stomaches it possible that he might bring up doma during the state of the union? >> i have not finished going through the first draft. >> people were asking what happened to your message -- >> i apparently have the skin of a 15 year old today. [laughter] >> cut yourself shaving? >> you know, you last and why not? i have a cut on my foot, too. i think i'm michael yell are. go ahead. >> on the seed of the union next tuesday, how recent was the success of this visit to the heart of the state and the union address, dealing with international relations etc? >> well, look, again, i think we -- this is an important relationship. we have important relationships all over the world, but obviously this is one that comprises economic security, human rights, all of which are important to the american people and all of which are important to this president. but look, there are issues that the president will bring up, and the progress that the president continues to hope to see as we move forward. it is -- as i was telling sheryl, this is an important part of our renewed engagem

and eleven are currently seventy seven nine lines both russian and foreign office regular flights to doma denver and the flights from the airport cover two hundred forty one national and international routes it's one of the three major moscow airports along with. and. well the russian president dmitri medvedev has ordered extra security to be put in place in all of moscow's airports and railway stations and here's what he had to say very shortly after the attack. yes. the explosion in domodedovo took people's lives are spoken to the health minister and the emergencies minister those injured in the explosion move receive all necessary aid i express my condolences to the families of those killed extra security will be put in place in all airports roee stations and transport hubs a special investigation group will be set up to look into the incident we need to look at what's happened in the immediate aftermath as to security and transport we've recently approved a number of laws on that we need to check that those laws are working because what happened shows not all of those rulings are bein

seemed too gruesome and tragic to become true were it not for the very real events seen here at the doma judge of o. airport more than thirty people have been killed more than one hundred eighty injured in what investigators believe was a terrorist attack committed by a suicide bomber inside the international arrivals of russia's busiest airport. tars a video game version a lot more people have been involved in this violent video game was released in november of two thousand and nine by the american company activision and in just a few months sales who asked one billion dollars now even for people that didn't download the game just a simple you tube search where you type in no russian can reveal that segment right here this one has eight hundred seventy thousand views now with so many people seemingly downloading playing or watching this game you have to consider whether or not anybody ever thought that this game could so closely resemble reality indeed it's trouble to look at the game and then the reality of the issue is we need to know if terrorists or extremists are using these videos

well many passengers traveling out to doma did airport use the airport express train which travels from way station here in central moscow noughties lindsey france reports from that. well it's been a lot of shock and a lot of dismay some people were and many people were scattered about the airport when it happened some people thought it was construction work they had no idea bomb had actually got all gone off there was dust falling from the ceiling isn't it seemed a bit odd to them but they had no idea just how how abnormal the situation actually was a lot of people said they didn't actually see or hear anything but they smelled a lot of heavy smoke and got on the train out of the airport as soon as possible this train is about forty kilometers away i'm sorry the distance is about forty kilometers away from the airport to get into this station so it does offer them a very quick ride lauzon to avoid traffic so a lot of passengers were talking with each other about their experiences on the train before it before they got here and their passports were checked by security a lot of people we

well there is international newspapers have also been quoting sources suggesting the attack on doma that it may have been planned outside of russia and also has got a chicken is in washington d.c. it looks at how the tragedies being reported in the west. security experts and investigative journalist have started looking into where these terrorists confound the telegraph and other media outlets say the bombers who carried out the moscow attack were thought to be part of a suicide squad training pakistan's all qaeda strongholds that were sent to the capital to target the city's transport system many security experts believe that terrorist groups operating in russia do get funding from abroad some of their members are known to have been trained abroad and also a fact here the new york state police the new york police department has sent people to moscow to learn about the attack which could help them prevent a similar tragedy here in the united states so if you think about it this really was an act of international terrorism attack the busiest international airport in washington the terrori

not just russians are mourning the deaths of thirty five people because of yesterday's attack at the doma jennifer airport that suicide blast there but the entire international community right there showing a minute of silence at the united nations in new york that will live pictures right here on our let's get back to our main story here about the domodedovo blast and the fact that because of the blast president dmitri medvedev decided to delay his his trip to davos in switzerland for the world economic forum he was supposed to be there to make the opening speech and will not cross over to aussie's lower emmet who has the story on this. we've heard no word that he's cancelling it all together so we still are expecting him to come to davos at some stage this week he was supposed to make this very important opening speech but now it looks like he may may not make that speech we don't know whether he's going to be here on wednesday in time to make it so someone else may have to make it in his place we have heard that he may come on thursday or he may come on wednesday to make that speech an

