ah, a these are the kind of 5 shill fragments that we found here. there is a city named chatsworth, california usa, our correspondence finds what appears to be part of western supplied munitions in a city where local authorities say a boarding school and bus station were shelled by ukrainian forces. archie, when's a legal battle against google? as a russian port rules, the u. s. tech giant must restore access to the network to block you tube channels and moscow and this nuclear conflict is unacceptable. mid western media hysteria

over russia's potential use of atomic weapons. we discussed the issue with our gas there, we'd have to have the boogeyman that they always have to have. and if the central thread, it's clear to me that this is hyped of rhetoric. russia has always been a very responsible nuclear because united states that walk out of the mtv and mtv opens, guys with, for lost out to the world. this is our international. i'm rachel blevins. and these are the top stories. this our we begin the, our, with the latest from on the ground and the russia ukraine conflict. air alert sirens have been hurt in the city of no via cove. in the hearse on regent, local authorities say about 15 explosions were heard. partial mobilization continues in russia where around $200000.00 have joined the armed forces so far

according to the country's defense minister, that as russian forces hit ukrainian positions in the north of the darnedest republic, with more than 100 ukrainian troops killed and 14 pieces of military hardware distort, dannetta authorities, se ukrainian forces shall the city of duke, who chavez, using westerns, applied munitions, including high mars rockets, are 2 roman coast europe reports from the scene ukrainian nationalists forces at zach this city of funds. i could shyest very early in the morning, at least 5155 millimeters shells, landed at this insert city bus station. thankfully, it was closed at that time. that means there were no people around here. if that, that happened a bit later, that could have been many, many victims want something new user, people depart from the space station heading towards danielle score. one of our ha,

the schedule here is tight. a bus to parts almost every hour and usually there are lots of people would if it had happened during the rush hour, there would have been victims. it's horrible dizzying as it sent the water. these are the kind of fun shell fragments that we found here. and i actually found it sag away from here, and clearly it's marked in english and there's a q r code. there is a city named chatsworth, california usa. now local authorities are saying that this city was attacked by nato made shells. this city is not that far away from the front line, at least 15 to 20 kilometers. however, this place where we are, there are absolutely no military positions. there's

a boarding school right over there. the europe with us, i'm a school employee and our school has also been damaged with the windows having been shattered. we arrive there early in the morning. thank god nobody suffered though we shall precisely, with no restraint. if not for the 1st time earlier, 2 buildings and electrical plump was shelled. that's as i wanted to get a job that there are no military facilities over that multiple of this can only mean that he crenan nationalists continue to terrorize civilians continue to spread. danny, among the local population, over the last 24 hour period, at least 2 people were injured. boy, ukrainian, shelly romano, cauthrin, r t, done as people's republic to the neighboring zapper. oh, she region now where the director general of the nuclear power plant there has been sacked and deported to ukrainian held territory. his dismissal came after russian

television broadcast footage of him admitting that he sent information about the plant ukrainian security services. while acknowledging back, he was likely to show the facility for something with his b. i was in touch with the security service of ukraine agent on whatsapp. i gave him information about the situation at the plant. the damage to the plant could lead to an emergency. the shilling most likely, came from the ukrainian side, the personnel were and still are in danger while restoring the plant after the showing the i a confirmed the former director is now in ukrainian controlled territory. it comes as the director general of the agency is set to visit both kiev and moscow to discuss the situation at the plant. the facility is controlled by russia and has come under repeated shelling with moscow blaming the ukrainian army for the attacks. kiev denies the allegations and claims that it is russia,

which is targeting the plant ah, an arbitration court and moscow has ruled in favor of a claim lodged by r t against google to restore access to 27 of its channels currently blocked on youtube. the head of ortiz legal team gave us an account of the case which she does a unique victory. why? but actually, so we went to court since our t channels on youtube had been blocked, we were convinced that the band violated our rights for the freedom of distributing information. not only the ones we have as a media outlet, but also us citizens and a legal entity. such rights are granted by the russian constitution. we had previously signed an agreement with google on placing our content on their platform . so we were supposed to distribute the content without any obstacles. we didn't violate any of the youtube rules, but still our channels got banned. naturally, we as a media outlet emphasized the fact that the ban as we see it was

