obama is set to depart poland in the next hour. >>> and reports out of australia say poland native margo dydek, a 7-foot former professional basketball player has died. she had a heart attack last week. she was 37 years old, a former number one draft pick. she was considered the tallest professional female basketball player in the world. >>> now, let's talk about the fearsome power of a tornado. we've been hearing about it a lot this week. now you can have a closer view of how they operate. a group of storm chasers spent the week trailing twisters from state to state as they tore across the midwest. take a look at this. it's coming. power lines right here. we're good. my god. >> breaking in now. president obama speaking in warsaw. he is getting ready to return to the united states from poland, meeting with the prime minister, donald tusk, talking about a number of issues there with the president and prime minister, including issues of visas, whether the station fighter jets permanently in poland. >> can overcome extraordinary challenges and build a democracy that represents the great str

poland voted the father priest of the year for his dedication. his greatest wish now is to get a relic from pope john paul ii. he brushes off criticism of his passion for collecting.2 >> when i bought the first relics, priests in nearby churches were skeptical. now they're looking for some for their churches, too. some people say relics are outdated, but suddenly they've become modern again. and the point is not collecting them. the point is that relics can transform people. >> as may 1 approaches, more than 600 busts of john paul haveeen set upn poland. criticism of the church continues to grow, too. >> the pope is becoming the third element of the trinity, alongside god and jesus. like santa claus used to be in the ukraine. everyone sayayfinally we have a great pole. they play the nationalist card, and he's the answer to everything. you can be a bad catholic, but if you pray just once to the hope, everything is pardoned. they hide behind his icon. >> poland is feverishly awaiting may 1. in the churches, the saints are all adorned with a halo. a

the companies are shaping poland and plwith poland and of the peace. and it is a huge prospect when it's properly put into production. that they will not only satisfy the gas consumption poland and satisfy the export and change the complex of the energy to the point of origin. and not only the economy, and not only energy related but highly political point that is being discussed by the european union and with the united states and other countries as the interest in this issue. as i mentioned the discussions with the president's visit will have its european union, taking over the presidency on july 1 this year, there is a significant angle to this visit. and there is one special issue that is very much on the agenda. poland is the only country on the visa-waiver program, and i would like to remind all of you, president obama in december, 2010 declared by the end of his presidency he would like to solve this issue. so i believe that five months after this declaration and poland's authority can ask for the americans and that project. and by the administr

he's in poland meeting with the president and prime minister in poland. we'll have a report on that later today in this program. >>> six days after the half mile wide tornado roared through joplin, missouri, more than 100 people are unaccounted for on this memorial day weekend. here's the latest on one of the nation's deadliest tornadoes. 156 people are missing as of this morning down from 232 the day before. searchers are still going through piles of debris. the confirmed death toll stands at 132 with over 1,000 injured. more than 2,500 people have applied for federal disaster assistance to help with home repairs and personal losses. fema has approved $2.8 million in aid. >>> president obama is returning from his overseas trip today and will meet with officials and victims in joplin tomorrow. >>> rebuilding the city of nearly 50,000 people is going to require a lot of money and a lot of muscle. our casey wian is in joplin and he talked with one man who is rebuilding his wife's business. >> reporter: when you cover a story like this, you have a lot of ima

on regarding well germany and poland it's also germany and poland regarding the ballistics missile defense and. about the expectations of what we think we have a risk of. everything we discussed this is one of the big leagues not sure who could. come on out of this deal is going until there's a smoking gun each not using our own stuff that's for the neighbor or the traveling . or if. he doesn't go there is also motions with goodwill it's not a question green this should be. completed squad search. leadership oh yeah this is it was a this isn't a very good initiative right terry really moves recently mushing me in the spirit of europe to show us and this is a project that promises very much military people living in nationalism and full cooperation between our state. supported as yes this is what your money is going to be everything to support this initiative assured me and i know that bush should cross as minister of foreign affairs me to come to score that yes they washing it would like to go all the way together like each other she is very important that this brings practical improvement

