from the student. stance on t.v. dot com. americans from voting stations after the end of a bitterly fought presidential campaign the fears over fraud mount some polls go digital. wait anxiously for the outcome for many nations a case of hoping for a victory for w. . plus on the second day of strikes in greece a nationwide freeze of the country as your makers prepared to vote through new cuts crucial receiving fresh the cash. claims high tech american weapons are reaching rebels in syria hughes's the western media are flawed reporting about russia's arms sales.

international news in coming live from the new center here in moscow this is r.t. we're with you twenty four hours a day our top story the vote that's affecting every nation on earth the u.s. presidential election. with ballots now open across mainland america voters are flocking to the side the president though voting is already hitting obstacles from the superstorm wrecked northeast experiencing trouble with polling stations to allegations of parties voter suppression and even ballot tampering elsewhere correspondence going to. have more. now it looks like president obama has the edge over governor romney this election is really fought in just a handful of states the so-called swing states or battleground states and different surveys of those battleground states president obama is holding small advantages

and i guess we have to explain to our international viewers why is it that we're talking about valid ground battleground states all the time because not all votes are equal in the year was electric college system some votes are never counted it's a winner take all system where if a candidate loses a state they did zero electoral votes from that state doesn't matter how many people voted for them in that state and i hear more and more people express their frustration about that in the u.s. especially young people go to thanks very much indeed for that let's cross now from washington to new york a marine is that we've also heard about ongoing voting problems in the northeast tell us more about. this right the frustration that's being expressed in states along the northeast has much more to do least from what i'm hearing about the voting process in the aftermath of hurricane sandy and the damage she had she has caused in new york in new jersey hundreds of voting pools have been wiped out as

a result we're seeing a long long lines throughout new york and new jersey lots of people lighting up over crowding just to cast their ballot but there's also been a mounting amount of problems in manhattan for example there have been voting delays reported because election officials couldn't find ballot cards and scanners weren't working properly in staten island where tens of thousands at least ten thousand if not more are still living without electricity those people were seen voting by flashlight voting by paper ballots military trucks have also been set up throughout new york and new jersey as make shift polling stations now in new jersey were more. than two hundred forty polling locations were destroyed government officials are now allowing voters to cast their ballot via fax or by e-mail now this many cyber security say cyber security experts say can lead to enormous

problems because can't get into the system wipe out votes and delete votes zero or change votes meantime in florida there have been reports that robo calls have been made to hundreds of voters stating that it's an election supervisor calling these people telling them that election day is actually on wednesday not on tuesday not taking place right now at this moment in florida lines outside of pulling locations are also getting about three hours long according to reports in the state is also dealing with lawsuits that have been filed over early voting suppression meantime in oregon there's been allegations over food or fraud and ballot tampering in nevada democrats are being accused of registering illegal immigrants democrats are also being accused in states such as ohio north carolina instructing the elderly and mentally disabled to vote for u.s.

president barack obama meanwhile authorities in texas in iowa have now threatened international election monitors with arrest if they even approach voting locations. this used to be a lot of. the two front runners but what about the challenges well bill according to a gallup poll forty percent of americans identify themselves as independents these are tens of millions of people who would have possibly voted for a party other than republican or democratic if they had the choice but they don't you do have alternative candidates in this election but their voices have been blocked out by the us mainstream media which are entirely focused on the two party where we had. here in our in our studio in our studio just the other day between the two leading alternative candidates in this election and they did offer views distinctly alternative to those of obama and mitt romney with a parrot

a short clip of some of their remarks take a listen to 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 is actually quite difficult for an independent candidate to get on the ballot in the us something that i heard green party's jill stein talk about very often campaign financing is a huge issue here especially with the supreme court ruling which now allows corporations to funnel as much money as they want into a political campaigns which makes it virtually impossible for someone without the

backing of the big party machines to win an election because big money goes to the big parties the election campaigns of mitt romney and barack obama have cost the rounded billion dollars each one of those alternative candidates of course we're creating this monday night could catch up with that kind of spending but again here even if one is a staunch believer in one of the two party candidates your vote may never be their vote may never be counted it is a problem for those and seeing the democratic process is when all votes are equal and counted my colleague on the. expressions on that in this review elected me to tell you the truth honesty is the best policy while maybe not in u.s. elections two words. 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 election 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 do 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 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 an 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 nit picking 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 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 hear him and you're out of florida election process continues to be the first vote cast in the u.s. it's the party in york. well in a couple of hours' time all through his washington studio takes over for extensive

coverage of the u.s. election and his loyalists with a short preview. absolutely in just a few hours you can watch live coverage of the elections in a way that you will not see it on any of the mainstream networks certainly not in the u.s. now wall on the mainstream networks they may focus on the horse race between republicans and democrats you may not realize that there are third party candidates gary johnson libertarian candidate is on the ballot in forty eight states yet you don't hear much about these candidates or their agenda or their role in this race however you will hear that here you will hear from some of these third party candidates joel stein of the green party will be on as well rocky hudson of the justice party where also you're going to see these candidates and of focus on the issues that matter to a global audience the global economy and the u.s. has a role in it with what policy could look like in the next four years along with foreign

