moving low-level detainee's out of the u.s. prison in guantanamo bay, cuba, and prosecuting some detainee's on u.s. soil. as we break down that plant this morning, we want to hear your thoughts on the renewed push for action at guantanamo. give us a call, the lines are on your screen. you can catch up with us and all your favorite social media sites. a very good friday morning to you. let's take you first to an article from " the new york times," talking about this new policy the president talked about on guantanamo bay. i want to take you to a little bit of the president's speech yesterday from the national defense university. [video clip] again call once congress to lift the restrictions on detainee transfers from gitmo. [applause] have asked the department of defense to designate a site in the united states where we can hold military commissions. i am appointing a new senior envoy at the state department and defense department whose sole responsibility will be to achieve the transfer of detainee's to third countries. i am lifting the moratorium on detainee transfers to yemen s

the guantanamo bay hunger strike enters its one hundredth day the number of inmates refusing food always increasing and the use of force feeding has been condemned as extensive coverage of the situation going on. a million dollars a year plus bonuses russia's security service releases phone conversations detailing what the alleged cia agent arrested in moscow was offering his potential recruit. recession for a second time since two thousand and eight some economists at the euro zone's ticking time bomb is the latest blow to president. first year in office. it's a pleasure to have you with us here today. live in the russian capital with your news from all around the world. it has been exactly one hundred days since detainees at guantanamo bay prison camp started their hunger strike. now the official number of inmates refusing food has been increasing on an almost daily basis and has reached now at least that over one hundred around thirty hunger strikers are being subjected to force feeding a controversial tactic condemned by the united nations and the international medical communi

we are now at the one hundred day mark for the guantanamo bay hunger strike critics continue to question the obama administration's lack of action in closing down this detention facility an in-depth look at how the strike is progressing and its possible future today. it's another great thursday for a trip into the digital world in today's tech report we'll talk about apps that can protect your privacy and even help you with boycotting certain products the circuits and bits of the digital age coming your way. the silence is golden but it's another story in federal court gerald koch is an anarchist subpoenaed to testify before a federal grand jury and he's decided not to cooperate now he's facing the threat of jail time we'll have more on the details of this case from new york in just a moment. it's thursday may sixteenth five pm in washington d.c. i'm maggie lopez and you are watching r t well the hunger strike at guantanamo bay's detention facility is now entering its one hundredth day and still no end in sight here of the numbers as they stand now of the one hundred sixty six p

picture. earlier today president obama said that he wants to close down guantanamo bay promise to do this back in two thousand and eight but the prisoner remains open because republicans blocked him in congress will he be able to overcome republican fear and shutter one of the most shameful symbols of america's turned to the dark side during the so-called war on terror i'll ask our panelists and the night's big picture politics panel in just a mall also a well we've known for years the fossil fuels are killing our planet our leaders in washington have sat back and watched the world current now one new mexico county has taken matters into its own hands and banned oil extraction within its borders this is the future of the fight against global warming and believe it or not the united states could learn a thing or two about social justice from bangladesh i'll tell you why i feel the. need to know this at a surprise press conference earlier this morning president obama told reporters that he wants to close the guantanamo bay detention center think it is critical for us to understand the guant

one hundred days of hunger at guantanamo bay a mass protest by inmates at the u.s. detention center shows no signs of abating with authorities resorting to force feeding and isolation to stamp out the revolt we report extensively on the hunger strike and where it's heading. the day the music died u.k. citizens could feel the full brunt of the british record industry has it looks to clamp down on file sharing websites. and the french president calls for greater political integration in the e.u. despite his country floundering in the blocks financial slump and falling into a second recession in five minutes. online on screen international news and comments live from our studio center here in moscow. today marks a milestone in the history of the world's most maligned prison one hundred days of a mass hunger strike at guantanamo bay. out of one hundred sixty six inmates one hundred thirty are on strike according to prisoners while the military only admits to one hundred two of these to third of them are being force fed the procedure recognized by various medical organizations as painful

