>> with the "time" magga zeen cover with lavelle. >> what does that mean? >> it's huge.ust in the united states, all over the world. we were celebrating. the transgender community are having a conversation, that we need to come together as a movement, a group, that this is our moment to speak out, created thought forms, blogs. out there. >> this has not been easy. there are so many transgender americans around the world who suffered. you talk about suicide being a big problem. what other challenges do you face? >> lavelle on the "time" magga dispeep, at the statement there were two transgender women attacked and stripped of their clothes in atlanta, while people applauded. what a world do we live in. >> what sort of hate did you experience? >> in 2005 - i became a u.s. citizen in 2006. in 2005 i travelled from new york to japan, to tokyo. i had a philippine passport with male name and male gender marker. going through immigration i was being escorted by two immigration officers and taken to the holing office for two hours, questioned about who i am, asking about supporti

oh and welcome to crossfire all things considered i'm peter lavelle as ukraine struggles with the ceasefire the regime in kiev says it is committed to an association agreement with the e.u. the impact of which could be truly painful for the ukrainian people dividing ukraine continue. to cross-talk the crisis in ukraine i'm joined by my guest fenian cunningham in belfast he's an independent journalist who's written extensively on international affairs most recently on the situation in ukraine in london we have jonathan steele he's an international affairs commentator writing mainly for the guardian and here in moscow we cross the marks of all that he is a senior lecturer in researcher at moscow state university right gentlemen cross-talk roles in fact that means you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage you jonathan in london if i can go to you first president putin says he wants a ceasefire in eastern ukraine present president poroshenko in ukraine says he wants a ceasefire to continue in ukraine there is no cease fire in ukraine all the while care of is bent on signing an

hello and welcome to crossfire all things considered i'm peter lavelle a ray of hope or merely a low in what is rapidly turning into the ukrainian civil war claims it has an understanding with moscow designed to deescalate tensions and the violence there are a few details known about this understanding can deliver. to cross-talk the crisis in ukraine i'm joined by my guest lindsey german in london she is with the stop the war coalition also in london we have alexander me curious he is a legal writer and analyst and in washington we cross to. he is the president of the american university in moscow or across the fact that you folks can jump in anytime you want i very much encourage that alexander if i go to you first mr pena shanklin says he has an understanding with moscow we don't have too many details can he deliver on any promise that he makes. i wonder there were reports earlier today from mr bush elaine who is the head of the dawn bass people's republic that he had some discussions with mr of our of who is the interior minister in the government in kiev for ceasefires apparently

hello and welcome to cross talk we're all things are considered i'm peter lavelle ukraine and the prospects of peace preliminary talks of a limited nature underway to avoid an all out civil war so it remains to be seen whether the regime in syria one thing is certain violence only divides ukraine. the situation in ukraine i'm joined by my guest. in washington he's director of the rice institute for serbian studies in columbus we have john quickly he is a professor emeritus at ohio state university who dealt with the crimea issue at the request of the state department and here in moscow we cross to erich krauss he's an independent political risk analyst all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in fact that means you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encouraged the boys to do we have a light at the end of the tunnel we have inform all. of the powers that be in care who are keeping their hands off it but there are some talks starting in ukraine about resolving this horrific crisis any optimism on your in your mind. unfortunately peter i'm not optimistic at all i think this is just a smok

up next here in arts international it's crosstalk with peter lavelle but if you're watching in the u.k. a firsthand account from a former british elite soldier turned mercenary he tried to launch a coup in sophie co. as a new physician i swear to abide by the hippocratic oath. to the best of my ability and judgment. i will prescribe for the good of my patients. i will not give deadly doses to anybody. or advise of those to do so. i will never do harm to and where. doctors of the doc's on onto. this is what we do we kill people and break things. we can see something if simple as people playing soccer games we can see individual players and if the feet of all . i can only see is facial expression you can see is a mouth open and crying out. maybe cursed us or maybe he asked. for forgiveness for. there must be near certainty that no civilians will be killed or injured. right on the sea. first trip. and i think the trick. for. me in the. hello and welcome to crossfire for all things are considered on peter lavelle since the end of the cold war the media environment has transformed almost be

