you're watching are broadcasting live from moscow it's good to have you with us now for a top story struggling homeowners traveled for miles and queued for over twenty four hours to get free advice being offered by a mortgage advocacy group in washington d.c. they say the government's aid program has failed them and despite talk of an end to the financial crisis more than three hundred thousand homes are still repossessed every month in the u.s. . these are the faces behind the crisis we're waiting and hoping and praying that we can decide to help everybody really know how to help and that's what we're looking for you know the desperate voices of those who have reached the end of the line or i am still am what time nine thirty nine thirty last night when did you sleep here year. naomi lawrence took several buses from florida eighteen hours then arrived at the washington d.c.

convention center thursday morning waiting thirty hours to get in oh you've been our boy it's tat and we don't have no place to go and bathroom. but they waited anyway for a chance to restructure the mortgages on their homes all part of the save the dream tour good you need to go all the way put on by the neighborhood assistance corporation of america earth or natca this is a look at foreclosure activity around the united states during the last year the height of it came in march of this year but never once did it fall below three hundred thousand homes in a month everybody here has tried to work with their lender and it's failed c.e.o. bruce marks calls himself a financial terrorist and with the help of many volunteers works with people to help them they get counseling and meet with lenders to come up with an affordable mortgage or to lower their interest rate or books not everyone qualifies but. three

one is at least promised an answer the where in adjustable rate mortgage rates just keep going up and there's this and believable now targets people with nowhere else to turn my more basically is out of reach. choosing whether to keep or pay more. there are also targets the neos of big banks who they say caused this crisis. protesting outside their house are putting furniture on their lawns they also protest inside the capitol even though congress wants to pretend that there's no crisis out there and re president obama wants to pretend that he's solved it the fact of the matter is it's just as bad and it's not getting better deborah phillips told her daughters it was president obama they were here for they think they're here for the white house that's all they've been talking about saying obama but. i guess that we're not trying to let them understand the struggle a struggle shared by everyone here in varying degrees we've been having struggles

with paying our bills we had to take our son out of private school and i'm actually doing it for my dad he can't come here come from. family members passed away and that's why we got that particular bill also in common our mortgage went over a thousand miles higher than it started a last hope in an economy still in peril reporting in washington christine for south r.t. . filmmaker and blogger danny schechter believes thousands are simply rejected from president obama's mortgage aid program as the backs have too much to say on who qualifies. i was in atlanta with the naacp. foreclosure effort there to try to help people and all twenty five thousand people showed up there they've been showing up around the country precisely because the government programs are not working something like five hundred thousand people have been thrown off the government program because they don't meet various criteria as a consequence only

a small relatively small percentage of those facing foreclosure are being helped at all and when we say helped means that their mortgages are modified either the interest level is reduced or the in some way the terms of payment are made more affordable for people but by and large the services so-called mortgage services who work with the banks are really controlling the process and the government is not imposing rules here they're not really offering debt relief to people as they do to people in other countries so we have a situation where the foreclosure crisis could lead to a million new foreclosures this year. and there's plenty more coming your way on our team this hour. president mahmoud ahmadinejad blames iran has a new adversity to fend off and find out who it is later this hour.

but first a roaring engines and hard rock music are shaking the city of sevastopol as a man will lead to a national show gets into gear and this year's festival however had an unexpected guest revving up the action artie's got that he knows a lot of was there for us. one thing can be said for certain about the russian prime minister he certainly knows how to make an entrance arriving at the bike show that is taking place in the ukrainian region of crimea just outside of the ukrainian city of sevastopol the russian prime minister made his entrance like all of the other people here did on a bike admittedly it was the first time that he was seen in public on a motorcycle and he's speaking to the crowd here later said that it was an experience that he very much enjoyed specifically because of course the bike is very much associated with freedom and the free journey that most bikers do experience when they take to the roads and of course everybody here very excited to hear that they greeted with cheers every so reacted responded to everything that he

