r.t. america. u.s. secretary of state john kerry is in baghdad today where he met with iraqi officials as the isis militants continue their push into baghdad despite that secretary kerry says that president obama has prepared a range of options for iraq in cairo before traveling to iraq kerry had this to say about the present state of both libya and iraq the united states of america is not responsible for what happened in libya nor is it responsible for what's happening

r.t. america. the isis crisis continues as insurgents battled the government for control of iraq's largest oil refinery near to crete the ground near the baiji refinery became a battlefield as troops loyal to the shiite led government held off the isis militants who stormed the perimeter threatening national energy supplies this fight iraqi government calls for the u.s. to help ward off the insurgents with air strikes president obama announced his plans for the u.s. response in the afternoon following a meeting with his national security advisers. air strikes are not in the cards for now however the president says he'll be sending three hundred military advisors to assist air rocky forces in a security and intelligence capacity he is also working to secure the embassy in baghdad by relocating personnel and sending in reinforcements to protect u.s. facilities the president also said the u.s. will increase its intelligence and reconnaissance efforts to better understand isis the u.s. has already sent

r.t. america. if you've looked around the streets of your own hometown and maybe you've seen stuff that looks like it came out of a war zone well get used to it a new report by the a.c.l.u. finds that police forces throughout the u.s. are arming their long foresman agents with weapons and tactics of war this has not come without consequence though last month a three year old baby boy was badly burned when a swat team accidentally dropped a flash grenade into his crib while searching for someone suspected of making a fifty dollars drug sale and back in two thousand and twelve a similar raid saw police throw a flash grenade into the bedroom of a sleeping twelve year old girl she was also badly burned and both incidents swat deployments were not sent out to deal with some sort of emergency situation but rather they were used to search homes for drugs in fact they say oh you found that sixty two percent of swat deployments were hunting for drugs and it's not only that innocent people are getting caught

r.t. america we begin today with the latest in iraq president obama met with top congressional leaders today to discuss ramping up u.s. involvement in the country white house officials stress that several options remain on the table and no decision has been made iraq's foreign minister says is formally ask the u.s. to launch air strikes against the militant group isis the president has reportedly for now ruled that out as an immediate option according to the wall street journal the concern is that the u.s. u.s. commanders don't have the intelligence needed to determine clear battlefield targets meanwhile there's been no shortage of criticism regarding president obama's handling of the conflict particularly from the right just yesterday former vice president dick cheney and daughter liz wrote a wall street journal op ed accompanied by a video for one of their new nonprofit advocacy groups called alliance for a strong america take a listen to their critique of president obama. the policies of the last six years that left america diminished and weakened our enemies no longer fear us our allies

r.t. is america david has the story. it's a technology the most people only know from the movies the people or the media. it's your turn you can tyra banks of the random. they're known as smart guns personalize handguns that can only be fired by the authorized user turning the movies into a new reality take the i p one pistol it's a gun that comes with a special wristwatch that uses radio frequencies to identify the user before it fires but perhaps even smarter than that is the intel a gun a system which completely secures your gun and unlocks it only after recognizing your fingerprint and while those weapons are already available on the market the fully operational james bond like technology is currently in the works it said we could understand who you were literally by the way that you gripped the gun while you were pulling the trigger and so it was the most unobtrusive google approach is because we are identifying you by the characteristic biometric of your pressure pattern it's a biometric system that's being develop

r.t. america. overnight clashes with shiite militia men in iraq leave forty four dead and much of the city in the hands of sunni militants from the islamic state in iraq and syria or better known as isis president obama has already deployed two hundred seventy five u.s. armed forces to iraq to provide support and security for u.s. personnel at the embassy in baghdad officials within the administration say that the u.s. is also considering air strikes on areas now controlled by the insurgents along with sending one hundred more troops to further train the iraqi forces as the clashes in book continue government forces are focused on regaining control of the very strategic city it's the last city between isis insurgents and the capital baghdad as the sunni al qaeda offshoot push the shiite government further south with fewer and fewer government strongholds in the country but just who is this group who is isis we're hearing so much chatter about this organization but how powerful are they really i was