hello and welcome to crossfire all things considered i'm peter lavelle a ray of hope for merely a low in what is rapidly turning into the ukrainian civil war claims it has an understanding with moscow designed to deescalate tensions and violence there are a few details known about this understanding can deliver. to cross-talk the crisis in ukraine i'm joined by my guest lindsey german in london she is with the stop the war coalition also in london we have alexander me curious he is a legal writer and analyst and in washington we cross to edward was on ski he is the president of the american university in moscow or across the fact that you folks can jump in anytime you want i very much encourage it alexander if i go to you first mr pena shank says he has an understanding with moscow we don't have too many details can he deliver on any promises that he makes. there were reports earlier today from mr who is the head of the dong bass people's republic that he had some discussions with mr of who is the interior minister in the government in kiev the scenes fall is. apparently a missed of o

hello and welcome to cross talk where all things considered i'm peter lavelle divisions within ukraine are becoming greater with each passing day the western backed regime shows no interest in compromise or negotiations at the same time civilians in the east continue to die is going for broke. to call something crisis in ukraine i'm joined by my guest michael shank in washington he's an associate director at the friends committee on national legislation in berlin we have writer he's a journalist editor and reporter he's the editor in chief of new york. a few weeks and months they've been over to do in eastern ukraine to stop the violence and at the same is offered the same for gas which and they're still saying no to what's going on but it does come to the table and started to negotiate and it's a massive step forward i mean the conditions. the dollars per thousand meter that they've been talking about then a deal would be struck and the whole gas thing. isn't as neat economically and. concrete practical question is a huge positive however you know the ukraine is playing hardball. sati

hello and welcome to crossfire where all things considered i'm peter lavelle debating american foreign policy is there one any more traditionally the political left and right had clearly different positions on how washington should exert power in the world today it appears everyone in the establishment is a hawk. to cross talk american foreign policy i'm joined by my guest james carafano in washington he's the heritage foundation's vice president as well as a leading expert in national security and foreign policy challenges and in philadelphia we cross to walter he is an independent scholar and freelance journalist as well as a former senior executive at the department of defense or a gentleman cross-talk rose in fact that means you can jump in in any time you want and i very much encourage you james let me if i go to you first in washington used to be there was a left right division on looking at foreign policy and american interventions abroad is that just completely disappeared now because it seems that there's variations of being a hawk these days. yeah well i think the premise of

hello and welcome to all things considered on peter lavelle since the end of the cold war the media environment has transformed almost beyond recognition today there is a global battle for hearts and minds and the west mainstream media is losing that war. to cross-talk alternative in mass media i'm joined by my guest storm samuel in new york he is a senior research fellow at london metropolitan university and author of the new book obama's for peace nato's humanitarian war on yugoslavia in washington we have austin peterson he is the c.e.o. of stone gate and editor of the libertarian republic dot com and in paris we cross to any mush own she is a former british intelligence officer and writer all right cross talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage it george if i go to you first here in new york we're calling this program hearts and minds and when i watch the state department briefings with jen psaki i have to wonder if the mainstream narrative is really losing this. to make people believe in the elite of today. well it's very hard to say it's t

hello and welcome to all things are considered on peter lavelle a genuine appeal for peace negotiations or a gambit to intensify the conflict these are only some of the questions surrounding the ukrainian president's call for a cease fire and take your forces in the east say it's a trap portugal's options are narrowing. to cross talk or to shrink or so-called truce i'm joined by my guest marcus papadopoulos in london he is the editor of politics first magazine in new york we have don de bar he is an anti-war activist and host of a daily radio program and in washington we crossed ivan eland he is a senior fellow and director of independent institute all right crosstalk rules in fact gentlemen that means you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage it marcos if i go to you first in london. does polish and go ask for a ceasefire out of strength or out of weakness or cannot just first of all say peter it's a good thing that russian news outlets are covering the conflict in ukraine in depth because if western media had the field for their selves the world wouldn't be hearing ab

hello and welcome to cross talk we're all things considered i'm peter lavelle divisions within ukraine are becoming greater with each passing day the western backed regime in camp shows no interest in compromise or negotiations at the same time civilians in the east continue to die of going for broke. to cross-talk the crisis in ukraine i'm joined by my guest michael shank in washington he's an associate director at the friends committee on national legislation in berlin we have many well oxen writer he's a journalist editor and reporter and in moscow we cross to ben heiress he's the editor in chief of business new europe all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage it but if i go to you first here in moscow the ukrainian president can't seem to take the answer yes over the last few weeks and months there been overtures coming from russia to do deescalate the situation in eastern ukraine to stop the violence and at the same time russia's gas promise offered ukraine the same price for gas that it did for unocal which

