exist the more growth we give them the sooner we're all. in a marked change of attitude american mainstream media now warn of the dangerous precedent being set for journalists washington's intensified pursuit of julian assange. also this hour u.s. president donald trump announces he's sending more troops to the middle east and extraditing arms sales to the region in order to keep iran in check. the netflix show 13 reasons why about a teen who kills herself sparks fresh outrage with critics saying it should be pulled from the platform for romanticising suicide our guests weigh in. the problem is that they did kind of you know glamorized they were kind of romanticized this idea behind if you know we have to give to you responsibility on this are put the

onus on the parents i think parents have to be more and ball in the lives of their children. you're watching are changing national bringing you your live news update from our studio here and moscow welcome to the program. concern in the journalistic community is mounting after the u.s. filed 17 further charges against julian assange on thursday and what's being described as an attack on media freedom and a declaration of war on journalists. and the one who cares about press freedom and the ability of journalists to publish classified government information in the public interest should wholeheartedly condemn the charges against julian the song the most dangerous aspect of this indictment full freedom of the press is that it would criminalize the encouragement of leaks of newsworthy classified information

criminalize the acceptance of such information and criminalize publication of it that's criminalizing journalism so it's 17 new counts what american prosecutors are now stacking up against you in a songe is probably enough to put a whole basketball team behind bars as songe and we keep leagues have repeatedly sought and obtained and disseminated information that the us classified due to serious risk dragging big fat skeletons out of government clausewitz once that was seen as top class journalism at its best those were the days remember the 971 pentagon papers release about the vietnam related ugly skeletons. i'm talking about exposing years of government secrets is that legal what is it you think we do here for a living those who dog all of it out or made to the secret info public were praised

that was nowhere near the kind of media treatment mr saunders received the free process not responsible for the origins of any material that gets to us. unless of course we are responsible for it because we had something to do with how it was a lot illegally obtained if someone's life was potentially a risk responsible media you would not publish yes these are conversations hard conversations that are had in newsrooms around the country and the world at the end of the day what would you say to those people who claim that no. his activities far more john made the good you are not allowed to help instruct you are not allowed to try to help somebody defeat security system even the most russia gating media people out there who would have all but destroyed weiqi leagues for getting

the d.n.c. emails out are now feeling something's wrong with this new indictment this is to put it bluntly wrong unconstitutional and downright tyrannical this is a pretty aggressive new move by the justice department a big deal here for a 1st amendment advocates the government is now trying to assert this brand new right to criminally prosecute people for publishing secret stuff and newspapers and magazines and investigative journalists and all sorts of different entities publish secret stuff all the time that is the bread and butter of what we do however for all these years while julian a song had to hide in london's ecuadorian embassy and we all know why these folks pretty much kept on his fate dissolved the there were plenty of other real threats to american journalism the cornerstone of democracy like the president calling them bad things or cnn's jim acosta getting his white house pass revoked for causing trouble at a press conference this is

a journalist who has spent his career doing what i think the great journalists do which is holding power to account i do think they're trying to shut us down to some extent the reality is that this is could possibly be the new normal and that's what people are for that's not ok that's why the lawsuit is actually happening i think they're trying to send a message to our colleagues well if now finally the week at least founders fate was able to squeeze out a few 1st amendment tears on american news now it's probably too late anyway. as long split opinion our guest reacted to the latest twist and his tale. we're talking a lot about 1st amendment issues and 1st amendment rights and it is very important to look at that i mean we're looking at social media mass banning censorship of certain political party outputs certain media commentators the 1st amendment has come up a lot not just with twitter banning but with banning of other people and

a lot of the people that are being banned are journalists are either freelance journalists or members of the media and some way the prosecution of fuel in the sand is part and parcel of trump's war on the free press full stop and i think they'll be limited takers for that actually both by sea the u.s. and here although the 1st amendment the reserve to be a news gathering and clearly where julian the psalms goes united states of america assuming it goes that there will be a court case to the supreme court related to that but if you look at where bradley manning released all they see information he was ultimately paul 2 and by brock obama not because there's there's a process here what cannot be allowed to happen. a group of people in the military in the intelligence services. break the espionage laws i think it's a basic mark of respect to chelsea manning to get her name rights and give her due respect on that score in addition she was never

