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a you can, you still with them or in your sewage, nurse speaker for girl who's with protest, fin, georgia, or against. they knew foreign agents law and to their 2nd day following tuesday, the violence unrest as demonstrate, has tried to storm the countries parliament. after the shilling she managed to get up from his bed bugs. sharon, as far as say here, this is where he collapsed to teenage boys a seriously injured in the latest ukrainian attack on going yes. show hit residential buildings in the city. ah plus china calls on washington to stop in suppression of countries across the globe,
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pointing out that such ambitions will not benefits big us itself with 10 pm here in moscow. and mrs. asi international with the very latest wealth news updates. welcome to you. our top story this out in the capital of georgia with thousands are taking to the streets in a 2nd day of protest. i guess a new foreign agent bill passed by parliament. several other cities have also hosted mass rallies. many women have joined for demonstrations and in march against what they call, total control, u. s. and e. u flags have been voted in the crowds in front of george's parliament building in tbilisi to get the latest. now from a correspondent whose therefore is on the grounds, don't good to see you. could you describe to with the situation on the ground at the moment it doesn't look like things a heating up once again was you could here,
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nicky. i'm actually right here in the middle of the action. you can see the parliament building behind me aware thousands of these protesters have organized to protest this draft law that was passed by parliament. that would see organizations in georgia that receive over 20 percent of their funding from foreign agent from foreign sources to register as for an agencies. now, as you said, there's been a lot of western flag sighted american flags, european union flag, ukrainian flags. clearly a lot of anti russian sentiment here and the protesters are also calling this law a russian style law. it is in fact based on a russian law that requires agency for an agencies to register and gives organisations a fine to fail to do so. but it's also important to understand that the 1st country to have a law like this was actually the united states all the way back in 1938. and it was originally put in place to prevent organizations that supported nazi germany from
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conducting operations within the country. but that law is a lot harsher than the russian one. and the one that basically the draft law that was just agreed upon in the parliament, the american law threatens jail time and criminal penalties against organizations and their personnel that failed to register. whereas what george's proposing is simply a fine. now in terms of what we've seen at these protests today, they've generally been peaceful. there have been some reports that protesters tried to storm the parliament building and the tear gas was deployed. but as you can see here, right now, we're right in front of the parliament building. i have not been able to confirm that i did not see any attempt to storm the parliament building or tear gas deployed. but what the protesters have said is that they're giving the parliament and ultimatum. they've given them an hour, just just an hour to revoke its support for the strap law and to release all of the protesters that have and arrested thus far. because last night,
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when these protests began, they were anything but peaceful. we saw a molotov cocktails being thrown barricades were set up and there was a huge attempt to storm the parliament building at the end of all that around 50 police officers were injured. and around 60 protesters were arrested. ah, i now we have seen after the passing of this draft law by the parliament a rift to open up between the parliament and the president of the country. the president right now is in the united states and she released a video in front of the statue of liberty voicing her support for the protesters. she came out against this law, denounced it and criticized the parliament. let's take
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a look at what she said is gone, this look and be cancelled in any way you want from day one. i said i would veto this law and i will veto it. i do not care about its article by article discussion . it's similarity to the old american law, which will well know services completely different purposes. those who support this law and those who voted for this law are violating constitution. you're taking us all away from europe on mind. that is it's also important to note that western countries have come out also in support of the protestors. we've heard criticism of this draft law from european leaders and the united states even threatened the possibility of sanctions. if this draft law is passed again, the united states a country that has its own, a foreign agency law that carries a lot harsher penalties. don't many things in the town south on that, don't call to the georgia capital to please speak with the latest. and came, let's find out more now. let's discuss this with our guest political analysts,
