the week's top stories on our t.v. the us democratic party suffers a week of frustration from election confusion in iowa to donald trump's impeachment acquittal. the arrest of an alleged war criminals who lived in hungary and france on a student visa or expose his floor was in the e.u. immigration system. and social services in moscow take custody of a 5 year old girl whose parents have kept her in hospital since birth despite doctors saying it was perfectly healthy.

i will welcome you watching the weekend here at r.t. international with all the latest headlines out of around the stories this saved the week. but 1st the democratic party primaries in the u.s. got off to a difficult start this week there was outs of last monday's iowa caucus are still unclear that's after a long delay caused by a technical glitch the party is currently reviewing the results from 95 precincts has apologized for the chaos the caucus was marred by a 9 to 8 calculations and missing data partly caused by a faulty smartphone app but that didn't stop some politicians from blaming external interference. of a nightmare scenario and i'm sure what 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 are you what was the starting pistol i'd 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. as 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 the 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 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 it 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 speeding or veterans setting isis prisoners free losing don't reconfirm 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 todd and the 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 i hope that the i were democrats will ask for an f.b.i. investigation on the app i believe that russia has been engaged in interfering with a number of our elections dealing with the 21 election i'm sorry the 2016 election 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. democrats suffered another setback this week when the senate voted down both there are scores of impeachment against donald trump the president was charged with abuse

of power for allegedly pressuring ukraine to investigate joe biden's son and withholding military aid the 2nd charge was obstruction of congress house democrats are refusing to accept the impeachment defeat trump of course is jubilant. did nothing wrong. i've done things wrong in my life i will admit not purposely but i've done things wrong. but this is what the end result is. i was acquitted without facts he was acquitted without a fair trial no matter what he says or whatever headline he wants to carry around your impeached for ever or despite all the efforts to remove trump from office his ratings are as high as ever saw the boy go discuss this with a russian pop star. former business associate who was once at the center of the russia gate scandal. i think his presidency has been unfair towards him because you know the press and the media you know everybody reflects on all the negative and we

rarely hear and see what that humans that he has done in the bust while he's pretty good you know advertising them here he's got a lot of them marketing p.r. skills so they can sell any idea that's true. but they're on the investigation and the impeachment. in whatever way he could he took all the positives but in the end you know he has been winning and winning and winning every battle he had with the moon in this occasion with the media with all the fake news and all the allegations that he has gotten and you would think that anybody has you know skeletons in his closet if you had them we would already have seen them because you know he's been probably the most studied presidential figure in the history of the united states. and you can watch that into the woods all on our website. meanwhile donald trump gave his annual state of the union speech this week and how he's on private basle

with the democratic speaker of the house of representatives with an alternative take a what happened to his artes in taste you missed it. yet the state of the union is in a bit of a state and there's not much union she was just angry she ripped up the she ripped up the speech i promptly and house speaker nancy pelosi have taken playground politics to a whole new level you know these 2 characters in a room called the gun i would be happening next this is wasted really good. comedy . for those who see and turned away with the shake a hand will there in his defense. just trying to get him impeached pelosi having decided that on this occasion it would not be right but getting revenge. takes out

. more to begin to see her rip those bits of paper. while we're here just take a little voice president. don't we all want to find someone who looks honest right . from the start a couple more weeks where joining us in the gallery is the true illegitimate president of venezuela who want why do this is the point we show that even in the darkest of times there is one thing which is you know republicans and democrats is their ability to meddle with a foreign government this is how to win if you speak of a miracle for our spirit is still young. the soul is still rising. is still shining. and my fellow americans the best is yet to

come which is definitive proof of one thing no i don't the problem wife beaters. never knew the man who represents the jihadi group in syria was arrested in france this week the suspected war criminal had lived in hungary for months as part of an e.q. student exchange program. reports. torture kidnapping war crimes these are just some of the charges brought against the syrian regime falls on a student visa he went by the name of mushed enough but in france back in syria he was is a wish no ordinary student he is said to have once been josh is long press secretary previously nor did his freedom fighters the hardline islamist group in fact courage. a reign of terror in the eastern ghouta suburb of damascus.

