syrian television will let you know mr lavrov you are going to characterize the situation in syria and the region as a very complicated. vision of the future developments. and wat is russia going to do in this respect while that that has been the topic of my today's conference well i don't have any thing else i don't have much to add you said where i quite downbeat about the future developments save the current trends continue to be leading opposition groups so that it's less than the helpful revolution which means they don't want to stop and i can hardly imagine that on the these circumstances the governmental falseness will unilaterally disarm all this and pull alt all the settlements and cities which is just to. slide into the conflict. if we speak. now ideals they are and i believe that's all i hope as a whole already mentioned all the external stakeholders should influence of the domestic horses to the fact that they should stop that has still it isn't ballance and same title. we government has appointed the negotiators and we encourage this syrian national council and other group

invited yet to speak at the convention i'm sure they're feeling she's not certainly does not say lavrov you also say because he actually is something different to a lot sarah palin talks that are in c. and not ron paul that is a travesty because he actually had something to say that people listen to and i think that if you say a lot about the republican county and and i think a lot of you know old school republicans especially people who saw you know long term republicans like dick lugar who lost in the primary people who really believed in the importance of the republican party have seen how it's changed how it's gotten. tea party that would be the final straw in sort of thing mitt romney is already telling them. where this is the state of the g.o.p. and where it is right but they just have to have him unfortunately as we can't let's move on to the last thing. so you know a lot of this i guess i go to like weather dot com a lot of people still get their weather from t.v. from the news and sometimes it is work out. those of you watched yesterday you know the today's weather did not match up

resolution allowing action against us on the ground accept his mission will be coming to sergei lavrov as you are monitors and see reva trying to establish peace and should not be used as a bargaining chip and. also anti-american protests greeted as much secretary of state hillary clinton on a rival interest russia's given washington support for the new day elected islam as president this threatens to strain u.s. relations with israel where clinton is concluding her each nation a regional told. the americans are losing trust in the mainstream media as polls show its popularity is an all time low of citizens are stepping in to fill the gap as online reporting winston. starr report on the appalling awesome os of a major u.s. battle in the iraq war a showdown that's still taking its toll on the country's children. i continue my inquest in champagne illinois two hundred kilometers from chicago and home to doug rock. going out money. for dog rock the presence of uranium influenza comes as no surprise his former high ranking officer served more than thirty five years in the u.s. army in particular

they had blood on their hands and would have to pay a price no foreign minister lavrov reacting well less than pleased you could say to those comments saying that this wasn't the way that the problem is the should be done. to look at it and usually some acceptable to blame it all on russia and china and especially to resort to threats like they will speak with us which is beyond not just diplomacy rules but economy decency so far it's the syrian people who are p. forty and willingness of some of our foreign partners to observe the u.n. security council's decision soon. well those syrian people love rove mentioned they're all the ones that russia wants to see decide the future of the country there have been claims that russia is supporting the assad government these were dismissed out of hand by. saying that it's the people of russia to the side and that russia wasn't taking one side or the other. of this newsgroup with those and they tell us that we need to convince nasa to step down voluntarily that is simply unrealistic but this is not about our preferences likes or dislikes he will not step down not be

that was reflected in this final document and in fact the russian foreign minister sergey lavrov had this to say. you don't you do we consider it of the utmost importance that this document does not seek to dictate to the syrian sides how the transitional process should happen politically how exactly this process will take place is up to the syrian people this document is very precise on. indeed of the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov ultimately saying yes there is a transition plan here but exactly what are the details i do think there are many minds indeed that would like to know what's the fine print here or the meaning idea is the syrians and that's very important syrians will form this transitional governing body which will include all sides of the conflict of the afterwards and all groups within the rebels and in the future there will be a new constitution in syria and new democratic elections all of that will be monitored by the you or the u.n. and your special envoy kofi annan plans to continue visiting syria and holding talks with both sides. and will continue to hold talks with both s

