it was supposed to be just another news or of course although admittedly for a special occasion it was one hundred twenty three days before the start of the winter olympic games in sochi and i was in greece for the lighting of the olympic flame the ruins of a limpia one of the most famous monuments of ancient greece the site of the very first olympic games where stones like this would have been part of the temple. the temple of the. temple of. home. mom.

well that was all rather surreal. definitely the way to stream i've had for a while. there was a memorable ceremony. who i'm pretty sure the high priestess never spoke to me. what was it she said. full of the flame or something. there's. a lot more of course of base. from which the top story this morning than the thirty twenty pulteney olympic flame of the. seven days after it was first late in the ancient greek city of elim carried by russia's deputy prime minister dimitri cool with ak the flame traveled in a small amount into red square where president vladimir putin spoke of its meaning for the russian people. the limbic tillage the symbol of the world's primary sports competition of peace and of friendship. but he has come to russia. there are many marks the start of the longest toss relay in a limb take a street the same good scrape this so many people have turned out to the start of

the russian relay it looks like a lot of fun out there. in a minute. but it was. the stone i picked up in and then it was on my mantel piece and if that isn't a sign i don't know what it is. i knew i had to get down to red square and experienced atmosphere for myself fortunately they were having a two day event. so from sunny greece to rather soggy moscow just at the very start of the torch is journey around the whole of russia i'm excited. the days first run there was paralympic star alessio bloody who picks up two gold medals in the beijing and london games. we do curling peace talks to him big

gold medals is there still something special for you. of course it's a unique feeling because i had never carried dorsch before i had first i ran with a quite easily then i felt he was becoming heavier and heavier but i was determined to carry it properly and show it to everyone so that they could all appreciate the moment. and the crowd's reaction words factious i missed out on going to my home games in london and i was determined not to let such a twenty four team pass me by there were fourteen thousand torchbearers slots up for grabs one of them was going to be mine. when we were making the technical order for the factory we say look let's make the thing we want to who. you know whole and also desirable should be like wow.

a lot of questions where. wait it's quite heavy we have to take all the cover and we milled that out by the machine extra weight of the aluminum so it's really fine. it's the feather feather over the period of burton firebird in the russian. stories and fairy tales and to get this feather from the firebird is a super challenge for the guild. the

problem can be. underneath here and it just caused the fire but in this kid we have a special needs wiring inside which melted and of like really a red color. and it's the fire so basically it's a rift fire in itself. i was going to have to wait a while before i found out if i'd been picked as a torch bearer more than enough time to try and learn a little more about my mysterious stone. some of russia's most eminent geologists live in. the center of russia's diamond

industry on the rocks down here in the most expensive in the country. the pits descends more than a kilometer under the earth and uses the most sophisticated drilling equipment to get to the precious. stones have been taken to assaulting sense and closely examined each rough gem is appraised. and only had a close only focused on my precious stone to. add must be some kind of. there i can see small crystals here proving that it's ancient rock. movement but really shouldn't should it. no it's false but it's luminescent as from

you. ok maybe you could make it luminescent if you really believed it right thank you did you really expect it to go. maybe maybe i'm just not right. there's certainly something very special about this and this ground i don't know but it might just be because they use to pulling glittering thing this out of the dark here. but who wants minis diamonds what the top attraction in turn it was time to head towards the city's most well known landmark where they were getting ready to welcome some very special guests. from all over forty years these huge realized trucks one of the most famous symbols in your couture carrying

the region's diamonds from its quarries and factories and now. it's getting ready for its most important passenger ever. it must have been close to minus forty celsius but these olympic torch is and torch bearer is made of sterner stuff. this huge quarry has been the frozen heartbeat of the city for more than fifty years producing more than seventeen billion dollars diamonds my stone it meant i was here to watch the parade but what was i supposed to do next. great shot. lives so when two mates were to. again show me the and.

by carlo. choice. they can be few more famous natural landmarks in russia than lake baikal the oldest and deepest lake on the planet and the site of a very special olympic celebration. for the first time ever they're planning to light the olympic flame on the water. in this case your average tool which isn't going to cut it so special equipment is required and special people to carry it and who better than the local rescue ranger . are professional activity is mostly dedicated to rescuing people on lake baikal our job is important difficult interesting and in a way romantic by cow has many faces in winter it's tough and in

summer it's beautiful you can't help but admire its power because it attracts you and it's very important to me because it's a jewel of russia. everything's ready let's go then as nicholas puts the final touches to his equipment the excitement begins to build along the water's edge. rallies have been warmly welcomed across the country but the crowds here are about to witness something that's never been done before. and there's plenty of local showmen own hands went to tame them while they wait. a massive noise and color to cheer the torch bearers all of this torch is based on a special system there is a pyrotechnic charge that can burn at any depth in any temperature and under any circumstances. why do when it's under water it's like

a second son the flame literally illuminates the entire lake. autumn when you curious you can feel its enormous power. on the water temperature is four degrees celsius it's really freezing we could feel it on our uncovered faces but we were united by this flame that had absorbed the energy of the entire country of every single person who cares about the flame that was what united us and that's why everything went perfectly. as i watched from out on the water you could almost feel the crowd's energy coming across the waves it had been another remarkable spectacle for this record breaking

to interrelate i was wondering what could possibly top it. looks like go in the right track. so what well but. i think. totally if you go to jail the price is the only industry specifically mention in the constitution and. that's because a free and open press is critical to our democracy albus. in fact the single biggest threat facing our nation today is the quote for the excellent work of our government and our craft cynical we've been hijacked by handful of transnational corporations that will profit by destroying what our founding fathers one. i'm job market and on this show we reveal the big picture of