enough to keeps an eye on america's high stakes military ambitions in poland as president obama round sought his european trip in warsaw. belgrade agrees to extradite former general rock of loutish to the hague on war crimes charges despite his health problems serbia is accused of arresting him only so he could join the e.u. . georgian protesters appealed to the e.u. to probe excess harassment following the government's independence day crackdown that's left hundreds wounded and detained. eleven am in the russian capital you're watching r t thanks for joining us and our top story missile defense plans that america's military presence in poland are in focus as the u.s. president wraps up his european tour with a visit to the country well it's something moscow is watching closely especially after obama's promise to try to agree on a system that suits both of their security interests you've got biskit of is in warsaw for r.t. . this is barak obama's first official visit to pull into and u.s. to lead off these european tour a lot of issues are on the table but probably the most important

the recent show welcome to the program for missile defense plans and america's military presence in poland in focus as the u.s. president wraps up his european tour with a visit to the country it's something that moscow is watching closely especially after obama's promise to try and agree on a system that suits both of that security interests that you're going to see going off now is in warsaw and joins us live how you go to so this is obama's first visit to poland it seems that the meeting was productive also what's to be expected of the meeting. well this is barack obama's first official visit to be correct and it's also the final leg of his european tour so while a lot of issues are on the table but the focus is of course on the plans for paul ince to house a u.s. air base to service who these military transport planes and f. sixteen fighter jets and also possibly house by twenty eighteen short range interceptor missiles now this is quite a controversial issue specially for russia it's quite it's a monitoring this meeting which is actually going on right now as we speak and we are waiti

thanks for joining us a missile defense plans and america's military presence in poland have been in focus as the u.s. president wraps up his european tour with a visit to the country well it's something moscow is watching closely especially after obama's promise to try and agree on a system that suits both of their security interests igor this kind of is in warsaw for r.t. . this is barak obama's first official visit to poland and the last a leg of his european tour a lot of issues are on the table which probably the most important one is the plans for paul ince to tell us a u.s. air base which would service hercules military transport planes and f. sixteen fighter jets and also by twenty eighteen possibly hell's short range interceptor missiles are less interesting because the last time the two sides talked about this sort of cooperation was during the george bush administration which wanted to house the elements of its anti missile defense system in europe here in poland and also in the czech republic while this was usually criticized by moscow which said that with poland here in

he welcomes all from poland as well as through television and radio in poland and asking that blessed john paul ii may bless his home country of pola poland. [applaus [applause] >> and now the italian language. the he greets the president of the republic. >> . >> he's thing thanking him the success to organize this day. and the mayor of rome has recognizing that the romans had been blessed for 26 years of being with john paul ii and ask that they wouldn't mind to maybe leave the city this weekend, not to avoid the beatification, but to leave room for many pilgrims who come so there will be more space for them, those who came from far away who did not have the blessing of 26 years of john paul ii. the holy father is greeting all of those to st. peters square, in adjacent streets and places through rome, watching through television and listening to radio and again thanks all of of those who worked to make this day so special. and together with blessed john paul ii the to renew our love to the blessed virgin mary, mother of the church. and rejoyce the virgin mary, hallelujah, the lord ha

. >>> in europe today president obama paid tribute to poland, citing its democratic transformation as a model for the world, including the changes sweeping through the arab world. more tonight from nbc's chief white house correspondent, chuck todd. >> reporter: on the last day of his european tour president obama honored the elders of poland's solidarity movement and again hit on the issue near the top of his agenda all week, the arab spring. >> your actions charted a course for freedom that inspired many on this continent and beyond. so we want to encourage all states undergoing similar experiences to learn from poland. >> reporter: and at a press conference in warsaw the president made the case to americans why even in these tough economic times the u.s. has to play a leading role. >> we've got to leave room for us to continue our tradition of providing leadership when it comes to freedom, democracy, human rights. ♪ >> reporter: earler in the week, during his speech to the british parliament, the president addressed the growing concern in some corners about the slow progress in li

