donald trump and vladimir putin to discuss the crisis in venezuela which one i'm merican congresswoman has accused washington of aggregate aggravating and remarks printed disgusting by the u.s. secretary of state. bullying in the use of those sanctions to eventually into blaming america first in this way it's not only ignorant it's disgusting. plus a school in the u.s. may remove an eighteen year old dedicated to founding father george washington after the work was deemed at risk of traumatising of american and african american students this card work which is a tribute to this person to the legacy of this person is offensive they can go to his goal oh by god you are the ones to help more and more excited.

this is we begin with. and are to goes on the beat with new york muslim patrol which promises to be the eyes and ears of the community. you're watching our senior international bringing you a live news update from our studio here in moscow welcome to the program the leaders of russia and the u.s. have spoken by phone and a bit to find common ground on a number of pressing global issues among them but as well a lot of american countries violence this week amid what some are describing as a failed coup attempt donald trump says he and bottom are putin had a productive discussion about the crisis he is. not looking at all to get involved in venezuela other than he'd like to see something positive happen for venezuela.

and i feel the same way so we want to help with a humanitarian basis and i thought it was a very positive conversation i had with president putin on venezuela. now there could be some follow up on the back of those positive vibes next week when the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov and his u.s. counterpart mike pompei you meet in finland where they're expected to discuss venezuela as the crisis in caracas simmers on some in washington as high up as in congress or pointing the finger at america accusing it of increasing the heat artie's month last year for. the schism over venezuela isn't just international it's domestic too in the u.s. from the regime change activists who are guarding the venezuelan embassy to congresspersons democrats. committed an unforgivable sin she spoke speakable a lot of the policies that we have put in place has helped lead the

devastation in venezuela particular bullying and the use of sanctions to eventually into and. make change really does not help the people of countries like venezuela there are some things you just don't do like blame america anything for her troubles with the vice president and the secretary of state called basically an idiot for a member of congress who frankly one who sits on an important national security committee to make a statement blaming america first of this way it's not only ignorant it's disgusting congresswoman doesn't know she's talking about in simpler terms obama is ignorant for saying that u.s. meddling threats sanctions that have deprived venezuelans of desperately needed billions but all of that has exacerbated the crisis in venezuela that apparently is

ignorant but recognizing why do as president despite the fact that one voted for him loosens the. of the military nor ministries nor any state agencies recognizing him as president isn't ignorant also black is white the earth is flat pigs can fly and it's not a coup for wind why don't you try and take command of the venezuelan military if you throw out all sense and relinquish all ties with reality then yes this wasn't a coup well why do did was call in soldiers to mutiny take up arms and violently seize power from people who actually have power on why do those behalf totally not a coup. the only coup in venezuela would be for i was arrested and we're now living under a dictatorship and then terry nation rejects it. and while why do prepares his next

not a coup trump be standing by to assist with these known coups the brutal repression of the venezuelan people must stand it must and soon people are starving they have no food they have no water and this was once one of the wealthiest countries in the world so we wish them well we'll be there to help and we are there to help why do not a coup didn't go to plan aside from a few dozen soldiers that appeared with him at the start no other military members he did his call to rebel his attempts to storm a military base fell flat neither did it go peacefully with his supporters firing wildly at police and the military then firing back as well.

they say they won't give up calling of course for more protests try to topple the venezuelan non government and i'll continue to grace the front covers of more men's fashion magazines who knows perhaps that's just what they need a little more photoshop. besides the venezuelan crisis donald trump and lot of putin in their phone conversation also discuss the possibility of a nuclear arms treaty between russia the u.s. and china r.t. america host rick sanchez discussed that prospect with journalist chris hedges. reports from the white house today that president trump has reached out to president putin on the subject of nuclear arms agreement between the united states russia and china of course we really don't know what they discussed but that is what the president's staff is putting out if it's true and we take them at their word which we should it would be kind of strange considering that the u.s. and russia already had

