making headlines today the u.s. continues its strong and tiran rhetoric now accusing terror on attacking saudi oil facilities despite the rebels saying they did it iran the accusations us ally. meanwhile washington stance on iran hasn't stopped plenty of an awful hawkish u.s. national security adviser john bolton bods week by donald trump. in the stories that shaped the week an american t.v. network sues the top design to open up a channel for describing his pain russian propaganda we look at the truck and that's embassy host in question when it comes to make claims about a crime that. you're

watching a weekly hair on our to recap of the biggest stories of the past 7 days along with the latest news thanks for joining us on fust u.s. secretary of state mike compare has accused iran of launching a quote unprecedented assault on the walls energy supply saying that terror on is behind attacks on saudi arabia's oil production or on denies any involvement in the attack calling the u.s. accusations a lie here's the exact wording from the u.s. we call on all nations to publicly and unequivocally condemn iran's attacks the united states will work with our partners and allies to ensure that energy markets remain well supplied and iran is held accountable for its aggression. having failed at max pressure secretary of state compost turning to max to seat the u.s. and its clients are stuck in yemen because i'm illusion that weapon superiority

will lead to military victory blaming iran won't end disaster except you know april 15th proposal to end the war and begin talks may or refining in saudi arabia has now been hard as a result of far is that 2 major state run facilities as experts expected or oil prices have jumped significantly more than 13 percent following the incident u.s. president trump has authorized the release of oil from the nation's strategic petroleum reserve highlighting the importance of keeping markets well supplied the 2 saudi facilities damaged by fire were attacked on saturday eyewitnesses saw a video on social media of a huge plays were gunshots can be partly heard in the background the u.s. claims it was a result of drone strikes with one of them being launched from iraq while backed out said there is no possibility if the territory was used earlier yemen's who see rubbles claimed responsibility for deploying drones to attack that saudi oil

processing facility and also a major oil field they say the strikes when response to the saudi led war in yemen backed by the u.s. washington has also previously charged iran with lending support to the. i'm joined live by adman took our academic and middle east expert thank you very much for taking the time to speak to us today you now have taken responsibility for these latest attacks in saudi arabia but secretary of state might compare seems to say that iran conducted the strikes on its own what the ground in your opinion for these accusations. i think there are a several issues behind it part of it has to do with perception by many people within the united states and here i'm talking about the political level and within that status men are on house band especially also within the trumpet an

assertion that they're on has been. a government a state that has been involved and maligned activities in the region and beyond and that it undermines their ability in the area but i think. it's gulf states switch on our allies and partners up there not to states and that's one level of the other level is that there has been any also a long long growing conflict between the united states brought in a way some take it even all the way through that time to the overthrow are actually talked about older u.s. played and overthrowing the mossad government in the 1953 along with britain. and then of course we have seen it on an up aleutian the holding of americans and

particularly down american diplomats fosters the take over of the american embassy this is not something that has also has not been forgotten by many and are not at states and then that is on top of all of that especially with the rise of the need the neoconservatives in the united states there is a perception that a number on trees and area. described hold on the beginning you know on was not mentioned was won by the access of evil but later it became a vault as well as a number of other countries that were perceived to people style to the united states and so there is a strong producer but neocon. so rooted position in the united states where then stablish meant within the media within that think tanks who view iran as a threat to american interests and i think that also contributes to this. perception of now secretary. day this charge busy was repeated by kelly

and conk way who is not buys or 2 president trump very close advisor she also made the same charge but a spokeswoman for the state department was asked about this and was asked if they had any evidence she said that's very good to have evidence although she did not present that's not good this trip i just wanted to pick up on something that you just talked about about the side to the have been escalating tensions of course washington has leveled lots of accusations against iran seizing time because train attacks in the past gulf is this more of the same rhetoric or do you see this as a significant escalation in the relationship. i don't think. either of the united states neither the u.s. nor iran want to see a military confrontation nevertheless the danger is that the and this escalation

this attack that 3 have seen recently with the accusations that they're on is involved in it although there are lists i think this is an it's regardless of who was behind it and who was involved in it this is really an escalation of tension in the region this is some many people up describe. this tack on the mother role. in one of the most important oil 3 ilsley gas fields and refineries in certain saudi arabia as a dangerous escalation now the danger is that there could be miscalculations on this part or that part on this country without strong tree and that's what could lead to an explosion danger if there is for example the us are pure remember last time there was a downing of a u.s. drone by iran. president trump made a last minute decision within the last half hour before launching that's right so

it's pretty easily escalate and that's the danger and this is a very active dangerous thing not only for iran or saudi arabia but sort of the whole region and maybe else does well at academic and middle east expert thank you for your time on your insight thank you. so the very moment until iran rhetoric from the u.s. continues even off to one of terrans most outspoken critics national security advisor john bolton was followed by president trump on tuesday that was of course one of the big headlines this week mr trump came t. disagreed with bolton on several key foreign policy issues there's no word yet on who will replace him john bolton is renowned for his aggressive approach to foreign policy he supported the u.s. intervention in syria and was staunchly against easing pressure on north korea he

