i'm joined by a socialist m.e.p. the socialists, huge scenes of jubilation last night. are you going to do it? >> well, definitely we need to do it, because this is what is the solution for france, but also for u.k. and for europe. i have no doubt about it. >> how can you say that? there's a lot of concern in the international markets amongst the politicians elsewhere in europe that a socialist president will just complicate things in difficult economic times. >> this is, this is surprising, because first, look at what nicolas sarkozy has been doing for five years. obviously he didn't do it. now look at all the signals coming out from the i.m.f. and so on, arguing even the "financial times" arguing this is not making it. and third, look at french history. as you mentioned in the beginning, each time the country has been in a desperate situation, it's the left who has fixed the situation. that was true in 1981. that was also true in 1997. >> >> well, it's all very well a promise to fix the situation, but how are you going to fix it? a lot of french voters have complained

district socialist kooties -- socialist kooties. >> andrea: this is harvard law school.egree to understand obama. if i got myself in jail, god forbid, do i call a lawyer and say what class did you take? i want a lawyer that took a classicalled understanding the commerce clause. >> kimberly: respecting the constitution. >> bob: the last time you were in jail, i bailed you out. >> greg: you also got her in jail. >> bob: the course on presidents, they had one on reagan in california. undergraduate is an elective. >> greg: not favorable. if it's a republican president it's never favorable. >> eric: maybe better if obama took understanding the supreme court. >> bob: took a course understanding what socialism is. >> andrea: obama was only a lawyer for 18 months. yeah. >> kimberly: if they want to us understand him, harvard should release his transcript. they only release this much. >> greg: i want to talk about the a.p. headline that asks who is the rich guy? obamney -- it's happening. obama-romney duel over status. took the headline, who is the rich guy and they mention obama

circles these slips for french president failed to convince enough voters now do you think the socialists are tribal there now grow head to head in the second round the new leader will face a tough job of fixing our faltering economy and back hurt on. israel's war and its peace treaty with egypt was in danger after cairo says it terminated a gas export deal over payment and prize to. syria's opposition keeps calls for the mill for military intervention despite the u.n. troops observing mission there please find a little public sympathy with him a country of our correspondent in damascus finds out. now is the french debate and the sack the first round of sunday's presidential election we'll talk to a member of the socialist party in my home he gives his views on the second stage runoff and talks about the huge challenges the country's facing. today we're joined by a good law he's been a member of the french socialist party since one thousand nine hundred seventy he's also been a member of the european parliament from two thousand and four to two thousand and nine and today he's the spokesp

and france is currently the nicolas sarkozy narrowly loses to socialist rival francois hollande in the presidential election first round which will see the pair now go then head to head in a runoff in just under a fortnight the winner will face a tough job of fixing a faltering economy and record unemployment. so as the french debate and dissect the first round of sunday's presidential election we talk now to a member of the socialist party but he gives his views on the second stage runoff and talks about the huge challenges his country is facing right now. so they were joined by a good want a member of the french socialist party since ninety seven he's also been a member of the european parliament from two thousand and four to two thousand and nine and today he's the spokes person of the socialist party that of french presidential candidate francois hollande thank you very much mr for joining us today first question will be of course on the future of france. socialist francois hollande and in common. kind of france are we going to see with the presidency. probably affronts that's much

some of the headlines around here are now taking a blow for nicolas sarkozy losing out the socialist candidate in the first round of the french presidential election the pair set the face off in the second stage in the final not seen becomes the first french new to fail to win the first round one in fifty years. new concern from u.s. soldiers over the pendants of antidepressants during service eight fold increase since two thousand five hundred thousand military personnel affected. and syrian rebels refused to dance two of coron children says to the truth eventually as a way to resolve the conflict the un has deployed three hundred unarmed observers to syria last ditch attempt to oversee a cease fire. that's the french debate under sect the first round of sunday's a presidential election we talked to a member of the socialist party a moment and keeps his views on the second stage right oftentimes not huge challenges the country is facing. today we're joined by a good law he's been a member of the french socialist party since one nine hundred eighty seven he's also been a member of th

today we're joined by a good while he's been a member of the french socialist party since lighting eighty seven he's also been a member of the european parliament from two thousand and four to two thousand and nine and today he's the spokes person of the socialist party of french presidential candidate francois hollande thank you very much on this for joining us today first question will be of course on the future of france there are two top candidates socialist laws and incumbent. what kind of friends are we going to see on the presidency. probably affronts that's a much fairer a much more egalitarian it is today the french one here today is significantly poorer than it was five years ago she's probably lost her influence in the world with for example the failure of the union for the mediterranean she's lost much of her influence in europe and the best example of this is how angela merkel and nicolas sarkozy have agreed on a draft european treaty which is very favorable to german interest and very unfavorable to the interests of the rest of europe. france is mostly very divided with heri