you think he means by the. yeah i might be what he meant the foreign minister lavrov said a lot of comments with respect to syria in the past few days but we you know we do know that russia has made a position that this is western countries are fighting a major geo political battle in the field of syria that doesn't have everything to do with the syrian people many believe that you know there's a bigger picture there's a larger picture here and that picture has to do with iran and this this battle that's taking place is encroaching and moving more around iran and it's about western countries wanting to have some argue more influence in that region in the middle east and if that the syrian government the bashar al assad's government is removed then western countries then have more major influence and then it's iran left standing that is the thoughts and oppose a position in many countries have taken that this is about geo political positions that western countries are you know loyal to this isn't just about humanitarian reasons in syria that's an argument many have made so this is a very complicated matter and we

statements caught the attention of russian foreign minister sergey lavrov here is how he responded to the ongoing battle of words. and you can you know what we don't understand why our western partners refused to condemn the terrorist attack in damascus moreover susan royce used to this incident to prove that the u.n. security council could no longer hesitate over the resolution on chapter seven so basically she is saying because we would support such terrorist attacks until the security council does force we won't it's a horrible approach i can't even find words to express how we feel about this this is simply the justification of terrorism. now just remember the chapter seven resolution that he was referring to in the u.n. would have allowed the u.n. security council to take a wide range of actions ranging from diplomatic and economic sanctions against syria to possible military action this was a resolution that was with the help of china and russia last week. scores of people displaced but for some refugees it's not the first time i've been forced to flee many iraqis who escaped the violence in their homeland took she

and that they will continue to back up what the syrian people want how do you see that what's your take. definitely think mr lavrov for there because it seems to me that it's only the russian diplomacy and the chinese diplomacy sometimes. actually considering what the syrian people want while all others decide that they are the ones to decide that they want the western. nation the western countries. they want only one thing they want to decide who wins and who loses and particularly who loses they just want to see a said losing and for many syrians it's not about it's about syria itself and does enjoy a great support within the country and even those who do not support him directly they see him as a stability figure and they don't want to see him. overthrown because it means to them their country will be in bigger trouble if happens. so you don't think we'll see an end to civil war if he quote losers like you. will again it's not about him losing it's about syria losing or winning a european and to violence if it is forced out just briefly. we are seeing violence right now we're going to see an end to violence if

should step down at the same time russian foreign minister sergei lavrov says the document does not provide a resignation how would you explain this conflicting interpretations. that the bag and feet that. from a diplomatic perspective the text of the final document allows each of the parties to interpret it in its own way none of the parties is either willing or capable of making concessions as far as governance in syria is concerned and therefore each party regards the document based on its stance viz a viz syria but notwithstanding this difference in interpretation the document is definitely a step forward and we should build on it in the future. and it was only made any year the situation in syria has steadily deteriorated in recent times that's what the new syrian government is doing to address this rising violence and bloodshed and to keep check on armed groups activities across the country has. no home in. our movement and our party believe that a military option will not work in syria and none of the conflicting parties can resolve the situation like military needs none of the international regional or local s

you. i'm afraid if you're joining us now we have michelle head of the syrian democratic forum delegation what is the outcome of your talks with russian foreign minister sergei lavrov. the immediate and come of the talks was pre-determined by the fact that you have on the one hand a delegation from a country where a full blown war is raging and a great power on the other you can hardly expect a specific outcome essentially we wanted russia to here is a because we represent the oppressed people of syria we want to serve the people of syria we protect their interests and we presented our position i think we were frank and convincing we told russian officials will be needed to hear from various opposition groups in syria for the syrian crisis to be resolved at russian assume a well balanced stance russia plays a major role but it should not be part of the problem russia has a long history of friendship with the syrian people the people of syria expect russia to help them gain freedom and overcome the current deadlock this indian's want russia to take a fear approach to be as fair as possible precious and not side with the forces that will surely lose in the struggle t

