we will speak with katrina vanden heuvel from the nation magazine. looks the nation has released --, ground for secure elections for international security and the belief when a 2-d escalate tensions with russia and that there is a false choice between having secure elections and that relationship. nucuclear a catastrophe, elections are going to be an a afterthought. amy: masass protest are expected to greet trump as he arrives for his first visit to britain as president. protesters will float a 20 foot long giant baby trump blimp outside parliament that will ngry the president as an orange baby clututching a cell phone ready to tweet. repsents a hosof issu. it isn't just about mocking him. it is about drawingttention that his politics are havining a real i impact on real lives, not just in the u.s.s., but all over the world. amy: we will speak witith sheila menon, one of the b blimp organizers, and with colin -- guardian columnist george monbiot. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm

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in a court of law to discuss that i'm now joined by katrina. of the international impartial independent mechanism on the investigation and prosecution of persons responsible for the most serious crimes under international law committed in syria since march two thousand and eleven. it's great talking to you thank you very much for your time and i've been interviewing people in positions of power for quite some time but i have to say this is the longest title i've ever come across twenty one awards not counting articles and positions all to express the idea that this is not exactly the tribunal but it may lead to one is that accurate. what is accurate is that it's not a trade you know. and it is indeed to assist in investigating investigation and prosecution of those crimes and of the person that may be found responsible for it but as it is not a tribunals indeed this mechanism has only a sense if it can turn its files or its evidence to tribunals now you call it impartial and independent despite the fact that the key actors in the in the syrian

welcome back to worlds apart that with katrina markie had to leave you out of the race mechanism for the investigation and assessment of evidence of crimes committed in syria since march two thousand and eleven madame markey the mechanism was created by the un general assembly in the final days of the barack obama's a. and it was allows then the month before the inauguration of donald trump has this change of power in the united states a fact that the development of this body in any way i don't think so the general assembly. gave us this mandate the secretary general. shortly thereafter appointed. requested assistance from the high commissioner for human rights to appoint a starter. the secretary general to define very quickly the terms of reference and then we started operating shortly after my my nomination so i don't think the politics in the us or elsewhere have really affected the development of the good as far as i know as of late may this year the trumpet ministration was still holding out but the funding. for the mechanism and according to the washington post. they may be wro

fact can these kinds of crimes be educated in a court of law well to discuss that i'm now joined by katrina. had of the un international impartial and independent mechanism on investigation and prosecution of persons responsible for the most serious crimes under international law committed in syria since march two thousand and eleven when the mark you know it's great to talk. thank you very much for your time and i've been interviewing people in positions of power for quite some time but i have to say this is the longest title i've ever come across twenty one awards not counting articles and positions all to express the idea that this is not exactly the.

can these kinds of crimes be ever educated in a court of law while to discuss that i'm now joined by katrina michael had of the un international impartial and independent mechanism on investigation and. of persons responsible for the most serious crimes under international law committed in syria since march two thousand and eleven when the marquis girl it's great talking to you thank you very much for your time and i've been interviewing people in positions of power for quite some time but i have to say this is the longest title i've ever come across twenty one awards not counting articles and propositions all to express the idea that this is not exactly the tribunal but it may lead to one is that accurate. what is accurate is that it's not a trade. and it is indeed to assist in the investigating investigation and prosecution of those crimes and of the person that may be found responsible for it but as it is not a tribunals indeed this mechanism has only a sense if it can turn its files or its evidence to tribunals now you call it impartial and independent despite the fact that the key actor

that you'd like to be this is what was before katrina more people. interested always in the water. there should be. welcome back after the white house announced it's inviting president putin to washington the media are still trying to come to terms with donald trump style of diplomacy probably boyko breakstone most been dumped the worst week for trump's foreign policy the u.s. president has upset everyone because she says risked it doesn't do claim to see like this was. true from north one of the rules of diplomacy on his whistle stop tour of europe went off piste and told the truth don't worry you threw in a fair few people used to it was an astonishing performance he managed to piss european allies and then in the interests of equality he has his own citizens to diplomacy is the art of learning in someone's face but nicely years is a method not found in any textbook he sobered up opponents and allies with a stream of clearly obvious as well finishing them all with a laser guided through that last one that's the most neater was the press to take a truth from here's the e.u.'s stic