address was the issue of closing the prison at guantanamo bay he said the idea that the u.s. would still detain a group of individuals indefinitely without trial is contrary to the interests reputations and morals of america while the u.s. president has shown his strong will to close the prison he lacks the necessary support from congress and that support is what would give obama the authority and the funding to close the prison and now obama's comments come of course as the hunger strike at guantanamo bay prison enters its fourth day this is a story that our team first reported back in march and has continued to cover we were among the first to cover it for to you extra navy medical stuff i've been sent in to assist with over one hundred inmates using food at guantanamo bay. company can stone things washington is under pressure to prove it's already tarnished image there. u.s. authorities are in damage control mode now because they know that with every prisoner who dies in guantanamo bay the negative attention of the world is going to be focused on. and the shame that has brought

one hundred days of hunger at guantanamo bay dozens of inmates are now in hospital all being force fed with no end in sight to a protest dubbed as the last resort to report extensively this hour on the hunger strike and where it's heading. well is full of detainees next prosecutors hope one time i explain here at all to you the stakes at play what it is that's pushing the prisoners to such desperate measures. woods but no action from washington. once more to try and close down the infamous facility hopes remain. online on screen international news and comment line from a studio center here in moscow. well today marks a dark milestone in the history of the world's most maligned prison one hundred days of a mass hunger strike at guantanamo bay. out of one hundred sixty six inmates one hundred thirty are on strike according to prisoners while the military only admits to one hundred and two at least a third of them being force fed a procedure recognized by various medical organizations as painful enough to constitute torture and by all accounts there is no end in sight to the protests

of america. >>> that was the president speaking about terrorism, drones and closing guantanamo bay at national defense university. kristen welker is outside the white house. >> reporter: you heard someone interrupt the president twice calling on him to close guantanamo bay. the second time, she really went on for quite a while and you heard the president make that point that he was going off script to respond to her remarks. he did address the issue of closing guantanamo bay but he really covered a wide swath today. this was his first speech on counter terrorism in his second term. to some sentence, a reset and acknowledge many that drones have become a larger force within his administration. he gave a robust defense of the united states' use of drones. he said it is legal under international law and u.s. law. he said the use of drone would be transferred from just the cia giving more control to the military. some experts said that would increase transparency. in addition to do, he called for new limits on the use of armed drones. instead of just targeting someone who poses significan

president obama's a renewed promises to shut down guantanamo bay and his prospects for america's ongoing war on terror live from moscow it's a. good lumber tour. was able to build a most sophisticated. mission to teach me why you should care about humans and. this is why you should care only. sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and realize everything is. welcome to the big picture. from the data we're coming to you live from moscow i'm rule re sushi now five years off the promising to shut down the guantanamo bay prison president obama has finally announced specific actions to one day make that a reality of the statements came during a big speech where he also made it clear that america's war on terror which has become a key symbol of will be winding down but at the same time the u.s. leaders defended getting suspected terrorist with drones as just and necessary i was in a correspondent guy nature can was following obama's address. president obama says he's appointing new p

strikes made america safer. he laid down a series of steps aimed to address guantanamo bay. not everybody in the crowd was convinced. screaming truth of power this de-- case brakbrak barack obama demanding the close sure of guantanamo bay. >> these desperate people. >> today -- i once again call on congress to lift the restrictions on detainee transfers from gitmo. >> it was a wide-ranging speech about u.s. counter terrorism polls in which he also addressed the legality of drone strikes and the controversy surrounding them. america's actions ae legal. so this is a just war. a war waged proportionally in last resort and in self-defense. >> nearly 12 years after the september 11th attack, president obama says the country needs a new way to deal with this counter terrorism policy. but he's going to need congress' approval for some of the changes he wants and in this tough political climate. the president's ambitions may go nowhere. >> republicans in congress were immediately skeptical of obama's renewed call for the closure of began mo. >> until we have some kind of a plan from the

