as far as we do. we don't know this is true. you. know. the headline stories austria's vice chancellor resigns after becoming ensnared in a corruption scandal heinze christian was secretly filmed offering. an exchange for a political support in the run up to the 27th election. also ahead a leaked document called into question the world chemical weapons watchdogs conclusions about an alleged chemical attack on the outskirts of the syrian capital last year. the u.s.

state of alabama ratifies the country's most risk. is provoking widespread public anger. you need to make a choice you make a choice if you don't have that ability it's going to work play don't like some of the comments. about women but i also have respect for life. from our international news center this is a warm welcome wherever you may be tuning in from i mean an o'neil our top story austria's felix chancellor resigned after becoming embroiled in a corruption scandal video has emerged showing heinz christian strong offering lucrative public contracts to a woman for tending to be the niece of a russian oligarch in exchange for political support he say sees the victim although legal hit job. this coming. yes it was stupid yes it was

a responsible yes it was a mistake but at the same time i was a victim of a targeted political attack that had used illegal means so after talks with the chancellor sebastian courts i made the decision to resign from the post of vice chancellor. all started with this video that came out of what was clearly a sting it's caused quite a scandal around the right wing freedom party and its former vice chancellor and the senior member of the party johan good denis were shown cutting a back room deal with a woman claiming to be the niece of a russian all of dark with lothian citizenship back in 2017 right before the austrian elections so they spoke about the party taking money from wealthy donors who kept their paper trail hidden apparently through a charity organization the woman also allegedly offered to buy 50 percent stock of a major austrian newspaper to flip the editorial line in favor of the freedom party . to get it sorted.

he said. he. now stretch apologized for what he said he said he discredited people with his actions said he was dumb an embarrassed himself but at the same time he also did say that he was the victim of illegal entrapment and denies receiving money from this woman and as well as his party as party also denies receiving any money coincidentally this video from 2 years ago also surfaced only several days after there was meeting between the austrian president and russian president vladimir putin nobody knows where this video came from or who set up the camera now earlier today the other guy in the video goodness also resigned from his position in the party and 2017 these those elections they were a big step forward for the freedom party actually they took 26 percent of the vote their best results since 1999 so the scandal in these reg resignations they could

put an end to some of the gains from those elections in which they took power only through the coalition with the austrian people's party the junior party in the coalition where they so that will mean the senior party especially kurtz's party. the chancellor will he now look for early elections and you know well. media is reporting that snap elections have been called actually struck his replacement reports are saying that the transport minister no bird hole for his lined up to become the next vice chancellor so we really seem to resignations in the span of only several hours you know so what we're seeing here are some big changes in the political landscape in austria. the u.s. has strengthened its fleets in the persian gulf by sending to its missile destroyers into the region this is what we know the ships partly passed without incident in the hormuz straits and join the other warships enter earlier this month

there is currently growing tension between the u.s. and iran with washington accusing its verse 3 of planning to attack quote american interests playboy goes online series in case you missed it it's a unique take on the situation. in case you missed it you asshole says. women can become a. hold on a 2nd as this game of thrones. is just that this stuff in the middle east is really important. but honestly who would be stupid enough to come pass something as serious as this to a t.v. show about boobies. is that real you know wow imagine if the latest us iran showdown was actually a game of thrones i'm not wearing.

the golden head donald trump barium is the only thousands of both dragons dragons are a metaphor for nuclear weapons try and stay with me here ok ito isn't one be honest as to how many just a few of the great houses are allowed the ability to tell an entire city's into smoldering ashes but only one species dead now trump carians forces are gathering outside the iran this stronghold he sent in his eye and feet and popped one of those peace loving at a craft carrier is just off the coast he's even threatened to send 120000 sunday troops there as well but he doesn't want you may be confused by that part of the list that cheered night bolton says you've seen the intelligence indicating that the iran distance is all planning attacks against trump garrion forces there is reports coming from the little virus netanyahu the middle east the mosque of wispa

is all of this makes the iran a star is on for a dragon of their road more than ever and they're threatening to try and breed one again soon because the trunk guerin's pulled out of an ancient pact which stopped them during that the stocks of europe a warning that a conflict could stop accidentally but when it comes to the crunch they're likely to scatter in different directions when the fighting begins and at least one will probably be. the problem for the iran desk as it is that they have no idea if they're dealing with the seasons $1.00 to $7.00 trump kerry and or the season 8 version. i have. polly boyko and she might be interested in this following part because staying with the game of thrones theme the much anticipated finale to the epic fantasy t.v. series errors on sunday night is fast approaching and according to one study as

