venezuela accuses the u.s. backed opposition of sabotaging the country's power supply as washington threatens more sanctions against the majority. u.s. house of representatives passes a bill to counter the influence of so-called money from. the election process it should be happening and it's a deeply complicated. legal legal. and former u.s. army intelligence whistleblower chelsea manning is back behind bars after refusing to testify to a u.s. grand jury in a case against wiki leaks. this saturday the ninth of march i'm calling bright r t h q with your headline news this

hour first the venezuelan foreign ministry is accusing the united states of orchestrating and celebrating an ongoing power outage in the country said to be the worst in decades. while in venezuela people calmly handled the consequences of electrical sabotage the entourage of donald trump was celebrating and enjoying with guilty perversion the suffering of the venezuelan people a few weeks ago the mature regime blamed the corners for causing a large electric group blackouts we have now received the first video of what caused the not unprecedented nationwide black county in venezuela where there is poses bring nothing but darkness. electricity stations across about as well as shut down during the thursday evening rush hour bringing public transport to a standstill the power supply is gradually being restored in some parts of the capital what you're seeing here is the simon bolivar international airport in caracas where all flights have been suspended opposition leader and self declared interim president says the government's to blame while the us pointed the finger at

years of corruption and underinvestment venezuela's defense ministries called the outage an act of sabotage by the united states. after all we have seen after the statements from the spokesperson of the north american empire and those who support them no one can be so naming to believe this is a random event it is an attack on our homeland. it cannot be normal that fifty percent of the hospitals do not have electric generators and the other fifty operate during an emergency the government is inefficient and corrupt and we know that the end of darkness comes when the usurpers leave power in venezuela washington says it will not use force to deliver humanitarian aid to venezuela that said another batch of u.s. aid is arrived at the colombian venezuelan border in defiance of an official ban self declared leader has promised to get those supplies into the country but president maduro refusing to allow the u.s. aid in calling it a trojan horse and

a pretext for intervention he is though accepting help from the red cross and the u.n. we also want to call from the red cross about the agency's work in venezuela. situation . in mind all we are working on in the last more than two years in me if it isn't going to be and we can use you're going to let you know you're. in the wrong. by now or the lack of resources that we. need more. engine of all the. bars are all. lost we are birds they're human beings regardless any. and yes. there are you know where all that is news. so you know people it's over in that we. were or were not there is going to be one

to meet other actors in our. lives including the security meanwhile the u.s. special envoy to venezuela says countries could be sanctioned for refusing to recognize one as interim president elliott abrams also threatened new measures against president the duo we are losing sanctions and diplomatic actions to pressure the madeira regime hopeful that other countries will use these and other tools at their disposal to gary sanctions you know it's always it's out there it's always a possibility we have not done it yet. and i wouldn't want to speculate as to whether the real or what would lead us to make that additional decision the battle over the venezuelan presidency which has dragged on since january appears to be stuck in stalemate president maduro is still in power and it seems that washington

has no backup plan to force him out as he goes down of explained the u.s. is back to square one on venezuela and an ambiguous confession by vice president pence how much dunkerque have a timeline but there's no timeline now rewind of just a little over a month ago and here's mike pence the same mike pence announcing venezuela was on washington's laundry list in spanish a lot. 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 serp are and call for the establishment of a transitional government that was the moment washington put itself into regime change since then the us heavily invested itself in the crisis so how did it come to this a thinly veiled admission of failure after all it looked so bright at the start in

me a week's washington projected a no name obed cheerleader into the international frame one why dole became the poster boy of the social upheaval has his presidential ambition was quickly backed by america's allies brazil has just issued a note recognizing one why do as venezuela's president one way door when. one go to war when they do so in your way though you know it one way though since then though america's plans started to go into a frantic nosedive my duro wasn't going anywhere in still has the army on his side and his supporters showed the opposition didn't own the streets of caracas are you . serious. never traces. reasonable oil. that's how it has to

be. then a big ruckus with aid the u.s. trade getting into venezuela and which material didn't allow concerned washington was using its old trick to smuggle guns to arm the mob which clearly showed just hooves still boss in venezuela washington seems to have resisted the temptation to go for the favorite tactic of sending a few thousand so. to a score to the undesirable leader out of office at least for now and when confronted with the what's next question resorts to the same boilerplate platitude over and over again all options are on the day all options are on the table all options are on the table all options are on the table which all things considered sounds more like no options are on the table and actually things didn't go much further than ola in the first place where there has been unable to deliver on his

