rolen interfering in many a country in some of the color revolution so-called color revolutions in eastern europe for example and of course we know that the us government itself has and continues to meddle quite seriously in other people's elections with in other people's political processes for example secretary of state television just were recently on a trip to latin america he called for the military in venezuela to overthrow their democratically elected president i think for countries like the u.s. the u.k. i think their view is they can mad on anyone else's political processes that will but other people can't participate in there so i mean it is a double standard clearly a double standard and i think again the u.s. will protect that double standard. to the hilt and we see that time and time again . republican lawmakers in the u.s. are threatening to cut funding to the world health organizations cancer research

program that's after the international agency for research on cancer said america's most widely used we've kenna made by monsanto is probably carcinogenic. unsubstantiated claims i or your responsible handling of why should receive any government funding in the future they're disputing the organizations findings regarding its leading herbicide called round up and back in twenty fifteen the international agency for research on cancer concluded that roundups active ingredient life estate could be carcinogenic to humans now roundup is made by months santo and it's the world's most widely used weed killer since the seventy's it's been sprayed on corn soybeans cotton and other crops and republicans believe that the study was flawed and relied on cherry pick science accusing the agency of lack of transparency an anti industry bias they say that is quite a sadist designated as carcinogenic it will require manufacturers and retailers to

warn workers and consumers and plus it'll increase costs and instill fear in the public some have disagreed with republicans it is important that we review the methods and tactics that industry has used to influence this administration and attack independent scientific organizations like the world health organization's international agency for research on cancer or i would like to say that fundamentally this hearing is about the ability of a public health agency to call a carcinogen a carcinogen even if that carcinogen makes a huge amount of money for powerful corporations according to the center for responsive politics monsanto lobbied more than four point three million dollars in twenty seven team the environmental protection agency which is not an international organization concluded that the same ingredient does not cause cancer and i are says that they've been under attack ever since they published their conclusions against life a state at the same time monsanto has been pushing against these findings through several different means and the company is seen as quite controversial not only in

the u.s. but all over the world president micron promised in november that would be banned within three years dinette a clean modified crops have been banned in over thirty five different countries but not banned in the u.s. international organizations have concluded that life is it could be cancerous so these lawmakers intentions are quite unclear. radio talk show host believes the w.h.o. scientists need to provide stronger over the long time we counsel a lot of people don't understand what the ingredient is used for glyphosate round up is used commercially as a weed killer it sounds like monsanto hasn't spent enough money lobbying and hasn't put enough donations and volunteers in spock it's yet or at least in the right ones this is a serious turn for the worse for monsanto but i'm not sure there is the evidence that everyone wants to see that the substance is plainly carcinogenic to to have that much influence you would have to have thousands or tens of thousands of cancer

cases that were traceable to the use of the product and i'm not sure that kind of evidence exists there's always anecdotal evidence but i'm not sure there's convincing evidence there isn't a bulk of data to be analyzed to make that determination and there should be because they've been using it for fifty years based on some arm waving and some accusations of cherry picking of course monsanto cherry picks every corporation protects its product you can expect them to do otherwise what i'd like to see is the bulk of data that can be analyzed and give you a clear indication that it's carcinogenic and i have not seen that yet and i don't think the law makers are saying they've seen it either they just want to explore the possibility. the republicans seeking to cut funding to the w.h.o. are on the u.s. house science committee but the views expressed by current and former members of the panel have often raised eyebrows.

we don't know what those other cycles were caused by in the past could be dinosaur flatulence. what happened when the c o two was greater since then and now there's been many cycles of up and down warming the dinosaur flagyl. all the stuff. all that last. think about if your ice cube melts you go out it doesn't overflow its displacement i mean this is the thing similar things that they're talking about mathematical and scientific don't make. the body of military pilots majordomo unfairly paul has been returned to his hometown of

thought on it in western russia the officer died fighting in syria after his plane was shot down by militants. the funeral for a major roman filipe of who died tragically fighting in syria takes place here in his hometown the fight on yet surely with the hundreds of people attending the memorial ceremony as family members friends his colleagues people who didn't know him all came to pay their last respects and now the same crowd say here at this cemetery illumination to speak to some people who share it with us their memories of this election with and i just wanted to pay my respects to such a strong and brave man. close friend he was kind and loved life every minute he was ready to help to support your few such people so we remember him forever we moved on one man was a very kind very fair person always smiled a lot not everyone can do what he did you should have

