i'm meghan lopez and you're watching r.t. . all right leading the news this hour we are team minus twenty five days until the november presidential elections and the candidate who is leading the race depends on who you ask some polls put president obama up by a few points other show mitt romney edging ahead and some indicate that the two men are virtually neck and neck now this have pundits declaring that this election could could come down to a photo finish so this is further proof that each and every vote counts now we've already seen some of the interesting tactics coming out on part of the democrats and republicans in terms of changing the voting system you could call it a way to level the playing field when it comes to voter fraud or a ploy to sway the election the problem is that each state sometimes each individual county has a different set of rules and while those double standards might not guarantee a winner there sure creating a lot of confusion and possibly widening the margin for error are to correspondent on a soc

. >> i want to switch gears here for a second meghan mccain.e winner is decided. let's go with that. what happens if governor romney loses this thing. what happens to the gop. what type of republican party are we going to see emerge if mitt romney loses the presidential election? >> listen, i'm still hoping for the best that mitt romney will win. i have great faith that i actually do think mitt romney will win in this election cycle. all that being said, anything can happen. i know that just as much as anyone else. if governor romney loses, we're going to have to start reassessing where we are as a party. as your commentator said earlier, statements bied to aiken and mourdock, i don't believe they'll define the election. i think they're hurting our relationship with young women voters specifically. i don't think the idea of having raped being talked about by any men, specifically old male politicians that in my opinion have no idea what they're talking about, it is having a negative effect. if we lose this election as republicans, it's specific

i'm meghan lopez and you're watching our. all right well starting off this hour a new report by the washington post is shining a light on the u.s. drone program in north africa under a cloud of secrecy the u.s. military and the cia are expanding one base in particular right here this is camp led manye a five hundred acre u.s. military base in the capital of the impoverished former french colony djibouti it started off as a temporary staging area for marines trying to get a foothold on the volatile region back in two thousand and two but has quickly become a major asset in the u.s. counterterrorism operations abroad and as you can see this camp's location is part of its lure to booty shares a sea border was yemen in a land border with somalia now just to quickly go over some of the numbers for you thirty two hundred u.s. troops contractors and civilians work there three hundred of them are dedicated solely to the drone program the u.s. pays to booty thirty eight million dollars a year to lease the camp and it's in the midst of

with some of those we have to then eventually consider surgery like meghan today her 10 in.scar is very visible and extra reminder of what reminds inside an intricate grid of metal rods in the screws. the end result in machens case it was a 10 level fusion of the bony vertebra. is it a perfect motion? nell into my restrictions would be in context so i am ok with it. even though it took years after surgery to regain her fighting form still scoliosis didn't sink her hopes for the future. it's my goal this season to qualify for state. this year i'm really hoping for some individuals. maginnis treatment may have been complicated but it started with a simple test one parents can do a home with their kids and if they suspect scoliosis 75 percent of cases with early intervention a back brace is the only treatment necessary. we're looking for shoulders with one side higher than the other hand shoulder blades that are protruding the next thing we want to do was look at the waistline by taking a look at this side compared tahir to see if it's a metric we want to see if one side looks

i'm meghan lopez and you're watching r.t. . all right well starting off this hour cia director david petraeus is urging the white house to expand the agency's drone fleet but try it said that the expansion will allow the cia to carry on with its missions in pakistan yemen and possible missions in north africa and the cia isn't the only one asking for more unmanned aerial vehicles in the next decade defense spending on known medium and large sized drones will be nearly forty billion die. alors the pentagon is planning to increase its inventory by thirty five percent so let's compare the drone fleet with that we have now versus the one that we have planned for the future now as far as electronic warfare of recognizance drones goes the u.s. has five hundred thirty six operational you avi's and is planning to buy another one hundred forty five when it comes to light attack and reconnaissance drones two hundred fifty five of those are operational another five hundred eighty seven are planned so in total the u.s. has seven seven hund

meghan mccain and richard wolffe, thank you for your time tonight.aid before, this election is not about obama. it's about your mama. new polls show that the public thinks the big issue at stake on this election day, including medicare, social security, and our safety net. but, first, the right double standard when it comes to republican voter fraud. stay with us. ♪ ♪ lord, you got no reason ♪ you got no right ♪ ♪ i find myself at the wrong place ♪ [ male announcer ] the ram 1500 express. ♪ it says a lot about you. ♪ in a deep, hemi-rumble sort of way. guts. glory. ram. but i still have a runny nose. [ male announcer ] dayquil doesn't treat that. huh? [ male announcer ] alka-seltzer plus rushes relief to all your worst cold symptoms, plus it relieves your runny nose. [ sighs ] thank you! [ male announcer ] you're welcome. that's the cold truth! woman: what do you mean, homeowners insurance doesn't cover floods? [ heart rate increases ] man: a few inches of water caused all this? [ heart rate increases ] woman #2: but i don't even live near the water.

