the nuclear power plants put on alert in the u.s. because of the superstorm sandy the weather's also put election campaigning on hold with fears it could cost vital votes. ray-bans or gatherings intensifying crackdowns on anti-government protests as clashes with police rise. and britain set for a clash of a cash in funding the e.u. while struggling members italy and spain insist they don't need hand. nine pm here in moscow right now my name is kevin irwin warm welcome to if you're

just joining us rev you're watching around the world this is r.t. and first a nuclear power plants that just mentioned there in new jersey has been put in alert tonight as waters around the facility is swelling as a result of superstorm sandy the plants around one hundred kilometers south of new york it was shut down for refueling last week but radioactive material at the site could potentially prove dangerous meantime millions were hit by a blackout in parts of new york after a large explosion at a power plant president obama's declared the city a disaster at least sixteen people were killed across seven states because it's also hit the heart of the race to the white house with both the bomber and his republican challenger mitt romney suspending their election campaigns and that storm could hit sabbar missed chances to as it might make voting in the traditionally democratic states of new york difficult for us political activist tom hayden says sandy could fuel the electoral crisis. it's destroying the legitimacy of the election potentially on the east coast early voting is being wiped out

in these cities and states the voting of the elderly on the election day the voting of the poor on election day the voting of new yorkers on election day is likely to be diminished through no fault of their own and that will affect the outcome of the election but at the same time it's extremely possible to manipulate the computers so if it's a close election it will be protested and contested as illegitimate for days and days and into the future just as the election between gore and bush. was seen by most americans as stolen that could happen again so we are in for a an electoral crisis i think of a very very profound nature when you get live updates from superstorm sandy. plus

coverage of the presidential race comes down to election day two as we take what the other channels ignore we invite you to watch the final round a debate between the third party candidates right here on a c next monday. governor romney and i 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 you 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 never 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. . bahraini authorities have banned all mass public gatherings as clashes escalate between police and protesters the government says the anti monarchy protesters are abusing their right to speech and they threaten national unity there are almost daily clashes with police using tear gas and rubber

bullets around eighty people killed since the unrest began nearly two years ago human rights groups have rounded up the brutal crackdowns on campaigners calling for more rights jobs and education was taught. zouk is a member of the bahraini opposition with fact party thank you being with us the authorities say they're trying to maintain stability in the country i guess the question is would any government want to keep the streets safe. of this is the time for you to never try. to lose up with nothing but in the small of institutions these are the citizens taken by individual and when they are talking about maintaining the peace and stability on. more than one hundred and the last the but this if you can once we have a. political problem and people demand it dead on the spot this is. despite be

a bottle of the government being bought out that it just took the wealth of the team and spoke of that it is having an independent judiciary etc etc what they are claiming is that they are just a few are doing more and worse than bottom because what they got to do with it is that they will mike what they get and i like their last week they will see each almost whole but i can think people are from going outside their homes and even getting. bills this is not going green and this it made it impossible and this is some of the base laws so clearly one of the protests is going to do now they like the regardless of this. security fair to bring the state if you can but because they are the security. and the solution has. been planning it and commission of inquiry which.

takes a city you will see. the benadryl feedom will fix michigan assembly also committed follow the law to one hundred fifty four became an addition by g.e. . but if you get your way it is that all fellow feeling this is gone this is what it is and that is it is there this is security. engine suspended toyota. from. the bottom of the still a few that is going to be up there to do the form and on the phone they have been promising the phone with us to this it will be a day to go to and do it for me through dial up the inclusive where was the picture here is that from asus who isn't afraid of getting into them to push it as you're going to leave them alone they're looking down on quite a bit so this is this isn't cancellation but this is happening in fact this

required defiant as a political solution what this if this will show you what is required of them to actually hear what you say so what is required required the i guess the practical thing at the end of the day the practical question is is there any chance by leaders are going to listen to people's demands and change the country's political system i'd like to listen to what you're saying i don't think the model of toto's commitment that has been made by what any of that is in geneva after the beginning and you get other places. by this statement the problem statement from the start of elizabeth the minister. and you can say that he was too much concerned about this. decision on banning all the protests i think we see something more here to the law international community to. anyone for the kids to go into reading books diagnosed . with this issue a lot of them if somebody from the city is very tonight not tomorrow to go on to

