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it's one pm here in moscow you live with r t and me to bomb what's a top story barack obama has vowed to move america forward in a victory speech to cheering supporters after winning the u.s. election to stay in office for a second term. america's incumbent leader has come up with the parts of the two hundred seventy electoral votes rush hold in what has been a hard fought campaign republican challenger mitt romney conceded defeat after losing in a number of key battleground states artie's gannets as you can has been following the developments in washington. well mitt romney has accepted his loss president obama is reelected and got his supporters very excited of course but this year one could sense that overwhelming euphoria that was there four years ago where

president obama was running for his first term was not quite there anymore is that that his supporters are not excited they are we saw that at the democratic rally in the president's home city of chicago but with the rest of the country feels more like. relief rather than you for you there has been quite a bit of disappointment over the last four years the economy is not recovering as fast as people would want it to the obama campaign's argument is that he inherited such a disaster in terms of the economy that the process couldn't possibly go faster but again a lot of it has to do with very high expectations for the president when he took office just a few months ago the president's job approval rating was barely above forty percent is that for now of course the argument is that a lot of people voted for the president because they were simply scared of mitt romney's aggressive rhetoric and they saw him as someone who is out of touch with

the middle class the obama campaign has been successfully making that argument as well as the argument that mitt romney would be like the second coming of george w. bush with more wars on america's plate and possibly another disastrous economic meltdown more on the celebration and the expectations of the obama voters here's my report. and the winner is i want to think they're going to murder him who participated in this is likely to do. you made your voice heard and you made a difference meanwhile me has accepted his loss just shows you the obama care grudgingly him on his victory. full on excitement in the president's hometown of chicago. president obama's daughters chanting four more years savor what do they expect in the next four years and are they so happy with the

past four of his presidency congress hasn't been very called the past two years but i think he needs these four more years to continue i'm very happy with what he's tried to achieve i really need to help the help of the health care that he's going to offer and like i said we need more time than the last four years the main pledge of president obama's campaign is being to bring back the shrinking middle class and made the economy slow recovery and gigantic deficit at a time when the gap between the rich and the poor is as high as ever in america i want to give middle class families and folks who are striving to get in the middle class some relief because they have been hit hard the president has blamed congress for his inability to implement a more robust plan to help out the middle class president obama's claim that he's being handcuffed by republican lawmakers in his plan to dramatically cut taxes for middle income americans does not hold the vast majority of americans and our entire economy hostage while we debate the merits of another tax cut for the wealthy and

skeptics argue there is no reason to believe congress will give the president an easier ride in his second term however president obama had no problem with congress when he signed into law the controversial legislation which allows for the detention of american citizens for indefinite periods of time without charge and due process is a new trend on the trail of our civil liberties that the president has assumed dictatorial rights to put us in prison at his pleasure without charge or without trial and congress did not stand in the president's way when he was increasing military spending here after a year of something he almost bragged about during the debate on foreign policy our military spending has gone up every single year that i've been in office. the actions. the administration overseas in the last four years have indicated that the president discarded in favor of military interventions but is the clear strategy is to stay away from fighting ground wars and to opt for more hit and run style

interventions like the one executed in libya asked for happens with syria the administration indicated that they would like to intervene more actively but for now syria just seems too complicated and washington cannot count on a desirable outcome for us to get more entanglement militarily in syria is a serious step and we have to do so making absolutely certain that we know who we are helping that we're not putting arms in the hands of folks who eventually could turn them against us or our allies in the region having spent around a billion dollars in this election campaign barack obama is america's commander in chief again president obama will be sworn into office in january something his supporters are very excited about their hopes and expectations include jobs no more devastating wars and no more financial meltdowns there was a good number of people who voted for barack obama because they were voting against

mitt romney's seeing him as more aggressive especially when it comes to foreign policy and seemingly out of touch with middle class america and a lot of people they don't see a choice at all in the selection in washington i'm going to check on. whether obama to remain in the white house the question now is how washington will develop its relations with the rest of the world let's talk about this with our he's correspondent of policy at who is a middle east correspondent and laura smith in london as well as you got a piece going off in moscow paula let's talk with you there's reason to be in so much turbulence and change in the middle east so what does obama's reelection mean for the region. well most people in the muslim world will come in a second obama term they view him as a relatively more moderate leader than the conservative. romney but having said that there is still a lot of trepidation and his a to see back in two thousand and nine in his now famous cairo speech a bomber pledged that he was going to introduce

