moscow rings in the new year and the new decade fireworks bright lights and cheering crowds in the streets of russia's capital welcome 2020. and as all review of the key events that shaped 29000 continues we shed some light on the impeachment saga. meanwhile hundreds attempt to storm the u.s. embassy in baghdad after last week's deadly american airstrikes on iraq diplomatic staff including the bastard have reportedly been evacuated from the compound.

live from moscow where it's just past 4 in the morning you're watching r.t. international a happy new year from all of us here. now a new decade has indeed begun here in moscow we had to 2020 just a few hours ago and the celebration is in full swing but let's take a look at how it was done in other parts of the world. the. i. keep cool. keep. keep keep. all to see how moscow brought in the new decade has all

correspondence ask it take it right in the heart of the russian capital. i'm quite literally standing underneath the fire walk in the ferry center i've got to basel is right behind you can hear the crowds going wild and then to my boy i've got this tower and just a couple of moments ago we had the much anticipated 12 midnight chimes from the tower that's the most famous clock tower within the kremlin's walls and it's really become the face of the symbol of new year here in russia so 2025 is officially upon us just now you saw on your screens of course the spectacular fireworks display that was just erupting right in front of my eyes over the river musk and all across the night's sky they launched this year a record 35000 solvers from 11 locations were actually right next to one of the locations and that was all of course to ensure that we had the most spectacular the race unbeatable performance of night and color and of sounds that no one down here

was left disappointed and if the reaction of that crowd just below us is anything to go by it all lived up to the height of the people and are out in force today that way from spock is that singing that dancing the hugging strange as i can see there of course popping champagne not even the rain could dampen this crowd spirit and unfortunately yes we did have rain we do woman december and 133 years and it was so dire in fact that look were forced out to bring in some artificial snow to some of the decorations in the center of the way it's very clear that all these party goers are going to be out and about as well into the early hours of the morning they're going to be round soaking up the atmosphere and taking advantage of everything that is on offer in my goodness is there a lot from carousels to concepts from ice skating to food markets and soft hold of all the bees to stroll through a fairytale moscow that's been decked out with dazzling decorations and light

displays. nothing of course more tasking than the tree in front of the crowd and at the far end of red square it towers above us this year at 22 meters high it's weighed down by an astonishing 3 and a half 1000 decorations and to top it all off the house overlooking 3 kilometers of light snaking the way it's all the way up to the star at the top and it's precisely this magical 5 that moscow has at this time of year that brings in on average 5000000 people to the capital in the holiday week many of them do of course choose to flock to the epicenter that is red square and you really can't blame them because a russian saying goes that if you see in the new year here on red square you're in for a year of good luck and who would want to pass up on that i would have met those somehow probably opted for coziness and wool over a party along the kremlin walls and i'll be home gathered with family and friends

can champagne glasses feasting on traditional new year's dishes and of course exchanging gifts and tonight all across russia children will be looking out their windows and awaiting eagerly a visit from jet models who is russia's father christmas here in moscow one of the last to welcome 2020 with open arms russia has 11 time zones across how fast territory in the far east things appropriately winding down but not here hit the parties are just getting started so from myself from the thousands of residents here in the very beating heart of mother russia welcome to a new year welcome to a new decade let's hope these twenty's are as rewarding as the last. well now that with them in 2020 we can take a minute moment to look back at some of the key events that shaped 2019.

so let's see what else dominated. headlines during 2019 streets of rage disrupt in chief and miracles happen let's look at the top one of these 1st streets of rage what do you think you might find here of course yellow vests hong kong latin america of course protests because street protests gripped cities all over the world and chief among them was probably paris in fact the whole of france it seems was affected by a kind of yellow fever so let's take a look at that an image here of yes there's the yellow vests themselves dubinsky reports on the protest movement shook things up every weekend last year. as 29000 winds up in front since that time move reflection was a good g.a.a. what gifts did it bring well there were plenty from the government but many seemed to go down like a lead balloon and people took to the streets time and time again. yes

we all know the french all famous for striking protesting but in 2019 it felt like that there was something picking at old wounds its theme of a year with home going protests and into professional strikes throughout the year one protest movement stood out every saturday without fail the yellow vests took to the streets. a movement in 2018 but it left a small cone 2019 the yellow vests home to change in the social fabric confronts

they've charged to the streets in anger of what they see as being a hugely unequal country with a growing divide between the rich and the pool mccaughan had given them concessions but they were rejected week after week the yellow vests and the police clashed thousands on both sides injured. then you say well the climate strikes led by phone says use they took to the streets to decry the country more so doing enough to join the freud a city just strikes president michael was incensed and demanded that they take that

action elsewhere. every friday to save the planet is burning that's nice but that is not the problem people should go protest in poland help me move those i cannot push forward. and of course ending the year has been the big one and nationwide strike against pension reform. the public transport strike has brought most of the country to a standstill i don't know what sparked it was the plan was to merge 42 different pension schemes into a universal points based system and if you know anything about the french use to mess with that we're toying with it so as $2100.00 to

