permission. means friends don't totty don't comb. welcome back you're watching r t reminder of the top stories a group linked to the syrian armed opposition in washington wants the u.s. to push through a no fly zone over the country blues which has always been tested by russia and china the rebels are looking to take advantage of an ongoing hailstorm of records claiming an increase of government atrocities including air raids and artillery shelling. looking east egyptian new president mohamed morsi has to china hoping to bad billions in economic deals after decades of the country being america's loyal ally the egyptian leader says he's seeking a more balanced foreign policy. the british immigration system is under fire after

more than one hundred fifty thousand illegal immigrants become accounted for after arriving in the country the home office is now promising a major review of its policies to tighten what's seen as a lead to ship. next artie's speaks to a nasr and scholar at a major washington think tank and relieving exposes the pitfalls of the american electoral system and barack obama's four year term at the white house. we're sitting down with an author professor of philosophy and currently a senior scholar at the institute for policy studies injure a living thank you very much for joining me you contributed to a book it's titled hopeless the rock obama and the politics of illusion what was the illusion in your opinion and how did it get hopeless well obama of

course campaigned on the idea of hope and the possibility of change but he was skillful in turning himself into something like a rorschach figure which anyone could see whatever they wanted to see changes were not certainly ruptures with the past. they dashed at the expectations of virtually every constituency that supported him because really in vision and. transformations of american domestic and foreign policy that were far more far reaching than what obama actually. even attempted let alone achieved as far as foreign policy you're writing that president obama's wars could come back to bite him even the ones he didn't start but which you argue are his by now he pledged to withdraw from iraq and afghanistan he says that's what he doing in what way could

they bite him well they could all fall apart. if the united states lost both of those wars even before obama assumed office but the imperative that obama faced which was also the imperative that george bush faced in his final years was not to lose face i'd like you to expand a little bit on afghanistan you argue that ghana standing particularly turned into a face saving operation for the president how is he handling that. well to the extent that he can develop a consensus in the political class in the united states to get out as soon as possible which seems to be happening not particularly through his own initiatives he will get out but unless that develops he is going to happen is going to have to be a continued presence there of some sort which is going to continue to wreak murder and mayhem and not to achieve any of the official objectives that the united states

put forward in entering into that conflict in the first place if that explodes then obama will look bad because the united states will look weak and it will look it will look defeated and that will and that's not a recipe for success for someone who has worked on an electoral campaign aside from the wars already on the u.s. plate you wrote that by far the biggest bullet for president obama to dodge is a war against iran do you think it might actually happen i mean experts even and he was government say it's a crazy idea. well it looks now like obama has dodged that bullet at least until november by basically bye bye bye bye in law for israel with our arms what do you think about the president's approach with regards to iran when he's trying to cater to to everybody in a way to the israelis by saying that he would be ready to go to war and to everybody else by saying that he actually doesn't like the drums of war and there's

still a chance for diplomacy to work i think the result is that although he maybe have succeeded in avoiding the war between now and the election and maybe even afterwards one could hope the rationale for the war remains intact and so so the danger that some events could transpire which would lead to. which would reignite the danger and maybe even lead to to let the eruption of the war remains real and obama hasn't effectively addressed that issue i think this is an instance of a general problem with obama's presidency and it's partly why it's very hard for anyone any of obama's supporters to come up with any reason for. it and for supporting him especially for supporting him enthusiastically in the upcoming election other than that the alternative is so much worse. because whatever he's accomplished

that could not on balance be. given up but a plus it's always in cumbered by negatives that are very nearly cancel cancel out the benefits the contenders for the republican nomination they have a pretty scary rhetoric when it comes to foreign affairs everyone minus ron paul. they don't seem to have words political solution in their wood capillary right and yet you called president obama the most heart of the lot why well he's the most hawkish of the lot with respect to some issues there not with respect to to all issues his position gonna stand. is at least momentarily probably more hawkish than that of mitt romney they they. they have all of them said that now is the time to get out and obama as the steward

of the empire can't say that and so he also well i gradually gradually to get out gradually to get. but that's different from getting out now which was what even though gingrich. on a different note related to domestic politics i want to ask you about the occupy wall street movement and where you think it's heading these people took to the streets to protest the culture of revolving doors in washington and a cozy relationship between corporations and politicians of a limited contributions to political campaigns which we see as legalized corruption do you think their voices were heard. in the general defiantly diffuse cultural sense i don't think. that wall street banks tourists or cultural heroes anymore the way that they work the way that they used to be in

terms of policy making terms of policy making probably not. with this administration so far but there was a backlash the took create a forum and that led to a kind of awakening kind of consciousness raising and where that goes now as the spring is coming and the new forms of struggle are likely to emerge and how that will interact with the political campaign which he has to respond to that which i mean fortunately of the union address for example he would say that you know there is a need to keep the last rating that it needs to be better regulated so you don't say all those words he can even say that and then he can go right out and not keep wall street and soon americans will face a choice between mitt romney most possibly and obama candidates from two parties democrat and republican you will romney's and i quote here awfulness will win the

