would you go for a robot definitely in the future if it was allowed. while most of us feel that the possibility of having an affair with a robot is something in the very distant future for some it's already reality i'm going to check our reporting from washington r.t. . as the u.s. presidential election hot sub the contenders are competing hard to make it to the white house the next online journalist laura hoffa nist to find out what people new york think about the race for the office. in the u.s. republican presidential hopefuls are duking it out with the gloves are off what is the world's make of these candidates this week let's talk about that do you think there's any difference between mitt and newt. no i think the both. who are sort of exclusionary and don't think

a lot about the people they're supposed to serve and their big difference between mitt romney and newt gingrich of which is there's no difference ron paul's republican think there's a difference with him really the other same for the much. better business. he's done a lot into a somewhat companies in the period yeah but he's also like gotten a lot of people out of jobs with his business he's been a little bit ruthless in his business and so you've got so much more to you so why would you trust him to represent you in represent the common man oh i don't trust him at all gingrich i don't like either. he's a little funny or his rhetoric is funny to watch entertaining is that important in a presidential candidate. i'm not going to vote for either one of them so it doesn't matter if you had to choose someone to run the u.s. who would you choose. the wrong person to ask i really like any of the candidates yeah but we got a big one we got a two zero merit i really doubt in our heart honestly dying good luck to us right

good luck do you think the rest of the world should care about what they who becomes the next president think so yeah why just by some the fact that you're much of global superpower to figure out what should feel as what's going on have you seen any coverage at all in scotland or yes but so news. and when you see it what do you think. will. good luck to you. yeah right of to talking heads. so it seems like here in times square today people have mixed emotions about who should be the next u.s. president let's see what u.s. citizens have to say about it come november. well some world news in brief for you now this hour iran's supreme leader has threatened to retaliate against the west over sanctions that include an oil embargo and increasing threats speech came as a response to the statement of u.s. defense secretary panetta said israel was likely to bomb iran within months u.s.

and e.u. have imposed a number of financial and oil sanctions against iran over its disputed nuclear program which they suspect could be used to make weapons. at least thirty seven people have been killed in south sudan during a shooter at a peace meeting gunmen in trucks arrived and began shooting indiscriminately after a fight broke out at the gathering the meeting was designed to bring an end to the recent violence of a stolen livestock hundreds have been killed in recent weeks as a result of disputes about cattle. europe's worst cold snap in decades has now claimed the lives of one hundred seventy five people one hundred have died in ukraine alone many from frostbite and hypothermia extreme temperatures even cause the black sea to breeze off the coast ridges in remote areas have been cut off with trucks are able to transport supplies heavy snowfall has led to the closure of schools and airports across europe.

there's a clash of cultures in kurdistan moderate forms of traditionally held sway here coming on the threat for more radical turtles so to fears over the affect of everyday life in the central asian republics a land that prone to instability after two revolutions in the last three years alone. kneeling down but standing tall tens of thousands of man praying at the country's central square just underneath the lenin monument even in this basket years the communist ideology couldn't bring to the streets as many people as islam does nowadays. the fist of sacrifice is one of the most important rights for all muslims you need to have a mosque an almost be a logical lifestyle differences that exist among the various branches of this one here in kurdistan. country has become

a testing ground for islamic missionaries of all kinds have the last in common with each other and they do a great chance for jews who just people converted to islam in the seventeenth century but they were never designed us about it mixed with germany's and the magic customs the good news version of islam has long been more of a moral code then a religious doctrine is how cheap a society where women are just as active and ambitious as men and when religiosity went hand in hand with good education but that is starting to change. after the collapse of the soviet union kurdistan has seen a very fast growth of islam some of it is the message driven poverty poor education corruption mistrust of authorities all of that is putting people to wars religion but much of it is also driven from abroad countries like pakistan saudi arabia kuwait a very generous when it comes to building mosques. islam is on the rise across all

of central asia but only in kurdistan have there the rich is adopted an open door policy. these are followers of the to believe jamal a group of islamic missionaries originated from pakistan its members have come up in many terrorism investigations and as a result the group was labeled extremist by many european governments in kyrgyzstan that community is growing fast. teach people hard of foreign happen it's hard to build your life in accordance with his wishes and by teaching this within ourselves while genders are becoming increasingly separated in public women and not left out in fact they are at the forefront of these lama christer gins in kyrgyzstan. more than half of students in this islamic academy

a females and their number has tripled in the past few years. when they graduate still get a diploma in arabic studies in sharia law there's a lot of interest in this areas and if they decide to work it shouldn't be difficult finding a job for him missionaries are not only spreading the word but greasing their palms to this man who claims to be a healer raft from yemen he sees three to four patients every day and for most reimbursement he claims to clear their ailments with the help of prayer. and. these changes encourage a society has many opponents some of them claim that saudi or pakistani versions of islam corrupt the country's traditional values built islam wouldn't cause when first islamic missionaries arrived here three centuries ago we were respectful of our customs that's why islam in kyrgyzstan has been very much indigo. they did with

