and dealt with my trump who pardoned them, the number three at the pentagon yanked out for disagreeing with withholding military aid. they would be top tier stories, would have led with it. i think that the silence is deafening from other respected figures, former attorneys general. no one is defending william barr with respect or reverence on the right. no defending the -- the flip side is true. why aren't there more people con themming him? but i think that adds to the feeling of instability. >> well, i mean, i think that this is a -- throughout this tumultuous time i think people wondered when people will speak up that matter. h.r. mcmaster, mattis, mueller. where are the people? john bolton to come forward and tell us more. john kelly even. the things he has said and seen. the things that he didn't stop that he didn't report. but i think that if you -- there's departures from the pentagon before the brink of war with iran january 8th. it is terrifying how vulnerable we are in terms of how much he's narrowed out channels but if you look at this, i think what frank was describing, ev

a pentagon digital defense contractor hangs in the air after hours and challenges the way the multi-billion dollar deal was awarded to. the board of france's equivalent of the oscars. sweeping the nominations despite still being wanted in the us for statutory rape we find out of actions speak louder than our. united artists and man season so he should have seen the consequences of his actions i believe the story of polanski is ridiculous it's existed for 30 or 40 years don't they have anything to do except protest. live from moscow thanks for joining us on r.t. international daniel hawkins welcome to the program russia's foreign minister has used his address this year's munich security conference to call for approach with the west so that moscow's international partners have long sought to portray it as a grave threat and argue that they need to stop invoking the russian found some with the details. so to get allow for all of the russian foreign minister he gave a very quick fire address to the munich security conference he started off by talking about what russia sees as attempts to rewrit

because the best form of defense amazon the holts of major pentagon projects over claims the multi-billion dollar contract that went to rival microsoft was biased. and the board of france's equivalent of the oscars quits on bass over director roman polanski sweeping the nominations despite still being wanted in the us for statutory rape we find out if the actions speak louder than our. figures are united artists and man season in doubt so he should assume the consequences of his actions i believe the story of polanski is ridiculous it's existed for 30 or 40 years don't they have anything to do except protest. their good afternoon just turn to peer on this saturday in moscow my name is kevin owen you're watching out international here for the next 30 minutes well welcome to you 1st and political disunity in the west is dominating this year's munich security conference ongoing this weekend where officials from around the world are tackling the biggest questions in international affairs now among those addressing the attendees this saturday with the u.s. secretary of state mike pompei oh and

attack is the best form of defense amazon holds a major pentagon project over planes the multi-billion dollar contracts that went to rival microsoft was biased. toward france's equivalent of the oscars quits on mass sober director roman polanski sweeping the nominations despite still being wanted in the us for statutory rape we find out of actions speak louder than. did figures as united artists and man sees an adult so he should assume the consequences of his actions i believe the story of polanski is ridiculous it's existed for 30 or 40 years don't they have anything to do except protest. top officials gear up for a pivotal day one of the biggest global security conferences where the focus is on the west's waning role in the world stage. moscow saturday welcome to world news from r.t. international the battle of the billionaires 1st one of the biggest a digital defense contracts in american history has been put on ice online retail giant amazon is taking on the pentagon in court after washington gave the $10000000000.00 deal to rival microsoft but also to argues that donald trump was

of the headlines this weekend attack is the best forward defense holds a major pentagon project over claims of a multi-billion dollar contract that went to rival microsoft was. the border france's equivalent of the oscars quits on mass over director roman polanski sweeping the nominations despite still being wanted in the u.s. for statutory rape we ask if actions speak louder than. defeat various as united artist and man he's an adult so he should assume the consequences of his actions i believe the story of polanski is ridiculous it's existed for 30 or 40 years don't they have anything to do except. very good afternoon just 24 pm on saturday the start of the media about international plenty to talk about this weekend starting with this then political disunity in the west is dominating this year's munich security conference on going this weekend where officials from around the world are tackling the biggest questions in international affairs among those addressing attendees this saturday with the u.s. secretary of state pompei o and france's president mccrone reporting from bavarian

