at ten pm moscow time mitt romney or barack obama juke it out for crucial swing states votes in the last leg and election campaign that bears all marks of reality t.v. . the revolutionaries in revolt the most vigorous fighters against libya's toppled regime threaten the new leadership with consequences unless they get more local power we reports and no mercy tactics in the syrian standoff rebel fighters face war crime allegations now after a video of apparent lynching of pros troops surfaces on mine.

if you just joined us for a good evening for me kevin owen here at r t tonight our top story with just four days to go until voting day both mitt romney and barack obama of kick their election campaigns into overdrive racing from rally to rally both are desperate to break their poll stalemate something in the debates and all that superstorm we've been able to do so far is artesian us to sit on the final scripted rush. the blame game in full swing why didn't you call me when you're working on this thing finger pointing did make it worse mocking he even called it marvelous which is a word you don't often hear when it comes to describing a budget a tax this president we've all agreed that families are off limits. dogs are apparently fair game what you're seeing is them finally rising up to the level of professional wrestling and i say rising up to it because in pro

wrestling in front of the cameras we all hate each other behind the scenes it's a business. and that's the same way it is for them it's a sham a sham largely compared to reality television survivor style started out a limited a contestant on the island and then event they have to form alliances you can call those parties and then they finally grant. you have two three five years to go ahead and they and your it gets the big just the big prize the big prize for years to run the united states of america the contestants are giving it their all to win the competition the concept of a reality show we all know is supposed to be some kind of reality but but in reality it's just really made for t.v. and the presidential campaigns in the us are completely made for t.v. like in any major production a huge crew and big box run the game they have people determine what

a guy's going to wear what kind of haircut how much makeup you know some of this opportunity for a lot of people to get rich from looks to comments and statements most of the election campaign and scripted. the mainstream media following the presidential campaigns eats the show right up one example i'm going to stop the subsidy to p.b.s. i'm going to stop other things i like p.b.s. i love big bird the debates the first us presidential debate of two thousand and twelve and on the yes we million that makes it the most successful most popular reality show. while fact checking leaves the building. you know in about track record about x. is when you're in yet most of the coverage. you have. you spreading a giant welcome mat for trivialized news coverage is romney hurting obama's feelings as obama hurting his feelings are they being cordial to each other or are

they being angry look at the way obama looks up and looks down the show must go on until. curtains are drawn presidential candidates putting on a performance to be voted into the white house a superficial media paying little attention to the actual words being said and not demanding to hear the words that should matter as the u.s. election enters its closing act elect otay meant and remains king and politics not much more than a circus and. party. one aspect of the race that neither can the does liggett or much is america's military for aids abroad the both promise less war and more safety and security u.s. national defense but expert gareth porter told me that throughout the campaign and outside the context of the campaign you simply do not have a lively debate in the united states over the extreme degree of military spending and the militarism that goes with it i'm sorry to say that i don't believe

. obama will deliver on his campaign promise specifically to and u.s. involvement in the war in afghanistan i mean that is certainly the impression that he's conveyed to the american people and that was conveyed to the american people by the vice presidential candidate joe biden i think the closest romney and his running mate paul ryan have come to making a promise is perhaps the the idea of they would somehow be more successful in putting pressure on iran to end its nuclear program but i must say that it was not made with much conviction and that i think is a measure of just how in your the us public and the political system have become to militarism and empire for the united states. despite the devastation superstorm sandy roared across the northeastern usa there's probably

something of a political opportunity for the candidates both rush to offer sympathy and each criticised each other for their inaction while laurie awful has been out since new york's so street to try to gauge which candidate weathered it best. new york was hit hard by hurricane sandy will it affect the way new yorkers vote or the way they look at the issues this week let's talk about that i was a county alan sixty floor and i seen every day that would just be water. water everywhere the beach was in the street do you think that the government has handled the storm well no how could they have done better they could have gotten the subway running a lot quicker but you think that they have anything to do with how much water down there no i think they're just really slow to respond and the whole thing with the buses over here is ridiculous and it's unconstitutional that you have to have three people in a car i use they're going to vote on tuesday is that no then. the city could have

been wiped away if the voting polls still stand i have to be there. reacted to it it seems to be getting out and about. romney seem to be. able to pull lives together yes so do you think that obama's looking better than romney right now. i think mitt romney is a much bigger natural disaster then hurricane sandy and i hope people realize that vote for obama you don't think there's anything wrong with obama i think there's plenty wrong in terms of his. foreign policy in the mideast but unfortunately he's the lesser evil the bottom line is this has been a tough time for new york city and most of us are looking forward to putting this hurricane and the election behind us.

