandon what he called harmful behavior. has the details according to the member of the german parliament edward snowden is they're willing to come to germany and to supply again. and they say of course that is the story that is being told by the opposition member of the german parliament who has met with mr snowden in moscow on thursday and the former n.s.a. contractor has actually issued an entire letter address it to the german chancellor angela merkel in which he said that he would be more than willing to come and testify because he knows a lot about the n.s.a. exhibits he's not just in europe but in the entire world he would be happy just to talk about that but he can only do that have berlin guarantees him a safe passage meaning that takes you on the extra added to the united states on top of that edward snowden of course doubted that she would be more than willing to testify not a villain bu

tapping of chancellor angela merkel's phone in a letter to german authorities the former n.s.a. contractor expressed hope that growing support for what he did will prompt washington to abandon what he called harmful behavior. has the details according to the member of the german parliament edward snowden is still willing to come to germany and testify against n.s.a. of course that is the story that is being told by the opposition member of the german parliament who has met with mr snowden in moscow on thursday and the former n.s.a. contractor has actually issued an entire letter address it to the german chancellor angela merkel in which she said that she would be more than willing to come and testify because she knows a lot about the n.s.a. ex of his he's not just in europe but in the entire world she would be happy just to talk about that but he can only do that have berlin guarantees him a safe passage meaning that takes will not be extradited to the united states on top of that edward snowden of course doubted that she would be more than willing to testify not a villain but i

tapping of chancellor angela merkel's phone in a letter to german authorities the former n.s.a. contractor expressed hope growing support for what he did will prompt washington to abandon what he called harmful behavior. as the details. according to the member of the german parliament edward snowden is a willing to come to germany and testify against n.s.a. of course that is the story that is being told by the opposition member of the german parliament who has met with mr snowden in moscow on thursday and the former n.s.a. contractor has actually issued an entire letter address it to the german chancellor angela merkel in which he said that she would be more than willing to come and testify because he knows a lot about the n.s.a. exigencies not just in europe but in the entire world she would be happy just to talk about that but he can only do that have berlin guarantees him a safe passage meaning that takes will not be extracted to the united states on top of that edward snowden of course doubted that she would be more than willing to testify not of berlin but in washington unf

and its spying scandal with angela merkel that story just ahead for you. as the story of a search for greener pastures that's. the european financial crisis hits hard the migrants in italy leaving thousands out in the streets without a job and without a roof over their heads. now it's a britain where sometimes being too good at committing crimes can actually secure your future especially if you are a hacker and so after it was revealed in the newly formed a u.k. cyber defense units looking for reinforcements from the ranks of its convicted enemies smith reports. the life and times of a haka in britain from cruising through cyberspace to banged up in prison to what can for the government as details of the u.k.'s proposed defense. officials admit that considering hiring convicts it's just the you know the implication is right that in black and white that it's ok for governments to have people but if people had governments it's a cry must. convey to depok he paid the price and is now studying computer science soon he'll be looking for a job but he will be loo

tapping of chancellor angela merkel's phone and in a letter to german authorities the former n.s.a. contractor expressed hope that growing support for what he did will prompt washington to abandon what he called harmful behavior. the details according to the member of the german parliament edward snowden is they're willing to come to germany and testify against n.s.a. of course that is the story that is being told by the opposition member of the german parliament has met with mr snowden in moscow on thursday and the former n.s.a. contractor has actually issued an entire letter address it to the german chancellor angela merkel in which he said that she would be more than willing to come and testify because you know. there's a lot about the n.s.a. exigencies not just in europe but in the entire world would be happy just to talk about them but he can only do that of berlin guarantees him a safe passage meaning that takes will not be extradited to the united states on top of that edward snowden of course doubted that she would be more than willing to testify not of berlin but in washing

tapping of chancellor angela merkel's phone in a letter to german authorities the former n.s.a. contractor expressed hope that growing support for what he did will prompt washington to abandon what he called harmful behavior. as the details according to the member of the german parliament edward snowden is they're willing to come to germany and testify against n.s.a. of course that is the story that is being told by the opposition member of the german parliament has met with mr snowden in moscow on thursday and the former n.s.a. contractor has actually issued an entire letter address it to the german. chancellor angela merkel in which she said that she would be more than willing to come and testify because she knows a lot about the n.s.a. exigencies not just in europe but in the entire world she would be happy just to talk about that but he can only do that have berlin guarantees him a safe passage meaning that text will not be extradited to the united states on top of that edward snowden of course doubted that she would be more than a willing to testify not a villain but in was

