good to see you're from. unprecedented pressure that might force our team from the united states authorities cracked down on this channel despite a senate committee saying presidential election results were unaffected by any outside interference following the investigation into alleged russian meddling president trump called on senators to look closely at america's news outlets. spain's constitutional court blocked a catalan parliamentary session where the regional government promised to proclaim independence. and the french president is in the spotlight again this time for

insulting the country's working class while visiting a struggling company. it's just turned seven pm here in moscow i'm coming to you live from r t h q thanks for joining me this hour first r.t. is facing unprecedented pressure in the united states with authorities there intimidating not only employees but even those cooperating with the network this was revealed by artie's editor in chief margaret a simone young speaking at a parliamentary committee meeting. dorn you don't know ram until recently new active measures except those targeting our reputation have been taken against us in the us this if it really knew around us have we ever experienced the kind of pressure that we experience today in the us to the point eventually being forced out of the country ever since the first allegations of fresh interference in the us

election emerged last year this channel has found itself under mounting pressure back in january the us intelligence community presented their report into alleged russian meddling the report devoted seven pages to artsy and its supposed influence on the public discourse that using this shadow as a crumbling propaganda to however no concrete evidence was or has been given in september the us justice department contacted r.t. america does not supply demand thing as a foreign agent in the us a law that was drafted in back in the thirty's and was actually aim to prevent the spread of nazi propaganda this measure could potentially obstruct artie's work as r.t. america will have to for example to notify the authorities of personal details of its employees and provides a transcript of the interviews so potentially that would mean that he will have some hard times getting any of the u.s. officials and the u.s. experts for for their interviews editor in chief described the situation as intimidating and the russian foreign ministry says the measure taken with minutes

apart from various own freedom of speech principles. it's a blatant violation of u.s. domestic law and freedom of speech it's not only the freedom of speech that the us proclaims that's been violated it's the very principles that the us is actively exporting us it is the foundation of american foreign policy in some places they force it some cases they recommended in others they try to embedded with every means possible those principles that they blatantly violation side their own country i directed solely against one russian channel the ministry spokesperson also said that russia might even can see. taking seats for tat measure is equivalent response to the us media working in russia. the russian foreign ministry can take countermeasures against journalists representing media outlets of countries that have restrictions on russian journalists social media companies that cooperated with us have also faced pressure happened now it looks like the tech

media giants are also joining in these complain again start see a few weeks ago tweets it featured art seen its report to the u.s. congress on the russian acceded on the platform among various boards and trolls most surprisingly it disclosed confidential details about the amounts of money these shall spend some advertising on the platform which would be over two hundred solvent dollars actually which of course is hardly enough to sway the election compared to the millions and millions of dollars the main candidates spent on their campaigns also it would be interesting to see its way to reported to the congress its own efforts to promote its platform during the election season everybody but most of the make it look as if we've done something obscure shady or semi legal which is of close. truth to contacted us with that proposal before the election and they showed us a presentation of the advent of how much it would cost and we agree not to like the list is getting longer and longer every day but who is the latest to jump on the anti r.t. bandwagon latest of the tech giants turning up on. google according to the media

reports google is removing it from its u.s. advertising package on one of its major platforms you tube that would potentially mean that's artsy would be out of the you tube's least of most popular channels it's all first to the markets he is and his reaction from marty's deputy editor in chief r.t. has been google's premium partner since twenty ten and accredited to an official status of the most watched t.v. news network in need it is absolutely unacceptable that while there were no notifications of very policy changes sent to r.t.c. says internal info appears to have be leaked to the us media by google ok and understandably a strong reaction from r.t. about how much of this ban really affect our channel. well if true the fact that she is no longer included in google's to advertising least in the us won't likely concern the channel too much sees currently only really the world's biggest news network on you tube last month i was channel smashed a five billion juice mark on the website so the main intrigue now is if we'll see

