egyptians are triumphant tad's weeks of mass on the roster finally see hosni mubarak step down leaving the military in power but there are concerns that the country's future is now under the control of a force largely financed by washington. i'm not at this time a candidate for the presidency i will decide by june whether or not i will become one party takes a sneak peek at who might be the potential candidate for the twenty twelve u.s. presidency and what their rhetoric might mean for the country and the rest of the world. from a lot of alternatives to south africa as a result was ukraine's getting ready to introduce found that the twenty twelve

european cop to an old slavic instrument that will have spectators at fever pitch. life from moscow this is r t it's two pm in the russian capital and one pm in cairo the egyptian president hosni mubarak has finally stepped down ending a standoff lasting more than two weeks broke obama welcomed the move saying that the voice of the people had been heard but since america back before we dictator and his thirty year regime there are those who question the sincerity of the u.s. sentiments are you going to can reports. in the west mubarak's departure was hailed as a triumph of democracy for gyptian said made it clear that nothing less than genuine democracy will carry the day. the u.s. congress. gyptian for getting rid of a repressive leader it's

a big change after washington sponsoring hosni mubarak for thirty years and turning a blind eye to widespread human rights violations in the country what have they been doing for the previous thirty years while mubarak was actually torturing people. putting down opposition by force with barak was a bad guy but he was our bad guy and as long as we had some element of control and that was good for us america's close ally is out of power but some analysts say the u.s. is still pulling the strings. long term alliance with israel a deep partnership with egypt we as a country have provided more than one hundred billion dollars in aid to both of these countries there's a real investment here the force now in charge in egypt is the country's military largely financed by the united states the army will be in power until egyptians choose their next president it is the second largest recipient of american aid in

the world after his neighbor as well the u.s. is pumping billions of dollars into the egyptian military which gives washington huge control over the running of the country and its future although the official u.s. position is that it's up to the egyptian people to choose their next leader some analysts say it's very likely the country's next president will be subject to american approval what took place in egypt was a military coup in a military coup inside the aren't mubarak and so the amount of course they're also military meant that there will be no pulls by chief of the army and the minister of defense they have a very close relationship with the pentagon don't always very very close to robert gates they talked on the phone at least five times this past week or so all because really washington will be supervising any sing that happens tahrir square in cairo now celebrates the end of rule by an autocratic leader. restricted political

freedoms and damaged economic progress so too did people on the streets of kurdistan and ukraine in recent years after so-called democratic revolutions with western approval but the leaders who came to power were later rejected by their own people prepared to do so many of you people power of your own where. people could. be just a change of racism. some say the lesson that the west could learn from recent revolutions is to abstain from supporting a leader just based on how convenient they are for the west rather than how much they can do for their people going to check on our t. washington d.c. . investigative journalist robert dreyfuss says that now mubarak now that mubarak has stepped down and handed power to the military america is uncertain which side to back next even though there's a lot of celebration and jubilation going on in cairo we don't know really whether the military is going to give up its power and authority and if they do to whom how

far will they share or what's going to happen the most likely course is going to be a prolonged period of very difficult talks between some emerging group coming out of the protest the united states was certainly involves behind the scenes in a very intensive way when it became clear that mubarak was was in trouble they wanted him out now do they want the military to stay in power do they want the protesters to take over i think is something in between you know and they're really confused obama has been a step or two behind throughout this entire process. british journalist and war correspondent vonn bradley says hosni mubarak delayed his departure to take care of his multibillion dollar fortune. the problem facing a dictator like mubarak is that when you have many billions stashed away. he obviously had to seek assurances that wouldn't be frozen as has happened in

switzerland to see if heard already there are lots of things that i think he's had to sort out in the suburbs they've been a lot of deals going on behind the scenes but at the end of the day the victory is with the people they got their way. here square just on tuesday and it was an electric atmosphere they got their rewards that patience paid off. here with our live from moscow coming up for you in a few minutes learning from one of barak's downfall find out how president karzai using the events in egypt to little fire his power and protect himself against similar things in afghanistan. american billionaire donald trump could be the next u.s. president as the twenty twelve presidential race nears he joined possible republican challengers who've been trying to win over conservative voters in