congo and merkel says she wants to have a word with lot of mir putin over ukraine that's up to the e.u. and russia accuse each other of meddling in the country's foreign policy to ensure its cooperation. and the olympic torch is on another leg of its epic journey to plunging to the bottom of the deepest like on earth after conquering open space. fly from our studio center in moscow this is our team with you twenty four hours a day and when the friends thanks for joining me. there is an air of anxiety in geneva where a long anticipated deal on iran's nuclear program could potentially be signed although foreign diplomats on the iranian delegation sound optimistic no further details about just what's happening have emerged polly boyko has the details for us from geneva. talks between the p five plus one foreign minister have broken up for a short while at the moment presumably for those foreign ministers to go and get a bite to eat before they go back into these very tense negotiations now we know that they will be reconvening in a short while but we did hit from the rainy and foreign min

that merkel says she wants to have a word with. the e.u. and russia accuse each other of meddling in the country's foreign policy to ensure its cooperation. another leg of its epic journey to sochi plunging to the bottom of the. open space. from a studio center in moscow this is r.t. with you twenty four hours a day so there's an air of anxiety in geneva where a long anticipated deal on iran's nuclear program could potentially be signed with foreign diplomats and the iranian delegation optimistic any further details about just what is happening at the moment almost impossible to extract has the details from geneva talks between the p five plus one foreign minister have broken up for a short while at the moment presumably for those foreign ministers to go and get a bite to eat before they go back into these very tense negotiations now we know that they will be reconvening in a short while. foreign minister a little earlier he said. that's being discussed today. consists of three stages in his head but he can reassure that potential if we mea

social democratic party merkel's c.d.u. fell just short of an outright majority at last month's polls when its liberal partner won no seats many s.p.d. supporters are wary of the deal after the party suffered in merkel shadow during a previous grand coalition. really security forces have killed three suspected palestinian militants in the west bank israel claimed those killed were a link till qaida and were planning assaults in the coming days against israeli targets the palestinian authority has denied any links to terrorist groups and accused israel of killing innocent people. and endorsed thousands of students have clashed with police in the country's capital during a protest against presidential election results officers fired tear gas to disperse the crowds and cold for a recount of the weekend's vote which appears to have retained the governing candidate. a rescue operation is underway after a boat carrying haitian migrants capsized off the bahamas leaving at least thirty dead around one hundred survivors are clinging

merkel regain some trust in the relationship with the u.s. beyond that, i don't think we should do anything. >> dianne feinstein being the chairman of the senate intelligence committee. and she's moving some legislation to put some -- she says a review of all of these things. there's also a report this week, joe, that the nsa was spying, breaking into google and yahoo! networks overseas. not domestically, but overseas. and the companies themselves this week are up in arms about that. >> they are. but you have to remember, these are -- these were caps overseas, purely foreign to foreign communications. you know, when the snowden documents started to come out -- >> snowden being the leaker. >> edward snowden being the leaker. we were talking about domestic spying and snooping on americans. here you have purely foreign intelligence and suddenly that's a crime as well. it's kind of an indication of the moving goalpost. >> domestically the political back lash. there are -- >> against the nsa -- >> there's sensenbrenner in the house -- >> especiall

spying scandal with merkel story just ahead for you here on the program. also a search for greener pastures gone sour the european financial crisis hits hard the migrants in italy leaving thousands out in the streets without a job. or a hope. for ten minutes past the hour moscow time the israeli military is refusing to confirm or deny reports that it's warplanes have yet again breached syria's sovereignty targets on the mainland according to u.s. media citing a white house official the israeli air force attacked a military base storing a missile arsenal apparently destined for the lebanese group hezbollah the incident happened near syria's port city of latakia and it's not the first time that israel has been blamed for ignoring international laws by launching air strikes in the state similar attacks which the israeli leadership refused to confirm took place in january and may and july this year. from the executive intelligence review explain why the country keeps getting away with it. i think you have to look at the dangers which is you do have now israel