. >> i'm phil lavelle in london on the hunt or art. there's a big section, and this is roughly what it is going to look like. find out why later. >>> so the trial of the captain and crew of the south korean ferry that sank in april has begun. more than 300 people were killed in the disaster and the captain faces the death penalty if convicted. 15 people have been charged. captain le joon-seok and three crew members are accused of homicide. 11 others are charged on lesser charges of criminal negligence and violations of maritime law. harry fawcett is there for us. what has been happening so far? >> well, as you say, the case is now underway. it's a procedural day, the court outlining the processes that the trial will go through. the prosecution will give a list of the evidence that it intends to bring to court. the defense lawyers will be given a chance to respond to some of the accusations in a fairly short and brief way. the actual meat and the real evidence that will be coming out of the trial is not going to happen today. what we do

phil lavell explains how it works. >> reporter: it is one of the issues medics have faced: how to minimize the amount of blood lost during major surgery. he specially with demanded for doane assess seemingly insatiable which is why the name hemosep is getting surgical 6 excited. born in britain and tested intie, this portable machine takes the best bits out of the blood that beliefs the buen and prepares them to go back in the bag will filter out the waterlike solution so you are left with the clotting factors and the red cells and then they can be given back to the patient. >> they are the important bits? >> the important bits that the patient requires to help them stop bleeding and to continue carrying the oxygen around the body. >> the notion of recycling blood caught on during the early years of the aids crisis. it's not a new idea. what is new is being able to do it all so cheaply. a unit of blood costs $240. parts for this machine are half that price, $120. they can be manufactured on a 3d printer. >> the actual device, itself, is a very small footprint. you can move it to the locati

hello and welcome to cross talk we're all things are considered i'm peter lavelle ukraine and the prospects of peace preliminary talks of a limited nature underway to avoid an all out civil war so it remains to be seen whether the regime in syria today one thing is certain violence only to buy ukraine . the situation in ukraine i'm joined by my guest. in washington he's director of the rice institute for serbian studies in columbus we have john. quickly he is a professor emeritus at ohio state university who dealt with the crimea issue at the request of the state department and here in moscow we cross to erich krauss he's an independent political risk analyst all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in fact that means you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encouraged the boys to do we have a light at the end of the tunnel we have inform all. a lot of the powers that be. keeping their hands off it but there are some talks starting in ukraine about resolving this horrific crisis any optimism on your in your mind. unfortunately peter i'm not optimistic at all i think this is just a smokes

welcome back to cross talk we're all things are considered i'm peter lavelle to remind you we're discussing the latest catastrophe to hit iraq. ok steve let's talk about strange alliances or bedfellows here here we have a regime in baghdad calling out for help to his counterpart in assad reaching out to iran a good friend of the maliki government we have israel warning the united states not to engage iran on this issue and we have saudi arabia another key ally of the united states funding a lot of this stuff. groups that are trying to overthrow the go the government of syria and threatening iraq strange bedfellows how does the united states react. well i think the united states is reacting with great caution but you know the fact is that in some instances in some crises sometimes the enemy of my enemy is my friend and in this case. you know is willing to support us in protecting the government in iraq so it is something that the u.s. city typically should consider and we already have a statement by secretary of state john kerry yesterday basically saying that we are starting to talk to the

