oh. so. now granted i am known. as us democrats rally to protect a whistleblower whose claims have triggered an impeachment inquiry we look at how they previously sought to prosecute those who were filled uncomfortable truths. i phenomenon of so-called flying shaming could reduce global air travel according to a new report we get 2 different views on the law so. i think the main focus is that you should be traveling friendlier if you can rather than getting on the plane basically to restrict our freedoms and our liberties to travel. legally utterly unacceptable. and there's the world a moment as a british museum warns art lovers about strong imagery and the exhibition of 19th century drawings we speak to businesses. never ever ever we need to see

the visions of people's minds not how we like the world to be are you know we're not interested in getting gallery of everything's blended in the going to remember your vision expects you to get. a very warm welcome you're watching r.t. international with me in a chair and not top story this hour democrats in the u.s. say it's a power bounce concern that a whistleblower whose revelations triggered an impeachment inquiry against donald trump be protected an anonymous cia officer alleges that alleges that the us president pressured his ukrainian counterpart to investigate a potential 2020 rival trump as rubbish claims of improper conduct and brand of the informant a spy. either got a totally wrong and made it up or the person giving the information to the worst of

lho was dishonest and this country has to find out who that person was because that person is a spy in my opinion so the president probably doesn't realize. how dangerous his statements are when he says he wants to expose he's the whistle blower is and those who may have given the whistleblower that information or democrats are keen to protect this particular whistleblower they've been less keen on defending those who were built on comfortable truths in the past caleb maupin takes a look. we are now told that in this dark age of trumpington tyranny one heroic individual has spoken up like a voice crying out in the wilderness we don't know his name or his occupation but we know that he is good i think the whistleblower did the right thing i think he followed the law every step of the way the inspector general of the intelligence community found this whistleblower complaint both credible and urgent i want to say thank you also to the whistleblower for having the courage of the bravery to come

forward on behalf of the nation now not only must this gallant hero be held in the highest level of reverence but he must also be protected and the attack on him would be an attack on the american way of life from everything we know and we don't know much this is a experienced person who saw things that bothered him that's what the whole whistle ball blower statue is for and it is to protect their identity and i understand he's going to testify and we'll let the process unfold and the you remember how hillary clinton apparently wanted to kill julian assad with a drone well let's not get lost in the details but let's go over some recent whistleblowers in u.s. history.

some might argue that this case is different because this whistleblower didn't run to the press but simply followed standard procedure but the record seems to show that a lot of cases have whistleblowers who do follow this procedure so why jail time for some of them so it turns out the law does not actually protect them from retaliation they can be fired or prosecuted. so are all future whistleblowers doomed well not quite secure backers carefully protecting whistleblowers who see wrongdoing of any kind in our government is essential so if you're a whistleblower in america take a step back look over what you have an ask yourself get this information benefit anyone powerful in america if not your official complaint will probably be ignored and if you don't shut up after that the consequences could be severe the current

whistleblowers case is very different from others. the others were blowing the whistle on the system so these were real real abuses what crimes and abuses of our 4th amendment now this new whistleblower we need to put in quotes what was he reporting of course there are double standards there are standards for those who want to put pursue their political aims using this particular whistleblower in quotes and there are other rules for people who really oppose the system and its abuses one of the whistleblowers just mentioned in caleb's report is edward snowden has reacted on twitter to coast to protect those who spilled the beans noting the case of ex the n.s.a. analyst daniel hale who's being prosecuted for lifting the lid on u.s. drone warfare programs meanwhile the last of the new york times that just to the

u.s. house intelligence committee chief might have colluded with the whistleblower according to the piece the anonymous cia agent spoke to adam schiff stall before filing his complaint here's how donald trump reacted to that there is a report that came out just before you and president minister walked out here that the whistleblower met with a staff member of adam schiff prior i love that question to be filed it shows that schiff is a fraud i think it's a scandal that he knew before i'd go a step further i think he probably helped write it. the only controversy the u.s. house intelligence committee chief has got himself embroiled in and not easy to explain. if there was an award for the star is tater of president trump certainly this man would make good to the list of nominees no need to remind why all right just watch this for a bit president was essentially trying to coerce a foreign leader to help us presidential campaign there seems to be no floor below which this president can drop serious

a level of misconduct about his fundamental betrayal and president has told the american people that yes i leaned on ukraine to manufacture dirt on my opponent and obviously with that in mind it's a piece of cake to guess what this guy's most cherished dream is impeachment for the maggot man it may be that we undertaken a peace nonetheless that compels us to travel down the road towards a pietschmann some of those facts which are uncontested at this point compel us to move down the path of a formal impeachment inquiry well if you try and properly imagine yourself in mr shifts shoes you would probably say oh yeah what he's up to is totally legit because mr trump is on a mission to dig as much dirt as possible on as most dangerous democrat political opponent and for the president all means are good even if it's done through a phone conversation with ukraine's president who mr trump asked you once again to

