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explains. in eastern ukraine. the soldiers are prepared to defend against any russian encroachment and find themselves as tense as the political stand off to malta mccue the ultimatum delivered by russia to nato n. d. u. s. confirms that they are not ready for compromise or dialogue despite repeated assurances from russia, they don't want war. this squadron of soldiers keeps careful watch. and each has a different theory about what form a russian attack would take. fil, a natural thought that linda's model, yucca, or navy, is not strong enough to withstand the heavy attack. so i think the coastline could be easily captured. that's my opinion. everyone thinks about a possible invasion through carcass or don boss. that's wrong. if it's necessary to attack those, do it from the see. the setting may seem tranquil, but some worry if this is just the calm before the storm. i don't my la james's,

not, we had hopes for a better future, but if necessary, we will fight back. but we really hope there will be no attack. it's a different story in the pro russian village of spartak, where the toll from years of fighting couldn't be clearer welsh in the game. so should i see if we just, hey, prussia takes us forget because it has to stop at some point. it's been what is it 8 years of war, a conflict many had hoped would end. but that many now fear is nowhere close to being over. mom a jim jones and jesse it i'll, despite the fears of those ukrainian troops, the russian foreign minister has repeatedly said he's country will not invade. so gay, live rove is once again expected to meet us counterparts, anthony blink. and in the coming weeks, yes, we have to ship the risk. if you go, there won't be a war as far as it depends on the russian federation. we don't want to war, but we won't let our interests be rudely trampled on and ignored that your goal is

to change. the password in the u. s. has rejected all the russian security proposals for the last 2 or 3 years. now they're putting the same things on the table. in other words, they're borrowing from recent russian initiatives. this is something, at least the battle russian and russian murphy as me, moll conduct joint drills next month. russia has been deploying extra soldiers and find to jet, to do it, to its neighboring ally international address. hello, russian president alexander shanker, said, hundreds of thousands of russian troops were ready to defend the country, which is not a linear di. and so will there be war or not? yes, there will be. but only in 2 cases, if direct aggression is committed against feller is if a hot war is on least against our valerie. and the 2nd possibility for to happen and for beller, is to take part in money is if our ally, the russian federation is directly attacked. if the same aggression is committed

against the territory of the russian federation, national nato secretary general says russia still increasing its true numbers on its border with ukraine. gen stalsen book said the western alliance stands ready to respond. we are also ready to step up as we actually now do our meter pistons in the eastern part of the lion. so to prevent any misunderstanding a room for miscalculation about naples, ability and readiness to protect and defend all allies you have seen is a continued military build up by russia. and of course, that is something we follow very closely that they are deploying more troops, more heavy equipment, and also thousands of combat to the troops to, to better rush, also with the aircraft helicopters, an advanced weapon systems, s 400 and older weapon systems into ball rush, so that military build up continues of a stand off was the subject of

a phone call between french president emanuel micron and his russian count to pop. it's go now to natasha buck less. she joins us live from pie. so at the to lead is any cause it is saying i and i on things well, what we do know is, formally say, saw, says he say the phone call between the russian and french presidents lasted about an hour at what they say is that there were no major breakthroughs, but they were sewn in opportunity for these 2 leaders to state their positions. we understand that sir russian leader vladimir putin reinstated russia's position, that it is unhappy with nato's eastern expansion. a once a guarantee that that would stop. and it was also unhappy that the u. s. a. nato seemed to be ignoring moscow's security concerns. macro, we are told

a said to to vladimir putin, that of course, discussion about moscow security concerns could take place. but what was needed 1st and away was an assurance from moscow that it would respect the sovereignty of the states in particular, in this case of ukraine. so obviously a very frank discussion, that's what we understand from the briefing that took place after this phone call. the 2 men, as i said, spoke for some time, no major breakthroughs. but they did agree to continue talking. they agreed that it was important that a dialogue continued on natasha. how about the european diplomatic and defense policy? how is that shaping out right now and the like in light of the latest developments? well the cool, which we understand with the initiative of the fridge presidency with the russian

lea, there is all part of ward for micro. i'm not the european leaders wanted to say that is basically europeans taking a much greater role in the diplomatic, pushed to try diffuse tensions or the ukraine. the been a feeling for some time. but the europeans had been somewhat left side side law in the as the u. s. spoke to russia, but micro said early this week, in fact, looking good the moscow and washington a talking. but look, we've not necessarily seen so much progress in micro says that it is important that there are other part of the negotiation, other pause for diplomacy and it's in that context that this week there was a meeting of political advisors under the so called normandy format. so that's ukraine, russia, france, and germany, a meeting that took place in paris all involve fed, it was very fruitful, very important. in fact, during this phone call between macro peace and we understand that the 2 leaders

