an international outcry but it all remains quiet in the us we've heard plenty of promises to close guantanamo but it's still there it's still operating maybe there is still torture going on there secret cia prisons has anyone been brought to account and they're pointing at our problems well thank you we're aware of that making this the ground for passing anti russian laws it's something absurd and we have a no way provoked such action but russia lawmakers are currently working on what they say will be a proportionate response to the money scale act and part of the plan is to introduce a ban for americans to adopt russian children. this has been causing quite a lot of debate in russia and the president has commented on that saying that adoption and the problem with it is that it's not in the cases of abuse. russian children adopted by american foster parents of but the lack of a proper legal reaction from american authorities to prevent them from reoccurring including the lack of serious punishments in light of the n.t. government protests which have been continuing for around a year now the p

we've heard plenty of promises to close guantanamo but it's still there it's still operating maybe there is still torture going on there secret cia prisons has anyone been brought to account and they're pointing at our problems well thank you we're aware of that making this the ground for passing anti russian laws it's something absurd and we have a no way provoked such action. meanwhile vladimir putin's arrived in new delhi india on an official visit the russian leader will meet with the country's prime minister and other officials to discuss cooperation between the two states talks expected to focus primarily on boosting economic trade military and energy ties several agreements expected to be coming out of this trip including large contracts for the sale of military technology this is putin's first visit to south asia since his return to the kremlin in may. last week europe witnessed yet another wave of protests in two of the worst countries or countries worst affected by the comments debt crisis a new austerity drive by the spanish government drove thousands into the streets of madri

in the us we've heard plenty of promises to close guantanamo but it's still there it's still operating maybe there is still torture going on there secret cia prisons has anyone been brought to account and they're pointing at our problems well thank you we're aware of that making this the ground for passing anti russian laws it's something absurd and we have in no way provoked such action. and we're going with president putin's comments came during his first major news conference since returning to the kremlin we've got you to watch the highlights of that q. and a session coming up again if you're not caught it tonight in three hours time on r.t. . in spain on thursday thousands attended a mock funeral march for the country's finances after a series of mass protests failed to stop a new batch of cuts or spent labelled the budget of hunger and misery include some thirty nine billion euros worth of extra stare at a now investment advisor patrick young told us madrid's burdens the result of years of government mistakes the truth is there is no money to pay all of these nurses and doctors t

themselves abu ghraib and guantanamo where for years people have been detained without charge it's inconceivable to the prisoners walk around in chains like in the middle ages they've legalized torture inside their own country if something like that happened here it would cause an international outcry if you put it all remains quiet in the us we've heard plenty of promises to close guantanamo but it's still there it's still operating maybe there is still torture going on there secret cia prisons has anyone been brought to account and they're pointing at our problems well thank you we're aware of that making this the ground for passing anti russian laws it's something absurd and we have a no way provoked such action. and when you meet me while president putin has arrived in new delhi india on an official visit the russian leader will meet with the country's prime minister and other officials to discuss cooperation between the two states talks expected to focus primarily on boosting economic trade military and energy ties several agreements are expected to come out of the trip including large cont

an international outcry but it all remains quiet in the us we've heard plenty of promises to close guantanamo but it's still there it's still operating maybe there is still torture going on there is no secret cia prisons has anyone been brought to account and they're pointing at our problems well thank you we're aware of that making this the ground for passing anti-abortion laws it's something absurd and we have a no way provoked such action. well the statement comes as part of a lot of reports and of your q. and a marathon with the media when we bring you more on what else russian president had to say later this hour. the. divine power in action activate the shock was. i and when she says we need these we are under the control of those governing us if i were at the service of a space mafia i found that on that day the magnetic field of the sun will be for us to create to support the stuff. after the second coming and it'll be a beautiful place it will receive its paradoxical glory it will be a renewed world and it will be a beautiful place. full of the best. will stop this type of ammunition

in our prisons that's fine of course but there are plenty of issues they have themselves ghraib and guantanamo where for years people have been detained without charge it's inconceivable to do it with prisoners walk around in chains like in the middle ages they've legalized torture inside their own country if something like that happened here it would cause an international outcry but it all remains quiet in the us we've heard plenty of promises to close guantanamo but it's still there it's still operating maybe there is still torture going on there secret cia prisons has anyone been brought to account and they're pointing at our problems well thank you we're aware of that making this the ground for passing anti russian laws it's something absurd and we have a no way provoked such action. and we use english now the statement comes as part of a lot of reporting and of your q. and a marathon with the media and we'll be bringing you more highlights after eighty m.g.m.t. here in r.t. stay with us. and then the financial gloom griese saw a little light to this week but ultimately few felt like cele

