u.s. embassy. in moscow when in fact i was surprised to realize there were that many u.s. government employees working at the embassy in moscow twelve hundred people so the only thing that putin has president putin has done is he's pared it down to have parity with how many russians are operating in months in washington d.c. and it's a move that obviously he's taken reluctantly he didn't do it right away obama that was this was obama's parting shot as he left office and i think president putin gave trump plenty of opportunity to make good on his campaign promises of getting along better with russia and instead of doing that. you cons bruce of public neal because you were dead set in favor of morning good cold war two point zero and i think the sanctions world were the last straw for the russians they had to do something to retaliate and some are saying that these sanctions that violate international law and there's talk of official counter do you think the u.s. is worried. the rest of europe at this point well people in washington are expected by most don't believe. that eu

u.s. embassy's front steps by the revolutionary students. hostages' freedom, they're demanding the united states give up the deposed shah of iran from his hospital bed in new york to stand trial before a people's court. >> amidst the iranian revolution, american's ally the shah of iran is toppled. both the shah and the united states seem to be completely aloof to the revolutionary fervor, to the religiosity that was with the iranians. >> the new iranian islamic republic would be inspired by the stern religious principles of islam, nothing else. >> ayatollah khomeini became the enemy of the united states the moment he replaced the shah. he gave a series of sermons that condemned the loss of iranian sovereignty. >> when khomeini saw large crowds gathering in support in front of the embassy, he made the decision. i'm not going to stand against this wave. i'm going to ride it. >> there has been a persistent belief in many quarters here in iran that the united states government was plotting to restore the shah to power here. >> from the iranian s

u.s. embassy in russia, lowering the boom on 755 personnel, more than half the staff. on state tv, putin retaliating after congress voted almost unanimously to sanction moscow, a veto-proof majority. in estonia today the vice president saying mr. trump will go along with it. >> very soon president trump will sign legislation to strengthen and codify the united states sanctions against russia. regrettably, last week russia took the drastic step of lim limiting the u.s. diplomatic presence in their nation. >> reporter: what happened to president's russia reset? >> it's an honor to be with you. >> neither side really knows where this relationship is going. it's a little bit like a couple of fighters near the 15th round and still slugging it out but not quite sure how it all ends. >> reporter: the president wasn't talking about putin today. as for the other big foreign crisis, north korea's launch of a long-range missile that could reach much of the u.s. >> we'll handle north korea. we're going to be able to handle them. it will be handled. we handle everything. >> reporte

u.s. embassy in moscow and consulates in other cities in russia do business.effect immediately will be on russian staff, but it will be hard to keep the numbers working without having a reduction in american staff. that will mean choices about what the u.s. embassy can do -- visas, public outreach, not just spying on the other country, which is part of what got this started, of course. vonnie: to whose advantage does this work more or disadvantage even? it would seem like there would be a lot less traveled back and forth and relationships will deteriorate necessarily. there will be a lot less talking and things will be more difficult to do. in his interest is it to do this? stephen: there won't necessarily be less talking between the governments, although the mood will be a lot worse. diplomats andhe the officials from each capital in contact with each other, but the atmosphere will be very different. putin had the opportunity to react slowly, carefully, and a kind of commensurate way with the actions taken by the obama administration last december. he chose i

u.s. embassy and the u.s. consulate.that -- is this it as far as russia's retaliation for what the obama administration did in its final days and for this latest sanctions legislation that the president is about to sign? or are further moves on the horizon? >> reporter: well, i think we definitely have to be sort of mindful of the fact that there could be further moves, particular will if there's a response in the united states to this kind of huge slash in the number of personnel at the u.s. mission. in fact, the kremlin have said they have other measures they could have introduced. vladimir putin said this when he announced the 755 figure and made the point that, but he's not in favor of introducing those measures now because it could hurt russia as much as the united states. one example is cooperation in the space industry. astronauts from nasa currently use russian rockets to get to the international space station. they could cut off that kind of cooperation, but it would cost the russian treasury billions of dollars

