more divisions emerge in the us media this time over a video of a c.n.n. reporter released by the white house some accuse the journalist of an attack while others say the material has obviously been doctored. white women in texas face accusations of betraying feminist values after a majority cast their midterm votes in favor of the state's republican candidate. very tired. or simply based on my skin color or new interest are you representing your only as a white woman in the best interest of other white women then we absolutely have a problem absolutely. and the taliban makes a rare appearance in

a high level. friday saying it was a success and they are ready to meet again the only channel to speak to the group representatives following the meeting. with. the help. we have we want to do some. broadcasting live. this is our team international and john thomas certainly glad to have you with us. now donald trump's press secretary has released a video which she says justifies a banning c.n.n. reporter jim acosta from the white house some called it doctored and manipulated

while others claim it was proof of inappropriate behavior and a debate is now raging in the media over whose side to take artie's killam up and has commentary. philosophers have long debated the concept of reality is reality defined by our perceptions or our perceptions defined by reality now at a recent white house press conference this debate became very relevant to many americans i think you should let me run the country you run c.n.n. all right and if you didn't well your ratings let me ask you if i mean that's one of the question this president from a i don't know how are you worried i should know that's a tough resident i think that's an ask one of the other folks that said now for me ma'am i protested enough for me ma'am i'm jim acosta the c.n.n. reporter recently had a heated exchange with donald trump at his press conference acosta kept asking follow up questions until dol trump called him fake news and an enemy of the people then a white house staffer tried to take the microphone away from acosta but he wasn't

having any of it sarah huckabee sanders the white house press secretary says that now she's taking away his press credentials she stared a video in order to make her point we stand by our decision to revoke this individual's hard pass we will not tolerate the inappropriate behavior clearly documented in this video that's when the internet and the media went wild we have people saying that it's a doctored clip the video was posted originally by paul joseph watson who is the editor of the right wing news outlet known as info wars now paul joseph watson defended himself it isn't don't say that it isn't sped up it isn't slowed down all i did was look at it again is this an example of symbol don't ring to clip to change its meaning no it's virtually identical is it won't hundred percent identical no video compression is going to result in it looking marginally different so was this an inappropriate action aggressive or was it simply an

accident well the answer to that depends what side of the political spectrum that you're on liberals and defenders of c.n.n. say that acosta did nothing wrong jim acosta. clearly never touched that white house intern that's just a lie and what i saw was a battery not by jim acosta but by that young white house aide if you can use a fake video use a fake video as you go all the way do something like this. but conservatives are rounding in on a cost accusing him of being violent practically shoving a woman who is just trying to do her job and just as it crosses a line you don't put your hands i don't want him a cost sort of wrestling this young white house intern so where is the truth americans will be reminded of the famous dress controversy where depending on how you look at the photograph the dress could be either black and blue or white and gold so now we have visual recording and which americans look at it and see completely different things it seems that as the political crisis is escalating

americans literally no longer see things either i cabled mopp and r.t. new york. political analyst or charles or told told us that he believes that jim acosta has acted disrespectfully towards trumpet and the administration officials on a number of different occasions. i think you know i think it's very important to ask probing questions but you don't have to shout them they could be probing in their substance they could be probing in you know the subject matter but to behave in the way that jim acosta and some of his colleagues behave shows i think utter disrespect for the office of the presidency and i think there needs to be a better balance its time for the mainstream corporate owned media to start getting back to the business of actually being journalists. the u.s. is still reeling from its a fiercely contested midterm elections which saw the democrats win control of the house but failed to take the senate and some key states that they had high hopes

for such as in texas where the republican candidate ted cruz won after a tight battle and now there are accusations those women who voted for cruz betrayed feminism with their vote a prominent sports journalist set off the debate fifty nine percent of white women voted for task fifty three percent of white women voted for donald trump so given this numbers who is the real face of feminism this is just the latest criticism of republican voting women by liberals and progressives here is a new if you have the samples. what is happening why are women even voting for him yeah i don't get you ladies i mean the country's fifty five percent women i mean the country was pretty specific. tons of black presidents when i see women doing that i think why are they publicly disrespecting themselves voted against hillary

