shakeup in russia's government as president putin sucks the country's defense minister following a corruption scandal that's cost the budget around one hundred million dollars. in the u.s. election the alternative candidate seems voices have gone largely on the during the campaign given a crucial stage on our teeth barack obama and mitt romney make their last plea for votes in the final hours of the presidential race. voting problems caused by last week's superstorm sandy lead to the widespread use of online voting cybersecurity experts warn it could result in fraud which could ultimately swing such a tight race. that 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.

a very warm welcome to you from all of us here at the moscow rule received. russia as a president vladimir putin has sunk to one of the country's key ministers the head of the defense department now the move follows a recent corruption scandal around the ministry and the start of a criminal investigation details now. shawn thomas today so good to see you sean a it's a high level shakeup what we're talking about here what do you know at this point. gloria this all boils down to scandal corruption and embezzlement to the tune of one hundred u.s. a million dollars damage to the russian federal budget basically under anatoly watch defense ministry properties that were. devalued and school sold under sketchy

circumstances and what that means is that that led to this particularly shake up meeting and that they needed to make sure that the investigation regarding the scandal was fair and objective there are bharti been to arrest in this scandal and they think that city called is a little bit too close so he has been forced to resign under a cloud of controversy now what this does is it puts sergei shy goo in this position he's charged with the task of cleaning up the defense ministries affairs that basically making sure that the modernization practices that they've implemented over the past three years continue now he has been very popular in the past eighteen years as the emergencies minister and most recently he has been serving as the governor of the moscow region so very popular person a big task ahead of him. almost i live in central moscow thank you. of course so the day's other main story is that of the race for the white house.

and as voters in the u.s. begin to voice their choice at the ballot boxes for either barack obama or mitt romney other voices have gone almost on the hood during the campaign for the presidency but forward auti which provided a stage for them at our washington studios. 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 for 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 he's gone h.-a can't takes a look now at just how different the message is of the third party candidate so we listen to a 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 in democratic have conspired to leave americans with no choice or with 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 u.s. 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. 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 i heard 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 impossible for someone without the backing of the big party machines to win an election the news cycle here in america is entirely focused on the two parties americans know very little if anything about alternative candidates when green parties jill 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 going in democratic or ghibli 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 black crowd gun x.

which kind of floating out there from washington where you can watch the full version of the debate between third party candidates joel stein and gary johnson on our web site on si dot com well even before its begun voting on election day already faces destruction due to the devastating storm tore through america's east coast and some measures introduced to avoid those breakdowns threaten the transparency of the process as often as more important 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 conscientious 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 election 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 fly and 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 error 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 affect 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 us 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 we're monitoring elections. refuses to monitor us election it's on the grounds the basic standards of interrogation 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 literally think that the rest of the world is stupid but 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 u.s. and if the party new york. well whoever is voted into the white house will inevitably affect the country's relations with the rest of the world russia included there's a widespread fear. around the globe when it comes to international relations the incumbent president that of president obama is a much safer bet than the somewhat hawkish mitt romney you go to prison off explains whether we should expect his course to continue if indeed 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 a new barack obama swept into office on the wake of the yes we can euphoria invoiced greed aspirations which even got him through 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 wants 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 some rights left and the people of different backgrounds we stand view obama as a representative 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 enforcement 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 where we're going to keep on pressing when it comes to the second largest economy in the world in the street which owns a major part of u.s. debt try to forget about this campaign rhetoric for a moment 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 rather. president obama has also been trying to make progress we're not. a member of the u.n. security council russia why meenie has been viewed as the engine behind the reset over relations with moscow but it's still unclear if it actually worked while long lasting stumbling blocks like washington's plans for a lengthy missile defense system in europe are still very much on the table what mr

ballmer could do his. i mean he said the revolution should have. brought them in so i don't think that he can do aboard that don't have problems 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 image heavily depends on the washington spirals ease 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 for you is gone and this time the world is a scheme to believe in his promises. or to moscow and we continue live coverage of the u.s. presidential election throughout the day here on our see that will be including up plenty of expert opinion and analysis of course both on air and online and more news also coming your way here r.t. that will be after a short break too if you can stay with us. the six america votes for

its next president. who take the wheel as the u.s. drives into the feature. get the news the mainstream missives with our up close election coverage the u.s. election up close. and r.t. 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 barber lost a lot of money battling cancer and was facing eviction which 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 that 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 a year 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 thought we believed in private property not eternally rented from big banks but that's just my opinion. i . gave.

it to me. sometimes. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and realize that everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm tom harpur welcome to the big picture. download the official up location cellphone choose your language stream quality and enjoy your favorites from alzheimer's t.v.

is now required to watch all its hit all you need is your mobile device watch our scene any time to. go for. a. moment to the. science technology innovation all the rest of the elements from around russia we've dumped a huge earth covered. if you are just joining us welcome to the program here on our team with me will research a syrian opposition factions are holding talks on forging a common front to gain more support from the u.s.

