hopes for peace in afghanistan where the u.s. and the taliban are expected to sign a deal to end america's longest war. also this hour the family of u.s. air force veteran and former drone operator and whistleblower brandon bryant started a fund raising campaign to get him released from jail as he faces charges of threatening city officials the family claims that the charges are politically motivated. and researchers at mit say a report alleging fraud during the bolivian election all short on evidence president evo morales left his post i made mass protests are these suppose a boat violations.

welcome to the program and a happy saturday to you all this is our to international bring you your live news update this hour. the u.s. and the taliban are poised to sign a peace deal which may bring washington's longest war to an end the deal is expected to be negotiated on saturday or in the coming days what the u.s. initially portrayed as a major success has outstripped now for presidential terms are up and looks back at the years of war. back in 2003 u.s. officials were telling a story of success when it came to afghanistan listen to donald rumsfeld we're at a point where we clearly have moved from major combat activity to a period of stability and stabilization and reconstruction. activities but 17 years and 4 presidential terms later one of the great powers of military history is about to sign

a peace deal with the taliban warlords they've been fighting all this time and the peace treaty looks an awful lot like outright surrender so 1st we have to be realistic and proud of our gains but our generals have determined that this war is unlikely to be won militarily with tremendous additional resources all sides are tired of fighting for the past years you've heard nothing but reports of progress u.s. officials were singing a happy song and also replacing one another we're making progress right now an array of areas that are critical to our combined success with afghanistan the progress is real and importantly that progress is sustainable make no mistake the progress there i think is very roles my cessna mistake and it's very substantial 2016 has been a significant year for afghanistan and progress has been made but this was all just hype documents reveal interviews with people that were actually on the ground and the material ironically labeled less than warrant seems to present

a narrative of the u.s. defeat in afghanistan the operation is described as a self looking ice cream cone u.s. officials giving reports of progress we're telling bold faced lie the problem is there is a disincentive really to tell the truth we have created an incentive to almost require or for people to law there is an odor of mendacity throughout the. afghanistan issue and i know congressman connelly has heard me talk about this years ago mendacity in who bruce the original plan was to defeat al qaeda in afghanistan and overthrow the taliban that was sheltering al qaeda all of that was arguably achieved but then washington moved on to the nation building phase at a cost of billions of dollars and at that point it starts to look like no one had a clue what they were doing would trying to do here we didn't have the full goose

newsham who would ruin the taking the risk of fundamental gap in distancing of the front end of the stated objectives and grew lines in the military and the lack of understanding of the resources necessary and then the drone started flying many instances of success were recorded on that front but in many instances things also went terribly wrong. somewhere along the way it seems like some folks have just had enough in the coming months all announced the next phase of our drawdown and by the end of next year america's war in afghanistan will be over needless to say it was not over a trillion dollars spent and over $4000.00 u.s. military personnel and contractors killed and at this point the taliban still

controls a little less than half of the country and under the new peace deal the taliban will be part of the new government they'll be in the government just like they were you know before the us invasion back in the eighty's i was in charge of. military affairs for the middle east back then i could have gone over i could have i could have rented a motor scooter and i could have driven all over the middle east in roma to safety . you don't do that today i don't think you can identify any particular thing that we have done where we can say this is a real achievement this has really brought about a change for the better in some way and they talk about you know it's so difficult to get out and all of that the best way to get out is to leave anticipated deal follows a weeklong reduction and violence agreement between the 2 sides and the succeeded

in reducing hostilities however afghans view the expected peace deal both with skepticism and hope. it was sort of like it was me this peace deal will be permanent it's not like before i wish this peace deal of been signed 10 years ago thousands of our people were killed many more wounded disabled and also many women who were widowed. girl decided we're happy about the u.s. style of the peace agreements but i wish the species deal had been signed when the u.s. came to ghana system but now it is also not too late we told the taliban to stop the conflict you want the us to leave our country as soon as possible. push out into the us we will be happy if the deal brings peace but i wish this peace deal had been signed 10 years ago because back then most of our brothers and sisters hadn't lost part of their bodies and they were well i myself lost my leg in a bomb explosion. so. we're gone both the and the

