compromise and doubts that's the story and. it's leading to a very lopsided error as you're your introduction on one side and on the other side both sides are driving forward and unfortunately the syrian people are trapped and . joshua thanks very much for time always great to get your insights joshua landis my guest director of the center of middle east studies at the university of oklahoma. now on to other news and a former russian spy and his daughter are believed to have been poisoned with a nerve agent according to u.k. police and yulia scrip are remain conscious and in a critical but stable condition that's according to the u.k.'s home secretary after being found unconscious in the british city of soulsby on sunday the country's top counterterrorism officer says that the pair were deliberately targeted twenty one other people also needed treatment following the poisoning this is being treated as

a major incident involving attempted murder by administration of a nerve agents i will not be providing for the information. about the exact substance that has been identified. but here's some background information on who is sergei script he used to serve in the russian military intelligence service but in one thousand nine hundred five he was taken as a double agent by the u.k. russia caught scrip arvo in two thousand and four and as a result later convicted him of revealing the identities of russian secret agents in europe he was sentenced consequently to thirteen years in prison but he only served four years before being released as part of a high profile spy swap with the u.s. he was later flown to britain is what the u.k. home secretary said earlier today in parliament. the use of a new view is a brazen. act but if we are to be rigorous in this investigation we must avoid speculation and allow the police to carry on. well that was her updating the

house of commons on this case and she cautioned against speculation and not just speculation in the media it's something that now the politicians are doing as well many of them have pointed the finger of blame squarely at last and some are even using it as an opportunity to push for more defense spending take a listen to the circumstantial evidence against russia very strong who would harm. the. defense the first use of the room and spending two percent of the friends there will come a time for tradition and there will be consequences and there will be further information that follows but now i'm concerned about the incident and the consequences around and actually speaking in an interview this morning the defense secretary gavin williamson pulled that thread as well he refused to say whether or

not he thought moscow was behind the attack on sergei script but almost in the same breath he also referred to russia as an ever greater threat despite the home secretary's appeal for everybody to keep a cool head about this news stories about sergei script pollin the therese just keep on coming one media report has even linked him to the intelligence that came up with that so-called dodgy dossier on donald trump so some pretty wild theories swirling around in the meantime the police are getting on with the police investigation somewhere where they might actually on a few facts it's now been divided into three separate sites that investigation the script files. the pub where they were drinking on sunday with their daughter and a pizza restaurant where sergei script allen his daughter thought to have eaten and the police say that they came in through all the c.c.t.v. footage that they have and they're building

a detailed timeline of events they've got hundreds of office says working around the clock trying to find out who it was that used that nerve gas on sergei script powell and his daughter and why. white house meeting over the possible imposition of import tariffs on steel and aluminum it's expected to get underway in around twenty minutes time the plans have been widely criticized around the world with the president accused of trying to spark a trade war. good you should treat your. truth you're treated poorly surely the room prescription will certainly make an appropriate and necessary response we will defend our interests if you come.

i'm convinced that you grease terrorists will. trade rules are an easy tools. and it's expected all steel exporters to the united states will pay an extra twenty five percent with a ten percent tariff slapped on aluminum that's coming into the country the you face the opposes the move and is considering employing counter measures e.u. members are considering new tariffs on kid consumer goods produced in the u.s. including clothes motorcycles paiva butter and fruit juice both feel told us that consumers are the ones who will lose out. people who are really going to come out worse from this are american consumers including the u.s. military i mean they're importing a lot of steel for the u.s. defense budget from south korea and one of the reasons that trump has given for this policy is strategic defense reasons is so dumb it just doesn't add up. in

terms of proportionate responses from the e.u. in china and so on i would argue and a lot of my colleagues would argue that it would be equally dumb for the e.u. to impose tariffs on things like harley davidson motorbikes because again the people who come out worst of that are the consumers are being calculated for example that for every one job saved by this tariff in position for steel and aluminum in the united states the u.s. economy will actually lou lou five jobs that adds up to one hundred forty six thousand jobs that are a risk because of this policy by trump. racially motivated hostility and crimes against germans in burlington is becoming more commonplace according to the capital city security chief parties peter oliver

explains the burly interior minister has had some pretty unexpected things to say about how eight of germans trapped in the nation's capital i have heard is not the norm but it is becoming more common to keep quiet about it would be wrong a recent survey has shown that where is this time last year around two thirds of the said they felt safe in their city that's around just over half these days while those that said they felt very insecure it risen from nine percent a year ago to around sixteen percent right now as for what is fueling those fears or sort of pointed towards the influx of refugees and migrants into areas like this . district the local integration officer here says this well refugees don't fear arrest is they know that they'll be instantly released by the police should they be caught breaking the law that says the i don't think crime has