drone strikes and said once again that it is time to close guantÁnamo bay. our north america editor followed it all. here's his report. >> the president who scorned the idea of a war on terror has dramatically increased the use of drones. the president, who am us to close the prison at wonton them obey, has failed. -- you promised to close the prison at wonton them obey -- bay, has failed. he said that there should be fewer drone strikes. >> before any strike is taken, there must the near certainty that no civilians will be killed or injured. the highest standard we can set. >> there will only be drawn strikes against terrorists who cannot be captured and pose an imminent threat to the usa. there will be new rules for guantanamo bay. there will be a fresh attempt to send prisoners to trial. that was not enough for the hecklers. >> you are commander in chief. you can close it today. he could not, continue. >> history will cast a harsh judgment on this aspect of our fight on terrorism and those who failed to and it appeared imagine a future 10 or 20 years from now when the united stat

coming up on our t.v. the guantanamo bay hunger strike reaches its third three month mark home much longer will this last and how did we get to this point we'll dive into the topic just ahead. the syria war might have turned to a serious corner after reports surface of the use of chemical weapons but who was behind the sarin gas that question might not have a straightforward answer a deeper look at the latest developments coming up. and say bye bye to in person visitation is the travis county prison system in texas has launched a program to replace face time with video chat more on this growing disconnect later in the show. it's monday may sixth four pm in washington d.c. i'm megan lopez and you are watching our t.v. starting off this hour out of the shadows of military limbo and into the spotlight of american political debate for years the government has ignored cries to close guantanamo bay and end the indefinite detention as well as the torture at that facility but u.s. officials and american public are now paying attention so what did it take a massive drawn out hunger strike in

security speech. the speech is also expected to outline plans for the guantanamo bay prison. as a prelude, the administration acknowledged for the first time that its controversial drone strikes killed four u.s. citizens. major garrett has our report. >> reporter: in advance of president obama's much anticipated speech on drone strikes, his evolving terrorism strategy, and the future of the military prison in guantanamo bay, cuba, the justice department admitted for the very first time four americans have been killed in u.s. drone strikes. eric holder, the attorney general, told congress only one american, anwar al awlaki, a well known prop pagaganda istpr intentionally killed by drone strikes, the three others were described as collateral damage. drone strikes are less frequent now since 2010 since president obama is turning away from this particular tool in his were on terrorism. in his speech president obama will also acknowledge he'll accelerate transfer of inmates at the guantanamo bay facility where a hunter strike is now being conducted by a hundred of those detain yeahs, a third o

guantanamo bay let's get more on this now from our jesus who joins us live so why are so many people held at this particular camp without charge . well we heard a fairly robust defense for the defense secretary philip hammond this morning when he confirmed that around eighty or ninety afghan detainees are being held in camp bastion now he said that it was observed to suggest the britons running a secret detention facility this comes on the back of u.k. lawyers who are acting on behalf of some of these detainees speaking out they've launched a legal action saying that some of these men have been held for up to fourteen months and that this amounts to a long legal detention now the rules dictate that british forces are only allowed to hold detainees the ninety six hours unless there are exceptional circumstances the last november we saw the defense secretary. change the rules at a halt the transfer of treats to afghan security forces after there were concerns that they would be abused or tortured now we are a little bit of contradictory information that we're seeing there becaus

watching al jazeera. still to come -- protesters calling for the closure of guantanamo bay are arrested outside the white house. >> i am in northern india. they are associated with being part of a conflict zone. i will tell you why tourism is on the -- the increase. >> welcome back. the top stories on al jazeera. in the autonomous region of somaliland, they are celebrating their 22nd year of self-declared independence. they are waiting for the world to officially racialized -- recognize it has separated from somalia. hundreds of gunmen have gathered near the security headquarters iraq.adi, south korea says the north has launched short-range missiles, ratcheting up tensions in the region. the south korean defense ministry says three separate missile launches were detected off of the korean peninsula's east coast. detainees at the u.s. military prison at guantanamo bay have day on aeir 100th hunger strike. refusing food. 1/3 of them are being forced said. it is increasing pressure on president barack obama to shut the present down. present -- the prison down. >> outside the white

