was i i was there were the were the was the was was. man to chairman kim with north korea the focus of the latest security council meeting we look at how in just the space of a year the white house went from firing to destroy the country surprising. a recall saying that the boy who assaulted me could some day be on the u.s. supreme court why. someone would destroy.

emotional scenes in the u.s. senate the supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh on the woman who accuses him of attempted rape give testimony and dutch police force a major terror attack after arresting seven men who were reportedly trying to get their hands on suicide vests and bomb making quick. hello there is two pm here in moscow you're watching international north korea was at the heart of the latest u.n. security council meeting and washington's top diplomat mike price progress made in relations between the two countries just a year since president trying to totally destroy the recruit state. pass to pull america terms to hold north korea's nuclear ballistic missile development were unsuccessful. but now we're at the dawn of

a new day well twelve months ago washington and pyongyang did seem to be standing on the brink of force i will this new day mention by secretary pump i lost it reports now from new york it's only been a year and then boom donald trump's second u.n. general assembly just listen to it i would like to thank chairman kim for his courage and for the steps he has taken a lot of very positive things are happening with chairman kim he likes me i like him we get along but most importantly i believe that chairman kim jong un wants peace and prosperity for north korea twelve months ago same building same halls same mr trump no one has shown more contempt for other nations and for the well being of their own people then the depraved regime in north korea no north korea hasn't undergone any regime change surgery chairman kim is still in

his chair but miraculously little rocket man is now an awesome guy rocket man shooting rockets all over the place and with me he's not get nowhere with it he will truly regret it five years. the likes of which nobody has seen before totally destroy north korea rocket men mad men is on a suicide mission for himself that he did it to state that while today kim jong un is the president's most admired pen pal i'm sure you've heard about the beautiful letter so i've received two letters from. my personal correspondence magnificent very strong letter form incredible letters letters. one i showed one of the letters . to prime minister b. he said this is actually a groundbreaking letter like any. their president donald trump would love to be

remembered as a true global peacemaker it took him a year and a half from his inauguration to zero in on his desired legacy a true breakthrough in the korean crisis barak obama was having a harder time segmenting his place in history books but then the year when nuclear deal came to the rescue and the mission find your perfect legacy was complete after nearly two years of intensive negotiations backed by strong sanctions become trees represented in this room achieved what decades of animosity and rhetoric did not and thanks to this deal we have seen real progress shortly after mr obama was gone the deal was left in tatters no matter how monumental it had been in the first place the worst deals i've ever seen the good disaster is still one of the dumbest deals one of the worst deals ever it was the iran deal i'm all for agreements but

that was a bad one donald trump waved good bye to the green minutes he quit unilaterally without paying attention to pretty much what the rest of the world has to say about it today's action sends a critical message the united states no longer makes empty threats when i make promises i keep that donald trump may indeed keep all his promises as president but it does happen that rivals sometimes take over the white house after term one what if and a couple of years someone else will be representing the u.s. behind these new one general assembly walls in new york a million to train them well washington's heavy sanctions against north korea were one of the main issues of discussion the latest u.n. security council meeting on the rushed. foreign minister did call them out dated

considering the progress seen from pyongyang regarding denuclearization. time when pyongyang shows readiness to cooperate and positive changes towards they billows asian in the region it looks more and more outdated when our western partners proposed the strengthening sanctions on north korea given that pyongyang has taken a number of important steps towards denuclearization it would have been more logical to support the efforts of the something in exchange to support the positive trend that it is hard to judge whether their statements match reality however just meeting by dialoguing and talking is progress and i think it needs to be acknowledged and praised that they are doing that however have we moved any closer to or aid the idea of a peace treaty and we moved any closer towards finding a way to. the nuclear build up on the peninsula i'm

not sure through the efforts of washington that we have i think we have through the efforts of president bush and south korea and what they're doing but i don't think at this point in time we can say progress has been made because they should be entering a peace treaty ending the korean war as a prerequisite to talk. and what proved to be a highly charged hearing both donald trump supreme court nominee and the woman who accuses him of attempted rape testified before the senate judiciary committee. i recall saying that the boy who assaulted me could someday be on the u.s. supreme court i denied the allegation immediately categorically in unequivocal and here today not because i want to be i am terrified my family and my name have been totally and permanently destroyed my family and i have been the target of