. >>> also coming up, president obama wraps u hisuropean tri in poland. we'll show you what he accomplished there. >>> i'm monte francis. the rain did not keep thousands of people from coming out to treasure island today. i'll tell you what drew them here coming up. h >>> a gloomy saturday evening around the bay area. rain from san jose south toward morgan hill. still showers around san francisco and oakland. what can you expect for your outdoor plans tomorrow and into monday? we'll have a look at the changes in the forecast coming up. ing as welling as well >>> despite some rain late this afternoon, thousands of people showed up for a new flea market on treasure island today. organizers are hoping the market will play a major role in the upcoming plans to redevelop part of that island. nbc bay area's monty france scfs on that island. >> reporter: the timing of this rain worked out really well for the flea market. not so much for us. that's because it didn't start raining until about 4:30 this afternoon. event organizers say the event or the success of th

poland is a key nato ally for the u.s. but mr. obama's decision to halt the bush administration's plan for a missile defense system here has turned relations frosty in recent years. still, the white house has stressed the two presidents would be discussing the u.s.' role in poland's national security during bilateral meetings on saturday. as guest of honor at a meeting of central and eastern european leaders, the u.s. president sought to reassure his hosts. >> we have taken great inspiration from the blossoming of freedom and economic growth in this region and were confident that will continue and we want to be a part of that process of strengthening your democracy, strengthening your economies and be a full partner because we think that will be beneficial to the united states as well. >> a small protest was held outside the presidental pal os as mr. obama arrived but most pols appear to have welcomed his visit w a country gearing up to take over the presidency, its leader's president will usher in the start of closer bilateral ti

first for the president's trip to poland. i know that there is an outreach for both of the russians and the u.s.. how much of that comes down to improve relations between the u.s. and russia directly? >> welcome with the polls reaching out to both the russians and to the u.s. to improve those relationships, how much of that is dependent on improved relations directly between the u.s. and russia? >> since the beginning of the president we follow close to recent policy of the united states. under the logic and we support the objectives of the process. in the meantime we are sometimes refer the reconciliation because it's not only of political relations but also the issue of this historical problems. there are many avenues of dialogue and importance for the next two or three years in the activities of the performance. >> so we are satisfied with the outcome of the work and if we would put the context that i was is a major with the russians and the american process i think there is some degree of commonality in the expectation of

representatives instrument russia and poland met to discuss how they can work together on the investigation under range from moscow to policy documents related to the inquiry has been following the missing stories we like now. the international aviation committee has finished so report on the accident so when all we are. alice is exactly as you say the interstate aviation committee has completed its report and handed it over to the polish side earlier this year but the investigation isn't actually fully completed we do know according to the russian prosecutor general that forty three case files have been handed over to the polish side he love and just last month but that still isn't the complete caseload. of course concerning the investigation into the crash of the presidential plane which was held of course president former president because she was keeping his wife and most of poland's political elite we know that the remains of that plane some parts which were also entered into evidence are also expected to be handed over to the polish side as well as further documents concerning the inv

by the end of the summer representatives from russia and poland met to discuss how they can work together on the investigation under range from the. contents related to the inquiry will be now as part of the house for these house. the interstate aviation committee has completed its report and handed it over to the polish side earlier this year but the investigation isn't actually fully completed we do know according to the russian prosecutor general that forty three case files have been handed over to the polish side eleven just last month but that still isn't the complete case load of course concerning the investigation into the crash of the presidential plane which revealed of course president former president gets a chance to keep his wife and most of poland's political elite we know that the remains of that plane is something hard sell which were also entered into evidence through are also expected to be handed over to the polish side as well as further documents concerning the investigations its various records and transcripts of records poland initially was very much against the fin

