alison: when you mentioned embassy staff, katie, it's not just americans working with embassies.e have foreign service nationals. and these foreign service nationals, they are natives of the country. and they often work there for 20 or 30 years. and they will develop a very close relationship with the americans who come, especially with the ambassadors. and i think clearly this mutual sign of affection and appreciation, the fact that she was so severely injured, she came back the next day to show her concern, you know, for the people of that nation and what a strong bond that is and that embassy family. katie: excellent point. yes. alison: so katie, why don't we bring out some gifts to the secretaries because also when the secretaries travel, they're given gifts of appreciation, to show that mutual respect. katie: yep. so this medallion here was a gift to a delegation of japanese diplomats way back in 1860. and this gift giving was a wonderfully long tradition. and americans absolutely took part in this tradition going back to the 19th century. alison: very much so. and so the st

we moved the american embassy to jerusalem, the capitol of the state of israel.e recognize their sovereignty over golan heights. and after 26 years, four arab countries have recognized israel's right to exist. and under our administration, we have taken the fight to radical islam it terrorists on our terms on their soil. during these last four years, the armed forces of the u.s. captured the last inch of territory controlled by isis, and a strike fighters stationed right here at nas lemoore were in the fight early on, hitting isis, giving terrorists no quarter, driving them from their strongholds. with the courage of our armed forces, i'm proud to report more than a year ago, we crushed their caliphate, captured the last inch of territory under the black flag of isis, and took down their leader without one american casualty. [applause] vice pres. pence: and we stood up to the leading state sponsor of terror. drawing from the iran nuclear deal, we strengthened our alliances in the region and isolated iran as never before. and when the most dangerous terrorists in

this put american diplomats in extreme danger, but they were held in the courtyard and never actually made it inside the embassythey were finally driven out by some helicopter reinforcements coming in, but the american diplomats inside were very brave. they kept up the line of communications with the united states the whole time, and they never left their posts. so the gentleman who retrieved that has an interesting narrative about going in 2003 and noticed they were ripping up the sidewalk, and that is actually right near where the hole was blown into the embassy compound. katie: right. and as the gentleman who retrieved the sidewalk for us pointed out, this attack spilled out into the streets as well. there were security guards and military forces on the sidewalks and in the street as well. so items like this is an artifact collection are called site elements. so it is a really interesting way to evoke a time and a place, and couple that with imagery and footage of the time. it can tell a powerful story. alison: especially since the embassy no longer exists. that point you to thinking about that place. katie:

submarine that entered the straits of hormuz the gulf waters there as well we've had the american embassy this week announce that it supplied 30 military vehicles to the iraqi government in order to better protect the green zone where all those foreign embassies are. and in the meantime i think you know it's really important to try and explain what the iraqis are feeling just everyday people here they are very nervous about any kind of escalation they of course of suffered years of political instability and conflict here and whether they support these iran backed militias or not nobody wants to see an escalation of violence either today or in the coming days in the round this anniversary of sort of manny's death promised economy you mentioned him we actually talked about him earlier and i described it as him being almost between a rock and a hard place but actually with the way he described it you've got the iraqi people the militias the u.s. the iranians he's almost surrounded an immense amount of pressure. he's under an incredible amount of pressure with reference to those attacks on de

seemingly targeting the american embassy on december the 20 s those rocket attacks that pro iran groups here denied being responsible for but then indeed when the arrests made by security forces here members of those pro iran groups were accusing the prime minister of kowtow into american wishes too much. we've had accusations from president donald trump threatening serious repercussions if indeed there was any kind of escalations by the iranians him blaming the those probably around back groups and the iranians for those attacks and meanwhile on the streets the situation is. very tense amongst the people here who of course suffered years of political instability and violence are absolutely terrified about any kind of escalation especially when they're suffering such dire economic circumstances as iraq is going through during the covert pandemic how is the assassination a cause and so many in pantheon the popularity of some of these iran bank groups in iraq. if you speak to iraqis they will all say that they are deeply grateful to the iran bank groups and the impact of iran had i