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 now on his middle east part one of policy a joining us now live on the program paula so what exactly is the opposition off to and what's been the reaction to the efforts at this point well the syrian opposition is meeting in doha to try and i not get differences the united states has previously suggested that washington would hand pick some of the candidates for a new united opposition that is the goal of this meeting in doha the u.s. certainly is taking an active part in forming the new united opposition body but what we are witnessing is that there are already grabbed within the opposition with some in this claiming that the reshuffle is not being done properly and that they just are moving some of the old names and bringing in others who support the same position and the concern not only via moscow but by many in the international community is that what we will see unfolding in syria does ring alarm bells in

terms of what happened in libya wait western countries recognized the opposition as the only legitimate government and then launched military action and the concern is that by not recognizing the syrian president bashar assad which can how this will be given greater freedom to do what they want inside syria not western experts have that drawn criticism from the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov who is meeting with a key opposition figure in the jordanian capital of amman a number of has said it is up to syrians to decide who is going to make up this transitional government and he has warned against making from the outside he's also want it against supplying rebel fighters on the ground with illegal weapons saying that in contrast. what russia has been doing russia has been supplying defensive weapons which you the government and others react under old context he says that he is very surprised at the word he used was that he was amazed to hear on the correspondent of the b.b.c. that it hasn't been nation that russia is that client syria where when prince of

mass destruction he says such a respected corporation should not be running what are so clearly inaccuracies he says that those who are arming the opposition are supplying it with illegal with me such as stinger missiles and that russia in fact has ignorance of this or it is a policy of their life in tel aviv thank you. into the r.t. world up there we go now starting with a powerful car bomb explosion just north of baghdad it's killed at least twenty seven and wounded twenty four local authorities said the blast occurred as iraqi troops were leaving a military base in the north of the capital at least three soldiers have been confirmed dead insurgent attacks have continued to plague the country despite the u.s. army withdrawing and handing control to local security forces. thousands of greeks have descended on a syntax most square go to what they predict will be more painful measures forced upon them by the government the protest coincides with a two day general strike which is ground the country tour holds the parliament is

set to vote on a new austerity package of pension cuts and tax hikes on wednesday but the measures are demanded by the country's creditors in exchange for another cash injection which greece needs to avoid bankruptcy. and of course want to peter oliver is in athens we'll bring you the latest from him next hour but for now or you can follow his twitter feed for updates and still to come here after a short break breaking the set with abby martin. trimmings in this tree even for specialists of voice can produce several sounds it warms the to do the means the art of throat singing comes naturally picked up like a language.

a language of communicating with nature it said that's where throat singing originates from the unions believe not only animals but also all the surrounding objects like reverse tourists and even stones souls imitating the sounds they believe assumes to capture the power of nature. was. there are special instruments that accompany the singing give gainey says there is even a legend about his instrument a gill it says once there lived a poor shefford who had the best horse that won every competition but jealous people killed it on the horse was revived as an instrument at those that have suffered a fall is because of the spirit of the horse going to his dream he said make an instrument from

a tree the sounding board from the leather of my face the strings. and to remember me make an engraving of my head part of the instrument he did so i called the instrument again which means come back and this melody on this human is called cross. to fly is one of the most famous groups in the republic there. next goal is to tour broad they say for you were peons it's difficult to pick up and sing so i asked them to teach me and see if i can do it. cheer it up and they would. share it oh you. did that was sure they can. get a r o. but now it is part of the

song and not the actual through thing which i wouldn't even dare try to make it. so maybe you have to be born here to be able to sing like this i thought so until i met model she looks like it to vini and i don't even speak their language but she is from japan. most estefania my answer from two hundred years ago until soppy here she's not planning a professional singing career she keeps practicing just because it's become part of her nature.

i mean so i can only use city in europe i'm the host of the twenty fourteen winter the pick a. song. thank you. thank you. a. dog days of. days or. weeks of. the sea it's so true.

here is mitt romney trying to figure out the name of that thing that we americans call a. night concludes the longest while this campaign in our history. was. more comfortable. with twists and turns than the hallmarks of this campaign. to do because you've never seen anything like this.

you're all welcome to breaking the set i'm abby martin well election day eve here in the u.s. tomorrow voters will be head to the polls thinking that they have a decision between two men and two parties democrat barack obama and republican mitt romney but if you're a fan of breaking the set you know very well that we have more choices than that for the president elect and i'm encouraging you to forget the two party dictatorship the third party candidate some consideration more than likely we've seen some other names on the ballot tomorrow tonight right here on our team will give you the opportunity you'll see a debate between two of the main thirty party candidates gary johnson representing the libertarian party and green party candidate jill stein listen to their views from nine to ten thirty pm eastern standard time and break the set tomorrow with your vote i promise you're not wasting it but first join me to break the set right

now. even though it like to think of ourselves as involved beings who's logic an individual isms that's above the rest of the animal kingdom there are many phenomena because human beings are to fall back to our animalistic base tendencies whenever people are in groups it's a concept called a herd or mob mentality coined by french social just gustave bone who said that the mob seems to act if it were a single thing unified by a shared sense of purpose when people are in large groups they lose a sense of identity and gain a sense of anonymity result in and things that they would not normally do individually take the recent riots and sent cisco for example when the giants won the world series people in the community took to the streets to riot where they smash windows and burn vehicles so what was the media and police response to the mob and also what isn't.