more on israel's methods of protecting occupied territories we look at the consequences of last year's deadly raid on an aid flotilla bound for blockaded gaza and our interview coming up next. but i have the former director general of the israeli ministry of foreign affairs and also a former israeli head of mission to encourage turkey dr thank you very much for joining us here on i thirty how unexpected is it that athens has come to israel's aid in stopping this year's gaza bound for tele greece was never so close to israel and the change is a recent change especially on the military dimension did greece save israel from another public relations disaster. differently helped save israel. it was to pull the biggest the worst important ship of the flotilla mavi marmara and not to participate in this year's flu cleanup would you say to the kerry eating relationship between israel and turkey is the main reason why israel and greece have grown closer together definitely or was the only reason. you were in the relations between israel and you were very close and this was so close drain

the release of a un report on israel's deadly raid on a cause of thought to well last year we look at the ramifications the event has had on televisa relations with its neighbors. but we have to plan only out the former director general of the israeli ministry of foreign affairs and also a former israeli head of mission to ankara turkey dr thank you very much for joining us here on r.t. how unexpected is it that athens has come to israel's aid in stopping this year's gaza bound for tella greece was never so close to israel and the change is a recent change especially on the military dimension did greece save israel from another public relations disaster. differently helped save israel. it was the to pull out the biggest the worst important ship of the flotilla mavi marmara in. this year's floor cleaner would you say that the theory eating relationship between israel and turkey is the main reason why israel and greece have grown closer together definitely. was the only reason. when the relations between israel and turkey were very close and our misrule so close craning the israel suppl

for palestinian statehood approaches. but for more on israel's methods of protecting occupied territories we look up the consequences of last year's deadly raid on a. till i should say brown for blockade of gaza in our interview that's up next. but we now have the former director general of the israeli ministry of foreign affairs and also a former israeli head of mission to ankara turkey dr thank you very much for joining us here on r.t. how unexpected is it that athens has come to israel's aid in stopping this year's gaza bound for littler greece was never so close to israel and the changes a recent change especially on the military mentioned there to greece say israel from another public relations disaster plans differently but saved his room. it was to keep the poor the biggest and the most important ship of the floor below mavi marmara in not to participate in this useful killer would you say that the period in relationship between israel and turkey is the main reason why israel and greece have grown closer together definitely or was the only reason. when the relations bet

ceasefire with israel that statement comes in response to two days of israeli air strikes on gaza that saw more than a dozen killed paul asli is following the latest developments for us. amasses it will no longer add here to a truce now they said that there is no proof that these attacks which happened on thursday originated from gaza or in fact they deny this despite the fact that israel insists that it's god there is to blame now the palestinian president mahmoud abbas is calling for an emergency united nations security council meeting he's calling on the international community to denounce and to call on israel to stop these attacks the latest figures we have all some fifteen palestinians who have been killed in a round of israeli air strikes that have been ongoing since the late tuesday when most israelis are very afraid that they could be a full full scale war between israel and gaza and in the last conflict there were a number of casualties on both sides but having said that it is not more than four weeks since israeli protesters have taken to the streets asking and demanding fro

israel following days of deadly airstrikes on gaza. now here in israel given state of play by play going ahead with the protests despite that they believe in a government that came to use the conflict as a method archive bursting attention away from internal problems join me here in a few moments and i'll bring you more. also has been another turbulent week for the world's markets as fears of mounting for the u.s. and europe are on the brink of a devastating downturn. we continue our coverage marking the twentieth anniversary of the attempted coup against mikhail gorbachev which changed the course of history for the soviet union. our it's all about maxing it out of the internationalist show to moscow where gravity defying out should on lucrative deal making moreover a picking up pace the day before the event and. welcome this is r t it's a pm saturday evening here in moscow my name's kevin owen and i've got the top story for you this hour hopes for a mideast peace agreement to bring tales of fresh blow with hamas announcing its pulling out from a defacto ceasefire with israel that

report on israel's deadly raid on a dog of thirteen last year had the ramifications the event has had on tel aviv's relations with its neighbors. but we have gotten only l. the former director general of the israeli ministry of foreign affairs and also a former israeli head of mission to ankara turkey dr thank you very much for joining us here on r.t. how unexpected is it that athens has come to israel's aid in stopping this year's gaza bound for tele greece was never so close to israel in the change is a recent change especially on the military dimension did greece save israel from another public relations disaster. actually helped put saved israel this. it was the to pull up the biggest and the most important ship of the flotilla. in dissipate the in this useful claim or would you say that the period in relationship between israel and turkey is the main reason why israel and greece have grown closer together definitely or was the only reason. when the relations between israel and turkey were very close and their armies were so close training to the israel supply. point of view it was a