detainees in guantanamo bay. defense lawyers say it is inhumane. >>> giant waves of ice 30 feet high in some places pushing ashore and crushing lake front homes. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." ♪ >>> we begin over at the white house where the political prospects for president obama's second term changed dramatically in the course of only a week. we've seen a crush of developments involving three major controversies, a forced resignation, and new allegations of coverups. can the president recover. what does he need to do? let's go to the white house, our white house correspondent dan lothian is standing by. what's the strategy as far as damage control is concerned? >> reporter: wolf, the president wants to sort of put this behind him and turn the focus on his second term agenda. he promised and very much wants to deliver on immigration reform. the economy is a major concern, yes, unemployment is going down, but the president still wants to go out there, hit the road, focus on creating jobs fo

strikes overseas and made a new push to close the terror prison in guantanamo bay. he called on congress to revise the law it passed after 9/11 authorizing what amounts to a blanket use of force anywhere in the world. today's speech was an important historic moment. it was a speech worthy of a man who has won the nobel peace prize. joining me is krystal ball, co-host of "the cycle" on msnbc. >> thank you for having me. >> thank you. >> how important was today's speech? >> top three speech of his presidency, rev. it was historic, powerful, and empathetic. i mean, when he talked about drones -- and let's be very clear. drones have put a buzz saw to al qaeda, has decimated al qaeda, but there's been collateral damage, as you know. >> absolutely. >> when barack obama said today as president, i will be haunted until the day that i die, about those civilians that were killed, that struck a chord as a veteran. i wish more people were against the iraq war. that's what happens. >> and i've been against the use of drones. >> right. >> so to see him do that and as you mentioned earlier about closin

policy including drone strikes and the prison at guantanamo bay, the president sought to outline his guiding principles of law and war on what is an evershifting battlefield facing an ever-evolving threat. >> america's at a crossroads. we must define the nature and scope of this struggle or else it will define us. neither i nor any president can promise the total defeat of terror. what we can do, what we must do, is dismantle networks that pose a direct danger to us and make it less likely for new groups to gain a foothold. all the while maintaining the freedoms and ideals that we defend. >> and in the most anticipated aspect of his speech, the president announced a scaling back of his administration's controversial use of unmanned drones to kill suspected terrorists and foreign enemies. that announcement comes a day after the justice department acknowledged that four u.s. citizens were killed with drone strikes outside the traditional battlefield. facing fierce criticism over the unfettered reach of drones and their deadly civilian toll, the president defended the program, highlight

from new york in just a moment. we're now at one the one hundred day mark for the guantanamo bay hunger strike critics continue to question the obama administration's lack of action in closing down the detention facility and then just look at how the strike is progressing and its future possibilities in just just a few moments. it's thursday may sixteenth four pm in washington d.c. i'm going lopez and you are watching r t well it has been a bad it week for the obama administration it seems the curse of the second term might have finally settled on the president and his staff from the latest benghazi details to the i.r.s. scandal the media is giving the full court press to the white house and perhaps nothing can unite the media more in a cause more concretely anyway then threatening their fifty first amendment rights at no other time would viewers see fox news and mess and b c standing together then in the defense of the fourth state r.c. correspondent liz wahl takes a look at the backlash that the administration is facing as a result of the department of justice seizing a.p. phone recor

the latest news in the week's top stories here on r t the hunger strike at guantanamo bay passes the one hundred day mark with most inmates still starving themselves over the or indefinite detention without charge. the u.s. government seizes the phone records of over one hundred journalists from the associated press sparking media outrage but the white house insists it was unaware of the probe. syria's president maintains he'll stay on till he is voted out and warned the foreign backed rebels will keep fighting despite international efforts to mediate peace. and more spies in disguise russian security exposes a cia chief in moscow as u.s. intelligence has left red faced after again getting caught red handed trying to recruit a russian agent. this is already coming to you live from the russian capital i'm marina joshing welcome to the program and more than one hundred days since the mass hunger strike at guantanamo bay began and there's still no sign of any of the protesters are willing to back down well over half of the people detained there without charge are protesting their in

