in brussels, both sides made their case. nothing was really resolved. lots of words. what happens next? maybe actions ah, the west, when to far less be frank in violation of all international obligations and common sense they chose to escalate this situation. russian foreign minister doesn't hold back journeys on your press conference with nato expansion dominating thought. figure prov. once again outline moscow's red lines. the cia has reportedly been training elite, ukrainian special operations teams on us territory amid melting tensions with russia. also on the program, joe biden, philip voting rights, is effectively blocked by his own party. thus, the day after the american supreme court struck down the president's mandate taxi monday for businesses with

from moscow to the world, you're watching our see international life. my name is peter scott, welcome to the program. the west went to fall. those were the strong words of the russian foreign minister on friday when talking about international security issues as his annual press conference. sir gale of rav also slammed the us and its allies for hypocrisy when it comes to human rights violations, a rule. so the west went too far. let's be frank, in violation of all international obligations and common sense they chose to escalate this situation. well, you see the west condemns violent actions against civilians. they condemn human rights violations. but when bloody codes are carried out by those who swear their allegiance to the west, the west embraces them. this is what happened with the ukrainian qu. many people died there, including at the hands of provocateurs, and this case was approved by the united states and the europeans just accepted that as fact. and no one is going to investigate the my down atrocities. there's

a cause, a stood outside which is foreign ministry. here with a press conference or with brushes, foreign minister said a lever wrapped up a few hours ago and it did go on for quite a few hours. because lab rob, as you heard there pulling no punches over the worse than the, the us in a situation 10 situation around ukraine at the moment. another press, it came at an important time, of course, as regards the situation in ukraine as talks with nato and talk to the u. s. in geneva, and in brussels. earlier this week, let's you pretty much a debt and the u. s. not bending on moscow's demands to provide security and guarantees over that situation. it would ukraine. of course, the question on everyone's lips has been whether there will be a so called a invasion in ukraine or by russia. of course, the worst accusing russia of strengthening his forces on the border and ukraine as

nato expands eastward. russia says it has every right to defend is, board is now that question was raised at the very start of the press conference and we can get circ a lab rose, answer to it right here. american nato seems to have made it very clear that they're not going to, it's a give you the security guarantee. if you don't get the guarantees, you've said that you, ne, that there will be a military response. what does a military bombs actually mean? could you, could you lay that house? are you ready to use military force to ensure that ukraine never joined nature? that's your ferguson. now only western colleagues, guess using tea leaves. they mediately grab the sanctions, baton wheel for everything being decided on the basis of mutual respect and a balance of interests. the position of russia presented by nato is based precisely on the balance of interest and is aimed at the security of europe as a whole, including russia. anita wants to create military footholds around the russian

federation to dominate europe. now lover of also said that even if ukraine isn't drags in sinay, so as it were, any appearance of nato forces on his borders will be seen as a will constitute a red line of horse. red lines was a buzz words for the geopolitical situation in the past few months. he said that is not acceptable. russia will not accept that. neither will it accept us building military bases or placing a striped missiles anywhere in a sea of as of that also constitutes a red line. he outlines those red lines in the press conference, and we can hear just how may constitute a red line for russia in this graph. here, we are good to go teach q. you put a human, we categorically do not accept the appearance of nato on our borders. it's a red line, they know it. even if you crane remains outside nato, there are still the possibility of ukraine in agreements with the u. s. the u. k.

in other western countries that are building military facilities and bases on the see of as of there, this is also an acceptable to us. this is another red line that it talks over the past week. i've also sent as a marker of the tensions between us and russia. of course, the u. s. are not bending on any of russia's demands. it seems as i also was lucky enough to ask a sec, i love rob about the words of the u. s. secretary of state, anthony lincoln, who said that all president putin has done in the past 2 years or so is a to facilitate what he wanted to present or prevent her rather. and those are kind of strong words from the u. s. i is, oliver said, that really isn't the case. said he was surprised that those words have by blinking gressick latasha anthony blue u. s. secretary of state, lincoln argues that what president wouldn't has done over the past couple of years

has only speeded up everything that would like to prevent on which basis does blink and make such comments. do you think we present putting putin has been devoting all the last years to strengthen russian sovereignty, which is constantly under attack by the west. those are attacks on all fronts. direct military to terrance information attack, soft power mechanism. and others is a shame that someone thinks that russia is in the pocket of the west. much of what is being said, today's connected with escalating tensions around the russian federation. so as you see that sig, i love these press officer pulling absolutely no punches. as regards the west in nato, he's pulled out the hypocrisy of nate, so purporting to stand up for human rights. however, then supporting a bloody cruise and color revolutions as it were. as regards what happens in ukraine, and instead of calling it acute, fully in said a diplomatic processor. but he also said it to the west now is that the us,

