i. thank. mexico holds the 1st funerals for an american family brutally slaughtered by a drug cartel it's revealed they were killed with weapons that originated in the u.s. we look at the lax legislation enabling a flow of weapons across the border. also to come mr president macron of france lashes out at nato and says it's in terminal decline adding that europe should no longer rely on the u.s. to come to its defense and korea pound begin ites because a survey of south koreans to suggest it would rather support the north near bent of a war with japan.

hello they're just content in the morning here in moscow you're watching r t international hundreds have gathered in northern mexico for the 1st funerals of an american family brutally slaughtered by a drug cartel earlier this week it was later revealed that they were killed by weapons that originated in the u.s. this kind of mocking the reports there's little to restrict the flow of arms over the border. 9 americans dead 3 women and 6 children hit by mexican drug lords a 13 year old boy who walked 23 miles to get help for the others and now us politicians are willing to run through walls to serve up justice it seems this is the time for mexico with the help of the united states to wage war on the drug cartels and wipe them off the face of the earth we merely a way to call from your great new president the mexican government can't protect americans inside of mexico but america may have to take matters into our own hands

this is only 50 miles away from our southern border we can certainly defend american citizens inside of mexico with mexico and mexico was not willing or able to do so is the senator suggesting that the united states send authorities or perhaps even troops into sovereign mexico now the perpetrators of this heinous crime may be subject to a high profile murder trial but are we overlooking something this was a mormon family slaughtered with 223 remington rifles made in america over 200000 firearms are smuggled from the usa to mexico every year this comes at horrific cost to society south of the border and $28000.00 alone the mexican police opened $33000.00 different homicide investigations at a higher rate of homicide than conflict at syria mexican law makes it near impossible for civilians to legally purchase guns in fact there is only one store in mexico that actually sells firearms but yet the mexican drug cartels continue to

get their hands on high tech weaponry because the weapons that are right in the united states of america because they are in the united states and they are for reading them mexico are the lowest though that that's very low or in there if the united they not then or or they went to order also they would be in in lima. the axes are arm or leg some the structure on the snow arm and also on the session or harm in concert or prick no or who are going to be by it's a hypocrisy in that sense the office of government accountability in the united states has documented that 70 percent of the weapons seized by the mexican police originated in the united states mexican leaders have long urged the usa to crack down on the flow of weapons into their country however attempts to do so so far have failed for decades here's the thing mexico is certainly dangerous or at least

that's the message that donald trump rang out pretty loudly on the campaign trail in 2016 nearly 180000 illegal immigrants with criminal records ordered deported from our country are tonight roaming free to threaten peaceful citizens when mexico sends its people to not sending their best to sending people that have lots of problems at their bringing those problems with us . they're bringing drugs they're bringing crime drugs like heroin and cocaine are flowing over the mexican border into the united states however the gangs that are executing people resisting law enforcement and transporting those drugs are armed with guns that originally flowed in the opposite direction the united states has to you know with its diction problem with this problem of consumption not just like

being on the supply side of the things but also on that man and treating these as a public health issue would be a good idea to start with it's also the sales of arms not just like benefiting those businesses that also benefit the economy of the united states and cup orating with next providing. information to do financially teligent in a more proper way and really participating. president macron of france says that the one strobe us nato alliance is in terminal decline describing it is experiencing brain death although that was met by criticism from some other members. of france's president and the french president used rather drastic words to express his views this is not how i see the state of corporation with nato so i don't think that such a sweeping judgment is appropriate meter is in our interest it's all security

alliance obviously we have to take our destiny in our own hands but the transatlantic partnership is absolutely indispensable i agree with the transfer of merkel need to strong. united states north america and europe we do want to get that done they're done for decades we have implemented the strongest reinforcement so close to the front since the end of the cold war. has come in an interview with the u.k.'s economist magazine president also cast out to you on the reliability of nato article 5 which requires member states to come to one another's defense if attacked he suggested that the terror and has been undermined by washington's faltering commitment and claim that europe needs to start thinking strategically and assert itself as a geopolitical power europe is now dealing for the 1st time with an american president who doesn't share our idea of the european project. if we don't wake up

