an empty chair greeted the house judiciary committee instead of the u.s. attorney general on the second hearing into his handling of the report into alleged russian collusion the session was labeled a circus with one democratic member brandishing a. chicken bar should have shown up today and answered questions yesterday prove it's not you're about to sit. in the circus continues all the. world's press freedom day you case foreign secretary accuses the travel of being a weapon of misinformation and weighs in on who exactly he thinks should be trusted . all right so activists in the bahamas raise the alarm while to

swimming pigs become the latest tourist sensation on the. local businesses to profit. good morning thanks for joining us live here in our teens and national i'm daniel hawkins rev you are very welcome with us this hour. the u.s. attorney general has the house judiciary committee refused to testify before its about his handling of the report into alleged trump russia collusion just the day before senators had grilled him on the issue of the house hearing that wasn't canceled however democrats set up a chair an even placed bars name called in front as you can see there congressman steve cohen a ceramic chicane on the empty chair doubling the attorney general chicken bar and democrats are now calling for william bars had considering whether to hold him in contempt. as that. well

a very short hearing on capitol hill as william barr the u.s. attorney general did not attend he did not show up for the hearing before the house judiciary committee that he was subpoenaed to testify before now representative gnabry who is the chair of the committee is now at this point considering bringing charges of contempt of congress against him for failing to testify when subpoenaed however republican legislators had a different opinion and argued that his testimony yesterday in the grilling he received from democrats was basically a circus and a charade and that he should not be obligated to continue going through that yes failed the men and women of the department of justice by placing the needs of the president over the ferry administration of justice and yes we will have no choice but to move quickly to hold you through the general in contempt if you store to negotiate in good faith mr barnes moment of accountability will come soon enough

and i think that probably it can make one of the democrats scared of they don't know bill barr here today they've had the report they read it they don't like what's in it the still in the circus continues over here the department of justice has made a less redacted version of bob miller's report available to top democrats but these top congressional democrats navl palosi and others have refused to read it and said that instead they want the entire report revealed to a wider audience the chairman lee to go look it what the attorney general offered him it's pretty amazing to me he wants to go in executive session ask questions about it but he won't go read it now things escalated from there members of congress basically tried to be somewhat the at trickle a bucket of fried chicken was displayed in order to illustrate the argument that that he was that william barr was chicken or cowardly for not attending furthermore they made a point of looking under the desk to make sure that william barr was not hiding under the desk in fear chicken bar should have shown up today. and answer questions

the black sox look clean compared to this team it's a sad day in a bear democrats are considering contempt of congress charges against barr but republicans are saying he did the right thing and that this is simply a politically motivated investigation intended to undermine the u.s. president the trump russia story persists with more hearings more testimony and possible contempt charges for the u.s. attorney general the congress in its capacity here is not really investigating malfeasance by the attorney general which is their job is oversight they're actually having some perry mason like. miller to investigation which will gain them nothing and the bar i think just basically said look six hours of this is enough and done they didn't want him to show up they made it impossible for him to come so that they could have the theater they had today it's about politics it's not about finding any wrongdoing that part is over now we have the political discussion the tiny tiny tiny portion that's not grand jury testimony that was actually redacted

that's been made available to the committee and they don't want to look at it because as i said they want the theater that they don't want cooperation they're not looking for something bad they've decided there's something bad they make the bald assertion and that's good enough for them. as a rule the defeated twenty sixteen democratic candidate hillary clinton to the airwaves in an interview on m s n b c and former secretary of state seem to ignore the conclusion that trump's campaign team didn't collude with russia when some cool little foreign power to hack into the president's tax returns. since russia is clearly backing republicans why don't we ask china to back us i hereby tonight ask china that's right and not only that china if you're listening why don't you get trump's tax returns i'm sure our media would richly rewards you now according to the mother report that is not conspiracy because it's done right out in the open

