to talk about this, and remember that before the military operation began, russia presented the west with a document concerning its security. and surprisingly, no one reacted to it. this is the typical arrogance of the west, which rejects the opinions of others and whose policies are generally conducted according to lobbying efforts, or are motivated by long term strategic interests to get what they want. as is the case of russia, this isn't about protecting ukraine. it is just an excuse they're using to play on a motions with the real points i think is that russia has huge and limitless resources. and the west main goal is to pull system, which in fact is few tile western europe doesn't have oil or gas. no rare metals, no cold, no resources or many other things that are important for the future of the world.

to meanwhile, guitars, energy ministers says europe that lucky last winter and was saved from an energy collapse by warm weather. also warning that the worst is yet to come unless brussels overhauls it's green agenda. economy still showing back up in 24 and you have that. he's just the regular winter. i think i think the worst has yet to come. if they don't realize that then have a proper plan and sit down with, with us as an oil and gas companies and the demonize them. and you know, the attitude will kick in and i think we'll have a sense of a solution. so the big question, booming over europe, is whether we're still going to be hounded again here for the latter part of the year over our shower time, air conditioning and heating use and all signs point to yes. even the head of friends energy drive, all he told the french press last month at the same conservation precautions will have to be taken as last year, even though he's optimistic. he says,

because europe is tapping norway and the us for energy. yeah. at several times, the price of what europe used to pay for russian energy though, just to give you an idea of the kind of social friction all of this is causing. i was at my local gym here in paris today, where the summer weather is arriving really quickly and management is in a stand off, you could say with the clientele as a result of them refusing to drop the temperature in the gym below 19 degrees celsius because they want to save on air conditioning energy costs rather last year that you ordered limitations on how hot or cold you could keep facilities. and then many countries, including france, actually implemented that with legislation. well, now there's a lot of confusion as to what still applies and what doesn't and who has to apply it, whether it's everyone or just gyms or offices. so, you know, beyond not the problem now really goes to also how much energy there is or will be

next when sure, and how much people are going to pay for that supply going forward. as french president, him under and maximize said the age of abundance is over. and of course he said that as he sends you training president learners zalinski to the g 7 in here, or shima on a plane funded by french tax payers. like it was an uber ride, the 2 best gross couldn't even be bothered, the cartridge. busy or plain pool, but it sounds like hum, gary, and prime minister victor or bon, who put his foot down on the fire. who is it, seemingly endless? you tax payer cash flowing into ukraine as aid and is also rejected. and yet another round of anti russian use sanctions is making some enemies now within the establishment for standing up for the for put upon european tax there who's getting a manifest, we poor return on their investment. my position is that the look and get the reality looking does. if he goes, looking at the surroundings,

looking at the fact that the natal is not ready to send troops, it's obvious that that is know the story for uh, are you quit for the premiums on the battlefield? whoever writes and whoever not. you likely describe the situation does frustrating way that you can, but the question is not with the tool and the person is what it would be the next morning till the next morning. the fact is that more and more people will die. yeah, the bottom line is that while the western establishment is picking sides over the ukraine conflict and trash talking russia like it's the other team in a football game, there are just people dying and ukraine, but also apparently in europe, according to the western press. last year, the problem is predicted in november that the inability to pay for expensive heating costs during even a mild winter could result in tens of thousands of deaths. and now let's say that may indeed have been the case over the last winter,

and that it may have even done more damage than during the cobra. 19 pandemic or bond is also explain why he sees the use anti russian sanctions as ineffective. because on cute, we introduce the sanctions. in 3 years later, russia has built up its own agricultural food system. in those 3 years, it built them up to such an extent that is hungry, wanted to explore products there. today. it either wouldn't succeed or would find it much more difficult than before the introduction of sanctions to it was a fatal mistake to underestimate the adaptability of a country including a nation as powerful as russia. i can see the russians adapting to the situation created by the european restrictions of the page that says so basically saying that the sanctions, i just created more russian resiliency to a point where it's becoming so self sufficient that the you could find itself squeeze that of any potential future market considerations. meanwhile, europeans are wondering when inflation and energy prices are going to go back down

