from ambassador daniel fried at the atlantic council. one of the u.s. government's foremost experts on russia and the former soviet spear. his career in the service stand over four decades and seven presidencies. wow. ending earlier this year when he retired from his post at the state department coordinator on sanctions policy. very relevant for this discussion. we will conclude with a q&a session. i would like now to give the floor to the first panelist, brian whitmore, who will provide us with an overview of the russian political system. the floor is yours. >> should i start again or did everybody hear me. i can't say how delighted i am that this issue is finally get attention. we've been talking the last few years about the information and seminars. i am enjoying all of them but harping on the issue that we need to broaden the aperture of office because the information is just one of the things the kremlin has organized and in my opinion, the most important thing that weaponize is his corruption. i will start by saying i think it is a bit misleading to characterize as simply cryptog

says quote. tom suggests only that the u.s. military is one of the world's largest bureaucracies no such is going to have some lapses in material control law enforcement is going to get better equipment and we're going to use it to protect both officers around civilians and if we don't get it for free from the military we're going to blow. ours. by the way therefore by all that's ridiculous was ridiculous saying you can't even keep people safe to begin with you've let the pro proliferation of illegal guns all across america but now when you hear it it's only one point three whatever we'll get them back you can't get the ones that are out there it's ridiculous. the association for the predator of prevention and relief of heart disease was formed in one thousand fifteen in order to determine if people diagnosed with heart disease could return to work in one nine hundred twenty four six cardiologist from other smaller heart health groups throughout the nation came together to create the american heart association the ha remained a small regional organization until june twenty fourth on

so much a few. russia's interference in the twenty sixteen u.s. political campaign and what it says about america's electoral vulnerability on this edition of politics. the politicking on matthew cook sitting in for larry king how vulnerable is america's election infrastructure what exactly have we learned from interference in the twenty sixteen presidential election and what's being done to halt future meddling by foreign governments let's get insights from cyber security expert roderick jones he's a former member of scotland yard special branch and founder and c.e.o. of aruba a cyber security firm roderick joins me from san francisco. so a lot of words are being used these of the russia and the twenty sixty election meddling interference attempt to influence based on your professional expertise and experience how would you describe russia's intentions and actions. well matthew put it this way i think if you're running for office in the united states and the next to you whether at a local level or a national level you're going to be hacked it's as simple as that i think you know th

from bloomberg news around the time of the g twenty read that china and germany step up as u.s. retires from world leadership that's the headline. your thoughts about this is the u.s. receding and china is standing and is there a relationship between china and germany that is emerging jim first. trumpets first they withdrew from t p p transpacific partnership which immediately threw from the pacific ocean area into china's hands but america basically left everybody had to turn to china and china of course turned to them so yes we're seeing that america is pulling out of the pacific in some ways at the same time america put sanctions on russia for a variety of reasons but that's pushed the chinese and the russians together so many people are getting very involved with it and the persians they have rain ians are also being forced into the arms of the chinese by by america so you have just about everybody on the eurasian continent turning towards the asian that towards china right now and yes everybody is. the would be us is withdrawing or there with . drawing from us are both val

security act was signed into law in the u.s. now it was intended to protect the economic security of americans especially after they hit a certain age but the system hasn't kept up with demographic changes could face a crisis sooner than we think. is here in the studio with more for us on that kind of crisis relooking at now well basically if nothing is done about social security we will start paying out more than we actually take in which would obviously be a very complicated problem to deal with the u.s. looks a lot different now compared to when social security was first introduced people are living longer and birth rates are much lower which means there are less young workers in the labor force and as a result of those changes the program hasn't been able to operate like it used to and if the government doesn't issue reform they won't have enough money to pay everyone's social security checks according to the social security administration trust funds will be depleted by two thousand and thirty four meaning only seventy seven percent of benefits will be payable and before that in

russia in response to u.s. sanctions. is expected to approve those sanctions against russia. must vote in the senate look at why europe is warning of countermeasures. working with. killed by mortar fire from islamic state extremists in syria. i. position. thanks for joining us here live from moscow watching the weekly rundown of this week's top stories starting with russia president vladimir putin has ordered the states to cut the number of its diplomatic staff in the country by several hundred in response to sanctions from the united states. i think that more than a thousand people both diplomatic and technical staff are currently working in russia which seven hundred fifty five of them will have to stop their activities and that's painful was. a consequence that up america has taken a step to jeopardize u.s. russia relations and the important thing is that that step wasn't triggered by anything goes this is a move to impose a legal restrictions to attempt to influence other countries including us allies with cuba which are interested in developing ties with russia but on the real was

