really needs attention if. you want to make sure that the quality is not just a slogan of misery but it also is associated with the rise in the struggle to believe how can you have a rise in the standard. by having people who are rich or saving and investing. roldan in increasing the size of the national park so that you can distribute to everything. the u.s. president and special counsel robert miller offer one summer same page with both blasting a bombshell buzz feed reports on alleged wrongdoing by donald trump. an american born journalist working for a rainy and state t.v. is detained in the new way as a material witness of an undisclosed investigation

a friend of the president has told r.t. she thinks three new trouble by the move she is an american down the left and she's been detained without charge without information so it's truly a very concerning. gary and police arrest of portuguese man who is accused of computer hacking and have any links to the whistleblower web site football league. very good morning to you you're watching r.t. international with me. our top story this hour donald trump has firmly rejected a new report by buzz feed news which claims the u.s. president instructed his former lawyer to lie to congress about his business dealings in russia the latest denial was also occurred by the white house press secretary who dismissed the allegation as observe it. that's absolutely ridiculous

i think that the president's outside counsel addressed this best and said in a statement earlier today this categorically false the buzz feed's report on what's michael cohen allegedly told special counsel miller's investigation into election meddling has caused a sensation in the media it was branded a bombshell assoc owens immediately led to talk of the impeachment of president trump is facing new scrutiny today over a report that he told his personal attorney to lie to congress about his business dealings with russia we have breaking news tonight on the russia investigation here's what buzz feed news is reporting on tonight's bombshell report coming from buzz feed news president trump directed his attorney to lie to congress about the moscow tower project congressional democrats calling for an immediate investigation declaring the trial must be impeached if the story is true as for the credibility of the reports the special counsel's office has taken the unusual step of speaking

out characterizing buzz feed's reports as. our correspondent in washington done cohen takes up the story buzz feed news released a major report alleging that u.s. president donald trump has received ten personal updates from michael cohen and encouraged to plan meetings with russian president vladimir putin. president donald trump directed his longtime attorney michael cohen to lie to congress according to two federal law enforcement officials involved in an investigation of the matter and even as trump told the public he had no business deals with russia the sources said trump and his children if the and donald trump jr received regular detailed updates about the real estate development from cohen whom they put in charge of the project and the two journalists wrote in their article that they didn't actually see the court documents or any evidence that they base their reporting on rather

they were briefed by two anonymous law enforcement officials and jason leopold that one of the authors of this buzz feed article has a history of fabricating sources regarding the cohen story today leopold told m s n b c that he had actually seen the evidence showing that trump instructed michael cohen to lie to congress and it's a total contradiction to what's written in the article and what his co-author has said i don't think that we've had that we haven't seen that but i will say that i'm very confident that your colleague said on c.n.n. this morning that you were briefed on these documents we've been i did say that we we've seen documents we've been briefed on documents and we're very confident in our reporting buzz feed has problems all the way around not to mention the people who actually write for it the authors have real credibility problems they can't get their story straight and their sources whatever those are named an unknown which we've gotten used to in this country as being credible so maybe this is been

manufactured to give some interest and relevance to to to that continued testimony by this perjurer by this liar by this guy you can't form a sentence in the english language without indicting him selfe over it i'm at a loss as to the excitement over this there's there's no there there on top of which the president through his counsel denies it flatly. so you know if there's evidence it's hard to say that you deny something if there's evidence for it did journalism it's groups of people who slap together a web site you get people who are paid to report who are wrong including one of these fellows who has been urry pitted les wrong and who perhaps allegedly his own may call into question his veracity and nothing's ever done you have a new it's a journalistic force and sachems of the american people who don't care whether this story is true they like the story because it makes trump look bad and if the story

makes trump look bad they like it we've seen some democrats promise that they will investigate the report calling the allegations against trump quote among the most serious to date some have even gone so far as to call for president trump's impeachment so we'll have to see how this one pans out. meanwhile donald trump has said he will make a major announcement on the partial u.s. government shutdown and sounds as a he's been at loggerheads with democrats over his plans for a controversial border wall with mexico which so far has been unable to secure funding for the crisis in washington has even led house speaker nancy pelosi to call on the president to postpone his state of the union address that's all trunks respond in typical fashion.

