u.s. state department new u.s. legislation that allows the department of justice to label media outlets as foreign agents and to monitor. internet activity presents yet another threat to the media in the united states no i'm sorry actually that was russian legislation and the threat to the media in russia the u.s. state department put out probably i mean it's a new record in hypocritical hypocritic ality for the u.s. . state department to condemn russia for a test for tat measure that mirrors exactly what the u.s. department of joshua just did to russia he just they can't they can't even see their own part for snow it's extra you know they refuse to admit it because it's not the same when we do it and it's not the same look this has nothing to do with who finds out is funded by the british government nobody british taxpayer formally al-jazeera where it's all going to it's twenty four and nobody is going to limit their access to america and their accreditation to american government institutions like congress or any

u.s. state department also quoted things remarks made in june by secretary rex tillerson . our policy towards iran is to push back on the show germany contain their ability to develop obviously nuclear weapons and to work toward support of those elements inside of iran that would lead to a peaceful transition of their government those elements are there surely as we know what they are looking for is. that you. raney and politics the arena and stablish mina's well as iran's regional military build up and presence in syria in iraq and elsewhere in order to impose further sanctions on the country and also in order to villages them eyes the iranian policies on the international scene in favor of the united states they they are trying hard through their media outlets and through some social media outlets that they are you know running and funding to politicize the unrest so into iran people are now angry at the administration because president rouhani had promised them to strike a deal with the united states to resolve all the economic problems that was wrong attitude he was alr

u.s. state department has denied reports that the white house is planning to replace secretary of state rex tillerson but the new york times and the washington post reporting the trump intends to replace to listen with cia chief mike pompei oh in the coming weeks also in jordan reports from washington after yet another round of news reports suggesting that the secretary of state rex tillerson is about to be fired and replaced by the current head of the cia mike pale robust pushback here at the u.s. state department on thursday the spokes person heather nauert told reporters that there was unequivocal reassurance coming from the white house indicating that mr tillerson who apparently enjoys his work is going to be staying on in the position that chief of staff kelly called our department this morning and said that the rumors are not true that those reports are not true the white house statement confirmed that there will be no personnel changes it is a fact that secretary tillerson serves at the pleasure of the president as we all do as does every political appointee and cabinet member secret

u.s. state department review. so we asked what data was being collected the response they didn't have anything else to add. as we went to where the u.s. state department review has still not been published. charities like imo death and now seeking new partners a new sources of funding worldwide one initiative has seen ten governments along with other donors raising four hundred thirty million dollars for organizations who may use u.s. money. but america remains the world's largest bilateral donor to global health programs and the fear is that it could be hard to replace the sheer scale of aid that may be lost as a result of the trump policy. was i sure is usually the noise i usually follow the group who. come on this is actual he knows by the real. sort of worth on. earth. painful as it is these volunteers remain convinced the stand they've taken is the right thing to do in. the n b a. the message of this strong the importance of spreading education information in. the new jersey i have now told there's affected ab

u.s. state department also quoted these remarks made by secretary rex tillerson at a hearing in june. our policy toward iran is to push back on the show containing their ability to develop obviously nuclear weapons and to work toward support of those elements inside of iran that would lead to a peaceful transition of their government those elements are there surely as we know but already we do see that foreign players are involving themselves in iranian affairs and this is ironic because the united states right now complaining about legit russian involvement in the u.s. election be even though they've never provided. any evidence for this but i personally don't think that this is anything of major significance i think the west and the western media they want to exaggerate the importance these are protests. that are that were small most of them were expressing their own economic grievances and very few were expressing hostility toward the government or the state and today they're actually counter protests against those groups that were protesting against the political order and they we

