see some other part of it and realize everything you thought you knew you don't know. welcome to the big picture. is the most law looks about to take hold in egypt following the final round of voting on a new constitution opponents are accusing the muslim brotherhood of rigging the ballot to cement its power. primary school killings in connecticut sparks fears debate over whether america's love of guns has gone too far with a man a demanding stricter control over those who can bear arms. bahrain sees more police were taliban arrest for speaking out as the opposition describes the situation and the call came down as the worst political crisis. tit for tat lawmakers in moscow give the go ahead to ban u.s.

adoptions of russian children in response to washington slapping sanctions on russian officials. and scary and direction in the europe while spaniards sees that over a hated budget and strikes in greece put a damper on my credit rating upgrade. to me i am of the russian capital you're watching r t with me marina joshie welcome to the program now early results from the final round of voting in ages troubled referendum suggest the new constitution is likely to pass a fall is nearly a month of protests where the latest violent outbreak being in the country's second largest city of alexandria journalist bill true has more from the capital cairo. the preliminary results in egypt's contentious constitutional referendum in egypt

appears to voted for the constitution sixty four percent say yes. thirty six percent have said no this comes after mass dissent in the streets across the country with a cast three weeks against this constitution opposition forces say force a presidential dictatorship and was drafted by an islamist dominated assembly of the twenty seven governors that went to vote in the last week only three voted against the constitution. this in the last round is largely due to the fact that in the last seventeen governments they went to vote a large amount of them are rural governorates large muslim brotherhood supports places their opposition forces for their part to say that the reason it is a yes is because of electoral violations they say they've seen a number of instances of per possible vote rigging including missing judges unsupervised polling stations missing ballot papers stuff the ballot boxes and also

campaigning by the mr brotherhood groups also ultra conservative salafist groups with in the polling stations telling people to vote yes the biggest news of the day however is the resignation of the vice president mohamed mickey this is largely seen to be perhaps because in the draft constitution as it currently stands there is no post for the vice president this comes in the background of deepening violence across the country on friday we saw clashes between rival protest groups limits rallies in egypt second city xandra in support of the constitution there was rock throwing and also burning of cars the police had to intervene with tear gas that comes just one week after similar clashes in alexandria and of course three weeks after very bloody scenes here in the capital cairo we saw ten people die when rivals. as. for outside the presidential palace with

a deepening political crisis and neither side backing down now the constitution is likely to be put in place we can only expect dissent on the streets and possible violence across the country well sometimes you just can't keep pace was a revolution we report on a man and woman who fired up entire nations during the arab spring at him now say i've been a left behind. a moment's silence and the last victim laid to rest it's one week since twenty children and six staff at a connecticut primary school were killed in one of the worst mass shootings in american history the tragedy has sparked fears debate on gun control laws with manny saying it's too easy for the public to access military grade weapons. found out of america is now ready to change its treasured second amendment. a week after

the tragedy at the elementary school in newtown president obama made the same pledge as when he became president four years ago to try and get assault weapons off the streets of the u.s. it's a pledge he has failed to deliver on this is not the first issue the first incident with gun violence of your four years. but the administration indicates this time it's different this time they're serious it will take commitment and compromise. and most of all it will take coach shooting is full and it's a skill and it's an important part of our hearing the debate taking place at the moment suggests a national consensus on the issue is far down the line and the dialogue between those who support and those who oppose such a ban comes down to this with guns come safety if the guns are in the hands of the good guys if you not believe the stupid man on the powerful special interest group in washington the national rifle association has successfully fought any form of

gun control legislation for years and the solution they offer to the epidemic of gun violence that has plagued the us is more guns. the only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun constitutional lawyer roger pilon things along the same lines and suggest arming teachers to prevent massacres like the one in newtown connecticut you're always going to have people who are going to be doing these kinds of evil deeds what you need to do is protect yourself against the weapons in schools and you go to a movie theater you have to carry a gun because there there will be there maybe someone with a semiautomatic you know wiping out the entire theater. as we have seen is that what you're suggesting. where do you put it provocatively like that what i'm suggesting people movie theater yes because the police cannot be everywhere

