transit routes. you'll best way to the heart of mosco. the red machine buckles after a ten round shootout against team usa in a bitterly contested hockey faceoff the russian take solace in winning two golds and it's over a medal in the days that. i care every minute may count for a russian pilot in the u.s. jails the prison is refusing him medical assistance r.t. hears from his wife and lawyer who say he's critically ill. and sliding scale of justice we find out how in israel the same crime could get you time behind bars or not even be investigated depending on one's ethnicity. ten pm in moscow good to have you with us here on r t it promised to be

a dramatic day at the olympics and it was with the red machine and team usa delivering a terrific and nail biting performance at the sochi bolshoi ice arena fans certainly getting their money's worth tonight kevin owen standing by live at our sochi studios to tell us all about it and more. you know what day it was we're going to in just a second welcome but first the top the studio. you join me right here above the olympic. as you say and then one of the most bitterly fought contest of the olympics so far concluded today twenty thousand spectators packed the bolshoi isolated to watch the red machine russia face off against team usa in the men's ice hockey but without any more do let's go live to our team's pool skull for the highlights pull one of those with this is to go to the group stage.

yes it promised a drama and it julie delivered one of the most thrilling ice hockey matches in winter olympic history not really went the way of the usa in the most dramatic of circumstances it was two two at the end of regulation time with nothing separating the two sides russia captain pavel datsyuk led by example he gave the home side the lead midway through the second period a great moment for him he of course plays his hockey in the n.h.l. but goals from come and then just put the usa to one up before that man was on hand again to level matches at two two with five minutes to go russia thought they'd done enough to win the game in the final moments but what would have been the winning goal was disallowed after the net came away from its moorings now it was a physical robust but only as contest between two and fierce rivals the game eventual went into overtime but still nothing separated the two sides and eventually the usa prevailed in a long nerve wracking ten round shootout russia are still likely to qualify for the

next stage of the competition they now face slovakia in their final group game on sunday that's a match they now have to win and afterwards are to gauge the reaction of some of the fans who were fortunate enough to be inside the bolshoi. just doesn't know much when i came here with a friend of mine just to see the match and we're very disappointed and we hope our team will still show their worth at these games but it's been a look at the new boss lee this isn't the last question we believe yet we just have to believe in them who can cheer for them. you can be the best no matter who likely to rule score one hundred best country that we haven't had an issue nationally but even though it's so long guys don't let us down next time the whole song change the whole country's cheering you. teach them the game was great the guys did well our captain is the best we can still do it i have no doubt about it and the better he says the. well we spoke to. a round ice hockey veteran who is known as the

russian rocket while playing for the n.h.l. he told us the competition we're seeing now is as good as it gets. i share with chelsea. all the best players in the world come here and play a concert so. you know i would. extend the same thing. you know for me to we'll see some way to good teams that's why everybody watching and enjoying. well one person being an american herself has been in russia for the past ten years and this is now if she joins me now in the studio there such a buildup to this you saw it but you were told of course telling our viewers the american but you lived in russia for ten years work for a russian company you do you were born you know what i was and i was sort of rooting for us a little bit secretly because my mother's here she of course is american my husband's a russian my son half russian half american so it was an intense. match to watch all together partly rooting for russia because they are the underdogs and they

haven't won it for twenty years but so much controversy is kicked off tonight all social leaders and indeed there was a goal which of course was counted as a goal by the raf on the ice it was been notified by the international ice hockey federation because the goal post was a little bit off its pegs so basically a huge debate going on right now on social media from the american ambassador pascal to russian diplomats i mean people talk he is a political sport because we look back to the history of the cold war so it's getting a bit intense out there ok with. in the morning are you lovely ok well you get to bed early start. though the game was painfully close no. loss for the russian side there was still plenty to make up for it no other events russia now tops the overall medal count let's hear from paul again paul hawken you stole the spotlight today as we've been saying but it didn't stop the other athletes did it. well despite the disappointment of the hockey as you say there was plenty to cheer

for our russian sports fans on saturday they added two golds and a silver medal to that tally now in the men's skeleton event alexander tretyakov he won gold with a totally dominant display he led from start to finish setting a truck record in the first round all his hard work has paid off over the last four years he's improved on the bronze medal he won in vancouver four years ago elsewhere russia secured a one to win the men's one thousand meter short term. speedskating it was a great tactical display by the russian jew i do led from start to finish they took the lead early and didn't look back on actually won the gold medal to add to the bronze that he won in the fifteen hundred meters earlier on in these games while the silver medal went to gordie of now those additions to the tally have moved russia third in the overall medals table germany and switzerland have more golds but the host nation has more medals than any other country.

