daniel holkins is also in sochi for us. but the excitement we've had. this square here behind me as well of course is the grand opening ceremony which set that report from culminating in a pretty amazing forward to splay with fountains going off in the square here as well as managed to finally get out of that quite loud and noisy excited crowd to join us here in the square as well for us a bit more about what was going on inside and of course this is your first time in russia but not your first thought to you first of all how is it compared so far while i mean what a ceremony i mean that was something special now i attended the two thousand and thirteen festival in quito ecuador totally different experience nothing like this i was not prepared for what i saw in that auditorium that was that was a tremendous performance i mean music dance and the audience i mean the audience was just on the edge of their seat i saw people bursting into tears at. all of a numerous times people were just very emotionally moved by the ceremony it was quite powerful and to s

holkins investigates. ati has been in the spotlight for a while under fire from government officials the media even think tanks here are some recent highlights. boris johnson led the charge in the u.k. house of commons with an attack on opposition m.p.'s who've appeared on this channel if you study the output of of russia today it is a scandal it is a scandal that members of the party opposite are continuing to to validate to validate and to meet. that kind of propaganda by going on those programs but some of his fierce criticism of the foreign secretary of peers to have missed out a bit of important information his own conservative colleagues have also appeared as guests on the shell as well as someone closer to home his own father stanley johnson was interviewed by going on the ground i was the afshin rattansi just last month. the times newspaper claims there are now calls by the labor party for the u.k. media watchdog to investigate the artes advertising campaign on the london underground they even cont

indeed interesting times daniel holkins in central moscow thank you very much. well we'll be back with the latest headlines at the top of the hour in the meantime for more news. in the us a child can choose a school. with a retired officers as teachers we don't. recruit will says to if the cadet is interested in go on in the military but we don't recruit ourselves and see. the pentagon is funding a program to boost interest in the military among teenagers. to step up to an apollo so that comfortable with yourself. things you can't go wrong with the military it's a great stepping stone for whatever career you want to do but some veterans are willing to tell enthusiastic children a little more they ask me call of duty is a very popular first year video game. it's play and that's because the military like call of duty to turn off call of duty oh yeah well you can't turn off your lot of these kids just don't hear. the darker side does the pentagon.

since one thousand nine hundred forty nine that means hard times could lie ahead as artie's daniel holkins explains. so many i'm going to merkel is the embodiment of stability in the face of crisis makes and diplomacy with a firm hand and sound decision making well as for that skill this term has been marred by a series of setbacks firstly she decided to open the doors to asylum seekers out the height of the refugee crisis almost a million flooded into germany in twenty fifteen alone while some more welcoming others started to worry the country just wouldn't be able to cope. year after mark a lot to open door policy germany saw a rise in modern crimes one of the most shocking hundreds of women alleging they were sexually assaulted in cologne new year's celebrations by men of north africa and the arab appearance. the events in cologne took their toll on merkel's popularity. the chancellor's controversial refugee policy is also blamed at least partly for something much more so. and dangerous roy is the most terrorism. poorly vetted or later radicalized migrants cross the border germany saw m

daniel holkins filed this report from the valdai forum. putin was very clear that any move to restrict such press freedoms would result in very much negative media environment this is all part of what he also described as a wave of anti russian news theory anti russian campaigning and rhetoric in the united states which really began in earnest towards the end of last year the start of this year when hillary clinton lost the presidential election to donald trump and has continued to this day with attempts by government officials by media to find any links to russia wherever possible in any controversial american issue evidence of russian hacking russian meddling interference operations by intelligence services etc he also added that the us actions against russian diplomats and russian diplomatic facilities across the united states was the result of a build up of problems by actual issues between the two states. it's the us who put up with the some precedent and russian campaign which was not provoked by anything someone lost the elections t

with the channel coming on to a sustained attack to what critics call its kremlin propaganda the new holkins explains also has been in the spotlight for a while from government officials the media even things x. here are some recent hot it's. led the charge in the u.k. house of commons with an attack on opposition m.p.'s who've appeared on this channel if you study the output of of russia today it is a scandal it is a scandal that members of the party opposite are continuing to to rally day to validate legitime eight. that kind of propaganda by going on those programs but some of his fierce criticism the foreign secretary of pierced of missed out a bit of important information his own conservative colleagues have also appeared as guests on the shuttle as well as someone closer to home his own father stanley johnson was interviewed by going on the ground i was the afshin rattansi just last month. the times newspaper claims there are now calls by the labor party for off that's the u.k. media watchdog to investigate artie's advertising campaign on the london underground they even contacted us f

of lockdown businesses casinos are closed and even the las vegas airport has grounded all flights holkins now are joining us live here in the studio to continue to join us with this breaking news situation daniel of course a las vegas nevada in america not the only place recently to suffer an attack just twenty four hours ago we saw in france also a better track unfolding there are islamic state claiming it was behind a nine. attack that killed two women that ma ses main train station at a pub freighter was shot dead by security services just minutes after the attack. we heard women screaming outside then running in people that know what was going on were taken out of the train and then evacuated. residents manual macron condemned what he called the barbaric act and praised the work of the soldiers who eliminated the attack. on the soldiers the pro down the streets of course part of operation sentinel that was launched after the terror attack on charlie have those magazine offices in only twenty fifteen of the country has been under a state of emergency since november of that same year fo

ambassador to russia jon huntsman has been sworn in at the kremlin by president putin daniel holkins takes a closer look at the man he's been tasked with improving tense bilateral ties and you charts for a fresh start in relations something both countries have been hoping for for quite a while jon huntsman is the man with the task of helping to repair a strained relationship a former governor presidential hopeful and the youngest u.s. ambassador in a century make for a pretty impressive c.v. some say his stint as u.s. envoy in china is a good experience for his move to moscow those hoping for a discrete approach though may be disappointed and spent time in beijing culminated in control to see when he was spotted at protests labeled the jasmine revolution of the u.s. embassy claimed he was there accidentally but chinese authorities were so roiled they even temporarily blocked his name on internet searches in the country and the new man in moscow is certainly not one to mince his words there is no question. underline no question. that the russian government interfered in the us electio

shooting on the las vegas strip outside the mandalay bay casino here in austin international daniel holkins and myself continuing the breaking news here if you missed any of our broadcasts get online on t. dot com.