u. s. being a watch with guns, i should say. we have a comment from 10 di talking about the culture of guns if you will. if truth be told, the horse has already bolted in the u. s. as far as gun violence is concerned. as long as americans continue to glorify guns and violence in their movies and entertainment as well, believing that guns are a necessary tool for protection. that it's the last cause. so quite mistake their shannon, but i'm curious, the culture itself. how big a role does that play? you know, we know that there's the 2nd amendment. we know that, you know, we hear americans love their guns and nurse statistics to back as we've heard in the dark. why? but does that have to be part of a solution? can we, can we change this reality without a big shift in the culture? i don't think we need to change the culture. the culture is there, but there's also another culture that recognizes that responsibility when it comes to got an ownership is key. there's another culture that doesn't want to be gun owners. in fact, when, whe

u. s. relations which it really isn't president biden, in the discussion, also talk about the u. s. being committed to the one china policy, which essentially means that acknowledges that there is any one china, but it doesn't necessarily see that beijing is the so legitimate governments of china, including taiwan. so that is the key difference. the read out also says the u. s. should on the one china principle, so it's not only about not wanting visits from us officials to taiwan or american lawmakers having close relationships with taiwanese officials. but it's also essentially calling on the usaa shifting policy altogether on taiwan. and a foreign ministry spokesman in beijing has warned again that china will take action. if the speaker of the house of representatives visits taiwan to china has repeatedly made it clear to the u. s. s. serious concern of speaker pelosi potential visited to taiwan and our firm opposition to the visit. if the us side challenges i reply, it will be confronted with counter measures or possible consequences that may arise from this will be borne by the us si

u. s. of meddling, their claims must be seen in a holding you like now. surely, that's true. i mean, these are not new claims that the u. s. has been involved in this or that uprising around the world. i mean, we saw mass protests in hong kong in the same year that they were actually taking place in venezuela and back then. beijing said that the u. s. was stoking the flames of those protests there. and bolton statements just lend more legitimacy to that claim. just this year, the former prime minister of pakistan, m ron con, he said he was ousted from power amid a constitutional crisis. and he says that the u. s. was behind his removal because he tried to maintain a non aligned foreign policy. so with all this political chaos around the world, but why in and one way or another connected to the u. s. government. it's really, it shouldn't come as much of a surprise that a lot of african countries in asian countries are weary about being connected with the united states, especially when the united states is trying to get them on the anti russian sanctions bandwagon. i mean, they'

u. s. president joe biden, and chinese president. she didn't being in march and also talks between defense officials in singapore general way from her met with the u. s. defense chief lloyd austin. and those talks were also part of this flurry of diplomatic activity that we've seen throughout the course of these talks. we often see the same topics come up. of course, these are closed meetings so we can ever be certain exactly what comes up. the contentious issues such as the situation in taiwan. often a matter of discussion, we know that the u. s. has concerns that china is helping to change the status quo and is increasing its aggression in the taiwan strait. but from beijing perspective, its concern is that the u. s. is meddling in its internal affairs. it considers taiwan to fundamentally be an internal, assess of aging, to manage. and also consider that the u. s. is meddling in matters that concern the asia pacific and that should be managed by asian countries. we have heard from the chinese foreign ministry. they mentioned that the talks would f

u. s, they cannot be, they should not be hypocritical and private pretend to be carrying about human rights in the u. s. and go direct, redirect their shipments to, to canada, to australia, to you, and they're not making those countries a dumping ground for fourthly, we're tinted. good. i'm going to bring into a voice, you know? yeah, yeah, you can 1st and then i'm going to put, let me just go ahead, show me just make a quick point. i think that's, that's true that there has to be sort of a unified approach in a multilateral approach because that's true. you know, with these goods, especially since we're talking about cotton, that's a, that's an input. so that can be easily shipped to say, vietnam or bangladesh. and then these products end up coming into that you were united states. anyway. i would agree with the part that this, this, this law will be implemented for sure. and companies have no choice but to but to comply. however, i would actually point out that i actually would disagree. i don't, i don't think it's going to impact. i don't think it's going to protect the rights of wiggers