also adopted a tough stance on iran backed scrapping the nuclear deal don't you whole concern has been taking a closer look at his record. scandals resignations and dismissals are part and parcel of trump's presidency a few policy disagreements a swift tweet from the presidents and another administration official bites the dust it was clear from the outset that trump and his national security advisor would have their disagreements i'm the one that tempers him but that's ok i have different sides i mean i have john bolton and i have other people that are a little more dovish than him and ultimately i make that decision we can speculate on which exact what will lead to bolton's exit the failed talks on afghanistan the question of rush hour or perhaps iran but it seems the animosity lasted until his final day in office i offered to resign last night and president trump said let's talk about it tomorrow i informed john bolton last night that his services are no

longer needed at the white house i disagreed strongly with many of his suggestions as did others in the administration views himself as a skilled dealmaker who talked tough when needed for bolton but wasn't enough he needed to walk the walk and actively consistently show strength on all fronts the middle east russia north korea latin america you name it he held out on compromising stance on sanctions military action and regime change. bolton was one of the key advocates of toppling the madeira government using any means necessary all options on the table ready to go this troika of tyranny this triangle of chair stretching from havana to caracas to managua is the cause of immense human suffering this is a time for action. trump showed he was willing to meet to negotiate with even the greatest perceived u.s.

adversities even if it meant just a symbolic photo op the right intentions seems to be their bet it will make it clear that they won't i don't like sanctions because. this country i think they want to make peace i think it's time for bolton though this was unacceptable so it could be a long and unproductive meeting or it could be a short non productive meeting we have very much in mind the libyan model from 20032004 while bolton boiled that north korea had violated u.n. sanctions off the missile test in may trump downplayed the incident saying he wasn't spooked north korea fired off some small weapons which disturbed some of my people and others but not me. taking on iran was perhaps bolton's priority number one within a month of his appointment in april 28th in the u.s. had pulled out of the iran nuclear deal and advocate of preemptive strikes he pushed for military action against iran after a u.s.

drone was brought down and as ever his thinly veiled threats centered around regime change we hope that these new measures directed at the iranian dictatorship will compel the government to re-evaluate its pursuit of terror at the expense of its people well i think he is on the verge of making a mistake i think his advisors are pushing him in the wrong direction ironically just as bolton prepared to depart speculation has been rife on possible talks between trump and the rein in president rouhani it would have thought that possible after so much hostile rhetoric perhaps the final straw was trump's plan to wind down the longest war in u.s. history including hosting talks with taliban leaders accountant david it's speculated that bolton this was in comprehensible it seems that with or without bolton's presence u.s. foreign policy may have more surprises in store during trump's 1st term and will

focus on the aspect of dan's play a bit later on in the program even though the u.s. shutdown the heartbreak of peace talks the afghan taliban still wants donald trump to get back to the table as artie found out in an exclusive interview with that negotiating team about to had this half hour. senior u.s. journalists are once again fighting over russia with one t.v. network now suing the host of the not us for describing them as paid russian propaganda artie's it to try and cope brings us the story. here comes a familiar voice which becomes even more familiar if we hear words like russia or russian the most obsequiously approach trump right wing news outlet in america really it literally is page correction propaganda for those who still didn't recognize that that was really literally rachel maddow speaking about the one american news network on her and this n.b.c.

show i'll get to the point of reminding you how she keeps seeing russia everywhere in a moment but don't you think there must be someone out there who won't just swallow what the m s n b c star anchor says without hitting back with a decent jab well oh a ed is filing a defamation lawsuit they want 10000000 bucks one america is wholly operated and financed by the herring family in san diego they are as american as apple pie they are not paid by russia and have nothing to do with the russian government this is a false and malicious libel and they're going to answer for it in a court of law to tell you about the reason for when rachel maddow said really literally which is supposed to mean definitely no doubt shares staff with the kremlin that's another thing she said it's just that a one america journalist did freelance work for a russian based news agency sputnik she got him busted so bad

but as i've said earlier the number of times rachel maddow turned her show into a grand russian paranoia apis owed is just difficult to carry out. 1 or about to find out if the new president of our country is going to do what russia wants. f.b.i. is under attack from the president from the president's republican supporters and congress and the president conservative media supporters and also from the ongoing russian influence operation that is still. around. what happened if russia killed the power in fargo today what would happen if all of the natural gas lines that surface and falls just goofed on the coal to stay in recent memory and it wasn't in our power whether or not to turn them back on no wonder that when some folks decided to put the m s n b c hosts russia gate obsession into a mathematical perspective they found she spent more time talking about russia than

all other topics combined over a certain period. now you know what it takes to become the most watched hosts in all of cable news she got to that milestone last year but when step by step it gets revealed a lot of what you were saying was just a flow of blah blah you make up to win views the consequences do start haunting you 1st the ratings gradually went down and then the actual conclusions of the more pro blood to wet is on air this is what the viewers saw when rachel maddow 1st realized the probe wasn't going the russia gaiters way and so we know the logistics of how we got the notification that it did and obviously right now we have mostly just a ton of questions as to what miller's report says how complete it is who gets to see it who gets to decide who gets to see it and when. now here comes the

lawsuit the one i mentioned nothing's decided yet but probably even more people will think twice next on the here really literally in that familiar voice. now to a mystery that has puzzled minds for the past 60 is 1959 a group of savior in the year all mountains to pit 9. found the areas around the cap that i'm now a special project. we can chronicle the fateful incident. org.

