but green peace has insisted its protest was peace exampl peacefo time was the intention to seize propertyin the way thaty is defined. >> i have no sense for why this criminal case is being launched they are being unarticlely held by the authorities. they have no means of communication with us, their relatives or lawyers, they are under armed guard which means they ever been held unlawfully for five days. >> reporter: campaign ores ship are from 18 countries including australia, brazil, canada, denmark, france, new zealand, russia and the u.k. and the u.s. if prosecuted, each could be facing up to 15 years in prison. paul brennan, al jazerra moscow. >> iran's president says he's ready for talks aimed at ending the standoff over his country's nuclear program. hassan rouhani was making his first address at the united jace a december. nations assembly in new york. economy decemberred the imposition of western sakes, james bays reports in the united nations. >> reporter: the focus was on one man as world leaders met. the arrival of hassan rouhani iran's president for less than two months on th

but green peace has insisted its protest was peace example at noo time was the intention to seize propertyway piracy is defined. >> i have in sensible explanation for why this case is being launched they are being unactually held. they are no means of communication with us, their relatives or lawyers, they are under armed guard. which effectively means they have been held unhalfl unlawfulr five days. >> reporter: campaigners are from 18 countries australia, brazil, canada, denmark, france, new zealand, russia and the u.k. and u.s. if prosecuted, each could be facing up to 15 years in prison. paul brennan, al jazerra, moscow. >> the red of peru's counter drug agency has defended her country's efforts at curbing cocaine production. she was reacting to a u.n. announcement that the country has overtaken columbia as the world's leading producer of coca leaf. u.n. report did say, though, that peru has succeeded in cutting the national output of the plant for the first time in seven years. and the css says things are improving. >> despite the problem being horrific as you all can see we are optim

using a fast boat lane wereed from the green peace ship arctic sunrise the demonstrators were able too activists up the side of the oil platform on ropes. the protesters were quickly intercepted by armed coast guard officers ask it quickly became evident that the russians were not tending to be lenient. >> i suspect you of terrorism. >> i suspect you -- >> reporter: hours after that radio exchange armed russian men came from helicopters on to the arctic sunrise and took control of the ship and its multi-national crew. five days in the custody of the russian coast guard is unlikely to be the end of the matter for the green peace activists. here in moscow, prosecutors are already indicating that they may pursue piracy charges against the group. the spokesman went onto describe the protest as an attempt to seize a drilling platform by storm and raised legitimate doubts about their intentions the chippewas loaded for electronics whose purpose was not clear. green peace has insisted its protest was peaceful and at no time was the intention to seize property in the way that piracy is legall

green peace says that it was the russians who violated international law.n it the meantime, the crew from 18 nationalities are waiting to hear the prosecutor's next move. >> rebekah stevenson is up next with the forecast and then it is "real moneyy" with ali. >> is it too late for you looking on the sidelines, and how obamacare is trying to make insurance affordable for small businesses, and the winds of change in texas. all that and more on "real money." >> welcome to al jazeera. i'm tony harris. here are tonight' top stories. the senate took a step closer to passing th the measure. it will be taken by the senate again on senate. the showdown where the house still looms that could lead to a government shut down on octobe october 1. >>> today lots of speeches at the u.n. general assembly. lots evelots of words from the d

keep in mind this is green peace's version of events. how green peace says things went down. is what things were look when the russian coast guard was only arresting two people in the confrontation. today they detained the whole ship. green peace hq says they lost all contact with the ship after russians took it over. boarded and took it over to. day people in d.c. showed up at the residence of the russian ambassador to the u.s. demanding activists and ship be released. at this hour that still has the not happened. even if they are released it is not clear how this end. apparently the second time in two months the russian coast guard shot at the green peace ice breaking ship in the arctic trying to publicize and disrupt drilling efforts. however the issue pans out. in the short term, activists and their ship are in vladamir putin's hands. watch this space. >> i'm tempted to say the best new thing in the world, this moment, which happened on cnn a little while ago this evening. awe all do you get a freelancer? >> i am hoping i get a chance to go over to russia and do a face to