singled out to us for encouraging the protests with spokeswoman maria horror of highlighting the american embassy and consulates in russia give protesters instructions online speaking it's a make up on yesterday the u.s. embassy in moscow published roots of protests in russian cities and to an information about a march on the kremlin but was it the instruction even the organizers did not announce such plans you can imagine what would happen if the russian embassy in washington d.c. published a map of protest through syndicating to the end point for example in the capital. of journalist eva bartlett's who reported on the large opposition protest in moscow in 2019 sees today's policing hasn't been as intense as what she's witnessed while reporting in other countries. surprised to see that protesters were convened in the square in pushkin square and chanting and cheering for a good hour and a half before the police took i mean measures to clear the square when they did that they did it in waves they approached you know forming a line and generally pushing the crowd back i did see baton sting used bu

president donald trump did what no american president had ever done before when he moved the american embassysalem, the capital of the state of israel. [cheers and applause] i'll tell you, under president donald trump, david purdue and kelly loeffler, the world will know this. america stands with israel. [cheers and applause] and when jon ossoff and raphael warnock, like the party to represent, support abortion on demand and taxpayer funding of abortion all the way up to the moment of birth, i couldn't be more proud to serve alongside the most pro-life president in american history. [applause] and i couldn't be more grateful that david perdue and kelly loeffler stand for the right to life. [applause] so you all know what the stakes are here in georgia. but if you haven't got it in focus yet, just listen to what chuck schumer said. he said, quote, now we take georgia, can we change america. -- then we change america. i have another message for chuck schumer. we are going to keep georgia. and we're going to save america. [cheers and applause] i mention president trump will be in georgia over th

enter the devil's embassy i will not trouble the government today that's a reference to the american embassy but he said we still have more time so very much an indication of the kind of fiery rhetoric that continues here from these powerful iran backed groups i don't need to cation at the kind of pressure that is being put on the government here in iraq jones how realistic are these demands to have the u.s. troops leave iraq. well what we do know is that the prime minister. went to washington last year in this and was told by u.s. officials that they would be indeed a troop withdrawal troop withdrawal of those u.s. full seize but that could take up to 3 years as president donald trump has already promised that there will be a drooler down of u.s. will see sperm around 30022500 boy made to john you. certainly the people here who have organized these protests from the thousands that have gathered in the square say that that is nowhere near fallston of their demanding a far more immediate response they accuse call them a the prime minister here of listening too much to the americans and have m

month of this, as it was called room 40, the british intelligence hands over the telegram to the american embassy in london saying, we intercepted this in mexico city, western union, and we're giving it to you. they got in london at our embassy. [laughter] that is march 1, 1917 and that is the overt action that wilson was looking for to take us to war. it became's the straw that breaks the camel's back. that telegram is the last straw. wilson is like, ok, we're going to war over this. it is so interesting to see. we were kind of manipulated into the war. the british wanted us to join. they wanted our money and our ships. why not? we have got a few questions. the man in the gray and red shirt. >> what is your take on wilson? [laughter] >> what is my take on woodrow wilson. i am on the board of the woodrow wilson house. even though he came up short on many questions, like race and segregation in the federal government, and yes, he had this tremendous vision for building a way of mitigating conflict before they turn into war, which is the league of nations idea which harry truman copies afterward wi

for encouraging the protests with a spokesman reason out of a highlighting how the american embassy and the conscience and russia gave protesters instructions online yesterday the u.s. embassy in moscow published routes of protests in russian cities and to an information about a march on the kremlin what was its instruction even the organizers did not announce such plans you can imagine what would happen if the russian embassy in washington d.c. published a map of protest through syndicating to you and point for example in the capital you can imagine what would happen if the russian embassy in washington d.c. published a map of protesters syndicating the end point for example in the capital. one of the taste of things to come perhaps after britain recently left the e.u. or britain living in spain and working in the u.k. controlled enclave of gibraltar has had his shopping bag emptied by spanish border guards must forced to leave behind much of its contents at the border it is an individual case but it does highlight the change of rules for britons trying to enter the. usually you just w