constant harassment and threats i intend no wheel well to dr ford and her family the other night actually and my daughter lies assert their prayers and little lies all of ten years old. so do i actually we should pray for the woman. it's a lot of wisdom from a ten year old. we mean we know we're well. i believe that if i came forward my single voice would be drowned out by a of chorus of powerful supporters this is a circus we're following the hearing president from the double down on his support for his pick for the supreme court he can cover his testimony powerful and he's democrats of obstruction calling on the senate to vote for the nominee so america

reports now from washington. international issues like iran d.p. r. k. and actual wars like syria and yemen have taken a back seat and capitals hearings have been a dominating the news cycle for a couple of weeks now and we witnessed a series of twists and turns over the past month or so and all of america is tuned in to find out if cavanagh did or did not sexually assault christine ford over thirty six years ago but all the suspense and media hype surrounding the case is making it seem more like a soap opera than serious news having no was questioned for hours but it looks like the only thing that's clear from all of this is that both of their lives have been turned upside down well in this incredibly polarized climate of americans chose a side long before either of them spoke republican scheduled a hearing without talking to her or even inviting her to testify republicans also scheduled this hearing with dr ford with out having her allegations investigated

by the f.b.i. if you wanted an f.b.i. investigation you could come to us what you want to do is destroy this guy's life hold this seat open and hope you win it twenty twenty you said that not me the entire country is watching how we handle these allegations i hope the american people can see through this sham that you know about it and you help it you had no intention of protecting daughter for in fact it would be super difficult to find anyone whose minds were changed after listening to the testimony and we won't find out how they're going to vote until friday so as of now there seems to be a motion over substance meanwhile a social misconduct allegations have reportedly cost a prominent figure his job in bruma says he was forced to resign as editor of the new york review of books after running a story on a man he was acquitted of sexual assault he believes giving the man's perspective

lost him his job. i feel forced to resign in fact it is a capitulation to social media and university presses i have absolutely no doubt that the me too movement is a necessary corrective on male behavior but like all well intentioned and good things they can be undesirable consequences. and looks now at how one decision to publish an essay can cost you your job. the new york review of books is a staple of american intellectual culture was actually hailed as the premier literary intellectual magazine of the english language by esquire and lauded by the new york times it has prided itself in posing questions americans debates about life and culture since the one nine hundred sixty s. but in the era of me to that attempted debate has fallen flat ian buruma never himself accused of sexual misconduct decides to give voice to someone who has been

accused and he gets fired. my interest in running this piece as i said is the point of view of somebody who has been pilloried in public opinion and what somebody like that feels about it it was not run as a piece to exonerate him or to somehow miss ingate the nature of his behavior the article that got broom of fired was written by asian ghomeshi is a canadian radio host whose career was destroyed when he was accused of sexual assault back in two thousand and sixteen now all the charges against him in twenty sixteen were dismissed in court due to lack of evidence however since then twenty different women have come forward and accused him now those accusations have not yet gone to court but jian ghomeshi never got his job back there are a lot of guys more hated than me now but i was the guy everyone hated first during the first two weeks i was suicidal i contemplated the methods by which i could kill myself i was terrified of being weak and terrified of falling asleep after the

article was published there was a firestorm both in the media and on the internet pretty soon bruno was no longer the editor now the new york review of books even one as far as to publish an apology for what they thought was a poor editorial decision while mr gomes has an absolute free speech right to express his opinions were acknowledged in the presentation and editing of his story over. one hundred writers and contributors to the new york review were shocked about why their colleague had lost his job we find it very troubling that the public reaction to a single to cope republican some of us may have phoned the who should have been the occasion a few improvements forced resignation now the writer of the article was indeed accused of sexual harassment but the editor in bruno wasn't he simply made the decision to publish the article now there's no question that me too is giving victims a voice that is much needed but getting people fired for giving

a voice to people whose guilt has not yet been proven is that what me too was supposed to bring about mop and r t new york criminal defense attorney and the companion who says the media is this a good move voices on the subject not fewer. there is a backlash effect occurring within journalism these days which essentially it's the professional death sentence upon a mistake like that and the duty of the media the duty of this of this paper was to provide information it's to give an outlet to all of those voices in general journalists and editors i believe have a heightened sense of duty to not only act as stewards of the me to movement but that includes publishing and giving weight and light to all voices and all opinions along the spectrum so i do believe it's incumbent upon those participating in that industry to offer more voices to be heard rather than less to give more of an