a pentagon digital defense contract hangs in the air after a muslim challenges the way the multibillion dollar deal with awarded to rival microsoft. the border france's equivalent of the all schools quits on last director roman polanski a sweeping win on the nation's despite still being wanted in the u.s. to statutory rape we find out if actions speak louder than i. do figures are united artists and man he's an adult so he should assume the consequences of his actions i believe the story of polanski is ridiculous it's existed for 30 or 40 years don't they have anything to do except for just. a very warm welcome to you you're watching r t international with me caring for our top story russia's foreign minister has used his address at this year's munich security conference to call for a reproach much with the west so that the moscow's international partners of long sought to portray it as a grave threat and argued that they need to stop invoking the russian fund so with the details he is. so to get allow for all of the russian foreign minister he gave a very quick address to the munich se

this weekend as well a pentagon digital to friends contract hangs in the air after amazon challenges the way the multibillion dollar deal was awarded to rival microsoft. order from says equivalent of the oscars quits on mass over director roman polanski sweeping the nominations despite still being wanted in the u.s. has stuck to a tree rake. and they could even just turn 6 in the evening saturday in moscow i'm kevin and this is art international welcome to you is 1st the political disunity in the west is dominating this year's munich security conference where officials from around the world attacking the biggest questions in international affairs big names that among those addressing participants this saturday were the u.s. secretary of state mike pompei oh and france's president mccrone the 1st go there as promised the people of our europe correspondent for missing it in the very capital hey yeah a lot of big names there and conflicting views from either side of the atlantic about how the west is fairing right now to. indeed will come to those in just a minute because in the past fe

counter sanctions didn't really work ounce elsewhere attack the best form of defense halting a major pentagon project over claims that the multi-billion dollar contract that went to rival microsoft was biased. on the border from his equivalent of the oscars quits on mass over director roman polanski swayed to nomination despite still being wanted in the us for statutory rape we find out if her actions speak louder than our. 2 theories are united artist and man season in doubt so he should assume the consequences of his actions i believe the story of polanski is ridiculous it's existed for 30 or 40 years don't they have anything to do except protest. hi good afternoon just turned 5 pm in their moscow this saturday morning's cover now in this is art international welcome to you appreciate watching this 1st political disunity in the west is dominating this year's munich security conference where officials from around the world tackling the biggest questions in international affairs among those addressing participants this saturday were the u.s. secretary of state mike pompei o n france's preside

and so the conversation went on next pentagon report has accused the u.s. military failing to keep track of weapons with hundreds of millions of dollars in syria it suggests weapons were left vulnerable to loss or theft which in turn skyrocketed operational costs and the other major consequences too is described more than on this $1.00 from caleb maupin today if you were spending hundreds of millions of dollars to send weapons to a foreign country it would probably pay to keep track of them but apparently that's the last thing that was on the pentagon's mind when it came to operation an errant resolved in syria. special operations joint task force operation inherent result person no did not account for the budgeted 715800000 of count on his train and equip fund equipment for fiscal years 2017 and 28 seen hundreds of weapons were not properly stored duplicate purchases were made the amount spent went higher and higher now that might give critics of the military industrial complex something to complain about but that's not the crux of the problem here take a

looking national defense to tease amazon holds a major pentagon defense deal over claims of the multi-billion dollar contract that went to microsoft with biased. and high school athletes in the u.s. seek to ban transgender competitors from the track after 2 sprinters dominate state championships in connecticut we hear from the students. policy that that playing connecticut has had the result of depriving girls of championship titles and the potential to even compete for us college heads biology is what matters in athletics not a. saturday morning at 9 here. watching thanks for making our senior political news this hour 1st to germany where top officials from around the world converging on munich this saturday for day 2 of the annual security conference is the biggest event of its kind and among the talking points is the west losing its role in the world stage the situation in syria and tensions with iran our europe correspondent peter all of a look at what to expect. it's day 2 of this year's munich security conference this plenty for world leaders to be discussing here at the very capital. t

the very same entity he swore to protect as a result of the lawsuit the entire program which the pentagon says is necessary for national security has been put on a hold the military brass is unhappy we're disappointed in the ruling and believe the actions taken in this litigation have unnecessarily delayed implementing department of defense's modernization strategy. deprived our war fighters so instead of keep abilities we need the u.s. department of defense says it will lose $5.00 to $7000000.00 every month the program is the lead users changing is opinion in a way that serves as pocketbook is not necessarily or may serve a spark a book is not particularly a surprise i think there's a debate to be had on the degree to which these social media tech companies and search companies are able to sway the assuage problem opinion change public opinion restrict debate these are big issues that i think are the balance when people think about it or there's going to be a drive i believe a populist drive to lessen the power of big tech the cuts across the political spectrum well apparently for the wo

