as billions in paul predations make the us presidential campaign the most expensive ever some americans believe whoever wall street will be the winner. russia's foreign minister of the international powers for refusing to negotiate with all sides in the syrian conflict saying talking to a set is the only way to stop the bloodshed. in my backyard plans to build a mosque of protest as worried that the islamic group developing it is aiming to radicalize local muslims.

international news and comment live from moscow this is r.t. with you twenty four hours a day are concerned he has caused chaos to the u.s. presidential election with rallies canceled an early voting disrupted but it's the economic storm over the last few years which is why in the electorate. looks a criticism thrown at the two major candidates over their links to the rich who are still hogging the wealth of the nation. as our tees up those u.s. election coverage continues this week we turn our attention to domestic issues concerning voters now u.s. presidents have historically referred to america as an exceptional nation a land of opportunity where one can work hard and over time climb the proverbial economic ladder but one year ago that myth was busted when occupy wall street activists camped out here in zuccotti park igniting the nationwide grassroots movement protesting corporate greed. wealth inequality and middle class

today the fact is the u.s. gap between rich and poor has never been wider and unprecedented amount of americans are sliding down the proverbial ladder while the top one percent earning an average annual income of twenty four million dollars enough to bet on both horses running in the nation's biggest political race. it's the most expensive political playoff in u.s. history a competition for the country's most powerful position one of the things i suspect governor romney and i probably agree on is let's come back to something the president i agree on no matter who wins the two thousand and twelve election. america's ninety nine percent movement will be left with a one percent president regardless of who we vote for wall street wins i mean that's really one of the main messages is that when we're casting about we see that

we have these corporations giving so much money to candidates and they can't be objective when it comes to the interests of the vast majority of the bonus loving industry that ignited america's economic crisis real estate collapse job hemorrhage and foreclosure epidemic. is also on track to break campaign donation records for the two thousand and twelve presidential election each election cycle each four years it cost significantly more they did four years ago so running for president united states is now half a billion dollar undertaking you need a half a billion dollars to credibly run for the president of united states and you're going to raise that from large corporations and wealthy individuals in the case of mitt romney wealth attracts wealth the republican candidate has a reported net worth of two hundred million dollars and according to the center for responsive politics the top eight financial contributors to romney's campaign are wall street banks with employees from goldman sachs bank of america and morgan stanley right. ending out the top three. this is the by the moment changes come to

america. in two thousand and eight barack obama became the largest beneficiary of wall street backing in u.s. election history. receiving more than forty two million dollars from the finance insurance and real estate sectors it's hard to believe that smart rational guys and big companies with huge research departments and a real understanding of the society are going to give that much money and expect nothing in return so their donation is probably not a charity since becoming president obama's justice department hasn't prosecuted one person in connection to the two thousand and eight financial collapse on the other hand top executives from j.p. morgan chase citigroup and general electric were recruited to work in the white house what we have cemented into place is a system of legalized bribery public elected officials arnason corporate employees you know the flagrant sort of corruption the ability of this small patience class

of corporate oligarchy to write the laws write the legislation create a two tiered system this ultimately is going to implode according to a two thousand and twelve harris poll the majority of americans see wall street executives as dishonest and over paid with an overwhelming amount of citizens in support of tougher regulation. and overhaul the occupy wall street movement began championing last year as millions of americans flooded the streets. thousands facing brutal arrests. to protest wall street greed economic inequality and corporate influence over u.s. politics. as election day draws near occupy activists say both candidates have pander to their financial donors and successfully ignored the biggest american grassroots movement to be. seen in decades we see little difference between the two

parties they're both basically imperialist parties and i think that one thing that i can really do is expose how the democratic system as we have it right now is basically a sham the political system is so broken in so many ways that the reason that we continue to come out in the streets and raise you know ring the alarm bells around economic injustice and economic situation in our country is because you know people aren't doing their job millions of americans will soon be heading to the polls lacking support for either major candidate but voting against the one they like least however with wall street successfully cementing strong ties to both presidential runners some may wonder if the winner of this election has already been declared hurry up or not i r t v our. coverage of the u.s. presidential campaign will continue on air and online all the way up to the vote plus don't miss the final round of the third party candidates debate to hear about

their take on the issues largely ignored by the front runners that's coming to you live exclusively on t.v. in a week from now. we both agree we agree we have to bring the tax rates down i felt the same as the president did governor romney i'm glad. you agree let's come back to something the president i agree on and the tube you agree that the voters have a choice perhaps you wonder who to vote for when romney and obama agree on so many things remember you do have other options come november sixth tune in to see the second round of debates between the major third party candidates right here on r.g.p. . russia's foreign minister says international powers should put more pressure on the warring sides in syria after the latest truce was wrecked after meeting the international envoy to syria here in moscow circulars of urge western states and regional players to engage with president assad what is your position of has been following the talks in the russian capital

