if you choose to matter what he. said if. he's right in this was he. looking good he was it is just really closer to me to be. an investigative documentary. ghost me. packages containing suspected explosive devices are sent to leading democrats including hillary clinton and barack obama as well as to c.n.n. what's being described as an act of terror the former u.s. secretary of state has expressed her concern over the incident. it is a troubling times. and it's a time of. deep. divisions. in

europe and this transatlantic allies canada and the u.s. appear on willing to reconsider weapons sales to saudi arabia in the wake of the killing of the kingdom's dissident journalist jamal khashoggi. and lot of appear to raise concerns over the future of nuclear weapons treaties with the us that is saying if they are abandoned it would result in nothing but a new arms race. a very warm welcome you watching r.t. international with me and good to have you where there's this hour now our top story at least seven suspicious packages have been sent to politicians and a major news organization in the u.s. it was revealed that they contained explosive devices the new york called the incidence and accept her. this is a very painful time. in our nation. it's a time when people are feeling

a lot of hatred in the air in addition to new york city mayor bill de blasio we have heard from the n.y.p.d. as counterterrorism chief and he has confirmed that four of the explosive devices that arrived in suspicious packages seem to have the same source the devices that were sent to barack obama and to the to the home of hillary and bill clinton the device that was detonated on monday at the home of billionaire george soros and the device that was found at cnn's headquarters all seem to have the exact same source they seem to have come from the same person the device was capable of going off these are pipe bomb like explosives now we're also hearing at that at this point in addition to the package containing the explosive there's also been a package containing suspicious white powder discovered at the c.n.n. headquarters explosive devices had to have projectiles and that's or. excuse me that sounds like a fire alarm here we'll keep you posted on that else. we evacuated the lights were

turned out and as we got out in the end the much we both still evacuated in addition to that we're hearing that at this point andrew cuomo new york city governor his office has had a package discovered at the office of maxine waters prominent democrat in california has been evacuated the office of debbie wasserman schultz former chair of the democratic national committee in florida has also been evacuated now hillary clinton has spoken up in response to today's events talking about divisiveness in u.s. politics this is hillary clinton but it is a troubling time isn't it. and it's a time of deep. division. and we have to do everything we can to bring our country together now this fits in with a pattern of escalating vote political. violence throughout the united states though there have been a number of elected officials both democrats and republicans who have received

hateful threats you know we've seen shootings and other incidents now most recently we heard from rand paul the wife of senator rand paul talking about how she has taken some extra precautions in light of all the threats that she and her husband have received that this is the wife of a u.s. senator from kentucky you know we've updated all of our security systems that we i sleep with a loaded gun by my bad you know the information is continuing to surface we do know that the time warner building in columbus circle in new york city is still evacuated at this point and a lot of questions are being raised people are wondering what exactly is happening but as of now we do have this word from the n.y.p.d. as counterterrorism chief that at least four of the explosive devices probably have the same source the u.s. president has vowed to get to the both of them all the incidents saying there's no place for political violence in the country in these times we have to

unify we have to come together. and send one very clear strong and mistaken will message that acts were threats of political violence of any kind have no place in the united states of america. well that was facing host criticism himself following a bomb threat through arguing death attacks on the media are partly to blame and have helped to create a toke that political atmosphere c.n.n. has been quick to weigh in on the issue too there is a total and complete lack of understanding and the white house about the seriousness of their continued attacks on the media the president and especially the white house press secretary should understand their words matter that's far they have shown no comprehension of that. there's also been a fresh wave of condemnation of trump from celebrities in hollywood american t.v.

