you mean it. was not. these. you know it's i know you're. a former political advisor to the trump campaign he was arrested earlier by the f.b.i. he's reportedly released on bail but the stone to be detained on multiple charges is part of the ongoing theme of the probe. venezuelan president nicolas maduro orders the closure of his country's embassy in the u.s. it's off to washington recognize venezuela's off position lead to an interim president. venezuela the president is elected by washington and of course they

take anyone from the streets who wants to be a president. with venezuela engulfed in violence and divided between rival leaders we look at what appears to be america's tried and tested recipe for regime change. plus an american iranian journalist who was released after spending ten days in u.s. custody speaks to r.t. about her arrest. most of the time i was in solitary ok i was locked up i couldn't come out they said that you were on suicide watch. i mean i'm definitely not going to kill myself. good evening thanks for joining us this is r.t. and. a long time political advisor of donald trump has been arrested and

indicted on a number of charges this is part of the miller investigation into alleged russian collusion although it's not clear if the charges directly relate to that roger stone has reportedly now been released on bail. ok let's bring in our teams correspondent in new york caleb moore pin for updates on this and as i understand it quite a few developments today carol take us through the timeline. well it's the latest arrest to come out of the bob muller probe special counsel bob muller is investigating allegations of collusion between the trumpet ministration and russia campaign i should say during the twenty six sixteen presidential election and in the early hours of the morning from what we understand roger stone this long time a republican strategist was arrested now it's interesting we do have at this point a twenty four page indictment five counts. five charges i guess are leveled against

roger stone he's charged with making false statements witness tampering and obstruction there are multiple charges of false statements now it's interesting because the bob muller special probe is supposed to be investigating alleged collusion between trump and russia but the word russia does not show up anywhere in the indictment there is no mention of russia anywhere in the indictment the indictment simply alleges that there are supposed links between wiki leaks and roger stone and it goes on to allege that that roger stone was in contact with wiki leaks during the campaign and and may perhaps have had knowledge about what emails of hillary clinton were going to be released this is all alleged now we understand at this point roger stone has been released on bail but his bail was set at two hundred fifty thousand dollars not a small amount of bail that he paid and furthermore we actually have word from the white house serious huckabee sanders speaking for the white house has said that the

arrest of roger stone in the indictment against him has nothing to do with the president and now we have donald trump speaking up on twitter about the nature of the arrest and the fact that c.n.n. seems to have been on the scene and recorded how roger stone was arrested this is trump speaking up on twitter about how roger stone was arrested answered these questions before the house. greatest witch hunt in the history of our country new solution border coyote's drug dealers and human traffickers are treated better than who let it sit ins it be that now across social media it's being alleged that the fact that c.n.n. was on the scene was chipped off to record the arrest of roger stone was improper cooperation between the f.b.i. and the media and done probably to humiliate roger stone there seems to be a lot of outrage on social media among trump's supporters about that now it's important to note that at this point the us federal government is shut down this is

the longest shutdown of the federal government in u.s. history the democrats now control the house of representatives donald trump wants funding for his border wall the democrats are determined not to give it to them and the government remains shut down as they do not agree with each other so as we see yet another arrest in the bob muller special counsel investigation the media you know you know talking against trump and being quite critical of trump and a lot of different voices speaking up many are wondering what will happen next it's quite a tense situation a lot of quick developments brings the latest from the united states as kelly morpeth many things clearly. the venezuelan president has ordered his diplomats to leave the united states nicolas maduro announced that he was severing diplomatic ties with washington after the trip of ministration had backed opposition leader one whose declared himself interim president of the country dura accuses him of being america's puppet i want him to do even his way to the

president is elected by washington and of course they take anyone from the streets who wants to be a president i have decided to include diplomatic and consular staff from the united states includes our embassies and consulates in that country. illegitimate corrupt incompetent that's the response back from the u.s. to madeira as the standoff continues to escalate in the venezuelan capital. the time for debate to start the regime former president nicolas maduro is illegitimate his regime is morally bankrupt. economically incompetent it is profoundly corrupt. it is democratic to the core the united states is ready to provide more than twenty million illegal managerial assistance to the people of venezuela. venezuela crisis is split much of the world right leaning latin american governments are backing one while the u.s.