said all of the wishes that he bestowed upon them and thanked them for inviting him to this great event this annual event that takes place in the ukrainian region of the crimea. is the most democratic means of transport there are of course some high profile we'll see i'm right today but on the whole banks of widely available and if it's possible to say you see. objects is the most courageous adventurous and the fastest means of transport and what's most important it gives the owner of the bike the sweet feeling of freedom so without any exaggeration we can openly say that the bike is a symbol of freedom. every year bikers from around the world gather here driving down to spend a few days in the crimean sun by the lake just have some fun enjoy each other's company and this year was a medical tent was one of those who shared that freedom and that joy with them of

course in his speech he touched upon many prominent issues of course thanking first of all the ukrainian government for making such a thing as the bike show possible and making it a possibility to happen of course congratulating everybody not only with this event but with the upcoming day of the russian navy which the craniums and the russians according to legend it which it will be celebrating together of course the russian black sea fleet is stationed just a few kilometers away from here on the black sea in the city of sevastopol and a huge navy parade is scheduled to take place on sunday morning so a great event most of the people here will actually move over to the city it's about stopping to watch the parade to take part in the festivities all in all a very happy occasion which in making his mark left just the way he came on a bike. but no matter how much russia's prime minister enjoyed his day in the saddle the sunglasses and all of black cloak made way for more sober as vladimir

putin got down to business with ukraine's president the leaders met for talks in the latest show of the ever improving relations between the two countries and afterwards the prime minister also met up with journalists following his trip and the subject that interested me to the most lovable of putin's meeting with the spies involved in the recent scandal between russia and the us. what did you talk about with them. people say you sang karaoke with them. we did sing but it wasn't karaoke strictly music what songs the famous song from a soviet spy movie i'm not joking i'm serious we sang. was an attachment at the meeting she was there yes because these people do you know in russia. i'm sure they will get good jobs and have interesting lives. and in a few minutes seeking inspiration from the installations. for

take back we'd be taking a walk on the wild side and finding out how great a boat together. but first a rainy and a president mahmoud ahmadinejad has accused russia's president of turning against terror ron and joining the u.s. to spread lies about its nuclear program. also insisted terror on wants to continue with friendship with moscow russia joined its western allies last month in imposing additional sanctions against iran for failure to disclose the full content of its atomic program. moscow state university believes with this latest statement during a president is simply trying to score points with the radical population of the country. i think that behind such aggressive rhetoric there is a dinner judd's desire to unite the section of the iranian society he relies on

this section is not conservative but rather militaristic and i'm a dinner doesn't reject any tools to reach his goals he blames western countries russia he blames some arabic countries for conspiring against the islamic republic but the next time he could say that everything's fine in relations with his partners for several years i'm a degenerate has been using the same tactics of aggressive rhetoric and despite all the protests on the streets of tehran he is still in power the methods he uses in foreign policy help him to stay in office. now women and stoniest suffer the highest gender pay gap in the entire european union the latest survey says they earn an average of thirty percent less than their male counterparts and with most politicians turning a blind eye to the problem women are often scared to speak out against inequality. today the sun is shining on olga it's a break from our hard working life earning money to raise her son but as

a single mom she has to sweat it out in a factory just to bring in a meager pay packet just. thirty three degrees celsius in their work shop but our employers don't care if you try to stand up for your rights they'll point you to the door if you don't like it here you're free to leave it's very hard to find a job here in a still when you're there for put up with working in slave like conditions but still only has one of europe's worst pay gaps between men and women studies say women get paid seventeen percent less than men on average but in a stone year it's as much as thirty percent people think that we don't have the problem is that there is there where ness of the problem and and the problem that people don't have their gender lenses how to say to see. when there is an inequality going on. that it goes much further than wages so called segregation in