but again it's time for the headlines to blow for nicholas sarkozy of losing out to socialist candidate france well known in the first round of the french presidential election in the past sets of face off in the second stage in a fortnight or so to zee becomes the first french leaders of printing when the first round from him in fifty years. is new concern for u.s. soldiers over the growing dependence on antidepressants during service. eight fold increase since two thousand five hundred thousand military personnel affected. and syrian rebels refused to advance to a foreign to you insisting that military intervention is no way to resolve the deadly conflict. three hundred unarmed observers to syria to content to see a ceasefire. how is the french the bait and sets in sunday's presidential election first round we talked to a member of the socialist party for a moment and gives his view on the second stage runoff and talks about the huge challenges the country is facing. so they were joined by a good one he's going to member of the french socialist party since one nine hundred eighty seve

and france's current leader nicolas sarkozy did not really loses to his socialist rival francois hollande in the presidential election first round which will see the pair go head to head in a runoff in just under a fortnight now the winner will face a tough job of fixing a faltering economy and record unemployment. i'm staying in france next as the french debate and i said the first round of sunday's presidential election we talked to a member of the socialist party. gives his views on the second stage one often talks about the huge challenges this country is facing right now. today we're joined by a good law he's been a member of the french socialist party since one nine hundred eighty seven he's also been a member of the european parliament from two thousand and four to two thousand and nine and today he's the spokesperson of the socialist party that of french presidential candidate francois hollande thank you very much and so much for joining us today first question with of course on the future of france there are two top candidates now socialist francois hollande and income that nicol

sarkozy slips the french president falce to convince enough voters now are losing to a socialist arch rival the pair now go head to head in a second round. israel warns its peace treaty with egypt is in danger after cairo says it's trying to native a gas exports deal over payment and prices. and syria's opposition keeps the calls for military intervention despite the u.n. troops observing mission there please finding little public sympathy within the country. from our studios in central moscow you're watching archie with me and use the now it's good to have you with us four pm here in the russian capital two pm in paris and there's a tight fight for france's top job with president sarkozy narrowly losing in the first round to his socialist rival francois hollande they now have two weeks to win over voters before the runoff polls close are silly a is across the election in the french capital. right now if you look at the numbers it is certainly neck and neck of the a difference between at the top two candidates is very small the right now it's a one point the differences so the questio

a socialist when would definitely be a disappointment for her. her spokesman on monday made it clear the chancellor would continue to support sarkozy through the runoff election may 6. but he said that she will not been making any campaign appearances with him, and most importantly, she will cooperate with whoever happens to be the french president. now, obviously francois hollande is expected to become the french president's. he has a more than 10-point lead, i think. germany is concerned, particularly about european policy. the to expect -- they do expect him to push for economic stimulus, but they also expected to consolidate the fiscal situation. >> was the feeling in berlin about the turnout for the far- right national front? "unsettling," that was the word from the chancellor. 1 number of government said he was relieved there were two strong candidates with strong positions on the selection. there are concerns that nicolas sarkozy over the last couple weeks will reach out to le pen to appeal to the far right by stepping up far-right rhetori

a blow from the cause sarkozy an easy out to socialist candidate francois hollande in the first round of the french presidential election certain face off in the second stage in a fortnight so you can see becomes the first french leader to fail to win the first round more than fifty years. his new concern for u.s. soldiers over growth dependence on antidepressants during service an eight fold increase in a problem since two thousand and five and two thousand and nine affected. and syrian rebels refused to dance to a foreign troop system military intervention is the way to solve the deadly conflict the un is deploying a three hundred unarmed observers to syria last ditch attempt to put oversee a cease fire. but as the french debate on the sector the first round of sunday's presidential election we talked to a member of the socialist party and one hundred one gives his views on the second stage runoff and talks about the huge challenges the country's facing. today we're joined by a good one he's been a member of the french socialist party since one nine hundred eighty seven he's also be

the line from moscow our top stories a blow for nicolas sarkozy losing out to socialist candidate francoise yvonne's in the first round of the french presidential election and now going to a second ballot in a fortnight. israel war and its peace deal with egypt is in jeopardy after cairo scrapped a downside export deal with its neighbor. and syrian rebels refused downstroke foreign turn insisting military intervention is no solution three hundred unarmed un observers are being signed up oversee the cease fire. was a french braid and sacked the first round of sunday's presidential election we talked to a member of the socialist party but not been won one gives his view on the second stage runoff and talks about the huge challenges the country faces. today we're joined by a good one he's been a member of the french socialist party since one nine hundred eighty seven he's also been a member of the european parliament from two thousand and four to two thousand and nine and today he's the spokes person of the socialist party that of french presidential candidate francois hollande thank you very