veterans day saying that the obama administration backpedaling and reviving military commissions at guantanamo was a bad idea that having a double standard prosecuting some cases in federal court and others in military commission was setting a double standard and i got my terminations notice from my government job shortly thereafter and for those who don't know you have we have you on the show quite a bit for it but for those who don't know you worked at guantanamo bay for something years as a prosecutor there goes the chief prosecutor from two thousand and five into thought to two thousand and seven and you're resigned from the job during the bush administration because i was opposed to evidence of thing about torture and the political meddling in the trial so i didn't win any republican friends when i quit during the bush administration. and then alienating the democrats when i criticize president obama i know you raise some few some red flags but very few people seem to be concerned not just that this korean pop star got to perform for the president at this event but the people like you lik

we've heard plenty of promises to close guantanamo but it's still there it's still operating maybe there is still torture going on there secret cia prisons has anyone been brought to account and they're pointing at our problems well thank you we're aware of that making this the ground for passing anti-abortion laws it's something absurd and we have a no way provoked such action. or president putin's comments came during his first major news conference since returning to the kremlin we invite you to watch the highlights of that q. and a on air again here that later on today and more news to after this short break . looking at some dogs you simply do not believe they come speak and goodness how they can wrong oh. it's an international sled dog race with those driving the dogs. coming from as far away as a strength in canada and the us i come to russia and everybody is so very friendly they welcomed me with open arms and the scenery is so beautiful it's very much like a laska and so i felt at home the first blood joke was brought here from us straight here now let's try and come to this rem

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meaningless i mean nailing julian assange is fighting him keeping him locked up or getting him sent to guantanamo or even to a normal federal prison this does nothing to enhance our security i think we can make has been profoundly good for american security and for american national interest simply because we now know what our government is doing creating rules of his own that may turn into a game changer as powerful as the united states is and the united kingdom we're in a different world that we're in a world where big power doesn't necessarily decide the outcome of every single dispute asuncion wiki leaks have no plans to stop releasing classified information paul is reluctant to talk to you he says. it will. make headlines. just. after six months at the embassy a fan just case provides crucial insight into how our world will for look moving. forward julian will be remembered for what he did you know someone who was quite courageous. decided to make these documents available once he had them to the was that he initially tried to do it in collaboration with some of the leading use those in your

our prisons that's fine of course but there are plenty of issues they have themselves abu ghraib and guantanamo where for years people have been detained without charge it's inconceivable to be prisoners walk around in chains like in the middle ages legalized torture inside their own country if something like that happened here it would cause an international outcry if you put it all remains quiet in the us we've heard plenty of promises to close guantanamo but it's still there it's still operating maybe there is still torture going on there secret cia prisons has anyone been brought to account and they're pointing at our problems well thank you we're aware of that making this the ground for passing anti russian laws it's something absurd and we have in no way provoked such action and when it was president putin's comments came during his first major news conferences return to the kremlin we've been watching highlights of that q. and i session is coming up later this hour in fact here on r.t. and more news as well after a short break. which is slow often enough and knows that to ride a horse yo

an international outcry but it all remains quiet in the us we've heard plenty of promises to close guantanamo but it's still there it's still operating maybe there is still torture going on there secret cia prisons has anyone been brought to account and they're pointing at our problems well thank you we're aware of that making this the ground for passing anti russian laws it's something absurd and we have a no way provoked such action where statements came as part of putin's end of a marathon with the media we will bring you more highlights next hour. the spirit of christmas isn't just a good feeling it's a multi-billion dollar industry now it's insole decorations all make for a pretty sight but sometimes the those who are less fortunate. reports now from new york. a match in a country with no homeless people i know it's not the most festive or jolly like question to ask during the holiday season but see here in the u.s. nearly six hundred and thirty four thousand people went homeless last year and as it turns out just a sliver of the money american spent on blinking lights tinsel bright star

