school in connecticut where twenty children and six workers lost their lives are two spoke to dr jill stein a former us presidential candidate for the green party she told us what could be behind the rise of gun violence in america. we have about one hundred times the rate of gun homicides and violent gun crimes relative to many countries of western europe and we should not be in the business of normalizing violence it's clear there is a relationship between gun violence and economic violence and poverty and racial disparities and economic disparities and all that and the more we become an unjust society. the more we are at risk for continuing gun violence and potentially growing gun violence. now to some other news making headlines around the globe in iraq officials say gunman have killed eighteen oil and gas workers and wounded seven northeast of baghdad most of the dead are reportedly iranian the attack happened as they were digging a trench to extend a pipeline running between iran and iraq sources say the incident took place in the predominantly sunni area. i'll jump that's the slogan

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history mourned the victims jill stein is a former us presidential candidate for the green party she told r.t. what she believes is fueling the nationwide rise in gun violence. we have about one hundred times the rate of gun homicides and violent gun crimes relative to many countries of western europe and we should not be in the business of the normalising violence it's clear there is a relationship between gun violence and economic violence and poverty and racial disparities and economic disparities and all that and the more we become an unjust society. the more we are at risk for continuing gun violence and potentially growing gun violence. well coming up after the break we visit two islands and ravaged by nearly two hundred nuclear test explosions this is r.t. international stay with us. just imagine a foreign leaders like alexander lukashenko or vladimir putin just showed up an anti e.u. protest and all garia greece are hungry to urge people to leave the e.u. and join up with the eurasian customs union obviously the mainstream media would be on fire screaming that this is part of

hook elementary school massacre in connecticut which killed twenty young children six adults then jill stein is a former us presidential candidate for the green party shared with us what she believes is fueling the nationwide rise in gun violence. we have about one hundred times the rate of gun homicides and violent gun crimes relative to many countries of western europe and we should not be in the business of normalizing violence it's clear there is a relationship between gun violence and economic violence and poverty and racial disparities and economic disparities and all that and the more we become an unjust society. the more we are at risk for continuing gun violence and potentially growing gun violence. from oscar the next news bulletin in full just over thirty five minutes time to get our news t.v. set as well on line twenty four seventh's until coming up in the break breaking the set to host. as we all know the holidays are a great time for families to get together and sometimes on the l. call gets flowing they're also a great time for us to argue about everything from politics to rel