venezuelan president nicolas maduro orders the closure of his embassy in america it's off to washington recognizes on. american the country's interim president. and venezuela the president is elected. and of course they take anyone from the streets who wants to be a president. and with venezuela and gulf in violence and divide it between two rival presidents we look at what appears

to be america's tried and tested recipe for regime change. parts of the u.s. media as a number of celebrities have been working themselves into a frenzy over donald trump red make america great again baseball caps. a coup klux klan codes. in the ongoing rift over migration. takes a swipe at the e.u.'s foreign affairs chief suggesting she has forgotten the roots . it is friday morning here in moscow and a lot of very important stories to get to you today welcome to the program. the venezuelan president nicolas. has ordered his diplomats to leave the us you know

and he was severing diplomatic ties with washington after the trumpet ministration back to opposition leader one guy doe has declared himself the interim president of the latin american country and has also accused of being america's puppet i want him to do even his way that the president is elected by washington and of course they take anyone from the street who wants to be a president nicolas maduro has cut diplomatic ties between venezuela and the united states from what we understand the venezuelan embassy in the united states in washington d.c. has closed i've decided to include diplomats who can conceal the stuff from the united states includes our embassies and consulates in that country you. know as an opposition figure he's part of the national assembly and in front of a crowd of his supporters he recently took an oath and declared himself to be the interim president of venezuela saying that nicholas manure of the elected president

who was just recently re inaugurated that he is not legitimate now he's gotten support from brazil argentina and sheila and all of them basically following the lead of u.s. president donald trump trump declared that one way to was indeed the interim president of venezuela even though no election took place in order to get him that title now more recently in the aftermath of trump's recognition of wedo we heard some rather fiery words from u.s. secretary of state mike pompei oh the time for debate is done the regime former president nicolas maduro is illegitimate his regime is morally bankrupt economically incompetent and it is profoundly corrupt. it is democratic to the core. i repeat the regime former president nicolas maduro is illegitimate the public in venezuela has been somewhat divided with two people claiming to be the president of venezuela the situation could escalate very rapidly

that would not only have implications in venezuela but could have very global implications as well. the former president of ecuador has thrown his support behind nicolas maduro you accuse the u.s. and several docking american countries of trying to bring about a coup in venezuela. clearly. what is happening in the world is that the the people ignoring the constitution elections and procedures one can do declares himself interim president something that does not exist in the constitution some man appears cold and eleven latin american countries and the us will ricky hailing him as leader countries that were openly pushing for a coup can you imagine what kind of president they've been preparing for what if tomorrow the us doesn't like another government democratic or otherwise they back

a self declared crystal and they want the whole world to pre-clear even and they will get our station of american states to greet him with ham shakes up the payroll what is happening is unbelievable and we have to take a stand against it. sadly it is not the first time washington's been accused of meddling in other countries affairs. now because weather events in venezuela might be following a tried and tested recipe. thought seeing an uprising a revolution is simple enough first comes the pressure sanctions built up gradually first it was a few officials and then they sanctioned the president and state companies and the government itself through deed and word they helped choke when they'd zoila into a crisis we are evaluating all of our policy options as to what can we do to create

a change of conditions where either liberal decides he doesn't have a future or we can return. the government processes back to their constitution we are not going to tolerate the dictatorship he's trying to create the venezuelan people deserve better than what the regime of nicolas maduro offers them now that the country. people are in economic misery and you vilified its leaders pick a hero thirty five year old u.s. educated head of the national assembly which as it turns out the united states has been quietly assisting financially in helping for a while who would have thought. by now you should have caused enough trouble problems on top of everything out starforce even the app a little into the streets the more noise the better and you mustn't let things calm

down keep shouting keep agitating. in the air and keep the chaos the confusion comes a special moment when lord breaks down when loyalties crumble when brother turns on brother in the street partly thanks to you that movement do something crazy like denounce the government proclaim a new an elected president. i'm mike pence the vice president of the united states the united states supports the courageous decision by one god or the president of your national assembly to assert that body's constitutional powers declare madeira your server and call for the establishment of