a special understanding off on and duty just like he did the palace plane was shut down on saturday and the northwestern part of syria which is still controlled by the latest incarnation of the terrorist group. roman tried to stay in the air as long as he could he then managed to eject from the airplane only to find himself surrounded by terrorist the pilots of the plane supporting role months shared the details of their last communications his voice remained calm when i. get out of the maneuver yes i see that was the commander's reply and then he said so evenly as if it was something ordinary and an important i got hit hard the right is on fire moving south the lift slowing down too and about twenty seconds later he added. then he ordered me to gain altitude of course i didn't do it to leave my commander

is the last thing i would do i always tried to have his back during flights and now i have to do it on the ground while he was fighting i stood there and made several attacks to vehicles that were getting closer to the olive groves where room on touchdown i stayed until the fuel was extremely low i barely made it back to the airfield roman had waited for the terrorist to get closer to him and only after that he decided to detonate a grenade taking his own life but avoiding capture he even managed to shout this is for our of lads what he did that precious defense ministry released several facts about his life he left a wife and a four year old daughter behind him. as an experienced pilot and was not his first time serving in syria he was part of dozens successful military operations and he died as a hero fighting terrorists at the age of thirty three. for the pilots bravery has been noted worldwide r.t. received this letter from a veteran u.s.

serviceman offering support and asking if there's a fund collecting donations for his widow and child we asked the russian armed forces if such a fund is being set up and we're waiting for clarification the man who wrote that letter steve solar gave r.t. his thoughts a major feely pop story. in the new world is characters' war. and he knew what he had to do. and he knew he was never going to be captured. that's a decision he had to break. a very hard decision to burke but. he did really have to do the most was a personal decision. he knew what could happen to him he knows what can happen to other troops. and what has happened who are his comrades these are very important people to you. and you do most anything for them

. even risk your life he had to die like this. here. i wonder if i would be brave enough to do what he did. he was a he was a good bit of it i wish that you were. british newspaper the times has accused the b.b.c. of bias for renting out its t.v. studios to this channel this is how the times describe the situation. the b.b.c. is making money by hiring out its studios to r.t. the television channel controlled by moscow the b.b.c.'s dealings prompted damian collins the conservative chairman of the commons media select committee to question the b.b.c.'s ethics in response the b.b.c. says it runs out studios like any other international media organization independent journalist martin summers sees a double standard in the times article. think is that there's

a general attack all r.t. in the political attack in the west they don't like your t.v. station because they see it as competition for their own narrative about events of course there is a whole attempt in the west to the legitimate the russian point of view i think is one of the strange the times which is owned by rupert murdoch and of course a lot of print anything it likes takes a particularly hard line for example on briggs it but they say the b.b.c. can't engage in commercial activities on the side which they've been doing for years without any interference whatsoever is not. how many schools and agenda it's very definite go definitely go to his views and he uses his media to push those views though in a free society that's acceptable to a certain extent but it's a bit cheeky of him to still check attacking all the people for expressing their views in a perfect in the just some information and it just shows how twisted the debate

about these things in the west has now become. now there's just a few hours to go before the winter olympics get underway in south korea will still waiting for a crucial decision on whether dozens of russian athletes will be allowed to compete well for more on this we can cross live now to the tranquil who's in the home city of p. on chang hi there really aside the court of arbitration for sport was supposed to announce a ruling about twenty minutes ago could you give us the latest. katie hi you are absolutely right it's just hours that are left before the opening ceremony that is going to happen at the pentangle lympics stadium that you can see behind me and i guess it's a bit of a calm before the storm and it is quite cold here i should say but that's really something that doesn't spoil the mood here you can see and feel that everyone's geared up for the games but when it comes to forty seven russian athletes and

coaches who still don't know their fate who still don't know whether they will be allowed to take part in all of this that is of course a completely different story i'm hearing right now one of my colleagues is just calling me saying that perhaps the press conference and the media center is getting under way and that's when we'll hear the announcement from the secretary general of the court of arbitration for sports now but just go back to these forty seven cases there were two groups of russian athletes and coaches one was initially banned a few months ago by the international olympic committee for life when it comes to competing in all kinds of alone. rick tournament's and they were also stripped of their gold silver bronze medals however just last week the court of arbitration for sport cleared them all now the second group never had any issues with the olympic officials or the authorities from the anti-doping agency but still for some reason

two weeks ago they learned that they're not going to be airing chang they were not given the invitations by the international olympic committee without providing any explanation so if you think of these two groups basically they had very little time to appeal and to defend their right to compete at the olympics so the court of arbitration for sport or casts they spent three days now looking into their cases and they promised that the announcement will come at eleven o'clock so there is there's been a little delay and i think it is beginning right now as i'm being told so i'm going to try and listen to that and i'll get back to you very soon everyone's waiting the whole world's waiting. here is well if you're trying to impeach chang thank you very much indeed thank you. well meanwhile other athletes whose participation in the games isn't in question and i will say embroiled in controversy that's after no we can state broadcaster published a list of drugs the norway's team doctor has brought in