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and to find out what i'm doing when i'm not that this anchor desk go ahead and tweet me at meghan underscore lopez the breaking the set with abby martin is coming up at six pm and the big picture with tom hartman is coming up at seven i'll see you back here at eight. technology innovation all the developments around we've got the future covered. it. was. a lonely and welcome to cross town peter lavelle republicans and democrats alike tell the american people that they have a stark choice before them in this election year is it really the case does america's two party system monopolize national politics in crowd out real discussion of political issues and does it really matter who is elected president in november. to cross-talk the us political system i'm joined by nicholas carle in sacramento he's a journalist and author of walk away from debt for a better future in washington we have bruce fein he is the founder of the lic field group and american freedom agenda and in frankfurt we crossed to christophe on marshall he is the us bureau chief for spiegel all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in

. >> and with us is meghan murphy from "self" magazine. >> good to see you again. >> we're sporting ourittle pins. >> 20 years, and "self" is so proud to be the founder. >> a lot of people don't know who to associate the pink ribbon with. >> in that 20 years, we made such strides. there's been a 30% reduction in mortality. and a 95% survival rate with early detection. >> and hoda is celebrating that milestone herself. >> thank you. >> so everything on this table, we vetted it so everything is going to the actual charity. >> yes, my skirt too, and this pin, this is is the dream pin, $12.50, and 20% go to the breast cancer research foundation. she is our super hero, and she cofounded the ribbon. so we love her. this is a watch from avon, and $20 and 100% of that money goes to the breast cancer foundation. and fergie is their ambassador and she rocks that. and $10 for the scarf. fun way to show awareness. and 100% goes to the avon breast cancer proceeds. >> diapers or underies? >> you put these over a diaper, they're called ruffle butts, and 50% of that $17 go to the foundation. so fitness

we want to know what you want to cover so send me a tweet at meghan underscore lopez and for now have a great night. for . the world. thank. you. free. education free in-store charge free. range with free. three stooges free. food free board videos for your media projects a free radio don carty dot com. good afternoon welcome to capital account i'm lauren lyster here in washington d.c. these are your headlines for friday october nineteenth the qs federal reserve bomb plotter is in the headlines today as home country of bangladesh reportedly wants details on his case while this may make headlines we'll talk about one aspect of the federal reserve that does not will ask if the fed may arguably be making war easier and more prevalent we'll hear from lou rockwell of the ludwig on mrs institute and we keep hearing about the middle class from the two main contenders for u.s. president. that's how we built the world's greatest middle class this is about bringing good jobs back for the middle class of america. and these candidates these candidates talk about supporting the middle class in ter

for more of the stories we covered go to youtube dot com slash r t america follow me on twitter at meghan underscore lopez and have a great night. technology innovation all the developments around we've got the future covered. good afternoon welcome to capital account i'm lauren lyster here in washington d.c. these are your headlines for october twelfth two thousand and twelve the u.s. vice presidential debate was last night if you missed it here's one of our favorite moments. never going to lower tax rates increase growth brought already you're just getting ronald reagan who. will leave that whole thing to your judgment but we will say campaigning has come a long way since jack kennedy's era though he was part of a paradigm shift where candidates used t.v. to sway public opinion is as similarly powerful transformation now upon us our guest victory lab the author of soft eisenberg says political campaigns have historically been resistant to innovation will tell us how this has changed and we often talk about algorithmic trading what about algorithmic campaigning oh yeah we'll talk about t

the united states is not something you're going to hear about but you can hear about it right here meghan today in just a couple minutes all right well congratulations on a one year we all have seen you guys transform and grow into the show that you are and we we're looking forward to what you have in the future oh well thank you all right and that's going to do it here for now for more on the stories we covered go to youtube dot com slash r.t. america check out our website r t v dot com slash usa i'll see you back here at five. dollars that so much and there's a huge musician. to mark the serial number please as the world faces on supporting different sides fighting the syrian civil war rebel groups within the country struggle to unify. and admission and free accreditation free zones for charges free. range ones free risk free studio tides free. download free broadcast plug in video for your media projects and free media oh god r.t. dot com. i . i i. i.