conflict so that we. can live in peace we were born in war and we don't want to be future by the war anymore. the u.s. invasion of afghanistan was launched in response to the tragic events of $911.00 it was aimed at defeating al qaeda and toppling the taliban which harbored the terrorists but 18 years on and it's the longest war in u.s. history at 1st the campaign was victorious within a month the taliban and al qaeda had been mostly defeated in the country and the afghan interim administration was established however it took 10 years to kill al qaeda as founder and leader and washington still has thousands of troops deployed in afghanistan which account for half of all international troops they're tasked with preventing terror we spoke to a 911 survivor who says the war could and should have ended years ago. well mixed feeling number one because as a survivor of 911 we when they're looking for osama bin. laden with

the taliban was basically they were supporting al qaeda both at the same time you know we killed all some of the 11 many years ago we should have been having this occupation for so long as a survivor i didn't need these actually we didn't have remember when we were going to war we went to places we were in you know gary stern and then we went to iraq and iraq didn't have anything to do with $911.00 and they tried to solve was the idea that the the rocky people would walk with that he was in so this scene way over what we're doing right here in afghanistan we were in the year we don't main purpose that main purpose was a change of a survivor i want the award to end not only because of the people that we lost but of the people that were killed in the process because there were many civilians that were killed in afghanistan do we know our occupation of that country. over to

the u.s. state of montana where a total of 4 it city council officials have now asked the prosecutor's office to drop charges against whistleblower brennan bryant who lifted the lid on civilian killings in u.s. overseas drone operations the air force veteran had been charged with threatening city officials and you tube video and is currently in detention over the past few months he's attended multiple city council meetings criticizing the way tax money is being used brennan's mother though claims his incarceration is politically motivated she's launching a campaign and the hope of raising $100000.00 for his bail. my son is the u.s. air force this little over who broke the code of silence on the drone program now he's in jail in the county detention facility he has no criminal record and yet he is the held on $100000.00. under detention he's isolated from this family and his friends in from his medically i mean indeed an emotional support animal

brandon bryant served as a u.s. air force drone operator from 2006 and till 2011 having left the military he began exposing cases of what he alleged to be civilian deaths resulting from american drone strikes right claimed commanders often prioritize the elimination of a target over accuracy resulting in innocent people being killed in the process as revelations won him a german whistleblower award in 2015 and also intensified debate over the use of a german air base by american drones here's how brennan described his experience to us back in 2015. i actually talked with a lady whose husband. was killed whose has been in brother was killed in a drone strike or talked to or face to face and she asked me why her husband and brother had to die and they weren't bad guys and i just looked at her and i said i don't know and that's not really the best thing that i can tell someone who

is asking questions about why someone that they cared about was killed and they need to know the answers and the really true hard answer to say is that i'm sorry that. the mistake happened and i'm doing everything that i can to prevent further mistakes from happening. authorities say bryant was arrested on a felony charge after he had allegedly exhibited threatening behavior during city council meetings and on top of that he threatened to eliminate its members and a you tube video of a former f.b.i. agent and whistleblower coleen rowley believes bryant's current predicament is connected to his past revelations. this does seem to be more retaliation for his having spoken out about the drone operations and the fact that they were killing innocent civilians more so than what he's now done typically with the whistleblower they look back in your personnel files 1st to see if there's anything bad that they

can use to discredit the messenger and if they can't find anything bad bad in someone's background or personnel file then they wait for the whistleblower to make a small error or mistake and the draw was a blow or are in a fragile emotional state already as you can see with all the veterans they suffer from p.t.s.d. and we know from many other cases retaliate ing and persecuting was of lors that that seems to be that the standard ammo the government is in perpetual war and so the war goes on for ever that means that even if you speak out even years ago and it's especially if you continue to speak out about the wrongful actions in the war crimes it's going to continue this is not to negate the fact that brandon certainly he erred if he made any threatening remarks or comments he certainly should be

corrected in the should receive more treatment but i don't think he should be punished the way he's being punished. researchers are americas are my 2 university have found out a report into irregularities during the bolivian election didn't provide sufficient evidence allegations of election fraud sparked mass protests in the country which led to present a quoting a report was made by the organization of american states it looked at the bolivian general election result of november when there was a break and voting and it appeared morales was significantly in front of his rival the report found irregularities and claimed the election results were not accurate one of the mit researchers jack williams explained what made them doubt those findings. a i wanted to specifically look at the portion where they claim that there is a significant difference in the results following the interruption and then also in the last 5 percent of results of the of the unofficial vote count. during this