writer has even gone so far as to compare the president on his supporters to isis terrorists. george soros is son has not pulled any punches either he's written an article for the new york times accusing trump of encouraging extremism and intolerance and calling for a new political discourse rejecting the demonization of opponents we're now joined by our guest thomas whalen associate professor of social science of boston university in massachusetts is thank you for joining us live on our. what to what extent do you think donald trump has helped to create a political environment in which these sorts of incidents are more likely well i think he's played some role and bears some responsibility you know he has the media enemy of the people of the threatened his democratic presidential pony jail during the presidential elections so you know his kind of hyperbole i think that he doesn't understand can generate strong you know wings in

a minute or someone who maybe is not mentally down over the edge. but again i think we should be all because. we don't have all that that are in front of us this is all just idle speculation so i think we should take a peek. at this point given that it is idle speculation as you say are you surprised at the degree of and that is being directed at trump over these packages . well if you dish it out you should expect to be able to take it because you know president trump is the king of hyperbole and you know offhand remarks you know with no basis in fact in the newspapers do regular access and they find out you lie a good percentage of the time i think the sickness of some home to roost in that respect regards to president trump do you think we can see a lot of pushback against the criticism from republicans well probably

i think they're a little bit on their heels right now but they're probably just going to wait and see before the midterms how this plays out you know midterm election is just around the corner and there's going to be a lot of tight races and republicans are going to first take a look at the polling information before they comment i think democrats to look at their own polling and realize that among their own base voters that's a very popular donald trump so that's why you're seeing kind of the strong attacks that kind of way the associate professor of social science at both need of se thank you for your time we appreciate it. now the man accused he faces faced accusations he was involved in the murder of a saudi journalist demarc a saudi has made his first public comments on the issue the country's crown prince claimed it was a crime with no justification the crime was really painful to all saudis.

and i believe it is painful to every human in the world it is a crime that cannot be justified and we know that many are trying to. use this painful thing to create to drive a wedge between saudi arabia and turkey we are denied any knowledge of the incident for over two weeks and then said he was killed in a fistfight though turkey insists the journalist was viciously murdered in a pre-planned operation key european powers are refusing to cancel multibillion dollar arms sales to saudi arabia except germany which wants other countries to follow its example however the french president when asked about his intentions refused to answer the question. i don't have to react to every single statement so i won't answer that question. if you are interested in the issues related to this event. but this is not a press conference. and it's not

a press conference to react to the german chancellor. i mean all that has nothing to do with this event nothing. nothing so i want let's put some context on that front says one of the biggest sellers of defense and on this equipment in the world and saudi arabia is one of its biggest clients despite the fact the president has tried to play down the trade relations between the two countries the figures don't lie between two thousand and eight and two thousand and seventeen deals with more than twelve billion dollars was struck between the two countries but it seems that doesn't want to have a discussion about that nor a discussion about suspending those possible deals between the two countries and that seems to be a similar thing that we're hearing in spain where they have said that they will not deal with saudi arabia worth two billion dollars.

by the previous government which correspond to the demands of international national especially considering the un resolution and the head of the government now. legal security not permission to comply with international obligations and it will be well it seems that that's a similar view that's being taken by the canadians now they have deals with saudi arabia that are worth almost twelve billion dollars and the prime minister there just in food has said that these more concerned about the cancellation fee which is around one billion dollars if they decide not to go ahead with that contract then roll that than holding saudi arabia to account for the killing of that journalist. it is only acceptable in thinkable that someone could have murdered a journalist on foreign soil like this i do not want to leave canadians holding

a billion dollar bill because we're trying to move forward on doing the right thing seems not much also coming from beginning to that which is the second biggest supplier of arms to saudi arabia just behind me us with heels worth around fifteen billion dollars now the idea of sanctions it was folly the foreign secretary jeremy hunt but no clear indication of what those sanctions could be over whether they'll be applied when prime in the situation may was questioned about this today the prime minister's questions all she said is that she would speak to the king of saudi arabia no concrete information or whether they would be sanctions against the country it seems that they were germany is the only country it's going alone and putting its neck out in suspending and canceling these contracts. to take his money of it to fund spokes person for the for their france unbowed party thinks no crimes will stop europe supplying arms to riyadh we know that there are many violations of

