program. politician who also. in the interview right now. christoper farmer he was center it's great to have you with us today in this to be with us so you regularly meet with russian leaders what do you think what's your perception of what will change pressure u.s. relationships now with put back in your face well it is changing and all for the better i mean there are always going to be. always 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 are with almost any other people in the globe and 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 it 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 an 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 russia 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 to insecurity resolution which could entailed a possible for an 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 one i think we're 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 it's you know it's who really is is 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 were kind of exhausted this has 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 be involved in it because of a reason as well for us to want to stay out of them why do you think words have

become so inherent to us 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 sort of point in 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 may have 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 what you are 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 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 it shows up there are periods here of transition which libya is going through that are bred 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 engaging in the conflict as it was developing but i don't think that i've 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 now turning around 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 little bad back to the reset policy that obama has started. you know always leave brought a warming up in russia yes 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 untie missile 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 i 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 prayer lection 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 some model 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 he did other 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 out of president obama i mean you 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 had one hundred fifty not in two thousand. well thank you very much for this interview severe. secret lover of tori to mccurry was able to build a new most sophisticated robot which all unfortunately doesn't give a darn about anything tim's mission to teach music creation why it should care about humans and world this is why you should care only on the dot com.

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from the world of sport has paul. thank you very much laurie welcome back to the world of sport here is what we've got coming up. oranges squash the netherlands acts at euro two thousand and twelve while on monday spain italy and croatia poor attempt to reach the last eight. can all of this what is webb simpson secures his first ever major title after winning final round at the u.s. open. the charges brought seven time tour de france champion lance armstrong is forced to pull out of the needs iron man event as the u.s. anti doping agency brings fresh charges. but let's start at euro two thousand and twelve well later on monday groups a concludes with defending champion spain still not guaranteed

a place in the quarterfinals that currently join top of the group along with croatia the two sides go head to head this evening and i'm sure will be enough for the spaniards to reach the quarter finals while the two two draw would be would see both sides go through if that's the case then no matter what the italians do against the republic of ireland it will be academic ireland are of course already out with two losses from two games. but after russia's disappointing exit on sunday it was the turn of the netherlands to pack their bags three straight defeats for the man means they failed to get out of the group for the first time since one thousand nine hundred eighty k. partridge reviews the conclusion of groupie. so germany and portugal guys through to the quarter finals of euro two thousand and twelve off the gross of the one their final matches in group b. the so-called group of death two won well first up 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 der vaart he opened

off eleven minutes but after that he became the christiane i will now though show the talismanic portuguese paper finally finding his story and he levelled after twenty eight minutes and then after how the post again how the goal disallowed prophesied in the second half amid 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 own beacon record in the group stage of the year but for the dutch it was a shocker they've now lost 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 quad over and live off that was a turn then of germany versus denmark and germany started well this would also be on his one hundred appearances for germany at the age of just twenty seven here opened after eighteen minutes but then there was a bit of a surprise on the cards as denmark equalised marc okrand only the man who shot the dutch in there i've been in game he came back to equalize the one point it looked like the germans even though that won the first two matches could actually go out

the bulls and he hit the post after fifty two minutes but then germany do what they saw from doing particularly the euros they found a victory nine minutes to go last and he come off his first appeared to be germany he got the winner to what he was germany finished top of the group they go through denmark they finished third their hearts were broken. so let's take a look at the final standings in the group here quite extraordinary size of the bottom with the netherlands failing to register even a single point in the three games table toppers germany now me greece in the last twelve four to go in the chest the public will go head to head for the place in the some final thoughts. now. only been two days since russia were dumped out of euro two thousand and twelve but local media hold ready speculating over holby the country's next manager the sport newspaper stating former barcelona coach pep quality over his favorite to replace p.s.p. brown dick advocaat the forty one year old led the catalans on an amazing run winning fourteen titles in his four years at the helm the greatest manager in the

club's history however cited fatigue as the reason he wanted to take a break from the touchline twenty others vying for the spaniard services though with club and national team darfur offers flying in from every direction russia also said to be considering fabio capello plan schuster and joachim as potential replacement candidates. now it's been a weekend to remember for webb simpson on the greens the american celebrating his first ever major golf title with victory at the u.s. open and absorbing a day at an overcast olympic club in san francisco the last major tiger woods won it was the u.s. open four years ago sitting five shots off the lead following round three we still have a chance to repeat that feat on sunday but the former world number one quickly found out of contention top school on the day was a sixty seven from first round leader michael thompson that enough to secure him second place. today however belonged to twenty six year old simpson the north carolina solid throughout with

a particular flurry on hole six three went out in three straight days but many overnight leader mcdowell was realistically the only player who could catch him later on but it missed attempt for birdie on the eighteenth sealed his fate cincinnati becoming the different winner in a row at the majors. i believe in myself that i can win a major but maybe not this i've only played in i think this is my fourth or fifth. you know i just gained all the respect for the guys who have won multiple majors because it's so hard to do i mean the level of pressure is so much greater than a regular event. to last year's a run is that miami now said two wins away from lifting the two thousand and twelve n.b.a. title hate turning up the pressure on sunday to take a two one lead in their best of seven series against oklahoma le bron james famously a non-factor in last year's finals with dallas continuing to silence his critics by scoring twenty nine points and grabbing fourteen rebounds in the ninety one eighty

five victory to make dwayne wade missed ten or fifteen shots in the first half but still finished with twenty five points seven rebounds and seven assists in the series stays in miami for now with game four coming up on cheese day night. last year to make enough game change in place and what kind of pride myself on it into the final so. i'm just out of a game changer plays and whatever it takes fourteen in the wind just try to step up and. you know better for my teammates. now lance armstrong has been forced to pull out of next weekend's nice iron man competition the seven time tour de france winner has been charged with using performance enhancing drugs by the u.s. anti-doping agency armstrong has faced such allegations in the past although a grand jury found no reason to bring charges earlier this year following a two year investigation these fresh allegations relate to blood samples taken in two thousand and nine and two thousand and ten the forty year old denies the

charges baseless and motivated by spite armstrong now competes in triathlon but has been forced to withdraw from next weekend's event. if an email. i received an e-mail from him announcing his departure back to the united states and that he wouldn't produce paint all that simple. it's not very complicated it's happened in a calm and normal way it's certainly a big disappointment for him. and finally one of the most popular events on the athletics calendar has concluded here in russia there's and then schema morrill meat is part of the i.w.a. after world challenge tour and attracts athletes from across the world as michael change the explains. 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 an event held fifty kilometers outside the russian capital that's because it's held an eye

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 angus and nor could she top of her personal best of two point zero two meters but she was still full of praise about the event as a whole but it 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 hopefully. 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. of 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 know to secure a ticket to london it's an olympic year so you'd be forgiven for thinking athletes would want to focus solely 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 michael. moscow region well that is all from the world of sport although i'll be back with more in a little under two hours time join me then here on r.t. .

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