u.s. state department also quoted these remarks made by secretary rex tillerson as a hearing in june. towards iran is to push back on the show demanding contain their ability to develop obviously nuclear weapons and to work toward support of those elements inside of iran that would lead to a peaceful transition of their government those elements are there sharon is. you know. why can i discuss this with our guests on that album rai lecture at eight in university in istanbul good to have you with us were can see you r.t. now the u.s. president says donald trump is just tweeted for the full time in a week about the protests in iran and let's just remind ourselves what he wrote. the brightest in iran the people are finally getting why is this to how their money and wealth is being stolen and squandered on terrorism looks like they will not take it any longer the u.s. is watching very closely for human rights violations mr elder i do think colin flying base from the u.s. president could be counted as a foreign interfere interference considering some protesters are likely to be encouraged

u.s. arms. make the pentagon the sole tool of rule. so you strip away the state department. u strip away the united nations. and all that is left is the pentagon and the cia with their covert violence. then in a supporting role, u.s. allies like the european which trump is trying to increase their military budgets. it is such an approach that has upset a lot of foreign establishment party types because they recognize diplomacy, the talk, the pretense, the hypocrisy can be very effective tools of power. but the trump novation is to say, no, screw all of that stuff. we're going with violent and covert violence. and any other approach, especially those taken by groups like the u.n., which not only represent diplomacy, but to a certain extent, the will of countries other than the united states and the will of the vast majority of the world's population, those have to be pushed aside. so they actually would like to come if they could, dismantle the u.n. amy: so talking about the u.s. policy, putting so much into the pentagon and also gutting the state department. do you think ther

u.s. state department it lists the country as a destination and transit point for men women and children subjected to forced labor and sex trafficking we spoke to the vice president of the libyan presidential council and asked him about look plan for military action. we are going to be but no. we cannot accept anything to be done with our representative libyan libyans would be the ones who do the action with the help of the lord to come up. with that i way to help them. to create the right investments on their country for a free libya if not the country for you know a democratic libya is a country of iran we as a libyan have already invest in africa and we want to see anybody talk of ever going first with the country for agent and the arabs immigrants to stay with their loved ones with their families thank you for choosing r.t. international that's all for me but with all the latest headlines my colleague daniel hawkins will be with you the top of the hour. but. i do not know but. if it's like that. everything today is about the individual so it's so nice to be a little bit different and it's all

u.s. state department spokesman spokesperson other new art stated expanding the foreign agents law to include media outlets opens the door to onerous requirements that could further stifle freedom of speech and editorial independence in russia in their mind the use of foreign registrations act by the us government will have no adverse affects on freedom of speech as if americans have some magical ability to withstand threats to free speech i mean unless they're on facebook of course the really sad part of this kind of rhetoric is that it just works to excuse trump's behavior by claiming that it's all russia's fault and the russian phobia we are currently mired in and the damage is caused our entire world is noticed even by putin's most vocal critics david satter a journalist who was banned by putin from entering russia told newsweek and november that the level of socially acceptable anti russians you know phobia in american as especially democratic party politics quote is all just politics and how popular a sea is the mother's milk of politics and jokes i was i'm really tired of seeing the co

state security forces. the u.s. -- the state department, the u.s. ate department that has been continuing lee celebrating wonderland is dictatorship as if he was, as john kelly put it, a great guy and a good friend. kelly said that as recently as may and that is trump's chief of staff. rodolfo pastore, you are the opposition spokesperson, the alliance against the dictatorship. can you explain what nasralla is doing in washington and what you're calling for to happen now in the streets? explain how broad your coalition is. >> the coalition is very broad. what evidently happen here is we different political parties and social movements, we realized we were dealing with a di normal political process where we were just competing for political power through elections. this man who has come to power during the last eight years as a result of the 2009 coup when he became president of congress first and started packing the courts and different state institutions, has concentrated so much power under his executive office that we are no longer dealing with a n

u.s. state department is tightening security at embassies in the world. leaders of several countries called for an emergency u.n. security council meeting. >>> coming up, the white house tries to clear up confusion over the suggestion the u.s. did not send athletes to the ( ♪ ) as a person who loves the finer things, this holiday season, i've asked for a luxurious new buick suv. ( ♪ ) fingers crossed. ( ♪ ) ring in the holidays with buick. get up to 20% below msrp on most 2017 luxury suv models. that's almost $7,400 on this buick enclave leather. experience the new buick this holiday season for remaining 2017s. >>> last month larry nasser pleaded guilty to molesting several gymnasts. 140 women come forward claiming nasser sexually abused them. a judge in the case made sure he would never have access to children again. >>> sarah sanders says the u.s. looks forward to participating in the winter olympics in south korea. her tweet came minutes after saying no official decision had been mad