good news for russia things and of course rosy for the athletes taking part in the . morning so we're challenging seven of the first eight skiers failed to finish the . missed gates penalty saw athlete after athlete miss out on a chance at the medals you know eighteen of the forty nine spears taking part didn't finish but many of those unlucky ones still made the contribution of course contacting their team mates above to tell them about the hard parts of the course that said they're for the success rate quickly when talking about the olympics spirit we just spoken to to roberta caseloads approving cross-country skier who came into the studio to chat to me a couple minutes ago he competed in that event despite having a broken rib. there was a very very race for me it was a long one i was expecting to go away given the broken dangerous.

when i crossed the finish line. a lot of support. that came from peru from even from the goal winner or gold medal winner and the reason you've done this is to inspire youngsters to take up your sport back in peru you've got a message for about can prove all of us what you can say to them well thank you very much for all that. it took me a long time a lot of pain but we're through. it was absolutely worth it. i hope you can use this. as for for a better us. away from home but really good guy now meantime the sochi olympics are being scouted by other major sporting organizations including formula one officials and consultants to the premier racing brand to be judging the city and its authorities on their handling of the olympic games and judging by what they've been telling us they're pretty enthusiastic about seeing those race cars roaring round. all you have to do is is look around at the amazing effort and facilities that have

been created for the olympics the same effort is being put in to create a world class facility for formula one and i think that it will be definitely one of the best facilities in the world when it's completed the passion is here that can do attitude is here and the willingness of people to succeed and i think this is key to the success of any from the one project. yeah between all the cheering in the sports there's nothing like need to unwind and relax fortunately she's not just the limping it's also the capital of black sea nightlife too who better tell us about that than martin andrews who's been out on the tiles often. with skis medals locked away from the home the sun has set and it's time to party there are tens of thousands of new visitors during the games and it's not just stop she's hotels restaurants and shops that are busier than ever before the night live

here is booming to sing the olympics means mixing it up and whether you want to mingle with celebrities a glamorous elites night clubs who fancy something a little more traditional like an english pub can be hard pushed to feel left out so get your dancing shoes on let your hair down and sing. to midnight. london very popular with locals and visitors he can listen to various like music from jazz to contemporary electronica. like most of my clubs here are open twenty four seven ideal for energetic tourists i mean it was very positive surprise because it's really very well organized around here. it's a city that would be alive during the summer months. that it has a lot for us all in winter. feeling package after all that partying look no further

than the old port winds down grab some food and relax next to the cozy heaters the partying and socializing here in sochi it doesn't ever stop like such during the daytime there are options for every taste and travel and there's no excuse to go back to your hotel and wait for the sun to rise everybody can eat good food after the discotheque or. foran your honor and everybody how happy because you have a good atmosphere. and there's more than the shore on top of the dozens of stubbornness clubs in sochi and adler there's also the high life of the new mounting cost of trust my opinion of. this is sky club and or inspiring view over the mountains it's the perfect place mingling with fellow travelers and athletes to relax after a hard day's competing or spectating just everything here is amazing the man use an infrastructure and all athletes are very pleased. russia is renowned for its by

print culture and hip and happening after hours by use of such a large no exception from the sizzling sure to the cool snowy peaks. you might covet milton andrews. just now to pumping billions of dollars into sochi russian officials been busy inspecting the city between the event a deputy prime minister. gave his take on how far the city come. infrastructures such as brand new york. city all the more than acquirements requirements at. present the war and. infrastructure. as one of the. most important russian the resorts one of the most more than european resorts as well.

well we know a days it isn't pygame has been a blast so far hope you're enjoying our coverage next hour on r.t. hope you join me again we will have more reaction from that bitterly fought hockey match and much more too from sochi so join me again for the next coverage of the second winter games coming up in. the g twenty four team promises the alternate and exhilarating winter sports an eight year journey and you see no way to make seven zero in the last of our lives take years team for sochi twenty four take. on. and in other news the colleagues in europe's industrial powerhouse may be turning again but as the germany gains economic ground many say there is a risk for many their risk and uncertain future as they fight to stay above the poverty line out and more after this short.