a transitional government now is the time for more direct action get all your friends on board as many nations to recognize one go edo as president quickly as possible as no going back now alone bia columbia recognizes one quite as president of venezuela and will assist in the transition to democracy to liberate the venezuelan people from the dictator rather brazil has just issued a note recognizing one why do as venezuela's president. will support this realization in a democracy alongside other countries in the immigrant we recognize and express our full support for the presidency of venezuela a seemed by the president of the national assembly one guy though it is clear that nicolas maduro is not the legitimate leader of venezuela so the united kingdom believes that plan is the right person to take venezuela forward there's heavy

pressure from the us certainly all of the allies i mean countries like under us that are allied with the united states are going to be expected to parrot this line if you go back to one nine hundred seventy three in the attempt to overthrow salvador allende it was exactly the same playbook we're watching a replay these are the kinds of tactics that the american government is used to overthrow regimes that it considers hostile to u.s. business interests certainly smaller countries will feel the pressure especially within latin america from the united states to play the game you see if your country just so happens to be in the americas you're in washington's hemisphere which it seems justifies meddling. interfering and changing governments will but just to be sure bully them let them know that if you don't get what you want you'll beat the lights out of them and take what you want to drink. without

considering anything but all options are on the table to them the very richest are all options all options are and there you go sparking uprisings one o one now this me will take some practice tweak here or there but it works tried and tested time and time again now this me will take some practice tweak here or there but it works tried and tested time and time again the consequence is a whole other story. or the process in venezuela has rapidly escalated over the past few days local journalists are nora's article in the midst of the unrest in caracas. after a relatively calm year venice well a scene is person violence again on the streets after four days of protest when you see its people reportedly were killed during these acts of violence on the streets and a sign in a position declared as president of venezuela while nicolas maduro stays

at the presidential palace after days protest and violence continue and escalated during the day. i. thank. god i asked her deposition rally the valorous continue to escalate throughout the night and is probably to continue to lead in doing then it's coming days. the venezuela crisis has split much of the world right leaning in latin american governments are backing one guy dog e.u. has called for fresh elections that would house and formally recognize why dole was president for former doto meanwhile has been voiced by china and russia and in latin america by bolivia cuba and mexico turkey's president of the one as well has come out with strong support for my daughter and we spoke with one korea's foreign

minister for affairs about this crisis. and. you must respect the if you don't respect the ballot box this is not democracy it is a totalitarian mindset or as a person who believes in democracy the announcement by president trump shocked me more when someone just because of the obvious although. the way he runs his is on the micro that the person who. was elected as a member of problem. was the problem head of the opposition. he was not elected president we witnessed. who had been here and. back in july through to the us and sixteen where our own military bombed their own palms but it was our own people who went with their bare arms their heads their legs guess the sort the

military have they start equipment if anyone tries to to tear that people will do whatever it takes to make sure that they will continues to grow and. meanwhile the decision of e.u. leaders to follow washington's lead in supporting one why don't strikes some as a case of double standards. i. up to there we go election nicolas maduro in may twenty eighty in europe supports the restoration of democracy i salute the courage of the hundreds of thousands of in his marching for the freedom. short of machine i mean i side with the millions of frenchmen who are complaining

about a president who is harming the french people since i condemn any acts of hooliganism and violence without exceptions i mean to say. for me this remarks were a certain questions the wealthy telling people do they contribute to the one thing in a hotel and people should be the preoccupation of the italian government and john believes do they change anything in the french political situation i don't believe so either so i think these are useless remarks and i won't say more about them as of course the on friendly. it's called diplomacy mcconnell wants have a good image approach even though in france he's seen in a bad light and his popularity has fallen since the l.o.'s protest he wants to

