a secret project by u.s. democrats to test online tactics during an election is rebuilding the new york times reports it's claimed they used the methods of an old adversary those much maligned russian bob's. another hits for the trumpet ministration as defense secretary james mattis announces he's stepping down just a day after the u.s. president surprises our allies by saying he's withdrawing troops from syria. and a top journalist from one of germany's most respected publications just spiegel is exposed for fake news for years he's been stripped of several awards for his investigations including c.n.n. journalist of the year twenty four and.

great to have you with us this friday this is r.t. international broadcasting to you live from moscow and the q. and a top story russia's alleged online meddling has surfaced once again but this time moscow can't be blamed the new york times reports that a group of democrats undertook a secret project to test online tactics during an election in the u.s. state of alabama last year by employing methods allegedly used by russia to influence campaigns of investigates. for years the public you me were barash by stories of russian bots on t.v. radio papers daily they told us of malicious programs of evil software soulless slaves puton an existential threat to america take the alabama election

a year ago russian bartz the media reported interfered medaled corrupted on behalf of republican candidates roy moore so surprise a tougher supporting more they both have a deep love of country the countries russia but still. choose for it's pretty alarming when a guy's lives in a fluent russian or speaks fluent russian russian it everywhere year later it's moving closer to the oval office one might wonder why on earth russia would bother with a massive dissin from asian campaign in alabama of all places to fence taliban of both on as juicy a target roy moore himself was clueless about it had no idea why this was happening so as is republican tradition he blamed the democrats for setting him up the

democrat has also tradition change the subject and insulted him maybe more should check with putin who shares his views on depriving people of their civil rights here is where it gets really good the new york times did some digging and found a report titled the alabama project and figured out those weren't putin's bots at all they were faked dressed up to look like russian bots. we orchestrated and a labrat false flag operation that planted the idea that the more campaign was amplified on social media by a russian but that i've seen some dirty stuff and politics all over the world but this this is platinum tear this on is deplorable and the tricks turns out it was all of fake psyop orchestrated by a group of i.t. experts who wanted to help the democrat win by cheating by lying and by

defrauding millions of voters in an attempt to frame the republican as being helped by russia the guy who allegedly financed all of this is billionaire reid hoffman co-founder of linked in and apparently a guy with a really faulty moral compass often comes with the money my experience now here is the kicker and mighty is telling people shouldn't worry it's only one hundred thousand dollars peanuts when it comes to elections whatever world the democrats live in a hundred grand is change joe trippi a season's democratic operative said it was impossible that one hundred thousand dollar operation had an impact on the race journalists no longer report the news they report their opinions same new york times when talking about how alleged

to think russian facebook accounts spend the same money hundred thousand dollars on advertising on a national campaign the disclosure adds to the evidence of the broad scope of the russian influence campaign. so when a democratic group is all but spending a hundred grand on this information on lies framing and defaming someone it's just one hundred grand pocket change but if it's the russians at one hundred thousand dollars becomes an absolute fortune crime against america and god i've always been suspicious that the russian bought in there it was flimsy and was probably made up simply because that's the kind of saying that the democratic party does they make things up in order to create the basis for an

attack on the right wing and on the conservatives this is in the character of the democratic party and in the lack of character i should say and it's it's a criminal element that has taken over the democratic party the mainstream media only talk about things that service that democratic party agenda and it's an agenda that we saw in syria you know it's an agenda that will lead to war it's an agenda that risks nuclear conflict with the two great nuclear powers it's an agenda that needs to be stopped. but trump administration has taken another hit defense secretary james mattis has announced he's stepping down because you have a right to have a secretary of defense whose views of best are aligned with us on these and other subjects i believe it's right for me to step down from my position james mattis has served in the military for over forty years and has been defense secretary from the

start of chimes presidency he supported trumps calls to strengthen the military but was known to disagree with trump on many points including the president's surprise decision to withdraw u.s. troops from syria. well trump decision seems to have been the last straw for the masses and it also seems to have driven a wedge between the u.s. as well with media and establishment figures criticizing the move while ordinary americans strongly supporting it look more paid. promise announcement withdrawing the usa from syria has got the media up in arms the republicans and the democrats are livid they say that the usa is losing out i believe it is a catastrophic mistake the job's not over dangerous premature jeopardize america's mission in theory and her allies makes our country an even bigger laughingstock than it already is that gift it benefits iran the only reason they're not dancing in the into iran and i says kim is they just don't believe in density media's

outrage does not match public opinion polls show that eighty six percent of americans say that us military force should only be used as a last resort now that opinion used to be very common on the opposite side of the political spectrum remember the peace marchers the antiwar movement this is what bernie sanders had to say my main concern terms of the middle east is to make certain that the united states does not get involved in perpetual war in the quagmire of iraq and syria trump made the same announcement last year but forces swiftly moved in to change his mind russian president vladimir putin who sent forces to support the syrian government against the terrorists a big game changer in the conflict he says he's a bit skeptical of trump's announcement would be stupid to you concerning the u.s. withdrawal from syria i don't really know what that means for example the us has been presence in afghanistan for the past seventeen years and almost every year they say that they are withdrawing the troops they are still there now because of