that's why green peace officers are all over the world doing solidarity activities.ng to russian embassies and [ inaudible ] from officers to release them. >> the same platform was boarded back in august as part of an ongoing campaign to highlight what they say are environmental risks. but groups here in the moscow office are providing legal and translation assistance and gps monitoring. and after being told that the vessel was being steered west, later gps shows the ship being taken east into russian waters. >> this was yesterday when the ship were attacked and hostaged by secret service of russian federation. it was a bit north -- [ technical difficulties ] -- and after that it was 4 knot speed towards east, and today's position is -- what is the position? >> basically directly due east of the platform. >> it's due east from the platform? >> yes. >> towards the russian area. >> reporter: in australia green peace's chief tried to deliver a letter to the consulate in sydney. >> the russian conso console -- consulate has re fused to even receive a letter. it's disappo

not according to green peace and they want their colleague arrested released. pigmy elephants have found a safe haven. ♪ ♪ hello again, let me take you through the top stories on al jazeera, 30 people have been killed in two separate attacks on military targets in southern yemen, and they are suspected to be behind the attacks in mesa. rescuers in mexico are scrambling to find survivors after a mudslide buried dozens of people and nigeria boko haram rebels in uniform have shot and killed dozens of people. now opposition parties are boycotting elections and it's africa's last monarchy and the king who appointing the prime minister and cabinet is prepared to marry the 14th wife and we are live from a polling station in swaziland and what is happening there? >> reporter: and the polls will close at 6:00 time and i am with a young man about what is happening in swaziland and you are currently out on bail, aren't you, why is that? >> i'm currently out on bail and i'm actually alleged to have insighted people not to participate in the democratic elections and having

i don't know if you've seen this most recent footage of the green peace boat. but they do seem to be using aggressive behavior, yet they said they weren't being aggressive, just doing their job which is to bring attention to these issues. but other people argue that they're going too far and putting at risk people on the rig and the life boat itself. how do you see it? >> i've just only heard the footage as you just saw it now, but this is exactly what greenpeace is going after. they're in the job of getting attention to very specific issues. i think in some ways it's great that they're out there to do that, but obviously we also need to weigh the two other things, partly is it too dangerous to the people they're confronting, but also are we focusing on the right things. often the best things in the world are not the best on tv. >> greenpeace has been operating in decades, and their job is to bring attention to issues. but sometimes they are given too much credence and they're solving the issues rather than just bringing attention to them? >> reporter: i think

green peace says russian coast guards have stormed one of their ships in the arctic.ion came after green peace activists tried to climb onto an offshore drilling platform on wednesda wednesday. the environmental group says warning shots were fired and 29 of its activists have been arrested. he's one of the most famous scientists in the world. and now professor steven hawking is the star of his own moving. he's releasing a documentary showing how he copes day-to-day balancing an amazing mental ability with extreme physical disability. al jazerra had a look. >> reporter: think of cambridge, think art, think science, think history. but movie premiers, think again. yet this is no ordinary film. this is no ordinary man. >> there is nothing like the eureka moment of discovering something that no one knew before. >> reporter: the subject is professor steven hawking. one of, if not the, most famous scientist of his generation. and this is his story. his words, his idea, his life. full, uncensored reality tv the life of a scientist through a microscope. >> i have lived over tw

accord in russia's northwest for mansbridge disciplines in a green peace protest in custody for two months in the town after the group stormed into oil drilling platform in the arctic last week plus. greek police tear gas an angry mob trying to storm the offices of the far right golden dawn party as the ideological rift in the debt ridden country deepens. this is r.t. coming to you live from moscow i'm marina joshie welcome to the program now a high level conference in a worldwide nuclear disarmament and that's the proposal from iran's new president at the un general assembly has on rouhani also took the chance to call israel to declare its alleged weapons of mass destruction was across lives over spawn remember for more on this well how do you know what's this and unexpected proposal from an iranian president and how did it go down. an unexpected a proposal and an unexpected appearance from what we're being told it wasn't clear whether iranian president hassan rouhani would actually be speaking at the un high level meeting on disarmament but he did and he called on israel to join the nucl

a green peace spokesman and a photographer are denied bail by a court in more mts both will remain in custody for two months pending an investigation into the storming of a russian oil platform in the arctic. athens is engulfed in street violence police fired tear gas if you were grounds trying to storm the offices of the far right golden dawn party following the killing of an anti-racism musician. chemical compliance the u.n. security council anxious closer to resolution on syria's toxic weapons though the use of force has been a stumbling block. three pm in moscow you're watching our team with welcome to the program a green peace spokesman and a photographer accused of piracy have been denied bail by a court in the port city of more manson and are to remain in custody for two months thirty four tasker's were arrested after trying to scale an oil platform over drilling in russia's arctic waters all of them have refused to give statements to investigators are going to count has more. well we know the course decision on one of the thirty activists currently detained in the russian city

