that. was. ordered in the george the donald trump be. acquitted of the charges articles the u.s. senate finds donald trump a not guilty of abuse of power and obstruction of congress in a widely expected result. meantime the clock keeps ticking and still no final results in iowa where the 1st democratic party caucus of the election season has been marred by a delayed vote count. and germany's ruling centrist party breaks its own pledge and unites with the rightwing alternative for germany to oust

a regional crimea. a very warm welcome to you you're watching r.t. international with me nicky aaron it's great to have you with us and our top story the u.s. senate towns voted to acquit president trump and in the furred impeachment trial in u.s. history mr truong faced it to charges from democrats abuse of power and obstruction of congress which stem from his dealings with ukraine more pain has the details. impeachment proceedings have come to their ultimate conclusion donald trump was acquitted on both charges abuse of power and obstruction of congress however even though it was a quick vote with very little unexpected activity there was certainly plenty of debate in the lead up to the ultimate vote and conclusion the proceedings this is

some of what we heard and your hatred of donald trump has blinded you to the obvious this is not about protecting the country this is about destroying the president but american president to deliberately solicit such a thing to blackmail a foreign country into helping him win an election is forgiveable this partners on impeachment will in. how could such an offense not be deemed a high crime a crime against the people if you think you've done the country a good service by legitimize ing this impeachment process what you have done is on leash the partisan forces of ill. the result was one that was not really surprising the republicans have a very solid majority in the u.s. senate and it requires 2 thirds 67 votes to remove a sitting u.s. president so clearly the democrats had nothing near that there was one interesting

surprise which was that mitt romney who was a long time senator from the u.s. state of utah who was the republican presidential candidate in 2012 against barack obama he voted to convict donald trump on the charge of abuse of power he voted against party lines making him now the only u.s. senator in all of us history to vote to remove from office a member of his own party a president from his own party so mitt romney has made history but other than that the vote went down pretty solidly along party lines down in reaction to what occurred we at this point have the democrats describing this as a dark day for the history of the country and saying that donald trump thinks he is above the law in addition we have the white house press secretary describing this as a witch hunt and a tradition for democrats and we have the white house calling this a full vindication and exoneration of u.s.

president donald trump and now it's also important to note that this has not been a good week for the democratic party in addition to their failed impeachment proceedings there was an increase in popularity for u.s. president donald trump he has now got a 49 percent approval rating the highest approval rating he's had since taking office and the iowa caucuses in which the democrats took their 1st step toward picking their nominee to run against donald trump in the 2020 fall elections did not go so well why did debacle so not a good week for the democratic party donald trump will be speaking in response to his acquittal in the end of the impeachment process very soon and it appears that. this entire impeachment situation is now past and the country is figuring out what will happen next as they move on. let's bring in john lauzon now policy adviser at america 1st policies that welcome to the program now the white house is cool

because they quit so a full vindication and exoneration of trump do you see it that way. oh yes absolutely everybody has figured out the beer can people have figured out that this is just this impeachment was just more part of the democrat resist movement and to throw everything they can at the president for his whole 4 years so they're not going to quit with this even though it didn't work and i'm sure they'll probably come up with the next candle they're already signaling they're going to keep going after him as a result of the senate will vote which was never in question really given the republican majority and do you think the democrats achieved anything by launching this impatient process. well i think they're patting themselves on the back because it is part of the game plan to continue just doing everything they can to smear the president and create smoke where there is no fire

and there they are going to keep doing that and that's that's very disappointing but i don't think they've really achieved anything real i think they've just succeeded in making themselves look foolish honestly do you think that the trial and the acquittal will have any impact on the 2020 presidential race. you know we learn from the bill clinton impeachment that it made bill clinton stronger the american people at the end of the day even though bill clinton was guilty of actual felonies suborning perjury and lying he was the american people didn't think it rose to the level that he should be impeached and they they exercised that opinion at the ballot box and handed bill clinton additional victory so you know it's i think it's it bodes well for republicans american people have seen that president trump is leading and has

