was. the. us democrats can't help gloating with the debate underway in the lower house over whether to impeach president trump. a new poll shows brits are losing their faith in the b.b.c. that's all for its election coverage face to claims of bias nearly a quarter of respondents believe it's journalists are no longer trustworthy. and if staying in authority is threatened criminal prosecution against employees of russian news agency sputnik pressuring them to come ties with their parent company . the u.s. house is debating articles of impeachment against donald trump rise for a landmark vote expected later today the president himself has accused the

democratic leadership of pressuring party members to vote a certain way and there have been plenty of sound bites coming from the house floor already. this is a moment that you'll read about in your history books he sought to elevate himself as a dictator a king but we are not him aren't monarchy we are the united states of america i want my daughter to be able to tell her children grandma did the right thing because in america no one is above the law now one of the democrat witnesses not one was able to establish that the president committed bribery treason or high crimes and misdemeanors tents taken office nearly 3 years ago president trump has consistently and intentionally divided this country when the president withheld military aid to vulnerable nuke ukraine he sought to sabotage our elections after all the drama the majority is not found a single shred of evidence only 2nd 3rd 4th hand information i can't stop thinking

about the cost to our country. not just the impeachable offenses but the collateral damage of a president who uses power like a weapon against his own people well despite the fact of the debates and he now getting underway some over the celebrating namely anchors on pro-democrat c.n.n. they've been confidently saying today that trump is poised to be the u.s. president to be impeached they've also reported the top democrat and house speaker nancy pelosi has told party members not to gloat too much. meanwhile hundreds of activists have been demonstrating outside the capitol building chanting nobody is about the rule 600 pro impeachment rallies were reported across the country on tuesday. and the pressure of the voters especially high on those representatives that come from pro trump states and could disappoint their own supporters. breaks down the impeachment case. democrats see launching

these proceedings as a huge victory they say donald trump has betrayed the whole country but the whole country doesn't agree the country is split and americans don't seem to care for partisan squabbles and many have become more critical of the democrats in recent months even within the house of representatives 18 democrats are bucking the party line and say they will vote against him to teach it they argue that months before the 2020 alexion this doesn't look good for the democrats we're broke there are no like i would tell you that in here knowing how. if i did and i don't either that or you're making. all these factors combined to make some democrats very nervous and donald trump seems to be emphasizing the fears on the other side of the aisle any democrat that votes for the sham will be voting to sacrifice the house majority their dignity and their career. another fear

hanging over the democrats is that they won't be able to actually remove donald trump from office after all republicans have a pretty solid majority in the senate so what's the plan well call up even more witnesses during the impeachment trial in the senate how on such a weighty matter. could we avoid hearing this could we go forward without hearing it i haven't seen a single good argument about why these witnesses shouldn't testify with these documents be produced unless the president has something to hide. and his supporters want that information hidden but who knows if these tactics will actually pay off remember the brett kavanaugh confirmation hearings the democrats called witness after witness after witness and the republicans seem to have been the big winners then these sexual assault allegations and heated rhetoric didn't

win the democrats any points as the 2020 alexion edged nearer democrats stand to possibly lose pretty big from this whole impeachment fiasco after all the trouble is actually driven from office the red state in the rust belt base of trump supporters won't be pleased animosity between the 2 sides could reach a critical juncture and if they fail they could face ridicule for dragging the country through a pointless procedure wasting money and wasting time so what exactly are the democrats trying to accomplish by impeaching donald trump to quote an old american saying after wonder are the democrats perhaps cutting off their nose in order to spite their face up and r.t. new york. well we talked to political analyst charles will tell her you think the impeachment drive fails to address the concerns of american people. we have a prism through which news is fed to our public most people in america don't care about politics and economics but the people who do still get

a lot of their news through cable news through network news through these highly paid anchors who all talk to each other all really lean one way we're all part of a corrupt establishment. promoting this idea of unregulated globalism let's or parent companies make a lot of money their investors make a lot of money their friends make a lot of money they're all in for that and they refuse to see this that the artificial divide between republicans or democrats or liberals or conservatives is most artificial people across the world and in country after country believe that politicians are corrupt and ineffective they want something different they want to see accountability they want to see with these massive budgets their lives actually improve so these polls that estimates you know are artificially constructed you never really know whether the people are selected scientifically that's why they miss the u.s. unami and that's today why they're missing the dynamic that's happening in this country we are going to disrupt americans want this corrupt system disrupted and people around the world want to do the same thing to. public trust in the b.b.c.

