extradite alleged arms dealer viktor boot to the united states following intense pressure from washington washington russia's foreign ministry has condemned the decision calling it political saying it is committed to doing everything possible to bring him back to russia the russian businessman has been detained in bangkok imprisoned during since march two thousand and eight when the u.s. led sting operation. russian engineers preparing to start up iran's first nuclear power plant saturday the reactor will be loaded with fuel under the strict supervision of the un's nuclear watchdog the russian built plant is expected to be fully operational in about a month. and the power is back on in st petersburg after a citywide outage outage caused rush hour traffic chaos and commuters had to be evacuated from the metro intercity trains services were also affected parts of the leningrad region are still without power. up next the disastrous consequences of the gulf of mexico oil spill r.t. takes a look at whether black gold is really worth the price that's coming up in our special report next on r.t. . the expl

washington we have jason kowalski a policy coordinator at one sky campaign and also in washington we have young miller a senior policy associate at the environmental and energy study institute and another member of our crosstalk team on the hunger large christopher monckton if i could go to you first. going from copenhagen last year to today or approximate what's going to be happening in the u.s. senate about climate change laws what progress is the world made and the progress of the discourse on climate change is a gotten better or worse more intense thinner how would you describe it. i think what's happening is that climate change is rapidly fading from the headlines in most western countries certainly simply because it's become blindingly obvious after the third very cold winter in a row that global warming simply isn't happening there hasn't really been any in any six against it in any statistically significant sense for the last fifteen years or so and what's more it's now becoming increasingly apparent that there's not going to be very much i attended a conference in washington washington it's all in chicago just literally two days ago at which eight hundred scientists from all around the world attended virtually none of whom believe.

washington we have jason kowalski a policy coordinator at one sky campaign and also in washington we have young miller a senior policy associate at the environmental and energy study institute and another member of our crosstalk team on the hunger lord christopher monckton if i could go to you first. going from copenhagen last year to today or approximate what's going to be happening in the u.s. senate about climate change laws what progress is the world made and the progress of the discourse on climate change is a gotten better or worse more intense thinner how would you describe it. i think what's happening is that climate change is rapidly fading from the headlines in most western countries certainly simply because it's become blindingly obvious after the third very cold winter in a row that global warming simply isn't happening there hasn't really been any in any six in any statistically significant sense for the last fifteen years or so and what's more it's now becoming increasingly apparent that there's not going to be very much i attended a conference in washington washington it's all in chicago just literally two days ago at which eight hundred scientists from all around the world attended virtually none of whom believed that global warming is or could ever be a global crisis and a lot of new scientific evidence was presented to show that by measurement rather than by the mere computer models on which the existing cases based the effect of c o two on temperature although not negligible is so small as to be harmless and beneficial and frankly it's now scientifically clear that we do not have a problem. and if i can go to you in washington would you agree with what we just heard. i'm kind of incredulous that what i just heard. i'm tempted to ask lord monckton if he was at a casino rolling loaded dice and they kept coming up craps you know loses losses for him if he would he came up with a couple of you know even bets you know the temperatures stay the same if he would continue to bet all these always dollars i mean i live in the north northern pa

washington washington it's all in chicago just literally two days ago at which eight hundred scientists from all around the world attended virtually none of whom believed that global warming is or could ever be a global crisis and a lot of new scientific evidence was presented to show that by measurement rather than by the mere computer models on which the existing cases based the effect of c o two on temperature although not negligible is so small as to be harmless and beneficial and frankly it's now scientifically clear that we do not have a problem all right and if i can go to you in washington would you agree with what we just heard. i'm kind of incredulous that what i just heard i'm tempted to ask lord monckton if he was at a casino rolling loaded dice and they kept coming up craps you know loses losses for him if he would he came up with a couple of you know even bets you know the temperatures stay the same if he were to continue to bet all these always dollars i mean i live in the north northern part of the united states and climate change is happening it's happened it's been happening for decades the fact that we have a couple of cold years or a leveling off of a short term trend is hardly grounds on which to throw out what has been a long term trend and what people are still projecting is a long term trend so i think it's amazingly short sighted and i think it's a very weak case on which to sort of say we're going to take the pick apart this whole apparatus we're not going to care about clean energy and you more which has by the way lots of other benefits other than th

washington. jon kitna played his college ball at central washington. a long-time statistician, george hill, from the state of washington. eastern washington. got to get a polouse mention once a year. >> cris: no question. jordan shipley going back. he can win a job as a punt returner. it would certainly add to his resume in cincinnati. >> al: mat mcbriar. to the 33 yard line. and shipley dropped at that spot by jesse holley. ♪ ♪ the energy boost for your feet. with zigtech, i get more train, less pain. ♪ ♪ >> al: check out the action on the new drama "under covers" goes to nbc.com for a new look 3 at "undercovers" this fall on nbc. bengals have generated nothing offensively tonight, and the younger palmer throws here for a first down. that is dez briscoe. >> cris: you want to see a double? jordan and carson. check that out. i mean, that's dead-on, isn't it? switch numbers, and i'm not sure i could tell the difference right there. shave that little semi mustache and beard. >> al: about a four, five year difference between the brothers. >> cris: the defenses can tell the difference. >> al: yeah. film doesn't lie. now, al

washington d.c. how does it make you feel that you know statistically if other people are listening they think that washington doesn't understand them and washington doesn't feel the same crisis but washington does i mean this is a case of racial. underpinning. any big city mayor even marion barry feel to do this it brings those to washington's together mary had a wonderful opportunity during his reign as mayor of the district of columbia to do that he failed to do it because marion understood that the big city been this interest did not want to make that to make that happen we washington could have the best housing stock in the country over the past twenty years right now prior to it see washington have gone through to boom we went to a boom right after marion barry and anthony williams and then we went to a small boom under mr fenty but prior to that they have thirty thousand people with section eight looking for housing and so it was no way that those who were looking for housing for sex in the money prior to washington revitalization and revitalization really means is that the the whites who could afford to live in the city and pay market rate