a new chapter in american muslim relations but since then there has been a lot of disappointment in the way he's dealt with issues affecting the arab world in particular who islams his administration has been criticized for the way he handled the arab uprisings in his region it has been accused of double standards and inconsistency it was seen as meddling in countries such as libya and egypt and then when it comes to the so-called and noticed revolutions of the rain there where the pro-democracy demonstrators took to the streets obama kept quiet as far as syria goes obama has lent his support to the opposition toppling the syrian president bashar assad and it doesn't seem to be any kind of signs that he's going to step back from this position in fact obama's even hinted that should the regime used chemical weaponry he will intervene militarily and this has caused concern both within the united states and in the international community that america might soon find itself in broiled in another war on the issue of iran here obama has

pledged to prevent iran from acquiring nuclear weapons and invisibly israel interestingly enough this is probably the only country in the region that was hoping for a grammy winner these statistics suggested that some fifty seven percent of israelis wanted romney as opposed to twenty one percent in favor of a bomb or the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu publicly super it'd only and now he's like turning yourself quite red faced with most israelis saying that the situation between the united states and iran of the moment is such that never before had the two countries finally the foreign policies and the war at such a low ebb jenner's. right now let's go over to laura in london what's the reaction in europe to a bomber's reaction over the. well again i think the main issues that concern. europe and the u.k. with who is in charge in the united states all foreign policy and of course that major issue at the moment the economy in terms of foreign policy of course the u.s.

and europe and particularly the u.k. going back many many years and having been cemented in iraq are huge military allies europe is very unwilling to commit any more troops to any more bottles of cruel words they have also been allied to us and the european union in applying increasing strength actions to syria so that the problems in the middle east i think of the u.s. the u.s. is having reflect hugely in europe and in fact in a poll published in desh beagle newspaper in germany we have a bonus foreign policy rating in europe has drop since his election in two thousand and nine from eighty three percent to seventy one percent said people here and clearly worried about that because i think the major and most pressing issue is the economy the u.s. economy and how it recovers has a huge knock on effect in. the u.s.

appears to be in a much slower recovery than was hopeful many of the obama isn't doing as much as he could be doing been little fall in unemployment and little increase in the size of the private sector and in fact earlier this year the countries of european union and the u.s. entered into a sort of war of words france and germany in particular felt that obama was much too involved much too meddlesome in what they were doing with their economies germany told the us to mind its own budget mind his own deficit before it looked to other countries and france directly said that the u.s. was responsible for the economic crisis and it had nothing to say about how they were going to get out of it so we've had all reactions from david cameron he tweeted his congratulations as has the e.u. commission has said it's all smiles on the surface and i think there are some issues. to be discussed and to me your i'm still i'm sure there's still lots of congratulations coming in but this is back to work let's cross over to you your god obama is generally considered more diplomatic than romney when it comes to

relations with russia so what obama remaining in office what call for moscow. well many do view missouri bombers the engine behind to the reset of relations with moscow and one of the biggest achievements of that is definitely the new nuclear arms reduction treaty but at the same time some of the biggest stumbling points in relations are still there including washington's plans for the anti missile defense system in europe despite moscow's concerns that it could be a threat to russia's national security we know that obama promised to be a bit more flexible on that will really have to see how it works out and also the two who are probably the most fierce opponents at the u.n. security council when it comes to the conflict in syria but certainly there are many things that you could work together on which could really tilt this relationship in either direction including things like how russia and the united states will deal with the syria or the iranian nuclear program. artes of policy

here in the middle east a lower smith in london and he got a piece going up in moscow our correspondents giving you the latest analysts from around the world in these reactions from obama's win. by but some experts already say that for the rest of the world in terms of washington's foreign policy it would have been wouldn't have made much difference who won. that be very little difference between a republican or a democrat yeah as we can see from president obama's policy of covertly funding syrian rebels and do you know about assassinations in tehran on their own streets of academics we don't know and what we do know is american democracy works with the hand of a massive elite force money what is obama promising except this kind of vague idea of constructive engagement while all the terms supporting. hold with these terrorists we know president obama has been actively courting along with his

