exactly made up of peace mongers and it's pretty far from the vision that americans voted for caleb oppen r.t. new york we're live in berkeley later in the program but stay with art. back in ninety seconds. thank you for new to the game this is how it works now the economy is built around corporations corporations run washington washington controls the media the media control over the voters elected businessman to run this country business equals power you must it's not business as usual it's business like it's never been done before. what politicians do you should. put themselves on the line to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president. some want. to go right to the pros this is what the three of them will be good. interested in the. first. sixty minutes into the program welcome back the syrian army backed by russian forces destroyed one of the most active islam mixtape groups in syria eight hundred militants were killed in the operation in the euphrates valley a large and mind to heavy machine guns were the straw along with artillery weapons that's according to information from the r

exactly made up of peace mongers and it's pretty far from the vision that americans voted for caleb oppen r.t. new york you know we asked former u.s. congressman ron paul about trump's policy reversals. he changes the words and makes it sound like the world will come apart if we don't continue to be the world's policeman he says he's not into nation building but there was a pretense anyway how many nations that we can really build or improve we've torn nations apart so he is seen as a flip flopper which i think politically is a bad position to be. going to be perpetual war nobody knows exactly who the enemy is and nobody will know when it is ended but i think trump has been maybe a little bit more upfront that his goal isn't to get done in six months or a year it looks like he's planning to be there for the long term there is significant progress in a key syrian bottle drawn the details after this. seems wrong. just don't call. me. yet to see. this day. and it. equals betrayal. when some find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. i. i. i i i i i. i. i. had logan the syrian army b

exactly made up of peace mongers and it's pretty far from the vision that americans voted for caleb oppen r.t. new york critics are claiming trump's also used his major policy speech on afghanistan as damage control for his previous remarks about dead livan it's in charlottesville last week and he's issued a call for unity off he came under fire for his allegedly up to single out the role of white supremacists in the clashes divisions in us society resulted in confrontations over the weekend between groups on the right on the left. was god it was was was. was was. was was. was. one of the sides has upped the ante by launching a petition on the white house website calling for anti father to be declared a terrorist organization more than two hundred thousand people have already signed in just five days even a stray sion now has to issue a response to good looks at how the opposing sides have turned divisions into a tool for political gain. political tensions are reaching new heights in america and both sides of the divide the left and the right are trying to paint the other's most radical violent element

exactly made up of peace mongers and it's pretty far from the vision that americans voted for caleb oppen r.t. new york. let's bring in mike randy now he's a human rights activist and the coeditor of the web site b s news michael good evening to you donald trump as we know he's doing the opposite of what he said he would do expanding military presence in afghanistan also interestingly there isn't a time frame for ending this war and he suggested that in the past that have been bad psychologically for for the u.s. troops knowing that they were had to when by a certain time what you make of what he's outlined. well i mean this obviously there's no end in that that suits the neocon generals perfectly well. but his policy away split flood maybe he's this is in tradition with all u.s. presidents going back to the jimmy carter not in seventy nine they've all intervened in or interfered with the the running of afghanistan whether it be overtly or covertly. whether it's full fledged intervention and military attack or arming jihadist groups like the much i mean so it's no surprise to me the neo cons and the mi

exactly made up of peace mongers and it's pretty far from the vision that americans voted for caleb oppen r.t. new york we also former u.s. congressman ron paul about troubles comes to newton's. changes the words that makes it sound like the world will come apart if we don't continue to be the world's policeman he says he's now into nation building but there was a pretense anyway how many nations that we can really build or improve we've torn nations apart so he is seen as a flip flopper which i think politically is a bad position to be. going to be perpetual war nobody knows exactly who the enemy is and nobody will know when it is ended but i think trump has been maybe a little bit more upfront that his goal isn't to get done in six months or a year it looks like he's planning to be there for the long term. he wants to increase the troop levels then he will but we don't know exactly and we who are on the pro peace side think that he should do very very little without the consent of the congress and yet it sounds to me like even though he wants to give away some of his authority and say well the genera

