troll over a disputed border area which the serbs consider their territory it's the latest outbreak of violence in the region with international peacekeepers once again supporting the cost of an side in the conflict. the greek parliament prepares to vote on tough austerity measures as protests turned violent paralyzing the country for the second day. now with the occupy wall street movement showing no signs of abating r.t. talks to all through blogger james kunstler who says that president obama has a hostage to big business that interview coming right up. i. archie is sitting down with author blogger and public speaker james howard kunstler so thanks so much for joining us it's nice to be here let's get started with the occupy wall street movement we've seen many media outlets try to ridicule them marginalize this movement as something that's temporary and really an artist teenage behavior and you've essentially called this bogus in your blog let's talk

about that what is your take on occupy wall street well first of all it's how larry of that all of these scolds in the media are shaking their fingers at these young people and say oh you don't you can articulate your position you have any agenda we're living in a time in the united states when the consensus about reality is so fractured even among people who are supposed to know what's going on that we cannot construct a coherent story about what's happening to us and what we're going to do about it so to expect the young people to be able to construct a coherent narrative when nobody else in the culture is capable of doing that i think it's a little unfair. what's more you can tell just from the placards that they're carrying around we know where their heads are at the the most significant or telling one that i saw said. i have seventy

thousand dollars college debt twelve thousand dollars in medical bills i'm twenty two where's my bailout that's a good enough reason to be out there right i think so and i think what it represents is very clear it's the idea that this younger generation feels like their future has been sold out from under them but with major unions joining we've seen a much more kind of mature knowledgeable group of people come out onto the streets thousands of people do you think that's reason enough for the media and politicians to really start. taking this seriously i don't know if we're capable of really interpretating what's going on politically in our country right now you know i have a pet theory that the more social and economic distress a culture goes through the greater the delusional thinking gets so that you know that as the social stress rises the crazy ideas and delusional

ideas and tend to increase it's not a very. good it's not a very good set of conditions for you know arriving at a picture of reality if we compare occupy wall street to the arab spring we saw american politicians and the mainstream media plotting the arab spring yet this is somewhat of a similar beginning of some uprising along those lines isn't the old double standard a little bit too obvious yeah it's amazing it's amazing that we were cheerleading for all those people in the street in tahrir square you know anderson cooper was down there and you know all the other. usual media suspects were there cheering for the protesters in spite of the fact that there was a very good chance that the outcome of the revolution might not be so good let's put it this way you know the outstanding feature of the politics in the last three years has been that nobody on wall street has had to

sit in a court room to answer for the tremendous amount of misbehavior in banking and you know this includes acts that can only be described as swindles and frauds well people have been talking about the lack of accountability ever since the financial meltdown took place three years ago but we haven't seen anybody come out onto the streets why now and do you think that this movement could end up taking america to a. better place at least in terms of pushing politicians to hold someone accountable it's just that i do think there's a reason why we haven't seen a lot of protests the kind of things that have been happening to americans are very shameful they lose their job they lose their income they can't support their families they can't feed their families their house gets taken away from them you know these are things that tend to be humiliating and shameful and i think that

because of the way our system works where you know this is the land of freedom and liberty people blame themselves and they internalize the lot of the bad feelings and then you know they suppress it because it's shameful the combination of the shame and the anger that's all kind of mixed up with that has not really expressed itself and it may take a bit more to shove it over the edge and may take you know a bit more hardship now in one of your articles you say the hope invested in obama will end up in a museum of lost hopes along with the integrity of t.v. news i want to ask you if this were to be obama's only term as president what would he be remembered like in history well i voted for obama i think that he's probably when all is said and done he's probably a decent chap but it also appears that he's either a hostage to history or a hostage to certain factions in our culture an economy like the

wall street bankers. remember over a thousand people were successfully prosecuted for the misdeeds in the savings and loan scandals of the late one nine hundred eighty s. and early one nine hundred ninety s. no significant figure from the banking community has really been even sat in a courtroom and had to answer for any of their their deeds you know there have been a couple of fluky cases including bernie made off. you know these are outliers these are the marginal cases but really the heart of the system hasn't been touched i think that. mr obama will be remembered as kind of a spectacular failure and i also think that this is a period of history that is comparable to the eight hundred fifty s. in the usa that was the period that preceded the civil war and it was

