Coming out. And the syrian peace talks have just grabbed a tear when spencer land what the two sides warring over us on to power in the country will the Syrian Government and rebels even be able to come to an agreement covering the war from switzerland later in the shower a fan. Theres a january twenty third find him in washington d c im here to keep it pure watching our tea i begin to date with breaking news that the special healing and that was conducted by former Government Contractor edwards down and did a stunning gave a number of curious people out there the chance to have a conversation with an eye on freehand and spent some time the questions are very honest and zacks has been charting those questions and answers from our newsroom sand. A lot of people are dying to know whats the Audience Response is to present a brock obama speech he gave his last friday. We have a response yet from end to the store to use as a kind of the frame of the chute pres obama had been given had given this speech so early especially since some new voices have been waiting on this date namely the privacy and Civil LibertiesOversight Board. I would target released a report today basically saying that the nsa is a ball phone records Collection Program is both illegal and mostly useless in preventing terrorism. But in that context edwards to do was ask do you think its a shame that obama gave his nsa speech before his privacy and Civil LibertiesOversight Board reported of that report um in which the student responded he wanted to focus in on the ball Records Program is that its time to attend ball collection. Worse the euphemism for mass surveillance. There is simply no justification for continuing on cost to tell policy with a zero percent success rate. In light of another independent confirmation of this fact i think americans should look to the white house and congress to close the book entirely opposed to fifteen all records provision course in the president s speech and called for and in the baltic like she said that youd like to see the government move away from storing all these records when it all collection will continue that for snowden was focused on his head that is what needs to and so i guess he can gather that he is not very pleased with as an obama speech didnt go far enough im betting the weekend track and some other questions than answers what else to me now. Thats the state and a distressing number of questions here theres been a lot of talk of what he thinks about spying and secrecy. It people it said that starting just doesnt believe in any sort of spying than yours asked directly about the question what in your opinion is the appropriate extent of U S National Security apparatus surely some spy is needed to which us would reply that not all spine is bad. The biggest problem we face right now is the new technique of indiscriminate mass surveillance were governments are seizing billions and billions and billions of innocence communication every single day. I think a person should be able to dial in number make a purchase and an sms rainy millward is a website without having to think about whats going to look like on their permanent record. So weve weve seen a number of venice the disclosure of the last seven months distorted wants to focus on those disclosures to reveal this mass surveillance weathered stone dragnet on all americans the United States where these reports of bike like the tens of millions communications of average german citizens are average french citizens are average brazilian citizens started thinks these are the most egregious types of spying. It is also ask about whistleblower Protection Laws and whether or not they would of helped by his situation what he thinks of pres obama is up propose whistleblower protections and this is what snowden said he noted that by the ordeal only knew about these unconstitutional but classified programs to congress they could charge me with a felony when all we need to look at the case of thomas trick to steal the government doesnt have a good history of hanley wood june a report of wrongdoing within the system. Mike is clearly demonstrates the need for comprehensive whistleblower protection act perform core started referring to previous nsa employee thomas trickle blew the whistle few years ago about so warrantless wiretapping or not the nsa knew was charged with espionage not be friendly because charges on to say its nerdy gone to congress its not likely anything would happen most members of congress are already knew about these programs and hadnt said anything about it one more thing at the stone was asked about whether or not these nsa revelations are going to permanently damage american democracy pad american democracy recover from whats been revealed. To which he replied yes. What makes our country strong is our system of values not a snapshot of the structure of our agencies are the framework of our laws we can cripple ostrich review reached agencies and hold the senior official responsible for abuse of programs to account. So with a hopeful note from stoughton of moving forward and clearly by now youd expect from someone whos been alleged to be a spy who is trying to bring United States down which in some acquisitions youve heard members of congress on the house and Senate Intelligence committees mission routinely without any proof whatsoever serve very very important questions and very thorough answers on his friday i should say though im still i e no couldnt easily go on to any publication to get an exclusive interview to really talk about this information as an owl a mighty team decided to do this to a name which i thought was interesting. You know why you think he