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should not have allowed that plane to land thought as many officials in russia and poland all over the world aviation next week said that they had their traffic controllers simply do not have that kind of authority over the pilots of a presidential plane for both sides working very hard to make sure that everybody is satisfied with the work that is being carried out with the progress that is taking place and with the investigation results. well altie dot coms the place to go for more on all that we're compering here we've plenty of other news and analysis it's easy for you man is great here to say is kids out of russia it used of spying we've got the inside espionage investigation online. let's return now to one of our top stories we've had strong words from the german chancellor angela merkel saying that countries that was easy to aid haven't done enough to pull themselves out of their dire financial straits let's cross over to germany now. but he publishes analysis on european business movements he joins me now twenty times of being here that's how now i'm going to burgle as i was ju

is looking to buy into one of the largest oil refineries in poland the company has no assets in europe and i'll say it's the right time for a deal join me and twenty minutes from now for more stories. international news and comment live from our studios here in central moscow this is our t.v. twenty four hours a day russia has joined the international pressure against colonel gadhafi and told the libyan leader he has to step in speaking at the close of the g. eight summit being held in france present a meeting that have also confirmed it will be sending an envoy to meet rebels in benghazi moscow's agreed to become a peace mediator in libya and he said no he has more now from the ville. russia has never had any illusions about colonel gadhafi and the fact that it certainly was not to play by the so called role quotable was picked for that many officials have problems today from all over the world including of course russia basically in this declaration it says we're worried that daffy let go. of russia under stand that treatment to diminish the final news conference here at the g. eight

filled for the london olympics another team will surface after it wins the european championship in poland next month rush aachen said it hot favorites and that event along with the defending champions france plus and of the continental powerhouse staying. close was that it's hard to say who will make it into the final and who will hopefully become a rival whether it's france spain of the czech republic galleries can't be written off either and we'd love a rematch after the world championships last who is moving food everywhere these days becoming normal next april and no team has any secret technologies still i believe the teams i mentioned will be the key opponents in contests of the management the core of the team has remained intact over the last few years their roster is quite impressive with the two thousand and eight olympic bronze medalist and two thousand and seven european champions present one of those is a brosnan about who was picked team captain. moments before she came out to speak to r.t. usually a year or two years before the olympics if you are in that scene that eighty p

a new arms race for the last place in front of jets in poland and plans to have intercepted assaults on the ground by twenty eight teams. georgian opposition figures and international observers a quarter policing to restimulate an independent state crept out of the testers which left two people dead thousands of demonstrators have since a ballot in protest over the use of force. well leaders attempt to settlement of the b.n. conflicts he hears from the rebels and their vision of peace the chairman of the national transitional council talks to us about what he believes is a former that would be a success. i say that the good mr bozo you will thank you so much for your time. and of pleasure i welcome your questions there's been significant changes in the international atmosphere at the beginning of the g eight in france or russia agreed to demands from the libyan people congress for conduct his resignation a novelist and his regime russia's new position was outlined by president a bit of who said it could not or should step down immediately what's your opinion on the recent changes in

women's basketball team will be hoping to do just bounce of the upcoming european championships in poland but on course as more. the russians are usually one of the main contenders for a podium spot in european basketball events since one thousand fifty the women's national team has looked to the european crown twenty one times as the soviet union and since two thousand and one russian players have made it into every single final winning two out of five that have taken place in poland and the team will perform under a relatively new coach who began his tenure in twenty ten just before the world championship in turkey where russia failed to impress losing to belittle others in the quarter final however the national basketball federation is optimistic about the team's chances we'll see after the championship and the results will be good in the media not good you know. with the lies of them. make some of the decisions but at the moment is the culture of the russian women's national team and we hope with the same culture in the team and the best team we can just. top of results because . at t

says it's welcome your own threats listen to this recent right subjects of poland and plans to have interceptor missiles on the ground now continued smooth. and georgian opposition figures and it's less service call tbilisi to mean first to take the group to independence day crackdown test is a step to two people dead thousands of constraints of since arriving in protest and most of us. are. also the president on a frosty the clock it's not for three independents georgia was the answer by corruption hostile right at the last sunday in moscow aged sixty two and we talked on the road months. well because accepts a path a settlement of the libyan conflict r.t. his from the rebels with a vision of peace and the chairman of the national transitional council talked to us about what he believes is a formula for peace and prosperity in. i say that mr joe we'll thank you so much for your time then. i have a pleasure i welcome your questions there's been significant changes in the international atmosphere at the beginning of the g eight and france hold russia agreed to demands from the libyan