a period in which political institutions were failing you know an interesting thing happens in situations like this institutions lose what's called legitimacy legitimacy a reason to exist and the faith among people who have subscribed to the to their beliefs that they are worth believing in and you know we're seeing a grand failure of legitimacy now in the political system in the usa and it's rather frightening you really sort of forecast every year for for the year ahead what the united states should await and in your forecast for twenty eleven you said that the number one question really is can a political economy be floating like a when he a loon of gusts of sheer fakery has that balloon pop yeah well i think that the air has been going out of it steadily but surprisingly slowly for three years and you know we're the whatever pin prick in this balloon you know where

where it seems to be located at the moment is over europe with tremendous questions about the legitimacy of the european union and the banking sector more more generally but you know all of the banks in europe and north america are. interrelated and there's no chance that what happens on one continent is not going to affect another i think that there are sooner or later we're going to see similar problems. in the usa the air is going out of the balloon. it's been remarkable that the fabric of this bubble was so strong but when all is said and it's a fabric of faith and confidence that the system is meaningful and sustainable and people are beginning to doubt that that it is if we could return to the role of the media you return to to the this issue in your blog quite often you've written that

they shout down invited guest commentators pander to their demographic and dissed their rivals for ratings what role do they play these days well you know culture goes through cycles when institutions. take various forms acquire a certain widget image see and then blow it throw it away and i've seen it happen in my lifetime where you know the authority of the evening news on the networks was unquestioned but what's happened is that you know i think that the media has lost its confidence it's certainly in a great state of. convulsive transition we do know that younger people tend not to really get their news from t.v. at all you know they mostly get it from the internet. there are very few kind of vested legitimate authorities on the internet who are trusted news bringers they

all appear to have an agenda of some kind or another whether it's left wing right wing capitalist socialists you know we never won it is and you know i think we have a long way to go before any of these things are sorted out and it's one of the reasons that we can't construct a coherent narrative about what's happening to us do you think the united states could face its own per story i prefer to call it a reset because i don't think it's the end of the world or the end of culture. or the end of america i think it's a reset of culture but it can be very very painful and you know there will be a lot of losses involved of of property and status and you know things that were important to people that they're going to lose and so we have to somehow be prepared for this period of history that's very difficult what i think we're seeing is something that i did expect that we would mount

a campaign to sustain the unsustainable because of our tremendous psychological investments in the stuff that we've got running you know we put all of our national treasure into building freeways and building these massive suburbs and building all of the accessories and furnishings for them you know the strip malls and the malls and all the you know all the stuff that comes with them. that's where our national wealth has gone you know we're not going to just kick it into the garbage can without a struggle. but i don't think that it's going to work very well for us anyway so the final in the final analysis what i think is going to happen is america is going to be dragged kicking and screaming into a reset of daily life james howard kunstler thank you so much your time.

a very warm welcome to you this is your news today protesters on the wall street center they have to. leave the sentence on a good chance the g.c.c. to get with for example the status of the human experiment if it's getting on with . your problems isn't this rap music or what it knows to call me literally trying to censor global economy and its arcane things as financial tips these are the

reasons grambling to maintain our confidence in markets and thinking on the primitive points to be easing trade imbalances recession look to the nation's close to collapsing a sub prime loan foreclosed homes people. fail switchblade banks again feel level tightening is the u.s. crash and imminent smash the ceiling thing still doesn't like protests and clashes in athens three the i.m.f. import strikes me on just programs in greece that turn economist.

breaking news from r t libyan officials claim colonel gadhafi has died from his injuries are to be mortally wounded by government troops during his capture earlier on today but he was comes from the city of sirte which has reportedly been freed from gadhafi loyalists after two months of fighting. peace breakers nato forces clash with serbs in northern cos of a control over a disputed border area which the serbs consider their territory it's the latest outbreak of violence in the region with international peacekeepers once again supporting the course of inside the conflict. in the greek parliament prepares to vote on tough austerity measures as protests turned violent paralyzing the country for the second day. this is r.t.