process me and my colleagues were unable to find the evidence that the oas had created here results are out there and you know having an effect on the world without any methodological or even like even just the code that they used to produce the results that they created we find it extremely difficult to naturally find the breaks that they found and then used for their results so really we would really appreciate if the oas would share their. both their methodology and then also if they could share what they used to produce this report that had such a large effect. following the release of that oas report some media outlets spoke of election fraud like it was a proven fact and odd if they indicated there was a clear manipulation in the country's elections last month accusations of irregularities in last month's presidential election was urged americans to report saying that. they felt that. the whole

shebang actually. jack williams again believes the media and opposition use the oas report for their own ends. the statistical claim was the one that was able to be tied to the results and to claim the results that were being presented were illegitimate and that's what the opposition party and that the media is also used to justify the people knew that there was problems with the oas research but maybe didn't have the technical expertise to do it center for economic and policy research had released a report prior but it had not gained much traction among especially the media so i think they really wanted someone to evaluate this and take it seriously. it seems online fund died another death this week. shares her thoughts on internet killjoys and their latest bout of outrage. dear diary what a reek of distressing stories there's new evidence suggesting that back in the seventy's

buddy was a loony rate from to assist a disappointment on his visit to india donald trump managed to vote but he must take up every single engine that came his way and alexandra because there cortez were $500.00 sequined dress during the day but the thing that really got my anxiety levels peaking was this tweet to be so. that someone somewhere is doing the shoot joyousness of these people who seem to hold these pilots. should be kept as far away from cultural power as possible joylessness is this a joke this is a classic case of conservative debbie downer is raining on our parade there's also no evidence to support it. yes ok the university of arizona is basically begging students to run each other out effect being aggressive triggering

insensitive well you got it i know some would say that fosters an environment of paranoia censorship and soul sucking depression but i just don't see it and yes a school in seattle said easter egg should be renamed spring spears a spring spare hard to count me in my past you think it's got a real fun ring to it. but you're going completely out of. it isn't fun. i'm sure i did read about how now it's not ok to expect people to turn up some time because in some cultures time is a fluid concept who knew i just hope all the people who signed up for this lesson and witness turned up in time to get the most out of it all so they could have the d.c. . to tell mr rabbit so much not to walk up such as why. didn't

they also flight heading the bible while fashionistas comping down on parings no longer for white people apparently so gone others have 3 days we sauntered along here in the gentle worship yoku and the way. ok not the best news for me it wasn't a pill it is out bad because oxford university did cancel copying but why are people making such a big deal about it there are notes of all the ways to show your appreciation like . john's hatton's super fun but wait on the culture appropriation. we've got a problem. still to come a new study has found that minorities are twice as visible on u.k. television screens as on britain's streets story and more after the break.

the world is driven by a dream shaped by our own person and those. who dares thinks. we dear to ask. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy for him to let it be an arms race. his spirit dramatic developments only. exists i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit

down and tom. welcome back a new report in the u.k. has found that minority groups are being over represented in the media black asian and other ethnic minorities have twice the presence on t.v. than they actually have on the streets of britain the same also applies to the l.g.b. community channel 4 c.e.o. claims its main goal is to reflect modern diversity and its output all the b.b.c. it says they are pleased to represent minorities on screen adding that morning to be done off screen however critics say it's gone too far grow boring diverse characters to reflect demographics or propaganda you know what else is over

represented on t.v. the hate for white people that's even worse. there are 4 characters here well 2 have to be non whites and one must be gary the country isn't 50 percent nonwhite and a quarter again. we put the issues raised up for debate with new york observer columnist under walker and human rights activists peter tatchell. highlights the ludicrous idea of having quotas for everything i genuinely believe that in television like all the rest of life you should have the best people for the job but you know what if you can have quotas that when the white middle class heterosexual man represents it then you've got to throw somebody else out but we don't have a quota system in british t.v. there are attempts and have been successful attempts according to these statistics to redress the marginalization exclusion and collect the past decades and i think that's a great thing to celebrate because it does show that we are

