the day. we ask. a u.s. military convoy. militants. along. the group was fiercely move to. turn washington. coming up on the program against company rules. c.e.o.'s ever for a consensual relationship with a colleague. the subject of so named inappropriate and the. c.e.o. i don't know how much time this guy had on his hands to meet people but do you know

the world we live in this is an arrow right now of matt lauer. i do know that for him. says another of its controversial nuclear program saying it can only be reversed if u.s. sanctions are lifted. coming from the russian capital every hour of the day this is our 2 international warm welcome from the team and myself you know normally. a u.s. military convoy in syria has been attacked by turkish militants it came under fire from the group known as the syrian national army near the town of tel tamir in the northeast of the country the pentagon confirmed the attack took place saying that the. troll was harmed it comes amid

a partial withdrawal of american troops from the north of the country and the relocation of some forces to neighboring iraq it's not the 1st confrontation either between the us on the militants over the past few weeks washington's envoy to syria claims the group which was once called the free syrian army committed war crimes during turkey's offensive in northern syria. turkish supported. opposition opposition forces who are under general turkish command in at least one instance did carry out a walk crime and we have reached out to turkey to demand an explanation turkey has pledged to investigate the allegations though it is worth noting that relations between washington and the militants in syria have not always been the strained some were promoted by the americans during their fight against the syrian government kill up and looks now at how groups once fiercely by the us of evolved

into what they are not. the free syrian army american media and politicians told of glorious freedom fighters picking up a gun for democracy and human rights and the usa wasn't afraid to show its support the united states has been one of the biggest supporters whether it's politically whether it's financially in a range of manners of the moderate opposition including the freestream our syrian army mr ation is staking its efforts in syria on the free syrian army aid and assistance that we're going to give to the free syrian army is used to advance the cause against guys will watch the transformation of the free syrian army as well really on have they gotten more quickly better or is it just me well guess what forces fighting under the f s a's latest incarnation are now attacking the united states as part of the de confliction exchange information has been received from the u.s. side to that on 3rd november. a convoy of american servicemen was fired upon from

the territory controlled by the pro turkish syrian national army so how did this happen how does a group go from being worthy of u.s. support weapons and training to being terrorists to attack america as well let's review the process of the f s a's evolution as the syrian conflict escalated they were presented as a soft force to counter the quote brutal regime of bashar al assad western journalist even visited them they are former syrian soldiers they say they refused orders to fire on their own countrymen a few months alongside to take up arms against the assad regime there are pretty gnarly bunch for a soft force but who pays attention to these details western media fell in love with them and their commander solemn interest even got a surprise visit from john mccain the u.s. senator slipped across syria's border so he could meet with america's dream team fighting against the syrian government and sense then solemn even appeared on major

t.v. networks in the united states i spoke with general salim idriss just moments ago he's head of the free syrian army i spoke earlier today to rebel leader general salim he connected with us via skype from inside syria spoke to state department correspondent margaret brennan in turkey in 2014 the pentagon splurge $500000000.00 on syrian opposition groups to the now infamous train and equip program the goal was pretty glorious $5000.00 soldiers a year for the following 3 years however at the end of the day the mathematical calculations ended up with a pretty big margin of error it's a small number. the ones that are in the fight. is we're talking 445 the overall goal is to make sure that we have enough mess to be able to get work done on the ground a lot of the weapons and money spent. and it up in the hands of terrorist groups

like i still or the al nasra front fine use of u.s. taxpayers money and sense than the us trained fighting force seems to have almost disappeared but now they're back we've got the syrian national army this is a totally new organization with dozens of different factions $80000.00 total fighters approximately and guess who their minister of defense is well you guessed it it's major solomon idris but he's got a completely new script now he is no longer a big fan of the stars and stripes as the syrian conflict twists and turns you have to ask yourself who is the united states going to end up supporting next and how long until they turn against the united states again this incident at the very least. destabilizing the presence of americans has been and also the support for these groups like the so-called syrian national army which consists really of people who bought aggressive jihad to use and so it's been once convenience and

