very vocal about corruption in washington i read your book and i got a sense of your frustration about the fact that while you were sent to jail people involved in the same corrupt practices are sitting pretty in their offices on capitol help well i'm not as frustrated that their people didn't go to jail or prison and prison is not fun and i wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy but i guess what i'm frustrated about is that when they had my hearings and trials and when i was sent off there was a big exclamation and celebration here that they cleaned up washington but in fact they didn't clean up washington and so when i came out after rethinking my life and what i was involved in i decided that if they want to clean up washington that i would help them figure out exactly how to do during that senate hearing when you were publicly bashed by the senate is what were you thinking what were your thoughts as you faced the distinguished panel well i probably was thinking they

were a little less distinguished than others were thinking i was reminded continually by every word out of there mel that they were among the many who her to sympathize in some of the corruption that they were accusing me of when one of the senators that senator campbell was accusing me of corruption and wrecking the democratic system i was thinking back to the breakfast i had with him a couple years you floor where i handed him checks for my clients contributions and he said that they would never have a problem with his committee so i was thinking that basically about each of them i didn't know a lot of them personally because i had people working for me i had a staff of about forty lobbyists and some of them knew the people who work for me but. i found the whole thing to be hypocritical it was a kangaroo court and it was a show people say you were a tory it seems your ability to buy members of congress how did you do that. i

don't think i was necessarily except on the margins much different than most of what goes on here but what happens here and what's unfortunate in which what i did in terms of pushing over the lines even of this activity is lobbyists and people want something from congress raise money for congressmen give money to congressmen in terms of political contributions by meals for them take them golfing take them on trips take them the sporting events and i probably did more of it than most did and i pushed over certain lines that are in the sand and broke the law but it's something that goes on far too often in washington you want to set in that kind of very very interesting that that once you just a moment you offered a job to a congressional staffer you owned them right there was no greater control that people could have over congressional offices than to have the head of that office know that they're going to come in a few months to come work for a lobbying firm from that minute on those people are focused on that lobbying from

their clients and it's not just me i see it all over us all over tell me it's not something i bet it it's something i noticed and something that i propose now to get rid of by banning people who work on capitol hill or are members of congress from ever joining the lobbying industry or the influence industry in america what did your clients want by investing in politics by investing in you well mostly my clients one of the federal government not to. get all over the back and tax them and check their businesses most the lobbying is defense keeping the government from doing things to industries and to companies and nigel's to help them avoid to the exact nature of it when i do have presented in a bunch of indian tribes and the way i got into it the first representation i had with the tribes was to stop the federal government from putting a thirty percent tax over the gross revenues of their gambling industry is what was interesting about your case it was not just politicians who cheated but also you you cheated your clients. namely those indian tribes with gambling interests pagan

mainly and so what i did was what i did was where we're what i pled guilty to was some of the efforts that we did for the clients in their states worst to stop their competition from taking away their markets that would crush their competition yes yes we would attack their competition and we would do everything we could to keep them from invading the market of our client and that's normal in america fortunately for better or for worse that's not something we we made up what i have any regrets about doing that well i think end of the day i regret using the political process as a weapon against competitors because at the end of the day i don't think the government should be used like that i didn't have a problem with that. and i shouldn't even if we're talking about millions of dollars in contributions it's still peanuts for any big corporation it's a tiny fraction of what they make did you get a sense of how powerless average americans are when the interest so big

guys like that are at stake on capitol hill well americans have a very tough time competing with these special interests special interests come in with a lot of money and you're right it's miniscule amounts of money compared to what they could do and some of them do a lot of money but it's still a small amount the problems the average citizen here is not engaged politically and when there are able to bring in money and influence members of congress to vote on things that are not good for the country and not good for the general interest because somebody with a special interest is pushing right that's where the problem starts so what i propose in my book and the efforts that i've been engaged in a sense side gotten out of prison is a way to separate money out of politics here and basically to say that if you're a lobbyist or you're somebody who's trying to get something from the government here you may not give a dollar politically of any kind and that that's one of the four things that i've proposed to clean up the system i think it's very important because the end of the day political country. missions if i give you something if you're

a congressman and i give you a contribution and i want something from you that contribution may not be called a bribe but it is a broad at the end of the day how many members of congress are involved in corruption like that bribery like that well i mean ultimately every member of congress who's taking a check a contribution from a lobbyist or from a company or from a union or anyone who needs or get something from washington whether it's conscious or not they're involved in it alternately you can't accept something from somebody without unless you're a oh yes absolutely they all do and what i'm saying is you can't as a human being if somebody gives you something you're going to feel gratitude and even if you don't do with that person once right there you say look i can't you can't buy my vote for two thousand dollars and most of them say that of course but the issue is if you do something nice for me in my heart i'm going to have to feel little bit better about you and what i'm saying is that is the moment of the

