st. petersburg, florida. before the break we asked true or false, it's important to match your dog's nutrition to his activity level. let's go to bryan with the answer. >> the answer is true. the riga diet of high fat and proseen can help. find out more at proplan.com. >> lots of good information there for dog owners and you think about nutrition and wanting to make sure your best friend's doing well, proplan.com has a lot of good information. >> i spoke to bryan earlier today and he had a lot of mazing things that i didn't know about. i have two rescue dogs and he got me up to speed how the nutrition works. and here's dotcom, cracker, bailey and >> dotcom in the black first out of the start gate. first through the tunnel. all the way through the course. followed up by cracker. but wow, he just accelerate and flips open and there you go. that's our camera we look at to see who goes through the tunnel first, second and third in order to advance. pretty clean race on that one of the we have our top three dogs g

st. petersburg, florida. the top dogs from the east compete for the remaining spots for the national championships in st. louis. you're watching the "purina proplan incredible dog challenge" next. temperatures in the mid 80s on a beautiful day here in saint pieceersberg, florida. we're ready for the "purina proplan incredible dog challenge". >> hey, everyone. welcome to spa beach park and i'm trace joined and the eastern regional championships. you see the dedication and the passion and the entertainment side. but perhaps what people don't understand these guys are like olympic athletes >> they truly are. they put in the time and the practice and the repetition and all of that in order to compete at "purina pro plan incredible dog challenge" level -- at "purina pro plan incredible dog challenge" level of and the bond and the team work that we see between these pairs that gives you the great performances you'll see out on the field. >> throughout the hour we'll see the jack hustle racing and the diving dogs but

st. petersburg. >> a coalition partner quits the greek government. >> antigovernment protests in brazil gain even more momentum. now imagine being taken on a tour of an art exhibition and then demanding the curators hand over the artwork -- or as the german chancellor argues, hand back the pieces looted by the russians following the second world war. >> earlier today, there were reports president vladimir pugh 10 had canceled exactly such a tour with his german opposite, angela merkel, to a museum in st. petersburg because she was planning precisely such demands. reports of the cancellation, pewter and said nothing had been called off and that the pre-agreed itinerary would be followed after all. lex the pair did tour the exhibition, merkel did make her demands, and this has taken away the focus from the real reason she is there -- and international economic forum. >> the two leaders' smiles concealed and economic class. the dispute over vladimir puget and angela merkel's joint visit to st. petersbur

st. petersburg. >> a coalition partner quits the greek government. >> antigovernment protests in brazil gain even more momentum. now imagine being taken on a tour of an art exhibition and then demanding the curators hand over the artwork -- or as the german chancellor argues, hand back the pieces looted by the russians following the second world war. >> earlier today, there were reports president vladimir pugh 10 had canceled exactly such a tour with his german opposite, angela merkel, to a museum in st. petersburg because she was planning precisely such demands. reports of the cancellation, pewter and said nothing had been called off and that the pre-agreed itinerary would be followed after all. lex the pair did tour the exhibition, merkel did make her demands, and this has taken away the focus from the real reason she is there -- and international economic forum. >> the two leaders' smiles concealed and economic class. the dispute over vladimir puget and angela merkel's joint visit to st. petersbur

st. petersburg police department sexual crimes unit. doesn't know it yet but the case is about to change her life. >> when the impulse would strike him, and the opportunity was there, he would act. >> i'm looking at every female i found attractive. >> mary o'toole is looking for reasons of his sexual cravings. >> my wife and i were sexually active almost every night. >> there's not just one motive, there are multiple motives. he wanted to make sure that the victim understood that he was absolutely in control. >> you're following women and then targeting them. it really sounds very predatory. do you know what i mean when i say the word predatory? >> yes. >> would you agree with that? >> yes. a lion is a little bit hungry but not really on the hunt yet but all of a sudden he sees the meal. predator sees the opportunity and takes it and that makes you a predator. >> first victim in florida is sleeping in her apartment when rhodes breaks in, in the middle of the night. >> i saw a woman, i thought, through a window. i opened the screen and w