let's bring in barbara starr now from the pentagon.arbara, just tell us, do we have an idea of the extent of these injuries with these newer cases? >> brianna, the pentagon so far basically referring to it as mild traumatic brain injury, but look, it can grow worse over time. we don't know. we don't even know at this point in terms of the more than 100 diagnosed cases how many troops have been able to stay on duty, how many had to be pulled off to get medical treatment, how many have been returned to duty. the pentagon not offering the details behind that number, though we are learning they do expect to announce this afternoon more than 100 diagnosed with this brain injury. i think it's really important to point out, this is more than a month after the iranian ballistic missile attack on the al-assad base in attack and it was that attack that sent huge blasts across the base. troops were sheltered in bunkers, but the blast wave were so overwhelming, those bunkers were not sufficient to prevent these kinds of injuries. so what do you ha

at the end of last year bezos stressed the importance of the military project with the pentagon but as caleb maupin reports he's now hindering the deal one point want to soft. remember when jeff bezos called out his tech rivals for not stepping up to the plate when the country needs protecting and my view is this big tech is going to turn their backs on the department of defense this country is in trouble this is how we're going to do it we are going to support the department of foods this country is important the silicon valley tech giants love to walk hand in hand with the pentagon but their employees not so much google workers protested a program using artificial intelligence for drones and microsoft employees have voiced their concerns about a $10000000000.00 contract with the pentagon to offer cloud services but lucky enough for the department of defense amazon led by jeff bezos america's richest man has stepped up to the plate they say amazon is happy to do business with the pentagon we're going to continue support to do this is a great country and it does need to be defended so

looking national defense to hold a major pentagon defense deal over claims that the multi-billion dollar contract that went to rival microsoft was biased. in high school athletes in the u.s. transgender competitors from the track of the 2 sprinters dominate state championships in connecticut we hear from the students lawyers. meet at the playing connecticut allows males to infiltrate the category which has had the result of depriving girl of championship titles of opportunities to advance. their welcome to weekend round up from international in moscow by name calling bright 1st then top officials from around the world are converging on munich this saturday for day 2 of the annual security conference it's the biggest event of its kind and among the talking points is the west's a losing its role on the world stage the situation in syria and iran tensions our europe correspondent peter all of a look at what to expect. it's day 2 of this year's munich security conference and there's plenty for world leaders to be discussing here at the bavarian capital what this is the overarching theme of t

blocking national defense cuties amazon holds a major pentagon project over claims the multi-billion dollar contract that went to rival microsoft was biased. a plot twist in the french equivalent of this is the academy quits over director roman polanski sweeping the nomination list to find out whether actions speak louder than our. 2 figures are united artists and man season down so he should assume the consequences of his actions i believe the story of polanski is ridiculous it's existed for 30 or 40 years don't they have anything to do except. those leaders and top officials gear up for a pivotal day at one of the biggest global security conference is where the focus is on the west and waning role of the world stage. hi there and welcome to weekend world update from international in moscow welcome to the program 1st one of the biggest defense digital contracts in american history has been put on ice online retail giant amazon is taking on the pentagon in court after washington gave the $10000000000.00 deal to buy microsoft the lawsuit argues that donald trump was biased in his deci

become a haven for terror groups also washington turns on itself over its operations in syria as the pentagon's accused of failing to properly track weapons worth hundreds of millions of dollars we delve into the latest defense department findings. and also this hour a trial that threatens to undermine the fundamentals of journalism and media freedom group says the industry's future is at stake as we can expound on a song prepares for possible extradition to the u.s. we hear from his father about his health concerns. in one of the julians of the 1st appearance. judge borat's is the judge. his name and his birth he was in such poor condition that he couldn't remember. good morning from moscow it's friday february 21st money is called in by welcome to the program 1st for you this friday then the european union is calling for an immediate end to waging conflict in the final hotbed of the war in syria as turkey steps up its operations in the province meanwhile washington is pushing for diplomatic action to be taken against syria and its backers over their military actions in the region despite admi

in 2718 the so-called vetted opposition was getting stock loads of handouts in weapons from the pentagon. the original fiscal year 2017 president's budget requests to train and equip and fits in syria funds training and equipment for about 14000 part of foods troops from the vetted syrian opposition seems like some of these vetted opposition were not really interested in fighting the ice real terrorists they just focused on their ongoing efforts to violently overthrow the syrian government one of our partner forces there unilaterally conducted patrols outside of the agreed upon deescalation zone and engaged in activities not focused on fighting isis it seems like american weapons pretty consistently end up not in the hands of terrorist fighters but in the hands of terrorists themselves let's see what's been captured. $715000000.00 can buy are a lot of ammunition now and that much goes missing in a war torn country that's crawling with terrorists eyebrows should be raised for comparison the republic of the congo and gonna spend less than $715000000.00 in their annual military budgets latv

