keeps ticking no final result for the 1st democratic party caucus of the 2020 election season has been marred by. calls. for results. also coming in germany where the ruling centrist party. right wing alternative. premier. french sport is rock. former champion figure publishes rape allegations against her. 50.

just a few moments into a brand new day here and. it's been almost 2 days since u.s. democratic party faithful. a result of the iowa caucus but still only 75 percent of precincts giving. a narrow lead of 27 percent but the party has been reeling from glitches in its new which was meant to deliver results. of a nightmare scenario and if so what do you do about it these are probably the most prepared we've ever been as a party for these caucuses and we've run through a few different scenarios but i can tell you we're ready. i'd settle for a race and at the end the prize is becoming the presidential nominee and that the finish line. then wait to find out who won. it's precinct

caucus results started coming in the iowa democratic party ran them through an accuracy and quality check it became clear that they were in consistencies with reports the underlying cause of these in consistencies was not immediately clear and required investigation which took time this is an embarrassment all they had to do was count of votes the polling stations counted the votes all they had to do was add together the tallies what a 10 year old could do in a calculator the democratic party couldn't the party is saying on one hand we had inconsistences with the data then they say oh but the data is fine and it wasn't a problem with the app so that won't what was a problem with because we also know 'd this take the app aside and say ok the absa failure didn't work you had precinct chairs who were calling back to the democratic headquarters last night some of them on the phone for 2 hours on hold waiting to

call in and say one of these guys only had 6 people at his caucus site is not enough to give 6 votes on caucus votes over to the headquarters and he's on hold for 2 hours and can't get anybody this mess was caused by a new app designed to speed up vote counting made by a secretive company called shadow inc that i suppose was the 1st clue who contracts a company called shadow to build an open transparent voting app democrats the people who shouted loudest about russia threatening american elections that breaking news russian hackers tried to hack wisconsin's election system russia's hacked into a lot of things russian hackers the kremlin clan certainly looks like they're at it again and with an eye towards helping this president to combat strums popularity democrats created 2 organizations acronym and paquin him to flood the internet and

t.v. with. anti trump and anti russian propaganda trump spent $10000000.00 on a commercial for tonight's super bowl we fixed it for him a new president trying to stealing our veterans setting isis prisoners losing don't they we can fight ladies and gentlemen the worst is yet. here comes the incompetence part these groups a packed with people who ran and sank hillary clinton's campaign including shadow inc founded by a former clinton campaign manager they've spend fortunes and amateur propaganda and apps that don't work all that. money the efforts just to see trump have the last laugh. when will a democrat stop blaming russia russia russia instead of their own incompetence for the voting disaster that just happened in the great state of iowa it's sad. all the

complaining and moaning about how russians were out to ruin american elections most of the russians that did it it was the democrats their paranoia and competence they turned liberals and democrats against each other screaming and shouting accusing each other of foul play of russia could never do the democrats did we've heard the people who are responsible for this catastrophe in iowa the democratic establishment claim that it was russia's intention to undermine integrity in our voting systems in our election process the question is who really threatens us elections and now i think a lot of voters within the democratic party are finally seeing what the real threat is and it's with it's within the heart of the democratic party establishment the more that we talk about the reality of our election systems the more this russia

gate hysteria just begins to fall on deaf ears and voters particularly younger voters who are social media savvy reject it angrily. well within the next hour the u.s. senate will vote on whether to convict president trump in his impeachment trial there are 2 articles against the president abuse of power of obstruction of congress but despite the high drama the result is seen as a foregone conclusion the senate is controlled by republicans so donald trump will almost certainly be acquitted legal analyst jennifer the muster believes acquitting the president is the only lawful position. any single senator no matter what political party they're on that it has a background in the law or as an attorney or any knowledge of the law is the history and could understand what donald trump's legal team the arguments they are making could not vote to convict donald trump on any of these impeachment charges