u.s. embassy who can only be gotten out by helicopter. >> the scene at the u.s. the embassy gates were closed. and we, like the frightened vietnamese and their families, had to fight and claw our way out. >> i turned to help them if i could. and i couldn't get anyone out. >> 50 at a time they took off for the carriers waiting in the south china sea. >> there was no room so the navy men ordered the pilots to ditch the helicopters in the ocean. >> we were living in a period of what the greeks call hubris, overweening pride. this was the eighth great military power. how were they going to defeat us? >> once it became a reality in seeing the pictures on television of not only a retreat but a disorderly retreat, and that ate within ourselves saying, this is not who we thought we were. >> to see what was in store for the south vietnamese people, to see the visions of our helicopters and people struggling to get out and the terrible triage and choices that had to be made was clearly one of the lows in my life. >> the communist forces, some of them riding in russian-made

u.s. embassies and consulate. but some could be americans and among those could be u.s.elligence assets who would be tough to replace. >>> vladimir putin hits back, retaliating for u.s. sanctions on russia. >> translator: i thought it was time for us to show that we will not leave this without an answer. >> reporter: putin announces u.s. diplomatic missions in russia will be cut by 755 people, a huge chunk of the staffs at the u.s. embassy and consulates. the kremlin also plans to confiscate two properties operated by the u.s. government in russia, a storage facility in moscow and a country house outside the city. tonight veteran spies warn if american diplomats have to leave russia, intelligence assets could be lost. >> you hide the spies, the cia spies, case officers within the people who do their day job. so, if you only have so many people that are allowed in the embassy, that means it's going to necessarily reduce the amount of people that you can use to gather intelligence. and that's a problem. >> reporter: intelligence experts say it's an open secret that many am

u.s. will have to cut nearly 800 jobs at the embassy as the u.s. imposes new sanctions. that'll leave the united states with 465 embassy employees in russia. the orders are in response to the senate's approval of new sanctions against the country. putin made the announcements during the interview on russian television. >>> in washington, d.c. lawmakers on both sides of the aisle said there needs to be more collaboration between republicans and democrats to try to reform health care. this after their stinging gop defeat. >> you can't take a bill as big as this one, typewrite with a select group of people in a back room. not let one of the political parties even see it until the friday before a vote comes up. and to think this bill, they are going to pass. >> whether or not the senate continues their bid to repeal obamacare is still up in the air. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell said, "it's time to move on." but in a tweet today president trump said, "lawmakers should go back to the drawing board." he even suggested changing senate rules in order to get a bill passed

u.s. embassy, as well. both of them seized.erhaps the bigger move here is the limiting of the number of american personnel stationed in this country. russia says that over the next month and a half, it will be expelling hundreds of americans who work here. technical staff, diplomats, in order to reduce the number to 455. and the reason that number is significant is that is the number that russia says -- of personnel russia says it has serving in the united states. so it believes that this is reciprocity. and this goes back to a move -- initially goes back to a move under the obama administration when president obama seized two diplomatic compounds from russia, expelled dozens of russian diplomats. at the time, president vladimir putin didn't retaliate. this was right before the trump inauguration. it seems that putin wanted to give trump a chance, wanted to see what would happen. but now with the senate and house having passed new sanctions, and the russians decided to act now. >> all right. thank you so much, richard. ambassad

u.s. embassy steps by the iranian studios.p the -- from hi hospital bed in new york to stand charge for the people oes court. >> amidst the revolution, the sha baa ran is basically toppled. both seems to be completely aloof to the revolution further to the -- apt speculating the thoughts of war with the iranians. >> the new iranian republic is being -- >> he gamed the enemy of the yeets the minute he replayed the shah. >> when this were large crowds gadered in front of the embassy he made the decision i'm not going to stan against the wave, i'm going to ride it. >> there has been a persistent believe in many quarters here in iran that the united states government was planning to restore the shaw power here. >> they looked at the embassy as an occupying force. the embassy was actually the agent for controlling iranian politics. >> iranian issued a new warning, they said if americans tried military force to rescue the hostages the student will kill them all and bow up the embassy. >> the distance from theter ran and arabian sea

u.s. embassy in moscow and reduced the staff in russia to that's the same number of people russia has in the united states. >>> the prince george's county state's attorney enters the [ indiscernible ] race. another round of heavy rain moves through the washington area. >>> prince george's county state's attorneyarchy running for county exec -- angela alsobrooks is running. she served as the top prosecutor since 2011. she will challenge maryland state senator that announced he's running for county executive. >>> john delanie is running for president in 2020. the three-term democrat from montgomery county made the announcement in an op-ed piece to the washington post. he's launched an official website. he will not seek reelection to congress next year. he's one of the richest members in the house of representatives with a net worth of about $90 million. he made his money financings small and mid-sized health care companies. >>> a teacher with hiv accused of sexually assaulting several male students. carlos bell is charged with child pornography and assault. and parents will have their first ch