hostile way and there is no reason why the grain prices are the focus of today's cross talk with peter lavelle. divisions within ukraine are becoming greater with each passing day the western backed regime in camp shows no interest in compromise or negotiations at the same time civilians. i was really lawmakers have given their initial approval to force feed hundreds of palestinian prisoners have been on hunger strike over fifty days the government's trying to fast track the initiative through parliament but the country's medical confuse we doctors will stand firm is. considered as the measure is the practice of told to be israeli government is interested in passing the law is soonest possible even if. we believe that the physicians really. don't. the national weather service in mount holly new jersey has issued a warning for the east branch brandywine creek below downingtown under this afternoon into the warning is cancelled at five forty five am friday the stage was six point one feet flood stage is seven point zero feet minor flooding is forecast forecast rise above flood stage by this morn

hello and welcome to cross talk where all things are considered i'm peter lavelle ukraine and the prospects of peace preliminary talks of a limited nature underway to avoid an all out civil war so it remains to be seen whether the regime in syria today one thing is certain violence only divides ukraine. the situation in ukraine i'm joined by my guest now in washington he's director of the rice institute for serbian studies in columbus we have john quickly he.

welcome back to cross talk where all things considered i'm peter lavelle to remind you we're discussing the recent developments in ukraine. ok mark at the very end of the first part of the program we heard the word russia and vladimir putin and what john kerry the u.s. secretary of state expects of russia and vladimir putin what is russia's involvement in all this we don't hear much about it we just hear a lot of accusations go ahead bark ok i want to be perfectly clear full disclosure i have family in laws who are right now at the barricades in a stream u.k. and fighting for their freedom and their lives so i do have a personal interest and biases to what i say but i think my analysis bears out regardless i have been watching hopefully for signs that russia should be doing something to protect the people and support the people of eastern ukraine from this regime that has come to power in the kiev is and is bent on using military force to subjugate them to what's rule but unfortunately i have not seen it every western reporter that has embedded him self with the forces inside of eastern

of iowa well on this positive note coming up on our teacher national it's cross stock with peter lavelle but if you are in the u.k. it's so he was a founder of the u.k. party. is the was use of good because he was nazi germany's minister of propaganda the myths that he created exist to this day. he was the group was propaganda it was supposed actually trying to denigrate other news. while at the same time raising ordinary german so students would. keep its complete use of goebbels knew precisely what the masses needed to hear in order to make them follow him he was like the pied piper from the fairy tale who made the rats follow the tune of his plight. the myths created by the chief nazi ideologist bound for tal saw in the west we have to fight these myths today in memory of those who walked in the second world war. will come to the truth to some show thirty fold can just bend over fifteen billion euros and pulled his head says to be one hundred fifty million degrees with the unspoken mark noll to sell from st petersburg to france we travel in search of the song. we've got the future cov

following welcome to crossfire all things considered i'm peter lavelle debating american foreign policy is there one any more traditionally the political left and right had clearly different positions on how washington should exert power in the world today it appears everyone in the establishment is a hawk. to cross talk american foreign policy i'm joined by my guest james carafano in washington he's the heritage foundation's vice president as well as a leading expert in national security and foreign policy challenges and in philadelphia we cross to walter he is an independent scholar and freelance journalist as well as a former senior executive at the department of defense or a gentleman cross-talk roles in fact that means you can jump in in any time you want and i very much encourage you james let me if i go to you first in washington it used to be there was a left right division on looking at foreign policy.

hello and welcome to crossfire where all things considered i'm peter lavelle as ukraine struggles with a ceasefire the regime in kiev says it is committed to an association agreement with the e.u. the impact of which could be truly painful for the ukrainian people dividing you.

ukraine crisis is the focus of today's cross talk with peter lavelle. decisions within ukraine are becoming greater with each passing day the western backed regime in camp shows no interest in compromise or negotiations at the same time civilians in the east continue to die is going for broke. the world cup kicked off and brazil with a double celebration for the host nation the opening ceremony was followed by at three one victory for the brazilians who a message a gracious in the first game of the tournament next though england and italy go had to had graham phillips caught up with some british fans on a boat in the amazon. pyramid now i was just one of the true sort of england fans as you can see our friends in the park the bones pines willing to sign for the society there is my two kids that's only five i can see some of the boys. you. know. you know daisy yeah just put up a sphere injure yourself watching football a few years make sure the world's going to come out of the world cups and how you know the shot is going to. say the same thing when exci