course included that the crash was due to pilot error mr catchin ski and many of his supporters in poland chose instead to blame russia for the crash especially russian air traffic controllers who according to some in poland should not have allowed that plane to land but as many officials in russia in maryland all over the world aviation experts. say that air traffic controllers simply do not have that kind of authority over the pilots of a presidential plane from both sides working very hard to make sure that everybody is satisfied with the work that is being carried out with the progress that is taking place and with the investigation results three top will do stories. straight he's old enough. police opened fire to disperse the demonstrators as they threw stones and set a police station ablaze the crowds were protesting against it makes overnight house raid which left four people dead later confirmed the killing of two bell and a woman but said they were on the fire that troops. lost a look security forces in iraq to super cool to school because twenty seven hundred schools. in the nor

so many countries that were former warsaw pact countries are brought in, but not poland. i question his two-parter. hey, how does that resonate with the people of poland, and effectiveness are partners in article v? one for all, all for one of the united states, but not a lot of travel on the same basis as most other europeans. the second question is actually a little bit fun. our british gas in irish friend, do ireland and poland for you -- i mean, gq pose security threat than i do to travel throughout europe? thank you. >> thank you very much for these questions. the only country which is not part of the polish effect -- there is no single national security threat coming to the united states, not to mention the long-standing record of polish military and engagement with the various part of the great future. i would venture also to say there's no progression to the united states. the study also from the united states, there is a three movement from the european union and i have no report about travel around europe. we understand the domestic situation of how complex the

in poland's, internet traffic data is stored for two years. police and other authorities can accesssshe data even when investigating minor crimes, but many polls are against such a mass storage of data. there is concern, especially in light of the communist past of poland. >> storing data like this is similar to the file compiled by the secret police. kidd is very dangerous, especially with information technology. it is too easy. >> in britain, there are an estimated 4000 closed-circuit television. every citizen is caught on camera 300 times per day. in britain, internet data is stored for years as. britain also has the biggest dna database in the world. this is unthinkable in sweden. across the political spectrum, there is broad agreement that the citizens' privacy data should be protected. many worry about where the collected data should and up. >> i think there is a huge risk that the information will get into the wrong hands and that someone who should not be using it is going to use it. i have not really seen this except for compromise ci

i have to tell you parts of poland actually under that advisory. of course it's just to the east of germany, but we have this graphic for you. and this graphic is going to give you an idea about the ash plume. now here is iceland. and then grimsvotn, the volcano located about here. as i put this into play for you, i want you to notice something. yesterday we showed you all the ash being reflected. it was showing up in yellow as well as orange. right now we're not seeing that. that right there is actually an old image. so things a lot better. the ash plume not visible. but we still have to wait from the vacc to confirm whether or not the volcano has stopped erupting. we're seeing some steam there, a sign of good things. as we take you back to the weather graphics, we want to point out where the volcano is the area in red is the warning area, for the surface, up to 20,000 feet. that's important because that's where planes take off. now the area a little bit higher up, 35,000 to 55,000 feet, that's where planes generally fly. of course now say if you

russia should have a stake in the missile shield in europe spells out his ideal world visiting poland but also referring to america's plans to station some of its rockets and planes there. and days again even if he is in the hands he was very he can't there is a military jet at trinity and with difficulty as they are he's had a stroke we had no idea who the man was until the police arrived. the survey is divided over right coming out it is a rest and extradition of war crimes charges will be a firsthand account from the village where the former general was captured. the u.s. state department calls on georgian authorities to investigate the crackdown on protests that led to several deaths and the opposition there claims its supporters a still being targeted. and using isolation egypt opens a border crossing with gaza partially ending the four year blockade of the palestinian territory. internationally using comment live from our studios here in central moscow this is r.t. with the twenty four hours a day good to have you with us this hour so russia should be part of a missile defense s

