it emerges that the u.s. intelligence community quietly dropped his rule that whistleblowers must possess 1st times knowledge apparently paving the way for the trump ukraine revelations which have triggered an impeachment inquiry. america down to a defamation league recognizes the ok just as a hate symbol widespread adoption and final white supremacist. problems up to the symbol has become an actual code to say hey we are part of this group you are and all the races have to have to drink water. so it will point to be labeled as racist. sort of as income as a council screenings of a documentary about

a famous psychologist with cues that challenge political correctness we speak to the filmmakers. you have all of these people are talking about and it's this kind of like a. culture war leaving the all right or you know motivating in there that you know really dangerous ideas. and very well welcome you watching r.t. international with me to the arabs it's great to have you with us. u.s. president donald trump is demanding to meet the anonymous official who blew the whistle on his phone calls with his ukrainian counterpart it's the scandal surrounding the conversations led to the launch of an impeachment inquiry last week of a possible collusion with a foreign power turn claims that whistleblowers account of what was said was totally inaccurate meanwhile reports have emerged pointing out that the u.s. . the intelligence community quietly changed the official whistleblower complaint

form at around the time the ukraine cold scandal broke the new version drops the requirements that whistleblowers have 1st hand knowledge of the events they commenting on the latest version of the document says it was revised an organist 2019 that's the same month in which the scandal triggering complaint was filed the apparent coincidence has led to questions being raised. it's not clear to me when the people who are behind all this realized all my goodness this is not going to play well this will not go through the inspector general process because it's all hearsay it's can hear from ation it's funny to me at least here on the u.s. side that the news outlets just immediately identified this person as a whistleblower but if you are a whistleblower blowing the whistle on waste fraud abuse and illegality in the intelligence services you're not a whistleblower you're

a leaker and so i think that's really where the transformation has been. and if my dad looks at the sudden change of standard 1000 its possible ramifications most of us we revere whistleblowers the men and woman who put their careers their very lives on the line out of principle you know look the other way they speak up when they see corruption abuse and then justice and you know why we revere them so as we trust them they were witnesses people on the inside they saw with their own eyes a whistleblower is any individual who provides the right information to the right people that's now changed you no longer need to be a witness to be a whistleblower along the need to have documents or evidence all you need is to have heard someone talk about wrongdoing that's all the matter if it was false or

made up just far litton hey presto you're a whistle blower like the individual who spawned the trump ukraine scandal or the background of this of course is that whistleblowers filing a report and state in the 1st sentence i don't know this firsthand you know this 1st told to me by i learned this from say and then multiple shots so we didn't have any 1st and evidence let me in our legal system here shit it never stands up in court he was told the trump said something questionable by anonymous officials told them wrong it seems at least some of it was already proved false the president pressured mrs umansky with a specific request that the ukrainian leader locate and turn over service used by the democratic national committee and examined by the u.s. cyber security firm crowd strike. i would like you to do us

a favor though because our country has been through a lot and ukraine knows a lot about it i would like you to find out what happened. this whole situation with ukraine they say crowd strike the server they say ukraine has it whatever you can do it's very important that you do it if that's possible the president also praised ukraine's prosecutor general. and suggested that mr lansky might want to keep him in his position. i heard you had a prosecutor who was very good and he was shut down and that's really unfair a lot of people are talking about that the way they shut your very good prosecutor down and you had some very bad people involved they these in gentleman we have front row seats as we watch the noble even all noble title of whistleblower sally my deed by partisan politics in the accuracy bias over the intelligence community inspector general's preliminary review identified some indicia of an arguable

political bias on the part of the complete in favor of a rival political candidate such evidence does not change my determination that the complaint relating to the urgent concern appears credible what today do. you know americans are good we say did it change the goalposts they changed the rules how could these people really see that we get away with this whistleblowers now essentially a 5050 anonymous source you get on c.n.n. for example fun to listen to but as practice shows it's taken with a dose of salt source tells n.b.c. news law enforcement and democratic sources telling c.n.n. that in a fired sources anonymous sources according to anonymous washington post source you're basing all these allegations of one or maybe 2 sources which c.n.n. isis not receiving any reports it's washington post new york times wall street journal c.n.n. a.b.c. elihu resources all because they're hiding behind this in anonymity commonality

we're seeing you know you don't want me to you're just going to attack sources these whistleblower a poor it was but now for the democrats finally a chance to bring down trump. but now that it's showing cracks liberals are sprinting the plus the mover this whistleblower they claim can should and will be trusted you know why because he's one of them. if we think of the whistleblower as a reporter the whistleblower talked to a lot of people who had firsthand knowledge or seen them post strange it to this reporters a free free to be as politically biased as they want twist news to their political agenda and then call it truth all of us who have been involved in national security and have reported on on waste fraud abuse and illegality have been whistleblowers but because this whistleblower in particular fits the

