i mean we have we have templi surrounded the middle east and bases in united arab emirates and saudi arabia and in iraq and afghanistan in kuwait and as a result of our bases being there the greater islamic world sees that and they see their their environment being taken over by what they see as occupiers no i don't personally i don't necessarily think that the united states wants to conquer and control all of the middle east but i think that we definitely want to demonstrate power there so we put in military bases there the big problem is that this hasn't appropriately assess the threat the threat is five to seven thousand militants and every day that we stay inside the middle east those militants have fuel to grow. let's take a look now at some other stories making headlines across the globe authorities in pakistan have warned many areas could soon be submerged causing thousands to flee cities and villages as flood waters head to the south and east of the country the worst natural disaster in pakistan's history has now killed fifteen hundred people in the affected more than f

at this briefinging, we hear first from secretary clinton follow i'd special middle east envoy. form mitchell. this is 35 minutes. >> hello. today we're joined by your colleagues in martha's vineyard and they'll share the q and a dutys with you. >> i don't like that idea. [laughs] >> i will a point a negotiator to deal with that. since the beginning of this administration, we have worked with the israelis and palestinians and our international partners to advance the cause of comprehensive peace in the middle east, including a two state solution which ensures security and dignity for israelis and palestinians. the president and i are encourage i'd the leadership of prime minister and president habas and share their commitment to israel and palestine living side-by-side in peace and security. after proximity talks and consultations with both sides, on behalf of the united states government i've invade the prime minister president and council authority president to meet on december second in relaunching all negotiations to resolve all final status issues that we believe can be com

it is run at the the middle east -- out of the middle east. it is owned by the same people. the editorial controls ultimately is the same, but is totally different people running it. they hired a lot of people from the states, to produce this thing. when i did that project, they had just launched. that is actually part of the film. i know that there have been tensions within the news rooms over the editorial line that they have been told to take on certain issues. on the other hand, there was a guy who was given $50,000 and told to go out and find some interesting stories in the congo because western media was not covering it. go off and tell us those stories. it is a mixed bag. i look at their english version, in their website, because i think it is interesting to see how they're covering things. ultimately the editorial control is the same, but it is worth bearing in mind that that editorial control rests with one of america's allies in the gulf. they do not want to acknowledge that, but that is the reality of it. and the government has a decent relationship with israel. -

the meeting this week between the palestinians and the israelis as the president talks about the middle east. he will also talk about the war in iraq. we'll also talk about the upcoming midterm elections. we will talk with the publisher of the cook political report. that is all tomorrow morning and later in the week, we will look at political ads, the role of independence and the tea party movement and campaign fund raising this week leading up to the 2010 midterm elections. live coverage of the president's speech at xavier university is getting away past 3:00 eastern time, the past 12:00 on the west coast, his speech and the five- year anniversary of hurricane katrina. thank you for being with us on this sunday. enjoy the west -- enjoy the rest of your weekend. . >> our guest has long been one of the senate's leading voices on foreign policy issues. senator lugar of indiana, thank you for coming back. guest: thank you. host: let me introduce our two reporters. matthew lee, warren strubele. i think you're going to start us off. >> thank. we have a busy week up ahead. i think the first thing

and nato forces in in the middle east i mean we have we have completely surrounded the middle east in bases in united arab emirates and saudi arabia in iraq in afghanistan in kuwait and as a result of our bases being there the greater islamic world sees that and they see their their environment being taken over by what they see as occupiers no i don't personally i don't necessarily think that the united states wants to conquer and control all of the middle east but i think that we definitely want to demonstrate power there so we put in military bases there the big problem is that this hasn't a properly assess the threat the threat is five to seven thousand militants and every day that we stay inside the middle east those militants have fuel to grow. the un is appealing for more than four hundred million dollars in emergency aid for flood victims in pakistan the disaster has affected over fourteen million people survivors are facing massive food and water shortages as rescuers are struggling to get aid to them the floods of the worst the cultural scene and have claimed over fifteen hun

london is five hours from the middle east, 3.5 hours from moscow. l.a., i love living out there but it is a long way from the rest of the world. >> this is what got you in front of us again, a lot of attention that you got off of "sergio." let's run some of this and then you can explain it. >> the countries that had fought about going to war decided that they had to kiss and make up. let's agree that we all had an interest in seeing iraq stabilize. let's send a united nations mission, and much more importantly in a way, let's send the most charismatic, the most experienced person in the entire system of consulate management, conflict prevention, refugee care -- you name it. let's send this guy known as a cross between james bond and bobby kennedy. let's send sergio. i asked him personally to take the job. i said, you are the right person for this job and i hope you will do it. >> president bush had met him and, i think, rated him very highly. there was therefore a general consensus that if he could be persuaded to do it, he would be the right person

