i am. russian officials reveal the identity of the gunman who killed 2 and injured 5 in a shooting near the federal security service building in central moscow we've spoken to the father of the attack. lately he became very secretive and also got some kind of strange beast an accent he used to tell me that he liked shooting and even wanted to get the skills rank to become a most old school. for more than 3 years of deadlock a new mystery junctions u.k. u.k. parliament finally backs prime minister boris johnson's brigs it with. last minute attempt to disrupt russian gas supplies to europe u.s. senators born a swiss company that crippling sanctions will put it out of business if it doesn't

start work on the almost complete news stream pipeline. good evening and welcome this is. russia's investigative committee has released the identity of the gunman who opened fire outside the headquarters of the federal security service building in central moscow on thursday evening 39 year old getting when you would have lived in the moscow region and killed an f.s.b. officer before being shot dead himself another officer died later in hospital 5 other people including one civilian were injured at the moment the investigation into the possible motives is still ongoing there are reports that russia's investigative committee searched the home of the suspect and interviewed his family and friends he spoke to the father and neighbors of the alleged shooter. screamers

are great but lately he became very secretive and also got some kind of strange eastern axes are used to tell me that he liked shooting that even wanted to get a sports rank and become a more star wars balls because of the way he worked he replied in the emirates embassy as a security guard though i do not know who it is is true he was a very calm guy and then somehow the change started growing his beard maybe it happened of the his grandmother. well he's a lawyer worked somewhere in moscow he comes from a good family mother grandmother she was a good man she was always very polite attentive i can't say anything bad about him i can't believe what's happened in the country does in your house and he was he wasn't aggressive very calm quite quiet he was lonely no friends no girlfriend we found out about his whole leave by accident he invited my husband to join him at a shooting range when he refused the topic was never raised again although we know now is what we've been finding out now from the media change. the situation

unfolded at the scene of the shooting. with usually means if the wind with her and 3 sounds we needed to realize that we should hide it then we heard someone in the street shouting go back go back. in those circles and you'll miss it when the man wasn't shooting randomly and i think we heard him shout out something but we didn't manage to make out what he was shouting. and what i'm looking for sitting in a basement we're watching now when a guy came and could just going outside and he told us there was a shooting out that i'm certain into the past and he told us the internet has had been dragged into the thing. it wasn't calm

last night and the f.s.b. building is just to the left of me and the whole thing happened at around half past 6 in the evening right on the opposite side of this main f.s.b. building of this f.s.b. had quarter according to an unconfirmed video which we can show you right now the alleged shooter took his position between behind one of the columns right again on the opposite side of this building he took aim armed with an assault rifle and he opened fire it seemed that he was specifically targeting f.s.b. offices coming out of the building now just to give you an idea as to how busy it was here last night what you're seeing right now is pretty white desolation compared to that because this is the heart of moscow it's the very center of the russian capital it's a trendy and hip area with plenty of bars cafes and restaurants so at 6 o'clock it

wasn't just the end of the work shift wasn't just the eye. of the word they wasn't just people leaving their offices offices out on the streets but also plenty of people just out and about plenty of tourists i mean if you just look over there christmas decorations are already up here so people were doing their christmas shopping there's a saying regis hotel right across the street from me so there were literally hundreds of people out and about on this square and they were terrified by the shooting but initially many of them were confused because with christmas right around the corner many of them mistook the 1st bursts of fire with well fireworks. i was sitting with my friends at a bar when the shooting began and it was the sound of a kalashnikov assault rifle i know what it sounds like my friends were like oh it must be firecrackers but i told them no way it's not firecrackers and then we saw people running down the street it was scary at 5 or 10 minutes past 6 the gunfire

began and it was not just a few shots it came in bursts we saw officers taking cover behind the cars. left work met up with my girlfriend and when we heard some dull sounds in the distance i thought at 1st it was fireworks or some firecrackers but as the sound continued we realized something was wrong traffic police who were in the nets could bridge as usual began evacuating people they barely got on to what was going on people started running we heard the gunfire plenty of details a missing right now no more official information as as of yet we do know that the russian president is being kept in the loop of this attack right here in the heart of moscow. security analyst. he thinks things could go from here. dave said. from according to reports that nobody else was involved in this attack they will want to be sure that nobody else is actually involved in any planning aspects or in terms of assisting the government and that may take some time for

