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on air and online twenty four hours a day says r.t. israel has rejected a u.s. court for it to retreat behind pre nine hundred sixty seven borders and withdraw from occupied palestinian territories prime minister benjamin netanyahu who's in washington for talks says it's a concession he will not make he's a christian for zero explains why america's efforts have been failing for decades to bring peace to the middle east. it is a scene all too familiar in this region a protest on israel's border that leads. to violence. here in with the may fifteenth protest marking what palestinians called not or catastrophe the creation of the state of israel on this state in one nine hundred forty eight because for israel it was a matter of security according to downhaul a co-director. of the zionist organization of america i don't know what any country

would do when people gather on your poor and come across a violation of the law. for palestinians it is the continuation of a seemingly endless fight for an independent palestinian state a fight in which u.s. leaders try time and time again to play chief negotiator from president carter to reagan to george h.w. bush to president clinton george w. bush and now the obama administration recently we believe the borders of israel and palestine should be based on the nine hundred sixty seven lines with mutually agreed swaps. so that secure and recognized borders are established for both states an unusually blunt endorsement of an end to israeli occupation of arab land by u.s. president the idea was immediately rejected by prime minister benjamin netanyahu israel argues peace cannot come at the cost of its security with continued

palestinian rocket attacks there is one thing both sides actually agree on when it comes to the u.s. role as mediator if you approach they say is all wrong american policy is built on misconceptions a wrong view of the causes of the conflict and a prescription that doesn't stand up to even the most hostile scrutiny of the question is not why don't we have a solution at this point but why on earth should we expect to have a solution with this system as it is today use of money your with the jerusalem project says talk is cheap when the us says it's in gauging the process of a two state solution but is funding and supporting behavior by israel that simultaneously working against it paying somebody bribing somebody to change their behavior doesn't work when you've spoiled them rotten a recent example in november the u.s. offered several billion dollars in military assistance to israel if it put off the

construction of jewish settlements for three months so regardless award obama says or how he sees it and he says ever been bush but what he does is to say the costs of peace are high high cost abroad and at home pro israel many accounting for between one quarter and one third of all donations to the major political parties a concern for many including former u.s. congresswoman cynthia mckinney they want the executive branch they what they call the legislative branch pro israel campaign contributors totaled nearly twelve million dollars in two thousand and ten far higher than other. major donors making increasing the pressure on israel a politically daunting prospect especially with elections eighteen months away. this is over there but with the need to show support for the arab spring and a reconciliation between the two palestinian factions u.s.

leaders need the feeling the pressure to make a push yet again christine for south r.t. . pro-forma america in the middle east charles freeman jr says while washington is quick to act to protect civilians in libya there's been no action to stop israeli atrocities against its neighbors but the president made a very strong case we should not tolerate civilians. who are the rulers the strong case earlier that really was on a rubio but we do nothing on the really israelis do all these things from the outside and. started. just a few days ago. we were. so close. so i think to cross the world through a pretty. good. for the libyan where the nato led bombing

campaign against colonel gadhafi rumbles on two months after it began the u.s. which led the operation is still engaged that's official consent from congress according to the constitution american military action is now illegal but as artie's learned this to report so few on capitol hill seem concerned. fifty eight. fifty nine. sixty i said at the outset that this was going to be a matter of days and weeks. the days have turned to months and in libya the battle rages on but in washington time has run out. and this rhetoric is running up against a real rope block thing gary you don't think people power things as a war powers act the war powers act a resolution that says sixty days marks the deadline for an american president to

pull u.s. forces from hostilities or get congress's approval for a formal declaration of war yet neither appear to be happening and according to the president publicly time seems to be the enemy only for someone else now time is working against gadhafi. he does not have control over his conference but it's unclear who or what has control over this one the law or the will of the president the united states the president did not seek or decoration of war begin with. nor really has there been much discussion of the war powers act nor does it seem there will be when pressed by the majority of congress not with leaders of the senate foreign relations committee saying there are no plans for action and top lawmakers like john mccain saying quote he's never recognized the constitutionality of the war powers act nor has any president which is only sort of true according to legal and political experts every president has expressed some concerns about its

constitutionality but interestingly not a single president has questioned the sixty day rule and have the way says if obama does this would set a new precedent for combat by a president who campaigned on ending u.s. wars and abiding by constitutional law. still when it comes to work powers there's enough blame to go around absolutely congress doesn't take it seriously and presidents haven't taken it seriously and us media it's going to take it seriously need while u.s. drones fly over libya dropping bombs and the laws governing this type of mission seem to have flown out the window to it makes a joke at the idea of having laws that you can still go out in cuba is beautiful speeches as the president seems to do and talk about peace and justice and principles. as the clock strikes the basic fee in the libyan

intervention and the bill hits a reported three quarters of a billion dollars in the u.s. is third war with no congressional oversight or end in sight time is working against the rhetoric and the rule of law in theory in reality in the nation's capital though no alarm at. it's to be going on the floor and mr r. t. washington d.c. . but this one analyst ivan eland told r.t. that congress is shying away from a decision on that to make obama the scapegoat for any possible failure yes it's illegal and unconstitutional and it's not the first president to do to have done it but it's clearly a move in the direction of more executive power and more executive you're sort of patient in the. you know congressional war making power people want to take credit if it goes well the praise the president or if it goes well badly they can criticize him but if you have a goat on