it seems to me that under such circumstances, that we face, we have communications between american embassyindiscernible] and let's concentrate on these issues. and of course i am open to any questions from your side, from audience. the international community is concerned over the state of the international system of control. we share these concerns. today there is no certainty we will succeed in improving the situation. bold and straightforward proposal [indiscernible] cannot be won war and must ever be fought has not found support in washington. failed to dismay my colleagues in these three years, just getting confirmation fro this administration at this very important to the international community. [indiscernible] just a few days ago the united states withdrew from the opec treaty. we also bear in mind that there are no steps of the use of the administration when i got to the treaty, which also ceases to exist. [indiscernible] special focus is on europe and the asia-pacific region. the situation is complicated as well. we see the united states does not intend to ratify the treaty, at l

gatherings and where to keep away from, and then the foreign ministry here will object, saying the american embassyt is illegal to call for people to attend to an illegal protest, and that is why lots of allies of mr navalny had been detained in the last few days, for their post on social media calling on people to take to the streets. that is part of the usual diplomatic language and diplomatic fight that is going on, but essentially, the real action is on the streets here, about the relationship between the russian people who support alexei navalny, those of those who do, and the russian authorities, who now have him on remand and facing a potential prison sentence. it's somewhere he's not been before, he has been detained by police before but he has never been sentenced to prison before, because until now, the kremlin has made the calculation thatis the kremlin has made the calculation that is too risky, that it could be a big backlash. the question is, either making a calculation now,, is it safer for then with him behind bars or not?— it safer for then with him behind bars or not? some key all

called, room 40, which was the british intelligence arm then hands over the telegram to the american embassy in london basically saying, we intercepted this telegram in mexico city and we are giving it to you. we actually got it london at our embassy. at that point, that is the overt action that wilson was looking for to take us to war. so basically it becomes the straw that breaks the camels back. really, in fact it is the submarine warfare campaign that really leads to the war itself, to the u.s. declaring war, but it is that telegram is the last straw that breaks the camel's back. where wilson is like, ok we're going to war over this. it's so interesting to see, we were manipulated into the war over this. the british wanted us to join, they wanted our money and our ships, so why not? we've got a few questions. here, the man in the gray and the red shirt. >> what is your take on wilson? garrett: what is my take on woodrow wilson? i am, in fact, on the board of the woodrow wilson house. i view him as a prophet of democracy. even though he came up short on many questions, race and segregatio

of encouraging the protests after the american embassy in russia posted an alert on its website advisingonstrations. >>> and president biden has made his first calls to world leaders. >> yesterday he called mexico and canada. and here is paula newton with details. >> reporter: president biden returning the united states to something of normalcy, he made his first foreign call to justin trudeau, apparently it was a warm friendly call, but also substantive. the leaders agreed that fighting the pandemic would be their shared top priority. they also discussed trade issues. and that is sure to be anner tachb irritant with many allies coming up. joe biden is committed to a buy america program and he is certainly going to be much more protectionist perhaps than in other administrations. having said that, joe biden apparently in this call went out of his way to say that america is the goal of multilateralism, that it will continue to work with allies on things like climate change, and that it was definitely going to be a new approach and that he hoped it would be a productive one. interesting he

president donald trump did what no american president had ever done before when he moved to the american embassyusalem, the capital of the state of israel. [cheers and applause] i'll tell you, under president donald trump, david perdue and kelly loeffler, if the world knows nothing else, the world will know this. america stands with israel. [cheers and applause] and where jon ossoff and raphael warnock, like the party they represent, support abortion on demand and taxpayer funding of abortion all the way up to the moment of birth. i couldn't be more proud to serve alongside the most pro-life president in american history. [cheers and applause] and i couldn't be more grateful that david perdue and kelly loeffler stand for the right to life. [cheers and applause] so you all know what the stakes are here in georgia. if you haven't got it in focus yet, just listen to what chuck schumer said. he said "now we take georgia. then we change america." well, i've got another message for chuck schumer. we're gonna keep georgia. and where can i save america. you know, i mentioned president trump will be in g

very few people want tlitake responsi for the rocket attacks against the american embassy, but as you from the public opinion here, there is significant appetite for more of it.p president trs said if one american is killed in the course of these attacks, then there will be reprisals. and if that's the case, there will be significant escalation. the asssination was the peak of a series of strikes and counter strikes between e u.s. and iran and pro-iranian groups in late 2019, and early last year -- a proxy conflict on iraqi soil. in response, the iraqi parliament passed a non-binding resolution to eject u.s. troops. >> we want these decisions to be implem vted. the peoped on the decision to remove the american forces. we want to remove all american forc peacelly, and if they e not achieved by peaceful means, then the people will resist expelling these forces.rt re: with 2500 u.s. troops still in country, tha resistance is made realiat by continuecks on convoys, and lands in the form of rockets attacks launched on the u.s. embassy in baghdad. the u.s. reportedly threatened to evacuate