mainstream media's narrative of donald trump committing crimes he was automatically called a whistleblower he was automatically assumed to have the national interest at heart and i'm not not really sure that that's the case the think it all but crucified snowden and manning for exposing global surveillance on all of us and war crimes that we'd never have known about but here you have a biased complaint riddled with an accuracy as submitted by an individual who saw nothing but passed on what he was told the clear political spin to it. and he's applauded cheered and praised it isn't gentleman what is the noble name of whistleblower dies and is just. you know used to

work phony. just contrived is just as fabricated as the. charges. we know and we have proof there's nothing between no evidence no 1st show the refits 2nd and. now we have you created really very early on and shown for what it is a political ploy to get president trump. the ok hon gesture has been recognized as a hate symbol alongside the swastika america's anti-defamation league based its decision on the signs adoption by white supremacists even as extremists continue to use symbols that may be years or decades old they regularly create new symbols memes and slogans to express their hateful sentiments we believe law enforcement and the public needs to be fully informed about the meaning of these images which can serve as a 1st a warning sign to the presence of haters in the community or school the ok symbols

white power meaning was initially part of an online prank exposé but apparently a white supremacist liked what they saw and started using it that way you know ernest among them the christ church terrorists during a court appearance the a.d.l. says cases like that to warrant its inclusion on the list of hate symbols adding though that context is always important last year a former white house staffer was accused of making the white power sign but her defenders pointed out she's a mexican american and a descendant of holocaust survivors our guest debated the issues raised. it was to label a thing like a bull or the ok symbol as a symbol of white supremacy i feel like race is do do certain things but i mean at a certain point they do everything or people do mean races have to eat food they have to drink water they have to breathe air so at what point do we label eating food as racist drinking water as received in breathing air is very soused it's just

really can of started his particular point sounds a little some of these things that have been in his ear things were a very long time with or a soused hateful subversive groups the problem is that the symbol has become an actual code to say hey we are part of this group you are not and you know the main part of it is like. well it's a far it's far right movement supporting you know again far right ideologies that are very well known in this country to be you know florists and but my point is you know is vast to get for instance and it was an indian sacred religious symbol 50500 years b.c. and you know. people in germany it's ok to put it on a on a red flag and now it was a symbol it was an inverted this massacre and that became the symbol of nazism and ok but the ok sign is nat day all right ok so you can find it right now on your

phone via. device i phone you can find it ok so right now when you search for the new moji there is the equivalent to ok ok it is being used ok for a very lonesome it wasn't a couple years ago where it was some kind of troll thing happening on the internet there it became so on those because the mainstream media picked it up and i think the whole purpose of trolling campaign was to trick the mainstream media into doing it and of course now we hear that the a.d.l. is looking for here is not to label every single thing that we do say or or. you know we communicate what they are to specifically doing is trying to inform you know people that there are certain symbols that seem innocuous but that are currently being used. as actually inside to violence and crime and you know fundamentalists political ideas that put this democracy in jeopardy but we're

talking about a symbol that started it as something that was not necessarily what it is today the problem is that somewhere along the line that symbol that cited as it trolling can ban as a bait became an actual you know sign no with a longing for though if. it's not it's really not what somebody told me how will you know it hasn't be the symbol is not some kind of a symbol like i see the blood gain uses day i'm sure to have been plenty of actual killings they happen every single day and they've been going on for a very loans ounces in 1970 s. when they came out but for some reason that's not been seen as a symbol you can have it right now in your phone as an emoji for the ok symbol in smartphones and all of it have come around long after the street gangs have originated so obviously we didn't think about this thing that existed in a certain context in new form of a symbol in general which is labeled as

a symbol but now a lot was saying because the nature of media is going to hold because of the trolling campaign now we want to say is a symbol is ridiculous it is not a symbol it is a n.s.a. thing if people want to use it for whatever they want to use it for ok but to compare it to nazi flag is absurd ok millions. if you like. versus the ok so i think i was not a hate symbol until it was. an indian use a day early his whole can ensure that no it's not the. dozens of world leaders who are in paris for the food. jacques chirac the former french president died last week at the age of 86 and memorial events are being held throughout the country for more details let's cross live to our correspondents started the best news in paris for a while i was the mood been like in the city since the news broke. well i'm outside souls who is where the memorial service to jacques chirac will take

