minor events that get little attention from u.s. medianted in the soviet union as typical. for example, in chicago a hispanic union organizer named rudy lozano was murdered in 1983. and two years later, the only mention of him in u.s. media is a brief story on an inside page of "the "chicago tribune."" that story was about a march held in his memory. but pravda recently devoted a three-part series as an alleged example of big business trying to keep the workers subjugated. another kind of soviet manipulation is the russian edition of american author stud terkel's book "working." the u.s. version reports both successes and failures in nearly 600 pages. the russian translation is about a third as long, and emphasizes the failures and disappointments of working americans. the soviet media portrays the u.s. political system as an oligarchy. ruled by big capitalists who control the impoverished masses. moscow radio said recently that the american public has been lulled by the demagogueries of politicos whose services have been bought by capita

media. which blames the u.s. for the arms race. and says that washington follows a policy of state terrorism. and international band tri. and the u.s. arms policy is a mixture of falsity, hypocrisy and cynicism. on racial and social problems the united states is depicted as a country plagued by discrimination. when the situation is getting worse rather than better. according to to moscow tv so called civil rights are a fiction. racism and racial discriminate nation continue to be the shame. with white racists stepping up activity. there is said to be no equality of opportunity with neither blacks nor hispanics getting a fair chance in american society. moscow pictures racial problems as permeating american life. minor events that get little attention from u.s. media are presented in the soviet union as typical. for example in chicago, a hispanic union organizers was murdered in 1983. and two years later the only mention of him in u.s. media is a brief story on an inside page of the chicago tribune. that story was about a march held

two years later the only mention of him in u.s. mediaf story on the inside page of the chicago tribune. and that story was about a march in his mem mer but pravda recently previewed a story of an example of big business. another time of soviet manipulation is the russian edition of the american author of the book "working." it reports both successes and failures in nearly 600 pages. the russian translation is about a third as long and emphasizes the failures and disappointments of working americans. the soviet media portrays the u.s. political system as an oligarchk oligarchy. ruled by big capitalists who control the masses. the american public has been lulled by the demagoguery by politicals whose sources have been bought by capital. according to moscow radio, american society is oppressive. it says u.s. authorities are putting themselves in opposition to the majority of their own people. and moscow television said that thousands of political prisoners are languishing in u.s. prisons today. as a result of tyranny and repression of the a

says it will give you crane what it calls enhanced defensive capabilities u.s. media are reporting the new arms include anti-tank missiles but the state department has not confirmed lethal weapons will be sent so far washington has been providing ukraine with support equipment training and its battle against separatists in the eastern parts of the country charlotte bellus reports. missile strikes have a small town in eastern ukraine damaging homes a school and medical clinic in. ukraine blamed for the attack two nights ago on pro russian separatists civilians caught in the middle of the three year long conflict . the us has strongly oppose what it cools russian aggression in eastern ukraine blaming russia for violence that is claims more than ten thousand lives and displaced one point seven million people now it will provide weapons to help ukraine defend itself the state department announcing the united states has decided to provide ukraine in hunts defensive capabilities as possible if it to help ukraine build its long term defense capacity to defend its sovereignty

says it will give you korean what it calls enhanced defensive capabilities u.s. media reports that the new orleans include anti-tank missiles but the state department has not confirmed lethal weapons will be sent so far washington has been providing ukraine with support equipment and training in its battle against pro russia separatists in eastern parts of the country fighting in ukraine broke out more than three years ago after progress the separatists took over part of the east to agreement to end the conflict was signed in minsk in september twenty fourth and a few months later but sporadic fighting continued both sides blaming each other for the ceasefire violations recent fighting has been the worst in months the conflict has killed more than ten thousand people including two thousand five hundred civilians and forced more than a million and a half from their homes stephen fish is a professor of political science at the university of california berkeley he says the measures are unlikely to help ukraine. the truth is that this is not a game changer on the ground in

major u.s. media coverage of the running the white. with. the u.s. korea begin their biggest ever joint. north korea washington this quote begging for. nato members begin drawing up plans for a more muscular response to state sponsored cyber attacks.

