i come here ah, join me every thursday on the alex summon show and i'll be speaking to guess in the world, the politics sport. business. i'm show business. i'll see you then in the us lawmakers, the right secretary said anthony, blinking for his handling of the pull out from a gun across his he says he inherited from 4 presidents. donald trump got an approval so far as the lights off recovered case and he is on ross and will continue carrying out his duties online shortly for isolating. the rushing lead a held in a meeting with their counterpart busha side, where he expressed fears about the foreign prison in the middle east and state

and russia had supposed on friday for the general election, all the policies, the candidates on what the state special coverage. this hour and throughout the week, ah well for most year, thanks for joining us and i was on our team show. i'm daniel hawkins with utah. sunrise. welcome to the program of 1st miss l testifying to congress. he was secretary of state's anthony, blinking has been harshly grilled by the for the rust pull out from i've got to start a lonely cuz certainly didn't mixed words with the country's top diplomat. president noted, states is somewhat disadvantaged here in someone's calling the shots. he can't even speak without someone in the white house, censoring it, or, or signing off on it. i don't know how it's possible if in fact,

the people in charge of our foreign policy did not see all these factors. and conclude that there was a very real possibility of a rep, very rapid collapse. then we've got the wrong people making military and diplomacy decisions in our government. the washington post called it a moral disaster. i think it's a moral disgrace. you nearly dislocated your shoulder though, patting yourself on the back for the great job you've done. i mean, just yesterday you stated we did the right thing by our citizens in working feverishly to get every one of them out. but you didn't get every one of them out. well, us deadline to quit, i'm going to start expired last month, bringing americans longest ever war to a close. as the pentagon withdrew the ton about rapidly took over spoken chaos with thousands of afghans trying to flee the country throughout to the ball and the ministration insisted. things were going fine. what house i was finding it harder to maintain that minority as r, t. c. correspondents were garcia purple from campbell. it was largely

a partisan spectacle, but the republicans attempting to shift the blame for this catastrophe, as they described it onto the biden administration. the democrats, on the other hand, as well as the administration, attempted to absolve themselves of all responsibility for what happened in cobble as american troops pulled that more importantly, the bergman's administration says that this is squarely on the shoulders of trump, the former president, because it was him who agreed to this pull out without leaving them a detailed plan as to what to do. now, the republicans saying that this is an agreement defense because barton had the better half while half a year to make sure that americans were evacuated, that everything was done and orderly, and an orderly fashion, especially considering that the intelligence was that, but the state department and that intelligence agencies had warned that there was

a serious risk that the taliban would overrun the country very quickly. the biden administration nevertheless, maintains that what it did at he's made the best of a bad situation, which he, those brecht as long ago, a song that was killed in 2011 a decade ago. ok. this capabilities were degraded significantly. we completed one of the biggest air lists and history, much of the equipment that was left behind, including in the hands of the afghan forces that then fell to the taliban. much of it, based on what i understand from my colleagues, a, b, o. d is an operable or soon will become an operable because it has to be maintained . it's not of any great strategic value in terms of threatening us. many of the arguments that we heard sharing the hearing never. well, there was stretching the truth to put it lightly, for example, that outside has been degraded. oh, well, that is incorrect. that is more widespread with more followers than ever before. as

for the argument that much of the equipment and weapons left behind by the united states and gather stock will become inoperable. well, that isn't true as well. because even if the taliban doesn't care for, for the 20000 hom, these the, the 40000 pickup trucks, thousands of other vehicles as well as half a 1000000 farms left behind the united states. well, as will simply be able to cannibalize those, that it doesn't need to make sure that they're still functional years past decades into the future. what wasn't touched upon in the hearing all that much was the, the humanitarian situation here and i've got to stand, which is to put it again disastrous because there is, there is of the prospect of collapse and on the political front of the show. so front, at the, especially on the humanitarian front, the hunger we're talking about across the country. the you in itself has said that more than $10000000.00 afghans, a 3rd of the population,

depends humanitarian aid. and they have no assurance that tomorrow they'll be able to eat and bearing that in mind, the time about and booth the tide about in the world food program have said that he stop positive catalyst on we'll run out by the end of unless something is done i mean, you, you take a walk down the street here and in capital duty, louis as well as teachers, professors begging for food because they haven't been paid in months because government accounts have been frozen internationally, especially in the west. and the taliban has nothing to pay them with and bearing lisa get in mind as some of the questions we had during that hearing address the l g b, g q, community and their well being. as you know, mister secretary, the l g b t q i community in afghanistan is extremely vulnerable to punitive actions from the taliban. what thank you for rightly putting the spotlight on concerns about the

