the ah, the new york governor cuomo falls fall of the very cold. he and the democratic party vocally support the me to movement as he steps down the mid a sex scandal. of the news were cross this morning for you nearly reveal tend to get documents shed light on how the u. s. department of defense and precious movie produces to portray the american military in a favorable light on u. k. providence to bar johnson's under fire again after the merge that $90000.00 pounds was spent on paintings for downing street, the cash was splashed amid growing public and go to pay fries for teachers and police, as well as a tiny rise offered to the covert. a battle national health service the taxes in desperate need of funding on the pay rise. i think the issue about the

paintings is something covenant rather than ah, that a good morning? you watching on tv? me, kevin. oh, in the this 11th of august, slow from i will do use h q here in russia. i'm here where the latest for the next 30 minutes. good type company. this 1st that this fall off to choose a resignation of new york. governor cuomo, he quit after new york's attorney general concluded that the governor had sexually harassed 11 women. and now joe biden is being dragged in over the coals for his previous support for cuomo, your governor new york, on one hell of a job. i think he's sort of a goal standard for the hell of a job. and i mean both on everything from access to voting to infrastructure, to a whole range of things. that's why it's so sad. can you really say all of until

he's accused of sexually harassing? the question is, did he do a good job and infrastructure? i was the question he did outside was personally ok. separate to to know and i was asked a specific question and co most being on the fire from the me to movement the very cause. he and his fellow democrats, but comb with previously given the passion speeches about respecting women in the personal space to sheep in or ridicule the pain. a woman suffers from the sexual attack is disgusted. i often will give them a grip of the arm, a pat on the face, a touch on the stomach, a slap on the back. it's my way of saying, i see you. i appreciate you. and i thank you to

2nd guess how a woman should ever active after a sexual attack is sexist and disgusted. i do hug and kiss people casually. women and men. i have done it all my life. and the not so distant past, cuomo was going to women's marches, and speaking up in support of the me to movement condemning sexual harassment, talking about the rights of women. but at this point, we have 11 women who are speaking up and saying that andrew cuomo engaged in inappropriate behavior with them. now. andrew cuomo has resigned, but insist that he is innocent. he says he did nothing wrong. it would simply be impossible for him to continue governing in this atmosphere created by these allegation. this situation in moment. i'm not about to fax. it's not about the

truth. this is about politics. and our political system today is too often driven by the extreme twitter has become the public square for policy debate. there was a new phenomenon with its happening today. lawsuits involving sexual dalliance is occur when somebody denies them. so then you follow up with defamation suit. you don't so any more for what they did you so for them denying what they did. so there are, he has said some pretty interesting things as far as the various women who have come forward and said he touched me here and did this. so this is not in any way done there that this is, i hate to say it's epstein, leon black fever. i mean this is, this is what we're used to in our zeitgeist. now, cuomo says this is politically motivated and that the only evidence is

a bunch of tweets on social media. however, while most supported this very same movement, the me to movement in similar situations, and many critics of me to have pointed out that all it takes in order to have a politician, step down is allegations the word of accusers, as well as social media outrage. there's really no procedure. there is no way of determining guilt or innocence. the accusations, fly, and careers are destroyed. now, many have pointed out to me to seem to be primarily targeting republicans and conservatives, donald trump. but cuomo is a democrat, and his accusers are democrats and the new york state attorney general lateesha james, who issued the report that seems to have been the last straw, was also a democrat. and the scandal surrounding homeless harassment case because even bigger after a group fighting sex abuse got involved. and on this side, you might expect the leader of the times up charity is not resign than half to

coming on to 5 or her ties to the new york governor or organisation actually supports victims of sexual harassment. you deserve more than just that. you are showing others at no one has the right to strip your voice, no matter how known and powerful they are. well, last week, sir, pulled by the new york attorney general alleges that roberta caplin helped review a letter by cuomo, attacking and diminishing the allegations of one of his victims. she later explained that the 2 jobs are incompatible with each other. i can offer the degree of transparency about my firms matters now being demanded since that would be contrary to my responsibilities. as a lawyer, roberta captain's mentioned that reports left several, several sexual assault victims, furious. they wrote an open letter in which they called for it to resign from the times board, which she subsequently did. we spoke to journalist, nor for daniela's, who believes the democratic party use the me to cause too often. and now it's back

