that was bija mention that their former european energy security advisor with the us state department for analysis of the german chancellor is rethink tonight i'm joined here at the big table by andrew adair andrew is an attorney and a public policy advisor specializing in transatlantic affairs it is good to see you again senior a lot lately you and i we've spoken before about the bipartisan opposition in washington to this new word stream to pipeline but that opposition has been there since the obama administration right i mean it's there's nothing new there miracle did not budge from her russia stance with an opposition how do you explain this rethink that will signal today yeah you know everything has its limits i think brant and you're absolutely right the american position has been pretty much static since 2015 since this project was announced it all comes down to the ukraine incursion in 2014 russia annexed the crimea and sent troops into eastern ukraine in this campaign of malign behavior and in 2015 a mere one year later when this project was announced. the u.s. government sai

the european union france investment it is a lower i phone 6 percent minister last year the us state departmentsaid that while you laws provided penalties for corrupt officials the government did not implement that law effectively officials in all branches of government reportedly gauged in corrupt practices with impunity that means no consequences so the inescapable conclusion is that you allow this corruption because members of your government and criminals connected to it profiting by it day by day that's why the state department underlined multiple reports of government corruption and they included bribery conflict of interest elaborate embezzlement schemes for kilmeny violations and influence trading this is full service corruption right across the spectrum of your government did you think the world would notice what was going on . i can tell you that in the last year or so the commission for fighting against corruption and confiscating of illegal aquatic property yes that damn the but it really mean that if they call chance parole out a 1000000000 lever and yes that means that more than 1

michele dunne is a former us state department official who is now the middle east programme directorthe carnegie endowment for international peace. she told me about the significance of this deal. it is possible that some other arab states will follow. what these agreements effectively is end of the arab peace initiative which had been an initiative led by saudi arabia to say that arab states would normalise relations with israel if israel would make a peace deal with the palestinians. now it is clear that at least some arab states will normalise relations with israel because it's useful to them even without a deal with the palestinians. there is really nothing in this for the palestinians and there is nothing to suggest that this will lead to any further process that would help the palestinians. what might it mean though in terms of bringing greater stability generally to the middle east as a region? i think the deal is useful to the governments of the united arab emirates and bahrain. the middle east is a rapidly changing place as oil and gas become less important to the world, the

including nord stream to benjamin schmidt served as european energy security advisor at the us state department he's now a fellow at harvard university joins me tonight from cambridge massachusetts benjamin it's good to have you on the day there is bipartisan opposition to nord stream to in washington then the vol ne no the choke incident it really could not come at a more opportune time for washington right. well hello friends person just want to say i'm glad to join you i know each of ella today this is an extremely sad story about mr involve me so i'm really glad you're focused on it in berlin in print i'm glad to hear the word bipartisan or question because that's exactly what opposition to the kremlin back nordstrom's to project has ben since its announcement 2015 bipartisan or the past several months nordstrom to supporters have been active in trying to pin this policy and the congressional sanctions that you mentioned on president trump and that's make sense given his litany of poor foreign policy decisions with respect to germany and russia over the years but in fact this strong opposit

joining me now is michele dunne — a former us state department official who is now the middle east programmenior fellow at the carnegie endowment for international peace. thank you forjoining us here on bbc news. where does this leave the palestinians then? how likely is it that other arab states will want to follow? it is possible that some other arab states will follow. but these agreements to effectively is and the arab peace initiative which had been an initiative led by saudi arabia to say that arab states would normalise relations with israel if israel would make a peace deal with the palestinians. now it is clear that at least some therapist states will normalise relations with israel because it's useful to them even without a deal with the palestinians. there is really nothing in this for the palestinians and there is nothing to suggest that this will be to any further process that would help the palestinians. what might it mean though in terms of bringing greater stability january lead to the middle east as a region? —— generally? january lead to the middle east as a region? -- gene

publicly misled may well be measured in the november poll mike hanna al-jazeera washington for us state department top official for the middle east says there may be progress in resolving the 3 year blockade of qatar david schenker says he expects movement on the issue in a matter of weeks u.a.e. saudi arabia bahrain egypt will sever ties with qatar in 2017 fires are again burning near a refugee camp in greece which was all but destroyed by overnight blazes it's left thousands of people without shelter but locals abetting them for starting the fire as officials believe refugees who were forced to self isolate after testing positive may have committed in protest john psaropoulos reports. this was one of europe's largest refugee camps morea on the greek island of lesbos fires have torn through tents and dilapidated structures they were thought to have been deliberately lit by people fed up with that desperate existence compounded by corona fires they are out there today for parts but. there are. hundreds of thousands of people became homeless once again precious family belongings hastily bundled tog

