area us later leaders continue to loudly proclaim their condemnation of syria's president bashar al assad a quote america's decision to take sides bring some unexpected and unwanted results are to correspond advantage of contacts a lot of that part of the story. as nations in the middle east and north africa are torn between the struggle to bring about change and the struggle not to let that change ruin their lives washington views the arab spring as an opportunity to finally see some of its longtime foes crumble you know iran in an arab country the arab spring to spread to. and i think in many ways and she matter of time before that kind of change. and revolution. in the ones under the umbrella of the arab revolutions washington is also beating the drums of regime change in syria iran's closest ally in the region violence within the country has been widely condemned countries like russia and china call for both sides in syria to talk and end the

bloodshed while america is blaming the assad alone i think assad stays just like the darfur number and let's hope that pressure assad is next in line they've overthrown khadafi they're going to have a proxy or client government in tripoli the next step is syria they want to overthrow syrian acts to take advantage of any movement that exists in syria to overthrow the assad government now they have a more democratic government a more humane government but i've government that is allied with the united states and after syria the next target will be iran itself watching regimes go down one by one american politicians are filled with new hopes and aspirations some went as far as to predict the arab spring would spread all across the world what this is all about is the arab spring and bashar assad is next and even places like china russia and other places they are very uneasy this is about people aspiring for freedom and that's where the libyan people have just achieved. it's wishful thinking on the

part of john mccain but it speaks volumes to where the real orientation is in washington not just of the republicans but the democrats too so they would like to overthrow the government in china they would like to overthrow the government in russia they would like to overthrow the government in venezuela and cuba or wherever people are independent of the dictates of washington but when it comes to syria and iran washington doesn't seem to be just fantasizing about revolutions by throwing its support behind revolution makers and really say washington is seeking to increase its influence and control in these countries let's look at how things have been in the control department. so far eject thousands protest against the us backed military there that still in power last week objections storen peace really embassy and the killing of five egyptian border guards in the near washington shielded little ship is taking over but the country is at risk of plunging into rival war syria the opposition includes those with radical agendas so the aftermath

of the so-called arab spring remains very murky and difficult it washington seems to be using the early spring to fulfill its long time goals but the fear is it might end up getting the opposite of what it wishes for an undermining the whole region i'm going to shake out reporting from washington our team was switching gears now immigration detention facilities can be cold as ice especially when it comes to making money that's because the more illegal immigrants they lock up the more the green they are lining their pockets and lawmakers across the country to come up with new or tougher anti immigration bills so that they can keep their presence for so who will speak up for the people who have no voices are to correspondent marina port and i reports. america's financial crisis has been something of the unsociable monster swallowing up millions of jobs homes and businesses throughout the nation yet

a need this ongoing economic armageddon one industry has remained recession proof. private prisons. with more than two point three million people behind bars the united states trumps china russia and the rest of the world in both the number and percentage of people doing time where it falls short though is being capable of containing such a large population it's a political dilemma turns cash cow for dozens of corporations creaming profits off punishment private prisons make money of course diversion and more people they lock up and the longer the them the more money they make so they have the same perverse incentive to expand our justice system and increase our number of people or our number of citizens who are behind bars because it increases their profit margin. the profitability of private jails depends on the prison population continues to go up the rate of incarceration in the us has quadrupled since the eighty's when

america's war on drugs are short in the three strikes policy which ties judges to mandatory minimum sentencing even for nonviolent offenders since the late eighty's and into the ninety's and now today we see a turn away from that rehabilitative model so across the country prison programming is cut rehabilitation is being cut there's less opportunities for education to gain work skills and instead there's just this drive towards isolation towards punishment private prison companies are paid between forty five and one hundred thirty dollars a day per detainee rates for juveniles women and immigrants could be higher while public prisons are accountable to the public private ones answer only to shareholders and are not subject to external scrutiny that means many private contractors face few consequences for the poor or even inhumane treatment of detainees we just see more and more isolation sensory deprivation and prisoners who

literally never interact with human beings with guards would come. into the facility they were signed out front with their stock price to let them know how the company was doing corrections corporation of america and geo group are the two largest private prison companies with combined revenues of two point nine billion dollars last year but critics say they've been using that financial clout to line their own pockets even further encouraging politicians to keep going with the heavy handed sentencing program by launching an influential lobby campaign in the corridors of power are being in in order to influence public officials only a small. private prison industry or she policy check and others include campaign donations so the companies make hundreds of thousands of dollars in donations to politicians nationwide both on the federal and state levels with most states and