a censorship move against our coverage. our point of view, particularly when it came to the ukraine crisis, the timing of the ban coincided with the escalation. i view this as a unique case since we are the 1st to have one in court among the media, dr. channels band for censorship reasons. we see it as a precedent and hope this will help our colleagues and us to provide information without any more censorship. on google side. it is a vital decision and a very important precedent, not only for the practice of russian law, but also for the practice of international law. it's absolutely a big way to for r t, because for example, according to the verdict, google has to unblock all 27 channels belonging to r c or face of 5. and that find amounts to $100000.00 roubles per day. and if it doesn't do that, then that amount increases every week, so it doubles per day and every week that will increase. and but of course they

have 30 days to appeal as with any case. so we will see if they do that. but this isn't the 1st time this all sorted back in march, basically after russia special military operation and ukraine, and used to block several channels belonging to russian accounts. and the reason that it did that, of course, was because it was trying minimize the voices coming from within russia. anything to do with the russian angle or why it, what's happening and what was happening exactly. so use of didn't want it's viewers to hear that side of the story, something that we've seen before. so of course it blocked it and then we had about $15.00 to $20.00 russian media organizations that filed the lawsuit. and a one of them, the 1st one being god, and that actually in march, that channel warmed a lawsuit and google's order to pay 1000000000 roubles in compensation. so now google has a 30 days to appeal that decision,

not only russian state media or affiliated channels that were bad. we also had russian and to tame and channels banned from the use of across europe. i should i. so it was really a case of you to go mad. they just didn't want to hear any voices coming from within russia, even if it was a comedy show. so it's happened before is happening again. so no doubt we will see it happening again in the future. if you to see that there's something there that doesn't fit with their agenda and their agenda is pretty much similar to the western narrative, the western agenda. so whenever they hear something that doesn't suit their narrative, they start blocking it. and they all they have to say is it doesn't fit within our community guidelines or you're spreading misinformation. they don't even have to explain themselves. and like i said, in the case of, with russia, we even had entertainment channels blog which they don't mention politics or anything of that kind. opec plus representatives are set to meet in

vienna and wednesday, where talks on cutting oil production levels are reportedly on the agenda as the global energy crisis and deepens. according to the financial times, both saudi arabia and russia, the groups of biggest players are suggesting reductions of around $2000000.00 barrels per day. this could be the biggest cut over the last 2 years. the purpose is said to be maintaining the price on the market. the reported proposals may go ahead, despite washington's attempts to convince the alliance not to cut production. let's go live now. it's to academics and politics professor as st. mary's college in california. jack ross mess professor is great. have you on the program? now, what do you make of the reports that russia in saudi arabia are planning huge oil production cuts? how likely is such an announcement?

well, it's quite likely the only question is by how much and it won't be the last cut here in the rest of this year, because the global economy is slowing pretty quickly, especially in some areas. and of course, that means less demand for oil and, and it undermines the price and the thing is to cut the supply in order to keep the price up. so i think this is just the 1st of several that are going to occur over the winter. and interesting back story is what's happening with the u. s. oil companies. you know, there is a kind of a band by the us on exporting oil that was impose a while back, while the oil companies are really pushing biden and to lift that ban. they want to ship more oil to europe because obviously if opec is cutting oil and means all that much more difficulty with europe, getting oil with the winter coming up. so i see the u. s. is going to start

exploring more oil to europe. if opec started cutting now that's an interesting kind of disconnect there between the producers inside the rise versus the bible, ministration and policies that it has wanted to put in place. and of course, we've heard from biden and his officials calling on those members of opec plus for months and months now to continue to increase production. the cuts are the opposite of what they want. so what is the message that is being sent? if opec plus decides to go along with this anyway, well, get all the messages that the u. s. has has trouble with sanctions. if it's quite clear, you know, after 9 months that the sanctions aren't working very well. that's why europe the european commission recently is with the help of the u. s. is trying to set the global price of oil and ours, the e u g 7, acting like a, like a global cartel, which is going to just just fail. it's not going to work,

