thank you. you're watching our t.v. live from central moscow it's four in the morning here it's good to have you with us now struggling homeowners traverse travel 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 get to get help everybody really help. and that's where we lived before you know the desperate voices of those who have reached the end of the line or am what time nine thirty nine thirty last night when did you sleep here. 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 we don't buy the neighborhood assistance corporation of america 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 book not everyone qualifies but

everyone is at least promised an answer the where in a just. it will rate one it's in debates just keep going up and it's this and believable now targets people with nowhere else to turn my more dish basically is out of reach. some choosing whether to keep or pay more. there are also targets studios of big banks who they say caused this crisis. protesting outside their houses 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 repression obama wants to pretend that he's solved it the fact of the matter is it's just as bad 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 schools and i'm actually doing it for my dad he can come here i'm from l.a. when my family members pass 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 the thousands are simply rejected from president obama's mortgage aid program as the banks have too much say on who qualifies. i was in atlanta with the naca foreclosure effort to try to help people and 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. in some way the terms of payment are made more affordable for people but by and large the services the so-called mortgage servicers who work with the banks are really controlling the process 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 t.v. this hour. president mahmoud ahmadinejad claims iran has a new adversity to fend off find out who it is later this hour.

but first a roaring engines and a hard rock music are shaking the ukrainian city of sevastopol as an annual international by show gets into gear and this year's a festival however had an unexpected guest revving up the action party scotty does out of all 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 a bit earlier was the first time he was seen any public on a motorcycle and he. later said that it was an experience that he very much enjoy the certainly 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 road and of course everybody here very excited to hear that they greeted with cheers they have

received reacted responded to everything that he said all of their wishes that he. and thank 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 of course. but o'mahony bikes widely available and. is the most adventurous and if. i was most important it gives the owner. a sweet feeling afraid so without any exaggeration we could say that the bike is a symbol of freedom. every year by those around the world 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. was one of those. joy with them of course in the

speech he touched upon many prominent issues of course thanking first of all the 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 uk. day of the russian navy which the craniums and the russians according to him will be celebrating together of course the russian black sea fleet is stationed just a few kilometers away from here on the black sea and the city of sevastopol and the 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 to watch the parade to take part in the festivities all in all a very happy occasion right and that will center making his mark on the left just the way he came on a bike. march russia's prime minister enjoyed his day in the saddle the song glasses and all in black love made way for more sober atar as blood in their food

in 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 with journalists following his trip and the subject that interested the media the most about him or 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 in we did sing but it wasn't karaoke strictly music what songs. for you a song from a soviet spy movie i'm not joking i'm serious we sang the songs on the beach was anna chapman at the meeting she was there yes because you're a who these people do you know in russia. they'll work i'm sure they will get good

jobs and how interesting. and in a few minutes seeking inspiration from the installation. project festival we'll be taking a look on the wild side and finding out how. to get. and. but first iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad has accused russia's president of turning against tehran and joining the u.s. to spread lies about its nuclear program achmet it also insisted it terror on wants to continue its friendship with moscow russia joined its western allies last month and imposing additional sanctions against iran for failure to disclose the full content of its atomic program you need to say from moscow state university this latest statement that we've got 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 medina 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 john doesn't reject any too soon to reach his goals because he blames western countries russia blame some arab 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 who has been using the same tactics of aggressive rhetoric and despite all the protests on the streets of tehran he is still in power but the methods he uses in foreign policy help him to stay in office because. now women in estonia suffer the highest gender pay gap in the entire european union the latest survey says there are 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. it's a break from a hard working life money to raise her son but as a single mom she has to sweat it out in the factory just to bring in the meat a plate. just. thirty three degree celsius in their workshop 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 and therefore put up with working in slave like conditions estonia has one of europe's worst pay gaps between men and women the 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. there where no problem. and the problem that people don't have their gender lenses how to say this. when there is an equality going on. it goes much further than wages so 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 unfair it's bad for business if for example a concrete to woman feels that she cannot 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 cause there also appears to be an ethnic dimension with the stone years large russian minority receiving lower pay the merest early in counterparts and ethnic russian women come out bottom of the list it's a structural a show in the labor market. that. a russian speaking we mean the they are perhaps working in the sectors where the pages where the wages are especially low and this where of course increase. the pay gap even more

whether it's in a city or gender stereotypes will be identified as one of the root causes of inequality ingrained attitudes of what to see as the proper roles moen women should 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 these have to tutor of people to not change overnight. it's simply a case of double standards. at the hospital national i think if our prime minister was paid my salary even if he didn't have to p.d.s. . i don't think it would last a few more weeks. children and parents are enjoying the summer sun behind me but for many estonian 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 artie stoney i'm. a quick look now at other stories making headlines around the world. german police say at least eighteen people have been crushed to death in a stampede at the love parade 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 the festival is continuing its one of europe's largest techno music events attracting vast from all over the world. north korea has escalated its threats in response to joint us south korean military exercises and this weekend saying it's prepared to use a nuclear deterrent it's the latest in a series of threats from the isolated nation following an international report blaming the north for sinking a southern warship in march something strongly denies trying to criticize the

