barlu says once again. these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. train operation through today. thanks for joining our team at half past the hour i'm karen tara and these are your headlines the british prime minister turns his tour of asia into a weapon sales pitch seeking arms deals with nations in the pacific a move many seen as an attempt to undermine china's growing clowns as comes on the heels of the united states and building up its military presence in the region. syria says government troops will stop all military operations on thursday morning and in accordance with the u.n.

brokered deadline for a ceasefire with opposition fighters that's despite some western countries again lashing out at the assad regime for its alleged failure to stick to commitments. and the powerful earthquake and subsequent aftershocks triggered tsunami warnings in indonesia and several other countries in the indian ocean there were no immediate reports of deaths or damage following the eight point six magnitude quake . now with the u.s. elections coming up in november what's really on the minds of the american people for some answers to that artie's going to chicken spoke to the c.e.o. of the international polling giant gallup who says pollsters are often more in tune with the public than politicians. i'm sitting down with jim clifton the c.e.o. of gallup the organization that conducts pm polls you know over one hundred forty

countries and that's where you go when you want to find out what americans think about some of the most important issues of the day mr clinton thank you very much for joining me i pledge or what seems clear about opinion polls is that very much depends on the questions asked and with this regard there's something i'd like to comment on there were two different polls not tied to our. first given the choice between israel conducting strikes on iran's nuclear program or the united states and other world powers pursuing our negotiating solution like they ran nearly seven out of ten americans choose diplomacy and there was another poll when the question was asked differently would they support a military action if there is evidence that they were building a weapon the majority said yes so there were two polls one where the majority said yes to war and another one where you already said yes to diplomacy. do you think that. the wording of questions just might singing norma's some

difference one of things that we've noticed is if you put the word freedom. free in a question it really changes its outcome it's also one of the reasons why special interest groups try to put the word free in their campaign so like unions with that check you know there's a misprint it's called a free choice and. any time you put the words you're very powerful and. in our questions if your question is do you believe that the people writing that question can make it come out any way they want pretty much so what do you recall saying about iran. americans are not nearly as war aggressive as we were. a few years ago we have enormous. war fatigue now that's not really a positive for

a run in the way that americans believe that iran has nuclear capabilities they believe that they're evil all that they want to do bad and all that kind of thing but americans really want to take a break from war that's what the polls say you know policymakers they probably regularly follow your course poll so i'm posting general do you think a very negative poll can stop a war that's a hell of a question. you can't stop a war. i think it can play a role in stopping a war by the way when. president roosevelt said we might have to take our boys to war against germany americans i mean overwhelmingly said no war and roosevelt went to war anyway so

it's certainly the gallup poll and public opinion certainly didn't stop that war whether or not it causes just to pull out of iraq pull troops out of afghanistan i don't think the poll does that but like a lot of other. information i'm sure it plays a role you mentioned iraq in the run up to the iraq war gallup showed right before the war seventy two percent support among the americas and that's important as much lower before the war was i now so there was a factor of rallying behind the leader what do you think it affects more on what the pm polls on the leaders or the leaders on the opinion polls. sort of neither one what it is that is that americans are getting educated on what the crisis is so so in america only about twenty percent of americans follow the news like you and me and all those people that were in here a little while ago so when we're taking our polls like of possible war in iran

you've got a whole bunch of americans that aren't following it all up until it gets serious you say to me so it's about spinning thing its way to run the news gets there i would say spinning as much as just advancing those but there being a poll by gallup recently that you would look at and say oh boy why doesn't the government take over it all took our act accordingly great. guy and i i roll around on the floor i've had this same job for twenty four years but i roll around on the floor all the time i just look and say how how can you how can you not see this. one is. there's about six million. businesses in the united states almost all of them are small so the government thinks is that the businesses aren't growing because the banks won't loan the money. that's a real important promise that they have so then they all say what are we going to

do to get banks the law is a perfect example of not knowing what's on the minds of the people and then making stupid policies that make everything worse so we do a poll of the six million businesses and we say to them what's the biggest problem you have for growth they don't save they don't say get the money they can get money what they say is that they lack confidence in the economy because of the all the new regulations as far as foreign policy one of the places that i get concerned our state department intelligence defense everybody we there's a huge black hole. in that we're not very good at. mathematically describing huge shifts of the will of civilizations of people of this given example right now if you were to ask the united states government to mathematically

describe the relationship between muslims and the west so you get a little better it's got a little worse or staying about the same. they're honest answer all of them as we don't know. how the hell do you manage relationships between i mean that's a really important. relationship as far as geopolitics for the united states goes russia goes everywhere it goes but they have no map and so they don't know if it's getting a little bit better if it's getting a little bit worse but if you don't know that when you're making policies around it you make a mistake mistake mistake there thing that you don't know is what's driving let's just say the suffering so let's take egypt we saw suffering rising very quickly before the revolution so you knew about it beforehand or the government was not going to have handled it like we as a group of leaders in the united states aren't very good with america all

