the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. showing corporations rule the day. you are with r t here's a look at the top stories russia seeks to break the iranian nuclear standoff by hosting an international conference in moscow all sides are dogging deep with tough new american and european sanctions looming over to iran which refuses to relinquish its right to atomic energy. griese grants the euro zone a stay of execution and that's after probate party takes the lead in parliamentary elections but the debt crisis will still be giving g. twenty leaders plenty of headaches as he meets in mexico. egyptians are gathering in central cairo dads as islam is claim an unofficial early lead in the first

democratic presidential poll since the ouster of hosni mubarak official results are expected to be announced on thursday. now r.t. says down with an american lawyer and democratic party politician who also served as a u.s. senator chris dodd is the focus of our interview next. christoper farmer he left center it's great to have you with us things to be with you as well so you regularly meet with russian leaders what do you think what's your perception of what will change u.s. relationships now with putin back you know face well it is changing and all for the better i mean there are always going to be. those going to be patches you get

involved in but when you consider that my head of gray hair i've been around my very first trip to russia has nine hundred seventy five ahead of black hair i was a freshman thirty year old congressman and this is very different place and a very exciting place to be so i'm i'm very high and optimistic on the relationship i've often felt that. that americans and russians actually are almost almost related i think we're more comfortable with each other than we i was almost any other people in the globe had there's a theory that the united states and russia can't live without it i mean it's what it's like it's like a family member that we we go through these patches and this is family members do they'll they'll love each other one minute and they'll be scrapping with each other the next but i think we're more comfortable with each other the way almost all with anybody else in many ways and so i'm very optimistic about the relationship but quite i think has a better chance of sealing the deal with putting romney or obama that's that's an impossible question to answer my view would be that both of them would understand

how valuable this relationship is how important is this relationship is far too important russia place too important a role today and will continue to do so and so you want to maintain that relationship so whether we're talking about syria or iran or. the european. union's problems today economically and every single instance russia's important player in the need to maintain that relationship well we're gonna lose the fact that we do have dear feelings towards each other facts are stubborn and brush and the united states can't really find common ground on key security issues just mentioned syria also the european missile defense of course is a very sore point what does it take to break the ice leadership change you said you don't know that it's an impossible question but then what common threat what other common threats can help common economic interests listen i would wish there was a lot more cooperation on syria at this particular moment but the fact is and i think i understand russia's perspective on this not that i agree with it

necessarily but i think i understand it but that situation is troublesome as it is ought not to sort of deal rail much larger set of issues dealing with global security issues global economic issues which must transcend even this an issue as important as syria's now that russia and china have blocked us sponsor tearin security resolution which could entailed a possible for invasion of syria is that what's keeping the united states from invading the country or there are other reasons and that's the major what i think were uneasy about you know who you arming who's who's the other side i mean you may not you may wish that assad were leaving that there'd be an opportunity for more openness in syria but but you know it's who really is this other side what are you getting with all of this what does that mean in the end is that these people you necessarily want running the country or is it just one faction versus another trying to gain political control and that you may not be coming out with a better result necessarily so i think it's complicated the tendency of the news

media is to say these are all the good guys these are all the bad guys i'm not sure it's quite that simple despite the temptation to want to draw those conclusions but could the u.s. really sustain another war at this point well that's another matter that's a debate that's our own personal reasons i think president obama's correct in this regard despite the press. from some of the american congress today for arming the opposition in syria i think candidly we're kind of exhausted this is been a very lengthy more than a decade decade and a half and frankly as we're pulling back now out of afghanistan we're done in iraq except for the troops that are remaining for the reasons you know i think the american public right now would like to sort of pull back and not be as engaged as we have been in these places and to get engaged again for who knows for how long and how deeply you'd be involved in it because of a reason as well for us to want to stay out of them why do you think worse have become so inherent to u.s.

foreign policy i mean if you look at it it's a president goes to a new war why is that i don't think a lot of us inherited in some ways i mean the arab spring this was an orchestrated by the united states or anyone this was obviously this was a groundswell of support occurring in that part of the world and i know others i think assume somehow we orchestrated all of this nothing could be further from the truth what was happening in those in the squares in cairo who were homegrown people wanting to express themselves one of the basic freedoms that any human being would want regardless where they live in the world and so trying to understand it and help provide support where you could without crossing lines here i think were natural phenomena us and i think we are probably correct in being supportive of those voices seeking to have greater freedoms and greater opportunities for themselves the distinction between doing that and actually becoming in gauged in it as we were in libya for instance in the ouster of khadafi. is a is

a delicate. point which you cross over and you become more meshed in the in the in the conflict and i think president obama rightly is cautious about us becoming too quickly involved by supplying arms to one side or the other or becoming engaged directly ourselves in all of this despite our will. in this to be supportive i know that you've been an avid critic of the u.s. war in iraq if you look at leave. after the invasion after he was ousted and killed terminated. there's been quite a mayhem inside the country you can't really pull back after that could you see another iraqi scenario unfolding in libya well again i don't even say i think that you're right i thought you were going to finish the sentence by saying with who's running the place today i mean in a sense that's the the dangers in all of these things you know the devil you know the devil you don't know kind of situation so clearly it was so repressive what was occurring there and libya may have to go through

