you. are. one of the first journalist reporters alleged trump russia collusion now says the main claims made in that infamous. quote likely falls. a positive step for the syrian peace process his top diplomats from russia iran and turkey agree to work on constitutional changes for syria's future plus.

the. rise of nicaraguan president to take its crackdown on the media and civil rights groups look at why the u.s. imposes sanctions on that country but then turns a blind eye to violations in neighboring hundred. elo their good evening it's ten pm a choose day the eighteenth of december life martin to nationals news h.q. to moscow it's kevin away with you for the next thirty minutes thanks for your company hope you can stay with me this we go through tonight's top story starting with this well the first journalist to report on the infamous trump russia dossier of michael isikoff now says that it contains numerous claims that are likely false and that interview is drawing praise from the u.s. president. thank you too michael isikoff yahoo for

honesty what this means is that the pfizer warrants and the whole russian witch hunt is a fraud and a hoax which should be ended immediately also it was paid for by crook hillary and d.n.c. that's what they're correspondingly for trying to find out more about this huge u. turn now on the steel dossier. sometimes it only takes one spark one report from a reporter or a handful of them from a big news outlet to really send the media world into overdrive one good example for you was when a yahoo investigative reporter he's the chief reporter there came out with a bombshell on the. steel dossier that was a big one as you remember with the p.t.a. or what other people called the golden shower compromise and also plenty of other alleged evidence of the rush from collusion well this is what the men says now in december twenty eighth saying when you actually get into the details of the

steel dosia the specific allegations we have not seen the evidence to support them and in fact there's good grounds to think that some of the most sensational allegations will never be proven and are likely folks this is actually something that we find out almost two years after the dossier came out but back then hours and hours of air time were mostly about the steel memos to tell the whole world about the collusion plus its thanks to this dossier for one the f.b.i. secured themselves a warrant to spy on one of donald trump's assistants the pigs that we have a geisha. connections play with russia remind us of the selling points of this deal dosia and it's there were various claims that could have been seen as proof of the trump russia collusion most notably the dossier alleged that donald trump's former

attorney michael cohen traveled to prague to somehow fix all this and coordinate all that. russia's scheming that he allegedly did together with the moscow officials and then as i've said the p. tape as well was in it or the as you like to call. these were perhaps some of the most bizarre claims that the russian security services could have been blackmailing donald trump with the recording of his dark deeds in that moscow hotel to this dome accusing his old rival hillary clinton of paying for this door see it was me. this isn't just something that randomly came from donald trump the american president was pretty much only repeating the bombshell statement that came from the author of the dossier himself it came when he was taking questions in court and according to christopher steele this is what should have happened as

a result of the dossiers publication based on the voice party such as the democratic national committee. could consider steps they would be legally entitled to take to challenge the validity of the outcome of that selection which basically means that ok the dossier may have not been paid by hillary herself but some sort of organization that's affiliated with her something like that and again all need to find some sort of legal ground to challenge the outcome of the two thousand and sixteen a life. elsewhere today a positive agreement on the fate of syria has been thrashed out in switzerland's geneva a meeting that was hosted by the u.n. special envoy to mistura top diplomats from russia iran and turkey agreed to launch a committee for drafting a new constitution for syria early next year. of a very useful meeting was the secretary general special envoy agreed to. the

convening of the first session of the constitutional commuter ingenue occurred in the next year steps will lead to the launch of a viable and lasting syrian led syrian and un facilitate the political process in their closing statement the three foreign ministers of russia iran and turkey that they presented the positive results of their consultations on the formation of a syrian constitutional committee to either rewrite the syrian constitution or to amend it in order to allow for a wider pads syrian election presidential election part of a political resolution to this war that has raged on the so many years the ministers themselves from what we saw were smiling and laughing afterwards they described their work as again positive and they have committed to seeing the syrian constitutional committee sit for its first session early next year early two

thousand and nineteen we hoop of course to be able to do this because this trio that have been working together for several years now russia iran and turkey they've been able to produce results you need concrete results we've seen cease fires in syria established with their backing we've seen withdrawals other deals deescalation demilitarized zone is established over syria so there's a lot of optimism going forward that they'll be able to get the rebels the opposition and the syrian government to work together early on the turkish foreign minister though did remark that they had seen very little cooperation from the united states and the coalition that it leads the united states itself has shared its goals as publicly stated that its aims. with regards to syria have shifted that it no longer sees unseating president bashar al assad or regime change in syria as

