correspondent caleb maupin one of our chinese experts joins us caleb thanks for helping us out today for the last several weeks we have known that the idea to eliminate the two terms for presidents would be a struct from the chinese constitution but what does that mean in practice for president ping and the country. well they're getting rid of term limits now we know that back in the days of franklin delano roosevelt he they didn't have term limits and he kept running until he died and the thing is you know the chinese communist party has taken china from being one of the poorest countries in the world to at this point being the second largest economy on earth and part of the reason they've had such success is that they are constantly adjusting their system and trying to shift the political system the economic system and make it work more efficiently and make it work better and at this point it's pretty clear that president xi he's waging kind of a crackdown on corruption and trying to make a cleaner environment for business trying to make the economy work better try to get rid of br

recently the two were engaged in a bitter twitter response over who had the biggest new clear button caleb maupin reports the heard the announcement and now we have confirmation from the white house that yes a meeting will take place between kim jong un and us president donald trump now this would be the first meeting between the head of state of the united states and the government of north korea their head of state this is quite a surprise to many people we've heard secretary of state rex tillerson who recently said that the usa was a long way away from any negotiations with north korea i don't know yet until we are able to be ourselves face to face with. representatives of the world. whether the conditions are right to even begin thinking about negotiations it's arms or direct talks with the united states and the u.s. negotiate sions or we're always from the goes to asians and furthermore we've seen that the united states recently impose new sanctions on the country now there's also been quite a heated exchange and war of words between the two leaders in recent months the. year of strategic pa

magazine dedicated to praising the saudi kingdom has hit the shelves of american stores artie's caleb maupin got his hands on a copy. it's slick glossy and a certain government in the arabian peninsula says it has nothing to do with it on newsstands across america you can get copies of the new kingdom it's a magazine all about saudi arabia and how it's a happy place that's open for business american media incorporated the print conglomerate the published this has a c.e.o. who says that he's actually a personal friend of donald trump now the saudi kingdom says that they had no role in financing it apparently american media inc just feels very passionate about global politics we decided to have a chat with legal and media analyst lionel to see what he thinks of the sudden appearance of this pro saudi glossy cell interesting publication we've got here the new kingdom now it talks about how saudi arabia is a key ally of the united states in the fight against terrorism leaves out the fact that they have been supporting extremist groups in syria what you make of that this is not a an encyclopedia

bit inconsistent with its policies on the earth korea and with potential progress now being made caleb maupin looks at who deserves the credit. they both love political drama big weapons and nuclear buttons but now it appears that little rocket man kim is ready to meet with donald the don't charge their words not mine and surprisingly trump has agreed and the administration is all too clear about who they consider to be the winner of this battle of the bruisers what we know is that the mashed maximum pressure campaign is clear.

some reaction from china to the trump tariffs we'll have an expert panel of alex mahela bichon caleb maupin give us the latest and sort some of it out all that ahead but first let's get to some as.

has been inconsistent in his policies on the korea with the potential progress now being made caleb maupin looks at who deserves credit. both love political drama big weapons and nuclear buttons but now it appears that little rocket man kim is ready to meet with donald the don't charge their words not mine and surprisingly trump has agreed and the administration is all too clear about who they consider to be the winner of this battle of the bruisers what we know is that the mashed maximum pressure campaign has clearly been effective for the first time in a long time the united states is actually having conversations from a position of strength not a position of weakness like the one that north korea finds itself in due to the maximum pressure campaign now the white house has every reason to think so after all they just slapped new sanctions on north korea they pressured the world to halt all trade with pyongyang and they fired almost every weapon in the english language arsenal all aimed at stopping kim with donald trump's so-called hard power we can have med men rocket men sick puppy shoo

sharing photos from the conflicts so however not all of them appear to show the real picture as caleb maupin reports breaking photos posted with the words this is syria except it's not actually syria one is from mosul in iraq and the other is from the israeli bombing of gaza now it's been raised in the comments that it's not actually syria but regardless this post by some guy in cleveland has tens of thousands of reach we decided to find out how many people here in new york would be ready to reach wieder share this with jury tweet that. i led i don't typically use twitter but. maybe you know it to seem six like very politically motivated without have any having any serious message behind it i definitely wouldn't i mean . just because there are horrors happening everywhere and i don't know if twitter is the proper forum for it anyways yes i would and why i'm half palestinian and this is the same thing that's going on in my country interestingly and this is mosul in iraq and that is gaza. so it's not actually syria you know but it's equivalent the same type of things are going on in syria it's