human rights. but above all in yemen and it's not dying when you're more for just words it's time for action which means blocking. to doing that awful war that is killing thousands hundreds of thousands of people and millions of children are starving there is no such a thing as european diplomacy there won't be further inquiries and i think address buying time by saying that they will wait for further and curious it's sad but. european union especially our french president mr among whom are these backing one though. worse country which is really doing one of the worst war in the world. meanwhile the us remains the biggest exporter of arms to saudi arabia or condemning

the coverup of. donald trump stressed the economic importance of continued weapons south korea. cover up was one of the worst in the history of coverups. so he really has been a really great ally that that one of the biggest addresses maybe the biggest investor in our country. they are doing hundreds of billions of dollars worth of investments and you know so many jobs so many jobs thousands and thousands of jobs they've been fun to go a lot of things. with chumps trying to keep his billion dollar deals with the saudis afloat in line with his america first among murkowski have takes a look at his foreign policy agenda. donald trump can be called any number of things good bad it all depends on which side you're on interesting really enough though it's donald trump that keeps giving donald trump new titles

a global. is a person that wants the globe to do well frankly not caring about our country somas you know i am a nationalist. kind of obvious if you think about it what with all this talk of greatness walls and how special exceptional americans are it's going to be only america first american people first america's interests above all else. now if i may mr president you seem to be confused about what those words mean it's right there in any dictionary globalism a national policy of treating the whole world as a proper sphere for political influence a globalist is someone who treats the entire world as

a playground making national decisions which affect the international community in simple terms globalism is what mr trump tells south korea meaning outside america that they can't lift sanctions their own sanctions on north korea without his permission they will do it without her approval they do nothing without her proven and by the way us sanctions which basically force everyone to abide by them because of how the dollar works by definition a globalist venture you know what else is globalist war invading other countries the us current. fighting in seven wards that's really really globalist as well.

the united states military's one of the most globalist organizations in the world it has bases in roughly every third country one in three nations has a u.s. military base in it that isn't nationalism that's good lobel ism i just want to see them as well straighten out regime that frankly could be toppled very quickly by the military regime change we're placing or helping replace governments you just don't like via arming local rebels to the teeth or financing the opposition by sanctions that's globalism glue lism suits terms purposes to talk about globalism as the enemy but if you look at the politics it's anything but nationalist trumps attitude to the world as an individual is that he should have

complete sovereignty and that includes sovereignty abuse the sovereignty of others you know he wants america to be able to go and do business wherever they want he wants to be able to remove regimes that he doesn't like he wants to act truly globally but in the national interest as donald trump himself can save that he is a fun fact the word globalism its modern meaning was first used to describe us imperialism after the second world war the way the united states which wasn't destroyed by the war like europe dominated in international trade pushing its products its ideology its politics on every what it could they called it american globalism. so hearing mr trump who believes in returning america back to its glory days say that he isn't a globalist is like hearing the pope say with a straight face that really he isn't catholic. plenty more still to come after this

short break. you know world's big partners movie lot and conspiracy it's time to wake up to dig deeper to get the stories that mainstream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smart we need to stop slamming the door on the bath shouting past each other it's time for critical thinking it's time to fight for the middle for the troops the time is now we're watching closely watching the hawks. with more make this manufacture consent to the public wealth. when the

ruling classes can protect themselves. with the famous merry go round. be the one percent. we can all middle of the room sick. welcome back that's about putin has responded to us plans to quick a cold war era nuclear weapons treaty warning that the entire structure of international arms control is being destroyed it comes off the years of washington accusing russia of violating the i.n.f. treaty something moscow's always denied. concerned over the dissolution of the antiballistic missile treaty now the same thing can happen to

