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u.s. special. investigation. reports key conclusions. pietschmann question at this point. and all of those things have. to not have taken place collusion conspiracy obstruction and again we consider this very much. a possible. position on the u.s. now looks at the talks with president bush to be held on neutral territory and norway. the leader of germany's ruling party is proposing pre-election media
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regulation. so why rules should apply for digital content these are. not just. for media policy as a whole in the future of democracy. the 1st time. special counsel has commented publicly on the russia investigation he addressed a number of lingering questions about his 22 month long inquiry which found no evidence of collusion numerous instances of possible obstruction of justice by the president. well now that the special counsel's office is closing and the probe into alleged collusion between donald trump and russia led by
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special counsel robert muller has concluded we now hear from robert muller his 1st statement to the press now he spoke for 10 minutes and reiterated and clarified much of what was in his widely read report after the 2 year investigation this is some of what we heard from robert mohler if we had had come confidence that the president clearly did not commit a crime we would have said so. we did not however make a determination as to whether the president did commit a crime president cannot be charged with a federal crime while he is in office and he made clear that he could not charge a sitting president he clarified that as the last stands the department of justice cannot bring charges against a president rather there are other procedure laid out for that and democrats interpreted the statement from bob muller regarding the fact that he cannot bring charges against a sitting president as a cue for them to raise the issue of impeachment we do suspect the impeachment
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question at this point there on the table and nothing should be ruled out made clear this morning that his investigation now lays at the feet of congress no one is above the law congress should begin an impeachment inquiry. these administration has continued to stonewall congress oversight begin impeachment proceedings is the only path forward miller's statement makes clear with those who have read his report no it's an impeachment referral and it's up to congress to act they shewed given the special counsel was unable to pursue criminal charges against the president if the congress threw stones of the crimes noise and other wrongdoing a president trump and we would do so however what he was saying was not very much different than what he said in the report months ago emphasized what was in the report he cited indictments against russian citizens as evidence of russian meddling in the us presidential election many emphasize that no collusion between
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u.s. president donald trump and the russian government was at any point discovered now democrats have been harshly critical of william barr the u.s. attorney general arguing that he is in favor of u.s. president donald trump and has been swaying and distorting things in donald trump's favor democrats accuse william barr of making unnecessary redactions to the report and acting in other ways that showed a kind of sympathy for the president however when bob muller spoke he did not offer any criticism about william bar or his comments on the investigation report and we appreciate that the attorney general made the report largely public and i certainly don't question the attorney general's good faith in the decision responded to the report saying that the case is now closed that he has not been proven guilty he is innocent collusion or obstruction and all of those things have been determined to not have taken place collusion conspiracy obstruction and again we consider this very much to be case closer and bob mueller made clear he will not be testifying
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any further or making any further comments he did not take any questions from the press and he made clear that his report is meant to speak for itself. last hour i asked legal and media analyst lionel what he made of miller's statement to the justice department. the interesting thing to note is one of the reasons why many suspect he doesn't want to speak to congress is one that republicans asked him when did you know this how many years ago how many months into this investigation did you come to the conclusion a either there was no evidence are there was no reason to charge him but how long have you been stringing the country and the president and the world along why here's another question for you if you can't end dive here if those were the rules why did you investigate him in the 1st place did you know these rules before or did you know the rules before that say you can indict him or
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charge him then what were you were investigating ah you were investigating collusion and by the way did you notice such a paltry a de minimus amount of time that was that was given to the reason for this what was this russian colos you explain this more. of a push for a negotiated resolution to the venezuelan crisis is picking up steam representatives of president nicolas maduro and opposition leader one quite over expected to meet for a 2nd round of talks in norway next week however the united states still has its preferred solution as we have repeatedly stated we believe the only thing to negotiate with nicholas maturity is the conditions of his departure and the return to the negotiating table comes despite the opposition's initial reluctance to participate on quite a proclamation of power was supported by a consistent and hawkish stance among western leaders over the last 4 months he goes down of takes us through the power struggle. i swear to formally assume the