leading to libya style interference. and israel is seized by a tidal wave of anti-government protesters demanding sweeping economic reform but demonstrators complain that some of discontent is largely being passed over by the international media. plus own business and we squabble over gas prices for gas probably as a turn on and then to takes not only for it but have more on that end business in twenty minutes. just after five pm here in moscow this is with me received the lower house of the u.s. congress has done its part to prevent a devastating default by supporting an eleventh hour deal to raise the country's barring limit after months of stalemate and political squabbling the bill that could be signed into law later on choose day if the senate also gives the go ahead . from washington. not a lot of good news in terms of the big picture for the u.s. economy of course the only thing that we can be certain of that this deal means is that it averts the self imposed potential crisis of a u.s. default what we do know in this legislation is it does sort of cut spending by about

israel the statement comes after two days of israeli air strikes on gaza more than a dozen palestinians have been killed in the strikes reportedly including children well israel began its campaign following a series of terrorist attacks at the egyptian border they killed eight israelis on thursday officials pin the blame on a gaza based group called the popular resistance committees for the incidents following the first air strikes palestinians responded by launching more than twenty attacks rising tension comes less than a month before a vital u.n. vote on the recognition of the palestinian state let's now talk to dr was the father barghouti who's a member of the palestinian parliament and joins us live from ramallah now with hamas having announced it's no longer committed to a cease fire and israel promising more retaliation do you see the current tension growing into something bigger maybe a regional war. well in my opinion. but he moans. got into some of the fire good. guys including come out. and does a very. good we have this problem we've got to think about all the g

to a libya style industry. and israel is to seize by a tidal wave of antigovernment protesters demanding sweeping economic reform but demonstrators complain that the summer of discontent is largely being passed over by the international media. a very warm welcome to you this is r.t. live from moscow with me rory search the lower house of the u.s. congress has a done its bit to prevent a devastating falls passing an eleventh hour bill to raise the country's borrowing limit after months of stalemate and political squabbling the bill could be signed into law later on choose day if the senate also gives the go ahead. on affairs across the latest in which. not a lot of good news in terms of the big picture for the u.s. economy of course the only thing that we can be certain of that this deal means is that it avert the self-imposed potential crisis of a u.s. default what we do know in this legislation is a does sort of cut spending by about two point four trillion dollars over the next decade what that means in the short term for the u.s. economy is potentially a lot of stifling of g

our way and what's if you wait for two not israel and what situation we're fourteen are going to factor in situation we're fourteen trillion dollars and get on a fourteen trillion dollar g.d.p. that's terrible but no steak i use that terrible tell me the magic number seeing please some a con every every dollar. because every dollar the government borrows is from the same pool of money that entrepreneurs would otherwise borrow from it which would create jobs create wealth and actually grow the economy being there's so many instances of some of these big companies getting tax breaks and some of the mid-size companies getting tax breaks now with under the notion that they're going to create jobs and they don't but now there's the other side of the coin is the regulatory and also broccoli bombers dropping all over the economy grabbing control of the internet with net neutrality regulating. applying cap and trade as if it were passed even though it wasn't via the e.p.a. applying hard chekhovian or of even though it hasn't been passed a lot of these situations these are regulatory assa

for an all expense paid trip to israel the white house and the mainstream press made this a part of their itinerary. start a war on terror check kill some of bin ladin track lead billions of dollars from the us economy chat chat chat so why are we still fighting that war against. problems that a lot of these kids don't know once they get in it's hard to get out the lights camera combat so while the military engages young americans with hollywood movies and video games lie isn't anyone pressing the reset button and pentagon recruitment . getting us thursday august eleventh and lucy catherine of reporting live out of washington d.c. and of course you're watching our t.v. well it certainly has been an august like no other summer like no other in fact now the american economy is unfortunately in crisis our suburbs are falling into poverty schools are struggling cities are on the edge of bankruptcy and jobs well those are few and far in between but congress extremes lawmakers are steamed elected politicians they're out on their annual summer break now i do want to give our elected politi

rockets at israel tel aviv claims up to fourteen were launched overnight forcing it was an air strike on sunday from us said it had agreed to cease fire with israel policy your is in tel aviv and she joins us live follow what's happening on the ground now and is the shelling still continuing. well the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu comes to any emergency cabinet meeting this morning three o'clock local time it flooded with a statement in which israel said it would not retaliate harshly to gaza it also said that it would not normally a military operation there now this does follow an egyptian brokered cease fire that went into effect last night but tell of it does came that their teeth fire started some fourteen rockets have been fired at southern israel the last landed at seven o'clock this morning local time and there are no reports of injuries one of the reasons being given as to why israel is not interested now in a war with gaza despite earlier reports that the political leadership was talking about reacting and reacting hashmi to the. border raid on thursday that started

