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have left one in seven americans living below the breadline last year the highest number in over fifty years of record keeping. the russia u.s. strategic arms reduction treaty got the green light this week from the senate foreign relations committee it's now going to the house for a crucial final vote. caught up with a former senator gary hart to discuss both countries concerns over the start treaty . it's time for the senate to vote on new start that's the title of the letter signed by some top former u.s. officials as well as some former senators including gary hart thank you so much for joining a pleasure a few days ago i heard ambassador richard byrd say and that if it had to be enough republican president submitting this treaty the strategic arms reduction treaty for ratification it would have already been ratified i mean no doubt it's been

a bumpy ride for the for the trade in the senate but in your opinion how much of that was about the actual treaty and how much about republicans trying to make a point to the democrats well over the course of my active life involved in arms control issues the pattern has been the republican presidents get much quicker ratification easier read of occasion of arms control treaties for example president reagan then democratic presidents and one would have hoped after the end of the cold war fifteen or more years ago that partisan approach to arms control would not still prevail but i'm afraid it still does. the questions about the treaty or all coming virtually all coming from the republican party so i think those of us who signed the letter in the opinion piece or are hoping former secretary of state george shultz and summer he go are hoping that we can

encourage bipartisan support for this treaty and hopefully some republican senators will support it mr hart american officials have more than once told the senate that the treaty in no way limits the ability of the united states to deploy missile defenses. you know when in one send where it was the senate foreign relations. in meeting quote at that point in their resolution but the russians seem to understand this type between offensive and defensive weapons in the treaty as legally binding are we lost in translation or is it just me well i hope not treaties can never be. ironclad in the sense of. absolutely eliminating ambiguity languages language and people for starting with different language base have different meaning for words but the order of diplomacy in the

school would diplomacy is to overcome those knowing which differences and to have a common understanding of exactly what crucial terms mean and i think of the time with the ratification is completed here in the united states hopefully successfully there will be a clear understanding on our part and on the part of the russian government as to what those terms mean and that's the best we can hope for is so hard let me explain this a couple of days ago i went i went up two rows go to motive there the key u.s. negotiator on start after the press conference and i asked her about this whole debate to on. the connection between offensive and therefore weapons in the train she said yes but the treaty acknowledges that time as a fact and not as an obligation so it is supposed to make sense in legal speak but i honestly don't understand because russians do seem to see it as says legally binding something equally binding which americans don't see it such what do you

make of it the skill of bill's teams is such that they would have. had a negotiating record that clarified this issue so you think they do have an understanding is that outsiders say they have to or or they have to agree to disagree that is to say you interpret this we will interpret it that way but. very. shaky. way to approach these things because it just leads to ambiguities later i have to believe not having participated that there is a common understanding on this apart from that any real concerns about the treaty among senators as touch upon well clearly the republicans. have. concerns some of them genuine i think others less genuine. there is still i think for many of us not the kind of. understanding. by americans of

russia and russians government and where it's headed that we would like. but and i think from the russian side there is still confusion as to why. we have not developed stronger ties in the last fifteen or twenty years i'm not clear clear on that myself i think we should of but. as time goes on hopefully the questions that are being raised again primarily on the republican side will be satisfied at the end of the day there will be a boat on the treaty people will have to vote for or against it and those who would against it are going to have to justify why they voted against it and why it makes us more secure not to have a treaty then if we had the treaty and it's a very hard burden to carry they start even with this treaty in place we're obviously very far from the global zero they call

a nuclear free world you know with new forces trying to get hold of nuclear weapons and think they're going to be around for quite some time it's deter and now should we just stop talking about nuclear free world and just tag it as the wishful thinking you know what i think of human beings need goals and more than just rhetorical goal schools that are that are achievable. why the doneness it's and russia are key to this because we have. percent of the nuclear weapons on the earth and we cannot go to the russians and the americans cannot go to china or to india or pakistan or any other nuclear power france great britain and say reduce your nuclear arsenals until we've done our job so it all begins with the bilateral negotiations between the united states and russia. if we are serious about hermetic reductions in these nuclear arsenals then we widen the club and bring in all the

nuclear powers and. ideally at least north korea and even iran for that matter and say enough we're all we're going to get rid of all these it does seem like. kind of ideal dream but it is a goal to reach for in your opinion who is america afraid have right now well i can't speak for three hundred million. americans. there is still deep concern in this country about terrorism. one thing that a lot of americans don't realize is we're not the only target of terrorism russia is the target of terrorism many countries have terrorist problems pakistan and many others it's a global problem a post cold war global problem where almost any country one way or another can be

