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you're watching from moscow look at the top story russian businessman victor a bullet is being flown to the u.s. work he is wanted for alleged arms trafficking this comes after thailand approved his extradition but faces life imprisonment if found guilty. fighting against time the u.s. congress tries to approve the arms reduction treaty between moscow and washington before new members are sworn in and who many suspect have ulterior motives the new congressmen are seen as likely to sacrifice a deal just to score points against president obama. stopping their view cycle human rights activists fear a new cases of torture in u.s.

prisons in afghanistan as washington refuses to reveal details on his detention facilities one of the places in focus is a par wanted tension facility formally known as war two detainees were beaten to death in two thousand and two. brutal mass murder that shocked russia the war he's arrested gang leader following the slaughter of twelve people in the southern region of krasnodar investigators suspect the attackers of record tearing a local official has also been taken into questioning. six months after the oil spill in the gulf of mexico b.p. is selling its assets to cover the cost of the disaster meanwhile the u.s. reports its federal waters are once again open for fishing in what america claims to be one of the most promising signs of environmental recovery however bob who wrote a book on the catastrophe is not so optimistic. down with the oil industry insider .

six months ago the worst environmental disaster took place in the us a b.p. oil spill unleashing more than two hundred million gallons of oil into the gulf coast how could this disaster have been prevented and why has this story fallen from the front pages joining me now to talk more about this topic is bob cavanaugh our author of disaster on the horizon and c o of a look at technologies thank you very much for sitting down to speak with r.t. happy to be here mr cavanaugh are you say that the b.p. oil spill was not an accident it was a tragedy that didn't have to happen why did it happen the problem with the industry has and has had for years is that is essentially been on regulated in the us our regulations are our self and forced we sort of to the government that we're doing what we're supposed to be doing there are very few inspectors that actually

come out to start to see if we're actually following all the rules and regulations and because of the deregulation of our industry at least in federal waters over the last ten years the problems that we have a big getting worse and worse and there's been no enforcement to correct them mr crabbe from what i understand one of the many reasons you wrote your book is because you believe that americans still don't understand the extent of this tragedy a tragedy that it's considered the greatest environmental disaster in u.s. history how bad is it we don't know how bad it is the problem is that the vast majority of the oil never came to the surface it's in the oceans still today now some of it's being bugged degraded there is microbial degradation where some of the oil does get eaten but we don't know how long that takes and in cold war. water three thousand four thousand feet deep there could be vast plumes of oil that we

can't see this destroying the food chain and the scientists that i've read and talked to will say that this oil gets and gets into the food chain and could cause damage all the way up it to to humans eating eating the seafood to come in from the gulf and it's a huge concern six months of past we have not seen congress act on any legislation that's exist story has basically fallen off the radar very u.s. news channel and major newspaper how nobody is talking about this you know it's tragic the u.s. government and b.p. both wanted this story off the television because it was twenty four seventh's with the. feeds the b.p. had where you could actually watch the well flow and in all of the reporting that was going on the government desperately wanted to get that off the off of the television so they actually worked with b.p.

to make that happen i believe and that's what that's what i concluded in my book exactly you actually dated it you said on june sixteenth there was a twenty billion dollar merger between the obama administration and b.p. that's exactly right government or no oil industry and that together what exactly do you mean by that if you go back to the first weeks of the blowout between congressman markey and the in the. obama administration the rhetoric became sharper and sharper and sharper against against b.p. to the point where even london they were saying that we were bashing the brits and when in fact we were we were warned about the gulf of mexico. the rhetoric escalated until the meeting in the white house on june sixteenth where b.p. agreed to put twenty billion dollars in escrow to pay all the damages everything changed instantly the rhetoric toned down the government. were working more with the with the b.p.

and other other contractors in the gulf and all of a sudden they were speaking with one voice there were a few disagreements here along the way but admiral allen began speaking for b.p. and for the government and so all of a sudden the decision making all merged and. from there on they were there their interest were aligned the government wanted to keep b.p. afloat so they could pay the twenty billion so they wanted to get this story off the television as fast as possible so b.p. could recover what does that say about accountability that says there's not any what you're describing sounds quite similar to the type of conversation that was taking place fine following the two thousand and eight financial collapse in the u.s. a lot of people are saying it was because wall street was working under no regulations they were playing by their own rules and more than two years later americans and possibly people all over the world are still looking for accountability i mean are

there parallels between both incidents there absolutely are if you look at the new drilling rules that are being proposed by the department of interior nothing has really changed and the changes that have happened are all basically putting another set of rules that are self certified on to the oil and gas companies there's no redesign of blowout preventers there's no redesign of systems there's no redesign of drilling rigs required so all of a sudden we're going to go back doing the same thing that we were doing before now secretary salazar talks about extending the permit review period from a statutory thirty days to ninety days but that requires congressional action and in after this midterm election that's not going to happen they're not going to change that law he read about lobbyists in your book what role do lobbyists play in this situation the huge mistake that the industry makes is that they allow paid

