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joan. individual wishes to do away from the office or the toilet of his career. the obvious or did they kind of lunge for the web in one's midst and then what happened on three swung at the officers hands didn't hit him i never saw any contact between the two and any kind of went back to where they were so the officers back here there try again fifteen feet apart at this point and that's when the officer pulled out his gun and aimed it on three. i'm. trying welcomes the findings of the long awaited lover of polls which concludes that he did not conspire with russia to win the twenty sixteen us election there was no collusion with the russian there was no up struck. and none whatsoever.
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wrong one million people march in london the gates brags that it's piling the pressure on the prime minister and his withdrawal has already intensity. on sunday marks twenty years since nato started it so cold humanitarian campaign and then yugoslavia and he that was the the military offensive in which thousands were killed as a regime change operation. very welcome you're watching the weekly here on r.t. international with me making our top story this hour the president trying to team did not conspire with the russians to win the twenty sixteen u.s. election that is the key finding all the special counsel robin the two year investigation the president has called it a complete excellent ration let's bring it out he's done on course to discuss this further now don thanks for coming in could you tell us more about these findings
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yeah absolutely well nicky the mainstream media has been harping on this russian collusion stuff for months now telling us all just to wait for the outcome of the muller report and now a few hours ago it just came out in the government is twenty five million dollars almost three thousand subpoenas and over five hundred search warrants deep with basically nothing to show for it the main thrust of this investigation was somehow see if the trumpet ministration was colluding with the russian government to win the twenty sixteen presidential election and what we see now the attorney general is saying is that there was insufficient evidence to suggest this. as the report states the investigation did not establish that the members of the trim campaign conspired or coordinated with the russian government in its election interference activities this summer still points the finger at russia accuses russians of successfully disseminating information that influenced the twenty
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sixteen presidential campaign and claims that russian generals hacked hillary clinton's e-mails as well as the e-mails of other prominent democrats to leak to wiki leaks of course we still haven't seen the concrete evidence for these things but the attorney general does go far enough to say that trump didn't actually commit any crime we noted that the special counsel recognized that the evidence does not establish that the president was involved in an underlying crime related to russian election interference and that while not determinative the absence of such evidence bears upon the president's intent with respect to obstruction so why does this leave the obstruction of justice issue well throughout the whole investigation basically muller was trying to get donald trump on this struction of justice charge to basically to thwart the special counsel special counsel's efforts . in discovering this collusion uncovering it though in the summary the attorney
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general determined that he had the final say in the matter and he determined that there was insufficient evidence to conclude the trump committed a crime at all now that's because the special counsel itself said that although they could not definitively conclude that trump had committed a crime they also said that they couldn't they couldn't absorb him of it and regardless trump made a statement recently saying that he thinks he's pretty much in the clear. it was just announced there was no collusion with the right the most ridiculous thing i've ever heard there was no collusion with the raj there was no up structure. and none whatsoever. and it was a complete and total exoneration. it's a shame that our country had to go through this. so dare i ask how the democrats have responded to this well now they're claiming that the attorney general himself
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had some sort of bias against miller's investigation just from the beginning and they're actually calling for a full publication of mahler's report attorney general doris letter raises as many questions as answers the fact the special counsel miller support does not exonerate the president on a charge as serious as obstruction of justice demonstrates how urgent it is that the full report and underlying documentation be made public without any further delay in what's all the work concerning discrepancies and final decision making at the justice department for when the special counsel reports will miller did not examine with the president will the current attorney general bar to testify before a house judiciary in the near future so basically we're at the point where two years have passed mounds of resources have been spent just to look into these democrats claims that trump was somehow working with the russians in the to win in the twenty sixteen presidential campaign and the department of justice basically
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just says there's barely anything to show for it and that's where we're at right now so there's going to be plenty more discussion on this but thank you for bringing us those details for now donald costa. anticipation about the polls have been building for months. finds out whether it was all worth it. two years they spent beating and banging on the drums of collusion looking for traitors betrayal russian agents spies and sell outs and leading this righteous crusade inquisition is the champion savior a messiah of the left robert mueller all eyes are in special counsel robert muller the man who could save this democracy in the mall or investigation as the best hope for the white house is bracing bracing for the final report speculations are building wait for the model report wait for the marble i think robert mueller is
