headlining this hour u.s. authorities are putting unprecedented pressure on the t.v. according to the network's chief over claims all channel influence the presidential election that's despite senate leaders ruling out any impact on the quote. division in spain intensifies as pro independence demonstrators rally in catalonia madrid's boosting support for the national police in the breakaway region. france looks set to approve a new terror law which critics say essentially puts the country in a permanent state of emergency.

for me in the team here the r.t. new center in moscow is friday morning at ten here on call in bray this is your world news this hour. facing unprecedented pressure in the united states according to the channel's editor in chief she believes draconian measures are being used to target not just the network's employees but also those linked to us the campaign against our team has been based on claims that our channel influenced the twenty sixteen presidential election although no concrete evidence has ever been given high ranking officials in washington continue to make allegations. the r.t.s. on twitter were almost uniformly anti clinton and those i think you look at them and you have to conclude you know there was a clear design in these ads so that's one congressman's opinion yet on the same day the senate intelligence committee probing alleged russian meddling so the complete opposite there is no way that you can look at that and say that that was to help the right side of the ideological shore and. not the left or

vice versa or they were indiscriminate it seems that the overall theme of the russian. involvement in the u.s. looks create chaos at every level all of this is just the latest segment of the russians did it saga we're now all attention seems to have shifted to our channel and its social media ads well it's no secret that r.t. does advertise on twitter and other platforms just like most other media outlets the little blue bird sing a song of russian meddling last week in a report the disclosed how much we spend on ads the world now knows we shelled out two hundred seventy four thousand dollars on advertisements in two thousand and sixteen a pretty small price to pay to win an election don't you think hillary clinton spent a whopping five hundred sixty five million on her entire campaign and yet some think we lost her the election with just a couple of internet ads what we're really guilty of is self promoting and hell twitter even approached us about buying the ad is a pretty but most it's a make it look as if we've done something obscure shady semi legal which is of

close. to it to contact us with that proposal before the election they showed us a presentation of the advents told us how much it would cost and we agreed recently google became the latest internet giant to jump on the anti r.t. bandwagon when it yanked us from its premium ad service in the us without any warning whatsoever now that move is unlikely to have an adverse effect on our channels reach as we are already of the most viewed news network on you tube and fact last month we hit the milestone of over five billion. views nevertheless this ban only adds to the mounting pressure on the channel though and you don't know until recently active. targeting our reputation as the taken against us in the us is seriously new out of every experience the kind of oppression we experienced today in the us to the point eventually being forced out of the country washington is absolutely insane with the idea that our two years out there they want to

condemn it as somehow russian propaganda but the fact of the matter is whether you love our tea or hate our tea the idea that the u.s. government can tell you what you can watch and can't watch the idea that there's a government censor or something like google in bed with the government telling you what you and or can't watch this is like something out in one thousand nine hundred four what it comes down to is a all of these attacks against the russian media continue moscow has announced that equivalent measures may be taken against american media in russia. the russian foreign ministry can take countermeasures against journalists representing media outlets of countries that have restrictions on russian journalists meanwhile president trump who sees the russian witch hunt as a hoax has suggested that his government take a look a little closer to home saying that american media is full of the ever present fake news. donald trump of course is all too familiar with the battle against

a fake news both the president and his administration say they've been long term targets of false reporting the latest victim seems to be the secretary of state tennyson tried to quit but was talked out of it by allies and even vice president mike pence who had to give to us in what's described as a pep talk the vice president has never had to persuade me to remain the secretary of state because i have never considered leaving this post no secretary called the president a moron and it was wrong of all those for he said it loudly enough for. you over. the. course i'm just i'm not going to deal with petty stuff like that i mean this is this is what i don't understand about washington again you know i'm not from this place but the places i come from we don't deal with that kind of petty nonsense and it is intended didn't know nothing but divide people. ellison's rebuttal of the story president trump accused n.b.c. of low standards in its reporting adding the it should make a public apology c.n.n.

is also being in the firing line over some of its reporting earlier this year it had to retract a story claiming congress was investigating ties between a trump aid and russian investment fund when the aide threaten the network with a one hundred million dollar lawsuit an apology was issued and three journalists resigned some c.n.n. employees have also been caught on camera this was back in june claiming that the channel runs alleged russian meddling stories only to boost ratings what do you think's going to happen this week with the russian. things that. really. the point c.n.n. constantly. russia the thrust of. this is ratings president from the right said. look. it was love your. show you proof. we talked to the director of grassroots political consulting done for auction he said he shares president trump's concern over the state of america's media. we have

about five corporations that control our entire media apparatus people are profiting off of them and it's completely controlled and at the same time you have congress investigating and seeking regulation on free media any alternative news media coming from international sources like this channel to bloggers social media now facebook having to go troll through with physical people so many different news stories that their focus is on shouting voices of anything that's not mainstream media and it was an interesting tweet from president trump. division in spain continues to intensify as pro unity and probably independence rallies have been held across the country the opposing protests follow catalonia announcement that it will declare its independence next week meanwhile spain's defense ministry is giving additional aid to the police and civil guard which is being deployed in the region and madrid's latest move to ramp up its forces has been getting plenty of