well arty's the challenge of american voters if you're one of them a different perspective every day in the full choice of white house hopefuls to choose from monday it's the final debate looking forward to it between the third party candidates will be live from our studios in washington d.c. . will two parties keep us politics a one way street. or will new voices disrupt the power parallel. what is america changes tracks with election close god monday november fifth on our t.v. . next tonight there's fresh anger and frustration among libyans this time in all rich benghazi where hundreds turned out to vent against the leadership they fought for in the revolution more of the roots of the discontent and from our middle east correspondent paul asli and now. what in a thousand protesters have taken to the streets of the eastern city of benghazi they're calling for greater autonomy saying that they feel marginalized by the new government in tripoli now this comes a little more than

a year on after the ouster of the former libyan leader moammar gadhafi and i asked ironically that of that the people of benghazi played such a central role in bringing about they are now saying that they were better off before the revolution that the whole eastern part of the country is marginalized and deprived of political and economic power now what they want is an autonomous region in the east we're talking here about roughly hof the territory of libya and around three quarters of the country's vast oil reserves what they also want is epping ghazi will become the economic capital of libya what this means is that you will have key institutions such as the central bank as well as the ministries of oil and finance based in the city now this is not a new call it earlier this year we did see tribal leaders come together with the same demands they say that they want to manage their own affairs and also have a larger share of the revenue from the resources that are in the east of the

country what they warning is that if their demands are ignored they will be gaia consequences and certainly what we witnessing is a growing mood of tension and discontent in the country that is being torn apart by protesters just a year on after the so-called revolution. the army and syria has reportedly repelled a rebel offensive on a cave military air base in the northwest an al qaeda linked militia was said to be fighting along with the opposition to try to gain control of the facility this as the u.n. is now examining video which is suspects could be evidence of a war crime by syrian rebels the new released footage purportedly shows opposition fighters executing captured from ten soldiers were lined up on the ground before being repeatedly shot with a little medic rifles i spoke to vestige of the james cole but he says it's a rare example of opposition tactics coming of the international scrutiny. the atrocities are definitely being committed by the rebel forces and and unfortunately

that is being completely ignored because it serves of course the interests of the people who are backing the rebels and who are against assad to try to portray them in the best light possible so we've seen over the months numerous documents coming out from different organization including amnesty including including human rights watch documenting summary execution of prisoners torture the use of children in these conflict on the part of the rebels but that has been conveniently buried in the headlines time and time again and even some of the reports that didn't know some of these atrocities being committed by the rebels were almost always prefaced by reports of government atrocities and that was buried somewhere down halfway through the article time and time again so it is of course and if it be hypocrisy that's underlying this and it's trying to manipulate public opinion certainly in the west to to be on the floors and on the side of these rebel forces the only real plan that's on the table that right now that's feasible is the one that china just put forth the four point proposal for the syrian troops which also does not include

any language for assad to step down it does not in court include any enforcement language which is a political long starter in washington because of course those are the two key issues that they want to make sure is part of any type of proposal so once again we see that that washington is really. salut keen to make sure that saw him stepping down as part of any proposal and i think they're not going to accept anything short of that so i think they are content to watch these atrocities and and these murders and executions and torture pile up in the name of trying to get rid of assad and unfortunately the only real peace plan on the table at the moment isn't even being considered seriously by washington. and sickens protoform to get involved with police there accused of a disproportionate response on the streets and the kingdoms rule is going to allow the same to destroy the dissent we go the detailed report about a bit later and say that this would sing a disease liver on a label put you off your sneaky snacks of a couple of minutes time we report of

a but show of a canadian medics who want to put fear into food. what's the difference between a samurai sword and a blind guys walking stick well known if you're one of the cops in northern england an elderly blind architect with taser in the back because his cane looks like a sword that was used in a nearby crime honest mistake because sorts are often tubular and use this walking sticks more and more we hear stories like this like the handcuff youth who is shot in the back to death or the unarmed guy in a wheelchair who got blown away by the boys in blue i understand that being in the place is rough everyone lies to you and any given day you could be shot dead so i

get it when after a long police chase someone just snaps and in all honesty fire when the police might do the same thing but it takes a certain kind of person who enjoys of be using their uniform to make the helpless suffer you can't tolerate sadists or those with. polian complexes in the police are you know what they aren't that hard to spot in the shower because if you like to tase the elderly or shoot wheelchair bound people then you probably don't have much of a certain something but that's just my opinion. is today violence is once again flared up. these are the images the world. can. change corporations through today.