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going to get to the bottom of it was so much hope so much optimism that the traitors would be rooted out all for nothing ended by a letter in a plain envelope no more indictments not one american charged with colluding with russia how that hurt if you could only feel the pundits pain now come the tias robert muller is still at this point publicly silent as he has been from the very beginning honestly flip through the different news channels see for yourself the full spectrum of emotions where some cry others rage you think he missed the boat here how can a lead trump off the hook how can that happen then of course there's the nile how can this be what a single traitor unthinkable it must be a conspiracy it feels like the seeds of
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a coverup are here amongst the tea is the rage in the denial is also acceptance sad acceptance the good old days of burning witches are over by investigating the president and reaching conclusions he did a solid favor he's been the sunshine so thank you robert. but you can't fool everyone there are journalists loosely speaking that know better better than you me the f.b.i. and common sense they are the dauntless few the believe that the traitors are out there they will be found that the hunt goes on this is the start of something apparently not the end of something this is the end of the beginning a short moeller report would mark the end of the beginning not the beginning of the end this saga after the president is legal saga doesn't appear to be anywhere close
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to being over as the president hopes and while the pundits sweep and cry. scream everyone else is laughing at them can you really blame them. just discuss this further now and go live to independent political analyst alexandra brunei thanks for joining us on the program and president trump says this report is a complete exoneration for him so sit this be the end of the story. well it should be the end of the story but it won't be because many media outlets and newspapers the biggest in fact from the new york times to see n.b.c. and c.n.n. have made a business out of russia again as for the past two years i think their ratings have shot up the every night there will be this is the central story for some networks so to give the the russia gate narrative up like that suddenly would be really to lose a lot of viewers so i think they're going to find ways to keep it going and already
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i see the there are a few strings they can grab. the obstruction of justice because apparently i've read the letter that par sent today to releasing the information. apparently there's not a year just that obstruction of justice i'd much sure where that it would be and why but i think that's what they're going to go after and at the same time. i think if trump will probably. feel exonerated and continue. the russia gate in a different way he will probably. much modify his foreign policy you know accordance with it in other words he'll keep the pressure up on on russia and what better way we have a number of cup of disputes from venezuela to syria and now the silk road with
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china in europe italy signed the agreement this weekend so we have a number of. geopolitical areas of tension where trump can show that he's not in alliance with russia at all and in twenty twenty he can use russia gay completely to his advantage in the election so. the media won't let it go and. nevertheless if the democrats in some democrats are smart in congress they will let it go because. pushing it is a gift to trump. was so far we just had this four page summary of the mother reports now congressional democrats are demanding the release of the full document do you think there's any good reason for it to be kept secret. no i think the document was handed over to judge barr on friday it's
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a long work i mean i'm surprised that in just forty eight hours the judge was able to release a four page summary analysis so i think there is just a question of time and human how long it takes people to read and process information and i don't think judging from what the judge released there are no secrets anymore the big secret is out trump is innocent of collusion so but the democrats will meet and to their ear or they will push and because there's just too much at stake it's very difficult i think for people to. admit mistakes. in their transparent statement he said the probe was an illegal takedown that's failed and hopefully somebody is going to be looking at the other side so could we see some sort of retaliation from the trump administration now. well i'm
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not sure if anyone can go to jail over this many people because more i think more to blame the politicians i think the media. was really the machine that kept this going. and the democrats in congress used that media story to try to prop themselves up so i don't think trump will bother with the retaliatory i think the embarrassment will be felt throughout and twenty two which is coming never closer than we realize because the campaign will present the presidential campaign will start in earnest in the fall of two thousand one thousand just in a few months from now. i think that's when the chickens will come home to roost as they say. and i think pursuing legal campaign after the architects of this rush
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a good story might not be productive at all it will waste people's time on legal affairs instead of policy matters and things that people really care about i think we've had enough. rush collusion stories for the past two years sandra perino independent political analyst thank you for your time. thank you. to a million people marched across london on saturday calling for a second break that referendum along with the public members of parliament also attended the protest the rally comes off the e.u. need is agreed to give the u.k. a short extension to the withdrawal deadline with parliament having twice rejected the prime minister's deal. that stuff just as i was going to ask nowheres about the nothing stop an international laughingstock i would say she needs to listen to what made her say i feel really passionate they did we've been really really let down our friends are in the room we need state that i believe the majority nowadays to
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travel to new people to put this up for this great city didn't even have a plan and never had a plan it's a shame that we're in this mess but. i don't think there's anyone in the labor party at the top of that a party has really taken control of. most of the press it fights about while the prime minister has now been given a short extension of two weeks if she fails to get a deal through but that will be moved to may the twenty second if she does however the pm has warned she will push off the vote until she can be guaranteed enough support in westminster and last time breaks it into further disarray.