a part of the administration i wish she had been her sentence was commuted which means that her conviction her conviction stands which is something that she is still being appealed and i believe will go all the way up to the supreme court this could seem like a case where there could be some issues that he has to face and that he has to own up to but there also is the the facts that have come out that they haven't seen a lot of people who were who were either killed or damaged in the light of duty because of this so there have to look at actual damages and harm that this cause in the very extensive surveys the u.s. government did after the manning disclosures they could not find a single person who had been harmed by this disclosure is the truth the monster was he has been afraid. making his case to a group of juries on courts that actually properly constituted judge i'm serious i think he needs to go to america and he needs to make his case in front of the american courts which may although you may not accept that he's a journalist but what you can't do is what he did when he ridiculed the united

kingdom by hiding in the ecuador that was a i think it's going to be a fight but i think i think he can win it because what has happened with this superseding indictment it makes the issue absolutely crystal clear i think this is going to be a much bigger case than people imagine look at the end of the day i could scream and cry and insult others and just and just sit there and sob and baton being my feet like a baby and called conspiracy theory when i don't like something but there are facts there are laws and all of that is going to be assessed very soon. the u.s. secretary of state my pump has confirmed the approval of arms transfers to saudi arabia the united arab emirates and jordan totaling over $8000000000.00 as part of an effort to deter. these sales will support our allies and hands middle east stability and help these nations to deter and defend themselves from the islamic republic of iran in order to bypass congress and expedite the shipments and

emergency was declared the transfer of arms will include a patriot missile battalion intelligence assets in combat and reconnaissance aircraft the move comes home on the heels of president trump's announcement on friday that additional u.s. troops will be sent to the middle east to maintain the status quo there only the day before though he's saying a different tune. do you consider sending troops to the middle east to go to iraq you know i don't think we'll need it but if we need it we'll have we'll be there in whatever number we need some very talented people are going to the middle east right now and we'll see how and we'll see what happens. it'll be about 1500 people earlier in the week numerous senators expressed frustration about the current administration's bellicose rhetoric. very much but intentionally or unintentionally we have been create a situation in which a war will take place

a war that will go on and on and on and that's been our worry from the beginning that this is blind escalation with the hope that the iranians will come to the table and the best thing to happen is for everybody to calm down and iran to back off and i'm hoping that this show of force will result in deescalating not escalate . the iranian foreign minister has reacted to the u.s. troops saying it poses a threat to international peace while a senior iranian military official has been more blunt saying that iran would sink u.s. warships using quote secret weapons if they do anything wrong political commentator who says washington should take time out to imagine life shoes. the u.s. is unfortunately going down a path of confrontation the trumpet ministration on the surface it has constantly repeated that it wants to negotiate with iran and trump saying that it wants to talk with the iranian leaders however in reality what we have been witnessing is

that in the past 2 years the us administration is taking a very hostile act towards you want i mean for example the recent announcement of sending troops and the sending of a u.s. aircraft carrier towards iran if you look at it from the ukrainian perspective are seen very as as a very hostile act for example if we reverse this situation how would an american's feel if you're on started to send attack ships near the coast of florida and started to position so-called protective troops in mexico i don't think they would like that and we have the same situation in iraq. washington decision to send additional troops to the middle east didn't go down too well in iraq the capital baghdad a slight large gathering with people telling the government to stay out of any scrap between washington and tehran they fear they will get caught up in the escalation only last week iraq allegedly fired by iran or by militants looking to stoke tensions supposedly secure green zone no one was injured.

streaming t.v. show provider netflix is under fire for hosting content accused of romanticizing suicide the us parents television council has written to the platform demanding it justify hosting the series 13 reasons why about a teenager who kills herself amid reports the show is encouraging people to take their own lives. settling because i'm about to tell you the story of my life. more specifically why my life ended. and if you're listening to this tape you're one of the reasons why. the council argues that the show should be x. in the interests of children's mental health and safety earlier activists started a petition also calling for it to be pulled however a 3rd season is poised to be released already the council points out that the 1st season reportedly helped drive a 26 percent increase in google searches for how to kill yourself and according to

the us national institute of mental health since the show's release the teen suicide rate spiked by over a quarter to now flick says it's examining the research and will address the issue we discuss you this shows potential for harm with julio rivera editorial director for reactionary times dot com and mark rutherford a licensed psychotherapist. can this show inspire someone to commit suicide well yes and no maybe maybe it does but these are children that are probably obviously suffering. with a lot you know obviously they're very they're dealing with some personal issues in their life god knows if there is abuse you know sexual abuse bullying other kinds of issues you know and people are tying it to the program the problem is that they did kind of you know glamorized it they were kind of romanticized this idea behind it so even though the message was you know there is always help. it will get better turn to those who who love. peace behind it was kind of you know kids when they see