receive their uniforms today. take seats. in the u.s. army is teaching it more than three thousand public schools students who opt for the army are exempt from physical education. the biggest thing a look at as just make sure your hair does not touch your ears. they're facing a four year program created unfunded by the pentagon lots of finger nails right here what are some authorized colors that will. let me see your nails by now hold them up right now tomorrow. if she doubt her nails like this right here she's got a little sports let me see goals come from back so we come from structured environments and we know what it takes to create a structured environment regolith teaches they graduate college they get is just it's if it and then they they start teaching but i don't think they really understand classroom management or demand engine large groups of people in different. different ways of doing it like. we do this and maybe that's why we can get the kids to push up but a regular teacher you know as a one of you know become more of a better citizen in the country just want to bec

. chemical weapons that the u.s. military knew what assad's military was doing at the time and that the bombing was meant to hit a high level meeting of jihad as leaders and did just that hersh is source says it's this was not a chemical weapons strike that's a fairy tale military grade sarin is odorless and invisible and death can come within a minute no clout so if it were seren there would be no cloud but instead there was a slow moving cloud of chemicals a bomb damage assessment by the u.s. military later determined that the heat and force of the five hundred pound syrian bomb triggered a series of secondary explosions that could have generated a huge toxic cloud formed by the release of the fertilizers disinfectants and other goods stored in the basement patients on the scene smelled of bleach suggesting they had been exposed to chlorine remember syrian gas has no smell and that way it's kind of the opposite of steve bannon so so if the u.s. military knew that this was likely not a chemical weapons attack. why didn't they tell trump why did they want to go more on what's happen

actually comes five years from now right after the u.s. unemployment rate hit seventy two percent and the minimum wage is down to fourteen cents an hour you'll read of capitalism still hungry no no no no no. pay as you coming up in one week donald trump will give a press conference in which he states on equivocally. we've had no help from russia miles or a jerry white supremacist juvenile administration is this bad all by ourselves that that first culture joy not her problem was a letter. about your sudden passing i've only just learned you worry yourself and taken your last bang turn. to you as we all knew it would i tell you i'm sorry if i could so i write these last words in hopes to put to rest these things that i never got off my chest. i remember when we first met my life turned on each day. but then my feelings started to change you talked about more like it was again still some are fond of you those that didn't like to question our arc and i secretly promised to never be like it said one does not leave a funeral in the same as one enters the mind gets consumed with death this

few reported serious side effects most people in the u.s. know the quote unquote microchips in pets and there's more than some evidence suggesting it may not be safe for women or men's best friend in a review of eleven studies between one thousand nine hundred twenty two thousand and six of tissue reactions to microchip implants in animals what they found was that in six of the studies nearly ten percent of laboratory mice develop malignant tumors in around implants and two studies reported microchip related cancer in dogs . c.e.o. yeah and the implants are quote something you never drop never lose and it never ever runs out of battery and in the case of three. market b. implants are voluntary in accordance with the wisconsin state law which prohibits mandatory r f i d chips which puts us in a bit of a pickle so while legislators in some states have foreseen the legal dangerous and medical sciences studying the physical threats are we asking ourselves if this is about our convenience or about making people into walking pocket. that's a good question what do you think. this is about

u.s. in eighty ninety eight is about to elect a new governor. many young people have turned out before. bruce wants to make us. a little mass killing seventy percent that's. trying. to look at him look at least eleven fund. has been passed bringing austerity measures to overcome the crisis. a federal american board is supposed to govern puts a rico. is the independent candidate she is determined to defy washington in many view the federal board is a humiliation. seeming second belief that it is set up with. disability that it will go to. the ceiling essentially the senate is still can't get and this is. a desolate area and you can see. i mean you got up on this. part of the u.s. has. to be good. i didn't. like how. hot. it would be. getting i was. like i was. paralyzed that public debt is sixty six billion euros i record in the history of the united states. to its status as a free associated state doesn't have the same rights as other states that's why it's not allowed to declare bankruptcy. that's the paradox of put a rico its citizens are american but the territory is treated