the economy means women often remain in lower paid jobs like health care and education while men dominate the more lucrative private sector experts say that's not just infer that it's bad for business if for example a concrete to woman feels that she can i do the job or cannot take up the career that she would lie and she she has a talent for that and of course this is some human resource loss to their corner there also appears to be an ethnic dimension with this journey as large russian minority receiving lower pay the nearest only in counterparts and ethnic russian women come out bottom of the list it's a structural a show in the labor market. that. russian speaking we mean the they are perhaps working in the sectors where the pages where the wages are especially low and this. of course increase. the pay gap even more whether it's

a rift in the city or gender stereotypes that have been identified as one of the root causes of inequality in green latitudes what to seen as the proper roles men and women should perform passed down through generations the government says it's trying to weed them out but it's going to take time. i want to meet. the problems there is no point of. hiding the problems that your country faces it is a lengthy process and. and they said to choose of people to not change overnight. it's simply a case of double standards. but. i think if our prime minister was peed myself even if he didn't have to pay the utilities i don't think it would last him a week children and parents are enjoying the summer sun behind me but for many of stoning women it's a rare luxury and with gender stereotypes dying hard it could be years before stoning women catch up with their male counterparts tom barton r.t.

stonier. and now a quick look at some other news stories from around the world. german police say at least eighteen people have been crushed to death in a stampede at the love parade and music festival in the german city of duesberg it happened when police tried to block a tunnel to prevent overcrowding despite the situation being described by authorities as chaotic and festivals continuing its one of europe's a largest techno music events attracting fans from all over the world. north korea has escalated its threat that it is response to a joint us south korean military exercises this weekend saying it's prepared to use a nuclear deterrent it's the latest in a series of the reds from the isolated beijing following international report a move them. north for sinking a southern warship in march something pyongyang strongly denies trying to criticize

the planned war games are warning against any action which might exacerbate regional tensions. and international landscape design festival is taking place for the fifth time in central russia the event brings together designers and architects from around the world to exchange ideas and inspire each other to even greater achievements so our further went to seek inspiration. all these this installation of that hair the landscape projects first of all quite fascinating all made from natural materials as he pointed out the one just behind me here the sort of like structure is one of those completely made of wood and able to have people go up and look at it and get involved with that other thing quite a few yes through out the festival we've also it's the fifth year that it's been running say there's a section of the show it's all the old installation safe people can come and have a look at some of the installations from the previous years and then the ones from this year as well spread out now it's got a strong foreign mental fame that the artists are focusing on and he better to

explain their artistic vision than the arts themselves who can hear from the know what that is worth from my installation it's called the temple of water the meaning that we receive water from the drainpipes and from the earth we've got this water mixed in the best so when we take a bath we wash ourselves and then there is water at the same time but. we were almost these projects called. celebrities made from and supposed to reflect the spiral part of a human being so you can try and go through this doorway but at the end you drop into the piece which reflects a crisis in your life then you are supposed to get out of the pit and more leaving the light brings you feel like you've resolved the crisis in your life because architects also involved in this project lots of the installation of this actual structures another actual curator of this first of all the killer is an extremely famous russian artist he was

a pioneer of russian video arts and an extremely high caliber of art as an architect of contributed to this event giving no people the chance to come and see these arts and architects concerts try and understand some of the things and just explore and have a bit of fun we've been looking around the certainly plenty on earth so you have plenty of people to do you all the installations in caracas if you're able to go out and touch them in the case go. behind me actually climb up on to them and then maybe counted itself they have workshops and they have people not thanks on hand to those people in giving lectures as we're about three hours out of the city but it's a two day event so still plenty of time for people wishing to get a bit a sunshine and have the feel of and coach it's coming down. and up next the nato military committee chairman says the alliance views moscow as a strong strategic partner. or an enemy watch our interview with admiral. during his visit to moscow and that's just in

a few moments. joining me today is. who is the chairman of the nato military committee as you may know nato was established as the alliance between countries to defend

against outside threats with me today to talk about the possibilities of a future between russia and nato as well and the direction nato is taking so thank you for joining us admiral good pleasure really a pleasure the first question let's get right down to it anders fogh rasmussen has called on russia to join the new anti-ballistic missile defense project now in your opinion what could make of this an attractive option for russia well i believe first of all the. russia and the alliance have a common interest to protect them and put a new threat the prove creation of a bomb of destruction and their means of delivery including ballistic missiles is this is one of these threats so there is i believe in general and interest. to protect them from this. i also believe that the meal let's say u.s.