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so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy. let it be an arms race off and spearing dramatic development only. exists i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time time to sit down and talk. we want a catalan republic because we think it would be geared to our people and we want to contribute to the welfare of europe into the european values of democracy of equality of dialogue of peace and we think that we are ready to contribute. to this new europe but as part of the euro me the european community and constituency was a big deal what's the problem why can't we accept that possibility in the 21st

century. welcome back in an exclusive interview with r.t. the taliban has donald trump to return to the negotiating table over the war in afghanistan they were in moscow for talks with russian officials this week off to the u.s. president shot down a year long peace process with the minutes group despite hopes that the negotiations might and almost 2 decades of conflict. taliban command was supposed to go to the united states before signing an agreement but until was to include washington we've touring troops in exchange for a commitment from the militants not to shell to terrorists donald trump and justified and do negotiations by citing in islam must attack in the afghan capital that resulted in the death of an american soldier that suicide car bomb in killed

10 people in total and injured dozens wall it was one of 3 assaults claimed by the taleban in a 2 week period in addition of course to a tux which have taken place over the 12 months but the peace talks are ongoing all t. also the group how they expect trauma to negotiate with them while they killing his troops the next day when mr tucker cancelled this. negotiation he and mr buckle his father is that he says he admitted that he had a good $1000.00 well so if big get of dollars off us why we cannot get one of them or 2 other than what was imposed on us. american soldiers there and i want to stop it's not i will admit it the soldiers are in washington they are never there was one of us but still we. proposed and we were keen to bring peace and i want some to the question but unfortunately i need to which we've reached some sort

of fidelity when it was considered by the american side a sense if if the american side is not really a negotiation and did not want peace on the day it will so all that we would be compared to defend ourselves i would never do this 500 years. i don't know that the reason behind it maybe you can ask them what happened but we are still committed to the negotiations we see that there i would stand our policy from this time the commitment of either side is that there's no solution for one conflict except negotiations and accept the peace on the table so what if i realize we hope the mr don't fit his. nose made in he come back to where we were just the side of the after the back to give him a ticket. american democrat politicians are increasingly

speaking out on the issue of fracking when calling for the process to be totally banned fracking involves dredging deep into the ground to recover oil and natural gas critics claim it's a dangerous and bad environment and top us democrats shadows pass to as caleb maupin reports. the usa is now the world's top the oil exporting country check out these words from the international energy agency looming shale production has allowed the u.s. to close in on and briefly overtake saudi arabia as the world's top oil exporter president trump says that this is a huge achievement he's ready to celebrate success becoming more and more energy dominant i don't want to be if you 3 want to be energy dominant in terms of the world but not everyone shares donald trump's energy market enthusiasm in fact most of the people who want to run against him in the 2020 alexion want to outlaw the

practice of hydraulic fracking that's the reason the usa has so much oil and gas any proposal to avert the climate crisis must include a full fracking ban on public and private lands on my 1st day as president i will sign an executive order that puts a total maria tarm on own you fossil fuel leases for drilling offshore and on public lands and i will ban fracking everywhere it's not just the left progressives you've got the centrist kemal the harris there's no question i'm in favor of banning fracking so at this point roughly 59 percent of america's oil is extracted from the shale so if you outlawed the practice of hydraulic fracking you would knock down the oil sector of the u.s. economy pretty hard the same for natural gas now check out this headline. kremlin kemal or harris and other democrats are embracing vladimir putin's preferred u.s. energy policy the new conspiracy theory even went viral on twitter many in fracking

and use of natural gas would do more damage to america and make lead to more putin happier than anything donald trump has ever said or done so good job democrats your being pro russia pro putin and program wind by wanting to ban natural gas of course the senator isn't the only 2020 democrat calling for this from russia with love ban on fracking the most reliable of k.g.b. useful idiots bernie sanders is even clearer that this notion that opposition to hydraulic fracking is all a big plot from moscow is nothing new in fact we've even heard it from the halls of the u.s. congress we have seen evidence of campaigns targeting culture and energy as to 2. industries of interest to foreign powers on energy we've seen anti fracking narratives so it seems like nowadays the only way to really play it safe in american politics is to find out what the why do we are putting once and do the exact opposite so let's hope that the russian president doesn't talk about say

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