35 jets and the pentagon's saying, no, we don't want that many.nly 12, so we're just not going to spend that money. it really does get into a constitutional issue about the roles and prerogatives of congress and the power of the purse. >> so president trump's officials argue -- and i'm quoting, border security is national security, but then at the same time, you know, the southern border doesn't appear in the pentagon's national defense strategy, so how do they justify this? >> yeah, this is where you see some differences on both sides of the aisle. i think the democratic side of the aisle is more inclined to also criticize not just the process but the expenditure of military funds on the border when there doesn't appear to be a national security crisis there. on the right they'll tell you there is. it's not just about immigration. there are drugs. there are transnational crime networks and there are of course terrorist threats that can penetrate the united states from across the border. there's a real different kind of rhetoric and debate going o

that was the pentagon position at the time. there was no discussion here even by secretary esper of there being any political overtone by the president. no quid pro quo. none of that. the defense secretary has never said any acknowledgment of that. so i'm not sure he was afoul of the pentagon. he may have run afoul of the white house. >> great point. thank you very much. >>> coming up for us, what should we make of reports that attorney general bill barr considered resigning over president trump's tweets? especially with the reality that president trump hasn't stopped since? >>> plus it's a power that only the president holds. what does the president's pardonings for yesterday mean? ah, mr. resourceful, brown-bagging it. so why you paying so much for wireless? i don't know... the new tracfone wireless gives you all kinds of control. leftovers? tracfone lets you keep your leftover data each month. what are you doing? unlimited carryover data! hey! do you know you can get unlimited talk and text on america's best 4g lte networks

the dog is pentagon brass prepared to say no sir and why is the u.s. a suicide rate especially among young people i'm holland cook in washington this is the big picture on r.t. america. what in the world is going on at home and abroad the questions outnumber the answers is the usa prepared for what happens next let's ask our tea contributor and longtime pentagon oficial michael maloof welcome thank you following is acquittal the president wasted no time in the 1st victim of his revenge call was a decorated colonel alexander vin men who was frog walked out of his national security post in the white house after his damning impeachment testimony in trumpet suggested that then men could fleece disciplinary action michael the military culture is steeped in saluting the boss how does stuff like this play with men and women in uniform but generally they're fairly conservative and they're going to follow the. commander in chief's orders to a point if it looks like it's an unlawful one then you may have some drop outs and you may have some that are. some may go along but i mean take the examp

even as the pentagon increased. i got to stop pointing. um, and there's situation which is also inortant, which has come up several different context in terms of conversation, that no president since eisenhower, with the possible exception of george w. bush. i have to mention that, since jeff is here, not have come close to his reputation, stature, or the experience or political capital. and because of his military authority, i think there was no one class. that was very important. nevertheless, the fundamental pillars of his process are as applicable today as they were then. i'll just mention quickly a which of them, including, are engaging the right people at the right level at the right time, providing an environment conducing debate that cuts across agency line, into which the president is an eyewitness, ensuring they witness all options and scenarios, the success for which requires a custodial manager, advisor who walks a fine line between honest broker and policy entrepreneur. some sort of mechanism that ensures once a decision is ma

i ask what secretary meant by that, he said the pentagon is basically pro-china.d visit hong kong, we need to have air to air exchanges. this is quite shocking if you're in europe trying to decide about huawei, you are the pentagon is to increase our change programs or china. we have the american military units. don't go into china and conduct exercises, they are called humanitarian or relief, but we are not training china from the pentagon's point of view, secretary of state mike pompeo -- >> we need to change another thing about the culture of the pentagon. that is that the chain of command is still in effect. in the boys and girls of the pentagon who have one word about 20 years, i need to get a little bottom modesty and get their head straight. i think that should be a course and yes even the air force academy. what do you think? >> amen. >> i don't think it's going to happen, i think mark esper was being especially frank to talk about the culture of the defense department as a problem in dealing with china. he said it in a roomful of never trumper's at a thin