and nato forces in in the middle east i mean we have we have completely surrounded the middle east in bases in united arab emirates and saudi arabia in iraq in afghanistan in kuwait and as a result of our bases being there the greater islamic world sees that and they see their their environment being taken over by what they see as occupiers no i don't personally i don't necessarily think that the united states wants to conquer and control all of the middle east but i think the. we definitely want to demonstrate power there so we put in military bases there the big problem is that this hasn't appropriately assess the threat the threat is five to seven thousand militants and every day that we stay inside the middle east those militants have fuel to grow. ok it's going to check council international news this hour and the u.n. is appealing for more than four hundred million dollars in emergency aid for the flood victims of pakistan desperation is growing as millions of people face shortages of food and water after being deluged by severe rains homes phone learned and infrastructure has b

most on the way in the program the water that is in the middle east countries like h two o. and training with jordan it's once one hundred flow into a shadow stream. coming up on our t.v. we'll show you how ancient mysticism is kept alive on the shores of lake baikal. yes that and more on this short break don't go away. he says nature and discovery. meet. the communicate with the want to. test yourself and become free in. nature can give you the. first creepy removal cold clear cut. second explosives are used to plastic a beat or the material. heard the remains are removed by machinery. on board with soil is deposited in vallecito. legal on all. the middle east is a hotbed of conflict over many issues but its water way of reaching boiling point me in jordan river has become a bone of contention between israel jordan and syria while governments dispute control of sacred parts is the people who suffer there explains. see home for quhy has always had to worry about water years ago she bought a tank to keep as much of the precious stuff in she needs or to wash her family's cloth

does america understand the middle east well enough to shape its future? do our policies help or hinder middle east progress? we will ask queen noor. if. for such a small if i live to a hundred. if social security isn't enough. if my heart gets broken. if she says yes. we believe if should never hold you back. if should be managed with a plan that builds on what you already have. together we can create a personal safety net, a launching pad, for all those brilliant ifs in the middle of life. you can call on our expertise and get guarantees for the if in life. after all, we're metlife. >> queen noorn, welcome. pleasure to have you here. >> and mine as well. >> your beloved husband king hussain died in february of 1999. you became his widow. you are no longer the reigning queen but you are queen by title for the rest of your life. will you give us an update on your career since your beloved husband's passing? >> it has been very much a pattern of continuity of the issues that were important to me even before i married, let alone during my marriage. trying to

and the quest for water in the middle east is leaving for the drive this country's drive to cut themselves a larger piece of life given river. world news and much more twenty four hours a day you're watching r.t. police in southern russia trying to trace the parents of a baby abandoned beside a road in blistering heat doctors are amazed she survived after being left in grass for several hours but the temperature pushing fifty degrees. over reports. the. favorite of all the stock. and she's something of a miracle after surviving the record heatwave abandoned by the roadside hospital staff have called the baby girl c atlanta sunny the two we call child was spotted by a possible by having lead for hours on the ground in fifty degree heat. with the disc we thought it was a kitten that i looked closer and was taken aback it was a crying child my husband and i was shocked how could somebody punk. when a child like this. the couple spent hours trying to track down the girl's parents without success it's a miracle how a baby a little more than two weeks old. so many hours until the open sun this i

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under dispute over the liquid of night bottleful want to in the middle east is leaving the river jordan diminished from the a.t.m. . costing life in the heart of the russian capital watching on t.v. police in southern russia trying to trace the parents of a baby abandoned beside a road in this string heat doctors are amazed she survived all to mean left several house with a temperature pushing fifty degrees. reports. the favorite of all the star. and she's something of a miracle after surviving the record heatwave abandoned by the roadside hospital staff have called the baby girl with lana or sonny the two we call child was spotted by a possible by having lead for hours on the ground in fifty degree heat. i heard a squeak i thought it was a kitten then i looked closer and was taken about it was a crying child my husband and i was shocked how could somebody abundant a child like this. the couple spent hours trying to track down the girl's parents without success it's america how a baby a little more than two weeks old so many hours under the open sun this is what fifty degrees celsius do

