this evening my guest the sara flounders head of the international action center and also coordinator of the no war on venezuela campaign thank you. u.s. 2020 presidential hopeful bernie sanders has accused national security adviser john bolton of trying to push the country into war with a runnin away reminiscent of another american campaign the author of the efforts right now to get us into a war in iraq is the guy who was the architect for getting us into the war in iraq and that is john bolton busy so you know i worry about provocations on the part of the united states washington's taken numerous measures in recent days to counter what he calls a credible threat from iran the u.s. has ordered all non-emergency staff out of its embassy in iraq sources said be $52.00 bombers and dank areas to the region media reports suggest that there are intelligence images of missiles on iranian boats in the persian gulf sparked fears that they might be used against u.s. troops there the images haven't yet been published despite the lack of clear evidence for a heightened threat from tehran washin

all right we're now crossing live to sara flounders who is the director of the international action center sara thanks for being with us here on r t international. understatement of the year i guess is venezuela has basically been quite a mess what are the odds of early elections for the national assembly will the assembly agree considering we haven't seen calls for elections on the presidential side come to fruition either. well 1st of all going to as well has every right to have an election where the national assembly in 2020 or to move it up to this year constitutionally they have the right. the national assembly it's important to recognize it. was never elected president never ran for president he was on a rotating basis the temporary president of the national assembly a body that was that the time defunct because it was in violation of the supreme court as well but that's another matter when the u.s. recognized new elections it's very doubtful because the u.s. government is not interested in democratic change or in democracy in venezuela what they are interested in is regime change th

head of the international action center. the u.s. is likely to count trying to rock the boat in venezuela. the u.s. stepping in knowledge tearaway i think we all know the world scale that. we just we examined the country strong and certainly seems that they've run out of options it doesn't mean that they won't continue to try in every way to increase the hardships of this meeting in moscow is an indication that the countries of the world important significant functions of the world stand with them as well when the people make sure. and unlike the president then that choice is what williams. by say when most marginal think you're expecting people to bow down your list of spawn. on thursday russia will celebrate victory day commemorating the surrender of the nazis in one thousand nine hundred forty five ahead of the big day r.t. met with world war two veteran ivana who was a schoolgirl when the war started and became a resistance fighter he saw many horrors people deliberately burnt to their deaths in this is a story. here but it is st

start rebuilding our country we're still going to talk to sara flounders co-director of the international action center told us nicolas maduro still has popular support. 1st of all venezuela has every right to have an election for the national assembly in 2020 or to move it up to this year constitutionally they have that right why no was never elected president never ran for president he was on a rotating basis the temporary president of the national assembly is election isn't even in the cards and he can only he feels come to power with the u.s. tanks in some military effort that is also not likely to 16 diverse systems we're seeing in venezuela today makes it pretty clear that people have made a choice and i'm determined to back up their own government. between police and activists in the teller's if you belong here monday the anger erupted over a visit by the leader of the far right new force party ahead of the european parliamentary elections coming up in a few days. police tried to contain protesters or try to break through a police cordon the party's leader who identified as a fascist in past sta

the head of the international action center sarra flounders thinks the u.s. is likely to carry on trying to rock the boat in venezuela. the us stepping in militarily i think we all know on a world scale where that. which is a complete disaster of a country struggling and certainly seems that they run out of options it doesn't mean that they won't continue to try in every way to increase the hardships for whose will this meeting in moscow is no indication that countries of the world important significant countries of the world stand with them as well when the people make a choice and a like president and then that choice is completely insulted by say putting in most marginal if you're expecting people to bow down all that we really stiffens response. i'll be back in around thirty minutes time with world update so do stay with us. you know world of big part of. lot and conspiracy it's time to wake up to dig deeper to hit the stories that mainstream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smarter we need to stop slamming the door on the bats and shout

we spoke to sara flounders co-director of the international action center who told us nicolas maduro still has popular support. 1st of all going to as well has every right to have an election for the national assembly in 2020 or to move it up to this year constitutionally they have the right why no was never elected president never ran for president he was on a rotating basis the temporary president of the national assembly his election isn't even in the cards and he can only he feels come to power on with the us tanks in some military effort that is also not likely to succeed the resistance we're seeing in venezuela today makes it pretty clear that the people have made a choice and are determined to back up their own government. so it is prosecutors have requested an arrest warrant for with the leaks founder julian assange after they reopened a rape case against him last week that could or an embassy in london meanwhile has started handing over the whistleblowers possessions to u.s. authorities who are also seeking asylum seekers extradition breaking down the latest developments her

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