u.s. presidential hopeful bernie sanders surges in the polls. despite overwhelming. media coverage. with mainland china to control the spread of the virus we hear from a journalist in the chinese to be of which is feeling the brunt of the epidemic. even the potential human to human transmission there's no public transportation in the epicenter of the corner shop in malls restaurants and cinemas. in this period closed. the deal of the century for israel and palestine is rejected by dozens of muslim nations the organization of islamic

cooperation. live from our international news center this is r t pleasure of your company my names you know and we'll. monday marks the beginning of the road to the white house for us democrats candidates are readying to do battle in the state of iowa caucus vote proven influential in deciding who runs for president that counter this for a shot at the oval office socialist bernie sanders is leading the way in terms of donors and there's no joint from warner in the polls and the iowa caucus is the start of the primaries and usually a litmus test for what is to come bill and hillary clinton went all from victory in iowa to run as the democrats counter that is that barack obama on the head of the

vote later this monday let's take a look at what the latest polls indicate outsider bernie some a surprising lead with former vice president joe biden who's leaving behind the other centrist hopefuls there are reports though why washington might be worried of a son district 3. the iowa caucuses are upon us and monday as the 1st primary contest takes place and jaws are dropping because the front runner isn't one of the sexy centrists favored by the d.n.c. but an elderly socialist from vermont too is technically not even a democrat but a registered independent can't imagine any woman watching last night and saying i believe bernie i think people believe it was running bernie sanders against trump would be an act of insanity so to have him just flat out say no i think wasn't it wasn't nearly enough to address that for the women watching bernie can't win

according to the new york times bernie sanders is surging ahead because he has an enthusiastic base of supporters who are attracted to his left of center agenda mr saunders insurance and his apparent roys in the earliest primary and caucus states reflects both the loyalty of his cool supporters and their conviction that mr saunders would bring the same fighting resilience to the general election. even now as mr saunders takes the lead in the 1st 2 states he's opponents have not delivered a sustained argument against his candidacy and remain reluctant to take him home bernie sanders describes himself as a democratic socialist and socialism is supposed to be a dirty word in the united states but not so much anymore polls show that younger people are not so hostile to the term and are far more critical of free market policies and austerity c.n.n. is certainly no fan of bernie sanders a paid contributor is even happy to admit it i hope that my network's clear bias against bernie sanders will convince

a distance of only ideologies that corporate media figures overwhelmingly for so you can journalism in favor of blatant activism oddly president trump has had mixed things to say about the front runner in the rival party which bernie well. it will be interesting to see how i think what happened to bertie. was that so nice i think he was taken advantage of he ran great 4 years ago. and he was not treated with respect by clinton those wounds from 2016 are certainly open and sore among bernie's core supporters leaked e-mails revealed that the d.n.c. was working overtime to deprive him of the nomination it's not just those mainstream t.v. networks or the leaders of the democratic party this former assistant director of the f.b.i. actually admitted that for years this federal agency actually worked to keep people like bystanders from taking office the electorate in some places is putting more

and more progress since and self described socialist in positions one of the missions of the f.b.i. in its counterintelligence efforts was to try and keep these people out of government he wasn't joking either the f.b.i. is cointelpro program to isolate left wing groups and keep them from gaining any influence one radical group called the socialist workers party actually sued the. f.b.i. and spent a decade in court proving that their rights were violated court proceedings revealed that the f.b.i. had planted fake news stories infiltrated the organization broken into offices and even had members arrested on false charges all in the hopes of weakening the socialists at the ballot box bernie sanders was at one point a registered elector for the socialist workers party he campaigned for them amid the harassment and legal battles so it's pretty safe to say the f.b.i. has been on d.m. for some time with so much working against him bernie sanders seems to be pulling ahead getting more donations than any other candidate and his rallies are packed

full of young people who are attracted to his message of cancelling student debt and guaranteeing health care with a 2020 primaries in full swing many observers are asking themselves can bernie sanders really pull this off mop and r.t. new york. will a storm of speculation is brewing online over the consolation of a highly regarded poll in the iowa caucus supporters of bernie sanders are claiming the results were suppressed because they're coming was doing too well the des moines register poll has been published for the past 76 years it's considered a solid predictor of success ahead of the state caucus c.n.n. which publishes the results said at least one interviewer accidentally omitted a question and counted the pieces but to judge but sunder supporters said they suspect. bernie sanders is winning iowa and the des moines register not releasing their poll tonight over one poll hooter's concern proves