opportunity to be heard rather than editing in that me to movement and importantly there is a big sense of public opinion occurring where an allegation means a conviction. police are claiming to afford a major terror attack after they arrested a gang of men who they say were planning to acquire assault rifles suicide vests and also bomb making equipment let's get the details now while you were a correspondent. just bring us up to speed on the developments in this case. well the seven men were arrested in the netherlands on the day now this is been a long standing investigation. and eventually the police swooped in on this group which they say were planning to carry out a terror attack at a high level of bent to maximize the number of victims and casualties that the prosecutor in the netherlands this warning has been outlining some of the material

groups were apparently trying to take. the suspects were in search of a k forty seven hand guns grenades explosive vests and raw materials for several car bombs. well what do we know about the ringleader the so-called ringleader of this scruple we understand he's a thirty four year old man who is over rocky origins we also understand from the police that he was convicted last year in two thousand and seventeen of attempting to travel to syria where he wanted to join i sold the terror group as for the rest of the group seven members in total we believe we had some from police that their age twenty one to thirty four three of the group including that ringleader had all been convicted of trying to travel to syria where they wanted to join that terror group eisel now we understand that they were attempting to not only put handguns

and rifles they were also looking to obtain woman which could then be used to create a bomb and we understand from the authorities in the netherlands that they were quite far away along in their attempts to create this terrorist attack this is not the only time in september that terror has been on the front pages of the netherlands earlier this month the jihadist was shot dead in. after stabbing two two arrests the threat level in the netherlands remains that out of a possible maximum of five meaning that there is a real concern that there is a chance of a terror attack in the country. ok thank you sean it was shouted with delight just . still ahead for you this savvy music video of a french rapper provokes and right in the country in the interior minister to demand a full investigation we'll tell you why just after the break. join

me every thursday on the alex simon shore and i'll be speaking to guests of the world of politics sports business i'm show business i'll see you then. u.s. president donald trump took center stage at the united nations this week the middle east was very much on his mind particularly iran's for some sitting in the general assembly trumps words were simply laughable however what is happening in the middle east and beyond is anything but fun. the whole thing you know we need to go back to invite more foreign force that's not self-sufficient that's also the position of the government that the mission to the song goes in any case even

if there is a number of contingency they will have to go back to the to the country. and. welcome back to the turkish president is in germany on his first formal state visit as president you can see live pictures of him to you addressing the press together with chancellor angela merkel at the moment and we'll bring you more on that meeting a bit later on but the visit does come amid growing economic pressure from washington on both germany and turkey peter all of reports turkish president. germany would be extending over all of the branches the building of bridges and the turning over of new pages in the relationship between the front and center. it is

our responsibility to rationally move our relations forward on the basis of our shared interests quite apart from irrational fears it's been a while since he was here twenty fourteen was the last time i was in germany on official business and in that time. have there been some exchanges between the two nations. i can see turkey being admitted to the european union i have never been able to see it happening. a germany you have no relation whatsoever to democracy and you should know that your current actions no different to those of the nazi period president your jeopardizing everything that you've built together with others and your unspeakable nazi comparisons do not cut the ties to those who want a partnership with. i'm calling on all my countrymen in germany the christian democrats the s.t.p. and the green party are all enemies of turkey support those political parties who

are not enemies of turkey so you see this more than just a few indiscretions to be over kill me if the chancellor and the president of to be chums again if we go back to the attempted coup in turkey in twenty sixteen happy the suspects accused of taking part not to be granted asylum in germany while germany's on happy german citizens are in jail in turkey accused of taking part there if we also look at elections then turkey's unhappy you know the one particular on a happy. turkish rallies weren't allowed to be held in german states while germany which was hosting elections in the same year they were angry the president deemed it necessary to give tips to turkish germans on how they should vote in the german general election. the relationship between germany and turkey is in a real low right now if only there was someone they could unite. against.