behavioral economics so we tend to deal with activities after they've happened rather than. earlier on the curve before they happen you see what we could have done is i mean let's say that you wanted to. help egypt i don't know if you want to help the barracks leadership or not but we could have said hey guys you better be careful that suffering is rising very very quickly who requests the world holds nobody. how you decide on the question we have a group of what we think are the best pollsters in the world employed here. and then we go out and and there's a whole bunch of very very good pollsters and behavioral economist at universities and then we go and ask their opinions did you ever get a phone call from a government official saying thank you as the american people what they think about this and very important issue. yes we know we get those all the time

so i'm so we probably got i said i was so we got a hundred we'll get hundreds of them this week. and they also have the questions to ask you know we take it into consideration many questions are obviously biased and altered all that but there are analysts go into a room and they write with they believe to be a non-biased question another people pay us is polling a business. it is for us. where does the money come from well actually. our clients we do proprietary work for fortune five hundred companies and what we're really good at is doing pulls of their customers with huge samples we help them build strategies so they can be more competitive what's the dynamic in terms of opinion polls as far as the economy among the american people running or the way it was four years ago the rate is down

well. of course we're going just fine and two thousand and seven first part of two thousand and eight then we crashed down and we've been down. but now it's coming back a little bit not a lot back out but put back a little bit enough to when president obama the next election i don't think quite yet. well we ask right now if you're to vote tonight who to vote for obama or romney and according to the gallup poll if we vote tonight romney will beat him because you know you may very well vote for romney but not for him you're just voting against the president is there a survey what are the main reasons not to vote for the president it's just strictly unemployment the reason i think just one reason

as far as foreign policy i think foreign policy plays no role at all right now i mean if something really big happens so israel bombs iran and we've got to back. i mean some will make a little bit of a difference but americans are the place right now they don't want to hear about foreign policy they should but they don't i mean they should be concerned about all of those same enough we don't hear about war we don't hear bonnie and that we want to hear about how come my brother in law and my sister in law and my sister my kids not only don't have work but they have no hope for a job we get up those unemployment real close to twenty percent in this country. not not eight point five at twenty because you know if i come over and mow your lawn and you pay me twenty dollars that the garden of labor statistics does not count me as an employed very few people know that so the number of employed is a very very soft so there's

a hundred fifty million people that want work so that means that thirty million are out of work sixty percent of them tell gallup they have no hope for getting a job so that's eighteen million and that just puts a damper on voting. because their president. there's two questions or do i think they should you know do they yes thank you very much my pleasure. first. thing. i passed.

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the british prime minister turns his tour of asia into a walk in sales pitch seeking arms deals with nations in the pacific a move many see as an attempt to undermine china's growing clout which this comes on the heels of the united states building up its military presence in the region. syria's government troops will stop all military operations on thursday morning in accordance with the u.n. brokered for a cease fire with opposition fighters that's despite some western countries again lashing out at the assad regime for its alleged failure to stick to commitments.

tens of powerful earthquake and subsequent aftershocks triggered tsunami warnings in indonesia and several other countries in the indian ocean there were no media reports of deaths or damage following the eight point six magnitude quake. hits here next with all the latest from the world of sport. hello welcome to the wednesday night sport roundup for the top stories. final this drama are taking on gold there in moscow to decide who play ribena in the russian cup final after the design side won to realize i'm sure i'll start. while top target manchester united to go one step closer to a record twenty is top flight time as they go to relegation wigan while city host west brom on a crunch night in england. modernize all bust rushes by our own coach involved on

pickler exclusively shares his formula the success of the sochi olympics after the worst ever season for the national side. but first of all and twice former russian champions rubin have squeezed into their second russian part final in three years after a controversial late to no defeat at the hands the last of what the game looked like it was heading into extra time should even say victories got too late goals sort of go through some sort of a case even at a debatable open that with nine minutes to go directly waved away of bills though arthur did appear before striking and even a small nickel prize in goal such would not as minutes later fall down on moscow now have a chance to reach their first final in thirteen years if they win attempt to put out of play really exciting folder that's the home side are a goal down and break out on target for the visitors nineteen minutes in london to gold or it is. well meanwhile in england this wednesday nights the top three and the bottom two are all in action in four premier league games where the results

could go a long way to deciding that's what it will really go well this morning champions manchester united to lead by eight points go to wigan the relief something boss and you to call different site in place once the city house west brom hoping to capitalize on any slip ups well as their rivals forgotten q.p.r. welcome stuffing swanzy and all small kids can. all of a third place with or without walls that manage your ass and bank it is whether. it's over. look at the results in the problem approach to how much every time the excuse is. because it is fall because. you. don't expect to grow up with your favorites. of course forward but those were. consistent since two moms are going off moms. doing. me one on tuesday nights and one

