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just. remember every second of the slightness. it will remain in their memories and hearts forever. and it seems so. innocent but. tom a little angel on our team. they're watching our t.v. with me to say let's take a look at this week's top stories on our team turkey stab at military intervention in syria gets the cold shoulder for the new u.n. peace envoy arguing any such interferences would make a ceasefire impossible. a poor roselle support for you runs

a peaceful nuclear program as a country it destroys any notion it's been politically isolated by the u.s. with its hosting album best of international from a. and the wall of the wealth from all bridges success we bad legal attempts by london based who know borys verizon scheme the product of the slice of this multi-billion dollar fortune. and the republicans freshly nominated presidential candidate mitt romney promises a hard line stance against russia but faces criticism for flip flopping on its. war on the upcoming us presidential election and the troubles with america's political system as we talk to author andrew living.

we're sitting down with an author professor of philosophy and currently a senior scholar at the institute for policy studies and your living thank you very much for joining me you contributed to a book it's titled hopeless barack 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 the changes were not certainly ruptures with the past. and they dashed at the expectations of virtually every constituency that supported him because they envisioned. 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 peter 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 expend a little bit on afghanistan you argue that ghana standing particular certainly into the 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 to 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 export it when he was government say so crazy idea. well it looks now like obama has dodged that

bullet at least until november by basically by but by buying off 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 is still a chance for diplomacy to work well 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 what to look at 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. 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 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 there with capillary right and yet you called president obama the most hawkish 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 on janice down. is at least momentarily and 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 said well i gradually gradually to get out there's a gradual. but that's different from getting out now which was what even though gingrich said. 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 the cozy relationship between corporations and politicians of a limited contributions to political campaigns which maybe are see as

legalized corruption do you think their voices were heard. in a general defeat really diffuse cultural sense i don't think the. wall street banks to us are cultural heroes anymore the way that they were the way that they used to be in terms of policy making what in terms of policy making probably not. at least not with this administration so far but there was a backlash the talk create a forum and that went to a kind of awakening kind of consciousness raising and where that goes now as the spring is coming and a new forms of struggle are likely to emerge and how that will interact with the political campaign which he has to respond to which i mean fortunately of the union address for example he would say that you know there is a need to keep the last reading chair that it needs to be better regulated so you

don't say all those words you can so he can 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 wrote that 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 race 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 level of entire doubt of leagues 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 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 to a product and it's. a pressure that's not all it's not so much of the pressure that's hard to resist it's a pressure that most people or 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 product 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 that ever happened and they don't have their candidate. effectively we have a very profound disconnect between what people want in any recognized 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. 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 living. thank you. download the official. language stream quality and enjoy your favorite. quiet to watch on t.v. . any time it. was an upscale. started showing what

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keep the team. up. it's. fifty. five. the week's top stories here on our team turkey's stab at military intervention in syria gets the cold shoulder for the new u.n. peace envoy arguing any such interference would make the cease fire impossible. course also board who runs peaceful nuclear program of the country destroys any notion it's been politically isolated by the u.s. that's hosting of a massive international fund. the war of the wealthy. visuals

it says may be the best legal attempt by london based tycoon but it's better to cut off a slice of his multibillion dollar fortune. and the republicans freshly nominated presidential candidate mitt romney promises a hard line stance against russia faces criticism for flip flopping on the previous book on the seat. and now it's time for these sports update with kate. hello thank you for joining me for the latest book this sunday and here's what's coming up. fighting for market research makes it to into as tesco where no one will at krasnodar to go within a point a top spot in the russian prime really but what of the about losing again. while you can spot because you don't speak and frantic uphill and beaten arsenal's

gold rush with a two no victory at stuttering the pole. and stopping by tyrants jenson button wins a crushing belgian grand prix from pole to clinch the fourteenth victory of his career. but let's kick off with football and tesco have overcome their shock at midweek europa league zip by bouncing back to win one to keep up the pressure on the top two in the russian premier league all the our teenage winger affleck mussa scored his second we go in as many games to ensure a late sixty's side state but moved to within a point of this elite and russia defend the city what is it was that provided for this one the army men have now won their last four matches to stay within touching distance of top spot. while there was more misery for rock bottom deny my must go as done to trust you side threw away a one goal lead to lose again two one in stoppage time at his former side c'mon down i went ahead courtesy of christian about his fine strike right before the

break but after a feed as powerful free kick leveled matters midway through the second half much to protest he was completely discussed. and asked those abilities netted the winner from outside the box three minutes into injury time as cabana condemns dilemma to their six defeat from seventy games so far. while his sittings and he maintained their push for european place with a two one win it really is a matter of chris summer in the scene a try or a squad. by the side of the into gold but the visit is ahead for pablo the ballast scored a late consolation for the home side while spartak moscow are going off against the city rivals looking for teeth to me if you come are up on target six minutes into that was. one stuff they continued their remarkable start to the season going joint top woods in the top three two one win at rubin domiciled put the business ahead thirteen minutes in the child strike an effort to. pinpoint cross from people who

show well if he did find an equaliser made refuse the second call salamone don't need to finish. my dead need to shift snatch the winner in the dying minutes to put to wreck level on points with me he does a nice even worse for being a hat salvatore but getting sent off after two late bookings. now in england also scored their first league goals in over two hundred ten minutes of this new campaign is they want to know that liverpool to remain unbeaten in the premier league new signing something i thought a lot of listeners but also be combined to break the deadlock call to thirty one minutes and then the german provided to the spaniard in the second to run the gunners who tries to sevens thoughts brendan rodgers makes the joint to stop the reds manager since nineteen twenty seven in the last ten minutes says newcastle entertain aston villa who lost the right into game just a one one that answer alex ferguson is celebrating his one thousand premier league game in charge of manchester united with a trip to promoted southampton telling xavi saving robin van persie penalty with