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duties of the national executive as president of venezuela. and that was how it all began a long and porthole road to the chaos and mayhem venezuela's in today it wants needs local politician overnight short into political stardom and with the u.s. on his side it seemed one why don't you simply couldn't lose. by mike pence the vice president of the united states the united states supports the courageous decision many more countries followed suit brazil has just issued a note recognizing one we're going to go as venezuela's president. one plan. one door in europe while you go you know the one with all venezuela began to devour itself from the inside torn by protest streets flooded people on mass reassuring
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maduro of their support all venting their anger at a president they call a dictator. meanwhile washington unrolled its arsenal from threats to sanctions to even seemingly harmless things like aid it try to keep the balance of power in favor over there man why don't i wish him a long quiet retirement on a pretty beach far from venezuela and the sooner he takes advantage of that the center is likely to have a nice quiet retirement on a pretty beach rather than being in some other beach area like guantanamo an unconventional holiday but among the mildest ideas in america's rhetoric all options are on the day all options are on the table all options are on the table all options are on the table all options are on the table because they always are but with all that commotion in white dove camp would have much dural the incumbent
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leader was willing to go all in conventional to trying to articulate his readiness to talk it out with his new rival program if you go i am committed to international dialogue today tomorrow and always i'm committed and personally ready but back then why don't was feeling too good to grace's arch nemesis confronted with the blatant refusal duro klang to the 2nd best thing he had and has apart from the support of a good share of his people the military is. stood strong with the dural despite what you do and washington's efforts to encourage defection. the president imposter tried to make it look like things were going his way or the armed forces are standing behind the people and the constitution but very soon his boastful overstatement was clear desertions worst paradip local and way below the critical mass needed to have the dura worried and all that leads us here to
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a complete stalemate why don't has won the battle for the hearts and minds on capitol hill for the embassies for the right to be called president of venezuela on the diplomatic papers of 3rd party countries but not his own to like to see them into vain militarily your office in i as president in charge of the national parliament will evaluate all necessary options however cautious it may be an official evaluation of an international intervention is as good as an open call for one but with the us no longer looking as trigger happy as before why do it has sent his emissaries to talk with the duro no longer too good for that and the us apparently wants confident a quick power play would lead to victory now has learned that all or doesn't elect presidents of there are some in washington though who despite the resumption of the oslo talks appear to believe hostility is the best policy senator lindsey graham
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even recently invoked the invasion of grenada in 183 which was widely viewed as illegal to make the case for intervention in venezuela. douras not the legitimate leader of venezuela he would be in power without 6 or $7000.00 cuban security forces in venezuela i would do exactly what reagan did i would give cuba an ultimatum to get out of venezuela look at they don't i would let the bit of soil and military know you got to choose between democracy and the dura and if you choose more dura in cuba we're coming after you and i'll remind you under president reagan in 1903 the us sent an invasion force into grenada under the pretext of protecting american citizens from the caribbean nations marxist leadership and just over a week operation few really had overthrown the cuban government that senator graham's comparison though seems to be glossing over some crucial differences between venezuela today and grenada in the eighty's for starters the island nation of grenada rich geographically much smaller than venezuela making it easier to access
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and control and 983 its population stood at 96000 and as well as 32000000 back then the u.s. deployed around 6000 troops according to some estimates the u.s. military intervention in venezuela today would probably require $150000.00 soldiers human rights lawyer and author dan kovalchuk told us that an invasion by washington would be disastrous. the idea that the u.s. is going to be able to knock on the venezuelan government grenada style is just silliness of course the u.s. could try a military option from the u.s. point of view it would be a disaster it would be a very protracted military struggle europe would in the end not support it i think most south american countries do not support it even apparently the military brazil i think the u.s. would stand alone and i think diplomatically it would be a disaster for the u.s. and it could be a disaster in many other ways again if they got the u.s.
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got something to do another vietnam time war it would cause deaths of course u.s. personnel would cost trillions of dollars and treasury in many cause a rebellion with the new united states against the government as we saw during the vietnam war so it's a very very risky proposition for the u.s. to be. the head of germany's ruling party is facing a major backlash for suggesting there should be measures to control political discussion online well then 50000 people have signed a petition against what they claim on a great crime carabao has plans for censorship. but isn't this we lost among young voters for 2 reasons we failed to adequately address issues that are important to them and we feel due to the handling of their role as a radio where would happen if 70 newspapers decided just 2 days before the election to make a joint appeal don't float for the c.d.u. or s.p.d.
