the point constantly. is this regime's. figures over. america c.n.n. use is apparently caught on camera saying. russia related coverage is substantiated but appeals to viewers. a huge cyber attack hits firms around the globe with russia and ukraine bearing the brunt of. the latest u.s. threat to use military force against the assad government saying it's. comes after the white house claims the office is preparing to use chemical weapons in syria.

you know me here with you for the next sixty minutes of news and views live from the russian capital good to have your company our top story a producer for america's c.n.n. news channel has a partly being filmed saying the networks russia coverage is more about ratings than offering solid facts investigative journalism group project released a hidden camera video conversation we're about to show you a clip although not yet been able to verify its authenticity. the point c.n.n. constantly like rush to the script with. this is ratings those ratings razor it all right but honestly. it's just like.

it's mostly the right no we don't. john. prove it with you know we have a it would do. and so i think president probably right. to see you see him instead in our internal meeting he said good job everybody can agree with climate accords. but we're done with the let's get back story. ok let's go live now to our correspondent caleb maupin for more on the leaked video so we just sold the footage there kalib what's the story surrounding it well we have to be careful because as of now the video is not yet verified but it would appear that the person shown in the video is jon bon a field who actually has a page on c.n.n. as web site now according to him c.n.n.

has mentioned russia roughly sixteen thousand times since the election and almost every time c.n.n. has been mentioned they have called it breaking news even if the reports are unverified they've reported out of rumors speculation unverified sources in attempt in an attempt to say that trump has improper ties with russia now not surprisingly this has caused a bit of a falling out with the white house let's take a listen can you give us a question don't be rude you know you know if you did you not get to give you a question you speak out or you are shake doos attacking our network i just want to ask you sir i'm changing from fake news no doesn't that under very fake i know but aren't you. now project veritas founder james o'keefe has become famous for hidden camera videos in which he gets people to open up in ways that they usually wouldn't do now this has gotten him in trouble in the past he's currently facing

a one million dollar lawsuit for a video in which he pretended to be someone else posed as someone else and interviewed people working for a for a contracting firm that was allegedly working for the democratic party now o'keefe says this lawsuit is simply intimidation now if things are as they appear in this video it seems that the fake news label will be on c.n.n. back for quite a long time and i've not been bringing this up today but what we know about the story so far thanks callup well in another development three c.n.n. journalists who worked on a non rick truck to russia related story have had to resign the network sais they didn't follow its standard editorial process is donald trump has reacted to the us once again accusing c.n.n. of publishing fake news. i'm happy to save the we've got live on the program nod

they communications director for project steven gordon stephen you're very welcome to r.t. if first of all what led you to carry out this investigation we've been going after the mainstream media for a long time because they are the gatekeepers they are the one that information flow and during this last election cycle we been in the mainstream media we had to go around them to get the truth out now we're going directly after the mainstream media we're going straight you're how did you manage to speak to the producer in the video on just those on the side to not question steven i believe is a supervising producer for the c.n.n. medical unit though he does have a lot of experience fifteen years or so with c.n.n. is he in a position to to to speak for the channel or give his thoughts on this issue. he said again sitting in meetings as he said with mr zucker there chairman he's sitting in those meetings he's part of the decision making process or privy to the

decision making process we're not sure which what they air and what they don't share his own pieces or draw so they could carry russia pieces so he's right in the middle of that mix of what they are and what they don't care yes it's certainly qualified to speak to the issue just one of the aspects to this is just some criticism i've been looking on on some of the mainstream media sites but the way that these admissions were obtained they're calling it ethical do you think that they are in any way and i think i'm getting this information like a private conversation getting those views from him if there's no other way to get the information c.n.n. is not going to stand up and say yes this is our plan politicians are corrupt people are not going to sit up there and brag on the podium that we're corrupt the only way to get to the truth sometimes is with undercover video which has a very rich and long and proud tradition undercover investigations a painting the truth when other mechanisms fail just tell us have you heard bach