consultancy j b c now opec is considering placing caps back on libya and nigeria u.s. production increased to nearly nine point three four billion barrels a day just last week. it's monday and what's worse than starting off the week with transportation delays on your way to work while thousands of commuters will be faced with a lot of that coming months ahead since penn station is now undergoing some major repairs until the end of august artistry chavez has this report. two months of trying to laze began this morning penn station is finally undergoing some a much needed repairs but new york governor andrew cuomo says that this will be the summer of help and thousands of travelers may be forced to find a different commute this could have been a very good if they would have prevented this massive eight week track construction program will affect three different transit agencies the new jersey transit the long island railroad and amtrak. three to five of the stations twenty one tracks will have to be shut down causing a twenty percent reduction in service until september first which

to u.s. sanctions. trump is expected to approve sanctions against russia are offering me if you're not of us vote in the senate that's really why europe is warning of council measures. just working with all of these are the channel is killed by mortar fire from islamic state extremists in syria. deadly weapons.

away the u.s. government has ordered american citizens to leave venezuela immediately the announcement comes as protests against democratically elected president nicolas maduro have stretched into their fourth straight month and as the trumpet ministration has begun ramping up the talk of regime change for more on the situation in venezuela and how it could be resolved peacefully i'm joined now by mark weisbrot co-founder and co-director of the center for economic and policy research president of just foreign policy and author of several books including the most recent failed what the experts got wrong about the global economy marc welcome back thanks how it's great to be here great always great having you with us so first of all can you provide some context for us the u.s. media tends to portray more duro as some evil communist toady. nation of chavez bloody bloody law and and the poor people are just trying to rise up against this crazed commie what's the real story well or is that the real story no i think that's is the exaggeration you know that you see that the whole

tolerate a foreign military base there adding that he's already warned the u.s. against action but. it's really says it will not be threatened by its neighbors over border control that's as the country struggles with a huge influx of migrants we hear from a local mayor who says his town is at breaking point. and our taste speaks exclusively to a man with a severe muscle wasting disease who was convicted for armed robbery and pressure. thanks for tuning in just one twelve in the afternoon here in moscow you watching our team to national with you this hours and the. top story now a correspondent for russia's sputnik news agency has been caught up in a gun battle in mosul iraq while she was taking pictures of the mine clearing operation in the historic part of the city she managed to escape unharmed and share with us her video. just a thought well come on over called looking from from a comment about the. and you will unfold but i am who are younger than you thought then and. now i gather you before you were at the office and i did not come from mother never a part of my story. and all the

damascus urges the un to help end the crimes by the u.s. led coalition against syrian civilians. good evening and welcome my name is neil harvey you're watching r.t. international first this hour clashes in the venezuelan capital continue following sunday's vote for a new constituent assembly president nicolas maduro branded the result of a victory for the country with only a forty one percent voter turnout the opposition the said that it would continue to protest those results controversy over the election a sparked a deadly wave of violence across the country. i. was. in the protests of frequently turn violent an explosion on a street in caracas injured a number of people including seven police officers off a dozen others were wounded when a grenade was thrown into a polling station the position which run the election is being illegal has called for yet more protest. oh. it's you know the ball again we know if we don't have a republic we have nothing we may have a home food we can start a family raise children die there's no need if we don't have a republic that's why we went to vot

between senate investigations and twitter wars the current u.s. presidency it hasn't barely gotten the ball rolling but there has been plenty of drama we are strongest when we're unified. this is a bunch of scumbags. president was being small president is not presidential. for this country. mr speaker to call for the impeachment of the president boy have they i mean every single thing when i'm. finished i think they will absolutely. lately the bipartisan tug of war has shifted to being on the lines of the enemy of my enemy is my friend take attorney general jeff sessions not long ago he was considered want to transfer most trusted allies whereas democrats were less than impressed he's a man of integrity a man of principle and a man of total utter resolve because the department of justice should be above reproach for the good of the country attorney general sessions should resign in just a couple of months trumps law for sessions has turned sour and lo and behold under chuck schumer is suddenly coming to his defense i am disappointed in the attorney general. he should not have recus

