if you go anywhere why not me. when i come here. artie's headline breaking news for the 2nd time donald trump has been cleared by an impeachment trial at the u.s. senate we've got live coverage from our correspondent in less than one minute. also this hour america appeals against britain's decision not to extradite julian assange for the united states despite growing calls for president biden to drop the case against the wiki leaks founder. washington sold more than a 1000000 barrels of oil seized from iranian tankers raising questions about who actually gets the money. and the new york governor's administration comes under increasing pressure over massive under-reporting of deaths during the pandemic we speak to the daughter of

a victim. the sad part is that the. everything that the it was going on when they're called to their political advantage. live from moscow this is r.t. international it's just midnight here in the russian capital it's for saturday afternoon in washington d.c. that's where we're starting in the past few minutes there the u.s. senate has voted to acquit donald trump of inciting the capitol hill riots on january the 657 senators voted to convict the former presidents which was not enough to meet the 2 thirds majority needed where does this leave us all now let's talk to our correspondent been following events story the 2nd such trial in all of american history donald trump's been responsible for. ha off of us

impatient hearings but still not enough to get that conviction the democrats wanted indeed the democrats it's very unlikely that many of them really believe that donald trump could actually be convicted it requires a 2 thirds vote in the u.s. senate to convict a president who is being impeached a 2 thirds vote was required and while there were a number of republicans that crossed the aisle and did vote against trump it was not enough to secure his conviction now throughout the trial it was quite a dramatic display of emotions are we saw all kinds of colorful rhetoric out let's review some of what went on during the impeachment proceedings that happened on capitol hill. this cannot be the future of america as one senator said they could have killed all of us with this trial you will open up new and bigger

wounds across the nation he didn't just tell them to fight like hell. he told them how where and when the majority in the house of representatives does not want to face donald trump as our political rival in the future donald trump surrendered his role as commander in chief and became the insider in chief now the trial itself cost over $2000000.00 in taxpayer money but bigger than that is the cost in terms of the public eye in terms of the public and their trust for government there is increasing polarization and division in the country right now that is absolutely sure despite the fact that donald trump has been acquitted. this trial doesn't draw a complete law and under all this a cold what's next but from bond america as a whole well if donald trump had been convicted he would have been regarded through from running for office for the rest of his life he would have been able to run for office but now it appears that donald trump at this point is not in any danger of

being blocked from a future presidential run and he does remain quite popular there are 75000000 americans who voted for him in the last presidential election and he does remain quite popular during the trial those representing donald trump in the proceedings emphasized the polarization of the country i here's some of what we heard from trump's attorneys who were victorious and blocking his conviction 1. they tell us that we have to have this impeachment trial such as it is to bring about unity but they don't want unity and they know this so-called trial will tear the country in half leaving tens of millions of americans feeling left out of the nation's agenda as dictated by one political party that now holds the power in the white house and in our national legislature this trial will tear this country apart perhaps like we have only seen once before in our history. now many republicans are saying that

this was essentially a show trial this wasn't so much about actually convicting donald trump actually taking office action against donald trump to prevent him from running for office but more about the democrats trying to run donald trump's name through the mud and trying to put on a show of the fact that they are now in power they do have the majority in the senate and the house and they do control the white house and this was the democrats making clear that they're in charge now and many are looking on at this and saying this is only going to inflame donald trump supporters only going to reinforce the notion that trump was fighting for them against the status quo and so the divisions in the united states remain thoroughly intact donald trump is acquitted he will be allowed to run for office once again he is banned from social media that's pretty clear he's not on twitter but it appears that today's proceedings are not the end of the political career of u.s. president donald trump ok our i phone i would new york more pain facts for that. ok

let's get some reaction now joining us this next hour as an attorney and former chair of the libertarian party national committee now with strategies consulting center nick welcome to out say the result that he would be acquitted was predicted quite widely the numbers there were you surprised by the numbers they were 10 short . i was surprised by the numbers in so much as this is the most bipartisan impeachment conviction vote in american history and all the previous impeachment of president this is the most members of the other or opposing party who have broken with their party in order to vote their conscience and to convict a president from their party it's actually a larger percentage of people voted 'd to convict in the senate than voted to impeach in the house. just a number of them run though the democrats have the white house they have the house

