oh happy to say we can cross live now to george george is senior research fellow at the global policy institute in london good to see you perhaps for viewers who are not so familiar with the whole russia gates the various legal disputes and all the people involved george this latest federal court decision in the case might sound like just another detail how significant is it. well thing in itself is very significant because what happens now is that he gets thrown back into the district court judge solomon but ultimately sullivan can't really do much with the gays and he can procrastinate. and take his sweet time about making it the solution but since he's a judge it is not a prosecutor he can't really bring a case himself against michael sullivan when both the defense and the prosecution are in agreement that the case should be dismissed so eventually judge sullivan will have to decide to dismiss the case i mean unless he decides to resign the judgeship and become a member of the prosecution team. yeah just to point out that the case will now go back to a district court in in washington is that

senior research fellow george summer rally from the international affairs a think tank the global policy institute in london welcome back to r.t. . over the past 24 hours then we've had the german doctors saying they found traces of poison the russian doctor saying they didn't this stage given the rumor mills been wearing anyway what are the dangers in too much speculation at this stage especially the higher up the political chain you go. well of course it's highly a reckless what the germans are doing because the german government shut its mouth off earlier today before the doctors made any kind of formal finding. issuing the ridiculous statement that it was fairly likely. that it was poisoned well fairly likely means absolutely nothing it just means what it might have happened it might not have happened who knows but given the incendiary nature of such a charge namely a russian citizen an opposition leader has been poisoned then you know this is a very serious and reckless charge to may now in terms of this finding by the german doctors we really have to be very careful because this inhibits the

you are reporting now a senior research fellow with the global policy institute george the newly believes we may not see many solid facts presented in the case. the question is are the germans prepared to share their findings all of the little laboratory findings there pull all the medical tests that they undertook on the ground the are they prepared to share them with the russian doctors if they're now if they try to do work to reason made did with discrete paths and offer no cooperation whatsoever with the russian authorities so the russians could make an independent assessment as what the german scientists have found then it's hard to see where the russians are any are under any obligation to conduct the full investigation as they look we don't know that he was poisoned our doctors say that he wasn't so why should we just accept what the germans say when the germans refuse to provide us with any scientific basis to assess their findings but a russian doctor him initially treated in a valley when he 1st fell ill says that he has received online threats does come after russian medics cla

becomes more of a forensic you know purpose george some really senior research fellow at the global policy institute in london told us that of all these case may end up to replicate in the script or in terms of non-disclosure of any soul in fact. the germans have jumped the gun and instead of waiting for a full. investigation into. his medical condition what may have happened. rushed in and said oh there was a poison attack and the russian authorities must investigate the question is are the germans prepared to share their findings all of the little laboratory findings there pull all the medical tests that they undertook on the bali are they prepared to share them with the russian doctors if they're now if they tried to do what to reason made did with discrete piles and offer no cooperation whatsoever with the russian authorities so the russians could make an independent assessment as what the german scientists of found then it's hard to see where the russians or any are under any obligation to conduct the full investigation or say look we don't know that he was poisoned ah doctors say that he wasn'

were killed similarly senior research fellow at the global policy institute in london told us in a balanced case may end up replicating this crap out saga in terms of disclosure of any solid facts. the question is are the germans prepared to share their findings all of the little laboratory findings they pull all the medical tests that they undertook on the volunteer are they prepared to share them with the russian doctors if they're now if they try to do what a reason may did with discrete paddles and offer no cooperation whatsoever with the russian authorities so the russians could make an independent assessment as what the german scientists have found then it's hard to see where the russians or any are under any obligation to conduct a full investigation say look we don't know that he was poisoned our doctors say that he wasn't so why should we just accept what the germans say when the germans refuse to provide us with any scientific basis to assess their findings. we model russian doctor says he has received online threats after creating the activists alexina valmy the politician suppor

valid cause to interview him in the 1st place george simulate a senior research fellow at the global policy institute believes that case against flynn never had any merit. the case should never have been brought in the 1st place because what's very important to remember is that flynn did not lie when flynt spoke to russian ambassador segued his sleep they discussed exclusively the issue of the expulsion of the russian diplomats from the united states and flynn suggested to the act that the russian shouldn't escalate states he did not discuss sanctions and so when the f.b.i. and then the and then molecule long as they are all flynn lied because he did this to us sanctions with the russians he didn't discuss sanctions the sanctions issue was something separate the subject of sanctions didn't come up in the congress they should give and it didn't come up in the interview with the f.b.i. people who did indeed entrap him and there were those no other reason for this interview other than to entrap him because they had the transcript so there was absolutely nothing to talk about. silicone california is intr

