a shakeup in russia's government as president putin sets the country's defense minister during a corruption scandal that's cost the budget around one hundred million dollars. in the u.s. election while barack obama and mitt romney make their last gasp of the full votes in the final hour we'll solve the presidential race are two you know it's a debate with the alternative candidates as forces have gone largely encouraged during the campaign. polling problems caused by last week's superstorm sandy lead to the widespread use of online voting cybersecurity experts warn it could result in force which could swing such a tight race. and we look at how the outcome of the election could affect the course of america's foreign affairs and its relations with the rest of the

world. you live with us yeah r.t.l. live from moscow with me to say russia's president vladimir putin has said to one of the country's key ministers the head of the defense department the move follows a recent corruption scandal around the ministry and the start of a criminal investigation the details now we go live to sean thomas who's joining us to tell us a little bit more sean or so what exactly is behind this high profile shakeup. well certainly a big shake up in the administration of law to be a potent force in the resignation of amatory serve because he is out and it's hard to the former emergencies minister he is here now this comes on the heels. a major

investment scandal within the defense ministry here in russia where it involves corruption involving the sale of undervalued assets belonging to the ministry two affiliated companies now this is estimated that it has caused about one hundred million u.s. dollars damage to the russian federal budget now one reason is that this change has taken place or that it has been given that this change has taken place is so that this investigation into this incident can go on unimpeded objectively and fairly saying that sort of call visit too close to the situation to offer a fair investigation. now they also say. who might be the right person to conduct this investigation given the fact that he was very popular as emergencies minister for over eighteen years and more recently is serving as the governor of the moscow region now it should be pointed out that the very first

civilian don't hold this position under his guidance that the russian military. modernization much needed reforms but that's not enough for him to keep his position as of course we'll be following this story keeping you updated as more information becomes available. correspondent sean thomas stay with us thank you for that update. by the day's on the main story is of course so the raiser for the white house. as voters in the u.s. begin to voice said they choice at the ballot boxes for you the barack obama or mitt romney other voices have gone almost on her to join the campaign for the presidency a step forward i wish provided a stage for them in our washington studio. the notion that we've been a country that stood up to the bully as opposed to being a bully it's a growing police state quite obviously we can end the failed racist war on drugs

downsize the military and the drone wars bring the troops home let's stop with our military interventions let's get out of afghanistan to moral thirty thousand drones flying over the united states what are they flying over the united states in the unemployment and jumpstart the green economy that spells an end to climate change and makes wars for oil obsolete. it's often been argued that although direct rivals obama and romney tend to sing from the same song sheet on many issues and she can now takes a look at just how different the third party candidates message is. we'll listen to presidential candidates who know very well you know perfectly well that they don't stand a chance to win this election but they screw their hats in the ring because they claim the two parties were public and democratic have conspired to leave americans with no choice or with an illusion of choice as they say joel stein from the green

party and gary johnson from the libertarian party debated in our studio this monday night but it was not a debate simply against the two party system listening to how these alternative candidates argued on the economy could see how dramatically opposite their views are. on the subject it was a heated debate on the role of the government the libertarian candidate for instance was arguing that the us should get rid of all taxes except the federal consumption tax the green party candidate argue the opposite of course but on foreign policy they demonstrated a similar view both against military interventions by the united states both offering views distinctly alternative to those of romney and barack obama who we deserve a foreign policy based on international law human rights and diplomacy unfortunately we currently have an international policy based on wars for oil and the use of

brute military force as a tool of foreign policy we're funding the syrian insurgents a quarter of the syrian insurgents are just hottest did we not learn our lessons when it came to afghanistan and the fact that we bankrolled osama bin laden and how did that turn out look there are unintended consequences to our military interventions always worse than better as far as the electoral system is actually quite difficult for an independent candidate to get on the ballot in the us something that our jill stein talk about campaign financing is becoming a huge issue here especially with the supreme court ruling which now allows corporations to funnel as much money as they want into political campaigns which makes it virtually all. support for someone without the backing of the big party machines to win an election the news cycle here in america is internally focused on the two parties americans know very little if anything about alternative candidates when green parties joel stein was arrested protesting outside the place where