so mr pump aoe that she had present correspondent of the us state department she had missed from paris saying we're expecting movement on this one hopeful we're going to get movement on this but what does that mean because that must mean by definition the u.s. might be talking to people who impose the blockade. rice and we understand that the u.s. is taking an active role in these in these mediation efforts but we've heard this before for several months now the u.s. has been saying there is movement a deal is imminent on the blockade most recently and in july it was reported that a deal was about to be signed but at the very last minute the u.n. he got cold feet and persuaded and pulled out of them persuaded saudi arabia to pull out and again in the last week that we've been hearing that there was some kind of optimism here in the halls of the state department on trump phoned the saudi king last week and that was followed by a senior state department official saying oh maybe this will be over in 3 weeks time but then he sort of walked it back when pressed as well we're seeing more flex

state department 11 years. i know many foreign service officers, many career individuals at the state department. they were horrified what hunter biden was doing while his father was vice president. he usedple were just embarrassed horrified what he was doing. this has never been looked into. he has never had scrutiny from the media and it deserves this. elizabeth: we're up against a hard break. ric grenell, we're so sorry we ran out of time. we would love to have you back on to talk about this will you come back? >> sure of course, thanks, elizabeth. elizabeth: okay. good to see you, ric grenell. stay right there. we have more show right after the break given my unique lifestyle, that'd be perfect! let me grab a pen and some paper. know what? i'm gonna switch now. just need my desk... my chair... and my phone. only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ and now your co-pilot.. still a father. but now a friend. still an electric car. just more electrifying. still a night out. but everything fits in. still hard work. just a little easier. still a legend. just more legendary. chevrolet. making life's journey, just better. [camera man] actually anyone 50 or over is a

state department 11 years. i know many foreign service officers, many career individuals at the state department. they were horrified what hunter biden was doing while his father was vice president. he usedle were just embarrassed horrified what he was doing. this has never been looked into. he has never had scrutiny from the media and it deserves this. elizabeth: we're up against a hard break. ric grenell, we're so sorry we ran out of time. we would love to have you back on to talk about this will you come back? >> sure of course, thanks, elizabeth. elizabeth: okay. good to see you, ric grenell. stay right there. we have more show right after this is decision tech. find a stock based on your interests or what's trending. get real-time insights in your customized view of the market. it's smarter trading technology for smarter trading decisions. fidelity. everything we have, we've earned. the unmistakable lexus is. get zero percent financing on the 2020 is 300. experience amazing at your lexus dealer. experience amazing when you think of a bank, you think of people in a place. but when you have the chase mobile app, your bank can be virtually any place. so, when you get a check... you can

in fact there usually obstructing us, state department holding back information on biden in the informationjust received. they have been sitting on it for eight or nine months. i tell you, i am not a cynic because if i were judicial watch would not be doing the work. but we are doing on behalf of the american people because the justice department and the fbi in the deep state are a wall. lou: another thing as you mentioned, the ukraine u.s. embassy would have been -- they are the ones who let poor john solomon and lou dobbs that were being monitored. [laughter] >> you are on the list. lou: if it weren't for you. >> you are a crime victim to. you and the president. lou: i am too. i am really proud of the fact that i'm on the enemies list of the people trying to overthrow the president. i will take that every time. and i know you will as well. thank you for all your good work you did on that. i want to turn to mail-in ballots, the former vice president who is referred to as vice president by many of the media when they do get the rear opportunity to talk to them. biden today, the reporters as

indeed the state department told us that it has spent 8.1 million on this department since it was established so, let's talk a second to see what the american people are getting for their money. how many documents has the state department produced in response to this committee's questions into the president's communications with vladimir putin? >> congressman, i don't know what the actual numbers are. i'm happy to take that question for the record and respond back. >> if you don't know, that's fine. how about our request into the intelligence surrounding nuclear biological and chemical weapons. how many documents were produced at our request? >> congressman, again, for specific topics you want, i'm happy to take those questions for the record. >> all right. how many documents did the department produce pursuant to a subpoena issued around a delay in arms for ukraine suffered under russian aggression. how many? >> let me speak more broadly, congressman -- >> let me just finish this, because i think i'll help you out. what's the total number of documents at our request related to security threa