washington. thank you very much for your comments. mr. washington, i need to give every speaker the same amount of time. thank you very much, mr. washington. >> [inaudible] >> thank you very much, mr. washington. the next speaker, please. >> [inaudible] >> mr. washington, i am happy to speak to you after this meeting. if we could ask the next member of the public to speak. thank you very much. >> [inaudible] >> mr. washington, if you could please respect the proceedings of this chamber. >> i am the executive director of the california roller sports association. i am here to express some support for something that was pretty controversial a few days ago. there was a plan to build paul archibald courts down there. i wanted to explain my point of view. since 1989, we have been a roller skating down there. it has been changed and redevelop and turned into what it is today. i have a chance to sit here and look at this place every friday. what a great place for a roller rink. many people have dreams and things that they look up and say, this would be a break rooom in blue. when the issue came up about the bocce ball court the other day, it caug

washington. thank you very much for your comments. mr. washington, i need to give every speaker the same amount of time. thank you very much, mr. washington. >> [inaudible] >> thank you very much, mr. washington. the next speaker, please. >> [inaudible] >> mr. washington, i am happy to speak to you after this meeting. if we could ask the next member of the public to speak. thank you very much. >> [inaudible] >> mr. washington, if you could please respect the proceedings of this chamber. >> i am the executive director of the california roller sports association. i am here to express some support for something that was pretty controversial a few days ago. there was a plan to build paul archibald courts down there. i wanted to explain my point of view. since 1989, we have been a roller skating down there. it has been changed and redevelop and turned into

that's send citizens to washington d.c. -- washington, d.c. they really do want to hear from us.i have another list of ideas that i would like to present to you. i will not take your time now. so my respectful and more urgent request, if you could get to make and use them to get a phone call as soon a

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evans, professor and director, public health communication and marketing program, george washington university, washington, dc; sandra de castro buffington, director, hollywood health & society, usc annenberg norman lear center, beverly hills, california. the media obviously influences how people create their opinions, particularly about addiction and treatment issues in behavior health. and doug, why don't we review what we mean about media today. some time ago, marshall mcluhan said that the medium is the message and that is more true today than ever. media have proliferated and they now permeate our society. we're surrounded by it constantly 24/7 and users increasingly are defining what the media are and what those media mean to the rest of us. and mark, why is it important for the media to really understand addiction, treatment, and behavioral health? i think as doug just said, it's 24/7, people rely on the media to get their information and, as the media reaching out, people are forming opinions, ideas, attitudes about what they think about addiction and mental illness based on what they're seeing on

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we cover washington, and i think one of the great things about washington is there's a substantive side, there's a political side, there's a gossipy side, and i think anybody who's in washington and interested in washington is interested in all of that. i don't think anyone should be ashamed. and the idea that all of a sudden the internet started this fire and now suddenly people are interested in conflict and gossip--like, i think i have news for people. i think people were always interested in conflict and gossip. the difference is, is now you can actually measure which stories people are going to. before, maybe everybody thought where everyone's reading those very substantive stories on a2, a3, it might turn out that everyone was just throwing that aside and going to the style section and looking at "reliable sources." >> but to reiterate a point, so, politico, i agree. it's a fundamental thing now in washington. jim and john harris and the gang and mike have really made it so. but you could go to huffington.com. you can go to the daily beast. i've actually done a couple of pieces for the daily beast. don't be put off by the name. or you can go to kos. or you can go up and

washington d.c. washington d.c. . he has always been known and perhaps will forever be known as chocolate city the demographics here are predominately african-american and the city was once ridden with drug and gang violence but now the tables have turned and where section eight and public housing once aided desperately in need communities corporate buildings and condos now stand by they see an extreme shortage of housing affordable to people who don't have a lot of money and it was adrian fenty washington d.c.'s mayor who decided private owned public housing units would service the city's poor better than what the government could offer pete became the mayor of the. he did fundraisers at the mansion of developer friends for instance donna tele has has hosted a a birthday party fundraiser for him and then coincidentally or not donna tell a receiver to properties on georgia avenue by the metro valued at over one million dollars for for only one dollar this is one of the buildings of christopher donna tullia donna telly development a close friend and financial donor of mayor fenty he told media outlets this building is poor affordable housing that's if you can afford a studio apartment for more than one thousand five hundred dollars a month these are low income and moderate income families that are being abused this way when you look at the wealth divide in d.c. a big part of that is the two cities that exist to tale two very different narratives reflecting the future of struggling americ

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to force washington to cut non-defense discretionary spending to 2008 levels. this would signal washington is this would signal washington is ready to get serious about bringing down the deficits that threaten our economy. threaten our economy. president obama thinks we should president obama thinks we should talk about it next year i say we about it next year i say we talk about it right now it comes about it right now it comes from somewhere. from somewhere. we are now five -- borrowing 41 we are now five -- borrowing 41 cents of every dollar we spend we spend on our kids or grandkids. on our kids or grandkids. this spring, when power changed this spring, when power changed hands in britain, one treasurer hands in britain, one treasurer left a note for his successor. it said, i am afraid to tell you there is no money left. there is no money left. we are broke. we are broke. our debt is on track to exceed the entire size of our economy. the entire size of our economy. congress did not even write a budget this year. budget this year. they just cancelled if pierre roid of washington will try to roid of washington will try