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evidence of trumpeting russia collusion during the twenty sixteen presidential race so says the senate intelligence committee chairman who's been looking into the allegations for a good three years. would you support and arm facts and with ensign as well that engages in work crimes as you did in guatemala el salvador and nicaragua as washington tries to install venezuelan opposition leader one of the country's president the u.s. special envoy for venezuela is grilled over alleged previous interventions in latin america this by members of congress. plus an iranian a photographer slams us president for using a picture taken by her you know recent tweet bashing tyrone so we speak. back to easier now that i don't buy a new a get up i have no twitter account and someone send this picture to me i did not expect this big. i'm upset is this issue is use for other things and not to our

society. it is thursday february the fourteenth and early morning here in moscow let's get straight into your top stories for this hour. the b.b.c.'s syria producer is challenging the mainstream narrative on an alleged chemical attack in the country he claims that video of the supposedly off the mosque of a toxic strike in the syrian city of duma was in fact stage it is a line that russia and damascus have long maintained others though have accepted the video at face value touting it as evidence of the syrian government attacking its own people. picks up the story. you don't hear it very often not even a doubt not a suspicion but a certainty that the hospital scenes of the alleged chemical attack in duma was

staged and this is coming from the b.b.c. syria producer after almost six months of investigations i can prove without a doubt that the duma hospital scene was staged no fatalities occurred in the hospital all the white helmets activists and people i spoke to are either in italy or euphrates sheild areas only one person was in damascus the incident in question occurred almost a year ago when the syrian military took on the army of islam in the town of duma. the white helmets working with islam missed released videos of an alleged chemical attack hospitals people in panic reaction was immediate and violent trump launched more than one hundred cruise missiles at syria france and britain chipped

in the un security council in uproar if you took anything to think for years duma had been held by the army of islam hardcore islam ists the same guys that caged woman and elders and roofs to protect themselves against airstrikes i can tell you that jaish al islam rules dumont with an iron fist very co-opted activists doctors and humanitarians with fear and intimidation you may also remember in the lead up to this incident russia warned that this could happen and that rebels might stage a chemical attack to invite foreign intervention the rail and evacuation deal almost used we have undeniable evidence that this was yet another staged attack that involved intelligence agencies of one of the countries that is rushing to spearhead a recent campaign. but no one in the west listened or pretended not

to hear of the media not the politicians here by the way is how b.b.c. reported in the incident back then disturbing reports of a chemical weapons attack chemical attack carried out by the acid regime the magic's are doing more. but their overground dozens of people have been killed due to poison gas a chemical attack did happen believes riyadh but everything else the casualties the panic the videos those were meant to achieve something what evidence rianne has we don't know aside from a few tweets details are scarce we're waiting for more we've requested comment from riyadh and the b.b.c. and we'll keep you posted but it seems odd for the first full blown his styria over supposed chemical attack casualties and not quite be how it's claimed.

well there is no direct evidence that donald trump was colluding with russia during the twenty sixteen presidential race that is according to the senate intelligence committee chairman who has been leading a two year probe during that time part of the media got very excited about the probe expecting it would find a smoking gun is our correspondent. so down trump has spoken up the it twitter the senate intelligence committee there is no evidence of collusion between the truth campaign and russia now he based this on what was said by senator burr after two years two hundred witnesses and three hundred thousand documents he had this to say. if we write a report based upon the facts that we have then we don't have anything that would suggest that there was collusion by the trump campaign and russia democrats have now confirmed this to n.b.c. on conditions of anonymity said investigators have access to highly classified intelligence so for example if there was an intercept between some russian

intelligence officers suggesting that they were conspiring with a top campaign they would see that that has not emerged so that evidence does not exist and trump will claim vindication well the twitter sphere lit up because for two years n.b.c. has been pushing the trump russian narrative now they're saying the opposite. and be seen use emmis n.b.c. have been telling us for two plus years that there's always evidence of collusion to the russians hacked their accounts breaking news the narrative we've been spin endlessly for two years that was based on zero evidence it seems that it wasn't lost on n.b.c. themselves who did everything and to walk back there a policeman but on the very same day we heard this on the very same channel senator burr coming out and saying there was no direct evidence of that kind of conspiracy that also really struck me because prosecutors almost never how to direct it i wish the intelligence committee came out and said they found no direct evidence of

