i. i. write. the headlines and america is heading to the polls and fiercely contested mid-term elections that are viewed as a referendum on the trump ministration. he. sounds the alarm over the number of the led coalition strikes on eight facilities in yemen as the u.n. report significantly escalated over the weekend and the killing of two teenagers brings the total number of murders in london this year to one hundred nineteen the

british capital says it will take a generation to solve the problem. of the right leadership and passing intensifies after she announces she was stepping down as the c.v.t. chief candidates are emerging as the two of them strongly opposed to the chancellor's migrant policy. so the welcome is just gone two pm here in moscow you're watching international now the first polling stations have opened across america as the country is being billed as critical midterm elections the country divided over the trumpet ministration and the democrats desperate to wrest back control of congress from the republicans campaigning has been face.

you cannot be civil with a political party that wants to destroy what you stand for. it is. gone whacko and angry left wing mob and that's what the democrats are because. two words are going to define one of the two thousand and eighteen elections one in which kavanagh and the other is caravan supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh brett kavanaugh witches that are placing a hat on brett kavanaugh caravan invasion or about the caravan the caravan. a series of suspicious packages sent across the country mail by mail bombs fire alarm here will keep you posted on that. believe me it was.

well mid-term elections in the us held every four years half way through the presidential to this year americans choosing a long list of officials to be including all four hundred thirty five members of the house of representatives thirty five seats in the senate and also a thirty six state governors this time around it is all about one man who's not even on the ballot is kind of more reports usually the midterm elections in the united states are about as exciting as watching the grass grow low public interest in a low voter turnout and the ads have a very amateurish quality to them. a.

then mr trump said you're right. that part. so why is the biennial snooze fest suddenly turned into a political extravaganza well it's apparently about one man i'm not on the ticket but i am on the ticket because this is also a referendum about me so let's go over what's at stake. the big one is impeachment if the pollsters are to be believed the democrats could regain control of the u.s. house of representatives with a majority they could then gain the ability to bring formal charges against the president impeachment has been on the minds of some democrats that he is impeachable the democrats want to retake control of the house so they could move to impeach the president telling me it impeachment you think trump should be impeached

i would vote yes you would have to take a vote i would vote. now the democrats could get the ball rolling with the u.s. house but whether or not they'd be successful is a different story let's remember no president in all of us history has ever been removed through the impeachment process richard nixon came. close but he actually resigned before the senate could put him on trial but impeachment fears aside a blue wave could put the brakes on the presidency. so trump's policies that's what's really at stake here if the democrats regain control of the house they could block and delay the donald's plans he can kiss that big beautiful powerful wall goodbye plus if the house goes democrat but the senate remains republican we're going to have some good old fashioned washington gridlock two words for you government shutdown.

in the case of a democratic surge we can expect an onslaught of investigations into the trumpet ministration with the house majority the democrats could subpoena witnesses and get their hands on key documents this means that all things from business transactions to furniture purchases and sexual assault allegations all of that could come under scrutiny so we are going to have oversight committee hearings on their presence use of the cell phones the democrats take over the house then he's going to be subpoenaed to investigated to want to seek the truth now results are hard to predict but one pattern from the post twenty sixteen world seems to be playing out pretty well at the polls americans get to choose between chaos and more chaos cable mup and r t washington d.c. meanwhile some u.s. officials have been raising the possible foreign interference in the mid to the trumpet ministration has accused china russia and iran of meddling in the. critical

elections coming up in november and control of congress and state twenty eight t.v. this year's midterm election this year's midterm elections as the twenty eight midterm election season begins to heat up there are new concerns about the security of america's election system i mean how secure are we there's been some finger pointing at both iran and china and russia. now to a developing story we have a breaking news to tell you about it got us here in russia so i guess the simple question is is russia still targeting the united states no question the russians will meddle in this year's midterm elections russia is at it again at it again russia is up to its old tricks. be seen to be either willfully or blissfully ignorant of what's going on. why won't the president say that they are doing this why you see such a rush he hasn't even tweeted

a single piece on russia's goal is real simple a message to the road trust to create division of social and political content carry out cyber attacks two of them are the other nefarious things we're in the middle of information and meme warfare is james bond evil villain level plotting the russians they know everything that irritates this country when congress and the general public disagrees simply along party lines and the russians are winning they seem to know everything that hurts they're going after all this stuff women fighting around this country have been heating up more so they're really not articulating a single viewpoint they have weaponized freedom of speech and the public loses trust in the press the russians are winning and the only thing stopping them is news media broadcasts like this be careful what you read they're still trying to get in our heads in this country resilience need to stand up and say we're not going to allow some russia to tell us out of.