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that would be a clear case of political bias in the run up to an election so why rules should apply for digital content these are 2 questions we will need to discuss not just for the cd you but for media policy as a whole in the future of democracy the comments came after a number of you tube bloggers in germany called on people not to vote for the ruling coalition parties in the elections which she blames for the christian democratic union is heavy losses on sunday. so does this clear factual evidence that the current system is destructive and it is my democratic duty to ask you please don't vote for the s.p.d. please don't vote for the c.d.u. and please don't vote for the. we ask you all not to support this. and don't support the s.p.t. kind under the don't vote for any party that doesn't operate on logic or science and isn't course to destroy our future. to your latest statement infuriated rival
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parties as well the left party called it an assault on the freedom of expression and repression of the german constitution and the freedom party said political movements need to have a dialogue with social media platforms a mountain dulcimer who from the left party told us that maintaining relations with tech savvy youth is crucial. all young people are searching for how can we double up a society they way they want to participate in the decision process in the society to the movement of writers for future it out there as well on the internet like raise or end up us is a part of a search for participation in society and for the purse back to the future and the less the political mainstream. is able to create discourse it's witchery the trick the emotion of the people emotionally and by the underlying a letter to your conscious the wall they will start to organize themselves more or
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move. so much for different frames where they can see quickly. revelations in a documentary that exposed the child sex abuse in poland's roman catholic church and sparked a wave of out rate in the country the film was financed through a crowdfunding campaign and has been viewed more than 20000000 times on youtube. finally the peta followers in black cloaks will face justice make more movies like this one which discloses the deception of the church big respect to everyone who decided to be a part of this film or just tell of all their horrible experience without the camera the catholic church doesn't lead people to go and it just makes them run away from him with
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a governing coalition or injustice partings also reacted to the film's revelations pledging to confront the problem of clerical abuse its leader initiated a vote in parliament on longer prison terms for child abusers after the documentary began attracting white spread attention but he also accused some of using the situation to attack and undermine the church as a whole i think that there is no poland without the institution. you know everyone has the right to express their opinion but i think politicians need to be more careful with their what's it's not just a matter of individual offend the crimes were covered up these things were known to be the church authorities just the opposite the way they move the offenders from parish to parish is horrendous should be real punishment merely losing the position in church is not punishment justice must be served. it's hard to say maybe kaczynski wanted to say it was an attack on christian values he is partly right it's like living in an apartment and closing the rise to the neighbor's pathological family and when
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a tragedy happens everyone wakes up but if you react early you can prevent a tragedy you have to fight against those who degenerates. the film shows the truth and how people reacted to truth is their private matter but i do not consider this movie an attack on the church for the bush you know the church needs to be kept separate from politics that will solve the problem. you're always r.t. international we'll check in with culture man or come in a few minutes to russians on the international space station are undertaking a space walk right now it's also pointed out a verse free for the russian space industry and they've been paying a touching tribute will tell you all about later. what politicians do something to. put themselves on the line to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president or injury. or somehow want to be rich.
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but you'd like to be close to see what the full screen the more can people get. interested always in the waters of our. first sip. after the previous stage of my career was over everyone wondered what i was going to do next the ball different clubs on one hand it is logical to struggle from fields where everything is familiar on the other i wanted a new challenge and the fresh perspective i'm used to surprising. if you think. i'm going to talk about football not for you or else if you think i was going to go . by the way ways of that slide here.