a more accepting understanding inclusive society this is about normalizing the fact that we live in a diverse society this is not about diversity it ought not to be about diversity what it should be about is the best person for the job television is bad to tell humans so you pick the best guy for the job or the best woman for the job who acts in the best way all the social change that peter tatchell talked about all of this let's get a gay person does that get your black person has a black it's just a load of 970 s. i'm certain that all those black and gay actors are chosen not because of their race or sexuality but because they happen to be good actors we need to fight discrimination we need to ensure that people who are disabled or gay or black and not discriminate against but the idea of just let's just pick this person whoever they are just in order to fill a quota is that all doesn't so pretty that everybody's doing the right. they choose good after you get a piece of pizza i love you to pieces you're out of date. and what is seen by some

as a landmark free speech case an appeals court in the us has ruled in favor of you tube and its parent company google and a censorship lawsuit filed by conservative media company versity. addressing the 1st amendment claims the panel held that despite you tube's ubiquity and its rule as a public facing platform it remains a private form not a public forum subject to judicial scrutiny under the 1st amendment in the lawsuit praeger you claimed you tube violated the 1st amendment by barring the company of its right to free speech after some of its videos were deleted from the platform for you suggested that youtube should be viewed as a public forum and blame them for false advertising as a platform that supports free speech the company believes their clips were banned because of the conservative nature of the content but the court rejected the claims . after the court's decision google the parent company of youtube also stressed that there was no political bias involved and that prager use claims were meritless but prior you maintains that the tech company has become dangerously powerful. so

delay it appears as if even the 9th circuit is afraid of the line of google when not done fighting for free speech and we will keep pushing forward this is a significant decision because the effect of it is that the court of appeal is stating that social media companies such as google and facebook have a ride to make a decision. walt people are going to be exposed to the reach of those companies is unprecedented but we ducked reach there's not been an equivalent in imposition of responsibility the risk of course is that those companies will be able to control the political agenda so in order for this to change the rules be a need for additional laws to be to be brought in in order to ensure

that social media companies are not placed in a position where there are affectively controlling the entire political system. that's a global news update for this hour but don't forget you can always had to our website r.t. dot com for details on all of those stories and many more. thousands of american men and women choose to serve in the country's military a decision that has shattered lives every. been struck in here you know the shot of what they'd kill me and i see how destroyed my life any screamed in the mini criminy gram i. believe it means i think

your ear. if you take into account that women don't report because of the extreme retaliation it's probably somewhere near about half a 1000000 women have now been sexually assaulted in the us military rape is a very very traumatizing thing to have happen but i've never seen trauma like i've seen it from women who are veterans who have suffered military sexual trauma reporting rape is more likely to get the victim punished don't be offended by hand and almost 10 year career or chose very invested in and i gave that up to report a sex offender who was not even going to justice or put on the registry this is some plan is sheer power and violence male sexual predators for the large part of target whoever is there to prey upon whether that's a man or one. would hope to. be put themselves on a lot. to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be the 1st injury.

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given program given. we give the net a 1000000 come what the who we are all our d. as soon as our own inner annoyed they need the whole corn go before. them and while our nation or so on out in. i am x. kaiser this is the kaiser report max and stacey are in las vegas and

a lot of political things are happening here let's get the lowdown stacey well we are in political season max in fact when you and i landed here in las vegas who was on the runway the president doesn't show him literally on the runway but is playing air force one was on the runway and that was our meeting our arrival here in las vegas saying air force one again we've seen it of 2 or 3 times on our travels and it's very impressive it's a great prop when you're running for president and that's some of the all that what you have when you are present as the bully pulpit and that's going to weigh heavily in this 2020 election well in the nevada debates there was something that bernie sanders said on stage when he was you know going back and forth with mayor bloomberg when mayor bloomberg imploded on stage you know they were talking about

billionaires and the problem with billionaires 'd and should billionaires exist i tweeted that i said is the u.s. federal reserve bernie you co-sponsored an audit the fed bill talk about the cantillon effect how did bloomberg go from a net worth of $3000000000.20 to $60000000000.00 in 2020 at least half of that game in my opinion is from q.e. the problem is that nobody really knows anything about money so it's hard to explain money i remember back on this very show 7 or 8 years ago and we talked to activist groups like greenpeace about the money they had 100000000 euros in the bank and i was explaining to them you know the bank is just using that to lend it to exxon and in fact by you keeping the money in the bank you're doing a lot of damage that you say you're trying to fight against but they the respondent from the head of greenpeace was well nobody understands money you know we can't really it corporate that in our in our material or descriptive of what we do.