u.s. after being pressured by the authorities at the time the state department assured us it wouldn't affect artie's ability to cover the news but a couple of weeks later we had a press credentials revoked by the u.s. congress so amerikana asked the state department to clarify the situation. when our t. was forced to register as a foreign agent and you said that it would inhibit our ability to report when the united states tells someone to register under a foreign agent requirement we don't see impacts or affect the ability of them to report news and information we just have the register it's as simple as that just a couple weeks ago our press credentials were revoked so doesn't this contradict your earlier statement i think i think press credentials may have been revoked by congress and not necessarily the members of congress but rather the association of reporters that handles who gets to come in and cover congress after basically directing my question to congress she played the russian card a representative of the russian government in fact the fact that you are here as a representative o

u.s. state department does list the country as a destination and trend transit point for men women and children subjected to forced labor and also sex trafficking this week we spoke to mrs senter the former libyan leader moammar gadhafi but. here chaired the eight billion dollar libyan african investment portfolio and manage the gadhafi family's private funds to this is what he told us. the home from hard it's not right to see gadhafi better to see the libyan government the libyan government left about two hundred billion dollars in various banks abroad and the u.n. has frozen the money in accordance with the security council resolution and when it comes to the money inside the country those who came to power after because after he claimed there were one hundred sixty tons of gold billions of dollars in libyan dinars in the central bank when gadhafi moved from tripoli to search he took nothing with him. an accomplice of the older than i was government official now it was how i dealt with sarkozy as an official the french media pie and other media outlets claimed that some people met with me and

u.s. state department telling u.s. embassies in the region to be on guard as three days of rage begin i'm burnt off in berlin this is the day. today we finally acknowledge the obvious that you're a slim is israel's cap. this is nothing more or less than a recognition of the al of it are also the right thing to do it's something that has to be done i am also directing the state department to begin preparations to move the american embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem this decision is not intended in any way to reflect a departure from our strong commitment to facilitate a lasting peace agreement. we want an agreement that is a great deal for the israelis and a great deal for the palestinians today we call for calm for moderation and for the voices of tolerance. also coming up tonight times two thousand and seventeen person of the year the silence breakers. a message that we heard acco across from susan fowler from adama from selma from ashley from all of these women and we just we heard again and again the sense of enough

u.s. state department has certified that the hundred government has been fighting corruption and supporting human rights clearing the way for on dora's to receive millions of dollars in u.s. aid the only problem is the one during government is partaking in corruption with the attempted theft of the most recent presidential election on november twenty sixth which took place just two days before the latest u.s. aid package was signed of mine to get come on rex tillerson could he at least pretend hundreds isn't a klein state a little bit like mom could hear at least critz handed michael isn't clearly your favorite son that tex who is. also. the president of honduras is deploying u.s. trained forces against election protest yeah but to venezuela back in august the trump administration issued a sanctions order prohibiting americans from dealings in new debt and equity issued by the venezuelan government by its state oil company p d.v.s. a according to u.s. national security advisor a charming master as you've seen the president signed a new executive order that strongly punishes the venezuelan r

u.s. state department has denied reports of the white house is planning to replace secretary of state rex tillerson but the new york times and the washington post a reporting the trump intends to replace to listen with cia chief mike pump pale in the coming weeks when jordan reports from washington. after yet another round of news reports suggesting that the secretary of state rex tillerson is about to be fired and replaced by the current head of the cia mike pale robust pushback here at the u.s. state department on thursday the spokes person heather nauert told reporters that there was unequivocal reassurance coming from the white house indicating that mr tillerson who apparently enjoys his work is going to be staying on in the position that chief of staff kelly called our department this morning and said that the rumors are not true that those reports are not true the white house statement confirmed that there will be no personnel changes it is a fact that secretary tellers and serves at the pleasure of the president as we all do as does every political appointee and cabinet member secr

