bettina these are some of germany's last coal miners.y of them have given decades of their lives to the job. in four shifts a, 1200 meters deep. shipping tons and tons of coal. this worker can clearly remember the first time he went down in a pit cage. >> the first time i did it, i was just an apprentice. we learned where the escape routes were something happened. it was still overwhelming. bettina: this coal mine was once highly productive. now it is the site of a massive selloff. everything is being dismantled and sent back overground. most of the machines here will be sold on to turkey or china. >> i am feeling a bit melancholy. we are the last of our kind. this job will not is -- exist anymore. >> we have been used to mining coal for years. now that is gone. it is difficult. >> you used to finish mining coal field and know that in two weeks he would move on to miming the next one. but those days are over now. it is winding down everywhere, and that hurts. bettina: it is thanks to the cold winds that the ruhr valley became the most po

. >> bettina: a hundred thousand. >> anthony: a hundred thousand hectares?in a celebration. >> anthony: barbeque like asado. >> mario: asado. if you have sausages. >> anthony: chorizo, morcilla -- i could eat this all day and i will. >> jose: with barbecue, you are complete. ♪ >> anthony: right. right. mmm it's awesome. so are there a lot of vegetarians in this part of, uh, paraguay? i don't know. >> peter: oh there comes the, what is for the paraguayans, the highlight. >> anthony: oh, look at that. it's pretty. beef short ribs are amazing. mm. so good. all of the books i read about paraguay are maybe fifteen years old and, like, the first advice is, "everybody has a gun, buy a gun." >> bettina: yes, it is true. >> anthony: mentality. this was not the paraguay i expected at all. >> jose: it's too different. >> bettina: please, he wants to sing a song for you. >> jose: a welcome song to the foreign people. ♪ >> peter: it says, not says welcome stranger. it says welcome brother, stranger. ♪ ♪ >> anthony: the jean bourdain who died here in asuncion was my great

policy has pleaded guilty in a federal court maria bettina now faces a prison sentence and deportation back to russia she has admitted her activities were part of an effort by moscow to influence u.s. politics alan fischer reports from washington d.c. . it reads like the pages of a spy novel a young woman admits she's a russian government agent in america her mission to shape u.s. politics to make it more favorable to moscow maria bettina has admitted working to infiltrate the national rifle association a gun rights group with close ties to republican politicians among the people it supported over the last few years president donald trump. britain has admitted this was a concerted effort shaped by senior russian officials the man thought to be behind the operation has been identified as alexander torsion the recently retired deputy governor of russia's central bank he bankrolled the operation prosecutors laid out a plan which run from twenty fifteen to twenty seventeen which are not held parties and lunches and meetings for key people with political influence she even attended a nation

to now at the moment it would be possible for her to perhaps change her plead to no contest maria bettina she has been charged with being an agent allegedly of the russian government and trying to infiltrate the politically powerful national rifle association and at first it was put forward that she had been in town to act with intelligence officers and that she'd been trading favors for sex however prosecutors dropped the charge of espionage at this point are simply charging her with being an unregistered lobbyist failing to report herself as a foreign agent now she's denied all charges said that she is not guilty and after her arrest she was denied she was denied bail and she was held pending pending trial so she's been in a federal prison awaiting trial this entire time since her arrest appears that pretty soon we will be seeing bettina in federal court and that she will be having a hearing regarding a change of police there's a many many different possibilities about what this could mean a change of police that seems to be what is coming up and we'll have to wait and see what happens

with the prosecution and will plead to a much lesser charge now in order to review the case maria bettina she has been charged with being an agent allegedly of the russian government and trying to infiltrate the politically powerful national rifle association and at first it was put forward that she had been in town tact with intelligence officers and that she'd been trading favors for sex however prosecutors have backed away from some of those stiffer charges they dropped the charge of espionage at this point are simply charging her with being an unregistered lobbyist failing to report herself as a foreign agent now she's denied all charges said that she is not guilty and after her arrest she was denied she was denied bail and she was held pending pending trial so she's been in federal prison awaiting trial this entire time since her arrest now questions we don't really know what this change of plea will mean what we do know is that as early as tuesday this hearing could take place apparently the parties who are necessary for there to be a hearing are available as early as tuesday so peo

