harbors need to be dredged up spare parts need to be ordered and because of sanctions they haven't been able to do any of that well at the same time we have a fracking industry here in the united states that cannot be profitable unless oil is sixty dollars a barrel so the goal is you work with the saudis to tighten supply you keep oil above sixty dollars a barrel that way the saudis make money we can continue to sell weapons and american fracking companies make money and you put the iranians out of business at the same time that's us make the most sense of anyone i've heard john thank you so much for joining thanks for having me really appreciate your time thank you. and as we go to break talk watchers don't forget to let us know what you think of the topics we've covered on facebook and twitter for shows our to dot com coming up we welcome that you have journalist the strength and into the hawks to celebrate the one year anniversary of robert mueller is investigation or a strong calls and some of us would agree america's great with. watching the whole .

twenty four you know bloody revolution to. the demonstrations going from being relatively peaceful political protests to be violent revolution is always spontaneous. is it you know here i mean you know i live. in the new blues and i knew plenty to the former ukrainian president recalls the events of twenty four g. and. those who took part in this to do over five billion dollars to assist ukraine in these and other people that will ensure a secure and prosperous and democratic. what

politicians do something to. put themselves on the lawn. to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president. or somehow want to be brits. that's it like to be for us that's what before us three in the morning can't be good that i'm interested always in the waters of my. first sip. americans are free trade country it's not a capitalist country. believing in competition it's a monopolist country that believes in monopolization and they like to use the dollar as their bludgeon to beat people into submission and if you try to get out of the dollar whether it's syria iran libya or iran that just actually said they're getting out of the dollar to go to europe you get a bump bump bump bump bump bump bump bump bump book why because of dollars collateralized by violence alter my life. i can tell

you i have killed thirteen people with missile strikes and there are one thousand six hundred and twenty six unnamed enemies that were killed and all the missions that i completed and i know that i know that for a fact and i know each of these persons was a human being they had a family they had friends they had lives and we ended the possibilities are and. today marks one year since special counsel robert muller took up the investigation into the so-called a russian interference into the twenty sixteen elections and miller's team has recently concluded they cannot indict a sitting president that has been the case since nixon was in office and was a reaffirmed in the clinton administration it's unclear whether miller would

challenge this and court of investigators were to find criminal evidence against the president as for now president trump has continued to denounce this investigation calling it an illegal and unwarranted witch hunt tweeted earlier today congratulations america we are now into the second year of the greatest witch hunt in american history and there is still a no collusion and no obstruction this week the senate judiciary committee are. at least eight hundred pages of transcripts from interviews with the numerous figures involved in the june ninth twenty six team meeting at trump tower the pages in not reveal any russia meddling trump jr said quote the meeting was instead primarily focused on russian adoptions which is exactly what i said over a year later and my statement of july twenty seven teen trumps critics say wheeler's team and its prosecutors are building a major case against him and his aides however we still have yet to see any

evidence that russia did indeed meddle in the two thousand and sixteen election to discuss where we stand a year into this unprecedented legal standoff we're joined today by investigative reporter lisa stranahan welcome oliva thank you so much for coming on to the show today you bet now if all of this team has acknowledged hugely on you that they lack the power to indict the president what exactly is the point of this entire exercise well i think the point has been pretty clearly blackmail and foreign policy what they've done is they've created a situation where donald trump if he does anything that seems remotely not mean towards russia like i mean literally that's where the bar is set he's going to be accused of oh look he's colluding with russia and everything else and the reason they do this and and i've been saying this for over a year as long as i've been watching this well over a year this is about. things that the united states government has done in places

like syria that if the american people actually knew what was going on which is very clearly the u.s. tax dollars have been used to murder christians murder shia muslims over in syria they go wait a minute with what we've been doing so what they've been able to do is by burying the facts under this sea of russia gate stuff. they've put trump in a position where literally what what can he do if he says so for instance when he was and every time he's trying to do something like oh i'm going to get troops out of syria suddenly a gas attack happens remarkably every few days after that so this is part of a of a big wide campaign and the one of the ways you can see that by the way is with this trump tower meeting the trump tower meeting they just released twenty five hundred ages of documents there's a i'm not a lawyer thank god but. there's

a legal term which is burying people in paper right that the trump tower meetings very simple an italian bus and it's guy a russian attorney who i've interviewed was in there about a guy named bill browder and the magnitsky act there you go i said in. a quarter of a tweet right that everything else is hiding that simple reality that's what was going on it was a short fifteen minute interview an entire vessel misguide does not speak very much english at all so the meeting went i'm sure like kind of confusing for everybody which is why you're seeing all these different statements out of it because again i've interviewed her she speaks little tiny speaks a lot more english and i speak russian but she doesn't really speak english and so it makes the going the conversation much slower and more confusing on an already confusing topic and they've just taken advantage of that but what is there is confusion because it's from judah's comments and what is this russian adoptions