u.s. state department isn't buying it. they say the night wolves are putin's shadow army. the u.s.nment has named you in the sanctions, saying that you helped the night wolves carry out criminal activities in ukraine. [ speaking in russian ] his response? i have to laugh. dan harris, abc news, russia. >> all right. >> so glad that dan got that assignment. i would have been scared. interesting facts that came out of that. putin is the longest-serving russian leader since josef stalin. quite fascinating enjoying an 85% approval rating, and i'm sure that is 100% accurate. >> and i'm sure that the kgb or secret service know the 15% who say they do not support putin. >> yes, yes, yes. >> they're well aware. the mix is next. s old jar. it's never much, just what's left after i break a dollar. and i never thought i could get quality life insurance with my spare change. neither did i. until i saw a commercial for the colonial penn program. imagine people our age getting life insurance at such an affordable rate. it's true. if you're 50 to 85, you can get guaranteed acceptance life insuranc

u.s. interest given the fact that many have at the foreign policy level even within the state department argued this could be very counter to u.s. interests in the middle east in the broader muslim world and also to americans on the ground and working in some of these places where this decision will be recognized as unpopular so certainly that is a point that is debatable at the same time the trumpet ministration it appears is trying to look very unified as there is anticipation about this announcement which would break with more than twenty years of historic precedence. yes exactly and just aside from the immediate risks to us security was about the actual logistics potentially of moving the embassy from one city to another in particular in a sensitive geographical geographic location if you heard much about that. well again there's been a lot of talk in washington because obviously there is a recognition from some of the reporting that what the president may do is something largely symbolic on wednesday in his announcement making the announcement of the intention to move the embassy but you'r

about the way the department is being run and the future of diplomacy in the u.s i want to ask, when we hear that from the national security adviser, does it feel like the u.s. stateartment is able to fulfill its mandate? >> this is a fast-moving story obviously. what we've seen recently is allegations -- is suggestions that rex tillerson is on his way out and the cia director i going to step in trump has since said that is not the case so we're still watching to see where this is going to land over the years we've seen the mandate has sort of been si sidelined to the defense department we were expecting north korea to carry out some sort of missile test before the end of the year so this was not a surprise this is something that we were watching and certainly the u.s. responds with joint activity with north korea is not a surprise. >> you're hearing these voices saying again and again we are getting closer and closer to conflict and then you're hearing our diplomats don't have all the tools they need. >> they're going to switch towards a militarized approach versus diplomatic approach. >> do you think that's a good one? >> lindsay, thank you so much for joining u

u.s. state department review. so we asked what data was being collected the response they didn't have anything else to add. as we went to where the us state department review has still not been published. charities like imo death and now seeking new partners a new sources of funding worldwide one initiative has seen ten governments along with other donors raising four hundred thirty million dollars for organizations who may use u.s. money. but america remains the world's largest bilateral donor to global health programs and the fear is that it could be hard to replace the sheer scale of aid that may be lost as a result of the trump policy. was i sure is usually the noice i usually follow the group who was was this actual truth not. worth. oh. painful as it is these volunteers remain convinced the stand they've taken is the right thing to do in. the end to. the message of this song the importance of spreading education information in. the new jersey i have now told those affected about the nature of their project an

u.s. state department about a person seeking to get a visa.formation matched with our warranty to some extent and further investigation led us to positively identify him as kevin lin. investigators said the man held the girl captive for 10 hours trying to extort $800,000 in ransom. when they found out her wealthy parents were in taiwan, they released her unharmed at a hotel near sfo. one man was convicted in 1997 and was released a few days ago. a third suspect in the case was never caught. >>> a ribbon cutting is scheduled for the expansion of the international arrivals building at oakland international airport. as part of a $45 million project that includes new baggage carousel's, in a security checkpoint and check in areas. the airport was previously limited to 300 passengers per hour arriving on international flights with the expansion of the airport can now handle double that number. the airport will be adding nonstop service to paris and rome next year. >>> we are still following the shocking, still breaking news this morning. the death