enforce the militia not attacking the american embassy in baghdad any longer so you can imagine we don't have. the law let's say we are not very optimistic about the present self to say coddling me to secure baghdad or let's say to make the iraqi forces more eligible to stop those attacks maybe the next government after the elections which is sponsored one from jul and until october maybe the next government can do something like that because you know when i know that it will be a government of majority not the prime minister without any bloc supporting him inside the parliament so you can see the new difference between the 2 proper prime ministers the one dot he is now without any support from the parliament and the next prime minister should be have should have the support from the the next parliament it will count after the elections ok we appreciate that thanks for a perspective of interesting things well you also come you must look. now a ugandan opposition leader probably wind says the military has raided his home. claimed victory in the presidential elections military denies this

what's interesting was he stayed in japan, spoke perfect english, got a job at the american embassy inse of his english skills. and in 1980, when president bush was nominated to be the vice president, he is pulling off associated press stories off the ticker, and reading, them reading the biography of the new republican khamenei for vice president, and he gets to the world war ii part, and he knew this was the man he saw that was shot down. he said oh my god. i watch this man be rescued. all these years later, he got to meet him, very emotional. he died, was very sad when he died. the other thing about that trip, it was actually another trip president bush was telling me about. the people of chichi jima we're so excited to see him. the whole island turned out shearing, and he was a hero. it was just odd. president bush said i bombed the heck out of this island. and he said i wonder if it has occurred to them that i perhaps killed some of your relatives. he was telling me on that trip that when he was vice president, he went to visit an island in japan, maybe saipan, but an island that

that he's against the settlement on the settlement expansion but he remains for maintaining the american embassy in jerusalem you probably normalize more and more the issues with the p.l.o. and opened their office in washington but i think that's not going to be enough because the idea that the way forward is the way back to one of the same cliches about the 2 states and negotiations in that peace process is not going to do we are well past midnight on that issue and of course by the is going to need to be pulled into now just to put all of that in some sort of a frame the only thing we've heard from biden on foreign policy is that the world is watching and you know what barbara we have been watching and. it might have been a bit intertwining but it's also quite tragic america is unfit to lead as it were the last 40 years america did not look good to lead by example by them but it not want to because of the structural racism that he talked about but also because of the way they couldn't even you know muster a real nice peaceful transition of power considering the last you know a few weeks of dis

know what's interesting, is that he stayed in japan, spoke perfect english, got a job at the american embassyof his english skills. and in 1980, when president bush was nominated to be the vice president candidate, pulling he was pulling off associated press stories from the ticker, and reading them, and reading the biography of the new republican nominee for vice president, and he gets to world war ii part, and he knew this was the man he had seen that had been shot down. and he saw oh my god i saw this man being rescued. so all these years later, he got to meet him. it was very emotional. we are very sad when he died. the other thing about that trip, and there was another trip, the president which was telling you about, the people in chichijima was so excited to see him, the whole island came out. and he was a hero and it was so odd. he's like a bomb the hell out of this place, and i wonder if it's occurred to them, that i perhaps killed some of the relatives. and he was telling me, on that trip that when he was vice president, he went to visit an island in japan, i think it was saipan, was

he got a job at the american embassy in japan because of his english skills.0 when president bush was nominated to be the vice president candidate, he's pulling off like associated press stories off the ticker and reading them and reading the biography of the new republican nominee for vice president. and he gets to the world war ii part, and he knew this was the man he saw that was shot down. he said oh, my god, i watched this man being rescued. so all these years later he got to meet him. it was very emotional. we were very sad when he died. the other thing about that trip, but it was actually another trip president bush was telling me about. the people of chichi jima were so excited to see him. the whole island turned out cheering, and he was a hero. and it was just odd. president bush said i bombed the hell out of this. and he said i wonder if it's occurred to them that i perhaps killed some of your relatives. and he was telling me on that trip when he was vice president he went to visit an island in japan, might have been saipan. i'm not sure, but it was

