russia's foreign ministry condemns maria eighteen months in jail sentence for failing to register as a foreign agent as politically motivated in the program we speak to a lawyer. maria's activities in the us were illegal. in and of themselves but she got caught up in this. hysteria. french media companies joined forces to condemn the country's intelligence services questioning journalists about a leaked document sales to saudi arabia and. controversies district attorney in the us state of texas stops prosecuting the. essential goods

that cost less than seven hundred fifty dollars. for. not prosecuting. me clear. is that there is a process. in this country and once that happens people are stuck in or circumference. around the world live from russia the saturday morning this is an international very good morning for me. first of the headlines in more detail the russian national has been sentenced to eighteen months in prison in the united states after she pleaded guilty to conspiring to act as an unregistered foreign agent he's already served nine months in jail the thirty year old is a member of the national rifle association which promotes gun rights now seven u.s.

politicians were suspected to be involved in the case to caleb maupin picks up the story. those who were in the courtroom heard gloria butanol give quite an emotional speech prior to her sentence being handed down she talked about how she came to the united states not as an agent or an operative but purely good intentions and what a nightmare her family has been through this is some of what maria bootless said to the court my parents discovered my arrest on the morning news they watched in their rural house in a city. i love them dearly but i harmed the morally and financially they're suffering from all of that i destroyed my own life as well i came to the united states not under any orders but with who and now nothing remains but penitence. now the prosecutors in the d.c. courtroom argued that somehow maria bootless activities with the national rifle association had somehow harmed the political process of the united states significantly they argued that by being an unregistered lobbyist and working behalf

on behalf of the russian government inside the national rifle association that she was in severe violation of u.s. law and had somehow harmed the u.s. political system and done a great deal of damage now the judge did then hand down a sentence of eighteen months in federal prison now nine months of that will be time served that will be the time that she's been held since she was initially arrested so only nine months remaining in federal prison and then after that time she will be deported from the united states back to russia now what's interesting is that maria bhutto was swept up in the aftermath of the twenty sixteen u.s. presidential elections in which talk of russian agents and russian meddling and russian subversion seemed to be quite widespread there was quite an atmosphere of fear and in that atmosphere she was swept up and it appears that now after months of being detained after quite a bit of time in which it was it was reported that she was held in solitary

confinement in rather harsh conditions that she now has nine more months to serve in u.s. federal custody before she will be allowed to return home to her family so people are seeing this is kind of a conclusion to the case as at this point her lawyers are saying they will not appeal this verdict. well russia's foreign ministry says this sentence is an embarrassment for the u.s. judicial system reputed who was sentenced just because she's a russian citizen she's a victim of confrontation between various u.s. political forces and an active and the russian. this is a shame for the u.s. judicial system which. we spoke to maria buton is lawyer about the case to the president that he believes it may have set. i think it's impossible to separate from from the politics and i think that there is a an underlying crime that he pled guilty to which you can make out under u.s.

law but i think the notion of this would have been investigated or an arrest would have been made for a typical foreign national who wasn't russian and wasn't in the car environment where in the u.s. i think it's almost impossible to to believe that southern politics has a lot to do with the atmosphere of the case and it's one of those things where if the elements of the crime are there they were selectively enforced in the sense dense i think it's hard to argue. the charges unregistered agent it's not foreign it's not secret agent it's not intelligence agent it literally is just doing something for someone else as being their agent not of maria maria's activities in the us were illegal in and of themselves so there's no classified information there's no political sensitive kind of information given she was not

paid by by the russian federation she's in her shoes supported by americans while she was here financially but she got caught up in this and she rushes hysteria. i would fear that other countries will start applying the same standards and saying that any american who went abroad to another country and it was involved in civil society organizations and social and met people and networks that's really all we're talking about doing are more serious than that and reported back on those activities some in the u.s. so i think it's very dangerous because if other countries adopt the same as you're going to get a tit for tat situation with countries grabbing civilians of other countries as leverage or for other reasons and i think it's a bad idea. dozens of french media companies have back three journalists have been summoned by french intelligence officials of a waltz been described as

