lobby on his back so this combined with the fact that he has family links with israel push to thim in the direction of being an iran hawk. now with youth scary and he gets dragged down that path we may be in for a very bumpy ride indeed. but i am not sure that his heart is in it. that it opportunistic and dictated by his than doing domestically in the us he can't have too many enemies at the same time you know the rich are reflective i think that's quite fascinating because we're really you know you can have all the bluster you want against iran but it does keep the israelis and the saudis happy and it's one it's one issue he doesn't really want to deal with right now because of the litany of trade issues nato north korea meeting with putin it's on the back burner for him policy wise not rhetorical what do you think

richard if it's not on the back burner future he's he's going to keep on the situation in the southwest part of syria where the heat is high the rain ians have been maneuvering around too near to the golan heights for israeli comfort and that could trigger a fight in a broader conflict which none of us needs richard which would be which country would be that which country would be the trigger who is the proactive it character you're referring to. real has been striking using air power or against what it. is raining in targets in israel. and syria and syria that's where it could go but

ok out here right here gentlemen i'm going to jump in here we're going to go to a short break it's a hard break i have to go there after a short break we'll continue our discussion on trump's foreign policy stay with our . same wrong rowles just don't. get to shape our. active. and engaged in the trail.

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won't. do with the fortitude of those. of you that put the poor with all of the. welcome back to crossfire were all things considered i'm peter we're discussing transform policy. ok james let me go back to you in washington right before i went to the right richard pointed out a possible floss point a flashpoint in syria the iranians and the go and we have to remind our viewers that go on hikes is illegally occupied by israel and it's not israeli territory ok it's actually part of syria and the international community recognizes that but i'm glad that richard brought that up james i mean it again you know if you look at kind of the proactive and i don't want to use the word aggressive but proactive stance that trump has taken on so many positions around the globe again we go back

to the middle east where it seems to be reactive i mean is israel determining what the united states might or might not do in the region syria is a very good example go ahead. well i think richard is right to point out southwest syria as the real most important dangerous flashpoint here and that's where it really comes down to mr trump and mr putin can they work out something that defuses that in the abbey in the aftermath of the american failure and syria really has been a failure that we're not really in a position to broker any kind of deescalation and that area hopefully the russians can you know that you know this points to a serious paradox in american policy we have these so-called neo conservatives here who are the most militant interventionist especially in the middle east they're also the most militant lee anti russian and are just in a complete meltdown now over the prospect of this summit coming up what's ought of course is that israel and mr netanyahu have

a very good relationship with russia and mr putin so there i think there are things that can be done on the ground there for a mosque that the people here just are getting the belt out of the picture that's a really good point let me go to peter on that i mean this is a it's widely speculated i know that the nato allies are terrified of meeting with putin because he might make a deal over their heads ok all right fine that's a topic for another day but i mean the issue of syria is very interesting and and what cheney says i think makes a lot of sense of something could be an arrangement let's put it that way to deal with syria but why peter would let me or putin trust donald trump after everything that has been said and done i mean ash carter remember when there was a cease fire agreement everybody was on board and all of us are all we accidentally attacked the syrian army opes we didn't mean it wow i mean that didn't cut any ice with me or anyone else that i know so peter even if some kind of arrangement could

be made to deescalate in syria could the russians trust the americans to come through and we have to remember that trump is under a lot of enormous pressure at home because eve. talking to vladimir putin in the eyes of the neoconservatives is treason go ahead peter. well i think the americans don't have much to negotiate with in syria. the boots on the ground very limited in numbers effectively they're just. the pro u.s. forces in the south are in the process of being rolled up that only leaves the north the adelaide area to dominate it in turn to the external support by turkey not be us and i think we're also in danger of looking at the wrong flashpoint is not the goal and the goal then the approaching towards the goal and i believe

it a done deal read the smoke signals coming or not coming out to jerusalem you can see that the israelis will acquiesce in a return to the status quo ante and the iranians will not move up close to the goal and there's no reason why they should they should want it to. but the real potential flashpoint is the return to a duma type situation remember just back in april we came close to world war three you know we were talking in those terms and the thame scenario could be reproduced at any moment but most likely it will be reproduced when the moment comes for the feature of it lip which is some months down the track but perfectly for theobald the same conditions will be produced and i believe there will be