also said that they will continue with those talks. and we know in 2 weeks time, they'll be another meeting of those 4 sites. all right, thanks so much and talk to take you now live to crime with the president is making a statement. let's listen in secret services to exchange information. people need to be here and understand all the details and a sent you are here. i don't know how long you have been here. a bad turn when a journalist, sir, or respected purchases come to us. i was in mind him to non boss because i think that her name though having an opinion bad on bass and a contact lined can be done fairly only by those people who are their home walking on that ground. or when i became the president in 2019, i made no visit to mario pollard and that time in morrow, but we could still hear shots and fire. oh,

we could hear the sound ran. now the wind was blowing towards mario pool, so it was quite close. i know these details are now i am aware of this, so i want the people respected people like yourselves to, to be there and to be able to go there. of course, we do not see a big eggs collation that it has been before. yes, the, the number of troops has gone up, but i was talking about this in early 2021 there. when there were drills the russian federation, there was a big build up. they were supported that time by the u. s. malay, but they iraq, p and friends. they caught up on russia to pull back. i don't think the situation is, is more intense than it was at that time. at the peak time in early 2021. it was very intense, but such informational ah, attitude towards ukraine and it's question not only to you,

but to the world. there was no such coverage at that time of ukraine and our we've talked to the president, we've talked to her, but as we think that it has to be, there has to be a balanced approach and not saying that they, he is influencing american media. they independent, but the media policy there has to be very well banners if they want to know what the situation is that they are, they can come to cave. do we have tanks on the street? no. but the feeling is if you're not here in the healing is when you listen to them in germany, in, in an, in france, in lithia, any, i'm talking to the president of louisiana and other leaders there, there image that mass media crazes that we have troops on the roads, we have mobilization, people are leaving from places. that's not the case. we don't need this panic. that's very important moment. i'm not saying that that asking nation is excluded. we have been talking about this for 8 years now. it has happened to read

the escalation did already happen. part of our territories already, unfortunately, temporarily occupied. we understand that already and economically. and i mentioned this to president by deny and i think are the u. s. support out, i said that i started talking to the leaders of the countries and to explain to them that we need to stabilize the economy of our country. because of those signals which say that to morrow there will be war. because this signals will stand by even respected leaders of the respective countries. sometimes they're not even using diplomatic language. they're saying to morrow is the war. this means panic on the market plan and can the financial sector may be, am taking too long to answer the question, is it okay? it's okay. so how much does it cost to a country you have to, i mean,

i want you to understand these things. we need unity of our people. people have to be certain and sure in their army, in their president the, the people should trust their government and their special services. we're grateful for any support, but there's very information from various sources can not mislead our country because this raises economic panic. i just give you an example, how much it costs we have the racket breaking g d p in 2021 racket breaking number. we have the gross in a short period of time. we had about almost 6.5 of new investments and 2021. but after, i think after the beginning of this informational coverage

after this change in the information coming to l and a half 1000000000 or has take care of where some investments were taken out of ukraine. and from our golden reserves, which is the highest in the last and years our country and you understand, we can handle this alone from the us public reserves. from the state reserves, we have to take money to stabilize our national currency. this is what we're trying to explain this cost very a lot. that's a lot. it's very expensive price to pay for ukraine. and this is the price we're paying for the unbalanced and reasonable information policy. and that's one of the deep questions, and this is why i'm expanding this when they're saying that we have some misunderstanding. we don't have any misunderstandings with president biden. i just deeply understand what is going on in my country just as he understands perfectly

well what's going on in the united states. that's it. so we were done with the about money. bloomberg to we do we have bloomberg here in the room? yes. place if you have a question over there, behind the cameras. thank you. a you mentioned money. what is your assessment of for the needs of ukraine in terms of funds and we're talking about borrowing and borrowing from which countries in which institutions and when thank you very much for this question. this is not just her lending as a question of financial guarantees. the question is in sending proper good signals and this should can be investments all financial guarantees which can