from c.n.n. or the person indeed filmed in the video. we heard that c.n.n. said that they are going to put out any sort of statement however they're sort of tweeting out some stuff and we're tweeting back at i'm donald trump's tweet now and i'm we're right in the mix with them right now on twitter what we have this funny if verified it's but huge implications for a year long investigation donald trump except for russia have come out and said that there is no links there did you expect to receive that information that you got in the end. we weren't specifically looking for this angle but we mean this is a general area we were going we didn't know exactly what would catch we caught it but what do you mean not verified it's b.t.o. it's a fact it's on video what do you mean by verified well we have to verify it as well as i'm sure you understand that we cannot do it on less we have certain aspects that we go through as a news channel we. don't know what i'm talking from our point of view ourselves

even very toss you're already facing one major lawsuit aren't you do you expect a box after this for the implications that it could lead to i'm not expecting a backlash from this particular video because we followed the law we pulled what the letter and the intent of the law was how we have tens of a.t.o. and we're going to get sued from time to time most of these suits are frivolous or to make a point and with respect to the million dollar lawsuit you burn up we are certainly they sued us because there's a criminal investigation going on in a different state and this open the government from the lawsuit that they put out against us is probably going to get their people thrown in jail ok we've heard also that it's just the first part of the expos dave that you're doing on c.n.n. could you maybe clarify that and tell us could be expect more obviously we're not going to tell you what's coming up or the exact targets are but we have many targets in the mainstream media that we are actively working on and we'll have more on c.n.n. coming sometime very soon. ok you can give us

a taste of what we can expect while we have you on the program because it's very good to help you out we have people undercover and i mean consider from the angle from our perspective we have people under cover up we tell you what we're doing and where we're doing it obviously it's going to blow their cover so no we can't but we would like to put the mainstream i noticed. everywhere all right we appreciate you coming on the program to explain what you got the footage shot you uncovered some very very interesting video there stephen gordon communications director for project veritas thank you you thank. now moving on to more news this hour a huge sign has had firms and at least ten different countries with ukraine and russia the worst affected. gala francis santiago joins me now live from outside the russian oil giant ross and you have to which has been affected we

talked a little bit earlier miguel about what. was the biggest name involved what do we know about this attack. yes you can well indeed just a few hours ago several major russian and ukrainian companies have come under a round somewhere of virus attack now in the case of russia it was the oil giant. and in ukraine we have. airport as well as ukrainian government computers coming under attack now with which is right behind me the company's servers came under a massive onslaught but were able to revert to reserve systems keeping the oil extraction and other production services online and you see the way this. virus ransomware works is it locks the computer and ben asked for a three hundred to five hundred dollars round in order for the computer to be accessible again pesky virus and you know to understand the magnitude of this thing

just a little bit over a month ago over ninety nine countries seventy five thousand machines were affected by the same type of them around somewhere a virus called want to cry you know major hospitals in america and europe couldn't use their computers businesses went down you know causing brief have a call across but the funny thing is about that about that particular hacking attack was that russia happened to be the main target taking in most attempts and most attacks some of which were successful penetrating megafauna a major russian telecom. provider and disturbing it services for over twenty four hours and now back to this recent attack that happened today. we're able to tell us that. this malware has spread pretty much all over the planet at this point in time and it's very hard to predict when well where it might strike

again this is all we know so far and we will be keeping you updated as we know more . back to you from central moscow from. washington says it's ready to use force against the syrian government if its intelligence reports are correct we've got the details of that and plenty more this extended news hour on r.t. . in case you're new to the game this is how it works in our economy is built around corporation corporations from washington to washington. and voters in the business to run this country business equals power who must it's not business as usual it's business like it's never been done before.

i. i call the feeling. i have read the critics. and you get it on the old. according to josh i. come along from iraq. a lot again russia has called the united states threat to use force against the syrian government on acceptable the white house earlier claim that the assad

leadership is preparing a chemical weapons attack president trumps press secretary says the u.s. will take action if that occurs the united states has identified potential preparations for another chemical weapons attack by the saddam regime the united states is in syria to eliminate the slum extent of iraq and syria if however mr assad conducts another mass murder attack using chemical weapons he and his military will pay a heavy price or maybe scar spawn unpoliced leader now gauges the international reaction to those claims. the kremlin has responded saying that it is familiar with the statement but it is not aware of its basis a criminal spokesperson said that they categorically disagree with the wording and the other attack stressing that damascus cannot be held liable for the last attack because despite all of russia's demands an unbiased international investigation has still not been carried out moscow also says that it considers any threats to the legitimate leadership of syria unacceptable. we consider