attention approximately twenty trucks with beds kitchens and showers are being sent out to riot police in catalonia some media speculating that spain's effectively sending its army in to get a handle on the situation and spanish authorities were already feeling the heat of course following the violent crackdown on the day of the catalan referendum which left more than eight hundred injured last sunday madrid's extra support for its forces in catalonia comes after five hundred officers across the region were evicted from premises that want to see a chicken has been following developments in the council on capital. we are indeed in the small town of sun which a lover got which is about a half hour away from barcelona where locals have come out onto the streets and through opposing protests this particular group here was a peaceful march walking through the streets hundreds of people who have come out to speak against the police brutality that has been at the forefront surrounding the events of the of trover for a strat friends and on castle an independence as you can see the atmosphere is

quite hands as the protesters here the ones who are against the police brutality and for the independence are being confronted by another group of protesters were there you can see that there are police between these two groups to avoid any kind of trouble and these two groups have come out onto the streets to really as yet another example of how high the division has been here during these last several days surrounding the referendum. thanks. to the violent police crackdown on catalans on the day of the referendum is often at the forefront in some boy deliberate got near barcelona equipment and supplies sent by madrid to a military base have been met with resistance the move is seen as preparation for more trouble to come as president bashar will be out after what happened on the first of october last patients we can bear to be beaten to a elderly people and children to be treated badly lost almost

a political we don't want security forces here they're preparing everything to bring repressive forces we saw how they behaved on the first of october we don't want either the civil guard or the national police i. was. the spanish national guard has been vilified since over eight hundred people were injured on polling. towns around catalonia locals who demonstrated against the police there but proved unity supporters were against independence to the police about it with the will not believe the police violence they did what they had to to restore law and order reporting from catalonia an associate circular for r.t.

meanwhile arriving officers were given a jubilant welcome of by prohibiting supporters in parts of catalonia and the two different forces in spain local and national shook hands and hugged after standing against each other less than a week ago on referendum day. a six suspect has been arrested in an investigation into a failed bombing in an upmarket parrish neighborhood an explosive device was found on saturday and at that point five suspects were arrested the homemade bomb consisted of four gas canisters which were wired to detonate by mobile phone the explosives were found by a local resident this comes as new anti terror laws being passed through the french parliament and is expected to be adopted later this month try to do better get

takes a closer look at the new legislation science has been under a state of emergency for almost two years and doubts is about to end so that she is that essentially becomes permanent with many of these emergency powers being signed into law under the new rule already approved by the lower house of the french parliament the police will have to move though is just search to carry out stop the search operations to wiretap phone and email communications it will also allow the closure of places of worship suspected of being some writings terrorism and placing alleged jihadi sympathizers under house arrest now the recent poll in france suggested that fifty seven percent of people are in favor of the war even if sixty two percent think it will be to use their freedoms. i think this will become

dangerous in the long run and would be beneficial today they say it's against terrorists to morrow against ecological protesters and nancy globalists the day after tomorrow it will be against journalists this opens a pandora's box. i think this limits freedom because i believe the whole program is useless human rights activists say it's a violation of privacy even emanuel mocked for himself admitting that these measures do not to war against terrorism so why are they pursing them maybe the regime is getting weak maybe they are anticipating social unrest maybe they just want to chase around public opinion and tell them we are doing something but what we need is for the french government to do the right thing in the right thing to do to force us to question why do these terrorist attacks happen and second world with their keep happening in mind the mako pledge to end this state of emergency by november and this is key to him keeping comics real there is

no doubt that this will be tough the powers the police it's unclear if it will the people. any more safety despite the sacrifice of liberty so even skiing not see paris. meanwhile a new anti terror measures getting underway at one of the world's most visited tourist attractions the eiffel tower in paris will be secured to ground level by bulletproof glass wall counter-terror measure was approved back in february after a wave of attacks both in france and across europe.

scramble for seats of the german election and now a scramble for parties not to sit next to parliament's newest members lawmakers in berlin are not only at odds over policies but they also can't agree on a seating plan in the bundestag most m.p.'s are trying to avoid being placed near the anti migrant alternative for germany party. you are.

understood below the given position being given. this is r.t. on the way claims of insider trading among us congress members and progress in repelling eisel from its last stronghold in syria it's all ahead.

here's what people have been saying about redacted in the us exactly it's pull along with the only show i go out of my way to find you know what it is that really packs a punch oh yeah it is the john oliver of r t america is doing the same we are apparently better than the blue. sea people you never heard of love right back to the night president of the world bank so they. were. seriously sent us an email.