another fake chemical attack which will trigger. a real really dangerous crisis you know all that and we go to richard and people that do that are actually desperate that's when people that do. that kind of thing they're on the losing side that's why they do it i want to stay with. the trump putin meeting and let's talk about syria is there is there a possible in your mind where some kind of rough outline could be agreed to where everybody could be seen as the winner without getting giving away anything i don't know if that's possible here but i think that that's something that trump would like to say look we're quickly resolving the issue in syria he likes to win that's how he'll look at it and of course that would be a segue to somehow start starting the russia u.s. bilateral relationship again because it's pretty much been deep sixed what do you think about that richard. interests or peril to

american in the sense that he doesn't want to get really. shy gree. so that gives something to work with the really world curtiz the rain ians and there is no unquestionably strong almost for that call of color for the overkill element and that sees its mission is spreading with already its influence over syria lebanon yemen to some extent and that i don't know what who. can agree on ok well james i mean this is the guy ongoing argument i've had with richard i mean again if that fanatical element and to around i mean they're only fueled by foreign policy mistakes by the former colonial powers in the united states they're the ones that help spread real or

imagined iranian influence throughout the region i mean look for example the horrendous shameful. activity that's happening in yemen and the whole world watches this it's a disgrace to humanity and that's all blamed on a rant more rand wasn't there until it all started happening but timelines don't matter to these people go ahead james. you know i guess i would disagree a bit with richard although i defer to his superior knowledge in this area it just seems to me that in a world and islamic world it's thirteen percent shiite that any fanaticism from tehran would be a self correcting problem that they simply don't have that throw weight to really have that kind of dominance in the region as far as mr trump and mr putin go i think mr putin is well aware that donald trump does not control the apparatus of his own government whereas putin is master of his house trump really is not and he has to proceed much more carefully and can he give orders that he knows will be

obeyed and lastly as far as the allies go i think the one who has the most to fear is theresa may here is somebody who's going to dissolving out from under her we've got their fingerprints on not only on the white helmets and the tackle false flag like like peter was referring to the script will thing and also the steel dossier let's not forget that i hope mr putin hands mr trump a real dossier about what they've been overt up to over there and the united kingdom to try to subvert american interests but i don't you know peter one of the things i've done in number of programs on this but you know i've had experts on talking about the interests of this country versus the interests of this one and geopolitics and sometimes it just gets down to trump having a memory i remember how you supported hillary clinton i remember the donna ca i remember him isaacson vote meddling in the election not the russians you know it's really and then those ukrainian oligarchy that gave money to the clinton foundation i mean you could say that's a layer that that's how donald trump sees fulcrum policy that you get when he

slighted he's got it written down in a back of an envelope check that person's done that person's done i'm to i'm i'm making light of it's a little bit but obviously there's personal issues that. views the world here go ahead peter. young i think two keys to understanding trump want to call die for. ornately the. other is. not going away three dealings. depart from the or the orthodox washington and. then constant conflict like a goalie who is pinned down by the washington consensus by these myriad little advisors around him the only time he's really free are in the middle of the night three am when he can tweet and nobody can stop them. when he's in

a thumb it when he's going to come in again to do one on one specially when they keep advisors out to the train these are the times when he can be done all i think donald should be more donald if anything in it you know richard it's already been brought up in this program and i think it's an important question is that you know when. the nato confound there and then when he meets with putin here i mean nato is doesn't like the public browbeating that trump is given them over spending this spending issues been on the table for a long time it's nothing really new and with that with the trump. putin meeting i mean when they look at it again i want to go back to the rhetorical scene just more words because you know they're going to think that you know this summit will pass go back to work they'll be at the summit with putin and then. trump goes back on the campaign trail going to his rallies i mean is it just more for photo ops and