st. petersburg. i've been rushed off my feet, i tell you. >> i saw those pictures earlier. my only question, i hope you beat -- >> we didn't have a chance to finish the game, unfortunately. i think we may have a rematch given the way west ham have been playing recently i'm hoping i might have the advantage in the competition. as i say, we've been very busy here. a lot of conversations here. a lot of conversations are focused on the same topic you're talking about. tightness in monetary markets. and what impact that's having on the way that the russian economy is performing. and whether change at the helm of the central bank, there should be some easing of monetary conditions here. let me start off by playing you a little bit of the conversation that i had with a former finance minister. he thinks the government is out of touch at the moment with the changes that are taking place in the economy. let's listen to what he said. >> the government in my mind is not fully appreciating the changes in the eco

to the visit of robert kraft to st petersburg in his super bowl ring. there is a meeting here of shaking of hands a ring passed from one person to the next was it a gesture that he gave you the ring. you thought it was a very nice ring you said thank you very much and i will give a gift in kind let's clear up this international question of intrigue that's been circulating for the last ten days thank you. but. it's. cool that. you were handed over. the shock value for mr kraft and for all objective. situations make our. i will. ask. our manufacturer. produce. thank. you very good match. these objects from generation to generation. that is being represented by mr khan i'm going that this is going to be. smartest and most. like resolution of this very international capital punishment of thank you. thanks for allowing me to host the presentation the keynote address to mr putin such as america thank you very much also for your words of wisdom in terms of your speech and taking the questions i wish you could take more questions from the floor we had an issue

there are very few full size but will pitches in moscow and st petersburg which are available to the public also given the countries under a blanket of snow for around five months also doesn't help here for youngsters often have to make do with confined spaces which certainly helps to improve the technical side of the game given that they have so little time among. the final was eventually won by the moscow side climb talks to four who were obviously going to be on the list i just want you want to win and thankfully everything went our way it was really nice to play with my friends and winning was just an added bonus. not to be on. being one of the sixteen months chance program which picks the best up and coming footballers from our i'm a globe he's due to have trials with a czech club sponsor prague as he looks to fulfill his dream of becoming a professional footballer not bad for a kid who started by playing with sports in his own backyard richard pombo please r.t. moscow i find let's look back at the top flight football action as constantine picks the best goals of two thousand an

st petersburg. now back to our top story in mass rallies with thousands protesting president morsi policies of cairo's tahrir square marking his one year in power opposition activists are demanding the resignation of the misleader let's now get more from artie's bill true who is in the egyptian capital for us well bell tensions obviously arising in egypt with the opposition promising a second revolution there what more can you tell us. all right now as you can probably see behind me and try raising. the face crash at least tens of thousands of people have gathered today to say to president mohamed morsi they say he must leave in the background you can hand sean to child which means please leave go out they said this is a make or break day they find out by speaking to protesters they told me that nothing's changed in the last year they got a claim the economy worsening fuel and water shortages of bread prices and horizon rights groups are reporting that abuse is so still that the police haven't been

round according to the deal signed two years ago this shipyard in st petersburg will play a vital role in the fabrication of vessels the section built here will soon had to france for completion before making the return journey to enter the service in russia's navy although there's no champagne available to celebrate here today because a bottle of it was just smashed on the new ship or rather on this section of a new ship it's still a big day for a big ship law on the mistral course warships have enough capacity to carry sixteen helicopters up to forty tanks or armored vehicles and around six hundred troops and a range of around forty thousand kilometers the equivalent of a single trip around the entire globe and what's even maybe more important if it is a multipurpose vessel if. this ship is like a swiss knife it can be used both for military and civilian purposes it's a hospital it's a command point it's an assault ship and it's a headquarters we would be great for each of our four fleets to have that ship however the purchase of the two ships is not without its critics some of russi

in st petersburg coming up after the break it's worlds apart with host of. south carolina is playing around with the idea of using shame plates which are license plates that can display special messages the department of motor vehicles would have complete access to all these plates and be able to display text on them like suspended uninsured amber alert or stolen you know i actually don't mind the idea of using shame as a punishment i guess it could be a real deterrent to have drunken loser written over the license plate of someone who drinks and drives in fact drugged driving plates have been in place in some states for a while but the problem is that more often than not shame penalties aren't the punishment for a crime but just a bonus one in my native ohio you can go to jail for three to thirty days and have your license suspended for one to three years for driving which is a brutal punishment in a country where everyone drives to work you see people are already punished for drunk driving and in america when you pay your debt to society i.e. you get out o