hundred days since the detainees at guantanamo bay come started their hunger strike. the official number of inmates refusing food has been increasing on almost a daily basis and has reached at least one hundred thirty hunger strikers are being subjected to force feeding a controversial targeted condemned by the un and the international medical community as inhumane and all those numbers are only likely to grow because what started as a strike against mistreatment has turned into a battle against indefinite detention and washington's broken promises to close the prison at the center of america's war on terror he is going there to try can explain. after years of injustice and indifference and after more than three months of starvation one tunnel detainees have finally got the president's attention i'm going to go back after this they've heard these words before as president i will close guantanamo reject the military commissions act and if you go to the geneva conventions and now we're dead it needs to be closed now congress and again as many times before the white house if it were

to shut down guantanamo bay and his latest prospects for america's war on terror the analysis is in just a moment. good luck. to build a. mission to teach. is why you should care. and. he with me ten minutes on a cross talk. five years after promising to shut down the guantanamo bay prison president obama has finally announced specific actions to one day make that a reality and a statement came during a speech where he also made it clear that america's war on terror which has become a key symbol of will be winding down however at the same time the u.s. leader defended suspected terrorists with just necessary washington d.c. correspondent. has the latest on this. president obama says he's appointing new people new on voice at the state department and the pentagon who will specifically work on the transfers of guantanamo detainees it is not really specify when the transfers will begin or how this will be done but he did say the administration is lifting the ban on transfers to yemen the yemenis are the largest single group of prisoners at guantanamo fifty six out of eighty six detaine

the way he does have told comparison with guantanamo bay all the latest on that story coming right. now this comes as u.k. academics map out cia rendition flights shedding light on america's secret overseas prisons. washington blasts russia for its anti-aircraft missile supplies to syria but backs the and of the e.u. arms ban paves the way for direct lethal aid to rebel forces. this is r.t. line from moscow i'm marina joshie welcome to the program up to ninety afghan nationals are being held without charge at the british army's camp bastion in afghanistan lawyers say the detention of the your clients is unlawful drawing comparisons to guantanamo bay are you sir first has the details. we heard a fairly robust defense for the defense secretary philip hammond this morning when he confirmed that around eighty or ninety afghan detainees are being held in camp bastian now he said that it was observed to suggest the britons running a secret detention facility this comes on the back of u.k. lawyers who are acting on behalf of some of these detainees speaking out they've launched a legal ac

closing guantanamo bay prison but the situation at the hunger striking camp is only did to rate it not a single prisoner believe the pledge is enough and to break the months long protest against mistreatment and indefinite detention now in addition that the number of hunger strike has who are being force fed has reached a new high with thirty six detainees now subjected to a procedure condemned by the un as torture the number of those in hospital has also increased and now they would dream the lawyer representing more than a dozen guantanamo detainees as a with a lack of concrete action obama's promising speech looks more and more like smoke and mirrors for one thing president obama keeps blaming congress for preventing him from transferring detainees as long as he puts the responsibility on congress it's unlikely that he will make major moves in addition. he set up this new system for releasing yemenis whereby they have to go through yet another were due process which is likely to take a long time if it happens at all so i think that. what he said sounded good as usual but once ag

the latest news in the week's top stories in the hunger strike at guantanamo bay passes the hundred day mark with inmates risking their lives in their protest against detention without charge. the u.s. government seizes the phone records of journalists from the associated press sparking media outrage but the white house insists it wasn't involved in the probe . syrian government forces take the fight to the rebels in a key town near the lebanese border seen as an entry point for smuggled weapons and . more spies in disguise russian security exposes the cia station chief in moscow and u.s. intelligence has left red faced after getting caught trying to recruit a russian agent. and broadcasting live from our studios in a moscow this is r.t. i'm sean thomas glad to have you with us it has been one hundred three days since the mass hunger strike at guantanamo bay began and it seems that the prisoners aren't going to back down anytime soon over half of the camps inmates are involved in the protest against indefinite detention without trial and with no timetable for release some of them sa