secretary of state we. are in the rebellion in syria and of course supporting all sorts of elements in libya so how so many of you have been hoodwinked into drinking that president obama or president romney would be different when it came to foreign policy i don't know where they get that from. let's not take another look at the preliminary results in the us vote three years where the figures stand at the moment so we see that barack obama has a sizable advantage intellectual college both having claimed victory in the west coast and a number of swing votes among those are crucial wins in colorado all hajo and of virginia with however still remaining too close to call now for the popular vote the president's lead is not so much sense to the obama just under two million votes in front. richard spencer founder and coeditor of alternative

ride dot com says tight voting results reflected deep divisions within the united states. in america demographics are is destiny and i think in some ways what this election represented was a demographic model or demographic snapshot of what this nation is it's a nation that starkly divided in many ways between god rules white people and the red states. blue states non-whites. believe rules and of upper income whites there seems to be a zero or a very stark divide demographics aside that if you look at the ruling order in the united states there seems to be a great deal of stability brock obama kind of painted himself as his kind of left wing in a way changed let's shake everything up at the end of the day he bailed out of anger as he bailed out wall story he wound down some stupid wars like the iraq war but he wound up some smaller but equally stupid wars and we've. had elsewhere so i

think essentially they're saying sadly there's really a great deal of stability between these two parties and the sooner they are going to wake up to that the better in my opinion stay with our t.v. election coverage will be bringing you the latest results expert analysis and international reaction with our correspondents on standby across the day more knees from from the shop make. of the six america votes for its next president. who will take the wheel as the u.s. drives into the future. get the news the mainstream missives without up close election coverage the us election up close. and r.t. dot com. flying north with me in this old soviet work or so the helicopter is dr van amir

brodsky and his team from the region's medical aviation service we head across ever more barren tundra higher and higher into russia's arctic far north until eventually we see our landing spot with arrive at this tiny village after crossing hundreds of kilometers of snow a wilderness as a boy here suffering favor and the doctors are going to see what they can do. inside a small building not one but two babies in that parents are waiting for us the doctors inspect them but can't make a diagnosis and decide to bring them to a regional hospital for better can spread lana doesn't like taking her baby away from home but she's been before and agrees to go that's the usual practice with those who live in. the keep mothers with their newborns in hospital for a month. on the way back another stop to check on the health of some native minutes

reindeer herders out in the tundra it can take many hours to reach the nearest village so all medical problems simply fixed here in the tent that. they used to be but now we can go to civilized places so we call for emergency help. back at hospital other patients helped by the air ambulance are being treated the service costs forty million dollars a year to run and there's been controversy with some claiming that locals exaggerate or make up. health problems and use the helicopters as a free taxi service accusations vladimir firmly dismisses your brow that is not true usually the calls are perfectly justified sometimes we even reproach locals for waiting too long before calling us he's been working as a doctor now for forty three years but vladimir is confident the diva after he retires his helicopter doctors will remain a lifeline to the peoples of the russian far north.

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humans and world this is why you should care watch only on the dot com. you're watching r.t. good to have you with us turning to the day's other news now and in moscow five people have been killed and two wounded in a shooting in the city's north east the killings occurred early wednesday morning when a gunman attacked a pharmaceutical depor one of the two people injured remains in a critical condition in hospital a police helicopter was dispatched to the scene moments after the incident and managed to spot the suspect who was arrested and is now being questioned the authorities say more details will be revealed later. thousands of greeks have lost through athens in the latest show of anger against tough austerity being forced upon them the government is to vote on

a new package of pension cuts and tax hike later in the day that as life in the country is again put on hold amid a general strike archies peter oliver is in the greek capital. midway through the forty eight hour general strike here in greece the greek people have been making their anger towards the next round of austerity measures clear they were out in their thousands here on syntagma square on tuesday and they're going to be back later on wednesday they're upset it what they say are unfair measure is this going to be imposed upon them should prime minister some modest this latest round he says the last round of austerity measures he voted for and be okayed in the parliament building just behind me later on whedon's day and right here where i'm standing on syntagma square is with thousands of demonstrators are expected to gather in order to show their displeasure for what is expected to be thirteen point five billion euros worth of cuts and savings forced upon them now the reason at that point five

billion will be voted for is because it's being demanded off by greece's three main creditors and the reason that they're demanding of it is because the creditors the troika as they're called have said that if greece doesn't cut muscle fully then they don't get the next round of bailout money and the question remains that has to be asked if this is voted for will there be enough political support in greece in order to enact these cuts. prime minister antonis samaras has promised the greek people that this will be the final round of belt tightening however the terrace lecture at the university of age on things there's no pain i hate. andrea stare at the package in the past when the house hears you're supposed to be the last one so know it's when be the last written by kids we're going to see more of it. really does than have been ng parliament is something very close to