summary of our top stories now for you russia mourns the airport bombing victims as people gather the doma did a bit to pay tribute to the thirty five killed one hundred of those injured remain in hospital some still in critical condition. and it is opening keynote speech at the economic forum in switzerland the medium event of said terrorists were trying to bring russia to its knees with monday's suicide bombing but the president insisted they had failed and called for global solidarity against terrorism. plus russia's upper house of parliament unanimously ratifies the nuclear reduction deal with the us the final step before being signed by the president the treaty will see each nation's deployed warheads reduced by a third. more news free in less than thirty minutes from now here in the meantime some fiery debate in the latest edition across talk as people live out in these guest look at the implications of a has been a controlled government in lebanon that's coming next on our. if you can. locate welcome to cross talk i am peter lavelle a country in turmoil a country divided lebanon fac

by its leader to be to meet victims visit was shorter than planned due to monday's attack on doma is of import the bombing was the first topic he touched upon in his speech before turning to issues of preventing manly disasters and the wiki leaks revelations covers for lasts until sunday. and on the web site r.t. dot com we're asking what do you think people decide this forum in davos for just five percent of you think that the form is there to make the world a better place a third believe it's an excuse for the rich to get richer the expense of those not attending also you can see there on screen a little more than thirty six percent i should say a little more is thirty six percent think that it's an opportunity for the powerful to plot how to stay in power and twenty nine percent of you have gone with a less or miss option you think it's the big fashion fads for the year being talked about there in the form well those are the results so far but you can still have your say on the issue at r.t. dot com. by the way we'll bring you more coverage from the divorce forum in our business u

moskow more in the thirty five killed in monday's suicide bomb attack at doma dead of the airport. seizure to assume a shoe with the idea that those who committed this terrible it was targeting citizens of different countries expected their actions to bring russia to its leaves of the but they've ruled. that was the key message of russian president dmitri medvedev the opening speech at the top of the poor at war in just a moment. russia's new strategic arms reduction deal with the us set to become law after getting unanimous backing in the upper house of parliament. it's two am in moscow i'm mad treasurer good to have you with us here on r t our top story state flags are at half staff across the moscow region to mourn the victims of monday's suicide bombing at russia's busiest airport people have been gathering at the site of the domodedovo develop last to pay their last respects to those who died r.t. sara for has more. the flags in most cases like half must larking a day of mourning people turn out to the airport to pay tribute to the thirty five people he died in monday's terror

thirty five killed in this blast however despite this horrendous tragedy that took place earlier the doma did airport the mood here of course those old tense is not to panic at all we also have to remember that in this in this this horrific incident there were there were people coming together we know that people who are working and shops and cafes they were very close to the arrival area came together started helping the airport staff when they were evacuating the injured and the bodies of the killed for all of the arrivals area and that of course this is one of the shows of people coming together in times of tragedy but also unfortunately not all stories are that good we know that some taxi drivers were charging as much as five hundred dollars the equivalent of five hundred dollars in rubles for those who wanted to leave the air force but also good news there as well. there were also volunteers people standing outside offering free rides to moscow or to the closest metro station to those who needed to leave also the area at the train that is taking. this transporting the past. just to a

represented at the forum by its leader will the visit will be shortened due to monday's attack on doma did it but. it has the details now from. it's a hugely significant event that president medvedev has been to make the keynote speech at is very significant for him and also for russia it puts russia firmly at the center of what has become over the last forty one year is the most important meeting of business leaders and government ministers in the world it's a very eclectic meeting it's not just a business meeting it's also as i as i mentioned government ministers ahead so they all get to talk together they will say cultural events on the program so it's a very wide ranging eclectic mix of events and meetings that they are they're all going to be here president medvedev has now arrived will be making the keynote speech shortly and he is also attending at the moment a meeting of business leaders it's called the international business council it's a joining together of one hundred concerned and committed business leaders as they call themselves now to talk more about what the what the p

soon as we get them of course we'll bring them to you and in the going to go there at the scene of doma did have an airport for me a little later just to give you an idea of what it. was the largest in the russian capital is about twenty three kilometers away from the city center as you can imagine for the emergency services at the. the time of day when the bomb went off four thirty pm moscow time it was very difficult for them to count of the traffic massive rush hour traffic here at that time of day but we've been hearing earlier that the emergency services have indeed managed to transport all those affected and injured critically by that previous earlier explosion to hospitals around the city center we'll get more details on that as we get it from our reporter ego going off is reporting from one of the hospitals so far one hundred thirty have been injured and we're getting reports that thirty five have been confirmed dead as a result of this explosion. well now we are just learning now that prime minister vladimir putin has announced that he will provide financial help to all those w

let's give you some background information here doma you have an international airport is russia's largest airport in terms of passenger traffic connecting moscow to hundreds of cities around the world it's located some twenty two kilometers southeast all but the center of moscow now the number of passengers using the airport exceeded eighteen million last year currently seventy seven and lines both russian and foreign all. regular flights to. flights from the cup are two hundred forty one national international routes and it's one of the three major airports along with shouldn't you have. here in the russian capital. all right now let's get some more details on this from our tubes on a point give us the latest alex on ok an explosion of moscow's busiest airport at least thirty one people killed what more do you know if you know for us these thirty one people killed one hundred thirty people injured twenty of them are in a critical condition and the death toll unfortunately continues to rise i think one of the biggest concerns on people's minds at this point is that if you remember the pre

