it's unbelievable what we have. everything. to video shows an a.b.c. news anchor revealing. views from 3 years ago detailing the predatory behavior of the. others involved. in the latest twist the. president. saying he told ukrainian officials that. investigating a company linked to the son of former u.s. vice president joe biden. a u.s. military convoy comes under fire from. the group including.

promoted by. thomas certainly with us in yet another twist in the saga of deceased financier jeffrey epstein it leaked video shows a.b.c. news presenter amy robach off air claiming that the network had explosive interviews on the convicted pedophile predatory behavior more than 3 years ago but it chose not to run the content it also implicated high profile figures including britons. bill clinton here's a look at the footage obtained by transparency group project. unbelievable what we had we had everything. i tried for 3 years to get it on.

and now it's all coming out. of revelations and i'm pretty. pissed right now like every day i get more and more pissed because i'm just like. what we have on we'll. get. served a 13 month sentence in 2008 for prostitution related charges involving a minor later he faced dozens of other cases involving sexual assault and trafficking before his arrest in july 2019 on august 10th epstein was found dead in his cell and weeks later the cases against him were closed the authorities ruled his death as a suicide a.b.c. news has defended its decision not to broadcast stories stating it didn't meet editorial standards at the time well anchor amy robach agreed explaining her comments were made in a private moment of frustration earlier my colleague nikki erin spoke with the founder of project very journalist james o'keefe. well i think it's

a huge concern and that the statement that you just read there was seemingly written by corporate lawyers for a.b.c. it directly contradicts what amy robock says on the set and this leaked hot mike tape i think comes across quite well and if i were her i'd be upset at these executives for squashing the story as well but the tape is if you watch the full 3 minute tape you'll see that she's she's very upset that these interviews with the accusers were not aired she says she's 100 percent confident that epstein was was killed and this is a pretty prominent american a.b.c. news journalist making these statements and i have to wonder why did they not air these stories why why were that why was the sheld i think that a lot of these people are can are not trust in the media anymore in this country because the media does not cover the news i mean this is a big story this is a a huge story and you can see the anger you can see how frustrated amy robock when

you listen when you watch this tape it directly contradicts what a.b.c. news is saying publicly now about not having enough corroboration there they're fine airing the allegations against maybe brett kavanaugh for or trump or anybody else but when it comes to bill clinton and some of these folks 'd that are mentioned by amy in this hot mike tape they say they just didn't have enough corroboration i'm not sure how a.b.c. news defines a corroboration when it comes to credible witnesses talking about sexual assault. in a newly revised testimony u.s. ambassador to the e.u. gordon someone says he told the ukrainian government of that there would be a quid pro quo on the issue of military aid being held up by the white house something he previously denied knowledge of. also i now do recall a conversation on september 1st 29 scene in warsaw with you mr your mac this brief

pull aside conversation followed a larger meeting involving vice president pence and president selenski in which president selenski had raised the issue of suspension of u.s. aid to ukraine directly with vice president pence after that large meeting i now recall speaking individually with mr your mac rest said that resumption of u.s. aid would likely not occur until ukraine provided the public anticorruption statement that we have been discussing for many weeks it comes as u.s. house democrats continue an impeachment investigation into u.s. president donald trump they allege he tried to force ukrainian president vladimir to start a corruption investigation against very small holdings where hunter biden the son of former vice president joe biden was a board member it is claimed that trump withheld nearly $400000000.00 in military aid to ukraine in an effort to pressure kiev to launch such a probe former cia officer ray mcgovern thinks it was a mistake to pursue impeachment over ukraine. sandlin is just aware that there are

probably his messages have been compromised or that he's been monitored he's just trying to correct the record it's a big mistake this is all a political game here in washington it's a big mistake for the democrats to circumscribe their their inquiry pietschmann a tory to the ukraine problem what effect does that have well joe biden is out of the running as far as i'm concerned there's so much dirt on joe biden i just wonder what more dirt president truck was trying to dig out so as the states become reveal it's going to be also revealed that the people talking to the democrats here and have been in touch with these other people like the whistleblowers so-called and they in turn that in working to that deep state brennan and others and so you know the thing's going to full court. russia says a u.s. military convoy has come under fire from turkish backed fighters near the town of