hit the trail of joe biden thought and so adam schiff was like it is illegal improper a violation of oath a violation of his duty to defend our elections our constitution for the president to merely ask for foreign interference in our election well it's time to remind you of a different phone conversation from 27 thing between now not donald trump this time adam schiff and supposedly the speaker of the ukrainian parliament. the nature of the compromise well there were pictures of naked. ok so you have recordings of both so check. where they're discussing the compromising material on mr trump absolutely on that meeting told flynn so all those compromising materials will never leave. will can so little russian saying so ok well obviously we would. welcome

a chance to get copies of those recordings. so we will try to work with the f.b.i. to figure out along with your staff how we can obtain copies of those hoops i forgot to mention something really important that was a prank although it seems mr sheriff was so hungry for the trouble he totally fell for it she was pretty serious he wrote all of what we said on the paper remembered all the detail surely when you're looking for something to get trump out of there you're good to cross any lines nothing improper or probe worthy by the way speaking of dealing with the russians in some shape or form as we know anyone who gets themselves involved in that could be compromised or a spider on for the rest of their lives mr schiff once spoke to us r t r t made in russia get it one of those members of congress a leading the effort is adam schiff from california he joined me earlier and i

think i will have the cumulative impact of making the pfizer court much more transparent should someone put him under a federal probe for that he or his assistants were probably talking to a few russians while the interview was being arranged oh that was long before donald trump showed up in the white house politics should be fine then. shift is certainly a very also a trance also accused him of being shifty and shifty i think is a much more apt description i mean what was going on was chiffons was frank's that really was. you know which we've got some major pictures of trump with some it was a russian bookers do you want to see them so. ship was ready to seize on that whereas i think trump was asking the buckley reasonable questions of a state he wants to bring down donald trump he tried to do it with russia i mean

it was really one of the key figures in russia and so now here ears is suddenly you know from russia gate is moved on to ukraine get a chance to lead which i think is reasonably believes that the origin of truck russia has to be found in ukraine and he was asking is a little help in investigating this and in this case ukraine gate is even lindsey or russia get so i think that will do a lot more damage ship. a number of world wide air travel passengers could soon decrease and that's according to a new report highlighting the phenomenon of so-called flight shaming the survey by so i spank you b.s. down the wall global air traffic is currently growing a set of respondents across the u.s. germany france or the u.k. have recently cut back on flying there then fire mental concerns and if this trend continues they expect growth could be hard some are calling it the grettir effect

in honor of the famous teen environmentalists. it's become a hot topic on line with any instagram account devoted to highlighting the carbon footprints of travel influences and debate on the on twitter about what flight shaming means continues. and this flight shaming the has been part of the gret effect travel. it is one of the things that helps you learn the most about the world around us about the people and cultures of the world and helps everyone understand each other better flight shaming shouldn't be a thing if your cash limited and time limited you haven't got the funds or time to schlep over land or sail for your one or 2 holidays a year instead shamed those who do business trips where video conferencing would suffice still not quite sure about the impact of flight shaming people just love the freedom to explore but there's definitely room to consider alternatives and to make traveling more reasonable flying back and forth to business meetings in one day not always necessary i guess we're going to posing these for

a political commentator on the climate campaign or. a line that they're increasing that low cost short flights and long haul flights is allowing people to travel to destinations they've never even dreamed of for at a lower price the most important thing is to show the effect that it's having on the earth and how we can better it i don't think there's any evidence that suggests that by reducing or travel that somehow is going to have a significant impact on the earth's climate and if there is that evidence i haven't seen it yet to get a flight from london to meet is about 1.3 tons of emission of carbon dioxide this emitted whereas for example going by train is only 123 k.g. so i think the main focus is that you should be traveling friendlier if you can rather than getting on the plane and this is the permissions aspect of this whole sort of green agenda ultimately what they're seeking to do is take away the freedom and liberty of just ordinary people to be able to enjoy this planet any ordinary

working people look forward to taking their fortnight's holiday off to some sunny destination in the world there are they seek to restrict or freedoms and or liberties to travel that is completely and utterly unacceptable to me so if we can get people from u.k. to go to france instead of flies by just train best that's just a small difference that will have a massive effect on maybe i don't know fast class train or something if that's what you can a day but definitely set an example at ritter hypocrisy lies with the grutter fund bergs of this world who of course have been instrumental in this flight chiming in its origins in sweden as well and i'm sure you viewers will be interested to to reflect on the fact that boyd's grabber managed to make it across the atlantic in a millionaire's solar powered yacht she also had to fly over 5 crew

members. to be able to get the boat back to europe so no matter how you look upon this it's just it's a poker see almost on a cosmic level from these people that don't really seem to want to deal with the hard realities of the fact that most of the issues that affect our planet come from the big thing that shines in the sky the sun and that's the the the on varnished truth that they all run from and instead they're very the virtues signal about flight one is coming up after this very short break. and i think that impedes the elections will be the most. recent american

history because the stakes are incredibly party for both sides for donald trump to stake in small just implementation of his domestic politics but actually avoiding prison for the democrats. is if we bring even deeper crisis of the party. to survive all of the traditional believe it's the problem of survival for both sides. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy confrontation let it be an arms race in this on off and spearing dramatic development that only really exists i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit down and talk.

