it's a little bit like a state within a state for decades it's been considered a magnet for muslim fundamentalists hardline salafism and wahhabi islam a widely practiced and trap has become synonymous with jihadism. and dozens of people. islamic state i was have carried out attacks on french soil have been linked to terror in paris in two thousand and fifteen while the terror threat appears to be. brought surface think that. there is some plain white pride remaining bad but your heart is only a matter of time before we have another attack the basic problem is that the ideology that's driving this and this goes much deeper than terrorist cells planning and executing attacks that ideology is so ingrained that last year a poll of french high school students revealed thirty two percent of muslim

students believed islamic doctrine was superior to scientific fact another in two thousand and sixteen showed that sixty eight percent believed islamic law was superior to french law there's also concern that in an area like this that was once granted. by the authorities that sharia is becoming the lands. of. the full veil covering has been banned for the cheese the police are often reluctant to intervene off the riots in two thousand and thirteen when officers try to i.d. a woman who is fully covered with a very very fragile situation which the government doesn't want to provoke urban riots which would quickly spread like wildfire all over france. president mccord says he wants to reorganize islam in a bid to fight fundamentalism bits. some experts say that's

a pipe dream radicalization in places like this they say it's already far too deep rooted to take out jollity pinski party trap. the u.s. is joining in the chorus of growing concern coming out of europe over foreign eisold fighters returning to their countries of residence washington as its allies particularly britain to pay more attention to citizens who fled europe to join the terrorist organization earlier the u.k. defense secretary said they should not be allowed to return i don't think they should ever set foot in this country again they turned their back on britain our values and everything we stand for they are the worst of the worst we're working with the coalition on foreign fighter detainees and generally expect these detainees to return to their country of origin for disposition. for now i saw terrorists of u.k. origin who come back home do face prison sentences while other european countries

have tried to reintegrate former eisold militants back into society denmark for example x. jihad is to have been given apartments and jobs to promote integration earlier we heard opposing views from our guests on how to deal with the returning jihadists initially britain said we're going to make them stateless remove their passports not going to allow them re-entry other countries then said let's take a more light approach some of the nordic nations said let's try to repatriate them have radicalization programs which in part have actually been quite successful in some areas at the same time then the u.s. is now taking the lead and the u.s. defense said foreign countries need to repatriate their own citizens and deal with them using the rule of law and i think that's the central way to go they should not come back here it's as simple as that because they've committed the crimes abroad so why should the touch. foot the bill for all this rehabilitation and

then probably the doing jail for quite a while move only when these crimes have been committed of course let the authorities deal with them under the rule of law in them. you know there are lots of different stories about what happens to these people if we make them stateless stenciling they will stay out there they will keep breeding extremism terrorism and radicalization and they'll keep killing and they'll keep hating us so we have it's a problem have to deal with you can't hide from it you cannot fall back on this british passport so you know i committed atrocities abroad but all for we british possible into the mix so we'll get sent back oh no how do you know people have committed crimes without putting the evidence in front of them and putting them on trial just assume people went out there so i don't want to go out of here i'm in london regularly on trial here i think i mean i don't regularly go well these are way but obviously the un is so weak. the you again is so weak just non-existent the should have bought for. we should about the u.n. peacekeeping forces making safe and so we could properly categorize these people

rather than so ok these people go in to fight for whichever side these people fight in of against his will but now because the fight for the cure is to be classed as tell us here it becomes a ridiculous situation. the twenty third winter olympic games in south korea now are passing the halfway mark the olympic athletes from russia or they are a team has just won silver in the cross country skiing that's the tenth medal for the russians so far russia is officially not represented in the game because of alleged state sponsored doping in recent years the scandal prompted the international olympic committee to ban numerous russian athletes for life. it's appealed the decision on the court of arbitration for sports overturned the lifetime bans for twenty eight russian athletes at the start of february however then the court apparently did a u. turn saying it actually supported the i.o.c.