finally broken his silence over the ongoing hunger strike at the guantanamo bay prison renewing calls to shut down the facility he call a camp quote a problem that is only going to fester the statement came after medical staff arrived at the prison to treat at least one hundred inmates or refusing food can stone from hamilton coalition to stop the war thanks washington is just trying to reduce its reputational damage. i think the u.s. authorities are in damage control mode now because they know that with every prisoner who dies in guantanamo bay the negative attention of the world is going to be focused on. and the shame that has brought upon the united states of america unfortunately the crimes that have been committed in guantanamo bay are still being committed in guantanamo bay by the united states will not go away and the the tell the world the negative attention is focused on these crimes of the world renowned marines here in st petersburg has an illustrious history and it's now branched out landing its name to a completely new venue or two as it's called state of the art concert ha

guantanamo bay hunger strike iraq obama reacts vowing to once again attempt to shut down the detention camps saying it goes against the american way. israel will soon get its fifth dolphin class submarine believed to be capable of launching cruise missiles with nuclear warheads the country's the fans ministry has announced the move comes in spite of tel aviv's decades long policy of remaining silent on its alleged nuclear weapons that confirmed arsenal is assumed to be behind hublot a decision to pull out from nuclear nonproliferation talks in geneva or more in doubt from artie's policy. carmen says it is withdrawing from a second week of the nonproliferation treaty talks in geneva in protest against what it is calling the failure to implement a one nine hundred ninety five resolution for a middle east free of nuclear weapons now the cairo argument is an implicit reference to is rope that has never either confirmed or denied having nuclear arms and it is also not a signatory to the nonproliferation treaty arab states and iran say that israel's presumed nuclear arsenal poses a threat to

. drone strikes. and the still-open prison at guantanamo bay. >>> in london today, after the gruesome murder of a british soldier in broad daylight, prime minister cameron vows to never give in to terrorism. >> what happened yesterday in woolidge has sickened us all. on our televisions last night and in our newspapers this morning, we have all seen images that are deeply shocking. the people who did this were trying to divide us. something like this will only bring us together and make us stronger. >> this woman spoke to one of the suspects before the police arrived. >> he told me, he said i've killed a british soldier because he killed people in muslim countries. you know some people are angry. >> in oklahoma, thunderstorms today battering the area, devastated by monday's massive tornado as residents are permitted to get back into the disaster zone for the first time. and as the sad work of burying the victims begins today, president obama promises that the country will be there. quote every step of the way. >> our thoughts and prayers remain with the wonderful people of oklahoma. th

the guantanamo bay hunger strike enters its one hundredth day the number of inmates refusing food is increasing and the use of force feeding has been condemned as extensive coverage of the situation on the. a million dollars a year. russia's security service releases phone conversations detailing what the alleged cia agent arrested in moscow was offering his potential recruit. from centers recession for the first time since two thousand and eight and the latest blow to president tough first year in office and a threat to the whole eurozone. good morning from moscow. in the russian capital where it's now i just after eight am let's get a straight to one of our top stories here for you today the official number of inmates now refusing food at guantanamo bay is continuing to go up it's been exactly now one hundred days since the detainees at the guantanamo bay camp started their hunger strike now the official number we're looking at here the official number of inmates refusing food increasing on an almost daily basis it's now reached one hundred around thirty hunger strikers are bein

guantanamo bay nears the three month mark twenty three detainees are now being force fed at the notorious facility more than one hundred captives have officially joined the protest against mistreatment and indefinite detention without charge and one lawyer has told us the u.s. officials are making no efforts to resolve the life threatening crisis. my client's an actually very bad condition he's been forced on it now for about two weeks his signing passages are infected and the forced to use more and more people every time . you come to guantanamo bay to read in the street. for a different. trying to resolve the hunger strike one year i seem. to wish performed in fact. prisoners report. happy and very solitary confinement no effort whatsoever to keep on top of the men who are suffering so i guess that's why you have an offshore prison system pretty much do what you want to release to the media whatever you want it to be between a client today i've been here eleven after years. charged with a crime i mean we're going to get a trial you want to hold me forever you won't let me live