and he said any of you who vote for me to be montana's u.s. senator i'll hand one of these bills to you as you walk out of the chamber and he stood there he watched the vote and as they walked out he passed the dollar bills to them and you know this was nothing new and this was nothing you know insanely shocking at the moment in the place but it got picked up by the new york newspapers and so horrified the washington d.c. in new york that the united states senate refused to seat william clark for six months as a huge battle over whether he would even be allowed to have a seat because he had bought it through bribery and that kicked us right into the into the seventeenth amendment so why would republicans want to take us back to those days i don't get it it's the good old days. when we could murder greely do you know that much of. the republican idea is that this is new and you say before you lose this is. happened before the judge was john birch society and some of it was trying to fight for this thing yeah but i do think there is reason to look at the seventy's in terms of how curr

the u.s. wrap up their first face to face diplomatic meeting which lasted over two hours. to come. clashes between g. twenty protesters and police are ongoing with more than one hundred officers injured and schools of demonstrators detained in. plus and on the right. around one hundred bridge to gun owners on its terror watch list despite the country having suffered a string of recent attacks.

the u.s. . every day. with the country at a crossroads the island is on the rise. welcome back to the program not by tossed top story this hour american news network c.n.n. has been accused of blackmail off track down the person behind the donald trump arresting clip the channel threatening to reveal his identity if he makes another video like the one well love. to freddie gray the deputy editor of britain's spectator magazine friday welcome to the program here. what do you think of c.n.n. threats to release private information about this man. well i think it's childishness all round really donald trump tweeted a video of himself a body slamming a figure with the c.n.n. head imprinted on it this was obviously trolling or trying to wind up c.n.n. they bit on the bait. and traced back to the person who came up with that video who created that video. and effectively silenced him effectively blackmailed him. now it's shown that he's been a fifteen year old boy and they're in trouble for it so i think it's childish of donald trump in the first place it's equally told it's of c.n.n. and it'

and i always appreciate it ed let me go to you first you're the greatest booster for u.s. russia relations that i've ever met in my life and you continue to do it now we have sanctions for sanctions we have once president trump signs that it's where we all assume that he will he is essentially handcuffed himself when it comes to relations with russia under these sanction bill he has to go to congressional committees to move forward his agenda in russia with it which seems extremely unlikely where are we and are we in a cold war two point zero. always trying to find some positive story i know you're really well known for other words. this is the bankers so i get mine. so. signals first of all what you want to avoid of course it's military confrontation and people. talk to syria. pretty positive is stop this crazy cruise maybe the dangers or even criminal support for so-called moderate rebels because we know once your view for reference to moderate some powers is so strong somehow end up and so it's not so moderate and you know i mean cynics would say that was in part of the plan i

just want to pick up on what you said do you have any fears that the u.s. interference will actually be grow given what has now happened. well we have to wait and see whenever the united states intervene into the intel affairs of any country only does it create anti american feelings and support whoever is on the receiving end and in this case maduro is going to benefit out of this the opposition has never been able to this last is from these pro american pro u.s. imperialism a book called it stands and they are you know been openly calling for this and i think the more the united states intervene the more mother is going to be supported the best thing will be for the united states to a hands off and as well i love innocence to this by themselves and the only way even the silence can buy themselves instead of organizing the overthrow the government which is explicitly called by the position organizing violence burney things even people in the street is to actually come to trial and then try to address the problems you know all of the nation we should cause and this is actually what m

u.s. should be lagging behind at this point the reason we are is because of the political power of the fossil fuel industry and you know there's probably no place in the country where this issue is as important as in the state of florida we have rising sea levels here it's not just leading to flooding in the streets of miami it also is leading to the salinisation. of our aquifer our drinking supply becomes in danger because of this and instead of responding aggressively the political establishment has been really allowing the fossil fuel industry to keep doubling down we saw this year the construction of what's called the sable trail pipeline in florida that's going to transport a billion cubic feet of track gas each and every day. and not even for florida's energy needs but for export in the form of liquefied natural gas and this is something that i've been speaking out about a lot and again debbie wasserman schultz is very silent on it because she takes a lot of money from these fossil fuel interests and you know this sable trail pipeline is a five hundred fifteen mile pipeline i