clinton voted against their own voice. and by both for anybody nobody but you. and you are never going to get it and it will be. so i can read it. and i did it. she scared me we put the issue of feminism in politics up for debate with a women's rights advocate and a media commentator the tradition of women just a voting independently as they think and not based on their gender or their skin color or those kinds of things that is true independence i'm very tired of being castigated as some sort of racist simply based on my skin color and especially and especially because i happen to be the mother of a child with brown skin and so to decide that based on my skin color that i as a sounds worry what are you voting for the best interests of their around here here

is the person accusing makes the person accusing me the actual racist you know it says there's no such thing as reverse racism will start there but here's the issue if you're not voting in the best interest of that boy you get to highlight the rule around child that you have then here's the question what type of mother are you because here's the question at the end of the day we want children to be protected so we need gun laws that reflect that if you're voting against the interest of your own child in school then we have to raise the question what are you voting for the second red flag i don't care how many are you in do you have other women and their reproductive rights when you know that ted. group is not interested in protecting protecting reproductive rights when you know that ted cruz is not interested in equal pay for other women and you know that women who are brown skin and women of other ethnicities are paid what why women are paid then i have to ask you the question who are you who interests are you representing if your

only as a white woman were presenting the best interest of other white women then we absolutely have a problem absolutely it is the republicans by the way it is the party of abraham lincoln that actually fought for civil rights and won over the democrats so if you want to vote in accordance with what is civil rights and you would want to vote republican now thirdly she brought up the issue and we don't know that those are how to is someone and we they when i was it was party sealed in there that's my stance and that's the feminine stance on that now thirdly when she's talking about how do you said of course i want to get on this affair of the human rights i view all of the law would have made me girls who were aborted what about their rights if you're going to talk about women's rights what about the baby girls rights who are killed ten thousand per day every day you know i know you're blowing my mind about republicans you talk about abortion but do you protect the children while they're here if it's ok for you to lead a school full of children be sure that i do because you as a woman want to have the right to bear arms but you don't protect those children

who can't carry guns inside those school i mean it's insane and so when you talk about oh well i support a man who you know ted cruz but he doesn't support by with when you are a conservative woman you celebrate the things that you've actually accomplished based on your own you know own drive and your own freedom and your own will and your motivation and those kinds of things that's what i would rather be judged for the rather than things like going backward to things like religion and skin color and gender to me those eating whole grains is the way she's saying they. going to stay away and we need to go. really kind of our hero basing things on merit and accomplishment because because no matter what skin color or what gender you are you can be anything you want to be we're the freest best country in one particular they hire a real race and this that you dream thing to celebrate it for not wanting to whine about it and to vote with their other white community and so we're going to forget

about all of those things and just stand on why privileges don't really do your resume where he is and he wants to stand there i'd like to just say thank you to jim l. hill for for what she said i just support her as a michigan state alumni i want to say go girl. moscow played host to highly anticipated talks on the afghan peace process on friday a dozen countries were invited to take part and the taliban was also represented the leader of the islamic movements delegation said that the taliban wants peace with all of its neighbors the whole nation is with us and of course if you get somebody comes in there that is the kind of operation we would inaudible it it does seem to have made it just seemed good enough on this that we have. across the board us we have we want good relations specially whatever the labels fridays russia hosted and russia led talks basically the forest open and public appearance of the car talk these taliban movement political office at an international conference

nine countries have been participating in the dialogue aimed at finding peaceful solutions to the afghani conflict including the gani delegation after the talks i've had a chance to talk to the head of the delegation of the taliban movement that is considered to be a terror group here in russia and this is what he has told me about taliban's views on the situation in afghanistan and on potential solution oh tripped up on assad it's been invaded for the last seventeen years over him is that hold these forces out of honest. talking and negotiation which is going to go with the american this is in a very initial stage the delegation from afghanistan not the government from the diplomats but the members of the country's high peace council also participated in today's talks and i've seen you during coffee break shaking with them talking to

each other did you agree on direct contacts with the government this conference which was live that was blocked at the start. of the negotiations with the club of egypt because first of all we do not look at my eyes the global are going to station i said legal go are going to have on this line kabul has decided not to send its diplomats to moscow but the members of the country's high peace council government appointed body that is responsible for overseeing the peace process in afghanistan have agreed to participate we've had a chance to talk to the head of the of ghana delegation and among other things i've asked him what do they think about american generals a saying that there is no military solution to get. problems at the same time promising to go on with the offensive against taliban in afghanistan which is obviously a military action by the we have fishel washington turned down an invitation to participate in moscow event but eventually they sent a representative from the u.s.