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again the united nations is raising the alarm of a child malnutrition and war ravaged afghanistan they say there are enough funds to help the millions of children in need of urgent aid comes as the u.s. troops marking a 20 year presence in the country. there are 2000000 children in the country which suffer from acute malnutrition and among them 600000 children that suffer from severe acute malnutrition a child that suffer from severe can understand it a child that needs urgent treatment otherwise he might die. the more we are the sword provider off treatment for syria the nutrition if we don't have money to buy this treatment the severely atman mandarin rishta will not
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get it. unfortunately ghana standards we can treat are severe malnutrition is a high level the main reasons are gratian poverty and don't work drinking water substandard food and an educated mothers. we also spoke to unicef communications chief for afghanistan who says its children who suffer the most in times of conflict. this week are of 600000 children who are severely acutely manaul reached has been a train for the last 5 years the only issue now is that everybody is recognising that it is a crisis he said imagine see and it needs to be put on the national agenda and
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that's why we need to the attention of everybody together with the government and partners that this is a crisis and urgent attention and we call on all parties to the conflict all one inflections to teach not that the impact of comes. it's mainly all my children and that's a local children should not be part of any conflict in any country. now 400 kilometers above the earth 2 russian cosmonauts are conducting a 6 and a half hour space walk right now they are commander all a good economy anchor and a flight engineer a legacy of chin in these are live pictures such as they are at the moment the feat is a little bit unpredictable but don't forget they are 400 kilometers above us and they are also traveling at 5 miles per 2nd so here is that are some of the latest pictures that we've had there were filmed a little bit earlier as the 2 conducted their maintenance and experiments outside the space station you can tell who they are by the color of the stripes on their
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spacesuits in the red is command economy and this is his 5th space walk but for alexi of chin in this is his 1st space walk although no stranger to dramatize last october of course his was the failed soyuz launch and they had to come back to worth minutes after blast off but it's not put him off as you can see so the 2 conducting maintenance on the space station on the russian section of the international space station 400 kilometers above our heads they've been up there for about 6 hours now and they've got another hour or so of work before they can return inside now it's also a special day made the 29th a poignant moment in russian space history the cosmonauts are also on a ring the 85th anniversary of the 1st person to walk in space the soviet union's alexy leon off and as a special touching tribute which you can just see there you can see a flight engineer holding
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a picture of alexey the owner of one last trip into space no doubt mr leon of the family would have been touched by that tribute. and that is the way it looks from moscow for this hour i'll have you next had. news off look at how the internet giants undertake some subtle social logical staring using your photos your data and your state to something. in or wow the state puts in the surveillance cameras in our present day or well 19 eighty-four dystopian nightmare we put in the cameras we install the cameras on the nest cameras in our doors and our mental pieces and put the spine devices in our hands and in our homes with alexy and other of these mass surveillance
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technologies that's the difference between orwell and today it is the worst nightmares would never think that we will imprison ourselves. nobody could see coming that false confessions would be that profile in the spot relational people will converge if you look at any interrogation out there what you'll see is threat promise threat promise threat lie a lie a lie the process of interrogation is designed to put people in just that frame of mind make the most comfortable make them want to get out and don't take no for an answer don't accept their denials she said therefore we. sat on a statement that i would be home by that time the next day there's a culture on accountability and police officers know that they can engage in misconduct that has nothing to do with all their crimes.
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oh. please. play. live. so. let's just say. please. playing. very well mark until you're watching us in such. what politicians do. they put themselves on the line they get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president. or some want to be rich. that's it right to be
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1st that's what before 3 of them can't be good get. interested in the waters of. the ship. is this a realistic prospect in 10 years and you understand why it kind of creeps people out. but i think there's there's what i call the creepy line and the policy about a lot of these things is to get right up to the creepy line but not cross it i would argue that implanting things in your brain is a is beyond the creepy one of. at least for the moment.
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at the end of the 20th century silicon valley industry titans like steve. shops and bill gates made a promise that would forever alter how we perceive the world it spans the globe like a superhighway it is called internet and suddenly are part of a new mash of people programs archives ideas the personal computer and the internet
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i shared humanity into the information age laying the groundwork for unlimited innovation at the dawn of the 21st century there would be a new revolution a new generation of young geniuses made a new promise beyond our wildest dreams. the ideas that we take all the world's information and make. everyone limitless information artificial intelligence machines that would know what we wanted and would tend to our every need the technology would be beyond our imagination it's almost like magic yet the concept would be as simple as a single word search. this was the beginning of google and less than a decade later facebook they would make a new promise to humanity what i think so interesting about google and facebook is they were founded at american universities.

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