twenty minutes to go but bags of rice as united twice came from behind to two it's a very well in just operas time. while on saturday west brom one third of the two know when i have to everton ten months one of the twice to draw two two at home to sunderland the stakes second so nobody gets to win a league game under us after they conceded a lazy equaliser time to norwich was won every sound andy carroll set up two goals before going out being good as west can be. well i'm three now in the london delegate playground to the late lever institute to do what we can while champions manchester city for deuce another convincing three one win at home to q.p.r. and the brits are still waiting for improvement. is not all the happy in terms of performances at this moment in time but we're delighted it's balanced out by the points to all that we've got on that on the table it's problems by the fact that we scoring goals. and would like to keep clean sheets we haven't done that we

probably paid the penalty today for not killing the game off. formula one now and jenson button has claimed his fourteenth korea win and his second of the year following a dominant flank to flag display at the belgian grand prix the written test of all get himself into contention for the title after also winning at the curtain raising this training ground korean march but it was a day to forget for standing three different underwhelms though the spaniard crashed out at the spar circuit luis hamilton paris and a grown man grows up also retired and the french one hundred one race ban after a spectacular pileup on the first corner pastor maldonado also bowed out early on however the reigning champion sebastian vettel clawed his way up from tenth on the grid to finish second ahead of him you or i can and the german was arguably the biggest gainer as the red bull overtook team mate mark webber into second in the overall standings bentyl is now twenty four points behind along at the top.

ten is now a defending champion novak djokovic is taking on frenchman julian beneteau in the third round of the us open the serbian second seed has dropped only seven games in sochi two matches is not to set the good there in the third set there was the spanish number four seed david ferrer he's up against two thousand one champion lleyton hewitt but it's the australian it took the first set. athletics now in defending champion oscar pistorius to set a new world record in the two hundred meters at the paralympics in england the south african who also competed at the london olympics shaved more than half a second off the previous best finish speed in a time of twenty one point three seconds of the tyrant makes the sprinters also defending his one hundred four hundred meter titles and his new two hundred meter mark is one of many records that have been set at these games raising the question how much of this progress is due to improvements in technology and how much is down to not true ability with more on that from london. south africa's oscar pistorius is or gulet the most famous paralympian in the world the sprinter became

the first man in his. three to participate in both events of the summer games following his attempt at the title earlier this summer pistorius is achievements has prompted debates whether paralympians could soon outperform their able bodied counterparts as the person advances each year. step on takes care of the russian paralympic team's prosthetic limb stuck and contrary to the critics he believes that technology has little to do with the actual improvements of results. of course the manufacturers of all this equipment are competing between each other always trying to improve something but i want to stress it's in the end everything depends on the athletes and then mooney represents the african nation of ghana at the paralympics has come a long way in sports starting with the amputee football at home and now road cycling in london and he probably knows better than anyone that state of the art

technology comes a distant second to strength of character youth how yes all day best technology has been implement always been modified. and athlete of is not able to put forth it will do you if you never succeed or be the best athlete so it's all about. determination does it clean integrity in the. church yet intelligence given back. and we need oscar pistorius prove to his fellow athletes with disabilities that competing at the able bodied the olympics is not an unachievable dream naturally they cannot do without artificial limbs but one thing's certain paralympians are the driving force behind the advancements of purse products. so what's in store for the future of technology for people with disabilities are we ever going to see

a so-called blade runner the one hundred meters faster than the same bolt well the answer to that is still not sure prosthetics manufacturers have already made a huge technological leap in large part thanks to the efforts and courage of paralympic athlete ramon calls for of artsy lines and. and finally on the first weekend in september the russian capital celebrates moscow day with fun and entertainment across the city however this year muscovites have the chance to witness a slightly more extreme show as michael craft explains. at this year's moscow day celebrations muscovites and the city's guests which treated to an impromptu performance by russia's top just drivers fans were allowed to get up close and personal as the drivers convened in moscow's famous luzhniki sports complex to show off their skills. we're very happy if it were being invited to such events because it brings our sports to the masses many don't know what drifting is all the boats

and often associated with illegal activities but there's nothing like that so it's fast beautiful and a lot of fun. for many of us the notion of ripping up asphalt with a total powered speed machine is consigned to video games we're hitting restarts can become a habit switch to reality and one realizes the adrenaline and danger that comes with maneuvering between concrete blocks at high speeds it's also a down memory lane for the drivers being able to burn rubber on what is otherwise just a simple car park. what with most if not all shift competitions held in large arenas nowadays. it's great to be back on such a course because now we compete on very wise areas without concrete walls or the like and also spectators are often far removed from the action but i'm all for more old school venues where spectators can literally feel the adrenaline rush it's also a mini preparation for the upcoming russian just final which will be held on the

eighth and ninth of september right here in moscow so even though some drivers may well be keeping an eye on that event today it was all about showboating and having fun. r.t. moscow. and as often as cost us more into our life. fifty. five. download the official application to the cellphone choose your language stream quality and enjoy your favorites from alzheimer's t.v. is now required to watch all its food only need

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