a remarkable amount of aspirin medication was noted six thousand doses containing banned substances that's ten times more assman drugs the neighboring finland brought to south korea well the quantity of the medicine has raised a number of concerns most of these concerns of which these drugs i should say contain substances banned by water and the dumping washed on god as they can in homes an athlete's performance by expanding their lung capacity the norwegian anti-doping agency has also admitted the country has a problem with the over use of medication. it is common practice in norway to occasionally use assman medicine in major elements in the respiratory system even where the diagnosis vastly is not specific. well the latest revelation comes after the release of a documentary that alleges the existence of an organized doping system in norway ski federation one of the journalist behind the film told us there are major doubts

over many of the competitors at this year's winter games. ski federation is very angry about it and they don't want to talk about this problem and that's very sad in oregon it's more duration ski federation doping program we can see that forty one percent of the middle east have normal blood it means i don't think this is clean competitions we will see there are skiers doping also in these competitions. well r.t. has asked the international olympic committee whether it will investigate these dating allegations and we're still waiting for a reply however sports lawyer david larkin says it's worrying the i.o.c. hasn't publicly commented on this issue. what's interesting is you heard the outcry in the media about these allegations you haven't seen any action by wada as it

currently stands i don't see there being an investigation which you know is in the light of everything we've discovered with regards to the russian doping allegations is troubling everybody where there is a problem should be investigated we need to understand that the doping is in fact a gobal problem is raised by this documentary we need to understand that doping is happening and occurs across the world and that this is not an incident slated to russia that this is a global problem it's a continuing problem and it's something we need to address seriously right now even be the greatest it's a doping experts in the west as the water cannot currently detect doping in athletes that's a problem. well as we've been anticipating we now have some breaking news the court of arbitration for sport has rejected an appeal by forty seven russian athletes and coaches against the winter olympic ban a statement has just been posted on the cast the court of arbitration for sport

website saying the application has been dismissed what that means is that the athletes will not be able to compete at the winter games in which you just aren't just a few hours from now. and i'll be back with the latest headlines in just over half an hour meanwhile for more on all asteroids and talking don't come. don't look now that the government may be working has bipartisanship returned to washington we'll take a look at that on this edition. of politicking on larry king it's been a while since it's happening but the senate is showing signs of bipartisanship leaders in that chamber announced whedon's day an agreement to fund the government for two years which would bring an end to

a series of short term stopgap measures which have become the norm of late democratic leaders senator chuck schumer called this agreement a sprout of bipartisanship can the goodwill continue in the house which takes up the measure next and what will the spending bill alternately look like let's talk with david jolly who knows very well the workings of the house of representatives republican former congresswoman from florida he joins me from west des moines illinois iowa hey david iowa. everybody vacations in iowa in february larry you know that in iowa and they. listen i it likely going to use this this visit to inform a book but i have also said very clearly that i intend to be part of a team of republicans that mouth a primary challenge to donald trump we have yet to determine who that candidate

might be but i think it's important for republicans to find a place in the party that they can call home and prevent splitting off to a third party at the budget deal overall budget deal as going to go through. well you know certainly it has to because even when we have government shutdowns they can simply cannot last forever i think the numbers will get worked out we're seeing indications of that this week the bigger question larry though what is not worked out this week and will we'll see for another month is what happens on this comprehensive immigration debate will the president get funding for his wall and what will happen to the status of the dreamers those who are here without documentation what we call the doc a program in the united states that is largely unresolved and so look in the in the house particularly you have house conservatives saying they don't want to spend money you have house democrats saying we're not going along with anything if we don't fix the status of dreamers you have

a president who for all of his criticisms and i have laid many on him the reality is you have a republican president finally talking about creating some type of pathway for the dreamers and i do think that's an important conversation for the country to have and you're in iowa laying the groundwork for someone to come forward to run against trump in the primaries and twenty twenty or is this group going to pick someone like maybe david jolley or someone to be someone to run against trump rather than eleven people. i think it has to we have to find a candidate emerge and you know you hear names like a sick you even here it will mitt romney run the realistic the lessons of history suggest a primary challenge to a sitting president would be unsuccessful we saw that in ninety two with pat buchanan and george bush forty one but larry for many republicans particularly those more center right not hard right conservatives there is no political home in either party right now and so you face a question do you split off

