u.s. senate's formal request to testify but only if it conforms to a high ethical standard the senate intelligence committeewants the wiki leaks chief to own sequesters and what it calls russian interference in the twenty sixteen american presidential election and the situ is following the story the u.s. senate's intelligence committee has sent a letter to the ecuadorian embassy in london where as we all know the wiki leaks publisher has been holed up for the last six years this letter is addressed to julian assange basically calling upon him to testify in what is being described as a closed interview at a mutually convenient time and location now given we all understand julian assange has made it clear he has no plans to be leaving that embassy any time soon out of his own free will but tension lead this is going to be some kind of question and answer session that is probably going to be taking place via some kind of web link and we have seen no that we can leaks or julian assange his legal team already react to this letter saying they would be open to this kind of testimony but it must conform to a high e

u.s. intelligence senate committee. ok thanks atmosphere and situation of that for a say in london well let's get the few snow off patrick henderson he's the from the twenty first century why don't call me that waiting for us right now patrick thanks for your time today what do you make of this that like you think senate is still coding for sounds to testify with these claims of russian meddling even though he's repeatedly denied any links to the kremlin. you know it is kind of puzzling while that why they would want journalists on just to testify in these hearings his previous statements all pretty much refute the official story in the united states establishment in the us media and the democratic establishment so there's two problems one of the main problems that they have the united states if they have a staunch testify is that he may possibly give information that would destroy the sort of mainline conspiracy theory that the russians hacked the d.n.c. servers and they stole the emails and handed them to wiki leaks t

u.s. senate intelligence committee has held a hearing on how to counter russia and other countries and their alleged attempts to undermine american democracy let's get into it to kill them in the u.s. or hi there callup russia in the spotlight again what's being said up hearing on any hard evidence this. well once again we've got u.s. officials who are talking up the dangers of influence operations and foreign meddling campaigns now as you might suspect this time as the senate intelligence committee is hearing testimony the villain is the same thing about how concerned we've been through this after election day the russian government stepped on the gas the russians in this case and others see us as a cheap date they have long term strategic goals which include where we can in western institutions and faith and democracy the russian government came into the house of the american. family and manipulated by cyber attacks remain us remain a core part of moscow's arsenal now as you might suspect the story goes on the same way we've heard it many times before essentially russia is accused of encou

u.s. senate intelligence committee considers how to respond to alleged foreign influence with social media and russia tops the agenda also ahead. scenes of protest in zimbabwe's capital during an anxious wait for the results of the first free election in decades the opposition is accusing the ruling party of widespread fraud and. the registration type of crime that has been a crime and yet the media and the government some extent are treating it like an espionage a lawyer for. the russian a woman accused of being a kremlin agent in the u.s. tells r t the case being blown out of proportion. of broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is art. international and john thomas certainly glad to have you with us. all right a day after facebook took down thirty two fake facebook and instagram accounts in the u.s. senate intelligence committee has held a hearing on how to counter russia and of the countries in their alleged attempts to undermine american democracy or to come up and as commentary well once again we've got u.s. officials who are talking up the dangers of influence oper

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u.s. senate intelligence committee looks for ways to come or influence campaign spearheaded by foreign powers we got reaction from russia's foreign ministry to the latest concerns on capitol hill a lot of pride pride related content less news more memes. it's just hilarious when i hear that funny pictures can demand american democracy. plus nato develops a game to teach players how to spot fake news but critics say it's simply a propaganda tool. refugees in jordan are being required to hand over biometric data in order to gain access to aid and food journalist from the red fish group investigate the ethical concerns around the practice. the fundamental principle that we go by is informed consent remember that we couldn't do it without it. and german sportswear giant adidas says it will no longer work with the arabian football federation just a month after rival nike did the same. a very warm welcome to the program from the whole crew here at r t h q in moscow thanks for joining us for a global news update this hour. the u.s. senate intelligence committee met on wednesday to talk about the thr

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u.s. senate committee looking into alleged russian interference in the twenty six elections requested that he testified we can show you the letter that was sent to the ecuadorian embassy where they hold up inviting him to a closed interview he says the meeting can take place at a mutually agreeable time and place but as lawyers are extremely cautious as the u.s. is still seeking to extradite him over his revelations. a better time than now to give you a quick recap up those revelations. i'm . kidding. liz does the n.s.a. collect any data from millions of those who are live with the leaks walks like a hostile intelligence service and talks like a hostile takeover of the server. and we discussed this issue with a former m i five agent annie about shawn she thinks the us going off there a songe for publishing classified information and thus create a dangerous precedent. i'm sure that after seventy years mewed up in the ecuadorian embassy he wants to give his side of the story he does know exactly what happened he must be absolutely frustrated about the. the the lies and the missiles being cre

