whether these companies feel get away with this because the people. of. us democrats demand protection for the whistleblower at the heart of the trump impeachment inquiry in stark contrast to the way others have been treated. on the stories of. 150 years the birth of seen as an icon of a nonviolent resistance. and a fire at a chemical plant in northern france. to cross the region despite assurances from officials.

in moscow recapping the week's top stories with our weekly program. write a 2nd whistleblower has emerged in the impeachment probe against donald trump the unnamed intelligence official reportedly has information on the u.s. president's dealings with ukraine meanwhile democrats spearheading the investigation are demanding protection for the informants involved despite their attitude to other whistleblowers in recent years and comments. we are now told that in this dark age of 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 and 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 from any 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 details but let's go over some recent whistleblowers in u.s. history.

i never tortured anybody. but i'm heading to prison while the tortures of the lawyers and people who were and the people who deceived and the man who destroyed the proof of the tapes will never face justice i've never gained anything through what i've said publicly that i've lost everything. we got special ops forces the dead man can't leaks up this guy's a traitor a treasonous illegally shoot the son of a. mr snowden was a patriot he is

a law breaker he violated american law he violated his duties that he assumed when he took the job that he had let's look at snowden here you know some might try to should say that oh he's a great human rights crusader he is not at all like the great human rights crusaders in the past 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 but 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 been 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 no 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 people just mentioned in caleb's report edward snowden has reacted on twitter he says it is unbelievable that the media is not pressing politicians about the case of another whistleblower that is formal former n.s.a. analyst daniel hale who is being prosecuted for leaking information on u.s.

drone warfare programs. this week india marked 150 years since the birth of mahatma gandhi a man seen as a global symbol of nonviolent resistance on wednesday a major political party said had paid tribute to gandhi they even ordered officials to undertake pilgrimages even walking up to 15 kilometers and a day that is and also sleeping in villages in their constituencies gandhi's legacy is recognised globally and his birthday the 2nd of october is celebrated worldwide as the international day of nonviolence indian prime minister honored him in a speech at the un. gandhigiri mahatma gandhi was an indian but he not only belongs to india he stay far away from the government but reigns today in the hearts of billions of people his influence the lives of people who never met him from martin luther king jr to know so mandela. gandhi spearheaded the indian

resistance against british rule and is often referred to as the father of the nation throughout his life he promoted the ideology of nonviolent resistance and tolerance towards other religions india finally shook off a british colonial rule in 1907 but a year later gandhi was assassinated by hindu nationalists and today opinions on gandhi are more mixed gandhi's a poster in one northeastern city was defaced with graffiti which read the traitor of the nation there are also claims that an urn with some of his ashes was stolen the editor of news magazine india today blames the act on the descendants of the same hindu extremists who killed gandhi. do remember that. and some of his associates shot. gandhi gandhi even though you are $948.00 the members of this not poor sick group who also claim to be hindus they have

a very narrow notion of in the wisdom they want to impose some very sort of. notions of hindu ism the believe that. gandhi was responsible for the practitioner of india they think that he was appeasing the muslim the muslim league which demanded the creation of pakistan i think such groups have been told to leave marginalised and because they are marginalized therefore they carry on extremist activities so i don't see those groups all of this kind of activity coming into the mainstream i see them carrying on these kind of a. he would be used once in a while in order to stay afloat they make all kinds of extremist arguments sometimes they have even billed ahead responsible for some amount of violence so but i don't think it's a very large group but on the odd. you know of any sort of broaden progress to.

nationalism which i think majority indians understand and that's why such extremist groups can never become the mainstream group in the country where we trace the life of mahatma gandhi in a set of feature length reports you can watch them on the r.t. documentary website and also the r t documentary channel on you tube. he didn't go. but it didn't go through but it didn't go down to late but. i guess. if. he'd love. if it is the british people who get it but didn't plate me. you can't do that in my haitian. d.v.d.'s.

