a presidential proclamation that recognizes the golan heights seized from syria in nine hundred sixty seven is being israeli damascus has already blasted the u.s. move as an act of aggression. two years of digging and one conclusion that there was no collusion between russia during the twenty sixteen us presidential election but the president's rivals from digging a little deeper. it was a complete and total exoneration there's so much that needs to be you know

taken a look at this point and so it's not the end of everything. just weeks before the u.k. still trying to find a way to get a deal approved reports of a plot. to treason very. good evening and welcome this is. just signed a presidential proclamation recognizing israeli sovereignty over the golan heights a disputed area on the border with syria. a presidential proclamation recognizing israel's sovereign right over the golan heights.

to correspond to the trunk you joined me earlier in the studio to discuss the issue president trump's move is of course big news and it's been discussed all over the world since the actual tweet came out but i'll tell you what golan heights is disputed territory the only two countries that are actually believe this is israeli territory is the us starting this monday and israel but for everyone else this is not the case and the you and the un have already said that for them nothing has changed for you and policy on golan is reflected in the relevant resolutions of the security council and that policy has not changed by international law as i've said golan heights are syrian territory occupied by israel israel took control of the territory back in one thousand nine hundred sixty seven but de facto the

annex did in one thousand nine hundred one under a law that was passed in that country now syria called what donald trump did a boost their territorial integrity turkey russia and the arab league also condemned what donald trump did. that this was indeed a heavy step that might actually cause an earthquake in the middle east so presumably the pm netanyahu is pretty pleased what else can is a reaction be he is delighted and that is to say the least. ladies and gentlemen this is. truly those stories. your proclamation comes at a time when the go alone is more important than ever for security with iran is trying to establish bases in syria to strike you this will of course he was there and he used this opportunity once again to thank donald trump for recognizing

jerusalem as the capital of israel and also moving its embassy there that's what mr prime did back in two thousand and seventy but the visit wasn't as long as it will have to cut the trip short it coincided with a mass attacking israel with its rockets and the other said ok now to score political points basically in all the aspects and probably this is another day for him to dodge public scrutiny when it comes to the elections and the elections are common up very soon in just over two weeks. gillis spriggan martin havel now he's a canadian journalist is based in israel good to have you on martin just wrap up if you would please the reaction in israel to this recognition. well among the the political right the political center and the center left the

this is something that they've welcomed for many many years. seventy five percent of the israeli political spectrum considers the golan heights essentially part of israel considers it something they cannot or wouldn't even think of giving up because of the wars they fought there in one thousand nine hundred seventy three and especially now with iranian and syrian and hizbollah forces in the region they feel they must control this strategic asset backed asset so among the vast majority of israel's it's very welcome news among the more leaning to the more left they think that any position taken by the united states that side so strongly with israel will isolate any moderate arabs in the arab world and palestinians because they do not consider this a wise move they consider it syrian occupied territory that should be negotiated in a peace agreement. and i don't know how much you are aware that they say but we've

had reports just coming in not long ago of images he saw and heard in the south of israel as you have anything to. well basically a few hours ago the israeli air force started to bombard gabs in retaliation for that rocket that was fired in israel and hamas so a very significant israeli response was expected that that response has begun with very strong airstrikes knocking down prominent government buildings but not really taking lives at this stage and so obviously and its allies have responded there was some mortar fire so far in southern israel towards southern israel a couple shells crossed a couple shells actually landed in gaza and that was the reason for that siren but the bomb shelters have been opened up in tel aviv and in other major so. centers there is mobilization of forces to some degree there are tanks and infantry units

moving towards the border and the air force is working and you know is coming home so it's a serious that escalation the question is how far will it go brings the latest live from israel local journalist martin hamill that thank you. two years of digging twenty five million dollars spent almost three thousand subpoenas sent but just one conclusion donald trump's team did not conspire with russia to win the twenty sixteen u.s. presidential election on the scale of morgan has the story. well as we saw on friday the report was filed with the u.s. department of justice bob muller's pro the has concluded and he filed his report it is now in the hands of the attorney general and the report which has not yet been released was a company with a letter in which bob muller made clear he did not call for any further indictments and it seems that trump is exonerated at nope no point was any collusion with russia discovered accompanying the report let's take

