more than one and a half million people have signed an online petition. against the french. climate change. to the naming and shaming of russia. in connection with allegations of spreading and disintegration. and a scandal of a russian town after the children of. only five kids with.

a merry christmas from moscow and. international is just. with me. welcome to the program an online petition has been launched. by environmental groups calling for the french government to be. in action on climate change more than one point six million people have already signed it. grants correspondent. it was people to sign this petition. well it seems the president. under his christmas tree own christmas day this petition backed by four. charities here in france which is calling for the french state to be. on climate change and it's not just go on and move the one point six million signatures it's also being backed by french celebrities. we are

simply going to sue the french state actions regarding climate change and we're trying to force a state address to clear reduce emissions. another headache perhaps a president who's already been having a difficult few weeks as the yellow press protests continue they've been going on now for more than six weeks some of the weekends here in paris have seen would have been described as the worst rights in more than half a century now they all started six weeks ago on nov seventeenth over plans to increase a tax on fuel here in france now that led to president trump in the u.s. to mock president over that saying it was probably a good idea that he in the usa had pulled out of the paris climate to quote. the paris agreement isn't working out so well for paris protests and riots all over france people do not want to be large sums of money much to third world countries

there are questionably run in order to maybe protect the environment chanting we want trump law france. the international community remains committed to the fight against climate change france and europe must show the way the fight goes on. well that tweet just came not long after president actually gave into the protesters gave them concessions including deciding to scrap that plan increase on fuel tax now the yellow vest protesters haven't been totally a piece by that and it seems the president has angered environmentalist by making that decision many people saying you called sit on the fence when it comes to climate change how can you scrap a fuel tax which is meant to be used for money to improve the environment and say at the same time that you're fighting to protect the environment and all of this comes as president michael has seen his poll ratings dip below thirty percent this

year sometimes as low as eighteen percent although it's been creeping up just slightly over the last week it seems to many people president mccone is certainly not all men are nice this year he is only new to list. reporting from paris like charlotte. british newspaper the times has named and shamed star fighting russian media outlets offices in the u.k. after an m.p. accused the organization of spreading interest information the hounding of the outlets journalists though has been met with indifference by media protection groups. and initially it was it was a bit of a shock on the other hand it's kind of hardly surprising given the anti russian sentiment there is you know travel in or you key newspapers just say but it's yeah it's not nice to see your picture up there with your name except under the headline of being part of

a crime when stooge but as i say you know it's very much part of what's going on just saying you key the sunday times has been so thorough in its reporting of the threat of so-called russian descent from ation that its latest story about the russian funded radio stations putin it which has a bureau in edinburgh carries the photographs of the journalists that work there labels them kremlin stooges and quotes a politician who suggests that their assets should be frozen i would good for school harassment i think putting the pictures the hotel graphs of people who work with the on a in a newspaper like that i think is tantamount to almost it might put those people's lives in danger i'm a member of the national journalists and are we right into my unit in the new year to ask what do you need is planning to do about these journalists working for russian media organizations here in the u.k. have had to develop a thick skin over the past few years as tensions between london and moscow have heightened articles calling for outlets like r.t.

and sputnik to be banned have become a regular occurrence but recently the big papers have gone a step further and they started singling out the journalists working for russian media outlets this is the london bureau chief for russia's channel one more series of last month he did. i'm filming outside the gates of a british military base for a story about the british army's cyber warfare unit aimed at fighting so-called russian propaganda he didn't break any laws gave his press credentials to all the security guards he met and left several weeks later the u.k.'s daily mail newspaper printed his personal details and accused him of being a spy the story was reprinted by a plethora of papers it ratcheted up so much that the u.k.'s defense secretary issued a statement for citizens to stay vigilant and. we sent an inquiry to the defense

