and that is going to create jobs all this other talk is finances detailing. the obama administration. charge me borrow your marginal last word here where you invest your i usually am going to hear my say. gold so while i'm very kosher commodities but the physical stuff i mean the physical as it were not some paperwork on there's eighty times more paper there than the physical metals and then in asia style emerging markets even though william mentioned but i also wanted a really really really create there are actually those people in the united states who are aware of what's happening what you just ask about the tea partiers and why our way our way or where there is growing in their beds needs to be tightened for example the woman there on ron paul the texas congressman ron paul who was also the president before so that's that's really one of the few also they have but right now they don't look like they want any chance to do more to move ahead and dangle our general election and see where the economy goes maybe we'll all get together in

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one it is this is all going to need to. reduce the army to the life of the use the is the most precious thing in the world. use of self-sacrifice a comparison with those who understand it fully. but you have to live a. real life stories from. the 1940's. russian pilots are being hailed as heroes after managing to crash land a crippled passenger jet at a remote airfield in northwestern russia saving everyone on board as the aircraft flew at a height of ten thousand meters the fuel pump navigation and communication systems were suddenly paralyzed the crew glided one fifty four to a lower altitude and landed every disengaged airstrip the plane eventually came to a halt in woodland with emergency services passengers to safety. anyone

serious about solving global problems such as nuclear proliferation knew that without russia and the united states working together little would be achieved the u.s. secretary of state says russia is a vital partner when it comes to solving global problems speaking to the council on foreign relations in washington hillary clinton spoke about wanting to promote relations with russia and the rest of the world she stressed that only through partnership in issues like nuclear disarmament and global terrorism the result. britain's special envoy to afghanistan has stepped down from his position amid speculation he was forced out. was an outspoken critic of the military policy in the country advocating opening dialogue with the taliban responsible for coordinating strategy in the region he was well known for his strong criticism of the u.s. led surge in afghanistan. the seizure of st petersburg was one of the darkest

chapters of the second world war it lasted for nine hundred days during which of the city lost over seven hundred thousand people next we meet the men and women who survived the blockade stay with us. this is no ordinary tram it's a rest site on the streets of st petersburg historians with a cunning ever remembers what it was like writing these trams nearly seventy years ago in nine hundred forty one german troops encircled the city then called leningrad to isolated from the rest of the country the siege lasted for nine

hundred days. leningrad was the country's second most important city off to moscow at the time. nazi leader out all fit into his troops to capture the soviet union's european territories by november nine hundred forty one leningrad was a priority objective in that plan a. million strong german army hundreds of tanks and fastens of backup were massed against the city. at the same time finnish troops advanced from the notice the nazi advance was halted in september nineteenth. by then enemy troops had already inserted many.

a massive bombing campaign was unleashed on leningrad in the ultimate nine hundred forty one. the diet where houses were one of the first time. the gates of the german asteroids. they housed most of the city's food supplies. all of the warehouses were destroyed as in all their modern facilities here. of smoke as she looked out of the window of her flat. at first trees caught fire. and then the flames spread to the wooden buildings it's a good deal the fact that five. government supply of sugar reserves. in those us the most distressing thing with all the city's population. still a tell girls would come here along with many other piece together earth and make

tea out of it to change leningrad residence all the destroyed warehouses as a terrible and soon after the air raids food in leningrad was with move its weight in gold. was introduced in the city the front line lay just a few hundred meters from makeshift checkpoints people believed they would be able to hold out hoping that help would soon be on its way everyone was trying to survive as best they could. the sound of a. through loudspeakers in the streets it became a symbol of the leningrad siege a fast rhythm and. if it slowed it signaled a retreat. by the first wind to leningrad had no heating power. abandon trams stood motionless in the streets the water supply system froze and the

pipes inside apartment. people had to get water from a hole in the. air in the water was a big problem let alone to the sixth floor. because of spilt water quite often they couldn't make it and had to go that. leningrad residents burned anything they could to try and stay warm. folks and furniture went into the stove firewood was very expensive. there were food shortages too residents were issued with rations affixed. the russians were just a fifth of what they had been at the start of the war. a citizen was entitled to two lumps of bread a day weighing just one hundred twenty five grams each the bread was made from chemical wood pulp and milled wheat dust in order to survive people. and cookies made from wood glue fried with pine tar oil based paint.

and. dressed up his jacket with his medals and goes to a nearby school. then joins other survivors to talk to schoolchildren who are the same age he was during the siege. of their piece of bread the siege survivors bring a few loaves of bread for the children to see exactly what a daily ration look like. bread weighing a hundred. twenty five graham like schoolchildren everywhere full of curiosity and have a million questions to ask so we can get inspired you during it was most difficult how did this send letters to the front where were the young children considering all the preschool. got to do their homes warm.