problem if you're a public servant with all the crimes that you committed there's still a sense that you were used as a poster boy is kind of a scapegoat for the corrupt system that is very much alive and kicking i want to ask you about the supreme court decision from almost two years ago that allows on limited campaign contributions lobbyist must be really happy about that decision aren't they some are some are you i think the decision was for the most part very good the decision basically said that people shouldn't have the right to get money constricted i don't have a problem with that what i have a problem with his people who want something back giving money even a dollar that's the difference with with me now corporations the problem with corporations the ladies you are contradicting yourself you were just talking about how any contribution can be seen as bribery and now you're saying no being able to funnel as much money as you want is perfectly fine in today's politics no i don't think so i think people should have the right to get think i've been fairly has this night i mean not to. spec'd anything in return one on one and why should you

expect something in return there are a lot of people who give money in this country by the way because they like the ideology of the candidate they like the candidate themselves they're not going in there and asking for a grant or a tax break or or a contract most people don't do that but it still contradicts what you were saying a few moments ago and that is with any form of contribution especially a big contribution an elected official finds themselves in a situation when they told their benefactors somebody is worth a trillion dollars they live in some form in kansas and they never have any contact with any cars whatever and they see some congressmen they love they want to get a million dollars because they think they're fantastic and they never ask for a thing from the person i personally think that's all right and i'm very hard to track down who ask possibly i've talked i've talked to law enforcement about this about my ideas and once the laws are set in place i think that they are capable of figuring it out that decision only created a further complication in my view in the sense that it brought corporations in as

a possible donor to political efforts and again don't you think it effectively legalize this corruption in washington why i think corruption is legal in washington right now thousands of people took to the streets across america to say no to jack paper mouth's to say no to corrupt politics in washington do you think there is a chance that action like that that awareness like that can change anything i think the occupy wall street movement had behind it some good in saying problem is that they didn't organize themselves like the tea party movement did which was political tea party movement had a dramatic impact on the last election and probably will still in this election and i spoke to them to the occupy people quite a lot and told them that until they get themselves organized politically they're not going to be meaningful because in america street protests don't really mean people don't like street protests in america first of all the destructive there's banda wising there's unsanitary things that go on. and most americans are repelled

by that but what most americans will respect is political activism an organization on the left or on the right now i think that there is anger out there and maybe they don't have the money to hire lobbyists. you know they're fighting i might not be a bad thing but. you know american people don't need a lobbyist they need to organize themselves i think that in america getting it to first of all class and b. i think is very dangerous we've seen that every great. to tell a tarion movement in certainly in the twentieth century started with class envy instead of class and be able to focus themselves not on those who succeed but those who cheat to succeed in the sense of using the government and using the state to make their lives easier to make more money and there are plenty of those that you know it's like like i did like i help my clients do and like every lobbyist helps their clients do unfortunately had it not been for the jail time which you have been just as with penn king as you are now if i hadn't had the fall if i hadn't had

been destroyed i would love to sit here and tell you i would have all my own come to how bad this was and you know i should have been doing what i should have been valving that kind of lobbying but i'm not going to lie to you i would never thought that i thought i was doing the right thing that's the sad part of it all for me so as i look back i would have stopped i would have still been doing it instead of sitting here with you i'd be sitting on capitol hill negotiating something for one of my clients it took my getting killed for me to come to that realization that i should have been there what do you plan to do. in the process of. possibly want to open the t.v. show thank you. lose

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i know that. the welcome to the program firms for joining us this hour and headlines. off the mark murray shop was quiet for a second open toddling five years gets going in style. while on the men's side of the action defending champ a noble joker which dropped just two games on his way to a straight sets whitewash. anton winning three tries. to read their full protective victory in the. start with tennis where roger federer has advanced into the third round of the australian open the world number three didn't actually play in the second round opponent congress back to germany withdrew from the tournament with an injury seven feet tall most republican to make

any interview next round after between all of the. three sets one wanted also qualified for round three defeated lost. in the only three starts to go to the next round the second seed planted germany's tom six four six three six four. russian female player involved in the action on the third day of the tournament nina broad chiller successfully made it into the next round. in straight sets six two six one leave now wants to strong for. the chinese dropped the ball game throughout the match. almost perfect as the eleventh seed. for its bronze six love six one and while the one and top seed colin was not. sold on the top of six one seven six to join the third

