political flashpoint for the g. twenty leaders gather in argentina as donald trump unexpectedly calls his much anticipated encounter with. edward snowden claims the whistleblower was forced to flee hong kong in twenty thirteen after pressure from chinese

authorities. this is this was not an ordinary situation i literally minutes. once i was instructed by mr snowden to make decisions that would affect his liberty it's like. racism in middle. east like fantasy classic lord of the rings victims of discrimination. hello on a warm welcome for me in that scene here and also here it's eleven am here in moscow with five in the morning and one also areas where leaders of the world's most industrialized economies are getting together.

latest u twenty summit kicks off in argentina later this friday with a lot at stake this time but two leaders have already made headlines even before the official opening as donald trump canceled his much awaited meeting with the putin kind of opened explains. baited breath the world waited for another announced meeting between the presidents of russia and the united states but then lo and behold the twitter sphere lights up with news that the meeting is off the issue was the maritime incident between russia and ukraine but when trump was leaving for argentina it seemed to everyone that the meeting was still on roughly. we. think it's a very good. that was despite the media beating the drums of war why does this president seems so simple when it comes to vladimir putin a lot of demands on the president right now to get tough on russia we've got to be

tough with them it's the only thing putin understands or he just seems incapable of criticizing putin i don't want him to do that again stand next to putin and said well that was a provocation by the ukrainians that would not be in america's national interest just better not that the media coverage like this shouldn't be a surprise to anyone but last time the two leaders met the media went into a total meltdown hell think he was treated like an abomination now every aspect of the face to face meeting was question there were calls for the interpreter to testify before congress there were some who wanted the ball that putin gave to trump to be inspected for k.g.b. style bugs there were rumors that hypnotism could have been at play and amid all of this frenzy trump actually backtracked on some of his words about election hacking president putin he just said it's not russian i will say this i don't see any reason why it would be looking for a reason to. send should have been i don't see any reason why. i wouldn't wear

white it would be rush sense that another meeting had been in the works for months and the two leaders had plenty to discuss president trump would look forward to seeing you in paris it's still important to work in areas where there's a possibility of mutual cooperation president meet with president putin i think it will be a full agenda the issues that we have on security issues on arms control issues and regional issues including the middle east last month the two world leaders opted not to me not wanting to steal the thunder of the world war one commemorations this time they are stealing the founder of the g twenty by not having a meeting table mup and r.t. new york we spoke to some experts on the possible reasons for trump's decision to cancel his meeting with putin. i think this was all based on domestic politics there is growing concern in the u.s. congress and growing concern out amongst the american people about the investigation about the possibility of there being collusion between the

administration and moscow about trump's russia contacts period and so i think he's doing all he can now to demonstrate that there is no such thing as collusion there's no such thing as a. relationship between him and moscow that is anything other than formal and official and so he uses this in the cancellation of the meeting on the side of the buenos aires g twenty as a way of demonstrating that to his base and to the american people in the congress well it is surrounded unfortunately by a swamp as it's called in in washington d c. which is. the neo conservatives around the dick cheney circles the bush bush it ministry of the former bush administration and of course the neo liberal crowd

which is of the same group being the responsibility to protect crowd that wants to overthrow every government that is not to their liking and then of course was the crowd under obama and it's one in the same group in unfortunately trump is surrounded by some of these types. and while there's speculation the trump called off the meeting with putin for a very different reason it's off the trumps for manoir michael cohen pleaded guilty to lying to congress in the russia collusion probe the us president since had some strong words for coven. he was convicted of various things unrelated. he was given a fairly long jail sentence and he's a weak person. by being weak i'd like other people that walk oh he's that weak person. what he's trying to do is get a reduced sentence so he's lying about a project that everybody knew about us leader was referring to a craft project to build some talent in moscow earlier the former lawyer said the

talks on the project ended in january twenty sixth and now it that was a lie and of the negotiations continued on to june when trump was already the republican presidential nominee for the wall street journal correspondent joe lauria told us that there have been efforts to stop from meeting that position of a sense that summit in helsinki. time very well timed to release cohen having lied about want not about collusion to change the election results but about a business deal there had been going on and maybe was still going on and he lied about it because he was afraid that it could be construed that way i don't really know exactly the details of the business deal but there's still no collusion but trump you will see how russia gate even without proof of collusion has having its effect on relations between the united states and russia he had to cancel this meeting and this is a very serious matter it's just it is internal politics that's having an international effect at the g.r.u. indictments were far more serious and this summit was far more important terms of

its build up thank you very much and trump went to the summit house thank you course and the reaction here in the u.s. was beyond belief this time i think maybe trump got the message. negotiations on where the world heads next to not expected to be seen though the g. twenty with nations divided on the solutions to many critical problems facing the globe in a prank as anyone else areas for us with more on what's ahead right now there are two cities of oil sideways one behind these fences for the g. twenty leaders and what i'll do. side for everyone else and it does make sense because those who are attending are the most powerful people in this world these are really the ones that are making our planet spin.