according russia's northwest remands a were to suppose in a green peace protest in custody for two months after the group's road has last week against oil drilling in the arctic plus. brief police tear gas an angry mob trying to storm the offices of the far right golden dawn party as the ideological rift in the debt ridden country deepens. and resolution inside over syria as russian and u.s. diplomats put the finishing touches to a un security council draft to oversee the chemical disarmament. this is r.t. live from moscow i'm marina joshie welcome to the program. a court in the russia sports city of moore manske has a remanded for to spence in the last weeks arctic green peace protests they are to stay in jail until the end of november for scaling an oil platform against drilling in russia's waters for the details of how cross lifestyle correspondent english help so do tell us how russian authorities are explaining their moves well the decision to walk keep the greenpeace activists in jail for the next two months after their arrest stems from the fact that the investigation is still ongo

green peace campaigners will remain in custody for two more months while the era tam to board an offshore russian oil rig is investigated the activists could be charged with piracy. and the poll suggests the majority in britain support a ban on muslim women covering up using burkas in the cobs as the debate over traditional religious clothings sparks back into life.

a court in russia's north west romance participants in a green peace protest in custody for two months after the group stormed in awhile drilling platforms in the arctic last week plus. greek police cheered gas an angry mob trying to storm the offices of the far right golden dawn party as the ideological rift in the debt ridden country deepens.

it's actually very, very good news. >> kumi from green peace international. christina fegarus from t

it's actually very, very good news. >> kumi from green peace international.rk convention on climate change and ken salazar, thank you all. that is all for this evening. the "rachel maddow" show starts now. >> thanks. thanks for staying with us. something really funny is happening in washington right now. i think it is in the category of unintentionally funny. but it is, nevertheless, funny. and not funny like hmmm, funny, strange. but rather, ha ha, i can't believe this is happening. here's what is happening. i think we can put it in the corner of the screen. there we go. so this is what it looks like, what's happening in washington right now. here's what it means. do you remember wendy davis? wendy davis is a democratic state senator from ft. worth, texas. she is expected next month to announce she is running for governor of texas. and, of course, it is an uphill battle for any democrat to wage a statewide political fight in texas, even now as texas is trending more purple and democrats are making strong efforts there. it's going to be tough for her to win t

online news outlet let the dart you claim sinew falls on board the ship on their assignment to the green peace activists were detained last week at the border russian authorities warnings while trying to line the clock for the world greenpeace says the gap to the peaceful protest against oil drilling in the arctic russian authorities believe whatever their intentions are the activists technically for the long version of stories maintained that is international editor or maybe. moving on now to the restricted ordering seat and that a decision was made to detain the activists when they started to climb the russian oil pot for using ropes and grapples of course having carried out this protest greenpeace has drawn a lot of attention to their causes some suggest they probably knew what to expect given multiple warnings so but the activists went on anyway possibly knowing how much public attention the action would generate an aid has generated a lot of attention especially ahead of the arctic conference this week where the leaders of the arctic nations together with experts from one industry were di

and it was destroyed by these vandals and support bide green peace and organizatio organizate certaintyor food safety and others who really want to stop the technology because if this technology is are on leased and approved, it's a death blow to the carping by these groups that these g.m.o.s are unsafe. they really have an anti science message, i think that's what is really driving the currents situation. kind of a right wing view of innovation buys these groups. >> patsy, to that point, aren't there lots of benefits to g.m.o.s especially i for people in poor countrys? >> we have yet to to see that actually happen. we have heard the promises and the p.r. about the benefits of the cons. u.s. is the biggest a develop ter of the crops what we have seen over the 15 years or so that they have been widely induced in corn, soybean and do the unwe have seen increase in herb side use, specifically roundup the weeds are resisting it so now we are escalate to go tougher more toxic chemicals like 24d. so a lot of -- and we are not seeing the yield increases promises and we are talked to farmers al

