Is 00 p. M. In washington dc and you are watching rt. Welcome to week three of the government shutdown. The lights on capitol hill are being illuminated by bickering. At least it feels that way. Over the weekend, senator reid met with Mitch Mcconnell to hammer a dell. Both men are publicly expressing optimism about an agreement. Or at least trying to raise the debt ceiling anyway. Meanwhile today, house and Senate Leaders were supposed to take yet another trip down possibly you avenue pennsylvania avenue. It was postponed because leaders said they need more time to work on a deal. A longer this debate continues the more ordinary americans are feeling the sting. If you are waiting for justice and immigration or civil case, that weight is going to be a little longer. Federal courts have been operating on emergency funds. That money is drying up. Prosecutors who already working with a skeleton staff are being forced to go home themselves. Immigrants who are waiting for a green card are be
Photographer was added to the fbi database for simply snapping a few photos. That is coming up later in todays show. Its monday, october 28. Im megan lopez in washington, d. C. , and you are watching rt. Spain has joined a growing list of u. S. Allies demanding answers from the Obama Administration when it comes to spying. The Spanish Government summoned the ambassador to discuss allegations of collecting data on 60 million spanish telephones over one month this past december. Using information leaked by nsa contractor Edward Snowden, a spanish newspaper reported the nsa collected numbers and locations of the phone calls, but not actual content. This after learning that the nsa has also been tuning into the communications up dirty five World Leaders. Now the European Union parliamentary delegation is preparing for a visit to the u. S. To express concerns over nsa surveillance tactics. Political commentator sam sacks brings us more. German intelligence officials will come to washington
Its tuesday, october 22. Im megan lopez and you are watching rt. Tomorrow, president barack obama will meet with the Prime Minister of pakistan in an attempt to smooth over relations between the two countries. Turbulent is an understatement. Topping the list of issues to be addressed, drone strikes. Some 376 drone strikes have been carried out in pakistan since 2004. Resulting in somewhere between 2500 and 3600 deaths. As if this statistic were not a big enough hurdle to overcome in these talks, to human Rights Groups today released reports accusing the u. S. Of war crimes, as well as a gross violation of International Law. Our political commentator looks into the numbers. We have presented evidence today of potentially unlawful killings, and in light of this evidence, we are calling on president obama to immediately commit to insuring investigations of these cases and of all other potentially unlawful killings. Today, to human rights organizations presented reports documenting multipl
Have deadly consequences. Now local governments are battling to regulate it. We will tell you more in the special investigation. Its thursday, september 26, 5 00 p. M. In washington dc r. T. You are watchingr. T. You raeare watching r. T. First, the five permanent members of the Security Council continue their efforts to find agreements on a resolution addressing syrias chemical weapons. John kerry and the Russian Foreign secretary had been working closely to draft a pact to convinced syria to give up chemical weapons. Also today, john kerry is meeting with irans foreign minister and top diplomats from four other country to talk about Irans Nuclear program. Today, irans president rouhani, called for the complete eradication of Nuclear Weapons all around the world. No nation should possess Nuclear Weapons. Since there are no right hands for these wrong weapons, as you, mr. Secretarygeneral have rightly put it, iran is determined to make every effort to realize the vision of a Nuclear We
The family is pushing for charges. More later on the show. Its wednesday, september 20 five, 5 p. M. In washington, d. C. We begin with continuing coverage of the United Nations General Assembly in new york city. Speaking in front of the assembly are leaders of two dozen countries. The real business is what is taking place in meetings throughout the week. The oneonone czar Group Meetings to hash out out some of the crises. The Iranian Nuclear deal may be back on the table. Well they didnt end up meeting face to face, john kerry is scheduled to meet with his iranian counterpart on thursday for further talks. Elsewhere, the Un Security Council is busy considering weapons. Also surrogate laugher off also sergie. What might come out of this . Lets start by talking about what might happen with iran. President obama did talk about dispatching john kerry to work out a deal. What can we expect . This deal proved elusive. What changes . What changes we will see tomorrow. We are talking about fi