such threats to the legitimate government of the syrian arab republic unacceptable but at the same time it's important to point out that we consider unacceptable the use of chemical weapons the potential danger repeated provocation with chemical weapons in syria still exists well the white house a statement on the threat of a new chemical attack is interesting indeed let's first look at the wording the statement says that they have detected potential preparations that would likely result in mass civilian casualties particularly innocent children are that's quite emotive language obviously used to garner support for such a statement the statement also talks about potential preparations but what exactly does this mean there are no details given other than that it is similar or seemingly similar to what the u.s. detected before the last chemical attack back in april the statement also says any chemical attack in syria in the immediate future will be blamed on this side and

his allies now there is no investigation no due process just punishment now as far as the damascus government goes they've denied the white house allegations that they may be preparing for a new chemical attack they insist again that they've never used such arms at the same time we're hearing from several state department officials who are typically involved in coordinating such announcements and they say that they were caught completely off guard by the warning which didn't appear to be discussed in advance with any other kind of national security agencies and then the united kingdom is weighing in it's a. that it will back us action against syria despite seeing no evidence of this alleged attack even being prepared i want to leave you with no doubt we think it's absolutely right if we can prevent the use of chemical weapons and we will fully support any u.s. action while the u.s. allegations come the spy and moscow's latest call for washington to avoid any provocations in syria russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov made the request in

a phone conversation with his u.s. counterpart the cole was initiated by washington and was the first time the diplomats have spoken since the dawning of a syrian military jet by the u.s. just over one week ago now the to discuss the need to consolidate a cease fire in syria as well as suppress attempts to use chemical weapons by any party to the conflict on this mention mr lavrov to stress the u.s. must not cardiod hostile actions against government forces. ok let's get further into this now because peter for the former you can boss or to syria is standing by to join us live on the program you're very welcome to the program buster the white house claims the syrian government is planning a chemical attack now i've asked this question before what would the mosque is stand to gain from such an action because it's already winning the war in the

ground why would the resort to chemicals. it wouldn't it's totally inconceivable. you would have to be a person of how can i put this kindly limited intelligence to believe that said could even contemplate launching chemical weapons already in april we had evidence of how hot blooded. the american president is you don't have to be a genius to work out that anything that carried a whiff of a chemical weapons would be heavily punished no it is literally incredible that it would use chemical weapons the similarities with a striking especially in the language used by the white house they want

to prevent any rational thinking note the use of the word the expression innocent children back in april it was beautiful babies these are buzzwords which does cause people to switch off their critical faculties and we need all to be very awake at this moment yet you say remarkable similarities that attack happened on the fourth of april by the seven of april the u.s. had launched their attack just days after that do you think that there is a pretext now for further u.s. intervention is that what we're we're looking at. the pretext doesn't exist at the moment but one with reading the events of the last twenty four hours is that the us is conditioning opinion for. and heavy strike but the more charitable explanation is that trump in between tending midnight tweet

and his cup of coffee sauce on flaky intelligence that indicated that maybe there was some unusual activity going on at the same base that was used back in in april and this may relate to the use not of chemical weapons but all of the proof is in guided bombs one such bomb was apparently used in april the russians are very sparing in doling out these weapons to the syrians and it's possible that similar on the usual but perfectly legal activity occurred in the last few days that's the charitable explanation but with trump you never know it may be political maneuvering in relation to his domestic problems how do america's allies react the u.k.

for instance has given its pocking to america over its latest threat to attack syrian government. what it simply follow the lead of the us if there was a chemical attack. michael fallon is nodding dog here like one of those nodding dogs in the back of a car with america's yes yes we'll jump. on the straight that the standard british response under this government to anything america proposed. bill can thieved. yes so michael fallon effectively gave trump a blank check. with a bit of the dog days of the not doing dog government on him but these latest allegations come head of the peace talks to be held by russia turkey iran is there any significance in the timing of the white house's claims as well as what we were

speaking about or do you think it's almost impossible to given these talks were doomed to say oh. this is the spec the timing is just for to it because what may be more relevant just two days ago a german newspaper published a very important investigation by the distinguished american journalist senor hersh which completely debunked american claims with regard to the alleged chemical weapons incidence it's possible. who is very poorly from this investigation. who distract attention from this very important story which i hope will now receive more attention for your time on your thoughts this hour peter ward former you can buster to syria thank you you thank. ok

switching gears now this summer's festival of football is entering the knockout stages here in russia and we're covering all the action both on and off the pitch at the twenty seventeen confederations cup with neil harvey and stan collymore. very good evening to you thanks so much to every single one of joining us here on r.t. for our coverage of federations cup a long sought my cohort stan collymore pleasure as always to be with you let's just soak up just for a moment the beautiful it's a magnificent because i'm not overstating this behind us we can see that. you can see that the blue onion domes of because the docks church just behind the minarets of the reef and. you can see the moment.