the time because. it's who blocked us. the. village. al was. the mayor of london city cancer is it could take a generation to tackle the violent crime epidemic gripping the british capital according to the metropolitan police there have been one hundred eighteen murders in the city since the start of this year. picks up the story. it's being called an epidemic and the british capital is bearing the brunt four men have been stabbed to death in the british capital in the space of just five days the youngest to die was only fifteen years old and that brings the total number of murders in london to one hundred eighty since the start of the year. crime knife crime epidemic average of three killings a week londoners don't feel safe one senior police officer has said that children

as young as nine and ten are now carrying knives and compared the situation to the wild west with attacks taking place in broad daylight in front of passes by c.c.t.v. cameras but the reasons behind the surgeon violent crime are now the subject of fierce national debate police federation's blame cuts to police funding there are around twenty thousand fewer police officers now than there were eight years ago while the rate of violent crime has shot up the home office's own leaked documents suggest that there is a link between cuts to police budgets and serious violent crime london's mayor says that it's a deadly combination we have fewer officers than any time since two thousand and three at a time when the population is going up it's more and more difficult and yet a government minister has denied the link between cuts and crime pointing to other

factors instead like social media about police numbers isn't supported by the evidence or for previous spikes in serious violent crime is changing the gangs or using social media to communicate they're using mobile communications in ways that ten years ago even five years ago simply was not possible back in twenty fifteen an award winning senior police officer warned to resume a who was home. secretary at the time that cutting funds for the police would risk national security we run the risk of much in communities down to two officers at risk. and ultimately risking national security so up until now the government's managed to deny that slashing police budgets would put public safety at risk but as the death toll mounts and public concern increases arguing that there's no link between budget cuts and violent crime it's going to be more

difficult i've absolutely no idea why. who was home secretary for most of the last eight years before she became prime minister i've no idea at all washee didn't listen to the warnings the governments did know and there's a link between the rises in crime the levels of violent crime on our streets and the number of police officers for the very simple reason that they know that if there is a link established they will be held responsible they are responsible the whole thing is a total shambles and it will take at least ten years if not longer to sort it back out if we started tomorrow and they've given no indication of starting tomorrow. now the un is reporting that the conflict in yemen escalated significantly just over the weekend that is u.k. charity oxfam sounds the alarm over the number of saudi led coalition strikes hitting eight facilities in the country. last wednesday we had.

more than twenty people killed in an airstrike. and we have fifteen people killed last month even our own interventions in places for example in in the sardar in the area called the hammer is that we where we provided and supported water system that has actually been bombed by a strike this is what we bombed approaches bombed out yes. well over fifty thousand people have been killed in yemen since twenty sixteen saudi led strikes are the main cause of civilian casualties however cholera and polio are also putting the lives of millions at risk two thirds of the country is also in dire need of humanitarian aid a july strike on a water facility did leave up to twenty five thousand people without access to clean water and then just in september food supplies to parts of the country were disrupted after

a key motorway was bombed doctors without borders is also reported the saudi strikes have targeted medical facilities in yemen to it says in fact that five centers have been attacked there since twenty fifteen in june the group's cholera treatment center in northern yemen was also destroyed saudi arabia in its defense claims it only targets who three fighters not civilians meanwhile britain is coming under increasing pressure to stop arms sales to riyadh. do you have a problem with condemning murder an international violation of into international law or incomplete mistakes i made the only thing that we don't do is actually press the button to drop the bomb i'm surprised there for those who need to defend themselves we believe that you can go no legal party to this conflict and they are actually going bald because that back in may of the twenty eighteen when you're actually operational on the border areas of saudi arabia it's the same war and i do