u.s. state department which had worked behind the scenes to secure the stability of the heavy government advised the president on the possible consequences to lebanon of this latest white house initiative which has also been met with near total universal international condemnation however this is still been a good week for those who believe in a prosperous future for lebanon the government is back in office and the peace secure for the time being as president on pretty himself the political crisis is over let us all hope that it stays that way next week we'll be in edge and after a special christmas episode of alex salmond show so from alex and all that the team here will feel even. it's a. wonder when they hear a car the city of new day. burning or anyone within the multiple feels a. little. just a row reserved in your eyes following after being mauled me meant to make a friend with a foot on a cliff in some moment up on the yes i will come look at them they want us and the feeling to see them. was. a set of just a thought that they'll fall. we first like when you on us come into inspect our pr

u.s. state department it does list the country as a destination and transit point for men women and children subjected to forced labor and or safe sex trafficking but we spoke to the vice president of the libyan presidential council and asked him about my plan for military action. we are going to be up but no. we cannot accept anything. to be done with our coverage of the libyan libyans who would be the ones who do this. with the help of a lot of the money. well the right way to help them. to write them grisman on that country of origin libya is not the country of origin of chemical libya is a country or run we as a libyan have already impressed on africa and we want to see anybody talk of it we're going to first with the country of origin and to help this immigrant through to stay with their loved ones with their families. now the thirty nations he will battle it out for the fee for world cup in russia next summer discovered their opponents on friday is the draw was made for the group stages of the competition here is how the group's eight groups look kicking it off on june fifteenth will b

u.s. state department now checking to see if americans were on board. >>> and, true colors. the restaurant staff coming together, giving a co-worker a whole new look on life. >>> and good evening. thanks for joining us on this new year's eve. i'm tom llamas. we begin with the breaking news, the deadly police ambush outside of denver. at least one the row of officers saluting as he is carried away. clayton sandell leads us off. >> reporter: it began as a noise complaint that quickly became an ambush. >> shots fired! shots fired! shots fired! >> reporter: early this morning deputies arrived at this apartment complex in highlands ranch, colorado, a denver suburb, for a dispute between a man and his male roommate. at 5:55 a.m., the suspect, armed with a rifle, suddenly opens fire. >> i need s.w.a.t. right now. i need medical. >> reporter: four deputies and one police officer are shot. >> it was like an exchange of gunfire. and then return fire. >> reporter: all of the officers manage to retreat outside except for one. 29-year old zackari parrish. >> we have one deputy down insid

u.s. state department for clarification on the recent decision to remove the child's press credentials and congress. has a story this all comes after r.t. america was forced to register as a foreign agent stripped of their capitol hill press credentials only after russia was accused of meddling in the u.s. presidential election but before that happened heather nauert said that registration would not at all affect her ability to report so that clearly wasn't the case well i asked the state department about this but i didn't exactly get an answer when our t. was forced to register as a foreign agent and you said that it would inhibit our ability to report when the united states tells someone to register under a foreign agent requirement we don't see impacts or a fact the ability of them to report. news and information we just have the register it's as simple as that however just a couple weeks ago our press credentials were revoked so doesn't this contradict your earlier statement i think i think press credentials may have been revoked by congress and not necessarily the members of congress

u.s. state department says it is closely following the situation in iraq it also condemned any arrests and claimed the protests are peaceful however the latest pictures coming out of iran seem to suggest otherwise and this video obtained by our video agency ruptly you can see a police station being torched so far we have no information on possible injuries now back in june the u.s. secretary of state made it clear that washington is going to support people resisting the iranian government. our policy towards iran is to push back on the show germany contain their ability to develop obviously nuclear weapons and to work towards support of those elements inside of iran that would lead to a peaceful transition of that government those elements are there surely as we know what they are looking for is the legitimacy in the iranian politics the uranium establishment as well as iran regional military build up and presence in syria in iraq and elsewhere in order to impose further sanctions on the country and also in order to build. systemize the iranian policies on the international scene in favor

