course preparing for the large number tragically of funerals in this city of magnitogorsk on your hawkins reporting. or more of your for. the stories here were not international just. you know world of big partisan movie lot and conspiracy it's time to wake up to dig deeper to hit the stories that mainstream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smarter we need to stop slamming the door. and shouting past each other it's time for critical thinking it's time to fight for the middle for the truth the time is now for watching closely watching the hawks. make this manufactured consensus public wealth. when the ruling classes protect themselves. in the final. lifts only the one percent. can all middle of the room. good to have you with us here on the international program on this friday if you can't beat them join them the u.k. army is appealing to snowflakes and selfie addicts in his latest campaign to get the younger generation to enlist but just how many would be willing to swap time for the front lines and i see a truck and it takes a look. the new year and time for a fresh st

john hawkins reporting that you've been watching the weekly here in r.t. don't forget that we've got plenty of stories to our website to get a chance to have a look at that said i. will make this manufacture consent instant to the public will. when the room in closest protect themselves. with the flame and merry go round lifts only the one percent. nine week old middle of the room signals. million real news group. of countries gone into a nihilistic fever best time to think and begun to hit the road and get out the traveling across america to find what makes america take the charlatans the genius of this question especially american hero this is and we found a point around which alan is done since we always are on the margins something on this whole gun culture thing for america was. we're starting last with is going to headed east into the swamp we're going into the belly of the beast and i think i want to leave now governor getting more gonzo than it may be completely different and a mystery. so after reading trash for life i need to be. invited us about

emergency services it's not a gas explosion was to blame for the disaster a correspondent on your hawkins's been following the aftermath of the tragedy thirty nine bodies appears to be the final casualty count from this building collapse that the recovery works went on for around seventy two hours in total almost nonstop throughout the day and night pausing only for safety as you can see behind me some of the balconies and the roofs are in a state of total destruction and we're not allowed to go any closer for fear they may collapse as well but residents fled this disaster scene with only the clothes on their back perhaps a few documents or cash they didn't have time simply to grab anything else today they were allowed intermittently to go back to the scene to pick up any other possessions they may have left behind but not keen on the quickie hugh a smart and this is the point when they are innocent of all i see what they also see you know just a chance. did you condone bush. wanted to be sure to just let you have it when you're could you were sure what the and as you spoke to these people

can't deal with and hawkins has more details. if you care to impeach somebody that's doing a great job that's the way i view it it seems this weekend the media would determined to prove trump wrong on that one not that america's forty fourth president is a stranger to media attacks first there's the new york times go with a piece on last year's f.b.i. investigation into the president working for russia after president trump fired james b. komi as f.b.i. director foresman officials became so concerned by the president's behavior that they began investigating whether he had been working on behalf of russia against american interests let's forget for a moment that the new york times article itself states no evidence has actually been publicly seen the u.s. president was quick to make his feelings on the article clear i think is the most insulting thing i have ever been asked and if you read the article you see that they found absolutely nothing i think it was a great insult and the new york times it is a aster is a paper another med

adviser on a visit to also slamming the conditions that have now been set for the whole like daniel hawkins can bring us more not. to leave or not to leave that is the question or more specifically when and how as a syrian civil war draws to a close the situation in the north of the country is anything but calm it's a game of chess every player has a piece and the situation is not just black versus white and the kurdish question is once again central with john bolton visiting turkey and israel to mediate a settlement the turkish president made it very clear that any charts of a compromise is slim. because john bolton has made a grave mistake it is not possible to accept or swallow the message given by bolton from israel those who are in the terror corridor in syria who learn the necessary lessons for us there is no difference between the white p g p y d p k k and diet we will very soon take action to neutralize the terrorist groups in syria as nato allies the national security adviser had hoped the u.s. and turkey could coordinate their actions striking a balance of national interests and p