a long list of accomplishments and the democrats are just trying to trip him up and slow him down every way they can so a lot of policy applies that america fast policies. thank you for your time. now it's been almost 2 days since the us democratic party was due to announce the results of the iowa caucus and so far with 86 percent of precincts reporting paid. a narrow lead with 27 percent of the votes ahead of betty tsongas the long delay in releasing the result has been a major embarrassment for the democrats do have 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 was the starting pistol and settle for a race and at the end the prize is becoming the presidential nominee and that the finish line stand around and 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 peace 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 this mess was caused by a new app designed to speed up votes county made by a secretive company called shadow inc that i suppose was the 1st clue 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 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 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 under president truman miracle to stealing our veterans setting isis prisoners free losing don't they we can factor ladies and gentlemen the worst is yet. here comes the incompetence part these groups a pact 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 effort is 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 or 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. have been a political upset in germany a temporary political alliance have been formed in a state of turin jail with the ruling centrist party and right wing politicians joining forces to oust a regional left wing premier and defines who painted declarations by the ruling christian democrats that they would not work with the far right piece of all of our posts. it's not often we're talking about high 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 turn into well this is after the far right until 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 angle a 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 discussed sting charade in fact the left party going on to slam the free democrats saying that they've essentially achieved power by joining forces with fascists the christian democratic union as i mentioned angela merkel's 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 to be in chair this is not a good day for the political system in germany but what this is doing is it's sparked protests across germany including here in the german capital impromptu demonstrations outside of the free democratic party headquarters some very angry scenes there as they came out to slam the f. f. to appear for what many see as breaking one of the most alternate to. in german politics of doing it deal or getting into bed with a day at their party leader christie unlimber was speaking to the press saying well toss certainly doing his best to distance himself from alternative for germany. 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 who 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 one senior figure from within the christian democratic union described the free democrats as having played with fire and set all of politics in germany a place we had from beijing to have a thoroughly a member of the german left party and petro by strain from the alternative to germany. the question is what would the voters of on. the touring young people. said quite clearly we would like to have a conservative coalition and this is the majority we had as they see to you. they

have behaved majority and the communists in the socialists they were just ignoring it they wanted to build the government without having having a majority so they failed and how they are driving mad. but in a normal situation the area of the world that would get the 2nd chance to build the government after the communists were not able to do that. just because all the other parties have a book a thing on us we had to do it this way of course it's about oh this way. it is an unprecedented day and we have thousands of people demonstrating in the streets because they cannot believe that kashrus a once more deciding who is in power in germany and the way by which they still hold the rightful government poxy is a instigating

a coup basically it was it was secretive negotiation so when he says that we have to lose us then you have to look at the vote tallies and it was my proxy of the left party that actually won this election in choosing the man in charge of the a he is someone who has compared who has been compared by many many people to hitler himself and 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 still to come we have the day turns on a big scandal that has shocked fronts that story angle after the break. join me every thursday on the alex simon show and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics sports business i'm showbusiness i'll see you then.

you know world of big partisan movies a lot and conspiracy it's time to wake up to dig deeper to hit the stories that mainstream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smart we need to stop slamming the door. and shouting past each other it's time for critical thinking it's time to fight for the middle for the truth the time is now we're watching closely watching the hawks. were told it's a total meltdown confusion consumes iowa as officials struggle to report voting results for the boche i will caucus is the ultimate political metaphor of our times .