u.s. embassy in kabul for visas. twice they were denied with no explanation. after news stories and complaints from members of congress, the state department was finally overruled by a higher authority -- president trump. whose daughter ivanka showed up today to show her encouragement. >> so inspired by what you built here and what you're doing and how you're advancing the role, in this case, of women and girls. >> reporter: for two days they've been fine-tuning their robot, which can sort balls by color. a test of how machines can separate clean from contaminated water. the girls eager to prove themselves to those back home who still doubt what girls can do. why was it important for you to be here? >> it's important to be here because of showing the taliban that -- >> showing the talent and ability of afghan women? >> yes. that afghan women can make robots, too. >> reporter: the afghan team did not win top honors. but still won a prize tonight for overcoming obstacles and for their true grit. andrea mitchell, nbc news, washington. >>> we appreciate you spendi

u.s. embassy is due in court facing aggravated and simple salt. 20 people were arrested back in may. protesters kla clashed with turkish officials when turkey's president arrived at the embassy. >>> d.c. council is preparing to debate a meesh you're decriminalizing fare evasion. under current law if you file pay metro fare you can be arrested and find. it will be punishable by ticket of $100 or less. >> parents in los angeles have been stlekted as 2024 and 2028 host committees olympics. we don't know which city will host which games. both want ton most 202 they suspect paris will host 2024 that will be 100 years since they last hosted in 1 1924. los angeles is expected to accept the 2028 games in skaiching for added revenue from ioc. >> all right, coming to you a tad late at 4:36. michael thomas talking about the heat wave that kicks in today. >> today is the day you feel it a lot. clouds saved us a little bit yesterday. 92. was not the 96 we were expecting. later this afternoon that will be different. clouds throughout to start. clouds and thunderstorms went through west virginia la

u.s. embassy to cut 755 people from its diplomatic staff.his move is in response to new sanctions approved by congress. the white house shakeup. tomorrow general john kelly begins his new role as chief of staff, which is expected to bring order to the white house, and australian authorities are tightening security at airports after arresting four men suspected in a plot to bomb an airliner. prime minister malcolm turnbull said the plan appeared to be an elaborate conspiracy, rather than a lone wolf operation. >>> now to the white house, where they are not giving in on repealing and replacing obamacare. budget director mick mulvaney said today the senate shouldn't vote on any other bill until it votes again on a repeal. president trump tweeted this morning, "don't give up, republican senators, the world is watching. repeal and replace." the president has repeatedly threatened to let obamacare implode, in his words. today health and human services secretary tom price said the administration would not allow that to happen on nbc's "meet the pre

u.s. embassy in kabul to get their visas. twice they were denied. last week, president trump stepped in and authorized the visas the girls needed to travel to the s the team with flowers and hugs when they arrived friday night. one team member said they were very happy and surprised when they learned president trump intervened. >> now the girls are competing against more than 160 teams from around the world. the afghan ambassador says for their country, just being here is symbolic. >> despite war and a lot of other challenges that we go through, seeing them and seeing the talent that they are presenting gives us the hope that we have the potential to become a stable and prosper us country. >> the u.s. was supposed to send the team a box of materials, but terrorism concerns stopped the delivery. so the girls scraped this project together. no matter where they place, the team stole the show. >> the competition goes through tomorrow here in dc and it celebrating permission to participate. team gambia was approved this week as well after being denied th

u.s. embassy in moscow said it's been informed about the loss of its house and the personnel cap and has registered its complaint. richard engel, nbc news, moscow. >>> tonight new moves from federal health officials in the battle to get more people to kick the habit. step one is a path to make tobacco products less addictive by cutting the nicotine. nbc's kristen dahlgren tells us more. >> reporter: calling it the leading cause of preventable disease and death -- >> cigarettes are the only legal consumer product that, when used as indicated, will kill half of all term users. >> reporter: -- the fda announcing a major regulatory shift. its first priority lowering nicotine in tobacco products. also the role of flavored products like menthol cigarettes in attracting young smokers as well as cigars and e-cigarettes. ashley has been smoking for six years. >> if i wasn't addicted to nicotine, if i wasn't addicted to cigarettes, then i would have no problem quitting. >> reporter: the cdc estimates more than 36 million americans smoke. more than 3200 kids under 18 start each day. smoking leads to 480,000 d