ministry there's a form on their website but we didn't get any response filming near the base is not a legal it's a public area of public land you don't need permission to film there you need permission to get inside talk to the stuff we didn't record our interaction with the security personnel we didn't try to penetrate the base the b.b.c. correspondent did the exact same thing as us it was broadcast and no one thinks of punishing him there's nothing illegal and you don't even have to work for the russian media to find yourself in hot water just expressing views that the mainstream is enough to be labelled a kremlin stooge putin's poor or useful idiot in the information war nowadays you have extreme language and if you find someone with an opinion which you object to and you don't agree with you then abused him or her by causing by causing them a stooge or to use the famous explosion about lennon there were useful

idiots the sputnik story isn't the first time the sunday times has used the naming and shaming tactic back in october the paper took aim at the tongue in cheek i see why in my you tube channel which is funded like r.t. by russian taxpayers and fronted by yours truly the paper didn't shy away from printing my photos. graf and labeled the project the blue peter of russian propaganda the times didn't request a comment from r.t. or myself it seems that naming and shaming doesn't carry a right of reply r.t.r. several media organizations to comment on what's happened among them the international federation of journalists the international press institute and the s. and well you know when we get a response. german magazine der spiegel says it's reporting one of its former top journalists to the police over allegations he stole

donations made to people who featured in his articles class real o.t.'s is already mired in scandal after he admitted last week to fabricating over a dozen stories that spiegel has since sacked the award winning writer it suspects he may have faked more stories than he's owned up to. now one man who's popularized the term fake news is donald trump is a look back at some of the biggest. media you are fake the level of dishonesty you said to. me. i realized. how fake. the risk can be very. that one trumps famous catchphrase fake news has dominated the headlines ever since he first uttered it why does it drive his detractors so crazy well some would argue that it's true false information and deceptive reporting seems to be everywhere let's review some of the fake news of

twenty eighteen. well one of the most outrageous examples was the cover of time magazine it depicted a sobbing toddler representing donald trump's policy of separating immigrant children from their parents however it turns out that the girl in the photograph was not separated from her mother. who was not separated from her mother but yeah she's the face of this immigration problem and she has helped create awareness. but let's go through some other examples now folks had a good laugh when it was revealed that the washington post that actually cited the satirical publication known as click call when reporting on the fact that british people were trying to make the song american idiot by green day go through the charts when donald trump was visiting the country and in other instances we've seen journalists just straight up making things up. for example

a reporter for the web scene known as mike claimed that maria know who's just pled guilty to charges of being an unregistered lobbyist for russia was in a meeting at the oval office i thought this was a photo show but it's not this is my review. of the in the russian spy on me in the oval office with. turned out that she was wrong the person in the photograph was actually a national security council staffer but in the journalist defense they both do have red hair and we all know that all of us gingers look the same. how about a paper on canine rape culture in dog parks or a feminist rewrite of hitler's my struggle it turns out that this year fake news was used to make a political point people were submitting fake research in order to expose what they believed was a bias in aca damia some of the fake research got through. and

one trend we saw throughout the year was fact checkers retracting their fact checks what could be more embarrassing those who claim they are stopping the spreading misinformation actually spreading misinformation themselves and admitting to it based on what we've seen throughout the year it seems pretty clear that fake news will be well alive in twenty nineteen. r.t. new york. for some respite from the fake news shenanigans as it's early morning on christmas day at the white house now and if he's not sleeping all playing on twitter he might even be opening his presence.

holloa. teach each. grade on a plate. of christmas chair on. may christmas and happy holidays. as the world celebrates christmas festive souls

are in. some have a slightly different ring to them with lyrics and carry and less traditional message like this parody a remake of carol of the bells which has attracted thousands of views online. you. certainly. have never heard joe before christmas classics have had a hard time lately for example the song baby it's cold outside was banned by some radio stations as sexist the popular jingle bells has been slammed as racist while we tell thread nosed reindeer is apparently a bully t.v. host and political commentator steve malzberg things the remake of kalak the battles we just heard makes a valid point. man who will. listen