and hawkins reporting there donald trump says not much headway was made on saturday in terms of breaking the deadlock over funding his border wall which has seen the government and shut down for over two weeks neither the white house nor the democrats look like backing down. we are committed to keeping our borders safe we're in a shutdown because democrats refused to fund border security situation look you would accept even. the president over the. line down the line you have no deal with it's not who we are it's a nation i'm very proud of doing what i'm doing because we're going to go in there really some of the. i don't want to shut down i call it doing what you have to do for the benefit and for the safety of our city to keep the government closed for a very long period of time. so we can call a national emergency because of the security of our country i absolutely know we can do it i haven't done it i may do it i may do it. the democrat controlled house of representatives passed bills to fund reopen the federal government but the bills don't include funding for a border wall promptin

dan hawkins has been following events forests good evening see a lot was discussed today but were there any major breakthroughs that. these discussions were described as frank and thought for at the end of the press conference by president vladimir putin a lot of talk on expanding trade bilateral cooperation of various projects from agriculture to new nuclear technology etc the big one of course was that nine hundred fifty six treaty between japan and the soviet union at that time to decide the fate of the islands or claimed to be the northern territories by japan that dispute over the four islands just north of japan and south of russia in the big question was can any headway any major breakthroughs be made to do with that peace treaty the answer was no mr putin did say the discussions were fruitful a lot of ground was covered but did say a lot of work remained to be had to come to some sort of conclusion. ops would you . discuss the prospects for signing the peace treaty and give much time to the question we've been holding dialogue over the question for several years we confirmed our

daniel hawkins well political analyst charles or tell things it's alarming how quickly media spread such serious on corroborated accusations but here is become a one johnny one note operation they are out to get trump in the main they didn't like the election results they wanted hillary clinton in there they just appear to be a grumpy dissatisfied nonobjective. on a witch hunt here this is not a light accusation came out of a buzz feed this is a very serious accusation it's like crying shouting fire in a crowded theater theater when there's no fire it is amazing to me how much the mainstream press jumped on this story in the last twenty four hours and it's also frankly quite amazing that the special counsel's team has come out to say what is the story's totally bogus. i want to return to our breaking news now from afghanistan where one hundred twenty six security force members have reportedly been killed in an attack by the taliban according to reports the taliban struck a military training center in mind on war doc province where local reporter sue town phasey is in the afghan capital a

unfortunately we ha a motorcyclist involved on i-97 north of 50 but south of 3 and 32 down near the hawkins road overpass. the right lan getting by in both directions with slower traffic on the northbound side. universityoi boulevard eastbound in kensington, east of connecticut avenue between rexington and st. paul street unfortunately t a water main break and we have only the right lane getting by at scene. hoping to have the roadway open by noon today and we have our delays building in woodbridge, 95 rolling northbound moving up from dale city headed toward woodbridge, just a typical delay. aron, eun, back into you. >> jack, thayou. >>> digging in and doubling down last night in anddress to the nation, president trump described what he called a crisis ahe u.s./mexico border. >> he laid out his reasoning for wanting to build borderall and put pressure on democrats to back his plan and end the partial governnt shutdown now in its 19th day. speaking from the oval office, see president called the border wall common e. he claimed border patrol agents want a wall and called out democrats for re

daniel hawkins will political analyst charles or tell believes it's alarming how quickly media spreads that sirius on corroborated accusations. has become a one johnny one note operation they are out to get trump in the main they didn't like the election results they wanted hillary clinton in there they just appear to be a grumpy dissatisfied nonobjective. on a witch hunt here this is not a light accusation came out of a buzz feed this is a very serious accusation it's like crying shouting fire in a crowded theater theater when there's no fire it is amazing to me how much the mainstream press jumped on this story in the last twenty four hours and it's also frankly quite amazing that the special counsel's team has come out to say what is the story's totally bogus it's a busy news day and the deer a cheater is here in three minutes with all the latest updates stay close this is twenty four seven r.t. international. if like there's someone else living inside of me like controlling my body. the byproduct of that drug is the cause like some peer pressure. because it will need one to zombie