president' call to close guantanamo bay. you to take good care of all the furniture. >> they did return to the white house, winning the election of 1892. we continue our series on first ladies live monday night at 9:00 eastern on c-span. >> now, president obama outlines his counterterrorism strategy as the net -- at the national defense university. he defended u.s. joan strikes overseas as legal and necessary in the fight against al qaeda. during his remarks, the president was interrupted by a protester. >> it is a great honor to return to the national defense university. here, at fort mcnair, americans have served in uniform since 1791, standing guard in the early days of the republic, and contemplating the future of warfare here in the 21st century. for over two centuries, the united states has been bound together by founding documents that defined who we are as americans, and served as our compass through every type of change. matters of war and peace are no different. americans are deeply ambivalent about war, but having fought for our independence, we know that a price must

left schools coming up. to eighty four days of the guantanamo bay hunger strike obama reacts to once again attempt to shut down a detention camps it goes against the american way. made in europe is usually a time of celebration with historic labor forms remembered fondly but this year it's a different story protests against austerity and the road right so either on the way or expected in many countries and some have already turned violent piece all of it he's in berlin he's keeping an eye on the demonstrations for us. across europe has become a day of demonstration people look to at the moment voiced their concerns about the ongoing financial crisis in the country we have seen some demonstrations taking place guess today on tuesday here in germany where anti fascist protesters took to the streets they clashed with police and there were some some rather ugly scenes there indeed and now we are expecting today on thursday that we will see people on wednesday that we will see. further clashes between police and the far right demonstrators so basically after the anti fascist decorations i

guantanamo bay are all on the table and the language of the spill dictates how and where the money will go well to discuss this i was joined earlier by breaking the set host abby martin am political commentator sam sax and i started off by asking sam to break down some of the major issues lawmakers are looking at in this bill. well have you this bill you've heard a lot of talk on on capitol hill about drones this kind of this issue kind of jumped to the forefront when when john brennan was going through his confirmation to be the cia chief and you've seen a lot of lawmakers who want to use the new n.d.a. to inject more congressional oversight over the targeted killing program that's run out of the white house right now. guantanamo is another issue that's going to be addressed in this the president is giving his speech tomorrow and in the press briefing yesterday jay carney said that the president is going to put forward his latest plans to close guantanamo bay so i mean these are the two major issues that the new india is going to look at it's also going to examine issues related to sex

been. good to put this team needs for decades. in the guantanamo bay hunger strike drugs into its ninety five day still to come here on the program we hear from the lawyers for the inmates about the failing health of the prison and why their clients feel they have no choice but to put their very lives on the line. peddling influence tourism is lifting the veil on how industry gets its way with government business. just as. wealthy british style is done it's time to. market why not. going to. find out what's really. happening to the global economy with max conjure for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune in to kaiser report on our. science technology innovation all the latest developments from around russia. the future covered. all right to not far from the artsy world update here on the program for now though election violence in pakistan is forcing major candidates to give up life on the campaign trail just to survive the voting period they say being on the taliban's hit list doesn't exactly encourage actively pursuing votes since april eighty seven peopl

coming up on r t in response to the guantanamo bay hunger strike president obama restate his promise to close the detention camp so what options does he have to act without congress' help we'll find out just ahead. for decades now the american prison industry has continued to expand to historic levels but what i could be one of the people locked up inside of this system words from the other side coming up plus charges against an animal welfare activist who reported the ongoings of a few tossed waterhouse were just dropped but that's not an end to the ongoing clash between transparency and private interests we'll tell you more in tonight's show. it's thursday may second eight pm in washington d.c. i'm maggie lopez and you are watching marty starting off tonight new information is coming out this week about a federal public defender who was actually found dead in his apartment we first reported this afternoon that thirty eight year old andy hart committed suicide a story broken by investigative reporter jason leopold of truthout who has been closely following the developments t