to. the subject i thought it was brilliantly done it address the problem that we really have to address in this country here in the united states and it did it in a satirical fashion ironically enough maybe some people will be offended that they took that christmas song and chose it for their of their music and to do their parody none the less it addressed every one of the problems going on on our universities or college campuses today it address the safe spaces that the college students are given because they can't take it they addressed capitalism being taught is evil gender that you can't assume somebody is gender freedom of speech freedom of thought it's all encompassed in this parody and i think it was

brilliantly done. speaking of political correctness we discuss whether children hugging relatives at this holiday time because send the wrong message in a moment to our guests in america. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy. let it be an arms race. spearing dramatic development only really. i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical. to sit down and talk. the greek

riots occupy wall street arab spring these are the beginnings. of the protests across europe today it was all connected it's all based on the exact same concept of bankers printing too much money creating this welton income gap and it's a delayed or deferred riot you know it's true that the violence was baked into the cake and now leaders like black hole are getting their just desserts. welcome back to the program a scandal that's hit a russian town after the children of lawmakers trouble to turkey using money donated to a charity for kids with severe illnesses but data never picks up the story a group of children from the russian town of clinton say five hundred kilometers

from moscow went on a trip to turkey the journey was organized by a charity foundation which helps children with severe illnesses and those caught up in difficult ill. situations it to be about these go to the consumer. who are in the mood with them at the who contributes conclude or to give of their form dream a new car out of a well turns out some of those children work kids city officials local media discovered a video where the town's top officials try to explain why this happened went viral but you cannot you cannot mean you threw out that they needed to go to the clinic we need to do. it with you. or you could. do it but you might do seem to work but you could be dishing it gets even better or rather wars the mayor's daughter was also among the lucky ones to go to russians were outraged and many of them went on social media to vent their fury these super arrogant officials are

fully confident in their impunity they must be fired a government official is a duty not a privilege. our officials are the neediest people in our country the poorest. but it's not just ordinary citizens who are up in arms officials have also come out strongly against of the incident calling it a moral and noxious after this scandal erupted they had of the city administration explained that the children of local officials work as volunteers and some of them are gifted members of society. talented children they are volunteers this world and it was the year of volunteers there was a special meeting where the candidates were chosen just as the formed to do they had of the charity foundation says there were no violations you ring the selection process she now plans an official complaint against the local media but the flames

of a scandal have already been lit the governor of the regions as he will investigate what happened and as for the local official who loved one being asked about the consequences the woman who put it in your book because of what you do not want to make your first phone. well we've learnt that you no longer works there. stock markets in the u.s. close christmassy the lowest in decades for that day after present. at the federal reserve system the only problem our economy has is the food they don't have a feel for the market they don't understand this is three trade wars or strong dollars or even democrat shutdowns over borders. following this statement from donald trump and rumors started circulating that he might even sack the head of federal reserve bank sharon powell despite hanna picking him as the chairman a year ago would require congressional approval to fire power but the news was

enough to drive the markets further down in a bid to reassure investors after one of the worst weeks in a decade the treasury minister made was calling emergency phone calls to the heads of the six largest banks. jeffrey tucker editorial director of the american institute for economic research things in order to avoid a crisis u.s. trade policy among other issues should be significantly changed this is actually a very bearish sign about our economic prospects in the future and that's why people are talking about a coming recession the economy is still strong on paper if you look at the data is strong but the job of the stock market is not to read the existing data which is always about the past the job of the stock market is to anticipate the future that hasn't yet unfolded it hasn't done damage yet but but we're in a very critical moment right now things can change right now and we can reverse

course so there's still time tom can reverse this today if he gets rid of his steel tariffs and there's aluminum tariffs and makes peace with china and starts believing in real free trade. in the u.s. and one in paris to not to encourage their children to hug gas this christmas the organization says this could pressure girls into showing other types of physical affection instead the child herself should decide whether to give a hug psychologist. says learning about consent to early on is. sadly we know that some adults prey on children and teaching your daughter by consent early on can help her understand her rights know when lines have been crossed and want to go to you for help us girl scouts were founded in nineteen twelve the group called itself a leadership development organization promoting confidence courage and character to