oh. well you get the global economy you and i can see that because of him he's linked in profile he describes himself as being specialized in security and terrorism affairs with a focus on syria he boasts of an impressive academic background with bunches degrees but not one but diverse cities including in hungary and when it comes to experience he mentions being the c.e.o. of the syrian news monitoring network trace of the allegations of torture or forced in this moment of children raising his history seems upped given that all islam ceased to exist back in 2018.

as the battle for east to play down the french government said it was concerned about a grave violation of human rights and it cooled for cease fire now widely to ignore wage the presence of just harvests it also accused president assad of using the on going conflict as a fig leaf to wipe out any opposition. the syrian regime and its allies are brandishing the fight against jihad is far. the need for which no one is disputing was just if occasion of an offensive aimed at entirely different goals its real intentions are indeed to annihilate any normal position and break the morale of

civilians by indiscriminately massacring them following that offensive in the east by the syrian army generational islam was talked pulled last year a complaint was filed to the courts in france and josh and the senior members and no one wanted war criminals. the complaint filed in june 2019 was built on over 3 years of documentation of the crimes perpetrated by jaish al islam summary executions kidnappings and the systematic use of torture the group targeted people suspected of complicity with the regime but also ordinary civilians accuse of not applying the shari'a imposed by the group rigorously enough the international federation for human rights says the arrest of flushed enough play in must say paves the way for the 1st investigation of the rebel groups crimes others may be hoping that arrests such as this will help shed more light for crimes committed by

opposition forces during the syrian conflict giving a fuller picture of what really happened on the ground. ulti paris. political analyst michael america that's please the case point see vulnerabilities in the e.u. immigration system. once you enter the european union you can go more or less where you want there are no border controls how we entered hungry would be an interesting question to know that what is. prosperous in this in this situation is that he entered legally he wasn't even hiding he was living in the y. which is a neighborhood center smack in the center of more state you could continue studying the past with no problem whatsoever that means the police cannot do their job properly today in western europe they don't even know who's in the country we've gotten so low as to say that we don't even we don't even know if you got the means to stop terrorists we don't even know if terrorists are in the country we know there are some but we don't know how many and it's you it's already difficult capturing those who are not even in hiding so i think definitely this is going to

hurt a bit the government because this is very bad press very bad press having a terrorist. somebody accused of terrorism entering legally come from another country going legally to university this is very bad press so there might be some mediate coups in the following days but i think unfortunately if the government doesn't handle the process of. immigration illegal immigration illegal immigration and the secretary says the government isn't out of use issues seriously unfortunately this these types of stories are going to continue in time. 2 u.s. soldiers have been killed and 6 wounded in eastern afghanistan the hard province a man wearing an afghan army uniform opened fire on the troops. an individual an afghan uniform opened fire on the combined u.s. and afghan forces with machine gun we are still collecting information on the cause or motive behind the attack is unknown at this time. the afghan defense ministry has said the shooter was an afghan soldier and not

a taliban infiltrator he apparently got into an argument with the american forces before opening fire the official added that 3 afghan commandos were wounded u.s. troops are facing growing hostility in the country of late coming under increasing attacks but it comes as washington has been trying to reach a peace deal with the taliban launched negotiations among afghans on both sides of the conflict in his state of the union address president trump stated u.s. soldiers were not meant to serve as law enforcement agencies or other nations research analyst at the center for conflict and peace studies head motilal as army has no down to afghans will soon want american forces to move out. with all the collateral damage that's happening with all the civilian casualties that's happening the best of the american allies you know someone that the americans actually helped to become the president the former president hamid karzai is even speaking against the americans and criticizing the americans for whatever they're

