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 changing of the sense that you think it's going to weaken his campaign running his 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 who are 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 can keep g.o.p. the 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 of change and really. the economy would have had to improve probably by now to help obama and that didn't happen so that the fundamentals of the election were 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 partly 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 romney on 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 thing. ngs which are really quite outrageous about

rape and that sort of thing and so lots of women might like this instance romney completely distance and south from. the platform and the his vice presidential candidate both say no exceptions for rape or incest in the an anti-abortion platform 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 another 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 supported. republicans during the reagan era that's dwindled because we have fewer manufacturing jobs so there's fear of those people the other thing is the hispanic population is 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 the romney has any advantage or leverage 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 in 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. 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 it's anything that's a detriment to him that he's got all these neoconservative hawkish foreign policy advisers foreign policy won't traditionally hasn't 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 handicap form but the critique that the deal is. they're criticizing obama on syria as you said on iran and other issues and it seems as if he's romney is trying to win raise for him by

criticizing obama on these issues 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 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 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 unwell the polls there are about even depending on which polls but those polls don't mean anything because 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 is not going to help obama but he probably will he's probably benefited 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. wealthy british.

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little stores and all see above reason results q. loses his multibillion dollar claim against iran won a victory in the london courtroom clash of the russian oligarchs billed as one of the most expensive ever seen the judge dismissed claims of blackmail and intimidation over a business deal. took a pushes for the yuan security council to intervene in syria militarily to protect civilians and that has britain refuses to rule as taking action beyond the organization is most powerful body. also syria is a one of the series one of the topics intrude on our soldiers and latest interview the whistleblower promises more we can makes revelations on claims that the media has been manipulated to what's happening. for his own predicament a song stuck in my top to spend six months to a day that put over an embassy in my. classroom is rumbled to the us for public in

concept promises to show russia being bought by road if you win this election that faces criticism himself old flip flopping on. optics to get ready for some smashing sports news with the unit. pretty happy with this this is sports today plenty head over the next ten minutes including. continental clashes you need to get one of the better chance means league group stage draws while spartak moscow must face barcelona in one of their fixtures. the ugly side of the beautiful game russian authorities again come together in an attempt to crack down on the ever present issue of religion islam in football. and moving on opera reoccur lanka's quest for

a first ever grand slam crown taxol pace of victory and run to the u.s. . but we start with football where in the champions league russia's two representatives this season have discovered their group stage fate it could have been worse for a russian premier league champions and eat the same petersburg side drawn in group c. alongside seven time european champions milan who looked chronically art of form to mystically it must be said as well as belgians under liked on first timers malaga from spain. in group g. spartak moscow face the almost task of taking on barcelona as a couple on side one europe's premier a competition twice in the past four seasons portuguese side been featured on scottish champions celtic complete the group. elsewhere reigning champion chelsea who won the competition for the first time in may are in group b. there are imminent opponents are it tally in champions eventis shocked or don't ask if you train danes f.c. nortel and. their group of death the champions of spain will face the

champions of england for real madrid drawn against manchester city two former winners of the competition complete the line up nineteen ninety five champions i.x. one thousand nine hundred seven title holders parisienne dortmund. while the army men's europa league march is over before even. starting c.s.k. moscow missing out on the group stages of a major continental competition for the first time since two thousand and four following it to know the fate the sweet ai k. in their second leg qualifier c.s.k. held the one heading into the moscow region clash on where big favorites to advance the home side to ever be able to take advantage of multiple chances before seeing a high case with a deciding goal deep in extra time the muscovites losing to on then on aggregates with the calls for the resignation of monetary limits lidsky now getting that a bit larger. russia will have a second representative in the tournament however joining with being in the group

