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 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 may to help obama 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 this elections 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 romney 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 themselves from. the platform and the his vice presidential candidate both say no exceptions for rape or incest in the. 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. i get other 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'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 the 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 there 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 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 risk. 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 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 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 is not going to help obama but he probably will he's probably benefit from this these groups that have become disaffected with republicans like coast. panics you know and that sort of thing and

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keep. the winner takes it all the loser's standing small play russian self exultant homebodies but he is left empty burned after a london court dismisses his head to all suit against a billionaire from over. turkey's pitch for a syrian intervention hits a dead end at the u.n. leaving nato countries warning they might simply bypass the security council. plus republican mitt romney accepts his nomination as presidential candidate with a promise to show russia more backbone but critics night that's not his greatest asset. all right let's check out the latest sports news with paul.

thank you very much carol and welcome along with to the sports headlines here's what we've got coming up continental quest after a six nil aggregate drubbing avaaz it out mark find out by europa league group stage opponents rubino also involved in the first round to all. the beautiful games ugly side rational for teams again come together in an attempt to crackdown on the ever present issue of hooliganism in football. between a rock and a hard place our team mates the world's leading competitors in the sport of bouldering rock climbing without a safety harness pulled run. but let's start with football and following the draw for the champions league yesterday on friday clubs competing in the europa league found out their group stage opponents to a russian club were in the first round two of those things and jake who thrashed outside all set out most six know not to get in qualifying or in group a with five

time european champions liverpool italian club even a z r a young boys of switzerland. while reading and qualified by virtue of winning the russian card playing group make sure games italian giants into milan unpartisan belgrade. will never see will become the fast team ever from azerbaijan to compete in the group stages of european competition. and back to domestic matters were getting week seven of the russian premier league gets underway and so on its plate on friday you boys mordovia post defending champions an eight a victory for luciano as for that his man would temporarily at least move in three points clear at the top. meanwhile in monaco and chelsea and i found it athletico madrid go head to head in the european super cup the london club one euro from your competition for the first time in their history try things. penalties it may. work for you in the europa league striker torres of course his former club. now talks

have taken place in moscow aimed at trying to reduce football hooliganism in russia the police supporters' groups and the premier league were all present with new legislation set to be introduced next month to try and curb the problem which had been portrayed as more. tackling football hooliganism in russia is often discussed however every season the same all 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. 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 duma will discuss this problem will also look to try intangible things like clothes instead as this has a negative impact on the game flying is all too common at stadiums around the

country despite heavy fines from the way for techniques are still it often champions league and europa league matches the clubs of ones who have to foot the bill or those who are guilty of bringing foreigners into the grounds often get away with a fine of just a few euros. even courts. who will be looking to liaise with clubs and friends 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 do 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 of often campaign for stewards take the place of police in football stadiums as is book 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 face 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 the issue is a fine of ten euros that's nothing until 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 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 brutally dancey. now to the hard courts of the u.s. open tennis where maria sharapova is in third round action on day five of the competition the third seeded russian will play home favorite lottery bad debt trap of his compadres that if the tribe it takes on the ocean so far so part of the

czech republic also in action on friday defending champion sound stosur is up against american. top single tortilla as an anchor facing jackpot china in the men's draw defending champion novak djokovic faces and say the brazilian silver dollar for that space is dutchman courses named two thousand and nine champion playing martin del potro takes on ryan harrison of the usa and andy roddick will take on australia for another tommy shafter confirming he'll retire at the end of the tournament. people view it as a career of the last less a while of some hard knocks but i got to i got to play you know and i got to play in a crowd and playing with him finals and and and be the guy on a davis cup team for a while and you know. those are between is not a lot of people get you know so i as much as i was disappointed and frustrated at

times i'm not sure that i ever felt sorry for myself or begrudge anybody any or any of their success. now with the paralympics taking place in london disability sports is hitting the headlines this week a new sport for good foundation project was launched by laureus here in moscow nicholas childs explains. laureus the legendary charity foundation has been busy giving its support to a new project aimed at working with disabled young sport lowers labor the unified sports program the plan is done in conjunction with the special olympics the global games which raise awareness about talented young people with intellectual disabilities a group that is often marginalized segregated and vulnerable within russian teams to create a new world of inclusion and community through sport that's. part of my goal is a representative laureus is to spark children's interest in sport who travel across

the globe and hold master classes for kids to show everyone the sport has the power to change the world and unite people in a way that little else carol because that's the way this is a four time olympic gold medalist i like seeing him of quick to get involved with the young people in a variety of sports including basketball football and floorball there was also a special treat for everyone as he was joined by three members of the recently crowd olympic synchronized swimming team that is horrible angelica to mine in there and indeed of his young of giving that up and comers the chance to see this building idols up close and personal anything that's because. it was a success for this it was a laureus support the unified sports program in russia is sure to continue to grow and develop helping to educate the general public and the inclusion of the intellectually disabled. athletes every possibility of maybe one day competing for