has taken a slight with new polls are showing bias concerned but it will cost us coverage of the u.k. election capon trade has more from london. it's all about an issue of trust so do britons trust that media outlets will according to a recent poll trust in the press to tell the truth has for all and less than half the population believe b.b.c. journalists are impartial and one in 5 britons say they don't trust the public broadcaster at all while a set of britons are most likely to trust newspaper journalists working for the times of the guardian while the decline in public trust came as the b.b.c. was criticised by those on the left and the right over its coverage of the general election there's some have even suggested they're reporting contributed to labour's crushing defeat of a site one reporter talking about boris johnson winning the majority he so deserves and it's believed he meant to say he so desires that the b.b.c. is election night and that has defended his only look at it and the stakes are

still trying to made the broadcaster itself has issued a statement refuting all claims of bias we delivered almost ambitious coverage ensuring it was fair and proportionate over the course of the campaign we stand by our journalism will continue to make got own editorial decisions and report without fear or favor well such criticism isn't new the broadcaster has also been accused of being anti breaks it but is apparent bias just personal interpretation of the b.b.c.'s guidelines say it doesn't require absolute neutrality on every issue though is committed to do impartiality which reflects a range of perspectives but as its funding relies on license payers with a range of perspectives and different ideas of impartiality apparently you can't please half of the people all of the time. i was staying with news about the media a stone in our priorities have wanted ploys of a local offshoot of the russian news agency sputnik that if they don't cut ties with their parent company they'll face criminal prosecution with the details of his

artie's nicky aaron. sputnik editor in chief have described the action from thailand as arbitrary and now plan to seek advice from the un the o.s.c. and other international organizations but what they describe as an unprecedented violation of freedom of speech and this comes after the owner of the office where. it was based to broke the lease contracts following pressure from police now employees are also said to have received letters from the police department and the border control threatening criminal proceedings if they continue to work with. the agency in the new year and the myth has been justified by the estonian or thirty's by slighting european sanctions from 2014 the agency however did not appear on any such sanctions list the agency's press service has since responded with feeling that it is based on powell problems whilst operating in the country take a listen we consider the actions of the lords is to be.

such a national organizations as the un the council of europe. are demanding a broad cement of the unprecedented case of violation of freedom of speech in recent years and measures to ensure the rights of all journalists to carry a professional to speaking back in november the editor in chief of margarita simonyan said that the news agency had received more pressure in a stone here than anywhere else in the world she how employees had been intimidated by security services even had their bank accounts frozen and estonian banks that did service the agency have frozen all accounts since then so meanwhile the c.s. of all the nears the executive director plans to raise the issue with the russian presidential cumin rights council so needless to say this is an issue that the agency is not taking lying down. well independent journalist and commentator martin summers believes the threat by the a thing enough parities are politically motivated i think it's

a political action quite clearly and it's related to the kind of pressures and tensions that are in the international system at the moment in which a stone murias plays a key a key role there's a big issue in the in general about what is legitimate freedom of speech i mean in the in the general election he just of the b.b.c. and its role and whether it was biased in favor of the government. but also of course you've got private newspapers and private broadcasters who are openly pause policies on now is that acceptable or loss if you think that during the american revolution there were lots and lots of people publishing stuff which was very n c the british government should that have been burned should the in some control over it things or wider issues but i think that's all i mean what's happened here in the stone year is to do with the possibility of the gaucher dissolution in ukraine and the dislike of that by some elements within the a stony and stubborn. british primary school has found itself in the firing line

that's after parents were angered by changes to the wording of traditional christmas carols whitehall primary school in the south east of england has rejected several carols replacing for example little lord with baby boy jesus critics say the changes amid the whole point of the celebration and some parents have reacted negatively. if he was just a baby boy named jesus there wouldn't be a celebration in the 1st place he's our lord and savior and king of all kings that's the whole point it's also a tradition is taking away the traditions of the country i believe my children have been discriminated against and they have been denied the freedom to fully express their faith christian belief and tradition of being 2nd feist and silenced in the name of inclusion and political correctness the words lord jesus are about the central message of christmas which is that god is with us in jesus to put it very simply but it's what christmas is about well the school in question says it promotes british values including tolerance of those of different faith and beliefs

it has defended the move by saying that some students did not attend last year's service because of their religious beliefs and the school wants to include all pupils during this festive period we discussed as if he were to india paper on christian concern and social commentator mo answer. christianity and the whole reason why we celebrate christian christmas is because jesus was born as a human being and yet it was god as well and came down and it's an incredible thing to think that god became a human being but that's what actually happened and that's what we're celebrating here and they wanted to remove that reference as well as jesus being king and jesus being savior if we don't have those things what are we celebrating i think it's a massive distortion let's be quite clear jesus wasn't god he was odd agreed from a theological perspective not agree he was a mighty messenger a prophet there is very little theological evidence the public space and the educational space is one which is secular it does not mean it is bereft of theology