again. and the only response they're ever getting from their leaders. if anything at all, is that they should feel good about their short showers. i guess after dumping river of sweat under their treadmill at a gym heated to 90 degree celsius. why? well, because it all makes russian president vladimir to me mad that they're saving so much energy is that still the spin line, even though energy isn't even coming from russia anymore? not too many people seem to be asking that question, at least not among the people running the show. now teacher, kia, we're tensions are running high ahead of the presidential run off elections. we're bringing you all the latest updates in our special coverage here on our tea. strongly believe we will continue to serve our nation for the next 5 years or so to

me, we will absolutely, absolutely. when these elections in the 2nd round, every one will say, with only 4 days till the runoff election road, yes. how you are the ones main election rival kim. ok, which star lou is folding raleigh's to gain much needed support from his electorate? he once again vowed to send refugees back to their home countries within 2 years. despite that, being a popular sentiment, it did not with him the support of former presidential candidates in 101 who asked his supporters to give their votes or earl one on monday. yes. and i can explains why are heading to a winner take all presidential run off on may 28th. and the 2 remaining candidates read. zip, type out of the one and kim all coolest. all the or in a tight race as both parties fell short of the 50 percent needed to went to

alliance candidates in on full ones, endorsement of presidents are the one could be the boost to the incumbent, needs to keep payment on, cut off jobs that king maker say no, no one has clearly stated why he chose to back out a lot. you can just do that. we have health negotiations with 3 supply up already gone and come all cute each daughter lu. i declare we will support the people's alliance candidate reese of tie up are already gone in the run us. i invite our voters who voted for us and the 1st round to support mr. or to gone. i would like to underline that we have expressed our principles, the values we defend, and are red lines without any bargaining, engagement, commitment, or demand. based on the ones read lines are the ones people's alliance was the closer of the 2 political blocks to his ideals. most prominently are the one, has a firm stance towards the west and a tough position against terrorism and the expectation that he will prepare a roadmap for the return of syrian refugees for deciding factors for alons

endorsements. the of the alliance candidates felt that outside support for coalition total from the h. d. p, a pro curtis political party was a deal breaker for the national list. politician with elections just days away on support for air. the one has dealt a critical blow to the hopes of opposition candidates came out to the shuttle, or the one needing only less than one percent. to win a new 5 year mandate has placed himself at the full position with the endorsement of one and the 5.2 percent vote. he secured in the 1st round. the all position now has a tall mountain to climb. as turkish voters prepared to catch the bell is for the 2nd time later this month. johnston again archie estoppel, the chinese americans continue to be on the receiving end of rising hate crimes and racial bias in the united states. but the fbi i in homeland security

officials, chose to focus on the chinese communist parties, a legit threat to the country. instead, the threat from china is complex and as to the ccp is actively trying to undermine the economy and security of the united states. threats and donor abilities to the homeland pose by the people's republic of china and counter evolving threats from the ccp now and into the future. so once again, we have members of the us congress meeting on capitol hill to discuss a supposed threat from beijing. the notion of a vast chinese conspiracy against our american way of life and precious bodily fluids never seems to get old. however, you will notice a certain theme and the comments of some of the lawmakers. it is important to be clear here that our adversary is the ccp, not the chinese people or people of chinese descent, living and working in the united states. i'm very glad mr. durham that you made it very clear that this hearing should not be about chinese americans that could not

sit in this hearing. if this was an attack on asian americans, chinese americans, and we have seen the rise and hatred of been defensive much. well, that's probably because the world has noticed what has been going on over the past few years. americans of chinese does that have been targeted on an ethnic basis. innocent people have had their lives destroyed. scientists have decided it would be better to work elsewhere. the department of justice is china initiative ended up being a big disaster. members of congress even came together for a letter that they sent denouncing racial bias. but yet the anti china hysteria continues, perhaps a bit more cautiously. we now have a lot past in florida, banning chinese citizens from purchasing property the new law for bids. any non us citizen whose domiciled is china for purchasing land law also forbids land