a third party which largely would be unsuccessful or do you commit to saying we're going to mount mount a primary challenge to donald trump create a landing place for reasonable republicans within the party and even if we lose it has made an effort to keep in the party together i don't know if that will be successful even in that mission because i can tell you with each passing month of the trumpet ministration many republicans wonder if we can stay within the party why did they stay silent why is we know we know that so many republicans put him down off the record but won't go on the record that says they're putting party above country one. they are it's a moral failure and they've all negotiated with themselves what they can get out of the trumpet ministration and for some it's as simple as keeping their jobs and elective politics for others it's accomplishing certain political winds in the policy arena i think paul ryan is a great example of someone who probably does not personally support donald trump

but has been willing to look the other way so he can accomplish a political agenda larry politics can be used as a leading indicator or lagging indicator most republicans right now are just following along they are lagging indicators of where the party is going under trumping the base we need more republicans to be leading indicators to say we can have these conservative convictions but it's going to look very differently and we want to take the party in a different direction those leaders within the party we are trying to have emerge and coalesce around a candidate and two thousand and twenty david can we have a big military parade like russia or china or or in north. korea why don't we just marjoe these visits and bombs and the president stands in the middle maybe high up maybe a salute maybe even never mind can we do that you know. larry few issues provide such

a perfect example of the conflict of the trumpet ministration and what i mean by that is this a parade to show appreciation and honor our military and our veterans is a net good we see it in communities across the country it is part of the spirit of america it is a wonderful thing to honor our troops and so in a typical environment if we were talking about that i think the american people would embrace it the anxiety and suspicion and questions you're hearing is because people are questioning donald trump's motives they're questioning his sincerely and they're doing it based on this distrust that donald trump himself has created is this intended to truly be something that honors our troops or is this something that's being done to spotlight donald trump we know how he and my are strong and on the world stage and those are the questions we have about why the president is pursuing this i will say politically larry if you have one hundred thousand americans honoring our troops walking down pennsylvania avenue you though it may feed the wrong beast that is donald trump many people across the country i bet

folks right here in iowa would be appreciative of honoring our military and i not afraid democrats might overplay their hand and push back on this one to be grading the one hundred thousand americans not military march down supporting the military do we have been i will be on that list when she runs and tanks. exactly so are we doing this to kind of honor the greatness of america or are we doing this in the role of kind of a strongman would and when you paint the picture of some of these parades there is a a noticeable difference in some of these parades there are those that you see in north korea where their troops are marched down the street and they turn and they pledge their allegiance and they honor the state leader right in this case donald trump and then there are those that you experience and hometowns across the country where families come out to pay tribute and participate in the parade themselves the reality is i think there is such controversy around this because of the distrust of

donald trump and the fact that it would cost twenty million dollars that could be spent elsewhere on other things it's probably best to just leave this one alone and let's stay to the typical events and fanfares we see in the capitol around fourth of july memorial day veteran's day and so forth there is a march that happens near washington unfortunately most days and it is the case on marching through arlington national cemetery where some of our veterans are laid to rest those are the parades perhaps this president could pay tribute to thank you's o's day the good to be with you thank you larry i'm now joined by lanny davis the same democrat and former white house counsel to president bill clinton he's author of the new book the unmaking of the president sixteen how f.b.i. director james cone the cost hillary clinton the presidency he joins me from new york city to talk about the book in

a couple of minutes lanny thoughts on the proposed funding bill what do you make of this meeting in the minds of you know nolan and the schumer. there is such a need for bipartisanship in this country and in the congress that this looks like a good start that we have now twenty thirty senators in the commonsense caucus republicans and democrats the best of the senate and if this is a president i'm all for it. all about the house the house is completely dysfunctional paul ryan is a moral failure as far as i'm concerned because he hasn't stood up to donald trump on anything especially the dreamer's legislation that trump is manipulating these poor young people and paul ryan doesn't have the spine to pass a bill in the house to save this heartbreak by a number of young people that were promised by the prior administration and even

campaign so the house is just a campaign so the house is dysfunctional i don't see much opportunity for bipartisanship there nancy pelosi indicates she won't support the budget because it doesn't address the they do the dreamers republicans will then say that the democrats are obstructions well that's a position of principle that i respect nancy and a lot of democrats who take that position but i'm also in favor of the democrats winning back the house of representatives and it was because of an absolute standard with no compromise that the government was shut down embarrassingly was then we opened after the country including a lot of democrats who were opposed to using the government as a bargaining chip for getting what we want on the dreamers and i'm sorry that speaker i hope she speaker minority leader pelosi feels that way but i think in the final analysis the democratic party needs to keep the government functioning and

needs this budget bill as much as i really support the dreamers legislation is the democratic party have a leader. no but it isn't unusual in opposition party years especially when one party controls all sides of pennsylvania avenue and the only thing that donald trump can brag about is something that he had no.