sam sorokin/premium properties- "because of the costa hawkins vacancy control act that was passed in 1995, uh, that was fortunately not repealed in the last election -- prop 10, uh, we've seen an enormous amount of housing being built, but again, the housing that's being built is still not enough." sam sorokin is a managing partner and broker with premium properies... based in oakland. he manages about one-thousand rental units in berkeley, oakland and albany. sam sorokin/premium properties- "oakland and berkeley have become hubs of innovation, um, and more jobs have been coming to those areas too. so, it's really a triple whammy. you have lots of positive economic activity, uh, in all these communities that have increased demand. and, as much as you see lots of building being done everywhere, its nowhere near what needs to be built." he says since the supply of one-bedroom units available isn't growing at the same rate as more dense units... the demand for one-bedroom apartments is causing rents to increase. berkeley ranks number seven on zillow's list -- where the median rent price

kim bowling and don hawkins whom i work very closely with, another one of my helpers is jessica smith from the historical society who is also here today. now, the plan that washington gave me much information to see when i was thinking about what did l'enfant think the city was going to look like. he not only drew the plan of the streets, he also wrote copious notes so that anybody building the city would be -- would know what to do. there is a key. there are colored areas. there are letters and numbers which tell you where the giant statue of george washington was going to go about where the washington monument is today. it was going to be a huge equestrian statue. width of the streets where various monuments were going to be. the church. and jackie and i went to the library of congress and looked at the original plan is one of the first things that i did. and it was extremely moving to have the piece of paper there that the designer worked on. you can see the little tiny pin prick holes where he had his dividers over it calculating what he was doing. now, i'm going to show you how t

claire throssell and sian hawkins, thank you.give birth while in office and is here with me now in her only uk interview during her visit to britain. jacinda ardern, the prime minster of new zealand, is scheduled to meet prime minister theresa may later today — to talk about brexit and a possible free trade deal. before we talk to the prime minister, here's some things you might like to know about jacinda ardern. at 38 years old, jacinda ardern is the youngest prime minister in the world and the youngest her country has had 7541.59 years?‘ after having her child, she was back at work after taking just six weeks maternity leave. i didn't want to leave the hospital without saying thank you first. i've got a little sleepy one here in my arms. joining the new zealand labour party at 17 years old, she spent most of her life in politics. we do not shy away, though, from the importance of quality spending by the government to improve the lives of new zealanders. in 2006, she worked for the uk government under tony blair, although she sa

neil robertson beat barry hawkins to book his place in the semi—finals of the masters snooker. by six frames to three tonight at alexandra palace. he'll playjudd trump, who beat world number one mark selby 6—2 to reach the semi—finals. trump soon found his groove to sprint 5—1 ahead. fellow englishman selby pulled a frame back, but trump kept his cool in a battle of wits in the eighth frame to ease through. irish golfer shane lowry will take a three—shot lead into the final round of the abu dhabi championship. he hasn't won a title for over three years, but seven birdies has given him a great chance of ending that drought. and a third consecutive half—century from ms dhoni helped india beat australia by seven wickets and win their 0ne—day series 2—1. the indians are only the third team in the last 30 years to win both a test and 0di series in australia. menna fitzpatrick has just 5% vision, yet has made her name flying down ski slopes at speeds normally seen on a motorway. menna and her guide, jenifer kehoe, became britain's most decorated winter paralympians after winning four

the house and what it means for the democrats in control for the first time since 2010 and david hawkins, now editor-in-chief of the firewall to discuss member pay and congressional benefits for the 116th congress. our coverage will get underway noon eastern and the house will gaveling at noon. speaker,ion of a new other actions including the adoption of a rules package as well as to spending bills. the senate, vice president mike pence will administer the oath of office to senators elected. they will meet at noon eastern time and need a new president vote -- representative pro tem carry on c-span3, the senators will pose for pictures with vice president pence. all of our coverage on the c-span networks and online any time at www.c-span.org. our documentary on the senate, coming up at 11:00 eastern. our coverage continues here on the c-span networks. california will have seven new members of the house in the 116th congress, all of whom are democrats, and all of them represents districts previously held by republicans. the first of four representing districts in orange county south of los

among our guests, a journalist who covers capitol hill for the washington post, and david hawkins, the editor in chief of "the firewall." at noon eastern time when the house gavels in, the election of the new speaker, nancy pelosi. the first time since 1955 that a former speaker becomes speaker again. our new senate documentary is coming up next. thank you for joining us this evening on the c-span networks. ♪ >> c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies. today, we continue to bring your unfiltered coverage from congress, the white house, the public policy and events in washington dc and around the country. get your thoughts on the government shutdown. then, a pretty of the 116th congress -- a preview of the one of the 16th congress. the 116th congress for -- congress. jefferson questioned. [indiscernible] >> the framers believed -- constitutionow the for >> -- let's follow the constitution. >> committee order.