ing and distributing painkillers which contribute to the deadliest drug overdose epidemic in u.s. history. joins me now in the studio to break down the case and please explain the medical fallout from this is being called the largest health care fraud takedown in american history and the numbers that i can show you will tell you why a health care fraud sweeps like the one announced thursday take place each year but twenty seventeen is by far the biggest year yet forty one federal district participated in this year's takedown if we look at the past five years that's four times as many districts as four and five years ago when only ten districts took part and this year the department of justice announced it's charging four hundred twelve people including doctors compared with three hundred one the year before these defendants after fraud taxpayers of approximately one point three billion dollars as a result of this operation two hundred health care providers are now in the process of being suspended banned from participation in any federal health care programs so important to recog

quick break stick around though when we get back my guests to medical research says the u.s. economy is slipping you can prove it as we go to break check out the numbers the closing bell. just stand in this is this you need to be the first one on top of the story or the person with the loudest voice of the biggest read. to stand losing you just the right questions. the right answers. for sure. people have got to know whether or not their president said american people deserve to know your difference at this point does it need to guard against the military industrial. we shall never go to work in order. for you know over there to be all right yes we do but the more. we. work. was leaving. was what it was. legendary investor bill miller put one percent of his net worth into crypto currency in two thousand and fourteen recording has turned into quite a success for him in two thousand and fourteen decline traded between one hundred eighty three dollars and nine hundred fourteen dollars currently it's trading above twenty six hundred it's a twelve hundred percent jump according to miller

people who live. live. these. lists lists . that new russian. by the u.s. house of representatives will damage your it's energy interests. returning to europe leaving authorities struggling for a coordinated way to deal with them. whatever reasons why they were and if we can get to the. extremism is radicalized then i think they. should be no difference whether woman or child thousands of gee how do you already ruled. by the government why do we need. and an undercover operation exposes how the pentagon gave way.

trying to r.t. in sicily. the u.s. is set to vote on further sanctions against russia on tuesday but the e.u. warns and i retaliate if the move hurts european businesses the bill accuses russia weaponize ing its gas exports but as came a moment explains it would actually hand the u.s. more power to control the global energy market. after months of podium pounding and condemnations against russia the us congress is about to pass a bill penalizing russia not much to see here right just part of the ongoing confrontation well let's take a look at what's actually in the bill the bill is targeting the construction of a key natural gas pipeline into europe citing what it calls detrimental impact on european energy security furthermore in the same paragraph the bill talks about exporting more of america's resources in order to create american jobs strengthen u.s. allies and strengthen u.s. foreign policy now that all agrees with a key component of u.s. energy strategy america's global dominance and finally we will acknowledge the energy policy. is not just a vital element of u.s. economic policy

the u.s. house of representatives votes for new sanctions against russia which the e.u. says could damage the european energy market. will. leave authorities in europe struggling for a coordinated way to try to deal with. whatever reasons why they went if we can get them back. that they have an opportunity should be no difference whether woman or child thousands of gee how do you. why do we need more of an undercover operation exposes how the pentagon gave away more than a million dollars worth of military equipment fake police. hi good morning this is international with me kevin zero interest in the morning on this wednesday first them from us the u.s. house of representatives has voted for new sanctions against russia as well as against iran and north korea two they come in response to what officials call dangerous actions undermining america. during the hearing legislators repeatedly raised the claims of russian meddling in the u.s. presidential election last year. finally rushing gaijin an unprecedented attack against our democracy when it interfered in our two thousand and six

by the u.s. military later determined that the heat and force of the five hundred pound syrian bomb triggered a series of secondary explosions that could have generated a huge toxic cloud formed by the release of the fertilizers disinfectants and other goods stored in the basement patients on the scene smelled of bleach suggesting they had been exposed to chlorine remember syrian gas has no smell and that way it's kind of the opposite of steve bannon so so if the u.s. military knew that this was likely not a chemical weapons attack. why didn't they tell trump why did they want to go more on what's happening in syria if it's a goddamn mass but it's not chemical weapons well seymour hersh states the trumps national security team did try to convince him but it was a bit they were about as effective as teaching math to a goldfish. because even if you get past the memory issues they're still how's he going to work yeah because you know hands. first says i learned of the total disconnect between the president and many of his military advisers as well as officers on the ground in the regio