tighten the laws here against demonstrators it's sort of a double standard he supports such movements abroad but we are not being taken into consideration i don't know why mccraw bothers to make such comments if he's not listening to us at the same time. speaks in a democracy but they democracy he has here is a plutocracy the democracy there were it is the most absurd stay. when for the last ten weeks we've had people rioting all over the place in france it's a very strange thing to say i don't think it will go down very well in the political class i don't think they would think it was a very clever thing to have said bearing in mind as we have said as france has a serious problem with probably growth or is so i'm sure he would be violently criticised it for us i mean it's ludicrous you just can't believe that these people are on it was a look in the mirror and see how ludicrous their statements are. donald trump

supporters are being compared to kook klux klan members with a number of media outlets and celebrities likening their make america great again caps to the white hoods of the infamous racist group here for trying to impose their. this is a hat where it says make america great again they now call it the maggot hat this is a kook looks klan hoot they used to terrorize fried african americans and those different shapes eras purposes however this make america great again hat is just as maddening and frustrating in triggering for me to look at as a k.k.k. hood. many people have called donald trump of filthy racist in the past what's up with this new wave of hat hate now even though something that's now compared to the k.k.k. fashion has been worn by african-americans or the l.g.b. t.q. community well just remember that white teenagers versus native american vets

situation the viral video sweeping the internet of a mob of maggie wearing high school students surrounding a native american chanting and drumming in the nation's capital it is disturbing students mocking a native american man some of them harassing and jeering at a native american elder so much and the story was twisted as we learned from videos that emerged later as you can see the teen dubbed as a shameless bully was just standing still and smiling at the man with the drum who had come up to him but that's not important because the student was wearing a mag i hat people who judge me based off one expression and they've gone from there to titling me and labeling me as a racist person do you think if you weren't wearing that hat this might not have happened or it might have been different that's possible oh the had does mean so

much and again don't forget that from now on in the minds of so many people people whose voices matter the red mark a hat is the new white hood without white boys being able to empathize with other people humanity will continue to destroy itself. and so it's probably only natural that americans wearing maggots have gotten themselves in trouble. when the president. supports. help your cause your. i've just been asked to leave the store trying to get your hands if you do your house and my hand i don't. like. you. so who knows how far that kind of bullying may get soon

some of the media have tried very hard to make you associate mr trump with the k.k.k. now with this hat situation it must have become a much easier job so many stories still to come here on your friday program want to see for example italy's interior minister taking a pretty good swipe at the use foreign affairs chief amid this rift over migration story in full with back in just a moment. join me every thursday on the alex simon show and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics or business i'm showbusiness i'll see that. survival guide ecstacy just to start simply.

repatriations to get the rest to seventy years. philip a step closer toward. the right location. oh you'll be able through. oh you'll need all the. bickering tonight. right now twenty pastor of moscow an american iranian journalist who was released

recently after being held for over a week in u.s. custody has spoken to wattis afshin rattansi. private plane. to d.c. and then met with a whole lot of that taken to the f.b.i. i think take the f.b.i. headquarters. was. my picture was taken. my d.n.a. no one has read you the rights no one has still yet read you the rights. no one ever read me my rights and she my rights were not read they said that you were on suicide watch suicide watch. i mean i'm definitely not going to kill myself. i tell you what it concerns me and she because i'm thinking well you know maybe they have something up their sleeves here most of the time i was in solitary k. i was locked up i couldn't come out i mean but once being returned coming back from

one of the court hearings and all the prisoners were out and so i entered and in the guard stuff you know and then all the prisoners had to get back through another door. oh. they couldn't be close to me i was in a hashimi who works for press t.v. was detained on january thirteenth while visiting family in the state of missouri she was questioned by the f.b.i. as a material witness in an unspecified case iranian government as well as press freedom organizations expressed their frustration and anger over her arrest before her release people protested in washington and tehran a demanding the journalist be let go marzio hashemi family released a statement saying the arrest was unfair. this was never just about marzia his shimmy this is about the fact that any of us muslim and non muslim can be imprisoned without charge in the united states my son who was with me trying to get

on that flight instinct would and he did not get on that flight in denver which which i had told him to the f.b.i. i was with him and accompanied him the whole night. till he was not under arrest but actually he com to my hears my other kids if he hadn't been there your children will not lead to just like you disappeared and she realizes how easy it is for them to make someone disappear. if she was not. any exhibit to you no one would have known. where i was mind boggling that you can be arrested it did change shall cause not charged with the crime and. wow i definitely saw it first hand. but. italy's interior minister and deputy prime minister has taken a swipe at e.u.