the globe from that point aside us have recently made us realize that we are and be living in a multi-polar world where everyone's holding on to their national interests and that head of the summit has led to a whole lot of problems between those who've been saying my country first. donald trump lately after trying all the time he has claimed to beijing for stealing to call jeep unfair trade and even meddling in the us mid terms the great ability we found that china has been attempting to interfere in our upcoming twenty eight. election against my administration because i am the first president ever to challenge china on trade beijing has been much more careful with what they're saying but they are giving out warnings too in the last century we had two world wars and in between them the great depression i don't think anybody

should really try to have a repetition of history these things should never happen again so people have to act in a responsible way. the brutal murder of journalist jamal khashoggi has been taken it's toll on how the rest of the world's been dealing with saudi arabia's mohamed bin psalm on by the way has been in bonus a lot of since wednesday on the snow this year we look at the monstrosity that happened in sound was made in concert and it must be cleaned up as long as it's not that would be nice. i can assure you he bought it. someone else saying hello marco is not a big fan of is us president donald trump along with one of her best european buddies emanuel macron they're trying to push for a european army and donald trump really hates that idea now mr macron who's really

been trying to make an effort to become close friends with mr trump it seems is beginning to have issues with the u.s. administration troops said some of trump's recent decisions have been done to the detriment of allies. these fundamentalists overtones the legal basis for france that ties between japan and south korea and is extremely regrettable that was what you had to say on south korea's supreme court verdict ordering a japanese firm to pay compensation to koreans for forced labor during world war two and as you heard that could be enough to reignite old has still between the countries. the u.k.'s painful divorce might lead to a few awkward moments for two reason me. the prime minister will be looking for new

friends at the summit and she's convinced other countries will feel the same way we might as well bear all of that in mind when we see team g twenty getting together for the family photo perhaps some of those smiles will have to be faked and if there's one constant for every g twenty no matter where it's held it's the days of protests namely anti capitalist protests around the summit venue when i say there is no exception. so we're. on to our other headline news now in the lawyer who defended edward snowden in hong kong has revealed that the n.s.a. whistleblower had to flee the city back in two thousand and thirteen because of pressure from the chinese authorities wanted to talk to us exclusively on his

claims that the whistleblower was hounded by police. when mr snowden was in hong kong in two thousand and thirteen. it was in a situation where the most wanted man on the planet with the world's largest manhunt underway. this is this was not an ordinary situation i literally had minutes. you know once i was instructed by mr snowden to make decisions that would affect his liberty in this life form a cia employee snowden leaked a vast trove of classified national security agency data on u.s. government spying operations he fled to hong kong where asylum seekers helped shelter him from the authorities for two weeks russia later granted him asylum and he's lived here ever since. china says it was edward snowden himself who took the decision to leave quote through a lawful and normal channel but rather to insist that snowden was persecuted as

were the other refugees who were sheltering him. december two thousand and sixteen when i was in germany speaking at a conference the i received a phone call that the sri lankan police criminal investigation department had flown into hong kong specifically targeting the snowden refugees so once i received that information from some witnesses i contacted the clients and i advised them to leave their homes immediately and we had serious secure locations for them the first question police had for my clients was all about. mr snowden and i had to put a stop to this quite frankly i was shocked at the local police were focusing on mr snowden's activities in two thousand and thirteen one two thousand and seventeen. the issue that the police had to address were the safety and security of my clients . a growing number of shootings in schools and universities in the united states and got administrative scrambling for ways to protect everyone on campus on university of michigan's decided to teach stuff and students to fight potential

shooters using whatever everyday item comes to hand. they have enough mass to cause injury small enough to be thrown. in a matter of seconds. no way you can lock a door with this they can't get shot out you can't get around it.

it's something that we should think about america about putting guns in the hands of law abiding citizens whether they actually be talented children or. a three year old cannot defend itself from a rifle by throwing a little kid. our founding fathers the age limit on the second amendment. this is a new twist in accusations of the donald trump's former campaign chairman. yes he's being accused of planting the story we'll tell you it's among all stories after the break.

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u.s. officials have confirmed that a deadly bombing raid earlier this week in afghanistan's helmand province was carried out by american war planes local officials say thirty civilians were killed along with sixteen taliban fighters now this young boy was in the area and luckily survived the bombing yes trucks were called in by afghan government forces and the u.s. advisors often they came under fire from the taliban and a compound the afghan government says local forces were not aware of any civilians in the area relatives of the dead have been describing what happened. but a number of gibran out around nine pm the first helicopters circled overhead and then a jet from the house but there were thirty people in the family. all of them gone