vulnerable and can be attacked so the international community has to combine to try to solve this problem i think president bush's war on terrorism it's not the right approach but it's you know america is not the only one in this that's being victimized by this so hopefully we can have greater cooperation not only between us and our european allies but some russian and others. who suffered the same threat me so hard russia has so many times in the past offered the united states. and create this joint defense system missile defense system and there are people who are very skeptic about it saying watching us their interests are so different what would you tell them in a way there's a very sound logic to that if in fact these technologies or purely defensive and have no purpose other than protection. why not i mean what what is what's

the argument against. every or at least countries that we can trust having this capability and if it is a confidence building measure as it should be seems to me if i were the thing to discuss it's very complicated technologically to. transfer these technologies from one laboratory to another but may be sophisticated russian scientists might be able to help us with some of this just to be fair on missile defense cooperation u.s. officials expressed willingness to work on a do you see some real signs of such cooperation coming sometime in the near future maybe well i would hope so i've been i've spent a lot of time in russia unfortunately i haven't yet learned the language but i've spent in the cold war years and post cold war years off

a lot of time in russia met a lot of the russian people in leadership and it always seemed to me after the end of the cold war in the ninety's that the two scientific communities should have gotten together and i'm not quite clear why that didn't happen for example president you have yet to win to silicon valley. within the last year very. well reported trip. seeking cooperation seeking investment in the russian technology sector scientific sector i have always thought from the early ninety's on after the end of the cold war that there ought to be very very close cooperation. not only between government laboratories but in the private sector also american investment in russian technology russia has some brilliant scientists mathematicians physicists and it always seemed to me it ought

to be a natural partnership and hopefully it's still coming up and it's not happening i don't know i hope i haven't been able to go to russia nearly as much in the last few years so i don't know mr hart when the first starting of course remember that was signing was a breakthrough. breakthrough that would change the world. start to change the world and will not in the dramatic. historic sense it's a step. and it's a large step it will get rid of dangerous unnecessary nuclear weapons on both sides so it will change the world incrementally in a rather large and important step but it will not be the hinge of history that people will look back on and say that was the. that was the event that that

fundamentally changed the world there are going to be more coming there has to be step by step by step thank you very much very thank you. are. we going to get. back. to rally will sell lots of beer will. they will wear uniforms that will damage is in the black and them everything but very little damning the white. and they are

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early election results show sweden's so far right party taking its first to seats in the country's parliament as the ruling coalition fails to hang on to its majority. and other stories that have shaped the week polling to decide on whether to extradite one of russia's most wanted suspects after he was detained on friday but later released. also russia norway agreement on their orders in the energy rich sea. to a forty year old the speed. figures reveal of us has left one in seven americans living below the breadline last year the highest number in over fifty years of recordkeeping. sports news is next with.

good to have your company this is sports today i mean you know these are headlines closing the gap or of being moved to within a window of leaders in eight in the russian premier league thanks to a last gasp goal. top of the pile an orbital russian challenge cup comes to an end just outside moscow with spain's carla still more al riding his way into the record books. in this case the stoner wins their first ever oregon grand prix but it's jorge lorenzo who remains very much the ryder to catch let's get going pitch side were routines quest for a third straight russian championship received a boost on sunday the man from securing maximum points against with virtually the final kick of the game on my way this was it hesitation

a plenty in the free kick build up with the call. rifles in the winter ninety plus minutes relief. for writing emotion on the face of. the full time whistle blew seconds later. for the champions still a lot of work to do though is to retain their current leaders meet maybe just three points in front of the hole the hefty. in. days early kick off. could not be separated and. got things rolling for a local five minutes from the break before ran out of follow in the back of his own teams net to make it one and one would end both sides remaining in. mediocrity. can reestablish their six point advantage this summer at the same petersburg side evening to keep their unbeaten run intact in chechnya where two. and wait then

there's a clash of the two spark talks and null chick the game also taking place in southern russia in third place will fully expect to claim oxman points at the expense of rock bottom syberia in the late game. the game of the day in the english premier league was on daughter julie old trafford were not in liverpool did battle for the first time this season the bragging rights look to be having on chester by the time berbatov clinched his brace on the hour mark liverpool looked dead and buried. but steven gerard thing that scoring first from the spot and then with a superb free kick however united ensured temporary top spot in the league when berbatov not stopped his hat trick minutes from the end three two the score after an absorbing much it is chelsea though who finished the day on top the champions season two for no win of a blood pool meaning their one hundred percent record this season means intact