fired on them. damaging to the democratic party and the, and the democratic party 1000000. the democrats weaponized the me to movement. they used to devastating effect against bred cavanaugh. it was a very powerful weapon that was brought to bear. and now it's been brought to bear on one of their own is acutely embarrassing and to have cuomo, who was a cheerleader for the me to movement than to fall victim to the movement. i think these, these are, these accusations are backfiring. people are going to be very careful if for bring in charge like this again. and this whole episode leaves a very bad taste in everybody's mouth. this next for you, the pentagon has been routinely bullying hollywood movie makers into portraying the u. s. military in a favourable light, according to nearly obtained documents, it also often demands script headed to with one tv series even getting its wings

clipped by top us bras. constantino's cuff reports propaganda on the silver screen . so the d. o. d 's been waging war. the creative freedom is our script writers and directors. perhaps the most blatant case is the 200-1900 cbs trauma. serious the code about marine corps lawyers, which was canceled soon after release school pack, were headed towards the as it turns out, the military saw the 1st effort i was before they went on air and was upset about his story line showing a marine turned congress man accused of brutally executing that rocky civilian and another service man who killed a spanish citizen while drunk driving. marine corps leadership was apparently provided advance copies of several of the episodes and was displeased enough that they communicated what they saw serious shortcomings in the depiction of the marine c. b. s. television has indicated a desire to correct the problems in future episodes by accepting deer de assistance as a 1000 pentagon's official web page. the department has

a long standing relationship with hollywood. what it keeps quiet about is how many tradeoffs had cost to filming community. remember, homeland an american long run, an espionage thriller, the carrion cobble for a week or 2? when hoarding to the files, the producers asked the us army to support the final season, filming, but initially were turned down by the military. after they saw the script on the entertainment office is currently in talks of the producers of homeland have asked some modern army support. initial request is declined due to a storyline, that was not an accurate portrayal of soldiers. sure. and responded with some significant edits to the problematic areas. army has agreed to provide support as requested. show runners responded with significant ad. it's what they were. we don't know why. what we do know is that how lens final season speculates on

a full story that the russians fund the tally about insurgents also plays off the consequence of the wes withdrawal from again, it's then sounds like something that american army bosses might like. the pentagon doesn't always get its way though the same internal report suggests christopher no one a hot shot hollywood director, simply snubbed the military as they showed their appetite for a script at its continued discussions for supportive chris nolan thriller. merry go round working title support request, it includes use of all spray and clinic f frames and g p. an air force have indicated interest if military characterizations are rewritten, emphasizing military mission request for support of chris. know them thriller, merry go round working title, seem to have stopped likely causes that produce it. director were reluctant to make changes needed to gain d o. d support. others like captain marbles co directors and a bowden and wine flag, had to cozy up to the defense department report lee, they had lunch with air force top command and took part in a professional development session. whatever that means,

before the film's release. no wonder a marvel movies are being branded as military propaganda in the media. more and more. the internal reports coverages. 2 years of pentagon, hollywood cooperation from 2017 to 2019. yet they cite scores of famous movies and tv shows that gain support or a green light from the military, including transformers to last night, fast and furious. a tom cruises ta gone to the list goes on. but those are the films that made it to the big screens. despite the at, it's a lot of stories like a documentary on guantanamo bay trials have been rejected completely and never came to be morris jones, who found himself in the fiery line again after danny spent nearly 100000 pounds on 2 paintings, apparently set to be displayed in the problem is official london residents. the blemish purchase is coming after the u. k. government though approved

a 20 pound the we cut to the universal credit benefit system, which was intended to support low income families during the pandemic. and also on top 2 of a pe freeze for teachers and police officers, just a small payroll, 73 percent for those covert embattled health care workers. while the opposition had a field day the prime minister spending priorities, it's always about himself. as government cuts, universal credit and freezes, frontline nurse police pay, johnson has found more money to treat himself again and it is in desperate need of funding on the pay rise in order to be able to recruit and retain staff and catch up with the enormous backlog of work. so i, i think the issue about the paintings is something covenant relevant. my understanding is it's largely paid for through public money rather than donors as

the government has suggested that government is going back down stairs the route. whereas the beginning of the co bid, we were able to see that when money was needed it could be found. and in fact, the treasury lenses came up with a lot of money in its initial time efforts to help the n h s. response of the crisis, and now i want to turn the top off again. it's not the 1st time the police pm's found himself in trouble for his expensive home improvements. early this year he faced questions over price c downing street renovation. had been paid for an investigation at the time, concluded he had acted, quote, unwisely, but had not broken the ministerial code. the purchase was justified, as the paintings in question then were paid for with a dedicated fund. the government to art collection helps to promote the creativity of british art and culture. it acquired new works after consulting and securing the