called for fresh elections but hasn't formally recognized why there was president support from a durham meanwhile has been voiced by china and russia and in latin america by bolivia cuba mexico is also backing him and there is a bastard to russia told us why he thinks this is a clear case of meddling. it's completely ridiculous to think that we can listen to or accept a person who proclaims himself president that would be as if would recognize hillary clinton as president just because trump won the election with fewer than her but nobody ever raised this issue as they have their own internal rules these rules are agreed internally so why should we allow the u.s. to dictate to us what to do in our country or. some first time washington's been accused of interfering in other countries affairs run because de of takes a look at whether events in venezuela are following a tried and tested recipe. starting 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 show when they are into a crisis we are evaluating all of our policy options as to what can we do to create a change of conditions were either liberal decides he doesn't have a future or we can return. the government processes to their constitution we are not going to tolerate the dictatorship he's trying to create if then as well and people deserve better than what the regime of nicolas maduro offers that now that the country and people are in economic misery and you vilified its leaders they could hero like 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 and helping for

a while who would have thought. by now you should have caused enough trouble problems on top of everything out stuff force 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 god. oh. you're going. in the and the chaos the confusion comes a special moment when lul breaks down when. loyalties crumble when brother turns on brother in the street partly thanks to you that moment do something crazy

like denounce the government proclaim a new an elected president paula. 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 or your syrup or 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 at the national assembly one quite 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 u.s. 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 has used to overthrow regimes that it considers hostile to us 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 medley. interfering and changing governments that 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. without considering anything but all options are on the job is that your theory which is all options or was all options 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 but the consequences are a whole other story. the interim supporters in the united states are being compared to members of the ku klux klan number of media outlets and so the beauties of lie can make america great again to the white hoods of the infamous

racists group impotent reports this is a hat where it says make america great again they now call it the maggot hat this is a kook klux klan hoot they used to terrorize freed 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 how the 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 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 come up to him but that's not important because the student was wearing a mag i hat people who charged 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 magazine have gotten themselves in trouble. be. the first. point. help your cause your. i've just been asked to leave the store trying to get your hands if you figure how my hand i don't. like. so who knows how far that kind of bullying may get soon some in 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 it's of these interior ministers taking a swipe at the useful and first chief in a row of a migration story after the break. the country has gone into a nihilistic fever i think we've got to hit the road and get out the traveling across america what makes america the charlotte the genius the quintessential american hero this is a point which alan would have done so we always are on the verge of something. called culture. we're starting last with. we're going to head east into the swamp we're going into the

belly of the bee i think i want to leave now governor anymore. we may be completely different but in this. 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 is the democratic party and america ready they see. it so these interior minister and deputy prime minister has taken a swipe at a u. foreign affairs chief. to salvini said that she'd forgotten her italian roots his words gave is the considers shutting down the italian led search and rescue operation for migrants in the mediterranean. the person who represents us and

europe was put in that position by the talon left because of the now off to be in the point it got how to be in the towel in. the while salvini could face trial of his refusal to let a group of migrants disembark from a rescue vessel last year that's after a court in italy overruled a previous ruling by prosecutors to drop the charges the politician known for his hard stance on migration is suspected of abusing his power and holding people against their will something they reacted by taking to twitter saying that he could face up to fifteen years behind bars he also said the decision has left him speechless adding that he feared nothing about to continue defending italy's borders from illegal migrants. in the meantime a new opinion poll by the world economic forum shows that italy is among the most skeptical of european countries when it comes to migrants more than two thirds of italians question consider having migrants in the country to be mostly bad we heard from representatives of both right and left wing movements in italy about solving

his policy towards migrants. all of that is support of the new stuff so big because you know he's defending were all those this is is you get us amused or if. you saw this and that is the person that took the stand. and is defending them what words of all you are so we have to support and do most of the people should do i don't think the majority of people want to there we have such a bad situation with my grandson we have people who are literally. on the. left stranded in the sea and acting the italian government against the agreements there are some lol so the child barbie dolls and the italian government and lol sort of all mankind and respect and so on may be.

able to spot this is why the migration problem is not the major or the biggest problem we have a student them. an american iranian journalist is urging people to join her protest in washington d.c. later on friday she's aiming to draw attention to a controversial law allowing people to be held indefinitely without charge she was recently released after ten days in u.s. federal custody earlier marzia hashimi spoke to artie's afshin rattansi about what had happened. i was flown private plane. to d.c. and then met with a whole lot of the b i taken to the f.b.i. heck take the f.b.i. headquarters. i was. my my picture was taken mug shan state took my d.n.a. with no one has read you the right no one is still yet read you the right no one

ever read me my rights actually my rights were not read they said that you were on suicide watch as it's 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 and i member once being returned coming back from one of the court hearings and all the prisoners were out and so i entered and the guard stopped me know and then all the prisoners had to get back through another door. oh. they couldn't be close to me. masia who works for press t.v. was taken into custody on january thirteenth while she was visiting family in the state of missouri the court of justice confirmed that she'd been questioned by the f.b.i. as a material witness but didn't specify what the case was the iranian government as