is decision not to allow some of the cleared ather leads to compete at the winter games and we spoke with the court of arbitration for sport secretary general asking him about the reasons behind both decisions the full interview available right now at r.t. dot com but here's a preview these athletes applied but were united access to the games because the i.o.c. decided not to invite them so it was not this sanction it was an eligibility issue that's a legal difference for us. the panel only reviewed the question of the application of the law of the rules of the i.o.c. it reviewed only the process whether it was fair whether it was nondiscriminatory discriminatory. it found that it was not critical there was no. the rules were not unfair and they have complied with by the i.o.c. so it was only a legally stick approach again there was no review of every. for the entire case of

the sochi case was not discussed here the report was last discussed here. the fact that you cannot establish the give evidence of the good of the doesn't mean that you have established the innocence of the athlete this is the other way around with the sochi case because the i.o.c. had to show that the athletes were guilty the fact that the unable to show the guilt of an athlete doesn't mean that the athlete has nothing to do at all with the case. we are not acting in the pressure so it was not a pressure for us because we have different panel of arbitrators they work independently and they are not really. they are not employees of caste they are independent people. once they have been notified to the parties we will publish them. foreign minister has

resigned. meeting with. story about how.

russia different from the european neighbors when it comes to individual rights and freedoms however they do have a very low tolerance for uncertainty in politics translates into a strong electoral advantage for the incumbent power transition. for russians to politically. thanks for joining us here in the u.s. justice department has indicted thirteen russian nationals and three companies in connection with alleged meddling in america's twenty sixth presidential election there's no such criminal offense in america as the defendants were charged with conspiracy to defraud the united states. now among the three indicted enterprises

is the st petersburg based internet research agency which was accused of conspiring to sow political discord in the u.s. and now there is a catering company which is actually suspected of having helped to fund the whole scheme now the thirteen defendants allegedly used methods ranging from organizing political rallies to posing as grassroots activists those some of the supposed methods that were pretty far off the wall for example driving a hillary clinton impersonator like this one here in the back of a truck as if she were in some sort of prison cell now they also allegedly bought facebook ads to promote a rally titled us support hillary save american muslims but despite the supposed at lengths gone tube according to washington these ploys apparently had zero impact there is no allegation in the indictment that the charge conduct alter the outcome of the twenty sixteen election they wanted to quote so discord by.

breaking into elections no stealing the numbers no changing the numbers no voter fraud no vote by merely providing information through advertisements thirty listings in social media accounts that were shared by americans the mentally ends of dollars that have been involved in the russian investigation so far. special constable council muller has indicted four people for that so that's all he has to show and so far nothing has been done let me remind you that we still don't know what russian collusion is we still don't know because deputy attorney general rosenstein today made it very clear that there was no evidence that anything that these

russians or any russian did russian nationals or people who speak russian or people in the russian government did but there was no evidence that any of this affected the election whatsoever isn't that fascinating and if it didn't affect the election what's the point of this the meddling. has been going on for over a year no but it's still taking some surprising twists and turns now one top democrat investigating allegations of trouble russia collusion now finds himself in broiled in controversy his aussie correspondent jacqueline frugal. in case you haven't noticed the democratic party is very worried about big bad russia the film portals into our society the kremlin clan russia has harness the tremendous and quite frankly to me frightening power of social media truly troubling evidence of the scope and reach of russia's interference in our last election and the top

democrat on the senate's russian investigation mark warner is no exception to the rule i'm concerned. but the president still does not recognize the severity of the threat but apparently warner does and he will do anything necessary to battle moscow's reach based on leaked text messages between the senator and a second party it looks like when it comes to the russian threat the ends justifies any means and could in attempting to carry out some collusion of your own several of the messages show warner trying to arrange a secret meet up with christopher steele the former spy behind the now infamous trump dossier we want to do this right private in london i want to send less yet because if we can't get agreement would rather not have paper trail so who was warner depending on the set up the clandestine meeting with steel that would be one mr adam wildman a lobbyist best known for acting on behalf of the russian tycoon did the pasta and according to the tax womyn is also connected to julian asuncion another person accused of being

a kremlin puppet now this is all way under the table warner repeatedly refused to make the invitation to speak to seal officially in writing while at the same time telling weldon that the paris efforts would be helping america and apparently in his mind the way to do that is to be encouraged what the confidence of one of the richest men in russia and according to republican senator marco rubio the whole senate intelligence committee has known about the contacts for months so if the other the democrats nor the republicans care about warner's conduct is it just that collusion is a problem reserved for only one party or is the reality here that russia is just being used in a political game of chess one or said it one point we have to be careful of paraphrasing here i don't want a paper trail now if what he was doing was fine and dandy and innocuous and no big deal then why would he care if there was a paper trail he certainly should have or his staff should have known who he was communicating with who this lobbyist represented if you're going to talk to a lobbyist about getting