discuss its latest advice we spoke with conservative media personality cheerleader and women's rights advocate reese everson. if you don't teach a child early on that they are in control of their bodies and that they are in control of their boundaries then there are subject to later on not be able to set healthy boundaries i think that this is all about communication and that's the key if parents are having the age appropriate conversations with their children that are well documented and data driven then they shouldn't have to have any sorts of concerns for thirty percent of the sexual abuse that happens to a child happens by a family member so here's the fact of the matter children are often not the around people that we would like to think are healthy people unfortunately we don't always know as adults what the appetite a person may have for a child in a sexual situation these conversations need to be taking long before any gifts are exchanged and any expectation is made i'm not saying that anyone should be

lackadaisical about the cues that children are taking but it is a balance and it is something that is really important and we're not going to solve it by telling our arts little girl on christmas day that she doesn't have to say thank you to grandma for her gift i just don't think that that's that's when we present that as a solution we're missing out on what is really happening here in my opinion or putting children at greater danger fortunately most times when a person is being molested the parents have no idea if the grandfather uncle is molesting them and so it the onus is on the parents to be aware cognizant of what the child is communicating to you as a parent have determined that these people are safe for your child to be around that the child this taught respect and manners and respect of elders and whatever whatever the appropriate response is for that child in that moment because some children have a natural bent toward inward and we need to teach our children to be. parents don't always know when a person is a safe person or not and we can't teach girls to put grace before being able to

protect and said healthy boundaries no one saying that we should respect for elders . for protecting our children but again if you decide only to protect your child on a holiday when they're already exposed to this relative that there are uncomfortable around the mistake has already made us all this i'll be back with more headlines and around thirty minutes but first up is the kaiser report.

join me every thursday on the alex sullivan show and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics or business i'm show business i'll see you then. manufacture consent to the public well. when the ruling class isn't protect themselves. with the flaming. lips and be the one. making the middle of the room sick really. really

. i am max kaiser this is the kaiser report santa didn't bring me nothing santa is on my black list now santa's air travel. yes it's christmas day a great part of the world celebrates this as some sort of holiday i were my reindeer shirt and that's not a reindeer that's bambi there's a random deer in the forest on rudolph or reindeers or christmas events that's alive that's fake news fake news from the forest that's a close as i can get and this is my closest i can get to tinsel it looks like my tinsel jacket and that is what i'm wearing for you know we had began twenty eighteen with the stock market in the first six months of the year and nine months

of the year really were on here they went up and up and up and up and many millennial zx were showing their robin-hood at screens showing how much money they were making also at the beginning of last year you had a lot of bitcoin bros and when lamb bows and to the moon sorenson the bitcoin space who are like you know we're driving our lembo is and we're so rich well the end of the year hasn't been so kind to them i want to go through some of these screen grabs here from the millennial is that the beginning there who are sharing their portfolios being up these are some pretty dramatic yolo year of living you only live once say you've been dangerously gentlemen it's been a pleasure to yolo with you this guy shows this portfolio is down to four dollars and eighty one cents from thirty thousand six hundred ninety five dollars that's

down ninety nine point nine eight. and this guy gentlemen is been a pleasure to yellow with you forty six dollars and seven cents and his started at sixty thousand three hundred sixty one dollars down ninety nine point nine two percent well this is the magic of capitalism because the capital that greases the wheels of capitalism comes from the losers that's the beauty of it you know you need to have because a losers. then that money is redeployed into the economy that that's the magic works that's where the money should come from not from money printing and that's been part of our problem is that on the social side everybody wants to say everybody is a winner all children when they're raised all you know people are as good and as great as everybody else and the fact is. as you said you need many many losers for the few winners that come out of these markets but this of course should bring some of the styles are to you because this is. a day.