the presence of american troops needed in syria or do you think so let's not forget the presence there was illegitimate it was not agreed either with the un security council nor with the syrian government if the us plans to withdraw that is the right decision while politicians and media from both sides of the political spectrum is voicing outrage trying to move is at least complying with international law now let's see if he sticks to his guns this time. r.t. new york former u.s. congressman ron paul thinks diplomacy must be implemented in this case. prompt although he has his ups and downs i think that he has taken a good position he said he wanted to get out of out of syria and he said in the campaign he said. isis is not a threat there and that it's time to come home and i just wanted to be complete yes move the troops out are couple thousand troops but i want to make sure that you know the cia's out in the special forces are out and that we don't use sanctions

and that we move in that direction where we just have hands off and deal with diplomacy and getting along with people but in that philosophy that i just spoke it also means though for in a way our problem is if we dominate and militarize a country then we finance all that and if we converted into friendship then we send them millions of dollars because we still own you so we still should be concerned it's great to do troops are leaving and as i mentioned as we began that i wanted to be more inclusive you know i would not say we're going to remove two thousand troops because we've been in a many many countries we continue to be in countries but we start off with our cia agents and we start off with special forces we start off with interfering with sanctions and we just. we don't need any of that if we're noninterventionist and we just want friendship and trade you don't spend that money because it gets us into trouble. invention and deception in germany where

a top journalists from the respected to speak all newspaper has been sacked for making up stories. donald course a has that. when it comes to trustworthy journalism the mainstream media might tell you there is no alternative. to. meet one of their poster boys of honesty class for lotus work for one of germany's most respected newsmagazines der spiegel he was even named c.n.n. journalist of the year back in two thousand and fourteen for a story about prison inmate care the report takes to put it to an interesting approach to a major social problem. if you look who paints pictures in the reader's mind that unfold like

a few well an acting career might have been better suited for real odious because the paragon of modern journalism seems to have faked his way through his seven year career of the sixty articles we know der spiegel published reloading us admitted fourteen contained fake news and a story about a young syrian boy he made up quotes and locations the tale of a guantanamo bay prison or a complete fabrication it was only after his colleague revealed his doubts over a story they were working on together about the us mexican border that the truth came out the first there were just like little mistakes that i paid attention to things that seemed suspicious a vigilante group that doesn't allow you to take pictures of them but they tell you unbelievable stuff even admit to their crimes like that they detained mexicans and crossed the mexican border with weapons were no went through the ringer with his managers trying to bring his doubts forward imagine challenging the legitimacy of

an award winning western journalist praised by c.n.n. itself and if you're thinking this is a glitch in the mainstream media think again all these outlets have parted with journalists after they fabricated stories some more award winning journalists but awards in journalism are a whole other matter take journalist. he faked his own death with the help of the ukrainian secret service attempting to pin the blame on russia for an assassination it was a calculated deliberate international terrorist crime that can't go with killed due to his professional activities he was only working on things that were critical and investigative of russia. that is it was one of the biggest fake news stories of the year but he was even given the time award for journalistic bravery if the mainstream. media and service you should question less you might want to take a second to question more donald corder r.t.

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insult us we cannot turn to the police as they might deported us. bush's view on the wealth on domestic affairs in focus off the break as we bring you the highlights from president putin fended here he went to.

most people think just stand out in this business you need to be the first one on top of the story or the person with the loudest voice of the biggest race in truth to stand out of the news business you just need as the right questions demand the right answer. questions. welcome back some russia's economy and education to possible nuclear war and world domination president putin fielded a wide array of questions from journalists journalists fortieth annual q.

and a with the media well we've gathered some of the key moments from their beds. as. the u.s. is now leaving the i.n.f. treaty what's going to happen so it's hard to imagine what is the rockets are located in europe what should we do of course we will have to ensure our security with concrete steps that we will let them not say later that we are trying to get an advantage we're not trying to get some advantage but merely to seek your balance to ensure a security. concern in the u.s. withdrawal from syria i don't really know what that means for example the us has been present in afghanistan for the past seventeen years and almost every year they say that they are withdrawing their troops but they are still there now and what is

the presence of american troops needed in syria i don't think so but let's not forget that presence there is illegitimate but it was not agreed on before neither with the u.n. security council nor with the syrian regime so if the u.s. plans to withdraw is the right decision. they will block just tell me this is the case between us and the rest of ukraine that's going to russia you know if it was done by the ukrainian authorities they have been forced. a full economic blockade of the territory they consider their own they shoot at those people they consider their own citizens almost every day civilians die though we provide humanitarian support for those living nationally but only not to let those people starve to death. because she was assassinated everyone knows that there is evidence script is a lie however there are sanctions against russia and complete silence in the case

of saudi arabia is that what this politicized russia phobic approach is just another reason to attack the russian if it was not script help all they would have thought of something else this is obvious to me and the aim is one to hold workers growth at any cost. in my view. relations are at a stalemate it is in the interests of both of our countries to get out of this stalemate are we interested in the stalling our relations with the u.k. yes we are and so is the u.k. . many western politicians experts and even ordinary people see russia as a threat they even think that you want to rule the world of course i do i just want to know if you really want this was a real of your foreign policy. concerning ruling the world we know where the headquarters are located of those who want to do this and it's not in moscow you can connect this to defense spending the u.s. spends over seven hundred billion dollars on all russia only forty six billion of

