view across that could change the us well r.t. spoke to one of them who says america's image is just a facade. it's not that long ago. most u.s. robbers were embracing their new popular president with problem which was great but you still a big gamble. for some hip hop artist has worn away behind the scenes just be a meet and greet general c.e.o. of rap duo smith and wesson is among the few cutting against the grain to confronting issues like social injustice or any government corruption beats and they were one of. the brooklyn born robin 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. are 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 pulse of believe in 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 is the truth you know like we're all human beings are all we all have responsibilities but i think that no one human being can say the world i think that 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. corporation called america the united states and i think when we start dealing with the reality of 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 graduate and probably thought about running for office or come in and send it all in here and yet. but the exhort interview 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 he 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 for our country wherever we are you know. and we will 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 this 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 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 yes jobs will. get us better health care or open more schools for our children like what we see the power that we have as a unified and this is our symbol of unification but just say that. we have to know where the power came from initially came from the people who elected 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 or how it effects 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 don't know that much about your music that will now go watch that video and listen to your earlier what message you are hip hop has been given to us. like to give respect so cool her african baden's of nation i think that hip hop can be used for good or for evil. i'm a kid who grew up in brownsville ocean hell brownsville brooklyn not texas a lot of my peers they are not politically afford they don't know even vote you know 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 dialogue on this dialogue to inform the people why they're

there the 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 just like people in third world countries. look to america and say you know you guys are really seem like you got it together you know 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 it's 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 and 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 we're going to morsi i what am i going to do about what's going on in. detroit all fifty fifty five schools it's called 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 the children even know when it is there is a hope 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 has 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 build a 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. 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 srong 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 rulings 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 outnumber. the outnumber the senator the representatives outnumber these people like if we're 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 want to push him to see if you 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 subjects 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 community is 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 want to worldwide global scale we're seeing it in america we're seeing what possibly happen in america on a global scale it could happen and just being. agent of speech or agent 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 aid for destruction and then i probably need to be with the rest of the spas and. blow up stuff. that no general still thank you very much for sitting down q there's been no pleasure in on a thank you. mind

mission. which brightened if you remove any song from tongues to freshen. me stumped on t.v. don't come. top stories this hour on r.t. afghan strategy on the question as the u.s. congress approves billions more in war funding some lawmakers say they're signing off more lives with no end in sight this comes just days after a leak of top secret documents revealing military details of the war including a cover up of civilian deaths. internet censorship in russia's far east as

a court demands a local provider blocking access to you tube for spreading extremism based on the nationalist video called russia for russians infected other subjects with content such as it was. jumping on the spying bandwagon unless you're born woman sees with weapons a new york spot a media frenzy with americans comparing her to the top of the recent russia u.s. spies on the twenty four year old who also has american citizenship has dismissed the allegations saying the rifles were for hunting. but i'll be back with more of those stories and other developments for you in fifteen minutes from now time to check out the world of sports with kate now and. this image so i think for terms of sprinting i understand hi bill yes the three fastest man in the world will all finally race against each other for the first time this season it's a reason stockholm next once more on that that's next.

hello welcome to the sport and here are the headlines. european ambitions in its couldn't crack in here on tuesday but eighteen other teams are in action all aiming to put one foot in the champions league. while strolling to the podium russia's walkers make a clean sweep of the medals in barcelona. and all together again the kings of sprint bolt day and powell raced against each other next month for the first time this is. and a start with athletics where russia is celebrating a clean sweep of medals at the european athletics championships as a at a russian one two story in a dramatic women's twenty kilometer walk a couple of their rivals couldn't make it to the finish that included local favorites and holder of the world walking cup maria vasco the spaniard exited in two years after pulling hamstring but olympic champion can eskin astro to

a convincing victory in barcelona a time of one hour twenty seven minutes and forty four seconds was more than a minute faster and patrick a nice young kid got kidnapped he took the silver the second lever came home and said make sure russia in the podium. while athletics most anticipated race between the big three of men's sprint will take place on august the sixth in stockholm as triple m. big champion you say in bold is set to run against rivals a soft power and tyson gay for the first time this year the world's three fastest men are set to go up against each other in the one hundred meters at a diamond league meeting swedish capital grace will be the first involving a three bolt world record breaking run in the world championship final berlin last august the three are also poised to go head to head in the diamond league snow like it would be stationed brussels august twenty seventh. football now and was in its in petersburg had a frustrating time remaining on tuesday night eighteen other sides are an option on

wednesday in the third qualifying round of the champions late. here i am still here you kick offs every side pots a meal deal with kipen hagen and a towboat from kazakstan top i'll tell you before nell currently playing sheriff patrolling want one which the man i saw grabbed the scent of a slide one old with young boys have fun. i want to threats and the rest of the games so far goalless draw guy this is celtic short and. me one on tuesdays and it had a one man advantage for the best possible now seeing as frank science couldn't make the breakthrough was how it finished elsewhere belgian champions and that blank screen wanted welshman signed the new saints they were all selling it and i guess it's a process prog cypriot side nicosia to one want to schedule salzburg it's all square sheena and will text love it returns next tuesday or wednesday of next week.