issue that he's referred to ok so real briefly bill browder a american born he was the biggest hedge fund investor in russia and he was charged and under investigation for tax fraud in russia he got kicked out in two thousand and five they rate his office in two thousand and seven and so he turns into a p.r. campaign where he's making himself out to be the victim he's already been tried in absentia and convicted in russia and it's very clear. we i posted six hours of depositions of this guy and you tube anybody can watch his depositions and he tells a very different story there than he does to the senate so what the adoptions are about is the way browder turned himself victim we created the same called the magnitsky act and part of the retaliation for us passing this magnitsky act which is nuts on the face of it basically it says we're going to sanction people in russia who weren't charged with a crime. not much less convicted not even charged so it just it doesn't make sense

one of the retaliatory things russia did was stop u.s. adoptions of russian babies so it relates but did you hear that part right just explain to me like a minute i have to explain it now imagine we don't speak the same language and you're paul man a ford or eric you know donald trump you're in your busy you want to get on to the next thing everything i just said would have been like blood gobbledygook because they were looking for dirt i mean that's the only thing i get out of is the trump jr want to dirt obviously on p.b.s. which can't deny the speculation campaign doesn't want to side exactly right but he didn't get there so now now the issue doesn't become well the russians provided dirt it becomes well to see trump jr wanted dirt so that must be criminal and implicate that and the champaign is crowded like you say it's clearly not to who who doesn't want bad information about the other person but it's also important

precedents guy does not work for russia she's an independent attorney this was not a meeting an official meeting and everybody has buried the fact that the facts are really simple about this in all of the. security of the the point being very simple yet there was nothing revealed from this fifteen minute meeting despite thousands of pages right why is it the judiciary committee can then turn around and say that they agree with the intelligence committee's committee's assessment that russia did meddle in the election well they had the intelligence the senate committee had two very credible sources talk to them that was john brennan the former head of the cia and former indiana clapper remember him he's the guy who lied obviously painfully lied was caught in a lie and then the statue of limitations that was their sources so clapper is also the source on c.n.n. by the way that was anderson cooper all the time and that's exactly the right source that but well that's what we're hearing here is what here's what you.

usually do write usually if you're trying to get to the truth you'd say we're going to bring in one person who thinks this and another person who thinks that we'll get two different sides instead they've got two liars these are both people who've lied under oath right who said yes the intelligence report that we gave you that was right and that's what they said and they haven't there's a guy geoffrey carr geoffrey carr not a trump supporter at all a technical guy who's looked into this cyber security guy guy from word fence c.e.o. word france these are all independent technical people who've looked at this as said this story of russian hacking makes no sense a car like i say he is not a truck supporter at all but he's like look technical facts are facts and this is bogus but they don't want that they want to political. you know this is this is about politics and so brought pressure it's about propaganda see because the ongoing the ongoing investigation creates headlines every day and creates if we

start an investigation of you just suddenly people go will you there must be something to it a good percentage of people would just go you know they don't just do that right exactly and speaking of headlines lee would you say that the u.s. government and mainstream media are upset with this narrative of russian meddling in the elections and would you say this this investigation at the sensually a waste of time or some sort of destruction well it's not a waste of time for them it's been massively successful as evidenced by the fact that donald trump who ran on a policy of nonintervention pulling troops out of afghanistan. pulling troops out of syria has now shot missiles two times into syria i would say that's a very successful what they call a psych up right john kiriakou isn't he he can tell you more about that because he was in the cia this is a psychological operation that's what they're trying to do and it's a it's been

a remarkably effective at affecting the target which is trump absolutely so then on a related note the part of justice inspector general horowitz he announced that his report of the department's handling of the twenty sixteen hillary clinton case is complete do we expect any bombshells come into that one. well i'll put it like this and maybe that's a pretty big you know explosive like dynamite stick you can throw around but if you throw it in the atlantic ocean it doesn't really quite have the impact right and what i'm getting at is there could be a big bombshell in there now will the media cover it will the media coverage fairly you know so anything that comes out from this report is being thrown into an ocean of stormy daniels shall we say where it is these completely meaningless b.s. stories that the media is absolutely obsessed with they have spent more time in stormy daniels and they have even tried to explain to people what the magnitsky act is or what the difference between sunni and shia is or any substantive issues and

so what we're going to find out is what we've known which is there was squarely conduct about around the investigation into hillary clinton's private e-mail server what we won't find out i guarantee you is why there is still no prosecution and that this is such an obvious case where there should have been some charges at least for lying to the authorities for hillary clinton said there were no that we know already for sure that material has come out when she in whom aberdeen both assured people we had no classified material we know that's not true right so. do you think that try. as to be able to use anything consider this his and you know it's his part of justice. to be able to push anything forward or what kind of obstruct obstruction will he face if he wants to use this report any capacity well i mean he's looked at jeff sessions is to trump supporter jeff sessions has been in