place today that she's speaking to some of the members of the crowd to come outside here to pay their own almost to the former french president saying that it's an incredibly sad to movement a movement with france losing a strong leader man who really embodied what it was to be french you get a sense of how precious chirac was to the people who came here some 7000 people played on which to him as his body lie didn't state it all believed his body is there at the moment in the coffin draped in the french flag and that cortege will make its way here to make its way to source of peace where this memorial procession will take place as you said some dozens of world leaders already here ministers from chirac's former cabinet says all current ministers have made their way into a packed memorial service we are expecting president michel as well as president putin and other will be dissed to attend this ceremony later on today to remember

the man who spent 40 years of his political life at the forefront of french politics a man who's elected to the national assembly back in 967 he then went on to serve in several governments he was a 2 time prime minister he was a mare of paris and of course he was also twice president of france 1st elected back in 1995 and then getting a 2nd term off the back of that he was president until 2007 a man who's known for his outlandish sayings he once talked about how bad person cruising was and said you know how can you trust. who cook is partly is that but he's also known internationally for being a man standing up and standing up for things that he believed in for example he wouldn't allow fronts to go into the invasion of iraq back in 2003 with the u.s. and the u.k. famously standing up and telling the u.n. security council why it was the wrong thing to do and the french are fiercely proud

of his reputation despite the scandals that marty later on in life let's take a look now at the highlights of 40 years of jacques chirac's political career. the military operations have just started in iraq friends regresses action taken without the approval of the united nations. houses burning down and we blind to it nature mutilated and overexploited can no longer regenerate and we refuse to. rebuild it back to. let them go. dark hours for of a solo history and they're an insult to our past now traditions. was also known as being the 1st french president to acknowledge france's role in the holocaust admitting some 13000 jews were rounded up in 1942

something that many people showed that sort of courage that he had as a leader i know we've also heard many tributes from people across the world to jacques chirac since he died on thursday at the age of 86 some of the most heartwarming comments coming from his personal friend president putin of france who president putin of russia sorry who will be coming to this memorial service here in france his plane has already landed in these 2 to pay his own tributes to the former french president and he did in a statement last week on the hearing when the new. of the death of his friend saying that he was a wise and far sighted statesman he said russia will remember the great contribution to the development of friendly ties between the 2 nations and of course they were great personal friends these are the 2 individuals that enjoyed

each other's company for example. on the 74th birthday he was attending a nato summit in latvia this was back in 2006 and he decided to celebrate his 74th birthday with none other than his friend president putin some people saying the time that that meeting that celebration together was actually quite a snub to the then u.s. president and then british prime minister and jacques chirac himself showed how much of a relationship and how important that relationship was to him in fact only president putin with france's most highest honor for foreigner this is the growing cross of the legion to honor he gave that to president putin as a significance a symbol of that great friendship between the 2 and he also went on to talk about russia and his fullness of the country and saying as far as he knows russia is a friendly country another war of course and many other tributes paid from all the world leaders including the chancellor of germany anglo merkel she talked about the

country mourning a great statesman an outstanding partner she said for a friend personally and a friend to germany also heard from who is expected to be at this ceremony today saying his legacy this is the legacy of jacques chirac will stay with france it will stay with the european union forever and of course president who stood outside the coffin of jacques chirac smalling draped in the french flag looking very solemn he said last week on hearing the news. his death that he was a great french when he said he was a man who embodied france he loved us as much as we loved him says so many tributes coming in jacques chirac and it gives a sense of how well formerly he is remembered by not just the french people but also the french establishment just seeing some of the figures who come along to

this memorial service today since that day a hugely packed environment for those people wishing to show their last respects to france's former president a man who served 2 terms in office the last president to do so because of course since then we had nicolas sarkozy a president or loans who both only serve one term each and of course president not gone is in his 1st term at the moment jacques chirac a man who died on $86.00 he died at 86 years old at president putin we just hearing has come out of the plane here in france which means that he will be at this ceremony in the next hour asserted to pay those tributes to his great personal friend jacques chirac that latest update president putin of russia has left his plane he's here in france and he will be attending this ceremony to remember back who died last week at the age of 86. think

about solidly russian president that is the exiting the plane in paris to attend the funeral of his close friend and ally for the out there thank you so much. more news coming up after this very short break to stay with us.

join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics sports business i'm showbusiness i'll see you then. welcome back a controversial canadian psychologist with anti political correctness views is in the spotlight again after screenings of a documentary about him were pulled from several cinemas that. but you said your peers and your opinions are going to be the canadian psychology professor is somebody people love or love to hate so you. still are you.