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i would rather ask questions to people in positions of power instead of speaking on their behalf and that's why you can find my show larry king now right here on our t.v. question more. i've moved from one ship to another but what a ship. i was on board the ice breaker fifty years of victory the pride of the

russian nuclear fleet for a truly once in a lifetime experience. flame was traveling to the north pole i was going with. it my stone was telling me to follow the flame i was going to take it as far as i could. see hundred nautical miles of stark beautiful ocean lay between us and the top of the world. but just in case she didn't actually believe we were going to the north pole i think that eliminates any doubt. it's another historic first for the sochi torch and a relay around the ship was planned for the occasion. and you can learn so many new things when you get the chance to test your own as well as the crew's experience and check what the ice breaker is really capable of. i mean this tour of the olympic torch to the north pole never before has a surface ship gone there so late in the season the ice was much heavier and to

cope with it we almost needed the ice breakers maximum power. we were making incredible progress slicing through the thick polar ice like butter and after only four days we were already near our destination. that's a world record pace. we made this. letter to ninety degrees north to talk of the world. once the champagne had been finished everything kicked into gear the torch bearers went off to get ready and our organizing committee began making preparations for

the relay and we love the one on the other one and then tried to hold it the right way all. right but what. with everyone in position we were ready to go and our captain was given the owner of starting off the run my main task was to keep the torch warm and make sure it goes into past hand in time and just seconds later she was away and i was on collections you see. i think that's me now. thank you but yes i got to take a look off the list and return it later. i wasn't good. yet go through it no slips. no. we stepped off the ship and on to the ice the torches glowed flickering through the pitch black hole and nights. of pioneering soviet

polar explorer. or of would ignite the culture of the most northerly place on the planet. it's not often you get to witness a moment in history this is the first time the olympic flame is out of in the north pole. and i'm here to see it. from as far north as it's possible to go it was time to head east with the olympic organizing committee. the flame v.o.i.p. that it is has its own security team at all times not to mention it's a private jet so. we've got this special service we've got the plane cooper which is just responsible for the security of the plane the keep the plane the little downtime the word crew on this special food bill you know that

all of this plane will never go off. for. each city's greasing ceremony is unique and hundreds of volunteers helped make the occasion memorable. there's a possibility also to keep the security a full. you know the nobody will homey nobody will get this for a show police are just better because he's just a flame and it's very dangerous for everybody. this is come shop kind of alternative peninsula that's one of the most easterly places in russia. so that you don't when your torch is lit. for the good fortune never talks to the flaming torch bearer in russia because you

never. everybody every had an inhabitant of the c.d.'s just very proud that comes to cd i must say that i hope you lation know. it was the end of another relay and i was in one of the most beautiful places in the country on the shores of the pacific itself but i was beginning to lose patience. i've come to the end of. what's. what do you want. to go.

by literally run out of land. but the torch would move all over the mountains across the sea. even else of this world. we live. in yes another historic moment it paid a visit to the international space station more than four hundred kilometers above the planet. and although safety reasons made lysias on board a heavily fueled rockets are all the bad idea the world's first olympic space walk was no problem. back down if i was getting some inspiration of my own.

yes. i've come so far with the torch i was going to have to see it through to the end and watch so many different people in relays all over russia and even beyond now i was going to have my own moments with the symbol of the sochi games i was a new father in the south of the country in under two hours i was going to be a torch bearer. for. the show uniform. because. it was time to suit up pick up the most vital piece of equipment. i think. let's make. a stimulus for up to their english training thank you. last.

more than two hundred of us would be running through the streets and the excitement was already beginning to build there was just time for a few tips on how to make the most of the moment. smile and wave your hand then they put out my torch and i stepped back and i'm not there anymore it's your turn you start and i'll be in the car that will be filming us starts to move and we run towards it ok go to. the russians or. none of us could wait to get started on the pulse he was in full swing as we moved through the city thousands of people had turned out to cheer us all and watch the parade and we even had a few guests from the north pole pushing him in a pit. we were dropping off people every two hundred meters so i just had

a few minutes to get to know my neighbor cotton mills. you can really imagine how exciting it is. looking forward to the moment when the whole country will see me it was. honestly i can't believe it. did school was just really freezing today isn't it. planned so let's meet our church. as i wave to the crowd i hadn't expected to be so nervous my whole epic journey had led to this moment and as i waited for the number one million three to pulse me the flame all i could think of was for goodness sake don't drop it. by. the dream come true i'm sure i missed the london twenty games i never thought i'd

have the dogs to be part of another day and now i'm the only person in the world going to play with this moment fun stuff that. i am. i think i finally understand. i got a little further to go with this story. i was with it when it was lit for the very first time in a limpia increase it went deep underground into diamond mines and you could see i was with it when it plunged into the waters of lake baikal and i was with it when the wins by president of the very top of the world and then it went out. so this was the international space station. used to believe that if you could combine

elements of. that you could base metal into goals this tool which all of those elements even a fifth element the quintessence from space itself. i believe that this torch has the energy to help you win gold in sochi. russia.

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