a nuclear treaty in place negotiated by ronald reagan to me kyle gorbachev that we our country chose to just no longer author just a few months ago that decision was made so it's curious right speaking of mr gorbachev he has just penned that editorial in the wall street journal where he's urging both sides to stop the madness of nuclear deterrence he writes that the idea that more weapons make us more safe is just. matt. joining us now is politic prize winning author chris hedges to talk about this article by mikhail gorbachev it's called the madness of nuclear deterrence do you get his point on this is exactly right this is this inability on on the part of the world's two largest nuclear powers to speak and negotiate. rationally is very very dangerous but there's this there's this thinking out there that's been going on for a long time he talks about margaret thatcher being

a disciple of this most of us grew up with the cuban missile crisis we've always been told as long as we have big nukes and the bigger our nukes the bigger their nukes that's fine because then no one will use them so it's the fact that our weapons are large that keeps us from ever having to engage in a war that's kind of the thinking guys like you and i grew up with and that's what some of those leaders you just mentioned also kind of believed in is that true. well no of course i mean it was it was reducing the nuclear stockpiles. and monitoring those stockpiles that made the world a safer place getting reengaged which we've now done in a nuclear weapons race and remember the russians have now put up antiballistic systems that they say cannot be detected because of course we've moved under nato missiles up to russia's border this is extremely dangerous you have various

flashpoints syria being one where this conflict could go wrong really quickly and so you want communication you want discussion you know you have you don't have detente what would notably have to you know love lot of more putin or love russia or anything else but what's kept the world from committing acts of massive self-annihilation has been forms of communication which figures like my pump ale and john bolton have no interest in doing as we're seeing in venezuela i think they're probably incapable of speaking to anyone but themselves. a high school in san francisco named after u.s. president george washington may remove a mural commemorating the life of the founding father of the three working group looking into allegations that the work of art is offensive to minorities deemed that it traumatized the students and community members the thirteen panel male and

titled the life of george washington dates back to one thousand nine hundred thirty six the working group objected to the fact that it portrays native americans and african-americans as victims and slaves now removing monuments now deemed inappropriate by certain groups has become a bit of a trend on u.s. campuses of late two months ago students at the university of mississippi voted to remove a statue of a confederate soldier and then two thousand eight hundred purchase broke out at the university of north carolina resulting in the knocking down of another confederate statue spoke to attorney and author everson and media analyst lionel about the trent. that owning bus we remove any reference we must provide tranquilizers and narcotics to our children lest they perhaps see or come across anything that is discomforting historical has become hysterical it's not about hysterics that's not the issue at all the issue is that our history in this country has been one that so so damaging some little group so painful and here's the issue the issue is

that even two hundred four hundred years later people are still hurt oh i can't go to scole like you have your dad was a good help more and more psych meds teenager this is ridiculous what we should be doing is teaching these kids do us a favor sit down and shut up what we're doing in this country is unacceptable and i choose not to think down and shut up i choose to think and up and speak out and i want the children in america. george washington high school to continue the children in george washington high school to continue to stand up and speak out and let their voices be heard of these rogue chew signaling social justice warriors these people who were sold said incident in philly that this paving has been there at george washington high school get ready george washington now must be

removed because the east children come on let's turn this ugly history on its head and you think as a launching pad so that people who have been hurt by this country gruesome history can finally begin to have an equal footing what happens when you then say now let's open up the history book we took the sign down now all right children you happy good ok now let's talk about this wait a minute i don't want to read this book we don't like the story of. tear that out we don't like this about the way they taught treated native americans which is true is terrible we don't like world war two war one the holocaust vietnam war we don't like any of this what this this triggers are we would like to rip the pages from the textbook that's actually not what was said at all they simply said this artwork this artwork which is a tribute to this person to the legacy of this person is offensive and because we

find this artwork to be offensive we would like it to not be visible please never let these students go to a museum please never let them go to the louve never let them go to washington never let them go to battle grounds never let them see anything the point is we are having little snowflakes decide what they want to see and what they don't want to see and that's fine but life doesn't reflect those sensibilities. to germany now where a rising political figure has drawn attention after urging top firms like b.m.w. to be brought under collective ownership the remote remarks were made by kevin corner who is the leader of the social democratic parties and youth wing he's vowed to shift the party's policies further to the left since joining the s.t.p. as he's chief has also been a vocal critic of surging rents and big property developers however his latest

