this hour's headlines stories t.v. russia will be absent from the twenty eighteen winter olympics. by the international olympic committee for a two year long. however there remains no concrete evidence to back claims of a state sponsored drug program. to superheat between fourteen. and the olympic from russia dismay and disappointment was visible among the russian athletes as the i.o.c. announced the ban its headquarters in switzerland. to make the decision on whether to boycott the games in tar. coming up this hour the u.s. president prepares to recognize jerusalem as the capital city of israel

a move likely to provoke fury among many in the mideast. just after eleven pm am here in moscow this is r t international money and as you know neal wherever you are joining us from our run the world welcome to the program ok one of our big stories of the past day happened in the us on switch land where last night it was announced that russian winter olympic squad has been bombed from competing at the twenty eight games the international olympic committee announced its decision on a years long doping scandal on tuesday night resorting to what it earlier had called the nuclear option however individual athletes can prove their clean will be allowed to participate under a neutral flying named olympic athletes from russia. to . repeat between individual or team competitions under the name olympic else lead

from russia. they will compete with a uniform bearing this label and under the olympic flag. the olympic and swim will be played in several with. no one thought about what it actually means for the athletes to go to the olympics under a neutral flag to proceed simply in murder of our national sport. russian athletes want to go up on their country or their flag as this is always their hearts. well the decision to bomb russian athletes follows an investigation by an i.o.c. back commission headed by the former head of the swiss department of sport and also the country's former president some legal schmidt to discuss the issue further and

joining the shooter but kit partridge who's been following developments on this for quite some time hi kate just sum up what happened last night before we get to the other issues surrounding this well in a nutshell as we heard that thomas back the president of the i.o.c. said that russia is banned from the winter olympics which starts on the ninth of february so not too long to ghana but there is the option there is the opposite for clean that leads to prove that they are clean and to be able to take part that doesn't give them a great deal of time to actually prove their innocence or for the other athletes to appeal against those decisions it's the seventh of february isn't it all kicks off inside korea but this goes back what seventeen eighteen months in the making and even further by happens in italy yes i mean you're right and in terms of that timing for the investigation but it goes back beyond that so you created a change of who was the head of the moscow lab here who if it really was that whistleblower to say that there was a state sponsored typing system and then he effectively sparked a whole set a whole series of not only can traverse the investigation but also there was this to. the report that went into his claims by saying that there was this whole system

that had actually been set up whereby athletes could effectively dope then that meant to be in a band for the russian team for the re out at the rio games yeah they investigated what was been going on and then after that you got all the various you know investigations of followed at the mclaren report and then also after that then you got the i.o.c. investigations as well and basically over all that time this is what they've now come out with just for the we've seen the reaction haven't we had those pictures of the athletes and that's really what could be forgotten about it in the midst of all this you've got the athletes who've been treating their whole lives trying to compete. they've never field adopting test i think it needs to be stressed but they're not going to the winter of the well this is right i mean looking over the recent bans have been twenty five pounds for the russian from russian athletes so far they're going to investigate all the medals that were won such as well where russia tops the medal table but in meantime no what comes out of this particular report is that so far this is not about proving that the athletes have doped this

is all about a presumption of guilt which will come on to later but now it's a case of those athletes particularly the younger athletes who wouldn't have been part of any system that existed anyway have now got as i say not very long to prove that they they are clean that they can come through and compete and also as i said time is running out and also a bit of the transparency of the system as well when we look at how this system was effectively put into place the fact the i.o.c. investigation has come along and said that we could replicate this system effect to be swapping samples but the way that they've done this if you look at the wording it's down to scratches on bottles and salt samples and everything else this is race down so much some of the athletes as well and if you hear from from one one by athlete he has particular doubts about and fears going forward as well. the we will be able to see some evidence for what they are being punished and that is not that there are some marks on the bottles because then i would be terribly afraid of giving samples. or yes what about about standards and samples there and also talking of standards well it's all about double standards here too that's also been