there are almost three hundred million privately owned farms in the u.s. around ten thousand americans die in gun violence every year the gun murder rate in the u.s. is almost twenty times higher than in the next twenty two richest and most populous nations combined. we have three hundred million guns in america but also the population of three hundred million people so it's one gun per person and if more guns were actually the solution to deterring shootings it many times it would have this problem in the first place the gun adam lanza use to kill twenty young children and six adults at the sandy hook elementary school was an a r fifteen semiautomatic rifle it's a military style rifle that can shoot hundreds of rounds at a record speed it belongs to adams mother who he also murdered nancy lanza a teacher at the same elementary school owned six guns numerous types of assault

weapons are readily available for purchase in the u.s. at gun stores at gun shows and online after the newtown tragedy many americans are calling for change again. make it in here like make it worth something we could meet something good you can't predict you could create change previous meaningful attempts to change hit a wall and that wall is the second amendment of the constitution the right of the people to bear arms skeptics say the most need with racing can do is require background checks at gun shows but again adam lanza's mother a teacher at an elementary school would have probably passed any of those checks and her military style rifle would have ended up in the hands of her son anyway that constitutional lawyer i spoke to seemed very certain that nothing major is going to change when it comes to gun laws in america does that mean more massacres like the tragedy newtown in washington i'm going to check on bahrain has seen massive anti-government protests this week with the opposition saying the country

is suffering the worst political crisis in its modern history they choose the monarchy of gagging the voice of the people with one of the top activists arrested and charged for tweeting about monday's rally the man reported about police using tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse demonstrators the monarchy has repeatedly been criticized by human rights groups for its crackdown on the opposition movement eighty people have been killed thousands arrested and some reportedly tortured during the almost two years of unrest hussein of dollars from americans for democracy and human rights and my brain say is there is only the illusion of pressure on the kingdom. but recently they came under tremendous pressure from the united states to open up their political systems to start to see the lock to reform the political. situation however no such serious steps has been taken for example we still see attacks on peaceful protests we still see political prisoners not the

release torture still taking place human rights violations they've been placed on daily basis there is a clear double here double standard when it comes to u.s. foreign policy in the region especially rain and syria where the rise violations are committed them behind on daily basis however we hear no condemn nation from the united states. two years ago this week the arab spring was born in tunisia but few could have predicted worry would lead cloying those that had the uprising are going to reports on those left behind by the revolution. it began here in tunisia two years ago when a poverty stricken fruit vendor set himself on fire in an act of desperation so i'm saying he was a hero others say he was a drunkard with a history of psychological problems whatever more hala was this is real motivation was his act of self-immolation sort of

a string of events which became known as the arab spring decades old regimes were toppled what came to replace them is hardly what most of the people in these countries had in mind when they were doing the revolutions they wanted freedom of speech and free elections bred on their tables and jobs what they got seems to be a very different result situation this war strife comparison. and comparison to the years before. the revolt. personally i don't feel safe. when we see. all the violence of the police. or of salafist. if unpoliced attacked by some nationalist people. there are less freedoms right now when it comes to under their own freedoms there are attacks on individual freedoms every day i received so many messages from girls

saying but they were. street even by police men. who didn't tolerate their or their way off the rest think this used to be a common pattern in the countries that i showed the so-called arab spring just two years ago hopes of transition from authoritarian regime to new different. forms of government seem to have a whole tent rising islamism economies in shambles and increasing discontent the pattern is the same in tunisia and egypt where people are pouring out on the streets again with their new incest i think a lot of people did but for the muslim brotherhood in egypt because they wanted economic changes not just getting rid of mubarak and having morsi and morsi he's obviously you know very different political figure. and carried on much the same policies in terms of economic policy in libya the uprising took

a bloody turn moammar gadhafi crippled the country for over forty years is deposed and killed in two thousand and eleven nearly the government has been struggling to control parts of the country going as far as besieging the entire town of bani walid for allegedly providing shelter to diehard khadafi supporters the are using heavy machinery to demolish the demolished houses that can't be using now. again it's just a feeling people children and now really sick reaming we would not a humanitarian of the one of the two please help us save our family. i got this time to make libya now the quirk of a place where no one can stop them and they have unlimited money and we're going to the western leaders were quick to praise changes across the middle east they said it was the beginning of a new democratic era for the region but the model of democracy they may have had in

