and we have jim pope, we have kaufman campaign, we have the pollsters, going to talk about -- for those of you who are interested in the politics and the statewide campaign. that person is going to be available to talk a little bit about their thoughts about how the campaign -- the reasons for wh

hattie kaufman is in tehatchapi tonight. meanwhile, this had been a quiet summer for wildfires so far until now. >> reporter: yes, and, boy, what a beginning. authorities don't know how this fire started, but they do know it moved quickly. katie, every year you hear people trying to protect their homes with a garden hose. well, this shows why that's not a good idea. the fire came through here so fast most evacuees didn't have a chance to grab any of their possessions. just 24 hours after it erupted, a fire near tehatchapi has already incinerated about 25 buildings and at least 1500 acres. the gusty wind that normally powers turbines here is now the enemy, wing up fast-moving flames. about 400 residents have been forced to flee. >> i've lived there 25 years. >> reporter: george plesko is living in a shelter. >> lost everything, including animals. >> reporter: this morning, donna moran was keeping an eye on hot spots and counting her blessings. she had to ride out the blaze because she says evacuation orders came too late. >>

senator ted kaufman not accepting the familiar strategy i'm not for spending one more dollar and one more american life until we have a conviction that we can get governance that's good enough this is not about resurrecting afghanistan with all due respect i care about afghanistan but the standard is not that we leave something better we just win the day we decide that we don't have carmen's that is good enough we should leave that day a pushback while others work to push ahead a tug of war within a real war with no end in sight christine for south r t. well christine joins me now in the studio to give us more details now christine you mention or showed us a clip of john kerry talking about the leak of these ninety thousand pages of internal reports from afghanistan to any of the other lawmakers talk about wiki leaks or bring it up john kerry was the only one to mention it he is the chairman of the senate foreign relations committee and he talked about it in his opening statements and it's he straight a little bit from what he said yesterday as soon as we came out with this informati

programs continue tonight next we explore the industry of fake products and ask how can you identify kaufman goods and we try to find out why they can be so dangerous it's the subject of a special report right now on r.t. . some seemingly innocent children's toys actually. some so-called drugs were never intended to mean anything you can even find dishwashing soap the one thing a single plate. so when do these defective goods come from and who makes how do consumers need to identify a fake can lure unfortunately against the producers. of canned goods. motorists call this stretch of life and start with the man. it's named after china's capital because hundreds of chinese made toys are sold on the roadside. vendors live in villages. all of this is mind show me you're a genius who are you is all this serious yes you show your papers you think you are then show me the papers to prove it is you could get that in to ride this out been in use paper show me the paper why did you come here. play around teach month after special inspectors write the site but not for long despite the risks illegal vend

further, it's alleged that archy kaufman planted a gun at the scene to make it look like the civilians were engaged in a gun battle with the police, and that he fab rigted statements from the victims, the shooting victims, in the report, and created fictional witnesss to the incident that also appeared in the report. warnz are they also alleging a conspiracy among all the officers to make sure that all their stories were the same? >> exactly, that the officers conspired to tell this big lie, this massive lie, about what occurred that day when the six people were shot, that they all got together and strategized about how to do this. >> i imagine in doing this documentary, and you've been working on it for a while, that the police officers must have some defenders. what do they say to explain this? >> we've interviewed a lot of officers and what they say is, look, you don't understand what it was like on the ground or under the water at that time in new orleans. it was chaos. the communication system for the police department collapsed. the command structure of the department collapsed.

not like their hero now what point do we say that we camps we can't make this work us senator ted kaufman not accepting the familiar strategy i'm not for spending one more dollar and one more american life until we have a conviction that we can get governance that's good. no. this is not about resurrecting afghanistan with all due respect i care about afghanistan but the standard is not there will be something better we just when the day we decide that we don't have garments that is good enough we should leave that day up push back while others work to push ahead a tug of war within a real war with no end in sight christine for south r.t. america's political landscape is a major thing for many musicians in the country take to the mike to voice their concerns about where the u.s. heading and encourage people to fight for what they believe that all she spoke to a rabbi who says that the country needs to drop its mosque and make reality not just the image it's trying to portray. i think america's nightmare is a mirror. reflection of the ugliness we have to remember that. america is this mode

senator ted kaufman not accepting the familiar strategy i'm not perspiring one more dollar and one more american life until we have a conviction that we can get governance that's good enough this is not about resurrecting afghanistan with all due respect i care about afghanistan but the standard is not that we believe something better we just as. when the day we decide that we don't have garments that is good enough we should leave that day a pushback while others work to push ahead a tug of war within a real war with no end in sight christine for south r t and staying in the us were the anti muslim sentiment from the immediate aftermath of nine eleven lingers on and some worry it's anderson muslims going about their of lives falling victim to media scaremongering r t is an associate you're going to takes a look. has the religion of islam turned into a source of fear in the us while the american media has been doing a heck of a job if you will in phobias to me that you are not. working with our enemies have had enough of some of bin laden became the poster boy for all muslims or a billi