. hello and thank you for joining me for the sports and here's what's coming up points drops a new china split the rules that missed chances as the me twice come back to draw two to a chapter in the champions league. wild game of the century luck on the t.v. prepare for that one hundredth european fixture with the europa league showdown at home to catherine. and advantage louis the cardinals edge the texas rangers to claim victory in getting want to baseball's world series. start with tennis though where third seed marion bartoli has been rushing to send back to go through to the quarterfinals of the crowd and cup here in moscow the french open cruised to victory she aims to boost her ranking points to reach the season ending w.-t. a championship however she needs to take the title to call it by well elsewhere

universe may not want her all russian to battle with the lady yankovic's conqueror katherina even though while eight seeds dominate it's a book about lined up a meeting with top seeded as one over on the straights that win over close like a polar can finally succeed so that lennox that's over the three quarter final spot with spots on it they don't cover of vogue area. and over in the men's side of the draw a french qualify is yet to be shoddy ousted ukrainian alexander dog call off and later on russian sixty degrees due to a tsunami again julian beneteau of france while another russian eagle commits in faces serbian top seed young celtic sorry bitch luxembourg's. kohlschreiber of germany. football in that incident. he says he was disappointed not to have claimed all three points that shocked are in the champions league after the size drew two two in ukraine. missed a penalty pause of eight after just eleven minutes and the visitors were punished severely on shaq telling front four minute. later however we deemed himself by

levelling just after half an hour but serious and do ya know the home side to one up on the stroke of half time however with an hour gone it defies only equalised to a game towards any level and see two was how it finished the russian champion stakes second behind victory one wanted course a zero zero meanwhile fernando torres struck twice as chelsea recorded their biggest champions league victory with a five feel thrashing belgian side game at stanford bridge. also and his european account of the goings chelsea remain top of group based by a point from violate accusing one to want to turn to balance here but there is manager and. his team actually nicely. i'm very very happy with the performance. not only the way play but the commitment of the team towards a game that everybody expects you to win and you know that when. surprise is.

just around the corner and we were able to keep the concentration and focus. to put a good performance and good results from elsewhere defending champions barcelona enjoy day to nowhere as home to victoria finish in your fastest a second in group h. behind ac milan he sounds there and meanwhile the spanish champions enjoyed seventy eight percent of the possession of andres iniesta and happy they're scoring goals so not on the light and on messi who scored sixteen times already this season but coach pep guardiola felt that was a positive. which we made a real exhibition tonight we played some tremendous food book when messi doesn't score think of the allow all that to keep has achieved we have got to learn to use this wrong he doesn't score which is why i wish to continue for many years. and also on top of choreographed after aaron ramsey netted the stoppage time winner in their one zero victory at marseilles who slipped a second just

a point behind. but out of that three one high when i have a virus a dog and then it's going to ask inventing a believes his side deserved to be where they are after wednesday night's performance. took it off and took over and. i don't think that most it was dangerous in the second off it or and. in turn this very differently. but you can see the last fifteen minutes we created some chances and in the end of course to be rewarded for because we kept going. moving on to the right leg we're looking at a full made history later this thursday afternoon moscow side are preparing to kick off at home to greek outfit like athens in what will be their one hundredth european fixture rather thought onion reports. look a month before on the milestone thursday's europa league clash at home to iraq will begin number one hundred in european competitions for the muscovite side although the railway man's head coach just

a coup ciro cleans this should not affect his players' motivation think that things will go on mark it's a good number for the club no doubt but it doesn't really matter much in terms of motivation we treat every game as a crucial one because all the place take it as an owner to defend the colors of the club. however not all of them will be able to do so if the truth is of a stadium with at least four key members of the scored set to sit on the sidelines and listen to those you not we've got a number of injured players and to be honest that is a problem matilda store us of and a story of our sidelined and tubby ski is just recovering also i'm not sure if they said it will be able to help us in the front line but will try to get away with those who are fit. the second placed hosts have won one of their two group games so for having suffered their first defeat under the poor to get skill which against under left three weeks ago and adding three poor. at home against the greek side