mind doesn't seem to be the right fit i think it has to be a different type of a democratic system. the democracy that the u.s. would like to impose upon egypt tunisia and morocco and the other countries throughout the region and even libya where what was waged last year to topple the gadhafi government is not suitable to the people there. sight of that region in tunisia in and out of school or to christmas on the streets literally will report on new york's hidden home once known as america splashes out on billions splashes out billions on christmas decorations and tensile that's after a break stay with us. tucked in between the russian mainland japan and the sun coming island is the island of minute on named after french seafarer who discovered it it is described

as the pride of the sakhalin region we'll take a look what's in store for us here. until two thousand and four the island was part of the borders own and was completely restricted to visit is now this picture is place is open to tourists unique plants and animals are its top attraction. really has been exploring the deaths on the world seas for several decades but it's here at more your own island where he has finally found what he'd been looking for . me the most the water here is very clear the visibility is very good and the underwater world here is extremely rich i've been to many diving locations across the planet including the island of bali but mine are on top of my list while some go to the sakhalin region to enjoy the sights others convert the island's nature's

riches into a healthy dollar it is home to the biggest seafood processing factory in russia the tonight shock hundreds of thousands of tons of fish get caught in the nets too late to produce delicious salamon caviar almost unnecessary attribute of any feast in russia the owner of the enterprise says a good fishing season can bring in more than a hundred million dollars net profit. and to large extent this is old to do what cycling offers environmentally. operates in only and natural habitat and mild climate unique natural sights and delicious seafood. for a diverse holiday for those who are not afraid to travel ten thousand kilometers from europe the question is whether this distant land would ever be able to become a major tourist destination.

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welcome back you're watching r.t. coming to live from moscow russia is one step closer to imposing a total ban on adoptions of its children by u.s. citizens as the lower house of parliament has given the green light to the motion the ban is part of the wider legislation targeting those who abuse the rights of russians abroad moscow's responding to washington's travel and financial restrictions on russian officials suspected of involvement in the death of lawyer sergey magnitsky he died in custody during a massive tax fraud investigation three years ago president vladimir putin however says the u.s. lacks the moral standing to accuse others of human rights violations of our us or partners and their lawmakers say they're concerned about human rights in our prisons that's fine of course but there are plenty of issues they have themselves ghraib and guantanamo where for years people have been detained without charge it's

inconceivable to do it with prisoners walk around in chains like in the middle ages they've legalized torture inside their own country if something like that happened here it would cause an international outcry but it all remains quiet in the us we've heard plenty of promises to close guantanamo but it's still there it's still operating maybe there is still torture going on there secret cia prisons has anyone been brought to account and they're pointing at our problems well thank you we're aware of that making this the ground for passing anti russian laws it's something absurd and we have a no way provoked such action. and we use english now the statement comes as part of a lot of reporting and of your q. and a marathon with the media and we'll be bringing you more highlights after eighty m.g.m.t. here in r.t. stay with us. and then the financial gloom griese saw

a little light to this week but ultimately few felt like celebrating athens was given its first credit rating boost since the crisis began but a general strike over stary measures cuts and merriment shorts on top of that four of the biggest greek banks have come out asking for a twenty seven billion euro bailout meanwhile in fame protesters held a mock funeral for the country's budget after the government approved drastic new cuts thousands of doctors policemen and public sector workers stage nearly daily protests over layoffs investment advisor patrick young says a lot of the blame lies with madrid. the truth is there is no money to pay all of these nurses and doctors there is no money for this lavish government infrastructure it has to be privatized so little there have to be salvaged because truly spain has spent the last decade living on the never never it was built on the

back of a huge property bubble the bubble was unsustainable nobody moments to manage stuff and unfortunately while we can obviously say it's a tragedy for the poor independent health care professionals there's just no way to manage to find the money to pay them in modern spain here's a government that has effectively in an overall majority they can do absolutely anything they want on the thing to be absolutely determined to do more or less nothing and it's really a tragedy because they're not helping the spanish economy and they're not helping the people either the spirit of christmas isn't just a good feeling it's a multibillion dollar industry wide stenciled decorations all make for a pretty sight but sometimes they obscure those less fortunate are these more important reports from new york. a match in a country with no homeless people i know it's not the most festive or jolly like question to ask during the holiday season but see here in the u.s. nearly six hundred and thirty four thousand people went homeless last year and as