example the examination of mobile phone records of any c.c.t.v. records and of course any. e-mails communications and so on that might be held on the suspect's computers and elsewhere and of course that would require house searches and so on but the fact is i think that even if you were going to have the most benign government the most benign state in any country or what you would get some people. boiling mad some differences of that just running because of policy because of instance or background or the circumstances of their own personal lives . so in awe of years after the british people voted for the u.k. to leave the european union 3 prime ministers later i'm for brig's it deals with ject parliament and piece of finally given the backing to an exit plan has details . it would appear that way off the 3 and a half years of delays and gridlock in the house of parliament that overwhelming

victory in terms of the seats won for the conservative party last week in the general election means that boris johnson could today get his drugs approved by parliament he did so with a majority of our 120124 he managed to get it through and so what that means is by january 31st the u.k. will be leaving the e.u. which point they will enter into an implementation period or transition period that despite that vote today despite the win for the conservatives last week the drugs that still leaves many issues on the zoltan also leave the country fit to be divided one of the main divisions of course comes to the issue of scotland now scotland votes that by 2 thirds roughly to remain in the european union during that referendum and also last week they won an overwhelming number of the seats in scotland the s.n.p. that is the scottish national party was of course pro and dependents and so they take that as a mandate that the scottish people vote want to be dragged out of the e.u.

and that they want that independence and those divisions remains clear in the house of commons today before that vote was held this bill learns the emphatic lesson of the last caller unlike members opposite and projects any. scotland could not talk been cleared of last week we did not call for breaks it come in the s.n.p. with a greater monday shows still totally and utterly rejects break ca this tale is a road map for the reckless direction in which the government prime minister adi term and to take our country the story story of the last $3.00 you will be at today and we would be able to move forward one of the concerns to security. for the labor leader during the quarter it was workers' rights and the government has now taken out a part of the bill the motion within the bill that would have ensured the protection

of workers' rights following prices so that's now no longer going to be part of that deal or the government's priority with that deal and also they haven't set of the clause making it strict and making it more difficult if not impossible for an extension to the transition period what that means is that the government would only have from the day leave by the end of january of next year till the end of december takes you to negotiate a trade deal there are many who say that 11 months simply isn't a long enough time for a trade deal to be struck and also go having provisions for u.k. courts to be able to question and challenge and the piece of legislation by the european court of justice that remains in the u.k. your so as far as boris johnson is concerned he's going to be powering on with his efforts to take the u.k. out of the european union independent political commentator antony webber believes opposition will now lessen its hostility to the government. there is cause for

celebration for the country because the 1st period of uncertainty will be over and this causes celebration because boris johnson is actually married a commitment which is come true the conservative party has got a huge majority they can get through anything very wants. but that will be a positive thing from the point of view of cracks or hits of course. the concern might be on other issues where. you could argue that they haven't really yours or mandates but i think the public have given a mandate on the subject to. i think certainly some of the opposition think is will probably turn down their rhetoric including even the s.n.p. who a lot of people are getting fed up with because very only had 45 percent support very very claim to speak up for the scottish people which very very clearly turned

so i think over the coming months we're going to see some more really sort of. your cynicism piling pressure on companies working with russia on the north stream to pipeline to passing legislation on wednesday to impose sanctions on moscow in the latest round of threats washington's also vowed to slap a key swiss company with retaliatory measures for their role in the pipes construction says he said how the us is trying to blackmail allies on energy policy . they say politics is a does he gave him and his players can be selfish greedy and unethical but for the most part these pretend they're in it for the right reasons and of playing by the rules i think someone might have forgotten to tell ted cruz you fisa binary choice stop now and leave the pipeline unfinished the express intention of the sanctions legislation which we all thought were make a foolish attempt to rush to complete the pipeline and reese putting your company

