they're being beaten and hospitalized it's quite a horrible you know when i worked in at the international press institute in vienna we often heard of these sorts of incidents and and places around the country and of course it's very alarming to see it happen in the united states where freedom of the press is enshrined in the constitution is part of this full suit caused by the rise of how can i describe it you know around the world we're seeing more authoritarian tough guy you presidents and prime ministers who like to attack the press they don't necessarily say fake news but they kind of damage or shrink the ecosystem of journalism so journalists can't operate in a world where they can ask honest impartial questions they can't speak truth to power without getting a hugely negative reaction from the only that president or that prime minister. yeah absolutely if you discredit and journalists then you. make the people the citizens of the country you handicap them in some way so that they are not able to learn about the truth so they're not able to see where things are being done and then are not

to do it here is to be able to go to both he's a brilliant correspondent with radio france international press god's good at you all that so he made some concessions tonight mr mack wrong. to end the violence that we've been seeing. we would see i could imagine that these concessions are maybe enough for part of the protesters maybe for radical minority maybe it's not enough because maybe there maybe they want too much and for example that. leaves the poor which was not to of course we wouldn't have been a big surprise today. he's been criticized in the past of being out of touch with people and not listening to the people. did he really listened what do you think. i think you have to listen it didn't have any choice because these protests were quite huge the violence is were also very important. quite many members of his majority also. where i asking him for concessions so you had to take decisions and he made these this proposal today to evening with some economic and social media is a myth also to restore some sort of a dialogue between the french citizen and citizens and the poor we will s

supposed to be a key fashion with international observers and foreign correspondents and press out here monitoring the election that eventually she was friendly and i have to take questions from some of the international observer as well as from some of the international press person present there she obviously sounds quite victoria thank them confident about our victory and she rejected any idea that there was any regaining or there was any kind of play in any of the centers of the she admitted that there might have been. isolated cases where replying to a question from another foreign media that they have a video of. a particular. road been snatched in a polling center she said it's probably from a previous marriage election and then the particular journalist said no this is from this one she said well perhaps so but it is one one you incident could have happened and then she went to said that look if there is any allegation. definitely will look into it and the election commission will seriously look into this matter and investigate this matter on my second question of course i. thou

these protests continue to get a lot of coverage in the international press.nt to show you the front page of this week's "economist." that is the symbol of the french republic vandalized last saturday. it has become sort of the symbol of the current chaos. anchor: in preparation for tomorrow's protests, a lot of buildings in paris are shutting down. one key event is going ahead. thisis is the curren -- is the march for the climate. omarches are taking place across france, sometimes in conjunction with yellow vest protests. politicians and social leaders have published an op-ed calling for saturday to be a day of collective action for environmental and social justice. this partnership is significant because the yellow vests started off as resistance to a pro environmental policy, the fuel tax. the government has been setting up a dichotomy between worrying about the end of the month versus the end of the world. many papers are pointing out this is a false dichotomy. "the new york times" says to be truly effective, climate policy cannot but the burdens on most v

the international press used beirut as a barometer of what was happening in the middle east. and one of the foreign correspondents who predicted the violence in lebanon was i t.v.'s jonathan dimbleby . i first went to lebanon in nine hundred seventy two as a young reporter and i wanted to see whether something was happening there or not i stayed in what was then relatively modest hotel called the commodore hotel the overall impression was of some something some society which was held together by a rather loose series of ropes and it didn't take much for that to shatter. the thirteenth of april nine hundred seventy five mile to the official start of the civil. it was a proxy conflict for during the cold war. on one side never nice christian right wing parties backed by the u.s. wanted to end the armed palestinian presence in lebanon and. on the other one muslim left wing parties allied with the p.l.o. and backed by the soviet union they saw the right wing christians a simply an extension of israeli and american influence in the country. when the war broke out an army of foreig

organizations to comment on what's happened among them the international federation of journalists the international press institute and the o.-s. we'll let you know when we get a response. the german magazine der spiegel says it's reporting one of its former top journalists to the police over allegations he stole donations made to people who featured in his articles class or a lot of this is already mired in scandal after he admitted last week to fabricating over a dozen stories that has since sacked the award winning writer it's a spec he may have faked more stories than he's owned up to. now one man who's popularized the term fake news is donald trump here's a look back at some of the year's biggest fakes. you are fake the level of dishonesty is out of control for me as for. your lies. and how fake the first can be very fake that one from famous catchphrase fake news has dominated the headlines ever since he first uttered it why does it drive his detractors so crazy well some would argue that it's true false information and deceptive reporting seems to be everywhere let's review some of the fake news o