." >> nicolas sarkozy trails the socialist into the second round of the election. it will go head-to-head in two weeks. we wilsupporters of the far rigt national front, record-breaking marine le pen could hold the key. >> national front voters must be respected. they've made a choice. why insult them? >> hello and welcome to gmt. i am george alagiah, with a world of news and opinion. also in the program -- fears of a new sudanese civil war in the making. the aftermath of a sudanese air raid on the south. burma's parliament opens, but where is aung san suu kyi? her national league for democracy stays away in a row over a single word. it is midday in london, 7:00 a.m. in washington, and 1:00 p.m. in paris, where nicolas sarkozy looks like he will have to fight like he has never fought before after he became the first sitting president to trial in the first round of the election. in the next two weeks, he will go head-to-head with the first place so foolish, francois hollande -- first place socialist, francois hollande. marine le pen is knocked out, but who will her s

his chief rival, the socialist is bland. his rivals call him mr. jell-o.didacy to dominique strauss-kahn. he was the odds-on favorite to lead the socialists to victory until this happened in new york. those charges were dropped, but more recently he has been charged with involvement in a prostitution ring in france. even in this sexually tolerant country, that was too much. >> it was not about a man having affairs, though he is married. >> those are all okay? >> this is okay. it was extreme. it was perceived as sickness. >> reporter: the woman on the left, was the socialist candidate for president in 2007. >> viva, france. >> reporter: back then they were in a long-term relationship. they never married, but had four children. he is now living with a journalist to whom he is also not married. that's okay. it might be an issue in the united states, but not here. how civilized, how french. if you are a french citizen, have no criminal record and are, get this, at least 18 years old, you can run for president of france. the fellow in the bumblebee costume, for

nicolas sarkozy losing out the socialist candidate francois hollande in the first round of the french presidential election such a face off in a second stage nothing like. the last point challenger secures more than twenty eight percent of the vote so with nicolas sarkozy becoming the first incumbent leader to fail to take the lead in the first round of the presidential race in over fifty years join me for more in a few moments. popping happy pills to forget the horrors of war new concern for u.s. soldiers over dependence on sedatives and antidepressants. and syrian rebels refuse to dance to a foreign tube system military intervention is no way to resolve the deadly conflict. on air and online twenty four hours a day you're watching r.t. . because sarkozy and the socialist challenger francois hollande will go head to head in the second round of the french presidential election in two weeks time their final results from the first round show a long one twenty eight point six percent of the vote in sarkozy's twenty seven percent is a first time french president seeking reelection has fai

do you want to be for the socialist america? socialists have kind of come into madison and -- >> oh, yeah! >> it's a fact that we have card-carrying socialists and card-carrying communists in madison -- >> card-carrying communists! i'm telling you, this new law of political science, it holds. and so it was, today down in florida, that video surfaced of this particular communist manifesto making its return to american politics today. >> what percentage of the american legislature do you think are card-carrying marxists or international socialists? >> no, it's a good question. i believe there's about 78 to 81 members of the democrat party that are members of the communist party. >> ahhh! gasps from the crowd. i want a special shout-out to our subtitler for the restraint in not actually writing down, "gasps." that was allen west of florida being very, very specific about exactly how many communists there are in the united states congress. as you heard him say there, "i believe there's about 78 to 81 members of the democrat party th

a blow from the curse sarkozy losing out to a socialist candidate. in the first round of the french presidential election set to face off in the second stage in a fortnight. pull out point challenger secures more than twenty eight percent of the vote so with sarkozy becoming the first incumbent meter to fail to take the lead in the first round of the presidential race in over fifty years join me for more in a few moments. being happy pills to forget the horrors of war new concerns of u.s. soldiers over dependence on seventy's and the presence of. syrian rebels refused to guards to foreign children system but the truth eventually is no way to resolve the deadly conflict. broke lasting live from moscow twenty four hours a day this is r.t. i'm kerry just the top story nicolas sarkozy and socialist challenger runs all along and will go head to head in the second round of the french presidential election in two weeks' time their final results on the first round show that one twenty eight point six percent of the vote against sarkozy's twenty seven is the