i'm not denying the pattern rob was saying let's get a date when government is open let's pay the employees maybe he thinks it's ok not to pay people who do work i don't and my caucus doesn't either. due to the shutdown i am sorry to inform you that your trip to russia egypt and afghanistan has been a suppose we reschedule this seven day excursion when the shutdown is over. i am sure you would agree postponing this public relations event is totally appropriate i also feel that during this period it would be better if you were in washington to go shooting with me obviously if you would like to make your journey by flying commercial that would certainly be your prerogative.

if you wish you except even. a wall one for his buddies you know to be open. like. that if. i find out. the old with. an american born journalist who works as a presenter on iranian state t.v. has been arrested in the u.s. as a material witness in an undisclosed case a court order revealed on friday that although she had been detained she's not been charged with a crime. the

ocean seems ok. she was not happy with the soft bed certain badger was touching the little stature of its fortunes but not the. head staff had been hold against her will. we are concerned by the arrest of a journalist for iranians say to the mercy of the shamy whether she's being targeted either of a documentary work about black lives matter or as a retaliates reaction in response to the iranian government's detention of american citizens by the case would be an agrarian violation of democratic norms we have serious concerns about a credential and urged american authorities to clarify the situation.

and she is a famous tremendous she's done nothing but journalism and the better us open mrs bush to me is very very beautiful. freedom of expression a political abuse of the job an innocent individual that. i believe united states should be to be immediately with us for the debate. r.t. how spoken exclusively to a close friend of the jailed iranian t.v. anchor she shared her concerns about the conditions of mazar has semi's custody and the legality of her detention. the only information and contact the family have had with matters here is a telephone call to her daughter on tuesday where they received information from him as he told her daughter that she had her job she is a muslim woman who was his job

a veil covering such as will time wearing at the moment that was taken off against her will the mug shot was taken without her job on that she was given only a short sleeved t. shirt in contravention to her own islamic dress code her that she that she was and that she had to gain another t. shirt just to be able to cover some of her hair she also told her daughter that she wasn't in absence given adequate food because she was not given allow muslim option or a vegetarian option on tuesday the only conversation they've had with her she told her daughter that she only been able to eat a cracker or some bread that came with that food since being detained if they had questions about four miles here in regards to an issue she would have all of them that is what her son has said look children have been subpoenaed as well and they have no idea why you can imagine how worried they are for their mother and how nervous they are about the situation is an internationally known journalist and

she's been a journalist for many decades she is an american journalist and she has been detained without charge without information so it's truly very concerning according to the court order which was issued by u.s. district court in washington d.c. and shami must testify before a grand jury investigation after that she will be released however many are still concerned by the detention including a number of human rights groups. there's a grand jury investigation nobody knows what it's about and she's being held as a material witness which means that she's not the person accused but they think that she knows something about a crime a felony a very serious crime and it's serious enough that a judge has authorized her arrest so whatever is happening it is under the supervision of the judge what's disturbing is that two of her children were also

subpoenaed to testify before the grand jury here in washington d.c. so what could she possibly have been involved in that her children also would know about the rights to do journalistic walk for whichever outlet she chooses to do in any part of the world that she chooses to and she also has the right to travel freely as a journalist and as a citizen throughout the united states that she's a journalist unless we're saying now donald trump's america journalism is a crime you know i have no other answer to that that the children the i.f.j. cat all the organizations they all scream for information as to why she is being detained is something very dark going on in the united states at the moment you know there's islamophobia there's this anti iran sentiment there's this anti media anti journalism sentiment unprecedented times in the united states and i said that my friend i'm a journalist and she is a fiery journalist as has been victim to that and it's unacceptable and the lack of

information is unacceptable and the family is demanding to know what is going on with their mother their grandmother that aren't you know she is a sister she was traveling to the united states to. see her ailing brother she has the right to do so without fearing to tension taking an internal flight. to france now were a visit by president emmanuel necron to a town in the southwest has triggered anti-government protests and fierce clashes between. police and demonstrators was that it was. her feet. and i mean it was you know it was in the was in my own mccrone met with around six hundred frenchman's as he seeks to appease the yellow vest movements the