but it's causing all kinds of disturbances in the global energy market. and you're gonna see gas prices, oil prices in the u. s. rising, they're already rising again by the way, in the u. s. significantly in some regions. so we got about of energy inflation about it, they go off here in the us as well. now you mentioned kind of that basic supply and demand there, right? which is if they cut production, then of course it could cause prices to rise. now politico is reporting that the ear has agreed to impose a price, tap on russian oil cells to 3rd countries. so how does that work exactly? how does this all play out? yeah, well, you know, it's kind of an act of desperation sanctioned desperation by the u. price cap, it's really a joke. i mean, now it's kind of arrogant. how, how can they control the price of oil in europe? is really what they're saying with the broad price gap means is that they're going

to get all the european countries to agree not to buy russian oil at the market point price, the global supply and demand to target market price. but something lower, either talking like $55.00 a barrel. and they're all going to it here to that. they're not gonna buy russian oil. well, you know, brush is probably not going to sound oil anyway if they're, you know, breaking their contracts. and so, you know, i, i don't understand why they're doing that when it august, the can't work. the idea by the way, originated with a us treasury secretary, janet the yellen. but you know, what it also means is that they're probably going to try to enforce it. on other countries around the world by using control manipulation of shipping ensures, in other words, if the shippers of a rush and oil and sell it for above that price cap will vendor the ships are going to get insurance. just another way of, you know,

the west play and bali with the rest of the world economy. i don't think that's going to work right away, but that's what they're doing. yeah, it'll certainly be interesting to see how that all shaves out professor jack ross, miss as always, thank you for your time and insight. my pleasure, ah, initiating a new fair war is unacceptable. that's the message from russia's foreign ministry. it comes in increasing alarm in the western media over what they fear is an atomic weapons threat posed by moscow with some reports, claiming that russia is preparing some sort of nuclear readiness tasks. amid the conflict and ukraine, comparisons to the cuban missile crisis had been made. the consensus in washington is that we are closer to the use of nuclear weapons than at any time since the cuban missile crisis 60 years ago. and over what, over, who governs and rules?

not even ukraine, but the don bass. over the past weeks, there have been a number of warnings coming from the us, including from the current and former directors of the cia who accused moscow of reckless rhetoric when it comes to the use of nuclear arms, while claiming nato will respond accordingly. us national security advisor james sullivan warned that russia would phase catastrophic consequences. now this comes after president pollutant accused the west of nuclear black male and said he wasn't bluffing about a possible nuclear response if russian territory, including the newly incorporated regions is threatened. meanwhile, on tuesday, the kremlin spokesperson said that russia wouldn't take any part in the current nuclear rhetoric being pushed by the wes, my colleague, worries to shake, discuss the west narrative over the nuclear threat with the panel of guest. this is part of a campaign propaganda campaign. to smear russia,

all of these experts in the west and governments which are fueling ukraine with finance, with, with weapons, with all of this is since 2014, not since the beginning of the year since 2014 knew that russia was a nuclear power. they knew that if they were going to start a war ended on best next to a nuclear power, there would be risks one day that be kinda wake up this nuclear power, which is russia. i think this is again, part of the western scare mongering campaign where everything coming out of russia has to be. despair has to be threats. has to be scary to some extent. how relevant michael, other comparisons right now, being made that of the cuban missile crisis of $962.00 when it comes to the, the current tension around ukraine. i mean, are there real grounds for fear, or is it just part of the rhetoric? no i, it's clear to me that this is hyped of rhetoric. it's looking for ways to incite