they have the senate they had all that emotional have to pull that video evidence what do you think leading democrats are going to be asking themselves now that there's been a 2nd acquittal of donald trump i think now would be a time to start moving on past the impeachment of the indecent was there to present an opportunity to the senate to disqualify the former president for inciting an insurrection in an attempt to overturn the election and change the outcome overturning the will of the people imposing a monarch essentially something that we fought a revolution to not have that opportunity has been squandered through a really deep partisan divide that your commentator was talking about but i think we're getting to a place where we can start moving on from the last administration and start moving on to whatever good or bad this in a distraction is going to accomplish. without that conviction that the democrats have been so keenly pushing for how the party's going to be able to move on though

because they're going to think it's unfinished business. i think well the business of republicans versus democrats versus libertarians in the united states is never going to be done there's always going to be opposition and opposition parties attempting to get that power peacefully through the electoral process i think the way to do it if they are smart is they will focus on things that have broad centrist consensus that are bipartisan seville the trust and create a tone in our politics that's less antagonistic and more focused on what are the problems that the american people have what are the solutions that we can agree on and come together and get some of the things that we can agree on as a country as americans done in a way to rebuild trust coming out of a very polarized era that said there are still criminal prosecutions in the offing

in georgia there's been a preservation order put in place about the election interference crack there are new york criminal probe some are there are multiple insurrectionists who are facing down federal charges we will not be done with the of venice of january 6 just because the in peterson trial is over this was as house manager raskin said at the end of his argument this was an opportunity for us to impose a civil penalty not a day in prison just saying that this is something that's important for the country 57 senators took that opportunity 43 chose not to and that's where we are. does it leave a lot of unanswered questions that make in terms of what happened on january the 6th deadly terrifying and unprecedented and that this impeachment proceeding has been done and dusted but it typically in terms of how impeachment proceedings go few of the that there of pain and history doesn't mean that we just don't know

exactly what happened who knew what where and when because it's all been done and dusted as far as the senate consent that's the irony for me as a trial lawyer with over 35 trials under my belt the the idea that we don't know what happened is laughable on its face the very problem that we have the division in the country is that not only were those senators jurors witnesses they were also victims of the insurrection on january 6th and still voted not to convict at least $43.00 of them voted not to convict and that i think that's the irony of this trial and does explain the earth highlight the division in the country that you can have people who know exactly what happened who have quotes from people who were there on the day who know that the president basically did nothing and in fact continued to incite the mob when they were coming to kill his vice president and still he was

voted not guilty by 43 republican senators i think that is a testament to the fact that this is a mix of both a legal and a political process and there is no trial in which jurors could be helping one side or the other with their arguments during breaks but in impeachment it is it's a normal part of the process because it is that makes process which is why the 6th amendment doesn't apply to impeachment trials because there is no opportunity to lose your liberty there's no opportunity to have a criminal punishment in an impeachment so you don't get the same due process protections that the 5th and 6th amendment offer for criminal defendants and and just a word nick as we're at a time to ask everybody this do you think this means he's going to run again yes or no. it without it i don't think so ok all right nick so thanks very much for joining us r.t. with your reaction to where donald trump the 2nd acquittal of his impeachment trial

of the u.s. senate thanks for your time thank you. thanks to the united states has lodged an appeal against the british court's decision not to extradite julian assange that's despite a petition sent to the u.s. justice department demanding that the case gets dropped altogether signatories include rights groups like amnesty international and the american civil liberties union indictments of mr sanchez threatens press freedom because much of the conduct described in the indictment is conduct that journalists routinely and that they must engage in in order to do the work the public needs them to do in our view such a precedent in this case could effectively criminalize common journalistic practices last month in a ruling that surprised many a british judge blocked songes extradition over concerns for his mental health nevertheless days later he was still denied bail and media freedom groups were also left dismayed as the judge largely supported america's case against the

whistleblower america's indicted him on 17 counts of spying and one count of conspiracy to hack a government computer he faces up to 175 years in prison if found guilty a sound exposed what some of characterized as u.s. war crimes whistleblower and former cia analyst john kiriakou says convicted of songs would pose a threat to journalism. you know this is not unusual actually even in my own case amnesty international and the american civil liberties union asked the obama administration to drop the case on me and they would even discuss it they don't want to look weak and at the same time they really don't have respect for the wishes of these human rights groups and civil liberties groups i agree that the justice department does not think this is about press freedom i think it is about press freedom but the justice department refuses to acknowledge that julian assange is a journalist were a publisher but i think the real disappointment here and the real danger here is the fact that mainstream journalists in the mainstream media especially