a russian court to decide the fate of a green peace activists accused of piracy they were arrested after trying to scale an oil platform in protest against drilling in russia's waters let's get the details now from marty's going to church account who's following the hearing for us live a gun what kind of sanction could these greenpeace activists actually be facing kerry today we'll see if the prosecutors will actually formally press charges and if yes the judge will decide what will be the form of detention of these activists before a trial takes place russia's federal security service said russian border guards detained the greenpeace activists for quote an attempt to an attempt of seizure of the. oil platform in the arctic greenpeace activists say it was a peaceful act of protest against oil production in the arctic russian authorities say the greenpeace international ship had ignored many warnings to stay away from the platform and that the decision was made to detain the activists when they started climbing the oil platforms using ropes and grapples president putin was asked about th

of the twenty two people arrested during a green peace protest in the arctic last week should remain in custody pending an investigation. to be held for three days until the next hearing of the activists were detained last week. after tending to scale an oil platform in protest at drilling in the russian. twenty two people who are on board the arctic sunrise will remain in jail for the next two months says investigation continues that's not a sentence that's basically time that the court gives for investigators to do their job and present their case there will be another hearing on monday as we understand and the court the more minds will decide what to do with the other eight members of the crew on board the greenpeace ship with their words thirty people citizens of seventeen countries including russia canada and the united states the captain of the ship is an american citizen they were all detained now the greenpeace activists so were detained last week having ignored russian authorities warnings while trying to climb the russian oil platform greenpeace says they acted in peaceful

according russia's northwest romance participants in a green peace protest in custody for two months of the group's drilling platform in the arctic last week plus. a. great police tear gas and angry mob trying to storm the offices of the far right golden dawn party as the ideological rift in the debt ridden country. for a good evening which is joined us it's just after eight pm thursday night here in moscow. international our top story a high level of worldwide nuclear disarmament that's the proposal from iran's new president at the u.n. assad rouhani also took the chance to call on israel to join the nonproliferation treaty report that's got the latest from new york. the iranian leader said that israel is the only non party to the n.p.t. in the middle east and encouraged israel to join the pact to ensure that the region remains a nuclear weapons free zone he said no nation should possess nuclear weapons and there are no right hands for these wrong weapons the iranian leader went on to say that any use of nuclear weapons is a violation of the un charter and a crime against humanity h

of course in russia's northwest participants in a green peace protest in custody. last week also. police. trying to storm the offices of the golden dawn party is the. country.

green peace process at a russian oil rig in the arctic is ruled a real threat to workers on back with him and the latest on the legal battle coming up shortly. leave. little. welcome back see she is sentenced by a bahraini court on sunday have accused the government of be saying and electrocution. but the authorities say they are all part of an illegal opposition group linked to terrorists twenty of the fifty people put behind bars were tried in absentia while those present plan to appeal and sayyid use of. head of the monitoring and bahrain center for human rights told aussie what that group discovered about police tactics. we as a human rights group we are appalled to go on a daily basis is the. message from security forces the house on a daily basis roky the. people inside the homes sometimes stealing money and also what's happening on the ground. in the city. center. and seven to give the building waterfalls going for all those people who are now. they are subject to this is not allowed to do you know not enough to talking to their family or. for many days something from a few hou

now hearings have started for a green peace campaigners just days after a court ordered that twenty two other activists should be held in custody for two months all are accused by the authorities of being part of an attempt to scale it on a platform and endangering the environment and the lives of workers are going off looks at why they were protesting at what the future holds for the polar region. the pictures that stormed international media greenpeace activists trying to climb onto a floating platform in russia's north arrested by coast guards was. shocked shocked all thirty activists from eighteen countries were detained and are now awaiting whether they will be officially charged greenpeace claims their actions were peaceful but the authorities say they could have endangered not only the lives of the rig's workers but the environment itself social nigeria and it's obvious they are not pirates but they tried to storm the platform and these people violated international law by coming dangerously close to the president's common scheme an international arctic conference organized by ru

but it's not turning green peace activists who are being detained russian media staging a protest for refusing to publish images for a day after a russian photographer was arrested along with others on the ship that's all web site r.t. dot com to find out. just so we have the story of a u.s. soldier who's launching a campaign for afghan interpreter american visa revoked on t.v. is of service one sidedness troops. so. addressing the u.n. general assembly in new york with libya's present ever miranda's off of iraq a ballot to be put on trial for crimes against humanity blaming him for aggressive foreign policy r.t. spanish channel managed to speak to him shortly after his call and here's what he said. i want to remind you all that when obama was elected president has said that his aim was to end all wars and things will join in time of his presidency remember the words on. libya for instance u.s. organized an outrageous military intervention that was followed by the killing of the country's president and after that libya's oil wells are forming under their control they financed rebels t