>> i would say so. >> rose: how about the middle east? >> middle east no one's made much progress in a lot of years. kept the violence down somewhat. mr. obama is alternating pressure on mr. netanyahu and pressure on mr. abbas trying to get them to face-to-face talks. i think it's a work in progress, we'll have to see. >> rose: should we have a plan on the table for the israelis and the palestinianss? >> this has always been a criticism of people saying you've got to have a plan. burr when we've had the plan, neither of the two parties to the dispute have fully signed up. it's much better to let them work it out in my view. so i am confident that in the... in the direction that the obama foreign policy is going. i'm not confident of the outcome but they've got the right direction. >>ose: should they be talking to hamas? >> probably. >> rose: notwithstanding israeli objects? >> i understand israel's objections. i also understand that much to the surprise of the bush 2 administration, hamas was elected. i myself always believe you should ta

temperatures rise as water levels drop middle east nations accuse each other of draining the river jordan forcing families to limit their vital supply. trying to win back her rights so you a civil servant goes to court after losing a job or changing gender. welcome it's midnight here in moscow this is r.t. with me kevin now in the top story this hour a baby girl in southern russia stunned doctors by surviving after being abandoned in the blistering heat wave glaring sun the two week old was discovered on a roadside and police in the rostov region are looking for a parents with the latest on a story tonight a catarina. here it's. a favorite of all the stars. and she's something of a miracle after surviving the record heatwave abandoned by the roadside hospital staff have called the baby girl c atlanta sunny the two we call child was spotted by possible by having lead for hours on the ground in fifty degree heat. a year to squeak in thought it was a kitten that i look closer and was taken aback it was a crying child my husband and i was shocked how could somebody abundant a child like this.

or against the cia officials say president obama could prevent a war in the middle east they say israel is planning an attack on iran but let me go through with it because the full moon to support of the united states. here today the headlines this is a. don once again for the kaiser report i'm max kaiser and the wall street journal has confirmed what we've been saying on this show for months that deflation is the bogeyman yes credit collapse and money supply is throwing the world into a deflationary spiral and now the question is what's next but let's talk a little bit more about some zombies and some vampires and some walking dead people stacey herbert stacey herbert talk to us about what's going on out there well max you mentioned deflation and of course japan.

all cus magazines in india d j a fine day and i'm likely home in the halls of the middle east georgians a younger muslims say than the west says that slowly you knew a good quiet moral culture and to believe that learning english will secure a future jobs. now is the european union expounds so too does its past analyse is it gradually so new nations each with their own way of wanting to do business for the former soviet states out proving to be an occasional fool in the side as we hear next from a man who's been keeping a close sawi on psychology. professor while the brusque robots to thank you very much for being with us today and thank you so in your own words how would you define these european identity the emerging you would be an identity will have probably the same nature as our canadian identity here in canada our canadian identity means the charter of rights and the policy.

russian engineers fuel up the first nuclear power plant in the middle east iran's share reactor is expected to start producing electricity within a month. the thai government says it will make the final call on whether to extradite alleged russian arms trader victor boot a bangkok court had said that he was and he will be sent to the u.s. to face charges of terrorism and illegal weapons deal. and this week the world football governing body visited russia to assess its potential to host the twenty eighteen or twenty twenty two world cup russia has pledged visa free travel and purpose built arenas if it wins the big. seven o'clock in moscow thanks for joining us here on our team as we wrap up the week's news our top story drug trafficking and terrorism drug trafficking terrorism and poverty in central asia where the focus of a summit this week in russia's resort city of sochi president medvedev hosted the leaders of afghanistan pakistan and. outlining a set of actions designed to combat common threats artesia catarina groucho of a has the details totally straight yes. which was just. and they

>> a new project for hbo about the middle east. >> what is the deadline? >> we may have had done early this year or a bit longer. . the early stages of it. >> did you get paid on a monthly basis or do you get your money upfront? >> you get paid a fee for a project. there is money up front and throughout. people who finance documentary's know that you need to have -- if you need to eat. >> have you been back to the middle east recently? >> i was in dubai a few weeks ago. >> do you still like to travel? >> it is harder to be away from the family. it is harder to be in l.a., then it was in london, frankly. 3.5 hours from moscow. l.a., i love living out there but it is a long way from the rest of the world. >> this is what got you in front of us again, a lot of attention that you got off of "sergio." let's run some of this and then you can explain it. >> the country's that had gone to court decided that they had to kiss and make up. let's agree that we all had an interest in seeing iraq stabilize. but send a united nations mission, and much more importantly in

and for it or against former cia officials say president obama could prevent a war in the middle east they say israel is planning an attack on iran but let me go through the campaign if it's got the full military support of the united states . warnings from us twenty four seven at r.t. dot com now it's time to explore a new corner of russia and this time our very own to a guy james brown takes us three thousand five hundred kilometers away from moscow to one of siberia's oldest cities so it's thirty minute tour around tomsk is about . in southeastern russia around three thousand kilometers from moscow. it's a city with destroying student and academic population and it's got a reputation for giving visitors a friendly welcome. i was ready to experience it for myself. and your hotel has a message for you to make yourself at home but there are literally dozens of little monuments like this.

