it's not that long ago. most of us robbers were embracing their new popular president with no movement it was great that you still big gamble. for some people who has worn away behind the scenes just be a. great general c.e.o. of smith and wesson is among the few cutting against the grain confronting issues like social injustice and government corruption. and they were one of. the brooklyn born rob sat down with our team to discuss his new album america's nightmare partit watching children of war i would say first that. i think that most people regular folks like myself. we're interested in what we do . and vironment to make it better. and a lot of times we are. we we are we're giving this this horse and we're just like

was a possible even this thing what is person and. we've seen it done over and over and over and at times you have to realize like the truth of the truth you know like we're all human beings are all we will have responsibilities but i think that no one human being can say the world i think people get involved like doing something like getting obama elected i think in a spirit of. the sixty's when they spoke out about injustices that was going or you had the elders had to come down and now say ok we hear that now we're going to be the faces for this thing so now we can catapult it across the nation i think that for centuries. people have known that the president has been the face of a corporation called america the united states and i think when we start dealing with the reality. that then we can start to find what our position is and how we

played this great position you know it's been said that the people out of government you know and i don't think people realize that so. do you mean to tell me you don't think that. u.s. president barack obama can change the system the system that you say is led. by the corporations of the united states in my opinion i think he means well and i think that there are there are there are people who are going to run in this country way before brock graduate and probably thought about running for office come in and set it all in here and yet. but the exciting chapter but the reason that most so many americans rallied around him is because he promised to change that pattern he vowed to as a matter of fact in two thousand and eight i think in october two thousand and eight you put a video up on you tube a letter to barack obama where you said we need a president that knows how to react. we stand with you. has he reacted to any of

the injustices you've seen in some forms he has because he cannot stand and do nothing like was crazy about the people by the people we have love walk on to where we are you know. and we we we will support the people that are in office if they have the. interests of the people. sometimes it takes longer than other places because as you look in greece right now it's crazy in greece right now. and what we see is the media telling us how things are going so we're kind of like we're kind of calm before the storm so to speak i think that obama is a good way to keep people that day i think that his his demeanor is so they call him the cool president you know it's like these card the wrist exam almost like it reminds me of rap almost like you want to make this cool guy appeal to people but

then the people who are there are some people that's looking at the issues and they're like they're not really happy with the performance of the president right now issues being unemployment like what we were speaking about before how unemployment among african-americans at least here in new york city is four times higher than that of white americans and there's a similar pattern like that in the majority of states throughout the country do you think that having a black president in office or did you think it would have changed or help change that problem or combat the problem just the problem in a way i think that's an excellent question and i think that's one of the one of the things that i think about most when i look at the people in the community i think that people have to realize that they are the government the people who elect the government officials and i think it's important that people are informed about this is. to pass the buck to give sitting around. and saying give us jobs.

get us better health care open more schools watch it was like what we see the power that we have as a unified and this is our symbol of an occasion but just say that. we have to know where the power came from and the power initially came from the people who elect this individual i think that. the need for change is what set this whole thing in motion and it's going on all over the world it just seems like america or the americans or american citizens are just kind of sleeping right now i don't i don't know if they understand what's really going on in the world and how it affects affects them or affects us because i'm an american citizen tell me about america's team and tell me about. what you want. your fans gender standard maybe new people that that don't know that much about your music that will now go watch that video and listen to your earlier what message are you saying there hip hop has

been given to us. like to give respect so cool her african bottoms of nation i think that hip hop can be used for good or for evil. i'm a kid who grew up in brownsville oh she held brownsville brooklyn not texas a lot of my peers they are not politically afford they don't know even well you know they don't feel the necessity to be involved in that process because it doesn't really protect them often and i think that hip hop has given us a stage to open up this dialect or this dialogue to inform people why their. position is important or their participation is important and know that the power comes from the people you know black panther said power to the people power to all people. we have to remember that. america is this model for democracy you know

we've become. like people in third world countries. look to america and say you know you guys are really seem like you got it together. yet. it's not really together it's just a facade of you know everybody is the makeup is there but behind the makeup is kind of like kind of like chaotic if it's not a democracy here in the united states what is it that's a good question it's a good question. when people can speak up when they can have a peaceful protests. about injustices that's in the community is for something as small as from police brutality to what's going on in the with the oil spill. and be active when you have the people dissatisfied what was going on with the policies then you have to wake up in the morning president obama has to work a bit more say i what am i going to do about what's going on in. detroit all fifty