approval of an independent expert panel. and the majority of funding for acquisitions comes from philanthropic source is not taxpayers money from a an h. s. service trust. chairman roy lily told us that the timing of this latest scandal could've been, was i think, is a very poor decision on this occasion. i think there are 2 reasons why bad judgment . firstly, we've just recently gone through a pay or a pay round without nursing stuff where the government have been pretty mean in the way that they've approached it. and secondly, of course is the overall economic situation. so whether or not these are good paintings and whether or not that good value for money is not as important as what does it look like? what do people think when they see the economy is not very good. we've just denied frontline and her stuff. a decent play. rise and the prime ministers hanging too

expensive paintings in the sitting room. number 10, a chest looks bad. people walked on off gaston and are living so yet another crisis was widespread poverty feeling a vast blot market in drugs, weapons and even now human all gittens. we gotta do, you don't commentary report, we put together about it revealing that having to sell the kidneys in some instances, to help the families of the toughest of times. the programs are there are various times throughout the day and some of the scenes in it. indeed are upsetting the and in control of the job i can combat. listen to your job. i know a lot and then they go out and go online and then we'll finish. i'm calling on thursday and then i'm in london saturday or sunday shot

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of our wonderful which would be me able to do again for the 80 i got to get. how did she take it off? that's me going to be as long food one need to tell you what you need. that is that quote, should show in stories that's to come later on this channel. let me tell you about what's coming up after the break here for moscow. next, correspondent tags, along with an air bone, fire fighting team as rushes, far east is in the grid with huge wildfires. now 2 more of the mighty seconds away . ah

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to me soon. ah, why from oscar this wednesday? good morning, this is r t, so trucking, these wildfires raging and rushes you to to region far east of the country. thick smoke is covered nearby cities reportedly reached as far as the north pole. for the 1st time, volunteers, fire fighters have machinery and bone forces are all involved in extinguishing the flames as best they can. it's heavy, exhausting work. dmitri pope found out that to when he joined one helicopter cru heading to the front line. so i'm about to take my 1st helicopter right before a better reason. we're going to take a look over the fires of the region, just north of the capital. of course,

we're going to see how about the situation is cuz right now the fires are threatening several villages. we will see just how about it is and deliver supplies to the people on the ground fighting it and well take off. this isn't scary at all . on the way to the village of the views were stunning, but the closer we got to the village day became somewhat terrifying. first, it's clear skies in an endless horizon. and just moments later, it's a wall of smoke. soon as we land, we see a whole bunch of heavy machinery, mister defensive, lot of military equipment, vehicles and trucks and everything to this region because it's all under wreck right now from the flyers. armored personnel carriers, a couple of heavy duty diggers and several trucks. their purpose to create

a mineralized zone there, which the fire will not be able to pass, but no less important are the human reinforcements, fearless volunteers, and professional firefighters say to are getting ready to head out to battle the fires. we, on the other hand, are moving on, we travel to a nearby field where 2 trucks full of firefighters are having difficulty getting through the dense forest fires. so we lend them our helicopter right now. i think you all the stuff of all these firefighters that have been deployed here to help with the efforts, by the way, these are 40 firefighters. they traveled all the way from the other side of russia from cornelia mormons, car. hong you'll be who have battled wildfires in their home regions this summer. but now that they have finished the job at home, they've traveled to recruit yet to aid their fellow colleagues. and there they go to the front line of this seemingly endless battle for

a moment we came from more months to help the region. we will work to extinguish the fires, we will do everything we can when we go back to your goods. and on the way we are once again reminded of just how chaotic situation is with the several more fires and even a new one apparently as we circle around it. and the fire watchers note is location on their maps. all in all. not bad for my 1st helicopter flight. yeah, relentless isn't. it will rush as close what we owe li country battling wildfires, as you'll know, volunteers and firefighters. greece are also still fight in the flames. their big time, the stroke for tissue. but to show you shows extend to the damage caused by the fires in recent days. thousands of people have been evacuated from the region. the greek pm's apologize saying they've done everything humanly possible, but that it wasn't enough. he also described the situation is a natural disaster of unprecedented proportions. almost 600 wildfires, a building across the country. several european states are trying to help greece to

put out those fires. i see them in a book you ation order was sent to me. what should we do? just gets up and go. we can't. if we don't save our houses, who will? they're doing nothing. today is the 4th day and there are no aircraft yesterday. they only carried out to water draws. yet the local people saved the place to rest with little children left of course, but we are not leaving. even if the fire reaches to see we will not leave our village. we will stay for as long as we can and do whatever we can do. we're going to stay here and try to save our place. we need to stay strong for our children. is but a year to day and a long year too. since the sputnik ve coven vaccine was registered here in russia. since then i was 70 countries of adopted. the job on the list continues to grow.