out of the business forever so what's called an elected u.s. senator so riled up that he's sending out letters with the distinct whiff of blackmail to them how did you guess it's russia almost specifically north stream to the 1225 kilometer pipeline running from russia to germany that's on the brink of completion the us though is in its greatest fan the united states commands all our european partners who have taken a strong stand against north stream to. and we commend others to do the same germany is totally controlled by russia because they were getting from 60 to 70 percent of their energy from russia and a new pipe this pipeline if completed. would make europe even more dependent on russian energy would generate billions of dollars for putin billions of dollars that would fund the russian military aggression. we don't want your energy supplies

to be defended. but america couldn't risk letting people make the decisions time's running out of to rule they decide to to get it down in writing and possibile which will require don't try to impose sanctions on any foreign companies and individuals who are lending a helping hand in building the pipeline like the lucky recipient of cruises let's all seize a company over a 6000 kilometers away from washington in switzerland and like you'd expect from a politician at that level the latter is filled with all the signposts of a moderate person who's just ready to sit down and reach a compromise for the next decade your company and personnel will be entirely barred from the united states any transactions will be blocked all property will be frozen now clearly this is a matter very close to cruz's heart because earlier this month he introduced another piece of legislation protecting europe's energy security act that's despite

some in europe not actually wanting any protection european energy policy must be decided in europe not the us we fundamentally reject outside intervention and sanctions with extra territorial effect but cruise thinks he knows better he needs to save poor europe from falling victim to those devious forces in moscow it would make europe even more dependent on russian energy and that makes europe susceptible to economic blackmail europe depended on russia is not good for europe it's not good for america i won't waste time in pointing out the irony and it's not even a cheeky one off blackmail kind of thing the cia u.s. ambassador to germany richard grinnell previously described by a judgment politician as acting like the high commissioner. an occupying power and persona non-grata also thought he'd flex his muscles we emphasize that companies involved in russian energy exports are taking part in something that could prompt a significant risk of sanctions now does it not paying

a fine of something and then there's going to these kinds of lengths and causing diplomatic disputes it's almost as if the u.s. has something to lose from nordstrom to going ahead but it helps american jobs much better for european energy needs to be satisfied by american natural gas that creates jobs here in america rather than fueling putin's military how much and that we have it americans who propounds the virtues of the free market and happy about some healthy competition especially when the competition is providing a cheaper and faster alternative though i'll admit it does have one thing missing with the us in another year of record setting natural gas production i'm pleased that the department of energy is doing what it can to promote an efficient regulatory system that allows for molecules of us freedom to be exported to the world and does cruisin like his freedom gas in fact last year alone he liked 7

$165000.00 of it that's how much in donations he got from the oil and gas lobby making him the sector's top recipient in all of congress but really that's just by the by. we spoke to professor who's a spokesperson for the consumer advocacy group and he thought was that the u.s. is trying to force its allies to buy liquefied natural gas from america. do this project is almost finished and america has intervened late if they wanted to do something then they should have done it it's a start it's clear that in germany and europe will be dependent on russian gas and because events america is right in saying that if europe is comes more dependent on russia's then america's influence will decrease that much is clear the other aspect is related to economic interests america would like to sell its gas in produced in their fracking location. money queues the stealing and burning and l g

b t flight from the us church has been sentenced to 16 years in jail after being found guilty of committing a hate crime at all for martinez was 1st arrested in june and accused of desecrating the flag belonging to a local church in iowa earlier in the week he was convicted on charges of not only committing a hate crime but also 3rd degree harassment and reckless use of fire martinez admitted to opposing homosexuality but many have pointed out their concerns over the length of the sentence why does the left cheer when the american flag is burning no one goes to jail for that but they do for burning an activist movements flag while he got more years than murderers get in the u.k. unbelievable so burning a rainbow flag is hate speech burning an american flag is freedom of speech i see he should have burned the american flag then he would have been praised statues dedicated. to justice now with human rights activist peter tatchell and