many as 5000000 people could be set to skip work the following day the actor who plays ramsey bolton you remember him in the show has been on an adventure of his own with his 1st trip here to russia he's been talking to hawkins although be were a spoiler alert if you're not up to speed ever wonder what would have happened ramsey if you had the sort of gristly and in season 6 yeah i don't know. i don't know how we would have felt but a near is something we probably would have been. in a stupid she's got a dragon but i don't think the way the narrative of the shows played. it would have been as good with ramsey they i think. i think he needs to sort of be gotten rid of in order to install the stocks back to create the drama and the and the intrigue between the nearest and. jon snow obviously because what else are you going to do he just isn't so many awful things that he just you know who'd just been

a you know was going to do now as you've described as well sort of nothing's black and white there's no villains you know playing those sorts of roles i've never been romeo as you know i mean in. so i guess i'm. something else. i really enjoy playing the more complex roles because there's just more to it. and it's often yes more interesting i think donna well that says about me as a person. or maybe you know i think you need a specific kind of actor to play those roles and in order to make them not be sort of just face value and have depth and to be 3 dimensional and maybe you need a specific kind of actor and we had a person obviously getting away from a game of thrones is that is the big thing right now that the hype surrounding that . could ask us that what's of this eerie so let me follow you yeah absolutely yeah what's your thoughts of the finale i think one of the great things about it is he

just doesn't mater what you people can sit around and discuss in and have all these ideas and they just no matter what you think they always seem to find a way to twist i thought coming into the series there was no way around it being the nearest but now i was thinking in lost. so i don't know if she's but i kind of saw the upcoming i'm very interested to see the scene between. little after all through it goes away something is epic is that which is you know really. defined you at least in the last couple of years as a yeah of course i miss it but it's also it's everything's got to come to a close and i think it's quite exciting that it sort of finishes as you know has just fizzled out going out with the buying in. yen and then on to the next thing and. or i'm moving on now a leaked document tells raise questions about the global chemical weapons watchdog report on a deadly attack in syria last year the incident took part here in dubai that's

about 10 kilometers from the syrian capital damascus as government forces advance towards opposition militants who had occupied the area here's a brief reminder of how this situation unfolded back then. the newly leaked document appears to be at odds with the o.p.c. w.'s official conclusion issued more than 2 months ago the report claimed that cylinders probably containing thorin were dropped from the year on the city of western governments used those findings to blame the syrian government for the

attack let's have a look at our news wall to see exactly what we're talking about because the document was reportedly written by an affiliated expert who says it's unlikely that the 2 cylinders were dropped from her craft it claims rather that they were placed there are none you really are senior correspondent rough guess the of brings us more. this was a comprehensive study and you way you look at it iis engineers experts accounted for almost everything apparently visited the locations saw all the images the videos simulated the physical properties of the canisters concrete steel supports rebars everything they could account for they did it seems is what they found one location in the crater and the chemical canister simply put didn't match instead the crater appears the being caused by an explosive shell before or after and

the canister in the impact crater just don't match when a metal cannon falls through a concrete roof and steel supports you'd expect it to leave marks indents but no consistent marks were found another location that canisters say the authors simply couldn't have fit through the impact crater with the valve still intact the only explanation for all of this the experts state is that they were placed their observations of the scene of the 2 locations together with subsequent analyses suggest that there is a higher probability that both cylinders were manually placed it there is 2 locations rather than being delivered from aircraft now one would think their findings are incredibly important that they would change the entire narrative is findings completely contradict what was later put in the official o.p.c. w. report on the chemical incident in duma narrative the acids helicopters drop to

these canisters that was established hours after the incident with no investigation or questions and narrative that enabled the narmada of cruise missiles to be launched at syria u.b.c. w. has admitted that documents had been leaks in say. they're investigating how it happened which into the veracity of these documents they didn't deny their legitimacy worryingly u.p.c. w. has issued no comment on what the specific report found there were many other reports which the u.p.c. w. compiled for their final version on how these leaked findings fly in the face of the u.p.c. w.'s official report the documents turn the entire story side down and bear in mind these aren't just random nobodies we don't know whether this team was part of the u.p.c. w. staff members or outside consultants experts and the u.p.c. w.