just bluster because i can't see that he has really the power to make a deal with putin for example. well that service he's showing he has to interests in the middle east the. so-called peace process doing something to get the biggest deal in history between israelis and palestinians and then the price of oil so those those two issues do capture his attention what where he's going he has unfortunately weakened confidence in american leadership in the middle east problem. by withdrawing from the agreement to the. agreed. he's playing with the weaker hand the nuclear agreement with iran you know ok one thing is very and i'm glad we're going to wrap it up here i'm glad that richard brought up oil prices the way it's going gentlemen donald trump trying to

lower oil prices he's been actually helping them to increase and the saudis for how he treats them so well the saudis have not returned the favor to try to equalize the price we'll see where this is going to go here that's all the time we have gentlemen many thanks to my guests and watched in new york and in london and thanks to our viewers for watching us here at r.t.c. a next time and remember crosstalk. it's a very rough terrain you're so it's rough climates and you have to fight to be able to them if. it was gunshots on top of them and very fresh

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families want the death penalty to be abolished the reason we have to keep the death penalty here is because that's what murder victims' families want to that's going to give them peace that's going to give them justice and we come in and say. not quite enough we've been through this this isn't the way. finally in a scuffle and also the defendant ever tell you now how's it going to live on a thousand people find about. finding it in you would it be that easy to find a friend that i had. and you know me. plus is that going to be muslims to people. living legend but i've done my duty by my little bit of a larger one i've got a look at it i've shopped at that out of money coming no doubt much of the way for

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but please please. please coming up this hour a special reports from syria on how the country is slowly rising from the ruins off to seventy years of conflicts. oh my god let me just you know if you got cut up close that get on the pot it didn't come up during . the protest in the gaza strip continues with palestinians attempting to break free the border feds israeli soldiers responds with tear gas meanwhile. small protests erupt on the border we speak to a rap artist two shots of fame after filming a video out of demonstrations. and . hillary clinton backs

a young girl who knelt in class during the national anthem in protest against social injustice we put the issue up the debates. blow girl needs to spend more time in a constructive manner trying to get what she wants it's not to say it's wrong for them to basically stand up for what they believe in that's what this little greg was doing that's all. live from the russian capital you're watching our teens national with me to make sure that the welcome to the program we start in syria where years of war have left the country in ruins he drew mounts of key infrastructure were destroyed including factories and hospitals we visited some of the main site says rebuilding starts and people try to get their lives back on track. if damascus is serious about welcoming back millions of its refugees well it has

a lot to do first and foremost most of the country has been reduced to rubble by the war so a lot of people just don't have a place they can call home anymore secondly infrastructure is a big issue because major transportation arteries have been cut and thirdly electricity is so scars that anyone who has a power generator well is a very lucky person. that's why factories like this one are crucial most syrian cities have to survive amid a chaotic and unstable power supply we've been told that when anti assad fighters captured this facility they looted it cleaned for equipment and left it badly damaged it's fully operational now but lack of power of course isn't the worst that syrians have had to endure lie i swear we were dying of hunger one kilo of bread

for one thousand lire you have to eat otherwise you starve to death and. only rice and vulgar nothing that. we were living in hunger and poverty we would wake up in the morning not knowing how to manage to get our daily food children suffered malnutrition the ten year old girl looked like a two year old. throughout the war some parts of syria have seen well reflect famine but it would have been much much worse if it wasn't for the incredibly fertile soil and that's why you hear some branches of the trees actually broken under the weight of peaches advanced agriculture and international aid is helping to put food back on people's plates so now with the fighting contained two small pox. it's syrians can treat themselves to something nice this ice cream plant has even had

a go with its own interpretation of the oreo recipe yet all of this is great on paper but doesn't help much of delivery trucks have no routes to drive on. this just over forty kilometers between the cities of holmes and hama a trip that should have taken somewhat thirty minutes would stretch up to six hours with this bridge destroyed of commuters had to gamble with their lives taking long detours through to hardy's territories this newly paved highway has brought the drive back to well under an hour this market in homes is more than two thousand years old it has seen many things in this civil war is not the worst of those it has survived through and it is hoped that the rest of the country will follow its model i mean here's john up reporting from syria forty.