meanwhile with the new english premier league season just over two weeks away chelsea's chief executive ron gourlay has dismissed speculation that strike a deal a drug that could be leaving the club which is good news for coach carlos who has already lost joe cole and michael ballack for the absolute no doubt absolutely no doubt didier will be a chelsea player next year did years under contract. and the only thing about this time of year is we always go. you know it's put our players to be in the newsies you know he is normal but yeah good order will be a chelsea player actually carlo is completely comfortable with that with the team. you know you would you know if carlo wants to bring a player or two into the squad then they're moving look at that it has to be the right player. to fit into the squad. obviously the at the right price and if these things all come together then before i will strengthen the squad.

meanwhile one man who has changed sides is former spain striker old. the thirty three year old joint german runners up shot at in a two year deal on wednesday the move comes just two days after raul and mounted his departure from the only club he's ever played for real madrid putting an end to his sixteen year stint with the spanish giants as the unveiling ceremony in goshen here can receive not only his new number seven jersey but also a piece of coal from local miners who historically support the club. but. for me it's a special day because i'm leaving behind the club i have been with for sixteen years real madrid but i have the feeling that i'm starting a new challenge i'm delighted by the fifth there's been a place to meet especially by shelter coach feliks maggot who from the start has shown that he wanted this move to become a reality for me it's an important challenge which i hope all the supporters of shell can bill enjoy and i hope that together with the team we can achieve beams which were set out for the beginning of the season and. staying with football and

diego maradona's reign as argentina coach has come to an end after the country's football association voted unanimously not to new his contract he bit in charge of the national side for twenty one months and the forty nine year old had led argentina to the quarter finals of the world cup but they were four nil by germany after that exit marathoner said he would stay on as coach but only if he was allowed to keep his entire backroom staff that was the sticking point for his bosses he wanted to change his assistance he's team manager if you go back to step interim coach for the friendly against ireland in dublin next month possible long term successes include studio auntie's coach alex hunter said why are on a go go so for us in. the meantime the super delegation has visited sydney on the last day of their tour of australia and were shown displays of every city region and stadium involved in the country's bid for the world cup in twenty twenty two

but it wasn't any business on their agenda the delegates also went to the sydney wildlife world park to get a clear. of the country's unique cannibal's the fee for team has six more countries to inspect including russia before announcing their verdict on december the second and the australians are pleased with the way they presented their bid. but it's been an action packed three days we've toured sydney with two of brisbane we've toured melbourne we're heading up to the hunter valley region today and i think it's a great demonstration of the wonderful sports infrastructure and sports assets the destroyed it has to offer the world now newly crowned tour de france champion alberto contador who will be donning a new jersey yellow or not next season as the spanish rider announced he's parting ways with his current team a stunner the kazakhstan based outfit offered to extend his deal but contador ten dan adie examine his options as to way to continue his so far illustrious career in three seasons with

a stunner twenty seven year old contact or is one too it is true to try first time i've had to tell you it's one try to titles the spaniard is only the fifth rider in history to win all three grand tours is right scientists. i snuck in now and they'll be no new foreign sides in the kontinental hockey league this season after bosses fell two one at their differences with the slovak federation about left from entering the k h l however the official statement says the slovak inside will be able to join next year provided they follow the regulations the k h l has been striving to embrace european club since its inception two years ago has so far failed to do that but to deny my size from latvia i wish as well as kazakh side all from the former soviet union and the main owning on russian teams in the twenty four strongly in the season gets underway by september. and finally the russian government has started an initiative to promote the development of sport and healthy living is

a four day forum starts in moscow on thursday the man has more. one hundred the other was a problem. from a private. company that was focused. on the full support this year moscow celebrates the thirtieth anniversary of the summer olympics which were held here back in one thousand a.d. the country has changed its political course drastically since then but a healthy nation remains a priority for today's government as well and just like thirty years ago russia's main sporting venue remains in the heart of moscow the luzhniki olympic complex now the home of the first annual international sports forum in of a book is that we want to show that luzhniki still very much alive today and meets the requirements of international sports federations the main thing is that it can host various top level competitions and forty five different sports disciplines we want to show to the foreign participants that luzhniki is a sports and health center of not only moscow but of the entire country as well.

the forum's program includes conferences congress. tables which will be held from the twenty ninth of july to the first of august besides the meetings all sports dignitaries the four will host the second international sport film festival and of course the calendar would not be complete without actual sporting events which will be held at another in the complex where the guests will be able to skate this soaring moscow heat the temperature on the outside might be nearing forty degrees but inside here they care a lot ski ice palace the weather is always perfect for some ice skating and i'm sure these kids behind me while the. top streetball world championship and canoe spring championship are just a few sporting events which will take place during the forum the organizers expect over six thousand people to participate including past and present big medalists while the form itself is expected to be visited by over three hundred thousand

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jumping on the spying bandwagon and that being born woman seized with weapons and sparks a media frenzy americans comparing it to the time of the recent russia u.s. spy saga. live from our studios here in central moscow this is r.t. with twenty four hours a day thirty three billion more u.s. dollars are heading to afghanistan after the move was given the go ahead by congress the huge cash injection is meant to bolster the war effort which critics say is being lost to the taliban and the recent publication of secret u.s. military files seems to echo this view as christine for sul now reports. twenty a glimpse into the way it really is on the battlefield now made more clear by the release of more than ninety thousand secret documents on.