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alex on the package. many, thanks for joining us on the program this evening. as we've seen in the past 48, how is the response to this bill has been intense. what's your take on the controversial bill and you think it really poses any sort of a threat to democracy as the west claims in it's a danger to the wes model. exporting democracy meaning, exporting, calling revolutions, exporting their own influence over or other countries. governments are media culture education. that's why the alarm. so actually what, what the west wants is a permanent right to metal in other countries, internal affairs. and what a wants to put a stop to it is immediately labeled as on democratic. people just don't want new color revolutions of all of the previous long said left,
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just destruction in their way, more poverty, more of a destabilization and less democracy. so it's on the one hand, the bulk left today. it's, you know, they're into exporting revolution. it's as though trotsky is moved to the west and as directing everything therefore, permanent revolution. and they need to be able to do it openly and legally are. and this is all saying it's a disgrace, i. and also, i would say, the other thing that they're afraid of georgia, i of georgia improving ties with russia, announcement of maybe perhaps flights being resume to plan georgia and russia. certainly raised alarm bells. and so, you know, now that the georgian authorities want to suppress western influence, well, they,
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they want to be able to open up a new frank against russia because the franklin ukraine is not going well for them . so they need to open up a new hot spot along russian borders and they need to do it as easily as possible. and that's why this new proposed law is something that bothers them very much. as a word, this bill actually mean for the georgia media and non profit organizations. to what extent would they be affected by it would be only the only thing that would affect them really is that everyone would know. i will be publicly known that they're being financed from abroad, if their finance from abroad and to what extent, you know, nothing. they would not be closed down necessarily like russian media and, and close down all over the west. it's just a function of more transparency. i just want to add something else we have i'm, i'm, i'm speaking from belgrade from serbia in our neighboring country,
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bosky and just going out. one of the 2 entities republicans searched the serbian majority entity. it's president an out yesterday that he wants to propose a similar bill to what george in parliament is proposing. he says it's, he's going to copy paste if the american or foreign agents bill from 1938 and just substitute the words united states for republicanism, scar precisely for the same reasons that the george environmental wants to do it. he wants to limit foreign meddling in his own country. now, george is opposition leaders that caused for the government to free all protest as they have been detained on tuesday. and they put a veto on this foreign agent bill. how do you expect the authors he's to respond? well is we can see the is we can see we have
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a split situation and ga itself. the president is for this, against this bill. the majority in the parliament so far as for the bill. so this is going to be, you know, this is something that saw dividing joy, job politically internally. and i think in the end the west will be perfectly happy to destabilize george joe, if they can't prevent this bill from being passed in the main. that's what they're concerned about is any country, especially country boarding, russia, are thawing. it's for improving its relations with russia and they're just not going to allow that if it's at all possible. so as long as the west wants to control things inside georgia, i think the country will just be unstable because obviously the political class, as part of it, the majority, they want to limit foreign mentally on the other hand, west wants insists on it's right to middle so i don't think this is going to are,
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even if it's simmers down, i don't think it's going to be. i think it's going to be temporary. as long as the west continues, it's aggressive policy of mentally ad of containing russia. and george is very important for containing russia in this war. the western capitals have started against moscow. and of course, while this is all going on in georgia, the president who's actually in the us right now is said she stands with the protest. and she said this is reaches her desk, still, vito a for both of power. struggle that we now seeing in the country in which 5 looks to have the most public support. yeah, this is what i said, this is what i mentioned this. ready quit and signed the political split inside the country. and it's very interesting that the president of georgia issues in the united states, you know, the, the capital, the, the main, oh man,
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her follow revolutions. and of course, she's against us. ah, but you know, she's, she's speaking from a country that has the exact same law practically that the georgia problem last pass. so we can see on, once again, this is incredible, double standards at, you know, at work. and of course, the george, him president, she has support from washington when she's losing right now. ah, but you know, there's this old adage that's been true at least until 2020. why was there never a color revolution in america? because there was no american ambassador in america. and so this she's during this from a country that actually should be supporting another country, passing the same sort of law that they have. but of course, that's not the game that's being played. we, we know what time joseph or l said, you know, they view your commissioner for foreign affairs here. the you on the west or