foreign affairs chief for the make a mockery of me suggesting she has forgotten her italian roots the comment came off of the e.u. made it clear it's considering shutting down the italy led search and rescue operation in the mediterranean sea known as the fia with calling into question the italian leadership and the migrant rescue mission. the person who represents us in europe was put in that position by the taliban left in the quarter of the now off to be in the point it out to be in the tallinn meanwhile the south and he could face trial over his refusal to let a group of migrants disembark from a rescue vessel last year that's off the record in italy over ruled a previous ruling by prosecutors to drop the charges a politician known for his hard stance on migration is suspected of abusing his power and holding people against their will or self any reacted on twitter saying he could face up to fifteen years behind bars he also said the decision had left him speechless adding though that he feared nothing if out to continue defending

italy's borders from illegal migrants and we spoke with independent political analyst. who told us a lot of a tally ends feel that they've been abandoned by the e.u. . italy's been asking for help from europe and other countries to deal with the migrant problem for a long time but has not got much response and that front so if you took a poll right now of italians vini might be the most popular politician because whatever salvini is doing has worked in the numbers. of illegal migrants coming on to italian shores has decreased sharply since he came into power he has the support of a lot of italian people and he probably has the support of a lot of the time people who aren't publicly supporting him. in public they may say something. more. and in private they may express different

concerns. it is often international greece has delayed a vote on changing macedonia's name after protests right house the parliament in nothing. but. riot police used tear gas to disperse the crowds ten days ago macedonia's parliament backed the constitutional reversion to change the country's name however the move meets the greek parliament. the protesters reportedly led by the communist party say that this deal is part of a western quote to divide us. now a lot of big stories for you today here on the program on international we are back in a twenty five minutes time hope you can join us then. and

instant media darling and certainly a fresh face the newly minted congresswoman alexandria ocasio cortez is rattling some democratic establishment cage's she calls herself a democratic socialist and she has some big clients it's a democratic party and america ready for a. u.s.

veterans who come back from war to tell the same stories. we're going after the people who were killing civilians they were not interested in the wellbeing of their own soldiers either they're already several generations of them so i just got this memo from the circular defenses officer says we're going to attack and destroy the government and seven countries in five years americans pay for the wars with them money others with their lives if we were willing to go into harm's way and willing to risk being killed for a war and surely we can risk some discomfort or uneasiness or. reflect there's someone else living inside of me or controlling my body.

the byproduct of that drug is the cause like severe depression. because it will meet him into a zombie it's crazy. you know and we don't have to do anything it's not our fault because she is crazy and all that. here's a con addict takes a long time because of. political tribalism we're in the thick of it and living with its tongue sequences and how did we get here we'll take a look at that on this edition. of the politicking on larry king were a bitterly divided nation with a deeply dysfunctional federal government and at the top a presidential lightning rod inspiring both other loyalty and absolutely.

how did we get to this point a provocative book the red and the blue you see it now points to the nine hundred ninety s. the author is steve kornacki n.b.c. news and this is. horace upon it with great pleasure i welcome him from new york city and steve is a to rethink book you should be very proud larry that's that's really kind to say i appreciate it and i got to say my going back and researching this book about the politics of the one nine hundred ninety s. is a huge part of it not not just not just try to be nice to those here was larry king live you really were the that show in one nine hundred ninety s. was one of the prime movers of american politics back then thanks they will get into the book in just a moment i want your thoughts on donald trump's first term.