stages following a stunning five nil away win over a z last night captain some you would so netting the second right before the break come rooney and doing it all himself quite an incredible goal. if it's simply scorching on dutch soil continuing their plates in the second half five nil on the evening six the role sitting side certainly one to be avoided monday's roll. talks have taken place in moscow aimed at trying to reduce football hooliganism in russia the police supporters' group and the premier league were all present with new legislation set to be introduced in september to try and curb a problem that simply won't go away richard on port fleet has more. talking football hooliganism in russia is often discussed however every season this email problems seem to occur with 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 this is something we're forty's and looking to change. 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 as this has a negative impact on the game fly it's all too common at stadiums around the country despite heavy fines from the way for pyrotechnics are still let off the champions league and europa league matches but clubs are the ones who have to foot the bill of those who are guilty of bringing foreigners into the grounds often get away with a fine of just a few euros bats a very even caught. 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 well 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 campaigned for stewards to take the place of police in football stadiums as is the case across 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. the laws and fines football hooligans for years have to be tough for if they are 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 does 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 as though your forties

finally accept 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 bullied dancey. paralympic action our russia didn't wait around too long to open their medal tally in london the team racking up two goals one so run a bronze on the opening day their two top place finishes coming courtesy of four hundred meter freestyle specialists oxana such a circuit so no stranger to standing atop the podium having won three goals in beijing in the fifty one hundred two hundred meter distances can go also adding a goal to his bulging collection which already boast three top four silver and three bronze medals from athens and beijing both part of the bands are where they can make this their best games yet with four more events scheduled for each in the english couple. it's been a mixed day for the russian women in action at the u.s. open maria curragh lanka though with

a fine are taking facing few problems against hungary grettir aren't on the way to the third fourteen to the current like a prevailing six three six two at the louis armstrong stadium or ever present significant other ice hockey star alexander ovechkin liking what he saw to. no problem for the favorites are flushing meadows. either with serena williams seeing up maria who is a mark in the sun chess six two six four in the second round williams is seeking a third u.s. open title. has been forced to catch an early plane home after being schooled by sir ronnie though the twenty five year old winning just the one game against a tenth seat of the tally and better luck for qualifying all get pushed over the underdog to the third round after a tough five seven six two seven five win over the dutch one key burton sign all russian bottle meanwhile saw you come to me in my car of overcoming compacted this nina in streets. in the men's draw mardy fish overcame

a two set deficit the russian. hopes of a first ever grand slam title coming to an abrupt end following their disappointing for six six seven six two six one six two books. another day another shock in new york with joel fred tsonga heading home following his worst grand slam run since two thousand and seven the fifth seeded frenchman hudden lost before reaching the third round of a major in five years with world of a fifty two morton and about the still back taking care of the six one six six one six three in the second on. roger federer has maintained his status as the lord of darkness at flushing meadows and proving to a term three zero record during night time marches in new york the thirty one year old on seeding fellow veteran you're empowered to advance into the third round remain on course for six u.s. open probably the world of one really six two six three six two. finally it takes

a bold competitor to reach the summit of the sport of bouldering there's no safety rope to break your fall if you fail to get a grip but didn't seem to faze russia's goal man of who held on for victory at a world cup event in germany last week robert downey and more. no equipment at all. just a man with bare hands. here is the proof that is all it takes to climb baroque. or boulder as they call these massive artificial stones bouldering stirred 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. print exterior and even the mental skill of problem solving all put to the test on this short routes to the top this year the world cup series reached its pinnacle in munich

germany with two climbers sharing the overall lead going into the final stage for the two thousand and nine world cup campaign and russia's was dumb enough. and the quiet time top the winner. yet almost at lowest i've been in the sport for quite a long time to know killian fish hoper well he's got fantastic technique and outstanding skills when he's focused it's nearly impossible to beat him but sometimes he feels to perform at his best usually i can focus on climbing really well so i just think about climbing just about bells and the ball there so i have a strong head that are struggling so much however this time around the great austrian was far from his best to prizing with failing to qualify for the semifinals. did with this point all touch bringing him the twenty twelve ball the world cup over the completion was far from over with the battle for stage victory

still ahead in the end game and finish the stage fourth with his compared to it neatly short of food enough proving the best in munich. and there was i knew i had already won the big hundred was hard to compose myself once again for the finals i tried to stay focused but it still feel different so my body and my mind just refused to act out fuel capacity but there is no doubt the day to go but r.t. . wraps up the sport for now whether is next year and twenty four hour r.t. .