trump will face either barry hawkins or neil robertson.port for now. i'll have more for you in sportsday at 10:30pm. thank you very much. the bbc has learned there has been a big rise in the number of supplies for england. increased global demand and the rise of cost of materials have been blamed. here's how health correspondent, catherine burns. here's a truck which as you can see here has gone completely red. as we found, the realisation that another drug is running low. this main wholesaler - not gone completely wholesaler has ntfc gonetom‘pletely wholesaler hes ntfc genetom‘pletely of wholesaler has not gone’som‘pletely of stock. now suddenly we're out of stock. now suddenly we're going to have to start shop around to make sure customers and our patients continue to get access to this medicine. it is not unusual for this medicine. it is not unusual for this to happen. problems with supply and demand for medicines. in fact every month the government agrees to pay a premium for some drugs where availability is low. what is unusual is the

authdities arres charles bonson and hawkins in this crime. are being held without bond. >> prosecutors dropped the domestic violence charges against ruben foster. foster was arrested in tampa in november following an incident with an ex-girlfriend. he was playing for the san francisco 49ers at the time and they released foster after the arrest. a f years lat the skins signed foster whi upset a lot of fans. prosecutors say there's not enough evidence to move forward. the nfl says it is still reviewing the incident. foster is still on the commissioners exempt list and uld still be suspended for the start of next season. >>> well, o of hollywood's biggest nights is coming up thisened with. >> the golden a globes almost here honoring this year's best in tv and movies. this year's hosts are sandra oh and andysandberg. films like vice and a star is born lead the nominations for motion pictures. others say it includes black panther and if beal street could talk. i think that one just came out. the nominees for best television drama include the a ame

away twenty people have already registered for a leadership bit it's getting busy there well done hawkins takes us through some of the front runners. for the last fifteen years every presidential race in ukraine has given the country a new political shock to the system and it looks like this year will be an exception now if you've ever followed ukraine's domestic politics you'll know there's rarely a dull moment. this year's election will see an almost wreck or number of candidates twenty to be precise and this number could still rise the list of nominees has both familiar faces and dark horses with some colorful contenders also thrown in here's just some of those candidates the political heavyweights yulia timoshenko. and. her career has seen it all from becoming the country's first female prime minister to spending three years behind bars for embezzlement she was a candidate in two thousand and ten and again in twenty fourteen so could it be third time lucky and this man has already played the ukrainian president in a hit t.v. show can he turn fiction into reality meet star comedian and

we're touring its troops in the region washington has recently stepped up the number of strikes there hawkins reports. with every u.s. intervention the question of when why and if a tool to withdraw its forces has sooner or later taken center stage and both debate and controversy syria is the latest example and how much confusion this discussion has already caused. first problem to solve is how the withdrawal will look it still remains a mystery not only to the world but seemingly also to u.s. officials themselves they're all coming back and they're coming back now they said recently that we have more time is of no if you really want to have we're going to be removing our troops i never said we're doing exactly three years i want to wipe your time here but when you watch a video he said four months ago is the. drive through do you think they should have heard that word oh we're withdrawing is it mission accomplished as with george bush's iraq war speech things that look that clear and simple. and the biggest problem of all just how will the u.s. balance the interests of its permanent and temp

thanks for joining us on our to international i'm daniel hawkins wherever you are tonight you're very welcome with us on the program. i was venezuela's political infighting continues both the government and the opposition are appealing to the armed forces for support dog who proclaimed himself interim leader on wednesday says he's been holding talks with military officials to push for the overthrow of the president nicolas maduro meanwhile paid a visit to troops overseeing drills and calling on them to stay loyal. the soldiers of venezuela we're waiting for you to be on our side are you who among us. soldiers of venezuela we're waiting for you to be on the side of the constitution are you proven theory unless. we have made our position very clear about the dictatorial nature of this regime and so we want to take power never truly to. install a transitional government and call it free elections. that's how it has to be. the u.s. national security advisor john bolton has threatened action if the opposition leader faces any violence or intimidation one gordo's a multiple years to force a

