all right james carey co-founder of the band twitter account there which it's going to be interesting to see how this plays out but good on you for having this type of an initiative thanks for being with us here on r.t. international right thank you. i watch much international be back with more news of the hour stay with. us. thank you very much was. joining me everything. and i'll be speaking to yes. i'm showbusiness i'll see if that. was the principal emotions recovering. is this a. medical doctor i want him to do his would. like. to attach any party can the personal feelings maybe something had to be objections i would have but in politics history is a judge and history will judge presidency. and if you're going to do you go to nation and. it was not. china much bigger economic power lunch or wall inter. i think. you have to live with that. and there's lots of advantages of the europeans jethro as well as america. a lot of people want to use were to let go a small very good analogy but when we have soul towers on every to every big building when we are going to put these five g. ge

account james carey told us what motivated him to create a parody. the motivation behind it obviously i mean it's fairly clear it was to do with some of that bond was you know a piece of regime change propaganda during the syrian civil war and decisions for war were being made on that the twitter of a little girl that's a ridiculous concept think about and to expand that out to you know any country it's crazy and it was just pointing out how you raise you how insane that idea is that a child and you know some on the street reporters in aleppo were basically dictating foreign policy for the united states israel turkey you know all of these countries are basing their words on what was supposedly just a child who decided to tweak one day so we just decided to run with it this time as france was you know blowing up the news and. just to point out the hope ocracy of when this happens in a western nation nobody had any problem with macross using what are chemical weapons on his own people and we just wanted to point out that when this happens in a nato cou

and the school is co-founder of the benoit abba don't count james carey told us what motivated him to create the parody the motivation behind it obviously i mean it's fairly clear it was to do with some of that bon was you know a piece of regime change propaganda during the syrian civil war and decisions for war were being made on the twitter of a little girl that's a ridiculous concept to think about and to expand that out to you know any country it's crazy and it was just pointing out how. raese how insane that idea is that a child and you know some on the street reporters in aleppo were basically dictating foreign policy for the united states israel turkey you know all of these countries are basing their words on what was supposedly just a child who decided to tweet one day so we just decided to run with it this time as france was you know blowing up the news and. just to point out the hypocrisy of when this happens in a western nation nobody had any problem with macross using what are chemical weapons on his own people and we just wanted to point out that when this happens in a na

julie carey just out of the courtroom. >> reporter: minutes ago, the jury delivered its decision. james fields guilty on all ten charges dwengs him including the most serious o charge first-degree murder. first-degree murder for driving his car into demonstrators after the unite the rightrally. killing heather heyer and injuring others. the jury said he had the intent to kill. that means they rected the defense's could not jection that he was so shaken by some of the the daha fdvi ctolesla lifshe e anderarli he acted in self-defe. thatrime also shootering the charlottesville community. t througs trial, there have been a lot of community activists for this decision. seated on one side, th mother of heather heyer. as you know, the 21-year-old james fields was a lf escribed neo-nazi. he drove overnight to attend the unite the right rall it was after the clashes of the he ing had died down tha drove into that crowd killing heyer, injuring dozens of others. prosecutors said he came intending to harmful there was that meme we showed you that he showed a carng into protesters and also a text h

jensen, james williams, matt whitlock, ruth montoya, celeste sam lyman, brandon chestnut, kristin mcclintock, diane browning, heather clausen, jeff rickgan, will holloway, katundy,iley, abdul lane, carey lynn ma machalky. and samantha rowls. this is the best staff on capitol hill. inish to thank my father heaven who's allowed me to serve much longer than my detractors have hoped. each time i walk into this theber, i'm humbled by symbolic significance of it all a passage ofded of scripture, one of my favorites, him much is- to given, much is expected, or much is required. me so much.as given in return, i've tried to give i could.uch as beste he will accept my efforts. before i get even more would note that this is a final floor speech, not a final goodbye. now, i will nom longer hold office but i will continue to hold a special place all of you, for all of my colleagues. look forward to continuing these special friendships even the senate.'ve left i want to thank everybody in the staff, all of the members, all of the law people, all of the people who have provided us with and ability. i want god to bless all of you. may god bless the senate and may he bless the united states of america

today.and wendy are off a jury decided james fields should spend the rest of hisfe n prison for that deadly car attack in charlottesville. >> julie carey us live with the emotional reaction. >> reporter: that life prison term, part of the punishment the jury is recommending. on top of 419 years behind bars and nearly a half million in fines. aat hefty sentence, exactly what the victims their families were hoping for.g >> lon embraces and smiles o relief. even some the same chants used that fateful day. >> whose street? our street. >> a display of emotion after jurors recommended a life prison for james fields. that was for the murder of heathe heyer. her mother relieved he will be off the streets forever and the erfuls decision sends a p message. >> hate did not win today. message has been made loud and clear. you can't bring hate here and get away with