a close there was only one question to ask those who take into the streets would not call me after all the unwanted gifts he presented to the french this year be all full that christmas is naughty or nice list he is a naughty child that's for sure and i hope he will not have any presents from father christmas so i think that it's father winter who is coming to see him i know i think someone should tell micron that father christmas doesn't exist at all as if he was a child i am not sure that he would have a lot of presents this year because he has not been very wise he did not listen to his people but his duty. no t.v. no t.v. is not nice to see and i think that he will be deprived of gifts this year and also next year. well moving on to some other key events from the year that was not see what disruptive in chief has in store for us but you can guess who this is of course 29000 was a year old trump making the headlines so let's take

a look at impeachment and he's even been impeached of course which doesn't seem to be both bring him too much hope and explains how the house of representatives votes in favor of trump's impeachment may not have had the effect the democratic party wanted. president dr slamming house speaker nancy pelosi says of the lady she wrote about and she. said for you to see it so are you sick and tired of it yet every single day there's a fresh delusion of stories about donald trump and his impeachment not just in the usa but around the world increasingly it seems like the u.s. public is suffering from what could be described as impeachment fatigue. so why are people getting bored and tired over something that could be

a dramatic saga the democrats attempt to bring down the american president well it could be that donald trump has already been investigated and exonerated over russia collusion a rise today mr speaker to call for the impeachment of the president of the united states of america we're talking about a president who fired the f.b.i. director who was investigating the president for his connections to russian involvement in the presidential election the public breathed a sigh of relief thought it was all over but then it got going again it didn't work with russia so now it's ukraine. the president has admitted to asking the president ukraine to take actions which. benefit him politically therefore today i'm announcing the house of representatives moving forward with an official impeachment inquiry now once the ukraine stuff got going it got to be

a little bit long winded the witnesses repeated the same facts over and over and over again and democrats warned that it could be a long process there is no limit on the number of times the senate can vote. or not a president no limit to the number of times the house can vote to impeach or not a president if the senate doesn't vote to convict trump or tries to monkey with his trial he could of course be retried in the new senate should he win reelection and repeating yourself over and over again is a sure fire way of becoming popular no one is above the law and that includes the president of the united states in pietschmann is the way we establish that this man will not be permitted to break the law over and over without consequences if we don't reckon with president trump's persistent transgressions the very foundation

of this great republic is at risk now polls show the us public would prefer congress actually address some of the problems facing the country not spend their time squabbling with the white house those who said times of democrats petty politics and basis we chant what i'm hearing out in the street with most people lose their kind of tire they're kind of worn out they're kind of bored you know folks and they really want to move on unless there's something new and amazing we know the game they're out to do tune in for the last hearing of the impeachment extravaganza mainstream media seems to give the impression that the whole country is watching the impeachment hearings but in reality they aren't viewership of the 1st impeachment hearing was roughly 13800000 do the math that's about. 5 percent of the u.s. public now when richard nixon was facing impeachment hearings decades ago roughly 71 percent of american citizens tuned in big difference so we decided to talk to

new yorkers and see how excited they are about the impeachment process referring to i don't don't look at it the more it's because the same old thing i know i'm not i think it's an important story and if he had a personal moment of our history wasting valuable time nothing is getting done i don't need to go through every single process of our trying to watch some of it on this drudge but then again i've been watching bits and pieces and list with some surrounding information about it it's enough for ready it's not going anywhere and nothing is going to come out of this a way the president's going to be removed and you know people want the country to get on with the business at hand that needs to be addressed and i'm pretty sure it's bogus as 2020 rolls around americans are unsure of what the new year will bring however one thing does seem to be pretty clear there will be plenty of congressional hearings and senate debates on capitol hill whether the us public is

interested in them or not they will pop and r.t. new york. now let's turn to something a little bit more feel good show even try miracles happen if they'll let us have a look at that yeah ok so fields of dreams see what this is. of course this one was from last year it's about inspiration it's about professionalism bravery and a little bit of luck a bird strike caused a year our alliance flight to crash land in a cornfield outside moscow terrifying and dramatic of course but everyone on board survived. were. see.

if i may have a. look at the teacher still sell it because. the time. there was no panic on board even though the london was rough the pilot did a great job he landed the plane really captures to tell us please how do you feel now did you hurt to let. you know it's better than if i was there lying on the field so everything is rather good the landing was good the file is did a great job landed the plane on its belly everything is fine.

but to me to call the engines became unstable 1st the next one and then the right one usually simulate the situations when one or 2 engines out despite all i want for the plane was going down realized that we didn't have much time just one or 2 minutes to make a decision. well 29 he was a year of extraordinary variety both good and bad and all video agency ruptly was right across it all. my. belief that a. everything about.

it doesn't really feel like we're being impeached. now tony says news the day hundreds of iraqis have demonstrated the anger outside the u.s. embassy in baghdad threatening to storm the compound will be back with details after this short break. lead.