lobbyists to speak for us there are some executives who go to capitol hill but they only talk to republicans they don't talk to the to the democratic side most of the time and so we have lobbyists who make money by stirring up controversy so long. obvious don't want the rules to be fixed they don't want to head to to make progress because the more conflict there is the more negotiations there are the more money they make you say that there was a collusion between the obama administration and b.p. to hide the severity of the spill key committee tells us the fines in the in the u.s. are determined by the number of barrels that are put in the water so it was really important for us to know how much or was put in the water b.p. during this entire time never disclosed what the flow was even to this day they've never admitted what the flow was at the beginning you remember the coast guard said

the well and stop flowing was flow and zero will be pieced on the stage with admiral landry while she was saying that knowing they had our ovies on the bottom at that moment trying to shut the blowout preventer in because it was flowing only forty feet above them after b.p. had agreed to the twenty billion dollar payment then the government stopped pushing for that that that flow rate once if you recall the middle of july about july thirteenth or so they set the capping stack on the well that allowed them to collect oil and take it to the surface instead of doing that they decided with the government to shut the well in which was a very risky move because they had no idea what the condition of the casing was below but they decided to shut it in so they could so they could get first off to keep them for more oil into the water but also to keep from having to measure the flow scatter uses of the energy security of the united states relies on moving away

from fossil fuels tell words alternative sources of energy right we've seen other countries work this way and work this way successfully in this is something that u.s. candidates and u.s. elected officials promise to do if the u.s. administration does not finally and fulfill the promises of moving away from fossil fuels where does that leave energy security in the united states it leaves it in saudi arabia. the challenge we have is that we're importing seventy percent of our oil today from other countries about half of it from countries who just hate us and so we're actually giving money to countries that fund terrorism or at least allow terrorist terrorists to reside there and because we're not taking any steps any material steps to reduce that importation like strong fuel standards conservation more solar wind biofuels because we're not really taking any of those steps

we we continue to stay out of control we've lost control of our own destiny france does eighty percent of their electricity with nuclear we do something like less than twenty and we haven't built a nuclear reactor in the u.s. for over twenty years but we don't provide any long term investment support for wind or solar or any of the other renewables we need a long term comprehensive plan but that takes political capital and with the oil and gas industry pumping in the last ten years hundred twenty plus million dollars in campaign funds and as long as they have that strong support in congress. i don't see a solution to this at this this takes this takes courage why does the us want to be dependent on so many other countries the people in congress are focused on one thing getting reelected. and as long as it's not right in their face they'll

continue to look the other way they'll talk about doing something but when it comes down the taking the hard tough steps they will do that until forced what it's going to take is a crisis in the us a severe crisis to get congress to move what do you mean by severe crisis fuel shortages. people freezing up north in the winter time could be huge blackouts you know like electrical blackouts i'm talking about serious things like happened in california back in two thousand two thousand and one where you think that could happen throughout the country absolutely. i'm very worried about it how soon do you think what you just don't know see the problem is with seventy percent of our oil being imported from other countries saudi arabia or opec could decide to cut imports by half it would be if it happened quickly it would happen in a day if they decided to do that now it's it's a bit of a standoff because we have all that money going to them so they they enjoy the

money but they also control the price they control the supply the other challenge is that. many of us believe that saudi arabia and the other opec countries don't have nearly the oil supply that they want everybody to think they did and so they may be struggling to deliver the amount of oil that they're delivering today and not have the flexibility they had thirty years ago so if you hit that supply demand it's the supply curve the next barrel of oil was worth a zillion dollars because everybody needs a barrel of oil because the demand is not very flexible thank you very much for happy to be with you. are you. comfortable. just.

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russian businessman victor boat is being flown to the u.s. working for alleged arms trafficking this comes after thailand approved his extradition to faces life imprisonment if found guilty. fighting against time the u.s. congress tries to approve the arms reduction treaty between moscow and washington before new members are sworn in who many suspect have ulterior motives the new congressmen are seen as likely to sacrifice a deal just to score points against president obama. stopping the abuse side gold human rights activists fear of new cases of torture in u.s. prisons in afghanistan as washington refuses to reveal details on his detention facilities and one of the places in focus as

a par wide detention facility formerly known as bug where two detainees were beaten to death in two thousand and two. a brutal mass murder that shocked russian authorities arrested gang leader following the slaughter of twelve people in the southern region of cross the dark investigators suspect to top burst a break in tearing a local official has also been taken into questioning. these are the headlines here in r t and a farmer will bring the latest from the world of sports. hello there welcome to the sports and this is what is coming up. by steve friendly russia. has to face the belgium side he walked out on. quarter by big produces one of the performances of the season is pretty delphia

stuff washington in the n.f.l. . and how do you screen time for one junkies have a champion sebastian vettel and his red bull arrive back in the. first russian coach dick out because says his former side belgium will be a good sparring partner when the teams meet for a friendly on wednesday will be the first time they'll face belgium since quitting as their manager to take charge of russia will be with that there's any trio of a new cold and then the sort of after they picked up injuries when the side won the russian premier league at the weekend all over oman shidduch of is expected to play in a match which is being held on board an ash seven hundred kilometers south of moscow a sellout crowd of thirty five thousand is expected and i have a car expect belgium to go for the win russia's next competitive match as a euro qualifier against armenia in march in the meanwhile also by injuries for their friendly with france at wembley tomorrow night key plays including john terry wayne rooney jermain defoe and actually color all absent it does mean