washington. was there. if you've been wondering who i am one of you. could possibly are we going to let washington co-opt the tea party. one day become the next u.s. president. while i'm not at this time a candidate for the presidency i will decide by june whether and i will become one of the good you came to the right party and that's precisely what is right here is where the fault of the pack everything we're the fact that that's the united states . it's just a stone's throw away and though he hasn't officially announced it it is going to take a lot more of the new rhetoric to put americans back to work it's going to take a new president all eyes were on mitt romney i want to make this very clear if i

were to decide to run for president who according to a recent rasmussen poll leads obama in a potential presidential race in two thousand and twelve and who just recently opposed the new start treaty which would limit the amount of nuclear weapons in both the united states and russia and which was supported by leadership of both parties neustar needs our national security. and potential candidate michele bachmann had quite a few eloquent things to say about u.s. foreign policy particularly china with all the money that we owe china i think we might rightly say who is your daddy but in this interview when discussing foreign policy bachmann it wasn't joking this is the time where we need to be on red hot alert five alert and instead of calling back and taking our weapons off the table we need to go and another presidential hopeful has been gearing up for years now especially when it comes to dealing with iran and i am edina john he gets to wipe out tel aviv maybe this really is use nuclear weapons and he would accept that in

a minute. because he believes everybody into iran goes to heaven and everybody in tel aviv does and now he's really angry at the u.s. president the obama administration is wrong on terrorism wrong on iran wrong on the muslim brotherhood wrong on hezbollah but hating obama is where the agreement seems to end because this year here's the compromise the conservatives also will have to make we will have to look long and hard at the military budget. i think is going to be i knew there had to be some dissension so. some fresh faces are willing to say in with the new out with the old the tea party is interested in selecting our tea party candidates not just all the not just all of the. establishment republicans but establishment republicans there may be the temptation

to x. everything including the defense but you still have something to say and the money to not only say it but also to believe that the united states is becoming the laughing stock of the world because delusion john boehner by the way is flying commercial these days. oh yes i do it's a new day no matter how obvious always has a place in society but when realistic ideas too often get drowned out you cannot say that the doubling of the military budget in the last ten years has all been spent wisely and that there's not any waste in the job. you just be on you. are t. washington d.c. . and whoever becomes the next part us president one of the main challenges they'll face is the growing budget deficit latest report shows in january it rose to almost

fifteen billion dollars seven billion more than last year with strong a. they are calling me and suffering its twenty eighth consecutive month in the red some wonder of the us might end up going broke in her show the resident laurie harshness hits the streets of new york to find out if people really think america is on the brink of going bust. the u.s. has a new budget coming out can america ever go bankrupt this week let's talk about that well we're already bankrupt so it's like credit card debt i mean. can you go at what point you hit the bottom and what point do you start screaming about it china has too much invested in dollar to let america go bankrupt so now we're something that someone else has to take care of. right now. if anything happens there's going to other countries who are going to do that for us is that

fair. it's. not saying that everything's all right rosy at this point we're certainly not at a critical point and i think what you're pointing out is the fact that we need increased global cooperation it's not just a problem that can be fixed unilaterally either within the within the euro or within the u.s. economy it's something that has to be fixed globally how do you stop spending when you've got. thirty three hundred million people to make sure that they're healthy and have enough food and all that kind of stuff. how do you. you. you have to. cut it other places maybe stop going to war with so many people. as a real. there's a lot of countries that are surviving off for the interest we're paying so it's good for us to be in doubt you think. not this much is it ok that our country is

built on a deficit system. if you look at a lot of companies now they are so no it's not but we should be built on a surplus either do you think the rest of the world needs us to be in that yes i do feel like questions like these are sort of useless to people like me pick. it feels like it has nothing to do with me whether or not you think america can ever go bankrupt the bottom line is with a deficit that continues to grow something's gotta get one way or another. still ahead for you this hour here on our t.v. family support knows no borders we reveal how despite several ties with moscow cash flow from russia georgia grows every year due to money transfers from those who left their country in search of a better life. and the first mars landing has happened today meet the crew of the