a listen as the report states the investigation did not establish that the members of the trim come pain conspired who coordinated with the russian government in its election interference activities were serious announced it was no good with the most ridiculous thing i've ever heard there was no collusion with the russian there was no ups truck here. and none whatsoever. and it was a complete and total exoneration now at this point however the democrats are determined to keep the story going they have been rallying around the montra of this is not over and they've been calling for the entire report from the bob muller probe the entire report that is now in the hands of the u.s. attorney general to be made public there's so much that needs to be you know taken a look at at this point and so it's not the end of everything we're going to have

to wait to see the report and the report needs to be made public a.s.a.p. he has in effect created headlines alling into the headline massacres shock schumer and nancy pelosi leaders of the democratic party in the u.s. congress say that the report actually raises more questions than it answers at this point they are saying not only do they want the entire port report put out made available to the public but furthermore they're saying the report. doesn't exonerate donald trump for what there is calling up struction of justice and some other possible charges that could stem from a year they actually want to question the attorney general william barr as well as bob muller himself regarding the evidence that was collected in how in determining the results of the report they want to determine and basically go over how the information was acquired so this is some of what we've heard we will demand the release of the full report the president has not been exonerated by the special

counsel yet the attorney general has decided not to go further or apparently to share those findings with the public we now call him to appear before the judiciary committee to answer our questions without delay c.n.n. made a point of highlighting the fact that william barr at one point was the author of a memo that said that donald trump could not be charged with obstruction of justice however it's important to point out that that memo was published prior months prior to donald trump naming him as the u.s. attorney general so after roughly twenty five million dollars was spent three thousand subpoenas went out we now have the conclusion of the bob miller probe that there was in fact no collusion with russia and u.s. president donald trump they did not collude during the two thousand and sixteen presidential elections the full page summary also notes that no further indictments will be night and i guess the have takes us through to use of the mill approach.

two years they spent beating and banging on the drums of collusion looking for traitors betrayal russian agents spies and sellouts 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 the white house is bracing bracing for the final report speculations are building wait for them all or report wait for the marble i think robert mueller is 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 how can they lead trump off the hook how can it 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 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 muller but you can't fool everyone there are journalists. loosely speaking that know better better than

you. the f.b.i. and common sense i don't need them on the report to know he's a traitor i have the t.v. they are the dauntless few they believe that the traitors are out there they will be found and 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's legal saga doesn't appear to be anywhere close to being over as the president hopes and while the pundits weep and cry scream everyone else is laughing at them can you really blame them.

thievery for those states that has been cyber activity from the kremlin to influence the elections russia's foreign ministry issued a statement following the release of the key findings of the report noting moscow has long been expressed in the desire to discuss any concerns over alleged election meddling the ministry added that russia collusion thing is just part of fake mudslinging between us political rivals. there should be major accountability in the us media and in the intelligence community they united with to drown us political discourse for two years straight in only hinged conspiratorial trash distracting from real issues imo lawyer by profession i'm sure you know this and

i'm trying to figure out what is it about no evidence or people trying to decide for example if somebody were to take a pregnancy test and it comes back negative what does that mean it means somebody is not pregnant there is a lot of things that happen by the neck gaijin of it the results are not negative nothing happened no one died nobody was hurt nobody was found guilty there was a department of justice rule which states that when you do not have someone indicted when when yo true bill is issued when somebody is not charged according to the department of justice rules you don't have any other comment other than the person was not indicted you don't deal with evidence that was considered that is problematic or troublesome that's what komi did and that's what we're seeing now

