has under its secretary general has announced rolla is not only a military organization but also an influential political force it's represented in the lebanese parliament alongside with other muslim and christian parties and it's part of the national unity government shiite and sunni muslims and christians are sharing power there. is a diverse country almost twenty religious communities live here but has been as involvement in the war in syria is creating tension between them it undermines lebanon's policy of not interfering in other countries it's a principle all parties agreed to the objective was avoiding entanglement with the region's interest groups this country of four million has taken in some one and a half million syrian refugees since then poverty and unemployment have risen sharply and growth has fallen to one percent from eight percent before the syrian war in addition there are the hundreds of thousands of refugees who fled the palestinian territories decades ago lebanon is formally at war with israel beirut demands the establishment of a palestinian state and a return of refugees

guest: i think the mainstream media is a big him rolla, but it also has partisan elements. you have an activist, right-wing media, fox news would be one and the washington times would be another, there are very much in the president's camp and echoing what he says and amplifies it. at the mclaughlin group, i spar with pat buchanan and we talk about the fact that if the right-wing media that exist today existed when richard nixon was resident, that he might have survived watergate. -- washt-wing media president, that he might have survived watergate. the right wing media is to president trump's liking. it is part of the mainstream media, but they are also partisan elements. when i think of left-wing media, on par find anything with fox. host: both of you are opinion people. do you think another organization and in those opinions do they leak into the editorial coverage and hearted -- hard news coverage? nbct: when you look at which is considered mainstream, but is really when you look at the new york times and washington post is considered mainstream. cnn, cbs, all mainstrea

training academy, he started working as an officer with the rolette police department -- with the rolla police department. he then went to work serving his fellow tribal members as a tribal police officer on turtle mountain before he recently moved back to the rolette county sheriff's office. the loss of this fine young peace officer and young dad was felt across the entire state of north dakota. the impacts are still felt by his family, the rolette county sheriff's department, and his tribal community of turtle mountain. colt made the ultimate sacrifice in service to his state and to rolette county. he lost his life to a gunshot wound inflicted by an individual prepared to take even more lives. the brave action of this peace officer that night prevented that from happening. deputy coltallery -- colt allery's name is now etched on the wall of the peace officer memorial here in washington, d.c. he is no longer just a north dakota fallen hero. he is a national fallen hero as he is recognized with all of his fallen brothers and sisters. colt allery's name will now serve as an example, not

. >> i work in russia for motor rolla. and nobody does business in business in russia without connections to putin. while you say these could be legal and they had business interests, it's true they did. but then why hire someone who has no skills unless you plan to pass the money along to the president to influence him? so there is suspicion, no matter what. but it's only suspicion. this is only coninject yur. we need the investigation to take it. the russian company is clearly strange we don't know what the business is. >> we have no idea. >> or why they're paying cohen. why were they paying cohen he had nothing to offer but we don't know the business. i guess we just have it -- go ahead jonathan. >> i disagree with that a little bit. it's obvious which they were paying cohen. he is an influence peddler at this point or he was until the latest trouble. they were paying cohen so they had a line into the president. i don't think it's reasonable even with the smelly vekselberg connection to assume right now that that money

guest: i think the mainstream media is a big him rolla, but it also has partisan elements. you have an activist, right-wing media, fox news would be one and the washington times would be another, there are very much in the president's camp and echoing what he says and amplifies it. at the mclaughlin group, i spar with pat buchanan and we talk about the fact that if the right-wing media that exist today existed when richard nixon was resident, that he might have survived watergate. -- washt-wing media president, that he might have survived watergate. the right wing media is to president trump's liking. it is part of the mainstream media, but they are also partisan elements. when i think of left-wing media, on par find anything with fox. host: both of you are opinion people. do you think another organization and in those opinions do they leak into the editorial coverage and hearted -- hard news coverage? nbct: when you look at which is considered mainstream, but is really when you look at the new york times and washington post is considered mainstream. cnn, cbs, all mainstrea