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do it be able to also agrees to an extension until the. twentieth of april. and the yes. on to the various. according to our poll. and there's still empty and that means to get a lot of space. it was certainly a long nights of discussion debate decision making and chopping and changing plans multiple times at the e.u. council summit and finally a decision that was reached officially and that was an extension of article fifty until the twenty second of may conditional of course of to resume a passing up plan through the house of commons should that fail if the e.u.
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council has provided for a further extension of the twelfth of april for the u.k. to come forward and come up with a plan and a process of what exactly to do next that also the sort of course if they do intend to participate in the european parliamentary elections something which a would be rather pointless given their leaving the european union and be something that's the reason why he has said that would be almost the red line for something that she would not consider now to say that this decision was an easy one or a unanimous one at least from the very start would be misleading and they were quite different positions on the e.u. council countries such as belgium and france president mark one for one playing hardball stating that a no deal bricks it was there on the table others such as angular merkel playing a more conciliatory tone calling for more understanding of the you kate. we discuss
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the issue with political consultants the morality he says every step in the briggs it process is making the situation more complicated when briggs it was first announced as an idea as a concept and there was no meat on the ball as to what the concept of what the process actually would mean and we start off in a place with such uncertainty there's no surprise us to the situation room now so unless the identity of breaks it is made clear to be disruptions and stalling methods will only continue i think the sentiment right now in parliament is that. it's almost an impossibility of this deal going through and if it does go through it will go through under very pressured measures which means peace in parliament won't vote with what they believe is to be the best way for forward but will do it because the time pressures are so tight which almost holds parliament to run and saying this is the only deal we have and you better put it through because
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your certainties are too big and too widespread to even imagine. a recap of our top story now president trump team did not conspire with russia to win the twenty sixteen u.s. election that's the key finding a special counsel robert miller's two year investigation president trump as welcomes the reports saying this was an illegal takedown that failed it's a complete exoneration no collusion no obstruction report was filed for the justice department on friday and a four page summary was released by the attorney general we'll be bringing you the reaction and analysis to this developing story in the coming hours. well stay marks twenty years since nato started its bombing campaign against the yugoslavia war nato claimed was a humanitarian operation to help the country's separatists local saw as a regime change campaign in which thousands were killed and nato became involved in yugoslavia in march nine hundred ninety nine after sectarian tensions between
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serbians and also the albanians turned violent the alliance backs the latter without any un mandate nato bombed yugoslavia for almost three months straight leaving many parts of serbia devastated. the sunday people took to the streets of belgrade the former yugoslavia and capital they condemned the nato bombing that ended serbia's rule over a territory that many. many who gathered still view as their nation's historic hartland r.t. america correspondent alex mchale of it has more on the anniversary of the conflict . this was serbia twenty years ago. on march twenty fourth one thousand nine hundred nine ruthless nato campaign against the small balkan nation began i was there at the time so i'm going to take
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you through a bit of a personal journey at the time i was living here serbia's third largest city northeast side which seemed to be a million miles away from the battles in kosovo that very evening i was chilling out on the couch watching t.v. with my dog when suddenly the earth started shaking and the sky turned bright red without warning airstrikes and i'd been going through the first explosion a ran down the stairs trying to get out of the house not knowing where the next floor was going to hit. the second i stopped at the store. looked up in the sky and there was a cruise missile flying over the house over there seconds later another explosion. that tomahawk missile hit a target in the hills above nobody saw it was one of fifty five u.s. cruise missiles used against yugoslavia that night after by hundreds of fixed wing bombing operations well nato feel to destroy most military targets it was effective
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when it came to killing civilians this is the city of nice in southern serbia it's the location of one the most serious bombings of the nato campaign event happened may seventh nine hundred ninety nine cluster bombs dropped fifteen people dead in the middle of the day one of those bombs killed a twenty seven year old woman who was seven months pregnant earth. did you see that it happened on the girdle it's a bridge on april twelfth one thousand nine hundred nine nato planes targeted a civilian passenger trade not once but twice at least. nine people died in the incident some say the number could be as high as sixty today the bridge where the attack occurred has been rebuilt walking around the site which has become a monument to the dead you can't help but reflect on the horrors that happened here .