criminal conspiracy but that's not the senate intelligence committee is read it it is the f.b.i. in a special counsel's team to do the criminal investigation so he doesn't have any evidence but he somehow just knows it's there. mr trump's claims of no collusion. hold these the claims of a former cia director who previously called doubts on allegations of collusion he is not alone in speaking up and saying that what can't be proven somehow must unquestionably be true but the walls feel like they're closing in on the truth administration right now and i'm not sure they can hold them off for much longer the walls are closing in and everyone is freaking out the walls are closing the wheels are coming off. the walls are closing in on president trump the walls are closing it with trump on the walls are closing in on the trump white house. all of the walls are closing in at this point the walls are closing in fast so if enough people are saying it you don't need any evidence the message of those pushing the

rushing eight narrative is just believe it would happen r.t. new york. the french capital has seen a large demonstration against police violence organized by various yellow vest groups and comes out as one of their own protesters a former national boxing champion is jailed for a year for beating an officer at a rally in january a video of christophe throwing punches that went viral and led to a manhunt one witness claims he was acting in response to a police assault of a former boxer has expressed regret over his aggressive reaction. i saw the repression that was the i saw the police. i've seen the police hurt people with flash bulls i've seen people hurt a sim pension is get to have seen a lot of things i was skiing against on the last day yes i wanted to advance in the riot police was gassed with my friends and my wife i was gassed and for

a moment the anger came up in the yes well i reacted badly that i reacted badly but i was defending myself and that's it. began the used tear gas in. and then started business with bad moods i found myself on the ground blowing cold out i was then chased by the police who tried to grab me another policeman from the rapid response school didn't turn up and tried to grab me he punched me in the face right in the teeth and then he keep me have severe lung disease but the slightest blow can cause them to see if that happens i don't like the books to save my life if he hadn't done what he did i would have died on the spot where french authorities say almost two thousand people have been convicted for offenses committed during yellow vest protests the country's prime minister says fourteen hundred more are right now awaiting sentencing. we spoke with. who was hit in the head with a grenade in december claims she is on the brink of losing an eye because of it is

her story. but it is still there. we were on the seans elisei it was comment first and there were very calm yellow vests around us then some who have been started vandalizing the shop on another side of the street trying to set fire to it policeman started to shoot to help the firefighters to get through and it was the last then that i remember because after that i fell and the grenade hit my head in the morning they were never put on. my eyes still in great pain and will be removed in the next operation talked to said it can be seen it is painful to touch it i can't move it and i can't read it's estimated around two thousand people have been injured during the yellow vest protests with some suffering serious wounds. things the current level of violence between the protesters and the police is far from normal he put his four. policemen

the call to work every saturday i understand that they're tired but fatigue is not an excuse for everything especially for leavin people without ice hooligans were on the right and i was on the left to explain to me why the policeman fired in my to berkshire it is not normal france is one of the oldest democratic countries in the world it is not normal that this is happening here. the new u.s. special envoy for one as well or has been accused of lying a by the house foreign affairs committee elliott abrams was quizzed about washington's efforts to install opposition leader one quite go was venezuela's president in its bid to oust nicolas maduro and there were some tough questions regarding abram's record of alleged human rights violations in latin america. one thousand nine hundred ninety one you pleaded guilty to two counts of withholding information from congress regarding your involvement in the iran court affair i

fail to understand why members of this committee or the american people should find any testimony that you give today to be truthful if i can respond to that was in a question yes or no would you support an armed faction within venezuela that engages in war crimes crimes against humanity or genocide if you believe they were serving u.s. interest as you did in guatemala el salvador and nicaragua i'm not going to respond to that question i'm sorry i don't think this entire line of questioning is meant to be real questions and so i will not reply will you make sure that human rights are not violated do you feel that your past actions in iran contra permanently impair your ability to fairly and transparently deal