. and the voices of tens of thousands of anti-government protesters in israel calling for the prime minister to stand down are going on the supported by the international media. eight am here in the russian capital you're watching our teeth thanks for being with us now to our top story the lower chamber of the u.s. congress has passed a last minute deal to revert a devastating full scale default after months of political confrontation well the only remaining hurdle for the legislation is senate approval expected later on tuesday let's cross live to washington where the agreement was hammered out artie's lucy catherine i was there for us hi there lucy so what is this a vote mean for the u.s. economy. well not a lot of good news in terms of the big picture for the u.s. economy of course the only thing that we can be certain of that this deal means is that it averts the self imposed potential crisis of a u.s. default which would have been the first time this country faced that could have defaulted in its history what we do know in this legislation is a does sort of cut spending by abou

violence in the middle east is on the rise as hamas fire rockets towards israel in response to days of airstrikes on gaza international mediators from the un russia the us and the you have called on egypt now to try to help its neighbors establish a cease fire and he's paulus lir as more from tel aviv. cairo is pushing pressure to try and calm patient on both sides we know that an initial agreement had been signed between tel aviv and cairo we have no details of that at the moment commer has been insisting on and a formal apology from israel it also says that if once not only an expression of a great but once a commitment from as well that this kind of wind will not happen again the israeli defense minister a good rock has said that he would break the day off the board of gods who were killed in the nature of violence he also says he has ordered an immediate investigation this is just part of the bigger picture when we keep tensions on the ground intensifying we keep at least fifteen palestinians have been killed in the past few days dozens have been injured while today alone some f

killed all ninety six on board. in israel central square has been turned into tent city crowds of protesters have expressed their discontent with soaring prices and plummeting salaries but. reports that peaceful demonstrations often go unnoticed by the government and by the world's mainstream media. tens of thousands on the streets of israel angry today and protesting for change but is anyone listening when it comes to a lot of the foreign media want to see more of an action movie and this has been very violent it's been very hadn't been violent at all it's been very positive. well into week three the largest demonstration in israel in over a decade and how did a.b.c. c.b.s. and n.b.c. cover it they didn't a younger woman set up the tent while the editors of france twenty four b.b.c. and sky coughed up just a few meager seconds perhaps not even that interesting to. back. in the studios ok there's a protest what exactly is a protest a social protest over the revolution it's not the same kind of story that they're used to it's not as big and dramatic some of the bigger revolutions h

strikes in gaza after deadly attacks in southern israel. >> shares tumbled as investors worry about the global economy falling back into recession. captioned by the national captioning institute mp--www.ncicap.org-- >> the united states has demanded that the syrian president step down, and has urged his partners to impose crippling economic sanctions to force him out. the call was echoed by the european union. washington announced the strongest sanctions to date against the syrian government. >>g u.s. president barack obama has said for the first time that the syrian leader should go, and it is too late for him to make the changes needed. secretary of state hillary clinton underlined the message. >> for the sake of the syrian people, the time has come for him to step aside handled leave this transition to the syrians themselves. that is what we will continue to work to achieve. >> the u.s. is introducing further sanctions banning syrian oil products. the tough line was echoed in europe, with leaders in britain, france, and germany calling on the president to leave power. they were n

matters worse. than the voices of tens of thousands of anti-government protesters in israel calling for the prime minister to stand down by going on reported by the international media. a very warm welcome to you this is r.t. live from moscow i'm referencing shake the lower chamber of the u.s. congress has passed a last minute deal to prevent a devastating full scale to force after months long political confrontation the only remaining hurdle now is for the legislation in the senate to get approval that's expected later on choose day. as in washington with mine. not a lot of good news in terms of the big picture for the u.s. economy of course the only thing that we can be certain of that this deal means is that it avert the self imposed potential crisis of a u.s. default what we do know in this legislation is it does sort of cut spending by about two point four trillion dollars over the next decade what that means in the short term for the u.s. economy is potentially a lot of tightening of growth now we have to keep in mind that unemployment rates are still astronomically high at ni