a chance for some new faces there including sunderland midfielder jordan henderson and strike in place of championship side cardiff he started his career with arsenal but fell out with the management there and despite having several clubs in the short space of time seems to have found his form hitting fifteen goals for his club this season. more or less. through social. what you know really. you know it really spoke to me a conscious effort to change my life on and off the show. and it worked. as for france their coach says the game is just one step in a long rebuilding process after a failure at the world cup he took over after the tournament in south africa and even though he admits the squad is not as strong as those in the past he believes france have enough talented players to start winning again. we have had

some great size before but what we have got now is a good group of talented players who are beginning to grow some of them are playing in foreign leagues some of them are playing here in england and what i'm looking to develop is a top center a heart center and let these players grow and progress to learn another dimension to their plate number style and another facet to their play while playing in different leagues as well as playing in the french leaders from the. ethics committee into the second day of their investigation into allegations of corruption in the world cup bidding process raynal to marty from tahiti. dharmas seen here i currently suspended from faith is twenty four man executive committee following media reports they would accept from countries bidding for the twenty eighteen and twenty twenty two world cups in return for their votes yet it's committee will finish their investigation tomorrow and to marty are found guilty fifty says the

executive committee will vote on who will host the world cups without them members will take part in a secret ballot in zurich on december the second. actually now from the n.f.l. where court about michael vick was virtually unstoppable in this philadelphia thrash washington on monday night he scored two touchdowns and threw four touchdown passes during their fifty nine twenty eight victory before kickoff attention was on the redskins quarterback donovan mcnabb he just signed a contract with seventy eight million dollars over five years but vick soon took center stage starting things off with an eight to get yard pass to jesse jackson the first school of the. week then got a touchdown himself. a seven yard scramble. sports the gap and goes for it. and by the time he found jerry mclean at the start of the second quarter they were thirty four points to nothing up. for the

eagles set a team record for total yards and they gave five hundred ninety two but it all or are all revolved around vick his arm accurate as he like jason advent benefiting hate to make it fifty to twenty nine on a night that eventually won fifty nine twenty eight. over in the n.b.a. phoenix have kept up their winning ways beating denver at home for the twelfth time in a row one hundred points to ninety four the final score that to be fair they were sluggish at the start in denver with a big lead in by twelve points but in the second the suns band their gang tying it at eighty one all with in war eeks turnaround jumper nash and to go glue then successive three pointers to make it ninety eight eighty nine and the nuggets never got a chance to make a late run the last time they got a win in phoenix's back in april two thousand and four look at all the games allowed by big memphis eighty nine seventy two while getting our wins where

charlotte and dallas i behind me beat utah that golden state age detroit and you to see thought that it was the l.a. clippers. while the celebrations continue for the new formula one world champions about. bethell he's arrived back at his red bull teams headquarters in austria and was a private man leaving the private jet with his trophy in hand as he strode across the tarmac insult vettel becoming the youngest ever champion at the age of twenty three thousand one hundred thirty seven days to win the darby grand prix on sunday his trophy having to read both constructors' title trophy it's been carried there by team principal christian foreigner battle won four aces over the season but had not led the championship at any stage until you receive the checkered flag on sunday it's still sinking in australian team mate mark webber it was him with a chance of the title himself was gracious in defeat. the leader of trying to get some sleep on the plane now we're here again so at the moment everything is going very fast but i think we need some time in

a room like ahead of the plane to try to realise the whole thing a bit better so it's really crazy in some ways where you're disappointed of course but. it was a great great battle. sebastian fully deserved the chairmanship we drove very well and we had some good races along the year obviously the team has come a long way in such a short period of time so a lot of positives of course to look at obviously for me it's a little bit disappointing at the moment but i will look back at this year being still with a lot of positive memories. well down under australian have named a seventeen man squad for the upcoming ashes for the first test against england starting in britts been on november the twenty fifth straight his recent run of losses and concerns over form around plays such as spin in nathan hauritz may have caused the australian selectors to hedge their bets on their thirst as choices for it is likely to retain his place as a strategist special spin at the gabba but the selectors have also named left arm off spinner. and leg spinner steve smith young batsmen come in and.

provide middle order variety as well as coverage for simon cathy chewer turns to first class cricket this week after a thumb injury and vice captain michael clarke who has a sore back. would be in far away from from playing cricket the last two periods on others there's been a bit of doom and gloom around distraught about about the performances of the team the last little bit but. happy to see some of the younger guys standing up in first class cricket and looking forward to this this week's rout of matches getting underway and seeing some more great performances and you know when the team is actually with us the squads actually trim back getting to bruce been preparing the best way we can to make sure we start the series very very well so we've got really excited about i can't wait for the ashes to get on the wire. call it mighty and i find we will end it will go with new russian premier league. champions and since they were relegated it is.

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