but let's draw the could be of the debates gandhi could be a bad they could be a 12 year old child it could be any of these people but we need the big sky this is betty ford because deal with wire could cause changes. all right a recent fire at a chemical factory in northern france has caused major public health concerns but this week authorities in the city of aurora declared the area safe. there is no risk regarding asbestos fiber in the air the results of 3 a specialist tests are available. for the best here we are in the area closest to the place of the disaster and we can see that the white swans have stayed there in their habitats and there is no trace of pollution in the water so we have physical proof that the environment and wildlife are not currently affected by the pollution that occurred to the 2 further away. in an attempt to calm fears the french

government even set up an emergency helpline but locals are still deeply concerned for their health and are deeply skeptical about authorities claims that the air is safe to breathe artie's dubinsky travel there for us. the chemical plant just across the water that was a blaze afic plume of black smoke billowed into the sky as firefighters battled almost 24 hours against the flames. in the dark goodies with i'm not saying that the smell isn't pleasant i'm just telling you what the results of the tests are namely that the air is not harmful since then there has been growing anger over what some say is

a lack of information over what was put into not fire and the impact that could have on people's health. you can talk to any firemen but when you have any type of contact with the smoke it's dangerous it can be lethal because of the camera mounted sight and in this case when the smoke went into the sky we don't know what was in it we don't know exactly what is in the year and we worry a lot that in the future it might bring cancer or something else. i have 4 kids and they were impacted by the smell and my grades i thought about having test done before was with absolutely no information about what we should be looking for so i could take blood samples but what are you going to tell them to look for i know they could be cancer thyroid problems but the problem is that we hear lots of rumors nothing concrete. i think there is a risk for health and i can feel it because i have a need to throw it and i'm continuously coffee we worried about the how to march

children in the future will they have cancer or something we just don't know around the rule some people are also taking that. washington's some locals have also experienced. vomiting whilst others. complain that the top due to it's black and then there is the stench you can smell that the air is foul it's a bit like rotting eggs but with a chemical tinge and despite the initial denials that there was no health risk the french health minister has admitted that the rule is clearly pollutant. it is a factory that produces hydrocarbons even if modern large volumes it is never good for the population to come across these kinds of products i cannot say that there is no danger the city is clearly polluted several schools were closed off to the fire and though some have attempted to reopen many teachers are refusing to return to work. colleagues from schools near lubrizol who have refused to work until they

receive information about what was burnt and the risk because they are just a few 100 metres away from the site they did so to protect their health and that of the children who are under their responsibility and that's why there has been a demand that the original school 30 acknowledged their right not to have children attend school under this condition. while health concerns are immediate what's perhaps most telling about the danger people here are facing is the fact that food sales 100 districts around ruin have been banned any produce that may have been exposed to contamination has to be destroyed that even includes milk. hybrid carrots and worked closely with milk producers dioxins are measured in many grams and there are a problem for us because they become highly concentrated in milk and the toxic so they render it unfit for consumption it is vital for us to know as soon as possible

whether there are any dioxins in those burning materials what's going on he would tell us what to do with our produce so much from the fire has even reached as far as belgium and the netherlands raising concerns that the impact could be even the lying to reaching the flags have also been raised for the health of the police and the firefighters who were on duty during the fire protests like this have now formed to pressure the authorities to outline any risks they make face they demanding answers but are afraid that even if they recede. isn't that the danger is that as a result of that place may not have made for months or even years from now so much even ski. well. if you park worker has been fired for doing the ok gesture in a photo we'll tell you why after a short break this is our international in the week.

and this community there are people who believe that it's ok. it's really hard there are no jobs and you see that i've got kids that ask and as a parent. i can come up with lots of arguments there's a lot of conflict within the game between the close of the conflict i would say over balls around money and most of their money is made. close one on each other. each other is good business the state of california alone makes 6000000000 dollars a year of prison complex just to get some 20 a life where. you don't care and one of my hair is a monster so your hair might anything. join me every

thursday on the alex simon show and i'll be speaking to us from the world of politics sports business i'm showbusiness i'll see you then. welcome back this is a weekly a large international now a female park employee in florida has been fired for seemingly innocent hand gesture the former employee dressed as the character grew from despicable me made an upside down ok symbol when posing with a 6 year old girl who is biracial the ok hand gesture has recently been recognized as a hate symbol america's anti-defamation league says that the once innocent sign has been hijacked by white supremacists even as extremists continue to use symbols that maybe years or decades old they regularly create new symbols means and slogans to express their handful 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 hate in the community or school you know ok symbols white power meaning was initially part of an online prank but apparently white supremacists liked what they saw and started using it that way in earnest among them the suspected gunman in the christ a church mosque shootings in new zealand during a court appearance now last year a former white house employee was accused of making the white power sign but her defenders pointed out that was unlikely because she is mexican american and a descendant of holocaust survivors we asked our guests for their views on the story. i think it's pretty ridiculous to label a thing like global k. or the ok symbol as a symbol of white supremacy i feel like races do do certain things but i mean at a certain point they do everything nor 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 received it's just really can of started his particular point sounds a little some of these things that have been in his new 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 point of it is like. for well it's a far it's far right movement supporting you know again a far right ideologies that are very well known in this country to be you know fluorescent but my point is you know is vast again for instance and it was an indian sacred religious symbol for hundreds 500 years b.c. and you know. people in germany took it put it on a red flag and now it was there a symbol it was an invert the swastika 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. or you know we communicate what they are specifically doing is trying to inform you know people that there are certain symbols that seem innocuous but that are currently being used to. actually incite violence and crime and you know fundamentalist political ideas that put this democracy in jeopardy it is not