a breach of national defense secrecy he comes off the leaks documents was published on the use of french weapons in the full year long civil war that's been tearing yemen apart. we express our full solidarity with our colleagues who have done only that job to bring to the attention of citizens information of public interest on the consequences of the sale of french arms since these revelations the government has remained silent on the fact they appear to have exposed a government line but now its three journalists all the ones being investigated they've been summoned to appear before the french general directorate of internal security or the d.g.a. s.l.i. after a feeling of confidential note from the country's intelligence services it showed the french government knew weapons that sold to saudi arabia and the united arab emirates were being used in the conflict in yemen a fact the government has repeatedly denied

a war that's left thousands died and pushed millions to war to the brink of starvation it's been described by the un as the world's worst humanitarian disaster. at the center of all that this storm is a classified by france's military agency the d r i'm real to these journalists it should be forty eight french sees a terrorist guns were being used along the sound the game in that tanks and fighters sold to the u.a.e.

in action and it's miss our guiding technology may have been deployed as well in the end of seize a truck mounted how was this had been deployed. the yemeni border on the saudi side bringing the number of caesars in that area to forty eight as of the twenty fifth of september twenty eighth seen about forty u.a.e. leclerc tanks are observed in a fixed defensive position and advance positions in the west of the seventy or so tanks deployed by the u.a.e. as part of the operation the french government has continued to repeat the line that weapons and so to saudi and u.a.e. were only being used for defensive purposes to our knowledge the french weapons available to the members of the coalition are mostly in a defensive position outside yemeni territory or on call the shin rights of way but not on the front line and we are not aware of any civilian casualties resulting

from their use and the yemeni theater france is not among the leading arms suppliers of countries in gauged in yemen the concern now is that this investigation by french authorities is about putting pressure on these journalists to break their professions and most saleh. to reveal their sources challenged even ski i'll see paris. mentioned the french authorities in turn have constantly insisted it's weaponry is being used for defensive purposes only while the saudi led coalition denied any deliberate targeting of civilians in yemen political journalist elizabeth maternity gave us her thoughts on the leak and why is cause such concern for the french government right now. i don't think there's any kind of secret that french weapons are being used in yemen and you could very well argue the government has been saying this and preaching about this that since the civil war in yemen was started by rebels against

a legally installed government with the support of a foreign power that you're wrong this is indeed in defense of a state that's a member of the us it's the position of a number of people from your america britain saudi arabia etc so i think what's different in this specific instance is the detailed nature of the report which is fascinating reading but it also ate meat makes it easier to place possible french agents on the ground so the french government feels that this has harmed it's not helping and it's their position that's what they're defending themselves the question is you know is this a crime revealing a state secrets on the one hand on the other is there our frogger to the brother to the journalist to reveal something in the public interest. interested in this war next to the bed to battle the effects of poverty of district attorney in dallas county in texas will no longer prosecute the theft of what's termed the sensual

items that cost less than seven hundred fifty dollars so long as the crime was not for economic gain criminalizing poverty is counterproductive for our communities health and safety for that reason this office will not prosecute theft of personal items less than seven hundred fifty dollars and less evidence shows that the alleged theft was for economic gain. the essential items are laid out is goods like food nappies baby formula but how to define whether the theft is for economic gain or not remains unclear plus two most low level marijuana offenses also will be no longer prosecuted look at the facts here the theft rate in dallas is nineteen cases per one thousand that's slightly higher than the national average of seventeen many of the state there are stunned by the decision they're calling for the prosecutor now to step down those county district attorney's storks crime by refusing to prosecute theft of personal items worth less than seven hundred fifty dollars if

someone is hungry they can just steal some food if cold steal a coat we're does it end its wealth redistribution by fifty we discussed initiative a political activist on the rogers right and conservative blogger and city brian logan. well i understand it's trying to have some reform and a justice system but it's been a little bit too far i mean talking about not prosecuting seth i mean clearly if if anything below like what i thousand dollars seven hundred dollars is a little bit too far because audrey doing a damn point is making cry and some areas of dallas texas which has a lot of crime problems making the crime worse because you can a message out there to say i say if you're still a lesbian if in a certain items it's good you won't go to jail that's that how you go about fixing the justice issue by totally ignoring these crimes i definitely understand those concerns are there with me myself i certainly wouldn't put them in prison or jail maybe get them community service but the over arching ishi is that there is