u.s. embassy to stop the use of several facilities here we can show you some of them the new sanctions against russia are expected to be signed by president trump the document approved by the congress to target russia has a lucrative energy trade with the european partners washington claims the measures are in response to alleged election meddling. more of your wealth what headlines justice for. one else seemed wrong. to me. to see. just days after. the trail. when. the party. she still looks for common ground. that is if a seed. you'll see. you have this. is going to be. very big but. that's. thanks for joining us here on a cold independence all growing in southern germany where one in three say they are in favor of breaking free from not just the country but also the e.u. those in favor of breaking away demand more representation and a biggest say over what the future will be. explains why the cracks are starting to appear. every country came. from and out of a set of values michael is a third generation might make when it comes to the monthly. redrawn. is too important to be a nation in its

u.s. embassy in kabul to apply for visas. each time they were denied. >> why is visa is granted or why a visa is denied is something that's going to be kept confidential. >> reporter: afghanistan is not one of the six mostly muslim countries under the trump administration's travel ban. >> i was so hopeful -- hopeless because we didn't get a visa two times. >> reporter: their case sparking international attention and then a last-minute intervention by the president himself. the girls were granted a visa. elated, they packed their bags to make the journey. at an airport just outside washington, d.c., fans waited to greet them at midnight. >> they are powerful. they are strong. and they are not silent anymore. >> reporter: for her, a dream come true. >> i am so happy, i can say to you how much we are happy. >> reporter: happy to make history. morgan radford, nbc news, new york. >>> and up next, why a little radio station is having a big impact on the lives of it's young fans. >> we are getting some on amazon, which we are going

u.s. embassy to hold the use of several facilities here you can see them in some of the pictures now a new sanctions against russia are expected to be signed by president. the document approved by the congress to target russia's economy especially the energy sector and washington claims the measures are in response to alleged election meddling. right over to the u.s. now where the house of representatives has passed a spending bill with a whopping one point six billion dollars allocated for the construction of a wall along the mexican american border and putting a cap on the flow of migrants and drug smuggling was one of the focal points of donald trump's presidential campaign however some in the state of arizona are still not content with the efforts made by authorities and are now taking matters into their own hands. i've built this basically myself a one man thing to over two hundred fifty volunteers in seven years. we're too politically correct now. for some of these feelings. to carry that's what they look. twenty. bill that's going on. this catchphrase the war on. whenever they put i

u.s. embassy to stop the use of several facilities are here we can show you some of them . against russia are expected to be signed by president trump and the document approved by the congress aims to target russia's lucrative energy trade with the european partners washington claims the measures are in response to alleged election meddling. well thanks for joining us so far here in aussie international more of your top world headlines in just. to. put themselves on the line to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president the interim. want to. let you go on to be for us to see what the full story of the more people. interested always in the water. thanks. thanks for joining us here on aussie international today a cold full independence are growing in southern germany where one in three bavarians knol say that they are in favor of breaking free from the country and the e.u. and those in favor of breaking away demand to have more representation on a biggest say over the future of their region. peter all of us now explains why the cracks are starting to appear. e

u.s. embassy to stop the use of several facilities here we can show you some of them new sanctions against russia are expected to be signed into law. the document approved by the congress aims to target russia's a lucrative energy trade with european partners washington in fact claims the measures are no response to alleged election meddling ok you're watching our team's rushnell more news right after this stay with us. the field we go through. every the world period. and you get it on the old. gold according to josh. come along for the ride. hello again a journalist working with r.t.s. are a big channel has been killed by a slow mix state in syria. was covering a syrian army operation in homs province when his convoy came under mortar fire a syrian soldier also died in the attack three other people were injured including a cameraman started working with r.t. back in april reporting on the plight of families caught up in the war he was twenty five years old. well the head of our tiara bank has expressed the channels condolences to calends family and friends. said in a statement we will sup

u.s. embassy in moscow and around that country. they call it regrettable and uncalled for but this is vladimir putin's response to what congress did here on capitol hill. the sanctions on ra frankly the president hasn't even signed yet. although the white house says he will. while the president was trying to build this new relationship with russia, specifically with putin thrks could set things back. >> let's turn to north korea now. president trump spoke to japan's prime minister overnight about the north's latest missile test. what could be the next move by the u.s. on this? >> it's a good question. we don't know that. conversation overnight, president trump the white house has promised of course, we know that the u.s. is testing anti-missile defense in alaska. we know that the u.s. says bombers over the koreans peninsula along with south korea and -- their jets were involved in that. a show of force. trying to get north korea to back down. still they continue these missile tests. the next question is going to be, number one, how