a goal we're not asking for regime change we're not asking for the russians to leave what we're asking for is a compromise settlement there's a strong. readiness on the part of western nations not to money for that disaster unless we have some kind of idea that their government is ready to compromise and that's not create yet another horror in the years ahead nevertheless the situation in syria remains volatile especially now with turkey threatening to intervene to invade northern syria out of security concerns as they see the white e.g. syrian kurds that control much of northern syria as a terrorist organization and they have threatened to act we're also seeing sporadic fighting in egypt with the jihad ists joined by rebels there and the syrian arab army clashing from time to time so there is certainly motivation to get things done . we spoke to former you can bust into syria about washington's assertion not to

seek regime change in syria he told us he believes the u.s. plans for the war torn country never changed at all. the americans are being very disingenuous here that might include math their true intentions which remain regime change by all their action by withholding economic support or rebuilding america are trying to prevent the recovery of theory and to install as though they themselves are in the moment and backward jeffrey the pressure envoy who we hope to be a regime which will more can jeep the more congenial more acceptable to others and to through neighbors in other words like that the world through israel the americans are working very hard to put in place the government of huge it of create

artificial creation and who will follow washington and why. story from central america next where several hundred exiled nicaraguans been protesting against that country's president done you know take it. there demanding that media of civil rights stop being repressed thousands nicaraguans of fighting for the coast of greek has since the outbreak of anti-government protests more than three hundred have been killed in six months of civil unrest he wanted terrorist groups have been critical of government raids targeting opposition media rights organizations in the correct q. and a number of other central american countries have faced similar accusations over their human rights records to. cheer the u.s. seems to handle each case differently as little quarter explains next. it's a tale of two central american countries both plagued with somewhat similar

problems corruption violence and government crackdowns. that. the rule of law has not fared so well in either country with one door assen nicaragua both sinking towards the bottom of the list honduras and nicaragua both exemplify a recent regional trend of suppressing the right to protest and using excessive force against demonstrators however hunder us is the only one out of the two that the us seems to have a soft side for don't just take my word for it nicaragua was one of the us is tyrannical trio the spread of tyranny follows a predictable pattern media and opposition parties are silenced the regime unleashes its militants to kidnap torture and execute dissidents but one doris well they're of valuable ally especially after they voted with the us to legitimize to

roussillon as israel's capital the people of hundred. to make that decision and decide we are and the sea and that's right and so we greatly appreciate not just to security. we don't so many. now both nicaragua and honduras crackdown on anti-government protests this year but they've evoked quite different reactions from the u.s. when nicaragua does it it's a threat to the legitimacy of the current administration every does not victim of this violence and intimidation campaign further undermine its retained its legitimacy and one hundred doors cracks down on protesters after a sketchy election well that's a time for people to hold hands and sing kumbaya coming out of the elections. dynasties to egypt's very important if you will come together we start to become

inclusive and we find success but that's words now what about the money the u.s. is shoveling military and economic aid honduras is way sixty eight million tax dollars worth and at the very same time nicaragua is about to be slapped with further sanctions just last week congress passed the nneka act over the latin american countries corruption and human rights violations so two countries with very similar problems but two very different approaches. then the issue of those two countries has been highly. distorted by the mainstream media and by the us government the united states is not concerned about human rights and democracy in fact we know that the u.s. supports seventy three percent of the world's you tater ships but uses human rights . arbitrarily and selectively in order to justify its own

geopolitical ends up of course is a classic example of that where the us ordered the supposed dictatorship for decades and then when there was a popular or revolution by the sandinistas really worked for over ten years supporting culture terror against our country people forget about that you know and those things need to be remembered in the context of the of the situation we're talking about today. now the mexico war or not a feud between democrats or republicans over plans for said war between the united states mexico's lead to threats now of u.s. government shut down double trouble lashed out after he's seeking five billion dollars for his wall to prevent illegal immigration well the other side of this the democrats insist on less than two billion they want a simpler border fence anytime you hear a democrat saying that you can have good border security without a wall write them off as just another politician following the party line time for

us to save billions of dollars a year and have at the same time far greater safety and control for those still not entirely clear what exactly should be built the normally here us mexico border. border security to the people of our country very important the wall is a big factor in border security number one we are for strong border security. speaking for myself consider the wall and moral walls can be scaled over walls can

be tunneled under the wall doesn't stop any bad things from happening it just makes it impossible for the folks on our side to see what's developing and makes it more difficult for them. the president through executive order one three seven six seven directed us to build a wall in the southwest border the wall that we're going to put in here is a wall that we're going to put in here you may be wondering why are we choosing the type of fence that we're choosing the bollard wall that we're going to be putting in place excuse me to safety aspects that a wall provides this type of fence or be this type of ball of walls. if we don't get what we want one way or the other whether it's through you through a military through anything you want to call i will shut down the guy who can have it or not this temper tantrum that he seems to throw will not get him his wall and