promise to allow humanitarian aid in the military has not left the side of president maduro they continue to support him and wedo is looking like a shrinking power and expanding one so this crusade to appeal them fortune that means the united states will try other attempts are not going to give up as the us talks about toward militarism colombia saying no brazil saying no european governments are saying no people do not want to see that kind of escalation its coalition is way those and so the united states is really in a small box that's shrinking. in other news measures to fight corruption and the influence of so-called dark money on the u.s. election process have been passed by the house of representatives with a bill backed by the democrats h.r. one is designed to do that to restore ethics and accountability to fight back against the interests of big money in our politics no one. we stores that

people's faith that government works with the public interest the people's interest not the special interests the bill was criticized by the republicans who accused the democrats of a power grab claiming the legislation will not solve the problem and takes up the story. wherever you go in america you can see a widespread feeling that much of the government can be bought off that's why trump got so much applause with this slogan we are going to dream. that one more time to really just walk the sois we are going through. this once you swap out. whole show that a pretty solid majority of americans want new laws to restrict the amount of money that can be contributed to political candidates that's why the democrats have decided to sound the alarm about a new sinister force in american politics dark money special interest dark money

funded campaign the pernicious influence of dark money in our politics it's dark money there's no disclosure about who's bankrolling the surfer the executive branch is drowning in big money corruption so for dealing in lawlessness dark soft money coming into the election process so what exactly is dark money well it's money contributed by non-profits social welfare organizations labor unions and trade associations all of which are not required to disclose who their donors are so essentially it's dark money because it's off the books nancy pelosi has voiced her concerns this is about instilling the confidence of the american people in the political process in what happens in government that is the people's interests that are being served not the dark special interest of that total special interest money but here's the thing in the congressional midterm elections the democrats actually receive more dark money than the republicans do. the group majority forward closely

tied to democratic senator chuck schumer spent forty six million dollars in ten different senate races and even money out of politics socialist because you cortez has actually been facing some recent harsh questions about dark money that she received we decided to talk to new yorkers and see how they feel about dark money and politics it should be happening and it's a different what's good i think transparency is best when it comes to money the dark art of dark money is not divided along party lines but there are plenty of questionable contributions in american politics that are right out in the open from big oil companies banks and defense contractors it seems that yes dark money sounds scary but it may not be the biggest problem in american politics the problem may be the influence of money itself the democrats are making great use of dark money the problem is in america the money seems to find other ways to influence

politics so they know trying to expose dark money is not really going to change anything they've had their own major problems for the democrats really want to have a change in the conversation and clearly that's what they're pushing here this entire bill is nothing but a flagrant attempt to hang on to their thin grasp on power. turning out in their thousands women around the world marched for equal rights on international women's day on friday with some of the largest rallies in germany france spain and argentina.

in turkey however the women's day demonstration escalated into a standoff with police turkish authorities dispersed a crowd of several thousand who had gathered in defiance of a government ban on protest rallies in istanbul's taksim square. a book promoting the conspiracy theory q and on has hit the top seventy five best sellers on amazon q and on is best known for its eccentric allegations against the so-called us deep state and for its support for president trump his artist on a quarter. you've seen the trails in the sky heard about how reptiles and chemicals in the water are making the earth flat but now there's q. and a conspiracy theory claiming democrats are murdering children and the deep state is creating diseases and this one is getting rave reviews on amazon great read it exposes them to the going on that the mainstream will not report thank you

very much for spreading truth in the end justice will be served and freedom for all will prevail truth shall set us free a theory once lurking in the darkest corners of read it and four chan is now under the spotlight and thanks to who the mainstream talking heads who decided to trash on it probably played a part to q. and a on conspiracy theory group called q anon he went on which essentially leaves the entirety of the democratic party are conspiring and running an underground pedophile sex trafficking ring it with already has watched this kind of thing there's no surprise these queuing on conspiracy folks are now showing up to troll brownlee's this is all insane and incoherent with how little americans trust the media these days the call outs are working more like promo q. and on rose to amazon's number one bestseller in censorship and politics it's even pushed aside classics like the dystopian novel fahrenheit four fifty one.