embassy here in moscow who had a status of an observer at friday's talks this is what the head of the gannett in a geisha has told me about that when he's coming there's no need for that again i want to start. first piece should come of merced americans should be. ok this is a good thing in the world is going to stand ready to talk directly to taliban with yes yes yes did they did not yes you really. think you're going to obviously the situation in afghanistan is very complicated and the road towards a long awaited peace in this country could be a long and bumpy but many admit that friday's event was a very important multisided peaceful initiative that has all the potential to become a success. in mass a trial in germany was launched this friday as thirty people stand accused of

brutally abusing it refugees at an asylum center the shocking revelations first came to light four years ago with some of the worst incidents felt. there was no leadership decided yet though. incidents allegedly took place in the town of burbach in the western part of the country prosecutors claim that the staff entered asylum seekers both physically and psychologically images of the abuse were leaked to the media sparking an outcry social workers security guards and other staff are mungo's it now facing charges of assault and false imprisonment one of the accused however disputes the gravity of the claims. how do you feel about the fact that you're being accused of this. it's an exaggeration i can say more than that. the company operating the migrant center and has denied claims that management turned a blind eye to the abuses saying instead that a group of security guards had gone rogue

a member of germany's left party was quick to point the blame at the country's migrant policy. this leaves. one of the worst. police. to follow the constitution and have. not yet fully human rights uses and are sure those senators are understaffed and underfunded and it's like i just said you know we're not going to get none of the what's happened is that actually our bill that will last. and she had no actual products cure to take care of refugees and so this is a sign of. chaos generally. with serious devastating seven year conflict winding down the high level talks are being held on rebuilding the country and making sure aid reaches the right people will bring you up to speed after a short break this is our international. join

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it's been seventy years since the united nations adopted the universal declaration on human rights but in many places in remains a declaration and not a reality how to bridge the divide between practice and preaching. this is our chief international and rebuilding war torn syria has taken center stage during talks between the u.s. secretary of state and the un's outgoing special envoy to syria a phone call highlighted the importance of humanitarian groups in the region and comes as a report reveals u.s. aid money is actually lining terrorist pockets and here's what i've got as commentary. american taxpayer money cash that is almost wholly in the u.s. mindset inviolable money but has seen politicians jailed for the slightest misuse

is ending up in the hands of al qaeda in syria now that's a sick twisted if anything a new report has found that millions. of dollars in aid to syria has been funneled to terrorists since late twenty seventeen u.s. agency for international development office of the inspector general investigations have uncovered numerous instances of possible or confirmed diversions to armed groups in government in northwestern syria including hayat time of year al sharm a designated foreign terrorist organization the. h.t.s. nusra front they have many names in short as wing in syria facts of the matter that they were benefiting from u.s. taxpayer money it's no surprise everyone n.g.o.s aid organizations civilians

traveling through northern syria have to pay to pass checkpoints beat and money in goods this is been a fact for years it's business one of the terrorists' main sources of funding. the. worst of all it is assumed that these jihad ists have been able to infiltrate put their people in n.g.o.s humanitarian organizations from which they siphon money and aid to further their malign cause one investigation found that in n.g.o.s employees knowingly diverted thousands of u.s. aid funded food kits worth millions of dollars to ineligible beneficiaries