a symbol it is in a seething if people want to use it for whatever you want to use it for ok but to compare it to not see leg is absurd ok millions. like. verses do ok so i think i was not a hate symbol until it was. an indian youth a day early years old can ensure that. the russian embassy in the u.s. has sent a note of protest to the state department over the detention and questioning of a russian lawmaker in new york saskia taylor has more. the russian foreign ministry reported on sunday that a member of the russian parliament in ga was detained at the airport after flying into new york this week she described how she was led to a separate room while documents were taken away from her and how for around an hour she was questioned by an f.b.i.

agent with the questions being described by the russian ambassador to the u.s. some is unclear others as unacceptable what makes this quite curious is that after this interaction the f.b.i. agent suggested that he and you washable go to a more informal setting a coffee shop in fact seemingly to continue the conversation now you're washable is a coordinator for relations with the u.s. congress and she was actually flying in her professional capacity on a visit to the fore for ross somewhat ironically given it is a conference that's dedicated to improving dialogue between russia and the u.s. in moscow the russian foreign minister voiced its disappointment over the incident saying the recording it really a hostile act that can only serve to wosm relations between the 2 countries and indeed noted that if the situation were reversed that would undoubtedly be a huge outcry from washington so that's where we are at the moment you must have said that she of course reported this to the russian authorities she's not going to

provide any further comment tonight and she's going to wait for the diplomats to get to the bottom of the issue. violence sadness and a friend to see just some of the themes you might expect to see when you visit an art gallery but london's tate britain museum has deemed a warning necessary for a new exhibition of 19th century drawings by william blair. never ever ever we need to see the visions of people's minds not how we'd like the world to lose if they think they've been getting this very very easily if in the world we live in you know we're not interested in going to gallery of everything's

. going to william but here expects music and. i think you've got to actions of religious grand scale that's something. i suppose i would have issues if there is another sexual violence against women or anything like that that being willing to take. the bad press. considered by you to be inappropriate so we have noticed that facebook consistently rejects works of all peter paul rubens.

thousands of protesters rallied in ukraine's capital kiev on sunday against a new peace plan for the country's east demonstrators say the plan amounts to a capitulation to russia president selenski previously said that there would be no elections in ukraine breakaway regions until they were back on. control under the new roadmap to receive self-governing status once they hold a free and fair vote. the manhunt is underway for 2 suspects after a kansas city bar shooting in which a 4 people were killed and 5 injured according to police 2 gunmen walked into the venue in the early hours of sunday and opened fire a bartender has told local media that a dispute broke out when he refused to serve one of the suspects. to iraq now where the government has approved a raft of it lou socially. called public unrest over dial living standards and mass

unemployment since tuesday the country has been wracked by violence and corruption protests in which at least 104 people have been killed and more than 6000 injured security forces have repeatedly used live fire against demonstrators and the internet has been cut to most of the country. that does it for me in about 34 minutes my colleague will be here with a fresh look at your news this is our international. put themselves on the line to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president and you. want to. have to go right to the press that's what the 3 of them will be good. interested in the waters of.

this city. and this community there are people who believe that it's ok. it's really hard there are no jobs and you see the kids. and as a pair. i can come up with arguments and there's a lot of conflict within the game and between the teams most of the conflict i would say overall is around money. is made. close one on the children's cosimo each other is good business the state of california alone makes $6000000000.00 a year of prison complex just to get some 20 alive where. you don't care. anything.

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back. from. a low and welcome across all things are considered i'm peter lavelle not long ago it was russia russia russia now it's ukraine ukraine ukraine what partisan hacks in biased media won't tell you is why you cry. has become part of america's political

drama you'll only hear it here on crossfire. cross talking some real news i'm joined by my guest dmitri bobbie she's a political analyst and editor at innocent me internet media project and in london we crossed alexander material he is a writer on legal affairs as well is the editor in chief of the duran dot com all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate alexander let me go to you in london i'm so pleased to have you india on the program here just the 2 of you because it gives you more time to talk about a story that is much more complex and longer than audiences in the west are being given by the mainstream media everyone is talking about the 2016 election well i would go a little bit further back and the very least i go back to 2004.