anyway caleb maupin reports. the george polk award is one of the most prestigious awards in journalism and the award for discovering connections between donald trump and the russians goes to the new york times and the washington post. special recognition goes out to the star of the new york times and the washington post for their extraordinary effort in uncovering the connection between the trump presidential campaign and the kremlin that led to special counsel robot moves on going investigation yes these bold reporters investigated and uncovered that donald trump's family has direct ties to some of the russian spies now what a huge discovery no wonder they won this huge award except that's not actually true take the new york times article with the headline trump campaign aides had repeated contact with russian intelligence it was debunked by f.b.i. director james comey not exactly trump's biggest fan or promoter would it be fair to characterize that story as almost entirely wrong yes people talking about it ofte

russia drafted statement out the un security council that urge for a more thorough investigation or caleb maupin explains the home events unfolded at the united nations. i'm sure is in serious breach of a chemical weapons convention through its failure to declare the navi short program now the u.k. representative who called the emergency meeting was then followed up by the u.s. representative nikki haley now nikki haley not only made reference to allegations against russia about the recent incident but she further fit it into a wider narrative a growing concern in all of this dangerous and destabilizing activity is russia. russia failed to ensure syria destroyed its chemical weapons program russia killed the joint investigative mechanism when it found the side liable for chemical attacks the credibility of this council will not survive if we fail to hold russia accountable in response to the heated words from the united states and the united kingdom we heard from the russian ambassador pointed out that russia has actually given up its chemical weapons and that the o.p.c. w. has confirmed that ru

presidents to serve unlimited terms and we consider the monumental belt and road initiative in china caleb maupin joins us from new york plus r.t. correspondent manila chan tells us about the infrastructure deficit as it relates to rail and compares high speed rail in the u.s. to others around the globe but first onto some headlines. the trumpet administration has blocked the hostile takeover of u.s. based chip maker qualcomm by asian rival broadcom over national security concerns the decision by safest the committee on foreign investment in the united states determined that the singapore based broadcom could benefit chinese competitors in the effort to lead the way in next generation mobile technology it could also a limited a key supplier of telecom technology to u.s. defense agencies. and apple incorporated officials have said that they will acquire next issue media l.l.c. and its digital magazine subscription service texture and offer digital magazines and other services including a ten dollar per month digital subscription to magazines like time sports illustrated. vanity fair good housekeep

been inconsistent in its policy on north korea with potential progress now being made artie's caleb maupin looks at who to serve the credit.

conflicting messages have come out of the white house however with potential progress now being made caleb maupin looks up who deserves credit. they both love political drama big weapons and nuclear buttons but now it appears that little rocket man kim is ready to meet with donald the doe target their words not mine and surprisingly trump has agreed and the administration is all too clear about who they consider to be the winner of this battle of the bruisers what we know is that the mash maximum pressure campaign has clearly been effective for the first time in a long time the united states is actually having conversations from a position of strength not a position of weakness like the one that north korea finds itself in due to the maximum pressure campaign now the white house has every reason to think so after all they just slapped new sanctions on north korea they pressured the world to halt all trade with pyongyang and they fired almost every weapon in the english language arsenal all aimed at stopping kim with donald trump's so-called hard power we can have men men rocket men sick puppy sho

almost all good fun is to take second place in that race and can i get more about him from on caleb maupin news at that age you have a great and it's a new day it's a big part i think this is the first time he's running for president and it looks like he will be but it closed his rivals what's the mood like bag. while we're here at the headquarters of the russian communist party and as you can see there's a lot of people here anticipating words from the candidate the official preliminary results show him coming in a strong second place with over fifteen percent now let's remember in the lead up to the election he did make a promise that if he didn't get a full fifteen percent of the vote he would actually shave his mustache this is a promise that drew dean in made so everyone is anticipating. a full counting of the votes now a little background information. he is the director of the lennon farm cooperatives they are here in russia and they are farm cooperatives they produce strawberries and they provide a rather high wage as well as good services health care education to those who work in