l g b q i pos, community. and i can stand in a particular threat that they, they find themselves under. this is something that we are focused on. i'm glad that cleared up. i'll be sleeping so much better tonight. thank god, luckily we have no issues in our country that are more important than the l g. b t q. crisis in afghanistan. what, a complete absolute bleeping idiot we have for a secretary of state. the any reason he's not the dumbest man in d. c is his boss already has that title. it is important to bear in mind that that people are saying the l g b t q, community, the lives that their rights, that they don't matter, the point these, they're making that the l g b t q community was persecuted under the previous us back regime the government here where he'll most, i trial it, he was an offense and it was punishable by even death, a sherri, a lot more remote communities. and for them now to be tried to turn people turn

people's attention away from the crisis. he's gripping of genocide and to focus on the l. g. b t q community. well that he's dishonest. to put it to put it lightly. a retired us air force. authentic colonel, who also worked for the national security agency, said biden's miscalculated the entire situation, or blink and of course he is called val in many ways, but the department of defense is the, is the big player here. and a tone of the questioning today is really political theater and you can, you can kind of watch it on both sides. it's more entertaining than it is revealing . we blame trump for everything. we don't see signs that i assessed the situation 8 months ago. let's say in january, let's say at the end of january, when he took power, it didn't seem like he was really assessing what he had been left by the previous administration. and that's the duty of all presidents as they transfer power. so he

can blame trump. i don't think it's, it's really valid. in this case the russian president is himself isolation. after coping 19 case was detected among his entourage and confirmed blood infusion himself as tested negative for the virus. he'll continue with his work schedule will be on line. the russian leader has had 2 shots of the splitting increase back saying earlier this year, shortly before isolating putin hosted syrian how to state busha. allah sidled on an out with it to the russian capital. monday's meeting with the 1st since food and visited damascus last year of discussing the situation. and i've got to start the lead stress, the need to restore political dialogue and syria of the country. decade long civil war was a short side of his support for the country, but raised alarm, the foreign presence on it so long there probably when the main issue in my opinion is that foreign armed forces are present and certain, i'm sorry,

territories about any un mandate and without your authorization, which clearly contradicts international law, prevent you taking maximum efforts to holiday the country. move along the path restoration at a rate that way he possible if the entire territory was controlled by a legitimate government, which was vs for more on board. a serious at the pentagon presence is absurd. i think it was probably very timely in view of the recent american withdrawal from afghanistan. now logically, you might think the president biden would follow up withdrawal from ending the forever war in afghanistan, with a similar withdrawal in syria. after all, the purpose of the american troops in the northeast syria, supposedly to keep control over. i fish is a transparent nonsense. the real purpose has been to put pressure on

a sad to set down, and it is very unlikely to happen. french government has been struggling to exploit handling of the cupboard crisis as before. my health ministers officially investigate a controversial pandemic policy that allegedly endangered live charlotte lumens came, has the story, the manual my corner looks to seek a 2nd term. the hell move from serious questions of being all about the way his administration dealt with the covey. 19 pandemic. first to be something for the for my help him in the stuff on you who don't on january 24th 2020 as it was being confirmed that the virus had reached. she had made this statement that the risk of invitation from han is moderate. it is now practically 0. since the city, you know, is isolated the risks of the facts around and imported case of very weak and the

risks of spread and virus in the population of very low. however, a few months later, often leaving the health ministry and launching a failed paid to become the mayor of parish rudolph was telling a very different story. when i left the ministry, i was crying because i knew that not the way was in front of us from the start. i only thought of one thing, the corona virus. we should have stopped everything. it was a masquerade. she also related to told the parliamentary investigation that she dilutes in progress in january 2020 is now under investigation by a special court for endangering the lives of others. this is one of the very 1st cases worldwide were leading public figure is being held accountable for how the crisis was handled. however, you may not be alone here in front of those who held high office during the

pandemic. do you to be question to that includes? would phillipe and the current health minister leave you around the court over jeff? this also has its site set on the director general of health and public health from the pressure is on the court of justice is waiting to and thousands of complaints against government ministers, all over allegations of ms handling the pandemic. even president cohen has admitted that france was prepared and mistakes were made. let's be honest. the moment has revealed flaws, shortcomings, like all the countries of the world. we have lack gowns, gloves, hydro alcoholic gels. we were not able to distribute as many mosques as we would have liked for our caregivers, for staff carrying for our seniors, for nurses and home helpers. however, the difference between mr. mccolan,