doing in the country and he thinks the american presence in afghanistan is a problem there's no doubt that the afghans one point really would want the americans to leave because no country wants to live under a competition. is very strong for afghanistan. for the 1st time in nearly 100 years the domination of violence politics by its 2 main parties has been broken since a in a left wing populist party has tied with a group governing parties finagle and feed of oil according to the exit poll with them all getting around 22 percent of the vote now said things that i expected has been the main story of the election the party is already in government in northern ireland and the election south of the border was dominated by issues of housing and homelessness but the feeling of guile and thena for all parties who have been jointly running the government ruled out going into power with sinn fein in the run up to the vote is. but if the early indications are correct spare will have to be

another coalition of some sort in pre-election debates sinn fein's leader criticised the main parties for not wanting to change. their seat the soothsayers care that fianna fáil and senate gale have had us all their own way now for almost a century and the truth is that they don't want to last and it will turn us and earlier we spoke to political commentator anthony webber for his take on the results strain can call in for some of the major issues which need to be addressed a number of your bar and. of course the interesting thing is only one percent of people so that approach it was an issue clearly it will be an issue the. interest again miles the republicans are going to own to the right about the same time and so you. know i'm seeing something she's truly. not going to try dr a war it's rigged it with the cherry and it wouldn't be surprised the year over

year of the republic of ireland. joining the only big you. have the us election race heats up twitter when you have announced changes to the way they fight doctored materials although they have been quite vague as don quarter explains. we all like a good many i know i do and that's why i'm here to warn you that they're potentially in danger because of twitter's new war on altered images and videos that might mislead voters we know that some tweets include many plated photos or videos that can cost people harm today we're introducing a new rule and a label that will address and give people more context around this tweets one man satire is another man's trigger there's bound to be those who will find hilarious songs like this one unhealthy for political discourse i love it when you told. me.

what is boiled its definition of so-called doctored images down to a few criteria editing of the contents composition changes in its visual or auditory information and anything that simulates real people but who actually gets to make the call on what does or doesn't harm is anyone's guess are these trump dog and rocky memes politically misleading maybe this one with bernie sanders is harmful a political satire well it's always bound to hurt someone's feelings but if you're not on twitter don't think this isn't going to step on your toes you tube's got its own version of this new policy of the 2020 lection season kicks into high gear in the united states people who visit you tube to learn about the candidates and watch the election season unfolds over the last few years we've increased or if it's to make. news and information as well as an open platform for who flee political

discourse you remember that video trump supporters made portraying their president massacring the mainstream media and the church it was funny to them to the mainstream media while they were a bit offended the white house correspondents association says it is horrified by this and is calling on president trump to denounce the video c.b.s. has decided. not to show that video we can't show this video because it's so disgusting is extremely violent it is disturbing and those bad liberating videos could also be interpreted as politically misleading you're probably every day think a bug just quickly here. we need new babies out there think we need time to make new ones because the old ones just become so big twitter's netizens have already picked up on the controversy because people were kind of insanity is this i love how you used the word doctored because that's the elisa talker means the left caught me on twitter oh yeah well now no one can make your bed in the which may

cause harm to the left we can read between the lines there will be no unapproved thought in the people's republic of twitter coverage it seems that without any ultimate authority to make the call on what is and isn't a violation so many decisions will be left to the rules vague wording who knows how internet freedom will fare as a result. almost a court has given custody of a child to social or thora tazer the parents felt take her home for 5 years the girl is been living in hospital almost her whole life despite doctors pointing out she's perfectly healthy the parents can appeal the decision but officials hope to eventually give the girl to her grandparents. this girl is 5 years old and she's had a bizarre sheltered life this is the room where she lives it's not in a house or apartment and her relatives are not by her side it's an elite private hospital in central moscow and for her entire life she has never left as grounds

for the wrestling marchioness christian or her captain washington's embrace. you. can be. the voice or sharing is not her mother it's her nanny the mother has decided that her daughter is hopelessly ill and must be confined to a hospital. however doctors say that the girl is perfectly healthy and there is no medical reason to keep her in the clinic although they have been unable to discharge or without parental consent you know the reason it she doesn't know and yet in life but she's a good normal girl the girl's parents have paid the hospital huge sums of money

