brightening if you. soon from plans to. start on t.v. don't come. russia publishes the phone conversation between ground control and the cockpit told the jets which crashed killing the polish president also continues to refute the official reports make a statement later. communities in the us say it's a case of profits over people and drilling methods of major gas companies and damaging health and risking their lives. media freedoms and under threat overseas are rates on loans and journalists have been investigating activities of high ranking officials.

there you know with what's go straight out to our top story poland's parliament will gather they torne wednesday to discuss the final report on last april crash in western russia which killed president kaczynski the official findings of the moscow based interstate aviation committee cited the crew's refusal to use a different field one of the main reasons for the tragedy russia has not released the food transcript the air traffic controllers conversation with the crew off the wall so criticize the report as incomplete tease and he said no way he's keeping across developments. we do know that the parliament will be reviewing this report by the interstate aviation committee in detail of course it found that inexperience polish crew bad weather as well as pressure from high ranking officials on board the flight all ultimately led to the tragedy so far we've had mixed reaction from poland we understand their go. going to try to get on the same page and find

consensus from the prime minister donald tusk or roland simply diplomatic reaction from the current president borderline anti russian rhetoric and from the late president's family blake blaming russia for the crash we've heard from experts and have understood from reaction that there seems to be a bit of an internal battle inside the country as to how they should be surely react to this report but it is expected from these hints that we've had that the reaction could be less than positive but we heard from the polish interior minister as well as other high ranking polish officials on tuesday and basically they're looking to put the blame for the russian air traffic controllers now that's despite international aviation laws which basically state that any final decision to land lies with the pilot and his crew but also that air traffic controllers can never deny a landing they can only advise to land at an alternate airport which we know from the cockpit recordings that was done several times in this incident in reaction to

what we heard out of poland on tuesday the interstate aviation committee took an unprecedented move they published new transcripts of recordings that took place during that flight here's a piece of one of the conversations that was revealed. four hundred meters visibility i see what are the weather conditions fog four hundred meters visibility temperature and pressure please temperatures plus two pressures seven forty five there is no opportunity for landing thank you but if it's possible we'll try a landing approach weather permitting if not we'll proceed to the second circle one o one will you have enough fuel for the second circle to the landing approach yes we will continue approach it's the captain's decision there are one hundred meters before you have to make a decision means craziness it tapes will be requested for us to track have you ever made a landing tomorrow. your field of course polish one one two one hundred meters be

ready to proceed to the second circle yes sir make a second circle make a second circle make a second circle where is it make a second circle one hundred one hopefully that will add to paul in perhaps accepting this report we do know that the committee is confident that they have the evidence to prove that their findings are accurate and thorough and that's also been deemed internationally by experts here on the world the family of the late polish president lech kaczynski has denied all the findings of the interstate aviation committee and pretty much blatantly said that they believe russia is responsible for the death of lech kaczynski his son in law to be more specific claims that the plane crash was a planned assassination in revenge for kaczynski and rhetoric also to prevent him from being reelected but many experts around the world that we've been speaking to in the past couple of weeks believe that first of all not all of poland believes

that second of all that people in the country who do support these kind of accusations obviously have had a hard time trying to break with the old stereotypes of russia as the enemy and it's certainly hoped at least diplomatically that that won't be what the polish parliament concludes today as they review this official report. well still to come the program promoting peace president their pension supports touring doing things for palestinian talks on his trip to the middle east to west and tells us what he thinks but should continue to help. but since no money was fifteen here the air temperature in moscow to school apparently the temperature of the world is so i guess it's going to be a little bit there's nothing left to do now both will get in. yes see how this reporter gets on the intentions of minus fifteen degrees for trying to together with thousands of russian smoking. as the

price of oil climbs worldwide some energy companies are switching to natural gas as a cheaper more effective alternative. to corporate profits the methods of extraction are drawing fire from the communities who say their health and potentially their risk is christine for reports from the united states those people are finding it hard to make their voices heard. first there was big oil heavily relied on by big boys big toys and big business. now it seems that big gas is next with scenes like this popping up all over the country where companies drill for natural gas by fracturing the shale below the earth. and extracting the natural gas from it it's told by many as the best option compared to coal and oil natural gas story is american most of our oil is