the intermediate range nuclear forces treaty and the fate of the strategic goals reduction treaty is also not clear if all of that's destroyed nothing will remain in that area nothing will remain except an arms race the russian president has somewhat confirmed what military experts have been warning for quite a while for now since the us president warned that he wanted to leave the i.n.f. treaty because right now this document is viewed as a cornerstone of global stability i should say pretty much all over the world the united states do not see that way they believe at least according to trump's national security adviser john bolton just yesterday here in moscow he said well according to the united states the treaty is expendable they accused russia of violating it and they say that a lot more countries like for example china should be part of this right now bilateral agreement between russia and the united states but according to glad i'm

a putin this is something that europe has to rely on when it comes to security and this is has been echoed by many european countries to have a listen to how the russian president formulated it. when it comes to europe the main question is if the u.s. pulls out of the intermediate range nuclear forces treaty what will they do with these missiles if they bring them to europe we will have to have tipped for tat measures and european countries should understand that they expose their territories to risk according to the russian president if europe allows the united states to deploy its shortened mid range nuclear missiles on their territory they could become target of a retaliation attack if it comes down to a military throw down the russian president also added that whatever steps washington takes russia will have to give a mirrored response so if say the united states decide. to bolster their military capability russia will have to do the same also according to vladimir putin it

apparently will be difficult to convince the united states to reconsider their decision to pull out of this deal because the pentagon has already budgeted for it they've already funded some research that will allow the expansion in these assured and mid range nuclear missiles which are banned under the treaty but still the russian president has tried to remain optimistic there are still doors open and he plans to discuss this with his american counterpart donald trump in november in paris. a group of investigative journalists from the grey zone project claim they found a link between an influential u.s. funded think tank and facebook's recent purge of alternative media sources sociologist jeb's brother claims that during a security conference in berlin he spoke to jamie fly a senior fellow at the german marshall fund about the crackdown during their

conversation spark alleges that flight suggested facebook purge was not actually about spam prevention as the social media giant had claimed. russia or china and other foreign states take advantage of all open political system they can invent stories that get repeated and spread through different sites so we're just starting to push back just this last week facebook began starting to take down sites so this is just the beginning. following the conference progress an article with journalist mark blum and phone detailing the conversation we spoke to explain the full about the claims this is part and parcel of a campaign run by national security hardliners under the guise of civil society groups like the german marshall fund in the atlantic council to impose their control over social media platforms that really represent the digital commons and

one of the all places where alternative media sites can get around the mainstream media and disseminate their material. earlier this month facebook and twitter deleted the accounts of hundreds of users whom they accused of spamming and in authentic behavior a number of popular pages dedicated to exposing police brutality and u.s. foreign policy abuses were among those removed my experiment again believes will continue to see alternative media being targeted based on the comments from jamie fly this is just the beginning that we will witness a vast expansion of the purging of social media accounts of alternative websites and users who express dissident views on facebook and twitter and other social media outlets and there's very little that can be done about it given that these are private platforms that are not government regulated not subjected to first

amendment protections. a u.s. senator is demanding an investigation into a string of political assassinations in yemen which were allegedly carried out by u.s. mercenaries on behalf of the united arab emirates and there's a bit of warren has questioned the legality of the soldiers activities in the war torn country and wants to know whether officials in washington knew what was going on. i'm also disturbed by the possibility that the u.s. government may have indorsed or tacitly allow current or former service members to engage in this kind of militarized contract killing abroad despite the apparent apply could be lady of the us law to the targeted legal actions a call comes off the digital publication best fade released dramatic drone footage allegedly showing an operation to assassinate the leader of a yemeni islamist party that the us a viewed as a terrorist group according to the polls the attack was conducted by the spill

peroration scroope and its founders admitted their involvement to the media outlets they claim that that was a targeted assassination program in yemen paid for by the u.a.e. medea benjamin of the anti-war group code pink gave her her thoughts on the case with think that hiring people to go and murder people overseas what obviously be against the law but there's a gray area because u.s. people are allowed to go practice at the gate in foreign military if it's an allied military and so they are pretending that these americans were part of and were it military to give them cover but i think this is a thin layer of cover if you take that as what it is which is just a justification it really is individuals being hired by a private company to commit assassination and there are

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