including terrier fighters. usaid also investigated diversions of assistance to high atop a year all sham in another n.g.o.s programs which suspected were perpetrated by n.g.o.s staff affiliated with the terrorist group the report itself is light on names and numbers perhaps for political reasons the fallout here could seriously damage and geo operations all we know is that millions of dollars in cash and aid have been funneled to al qaeda in syria and that's just what they've admitted found that funding has now been terminated but it's very interesting in this report is that the u.s. aid watchdog does not name the n.g.'s now of course one of those primary n.g.o.s will be the white house probably one of the most primitive. and i can i and these are n.g.o.s and he's working on the ground in syria basically providing

the person counter in the corporation of the regime change current policy surely the year i should be left on economic sanctions and it should then be if it's necessary be collaborating with the syrian government to provide aid to the areas where it's most needed i don't expect this to happen regardless it's a sick and a sad joke on the american taxpayer trillions of their hard earned money spent on the war on terror originally on defeating al qaida and all the while they've been paying to feed and finance those very same jihad ists. russia says the west has abandoned normal diplomatic protocol and adopted a pattern of publicly accusing moscow of wrongdoing that's after austria accused one of its own former high ranking army officers of spying for russia or he's been in question over brings us more. i had

a chance to ask russia's foreign affairs ministry said gay law for us to comment on the recent rally. coming from austria that former austrian colonel was accused of spying for russia for decades the ministry said that he has just found out about the news and that he was unpleasantly surprised he added that russia's western partners have recently started to publicly accuse russia and publicly demented explanations it's common practice within international law just to directly ask for clarification but recently our western partners have started using nontraditional megaphone diplomacy they publicly accused as they publicly demand explanations are monsters we know nothing about and we've officially some industry members to go to the ministry to explain how his country shouldn't if they have any questions austrian chanceless about broke the news this friday he said that this may lead to worsening relations between the two countries and he also added that he plans to

discuss possible further steps with e.u. partners if these suspicions prove to be true if the suspicion is confirmed such cases regardless of where they take place will not improve relations between russia and the european union russia's asprin is your t.v. to use in europe are an acceptable and condemn the bill. defense ministry said that they obtained information with the frenzy intelligence service without providing any concrete details on who was behind this now asked for a foreign affairs ministry all the minister was quick to counsel her upcoming trip to russia and she also summoned russian representatives to discuss the matter and meanwhile there is still very little information regarding the former austrian colonel in question we only know that he was accused of spying for russia for over twenty years and here in moscow the australian ambassador was summoned to russia's

foreign affairs ministry. nasa. wildfires have engulfed parts of california destroying thousands of buildings and forcing areas into emergency evacuations residents across the u.s. state have been urged to leave by officials more than one hundred fifty thousand have already been evacuated reports say the fast moving wildfires have destroyed an entire city and they are currently threatening to move in on the iconic city of malibu it is believed at least five people have been killed and many more injured. a phantom submarine spotted in swedish waters has been making headlines for years now stockholm had previously suspected it was russian but it now appears they have arrived at a different conclusion. let's. keep .

going in search of expanding from what's believed to be a russian submarine lurking near sweden's capital an emergency call from these waters to a russian base could be a sobering thought of all for a smaller submarine a photo looking very much like a submarine on patrol. but.

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hello and welcome to cross talk we're all things are considered i'm teetotal of well both the republicans and democrats claim victory in the wake of the midterm elections but it seems the election settled little if anything now there is a dueling investigation warfare gridlock on steroids is this what the voters voted for. after the midterms i'm joined by my guest michael flanagan in washington he is president of flanagan consulting and a former congressman in new york we have rochelle ritchie she is a political analyst and a former press secretary for house democrats and in st paul we cross to david

schultz he is a hamelin university professor of political science all right crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want i always appreciate it rochelle may go to you first in new york we know what the results of the election. elections are but what are the lessons to be drawn from it i mean we both have the room we see the republicans and democrats claiming victory and they have their points but we still have the same kind of polarization and as i said in my introduction it looks like we're going to have doing investigations is this what the voters voted for go ahead rochelle in new york. well you know i had a lot of hope after the election that maybe the tide had turned in maybe that the divisiveness that we saw in our country would start to diminish but as you have seen that does not seem to be the case we have the president coming out and already calling some things take news we have.