supply russian helicopters to afghan security forces . now we're turning our attention to israel where the mainstream media is being accused of burying their heads in the sand over coverage of the biggest anti-government protests the country has seen in decades tens of thousands of people fed up with living standards of staging demonstrations calling for prime minister binyamin netanyahu to stand down but as our reports from tel aviv protesters voices are simply going on heard by the rest of the world. tens of thousands on the streets of israel angry today and protesting for change but is anyone listening when it comes to a lot of the foreign media want to see more of an action movie and this has been very violent it's been very hadn't been violent at all it's been very positive. well into week three the largest demonstration in israel in over a decade and how did a.b.c. c.b.s. and n.b.c. cover it they didn't a younger woman set up the tent while the editors of france twenty four b.b.c. and sky coughed up just a few meager seconds perhaps not even that interesting to. back. in th

been through this process i think we actually need to look much deeper at this problem. israel's approve the building of sixteen hundred extra settlements in east jerusalem peace talks between both sides have been stalled by the recent construction of jewish homes in the west bank and this comes just weeks ahead of an expected move by the palestinian administration to have their state recognized at the u.n. security council his middle east correspondent paula reports. the israeli government has announced that it approves the construction of we're being told some two thousand two hundred and twenty five new housing units in neighborhoods across east jerusalem and in the coming days they are expected to give their knowledge to a further two thousand seven hundred now these housing units are in areas in neighborhoods across the one nine hundred sixty seven armistice lines they are areas of israel and mixed but that annexation was never recognized by the international community now certainly the timing is significant because this announcement comes as tens of thousands of israelis ha

simply going on heard by the rest of the world. tens of thousands on the streets of israel angry today and protesting for change but is anyone listening when it comes to a lot of the foreign media want to see more of an action movie and the thousand. by you and it's been very. very positive. well into week three the largest demonstration in israel in over a decade and how did a.b.c. c.b.s. and n.b.c. coverage they didn't a younger woman set up the tent while the editors of france twenty four b.b.c. and sky coughed up just a few meager seconds perhaps not even that interesting to. look back in the studios ok there's a quote as well what exactly is a protest a social protest for the revolution it's not the same kind of story the pollution is not as big and dramatic some of the bigger revolutions happening around the middle east and i mean of his writing isn't surprised by the worldwide lack of media interest he's worked in the israeli press for decades but courting for media both foreign and local there is a box that the international media has put israel. palestinian conflict also

lawmakers are a pair of their bags for an all expense paid trip to israel but why has the mainstream media made this a part of their itinerary. start a war on terror check kill osama bin ladin shack we've billions of dollars from the u.s. economy shock so why are we still in afghanistan. the problem is a lot of these kids don't know once they get him it's hard to get out while it's lights camera and combat while the u.s. military in gauge is a young americans with hollywood films and video games why isn't anyone pressing the reset button on pentagon recruitment. and their riders without a cause at least that's what david cameron would have you believe about london's rebellious youth now the prime minister pins the blame on a quote sick society well we'll speak to that of the people of that society to get their take. on eating up thursday august eleventh eight pm here in washington d.c. i'm lucy coughing up and you're watching our t.v. . well it's been a summer like no other the american economy has been in crisis our suburbs are falling into poverty schools are struggling cities are on the

is what i am here moscow. our top story from us launches rocket attacks on israel it's killed one and injured dozens in response to israel's continued strikes on gaza this comes after hamas announces its calling off its cease fire with the jewish state israel's also been dealt a blow on a different fronts cairo said it will withdraw all the head of its a gyptian mission from tel aviv put it at risk already faltering relations between the two countries tensions running high inside the jewish state as well with people venting anger at the government fall asleep as the latest. iraq is putting pressure to try and calm tensions on both sides we know that an initial agreement has been signed between cabinet and cairo we have no details of that at the moment commer has been insisting on any formal apology from israel it also says that it wants not only an expression of a great but it wants a commitment from its wealth that this kind of violence will not happen again the israeli defense minister ehud barak has said that he would break the day of rejection border guards who were killed in