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u.s. senate banking committee hearing on russian sanctions the treasury department reporting back on the punitive measures taken to counter what is described as illicit russian activity against the united states though russia's malign activities continue its adventure in and out of has been sacked by the knowledge that we can bring even more economic pain to be here using our powerful range of authorities and that we will not hesitate to do so if the conduct does not demonstrably and significantly change the latest sanctions are against companies and individuals accused of breaking u.s. sanctions against north korea by shipping in banned items the assets all in the u.s. saw frozen and they are forbidden from doing any business with u.s. companies another set of sanctions due to be introduced on retaliation for the alleged russian poisoning of former agent sergei scriptural and his daughter in the united kingdom russia has tonight any responsibility but no public mention was made of any of this punitive action at a summit meeting between the u.s. and russian presidents in helsinki. eyebrows were r

u.s. senate banking committee hearing on russian sanctions the treasury department reporting back on the punitive measures taken to counter what is described as illicit russian activity against the united states now russia's malign activities continue its inventor in and out of has been sacked by the knowledge that we can bring even more economic pain to be here using our powerful range of authorities and that we will not hesitate to do so if the conduct does not demonstrably and significantly change the later sanctions are against companies and individuals accused of breaking u.s. sanctions against north korea by shipping in banned items the assets all in the u.s. saw frozen and they'll forbid and from doing any business with u.s. companies another set of sanctions due to be introduced on retaliation for the alleged russian poisoning of former agent sergei scriptural and his daughter in the united kingdom russia has tonight any responsibility but no public mention was made of any of this punitive action at a summit meeting between the u.s. and russian presidents in helsinki. eyebrows were raised

u.s. senate's formal request to testify but only if it conforms to high ethical standards the senate intelligence committee wants the wiki leaks chief to answer questions on what it calls russian interference in the twenty six thousand u.s. presidential election. as the story. the u.s. senate intelligence committee has sent a letter to the ecuadorian embassy in london where as we all know the wiki leaks publisher has been holed up for the last six years this letter is addressed to julian assange basically calling upon him to testify in what is being described as a closed interview at a mutually convenient time and location now given we all understand julian assange has made it clear he has no plans to be leaving that embassy any time soon out of his own free will but this is going to be some kind of question and answer session that is probably going to be taking place via some kind of web link and we have seen no that we can leaks or julian assange has legal team already react to this letter saying they would be open to this kind of testimony but it must conform to a high ethical standards well of course a

u.s. senate intelligence committee looks for ways to counter influence campaign spearheaded by foreign powers we got reaction from russia's foreign ministry to the latest concerns on capitol hill a lot of pride pride related content less news more memes. to your poor special it's just hilarious when i hear that funny pictures come to mind american democracy. nato develops a game to teach players how to spot fake news the critics say it's simply a propaganda tool. refugees in jordan are being required to hand over biometric data in order to gain access to aid and food journalist from the red fish group investigate the ethical concerns or.

u.s. senate committees examined how the federal government is countering efforts like these. >> it's a veryway to inflict damage on your opponent. and, most of these countries can't complete with us economically or even militarily. but, they cannot afford to have high-level electronic intrusions that allow them to disseminate information, false information, drive narratives, and cause chaos and division among us. >> reporter: the kremlin says it is confused by the report, and does not know what the hackers are talking about. meanwhile, trump administration says the president takes russia's meddling seriously. >> the barack obama administration and trump administration are both aware of it. the differences, this president is doing something about it. >> reporter: though the chairman of the senate foreign relations committee, bob corker, said the chairman continues to undermine administration policies with undisciplined or purposeful comments on russia. national security advisor john bolton warns that attempts to interfere in the u.s. elections go beyond russia, and that china, iran, and nort