on the merkel wants says she wants to have a word with putin over ukraine that's up to the e.u. and russia accuse each other of meddling in the country's foreign policy to ensure its cooperation. and movie olympic torch is on another leg of its epic journey to soft plunging to the bottom of the deepest lake on earth after conquering open space. life from our studio center in moscow this is our two with you twenty four hours a day i'm going to france thank you for joining me. there's an air of anxiety in geneva where along it is a pretty deal on iran's nuclear program could potentially be signed although foreign diplomats in the iranian delegation sound optimistic no further details about just what's happening yet emerged probably boyko has the details for us from geneva talks between the p five plus one foreign minister does have broken up for a short while at the moment presumably for those foreign ministers to go and get a bite to eat before they go back into these very tense negotiations now we know that they will be reconvening in a short while but you did hear from the fore

spying scandal with merkel that story just ahead for you. also a search for greener pastures gone sour a european financial crisis hits hard the migrants in italy leaving thousands out in the streets without a job home or a hope. from now on the program to britain where sometimes being too good at committing crimes can actually secure your future especially if you're a hacker and so after it was revealed the newly formed u.k. cyber defense units looking for reinforcements from the ranks of its convicted enemies laura smith reports. the life and times of. britain from cruising through cyberspace to banged up in prison to what can for the government as details of the u.k.'s proposed defense schools. officials admit that considering hiring convicts it's just all the given the implication is right in black and white that it's ok for governments to have people but if people had governments it's a cry must. convey to depok he paid the price and is now studying computer science soon he'll be looking for a job but he will be looking to the governmen

angela merkel declined it all. president obama assured her if i want to know something i'll call her. i don't need an intelligence agents. she brought it. she spend her interior minister to washington who met with joe biden. they said there was no such affair. three months afterwards it was all not true. the chancellor has been monitored and targeted for a decade. this is extremely disappointing on a personal level and is important for the german-u.s. relationship. the biggest burden since world war ii. >> thank you so much. senior correspondent joining us. thank you very much. >> an estimated one in 2,000 children born neither a boy nor a girl are considered intersects. germany is the first country to recognise this third gender. >> born neither a boy or girl, daniela spent her life in fear, pain and shame all because of doctors' decisions. she's trying to make sure the same doesn't happen do anyone else. >> i was born with ambiguous genitalia. doctors couldn't tell if i was a boy or girl. at 2.5 months they cast

of migrants moving their way now in packing up mr cameron's mr cameron's words we heard from angela merkel saying that migrants poverty migration was the cause of considerable social problems in certain cities in germany no she didn't mention those cities but it was almost understood that she meant both along the eastern border of germany and the former the former east germany. know what she said is that it's as she was announcing her coalition government that she wanted it. would not allow migrants to just move here without a job and sign on for social benefits for housing benefits and the like that they would only be allowed to do so for limited periods of time now all in france the french warland were saying similar things he said that this type of migration was a threat to the social fabric of france and that something must be done to try and curb these type of large scale migration from east to west from those who are not just from east to west but really from the poorer countries in europe to those that . have weathered the storm much better than others those in the high echelons of

that you just gave back to me particular the german example for example the allegations of chancellor merkel i can speak for my colleagues who were there with my german parliamentarian colleagues from all sorts of political parties in the european parliament who feel that you know what would be the purpose of espionage or you know chancellor merkel i mean you know is that for security purposes is there any necessity for it is there is it proportionate and i think the view of my colleagues and i on the parliament delegation. you know i would say the majority of people in the european union but i think it is on the wane that i made. well that's the point about these allegations that if they're disproportionate if there is no perceived reason for must surveillance and that allegation of massive elance is proven and we're going through a process of trying to figure out what is going on if that's the case that you're going to get to a point of commercial to fifteen what i mean is you've got further allegations of massive valence of data to be taken from citizens so there are two points here what

the german chancellor angela merkel voiced her intention to speak with the russian president in person at the earliest possible opportunity about the turnaround of ukraine which as we know the signing of the association deal with the european union the first and foremost mission of angela merkel according to herself is to persuade the russian leader that the eastern partnership initiative is not directed against russia have been fearing this comes just basically. the idea of holding a three sided commission between russia ukraine and the european union on how to alleviate potential economic losses we should. eventually joining. with the e.u. and also. some of the european countries some of the member states accused russia of blackmailing ukraine out of signing this association deal something russia had a very harsh response to meanwhile several hundred people are still protesting in independence square we're expecting this protest to multiply on sunday when the country marks the end of the orange revolution of two thousand and four the event which changed the political landscape of the