that they don't want to show how much bernie was winning and this was the easy way out. the poll that really matters is the des moines register a c.n.n. poll that they decided not to release an hour before there was supposed to be keeping in mind d.m. are indorsed warren and c.n.n. is openly and sunders l.o.l. des moines register trying to help the democrats make burn sanders go away but we spoke with peace activist sergio culture again solomon committee all the host of the radio show your world news they give us their views on the story. with such a a a gold standard if you will you know poll this highly coveted and. how they accounted for that it was a simple mistake that you know there should be an easy and easy fix to that that you wouldn't just kind of throw out entire whole 'd over one you know one little era it was something much much deeper than i think it i think i really think it has

to do with a lot with the indications in terms of seeing the number of people that were started to swell and swell towards the sanders campaign in iowa and i think that this was very kind of imagination behind behind the scenes to try to slow down you know whatever moments of the standards campaign they saw picking up where this lino the power of the media and the way media has been. portraying the selection and obviously specifically bernie sanders everything that they've been trying to throw at bernie sanders to try and push away from him as more awareness of how the system works and the fact that the system doesn't work the turnouts at the rallies the number of people making phone calls the number of people knocking on the doors is you know letting this test for for actually not being scared for understanding that it's even more important now to have someone like bernie sanders in the office so

so that social movements and different organizations can get a lot more done in our communities. well while a primaries fire up in the u.s. you tube has entered the crusade against the spread of false information during the election the video sharing site which is owned by google has just released a new package of rules it hopes will protect candidates in the voting process. over the last few years we've increased our efforts to make youtube a more reliable source for news and information as well as an open platform for healthy political discourse among the new regulations you tube is going to content which could mislead voters by digital manipulation that also goes for all users which pretend to be another person or from another channel enough to reveal their country of origin and any connection to a government if they have one i spoke to journalist and commentator chadwick more

things that you chew both pick its own favorites to be heard. they said that they're going to specifically promote a torrent. of voices which is an authoritarian thing to do what they mean by that is the corporate media right to be so stupid or are so blindly corrupt and biased that they don't seem to understand that there is no such thing as an unbiased news source and there never has been so what is misinformation one party looking at one new source is another is misinformation or another right now that's why c.n.n. either often very much invent stories or the main cries to get c.n.n. calling the big news is the level to which they leave out intentionally leave out information they way they cheer 8 stories to present a certain narrative well that's what everyone does it's written on both sides of the of the spectrum guys you to be saying they're going to decide who's narrative they like best and promote those voices and squash the other ones that's the really terrifying part of all of this. right let's turn the program to asia where with

fears continuing to grow over the spread of the coronavirus hong kong has tightened border controls with china a low stop short of banning all travel to from the mainland the city's chief executive the following advice for the territory's inhabitants. like the i strongly advise home car is a defense to friend from going to places where there is an outbreak including the mainland unless it's absolutely necessary. based journalist where they quote a virus was 1st recorded gave us a rare glimpse into how the chinese city is coping with the spread of the disease. given the potential human to human transmission there's no public transportation in the epicenter of the coronavirus the city is situated by younes a river near where i'm standing and locals may take us ferries from one side to the other side and commute by buses taxis and subways then and we can read

a notice saying at a stop each of the ferry and at $950.00 on january 23rd in there is no definite for the recovery who has health authorities has issued a travel ban to album tourist groups and vehicles entering and leaving the city will be subject to checkpoints where the temperature of passengers will also be monitored there has been no outdoor entertainment over the chinese new year which is absolutely unprecedented of the traditional holiday was extended by a week that many non essential sectors have now prolonged the holidays even further shopping malls restaurants and cinemas that orginally b.z. during this period all closed but it's a very different story for hospitals here where medical staff have been working around the clock and are in dire need of resources over the past week we've seen 60 medical teams from across the country featuring 6000 personnel arrive in the city