he has written to washington as regards those guarantees on safety and security and is to them now the poll is very much in the us, go to find a peaceful resolution to it all the syria is reported to have been training ukrainian special operations teams, amid tensions with russia. the program is beliefs of last 6 years ago and are seized on courts or can tell us more about those revelations. according to a recent yahoo news article, basically the cia is training ukrainian special forces units on american soil. and this is to fight in case of an apparent russian invasion of ukraine. again, we've said many times in this channel. moscow said many times this is basically just nonsense, but nevertheless, ukrainian troops are apparently getting some state of the art training from the u. s. government. the program has involve very specific training on skills that would enhance the ukrainians ability to push back against the russians. said the former senior intelligence official, us base ca program has included training and firearms camouflage techniques,

land navigation tactics like cover and move intelligence and other areas. yahoo news of course was not specific about the actual names, but it says that 5 former intelligence and national security officials pass this information along to them. apparently these training programs involve camouflage exercises, land navigation exercises and the like. but all the while washington, the saying that these are not offensively oriented exercises, us officials claim that they're just centered around intelligence gathering us officials deny that the ca, training program is or was ever offensively oriented. but just what intelligence support entails in the paramilitary context can be ambiguous and how this training will be applied by the ukrainians may change rapidly with facts on the ground. now what is exactly intelligence gathering mean? i mean, well, in the context of power, military operations, we don't really know because we don't know what these ukranian special forces are going to be doing with the training they received on american soil in the future.

we at least know that the u. s. military advisors were training ukrainians, ukrainian forces, specifically after the events of euro, my don in 2014, but that was all on ukrainian soil. we also, we for marcia. executive said that going back decades, the ca has provided limited training to ukrainian intelligence units to try and shore up, you know, and i suppose an independent key and prevent russian subversion as i saw it. but that cooperation specifically was ramped up after the crimea became a part of russia. now we did reach out to the cia and the defense, the defense department of the united states for comments. so of course we'll bring our viewers any response we get in the news tennis nova jock of which has been detained by australian board authorities that suffered visa was voided for a 2nd time, amid a dispute over his vaccine status. joke of is appealing the health in good order

grounds used to evoke on this occasion. and the federal court hearing is pending. the 1st challenge to be that was about whether he had a valid vaccine exemption. now he did wind up the appeal joke of is legal team now argue that the latest premise been used to revoke his be the is based on australia comes in. his presence in the country would stoke until bucks sentiment. if he doesn't win, that's appeal. he could be 100 a 3 year visa been in addition to being deported a not playing in the australian open a president that is still shadowed to play in the event in melbourne on monday. oh, no, joe biden's week has gone from bad to worse. after seeing his plan for mandatory vaccinations, shot down by the supreme court, the u. s. president was den, hoping to change voting rules in the senate and pushed through some key bills with us been derailed by members of his own party as archie caleb moore's reports. the

biden administration is down dealing with the fact that at this point we have one of their own party stepping up, cursed and cinema. stepping up a senator from arizona saying that she will not vote to change the senate rules and enable the repub, republican opposed bill that is going to extend voting rights according to the democrats intended to protect the rights of voters. ah, she's not going to vote to change the senate rules now kirsten cinema. she did say that that she opposes the republican legislation around the country and she favors of, you know, protecting the rights of voters as the joe biden bill intends to do. but she's not ok with changing the st rules in order to do it. this is what she said. where does this descending spiral of division lead and how can we stop it? our country's divisions have now fueled efforts and several states that will make it more difficult for americans to vote and undermine faith at all american should have in our elections in our democracy. these bills help treat the symptoms of the

disease that they do not fully address the disease itself. and while i continue to support these bills, i will not support separate actions that were sent the underlying disease of division infecting our country. now this refers to the filibuster, which is a rule in the u. s. senate that enables the minority party to block legislation by refusing to close debates. i essentially, they continue to have of the minority party speak and continue to make remarks until, until the opposition a, it is able to stop the bill. it's a way of just kind of prolonging the proceedings, preventing the vote and preventing the bill from passing. it's been used throughout u. s. history for various causes and by various parties, the democrat and the republicans of both use the filibuster, tactic at different points to stop legislation when were the minority party. now at