approach the so-called feast approach to missile defense is also potentially attractive because it's focused on spiral development so looking at the trip as the manage which is always been one i think of the classical strong position by russian side we have to take care of the threat as diminished so in this progressive approach as the target immunity to system develops this seems to me attractive to russia but we have to be clear here the regional patootie a possibility still does love the world will also the allies the alliance himself is not yet decided if he's going to bargain this if you don't cooperate on a such sensitive issue if you don't trust so that's forth i think should be

attractive to most but we need to develop this we are not there yet we are not there yet we need also in this field strategic patience understood now nato as secretary general has mentioned that there is an increasing threat of missiles attacking europe can you specify any of these threats or is there anyone in particular that is singled out in this moment that we're worried about what is clear we know that the reason. generally speaking both looking from. russia and also the european aside if the line of sight is clearly from the south. and the recent. threat and there is a certain country in the south and we know what we have talking in particular which can be a matter of a concern so. i think protection the people.

of the alliance hold. russian people from a potential potential threat. and it's important you mentioned unity there is cooperation now in two thousand and ten between nato and russia do you think that this cooperation is stronger than what has been in the past i think it is the potential to become stronger because we have gone through a period of difficulty and when you manage it if you manage to go through the difficulty then if you reached it then. you have and you know the munition to do it so i think normally when you go through difficulty and then you emerge out of the well then there is a much solid base for moving forward now russia's permanent representative at nato has said that there's been a certain lack of unity among the alliance members and that that was sense that the

russian nato council on the subject of partnership with russia do you think that there is anyone actually trying to undermine this partnership between the alliance and moscow or is anyone trying to get in the way of this this newfound friendship now first of all. a matter of goes in is a dear friend of mine so i can speak very frankly because with a friend of yours big frank is some time you like to. give a touch of a call or two statements or stand and he's calling for no i don't think so it is through we are in the need for russia council we are twenty nine and there are differences and. therefore difference in cities but in all true honesty none of the twenty nine i or none of the twenty nine certainly none of the twenty. putting obstacles is it common political sense that

we have to try to work together to have a solid relationship this is good for us is good for russia. and i hope we'll be able to see concrete progress in the future now in the past a bone of contention if you will between russia and nato is nato expansion towards the east and recently ukraine has dropped its intentions to try and become a member of nato do you think becoming a member of nato is becoming less attractive or do you think. what do you see on this front in the future. i would like to cheer you would you say because i don't think is there any way to put it. middle is not and if sponsored he's still going to need to is an organisation of free mission willing to share together sort of value and first and foremost the value free democracy they want to protect them and

it was stayed together across two to save a planet. the atlantic charter which was written nine hundred forty nine well before the open book boys can easily said we had and. in which any european member who share these values in the feet choosing to be part of these alliance they can contribute to the to the value of the land is welcomed so there is nothing to do with the expansion to these to the north to south to the west we are an organisation in which any nation willing to abide to these values can we work and when i see any i see any european nation large beak small medium and even very large even very large do you think that do you ever see russia as being a member of nato at some point i would respond to your question with a question would you i have no i do put in only mutation to male rights and because

they're planning to as thomas friedman said is flat and when he's fled there is no rising could and as things change who knows what the future will bring thank you very much for taking some time and speaking with us today. hungry for the full story we've got it first hand the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news make us.

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