chose this as a sort of medium of communication read this is only that this was second interviews granted it is regarded as a curative back in june of last year on year at the disparities in high demand everybody wants to do an interview with them but as he said from the get go he doesnt want the story to be about him is mainly shied away from the media. Of course as people have come out than in kiernan said that hes a spy inquest his motives but he comes out it can speak for itself on this but for the most part hes living up to the journalist is given these documents to a new organizations agencies on these disclosures to make change happen to sort of pushed the story forward brassy sees this as a way to get information out as very un filtered away stray from the horses mouth. Well at all yet time for exams acts political commentator thank you the National SecurityAgency Program to collect vast quantities of information about phone calls has been determined illegal in all according to an independent review done by the privacy and Civil LibertiesOversight Board also known as the p c l o b and the two hundred and thirty eight page report released today. The board concluded that this action at two fifteen program has contributed only minimal value in combating terrorism beyond what the government already achieved through these and other alternative means and it added that sustains the program would eliminate the privacy and Civil Liberties concerns associated with local action without unduly hampering the governments efforts the boards conclusion of course goes much further than what president obama recommended in a speech given last friday at the justice department. There obama said he wanted to hide it met again at the hands of the government. But he did not call for an end to the program. Earlier i spoke to colonel morris davis law professor at Howard University press asked him if the board shared its conclusions with obama before his speech in if they were taken into account. I think he probably didnt get a formal report was not released until today but im sure that he was briefed on the contents of the reported take that into account when he gave a speech on friday i dont think youre going to give a speech on friday and it has come out this weekend contradict what he said no again the report was not unanimous that worsley split along party lines with the republican primary with republicans to standing in three primarily democrats that were in favor of the results absolutely do you think that the possible backup obama decided to give his speech before the reporter is really sad that. He got me beat. What was going to come out when undermine an anti know what he was going to recommend. I dont know who to attribute some sinister motive to the trenches and they curiously was he was encouraging with a slim friday that he has given many encouraging speeches in the past and openers couple of offers from grouping will be followed through this time to live up to what he promised and what about this latest report we think it says about that overarching constitutionality of the program should insert into the final nail in the coffin so to speak. I am a christ healed. Im kind of fall collection and fat americans now the data in newport has conducted a student thirty pages that had a chance to read through the entire i wanted the alinta Board Members is judge patricia wall he may have seen recently was awarded the president ial medal of freedom right the great jurist a real credit to the Legal Profession someone that i look up to and admired greatly stove. Given current ball and shes a former judge on the International Criminal tribunal for yugoslavia the former chief judge of the Dc Circuit Court of appeals here in washington ive been a lot of stock in trade and in her analysis of the situation. Then again it confirms what others have said here in new America Foundation to. The a study recently with a convincing conclusion that you always hear all we gotta have this program and people should trust the government to retain all this data because it eps americas sake and stopped plots. But again this is another group so theres no proof to back that up. And now the kicker was that key Research Poll that came out this week of the people who heard obama speech last friday at seventy three percent of men say they are skeptical that the proposed changes will make a difference at all i know considering that and of course considering that the result of this latest report and you think theyre certain amount of pressure now on congo as i can do something about this and this or Anything Congress is really just can be determining where that information is stored. Going forward vs. Actually ending the program made to predict what congress will be one in which their dignity. Theres a chance that bad. This is trash or ten percent of the coalition was formed in the left near the progress is on the ladder. Then the libertarian right there an agreement that they use this program out of the stops and when you are getting some bipartisan this generation of poems that are in agreement on trying to contain this problem is that middle the moderate middle that more accepting of trust the government to be interesting to see Going Forward what happens with char and i intend to sell ob said that it said i was having that information at the men a day that the story that with a third party. Im getting did say that they would need to know the idea of storing it with phone companies on the table on do you think that story with phone companies is a better option or do you think both of them sort of sound questionable. Well i would much rather have the money from deteriorate