it's become inconvenient for all that to how do these who have seen us the americans who abandon the kurds who they disliked but of course they fear the control but they didn't really think about who their friends were who they were hoping who they were and funding. now a big shakeup is making waves in the world of food mcdonald's has fired its c.e.o. steve easterbrook for engaging in a consensual relationship with an employee that was against company policy that was an eye pouring of support for easterbrook. macdonald see you fired after having an affair with a nun ploy get your hand out of sand she's not a victim steve shouldn't have been sucked by. the miti movement is picking fruit if they are claiming steve scope. the difference today in the era of the me too movement is growing public pressure on organizations including corporations and

religious institutions to hold powerful people accountable for search abuse harassment and other bad behavior ok let's just go through this mcdonald's rules for a big 3 months ago relationship between monitors both direct and indirect employees easterbrook took over as chief executive in 2015 after working his way up through the company has been widely credited with revitalizing the fast food chains restaurants and its menu and the message the stuff he apologized on admitted his dismissal was the right decision we got the opinions of legal analysts t.v. and radio host current turk. the fact that the best c.e.o. that they've had in a long time is now going to be out of a job because of a personal issue is really sad i mean it's just the state of how we look at things today in america and this was a consensual relationship there was really nothing a licit that he did it's the way it is i did today's era of me too and the like not

to mention their own the history of. problems here and there what are they going to do it's their law he knew it would he was executive he violated it that's it you know it's hard to meet people these days at a show it's hard to be single i'm married by you know as a single person in america you know being a c.e.o. i don't know how much time this guy had on his hands to meet people you know what is golden parachutes going to be today oh my god this poor guy we're good to meet anybody. commie speech is too busy for that and it's funny how we read into it while it was consensual or nobody's saying it was rape nobody's a kludge it was a violent physical attack of course it was consensual but do you know the rule that we live in this is an era right now of matt lauer and me too i do i do you know the rules out all over i mean see the era of over it all over it. over it could

i mean as a woman in america. judging people i'm tired of us judging you know everybody is going to relationship no i'm not and you know why if i was if i was in charge i think the world might be a better place because we would assert some logic into this minutia that has become so consuming in today's journalism and in today's america perhaps the company could have some sort of agreement where you know we allow consensual relationships with some sort of agreement between the parties before our eyes and you know and gauge in sexual conversation would you please sign this hair to it would you signal that yes we are and people 10 people do it every day now it's a world we live in and ship. signs contracts for sexuality what are you talking about who does it might you might have to you might have to you might have to have a contract to protect yourself. the u.s. government is reportedly investigating social media platform to talk one of the

most loaded video sharing out over national security concerns the company which is chinese owned exploded in popularity in america especially with teens on this one of the few to challenge their monopoly of tech behemoths like facebook and google. these. are now another good man and. i'll be honest with you up until last week i had no idea this thing even existed take tock tick tock for me simply the sound i associate with the clock well if you feel the same i'll have to tell you either you're getting old like me or it's just that your online habits need an urgent update take talk

a platform to share short videos is now the most downloaded app the king of all apps and twitter and co you've been dethroned just so you know ever heard the song. if it wasn't for his app store majesty the song wouldn't have become a hit you can hear on the radio anywhere in the world but here's something that may surprise old school folks like me even more the king belongs to an asian dynasty tick tock is that chinese app. so that's why the top democrat senator in his late sixty's is more up to speed than me 110000000 americans who have information with and the chinese government could be grabbing every one of them guess what the u.s. government is already up to reports say they've launched

a national security probe into tick talk and the worries are the chinese government could spy through take talk influence through take talk and censor what's on tape talk good god how come the rest of the world hasn't given up american born facebook speaking of the man who introduced the blue f to us all it's only natural he is keen to have a go at his competitors or services like what's up are used by protesters and activists everywhere due to strong encryption privacy protections to talk the chinese up quickly around the world mentions of these same protests. censored now just let me show you what the people behind tick-tock have to say about all that our data centers are located entirely outside of china and none of our data is subject to chinese law we're not influenced by any foreign government including the chinese government to talk does not operate in china nor do we have any intention

of doing so in the future oh someone here is either being really does honest or outright paranoid or a bit of both it's time to stick in tag us china trade wars i'll tell you what this year has shown these has still ities could easily spill over into modern tech slash online territory remember how america once went after i phone killer want to be while way if i want to be still the right word washington even saw jail time for one of wall ways top executives and held google to the wall over android updates anyway for now clocks and. quite a few older ones even in america will be taking the chinese take talk way mr schumer do you have the guts to keep up with the times and join the royle after party. so. now look at it.