according russia's northwest for months participants in the green peace protesting custody two months after the group stalled at all drilling platform in the arctic last week plus. greek police. trying to storm the offices of the far right golden dawn party as the ideological rift in the with the country deepens a good report on that. all over again even from moscow if you just joined us here live with you just after nine pm in moscow our top story a high level conference on worldwide nuclear disarmament that's the proposal from iran's new president at the u.n. his son rouhani also took the chance to call on israel to join the nonproliferation treaty to put knives got the latest from new york. the iranian leader said that israel is the only non party to the n.p.t. in the middle east and encouraged israel to join the pact to ensure that the region remains a nuclear weapons free zone he said no nation should possess nuclear weapons and there are no right hands for these wrong weapons the iranian leader went on to say that any use of nuclear weapons is a violation of the un charter and a

. >>> russian president vladimir putin said green peace activists aren't pirates but did break the lawthis for a bright idea? a new and more efficient way to generate electricity and fresh water in remote areas, using the rays of the sun. >> reporter: it's not the most likely place to look for a solution to the planet's -- [ technical difficulties ] -- scientists believe they have found a far more efficient way of using the power of the sun than anything solar power has achieved before. a key part of these the system are these cells, capable of converting almost half of the sup light they absorb into energy, electricity. the mirror over there concentrates the sunlight down on to the cells, harnessing the power of up to a thousand suns. this is a prototype, of course, in a year they expect there will be a working system 40 times larger providing enough power for ten homes. put 400 of those in a field or strip of desert, and you can meet the needs of a small town. the cells that harness the power of a thousand suns tend to get hot, very hot. here they worked out how to use their system u

green peace says the russian coast guard stormed one of the ships in the arcic after they tried to climblling platform on wednesday. environmental group says warning shots were fired and 29 activists have been arrested. >> it's very clear and disappointing the russian consulate declined to even accept a simple letter requesting that the russian authorities release our activists with a residence coming back to australia and give back our ship and they won't accept a letter requesting to do that. it's disappointing but we will be ensuring that this letter is delivered to the russian ambassador and we won't be resting until we have our people home. >> reporter: and the pacific blue fin tuna is under threat and the population dropped under 96% because of over fishing and the government in japan is taking steps it hopes to boost the population and we explain from tokyo. >> tokyo fish market does a brisk trade-in the morning. blue fin tuna is auctioned off and in 15 minutes it's all over. the fish are packed and loaded, destined to end up in a restaurant. like this one. a typical sushi bar whe

after members of a green peace crew were did h detained by rusn authorities, the coast card is towing to port with the activists on board after storming the vessel on thursday. russia says they could face piracy and other charges for trying to climb to to an offshore drilling platform. they have dismissed those allegationses. >> our activists and our ships have been protesting against dangerous oil drilling in the arctic. and about dangerous activity which can be -- which can cause environment catastrophe around the globe and haven't done anything illegal. >> a syrian woman has reportedly died as she and as many as 700 migrants attempted to reach italy by boat in the past two days, 90 asylum seeker 3038 women and 28 children a lived saturday o friday the italian coast guard intercepted another boat carrying hundreds of pimas it drifted off the coast of sicily. many thousands of migrants tried to reach the shores of southern italy every summer from the middle east and north africa. hungarian scientists researching the empires longest ruling sultan believe that they are close to a signi

. >>> still with me, kumi, you're the head of green peace international, and you guys are fighting thesistance. just got hauled into court by the russians for a protest of an oil rig in russian territory. do you have any faith in this u.n. process that it can produce a deal? >> the u.n. process is the only process that we have. the strength of the process is not the failings of the u.n. itself. but it's the positions that countries bring to the negotiations. and the u.s., sadly, even though the world is hungry for u.s. leadership, under president bush, and sadly, under president obama, the role the u.s. has played in negotiations has been a negative, destructive role. >> is that true? do you agree with that, the u.s. has played a destructive role? >> it certainly has put a hand brake on the negotiations. sadly, because there actually is -- >> why is that? >> double opportunity. they're blind to the double opportunity. one opportunity is for the united states to make serious investments here at home, into clean technologies, that are going to bring more jobs. here right now, the u.s. is