hundreds of peaceful protesters in bahrain of come under attack from riot police firing tear gas their rally was against the recent ban imposed on public gathering seen as part of the government's crackdown on reform campaigns a problem inductively been jailed to six months for posting a tweet said to insult the king. former lecturer at the university of bahrain he thinks they'll be no peace until the money could leaves. to do also on one for

voicing their opinion. of expression violates any standard of democracy around the world there is no improvement at all. they're the regime is learning to play the world media like. they claim they support human rights they claim they are instituting dialogue with the opposition they claim all sorts of changes and their anger doesn't roll the in borrowing meanwhile they can do any of the great down they continue the torture and they continue to do and they continue the killings in bahrain majority overwhelming majority of the population over three quarters of the population. or out of the royal family which has been in power now for two hundred thirty years mostly they must out. there will be no social be in bahrain in the situation that will continue to get more clear

out. bahrain's long running a rest is not documented on many new sites but you will find it on ars r.t. dot com our website also there as well the f.b.i. has plans to get an access all area pass to people's emails and see the stumbling block a judge now ordering the agency to explain its world wide plan and the spying plans indeed we should force private companies to tailor the technology apparently to make surveillance easier scary stories online from us r.t. dot com also there as well as passports of perfect behavior what's this well tell you it's a plan to get russians to take an etiquette test before going abroad or have a nexus in the maid's edition of prime time on r.t. dot com. morning's today violence is once again flared up. these are the images.

from the streets of canada. showing operations are old today. russian prime minister to be preventive says the pussy riot punk band should not have been jailed for the moscow cathedral stunt but he has expressed his condemnation of their ethics. people are very unpleasant to me both on the outside and only in they filled me with extreme negative emotions so much so that i don't like talking about them but i wouldn't put them in jail if i were a judge just because i don't consider it correct that their punishment was in the form of a custodial sentence they've already spent some time in custody that's actually enough three members of pussy riot were found guilty of hooliganism motivated by religious hatred after performing live so-called public prayer in moscow's main

orthodox cathedral they were sentenced to two years jail but what was then freed on probation after an appeal to women insist their stunt was political and aimed at the authorities but their actions caused outrage among the religious community and a divided russian public opinion. so the big stories in brief tonight this orange tinted skyline let's take a city in northwest china. a powerful sand storm swept through the region the area suffered strong winds and a sharp fall in temperatures it's all coming out there less than a month ago beijing agreed to extend the multi-billion dollar project to prevent sandstorms like this by curbing the deforestation that we think has led to increased swathes of desert more than no that's what's kicked up this stay with me one of christianity's most popular pilgrimage sites has had its bank account frozen now this is over a long running dispute between jerusalem church of the holy settle an israeli water company the site shutting its doors for

a day in protest the church supposedly is built at the place where jesus christ was crucified and was examined till now for water fees until a few years ago when it was asked to start paying again. you opinions offered more than one hundred million dollars in development aid me and man of the block suspended sanctions against the asian state and since then since april in fact it's been boosting its ties after the political reforms there the cash in jail. comes despite europe's own going debt crisis though and those eurozone unemployment hits new records. let's talk about some of our programs to cover diving deep into low standards in high finance here's what's to come next are in you guessed it because a report. by jamie diamond ludo right here it's got all you need to flick massive new paint on this possessed devil of finance on wall street and you can attack the mood and various locations serious cause serious genital discomfort so it's right there oh that's gotta hurt buddy or else go ahead and have