looks like he's taking on the program so let's see what else we can fit in coming up both kerry and ukraine are infuriated by comments from the french president on immigration we'll tell you exactly what's got them hot on there the caller after the break. in a world of big partisan. and conspiracy it's time to wake up to dig deeper to hit the stories that mainstream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smarter we need to stop slamming the door on the back and shouting past each other it's time for critical thinking it's time to fight for the middle for the truth the time is now we're watching closely watching the hawks.

so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy. let it be an arms race in this spirit dramatic development only i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time time to sit down and talk. with yet another technical advance iran has taken a step further from the hard brokered 2015 nuclear deal the announcement was made by president hassan rouhani he sees iran will the program done again if sanctions

are lifted. then it is year out to my in the department of energy to begin the working on the centrifuges starting from tomorrow. just like the previous ones is reversible work will be conducted under the supervision of the international atomic energy agency. that doing on monday really and officials also announced that they had double the number of advanced centrifuges the. country has it all comes around suffers under u.s. sanctions while to run ca's it's also losing patience and can no longer wait for europe to come to its aid and to straight germany's foreign minister says the whole agreement is now in jeopardy. but this is unacceptable ultimately iran is doing nothing less than putting the entire nuclear agreement at risk and that is why we expect iran to return to full compliance with its

obligations. just some buckra on the iranian nuclear deal was signed back in 2050 it took 9 years of painstaking talks to secure russia china the u.k. germany france and the u.s. are all signatories to it's under its turns sanctions by the international community where to be lifted in exchange for tehran freezing its nuclear program well it was hailed as a landmark agreement ending more than a decade of strife with iran but in may last year the u.s. you know lottery paul died of the agreement the spite criticism from european allies donald trump described the deal as flawed and subsequently reimpose sanctions on iran since then the other side up nations have been struggling to keep the spirit of the deal alive though professor of politics side mohammad marandi told us that european countries should be doing a lot more. well the problem is not just the united states is the europeans because contrary to what the german official said it is the iranians who've been abiding by

the nuclear deal for over a year and a half now whereas the europeans have been in complete violation americans toward the agreement and. has been putting pressure on the european europeans so they are effectively pursuing the same policy as the united states unless the europeans grow a backbone and unless they abide by their obligations the iranians have no other option but to gradually exit the agreement and so far we don't see the europeans growing a backbone and it's not good for them internationally because the international community sees the europeans as ineffective and basically subordinate to the united states. better social services and an end to economic inequality and those the moments of broad fresh clashes with police in the chilean capital where thousands rallied once more and monday the latest demonstrations come after

a short pause in weeks of demonstrations at least 20 people have been killed during the onerous looting and arson have also led to a major international gatherings being counseled including the un climate summit chile's government claims that 6 police officers have been injured including 2 who were set on fire by molotov cocktails thrown by protesters. french president among mccall has phoned him selfe in the midst of a diplomatic scandal now after making controversial remarks about clandestine gangs of bulgarian ukrainian migrants france's ambassador to the 2 countries have been summoned r.t. charlotte has more. president much corn is well known for his forthright views but once again being outspoken has run to take in hot water this time it's with

bulgaria crane so what exactly did he say i prefer to have people from guinea or ivory coast who work legally rather than clandestine networks of book ariens and ukrainians both countries were incensed enough to issue formal protests ambassador holding to explain mark orton's comments macross statement is outrageous because he is a participant in the norma deformity and should be specially careful in choosing a worse budget crane and ukrainians involved area and e.u. country this was another example of the east west divide within the union french president my current statement is just another demonstration of political arrogance and cheekiness what's also puzzling for bulgarians is the somewhat muddled reference to illegal immigration given that it's an e.u. country and its citizens have the right to work anywhere across the union including

