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you. good to have you with this is from the russian capital we're here with you twenty four hours a day top stories now this. is called extradition of russian business victims to the u.s. illegal washington accuses the so-called merchant of death of trafficking to dictators in conflict zones around. the e.u. president the failing euro currency could drag the union down with portugal could be forced to accept bailout money to save their economies. the u.s. and afghanistan are trying to downplay rumors of a dispute between them the president criticized washington's tactics in his country

. human rights activists claim the rick case is a prisoner abuse weeks to be made public. for the moment i'll be back with another update for you very shortly in the meantime the gulf of mexico oil spill was one of the worst environmental disasters the world the scene hundreds of millions of gallons of oil spewed into the water following an oil rig explosion now coverage of the disaster has virtually disappeared from america's press however bob who wrote a book called the catastrophe told r.t. that nothing has changed with industry regulation and the problems are still lurking that's our special interview next. 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 on federal waters over the last ten years the problems that we have a big getting worse and worse and there's been no one forced me 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 is 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 bug rated 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 passed 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 in and all of the reporting it was going on the government desperately wanted to get that off the off of the television so they actually work 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 been in the. obama administration the rhetoric became sharper and sharper 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 worried 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. talk to the to the democratic side most of the time and so we have lobbyists who make money by stirring up controversy so lobbyist 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. hi 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 oil 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 it remember the coast guard said the well it's stuff flowing was flowing zero be pieced it 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 right once that 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 get keep from 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 we've seen other countries are. this one worked this way successfully in this is something that u.s. candidates and us elect their official says 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 would you 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 huge blackouts electrical blackouts i'm talking about serious things like happened in california back in two thousand two thousand and one we're hearing 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 curve that 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. with. just. thirty four. scorching. are included. a photo with the wow.

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take a moment with all the latest sports news for this hour and kate in cricket there's been an exceptional innings in the in goal in sri lanka i believe yes that's right west indian chris gayle has recorded a knockout three hundred thirty three against sri lanka the joint twelfth highest test innings of all time or not coming out. hello and welcome to the sports news here from all. the top stories. regional frankly. has to face his former side belgium russia host a friendly southern city but on the. wild horse chris gayle becomes the first west indian to score a triple century on foreign soil and day two of the first test in sri lanka. pastas man just cause world record holder you saw him bolt takes a break from training to test drive full for laurie. to football first though where

russia getting ready to host a friendly against belgium in the city of but on edge in southwestern russia however dick advocaat and his squad all finishing their last minute preparations here in moscow constance imposible has more. russia getting ready to host a friendly against belgium invite ornish and it's not the first time that the national team has held a match outside moscow but every time russia has hosted a match in one of the provinces it's an event however the squad is still to play in the russian capital and will only leave for what on ish on the day of the match. i think it was the right decision to tell the match of iran ish will even a huge country and people all over russia would like to see the national team we can start by playing a very and then play in the give us talk for example. was a good idea to play where we played tomorrow night. because people don't think as he was there as well if you play maybe against belgium you. people

will go. through to two thousand the russian players will do their best to entertain the crowd especially when you face it look at his call up three new names to his court room from dinner and looking at heaves are among their first caps when another dutchman guus hiddink was in charge and now they're getting a second chance. home town and he will probably receive a warm reception from the fans well told central defender victor wesson from spartak magic is totally new to the squad and design a trio of alexandre new cough demon was thrown in a good denise of the match due to injury meanwhile alexandre kid is a slide out and he didn't take part in the training session. question i'm a little bit tired as it's the end of the season and if the top a small injury some not training today but hopefully i'll be fully recovered by tomorrow. but look at who's nicknamed the little general who was only the coach of

belgium for a short time and resigned in slightly criminal circumstances however the sixty three year old doesn't seem to be fazed by the prospect of facing his former side. is just a country. we play against them and play with the players. needs is nice to see some people back. to play for in the friendly match advocates man atop a fewer twenty twelve qualifying group with nine points up to four games and we. get to finish the season on a high at what i want to show. r.t. . meanwhile england are also affected by injuries as they prepare to host their friendly with france at wembley on wednesday night key players including john terry wayne rooney jermain defoe and ashley cole are all absent that it does offer

a chance for some new faces including sunderland midfielder jordan henderson and striker j. boss roy he plays for championship side cardiff he started his career with the latter favor with the management and despite having had several clubs in a short space of time seems to have found his form scored fifteen goals for his club this season. i think more or less what it. has been that it's been about. what you know going in you know it really spoke to me and i had a conscious effort to change my life on and off the field. get back to basics and they worked hard well as for france their coach lauren boss says the game is just one step in a long rebuilding process after late this failure at the world cup the foremost we first took over after the tournament in south africa and his record barcelona defend eric alva del that patrice evra and anelka remain overlooked bacary sagna

get clichy some announcer and former leader are in the twenty two man squad their front rebury is still injured and even though 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 example they were playing here in england and what i am looking to develop is a job center in the heart center and let these players grow and progress to learn another dimension to their play another style and another facet to their play while playing in different leagues as well as playing in the french league much from the . elsewhere world cup run us up the netherlands are preparing to host. so them despite the fact some key players a still recovering from injuries and injured but the novick has decided not to spring any surprises and has opted for a conservative squad also and by nick have already registered their concern over

the call ups of striker robin van persie and want fun bomoh in the european qualifiers the netherlands down the top of group b. of how we want all of them matches to date against san marino finland moldova and sweden and field it john heitinga dismissed talk of other issues overtaking the match against turkey he thinks will bring in new names when he feels the time is right. if some telephone player is always welcome in in no team but it's off to the manager but always he was still young. we're still hungry to win the game soon especially after the. especially also the summer. if you want he wants to win all the games. open a chris kael has become the first west indian to score a triple century on foreign soil with a magnificent three hundred thirty three on day two of the first test against sri lanka in goal the windies had begun the day on three hundred sixty two for two with gayle unbeaten on two hundred nineteen he finally fell to the mendis after much in

the three hundred thirty three set by graham gooch in one nine hundred ninety terrorist attack five hundred eighty nine gal is only the fourth man to achieve the feat twice in test history after accidentally bradman patrick lara i'm going to say whack the highest any time individual test batting record of four hundred not out now take a recreation ground against england in two thousand and four. meanwhile you same both the world's fastest man has been in italy to visit the home of some of the world's fastest cars the jamaican triple olympic sprint champion took a break from training and went to ferrari's headquarters in the town of marinello to complete a couple of test drives the one hundred and two hundred meter world record holder a few spins behind the wheel of two classic ferraris bolt is back in training often missing the end of the european at door season with back problems twenty four year old now and hopes to defend his one hundred and two hundred metres titles at the

twenty eleven world championships in south korea. finally will end with all the goals from the russian premier league in a week was in it with crowned champions and sabir were relegated it's goals glow. and there's no. live. live. live. live live . live

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