well especially in him organizations voiced their anger over the incident before her release people protested in washington d.c. and tehran demanding the journalist be free and r.t. is family issued a statement saying her treatment was unfair. this was never just about marzia her sumi this is about the fact that any of us muslim and non muslim can be imprisoned without charge in the united states my stand was with me trying to get on that flight instinct would. not get on that bridge which which actual them to the f.b.i. i was with him and accompanied him the whole night. till he was not under arrest but actually he current and my hears my other kids if you haven't been there your children will not lead to just like you disappeared and she realizes how easy. for them to make someone disappear if he was not here any exit and happen to be

no one would have known. where it was mind boggling that you can be arrested it did change shall cause not charged with the crime and. wow i definitely saw it firsthand and that was one of the hashimi speaking to artie's afshin rattansi the f.b.i. has declined to comment on the incident. and some fireworks flying on the final day of the annual world economic forum in davos stern words were heard from the u.s. billionaire george soros and from the chinese representative but he's on the situation has more from the swiss ski resort. billionaire philanthropist an influential investor george soros and the vice president of china's main securities regulator locked horns at the world economic forum here in switzerland this week george soros for one used his speech as an opportunity to attack china and its leader this makes xi jinping the movie dangerous and of

those who believe in the concept of. soros said that china is not the only authoritarian regime in the world but according to him the wealthiest strongest and most technologically advanced he used his speech as an opportunity to try to convince washington to crack down on chinese technology saying that he thinks artificial intelligence and machinery are going to create a tallaght arion country in china but lo and behold we saw a chinese representative not mincing his words at all but he had a message of his own for the western world. you have to realize that democracy doesn't work very well you need political reforms in your countries the chinese representative clarified that he meant this with sincerity and while there certainly were a few chuckles in the room as he had those of that message to pass along to western

countries there was certainly also when all the moments where people seem to according to analysts have really understood that he did have a point and that china is not playing around and certainly a force to be reckoned with especially at a time when it seems the u.s. and e.u. have quite a handful of problem in their political systems on their hands as we speak. the greek parliament has now alito to do in favor of a name change deal with its northern neighbor macedonia amid violent protests throughout the country. her out. more than one hundred people were detained including ten held during

a protest rally by the communist party police were forced to use tear gas and stun grenades when i go boiled over now the greek companies have ratified the agreement of macedonia will change its name to north macedonia greece as a region also called macedonia and had long been in dispute with the former yugoslav republic over its name fearing territorial disputes. a number of explosions have rocked a shopping district in china's northeastern the city of chang chuen killing one person and injuring another. verified reports say that explosive devices were being thrown down from the building at around three pm local time one video also shows what's said to have been a blast on the thirtieth floor that's where the only confirmed fatality was found another explosion was confirmed at an underground parking lot the building was evacuated firefighters are at the scene

a criminal case as being opened. wraps that this news hour up for now do join me in half an hour i'll be back with updates on the latest free. sex drugs or financial survival. when customers go by your dish to find. good now well reduce and lower. that's undercutting but what's good for markets is not good for the global economy. when lawmakers manufacture consent to stick to the public will. when the ruling closest project themselves. with the final clearing your own lives and be the woman said. to

ignore middle of the room sick. to lose the only real news group. we settle for the past couple of years some feedback and to look at these islands off there but the reality is there may still be a shit and it is covered in this fine layer of micro plastics want to bury. the biggest thing that i am as shocked me is that we've never had an empty chair. like the contents of the something of an albatross. people obviously come in they just throw them into the water as disposal it may not be harmful for that little

fish that eats one fragment of posix but once it makes its way up to us in the food chain it's getting. to levels that are harmful. later on. this is boom bust broadcasting around the world and covering the world of business and finance and the impact upon all of us i'm far children are sure glad you're on board coming up this time we go to davos switzerland for the world economic forum and catch up with our teams on a stock should charge enough plus we're really excited to have on from davos look

at this in t.d. the general secretary of the european trade union confederation who will join us to discuss that oxfam in the quality report we told you about the other day and the yellow best movement plus much more and we welcome pin tech expert joe johns going to talk block chain and its potential for a big future and later todd horwitz of public training will join us to talk precious metals and dr khan for all of that ahead but first let's it's a mad line to go. britain on the edge of brecht's that leads our global report again today is former prime minister tony blair endorsers the explosive idea of a second referendum speaking in davos switzerland to reuters before leaving the world economic forum the former a noted remain or said quote people like myself except if the country votes to leave again that's good but i think if you leave without going back to the people with this mess and in these circumstances there will be even greater division and.