organizations to comment on what's happened among them the international federation of journalists the international press institute and the o s he we will let you know when we get a response. now the german magazine der spiegel says it's reporting that one of its top journalists to the police about allegations he stole donations made to people who featured in his articles a u.s. is already myatt in scandal after he admitted last week to fabricating over a dozen stories spiegel has since the award winning writer and suspects he may have faked more stories than he's currently up to. one man who certainly made a name for himself calling out fake news of course is none other than donald trump is a quick look back at some of the year's biggest things i think you are fake the level of dishonesty is out of control in germany that was for. i realized the. issues and how fake the press can be very. donald trump's famous catchphrase fake news has dominated the headlines ever since he first uttered it why does it drive his detractors so crazy well some would argue that it's true false information and deceptive repo

press. thank you. now just a bit of christmas cheer for you here on r.t. international not opening your prices too quickly and wishing you all a very merry christmas and happy holidays from aussie international. now as the world does celebrate christmas festive songs i. have a slightly different ring to them with lyrics that carry less traditional message like this parody remake of the bells which has attracted thousands of years. online . you. sent us the next. morning to the people who had never heard joe before christmas classics having had a bit of a hard time lately for example the song baby it's cold outside was banned by some radio stations as sexist the popular jingle bells slammed as racist while rudolph the red nosed reindeer is apparently a bully on t.v. host and political commentator steve malzberg thinks the new remake of car of the bells we just heard actually makes a pretty valid point. i thought it was brilliantly done it addressed the problem that we really have to address in this country here in the united states and it did it in a satirical fashion ir

international press the russian. plans for a global takeover all thanks everyone for the funny side of that one also to. fighting for a long time in syria now we've won it's time to come back.

we must internally press forward. it takes time to persuade men even to do what is for their own good. my point is that we need to step back and say these things take time. we have got to take small steps to get there. to think we have spent trillions of dollars on these wars, and the war in afghanistan is going on 18 years. i think it is just ridiculous. wars andlso that these our foreign policy has caused us to have more enemies than we would have had. they have done more harm than good. >> in the congress of the united states come in the house, even with the reforms nancy pelosi has pledged to accept based on my counterpoints in the problem-solving caucus, there is too much power into few hands done forlittle getting the american people. >> watch that on saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span and c-span.org. listen with the free c-span radio app. takesn the new congress the hill in january, it will be the youngest, most diverse class in history. >> north dakota senator heidi heitkamp lost her reelection bid to kev

it was supposed to be a teeth session with international observers and foreign correspondents and press out here. monitoring the election and then eventually she was friendly enough to take questions from some of the international observers as well as from some of the international press personnel present that she obviously sounds quite victorious sense and confident about the victory and she didn't reject any idea that there was any vote rigging are there was any kind of foul play in any of the centers or she admitted that there might have been few isolated cases where replying to a question from another foreign media that they have a video of a particular. vote been snatched in a polling center she said it's probably from a previous marriage election and then. particular generally said no this is from this one she said well perhaps so but it is one feeling today and could have happened and then she went to said that look if there is any allegation definitely we'll look into it and the election commission will seriously look into this matter and investigate this matter the opposition i

the international press used beirut as a barometer of what was happening in the middle east. and one of the foreign correspondents who predicted the violence in lebanon was i t v's jonathan dimbleby . i first went to lebanon in nine hundred seventy two as a young reporter and i wanted to see whether something was happening there or not i stayed in what was then relatively modest hotel called the commodore hotel the overall impression was of some something some a society which was held together by a rather loose series of ropes and it didn't take much for that to. shatter. the thirteenth of april nine hundred seventy five mile to the official start of the civil. it was a proxy conflict full during the cold war. on one side never unease christian right wing parties backed by the us wanted to end the armed palestinian presence in lebanon and. on the other one muslim left wing parties allied with the p.l.o. and backed by the soviet union they saw the right wing christians a simply an extension of israeli and american influence in the country. when the war broke out an army of for