this meeting did reflect basically russia's position well in this life you know listen to what russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov had to say. yeah we can see to it the utmost importance that this document does not seek to dictate to the syrian sites how the transitional process should happen politically how exactly this process will take place is up to the syrian people this document is very precise but it's. well we've just heard what sergei lavrov had to say there so what exactly does the new plan imply. main idea is to establish this transitional governing body in syria which is planned to include all sides representatives from all sides of the conflict including the authorities and representatives of the opposition which is actually quite divided within itself perhaps in the future and this is also according to the plan there should be elections in syria democratic elections and new government new constitution perhaps in the future as well and all this will be monitored by the united nations and actually your own special envoy kofi annan is planning to visit . is going to also hold more talks both with both

syria and this one that a president pardon me foreign minister sergey lavrov had some really harsh words for take a lesson. and you can do a lot closer we don't understand why our western partners refused to condemn the terrorist attack in damascus moreover susan royce used to this incident to prove that the u.n. security council could no longer hesitate over the resolution on chapter seven so basically she is saying with little to support such terrorist attacks until the security council does force we won't it's a horrible approach i can't even find words to express how we feel about this this is simply the justification of terrorism. now just remember the chapter seven resolution that he was referring to in the u.n. would have allowed the u.n. security council to take a wide range of actions ranging from diplomatic and economic sanctions against syria to possible military action this was a resolution that was beat out with the help of china and russia last week of course military intervention something russia has been against from the beginning aren't his phone off live with developments from the russian foreign

sure that russia and china pay the price for she sees as a star as you know she was meeting with the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov just in the past ten days or so in some petersburg they both came out of the meeting with smiles saying they both agree that a diplomatic solution is the only outcome for syria why is she saying that russia and china have to pay the price for for not taking the american side on this. she's completely insane completely and i think at this point. i think at this point these western powers are paying lip service to the the kofi annan plan and at the very same time undermining it completely by letting the weapons come into the country from all sides just a couple of weeks ago the new york times reported on a bombshell article the cia that confirmed the american cia is operating in a base in southern turkey and they're coordinating arms smuggling into into syria to the from the free syrian army and if we look at things like the houla massacre and the kinds of bombing tactics suicide bombing roadside bombing that we see going on in syria now this is not characteristic of syria or lebanon th

watching r t with me and he said now it's good to have you with us two pm here in the russian capital and the country's foreign minister sergei lavrov says foreign partners tried to blackmail moscow to secure a u.n. resolution allowing the use of force in syria. national. unfortunately we've even seen some moments of blackmail so i consider it talks will be counterproductive and dangerous approach because it is unacceptable to use the observers as a bargaining chip with words. like peter oliver he's been following a conference where those words came from surrogate lavrov what kind of bargain is circular of talking about here peter well the observateur the foreign minister spoke about. what russia wants to see they want to see an extension of the u.n. monitoring program on the ground in syria and he's said this therefore russia's foreign partners have said yes ok you can have that we'll throw that through the u.n. if you vote for our resolution which is being put forward by western countries that russia isn't supposed to do the reason they're not prepared to do that is they believe it could lead to some outside military intervention

in the country foreign minister sergei lavrov denied allegations at a news conference with his german counterpart archies. is across what has been set . will you take out will you give political asylum to all the syrian president apparently that was the question asked by the german leaders when russia's that wasn't present was in berlin but the visit about a month ago russia's a russian a russian delegation thought it was a joke so they said yes but only if you're willing to do the same fast forward about four weeks later and the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov had to refute that statement or those jokes continuously for the past several weeks apparently not everybody in the delegation in the german delegation thought it was a joke and the rumors have been spreading like wildfire throughout the european media sphere again to russia's stance and by its point they saying that they're not holding the door open for the syrian president and the only way the only real way of just put a stop to the syrian conflict is a for the syrians themselves to sit down to table for dialogue no matter how look at it other options or rumors that may appear

has comment to meet with the foreign minister sergey lavrov to try and come to some sort of an understanding on syria as well in the meantime if you look at what's happening on the ground in is syria the government there saying that denying reports from the rebels that they are launching an all out massive attack we actually have an r.t. correspondent maria often otieno who is in syria on the ground in damascus this is what she has to say about what's happening there. the capital damascus since the beginning of the uprising last march has most of the tang been under governmental control and the closest the fighting has ever moved has been in its suburbs in the eastern part of the mask curse in the area known as duma there have been several assaults against opposition hotbeds there but the clashes have never actually taken place inside this city and activists and residents have described was going on in damascus as the most intense they have used violence since the beginning of the uprising last march and the opposition groups have also been reporting that the army has been using more tires and even armed vehicles and how he called