this woman just kid except that she lost her campaign all by yourself and just she's grasping and she just she's trying to be humorous she just doesn't understand humor but what she did wittingly or unwittingly is acknowledge that trump was joking she used to joke that to mimic the joke that he made nobody believe trump was serious and that somehow calling for russia to do it i mean what what next we're going to we're going to call out from the from the podium hey russia why don't you go up this country that's annoying to us and like that's going to actually happen i mean this is they contrived these bogeyman and that russian collusion hasn't borne out they won't let it go. a weapon of misinformation and broadcast the over lines salty's been described by the u.k.'s foreign secretary during an event meant to celebrate notice freedom of the press certainly home to also laid out his views on who exactly should be

trusting reports. the u.k.'s foreign secretary jeremy hunt has recently been championing press freedoms and to mock you nesters world press freedom day he's delivered a speech in which he talks about the future event independent media and he mentioned r.t. spoiler alert he wasn't exactly complimentary about the channel's walk. jeremy hunt went on to cite the poisoning of the script pals that took place in souls last year saying that the kremlin came up with forty different versions of what happened and then it's weapons of just information presumably that's russian media then went on to broadcast those narratives to the world the u.k. foreign secretary concluded that the best defense against those that try to

deliberately so is trusted and independent news outlets he also announced that in july london will host the world's first summit on media freedom something tells me that r.t. isn't on the guest list. it's reporting. responding to hunt's remarks this channel points about the army of championing press freedom while attacking the media we spoke to journalist martin summers who told us that freedom of speech is an oft abused notion. one level they claim to be in favor of freedom of speech and another level they complain when people say things they don't want to hear it's the usual hypocrisy really isn't it i mean lots of people believe in freedom of speech as long as they hear the things they want to hear a freedom of speech just to mean that everybody's allowed to say what they want to say and people can watch what they want and make up their own minds about what they think is happening the idea that you can control what other people say in this day

and age is simply wrong and you know ultimately they're not going to get very far with this in the british government will probably conclude that there's not a lot they can do about this if you if the material you produce is hard quality then people are going to want to watch it when worries about the possible influence of russian media are currently high across the e.u. which is poised to hold parliamentary elections later this month we'll have more on that from a shot at the whiskey in just a few minutes. and alleged long time collaborator of wiki leaks founder julian assange she's facing trial in ecuador a court in the country's just dismissed an appeal by the cyber security expert who was arrested in quito last month on the very same day assad was taken into custody in the u.k. all of britney is a well known free software developer and privacy activist he's reportedly worked with wiki leaks in the past been he was arrested by ecuador and off already he's on charges of trying to hack computer systems in the country where his lawyers have

dismissed the claims as politically motivated. now and not every investigation they have been demonstrated what system it is supposed to have. where i mean what information that they have we want to show to the world that the decision made here was a political one knowing there were aspects of the hearings that i did not like for example the difference in time allocated we were granted just fifteen minutes to talk with the prosecutors spoke for almost one hour and fifteen minutes more critically some of our arguments were dismissed by the judges. julian assange is himself in a british prison after being sentenced to fifty weeks for violating the terms of his bail in the u.k. he's also awaiting his extradition trial to the united states where he's of course wanted for allegedly conspiring to hack into classified government files sanch told a london court on thursday he would not surrender voluntarily to the americans

activist lori love who was also accused of hacking into u.s. government computers told us a songes well being would not be guaranteed if he's extradited. i think he's going to have an uphill struggle everyone has an uphill struggle under us actually this request because it's a very unbalanced treaty so the u.s. doesn't have to provide any evidence they just have to have their paperwork in the presumption is able to is exhibition we managed to win there's a lot of campaigning and a lot of political support and support from journalist going to have a harder time because he's already out at this politically he's upset the establishment in the u.k. the establishment i would say is complicit in his persecution and we need to do everything we can as members of the public and supporters of this list of people involved in journalism to ensure that we do you know i allow the injustice and isolation to. the bahamas is

a favorite offshore banking location among fat cats apparently though pigs also love the occupy logo not for the tax breaks but for the clear blue waters while the swimming hogs of all things have become its latest tourist attraction. did their skate off of a ship wreck or were they brought here hundreds of years ago. explorers they are truly one of nature's most amusing accidents. out of all rights activists though raising the alarm they say local businesses are exploiting the federal pigs for profit by mistreating them for the amusement of tourists came around half from the bahamas humane society this says this is due to ignorance. i think the stupidity with the animals is purely ignorance that we see the same for. all over the world we have seen many many video clips of tourists trying to feed them. but we've seen pictures of people

