if. the u.s. intensifies its efforts to venice will is president maduro imposing crippling sanctions on the state's oil giant and hounding control of some financial assets to the leader of the opposition he will continue to use all of our diplomatic and economic tools to support interim president quite zero.

meanwhile the u.s. national security adviser is seen holding a note with five thousand troops to colombia written on it needing to speculation over the trump administration's next move against caracas also ahead on the program . a plan to make bricks they create for. and out of class it's not a solution it's a no brainer british prime minister treason may warns m.p.'s have to agree on an e.u. exit plan if they want to avoid a no deal scenario. and human rights watch releases a report documenting dozens of cases of terrorist torturing civilians in northern syria. we have documented eleven cases in which a. residence of six of those that we have documented apparently being.

including miners. forever you're tuning in from right around the world this hour welcome to our team international my names you know neil good to have your company our top story washington is throwing its full economic weight behind venessa wheel is self the cleared interim president won. intel's announced it's transferring control of certain state assets held by american banks to the leader of the crisis stricken countries opposition the u.s. state department says the move will help what i called a legitimate government safeguard the assets of the venice will and people it also repeated its call for other countries to reject the legitimacy of nicolas maduro his presidency and instead recognize quite oh earlier on tuesday washington also announced its is imposing tough new sanctions on venezuela states owned oil company

with a view to choking off revenue to the socialist material government will continue to use all of our diplomatic and economic tools to support interim president quite oh the national assembly and the venezuelan people efforts to restore their democracy but we have continued to expose the corruption of madeira and his cronies in today's action ensures they can no longer loot the assets of the venezuelan people god. goddess. how. donna. venice. only economic measures against target the country's key source of revenue immediately freezing seven billion dollars in assets american firms also won't be able to do business with caracas all existing u.s. money there will enter block the cuts it is estimated that the sanctions will cause

venice we lost some eleven billion dollars this year in lost oil exports let's get some analysis of this i'm happy to say that chuck kaufmann national coordinator of the alliance for global justice joins us live on the program hi chuck how do you assess this washington is this is going to freeze the material government of some of its u.s. held the cons. it's going to be very painful for them as well and people i feel like we're watching what entire. structure infrastructure of the polygamous the has was the vote over the last five hundred years crumble before this highly damaging check what will the sanctions against the state owned oil company particular p.d.s.a. actually be i suppose taken together. my question is are the measures enough to tip the balance of power in favor of quite oh. oh i hope not happening what what power

does quiet have other than the support of the united states and britain and europe has no. oil or two weeks ago. what does it mean the us has had over but us oil assets to him you know he doesn't have a treasury doesn't probably have to have a checking account so what does that even mean regardless of america's intervention surely materials should call fresh elections the current government is clearly hugely unpopular becoming increasingly off thora terry and your views on vent. well i don't think either of those things are true. they just had a dream of the elections in a dramatic cardinal once while it was the best of luck drill system of the whole world. really is no way to cheat with the oil electoral system

and you know that it had how many elections twenty some of the actions since since travis was elected in one nine hundred ninety eight but most wireless of my church democracy and it's not a dictatorship but it's corruption and mismanagement not part of the issue here. corruption has been and for as long as. been. moved to exist under an us loyal and soil. been a slew of you for before travis was a clip. and unfortunately one of those habits contained here and corruption really was some progress. or mcgirr i know you've no crystal ball in front of you there how do you expect this situation to in full just briefly. well the military is support of the constitutional

government of most loyal and i know that part of the reason for that is an increasingly painful tactics to try to separate the girl from the money. of the military hope is that the most terry will. perform a coup you know the other possibility is the director of the regime from probably colombia. or or a low intensity or fair like we saw on subdural america and i had a these. good. mid mid term. solution here it's going to be painful thank you for your time and your thoughts this hour we've been speaking to chuck kaufmann national coordinator of the alliance for global justice. well during the sanctions a ninth just. speaking about there at the u.s.