the first part of a long awaited addition to russia's sea fleet has been unveiled in st petersburg the stern of the heavyweight mistral ship will now be sent to france to be fully assembled artie's very often ocean it takes a look at what this naval deal means for moscow and paris. this. morning usually we might also. according to the deal signed two years ago this shipyard in st petersburg will play a vital role in the fabrication of vessels the section built here will soon had to france for completion before making the return journey to enter the service in russia's navy although there's no champagne available to celebrate here today because a bottle of it was just smashed on the new ship or rather on base section of a new ship it's still a big day for a big ship as high as a fifteen story building and around two hundred meters long the mistral class warships have enough capacity to carry sixteen helicopters up to forty tanks or armored vehicles and around six hundred troops and a range of around forty thousand kilometers the equivalent of a single trip around the entire globe and wh

stay tuned for more interesting news coming here from st petersburg economic forum ok thanks very much indeed. now the e.u. is heading in the wrong direction more europeans are feeling according to recent polls and it's fronts the blocs founding member and traditional driving force where disenchantment with the united europe is rising. well let's have a look at some of the figures nearly two thirds of french people questioned by gallup this month said they were unhappy with where the is taking them. concerned by the rise of germany as a political force and feel that brussels has mishandled europe's financial crisis and also soaring unemployment is fueling french your skepticism it comes as president francois loans approval rating plummeted almost two fold since he took the top job last year fifty eight percent to thirty two percent well french far right political leader marine le pen says france needs an open debate on its relations with the e.u. . but the boat. first of all you need to understand the french do not really talk about this both e.u. and the euro a common currency virtual

in st petersburg. coming up we continue our report on u.s.war veterans stay with us here on our way. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and realize that everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm sorry welcome to the big picture. wealthy british style. is no time to write. to. market why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy cars report on our. this is for headaches this is for sleep this is a tranquilizer too if i have any episodes xanax caused blackouts and it's not just. because of him which is pretty nightmare because i can't get off of it. and vilified it is kind of. true for america sometimes i have episodes for i won't be able to. i think something will trigger me and which i'll just keep on working and working and working. for like seventy two hours just so exhausted. and i can take. a show out or. something i very much. like the fridge you gave me i could have made a lot more money out of

st petersburg. america's list of most wanted terrorist just got a little shorter as we report on our website to find out how a somali group with links still caught a last of stop commanders one of them with a five million dollar u.s. bounty on his head without american forces having to lift a finger. videogame magic comes to the aid of real life rescuers that's been used to create signboard cockroaches explain how they could be vital help first disaster site on r t dot com. the u.s. president who's on his first visit to africa since two thousand and nine has pledged seven billion dollars to help strengthen the shaky electric power grids of subsaharan countries the move has been seen as an effort by washington to step in and rival china as a key investor on the continent but barack obama's been met by protesters angry at unfulfilled pledges he made last time around washington has slashed aid to africa in recent years while stepping up military activity in the region as anti-american protests spiraled

st petersburg. pub next to possible flight the fate of whistleblower edward snowden and crosstalk stay with us here on r.t. . wealthy british style. is no time to present the battle for. haifa. market why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy kinds of reports on our t.v. . we'll talk about languages. react to situations i have read to reports for them like pollution you know i will leave that to the state department to comment on your letter to say to mr kerry every car is on your dog's . nose i. think you know more weasel. when you say you know direct question are you prepared for a change when you when you should be ready for a. critical stage a little down to to freedom. c . c. c c. c. b c one. is a. glowing welcome across all things are considered i'm peter lavelle the saga of edward snowden a whistle blower.

st petersburg. some other stories making go. headlines this hour the e.u. has decided to postpone further talks on turkey's membership to watch for at least four months to pressure from germany or live in other capitals criticized for cracking down on anti-government protests at least twenty people were arrested in this city on tuesday for their alleged role in attacks on police during the last. u.s. president barack obama and his afghan counterpart hammad tars i have agreed to open talks with the taliban just a day after a brazen assault on the presidential palace in kabul by the militant group the two leaders also supported the recent opening of a taliban office in qatar where future negotiations can happen for extremists and three security guards died in tuesday's attack after militants use fake id cards to get into the high security zone in the center of the afghan capital. a chinese space capsule carrying three astronauts has returned to earth landing safely in northern china on its fifteen day mission the space ship successfully docked with a platform