watch the professor as political correctness video i was just so disappointed. about him peterson is a clinical psychologist and university professor he's risen to fame over recent years via public interest and debate over his ideas peterson challenges political correctness with anti brain stream views on masculinity and feminism as well as gender ethnicity and identity politics could be a man born in a woman's body and that's biological but if you're a woman born in a woman's body that socially constructed like really that supposed to be an argument do you think a trans woman is a woman. no you overwhelming proportion of people who are in prisons are male i do want to equalize about just out of curiosity what about bricklayers there are 99 percent male and men work longer hours they work more dangerous jobs they're more likely to move or preaches and has lots of fun see also attract plenty of criticism

earlier this year cambridge university recalls an invitation that sent him to speak there over concerns his views violated that quote inclusive environments and in new zealand his book was pulled from the shelves after a shooting at a mosque in christchurch artie's memory of an option has been speaking to the filmmakers behind his latest this latest documentary. movie as far as i understand is about jordan peterson and the journey to where he's now and through his ideas what is about it that it's a wrong to see it scrapping earlier great plans to show it. well they had agreed to a week long run of the film but there were some staff complaints and that put them in a difficult position so they decided to cancel those plans and of course you know there are some things that people really disagree with in terms of ledger in peterson has said sell people disagree with the idea of giving him a platform although making

a film about him i don't think it's the same thing and they were all sorts of reasons we were getting in the instance of the cancellation of the staff complaints as far as we know they hadn't seen the film the people that had agreed to show the film initially they had seen it it really is a shame that that happens our film is and isn't like a complete celebration of everything about jordan i mean there are parts of parts of it that are critical it's not a fluff piece and there are the voices of the people that have disagreed with him in public that are in the film so we also hold space for those bonuses in the film so you have all of the people that are talking about him and it's this kind of like a left and right culture war you know you have people on the right that kind of see him as in the side but also see him as kind of like a political tool to kind of a problem there or their agenda when you have people on the left like anti for and activists of that nature and they they think he's the devil and they want to bring

him down and they want to destroy its reputation where people usually do is that they listen to journalists that they're used to and those journalists usually only read other journals that think just like them so it is weird little in this specific context that it's a liberal bubble where they kept they tell each other the same stories and it gets it gets compounded and compounded when it gets pretty different from reality as far as i understand jordan peterson himself was not too much into ferreting to your words very open and he respected the process he you know was never really you know trying to. interfere with that you know anyway what was that story that these journalists that you mentioned kept saying like presenting jordan peterson as someone dangerous to some playing well you know their ideas that he's. leading the all right or you know motivating in cells or that he has really

dangerous ideas that he's the custodian of the peach here he is the new york times article that stated so it closes people's minds to a nuanced film about him which is what our film is and it's a film that as his message mentioned is for fans but also for people who aren't fans is really something in it for everyone to relieve pain to a complex picture of what we've witnessed throughout these 3 and a half years. the approach to one of the theaters the coltan center in toronto about that decision to council the screening of the film we have yet to receive a response what do you get in touch if you like to say your thoughts on i am any of our stories today you can join us on social media and if all of your comments that we're back in 30 minutes with all the latest headlines we'll see about.

it and so we're going underground as saudi arabia takes the podium to conclude the u.n. general assembly just ahead of the one year anniversary of the killing of the washington post jamal khashoggi a crime over which the u.n. one saudi arabia investigated coming up on the show as the united states senate debates a trade war with hong kong that could drag the global economy down amidst president trumps existing sanctions against china we speak to a member of on kong's executive council preparing for tomorrow's 70th anniversary celebration of the people's republic and on the day saudi arabia concludes the u.n. general assembly we go to the country with the largest number of u.s. troops in europe germany to hear its left body dealing slam any possible angle of merkel plan to join donald trump's and boris johnson's soldiers against iran breaks at the berlin wall and microwave meals with suede supporting artists funny now all

the support coming out today is going up to grab a festival remarks the 70th anniversary of the people's republic of china or an event covered in nato nations not so much for the lifting of $850000000.00 out of poverty as the triumph of a brutal state that today abuses human rights in on kong villain appears to be hong kong chief executive kerry lamb joining me now from the new people's party at what is known gong is one of our cabinet ministers regina regina thanks so much for coming on the show before we get to what's. got in on kong how is that how is the special administrative region going to be celebrating 70 years of china that will be flecked ways examinees and celebrations as usual and the hong kong government will be sending a large delegation to beijing to attend the parade and various celebrations in the capital but no new fireworks because some people think that having no fireworks in on kong is a capitulate.