financial survival. let's say i'm the. father thank you for. the story that's right. victory celebration. marking seventy four. second world war the traditional. this morning. marching through. pay tribute to their relatives who lived through perished in the. polls

show former u.s. vice president joe biden leading. in the race for the twenty twenty democratic presidential nomination evoking memories twenty six. no food. market. leaders. party because of their. policy. a very warm welcome from moscow you are watching our national with me. two pm here on this the ninth of may a special day to mark the seventy fourth anniversary of the capitulation of nazi germany. world war two known here as the great patriotic war the conflict on the

eastern front which lasted just under four years was a battle of attrition but unprecedented for all city and claimed the lives of over twenty five million subjects. well for over twenty years now a military parades have been a key component of the victory day celebrations on red square was in all types of colors this morning here some of the scenes we witnessed on the square.

it's very difficult to describe the atmosphere it's it's. electric. tense but this super cheap siteman up excitement just released during the break it felt. like. it turns

out. they are. could see several. of them on such an iconic. flight. from. the first victory parade was held way back on the twenty fourth of june nineteen forty five at ellis over a month after nazi germany's pitcher nation during the salvi that year of in the next celebrations were held until the twentieth fortieth anniversary of the victory but then it's become very commonplace since one thousand nine hundred five military

parades have been held to it's a big part of the calendar every single year. victor did doesn't hold a very special place in the popular consciousness here it's not just the time for bold military displays it's also a time for quietly remembering the on the margin of both suffering insured by soviet families during the war. was.

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almost every family in russia quite incredible and other post salvia countries were affected by the great patriotic war on lost a loved one these are live pictures right now from moscow freud's gathering together you're going to see a lot of those ever present ribbons there they are in john black on the. lapel of people also on the pictures of the relatives from parents great grandparents as well being held up at a very private very somber moment and also celebrate for a living there people know just what it means to them this seventy fourth anniversary of the end of the great victory arctic air war lots of friendships being made as well people talking among each other and among at. rice right russia not just in moscow us well and indeed it's a very personal touch for us here at r t two our correspondent daniel hawkins explained to us earlier. what victory day means for hazel. fiver family

moments yet such a strong national feeling strong national day because every family has a story to tell whether that's relatively fighting on the front working behind enemy lines as members of the resistance working in the factories it really was a time of collective memory and collective efforts that great victory to put it into perspective always struggled to really convey in words how important this holiday is to russians and of course we have remembrance sunday in the u.k. the moment of silence etc very poignant and i've just been reading an article the state poll that says almost half of russians forty eight percent are going to be attending some form of victory celebrations across the country another twenty percent are going to be visiting veterans of which there are fewer and fewer every year sadly in my family history always knew that my grandmother had a father who fought and died in stalin right in nine hundred forty two my great

grandfather what she didn't know was that she also had a half brother who could do start soldier had just before he left for the front a lifting cars out in central russia and while i decided to do some family research get in touch with him through social media through his family and what better place for a family reunion than the ninth of may on red square to commemorate the memory of their father who died on the start and right all those years ago we got them to meet for the first time both of them in their eighty's of course better late than never i suppose here on red square and this is what happened.

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but you see the way. well done hawkins with the report let's not cross to another r t correspondent petrenko who's taking part currently in the march of the immortal regiment in moscow only a curious sunny day in downtown moscow today not that that would stop many i think from taking to the streets give us a sense of what you're seeing today what today is all of the. unit hi you're absolutely right there's not a single cloud above my head i was looking out for the forecast last night and it was supposed to rain but the weather is absolutely perfect so this means perhaps that this more toll regiment march in central moscow i believe it will become the

biggest one ever because year on the year this event was setting records but i can tell you even when it was much colder than that just about five degrees above zero still almost a million muscovites and guests of the capitol were marching here but right now perhaps i'm going to be at the biggest such event ever but every year it's becoming more global from places like entourage to new zealand and now i just want to give you a taste of that as well. now