many crucial statements coming out of the annual economic economic international forum there in st petersburg. is there for us. the main sentiment coming from the russian president this time is that they're not the syrian people fighting the regime of bashar al assad but the rebels and the opposition and obviously he's been very critical and very vocal about the recent developments in surrounding the syrian conflict namely the calls across the atlantic to arm the syrian rebels to provide them with military training something discussed by washington over the past several months or so but it would have said that it's not only plainly wrong to talk about a possible conference which would have the members of the opposition and the government at the same tribal happening at the same time or the talks to arm the syrian rebels is not only wrong but dangerous that it could have very grave consequences for europe as well as the russian president was quick to remind us of one of the latest incidents which happened in the u.k. it has no direct relation to syria but he believes it may have serious and gr

this isn't even conference but it wasn't only about geopolitics warfare and economics here at st petersburg forum there are also some things to laugh about journalist decided to bring up a scandal of around eight years ago when u.s. billionaire robert kraft accused the russian president of stealing his super bowl ring he back then said that he wanted to show these this ring to the russian president vladimir putin allegedly put it in his pocket and walked away which is that he knew nothing about that incident and in fact his reply caused a full roar of laughter at the press hole. but you know i don't remember mr kraft or the ring. i do remember some souvenirs were given if it's of such great value to mr scrafton his team i would ask the factories to make a very good and expensive one for him out of the first missile and with a good thanks and here i'll tell you we'll be bringing you more from the forum with our correspondents who were across the latest developments there and meanwhile the so-called friends of syria group they're set to meet in the qatari capital to discuss their joint milita

well clearly the st petersburg annual economic forum is all about economy of politics came here. as a supplement to the economic subjects and let me put in a fact about several infrastructure projects worth billions of dollars but one thing is very important news coming from from russian president today is that he urged the russian parliament to implement in the quickest time possible a law which would provide amnesty to those who committed minor economic crimes for the first time we're talking about fourteen thousand people here who may walk free if the parliament adopts this law before it goes on summer holidays which is in several weeks from now so this is definitely good news and probably the biggest economic news coming from the economic forum in petersburg regarding the russian economy. ok let's hear thanks very much for that and we understand that president putin and the german chancellor angela merkel holding a press conference let's see been listening to this. hello. and russia was a key partner. fair in germany and indeed we have invited now go merkel as an ornery guest

st petersburg. now to some other news making headlines around the world at this stage of the people being killed by police through a shootout in rio de janeiro's slum the security forces were hunting for the killer of a police officer when they clashed with locals meanwhile the antigovernment protests continue to sweep across the country with people demanding better social services as part of a recent proposal by the brazilian president for a referendum on widespread political reforms. of some people being killed by a roadside bomb attached to a motorbike which detonated in pakistan's southern city of karachi a senior charge was sought to be the target of the attack he was seriously wounded after the suicide bomber rammed into his vehicle no one has claimed responsibility for the blast but the judge had reportedly been receiving death threats. and rescue operations are ongoing in india's region where massive floods of five thousand people in the mountains more than eight hundred have been killed and

and the global business elite have gathered in st petersburg for the city's annual international economic forum for the meeting though has already seen some groundbreaking issues being made including president putin signed off on an oil deal with china that is worth hundreds of billions of dollars. in reports from russia's northern capital. the two hundred seventy really in dollar deal has been struggling really supposed all expectations here in st petersburg between roughnecks and china that equates to three hundred thousand barrels a day that's on top of the three hundred thousand that is already delivered to china about three hundred sixteen tons that's a huge deal and it's a huge deal for a number of reasons we know that the eurozone at the moment is dealing with a sovereign debt crisis the demand has gone down from there and europe has made no secret of the fact that they want to diversify. their demand as to where they get that oil from so this has to play into this as well but as far as china is concerned it is a popular move i've been turning to the business elite here and they sa

the international economic forum all day today from st petersburg to see that. reporting live from some pretty specific. we're going to take a short break now and then we have a special report on the drug schools in mexico. i know they track approval ratings of the presidents of various countries by did though they still research the approval ratings of former presidents twice on gallup poll that says that george w. bush has been slowly growing in his approval numbers since leaving office in fact his numbers have increased by seventeen percent amongst independents and even his in three rival democratic voters have given him fourteen percentage points of popularity i think this may be due to the fact that obama's magic has worn off and people are getting fed up with things along for the bush days is insane if you are one of the people who has recently decided that bush is awesome then please tell me how he differs from obama true obama can pronounce ninety nine percent of the words on a teleprompter in front of him but both presidents have let expensive wars with