there's a considerable risk that in the long run we would disappear geopolitically or at least that we will no longer be in control of our own destiny i believe that very deeply. well the writer broadcaster drawn from fry told us that the french leader wants to see a more independent europe but president michael seemed to be concerned about 2 particular was not the disengagement that all of you not see a muslim who has made it clear that he would like europe to look after itself militarily much more than is the case the president of the present think it was a little premature in the sense to certainly call nato brain dead but it does need to work out exactly what it's for these days it was founded 40 years ago in principle to oppose what was perceived at the time in holderness residental in the us but of course that's no longer the case and its operations have spread into

of asia other parts of the world but it does need really to be serious thinking about what is nato for. that germany has been facing widespread demonstrations from its farmers as they disrupt transport routes using tracks is to block traffic it does come as the industry feels it is being unfairly blamed for climate change while having to bend bold moves to become carbon neutral. success is more in story. german farmers are furious but this is not a united front 2 camps are taking aim to the government over its environmental rules for very different reasons although one corner thousands of farmers causing gridlock in several major cities over environmental measures which they say are crippling their life the biggest one and bond holders to the german argued culture ministry were a 10 kilometer convoy brought the city to

a halt. a looming ban on the controversial weed killer and tighter controls on slurry and fertilizer are just some of the measures that farmers say will force them out of business germany's lost 16 percent of its farms between the years of 2007 and 2017 a trend that the germans farmers association says is reflected across western europe farmers see the had enough of being labelled as the bad guys in the growing climate change movement we are not satisfied with the agricultural policy which is being shaped it's a policy that's not based on facts new requirements are being issued all the time at

a rate we simply cannot keep up with we have no chance to adjust our farms in time if the wish list from different n.g.o.s is getting longer and we are getting fed up with the fact that we've being made responsible for every dead insects and so on top seeded them we are fed up with this pharma bashing campaign. we simply want to show that we're fed up with being scapegoated for everything is negative we are to blame for climate change for air water pollution you can't go on like this. but on the other corner are the german farmers accusing the government of failing the environment and putting them out of business if you want the federal government to rethink its crime and goals rather than take further action to reduce c o 2 emissions instead of roadblocks they try taking the legal route the 1st time the government had been taken to court for failing to protect the environment. he has become clear that climate protection is prosecutable we can end up in court that is how i see it i believe that we should move forward with

a positive attitude and i think more action must be taken now. germany's plan was to cut 40 percent of greenhouse gas emissions by 2020 and compared with those in 1990 but it has fallen short it only reduced 31 percent but a court in berlin found that the targets were not legally binding undeterred the farmers are digging in on both sides we want to be perceived as people who produce healthy products in harmony with nature and not as the biggest destroyer of nature in germany that more needs to be done so the government recognises that it must act now they may be opposites over the impact and solutions of climate change but there's one thing that they do agree on that bird lynn is failing them both federal law suits us for our team. that despite a history of animosity between north and south korea people in the south believe

that they would side with north korea in the event of a conflict with japan at least that's the result of a survey by a think tank and so most half of those are said that they would back north korea even though there was an option to stay neutral only 15 percent said that they would actually side with tokyo this despite continues to mind is that by western allies of the threat posed by north korea. north korea's stick 6 test of a nuclear device and its missiles launchers are a threat not only to the people of south korea but to the people all across our globe it has never been more important to be working closely together given the shared threat of north korea and north korea has conducted 10 missile tests this year 2 of them involved solid fuel missiles which the north can launch with less warning we saw soldiers preparing patriot missiles to shoot down incoming ballistic missiles from north korea the most immediate threat tonight from north korea is far

more conventional they could fire on south korea well the survey the. relations between south korea and japan seeing another low with disputes resurfacing over long standing control facilities. human rights attorney eric surat can believes that countries often painted a picture of the north-south relations to fit their own political agenda. these outside influences japan in the united states for their own political purposes i

think they exaggerate the desire of the north koreans to somehow attack south korea and i think that this will begin to bear out when these types of surveys and discussions take place and when the mood in ministration finally i hope has the ability and the the guts frankly to do what they say they want to do and that is engaged in the peace and settle the korean war with the koreans and so i think japan will continue to fail in these flames until the south koreans really put into it by formalizing relations and taking further serious steps toward peace. the u.s. democrats have released $300.00 pages of testimony from the country's top diplomat