r.t. america called redacted tonight thanks for being with us lee of course any allegations about abuse or corruption of any host country should be taken seriously but how can we ignore the blatant coincidence of harsher critics for some countries and not for others. but i can tell you this you know the stereotype about americans and me being american the stereotype is that we know absolutely nothing of the countries that are in america and soccer or football as it's called most places and unfortunately one of those two things holds true for me i literally know more about wolverine and the x.-men than i know about football and wolverine is it real. is there always something that you can find to rip apart a country if that's what the goal is yeah i guess specially when you kind of know nothing about that country if you were to say to your average american something about brazilian soccer players they'd probably say wow that sounds like a lot how many is a brazilian ok monley you don't think any americans are going to go to the world cup in brazil. i'm sure you can find seven or eight they m

r.t. america three hundred american special forces are prepping to head into iraq as president obama announced yesterday saying they'll be in the war torn nation solely for advising roles but while the president emphasized the forces will not be returning to combat loyal followers of anti-american shiite cleric will talk to al assad or warn that an attack on those american soldiers would be eminent secretary of state john kerry will also be in route to the region beginning this weekend hoping to broker peace talks among shiite sunni and kurdish leaders also increasing pressure on iraq's prime minister was iraq's shiite spiritual leader grand ayatollah ali sistani. who today called for a new more effective government as the isis sunni militants continue the attack on the big oil fields isis has also seized a former chemicals weapons complex with a stockpile of munitions although the u.s. state department says that there are new civil joining me now to talk about the sectarian violence in the region is adjunct professor at georgetown law school dawood carolla professor thank you so much for join

r.t. america today marks the two year anniversary since weiqi leaks founder julian assange has been holed up at the ecuadorian embassy in london the forty two year old australian sought refuge at the embassy to avoid extradition to sweden for a four year old sexual assault claim against him a claim that a songe vehemently refutes artie's pauline boyko is in london with more. step out of one of the world's most famous department stores and there's always a policeman nearby they're not worried about shoplifters but the perpetual presence of one man inside that building is to his since june in the sun so refuge in london's ecuadorian embassy inside a bottom floor flat in this red brick mansion in that time the wiki leaks editor in chief has still managed to run for the australian senate and become the subject of a hollywood film he's also had to share the title of the world's most famous whistleblower off the n.s.a. contractor edward snowden revealed details of mass government surveillance programs last year two years inside the building for a son also means two years camped outside it for t

r.t. america. like a scene out of a movie just weeks before blackwater guards killed seventeen iraqi civilians in baghdad back in two thousand and seven the government security contractor was under investigation and investigation that was cut short new revelations of a death threat against the government's chief investigator have now emerged according to documents obtained by the new york times blackwater manager daniel carroll met with special agent john ritter and state department manager analyst donald thomas jr to discuss their investigation into the firm's sub standard dining hall facilities and that's when carol allegedly said i can kill you right now where you sit and no one's going to do a thing about it because of where we're at now that's according to richard official statement of course and donald thomas corroborated his story and said in his own statement that blackwater went on to say i could shoot you and kill you here in iraq and no one would do anything about it because that's the w

r.t. america insurgents are now closing in on baghdad the latest reports show that isis and offshoot of al qaeda are closing in on the volatile country's capital and just this week alone isis captured key cities across iraq including mosul and to create a sensually eliminating the border between iraq and syria president obama held a press conference earlier today where he put a war weary nation at ease stating that the u.s. would not be placing boots on the ground and confirmed that other options are on the table but he didn't rule out military action completely take a listen. the united states is not simply going to involve itself in a military action in the absence of a political plan. by the iraqis that gives us some assurance that they're prepared to work together we're not going to allow ourselves to be dragged back into a situation in which while we're there we're keeping a lid on things and after enormous sacrifices by us as soon as we're not there suddenly people end up acting in ways that are not conducive to the long term stability and prosperity of the country and critics of ira

r.t. america we begin tonight with the latest on the crisis in iraq today the u.s. announced that two hundred seventy five u.s. armed forces are deploying to the country to provide support and security for u.s. personnel and them to see in baghdad the forces deploying for the purpose of protecting u.s. citizens and property and if necessary it is equipped for combat this comes just after the violence that's been sweeping the country as insurgents game a stronger foothold in the north. one by one iraqi cities are falling to an islamist militant group that's determined to move forward in taking control of baghdad blue dots shown here are cities that isis has seized recently last week mosul and to create fell to rebel fighters and just yesterday militants took control of tal afar which is just west of mosul the takeover of came just as sunni militants claim that they had massacred seventeen hundred iraqi security forces and in doing so they posted graphic pictures of a mass execution and to create as evidence and warning of more killing to come back here in washington