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a garden and outside of the garden is the jungle and it's totally different rules apply. what's good for the get goose is not good for the gander. what's good for the united states is bad for georgia, and as long as the united states keeps are influencing important political figures like the president, we're just going to have it against stability in georgia. is definitely want to watch. thank you so much for joining in the program. and it was bringing us your insight. really appreciate your time as always. political analysts, alexander povich, i'm going to take you to a dumbass. now i ukrainian forces have head to residential buildings in don. yes. leaving to teenage boys when that correspondence from on cancer i've brings. as this report from the side of the attack, 3 civilians were wounded as a result of ukrainian artillery shilling. here, hens, anesco, 2 of those civilians worked children 2 boys,
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12 and 13 years old. we're here at the scene right now. you can see the house is almost completely had destroyed. everything inside is upside down. investigators were working on the scene and they discovered remains of a shell. now there are clear markins here and numbers and english letter s right here, which is clearly indicates that nato made weapons were used once again, against peaceful civilians. here in the next little year old boy was in his bed during the shilling he was probably on his telephone, playing games like the kids like to do these days after the shilling he managed to get up from his bed, but he ran as far as i hear this is where he collapsed and he was bleeding very profusely. his relatives took the boy right away. that didn't wait for an
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ambulance and took him to the hospital. currently, doctors are trying to save his life now. one of the kids in the next house he sustained light injuries. however, this boy right here, the doctors are yet to give a prognosis on how it will ends up. but of course, the neighbors, the parents, grandparents are hoping that he will make it look at his own. la giovanni, my grandson was lying on the bed in his room, the grand old on the floor. i sat cat on the floor. it's called. i sat to her and gone to the washing after that little do the home wake and annotate us hard. i was in the bathroom, the children screamed, i didn't understand at 1st, then i looked and saw the blood. my grandsons had and face orange, it is actually a smugglers you like. and when i heard the 1st blessed stand the children into the corridor, but only down on the floor i so ever seen covered in smoke. the boy who was lying in a bed was badly hit by shrapnel. the nimbus boy was badly hurt. he carefully loaded
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him into the car and his that went with him to the hospital. hello, the city of dun desk is under ukrainians. shelling every single day, there are victims on a daily basis as well. sometimes they are children, but despite that fact, these parents and their children remain here hand on that scan to have their hoping that very soon they will be able to walk the streets and even stay at home in peace from on call for. if archie don't ask republic, china will keep up its cooperation with russia despite all the western pressure. that's the conclusion. voice by the u. s. intelligence committee at the annual nation national rights assessment hearing is going the details now from our new york correspondence. caleb moore, pin caleb, good to see you this evening. just how worried our americans, by the rise of china, and i'm with the u. s. planning to do a basses while we have yet another hearing going on before the u. s. senate and of
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course the us senate is being briefed on one of the favorite topics on capitol hill these days. the idea that china is some kind of massive wrap to the united states and the world. now, what we heard was basically testimony assessing that despite the africans by the united states, to whip up hostility to russia and isolate russia around the world. giant will continue to cooperate and strengthen its relationship with russia when it comes to diplomacy. when it comes to defense technology, economic cooperation, in the office of the director of national intelligence made clear that russia and china are working closely to gather. now in addition to that, we heard predictions from us, the visual of the intelligence community and that china will continue to press taiwan. and furthermore, that china will speak to undercut the united states. here's some of what we heard. the ccp continues to take and increasingly aggressive approach to external affairs,
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pursuing its goal of building a world class military, expanding its nuclear arsenal, pursuing counter space weapons capable of targeting us and allied satellites. in brief, the ccp represents both the leading and most consequential threat to us national security and leadership globally. now we recently heard the chinese president do something that the chinese president has not done before and directly call out the united states by name. we also heard that chinese foreign minister speak up and say the united states needs to hit the brakes when it comes to the issue of dealing with china, or else this could lead to some kind of confrontation. here's what was said by the chinese foreign minister. may have your own may well, if the united states had them be sure to make it so great again, it should not block the way for the development of other countries. containment and suppression will not make america great,