into your verizon or someone. Store in me i may get slammed with my e mail trying to sell me stuff like the government they dont have the ability to put in prison a kilometer or two other kind of things that given the choice between the two have much rather have than commercial hands and government. Absolutely if you think that its a very important to start a path gary d tell the restrictions on how long they can call back. That information and links may certainly something you dont want to be kept in perpetuity that a reasonable period of time you can and does have a legitimate interest in being able to search these records is really the end of the doubles with the tail on the right way to structure this to the need to be fair to the American People and also to maintain our security absolutely what tourney as general eric holder said on msnbc today add that while clemency for so many really is for that. On the table the us would consider a resolution on its own alternative to climb and seek i think its like a lot of people wondering what another resolution could mean that i give any insight as to what could be an alternative to clemency. Well i think im may be an anomaly people can get that person and to the keys in her league and are entirely bad camps and im not in agreement then you can get rather angry with the of the canyon between the tournament. Theres no doubt he would he did was wrong and he signed the same security report. I signed and theres no content or buts about it being drawn to my cake class but information i think itd be accountable for that. Im also pleased reading the discussion did the trick and the president would make given the talk on friday. But port edward students are there. There is benefit to what he did as well. There oughta be some of the agreement that eric holder that there should be a conversation had about about something about it on and eddie im really disappointed with members of Congress Members of the Intelligence Community to say that the shock of new words to that effect. There oughta be some reasonable resolution that accommodates both the good and the bad thing comes out here so come so ill have to see what happens colonel morris davis a professor at Howard University thank you so much and now onto the Embattled Ukrainian city of key as an act temporary truce leaders of the opposition have called on protesters to refrain from violence. However the city center remained a blaze overnight. There have been conflicting reports on the number of casualties thirty has confirmed that these two have died so far both of them ultimately from gunshots. Authorities however have stressed that police are not equipped to fly the ammunition. So far over two hundred Police Officers have also been injured during the riots but more than eighty of them hospitalized heres our teeth to oliver with more. Will we see ms and groups of demonstrates is in riots is in the across ukraine and try to and i did keep my meal and demonstrate outside the old flag of the building is now in the citys old and new poll found an open hand we have seen bp again and the local magistrate shipbuilding steve okeefe nights like demonstrates his noticed smoke and online in a god called twitter accounts of thousands of people in the fourth hole to see me go meet the local news here is one of the bed scenes from and its not just those two cities day in the list of ukraine will say hearing at that government offices being besieged goal of the hippies the scenes of demonstrations that have certainly be under arrest in ukraine not limited to to the capital here in kiev that we are hearing from the government side the day off only to concede that at repealing or at least and toning down new measures noodles that were brought in to tackle the violence day here in kiev and also that from the Prime Minister had this does not offer you said this and that he was. He was ready to resign and his whole cabinet resign if the parliament. Here in ukraine decided that they went up to the job now that thats one of these things to be up to discussion of a special session all that of the Canadian Parliament to be held next week that was announced by my president to be on a cool bridge and also the discussion. Then at that session palmer will be the possibility all holding them of Holding Elections bolted in seeing their reaction to whats going on here in kiev rome at the other field from abroad the European Union and has been particularly vocal on thursday we had from hadnt been for mr but also the president of the European Union he had eight he held a phone conversation a phone call with the day with ukrainian president the chemical which in which he said he was deeply concerned that youre in a conversation with chemical which assured him that they would no be no state of emergency calls in ukraine and they was no puns the moment it to unfold the ministry. Its an eis extra type of Security Services on the streets now at the wilson the only european leaders to to talk about ukraine Badminton Team that the head of the European Parliament mom jokes that ms said that hed his opinion the house to the elections in ukraine. I immediately knew was going full of Ukrainian Government to colin selections at the European Union applying and pressure the day making their voices heard above up over the subject of what continues to beat them at the moment i started off the train and ride it says on the right place and a lot of talks going on between the various sides here in ukraine. As rt peter oliver and its a little bit more about the us reaction to whats happening in ukraine i was weaned earlier by the parties the seat of the papers answer what the last response has