national security advisers know pod was facing reporters exposing one hundred and message that read five thousand troops to colombia a country bordering bennis some suggested it was unlucky slip others that it was intentional washington responded saying that all options are still on the table came up and looks now at the team taking aim correct yes. i think night of nations mike pompei oh drew a line in the sand now it's time for every other nation to pick a side no more delays no more games either you stand with the forces of freedom or you're in league with his made him sound familiar either you're with us. either you love freedom and with nations with your bridge freedom or you are the enemy yes their ideas are not new but now they're linking arms in the global spotlight some call them the axis of evil or the troika of tyranny meet mike pompei oh elliott abrams and john bolton the three amigos of imperialism john bolton was

a big supporter of the iraq war and he represented the united states in the united nations an organization he really didn't care for very much the united states makes the u.n. work work and that is exactly the way you should be because the. united states is. now mike pompei o is the new kid on the block without very much experience as head of the cia he tried to get the authority to conduct drone strikes in afghanistan without the pentagon's oversight and he worked day and night to rip up the iran nuclear deal at the center of it is not interested in a campaign of economic pressure to starve the regime of the revenue it uses to fund stabilization of these throughout the middle east and indeed around the world now back in the spotlight after years of obscurity meet convicted criminal elliott abrams he was tied to massacres in el salvador any help to funnel weapons to the

contras in nicaragua he was convicted for his role in covering it all up and he received a presidential pardon now he's a special envoy for venezuela it seems that his record in latin america has really impressed certain people america's new dream team is now taking aim at venezuela why because they just care so much for those poor oh pressed venezuelans they want them to have a chance at freedom and democracy right or is it something else. will make a big difference to the united states economically if we could have american oil companies really invest in and produce the oil capabilities in venezuela be good for the people of venezuela be good for the people of the united states we both have a lot at stake here yes honesty is always appreciated the u.s. is once again talking about basically another war for oil so that it introduces these moral complications and gives rise to some serious questions about the u.s. motivations here and it's very frustrating from an american point of view it's one

thing for trump to announce oh i support this other guy and that's great but but but these sanctions are kind of an act of violence in themselves i think we have to put this in the kind of the pay viewing us blockade of and as well in the stranglehold it but on the economy of the country which is having very real humanitarian consequences for the people there it is a question of you know washington and it allies in europe and elsewhere want their cake and they want to have their cake and eat it up i mean it's very they're double distorting or think here. to a nother story we're closely following today this tuesday marks a milestone in britain's exit process and peace are in the coming hours on amendments to the prime minister's divorce bill at plan which was firmly rejected earlier this month as you may remember trees in may spoke ahead of the ballot warning that she can't rule out had no deal breaks it unless parliament finds

common ground. mr speaker none of the amendments i've addressed so far will ensure that we deliver praxis instead they simply provide more arguments against action and more reasons to stand still rather than setting out a plan to make bricks at work they create further delay and delay without a plan is not a solution it's a road to nowhere what we can do today is send a clear message to brussels about what it is this house wants to see changing in the withdrawal agreement in order to be able to support it. polly boyd who is in london with a breakdown on what the next steps could well be. went to reason may fail to push withdrawal deal through the house of commons she promised to come back with a plan b. and that plan b. turned out to be insisting on plan a so my focus continues to be on what is needed to secure the support of this house in favor of the brics it deal with the e.u. since then the brags that ship has run aground tonight's vote should be engines up

again and determine which way sale but politicians aren't voting on may's withdrawal deal they're voting on changes to the deal that have been put forward by m.p.'s once voted on specifically all depends on what this man decides to do. the job of the parliamentary speaker is meant to be neutral but the government has accused john bercow of displaying a pro remain bias the rest of us is no longer this procedural dance if you like is really about putting pressure on the government to say ok it's time for plan b. his job is to pick which of the amendments proposed by politicians are very tight on there are well over a dozen but they fall into three broad categories one is for politicians to vote to prevent a so-called no deal bragg's it by forcing to reason may to perspire in it if