in the region my question is whether you're aware of any transfers of weapons or defense equipment by the united states government to groups of it as well or i ask this question because you have a record of such actions members of congress were referring to his track record in latin america abrams was twice convicted of unlawfully withholding information from congress in one thousand nine hundred one over him funneling weapons through iran to nicaragua right wing rebels in the one nine hundred eighty s. his portfolio also includes accusations of covering up massacres and supporting repression campaigns of dictators and quite a model el salvador and honduras. now the session did not go down entirely without a hitch it was interrupted several times by protests from antiwar activists national co-director of the code pink activist group gold was arrested at the hearing. thank you for the opportunity to testify on our efforts to restore democracy venezuela oh no no you.

know you still said let me. write that because that is what is always was communicable diseases that are easily preventable or resurgent once again. may i remind you that in supporting the struggle for freedom in venezuela you are connected criminals you just are congress like the congress of your earlier line that bridge was closed three years i think it's really despicable that elliot abrams has been appointed to this position he has shown through his record to be deceitful conniving and manipulative so as he started to speak i just couldn't help myself but to stand up and tell congress to tell the

foreign affairs committee don't listen to this war criminal elliott abrams from promoting the disastrous invasion of iraq to opposing the iran nuclear deal to his criminal involvement in the errant cow contra scandal has shown how much he wants to go to war and this is putting venezuela into really dangerous situation most likely plunging the country into a bloody civil war and this is not what the people of venezuela want the majority of venezuelans to not want a us military intervention and yet we're in this dangerous situation where it's a real possibility. a week of violence has rocked haiti with protesters angry over rising prices economic stagnation and corruption on wednesday and in the country's

capital port au prince hundreds marched to the national palace calling for the president to step down the demonstration turned straight to clashes with police thank. protesters hurled rocks are police wild ride police officers try to disperse the crowd using tear gas at least six people have died in the anti-government protests in haiti. about the demonstrations in both haiti and just across the caribbean in venezuela with william robinson a professor of latin american studies he says the west is treating the true very different. eighty is facing a crippling socio political and economic crisis it's getting worse inflation is meaning that food increasingly out of the reach of poor people unemployment is high and it is rising the haitian government is a close ally of the united states it's a simple as that united states has pointed to stabilize and overthrow the venezuelan government for for the last twenty years and at the same time it has

been propping up in the elite far right wing government incredibly corrupt government which rules over a social order which benefits a tiny minority for the last thirty forty fifty years so that's nothing new i mean it's not been not only surprised but it does demonstrate the complete hypocrisy and double standard of u.s. foreign policy towards the region and towards these two countries he has gone through nearly three decades now of constant foreign u.s. led intervention the u.s. is already intervening behind the scenes it has never started to phoenix haiti is one of the most interesting country maybe the most intervened in the whole western western hemisphere. it is february the fourteenth aka valentine's day in a good enough excuse for us to look into the relationships between the most powerful people in the world reporting from the city of love solitude. as couples across the globe celebrated day of love we thought we'd take

a look at the burning passions between will to lead is what makes for a great relationship well for starters chemistry is very important. that we have to make a berth for years for where would we be without something igniting or flames of course sometimes that spark just isn't there and well that can be a bit awkward especially when the camera's always around. you know every relationship goes through its ups and it stands i mean who doesn't

have skeletons in their clothes it. really does it really won't make a go of things and they'll do what any good therapist would suggest they work through it i was really being tough and sure wish i would go back and forth and then we fell in love ok no really you will be beautiful letters well if there's one thing we know about trump a likes building rules but sometimes even if he has a boundary issues the president criticized to resign may saying that her plan for brakes it was poorly going to be poorly executed which is essentially the worst thing you could say about her on the first broadside against. what's france's military record for more nato funding president trump the attack the fight beginning at breakfast today at one point today the president asking what good is

nato and saying germany is to russia well mr make america great again could have some toys to mend i want to weigh down other top. so who should be top of trump's valentine card list this year. a million man whose research. prime minister trudeau. i think he should really get along with tourism a reason may she could do with some help. mexican president. happy v.-day can't wait for you to pay for it all he says.