i don't see us magazines in english deejay's of finding an unlikely haven the middle east jordan's younger muslims say they're looking west of estonia new goodby a more open culture and a belief that learning english was a kid. afghanistan's a drugs at trade shows little sign of letting go and it's russia this trying to hold back the tide of heroin that's destroying millions of lives. now his son the man in charge of making that happen. for the full story we've gone to. the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers. eh.

and for it or against former cia officials say president obama could prevent a war in the middle east they say israel is planning an attack on iran but will only go through with a campaign if it has full military support of the united states. in the last decades twelve countries mostly former members of the eastern bloc have joined the european union that is more nations are becoming members of the club the e.u. is identity is changing political science professor. from the university of toronto gave r.t. some insights on the process and the challenges it brings. professor while diverse thank you very much for being with us today thank you so in your own words how would you define these european identity the emerging you and identity will have probably the same nature as our canadian identity here in canada canadian identity means the charter of rights and the policy of multiculturalism. european identity is. a legal construct that is.

to find american style diners or glossy provocative magazines an arab state in the heart of the middle east might not be your first guest spot jordan is fast becoming one of the most westernized countries in the region on his policy it looks into why the younger generation are shelling tradition and policy. a men's magazine that shows off female flourish and leaves little to the imagination a cover like this would not raise eyebrows in europe but in the middle east in a country like jordan where ninety five percent of the population is muslim it can go on sale only in the capital city editor cyrus side says her aim is to shock and that she does by filling in a gap in the market touching on issues that are pretty much to blue in the arab world like talking about relationships and sex they're not find it in like rural areas a lot of our readers. they have a modern way of thinking well it's a modern the dead a different way of thinking a lot of them have studied abroad dismissed abroad they work abroad and they take these little. mind sets with them and they come back here and they applied to

and military officials is demanding immediate action from barack obama to prevent a war in the middle east they claim israel is counting on washington to offer unconditional support for an attack on iran as early as this month it comes just days after u.s. top brass refused to rule out a strike on the a small mixtape the group which includes former cia agent says a war in iran will ignite a regional conflict which could lead to the end i only israel tehran has repeatedly refused diplomatic relations with television as it maintains the jewish state has no right to exist while michael chesnoff ski from the canadian center for research on globalization think israel won't strike until washington tells the tale. so your stories of. very. serious. people that have caused this but it's should be taken very seriously it is to keep from a military standpoint impossible for israel to actually launch a wall along with the green light for the united states we have to of this is this is not strictly an israeli military project the united states since the mid ninety's indicated rather as a possible targ

and for it or against former cia officials say president obama could prevent a war in the middle east they say israel is planning an attack on iran but will only go through with a campaign if it is the full military support of united states. friday marks sixty five years since the first use of an atomic weapon in the history of mankind the russian bombing estimates more than one hundred fifty thousand people were killed in the explosion and the subsequent fallout the mission was performed by a b. twenty nine super fortress bomber the enola gay with twelve crew members aboard r t spoke to the last survivor of the crew who told us that if there's ever a need for a similar mission he would be the first to volunteer. today only one of these twelve crew members of the knowledge a live to tell the story i'm joined by that man today theodore van kirk so if you could now take us through the steps that that fateful day or that day wasn't the important because because the bomb was the.