politics to make it more favorable to more school media bettina has admitted working to infiltrate the national rifle association a gun rights group with close ties to republican politicians among the people it supported over the last few years president donald trump. britain has admitted this was a concerted effort shaped by senior russian officials the man thought to be behind the operation has been identified as alexander torsion the recently retired deputy governor of russia central bank he bankrolled the operation prosecutors laid out a plan which run from twenty fifteen to twenty seventeen which are not held parties and lunches and meetings for key people with political influence she even attended a national prayer breakfast in twenty seventeen she told prosecutors the people there would help us stablish a back channel of communications between russia and the united states the prosecution is not linked to the ongoing investigation by special counsel robert miller into alleged russian interference in the twenty sixteen presidential election something that president donald trump ha

well when bettina was a recently a rang. she pled not guilty she said she was not guilty of any of the charges at that point then she has been held she was denied bail and she's been awaiting trial now we understand that this has been filed and they are requesting a hearing in which she can then change the police now people are jumping to some pretty strong conclusions the press has been speculating that she may be ready to plead guilty however that's just that's a pretty strong conclusion to jump to now at the moment it would be possible for her to perhaps change her plead to no contest she may also change her plea to to a lesser charge it's possible the prosecution is prepared to drop some of the have your charges against her and she would plead guilty to a lesser charge as is commonly done you know plea deals are reached in the united states now let's review tina she was charged she was arrested they allege that she was trying to infiltrate the national rifle association which is a prominent lobby that works on behalf of

policy has pleaded guilty in a federal court maria bettina now faces a prison sentence and deportation back to russia she's admitted her activities were part of an effort by moscow to influence politics in the united states alan fischer reports from washington d.c. . it reads like the pages of a spy novel a young woman admits she's a russian government agent in america her mission to shape us politics to make it more favorable to more school maria bettina has admitted working to infiltrate the national rifle association a gun rights group with close ties to republican politicians among the people it supported over the last few years president donald trump. britain has admitted this was a concerted effort shaped by senior russian officials the man thought to be behind the operation has been identified as alexander torsion the recently retired deputy governor of russia's central bank he bankrolled the operation prosecutors laid out a plan which runs from twenty fifteen to twenty seventeen which are not held parties and lunches and meetings for key people with political influence she even

federal court for a bettina faces a prison sentence and deportation back to russia she's admitted her activities are part of an effort by moscow to influence politics and united states alan fischer reports from washington d.c. it reads like the pages of a spy novel a young woman admits she's a russian government agent in america her mission to shape u.s. politics to make it more favorable to more school maria bettina has admitted working to infiltrate the national rifle association a gun rights group with close ties to republican politicians among the people who'd supported over the last few years president donald trump. britain has admitted this was a concerted effort shaped by senior russian officials the man thought to be behind the operation has been identified as alexander torsion the recently retired deputy governor of russia's central bank he bankrolled the operation prosecutors laid out a plan which run from twenty fifteen to twenty seventeen which are not held parties and lunches and meetings for key people with political influence she even attended a national prayer breakfas

saying that the charges are fabricated so there's been quite an outrage in russian response to the way bettina has been treated people be waiting to see what happens next. from the international human rights committee believes the way money has been treated in the u.s. is unacceptable. maria bruton is being held in prison in the city of alexandria and the conditions she is in are downright unacceptable as if she is a dangerous felon or a terrorist or a serial killer says been kept apart from the rest of the inmates she spent most of her time in prison like that she's got no way of communicating with other inmates zille out to go for a walk only between two and four am which is appalling really for all practical purposes she's been deprived of sleep either go for war could talk to a loved one some the phone which is understandably of great importance to maria asleep or has to make this choice on a daily basis it clearly constitutes a violation of the human rights convention under which sleep deprivation is classed as a form of torture going without proper sleep for a prolonged period of time co