be provided by a country. it's not even the matter of her numbers are just for us to understand how this works. we, we've talked to the leaders of certain states of the united states of canada, canada proposed 120000000, and this is the message. this is the same signal. i think france will respond. the united states will respond way we asked them for and 10 times more than than that, and that was our request. i don't know whether we will sit and get the support or not and what amount that will be. but generally we had a conversation also with the you, we will began in the micro financial assistance. we agreed about one about 1200000000, and other fans as well. we, what we mean is sending the signal of by different countries, the e u,

that the united states, canada by any friends and partners of ukraine. and i think that for the us to believe zation of our economy, we will spend a, when i think about of all of 5000000000, i'm not expecting anything less than that. so that's the amount of money we need right now. but the question is, is not in the size of the, of the, of this, but the question is that this is the signal of trust to ukraine, to the stability of the economy of ukraine. for example, i have a, i m, f there a program is higher than $2000000000.00. this is the signal that we're expecting. and we're expecting for, for, for these tranches to, to come faster than seen and place the floor is yours.

thank you very much for giving me this question. and in your conversations with person, by what in 10 man that you need most of all from united states that it is not doing to help him better and frank. and so when you ask, it is not guilty. thank you for this question. i have a good ho memory with a failure. think we mentioned on bus, didn't we? and i think you saw it for yourself. you have seen our courageous people. i think you saw that we all want peace, but we a sand ready to protect our country because i'm not just her. the president i'mma. oh, the husband, i am the son. i'm the father. we have things that we want to protect,

and that's why i am discussing these questions in detail where the president biden, i want everyone to be on the same page as our i am. so i, they don't need to love ukraine as well as much as i do. you have your own country, but at least i want you to get to grips with what we are facing and the risks and the details. this is why the questions that we have been discussing with president by far not the 1st time we discuss what are the good questions after they went are and it has the question not only to president by the end, where i don't have any separate questions for him personally, this is europe and many other countries. we're talking about this. so there are countries who are still mentioned. there are some preventive measures that can be introduced to make sure that russia doesn't escalate. what we mean is that there

should be security guarantees. when we're talking about nato, we should her go deeper into detail. i know that some members of nature, dont like us going into this detail, but we want to have something specific. we need to have something that we can count on and 1st of all security guy, and he's ever talking about nader. and the 2nd is the level of our army, no matter when we get into an, a nato or whether we will be there at all. nothing in this case depends on us. not everything depends on as we have to develop our own army, we have to protect ourselves, but we understand right now perfectly well that if we are not part of nato, then we're on our own in terms of protecting ourselves. and when you're around protecting yourself, who are new a single handedly facing

a very difficult a country in front of you. then you ask a question, why as these sanctions applied after the fact? is it a, does this pertain to ukraine? no, i, i donder, thank what will happen after this. will there be a full full sized war? then why do we need sanctions after it starts after the beginning of the war? so that means that the sanctions are not designed for our country to help our country. this is because this is to stop the full fledged aggression towards the european union. but this cannot be done at the expense of our country. and it is not the way to do it. we had $15000.00 deaths in the war, and many countries of the world discussed the sanctions which will be applied only after the fact. and i'm being very honest and that's what i mean. so give

us the reasons. okay, we're not in the nato then. okay. tell us you are not in the needle, tell it openly, we will never get there and for, for that, and i'm addressing this to many members of the alliance. some of them do say that some of them are afraid to say that some come here. we shake hands very warmly and they say as if it hadn't been for that and that country would have surely supported you. others say, when everyone supports you, we will support you to why do we need to talk about the future? we have risks here in the present of anna to nice question channel for over there. second row, you have the biggest government that provide visa, antique weapons. but what about the fact that london is a senator the laundry of russia?

man, a you, he says that that will undermine sanctions and what you want to push government doable. very complicated question. i think those people who launder their money in london, they launder them not only in that a capital city, but in all capitals where there is so partially real estate or the business they like or historically that money was her taken out of her russia and i think it's not only russia. oh, no, the former soviet union republic. sir. i have

a relation to this ukraine as ration to their bell rows, castile, i don't want to offend everyone. that's why i said that it has something to do with all these countries. because our leggers, well there are, there is such a chapter in the history of their post. soviet reality after soviet union disappeared, countries became independent and apart from independence. these countries received independence. but to gather with independence, they receive the oligarchy and her. i will be honest with you, we are actively combating this her process in ukraine and we have achieved her quite a result. her and her that these risks may be even of higher priority than there if it hadn't been for the escalation,