be more expensive. also ordering or buying things from the u. s. or that are somehow being imported from the u. s. are going to be more expensive. this applies for european businesses as well, more expensive for them. they're gonna have to pass them that costs on consumers. and as you know, inflation is already very high here in europe. so we end up in kind of a vicious cycle where this is potentially gonna make the inflation worse. we're just going to hit the economy, which is going to make the euro even more weak, potentially, if nothing changes. we see the u. s. fed keeps raising interest rates there. that makes the dollar more attractive. i haven't seen any movement yet by the european central banks of what does this mean for the euro's own? right. i mean, it's kind of the same situation to set on a bit of a more macro scale. if your somebody who is exporting in some ways this might be really good for you because your goods are cheaper for american companies right now . so that could increase demand. people love a good deal, obviously, but the inverse is true as well. importing stuff to, to eur

u. s. has done to fuel the current problems in the 1st place. the mainstream media continues to claim that when beijing does something, it must be some sort of a trap. as if the u. s. and its allies haven't become known for the same traps that they are now accusing china of spreading all around the world. one person has been reported killed and 3 others wounded, including a child in ukrainian shelling of the done yet city of go to of car on wednesday morning. not he sort of coastal of reports on the kitchen. we are in a city of girl of go had the moments ukrainian artillery struck this residential area just after 6 o'clock in the morning as a result, 54 year old man. his name is alexander, was killed instantly. his son, mac are 10 years old, received shrapnel wounds to the his body to the head and he is currently being treated at a hospice. all doctors are doing everything they can in order for him to survive. meanwhile, shelling of girl of good continues and continues mainly in residential areas. a proposal goes through to susan the floor. they deliberately shelled the village. there were no troops or military facilities here. well, they purposefu

u. s . views its dealings with other people around the world. i mean these recent statements by these top u. s. officials should really be one heck of a wake up call. just on this story. political economist, tim anderson believes the practice of orchestrating cues are brought is nothing new to washington and has roots going way back to so not simply mechanical things. i involve murder symptoms, the motives of many thousands of people. and bolton, of course, has a track record of being involved in fabricating evidence for the invasion of iraq in 2003 full involvement in the attempt. several attempts to the queue and venezuela few years ago when he was you and ambassador, he was covering out the crimes of apartheid israel in terms of the expansion of the colonies in palestinian west bank in the the massacre of civilians. it's none. that is a very long history of cruise by us administrations, for many years. it's always a fear of the us because of its impunity because of its brutality. and. and now in terms of the so called sanctions, countries are having 2nd thoughts about simply going along with anything that washington s

u. s. should be tackling the smuggling of weapons to haiti instead of contributing to it. the very own us justice department reports from 2019 and the full said that most guns which feeds in criminal activities and he comes from the us. so clearly there is a problem with guns coming from this country to countries like haiti. we do not have the, you know, system zipper systems in place, su su to filter them. and this is a problem that any for a t t department for mexico and for the countries in the cur mean, because the numbers coming from the just a different range similar to do is over the countries in the, in the area. so the o clean way of dealing with guns in the u. s. that is also fueling crimes in these country is having an impact on other countries in the region in neighboring countries. and this is something that they wish to have to step in deal. it's because it's one thing to have a problem when you're through to me, but it's a countries. but at the same time, i think it's important also to blame nation. it's very easy to blame, especially in the, in the, in the

u. s. as it has provided over 5100000000 in assistance to haiti. the editor in chief of the eva post website with laura med and cor, says the u. s. should be tackling the smuggling of weapons to haiti, not contributing to it as its own reports show america's role in the armed gang violence in the caribbean. the very own a u. s. just to print reports from 2019 in the full sent that most guns which feeds in criminal activities. and he comes from the u. s . so clearly, there is a problem with guns coming from the country to countries like haiti. we don't have the, you know, systems, a bummer systems in place to filter them. and this is a problem that any for 80 is a problem for mexico. if i were for other countries in the caribbean, because the numbers coming from the justice department similar to, to do over the countries in the, in the area. so the open way of dealing with guns in the u. s. that is also fueling crimes in this country. is having an impact on other countries in the region and neighboring countries. and this is something that they have to step up and deal with because it's one thing you have a problem when you're 33. but it's,

u. s. will be freed as part of the proposed deal, or secretary state antony lincoln says he'll speak to russian foreign minister, certainly lover of this week. it will be their 1st talk since rushes invasion of ukraine risen issue that's a top priority for us. the release of americans, paul, willing and brightly griner, long we retain and must be allowed to come all substantial proposal on the table weeks ago. facilitate the release. our governments are communicated repeatedly and directly on that proposal and i use the conversation to follow up personally. and i hope movers are a resolution. article haine has more from washington dc. it would it seem to indicate that it's pretty close to me. let's think about, take a step back where they do these prisoner exchanges between any country they don't normally broadcast from the state department from the secretary of state himself a. but we've been seeing these indications for a while, or the russians had said that they couldn't, can contemplate any sor