. even though it was supposed to last just four days the ceasefire in syria didn't work and now the question on everybody's lips is what happens next and both russia's foreign minister a lot of off and special envoy brahimi are placing their bets on the geneva communique which was signed by wall power center by just both sides of the conflict in syria to simultaneously put their weapons down and also for equal pressure to be applied on both of them from the outside but according to russia's foreign minister far from all countries which signed this agreement back in geneva are playing by the rules that i see in the in the lead so you'd use to russia is probably the only country along those that took part in the geneva talks on the thirtieth of june which negotiates regularly with all sides in the syrian conflict the government and all opposition groups with no exceptions as we expect our western partners and partners in the region to do the same they should get used to the idea that without dialogue with the syrian government virtually nothing can be achieved and this is

currently a major problem in moving towards a political process in syria in turn special envoy brahimi said he is sorry that the ceasefire plan didn't work it was negotiated to take place during the course of the feast of sacrifice was supposed to end today but was in fact broken right on the first day with a deadly blast in damascus then violence continued in different parts of the country throughout the weekend and was told by another deadly explosion in damascus on monday and russia's foreign minister labral says that with these provocations taking place the syrian government is also making disproportionate responses so mr brahimi is facing a very tough task finding some sort of a diplomatic solution and more importantly making it work he himself says that you know level of distrust between the two sides of the coptic in syria is so high right now it won't even when they begin discussing some sort of obligations each one expects automatically the other one to break its promises. well there's been

more violence in syria on the last day of the ceasefire another car bomb has ripped through southern damascus while government warplanes have carried out a heavy bombardment of the capital suburbs let's not talk to them in the digital analysts covering the middle east while russia says that the duty of foreign powers is to use all the influence they have to make all the sides in the syrian conflict lay down their arms do you think there is a genuine desire for peace amongst international players. no i don't think there is . a desire for peace equally among the various international parties to this conflict i think the russians are absolutely right that it is incumbent upon the the parties that have a relationship with with the rebels and the opposition to gather that right up because you know let's let's sort of roll back and look at this there are two sides to this conflict one is the syrian government and that can be held accountable in

a simple way. the other side is very diffuse and this is this is where the problem is always been that you cannot control all the elements and even if let's say the majority of opposition triggers want to participate you have a few spoilers who ruin it and we know by and large who's supplying the spoilers you know in this countries like saudi arabia and qatar and turkey now if the international community was serious about a resolution of this conflict or at least helping to defuse the humanitarian element of this conflict which is ostensibly what they argue they would immediately penalize. perhaps even sanction the countries that are providing arms to the rebels who are the spoilers every time there are efforts to to bring the parties together and achieve seize fire it is the duty of the permanent members of the security council to to ensure peace and security otherwise honestly they should be

part of the security council unfortunately they western the three western members back us states france u.k. and u.s. . their goal seems to be more to have their side win in this and currently it looks like at any cost note with no concern for the humanitarian crisis there they're constantly advocating so even rhetoric which we see from those so-called spoilers as you say the likes of saudi arabia and turkey and indeed we've seen some violence between syria and turkey even today there's been some cross border shelling even that sort of rhetoric coming from outside the country really doesn't have an impact on what's happening within syria. you know it does that mean this whole syrian business has been so dominated by narratives and story lines and you know just just a few days ago during an unusual thing and it really has been picked up very much and in the mainstream media or even alternative but her rant the turkish paper quoted a senior commander of the u.s.

army in europe saying that we're not sure if these shells are from the syrian army or if they're from rebels trying to drag turkey into the crisis or from the kurdish workers party the people the peak ha so this to come from such a senior figure was a hint that perhaps nature was uncomfortable with what they saw as potentially a turkish effort to get nato you know to to invoke article five and get nato to come into the g.o.p. and of their ally it's very dangerous what's happening on that border now but the fact that nato has not responded i think has put turkey on notice ok what about just briefly and finally. along with saudi arabia and other countries who want to see a sad go that's one ever the conflict because we're now seeing rival sectarian groups from iraq then all thought to be increasing involved in this conflict do you think that syria is now really seriously becoming a platform for regional muslim factions to fight their cause

a sectarian issue rather than just a power toppling issue look at it again i caution people this is this conflict has been so much about a war of words propaganda storylines and narratives the story about iraqi shiites i believe that sort of hit the media in the last day or two has come from a piece in the new york times with without the kind of sourcing back from the new york times and this follows you know weeks if not longer than of major mainstream western media suggesting that there were between fifteen high. five thousand hizbollah troops in syria hizbollah was arming the syrian government which is laughable for middle east watchers because it's always been the opposite and that even the runyon revolutionary guards are involved in syria what we're seeing on our t.v. screens are increasingly islamist militants. fighting and on the opposition

side and this is becoming very nerve racking to people who want regime change in syria so they need to keep they need to keep the syrian regime looking bad. and to suggest that you know these abilify middle eastern elements hizbollah iran iraq east sectarian shiites are coming in to help the syrian government is one way to keep the narrative or the story line going in their favor otherwise certainly in public perception they're going to lose out as we increasingly see stories in the in the crass about jihadists you know controlled opposition strongholds really interesting to hear a perspective thank you very much indeed showing showing no army political analyst joining me from beirut well still ahead for you this hour here on our t.v. there's more pain ahead for hard up as asking congress to pass reforms that need to get another cash injection its creditors are planning to request even more sacrifices. but streets are empty as ghost town new york braces for the full force

of hurricane sandy more on that and other international news after a short break. horses and bayonets big bird these are the words of internet legend from the two thousand and twelve presidential debates when a candidate says something dog to so much fun to make silly pictures like these on the internet hole he he but the problem. that is that the person who wins the bait is the one who makes the best argument not he who doesn't make a verbal slip ups people react to these debates like schoolgirls picking prom queen or rummy talked about big bird who howard dean scream. gaffes don't matter that much it matters if the ideas the candidates present are effective or not but more