president obama and mitt romney debated in mid october it went completely ignored by the media here both parties were probably can in democratic or you believe fear that is third party candidate could become a spoiler in the election for example in the year two thousand independent candidate ralph nader was seen as a spoiler who contributed to the victory of george w. bush so it seems the party solution is to black out alternative voices and to convince the american people that they have no other choice but barack obama and mitt romney and the mainstream media here are very much part of that blackout you can watch the full version of the debate between third party candidates the jill stein and gary johnson on our website and our com. right even before it's begun verging on election day already faces destruction juge of the devastating storm that tolls through america's east coast and some measures introduced to avoid those breakdowns threaten the transparency of the process as a tease marina but now reports from new york. for the first time in history

americans are embracing election day in the shadow of a deadly super storm that left behind a trail of devastation and voting disruptions here in new york city sixty polling sites have been relocated due to the unprecedented damage caused by sandy just one week ago city officials say military trucks will also be used as makeshift polling stations in areas still without electricity this is of course to ensure that citizens were all be able to cast their votes in their writing jersey millions are being allowed to cast their ballot by fax mail or online the last minute decision was made after a reported two hundred fifty polling sites in the garden state were damaged by last week's superstorm now as government officials along the east coast are scrambling to ensure that millions are not disenfranchised from the presidential election cyber security experts warn them online voting can't be verifiably secure and this

could lead to a disaster in a close race such as the one between barack obama and mitt romney several computer scientists and cryptologists say weaknesses in u.s. cyber security leaves room for online votes to be intercepted changed or deleted but even before sandy became the us political game changer of twenty twelve america's alexion system was still considered controversial archies honest. explains you elected me to tell you the truth honesty is the best policy maybe not in u.s. elections two words to find why people hate america double standard on everything in this presidential election season these two words are back in full swing the basic definition of a double standard is a rule or principle unfairly applied in different ways to different people or groups let's find out if this is relevant to the us elections. system from

questionable voter id regulations to shorten to early voting time slots to gerrymandering rejoicing congressional district lines to favor certain party laws affecting voters rights are passed left and right and vary state by state you have an eric holder this video shows how easy it is to attempt to steal attorney general eric holder's vote when an idea is not required chicago might be. yet places that do ask for a government issued photo id can effect over ten percent of americans that simply don't have one there is an attempt to prevent large numbers of people from actually exercising the ballot election monitors usually serve the purpose of keeping track of and discrepancies and while the u.s. likes to keep a close eye on the way elections are handled abroad even the carter center which grows a rod and does the great work of monitoring elections. refuses to monitor u.s. elections on the grounds. basic standards of integrity when election ideals are

not met elsewhere criticism runs rampant elections in venezuela elections in iran elections in russia. the press will go to town on any sign that the outcome was fixed and while nitpicking abroad is all the rage the elephant in the room remains unnoticed at home policymakers and to a great extent our media and and trickle down to the american people have literally the literally think that the rest of the world is stupid that they don't see it that everybody naturally house to admit you know admire us that we're great and it's not the case well obvious flaws are met with a deaf ear and here in and year out a flawed election process continues to be the first vote cast in the us and is the party new york whoever's voted into the white house will inevitably affect the country's relations with the rest of the world rushing through did and there's a widespread feeling around. the globe when it comes to the international relations

the incumbent president obama is much safer better than the somewhat hawkish romney . peace cannot explain whether we should expect his course to continue if the democrat stays in power i've come here to cairo to seek a new beginning between the united states and muslims around the world charismatic promising in new barack obama swept into office in the wake of the yes we can euphoria invoiced greed aspirations which even got him the two thousand and nine nobel peace prize we knew that change had come to egypt today the libyan people are writing a new chapter. obama personally supported the arab spring but as soon as all governments fell a new powers emerged the murder of u.s. diplomats in libya and white spread anti american protests all over the muslim world didn't exactly show the kind of gratitude washington expected that's far as we are concerned and i'm speaking about the average person on the street including