planned war games warning against any action which might exacerbate regional tensions. ships have been returning to continue operations on a blown out or oil well in the gulf of mexico earlier a tropical storm had four screws to evacuate the area it's estimated that the delay has efforts to drill a relief well up to ten days in april the deepwater horizon rig exploded causing the largest ecological disaster in u.s. history. an 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 so the 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 but the other thing quite a few years throughout the festival we've also it's the fifth year that it's been running so there's a section of the shows all the old installations say people can come and have a look at some of the installations from the previous years and then the ones from this year is well spread out now it's got a strong foreign mental fame that the artists are focusing on. better to explain the artistic vision than the art themselves who can hear from now. that it's worth from my installation it's called the temple of water the meaning. water from the drain pipes and from the way we've got this water mixed in. when we take a bath and we wash ourselves. there is military at the same time for the in the right. projects. made from supposed to reflect this. so you can try to go through this right away. and you drop into the piece

which reflects growth. then you are supposed to get out of that and more leaving the library if you like you've seen you know of course architects also involved in this project lots of the installations actual structures another actual curator of this first of all the killer is an extremely famous russian artist he was a pioneer version of video arts and an extremely high caliber of art as an architect contributed to this event giving no people the chance to come and see these arts not text concerts trying to understand some of the things and just explore and have a bit of foam we've been looking around the certainly plenty on earth so you have plenty of people to do all the installation and collect if you're able to touch them in the case go. behind me actually climb up. in the main candidate itself they have workshops and they have people not thanks on hand to those people in giving

lectures he has learned about three hours out of the city but it's a two day event there's still plenty of time for people wishing to get a bit a sunshine and have the fill of coach it's coming down. and up next here on r t the nato military committee chairman says the alliance views of moscow as a strong strategic partner not a threat or an enemy washer 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 and as you may know nato was a star 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 the 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 that. and the alliance have a common interest to protect them and. the proof of. destruction and their means of delivery including ballistic missiles is this is one of these threats so there is i believe. in general an interest. to protect themselves from this. i also believe that the new pointless a us 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

trade as the mission so in this progressive approach as the target disses them develop this seems to me attractive to russia but we have to be clear here the regional patootie a possibility but still that is a lot the world will also the allies the alliance himself is not yet decided if he's going to bargain this you don't cooperate on a such a sensitive issue if you don't trust so that's what i think should be attractive to most but we need to develop this we're not there yet we are not there yet we need also in this field strategic patience understood now nato's 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 clearly we know that there is a generally speaking both looking from russia and also the european

aside for the land side because clearly from the south in january and the recent an emerging threat and there is a certain country in the south and we know what we are talking here in particular which can be a matter of a concern so. i think protection the people. of the alliance but also i russian people from a potential potential threat. it is 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 a potential to become stronger because we have gone through a period of difficulty and when you manage it if you manage to good through the

difficulty then if you resist it then. you have a meal the munition to do it so i think normally when you go through difficulty and then you emerge other difficulties 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's 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. and that's a real good thing is a dear friend of mine so i can speak very frankly because with a friend use big frank is a senator and you like to. give a touch of a call or to the state and so some time is colorful no i don't think so it is

through we are in there to meet the russian and so we are twenty nine hundred different cities and. we have four different sensitivities 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 a common political sense that we have to try to work together that it will be a solid relation this is good for us is good for russia. and i hope we'll be able to see concrete progress in the near 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 show me i would like to chill you would you say because i don't think is the right way to put it. middle is not and if so then it's need to is an organisation of free nation willing to share together certain value and first and foremost the value free democracy they want to protect them and it was the to be of the across to to save the planet. the atlantic charter which was written in one nine hundred forty nine well before the open door poissy clearly said we are in. which any european member who share these values in the. choosing to be part of these alliance that can contribute to the to the value of the land is welcomed so there is nothing to the

with the expansion to these to the north to sell to the west we have an organisation in which any nation willing to abide. can we work and when i see any i see any european nation. small or medium and even the. even very large do you think that do you ever see russia as being a member of nato at some point i respond to a question with a question would you i have no i do put. a rise in because they're planning to as thomas friedman said is flat and when he's fled. and as things change who knows what the future will bring thank you very much for taking some time and speaking with us today.

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we're watching our to you live from moscow why the tests are still here with our top stories a u.s. government initiative to help struggling homeowners comes under attack with three hundred thousand families still facing repossession every model. riding high russia's prime minister settles on all your piece that international convention in ukraine before going on to meet the country's leadership. and a new report reveals that a story of women earn a third to last.