in ukraine and it claims that there was an improper quid pro quo arrangement with kiev and he says the release of hundreds of millions of dollars of financial aid was dependent upon ukraine launching a corruption investigation into trump's police attentional political rival joe biden some media have taken the deposition as a crystal clear sign of president trump's guilt. this is a deeply credible knowledgeable person and he belatedly realizes that there is a quid pro quo his testimony has been one of the most important for democrats who say 'd it provides the clearest explanation for what president trump and its allies were demanding at the time this was all going down he texted are we now saying that security assistance a white house meeting are conditioned on investigations conditioned we talk about quid pro quo condition is a key word there that is what prosecutors call a head shot it is right on point but republicans have pushed back against bill tired as a can't they do say that despite the ambassador's claims he actually has no firsthand

knowledge of the alleged iranian meant. as i understand from one of the maybe the article in the new york times giuliani was interested in getting some information on vice president biden he says he's going to one client and he's useful to the client and then it's your inference that mr giuliani's goal would be the president's goal yes and your source is the new york times yes so do you have any other source that the prison school in making this week was was anything other than new york times i haven't talked to the president i have no other information from what the president was thinking the muddied interest that george soros and other people can arrange for a diplomat like taylor to leave whatever position he had to get a very cushy lifestyle who knows what this guy has been promised who knows what his motivations actually may be but he's betrayed so far show a horrible judgment coming out saying one thing apparently on the strength that he read something in the new york times he didn't like the new york times reporting

sadly in the last 20 years has become scurrilous there are numerous examples of new york times stories that were puffed up beyond all measure i mean this is really just beyond silly and to suggest with a straight face that the trouble house could not have could not consider his in treaty because they were too busy figuring out how to buy greenland is just a telegraph that this guy is you know as john mccain referred to people he's a whack a bird. now still to come the mouse stress levels are up in the u.s. apparently with that paper almost as worried about next year's presidential election as they are about terrorism we'll have a look at why the stuff. most people think just stand out in this business you need to be the 1st one on top of the story or the person with the loudest voice of the biggest race in truth to

stand out of the news business you just need as the right questions and demand the right answers. question. seems wrong. just don't call. me. yet to shape out just the attic. and in again trade equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground.

but again you with our now a new poll in the us the suggest the majority of adults there a feeling stressed by the upcoming presidential elections the survey reveals is having almost as much an impact on their lives as terrorism or in fact climate change the main reason for rising stress levels is believed to be the media blowing things out of proportion because of that nearly 40 percent say that they have taken steps to reduce their media consumption. at the same time we're seeing democracy under threat we're seeing state actors try to meddle in us elections this is bad for democracy they want to disrupt our democracy they want to disrupt our our system they want us to cause doubt in their arse it's true sions in our and our leadership donald trump circus has ruined our country and our country is all the

rooms like nothing we have ever confronted before as a nation now we can binge watch the end of america with increased attention i think that news media particularly in the united states has given. the political body i guess you'd say i don't think that that is that notable a certain level of stress around election time can prompt action everyone knows for sure there is going to be an election and elections absolutely have consequences no matter where you live and so if it prompts people to take action founding fathers of the united states would say that might be a good thing and that some stress that leads to action in terms of voting would be a good thing and so sometimes a little bit of stress around an election time that leads to action might be a productive thing but according to the poll many americans do feel the country is at its lowest point in history they report mixed feelings about the country's

future with less than 40 percent believing the u.s. is on the path to being stronger if you live in again the new says americans and beginning to understand that the media is skewed in the way it presents information . there's definitely a disproportionate negative coverage of politics in the united states media there's no question of that i think the figure is the high ninety's percentage of coverage in us media is negative and so that isn't surprising that that would leave some level of cynicism or negativity with the electorate and some level of stress absolutely and so you know the media does bear some responsibility on the way that they present the news a good news on that is that americans are very aware of this in ways they didn't used to be americans understand that the media is very skewed and that more than 90 percent of the media in the united states presents the negative side of it so

americans kind of know to look for the positive and that's the good side that's the good news if you will ok let's have a look at some of these in brief a hospital run by doctors without borders has been partially destroyed in yemen no casualties have been reported so far but all medical activities have been suspended the side led coalition has already blamed the rebels for the attack saying they fired 4 ballistic missiles a chilean police officer has been arrested over the shooting of 2 students through protests in the capital santiago thousands of demonstrators rallied there against the government plan to tighten public order measures include a ban on wearing hoods and also promises greater protection for the police arrest has begun in the south american country 3 weeks ago are now suspended hike in subway that grew into the man's for the president's resignation. and demonstrations

