whether or not the long awaited miller probe into trumped russian delusion will deliver a smoking gun us democrats look set to launch their own investigation intent it seems on still achieving one thing. for you peach somebody persuade the american public to have impeachment is a long way down the road we don't have to start yet. as some in washington continue to ratchet up talk of regime change in caracas the self-proclaimed interim president returned home from a latin american tour without upset or incident. also this hour french

president emanuel mccraw outlines his grandiose vision for a new europe amid sliding popularity and breck's it was but is told to focus on the mass protests and very criticism. and the u.k. primary school reportedly caves into pressure and suspend its lessons on homosexuality after hundreds of angry parents keep their children at home in protest. you're watching r t international for your live news update this hour thanks for tuning. we start in the u.s. where senior u.s. democrats are demanding access to all communications between donald trump and lot of near putin that's amid claims the u.s. president concealed details of what he spoke about with his russian counterpart the following request has been sent to the. oust. the committee's request by march

fifteenth twenty nineteen the department produce documents communications regardless of form and classification the refer or relate to any communications between president trump and president putin u.s. democrats are doubling down on efforts to catch trump on alleged collusion with russia that could be because there's talk the current miller probe into the issue will prove to be a disappointment in that respect as killed often explains. there's an old saying among cops and prosecutors if you throw enough at a wall eventually something will stick and this old saying usually expressed with less polite terminology seems to now be the montra of the democrats in congress jerry nadler has been selected to lead the charge impeachment is a long way down the road we don't we don't have the facts should you have ph somebody you have to persuade the american public or to to have to remember the bob muller investigation that highly expensive two year long probe into allegations

that donald trump had colluded with russia not too long ago democrats had many people convinced that it would be a huge game changer. well the final report is imminent and some are worried that it won't contain a bombshell or smoking gun revelation but some democrats seem to have the same overall goal because we're going to go in there really. i eighty one people have received a letter from the house judiciary committee they plan on following up on every last lead from the testimony of trump's former warrior michael cohen at this point they are planning to investigate the relations between the white house and trump's family the firing of james komi foreign trade deals and much much more and it won't just be the judiciary committee that is looking into donald trump. all you have to

do is follow the transcript if there were names that were mentioned old records that were mentioned during the hearing we're going to take a look at all of that the u.s. constitution lays out procedures for trying and removing a president who is guilty of high crimes and misdemeanors the idea is to put a check and balance on the executive branch so that it is not above the law however it seems that as of late investigations in impeachment have turned into just another play in the never ending political football game. r.t. new york. donald trump has branded the new efforts to impeach him harassment of innocent people he also pointed out that there's no evidence of collusion ties with russia former u.s. republican congressman michael patrick flanagan believes a democrat controlled inquiry will backfire their own campaign and continue the to video from all or in their own clumsy imperfect way and their goal is to take this president down and make sure that he is in no way possibly reelected next

year and so they will do their best to keep this alive if war was keeping his or his his son his investigation somehow alive they would be doing this because the need for this investigation would be would be shaded by a bible or doing his but now motors done and he's apparently not going to report much of anything this is the democrats furious so they're going to build an investigation that they control that they run that they can control the outcome of an surprise a price that will have the outcome that they wanted to have and no one will believe it. that as well as opposition leader is back home and rallying support after washington warned there'd be trouble if he was arrested one quiet zero had been touring latin america in violation of a travel ban imposed by caracas his return has prompted very different reactions on twitter from a cheering u.s. state department to a defiant venezuelan president. has welcomed back who are. good to see

even as well and security forces standing on the right side of history the world must unite push to end the brutal madeira regime and peacefully restore democracy the world is watching its venezuela confronts imperial aggression and moves forward with dignity we will continue to hold high the flag of our free people who raise their voices against imperial interference venezuela will return to the streets determined to mobilize in search of freedom. them bastards of france germany the netherlands and spain created quite a at the airport along with a crowd of journalists off leg waving supporters welcomed him home at a rally in the capital urged them to mobilize for yet another protest against president maduro on tuesday. meanwhile that as well is becoming a problem for others in the region as well the u.s. has threatened to tighten the economic screws on cuba or have an as proma tourist