r.t. america. we begin today with the latest in iraq today iraqi security officials said an army helicopter had been shot down during clashes with islamic militants west of baghdad violence is sweeping the country as insurgents gain a strong stronger foothold in the north. one by one iraqi cities are falling to an islamist militant group that's determined to move forward in taking control of baghdad the blue dots show the cities isis seize recently last week mosul and to create fell to rebel fighters and just yesterday militants for control of tal afar which is just west of mosul the takeover of tal afar comes just as sunni militants claimed they had massacred seventeen hundred iraqi security forces in doing so they posted graphic pictures of a mass execution in decreed as evidence and warning of more killing become back here in washington the state department announced yesterday that it had reinforced the security at the u.s. embassy and was relocating some of the u.s. embassy staff to more stable

r.t. america. we begin today with the latest in iraq a suicide bomber has blown himself up missed a gathering of people in baghdad shiite slum of sadr city killing at least fifteen people meanwhile islamist insurgents have seized to create a city that's situated one hundred fifty miles north of the capital this is a major game for as long as rebels who just yesterday captured the city of mosul to create which has a population of about two hundred sixty thousand people is the hometown of former iraqi leader saddam hussein the insurgents represent a group known as isis or the islamic state of iraq and a lot to talk about the security situation along with the very latest foreign affairs stories making headlines i was joined earlier by retired marine jake deliver tow he is also a political researcher at the university of birmingham in the u.k. i first asked him about the people who make up isis and the extent of their control in iraq and neighboring countries. isis is primarily a group of domestic iraq

r.t. america we begin today with the ongoing battle over water in the motor city in an effort to balance its books the city of detroit has begun shutting off water access to residents behind on their payments and already thousands of detroiters have been affected our t. is one of the very few networks on the ground in detroit and our very own megan lopez has a story. it is one of the most essential elements of life. americans enjoy some of the cleanest and most abundant water in the world but what happens when the pipes are turned off and the tap runs dry how am i supposed to wash my child while my foot the shower myself in the largest american city to ever file for bankruptcy residents are falling behind on their water bills now facing five billion dollars in bad debt the water department is taking drastic measures to plug holes and that means cutting water we send out forty six thousand lower forty six thousand shuttle motors and their. all of those forty six thousand showed up notices about forty five hundred were actually shut off some of the city's most vulnerable are scrambling to find

r.t. america. u.s. secretary of state john kerry is in baghdad today where he met with iraqi officials as the isis militants continue their push into baghdad despite that secretary kerry says that president obama has prepared a range of options for iraq in cairo before traveling to iraq kerry had this to say about the present state of both libya and iraq the united states of america is not responsible for what happened in libya nor is it responsible for what's happening in iraq today the united states shed blood and worked hard for years to provide iraqis the opportunity to have their own governments meanwhile back stateside senator rand paul is weighing in on the subject that kentucky senator feels that the u.s. has turned parts of the middle east into quote a jew hottest wonderland take a listen we went into libya we got rid of that terrible could offer you know what should she hardish wonderland over there is she ought to everywhere if we were to get rid of assad it would be a jihad is wonderland in

r.t. america we begin tonight with the latest in ukraine the country's national guard is refuting reports that phosphorus ammunition was used against civilians in the southeast part of the country overnight on thursday anti-government forces and local media claimed that a village near slovyansk had been attacked with fire bombs which may have been phosphorous based his former british army officer charles shoe bridge on the incident. i've seen the video i've looked at it closely it does indeed tolerate what one might say of the whole science a whole box of white phosphorous use for example a very bright light but in and multiple burns coming down from the sky it's an episode weapon that's been used such as a mortal props an aircraft and then of course again the telltale still burning and videos are seen in the daytime showing actually this very tactile why it's a gray smoke so what force was being used it's an alarming development of course it needn't necessarily be legal but it depends on the usage of consent and that's exactly why of course love all of and indeed other people even from t