coincidence i think not. if you're looking to expose the masses to some controversial content mainstream attack sometimes don't go far enough to censor it like when platforms banned info wars conspiracy theorist alex jones you tube facebook and apple all announcing their own moving his content from their platforms they only actually took action after weeks of media pressure after jones' popularity shot through the roof you tube users viewed his talk on joe rogan's podcast about ten million times it was a perfect platform for all the. android elves and drug crazed aliens they've got like astronaut level people taking super hardcore levels of drugs and going into meetings with these things and making interval act deals the nazis get the deep literature they believed they were being possessed by entities they were psychically connected to each other and would work like robots here's what pilate

believes. the elves are biological androids the great this in theories on television clearly doesn't work but promoting conspiracy theories well that's a different story some people actually have some type of paranoid delusions or they have paranoid personality so they tend to see connections among things that other people don't see bans on social media only strengthen the conspiracy theorists because they say if it wasn't such a terrible thing that we've discovered they wouldn't be hiding it they would be suppressing us so a it given that belief that there is something being covered up and be it makes them feel even more self-righteous saying that i am one of the few people left you know to promote the truth i have to do it and the more motivated to find some way to promote whatever pet theory or conspiracy theory they have i still plenty had the saturday u.s. whistleblower chelsea manning is back behind bars and that's a diversity dilemma at c.n.n. reports after the break.

it's a really interesting duel between two dystopian nightmares brave new world and a few before they say you know you're in heaven there and that's like the brave new world of the soul is essentially you're clicking on discrediting yourself and then recreating your soft through video games that would be more like i think brave new world to so much. digital. and then to us as more of a nightmare before they put you in an actual cell phone natural google ad with trying to buy t.v. cow. question countries are very reluctant to recognize the fact that is that is why i'm not formally and also to make that they were perhaps wrong in. condemning him or siding against him so with glee in the early stages of the war so they're terrified to undermine the reconstruction process by the prolongation of sanctions i think it

was in countries. where this is serious we can start to you know ways in which you can start by third power not russia iran not by the west and by the g.c.c. . u.s. army intelligence whistleblower chelsea manning has been jailed for refusing to testify in front of a grand jury and a case against the wiki leaks co-founder. bunnings lawyer says they'll appeal for swift for looks. this is an appealable order judge hilton did find her in contempt in open court who is certainly a typical for this kind of proceeding as everybody knows chelsea has tremendous courage our primary concern at this point is her well she is confined chelsea manning first came to fame in two thousand and ten off the handing over

classified sensitive military data to wiki leaks she was sentenced to thirty five years in prison and spent seven of them before being commuted by then president obama the whistleblower was aware that she could be taken back into custody. have a history of having to deal with secrecy and a lot of these secret proceedings they tend to favor the government they tend to allow things you know if arius goings on happened so i am in general opposition of that kind of of this kind of proceeding taking place i believe in the grand jury process i don't believe in the the secrecy of this i have no problem explaining what happened and i've done it before why we should go through this in a secret closed hearing with only the prosecutor no lawyer. this all stems back to when manning leaked more than seven hundred thousand confidential documents and videos because you have profound questions about u.s. foreign policy here's some of what she revealed but a warning that you might find some of the following images disturbing. on.

democrats. veteran human rights campaign a peter tatchell says it's suspicious that the hearing was being conducted in secrecy. what does the u.s. government and reduce the system have to hide why can't they conduct these hearings and these charges in open court in this case it's all being done in secret which flies against the fundamental democratic traditional principle that just the should be open and transparent and i think chelsea manning is quite right to shine a spotlight on the secrecy of the grand jury system and the way in which is

weighted towards the prosecution and against defendants during assigned himself has been subject to secret grand jury hearings since two thousand and ten he's never been allowed to know the charges against him or the evidence he's not being given any kind of information whatsoever and again this is completely contrary to the basic fundamental principle of justice that it should be open transparent and accountable. c.n.n. is facing questions over diversity within its top brass that after several groups representing the black community in the u.s. pointed to the absence of minorities in the company's executive board diversity has been something of a running theme on air the american broadcaster. what people in europe in america or to be proud of what they should be celebrating all the remarkable achievements of diversity diversity in the workplace diversity inclusion respect integrity