many arab nationalists now sorites leftists and upon the people of different backgrounds we still view obama as a representative of of us imperialism. with a sudden backlash in the middle east and back in washington the far east has become yet another source of irritation night i'm announcing the creation of a trade and forstmann unit that will be charged with investigating unfair trading practices in countries like china. president obama has been increasingly tough with china and it's not only about enforcement units and lawsuits washington has also been increasing its news or your presence in the pacific we absolutely have to make more progress and that's why we're going to keep on pressing but when it comes to the second largest economy in the world and a state which owns a major part of u.s. debt try to forget about this campaign rhetoric for

a moment and regardless what romney said or brok obama said in the end i think they will adopt this same policy that is engagement and cooperation with china from. president obama has also been trying to make progress with another member of the u.n. security council russia i mean he's been viewed as the engine behind the reset of relations with moscow but it's still unclear if it actually worked well long lasting stumbling blocks like washington's plans for an interim missile defense system in europe are still very much on the table what mr bomber could do he has that i mean there is said to of the revolution should have. brought them in so i don't think that he can go board to her promise will not let him too much to do perhaps the expectations for mr obama were to point from the start despite positive aspirations and ideas as president of the united states barack obama's amish

heavily depends on the washington spouses and the image of his country in the world both are controversial at best but if he does manage to win a second term in office it's clear the yes we can your theory is gone and this time the world isn't a scheme to believe in his promises is going off or to moscow. we continue live coverage of the u.s. presidential elections through out the day plus plenty of expert opinion and analysis on and on line and someone is coming your way here to so break to stay with us. for the six america votes for its next president. to take the wheel as the u.s. drives into the future. get the news the mainstream misses without a place for the next three the u.s. election up close. and on t.v. dot com.

usually the police and occupy protesters are like oil and water but in atlanta they've come together to save the house of a former detective jacqueline barber unfortunately ms barbara lost a lot of money battling cancer and was facing eviction what she turned to occupy homes for help so far she's managed to stay in her home despite it being sold out from under her feet but the main thing is that her fight to stay in her home has become like a bridge between two groups who are usually at each other's throats the police and occupiers the thing is the cruel economic practices can affect us all even retired police like ms barber i know there are some irresponsible people who buy things they can't pay for and here the police have to do something about them but they shouldn't throw you out of your home that you've paid for for years just for getting cancer no one should have to live with the constant fear that their home

will be taken away after years and years of payment just because they got sick and america i thought we believed in private property not eternally rented from big banks but that's just my opinion. give. me.

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to the. science technology innovation all the latest developments from around russia. you watching our team syrian opposition factions are holding talks on forging a common front to gain more support from the u.s. and its allies and they hope better weapons to topple president assad but the meeting in qatar has been mobbed by internal rifts within the rebel ranks let's get the details from our t. the middle east correspondent policia who's joining us now live paula so what exactly is the opposition off to what's been the reaction to the absence. let's say sadie's syrian opposition is meeting in doha to try and find some common ground but shop disagreements have already in the now the meeting is taking place

with the support of washington which has called for at least something up the syrian opposition to hold because it's a state is in effect as it stands now the united states has a date to be made certainly figures that they'd like to see in the new opposition body but what we are hearing from some members of the body is that this whole overhauling of the council is not being done properly that new names are being put forward to the face old names but that the positions all the same that many factions are not being with the same to this times while the bus in front minister sergei lavrov is meeting with a key figure in the syrian opposition in jordan now russia is seeking to find a political solution to the syrian crisis and russia's position is clear it says they needs to be talks between the syrian opposition and the government the problem does say that the opposition has probably not united because the waste is trying to knock it on the basis of urging them to continue fighting and instead what should happen is that they should be pulled together on the basis of engaging in dialogue

with the syrian president bashar assad the concern is that we'll see we see events unfolding in syria much the same as what happened in libya where there was and official recognition of the opposition and then any military action launched the concern is not only by russia but i mean in the international community that once a side is no longer recognized as the president of syria the west will have greater teton to do what it wishes in that country. policy correspondent in the middle east thanks for that update but more news is waiting for you on our web site at our dot com including a warning sign in london hundreds of members of the movement anonymous have shown a t.v. to the u.k. government mocking god for today with protests in the country's capital. elsewhere a close call for you ron as the now in the israeli documentary reveals television was all set with the strike going to run back and we need to learn more at our t.v.