it turns out just a sliver of the money american spent on blinking lights tinsel bright stars and shiny presents could actually end the nation's homelessness epidemic. it is shame. it is a waste. there is only one it is a waste there decoration you created me. imagine how much santa could do for the low of low income housing with that kind of money that's what people need housing is all for show us and a lot a lot of very desperate people on the streets of new york texas wherever i mean it's it really is a sad situation and i think we can all do better you know maybe sometimes people go a little overboard you know we want to we all be in the christmas spirit but i guess there's other things that you could be doing with your money six billion dollars spent just on lights and all and all that because people want to get into the spirit right and they want to forget about all the ugliness in the world and

that's not right they need to remember the homeless as well we came here for this time and we're all wrapped up in it but when you point that out it's a shame you know top white house officials say that the government would need an annual budget of twenty billion dollars to effectively eliminate homelessness by twenty twenty atop the will of the obama administration however even though that money sounds like a lot we should put it into perspective according to the national retail federation americans spent more than six billion dollars on christmas decorations last year and holiday sales reached a reported four hundred and seventy billion dollars so in this season of giving as . americans are spending in the cloud of holiday spirit they could essentially be curing huge social problem that continues to plague the nation reporting from new york marine up or not r.t. . all the mine count there has run out by we are still here some of us though may

have wider wallets and just a few minutes already takes a look at those trying apocalypse into profit. in japan the average height for men is one hundred eighty two centimeters in 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 computers already spent three months in this hospital and plans to stay for another four to add the coveted seven santa majors 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 up or therefore stimulating tissue regeneration it was out of was able

to receive arms and legs and people who thought they were crippled for life piecing together patients shattered bones and in many cases their shattered lives with the main goal when professor who is out of design his first frame using bicycle parts sixty years later his invention is increasingly being used to help people what eager to fracture their legs to become a few centimeters taller than the ultimate goal is still the same fixing somebody is alive both literally and figuratively about a third of patients admitted she was out of center now days seeking surgery focus magic reasons most of them a man and most are not what you would call vertically challenged professor novikov who ought. curry don't many of them sass it usually comes down to man's pride. the first patient to turn to us with a leg length quest to meet his fifteen centimeters to 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 heads 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 a band in many countries and even the out there pretty 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 they brought this washington state native to western siberia main motive for the surgery had to do with how he fared in the others in america average is one seventy five i was one sixty seven or one sixty in so eight centimeters would have brought me right to every one of the average for women height isn't so important you know i think girl can be short and it's not a big deal i think it's like expect to be taller just before the operation most

this matter a russian girl who found he's a regional hide quite in dealing yet he still went ahead with the surgery adding seven more centimeters to his self-confidence she told me the whole time you're crazy you're normal you're perfect. for an hour so. what a compliment for somebody who's used to falling short of his own expectations.

one afternoon on the shores of the ocean blue. one of those days when it feels good to be alive on the planet earth. carefree humanity. maybe unthinking humanity even . a few kilometers away a man has given us an appointment on a mountain summit. a place in keeping with what anatole calls his work. he's been devoting all his time and energy to it for the last six years now. this former computer expert even quit his job to get ready for it for the end of the world. and the work i do will take me out of body i will ask to meet those superior beings who hold the keys for humanity already clear that he may need to talk to them. to see what can be done for two thousand and twelve ordinals. by telepathic trip to

get him into contact with mysterious superior beings beings who have announced to him the destruction of the planet on december the twenty first two thousand and twelve very precisely. it will be by fire volcanoes earthquakes and most importantly of course by water floods a complete plug as the plates will shift rise and lower the ocean bottom will lift and what will appear is atlantis. when atlantis rises out of the waters that will be when the world ends she thought this two thousand and twelve is a giant plan for i could use a mean word but purifying for me that's what it is. purifying water conscience if you're good or not and it's a rite of passage and not all is convinced that he will be among the survivors jesus himself told him.