a parliamentary could have done you know the rapid way you can just one day two days of discussion you're going to pass a huge will that does not only include budget cuts all changes in the pension system and the wage system or large segments of their own the public sector it would also affect aspects. of taxation so this is this is and it's not here and you're in no way. where this far from no democratic procedure is this is a set of measures that have been actually dictated by the troika it is just going to be passed repellent without any actual suggestion. and much more news all available at r t does com including a vote shelter from overseas we've got the story of how superstorm sandy has driven one russian nuclear submarine ride to a u.s. harbor. was said by a rattling in the hotshoe rhetoric from the north korean un ambassador saying his

country is on the brink of war with a south run neighbor. returning to our top story now here's one last look at the u.s. election results before we had for a break this is how the preliminary results look at state by state the democratic candidate defeated his republican rival in colorado ohio and virginia a battleground states that were expected to determine the outcome of the election that's where the popular vote is so fall obama's ahead of romney by a little under two million votes. and coming up after a short break archies special report senseless death stay with us for that. in japan the average height for men is one hundred eighty two centimeters ten

centimeters shorter because of that some employers refused to hire me one of them even told me directly that i was too short to deal with the clients could you just already spend three months in this hospital and plans to stay for another four to add the coveted seven santa maters to his stature invented by the famed soviet orthopedic is good for you is there of in the nineteen fifties these frames were initially used to treat fractures in deformities by cutting bones and slowly pulling them apart and therefore stimulating tissue regeneration it was out of was able to receive arms and legs and people who thought they were crippled for life be sent to the other patients shattered bones and in many cases their shattered lives will go when professing designed his first brain using bicycle parts sixty years later he says invention is increasingly being used to help people quite eager to fracture their legs to become a few centimeters taller than the ultimate goal is still the same thing somebody is

live both literally and figuratively about a third of patients admitted to the result of center now days seeking syringe refocus medical reasons most of them a man and most are not what you would call vertically challenged professor novick of who operated on many of them says it usually comes down to a man's pride some of the first patient to turn to us with a leg length i mean request to meet his fifteen centimeters to be still want to surgery because panos to than him we like to say that we need to break their legs in order to fix their head maybe nothing wrong with them from an orthopedic point of view but there is something psychological that prevents them from living their lives fully being happy and we fix it like lengthening surgeries abound in many countries and even the out there press. expensive in russia the entire course costs eleven thousand dollars about one tenth of the similar package in the united states

financial considerations for one of the reasons that brought this washington state native to western siberia yet his main motive for the surgery had to do with how he fared in the others in america advertised as one seventy five i was one sixty seven or one sixty eight and so on eight centimeters would have brought me right to average if i just wanted to be average for women height isn't so important you know i think girl can be short and it's not a big deal like your guy is like expected to be taller just before the operation most this matter a russian girl who found he's a regional hide quite endearing yet he still want to have a day surgery adding seven more centimeters to the self-confidence she told me the whole time you're crazy you're normal you're perfect. so now or so they call you so what a compliment for somebody who's used to falling short of his own expectations. i

think now it's very obvious and clear and i have no doubt that donald rumsfeld may god forgive him dick cheney and george bush and the other people who have been responsible for the deaths of these tens of thousands of people americans iraqis and other nationalities tens of thousands if not over one hundred thousand people they are responsible for that because they lied because they wanted a war for economic reasons for political reasons for popularity reasons and maybe in george bush's case for family reasons. united states right now it's not. beating its recruiting targets. we have walked through some neighborhoods down here in guatemala tens of thousands of young able capable boys girls men women

. give them the opportunity come fight for us for five years and here's your green card. and lot of them are going to say yes. they think if they go to the united states they're going to find this beautiful lush lovely land no problems no one employment no violence no poverty. and sell that story create that image and you're going to have lines willing to take the risk to get into heaven like that. and as long as people are willing to pay illegally low salaries somebody will go illegally to take that job. or do you think is building the wall between mexico and california. getting stateside contractors at fourteen dollars an hour paying us . not. half the workers are probably undocumented or tearing false documentation because they're taking a lower salary.