hello and welcome to cross talk for all things are considered on peter lavelle since the end of the cold war the media environment has transformed almost beyond recognition today there is a global battle for hearts and minds and the west mainstream media is losing that war. to cross-talk alternative in mass media i'm joined by my guest storm samuel in new york he is a senior research fellow at london metropolitan university and author of the new book obama's for peace nato is humanitarian war on yugoslavia in washington we have austin peterson he is the c.e.o. of stone gate and editor of the libertarian republic dot com and in paris we cross to any much shown she is a former british intelligence officer and writer all right crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage it george if i go to you first here in new york we're calling this program hearts and minds and when i. watch the state department briefings with jen psaki i have to wonder if the mainstream narrative is really losing this battle to make people believe in the elite of today

idea but i doubt this tactic will be successful for what the flying high in crosstalk with peter lavelle and that is next here on r.t. international if you're watching as in the u.k. though find out how our news is actually made for you is the latest episode of yours to enjoy. economic record. for. peace in our life and. what if the public. likes to put. on temporary history of yugoslavia this formation as a prosperous and peaceful country was considered to be a success story of market socialism. in many regards it was the most people develop . who was this teacher of democracy and market economy if any republic in yugoslavia wanted for the q. and a it would have to break away from yugoslavia and declared its independence ok . it's not a conspiracy theory it's not my speculation it's not my analysis it's a public. sentiment. and punish it harshly for every slightly less some unlearnt the serbs started this war the serbs really original cause of the war they are the complete aggressors and launderers. mom caught. on that. bomb small. bomb all of tofu kitchens six of them knew its own so p

welcome back to cross talk where all things are considered i'm peter lavelle to remind you we're discussing the continuing crisis in ukraine. ok wincey i want to go back to you in london here how in the world if the plan is ok let's assume the plan is that there washington hawks and and some other hawks in let's say brussels want to see ukraine in nato how does that make nato stronger how does that create a greater security for all its member states because i don't see how it possibly can. well i think you're absolutely right i don't think it does make it more secure i think the expansion of nato and nato has role in the last two decades which is a much more out of area operation in afghanistan for example but also much more aggressive role is playing a very direct political role is not to the benefit of the people of europe including the people of ukraine i think that's absolutely true and we're very very much concerned with this at the moment we have nato coming to south wales in the end of august beginning of september we're going to have big protests over this we hope over exactly this

welcome to cross talk we're all things considered i'm peter lavelle reminder we're discussing the temporary truce in ukraine. ok i have to go back to eric here in moscow eric you know a lot of your putin is criticized for doing too much in ukraine and he's criticized for doing too little in ukraine but i think from the russian perspective there's a much longer plan to watch as we watch things unfold in ukraine go ahead yes putin is playing the long game but we've got to realize there is a thousand year relationship between ukraine and russia russia should begins in ukraine keep in groups. a very large part of the ukrainian population has roots in russia has family in russia works in russian speaks russian it is in it is in symbiosis with russia and cannot exist in opposition to russia neither economically nor socially what is interesting and i think people are missing is the fact that poroshenko who did said who did poor shane can send to represent ukraine here mr kuchma now this seems to be a way if he is looking to cut a deal which may that please the hard right i would say fascist sectio

welcome back to cross talk where all things are considered on peter lavelle to mind you were discussing the continuing crisis in ukraine. ok not to go back to cleveland of vladimir i have a pretty good idea what this new president wants to do and he's uncompromising at least at this stage it's early days but his words are very clear he's not going to compromise there's no federalization dissident voices will not be given any kind of platform so vladimir what my question to you is it going to work well it depends what the object if and it seems to me that on the part. of the white house that is behind poroshenko the goal isn't no step as ation or peas but a creation of a huge leg or ocean of kills and stability mayhem and destruction that is supposed to engulf eastern ukraine and ultimately parts of russia as well in this respect i would also like to bring maybe a little interesting information there is such a book called the guard which describes an odyssey body odyssey of an s.s. officer who was a war criminal he was hired after world war two by the french he went to. to do his murders

