interest magazine to it and dmitri will talk about some of the implications internationally for the united states. then to my left is my friend and colleague who was the former editor of the national interest also the editor of congressional quarterly for many years and he'll talk about some of the domestic implications of the crisis. i would like to kick off by asking bob to give us some of his thoughts to the disconnect thank. it is a pleasure to be here. i like to think that i bring a perspective of distance to this past crisis. as many of you know i spent time on the west coast where i concentrate on projects and so i was looking at washington from a distance during the shutdown and i found myself asking a question what would mark twain say about all of this? and i think i know based on one of my favorite quotes in which he illuminated on the intellectual capacity. the average flee can be trained to do anything that congress can i was looking at the crisis in terms of two things. number one is this a crisis in terms of what it could actually generate a default and what explains

good company because on board among other people is the president of the sochi organizing committee dmitri chernyshenko he sent just over here dimitri you spent the last he's of your life trying to bring this flame to russia you must be pretty excited yes very proud i'm very much excited because it's once in a lifetime of eternity for the generations to showcase the new more than russia to the wall with the global. so with this several billion so viewers you're in the opening ceremony which will be held on in one hundred twenty four days in the very heart of my image you see to such care when you've got a busy time ahead so i will let you get some more rest we are g.'s to touch down in moscow in a bank to you as time. and we have just landed in moscow it is in the story at moment and if you look out of the door you will see the olympic flame for sochi twenty fourteen is a bank to receive a very warm welcome. and there it was strapped in the c b r g u yeah i thought it was a joke but you know here we are all it really was a lot of experience there but why not if it's a really big thing that

here in sweden, roma tend to have names like dmitri. it is hard for them to find a job even now. it is not that people have to -- people have to deny that they are roma. it should not be like that. >> the secret registry in sweden was exposed a few weeks ago by a major daily newspaper. it turns out there were only a few criminals on the list. but their circle of friends and family has also been carefully listed. that is exactly the argument the swedish police is now using to justify its actions, saying that the roma registry is not actually a list of roma. he heads the serious crime squad in his city. he is av hammond elector of the data will stop he says such lists are a normal part of investigative work and says it is just coincidence that only roma are listed. >> people are asking how it is possible that only roma are registered in -- listed in this registry. for me, that is nothing unusual. if you are investigating a criminal network of roma, it is normal but only roma are it. we use this data for our intelligence needs. but he -- >> but he cannot really lane why they list in

. >> dmitry bab itch joins us from moscow. thank you for being with us. what's russia's reaction to this georgi margvelashvili win? >> first of all, it's seen as a gat and hum ill -- gat -- gat and humiliation with mikheil saakashvili. his relations were a disaster since coming to power in 2003. relations worsened. there was a short war, and still we don't have diplomatic relations with georgia. so what happened is seen as a signal a georgian people do not like mikheil saakashvili, or his outer liberal poll circumstances and probably don't like his anti-russian foreign policy. >> they were looking for a change, but we do have a new man looking to pursue close ties with russia and the west. do you think that dual course is possible? >> well, i think that mikheil saakashvili will have to choose. he may not be loyal to rushe splittic -- russia politically. he'll continue his own foreign policy. he's been manoeuvring between russia and the west. if he's serious about joining the european union, they will require him to worsen relations with russia. that happe

former defense minister and former education minister of georgia dmitri says the georgian police reform was the most successful initiative in that country's georgia was one of the most corrupt countries in the former u.s.s.r. and in nine years it was able to get rid of corruption. somehow it was able to get to the point where you can no longer be stopped by a cop asking for a pride in this country you can have your passport done in five minutes and you don't need to pay anybody. the georgian army was at an unprecedented rate at the same time the authorities didn't make a sequel to the georgian cannons would a match in case of war. before the army reform was based on the idea that russia was our potential enemy. it was in armenia and azerbaijan or turkey russia was a threat for us so preparing for a potential career of warfare was among our tasks. to georgian armed forces were formed according to the west an image at that time georgia set a world record by increasing its defense budget thirty toy. having secured the us supports the un prison drastically in georgia westwood he was moving

former defense minister and former education minister of georgia dmitri says the georgian police reform was the most successful initiative in countries georgia was one of the most corrupt countries in the former u.s.s.r. and in nine years it was able to get rid of corruption. somehow it was able to get to the point where you can no longer be stopped by a cop asking for this country you can have your passport done in five minutes and you don't need to pay anybody. the georgian army was at an unprecedented rate at the same time the authorities didn't make a sequel to the georgian cannons would a match in case of war. with the army reform was based on the idea that russia was our potential enemy. it was in armenia and azerbaijan or turkey or russia was a threat for us so preparing for a. warfare was among our tasks. the georgian armed forces were formed according to the western image at that time georgia set a world record by increasing its defense budget thirty times. having secured the us supports the un prison drastically in georgia westward he was moving towards withdrawing from the ru