it's become a religion in washington and i was green peace, conservation. sacred cow that could destroy our nation's best opportunity to become energy independent, create more jobs almost instantly. we have a surplus of natural gas that we are stopping drilling. it's almost as if we're trying to commit economic suicide. mark my words here, people, they're going to crucify our nation on a cross of renewables. it's insanity. >>> keep up with cramer all day long. follow @jimcramer on twitter and tweet your questions #madtweets. ♪ [ male announcer ] some things are designed to draw crowds. others are designed to leave them behind. ♪ the all-new 2014 lexus is. it's your move. [ tires screech ] ♪ [ male announcer ] 1.21 gigawatts. today, that's easy. ge is revolutionizing power. supercharging turbines with advanced hardware and innovative software. using data predictively to help power entire cities. so the turbines of today... will power us all... into the future. ♪ but you had to leave rightce to now, would you go? world, into the future. man: 'oh i can't go to

. >> kumi from green peace international. christina fegarus from the u.n. framework convention on climate change and ken salazar, thank you all. that is all for this evening. the "rachel maddow" show starts now. >> thanks. thanks for staying with us. something really funny is happening in washington right now. i think it is in the category of unintentionally funny. but it is, nevertheless, funny. and not funny like hmmm, funny, strange. but rather, ha ha, i can't believe this is happening. here's what is happening. i think we can put it in the corner of the screen. there we go. so this is what it looks like, what's happening in washington right now. here's what it means. do you remember wendy davis? wendy davis is a democratic state senator from ft. worth, texas. she is expected next month to announce she is running for governor of texas. and, of course, it is an uphill battle for any democrat to wage a statewide political fight in texas, even now as texas is trending more purple and democrats are making strong efforts there. it's going to be tough for her

it's become a religion in washington and i'm sierra club, i was green peace, conservation.ed cow that could destroy our nation's best opportunity to become energy independent, create more jobs almost instantly. we have such a surfeit of natural gas that we are stopping drilling. it's almost as if we're trying to commit economic suicide. mark my words here, people, we're going to crucify our nation on a cross of renewables. it's insanity. >>> keep up with cramer all day long. follow @jimcramer on twitter and tweet your questions #madtweets. [ male announcer ] ok, here's the way the system works. let's say you pay your guy around 2% to manage your money. that's not much you think. except it's 2% every year. does that make a difference? search "cost of financial advisors" ouch. over time it really adds up. then go to e-trade and find out how much our advice costs. spoiler alert: it's low. really? yes, really. e-trade offers investment advice and guidance from dedicated, professional financial consultants. it's guidance on your terms, not ours. that's how our system works. e-tr

their peace is made with heads, and not with hands. are bushy and green dead? ay, both of them at lancaster lost their heads. where is the duke my father with his power? richard: no matter where. of comfort no man speak! let's talk of graves, of worms and epitaphs, make dust our paper and with rainy eyes write sorrow on the bosom of the earth. let's choose executors and talk of wills. and yet not so, for what can we bequeath save our deposed bodies to the ground? our lands, our lives and all are bolingbroke's, and nothing can we call our own but death and that small model of the barren earth which serves as paste and cover to our bones. for god's sake, let us sit upon the ground. and tell sad stories of the death of kings -- how some have been deposed, some slain in war, some haunted by the ghosts they have deposed, some poisoned by their wives, some sleeping killed all murdered. for within the hollow crown. that rounds the mortal temples of a king keeps death his court; and there the antic sits, scoffing his state and grinning at his pomp, allowing him a breat

negotiate with our foes and we didn't do anything, when there were peaceful protestors and just like we didn't do anything in the green resolution. now russia has blocked every green resolution, as secretary kerry points out. they're suddenly taking the lead and being on the rights of peace and justice and human rights. it's ironic. >> a blast from the past on decision to take it to congress, former president mikhail gorbachev. >> now they are criticizing the president of the united states for not being decisive. if he's not decisive enough on shooting and bombing i think it's a good kind of decisiveness. >> being aplaysingly, the pew poll shows that 25% only support the president's action he,. >> it plays well for him but there's a critically important problem here is that the united states manufactured evidence to invade iraq over ten years ago. and today we're set yet again to attack yet another country in the middle east on very, very questionable evidence. so of course there's an opening for russia to jump in and to rub our face in it. of course there is, why wouldn't they do that? any power of any minimal self r