ready but despite is proven track record of the ongoing threats of new, more very le karone of our a strain spoken, it continues to face problems getting accepted. the job still hasn't been approved by the will health organization, all the european medicines agency. we also try the net present ologist michael tool and why it's taking these organizations so long to vaccine and to give the vaccine the green light. it's not particularly clear why. for example, the world health organization hasn't provided emergency authorization. they have done so for 2 of the chinese like thing, kuranda back and sign up on their politics. and that's why agreeing to,

to speak to the story in general about but me because i felt it was important that people in the west under do it. that is a very good next thing produced in russia. it was developed by an excellent world renowned research institute access to vaccines, and that's true or is not as good as it should be, given our ability to purchase them. i think the government acted too late last year up to order enough vaccines. so we're in the situation of about 20 percent of the people in the state. i have been fully explanation that 40 percent of the c one c meeting looked melvin didn't look down the health an economic logic going in hard and then coming out of locked down pretty quickly. and i said so far you'll find, you'll find so much more of what we're talking about at r t dot com or,

and of social media. it is not 26 minutes pass for me, kevin o in reporting from moscow and the rest of the team as well. of a great day the i use the me one of the worst ever nash shootings in america was in las vegas in 2017. the tragedy a close a little of the real last vegas,

where many say elected officials are controlled by casino knows the vegas shooting . revealed what the l v m p d really is. and now it's part of the stand machine to the american public barely remember that it happens, that just shows you the power of money and las vegas. the powerful showed that true colors when the pen demick heard the most contagious contagion that we've seen in decades. and then you have a mayor who doesn't care. so here's caroline goodman, offering the lives of the biggest residents to be the control group, to the shiny facade, conceal of deep indifference to the people by going to say that they would take an action. absolutely, keep the registering and keep the slot machines doing. this is a money machine is a huge cash register that is ran by people who don't care about people's lives being lost. the

the bus one bid this year, you can't afford to miss branch of the board and i'm ready to love. and then washington coming after us. we're seeing a record number of job opening and some employers are blaming a so called a worker shortage for this. got other dynamic and taking a toll on small businesses at a time when they are working, the bounce back, japanese invest firm saw thing is reeling back as president, china as a regulatory crash and continue we'll take a look at the check companies that are being impacted and just how far vision could take a new rule then said in the crypto currency reporting provision in the one trillion

dollar infrastructure packet has been for walk. we'll take a look at how would the fact encrypt your prices. we have a pack. so today to dive right in we leave the program today with more fall out from china, cracked on on tech companies as soft thing now says it will pauses investing in china as it waits for regulatory action against the countries tech firms to play out. the japanese company has a loss more than 35 percent says it's jock peaked in march, following a 69 percent gain back in 2020. while south bank has relied on it's $100000000000.00 vision fund, which includes investments and companies such as chinese ride share from db global and the uber for truck start up full trucks alliance is now rethinking those ties amid beijing's cracked out. so joining us now to analyze the latest is boom and investigative journalist benz want. now ben, can you start by breaking down what the concerns are 1st off bank here?

well, i think he described them pretty well. they're off the top with a 36 percent decline since may is a pretty incredible. we basically when it really comes down to guys is saw, the bank is struggling because of the fact that china has instituted these new rules for tech companies. many analysts look at this and say that china is essentially turning inward, becoming more nationalist in the way than handling its tech companies. and so that's not necessarily good for big investors who want to turn a big profit very quickly. it has resulted in some, some really significant losses for soft think something's not happy about that. they're going to stick around. but we're talking about obviously didi. as you mentioned is a big one where they're, they're losing money on that they'll, they'll continue to write it out, i think. but it is a very serious situation for investors who are looking specifically at a, at a market such as china and what it means to be involved in the tech space there. and then there's also been a serious amount of difficulty when it comes to one of the all time largest investments. and that's alibaba. what does have.