believe. that u.s. forces inside. syria. and the company. after the tragedy in the french city when a truck was rammed into a crowd leaving dozens dead. living in france the attacker was known to police for several crimes. just terror tactics direct lone wolves to rent a truck and drive into a. blue and you will see we are in a new era and friends will have to live with terrorism. the latest additional french magazine paris match has spotted. this coverage of the anniversary of the atrocity in nice and published images showing the moment the lorry drove into a crowd celebrating bastille day now the paris prosecutor called the magazine to be removed from sale because of the photos however a court ruled late on thursday that the magazine doesn't need to withdraw its latest edition i want victims group has accused paris match of sensationalism. there are limits we don't need these shark beecher's to understand the horror of terrorism however editor in chief of a popular magazine told us paris match had every right to show what happened. i don't think there is reason for a moral outrage

provoking wrong as a former republican u.s. congressman from texas who made three white house bids twice as a republican and once in one nine hundred eighty eight as the libertarian party's presidential nominee he's an outspoken advocate for limited government personal liberty and low taxes he's the founder of the wrong ball institute for peace and prosperity and you can catch him on line as the host of the ron paul liberty report and ron joins us from lake jackson texas good to see you're on. good to be with you larry good to see you again how do you respond to those as they drum as exchange has been reduced to dish rules globally the. solution is it looks like trump against the world how do you feel. well i'm still trying to figure it out you know i looked at it when trump was the candidate and he was saying things that it was. that were appealing to me like we at least ought to talk to the russians and that seemed ok and he talked in america first he said something that he was reserved about his endorsement of nato but those positions sort of are flip flopping they go back and forth a

of the g. twenty summit with their first face to face diplomatic meetings over two hours u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson said they had a very robust exchange. there was so much to talk about all these issues. just about everything got touched. and i think there was just such a level of engagement and exchange need to want to. stick in their heads in the door and. even send in the first lady at one point to see if she could get us out of there and i didn't. the meeting brought up by a potential breakthrough for the syria conflict to the leaders agreed to establish a ceasefire in the country reporting from hamburg. so right still or so and was really impressed with how the first ever meeting between lattimer putin and donald trump went on saturday morning donald trump said that he was equally happy he called that meeting tremendous as he was talking to you case prime minister to resume a i had a tremendous meeting yesterday. with the president so we had a really great meetings with a lot of people are having a lot to say well it may have been tremendous for several reason

or not whether the u.s. is cooperating with russia and syria not or whether they're going to shoot us shooting down syrian aircraft piloted aircraft this is just a complete model for a region that's normally a model but this united states is not providing any clarity at least what the hell they want to see done in the region and this makes it even harder as an analyst trying to figure out what exactly is going on and what the u.s. motives are assuming i get the impression that there's been a devolution of responsibility here. taking what joe just said about saudi arabia do you think the administration is kind of allocating saudi arabia to be its point man in the region of course it has it's an israeli we have the saudis and the israelis very close together but there's one problem with all that in that is turkey and now a nato ally here i mean what's going to happen there because there is an enormous amount of friction here and it's all summed up in one word kurds. go ahead sammy. i think at the end in mind when it comes to the united states of america has been said to clearly by th

newly appointed president of the and u.s. representing seven million students across the u.k. why two thirds of those students will never pay off their debts and to raise them a goes a wall at this week's problem this is a question all this of more coming up in today's going underground but first the british army is offering visas to africans in an attempt to recruit twelve thousand soldiers if you're watching this in a sub-saharan commonwealth countries say food prices in nations like malawi mozambique or sierra leone and want to fight for tourism a you can telephone plus for four three four five six hundred eight zero eight zero but elsewhere in the u.k. military world defense secretary said michael fallon who characterizes jeremy corbyn as a u.k. security threat appears at today's royal international air tattoo at aria fairford in the southwest of england fallon's visit comes in a week with a briefing document obtained by the n.g.o.s child soldiers international raises questions over british military recruitment specifically it concerns the so-called this is belonging campaign.

visit here to russia does come at a time when china's relations with the u.s. are on shaky ground that's after beijing ordered military vessels and jets to ward off an american warship which according to china violated its territorial waters in the south china sea on a broader perspective. now has been looking at where things have been going wrong between beijing and washington. remember the famous chocolate cake that donald trump used to woo the chinese leader we had the most beautiful piece of chocolate cake that you've ever seen president she was enjoying it that was the first time that trump and she met with trump putting on a grand dinner for she which also featured trump's granddaughter singing a song for she in chinese. well that was back in april sense then trump's charm offensive seems to a faltering here's how the chinese foreign ministry sees it. president xi explicitly pointed out that china u.s. relations have made great progress in the recent days but it has also been affected by some negative factors a fair few such factors actually unlike the u.s. accusing china of