those that he a point says that he is president, enjoys immunity from prosecution. now since that was a missions from has run up, it's couldn't be rules, mosques remain mandatory in shops and on public transport. health passes showing you and do vaccinations, status, or obligatory in many cultural and ledger spaces as well as in most restaurant, fonts and cafes. rule that triggered protests when the with. 3 those who end up in court over the state handling of cobra, it will have the opportunity to think that defense losing has already said that she won't let the action of the government being discredited and much was done to

prepare for the global crisis. whether or not that was the case is now in the hands of the french judicial system. from the very beginning, there were apparently lies understatement. many failures not health politics. just that should come into play to understand what really happened to help management, which was a disaster. remember, it was the person who said that the virus was brendan front, but also hung posters at paris, therefore, designed to prevent so far as from entering. and she lied about the mass. it seems only now politicians are finally discovered. serving the public interest comes with responsibility is on national skills ago, we launched back into our russian parliament reduction special coverage as the race heats up for seats in the state. duma. that's coming up for a 92nd the

i think it will solve it or we're going to say something remarkable going to senior economy take on. the genie avenue is about to explode higher and that all ratings about to go fully bit going hyper pigmentation. and that's going to filter up to some bigger countries is going to go global and we're all living to something that is absolutely remarkable. driven by a dreamer shaped by those in me dares thing. we dare to ask

me, ah ah, we'll come back to the international. we're now moving to the heart of moscow and our election h q overlooking red square rays, is embrace that to bring you the very best coverage of the upcoming election through russia state duma. as the federal lower house of parliament, the who's there a just a couple of days of campaigning left to go before 3 days of voting kicks off on friday. i'm sure other week we're going to be here introducing you to the party in

that race. the priorities on voters minds and also a bit more insight into rushes politics. just to clarify for you how the election works while they're fighting for there will be 450 m, b from 225 and actual districts chosen to the state duma. they get a 5 year term, half of them. it's 1st past the post. it's majority vote again, single mandate constituencies on the basis of one m. p. 's constituency. the other 225, sent in by the parties. but i need the parties that managed to secure more than 5 percent representation and parliament that will be known, come monday, no doubt. and that's for the issues that are on voters minds. well, russia, of course, is not immune from what many worldwide perceived as the mishandling of the panoramic by rightly the government. so donald court has been asking whether that could boost left this groupings at the russian ballot box super profits for some abject poverty for others. the pandemic striven a sharp wedge between the world's rich and poor, sending millions of people to the bread line. while the lead,

skyrocketing profit margins carry them into space. i also want to think every amazon employee and every amazon customer, because you guys paid for all this ah way to make space more accessible to all welcome to dawn avenue space age ah, ah, in the u. s. a pole of 18 to 34 year olds found only 49 percent of respondents had a positive view of capitalism. that's down from 58 percent when the same question was asked 2 years ago. and this shift can be seen through the 10000 new people who have joined the democratic socialists of america since march. people are really

starting to just look around and say, man, capitalism isn't working. if the markets can't even produce hand sanitizer the toilet paper masks during the plague, what good as the system? a steep majority of young brits also on socialism according to a new poll by the institute of economic affairs, almost 70 percent. in fact, at the same time in spain, the socialist workers party has retained its firm, hold on power. throughout the pandemic, for people growing up in the economy far less forgiving than the one in which their parents spent their best years. radical solutions look like the only viable ones. defeating a disease like this is an activity for which a society must be prepared and poor, which is society must mobilize its resources to confront this disease. when cold is 19 came in the late winter of 2020,

the united states was unprepared and the united states has been able to cope the country. this system as a whole has broken down, and that is a clear way in which the experience of the pandemic has made the witnesses of capitalism and the growing interest in socialism much stronger than it was already before that. russia also has not been in due to the rise in global wealth inequality. the countries rich have added $40000000000.00 to their collective net worth since the beginning of this year. so the russian communist party says it's going to tackle the financial gap, its program titled 10 steps towards people. power promises fixes through policies like nationalization of key industries and banks, as well as an overhaul of industrial investment. although some have criticize the k

p r ups own relationship to russia's millionaires since the party nominated over 100 of them for its ticket to the state, duma general secretary cannot use the gun of though claims that there is nothing contradictory about that isn't possible for a millionaire to be a communist. i believe it's completely possible for us all to be millionaires. if the 10000 minds that this country has created worked for every person. there would be plenty of millionaires, but even sullen by 15 scoundrels who don't even want to pay normal taxes. if what was inherited from our forefathers and from god worked for every person, then the situation would change dramatically. it's times like these when capitalism is not exactly doing much good for many people. that 1000000 struggling to get by start to look for alternatives. well, the socialists be able to step up to the parliamentary play towards the other end of the spectrum is the liberal, conservative civic platform that was founded by someone else with deep pockets