saying that the charges are fabricated so there's been quite an outrage in russian response to the way bettina has been treated people be waiting to see what happens next we discuss the issue with a legal analyst jennifer she notes there is a scan of the evidence against patina which raises the deeply disturbing questions . he's always been fascinated by the national rifle association which is a u.s. nonprofit even creating her own so this is a woman who was politically motivated but didn't know things and then joined that or was involved in the n.r.a. when she came to united states just based on what she had been like in since childhood what i'm seeing now is that the bottom line is that the government or here the united states the justice department is arguing prosecutors are arguing that this woman was an agent of russia based merely on her citizenship in alleged communications with somebody in the russian government even though she was never paid and there is very little evidence of direct collusion to undermine u.s. policy and that to me is very problematic just because she was an outspok

bettina is not the only story in the news where the u.s. weaponized a lot what's the what's the second well the second would be what has happened with the executive from hoeing from china. well she was also arrested in canada and this now awaiting extradition to the united states and again this is also. you can argue that there's also witnessing the law to similar extent this which was done against money and with tina in it to the extent that it was she would never been the rest of the world through they don't usually arrested for the the alleged crimes of their own company all the personal crimes but not muzzle me but if your company has done they argue that they're broken some laws which which is controversial in its own you would go after companies started to rest. this is something new though that the charges. it is absurd and it's obviously a political it's a kidnap for ransom she's accused of providing misleading information in your presentation to h.s.b.c. u.s. u.k. bank that facilitated a subsidiary companies no longer connected wit

marina bettina was detained in the u.s. as a physical person, an individual. i have another question. we want to ask what your view is on the situation and the world orthodox church even the schismatic actions taken by the patriot card. we understand the key player is that the u.s. and we can see geopolitics is looming large on religion. is it that so? >> as for the first part of your we follow the international experience when we adopted the law on foreign agents. this law is not about prohibition. the purpose of the law is as follows: if an organization gets politicalr public action from abroad, it has to register as such. that is all it boils down to. in the u.s., activities are prohibited. bettina hasxample: been arrested for violating the herand what looms ahead for is 12 years in prison were as in our case, this is not so. in thet see any problems legislation. i meet human rights activists on a regular basis and they point out issues related to difficulties that charities run into because of the law. we have to follow the reality to see what is happening

prosecutors allege maria bettina is a russian spy.ladimir putin says he never heard of her, but today she accepted the plea deal with an agreement to cooperate. >> according to a legal agreement obtained by fox news, russian national maria butina will plead guilty to acting as an unregistered foreign agent for the russian government, including a deal to cooperate. having power and influence over u.s. politics, for the benefit of the russian federation. prosecutors allege the 29-year-old targeted a gun rights organization sources say is the national rifle association along with an unidentified american. sources say that american is a longtime republican party activist. court papers indicate butina set up a trip to moscow for nra members and so-called friendship dinners with those she believed would have the ear of the u.s. presidential administration. she was introduced to influential members one of whom announces campaign to run for the presidency of the united states leave to be candidate trump. this investigation is separate from ro

council recommended a sentence including jail time because of helpful cooperation. 30-year-old maria bettinawill plead guilty is an unregistered foreign agent tomorrow including a promise to cooperate with us prosecutors, she stand accused of seeking unofficial lines of communication with americans having influence and power in american politics for the benefit of the russian federation. to make in roads with the nra and activists. prosecutors laid out a salacious tail when she was arrested last july but what is missing from her plea deal is getting noticed tonight new york times noting no mention of her having connections with russian intelligence services and nowhere is it suggested her efforts to promote pro-russian views in the united states. let's talk about with the power panel, janet caldwell. richard fowler and molly hemingway. welcome to all of you. what do you make of the fact that none of this stuff that was a swirling story around her seems to be true? >> it raised some eyebrows for me. court filings we have seen so far, i hope this is an opportunity for our investigators and the