a comeback violence sadness and fun to see these as just some of the themes you might expect to see when you face an art gallery but the u.k. is renowned tate britain museum has deemed a warning necessary for a new exhibition of 19th century touring spy william blake. never ever ever we need to see the visions of people's minds not how we'd like the world to live music they think they'll be taking this very very easily upon the world we live in you know we're not interested in going to gallery of everything's planted in the jungle julian by virtue she expects me to get. i think you've got

generations of religious grandsons did that sometimes. and i suppose i would have issues if there is another sexual violence against women or anything like that that being when in fact i don't think. the bad press some politics painted by our office are considered by you to be inappropriate so we have not just a facebook consistently rejects works of all papa loving peter paul rubens. live. live. live. live.

for. us president donald trump's got a green light to impose $7500000000.00 worth of tariff song good say exported from the e.u. the ruling by the world trade organization is the largest to end its history and is part of a 15 year bass all of a legal subsidies made to you. or peon plane maker air bus then a terrorist could hit as soon as the 18th of october and will include a 10 percent levy on european at craft and 25 percent on popular food items like scotch whiskey and french cheese brussels has warned that it's ready to retaliate if the u.s. decides to impose w. countermeasures it will be pushing the e.u. into a situation where we will have no other option than to do the same meanwhile an italian journalist sees an opportunity to voice her position on the route by handing the us secretary of state a large wedge of parmesan cheese the encounter happened joined

a photo op between mark pompei and eighties prime minister in rome on wednesday. the u.s. trade office says it expects to enter talks with the e.u. in a bid to resolve the dispute we spoke to a political science professor about the impact this all has on western relations. so if gone to start the dispute within the alliance and interest while it's rivalry between the united states and the e.u. then this threatens the unity of the western blot the fact that the u.s. is taking this ruling would pose severe pharaoh so the

goods reflect either some severe problems economic problems in the united states or a possible position for some sort of. action. in the world perhaps military action under the current situation with president roh he has definitely asserting that dominance and he is demanding that your subordinates so you see the u.s. demand the european leaders or not ok with. number one but number 2 they are caught because they don't have any way out. you walk in governance put an indefinite kef you on the capital baghdad amid reports of more than i dozen deaths sent hundreds of injuries as a way to find a protest sweeps the country.

today over unemployment and corruption with clashes erupting when the army stepped into defends the heavily fortified green zone police have deployed tear gas rubber bullets and rounds of live fire against protesters starting fires putting fire to tires and garbage our government says have restricted internet access in a bid to control the rest and this is coincided with a visit by several high ranking iraqi officials to the u.s. saved by some as a sign of loyalty to washington with baghdad now in lockdown iraq's prime minister says it's up to local governors to decide whether to declare curfews in their own provinces. supporters of julian assange have how did vigil in berlin all the wiki leaks co-founder continues to wait for his extradition hearing it i learned in prison they gathered next to the brandenburg gate in the german capital on wednesday night many were holding plot cars demanding astrology is

released and calling for freedom of the press similar rallies have also been held in cologne and does all door songes father john shipton was also there alongside a german politician and he gave a speech to the crowd artie's video agency raptly spoke to him before the start of the event the united nations working group on how to achieve change and concluded that julian was being arbitrarily tame by sweden you know it. looking julian up in solitary confinement. building a prison a mexican security prison is a continuation. of those. change mails. you know the nations of this room to torture has written that julian has suffered. physical and mental. to predation to torture. of course he's anxious and nervous but he continues

to fight for his freedom. his fight is on the pages he continues to call his my. judo son just waiting to hear if he'll be sent to the u.s. to face charges under the espionage act for his alleged role in the leak of classified information a british judge has set the extradition hearing for february 2020 the wiki leaks co-founder was arrested in london earlier this year after spending 7 years of us saw him at the ecuadorian embassy avoiding extradition to sweden over sexual assault allegations he's always been denied his lawyers said details of his current situation. when the list this year in the us on the situation is difficult he is in isolation for 23 hours a day his state of health is fragile we requested a hearing on his condition but we won't be able to postpone the february extradition hearing. the latest headlines

a lot of international my colleague duckling burke will be here at the top of the hour with more. when the whole make the manufacture come sentenced to public wells. when the room in clusters how to protect themselves. when the final merry go round. no one posts at. the time we can all middle of the room signals. i mean real news. why a paradise with some around turned into a round the experimentation field the agricultural chemicals we know that these

chemicals have consequences they are major irritants there's no question otherwise why would the chemical company workers themselves be geared up that suited up locals attempt to combat the on regulated experiments that often in day you have many of these people who have one foot into the biotech pharma and the other foot in the government regulatory bodies this kind of collusion is reprehensible while the battle goes on the chemicals continue to poison hawaii and its people so one has to ask the question whether there is a form of environmental racism going on in hawaii whether these companies feel they can get away with this because the people have less political power.

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