journalist chadwick moore very good evening to you both gentlemen peter 1st to you . what i think the the thing that's got some people concerned is that is that the size of the sentence is it proportionate to the crime. well i am gay and much of my human rights work involves supporting the human rights of l.g.b. plus people but i've got to say that this sentence is excessive it is disproportionate it is not commensurate with the crime committed however there are some disturbing elements he was not given the sentence purely for stealing the flag and for burning it there were also. accusations and claims of arson and threats to burn down other properties namely a strip club when it came to course he did not express any regrets and indeed justify his actions based upon his particular extremist interpretation of the

christian faith he seemed to be saying that his faith justified violent actions now in those circumstances the court understood that it was possible if not likely that if you remain free he may go on to commit further acts and if of course he has succeeded in burning down the strip club it is very likely that many many people would have been burned alive so he is a dangerous individual but even so i don't think a sentence of 16 years is justified yeah don't think peter get very well reasoned argument now i just want to throw in that part of the reasoning behind the sentence being so he was that he was considered martinez was considered a habitual offender and given all that information what do you think of the sentence. i agree with peter that it's extreme i would say it's unusual and cruel i would say it's unconstitutional part of the reason why the

sentence is so lengthy is because of the hate crime designation and look if you look at the report of what happened he was kicked out of the strip club he grabbed a flag he set it on fire outside of the strip club and started ranting i was going to burn down the club i was in there i don't know sounds like maybe he was wasted i don't think i don't think this is the they just would go around doing even if that weren't the case it still is extreme and hate crime laws are silly anyway they should exist no a crime happened here it is absolutely 100 percent our institutionally protected speech to burn the gates the gay pride flag in the same way that according to the supreme court's also protected speech to burn the american flag now these groups are are doubling down and look at just something like a hate crime laws are so silly they shouldn't exist virtually every single hate crime you've ever heard of has been a hoax especially in the last few years they simply don't happen they burning a flag is a hate crime i do think it's speech i don't think is at the extreme about saying

you disagree with homosexuality and he did say that in court he said that to media after the incident happened and those claims to media were used against him in court now i have no interest in necessarily i don't know who this guy is or standing up for him but it's protected speech i hope this case goes to the supreme court and i hope it gets overturned and i hope he gets a much lighter sentence what do you think about peta the concept of the should there have been any punishment until if we were just talking about a crime the flag should have been punishable less as chad mentioned americans can burn the u.s. flag under the constitution the 1st amendment allows them to do that without any punishment but is it different of if it's a flag that represents a particular group in society. well i think in principle people should have the right to behead flags a flag is a symbol and people have a right to disagree with homosexuality they have a right to disagree with denied states or britain i don't think that should be

a crime per se but i would say that the l.g.b. flag is a bit different from the american flag because it days ignites a specific community in the same way as maybe burning a jewish flag might designate the jewish community and i think on balance probably we have to defend the freedom to burn a flag but what is exceptional in this particular case is the arson the threats the harassment and i think child because right it is no probability this man was emotionally or mentally disturbed maybe intoxicated in those circumstances i think the emphasis should be on restore to justice own counseling on trying to deal with the emotional issues that he was in it was motivated him now i think you know in britain we have a system power law system of restorative justice where the actual results are far

better than the mainstream penal system people who are confronted by the victims who sit down and talk about what they've done and the consequences those people tend to re-offend less and they become good citizens not in every case but more so than those who go through the prison system so i think perhaps mental health counseling and other distorted justice issues may have been a better approach and it's even interesting it's even interesting that like i said most say crimes are hoaxes even the most famous hate crime in the world which was matthew shepard horrible grisly disgusting act of violence but it's pretty much fact now that he was not killed because he was gay even years ago leftwing public a. the guardian and gay magazines here in the united states were forced to admit that no it was more like a drug deal gone bad he wasn't killed because he was gay still that narrative that life persists it got these laws passed meanwhile look at just the small in chicago