impeccably a. couple of hours ago in a little bit rich. world of air to bring people together culturally and sporting events of course the biggest every four years in two thousand and ten i was at the world cup in south africa the first world cup in continental south africa. came from all over the world to ensure the event will be the first predominantly muslim city to host the world cup which is quite incredible considering the world cup something. so we're really looking forward to see. you know you can hear the music in the. chileans the portuguese. to come to this fantastic city briefly we hear people talk a lot about religion least you know even i think it even said that there is like a fifty fifty separation of christians and muslims everyone just blends you don't even notice the last time i crossed the six hundred years ago. just enjoying more

great music let's talk a little bit about the what you want to know so let's start with the game is going to taking place because i'm going to portugal against chile portugal know all about winning european champions chile. the copa america victims so see it seems that a battle hardened they go both got much whenas it's a tough one to call isn't it it's a syringe and i was going to go for two to win the tournament wall because the champions of south america that means they were better than the likes of you know my c's argentina and i'm always brazil you have to be a very good team to do that well in this tournament i've been a little bit flat i've played a hell of a lot of football over the last twelve months continually i'm a shown there when the one great guy in the confederations cup so paul don't you know i thought i mean christina rinaldo he's the peter pan the four hole he plays going here when you hear right fifty go fifty five goals he scored in fifty people got in he still passed his player on the pitch outside without today and for many

he's already won three out of the match awards in the three games that he's played two goals again i believe he will be the difference that he will take portugal to the fall you know when we go back to some preachers bird which will be much much different from what people are going to think the great a little bit about baltic we. are going to. say you're a big amount of found let's catch up with a bit of me now because our correspondent in the patrol increase close to the sound of rain he was attending some of the press conference days we learned anything about who will be involved and who won't be. good evening to you from the evening have said because on a routine all behind me well as do you guys were saying choose day is the day when the head coaches and some of the players say their final words to the journalists before the game now first we heard it from chile and definitely these guys are going to have a cleese one advantage because at the press conference their manager i won and tony

o.p.c. has confirmed that all twenty three chilean footballers will be fit for the game on wednesday portugal doe is a completely different story a because they. as suspended too many yellow cards for the real madrid defender now be at the press conference portugal's head coach fernando santu has made it clear that another defender raffle rafael guerrero make it. on wednesday in any case and see fernando is also something he's still making the decision on the appearance of bernardo silva so that is definitely a real headache for mr saltus but that doesn't mean team portugal are down there super glad to be back here and cazan in this is something that they told the fans about on twitter important thing they did that in russian and that is perhaps

a great trick to win the hearts of the local crowd well why not and when at the press conference i asked adrian silva about it whether that meant that team portugal like playing in cars on most here's what he told me. so. we didn't have much time to see the actual cities most of it we spent at the stadiums and all of them were magnificent in the three cities we visited but hopefully off the wednesday's game i'll be able to say that this one is my favorite . well in any case those teams i can tell you are great for the final and then of course they're hungry for the confirmation is called itself and all of us here. can't wait till that semifinal kickoff which is now about twenty four hours away.

many thanks for trying to bring is a today with what those teams they're up to back here to our studios thank ali moore let's talk germany mexico now though because to me let's be fair they've been coasting and the been rotating their squad a lot mexico salvaged a draw against portugal who do things got better here the incredible thing is germany are always competitive there isn't a nation on the planet. finals. the german national team brazil come close and then walk more world cups bring terms of consistency. in terms of bringing through younger players that then go on to be world superstars or watch the likes of mom while noir measure. toni kroos mario good get caps for the first time before the two thousand and ten world cup four years later they want to it will be exactly the same with the likes of team over in a two golds already but it's not one germany never won the confederations cup because they using this as a chance to blood play it seems to me the most important producer and a nice to win the biggest prize of them all and that's the.