tariffs and some other trouble out there are two trade experts alex mahela vetch in toronto and caleb maupin in new york gentlemen thank you so much for joining us caleb let's start with you the big news is china reacting although some thought they might react stronger but china is playing a long game here what do you think's going on caleb. bart if you look at china's recent history this is a country that is essentially pulled itself up by its own bootstraps you know seven hundred million people lifted out of poverty at the time the chinese communist party first took power in one nine hundred forty nine there was not a single steel mill in china today china produces over half the steel in the entire world now as you're probably thinking and making reference to you know they do have five year development plans that's kind of a staple of their marxist political heritage but they actually published a document in two thousand and thirteen where they made reference to what they referred to as a two hundred year vision for the country thinking two hundred years into the future and the chinese com

bit inconsistent with its policies on the earth korea and with potential progress now being made caleb maupin looks at who deserves the credit. they both love political drama big weapons and nuclear buttons but now it appears that little rocket man kim is ready to meet with donald the duo tarde their words not mine and surprisingly trump has agreed and the administration is all too clear about who they consider to be the winner of this battle of the bruisers what we know is that the mashed maximum pressure campaign has clearly been effective for the first time in a long time the united states is actually having conversations from a position of strength not a position of weakness like the one that north korea finds itself in due to the maximum pressure campaign now the white house has every reason to think so after all they just slapped new sanctions on north korea they pressured the world to halt all trade with pyongyang and they fired almost every weapon in the english language arsenal all aimed at stopping kim with donald trump's so-called hard power we can have med men rocket men sick pupp

presidents to serve unlimited terms and we consider the monumental belt and road initiative in china caleb maupin joins us from new york plus our correspondent manila chan tells us about the infrastructure deficit as it relates to rail and compares high speed rail in the u.s. to others around the globe but first on to some headlines. trumpet ministration has blocked the hostile takeover of u.s. based chip maker qualcomm by asian rival broadcom over national security concerns the decision by safest the committee on foreign and.

turned communist party candidate preval and gruden and came second in this race to the kremlin caleb maupin i was at his headquarters in moscow on sunday and joining us live now it's had a very long. kind of twelve percent where does that leave the communist party that's record low numbers for the communist party that's the worst that they have done since the fall of the soviet union now last night we were at the headquarters and a long time communist party chief zyuganov he was there and he addressed the press along with the candidate. and it was an interesting exchange now one reporter actually asked the question and said you know we'll good dean and continue to represent the communist party in these elections let's remember when zyuganov ran last time he got seventeen percent this time they didn't even pull twelve percent so when that question was raised it got a little interesting in the room this is what happened. we're going to which is. what's interesting about your book is that if you're going to give me. a bit of the killers if we're. going to. get the users. which is good news. no

tariffs and some other trouble out there are two trade experts alex mahela vetch in toronto and caleb maupin in new york gentlemen thank you so much for joining us caleb let's start with you the big news is china reacting although some thought they might react stronger but china is playing a long game here what do you think's going on caleb. bart if you look at china's recent history this is a country that is essentially pulled itself up by its own bootstraps you know seven hundred million people lifted out of poverty at the time the chinese communist party first took power in one thousand nine hundred nine there was not a single steel mill in china today china produces over half the steel in the entire world now as you're probably thinking and making reference to you know they do have five year development plans that's kind of a staple of their marxist political heritage but they actually published a document in two thousand and thirteen where they made reference to what they referred to as a two hundred year vision for the country thinking two hundred years into the future and the chinese

tariffs and some other trouble out there are two trade experts alex mahela vetch in toronto and caleb maupin in new york gentlemen thank you so much for joining us caleb let's start with you the big news is china reacting although some thought they might react stronger but china is playing a long game here what do you think's going on caleb. bart if you look at china's recent history this is a country that is essentially pulled itself up by its own bootstraps you know seven hundred million people lifted out of poverty at the time the chinese communist party first took power in one nine hundred forty nine there was not a single steel mill in china today china produces over half the steel in the entire world now as you're probably thinking and making reference to you know they do have five year development plans that's kind of a staple of their marxist political heritage but they actually published a document in two thousand and thirteen where they made reference to what they referred to as a two hundred year vision for the country thinking two hundred years into the future and the chinese com