look at the. other group keep going to the bottom ok to see if you know any condition we need more from the international community and this will bring about anything with these two that it will negotiation rather than going into this you know disillusioned they are able to get more of this is the question. so there you should make it a point so we appreciate it on the program. a member of the bahraini opposition live on our t.v. thank you. for the back to the top story we'll go through it all but the nuclear plant in new jersey has been put on alert waters around the world as a result of superstorm sandy a course of plants one hundred kilometers south of new york it was shut for refueling no less there are some worries there tonight let's go to arnold gundersen he's chief engineer of fairwinds associates it's an organization educating the public about nuclear power and other energy issues very good evening thanks for being with us i'm sure we didn't get chip it earlier in the program weather

forecasters are saying on whether the worst of the storm has passed but they're not out of the woods yet water levels i gather at this plant just short of the danger level of about two meters which could potentially submerge the pump motor used to cool the spent fuel without a mind that if you see how dangerous is the situation at the moment. well the the you're right that water level was somewhere around two meters perhaps a little higher because the gauge that the government uses to measure it actually broke in the storm surge and because. it is critical to all the water when it's in the nuclear reactor but in america when we move the fuel into the spent fuel pool we have no way of cooling it off of easels and we need power to run the large plant so that's kind of a lot of focus shiva. yes it's very similar to what happened. to unit four

yes it's very similar so begs the question could last year's fukushima disaster in japan be repeated that if flooding does for whatever reason of next couple of hours knock out generators there. well the generators have even if the generators are off or on rather. the generators don't run the pumps on the fuel pool here in america in order to reduce the size of the generators they made a decision years ago that we didn't have the power of the fuel pool cooling system off of the emergency the emergency bus that small been revisited since fukushima then i guess no well the n.r.c. is revisiting it but you know there are bureaucracy and it's been eighteen months and there's been no conclusions what is the worst case scenario here than. well you know i think that the difference is that they are they didn't bring in knowing the storm was coming they have brought in fire pumps and things like that so if the

fuel pool begins to heat up because they can't be cool they will alternate means home water in to keep the pool from from from from boiling the real problem is that the box that the fuel is in can get very very humid because as this water begins to get hot they steam goes up and the equipment in that box safety related equipment is really not designed for high unity so it's important that the fuel pool cooling be reestablished and it's important that if you maintain in the long haul how worried should people be of plugs and let's cut to the chase well i think i was i was very worried yesterday because it was clear the eye of the storm was heading right toward it and i don't believe we'll have a. disaster but i think it really should show the american nuclear regulatory

commission that it can happen here. we could have a flood inland in one of the pennsylvania plants and be having this same conversation two days from now these pumps. our not really protected against the kinds of flooding we're seeing now with global warming and problems associated. with thoughts and letting that position to us their own gunderson she friends in a fair winds associates an organization educating the public about nuclear power and indeed other energy issues as well thank you thanks for having. the budget battle is being waged in the u.k. surely it's not we look at the pressures facing the british prime minister who'll sides while across the channel is also a split at the top in praise for the late his bat potentially in the balance. and a whole lot more to. after this 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 or are added to so much fun to make silly pictures like these on the internet ho ho hee hee but the problem 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 yeah gaffes don't matter that much it matters if the idea is the candidates present are effective or not but more importantly it matters if they will actually do them if a future can say proposed a brilliant economic plan that could save america but instead of saying pennies let the word penis slip or gossip celebrity culture would make him lose the election

for sure he's a potent army of photoshop or have hundreds of copper fellas is drawn all over the internet by the next day a schoolgirl attitude towards politics won't do anything except make fun internet memes but that's just my opinion. what will change when america picks its president amid muslim rage working the iran tight rope pushing china and russia as occupy anger spreads the two parties still dictate their future this election a close guy. to them the fifth on our team. news today violence is once again flared up. and these are the images the world has

been seeing from the streets of canada. giant corporations rule the day. hello again i'm kevin i know a battle over funding for the e.u. is brewing in the u.k. parliament conservative backbenches are leading a rebellion calling for the cash flow to be cut while david cameron faces pressure from brussels to increase the case contribution in line with inflation sarah firth explains more. prime minister david cameron says he going to be feeling the pressure this is a rebel mission this being tabled by the tury backbenches and it's going to be in the commons tomorrow and it's certainly as he said going to put david cameron under pressure they're calling for a real turn cuts to the budget between twenty fourteen and twenty twenty now the