these kind of things they don't have the frontal lobe isn't developed into their executive functioning they can't understand this idea of it gets better what it is in that moment is what they feel it will always be and so i think there were there were a lot of kids that kind of ramped to the to the energy of that you know i also at the you know we have to give the responsibility on this put the onus on the parents i think parents have to be more involved in the lives of their children they need to communicate more i think kids are growing up now with days with a completely different set of pressures you know. the suicide rate did go up after the show that piece of the damage was done because this kind of glamorous product was put out there the parents are there in the show the guidance counselors are there in the show and no one's talking in which is the way it is in the real world when i see teenagers in my practice it takes 23 sometimes 456 sessions for them to really open up and tell me anything these are all things didn't have to be

monitored better by parents any decisions that they make you know for netflix to take this show down will be their own internal decision and it will be driven. by the market quite frankly i mean if people start boycotting netflix because they have this show on then at that point it will become a financial decision and then they'll probably remove it for that week and i see a lot of teenagers in my practice and in the in the couple of weeks after that show dropped on netflix it was all every teenager that sat on my couch talked about and some of some of the teenagers hated it some of them loved it but what it did is that it sparked discussion and it wasn't about you know the guidance counselors or teachers telling them about what you know what they should think of what they should feel the teenagers were talking with each other and they were kind of talking i call it teen speak they were talking to each other at teenagers to teenagers about a subject matter that you know oftentimes is just kind of swept under the rug so in my opinion that was the biggest value of that show it generated

a discussion yes it's a slippery slope it could go either way but i think we have to also put faith in our teenagers you know their wanting to understand this is much as we as adults are . automated voice assistance like syria and alexa can be a problem for example when they fail to do what they're told or misunderstand what you say that unesco thinks there's a bigger problem than that the educational body of the u.n. in a new 150 page report is raising the sexism alarm claiming that these robotic helpers promote gender stereotypes. the subservience of digital voice assistance becomes especially concerning when these machines on top of more farms this female basic knowledge accompanies good deflecting and lackluster or apologetically sponsors to verbal sexual harassment.

because of the speech of most voice assistants is female it sends a signal that women are obliging docile and easy to please help us bella bill as a touch of a but. we carried out research and found that a woman's voice is more sympathetic and better received. the. users prefer a gendered human voice surveys on the topic have indicated that people often state a preference for gender neutral. you have to be good to me. i swear i've heard good generous board through the grace of god for 6 weeks with in

a confused job and i am told. that no human being is just a computer algorithm to people and get a life. style $10.00. high i.q. the well's best gentlest voice assistant think of me like syria are alexa but neither male nor female. i don't see that being a problem on the other side of the software and really think that there's the on a bit too far i really do and the people that are thinking that that is sexes or that there's a statement against women act i believe that they have just overstep overstepped

a bit we're not going to stop people problems by changing machines is no machine problem it is a people problem it is internal we have bigger issues on this planet than whether or not the voice on the phone is is male or female. as it won't trade a freedom for money after billions of dollars were offered by washington and exchanged for political concessions or that after a short break. there's a cyclical nature to things there's t. globalization there's globalization there's lowering interest rates there's rising interest rates so when the interest rates rise hit the impact it is said will be instantaneous death.

because they were going to see that happen to you it was most feet with a moment stallworth for all the previous governments the. former president and c.e.o. board which to 40 years the country people wanted much more and they didn't want just. travel freely with europe they won't through too because. this is a very far way to go still you mean you bring. welcome back palestinian officials have branded washington's draft peace plan with

israel a bribe adding that it's unacceptable to trade national freedom for money donald trump and his son in law john kushner though call it the deal of a century and offers billions in investment in exchange for political concessions when we looked at the palestinians we said well what are the opportunities i think what's been holding them back economically i think we built a very good business plan. under the deal there would be heavy investment into palestine which in return what have to relinquish claim to the occupied territories and drusilla and a state called new palestine would be established within the borders of the west bank and the gaza strip though it would be forbidden from having any army or has more. american president donald trump might think he's dangling a carrot by offering palestinian businessmen tains of billions of dollars if they sign up to his much touted peace plan which is still shrouded in secrecy but if the port city offers palestinians sovereignty although not a full state and it allows israel to annex the large settlement blocks but here in

ramallah the message is a resoundingly no thank you i am in front of the headquarters of one of the largest companies in information technology in palestine after receiving an invitation from president trump to attend a conference next month in bahrain to discuss things its chairman says he was quite frankly insulted. for this because they called it that is for developing the palestinian economy from my personal perspective i see it's not a successful conference sexually and so patient for the palestinian community and put the palestinian business people because it came out of school like a sudden one it was a big surprise for us they would if you could situation is the u.s. administration unfortunately that it's the best to use was all of that. the world is standing. and. conditions and looking this is