it will hurt a lot of people because he will call as a shutdown. that is where putin has castigated the u.s. for threatening to pull out of a crucial nuclear weapons treaty saying it could on balance world security washington announced its potential withdrawal from the cold war era intermediate range nuclear forces treaty in october the comments from the russian leader came during a speech to the country's defense officials. so you are going to be in this was the way it is you will in your social sort of immunity the u.s. leave the i.m.f. a nuclear missile treaty could have serious negative consequences so we can regional and global safety it could collapse the whole architecture of arms control and the nonproliferation of weapons of mass destruction because. putin has focused a lot on this deal and his position has remained unchanged of the united states pulling out of it unilaterally will do

a lot of harm and no good really in fact i should say this correlates with what many other nations have been saying as world because see back in the day when this deal was signed between the united states and then the soviet union it essentially and did the arms race so the world could breathe freely for once and nowadays its main purpose is viewed as this crucial tool of deterrence as this tool of containment of not allowing this called war this arms race to restart this is why we've heard so much concern coming out of europe just a few months ago when the united states only announced their intentions to pull out of the deal because after all europe would then find itself between a rock and a hard place the united states and russia well a lot of putin also says that in fact the united states intentions to pull out of the deal are well based on a false pretext of a listen. as a reason for the unilateral withdrawal from the i.m.f.

the u.s. use the familiar trivial way unsubstantiated accusations of russia violating its obligations under the treaty or the us already violated it themselves and did it a long time ago another reason why washington wants out of the deal is because it binds only the united states and russia and so as washington puts it other nations all other nations in the world are free to pursue their military ambitions and goals unhampered but according to blood i'm a putin this is hardly a problem. and because he doesn't see an issue with inviting other nations to join the deal instead of killing a good document instead of killing a good treaty that works but right now of course it looks like that washington is on its way out and so according to blood i'm a putin russia in that case will have no other choice but to respond and to respond swiftly he said that. the law school won't spend much time developing countermeasures for whatever the united states will have in store for russia then

but the deal is a deal of that aside it wasn't the only thing of course that a lot of important talked about in front of all of those generals he once again reiterated the importance of combating terrorism in syria he also said that developing a nuclear capabilities of russia's military will remain a top priority has well as such things as developing military technology and unmanned warfare capabilities that is in store that is planned this is prioritized for twenty nineteen but all of that russia's president has stressed is only as a deterrent so that as a defensive and not an offensive plan. if he goes down of course follow the next player a feel that a death threat against the two year old daughter of a german turkish lawyer last august prompted an investigation into the police of all people in frankfurt authorities in the german city suspect that a right wing extremist is operating within the forces ranks the probes now

reportedly spread to other forces in the region to the letter was sent by fax and was supposedly signed by the national socialist underground most of germany or nazi terrorist groups uncovered back in twenty eleven the any issues responsible for ten days mostly of immigrants the lawyer says it's quite unusual for her to get threats but she says this time it was different. i receive up to fifty written threats or insults every day and usually i don't care but this time they mentioned my daughter by name and knew her age and my address was also in the fax my personal data is not publicly accessible it can only be obtained by the authorities or more on this said their personal this is a german lawyer of turkish origin as mentioned he represents the victims of far right violence she was involved in a five year long trial of and as you men who were sentenced eventually to life in prison for multiple murders that was in july this year the threats soon started

after that according to local media investigators already found evidence that an officer searched for information on the loire without having any specific reason to do so the dish will probe discovered that a group of officers had exchanged nazi symbols and remarks in chat rooms five of them have now been suspended indeed the case is generally sparked outrage whoever shows right wing extremist ideas propagate xenophobia threats and repulsive violence and uses police instruments for exactions has no business in our police which is firmly grounded in the constitution radicals have no business with the police and they must not be given a pass otherwise the trust the police enjoy in our country will be destroyed an m.p. from germany's left party believes the investigation should be checking all government bodies in the country now. there is probably a right wing cell in what is a frontrunner. and that is very worrying i don't think that right we are missing is only coming from for all sides there are always powered off state structures.