this includes teams dispatched from the military the dell the actual head says china is setting a new benchmark in its response to the outbreak he praised the speed with which china detected the outbreak isolated the virus sequenced the genome and shared it with the organization. well we've also seen a considerable hot international airliners fly into will harm you as airports both in china and in about 70 countries have introduced measures to restrict travelers from the city and this all comes despite opposing travel restrictions among the patients i interviewed a nurse who was effective with the current of ours during her work and she has now recovered and will go back to work soon another nurse i spoke to quarantine herself for a week meaning she was unable to breastfeed her 6 month old son fortunately her husband was able to contact breast milk donors through social media and after

receiving support the men said he felt there is power in unity and love so amid the crisis there are still touching moments in the virus city. it's another story with potentially lots of roll of occasions rushes defense ministry ses the turkish forces a failed to conduct joint patrols in northern syria it comes after a spike in violence on monday which saw 8 turkish soldiers killed in a province recording this explainer earlier double quarter. well the russian reconciliation center in syria is reporting that turkish forces didn't show up to their joint patrols in the deescalation zone these patrols represent a key part of the agreement between turkey and russia that maintains a fragile peace in the region and anchor his decision not to link up with russian forces there represents a dangerous escalation there this comes after the turkish defense ministry claimed

its armed forces killed over 17 syrian government troops in an attack on the province and president has had this to say about it. we said it's no longer possible and we responded appropriately with or artillery bombardments we are making them be than its price and we'll continue to do so now i can as offensive was a response to the deaths of a number of turkish troops which were part of a military convoy that traveled through the border into it early on monday this military convoy almost immediately came under artillery fire from syrian government troops which are currently engaged in a renewed offensive against the last militant stronghold in the country in italy but turkey's president actually says that this military campaign is a violation of the cease fire they have with the country now the russian reconciliation center says that turkish incursion into it came without any warning

and that actually they didn't carry out any strikes against syrian government still a sions let alone kill any syrian government troops so we have 2 quite different versions of events from russia and turkey a possible escalation in the region it libya is most likely where the major powers involved in this conflict will either make or break piece. it just furthering the political analysts say it is extremely hard to pin down turkey's intentions in syria. thing that comes to mind is that they want to undermine the peace process but i don't want to or all come to discover who should be year 63 really difficult to our see what is the plan or what are the corporate berber says the changes. are expected being scared to change their mood can change of. in 5 minutes one hour from turkey directly is impossible it would cause tens of

thousands. of lives russia actually it's using. a very patient very diplomatic. approach there will be talks on the highest level because it's. against the interests of. russia too to escalate the confrontation in syria. donald trump self-proclaimed deal of the century which was meant to be a solution to the israeli palestinian conflict is now facing rejection from islamic countries the organization of islamic cooperation which has $57.00 member nations seems it will not support the u.s. proposal to palestinian journalist rami on the gory explained. the plan by by us a president do not run doesn't look for doesn't look good for people that concern to be accepted as the organization of islamic creation rejected this

a plan the organization of islamic cooperation calls on all member states not in gauge with this plan were to cooperate with the us administration in implementing it in any form the planned rejection came 2 days after the legal therapist 18 carol can rejected the same plan calling a describing good that does not meet the minimum rights of the palestinian people iran which. was not being allowed to take part in this meeting of the corporation organization had to blame the studio arabia the government of saudi arabia has prevented the iranian delegation from participating in the meeting to examine the deal of the century plan at the headquarters of the organization of islamic cooperation regarding the plan itself that was presented by the president the trump does giving the israeli severity over. security

control over the palestinian territories and it allows israel to lintian civility exclusive civility over jerusalem within what is what the united states says undivided capital of israel which is jerusalem actually the plan also gives israel the upper hand in controlling the security of the of the palestinians in these in the palestinian territories and also gives and offers palestinians a package of $50000000000.00 u.s. dollars for the investment at the grassroots level palestinians including factions political factions also rejected the plan and accusing them of illustration of being. in favor of the israeli state so a very strong message not only to israel but also to mr crump on the united states administration very very late palestinian very very paranoid which