the answer to your question is no nothing has been found to indicate that this came out of guantanamo. now as far as what else is in this report well there are a lot of things there and. people also call. fortunately we as you can see we are having technical difficulties that was our political correspondent christine for. going to move on now to a mysterious plane's space plane the air force launched just a couple hours ago here it is the man plane looks like a mini space shuttle the x. thirty seven b. launch from cape canaveral air force station in florida top at an atlas rocket and the blast off was delayed for about two months as they worked out some technical glitches and today's launch is the third in three years so so far it's been nearly seven hundred days in orbit in total the space vehicle is solar powered so it can stay in space for hundreds of days at a time so what exactly is the spacecraft doing well we don't know for sure and that's because its mission remains a secret here's some video of the space plane when it landed in california several months ago some say it's mean

we've heard plenty of promises to close guantanamo but it's still there it's still operating maybe there is still torture going on there secret cia prisons has anyone been brought to account and they're pointing at our problems well thank you we're aware of that making this the ground for passing anti russian laws it's something absurd and we have a no way provoked such action. russian lawmakers are currently working on what they say will be a proportionate response to the money needs part of the plan is doing include a ban for americans to adopt a russian children the president also commented on that saying that the biggest problem with adoption of russian kids by americans is the lack of a proper. legal reaction by the american authorities to prevent pieces of violations of the rights of these children from reoccurring including the lack of serious punishments for these people the president is also reminded of a recent doctrine agreement signed between moscow and washington which is supposed to allow russian officials monitor what happens with the children after they are brought to the

a degree on the war on terror he's been all over the board on this matter and you know you look at guantanamo bay is an issue or torture or various things that he's never been consistent with while he was opposed to torture yes he was opposed to what that are but on the heels of the host of this this is this i just i just i'm just astounded by i think it's a he had this in guantanamo or international lots on the on the on america it's just getting out the fiscal cliff let's get to the fiscal cliff president obama has a proposal out cutting taxes on people who make over four hundred thousand dollars on their first dollar after their four hundred thousand dollars he had originally proposed two hundred thousand and that also extends unemployment insurance seems like a good thing although the republicans don't like it and invest fifty billion dollars in infrastructure for infrastructure spending in return he's apparently offering to cut social security benefits through this chained c.p.i. canard and cut a trillion dollars in other places that are as yet specified republicans are saying no they wa

in the white house this provision would permanently banned the transfer of detainees detainees from guantanamo bay to the u.s. now the white house has dreads a veto any restrictions on its ability to transfer prisoners to other countries and that is exactly what this bill does well now that the bill has passed the senate it goes to a joint conference between the house and senate before it heads to the president's desk for his signature and as you've seen many aspects of it are controversial so it's likely its current form could change in washington liz wahl r.t. so leading up to the passage of the n.d.a. and there's been quite a bit of discussion and debate especially here at r.g.p. about two sections of it section ten twenty one and ten twenty two how far the government can go in terms of detaining people indefinitely as of now anyone who the president determines quote stand substantially supported the taliban al qaida or quote associated forces could be designated as enemy combatants subject to indefinite detention and that includes u.s. citizens. senator dianne feinstein a democrat from cal

the president has said repeatedly that he wants to close guantanamo. there is broad bipartisan support among national security experts for him to do so. congress just needs to get out of the way. mr. speaker, while i support a great deal of this bill, pearblely programs and services for our veterans -- especially programs and services for our veterans and military, i cannot support a bill this large when we were in the middle of negotiations on the so-called fiscal cliff. the pentagon is more willing than this congress to look at defense budget -- at the defense budget and make significant reductions. this bill continues to show that when it comes to defense spending, congress is part of the problem, not part of the solution. and, mr. speaker, i'd like to ask unanimous consent to insert into the record an article that appeared in today's "washington post" by walter pinkett entitled "military funds to spare" in which he quotes secretary defense panetta in a speech who said that the committees here in the congress had diverted about $74 billion of what w