the international press used beirut as a barometer of what was happening in the middle east. and one of the foreign correspondents who predicted the violence in lebanon was i t.v.'s jonathan dimbleby . i first went to lebanon in nine hundred seventy two as a young reporter and i wanted to see whether something was happening there or not i stayed in what was then relatively modest hotel called the commodore hotel the overall impression was of some some some as a society which was held together by a rather loose series of ropes and it didn't take much for that to. shatter. the thirteenth of april nine hundred seventy five mile to the official start of the civil. it was a proxy conflict for during the cold war. on one side never anees christian right wing parties backed by the us wanted to end the armed palestinian presence in lebanon and. on the other one muslim left wing parties allied with the p.l.o. and backed by the soviet union they saw the right wing christians as simply an extension of israeli and american influence in the country. when the war broke out an army of forei

international press the russian leader but plans for a global take over well thank you everyone for the funny side of that one also to. fighting for a long time at syria now we've won it's time to come back. takes credit for defeating islamic state in syria inside his allies and ministration and troop withdrawal from the country. good morning just turned. most welcome to the next thirty minute bulletin from the international with me first and the russian president held his fourteenth annual q. and a with media from around the globe because special coverage of the whole event and reaction to it right here starting right now. from. a ray of questions from both russian and foreign journalists ranging from the economy to pensions to education to sniping back to rather old question about world domination following the q. and a our senior correspondent. or. not quite the five hours that his record but you know pretty near four hours solid enough but there was so much covered so much from fuel prices to protests to even nuclear war breaks it mentioning those fronts i mentioned relations with v

early two thousand and his campaigns against the use of torture has been honored with several international press freedom and human rights awards attention in crimea has been discussed at the g. twenty summit the russian and german leaders agreed for way talks with france and ukraine the kremlin's release pictures of a missile system deployed on the crimea peninsula which russian troops are next four years ago ukraine has imposed martial law after the russian navy captured three ukrainian boats on twenty four crew members last week. one of hungary's top universities says it's being forced to shut down after midnight deadline passed without the government approving its license the central european university in budapest was founded by hungary an american billionaire george soros a backer off liberal causes critics say this is part of the right wing government's efforts to silence the cents john hope has more from budapest. well the students behind me there in their makeshift campus outside parliament preparing now as the sun sets on the first of december to end their week long vigil here there is

oh we can speak to daoud kuttab his a board member of the international press institute he's joining us live now from amman the jordanian capital thank you for talking to us what does. mahmoud hussein's continued detention in egypt tell us about the country today. well i think it's very clear that the. regime now country is being run by the military and the military is carrying out political activity in the form of imprisoning journalists and closing the space on civil society we've seen recently that egypt is starting to open up on the issue of civil society they just. allowed the passing of a law that there vindicated the civil society organizations and i think. hopefully we'll be seeing some movement on the on the level of the journeys i hope that mr sane is released very quickly because he's been held without trial and that's a clear violation of his constitutional right and the commitments that egypt is made in the international arena i have to also say that it's not just egypt but a number of countries continue to imprison journalists we have problems in turkey were problems in

skinny heel got stuck in a divot on the marble and down i went in front of 300 members of the international press corps and my mother watching live on c-span from cleveland, ohio. >> i guess, that's pretty embarrassing. >> it was pretty embarrassing. president obama thought it was quite funny because the next state visit as we were walking out, and this is for the president of korea, he whispered in my ear, will she stay up or will she go down? >> all right. so you did on john adams, the first president who lived in the white house, how could you possibly know what it looked like in those days? >> we have benefit, of course, we answer to, you were talking about authenticity and how important it is. we answer to a higher authority, meaning, david, and he was very involved and with the entire production from development of the scripts through production. so we had a pretty good idea. when you read david's book, you feel like you're at the elbow of both abigail and john adams. so we had the best possible blueprint. >> they only lived there for a few months, right? so behind the east room. any truth

early christmas president for vladimir putin who is undergoing his annual marathon with the international pressit's a chance to review his year on the world stage, and today he had big news to respond to with trump's decision to pull troops from syria. that's something the russian governments wanted to see. this is welcome news for the kremlin, and putin has already said that he agrees with what president trump has done and thinks it's a good decision, skeptical, though, about when it will happen. >> as far as isis is concerned, i agree more or less with the president of the u.s. as far as the withdrawal of u.s. troops is concerned, i don't really understand what that's about because the u.s. has been present for some 17 years in afghanistan and they are still talking about withdrawing them but they have not done it yet. >> there we have it. putin saying that he agrees with trump about this decision, expressing skepticism. taking a little dig at the u.s. about how log it has been in afghanistan for 20 years. >> russia seems to be in the poll possession in syria, correct? >> that's right. putin