a deal fails to get through parliament again i think that is written recently a real danger that. the house of commons which is a true for me in the jaw rooty me. to steal drugs from the british people another possible face lift to may's deal is a brag. per leave politicians in the p.m.'s own party could demand she go back to brussels over scrapping the controversial irish backstop the part of the deal that brags it is wary could leave northern ireland. stuck with trading rules indefinitely this would be the most favorable outcome for to raise that may although dublin has already said the backstops non-negotiable arland. has the same position as the european union now i think when we say the backstop as part of

withdrawal agreed ok is part of a balanced package that isn't going to change and then there is below three a potentially terminal one one that could wrestle the brags that process out of the government's hands all together politicians could force the government to pursue a softer brags it or even hold a second referendum the prime minister is trying to buy himself one last chance to save this deal if she doesn't take on board the fundamental changes required then she must make way for those who can depending on which changes are adopted this evening is said to be judgement night for to raise a maze so-called plan b. it will either keep bobbing in the water or anti brags that m.p.'s will sink it like a stone where that leaves the brags that ship is anybody's guess the government's opposed to delaying the u.k.'s departure but if politicians vote to do just that constitutionally the u.k.

would be entering on a charted water. president trump lends his weight to controversial plans for bible classes and us schools we break that down in the second. one else so it seems wrong. why don't we just don't. let me. get to see. this thing comes down to. engage me equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. they put themselves on the line to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be

president i'm sure. some want to. let you go right to be close it's like them before three of them or can't be good. interested always in the waters about how. they should. be. seventy minutes past seven pm here in moscow welcome back a chilling report by human rights watch says hyatt said we are all. armed group with links to al-qaeda as the taint and tortured civilians in syria the organization has also released the testimonies of several victims you may find some of the following upsetting.

they used to pull me out of the cell beat me and then return me no one asked me a single question no one asked me what my name was. these torture moments i remember them in detail every day people died in front of my eyes the maximum you can do is move your shoulders a bit and scream for help but on several occasions they stuffed things in my mouth so i couldn't scream. they beat me they would place me absolutely down for hours beat me and interrogate me it became tougher physically and emotionally. the human rights watch claims that the tensions around arrests were triggered by protests against the higher to rear

al shaab militant group set down off brings us more die. when syria's most ruthless battle hardened terrorist elements fled the advances of the country's military taking refuge in a province the u.s. and co went overboard overboard about our side and russia would turn the lives of ordinary citizens there into a living hell to get to a handful of al-qaeda fighters when russia and the assad regime say they want to counterterrorism they actually mean they want to bomb schools hospitals and homes there are more babies in italy than there are terrorists think of the children well now it turns out terrorists remain terrorists wherever they go and the children and adults of a global like are learning this the hard way this month. a un designated terrorist

alliance subjugated the other rebel factions and seized power across the province any attempt of dissent big crush in its cradle the new human rights watch report details just some cases we have documented eleven cases in which a. detainee residents of. because they were either documenting abuses or were testing. six of those that we have documented have apparently been tortured you can minors human rights watch isn't the first organization to produce such a report either as well as arbitrary detention and brutal beatings thieving looting and corruption rampant clashes and infighting are also adding to the anguish of civilians violence repeatedly spills beyond the borders of the province to just last week at least four hundred militants attacked a government forces in danger the tentative ceasefire brokered by russia and turkey it's an undeniable fact that it liberal means

a terrorist haven while we are still committed to the ceasefire deal the recent takeover by. goes beyond. the scope of the agreement the russian and turkish militaries are working on a roadmap to deal with the threats but it's clear we cannot let it remain a terrorist hop but. so will the mainstream media have been portraying it as syria as the final safe haven of last major rebel held hotspot the last rebel holdout the last major stronghold of active opposition to the rule of president bashar al assad all those praying to survive to see another day there are unlikely to agree the. separation of church and state was something parliament to the founding fathers of the us but that division is now being tested proposed that bible literacy classes for public schools are sparking controversy across the country secular activists warned that it would set a dangerous precedent but president trump has already endorsed the plan support