exactly made up of peace mongers and it's pretty far from the vision that americans voted for caleb oppen r.t. new york we asked former u.s. congressman ron paul up on the president's policy turnabouts. he changes the words and makes it sound like the world will come apart if we don't continue to be the world's policeman he says he's not into nation building but that was a pretense anyway how many nations that we can really build or improve we've torn nations apart so he is seen as a flip flopper which i think politically is a bad position to be. going to be a perpetual war nobody knows exactly who the enemy is and nobody will know when it is ended i think trump has been maybe a little bit more upfront that his goal isn't to get done in six months or a year it looks like he's planning to be there for the long term for the week's big news stories in ninety seconds. bitcoin saul's for trust it's a mathematical formula that's think about all the institutions in your life that require trust you trust people on the road are going to be crashing into you trust that the doctor is professional and you trust th

exactly made up of peace mongers and it's pretty far from the vision that americans voted for caleb oppen r.t. new york we also former u.s. congressman ron paul about trump's comes to newton's. changes the words that makes it sound like the world will come apart if we don't continue to be the world's policeman he says he's not into nation building but there was a pretense anyway how many nations that we can really build or improve we've torn nations apart so he is seen as a flip flopper which i think politically is a bad position to be. going to be perpetual war nobody knows exactly who the enemy is and nobody will know when it is ended i think trump has been maybe a little bit more upfront that his goal isn't to get done in six months or a year it looks like he's planning to be there for the long term mobile news to update you on this sunday there's hope for syrian civilians india is all with hundreds of eisold militants now out of the picture following a major operation nearby we'll tell you all about that after the break. coin saul's for trust it's a mathematical formula. think about all the institu

exactly made up of peace mongers and it's pretty far from the vision that americans voted for caleb oppen r.t. new york well as former u.s. congressman ron paul about trump's constant newton's. it changes the words and makes it sound like the world will come apart if we don't continue to be the world's policeman he says he's not into nation building but there was a pretense anyway how many nations that we can really build or improve we've torn nations apart so he is seen as a flip flopper which i think politically is a bad position to be. going to be a perpetual war nobody knows exactly who the enemy is and nobody will know when it is ended i think trump has been maybe a little bit more upfront that his goal isn't to get done in six months or a year it looks like he's planning to be there for the long term. he wants to increase the troop levels mean he will but we don't know exactly and we who are on the pro peace side think that he should do very very little without the consent of the congress and yet it sounds to me like even he wants to give away some of his authority and say well the generals are i

exactly made up of peace mongers and it's pretty far from the vision that americans voted for caleb oppen r.t. new york. now critics claim drums also used his major policy speech on afghanistan as damage control from his previous from marx about they believe violence in charlottesville last weekend is issued a call for unity after he came under fire for his alleged reluctance to single out the role of white supremacists in the clashes divisions in us society resulted in confrontations over the weekend between groups on the right and on the left. how do you phrase going to tell me about it was. the. thought was. i think. we have. one of the signs has upped the ante by launching a petition on the white house website calling for it to be declared a terrorist organization more than two hundred thousand people have signed in five days and now the administration has to issue a response. how the opposing sides have turned divisions into a tool for political gain political tensions are reaching new heights in america and both sides of the divide the left and the right are trying to paint the other's most radic

exactly made up of peace mongers and it's pretty far from the vision that americans voted for caleb oppen r.t. new york with trump now committed to continuing the afghan war here's a look at once he'll be getting himself into. on my orders the united states military has begun strikes against al qaeda terrorist training camps and military installations of the taliban regime and afghanistan i know that many of you have grown weary of this conflict. as you are well aware i do not support the idea of endless war given what's at stake in afghanistan i am firmly convinced that we should make this extra effort seventeen years our longest wars it's a very big decision for me i took over a mess and we're going to. make it a lot less messy. to understand it's my responsibility we're not winning in afghanistan right now mr chairman i believe we're in a stalemate i think it's going to be difficult i think that you have to entrenched into t's there you have the government and the taliban and it seems at this point no one's really willing to give ground of course without any u.s. support whatsoever i think the talib