a one on one face to face with christopher steele then you should know who you're dealing with in trying to arrange that. the fix was in the tide is there between the democrats and russia more so than anything trump ever had to do with russia but it just shows what hypocrites they are and the american media just ignores these things. supposedly with russia or is also in line at the dutch foreign minister in deep trouble in fact he has had to resign after admitting that he lied about a meeting with president putin back in two thousand and six when under full over a dozen long. letters that we both want to. excuse. you both. for a jewish. and emotional resignation how big a departure comes just a day before he was supposed to meet his russian counterpart here in moscow let's

listen for a moment to the very remarks that finished his career because. in early two thousand and six i was invited to meet putin's countryside house i stopped at the back of a room or a meeting was being held but i could hear very well vladimir putin talking about a greater russia he said this included russia roups ukraine and the baltic states and that kazakstan would also be nice to have real. acknowledge that it was all one big lie and he wasn't even in russia in two thousand and six he said he did this to protect his source a person that presumably attended the meeting you now describes it as the biggest mistake of his entire political career in response to the news the dutch prime minister said that the remarks of his now former top diplomat accurately reflected a russian policy at the time and we asked author and russian analyst martoma kohli

about mr confession. two reasons why he made that statement one is that a projected to me to the public newspapers or the headlines himself this was a sensational statement to make and the second thing would be that of course it fed into the nature of. the native negative the narrative of the west at that time still is which is basically under russian seas video put in as a threat to the national security and fed into that and therefore for these two reasons then it appeared to be from the dutch point of view this is a very good very good thing to do the weekly returns and often now. what politicians do. put themselves on the line they get accepted or rejected.

so when you want to express. some want. to go on to be press that's what before you know more people are. interested always in the waters about how. this should. apply to many clubs. so i know the gang and so i got. the ball isn't only about what happens on the pitch for the final school it's about the passion from the fans it's the age of the super money. to spend spend twenty million. it's an experience like nothing else because i want to share what i think i know about the beautiful. great.

so they have all the season is a late practices they don't press oppressive measureless being deployed against the palestinian people everywhere around the set of colonialism the theft of our land and the many many. you know there's a stating things that their claim is of doing of course they can cause that's the intifada or uprising. previously on the great american tilt triffid right into the military one nine hundred sixty eight shipped soviet what year were you born nine hundred forty eight hundred sixty six. close nineteen fifty eight forty eight all not even close. here's a reason i'm just the host of the program. hey everybody i'm stephen baldwin gosh i'd like to ask hollywood guy usual suspects but never a proud american first of all i'm just george washington and r.v.

enthusiastic uncle stickney's of god's enjoyed big boy was this is my buddy max famous financial guru and we'll she's a little bit different i'm out of here abraham lincoln going up there well no one knows the last but not least my larger than life. the night an aspiring star rio. with all the drama happening in our country i'm shooting the road to have some fun. meet everyday americans who knows. what's america. suffered and see how things got so crazy i was naked. to get my finger up hopefully start to bridge the gap this is the great american pill which. means. it's day number

three in my. situ sits and though the locals say all roads lead to boston our heroes still have yet to find their way into the city before noon though here. christians are were a mobile pilgrimage. in that we can make this turn of. global right present right out right this is our producer jared him and stephen don't always see eye to eye on the next sure some are not going to hit the house for a cable going to get out the spirit are going to occur near to minute thing on. the tuesday which is you can't take it thirty two foot motorhome and there were three point turn in the middle of nowhere actually massachusetts general laws title fourteen chapter eighty nine section nine says that but who's keeping track thank you much well this press but you know if i'm going to get something after already

getting lost our heroes attempt to navigate the former county jails known as road come forward from washington without the modern convenience of g.p.s. you know like real pilgrims so we don't know where we are right now right i felt this compass out of battery and some gaffer tape the video that's on you did. about five miles out right now corner this is a modern day max geiger are starting to get it nothing new for boston make it isn't responding to your idea i'm wondering. that's where the boston tea party happened right yes seventy seventy three in the tea act got everyone really agitated and that's their the boston tea party seventy seventy three but just three years before the revolution many and in doing that that was a way of those folks like you know making a statement in the gains on the wars here we want to put. this new ball representing the great american pilgrimage. in the middle of where that boston tea