stance the u.s. national security adviser said the new restrictions would target cuba's military john bolton also tweeted the region's nations should condemn caracas. russia's foreign ministry has called bolton statement crazy adding american actions in the region are absolutely inappropriate takes a look at why washington thinks it can dictate who sign people should be on. the united states is exceptional literally bouncing by different rules to you and me of the nations states groups you see they have the right to decide who rules where like in venezuela they decide who is a dictator and who isn't they decide which dictators rule and which don't now and state supports any number of dictators who are only human rights including the leaders of egypt saudi arabia the u.a.e. do you not see that the united states support for other brutal dictators around the

world undermines the credibility of the argument you make no i don't think it does make it separate and i think look in this administration we're not afraid to use the phrase monroe doctrine. it's an odd chaotic nineteenth century policy that basically says new nation in the americas may be colonized by europeans out of bounds for europeans and everyone not from the americas a little later teddy roosevelt twisted this policy turn that inside out instead of protecting american nations the us now toppled governments it didn't like there now they've twisted it again now they think they can do this everywhere all over the world and a zoo l.-a and a bill that legitimizes us meddling there terry quire threat assessment a strategy to counter russian influence in venezuela. in effect they're trying to

justify meddling in venezuela pogany because it's too friendly with russia and saying no not that that is who asked for it not even america's champ there but you don't see broad support for i believe that there is respectful participation of russia in regards to watching the fate of our country but the same goes for other countries that are paying attention here america knows better in syria half the world away it's the same story in syria the united states where used to plumb us in work with our partners to expel every last iranian brute and work through the un a process to bring peace and stability to the long suffering syrian people for the life of me i don't remember syrians are asking the united states to get rid of iranians but america knows better africa too many chinese

there thinks washington up to no good now is the time to boot them out china uses bribes opaque agreements and the strategic use of debt to hold states in africa captive to beijing's wishes and demands goes without saying it wasn't the africans who asked for this in fact according to the latest gallup poll most africans approve of chinese investment plans leadership in africa but the united states knows better you know why because it's special exceptional better than you or me officially our mission is to reassert our sovereignty reform the liberal international order this is a unique exceptional country. imagine mr monreal would turn in his grave if he could see what is but nine policy protecting the weak from european.

colonizes what that has been turned into a license to kill to meddle to topple governments and politically but continents oh you've got to be special all right we have all sorts of recent cases libya syria iraq where u.s. intervention has essentially obliterated any possibility of democracy but this is true throughout the decades that the united states has meddled in the affairs of latin america overthrowing one democratically elected government after another whether in one thousand nine hundred eighty four with arbenz or the interventions that it carried out in the one nine hundred eighty s. supporting brutal military regimes in countries like el salvador although venezuela is in the vise the moment cuba nicaragua are also mentioned by figures like bolton

in the same breath this is clearly a concerted effort to bring latin american countries once again under the iron control. with drugs and just around the corner and euro skeptic parties gaining momentum in the e.u. french president emmanuel mccrone has outlined his grand vision of a reformed europe is open letter features a number of ambitious plans charlotte explains. well this letter has been outlined to citizens of europe and it's been published in newspapers in the twenty eight member states of the european union this comes as many centrist politicians and fearing that they're not going to do as well in the forthcoming european elections as we see in polls suggesting that nationalist and populist parties are likely to gain seats across europe in those forthcoming elections now mark corns outlining his vision or in a source of calls it but he also outlined that there are threats to europe never

since the second world war has europe been so necessary and yet never has europe been in such a danger he sees that danger is being twofold one it's the euro skeptic m.p.'s euro skeptic politicians people who he's described as exploiting public anger but it's not just euro skeptic politicians these pointing the fingers that he's also pointing the fingers towards those who don't want to do anything he want the status quo to remain as it is he says in this letter this is about people who would be sleepwalking towards a diminished europe he also talks about migration a very sticky issue for many centrists and something that europe has been battling now with for the last fifty years and he describes the need to set out new rules for the borders of the schengen area and also a broader force of police that all of europe works towards new community can create