a period here where you don't go if the media transition from ousting a brutal dictator to a jeffersonian democrats that shows up there are periods here of transition which libya is going through that are brought painful to watch but that libya does need america right now just as iraq that i'm there as well and others and again. this is a case where i think russia could play a role i know they didn't want to necessarily be involved in supplying military hardware and gauging in the conflict as it was developing but i don't think that a lot of now cause you to not find a way to become involved in a constructive way to help that country get on its feet and find its center and give it an opportunity to grow and to provide some decent opportunities for people in that country so the fact that you rejected the idea of being involved in the ouster khadafi ought not to preclude it seems to me that now turning around and say we didn't do that this is the outcome how can we be constructive and help now get

this country back on its feet and stabilize it for good a little bad back to the reset policy that obama has started. you know always leave brought a warming up in russia us relationships and from what it looks from the outside two sides are meeting they're eager to exchange they're nice to each other but when it comes to time self defense the reason. really nothing you can do about it how much of it of recent is about form rather than substance now that you look at it well again i'm not involved today as it was in the past but i think a lot of it probably is about more about form but it's an important issue i mean again the optics of it are important in what it but it means in terms of building a relationship of mutual respect the cold war is over with and yet we still find people acting as if it had gone anywhere and it has it's been relegated to the dustbin of history and that's to everyone's benefit and it seems to be we need to be thinking about this relationship in the context of the twenty first century and how we have more common problems to address but both sides to use sort of anti

us and anti russian referee when it comes to predilection campaign here's my question does obama even need to reset policy for his reelection well again i you know the issues are always domestic and it's economic questions and again the rhetoric of campaigns we've seen everywhere they were not unique in that regard can sometimes become excessive. but i don't think this issue necessarily is going to have a dominant role in the in the presidential election despite the fact that so motto i think the president's on a good job in foreign policy and i think there's a general respect for the fact that he's done that good job even though there are disagreements with certain aspects of it the issue of this campaign is going to be about one issue and one issue only and that is the economy and whether or not people are optimistic about the future or not and if they have a sense that things are getting better as tough as they are but they're getting better under this administration the president be reelected overwhelmingly people have a sense it's getting worse not better it's going to be

a close race so we're not going to hear any anti russian rhetoric just to get some republican guard on to present obama i mean you've heard some. governor romney to some i'm not sure where that comes from it's kind of seems out of place it almost seems like it's the kind of conversation might have heard one hundred fifty not in two thousand and twelve christoper thank you very much for this intense use of fish .

we have a full full force will give him a note so we have a lot of the only groups of the being called to the sluices all star views in the whole movie right enough to my mind it was like many of them out h. it wasn't forced marriage it's the smadi when i was fifteen yes you can liberate other women and you certainly can't do it through the barrel of a gun salute effective social changes can be the afghans themselves afghan men and women we believe are going to stun them not to or to cross paths without the participation of its chemical position and that of construction but stop people in the obama administration talking about how much they care about the women of afghanistan it's not true they don't care about the women of afghanistan.

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now and of course so the latest action from the world of sports you know the orange army is now more at the european championships the great. team on this occasion the netherlands marina are twenty twelve with even registering a single point well the germans though march on in style in the same group be the germans the exact opposite three games to three wins they're looking very very good for the first title since one thousand nine hundred six more not coming up in just a tick. thanks for joining us this monday morning here in central moscow this is sports day plenty ahead including all this. orange squash the netherlands exit euro two thousand and twelve of the group stages following defeat to a christiana and although inspired portugal. green no more webb simpson security

his first ever major title after a thrilling final round up the u.s. open. truck test of the pick shortened season hopefuls gear up for london twenty twelve at the annual it's not meant schema morial meet held just outside school. lets start up the european championships where another two schools have booked their quarterfinal berths but twenty ten world cup finalists the netherlands are into one of them for more on that exciting day's action from group b. here is k. partridge germany and portugal guys through to the quarter finals of euro two thousand and twelve off the price of them on their final match using group three the sample group looked at two one while first down was portugal against holland and the dutch needed to win by a two goal advantage and also hope that the danes did them a favor by between germany the dutch started well rafael van de vos he opened off eleven minutes but after that he became the christiane i rinaldo show talismanic portuguese paper finally finding his scoring base and he leveled up to twenty eight

minutes and then off to help the prostate out how to go disallowed prophesied in the second half and made a host of chances he managed to get the winner off to seventy four minutes to ensure that portugal won two one the portuguese they maintained their unbeaten record in the group stage of the year raised by for the dutch it was a shock at nine out of the three straight games for the first time ever in the european championships and they get knocked out of a major tournament in the group stage for the first time since one thousand nine hundred and they finished bottom of the great won over and live off that was a turn then. germany versus denmark and germany started well they could put all three on his one hundred appearances for germany at the age of just twenty seven here in print after eighteen minutes but then there's a bit of a surprise on the cons of denmark equalised marco primed to be the man who shot the dutch in there i've been in game he came back to equalise no one point to look like the germans even though that won the first two matches could actually go out the bulls and the prime start the fifty two minutes and then germany do what they saw often during particularly the year as they found