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a pleasure to have you with us here on t.v. today i'm. quarter past the hour now time may be running out for a russian pilot jailed in the u.s. constantini being refused vital medical help and his lawyer says the man is already at death's door russian diplomats are urging washington officials to step in as artie's like sara reports. first he received twenty years in prison in the united states for a crime he never committed on the american soil now it has gone from bad to worse for russian violent constantin you know. your own barber nearly called me in the morning and told me he felt very sick and that he'd be lucky to survive until monday he seems to be having a heart attack because he told me he was suffocating experience and heart pain and

was almost unable to walk he was beaten severely when he was arrested and has not there feeling well for a long time from his pleas for medical help have been ignored and he felt sick they put him in lock copter and let him on the cold floor going to try to get a doctor with all he was offered was flu medication and some antibiotics were given sometimes then don't even let me send him letters and they have refused to let any russian officials meet with the prison chief or the head doctor you know showing his lawyer told r.t. that the head doctor at the new jersey prison where he's being held will not expedite his treatment which could have the worst possible consequences monday is. also a federal holiday in the united states so my supposition would be that any kind of medical treatment so constant can your i shan't go could be provided only. on tuesday the eighteenth of february konstantin year i shan't go said that he might not live through the week can cast condition requires immediate medical

attention you know i was arrested in twenty town in liberia on suspicion of drug smuggling he was reportedly severely beaten before being transported to the us where he received a twenty year prison sentence this is not new this is something we've seen repeated over and over again kind of arrogant attitude that washington has toward other countries and particularly to other countries for not. doing what washington wants to dictate to them to do the present system in the united states the lightest prison system on the planet. highest rate of prisoners any country life is the number in both absolute terms in relative terms has no terror notoriously. disregarding of the rights of prisoners even the most fundamental rights including the return to the mosco has been insisting all along that the way you know shanks case has been handled regardless of whether he committed the crime or not is

a gross violation of human rights probably very beginning be key so if you're a shrink or if we can. speak in this terms has been absolutely politicized we have expressed many things that are suicidal so we have a warrant for the u.s. government many times that. the on the international obligations to take care of all of the health of our citizens having failed to get through to washington via official channels the russian foreign ministry resorted to social media and posted a plea for help on its facebook page ever since you know it was delivered to the u.s. russian officials have been denied access with the situation now taking a dramatic turn to russian foreign ministry officials are once again demanding to be allowed to see him along with their own doctors that is of course if you know shankar himself lives to receive that help lexi russia. the russian

pilot's case not out of the ordinary in the u.s. prison system according to the department of justice more than forty five thousand people died in custody in the space of a decade some of them and didn't even live to face any charges the editor of prison legal news activist alex friedman tells us that keeping inmates alive isn't always a priority in u.s. jails. prisoners might have very serious medical conditions and sometimes be very near death and they're told to sign up on a sick call or that they'll refer them to the nurse the next week or there might not be a doctor at the prison that weekend and so they have to wait until the next week to see medical staff. go received a twenty year sentence he did not receive a death sentence but unless he receives adequate medical care he and other prisoners with serious medical conditions can die while in custody mr you're a shame go was basically kidnapped you know when he was taken into custody overseas

by u.s. officials. the united states really does not have a lot of respect for the rule of international law when it conflicts with what they want to do are to you will continue to follow the our shango case and bring you all the latest on the story as it develops. germany registered the euro zone's highest growth rate this quarter as exports pump money back into the economy as artie's peter all over a ports the good official news will be cold comfort to one in every six germans in danger of being dragged into poverty. business is booming in germany but under the surface there's a surprising number of people failing to get anything from it but once in parts fiercest we still have six million people on long term unemployment benefits that means almost one in ten households live on welfare to george in fact figures from the german office of national statistics and eurostar to show that just over

sixteen percent of germans are at risk of falling into poverty compare that to the situation in france the czech republic or the netherlands and you see that more people can potentially slip through the safety net in europe's economic powerhouse this is seeing more and more germans turning to charities for help this food distribution center in berlin is one of many all around the country that helps to feed around one point six million germans every single month and if you look at the type of things that they're sorting out here for distribution it's fruit it's vegetables it's the type of things that people need to have in their diets but that some in germany just can't afford it this year for the mention that so many people try and deal with their poverty but it one point they realise they just can't take it anymore and they come to us it's a difficult step but it becomes the only solution one woman who gave me the name