the federal government currently operating under record deficits and budget cuts private prison companies are pitching their facilities as lower cost alternatives and while most americans continue struggling during this economic downturn now's incarceration make grow even more profitable or in upper nile r.t. new york. all right we are winding down but make sure to stay tuned for our five pm newscast is it a laughing matter it is it is no laughing matter or is it for good hard hitting questions and groundbreaking investigations these days the american mainstream media is all about comic relief but even i know you get housewives of beverly hills by their names i can't believe people. are really going to be really funny. values

americans to get their daily dose of headlines from none other than the joke masters themselves. i was surprised in meeting the people that i've met in the military how a political they truly are how it really is so much more mission based and fraternal it's about their brothers and sisters and executing the task that they've been given from anderson cooper's new talk show to c.n.n. in-depth coverage of fashion week news programs these days are looking a lot more like a reality show than an information source so with the line between headlines and horseplay blurring who can you trust to tell it like it is that segment all new at five o'clock and that is going to do it for now but for more on the stories we covered go to our t.v. dot com slash usa check out our youtube page youtube dot com slash r t america can also follow me on twitter at frowsy and christine for sound.

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as soon as you write this one lady you really need to go and see. this. country and she is the patron saint of us but i am legend has it that's if you come into a monument and stand on this circle then you come under the same protection for the time you were in. who is really to get sight see i thought i'd start with a bird's eye view. now this is president's famous water tower it's one of only eight constructions remaining my famous russian engineer bloody machine called and it's still one of the best places to take what. is often referred to as russia's thomas edison because of the quality of his invention need huggable lloyd towers like this although after fifty years of disuse

it is starting to get a little rusty her. it may no longer be cousin to those tallest buildings but for a panoramic view there are a few better places. who are climbing may be hungry but luckily just a place to go. i've always loved visiting the local markets the some of the places you can find in the city and full of these great sights smells and all these different colors of course it's also if you have someone who can give you a profit soul. i have a lunch date with an explicit. rules. must make sense well i'm looking forward to a little trip around the market had a few interesting things for me trauma oh yeah i can i can show you this list thank you. for what comes. to you can you know.

anyone else or not. could you came from china to study medicine close knit and over the last six years she's fully in love with the place. and this was becoming fluids in the language she's also got into the local food. some of the delicacies here just annoys me an acquired taste i'm sure that you have never been it's. what. we called watermelon. show a. little bit right ok that's just me on name yeah i. saw. them do feel that there are some things that should be left as nature intended. this case but it's a definite it's. definitely an acquired taste. and

should be just certainly get used to present a don't in fact she's so fond of the new home she's thinking of staying on off the she graduates thing that people are very kind to me. and i can just say that i found myself with us on the phone. about different stories. or you know james species those who could see your eyes tell you to be yeah ok i'm very like cakes so let's mind what to buy so you're going to get these yeah all right well thank you so much for showing me around lol come down it's been a great pleasure and i'm a watermelon that i can get pleasure from and i think. my list could be due to enjoying the chocolate fix well i headed back outside the weather had cleared up my mind that there was something special going on in the middle of town i just needed to get much. of a change to go it is around here somewhere but you know what they say if in doubt

mostly spend. christmas because the puzzles. and pro-abortion i do for yes yes begin with i do yes we will leave to you thank you very much displaced police. it appears crews knew those cops get to clean up the streets and can for the environment at the same time i've never seen cause like these for the police in russia all day a new project yes and soon you will always see to. racial darwin is with police departments have a. program where security will flee to homes ok ands even frame all these programs. showing the code walking a few cars at least two calls for us oh well we have. this

reason square always seem to. be cool it's. all a g. a green. one i mean. well if you get a wind up in the mouth of a police drone this is definitely the way to go downstairs. ok. thank you very much. you know that's what i call a public service. i've been dropped off in the city's central square looked like the show was about to begin. to original. these men are x. and without their ancestors krasnodar wouldn't exist the land here was originally given to them by empress catherine the great in the late eighteenth century i mean still nineteen twenty six he was named

a catarina which means catherine's gift. the cossacks were known as fearsome fighters and brilliant swordsman and its reputation they still build on today. is very bad i think. you don't have to. be trained by these guys but it certainly seems to help your nation. i guess life that are three once more. very good. perhaps my own weapon might transform my fencing skills. of course is absolutely part of the make up. somewhere else in the city. my trainer was happy to point me in

the right direction. under has been working as a blacksmith since he was a teenager and is the only person in the city who makes damascus steel a material that's created some of the world's finest. that was to start with you bring several different kinds of steel together. the pieces are a certain way and are welded together at high temperatures. this means that the temperature is just right. once that happens you can begin to flatten it out just make sure you've got plenty of energy. hammering. to compress the layers of all and i'm still here and it's.