this is in poland now. our president with the polish president heading in just right now for a dinner. i hope they have a nice time, a good meal and a good talk tonight about all that ed henry was briefing us on as the president winds up his european trip, his last stop right there in poland. >>> moving on with the news now, strange twist of circumcision. it is one of the most routinely performed surgical procedures in the u.s. some experts say removing the foreskin around the penis can help reduce the risks of cancer and aids. others say there's no medical reason for it. well, now comes a controversial proposal. san francisco. to make it illegal for anyone to circumcise a male under 18. as you can probably imagine, it's riled up some religious leaders. i'm joined now by the man who's pushing the ban, lloyd skoe field. also joining me, rabbi schmuly. mr. schofield, why are you pushing this ban? >> it is to protect the right for men to protect themselves. when they become old enough, they can do it for relig

president who was speaking in poland but despite the comments barack obama reiterated the u.s. is not giving up on plans to host some of its rockets some planes in the country close to russia's borders he going to spin off is in warsaw for. it has become quite a conflicting picture here in warsaw because on one hand you have barack obama talking about this new stable and friendly level of relations between a russia and the united states and both him and president komorowski have said that it's very possible that russia will be part of what future joins the anti missile defense system in europe but then on the other hand barack obama has just confirmed washington's the plans to quit an air base here in poland on its land which will service. military transport planes and have sixteen fighter jets and also more importantly for poles to hell's short range interceptor missiles by twenty eighteen now all this comes after another meeting between barack obama and the russia's president to meet the new video at the g eight summit in france the two leaders also discussed a future possibl

poland, in the energy sector, wants to change they heavily depend on coal. and they want some investors in their nuclear energy field, and maybe in gas exploration. this is where the u.s. could come in. on the other hand, politically they want to be not the most important country on the u.s. agenda, but they want to stay an important country on the u.s. agenda. that's politically spoken. >> right. thank you very much for that. of course, there have been a lot of protests, including in greece. >> in greece. and the opposition politicians there are just creating a humungous mess. they should find some heroes on that winged horse pegasus because they're going to need heroic action. the prime minister failed to win support from opposition party leaders for new austerity measures needed to overcome the country's massive debt crisis. meaning? he will have to enforce unpopular policies all by himself. euro's policymakers warned athens that the provision of fresh funding would be con continucontingent of debt cuttig measures. however in stark contrast to that, oppos

. >> reporter: on this final stop in poland, the u.s. president has really hit two big themes, the first, trying to reassure the polish people that america will be there to defend it. there's a lot of mistrust here in poland about the intentions of russia, this former soviet blok nations, concerned about blocking the missile defense shield for this region, concerns that maybe russia has bad intentions. the president trying to reassure poland that even as a young member of nato, there's no such thing as a new member of nato, that they're all treated alike and the u.s. and ally also rush to poland's defense no matter what. the other big theme picks up on something that the president talked about in france at the g8 summit where he says he sees similarities, parallels between the arab spring playing out in the middle east and north africa and what happened here in central and eastern europe after the crumbling of the berlin wall, the fall of the soviet union, the struggle -- the transition to democracy. there may be some lessons learned fro

will locate part of its missile shield in poland urging russia to get involved despite moscow strong objections to the plan the movie's seen as highly controversial with moscow saying the shield would compromise its own missile defenses. the lawyers for former bosnian serb general ride home a lot of says he can say he accepts that he'll be extradited to the hague for war crimes he's awaiting the outcome of an appeal against an earlier ruling that he was fit to stand trial. georgia's opposition says the government is now targeting families of dissidents dozens of whom are still missing after a violent crackdown on protests two days ago earlier in the u.s. state department joined russia in demanding a probe into the actions of the police which left several people dead. and a light at the end of a tunnel for the people of gaza as egypt opens a border crossing ending a four year blockade of the palestinian territory human rights groups say the decision will ease the humanitarian crisis for the million plus palestinians who face shortages of food and medical supplies. up next by russia's