it gets harder in the digital age with bloggers and the international press looking at this but the pressis in fact a very important component of that education. it took us a while at the agency to get the security clearances to approve anything on twitter or the rest of it but the cia does have a digital presence, does a nice job of it but the cia did better. finally, i think you have to harken back, in the agency year and tell the stories of accomplished men and women over time who risked their lives for this nation entails can't be told right away. and others in the office, telling the story -- working at the agency. and did mention area, during world war ii, became part of the os us against his will and in 2011 of the contractor, spent 70 years, and you can tell those stories of the men and women of the mission, you can tell world events and comment on them and have a relationship with the press and that is ultimately the bag of tricks that you have to inform the american people. >> when general hayden came to cia we were more closed, less transparent and in making an argument which w

. >> there has been plenty of scrutiny on emmanuel macron and the international press as well. >> emmanuele french president, said he wants to be the president of everyone french person and he's neither left nor right. the problem is every single french person is either left or right. >> now that they have withdrawn from this tax, they realize that's not enough anymore. i think macron's paying big time on this ol algorithm. >> his policies stink. the stinky odor of globalism he leaves in his wake is arousing the fury of the protesters. >> and some headlines, as you can imagine, french protests like brexit are a raging cry for help from the disenfranchised. the irish times states emmanuel macron pays price for doing the right thing. a political crisis forced him into a humiliating u-turn. that's we said, they said. we'll be right back. and if i'd been caring for tom's dad, i would have noticed some dizziness that could lead to balance issues. that's because i'm trained to report any changes in behavior, no matter how small, so tom could have peace of mind. we'll be right there. we have to g

than six months at the international space station at a press conference in cologne guest said he's looking forward to celebrating christmas with his family but it will then be or rest and relaxation for the man known as astro alex it will take him by around six months to complete his hand and scientific analysis yes carried out some two hundred experiments in space he also became the first german to take command of the s i s. and to talk more about astra alex and his book i have meet me the suited derek williams from a science desk welcome derek now this was astro alex the man known as esther alex a second mission into space why did e.s.a. the european space agency choose him to command the mission i think for a variety of different reasons first of all he proved very competent and the first mission and second of all he's a very charismatic person and he's fantastic at public relations he was really really good on the first mission so putting him in basically in the commander's

the international press used beirut as a barometer of what was happening in the middle east. and one of the foreign correspondents who predicted the violence in lebanon was our t.v.'s jonathan dimbleby. i first went to lebanon in nine hundred seventy two as a young reporter and i wanted to see whether something was happening there or not i stayed in what was then relatively modest hotel called the commodore hotel the overall impression was of some something some society which was held together by a rather loose series of ropes and it didn't take much for that to. shatter. the thirteenth of april one thousand nine hundred seventy five mile to the official start of the civil. it was a proxy conflict for during the cold war. on one side never unease christian right wing parties backed by the us wanted to end the armed palestinian presence in lebanon. on the other one muslim left wing parties allied with the p.l.o. and backed by the soviet union they saw the right wing christians as simply an extension of israeli and american influence in the country. when the war broke out an ar

-- in the digital age or more -- that might get harder in the digital age with bloggers and international press looking at all of this, but the press is a very important component of that education. it took us a while at the agency to get through all the security clearances to finally approve anything on twitter or facebook or the rest of it. and the cia does have a digital presence now and does a very nice job of it. don't look at my twitter feed, but the cia does a lot better. and finally, i think that you have to harken back to there's some historians of the agency here, and you have to tell the stories of the accomplished men and women over time who have risked their lives for this nation. and some of those tales can't be told right away. but they can be told as time passes on, and with the appropriate clearances from john and others, in the general counsel's office. and telling the stories of, i'm just going to call him joe, he was still working at the agency, dropped into manchuria during world war ii, and became part of the oss i think against his will and stayed with the agency until i