after five games on city took care of business at wigan to devolve to fourth. return to russia the first ever challenge cup reaching its conclusion of the sea a live golf club victory going the way of carla still moral meaning the spaniard has a great chance of getting his place on the european tour proper next season farmer now reports. so it was a fitting finale to what has been a hugely successful tournament jack nicklaus designed course colace the moral started the day four shots off the late but by the final hole he'd fought his way to the top of the leaderboard with a one stroke advantage over his nearest rival. and although del model found the sound he recovered well to finish on eleven and overall and that was enough the victory after all isn't missed his part means that the moral walks away with twenty eight thousand euros in prize money and also boost his chances of qualifying to

play on the european tour next season i came here four years ago for a european tour event it filled in we went to the red square it was just. filled awesome especially with great conditions great golf. so tonight. you only have to see here so he's smiling but so too is the russian golf association it has big plans to promote this sport across the country and the sliver goal of course here has proved itself to be a championship quality and is being raved about by the players i think reflection from the players. the players i've talked to which is pretty much everybody has been a good response. enjoyed the course immensely they have told me that it was being prepared to the highest standard. the practice facility. every facility even

down to the catering in the club. has been welcomed by the players. while it is only the second time the challenge tour has come to russia which still only has a handful of courses but after the last week who knows russia might just have found its way on to golf calendar on a permanent basis andrew farmer r.t. moscow region. it was another spaniard celebrating on the greens of. jose manuel long. edging a tightly contested final round the austrian open the thirty three are already carded a sixty four to catch up with joint overnight leader david lin the two are tied at seventeen under par after seventy two holes it was a lot of keep his nerves in string theory off to win the first extra holding inishmaan we both meaning lara if he could make par on the replayed it think he would win only his second victory on the european tour he did just that his previous title coming three years ago and hong kong downing well it's true shared

the lead heading into the final will be his last three holes on how to set before a joint third place with the u.s. open champion green mcdowell alexander norton of sweden. or i'd move to g.p. there's been a race of firsts the in or girl oregon ground three former champions casey stoner nicky hayden posting a first win first podium finish of the season respectively stoner when he started from poland spain will still stay followed by in form danny could do except for most of the race but the two thousand and seven champion all the way towards the end to beat the home favorite by more than five clear seconds championship leader for he looked on course for third place finish but just during the last lap by american hayden insists that on two forth that's his first finish right side the podium and three so far this season this spiny whoever sits a huge fifty six points clear of produce at the top of the standings with just five

more races to go stoner is now a third overall he may be out of contention but still relished the well deserved. were able to get the bike working almost the way we wanted it to. a little slip off this morning which was a little bit boring going into the in and staying away from everyone i could never want to get too close but yeah we were able to pick up the pace when we needed to during the race and. for the team for everyone who's stuck by. i mean you know i'm sorry it took so long. cricket is still reeling from the allegations of much fixing centered around pakistan's recent test with england fans around the world and will be hoping the upcoming high profile clash between astray and india will get focus back on the crease a sentiment echoed by the players. the events of the last couple of weeks and the impact i'm sure around the world in the world of the game is he is viewed. but. that's completely there's nothing we can do that as

a cricket team all we can do is play the best brand of cricket in the most attractive brand of cricket the way comply. double olympic champion. has won the great north run with insurance from a flat tax crazy ethiopia dominating it's most popular half marathon. is the man's world record holder in the marathon on entering the room bringing event as hot favorites i didn't feel to deliver on his debut in the biggest athletics festival of its kind the thirty seven year old breaking away from. the halfway point he simply revealing happiness by the time he had finished the race in gateshead with the rest of the field well of the frame the four time world champion the only competitor to cover the twenty one kilometer run less than an hour the celebrations continuing alongside compacted for honey a dairy later the same victory in the women's. great scenes and let's finish with

some big waves were march towards on priest is that how a century of elite tourist surfing victories shows no sign of abating the florida native wrapping up title of forty three on the opposite coast line the latest stop of the hurley prue event the nine time world champion are looking to reach double figures into the top of the. southern california but he was pushed hard by the man who defeated slater on the same piece of beach in two thousand and six about was better. than a slew of higher ranking to reach the decider but that's where the australians highlights would end thirty eight year old slater dominating the two metre waves to ease to victory on pocket one hundred on fire. thousand dollars in the process the too late i'm just i'm just trying to soak in this and not think about everything right now. just want to week i mean we think that that's well forecast pat now

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