this point we have the white house stepping up and accepting defeat on this. this is what we heard from joe biden. the honest to god answer is, i don't know whether we get this done. as long as i'm in the white house, as long as i'm engaged at all, i'm going to be friday to change the way these legislatures have moved. so kirsten cinema is refusing to enable the democrats to overrule the filibuster in order to pass the bill. now it's quite interesting because joe biden, at one point, was on record saying that he was strongly in favor of keeping the filibuster as a necessary check on the majority parties. power. this nuclear option is ultimately an example in the arrogance of power. it is a fundamental power grab by the majority party. now on tuesday and joe biden went to the us state of georgia to promote this voting rights bill giving an important speech. but many noted that stacy abrams

a rising star and the democratic party did not attend the speech. and this led to some interesting speculation on m. s. n. b c. from their commentators about why that may be. politicians don't show up with presidents when their approval ratings may be in the thirty's in the state whether or not. so at this point, we're seeing the biden administration continue to have its poll numbers drop that's becoming less and less popular. and now we see members of the democratic party increasingly the railing efforts led by the white house. this is just the latest example, but we saw the supreme court over turning jo biden's vaccine mandates. we've seen other moves, joe biden. it seemed came into office promising that he was going to fix many of the problems that he blamed on the previous administration and restore the unity of the country. however, if you look at the results over the past year, that has not exactly panned out. democrats do have a major problem. it's looking like there's going to be a way, something like what happened in the next $93.00, i think was

a 100 and 3rd session of congress when newt gingrich came in with the republican revolution in the, in the contract with america. where there were well over a 100 seats that changed hands. i suspect that's going to happen in 2020 to mid tubs. the problems that prevalent vitamin has right now in his own party is he's very unpopular and the only person less popular than him is, is vice president. and people are floating hillary clinton as the own possible savior, the democratic party. you have 296, u. s. a. democrats, as governor, senators and congressmen and you're telling me none of them are going to be look good for 2024. how bad is your party right now? us diplomats as voice concerns about the rift between moscow and the west, over ukraine, arguing the situation is getting increasingly unstable in eastern europe. the drumbeat of war is sounding loud, and the rhetoric has gotten rather shrill. we have to take this very seriously. we

have to prepare for the eventuality that there could be an escalation. the statement comes amid a series of tense talks between the western russia that were initiated by moscow. president putin is looking for agreement that nato will not expand any further east, but so far talks of stalled. meanwhile, the polish 4 minutes to warn that the risk of war within the post soviet space was at his highest in 30 years, while his russian counterpart, sir gale of rav stated, the west has gone too far in escalating tensions. nato meanwhile, is concerned about the russian military buildup on russia's western borders. moscow has been firm in saying that any negation in negotiations about where military personnel during his lunch cannot happen, at least not until it receives within guarantees that west and build up in ukraine will stop here being allowed memberships and nato is a major issue for russia. 14 years ago, nato decided ukraine should be allowed to join,

and the current head of the block un stalsen berg stuns by that decision. i was actually present out to them natal summit in bucharest in 2008. are all allies agree that that ukraine will become a member of natal? and we stand by that decision on the decision. so taking off the record of some it on the issue over your grains or ability to become a member. well, for me, you a senior security policy analyst, my comalla, spoke to the program about those tensions. and he thought that the less belligerence approach from the west would be a means of de escalation. i've heard from diplomats, russian diplomats and in the past, where they say that the united states diplomatically seems to always be talking down to their, to, to russian diplomats. and there and there, and this is another example of that, that we will do this and we won't do that,

that's off the table. and this is the problem. if you're going to take everything off the table before you even begin discussions than what sort of talk about. and so this is basically my, a washington through brussels trying to lead this process. and i think that it, that moscow could reverse that trend and become much more assertive and thereby take over the initiative and actually take control of events rather than always been reacting to events if at any moment that those channels are, are closed off. because of arrogance. or by o, the west in launching these preconditions and not having that honest discussion and looking for that half way medium and understanding moscow's concerns. then that's a problem american consumers are feeling the pain with inflation is highest in a generation and supermarket shelves empty. now,