u.s. embassy to stop the use of several facilities we can show you some of them here on the program of the new sanctions against russia are expected to be signed by president. the document approved by the congress aims to target russia's lucrative energy trade with the european partners washington claims the measures are in response to alleged election meddling. by many more of your monday worldwide news headlines coming your way in just. brings peace to the chicken hawks. produced by the tell you the gossip the tabloids but. they. tell you. that we all. want to. make it is that he's if a feed or a. mule. so that you can be this is going to be. a statement. but. it's. good to have you with us today for the program calls for independence are growing in southern germany where one in three barbarians say they're in favor of breaking free from the country and the e.u. those in favor of breaking away demand to have more representation and a bigger say over the future of. our correspondent peter all of us now explains why the cracks appear. every country i came. from and all of a set of values m

u.s. embassy in moscow.ainst moscow for meddling in the 2016 u.s. election. the u.s. calls the russian action a regrettable and uncalled for act. >>> tens of thousands of tourists have been evacuated from two north carolina islands this weekend forced off by a widespread power outage. it threatens to wipe out big revenue for businesses that count on the lucrative summer months. roxana saberi reports. >> reporter: tens of thousands took to evacuating off two islands this weekend off north carolina's coast. >> we didn't get to do everything we wanted to do. we thought we had more time. >> reporter: that's because crews working on a new bridge on thursday damaged three electrical cables, cutting power across the islands. it's not clear how long it will take to repair he underground lines. it could be days, even weeks. that's bad news for business owners like sherman goodwin. >> this is the peak of summertime and it definitely affects. >> reporter: across both islands millions of dollars in revenue could be lost

u.s. embassy to stop the use of several facilities here we can show you all of them new sanctions against russia are expected to be signed by president trump the document approved by the congress aims to target russia's lucrative energy trade with european partners washington claims the measures are in response to alleged election. companies in america's military industrial complex which by donald trump see their share prices soar we get into the tough to this. the feeling. every the world should experience. according to josh. beckett is that he's to feed. you. so if you have this if you don't take company he's. ready but. that's it's the. leaders. that start with money since they don't trump became us president the share price of a number of military industrial companies has increased significantly among the firms which have seen their share is rising is boeing which besides civilian planes also has a range of military as well as lockheed martin to a company famous for its fighter jets and missile systems and raytheon a major u.s. defense contractor. the top line defense discretionary nu

u.s. embassy in moscow greatly exceeds the number of our embassy staff in washington. both the president sure the spokeswoman spokesman the press corps finally has a heart over there as you heard have taken great pains to emphasize that this is unrelated to any other issues which may be ongoing between russia and the u.s. diplomatically political differences and they've also strive to make very clear that this is a flexible issue nothing is set in stone and much would depend for example on the meeting on monday between deputy foreign minister of course and u.s. undersecretary of state thomas shannon things could very well change then but certainly time seems to be running out for this spot to be revolved to resolve rather and we will see what happens on monday following the meetings of those high ranking officials and we certainly will danielle thanks for the update on the story artie's danielle hawkins there in central moscow. i'm not so long t. a german investigative journalist looks into the disturbing extent of u.s. influence on his country in the documentary soft

u.s. embassy to stop the use of several facilities here we can show you some of them are new sanctions against russia are expected to be signed by president trump the document approved by the congress aims to target russia's and lucrative energy trade with european partners and washington claims the measures are all in response to alleged election meddling. well it's early monday afternoon here in moscow many more of your worldwide headlines and just. seems wrong. to shape out. and in. the trail. find themselves worlds apart. to look for common ground. nearly twenty past year and moscow thanks for joining us cold for independence all growing in southern germany where one in three bavarians now say they're in favor of breaking free from the country and the e.u. and those in favor of breaking away demand to have more representation on a bigger say over the future of their region. now explains why the cracks austar going to appear. every country i came to ask for video come from and out of a set of area michael is a third generation money maker but when it comes to the month of june many he'd rat