fifty five schools it's called harm are going to deal with this like we're talking about the future and some of the children who. economy does pose an economy forcing us pause and jobs for a second let's talk about the opportunity for for children even know when it is there is a hole in their country to create more jobs so it gets a little tricky when you start getting close to sort of red tape what is america's nightmare because that's what your album is called america's nightmare part two children of war right now it is america's nightmare i think america's nightmares a mirror. a reflection of the ugliness and i think that america the beautiful like the song goes i think that america is a beautiful place but i think that it's been covered with so much turmoil in oil so much turmoil and i think that. if we shake loose we can begin to get into this. you know better quality of life with not such

a separation of races and ethnic backgrounds are we going to we're going to have to deal with. religion but how does that go beyond just rhetoric i mean that there needs to be action order to change what you call is a nightmare is the action ending wars is the action cutting the military budget is the action i don't know recognizing muslim holidays i mean you're talking about religion you're talking about race relations what kind of action action. action by the administration action ministration will not do anything for us. kids tell you what the action was because i might be a science what i would say is that our ability to connect with each other is the power that the government can't control and they're working very strongly on controlling it even when you look at what's going on with the internet and trying to find you know with the f.c.c.

and different rules and stuff. you know what's going on with china with google. it's a lot of. changes going on in the constitutions across the world and i think that when the people because we out number. we outnumber the senator the representatives outnumber these people like if we really dissatisfied i think that we can say that in a manner that will change and i think that when we have when we put our children to school to college in one of them might want to be the next obama we've got to make sure he can do the work we're going to push him to see if he can do the work is a lot of it's a lot of things that. obama has to face you know i'm not. totally disappointed in him i think that as a as a as a person you have to do your best job and then. you working with the united states government can't because it can't be easy see your message to your fellow americans i gather is open your eyes open your eyes don't sleep don't don't fall for whatever

they feed you you know most kings are lot of kings will poison because they were. it was they will loving of their of this objects and a lot of times you know there's just wickedness and you have to know that there's wickedness and in the world you have to know that there are people who are just here to profit and to put their foot on the back of people who are poor who don't know any better and i think that most of our communities like when you look around in the communities if you just left them alone for like a week you would see how rich these communities were a lot of people had to go outside of the community to make their money and they always bring it back so it's not really like this crazy thing like crime is not really crazy in new york a city like this explosion of cultures meshing together one a worldwide global scale we're seeing it in america we're seeing what they possibly happen in america on a global scale it could happen and just being. asian of speech or

asian of information like yourself like i can communicate with people. across the world so what i say has to be important it has to be helpful has to be unless i'm just an agent for destruction and then i probably need to be with the rest of the spies and and everybody else is on a blow up stuff. and that no general still thank you very much for sitting down thank you there's been a pleasure and honor thank you. right and if you knew about the song from phones to.

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to an end the first rush is celebrating a clean sweep of medals at the european athletics championships leading a russian one two three and the women's twenty kilometer race walk the olympic champion striding to a convincing victory in barcelona a time of one twenty seven minutes forty four seconds was more than a minute faster than compared to a nice. silver while there came home in third to make sure russia over the podium where their success follows that of standing near young officer who won the men's event on the opening day all of from the same training camp in surrounds consent for russia the nineteen year old was the youngest in the field and afterward said the win had made him very happy million of beating olympic champion. by twenty eight seconds. but is also a bronze rusher on monday and getting it in the room short of the throw here of ninety two point three nine meters preventing a clean sweep of medals by better roost then

a tally or two planes go over the blistering first round of twenty point four eight meters her teammate and defending champion italia got silver. and on the front pretty much one of the men's ten thousand meters broke clear in the last three hundred great big finish for becoming the first british man to win the european title this event crossing the line in twenty eight minutes twenty four point nine nine seconds and his compatriot chris thompson claimed silver. after beating it. in a photo finish. russia's race walkers will definitely be among the favorites coming the london olympics that is in two years' time and some big sporting names help mark the car came down in the city but first the official mascot a one eyed monster when law was on hand pick stadium to help him vale a temporary track the venue will host a track and field events as well as the opening and closing ceremonies while four time olympic cycling champion chris hoy became the first person to ride

a bike at the brand new london velodrome which helped he helped design former n.b.a. player john amaechi voice showing off his slam dunk skills in the basketball arena the first official merchandise store was also opened in the city on tuesday and the mayor of london boris johnson promised the british capital won't fail to deliver into years' time. but believe me it is going to be great it's going to look this is going to be is going to be i think the reason the big games everybody to get a very good we have lots of people. buried. in football is a need to have a frustrating time and remain here last night unable to break down ten minute in the third qualifying round of the champions league although coach letting describing it as a good result for his size and had a man advantage out of it as van praagh to read two were sent off to the home side after just thirty six minutes but still couldn't find a way through afterwards belletti said his side had faced a team for well over

a vital return leg. next week elsewhere belgian champions anderlecht league side the new saints three one there were also wins for dynamic here in spite of prague or cypriot side nicosia drew one one with red bull salzburg there and it finished all square between june and the return legs of these games will be played on change day and wednesday of next week or there are more qualifying rounds tonight i-x. among them as they take on. salonica in amsterdam marking the all remains the eye exam manager despite speculation he was on his way to full and i want to get a good win at home this evening to thank to be settled the tie in the first let us game is important for us. you can better play way for. this situation. it's better for us to play.

