was a lot of the favors legislative associate for militarism and civil liberties at the friends committee on national legislation thank you for your insight. and iraqi prime minister nouri al maliki confirms syrian warplanes did in fact bomb the border town of aim but he contends that this was not a coordinated attack on isis militants al maliki publicly stated that while he did not ask for syrian president bashar al assad's assistance in battling insurgents he did say that these bombings left both countries as winners now leaders from neighboring countries though saudi arabia the united arab emirates and jordan are meeting with u.s. secretary of state john kerry in paris today to discuss a possible plan of action this while the sunni insurgents continue their attacks in iraq artie's lucy caffein off is incorrect hook and brings us more. the details so far are barky but what we've heard from officials is that one man a suicide bomber was seen on the street wearing an explosive device a vest he was actually aiming for the building down there it's a kurdish political party office apparently authorities

that was a list of favors legislative associate for militarism and civil liberties at the friends committee on national legislation thank you for your insight. and we've talked a lot on r t about three d. guns but how about smart guns a personalized hand gun that only fires in the hands of its rightful owner this technology is already prevalent and weapons sold in the european market but you won't find it on store shelves in the u.s. just yet that's in part because the policy surrounding the technology is spurring a very divisive debate archies a mirror david has the story. it's a technology that most people only know from the movies. it's your turn to you can sit around and. they're known as smart guns personalize handguns that can only be fired by the authorized user turning the movies into a new reality take the army takes ip one pistol it's a gun that comes with a special wristwatch that uses radio frequencies to identify the user before it fires but perhaps even smarter than that is the intel a gun system which completely secures your gun and unlocks it only after recognizing your fingerprint and

sheer size of that structure and a lack of transparency american michael shank of the friends committee on national legislation believes all that is an opportunity for the u.s. on the e.u. to flex their muscles while it's good for investors it's bad for health it's bad for the environment it's bad for labor and it's bad for regulations that countries and states have worked for decades to institute so those are some of the biggest concerns and what it says to russia what it says to china with the t.p. is that we don't want you a part of this conversation and in this very globalized interconnected world particularly on trade because we don't have many barriers between us and e.u. already so when we're doing t. tippets not really about removing trade barriers because the tariffs are quite low it's about partnership it's exclusive and you're not going to be a part of it any more news after the break few including a death sentence for over one hundred eighty muslim brotherhood supporters in egypt will be bringing you a live report from cairo. eugenics was huge and it vulgarized darwin science punishment

companies to a conference breaching regulations michael shank of the washington based friends committee on national legislation believes it's a step backwards while it's good for investors it's bad for health it's bad for the environment it's bad for labor and it's bad for regulations that countries and states have worked for decades to institute so those are some of the biggest concerns and what it says to russia what it says to china with the t.p. is that we don't want you a part of this conversation and in this very globalized interconnected world particular on trade because we don't have many barriers between us and e.u. already so when we're doing teach hip it's not really about removing trade barriers because the tariffs are quite low it's about saying to the rest of the world we have this partnership it's exclusive and you're not going to be a part of it over in our tea dot com we're looking at how environmental groups have been responding to surprising allegation from the head of nato greenpeace didn't mince its words when react and claim that it's taking orders from the kremlin as part of

friends committee on national legislation believes all that is an opportunity for washington the e.u. to flex their muscles while it's good for investors it's bad for health it's bad for the environment it's bad for labor and it's bad for regulations that countries and states have worked for decades to institute so those are some of the biggest concerns and what it says to russia what it says to china with the t p p is that we don't want you a part of this conversation and in this very globalized interconnected world particularly on trade because we don't have many barriers between us and e.u. already so when we're doing t.j. it's not really about removing trade barriers because the tariffs are quite low it's about saying to the rest of the world we have this partnership it's exclusive and you're not going to be a part of it you're watching r t international much more news coming off the break for you. hello. hello. hello. hello. hello. leg it was terrible a little very hard to take a little longer to get along here there's a lot that you never had sex with that earthquake there's no

ukraine i'm joined by my guest michael shank in washington he's an associate director at the friends committee on national legislation in berlin we have many oxen writer he's a journalist editor and reporter and in moscow we cross to ben heiress he's the editor in chief of business new europe or a gentleman crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage it man if i go to you first here in moscow the ukrainian president can't seem to take the answer yes over the last few weeks and months have been overtures coming from russia to do the.