. ♪ ♪ >> simply stated, the american people don't want to close guantÁnamo bay, which is an isolated military controlled facility. to bring these crazy [bleep] that want to kill us all to the united states. most americans believe that the people at guantÁnamo bay are not some kind of burglar or bank robber. i stand with the american people that we are under siege. we are under attack. we are at war. megyn: senator lindsey graham made his feelings very clear when he was asked about new interest in moving terror suspects from the guantÁnamo bay camp to the united states of america. that came after he leading senate democrat came to evaluating a possible move, in what some believe is an opening salvo in revisiting this debate. joining me now is michelle malcolm. welcome. >> thank you, megyn. megyn: you say there are one or two big reasons people need to be focused on this and believe that the administration is very much interested in moving those detainees to american soil? >> yes, that is right. the gal report that catherine herridge reported on, to acknowledge that people like diann

there are people who talk about closure of guantÁnamo that comes to iran. those people who talk about human rights and secular autocratic regimes have totally forgotten. i have an idea of why we do this because i believe many of them fundamentally our comics. -- communists. even after the end of the cold war they are communists. so they'll decide the enemy said the united states. they believe the enemy of my enemy is my friend. so if the islamic republic of iran is critical towards the united states, the islamic republic of iran is a friend of me teaching, just to mention one of the liberal institutions. >> how did you come up with that? [laughter] >> your accident. that is such a shame. user experiences on the edge of the cold war. they try to engage the people who served the united states government during the cold war. those people who know how to which cultural war. those people who manage to make dr. gr go into a movie. this is how you can mobilize the war against those who are not only your enemies and opponents, but also the enemies and opponents of

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detention center in guantanamo bay in exchange for the release of a u.s. soldier held by a taliban affiliate. but secretary of state hillary the point man for the u.s. in these negotiations has been marc grossman, envoy to afghanistan and pakistan. a career diplomat, he took the post after ambassador richard holbrooke's sudden death, two years ago today. marc grossman, who is leaving his post this week, joins me to talk about his time as envoy and the challenges that lie ahead. thank you for coming in. >> thank you for having me. >> warner: so you are one of the few u.s. officials who have ever met with representatives of the taliban. your first meeting was someone who was described as a former aide to mullah omar in october of 2011 what was it like? what was he like? >> well, first of all, thank you very much for having me. you know, it was abexperience that both very productive and very difficult. one of the challenges that secretary clinton gave me when we took this job was to see if i couldn't find and then have this conversation with the taliban. and

they did nobody says when we're going to go to the kremlin how many times did they promise to close guantanamo yet it is still there the prison is still functioning. and we don't know they might still be torturing people there but. also. have they managed the people responsible for that. they want to tell us about our problems thank you we're well aware of that but using that as if it were to pass an anti russian bill. really outrageous and uncalled for. mr president i'm alexander. porter for argument. i'm adoptive parent myself and regardless of the foreign policy context i consider yesterday's amendments by the state jima excessive unreasonable cannibalistic if you will excuse me the people who adopted this know of telling us that we already have enough money to look after all friends in our country and we have plenty of aspiring adoptive parents for the tens of thousand other children not exactly true. it's absolutely not true prime minister medvedev said. programs. interested my personal experience for three years that our entire system is going to talk to the parents. or threaten my perso

also paid millions to a number of guantanamo bay inmates to avoid a potentially embarrassing investigation after they accuse london of a cozy relationship with autocratic regimes. having sex with a pet be prohibited in germany after parliament founded of our most importance to pass a new anti best deal if the law actually peter oliver found out if it's a quest for morality or a hard fought campaign for animal rights activists. but now her mom's best friend and sometimes more than that. i need an animal to be happy if i did not have it there would be something missing there are some levels of relationship with an animal you can fall in love with iran more than the sexual relationship is not out of the question. these people make up some of the estimated one hundred thousand zero files in germany. it started slowly more like child's play some kids playing doctor with each other it's not necessarily sexual but somewhat small experimentation that leads you further down the path. technically it has been illegal since the country's animal welfare laws were relaxed in one nine hundred sixty nine.