purchases by citizens of cuba, venezuela or other so called kind threes of concern. and the american civil liberties union expressed its concerns about this new law. governor descent has presented no evidence. the chinese buyers of property in florida are agents of the chinese communist party, or that they have caused harm to national security deluxe, stigmatizes them in their communities. and costs a cloud of suspicion over anyone of chinese descent who seeks to buy property in florida. meanwhile, polls show that among asian americans, there is an increasing fear of racial targeting and hate crimes. the antique china atmosphere has heard a lot of us citizens of asian descent to now fear for their safety. the hearing clearly show that america does have some big problems. the ones on display, the hearing on capitol hill certainly did not come from chinese communist or from any other country for that matter. caleb boffin,

artsy new york. the poland has brushed off a diplomatic spot between cabin warsaw over the bowl in your massacre. opting to focus on russian actions. here's what the polish deputy foreign minister had to say on the matter. sometimes there are words that should be left unsaid. we are not in a situation where it would be appropriate to issue, and they also made them to ukraine. security is much more important today, though, so reduced polish, recreating relations to history alone, often ignore the fact that the scale of russian crimes against poland was even greater. the validity of massacre has been the cause of long term grievances between ukraine and poland. between 19431945, the ukrainian and sturgeon army conducted an ethnic cleansing campaign in german, occupied full and mastering up to 100000 pools,

mainly women and children. but the ukrainian conflict saw a reproach meant between cab and warsaw to the stand off over the massacre begin on may 19th when the polish foreign ministry spokesman commented on the lack of awareness among ukrainians regarding the massacre. he also criticized presence of landscape, saying he should do more to address the issue i think that on the ukrainian side and here i will be very diplomatic. there is still a lack of understanding as this is a very important issue for poles at the moment. the ukrainian state did not do this, but presidents the landscape should take more responsibility for ukraine to your friends, and bassett or warsaw reacted in tweets that were later deleted. saying any attempt to impose on ukraine. what we must know about our common past is unacceptable and unfortunate. we spoke to george from wiley, senior research fellow at the global policy institute. he says that history is

being swept under the rug a mid today's anti russian. right. or is this the old? was it for ripping atrocities that were committed by monday or on the own day and the u. b. a. all of that as being well known. i mean this not as all the history. there's not, there's no mystery about this. and yet, the western powers, the, you need to have deliberately overlooked it, much as they overlook the rehabilitation of the, the ss in the number of the baltic states. because they, you, and made. so have one project. let me let you know that they are not, they don't have any other projects that were of these. what are there other projects that will failing, but the one project is to keep everybody on board by hating russia, so they don't want any distractions from that. and so all of this history is simply

swept under the rug and they do do so by claiming, well, this can be of any good was because the landscape as of june, and they keep repeating this and repeating it. but of course, it doesn't matter very much because if the people around the landscape are all in a worship as of monday or then this is the page team that is in the it lineal descend from from but there was and uh, and even the whole thing of you to well he's a jew, so he called the and not see it doesn't really make very much sense. equal and right now russian prime minister mika, you meet easton, is meeting with chinese president changing, paying in beijing. let's take a listen. i see you can see of approaches of ross in china regarding all the key matters. so the global edge and, and reaffirming our willingness to strengthen multi pulled or world order through

in the, in today's world that is built on the respect, support sovereignty, supremacy of international law. and not interest the are insane. domestic affairs, all to any state. the main goal of my 1st official visit to china, hop for your personal station presidency to establish constructive cooperation with mike counterpart. but you know, the prime minister of the state console him is for lead, so young to most of and to organize that patient cooperation between the governments for operational, national implementation of final decision, federal leaders might make. but i'd like to go what is between you and 2 days and for governmental stocks and 18 and the business for them and send high before that were occurring king's atmosphere of friendship, mutual understanding, future respect for each other that makes our relations really seem thousands of relations between russia and china,

so we cherry for their relation. so to good neighborliness and partner feedback, the syllabus ties russian china cedars to, to blend. it is very important in the situation of the terrible and c and global affairs in the global market. our countries together a stand against the attempt by the collect, the west to preserve their global's answer, hedge and money, and the use of illegitimate sanctions tends hose their will to independent states will get in store. and i see that i doubled. i am confident that the russian china will says the repelled these interest attempts. they will create beneficial conditions to progress, to move towards our common strategic goals as you present. she certainly at the, for the today with my calendar, pardon, it seems like getting a fairly t on feld, some standing dogs and all the important matters selves the corporation between russia and china. we had a stablish friendly afford till context. we have reaffirmed their successes in