u.s. embassy personnel, about two-thirds of the total, would have to go. about 100 are american diplomats, who will return to the states, but the vast majority are russian support staff who will lose their jobs. putin's also ordered the u.s. barred from its storage facility in moscow and its beautiful country house in a leafy suburb. relations with the u.s. have grown worse ever since president trump was elected, something russia never expected. and today vice president mike pence on an official visit to neighboring estonia aimed some of the harshest criticism yet at the kremlin. >> at this very moment russia continues to seek to redraw international borders by force, undermine democracies of sovereign nations, and divide the free nations of europe one against another. >> reporter: in spite of all the aggressive rhetoric and the sanction, russia does want better relations with the united states, and it's still offering to cooperate on say the international fight against terrorism to try and turn things around. anthony? >> mason: liz palmer in moscow. thank

u.s. embassies overseas. there is a lot of discretion individual officers have.hey are not necessarily uniform training or decision-making that is made. of course, the vagueness of bona fide relationship when you see there is a conflict between how the supreme court has asked for it to be interpreted versus what the government has said and trying to narrow the scope and say it is far fewer people that perhaps the supreme court intended, that really leads it up to individual discretion of officers overseas and at airports. that raises clear questions as to how it will be applied. we are in the process of trying to gather their stories. refugees who up and waiting and gone through very extensive process of trying to arrive here sometimes for as long as 18 months to 24 months, that was their situation and a great deal of uncertainty. host: we are talking to avideh moussavian of the national immigration law center about recent immigration actions, both the travel ban and limited and some legislation being considered in congress. democrats can call (202) 748-8000, rep

u.s. embassy to stop the use of several facilities here we can show you some of them new sanctions against russia are expected to be signed by president trump the document approved by congress aims to target russia's lucrative energy trade with european partners washington claims the merger in response to alleged election meddling. ok back to one of our top stories this hour the high court in london has rejected an attempt to prosecute former british prime minister tony blair over the iraq war let's cross to former british certainly all over miles for his take on the ruling you're very welcome to the program following what the high court has now said because this is actually laid the matter to rest will tony blair ever have to face any form of prosecution do you think. i don't think he will i'm not a lawyer. this is the end of the matter legally because this is the high court and we have a supreme court but i'd rather those to be on the people i couldn't say but i do believe that it will have a good amount of food for a british court to decide because. apparently the just the crime of aggr

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u.s. embassy and other areas in moscow and three other russian cities. putin's demands are in response to us sanctions against russia. >>> in the wake of north korea latest successful missile test , president trump says the situation, quote, will be handled but he did not elaborate. over the weekends the us flexed its military muscle, along with it stop korean and japanese allies. the us flew two supersonic bombers over the korean peninsula, performed live fire missile test. >> back here at home, now a $5,000 reward for information on the suspect involved in saturday's deadly shooting in half forwards township, police believe that shooting could be connected to another shooting. this shooting happened as the victim's 29 year old john lee visit ago friend's apartment friday night. they have surveillance picture of the suspect. talked with one eyewitness, he heard more than dozen gunshot. >> throughout the city, sick of it, and something needs to be done about all of the killings and shootings that's going on. because it affect everyone. >> reporter: the o

u.s. embassy. so, this is a dramatic escalation. phillip? >> it's a bold move and strategic timing on putin's part. matt, thank you. >>> this morning one of the nation's longest serving commanders will take over the white house when retired four-star general john kelly is officially sworn into his new role as chief of staff. there's been widespread positivetivety to his new post. with white house figures like anthony scaramucci and kellyanne conway and steve bannon having their own avenue to the president, showed by "the wall street journal," when they wrote an article. >> the president airs his frustrations after republicans' failed attempt to repeal obamacare. the president calling for a complete overhaul of the senate, telling republicans if they don't go to a 51-vote majority, they'd look like fools and are just wasting time. while threatening to withhold vital insurance payments to keep insurance affordable for low-income americans. still his health and human services secretary, an obamacare fix is needed. >> well, our -- as i said, our

u.s. embassy in moscow greatly exceeds the number of our embassy staff in washington. hank you now both marias are of. the presidential spokesman have made very clear that this potential move is unrelated to any other differences political disagreements that the u.s. and russia may have it's linked purely to this ongoing scandal and they've also tried to very much emphasize that these measures this issue rather is flexible it's not set in stone. iraqi officials say they're investigating reports that troops have been executing suspected islamic state fight as the allegations were brought up by human rights watch off to a series of disturbing videos emerged on social media he one of the on verified clips many in uniform are seen throwing an unidentified person off a cliff and then gunning him down human rights watch says the footage was filmed in the city of mosul which was liberated by u.s. led forces earlier this week the head of the middle east and north africa division at human rights watch says iraqi troops seem to be operating with impunity they do match in a sense