in their houses people used. to all they could. grab residents burned furniture. and newspapers well yeah i myself made the rounds of basements and on the barns to pick up whatever wood i could find what. we warmed ourselves. thank. you people. when they didn't. they kept the faith. and he really does think it is good i wonder how people could survive on such a tiny piece of bread. parents gave it to their kids they could have children. it was just a fascist bomb took the life of my father just need to vent his death and the destruction of leningrad m.m.p. i swear i will fight the nazis and help our troops and the frog to beat them and i

will defend our city. was fourteen years old at the time he says if people wanted to survive in the besieged city they had to force themselves to stay. instead of lying in bed. because they spent all their time lying in bed by sea and drinking a lot of water. they were too weak to. survive it will cost. in their lives. that's how my aunt and uncle died. by november nine hundred forty one people were dying in increasing numbers deaths could strike anywhere at any time many people were so weak but once they fell to the ground outside that homes they never stood back up on top of that winter was setting in jewish. walked through snow and i. see someone

lying on the ground. at adams the whole row of it was that you couldn't speak. because if you tried to do so we need more subtle new year's southall whittled down a little of. life in the city never came to a standstill the composer dmitri shostakovich was putting the finishing touches to his seventh symphony to be performed at the heavily damaged concert hall of the leningrad from a monic society and. historians or economy ever was in the audience. she recalls that many people defied the bombings and went to the concert hall to listen to the classical music. people were everywhere even. but they were in a quiet pool in the and they were on the balcony as do just

a some people who were even standing behind this chance those will stay and that's how the band leader who wanted to he is now using that is the symbolized we were one of the first victories won by leningrad resident that at. the symphony was heard not only in the concert hall a radio broadcast carried it to the front line of the leningrad. germans in the trenches heard it too. late german soldiers wrote in their diary. they've been amazed by the steadfastness of the people he grabbed. us the peak of. the years that.

many of the musicians focused at worst some months from the fronts for that they fell that's what a little washed the white marcus truck is full nearly to the show stucco bitch saying with any officer only if you rehearsal is what they say that it gives us the music was in harmony in them would need to send a devious for them was a cover this route was known as the road flights and became the only hope for the c.p.p. . because presumably they could not a good choice of supplies to the city in november nine hundred forty people this and subsequent place called sudden to community people at least. they're out of a directed traffic on this vital road. yes because that was the starting point of the road. began on november twenty second two that's nine hundred forty one.

where the lifeline that saved so many lives began. often comes here to pay tribute to those who died during the tragic news. the broken ring road of life kept that ring from ever becoming used to. the tragic. order to ensure a safe passage for the truck. she says that each time she visits this place she recalls the horror of the first winter spent time to siege. people looking off to the road while enemy troops attempted to cut. the road of life with several times occasionally the ice cracked sending trucks and that precious cargo to the bottom of the light the largest single mushroom the

driver couldn't see the cracks because it was covered with snow the truck and its driver went down beneath. the tracks headlights were shining beneath the water for a long time after that. have been scouring the lake bed in the past year they found schools of. lifted from the lake bed go to the appropriately named road of life museum. for these tires were produced in germany in january of one thousand nine hundred thirty four. or sixty three or sixty four years under the waters of lake. the museum's director alexander. expeditions. he says lifting many of the objects found takes time.

one of the trucks sank with a load of skis for aircraft to land and snow. skis are scattered within a radius of one and a half metres. from the water and they'll be one of the museum's most valuable exhibits. the road of life remained operational for eighteen months during that time over a million people were evacuated from leningrad some four hundred thousand tons of food and other supplies will brought into the besieged city. of mushin the. good at twenty thousand people working hard these days to move food supplies in the baking leningrad by structures ever to live and to evacuate children though it's a little besieged city and the country's interior. despite the selfless efforts of those who help deliver them the food supplies that reach the blockaded city were

not enough to meet the needs of all of its residents. meanwhile the nazis persisted with the bombardment of money grab they dropped bombs together the leaflets saying that in the bombing today you bury the dead tomorrow nobody in the city knew how long the blockade would last. cultures that so much about the taxpayers' money went it is a charade we've got people at area economic recovery in the developed world is sluggish at best and there are fears of a double dip recession hundreds and hundreds of billions of dollars. in one hundred forty more than three million people called leningrad home. by the start of nine hundred forty three one in five residents have died of starvation exposure or shelling. and. the people of

leningrad suffered most during the first winter of the blockade but even then many continue to work among them was stop of the plant cultivation institute. and. its offices and seed bank are in the city center since it was impossible to evacuate. the institute's vast collection of. scientists to protect the unique collection from fast. collection was stored in boxes like these. there is a hole right here. on the other side of the same one that. made holding them in devour the c. one of the institute's. colleagues tell the real story about the heroism of the

scientist on the verge of starvation. the institute's seed bank is still a national asset. values the collection at eight trillion dollars. there was a lot of edible material around we. barley and. lots of. starving people. that's why. they never thought they might eat from the seed bank. russia's largest museum of fine arts was ready for evacuation. being brought into this building on the embankment of the at the very start of the.