any actions from the russian governments off to the today's hearing of the federation council following the investigation the us president is wondering why the senate intelligence committee is not looking into his own country's news outlets which according to trump are providing too much fake news donald trump's victory was investigated as well the intelligence committee said the voting in the two thousand and sixteen election was not affected by alleged russian meddling however the senators did allege that russia use social media platforms as a tool to influence voters earlier three internet tech companies were summoned to work with the senate to help determine whether these ads were generated by foreign entities. we think it's important. that the three companies that we've invited google twitter and facebook. will appear in a public hearing so that americans can begin to hear both about how we're going to protect i would argue three areas one making sure that if you see and. hear in the

social media site that americans can know whether the source of that ad was generated by foreign entities. patrick henningsen the executive editor of twenty first century wired dot com says the latest move by google against our t.v. sets an alarming precedent. this is very dangerous because this is now the government and corporations colluding to decide what information the public is allowed to see and what information it's not allowed to have so only the official version of information gets to be seen gets to be distributed in the marketplace of ideas but let me just say the official version of russia gate since last year the result of that is it helps to drive increased military spending in an increasingly aggressive posture against russia particularly on the eastern european

front and also confrontations in places like the middle east ok so that's the result of official only information. pains constitutional court has suspended a kabal and parliamentary session set for monday where the regional government promised to proclaim independence meanwhile anti independence activists have now been mobilizing in both barcelona. following me about for us. trying to figure out its own future following the referendum of october first that saw ninety percent of the people. vote in favor. caps lonia will be following up on. results of this record. price of banks in. this custom obviously this because of to for catalonia does and i seen it won't get in the. truck pass a law. is basically saying that the use of force is ok under the circumstances to

take a listen it is of course a jew chief and a government to uphold the rule of law and this sometimes does require the puk caution that use of force well these statements are especially interesting given that catalan leaders have said that over a hundred people were injured on the day of the referendum images of police cracking down on polling stations taking away the voting ballots driving around voters using rubber bullets and really these images being described as scandalous by observers here and throughout the world. the general strike on tuesday saw over seven hundred thousand people down tools as people waved flags and chanted pro independence slogans and barcelona. now catalonia has several options regarding its future at this point one would be opening dialogue with the e.u. and spanish authorities to mediate the crisis that's been soured by madrid attempts

to disrupt the referendum however the catalan president says spain hasn't responded positively to the idea of talks of what their number would we have never received any positive response from the state to any of the proposals of mediation that we have on the table at the moment with all of the good spain's prime minister has so far rejected negotiations once again stressing that madrid sees the vote as illegal meanwhile overnight protests in the capital saw crowds calling for national unity and the central government not to enter talks with catalonia. was was a couple in gourami's really in sixteen in these objectives not for us he's very important to. the national community recognize what is happening here in the

long run and also they and we are making calls here in order to receive some international support in the. process of negotiating with. us by the government with that first option currently looking duffel catalonia may look at other possibility is now that could include its regional government going ahead with declaring independence and that could happen as early as next monday. if they're out of the ninety eight hour an extraordinary meeting will take place next monday ninth it's a debate to make an evaluation of the results of the referendum it in other words declare the independence of catalonia couple it was once an independent country twenty years ago is establishing not only have you been into the course of the four to go already so i don't see what but it has to be concerned about how you come to libya and portugal shooting to ensure that with those who live many other parts of you watching with interest as to what is up to you catalonia but i think we have to

look at a couple of you know its own merits given over how to catalonia it is at a start think every place is different but it looks a couple only out is on that we do independence and it will certainly be credited for many others of course you. perhaps the worst scenario for catalonia would be madrid taking back power from the regional government under the spanish constitution the central government could suspend the north eastern regions autonomy that's seen as a last resort but the spanish justice minister has confirmed that spain could do it if catalonia declares independence next week international affairs consultant mood with the newest spain needs to tread carefully. in december they would search in step and then they would then they. exclude themselves. if the e.u. would accept such as she duration that is the and. as a as an international organization we can never accept that new member state uses

the army against its own people we should also not forget that the reason and the circumstances that street in spain the game remember was among other things too and in the data should such a scenario would be a catastrophe to strain to call it alone you know obviously and. absolutely. coming up in the program some of france's working class the present mccrone as a leader for the rich and his latest comments aren't doing anything to help that image that story and more after a short break. what politicians do something to. put themselves on the line. to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president i'm sure. we somehow want to be rich.