this would be priority number one. so after after escalation and economy 3rd one is combating our nigger. he and the legislation will resolve that. we have passed the law, but i don't quite understand. how can i help london? i think her, i think this is the question of the domestic nature of her, of great britain. this is about their domestic decision. i mean, i can only say when we are get rid of our own oligarchy, where can we can share experience with other countries. cbs news serve 1st row please. hi, this is lacy holly im cynthia. i just want to go back to your 1st answer and just

thinking specifically about the ransom threat. what is it you know it, president biden doesn't thank you for this question. was something that we know that present biden doesn't know as a president of independent state may have it. so i may have or are my own secrets just like the president of the united states. i think we have very open relations and our secret services are sharing lots of information with each other. but her, you have to feel the pulse on the day to day, day basis. you see a troops coming in and coming back and we're withdrawing and pulled back because there's different types of information that is intercepted when to stand. how these special

o troops are working under disguise. they're working on linda, don bass and many or bluster or no of our country. i don't want to to so panic her, but her we, we, we are handling this with her arm forces. i would like to her to give you an example. if you look only at the satellite, you will see her in the increase of troops and you can't assess whether this is just a thread or just stir a tag or simple rotation. so our professional people, they look deep entered, we see how they change very close to their how they put the tend or that several brigades came on no,

on the border. but we can see that there is no one there. they, on the slide, they have taken the people back out a so just suddenly psychological they were to, to take to make believe that they're there. and that, that happens a closer to the big meetings, normandy for the men's agreement. so they're trying to build up the psychological pressure. so need the, and we do says is these things happening? and this is why we clearly understand. remember, we had the, the build up of the troops in 2021. there was the. ready peak of this drills, and there was a signal sand from by russia and some european countries that had turned out that russia started to pull back the troops. and then it was confirmed by,

by many mass menia and the intelligence. but our people saw that the army was and pulled back. they would pell pull back several stabs, and then bring them back. and we saw it at that time. and we said that in the early 2021. this was done just for the, for the show, for of are they internal? no, a constituency that the drills are over. we're not reading any one and we're pulling back. but in fact, it didn't happen at that time. so i think that we is these other things, these are the details that we the see and we, we better understand sky news. i know that you have your cruise somewhere close to, to the front line. so question is for you fact that you are talking down the threshold imminent evasion, just to preserve your economy naturally the americans are right. it is

a real possibility that that can happen imminently. is that what's really going on here? thank you for this question. it is very strange that i am being suspected of something i think in my life, i haven't done anything to be suspected of things. i think you are a mistake. me for another president of ukraine. i i think 1st of all i, g, i'm the human be that 1st of all should be the human being and the 2nd comes the economy. and for me or the question of the will, possible escalation is not a less acute. as for the united states and other partners,

i'm not leading managing the country just like a as in your a film, dont look up. this was, you were looking up, we don't understand what's happening and we're talking about this. we're to, we're talking about this with our people. but a, we have been in the situations for 8 years, so we shouldn't be only looking up. we also looking on the ground and for assets and port, it's an important question. we may lose the a can economy of our country. people come 1st there, eminence or threat or that the probability is red. is there a we're in 2021. it was the same in 2020, it was less in 2019 after their normandy for it was even less than that day before yesterday there was

a meeting of the non the do for advisors, i think so there was a meeting so indeed. so if it's not just a political theater and to this is very serious, it means that these are steps towards the dialogue to more towards peaceful a resolution of this pro says, this is why i think this her points to the fact that we have to be very careful in how we speak out of every day, every minute when we're trying to say that the war will happen to morrow, we can say that the world will happen to morrow. please believe me that the war will be here by the end of february, all, as they said in november, that the what will happen by the end of the new year. and then they said, happy new year. but we have new information. the war can happen in january and february. yes, it may happen again our, our unfortunately, unless just put a 3 dots here,

but not just one full stop and say yes for sure. it will happen. because because when to stand, what's happening to people then the, this, these are courageous people. but her courageous people are, have to protect the country and keep on working at the same time and keep on bringing up there and nurturing their children. because this is life you stuck was looking out for awards with life missing years. the 3rd roll through the right rally from embassy news. i'm just wondering so much russians are doing and increasing a true presence on the borders. what is it you are doing? how are you preparing for with everyone? is this for some of the been in government imminent? oh, okay. now another job. thank you very much. how we