the most famous fake hate crime in the world nearly started a race war and what happened to him absolutely nothing but this guy's sentence was yes there was a threats of arson but it was so extreme because of the hate crime designation and burning this flag now i don't believe that this flag necessarily represents the rainbow flag i don't think it represents gay individuals maybe at one point it attempted to but we've come to a point where the rainbow flag and all the symbolism represents an l g b t political ideology which is becoming increasingly authoritarian increasingly toxic increasingly anti-christian so people are going to have gripes about it i mean this is actually proven that people are are millennial this is a study done recently that young people millennia old are less in favor of l g b t now they were few years ago now the left in the gay lobby would say that that is due to hate speech on the internet and jumps america blah blah blah no i would say the real reason is probably because this movement that is symbolized by the flag

has become authoritarian and ridiculous we see it with the same trans narrative in the bathroom trans people and women sports we see it with the children with the transfield during the drag queen stories i mean if you can think of and this is just another example 16 years for offending probably one of the most privileged groups in america gay americans out spend an hour earn their straight counterparts they have every right in this country they can get married now in many respects gay people at the top of the food chain so why would these laws even still be on the books especially for gays it's a non-issue and and i think they need to be repealed it would be an amazing thing if we could start repealing these hate crime laws which were unconstitutional to begin with full of points made them. i don't if you want to respond to any of them peter if not i do have a question i'd like to ask you. just a brief response i mean support for the human right to build to be the boss be paul is increasing in the united states in britain and throughout the western world and

indeed in many non-western countries as well it's certainly not true that the people in the united states or anywhere else have for an equal rights there are still loads of discrimination free practices and laws and institutions there are parts united states where l.g. because most people do not have protection in the workplace for example they can be sacked from their jobs just because of their sexuality the victim victim from housing on the base of the sexuality that exist those rights exist in sums those rights exist in some states that don't exist in all states that don't necessarily exist in some aspects of federal law as well you know so i don't think it's i don't think it's fair theory i don't think it's fair that it would never ever happen. well i can assure you it has happened and the law says that if a gay man was fired from his no it no no you're only talking about him religious catholic schools or religious institutions with absolutely have the right so if that were to happen in any other industry if

a gay man were fired from his job can you imagine what would happen he would get the nuclear arsenal of the media on that business he would start to go fund me and have $800000.00 in the bank tomorrow the private market the free market solve that issue without legislation so yeah in theory there's no law in the book but we don't need more laws we want fewer laws if you're conservative and it just simply wouldn't happen because the repercussions the social repercussions the attacks on the media from the gay lobby would be so extreme businesses have been you know chilled into that and if you were fired for being gay you come out you'd come out on top you would get a better job you have job offers coming your way everywhere we won america loves gay people we don't need there's this narrative of discrimination is complete phooey and we don't need more laws to try to protect people where they're not necessary they've they've already these problems have already been solved on their own naturally and organically within american society. still a significant minority of americans oppose the rights that are not believe we

should be treated equally they oppose same sex marriage they oppose anti discrimination laws there is still an issue to be force and if you are gay they lived through the last 5 decades like i have and seen your friends murdered murdered because their sexuality by homophobic monsters seen people lose their jobs be evicted from their homes had their children taken away from them by the courts you would not be talking so lightly and i ask you to reflect on what you said and acknowledge the real pain and suffering that l g b t know ricans are faced and also other minorities. women and so many years. now i'm openly gay i'm not a closet for 20 years yeah things are bad at one time they've solved themselves so what are you so unhappy about. the battles over. it feels like clearly we're quite clear with this incident that happened with this

particular man the battle is not over there are some people who are prepared to go to violent ends to dehumanize our community to express their opposition to our community and there is a setback if that if that man has succeeded in burning if that man succeeded in burning down the strip club many people not gay people were many people would have been killed. gentleman do apologize well i don't object to this i think it's a straight circle but just because we have run outside blogs that i was i just want to say thank you to you both because it was a refreshing and i think very light and conversation really appreciate you both you come to be shin's human rights activist peter tatchell journalist chadwick moore thank you guys. and that wraps it up on the back with more on our top stories and often i see them.