amid the massive reconstruction there's also room for us to stay quick these artists once lived in a refugee camp near damascus but had to flee when it came under attack with peace returning they've now written tape to depict the aftermath of the fighting they say they want to leave a record for future generations of what happened at the camp and what they went very. meanwhile the trump administration has stopped funding the stabilization projects in syria but at the same time u.s. officials say they are making preparations for the final battle against. we're remaining in syria the focus is the ensuring defeat of isis we still have not launched the final phase to defeat the physical caliphate this is actually being prepared now and that will come at a time for choosing but it is coming almost all of syria has now been liberated

from islamists most of it is back comes of the control of the legal government in damascus and the reconstruction of many of syria cities devastated by the conflict as well and the way but president trump says the u.s. and its allies to save most of the credit for the feeding the terrorists. coalition to defeat isis has liberated very close to one hundred percent of the territory but doing a great job with isis we have just absolutely decimated eyes is just absolutely obliterated isis in iraq well joshua landis head of middle east studies at the university of oklahoma thinks washington has other goals in syria besides fighting terrorism. the united states does not one assad to become too strong there are hoping to keep leverage in order to try to push iran out of the country to get a better deal for the kurds and and of course they're also worried about what's

going to happen if they're province where there are very complex negotiations and and russia is at the heart of them so there are many competing agendas in washington and as long as president trump is not spending a lot of money there i think he's happy to keep a few thousand troops if that increases america's leverage the united states does not want to spend a lot of money and that's quite clear and many people have been complaining bitterly about this particularly in iraq and other areas that have been quite badly destroyed they've been pressuring saudi arabia which just said it would spend another hundred million in syria stabilization they've been pushing france and and european countries to try to get them to spend more money rather than washington this is been one of president trump's constant refrain is that others have to pay for this process. come for i could pentagon on the left was stripped of his security clearance often he complained about how lucrative contracts were given out

to stephan helper a man who tend not to be an f.b.i. informant with more they telfair southeast caleb maupin viewers will recall stefan helper at the university of cambridge helper met with an individual from the trump campaign carter page and this meeting took place roughly three weeks before the f.b.i. launched its investigation into alleged collusion between trump and russia it was later revealed that stefan helper has a long history as an f.b.i. informant he's worked with the cia what we're also learning is that an individual named adam a lot of injure has been stripped of his security clearance now adam levin sure is a twelve year pentagon. strategist who has worked with the pentagon he raised why it was that stefan helper was receiving over a million dollars over the course of six years and different contracts and it wasn't exactly clear what work he was carrying out now adam levin juror raised this

complaint and he was then stripped of his security clearance now he's filed a whistleblower retaliation complaint and his attorneys are pointing out kind of an interesting chain of events this is what his attorney has to say jim baker the richt to keep hope was contracts very close to the vest and nobody seemed to have any idea what he was doing. he. did out a good chunk of it. he composed them and then collect the burmans as he's. is it possible that adam a lot of injure was fired simply for asking about the money that was going to stefan help or in these contracts these allegations are being raised there's a lot of talk about when is it proper to strip someone of their security clearance and when is it not it indicates that there seems to be quite a bit of disagreement within the halls of power in the united states as we head up to the midterm congressional elections well we ways we speak to any masham form and

my five intelligence officer he says the whistle but i was in new astronauts receiving track treatment. i think we have to await the outcome of his trial of his case just to see what the actual facts might be however it does raise some interesting concerns one of course the over reliance of the us intelligence agencies on contracting out their work and the huge amounts of money that are there by paid to contractors usually friends of whatever ministration is in power secondly of course we have to think about what actually happens to whistleblowers in the us because they've had a really rough time those coming out of the intelligence agencies over the last decade and the americans say they have this procedure where whistleblowers can conveys their concerns and they will be properly addressed and yet we see time and time again that they're not so i think we need also to consider what might be the best path for whistleblowers to have confidence that if they have concerns about crime or about corruption they will be heard. the investigation will.