one and only. russia's foreign ministry has branded an incident which saw a u.s. embassy staff member in russia trying to take. through an airport in moscow we get all of the moments also coming up as a nation wide bloc continues to leave in the dark he's accused the u.s. by opposition in the supply lines washington threatens more sanctions against them and governments the u.s. high some representatives passes a bill to counter the influence of so-called dark money from all known donors in the election process. should be happening and it's a deeply complicated fly the united states. it's legal. and former u.s. army intelligence whistleblower chelsea manning is back behind bars after refusing

to testify to a grand jury in a case against wiki leaks. your company this is our team international and just after a four pm here in the russian capital my name's union o'neil we begin with breaking news on the program a security alert being triggered at one of moscow's main earth ports after a mortar shell it's believed was discovered in the luggage of a u.s. embassy staff member that's according to the russian foreign ministry well for more on this story let's cross over to medina. just minutes old this story what do we know from what indeed was the russian reaction as well. well quite

a bizarre story happened to me to the airport this saturday now one u.s. embassy employee trying to take more of her shell through the airport in his luggage now it was reported that it contained no explosives but it did have a detonator the mortar shell was revealed to to be in the luggage during a routine x. three chaco right at the entrance of the airport it was confiscated to but the u.s. diplomat continued his journey to new york and there is still no confirmed information concerning his identity however of the russian foreign ministry has already called this incident a provocation and also added that he hopes that the u.s. embassy will explain the behavior of its employees. ok thanks for the very latest on this developing story medina caution of a thank you for. the venezuelan foreign ministry

a flush out the u.s. make using it of being behind a muscle block out in the country said to be the worst in decades power stations across venezuela shut down during rush hour on thursday evening bringing public transport to a standstill the power supply is gradually being restored in some parts of the capital now this is see more on the ball of our international airport in caracas where all flights being rounded opposition leader and self declared interim president one sees them a dural government is to blame while the us pointed the finger at years of corruption an investment venezuela's defense ministry house call the act of sabotage by the us. after all we have seen after the statements from the spokesperson of the north american empire and those who support them here no one can be so naive to believe this is a random event it is an attack on our homeland. it cannot be normal but fifty percent of the hospitals do not have electric generators and the other fifty.

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 meanwhile another batch of usaid has arrived after columbia in venice we allowed border in defiance of an official bond by caracas self declared leader one has promised to get the slice into venezuela but president majority is refusing to allow american aid to enter calling it a trojan horse or pretext for intervention he is the accepting help from the red cross on the un we asked walter caught a from the red cross about the agency's work in the country. situation it was. all. you. security relation we are one of them in the last more than two years there we did any if it ended easy going to

eat and we'd be communities in going to let you know what your job. and been there are all going to do the more john you were by now or the lack of resources that we have the need to have more engine i'll be in the band in utah and bars are all up and it's like aspirin laws we are there to stare human beings regardless any. and yet if you look. there are you know where all of that was. serving to people that is suffering that we respond were or were no service going to be one can be all or act in ways that are. really saving. lives and proving the security. well it all comes as the u.s. special envoy to venice way less suggested countries could be sanctioned for not recognize one as interim president and the abrams also threatened new measures

against president maduro. we're using sanctions and diplomatic actions to pressure the madeira regime are hopeful that other countries will use these and other tools at their disposal to secondary 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 well the battle over the venezuelan presidency which has dragged on since january appears stuck in stalemate president maduro is still in power washington has no backup plan to force him out as igor shot down off explains. the u.s. is back to square one on venezuela and an ambiguous confession by vice president pence how much language do you have a timeline but there is no timeline now rewind 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 over. 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 gear 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 as 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. you go to war. in europe where you go you know one global since then though america's plans started to go into a frantic nosedive my duro wasn't going anywhere hadn't 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. that is 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 expanding one so this coup seems to appeal to

a 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 it's coalition is the way those and so the united states is really in a small box that's shrinking. the puzzle against corruption on the influence of so-called dark money in the u.s. election process is being rumped up with a bill 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 h.r. one. we stories that people state that government works for the public interest the people in chest not this special interests however the republicans have accused the democrats of a power grab claiming the move will not solve the bigger issue than picks 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 he. was trying to walk the sois we are going. to swap out. the. 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 permission is influence of dark money in our politics money there's no disclosure about who's been growing the center for the executive branch is drowning in big money corruption so for doing and 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 that instilling the confidence of the american people in the political process in what happens in government it is the people's interests that are being served not the darkness interest of that special interest money but here's the thing in the congressional midterm elections the democrats actually received more dark money than the republicans did 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. dark money in politics it should be happening and it's a deeply complicated flaw of the united states to. know it's legal legal smart pretty much 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 at 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. the yellow vest movement's once again taking its stand against the french government to the streets of paris but this time there's a splash of color pink best protesters have joined them in honor of international women's day one of the major issues firing up the cries for reforms to all employment benefits now the yellow vest protests have been ongoing for seventeen consecutive weekends with demonstrators demanding changes to living standards really primarily that's the spine of temps to quell the flames by scrapping fuel tax hikes on launching national debates. we will have women around

the world march for their rights on international women's day which took place on friday with some of the largest probably seen in germany france spain turkey argentina. was. i. was i. i was. you. know he. was. yeah among that montage you would have spotted turkey but the images from the country didn't really say is they were after the demonstrators entered into a standoff with police authorities this first a crowd of several thousand gathered in defiance of