nbc news obtained the plea agreet, bettina admitting to the conspiracy charges and failing to register as a foreign agent. >>> also today, guilty former national security adviser michael flynn expecting to respond to mueller, who called for reduced jail time because flynn gave quote substantial assistant to the russia probe. trump former lawyer michael cohen gets his sentence with prosecutors for over four years. all of this happening as trump braces for what's next. "axios" reports a white house official saying mueller detonated a reality tremor with his filings with key allies worried about trump's rising legal and political vulnerability. julia ainsley, nick ackerman, natasha bertram, john harwood. julia, we'll start with you since you were inside the courtroom, you have the most breaking news with rathers to manafort. talk about why it is manafort's team here needs more time. >> well, it was a short hearing. we went in expecting manafort's team to have some kind of rebuttal to what mueller's team laid out on friday, which is that he's in breach of the plea agreement because he lied

our i'd like to welcome now bettina luscher spokesperson of the u.n. world food program so. to have you here with this in person especially your organization recently warned betty of violence in yemen doesn't stop now it will become quote a country of living ghosts its people were dues to sacks of bones why has this war let the famine because it brought everything to a halt yemen even before the war was one of the poorest countries they always needed to import food they cannot produce it themselves and now with more than three years of fighting people are absolutely desperate little children are dying have the kids that have died in this conflict have died from now nutrition. infrastructure is destroyed the economy is destroyed people are absolutely desperate that's why this horrible conflict just simply has to end now of course so we've seen videos of starving children children so malnourished they can hardly breathe very disturbing a footage is coming out of yemen what does this mean for the future of that country of the future is an is in turmoil these little children som

i guilty play from the marriott bettina the woman accused of acting as a russian agent to influence u.s. policy. the winter cold to spread from east to west in europe the snow is falling out of this talk of cloud here over ukraine he's just about finished with the the rest atlantic zs bringing which whether you have it is going to be rain not snow for the most part except when it's for days and except overnight riggers over the hills of the outs will for example the pyrenees but the position on friday is now one where snow starts to fall in the balkans and serbia to the sudden hungary in pain and beyond still a little bit more to come out in turkey for the most part though it's great dirty and cold high temperature by day one it was sore zero in berlin any fall even london should be sunny here at least they are tell you for friday and saturday that is the central med you should look at the rains for drugs it's only towards greece the snow right up into remaining about this time and it's still cold the north the high temperature in vienna minus one this is proper winter stuff and of cour

acting as a russian secret agent in the united states has pleaded guilty to a conspiracy charge marina bettina built a paraffin network of republican contacts via the us gun rights lobby in the run up to the twenty sixteen election. the two sides in yemen civil war have agreed to a ceasefire in the port city of data at the u.n. sponsored peace talks in sweden the warring parties agreed to establish humanitarian corridors and to the deployment of neutral forces the city is a vital route for millions of yemenis dependent on humanitarian aid. the keeping pressure on russia over its conflict with ukraine but remember countries really united on economic sanctions. and the space race continues that is the commercial one we'll tell you how virgin galactic is looking after its latest test flight. i'm seeing bears in berlin thanks for joining us leaders have extended economic sanctions against russia for another six months citing the ongoing conflict with ukraine sanctions target russia's financial energy and defense sectors the ukraine russia conflict flared up again last month when russian forces sei

acting as a russian secret agent in the united states has pleaded guilty to a conspiracy charge marina bettina built a paraffin network of republican contacts the the us gun rights lobby in the run up to the twenty sixteen election. the two sides in yemen civil war have agreed to a ceasefire in the port city of data at un sponsored peace talks in sweden the warring parties agreed to establish humanitarian corridors and to the deployment of neutral forces the city is a vital route for millions of yemenis dependent on humanitarian aid. and peace talks inside a swedish castle an agreement to stop the fighting and start being a world away today the saudi backed government of yemen and the iranian backed who the rebels both said yes to a cease fire food and medicine to replace rocket fire and famine and in the united states senate the possibility of a symbolic yet unprecedented vote rebuking america's support for the fighting in yemen made possible by saudi arabia i'm print off in berlin this is the day. by c.c.l. that's the reality of being the beginning of the end. the doing of that because the t