and who didn't want to be identified told me how grateful she is for the help the food bank provides. i have everything here eggs even fish bread the little things make a big difference the money i get from the state goes to keep the power on at most i have one hundred fifty euros a month i'm very happy to have this because of this i can buy clothes and live. some of those receiving handouts accuse germany's politicians of caring more for why to europe than the german people even demanded the we part of europe we help you why don't you help us we have hungry kids but the government says we should help immigrants to move them we have to close the open door oh charity organizers say that they've seen a change in the demographic of those coming to them for help. mentions once called we've noticed an increase of older people which is unbelievable for us traditionally old people in germany wouldn't ask for free food now they have no

alternative so we see more people whose need has become stronger and change. whilst it is true that as a nation germany weathered the euro crisis better than most as a fine line between boom and bust the people in the use biggest economy peter all of a billion israel's borders with arab neighbors are some of the most heavily fortified on earth but within israeli society itself there's no shortage of tension between jews and muslims arabs make up a fifth of the country's populace but as all parties policy reports they're not always treated equally under the law. morny they treat us like israeli citizens only when they want to convict us other than that we're arabs to them and that's the pure racism and big policy of this country that jamil so for even six other arabs were found guilty of attempted to murder at natanz santa and his radio jewish terrorist who took aim at them. it's a conviction that is hard to comprehend very hard that the innocent and victim is

even put on trial let alone convicted on a ship it was here back in august two thousand and five that sutta an israeli soldier who deserted the army used his military issued wife to fire at our passengers on a bus he killed four and wounded seventeen before being attacked by the crowd they grabbed him while he was being handcuffed by police he never made it off the bus and those who were sentenced for his death i think there's more to it than north from the israelis are using acts of power to educate us so that if such attacks happen again no one will dare to do anything i compared unstudied similar cases to this one in court where arabs from israel committed acts against jews and they were killed by james for taking the law into their hands the jews were never convicted and no charges were brought against them it's clear there is a double standard in the justice courts a case in point. and he's ready jew who shot and killed an arab terrorist after he

murdered his shiva students while they were studying in jerusalem in two thousand and eight i shot him with two bullets in the head he spun around and he was teetering and then the guy with the m. sixteen who was hiding behind a side door finished the deal we kept shooting at him until we emptied our magazines and that was that. this is they didn't even open an investigation file against that doing so the police didn't even ask him didn't even check of the air was dead or not the scales of justice amin to balance in this scale. four week sentenced for killing a jewish terrorist in this scale back doing praised for killing an arab terrorist but do they even now. israeli lawyer admit son adoption late now feels if anything they took two boards i would be treated united. she feels german so for we induced coma accused should have received harsher sentences as i would say it's

a disgrace people who kill someone was hands are tied in the back. who is not a threat anymore in the political trial it's a fear america the conviction sends a message that the arab community they are blood is cheap and they can spare our lives and so the verdicts out is there a double standard at play in israel which is what the courts are meant to determine in the first place policy r.t. television. breaking this set coming up next stay with us here on our team or national or if you're watching from the u.k. george galloway and the sputnik around the corner.

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the. dog i'm abby martin and this is breaking the sat i wanted to start off today's show by giving a shout out to one thousand nine. hundred. because today is his birthday so after escaping the shackles of slavery back in eight hundred thirty eight douglas became one of the leaders of the abolition movement as well as an extremely accomplished writer in order his leadership was an integral in raising slavery consciousness in the civil war era and after the war was over douglass helped lincoln move the

emancipated slaves out of the south he proved the colonizing myth that black people were somehow inferior to whites completely wrong and even though his dedication was primarily for black equality also believe in the equality for all disenfranchised minorities one see famously said i would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong all i couldn't agree more so let's find that common ground in the spirit of frederick douglass and let's break the set. the cleveland area they are looking very hard to take a. look at the long line that you ever had sex with that hurt their feelings. that.

the for. the for. the in the early. yesterday on the show i talked about a pakistani man named kareem khan who was an active drone activist who filed a lawsuit against the u.s. and pakistani government after his son and brother were murdered by u.s. drone back in two thousand and ten well just before he was set to speak with european lawmakers about this her for practice he was abducted from his home by twenty men some of whom were wearing police uniforms according to witnesses for entire eight days khan's whereabouts were unknown and only because of the tireless efforts of international activists putting pressure on both the u.s. and pakistani governments khan was just released today from his captors and now we know the.