a process of criminalizing operating in this country and once that happens people are stuck in a circle for an opinion so even after you serve your time and can't get a job after you get out what are those people supposed to do we have any president right now who continues to cut programs meant to help these people so that they can paper is one point five trillion dollars deficit induced tax cuts for wealthy people there are so many programs out there and these low income areas especially in these big cities all kind of resources you have people live in poverty and a lot of times they have easier access to certain things people who don't live in poverty do because of all the things and here to help them there's no excuse of just going to a store and studio and a.b.n. man first of all what we've already seen with trump budget cuts to education by seventeen million dollars cuts to snap as well went to get the paper that's one five trillion dollars one point five trillion dollars deficit these stores do happen sure and so it's not like they're going to go out of business to bring up if

they're not going to be dismissed if you can't sell anymore if you can't get a case on him why does it keep getting stolen from every day if they will go out of business why was he being a place where you're not making any money the insurance won't cover you if you continuously stay in a place you keep getting robbed every day that it is interesting that you believe that the insurance. doesn't work for the source but for some reason you believe that snapping or working for these people it has not lifted them out of poverty has no success it's a particularly those arms are right now and it's absolutely shameful that someone who claims to come from these communities doesn't have any other ideas on how to rip them out of poverty except telling them to go to churches which are underfunded and which are under supply that is not a viable option so the solution is not to doable down a policy to get new training don't just say ok if you could make fry we're not going to sing you to jail you could just do whatever you want to do that will make things worse so don't go down change course this is about international with me

kevin and this morning hi there right ahead this morning when donald trump as promised to pull the united states out of a global trade treaty is one of the stories about lined up for you and we come back after this break. what politicians do. they put themselves on the line they get accepted or rejected . so when you want to be president i'm sure. you somehow want to. have to go right to the press this is like them before three of them all can't be good. i'm interested always in the water how. this should. be neat politically falls needs to come. from.

but ideally in the woman before it got into pasta house. giving political guide to the process and so basically what i'm waiting for he's an author politically. ideally stemming from the moment you. get us out international saturday morning i hope your weekend is going good so far so let's continue with the news of the day in defense of american sovereignty donald trump says the united states will no longer be part of a global arms control treaty was made during the president's address an annual meeting of the national rifle association. myers it is strange you will never

ratified the u.n. arms trade treaty and i am officially announcing today that the united states will be revoking. the a fact. of america's signature from this badly misguided treatment we're taking in our signature back to the united nations arms trade treaty aims to promote global peace and stability and requires that signatories ensure the weapons that they're exporting do not end up in the wrong hands more than one hundred countries are ratified the deal now the u.s. side ended up and barack obama but never formally joined the un's responded to the trump administration says his decision had to drop its support for the deal. the arms trade treaty is the only global instrument aimed at improving transparency and accountability in the international arms trade it is a landmark achievement in the efforts to ensure responsibility in international arms transfers this is particularly important in present times when we witness

growing international tensions and renewed interest in expanding and modernizing arsenals further president trump wrote on twitter that he would never let foreign bureaucrats trample on the us second amendment investigative reporter dave lindorff told us he believes trump took the decision to galvanize his support base. the biggest supplier of arms in the world is the us and it isn't just a signatory so the fact that trump is cancelling that signature is a grandstanding actually to his here's what he considers his electoral base because the senate never ratified the treaty and so it's not in effect the united states doesn't to be the world court it doesn't accept the jurisdiction of the world court it doesn't feel obliged to follow the geneva convention relating to war and genocide so tearing up the is this presidential signature which

obama put on it really doesn't have any significant change in the u.s. position. police in sri lanka say at least fifteen people have been killed including six children during a raid on the home of militants allegedly involved in that series of bombings on easter sunday authorities also say suspected suicide bombers are among the dead as well as a civilian that was killed in the crossfire in previous raids police recovered islamic state flags hundreds of dynamite sticks and batteries joined police a military operation was conducted in response to the east as suicide bombing that rocked last sunday a series of bombs. or. else or at least sixty people injured on friday at protests on the israel gaza border again thirty six were shot by israeli forces according to the garza health ministry. was one of them. according to israel around seven thousand protesters gathered at the border they