donald trump we've had flyovers by b. 52 bombers in this region a show of strength by the americans the u.s. embassy a few days ago announcing that it had supplied 30 military vehicles to the iraqi security forces to better protect the green zone as we've built up to this anniversary and meanwhile if you speak to general iraqis on the streets of course they are very nervous about any kind of escalation and bearing in mind that they've suffered decades of political instability violence economic mismanagement we've had more than a year of protests demanding whole scale political. and this all comes obviously during a kind of covert context so it doesn't matter what side of the fence iraqis are whether they are supporting these pro iran groups or are more inclined to support an american military presence here in this country they do not want an escalation and so far things are quiet at the seating but there are big protests scheduled to be held in the center of baghdad tomorrow charles stratford for the moment with the latest from baghdad charles thank you well let's go live now to get a little is on t

i remember cutting the ribbon on outpostce in 1996, an we sometimes call the first american embassy in kosovo. our number talking to president clinton and secretary albright about the need to step in and halt the ethnic cleansing in bosnia and kosovo. thank you, madam secretary, for everything you did and all of your works. everything you did is an inspiration to us all. thank you for everything you did. it is my honor to address the parliaments of several countries in the region and to be present when we cut -- open the beautiful new u.s. embassy. cutting the ribbon meant so much to me. albright, icretary am so glad that you are again testifying for the foreign affairs committee during one of my final hearings as chairman. we have known each other a long time, and i have seen the world change a great deal and i am honored to count you among my friends. today, it is hard to recognize the region which i first recognized in 1993. countries are independent, democratic, and developing. have young, intelligent populations ready to liberate their entrepreneurial spirit, rich cultural heritag

was a real at real risk of the swedes handing him over to the americans and at that time back in 2012 when he went into the ecuadorian embassy manning was being prosecuted by the americans and being treated appallingly being kept in solitary confinement. for a very long time and that is exactly the fate which a songe feared. jill it's been fascinating to speak want to say thanks so much for your time for coming on to r.t. international to discuss this story julian burnside i guess the strain barrister previously advocated on behalf of julian assange is thank you thank you. now it is not the 1st time that the united kingdom has blocked extradition to the us jus to concerns over the accused person's mental health gary mckinnon a british hacker in 2002 was accused of breaching sensitive u.s. military computer systems if found guilty he could have faced up to 17 years behind bars in america after 10 years of legal battle to raise them a then home secretary ruled not to send him overseas citing the risk of him committing suicide r.t. spoke exclusively to mckinnon we should leave him be in this position you know 7 years during emb

immediately also obviously pressure on car to me from the americans as well the americans of threatens to close the embassy here which of course would be hugely embarrassing for the prime minister and let's not forget that for more than a year there have been protests on the streets of baghdad and various other cities across iraq demanding whole scale political change in this country protests against corruption and mismanagement demanding jobs so there are huge pressures on car the me from all sides from iran the iran backed groups here the americans and many of the people here in iraq themselves who are demanding more security jobs and a lot of change going forward so yeah you can imagine huge pressure on the iraqi leader reporting from baghdad today thank you charles. one other note from iran where the government is pushing ahead with plans to enrich uranium to appears the level of 20 percent it's told the un's nuclear watchdog the work will be done in the for the plants which is built into the side of a mountain enrichment breaches the near 4 percent enrichment allowed under the 2050 nuclear deal but fa

backtrack some of the trump administration's movements and they moved the embassy to jerusalem force they don't expect their americans to backtrack on that but they hope that they can open the american consulate in east jerusalem as well as restoring the aid to the palestinian authority as well as the law so these could be seen as depp's to kind of mend relations always the new u.s. an administration that is coming up just in a few days but if you ask many palestinians on the street they are skeptic and we've talked to many of them about the potential possibility of holding our elections in palestine and they will tell you we believe that only when happens. to libya now where schools are reopening after being closed for nearly a year because of the pandemic. strain i went to see what kind of precautions authorities are putting in place in the capital tripoli. after almost a year children in libya are returning to their classroom administrators at this primary school in tripoli say they are taking safety measures seriously. this school year is very different to other years because of coronavirus a thanks to god the me