resolution came out of that meeting and also if you look back to the syrian opposition came to moscow as well to meet with foreign minister sergei lavrov out of that meeting of the opposition made it clear that they would not work with bashar al assad so russia a hot bed of diplomacy a central hub for talks on the subject but right now that main sticking point is russia does not want to see boots on the ground or foreign military intervention in syria now what we do know is on the ground in syria over the night the rebels have claimed that there has been more fighting over the night something that the syrian government flatly denies they say that there is no rebel authentic against the city of damascus archies them or if an ocean is in damascus this is what she has to say what's happening on the ground. the capital damascus since the beginning of the uprising last march has most of the tang been under governmental control and the closest the fighting has ever moved has been in its suburbs in the eastern part of the mass because outskirts in the area known as duma there have been several assaults against opposition hotbeds there but the

lavrov who's giving a media briefing right now so let's go live. from the source iran domestic problem solution so just let me remind you it was sort of the reflecting twenty forty two yard console you had as you say nation security council resolution which means the plan is mandatory for all the parties listening cemented where this is we have decided to invite all of you at the press conference bearing in mind the attention given by all the states to what is going on in syria and bring my twelve appraisals and estimate estimates assessments and bear in mind the necessity to provide full information to the global community of their approaches and views of the russian federation and i will not be original in saying that what is going on series horrible people keep dying and you will listen with the millions of. being pronounced as regards who is to be blamed what is to be done and why the sanctions are needed and the regime change is needed and that. while the river aleutian people's revolution which is the name for their. opposition a few months and there are calls for calling to send their culprits in the hague but there is deficits all of the we

you. but russia is refuting claims that syria's president might be seeking asylum in the country foreign minister sergei lavrov denied the allegations at a news conference with his german counterpart are. reports. of course the crisis in syria is no laughing matter and yet russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov was asserting that he heard a joke when during his visit to germany about a month ago german counterparts asked him point blank whether russia is ready to give the political asylum to the syrian president now russian delegation laughed it off saying that yes they are willing to do so but only if berlin is ready to do the same fast forward several weeks later russia finds itself repeatedly refuting those claims as saying that no indeed they're not holding the door open for the syrian president he's not packing his bags with one hand and holding a ticket to moscow in the other and again it's a give up of house use this opportunity to reach a rate at the viewpoint of russia and that is that the only way out of the syrian crisis is for all sides involved in the conflict to sit down for a dialogue and dodgi

in the russian capital you watching r t r marina joshie russia's stepping out of its halfords to help solve the crisis in syria foreign minister sergey lavrov is due to meet representatives of syrian national council in moscow later on tuesday the s.n.c. demands president bush on a massive step down this is supported by washington though reportedly try to persuade russia's support tough u.n. resolution which doesn't rule out a foreign intervention but rauf has met one other opposition group at moscow's also hold at arms exports to syria meanwhile the u.n. arab league envoy kofi annan says bashar asad is committed to a six point peace plan after visiting damascus kofi annan isn't iran to seek support but the peace after it is doomed as long as the u.s. insists must go so journalist and activist don de bar is on the one hand. there's a greater chance of success now that kofi annan is involved directly russia and going to tehran to try to involve all of the parties in the negotiations that the united states is trying to conduct on its own with the sal eyes that that's positive the. clip we heard from hillary clinton and the statements she made