etihad wanted spending to rise by about five percent downing street has said the prime minister supports the rise in line with inflation about two percent but as you can see a real difference is sentiment amongst his own policy now he's going to be meeting with the european leaders in brussels in a couple of weeks time he gave chase is he going to start we've seen labor jumping on the back of this is well it is the conservative motion if they win it won't be binding on the prime minister but it would certainly put him under a lot of stress whilst those negotiations were going on in brussels it could also maybe see he used his veto. with the european leaders and you know germany in particular has been trying to sort of fresh out this compromise this i think going to be putting him under a lot of pressure will an interesting time for britain when it comes to the question of the membership might say no no the point in the history of on them is it has christmas place in the being so owns

a question the size levy the rises and c e feeling austerity measure is a very much affecting people we spoke recently to the former conservative chancellor who also he was telling us that there really has been a very significant rise in anti and with good reason for the public to that there are whole lot of pretty restrictions which come to us from europe or european law which we can't change which you have to go along with even though we ourselves do degree with them because either the single currency is a mystery your european economy is based and therefore. it is don't particularly inspirational there's a big question where of the year are missing millions going you know all this money going to all these projects and still you know people are facing very very severe austerity measures is what people are going to be looking for head of david cameron going to these negotiations next month and certainly with this rift that we're

seeing it is part of a wider rift in the government people want to see leadership a from david cameron and they don't want it to come from brussels they want it to come from their prime minister and be talking in their national interest not in europe's interest. sir furthur will talk in a rift athens has delayed a vote on a massive new austerity package worth thirty billion euros there's a coalition can't agree on the cut since the democratic left is leading the dissent greece's creditors won't turned over the next tranche we trash and athens needs to avoid bankruptcy unless the cuts of past escort now to talk to a german are seasoned international public policy analyst he's on the lines indeed for lathan sir good evening thanks for being with us do you think that the government's going to be able to pass the cuts i do think indeed the government will succeed in passing the new cuts i have to mention that could huge and problems will of course appear when voting in favor of new fresh tax hikes as well as

haricots this is something that has to be expected but i do think that at the end of the day this this new deal will pass and the final disbursement of the trench will be completed successful and what effect is this austerity package going to have on the greek people already struggling so hard well. it looks pretty grim it looks pretty black out here in athens so we're really talking about. new tax hikes for me labor laws general moving into what could be called of flexible type of economy. for people within the greek economy but on the other hand we've already seen the negative consequences of such a policy. reaching almost twenty five percent within the general population is there a danger the government could collapse as a result of this as these cuts go on i mean this is

a conversation that goes on and on. greek people just want a final solution to be found they want to see some kind of hope and some light at the end of the tunnel currently the relation between the democratic left. the socialists as well as the center right new democracy seem to be the only viable alternative to the problems in that regard i think we might we might see a new crop this and now people taking to the streets staging protests but at the end of the day they will evolve and the measures will be passed because with democracy in mind so they also wanted to pick your brain as you're on the line the scans of the great media at the moment isn't it too well known present has been suspended for criticizing a government minister on edge you think those suspensions were politically motivated well i don't think so i suppose you're referring to. investigative journalist cos those folks have finally says well i was going to come

to him in a minute ago you know the printer that listed two thousand greeks who rose suspicion of potential tax evasion over their swiss bank accounts but it begs the question why is it the journal has been published not the people that are on it. well you know i mean the journalist just restart his magazine dark and published on saturday a list of more than two thousand names they claim was the famous lifeguard at least the list of greeks with swedish bank accounts given to greece by french authorities in two thousand and ten to be for tax evasion now according to the latest developments like seven of the journalist is expected to appear before a judge on thursday noon for the news demand violate the privacy rights of the bank account holder now let me just say that the least have leaked in the past but never ever again fast like this took place in the country i think we should believe but then shal conclusions at the discretion of your audience look. international public