but you'd like to be crushed that's what before three of the more people. interested always in the waters of my. first sit. down. in case you're new to the game this is how it works not the economy is built around corporate corporations from washington washington controls the media the media. voters elected businessmen to run this country business equals power you must it's not business as usual it's business like it's never been done before.

the french president has found himself in the media spotlight again for the wrong reasons this time my manual mccrone the has some strong words for the country's working class while visiting a struggling company. there are some who'd be better off significant get the job done rather than some have got the qualifications to do it and it's not that far for them to grant khan was visiting that training center in central france on wednesday when he was basically outside there was a protest taking place by the g s n and what workers and it's thought that he was aiming his comments at these workers who had been under threat of redundancy now for around ten months and basically he said that instead of protesting they should perhaps be out looking for work albeit in far fruity language.

is not the first time that mr mark corners called the controversy over some of his comments some people saying that he's basically sort of said very bad things about the working class showing contempt for them he's previously talked about illiterate people and people who use the bus to travel to work and he's also said that he wouldn't yield to lazy people in response to the protests that came over his controversial labor reforms here in france basically he's called the working class slackers i will not yield in any way not just workers not to cynics not to the extremists there's been huge criticism from the opposition parties in france people saying that mr marquand doesn't know what it means to work and that mr marquand

should watch his language and have much more respect from the people it also comes amidst other criticism that mr mark owen is a president for the rich he recently unveiled his government's first budget in in that but. many people saying that he has become the reverse robin hood as in that he's taking money away from the poor and he's actually giving it to the rich and this incident on wednesday outside that training center in central france sparked again scuffles between the police and protesters these protesters from g.s. and and from some of the trade industry unions here in france just unhappy about the fact that all they want to do is to speak to their president about the future of their jobs about the future or their security for them and their family these workers around two hundred eighty have been under threat of redundancy now for around ten months and as we know from previously speaking with them they are just at the end of their tether willing to do anything to gain the attention to try and

save their jobs. president vladimir putin has welcomed king solomon of saudi arabia to the kremlin on his first official visit to russia the trip is seen by many as an unexpected shift in riyadh's foreign policy as the country remains strong u.s. ally we also heard from the russian and saudi foreign ministers who held a news briefing at the kremlin. is following the story for us. the question is does the visit of king solomon signal a shift in the saudi foreign policy well it could be too early to use the word shift but see for yourself as the two foreign ministers were busy shedding the lights on the historic talks details they kept using the words common ground seeing eye to eye about almost everything you may argue that it's impossible to iran and damascus are still friends for moscow force for riyadh and also the gulf kingdom backs the syrian rebels but pay your attention after the talks on the highest

possible level saudi arabia says that it supports the syria peace talks and asked to now that are mediated by russia turkey and iran and in the meantime russia praises saudi arabia for its efforts to unite the opposition and syria and what we hear next from the saudi top diplomat is that new horizons in cooperation between saudi arabia and russia have been opened ones that we had never seen before that brings us to the deals and the big bucks it has been put on paper that there will be several billion bucks and invested in the energy and high tech sectors one of the most important is a memorandum for the sales and the production of arms we have heard reports that saudi arabia has made a decision to buy the s forty that is russian made state of the art missile

defense system and we haven't had the official confirmation for that agreement but it could be worth three billion u.s. dollars not to mention the many smaller. from cooperation and joint space exploration and also collage of machine guns being produced between king saul mon and vladimir putin. russian russia's defense ministry says it's destroyed several strategically significant eisel targets in syria they were hit by caliber missiles launched from russian submarine submarines in the mediterranean. the targets and barrels or province include ammunition depots and hangars with armored vehicles i saw has suffered a series of major defeats in the country over the past month and no longer has full control of the cities there now another terror group in the country illness has

suffered another major blow as well just a day after russia's defense ministry said the group's leadership was essentially eliminated reports from syria. a day off from a russian air strike reportedly left abu mohammed giordani or the leader of nusra front while qaeda here in syria in critical condition as well as in a coma with a dozen of his senior field commanders dead many others wounded the nusra front jihad ists were thrown into confusion apparently surviving field commanders schooled for an emergency meeting to decide on how to carry on don't know what to do in the future to organize so to speak fortunately for them russian military intelligence learned of that meeting also once confirmed and verified the location the date and the time a suit thirty four flew out to carry out a national according to what we've heard from the russian ministry of defense

