it's from steve. he's from stockholm please don't come. live from moscow this is to become you know an islamist counter tops egypt's poll in the country's first post mubarak presidential election but the victory is contested by his rival and undermined by the military granting itself sweeping legislative powers. forming a pro parallel government in struggling greece and stemming violence in war torn syria the group of twenty world leaders gather in mexico with big problems on the table. and europe and the u.s. prepared to slap that tough if the sanctions to date on iran that's as moscow hosts

global players to resolve controversy surrounding to iran's nuclear program. and now as promised here and we sit down with former u.s. senator chris dodd the focus of the conversation that of russia u.s. relations and the ongoing crisis in syria. christoper farmer he left center it's great to have you with us things to be with us so you regularly meet with russian leaders what do you think what's your perception of what will change russia u.s. relationship now with putin back in our 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 there's 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 what do you 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 going to 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 is 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 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 canada they were 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 that reason as well for us to want to stay out of them i do think worse 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 it was happening in those in the squares in cairo or 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 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 libi after the invasion after he was ousted and killed terminated. there's been quite a mayhem inside the country 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 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 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 are 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 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 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 time 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 and what it what 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 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 some model i think the presence of a good job in foreign policy and i think there's a general respect for the fact that he's done that good job they do know their 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 will 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 you might have heard one hundred fifty not in two thousand. twelve stop thank you very much for this interview sophia. culture is the same i understand my family under florida law muslim listening to be partners in the markets and this is need to be american empire isn't suffering from military overreach and can be continued to afford such a massive global military presence. we have a global war lords will give him a note so we have a will to live the only groups of the be called jews and sluices also our views in

the home or right enough to my marriage was like many of that marriage that 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 asked dan many women we believe going to stun him not to have a cross post without the part of the fish on its chemical position and better construction stuff 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 time for the sports with paul. thank you very much rory welcome to the sports headlines here is what we got for you on the line defending champions spain could be eliminated from euro two thousand and twelve on monday as they along with italy in croatia about to book a place in the quarterfinals. paying all this winners webb simpson secures his first ever major title after running final round at the u.s. open. the charges brought the seven time tour de france champion lance armstrong is forced to pull out of the nice iron man event as the u.s. anti-doping agency wins fresh. but let's start at euro two thousand and twelve well later on monday group c. concludes with defending champion spain still not guaranteed

a place in the quarter finals that currently joint top of the group along with croatia the two sides go head to head this evening and a draw will be enough for the spaniards to reach the quarter finals while the two tooth rule would see both sides going through if that's the case that no matter what the italians do against the republic of ireland it will be academic and 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 x. men means they failed to get out of the group for the first time since one thousand nine hundred eighty eight they lost two wanted to portugal in their final game despite taking the lead means the world cup finalists finished without a single point germany have a one hundred percent one hundred percent record after securing a two one win over denmark back in last night now face greece in the last day to portugal play the czech republic. now it's only been two days since russia were dumped out of the competition but local media are already speculating over who will

be the country's next manager. the soviets sport newspaper stating former barcelona coach pep guardiola is favorite to replace p.s. me take out look at the forty one year old like 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 is the reason he wanted to take a break from the touchline plenty others are vying for the spaniard services though with club and national team offers flying in from every direction russia are also said to be considering fabio capello. and walking love as a potential replacement candidates. now it's been a weekend to remember for webb simpson on the greens the american celebrating his first ever major goal title with a victory at the u.s. open and absorbing day at an overcast and then pick club in san francisco the last major tiger woods won was the u.s. open four years ago and is sitting five shots off the early following round three

he still had a chance to repeat that feat on sunday but the former world number one quickly fell out of contention top school on the day it was a sixty seven from first round leader michael thompson that was enough to secure his second place overall the day however belong to twenty six year old simpson the north carolina man a solid throughout a particular floury on hold six through eight karting three straight birdies that made a joint overnight leader graeme mcdowell was realistically the only player who could catch him later on but i missed attempt for a birdie on the eighteenth seal his fate since and that's becoming the fifth thing different winner in a row in 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 and 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 vet. to basketball now where last year's runners up miami now say two wins

away from lifting the two thousand and twelve n.b.a. title they turning up the pressure on sunday to take it to one laid in their best of seven series against i climb up the bron james famously unknown 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 team a two and weightless ten to fifteen shots in the first half but still finished with twenty five points seven rebounds and seven assists the series stays in miami now again for coming up on tuesday night. last year to make enough game change in place and that's what kind of pride myself on it into the elevation of final so. i'm just out of a game changer place and whatever it takes fourteen the win just trying to step up in the key moments and. be there for months even. now elsewhere london police are investigating after a complaint of alleged assault was made against tennis player david nalbandian it

follows the dramatic scenes at the queen's championship final on sunday now brandy and it was disqualified after he lashed out at an advertising hoarding in frustration injuring a line judge in the process a complaint has been made and the metropolitan police have opened an investigation now brandy and was immediately disqualified handing the title to his croatian opponent marin chile which the argentine apologized afterward saying sometimes you get frustrated on call. 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 are fresh charges 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 has

been forced to withdraw from next weekend's event. i received an email from him announcing his departure back to the united states and that he wouldn't produce paint on that simple since it's not very complicated it 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 no meant schema morrill made his part of the i.w.a. after world challenge tour and attract athlete from all across the world michael christian co what's the action. there's namond ski memorial athletics competition held the 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 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 shot porch and other olympic events in the high jump recently crowned russian champion irina gold of the of a 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 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 fail to make the top three while olympic medal hopeful. says a hectic recent schedule has proven to be energy sapping asters really 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 had been working on during training. but as the older generation. drawn nearer to hang up their boots it's the stars of the future that are beginning to catch the eye that in the poised to cover 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. moscow region. well that is all from the world of sport for now although i'll be back with a little more a lot more in a little under two hours time job there. download

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