u.s. senate to testify on claims of russian meddling in the twenty sixth election. across a story. the u.s. senate intelligence committeehas sent a letter to the ecuadorian embassy in london where as we all know the wiki leaks publisher has been holed up for the last six years this letter is addressed to julian assange basically calling upon him to testify in what is being described as a closed interview it's a mutually convenient time and location now given we all understand julian assange has made it clear he has no plans to be leaving that embassy any time soon out of his own free will but this is going to be some kind of question and answer session that is probably going to be taking place via some kind of web link and we have seen no that we can leaks or julian assange his legal team already react to this letter saying they would be open to this kind of testimony but it must conform to a high ethical standards well of course all of this falls under the existing narrative led by the west that julian assange along with russia had something to do with getting donald trump elected back in twenty sixteen and of course w

u.s. senate to testify on claims of russian meddling in the twenty sixteen election season this. has been following the story. the u.s. senate intelligence committee has sent a letter to the ecuadorian embassy in london where as we all know the wiki leaks publisher has been holed up for the last six years this letter is addressed to julian assange basically calling upon him to testify in what is being described as a closed interview at a mutually convenient time and location now given we all understand julian assange has made it clear he has no plans to be leaving that embassy any time soon out of his own free will but this is going to be some kind of question and answer session that is probably going to be taking place via some kind of web link and we have seen no that we can leak or julian assange has legal team already react to this letter saying they would be open to this kind of testimony but it must conform to a high ethical standards well of course all of this falls under the existing narrative led by the west that julian assange along with russia have something to do with getting donald trump elected back in twenty sixteen and of course wh

u.s. senate banking committee hearing on russian sanctions the treasury department reporting back on the punitive measures taken to counter what is described as illicit russian activity against the united states now russia's malign activities continue its inventors and dow didley has been hacked by the knowledge that we can bring even more economic pain to be here using our powerful range of authorities and that we will not hesitate to do so if the conduct does not demonstrably and significantly taint the later sanctions are against companies and individuals accused of breaking u.s. sanctions against north korea by shipping in banned items the assets are all in the u.s. saw frozen and they are forbidden from doing any business with u.s. companies another set of sanctions due to be introduced on retaliation for the alleged russian poisoning of former agent sergei script and his daughter in the united kingdom.

u.s. senate intelligence committee held a hearing on how to counter russia and other countries and their alleged attempts to undermine american democracy. brings us more. well once again we've got u.s. officials who are talking up the dangers of influence operations and foreign meddling campaigns now as you might suspect this time as the senate intelligence committee is hearing testimony the villain is the same thing after election day the russian government stepped on the gas the russians in this case and others see us as a cheap date they have long term strategic goals which include where we can in western institutions and faith in democracy the russian government came into the house of the american. family and manipulated by cyber attacks remain a core part of moscow's arsenal now as you might suspect the story goes on the same way we've heard it many times before essentially russia is accused of encouraging controversy in the united states around issues like immigration guns racism and all kinds of other things now one thing that's lacking in this report just like in so many other similar re

u.s. senate intelligence committee met stay for a hearing on the changing nature of online influence campaigns by foreign powers on one issue a particular concern seems to be the spread of means on social media that can be traced back to moscow we asked the russian foreign minister for his thoughts on the talks. when you look it's just hilarious when i hear that funny pictures can undermine american democracy i think that it's just paranoia that goes off the scale it's not respectable for american lawmakers to make a sensation out of nothing when all the ones who invented social media and went all the ones who insisted on making social media open to everybody so those who are sitting there and d.c. talking russian meddling over and over are certain that the russians are carrying on with their attempts to undermine u.s. democracy and they're saying now they have a new target the midterm elections in america in twenty and we're also hearing that moscow is not only using the traditional ways through facebook or twitter but also all kinds of other platforms the likes of reddit or pinterest where t

u.s. senate intelligence committee has sent a letter to judy in the santa inviting him to testify on the alleged russian meddling in america's twenty sixteen presidential elections let's get more details now with don if he joins me in the studio just go through them what exactly was in the letter so well it's a very short letter where the u.s. side is basically inviting julian aside to testify in front of the u.s. congress regarding well in sort of in the framework of this narrative of the allegations of russia's interference in the twenty sixteen presidential election now just to clarify it from the outset it is not an extradition request in fact the way this letter is worded it says that this testimony that this hearing could go in a mutually agreeable location it's a quote. so we don't know whether or not the one you learn to stand on the u.s. soil or if they could do it via broadband for example skype or if they're willing indeed to come to london to the quid or an embassy there where julian assange is currently well he's staying for the past few years now so just to get that out of the way

u.s. senate intelligence committee looks for ways to influence campaign spearheaded by foreign powers we got reaction from russia's foreign ministry to the latest concerns on capitol hill. a lot of pride privately to content less news more names. it's just hilarious when i hear that. the mind american democracy also ahead on the program and nato develops a game to teach players how to fake news but critics say it's simply a propaganda tool. refugees in jordan are being required to hand over a bottle metric data in order to gain access to a downer.