between supporters and opponents of president have turned violent in bolivia reports that several protesters and police officers have been injured protests and marches have been ongoing in bolivia in response to claims. of electoral fraud in the 2019 general election which has been denied by the country's leadership. now in a further call to action a group of scientists say the world is on the brink of ecological disaster it was accompanied by a petition signed by $11000.00 people but that was subsequently blocked after obviously fake names were noticed fictional characters searches mickey madison albus demba law double dog from harry potter were among the signatories despite that there's a stark warning to from scientists in the us based bio science journal the authors mark increased air travel and rising g.d.p. as troubling signs for the environment and at the same time they suggest that

people should go vegan and also that measures should be taken to reduce the world's population what everybody though is on board with these suggestions but that's not pro climate it's anti human the $11000.00 scientists have just proposed a global eugenics program amounts to a massive discrediting of the climate change lobby in the minds of any moral person paying attention thousands of the 11000 scientists were simply people who filled in an online form some students some retired if you checked including one called mouse mickey. we discussed the issue with a marine biologist who was one of the signatories and also with an economics professor we asked them if any of the recommended ations could actually be applied in today's world. why are we going on those big leases well i know that he gets about something in some of the governance issues so who is discussion about you

know what can government do we employ contacts in to we just simply regulates the industries come to stuff and that's where we start to hit those wealthy corporations and those big alleys only big leases as well so we could do it but it would mean a drastic drop in energy consumption of drastic drop in the standard of living and it's something you could only impose on the more wealthy parts of society rather than own pool regions like africa to shift to sustainable. agriculture would mean a drastic drop in yields and a drastic drop in the population we can support so countries that rely upon. agricultural exports. and level of manufacturing they might be able to take care of themselves but they might not be able to sustain the exports the rest of us depend on and stabilization and the reduction in employment population is going to have huge benefits for climate change and also other problems the happiness balance of

things like water. or to the homes and places of something for water loss and can we now. human health issues societal issues in general we're now going to try to reduce the population level of 7 and a half 1000000000 it is incredibly hard to do that it certainly cannot be done voluntarily it would involve compulsion like china is now defunct one child per family policy possibly even more draconian than that so it's feasible to talk about it but implementing it will take the politics we don't currently have it may well take military dictatorships in howard namely education and also tools that are now going to crest themselves in something that's moving beyond what with the traditional low that just being a mother then we do see a lot less chill. it one of the dangers of a cold to reduce population is that it will be seen by people on the 3rd world with

relatively impoverished that have rights in the west as blaming the pole for global warming and climate collapse a discussion we had. so that's how things are looking so i thought today don't forget that we've got plenty of stories on our website you can find that. 30 years ago the berlin wall fell the cold war had essentially come to an end the fall of this cold war symbol was heralded as a new spring of nations and the end of communism decades on what is the legacy of this historic event the promises of $989.00 been fulfilled.

nobody wants to look at the wildfires and say the obvious number one the taxes are being misused and they're not being adequately distributed to where they are needed on the infrastructure side because there's a government failure number 2 climate change regardless of whether you believe it topping or not the damage that is going to be applied to your pocketbook that you will pay for climate change whether you believe it or not you know it's still the price is still there. public impeachment hearings begin next week all worried should the president be will take a look at that on this edition of. politicking on larry king the house intelligence committee will begin holding

public impeachment hearings next week bringing lawmakers a step closer to the possible impeachment of president how worried should he be about this let's talk with someone who knows the impeachment process very well former u.s. representative elizabeth holtzman a 4 time democratic congresswoman from new york she served as a member of the house judiciary committee that investigated the role of president nixon in the watergate scandal and voted to impeach him she's the author of the book the case for impeaching trump she joins me from new york elizabeth though we are all just spinning wheels he's going to be impeached in the house and not convicted in the senate and everyone thinks that. well you know something larry really nobody knows what's going to happen when we started the impeachment proceeding against richard nixon and october on 1973 after the saturday night massacre we didn't know what a high crime and misdemeanor was there was no headcount in the house to. this year

the committee no headcount in the house no headcount in the senate we had no idea was there be enough votes whether they be an impeachable case or what was going to happen and as it turned out the the matter never even got to the house of representatives and much less to the senate because the president resigned the case was so strong and so fairly made and so professional he resigned but that's not good news so we'll never answer the question well we don't know what is going to happen here we still have 2 people who have been to henchmen of rudy giuliani's one of whom is now who have been indicted for campaign finance violations who were active in ukraine one of them is now cooperating with the congress let's see we don't know what's going to happen we don't know about the tapes on. saturday at the smoking gun tape nobody knew at the end.