longest space flight simulation in history bearing mankind for a real trip to the red planet. now if there's one thing that twenty ten south african world cup will be remembered for it's the constantly over the works but some are determined not to be outdone by the infamous horn with ukraine and poland set to host the twenty twelve european championships locals have decided it's the perfect opportunity to promote the result was european cars and are to select. the story. remember the whole mark sound of last summer's football world cup the distinctive drawing of the traditional south african horn that will. meet its equivalent for the euro two thousand to twelve championship to be held in ukraine and poland this was so it's called this is only named and shaped after

a coup and just like this it dates back thousands of years but at the border the triple your culture where there's also lots of came from united money countries ukraine moldova romania and the balkans we want to use it at the twenty twelve championship to let everyone know. we're not saying this instrument is purely ukrainian i would rather say it's purely slavic. those behind the idea to use this is relieved at euro two thousand and twelve say they will try to avoid the will was ill effect which brought complaints from some that the powerful pitch of the african horn was irritating and drowned out the atmosphere and like a monotonous roar of a who was there all of this ukrainian musical instrument provides a far more melodic sound and just about anybody can play just about any tune.

professional full can use it. as any football fan would master this instrument in no time and there was particularly keen could play even more than just football songs. nor was i you see it took me less than five minutes to teach you how to play it's really easy to use i've been playing for some time and i've learned to play tunes wonder of digits in many other musicians. costs under five dollars coming in various sizes and either clay or plastic but this spotter has been making these birdies for most of her life says the more natural there's a need for more positive vibe they make sure their ratios as a lead comes from the saw in ukrainian soil our country is friendly every person coming here for the twenty two hours couple feel it and this is a little

a transfer the positive emotions of our land everything and eases one of those pushing this is the lead so i hope it will become the unofficial emblem of the euro twenty twelve championship the sound feeling stadium next year in ukraine and poland will tell how successful they have been. r.t. reporting from ukraine. well you can always find more at. have your say on the stories we're covering on our website r t v dot com here's with on line for you right now following the blog you have had r t correspondent sean thomas as he uncovers the head of secrets of antarctica and find out what it feels like at the other end of the earth. and our goal is high tag we explore the very modern power of modern art as artists want to paint brush forth a laptop. if

you. believe. life in georgia can be tough especially after the country severed all relations with moscow its largest trading partner and benefactor every year thousands of georgians pack up and set off in search of a better wife in russia but it's hard to use these biological reports it's a lonely life for those left behind. me me happy and don't forget about us here come and visit us lewis asked us to show this video greeting to her relatives she sends her best wishes to her son fabio her daughter in law and

the grandkids who live away in russia for the seventy three year old they are her only real hope. that a lot of his hard nowadays oh i can get is if you love her here and there. for this big georgian family moved to rochelle fourteen years ago and even though it's hard for these people to make ends meet every month they send the money to their relatives and police eat and they're not the only ones with your own families like the grocer. the chivas transferred more than seven hundred million u.s. dollars to georgia making russia the biggest cash supplier for this caucasus republic the number of such wire transfers has been growing steadily over the past few years giving a strong boost to georgia's economy and even though in two thousand aid bill we see officially broke all diplomatic ties with more school and council direct flights between the two capitals it didn't stop georgians from my greeting to russia with the hopes of finding jobs and a better wife we came here as refugees the neighbors were kind to us and they

helped a lot so now after all these years we communicated with the rest of the family over the internet sometimes who make the phone calls and we wire money to them whenever we can money there is no nudies daughter in law living in a small mining town of video in southern russia she relies on her husband by bill small business income that lets the whole family live in russia being put their children situation and supporting their elderly relatives oh i didn't see this picture of her but notice video message finally reached its recipients my in medina i haven't seen their grandma for more than sixty years now they're hoping that someday a wife in georgia will get better and visiting the relatives will be as easy as going to the bank and making him on the transfer dinner table or r g video for southern russia. well let's get back to our top story this hour here in our t.v.