been to the prices in the country also leaving much of a change in the us response and throughout the course of this crisis basically with washington again today threatening sanctions against ukraine at the finest Athletes Company spokesman jay carney did praise the ukrainians zachary can present the station to begin with the protesters but he didnt basically asking the blame on the Current Crisis on the government saying that i can approach the president there has basically failed to address what he called a legitimate concerns of the protesters now on the sanctions no Firm Decision just yet it does seem that washington sort of hoping to basically waited out not really resort to taking that step but im really hoping that in a code that will make some moves perhaps to calm the prices down. Its not all empty threats had been seen earlier this week that the us to compete in the physics of our top ukrainian officials on what you can order in place i was not in the latest crackdown but what happened in december. Moved to st and my cousin diane actually called the ukrainian president today what what was the conversation i was ringing off the hook. Ed bunch of european leaders also call them. I basically the first time yanukovich to keep on meeting with the opposition and that settled the typical platitudes about the escalating crisis that took him to find a peaceful resolution to whats going on there on he emphasized that he believes also that the Ukrainian Government is only the government of ukraine that can ensure a peaceful resolution to the peace precinct the ball is in the governments court not to be the protesters. We do to keep in mind of course that while the protests were sparked by the decision on by ukraine not signed the eu packed it all youve all been shifted into anger over government Corruption Police violence and as was her shell anti demonstration and protest laws. Biden didnt seem to make a veiled reference to that which he urged the us the ukrainian president to have to respect freedoms of assembly and expression. The writing first started i think it was an end in november. I love the administration was saying very very little about it im a techno secretary kerry decided not to take a trip there. How about you know why the us is really sort of been cautious in taking this again has been cautious and it seems to be the commuter response has less to do with ukraine and more about what else is happening on the agenda right now and internationally as ones that eat the us relationship to russia and the two countries are kind of on the polar opposite sides here with the us sort of supporting more of the european oriented Ukraine Russia of course i wanted to see its former soviet republic in its orbit between the white houses only be seen as provoking to comment on this issue because of course we kept at it and the cooperation between the us and russia and several issues seeing him walk a lap inside iran talks of course to geneva to peace conference but still im going on in geneva to lead us not wanting to ruffle any feathers a fit so whats the latest on this trip i wanted to post the waxes are definitive time or you know my experience with the finger thing is you never know. Firstly there are so many elements on the grounds that there could be provocations on either side and side wall of course everyone and share a it is rather gleeful when the cds truce agreement that called for anything could really happen its such a tense situation feelings are so high and both ends that any sort of mistake and either psychic really sparked the conflict yet again and he is well with half the things were in reporting thinking iranian presence on the honey when to davos this week to talk about the potential for conference and nuclear deal and i hope for opening up the country to more investment. Honey is the first iranian president in more than a decade in joint business and political leaders that the World Economic forum which explains why the leaders speech to the front seat at the conference rt scapegoating has more the taking fans on stage to the president of the county has not made money off the davos economic far and that is a sinker and playtime a full him the day that the six month internship with a stop to mistakes made out being so weak and the message from an aid abroad is a ten full days and im saying. I take the kids in the audience econ two hundred and fifty eight at people that sense the presence of some of them exiting from the back seat and as typical fuzzy heads of states hes speaking to the right to compete on a hard time. That and ronnie and i need to have come to see these events and hes basically the taping up the country to intensity that said hes well a the likes of any tapes our south as does take some of my bulk of the rain outs that day he was having a drum up support for the Wine Industry that has been really suffering at seeking alpha th the causes they sign says please to announce the departure date at an age difference i intend that the deal the husbands job. Now hes got Great Expectations for me to comment. Lets listen to the man himself. Irans economy has the potential to be among the worlds top ten in the next three decades thats our long term goal which were planning to achieve for social economic as well as domestic and foreign policy. My government is pursuing the ideals and the Economic Development democracy and the improvement irans Foreign Relations and thats impossible without our International Engagement that can fit a baton has one of the big games if not be a case on the gases that in the wild that is a feasible goal for the country no evidence existed to eat have run down the west are now