the meeting and the rain is supposed to show how the sting in business leaders the benefits they'll reach and the so-called american deal of the century but without being consulted as to what exactly the details of that deal entails the official word from the palestinian leadership is we do not trade on national rights for money business he did say it will not be full of cash but if you need. everybody knows the scene economy's in a bad situation actually the world bank and they may have seeing that we are almost in recession. of course helping but it's important to this is not the way if you want to look forward the but it's an economy suffering from number one is the patient so they were speaking about the issues of billions and in the same time the ignoring the reasons why the with me is suffering with a bit of seniors where is the problem if they are not speaking to us and they will

speak alone i don't know how they're going to implement that plan if they want to enforce the plan they care and the us is a strong country they can enforce a plan but this plan will not succeed it's taken trump more than 2 years to reach this point his son in law who was tasked with working out the details has been meeting with arab countries to bring them on board but for trump for whom the art of the deal is everything he's about to learn that at least here buying his way to a deal seemingly does not work policy or r.t. . and any war their so called collateral damage and that includes trade wars china and the us have been average other's throats economically for half a year now and reports on those caught in the crossfire. the trade war between china and the united states is not just affecting the 2 countries take for example the dominican republic. the head of the u.s.

government's development finance institution recently called them out for allegedly being too friendly with beijing the aforementioned u.s. government official aims to interfere in the current stable development of the bonds of friendship and cooperation between china and the dominican republic we object to this comment dominican officials have remained silent on the matter. canada is also at this point kneedeep in geopolitical tension recently canadian officials arrested the chief financial officer of wow a china's telecom giant 2 canadians are being held in china and charged with spying john bolton says that it is simply retaliation. china is punishing canada for opposing its treaty obligations in the rule of law the u.s. stands with canada in efforts to secure the release of its citizens unfairly detained in china but how does the usa stand with canada the prime minister is

certainly not happy with the situation any time the world's 2 largest economies are engaged in what is increasingly look like an acrimonious trade war there are going to be unintended consequences to the global economy and to other countries countries like canada. the u.s. secretary of state mike palm pale says that the philippines is being kicked around and that the usa is with them against those power hungry chinese our obligations are real the south china sea is certainly part of an important body of water for freedom of navigation i think the whole world understands that the trumpet ministration has made a true commitment to making sure that the seas remain open as the south china sea as part of the pacific and the armed attack on philippine forces aircraft or public vessels in the south china sea would trigger mutual defense obligations under article 4 of our mutual defense treaty the present guitar day doesn't seem to agree

he actually visited beijing a month ago and now he describes a glowing relationship and there who are both the evening news is with us. the food is the t.v. but it isn't even a. good. deal of the negativity very. recently italy has signed on with china's belton road initiative to build infrastructure across the developing world and the usa was not thrilled. italy's a major global economy and a great investment destination indorsing the initiative to china's spread reproached investment will bring no benefits to the italian people but italy disregarded u.s. concerns and went all the way in with the asian infrastructure investment bank as the clash between china and the united states gets bigger it's likely also get

messier many international observers have got to be asking themselves how many other nations are going to get caught in the crossfire unfortunately most of these countries the middle part of smaller countries they have all become collateral damage in this mismanagement of overall u.s. china relations and this aggravated trade war they know that they are dependent on both markets countries like the philippines. indonesia vietnam are not going to pick sides but i'm fearful that the u.s. at this point of time is using every avenue possible to place pressure on china the u.s. is going to be hurt china is going to be hurt. creech and which is one of the most dynamic economic regions they're all going to be hurt so there are really no where nerves. it's just it's just a question of who knows loses more. to baby bears have now found

a new home at a special facility in central russia after their mother abandoned the little orphans are the only guess at the center which is already paid more than $200.00 comes from starvation and harsh winters. in the desert nearly all the bear cubs that have passed through our hands since 1975 have been or since. used that without it if earlier it was due to illegal hunting which was done stopped now the main reason these widespread logging this sound over this scares the mother bear out of her down the worst thing is she will never come back.

when the cops get to be about 6 weeks old we take them to the separate buildings where there is no sound or smell of humans. that's a wrap up of the day's top news for now but i'll be back in about 30 minutes with war. with nor make this manufactured consent to public wealth. when the ruling class doesn't protect themselves. in the final larry go around the sun be the one percent. we can all middle of the room sick.