raised looking back over other athletes who have also been effectively bang to rights for dating looking at tyson gay and justin gatlin here they were banned and then did come back to compete at the olympics which of course has raised this query over if we have this sort of olympic charter this idea that the olympics is pure and if you if you are caught doing anything wrong you don't compete again people have said well effectively other people have been banned other athletes and their last part so there's a feeling that this is being a bit this is politicized other than what a silver medal did me last year in rio. one of the things of course i want to pick up a new case an interesting thing that you mentioned earlier is that the presumption of guilt for these russian are these just explain what you're talking about there well yes the whole standard from the i.o.c. this is the back definitively proving because they can't definitively prove so far anyway that this whole system of doping took place and that isn't even the point it's all about a presumption of guilt and also presumption then coming forth between athletes of

innocence as well but it's all about those layers of presumption what they're saying from the i.o.c. commission is that they managed to replicate the system that they claim russia used to write to enable this this whole doping system whereby you know where they could trade the bottles on the samples also they say that could be a good chunk of had diaries to back up his claims that about what was happening they say that there was a list there was a whole list of athletes protected list of people having a cocktail of drugs and they're saying that all these particular levels all these layers then lead to a presumption of guilt but it's not definitive proof is something that we were looking at over the past few days. four years ago there was skepticism that russia's first winter olympics would go without a hitch due mungo's predicted not enough flights not enough hotels and not enough snow concerns about socially squaller in sochi double toilets and missing door handles the water came out of the tower problem with the door but the how to skate

was went so well even critics had to admit they learned it we think going to mazing is running like clockwork and everything's just going really really well as i'm being really present everything rush is done so far seeing much to care about so it's really so far well organized in that people are really friendly here and having a good time to our accommodation our food almost four years later and russians who triumphed in sochi and now being stripped of their medals and given life a live picture like twenty sixteen but our report explosively craved russia used an elaborate system of state sponsored doping athletes officials and ministers were implicated by the plots of a cold war novel the attitude to russia a return to skepticism then retribution as its track and field team and in time out of the fifteen what the rio games which left the train athletes wondering why.

about how the russians completing it so they adopted the right policy but sure they are a clean nation never mind cleaned out they ought to be a clean nation. the i.o.c. and i p.c. have now definitively fact up mclaren supporting the claims of former love boss cricketing don't change who is under criminal investigation in russia and saying that infamous sample swapping system has finally been replicated but questions remain the i.o.c. standard of proof is not beyond any reasonable doubt but rather that the balance of probability the presumption of guilt is enough it was logic of who was the original and only source of so-called proof against russian fleets this evidence has been grossly overvalued we can see we are seeing the result of a proper legal process it's a question of faith to believe broaching court or not it looks more like

a religious inquisition. less than full bottles had no visible scratches they were presumed tempered with as the russians must have affected their technique and left no marks and no argument basis for an on mass ban to clean condemned without any guilt no presumption of innocence or team russia what we see here is actually a violation of the olympic charter which is. which stands against political national racial discrimination so it appears that in the name of protecting clean athletes they are actually taking away the rights of russian clean athletes and in my opinion the mclaren accusations are unfounded and they are very politically biased. surely any athlete should be denied a medal and banned from competition if he or she cheats it undermines others' lifetime's work as does abound slapped on the innocent who are simply presumed

guilty. ok partridge with the report both some western athletes have heartfelt messages for their russian counterparts who are set to miss out in the games and that was in contrast to some of the well. almost gloating headlines in parts of the media as news of the broke a number of international flights expressed sympathy on twitter with some pointing out that the scandal has become a political symbol and that the move likely ignores punishment for those who have actually dropped what is said in complicated situation i feel seek for the clean effective death lists and fully sympathize with whatever emotions they may feel this decision by the i.o.c. is just a political symbol but really does nothing to punish the actual cheetahs there is

still a large number of days here after these competing this is opens the door for them to continue through the olympics it's a victory that only officially cleared and clean athletes will be able to compete in chang but it's so sad that russian athletes weren't be able to compete under the flag of the country that raised them yeah that's just some of the reaction from other athletes well the international olympic committee itself says it's unclear who was behind the doping efforts the i.o.c. is report also mentions it was unable to find evidence to suggest the russian government was responsible outside of the sports ministry nevertheless the independent and impartial evidence do not allow the i.o.c. d.c. to establish with certitude either who initiated or who headed this scheme on many occasions reference was made on the involvement at the minister of sports level but no indication independent or impartial evidence appeared to cooperate any