there were there were not facts it is not only completely unconstitutional but the precedent that it would it lay for future presidents i mean you would just see a continual back and forth of congress taking out poll politicians they don't like from the presidency it would completely undermine the american democratic system so we hope to see today a bipartisan vote that means some democrats whoever that would vote to acquit because there were not enough facts to show impeachable offenses. well live pictures right now from the u.s. congress where the votes on whether to impeach the american president just be gone we are following the process for newsroom are listening closely to what's on the folding any and all they go up dates we'll keep you updated. to europe where there's been a big political shock in germany a temporary political alliance has been formed in the state of thuringia with the

ruling centrist party and right wing politicians joining forces to ice their regional left wing premier it defies repeated declarations by the ruling party controls germany that they would not work with the far right have been saying that for quite some time speaking to me earlier with the main details for your correspondent peter all of. it's not often we're talking about drama in german politics but it's fair to say that it's been shaken to its very core by the election of the new state premier in danger well this is the far right and t. immigration party alternative for germany essentially played the role of king maker . the free democratic party candidate thomas kennedy will be the new state premier it's worth noting his party only picked up 5 seats in the election that was held back in october of last year but with the backing of a day along with people all members of the christian democratic union angler

merkel's party he was able to win the election in the in the state parliament by just one solitary vote well it's been described by the outgoing state premier who lost the election he's the representative of the left party as they discuss charade in fact the left party going on to slam the free democrats saying that they've essentially cheve power by. joining forces with fascists the christian democratic union as i mentioned until americans party well their party leader callum bauer who is widely tipped as a potential to successor to mrs merkel as chancellor of germany has said that their local party representatives acted without the authority of central office this is not a good day this is not a good day for touring this is not a good day for the political system in germany but what this is dawn is it sparked

protests across germany including here in the german capital impromptu demonstrations outside of the free democratic party headquarters some very angry scenes there is they came out to slam the f. f. to appear for what many see as breaking one of the most. in german politics of doing it deal or getting into bed with a day of their party leader christie unlimber was speaking to the press saying well toss certainly doing his best to distance himself from alternative for germany you want to. support comes as a surprise because it is not motivated by an agreement on substance but purely tactical the f.t.p. does not negotiate or cooperate with the d. there is no basis for cooperation you do not support the goals and values of that party thomas kerik although accepting the vote of their representatives has said

that he won't be entering into any type of coalition government talks with alternative for germany but it's worth noting just how serious this is being taken here without war and see a figure from within the christian democratic union describe the free democrats as having played with fire and set all of politics in germany a place. let's cross live now to the german city of hamburg where beyond tells us only a member of germany's left party joins us welcome why do you think the the christian democrats the ruling party were willing to go against their own promise and cooperate with alternative for germany crucial vote. that is a good question i cannot i cannot answer for the position of the. c.d.u. i think it even the main party had of the christian democrats in berlin not

really know what made their party fellows and act this way because it poses a great danger for the role of the christian democrats as the ruling party and the paci that is always has been the right wing party in reserve to take over and has been in power for well off of the last century so their criticism of the radical right wing a of the party has always been they cannot be trusted with power and now they have themselves elected the same candidate. and they have allowed a if the most radical faction of the age of the confection to play kingmaker in a german state election is an unprecedented day and we have thousands of people demonstrating

in the streets because they cannot believe that tasha's are once more deciding who is in power in germany we will get to those protests in just a moment but how. big a moment is this because we had f.t. co-leader alexander gall and healing the result as a sign that quote excluding the day is no longer an option do you think it's given them a nationwide boost. it certainly hass it suddenly asked because all the criticism of them as not be. trusted with coalition governments has at least for tuning has been shown to not be true apparently there has been secret negotiations between the liberal democrats and the a of d. going along the last days and leading to this unprecedented act of electing the leader of the smallest party in parliament to be. the governing the head of

this land of tooling earlier after a party member a pet or bistro gave us his views on the latest protest let's take a listen together just look at the flags on the signs of the those people who are protesting those are members of the left by the socialist party at the green party those are extreme left extremist from the anti far also. brought us. so that's what he thinks about the protest is it a fair assessment to say about there were no eggs out of europe as an essentially. so when he says that we have the loser us then you have to look at the vote tallies and it was my proxy of the left party that actually won this election and the way by which they stole the rightful government from hockey is