which was rapidly criticized online numerous states introducing bible literacy classes giving students the option of studying the bible starting to make it turn back great. bible literate classes in public schools clearly violate the first amendment which seeks to ensure our government does not support and will establish a national religion. i propose that we also have hindus a buddhist egyptian book of the debt and the courses they predate the bible aren't they historical significant there are already optional bible literacy classes offered around the country every weekend it's called sunday school whatever happened to the separation of church and state or bill is to allow a bible classes have been introduced in several states the proposed courses are optional and focus mainly on the historical importance of the text opponents say it

violates the constitution's first amendment by lending government support to religion yet fierce debate all round on this including here on the program we got the fuser earlier of john logan former republican member of the missouri senate and firstly kevin bowling from the secular student alliance. i think one of the bottom lines and you know it comes down to is who do we want teaching religion i don't want my government teaching religion i don't want our public institutions teaching religion i think that's a great place for or for the religious community i'm not afraid that kids are going to get bible instruction or qur'an instruction in high school and suddenly be. turned into terrible people that most of the founding fathers actually had pretty good statements supporting the separation of church and state we want our schools to teach we don't want them to preach people just want to be left alone and if a school wants to have a bible class let them have a bible class i don't know why so many people are afraid of a book if you really want to get into what the historical documents of the bible

are i'm not sure that there were a lot of things a lot of christians would want to for school to be teaching the bible discusses a lot about sex and slavery and genocide and rape i don't want my school teaching my children that the whole reason that this law is necessary is that the bible is singled out for banning from schools the qur'an is is working its way into a curriculum all across the country and there's very little controversy around that it's in but it's when the bibles broad and of a single out the bible to be banned and so that necessitated laws like the ones that are being looked at that say hey you are so missing the founding fathers wanted the bible as part of our cricket expected the bible they just assumed it it was a standard across country for the first two hundred years that's can be rather difficult for for elementary schools and high schools to do that here in los angeles and so

we probably have the talent pool where we can find someone who has that background that educational background to properly be able to and instruct that class my guess is just because it's more of a rural area you may not have that opportunity and. in west virginia their freedom from religion foundation was recently stopped a similar thing like this because the first graders were being taught that adam and eve slid down the back of the dinosaurs like a water slide if they were teaching scripture memorisation and they wanted kids to you know be you know sort of indoctrinated by that kind of hammering maybe i could see people being more offended by that but just to expose people to these tax i guess i just don't understand the danger. artie spoken to the family of libyan journalist muhammad bin nayef who was killed while covering

clashes in the country ten days ago he worked as a freelance contributor to various international news agencies including artie's video agency ripley. no one can describe the parents feelings nor can anyone define it the feeling that we lost a person who was part of us our son who is part of our soul. heard him confront recently before he was killed he called me to ask how am i doing he told me that he had a dream about me he told me i was crying he stream i kept thinking about these

dream for a while but when we received the news i remembered his dream and i thought about it that maybe it was muhammad who was mourning himself and then. you. we have all heard of fake news but what about fake online cash my ex has been digging the guys reporters here for the brick. when you'll make this manufactured consensus instant of public wealth. when the

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by max ties or this is the kaiser report i'm in vegas with stacey they're shooting a new show a new series we're just pop in a moment currency people of us say yes we're in vegas we're talking to big guys because we're really new series called to the moon and it's about that point in the history because it's really fun and you know while we've been here not only do we see billy i yell yeah he's awesome but there is a new thing that exposes what we've been covering for the past year or two we certainly covered it in gonzo and that's the soft totalitarianism because face crime has officially. jumped the pages of george orwell's one thousand nine hundred four and it is.