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stage the latest interview the whistleblower promises no weekly leaks revelations and claims the media's been manipulated what's happening. clash of the titans a longtime court will give its verdict on the multi-billion dollar legal battle between two russian oligarchs living in a case full of accusations of dirty dealings outspread. with mitt romney now specially named the republican nominee for u.s. president aussies rema talks to school. i've been in and about the race for the white house. what do you read into the g.o.p. convention. well conventions in the u.s. now are sort of a beauty contest they're not they used to be in the history they used to have a lot more effect the nominee was actually chosen at the conventions but now we have a party primary and caucus system which does that so it's just sort of

a coronation of the nominee of the particular party and they script them pretty heavily romney has complete control over the conference convention there of a sort of you ron paul supporters that kicked up a little bit but largely even ron paul is playing the game inside the party so you don't see hardly any disputes or anything like that over the platform or anything else and no surprises all all the romney started at the very. beginning of his campaign was very rough he there was a lot of combat this and a lot of other candidates who basically discredit him and yet now at the convention it seems as the g.o.p. just wants from need to be the president yes well they've all that's the tradition in american politics usually is they have about a battle during the primaries call each other all sorts of names criticize each other's policy and then all of a sudden you see people who are criticizing him before when he gets enough

electoral i mean convention delegates will flip and then start supporting him so as it ran this time they think now for the u.s. well usually they're on the republican side they they nominate the person who lost last time the next in line the democrats are a little bit more if he but but i think it basically comes down to these conventions and search for surface phenomena at the don't really mean much people who actually study elections in the u.s. say it's not really between two candidates it's a referendum on the current in a stray show and so you know they could have almost anybody running and the economy is bad and it's going to be very close but i think some of the models predict obama still eking it out of. close victory but it's going to be close so those models could be off as well but i think obama has an intrinsic. advantage in the electoral college because in the united states you know we don't. as we saw in two

thousand election we don't elect the president on the popular vote it can sometimes be different than the electoral college so we really don't have a national election we have a state by state election and so. the candidates have to win so many states which add up to two hundred seventy electoral votes and so that can sometimes differ from the national popular vote totals so this could be another election where that happens we'll see but obama has a slight edge in the electoral map and they kind of means that romney's policies are too far to the right and he seems as if he's moving even further to the right choosing paul ryan for instance a lot of people like his and accuse him of wanting to share to the right wing of the republican party do you think the u.s. is moving in that direction or is it just politics that brought him here well the republicans seem to think that they can energize their base more than the

democratic base because the democratic base is kind of disappointed with obama in certain respects and if they can energize their base they can win that way but i don't know that's a bit iffy i think they may have made a bad choice and paul ryan and i think that's choosing him said ok we're going to mobilize our base instead of going for independent voters because he would have picked romney would pick somebody that was like chris christie or somebody that was more moderate to go out to the center and that may have been a mistake because most of the conservatives are going to vote against obama. and so they really didn't need paul ryan they needed somebody to get people in the middle particularly. suburban women and you see these comments by the republican candidate. one of the senate candidates on abortion and rape. you know that really. disaffect women so the republicans led that's what happened leading up

to the convention so they don't really want to talk about that the republicans want to talk about the economy and they want all those social issues which are very divisive and might turn key voting blocks like suburban women against them so and in a close election they really need everybody on their side do you think he's able to move to appeal to the middle there well not as much i guess somewhat it's hard to say where he stands on many issues he's kind of moved around enough that's believable but after you do that and now if people you know stick you with the flip flopper type thing flipping back and forth between you know like john kerry was labeled with that. a while back for the demo on the democratic side you know if you're inconsistent on your and and mitt romney has been inconsistent on abortion assault weapons ban and even a health care yes in fact obama and mitt romney have switched positions because used to be obama was against his own became his own healthcare plan because hillary

originally proposed it during the primaries and of course mitt romney was the guy who dreamed up the whole thing is governor of massachusetts and now he's against that sort of thing so you never know what's going to happen or what position they're going to take but that tainting of positions don't you think it's going to weaken his campaign running this campaign especially now when you're talking health care economy. jobs well i think it does certainly when you flip around flip flop around on positions but i think really it's a referendum on obama that's what the experts say political science used to study these things i mean they could put anybody in the in the chair and one of the key factors but not the only factor is the economy so we'll have to see if they. g.o.p. republicans can keep you know on the offensive on the economy and if they can do that that that highlights the problem but it's not really even the unemployment

rate it's the change and really. the economy would have had to improve probably by may to help obama out and that didn't happen so that the fundamentals of the election are set you know months in advance so we'll just see what the what the last count is but in an election this close to you know course they're pulling everything out on both both camps to attack the other one because they need every vote they can get so then let's face the economy what are the challenges facing romney at this election's and the selections well i think the main one is getting distracted by the social issues old many people don't agree with the social issues in the public and party because they're very much to the right of the population and i think those key voting groups that would be shy about voting for ron the and that so they have to kind of keep that under the table but this just sort of sprang up at this senate candidate saying these things which are really quite outrageous