when he we come back, french voters face the socialist cliff. will they today, we stand against the tyranny of single mile credirds. battle speech right? may i? [ horse neighs ] or too long, people have settled for single miles. with the capital one venture card, you'll earn doubleiles on every purchase, every day! [ visigoths cheer ] hawaii, here we come. [ alec ] so sign up day for a venture card at capitalone.com. and start earning double. [ all ] double miles! [ brays ] what's in your wallet? can you play games on that? not on the runway. no. >> a struggling economy and high unemployment led nicolas sarkozy to a second place finish in the first round of voting in france's presidential election on sunday. mr. sarkozy is the first incumbent french president to lose a vote in the modern era. finishing behind francois hollande. and joining us with more, matt, what difference will it make if france elects a socialist as president? >> i think the markets will tumble on the promised to tax the rich to the hilt and all kinds of-- >> 75% marginal rat

he's a socialist. here but. for me he is nothing i mean. my knowledge of him is rather shallow and you i have to admit but i mean here i think is boring and the reason for him being you know being number one at the moment is not what mr holland himself it's so i can see all his failures i'm quite sure about and that is that a lot of it really is a good direction for france so go ahead jump in go ahead. yes i agree with the assessment of the lawn and we also have to keep in mind that is hands practically tied that's what i'm getting it on yes when bitter are implemented what he thought was socialism whatever you know thirty years ago within the year the country was bankrupt you know capital moved you know all the way all the way to germany and middle came to the realization we already have one dominating currency in europe that is the doj mark so we might as well just try and rope germany in into a single currency but the economic policies of meet on resulted in a massive capital flight so if for long i

will france jump off the socialist cliff? are there lessons for the united states? welcome to the journal editorial report, i'm paul gigot. the the supreme court waded into another controversial election year issue this week hearing oral arguments on arizona immigration law. the obama justice department sued arizona over that 2010 law, arguing that governor jan brewer violated the constitution's supremacy law, and enforcing federal immigration statutes, are the justice's buying the administration's argument. joining us, wall street editor, paul henninger, and jason riley and joe rago. this is a case about federal versus state power and the supreme court this week, both liberal and conservative justices did not seem very sympathetic to the federal government's argument. >> no, they didn't because arizona very carefully crafted the state law to fit into the federal law. so, really, all they're doing is saying, look, if the police happen to pick up somebody, maybe they need to verify their legal status, that's part of federal immigration law. so-- >> the state is sayin

arts he's sitting down with jerry white socialist equality party presidential candidate for the upcoming twenty twelve election mr right thank you very much for joining our teacher thank you very much bill according to our gallup poll a record number of americans now identify themselves as independents that's actually more than those who identify themselves as democrats or republicans what do you think that says about american politics really central question is for years social opposition has always been channeled back into the democratic party which has presented itself as the people's party right so you had huge protests for example against the iraq war in two thousand and three but then the leadership of those protests quickly put that movement behind first the john kerry campaign then finally the obama campaign. you had the occupy wall street protests an expression initial expression of enormous anger over social inequality the domination of big money over the government the imperviousness of the government to the needs of the population but again the leadership of these movements i

this drumbeat when they are saying socialist, they mean american. they are not talking about an economic strategy. the folks thein americas are the rain. they socialize their pain. they are not serious from the economic theory. they mean this guy is anti-american and this is what we have got to fight back on. who are these people to claim exclusive mandate and owner isship of patriotism? i can find very little evidence these extreme bashlashers love the country at all. when i say i love america, i mean i love the people who live here. the people who live here are every color, every sex walletty and everyienter i love america. we have to start telling these people who is fighting harder for liberty and justice for all than the progressives? we are. not just singing the america the beautiful. who is defending america's beauty from the oil spillers mountaintop removers? who is honoring the statue of liberty when the statue says give me your tired give me your poured, give me your huddled masses? you can't be an anti-immigrant bit bigot. the statue of l

the french socialist party and it's a pretty. significantly poorer than it was five years ago she's probably lost her influence in the world with for example the failure of. she's lost much of her influence in europe and the best example of this is. the sort of agreed on a draft european treaty which is very favorable to german interests and very unfavorable to the interests of the rest of europe france is mostly very defined what we are today. but on the way hair not rolling over the opposition find out why and i start to misapply brain a furious that government went ahead with hosting only one drone pre. there's been a record increase in the use of antidepressants and other prescribed pills among us soldiers and it's seen as a way to help a cyber space supply the brutality of war this concern is merely a sticking plaster from the deep psychological damage suffered by soldiers whose only chance to come has the story. a record number of american troops are on antidepressants according to the u.s. army surgeon general more than on