tens of thousands of protesters cram into the streets of israel to protest for social change so why isn't anyone in the mainstream media. it's tuesday august second eight pm in washington d.c. i'm christine friends out there watching our t.v. . but start the evening with the way we've been starting most evenings lately have a look at the very latest in the battle over the debt ceiling and that ceiling deal now the debt ceiling law after dominating our national discussion for the last several weeks with the bill a plan to cut budget deficits by two point one trillion dollars in the next ten years as the day we saw this bill pass in the house with two hundred sixty one voting for it one hundred sixty one against today the senate also passed the bill seventy four to twenty six and shortly after president obama signed the bill or not before he said this voters they have chosen divided government but they sure didn't vote for dysfunctional go so is that debacle in washington evidence of a broken democratic system to help answer that question and more i spoke to seek molly president of le

between israel and hamas comes to an end once again as militants launch more than a dozen rockets from gaza forcing the jewish state to retaliate and. it is one pm in the russian capital you're watching r t with myriad joshie will begin with breaking news government tanks are shelling parts of central tripoli despite rebels claiming they are in control of most of the libyan capital meanwhile state t.v. is still a ring frockcoat often programs at the fighting has been reported near the libyan leader's residence earlier three of his sons were said to have been arrested following a night of chaos in the capital crowds were seen in the city's central square with people waving revolutionary flags dr franklin lamb director of americans for middle east peace who was shot by sniper on sunday says gadhafi may be preparing a massive counter-attack. i borrowed a bicycle some thirty here and i rode around for ninety minutes to green square checking out the streets of tripoli which were quiet as they are on the right now and coming back by. the by one shot and i right. i don't know if you can

eighty one lawmakers days passed their bags for an all expense paid trip to israel the white house and the mainstream press made this a part of their itinerary. start a war on terror kill osama bin ladin check led billions of dollars from the us economy check so why is the us still in afghanistan. good evening it's thursday august eleventh four pm here in washington d.c. i'm lucy craft and of and watching our t.v. . well it's been an august like no other i summon a summer like no other fact that the american economy may be in crisis our suburbs are falling into poverty schools are struggling cities are on the edge of bankruptcy and jobs are few and far between but congress congress is out on its annual summer break now i do want to give our elected leaders some credit they have of course been working very very hard on numerous critical issues for example working hard to avert the first ever downgrade of our prized aaa credit rating we're making sure that the fourteen point one million americans who are currently out of work that some sort of hope for the future now if you get all of yo

on r t tonight tension is high in the middle east this israel continues its bombardment of gaza become by sending a peace treaty with the jewish day. while here it is not activists are taking to the street they play they believe the government is trying to use this conflict to divert attention away point from it big problems join me in a few moments and i'll bring you all. their claims about the rebels capturing. that sounds like a complete and i've a case of conflicting reports on a rebel advance on tripoli suggest his father when they too am to get their food media campaign. and we explore the events of august nineteenth ninety one which gave birth to modern russian democracy and. welcomed this is r.t. is what i am here in moscow my name is kevin i know it's our top story the mass launches rocket attacks on israel it's killed one and injured dozens in response to israel's continued air strikes on gaza this comes after hamas announces its calling off its cease fire with the jewish state israel's also been dealt a blow on a different fronts cairo said it will withdraw ahead of i

ceasefire with israel following days of deadly airstrikes on gaza. while here in israel demonstrated they think they're going ahead with a pro to describe what they believe is a government that came to use the conflict as a method of diverting attention away from internal problems join me for three hundred few moments and i'll bring you more. in other news it's been another turbulent week for the world's markets as fears mount but the u.s. and europe are on the brink of another devastating downturn. also we continue our coverage marking the twentieth anniversary of the attempted coup against me i'll go to russia which changed the course of history for the soviet union. and is all about maxing it out at the international air show near moscow where gravity defying action and lucrative deal making are picking up paste a day before the event wraps up. its seven pm in moscow this is r t coming to you live on noosa now with our top story hopes for a mideast peace agreement have been dealt a fresh blow with hamas announcing its pulling out from a de facto cease fire with israel the statemen

de facto ceasefire with israel the statement comes after two days of israeli air strikes on gaza more than a dozen palestinians have been killed in the strikes reportedly including children israel began its campaign forming a series of terrorist attacks in the egyptian border that killed eight israelis on thursday officials pin the blame on a gaza based group called the popular resistance committees for the incidents following the first airstrikes palestinians responded by launching more than twenty rocket attacks the rising tension comes less than a month before a vital u.n. vote on the recognition of the palestinian state would be getting a comment live from israel a little later here on. well coming up later in the program and politics don't mix in georgia as the director rob the country state gets the sack many of those supporting him claim it's because he opposed the president. big business for some a tough job for others but a stunning show for all of our t. takes you through all the highlights of the next international air show near moscow . but first a u.n. humanitarian t