but most of all the number one lesson is that before you can love someone else you have to lock it in. an iranian photojournalist has lashed out at donald trump. tehran on twitter posting a photo of a protest that she had taken. the photo was used without permission the u.s. president published the tweet and both english on monday as iranians marked the fortieth anniversary of the overthrow of the u.s. backed shah i yelled out my o.t. to condemn donald trump saying the photos. shows why they shouldn't be abused she said by men in washington a video agency ruptly spoke to the photo journalist but. you know if i have no

twitter account and someone send this picture to me i did not expect this picture to become viral and this photo was also used in different occasions for instance at the press conference for mr brown peo it was actually in the big format on the front page of the u.s. department of state i wanted to react at the time or because of my patients it took a long time these photos are like a mirror which we should use for our society and with ourselves and think that these are our problems i am upset as this issue is used for other things and not to help our society this issue has bothered me for a long time. and i yelled at my issued a lengthy instagram post and what she said but his policy is saying u.s. sanctions are devastating the lives of iranians. in the. terrorism on the internet as a matter of fact my purpose against this tweet can be defined as a social aspect and emotional release of family spurstow right by families in the us and we haven't seen each other for years because of the travel ban and i felt

like my family was imprisoned because we could not have been visit each other in another country this isn't the issue that has happened almost every family and has affected our society on the other hand the economic and social impact of sanctions that affect people including those who are not interested in political issues caused me to show a symbolic protest it was not something like a legal complaint or any other thing. it's a fashion house gucci is to give stuff culturally sensitive drills after a backlash over its products it's one of a number of brands to have been accused of racism as of late for releasing lines bearing black face imagery most recently katy perry designed shoes they were removed from the shelves after accusations they resembled black face makeup. earlier this month he was taken to task over a polo neck sweater which some people said resembled a blackface costume and in december prada with true line of monkey key chains after

consumers complained they looked like characters of black people how does this keep happening with supposedly luxury brands know when the gucci clogged the similarity between their races imagery of their eight hundred ninety eight dollars black frieze jumper and prada ski chain the latter of which was pulled from stores less than two months ago or does it just not care i fail to see racism over these people really need to get over themselves and the victim mentality i would never see a monkey and identity myself with it or the to warm up my nose do you seriously they are actively using this racist bull as a means of state in the news and attracting people who think it's a cool bird to flip that political correctness gone mad they know exactly what they're doing there are again a global brand with serious strategists. all three fashion brands apologized though

not everyone was entirely satisfied by it we spoke to video artist. and video specialist cameron thomas took out thoughts. i believe that there is a clear a lot of sensitivity to issues that are particularly jarrin and hurtful or offensive at the moment in this country in the u.s. not only is black history month but it's also a time where conservative politicians in this country including the president of the denounce are particularly time that when it comes to racial issues and it's very very important. our rulers artists and from editors and creative scholar of all sorts designers as well it's very important that we. listen in to what's happening and not unlimited and we need to respond to the current political savior of terrorists with our creation in terms of the issue it's an overreaction this is an issue that's really feeding into a bigger issue

a black face that's coming out of virginia. and i think in the in the communications feel old i think we call this i think we call this moral panic you know so when a bigger issue is framing all kinds of other smaller issues within you know within the culture that that includes is a huge reaction you know katy perry had the issues in august it was nine different colors it was white case it was black face it was gold plate gold face it was red face the shoes that look clearly like you know iconic you know i think an american and or black artists and designers we should do much better than the politicians that are creating what i am dishonest the politics of we need to lead the way forward to create connections to understand each other and go to dig down into the you know the. the motivations psychology and the fashion designer you know maybe

they are maybe they are creating these lines to create controversy just some of the top stories for this hour here on this program off the road tons of the top of the hour you can join us. now competition to stop price discovery say and a fake prices and fake prices beget fake this is that's what comes out of fake prices fake names you'll get respect is restore competition in the marketplace to get real prices and then you'll get real. joining me every thursday on the alec simon show and i'll be speaking to guest of

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