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and it will not stop the restoration of china. and now we have a situation here where china is responding to all kinds of trade warfare and efforts to suppress their economic growth from the united states. continued hostility, brown, the united states, and we have a atmosphere in the united states. of course, that is trying to play up the notion that china is a huge threat that we should all be very, very afraid of china. and it seems like today's hearings also seem to emphasize the growing cooperation between china and russia. calamity, thanks for the, the south us. he's caleb morgan speaking to his live from new york. republicans and democrats, all right, each other's throats in the us all over again. off the previously unseen footage of the january 2021. the capitol hill storming was controversial controversially scrutinized by top rated fox news host tucker colson. us how speak
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a kevin mccarthy who released the tape said he has no regrets about the scandal, which is lead that may liberal mainstream media ethical for censoring colson. so foxes host, tucker carlson, his facing backlash for how he used previously unseen video on january 6th, the salt on the capital, january 6th, fax to way alongside tucker colson's. new january 6th fantasy tucker carlson, took a page from george all wells 1984 and told his viewers to reject the evidence of their eyes and ears. kevin mccarthy was trans wayland, smithers gives all the footage to tiger tucker shows only the tame parts and then trump claims the riders were framed. it's like watching the magic so where the magician is wearing sheer sleeves. ah, made a new, a very nice years later on. mm. i urge fox news to order carlson to cease propagating,
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the big lie on his network and to level with their viewers about the truth, the truth behind the efforts to mislead the public. it's, i've tried to democracy, pull him off the air, couple of obvious observations. you don't often see the senate majority leader openly call for censorship on the floor. the senate is if that was totally normal and didn't contradict the spirit and the letter of the 1st amendment, but of course it does. but what's really happening here, what you're seeing is hysteria. the overstatement the crazed hyperbole, the red in the face, anger. what is that was on our age. of course it's fear it's panic. early this week paulson an exclusive taste provided by mccarthy. the footage clearly shows how one of the january, the 6th protest is known as the shame and was apparently aided by police. the inside congress, as offices was seen, leading him around and quote,
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acting as his toll guides. he walked right past at least 7 policemen without any of them trying to arrest him. protesters were late to films at praising the cops for showing them in the building. on january the 6th 2021, a large group of protesters who disputed donald trump's defeat in the 2020 presidential election stormed into the us capital building, occupying it for several hours. local security forces were completely overwhelmed and the military was eventually called into close the unrest. one person was shot dead inside congress. several others also died during the events, almost $200.00 people were arrested. the riots was granted an insurrection and led to the impeachment of outgoing president. trump. let's say post life now to get political analyst at john jordan to discuss this further money. thanks for joining
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us on the program this evening. not, not on the video published by took a coast and how definitely stood the american society. what's your take on the footage of the reaction? well, it certainly stirred up to the left and the leaves in the american media who would invest in so much in so many narratives, it turned out not to be true whether it was lab leak or natural immunity, or vaccines work or masks. you're seeing it another media narrative collapse and it's not just the media, it's the lead on. there are the american left and even in the intelligence and security services of the united states, one of the things it's remarkable about those tapes is 40000 hours of it is there were a lot of people that were in the capital, alongside people that were arrested but there's a lot of these people were never resar, never identified. is this something that the f, b i or the other or american law enforcement knew about?
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do they have informants in there? this is something they wanted to have happen. so they could discredit and continue and declare some sort of war, an error on the right. was there some sort of false flag operation? i'm not a conspiracy theories guy, but there's too many things are unexplained and there's too much anger over. just having daylight on all of these hours of why not let people see, why does it need to be censored? that begs the question, what's being hidden here? interesting house like a cullison is facing backlash, not just on the democratic republicans too. why do you think that is? but some republicans, right? it's, it's mitch mcconnell and some of these people that, you know, trump in a certain else or else. and robert can party have changed over the last 5 years. it is under the control of the donor class, or the mcconnell's quite as much as it used to be. it is an under control of the american u. s. chamber of commerce, which used to be the backbone, or of republican fundraising. certain elements, even on the center, right?