egyptian president hosni mubarak finally stepping down and of course what that holds and means for the future of the country to talk more about that we're joined live from london by robin simcox of the center for social cohesion a london based think tank thanks for being with us this saturday the u.s. has been backing mubarak during his entire thirty year rule but were quick to abandon him when the going got tough do you think other u.s. allies in the region could expect the same kind of treatment. when i think that the u.s. role in this is obviously they've had to back the democratic forces it's very clear that there is a real appetite for change in egypt and about hopefully in the middle east generally today is potentially a great day obviously for the egyptian people also for democratic democracy generally obviously we have to be careful that the army don't hold power they have

taken control of the moment and we hope they take it over and over see america has to play a role in encouraging that democratic transition now in egypt. egypt of course faces an uncertain future what do you think is likely to happen. i think the what will happen now is the army will maintain control hopefully temporarily we the west will encourage democratic parties all the opposition groups alternatives for example to the muslim brotherhood who are the most developed electoral force in egypt who will encourage those policies to come together to provide some sort of alternative and as soon as is humanly possible there should be elections what about the crucial role that egypt plays in settling the conflict between israel and palestinians what do you expect to happen in terms of that very important issue for the region. sure well this is this is the big question i think this is especially

where the role of the muslim brotherhood is going to be crucial because we need to keep this the peace treaty that exists between egypt and israel absolutely needs to stay now there is a concern if the muslim brotherhood appearing too much power again too much influence in egypt that they will seek to rescind this treaty which would obviously be a huge problem the reason why america has given so much aid to egypt which you alluded to in the first question a large part of it has been role in trying to broker some kind of lasting peace between israel and palestine so it's really important from the peace process his point of view the. government can continue to play that kind of role. now the face of the arab world seems to be changing with all of these protests looming in the region what kind of greater middle east do you think we're going to see in the near future. it's really impossible to tell obviously the fact the when people voted in iraq in two thousand and five i think it was such

a hugely symbolic moment and we hope that perhaps the democratic process would move along a bit quicker than it has obviously a lot of countries and some of the problems have been involved in iraq and afghanistan have seen a reluctance to change but what we have to hope for and what today i what i think egypt proves is that the democratic impulses that animated europe america the rest of the world are there in the middle east and muslim majority countries as well there's often a lot of cynicism around there so if there's if that part of the world is and isn't isn't keen on democracy is if they love a strongman in north or italian rule i think what this is proof that this isn't the case and hopefully this will have a domino effect of democratic reforms across the region why from london robin simcox from the think tank the center for social cohesion thanks for that. well argues military analyst getting himself explains how president karzai fearful of the events in egypt is safe guarding himself against a potential u.s.

backed coup when the whole international attention has been foreclosed on the unraveling situation in egypt suddenly got his life popped up on the headlines with his new and american resume this style to deprive the united states any opportunity to swap or to dismiss him with a more pliable pseudo democratic leader he decided to regain the initiative and momentum and to capitalize on and to american sentiments in afghanistan thanks to american occupation now he's in charge. clinton used to call narco state due to drug trafficking karzai has acquired total financial independence from the united states or international community it's to president obama whether he has the guts to learn the lesson from cairo to arrange the program

to a school in kabul before the situation in afghanistan come. out of american control. a team of astronauts hurled at hurdling through a virtual universe in the longest space flight simulation in history a five hundred day mission to mars have landed on the red planet the crew of three volunteers will leave their spaceship where they've been locked since june for the first walk on the martian surface r.t. therof earth found out how this virtual reality is preparing future explorers for a real trip to mars. after more than eight months flying to the red planet the isolated mars five hundred crew are preparing to go where no man has gone before as they prepare to take their first tentative steps on to a mock mars this will be through it with the thing the surface of

mars now only three of the six are actually going to be entering here they're going to be carrying out experiments in collecting film pools other programs that are really as a means that mars is going to be monitored for russia's real life mission control and in reality though the crew the space ship and the planet's surface all just part of the simulated experiment will be one that comes complete with mach emergencies scientific experiments space and no natural light its purpose to learn more about the physical and psychological demands of long distance space travel the head of the project tells me it's a new team perhaps to avoid any tensions and the experience itself is a tough challenge for the crew to have to deal with the monotony but thanks to this program of drills the men are in a good condition and we hope. they will be able to walk on the planet's

surface the crew volunteers are being paid it's a long haul experiment that still has a while to completion in fact it won't be until november six hundred forty days after they first began that the men will get to touch down back in reality was the experiment gives a unique insight into the long term space travel techniques that will be a long while yet before the real thing till then this simulation is as close as it gets to witnessing a real mission to mars sarafan r.t. . we're going to take a short break here in our say and i'll be back with a recap of our top stories.

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