diversity and inclusion and it is core to our culture that diversity and inclusion is the path forward to ensuring that your bottom line is great despite featuring several black news anchors and correspondents c.n.n. seems to lack such representation in the top ranks that includes executive producers vice presidents and other senior positions as well the national association of black journalists which first raised this issue has blasted c.n.n. for failing to meet its delegation to discuss this diversity gap members of the group had requested a sit down with c.n.n. president jeff zucker. explained why it declined the meeting pointing at a dispute with the associations vice president we spoke to a member of the national association of black journalists about why the whole issue has become so problematic. we have been monitoring c.n.n. for several years along with the other broadcast and cable networks here and we've noticed that there were no people of color no african-americans in the top decision rank making positions this is where the decisions are made not only about coverage

but who will cover it how it will be covered what resources they are able to use to do that quite often this is the decision level where a lot of stories are either elevated or just pushed to the side and quite often we haven't learned through experience that stories about people of color or concerns of the african-american community in the united states don't often get the attention that they deserve this is a major concern to african-american journalists and should be to them since they serve the entire community in the united states not just one particular group. wrapping up with sixty seconds of unbridled cuteness next to six year old boy from southern russia has become something of a local hero has rescued both one hundred homeless animals and helped many of them find a new home the national product has been telling us about his volunteer experience .

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from the international thirty five minutes hope to see that. country has gone into a nihilistic fever that's why i think i hit the road and get out the traveling across america to find what makes america the charlatans the genius of this place especially american hero this is it we've come a point around which element is done so we always are on the line just a lot this whole culture thing for you. we're starting last with is going to head east into the swamp we're going into the belly of the beast i think i want to leave now doesn't get him oregon town and that may be completely different but in this. my seven years doing drugs my nephew was still in drugs my sister just with doing

drugs it was like an epidemic of drug abuse america's public enemy number one in the united states is drug abuse you sort of going after the users in a prison populations who are we started treating sick people people who are addicted to these drugs like criminals while i was on the hill. the war on drugs was on the stink there are countless numbers of people who are in prison for. this for whom our own are minor offenders in the drug trade it's a lot watching your children grow up and miss you in waves and say by daddy as you're walking out of a busy. it's just it doesn't get easier. what politicians do. they put themselves on the line they get accepted or rejected.

so when you want to be president. some who want to press. you to go right to the press it's like them before three in the morning can't be good. i'm interested always in the waters about how. question. don after a time when there's angie semitism scandals rock the politics of washington and london we're going underground in an exclusive interview with former iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad's this is within the past forty eight hours britain announces former b.b.c. media reaction instructor now dozens of garri ratcliffe convicted for espionage that she denies is a defacto u.k. official and that's all while the e.u.

britain and the usa continue economic warfare against another fossil fuel power venezuela welcome president mahmoud ahmadinejad one of the world's greatest revolutionaries a good chavez remembered by supporters and enemies alike today died six years ago this week you knew him was he has a major mainstream media has it a dictator. smoothed out. in the name of god the most merciful americans and the british can label people however they want we have to see what their standards and quite syria are for labeling people in such a way. do you know of a dictator who loves his people who could walk freely among the people on the streets listen to their demands and fulfill them of course mr chavez was against the domination of foreigners over his country and other countries he was a strong supporter of freedom. he became president with

a high percentage of the people vote the number that's because i believe you should ask the people who make such labels why they are trying to fan the atmosphere of vengeance among the public those who knew mr chavez closely know that he was a very kind man a really lovely person and on various occasions i saw him in many parts of venezuela he went to the people we without any security or bodyguards listen to the people for hours he loved his people and that is how he lived i think if you want to have a better world you need to have certain standards that are acceptable by all the nations of the world the stand is defined by those with hundreds of years of colonial history who waged war has even today they set their sights on the wealth of other nations and they cannot run their own economy independent of other nations . those standards have failed to bring security to the world it's not the food

issue really don't have the corner. interest on the internet and this does not spring friendship among nations. milat who we do see this really well the us and european union wants to overthrow his successor i'm a duro of the believe aryan revolution just like the u.s. wants to overthrow the government of iran the reckless into the hutaree that's before speaking about changes we have to ask do americans have the right to overthrow.