very good. especially at home so hopefully we can. try to get a very good result. to finish it off in the. past to salonica it is something of an uphill task for them having only one one of their last seven champions league matches they've also got a new manager published to me was brought in after mary berretta left the post after just twenty three days and the current boss isn't fazed by the job he faces this evening. significant go over a move to this team i feel very good and if i have faith i have to make a start to some other coach so why not with an important game like this to me i'm not worried about anything else because it plays to my availability and believe in a good result is a good start with anybody else with a champions league account a third ranked qualification much for them away a swiss league one is up. the turkish side lost both their right wing league games

of the season but have come back with a couple of wins including one i began a task and their coach knows what his team has to do. we know that we have a big responsibility in this match and we were played like that so much it's a knockout system with two matches to be played so we have to try and get suppose the results from the wednesday. and so take our inaction to the s.p.l. runners up had a light training session in portugal ahead of their clash with sporting braga the portuguese side have a huge list of injuries with half the first team sidelined a good opportunity to end the celtic lead and he's preparing for his first european match as a manager. initially. chad stand a game keeper constitution you know we're all timidly you know we would like to create chances will think it's important as the if we can make an away goal and it . will be very very important for us. you know early on will be. you know respect

and brotherhood not sure to much respect and we've got to go and play as well you know we got to have a belief in ourselves and i think there's a good focus about the school of the minute there's a confidence about them as well. now in latin america it is the semifinal stage of the copy of it to doris mexican side chivas during one one with universidad to chile in their first leg defender rafael gave the waist i believe that the ass take a stadium but the home fans were in silence for too long omar a rebel and blasting an equaliser moments later the return leg is in santiago next she's doing well tonight visiting tubbs international parlow play the first leg of their seven. we stay with football because marat on his reign as argentina coach has come to an end the country's football association voting unanimously not to renew his contract he had been in charge for twenty one months and the forty nine year old had led argentina to the quarter finals of the world cup where they were beaten four know by germany after that maradona said he would stay on as coach but only if he was allowed to keep his entire backroom staff that was

a sticking point for his bosses he wanted to change his assistant manager to hear battista will be the interim coach for the friendly against ireland in dublin next month when possible long term success is included restaurant a studio on a one hundred thousand pair. of racing. while the delegation has been in brisbane during their three day evaluation of the world cup bid the officials told the suncor stadium which could be one of the venue to host the tournament in two thousand and twenty two while other arenas in the state of queen and we're showing off an exhibition visiting also met young local plays the fifa team six more countries to inspect including russia before announcing their verdict on december the second in the strain say be on tenterhooks and to let. me. see if we're successful to get the twenty twenty to thirty four world cup the biggest show entails the biggest show in the world for that matter and what better

place to host the world cup with here and. for the one man flipper master says he's looking forward to this weekend's hunger in grand prix despite returning to the track which will build him last time around a loose spring from the car a fellow brazilian rubens barrichello hit on the head at full speed he sustained a skull fracture and i dream which was almost fatal however after successful surgery he's made a speedy recovery and was even on the brink of winning last weekend's race in germany but then appeared to be told by ferrari to let team a financial along the way to take him however the brazilian seems unfazed by the controversy and is raring to go in hungary. definitely looking for two to achieve a good result you know to present myself to the people. who was in the hospital you know when i arrived in a difficult condition you notice too sure how i am now you know and. so

thinking about nice feely but also a good result which is the most important thing. and in the meantime the fourth street basketball cup gets underway in moscow on thursday and the event will see eighteen teams competing over three days all trying to dethrone the reigning champions ukraine after winning the first to russia will be looking to win back their crown from their neighbors the teams are made up of professionals rather a mix of university students and imus's but the sport has taken off in russia especially in moscow over the last few years with an estimated ten thousand people playing the game in the russian capital and as the president of the country street basketball association says this is down to the sport's dynamism. of course treat basketball has a lot of similarities to classical basketball but the tactics are completely different here the emphasis is on individual player with players often going up against each other one on one well of course it's a lot quicker on the game lost in just eight minutes of

a team that gets twenty one points first wins. and that is all the sport for the moment so we're back with it more but actually. culture is that so much given to you. on your mark westfield bombing his public be mended fences with israel showing really isn't enough to restart what is called the peace process.

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