r.t. america we begin today with the young going battle over water in detroit earlier this year the detroit water and sewage department announced it would begin shutting off water services to fifteen hundred to three thousand customers every week if their water bills were not paid and just last week the city approved an increase in the price residents would have to pay for water now a coalition of activists is pushing back by appealing to the u.n. high commission for human rights to intervene on behalf of the bankrupt city's most vulnerable citizens to break all of this down earlier i spoke with artie's make a lopez who is on the ground in detroit i first asked her why residents are having such a hard time paying for these bills. when you're really depends on who you ask if you ask the folks at the detroit water and through our department they'll tell you that people are simply putting these bills on the back burner and giving precedence to some of the other bills that might me shut off more immediately things like. your cable bill or your electricity bill because in the past we really have

r.t. america and check out our website r t dot com slash usa you can also follow me on twitter at manila chan have a great weekend. on america in the financial world. to see these developments coming on stop and see very slowly take you through. the life there are are there. only harris was born in illinois and grew up to be a pro football player he signed a twenty three million dollar contract in two thousand and seven alone with the kansas city chiefs he made a lot of money and then in two thousand and thirteen he became a member of the illinois senate representing the fifteenth district where according to the illinois state constitution state representatives are required to live in the district they represent so senator harris can by law should live in the fifteenth district but much of that district just poor and senator harris is an x. football player who is god for earth so what's a politician to do the answer to that is now being questioned by the chicago tribune you see sen harris he lives in a crappy townhouse on a pot holed stretch of road behind a strip mall in harvey it's a city i

r.t. america while president obama isn't fairing well in public opinion polls these days according to a new c.n.n. o.r.c. international survey the president's disapproval rating is exactly the same as his predecessors fifty one percent but he likely has an even higher disapproval rating amongst republicans ever since tackling universal health care obama's been facing an uphill battle from a conservative house of representatives and today that pushback continues extending well beyond congress take the south dakota republican party among the many political imperatives identified by the party this past weekend one of them was actually impeaching president obama delegates and the party's general convention and rapid city voted one hundred ninety one to one seventy six just by a small margin in favor of the measure which claims of the present. has violated his oath of office in numerous ways discuss what the south dakota republican party is primarily taking issue with here i spoke earlier with south dakota republican party communications director robert burgess i first asked him about the rough

r.t. america needs to be very aware of what is going on because what is happening will be china will be paying for they cast probably in rubles and so consequently. what will happen between these two countries is that they will be trading in their in their own respective currencies consequently they will not be holding u.s. dollars as a result previously what you had to do was to say let's go and buy some u.s. dollars and use that for paying for they cast over in russia and that may not happen in this particular case because i think both countries want to move away from holding too much in the way of u.s. dollars on life at the moment one wealthy man has launched an extravagant social experiment which he's calling an epic scavenger hunt that's the hides money to places impose clues on twitter the game is already sport of gold rush in california more details just a click away. also three d. printing technology is hitting new highs as it now offers the possibility of creating the first artificial blood vessels on this medical breakthrough had to call. your friends post a photo from a vacation yo

r.t. america. well today marks one year since the beginning of what's been called the most consequential leak of classified information and u.s. history on june fifth of two thousand and thirteen americans learned about twenty nine year old former n.s.a. contractor edward snowden that day the first story based on documents he released was published and the world was forever changed artie's marina port takes a look back on the year of snowden what first looked like a domestic problem for americans a secret order requiring variety's it to turn over records on its one hundred million customers to the national security agency turned out to be a global penned up to con targeting everyone breaking news overnight about just how much of our personal lives of the government has been secretly surveilling the government has been perhaps unlawfully breaching the public's privacy in the name of national security edward snowden blew the whistle one year ago on america's fight agency even if you're not doing anyt

r.t. dot com. america's top business lobbies are ready to launch an ad campaign to stop their government from imposing another set of sanctions on russia washington's threats have been echoed by it's now while the measures are designed to damage russia's economy they could also hurt american business marina forty nine explains. as the u.s. and its western allies consider a third round of economic sanctions against russia two of the biggest u.s. business organizations are publicly warning that the move would create long lasting damage to america's economy the u.s. chamber of commerce and the national association of manufacturers are running advertisements right now in the new york times the wall street journal and washington post saying the only effect of additional sanctions would be to bar u.s. companies from foreign markets and business opportunities to firms from other countries u.s. companies fear that even temporary targeted sanctions against russia would damage their export markets and poison relations