a sense of belonging if it does not have protected territory limits with need to rethink the area all those who want to be part of it. comply with obligations of responsibility stringent border controls and solidarity a single assignment policy with common acceptance and refusal rules one of the other things he talked about was interference and meddling suggesting that foreign powers shouldn't be able to finance parties in europe i propose the creation of a european agency for the protection of democracies to provide each e.u. member states with european experts to protect the election process against cyber attacks a manipulation so what's the reaction been well across europe many politicians have slapped knock on the back for outlining his vision but here in france there's been a lot of criticism from opposition politicians some describe him as being like the character dr jekyll and mr hyde flip flopping on his policies being all about the

words and not being about the substance this is of course not the first time we've heard some of these ideas from michael since he took office back in two thousand and seventeen and there's been criticism of social media of the fact that president michel while outlining this grand vision this renascence of europe is really struggling to control many of the things that are happening here in france take the yellow vest protest this is an anti-government movement it's been going on now for more than three months sixteen s protests we're seeing protests by students protests by teachers protests by workers from the medical fields all unhappy with the reforms that much corn has been trying to push through since his election and many people say you know if you can't sort out things in your own country how can you then decide to outline what you think europe should be doing a feature some suggesting that the president is trying to bite off more than he can chew. still to come a british primary school suspends its l.g.

bt lessons following pressure from outraged parents explain what caused their anger just after the break. life expectancy in america is plummeting if you look at the chart it's shocking you look at almost every other country it's kind of inching up on one side of the chart and then as it is the united states is away over here it's all crashing down from the drugs having junk food having junk culture having it's junk politics and fake news it's all fake and fake doesn't sustain life and you see it in the numbers it's clear. what you should continue to. put themselves on the line. to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president i'm sure. we somehow want to be rich. but you

going to be close with what before three of them or if you get. into studios in the waters of. welcome back a primary school in britain second city birmingham has caved into pressure and temporary pulled the plug on its lessons on l g b t that's after hundreds of parents reportedly kept their children at home in protest parties playboy gives us the details. well the cause of this route is a educational diversity program called no outside isn't it a means to teach kids about the different types of families that they might

encounter and talking to them about things like the idea of having two mom or two dads and reading books to kids as young as four about the concept of same sex families a program was devised by the deputy head of the school at the center of this route his name's andrew marr fatton actually he's been nominated for the world's best teacher award take a look at him talking about the program mobley lula another cyclone both of them mostly nearly got some tissues on them but. this is about teaching to you are different you can still be friends with anybody there's a huge going. but the majority of the parents at the school are on happy with andrew marr fats teaching methods it's a predominantly muslim school and parents fundamentally disagree with the idea of teaching kids about homosexuality an l g b t issues some of our viewers might know

that islam in islam homosexuality is forbidden so up until now the school had really held and said that they would continue this what they see as a very necessary diversity program but now a number of media outlets saying that the school has sent a letter to parents saying that the lessons are going to be stopped take a lesson up to the end of this term we will not be delivering any new outsiders lessons in our long term your curriculum plan is this often has already been blocked for religious education because you simply will continue as normal and welcoming outsiders isa's will be the rule this comes after protests last friday some six hundred. parents said that they hadn't taken their kids to school that's eighty percent of the school's attendance of the school's pupils the school wouldn't confirm that number but these protests have been taking place for

a while now ever since this rouse started and some of them have been pretty sizeable take a look. at. that . i'm prior to the protests taking place there had been a big school petition that some four hundred predominantly muslim parents had signed calling on the school to stop these lessons so this is clearly an issue that's really riled up the parents in this school in the community i reported on the story from birmingham a couple of weeks ago and this is what the parents had to say to me it's not for the reappeared for the reception kids. to homosexuals you should learn about your to old age not right now because you can easily get your parents did teach you kids

you know need to stick with boys and boys who doesn't agree this was a two hour live with the like it's because if you have to obviously clearly say you can't discriminate against religion and whatnot that's what they're doing it's ninety nine percent muslim it's not about being muslim that the jewish community the other communities the christian communities they're all have issues around the way things are being done now i've been in touch with some of those parents from the school and so far what i've heard is that this diversity program hasn't exactly been stopped it's more that it's been posed for this task and some of the headlines would suggest that it says sort of a big final ending to it that doesn't seem to be the case. we've requested clarification from the school and we all still waiting for it but if the moment it looks that if the school sticks with this program and returns to it next or next