policy talking about issues such as drone warfare which when you listen to the republicans and democrats they don't sound very different on so we'll look at that all coming up in just a few hours here only on our t.v. . the six america votes for its next president. take the wheel as the u.s. drives. get the news the mainstream misses with close next ridge the u.s. election up close. and dot com three blasts of rock the syrian capital killing at least fifteen people in the district traditionally loyal to president assad it's the third day in a row damascus has been the target of terror bombings this comes as more claims sophisticated american surface to air missiles are making their way into the hands of rebel militias in syria more now from. the russian foreign minister sergei

lavrov speaking in the jordanian capital of amman has warned against western powers supplying syrian opposition fighters with illegal weapons he says that russia has evidence as well as information that the fighters are being supplied with high tech a face of equipment more than fifty stingers are currently in the hands of the bull fighters and the equipment is u.s. made now the iraq also said that he was very surprised to find out that the b.b.c. says it has information that russia is supplying syria with weapons of mass destruction he said it was amazing to hear from a close funded of such over suspected cooperation such claims being made at the same time he did say that russia was finishing its arms shipment to damascus and that these were deals that were made and old contracts but that the distinction needs to be made that these are only defensive weapons weapons that are not being used in the conflict by comparison with the type of weapons that are making it into the opposition fighters today that are fueling the conflict on the ground you have

also said that russia's position is clear that they need to be talks between the syrian government and the opposition he said it is up to syrians to decide for themselves who they want in the transitional government and he warned against making from the outside now comments come as the syrian opposition needs in doha mean what we do know is that the meeting is aimed at bringing the opposition together but certainly the u.s. has previously suggested that it would hand pick some of the candidates for the new united opposition but we are seeing is washington taking and to the heart in forming this new body there are really rubs within the opposition with some members claiming that the reshuffle has not been done properly and that what we've seen is old names nearly being replaced by new names who really have the same political position there is growing concern of what will evolve in syria will be much the same as what happened in libya where western countries recognize the opposition as the only judge in the government and then launched military action the concern is

that by not recognizing the syrian president bashar assad wisdom nations will be given greater freedom to do what they want the next country. i'll bring you more of the day's news after the short break. 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 when 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 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. more news today violence is once again flared up. these are the images from world

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. any time. brought to a standstill by general strikes on the second day of what's being called devils week it's a week of public action and protests and a new austerity package about to be voted on by parliament and is in the center of athens. well the forty eight hour general strike is well and truly underway here in greece always seems thousands of people coming out onto the streets of athens to

voice their anger against the latest round of austerity measures that's being put forward by prime ministers some maurice now that will be voted on in parliament on whedon's day it's around serious team point five billion euros worth of savings those savings taking the form of of budget cuts also of tax rises also we expect to see the the age of retirement rice and pensions cuts all of these things angering the people of greece and seeing them out on the streets to demonstrate against it now it's more than likely that that latest round of austerity measures will be passed one of the reasons why it will be passed is because if greece doesn't pass it then they're not going to get the next round of bailout money that they need so very much now that's just over thirty one billion euros worth of bailout money and they've been told by the three main creditors that they have to slash more from the

deficit they have to make more savings and this is why they've they've put forward this pair this new package for thirteen point five billion euros worth of savings and it's not expected to be an easy thing no as they say it should pass but it should be a very tight vote in the parliament and all that leaves people wondering is well even if this does pass will there be enough politicians on site in order to implement these latest savings. a fraud case in russia leads to a major reshuffle in the government scandal claims the head of the country's defense ministry made allegations that embezzlement has left a one hundred million dollar hole in the nation's budget about not decision online . plus a close call for iran as an israeli documentary reveals how it was all set to strike terror on the back in two thousand and ten that story. israel has announced plans to build over a thousand new homes in the occupied west bank the international community has

condemned to the settlement policy saying they violate international law but the jewish state feel safe under the us some bread of which will remain whoever becomes the next president that's a view of jeff he's the head of the israeli committee against house demolitions it's true the international community opposes israeli policies but it won't do anything to say israel israel knows and it knows it whether obama is elected or romney is elected it's trump card is the american congress support that israel has from both political parties and it doesn't care anymore it will do this in the light of day israel has eliminated the two state solution as it's called it's completely imprisoning the palestinians and no one in the world is going to speak up against it so it doesn't matter really if it's opportunistic or not the point is that israel wins. billions of dollars are at stake for the british prime minister on a low key arms sales towards the gulf states david cameron's aim to sell around one