you know you can see there's already a massive crowd behind my shoulder there's even more people on the other side but i'll tell you what the march hasn't even begun the people are just gathering for it the official kick off time here in moscow is three pm yet is still to come in as daniel hawkins was saying it's all about doing some family research perhaps now my

parents and grandparents will be very proud today because i'm happy to tell you that i've kept my promise three years ago i promise to my grandparents that i'm going to carry the portraits of old mom for grandfathers year on year on each immortal regiment in this is polyp of on me holiday age my great grandfather on my mother's side and i'm keeping my promise i've done for such events but of course there's a story behind every single portrait here around me end this band right here will tell you all about it so when the march finally begins that's going to happen as i've said in about forty five minutes right here and central moscow and various guys treat moscow's shells and he's if you like it. yes it's

a personal head day for you and all those people around you and i'm not streaming is going to continue for hours to come by in central moscow giving us a sense of the immortal regiment march thing. well today really is all about remembering all of the suffering the sacrifice which ultimately affected every family here it's a time to honor and celebrate those who survived those still with us who give everything to end humankind bloodiest conflict we spoke with some of. the most of those. sure. to still read it is still. is. really did.

you. hear. the words the. darker. just the nature of the story. you're going to dish out the. kid to school or do you. used. the word well over the last number of weeks in the build up to today we've brought you many personal touching stories just like this. story she's a ninety four year old veteran who joined the resistance straight after she graduated from school becoming a front line scott she sustained injuries that prevented her from having children later in life her husband died

a few years ago so she's now all alone. asked people to send her letters and postcards to mark victory day on the response it seems has being overwhelming. bush it seems to be. full ok he just threw it at the beginning years or the other had the rumor of these kids you could see at the. meetings at c.b.s. reversing let's put the list at least against the preachers the church and use it to get easy for. her parents closer to his friends. pushing things here than the influence their fortunes are doing a member looking to get people that they really didn't like you were. teaching and

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ok we're back with some more world news this hour former u.s. vice president joe biden was a clear lead over socialist bernie sanders in the contest for the twenty twenty democratic presidential nomination aves according to the latest polls and it seems many in the media and the party's leadership are already throwing their weight firmly behind the centrist front runner as they once did with hillary clinton explaining more. a new poll shows that joe biden has surged ahead in the race for the democratic nomination in two thousand and twenty the poll shows that forty six percent of democrats are backing joe biden as the potential nominee with only fourteen percent backing bernie sanders and despite a lot of other polls telling a very different story the media has jumped on this one voices are now telling us why he's the best choice for the democrats and this is a guy who doesn't hate republicans like you see some of the folks on the website

you mean for joe biden is that he's the most electable candidate for democrats to beat donald trump i think joe biden best chance of success is this sudden coronation remind you of anything hillary clinton is the best candidate democrats can put forward a take on donald trump voters in wisconsin think hillary clinton is the best candidate hillary clinton is the best candidate the media tells us that joe biden is the most experienced candidate biden is certainly the most experienced candidate i think hillary clinton is the single most experienced and prepared person who has ever run for president of the united states furthermore it stresses the point that biden is a centrist he's actually kind of a central a centrist which is one of the reasons why i think republicans fear him more than the others hillary clinton is not threatened in terms of the nomination because she is a pretty moderate centrist democrat and in fact biden's first campaign fundraiser happened at the home of the exact same guy his name is david cohen he's the chief lobbyist

for the media conglomerate known as comcast now both biden and clinton voted for the iraq war both biden and clinton have lots of wall street donors and both biden and clinton screamed to lock him up in the one nine hundred ninety s. driving america's incarceration rate sky high for those who may have forgotten hillary clinton was trump's victory in the twenty sixteen election was interpreted largely as a rebuke of a failing political establishment now hillary clinton's husband got some interesting advice here. as a go my wife gave me a psychology book several months ago in which the author defined insanity is doing the same thing over and over and over again and expecting a different result perhaps it's time to revisit that book polls are often a reflection of media coverage and the corporate media in the united states love suman gives him lots of coverage and that can give him support in polls and they often poll likely democratic voters which is not the same thing as who actually