not like their hero now what point do we say that we camps we can't make this work us senator ted kaufman not accepting the familiar strategy i'm not for spending one more dollar and one more american life until we have a convict. that we can get governance that's good enough this is not about resurrecting afghanistan with all due respect i care about afghanistan but the standard is not that we believe something better we just when the day we decide that we don't have garments that is good enough we should leave that day up push back while others work to push ahead a tug of war within a real war with no end in sight christine for is now r t well the consequence of america's misadventures of brewers is that in the eyes of the well that's losing any real farsi is a role model well that's the view at least one else they can run for in the us he spoke. i think america's nightmares a mirror. a reflection of the ugliness we have to remember that. america is this model for democracy you know it's just a facade of you know everybody is the make up is there but behind the make up is kind of like i

senator ted kaufman not accepting the familiar strategy i'm not for spending one more dollar and one more american life until we have a conviction that we can get governance that's good enough this is not about resurrecting afghanistan with all due respect i care about afghanistan but the standard is not that we do something better we just when the day we decide. there we don't have garments that is good enough we should leave that day up pushed back while others work to push ahead a tug of war within a real war with no end in sight christine for is now r t one america's military campaign in iraq is also making the news a group of research has claimed the use of depleted uranium by u.s. led forces during the war may be causing cancer and genetic diseases among the population one of the authors of the report british iraqi scientist muller come down has told r.t. that the situation on the ground can be described as catastrophic for the party i have been working with doctors i've been working with pediatricians gynecologist neurosurgeon all have been giving indications very strong indic

senator ted kaufman not accepting the familiar strategy i'm not for spending one more dollar and one more american life until we have a conviction that we can get governance that's good enough this is not about resurrecting afghanistan with all due respect i care about afghanistan but the standard is not that we leave something better we just when the day we decide that we don't have carmen's that is good enough we should leave that day a pushback while others work to push ahead a tug of war within a real war with no end in sight christine frizz now r t. american war tactics in iraq are also making the news a group of researchers claim the use of depleted uranium by the u.s. might be causing genetic diseases among the local population one of the authors of the report professor christopher busby believes the health problems could prove worse than among survivors of the here often the nuclear explosion there's an enormous amount of new science which is being completely ignored by the world health organization and by the scientists who work for the governments who associated with the us

senator ted kaufman not accepting the familiar strategy i'm not for spending one more dollar and one more american life until we have a conviction that we can get governance that's good enough this is not about resurrecting afghanistan with all due respect i care about afghanistan but the standard is not that we have something better we just win the day we decide that we don't have carmen's that is good enough we should leave that day a pushback while others work to push ahead a tug of war within a real war with no end in sight christine for south r t. well it's not only politicians who are debating bills and policies in the us musicians are taking to the stage to voice what they think should be done to improve the country well arty's spoke to a rapper who's encouraging fans to stand up to the government and demand change he says america needs to wake up. i think america's nightmares a mirror. a reflection of the ugliness we have to remember that. america is this model for democracy you know yet it's just a facade of you know everybody has the make up is there but behind the make up

senator ted kaufman not accepting a familiar strategy i'm not for spending one more dollar and one more american life until we have a conviction that we can get governance that's good enough this is not about resurrecting afghanistan with all due respect i care about afghanistan but the standard is not that we be something better we just when the day we decide that we don't have carmen's that is good enough we should leave that day a pushback while others work to push ahead a tug of war within a real war with no end in sight christine frizz now r t. r t coming to live from the russian capital coming up the legacy of war we'll be speaking to scientific experts who claim weapons used by nato in iraq have caused genetic defects among civilians that's coming your way in just a few minutes from. the first internet provider in russia's far east has been ordered by court to bar access to a number of websites including the popular video sharing site you tube accusing them of hosting extremist ideology the argument was based on the posting on you tube of a nationalist video titled russia for rus

i know that in the i know that senators cardin and schumer and kaufman stepped in to take the gavel. i want to thank them especially, but i want to thank all senators, republican and democratic alike, for the amount of time that you spend here. democratic senators alike, for the amount of time you spend here. i should note, at the sake of possibly embarrassing him, that i'd actually stepped out prior to the end there, with the outside witnesses because some of the things i was going to have to be doing in connection with the funeral. senator sessions sat through all of that. no member of this committee spent more hours on the hearing than jeff sessions did. i would also note that, for those of us who attended the funeral and had the ability to attend the funeral, we could not have done that, had it not been for the cooperation of senator sessions who quite properly was protecting the rights of every member on his side of the aisle, as he should, i'd expect him to. still, was -- helped us work a schedule, so that so many of us could be at the funeral. and, jeff, this has nothing to do