decreased on the contrary it's actually increased i'd say ninety five percent of the crimes here are committed by foreigners that's way too much i think in general due to social media people start to panic way earlier and this is where news spread quite quickly and. i would say that berlin has gotten more dangerous than any pain i think it's just because of all the new stuff like it's spread all over the balloon and they just make a big deal out of every time the crime that's committed and. this is you and so political our politicians should be made to commute using the underground for one week and be made to hang out in this neighborhood that way they would see what the situation is really like it's become very hostile and aggressive not nice at all. some of the politicians who represent the area say the perception of danger could become the new reality if a majority of the people have the feeling that they don't feel secure in the more

than there is some simpson basics for that many things that are not even declared to the police as crime or as a rassmann or whatever you could call it because you know well the police cannot do anything about it because our justice system is like that well they come in for maybe five hours and then they let them off again punishment is something that evidently or appear in italy in berlin context isn't there anymore and perhaps it's the thing that things could get worse that's driving public opinion to feel that the german capital has become less safe peter all of our. people in california seem to be getting more annoyed about automation for example in san francisco the been a number of attacks on self driving cars that passers by banging on the car windows and bonnets and in the same city a robotic guard was taken out of service completely after a public outcry the security party question was given the job of shooting away

homeless people from outside business offices it was vandalized several times while making its patrols and now a new robotic kitchen assistant working in a burger joint has been slammed. or flipping the robot there as it's known has prompted the twitter hash tag rise of the robots with some complaining jobs are being stolen from people others though see automation as being inevitable one expert told us it's no surprise people are angry. robotics is developing very fast and it's going to have a big impact it's already having big so it's not surprising that you're already seeing these kinds of reactions from people when you start to talk about.

of jar threatened by the introduction of into the economy. fifty percent unemployment ok that is a crisis that is a social political economic crisis and one of the possible outcomes and one of the likely possible. is is massive violence you know it was kind of vandalism and soured irish i think you'll be seeing you'll be seeing even larger scale disruptions here there aren't appropriate adjustments in europe or goal and economic arrangements we need to start redistributing things more fairly we need to start to pay people to take care of people and clean up the communities and to do so many things and we in the end to make sure that people benefit from technology instead of being dispossessed by technology. the story of a russian and pay he's been accused of harassing female journalists has been making

headlines this week with a spy denying those accusations the m.p.'s still decided to apologize today he's jacqueline vega has the story. the man in the spotlight is leonid a member of the russian duma and the scandal actually erupted in mid february when the first accusations of sexual harassment surface by female journalists and since then it has snowballed with more and more women coming forward one of those has been a reporter from the b.b.c.'s russian service and she joined the group saying that she has a recording of an instant were made inappropriate advances and also groped her as well at this point that recording has yet to be released in full and throughout all this has denied the claim saying that it's actually just a smear campaign that was until today today is of course international women's day and he used the opportunity to mix in apology and with a post celebrating the holiday i'd like to use this occasion to apologize to anyone who intentionally old norse and have caused any emotional stress believe me there

were no bad intentions amid the wave of accusations against the speaker of the duma came out casting doubt on the claims and also making a suggestion to women that infuriated many is something to consider what if it's this was all just a provocation if you have someone you should apologize but if you provoke you should be held accountable is it dangerous for you to work in the duma if so then change your jobs all this has prompted outcry especially among journalists who are demanding the appropriate steps be taken and today a protest was even held outside of the state duma where many of those participating were members of the media at this point the ethics committee has already opened an investigation into the situation and will be required to submit answers to all official accusations and if those are found to be lacking he could eventually lose his immunity now the one good thing coming out of this we have seen from another member of the duma that's on the push she's promised

a fast track in old bill enforcing gender equality and targeting sexual harassment in the government. women around the world are marking into. national women's day including in the druids were making some noise. now the people who saw banging pots and pans there were doing so in support of women's rights they chanted slogans such as if we stopped the world stops you more people in south korea took to the streets of seoul but it was in support of the meaning to movement they were calling for sex offenders to be brought to justice. elsewhere that. some of whom spoke to bring in support of women well they've actually been branded as big as an artist and the society takes a look. it's a global commemoration of women's rights and child to right from wrong to some