ends up voting in a general election even in jest who answers polls is not the same thing as who votes clinton she was the most experienced and the most right wing of the democrats and the media loved her but he didn't mean she could get elected in fact the polls were overwhelmingly clear time and time again. that if there are massive purchases of advertised as joe biden two thousand and twenty has already engaged in of what their media like someone and telling everyone they are the leading candidate as they did overwhelmingly with hillary clinton does not you know anyway obvious mean that that is a candidate who is going to win the election. the leaders of the anti migrant alternative for germany party how being turned away from a top berth in restaurant the eatery said they would not serve politicians who show

hostility toward to ethnic religious minorities but all of which got more in the controversy. what's not to love about a spot of fine dining at the end of the day we're getting a table can always be a bit of a pain of course but it seems for some opposition politicians here in berlin that it's got a bit more difficult members of the anti immigration alternative for germany party putting their national figurehead salix on the gallon and alison vital had hoped to be sitting down for dinner at the swanky go italian restaurant just behind me however the owners said no way reached out to the restaurant and asked them why they said if this message since two thousand and one team is welcome guests from all over the world there are different sex descent and race and speak different languages belong to different religions and have different political opinions in our opinion if he does not share this cosmopolitanism tolerance and acceptance that we live by it without guests every day this is why we've exercised our right to

refuse service you know welcome guests whose attitude is not shared by our establishment a response was sent out on social media by a party spokesman who called the move undemocratic and stupid perhaps as an act of revenge and if the campaign poster currently stands front and center outside the restaurant. the response from the supporters was to flood the restaurant strip it by the page we want to wring comments some criticize the pricing some the portions others said should we bring along membership cards to the parties we support every time we go for dinner the website trip advisor actually suspended comments on that page because there were so many messages it's currently trying to work out which ones are genuine one of the reasons given by the restaurant is that they have staff and guests from all over the world and it pushes hard on an antique multiculturalism agenda but should have business be able to deny service based on

political persuasion i ask people. on the streets of berlin what they thought despair in business they should have the right to. turn away anybody should respect the private opinions of people cafes and restaurants should stay neutral there shouldn't be any political restrictions it is not. part of something who works in a coffee to for. a political statement also should be independent from the body system these places should be for everyone at the end of the day everybody comes out of this century is a winner. gets a free advertising and they have to get to appeal to their base as a party to the mainstream ahead of coming parliamentary elections peter all of our t.v. berlin ok we're crossing to washington shortly watching the hawks game but do join me then and half an hour's time for the official start of the mortal regiment march

people here in russia marking the end of the great patriotic war seventy four years i go to join me for plenty more their site. and twenty forty you know bloody revolution two to crack the demonstrations going

from being relatively peaceful political protests to be increasingly violent revolution is always spontaneous or is it just always here i mean your list book that you would put him in the. school in needle the former ukrainian president recalls the events of twenty four g. and. those who took the lead invested over five billion dollars to assist ukraine in these and other goals that will ensure a secure and prosperous and democratic. that's good there but survival guide up stacy just like all the stars simply have to travel all the serviced. be sure it's still there are you going to get it back. next year. oh heck no. repatriation team will look at the rest in seven years. will of the separate skies report.

join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to guests of the world of politics business i'm showbusiness i'll see you then. greetings and sal you take. well watchers despite tax day having come and gone back on april fifteenth here in the united states everyone this week is buzzing about taxes why because on wednesday the new york times by hook or crook published some of us president donald trump's most protected of secret information information on his taxes using printouts from mr trump's official internal revenue service tax transcripts the times is reporting that from one nine hundred eighty five to one

nine hundred ninety four the numbers show that president trump then real.