think that the advice that giving house seems to show that any changes happen to be every few days we're hearing over to the horrific attack wesley is a kill whether it's the school board bombing or the other recent bus bombing recently and the main water pumping station today the city was bombed and taylor which left eighty thousand people without water so the pattern is continuing and absolutely you can get one thing people into that part of it every few days we got snacks and if we could days that you could government looking to excuse the saudis and we had a policy in in here where it's wrong we call out we're just going to be fighting more and more excuses ways ochs of giving them dossiers information we never hear a thing then so we need them to stop the weapons now stop the sales of weapons now and the most important commit to a cease fire press for a cease fire in the u.n. security council and nothing less than that will actually do to settle nothing less

than that will actually do to save the people you are. watching as he still had he this hour the risk concern for the safety team a son charter an attempted break in the ecuadorian embassy in london or he's taking refuge we'll have the full details just after the break. this is neo mercantilist. all countries competing with all countries no more globalization no more central bank domination no more on national monetary fund world bank united nations colluding in back rooms and down bostick continue to corrupt the global economy. seemed wrong. but old rules just don't hold. any old belief yet to shape

out these days comes to agitate and engagement equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. join me every thursday on the alex i'm unsure and i'll be speaking to get us out of the world of politics sports business i'm show business i'll see you then. welcome back now there are concerns for the safety of. his legal team claim that someone tried to break into the ecuadorian embassy in london the whistleblower hasn't left the building since twenty twelve when he sought refuge there fearing

extradition to the u.s. let's get more details now from and see who's in london force nasty good afternoon what more then do we know about what happened. well i'm sure it seems that we have quite a curious incident involving julian assange on our hands here according to reports citing the wiki leaks founder his legal team it's being claimed that quite recently a songe had experienced an attempted break in inside the ecuadorian embassy here in london just behind me where of course he has been holed up now for over six years and according to these reports that cite his team what allegedly happened was songe had experienced an attempted intruder trying to break through one of the windows in front of the building and what stopped that intruder allegedly or at least made a songe aware of him was a booby trap that was set up using a fire hydrant and now any more details or information about what happened next who

this person might have been or any details on this really continue to remain a mystery so that's all that we know so for now we have contacted the metropolitan police to see if they had anything to say on this and they said they have no reports of such an attempt to break in and we also tried to speak to officials inside this embassy they told us over the phone that the boss or is not currently in place so they're not charged with the authority to make comments on this matter but supporters of julian a songe have made it clear that their concerns about his security are quite high this. as what his mother had said quite recently. the loss of my son general killing a charge an immediate and critical danger the former president of ecuador. publicly wark it when u.s. president not pain recently visited. a deal with down to haiti and julian i've got

to give you it well if you can see behind me the building is now currently covered with scaffolding this also raising concerns about whether or not this could be somehow affecting the security camera operations that are that have up until now been in place so lots of questions about coming from some just supporters now about whether or not he's actually see being inside the embassy all of this even more so highlighted by the fact that recently a songstress had quite a rocky relationship with dorian officials if you remember his access to the internet as well as other communications and visitors had been restricted by a dorrien officials who were not happy with him expressing his opinions on political issues around the world that restriction was later partially lifted in exchange for certain rules that julian assange had to follow that officials were asking of him to follow which he was not quite happy doing whatsoever so really

exactly where this whole saga is going to be heading next could really be anyone's guess. ok thanks nic and situation of that force in london. meanwhile in germany the sex regenerative angela merkel cd party has reportedly stepped down as she prepares to run for the party's leadership replacing the outgoing merkel but the jury is still out ours as to who will come out on top in this race as there are other major contenders for the post is peter all over now reports this is often nice in business for good acted first of all at the next c.d.u. party convention in december i will not run for the chair of the party secondly this fourth term is the last one for me i will not run for chance you know during the twenty twenty one election the queen is dead long live well that's the thing we don't exactly know who is going to step in to angle or merkel shoes as the sun begins to set on her career and front line politics her coalition has taken

a pounding in popularity polls of late and those campaigning to try and be the next leader of the christian democratic union a just sling for position so let's have a look at who the front runners are. for the c.d.u. is the start it's not about which single person is shining within the city but the party as a whole has to shine. on a greater. abbreviated just a k.-k. is the current general secretary of the christian democratic union party and frequently talked about as angela merkel's chosen one a difficult catholic she is culturally conservative opposed to gay marriage and to abortion however when it comes to migration she's on side with angela merkel's policy saying that they are in step with her religious beliefs she's also on side with angela merkel's policies internationally skeptical when it comes to russia but very keen on e.u. cooperation same old same old big problem could be though the people got sick of