i say follow me on twitter at meghan underscore lopez good night. governor romney and i we both agree we agree we ought to bring the tax rates down i felt the same as the president did governor romney i'm glad. you agree but let's come back to something the president i agree on and the two you agree that the voters have a choice abscesses when you wondered who to vote for when romney and obama agree on so many things never you do have other options come november sixth tuned in to see the second round of debates between the major third party candidates and i cover thirty of. it's. good afternoon welcome to capital account i'm lauren lyster here in washington d.c. the zeer has lines for friday october twenty sixth two thousand and twelve u.s. g.d.p. picked up in the third quarter beating asked him as the two percent increase was driven by personal consumption and federal government spending according to the commerce department defense spending increased thirteen percent versus a versus a decline of point two percent the prior quarter ok well short ter

meghan. >> it's almost 8:30.g america" and another update in about 30 minutes. ♪ ♪ rise up, king jesus lord and deity ♪ ♪ rise up, king jesus >>> that is the power and praise choir, for our friend, robin roberts. she's at home, recovering from her bone marrow transplant. we have a special guest here, oprah winfrey. >> i'm happy to be here. so glad to hear the choir singing "ain't no mountain high enough." a song that sums up -- >> everything about her. >> happy to know she's already awake this morning. she's already awake. she's watching the show. not only that. but she's going to call in for oprah this morning. we're going to get a chance to hear robin's voice. >> she's calling in for all of us. >> we haven't heard her voice for a long time. >> it's the first time we're going to talk to her on "gma" since she left. we're a news show. and there's no better news than that. >>> also, we've been talking about this morning, six days and counting now. the "gma" halloween superparty spectacular. it's going to be spooky

when meghan has to set the timer in order that they do not fight over the rope swing, i know life is as good as it can get. i started a business in 1975 that has been a foundation for me. when i was nominated i said i will go to all 286 towns all the way to missouri. i did. i am here to tell you i've got to all 382 towns in the 39 counties. i live here. my roots are here. they are going to stay here. >> thank you. each candidate has one minute to answer the question. each will they get 30 seconds of rebuttal time. i have the option to ask a follow-up question of my own. each candidate gets 30 seconds ap's to answer my follow up. we'll also be taking questions on twitter. as you watch this debate, log onto twitter. use the handle ktivelections. this comes from my colleague. >> our national debt topped $16 trillion earlier in the month. for years we heard candidates campaigned on platforms of reducing the national debt only to see little action in washington d.c.. if you are elected, what would you do to help reduce our debt? >> i'll continue down the pack i have been on. i have long p

. >> and with us is meghan murphy from "self" magazine. >> 20 years, and "self" is so proud to be theoney goes to charity. >> yes, my skirt too, and this pin, this is is the dream pin, $12.50, and 20% go to the foundation. she is our super hero, and she cofounded the ribbon. this is a watch from avon, and 100% of the money. and fergie is their representative and she rock it's. this scarf is also 100%. >> you put these over a diaper, they're called ruffle butts, and 50% of that $17 go to the foundation. so finance, too. we know being active and healthy life tile are a great way to reduce your risk of cancer. these are $34, and they're going to give up to $500,000. soccer, i'm a soccer player, puma is project pink. the ball is $11 and 100% is going to charity. these are from asciis. they partnered with christina applegate, also a celebrity endorser, and up to $100,000 will go to her charity. beauty stuff too, this is a super fun lipstick, $34, 100% goes. it comes in -- look at the little charm. philosophy, love them. >> they're a great company. >> 100% goes to charity. it comes with the

. >> my name is meghan and i am with eior. my question is for mr. verma. you said in the beginning of statement that al qaeda has been decimated and you also said, the people of libya are facing a much more free and optimistic situation than they did before the invasion into libya. i just want to raise the specter of something which was already raised earlier which is the recent assassination of our ambassador in benghazi and just a couple of things in my question. just after that general hayden wrote an article pending the responsibility for the security situation which led to the assassination on the precedence invasion of libya, which by the way did not get congressional approval. number two, on capitol hill today, the tenant colonel what is testifying who was part of the last security team there, who said he recommended increasing security because of the deteriorating situation in benghazi. that didn't happen. he and his team are pulled out in the ambassador himself expressed his own fear and worry that he would be targeted and i could go on and on and