tonight on c-span 3, >>> the commandant of the us coast guard says down for an interview with the international press club and the discussion on medicare payments, including fema verma the administrator of the organizations for medicaid services. in the morning at a discussion on security and development in central america. we will be live from the carnegie endowment for international peace at9:30 a.m. on c-span 3. you can also find it streaming online at c- span.org and on the free c-span radio. >>> saturday at 8 pm eastern, conversations with two retiring members of congress, republican representative lamar smith of texas retiring after 32 years in the house and democratic representative michael ronell of massachusetts who was defeated in the democratic primary. >> you faced a contentious primary this year. did that surprise you? >> no, not at all. i have been telling people for a while that my constituents were angry. they are very angry. they are angry at the democratic party are not standing up for certain things and they were certainly angry that donald trump got elected. and angry at the way h

she co-founded with an investigative reporter reyes, the recipient earlier this year of an international press freedom award, from the committee for the protection of journalists. effective cocua means a fire fly effect, an expression of the faith in the power of journalism to illuminate important truths even in a very dark time. in turkey, the threat came from a muslim prime minister, now president, redship, erdogan, who also rose to power as a champion of the democratic institutions that he has since dismantled piece by piece. u.s. crase, attacks judge, was among those caught up in the change, in 2006 erdogan beat back an attempted coup, he was doing graduate work in the united states and he has since been remained in exile and told because of his membership in an independent judicial group, he would likely be arrested if he returns home. i was in turkey in 2003, shortly after erdogan's justice and development party came to power. it seemed at the time a beacon of hope, a moderate muslim country that had shed military rule and was fully committed to democracy. in the first few years, there w

we must be content what we can get from time to time and internally press forward.s time to persuade men even to do what is for their own good. my point is that we culturally need to step back and say, look, these things take time. we have got to take small steps in order to get there. >> to think that we spent trillions now on these wars and at the war in afghanistan is going on, you know, 18 years. i think it is just ridiculous, these wars ando our foreign policy has caused us to have more enemies than we would have had. done more harm than good. >> in the congress of the united states, i believe, in the house of representatives, there is simply, even with the reforms nancy pelosi has pledged to accept based on my counterparts in the problem solvers caucus, there is too much power in into few -- in twoo few hands. >> watch saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span and www.c-span.org, and listen with the free c-span radio app. where history unfolds daily. 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies. and today, we continue to b

international journalists even press the russian leader about potential plans for takeover thankfully everyone sees the son of. a very warm welcome you watching r.t. international with me. our top story this hour the trumpet ministration has taken another hit defense secretary james mattis has announced he's stepping down. because you have a right to have a secretary of defense whose views are better aligned with yours on these and other subjects i believe it's right for me to step down from my position. james mattis has served in the military for over forty years and has been defense secretary from the start of trance presidency he supported trump's course to strengthen the military but was known to disagree with trump on many points including the president's surprise decision to withdraw u.s. troops from syria colin cavell professor of political science at bluefield state's call it believes that was the last straw for the four star general. there have been numerous disagreements between secretary of defense james murders and president. including the then enough. troops in the u.s. m

russia as a threat they even think that you want to rule the world of course i do international journalists even press the russian leader about potential plans for a global takeover but thankfully everyone sees the funny side. it's nine am here in moscow and you're watching r.t. international with me good to have you with us the top story the trumpet ministration has taken another hit defense secretary james mattis has announced he's stepping down. because you have a right to have a secretary of defense whose views are better aligned with yours on these and other subjects i believe it's right for me to step down from my position james mattis has served in the military for over forty years and has been defense secretary from the start of trump's presidency he supported trance calls to strengthen the military but was known to disagree with trump on many points including the president's surprise decision to withdraw u.s. troops from syria. times decision seems to have been the last straw it also seems to have driven a wedge through the us as well with the media and to stop us mint think is criticizing th

international journalists even press the russian leader about potential plans for a global takeover thankfully everyone sees the funny side. of broadcasting live from our studios in moscow this is our two international thomas glad to have you with us. u.s. defense secretary james mattis has announced his resignation following chumps decision to withdraw u.s. troops from syria artie's him up and picks up the story is known as mad dog mattis the u.s. secretary of defense one of the military men referred to as one of my generals well it seems he'll be leaving the job at the end of february here's what we saw on social media trumps tweets about the departure of the u.s. secretary of defense. general jim mattis will be retiring with distinction at the end of february after having served my administration as secretary of defense for the past two years during jim's tenure tremendous progress has been made especially with respect to the purchase of new fighting equipment general mattis was a great help to me in getting allies and other countries to pay their share of military obligations a new secreta