u.s. state department a report it's published a list france's both a destination and the transit point for men women and children subjected to forced labor and sex trafficking we spoke to the vice president of the libyan presidential council we asked him about the triplets. we. can't be happy but no. we cannot accept anything. to be done with our present libyan libyans to be the ones who do this. with the help of the lord to come up. with way to help them. to create the right them grisman own country for sure libya is not that country for us to make a libya is a country or run we as a libyan have already imposed on africa and we want to see anybody talk of never going to the first but the country of origin and to help these immigrants to stay with their loved ones with your families also this week we spoke to an assistant of the former libyan leader moammar gadhafi who is the pows and killed in two thousand and eleven but selig bashir chaired the eight billion dollar the be an african investment portfolio and knowledge they get duffy family's private funds this is what he told us. for the

u.s. state department has sent out a cable warning people at american embassies around the country about the heightened the need for heightened security furthermore we also heard that the u.s. consulate that is already in jerusalem is at this point warning u.s. citizens living in the city this seems like a dramatic move and it seems to fly in the face of an earlier statement that we heard from donald trump let's take a listen to what he said so i'm looking to state and one state and i like the one that both parties like and i'm very happy with that one that both parties look like one party the palestinians and their allies is already deeply offended and there's a possibility of retaliation and if that retaliation materializes then the other party could also be suffering it seems that there is indeed many people that are far from happy with this decision from the white house. r.t. new york journalist miri brzezinski two of the she does not believe the u.s. president is really interested in bringing peace to the region. the bigger picture is not a peace process that doesn't even really exist n

u.s. state department. concerned it lists the country as a destination and transit point for men women and children into forced labor and sex trafficking we spoke to the vice president of the libyan presidential council and asked him about mccrone to plan for military action. we. can't be happy but no . we cannot accept anything. to be done with our differences to libyan libyans to be the ones who do this. with the help of support of the government. well that i way to help them. do the right investment on that country foraging libya is not the country of origin a democratic libya is a country or we as a libyan have already invested in africa and we want to see anybody talk of they were going to do this with their country of origin and to help this imagery through to stay with their loved ones would get from. the thirty two nations whole battle it out for the fee for world cup in russia next summer discovered their opponents on friday as the draw was made for the group stages in moscow here's how the aid gro

u.s. state department's anyhow report that it's published a list france is both a destination and a transit point for men women and children subjected to forced labor and sex trafficking we spoke to the vice president of the libyan presidential council and asked him about president mccraw military plans. we. currently have but no. we cannot accept anything to be done with our representative libyan libyans to be the one to do this. with the help of the board of the government. well that i way to help them. do the right investment on their country of origin libya is not the country of origin a democratic libya is a country or we as a libyan have already invest in africa and we want to see anybody talk of they were going to rule first with their country of origin and to help these immigrants to stay with their loved ones with their families. be cryptocurrency bitcoin has been hitting record highs on wednesday one calling was valued at eleven thousand dollars now that's up from around one thousand at the beginning of the year here's a quick look at how the technology works. now how we discuss t

u.s. state department and the organization of american states. spain's prime minister mariano rajoy has campaigned in catalonia for a crucial vote on thursday which could determine the next stage of a succession crisis his party stands little chance of winning but rahowa hopes that a coalition of unionist parties could stop catalonia from breaking away from spain call panel reports. with an awkward smile the spanish prime minister enters the political battleground mariano rajoy he was here to rouse loyalists from his people's party in the fight against the catalan separatist movement going to feel as part of the thank you for defending spain thank you for defending the constitution thank you for defending the law according to opinion polls roy's party has no chance of winning thursday snap the general election. the challenge is to form a majority block with other anti secession parties and stop catalonia breaking away there's also a high possibility separatist parties could score a majority. there wouldn't be any problem if the independent partie