should act on we should dom have no panic. we have a po for army. we have 2 or our armed forces. they have everything that is never so as much as we can provide, considering the capacity of our economy, this is about the economy again, with a powerful economy, you can increase the em equipped state of your armed forces or give them a better payroll. they needed her and the increasing their wages. and so it is because they actually are put their lives at stake. 15000 people, patterson, this one, you know, that i think that so we have in this situation, when we fully trust in our armed forces, they're not novices,

they're not through case they, it is a serious her body of van saudi is some, i'm part of the need to level i think that we are not worth them any, made them mation in that respect sir, we have the same level. we are on a level because we have the lessons learned. they encumbered experience firm and they have mom experience of are losing their friends, sir. they protected their state defended the should back. are they fight back? i have to say this here because they, i have proved that they were goodson in afghanistan, my military recognizance and fit for us. 1000 people evacuated any very expedient fashion. so we have to do everything to make our army strongly am. and god forbid, we have this big on the morale of our people will also be

a defense asset. and people we need something we can count on the was there of the president of ukraine, addressing a gathering of journalists in kiev, and answering questions quickly about what kinds of supports he wants from western towers. he went on to talk about preventive measures like security, again, guarantees should be put in place in order to provide greater support for ukraine. he did walk a fine balance flow with we and asking the wolf for help, but also saying thank congress. doesn't see any sign of an immediate invasion. doesn't want people to panic because we need the unity for people. they should trust their government. they should trust the military spring in our white house correspondent, kimberly how could she joins us live from washington,

dc. and kimberly, as i said, it's very clear that he's trying to walk this very fine line between help us. but let's not panic and ruin the ukrainian economy in the process. yeah, it's interesting that this press conference has been called because it's clear that the president of ukraine was to re assert himself in a conversation that it appears may be taking on a life of its own and taking on a narrative that he may not be entirely comfortable with, for example, the imminence of the threat that rush of poses with those tens of thousands of troops along the border with ukraine. and this comes on the heels of a telephone call between the u. s. president joe biden. and the ukranian president, one where there is some dispute over the imminence of the threatened. so it appears that he's trying to set the record straight. because in the last 12 hours,

there were statements following that telephone call from both kids and washington trying to clarify the president's position on both sides as to what exactly was discussed after. there were various accounts in the media which both sides say were erroneous. so what we have here is, is essentially the president zalinski saying, look at what we're hearing from the united states, and we heard from president joe biden in the last week or so is that he believes the threat is imminent. the take from the president of ukraine is it may not be as imminent as the united states is characterizing. he said very clearly that he says this may happen not will happen. and that is very important point, because joe biden said, just the opposite. he said, this will happen, the question is when and so this is important. what you see is somebody trying to

say, look at, talk to me, i'm in the proximity of russia. these are important players and we rely on nato for our security. but at the same time, i am russia's neighbor and i want to be part of this conversation. and so you have this president sitting speaking, frankly, talking to foreign journalists and re injecting himself into a conversation that has been dominated by world leaders, namely the u. s. president of vladimir putin there, they're very staff levels as well as nato i. and so it's important to note that what he's saying is that he feels from his standpoint, there is no new escalation. and he certainly what we're hearing is that he hopes that there is room for diplomacy, which we should point out. both russia and the united states and the european partners have maintained is the preferred path for resolving these security differences awhile that's going on. of course we've also got present jo biden's

trip to pittsburgh. how is that being impacted? his vest took off infrastructure, google bridges collapsing the same time. yeah, lou initially when we 1st heard news of a bridge collapse taking place in pittsburgh, pennsylvania, that the state a little bit north of washington dc about a 4 hour drive. one would think, well this is a p r disaster for the president who's on his way to make a trip. this is going to detract from the president's message. just the opposite. in fact, this, in many ways, given the fact that it is we knew do know there are at least 10 people that have been injured. but well, this is certainly devastating. it doesn't appear that there have been any major casualties. this is going to underscore the president's point, that the agenda, his build back better program. his infrastructure bill that has already been passed is badly needed in the united states. that the argument he's been making to

congress and to the american people that he needs to get things back on track. well, this is why is american see these pictures that the president is in a town where a bridge has collapse, where people have been injured and we should point out of the state of pennsylvania . this is number 2 in the nation for crumbling infrastructure crumbling bridges. it is going to underscore the point for the president that this needs to be done and it is really i, as we talk about eminence, this is an imminent threat. this is an imminent threat for public safety. and the president is going to use that to convey his message that this needs to be done and he's the president to do it. i think so much given a how cuba now in the u. k. london's metropolitan places weighed in on a report being prepared by a civil servant into a legit social gatherings that the prime minister's official residents during a corona virus lockdown. offices say they want minimal references to be made about