town where the protest took place had been put on lockdown ahead of the french president's visit. meanwhile france is bracing for a tense consecutive weekend of yellow vests demonstrations they were first triggered by a proposed fuel price to hike spike in november as well as a general decline in living standards and quickly snowballed into a nationwide protest campaign. which. is the right one and we're not going to change it just because the wind is poor weak. nuclear power will not concede anything to those who want destruction and disorder was moved. to sleep take my share of responsibility

think of such. think of and french teachers have also been joining the protests they have in fact start now started calling themselves the red pen movements they're campaigning against funding cuts for schools we caught up with a spokesperson for the group. the red pens are a movement which was born spontaneously about a month ago is a movement of teachers furious about working conditions about our salaries and about gaining recognition of the needs of our profession. not our profession hasn't been thought about in the last forty years our salaries have fallen by forty percent it's a big problem and we're not being listened to they decide to put money elsewhere when what we need is investment in schools because we're motoring future generations. we're not just complaining we're here to claim what we deserve we're

proud of our profession and we want to be paid accordingly for what we do and to be treated better given what we do we want fewer people in each class that would be a step forward with it we were born as a result of the yellow vest movement we were inspired by this popular movement against the government but we're different as we're specifically defending our profession i don't want to say that we're opposed to their claims but we're more concerned with fighting for our rights as education professionals. is your movement infiltrated by the russians. more enough this movement is new but the grievances and demands are very old so no you don't need russia for that. still to come this hour the chinese telecoms giant weiwei could be locked out of germany's five gene. but it is house for you after the break.

please. i've been saying the numbers mean something they matter the u.s. has over one trillion dollars in debt more than ten like color time stamped each day. eighty five percent of global wealth you long for the ultra rich eight point six percent market saw thirty percent just last year some with four hundred to five hundred trade per circuit first chicken and big one rose to twenty thousand dollars

. china's building two point one billion dollars a i industrial park but don't let the numbers overwhelm. the only numbers you need to remember in one one business show you can afford to miss the one and only. welcome back as the backlash against huawei grows that germany has now joined the list of western countries considering locking a company out of its five g. mobile network the chinese telecoms telecoms giant has been embroiled in control of the cia and accused of spying on behalf of beijing boyko delves deeper. huawei if you think owning one of these suspicious new cheap chinese phones is risky in case you missed this drive working for the company that makes the. chinese tech giant

huawei which is mandarin for wear definitely not spying on you ernest is finding itself under a spot of pressure for a nations also known as western competitor to is accused of having links to the chinese state and of putting back door was first spying into all of its products it's more of a hunch than an evidence based conclusion but that is enough chinese phones are also different to their western made counterparts because that cheap and they may be spying on you as a pirate started fern's which are expensive and definitely spying on you most worried all the five eyes nations the international spy services which is but one top american. of the anglophone world will know one way is well ahead in developing and selling its five g. network five g.'s the network and the future it will allow your bathrooms scales to directly tell your fridge who's been eating all the pies as one of the internet of things and it will probably be in charge the first time a driverless car is down

a group of koreans because of the potential for espionage the f.b.i. director even said that chinese are in a ship of five g. networks present to us via the use q what looks suspiciously like politically motivated arrests market manipulation and unproven accusations and to protect those who are nothing like a good old pudge to protect free markets and the rule of law is chief financial officer was the first to go arrested in canada at the request of the washington apparently for breaching sanctions on iran which is such a political double whammy for america next hour while away employee was arrested in poland on espionage charges and chinese five g. networks could soon be vanden britain australia has already started china called it western egotism and double standard. which i'm going to say you can have a certain sympathy for western governments are no fans of uncertainty they need to know exactly who's doing the spy in facebook google or and running foreign

competitors from your home market that's not bad for the bank balance either. police in hungary have arrested a portuguese man who's suspected of computer hacking and having links to the website for leaks portuguese authorities are now seeking the extradition of the thirty year old who stands accused of attempted blackmail and data theft artie's a ski house the story. if you haven't been holed up in your room for seven years you will of course have heard about the weekly leaks and julian assange but since twenty fifteen the planet's most popular sport has also had its own whistle blowing web site football leaks revealing the dark side of the beautiful game. who.