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part of america that don't want to see the republican party change, receive their power diminishing anyway. so they want to just see this part of the conservative movement discredited. so do you agree to the democrats really scared of that narrative being challenged by this new to release the pitch as causing claims? i wouldn't, because i would call it a terrified because they see what happens to their narrative on mass mandates on vaccines. and on the won't have the lab league there either seeing why after life actually being exp, being exposed in all parts of the american media. and i mean, they really hung their hats on this one that i think this might be just a bridge too far. the left went to a lot of trouble. the stage goes january 6 hearings for the 1st time in recent congressional history. republican leadership wasn't even allowed to appoint to choose which republicans were on the committee. so it was a kangaroo court from the beginning. there was no cross examination of witnesses,
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it was completely put on by the left. i mean, i use an average them here, but it was kind of a show trial thing, a check, same as late as close for the cancellation of costs and share with vale about the democratic parties, media policy, way, sphere, right? so, you know, you can in one breath you're here, you're here to protect democracy. but here on the other hand, you're out advocating as a public official, a private company to engage in censorship. why not just engage in the debate? you say, hey, we hear the 40 you chuck schumer, you have access to the same video. why don't you just read but the rebut tucker carlson is saying rather than try to call for his censorship because that's really suspicious. and to what extent do you think this is consistent with what the democrats usually say about the freedom of speech on the media? well, it's what the democrats normally say. they say one thing and do another when the democrats are accusing republicans of doing something that's usually means because they're guilty of the same thing with 100 biden's laptop. less answer to anything
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they don't like is censorship, shut it down, whether they're using big jack, whether they're young, chuck schumer, trying to get fox or shut down. and then the left answer isn't more debate and challenging an assertion made by one. it is to shut down the argument and you only do that when you can't win the argument. i can't help it feel that the timing get this release is very curious. it's been 2 years since january the 6th events. and the thing is that it's now, well, what do you make of the timing? well, i don't make anything of it now. it's just because republicans finally took over congress in the last few weeks. i mean, nancy pelosi was never going to authorize this or allow open open inquiry into what actually happened or to actually look at the which they were happy to cherry pick it with their j 6 commission, which there was no real republican representation of or again cross examination of witnesses or even the most basic safeguards that are the cornerstone of the western
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legal tradition. that was not what there was none of that. this goes back to show trials, i'm sorry, but of that stall in years in the thirty's. so with the timing, was it hard, the timing was just happened to because it took a republican republicans being in charge of the house to be able to release it. and that only happened a few weeks ago. and like to say, well, what we see in the video just brings everything into question because in the video we see a protest to walk freely into the host of us congress, escorted by police. it seems how could that be possible, considering all the previous reporting about january, the 6th being a violent riots? i don't know how it is possible, right? i mean, i, but i think this is the discussion that needs to happen. let's have this conversation . let's talk about what the capitol police knew and didn't know who were these to ministry people in the audience, in the, in the crowd that were never charged while others were charged and are still in jail, awaiting trial. contrary to our precepts of the american constitution,
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i can comment on that as a lawyer. where is it, where there's a lot of unanswered questions, who are the strange people where they f, b, i is human sources where they f, b, i ages where they are, where they just happen to be passers by. let's, let's really dig into this. let's look at the footage, and let's look at that. let's talk to the capital, all of the capitol, police, people that were there. not just the ones that were that were chosen by january 6. that's. that's the real story. let's just put some sunlight on this. exactly, and it's going to left on jordan money. thanks for your time. really appreciate it . thank my pleasure. oh, okay. bringing you some breaking news from the george and capital tbilisi. now where scuffles have erupted between protestors and police and a 2nd day of violence outside the country's parliament. as often lawmakers passed a controversial bill to label externally funded entities as foreign agents. police haven't least tear gas, they gains, protest isn't all correspondent donald court has been caused in the cross bar.
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we're going to be bringing you more details in the next hour. so do join us in 30 minutes. like i said, we'll be back in 30 minutes with all the latest in the meantime for the latest updates on our website. doc. com ah ah ah .

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