tel dummer in northeastern syria pentagon officials say the patrol suffered no casualties but gave no further details i mean attack comes as u.s. troops have resumed positions in areas of the region they had withdrawn from last month the president trumps command ahead of a turkish offensive is the 2nd time that militants fighting for the syrian national army have targeted american forces in recent weeks washington's envoy to syria also claims the s.n.a. which has its roots in the free syrian army committed war crimes during operation against kurdish forces 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 promised to investigate the claims against its syrian allies it is worth noting that some of the groups under the s. and i am brahma a force now accused of war crimes were previously supported by and armed by

washington articulate mop and commons. 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 the administration 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 early 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 i was 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 journalists 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 borders so he could meet with america's dream team

fighting against the syrian government and sense then solemn even appeared on major to. the 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 egypt spoke to state department correspondent margaret brennan in turkey and 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. ones that are in the fight. is 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 u.s. 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 the 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 american speed and also the support for these groups like the so-called syrian national omi which consists of people who quite

aggressive jihad to use and so it's been ones convenience and now it's become inconvenient fool that to how do these who have seen us the americans who abandon the goods who they disliked but of course they feel that they too will be controlled but they didn't really think about who the friends were who they were hoping who they were funding. france is doubling down on its mission in mali after the country lost dozens of troops in an attack by insurgents that's among our stories after a break stay with us these are. 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 this aeration because they're unneeded. the good news if you like and use the term deep state you are no longer deemed a conspiracy theorist the bad news the deep sea is very real and powerful and a danger to the democratic process the deep state as the 4th branch of government as it comes. this is our international now the us government is reportedly investigating social

media platform tick tock one of the most downloaded video sharing apps over national security current concerns the company which is chinese owned exploded in popularity in america especially with teens and is one of the few to challenge the monopoly of tech behemoths like facebook and google. this is. the sound now look at may not. yet. 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 instagram 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 on tick tock the chinese are 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 a hash tag us china trade wars i'll tell you what this year has shown these has still a tease can easily spill over into modern tech slash online territory remember how america once went after i phone killer want to be while way. want to be still the right word washington even sought jail time for one of wall ways top executives and held google to the wall over android updates anyway for now teen minds 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 royal after party. now look at.

the french defense minister has stressed her administration's commitment to fighting the spread of islamised extremism in africa's so hell region for its parleys comment comes just days after insurgents killed $49.00 mahli in the soldiers stationed at a remote outpost in the country's east it was the most devastating attack on the fragile bomb a ko a government forces in recent years with more here's are to be shown to be. 7 years of bloodshed and violence isn't just continuing in mali some say it's worsening in recent. weeks attacks have been increasing with islamic state claiming responsibility.

another casualty of the mounting violence is france french troops have been stationed in mali a former colony for years. i have from now on will account for 50 percent of our budget for international security and cooperation because this is where the security of the african continent and more generally security of a good part of our planet europe included is being threatened. charles has been leading the charge of the mali was split in 2 in 2012 by islamists who declared surely a law in the north of the country they deployed troops to the region in 2013 but despite initial promise jihad ists have regrouped and they've spread violence has

spilled over into neighboring countries but kenya faster and nisha now despite repeated commitments from president mccone to shore up the fragile region he's just not been able to stabilize the mali and government and the number of attacks has a doubled since 2016 despite that france is intent on staying in this so while our commitment to the sahara is and remains a priority for france will take time to defeat these groups who thrive on the social and economic difficulties of this ahead region as the violence spreads across. smalley the failure of the french and u.n. troops to keep a lid on it is storing other tensions molly in military families have complained that the army is not being given sufficient resources to fight the insurgency said to protest not just to denounce terrorism but also the presence of foreign troops