in particular is keen to have mrs merkel as an ally in the face of trump's trade war because unilateral and reckless approach of the us government is dragging our world further into merciless economic war which harms every player both mr and mrs merkel have ongoing economic shenanigans with donald trump the us president has slapped a massive tariffs on the import of turkish steel in our mini and while german companies find themselves in a peculiar position over trump sanctions against iran also on top of that berlin is being pressured by washington over germany's involvement in the north stream to gas pipeline project with russia policy. during these

countries pressuring iran and turkey on one side and europe on the other side closer together in the economic terry fs in are the same sions against iran iran is a big economic partner for turkey and certainly if turkey finds itself in a big economic turmoil and trying to reach out to our sites to get support while building bridges is the order of the day there is one area where mr may have to concentrate germany has just between turkey to the right to host the twenty twenty four european football championships but of course that would probably pale into insignificance when there's a trade war waging trump to unite against people of. french authorities have launched an investigation against a black rapper for inciting violence and racial hatred that after he posted a video showing a white man being tortured shot and hanging from

a tree. and called for white babies to be killed youtube for suspended the clip called hanging for whites or the rapper himself nick conrad says it's nothing but a work of fiction and he also claimed to be simply turning the tables on the suffering black people have endured for years but outrage at the video has reached all the way to the top the french interior minister for example strongly condemned the rapper he also called for further legal action and he was backed by politicians from all the major parties we put the issue of whether there needs to be limits to artistic expression up for debate. all violence in this way is to p. deplored of course but let's put it in perspective there are literally hundreds of thousands if not millions of hits on you tube videos from neo nazi hard right rock bands so i'm all for the rule of law replying but he bill seems to be massively disproportionate when there is no general trend in the french black

community or elsewhere for this sort of thing and the one time here example people have descended on in france you'll be exaggerating now you have to agree in any way but undoubtedly these i exaggerate i mean there is a problem there is a problem. in general i am drill music i am a sinner that's one hundred black kids at the moment lee along in the more true your have been lying in a mortuary we should condemn all violence like this all violent lyrics like this this kid is only at our say forty downloads we're going to be very careful we don't blow this out of proportion but he i've read the lyrics he's talking about stabbing caves in a nursery white kids and hanging their parents i'm sorry laughs out of order in my book just well let's see what the guy said the guy said i wanted to reverse polarity and show what it's like for black people for hundreds of years to be

victims to these things sounds credible to me whether he meant it or not who knows only he can tell but i do know there seems to be a big disproportionate difference with the way he's been treated to the way that the rest of the offenders on you tube are being treated one would never try not to condemn slavery would not you know no one's trying to make an excuse for that if he has used a seed and change the priority of it good however but by the same token i have condemned both. by needed the release of the latest i phone always does cause of both isn't it and perhaps more. importantly big queues but it's not a phone but a fortune that some of been hoping to get their hands on in moscow today by selling their place in the line so much so it turns out the first genuine purchase was two hundred forty seven in the queue.

to see if the it's a little bit chilly. also the theme to this rally is just. about little really. got the deal the law goes into the bring back some reaction. to. the loop.

international back good morning use in half an. who were in there who were. who were. high court drama and a surprise accusation from truong at the un putting china in the crosshairs will cover it all on this edition of politics.

was. welcome the politicking on larry king another accusation of sexual conduct against donald trump's and battled supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh the latest being added to two other allegations which have plagued kavanaugh and the g.o.p. putting the judge's confirmation in question well again that would trent copeland our good friend the criminal defense attorney and legal analyst he joins us here in studio. three a news and loosens julie sweat nicked apparently this happened one nine hundred eighty eighty one what do you make of this trial i think it's an explosive allegation i think it's one more piece to the puzzle in terms of whether or not the confirmation process of judicial candidate brett kavanaugh should go forward i mean look the fact of the matter is that there are three allegations now

are right we've got christie employees afford she says that she you know was assaulted sexually assaulted by b. . kavanaugh she was forced down on a bed his hands over her mouth is good friend michael judge watch this we've got the classmate at yale who says that you know in a drunken state he you know pulled out his genitalia and put it in her face we've got this new woman now who says that she was was was gang raped and that brett kavanaugh and his friend again michael judge was present and it's not clear in that declaration that she says they participated in it but she does say they were there and they were present i think will have to drill down on that but the key question here larry is that with this new allegation this new person jus indicate she unlike the first two has indicated through a declaration under penalty of perjury that what she's saying is true and let's keep that in context because the reality is this she is.