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some headline news now u.s. president trump says that iran will pay a very big price for violence directed at the american embassy in iraq hundreds of iraqis have attempted to storm the diplomatic mission in baghdad with some of the protesters starting a fire that washington has decided to redeploy $100.00 marines from kuwait to reinforce the embassy there deployment is said to be approved by the iraqi security forces and the pentagon has also announced that in response to increased threat levels it will send $750.00 more soldiers to the middle east. was. that. was. me and my colleague you know neal discussed the situation with our middle east

correspondent paula slayer and michele greenstein from the america. paula let's go to you 1st the protests there they show little signs of relenting what do we know about today's over full circle at this stage they show no sign of dissipating we know and we've received reports that the american embassy staff including the ambassador have been evacuated from the compound but these reports come as we continue to hear that iraqi security forces are firing tear gas on the crowds to try and get them to disperse now many of the people there who are attending one of several funerals that was organized on tuesday for some of the victims of sunday's american airstrikes and as you mentioned the situation at the moment is far from being under control earlier the american ambassador was summoned for an explanation of the american strikes that targeted some 5 sites belonging to the cut hizbullah armed groups now this is a group that he emerged after the american invasion of iraq in recent times it has

repeatedly been involved in attacks against american forces it is also one of the main shia groups that has been fighting islamic state in syria and in iraq now according to the americans the sunday air strike was carried out in the television for bomb for bomb attack on its base in quetta cook during which one american contractor was killed as of yet there's been no confirmation for that attack but the pentagon insists that the hizbollah group was behind it now the iraqi prime minister has slammed these strikes closely on what happened yesterday was clear aggression it was not right and we tried to stop it with the u.s. in soused very unfortunately this thing happened to this was a very dangerous matter and to discuss it face to face with the responsible parties not only by phone but he said the decision has been made and i am informing you of this now the protests began on sunday night after the american strikes when

hundreds of people took to the streets of baghdad condemning the americans and. at the same time expressing support for the militia a boon to many can add israeli flags that were chanting slogans such as down with america and no 2 america ok well let's cross to michele greene who is in washington d.c. for some of the reaction from the u.s. michele what have we been hearing there well for one thing we have u.s. president donald trump insisting that iran is orchestrating this attack on the on the embassy in baghdad we also have senator marco rubio who doubted the theory that the u.s. in any way brought this attack on the embassy upon themselves take a listen room killed an american contractor. we strongly responded in ways we'll know iran is orchestrating an attack on the u.s. embassy in iraq they will be held fully responsible in addition we expect iraq to use its forces to see and. iran is directly responsible for orchestrating the

storming of the u.s. embassy in iraq and must be held accountable for it and the safety of every american serving there now we also have the state department special representative for iran brian hook emphasizing that sunday's air strike was just a defensive action take a listen one of the things that we want to emphasize is that this was a defensive action that was designed to protect american forces and american citizens in iraq we're also working on the mission of restoring to terence against iranian aggression now in terms of a response from the u.s. press we have the washington post bureau chief for iraq to syria and lebanon explained to her readers that the embassy had been stormed not by the iraqi people but by qatar even hezbollah supporters and we also had c.n.n. anchor jake tapper retreat and analysis by former national security advisor to the top administration john bolton in which he declared the demonstrations as a sign of iranian control over militia groups not a sign of a rocky anti americanism and this is all of course despite the crowd outside the us

. shouting down down usa. well we also expect a solid to be a member of the book baghdad security committee he says the u.s. is creating a war on iraq the soil that will affect the country's relations i don't know what's iran got to do with this this iraq is soldiers iraqi personnel were killed the iraqi people walked into the international zone with anger for the loss of their brother the loss of their soldiers so i don't know why the americans assisting to move the battlefield from iraq into iraq. creating a proxy war in iraq use oil which has no reason and no need for it if there is a problem between the united states of america between the united states and iran they might as well take between themselves why involving iraq and why attack iraq

soldiers in retaliation to 2 iranian policy this is something that there is no need for it it will definitely lead to deterioration of diplomatic relationship between iraq and iraq to states and would definitely effect the presence of american soldiers american fighting forces here in iraq. well that is your update and i'll be back here with the rest of the team at the top of the out to bring you more news from around the world happy new year. makes.

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hello and welcome to crossfire for all things considered i'm peter lavelle on this edition of crossfire we answer questions sent to us by you the viewers we received quite a few questions here we do our best to answer some of them. cross talking fan mail i'm joined by my guest robert bridge he's in our web site writer we also have dimitri bobbitt she is a political analyst and editor at interest me internet media project and in london we cross to marcus papadopoulos he's the editor of politics 1st magazine or a gentleman cross-talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate we got a lot of questions sent to us we're not going to be able to answer them all but i'll get the worst one out of the way and go to marcus 1st of this year ok we.