i'm joined by richard gere goes in he's the head of the regional studies center of foreign policy think tack in yerevan armenia richard welcome to you can you confirm what john claims which is that the missile strikes on gunja were a deliberate attack by the armenian army actually no i can't but i can be begin with whoring the indiscriminate violence the loss 'd of life of civilians on all flights this is only a demonstration of the intensity of the algebra johny offensive but there's also a degree of asymmetry year where iraq where in a devastating round of retribution unfortunately this is why the b.d.s. cease fire is an imperative an immediate unconditional cease fire unfortunately fergie and its patron azerbaijan ever refused to abide by the offer 'd of opportunity but in many ways it's the civilians will bear the brunt of this war and at the same time we need to actually turn to diplomacy forceful arms is not as simple as that. richard are you calling for a return to diplomacy which is totally understandable given the situation but it's clear that there is a tit for tat going on he

i'm now joined by richard gere a goes in he's the head of the regional studies center of foreign policy think tank in yerevan mania richard thanks for joining us what can you tell us about the overnight missile striking civilian targets in as a visions 2nd city was that a deliberate attack. i'm not quite sure but what i can say rebecca is that it's yet another powder of horrible loss of civilian life on both sides since october john launched the offensive at the end of the gun burke we're struggling through even to reach a ceasefire and unfortunately as we speak we're still being shelled and have got regardless this is only the imperative or immediate urgent cease fire. and shelling from both sides now as a vision is vowing revenge here expect a naven wide escalation now well unfortunately i don't know what will stop off were drawn there was little deterrence in terms of their events in taking territory and unfortunately they're ignoring the call for the cease fire our media has it all for of no precondition that immediate fall so the safety of us still of interest but turkey seems to b

i'm joined by richard gere goes in and he's the head of the regional studies center of foreign policy think tack in yerevan armenia richard welcome to you can you confirm what john claims which is that the missile strikes on gun show were a deliberate attack by the armenian army actually no i can't but i can begin with the poor the indiscriminate violence the loss of life of civilians on all flights this is only a demonstration of the intensity of the algebra johnny offensive but there's also a degree of asymmetry year where iraq where in a devastating round of revenge and retribution unfortunately this is why the b.d.f. ceasefire is an imperative an immediate unconditional cease fire unfortunately fergie and it's patron azerbaijan ever refused to abide by that offer an opportunity but in many ways it's the civilians will bear the brunt of this war and at the same time we need to actually turn to diplomacy forceful arms is not possible. richard are you calling for a return to diplomacy which is totally understandable given the situation but it's clear that there is a tit for tat going

well you know that's an interesting question you're talking to to richard gere normally richard as opposed to the very handsome richard because i know what i know what the handsome richard is going to say in a minute here but. i really believe that what affected trump and i bet you was going to agree with me is not so much that he was worried so much electorally or even in terms of the pushback that he was going to get from the american populace because he usually makes decisions based on other things i think what got him was he didn't think wall street would react the way it did and wall street all but panicked yesterday they they essentially saw that as a kick in the pants and i think politically speaking when the president saw that he knew his immediate step was to do something to certified to wall street that he is watching them and he knows what's going on final point before i let richard pick up on this if he'd like to is that i think to a certain extent rick that the wall street panicked because they were looking kind of for a payday here i don't think wall street gives a damn about

who are right richard gere goes in head of the regional studies center of foreign policy think tank think tank giving us the view from mania thanks very much. thank you. new zealand's prime minister descend on turn has won a landslide victory in the country's general election with 2 thirds of the vote counted on to and center left labor party had secured around 49 percent of the vote giving in on president to outright majority speaking moments ago and thanks new zealanders for the start when she has won praise for her handling of the covert 19 crisis and the christ church mosque shootings last year the main challenge it was from the conservative national party. joining me now from christ church is journalists amount early so man very it's looking like not just a win but a landslide victory for was she expected to win by such a large margin or polls have predicted a when for life and for many of polls also a majority but it was thought that they probably still required the greens through form a coalition as is traditional and the legal system this is the 5th time that the theme of introduc

are for morning i'm joined by richard gere a go see and he's the head of the regional studies center that is a foreign policy think tank in armenia region is good to have you on the program let me start by asking you what are you observing are you seeing any signs of possible progress here. fortunately friends we do see fresh sides of optimism a rare glimmer of hope after the elusive pursuit of peace fire this is now 23 days of rather intense combat operations it is awful but john wants to surprise attack in late september what we see though is a new diplomatic initiative momentum driven on 3 levels a french demonstration of shuttle diplomacy coupled with a russian effort to fix your end broker a cease fire and almost finally a recent announcement that the armenian and all of the 24 and theirs will travel to washington for a meeting with u.s. secretary of state pompei on friday this is especially important as france the u.s. and russia are the only mediators of this pot flick what's interesting about the washington meeting is it all 1st hoped for a breakthrough diplomatically where t