[inaudible]. >> the state department told us that 8.1 million on this department has been established. s so let's take a second to explain what the american people gee getting for the money. tammy documents as the state rep department produced into the presence communications with vladimir putin . >> i don't know with the actual numbers are afraid of having to take the question for the record decorated and respond back. >> if you don't know if that is fine. >> how about our request into the intelligence surrounding nuclear biological weapons. how any documents were produced in the request . >> again, for specific topic you want, i'm happy to take this questions for the record . >> okayn, coming to documents ta subpoena issued and allowed the delay in the arms production for ukraine. suffering under russian aggression . how any. >> me speak more broadly. >> we just finished. because i think this will help you out . the total number of documents in our request related to security threats against the investor rated how any. >> again. our team produces - .. .. >>. >> the answer is zero do

>> i think a big part was political the state department and agency for international development and ustion agency had no constituency in congress with the defense department spending hundreds of millions of dollars per year as i found out the department of defense has contractors in every state and every congressional district i'm sure that's not by accident so you have a built-in constituency public in a democrat for defense of those programs we don't have that support on the civilian side and foreign civilians has long been one of the most unpopular government programs there is. takes leadership to help educate the american people have actively little they cost and appoint i make in the book is in terms of gdp the united states ranks 21st in the world with how much we offered foreign assistance. furthermore we don't tell anybody about it and that is another problem of that capability but it is the lack of the constituency including the president that for example the agency for international development doesn't do a very good job to select projects and seeing them to completion and ac

us. the state department is leading a team to try to put together strategic dialogue to reduce the risk of nuclear weapons, the administration has put real pressure on the russians, this is an administration that has taken the challenge seriously trying to put america in the right place to keep americans safe and secure. >> shannon: is there a direct link between pollutant and the kremlin in your estimation based on what you know and the poisoning of the opposition voice? >> i can't answer that for you. >> shannon: we will wait to see how it plays out, we know there are entities working together and hopefully will get answers on that front. as secretary of state mike pompeo, good to have you. to president trump today adding 20 names to his list of potential supreme court nominees, senator marsha blackburn next. sneezing, coughi aching, stuffy head, fever best sleep with a cold medicine. with priceline, you can get up to 60% off amazing hotels. and when you get a big deal... ...you feel like a big deal. ♪ priceline. every trip is a big deal. with safe, convenient service. we're here for you

the nobel prize for having exposed the cia's frauds to the whole planet the fraudster the us department of state spying on the world the government spectrographs brazil germany it is not the role of a democratic country to spy on its partners and a sondre is brave enough to expose this. or the un needs to change its role. so that their today's un cannot be the same as it was in 1998 we need to have african countries in the un security council we need latin american countries in the security council that. took the countries like india and. it cannot be the same in finding countries as in $948.00. ok that's how it looks so far this saturday from r.t. in moscow thanks for watching if you're out about this we can grab the r.t. app from the video news on the go meantime i'll be back here with your next update in a little over half an hour from now live to see that. was a pandemic no certainly no borders and a line to nationalities. has emerged little tidbits really we don't look like seeing world peace to be. judged as common every crisis with this system since the moment. we can do better we should.

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the nobel prize for having exposed the cia's frauds to the whole planet the fraudster the us department of state spying on the world the government spectrographs brazil germany it is not the role of a democratic country to spy on its partners and sandra is brave enough to expose this. or the u.n. needs to change its role. but there today's un cannot be the same as it was in 1998 we need to have african countries in the un security council we need latin american countries in the security council. and countries like india. it cannot be the same in 5 countries as in 1988. just before we bowed out from this bullet in some serenity to say this all this week and since troubles off for most of us but there we can at least try the next best thing so we're going to take you 3000 kilometers east of moscow in a sight for sore eyes. yes that is a train on a lake a pink lake at that it's not c.g.i. . lake of. russia siberian al tied region now this particular incredible aerial video taking the internet by storm here right now you can see why us for the lake a barely a meter deep the waters there a very very

the nobel prize for having exposed the cia's frauds to the whole planet the fraudster the us department of state spying on the world the government inspector brass brazil germany it is not the role of a democratic country to spy on its partners and sandra is brave enough to expose this. or the u.n. needs to change its role. but there today's un cannot be the same as it was in 1998 we need to have african countries in the u.n. security council we need latin american countries in the security council. and countries like india. no it cannot be the same in finding countries as a $948.00. that's been your global news breaks down here on our to international banks for tuning in are you maybe. l look forward to talking to you all that technology should work for people. i robot must obey the orders given by human beings except where such orders that conflict with the 1st law show your identification or should be very careful about artificial intelligence at the point of use the is to create a trance ever other than fear. conflict on theories chozen with artificial intelligence will summoning the demons.