them in about all do you really think that our aim is to rule the world with the us that this is just a cliche that's being imposed by the west in order to resolve their own domestic problem but in the. ok that was in it is when will you marry whom and whom. you know these are two different questions are you married. yes so he is married and wants me to suffer the same. first of all do they cannot and then they said my flesh was bothering with the russian flag cannot be there any way i want to refer to kipling who said when everyone is then the great game is finished the the great there will be a meeting whenever i'm all done this is a question about how i think it should be the next one of us in the year how's your health. you would not see me off. but despite spending several hours with hundreds

of journalists lot of a person wasn't quite finished a teenage russian girl who's registered blind and hopes to be a top reporter herself met the country's leader afterwards. hello how are you. hello if. you i would like to ask you some questions did you always dream of becoming president or before you wanted to be for example an astronaut you could. honestly i never dreamed of becoming president and i had no intention this happened by chance. probably at first it was very difficult for you can you describe your first days as president. yes it wasn't easy these were very difficult years for the country as a whole we were balancing with survival there was a very difficult situation with the economy and security as well complete last what

was your most memorable day as president. it is very difficult to say but we just talked about this at a big press conference the most striking events of this year with the presidential election on the world cup how do you make a wish i mean you're. used to yes this wish was a secret but i can share it with you i wish all our wishes will come true may attach to you of course. you are very handsome. thank you very much. donald trump has agreed to shut his personal charity down amid allegations that he used it as a piggy bank for his presidential campaign and business affair with the new york attorney general is that the move was a victory for the rule of law however the president isn't the only person who's charset well organization has drawn negative attention.

john in a letter there i was shooting arabia giving twenty five million dollars guitar for all of these countries. which he leaks at a time to julian assange has welcomed visitors to the ecuadorian embassy in london

for the first time in hall for a year to german and pays met with the whistleblower to express their solidarity and hopes of finding a legal solution to his situation unnecessary and i picks up the story m.p.'s from the german bund to stop and its committee on foreign affairs who also had a letter in support of we q leaks founder julian assange signed by dozens of m p's have been visiting him here at the ecuadorian embassy in the british capital they are demanding that the u.k. provide assurances that the song would be able to leave this embassy without being extradited to the u.s. they see the next step in this ever lasting case is the responsibility of the united kingdom united kingdom has to take the measures now. to bring you the solution which is in the frame of international law and not in the. frame off the u.s. administration who is against international law and against actually the us war i

mean against the first amendment they are taking measures like the protection of journalists and freedom of speech and the freedom of press so we have to actually protect them from themselves not to a violate the first amendment julian assange just father also visited him here on thursday saying he did not find his son in the best of conditions but will says declining as you would expect a few. stray. court cases. show more strict this is turning. to a communication snow job for. my friend. the lawyer. the m.p.'s visiting from berlin have demanded that the international community listen up to the united nations ruling that has now quite

a long time ago found that julian assange has detention is arbitrary united kingdom government tried to appeal the un decision and but they lost and still they are not accepting and. accepting this un decision and this has to be stopped they have to i mean it's a member of the united nations it's a have a seat in the security council and in my point of view you can't united king that is dead to exact and respect the international law and international rights of someone over who likes to you know staunch ecuadorian officials have lately been increasingly indicating that the wiki leaks founder has outstayed his welcome behind these walls while the sunshine spent the last six. here's here fearing that if you leave the premises he will be extradited to do you worse and prosecuted for

his work as we cue weeks publisher released information that washington would rather have kept under wraps reporting from london. meanwhile a journalist who has been a long time media partner for wiki leaks has won a freedom of information act appeal the ruling requires the london metropolitan police to turn over any correspondence they may have between u.k. and u.s. authorities regarding three wiki leaks journalists journalists lawyers still to hand spoke to r.t. about the ruling. tribune or decision is a very important decision for journalists the key point that it's clarifies is that the journalist can use freedom of information legislation which in the u.k. entitles access to documents held by public bodies that journalists can use to obtain personal information about individuals where they have those individuals consent. that was being argued by the metropolitan police not to be correct

they were suggesting that the individuals themselves had to make their own requests on the data protection that just station so the metropolitan police has being required by the tribe you know to confirm or deny whether it holds the request to didn't from a ship and within twenty eight days they then have to go on to provide any information that they hold all they have to explain using freedom of information laws why they are not able to provide it. thanks for joining us on our national this out we're back with the latest in thirty minutes see them.

all in welcome to crossfire all things were considered peter lavelle long ago the political left are the guardians of free speech along with the big tech to the left today has gone from protecting speech forcing speech even to the point of penalizing you if you say the wrong thing in public you could lose your job and libel you're welcome to the era of simply shut up and not. talking in forced speech i'm joined by my guest emanuel galban paris she is a french lawyer in new york we.