as covert disrupt supply chains. president biden, this is all part of a global problem, but republicans pointing the finger squarely at his administration under joe biden . everything costs more, store shelves are empty, and small businesses are struggling to hire workers and stay open. this trend isn't transitory, and it's all happening under democrats when party control well disgruntled self as a also blaming the president hosting images of empty supermarket shelves under the housetop. best shells biden. the american leader recently claim supply chain problems have been sold. so while colleagues, it's all t america went to see for themselves from introducing downtown washington, the area that we're finding here of the frozen. as you can see, a shelves are empty of beef, chicken, eggs, fruit and vegetables, even non perishable items difficult to find and some grocery stores now in

a normal year, 5 to 10 percent of food items may be unavailable. today, nearly 15 percent are out of stock that according to jeff freeman, president and ceo of the consumer brands association and officials say things may not get better for the next 12 to 18 months. now there are many reasons for this, including an increased demand for groceries with families choosing to eat at home during the omicron serge. as we saw here in dc metro area last week, winter storms have effected major interstate. and a shortage of as many as $80000.00 truck drivers are out nationwide. that's a historic high, according to the american trucking association. and because of this extra say to expect price hikes and food shortage is similar to what we saw in 2020. now here's what you're seeing. as a result on tuesday, wal mart kroger. and albert's in stocks did albertson's, taking the biggest, indicating a trend among major grocers being affected by those supply chain issues. also, these trips to the grocery store are costing shoppers even more with inflation

rates soaring to 7 percent for the 1st time and for decades. now, with the united states seeing more than 700000 cases of coven 19 per day on average during this whole micron serge, it's slowing down food manufacturers and causing grocery store workers to call out sick. and we heard reports from companies talking about it had more positive tests in the past 2, when they had in all 2020 a law provides, is forcing companies to shut down manufacturing lines preemptively. and it's leading to just simply not enough supply. experts say that things may not return to normal and so staffing levels are restored. this hand demik lights up in the global food distribution network is restored. no, with the only constrain sweeping across america, few people are donating blood. there's been such a decline in fights that the country's red cross is declared is 1st of all,

blood crisis is says there's no less than one day supply. we spoke to one of the specialists in washington, d. c. red cross supplies, 40 percent of the nation's blood, and we typically strive to keep a 5 day supply on hand at all times what we've been experiencing as it relates to this current bullet crisis, is that we've had less than a one day supply of critical blood products in recent weeks. so that's what distinguishes this particular blood shortage in terms of a capacity. blood cannot be, may factored or stuck out every 2 seconds. someone in the us needs blood as doctors are being forced to make difficult decisions about who receives transfusions and who will need to wait until more products become available. so covered is definitely a factor in terms of the blood supply. as we're seeing

a 3rd in co, 19 variants that impacts the ability for donors to be able to give as you have to be feeling well. and of course not symptomatic. the situation will continue to become more dire and ongoing, and it will impact patient care tremendously. the u. n. world food program is warning of what he calls a soon army of hunger in afghanistan. half of the population has been struggling to obtain food this winter. and the situation is seemly been exacerbated by sanctions . things have become so bad that some have even resorted to selling their organs. i scan, ma'am, $2300.00 equals the price of a kidney or how long that will feed a family. his unclear i couldn't go out and beg for money. i was not able to

back then i decided to go to the hospital and sell my kidney. so i could at least feed my children or some time a lot of welcome to modern afghanistan, where the organ trade is flourishing. amidst a dire economic crisis, 99 percent of the don't is selling kid needs of the people encountering economic problems and only one percent of donors of the ones who donate that kidney to a family member. it needed. most donors come from poor families and may not be aware of the consequences. plus the deaths won't go away by themselves. most of people leave the country, fearing for their lives, but some also leave in search of jobs. and when those people cannot make it to other countries, they come back home and they have to pay the money they had borrowed for their travel costs. and to do that, they sell their household belongings or sell their kidneys and some people even decide to sell their children. john, now as dog for the shark, the chaotic us nato withdrawal and the taliban takeover pushed afghanistan into

financial chaos. subsequently aggravated when the west froze afghan assets abroad. and when foreign funding was suspended, the un is now launching a $5000000000.00 a de payable. this is a stock get an absolutely essential stock up measure that we are putting in front of the uncharged route. without this being funded, there won't be a future. we need this to be done. otherwise they will, they will be outflow. there will be to suffer for those who have sold their organs . the suffering has already known the bear. well, that's the way the world is looking to ha 5 in the morning. moscow time. my name is peter scott, and i'll be back with a run down on the headlines and around 30 minutes.

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