they're violating their own rules these two by the book titans. was just weeks to go until the april twelfth break a spinster in london with the term still not agreed and the person in charge of making the deal promised a treasonist facing growing reports of applause by senior members of her own party to remove her from office. this was meant to be the week when final preparations for bracks that are being made when britain is sort of getting ready to sail out of the european union qamar march twenty ninth and while the e.u. seems to be finalizing their arrangements for a new deal scenario here in westminster certainty continues to be very thin on the ground and now we do have the british prime minister making another appearance at the house of commons trying to walk through and talk through the latest with bracks it. seems nobody continues to know what it is going to mean as

a congress new deadline or another potential new deadline we do know that the british prime minister has made a statement where she underscored that she understands that her deal right now does not have the support needed to have another vote take place at the house of commons however according to her that is still the best way to move forward there is still not sufficient support in the house to bring back a deal for thirty four vote unless this house agrees to it no deal would not happen no breaks it must not happen and just slow bricks it which extends article fifty beyond the twenty second of may force is the british people to take part in european elections and give control of any of our borders balls money or trade is not a great sit that will bring the british people together i know this is the deal is put forward as

a compromise this is how it's come back which we could be out of the european union in less than two months would be no further extensions no threat to brics it no risk of a no do you well to receive me traditionally now faced a barrage of questions and criticisms including from opposition party leader jeremy corbyn who demanded that she accept that her deal is dead as he put it who also called what's going on a national embarrassment and. discussed talked about the broken promises that the government had made and according to court minutes time for the parliamentary now to take back control we will support measures for a public vote to stop a no deal or chaotic tory deal the government has had over two years to find a solution and has failed it's time to speak your we put an end to this and move on from the chaos and savior and begin to clean up the mess it's time for parliament to work together and agree on a plan b. well whether or not any such plan b.

can be found is of course the massive question hanging over everybody's head here lots and lots of speculation about what's going to happen next and lots and lots of possibilities still remaining on the table where all of this goes we shall observe . ok let's turn now to our top story this hour which is that president trump has formally recognized the disputed territory of the golan heights as being israeli spring in middle east analyst cheney sagen each. ching would you make of this recognition of the golan heights as being israeli. all the stuff of the sensational stuff by the u.s. president to direct the israeli sovereignty in the golan heights it's very hard to claim if it is ease really or not as per the israeli law passed in one thousand nine hundred one golan heights and east jerusalem belongs to this country. according to the un resolution two forty two and other resolutions passed by the un

security council the golan heights are occupied by israel and still belongs to syria. i don't i'm not sure where this news that's come in the last couple of hours israeli defense forces claiming their tact the mass chief's office there been reports of emergency sirens in the south of it i just wondered if you've heard much about that and more what you would make of it. was definitely not related to the to the nice part of israel easily or how this very on problems with with the gaza strip based hamas and the lebanese bays and. of course the syrian the syrian government even if it's not all these are of the realities of the market related to all with regard to the border. tensions between israel and hamas it goes back to april when all these marches have started in. on along the border with an attempt to infiltrate israel but no one should expect these parties especially

hamas to to carry out any revenge attacks or any would tell you a direct attack on easy or because the golan heights is now considering the territory by the west do you think anybody the u.n. or anyone will take any action against the u.s. for this stance or is this kind of just theater being played out. what is very hard because the golan heights is and is not a freshly occupied region for the international community to take any action against the u.s. government's decision or try to pressure the u.s. to reverse the decision. it is actually the legitimization of a de facto status since one thousand nine hundred one easily or has been investing in those areas and turned the golan heights into a touristic region are not only the military basti in full potential attacks from syria or or lebanon so as the us government is moving to recognize to call on high

as part of israel we should not mix one should not expect the un or the european union to follow the us government could. the recognition off of the golan heights that's part of israel but concrete actions against israel and the us are not possible for several reasons as i say that firstly the golan heights is not a freshly occupied area second is the legitimacy of the syrian government which has been shaken since the start of the civil war in two thousand and eleven on the since then any action that would be opposing the u.s. decision will be strategically selective enough to mean a support or for a different view for the syrian government. though for. the it what it was the best time for the us an easy all to move to legalize the at least on the u.s. side to legalize easily presence of legal fights. with here is also a middle east analyst chang sag nish chang thank you.