of the trump transition team directed him to make contact with russian officials and confirmed u.s. media reports say that senior member is u.s. president donald trump's son in law jared cautionary. if true the investigation would move that much closer to trump himself but the president told reporters he's not worried about potential fallout no deal or no feelers has been absolutely has been absolutely no solution so we're very happy democratic lawmakers have reacted with renewed calls for the investigation to include more people linked to the president you know it we've got a number of major figures like donald trump jr i want to bring back the chair and questioner particularly in light of some of the supposed comments that general flynn may have been making. we've got other individuals like michael cohen and others that we still need to come back but i we've got more facts to gather michael flynn was a very close advisor to trump his guilty plea raises the question how deep will the probe get into president trump's inner circle. and some of the other stories making news around the world

slain on the receiving end now as he left court having pled guilty to u.s. media report that he's prepared to testify that the call to contact russia came from the heart of his old friend trump campaign. ok let's pull in washington correspondent on all this cost and cost one of the interesting things about all this is that flynn has actually been investigated for a wide range of allegations but he's only being charged with a single count of lying to the f.b.i. how closely is he cooperating with this investigation. well we don't know that for sure as robert mueller the special prosecutor appointed by the department of justice is keeping his cards close to his chest but indeed many observers here believe that miller had much more on flynn than just as one charge of lying to the f.b.i. in and of an official investigation and that that implies that indeed general flynn flipped here and is now effectively a witness for the prosecution so that would signal that flynn is perhaps providing information on other suspects in this investigation in exchange for leniency we can

when confirmed u.s. media reports say that senior member is u.s. president donald trump's son in law jarrett coercion or if true the investigation would move much closer to trump himself democratic lawmakers have reacted with renewed calls for the investigation to include more people linked to the president you know it we've got a number of major figures like donald trump jr i want to bring back questioner particularly in light of some of the supposed comments that general flynn may have been making. we've got other individuals like michael cohen and others that we still need to come back but i we've got more facts together. for the right to come off i think would be guided her as for the president he has remained uncharacteristically silent about flynn but that may have to change michael flynn was a very close advisor to trump his guilty plea raises the question how deep will the probe get into president trump's inner circle is that. i asked our washington correspondent carson phenomena if there had been any reaction from president trouble or his

crane what it calls in france defensive capabilities in its fight against poor russia separatists u.s. media reports that the new arms include anti-tank missiles. and ninety percent cut in pyongyang's petrol products imports and workers abroad to be sent home these are the highlights of the latest u.n. sanctions aimed at forcing north korea to abandon its nuclear weapons and missile programs. the deposed catalan president has offered to meet spain's prime minister mariano de wholly for talks off to the regional election on thursday catalonia secessionist parties again won the biggest share of the parliamentary seats but failed to win a majority of the popular votes paul brennan reports from barcelona. when all sides claim victory who actually. he wins it's a question cattle lands are asking themselves today winning thirty seven parliamentary seats to learning is biggest single party is now the citizens party unity leader innes and amount us. but the three main secessionist parties together one seventy seats and so they hold the parliamentary majority council only has deposed president carlos

u.s. sanctions so this seems to be the direction that. is now going and there are several level media reports in the u.s. indicating that donald trump's son in law jared cushion one of his special advisers now played a significant role in contacts between flynn and russian officials one of the implications of that. when in fact a number of media outlets have even said that jericho was indeed that senior transition team official who director michael flynn when he contacted the russian ambassador of course so far this is based on unnamed sources but if it is true it could mean that there is trouble ahead for jared cushion or who is not only the president's son in law but also one of his most senior most important closest advisers there has been some speculation for weeks now whether the cushion on might be on the way out it's quite interesting that we've heard for some time now partly that is said to be because his investment company his his real estate development company seems to be in some kind of trouble but it's also because his advice to the president has not always been that soun

senators according to u.s. media joneses.