as one of the true dreaded to the right wing ideology i think the government should do more about this stuff should be not cover up or the issue was and real investigation are all indications that state structures are as well and often there's a lot of cover up of the issues. investment by goldman sachs is facing criminal charges i'm a lazy or over the loss of billions of dollars from a state investment fund while the financial services giant says the former left turn and part of the former government of kuala lumpur is to blame claiming it lied to the bank teller bush addressed to gates whether the company will face any consequences here and if they do how lasting they will be. the indictment states goldman sachs not only got ridiculously inflated fees of six hundred million dollars for helping start malaysia's corrupt national wealth fund were in coalition

leader anwar abraham says the wall street bank must be complicit in the whole affair probably the most stunning financial scandal of the decade is the failure of governance and you allow. this one is much a bottom up and they were. complicit to the. international financial institutions and blew a sexual course and then instead of investing it in the nation prosecutors say the funds cash was blown on a five year spending spree from beverly hills mansions to a rare twenty two carat pink diamond seethrough grand piano gift to australian supermodel miranda kerr a quarter of a billion dollars on this three hundred foot mega yacht called the equity and bankrolling hollywood hit the wall of wall street about oh the irony but in crimes on an industrial scale the real question is this was this legal. absolutely the. defendants deny the claims and goldman blames those malaysia crimes on

a few rogue individuals notably goldman's then celebrated star partner in life but at the end of that six five years spending spree in twenty fourteen indictment points out goldman actually promoted him worst liason as guilty plea notes others at the bank helped him conceal bribes what he did even quote very much in line with the culture of goldman sachs that culture thrives thanks to what's called. the revolving door where goldman chiefs worldwide made lawmakers and regulators and vice versa to get elected donald trump railed against goldman as a villain the symbol of the corrupt us establishment but as soon as he got in he filled his team with goldman exacts like gary cohn as chief economic adviser goldman gave cone a living presence pre broyard as senator elizabeth warren dubs it of a quarter of a billion dollars kerry cohen picks out the sacks full of mining goes into government and rewrites the tax laws marriage is to cram it through and pointed

called once again show savvy investor u.s. senators railed at goldman selling ordinary american products they knew would fail them betting on their failure practices that contributed to the two thousand and eight world economic crash then treasury secretary hank paulson nevertheless handed goldman a ten billion dollar bailout paulson just happened to have been yes you guessed it goldman sachs chief the evidence shows that goldman repeatedly put its own interests and profits ahead of the interests of its clients and our communities when the system finally collapsed under the weight of those toxic mortgages goldman profited from the collapse using a fictitious exchange rate in two thousand and one gold magically disappeared greece's debt so it could cheat its way into the e.u. the bank is said to have trials at an eye watering three hundred million dollar fee in fact greece's debt actually rose and was handed to its citizens suffering to

this day the great trick was arranged by this man who infamously said the bank is doing god's work promoted to goldman boss blankfein reportedly met privately with the disgraced merchant at the head of goldman current malaysian malays whole scandal is now spawned a best selling board game clip hopefully to goldman sachs is one of these high level finance capital companies in the us that is very close knit group close to the leaders of power on. both sides of the political aisle if they can get away with what they get away not in states they can certainly get away with it elsewhere what's going on in malaysia is just the tip of an iceberg that's going on everywhere they just haven't been caught any other places it's criminal it's the biggest criminal white white collar criminal event i think. of the last century maybe even greater we are on the verge of a of another crisis here financial crisis that will make the last one pale in

comparison and the goldman sachs and people and businesses like them are at the center of the cause of this and that report ends this politics. up straight from about a vice of course keeping the new with the stories as they happen here in moscow as kevin i was saying by foot. my son doing drugs my nephews was still in drugs my system just with doing drugs it

was like an epidemic of drug abuse america's public enemy number one in the united states is drug abuse he started going after the users in the prison populations we started treating sick people people who are addicted to these drugs like criminals while i was on the hill. with the war on drugs was a mistake there are countless numbers of people who are in prison for. a long sentence in this for whom our own are minor offenders in the drug trade it's a lot watching your children grow up in issue in waves and say by day as you're walking out of the business it's just it doesn't get easy. greetings and salutations. a long time ago last april to be exact the

president of the united states of america one donald trump got up in front of the press the country and the whole wide world and declared quote will be coming out of syria like very soon let the other people take care of it now i want to bring our troops back home i want to start rebuilding our nation. well my friends now less than a year later apparently our plans have changed regarding syria rather drastically because according to the washington post the administration has now switched course saying the troops will stay in syria pending an overall settlement of the syrian war and with a new mission to act as a bold wark against iran's expanding influence well how bout a merry christmas to you to their warmongers yes some four thousand u.s. troops along with multiple bases occupying roughly a third of the entire.