comments have led many and berlin's halls of power to distance themselves from him as peter overby reports. socialism the idea that a society is only as strong as its weakest member but to those that belong in our past present or a future well if you listen to the leader of the youth wing of the coalition partners here in germany it's very much the latter particularly when it comes to the german automobile industry there is nothing wrong with that b.m.w. brand the only question is why b.m.w. should belong to a few people. of the soul rise to the profits the distribution of profits must be democratically controlled that excludes a capitalist owner without a form of collectivize ation is unthinkable to overcome capsule ism well those comments have landed the s.b. their money in hot water with some critics in his own party or going as far as to question his mental state or it's a nonsense what was you smoking whatever it was it cannot be legal the social

democrats that kevin represents is traditionally the party of the working class but they have had a horrid time of late and are currently polling third nationally behind the chancellor's union bloc and the greens germany of course has plenty of history when it comes to the left of the political spectrum but ideas of a return to east germany or the g.d.r. certainly got between its critics fired up thirty years after the fall of the berlin wall the left wants to return to democratic socialism the airspeed leadership must clearly distance itself from such fantasies as you may well imagine people on social media i've had plenty to say about mystic units ideas of collectivism. b.m.w. z a great company no despite a liberal market economy but because of it the dreams of the socialists on the working theory who wants to own property only by force and repression. is

a living example of someone who has never worked in his life and lives outside reality it's hard to believe taxpayers are funding such people. can have his socialist dreams but what is scary is that the press and parties are listening to him despite his lack of actual knowledge and experience. days may not sit too well with everybody but if you look across the atlantic senator bernie sanders in the united states was able to draw an army of young supporters to his cause saying pretty much similar things and clean it may well be looking to do the same thing peter all over our table is coming up our correspondent goes for a spin with new york's first ever muslim patrol that's after the break.

so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy confrontation let it be an arms race. and spearing dramatic development only loosely i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit down and talk. seemed wrong we all just don't all. get to shape out. educate and engage with equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground.

welcome back it's always good to have someone looking out for you especially in the big city a new community watch theme in new york promises to help make sure it local muslims stay safe are to join the patrol on its beat. we know there has been an increased rate of hate crimes and we're just here to help provide any protection we can any safety we can. you know they're not cops and they're not a private army either they say that they're just a community watch keeping an eye on the neighborhood and helping law enforcement but here's the catch they're muslims the muslim patrol was started by an immigrant from yemen and it's got roughly thirty regular members in brooklyn they have met with the police to be sure about what they can and cannot do as they operate from

patrol cars keeping an eye on the neighborhood. some in brooklyn think the muslim patrols are a good thing after all hate crimes and attacks on muslims have certainly escalated however other voices are saying this could be a gateway for sharia law and extremism here's what some local residents told us they think muslim patrol is i think it will be much safer are you concerned about muslims wearing uniforms and patrolling in cars like police almost gives you sure as long as there's no one in harm or anything then they should be free to do whatever they want.

something that. we have muslim community were told and services we're here to help bridge the community together by the same time we're offering counseling therapy as well as feeding the homeless and many of us. services as well we are the years and the ice for the community so we make sure we take in reports of whatever might be happening from the community local issues that even from then why p.t. to help go around back and forth through the blocks to see what we can help with you all don't carry guns do you know of course not right now and right that wouldn't really care you know what terms nothing but if you see like an incident happening how do you intervene so we used lights we use the siren we speak to the radio try to prevent it from there but before all of that we call the nine one one

we call the authorities we let them know that we get them on the way so you only function in coordination with the actual police well it looks like this is a thing now acetic jews and asian americans have already set up similar organizations but they haven't raised the same number of eyebrows by far so could something like this be coming to your residential neighborhood it's probably only a matter of time. archie new york. tropical cyclone found one of the biggest to hit india in years has also hit bangladesh reportedly leaving nine people dead in india it claimed twelve lives when speeds of two hundred kilometers an hour have been reported along with heavy rainfall which has brought down trees and power lines more than a million locals were evacuated from the eastern indian state of edition and over four thousand emergency shelters have been set up to cope with the dislike plague dislocated people. facebook has been prominent conservative anti establishment figures from its platform citing policy against dangerous individuals