our indigenous culture but the version of islam that's being pushed on nowadays with his jobs and restrictions is not only foreign to us it's aggressive the country's authorities are not oblivious to the ongoing islamization and some suggest are even trying to harness it here through the stands top officials are praying alongside the crowds they claim full religious freedom is the best strategy against radicalization out of the results of the arab spring have shown that circular governments are cracking under the pressure of political islam muslims are enormous human resource the one who knows how to manage this force will rule the streets. and for kurdistan which has seen two revolutions in five years there is hardly anything more pressing then finding an antidote against all hell breaking lose again come by car to see. well next a recap of today's headlines in just a covenant stay with us. for. the

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thank. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so for like you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and realize that everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm tom harpur welcome to the big picture. please. move. to. the be.

if. we. want. more news today violence has once again flared up the film these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada trophy showing up for a shelter on the day. plus

the hour here in moscow where the headlines now with the u.n. expected to take action on the syrian crisis activists in the country crime massacre as hundreds are allegedly killed by government troops in the points of homes u.n. security council meeting on saturday to consider voting on a controversial draft resolution aimed at ending the conflict. bolland protests against the police and the military government escalating in the post egypt several people killed and hundreds injured demonstrators are accusing the police of

negligence on the military council to step down. costs with just a month left until russia's presidential but tens of thousands are expected to rally in the streets of the capital later on saturday the criminals trying to ensure that the upcoming election is fair and transparent calling for more observers and installing work on two hundred stations. next hour special reports on the resetting u.s. russia relations and how it's being affected by america's controversial missile defense system in. the most vital national security interests of the united states would be most effectively realized not true hostility to russia a true cooperation with it. i see and russia and the united states can we just settlement of the establishment of a global missile defense system by which. this plan research is in jeopardy even

the new strategic arms reduction treaty between moscow and washington has been unable to help. at a time of warmer bilateral relations needs whose top brass decided to deploy a missile defense system aimed at protecting europe but they were setting up too close to russia's borders and moscow didn't view it as a friendly gesture. we want to defend the whole europe not just some european countries we want to european allies and friends to join on missile defense strategy. solution even in the event of the situation with a european missile defense system becoming unfavorable to russia we reserve the right to take no further steps in the nuclear disarmament area. the kremlin has repeatedly demanded that nato guarantees that the european missile defense shield

would pose no threat to russia's strategic interests sofa the west has refused to cooperate with moscow on the issue. intercontinental ballistic missiles are transported through snowbound russian forests under the cover of darkness. the movements are shrouded in secrecy the people in charge need to perform training drills and test the hardware on the roof . suddenly the convoy comes to a halt there's a forest stream blocking the hoss. crossing it's quite a challenge for the drivers of motor vehicles weighing many tons. as specially considering of

a carrying nuclear warheads. engine is make sure that the heavy launches safely reach the opposite bank with the most hazardous huddle behind it the convoy is on the move again. as the convoy forges ahead to its destination they leave the forest and pass through villages the sound of powerful engines thundering past is becoming a common occurrence lately for local people. low carb or we need such missiles to defend russia we were good we would be crushed if we didn't have them. that's all there is to it.

working when you hear them rumbling past you get a sense of great might there is no dealt we will be able to defend our country. without an agreement with the united states on missile defense and in the face of potential military threats russia was compelled to think of countermeasures. the country has declared in the past that it may withdraw from the strategic arms reduction treaty and said it will introduce measures to counter the missile defense . we will go ahead with the deployment of our missile defense system it is obvious that this presupposes deployment of its components in poland in romania in a radar station in turkey obviously this will also until the is their mission of amazing speed for american ships equipped with the system.

it is obvious that the missile defense system will be targeted at the russian federation rather than some mythical middle eastern countries possessing a virtual missiles. at least fifteen countries around the world have been involved with the nato missile defense shield. their radar stations in denmark and britain which is also host to interceptor missiles in canada too is going to join the project anti missile functions will be given to norad the agency responsible for north america's air and outer space defense. japan has decided to assist the nato missile defense shield it's taking part in the manufacture of a just into septa missiles. japan is going to build a forward based radar station on its territory. a similar radar station has already been built in turkey. the czech republic roumania hungary and poland are ready to

allow nato as missile defense complexes to be placed on their territory. that it that would make a forward based american military presence which means the deployment of bases in post is so. republics notably in central asia is an element of us global domination as a powerful ramified infrastructure any military base has the capacity to deploy units of agents supplying electronic intelligence. russia has taken adequate measures to counter such actions but i'm like nato it confines its activities to its own territory a radar station is being put on combat duty in the kaliningrad region russia's westernmost. tactical missile systems are being deployed in the country's west and . they can hit any target within a radius of up to five hundred kilometers. what is most important is that the russian ballistic missiles are being gradually equipped with new warheads capable