minister sergei lavrov has announced that the u.s. and russia has agreed on a new cease fire in the south western of syria that would take into effect at noon damascus time on july ninth take a listen to the details of this new cease fire russia the u.s. and jordan have reached a ceasefire agreement for syria the ceasefire will come into effect in three areas there are clear natura and swager it will come into force on the ninth of july at twelve am damascus time the u.s. and russia have committed to monitoring the cease fire and ensuring humanitarian access to the areas initially security in these areas will be ensured by russian military police in close cooperation with the u.s. and jordan. now these three southern provinces that lavrov mentioned also share a border with jordan which is also part of this new agreement however another country that these three southern provinces which i believe can show you on a map on the screen now also share a border with israel and this area includes the disputed golan heights of this area between syria and israel and according to the u.n. is a

not go unanswered hundreds of american diplomatic staff to leave the country in response to u.s. sanctions. trump is expected to approve sanctions against russia are off for a near unanimous vote in the senate that's why europe is warning of countermeasures . journalist working with our g.'s our which is killed by mortar fire from islamic state extremists in syria. i. position riots overshadow election day in venezuela with one kind that gunned down in his own home. from moscow thanks for joining us here live at all times and. welcome to the program. president vladimir putin has ordered the united states to cut the number of. russia by several hundred that's in response to sanctions. it was. more than a thousand people both diplomatic and technical staff currently working in russia which seven hundred fifty five of them will have to stop their activities and that's painful was it not because that is that america has taken a step to jeopardize u.s. russia relations and the important thing is that that step wasn't triggered by anything because this is a move to impose a legal rest

one of the organizations is china's bank of don dong which the u.s. is also saying and japan in the u.s. have accused the bank of money laundering for kim jong un's nuclear and missile programs japan imposed the same sions expecting a missile test and sure enough hours later the north followed through the new sanctions against chinese firms just further strengthen the resolve of countries like the u.s. japan and south korea to hold china's feet to the fire when it comes to dealing with north korea. thank. you. on thursday the u.s. government ordered family members of diplomats stationed at the embassy in venezuela to come back home the move comes just days before venezuela moves forward with a controversial vote regarding the constitution bianca machinist following this story for us she has more on this now by the end of this week confrontations between protesters and government forces in venezuela only intensified as attention continues to heat up at sunday's vote the u.s. government decided it's not taking any chances relatives of american diplomats were ordered to leave the count

always been a bone of contention as israel the u.s. and the arab league all view the group as a terrorist organization and levanon hizbullah a terrorist organization you just towns to shield its balance of tens of thousands of illegal rockets its militias stand side by side with syrian troops as they slaughter the syrian people. iran continues to support terrorism including palestinian terrorists and. hezbollah is a terrorist organization and they are currently. cross international loans in fighting in another country overtly it's in no way trying to demonize a group that is fighting against west against american against israeli and saudi interests in the region. but not everyone categorized as hezbollah fighters as terrorists the list of those who don't include syria russia china and of course iran which funds it and helped create the group in the eighty's the russian. allies and they came here legally they support us again the terrorists there are many participants in the fighting these are the syrian army forces and those forces that are usually called pro-government including his whic

response to a harsh new u.s. bill seeking to impose sanctions on the russian energy sector e.u. officials to have been raising concerns that european businesses could also be a lot more to come on this. time a number of high profile democrat is arrested on charges of committing financial fraud while trying to leave the country but that's only one of the many controversies surrounding this house staff we'll tell you more about that as well. an exclusive venezuela is gripped by a violent national strike called by the opposition we speak exclusively to the country's president to try and get a handle on where it's going to go. high sort of big story of the germany's economy minister saying there's the possibility of the e.u. taking countermeasures to america's and see russia sanctions bill the restrictions are aimed at punishing companies with ties to russia's energy sector that's raised fears of disruption to a major e.u. joint project they pujas nord stream to gas pipeline. it is bad that the u.s. has left the common line it had was europe for sanctions against russia there is a possibility