election for the democrats i want to ask you about the two party system and the horse where you studied established effectively do you think americans. have that much of a choice when electing a president it's sort of like. coke and pepsi and the level of integrity is out of we exist in the places where those things are manufactured and marketed but at the level of underlying political vision or underlying political orientation there isn't that much difference and romney would probably be perfectly happy doing what obama does we have a media which is so thoroughly controlled and all the institutions that manufacture opinion are so pervasive and our electoral system has become basically if i can advertising it's become a sales promotions there are brands and there are people trying to sell different products one of two products. and it's. a pressure

that's not all it's not so much the pressure that's hard to resist it's a pressure that most people that most people aren't even aware that there is an alternative and can't be measured but i wanted to ask is there a chance for third products to somehow get into this well historically that only seems to happen to some small extent when the third party product is backed by a huge amount of money when ross perot was running for president and. the greens can't do that and they're not going to have one thousand nine hundred two very that was in one thousand nine hundred ninety two you know according to. one of the latest gallup polls a record number of americans forty percent of americans identify themselves as independents if that ever happened and they don't have their candidate. effectively we have a very profound disconnect between what people want to in any

recognize meaningful and recognizable sense of the term and what the political process offers in the way of four of alternatives by the way that the party system has evolved especially in recent years that makes it it and by it. indefensible jurisprudence which has made it increasingly possible for. corporations and for very rich people effectively to control the political process and under those circumstances it doesn't matter that much what people want or even that much how involved people are thank you very much thank you dr levin. thank you .

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a group linked to the syrian armed opposition in washington wants the u.s. to push through and the no fly zone over a country that moves has always been contested by russia and china the rebels are looking to take advantage of ongoing he'll storm reports claiming an increase of government atrocities and pulling air raids and artillery shelling. looking east egypt's new president mohamed morsi heads to china hoping to bag billions in economic deals after decades of the country being america's loyal ally the gyptian leader seeking a more balanced foreign policy. originally gratian system is under fire after more than one hundred fifty thousand illegal immigrants become accounted for after arriving in the car because the home office is now promising

a major review of its policies what's seen as a leaky ship. all wrong. stand a very intriguing piece of information let's clear this up maria sharapova is categorically not pregnant as far as i know she is no. let me let me just say that yes she did help us. and before the us open the saying i've got a stomach pain what is it my pregnant the doctor said no she was given the green light to play more stories just the sick we trust you. thanks for joining us this is sports day pullin head including over the next ten minutes all this. no bumps in the road after undergoing an ultrasound to determine if she was pregnant which she is not some maria sharapova storms into the second

round of the u.s. open. big gastineau moscow per dose stuck in the europa league qualification play offs after losing the wheel leg to nothing. moving up a gear moscow hosts the supermarkets world series event for the very first time marking the return of national motorsport russia. let's get the ball rolling with tennis for maria sharapova has performed a near perfect opening act at the final major of the season the russian the supposing of hungary and melinda sink in the first round of the us open on monday evening the twenty five year old showing little sign of a recent stomach ailment which had led her to undergo an ultrasound to determine if she may have been pregnant she is not shocked by having five aces in the dominant six two six two victory taking just over an hour to wrap up the win. several russians will be keeping she dropped the company at flushing meadows for the time being to see a public in kobe advancing into run to offer

a straight sets win over slovakia than the. well slovak born astri and. is also going home courtesy of a now the truth is rocket. while another russian alex vogel model of junior was unable to stop the murray on the day the scalloped beating to make history it seems to come the only man to an olympic gold in the u.s. open in the senior the world number four it didn't have the best of starts but eventually found its rhythm for a six two six four six one victory the twenty five year old has yet to win a grand slam. dunk. the fly the russian flag in new york after defeating all incoming argentinian good old pal the veteran overcoming a few early hurdles to close out the first run much in four sets while paul remarked to show real resilience the fight but from two sets. of igor we're. talking football where the goals take him through thick and fast in monday's seoul

russian premier league clash a six to score i'm going the way of the crust that our side condemned folded to their fifth straight the fate the game marking go to crush the german second much in charge on the russian team manager seemed to have learned from last weekend's two on loss of the line near three nil up before the end of the first half ball day with the last of which a minute from the break marcus bizarrely would continue the right's not in his second of the clash moments into the second period that seemed to we all go up somewhat with the nizhni novgorod fit netting their first fifty three minutes in from the penalty spot sharmila still daughter off the cool customer there with another later on but a further two strikes from the home side including bowled a second would put the tie to bed once and for all six two then the final score climb into the top part of the table continue to look like prime relegation material. attention turns to the european game and choose the wit to. overcome