of overcoming nato's missile defense system. this lift carries people down to a secret radar station in european russia it's tucked away deep underground in a few minutes time major will be on duty to protect russia's space. to get everything about the station is classified the equipment behind these doors is the responsibility of special officers the station itself can operate autonomously it has its own power source and water supply and a ventilation system and. washington knows only too well that russia can easily control the entire space of

eastern europe this radio is one of the instruments the military installation protects the moscow region from attack by ballistic missiles it's thought to be controlled by russia's president who is also commander in chief of the armed forces . some time ago russia suggested to the united states that they jointly control delta space over the middle east he was in a similar radio transmitters stationed in azerbaijan if nato is top brass agreed to cooperate they would receive reports of any unauthorized iranian missile launches that washington would see as a threat to america. or in his developed milicic missiles capable of hitting targets in a little east in eastern europe this poses a threat to u.s. interests in the region. i don't agree with the u.s. government belief that this is a serious problem with iran is doing is they're using very simple

relevent nothing simple about rockets but the using very early generation rocket technology the only rockets they could build that could reach the united states would be enormous in size and not be mobile this city would have to be launched from fixed locations where the united states and russia if russia joined the united states could monitor these these missiles many in the united states dislike the views of theodore postol he maintains that the european missile defense system is ineffective the scientist estimates that it has no chance of protecting the united states from a rainy and missiles instead it creates problems for russia if russia believes the fence is not needed but it doesn't pose a theoretical threat to russia. my guess is that the russian government will say ok

you want to spend your national treasure this will help you so it solves the political problem and it provides a much more capable defense that with the united states currently built into them they would also be much cheaper. the professor believes that the purpose of nato is radar in europe is to track the movements of russian strategic weapons and to monitor russia's new military technologies. the real target could be russia but certainly it makes the people of europe less safe it draws them in in fact as a geo strategic pawn by great powers as they maneuver and use the missile defense shield not as a way to defend your not as a way to defend anybody in fact but to provide a first strike potential capability against the adversary.

this is how we are going to train ourselves in order to be ready for any situation . these people crossing a field of. have serious worries about the global situation. they feel that as long as nuclear weapons exist they need to know how to protect themselves. if they survive in the face of a real threat they need to have everything necessary close at hand. the coach tells them that a compass and a mobile phone unlikely to help. the problem is that we can only get our bearings by looking at tree branches there are more branches on the side where they are exposed to see. some light outside points to the south. the people involved

in a survival experiment will have to cover several kilometers in full gear their training mission is to reach an abandoned military base where they can hide from the harmful effects of radiation.

but i define it as a strike or throw you off but i do want to tell ya there's elam no way thank you so you get to among the trees yeah if you want to have sex go and have sex. from los angeles to chicago to birmingham twenty trauma centers have closed since two thousand severe problem is not enough inpatient beds not enough urgency department beds and not enough nurses to man does that to take care of all the people who are here the only real health care system that we have in the city of los angeles is the los angeles fire department in fact when i started my venture is a firefighter i didn't want to do your mass so i started out going to just do

firefighting it's about eighty two percent of what we do the fire department is medical but they had a rescue couple weeks ago waited four hours for i've waited sometimes three hours i was it's a same francis and we went for four hours and fifty minutes standing against a wall with a patient and we have a federal law that mandates that you can't turn no one away who seeks care in an emergency room. we have the most expensive health care system in the world and it's probably valued the least. alexandra sites for the family live in a military camp that is off limits to the public you. know if you go if you go. on yourself keep going with the good. alexander was in

a secret unit battling missiles when he's off to see if he always makes a point of spending time with his wife and children. he's well aware of the standoff between nato and russia. it makes him apprehensive about what kind of future awaits his son. was the most approving of course my wife and i often talk about the future. we would like to see a bright future without crises. and. we want everybody to live in peace and we want everything to be just fine. the i.c.b.m. so accompanied by a combat escort world today we have eyes covered ground very difficult conditions for a thrust forward i do hope everything will pass off without any incidents. trucks carrying nuclear warheads lined up in

a quiet glade the snowy forest provides good kemah flash for them together these mobile missile launches a cold and had gotten russian on the lingo they need to be ready for action at any moment. right dress. attention. come on major section chief says all reporting unit is ready. fully in. the aggregate for. four haste. the intercontinental ballistic missile known as the s.s. twenty five to make this move a twenty one meters long it's almost two meters in diameter and weighs about forty five tons of fuel. despite its impressive propulsion the russian missile still hits targets with absolute precision mage's on its of joy is making sure that the missile launches always in working order.