global economic policy. at a time of growing national sentiment, we must retain our leadership of international financial institutionsand not russia.them to china or we must work with our allies to create a more inclusive global everyone.at benefits and we must reinvigorate the instruments of economic home, so that the department of state, commerce, treasury, and ustr work in tandem to promote u.s. businesses and economic ideals across the globe. thank you, mr. chairman. sen. young: thank you, senator menendez. i too look forward to hearing from our nominees. we will do so momentarily. i will say as the powerful chairman of the multilateral institution subcommittee, i say that a bit tongue-in-cheek, but i am chairman of the subcommittee, the oecd is of particular interest. allratulations, again, to of you on your nominations. these important positions. thank you to you and your families, for the sacrifices you have made and will continue to make in service to our nation. without objection, your full written statements will be included in the record. ie to the size of our panel, ask you summarize your written statemen

for us diplomacy and collaboration on global economic policy and at the time of growing nationalist sentiment we must prepare our leadership and financial institutions and not feed them to china or russia . we must work to create a more inclusive global economy that benefits everyone and we must reinvigorate the instruments of economic diplomacy at home so that departments of state, commerce will work in tandem to promote us businesses and economicideals across the globe .e, thank you mister chairman. >> thank you senator menendez and i to look forward to hearing from our nominees. we will do so momentarily and i will say as the powerful chairman of the multilateral institution subcommittee, i say that a bit tongue-in-cheek but i am indeed chairman of the subcommittee, oecd is our interests and congratulations again to all of you on your nominations to these important positions. thank you to you and your families, the sacrifices you will continue to make in service to our nation and without objection your full written statementswill be included in the record . due to the science of size of , our panel i ask you summarize a written statements to no m

institute international policy regarding antifa. i don't think people understand antifa. they say it's highly networked, well-funded, has a globalpresence, it's a flat organizational structure with dozens of possibly hundreds of local groups and the oldest group is in portland. they say antifa stated long-term objective both in america and abroad and got its birth in europe, germany, england and the united states is to establish communist world order. this information is put out. it's not like conspiracy theorist and so forth. in the united states antifa immediate aim is to bring down the demise of the trump administration and attack on capitalism, they say they're attacking fascism when their marxist fascists, bring down the trump administration. it's interesting that one of the cofounders of black lives matter said that one of her focuses is to bring down the trump administration. what is it about the trump administration that stands in their way? >> why think they would be generally for bringing down any administration. they are a revolutionary group that is interested in some form of socialism, communism, there tactics. [ina

institute international policy. not antifa i don't think people really understand antifa. and they say empirical evidence shows that antifa is highly networked, well funded has a global presenceoes a flat organizational structure with dozens of possibly hundreds of local groups, by the way, the oldest group is in portland. they say antifa stated long-term octave both american and broad got its birth in europe england, and then germany, and then the united states. is to establish a communist world order and by the way -- put out not like we're conspiracy theorist and so forth and immediate aim is to bring down demise of the trump administration. it's an attack on capitalism. they say they're attacking fashionism when they're marxist fascist such thing. bring down the trump administration. it's interesting that one of the cofounder of black lives matter said that one of the focuses is to bring down trump administration. what is it about the trump administration that stangdz in ngtheir way? >> well i think they would be, you know, strongly for bringing down any administration. they are a revolutionary group that is interested in some form of socialism, communism and bolsheviks a

policy of denial. >> reporter: congressional leaders in the house say they will be launching an investigation. cecilia. >> okay, steve, thank you so much. we're joined live by the director of the harvard global health institutea. we always appreciate your time, dr. jha. this is a really big deal so let's just break this down. we know that asymptomatic people are one of the driving forces behind the spread of the virus. is there any scientific medical explanation for why the cdc would make this reversal and say people who don't have symptoms now no longer need to get tested? >> yeah, good morning. thank you for having me on. there is no scientific basis for this change in policy. as the report said, about half of all spread happens from people who don't have symptoms and the idea that we're going to stop recommending those people get tested, it will make the outbreak much, much worse so i think we're all baffled by this decision. >> it is a head scratcher. we talk to you all the time. your lesson always is to us, listen to the science. what do americans do if the cdc, the science, now seems to be bowing to political pressure? >> yeah, it's very distressing because for a very long time we have known that we co