events. they're still investigating. well, they took place at the height of pandemic restrictions or challenges, joins us live from outside number 10, downing street in london. so rory, 1st of all, how unusual, easy to have this kind of announcement from the police. this is a very surprising intervention from the metropolitan police, considering that the met police and su gray have been in communication with each other for some time about her investigation. and so there was ample opportunity for the match to raise any concerns that they had with her. they've left it till very late in the day to do so. it's also odd because as far as we're aware, the things that they are investigating are politically very damaging. forrest

johnson, of course, but legally they're not much more than misdemeanors. a final offense, the parties at the height of locked down. now what they have said as a justification for intervening in this way that they've done so, if that's they don't want to great to publish anything, any details that might prejudice their investigation. but previous prejudicing investigation, you would only expect if it was likely to lead to a jury trial. and we don't think as far as we know, the anything that matters investigating would be likely to lead to a jury trial. there's one possibility which is that they have found something more serious, more significant. and that could be something like a cover up or a concert deficit to delete the email, that kind of thing. but it does put su gray in a difficult position. what her options here, there are 3 basically she can either go straight ahead,

ignore what the police have asked her to do, and publish the inquiry in filling the report in full. she's very unlikely to do that. so that leads to options. she can either publish a sort of gutted redacted version or she can wait until the police have done their investigation. neither of which are particularly good because remember, everyone here in this country is waiting for the truth, the whole truth and nothing the truth. and it seems like either we're not going to get that, we're going to get some sort of limited version of that. all we're going to have to wait a lot longer for it. and many of those people are waiting for e m p. 's. remember, who have been saying that they want to see what the right has to say before they decide whether they are going to get rid of their lead. burress johnson or not, no doubt they smelled blood in the for now, thanks so much for re challenge their library associations and free speech groups say they're facing an unprecedented campaign to banned books in the u. s.

parents are objecting to a wide range of titles. they claim so division and induce distress in white students. she have fancy reports a battle is waging at school boards across the united states. i'm sure we've got hundreds of people out there that would like to see those books before we burnham books deemed to be sewing division in the classroom by republican control boards, a being reviewed by authorities, some of being removed from the shelves. i don't know that any advocate who has been working on tracking or paying attention to the freedom to read can recall the time when the same book was removed or targeted with such vitriol and haste. in so many places all over the country at one. yeah, and then the involvement of politicians, the state legislators, governors. this is categorically different to this is next level. we're going to embrace our parents,

not ignore them. the issue is key to the republicans re taking the governorship of virginia for the 1st time in 11 years. even after donald trump, popularity had slept and last november, this is one of the advocates used by the victorious campaign and my son showed me his reading assignment, my heart song. it was some of the most material you can imagine. he's referring to beloved by the nobel prize winner with attorney morrison and the count of american slavery. that does contain some explicit scenes. a son would have been 17 or 18 at the time of his assignments. it's all part of a wider cultural war against c. r t or critical race theory, and academic discipline using law class from gender, to analyze racism in america, country to the claims of right wing politicians. there it is not taught at school, but at universities. we're trying some argue that discussing race at all, either in the school classroom or anywhere else is itself a form of racism. nobody wants this crap. ok,

this is an elite driven phenomenon. abram x can these book stamps was the 2nd most targeted book for bombing in the u. s. in 20. 20. according to american library association, traces the current mood of censorship to a backlash against the black lives matter protests of 2020. more people particularly more, more white americans seeking to understand the history and the, and really the presence of, you know, racism, the history of all the different groups that, that have formulated this country. then you had this bitter attack to prevent people from learning their history from understanding the history from seeking to understand how it was that george floyd was, was murdered in such a boot away. but the range of books being talked had go way beyond those analyzing race in u. s. society. the selection suggests hostility to any consideration of gender sexual identity, reproductive rights, or, in this case, just