involvement or knowledge and a higher level of the state. earlier we spoke to alan moore host of moscow's capital f.m. sports he believes the i.o.c. have find a profitable strategy in demonizing russian discord on a simple simply yes there is no fair play in sport i mean at this level the simple truth is that in order to compete at the highest level you have to do something to stay there and when you have a very well paying job at the level of mr packer and mr reedy and travers target and so on they need to do to kind of stay on on on top of us are doing and you know she is very useful to keep this is very very unfair in russia under doing this there is of course a political drive behind us the want to take a question that i have my mind is ok so russia's bond and so on and it was completely beyond what next who else will go after like my my money would go nobody because they will want to keep beating new drum say russia's bad russia is bad

because it is the only bad one in order to write these are clean and then as my athletes from are indirectly your artists nuclear clean so we can sleep well at night thinking are we ok the russians or the bad guys in the case you know enough of the case that there's a lot of bad guys there who are. you know it won't change and now with this it will change even for the. well the world agency laid out a road map for russia to become compliant after they allegations with moscow taking on preceded measures to help kuntar any possible doping among russian on plates the structure of russia's own drugs agency rosado was reformed allowing international experts to take control of its tests doping has also been made a criminal offense here punishable with a deal sentence a law in the currently imposed by a full of european countries. eighteen out of twenty criteria saying it couldn't meet the final two it denies any government doping program ever existed but last

month while i still find the russian agency non-compliant the head of wada denied the decision was political but did say sport cannot exist without politics it's a sort of. impossible dream isn't it because. to rely on sport is such an important part of people's lives but such comments maybe it all ends with perhaps the most important document in sports the olympic charter it clearly states that there can be no political or commercial abuse of the sport the athletes. thomas parker the president of the international and to committee gave his assurance their decision was not politically motivated the eye you see is politically absolutely neutral we would not allow her to be influenced by any kind of political considerations in.

such a sporting matters just listening to the press conference and they fielded exactly that question and they said this isn't a political decision but of course the world knows that it's exactly that this has been a controversy that has been clouded in political judgment and it's impossible to separate this particular decision from what's going on in the rest of the world regarding fake news and the allegedly intervention of russia into britain's bragg's it vote and even the american presidential elections there is a lot of this kind of stuff swirling around the world at the moment a lot of it is beyond belief frankly about people are accepting some of it i don't think you can disentangle the two things. donald trump is expected to recognize jerusalem as the u.s. really capital later on in a major policy overhaul we will look at the potential ramifications of the move

after the break. but politicians to. put themselves on the line they get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president i'm sure. i want to press. you to go on to the press this is like before three in the morning can't be good. i'm interested always in the waters about how. to. apply to many clubs over the years so i know the game and so i got. the ball isn't only about what happens on the pitch to the final school it's about the passion from the families it's the age of the super money. and spending to the twenty

million. it's an experience like no one else want to because i want to share what i think you know about the beautiful guy a great chance with. the base. senior u.s. officials say president trump is going to officially recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel he's also said to kick start the process of moving the american embassy to the city the white house says the decisions which are expected later on whedon's they will be in america's best interests. i'm not going to get ahead of the president's remarks that he'll make tomorrow he did speak with a number of leaders this morning and he's going to continue to have conversations with relevant stakeholders but ultimately he'll make what he feels is the best

decision for the united states dru's them which is considered a sacred place by christians muslims and jews is not recognized as these really capital by most of the international community that's despite the country's government claiming the ancient city us its capital spend when made will be a landmark decision that will likely inflame tensions in the middle east the e.u.'s diplomatic chief has already responded she say's the issue needs to be discussed with the palestinians who also claim jerusalem as their capital. a way must be found through negotiations to resole the status of jitters on him as the future of the states so that the escalation of both can be fulfilled donald trump is once again at the center of controversy he is now talking about moving the u.s. embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem the president of the palestinian authority has already denounced the move saying that it could have dangerous consequences for the