trade and economic cooperation with stage equipment on the, the record, the high indicators of mutual trade, i'm aware because we are now reaching you level as an attorney remarks to the trade volume increases by which quarter. and i'm convinced that the skier will will accomplish such a task so that u. s. teams the residency and we present putting sense for us to arrange for the milestone of $200000000000.00. so the trades turnover in the and i think that in the near future we will even exceed their tokens to, and there is always took opperation in the, in his basketball projects. we have uh 79 with joins project 64. it's up to $165000000000.00 a pretty like i'm yes, don't know what it would really suggest not to stop like that into worth more actively in suspicion. but they shifted to you areas. and then with by 2030 we will

provide the we will ensure they need quality of the relationship between russia and china. besides this strengthening cause, they cannot make cooperation. we think it is important to expand it's called trolling human and tearing ties that we talked about that with mr. leave town today because they are going to send them the foundation of mutual sympathy, our people's house for a chopper, and we should pass it on to the future. generations of citizens have fox in china because it's on them big what it is. and we also agreed with me for litzy on each go up to get that have regular meetings between the governments of ross and china. we have a 5 been through the government, mental commissions at the level of savvy these prime ministers in more than 80 industrial working groups. we comparing notes. we will compare notes at the next meeting called the hands of the government that will take place at the end of this year, 3 days ago, march 21st. and they gave us the pills in accordance with the china's farming

calendar. so mike, there is a sell mine month, the period of the exuberance and that was the meeting between the pro ration prime minister meet the you mission ocean with chinese president changing, paying. he said, the main goal was to establish constructive cooperation between the governments, understanding mutual respect and he also spoke about increasing trade between the 2 countries will have more for you throughout the day. he also spoke about the it was vital to stand together for russia in china between the 2 nations. and that's a rob, guys. we'll be right back in the next hour. it's the

the, we spend a lot of time on the show talking about national security whistle blowing in the fall out from that truth. kelly, we've spoken about the c i a, the f, b i the n s a in the military. but what's it like to blow the whistle internationally? what does it like to take on the government of the united states? its allies in the united nations and the us congress all at the same time, will soon find out. i'm drawn to reaku walk into the whistle blowers the . 2 2 2 2 2 2 scott ritter is a name known to many around the world, a former u. s. military officer. scott was the chief un weapons inspector in iraq in the period following the 1st gulf war. he had already had extensive experience in the

us military having been an officer working for us central command, general norman schwarzkopf scott's whistle blowing begins in, in 1991 schwarzkopf reported having destroyed 16 of your rocks, 20 scud missile launchers. those numbers couldn't be confirmed. and scott said so publicly later that year, scott joined the united nations and was assigned to ans. com, where he left the investigations into saddam hussein's alleged weapons of mass destruction. a position he held for almost the entire decade of the 19 ninety's scot resigned for months comm in 1998 after iraq refused for the co operation with the united nations and the security council refused to do anything about it. scott gave testimony in a contentious sense committee hearing in which then senator joe biden, criticized him for conducting what he described as confrontation based inspections in iraq. even though that was the policy that success of us to administration,

both democratic and republican, had demanded in the end the new york times mat. they said that scott quote, was in fact vindicated about iraq's lack of w and dees. and that the aftermath of the rock more could be calamitous and quote, he added that scott was the most determined dissenter, and the one with the most on the ground intelligence of the situation prior to the war. we're happy to have scott ritter with us. scott, welcome to the show as well. thank you very much. i am glad to have you. let's begin at the beginning as they say, you enjoyed the u. s. military in 1980. after some years, you became an officer in the marine corps, and at the time that the gulf war broke out in 1991, you were a captain working under general norman schwarzkopf. i remember him well from my time at the c i a he was a legendary figure and nobody or practically nobody spoke back to him. but you did, you said privately and later publicly that swartzkoff was simply not telling the