almost $200000.00 a year to keep her there in the company of private nannies almost a year ago the parents stopped sending their payments but they still refused to take her home and a legal battle has been raging so the hospital convinced the parents to leave their child in the hospital all this time that's the logical conclusion the child has been hospital for 5 years and the parents are not doctors they just paid the bills how reliable is information the child is healthy and there is no need for her to stay in hospital. on monday the core delivered its verdict that c.n.n. and your resume can the parents are to be stripped of parental rights to the girl and she will be placed in the custody of child welfare services perhaps soon she will final leave the confines of the hospital and see the world she has been drawing for all these years thanks for joining us on r.t. we're back in 35 minutes with eva.

join me every thursday on the alec simon show and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics sports business i'm showbusiness i'll see you then. donald trump might appear showy and shallow but he has once again defied his critics this time by securing his impeachment acquittal what is it about the 45th president of the united states that makes people love and hate him so much. in his community there are people who believe that it's ok to suffer actual food on

my table it's really hard there are no jobs and you see that i've got kids that ask and as a parent. i can come up with lots of arguments there's a lot of conflict in the game between the 2 teams most of the conflict i would say overall is around money and most of their money is made. plus one you know the children's cosimo each other this could be just the state of california alone to make $6000000000.00 a year of prison complex just to get some 20 year life where. you don't care and one of my cares about your so your care might anything.

welcome to front running 2020 coming to you from brooklyn as we take a look at all the economic policies of the democratic candidates today saying it was bernie sanders the man from brooklyn who 1st introduced medicare for all in 2016 hillary clinton called it a shiny pony for the people well it looks like the united states might actually get universal health care for the 1st time and i want to introduce our guest here dr michael hudson james howard kunstler and randy kohler dr michael hudson why does the united states not have universal health care and do we need it because the united states is an arena over what kind of central planning are we going to have is it going to be centralized planning by wall street that's out to squeeze as much

monopoly pricing is it can or are we going to have the more decentralized planning by government where you're obviously going to have the same doctors as before there are only so many doctors in america but are the doctors going to be working for the patients and for the government that people vote for or are they going to be working for wall street and the financial firms that are trying to squeeze more and more money out for a pharmaceutical profit and for operating profit and to make it a money how did health care become a wedge issue in other words you would think it would be something that everyone for decades would agree is a basic necessity and a functioning economy and a functioning society and yet it's used. like guns or like abortion as a wedge issue which seems how it's message so when you look at what dr drew westen said in this study when they say we want to family doctor for everyone 80 percent of the people are on board with the family doctor for everyone but when they rolled

it out with obamacare and universal health care and public option people didn't understand what that was and they started you know taking sides but if you tell someone i'm going to give you a plan and there's going to be a family doctor for your community people can get on board with that for me when i look at what's going on in america 2016 was the beginning of the generation. millennium goals the largest voting bloc now basically making their voice heard against neoliberalism what we have in america today with our health care system seems to me the epitome of neo liberalism there's so much paperwork it's unbelievable and none of it makes sense at all in terms of the cost structure so if you look at obamacare it costs $6300.00 for the taxpayer to cover your premiums but you sometimes pay 7000 dollars to visit the doctor medicaid only costs us 4234 and on disabled person so why not just put them on medicaid like every

if you like the numbers don't add up it doesn't add up and i don't know why people can't see this i don't think we'll be able to even support medicaid at that level going into the future one way this is you ation right now is so insane i go to my doctor's office which is one of those corporate practices you know highly rationalized and the intake area is like the soviet motor vehicle bureau they have to hire 11 people to have a little booth you know to intake all of the paperwork that they're doing and that's just you know the beginning of the story dr michael hudson you were working with dennis q senate who was an early proponent of some our system to medicare for all why do you think obamacare happened why do you think we have this over the top kafkaesque this whole every politician has a choice to make are you going to work for your campaign donors or are you going to work for the voters who you deliver to your campaign donors.