1000000000 a hell of a for an internal bust up made him quit that if the policy stands is supportive of small or mid sized businesses and promote boosting domestic production to substitute to import its chairs. also civic platforms only pay in the current parliament, the party winning less than one percent last time round. in the 2016 poll, constantly, rosco takes a closer look. civic platform is one of the minor par parties, which has only one representative in the state duma currently. and of course their political weight is relatively small, especially contrary to heavy weights. like the ruling united, russia or the communist party, yet the seek to you again, support him a one particular group of vote, voters small and mid sized entrepreneurs. and in a campaign at the head of the party already had show who? dina shots in the head of bunker sam with a domestically made sling shot, which reflects sort of platforms, main message that russia needs

a strong economy 1st and foremost in order to thrive on the global stage. she would do, the stronger will be the stronger the sanctions will be, because we'll be taking back those markets that we lost during the dissolution of the soviet union. look out difficult. it's been to distribute our vaccine. how difficult has been to complete northridge too. it's like a military operation, the fight for resources for money, and we're being pressured from all sides. and such circumstances. the main task is maintain our sovereignty to strengthen it. what do we need to do for that? we need a foreign policy that does not surrounded with military events, revolutions, et cetera. and domestically, we need to develop our markets. we spend 16 trillion on important medicine, health, equipment, machines, electronics. we need to restore at least half of what this country sovereignty, its security and the health of its citizens depends upon. sort of, platform was founded in 2011 by russian tycoon. and back them,

the party was more west leaning liberal, leaning and more critical of a kremlin to konami policies. but the 2014 re unification with the crimea put a dent in the parties, unity some of the party members publicly back to government. and even house rallies in support of the re, re unification with the peninsula. but then make a proper of and some of these allies dissented and quit departure who didn't speak over then has chosen a last critical approach towards the kremlin and focus more on winning hearts and minds of business owners. the policies main task is to support employment nationwide. individuals who are self reliant, who want to earn money, a lot of money to spend an interest in the country. they are prepared for success in the competitive environment to generate their own wealth, as well as national well, that's a great meth and our country that we need to bring back a plan, the economy, a socialist economy. another message that we should liberalize all the market doing

so would benefit everyone. we've been chasing economic growth, cutting back funding for hospitals for wages, and haven't been paying attention to the people themselves. we need to return to a multi structural economy and where it should be planned. we do that and why we need market small businesses entrepreneurs. then we need to completely liberalize those areas all 50 proposals that council has made for supporting small and mid sized businesses have been approved by the government, including tax holidays and concessional, lending to keep up employment oriented polls, chances are low that to the platform will hit 5 percent threshold and make it into the new do more, but they can still compete for several seats in the national parliament roof constituency elections because the party is represented in the local parliament of 8 regions in russia has just one of the party is hoping that they'll be able to see on the thoughts of one particular section of the electorate in order to boost that

chances are seeking out of the state. we're profiling all of them between now, and that's all for a multi selection h q for this our, our angus and correspondence. right. the way through the remaining campaign days. and those all report results come monday morning, the ah oh right now there are 2000000000 people who are overweight or obese. it's profitable to sell food that is trinity and sugary and faulty and addicted not at the individual level. it's not individual willpower. and if we go on believing that will never change,

that industry has been influencing very deeply. the medical and scientific establishment, ah, what's driving the obesity epidemic? it's corporate, me. ah, your media reflection of reality. the in a world transformed what will make you feel safe for tyson lation community you going the right way or are you being direct? what is true? what is faith in the world corrupted. you need to defend the so join us in the depths will remain in the

shallows. ah, the ah, ah ah, ah. hello and welcome to cross top where all things are considered. i'm peter lavelle, is the biden presidency in terminal decline. this administration's handling of the coven pandemic, the economy, and not least afghanistan sees this president underwater, in the polls in a big way in the country today is just as divided as under trump. can this president turn things around?

the cross talking the binding presidency. i'm joined by my guess internet panama, in london. he is professor of international politics at city university of london, as well as visiting professor the london school of economics in atlanta. we have robert patello. he is a civil rights attorney and radio host. and in bulgaria, we cross the julio rivera. he is the editorial director of reactionary times identity across the girls. and in fact, that means you can jump in anytime you want. and i always appreciate, let's go to our guest in london. energy. sometimes when you have distance from a situation, you see things more clearly. so tell me what you think of the by the ministration. what 9 months in now, is it what you expected? and what do you take away from the li praise. he's losing patience with tens of millions of the american people, voters by the way, go heading london off. i think yes of course.