companies it's a shot at the top p.r. by showing their support for women although not always successfully take this french anti harassment campaign showing female passengers on public transport being preyed on by animals instead of people a metaphor which hit the buffers with a few fellow travelers. have never been bothered by a shark in the subway stop or a stop in the metaphor the difference between a rule and descent look implied french is that i have never been harassed. and what about the people behind the retailers told tenet shit who thought it be a great idea to make snap the civic leave for women so you know they could be more dainty and ladylike women don't like to crunch too loudly in public and they don't think their fingers generously and they don't like to poor little broken pieces and the flavor into them are tense out there it's judging by their reaction online most women found that idea. just like with the edgy big company prairie dog who expected

female drinkers to flock to them peer even if it was a bit of sarcastic stereotyping it felt that. if you have to explain the joke. maybe it's not a very good job hold good ops girl be or is gluten free too otherwise what we're really drink not the blue one it's for boys. it seems that it's a marketing minefield when winning a for women take the safe pad for matching bottles to print politicising. battling out today is insulting so perhaps a mistake when the struggle for women's rights should be celebrated as maybe the p.r. guys let's face it they probably are guys should take some time out to change the pattern i think tank dropping the gender pigeonholing and remember that political

correctness doesn't wash with women these said to have. joy in reading. and the culture these brands are trying to become an activist in this culture of these and it depends on how well it is done usually the these companies have their horse. market. for at least for marketing their product in certain ways that. back to consumers and make them more interested and the brand and buying. it was a little more light hearted though here in russia where players from the sask ice hockey club called out march the eighth man to them.

and a very quick spread of the chemical. the ladies watching here on international women's day this is all taking. you call and say that. something is good in kosovo oh but. oh but for four. or whatever. the principle is good all the principle is but has to be apply equally and that is .

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our invitation to appear on the show but we're still going to try. in the meantime let's talk about things that affect your life and my life stacey lambert what do you get your tough. flying nun flying host. fly around the village and help people in size into their souls i can see interest lol i'm sally field who. well you know you brought up in the last episode donald trump taking on the n.r.a. bizarrely like this is one of the only lobbyist groups that you cannot take on the rail of american politics it is you're never allowed to mention them maybe eyes and how it was the last person and he did it exiting didn't take on the n.r.a. but certainly took on the same sort of military industrial sort of weapons

industrial complex but here just that it like in front of this bipartisan group of lawmakers and stunned everybody and they were like. what what what what how do we respond to that but the reason why this is important is because of course there are midterm elections coming up and. you know the theory always is that the incumbent party i.e. the republicans lose big time in the midterm elections the first of the new administration and he should be losing big time so don't trump however is a wild card and of course nobody ever knows what sort of impact he has on things but this one is quite remarkable as g.o.p. tax cuts take hold dems struggle for a line of attack so this is from the washington post and they go to indiana where basically there's a democrat and a senator their first term and he's up for reelection against right now there are

three republicans competing to be the nominee for the republican ticket to take him on and donald trump won indiana of course so they're looking at this race and seeing how the tax cuts are impacting the race there democrats predicted a political backlash for republicans in december when the g.o.p. pushed through a deeply unpopular tax cut that added more than one trillion dollars to the federal deficit and disproportionately help the wealthy but at the outset of the twenty eight hundred campaign season democrats early optimism appear is less well founded here where democrat joe donnelly is facing a tough senate reelection fight so the new law is apparently before the vote took place and before it became law people were listening to the news and thought they weren't going to see anything in from the tax cuts that i would all go to the wealthy but all these nonstop headlines of thousand dollar bonus apples going to

create new jobs wal-mart is going to create new jobs while markets every thousand dollars like all the sort of headlines are actually trickling down so now support by the voter is above fifty percent. down avails you know. or not resent but i question and i don't question the. i'm curious about your cynicism regarding trump and gun laws i mean maybe he was moved by the sight of all these young kid is getting gunned down with these weapons of mass destruction and decided to do something for the country you know that would be my take on it now as far as the democrat's inability to understand trump at every turn i can sum it up in two words financial illiteracy this is common on the left they want to do good but they have no idea how the economy works how finances work how capitalism works and they simply want to do good they just keep repeating that be fair do good