peace process we've also heard from hamas which has talked about the possibility that they would revive the intifada a longstanding u.s. allies in the region such as turkey and saudi arabia have also criticized the move turkey has even talked about the possibility of cutting off diplomatic ties with israel the u.s. state department has sent out a cable warning people at american embassies around the country about the heightened the need for heightened security furthermore we've also heard that the u.s. consulate that is already in jerusalem is at this point warning u.s. citizens living in the city this seems like a dramatic move and it seems to fly in the face of an earlier statement that we heard from donald trump let's take a listen to what he said so i'm looking to state and one state and i like the one that both parties like and i'm very happy with that one that both parties look like one party the palestinians and their allies is already deeply offended and there's

a possibility of retaliation and if that retaliation materializes then the other party could also be suffering it seems that there is indeed many people that are far from happy with this decision from the white house. r.t. new york. post said in the past he believes he has a good show of bringing peace to the region but journalist mark to lose he doesn't think that's really on the president's agenda. the bigger picture is not a peace process that doesn't even really exist nobody really expects that to happen what's really happening is the region is being flooded with arms trump laughs when he talks about the tens of billions that we're selling our around the world not only in the middle east but now in asia let's not take trump at his word this is a tremendous mistake and it's even

a waste of time the real policies are needs to keep himself in office and needs to pretend that he's president and that different constituencies should not oppose. or same with president trump presidents have the power to influence millions but few if any are as adept at using social media to get their message out as president trump and hella francis santiago looks now at the u.s. leaders unique form of twitter diplomacy and the stir it's causing in the news media. after days of binge watching t.v. i think i finally discovered one thing that keeps the media buzzing from tweeting the president from trading the president trump tweeting in part there's a new saying gaining prominence there's a trump tweet for everything the president tweeting president trying to but it's hard to keep up with a president who uses twitter to make us public statements trump rarely misses an opportunity to tweet so here's your usual day in the american media starting with some trump tweets you might think that several reposed in the middle of the night

is no biggie but it got thousands of the tweets and became one of the first things americans saw after turning on the t.v. in the morning president has been busy this morning on social media re tweeting in quick succession a series of alarming videos are such a volume of tweets from the president we can't lose our ability to be shot in fact the media got so caught up that towards the evening the whole world knew every detail about an organization that had previously been known only to a small audience in britain this string of incidents from the president now includes the president reach waiting three that he is from the far right anti muslim fringe political party but don't you worry that's not the only news that made headlines that day there was also a heated debate about the murder of a former trump inturn that in fact took place years ago president trump has said and done things that are not only unpresidential they're really out of control the president the united states has used the firing of matt lauer to advance his false

claims of fake news and to spread wildly inappropriate accusations against media figures including joe scarborough wonder why that story received so much attention both online and on t.v. well that's right because it came straight from the president's twitter feed of course it might be surprising to see how much airtime is being given to trump's tweets and it seems well either like a perfect way around for the media not to talk about things that matter or just the perfect scheme used by trump to get a grip on the news cycle. donald trump is a genius or insane or both i don't know or yes we're insane and what i say and we in the mainstream media are i don't because they keep following and hanging on every word of what they do is they don't even have an agenda and let me also tell you they should thank god for him because they have nothing to say he does all the work for them think about this you're news producer

you take what trump tweets did make a graphic out of it you put it up you have somebody read it and talk about it and there are new short stories no reporters no research no scouring the world nothing about honduras think about syria think about anything no no no just trumps tweet he's a genius they are the cat he is the beam of light and they're running into the wall . last year not for naught but get your news on the move by i don't know being the up available now and i'll be back with more of the stories affecting your world today in iran half an hour's time more programs right ahead.

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in the past he's sort of the federal reserve governor since two thousand and twelve mr powell also is set to replace such replace chairwoman janet yellen who's term expires in february and that same senate banking. today also consider legislation to scale back some of the wall street reform and consumer protection act of two thousand and ten provisions known as dodd frank as the regulations relate to small and medium size banks it's one of the areas where even a few democrats agree the law may have gone too far under a proposal offered by chair might create though the threshold at which banks are considered too big to fail would be increased from fifty billion dollars to two hundred fifty billion recall the government bailed out many banks with hundreds of millions of dollars in the wake of the two thousand and eight financial collapse chief among those.