back the syrian army is inching closer to seizing islamic states last stronghold in india its sole province that's off the government forces made a decisive advance towards the town of my thing the russian air force has also been targeting terrorist positions inside the town. a nice old suffered another major blow elsewhere in the country as syrian forces backed by russian planes have now completely liberated the eastern province of hama syrian army officers have been showing the horrifying legacy left behind by the jadis. the terrorists have special places for torturing prisoners and they have jos

with police officers this is one of the prisons which they use with sourcing people who didn't want to follow their ideology. didn't expect an attack from the desert in from the rear forcing them to fight in their own positions. we captured them stronghold in the area which was heavily guarded eisel fourth of the death to defend it and another terror group in syria almost was being dealt a series of setbacks according to russia's defense ministry but that you had its leadership eliminated in an airstrike the russian military received intelligence of a high ranking elmos for a meeting on october the third with the exact time and location confirmed through numerous channels russian forces then conducted an air raid killing dozens of terrorist fighters including twelve commanders and leaving the main leader of al nusra in a critical condition what i guess different ports from syria nusra front jihadists were thrown into confusion apparently surviving field commanders called for an

emergency meeting to decide on how to carry on what to do in the future to organize so to speak fortunately for them russian military intelligence and of that meeting also once confirmed it verified the location the date and the time. a suit thirty for bomb a new out to carry out an ashtray 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 airstrikes 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 the location which they didn't yet know. 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 fire apparently raged for hours and alice signifying that the store had been hit again another huge blow to al qaeda in syria. turmel said u.s. congress has judicial trials begin over illegal insider trading the previously didn't affect congress members we carried out our own investigation here so may become. insider trading using confidential information on companies to make gains in the stock market is a criminal offense and could result in jail time however the law doesn't apply to

everyone most congressional staff members get away with it scot free but the question is is this legal while a few years ago the stop trading on congressional knowledge act or stock was fashioned to curb insider trading. and prevent members of congress from trading stocks based on nonpublic information gathered on capitol hill the stock act makes it clear that if members of congress used. from asia to gain an unfair advantage in the market they are breaking the law. however about a year later the bill was amended allowing top federal employees to hide their financial dealings from the public now the new change didn't apply to members of congress but nothing was said about their aides or staff members comfortably leaving them in a gray area allowing them to trade stocks freely without obstruction after going

into the legislative resource center in the cannon office building the only place where you can actually go and research this information we've found that diane do you hers who's the deputy chief of staff to nancy pelosi disclosed her purchase of stock in pharmaceutical companies right before a medical research bill was passed in congress. as for david hoppe who's the chief of staff to paul ryan he and his wife purchased and sold shares in energy and form a suitable companies while he worked for ryan and also before congress passed bills benefiting the companies traded. the people in congress should be no better than the ordinary americans and it's a privilege to invest in the stock market if they want to have their investment in

our american stock market they don't have to pick individual companies they can buy indices so i think it's a gross miscarriage of justice the rules are written up example these aids from any kind of penalty so they believe that there are you know entirely within their rights doing this kind of stuff and let's keep the pressure up to get change to work for the vast majority of this country instead of just for the connected elite class a former j.p. morgan investment banker is now serving a three year term for insider trading having been convicted earlier this year the judge called his actions outrageous choosing personal convenience over ethical obligations but one only has to wonder where's the outrage in the court cases when congressional staff members are guilty of the very same crime. samir han r. t. washington d.c. . sad news in this hour a train has collided with a crowded bus about two hundred kilometers northeast of moscow sixteen people are

confirmed dead four others are in a critical condition right now the vehicle was traveling from crowds at stone to the russian capital when it stalled on a railroad crossing during the night now according to officials thirty four passengers tried to push the bus off the rail tracks the train driver initiated an emergency stop but unfortunately couldn't avoid the collision police are now investigating the accident. that's the news from here this hour i'll be back in five minutes to update you again you're watching altie international. economic development is all about numbers really or is this quarter we are modern six point. but what do we know about the other figures. when i think about the fact that our c.e.o. mike du. over twenty million dollars last year more than one thousand

times the average wal-mart a says c.n.n. with all due respect i have to say i don't think that's right. is that just l a free market would. people went from pretty simple financial lives pre nine hundred eighty to the point now where people are. just totally submerged in their financial accounts and they're all in debt and what exactly devoid society . the whatever the government tried to do both at nestle maybe. it might be making things worse. by saying this is not how capitalism works this is all capitalism goes hopelessly disastrously wrong.

los angeles the city of luxury and fame but also an alarming number of people living in the streets. simple fact in l.a. there's just not enough shelter even if people on the streets right now decided to come in there's no where to come in it's been a strong. response of the problem and constructed dozens of tiny homes for people in need of shelter when you have nothing in order to go. you know having something like this may as well be a castle. one. parking space is not a solution. someone wanted touring the site otherwise it'll be

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hello and welcome to cross talk where all things are considered peter all of well americans are constantly warned about the threat of terrorism terrorism is very real and very deadly however terrorism is not the primary killer in america americans are the gun debate is important but why is america so violent. cross talking violence in america i'm joined by my guest brian becker in washington he is the director of the answer coalition as well as host of loud and clear a daily news show on radio sputnik also in washington we have don de bar he's an anti-war activist and a host of a daily radio program and in las vegas we cross robert barnes he is a trial lawyer in criminal and constitutional law all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate it i always go to the first person that gets up early for this program and that's robert in las vegas.