but they never have any as america's economy that's like the multi-trillion dollar economy that's competing in the in the world you know if we don't have the luxury of just you know twiddling our thumbs and being good to me we have to be competitive or we shrink down in the global table of competitive countries and we would lose our ability to supply a standard of living across the country that people in america have grown accustomed to so there are a lot of ways you can modify policy and economic reform that would diminish the parasites in the economy like a jamie diamond yes of course but to simply say that well the tax breaks are going to cause x. and we're completely wrong about it and then we're probably going to lose in the twenty midterms because they're financially illiterate is part and parcel with the long term tradition of the party knowing nothing i'm not sure they're going to lose

in the midterms perhaps in the senate these. i don't know if they're going to like it doesn't look that they're going to lose certainly the democrats have a good chance in the house of representatives it's the senate they're talking about here about whether or not this is going to impact them but the point is that even now nobody understands trump because one tweet one he speaks whatever is on his mind even to take on the third rail of u.s. politics which is the n.r.a. . we don't know if he planned that if he just uttered these words that everybody there is owned by the n.r.a. and they can't do anything nobody knows but the fact is that the democrats rely on traditional pollsters traditional analysts traditional advisors traditional consultants who only know traditional sort of politics and so they seem totally flabbergasted and stumped and surprised constantly by trial them the leadership

know who and how do you look at the data but you have to make a decision ok just say or go run by the data and let the data run our lives you have to make a decision based on the data that's what trump does he's a leader nobody the democrats will stand up and do something well he leads with his mouth and he's his tweets let's say that but here the politics in america has always been that the republicans always say we can't have deficits. don't let the government run up these deficits they're running up these definite deficits in order to take care of all these welfare queens and the reason why we don't want these deficits is your grandchildren and your children and all the great grandchildren are going to pay for this and you don't want to leave the your all these debts your grandchildren that's the republican since ronald reagan have said that sort of thing well now that tax payers are receiving thousand dollar bonuses and sometimes just twenty thirty forty fifty dollars more a week or every two weeks and their paycheck here is what the democrat in indiana

joe donnelly is saying to that to this reporter at the washington post. that's a great thing that people are getting some benefits the low key donnelly said in an interview at a coffee shop in downtown indianapolis last week but the first term senator contended that the voters understood the full implications of the legislation they might be inclined to turn down those one thousand dollars bonuses or retirement account contributions from midwestern businesses such as a health insurance firm and fifth third bank or here's the proposition that they're not saying but that's the truth so donnelly will have a thousand dollars out there and you'll get that and in return and this is the part that goes unspoken he said we're going to send your children and grandchildren and great grandchildren the bill for that they will pay it with interest repeatedly year after year after year much of it is going to the chinese and others so not

only did he use the deficits they that the republicans do but then he uses a racist slur that is the chinese are going to get is i mean when i was white people i am gobsmacked that's a democrat yeah that's it i regret them across who never said no to a spending program that comes down the pike ever believes in keynesian economics that debt fixes everything membrey centers is like just crying creates the debt more debt that's now their response to trump putting cash into people's pocket from a democrat is that you've got to look down the road here because all this debt. in the back right again financial illiteracy if they knew what they were the words you know people can hear the words coming out of their mouths you know this is not in a vacuum we know what they're saying and we hear that they're financially illiterate and morons well i don't think it's financial literacy or economic and

literacy i think it's just a complete failure to understand basic humans voters people like they live in a bubble. where of washington d.c. which is a true genuine bubble of ideas and ideology but also economically here a thousand dollars or even fifty bucks in some guy's pocket is changes their perception of the world around them and that's just the simple it's so obvious and simple and like bill clinton got it i don't understand why these people can't get it is just that people don't care about deficits the republicans have been saying that over and over and over but they you know the fact is the ordinary person doesn't care about that as long as they have money in their pocket as the washington post says here it had polled abysmally amid forecasts that some voters will pay higher taxes in years to come and the democrats believe those polls just like they believe the polls they hillary somehow despite the obvious absence of any

you know passionate support for her they believe the polls that house still she would miraculously win here they believe the wrong polls that people would be against these tax cuts but all you need to do is put fifty cents in their pocket and they feel what fifty cent and it is again to put fifty cents in your pocket. is not a fifty cent in your pocket is happy to say me what's going on here he's a seem like everywhere this guy now i get it so look the money in your pocket is very convincing you know you got a thousand bucks i remember when i went back under reagan i was a proofreader in a rubber stamp factory and reagan changed the withholding tax and i got an extra fifty bucks in my paycheck and i are probably. get paid every two weeks and i don't think going to wow and i remember very distinctly my coworker this lovely black woman who was looking at this my coworker and. there is more money for.