a right here in there right here near your blade master's a smart brain cells or did you go in there. from unsavory mathis in the cause report to unsavory matters in canada medics that are of no come up with a very explicit way of warning against the health risks of obesity but the critics on ip they say the alarming labeling the proposal will unfairly and inaccurately equate everyday meals and drinks with more harmful to black on alcohol is to. imagine you're about to bite into your pizza when you see this disease liver or perhaps you're taking a swig of your drink when this diseased foot catches your eye put off your food well that's just the effect some doctors in canada want frustrated with a growing epidemic of obesity the on tyrion medical association have taken

a leaf from their anti smoking contemporary's book and called for graphic labeling on fatty sugary and salty processed foods they say society must stop tiptoeing around health risks such as diabetes heart and liver disease which can arise from eating too much of certain foods what we want to do is we want to tax foods that are high in calories in the nutritional value and get tax breaks the healthy food but as you might imagine the shock food tactics have been hard to swallow for those who make or enjoy eating but targeted products they think the labels are over the top and accuse doctors of demonizing certain products and food categories hearing bacco every day beverage items is nonsensical smoking tobacco products do not really have a balance in a healthy place that various food and beverage products which the ontario medical association would place label warnings on i can absolutely

heart of a balance other proposals that have sparked controversy include labeling excessive salt sugar and fat as pathogens that is disease causing viruses and bacteria age limits for buying soft drinks and temporarily taking some obese children away from their parents william endl author of seeds of destruction says the doctors are right about the dangers of highly processed foods but these labels will simply be ignored i don't know any single cigarette smoker. there blindly i don't think that stopped. nobody the foods are engineer today and this has been tested in private lab the foods are engineers today in many cases to be addicted to stimulate the pleasure center of the brain so until you've forced by law to change that kind of a who can't and you're not going to have an easy solution to this my mother theo and they also recommends higher taxes and marketing restrictions on junk food

especially to children to to stick suggest twenty six percent of canadian children aged five to seventeen are overweight or obese. tombaugh off the break a special portland up through the looks of the roots of the occupy movement here on our team by. that. in this remote siberian village people still sing the sounds which russians sang in the middle ages and they cherish the nation practiced by the will set up church before the seventeenth century the old believers here is sign the area are conservative community they're known as the simi skia

a word which refers to families. that i believe need care yes i feel that i now am i first joined by. i. people here are happy to show their way of life to tourists and teach them how to dance in the local star. use of prayer and the girl needs to watch her legs don't go up too much during the dance she must be a modest. yet. seventeen year old nanda is from the same village she now studies in the city and dances at a club. she puts on her costume and the traditional amber necklace only when she comes to the is it her grandmother. ok ok.

i didn't ask on time printout says because i want to keep up to date with this morning world but still i would like to have camp my ground. my ancestors layer and this is my treasure their attachment to the church brought and sistas to this remote lent deflate by call more than two hundred fifty years ago they were exiled in pesah q-tip for not agreeing to the orthodox who forms introduced in russia in the sixteen hundreds they wanted to maintain their time honored rituals they'll believe are still baal and cross themselves with two fingers not with three as they do in modern orthodox churches in russia and never knew when praying but this fall the city says it's not so much the rituals they cherish as the moral principles he does not approve of what is doing as a critic but old believe a woman must never show had naked legs and because things started to spoil during the soviet union. was more and more young people leaving for big cities this here

is the old believers culture could be imperiled nowadays young people prefer urban life to devoting their life to agriculture but it's not necessary to leave it inside israel has to remember that trying to keep their. plans to continue her studies abroad to grandmother says wherever she goes as long as the teen years are fresh in her memory so is the culture. i got from him. and i worked for. my father is seat of the way and in assistance of the man i'm speaking with here vice president of seed everywhere district one chris shelton one of the group's c.w.a. represents the rising workers and as of june two thousand and twelve the horizon

workers he represents have been working without a contract for over a year except this round of contracts is different arising is trying to break the union every. my father worked for years who could be gone in his life so many diverse people were many walks of life that recognize that we are the not percent of the time of record profits of rises asked of the very same people that have made the lucrative rich corporation that they now want to go to will benefit acceptable from up on a few horizons should be the poster child for corporate greed because of all the money they make and what they're trying to do to us and everybody else at the bar you say it's about saving a million dollars next year but what do you think that this car negotiation is really about this kyra negotiation is about destroying our standard of living this is cooperation is trying to get what they want that they've been trying to get for the last twenty five years and we cannot lie to me that's why i keep my wall street's message and our message.