were attacking troops with rocks and explosive devices an israeli army responded in accordance with standard procedures palestinians who are protesting at the gaza border for more than a year calling on israel to end the blockade of the territory while the two hundred palestinians have been killed during the demonstrations. the blaze at notre dame cathedral in paris may have been caused by an electrical short circuit or cigarettes the thinking now of the two theories and has been considered by authorities after finally got access to the building was left of it their place is now a dispute sprawling too over its restoration as many ideas seem just too modern for . in all but you will rebuild the cathedral and all but the living would build notre dumb a specific if said because this is what the french expects in the case law because this is what out history deserves because this is our deep destiny.

should we build a narrow the same adapted to the techniques and issues of our time and international architectural competition for the reconstruction of the cathedral spire will be organized. don't touch not to die. halleluiah french president says not to dance it there

would be consistent with the modern diverse friends an architect suggest him in a wrecked macron says not or down should be rebuilt in line with diversity architects suggests minarets glass roof steel spire the west is sick and france as the dying man if you are. yeah big of a walk to do there such a beautiful building which where is he going to go we'll continue to track that story and of that you can have your say in all the stories you see because our web site out the dot com or the comments section tell us what you think it was great to hear from you if that's the way the headlines look in so far from the international then for the rest he wants you to hear more of this week and i'm kevin i will thank you for watching another great.

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welcome rejected the night of the comedy show where americans in america covering american news called foreign agents welcome to the sexy time version of redacted tonight i got a read of the live audience of you and me could be alone right it's just you and me baby now as you can tell i only have half a voice which is why we don't have an audience we weren't even sure we were going to tape a show but you know what the show must go on there's a lot of important news sell we're going to get through it like good good glad you glad you're in it with me it's been over a week since the moller report came out and a lot of us thought that after it showed most of the mainstream media had been packed full of for two years. yours they might back off and focus on oh i don't know the other hundred ways is corrupt rather than sticking with

a cold war era conspiracy theory but nope they are devoted to this lie so i want to show you a little of m s n b c's morning joe and how they continue to deal with the mother report and i didn't pick up this i don't pick this clip because it was something special or unusual i picked it because it's standard this is the standard pathetic bullshit but watch brzezinski's opening exasperated statement before she even gets to the first question kathleen hall jamieson. the president's attorney proceeding to go on television and in the wake of the mahler importance saying it's ok to talk to russians oh my god it's ok to talk to russians no it is not they breathe fire and skin diseases talk to russians are cute nuts next terms lawyer is going to say it's ok to have sex with the

zombies ear hole during a full moon no one speaks to russians and that's why the washington capitals star player alex ovechkin is forced to wear the silence of the lambs mask when he plays . to cut down on the talking there are so many things in this report that go against everything that this country is based upon what do you make of the reaction and the continued manipulation of the truth why it manipulating the truth goes against everything this country was founded on it doesn't the founding fathers claimed they didn't have slaves they just had very tanned friends who happen to enjoy gardening if america had a tender profile in the sixteen hundreds it would have the likes of manipulating the truth in slaving raping and perpetrating genocide dislikes days when i don't have enough time to slave rape and perpetrate genocide. and in terms of trying to win an illegitimate ways yes that's what running for president is we have one of

the least legitimate election systems in the world we also saw a ton of rigging of the primaries from the clinton campaign right remember that that's what started this whole thing with the leaks revealed the clinton and d.n.c. the clint campaign the d.n.c. were completely corrupt even the former head of the d.n.c. donna brazil eventually admitted the primaries were rigged through a form of money laundering so maybe ease up on the pearl clutching over corrupt political campaigns but i'm sure the guest expert will talk some sense into the gang well first their reaction is deflecting attention from a question on which we should focus the moeller report confirms that the russian interventions were sweeping and that they were systematic whoa whoa hold on there steve martin are we talking about the same ball or report the one that i use.