more support around the ukraine. and, and i think that trying to have scare tactics of this nature with nuclear weapons coming emanating from the west and not from and not from russia. i think moscow strategy is, is not going to be trying to launch a tactical nuclear weapons. there's no need, i think what the, what russia will do is hold the areas that it has that and, and in fact, that have voted to join the federation and maintain them. we've certainly be hearing from, from the white house. they've been saying that there's been all sorts of back channel messages going between the white house in the cabinet, in the white house warning the kremlin, you must not use nukes, and there will be di, catastrophic consequences from washington. if you do unwell over to you, the russian president has earlier stressed that russia would use all means available if was any threat to its territory. so any talk of nuclear arms use,

it essentially is in the terms of defense at this point. but the west apparently is not convinced by russia has this nuclear doctrine, which we know what other u. s. or does france, us china with nothing new? i think when president waldron said he's not bluffing for president by john felt that it was embedded due on the spot to use equally strong language. and therefore he won a consequences about this is a negative lead. natasha is not going to use them. as i said, rush, i have all of his innovative responsible all with autism meeting in any effort to become all one told to stop one stop to it is united states and walk out of the a, b, b i. and that would be open skies and russia always fear that the united states work developing a ability, russia has not

a back to any united states or any european country. that is that the military operation looking. but how ami ukraine is a defensive war. a guy doesn't make any sense, given the c, i director the u. s. defense secretary they, they actually admitted there's no evidence of an imminent nuclear threat. busy from moscow to ukraine, but what, what we're noticing is, is that the news articles, the press agencies, they don't report that they report fear, fear a nuclear again. why is that the case for several reasons? first of all, this is the way the u. s. is always a waged, it's war is they always have to have a bogeyman and they always have to have an existential threat. they always have to have something which is going to destroy the earth or destroy the the order. this is a weapon of mass distraction. we're, we're making people in the west believe that in the russia there is some sort of crazy tire. wants to eat up to crane and destroy the rest of the world. if julius

were to say, no, there's not really true. then his job would be a risk, but this is extremely important that real jonas do the job be courageous enough. go out there and spread the children because at the end we just want peace. false information on social media is contributing to the spread of threats and harassment that's according to the american medical association, which called on the us attorney general to prosecute those responsible for threats against hospitals, providing gender affirming care to transgender youth ortiz caleb mop, and has more we have the american medical association writing this letter to the u . s. department of justice in the letter. they are calling for big tech to sensor voices that are critical of the trans gender reassignment surgery from miners. and they are calling for the prosecution of those to promote these criticisms online as well. basically, their argument is that the recent bomb attacks on children's hospitals are the

result of dis, information on the internet. and that legal action needs to be taken to shut down voices that could lead people to the conclusion that such terrorist activities are necessary. ready is what they said in their letter. these coordinated attacks threaten federally protected rights to health care for patients and their families . the attacks are rooted in an intentional campaign for disinformation, where a few high profile users on social media share false and misleading information. targeting individual physicians and hospitals resulting in a rapid escalation of threats, harassment, and disruption of care across multiple jurisdictions. our organizations have called on technology companies to do more to prevent this practice on digital platforms. and we now urge your office to take swift action to investigate and prosecute all organizations, individuals, and entities responsible. well,

obviously no one approves of bomb attacks or targeting individuals, but this is a very contentious issue and many are looking at the slippery slope here to shutting down freedom of speech. now the issue of transgender reassignment surgery, especially for minors, is a very controversial one in the united states. things are getting very heated. recently, california's governor gavin newsome side legislation putting the authority over transgender minors into the hands of the state of california, rather than their parents. that is causing a lot of heated outrage among the public. and at this point, people are wondering if this is a slippery slope toward the department of justice being utilized as a partisan political vehicle for one side of sensitive cultural issues. here some of the reaction absolute insanity than merican medical cessation has lost all credibility. the absolute evidence that the american medical association