little definitely starts a late three two victory in a stroller it's driving back to the reds quickly when it's tuna last thanks doing next year rodriguez braced stress standing up and xander dhoni was then sent off to new for us so choice theory brad jones then stated i think when you think this result and i don't think that's the writer's strike last week you made amends by pulling it all back and then only our jonesy thought inexplicably poorly done and this time the nigerian very despotic team too but andy carroll is the last gasp hecate the reds victory that remain in the relegation zone but really became his allegation and liverpool's first victory in five and a timely boost had a saturday's that's a cup semifinal against merseyside rivals but when you. look at top of god read history in the past it's prehistory is we'll show. cause we're going to give you all. i want to thank you so important much for both of us. so the

supermarket always show you what we're seeing or be able to learn about you know we're going to show you because if we were to try and give yourself every opportunity to get to fail. for me while i were in spain defending champions barcelona and i was just one point behind lead israel madrid after a foreigner else rushing up the pathway of the newtown school or twice to meet the cattle on site within touching distance of rail we still have a game in hand while in other results also soon a cap that they europa need big with a two no home win over espanol and rail for theater as three one one with rail bets . on me while in france there is hours i live earth both third division side after they lost formula one can giants new instantly finals in the french cup of course inside it stunned league one leaders mowbray in the quarter finals but this time the game turned into thirty eight minutes after the queen a was sent off for a violent tackle and run riot in the second half i think is only luck as that from that of the first in the sun soon added another ten and

a half years resistance crumbles have already piled on the agony of the third to ten minutes from time to go to the to the final go on it in the final deal will face either third division preview or something and play this wednesday. over back in russia before inspectors have kicked off that three day tour of the south of the country prepares for its first ever world cup to be held in twenty eighteen thousand dollars the first stop is one of the thirteen city's biggest days the ultimate football spectacle only eleven or make the final list because not already provides the home for a couple of top flight sides but a brand new stadium would be built for the world cup all the local level he's also going to be upgraded to meet the possible influx of fans something that the organizers i think region. regionalism is a nutritionist to be certain. everything that was in the world cup. because of the bottom. all the venues will be used. there's already

a. certain minimal build. but in the meantime russia has risen one place to eleventh in the monthly fee for world rankings the really puts it down because man just about italy you drop down to the top ten current swells of european holders spain are still untouchable at the top germany though now right behind we have you a guy cracking the top three for the first time in their history england dropped one place to seven three the f.a. yet to name a new manager as head of this summer's european championships in poland and ukraine . now in the n.b.a. the russian islands new jersey nets have been eliminated from postseason contention for a fifth straight time. rushing by the philadelphia seventy six ers on home court while owner drop off was actually at the prudential center let's go back to part of the system not for some reason there on williams leaving the way for the host to play the i think water

a twenty year piece but it was all philadelphia out of bounds the williams spencer hall's study is young will pay off the bench to sponsor a runner to victory one hundred seven one hundred eighty eight the final mystery of the sixers putting an end to that talk losing streak and their servants in the east . and finally the russian women's biassed long coach. a school of thought countries but aeration to modernize if they want to win medals at the home olympics in sochi continuous time but of course the reports. i'm said to. come in on the can work for us we have to do a lot. only two years before. we have a meeting a really important meeting we have to train file structure we have to work really finally for sorting we have to make a straight way we are one of six week side from russia sport is

a lot of money goes left and right cause more problems on the right direction i think mr perot horror from oh it's likely some problems very successful businessman and this is. we are not really on the line talking about sports in general do you think this is the main problem in sports in general in russia the fact that it hasn't modernized it hasn't come into the twenty first century. it's peak. big. mistake or they cannot they they are not now on the final on a friendly way and since we have to change. play we cannot wait for them or improve you have to start to play. and then we have a really short time to make it really good for sochi in sochi is everything to in russia here not the burka a year not this summer olympics in london i only thought she and i understand the question or understand how important this i'm here if my best but

it is it's really important that everybody understand and we have only several days. and we have one hundred fifty percent successful in russia sort of problems with drugs and with doping over the last few years and. nine before one can for lympics you one hundred percent sure that the russian team is my clean. not. everybody is cleaner but i see. the structure. it's appropriate for me to help or what often said people shrink will become your game and absolutely it's one of the reasons that they come to russia i trust them and they i see how they fight because russia they make tests they know you'll support we have really. coaches doctors and stuff more we

can do and one thing one hundred percent in my team everybody's clean what would you conceive for success at the sochi olympics. will be your four medals in france really also is that just a lottery luck of the day almost. always a little more quickly but if. you. dislike in a school if you're prepared for examine them you're it's easier for you to break it you have to prepare the team really it wouldn't be fair for for medical kind of every race if you look at the can say. every race. can be no matter if so then we have a chance to make this not come up and if you have so much you think you only got to close my eyes if you can yes it's ok. that's all the sport for this wednesday on

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