is saying nothing other than it looked at all versions and sub investigations and compiled them asked for comment a week ago with a list of questions and there's been no response why did they meet this report why did they goof one version of events and not the other why are they taking so long to comment on this so far silence with the story gaining traction for answers sooner or later. because the full professor appears robinson who assess the document for a british academic research group sees the weapons watchdog huston address whether there is a coverup going on over there doing a report. what kind of political pressure might it be brought to bear on your p.c. w to lead to what would appear to be the case to to suppress will not

use a report which one of the escarpment has been involved in producing and to rely upon engineering reports from some unspecified external companies those are the kind of question 3 really need to be asking and really you know p.c. w. has to address this i think more broadly than than easier a proper investigation into the o.p.c. w. and how it has been operating because if it is the case that this organization has been subjected to political pressure and that has led to a distortion their investigations then that is an incredibly serious matter. whole number of reasons quite aside from the fact that we did what happened in duma civilians were killed and we need to get to the bottom of who killed them ok this is a war crime has occurred and it is in any way some kind of coverup going on and that's a very very serious matter and it's something which should be people should be

pushing for a proper investigation an international inquiry into what has been going on how do you easy w.b. not crating uncritically an investigation to try to understand what has been happening in syria in relation to all of these events need allegations regarding chemical weapons attacks well speaking of syria the u.n. security council has held a meeting on the challenges facing the middle east including the syrian conflict now the coastal focused on earth strikes in syria earlier this month according to western countries they were carried out by syrian government forces the strikes cause civilian fatalities and destroyed hospitals and a pharmacy russia the u.k. and the u.s. all had a great deal to say on the assaults. b.c.b.s. good. neither the syrian army nor the russian air force have been waging military operations against civilians or civilian infrastructure of russia and the regime's decision to launch air strikes sends a terrible signal of disregard towards the u.n.

political process where we refuse to consider terrorists as an untouchable and will continue to fight them despite the objections of some of our part of those. is it safe return it strikes surgical i quite. in that position i hope i do not need medical treatment. if surgical accuracy means what we've seen. i hope you never need a hospital but there are good medical facilities in russia if you ever need it but there's no united states reiterates that any escalation in violence in northwest syria would destabilize the region. we have our own view on who's destabilizing the region. we are back in 90 seconds with more on this to find yellow vest protesters heading out on the streets of france for a 27th consecutive weekend life pictures there right coming up to 24.

so far so peaceful. most people who manage public pension funds don't know anything about them they're just the clerks that they just signed to this job they give them a bunch of money and wall street guys come around and they take them out to lunch that tom smart is and then they sell me a bag of worms some a lot of garbage most toxic risk on wall street is sold into these public pension funds where it goes to die that's why the returns are so. reluctant to give credit to the president trying for just about anything but by action in a way when he said at the beginning of his presidency that he'd be open to it to a one state or a 2 state solution whatever these rising balloting is going to i think that was

actually a smart thing to say given the legacy of american support for israel the expansion essentially over the decades given the kind of political culture and political system that israel has developed there really isn't a way to negotiate something between palestinians and israelis. 20 minutes into the program welcome fuck this week the u.s. state of alabama approved the new abortion law the most restrictive in the nation it criminalizes the procedure even in cases of rape or incest and punishes doctors with up to 99 years in prison while a similar heartbeat bill was signed in neighboring georgia earlier this month or. alabama and georgia have passed their widely decried heartbeat bills these laws ban

the terminations of pregnancy after 6 weeks even if the woman has been raped even if the fetus is not viable they make no exception and not surprisingly these bills have been rather controversial this is the most extreme abortion ban that's ever been passed so there's a higher penalty for doctors who perform these operations then for most rapists this is a travesty and i prefer all these women and young girls who will suffer at the hands of the system these are the eat it's making decisions for women in america governor i.v. shame on you celebrities are now speaking out actress alyssa morano is pulling a page from the old greek comedy list the strada and calling on women not to have sex with men until the laws are overturned and certain voices are calling on big corporations like amazon delta airlines and coca-cola to boycott anti abortion states i think if a woman doesn't want to have and i think that should have the option to be decided

as the mayor here in the seventy's to pass through versus wade because women were still going to worship just and say but it's not just the pro-choice side that is getting fired up anti-abortion activists are furious about new laws in new york and virginia now these bills allow for a doctor to take into account physical emotional and even a woman's age when making the decision to terminate a pregnancy at any point and needless to say conservatives have gotten fired up by the implications of these laws i think it's good news why is that a bill banning abortions after a woman has been pregnant for 6 weeks is not to return to the dark ages what's your answer my answer is something called science human life exists at conception it ought to be protected abortion has never been popular in the state of alabama it applies only in the state where a strong majority agrees with it were reflects that communities values will. well i was a ridge so i think anyone who cares about the end born would have been it is inhumane