is a weaponized agenda driven entity with 0 science backing. it's decision. it's a disgrace to medicine, medical careers, and professionals, and science in general. i knew you said 2 years ago, the american medical association was headed for some ideological trouble times the last generation and the home today is dangerously misguided, misleading and wrong. there was a situation that took place last year that many are drawing a parallel with. we saw mobilization of parents by conservatives, go on to their school boards and confronting them about issues of problematic books, inappropriate materials in the classroom, etc. and in response to that, we saw the department of justice labeling these parents as a potential terrorist threats which recall what biden's attorney general did in response to the parents, mobilizing and school boards. the department takes these instance seriously and is committed to using is authority. resources to discourage the strengths,

identify them when they occur, and prosecute them when appropriate. in the coming days, the department will announce a series of measures designed to address the rise in criminal conduct directed towards school personnel. the u. s. department of justice and america's attorney general saying that parents that go to school boards and complain about policies might be some kind of domestic terrorist threat. people looked at that and saw that as an example of blatantly partisan use of federal policing and prosecuting agencies. essentially, we saw the department of justice being mobilized to support the democratic party and being used against enemies of the democratic party in those critical of the agenda of the democratic party. people look on all of this as an example of the liberal pluralism that the united states boast about having, being somewhat eroded as there are new ideological restrictions on what is acceptable speech around issues like race,

gender and sexuality. and the mechanism for enforcing these new ideological restrictions are getting swifter and more harsh. and that seems to be the situation as we see this new letter from the american medical association. wanting to shut down one side of the debate when it comes to the issue of transgender reassignment surgery for minors. joining us now to go further in depth on this as former new york university professor and the author of google arkell palazzo michael rectinwald's. professor is great to have you on the program today. now the american medical association is calling for the u. s. government to prosecute people threatening hospitals provoked by this spread of information on gender affirming topics, branding it as mis information that everyone has a right to safety. but are these called a threat to freedom of speech online? what say you? yes, it's a direct call on the part of the a. m a and the american pediatric association and the childrens hospital

association to have that the state, the government intervene and abrogate the individual 1st amendment rights of people online. and we've seen this before with this administration and with this bit really this regime that's in place now in the us. this is a far left authoritarian regime that has this intention to pat push through a particular kind of politics, a particular ideological line, a party line. and any deviation from this line is deemed utterly taboo and also disinformation and misinformation. and they are attempting to criminalize this information to make it a crime, to make statements that are disparaging to a particular protocol for gender reassignment surgery and so forth. right? and we know if they allow it here, then they will use that as

a precedent to target any number of other topics as we've seen, especially when they use those labels like mis information. now at the same time, the am a is also calling on tech companies to increase their efforts to prevent the spread of certain information on their platforms. are these calls justified? i mean that they're not justified in the sense that the, these platforms really with the weight of the government behind such calls, you know, now that they've issued this letter to the d j. and then at the same time calling on these platforms to center speech, basically this has the force of the state behind this call. and likewise, this is an inappropriate because it's asking these platform, social media platforms and so forth to discriminate and to abrogate the 1st amendment rights of citizens all for the protection of some people. while we don't

have any idea that the people who threatened or otherwise, you know, harassed these hospitals or even the same people that are posting material on the web. in fact there's very little indication and all that, that's the case. i mean, one of the biggest disseminator of videos coming straight from the hospitals themselves is lives of tick tock, which is a, just a, a person who disseminates information that's already out there on the web. they haven't made anything up, they haven't spread any just for information. they're merely replicating the kinds of videos and so forth that are actually on the web already. and they merely post them. and this is being called disinformation when it's really the hospitals on sources that have been cited. yeah, now i know when it comes to really the government's response to all of this, we did see

a letter addressing similar issues last year and which the attorney general promised to take a series of measures to address with they referred to as criminal conduct. could we see the same responses here, and is there concern about what defines it as criminal? yes, that's a big concern. what defines it as criminal is certainly a big concern. so we're not, we're talking about what is otherwise protected speech. now being not only disallowed but criminal, this is just a major leap. and yeah, this is a very strong possibility that garland will go ahead and do what he did. and he'll lie about the congress as he did as well. regarding putting the f b i on to this case and having them chase down people. and right now they're conducting political, which hansen, this country, based on political opposition to this regime that in place. and likewise this is.