backtrack some of the trump administration's movements and they've moved the embassy to jerusalem force they don't expect their americans to backtrack on that but they hope that they can open the american consulate in east jerusalem as well as restoring the aid to the palestinian authority as well as the watch so these could be seen as gaps to kind of mend relations a way that they knew us an administration that is coming up just in a few days but if you ask many palestinians on the street they are skeptic and we've talked to many of them about the potential possibility of holding elections in palestine and they will tell you we believe that only when it happens. the mystery plan for what's up has postponed planned changes to its terms because of a backlash from users it had given customers until next month to accept an update about the data it shares with its owner facebook what's up the boasts more than 2000000000 users but concerns about the changes had led to a surge in demand for a rival signal and telegram. mark the movie is the technology reporter for the daily telegraph she says what's not didn't communicate ver

backtrack some of the trump administration's movements and they moved the embassy to jerusalem force they don't expect their americans to backtrack on that but they hope that they can open the american consulate in east jerusalem as well as restoring the aid to the palestinian authority as well as the law so these could be seen as that's the kind of mend relations always the new u.s. an administration that is coming up just in a few days but if you ask many palestinians on the street they are skeptic and we've talked to many of them about the potential possibility of holding our elections in palestine and they will tell you we believe it or anyone happens. a powerful earthquake on the indonesian island was slow as it has killed at least 40000 people and injured 600 a magnitude 6.2 earthquake left thousands forced out of their homes in the cities unless any on the margin authorities are warning of potential aftershocks are indonesia correspondent jessica washington reports. on the indonesian island of pseudo a.c a massive search and rescue effort is underway a $6.00 magnitude earthquake in the early hours of friday mo

who knows, but -- >> reporter: or was it a warning because the embassy put that statement out to warn americanens not to go. >> no, no, no because those who organized the protests never mentioned the march on kremlin. >> reporter: it seems like a desperate attempt to distract from the very real crisis now unfolding on russia's treats. rosemary, that unfolding will continue because within the past 24 hours the russian opposition have announced they're planning more protests for next sunday. that drama we saw last weekend we're going to see played out again in the days and weeks ahead. >> interesting. we will continue to watch this story. matthew chance bringing us the latest. thank you. >>> still to come, a party divided. while many arizona republicans remain firmly on the trump train, others say they're done with the divisiveness and are leaving their party altogether. more on that after the break. minerals, and herbs. it's what makes airborne your daily dose of confidence. when we started our business we were paying an arm and a leg for postage. i remember setting up shipstation. one or two c

capitol a spot of a little the small in tanton harming the embassy of congress the united states government capitol police murdered an american mother a she supports it exposing the d.n.c. lies in our nation's capital her name was asleep bob it's there's another video that shows that this was a very deliberate act on the part of the officer in question. the woman was surrounded by capitol police who were heavily armed they were making no effort to to stop her from moving in she clearly had no weapon and yet she was shot there will be an investigation but the bottom line is this when thousands of people seek to illegally occupy the capitol the united states well congress is in joint session of course when as every right to use whatever force necessary to protect lawmakers from do any harm you know under those circumstances lethal force is authorized i spoke with a number of experts as the fiery political turmoil unfolded. this is sit decision this is an act to overthrow the us government people died this is beyond crazy this is a criminal act this is unprecedented i don't know that any point is certainly in recent american his

our capitol a spot of a lawless more intent on harming the embassy of congress the united states government capitol police murdered an american mother a she supports it exposing the d.n.c. lies in our nation's capital her name was asleep bob it's there's another video that shows that this was a very deliberate act on the part of the officer in question. the woman was surrounded by capitol police who were heavily armed they were making no effort to to stop her from moving in she clearly had no weapon and yet she was shot there will be an investigation but the bottom line is this when thousands of people seek to illegally occupy the capitol the united states well congress is in joint session of course when as every right to use whatever force necessary to protect lawmakers from do any harm you know under those circumstances lethal force is authorized i spoke with a number of experts as that fiery political turmoil unfolded. this is sit decision this is an act to overthrow the us government people died this is beyond crazy this is a criminal act this is unprecedented i don't know that any point is certainly in recent american hi