the russian foreign minister, sergei lavrov met with members of syrian opposition in moscow. youthe international community wondering is russia's stance towards syria starting to change even just a little bit? >> yeah, it's tremendous if their support of the assad regime is waivering whatsoever. we'll be watching along with you, mohammed, thank you. >>> a mystery illness killing children. our dr. sanjay gupta is in cambodia's er. everyone has goals. take the steps to reach yours with us. with real advice for real goals. a u.s bank wealth management advisor can help you every step of the way. from big steps, to little steps. since 1863 we've helped guide our clients. so they can take the steps to help grow, preserve, and pass along there wealth. so there footsteps can help the next generation find there own path. all of us serving you. usbank >>> it is this mystery illness that almost always ends in death. doctors in cambodia are scrambling now just to find out what is killing these children. at least 50 kids so far. it is the speed of this virus that really worries these doctors

the top stories for you and first moscow's hit out of washington over its comments about last week's blasts in damascus which killed president assad's it's foreign minister sergei lavrov says the u.s. practically justified terrorism. from port. was essentially a war of words but a sort of hypocritical stance to some degree when we saw many members of the u.s. administration speaking out almost immediately after various so-called massacres that had taken place on the ground in syria when this latest blast took place killing many high profile members of president bashar al assad's government as they attended a security meeting their reaction from the u.s. state department was quite different they effectively had said that these attacks were not surprising given the conduct of the present government one spokesman even said those who died were key architects of the regime's assault on the syrian people. it's a very different sort of response that we've seen two different kinds of explosions and at times in syria these statements caught the attention of russian foreign minister sergey lavrov here is how he responded to the ongoing battle of words. we don't understand why o

so what you want to live from moscow these are the top stories moscow moves the mediation forward syrian opposition groups are in the capital and foreign minister sergei lavrov is due to meet representatives of the syrian national council later on tuesday they reportedly want to persuade brush to get behind foreign intervention and. the british m.p. admits politicians were useless in uncovering the truth behind the barclays scandal while the bank of england's deputy governor has denied claims he gave barclays hands to manipulate lending rates in two thousand and eight. and russian sand the basic necessities to their ravaged southern region of cross and are emergency workers and volunteers are trying to help those affected by flash floods. next we discuss russia's position on syria with the chairman of the foreign affairs committee in russia's lower house of parliament makes a push gulf. coast city think the events unfolding in syria are in line with the interested to syrian people. there's a civil war going on in syria and it's only the syrian political opposition that's benefiting from it because the opposition took up arms and use violence to achieve their

side also lavrov says that hillary clinton's threats to russia on their position on syria are overstepping the mark and are beyond the scope of decency and just plain bad diplomacy now if you look at the west and their push for regime change in syria russia says that this is really unrealistic for a couple reasons because the bush are all assad. enjoys the support of a significant portion of the people however russia does say that bashar al assad is not in power because of russia's support of the regime rather because of that support of people and in fact russia has stated repeatedly that they do not support the assad regime rather they are not taking sides they support more of an open dialogue of all parties involved russia also would like for kofi annan to engage more with the opposition and to try and change their mind so that there can be more open talks between the assad government who's already appointed a representative for talks so basically we're what we're looking for today russia here those talks underway right now as we speak and we're looking to see if there's any movement from any of the sides in this conflict resolution all right he's live in central moscow

their side also lavrov says that hillary clinton's threats to russia on their position on syria are overstepping the mark and are beyond the scope of decency and just plain bad diplomacy if you look at the west and their push for regime change in syria russia says that this is really unrealistic for a couple reasons because a bunch are all assad enjoys the support of a significant portion of the people however russia does say that bashar al assad is not in power because of russia's support of the rich regime rather because of that support of people and in fact russia has stated repeatedly that they do not support the a shot saad regime rather they are not taking sides they support more of an open dialogue of all parties involved. sean thomas reporting the syrian opposition fighters have now taken their battle to the neighborhoods of damascus where the port of the city has witnessed explosions and intense daylight shootouts are. she has the latest from inside the capital clashes between the army and rebels never stop here in syria now the fighting is going on here in damascus damascus has been considered the area totally under governmental control the fighting recently has mo