recorded now or sixty five percent are sort of the reason it's green burning so it's cleaner than either coal or oil or. it's affordable this is lee fuller of the independent petroleum association of america speaking on this panel at the heritage foundation to protect his industry and its huge profits from regulation and oversight. he says public disclosure of the toxic chemicals pumped into the earth will only lead to public misunderstanding and panic people can be scared of chemicals if you give them enough fear they can be responsive to fracking became exempt from the federal safe drinking water act of the energy policy act of two thousand and five largely with the help of then vice president dick cheney the former c.e.o. of halliburton a corporation deeply involved in the fracking industry many lawmakers here on capitol hill have fought to try to get the fracking industry regulated but time and time again they've faced fierce opposition from other lawmakers and lobbyists and

whose best interest it is to have those industry secrets to think that someone here in washington knows better about what needs to be done in pennsylvania colorado or texas is a real tough sell so why regulate this wonderful practice especially when there's been so much talk about the shelia nair's and others who have benefited from natural gas drilling i've got a copy of the. oh my look at that four hundred thirty four thousand dollars just like that and it fell out of sky but less has been said about the polluted drinking water of hundreds of other people people like pat for not only in dimock pennsylvania this is a catastrophe you know we're basically living at ground zero for a catastrophe and everyone is overlooking it because they're listening to the gas well companies who are saying everything's fine this is great we have such a wonderful opportunity this is going to bring your depressed area jobs some

residents save their water to show others what they're dealing with others so they can light it on fire and in louisiana seventeen cows grazing near a drilling site were found dead after the fracking fluid runoff got into their drinking water the issue has raised red flags around the country some celebrities are even jumping on board to raise awareness of the dangers of fracking. someone apparently didn't think actor mark russell was doing it right he just discovered he's been placed on a terror alert watch list after his actions caught the eye of the pennsylvania department of homeland security saying here in new york is ok we're you know we don't have to do this here and we can slow down and we can make sure that we do have. a clue the government is involved too so how much power does big business really have. when it's the oil and gas industry it seems they will allow nothing to stand in the way of their quest for a freer hand and

a quicker profit in washington christine for. our debate show cross-talk is heading to the south peak of the bowels guests argue over whether the energy sector is dangerously overheated. the one hundred dollar question the rising price of oil the cost of petroleum has been increasing steadily over the past few weeks and months are market forces at work and is a global recovery at risk. relive that has arrived in jordan part of his middle east tour the russian president is due to meet king abdullah discuss energy corporation before visiting jordan with spoke with palestinian person. to eighteen reference commitments to

a palestinian state or the capital in east jerusalem they say he's at least told was to include israel and a walkout of the foreign ministry that at times. even said nothing but the host install. last holdout palestinians expect from. russia already recognized palestine in one thousand nine hundred eight it was also recognized by ninety other countries what do we expect from russia now there are two things the first concerns the middle east quartet it's necessary to do everything possible to boost its activity so that it's similar to the role of say the european union we would like russia to convince the us because it's the only country that is against the final statement containing new conclusions it will help us to have a better substantiated discussion with israel while promoting the peace process russia could also insist on its position in stopping the settlement activity in its relationship with the us and israel and on getting back to the negotiations table i

think that russia is ready for that that's what president medvedev has reaffirmed during this visit. download the official r.t. application to your i phone or i pod touch. from the top story. which all she lives on the go. video on demand all keys my old girls and streets now in the palm of your. question on the dot com. a is easy to. believe.

be a bolt states although that's the area used to rank highly on international surveys assessing the freedom of the press a series of incidents involving raids on the homes of journalists pointing to a change of direction sparking international concern has. discovered there's now a growing disregard for the was about to enter toward independence and protecting sources. with professional persistence latvian t.v. reporter. interviews a local politician in twenty years as a journalist she has done hundreds but one of them got her in serious trouble an expose on a security breach in latvia state revenue body and that with police in her apartment was forced open the doors and went into my flat and then they showed that they had a security search they had a search warrant one say took my computer and information and i got they also