hit me. still. in the right place. and you have to be accurate over and over again just like the. policy is just over six times to do that. it's an exhausting process but fortunately i'm dreaming has a machine that will do the next call what's the. buzz this. desire. to get. the whole city was like playing. like this out of it. you need to do it several times the polls. once metal gets cold brittle.

and unfortunately can lead to cracks it seems this chunk of damascus steel was going to have to be recycled fortunately andre has another developed specimen. this is one of the month. solid metal work of something just calories on the edge. and hopes of getting the right. of the blades. and we just had one last round of heating in hammering to go. one final get. in a. while. is. painfully . aware that to get to the right temperature. barring the shouting. hey you have it. a blade. fit for

a cause that worry. most famous soldiers with cavalry the battles of old may be consigned to the history books the people of crescent on still share a lot of speed and. the sun's out crowds are coming in. and they're the races especially when i get to meet some of the stars. here's one of the ladies. not used his head trainer a present of them as he drove to my garage for the stance of the victory cup one of the most important leaks in the city's racing calendar. number seven said what do you think now do you like you get. the breaking so the next race is began and not used to have an excellent suggestion on how to spend the time. this is rubik's

cube and make your old stallion who was going to be my riot for the morning i had a few lessons on my trips around russia. managed to judge a ring trucks. to a counter. well yes for about thirty seconds and then he decided he'd much rather be doing his own thing. it was far more lost a good boy. came here is still a bit of a puzzle to me. i hope at least i'd have better luck as a spectator and i grabbed a programme and headed back to the track but things didn't exactly go my way. come on. come on over it's well. that's a really good start i managed. a few races in the victory cup was turning into a bit of a personal defeat but then one of my fellow punters gave me

a tip. yes. now with three. loss. and with the two year old man names diamond stumps and school. now that. i got a ride back the winner along even a few rubles to the good. with my glasses and my bank balance i just quit while i was ahead. thing you can race here in. n.z. you're a bit of a speed freak and just down to the. british .

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the book. is that. it's the longest in the northern caucasus so you really comes across a dollar in the visit but you can just take a walk along the wall to size zero. you can get snow it's something a little bit speedy. here is one of the instructors here across an advanced powerboat school he's an eighth on russian champion and in charge of getting the next generation to follow in his wake but we have got lots of young sportsmen here and international class boats that can go up to one hundred sixty kilometers an hour. we try to stimulate the children's capacity for work and our members take part in both european and world championships.

it seemed like i was in good hands although i did need some more appropriate clothing. more racing season and then a wet suit sort of things to come. and once i'd go in my life vest it was time to take my seat. ok and trust me completely. my life in this very small and snug contraption. with just a gas pedal and no brakes to worry about it did seem pretty easy to draw it and there was at least one quick way to slow down. this little safety line is tends to be quite helpful so by pull it. out things are slowing

a bit. this. is where. the creek push from the bank was off and once you're out in one of these things you want to come but. really be a sailboat we were kill yourself because the box is incredible you who will be a new drivers have to go through a rather unusual club ritual. but heck. to finish off crossings addition there is of the more. i can draw a line i was about to attend cross of the most to still strong laden events of the

year. it's pretty sad to say that the gym and i have never been that close plus there are people who can teach their own body weights in a day and lift the equivalence of around five big men and if you can do that maybe you too can compete in the us in some some competition. and i think. every here. is one of the guys in charge of it all. or if you want. us to. go to sydney where is james believe that you one of the founders of some sort of c.e.o. you not me. to founder of this be concious if you're at the right place because these are the strongest doesn't present. you get

a seat with your own eyes ok. so the game has been training in some sense gyms and taking calls in revenge school most twenty years in the toughest guys in the south of russia right here to show what they can share. what amount of things i love about strong and consistent as they get stay some fairly crazy stuff like that if that's true that's true this let's just way this gentleman is going to. lift up much so yes do you know the weight of the millisecond i don't it's one hundred fifty below one hundred fifty yeah how much do you weigh. you see these begats this fall that just falls on the.