about rape and that sort of thing and so lots of women might but this is the south romney completely distance in south from he did on the platform and the his vice presidential candidate both say no exceptions for rape or incest in the. anti-abortion platform so mitt romney has personally done that but he's still kind of weighted with those days and it also is just kind of a big idea now there are many women who are against abortion out there and they probably will vote of course republican but you know there are if you're trying to get votes in the middle that's a key constituency the other problem that the republicans have well they have two other problems working. union worker who a lot of times support. republicans during the reagan era that's dwindled because we've had we have fewer manufacturing jobs so there's fear of those people the other thing is the hispanic population is it has been

a rage by some of the republican stances on immigration so that's the fastest growing minority and you see a lot of western states colorado nevada which used to be solid republican are moving in the democratic camp or at least neutral and so that's where oh obama has gotten an advantage on the electoral map the state by state election which is really the key election but it's a slight edge at this point on foreign policy is it seems as if economy. jobs these are the main factors of the elections here about what about foreign policy and do you think that romney has any advantage or writes well if anything i think he has the last advantage he's trying to make a big deal about the iran thing but you know obama killed osama bin laden and here are some of bin laden is bill and number one and you know it took them ten years and george w. bush never got them so that's a feather in his cap here in the united states i think. romney has been very

hawkish but people are tired of two wars here they want to get out of these wars so i don't think if anything that's a detriment to him that he's got all these neoconservative hawkish foreign policy advisers one policy won't traditionally hasn't provided played much in u.s. elections because it's usually domestic issues and the economy and in this case it's even more so since we've had this long recession and now a long sluggish period of recovery so i think even more so people are turning inward because they want to get rid of these wars and you know get back to what they're doing and that's why it's going to be mainly on the domestic issues so if anything i think foreign policy his views probably are handicapped form but the critique that they did. they're criticizing obama on syria as he said on iran and other issues and it seems as if he's romney is trying to win base for him by criticizing obama on this issue i think they are criticizing him but most most

american voters don't really care about that to be quite blunt and so i mean they just you know they may read the newspapers and they don't know very much about these issues foreign policy and defense stuff they don't know which what our policy should be in many of the countries because they're not even familiar much with the countries but they know their own paycheck they know the educational system they know the state of the highways they know stuff and domestically and that's why u.s. elections usually tend to focus on that unless there's a big war going on or unless there's some crisis like the iranian hostage crisis during the one thousand nine hundred eighty for jimmy carter something like that then it becomes a bit more of an issue and less than three months left for the elections obama is still leading do you think that's going to be the case for until november sixth or d.c. that he's well the polls there are about even depending on which polls but those polls don't mean anything because it's state by state and i think you have to look at the electoral map and obama does have an edge there although they kind of his

bad do you think he needs a miracle for the economy to keep that lead in the elections or is it also the fact that romney has issues with health care with the economy it's not going to help obama but he'll probably will he's probably benefit from this these groups that have become disaffected with republicans like hispanics you know and that sort of thing and i think he's got an electoral edge because of that i. fixed for. fifty. five.

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between to russian oligarchs living in britain case full of accusations of demented dealings that swept. from the world of sport with don and he's of course on the ball so a lot of boys are coming to town that's exciting in it you know the certainly are the champions league group stage draw has been drawn yulia bosch lono versus. moscow what a game that will be more almost coming up in just a sec. sports go ahead for you including the fall of. continental the need to get one of the better champions league group stage draw as well. in one of their fixtures.

the o.b. side of the beautiful game. again come together in the crack of dawn on the ever present issues of hooliganism in football. moving on up the quest for a first ever grand slam crawl and picks all pace for victory in rowing to the u.s. open. but we start with football where in the champions league russia's two representatives this season have the scabbard their group stage opponents it could have been worse for russian premier league champions in a. group c. alongside seven time european champions milan. all former domestically belgians first timers from spain make up the quartet. in group g. spartak moscow face the almost cost of taking all the barcelona side won in europe premier competition twice in the past four seasons portuguese. champion celtic complete. elsewhere reading champions shall see who won the competition for the

first time in may our group opponents are italian champions eventis shot toward the nets with ukraine and danes f.c. north. group. is the group all but dead the champions of spain will face the champions of england with real madrid drawn against manchester city former winners of the competition complete nineteen ninety five champions i.x. in one thousand nine hundred seven title holders. while the army men's europa league march is over before even getting into the competition c.s.k. missing out in the group stages of a major continental competition for the first time since two thousand and four with a defeat to sweet ai k. in their second leg qualifier held a one the advantage heading into the moscow region clash on where big favorites to advance the home side however feeling to take advantage of both the chances before seeing a score the deciding goal

a corner an extra time the muscovites those losing to want an aggregate with the calls for the resignation of monitor limits good ski no getting the bit larger. will have a second representative in the tournament to ever on jini joining the group being in the group stages following a stunning five nil away win over a.z. alkmaar last night kept in some your netting the second right before the break the outfit simply scorching on dutch soil continuing their blitz in the second half so five nil me even six now overall goose heading side certainly want to be avoided in monday's draw. talks have taken place in moscow aimed at trying to reduce football hooliganism in russia the police supporters groups on the premier league itself are all present with new registration set to be introduced in september to try and curb a problem that simply will not go away richard i'm portrayed as more. talking