if they were properly informed about the causes and effects of things in the middle east. they could become engaged to make their democracy work it hasn't always been this way at the end of the second world war the us was leading the world economically and morally but according to carol turner from the stop the war coalition it steadily if not good will because it's failing to give its ethically right now it it's increasingly forced back to using its military power to impose its will can. change and since giving up his u.s. citizenship has made it his mission to oppose u.s. military action wherever he can he was on board one of the gaza bound aid ships raided by israeli commandos in may and following that he was branded a terrorist by israel ken o'keefe now an irish citizen giving up his country wasn't an easy decision and he insists it wasn't one borne out of hatred you know i realize that a certain point of citizenship was a social contract and i didn't agree to the charms of the contract obligations you have rights and you have obligations. taxes those taxes are being u

russian engineers feel up the first nuclear power plant in the middle east iran's boosh air reactor is expected to start producing electricity within a month. the thai government says it will make the final call on whether to extradite alleged russian arms trader victor boot a bangkok court had ruled that he be sent to the u.s. to face charges of terrorism and illegal weapons deal. and this week the world football governing body visits russia to assess its potential to host the twenty eighteen or twenty twenty two world cup russia has pledged visa free travel a purpose built arenas if it wins the bid. wrapping up the week's news here on our t.v. five am in moscow très a thanks for joining us our top story drug trafficking terrorism and poverty in central asia where the focus of the summit this week and russian's resort of sochi president medvedev hosted the leaders of afghanistan pakistan and stand to outline a set of actions combat in common threats catarina groucho has the details totally straight. which for the yes and the war in just a. whether terrorism poverty and one other burni

well for more on this i'm now joined by james denzil he's a writer on middle east geo political and security issues thanks very much indeed for joining us there in london james now that meeting has been between four major players in the region but interestingly none of the u.s. led coalition often blamed for the worsening situation in afghanistan and pakistan were present what do you think is russia actually strengthening its presence now in the region. i think russia strengthening its presence in the world in the last few years and i think it's interesting that afghanistan a country which for ten years during the one nine hundred eighty s. was a source of conflict between the two powers is now a source of potential cooperation between ties that of remarkably improved between moscow and washington they both have exactly the same issues there whether it's drug trafficking or islamic radicalism so i think it's very much a case of russia leading its own initiative to improve security in its own as you say neighborhood that the u.s. can totally and utterly support but having said that within the

. >> water is so sick of the issue throughout the middle east.t actually is a growing issue that the state department is focusing on. -- water is a important issue throughout the middle east. all of these countries are hesitant about multilateral approaches, because they all want to divide the water up themselves and they are concerned the more players there are, the more difficult it will be. we definitely see areas where there could be cooperation. we think this is one of the tools were the iraqis are concerned with the iranians. we will look for multilateral elements. we do know the iraqis have gone to the turks and talk directly to them. there has been a water let go. they are having bilateral negotiations. we will look for ways of supporting that and bringing multilateralism throughout the middle east. >> you are so good at asking questions. i am not really point to comment on the prospects for a third party strike that uses iraq territory. under the security agreement, we helped preserve iraq air 70 at the request of the government. -- air

how might a nuclear powered iran changed the face of politics in the middle east while we have to bear in mind that you're on arab neighbors to say nothing with israel of course and even turkey have very little room to maneuver if you're on because you clear nuclear arms nuclear powered iran is a bit different of course but given this limited room to maneuver i think your neighbors very cautious and. very much fear there the move towards. full run to become nuclear powered can be just a step on the way for you run to become armed that's why i think an arms race. is already intensifying in the middle east look at iran's arab neighbors the arab states of the persian gulf they've been they've been engaging landry's they've been procuring a mess of the mantle fighter jets missiles and so on so i think this drive we're on to become a nuclear power. straining relationship in the persian gulf as well as in the broader middle east what do you think the chances are that tehran will rejoin talks over its nuclear program with the launch of this machine or plan or is it kind of going to say to the

i wonder if what you heard from the senator recapped the middle east peace process in your eyes, so let's start with matt. >> i thought he had some very interesting points to make about the president's speech on iraq, saying that it was probably a mistake to effectively declare victory, or not declare victory in so many words, but to say the plan is achieved and we are out on schedule. i thought it was interesting that he disagreed with the that he disagreed with the president on

tempers rises water levels drop middle east nations accuse each other of draining the river jordan forcing families to limit their vital supply. keeping the mysticism alive the descendants of ancient shamans of holding tradition of the modern world on the banks of siberia is lake baikal we meet them. hello ted after nine pm saturday night here in moscow you're watching the our news channel with me kevin know it good to have you with us a baby girl in southern russia has stunned doctors by surviving after being abandoned in the blistering heat wave clearing sun the two week old was discovered in a roadside and police in the rust off region and are looking for her parents but is a country to grow cho vers got the story. here it's. our baby our staff the favorite of all the stars. and she's something of a miracle after surviving the record heatwave abandoned by the roadside hospital staff have called the baby girl c atlanta or sonny the two we call child will sported by possible by having lead for hours on the ground in fifty degree heat. a year to squeak in thought it was a kitten that i loo

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