or education of belief or conscience but is inclusive of it so if we want to have standing advisory councils of religious education that include all strains of all walks of life of humanism as well and atheism are people who want to come in there with so of more free n.g.'s they are included nowadays and the question is whether children should be free to opt out from an itty bitty whereas mary jesus a baby jesus in a 1000000 or the question is not integrated on in a stable which isn't true and i think that sets the parents for the fix or composition i think they could come and watch if they wanted to they're really so upset about people saying jesus or that they have to not even be in the same presence there's something to talk about there why are they so upset about people saying jesus lord i can't even go watch and observe it you know and so i think i want to discuss that with them but ultimately i want to respect their rights if they want to opt out of it they cannot sound of it another person should be made for that and the head teacher has seen that she has had 60 people who last year opted out from religious services worshipful activities and under the education act

collective worship is wholly or broadly of a christian tradition but it doesn't have to be a particular question is not what they did i was out that's not a commercial you want to opt out no none of that the question you know you just don't see the cost of the question is whether you should tell us the word and if it's not what a people should opt out everyone agrees that they're not out. well i will just as my only reason i don't i want to say please is not a question of my city whether this is a change the wording of traditional carols through a move to keep a leaf of christianity and 10 into something that's non-christian after all that's the question islam is best is the completion of god's revelation we are not here to supersede christians we have to live alongside people and one another and in a modern secular society in the educational space we need to have a plural system where everybody is welcome this is the same old tired arguments some so this is not how they do it but you know migrants i mean when you have a situation that was a christianity i know you say sure she is not welcome you saying belief and 2nd is the one so much i base is ulysse gosset although i would say all of what i did to

you then i will say that's of christianity you're the one that's being intolerant here because you're saying they shouldn't sing the well this is all that's the it's all an attitude here. us streaming service through assent to primary documentary and 16 year old climate activists created about it turned out they began filming long before question with a household name we'll have that story after this short break. the partisan impeachment process against donald trump continues apace the framers of the constitution warned the impeachment of the chief executive was an extreme remedy are the democrats and the corporate media trivializing the impeachment process are they attempting to short circuit democracy itself.

the martyr means being in some ways similar. to. the traditional jewish way of acting so in other words if my dear and it is about the urban mobile occupation the flexible physically for studious articulate and so on then jews were the 1st modern because that was their specialization. a shocking case of child abuse has come to light in a small what western russian village as it turns out one house in the community was

a prison for the children living there. which is the lou spoke to the family room and the children go to church every sunday our purpose is to listen to us least on. this issue of the children were always very shy one of the boys told me he could only go out when his father was away.

you were suggesting it's what are your relations with the children that are wonderful climbers raising them. to speak and why didn't they go to school why was protecting the. body which was those addicted to girl has told us about the atrocities her own father committed against her considering the fact that these crimes were 1st committed a long time again when she was very young could not comprehend the character and the meaning of those actions she was arrested in my country. that. has turned into some other new 16 year old climbs activists and time magazine's person of the egress at the work is getting a high profile documentary about herself u.s. streaming service who says the film with the working title grettir will premiere

next year however has most of the film crew has been following the celebrity from her early days of skipping class to protest at the swedish parliament against climate change as long before her global notoriety and some have boy surprised at how the filmmakers could have guessed that this online schoolgirl would turn into a global superstar. sweden's national broadcaster didn't see the attraction of the time according to local media back in 2015 the parents tried but failed to convince s.p.t. to film how she was battering them about the environment radio host and political imo if they poke and things got as quick rise to fame has been engineered by her family she's become famous in a way that a 16 year old does not have the breadth of wisdom or imagination to achieve or accomplish on her own ergo therefore she's being pushed and it's coming primarily from her family who are showbiz and entertainment people actors producers she has performing siblings there's no doubt they saw her as someone who could be

indoctrinated and trained and raised up into an environmentalist warrior from a very early age people don't know read his mother wrote a book that has in the title our lives for the climate that family is an environmentalist activist family and has been probably since before grettir was born looks like the business of raising up a child to make her famous as an argue or for one side of a case when she's never learned the other side of the case and she probably won't ever learn it now but yes it's obvious to me that it's a set up from the beginning. the russian federal tourism agency's primary campaign showcasing top russian travel destinations is in full swing the roadshow has now reached india and china the campaign comes ahead of the u.s. if you are 2020 football championship where the russian city of st petersburg will serve as one of the hosts russia has presented its new tourist initiatives to indian and chinese audiences inviting them to the championship and you electronic

fees regime is intended to simplify the entry process india and china to was the biggest sources of visitors to russia with the country being in the top 3 european tourist destinations for chinese citizens. and staying in russia in what's become something of a christmas tradition here over the last few years president putin is about to face a grilling from the media thursday will see his own press conference that if the past is anything to go by can last for hours it looks at what's in store. christmas is just around the corner so probably stocking up with gifts is the challenge that is on everyone's mind right now well unless you are a journalist with a badge that gives you access to a very special event this thursday the big ad you will. q.