breaking news this hour a body's pretties of ski loses his multibillion dollar claim against that i'm on. in a london courtroom clash of the russian oligarchs billed as one of the most expensive ever seen. turkey pushes for foreign nations to intervene in syria to protect civilians as britain refuses to rule out taking action beyond the u.n. security council. syria is one of the topics in julian assange his latest interview he was a blower promises more wiki leaks revelations and claims the media's of been manipulated for what's happening there. and romney's rumble to the u.s. republican candidate promises just showed russia more backbone if he wins the election but faces criticism himself for flip flopping on key issues.

hello and thank you for joining our t.v. this friday with me karen tara we go now to breaking news and bodies because of ski has had his multibillion dollar claim against fellow russian oligarch oman a problem of which dismissed by a london court the trial which heard allegations of threats blackmail and corrupt business deals is being billed as one of the most expensive legal battles in history is laura smith brings us all the details from london. the court decision found against. that means essentially that not a cent of the more than five billion dollars in retribution that he was asking for will be paid to him by our mortgage but it's also the court this morning looking pretty upbeat himself with not this case has been

a huge amount of fun really for spectators in this kind of seedy underworld of of formerly of russia's mega rich talked about what went on in the dark days of ninety's russia in what we used to call the wild east so it was almost vost sums of money changing hands off shore bank accounts payments made under the table. five star hotels ski resorts and deals enormous deals involving enormous sums of money done just on a handshake with no documentation whatsoever and it's brought these two squabbling billionaires with all that that involves that is their vastly expensive lawyers menacing looking bodyguard. each accusing the other of lying corruption and greed but it's not. that he lost billions of dollars when adam over back in the day intimidated him into selling off stakes in oil and metals companies

in russia for a fraction of what they were actually worth he says but i'm over it says that him but it's never partners in the true sense of the word he says that he took a modern payments that he made to better for political protection or creature. which means ruth in russian as it's come to be called which is a word that is now as a result of this case really bandied about legal circles here in the u.k. . which admits that he made these regular undocumented payments to bits of people often in huge cash sums up to five million dollars hundred in cash at times and totaling several hundred million. dollars he says that he paid for but is also key to travel in a private jets he bought him a friend chateau and he also bought him jewelry for his girlfriend but is also wanted in excess of five billion dollars to make up for all that on top of the one point two billion that he originally received for what he says was the stake in

these orders and metals companies of course he's lost but this has been one of the biggest civil trials in brazil legal history with as i say massive amounts of money involved parties crew was in the court as the verdict was delivered and posted updates on our twitter feed our correspondent say the judge rejected the claim that the church once dishonest but it's also he looked disappointed and nervous of the outcome you can log on to our london bureau page to find out more. for more analysis and insight i'm now joined by john flood professor of law at westminster and westminster university excuse me thank you john for joining us today now tell us just how normal is it for two russian businessmen to clash in a london court. well it's not a normal it's the first of its kind but it's the first of a series of cases which are not going to be heard in the commercial court we've got . coming up next and even better is also used to be appearing again.

i think this one's that are running are starting to become normal now the months long trial is costing millions of pounds in legal fees so do you think that justice the british justice system is should be interested in promoting clashes like this on u.k. soil. in fact the minister of justice came felt has been going around the world saying how great the british judicial system is. really trying to promote it and he's very strong on a lot of the policies in the commercial coal in london are foreigners they're not all british that's right and i do want to mention that the russian community is among the wealthiest in the british capital just how influential is this group. very influential in fact they we have what's now known as the russian premium on fees the top q.c.'s who are in these cases are committing anywhere between eight hundred to fifteen hundred pounds an hour and the cops who for them are now

becoming very skilled at negotiating with the with the russians now the judge on this case did have to look into how business was done in russia in the one nine hundred ninety s. how difficult is it to deal with evidence from a place and period like the nineties in russia is extremely difficult you're talking about the wild west the cowboy period of russian capital and what it all is and really your relying on people's honesty there was much in the way a normal kind of evidence is not much in writing it's all. you're really looking to the integrity and honesty and reliability of the witnesses and now i think it is safe to say that it is off ski appeared quite upset and he did lose quite badly do you think he had any chance of winning an appeal. well he will appeal i imagine i mean the sounds are so great we're talking five billion dollars or more it's worth while he is appealing and that might lead to a settlement talk i mean the trouble with with the.