patients for military progress is wearing thin some groups are calling for change of tack advocating opening up dialogue with the chartists that something front has previously ruled out to have mollies top officials but with the current impasse a new solution is needed or the death toll is likely to only. r.t. paris. journalist and africa expert johnson believes france's presence in the region may eventually become counterproductive. comes a time when people say that they are those that have come from the outside and that people should only europeans and the french specifically so the times when people say they overstayed their welcome there's a time when they've crossed a line and feel that the local support that they once were receiving might be declining i think we're coming close to that point because at some point in time

we're coming close to 7 years that they've been and will be so close to 10 years if not more ringback and that's what some point the money government has got to realize that they're not making the relevant gains that they once were and more so . if things become counterproductive over time the settlers always been a difficult one again we are seeing for the 1st time if not in many most recent times where i asked and al qaeda into the working together and we've seen them active your prating on the same territory mallees clearly one of those trees so it can be very difficult to dislodge them and it's going to be very difficult for the cells become free of terrorism and free of jihadist. political correctness has been propelled to center stage at theatres in west and in london they say that they are phasing out phrases like ladies and gentlemen and seeking gender neutral expressions to replace them is r.t.c. sally with more. ladies and gentlemen the show is about to stop please make your

way to you'll see the usual queue for punches of the westons famously it says here in london but it's a saying that might be making a hasty exit they could see the actors and entertainers trade union has released guidelines encouraging theater is. ladies and gentleman and use gender neutral terminology for collective calls both front of house and back stage so avoid alienating people who identify as non-binary so neither male nor female some venues at the apollo have already dropped the phrase opting instead for good evening or welcome stressing that they want everyone to feel welcome while london's transport network has already made the change from ladies and gentlemen to phrases such as good evening everyone who want to see it's a go is think about these changes if they didn't announce what they were doing it probably wouldn't notice so suppose it's fair enough although i quite like that is

judgement to be honest should be on nothing give us taking a fork you call the receipt so i. think maybe older generations might you know think it's a bit controversial but you know what i mean maybe upset because they're used to the tradition i mean if people that tended by that time right thing isn't. either a lady or a gentleman either or and to me that's. the ticket price to see both sides up and if it does change then i feel like it wouldn't be bad but at the same time if it doesn't change i think you'd have to respect that people should say ladies and gentlemen you can't list all all the gender has exactly it's only a meeting and it's traditional the guidance released by equity follows on from a motion passed by student union representatives last month at oxford university the motion encourages the phasing out of capping to be replaced by a more side of the polls. it's

a move to foster more inclusive of the critics according this political correctness gone to fall so will the changes be met with calls for all booed off stage. the london. international be back with more news in about 35 minutes stay with us. she. lives.

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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 bathroom 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 for watching closely watching the hawks. imagine that this is 35 and you have a career and unclear involves using your arsenal in your computer and things that have been in an office. perhaps you sort of get things going it's circular it's. going to have to stop doing all this and this is tell you lou the minutes before my world became smaller and smaller and smaller until i ended up winning it in a box. or out of a very strong magnetic field on

a card you know in my head. think of it like a real hard pressure on my skin burns and that wireless access point out there it's just continuous on saying with our students in the schools. we are just continually bathing in our citizens in this microwave radiation it is certainly electoral small and it's getting worse. and.

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to guide us through the crypto caper and what it means for the future of pincheck we have a jam packed show today so let's jump right into the headlines. as the world's 2 largest economies signal hope for a phase one trade deal the u.s. and china are looking at rolling back some tariffs people familiar with the talks say if there's a deal removing tariffs will be part of it the phase one deal would include the increase of china's purchase of american farm goods rules to deter currency manipulation as well as some provisions to protect intellectual property theft the partial deal would also include president trump holding back on the imposing the plan december 15th tariffs but now negotiators are working on rolling back some existing duties when asked if china would remove these tariffs chinese ministry spokesperson going strong said the 2 sides were making progress.