u.s. embassy in moscow greatly exceeds the number of our embassy staff in washington. now both marias all of. the presidential spokesman have made very clear that this potential move is unrelated to any other differences political disagreements that the u.s. and russia have it's linked purely to this ongoing scandal and they've also tried to very much emphasize that these measures this issue rather is flexible it's not set in stone. next on the ship of nerves it talks social media with andrew keen about whether it's driving us to abandon our real line identities. fifty years ago the american naval vessel u.s.s. liberty was brutally attacked by israeli forces the attack on the liberty was one of the worst assaults committed by an i one hundred since then the survivors of this unprovoked attack have been seeking. you don't leave universal basic income when you have an economy around the world that rewards imagination and monetizes free thought free thought free movement of capital.

u.s. embassy will no longer be allowed access to warehouses and the diplomatic compound it uses in moscow the move comes of course i was as i was saying after the u.s. senate gave the green light to a harsh new set of sanctions against russia it's not known whether president trump is going to actually sign that into force as we've been talking about earlier in the program the foreign ministry's also said that this is only the first but not the last batch of measures that russia is now going to take in response to washington's actions that it views as hostile and a lot more on this throughout the day keep up to speed as well of course dot com i'm kevin zero in more for me in half an hour between now and then right after the break here on out international we got this clip of interview with nicholas mature of the president of venezuela and what's a particularly troubling time for his country right now. when you factor. in the ruling classes project themselves. with the famous. nor middle of the room. for many particularly his critics a trumpet ministration is nothing less than chaos on stero

u.s. embassy rather said the u.s. government has failed to understand. without russia russia does not work with russia and sanctions cannot improve relations we spoke to former diplomats and a political analyst for their views it's not the most logical thing to say we want to improve relations therefore we are imposing sanctions next to listen to his statement was trying to be diplomatic and less from the impact and be less insulting to russia than the he might otherwise have been for that i think that's why you have a logical statement explaining these sanctions to which was not really any sensible justification at all we think about american foreign policy from like one nine hundred forty five forward it's tough to find many great examples of what we've accomplished so what the american force and foreign policy it's stablish meant expected what they're trying to do you know i think it's time for a total and complete overhaul of how we conduct our international business. journalist working with r.t. is arabic channel has been killed by islamic state in

u.s. embassy in kabul to apply for visas.y were denied. >> why a visa is granted or denied is always something that will be kept confidential. >> reporter: afghanistan is not one of the six mostly muslim countries under the trump administration's travel ban. >> we were so hopeless. because we didn't get the visa. and we came to a couple, two times. >> reporter: their case sparking international attention. and then, a last-minute intervention by the president himself. the girls were granted a visa. elated, they packed their bags to make the journey. at an airport just outside washington, d.c., fans waited to greet them at midnight. >> they are powerful. they are strong. they are not silent anymore. >> reporter: for rudaba, a dream come true. >> i'm so happy, i can say to you how much we are happy. >> reporter: happy to make history. morgan radford, nbc news, new york. >> they have yet to compete but at this point you can say they've already won. >> i want to know in ten years how this changed their lives and what they go on to

u.s. embassy in moscow greatly exceeds the number of our embassy staff in washington you know both marias are of r. and b. thirty percent off the presidential spokesman who have made very clear that this potential move is unrelated to any other differences political disagreements that the u.s. and russia may have it's linked purely to this ongoing scandal and they've also tried to very much emphasize that these measures this issue rather is flexible it's not set in stone. next on r.t. crosstalk chants with survivors of the unprovoked attack on the american naval ship u.s.s. liberty two years ago. hello and welcome to cross talk were all things considered i'm peter lavelle fifty years ago the american naval vessel u.s.s. liberty was brutally attacked by israeli forces the attack on the liberty was one of the worst assaults ever carried out on a u.s. naval vessel in peacetime and committed by an allied country since then the survivors of this unprovoked attack have been seeking justice. crosstalk in the u.s.s. liberty i'm joined by my guest ken o'keefe in new york he is a political analyst