threat to u.s. interests not because. the north koreans will actually use it to launch a preemptive attack against the united states so then why is a threat to u.s. interests i think there are two reasons for that number one he says it's because now north korea has an effective form of deterrence so in the event the u.s. decides to take military action north korea actually has a way to strike back and fourteen can actually strike the heart of the u.s. pacific command that is located in hawaii and so what that means is that the united states can no longer threaten north korea with regime collapse and believe it around and that actually changes u.s. strategic calculus in the region so for that reason washington is very nervous number two if north korea's missile program becomes an example for other countries to follow in the future that actually challenges the nuclear nonproliferation regime which let's face it is essentially. guaranteeing that only the five permanent members of the u.n. security council and nobody else can have nuclear weapons that's the real reason why washington th

front page says forty seven and a hundred u.s. renters live in a unit they cannot afford that jut. that is a horrifying how american renters can overboard where they live something like forty percent or half of the country can't afford a five hundred dollar emergency there are critical things going on in our country that are all horrifying and these papers talking about you know o.j. simpson got paroled and the like the. coverage of the deleuze of nonsense and nonevents that are covering up what's really going on and that's great david little snapshot in the corner but that needs to be the centerpiece of this stuff but when you've got a paper designed for pure profit putting advertisements all over because they have to make whatever millions of dollars you are you become it's a reality show paper it's crap with a little bit of news and a lot of propaganda designed to just get people to snatch up papers because you know news used to be a public service and now it's not now it's a it's a game now it's a game for profit the next page we have the standard mainstream media fawning on j

voted overwhelmingly in favor of. the. program. in the u.s. we speak exclusively to a. national with. moscow which is where we start with a big story this hour russians told the united states to cut the number of diplomatic stuff it has in the country by the first of september it's a move that follows the approval of new sanctions by the senate in washington. is a cross development. i they call the no they're not so mean let's look at the context of where this all started this actually began back in december when the u.s. expelled some russian diplomats and confiscated some diplomatic buildings basically some compounds where it's taken a while for russia to respond but as you said the context now is in light of the new sanctions are being voted by the senate and what's happened is that russia has effectively responded in kind it's saying that the same number of diplomatic staff also technical staff that the m. that they have in america must first fund it in kind with the americans across the whole of russia this is not just moscow so we're looking at as you say four hundred fift

sort as it settled for five point five billion dollars with the u.s. over the mis selling of mortgage backed securities also federal reserve chair janet yellen begins two days of testimony my guest former us pretty clear from ourselves and comes in a breaks it down for us there must starts right now stand by. the royal bank of scotland set to pay out five point five billion dollars in a massive settlement in the united states this resolves claims regarding the issuance of underwriting of approximately thirty two billion dollars of residential mortgage backed securities the settlement follows a deal last month with thousands of investors who sued amid allegations they were misled into buying shares in the edinburgh based bank a sixteen billion dollar cash called fact of the bank's shares collapsed soon after it was bailed out by the government under the settlement wednesday r.b.s. will pay five point five billion but be reimbursed for seven hundred fifty four million under indemnification agreements with third parties the bank must still resolve outstanding civil and criminal

latest the u.s. has pulled out of the paris climate agreement and the boston globe went further and saying that it's in an unveiling of the war so in your opinion how does a new world order look like america put its own interests before the global interests. for. president fortunately he's taking it into his presidency where she left it at the end of the campaign i think the leaving the. american leadership and stored ship because. what you see with the climate agreement which is mainly the united states china and the european union and countries like russia is is that the climate is getting worse it's worsening it's getting warmer and what you have is a crisis of leadership if the world's largest polluter pulls out i think it's a terrible mistake. that in right after the nato summit happened after which german chancellor angela merkel came out and says that that is taking its fate into its own hands after the summit do you feel like america is losing one of its journey. i think president trump is learning as he gets more experience but. his view about nato being obsolete is wrong i

military personnel and for you do that as soon as u.s. military personnel taking action on foreign sovereign soil the incoming government to me is more once he reached the point you needed an act of congress to say this is a declaration of war or at least something is not a full-blown war but we authorized the military action i think the constitution demands that the letter a and the spirit but yet we have not seen that and that troubles me very deeply we need to get back to that. >> host: good for you. it is quite striking when you read what she says about the of monarchical tendencies to what you think almost every president since the constitution was written it has been over 200 + times to revitalize congress's role in that has been very consistent at all for it is always but maybe an emergency situation to say the president has limited emergency power like president clinton had shots fired. and with those blockades. and with those more recent decades in to say it is suspect are not binding it is traditionally enforceable. so that compromised point with that finite period of tim