exactly made up of peace mongers and it's pretty far from the vision that americans voted for caleb oppen r.t. new york political analyst john raines told us trump faces a tough challenge not just for not gonna stunt but also in neighboring pakistan. i think it's going to be difficult i think that you have two entrenched into t's there you have the government and the taliban and it seems at this point no one's really willing to give ground of course without any u.s. support whatsoever i think the taliban would certainly have a distinct advantage there but with u.s. support you pretty much have a stalemate going for it's also very difficult for the u.s. to be able to make the afghan army what it probably originally envisioned it's very difficult project it's been a lot harder than they originally thought it was going to be and we have seen isolated air strikes in pakistan on the path that possibly will occur in the future any kind of major military incursion into pakistan be extremely difficult nuclear power has a pretty healthy and sizable army on its own so i think that's probably unlikely. trauma's b

exactly made up of peace mongers and it's pretty far from the vision that americans voted for caleb oppen r.t. new york. now the main suspect in first a terror attack in boston has been shot dead by police outside the city you know who was believed to have been the driver of that plowed into war the one hundred people leaving fourteen dead paul twitchell looks back at how the story of old. eunice cooper who's twenty two of moroccan origin has been shot dead in the suburb of soviet outs which is about twenty eight miles about forty five kilometers west of barcelona apparently according to reports today he approached a police checkpoint and was waving what police believed to be an explosives belt above his head meanwhile let's recap about those events that have been happening over the past five days while this manhunt has been underway last thursday eunice abuja cooper was one of twelve men it appears in this terrorist cell that police are now saying has been in some ways neutralized in other ways they have been detained but there still is an ongoing investigation looking for any other accomplices they p

exactly made up of peace mongers and it's pretty far from the vision that americans voted for caleb oppen r.t. new york. now in the program we're going to be delving further into this story discussing it with our guests were side pakistani army general. so stay tuned for that. trumps being accused of using his big afghan policy announcement as quote damage control for widely criticized remarks about the deadly violence in charlottesville last week after the violence he issued a call for unity but was condemned for his alleged reluctance to single out the role of white supremacists and the classist divisions in u.s. society results in fresh confrontations over the weekend between left and right wing groups. are opposed praise god. was. the. one site has now upped the ante by launching a petition on the white house website calling for anti fire to be declared a terrorist organization more than two hundred thousand people have signed in just five days requiring the administration to now issue a response and raise petition rules on the struggle in vehicle looks at how opposing sides are turning divisions i

voters trust they need to emphasize what they stand for not just what they stand against caleb oppen r.t. new york. belgium has demanded compensation from israel itself there israeli authorities raised six e.u. funded schools in a village near bethlehem last week the children now off to study in tents or outside. the soldiers came and started shooting in the air throwing grenades at people and then they started destroying the school and as you know i feel so sad that our school has been destroyed. i'm so upset because the reason i was school i love studying so much one day i want to become an engineer as we've already mentioned the cabins which were meant to serve as schools were denied by the e.u. as well as all the necessary education equipment to the main aim with the project was to provide local children with an opportunity to get an education their home now the nearest school after all this is an hour's walk from where they live that's a lot when you're a kid belgian one of the countries behind the educational project has condemned the destruction saying the move by israel is unacceptable add

voters trust they need to emphasize what they stand for not just what they stand against caleb oppen r.t. new york. amid a wave of resistance to confederate monuments in the wake of the charlottesville violence there seems to be a growing number of americans who want to express support for civil war symbols one confederate flag manufacturer who seen a spike in sales this month says it's part of a backlash over the statues removal charles will surprise me i'll be honest with you not much surprises me i've seen a little bit of everything you saw people with flags but there wasn't a lot of talk about the flags but when the monument started coming down particularly the it was shown over and over again with the monument crashing to the ground and. disrespect by and large the people that i talked to either through the show room or on the phone or through e-mail are buying flags basically as a backlash against the taking down of the monuments they can't buy a monument that flag is what they say earlier this month you remember a white supremacist rally over the removal of a statue resulted in street brawl