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and broadcasting live from our studios. let's take a look at the week's top stories. in the country declares civilian airports their latest morning international flight . to stay away. iran welcomes

a chorus of support for its peaceful nuclear program at the nonaligned summit in tehran doing a blow to u.s. moves to isolate the islamic republic. and. successfully fends off attempts. to carve a five billion dollars out of his fortune in the london. was a fundamentally reliable that's. the republicans freshly nominated presidential candidate mitt romney promises a hard line stance against russia but faces prison for flip flopping on previous policies. next we have more on the upcoming u.s. presidential elections and the troubles with america's political system as we talk to author andrew levine. 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 back you are writing 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 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 expend a little bit on afghanistan you argue that again a standing particular surname to 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 in the was government say so crazy idea. well it looks now like obama has dodged that bullet at least until november by basically by by 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'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 the past so the danger of 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 which 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 or any of obama 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 afghanistan. 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 has the steward of the empire can't say that and so he also well i gradually only gradually to get out there as a graduate 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 may be see as

legalized corruption do you think their voices were heard. in the general defiantly diffuse cultural sense i don't think you can. 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 in terms of policy making probably not. with this administration so far but there was a backlash the took 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 to 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 search you 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 that established the fact that we 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 intact and the doubt of we exist in the places where those things are manufactured and marketed 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 like an 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 are 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 part of 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 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 right 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 all of alternatives by the way that the party system has evolved especially in recent years that makes it it and by its. 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 . and their calendars child was overshadowed by this tragedy. they still feel the fear they faced. and remember every second of this nightmare. will remain in their memories and hearts forever. and it seemed so. innocent. a little angel on our cheek.

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the week's top stories on our t.v. turkey calls for a no fly zone in syria fails to get support at the u.n. as rebels in the country declare civilian airports have their latest target warning international flights to stay away. iran welcomes a chorus of support for its peaceful nuclear program at the nonaligned summit in tehran dealing a blow to u.s. moves to isolate the islamic republic. which successfully friends off attempts by

exiled tycoon boris berezovsky to carve five billion dollars out of fortune the london. he was a fundamentally unreliable witness. when the republicans freshly nominated presidential candidate mitt romney promises a hard line stance against russia but faces criticism for flip flopping on previous policies. and now the latest news from the world of sports you're watching r.t. . hello and welcome to the sports here are the headlines. fighting for revenue so it makes it to interiors to scour when one million dollars to go within a point of top spot to the russian premier league soccer defeats spots in the dog.

while much more robin van persie miss is a penalty but nets a hat trick as manchester united come back to snatch a last gasp three two win in a thriller at southampton. i'm stalking mclaren's jenson button wins and crushed it belgian grand prix from pole to clinch the fourteenth victory of his career. but first a football and says sky have overcome their shock midweek europa league exit to bounce back and win one their like thousand to keep up the pressure on the top two in the russian premier league on the out teenage wing the ultimate muso scored his secondly go in as many games i'm sure they need suits beside state moved to within a point of this elite into russia then the us a me but is its key was the provider for this one the all the men have now won their last four matches to stay within touching distance of top sport. while there is more misery for rock bottom deny moscow as down to trust you side threw away one goal lead to me was again two one in stoppage time and his form side to damo went

ahead to see a christian about this point strike right before the break trying to feed his powerful free kick leveled matters midway through the second half much to the trust most complete discussed and is released next to the winner from outside the box three minutes into injury time ask the band condemns denominator their six defeat from seventy games so far. while few sittings and he maintains that push for a european place with a two one when it clearly is a bit of defender chris summer. beauty to the visit is ahead way through the first half a block or so for setting up this one and the scene a try all right next to his second goal in as many games early in the second to give you a comfortable lead though the bios code and late go back to the home side with angie hung on civic train to on. wall rim on publishing that came off the bench to score the sixty six minute when i was lucky much of came from behind to beat spots

act two was in a moscow dobby miss you can borrow to night emery's man to head off to six minutes before dominate and do it paul lockyer level on the hour. while on saturday said i continue their remarkable starts to the season going joint top it's an eight on three two one win every been. put to the visitors ahead thirteen minutes in the chance tricot lift off cross from pure dish. did find an equaliser only break through the second half saw them on the ground on the finish but mother made me to snatch the we're not in the dying minutes to get to that level on points with the heat is innate even worse for ravine they had salvatore but kept me sent off after too late. now overdoing the new signing robin van persie missed a penalty but still scored a hat trick as manchester united came back to snatch a street in injury time when a plucky southampton with twenty minutes to go on the score at two one kelvin