their own and limpid glory nickel archos our team or school. now finally it takes a bold competitor to reach the summit in the sport of bouldering it's rock climbing without a safety right to break your fall and as a russian has reached the peak of the sports rub of our tongue and has 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. strength exterior and even the mental skill of problem solving all put to the test in 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 champion rushes to stand gelman up. and the five time talk he winner he'll impeach hober yet the most that it worst i've been in the sport for quite a long time to know killian future shop are 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 australian was far from his best to prizing with failing to qualify for the semifinals. did with his one all touch bringing him the twenty twelve ball the world cup although the completion was far from over with the battle for stage

victory still ahead in the end game and finished the stage fourth with his compared to it you should have put dean of proving the best in munich. i knew i had already won the big car was hard to compose myself once again for the finals i tried to stay focused but it still feel different my body and my mind just refused to act at full capacity but there is no doubt the day. marty and that is all from the world of sports there's plenty more light to hear in the world whether it's next.

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the winner tanks and all of the losers standing small the russian south bank zeile tycoon buddies but it's all ski is left empty handed after a london court just misses his heavy lawsuit against billionaire problem on the. turkey's pitch for a syrian intervention hits a dead end at the u.n. leaving nato countries warning they might simply by pass the security council. and wiki leaks also chips in all syrian related promises more revelations on western motivations in a crisis at the last u.s. harassment of this whistle blowing web site. plus republican mitt romney accepts his nomination as a presidential candidate with a promise to show rochelle more backbone a critic snipe that's not his greatest asset.

hello and welcome to you r t it's friday here in moscow and six o'clock. and during the month of august with you now our top news russian billionaire it all mom has come out on top of a high profile court jewel with a london based compatriot one of the most expensive cases and british legal history the judge dismissed the multibillion dollar challenge from controversial talk on bodies because of ski and a trial which offered a rare glimpse into the lives of the super rich more on the case from artie's laura smith. 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. arrived at the court earlier this morning looking pretty upbeat abramovich himself was not there he said to reporters that he believed in the legal system but that upbeat mood for him didn't last very long as the verdict was read he was holding his head in his hands obviously very disappointed by this but whatever the outcome really this case is been a huge amount of fun really for spectators it opened up this kind of seedy underworld of of formally 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 illicit payments made under the table. five star hotel ski resorts and deals enormous deals involving enormous sums of money done with just a handshake with no documentation whatsoever so it's very difficult for the judge

to decide all along who's telling the truth and who's just making up the evidence as he goes along and it's brought these two squabbling billionaires with all that that involves their own two rajahs they're vastly expensive lawyers menacing looking body guards who stalk behind them constantly and with each. which each accusing the other of lying and corruption and greed now the details of this case have been that result is that she says that he lost billions of dollars when adam overage 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 our gram of it says that him but it's of he will never partners in the true sense of the word he says that he took him on and. payments that he made to because of 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 freely bandied about in legal circles here in the u.k.

. which admits that he made these regular undocumented payments to bits of skin but that they were only for this political protection and often in huge cash sums up to five million dollars handed over 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 jet 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 the here originally received for what he says was the stake in these ores and metals companies so there are these cases going on in london that moment we think of better he had one there would have been a lot more of them but still it shows that the british legal system is willing to hear these cases and the bill for the lawyers has run into millions and it's been hundreds of hours in court time. you can check out our t. dot com for the timeline and all the claims and counterclaims of this multibillion

dollar wrangle and the details from right inside the courtroom are also lined up at our london bureau twitter feed there the latest tweets say the verdict bodies it is all skewed by a surprise at least considering an appeal it was described by the judge as deluded in some of his testimony and his evidence was deemed too weak. alright britain and france are warning they might bypass the u.n. altogether after turkey's push for a no fly zone over syria met strong criticism at the security council demanding sweeping powers to protect refugees fleeing war in a move that would amount to military intervention but international reaction has been cool but strong reservations about militarizing and humanitarian effort marina

porn i reports from new york the security council remains very much divided over how to deal with the syrian crisis the high level meeting that was taking place in new york focused on the humanitarian circumstances in syria right now and how they continue to exacerbate according to u.n. officials at least two hundred twenty nine thousand syrians have fled the country in the past eighteen months spilling over to neighboring countries turkey has asked the security council to consider setting up refugee camps inside of syria that are outside countries would safeguard this is a suggestion that the syrian government say they are very much against russia and china also opposed it saying that it could only create more conflict and violence but we did hear all western countries address the security council their representatives calling once again for syrian.