and organizations the ban also applies to facebook and instagram the people on the list include alex jones and his info wars page along with former breitbart news editor and office political activist laura lou murray and you tube or paul joseph watson their content allegedly violates facebook's new regulations. facebook has stressed it's always been individuals and organizations that promote or engage in violence and hate were guarded list of ideology but some of those banned by the social media giant claim the moves purely political. i was given no reason whatsoever for being banned by facebook or instagram this is punishment this is a political purge this has nothing to do with hate or violating terms of service yesterday not to call about how i was leavin in the still gulag on holocaust remembrance day and today even though i am a zionist and have dedicated my life to competent jew hatred these nazis in silicon

valley ban me facebook's action has sparked a censorship debate some saying the company should ban more people on others warn of repercussions on free speech every conservative should be concerned about alex jones prison planet and others getting an obituary banned from facebook's platforms you an extent. censorship is entering a new more hysterical face soon there will be no right wing activists or commentators left how about jack benny and donald trump from twitter for violating the company's rules against hate and violence so much damage chilled ready dan so many demented and delusional followers have been radicalized in many people ate it by cause facebook they're reacting to the election results like the brick soup those like the election of donald trump and it would appear that they feel is a company that they want to put themselves on the side of the debate they need to

be regulated as such as a as a political actor in the debate rather than a platform for three debate which i think it's now very clear they are not facebook is very clearly putting themselves on one side of the political debate it is absolutely it could tell them to free speech because they're saying these individuals are dangerous well and many people like myself see them as perfectly reasonable actors in a political debates they have huge following across a variety of platforms facebook is clearly pushing itself as a political act and why is excusing the regulation that other media companies face . the future of nuclear power is about to undergo a sea change with russia poised to launch a pioneering type of reactor one that floats.

the academic low enough of his successfully passed the whole set of power tests in his unique projects and the best solution for motera is from a technical and financial viewpoint. people may have questions and safety for plant as it is a brand new project sitter address their concerns we are ready to provide all necessary security data. commenting on the concerns about the new reactor former pentagon official michael maloof told r.t. that innovative technology is always subject to scaremongering. an innovative concept and anything new is always going to be is always going to be criticized i'm sure that people said the same thing about the light bulb when it was first created and so it's like any other invention and of course the experience of chernobyl

itself comes to mind from years ago but there's been tremendous progress made over the years you know nuclear safety this barge particularly into let's say into the arctic areas would be very very useful particularly in very isolated areas that require electricity and i think that it wouldn't be placed in a location that would be hazardous unduly hazardous and that they have taken safety precautions that's a global news update for this hour but don't forget you can always had to our website r.t. dot com for the details on all those stories and many more. after the previous stage of my career was over everyone wondered what i was going to do next the hope the ball different clubs on one hand it is logical to sit in the home

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are countless numbers of people who are in prison for. certain since for whom our own are minor offenders in the drug trade it's a lot watching your children grow up and miss you in waves and say by day as you're walking out of a business it's just it doesn't get easier. it has nothing to do with the propaganda that the daily mail is pushing but when you have a population that might be susceptible to 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 frack then then then you make an profit it's cash flow negative it's also environmentally negative you destroy the end. i mean i think.

i was very good night this is a comedy show where american in america covering american news are called foreign agents. seeing as the goons who occupy our white house attempted another takeover of venezuela this week and failed i want to bring you an intimate conversation with one of said goons secretary of state mike pompei o pound for pound the man in our government with the most pounds for pound. resteal it was here that a q. and a texas a and m. university and sometimes politicians one that does like little q. and a things they forget that they're still mind so let's just say he was a little more honest than usual. when i was

a cadet what's the first what's the that motto west point you will not lie cheat or steal or tolerate those who do not i was a cia director we lied we cheated we stole. like we had with the entire entire training courses. yes. i thought. i completely abandoned my moral. on artist which is your war to the cia yeah. but you have to admit it's nice to see some honesty he's admitted to being a liar and a thief so therefore let's stop believing the rapid fire bolt sprays out of his bubble head that. pedo spent much of the talk discussing venezuela and he was completely forthright and honest about why.