get more perspective on america's aid offer to ukraine from surgery to foreign affairs editor of chronicles think if he thinks about his trip courage for talking to us here on r.tinternational as we can see america is ready to pour millions into the ukrainian military and because ukrainian army is in the sorry state so to speak but and on the other hand why shouldn't take help work camp. well first of all there is less than meets the eye because there is no commitment supply the so-called legal aid in other words when obama mentions night goggles and the like and training is obviously the locked and go away and supply of you make me a military of heavy weaponry and that the kind of. if we meant that serious you'd get the balance of nice having said that i would also expect what a shame co who shockingly gets the structures and what to do and how to proceed see everybody talks about the ukrainian president he liked as if he were a decision maker inches on the right that is really not the case because our cia director generals visit and then us vice presidents visit here and the subsequent strategizing f.b.i. and cia advisors in the ukrainian capital. we're looki

r.t. correspondent marina portnoy. america's costly loss has turned into a big gain for its number one global competitor chinese auto parts dealer the want shang group has purchased a deep funk to the u.s. electric car company that actually failed to pay back nearly one hundred forty million dollars to american taxpayers before declaring bankruptcy to school automotive receive the federal funds you want to see energy department's advanced technology vehicles manufacturing loan program and shortly after getting cash in hand the company collapsed one chang group acquired fisker its saturday supplier and the patents in the u.s. bankruptcy auction painting one hundred forty nine point two million dollars the chinese company reportedly plans to turn around and sell the same plug in car to u.s. markets by the end of the year now the irony of the situation is that one chang's founder are chinese billionaire has reportedly been trying to break into the auto industry for decades turns out the opportunity came courtesy of a washington wit

r.t. america special coverage begins tomorrow starting at four pm don't miss it.and attorney general eric holder announced this week the creation of a new justice department task force and titled the domestic terrorism executive committee its mandate is to combat the threat of homegrown terrorists within the united states citing the boston marathon bombings last year and the two shooting incidents at fort hood texas as examples of the escalating danger of domestic terrorism hold or a stated as the nature of the threat we face evolves to include the possibility of individual radicalization via the internet it is critical that we return our focus to potential extremists here at home holder also noted that the task force will focus on individuals within our borders motivated by anti-government sentiments and racial prejudice as well we roland a staff attorney at the a.c.l.u. responded to holder's statements by saying the attorney general holder's announcement that the new task force will focus on evidence of anti-government animus and racial intolerance raises concer

r.t. international. america needs to be very aware of what is going on because what is happening will be china will be paying for that that's probably in rubles and so consequently. what will happen between these two countries is that they will be trading in their in their own respective currencies consequently they will not be holding u.s. dollars as a result previously what you had to do was to say let's go and buy some u.s. dollars and use that for paying for they cast over in russia and that may not happen in this particular case because i think both countries want to move away from holding too much in the way of u.s. dollars in annual cyber conference devoted to countering surveillance has found its credibility in question over the summit's guest list invitations to the meeting in stockholm missed out whistleblower edward snowden or any of the journalists who covered his leaks but the move didn't go down well with those on twitter where a stream of sarcasm and anger was directed at the organizers of the for

r.t. america begin tonight with breaking news a school shooting at seattle pacific university details are forthcoming but at this point authorities say that at least four people have been injured police say that one man and one woman have suffered life threatening injuries while two others are in stable condition the shootings took place in otto miller hall which houses the division of computer science engineering math and physics there are reports that one suspect is in custody but it's unclear whether there are multiple shooters or more on this story make sure to get updates from our t dot com slash usa. and today marks one year since the beginning of what's been called the most consequential leak of classified information in u.s. history on june fifth of two thousand and thirteen americans learned about twenty nine year old former n.s.a. contractor edward snowden that day the first story based on documents he released was published and the world was for ever changed artie's lindsey france takes a look back on the year of snowden. one year ago today the guardian newspaper published a re

r.t. america we begin today with a look at one of the u.s. is most secretive detention facilities and no this is not about one ton of obey unbeknown to many on the outskirts of the massive bhangra airfield base in afghanistan there is something called the parwan detention facility it's a u.s. run prison that right now holds about fifty inmates we don't know much about these prisoners because the government has refused to publicly disclose information on them but what we do know is that they are not afghans however they are officially the last prisoners the u.s. has in captivity in relation to the afghanistan war and now with president obama announcing a plan for troop withdrawal the question of their fate has again resurfaced the prisoners had posed quite a predicament for the department of defense which had been strategizing what to do with them before the twenty fourteen troop pullout but now. that we know many u.s. troops will still likely be in afghanistan beyond two thousand and fourteen what does it mean for the timeline of closing down