he wrapped up a six-day trip to europe today in poland spotlighting that country's 1980s transition to democracy and calling for that to be a model for nations across north africa and the middle east. he held meeting with poland's president and prime minister and veterans of the solidarity labor movement which is credited with helping end communism in poland. >>> now to missouri, president obama will visit joplin sunday meeting with victims of last sunday's huge tornado and today officials announce there are more victims. the death toll increasing 142 people killed. more than 100 still missing. despite the widespread damage, cnn's casey wian says rebuilding has already started there. >> this is america. we're going to rebuild it. >> reporter: four days after an historic tornado demolished much of joplin, missouri, contractor daryn collins started construction on the first new building to emerge from the rubble. >> at some point we're going to have to stop scratching our heads and standing staring at the rubble and roll up our sleeves and get things back to normalcy. >> reporter: he's r

you can see the flags there from poland. there are, of course,.countless poll e poles there. there are heads of state, members of the royal families of the world. it is the biggest crowd we have seen at the vatican since the funeral of john paul ii six years ago. he is being recognized as a blessed figure within the church, the third of four steps towards sainthood, a process that began with a close study of his life, his proclamation as a servant of god, then as a venerables man and now as a blessed one. certainly there's no doubt in the minds of his millions of his followers and the million or so people who have come to rome today. >> as we watch the victor general of the dioceses of rome, we can refer back to one of the people who knew john paul ii the best. he was the latest pontiff's spokeman and he talked about the speed which john paul ii has traveled the path of sainthood. >> some people asked me a question from a historical point of view. this is not a historical judgment. one, it's clear. why wait? the historical judgment is different. it might take centuries, but t

expands its military presence in poland plowing ahead with its own mysel defense shield which russia says could spawn a new arms race passions in its place in places jets and opponents and plans to have interceptor missiles on the ground like a. general physician figures that its national observers call wants a police chief to investigate but in full independence a crackdown on protesters which left two people dead some of the demonstrators have since our rally in place as a means of the sit. on the former bosnian serb army chief of rock a lot it is a weighty extradition to the hague after being arrested in his native serbia this week luggage is wanted for a trial date of genocide trials and muslims sixteen years ago. and while bald leaders as have to mauthausen sacraments and even be in conflict are two years for the rebels after that vision of peace the chairman of the national transitional council talked to also about what he believes is a formula for stability and prosperity in the. i say that mr joe we'll thank you so much for your time then. pleasure i welcome your questions th

should have a stake in the missile shield in europe the rocket bomber spells out his idea was visiting poland but also reaffirms america's plans to station some of its rockets some planes there. in serbia there's a split over recommend that it is looming extradition on new crimes charges on people from the village where he was arrested say they had no idea the former general was living next door. they were arrested not as suggested by. the children opposition says the government's now targeting the families of dissidents thousands of whom are still missing after a volley crackdown on protests two days ago. and easing isolation egypt opens up all the crossing with gaza partially ending the four year blockade of the palestinian term from. international music comment live from our studios here in central moscow this is where the twenty four hours a day good to have you with the south russia should be part of the missile defense shield in europe so says the u.s. president who was speaking in poland but despite the comments barack obama reiterated the u.s. is not giving up on plans to host some of

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it's from poland. >> let's take a look at them and tell us what we are seeing. it's a little dark. get an idea. >> they have reserved going back 2,000 years. they go and are in resonance with choirs and they have been to greece and turkey and find these choirs that have ancient and they go back to bible times. >> jesus humming these? >> not quite like that but they finding fragments of the religious songs and they created a body of work. these choirs that they visit they know their songs but they visited seven or eight different choirs and know all of the work. took them ten years of research to do that. and that became gospel. >> the group like this is up and running in poland. >> yes. >> but would also wonder if maybe the festival circuit as you -- >> -- okay. so the fact that there are festivals out there and maybe yours is the first festival they do because it's international and you are looking for something cutting edge and different and it might give them entree to other festivals is in other areas of country i would think that opens up the range of risk they can take. >> re