senate committee to publish her written testimony but that never happened so she handed it to the u.s. media facilities guy told us more about the controversial meeting. what this mia said this summer it dawned on me why mr trump had decided to meet with me in person and why he decided to meet a school where it's all linked to e-mails from mr goldstein some incriminating information just look at the e-mail that got the attention of the president's son it was sent on june third and this is the latter that the congressman questioned me about this e-mail paints the whole picture of the spy drama that's been unfolding since july and the first part of the letter goldstone writes the crown prosecutor of russia has information that would incriminate telerate and his dealings with russia and you were see if this is part of russia and its government support the father when you see all this you can't help but wonder how such stuff could happen if the calm prosecutor from goldstone's latter is the russian prosecutor general it means that he's giving information that's actually in implicates russia itse

u.s. media reports are suggesting that president may formally recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel in the coming days and that's despite warnings from top palestinian leaders that trump has repeatedly fledge to make that controversial declaration and move the u.s. embassy from tel aviv over to jerusalem previous u.s. presidents have declined to do so amid fears such a move would in range palestinians they of course claim east jerusalem as their capital the issue is deeply divisive in israel and across the region here's a listen now to how some israelis and palestinians are reacting to these rumors. i think this is a christmas this is one of the most sort of prizes and chuck surprises that we as a palestinian people have to see if this statement and this time. it's like an on time bomb the entire area i think he waited too long they should have done it immediately when he became the president. with one part. of the negotiating i think president trump making jerusalem the capital is amazin

workers who perhaps prevented this incident from becoming worse how is that being covered in the u.s. media. well as always when these suspected terrorist attacks happened and there is of course a lot of coverage but the fact that there wasn't. any casualties at least no one killed made sure that the media here are now concentrating also on other issues as for instance the senate race in alabama there's a special election there on tuesday which people are looking at because the republicans only have a very small man majority in the senate so politics there has taken over but of course this will remain to be an important issue of course people are. very much afraid of terrorist attacks since the big attacks on september eleventh two thousand and one even though if you look at the statistics it's much more likely to be killed by another american here more than ten thousand people are killed by gunshots knots counting suicide. number of victims of terrorist attacks thankfully is rather low but it is a big issue important statistic there carson van allen thank you for sharing with us. israel's

u.s. media reports have suggested president's donald trump may formally recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel within days despite warnings from top palestinian leader has. repeatedly said to make the controversial declarations and to move the u.s. embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem previous u.s. presidents have declined to do so amid fears that the move would and rage palestinians who claim east jerusalem as their capital. the issue is deeply divisive in israel and across the region let's have a listen to how some israelis and palestinians are reacting to the rumors of trump's decision. i think this is a christmas this is one of the most surprises and chop surprises that we as a palestinian people have received this statement and this time. it's like an anti an entire area i think. immediately when he became the president this isn't to. negotiate i think president trump making jerusalem the capital is amazing because the whole state of israel forces from jerusalem from the city of jerusal

them his own government's not based in washington are now using dollars trumps criticism of the u.s. media against american journalists and a match made in heaven the mainstream media and royal weddings. we begin the program in northern sinai egypt in the coverage of the deadliest attack in the country's modern history between the bombing of a mosque there and the gunman who followed at least three hundred and five people were killed president abdel fattah el-sisi has promised to avenge the dead through the use of what he calls brute force and he has reiterated that he and only he can guarantee egypt's security and stability but with each passing attack in northern sinai that line is becoming harder to sell a state of emergency has been in place there ever since two thousand and fourteen independent journalists have little to no access but at least president sisi can still count on most of the egyptian media especially talk show hosts on television whose loyalty remains firmly in place looming over the news coverage is a critically important piece of legislation an anti terror law passed t