a victory nine minutes to go along and he come on chris first appearance in germany he got the winner see when he was germany finished top of the group they go through denmark they finished their hearts were broken. yeah incredible stuff so let's take a look at the final reckoning in group b. a quite extraordinary sight at the bottom with the netherlands failing to register even a single point after their three games table toppers germany no i mean greece in the last eight twelve portugal in the czech republic to go head to head for a place in the semifinals. it's been a weekend to remember for webb simpson on the greens the american left to celebrate his first ever major golf title of victory at the u.s. open an absorbing day at an overcast olympic club in san francisco the last major tiger woods won was the u.s. open four years ago and sitting five shots off the lead following run three he still had a child and suddenly the former world number one quickly fell out of contention after losing six trucks on his opening half a dozen holes top scorer on the day was

a sixty seven from first run leader michael thompson enough to secure him second place overall. the day however was to belong to twenty six year old simpson the north carolina man solid through it with a particular ferrari six through eight carving a trio of birdies but meant georgia when i later mcdowell was realistically the only player who could catch him later on but a missed attempt for birdie on the day in that sealed his fate simpson thus becoming the fifteen different winner in a row. in the. tennis for roger federer is wimbledon preparations have been dealt a blow the world over three suffering a surprise st sets defeat to german tommy haas in the final of the jury webber open federer went into the decider five time champion an overwhelming favorite against the man only competing at the tournament after being given a wildcard entry but easy seventh ranked us the life of the german crowd by normally taking the first set on a tie break the expected federer comeback never materializing with wrapping up

a seven six six four with. jorge lorenzo are stretched his advantage at the top of the moto g.p. charts the spaniard spitting the victory at the british grand prix to extend his lead over casey stoner to twenty five points in the overall standings the renzo who started from fourth on the grid overtaking reaming champion stoner with nine laps to go the rider not looking back after that gradually increasing his advantage in the final few laps stoner would hold on to second spot well least really and honda teammate dummy could cross a completed the podium line up in the same tree top the current standings in the same order. we've made. wonderful. fortunately for us. i got a little bit abundance in my piece so it's wonderful who we are making but for. something now saw i must think a lot to the world of. two motor sport on four wheels now where there was

a dramatic conclusion to the famed lamont twenty four hour race this year already dominating in front securing all three spots on the podium the german team the successfully defending the title they won twelve months back their victory a first for a hybrid powered car as well as second seemingly lived up to their name coming in just behind their teammates before another audi car rounded out the top sports however the real drama came an hour six when tyo tis of davidson spun into a bar year following a collision with ferrari's period to set the prizzi's me davidson thankfully got out of the car on aids and was taken to hospital test there revealed breaks to his vertebrae although he is expected to make a full recovery. and finally one of the most popular events on the aesthetics calendar has wrapped up here in russia there's no minsky memorial meets as part of the i.w. world challenge two are on the track southeast from across the world michael

christian who was there for us. there's namond ski memorial athletics competition held in moscow every year has attracted athletes from over fifty different countries but while competitors from all over the world attracted to live event held fifty kilometers outside the russian capital that's because it's held in a status since two thousand and is now also one of the associations world challenge meetings it's also a very old competition now it's interesting to note that this particular event was actually established over fifty years ago in honor of two soviet champions in long distance running and serafin it's namin ski now the event itself has been held in various locations but it's been a staple fixture here just outside of moscow ever since this rather impressive meteoric stadium was built the competition features races over distances from one hundred meters to one thousand five hundred meters it also includes javelin

throwing shock porch and other olympic events in the high jump recently crowned russian champion irina go to deliver couldn't better norway's tanya anderson nor could she topple her personal best of two point zero two meters but she was still full of praise about the event as a whole that was i think they've done a really good job organizing this event and the weather has been fantastic personally i didn't do so well today the bar wobbled and then fell but that aside i do really like this event olympic champion. participated in the one thousand five hundred meter distance run but failed to make the top three while olympic medal hopeful. says a hectic recent schedule has proven to be energy sapping yesterday it's really a tough i mean i've been running all week culminating in participating in this competition so it's definitely drained my and it also fast your overall speed average which i've been working on during training. but as the older generation

draw nearer to hanging up their boots it's the stars of the future that are beginning to catch the eye that in the poised to give a beat both to claim first place in the one thousand five hundred meter race improving a whole seventeen seconds on her previous personal best and barely off the track she was already thinking about russia's national championships to be held at the end of june. i think the level of preparation will be very high for the russian championships everyone is getting ready for it the eight hundred metres race is very difficult and it's very popular in russia but of course i'm hoping i can land in the top three you noted secure a ticket to london it's an olympic year so you'd be forgiven for thinking athletes would want to focus soley on those games without extra competitions that could distract or lead to injury but when sport is your passion the consensus among athletes is that of any person who wants success the more you try the bigger the chance you'll succeed mark of genco r.t.

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