that's a bad movie it's a bad movie doesn't matter what color i think every movie should be criticized on its own regardless of who you are no matter what your background is people have their own opinion do whatever say whatever they want right now just let people be happy. they'll read if it good or very views if you read them later now the film is widely celebrated by advocates of diversity however some activists are criticizing the film for the fact that no l. g.b.t. scenes or characters were included it looks like today in the age of social media angsty you just can't please everyone caleb mopp and r.t. new york. it's been one year since the death of fatah and chalk and one of russia's most prominent diplomats is so vast russia's ambassador to the un enjoying one of the toughest periods in global relations for moscow he died of a heart attack on the eve of his sixty fifth birthday.

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normally if we needed to be preached to read go to a church if we wanted to hear poetry would go through a few tough words we expect from you and officials of the security council as an object this is. an interest of i don't mind who likes me and who doesn't i'm just doing my job with the russian delegation have just informed us of the untimely passing away of ambassador vitaly churkin this morning. at the un security council new york he was greatly respected this man is our diplomats because.

it is our international donald trump has backed calls to improve background checks on gun buyers almost a week after seventeen people were killed in a school shooting in florida it comes as students gathered in front of the white house demanding change but to make google search they don't get to hear yeah. yeah. yeah teenagers as well as their tutors and parents are gathered on the pavement just meters from the white house a seventeen of them lay on the ground to symbolize the victims of the mass shooting last week the democrats have long been calling for tighter gun controls. arming more people to do what i think is not the appropriate response to terrorism. don't wake up just congress and indeed because we have done nothing the mass

shootings continue what's needed now is action during the obama years democrats made a number of attempts to pass gun control legislation but none of them were successful even when the democrats controlled both the house and the senate and the bill trump is now talking about was first discussed in two thousand and thirteen and again in twenty sixteen but failed to become law a twenty sixteen bill to bar people on terrorist watch lists from buying firearms without also didn't succeed but gun control is not the only issue about which there's been more talk than action these days for more than a year now the republican party has had control of the presidency the house and the senate vowing tougher action on immigration but neither trumps travel ban or his wall along the mexican border are any closer to being realized that despite both being key election promises. the nation must set and enforce

a limit on how many immigrants we admit each year and that means cannot be excepted we will build the law will all go to the greatest build there is me and i would build the greatest world you have ever seen. west benedict from the libertarian party says republicans and democrats are united in failing to deliver platforms a lot of what we're having is republicans and democrats making noises about passing new laws but not ever doing anything about it and reading which were publicans it's similar to the gun issue with the democrats you know democrats want to scare everyone over guns well republicans have made a big deal about immigration. they are using immigrants as a scapegoat they blame immigrants for most of the crime in america and politicians making noise about issues to try and stir up. to stir up their base to stir up reset and they're taking advantage of these situations just to try and get more

votes for their party and future elections. leonardo dicaprio who picked up an oscar for his portrayal of a man's fight for survival pitted against the elements in the revenant is why read about the weather in siberia dicaprio foundation has alerted its instagram followers about the low temperatures in that region. the moment is broke when temperatures reach near record siberian village you call me a con the estimated temperature was around minus sixty degrees celsius climate change is posing a real. threat to local people's lives and life structures. and

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presidents' day in the united states it's a federal holiday and markets are closed in the u.s. but we are booming and busting it out for you the birthday of the first u.s. president george washington and of course the city in which i stand right now is named after him is celebrated on the third monday of february but the day is also known as president today and honors all other presidents including president abraham lincoln one whose birthday is just past february twelfth we'll talk some more about president today with presidential historian from boston university professor walter month tunnels and while u.s. markets are closed nationally banks looks like global markets plus we look at the japanese steel industries response to the u.s. commerce department proposal to impose curbs on steel imports into the united states all of that coming up but first let's get to some headlines. as the

olympics continue in south korea south korean president moon j.n. said on monday that the general motors company decision to shutter a plant south of seoul in the city of gun sin would be a big bust for the nation and as asked his administration to take measures to increase economic activity in the region the plan is applied as employed two thousand workers g.m. operates three other plants in south korea totaling fourteen thousand workers and a decision on if they will stay open is expected by may of this year. fundable corp the world's largest cruise operator says they are investigating the response of its security personnel to a large fight which took place on one of its south pacific cruises that resulted in twenty three passengers being taken off the vessel much of the brawl was captured on video and posted on social media those involved were removed from a cruise

a day early in the australian city of eden in new south wales for committing disruptive and violent acts before the ship returned to melbourne this past saturday several passengers told local media that the security staff actually made matters worse carnival is a joint american british company and said the excessive behavior experienced on the cruise was unprecedented and has offered passengers a twenty five percent discount cruise credit on future trips. facebook incorporated will begin sending postcards later this year using the old school us mail service to authenticate the identities and location of people who want to purchase u.s. elections related advertising on its site according to a senior company executive the post card idea effort is in response to increasing criticism that facebook failed to detect a respond to the use of their platforms to spread divisive political content during

the two thousand and sixteen presidential election. the u.s. congress appears ready to consider new rules to impose firm federal oversight on the emerging cryptocurrency asset class news reports indicate that there is a bipartisan support for considering the effort in both the u.s. house of representatives and the u.s. senate the move is said to be in response to the growing size of the digital currency capitalization which some say could have an impact an adverse impact on the u.s. economy a senate banking committee member republican senator mike rounds said quote there's no question about the fact that there is a need for a regulatory framework crypto currencies are currently regulated by the u.s. securities exchange commission before the commodity futures trading commission my old agency the department of treasury and the u.s. federal reserve and individual states.

japan's steel industry said on monday that the a proposal by the u.s. department of commerce to president donald trump would impose curbs on steel imports and that it violates the principles of free trade for more we're joined by r.t. correspondent dan cowen dan thanks for being here so what's the latest on on these on these still import potential quotas good to be with you bart the japanese steel industry is up in arms over the commerce secretary wilbur ross his recommendations to the trump administration to curb the import of steel and aluminum from not only japan but also china vietnam venezuela these would be implemented through tariffs and import quotas on japan the japanese iron and steel federation chairman coast said tariffs are a violation of the principles of free trade and of course japan is

a major trading partner of the u.s. very important one there is opposition in the us in the republican party from trump's very own party that tariffs could actually have a negative impact and spike prices in products like automobiles electrical wiring and even beer cans. ok now we've seen with the administration just really in the last two weeks dan that they are not shy about imposing import tariffs they did it on solar panels we discussed it here on the program in some detail and they also did all of washing machines so what's the timeframe on the president making a decision on secretary ross's proposal or president trump has until april eleventh to accept or reject the recommendations so i think in that period until april eleventh we can expect to see.