it will be the 1st visit of a u. s. house speaker to taiwan and 25 years asian considers the island as part of its national territory. while the u. s. has not recognized taiwan as an independent country, washington has shown strong backing for type pe, approving supplies of military assistance. now the island held its largest ever military drills with us support earlier this month. for its part, beijing firmly opposes any form of official interaction between the us and taiwan, saying it will have a severe negative impact on bilateral relations between china and the us. senior fellow at the pan goal institution think tank kindled to says, washington is actually interested in a military escalation between china and taiwan. payments are me watch and he is not happy with what your rent will start. another war asia, so you know, trigger happy people. this is a frustrating, you know, a lot of people who are stand, do we need another wall? do we need another war in people unstable? in particular, south east asia, asia, that's

being actually targeted. not the military forces who are able to defend themselves, but thus has been true throughout the war. and these are u. s. supplied nato supplied weapons and training. and it's escalating daily. germans are starting to literally see and feel the energy crisis with street lights being switch off along with a toilet paper shortage. as europeans hunker down for a cold winter, due to reduced energy imports from russia over the ease own sanctions, artie contributor rachel mars then has more citizens of countries in the european union, and are already getting a taste of what life could look like under energy restrictions even though the real crunch isn't expected until the colder weather arrives later this year, but already power rationing is popping up in some pretty surprising places as the eas sanctions against russian gas start to bite back well against europeans and russian energy giant gas crime also reduces flow through its north stream one pipeline by 80 percent of usual capacity. citing maintenance issues. fear has said in among german officials, given the countries heavy reliance on russian gas in th

u. s. is being hypocritical when it criticizes russia's min military operation in ukraine. i believe that the united states is on the decline, and that's something that the iranians have been telling tarkey among the united states is, has been on the decline or decades now. the crisis in the world capitalism, the endless wars. and of course these and this wars are, make the, the western position on ukraine, quite ironic. because on the one hand, they condemn russia for the war. but on the other hand, they initiated wars in iraq, afghanistan, maybe they supported this, so he's in yemen. they've imposed brutal sanctions on venezuela, cuba, nicaragua, and they've, they've carried out a dirty war in syria. so they're really no position to talk about crane and the russian roll them. and iran, russia, china, these are countries on the rise. they are powerful. china is, of course, a global power. russia is a major power. iran is the most powerful country in west asia, and the united states. and nato simply do not have the power anymore to confront all these different countries at

u. s. being so tense? i think this is reflecting both a set of foreign policy tensions, but actually also. ready a very intense domestic policy issue right now. the biden administration is getting a lot of heat from people who are basically saying you're, if you're working so hard to get an american athlete freed from a russian prison for possessing drugs. why would you do the same here? at home, why would you pardon all non violent drug offenders here at home and encourage other other governors, especially democratic governors to do so. so that is, is increasing that, that rhetoric in the united states is increasing. it's getting more and more fired up, and they're desperate to do something less they'd be seen as, as a hypocrite and the way that they're acting. so we're seeing both the escalating domestic pensions and escalating foreign pension that are kind of forcing some of these for lack of better word kind of have baked attempts to negotiation survey lever. i've also asked anthony blinking to return

be cooperating more? so what if moscow into iran do expand their relationship? how will the united states respond more sanctions? it's also pretty rich for u. s. officials to be complaining about military cooperation. let's review the latest round of military hardware that the pentagon has dumped into ukraine. it is possible the u. s. could sell or provide ukraine with some us fighter platforms that you think that's, that's possible going forward that there's us, there's a griffin had a sweet and there's the euro fighter. there's a raphael surgeon, there's a number of different platforms that could, could go to ukraine. united states has also committed to spending more high mars munitions, precision guided artillery, ammunition, and tactical vehicles, and other urgently needed support. in terms of our ability to track the weapons that are going in, as you know, we don't have any forces on the ground. so that's, that is difficult for us to do. a number of us made weapons have already turned up on the black market. pentagon officials admit they have quite a hard time tracking where these weapons they send to you. crane ultimately end up that ha