it is immoral in my opinion and this is what i'm fighting against the anti abortion side is now calling for drastic action it's time the millions of commonsense pro-life americans canonically boy new york virginia new mexico and all the other insane states that do not protect the babies native new york pro-lifer gather outside life in new stations with pro-life signs show the world your numbers boycott new york boycott new york seriously don't go there if everyone who's pro-life refuses to visit there we could cripple the tourism industry i decided to find out how new yorkers feel about these new laws they're awful they're terrible for people men and women you need to make a choice should be at the ability to make a choice if you don't have that ability it's not going to work i have mixed feelings i could see both sides i don't like some of the comments that were made

about women and rape but i also have respect for life and do think there is a point where we need to be more mindful of what we're doing certain things this is an old fight in american politics between 2 groups that just won't see eye to eye and it seems that the powers that be have picked this longstanding divide among the american people and said ready set fight it could go all the way up to the supreme court again caleb up an artsy new york. they want to bring you know 2 fronts where yellow vests protesters are demonstrating in cities right across the country for a 27th consecutive weekend that's called a lie a truce right now in paris what we have been seeing for the past number of hours are the marchers going through many various streets in the capital with the police in front of them of course because the authorities have said that the color get up . place the shoulder. expected to walk today to the

public today what we're seeing believe a series of rallies over whuffie. in the country coming in spite of the government's attempts to address the growing swell of popular overhauling at living standards these are some pictures from earlier in the day some tense standoff but no violence in paris so far today we are hoping will continue just before we go i will say that a lot of students and teachers at today they are really the priority of today's march because of cuts in education we'll be keeping a very close eye on developments in part on 3 fronts as this. yellow vests rally continues the 27th straight weekend of people taking to the streets this is our

team international stay with us. those who they are supporting cuffed and they have they don't care about the mayor they don't care about the stability of libya. it is about their own agendas. and so we must be above that here for a long time to be really a civil war that continues for 4 months time. and $24.00 to you know bloody revolution to correct the demonstrations going from being relatively peaceful political protests to be creasing the violent revolution is always spontaneous or is it you still were here. in the. school in the middle of the former ukrainian president recalls the events of $24.00 . of those who took. they've invested over $5000000000.00 to assist ukraine in

these and other goals that will ensure a secure and prosperous and democratic. this is a story about what happens austria stray bullets kills a young girl in the streets. what happens to her family and daughters in florida know the mother daughter is very serious and terry it really messes with your head what happens to the community the public was screaming for a scapegoat the police needed a scapegoat so why not choose a 19 year old black kid with a criminal record who better to pen this than him and what happens in court he. shot shot as far as the side we feel. we don't know still just from. the end of this trial unfortunately you 2

will still love no children. max kaiser this is the kaiser report no a lot of people are confused by so many people like klein but look at a story today coming out of wall street from morgan stanley they got really great and they mispriced the initial public offering or i.p.o. to grab a lot of money but then the stock start of the fall and usually there is a reserve bank like morgan stanley has called the green shoot to help them manage the initial public offering as the price goes up and down but the price was crashing so morgan stanley decided to instantaneously on the spot start

counterfeiting shares out of nowhere they call it naked short selling but they just started to counterfeit shares in the hope that they could buy those counterfeit shares at a cheaper price and book a profit per mass of accounting fraud. morgan stanley or so charming is it any wonder everyone hates you and thereby going to get out of your matrix of fraud accounting malfeasance and criminal behavior stacey yes that's an article on 0 had this really fascinating to what he they were actually reporting from c m b c what they were talking about this naked short in order to cover their losses but this also fits with this headline just out on market watch there is a truth decay they call it in american journalism study says the media has become more biased over the last 30 years in fact and this is a rand corporation study and what they did is they studied hours and hours and hours of news footage over the past 2030 years and what they found was that indeed

it has become more subjective and emotional and they mention in fact that our research provides quantitative evidence for what we all can see in the media landscape that there. there is a truth to k. that the declining role of facts and analysis in civil discourse and its effect on american life journalism in the us has become more subjective and consists less of the detailed event or context based reporting that used to characterize news coverage and that's one thing i am particular when i'm looking at headlines i provide context always even if i have to go back 10 years to find the context for a present day headline and i think that's why we get so attacked by the likes of emmaus him b.c. who doesn't they don't provide any context at all for any of their audience what a great phrase.