acquired information all my information sources by a law i am allowed to protect and that was the biggest problem for me as a journalist because i could not protect my information sources use a story shocked many in law to be a country used to press scrutiny just a couple of years ago allowed to be a boast of one of the highest freedom of press ratings in all of europe being placed seventh on the annual reporters without borders index but for one reason or another in twenty this country is down almost fifty places on the very same list this incident is far from an isolated case say experts this one received a lot of public attention but it is not the only one a school of from the spills current school an economist was charged but the secret police and she was actually arrested for two days for disseminating alternative opinions about the future of the local currency. devaluation

a lot was imminent we are losing the last. support. of information the liberal information. among the cross alters in this country lotta love and the other journalist who defined the insists freedom of the press is not being deliberately strangled he believes the reason is down to economics. newspapers when then crowd to the recession he or others turn to their owners for money to survive. so the owner started singlehandedly shifting the paper's editorial policies to their own preference simply for the sake of how few dollars in there has directly to press freedom and. there are other theories however some believe that latvia is spiriting down the freedom of the brass writings simply because the people behind the index are biased and reagan has fallen out of favor geo politically but not to believe that as long as nobody has been punished over the forceful search of her apartment concerns about pressure on the press may not

be groundless. ski altie reporting from brega in latvia. so more global headlines for you now chinese president hu jintao is in the u.s. for a four day state visit the leaders of the well's two biggest rival economies held a private welcome tuesday night want house this is an economics trader writes policies china's currency is also likely to be discussed after injuring his recent suggestion that it's runs in the spotlight because the donors had its day. seven point two magnitude earthquake has hit southwest pakistan of this boston area at the borders with iran and afghanistan officials say several houses were damaged but yet what of casualties the aftershocks were felt as far away as dubai and danny an earthquake of similar intensity in pakistan state. that killed more than seventy

thousand people in two thousand and five. haiti's formative tator called the value has been charged with corruption during his years in office he ruled between one hundred seventy one and ninety six military regime he's accused of embezzling hundreds of millions of dollars from state funds during that time the areas also suspected of trying to cash in hand spencer. twenty five. for a surprise return which was to help the country seems like a year ago. now orthodox christians are marking one of the most important religious holidays the tradition sees many people braved ice cold water as they hope to wash away their sins. packed swimming trunks and the plucked up the courage to have a go in south. in the tradition of the church here in russia the nineteenth of

january is the date of the epiphany now what that means to people who worship the orthodox church is that was the data jesus was baptized into the christian faith now to celebrate that here they jump into the freezing cold rivers of russia now here in moscow where i am at least could a hole in the ice on the mosque of our river to make sure that bush who isn't people can jump into the river and celebrate the feast day of the epiphany no it's not just a religious thing this is now become something of a health kick if you will the people that want to come into the water believe that the the icy temperatures can have some health properties for you can make you feel better in yourself the way it works in the religious sense is that it will tice you again it will cleanse you of your sins and it will set you up for the new year after the blessing over the ice to buy a priesthood of essentially into a front a simulation of the o.j.

says christ is going to take my own turn it getting in the world it's about minus fifteen here the air temperature in moscow. apparently the temperature of the world is so i guess it's going to be a little bit worse there's nothing left to do now but we'll get him. we'll see how this goes. really got the credit not the fault of. the first day of what they wrote mission so the russian one percent growth rate there existed. i can tell you i'm feeling very exhilarated right now. when i know everyone is choosing to take the plunge into ice cold russian waters

for orthodox twelfth night for many others it's the day to indulge in fortune telling and has been since ancient times even though the church considers it a sin to use this on an overcoat headed into the countryside to see how it started . but you all know that journalists are incredibly curious people well at least this is an excuse i'm using for myself today to join this traditional session of fortune telling it's usually done on the last day of. which last for two weeks after the orthodox christmas traditionally women gather around the same ball and perform different kinds of fortune telling procedures to find out what awaits for them during the year whether they will meet their fiancé or simply to make a wish. the easiest way to tell your fortune is about making your wish come true. take a handful of beans and count on or even. when you want even your wish will come true the next one is the most mysterious one what i have to do is to

take the scandal to spill the axe in the water. let it cool down and see what shapes it takes and try to understand what could mean potentially for me in the next year. you have a ring which means that in a year to come you'll have a new soulmate well i didn't see that coming but apparently this is what all girls wished for when they do fortune telling on the last day of strategy so i guess i'm lucky. well that we're across that story online if you're totty dot com and while you're there take a look at some of the other stories we have like the russian orthodox church ways in which rites senior clerical uses the country's women dressing like strippers. may soon be resting in peace in its cemeteries plans to turn the console of swiss society.