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u.s. senate intelligence committee looks for ways to cover influence campaign spearheaded by foreign powers we got reaction from russia's foreign ministry to the latest concerns on capitol hill a lot of pride pride related content less news more memes. when you look it's just hilarious when i hear that funny pictures can demand american democracy. plus nato develops a game to teach players how to spot fake news but critics say it's simply a propaganda tool. refugees in jordan are being required to hand over biometric data in order to gain access to aid and food journalist from the red fish group invest.

u.s. senate banking committee hearing on russian sanctions the treasury department reporting back on the punitive measures taken to counter what is described as illicit russian activity against the united states though russia's wine activities continue its adventure in and out of that by the knowledge that we can bring even more economic boom to be here using our powerful reins of authority and that we will not hesitate to do so if the conduct does not demonstrably and significantly change the latest sanctions are against companies and individuals accused of breaking u.s. sanctions against north korea by shipping in banned items b.s. it's all in the u.s. saw frozen and they'll forbid and from doing any business with u.s. companies another set of sanctions due to be introduced on retaliation for the alleged russian poisoning of former agent sergei scriptural and his daughter in the united kingdom russia has tonight any responsibility but no public mention was made of any of this punitive action at a summit meeting between the u.s. and russian presidents in helsinki eyebrows were raised as presiden

u.s. senate intelligence committee looks for ways to counter foreign misinformation campaign we got reaction from russia's foreign ministry the concerns of american lawmakers a lot of pride pride related content less news more means. to pull special it's just hilarious when i hear that fonda pictures can undermine american democracy. nato develops a game to teach players how to spot fake news but critics say it's simply a propaganda tool. plus the biometric data of millions of refugees in jordan is being used as a way to unlock food and a journalist from the redfish group investigate the ethical concerns around the practice on.

u.s. senate intelligence committee has called on -- on eight wikileaks member to testify.y, it could be at a chooses.t wikileaks do we anticipate something to come out of this? how did this happen all of a sudden? toluse: wikileaks has been a big player in the investigation, behind-the-scenes because of their role in 2016 in releasing some of the males -- some of the emails hacked, including hillary clinton's campaign manager. republicans and democrats on capitol hill have been wanting to know more about what wikileaks was doing and whether they were in touch with anyone or involved in any campaigns, so there is the desire to know more about how they went about leaking the information. it is not surprised why the intelligence committee wants to talk to them but how they would work out cooperation remains to be seen. wikileaks has not been well regarded among the u.s. intelligence community or on capitol hill. in part because they have leaked information that is described as highly sensitive and classified, so wikileaks would definitely be cautious about testifying before c

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u.s. senate intelligence committee has asked julian assange to testify about russian interference in the 2016 u.s. election. his legal team says he is considering the request. virginia governor ralph northam and the city of charlottesville have declared states of emergency ahead of this weekend's one-year anniversary of the deadly white supremacist rally. white supremacists are planning to hold rallies in both charlottesville and washington, d.c., this weekend. antiracist, anti-fascist, demonstrators are planning counter-protests. in the democratic republic of congo, longtime leader joseph kabila has announced he will not run for reelection. kabila's term ended in 2016, but he has so far refused to step down, even as violence and insecurity has increased in the drc. kabila is now backing his close ally, interior minister emmanuel ramazani shadary, to run as his successor. he is under european union sanctions for alleged human rights violations, including overseeing a deadly military crackdown against protesters. in argentina, the senate has rejected legislation to legalize abortion, dealing a