organizations like the new york times the washington post the wall street journal have not come out in support of julian assigns that's where the danger is because of julian assange is convicted then any reporter in america doing his or her job is in danger of being charged with espionage for publishing information that is embarrassing to the u.s. government. the united states has sold more than a 1000000 barrels of oil that was seized from iranian tankers last year as part of washington sanctions program and another captured vessel is currently on its way to a u.s. port the stations have become standard practice for the united states as punishment for tehran's alleged nuclear plant washington claims all income generated will go to its fund for victims of state sponsored terrorism but is that really the case has donald caught it. need not idea for a side hustle put sanctions on a country pirate its oil exports and sell it that's what the us did with

a 1000000 barrels of iranian oil seized under its sanction regime last year and suffice it to say there were some handsome profits to be made while the value of the seized fuel has not been announced compared to european gasoline prices the sale could equate to tens of millions of dollars while washington says the revenue will be used for the greater good the u.s. victims of state sponsored terrorism fund cording to its website victims are embassy workers who were held hostage in iran in 1989 and anyone who won a lawsuit against those who the u.s. considers state sponsors of terror but who exactly are these people has anyone ever seen them we're talking about tens of millions of dollars here don't worry until we find out who gets the money washington says it will be safely in the hands of government agencies and as for what effect this all has on iran the world's 4th largest oil reservoir taran claims it's not flinching in the face of u.s. sanctions. to the enemy and trump one of us to perish and our experts to

reach the room we set the highest record of exports in the history of the will industry during the embargo period still the country is fighting tooth and nail to get those sanctions lifted and revive the iran nuclear deal which the trumpet ministration pulled out of in 2018 biden though seems no more willing to cooperate than his predecessor will the us lift sanctions 1st in order to get iran back to the negotiating table. now the international court of justice is claiming it has jurisdiction over iran challenging u.s. sanctions the same ones that were imposed under former president donald trump and washington is telling the court to mind its own business and why not for he who controls the seas it's a never ending feast of someone else's oil and mountains of profit and international oil economist octo mom do son of a told us that actions like this on the mind america's status. well that's still

it's. sanctions. to see these sanctions. has not imperil national. that. you know is rich. with all of this sort of. other countries on its world and of course that will happen u.s. coalition with the united states and. it is. certainly something which. the response i'm going to serve but i think it's going to have the responsibility is. fast. filmmakers are demanding an investigation after a leaked message suggested a top aide of the new york governor of method withholding the correct figures on

covert deaths in care homes basically we froze because then we were in the position where we were unsure if what we were going to give to the department of justice was going to be used against us while we weren't sure if there was going to be an investigation the scandal escalated 2 weeks ago when the new york attorney general's report accused the administration of undercounting covert deaths in this ng homes by some 50 percent the state health department then revealed nearly 4000 previously unreported victims who later died in a hospital or another facility one grieving daughter who lost her mother says new york's vulnerable elderly are being used as political pawns. the you know the sad part is that they used our seniors and everything that they and was going on with death that death toll to their political advantage they were covering up for in order to remain in power and that's that's a travesty that they did that not only to seniors but say that to their loved ones

when we've been calling for a monster and she's an accountability and all we we've been met with insults and with stonewalling so we're happy that this is starting to come out and we just believe this is that chip of the dice for a senior komo advise i have promised an investigation but blame the trumpet ministration for what i presented as a politically motivated smear campaign of ian's idea says an unbiased probe is essential to revealing the truth the reality is that we needed an independent investigation with subpoena power to be able to get to the communications that were happening before the election if they're going to play political football with our seniors and with this information then we're still not hopeful that they'll be held accountable governor cuomo just press conferences has said who cares where the seniors die we care we continue to say that we care where they die we care where they die and we hear how they died. this is our tale the way hospital chiefs in

britain are under fire for putting efforts into adopting new gender neutral language rules during a pandemic but explained not among our stories after the last.

so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy to. let it be an arms race in. very dramatic development only. i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical. to sit down and talk. to paris police officers are said to be charged over violence at a yellow vests protest in 2019 what is believed to have fired a stun grenade that left activists blind in one eye he told us his injury was just the start of government led attacks. the more uppity i joined the political opposition at least in relation to mark rowlands policies considering what is

happening in many countries it is obvious that they are trying to silence me it is not only about a bullet or a grenade as a result of which i lost an eye on january 26th in 2019 but also about everything that followed the pressure i was subjected to subsequent problems accusations that were brought forward against me from the government or certain ministers and assembly members. and cameras captured the moment self the rodrigo's was his to me i thousands were injured in the yellow vests mass rallies for economic justice which broke out in late 2018 a study found the 5 protesters lost hands from being hit by police munitions and 30 people partially blinded the number of disciplinary proceedings for violence by officers rose dramatically. 7 7 7 over.