trying to ride on their backs throwing sand teasing the. pigs swimming torode as the find of their prisoners saying the animals are cared for well enough local officials plan to introduce new legislation to regulate the industry came around her again once tougher laws. people need to know how to behave around them and they need to be careful and then needs to be someone who is what shouldn't stop people from behaving in appropriately and unless there is adequate surveillance now. there are no regulations here in the bahamas to protect the pigs from the stupidity of humans. or with the semifinals of the u.a.e. for champions league at the halfway stage thought pundit football coach josie moreno gives us his thoughts on the first and second legs and also tells us how children nowadays dream of being a football manager not just a player you can watch the full episode of course of on the touchline here on r.t.

later this hour for now though here's a quick preview. before was very rare for to keep the dream of being a football manager. every kid that was in love with for. wanted to be. the process was changing was changing. i think i have a little bit of responsibility young on that you can study to be the c.e.o. . of a company that people can study to be a person can be and you think a person can also study to become

a football manager one seemed ease. is in front of a screen and allies in a again live and saying. i will pick this one and that will put that one can you on the touchline have the same state of mind. to be calm to be and only used to read the game everybody in the world knows more about football than us is the only job where. the people knows more than the specialists and thank god is like that because that's the reason my full body does awarded these i'll can i see two or two and the kid in the world don't do it if you love it and you feel you can do it so. if you have. a dream like i had. that small.

european union sold in parliament elections in less than a month's time and some countries have already started countering russian interference we'll have more on that and other stories just in a few i would start. after the previous stage of my career was over everyone wondered what i was going to do next the book different clubs on one hand it is logical to go from fields where everything is familiar on the other i wanted a new challenge and a fresh perspective i'm used to suppressing and i saw one on t.v. . i'm going to talk about football not the or else you can think i was going to the.

by the way ways of that slide here. join me every thursday on the alex simon show and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics sports business i'm show business i'll see you then. welcome back to the program the united states is set to continue its support for the saudi intervention in yemen softer the senate failed to overturn the president trumps a veto of a house resolution on ending u.s. engagement in the conflict saudi arabia is

a despotic dictatorship. that works overtime to prevent any movement in that country toward democracy this is also about squaring us policy with national security interests and getting the blood off of our hands we ought not give unflinching unwavering unquestioning. devotion to a regime that treats its own people that way the house passed a resolution back in april with even sixteen republicans among those voting in favor however it was vetoed by don't trump who dubbed this a dangerous attempt to weaken his constitutional authority saudi arabia launched its own bombing campaign in yemen back in two thousand and fifteen against toothy rebels which riyadh views as terrorists incursions resulted in what the un described as the worst manmade humanitarian crisis on earth.

he says that as a business. and if he has to deal with a murderous regime he will continue to do so. here is no compunction. morally or with any regard to human rights to in their relationship he sees it strictly as a transactional relationship to keep us careful isn't going to fuel us industry and the us military and bar he has no human rights concerns are human of course isn't the only country where civilian life seven ravaged by war

in syria many orphans have been forced to adapt to life on the streets r.t. visited the capital damascus and met a group of homeless children are now being exploited by criminal gangs. it's an actual hum. i've. only used. yeah and there was one must. have. come sit at a bust in thirty but names. let me. get things out get it done no more. than the no more ave.

worth of a with that. take i want to. go to. a lot. of bill but. i simply don't show on it. in less than a month the european union is holding parliamentary elections campaigns have already been launched across the block to try and get people out to vote.