policy analyst thank you for your wise words and the. right next to night we're reporting on the muslims in belgium that say they're gearing up for a campaign to establish an islamic state there the newly formed islam party plans to run in the country's general election and vote for the european parliament in twenty forty two after two of their candidates won seats and regional polls earlier this month and the development though has left some euro impedes seriously concerned. we see people from within islamic background forming their own political parties now and demanding introduction of sharia law in an islamic state in belgium we've always predicted this but. mostly people mainly supported the socialist parties and other leftist parties but now they feel apparently confident enough to make their own party and it's only natural thing that many people are worried if they see elected people in brussels now but it will

undoubtedly come in other local places as well when these people you know openly call for the settling of an islamic state you know we are in western europe and many people don't feel at home in a city such people are winning elections and you could say ok it's only one seat in two different communes of brussels but i'm sure this is only the start of something that will only gain in importance reporting tonight to about plans for a london venue with a ten thousand strong capacity not fear though it's for a mosque it would be four times the size of paul's cathedral with locals including muslims fearing it's designed to be a hotbed of extremism a report online from us and online to a major withdrawal voice with banking giant u.b.s. sachs in found says the jobs this is pulling out of the risky investments will see its debts explode. business now it's twenty one twenty three moscow time or dmitri

gazprom turning east they say that's right investors are really not happy with that because it's a dish no investment very expensive basically gas from says it will spend around thirty eight billion dollars to build a pipeline in russia's far east now a first of that money will be spent on the development of a gas field in the sahara public where the link will take its start and thirty two hundred kilometer pipeline is expected to be ready in five years well gas from shares ended the session. on tuesday down two and a half percent much worse than the market which was down just in general as investors try to play it safe in the week ahead of the crucial us elections on a long weekend in russia whereas in europe what we saw at the close was a positive ending with the footsie and the dax up around one percent that's as basically antonis samaras the prime minister of greece has said that negotiations have been completed with the troika about a new bailout program that's accepted greece stays in the euro zone and the euro is

gaining strongly against the dollar as hurricane sandy is of course wreaking havoc in the east coast and the damages are yet to be calculated in the russian ruble managed to strengthen against both currencies. and that's it for me i'm back in fifty five minutes time coming up next this latest edition of capital accounts over from our washington studio. which is slow often enough and knows that to ride a horse you've got to catch it first. for him it's a daily routine that just softens a force on the island of horn at the heart of. his life on an isolated farm is

about blue sky green grass and his horses work there sometimes it gets lonely here but horses have become part of me now i've fallen off so many times sometimes. it's part of my every day like. i home suburban home to it nick brats local just laugh for centuries most still live off the land cattle and fish. by coal is often called the pearl of siberia a horn is said to be the pearl of by. it's all end of think forests. and vast staps. virtually undiscovered by tourists until some twenty years ago i haunt us quickly become a magnet for nature lovers and fuel cigars you're quite some way from civilization

here accommodation on the island is very basic so you can forget about a t.v. or even run in water for most people a tent is there on the eruption but for those who come here it's exactly what they're looking for. a journey to buy coal can be a unique trip of a lifetime and the local. once you've seen it you'll be coming back again and again . good afternoon welcome to capital account i'm lauren lyster here in washington d.c. these are your headlines for october twenty fifth two thousand and twelve c.e.o.'s

are ringing the alarm on deficit. there were some of them ringing the bell top execs including those but eighty of them total from big u.s. corporations sent congress a letter asking for a sin thimbles type approach to reigning in the u.s. deficit the budget deficit three dollars in spending cuts for each dollar of tax increases what would be the impact of this or other possible scenarios for dealing with the u.s. debt and deficit simon mccaleb edge of ideas capital is here to talk about it and speaking of deficits according to the financial times japan's finance ministry will hold crisis talks with bond dealers tomorrow as politicians there are at odds over a bill that's needed to allow billions more in borrowing to finance the country's deficit sound familiar japan is often brought up when talking about a country the u.s. is ability to run massive deficits will discuss the lessons for the u.s.

and new g.d.p. numbers from the u.k. if you put stock in them they show the countries rebounding from recession growing by one percent is this growth a reflection of better days to come or is it just the result of one awful lympics summer spending we'll talk let's get to today's capital account. we all know the drill the us has been running trillion dollar budget deficits amounting to more than sixteen trillion dollars in national debt with no plan that the markets have deemed credible to significantly rein in spending let alone balance the budget now c.e.o.'s are trying to act like they want to do something in .