want to say is ok it was basically for storage just as a foreign agent and we were told by the u.s. media for many years how bad things pression a foreign agent is you know when russia introduced the foreign agent. then michael flynn was forced to confess that he lied about his cortex with a foreign ambassador that period mind you it was dangerous to talk to foreign investor this only in two countries in nazi germany and in the soviet union i think no the u.s. government should really just some authoritarian regime because they had for this war jake if broadcasting foreign broadcaster is a foreign agent if a person talking to a foreign investor that he's a traitor and he pleads guilty then you are an authoritarian government that's let's talk let's let's let's review what the big problem with authority is now we refer back to this joint three agency intelligence report on russian hacking they clearly outlined the sins that r.t.d. has committed that have led to all of this highlights criticism of alleged u.s. shortcomings in the market see in civil liberties holo the democratic party riggi

the efforts to undermine trump's presidency haven't stopped their reports in the u.s. media citing an anonymous source say that russia's equivalent of facebook got in touch with trump and it's claimed that the v. k. social network offered to promote trump's candidacy among russian speaking americans during the election jacqueline bouvier goes deeper into the story. no news is good news but russian news is always breaking is no matter how shaky the connection. that explosive information comes from anonymous sources familiar with an e-mail sent by the british publicist rob goldstone he's the guy who arranged the infamous trump jr meeting with the russian lawyer back in june of two thousand and sixteen c.n.n. issued an exclusive report saying those emails are the first indication there was any follow up after that meeting and that follow up centers around what goldstone allegedly referred to as a cute marketing idea scandalous here's what happened the director of partnership marketing v.k. russia's equivalent of facebook hit up team trump to set up a page on their website to ap

want to say is ok it was basically for storage just as a foreign agent and we were told by the u.s. media for many years how bad thinks pression a foreign agent is you know when russia introduced the foreign agent. then michael frayn was forced to confess that he lied about his cortex with a foreign ambassador at that period mind you it was dangerous to talk to foreign investor this only in two countries in nazi germany and in the soviet union i think no they were some authoritarian regime because they had for the it's war chick if broadcasting foreign broadcaster is a foreign agent if a person talking to a foreign investor that is a traitor to you what the big short comings in the market see in civil liberties that are about the occupy wall street movement framing the movement as a slight against the ruling class describe the current us political system is corrupt and dominated by corporations oh how far from reality is this alleged widespread infringements of civil liberties surveillance proof of police brutality if you will drove this ok well that's that's simply reporting factually he

the u.s. mediaompany paid $70 million for an additional 24.5% stake in the oprah winfrey network, buying it from the mogul harpo. win frfrey will stay on as chief executive through 2025 sticking with the world of u.s. media, "house of cards" is returning without kevin spacey netflix said production on the final season will begin in 2018 with robin wright in the lead. the streaming company suspended the show following a series of sexual misconduct allegations against kevin spacey since we're talking about the world of entertainment, tanya breyer joins me to talk about the latest fashion trends and the businesses around them >> that's right. good morning thank you very much for having me on. it's extraordinary that kevin spacey news, it's almost like life imitating art, because robin wright's character was taking over any way. >> makes life easier for the show writers >> i think it does on to the fashion news the stars of stage and screen were out last night on the red carpet celebrating the best of b

crane what it calls enhanced defensive capabilities in its fight against pro russian separatists u.s. media reports that the new arms include anti-tank missiles. and three palestinians and died in the past two days after being shot by israeli forces a total of fourteen have been killed since protests began there for the u.s. decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital is the third weekend of demonstrations of the occupied palestinian territory against them lou. a new art installation dedicated to the plight of refugees has gone on display at a london church titled suspended the artwork features hundreds of items that belong to refugees who made it to the greek island of les boss the clothing shoes and other personal items for a giant chandelier the exhibition is raising money for a charity that helps refugees. i picked up some of these. and was immediately struck by the hidden presence of the way. and i reflected on the power of clarence to tell a story to evoke that press. a space x. rocket has lifted off on a mission to upgrade the world's largest satellite network the falcon by c