truth when he told the american people and the country's leaders that the us military had. detroit had destroyed 16 of the rocks 20 scud launchers. you later told the media that the us hadn't destroyed any of your rock squad launchers. was that your 1st brush with whistle blowing? well i, i didn't whistle blow, i was doing my job to build, you know, there's john john of intelligence officers and to tell his or her boss what, what they want to hear is to put the facts on the table and in the boss can to make the decision a real i was a junior kept in, there's no doubt about that. i was a junior captain, but i was given a big responsibility. and one of those responsibilities was doing the final battle damage assessment of, of, of, of scott engagements to make a determination whether or not and iraqi scott had been destroyed or not been destroyed. and this was bank because at that time i was trying to draw israel into the war. they were firing missiles that were not being interdicted. and israel

saying that the united states can come up with a solution. we're going to enter the word that would have destroyed the coalition that would have made it very difficult. it's almost impossible to feature that machine. so we need it to be projecting um, you know, it'd be the, the perception of success. and so when the us air force came in with video tape, sure to strike that, the air force claimed storage guides. everybody was optimistic, but unfortunately the battle damage assessment officer or spouse and the age of the 3 looked at it. so those are oil tankers. they're not scott's. i thought that was it, but the insurance guy went on national tv in brief to this. it was reality. the next morning when i have to write the report, i wrote confirmed guns 0, the colonel, that there was between me and charge back to me and said you've got to change that number. i should know. i'm not gonna change. i've never shipped with the general breach of the world, no rush, and that doesn't make in fact, act as 0. you're asking me to falsify document. i'm not going to do it. he went

back to back to your fire. george goes fired. you're done it out of here. so i did, but before i left the end of the report on to the senior d. b, i a lead defense intelligence agent liaison. we shouldn't back to general mcconnell but the point she's just after to get to bell. and um. busy go a gun to forego a short job. in sports, go send it. the analyst is dummies not as good as the others. he's wrong. i'm short guns and the d. i a a to settle or do a computer. an answer to the imagery is exactly what i said it was, they were a fuel tankers, and i was given my job back what uh didn't change the number. because once they put that down there, they had to maintain the perception that we were joined scouts. but i maintain throughout the entire war, we didn't show a single don't just mean the air force. i mean the bridge, i say, yes, i mean delta force, everybody was out there who can in general with your axes, we didn't show a single scott. that was a very contentious assessment because metals were handed out for people who are 2

in charge of turned out that was 100 percent. correct? it late 1991. you move to and gum and became one of the chief weapons inspectors. you were the chief weapons inspector on 14 of the 30 inspections of the rocky facilities. you were looking for evidence of nuclear, biological and chemical weapons. i remember those days got as if they were yesterday. the west insisted that iraq had w n. d to the rockies insisted that they did not, but they still would not let you carry out your inspections and molested. you then did something that angered the united states, although it help the cause of the inspections you saw at the assistance of the british and his really intelligent services. the us criticized you and the rockies were enraged that you did it. but you step by your guns. what was it like handling all of these different competing interest these, these aren't clothing companies or retail companies that you were reporting back to

. these were the most important and powerful governments in the world and their intelligence services. what was that like when i started the job with the, with united special commission i i was 30 years old. wow. now i don't know what people think about 30 year olds, but i will tell you that i was young. i had some experience under my belt, but not enough. and you know, they threw me into a job where i have the weight of the world on my shoulders and, and the weight of the world isn't, isn't just you have the responsibility for going in and implementing inspections. um, united states government brought me, you know, i was brought in degraded intelligence organization. i was brought in by the united nations, united states government didn't want me there to do that job. and they actively got conspired to have me removed from that position. but the united nation stuck with

one of the reasons why is that there's, you know, intelligence drive operations, the person who controls the information controls the scope and scale of the operations to us the united states going to do was after c, i a lose control of the case of inspections, bridge inspections, the danger of inspected and have that taken over by the united nation. so it would be calling its own shot. me that was my job because the united nations all their own shots. so not only am i going into a wreck to try and find weapons that you're at, just don't want us to find in clear direct caps, new web s program. um, you know, there's a difference. we 19911998 there 7 years range in special teams that by me and other inspectors. i went in there and disarmed direct and when they didn't do it cooperatively. i don't want to tell you how many times that guns put to my station they've driven to decorate the wall behind me with my bridge. wow. this was disco. every inspection team i lead into a rec. busy a built in a hostage rescue component because we.