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and it's our claim to sanctions were motivated by quotes numerous human human rights violations in kosovo the alliance also says it's a strike campaign achieved its goal which was to halt any military activity and repression in the region we spoke to dr william nozick who was working in yugoslavia with a team of u.s. doctors and nurses in march one thousand nine hundred nine about his experience on the day the bombing started. every single story going on if not all after sundown and the bombs started dropping within a few minutes after that we were at a very critical juncture in operating on the schild and i looked up from the child's chest and said listen you know. my country for whatever reason is bombing your country tonight a number of your countrymen are going to die but this child that is on the table that is ten days old is not going to die tonight we're going to take this child safely downstairs and then all of you can go home to your families. i want to jay
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that. that was one of the most horrific nights. that i've experienced. in the children's intensive care unit is on the top floor there's a balcony that goes about seventy percent of the way around the building and i went outside with my coffee and i saw a number of fighter bombers as well. the lines of our top news story now president trump has welcomed the findings of a long awaited report on the alleged collusion during the twenty sixteen election it's a year probed by special counsel robert mulla found that the trump team did notes conspire with russia and the attorney general has said there is not enough evidence of obstruction of justice to the launch of prosecution on a trump has called it a complete exoneration. well i would love to your thoughts on all of our stories so
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do get in touch enough you'll say by sharing it on social media we're back at the top of the hour with the latest see that. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy on sunday should we let it be an arms race in this often spearing dramatic development only mostly i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time time to sit down and talk. after the previous stage of my career was over everyone wondered what i was going to do next the ball different clubs on one hand it is logical to sort of go from fields where everything is familiar on the other i wanted a new challenge and the fresh perspective i'm used to surprising people. what not
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to give you. i'm going to talk about football not for you or else if you think i was going to go. by the way ways of the flying here. i do think the numbers mean something they've mastered us with over one trillion dollars of debt more than ten white collar crime families in this. eighty five percent of global wealth you long for the old firm which would six percent of the world market rose thirty percent some with four hundred to five hundred three per second per second and this one rose to twenty thousand dollars. china's building two point one billion dollars a i industrial park but don't let the numbers over the. the only numbers you need remembering one one two three you know born to miss one only boom boom.
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boom and welcome to the world a part of twenty years ago nato launched its first military operation with the approval of the un security council the talent bombing off yugoslavia was celebrated as a training point in the history of warfare proving a conflict can be won by air power alone if you take it on does it still seem like
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a victory well to discuss that i'm now joined by a slowdown some are professor of political sciences at the university of belgrade professor some good to talk to you thank you very much for your time. first of all let me ask you what do you remember of that day march twenty fourth ninety ninety nine where warrior when the bombs started falling on the yugoslavia i was in my place in belgrade and the bombing started late afternoon on the fourth of march. expected that because. we're process was finished with. the preparation for the war. we're very frightened. by the government and by media so we did expect. to situation but you said
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a moment ago that you saw it coming and yet i read somewhere that because of the tide state control over the media in the weeks prior to the offensive very few ordinary people expected to belonging or that it would be as massive as it was most of the people hold that diplomatic deal with be made was it perhaps because you were a part of the government that you were better informed than people at large. as a matter of fact it is a difference between. being unbelievable. bomb being. public because i mean rationally speaking nobody expected by the end of the twentieth century but for everybody her. objections are best in countries particularly neat and usa i could expand expect
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this scenario of those aires did bring slobodan milosevic into compliance he did what the west wanted and withdrew all the forces from costa but obviously at a very huge cost around five hundred people killed many thousands injured and norma's damage to the infrastructure looking back at it do you think the west could have achieved its objective without such some would argue disproportionate show of force. in terms of military action the west and. is the not. objective because. army was not actually removed from across all you know orders to the. agreement but it was not so. damaged as nato forces expected.
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