senate committee to publish her written testimony but this never happened so she handed it to the u.s. media less than its guy told us more about the meeting in question. because of them to smear so this summer it dawned on me why mr trump had decided to meet with me in person and why he decided to meet it's all linked to emails from mr goldstone who promised some incriminating information just look at the e-mail that got the attention of the president's son it was sent on june third and this is the latter that the congressman questioned me about this e-mail paints the whole picture of the spy drama that's been unfolding since july and the first part of the letter goldstone writes the crown prosecutor of russia has information that would incriminate hillary and his dealings with russia and you will receive this is part of russia and its government support for your father when you see all this you can't help but wonder how such stuff could happen if the crown prosecutor from goldstone's latter is the russian prosecutor general it means that he's giving information that's actually him implicat

investigation to bring the perpetrators to justice in november an emergency meeting was called when u.s. media showed africans being sold at a slave market in libya. while fires in the u.s. state of california have burned down dozens of houses and forced hundreds of thousands to flee their homes two hundred thousand people have been ordered to evacuate from ventura north of los angeles where more than thirty six thousand hectares of land and twelve thousand homes are in danger but those were the headlights the news continues here on al-jazeera after people in power station thanks for watching but an elf. the international campaign to abolish nuclear weapons has been awarded the nobel peace prize in an exclusive interview with the winning delegation from the award ceremony in oz land al jazeera asks whether banning these devastating weapons could finally lead to complete disarmament on al-jazeera. one of president trump's first sanctioned office was alluded to prevent us aid cash going to n.g.o.s the promotable sure as a method of family planning the move when the applause approached advocates

eight that is the port authority bus terminal various reports coming out on news wires and from u.s. media what a lot of them are saying is that there has been an a wrist and that the suspect is in custody one report of a pipe bomb apparently below ground at the port authority building in manhattan there are very few details at this point it is about eight in the morning ten past eight in the morning so you would suspect that area would be fairly busy with morning office traffic emergency services on the scene at the moment why as reuters wires and u.s. media variously reporting a pipe bomb underground and that the suspect is in custody no would in a subway tunnel even there is a report no confirmation on this and no word on any potential casualties but we keeping a close eye on it we talk to a correspondent about it a little bit later as there are more details. now thousands of protesters a rallying in lebanon against the u.s. recognition of jerusalem as the capital of israel a gathering this time in a response to a call by hezbollah for mass demonstrations that's off to the violent confr

u.s. media reports say that he will testify that it came from the trump campaign.ristopher: one of the interesting things about all this is that flynn has been investigated for a wide range of allegations, but is only being charged with a single count of lying to the fbi. how closely as he cooperating? >> we don't know that for sure. robert moeller, the special prosecutor appointed by the department of justice, is keeping his cards close to his chest. many believe that they have much more on flynn then just this one charge of lying to the fbi. that implies that, indeed, general flynn has flipped here and is effectively a witness for the prosecution. brent: that would signal that flynn is possibly providing information on other suspects in exchange for leniency? >> we can expect that even though michael flynn hasn't said so publicly -- in a statement published today, michael flynn said that he assumed full responsibility, accepted full responsibility for his mistakes and he didn't name anyone else. prosecutors have stated that they believe flynn was directed by the

u.s. alleged collusion dominated the media. the meeting between a russian lawyer and donald trump's eldest son and the tally of us and it's guy has been betrayed as a kremlin agent even though she's repeatedly denied any such links last month she was asked to respond to to questions from a u.s. senate committee where she wrote to the senate is stating that donald trump you know we're seeking evidence of illegal donations to the clinton foundation when she said she had no such proof he apparently lost interest in that conversation and it sky believes junior had misunderstood the nature of the meeting she expected the senate committee to publish a written testimony but that never happened so she handed it to the u.s. media person it's told us more about the meeting in question. but look i'm just me or so this summer it dawned on me why mr trump had decided to meet with me in person and why he decided to meet it's all linked to emails from mr goldstone who promised some incriminating information just look at the e-mail that got th