logan thompson quarterback, check. 45 yards to dmitri knowles, thomas threw for 293.y win this afternoon. it was a beautiful day at virginia, if i may say so myself. that was the best from virginia all day. once the football started, it was ugly. david scores here, he threw for 200 and ran for 50 more. he couldn't play defense. jordan williams from keep winning, when they roll up 48 on you, boy, your job is in jeopardy. wow. 48-27. navy air force, first leg of the commander in chief's trophy this afternoon. didn't know they were going to play this game. 10-7 air force leading at the half. and brown says the government may be shut down, but the navy is always full steam ahead. 28-10. navy gets the first leg in the c.o.c. over air force this afternoon. west virginia actually looked better last week after looking awful against maryland two weeks ago. today they go back to their normal selfs. they got 60 plus, they were blasted today by texas tech. mountainers lose this afternoon. saw this game on our air today. georgia lost three players to knee injuries and the punter h

people is the president of the sort she organizing committee dimitri tunisia and he sat just over here dmitri you spent the last eight years of your life trying to bring this flame to russia you must be pretty excited yes very proud very much excited because it's once in a lifetime opportunity for the generations to showcase the new more than russia to the wall with a global audience with this several billion so viewers you're in the opening ceremony which will be held on in one hundred twenty four days in the very heart of my immediate city of sochi ok well you've got a busy time ahead so i will let you get some more rest we are g.'s to touch down in moscow in a bank two hours time. and we have just landed in moscow it is in the story at moment and if you look out of the door you will see the olympic flame for sochi twenty fourteen is about to receive a very warm welcome and earlier we spoke to a veteran organizer of olympic torch relay zohar as a consultant for twenty four team and he told us about choosing torchbearers and the logistics in making it a success. for four years core team had

twelve were said to be waiting for her in moscow on his way there was an aussie all of us husband dmitri sokol of an ethnic russian convert to islam missing since two thousand and twelve some reports suggest the couple had an argument shortly before the attack which may have caused a last minute change in her deadly plans authorities will be keen to find her husband in the hope he may have the answers lindsey france r.t. in volgograd it is well known that terrorists plot their attacks hidden away in small clusters called cells for terrorism nowadays could be changing with criminals opening gaging in society and using social media to raise their money a poll scored as the story that we don't even know what happened please help us. well this is the russian t.v. program called wait for me it's june two thousand and thirteen and a distraught mother is making an appeal for information for the return of her missing son who's been missing for around a year now it's the type of appeal that's been at hundreds of times before over the years and at first glance nothing appears to be out of the ordi

over the incident and this of course follows the arrest earlier this month of a russian diplomat dmitri burrowed in on suspicion of mistreating two young children which prompted a massive diplomatic spat with president vladimir putin demanding an apology the government the dutch government did apologize for that incident although i should say that diplomatic relations between the two countries were already strained even before mr broadens arrests we have to keep in mind that the netherlands had launched legal action to free about thirty people from several countries who were detained in russia after the dutch flagged ships belonging to the environmental group greenpeace was boarded over a process of protest on a russian oil rig in the arctic the activists and journalists on board had been charged with piracy this is something that the netherlands had been protesting over so a series of sort of diplomatic spats here between the two countries ironically twenty thirty and it had been the year that the netherlands and russia had celebrated their good diplomatic relations so we'll have to ce

come to an end and you may have seen the torch was then given to the deputy prime minister of russia dmitri course and he received it from spirit who is in fact the president of the helen nick olympic committee and if you look closely you may have seen that that torch was then used to light a small lantern and it's that lantern has officially been taken to the russian embassy here in athens it before being flown on a plane to moscow for the start of the russian leg of this allin pick torch relay is sixty five thousand kilometers long it will see that torch go to the top of mantell bruce it will see that torch go to the bottom of lake baikal it will also go to the north pole and also be fired into active space for a space walk up at the international space station before coming back down to earth in time to light the olympic cauldron in sochi at the opening ceremony on february the seventh so it is a fabulous journey it's a journey that will cover the length and breadth of russia going across all nine times owns and it is believed it will give ninety percent of the country a chance to actual

