on the senate side with republicans recognizing it s not smart or good for the american people to let america default. president obama made the comments during a visit to a charity organization for families with low income. leaders in congress are pushing hard to reach a deal on the total amount of money the government is authorized to borrow. the democrats want to increase the debt ceiling for about a year without condition. republicans agree the limit needs to be extended, but only until january and demand changes to the health care reform. the democrats need the republican support. the republicans hold the majority of seats in the house of representatives. at the same time the lawmakers are trying to end the government shut down. the debates over a bill led to the suspension two weeks ago of a range of government services. aid workers in syria have learned time and again about the risks of humanitarian work in a war zone. the spokesperson said gunman kidnapped seven aid
it s tuesday, october 22. i m 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 docu
photographer was added to the fbi database for simply snapping a few photos. that is coming up later in today s show. it s monday, october 28. i m 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
have deadly consequences. now local governments are battling to regulate it. we will tell you more in the special investigation. it s 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 syria s 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 iran s foreign minister and top diplomats from four other country to talk about iran s nuclear program. today, iran s 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. secretary-general have rightly put it, iran is determined to make every effort to realize the vision
the family is pushing for charges. more later on the show. it s 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 one-on-one czar group meetings to hash out out some of the crises. the iranian nuclear deal may be back on the table. well they didn t 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? let s 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 ta