the money where the business of russia is business i'm peter lavelle this month we were at the st petersburg international economic forum holding a panel discussion on the crisis of capitalism our panel included academics c.e.o.'s and opinion makers ronnie goldberg she is the executive vice president and senior policy officer at u.s.c. i'd be all go go ahead she's deputy prime minister of the russian federation and help gloria he is secretary general of the o.e.c.d. flatter me or he is rector of the russian presidential academy of national economy and public administration. he is chairman of the management board of the. banking division of barclays arman sarky sign he is president of the eurasia house international and we also had andy shay an independent economist. and let me go to you first here. do we have capitalism today well i think that. when extending is a we have extreme capital as in capital. of the world people rich people can move around and that is a capitalism while i think capitalism in. capital is movable and looking for opportunity and i think how we do with a fun capital is

the cream of world business is in st petersburg at the moment looking for ways to boost economic growth reform the global financial system and strengthen trade artie's alexy these at the forward looking into the most burning issues dominating the agenda. it's first day has been pretty much a warm up with many different economic issues discussed two of them dominating the agenda the first one is the possible devaluation of the russian ruble we've been gathering opinions on that we've been seeing more a concert rather than prose on that matter with most of our speakers including the head of a bank including the vice head of the russian central bank saying that this would not the russian economy would not help it and would definitely most likely harm the economic sector and investment climate as a whole the other issue which has been dominating the economic agenda of the forum here is the offshore problem the so-called tax having which most of the participants of the forum agree need to be erased especially in the wake of what's been happening on cyprus and this is something where most of

of world business are in st petersburg looking for ways to boost economic growth reform the global financial system and strengthen trade katie pilbeam is that the economic for talking to its participants she joins us live now katie thousands of business leaders from around the world what's on top of the agenda. yes also people hey carrie i can tell you one of the topics on the agenda is the so-called currency war as we know it kicks off at the beginning of this year is the japanese government in force is aggressive stimulus in order to reduce the strength of the yen and the russian ruble could be getting involved as well there's been talk us surfacing about devaluing the russian currency so i'm going to get some expert analysis right now from ruben but danielle the co-head of c. ip spevak hello to you somehow make my being the face of rebel getting involved in the so-called current events what's your take on that you heard a discussion that today was days to discuss with mr gravel the rating. for mr economy develop on the car and mr ricardo up and. former head of the that we have said the ba

of this is a news conference but it wasn't only about geopolitics warfare and economics here at st petersburg forum there are also some things to laugh about journalists decided to bring up a scandal of around eight years ago when u.s. billionaire robert kraft accused the russian president of stealing his super bowl ring me back and said that he wanted to show this ring to the russian president vladimir putin allegedly putting it in his pocket and walked away with it said he knew nothing about that incident and in fact his reply caused a full roar of laughter at the press hole. but you know i don't remember mr kraft or the ring. i do remember some souvenirs were given if it's of such great value to mr scrafton his team i would ask of factories to make a very good and expensive one for him out of the first missile and with a good stone. thank you also some big economic announcements made by president putin to see address the business elite at the forum with russia signing off on president a deal with china and his business correspondent kelly pill because the latest on that later in the progra

every athlete competing in sochi twenty fourteen which begin in just a month's time and here in st petersburg the medals were revealed for the very first time to the public the designers hope to capture russia's sense of national identity and character and they tried to do that by showing the warm waters of the black sea crashing into the ice of krasnaya polyana up in the mountains and if you look very closely you will also notice a patchwork quilt theme here and that is meant to represent the multi ethnicity of russia a record thirty eight hundred of these will be produced matters because sochi twenty forty moved. the biggest winter olympics in history and also if you win one of these you will need a very strong net because they do you weigh in something like over five hundred grams i spoke with timmy for tuna shanker who chairs the sochi organizing committee and he hopes that when someone does game one of these they will also take away the spirit of russia on a more serious note mr tuna shanker also addressed security concerns and said that the government had taken exceptional steps to guar