and dmitri bobbish political analyst at the voice of russia radio station explained why he thinks toggling illegal migration to countries particularly difficult because this is a very. unpleasant wake up call for their authority just because of the problem of illegal migration needs to be handled part of the population wants a visa regime we are therefore more conscious of the soviet union but there's going to be difficult because unlike kind of euro some like colombia or for that the states or unlike algeria and libya. you know all the former republics of the soviet union for me need to kids who are part of the same country with russia. there are a lot of human lives between us so how will these these a regime affect these leagues of course negatively that's why the authorities are so very reluctant good produced this kind of these a regime. and all the chaos that broke out in southern moscow you can go to our web site r.t. dot com monday you'll find a timeline charming what happened in the city over the last forty eight hours as well as dramatic pictures and also israeli intelligence and

and twelve were said to be waiting for her in moscow on his way there was a see all of us husband dmitri sokol of an ethnic russian convert to islam missing since two thousand and twelve some reports suggest the couple had an argument shortly before the attack which may have caused a last minute change in her deadly plans authorities will be keen to find her husband in the hope he may have the answers lindsey france r.t. in volgograd while america's ongoing on manned aerial strikes in pakistan and yemen should be regarded as war crimes according to reports released by the human rights group amnesty international well that's despite the u.s. government's attempts to play down the civilian death toll from its drone campaign now let's take a look at some of the numbers here well it all began in two thousand and four under the bush administration that number of drone victims soared dramatically in two thousand and six when almost a hundred people were killed another escalation came in two thousand and eight with seventy five lives lost and the toll in two thousand and nine reached one hundre

twelve were said to be waiting for her in moscow on his way there was an aussie all of us husband dmitri sokol of an ethnic russian convert to islam missing since two thousand and twelve some reports suggest the couple had an argument shortly before the attack which may have caused a last minute change in her deadly plans authorities will be keen to find her husband in the hope he may have the answers lindsey france r.t. in volgograd and still to come for you here on r t one home becomes a war zone. whatever happens i will not leave my house again i would like to destroy the walls and build them again are to reports from the devastated syrian city of your money and meets the families who are here you said ban and their houses. america's on going on man aerial strikes in pakistan and yemen should be regarded as war crimes according to reports released this week by the human rights group amnesty international that's despite the u.s. government's attempts to play down the civilian a death toll from its drone campaign well let's now take a look at some numbers here so. it all began in two th

and transgender that incident meanwhile follows the arrest earlier this month of a russian diplomat dmitri borodin on suspicion of mistreating two young children which prompted president of law doomer putin to demand an apology which he did get and then of course there is the intensifying quarrel over the arrest and prosecution of dutch sit. that is now they were as we all know detained after a dutch flag ship belonging to greenpeace was boarded over a protest on a russian oil rig in the arctic so a very strange escalation of diplomatic conflicts here of course the irony is that the air twenty thirteen was officially supposed to be one of cultural exchange to highlight the friendship between russia and the netherlands all these incidents certainly casting a shadow over that you see we'll see how all of those plays that are from both sides are teams you see captain of there with the latest updates on the story. of the dust covers off and the u.s. government has really opened to following a nerve wrecking shutdown and balancing on the verge of a default for over two weeks but president obama

court the azerbaijani national pleaded not guilty to murder saying he was acting in self-defense and dmitri babich a political analyst at the voice of russia radio network explained why he thinks tackling illegal migration in the country particularly. this is a very. unpleasant wake up call for their authority just because the brought them all the legal migration needs to be handled part of the population one says visa regimes. are the formal kind just of the soviet union but that's going to be difficult because unlike kind of euro some like colombia for the night the states or on like algeria and libya. you know the former republics of the soviet union for many kids were part of the same country with russia and there are also human lives between us so how will these these a regime affect these things of course negatively that's why they're for it just so very reluctant to introduce this kind of these a regime. and now to migrants in qatar who are working flat out to get the country ready for the twenty twenty two world cup now the foreign population there and in the neighboring united arab

an end today and you may have seen the torch was then given to the deputy prime minister of russia dmitri horseback and he received it from. us who is in fact the president of the olympic committee and if you look closely you may have seen that torch was then used to light a small lantern and it's that lantern that will then be taken to the russian embassy here in athens this evening before being flown on a plane to moscow tomorrow for the start of the russian leg of this a limb pick torch relay that's where the story really continues isn't it you talked about an elaborate ceremony today that the plans for the next hundred maybe three days for it are spectacular indeed give us an outline. yet they are record breaking it sixty five thousand kilometers long you will see that torch go to the top of mantell bruce it will see that torch go to the bottom of lake baikal it will also go to the north pole and also be fired into outer space for a space walk up at the international space station before coming back down to earth in time to light the limpid colder and in sochi the opening ceremony on