who are boredom and have to clean a point so for is definitely a must for local. last two games in use in this competition of course now. in the. game of course don't have easy games. i think the next game is our game but it is not enough for us like when people are looking to sue braid their european jubilee in style although it's a safe bet i have different plans for thursday night robert wagner on earth the region. well opponents i call rock bottom in group battle and have their own selection problems the visitors lost nearly sign strike up to johnson to a broken leg over the weekend though they still held city rivals olympiacos to a one one draw to stay joint top of the domestic league however they're still without a point in the europa league after losing two great leaders and the like. guts and

my coach has outlined what needs to be done. there are several key points we should stick to if we are to at lokomotiv these stiffly focus for the whole of the match especially when it comes to defending and then be brave and aggressive of a lot of resistance and eventually take the three points. well meanwhile russia strike out on make a rest stop the top one when the north london club joint group elite is rubin kazan later this thursday of a change that has spent just seventeen minutes on the pitch in the english premier league so far this season he has been a regular starter in the euro to league games and at an equaliser in last month's three one win at home to shamrock rovers tottenham are behind robin only on goal difference with a win that would take the out right lead and spares manager harry redknapp is wary of the russian side of joe dream what you read over all the videos on america. is

up to speed. the good side well organized good care of the check into a very good team. but beyond that and it wasn't a good night in europe for russian side and its cousin who lost a year early opener at home to italian side want to pass the sienna seventy nine points to seventy one the next has dominated most of the game but thirty five twenty eight up after henry dumb accounts jump shot he led the side with thirty points all night and the russian side held a narrow forty four forty three half time lead but monta pass kate went ahead soon after the restart and cut out a struck two three pointers italian team were sixty four fifty five in front of time to win by eight points. turning now and americans out michael phelps once again took just one gold from three races at the latest world cup stage here in moscow while russian world record holder the afghan capital did perform to his best

winning the one hundred meter butterfly cutting but tough as the details of this point were going to be formed where after a below poor display in tuesday for in time olympic champion michael phelps produced almost an identical set of results on day two of the world cup in the russian capital in the two hundred metres freestyle the twenty six year old american was overtaken in the last fifty major on the world record holder paul be there month and had to settle for silver. and phelps competing in moscow for the first time frame to make it to the boardroom in the one hundred metres butterfly where world record holder game you can out the group first place to the delight of the home crowd i mean yeah. it was very important for me to win today so i can see i want to beto and know my name is john at war and by that i mean don't deny lympics a bit however just as he did on the opening day phelps showed his competitive

desire as he bounds back to claim gold in the two hundred metres backstroke after being fourth for the first one hundred feet. the meter's the american founded burst of power and managed to surge to victory it's all working on some of the small things to really get to the end of the year being able to tie together some of the stuff you know the starch turns under waters held back and do that as many times when i can leave it up in the feel of a child's them or make such an idea of. the london olympics are just nine months away in preparation for a well underway for the swimming event however there are still four stages to go before the end of the world cup giving press and swimmers alike the opportunity to gauge who will be queen xing the gold medals at the twenty twelve games is not about both. and finally the st louis cardinals have edge the texas rangers three two two with the opening day with baseball's best of seven world series hunting went to nil up at the busch stadium and there is after lunch but then put

a pitch down the line into right field and to run as came around to school however the rangers were level with one swing of the bat with a man on first might not be sprint to has run to make it to two at the top of the fifth inning. but at the bottom of the six alan craig's r.b.i. single one the concept just game two is a game in st louis on thursday. and that's all the sports news by. the. world. bringing you the latest in science and technology from around russia. we've got the huge area covered.

this is r t moscow what you see on your screen is now breaking news and we believe this to be the face of a foreign dictator it's not been confirmed a graphic picture there that photo was released to me claims by libyan officials that colonel gadhafi has died from his injuries after being shot by government troops during his capture earlier on today as a so that information still to be confirmed the news though comes from the city of sirte which has reportedly been freed from gadhafi loyalists after two months of fighting. the other top stories today peace breakers nato forces clash with serbs in northern kosovo for control over a disputed border area which the serbs consider their terror.