come back our sex abuse scandal in french sports team powers prosecutors open up an investigation for my skating champion broke his silence after 30 years and i recently published book a far obvious hall accuses her coach of rape the claim is triggered an outpouring of support from the country's top athlete. we feel appalled appalled but then fortunately not the surprised one suit the truth becomes chilling and isolated keys becomes many the more honest serious omnipresent how many 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 realize that breaking this silence also means serving sport and with the scandal growing in the wake of the claims and reaction the french sports minister has demanded the resignation of the figure

skating federations president herself previously made controversial statements on the issue. has the story. 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 but 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 france's 10 times national skating champion sarah a bit bull 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's 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 victims who can't speak themselves this extinct 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 northeast 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 mid-town to really yes we have a file on him but we are going to close our eyes let more 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. these horrors that i discovered today i would never have advised. to close her eyes according to the sports newspaper keep 2 investigations were carried out by a year in the early 2 thousands including one white sports ministry now his contract as a technical advisor was terminated following the 2nd one so 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 boss 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 france has done precious little to protect its sporting hopefuls and heroes charlot even ski ati paris. the us navy has expanded its nuclear arsenal by deploying new low power warheads on submarines capable of launching ballistic missiles currently on patrol in the atlantic they say the decision was made in an attempt to contain russia on the pentagon claims it will lower the chances of a nuclear war russia faces 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 the new weapon is called b w $76.00 mauled to under the low yield thermo nuclear warhead is about 20 times less powerful than the earlier versions of the w $76.00 which have been in service on u.s. submarines since the cold war the trumpet ministration requested the new tactical nuke in the 2800 nuclear posture review we discussed the issue with security analyst and former u.k. army officer charles super rich. it is absolutely a 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 more tempting it may be for commanders for the united states for example in this case deploying this weapon system used in circumstances which wouldn't have merited the deployment and use of the massively powerful systems that they currently have

thinking perhaps that they might reduce civilian casualties and so on you can well imagine a situation where if for example president trump feels 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 all together russia doesn't need to worry because we're only deploying 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 missile as a can see us so it's facilities in response you're watching r.t. international we're back with the latest had line from 30 minutes. max kaiser financial survival guide liquid assets are those that you can convert into a cast quite easily. to keep in mind no assets them into place and. therefore

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why have you not shut down our t.v. on you tube it's a propaganda machine mr walker. greetings and sal you tasted. as the rolling stones famously saying you can't always get what you want hawk watchers but if you try some time you'll get what you need and do you know what happens if you don't try it all well you get what you deserve and after tuesday night's state of the union speech i think we are definitely getting what we

deserve this year 78 minute long annual public relations speech by the president the united states to the u.s. congress and the country was definitely everything we've come to expect from our brand name in chief including 3 door prizes like the awarding of the presidential medal of freedom to conservative radio talk show host rush limbaugh. rosa parks' will have it all leave mother teresa and now rush limbaugh adds his name to the list for i guess what helping create a train wreck of divisive partisan punditry that's called news commentary what else did russia dewey inspired a generation of hypocrites sexist racist and sells i got diagnosed with lung cancer i don't know who knows but the state of the union reality show the ads were not just reserved for president trump no new no us house speaker nana you know speaker allows nancy pelosi got in on the game as well here she is at the end of the

president's speech tearing up her paper copy of the donald speech tear it up nancy look at what amidst all of the democratic spokes person walkouts presidential promises of claiming mars now is a us territory there was one moment that truly stood out. there this evening so a very brave man who carries with him the hopes dreams and aspirations of all venezuelans joining us in the gallery is the true and legitimate president of venezuela juan why do. you see nothing cuts through the bi partisan gridlock and brings washington d.c. democrats republicans together quite like their mutual love of regime change war there's a regime change wars and u.s. backed coup d'etat this is the political class or lack thereof the united states deserves because we the people my friends we have not been trying we haven't been

watching the hawks. in the city streets you want to be clear so let's see see the crisis joyce state. rolls royce graves suggests least systemic deception. which would be so bold as. welcome everybody watching the hawks. tour and joining me today to discuss the state of the union is the one and only the sure cross thank you thanks for having me tara was a pleasure so i mean i have to ask this is killing me 1st i want to get what was your take from the entire state of the union address from beginning to end what did you walk away from feeling of the state of the union was the alphabet soup of all things that republicans want to hear right now i felt that the state of the union was this president's speech directly towards his base it wasn't a speech that or

a declaration of sorts of american progress the movie.