in slave meant of palestinians in a system of apartheid and racial discrimination is not going to work when 1500000000 people who are. residents of the 157 islamic countries that projected the plan i think of american israeli position as isolated and i think decisions of the islamic countries as well as the arab league. it's very crucial and very important then a plan will not work but what has happened gives us an opportunity as palestinians to explain to the whole world the negative of the palestinian issue the fact that we are a people struggling for their freedom for justice put independence for some of that of the nation we've just simply struggling for what other peoples have come up to be denying that right. european union funds are being

harvested by unexpected source of investigation us claim the solian mafia has been defrauding the block of millions of bureau through farm subsidies charlotta been scale looks into the more 21st century tactics. drugs it may be officially done and dusted but for the even the headache of trying to balance its books without the u. case contribution is only just beginning now one area that has been earmarked is farm subsidies to support agriculture and livestock breeding at a cost of around $60000000000.00 euro every year it's the biggest expense for the e.u. and while farmers are up in arms at the me hint there subsidies could be about to change it seems the eve has been accidently blowing the budget for the last decade not on full most but would you believe it home the mafia.

example in a farmer who's also a neighbor asked me to lease out my land to him that for him to obtain e.u. community funds and to greece's flock oversleep i replied no a week later the house you see behind me was heavily damaged by aston. wanted to bring about an eco village community a landowner an elderly gentleman loaned us some land in redox so one evening identified people sneaked onto the property and cut all the beams on the roof making it unfit for use then they destroyed the whole property by setting everything on fire we kind of join the dots together and realized that we were being targeted by the mafia they were interested in our land because farmers receive money based on the amount of land they hold so the more land you have the

more you can ask for european funds. the problem was so bad at times honest farmers stopped a bidding finning land giving the mafia clans free reign to suck up any other land could be used to claim subsidies and as e.u. subsidies are based on possession of land rather than what's produced on the land there was no need for the mafia to do anything but to sit back and count the money so much the clowns could rent land for next to nothing and claim subsidies at a much higher rate ok so you think surely some technocratic easily visit the farms and castle know what's going on right. local authority should develop their own systematic reviews to check up on european funds besides the judicial one currently this review is carried out only on paper but actually there

are not any real checks on the funds and whether they arrive in the territory. in some cases the forward was a brazen applications were made for land and not by the applicant of those who were made for people who were not even a lawyer and although the scam has not been unveiled with $94.00 arrests so far only 2 mafia families have been implicated the problem could be much worse it's also clear that this type before does not restrict it to just sicily in italy similar claims about mafia gangs fleecing the e.u. 3 made in slovakia and romania it's thought these investigations in sicily could now lead to changes elsewhere in the e.u. but many will be questioning why it's taken so long for this type of fraud to be unearthed and why the e.u. has been allowing itself to be milked for so long. r.t. paris ok time and moment for some more great programs here in 247 r.t.

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this winter's presidential elections coming up on the show is the choice anti imperialism buses b. and c. endless war we are scrapper an activist brother ali and we are scotty host and the x. trump surrogate scottie nell hughes which candidate computes trump a run for his money plus away from alleged k.-street political puppets in the usa who is taking back control in bars johnson's post writes in britain we ask them all b.s. how to really pull the strings a visible prosy only a symbol coming up at today's going underground but 1st while the left here in britain despair as of the post corbin labor party socialists in the usa are looking hopefully to tonight's iowa caucus where lifelong anti-imperialist democrat contender bernie sanders looks to win a presidential nomination against war change a democrat hawk joe biden one man who has seen the power of the insurgents and as campaign firsthand is rapper and activist brother ali he opened for the senator at

a recent sonders rally and he joins me now from minneapolis thanks so much brother ali for coming on you support saunders i know there are other candidates that are available aside from even biden the fact is that it lost the last iowa caucus 2016 that he lost to hillary clinton clinton saying just in the past few days is it that nobody likes him nobody wants to work with him and in fact the candidate you want to win let alone 2 nights i would call because but you want to win the white house he claims to represent everyday american workers and that claim is baloney 1st of all i'm very happy to be with you been a fan of artsy for a long time you know i think. you know senator clinton's critique of bernie sanders is couldn't be further from the truth the reality is that he doesn't play the same game of speaking in soundbites. you know and in many ways he kind of reminds me of underground artists and like myself who don't craft.