r.t. samir khan reports from washington. well according to trump the summit could take place or it might not even take place but the president has never really been one hundred percent sure we are working on something and you know there's a chance that it'll work out there's a chance it's a very substantial chance that it won't work out that doesn't mean it won't work out over a period of time but it may not work out for june twelfth i think it will be very successful but as i always say who knows what's going to happen you know i often say who knows who knows to see how it all works if they give you everything to be scuttled everything can be settled but speaking of mixed messages on one hand a special coin is being produced just ahead of the summit a depicting the two leaders meeting an all smiles then their strong guaranteeing kim safety and promising that north korea will be a rich country we make a deal i think kim jong un is going to be very very happy and he'll get protections that will be very strong his country woul

r.t. samir khan explains. so we've heard this story countless times but of this time the bipartisan republican led committee found that there was collusion no how is this different from every other story well republicans on the committee actually agreed with fellow democrats that not only did russia interfere in the election but the influence campaign was apparently directed by president putin himself to elect donald trump and that all supposedly qualifies as russian collusion however just three weeks ago the house intel committee also a bipartisan republican led committee found that there was no collusion rushes active measures campaign achieved its primary goal of inciting division and discord among americans for more than a year us politics have been consumed by bits and recriminations charges and countercharges about the attacks now the democrats completely dismissed the committee's assessment saying that it was incredible that republicans couldn't see collusion. throughout the investigation committee repu

r.t. samir khan has more. this definitely comes as a blow considering the storage developments we've seen recently but in addition to canceling tomorrow's summit north korea is reported to have threatened to cancel its highly anticipated meeting with trump that's scheduled for june twelfth in singapore now this is all due to washington's military drills with soul which is always been a topic of discussion but it seems that the d.p. r. k. has finally decided to put its foot down. i. think the d.p. r. k. has made it clear that these joint drills there and it security describing it as a rehearsal for invasion and many view these fears as legitimate given the history of countries that have willingly surrendered their w m d's but this was in fact one of the points agreed upon back in january when the north agreed to stop its nuclear tests in the south agreed to stop its drills with the u.s. and it was considered a confirmed once again when kim and moon met last month pledging peace in korea so the question is will

r.t. samir khan can tell us more. the pakistani doctor who helped the cia track down and kill the world's most wanted terrorist osama bin ladin is still in prison two years after this promise from donald trump do you think you can get the darker out yes i do i think i would get him out in two minutes i would tell them let him out and i'm sure they'd let him out in may two thousand and twelve shaquille afraid he was sentenced to thirty three years behind bars. jobs. in. two thousand and eleven for being money to the militants of that. and he was assisting in medical term that he was making some arrangements for their meeting in is a hospital i met him in two thousand in june and he said that i am innocent and the charges they are totally illegal but last week his family were given a glimmer of hope there are reports that a possible deal to secure his release after he was apparently moved to a secure location because of threats to his life but according to the pakistani foreign ministry none of that's true i'm not aware

r.t. samir khan has more. well even after the commerce controversy the final vote was fifty four yes and forty five nays and this comes a week after she faced some tough questions from the senate intel committee regarding her role in the cia's torture program but she never really gave a direct answer do you believe the program in terms that you interrogation program was consistent with american values we have decided to hold ourselves to a stricter moral standard are they consistent with american values senator i believe very strongly in american values i want to trust that you have the moral compass that you said you have i have conducted myself honorably and in accordance with u.s. law do you believe that the previous interrogation techniques were immoral what i believe sitting here today is that i support the higher moral standard we have decided to hold ourselves to answer the question. and i think i've answered the question i have not a vote shows a split within the democratic party six in total supported

r.t. samir khan explains back in august twenty sixth an afghan man named his son after donald trump but that was before television for the white house now after being inspired by trump's business achievements outlined his books the afghan man hope that giving his son the same name would bring about the same sort of luck but in the us we're very happy to do the best politician and i hope he will become a politician like donald trump as well i gave my son this name to make him lucky and i want to see him is smart and mindful and story. but that's backfired miserably the family was driven out of their hometown because his community took issue with the child's non muslim name now he's reportedly fled afghanistan after seeing the reaction to my son's name and also the taliban directed assassination of the man who wanted president trouble medal i don't feel safe this comes after the taliban assassinated one of the afghan men who minted a gold medal honoring the us president back in january cold in the b. and his friend a far hot party raise money to produce a special gift for donald trump to thank