a two no deficit against a guard in the europa league qualification play off thoroughly i played in the first leg down precious chargers know they have a mountain to climb the russian premier league's bottom team were give themselves a timely boost on saturday winning three two at city rivals lockable t.v. the game ending their a five match losing start domestically pre-press who is well aware they need another high scoring performance if they are to reach the group stages of european football second rate competition. we need. the. plea for. the game against the locomotive of course is totally different much you know because in europe lose the full is given to you. and we cannot afford to lose the world's like against. very easy to stumble but we will try to. this is where you are staying with a moderate signed

a five year deal with spanish champions real madrid the midfielder completing his transfer from tottenham for a fee of forty seven and a half million dollars to create ship playmaker saying he is quote happy honored and proud to join the league champions who themselves could do a spark after claiming just a single point from their opening two games this season twenty six will moderate sure arrived at spurs in two thousand and eight from saddam as i grabbed making over one hundred fifty appearances for the north london side scoring seventeen goals tottenham also announcing on the day of their entering into a working relationship with real. in call for the p.g.a. tour youngest ever champion fifteen year old lydia co winning the canadian open by three strokes the south korean born new zealander closing out her fairy tale weekend with a five under par round of sixty seven who was just the fifth amateur to win on the tour the first to do so in forty three years earlier this year she also became the

youngest player to win a professional event with victory on the australian tour but since being battered by fourteen year old canadian pretenders. it's a professional event and you know i just came to. play my best. and then i won and i'm going to get the trophy and it's amazing and i won the us. it's been a really great couple of weeks some of the world's top golfers have been playing for more than trophies on prize money lately with the ryder cup spots stick nicholas poulter impressing european management who are in wildcard entries for the september twenty eighth vent it means though that big name players such as two time british open winner poor dick hartington will miss out. i know he's a great player i would have loved to have him in the team the same way i would have loved to have pulled over the car so i'm going to use to ensure i mean those who are great pleased but you need to be playing good you know simple as that he. won i

think he took it well and there was a. ball funds in taiwan meanwhile have the chance to get up close and personal with the n.b.a.'s latest breakout star this week jeremy lin returning to his parents' native land with a hard lesson for the youngsters the twenty four year was very deep on the bench before a string of superstar like performances with the new york knicks last season a harvard graduate ending the season nursing a knee injury but three is this stock enough for the houston rockets to offer him a four year deal the off on comer finding out firsthand what it's like to be revered by possible funds in asia taking the baton from former houston star ja ming china. some very sad news coming from the world of a javelin thrower going fearfully wrong at a youth competition in germany a dark cloud hanging over the will games after a judge was speared to death during the event seventy four year old teacher struck becoming victim of a stray projectile in front of some eight hundred spectators he was taking the door

for university hospital but died shortly afterwards the fifteen year old athlete through the job and is receiving psychological counseling to cope with a terrible accident the competition has been called off following the tragic death . and finally russia's love affair with motor sport has moved up a notch with a stage of the superbikes world series taking part in the country for a first time monday's race two in the moscow region are a dramatic affair to put scots in tampa topped off reports. prior to that in an incident back first to race on a rainy sunday morning in one storm sykes who rode almost flawlessly to make a bit of history by becoming the first winner at the moscow race way ahead of b.m.w. rider milan great well reigning champion carroll is chicken who'd started from bull crashed out along with four other contenders on the sleeper a track to small then what in what he said he lived in was that it is

unjust in a way because we did a lot more just. as you noted for. example and twenty six year old sykes was close to making back to back double as the englishman took an early lead in the second race but this time around it was new and he who worked his way into first place despite starting the race from clear the thirty year old former more to d.p. riders squeezed by sykes on land fifteen and never looked back claiming his six women of the season current leader and former world champion was in the collision and failed to finish which man male landry is now the overall leader of the championship for me i just want to be the second one thank you we. thank you. for your vision your. choice you want to play with your partner. meanwhile in the super sport get a grade there was

a lot to cheer about for the home fans who packed the stands of the brand new circuit the local hero whether you're really on the for the more sports team was cementing qualification but produced in the electric start to move up to third and confidently looming there. on to look finish line to please his second to doom of the season wild two time champion currently to canons of hulu was the winner i had those you lose it you know who. you. like. is the seuss sunday the twenty's think so for us at the most glorious we not only made history by hosting the inaugural moskos stage of the world superbike championship but it also opened up to challenge for the overall title as well as providing the local crowd with some local success to cheer on constantine bought up of archie. yeah all systems go for motor sport in russia and that is all your sport

i join me again in just under two hours time morphy. well thank science technology innovation all the latest developments from around russia we've got the future covered.

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