is there any consideration in the administration to dropping defense of doma in court and declaring the law constitutional? >> we can't declare the law unconstitutional. i wanted to make sure i understand that part of the question correctly. if you look at what was written, the president enumerates in there, or the administration enumerates in there our belief on this law as we balance the obligation that we have to represent the federal government. the president believes, as you said, that this is a law that should not exist, and should be repealed. but we, at the same time, have to represent the viewpoint of the defendant. >> do you still see legislative repeal of doma happening during the course of the obama administration? >> well, i think, as the president said, that is -- look, given the current makeup of the congress, that is inordinately challenging. and i think he said in interviews. >> one last question. any regrets about not pushing for doma repeal more forcefully before democrats had control of both chambers of congress? >> look, i think we are enormously proud of and gratef

i asked you last week if the president was going to talk about repealing doma or about same-sex marriage in the speech. and if you want to volunteer an answer on that, you can. but i also asked you if -- >> i will volunteer that, as i told keith, it's around 9:05 p.m. tomorrow. >> my follow-up is -- >> your follow-up to my non- answer? [laughter] >> i know, but i also asked you if the president -- he said his personal view on same-sex marriage is evolving, and so i wanted to follow up and see, has he come to a new personal view and -- >> as i said earlier, i don't have an update to what -- to reiterating that it's something that he thinks a lot about. >> do you know when he might speak about that if he's not going to speak about it? >> i don't. i don't. >> is there any plan in the future? >> i don't know if -- i don't have that with me. >> robert, do we have -- >> i may have run out of timeouts. >> the president on friday named mr. immelt as head of his council on jobs and competitiveness. do we know the other members? have you put out a list of the other members? >> i don't think we've

we're also required by law to -- you know, to abide by the -- basically, the scripture of doma, you know, defense of marriage act. so regardless as to what's happening in different states, we haven't changed that. now, we still reserve the right, though, to still look at emerging things, as general cartwright said, because there could be some things we aren't anticipating. that's why this is not so locked in and concrete. we're saying right now: no policy changes dealing with benefits. but there could be something we don't know about, and that's why that aperture kind of remains slightly open. the guidance that's going out right now addresses what i just shared with you. that's the information we're sharing with service members. but there could be something we don't know about, and that's why we're working with the services. >> yeah, and i think it's important to remember, i mean, the team has laid out the information, the content of the training. the services are just providing the structure in which it goes forward. but it's consistent across the services. >> just a second, gentlemen.

we talked about doma a few days ago.nd other things are important to build off the progress of don't ask, don't tell. i think those continue to be priorities of the present and we will certainly progress on those fronts and on these and much more challenging congress over the course of the next two years. >> in the senate where democrats have control, they want a challenge that. >> i think you'll see the president push, continue to push on a whole host of those issues. [inaudible] to build momentum for a complete passage at a later time. >> there's no doubt that, look, whenever you get something done in one, you are closer to seeing it come to fruition. so yes, obviously. >> with the president addressed in any context jobs? >> i'm not going to get into previewing the state of the union. >> a question about the present will be talking with congressional democrats this weekend, at the convention. does he have a message, so talking about what his state of the union might -- >> he travels up there tomorrow after i returned f

we're also required by law to -- you know, to abide by the -- basically, the scripture of doma, you know, defense of marriage act. so regardless as to what's happening in different states, we haven't changed that. now, we still reserve the right, though, to still look at emerging things, as general cartwright said, because there could be some things we aren't anticipating. that's why this is not so locked in and concrete. we're saying right now: no policy changes dealing with benefits. but there could be something we don't know about, and that's why that aperture kind of remains slightly open. the guidance that's going out right now addresses what i just shared with you. that's the information we're sharing with service members. but there could be something we don't know about, and that's why we're working with the services. >> yeah, and i think it's important to remember, i mean, the team has laid out the information, the content of the training. the services are just providing the structure in which it goes forward. but it's consistent across the services. >> just a second, gentlemen.

. >> do you still see legislative repeal of doma happening in the obama administration? >> i think as the president said that is, given the current makeup of the congress, inordinately challenging. i think he said so in interviews. >> one last question, any regrets about not pushing for when democrats had more control of congress? >> i think we are enormously proud of and grateful for the progress that we have been able to make. "don't ask, don't tell", was an achievement of, i think will be thought of as an achievement not just for this administration but for all those involved, a monumental achievement in bringing equality and justice back. so i don't think, obviously we didn't get everything we wanted to get done done but we're proud of what we did get done. yes, ma'am? >> i have a question following up on the thursday where president hu is going to meet house leaders. a couple of senators including senator schumer and are proposing that the pass a bill to reprimand china or for currency manipulation. does the white house have position on that? do you even want that a