where they start which also the luger region founded in the mid fourteenth century is just two hundred kilometers away from moscow famous for its space exploration and scientific research is a sponsible for a number of high second pulses of engineering and electronics in recent years google has also become one of the centers of the russian with native industry attracting a number of major foreign companies companies make about silverware to meet some ex-pats to find out just why the region such a good place for business. we are not to me be afraid of horses but she's not afraid of horse power every day she handles one hundred forty and her husband harold drives just as many the to work of the full tree and were among the first expanse to settle down and color. the only brazilian in cold water everywhere i go and i say i'm from brazil you. of course they get this cheery people talk about football and. so it's always positive maybe in such a big city like most call you are just one more in a crowd and here you stand out specially if we are talking as a foreigner here move or not a herald

special report we're off to the sea of cortes in the north russia discover more about the elusive luger whale that's next stay with us. dolphins in arctic white whales are the undisputed stars of russia's aquariums and while spectators by the marine mammals elaborate carefully practiced performances few know about their long journey from the sea to the show how and by whom are the animals caught what's the secret of their near flawless training the dolphins and whales actually communicate with human beings the creatures comfortable in their captivity. to unlock the many mysteries of marine mammals our journey takes us to the ends of the earth to russia's remote far east. off the shores of the sea of cortes not far from the mouth of the mighty river lie a string of uninhabited islands. this one is named for the famous soviet pilot. who crash landed there during in one nine hundred thirty six expedition. during the salmon spawning season the sea around the island is literally teeming with fish and this abundance of food attracts large groups of white whales. in summer these tiny clapboard

and today we're just two hundred kilometers away from moscow indeed luger region the center of russian science and industry with the country's largest scientific research complex develops high tech advances in engineering and electronics but the region could also base a flourishing car industry with giants like volvo and both having their joint ventures in. the number of cars assembled by grays every year providing jobs proposals company has met some expands he find the commuter region a good place to visit. for a long time collagen has been primarily associated with. a maverick scientists from the end of the last century go on and work on rockets the region was dropped big crater astronautics but what is good transportation links to the capital that with a population of just over a million people the region has definitely room to grow today colloquies want to rush those hotspots for foreign investment we met some of the exports managers working here to find out home. they do that business and cope with every day lives here. renate may be afraid of horses but she's not afraid of horse

and like are not and harold well desegregate was born in ca luger but in a way he also stands out from his three thousand core leaks he was recruited from a local orphanage frequently out of work says he is now driven to succeed but i want to stay and work here if they give me a chance to grow i would like to become a foreman and ultimately a manager i see perspectives from reference to more and more companies are opening up in the region which was. not who was behind the idea to employ all friends to set up a women's club in carluke which among other projects to patronage of local orphanage is government does a lot in all. so privately c.-h. is but after eighteen years old they are on the streets and what can we do so if we give clothes one day it's worn out so we thought that. beginning a project it's not about giving money or giving things but giving an opportunity for them to grow so use learning german in the hope that one day he will land his dream job eager to work and give something back to those that gave him a hand when he most needed it. even though the region has many car m

so heavy this hour on the laces in all clay so seriously look at the color luger we did in the center of russia's science industry at a thriving place to do it. now the heat wave in the russian capital has been breaking records with temperatures approaching forty degree fell fears for nine days running it's been made worse the mosque of ice by the harmful small caused by bulk fires which is envelope the city to go to the north is in the moscow region. fires have spread well across the moscow region and scores of firefighters are being sent to fight these blazes every day but their efforts are being hampered by the sixteen the hot and dry weather and we've been told that the amount of fires this year has already exceed last year's fires by two times and the total area of these fires is twelve times bigger than in two thousand and nine and this includes both forest fires n.p. fires especially which are really tricky because they can go on for months deep underground in temperatures reaching eight hundred degrees celsius and then when it's hot and dry enough on the surface they can emerg

america and israel are making an effort to try to prevent iran from getting a luger weapon.der to create a sense of confidence in an environment where to some degree there has been a shift in power if in the middle east against us. host: tina is calling us from florida on the republican line. caller: good morning. since we are giving credit to ronald reagan for not wanting to start a war, let's give credit to president clinton also with the yemen thing. i also have a comment, we are wasting time in afghanistan. i grew up republican, believing that we protect israel at all cost. i still believe that. if that is true, why aren't we in israel or closer to israel really doing something other than wasting time protecting poppies in afghanistan? guest: i have grown more skeptical of the afghanistan mission. i do think that there was a commitment we made to the people of afghanistan. several years ago when this government of hamid karzai had more popular support and was left overwhelmingly corrupt. the american presence in afghanistan was more popular. it might have been that the u

drawing support from members of congress from both sides of the aisle, including senators richard luger and orrin hatch. unfortunately that kind of bipartisanship has been absent on a lot of the efforts harry and i have taken up the last year and a half. we fought to keep nevada teachers and firefighters and police officers on the job and to extend unemployment and cobra so folks had health insurance while they're looking for work. we fought to stop health care insurance companies from dropping your coverage when you get sick or placing lifetime limits on the amount of course care you can receive. we fought to eliminate wasteful subsidies to bank that were acting as unnecessary middlemen for guaranteed student loans from the government and as a consequence freed up tens of billions of dollars now going directly to students, which means more than a million students have access to financial aid that they didn't have before. and we're now on the cusp of enacting wall street reforms that will empower consumers with clear and concise information that they need to make financial decisions tha

america and israel are making an fort to try to prevent iran from getting a luger weapon. i hope that succeeds. -- a nuclear weapon. it may fail. amera and israel would be forced to reckon with how do we have to change our commitment and may increase our military commitment to israeli security and order to create a sense of coidence in an environment where to some degree there has been a shift in power if in the middle east against us. host: tina is calling us from florida on the republican line. caller: good morning. since we are giving credit to ronald reaga for not wanting to start a war, let's give credit to president clinton also with the yemen thing. i also have a comment, we are wasting time in afghanistan. i grew up reblican, believing that we protect israel at all cost. i still believe that. if that is true, why aren't we in israel or closer to israel really doing something other than wasting time protecting poppies in afghanistan? guest: i have grown more skeptical of the afghanistan mission. i do think that there was a commitment we made to the people of afghani