and twelve were said to be waiting for her in moscow on his way there was a see all of us husband dmitri sokol of an ethnic russian convert to islam missing since two thousand and twelve some reports suggest the couple had an argument shortly before the attack which may have caused a last minute change in her deadly plans authorities will be keen to find her husband in the hope he may have the answers lindsey france r.t. invoker grad the woman that carried out how been living and working for a business company in moscow that's according to investigators that contradicts a common believe the terrorists hide away from society living in the remote county the trash meanwhile grant has shown sometimes so side bomb has openly lived among this post called looks into the new face of terror he doesn't use them so we don't even know what happened please help us. well this is the russian t.v. program called wait for me it's june two thousand and thirteen on a distraught mother is making an appeal for information for the return of her missing son who's been missing for around a year now it's the typ

and twelve were said to be waiting for her in moscow on his way there was a see all of us husband dmitri sokol of an ethnic russian convert to islam missing since two thousand and twelve some reports suggest the couple had an argument shortly before the attack which may have caused a last minute change in her deadly plans authorities will be keen to find her husband in the hope he may have the answers lindsey france r.t. in volgograd. and on saturday a large cache of suicide belts and explosives was discovered in russia's southern republican dagestan that's after police detain a man carrying a grenade and several blocks of t.n.t. on a boss going to moscow to learn more about these and other and i terror operations here in russia on our website r.t. dot com. chancellor angela merkel has been spied on by the n.s.a. for over a decade and that's according to the leaks published by germany's difficult magazine the surveillance goes back even before merkel became the country's leader and this week has been revealed that thirty five world leaders have also been closely monitored by an american

people is the president of the sort organizing committee dimitri tunisia and he sat just over here dmitri you spent the last eight years of your life trying to bring this flame to russia you must be pretty excited yes very broad very much so that's because it's one of the to do for the generations. the new modern russia of the war with the global war deals. so with this several billions of universe you're in the opening ceremony which will be held on in one hundred twenty four days in the very heart of my image of city of sochi ok we've got a busy time ahead so i will let you get some more rest we are g.'s to touch down in moscow in a bank to ask time. and we have just landed in moscow it is in the story moment and if you look out of the door you will see the olympic flame for sochi twenty fourteen is a bank to receive a very warm welcome. for the olympics never come cheap here to talk about the money side of things kitty pilgrim from marty's venture capital program. i see europe just hopeful back from. russia program a great interest in. quarters to have you with the athletes so you have

people is the president of the sochi organizing committee dimitri tuna shanker he sent just over here dmitri you spent the last he's of your life trying to bring this flame to russia you must be pretty excited yes very proud very much excited because it's once in a lifetime opportunity for the generations to showcase the new more than russia to the wall with a global audience with this several billion so viewers you're in the opening ceremony which will be held on one hundred twenty four days in the very heart of mine and then to see. such ok well you've got a busy time ahead so i will let you get some more rest we are g.'s to touch down in moscow in a band two hours time. and we have just landed in moscow it is in the story moment and if you look out of the door you will see the olympic flame for sochi twenty fourteen is a back to receive a very warm welcome. writes let's follow the path of the flame gather we've got live pictures of those of bikers that bikers convoy part of the roughly half where there they are roughly half way to their destination are selected to describe a bit about it

twelve were said to be waiting for her in moscow on his way there was an aussie all of us husband dmitri sokol of an ethnic russian convert to islam missing since two thousand and twelve some reports suggest the couple had an argument shortly before the attack which may have caused a last minute change in her deadly plans authorities will be keen to find her husband in the hope he may have the answers lindsey france r.t. in volgograd. to talk to an expert on international terrorism money he believes it's time to put differences aside on and combat a disease which is plaguing us on a global scale. i can tell you that you know we are dealing with this kind of a terrorist international we cannot divide what's happening in america in boston or a nickel at home a city in the name of a five well we cannot separate it from what has just happened in volgograd or from what happened in there albeit just several weeks ago we are in the same boat and this is very unfortunate and we need to deal with it this is something that you know about happens on the kind of irregular basis this is not the first

. >> we will now turn to dmitri, the head of the national interest. >> i was in bhatia about a month ago in september with president kim vladimir putin. he was supposed to be one of the panelists, but he quickly kind of appointed himself the moderator and began asking other questions and he had dressed one question to me. what is going to have been with the u.s. debt situation the? is it going to be something that the u.s. government will allow to grow out of control? and i kind of gave him assurances that this would not have been, that we would have several weeks or months and that we are not quite out of the woods yet that the situation would be resolved. there were about 200 people including his former finance minister. he said what do we have now in u.s. currency? what part of our currency is in u.s. dollars and putin said about 50%. then he looked at everybody in the room and he said then we are out of date. we already reduced at 40%. and then at the small dinner, putin came back to the same topic again and he said you will need to understand that we wish the united states well