a declaration of war need to sort of authorization for that they have to go on record as either opposing it or supporting it and therefore you know they can get blamed by their constituents one way or the other so it's just like the president take responsibility and we'll you know we'll be kibitzers on the side and say he did a great job or he didn't do a good job george bush brought his failings he did get congressional authorization for afghanistan and iraq and he was champion of executive power but obama has really gone further in this case than bush ever won. there watching ought to be without a lot more stories this hour including living in the southern tip of the t.v. it's the animals that are tons of asleep watching that just hear. the end of the world is coming to day thousands of doomsday you think armageddon this deep six pm show. we're going to speak children events in our

world president obama pledged support for democracy and opposition to violence against protesters but he made no mention of the current thousands of demonstrations in bahrain that keep us on the right things which a contributor thinks that this selective approach means a bomber screening to reach the hearts and minds of all muslims. a bomb a latest address to the muslim world was just a pale remake of his famous cave or a speech two years ago in fact it was a disappointment to everybody except one to whom it to my concern i'm talking about saudi arabia and the main aim spear rater of both osama bin laden and his associates and their brutal revolt over my jury in bahrain the united states president barack obama did his best to

avoid at any pain any mentioning over the main six pound gorilla in the room and he excelled at accomplishing he's objective he tided the muslim world at large but so far he has yet to reach out and touch the heart and so oath both the muslim community and the arab world. well some other world news for you this hour tens of thousands of protests by the government nationwide demonstrations imposed ahead of regional and local elections people were camped out overnight in a druid's central square cheering and chanting anti-government slogans the protests began six days ago when spanish youth through the streets restricted our graduates unemployment rate of forty five percent credit has grown to some twenty five thousand in the capital and spread to cities across the country. and nato has

exploded in northwest pakistan killing at least sixteen people the truck transporting fuel through pakistan to nato forces in afghanistan was hit by. some locals gathering to collect spilt you were to death when another father account many others were injured. syrian human rights groups say security forces have killed at least thirty people during pro-democracy rallies across the country the protests came a day after barack obama called on syria's leader to step aside in response the syrian government accusing u.s. president of incitement eight hundred fifty people were thought to have died during the two months of rising. now former head of the international tree fund has been released from behind bars of the posting a one million dollars bail reconstructs card will be under house arrest and run out

of there where he will be kept under twenty four hour guard a french politician did know its charges are tempting for rape and many of the new york tell. us now searching for a new leader for the french finance minister and head of duterte bank and one of the early candidates. world leaders are gearing up for a g. eight meeting in france next week the situation in libya and the uprisings in the middle east and north africa the center of attention but artie's already half a list also known as the resident asks people on the streets of new york what else they think the world leaders should be talking about. as world leaders gather at the g eight summit what do you think they should be focusing on solving collectively this week let's talk about that they should be focusing on. greening the i mean just saving the planet and also humanity politics and more people and more communication and more truth do you think the

bill do that no not in a hundred years do you think that they'll be looking out for the global best interests or just their country's own interest suspect most countries come to the table with their own best interests in mind are you hopeful that they can set those aside at least enough to come to some compromise i'm hopeful that my retirement savings is worse something when i retire would it be better if they just chose one to work on and fix that first i think the multi ability is able to talk about a few issues they're able to talk about i don't have the able to solve them all in one time of the problems will never go i. don't believe the world leaders can fix them seem to be trying to fix. the problem so why do they have the stomach. fixing the problems. lord i just wish people would get along a little bit better together just all the nationalities all the different religions

and i think we'd be much better off but maybe this time it should be more like a retreat where they talk about how didn't get along and less about the economy well the economy's important but better the economy would follow if they got everything else straightened out i think remember what you want the world leaders to solve the bottom line and let's just hope they can set aside their differences so they can work collectively for change. very continue our special series of reports one time article for tough weather conditions and subzero temperatures we're around it think nothing can inhabit this cold ground running for three task that is home to a range of hardy animals but without the shorter ones reports many have become endangered because their habitat is slowly melting away. john at the bottom of the earth there is a land of ice and volcanic rock so different from the civilized world that it is

hard to imagine that life can be found here. but in fact a closer look reveals it is one of the most interesting ecosystems on the planet he too a really unique position and. waited for for a long time from as a continent that means following others we have here starting from tiny creatures up to seals and. is unique and you can never find it anywhere else only here. but extreme temperatures and stark's conditions mean that you won't find any polar bears down here so we don't have any trust or all animals like polar bears or nothing like that occurs down here we only have marine mammals and marine birds that come ashore to breed and the only trust your life is limited to the vegetation and maybe some time workers that's about it and if you want to experience some of this exotic wildlife the antarctic peninsula is