hello i'm richard gere's burton you're watching the listening post working from home here are some of the media stories we're covering this week. a brutal murder on the streets of france and charlie hebdo is back in the news as freedom of expression gets put to the test once again the nigerian army says it did not shoot at protesters there's a problem with that story though the evidence is all over the internet malta and the journalistic legacy of the late daphne cata want to believe that her story is far from complete plus sweaty topless men posing for the most powerful man in the land the. egyptian police put on a show for the president clear protesters tens of thousands of them are back on the streets of france defending freedom of expression it's been almost 6 years since gunmen attacked journalists at the satirical magazine charlie hebdo killing 8 of them it's taken that long for the case to go to trial and that has coincided with the shocking killing of a school teacher beheaded last week after showing caricature of the prophet muhammad to his students when these kinds of storie

none other than richard gere martha said the phone call was from my neighbor, richard gere he wanted, we hope you enjoyed that cake. we didn't get any in our studio, but some of the perks of being martha stewart's neighbor right there. that's your popstart for friday. >>> carson, thank you. >>> good morning. it's 8:26. i'm chris chmura. today pg&e crews are in the process of restoring power to some areas where electric service was shut off during the red flag alert. oakland's montclair district has had its power restored. north bay, however, is a different story. that's where most outages remain. they expect to have all power restored later today. as for the red flag alert, let's get an update from vianey arana. good morning. >> good morning. and the good news is that it's still on track to expire at 11:00 a.m. i'm noticing in the models the wind significantly diminished after 10:00 a.m. 30s, 20s to 15 to 20-mile-per-hour range when it comes to the wind speed. still dry and still hot. if it feels warm out there early on, it was, and it will continue to warm up. 80s and 90s, even arou

for more now i'm joined by richard gere a go see and he's the head of the regional studies center that is a foreign policy think tank in armenia richard it's good to have you on the program let me start by asking you what are you observing are you seeing any signs of possible progress here. fortunately friends we do see fresh sides of optimism a rare glimmer of hope after the elusive pursuit of peace fire this is now $23.00 days of rather intense combat operations and is out of a job and launched it surprise attack in late september what we see though is a new diplomatic initiative momentum driven on 3 go a french demonstration of shuttle diplomacy coupled with a russian effort to fix your end broker a cease fire and almost finally a recent announcement that the armenian and all of the 20 foreign ministers will travel to washington for a meeting with u.s. secretary of state pompei on friday this is especially important as france the u.s. and russia are the only mediators of this conflict what's interesting about the washington meeting is it offers hope for a breakthrough diplomatically

to fight all right so and leave it there thank you very much for our joining us from your of on richard gere of the sea on thank you. thousands of type protesters are gathering in bangkok for the 4th day despite the shutdown of major roads on public transport so police closed intersections on metro stations in the capital but failed to stop large crowds from showing up this comes after police used water cannon to disperse anti-government demonstrators who've been rallying since wednesday rights groups say at least 51 people were arrested this week the protesters are demanding new elections and reforms to the monarchy so the protesters are also calling for the abolition of a strict law that punishes any comment perceived as defaming the king in an unprecedented challenge to the monarchy the king has said the country needs people who love the monarchy and are prerecorded speech broke broadcast on friday i don't know that the pilot needs people who love the country people who know the ins to him or not and what the expedient you have a what you have done in the boston police use of the country

i'm now joined by richard gere a goes in and he's the head of the regional studies center a foreign policy think tank in yerevan mania richard thanks for joining us what can you tell us about the overnight missile striking civilian targets in as a vision 2nd city was that a deliberate attack i'm not quite sure but what i can say rebecca is that it's yet another powder of horrible loss of civilian life on both sides since of the bridge on launch that is offensive at the end of the gun for we're struggling we're going to reach a cease fire and unfortunately as we speak we're still being shelled that. regardless this is only the imperative or immediate urgent cease fire. and shelling from both sides now as a vision is vowing revenge here expect an even wider escalation now well unfortunately i don't know what will stop were drawn there is little deterrence in terms of their events in taking tory and unfortunately they're ignoring the call for the ceasefire our media does it all for of no preconditions the immediate fall so the safety of us still exist but turkey seems to be also the fly mosco