a government protest rallies in istanbul's taksim square. a book promoting the conspiracy theory q. on the bestseller list on amazon is best known for its controversial allegations against the us deep state for its support for president trump a little quarter. you've seen the trails in the sky heard about how reptiles and chemicals in the water are making the earth 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 really did expose this thing that are going on that the mainstream rippled thank you very much for spreading truth in the end justice will be served and freedom for who'll will prevail truth shall set us free 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 q. and a on conspiracy theory group called q anon he went on which essentially believes 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 if you're looking to expose the masses to some controversial content mainstream attacks sometimes don't go far enough to censor it like when plot forms band 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 levy. 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 is what the elite believes. the elves are biological androids the grace this ng 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 you know a terrible thing that we 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 beat it makes them feel even more self right just saying that i am one of the few people left to go to promote the truth i have to do it and they're more motivated to find some way to promote whatever pet theory or conspiracy theory they have. us whistleblower chelsea manning is once again in jail we have that story and plenty more besides right after this. it's a religious thing duel between two dystopian nightmares a brave new world in

a candy form as they say you know you aren't habanera ness like a brave new world think of the soma as essentially you're clicking on discrediting yourself in it and then re crediting your stuff through video games that would be more like i think brave new world the soma. digital. and then the us as more of the night before the place when an actual cellphone actual bill that was surrounded by a t.v. camera. there was not a trade or. there was an environment standouts in the original now after fifty five years ago those were kicked out because musicians were more putin but now the religion is very very close intertwined. so i think it's ok to have a new treaty a new negotiation.

twenty one minutes into the program welcome back whistleblower chelsea manning is once again behind bars after she refused to testify in front of a grand jury in the case against wiki leaks co-founder julian assault bombings lawyers say they will appeal this is an appealable order judge hilton did find her in contempt in open court well it was certainly a typical out for this kind of proceeding as everybody knows chelsea has tremendous courage higher primary concern at this point is her well she is confined chelsea mulling first came to prominence in two thousand and ten classified military data to wiki leaks but it cost her a thirty five year jail sentence however after serving seven years mulling was released by president obama the whistleblower was aware she could be taken back

into custody have a history of having to deal with secrecy and a lot of these secret proceedings that they they tend to favor the government they tend to allow things you know if arius goings on happened so i am 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. well mumming leaked more than seven hundred thousand confidential documents and videos here's just some of what was revealed i want to he may find some of the following images disturbing .

as we heard just earlier with the lawyer of chelsea manning the hearing was conducted in secrecy essentially and human rights campaigner peter tatchell believes that suspicious. what does the u.s. government introducing 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 but 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 the silence 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 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 should be open transparent and accountable. to something a little different a six year old boy from southern russia is being hailed a hero he's helped rescue and really home more than one hundred stray animals but proud of being telling us about his volunteer experience. of those. i love and it's my goal to take them and give them shelter and find them good.

i simply cannot let them live on the streets freezing cold weather during the winter it's very cold and hard for them to find food but we still rescue them in the summer to. i just want to take care of on i'm on the from a special forces officer. here. yeah plenty of love in the office a fine selection of programs documentaries interviews investigative reports satire shows right throughout the day here on saturday and r.t. international find out what's ahead this hour moments.

countries gone into a nihilistic fever i thank. them and get out the traveling across america to find what makes america the charlatans the genius the quintessential american hero this is it we've come a point from which element is done so we always are on the brightest and this whole . thing. we're starting west with is going to headed east into the swamp we're going into the belly of the beast i think i want to leave now doesn't get any more gondo them it may be completely different but in this. my seven years doing drugs my nephews 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 is sort of going after the users in the prison population 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. there are countless numbers of people who are in prison for. sins for whom. minor 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 this it's just it doesn't get easier. in the. western countries are very reluctant to recognize the fact that is that is why i'm like formally and also to admit that they were perhaps wrong and cat condemning them or siding against and so with glee in the early stages of the war and so

they're terrified to me to undermine the reconstruction process by the prolongation of sanctions i think it was in countries with winds as the jewish where it's a serious reconstructed but in you know ways in which is really started by a third power not russia in iran not by the west and by the g.c.c. or by china. in the. later on. it's the end of the week and this is boom bust broadcasting around the world and covering the world of business and finance and the impact point every one of us i'm bart chilton in washington d.c. and we're so pleased that you're on board with us today coming up the february jobs numbers are out for the u.s.

and man oh man was there a surprise with less workers than anybody all the experts said there were a lot more not so much steve malzberg and boris rashard standing by to lend us a hand and work through the interesting numbers plus the permian basin in the texas on the gulf coast there it's really the hub of american oil but what are the plans for the area's future and why it is the largest sovereign wealth fund on the planet shedding major oil interests bill hederman of the climate center for energy policy university of pennsylvania help us drill into the latest moves and later is there a bubble forming in texas commodities trader raney joins us to talk about vulnerabilities in the tech sector she's a tech crusader all of that directly ahead but first with some headlines let's go. to a power outage in the midst of a fight over power leads our global report today as benno voile is hit by a massive blackout major portions of the oil rich south american nation were hit by

a power outage on thursday afternoon and then on friday many schools or work places were officially shut down the minister responsible for electrical utilities luis mata domingo has blamed a sabotage of electoral hydroelectric facilities at the guru dam by the political opposition for the ongoing outage self-proclaimed interim president responded to the accusation inclined the outage occurs as a push to oust the elected president nicolas maduro c. aims to install the early of this week there were reports that two hundred armed venezuelan soldiers were prepared to shoot their way across the colombian border to venezuela where the opposition and their u.s. supporters seem to be seeking to create a flashpoint. and we reported earlier in the week on the united states record trade deficit but there's new news today that shows the trump trade war is continuing to harm other players official chinese to to six released earlier today show a steep twenty one percent drop twenty one percent and chinese export.