the same old same old and that's the very reason that i'm glad merkel's job is up for grabs. spahn is a completely different story however the thirty eight year old health minister seems to hate everything mrs merkel stands for her migration policy is the white elephant in the room according to mr spann he opposes limited dual citizenship for young foreigners criticized attempts to loosen laws on advertising abortions and called for banning the book or in public he is liked by the right wing conservative element in the party to an extent his homosexuality and marriage to his long term partner last year thought to count against him with traditionalists though when it comes to international affairs he's seen as more nationalistic and some even speculate he's the one most likely to get on with u.s. president donald trump do you think that if. you did this club intend to

keep. making up the triumvirate of front runners is a blast from the cd you passed frederick metz was part of a group opposed to anglo-american becoming leader back in two thousand and two they viewed the twenty first century's iron chancellor as just helmut kohl's girl from the east merkel defeated him and then ousted him from party leadership cd you need progressive political discussion and in my opinion this means the c.d.u. needs to get things straight about its image fiscally conservative he once famously wanted to digest germany's labrinth fine tax laws so they would fit on a big popular with traditionalists when it comes to international matters he's very much in favor of e.u. ever expanding union and after the greece debt debacle that's not so hot with the old guard when it comes to germany's place on the international stage it's very clear. trends atlanticist since i became

a cosmopolitan germany. and the european. it's a moment whose most important political allies are the democracy is always with whoever gets the job being set up as the logical successor to one glimmer. how do those candidates fare. we have two competing models here one of them is represented by two alpha males who are clearly quite conservative compared to most of their ambitious and power hungry against them is in some ways another american like figure who will continue with her line will be a hard sell or who wins while less to do with which side of the political spectrum the candidate comes from a more to do with her personality and drive to fill the position the papers here are suggesting that could be as many as twelve hats in the ring for the top job at the c.d.u. however the smart money is going on the eventual leader of the party be one of those three front runners we just talked about the c.d.u.

will elect their new leader of their party conference at the beginning of the sembler and whoever gets that job well they're going to be charged with leading german politics into the post merkel era peter all of the berlin that brings you up so with all the new safe for us today here in r.t. we're back in the headlines in just over half a. manufactured sound. like wealth. when the ruling class is the project themselves. the famous. be the one percent. we can all middle of the room sick.

so what we've got to do is i don't. five the threats that we have it's crazy on sunday shouldn't let it be an arms race. spearing dramatic development the only place i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time time to sit down and talk. what politicians do so. they put themselves on the line they did accept the reject . so when you want to express an injury. or somehow want to be rich. it should like to be close it's like the three of them or the people. i'm interested always in the waters in the. city.

greetings and salutation is one of the main rules laid forth in the universal golden rule book of capitalism is that you get what you pay for the idea being that the more you pay the better the product and converse leave the less you can converse leave the less you pay the lower quality of product and more likely to cause problems or breakdowns or whatever now normally that rule stays genuinely troop unless of course we're talking about the us government and defense contractors like case in point the thirteen billion dollars us as gerald ford super

carrier which barely was delivered last year with some pretty major. issues bloomberg is reporting that the u.s. navy's costliest warship ever was delivered last year without elevators needed to lift bombs from below deck magazines were loading on fighter jets and that my friends was just the latest in a rather long list of issues with the beast of a boat that includes longstanding reliability and technical problems with two other core systems the electromagnetic system the launch planes and the arresting gear to catch them when they land really think about that for a second we the taxpaying citizens of the united states of america all of us over here just ford over thirteen billion tax dollars are an aircraft carrier that has serious problems outfitting landing and launching aircrafts. the one thing

that basically is it exists to do because of an aircraft carrier can arm launch and land planes then what good is it for. i mean besides providing good photo ops for politicians who want to look macho independent contractors looking to line their pockets with gold and yeah i think i just answered my own question. that let's start watching the hawks. but the thing. is that it's really. easy to see. what they like you know that i got. with. this with. this. because.