ukraine i'm joined by my guest michael shank in washington he's an associate director at the friends committee on national legislation in berlin we have many well oxen writer he's a journalist editor and reporter and in moscow we cross to ben heiress he's the editor in chief of business new europe all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage it but if i go to you first here in moscow the ukrainian president can't seem to take the answer yes over the last few weeks and months there been overtures coming from russia to do deescalate the situation in eastern ukraine to stop the violence and at the same time russia's gas promise offered ukraine the same price for gas that it did for unocal which and they're still saying no to what's going on. well it does seem that the russians now come to the table and started to negotiate and itself is a massive step forward i mean they named a concrete prize with concrete conditions that is less than the four hundred fifty four hundred eighty dollars per thousand cubic meters that they've been talking a

ukraine i'm joined by my guest michael shank in washington he's an associate director at the friends committee on national legislation in berlin we have writer he's a journalist editor and reporter he's the editor in chief of new york. a few weeks and months they've been over to do in eastern ukraine to stop the violence and at the same is offered the same for gas which and they're still saying no to what's going on but it does come to the table and started to negotiate and it's a massive step forward i mean the conditions. the dollars per thousand meter that they've been talking about then a deal would be struck and the whole gas thing. isn't as neat economically and. concrete practical question is a huge positive however you know the ukraine is playing hardball. satisfaction because there's still bounds in theory but i think the price signing the contract. which would leave them with this four hundred dollars plus cost of us . but the fact that the russians are trying to compromise looks like they're looking for a way out of this which which i'm very pleased to hear that ok michael i'm a out of this is

hold companies to account for breach of regulations michael shank of the washington based friends committee on national legislation believes it's a step backwards. well that's good for investors it's bad for health it's bad for the environment it's bad for labor and it's bad for regulations that countries and states have worked for decades to institute so those are some of the biggest concerns and what it says to russia or what it says to china with the t p p is that we don't want you a part of this conversation and in this very globalized interconnected world particular in trade because we don't have many barriers between us and you already so when we're doing to tip it's not really about removing trade barriers because the tariffs are quite low it's about saying to the rest of the world we have this partnership it's exclusive and you're not going to be a part of it. online right now it's a call to disaster more than four hundred american drones around the world have crashed with each accident calls the millions of dollars worth of damage of court into the washington post you can find out more on our

international policy and michael shank associate director of legislative affairs for the friends committee on national legislation. stephen and michael. exploring the program thank you for. your michel yes michael bring us up to speed what's the latest on the school that's going right so as you mentioned in the preface looks like obama is considering air strikes drone strikes the intel briefing on the senate side had senators coming out saying we're considering it will likely see either military aid or some version of airstrikes drone strikes by no boots on the ground but that's where congress and the administration is right now and stephen your analysis consistent with that yeah i think that's right i think what you're hearing though from a lot of members of congress is a deep level of discomfort with some of the things being talked about you know there wasn't a great outcry back in two thousand and eleven when the u.s. left iraq of people who were bemoaning the fact that we were no longer there militarily than the military defense contractors there was a couple of folks there john mccain chief among

on this bill and the others down through the years. and for their contributions to the appropriations committee. and the house and the nation. and so my friend, mr. latham, and i have labored together on this committee for a good while. 18 years, tom says. and we have been friends a long -- all along. we served together on the commerce, justice, state subcommittee for many years, among others, and i have learned to respect mr. latham, chairman latham and he's a great personal friend whom i treasure greatly. mr. pastor, the same way. we have worked together on this committee for a number of years as well. and we have tried to serve the nation and the congress as best we could. and these two gentlemen have done great work on behalf of the american people. this is a tough bill. it's a good bill. but it's a tough bill. they had to squeeze some oversized feet into undersized shoes given the allocation that they had to work with. but they came through with flying colors. so i enthusiastically urge my colleagues in the house to vote for this bill because it's the best we can do, and it's a great bill. but also i want to say in closing as a tribute

one more vote. will this cause problems, though, in the republican party for cochran? >> well, no. cochran has a lot of friends within the senate republican establishment, you know, the national republican senatorial committee went to bat for him. he's considered friendly, they like him. i'm not sure that they would go to bat for someone they didn't like as much personally as they like him. and this is somebody who's been around for a long time. i will point out for a lot of the complaints that the mcdaniel supporters are launching, this is all within mississippi laws. they have an open primary system where you can show up. you don't necessarily have to be registered in that party. if the republicans are upset about that, that's something they can change. it does dramatically affect the results. >> i want to listen to more of what mcdaniel had to say tonight. >> for too long we have stood by, and we've watched strange things happen. for too long, conservatives have needed a voice, someone to stand for them, someone to fight for them. you are that voice. you are that voice. the party i was born with, the party i joined when i was 13 years old was the party of a man, a former actor from california, named rona

friends, tony blink en. >> charlie: the national security staff. >> and he was at the time working for joe biden in the senate and as a senior staff member on the foreign relations committee tony and riin a terrible garage band together. we're real fans. he's certainly more talented than i am. i was excited for him and congratulated him. he knew my personal feelings about how gad i was they had won. and we talked, given my foreign policy and russian background, maybe i should do this, too, and that led to a conversation about the vice president was looking for a communications derrick. i spoke to my wife and basically no one else and said i would be interested in that, that's exciting, and i knew senator biden, now vice president biden a little bit, but not well, even though we had been in washington a while. a long story short, during that transition, i was leaving time e magazine" after 20 years and two weeks to go on a new adventure and join the white house. >> charlie: before you disillusioned with reporting? >> no. >> charlie: were you disillusioned with the relationship between the press and the government? >> no, that came after. (laughter) >> charlie: anything hav