the one survivor is my nephew he was at my house is the only one who survived the others die of a six month old baby among them still in the minds of man to the government is to know why do they kill innocent people they didn't do anything wrong. sensational claims the president trumps former campaign chairman met several times with wiki leaks founder julian assange has taken a new twist of former cia officers questioning the story saying that it might have been planted by russia more on that from down organs it's another link in the chain of the trump russia collusion probe the guardian article exposing alleged multiple meetings between the former chairman of trump's presidential campaign and wiki leaks founder julian assange and naturally it's caused quite a stir in the u.s. media story is shaking washington that is a bombshell of foreigners are held a secret meeting around the same time that manna for join the trunk campaign

a direct connection between the campaign and wiki leaks they actually published e-mails that were hacked by the russians mail stolen by russian spies but doubt soon began to emerge about the articles content and sources but not to warry politico has the answer even if the guardian story is false it's all russia's fault you know i'm being serious rather than being the bombshell smoking gun that directly connects the trump campaign to wiki leaks perhaps the report is something else entirely a distance from ation campaign is it possible someone planted the story as a means to discredit the journalists that article was written by next year yeah agents under a pen name to prove a point the former officer draws our attention to those who dare question this bombshell rush's disinfo mission that has jumped into the ring to promote skepticism of the story one of russia's propaganda networks called the story into question and bolstered the skepticism by quoting tweets from at the golan juggling greenwald with leaks itself r.t.

. also a crime and mouthpiece. and wiki leaks do you see a pattern here it's clear why there's some skepticism the story raises more questions than answers both x. and man of four strongly deny the meeting even threatening legal action ok perhaps they're both simply covering for each other you could say but a sanjay is a man under close surveillance with police literally on his doorstep a few days pass yet no other source can confirm or show substantial evidence of manifolds alleged visit to the ecuadorian embassy guys i mean these are apparently the washington times says paul minor faults passports show he didn't even visit london in those years the guardian claim and r.t. are the only ones asking for evidence who are the sources if you can see them doubt anonymous source and is dangerous at best striking catalogue of reflexive credulous acceptance of a story that looked shaky from the start and looks more so by the day maybe they've

all been duped by russia but what does politico think this fake news operation by russian intelligence actually proves someone is nervous and eager to lay the groundwork for yelling fake news out whatever other stories are about to drop so either what the guardian says is true and there is collusion or it's a fake story planted by the russians which also proves collusion win win situation one thing seems clear someone is feeling the heat the story's almost a parody and x. cia agent using a pen name says that if the guardianship piece on a sergeant metaphor is false the russians must be behind it anyway you really can't make this up. fans of the fantasy classic lot of the rings know that the beast like orcs are a force to be reckoned with her one side fire author believes the way they're depicted in the books is racist and that has dire consequences for society.

try to beat back on that. it's hard not to. know surely. and not a great choice. are

we not allowed to root against treacherous fictional cannibals anymore welcome to twenty in one title. clearly the races of men elves and should have welcomed the immigrants and allowed them to feast on fresh they desired how terribly racist of it is just a good triumphs over evil story not meant to be that deep. germany's vice chancellor is pushing for the european union to have a place at the un security council by suggesting from should share at st the french of the five permanent seat since the united nations was formed in one hundred forty five i realize this will take some convincing in paris but it would be a bold and smaug go to lessen the pain of losing the powerful seat france could

become the permanent to the united nations. i as you might imagine the french u.n. ambassador is not saying that it contradicts the organizations charter french m.p.'s aren't exactly happy that the proposal comes after president mccrone suggested the creation of an army early and suggested the creation of an army earlier this month and got backing from germany's angela merkel political analyst alexander adler told us germany is wrong to have made its un proposal public putting together all the europeans in one concept and one mechanism is nearly impossible we have done so is exactly opposite to. you. using a megaphone diplomacy to do is. constraints of germany is the most efficient way of course such a question has to be discussed north's public. very much

such a sharing of european representation in the security council a new european it institutions can be. created soley by a dialogue between germany and france and doing view and doing good so. who votes making the necessary concessions to other europeans is true recipe for disaster. right that's the news for now more for me in a half an hour off to sophia code looks at the current strained state of play between russia and the u.s. as the country's president prepared to join other world leaders for the g. twenty you know.

i'm a little but i think. we're buddies. they . should have been there so. i don't want them or i can't that's i mean yes i knew she needed that community yeah i am kind of whom you could feel that he had a ticket. a he made a move a photo of the man that you know enough to vote for i don't know.

the fate of julian assange is unclear washington is determined that he sent to the u.s. to face criminal charges most likely under the one thousand seven hundred espionage the british government is more than happy to make this stop and even the ecuadorians are in the army and we are watching unfold in front of our eyes is the criminalization of journalists. is finally being this hour the need. but all right.

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to the country's. decision making. politics washington's choices abroad. left right divide lead the most powerful country in the world. so great to have you with us again with mysterious been a while thank you very much things have changed a lot to discuss the relations between russia and the united states at its lowest point. one of your articles i think you said that the democratic party instead of containing the fires actually fanning the flames do you think if try.