a good place to start well as everything here in this part we've got a tremendous range of seals in those four different types of seals you can expect to see six if you're lucky the penguins two or three of the brushtail playing which it's great to see in the peninsula but to most trips we're lucky to see up to six different species including the wildlife in antarctica. and one of the main areas of study down here on this continent is the environment to make sure that they can learn how. we are seeing into the adelie penguins which are the most abundant penguin species in the antarctic and a true ice loving species they are declining in the antarctic peninsula seriously and may disappear in the peninsula in the next fifty years because of the warming and the loss of sea ice which is just part of their habitat with scientists witnessing such a dramatic changes in such a short period of time the concern is. what to do in the future to prevent such a rapid change in the environment there's

a very big message to ms no way on the planet changing for us to talk about it is one of three sides which as the forest is growing increasing in average weather to get winter temperatures days western siberia alaska i mean antarctic peninsula which is warming five times faster of living on the planet leaving many to wonder what is to become of the animals that call this place home in antarctica sean thomas r.t. for more from nazis on top of the exploration throughout the week people. within a month. one of the most extreme environments on the planet this is antarctica and people have to be aware that they're far away from civilization sean thomas discovers what makes antarctica so special and attractive from many. parts of. the flood zone. expeditions to the bottom of the earth.

it's going to be a tough saturday according to one religious group in the us by the calculations of how many radio today is judgment day and the end of the world he came forth on the mission to spread the doomsday prophesy. have you heard the awesome news watch watch the world is ending death destruction that's all you can see. nine months ago eddie and jessica ramos hit the road to tell people just back away and away from green that this was the best way we were to do what we're supposed to do according to what the bible was telling us to go to warn the people their three daughters travel with them i homeschooled i want when they were in school for a little bit and then now that it's twenty and we decided to per hour. and i just possible just like an area aren't alone there is just one of four caravans roaming

the country preaching the apocalypse they believe the world is ending may twenty first and that it's their duty to warn the people here old camping the eighty nine year old founder of family radio used a series of biblical calculations to arrive at may twenty first two thousand and eleven camping did predict the end once before in september one thousand nine hundred four campaigns prediction has since been branded on buses billboards t. shirts this is the greatest the biggest advertising campaign in the world. there's never been anything like this before she started through this world. the bible promised that everybody all nations will get this message for a twenty first world and everything in between including gary bomber's s.u.v. which he drives every day to his job at the department of homeland security this is a vehicle i had wrapped it was about two years ago i actually had to work on it and it's pronounced in the lord's work of judgment day we actually have

a depiction here this is actually a depiction of the california plate actually taken into the ocean this is actually a depiction of fire and it's talking about how the lord is going to bring down a fire and brimstone upon the earth and the day of destruction according to camping the day of destruction will begin with a giant rolling earthquake at the international date line and travel. around the world killing millions but before that happens all the true believers will be caught up to do it right and they want to hear it was going to happen here five months. or so. meanwhile those who know it will be left behind these atheists are already making plans of their own offering to buy on craigslist raptured people's possessions and dogs that for those called up to have it the listeners of family radio say it's impossible the world won't end but for now we'll have to see what tomorrow brings here in fort artsy washington d.c. . but i watching space shuttles and rockets blasting off orbit has become almost

commonplace but actually making it into space is still something reserved for the lucky few. tom bassinette of american astronauts ahead of his mission to the international space station next week to find out what it's really like. we're here in the countryside part of star city because of the training center north of moscow and we've managed to catch a rare moment where the cosmonauts and astronauts get to relax after all their exams of training before going off so baikonur to be fired up into space to the international space station and i'm lucky enough to be here with mike fossum he's been on shuttle missions twice and this is his first rocket mission to the i assess and we'll be talking a bit about some of the every day life up on a space shuttle so every day life in an extraordinary setting everything in space is typically harder than it is on earth things as simple as going to the bathroom work on earth gravity helps things go where you want them to go. and they're

flushed away with water in space the gravity doesn't work we don't have a shower on board the space station because the water wouldn't know how to fry and brain you can wash your hair completely close it could get a little soapy water on your hair and then scrub it up the water didn't then under your clothing you just sticks to your head and you must gently massage it with a lot of energy when you have droplets of water in a pick pattern spring around your head and what happens if some of those things break how do you cope with that when you're working on equipment and you start taking it apart and you kick out all the little screws well you can't just set him on the on the workbench the float away so you have to hold them down in some way and that ends up being probably the most frustrating thing easy to lose to on earth when you're working on something and you drop it. but you know where to look because it's right around your feet someplace up there it can go in any direction my first space shuttle mission i lost my fork we each have our eating kit i lost my

fork on the second day of the mission. i don't have my fork and so i ate with a spoon and a knife for the rest of the flight as we were packing up to come home and weeks later when i came floating out from some corner i'm not about the food these days that's a challenge that food is a lot like camping food most of the u.s. food is pretty dry so if you add water and let it sit for a bit it rehydrate and become something you'd recognise like vegetables or ration taters or shrimp cocktail and regular bread has crumbs you finish eating a sandwich on earth and on your plate you have these problems in space they don't go to the plate they go into the air and so they're there in your nose soon your eyes are in the air conditioning filters and so we don't use regular bread much we use tortillas. breaker for all the preparations on r.t. dot com and then forget to check out some other stories too including. the female

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