year well it may well face the same protests all over again. china is flexing its military muscle in a bid to keep pace with america splashing the cash on the funds is hiking its budget to more than one hundred seventy seven billion dollars for this year. reports from the chinese capital. but on the setting in front of the great hall here where the thirteenth a national congress was held it's the highest organ of the chinese state war elites and powerful politicians come here and they came here today to actually hear the draft of the budget and the economic vision of the next year and that he also said here today that there was an increase in the military budget and the outline the reasons why that happened maintaining reasonable and appropriate grew for the national defense budget is needed to safeguard a national security and is in line with the transformation program of china's military the u.s. has been going to great lengths to show to the world how china's military might

pose a danger we face growing threats from china and beijing will use its military clout to expand its footprint in using military tools as well as propaganda to modernize and expanding its already considerable nuclear forces but when you compare the two countries and how much they've been pouring into arms it's quite of gap between china and the united states the u.s. last year and vest that about six hundred eighty billion dollars in their national defense were china has been nothing close to that end it's that's not even enough this year president trump has been pressuring congress to increase that to over seven hundred billion dollars. china's defense spending accounted for one point three percent of its gross domestic product in two thousand and eighteen while doing the same period some major developed countries spent more than two percent on their g.d.p. on defense. all that two percent pretty much rings a bell it's been. pretty much the whole time he's gone elected he's been saying

that to his allies says nato allies are actually not spending enough on defense hoping that they will do up to two percent you have to pay the minimum required two percent of g.d.p. must pay what they owe of the united states has more than eight hundred military bases around the world where china has only one and that's an africa and should booty while the u.s. has been saying that they have these bases to maintain peace among the world the chinese simply just say that they just wanted to be there to protect their national interests experts tell us that while the u.s. is seeking conflict including with beijing china is achieving its defensive aims. the united states. has a budget that's about five and a half times larger than china it needs conflicts all the time in order to justify that kind of spending china as it improves on its economy and grows stronger and bigger they need a military that can project power conflicts will continue china sees that

inevitably it will have. it will have run ins with the united states. in areas in different areas of the world and it wants to improve on its military i think certainly the united states is watching china's economic and military rise as a launch economy but you know terms of g.d.p. . percentage of g.d.p. it remains. so the one point zero it was. the percentage is lower than in the looks on the china sea a more complex security situation. including the zealots on a sea including uncertainties over the korean peninsula i think the chinese me is really if this is it is. all exerting military coercion over other countries

it certainly has. a kind of. patience over other countries these are the habit of military intervention favorite social media platforms such as twitter and facebook for up to the minute reports. when you factor consents to public wealth. when the ruling classes protect themselves. with the final. lifts and. you know one person. making the middle of the room sick. leave. the real.

deal. to the boss but. tell. me. yes to all this is all the group. think. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy going from

day shouldn't let it be an arms race in this spearing dramatic development that only personally i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical. to sit down and talk. greetings and sell you take a shit is. there there is a dark dirty secret looming on the horizon here in the united states of america. my arc watchers it's one you can only see if you have the right set of eyes that can read between the headlines and catch the flashes of lightning in the distance as february came to a close blood blood was in the economic water here in the retail states of america has four major brands announce the closing of more than four thousand shows stores

nationwide in a forty eight hour apocalypse now in retail but wait tyrrell the economy is doing great you will all say to me all our talking heads on t.v. our republican and democratic elected leaders and officials in wall street bootlickers are all telling us that it's jobs jobs jobs go or that the economy is booming much like author of the capitalist comeback and the putin wrote in the washington post he said quote the latest numbers confirm what americans can see all around them the economic surge is still in full swing and beating expectations. well you might be the only be half right and they are really you might just be one percent right because there are two different americas my friend one is the rich in booming land of opportunity that your politicians and mainstream media assures us exists and the other is the one all of us are actually

living in one where inflation has been rising exponentially faster than wages with the cost of an education and health care will put you into debt for the rest of your natural life despite working forty hours a week it's the america where major brick and mortar retailers like gap j.c. penney foot locker and victoria's secret all just announced the closing of four hundred sixty five stores nationwide and just twenty in just forty eight hours if.