their side also lavrov says that hillary clinton's threats to russia on their position on syria are overstepping the mark and are beyond the scope of decency and just plain bad diplomacy if you look at the west and their push for regime change in syria russia says that this is really unrealistic for a couple reasons because the bush are all assad enjoys the support of a significant portion of the people however russia does say that bashar al assad is not in power because of russia's support of the rich regime rather because of that support of people and in fact russia has stated repeatedly that they do not support the a shot saddam regime rather they are not taking sides they support more of an open dialogue of all parties involved. sean thomas reporting while the syrian crisis fills the headlines there's a massive effort to keep unrest in another country. grains of stories are doing their best to silence the popular protests searching hospitals for wounded activists and cracking down on foreign journalists who are ultimately trying to cover the uprising. pretrial hearings are into the second day bradley manning the man the u.s. accuses of leaking a trove of intelligence doc

dialogue with sad do you think most code could put pressure on the opposition to change their mind on this stance. perhaps i think the fact that the president putin was meeting or lavrov meeting with the opposition groups. is a good sign russia has played a very consistent grohl in this as opposed to the. u.s. and the british have done the obama administration which is to take a very one sided sort of unilateral approach going for military intervention under the guise of what's called humanitarian intervention. the kofi annan plan is the only way out of this thing which means a dialogue between the groups and resolution of the conflict by dialogue and not by armed force president assad has agreed to a new u.n. peace plan containing the most violent areas in syria saying. that he will build up his peace initiative from that do you think stopping this fall in the country if it is achieved it will be something that the west will actually that he is trying to do something. i doubt it i doubt that the british or bomber will acknowledge anything they seem determined to keep the violence going and to portray all the violence as the fault of the assad government when in fact

you plug in st. paul the magyar whether it's here is a look at the top stories moscow moves them mediation forward syrian opposition groups are in the capital and foreign minister sergei lavrov is due to meet representatives of the syrian national council later on tuesday they were portably one to persuade russia to get behind foreign intervention. that british m.p.'s politicians were useless in uncovering the truth behind the bar while the bank of england's deputy governor has denied claims he gave barclays hands to manipulate lending rates in two thousand and eight. and russian sand basic necessities to the ravaged southern region of cross and there are emergency workers and volunteers are trying to help those affected by flash floods. that's the headlines here and you'll be back at the top of the hour in the meantime enjoy the injury show spotlight with al green elf. again and. right there not only today my guest on the show is new york. since lottery a train from dependence on the u.s. and saw that. it was immediately divided along ethnic. russians almost thirty percent of the population still have to fight for their rights but back in two thousand and nine the landmark

it well you know the head of the internal opposition reform opposition movement michelle kilo was in moscow last week at the invitation of the russian government me met with foreign minister lavrov and he said to lavrov that his group would be willing to negotiate begrudgingly with president assad's representatives it's the extra opposition based in london in paris and in iraq. who are the big impediment and they're being encouraged by saudi arabia qatar france britain and elements within the obama administration so it's a rough gordian knot to untie but i think emissary kofi are now on with backing from russia and china which is making one final stand and i can only say i hope they succeed against all odds to starboard secure and sort of executive intelligence review magazine things that was so much appreciated by pleasure. the conflict that's lasted a course for sixteen months has touched on almost every aspect of ordinary life some arab nations which support the opposition of bond programs and movies from syria but film and television producers nonetheless say it's only hardening their resolve if national is called that side of the story. t.v. soap operas something syria has

you for your time. the west paints a picture of russia standing in the way of international efforts to stop the bloodshed in syria the comment from foreign minister sergei lavrov comes as the u.n. security council delays a crucial vote on a new resolution which could see sanctions imposed on damascus if no document is adopted the un's observers in syria would have to pack up and leave all teams were in a port not reports. as a vote on a u.k. draft resolution on renewing the u.n. supervision mission in syria now this u.k. drafted resolution is under chapter seven which means that it also calls for the renewal of the u.n. mission in syria for forty five days but it also threatens sanctions against a mask is if the syrian government does not seize the use of heavy weapons and withdraw from heavy populated areas within ten days as we have been reporting russia has stood firm on saying it will not support any resolution that paves the way for sanctions against syria or anything involving chapter seven of the of the u.n. charter under chapter seven many experts say it could also pave the way for. military intervention into syria china has always has also expressed a