r.t. america special coverage begins tomorrow starting at four pm don't miss it. relatives of three u.s. citizens killed by american drone strikes have decided not to appeal a federal judge's dismissal of a lawsuit they filed against the obama administration the drone strikes occurred in yemen in two thousand and eleven the victims include a radical muslim cleric anwar a lockie who was born in the u.s. his sixteen year old son abdul rahman. and son mir come on back in april federal judge rosemary collyer for the district court of washington d.c. dismissed the case ruling that court should hesitate before deciding to hold a government official personally responsible for violating a so it's constitutional rights in the context of a wartime action now. the father of anwar locky says he has lost faith in the american courts here's what he had to say about the court's dismissal although the court failed to fulfill its role in this case my family and i continue to hope that answers to our questions about why our son and grandson were killed will someday see the light of day and that there may

r.t. international i mean o'neill. america is ready to use our power in iraq that was the president obama who said any action will be precise targeted to help us militants are currently sweeping across the country to help combat the threat washington sending three hundred military advisers there. to help the story for us president obama is leaving the door open for further action saying that the u.s. is prepared to take targeted military action if the violence in iraq spirals further out of control because of our increased intelligence resources we're developing more information about potential targets associated with. them going forward we will be prepared to take targeted and precise military action if and when we determine that the situation on the ground requires now that's a complicated gamble because u.s. intelligence agencies are having a difficult time identifying possible targets including insurgent encampments training camps weapons caches and other stationary supplies and the u.s. president says allow iraq to turn i

r.t. dot com. rage in communities across america after revelations that local police forces are getting heavy duty military equipment washington says it's using surplus hardware from its overseas wars to bolster security at home but some americans fear their neighborhoods are now turning into war zones of their own miniport miles got the story. well as america can use winding down its longest streak of war soldiers are returning home and so is their military arsenal a used armored vehicle that will be used during swat calls and other emergency situations nine foot tall mine resistant trucks specifically designed to survive roadside bomb attacks are parked all throughout the u.s. local and state police departments have acquired more than four hundred m. wraps and silencers and tens of thousands of m. sixteen machine guns and night vision equipment the new paradigm is it's the military paradigm militarized police and the problem with that is when they look at american sort of golf and they see only combatants this is all made possible through america's military transfer program created in the ninety

r.t. obtains a video apparently showing ukrainian artillery fire close to russia's border. poland's foreign minister gets caught up in a leak scandal as an alleged conversation saying the nation's been pandering to america is published by a magazine. and r.t. office is raided by israeli defense forces as part of a crackdown on the palestinian territories. are you watching r.t. international now is a man who's changed our vision of the world and is among america's most wanted this day a year ago former n.s.a. employee edward snowden landed in russia his asylum ends next month and it's still not clear what's next for him but for now his whereabouts are shrouded in mystery and he's worried that the white house won't let him go so easily. looks at how he managed to slip through washington sphinx. c.n.n. now has the word that edward snowden has left hong kong there are many questions about why snowden is able to stay one step ahead of american authorities snowden is reported to be on a flight to moscow in the arrivals hall of moscow's airport sector a terminal on june twenty third two thousand and thirteen this is where that flight from hong kong with edward snowden on board a right. these doors were surroun

think might be coming in the future a future where america's local police forces will be prepared for war but who will they be warring against marina r.t. you know it's serious when a former police chief is worried that local officers across america getting geared up for war retired captain ray lewis sided with protesters after officers pepper sprayed peaceful demonstrators that knock you by wall street rally twenty eleven he told us that one probably wants police have more fire power and military gear their crackdowns could become more brutal than ever. high caliber weapons are extremely dangerous they have a very high ricocheting velocity and that means that innocent people are going to get killed and injured they will be shot they can go through doors they can go through cinder block they can go through metal car doors and this type of velocity is not necessary think of kent state. where they shot so many and killed so many innocent people and they were not high caliber weapons can you imagine a massacre that would take place at full force or had high caliber weapons they will sell this high equipment to prepare the maintenance for