u. s. withdrew its troops and the biden administration sees more than $9500000000.00 worth of afghanistan, central banks, assets over fears that they would be used by the taliban as it swept back to power and cool. so all samantha power claims trying to isn't doing enough to help and refuse to admit how much the u. s. has done to fuel the current problems in the 1st place. the main stream media continues to claim that when beijing does something, it must be some sort of a trap, as if the u. s. and his allies haven't become known for the same traps that they are now accusing china of spreading all around the world. one person has been reported killed and 3 others wounded, including a child in ukrainian showing of the done yet city of got to go on wednesday morning as kids forces have unleashed devastating artillery fire on to residential areas. another done yet. city you have seen a lot there has also been shown by the ukrainian army with civilians, homes destroyed in the attack. local officials claim that around $1700.00 buildings have been destroyed in the republic since february. and in the neighboring lugens republic, the ukrainian army

be smuggled over the polish border. and barrels of oil is also notable, that not all of the politicians in the u. s. congress are living in the same blissful state senators rand paul and chuck grassley, have called to the office of inspector general to be allowed to conduct investigations into where the a, the u. s. and ukraine actually ends up and it was called came before the government watchdog admitted this week, that the pentagon was refusing to be transparent on ukraine. related funding as the department of defense is building processes in procedures to ensure the transparency of the reporting for the ukraine supplemental funds. we identified multiple areas of concern that if not adequately addressed, could reduce the traceability of ukraine supplemental funds and the transparency in the department of defense reporting. the question now, because while we're here at the newest agency, fine, and will they be able to stop the smuggling, or will they discover that those weapons they were so quick to send could end up being a major national security threat to their own countries. you know, this is

u. s. insists on going its own way and challenging the red line of china, it will surely be met with forceful responses. if the u. s insists on taking its own course. the chinese military will never sit idly by and it will definitely take strong actions to, for any external forces interference in, while a commentator for china's global times wrote that the chinese military would have the right to intercept any you as fighter jets. that accompanied flows is plain and even shoot them down and they don't respond to calls. but despite the threats u. s. media and politicians continue to argue that policy can't back down now, because that would be a big win for china. we cannot allow chinese threats to deter a mere visit my member of congress apply one. if we can allow the chinese to dictate who can visit taiwan and who cannot, then we have already seated taiwan to the chinese. if pelosi postpones, will cancels a visit, it will be seen as a u. s. climbed down in the face of chinese indignation and protest, and an affront to our friends in taiwan. a says the plan visit not only flies in the face of

u. s. somehow encourages i want to believe that they are can be independent and the u. s will protect them, aside from the fact that it's not possible even by the u. s. best case scenario. yes, taiwan. i mean, china would go to war. i'm certain of that. the sentiment here is this is part of their land. it's written to their constitution. no leader of china could walk away from taiwan and survive and there. and since this is a one party system, it could very well be the end of that. latest figures in the us indicate the gross domestic product, g. d, p has shrunk for the 2nd quarter in a rope, is one of the signs of a recession, but at the same time, the employment rate continues to saw, which hasn't been the case in previous downturns. it's led to political wrangling over the state of the economy. as mike had a report from washington, it's a crippling time for american consumers. the inflation rate hovering around for decade, high of 9 percent. the base interest at which money is lent increased $4.00 times this year already. and now the news that the g d p has shrunk for

be booming in the united states right now on employment is down jobs. well, there's plenty of them for workers. so, yes, markets are up, but just the message centers around the u. s. not being a recession and just because market seem to be buying, that doesn't mean that a recession isn't coming. tidy. recession is still certainly on the table for many on wall street. morgan stanley's mike wilson says that the rallies of the past 2 days are a trap that were in a bear market. and that we haven't seen the bottom yet. bank of america has determined that we might see a recession, a mild recession, actually in the 2nd half of this year, they're looking at factors such as consumers, spending figures came out today. the consumer spending is down, business investment, residential investment is down also, inflation still raging. energy crisis around the world specially in europe, still raging, but also in the bright spots of the economy, the job market. we're seeing some cracks, such as unemployment taking up a vacancies ticking down. so recession is certainly still on the table for wall street. thank you very much for that update. teddy austro there on wall street for us

u. s. military has how to create a new transportation command center. thousands are being employed by the pentagon to direct the flow of the billions of dollars worth of american arms. going to keith at former united nations weapons inspector in iraq. scott ritter believes u. s. satellite footage is being handed to ukraine to strike russian targets. i'm is close to 100 percent, sir, who certain that max arissa is coordinate with the ukranian look max are has a long history of working with u. s. government. we've seen them used as a proxy in the past, and there's no doubt in my mind that they're being used as approx today to gather of imagery that can be released to the ukrainians in used by the ukrainians to carry out military objectives. a deal in the, for instance, the integration of weapons systems and the intelligence capabilities of the united states with ukrainian military. i don't think it's possible any more to say that it's the ukraine military alone, that is carrying out actions against russia. we now have intelligence, we have command control, we have weapons a provided by the