warming up as they see signs has been costly in a daze i mean bass is of keen to get involved as well. Matt was our keys keep building. And still ahead here on our team a few of the syrian peace talks come to an end in switzerland and curl around is in short supply. All the International Community calls for us on to cede power in damascus and since his departure is off the table one after the break. In lieu of the marinade and having won two of the two of the coasts of new yorks the network. As he continued investment in new ones getting information you may use it. New bout of bringing his work was a revolution of my intervention ideas and consciousness. For to assist them with you and leo on what he would be described as angry at the restaurant. A single. In one. Questions to people in positions of power instead of speaking on their behalf. And thats why confine my show larry king now right here on rt question more. I can. I was. Says. Now its your land where the International Mediator for syria. As this i hold separate meetings with the government any opposition after the warring sides fail to find any Common Ground during the first day and the syrian peace conference diplomats are hoping to bring serious bitter rivals together for their first face to face talks tomorrow. Rtc for pissing on is in switzerland and brings us more the good news of the story too if he shows them that both of you is that if you live in new york. I didnt see it yet. I have the bride to be. The city and then tuned. He and his forearm. The first day of the conference was expected to be spent listening to formal statement since daddy was the scene of bitter exchanges as the Syrian Opposition pressed on with its calls for president assad to step down. I think that as it is the problem and said the guide them into promoting this nation without possibility of dollars to help. A change of power and apostasy something washington is pushing for as well be my shower outside will not be part of that transition government. But according to the un secretary general this is neither up to washington or any other outside players to the sign the scene yesterday and said she had to pry money responsibly due to their country. The time to get agreed to assist and to top the stock repeating your country while the mosque this is willing to discuss anything from plummeting to their tool partial ceasefire anything that is except a saas resignation. It seems the parties have a different understanding of the goals of the talks. Indeed the only agree on one thing that a political solution is the only way. No one should doubt. No ones trying to colossus over. That this is the beginning of a tough and complicated process. More than forty countries and organizations. And all suggests together how this must end. That it has to have an inclusive syria. This goes to school. Stevens were indeed emotional. The one that was due to accusations he was most important is that all parties involved long direct talks to start soon yes. The bewildered that the first round of negotiations mediated by the un inherently special envoy on syria is expected to last one week. After nearly three years of extreme violence. It isnt a surprise the two sides of the same coffin on getting along very well frankly just getting them in the same building me already be considered a diplomatic breakthrough not to mention that the talks which are scheduled to continue on friday the orchestra of our Team Montreal switzerland. Under the law makers facing a shortage of people drugs use to carry out the back mentally. Advanced a bill that could bring back the electric chair in state house of delegates in Virginia Pass the measure yesterday sixty four to thirty two. The bill allows the prisoner can choose the method of execution and puts me the injection as the default but if the alternative is not available but says the remaining method of execution shall be employed the main electrocution according to the gap and Information Center right now only six states still authorize the use of the electric chair the states alabama florida Kentucky South carolina and tennessee and virginia. But historically in those states have only need to use the electric chair if an inmate personally request said. Since inmates were given the option in nineteen ninety five only six of the eighty five inmates executed since then ive chosen electrocution over lethal injection. A Fairfax County democrat had this to say about the new belt. He said its a barbaric way for the state to execute people its disappointing to me that my colleagues one to take a step backwards. These calls returned to abandon forms of Capital Punishment come as many states are in counseling and twirling complications over accessing lethal injection drugs as manufacturers refuse to supply the drugs for executions in the absence of potential barbie doll. Just last week ohio administered to drug lethal cocktail that had never been used before on death row inmate. Then as the choir of wire reportedly gasped several times in its morning low noise is turn up to one that lasted almost twenty minutes. And that does it for now from montessori to be covered. The youtube dot com such art in america check out our website our t dot com site usa. Not to follow me on twitter and irritated. New mdm moving you. The cantonese line glad to have the ear its friday ending a twenty foot and calf ankle and she ends her tail a senior Syrian Opposition figure has offered hope of a truce in the civil war aquino is among those representing the cnn National Coalition at peace time since its appeal and he says his side isnt ready to agree to a partial ceasefire we should discuss the transition of power