by instigating a coup. basically what it was illegal a lot in that you know they also say this is a democratic result. well in a down in a democratic country you have to credit to see justice and you have agreements and they stood a candidate that they didn't get the single vote to they pretended to have their own candidate but they didn't give them a single vote in the 3rd round so it was basically cheating it is a democratic result and we have to accept that but to say that it is not fair for people to go to the streets and to protest against this result and to call them sore losers it's just well. it's contributing to the outrage of those people and you have to say it's not only a left wing people it's the head of the christian democrats in berlin criticizing

their own party colleagues for what they did today so to say it's just the i'm t. 5 and the left that is that is outraged right now is a complete fabrication are you worried that this is the start of something that could happen that the left party might be marginalized if this turns into a type of success that you've got the centrists on the right wing parties and then all of a sudden you who are in the driving seat in a lot of regions maybe go down in the pecking order. well that's not my problem primary concern i think the primary concern is that the a d. has become normalized and shooting now and into doing the man in charge of the a is someone who has who has been compared by many many people to hitler himself so he's the most radical elements of the a if he and this man has now decided who will form the next government in choosing it so the situation could not be more severe for germany and the coming days will

show whether the central parties in berlin still have the authority whether aguilar merkel and. still have the authority to keep their proxy come right into going to control yet they're seeing a lot of pressure aren't they from from within their own party criticizing this move they didn't seem to have control in the regions is there going to be some sense of overhaul do you feel that the christian democrats are going to have to bear a lot of responsibility for what occurred to your party in that region. they certainly do because now is the time when the power of 5 between the factions and the christian democrats between people of marriage that i don't need come kavin by all the other contenders is coming to the forefront and now they will show in which direction the christian damaged recruits will go where they go and go on to be the

party of the center all while they strive to the right wing and go into coalitions with fascists that is the question that this party has to answer themselves and for the voters in germany thank you for your time this hour from germany's left the party speaking to us live from hamburg. thank you. sex abuse scandal in french sports scene parlous prosecutors open up an investigation after a former ice skating champion broke her silence after 30 years in her recently published book sarra a big ball accuses her ex coach of rape a claim is triggered an outpouring of support from the country's top athletes we feel the pull pulled but then fortunately not the surprised ones who the truth becomes chilling and isolated keys becomes many the monster is omnipresent hamann

his victims remain locked in a state of shame and fear how many cases could have been avoided we can no longer be silent it is time to act collectively and relies that breaking the silence also means servant sport well with the scandal growing in the wake of the claims and the reaction to it france's sports minister has them under the resignation of the figure skating federations president who herself previously made controversy statements on the issue picking apart that story for us charlotte. when a minister makes a public pronouncement you probably would hope that they had checked all of the facts just like when in 2017 france's former sports minister declared that at the height of me too there wasn't a problem in her sphere the former uk fencing champion must now be considering for laying on her sought after the latest explosive revelations of rape

by sports coaches have emerged they've been made by frances 10 times the national skating champion sara a bit in a new book she accuses her former coach year of regularly raping her in the ninety's when she was aged between 15 and 17. i was sleeping with my teddy bears and he woke me up with his torch it was a nightmare it was horrible and it still horrible today and that's why i'm talking about it as unfortunately i'm still not well i'm taking antidepressants and i'm speaking up for all the other big tims who can't speak themselves this extent 2 year old former coach admits having sex with a skater but his version of their relationship differs though my memories of the exact circumstances differ from hers i am aware that given my duties and her age at the time these relations were in any event inappropriate it's not the 1st time

questions have been raised about a year sarabeth paul says she previously spoke out against him in the us including to the then minister of sport john points while or more but was shut down while he called me back and he said to me listen to me tangibly yes we have a file on him but we are going to close our eyes let moore says he doesn't recall that conversation i do not question at all what she say's but i have no memory of this exchange above all if i have. knowing these horrors that i discovered today i would never have advised so rabbit ball to close her eyes according to the sports newspaper keep 2 investigations were carried out by a year in the early 2000 including one white sports ministry now his contract as a technical advisor was terminated following the 2nd one sara a bit but although it is not the only person making accusations 3 other former