dot com. the british prime minister has involved on a low key arms to war to the middle east but as our g.'s party boy to explains both the leads are being chased and david cameron sales pitch raising more than a few eyebrows. in the past the british prime minister has spoken about how britain's interests line up holding the country's values but it was all interests and no talk of values this morning when david cameron touched down in dubai he's going to be trying to sell over one hundred u.k. tyson fighter jets to the leaders of the united arab emirates and saudi arabia that's despite concerns about person pedaling fighter jets to regimes with questionable human rights records david cameron says he's happy to discuss human rights as well as lucrative rons contracts with countries that he calls old

partners but it looks like talk about human rights is familiar rhetoric to justify a long standing tradition of toys to less than squeaky clean gulf states sandhurst military academy behind me last year accepted a three million pound donation from the kingdom of bahrain inside these gates sandhurst offices train in the new bahrain sports hall even though the bahraini government launched a brutal crackdown against pro-democracy protesters last yeah contest even said the bahraini government and gushing letter thanking them for their generosity the three million pound gift was hardly a break with tradition but it's possible a longstanding relationship of reciprocal favors between the bahraini monarchy and strains within the british establishment so it looks like talk of british values is good p.r. when it comes to defending trade links and good relations with countries whose

human rights records some would call into question. r t. that's all for me for the moment and right after a quick break. brings you the latest edition of spotlight. the mighty volga that runs deep through the russian soul has provided inspiration for songs and poems and is the country's main north south artery and decades ago schumann ingenuity connected it to the dawn river to the west the vote the dawn canal is an engineering marvel within a day a vessel can pass the canals thirteen blocks ten million tons of shipping does so every year. another concrete giant is this finished fifty years ago it's the biggest hydroelectric plant in europe empowers the local city of volgograd and

sends lots more electricity to moscow the hydroelectric plant behind me is a potent example of how much the volga can provide but harnessing the revelent this isn't without its cost. fishermen have been watching fish stocks for years they see the slow damage the downing of the river has done especially to russia's prized sturgeon the source of caviar put in the president of the hydroelectric plant has done significant damage because it stocked fish swimming up river to the spawning grounds. within a year all these houses would have gone fallen into the river depending on how many of the hydroelectric plants turbines are on the water level can change suddenly and dramatically too suddenly for the banks to absorb. control of the river flow by the plant has made building on the shoulders floodplain more attractive serious floods are less likely but the water that is put into the drains is taken away from the

fish that need it now but last the voice of the voters of color jay might start being heard. the first time in fifty here is the rules will contain a point on maintaining biodiversity in the river we still have a chance to bring the volga battle. meaning that the mighty vogue is treated with the respect it deserves. soon which brightened if you only bounce from phones to crash. please please don't talk t.v.

dot com. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so for lengthly you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and realized everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm sorry welcome to the big picture . toyota welcome to spotlight the incident show on our site a mile when over and today my guest on the show is what seemed to be a. w so membership best kept russia excited for almost two deaths over those years moscow has gone through numerous leo ca shoots and diplomatic battles

expectedly huge economic boost also joining the prestigious trade since all this russia has become a full fledged doubly tail number one of changed with the ostomy so let's hasta that spirit. where is the promise to be called what feasible result should russia extract from joined. by guest on the show today the russian. and the head of the department for trade negotiations of the russian development. after eighteen years russia eventually joined the world trade organization russia's chief negotiator maxime it back up spent twelve years of his life continually clyne between geneva and moscow to get the work done that god had to patiently see tom from isis between russia's interests and those of the other one hundred and fifty

member countries eventually he made it now when the page has been turned the back of says it's not the end of the story russia has made great efforts getting into w t o and now it has to work even harder than. welcome to the show hi thank you very much for being with us there well first of all i want to ask you the question of the show without question what has changed since russia became a full fledged. member you succeeded you'd done your job so. anything anything different you know nothing nothing so i'm right nothing has changed. changed i'm not expecting any changes in the run for. it isn't just those terms with it.