and a well for such reporters the number one challenge is to get noticed and to somehow leave a sea of colleagues behind by the way if you thought that it all happens behind the famous walls over there in this case you're wrong welcome to moscow's world trade center this is where very soon the q. and a will begin now let me explain how it works mr putin will be sitting at a table lone in front of a massive audience holding up black cards for 5 years i've been using this nice little r. t. logo a bit further on to the president's left his press secretary usually he is the one who chooses who goes next but sometimes mr putin picks someone out himself and these are the kind of moments we always watch out for if you let them do is complain of their ice or a woman holding

a sign that says bye bye ok go for it turn the heat up. oh my god sorry with age comes eyesight issues to distribute these are just translation difficulties i scared everyone my sign today but actually it's has putin by which means grandfather. so what are the chances of getting picked 29 things press or sets a record a total of 1895 journalists taken part over the last 70 years vladimir putin. at the time to answer an average of 58 questions per q. and a so i've done the math the chances are about 3 percent only 3 percent that you get to ask a question not the best of odds but. the longest event lasted for 4 hours and 40 minutes and usually it's never less than 3 several hours of constantly jumping on

your chair waving your black card trying to stand out from the crowd and get the president's attention i'll tell you what that's quite an experience anyway do stay tuned for the show because it could really shake things up a little bit before the holidays from pushing the stock markets up or down to causing a real geopolitical stir just one example it is right in that building that florida are proving once back in 25th thing called donald trump a bright talented man you know the rest of the story. but we bring you breaking news now from capitol hill where congress is deciding the fate of the u.s. president donald trump the u.s. house of representatives has just voted to improve approve article one of the pietschmann which is abuse of power and that means that the article will be sent the republican controlled senate which must hold a trial to determine if the president should be removed from office only 2 democrats have voted no the republicans have unanimously opposed the motion and the

house has yet to vote on a 2nd article of the obstruction of congress article we will of course bring you all the analysis not dates on that story at the top of the hour but as your update for now i'm resigned a lot could not be back here in 30 minutes time with that breaking news and more news from around the world see that. join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics sports business i'm showbusiness i'll see that. argentina love it this country is phantasmagorical the people are extraordinary the government and the central bank maybe not so much because of the central bank but let's get into this a little bit more detail. during the great depression

which i'm old enough to remember there was most of my family were unemployed working class there wasn't it was bed you know much worse objective listen today but there was an expectation that things were going to get better. there was a real sense of hopefulness there isn't today today's america where shape by the turn principles of concentration of wealth and power. reduced democracy attack solo down engineer elections manufacture consent and other principles according to know on. one set of rules for the rich opposite. that's what happens when you put her into the. narrow sector of will switch will is dedicated to increasing power for chills just as you'd expect one of the most influential intellectuals of our time speaks about the modern civilization of

america. gratings and sally you tell us this week while most of washington d.c. and the rest of the country is eagerly anticipating the main event title fight that is the congressional democrats versus u.s. president donald trump over impeachment there was a fascinating undercard battle taking place between 2 former partners now apparently best of enemies the buys a court and the federal bureau of investigation yes thanks to the justice department's report on the f.b.i.'s investigation of donald trump's 2016 campaign

the f.b.i. and the fives accord have been brought to the brink after report revealed some very disturbing truths about the f.b.i.'s blatant manipulations of the secretive court and b c news reports that according to the report when it came to former trump campaign advisor carter page the f.b.i. is submission to the court made assertions that were inaccurate incomplete or unsupported by appropriate documentation and given the f.b.i.'s long notorious history you can bet your bottom dollar that those that these in the torrijos carter page submissions were not the exception but the rule this led the by the courts presiding judge rosemarie collier to order the f.b.i. to explain in writing how it intends to remedy all these problems and guess what they have until january 10th to comply and why is this why is this important to the rest of us besides the justice wonks here in washington d.c. well because xander see mccarthy observes on the hill within the buys

a court system the only due process in american can never get occurred in that secret meeting between the judge and officials from the justice department and the f.b.i. if the f.b.i. s c cannot ensure that intelligence officials honor the code by the standards of integrity and transparency the system fails. my friends the system of secret courts and secret evidence should never ever ever of been created in the 1st place and it is one of the many important reasons why we must always be watching the hawks. to. treat the the. real the truth this would be the last to leave the plot of. the day like you that i got. with that we. would. be.