skaters say they too were raped by their coaches including usually by ear when they were minors suggesting the problem was much deeper accusations which of either being denied or declined to be commented on questions are now being asked about the leadership in french sport with the current sports minister demanding the resignation of did you get the books of french skating along with other allegations of sex abuse in other sports many are suggesting that these revelations are just the tip of the iceberg and that france has done precious little to protect its sporting hopefuls and heroes. ski r.t. paris. the european union has sharply condemned washington's the station to ease restrictions on the use of personnel which will large the u.s. military to the ploy the weapon in conflict zones around the world. this in the

minds the global norm against on t. personal minds a norm that's to say tens of thousands of people in the past 20 years these of the weapons anywhere at any time by any act remains completely unacceptable to the european union the u.s. state department says the ban which was instituted by the obama administration puts the military at a severe disadvantage in conflicts situations that's this by the fact that well over 150 countries are signatories to in 1907 by the use of the weapon on the slopes at the feis are buried in the ground and detonate a pressure they are effectively 2 types of personnel on mines with newer varieties possessing a self-destruct function that was of the sort that donald trump sees the american military can purchase here some of the reaction we've been getting to washington's controversal decision. the trump administration's decision just adds one more layer of. fallacy to warfare and

encourages it it's very difficult to determine. what where these mines would be laid and and how they could be deactivated even though the they claim they're going to be field in a new and new type that can deactivate on its own but that's not sure i think the land mines are just terrible they they they affect civilians primarily and i don't think there's any foolproof way of developing a what i would call a smart landmine that could deactivate itself we greatly welcome the you statement today in the statement by the number of other states. which would include germany belgium netherlands that have come out and spoken very clearly condemning this decision the international campaign to ban landmines do. florus

a decision by the u.s. government this decision reverses its land mine policy the us is effectively stepping backwards from the progress it has made in putting its policy in line with mine be intreated provisions which being the production the use in the transfer of land mines and which commit states to providing assistance to mine survivors. the us navy has expanded its nuclear arsenal by deploying new low power warheads on submarines capable of launching missiles currently on patrol in the atlantic they say the decision was made in an attempt to contain russia while the pentagon claims that will lower the chances of a nuclear war russia say it's a dangerous move. department identify the requirement to modify a small number of submarine launched ballistic missile warheads to address the conclusion that potential adversaries like russia believe that employment of low

yield nuclear weapons will give them an advantage over the united states and its allies and partners this reflects the fact that the united states is lowering the nuclear threshold thereby allowing itself to conduct a limited nuclear war and ensuring its victory in any such conflict some of the main details about it the new weapon is called the w $76.00 model is a low yield thermo nuclear warhead now it's about 20 times less powerful than the earlier versions of the w $76.00 which has been in service on u.s. submarines since the cold war the trouble ministration requested the new tactic on you and they 2018 nuclear posture review we discussed the issue with security analyst and former u.k. army officer trying to bridge. it has absolutely high risk i mean on the face of it reducing the size of nuclear weapons sounds an attractive option and it should surely be welcomed by everybody the problem is this is not something it may be for commanders for the united states for example in this case deploying discrepant

system at sea used in circumstances which wouldn't have merited the deployment and use of the massively powerful systems that i currently have thinking perhaps that i might reduce civilian casualties and so on you can well imagine a situation where if for example president trump fails that international tension is rising that he could delegate for example the use of these so-called you know wield weapons to commanders in the field and therefore you've lost political control altogether russia doesn't need to worry because when you deploy a weapon against you that slow you know it the whole theory it appears to be flawed in this case even before that missile landed on enemy let's say russian or chinese target you would expect russia or china to have launched its own miss i was against the u.s. so its facilities in response. by from moscow this is r t international time in moments for some more great programs there coming your way after the shortest of breaks.

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of its revenue model registers dogs and registers litters so it's involved transactional relationship with those breeders and obviously the ones producing the most dogs are the largest readers so why is it going to crack down on those large scale breeders and sacrifice the revenue from a rigorous program that stops people from confining animals to care exposé them to extremes of being told they're going to lose revenue the american kennel club prides itself on being the only purebred registry in the united states.