now football leagues finally has a face named in some media as thirty year old rui pinto from portugal he's been detained in budapest and facing numerous criminal charges been tows alleged hacking activities have reportedly targeted portugal's football elite leaking sensitive contract and player details to the press and football's cyber version of robin hood has got a few superstars in a spin. i'm very sad very upset because they're making this thing up things are not real. the arrest comes with football league's popularity beginning to peak after some time in the wilderness following a criminal investigation football leagues returned with

a bang in twenty eighteen taking aim at one of europe's financial powerhouses manchester city believe me. you know which happened because. in the emails claimed to show how a man city is circumvented financial fair play rules aimed at keeping clubs from overspending and retaining a competitive unfair to domestic and european football this allowed the current english champions to dig deep into the mega money pockets of the middle eastern oil state and it's got some big names in the game admitting the rule simply isn't working i'm not convinced that we can maintain it at the moment it looks like we have created rules that cannot be respected nevertheless europe's footballing body is taking football leagues claims seriously and says an investigation will happen we are assessing the situation we have an independent body the club's financial

control body working on it very soon you will have an answer on what will happen in these concrete case if guilty manchester city will likely face i have to find and possible banned from european competitions the club the hemant lee denies all these accusations but thanks to football leagues their fate now seems to be something money cannot buy while the man named as the routine door will be tried in portugal and could face up to ten years in prison julian assange has long running refuge inside the ecuadorian embassy in london has not stopped we can leaks and football league says the arrest would not stop them either but will a hacker trying to clean up sport get the same backing as the whistleblower looking to call out governments. the r.t. reporting from moscow. president donald trump's pick for us at. bernie general is being given a tough time over his views on the investigation into election meddling but as

caleb maupin explains there are far more troubling episodes in the nominee's past that haven't made it into the spotlight ninety nine is bush era official william bars on the roster to once again become the u.s. attorney general but as the confirmation process continues at this point the media is focusing on one particular aspect president speak to run the justice department says he would let special counsel robert mueller finish the investigation into russian meddling in the twenty sixteen election the president's pick for attorney general said things about the russia probe that would be welcomed people are picking apart barcena testimony to see how he's going to treat them all investigation another scandal related to william barres past that might be a bit more scandalous than his opinion on the russia gate hysteria has surfaced it turns out that in one thousand nine hundred ninety one he was responsible for the detention of thousands of haitians in guantanamo bay the reason they had a. testimony revealed that the haitians were told that they could be

a guantanamo for ten to twenty years or possibly into a cure for aids found after hiv was discovered more than two hundred haitians were moved to a separate camp they were held there for over two years the conditions were rather shocking a federal judge who oversaw the case saw it as almost an hiv prison camp they live in camps surrounded by razor barbed wire the type plastic garbage bags to the sides of the building to keep the rain out the sleep on constant hang sheets to create some semblance of privacy the are guarded by the military and are not permitted to leave the camp except under military escort but even decades later william barr still feels this was the appropriate action when asked if he would do it again well would you again house asylum seekers in guantanamo. well the clinton administration did. double the next. putting other nationalities in there too. probably not because of the associations of going

tandem oh now as americans come to terms with the war on terror and the role played by guantanamo bay they should remember the actions of william bar in one thousand nine hundred one and those human rights violations that he would back once again as he prepares to take the attorney general hot seat. r.t. new york well those are the headlines for this hour thank you for joining us and if you'd like to have your say you can follow us on social media and me for your comments that are back in just over thirty minutes. what politicians do. they put themselves on the line they get accepted or rejected . so when you want to be president i'm sure. some will want to be pressed.

to try to cross the saliva before three in the morning can't be good. i'm interested always in the wives in the house. or city hall. i've been saying the numbers mean something they matter the us is over twenty trillion dollars in debt more than ten white collar crimes have been each day. eighty five percent of the global wealth you longs to be rich eight point six percent market saw thirty percent rise last year some with four hundred to five hundred trade per circuit first second and bitcoin rose to twenty thousand dollars . china is building a two point one billion dollar a i industrial park but don't let the numbers overwhelm. the only numbers you need remember one one business shows you can afford to miss the one and only boom bust.

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