some countries are also bracing for what they feel the russian attempts to meddle in the election though they also admit it's unlikely the result would be affected by any such interference our correspondent showed a dubious q. looks at the pre-election anti meddling efforts. as the even to elections looming instead of focusing on what's happening within its own borders some countries are more concerned with what russia is or isn't doing for example the most recent one this campaign website which is part of an official e.u. initiative called the european external action service it claims those pesky russians try to push especially agenda to divert e.u. citizens from the righteous way of voting on the agenda there are things like the last e.u. states so when t. narrative as well as in the popular one people versus the elites in denmark one thing tank is so concerned it's created

a website on how to recognize russian disinclination except if you read closely the site it it may. not yet been seriously affected by descent from asian we need to be prepared for this kind of warfare offering perhaps the same mentality as that during the cold war but you just have to have had an underground bunker or come the nuclear apocalypse you'd be toast and there are warnings but no one is more looking forward to the elections than russian president vladimir putin yes that's right the pressing urgency of ensuring even citizens know that the kremlin bad guy is out to influence their vote means all forms of warnings are being instigated even cartoons. this all up by living on a. list. getting

. to be twelve so even citizens really believe that there is a democratic process is under threat from russia. not a free. exeunt i'm not concerned about that personally but i'm pretty sure it will happen. i know maybe a little. i'm not personally worried about it but i think it could happen however it seems like the real issue here isn't misinformation it's actually a problem with good old real information within easy study showing that actually only five percent of europeans actually knew when the elections were taking place. r.t. paris just coming up to nine thirty here in moscow from the city myself to join us again in thirty minutes for the latest.

same wrong. but old rules just don't call. me old yet to shape our disdain become active. and engaged in equal betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. it has nothing to do with the propaganda that the daily mail is pushing but when you have a population that might be susceptible the propaganda they can easily be manipulated into thinking that fracking is something other than what it is it's not economically viable it costs more to track then then then you make an profit it's

cash flow negative it's also environmentally negative you destroy the environment incredibly. rich. god the football we will pull the reserves much more and the thing is possible in football to do the dirty work the movement is phenomenal and they still care of me more months where people can see or knives for a better way than a home they don't sleep very well instead of being a coach you are a pacific eight or.

you predicted barcelona would win the first leg and that i x. the heights game would be tight which i think is pretty much what happened but all the headlines today about lionel messi and those two goals he scored against liverpool who in the end just couldn't cope with it i had told you a couple of weeks ago that messi would never be my special one here because what. it was all the time so you feel becomes a special one once then there becomes a special one almost every and almost every week but i have to say. absolutely incredible. i think you made that result. liverpool was positive liverpool was in spite of a start the game without meaningful icing for sure was not the you were going this season to leave a figment of your feet i mean i was in the top of yours. game but in spite of that

then we've got playing. striker. liverpool's grave in the approach they made something that. i would like to know but. i don't think in the past twenty years many teams in the champions league and they beat barcelona are involved position in the come no normally on the style is very impose their game and they dominate the game in every expect us to didn't happen liverpool was very very positive to have three big chances at the cup now even in seventy five nor is also a lot and normally of three score one and then the story can be a different one but that. that got the football made it made it completely different and. of course they have a good team of course to her phenomenal players but that is absolutely incredible

to be fertile pool you said previously that in order to contain messi you have to create a cage of plays around him to try and stop him playing and that seemed to be what they were doing quite effectively but those last of the seven minutes with a seven minute period where he scored twice i mean there's very little they could do about that because equally that family did one scene. which i think the beeb really well which was to push one of them on or for many times a long build up from the keeper which is something that. they don't know how to do . they know if they do they're going to be dominated by the opponents or they always try to go short they take lots of risks playing from the back because they have players of super quality really able skates they are so comfortable taking these risks from the back but liverpool's pressing so high every that so many times

that's they're going to have to go along and of course van dyck. deep they always win the first of all they recover the second ball and again liverpool was having the ball that's the reason why they had i think a little bit more than fifty percent of the ball of the ball possession so they did many things they did many things well. they didn't score and and that you base specially when you have that kind of approach and they didn't score and then they allow the game to be broken specially after the two zero the game was broken and. we can obviously say that liverpool deserves much more than the three nil the feed much more but we can also say in the last two corners of the game could be four of the zero or five zero because the game was broken and then they couldn't cope with that kind of transition.