also paid millions to a number of guantanamo bay inmates to avoid a potentially embarrassing investigation after they accused london of having a cozy relationship with authoritarian regime. dozens of bolivia and prison inmates buried themselves neck deep in the ground and use their own blood to write protest songs and there are unhappy with the low rate of their income the government put daily payments of less than a dollar on hold earlier this year. he has become split ahead of a constitutional referendum supporters of the president have gathered major rallies in the capital cairo at least thirteen people have been injured today in ballance in the northern city of alexandria the opposition meanwhile is campaigning for a node to a draft written mainly by the islamist group backing the president of the referendum follows two weeks of demonstrations by protesters on loyalists which lead to clashes in the capital. now as two thousand and twelve draws to a close film lovers a busy compiling lists of this year's best blockbusters. glamorize zation of war and u.s. movies is out for debate with o

also paid millions to a number of guantanamo bay inmates to avoid a potentially embarrassing investigation after they accused london of a cozy relationship with or thought terry and regimes. are next to a nazi iran's nuclear program versus the world we talk to iran's former top diplomat and veteran of atomic talks with europe and the i.a.e.a. that's all coming up after a short break. please . choose your language. because with oh if. some of. the concerns get close. to the opinions that invigorating. choose the stories that implicates choose access to often. soon which brightened if you. move from place to freshen it's. nice for instance on t.v. don't come. up. we're now joined by iran's former top diplomats and now a scholar in the field of international relations mr hussein messiah and sir thank you very much for meeting with us thank you let's start with the united states it's now clear that barack obama is staying for a second term in office do you expect iran still to attract.

also paid millions to a number of guantanamo bay inmates to avoid a potentially embarrassing investigation after the london of a cozy relationship with terry and reaching. the eye has concluded its mission to toronto with good progress according to iran's envoy to the nuclear watchdog however the two sides failed or to agree on the inspection of a military base in parchin which is suspected of nuclear weapons related activity there will be more negotiations in general us meanwhile announced new economic sanctions against iran blacklisting twelve companies and individuals associated with john's nuclear energy program but such pressure only delays any significant results of the talks says chris bambery from the international. you know that these negotiations have to be counted only good faith alone is on the table is what is on the table and is not the way some of the demands of suppress them by washington which is what is continually happened you continue military build up on the sanctions which are going on against iran on not helping the situation i think one of the things that could have

and you have a one zero one see is that one piece kind of well who's got the i got a bolus way from guantanamo to do these days that the dress codes out there given aren't spoilers really yeah they used to call them sirens in the days of world war two went to the church of war will want to pinch drop one actually construct one was a bethink rod or something a pencil boiler suit could be the fast hold at a point there was talk talk to tom baker with the drafts fantastica all right well that i think i think we've done i think we've got i think we put it we could fashion we call it fashion sports politics what else what i was the all right john cooper clarke time but thanks so much for being on the kaiser report my pleasure max all right that's going to do for the first time the kaiser report once again thanks john cooper clarke when we come back i'll be speaking with the wonderous and chanting stacy herbert. good leverage to let you in the current. most sophisticated robot which fortunately doesn't give a darn about anything tim's mission to teach the creation why it should care about humans and

afghan children as quote enemy combatants during the eleven year conflict in conditions tantamount to guantanamo bay well the u.s. military claims the average age of those rounded up in prison is sixteen human rights advocates and reports by the u.n. claim that children much younger than that are regularly detained many for more than a year but this is not unique to afghanistan thousands of children have been rounded up in prison in iraq during the war on terror as well. but it all begins to make sense however when you look at them and tell the of those officers involved in such scandals major general walter koski the second highest army general in iraq at the time told the b.b.c. quote i don't care for holding the fifteen thousand and it's in civilians were winning the war. when in the war you say right yeah who cares about due process for thousands of human beings who are nothing more than innocent pawns in this imperialist chess game right. under center six michigan state legislators rushed right to work legislation through it would make michigan the twenty fourth right to work state in the c

is that one piece kind of low hanging scallop they are going to bolus the way from guantanamo to do these days that the dress codes out there given aren't spoilers really yet they used to call them sirens in the days of world war two which is to the church of war will want to pinstripe want to actually construct one was a bethink rod or something a pencil boiler suit could be the fast hold at a point there was talk to tom baker that he the drafts fantastica all right well that i think what i think we've done i think we've got i think we put it we could fashion we call it fashion sports politics. what i thought i really was the. park time but thanks so much for being on the kaiser report my pleasure all right that's going to do for the first hour of the kaiser report once again thank you john cooper clarke when we come back i'll be speaking with the wonderous and chanting stacy herbert. rifles the decades. if you had fifteen people killing each other in any other country there would be there would be a. self imposed from society i will myself and my going to my brother. going to leave. the