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the life here in moscow the news continues now greece will have to introduce another one hundred fifty economic reforms to please its international credit that's according to a leaked report from its lenders greece has been locked in talks with e.u. and i.m.f. inspectors for weeks of the crucial starting package it would need to introduce to be saved from bankruptcy by november you know how van overtveldt editor in chief of trends business magazine says there's no chance athens can keep its sovereignty and

get the money it needs it's one of two things you either have to accept the fact that you and those sovereignty. or you will have major problems in terms of the continuity of this monetary union so if you need money if you're in this you call to you like greece is it's in the vita mold that those who lend you the money starts interfering with your policies so it may sound a little minute. maybe a little bit undemocratic but that's the way things work if you really are in need of that much money for that long period of time it's inevitable that you'll give up some of your server anything and as a matter of fact to make this monetary union work in the structural and durable way every state in forced in this eurozone in this monetary union rules will have to accept this principle. what else is happening around the world vote counting is

under way after ukraine solemn introduction of over seventy five percent of the ballots counted the ruling party leads but also position parties have more votes in total could pose problems for president viktor yanukovych the opposition promises to impeach him for the two tional violations if they gain and nothing influence in parliament elections were criticized by european observers you said they lacked transparency or balanced media coverage. the fearsome super storm sandy is now hurtling towards the u.s. east coast at one hundred fifty kilometers an hour battery new jersey with seventy two wait the predicted path oracle is all set to complete twenty six nuclear plants in new york thousands of flights have been cancelled and the subway network was shut down following mass evacuations of course for all the latest developments on this i websites as well as on twitter. no thanks that's the reaction of residents in east london to europe's largest mosque being planned for their backyard next to

the olympic site and it. is not only the sheer size but the islamic group developing it that they're worried about. four times bigger than some paul's cathedral a mega mosque that will fit ten thousand people and it could be coming to london's east end if it gets the go ahead it's built the river in center will be the same size as london's looming but as a power station it would also be the biggest place of worship in the u.k. of any religion but critics have slammed the proposal saying that it would create a muslim tester in the forces that are still working to bring the largest mosque the u.k. has ever seen into reality revered architects planning consultants and glitzy p.r. teams all paid for by the organization behind the idea to mat a group that's causing significant concern this is a return beat him out of all the islamic groups has created ghettos over in toronto

you know in canada right there around the world it's a huge group and wherever they go they create barriers they create hostility they create division they create separatism with its unassuming name the riverine centers website claims there's a demand for a new muslim place of worship in culturally diverse east london not that they're happy to talk about it it's representatives refused to speak to us when we approach the preparers site home to their current mosque it does not want to integrate the grounds on which search trying to set up here in britain and a big way and to the british there and to worse too but actually there also and he won't leave there of the world but this is not just going to be a more this is going to be a center of training in which to reach out to islam on these muslims to harden up and maybe even lies the islam of ordinary muslims in this country and

i mean so many muslims don't want that the problem here is stopped. muslims themselves are opposing this mosque more on the grounds that they don't want to worship their god but on the grounds that women aren't allowed the local population of muslim population has no on the site and how the mosque itself is governed or the local authority would say to us as you can confirm we have received a planning application as this is currently being protested it would be inappropriate to comment here at this stage the matter is if this went ahead if you like a tipping point. there be no stopping fundamentalist islam if this one goes up happens we all need to leave the country over the last one out please turn the lights off while the council ponders campaigners here of all religions say they hope the decision makers choose carefully just today let's set up shop in the british capital. r t east london. that's who it is that.

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hello and welcome to business here on our team now we're also talking about hurricane sandy of course because it has affected trading in the u.s. in fact trading has been suspended in many saw the exchanges namely the nasdaq and the new york stock exchange now more details on that we know we've been covering all day but about sixty one million people live in and around new york city have

been offended and this is the first time since the september eleventh terrorist attacks of course that suspend trading has been suspended in the country workers sandbags in manhattan to try to limit the damages that are expected and that's one of the traders that are staying clear with just days now before the presidential elections barack obama and mitt romney have been forced to cancel costly campaign events in the city and also the european markets the asian markets and the russian markets have been suffering as a result because normally you look to wall street its performance to see how that will go with the trading session the footsie and the dikes close the losses there and european insurance companies were hit the most and that's because they're expecting to see a lot of the i have to pay out a lot of money to cover the damages that we're expecting to see because of hurricane sandy moving on to the currencies the euro continues to weaken against the u.s. dollar when it comes to the russian ruble last.