and the way to trump as well jeff sessions has been the single biggest disappointment you know there is people at a high hopes a lot of people are trying to supporters sessions was the first guy to come out and supported trump ok jeff sessions new sheriff in town and the new sheriff he's been hiding in the in the deputies office the whole time there's nothing on sessions on this so the fact that there hasn't been an indictment yet what they say at least on charges of lying to. federal officials and the people investigating the system very clear but john kiriakou who you had on he was charged under the espionage act if you're applying that standard who are admitting absolutely is guilty of violating the espionage will you see me yes it's the essence of hypocrisy like a you know at its finest for the torture issue being kerry aku israeli government being arrested as elites you guys miss it for torture when our own government was involved in torture many many times we thank you so much for joining us yeah thanks for having me appreciate it thank you. big tech and social media have been on the

rise especially ever since the arrival of i phones and androids but are they victims of their own success well it's at companies certainly seem to think their customers may be victims of the very smartphone addictions that feed apple and google's profit margins and a stunning move companies are now experimenting with ways to limit the amount of time people use on their smartphones and social media apps leading the pack is google whose android phones will now offer the option to set your own time limits for how long you want to spend and any single act where the icons disappearing all . your home screen once you hit your answer graeme is following suit in a more subtle way rolling out a feature that gently reminds you just how much time you've wasted stalking your exes the latest trouble call vacation for months we can say thanks big brother for the record i do not stock my access shot on it. i was going to say i used to have

an ad that android i guess but i could i phone to take over the world so i will get the experiment and that is our show for you today remember everyone in the world we are not told you i love that guy so i tell you now i love you i'm sorry and i'm actually bank people watching those talks have a great night. you know stuff. across europe municipalities are taking their water supply back from private companies to me this is the simple song alone even some company elsewhere they invite private companies to take over the utilities anybody tell us. miss you guys you got it

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a russian pop stuff. show you how and why the crimean bridge was built. witnessed the construction of a unique transport. that will help them out of crimea the faster most of those you know what google for more snow you have it right. summit or no summit that's the question north korea's threat of a no show with a single for on june twelfth is a reminder to washington that north korea will not merely cave to american demands if there's going to be an agreement it's going to take time and patience. i.

was. the u.s. senate confirms gina housefull as the new head of the cia despite widespread concerns about her role in the torture of terrorist suspects. collection we have a good relationship it should mean we have the media going to tell me something comes of it and he'll get protections that will be very strong donald trump urges north korea to strike a deal with the u.s. softer pyongyang's threatens to cancel a summit change your thinking. on europe as legal action to protect firms from u.s. sanctions in a bid to save the iran nuclear deal. you

know watching the latest headlines here at r.t. international thank you for joining us. gina hospital has become the first woman to lead the cia after being approved by the u.s. senate donald trump's nominee won the support of almost all republicans and half a dozen democrats despite her controversial career and role in torturing terrorist suspects r.t. samir khan has more. well even after the commerce controversy the final vote was fifty four yes and forty five nays and this comes a week after she faced some tough questions from the senate intel committee regarding her role in the cia's torture program but she never really gave a direct answer do you believe the program in terms that you interrogation program was consistent with american values we have decided to hold ourselves to a stricter moral standard are they consistent with american values senator i

believe very strongly in american values i want to trust that you have the moral compass that you said you have i have conducted myself honorably and in accordance with u.s. law do you believe that the previous interrogation techniques were immoral what i believe sitting here today is that i support the higher moral standard we have decided to hold ourselves to answer the question. and i think i've answered the question i have not a vote shows a split within the democratic party six in total supported her including senator mark warner from virginia i will feel safe knowing that the cia has miscast but at the helm more importantly i believe she is someone who can and will stand up to the president who will speak truth to power. and if this president orders her to do something illegal or immoral all right we turn to torture she want to fuse

according to the american civil liberties union hassle overseed torture that included chaining detainees to ceilings for days slamming them into walls simulated drowning and deprivation of food and sleep but lone behold the she was confirmed by the senate anyway what we saw in the senate today was a collapse among democrats a collapse in democratic leadership you know how hard it's going to be to convince our european allies that it's ok to have a torturer as the director of the cia what's the united states going to do when when the german federal prosecutor for example follows through with his recommendation that charges be filed against you know has for crimes against humanity how can you have a cia director that's not permitted to go to europe because she has serious felony charges hanging over her head this is something that the democrats could have seized on and they had the support of john mccain and they had the support of jeff flake as your junior senator from arizona and they did nothing with it we were