the eight episode series will be set in the summer of 1985 back in hawkins, indiana.lot of people waiting for that one, but six months to go. >> a little bit of a tease right there. >>> it might be one of the most anticipated tennis matches of all time. serena williams and federer square off in a doubles match seen around the world. who won in the new >> reporter: it was dubbed the first face-off between tennis great serena williams and roger federer. >> it was a great experience. i'm kind of sad it's over, you know. i was just warming up. >> it's true. >> reporter: while technically a mixed doubles match, all eyes were on williams and federer, arguably the best ever to play the game. >> it was a bit nerve-racking to be honest because all of a sudden, you're serving, and i'm like i got to win this interest po, but it's serena williams. >> reporter: overpowering each other with crushing serves. these champions share a competitive edge, mutual respect, and deep admiration. >> hopefully i can get some tips later on, on how to hit a little better, but it was really >> rep

for joining us in the weekly and all of the international and daniel hawkins you while you're very welcome on the program this out. of venezuela political crisis deepened this week as the struggle for power in the country in tents. suffice on wednesday president maduro accused the us of attempting to orchestrate a coup as after washington decided to recognize venezuela's opposition leader as interim president one goh i don't know had sworn him self in as leader earlier that day as the country was engulfed by massive anti-government protests. to leave the room i swear to formally soon the duties of the national executive as president of venezuela i know it's probably recognize national symbol president one is the interim president of venezuela i want him today in venezuela the president is elected by washington and of course they take anyone from the street who wants to be a president and we're talking to our colleagues in europe and elsewhere to to demonstrate widespread political support for the good the interim president see your compliment you know i am committed to international dialog

and i welcome saudis and asked to live from moscow with me then hawkins for every watson wyatt thanks so much for joining us on the program. of the european union is helping to turn up the heat on venezuelan president nicolas maduro following the lead of washington brussels now lending its full support to the opposition leader. use foreign policy chief has outlined possible measures that could be taken against governments all over this report. federica mockery of the e.u. high representative for foreign affairs has announced that the european union is setting up what they call an international contact group on venezuela this isn't going to be any kind of official mediation in the crisis there but it is essentially going to be a talking shop including the states as well as latin american partners who are going to come together to try and continue the dialogue and make sure that venezuela can sort out the problems it faces well through the mechanisms of the venezuelan constitution however at the same time as federica mockery and he was announcing this she also said that we could expect

daniel hawkins visited the site of the tragedy to hear some of the stories of those affected by this disaster. thirty nine bodies appears to be the final casualty count from this building collapse that the recovery works went on for around seventy two hours in total almost nonstop throughout the day and night pausing only for safety as you can see behind me some of the balconies and the roofs are in a state of total destruction and we're not allowed to go any closer for fear they may collapse as well but residents fled this disaster scene with only the clothes on their back perhaps a few documents or cash they didn't have time simply to grab anything else they were allowed intermittently to go back to the scene to pick up any other possessions that may have left behind. on the quickie. mart and is that of point one one hundred percent of all i see it was. just a child some deed and on bush some wanted to be sure that just does not have it on your card you are sure what down and as you spoke to these people more and more stories emerge one shots example the family a mother and daughte

economic stimulus program aimed at addressing both economic inequality and climate change and daniel hawkins shed some light. climate change and the planet's ecology the biggest issue of the twenty first century according to many the biggest threat ever faced by mankind according to some and one group has the answer the green new deal will make america one hundred percent green in just ten years a proposal born within the sunrise movement a self-proclaimed dross roots environmental youth group now supported by multiple figures in the democratic party in particular fire brand new comer alexandra your cortez i was now to her climate change is a war that must be won and evil that must be beaten through mass concerted action on a national level that. we're . all naturally the reuss felt ask program has its opponents green politics has never particular appeal to conservative republicans but the eleven page green deal plan does raise questions beyond just partisan politics some green activists of ringing the alarm saying the devil is in the details. the problem with her plan is that it you know it