eastern, officials from the state and treasury department testify before the senate foreign relations committee about u.s.-russia relations live on c-span. tuesday evening, president trump has a rally in west virginia scheduled for 7:00 p.m. eastern and we will have that live. >> president trump spoke to the press on the white house south lawn before leaving for southampton, new york. he addressed the decision to revoke the security clearance of former cia director john brennan . the president also announced his plan to revoke the security clearance of justice department official bruce orr. [indistinct conversations] we are going to new york, we are going to new jersey, it will be all work and i think you see what has happened, the economy is better than it has ever been, the numbers are coming out, the best they have ever had. we came out with new numbers. [indiscernible] we are happy about that. in november we will do extremely well. >> [inaudible] i would like to see twice but we are going to see. theworld's top executives, head of pepsi-cola, a great woman who is retiring. she said because i asked wh

u.s. senate banking committee hearing on russian sanctions the treasury department reporting back on the punitive measures taken to counter what is described as illicit russian activity against the united states though russia's wine activities continue its adventure in and out of cash by the knowledge that we can bring even more economic boom to be here using our powerful range of authority and that we will not hesitate to do so if the conduct does not demonstrably and significantly change the latest sanctions are against companies and individuals accused of breaking u.s. sanctions against north korea by shipping in banned items b.s. it's all in the u.s. saw frozen and they'll forbid and from doing any business with u.s. companies another set of sanctions due to be introduced on retaliation for the alleged russian poisoning of former agent sergei scriptural and his daughter in the united kingdom russia has tonight any responsibility. but no public mention was made of any of this punitive action at a summit meeting between the u.s. and russian presidents in helsinki eyebrows were raised as preside

u.s. senate intelligence. the committee considers how to respond to alleged foreign influence within social media and that russia tops the agenda also ahead. of the. scenes of protest in zimbabwe's capital during an anxious wait for the results of the first free elections in decades the opposition is accusing the ruling party of widespread fraud and. deceit the registration thai prime as. any that the media and the government some extent are treating it like an espionage. while the lawyer for maria the russian woman accused of being a kremlin agent in the us tells r t the case is being blown out of proportion. and broadcast live a director a citizen of this is r.t. international and sean thomas certainly glad to have you with us now a day after facebook took down thirty two fake facebook and instagram accounts in the u.s. senate intelligence committee has held a hearing on how to counter russia and other countries and their alleged attempts to undermine american democracy or cheese and has commentary. russian information wa

u.s. senate foreign relations committee holding a hearing on russia. you just heard the assistant secretary of state for european and eurasian affairs spresing the importance of having a eyed front against ongoing attacked on u.s. elections. it's happening now. this while president trump still isn't convinced that russia even attacked the last elections putting any u.s. response in a precarious position. elsewhere this morning, president trump's personal lawyer rudy giuliani again fueling the divide, slamming the special counsel's russia investigation telling nbc news "they have nothing accept a bunch of irrelevant charges not having to do with the president." again said the legal team isn't decided whether or not the president would sit for an interview with the special counsel but warned "it doesn't look good." this all comes down to the president after he made an astounding claim on plond telling reuters reporter jeff mason he could "run the special counsel's investigation if he wants." an avalanche of tweets in recent days calling robert mueller dis

u.s. senate intelligence committee, we've reached out to fbi, and no one can confirm what he said. said it happened, that it's classified, and then he said, oh, they won't release information. ed: we had one of our producers reach tout senator nelson's office last night. obviously, if he wants to come on anytime this coming week and respond to him, we want to have him on, want to be fair in this florida senate battle you have going on. what do you think is going on here? obviously, you're in a heated political battle with senator nelson, but when you suggest a moment ago maybe he's making this up, are are democrats just trying to scare people? we saw it with russia and the president, they threw the election, they say that with no ed of collusion. is this -- with no evidence of collusion. they raise doubts in the public's mind about russia's influence. >> well, i assume he's desperate. he's a career politician that doesn't have anything to run on. but, you know, this right to vote people have died fighting for the right to vote. this is important. they shouldn't be out this trying t

includes tuesday, officials from the state and treasury departments testify before the senate relations committee about u.s. russian relations. that is live. tuesday, president trump has a rally in west virginia scheduled for 7:00 p.m. eastern. we will have that life. -- live. next, a conversation on tensions between the u.s. and turkey and the american pastor being detained in turkey. from the washington institute, this is 90 minutes. this afternoon to the policy form. i am a senior fellow here at the research program and i see a lot of familiar faces around the room. we are here to join this discussion, the panel on u.s. circulations and the war of mutual sanctions. this event is on the record, it will be on social media and we have c-span live streaming the event. it's also on live stream of our website and i want to welcome everyone who is joining us online to this afternoon's important