unemployed so who can take the top job and sold the french people's problems to the latest poll socialist party. believe with about twenty nine percent of the total votes almost want to target the top income earners of the country but he is criticised for this widely perceived lack of experience i truly want to foster a lot is income that you can see he's a deeply unpopular president and one recent poll you would declare with him the most unpopular president of fresh history and his presidency is that marred with one economic crisis after another in the last weeks of campaigning he's turned to more radical rhetoric of just clamping down on immigration putting got some birds out or talking tough when it comes to security matters especially after the incident has also taken on a more confrontational tone towards the european union proposing that france freeze its budget contribution to the e.u. budget currently a third place according to the polls is most of the national front party she has been sticking to it and to immigration platform vowing to cut down the number of legal immigrants to

so if it were to be socialists that win and next year we see the same move in germany, then we have socialist parties running in europe. for me that's good news and what does all of this mean in terms of placing bets and allocating capital? >> europe, while having this debate, where it's going from one crash to another, is not yet the place to invest. that means you'll see more and more money being reallocated away from europe in the rest of the world. which means japan and the u.s. the u.s. is still my favorite place. >> why is it your favorite place? the market is up year to date. a lot of people are talking about whether things are getting froth three to where we are relative to economic data. what do you say about the u.s.? >> well, the economy is so-so. we're going with a 2% growth rate. the important part is that it's stable and coming with very strong earnings growth. so for the next six months, you are fine. we all know the fiscal problem at the end of the year. there won't be any information on this. at this point, for the next six months, this is the safest place to be. >> and becau

pull out of washington and perhaps your presidents as socialist president will give us a little bit more of its republican you know traditions and a dependent voice on the world scale as well as within the european union. and the currency crisis tough cuts. tragically integration. who will be left standing when the people speech. the french election on party. night or moscow will be twenty four hours a day this is r.t. still to come for a chance to live. can suffer as an indian put their hope in a new north to allow western lifesaving medicine to be made locally and cheaper people thousands who otherwise couldn't afford treatment plus will be going to extremes. the rivers and twin drove russia's far north provide two things that's a vital for the people that live here reindeer and fish come and see how life here revolves. in just a few minutes on r.t. . the vast energy resources of the arctic and so far been fought for by the countries bordering the region but now china the world's biggest energy consumer is joining the country's premier is touring europe first stop in iceland where he s

people's problems the latest poll socialist party. you can believe in about twenty nine percent all potential voters almost want to target the top income earners of the country but he is criticized for this widely perceived the lack of experience truly is incumbent people are these are deeply unpopular president and one recent poll even declare him the most unpopular president in history his presidency has been marred with right economic crisis after another the last weeks of campaigning he's turned to more radical rhetoric of just clamping down on immigration putting got some birds out or talking tough when it comes to security matters especially after the incident has also taken on a more confrontational tone. you're proposing that france freeze its budget contribution to the e.u. budget currently a third place according to the polls is most of the national front party she has been sticking to it i'm sorry immigration platform to cut down the number of illegal immigrants to ten thousand here that's down from about one hundred eighty

the french socialist party. is a preview for. the french we heard today is significantly poorer than it was five years ago she's probably lost her influence in the world with for example the failure of the union for the mediterranean she's lost much of her influence in europe and the best example of this is how angela merkel and nicolas sarkozy have agreed on a draft european treaty which is very favorable to german interests and very unfavorable to the interests of the rest of europe. france is mostly very divided as we hear today. but also on the way arundhati rolling over the opposition to find out why a place to activists and a furious they probably went ahead with these two four wheel ones one free. there's been a recording crease in the use of antidepressants and other prescribe pills among us some just want it seen as a way to help service personnel supply the brutality of war there's concern that many a sticking plaster for the deep psychological damage suffered by soldiers and he's going to church again as the story. a r

landscape because he was a tool and an instrument of washington and perhaps the new president's socialist president will give us a little bit more of a republican you know traditions of being an ape and other world scale as well as within the european union. the occurrence of crisis tough cuts. tragic integration. who will be left standing with the people speech. the french election on r.t. . this is r.t. live from moscow with the twenty four hours a day still to come this hour the chance to live cancer sufferers in india put their hope in a new law to allow western lifesaving medicines made locally and cheaper than felsenstein otherwise couldn't afford treatment plus swill be going to extremes. the rivers and twinge of russia's far north provide two things that are vital for the people that live here and fish come and see how my fear revolves around them just a few minutes on r.t. . well that's two to come but first the vast energy resources of the arctic have so far been fought for by the countries bordering the region but now china the world's biggest energy consumer is joining in the