davies saved on percy's chance to equalise from the spot but the dutchman then scored twice in five late minutes to send saints to the bottom and united fifth while new boys sunday got thought out and lukas podolski scored off his first me goals of the season as they won two livable and had some but all things that he wanted to go as newcastle came back to draw one won with aston villa. for me they are now in jenson button has claimed his fourteenth career win and his second of the year following a dominant find to flank display at the belgian grand prix the briton catapulted himself into contention for the title after also winning actually the person raising the straight for free in march but it was a day to forget the standings leader fernando alonso responded crush not at this bar circuit. sergio perez and roma grows up also retired frenchman was handed a one race ban after a spectacular pileup on the first corner pastor maldonado also bad that early on

however reigning champion sebastian vettel clawed his way up from tenth on the grid to finish second ahead of communication and the german was arguably the biggest gainer as the red bull man overtook teammate mark webber into second in the overall standings vettel is now twenty four points behind along the top. ten to sound defending champion novak djokovic has cruised into the fourth round of the us open the serbian second seed didn't face a breakpoint for a second straight match to seek out class to frenchman julian bennett so while spanish full speed that would farah overcame a slow start to beat two thousand and one champion lleyton hewitt. athletics now defending champion oscar pistorius has set a new world record in the two hundred meters at the paralympics in england the south african who also competed after the long develop shaved more than half a second off the previous best finish in the time of twenty one point three seconds at the paralympics the sprinter is also defending his one hundred and four hundred

metres titles his new two hundred meter mark is one of many records that have been set in these games raising the question how much of this progress to improvements in technology and how much is down to natural ability is more on that from london israel and possibly. south africa's oscar pistorius is or ghibli the most famous paralympian in the world the sprinter became the first man in history to participate in both of them. of the summer games following his exams at the title earlier this summer pistorius is achievements has prompted debates whether paralympians could soon outperform their able bodied counterparts as the purse knology advances each year. step on takes care of the russian paralympic team's prosthetic leg 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 sport 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 improvement always been modified. and the athlete. is not able to put forward it will do you us you never succeed or be the best athlete so it's all about. determination does it clean integrity initiate if she had 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 advancement 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 with almost a year gone since the tragic plane crash yes level which kills the entire lot of what if i sell the team i don't tell superstars you have get a knocking and let's two teams in a charity match to commemorate the players' lives and help support their families. as well. on september the seventh russia will commemorate one year since the tragic

plane crash which killed the entire local multifarious lower ice hockey team to mother the tragedy of this year's annual pre-season charity match will see all the profits donated to the victims' families of the most of them on this game unites people from various professions under a single lane remembering all those who died in that crash because i'm sure that memories of our most important things in our lives with of the way i looked at the some of that i would apply to a charity match from an open heart each of the teams if you get any molecule any yak about you taking to the icing on the fellow sportsmen and celebrities alike this is common at these events because floats with many famous names here to underscore shit i just was a he grew bored i told him legend i just love it too so i figure skating world champion and you have are both find in the net to the

amusement of the more school fans. because that i really enjoy the atmosphere here how much is very warm and kind and we need to find the spectators for that of course that for us participants it was also an opportunity to show our passion for all came and gave our supports to the families of the former local players. however the most and dissipated here is on the ice where the two captains n.h.l. stars convert you can more can lead their charges into countless attacks and counterattacks times producing not only goals and assists but turning the knights into a real show. i after the sixty minutes the battle was started fourteen men in both sides had five penalty shots apiece to try and seal victory but even penalties couldn't separate the two sides both teams scoring two out of five sixteen sixteen was the final result in this quite extraordinary hokey game. but i think it was an

interesting match to watch everyone who took part and they tried to play out sending lee and show his best hockey and the result looks logical the only thing which could win such a game is friendship friendship between all of us. the night raised more than half a million dollars for the families of the victims but the more important outcome proven that their gun but not for gotten. dirty most. and that's over this post ask. well. science technology innovation all the latest developments from around russia we've got the future covered.

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