a simple acknowledgement. the 3 african american women were crucial to nasa in the 60s. in fact, many of the list circulating objectional books have not originated locally from concerned parents, but have been compiled by groups funded by national republican party donors. it's pretty clear that one side of the political spectrum believes is a winning political issue and issue the republicans will mobilize the suburban white electorate ahead of the upcoming mid term elections. she ever chancey al jazeera washington. kendall thomas is the nash professor of law at columbia university and an architect of critical race theory joins us now from new york, have you with us. so 1st of all, why is critical race theory become such a sensitive hot potato topic? well, thank you for asking that question. in fact, let me 1st say that this political controversy and

conflict is in fact not about critical race theory. is critical. race theory is being used as a scape golf ah, to shut down a conversation in the united states about questions of race, racism, and racial justice. racial justice is in the united states not only the most extreme expression of any quality, but it's the corner stone. on which the architecture of social and economic and political hierarchy and exclusion in america has been built. so the folks who are attacking critical race theory know that they can't get away ah, with being an against racial justice. so they start themselves as being against c r fee, but c r t, they could care less. in fact, about c, r t,

their target. in fact, i'm is the discussion about raised the national conversation about race that has been taking place in the united states in the past few years, particularly since the murder in minneapolis, minnesota, of george floyd. but at base, this is a discussion about democracy. i thought your report that led into this interview was very important and focusing on the politics of censorship. and, ah, the threat to one of the most cherished principals in our democracy. namely the notion of freedom of expression and the robust an open exchange of ideas. all right, let me jump in here. is this, in other words, is this perhaps part of a bigger issue?

the changing demographics in america, the rise of black lives matter movements like that, which are now finding it more, shall we say that the able to put forth a different perspective, a narrative in the mainstream, perhaps more strongly than in the past. and is that upsetting some quarters? oh it's, it's certainly about a politics of fear and of anxiety among a segment of the american population which feels that it is entitled to govern in perpetuity. and which is hostile ah, to the notion of democracy, or at least to a notion of democracy, which is inclusive and brings voices into our national and local politics. that historically have been excluded. okay, let me jump in off this quick question and how much of that concern is being driven

by concerned parents? and how much has been driven purely by political axis? well i think that, ah, the weapon ization of c r t to shut down a conversation about race. ah, is the result of a playbook that was designed by a man named christopher raffo whose associate it with a very right wing think tank. but here in new york and who got the ear of folks and the trumpet ministration. ah, that's why president trump, during the 2020 campaign started talking about critical race theory. and so a vase see in the culture war around critical race theory, a way to recapture governorships, the house of representatives and the senate in the 2020 to mid prime elections. and eventually to recapture the white house in 2024. so right is in fact,

a cynical political ploy which is about partisan power taking back power, right, which is understood, the lady racial illiteracy of the american people. when donald trump one for politics and political right. yes, primary, nevada in 2016, he showered praise on a group of his supporters that he called the poorly educated. the republican party has an investment in keeping the american people illiterate around questions of rick racism and racial inequality. i think good talking you. thanks so much for your thoughts on that candle thomas there. thank you for having me or it's time to catch up with the sports his and i thank you very my check sammy well we're one day away from the quarter finals. all the africa cup of nations in cameroon. at the last 8, it will kick off with the host nation taken on terms debutantes

a gambia and delilah cameron are looking to win the tormentor for a 6th time they become are set to reach the last 16 while gambia knocked out guinea to advance. oh, we've been speaking to football journalist at osha congregation. she believes there's plenty of potential for shock results in the last 8. there's been so many surprises. that's why at this point in its own home and we don't have my, i'll do what the defending champion gotten, been exciting like that's the gumby or the lowest run seem going to make 150. but do not. you no doubt them. they can do anything, they have nothing to lose in this one. they've been promised each player $20000.00 if they can defeat cameron. that's a good motivation for them. and also for cameron, obviously to have been sent because he's the current leading folks are at the one i met with 6 goals and also took it can be with another 3. so that's enough quiet power to sort of, you know, get the job done,

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to set 13, a came alive to take the bed set after a grueling battle on caught the wall. number 6 closed out the match and we'll set a dash turnkey, and 3 way tie would drop of it and want a federal 20 grand slam titles for me it's all about and i know been more than anything else. now it's just an amazing, you know, as i say a couple of days ago, and i have been a little bit like entering my career with some injuries on the amount of times i played amazing finals with good chances against like 2012 against roger 2017. i was close a couple of times. i feel very lucky that i won winds in my career 2009. but i never thought about another chance in 2022. so and that's always pull from here and you back. thanks so much, send out max it for this new. so i'm back in

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