hello and welcome to crossfire for all things considered i'm peter lavelle the scramble to save iraq as the baghdad government loses control over much of the country washington is calling for changes in the regime all the while the region's borders are set to be redrawn. to cross-talk a rock i'm joined by my guest michael o'brien in washington he is a former defense department contractor in iraq and author of the book america's failure in iraq also in washington we have michael hughes he is a journalist and foreign policy analyst and in london we crossed to joseph willits he is from the council for arab british understanding only gentlemen cross-talk rules in fact and you can jump in anytime you want i very much encourage it michael bryan if i go to you first in washington the united states has been deeply meddling in the affairs of iraq for the over the last ten years does it need to meddle more . well you know what it really needs to peter is a decision decision needs to be made by the president of the united states do we get go back to we get involved again or do we just wash our

welcome back to cross talk we're all things are considered i'm peter lavelle remind you we're discussing the recent developments in ukraine. ok i'd like to go back to marcus in london the person known as yeah he'll be remembered as yeah it's because of victoria nuland he said he wrote on a website in the united states for the ukrainian embassy and referred to russians is sub human but nobody seemed to pick up that in western media we did of course and i'm going to talk about it what do you think about that the last time i heard a term like that in europe was in the one nine hundred forty s. . what one of the realities stemming from present yannick over it's been over for him was that neo nazis and anti fascist in ukraine are now playing a role in deciding ukraine's future however there are other groups and i would refer to them simply as unk hoof individuals uncouth individuals who hold positions of power within ukrainian government referring to individuals prefer into russians as subhumans a so-called foreign minister and i use that term in a very loosely way referring to president puti

welcome back to cross talk where all things are considered i'm peter lavelle remind you we're discussing the continuing crisis in ukraine. ok when she and i to go back to you in london here how in the world if the plan is ok let's assume the plan is that there washington hawks and and some other hawks in let's say brussels want to see ukraine in nato how does that make nato stronger how does that create a greater security for all its member states because i don't see how it possibly can. well i think you're absolutely right i don't think it does make it more secure i think the expansion of nato and nato has role in the last two decades which is a much more out of area operation in afghanistan for example but also a much more aggressive role playing a very direct political role is not to the benefit of the people of europe including the people of ukraine i think that's absolutely true and we're very very much concerned with this at the moment we have nato coming to south wales in the end of august beginning of september we're going to have big protests over this we hope over exactly this

below and welcome to cross talk for all things considered i'm peter lavelle divisions within ukraine are becoming greater with each passing day the western backed regime in cave shows no interest in compromise or negotiations at the same time civilians in the east continue to die is going for broke. to call something a crisis in ukraine i'm joined by my guest michael shank in washington he's an associate director at the friends committee on national legislation in berlin we have many oxen writer he's a journalist editor and reporter and in moscow we cross to ben heiress he's the editor in chief of business new europe or a gentleman crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage it man if i go to you first here in moscow the ukrainian president can't seem to take the answer yes over the last few weeks and months have been overtures coming from russia to do the.

welcome back to cross talk we're all things considered i'm peter lavelle to mind you we're discussing the continuing crisis in ukraine. ok i should go back to cleveland of vladimir i have a pretty good idea what this new president wants to do and he's uncompromising at least at this stage it's early days but his words are very clear he's not going to compromise is no federalization dissident voices will not be given any kind of platform so vladimir what my question to you is it going to work well it depends what the object if it is and it seems to me that on the part of the white house that is behind poroshenko the goal is no step but is ation or p's a creation of a huge leg or ocean of kills instability and mayhem and destruction that is supposed to engulf eastern ukraine and ultimately parts over russia as well in this respect i would also like to bring the maybe a little interesting information there is such a book called the devil's guard. which you describe. an odyssey buddy or to see off an officer who was a war criminal he was hired after world war two by the french he went to.

hello and welcome to crossfire all things considered i'm peter lavelle a ray of hope or merely a low in what is rapidly turning into the ukrainian civil war claims it has an understanding with moscow designed to deescalate tensions and the violence there are a few details known about this understanding can deliver. to cross-talk the crisis in ukraine i'm joined by my guest lindsey german in london she is with the stop the war coalition also in london we have alexander me curious he is a legal writer and analyst and in washington we cross to. hear.