party took place. where was that once i called the harbor boston harbor boston harbor why can't we get a barge. and put this harvey on the barge and take it right out in the middle of boston harbor is that crazy what what the what you want to put this on a barge and fly out in the middle of boston and i mean what what better way to to to to celebrate this occasion then by honoring that great event with another great statement a mind reader to talk to jared about. or a brother will pull in to boston massachusetts. on my own finally reaching their destination our heroes discover one of the many things boston is known for actually just parker here. it's parking the secretes mother know this little. ember on that side of that sign not where we are now but if the

sun is correct we can sit right here i believe they can't that's a great spot that corner or in since i get that one but it's probably a loading zone they all are. just so brilliant i'm going to get out there you're good the shirt you know what's the street is poor. just after finally parking our heroes realize they're in cambridge home of harvard university are some of the top minds in the world choose to study soon max ventures out to meet some future leaders of america. i'm kind of i got a story doubtfully could you be revealing your coming to the us didn't fully stop just a little this time i would need to get a little non-original. marilyn and just you know it's going well apparently we can't take mack's anywhere everybody in the state knows that everything is don't do it everybody could fill the hole and oh i'm going to this map now. you know it's

her. job because of the detail thank you. max is getting an education about what the state way from the city stephen heads over to the local coffee shop meet a traveling nurse and learn what it means to be boston strong. pros happy to just yes stephen even if you know nicer in terms of are you going to further thank you thanks for coming no problem you've heard the word of journey to join us you can hear so i have you know before we get into all of that we're you from you were born where i was born in manhattan new york and then we moved here to massachusetts i graduated two thousand and six from nursing school and became a travel nurse i've traveled all over the country for the past eight nine years or

so your health care. that's like a hot topic in these yet what would you say is the biggest issue your profession for nursing health insurance period you know we get people that don't have insurance and they get the best care throughout you know the border you get someone who is hardworking and has insurance and they get kicked out after the fifth day because their insurance doesn't approve for you know whatever it is that they need or not so sure in your opinion as you travel as a nurse a lot of folks who are uninsured are seeing more the benefits that middle to lower middle class one hundred percent yes. and back to mexico keep it one hundred thousand came. on the front i guess that. reconciles them out how much compared with europe. or france i would compare you don't have heat.

thing is that you and watch your movies and eat meat and you'll be the meat but. it's rising healthcare costs and education what i was thinking it. might be so like four thousand years ago an average salary in france and last but not a few from so that you can french you feed it will be less likely you. will. be one next but at the end i don't know which if we meet yes only it seems to you because i want you. now if i could hear somebody that you making i don't know what it was i don't know which way you keep it right hundred thousand euro you i would come via one hundred pows and yet list seven might be against you

when i was shopping when i come back am i. to tell you that busting so much. culture is subsidised and if the flour in the fridge again next year i'd say that's not what i read yes the bread i got i get it's one hundred whatever i am going to colombia at the bank yet i rebuffed him a statement that i get imprinted on but i think. i do. it because i came back at the coffee shop stephen continues his chat with jessica and learns more about her trip here still enjoying the nursing and the travelling and i love it i absolutely love it i wouldn't change it for the world sure you've gone to many many many many places to have what's what's a story or an experience related to your work that sticks out the most well actually i had a contract in boston here at mass general and that was actually when the boss thing the marathon bombings and i was there breaking news this hour the finish line. the

boston marathon is hit by two major explosions just seconds appalling these three people have reportedly been killed and many others. had gone there at three of my friends one of them being like eight months pregnant my best friend and. they were two of our friends were running the marathon and. we were standing at the finish line and my partner friends she was like you guys i'm starving i really need to eat we walked down the street we went to out that. everything and we heard the first bomb go off. everyone looked around but didn't really think anything of it you know it sounded kind of like a cannon going on and so. they're probably celebrating a few minutes later the second one went off and i was was the one that was closer

to us where like the building shook. and so that's when people started freaking out. the manager of the restaurant made everybody go downstairs to the basement and told us that he was told that it was some kind of gas pipe. like that sounds like. that like that we were in there it would seem like wondering what the hell was going on you know so they finally let us through the back door into the alley behind the restaurant. and that's when. they saw people just running running and people with blood like what the hell's going on you know and so one of my friends was asking around like what just happened what's happened and everyone's like there's bombs going off and so that's when we were like ok we got to put it to the train station because my friend who is eight months pregnant you can't be there.