looking for leadership on the anti haskell side from the likes of mark warner the senior senator from virginia who is also the vice chairman of the senate intelligence committee and he flip flopped and decided after saying all these things about you know haskel and how terrible it was what she did that she should never have destroyed the tapes and then when it really came down to it he voted yes that was a complete abdication of leadership among the democrats well meanwhile the u.s. president is urging north korea to dismantle its nuclear program donald trump claims the north can become very rich if it agrees to washington's dumond's that's ahead of a summit between the country's leaders shenzhou and fishing. we make a deal i think kim jong un is going to be very very happy i really believe he's going to be very happy and he'll get protections that will be very strong his country would be very rich is people are tremendously industrious if you look at south korea this would be really

a south korean model in terms of their industry in terms of what they do the hard work an incredible people you have to remember that for the last several decades donald trump has been very well known as a businessman he actually wrote a book a best selling book called the art of the deal so we shouldn't be surprised to see donald trump out front promising all kinds of riches to north korea if they agree to his deal and furthermore we shouldn't be surprised with him indicating that things might not be so rosy if they don't go along with it this is another statement we've heard from donald trump and i think when john bolton made that statement. i think that's what denuclearization means and we have very much in mind the libyan model from two thousand and three two thousand and four he was talking about if we're going. to be having a problem because we cannot let that country have nukes we just can't do it the model if you look at that model with gadhafi that was

a total disarray should we went in there to beat him now that model would take place if we don't make a deal most likely now libya by bringing that up that's certainly a threat now libya was the most prosperous country on the african continent until two thousand and eleven the government was overthrown and the country has been in a state of civil war ever sense you know people are fleeing it's just in utter chaos so bringing that up is certainly you know using both the carrot and the stick as some would say now north korea is also you know using the hard negotiation skills we've recently heard north korea threatening to pull out of the negotiations over the provocative military exercises that are taking place in south korea for a long time these drills have been taking place and they're essentially a rehearsal according to north korea for invading this is a provocative military exercise you have the u.s. forces there north korea is threatening that they might pull out so we're seeing both north korea and the united states kim jong un and donald trump you know

playing a hard negotiation game in the lead up to this planned meeting hopefully resolving the crisis on the peninsula so the whole world is watching them waiting to see what happens next. the european union is taking steps to counteract u.s. sanctions against firms that deal with a wrong the president of the e.u. commission junkfood young has a so-called looking statute to be imposed. as the european commission we have the duty to protect european companies so we now need to act and this is why we're launching the process of activating the blocking statute from one thousand nine hundred six we will do that tomorrow morning at ten thirty start off with just what is the blocking statute well it's the strongest weapon in the e.u.'s legislative arsenal when it comes to tackling sanctions placed upon businesses and entities from the european union the law itself goes back to one thousand nine

hundred six it's never been acted but the closest it ever came into operation was back in ninety six when the u.s. was considering placing sanctions on european businesses importing things and doing trade with cuba what we are going to see is that on ten thirty on friday morning a really written version of this law specifically for the current situation regarding the threat of sanctions against businesses who will continue to trade with iran what may have been but final straw and pushing the european commission towards implementing the blocking start shit may well have been these words from the french petrochemicals giant to tell saying they weren't sure whether they were willing to risk sanctions by the u.s. will not be in a position to continue the project and will have to on wind all related or bridge before november twenty eighth seen on list total is granted a specific project by the u.s. authorities with the support of the french and european authorities are speaking at

a summit of e.u. leaders in saffir the french president emmanuel mccann vowed to protect european business but is it as if we will work to maintain the framework of the twenty fifteen deal in spite of the american decision and we will do so in a concrete manner by maintaining our political engagements by ensuring that our companies can stay in iran and also by getting all parties to pursue negotiations for a larger. indispensable deal but despite the words from politicians in the action of implementing the blocking statute that still hasn't stopped other companies from already saying it they weren't going to do any more trade in iran we've seen ali answer the german insuring giant say they were going to pull out they also alongside the danish shipping company maersk the pull out by donald trump from the iran deal that unilateral decision to take the u.s. out of the iran nuclear deal that really has soured relations between some of

europe's leading leaders if you will and got merkel said just this week that europe was at a crossroads when it came to its relationship with the u.s. it certainly seems if it continues down this route it's a route that doesn't bring washington or brussels closer together donald trump is testing the patience of the european union and the u.s. needs to understand another part of the international community and they call just throw their weight around as they've been doing and expects everybody to fall into line donald trump has as damaged relations is no doubt about that. clear that the e.u. are prepared to stand up to him now and he'll obviously have to or is advisors will have to reflect on where they go now hopefully it will be a wake up call for the whole trump and you know he will start to see sense but if he doesn't there is a real danger the sar was still further.