priority was given to paintings and objects from the collection of antiques. left behind as the city became an. stored in its basements. just empty frames hung on the walls of the empty hermitage old school. despite the hardships of the blockade hermitage workers organized lectures and signs conferences to inspire the people remaining in the city. and. the. museum director. says that quite often participants were brought in on stretches unable to walk themselves because they were too weak from severe hunger is. the disco its translators and scientists were brought in

from the front for that was a formidable task and conditions were difficult here too and people here were saying that but if need be you could carry them in your arms but the imagine people coming from the front line though where the city's fate was being decided that's a whole different story. conny of a historian and a blockade survivor has fitted memories of those events. in the spring of one nine hundred forty two leningrad to authorities announced the start of a seed sowing season they said leningrad residents would have to supply themselves with food to that end they allotted plots of land to be used as vegetable gardens as well as providing grain people in the city center were given plots in the main square just outside saying to. say you want us but we want. to ask. visitors units and they brought in. but i want to

because nothing could you grow that the foam that was it would do as it is these greenfield. is where we grew count it is this it would be so slow that it south is a good reminder. of how it used to be. so good. the crop lived up to people's expectations people turned down to reap the harvest in a deep hole to nine hundred forty two somewhat easing the food problem even in such harsh conditions people never lost hope and help one another to survive during the siege. on the verge of death from starvation when a friend in the same time. there's a little. how are you still don see you i could hardly get here to go didn't i get here on for. sixty years and their roles have reversed minator helps nina to survive nina has poor eyesight and can only

walk using crutches. goodness nina still touring with this little. girl it's my truck you know this is can't you walk without using or you fight but drive in the. robe each time they said to this table they talk about how many felt was saved but the women recall every single event of the day when nina came to visit only to find that her friend was dying. for was too weak to go to the shop to collect her bread russian. you know that you very much it is going to put on my coat and filled the boots gotten too good to covered myself with a couple of blankets and was ready to die when suddenly i heard somebody walks into the corridor it was lena i know you covered yourself with the small blanchet here and when they go away to the cures that is where we are born holding on to a chance as it was. well eve only a few weeks later when they found

a job but the kid. i most of leningrad industrial plants turned out weapons even during the siege. this is the yell on the bus this is where i stood guard with the rifle we patronize the no one could pass with me. when she started the young man a full blood on the legs as she stands in one of the factory shops where she used to but she says production was never a journey begins of struggle the plant tanks channels and mines at a rate of three million items a month people work for sixteen to twenty hours a day despite the cold and hunger. says he it was slipped in fact to his shop close to the war will it if it was like living in barracks little never

went home because of the children from borden it is just that many workers lived at the factory is doing its own little. occasionally some of the proceeds city's inhabitants must have enough strength to go to the theatre after their excruciating what day. and. the musical comedy fear take up performances going to they always play to a full house until a shell hit the building. but it didn't bring the cutting down completely they just moved buildings and carried on. all over. all over. the. odd all under.

the theater oldest actress is one hundred years old this year. to be a beautiful girl if this is photographed speak not to see. how beautiful i was. when the phantom was bombed she moved to the front line to a pedophile soviet troops giving more than full files and performances during the. voice was so powerful that sometimes the soldiers even asked her to sing more quietly in case the enemy. get the record that one somebody visited this theater to ask me to come to smarten if there was a hospital that anyone did and sick people there would mind you says the boss no applause for you i know what i said when you know how. it was a truly festive occasion in the spring of nine hundred forty two when the

electricity was restored and trams one small ran along its traits. that. share a friendship dating back to the blockade came the end of the tragedy by writing and . this is this is all true and the blockade to get. the tram is a symbol of the siege stirring up many memorable stories. at one time i was on board a train when the shelling started i jumped out and fell to the ground that moment a shell hit the tram. into pieces i was incredibly lucky i just made it out of the tram tunnel. trams on the street signaled to

people living under siege when. we said to each other look the tram is running again. this must mean we're still alive despite the blockade. we will live. it will survive. all of us but confident of victory but another winter came along. and. by the end of nine hundred forty two the germans realized they were unlikely to capture leningrad and stepped up their artillery assault on the besieged city. in january the soviet army broke from a small section of the encircled and the corridors in egypt used for sending supplies to the same city by rail. operation in january from the storm got underway the soviet army pushed the end.