that will be a disaster in the cross straight relations. but while the u. s is promising more weapons to taiwan, a huge flow of western arms and financial support continues to pour in to ukraine. now questions are increasingly being put forward if that's leading to weapons smuggling in europe. the ear, though not overly concerned, recently reiterating that the ukrainian government's a reliable ally. you has no reason not to trust a government as weapons supplies provided by e. u. member states are used in ukraine for intended purposes. defend its people against a brutal russian aggressor. smuggling claims are often simply lies. so if that's the case, then why did the block just announce plans for a new support hub for internal security and border management, which is expected to focus on preventing weapons, most of which are supplied by nato members from being smuggled out of ukraine. this cons after nato members were so quick to send billions of dollars in aid, and now have started to admit that they can't fully trace where it's all gone. and they're concern

those conditions are being seen across the u. s. to severe drugs, combined with strong winds and high temperatures, have fueled wildfires in 11 states and california fire cruise is still working to contain the regions biggest blaze this year. the oak fire, which has threatened the yosemite national park as been partially contained, but is not yet fully under control. the w corresponds to funds demands, as in the sierra, nevada mountains, where firefighters are still harder work. driving through the hills and into the mountains surrounding small town mariposa on the southwest corner of yosemite park feels almost like entering a different world. the fire fighters we accompany liking it often to wear lunar landscape. some fire crews are swarming the chart grounds. the oak fire left behind their mopping up, as they say, reoccurring hot spots attending, smouldering tree trunks. others are assigned to check on, establish so called lights, or to expend them jo amador, a fire captain from san diego, and the press inflammation officer assign

u. s. weapons stockpiles might actually be running low. well, let me, let me correct on one thing it's, it's going to be upwards over 60000000000. that they, that they're going to be supply and, and what the u. s. manufacturers are experiencing is just what the northrop grumman, c. e o pointed out that they have some stocks stuck piles, but they don't have endless stockpiles. and i think that, that, that's why there's an appeal or the, the biden administration that come to, to, to clarify just what is the policy biden has said that he intends to keep on going to the end, whatever that means and, and us stockpiles are limited. the, not the ability of manufacturers to make this equipment is also running into issues, namely the, the, the, the supply chain issue. but also a lot of these, a lot of the equipment technology requires micro chips and what have you. and those are very difficult to get a hold of right now. so there's, there's also that aspect of it that, that creates a problem in their, their project team. manufacturers are for the e

be of paramount for him was democracy and respect for human rights. at the country head, he seems to forgotten all of this. he now, prior to his visit to saudi arabia, the u. s. security adviser said that they were aiming for they to be no vacuum in the middle east for russia and china to take over. at the same time, of course, a lot of the concern of biden's visit has been creating an axis against iran, and particularly palestinian leaders and the palestinians street were aware of this with a criticism that prior to going to saudi arabia biden wasn't, is role. and in the palestinian areas for 3 days that he found only 3 to visit the palestinian city of bethlehem and meet with the palestinian president mahmoud abbas . so a lot of the focus of the visit here in israel, prior to going to saudi arabia 40 american president, was consolidating this axis against iran. and no doubt, he's going to focus on this during his trip in saudi arabia as well. policy a r t to we sit him down just staying with their story. retired u. s. or a force officer according petoskey believes that saudi arabia and opec no longer have the influence. they once enjoyed sunny radius, not a

u. s. back to the middle east. when once people would have called the gulf countries to look up to their own security, the u. s. seems to be coming back in, is that what you see? i wouldn't quite call it a pivot. i think this administration is still convinced that long term the us has to focus on china because china is the one country honor that we would call a potential peer competitor, you know, and equal economically at an equal militarily with extraordinary opportunities for military miss important region so it's going to have to concentrate ultimately on asia, but i think it wants to show the middle east, the middle east does not forgotten. and that the u. s. is able to pay attention to the middle east, even as it might make larger changes in its foreign policy. you know, it wants it. so it's friends in the region to recognize the us is not disappearing . that there may be changes in the future, but that doesn't mean a lack of interest or a lack of attention. ok, i analyses. i just want to talk a quickly, a little bit about yemen. one of the worlds, the worst humanitarian crisis, the world is seen. we have managed to