round to suppose. i world number one know the joke which raced into the second round at the expense of pile of rain. needing just an hour and a half to kill all three talents like resistance six to six six laugh to finish up some terrible trouble i hope this makes i should think that changed from for me winning two thousand and eight in last year was that. i get on to the court. believing in my abilities more dinner then i did back then and playing more consistent playing well in a consistent level throughout the whole year rather than two thousand and eight. in the women's game maria sharapova who is seeking her second australian open crown asian made it into the second round of the two thousand and eight champ was

a no nonsense word again just the other dual call of argentina. to the opening set before winning a long rally for the match six six one the final score there delighted to be off the mark. i had a pretty tough first chinatown and coming into my first in one of the year. for some speed last time i played at a major so. you can definitely play some really good tennis and you can just mentally prepare for the. skating running in other parts so. i think a pretty good aggressive. another russian maria kirilenko is also through to the second round following a straight sets six four six two victory over a local player jamila. while very disheveled failed to book

a place in the second round following a straight sets defeat to second seed frantically to check now meet allosaurus of our offspring. you know the news that russia has claimed to get another gold medal at the first winter a youth olympic games in spring mr serious a dog won the women's cross-country five kilometer classic rushing completed the distance in a time of fourteen minutes and eighteen seconds so even is an american finished almost twenty seconds behind the winner unfold to brunch at the tunnel fifty minutes and one point. that i saw in the kontinental hockey league back on winning ways the armament thresh nifty him in for one on home ice to claim their fourth consecutive victory and blue state chances for plouffe sport robot fodder now has more. the stakes are high cisco gearing up to secure a playoff spot in the western conference need to him make trying hard to bellow out

in the east their first clears this season was an extra work with the federal chemists proving to be stronger than three two tuesday night in the russian capital so the muscovites fired back in style just four minutes into the game but they're just law quiet he's gone to give their only men believe one nil the home side kept on building up pressure here is denise partially driven through the visitors the fans i. lifted him excel at their chances on counter-attacks keeping the host goalie stunna busy showing off his skills. however it was sisko who scored again said edition of question in seconds after the first intermission to make it to nil stanek at shining sitting one shot after

another while his team mates kept on scoring in playing one man down nicolas person breaking away and netting in style here three nil. and when it came to the army men in a power play they promptly to run the alexei yashin repped of the scoring for nil eight minutes from the final whistle visitors didn't give up the fight and managed to score a consolation goal but after the outcome it's always easier when you see the boys are playing well and working hard. to work hard for them and when they scoring it's always also call for us not just to damn. this game because the boys can score and. the lock is on our side so. it's always easier when you're. just cleaned their fourth consecutive win although thursday.

did you try and get. worse. r.t. . staying with the case as it was a very busy tuesday in the league so here are the rest of the results of eastern conference latest trying to beat the best in the east start something to berth three one syllable to life need time to be put away in slovakia three of the games finished in a shootout after the least virus and rode their luck. moving into full now where espanyol has made a remarkable comeback from two goals down to miranda in the first leg of their copper the record final the third had already knocked out phil rail and racing centanni and the road to the last eight in the course of events showed that they were ready to continue battering primera liga sides a goal from arroyo and probably in front silenced the home crowd but had only twenty minutes to twelve minutes to actually perform their miraculous five back

from eighty feet to the eighty nine minutes the house now two great goals to find themselves the winner is in this drama spaniard spoiled the decider for the atoms. in the meantime barcelona prepared to take on their eternal rivals from madrid within the same stage of the spanish cup pep guardiola gave his credit to poland and doesn't stick to the outcome of the first classic of the season when barcelona fully deserved their three one victory. from computers i guess that will but you sure are severely champions of this can petition in the leaders of the spanish league we also have the best record in the chambers league groups each this time as we're playing against the strongest royal we can ever fleece in any can petition will we should be ourselves in play the best possible game to schoolgirls with our thoughts on the second leg of. finally in the english premier league chelsea have

paid almost eleven million dollars for bolton wanderers defender garak a healthy twenty six year old england international holroyd and made seven appearances for the national team wants to continue his progress with the blues but i got to a stage a ball and where it was nice to move on and as always move on i'll be alive sour grapes or whatever i moved on in good light i moved on for a forward step in my career so i just want to improve again now i've got to a level that i need to keep improving going out with. ok that's all the sports news for the moment more into hours time here on r.t. for the next stay with us.

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sing live from the heart of the russian capital you're watching r.t. amid a cause by the u.s. to increase international pressure on the syrian president to step aside that ask us is now saying arab league monitors to extend their mission in the country efforts against any change in the scope of their brief observers are to ensure compliance with a peace plan but the mission has drawn criticism from syrians themselves for failing to help stop the violence sara furthur ports. i'm going to prove that these were the scenes they greeted observers as they invoke some one of the final visits around the country for their observer mission ends it comes to the town of sway just twenty minutes from the center of damascus thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank the people.