in france excuse me but is micron really able to talk about bulgaria does he know the bulgarians well enough to talk about them like this. i find such behavior towards us totally unacceptable however it is clear that their own criminal networks from bulgaria operating here in france and this it seems is what mark corn has issue with but how do people in paris feel about mcewan's preference for working my quince 7 it is ridiculous it's a french president of all people should make a distinction like this between different types of immigration to friends but i don't see why it's come across to decide who has the right to come and who doesn't . immigration whether from eastern europe. well the ivory coast is all the same we allow everyone to integrate here while it's true that i'm not too keen on micron in this case i think he's right it is better to verify who's coming in to control our

borders and immigration not cohen has since his election in 2017 been clear about his views for the future of the european union he wants an o. me closer integration iron a sense of the e.u. project as such but though is lofty ambitions were once the toast of europe it seems his opinions are more often than not hitting too close to home and turning allies against him and there are warnings that his plans will be difficult to achieve without friends so let's. paris we've been getting reaction to my remarks where do they lead. from political analysts nicol america who believes mccrum statement sends a strong signal to eastern europe about its future. this has a lot to say about remember american as you on europe if you want to be the wheel house of europe she wants france to be driving the reforms of europe and only

speaking in a derogatory way to a 2 european nations whether to go up to the european union or not is another matter i think this is a strong signal of the manual not coming to the east especially tamil europe eastern europe that she's not really counting on eastern europe to build you up to date he sees that eastern europe is really a different mentality and we've seen it concerning immigration we've seen it concerning the liberalization of work permits in different countries there's different talents in eastern europe which is sometimes difficult to control coming from western europe and i think that eman no matter what europe is based mainly on the french european economies and they would like to duplicate that all across europe and just impose that vision of europe to eastern europe and we're just finding that it's very difficult that eastern european countries want to. storen they want to. be in hot democratic countries the laws themselves are not having lost coming in from the european commission imposed on them and i'm not going to

see this difficult to control them. and the pentagon has just released a startling report showing that veterans suicide takes more lives than active duty combat watching the hawks delve deeper into that and that's next. the people who are printing the money don't rely on taxes to get wealthy they're not part of the real economy that's a does the same thing as saying the rulers of saudi arabia rely on the wages of the people living in saudi arabia to get rich they they don't they just print more or pump more oil so in the america the princes that run our economy just print more

money they don't need the workers they don't need their taxes that's why they don't have wage growth that's why there's been in this aeration because they're on need it. the world is. shaped by. thinks. we dare to ask.

greetings and salutations over the weekend thousands gathered on the banks of one

of them india's most sacred waterways the u. moon a revert to pay respect to the rising sun the waters of human a river are meant to be holy to cleanse however what was once a place of peace is now covered in toxic foam brought about by the estimated one and a half 1000000000 liters of untreated sewage that enter the river every day but it was the skies above new delhi that had many stopped in their tracks this weekend as a public health emergency was declared when the air quality index reached 999 in most areas the reason it was 999 is because that it says that's as high as the meters are able to record it's estimated that the air in new delhi is 7 times as bad as the air in beijing china and 20 times what the world health organization deems safe this means thousands of schools shut down flights cancelled and cars banned from the roads on certain days to mitigate the already growing danger so what happened in india while an annual tradition of burning off what

those in india call crop stubble combined with the excessive use of fireworks during religious ceremonies in recent weeks and you have just the right amount to tip an already pollution filled area over the edge to delegate new delhi resident to you sean explains the other reasons for the crisis. was broken borders and the government should restrict some of the factories well as traffic which both limit pollution and we have to plant more trees and people should use more public transportation better the situation. and on the other side of the planet and a place where the politicians are supposed to be eco conscious in the water crisp and clear canada is now facing a flint of its own over 120 journalists editors students and teachers across canada came together for a research project called tainted water they found that in montreal it got no saskatoon regina moose jaw and prince rupert had lead levels comparable or higher

than those in flint michigan during its 2015 led crisis as a sky is burned with our waste in our waters team with toxins it's time to stop doing what we're doing and start watching the hocks. world. the threat was real that this would be a last resort to the part of. the day like you lie down i got. this we. would get there. we. welcome back everybody you're watching not some tap at the lawless and joining me now from canada on the latest on the lead crisis is r t america correspondent alex must highlight that alex thank you for joining us.