2 years ago the un human rights commission called for a probe into the possible use of excessive force by french police during the protests however the government rejected the accusations with president calling them unacceptable overfed prime minister eduardo did admit more enforcement had made mistakes in handling the rallies to run rodriquez describes the lack of action from the authorities as being even worse than the police brutality. you know when officials talk about you as mentally retarded on live television you also need to be able to deal with that that has lasted 2 years and of course there is no way i

can fight back against that the pressure that these people the government the state put on me personally and on my family cost me much more harm than the police who gathered to my out. the national health service trust in southern england is facing condemnation from many sides of a new gender neutral language requirements or something the pandemics hardly the time for a huge politically correct overhaul even though it's meant to benefit such as trans groups are critical of the timing as saskia taylor explains. do you think the national health service in a country in lockdown in the middle of a you raging pandemic would have other things to do than go on a rampage of political correctness but no you'd be wrong in fact here's a list of the new lingo you need to brush up on.

and i just trust has come up with a roadmap to increase of it and apparently this is just the start fast off so many revelations so tons out that all those people since the very beginning of time who thought they had breasts the word mark this wrong man could easily have been doing the midnight chest feeding all these years out of a robot to be a row way ahead of his time but irony of ironies this trans friendly policy didn't even win over all the people it specifically set out to include this is an absolutely classic case of a public sector institution trying to be woke and succeeding only in making life much harder for the very people on whose behalf it presumes to speak and the 34000000 in the u.k.

who identify as one well they were not impressed excuse me housing racing women's words to describe their lives experience anything other than exclusive i breastfed my children with milk from my breast not from my cast my test contains my heart and lungs a concious house seen breastfeeding affronts anyone enough of removing women women exist when menstruates give birth and have breasts can we keep our terminology for son this was just the cherry on top of the gender fluid biology question in cake big by. warriors and companies terrified of being canceled i meet a few years back the summit you product always removes the female gender symbol so that trans man what does it feel dysphoric theaters know not garstin eighty's and gentle learn to take their seats mellow female toilets are so out self selection facilities are in i don't want shows

a mother and abortion to female and male categories because i know how well says non-binary sam smith supposed to when everything so yeah no more men never women no more chav manal manholes subsidy no man kind is the love that's going to change the future of mankind so we'd like you to look what we like to see the people coming not necessarily mankind well i'm just waiting to hear what j.k. rowling says about this i mean she's got nothing to lose really sure what is suggested that people who manage straight all women in margin and you can't be canceled twice can you. think of weekend update with the breaking news that we had in the past hour that the u.s. senate has voted to acquit donald trump of a citing an insurrection on january the 6th on capitol hill 57 senators voted guilty that included 7 republicans from trump's own party but that fell short of

the 2 thirds majority that was needed to secure a conviction like donald trump the 2nd impeachment trial and the 2nd time he's been cleared mr trump himself has reacted obviously not on twitter but regarded it as another phase in the greatest witch hunt in the history of our country and that his movement to make america great again had only just begun his next move are yet to be seen we'll be getting more reaction in the coming hours here on r.t. international from moscow. he must not conflate all elites with corruption there are many bureaucrats and many public servants that or 1000000000 that are patriotic that know what civil duties and if anything must be associated with the new order that comes up that many of

the success stories and. intelligent leaders and these movements tell you no people or the corrupt elites on the other side look we will give you a fair chance and we will give you an honorable exit from the system if you let your peers which are cleaner and which have no blood on their hands come in and manage this this with us. hello welcome to redacted denied this is the comedy show where americans in america covering american news are code foreign agents so yes i want wealth redistribution there i said it i know it's the 3rd rail but i

paid right in 1st so i could just take the drew well i am running for president of my neighborhood elementary school p.t.a. but i'm pretty sure all when that easily my campaign slogan is extend the school day to 20 hours because we don't want to have to deal with those little goddamn monsters you take up well. when as long as they don't find out i don't anyway i want wealth redistribution and here's the part that's going to blow your mind straight out it's time for wealth redistribution because we've already had it for decades 50 trillion dollars has been redistributed from the poorest americans to the top one percent the richest mother in the world have stolen trillions from average americans over the past several decades you know how mad you get when you and someone takes the last donut well.