james fields. >> the self-described white ndpremacist was fou guilty late this afternoon of all charges including the first-degr murder of heather heyer. julie careys getting new reaction in charlottesville right now. she will joines l later in this half-hour. >> meanwhile the local family is turning their tragedy intog somethpositive. >> you may remember this young woman. ashanti billing was abducted in virginia and found dead in north she is from prince george's county. >> this afternoon a major step forward for aew law for the entire country to protect missing people like ashanti. our prince george's county bureau chief talked to achaneli's parents today. felle was 19 years old a through the cracks in our system. >> markarner is talking about all people whose ages between the amber and silver alert system. last night they passed a bill close the gap. >> out of this loss of ashanti, perhaps we couldhi do som to prevent it. >> billie was abducte from a naval base in december of 2017. her family who lived in prince george's county had to depend oh social media tp get the word out. >> their daughter is missing and they have to, on their own, post m

student debt and postcollege employment, joining us is james qual of the institute for college access and success. and the center for public integrity, carey levine has the campaign finance laws as they relate to the so-called hush payments michael cohen made during the campaign. >> also, a news reporter looks at the trump administration and the clean water act protections for some wetlands and waterways. be sure to watch c-span's washington journal live at seven eastern saturday morning. during the discussion. -- joined the discussion. >>> up next, testimony from government officials on the enforcement of antitrust laws. we hear from trade commission sturgis of simons and a house judiciary subcommittee, this is about 90 minutes. >>> subcommittee, and antitrust law will come to order without objection, the chair is authorized to declare recesses of the committee at any time, but welcome anybody to today's hearing. it is on trade, commissions, bureau of competition and of the department of justice antitrust division and now recognize myself for an opening statement. >> welcome to the tearing of the federal trade commission bureau of competi

james fields. he was convicted of first-degree murder along with some other charges on friday. this involving the death of heather heyer at the union tight right ral last year. >> that's right. julie carey has the latest live from charlottesville. >> reporter: they just rang the bell and that means jury has a sentencingcision. when i'm done talking to you, i'll be heading inside. they heard emotional testimony from the victims of this car attack and fm heather heyer's mother. some of them calling what happened tohem a living nightmare. now, susan told jurors that her entire family wasted by the loss of her daughter heather saying we are forever scarredy pain. she also added, i do not hate mr. fields. i am leaving him in the han of justice. heather heyer was killed when he rammed his car into a grom of counter demonstrators. one of the women who survived his deadly drive is hoping for a life prison term.sh had her pelvis broken in six places. she told jurors, i am not the same person i was before that day and i will never be the same. plea know the wor is not a safe place with fields in it. the defense cled just one witness today. the psychologist who examined james fields and reported t

us is day-to-day after results of his mri exam game back clean james 2013ed he dodged a bullet and will be back in no time. >> mariah carey'shristmas classic "all i want for christmas is you" set a new one-day streaming record on spotify christmas eve. it was played 10.8 million times. carey called the feat an amazing christmas gift when she posted about it on instagram. incredibly brave or incredibly foolish for someone like me to even bother singing the chorus of mariah carey? >> it is definitely brave, but i think to be applauded, but that -- >> you surprised us. >> tuneful, contessa. >> did better than probably both of us. >> the other thing i would say as well, i'm sure all she wants for christmas is the royalties she must make amazing annual annuity to keep getting. >> the most common song played when you go into the stores on christmas or before. >> it's a new classic, a modern classic. >> but it's been going 24 years. >> bye. >> extra special holiday special of a news update i don't think that's repeatable. 29 minutes to go here before the close. let's look at some of the biggest movers of the day. bob pisani is her

up, james kvaal from the institute for college access and success on student debt and postcollege employment. at 8:30 a.m., carey levine joins to discuss campaign finance laws and at 9:30 a.m., reporter on proposedberg changes to the clean water act. and we will take your calls and join the conversation on facebook and twitter. "washington journal♪ host: good morning and welcome to washington journal. a federal judge has declared the affordable care act , making a newal battle over the law known as obamacare. this decision will likely be put on hold as it is brought to the supreme court. this comes as americans face a deadline of today to sign for coverage in the federal insurance exchanges provided by the law. what do you think is going on with the affordable care act? is there a better

student debt and postcollege employment, joining us is james qual of the institute for college access and success. and the center for public integrity, carey levine has the campaign finance laws as they relate to the so-called hush payments michael cohen made during the campaign. >> also, a news reporter looks at the trump administration and the clean water act protections for some wetlands and waterways. be sure to watch c-span's washington journal live at seven eastern saturday morning. during the discussion. -- joined the discussion. >>> up next, testimony from government officials on the enforcement of antitrust laws. we hear from trade commission sturgis of simons and a house judiciary subcomee