creators had a few moments with all the places you've said. hello welcome to a business program cuts have you with us i will start with an exclusive for the first time ever b.p. says it will bear the burden of the initial investments into developing the russian arctic shelf which it plans to do with rosneft exploration work in the car a c. is to take from five to seven years and will start in two thousand and eleven. what

we've agreed is the between ross to. complete the exploration license obligations that are in the licenses now for the three blocks in there is we expected to be in the neighborhood of a billion dollars the first billion dollars will be financed by b.p. . and that will be paid back out of the proceeds from an exploration development a new round of stress test on banks is expected in europe as the eurozone tries to shore up its defenses against the debt crisis finance ministers have agreed to carry out the tests and by may to discuss this we're now joined by. managing director at standard and poor's. for coming to the studio now e.u. finance ministers agreed on tuesday they want tougher stress tests for european banks to restore confidence so how tough can they be i mean how more tough because

maybe well in fact the market is very worried about the banks exposure to the so very european servants they are concerned about banks exposure to commercial real estate in particular in spain and that's where they are concerned about the liquidity of a banking system to produce. don't enjoy we are not addressing the possibility of default officer very political right greece. with will be not tough enough and can the freestate will not at the scene we couldn't and so these are the three themes that would need to get with the stress test now what banks are at risk the most from up from your point of view at the moment. well really in europe we have on the one hand systems which are recovering and which are really on the song by. french banks so. banks are pretty good health in germany even ones bank are still difficulties but the main issue is niall and portugal greece to be spayed

officials who are related to the situation of a sovereign which is having an impact on the speaking making systems what do you think that the e.u. finance minister didn't come up with the measures like the street how strict stress tests could be in the future well what's the stumbling block and that's where the issue is that europe is doing its best to force to avoid the risk of default being greece it is helping island stands ready in case of need to help portugal and so as they are doing their best to avoid this they don't want to be coming out saying what if it was not successful so when you're trying when you're making your best to avoid the default if you don't want to good thing to say it could happen so it's a question of politics but we would see with stress test whether they are ready to address this market and by doing this what if and speaking about the stress as you think that the people in europe are now sort of more cautious into putting their money into banks because they think that they're not going to be safe i would say

the market will say investors are cautious the banks some banks do you get to access funding in particular in these countries like spain portugal the one i mentioned before returning vest is the also of quite confident in their banking system except probably either call for the greece where we're seeing some reduction in deposits which show producer greater concern about the banking system but overall you up the confidence of a veto also still there ok we'll see where the stress tests will go. direct of that import thank you very much for joining thank you very much and we continue with the program that. so look at the markets asian stock markets are moderately high on wednesday with gains in technology related stocks supporting the tokyo and so markets sentiment got a lift from wall street strong finish on tuesday as nick is now trading over twelve point four percent here in russia markets are gaining for a second day on wednesday post the r.t.s. is up over half of the sand and the my xix is getting less than a less than

a quarter percent this hour well snapped is still the biggest gain advancing one point seven percent after it struck a deal with b.p. on the arctic drilling. and gas problem also off over half a percent. and that's all for me for this hour but join me in about fifteen minutes from now from our expert.

for the full story we've got it from. the biggest issues get the human voice face to face with the news makers. the culture is that so much of the taxpayers' money or maybe even hides it is never a real mystery and it's not the one hundred dollar question the rising price of oil the cost of petroleum has been increasing steadily over the past few weeks and months. very first verses of the bible that all human beings are created but celebrate our came in god's image and it doesn't say just jews or god is. sixty to seventy percent of what i did. as a combat soldier in the occupied territories was to do with deterrence doing what we call making our presence felt to go out should somebody so they are not in some doors run to the other corner and they don't know the house religion and nationalism not just judaism have been a part of the problem they've been part of what leads to. bloodshed

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