onto other news now a u.s. computer hacker jailed after a cyber attack on a hospital where a teenager was mistreated has appealed to r.t. for help it comes amid fears his conditions in prison will be made worse. dear r t audience i need your help because the us department of justice is imprisoning me in retaliation for my human rights work and my journalism the corrupt judge gave me ten years for saving a young girl's life now the dui g. wants to put me in a communications management unit where they can restrict my journalism and stuff who will petition their u.s. ambassador to stop the lice protect the kids and stop the. many things. this is the letter martin got spilled wrote to r.t. sitting in prison in danger of being silenced in solitary confinement the activist is pleading with the world to hear his story it's

a tragedy that began back in two thousand and thirteen when a fourteen year old girl just. was checked in to boston children's hospital staff were moved just enough from her parents and claimed that they were interfering in her treatment although numerous other doctors said the girl had a genetic disease she was put in a mental ward and denied medication even more gruesome was the physical torment she endured it was so horrible that just dana was confined to a wheelchair and eventually she smuggled out a plea for help right now leaving only right now i needed after hearing just gina's heart wrenching story activist marty gotz felt took action hacking into the hospital's computers gutfeld exposed the hospital's abuses and just stina returned to her family i just don't know. what got selves actions came at a price in january he was sentenced to ten years in a federal prison normally reserved for terrorists he was also issued

a fine of over four hundred forty thousand dollars and on top of that the legal system assigned a notoriously harsh judge with little mercy for hacktivists gutfeld wife told us the government got it all wrong the government and the judge have tried to frame this case. as a wanton disregard for human life when that's a huge misrepresentation of what happened just seen it was deny her pain medication she was in. she was in agony twenty four seven she lost the use of her legs like that her parents were afraid she was going to die and for good reason we've seen other kids and that better five psych ward die instead of the hospital respecting the parents' wishes they started to become strange they started to become very overbearing they took custody away from the parents they had monitored calls they won't let their daughter speak about her conditions they try to get the

parents to lose complete custody and get the daughter adopted what we have here is boston children's hospital. using institutional abuse on children and they should be recognized for doing that and they should be called out so they can start you know healing a transformative process rather than trying to bury it. and i think that you know when you're doing the right thing when you're on the right side of history. you can say what you want about trying to. make marty look bad but. you know just in a can now walk today when at the time we weren't sure if she was even going to laugh even from prison guards felt has continued investigating abuses in the u.s. justice department but it's feared he may soon be silenced as the prison is looking to lock him up in solitary confinement that would mean no more letters no more exposure no more freedom and although the prosecution claimed in court that the

hacktivist put lives in danger some are pointing to more clandestine reasons for his confinement. they said speak live now to the founder of the investigative website project pm lance barrett brown a him selfe was released from jail over hacking related charges in twenty six day now he campaigns against what he calls the silencing of marty got us felt it good to have you. are the same reason they go. you know those who are immigrants and colleagues worse than years of you. don't. object to a target i want you. rarely as a result of. what you actually harm someone it's this very between. what we what we. were and how the us deals with minor didio us to our.

smaller you know pseudo hacks there's another don't use websites to draw attention to a cause and open to. us homes early on. over suspects who were believed to be involved in slowing down master card corporate avatar and web site are produce our points out it's really not to a point that if you want to put it in it has noticed the d.o.j. to be ok to go britons that are handling a marg article do you think that war for outlets of the economist vocations around the world. have all noted are not normal westerns if the these are increasingly lawless and they're not really defended even by a congressman who really sort of political you know national security types it's just gotten that bad and i think we go through it at the record we go through when we try to bring attention to

a criminal act by the authorities or so many of the justice and it's been going on as well that remember now after martha martha got a star was sentenced as i understand you said you wanted to expose what does that actually involve well my case it's like with john kiriakou the the wanted the cia agent who was the only person arrested prosecuted for the u.s. torture program because he revealed as as with the others who have written from prison. the book he will handle a number of different ways in my case they sometimes threw me in the shoe the guy right.