football hooliganism in russia is often discussed however every season the same all problems seem to occur of rival supporters clashing both inside and outside stadiums across the country. part of the problem is very is no effective legislation in place to tackle the problem and base is something therefore a tease and looking to change. we're looking to bring in legislation to try and combat football hooliganism unfortunately there are no universal laws in place at the moment to deal with this problem in the autumn the state duma will discuss this problem will also look to try and angle things like plays instead ohms as this has a negative impact on the game fires are all too common at stadiums around the country despite heavy fines from the way for our techniques are still let off the champions league and europa league matches the clubs of ones who have to foot the bill or bowser guilty of bringing flares into the grounds often get away with a fine of just

a few year rose bats are varied in courts. who will be looking to liaise with clubs and fans to try and make stadiums safer places and the new legislation will be much tougher than those who want to break the law we're looking at how the authorities in england and germany have managed to deal with hooliganism they have dealt with the problem very well and will be looking to try and bring in similar laws into russia to overcome this problem. supporters' groups have often campaign for stewards take the place of police in football stadiums as this became a sick cross much of europe. this may have some effect in reducing the problem however the only way football hooliganism can really be tackled is if the troublemakers are held accountable for their actions. but the laws and fines football hooligans for us have to be tougher if they're shown on t.v. or displayed in newspapers for what they have done then i think they'll think twice about doing it again if they choose a fine of ten euros it's nothing to keep on causing trouble the police and the

clubs need to work together to try and tackle this problem it's high time that a proper stance against hooligans is taken however it seems both your forty's finally expand there is a problem but it's crucial that the new legislation being discussed is implemented and comes down hard on blues intent on causing trouble which you've been brutally dancey. it's been a mixed day for the russian ladies at the u.s. open to reoccur lanka among those able to extend her stay in the big apple the russian facing few problems against them carrying grettir on on the way to the third stage fourteenth seeded current keppra feeling six three six two strong stadiums are ever present significant other ice hockey star alexander ovechkin liking what he's. turning to the american contingent flushing meadows momentarily for a sweet william software market the scientists sixty six who are in the second

round williams is seeking a third u.s. open title. while two other russian women are being forced to catch an early plane home to cheval a lot of the work by sara only twenty five are winning only one game against ten see the tally and better luck for qualifier all get their underdogs rolling into the third round after a tough five seven six two seven five win over dutch kiki burton's a friendly fire all russian bottled meanwhile so you're covering the current overcome by pitting eleven best six three six. in the men's draw mardy fish overcame a two set deficit to beat russian nicholai done by danko hopes of a first ever grand slam title coming to a halt after a disappointing four six six seven six two six one six two goals. and another day another shock in new york which will fret some to heading home following his worst grand slam run since two thousand and seven the fifth seeded frenchman had lost

before the third round of a major in by years but we're number fifty two martin please on and about run the slovak taking care of business six four one six six one six three in the second. i cyclist lance armstrong has been tending he still a seven time tour de france champion the american was stripped of all the titles he won since one thousand nine hundred eight stating he would no longer challenge the u.s. on the doping agency's drug charges against them however he says that is not an admittance of getting my name is lance armstrong i'm a cancer survivor i've been asked to come up here and talk about my story of survivor ship i'm a father of five and yes i won the tour de france seven times it takes a pole competitor to climb to the top of the sport of bouldering there is no safety rope to break your fall if you feel to get a grip on the. goldman off who held on for three at the world cup event in germany last week robert for done in more. no equipment at all.

just a man with bare hands. here is the group that is all it takes to climb for rock. or boulder as they call these massive artificial stones bouldering stored as a method of training for climbers back in the nineteenth century nowadays it is sports but those using their body as the ultimate to. siri and even the mental skill of problem solving all do the tasks in the short routes to the top this year the world cup series reached its pinnacle in munich germany with the climbers sharing the lead going into the final stage of the two thousand and nine world cup champions russia was down given up. and become like john trophy winner. yeah the last in lowest i've been in the sport for quite a long time and no killian fish trooper wow he's got fantastic technique and

outstanding skills when he's focused it's nearly impossible to beat him but sometimes he feels performing his best usually i can focus on climbing really well so just think about climbing just about belsen the ball there so i have a strong head. struggling so much over this time around the great australian was far from his best actually rising with failing to qualify for the semifinals. did the disappointing dutch bringing him the twenty pull pull the world cup all the decomposition was far from over with the battle for stage victory still had him then given a finish the stage fourth with his compared to a musician a few dealers proving the best in many of their others i knew i had already won with a big car under his hard to compose myself once again and finals i try to stay focused

but it's still too different my body and my mind it's just refused to be true a catastrophe but there is no doubt the day belonged to gilman a rabbit hole in your own party. they're russian spider no less a lot is all yours for fry weathers next. culture is that so much excitement and which are called right on a continental united is the u.s. still number one in the world opinions differ sharply though there can be no doubt american supremacy being challenged by a number of. world. science technology innovation all the elements from around russia we've got the future are covered.