another seven field commanders were killed as well as forty nine other bodyguards and jihad lists but these two as strikes have dealt nusra front a tremendous blow it is by all reports the biggest and the strongest rebel faction with the most fighters the best training and the best weapons but compounding the damage done to them there the russians have also learned of nusra front biggest underground ammo dump weapons store holding allegedly more than a thousand tons of various arms and munitions with the course of several days that the russians studied the movement of trucks patrols around this location which they didn't yet know espionage on the ground surveillance recon they finally learned its exact coordinates finally the go ahead for an ashtray was given and the jets carried to special bunker buster bomb it penetrated its targets and the fires

apparently raged for hours and alice signifying that the store had been hit again another huge blow to al qaeda in syria. that's our wrap up of the news for this hour but don't forget you can find our channel on all of your favorite social media platforms twitter facebook and youtube that's all for me but my colleague and her farmer will bring you today's top stories in about thirty minutes. here's what people have been saying about rejected and that it was actually just full on awesome the only show i go out of my way to lunch you know we thought it was a really packed

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greetings and salutations as details more and more have emerged regarding the last vegas shooter's actions and arsenal we see law enforcement having now found forty seven firearms from three separate locations in his hotel room at the mandalay bay and at his homes and reno in mosquita nevada this event is the second worst mass shooting in u.s. history with only the massacre it will did me with the death toll of at least three hundred having a higher count but whether we're grieving over the slaughter of americans at the hands of the u.s. cavalry and eight hundred ninety of the mass murder of nearly sixty people in a matter of minutes by another civilian the tragedy is the same what has been ignored by many are the people who live and work in las vegas it's their home not a playground and their home is hurt today we'll bring you the latest on the ground in las vegas with team coverage including my watching the cops costar koza co-host tyrrel ventura our two correspondent natasha sweet and more from the fight for

independence in catalonia now let's come together try and make sense out of out of the senseless and start watching the hawks. the only. good that's. really. what it's like you are going to let. such . a welcome to watching the hot some top of the wall isn't joining me now live from las vegas is watching not selling tyrone. a lot of the yes we are here in las vegas the town still still is seeming a very gut shot you know it's very it's like they all got punched in the got here

and it is still kind of going through the motions of you know the entertainment beautiful town that it is but everyone is still kind of walking around and kind of trying to cope with what happened you know i drive i think earlier today myself and the taj just we were out in the streets talking to people i'd like to bring the time right now to talk about one of the witnesses that we were that we talked to who wanted to tell his story then and that was the important thing he came and said i want to tell my story i want to keep talking about this because it's going to norton and that's why you talk to us today certainly to me and it was part of the healing process you know prayed for me he was one of the many survivors that i spoke with that you know he may be in one piece physically but mentally you can only imagine what they're going through all the pain and suffering running for their lives seen people die with their own eyes so he shared his experience like he said and fortunately it's an experience that for him is still all too real.

when he realized what was actually happening i think once. when i first heard of the rounds of his first rounds of pop up up up up up up up up up i'm up against the stage stage left against that huge monitor along with a bunch of people and we're all still look around each other thinking it was fireworks look at the sky expecting to start to see sensations of things popping in the air that didn't occur then i'm thinking it must be some kid in the back street the rain across the industry of hi there i'm thinking maybe he's back asana some stupid kid one of those big strands of fireworks but then it kept coming it was echoing resonating all around us then we were thinking it just came out of the p.a. system because how integral does this be resonating like this but i look behind me at the crowd of twenty thousand people and i know. seen the body being blown apart so i'm thinking it's fake it's fake mean these guys are talking it's fake fake it was laying down we're praying it's fake and then also the third verse started coming and i started seeing people getting shot standing behind me and i'm kind of

protected by the uprights of the whole stage because i am right up against the stage thank the lord twenty minutes for that i was no thirty feet back with other people down.