hundred typhoon fighter jets to clients with controversial records on human rights research about to be paced believes the potential deals are against british law. well certainly the revelation of cameron contrary to his normal form is only taking one camera man with him certainly does raise questions and certainly there are cameras should be embarrassed about sacked if he's in the middle east right now what we're seeing is that the interests of international arms companies appear to be trumping british laws and british values when it comes to upholding human rights . cameron has publicly aligned himself with the arab spring movements he's going to great efforts as we can see to sell arms to the very same oppressive regimes that the arab spring was opposed fundamentally promoting arms sales to these countries undermines what regulations the u.k. does have on controlling arms exports these deals have been in extra could be

linked to corruption in the past indeed the r.e.m. arms deal to saudi arabia one of the countries in question is arguably the most corrupt transaction in the history of mankind. the group of people who posted bail for june in the sun just handed over thousands of pounds to authorities in britain their money was forfeit after the world's most famous whistle blower violated the conditions of his release by seeking refuge in the ecuadorian embassy in london the wiki leaks editor is trying to avoid extradition to sweden those who lost money however say they continue to support in a stanch. obviously thousand pounds which is the share the dive lost it was twenty and we managed to get it reduced but you know that is a significant sum but i don't personally hold julian assange responsible for that i think he's entitled to. entitled to claim political asylum i don't know if julian assange would face the death penalty in america however i have to give julian assange has the benefit of doubt on these things because i think there's we can't

be sure that he wouldn't if you look at the treatment of bradley manning who is was apparently the source the whistleblower alleged to be his in his treatment was described by the u.n. . for torture as actually having you know being tortured so i think it's reasonable for us to believe that if julian sonde were to go to the united states and that he would face torture. or to live in moscow next we bring you the kaiser report that's in a couple of minutes from now. it's perched atop a giant rock and a view from the tobolsk gravel and stretches as far as the eye can see. for a city that chilled all of siberia for centuries. it lost its economic importance

even before it was bypassed by the chance i bear in railway but the balls cremains a spiritual center. eat. things like these are a yearly occurrence thousands of orthodox worshippers and blessid water to commemorate the baptismal jesus. there when you pull up on board that it doesn't matter if it's minus thirty it's a siberian tradition i do it myself every year for everyone to overcome their worst fears it is desirable to take a plunge. but that's picture postcard churches the story of a city built by opportunist explorers political exiles and crafty fur traders.

in the fifteen eighties the russians had only just conquered siberia taking it from the muslim. surrounded by enemies to be their stronghold constructed on top of the city but soon enough it became an economic hub siberian fire was the oil of its time bringing in a third of all russia's state revenue but the location head of the says for the russians are. to moscow's one of the most popular places to send political dissenters not any people were exiled that wants a giant bell that was used to incite riots was supposed to set a three hundred ten. the russian heiress across who led a revolt against the eight hundred twenty five known as the decembrists will stand here in droves there they created a replica high society adopting the latest fashions as soon as they came out or at least once they made it from paris to siberia. but the city also serves up some

bitter irony for the russian role family after the bolshevik revolution this is the office where the solemn nicolas the second spend most of the last year of his life his whole family had been exiled here a lot of parent a comfortable existence this was a big house but they weren't allowed to see visitors or go outside themselves leading the ordinary normal countryside life style they even had thoughts of a scape but within the here design and his family there. the ball school never again its political significance but its streets will always echo with a glorious past. like you provide the livelihood for some habitants in the future.

guys are welcome to the kaiser report it's a big decision day in america today but the biggest decision for all we debtor nations and in debt populations is to decide are we perilous to tackle bankers or is it time to read up and started yet. stacy racks that's a lot like the front page cover i might add of the independent on sunday magazine that's max kaiser rip it up and start again. of course you're talking about the us elections and it's time to rip it up and start again but this is something that hasn't happened we saw it we've just been in ireland we saw there the social contract has been ripped up by our politicians by our leaders by the

heads of banks across the world that's right the social contract has been ripped up thank on trees like ireland and countries like greece and the us as well the social contract has been ripped out the powers that be want to simply transform the current population to neo still serfs and that's wrong and a sense to social contract has been broken as of now for the populations to rise up stage some kind of insurrection and start again that's what the point of the story is rip it up and start again let's start again we need a new declaration of independence from banking occupation that's what's happening in our lives what happening in greece while politicians in the banks are have already done half of it for you ok they have ripped it up as i said the social contract is there the us constitution is their debts as george w. bush the previous president said it was just a piece of paper it was easy to riff bob he said right well the biggest mistake the bankers central bankers and policymakers in japan and around the world is to try to

prop it up is a sign of letting rip it up don't try to prop it up just let it collapse the people are ingenious they will rise up and they'll create governments just not to trust the people so max this is irish finance minister michael noonan. noonan i'm powerless to tackle bankers pay and perks powerless powerless powerless powerless shameless. that this character noon and ireland claims to be powerless this completely asymmetric view of how power and democracy is distributed throughout a society throughout an economy now known and of course has all the power in the world to do what's in the best interest of the people of ireland but he for ten says that he has no power that he's powerless he's powerless over his own stupidity i agree that he's powerless over all kinds of shameless.