sources on the ground say it is all part of a nato this information campaign. here in israel at the best cupcake you can do anything they say they believe the government is trying to use the conflict to divert attention away from to make take issues of. this is happening as israel continues its bombardment of gaza with hamas ending its peace treaty with the jewish state. and we explore the events of august one thousand nine hundred one which gave birth to modern russian democracy. and broadcasting a live direct from the heart of moscow this is r.t. i'm trying thomas glad to have you with us heavy gunfire and explosions are reported in the libyan capital according to rebel commanders and it signals the start of a final onslaught on khadafi stronghold but i witness is saying the gunfire is sporadic and the explosions heard are victory celebrations of gadhafi loyalists independent journalists feeling says the reports are nato's way to create panic. gun fire and fire what's happening and it's gun fire and fire it's celebrates three gun fire and as a result of. emergence of rebels in the

ground see it's all part of a nato does information campaign. here in israel after. they pay they believe the government is trying to use the conflict to divert attention away from to make the cases that this is happening as israel continues its a bombardment of gaza with hamas ending its peace treaty with the jewish state. and we explore the events of august one thousand nine hundred ninety one which gave birth to modern russian democracy. bringing you the top news and stories from around the globe direct from moscow this is r.t. glad to have you with us heavy gunfire and explosions are reported in the libyan capital according to rebel commanders that the firing signals the start of the final onslaught on foot off the stronghold but i witness is on the ground to say it is all misinformation. and roy a political analyst who's in tripoli says that the reports of fighting is an attempt to destabilize the city. there is gunfire pretty sporadic it's not organized and it's meant to deliberately break down the more elegant population the main point of the attacks in tripoli which are sp

pulling out from a defacto ceasefire with israel the statement follows two days of israeli air strikes on gaza that saw more than a thousand killed across live now to tel aviv where are these paula we are joins us paula how will this statement by hamas a fact what's already a very volatile situation. well as you say hamas says it will no longer add here to a truce now they say that there is no proof that these attacks which happened on thursday originated from gaza in fact they deny that despite the fact that israel insists that gaza is to blame now the palestinian president mahmoud abbas is calling for an emergency united nations security council meeting he's calling on the international community to denounce and to call on is all to stop these attacks the latest figures we have all some fifteen palestinians who have been killed in a round of israeli airstrikes that have been ongoing since late tuesday we are also being told that the situation on the ground is intensifying and there are no indications that the situation will make up any time soon now as far as the israeli side goes they

. tensions rise in the middle east as hamas calls often cease fire with israel following days of deadly airstrikes on gaza. while here in israel after the taking to the street they pay they believe the government is trying to use the conflict to drive that came from no great mind to make big problems join me in a few moments and i'll bring you more. also this but another turbulent week for the world's markets as fears a mounting with the u.s. and europe on the brink of another devastating downturn as we reported. plus we continue our coverage marking the twentieth anniversary of the attempted coup against mikhail gorbachev which changed the course of history for the soviet union . and its all about vaccine get out of the international air show near moscow with a final day of gravity defying stunts and a lucrative deal making to go. live from moscow welcome for me kevin no internet you're watching r t it's now ten pm this saturday evening our top story hopes for a mideast peace agreement have been dealt a fresh blow with a mass announcing its pulling out from a defacto ceasefire with isr

followed a crowd. israel gears up for another round of mass protests that begins to decades as people rage against a government they say has abandoned them. and we travel to russia's drastic park in the remote far eastern region where a new breed of dinosaurs were discovered. it's ten am here in moscow you're watching r.t. thanks for joining us the united states prize top aaa credit rating has been caught for the first time ever standard and poor's has dropped america's ranking to a double a plus now the a destructive force is the crippling debt which congress is struggle to agree on how to tackle with only an eleventh hour deal to raise the amount allowed lesson peace that's not enough and falls far short of what's needed to stabilize the government's runaway for a way but the obama administration says the analysis is way off and will damage any recovery artie's visit washington for us. it really is more than anything a huge a symbolic and unprecedented blow to the united states to its status a as a. safe investment basically what this credit rating lowering does that it is it really