get notoriety to him and get the government here to notice him and the state department andi him and the state department and i usedthe do not give him my mail and sending any mail. the do not give him my mailand now sending any mail. the do not give him my mail and now i believe, because of the covid virus, they are only doing videoconference with him instead of actually sending the consulate. what else to know about how he is being treated? i have many, many letters, probably six boxes of letters and his artwork that he had sent me before. i know that in his letters, he has been treated, and of course the un will verify that, he has seen a lot of things. right now he is in entertainment centre and people make a mistake to think it isa people make a mistake to think it is a prison orjail but it is not, he has been sleeping on a cement floor on cardboard sent 2012. i don't mean to interrupt you, since you mention 2012, can i take you back to the moment he was detained. he was arrested while he was on the phone with you? he was calling me, as he did every day. he was to get married in one month. he made something ma

us agm and the state department has said it can be broken down into two parts approximately 25 percent spent on technology tools to break through barriers 25 percent and then he will conclude the other 75 percent is dedicated to conferences that resorts with generous salaries and projects already undertaken and other agencies. i know it's going on but i really to blame everything be he should come in here we should work collaboratively instead of the roadshow circus going on right now in this committee i yield back. >> mr. pack had every opportunity to be here today and that himself and his actions he chose not to come and ignore the committee. in terms of what he proposed to come to us in those terms he said we did not accept that those proposed dates were in october when we were in recess. he could come today to defend himself or give a state it would have been happy to accommodate. >> thank you mr. chairman. there is a fallacy in the logic of my friends and there were a series of problems over the last ten or 20 years. that's why we had to have a total purge in the programs that rea

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cannot let a son to be exposed the cia's frauds to the whole planet the frauds to the us department of state spying on the world government spectrographs brazil germany it is not the role of a democratic country to spy on its partners and a sondre is brave enough to expose this. or the un needs to change its role. there today's un cannot be the same as it was in 1998 we need to have african countries in the un security council we need latin american countries in the security council. and countries like india. it cannot be the same in 5 countries as in 1988. just before we go that a bit of saturday serenity for you after the we've all had with travel plans off we've got the next best thing for you we're going for a 1000 kilometers east of moscow we're going to like this. yes that is a train and yes it's almost like a ping plague. this is lake a berlin schoolboy in the russian siberia in the altai region the reason that it goes pink it happens every summer this time of year it's the micro-organisms just under the surface turning it that lovely shade of pink it's an incredibly sail and lake as

more time to work out a deal with oracle and wal-mart to remain active in the united states the us congress department is now planning for a november 12th deadline to implement a full ban rendering the app unusable for u.s. based users if a deal for tick tock is not completed by that date joining us now to discuss our co-host ben swan and christy i thank you both for being here now christy i want to start with you the truck administration really want this ban to slow the growth of tik tok which continues to add nearly half a 1000000 users every single day does this ruling cripple that effort in your opinion. i would say it crippled the effort of the trauma ministration still remains committed as ever to slowing down take tog and their growth and this ruling is merely just dragging things out and staying the final judgement so while this is a significant win for tick-tock it did not come out unscathed so trumps fixation on take talk has already been quite damaging and costly for to talk mounting legal bills obviously but tick tocks growth has also been impacted due to its dispute with the us and made i

shot recently fired the state department inspector general and for what might you say well the inspector general was investigating how secretary of state might pompei o was using department staff to run personal errands like picking up his food orders and his family's dry cleaning. and this is the same pompei o who spoke at the republican national convention live from jerusalem on taxpayers' dime and to top it all off the office of special counsel sent 130 or letters warning federal workers of possible illegal actions during the 1st 3 years of the trump administration the small just got a lot more gators you know. that's perfect one of the weird thing to be is it's like every time i'm as a as us citizens we're almost conditioned i'm sure it's like this and other governments which are almost conversion to certain point to say what some of the campaign trail. you might get 50 percent if you're lucky but most of the time was just lip service but to run on drain the swamp and then pretty much be like any lobby that was a $200.00 some odd lobbyist 311 yeah. that's a lot to go back on a campaign promise or even one of those and it wasn't just a campaign promise it w

particularly because of what we call the frontline states that ambien as above where you know what's on of those people who really took us in when we were fighting departed state but. it's this and that and i think it brought in order to us to have a genuine sort of solution orientated approach we do need to acknowledge it and that's why i've spoken here on that economic element so for me when i talk about that multipronged approach i agree fully with the report around better training of the news offices changing the curriculum to include immigration refugio rights etc but in addition to that we also have to be providing that economic opportunities for all people because if you don't it does play itself out in many different ways and then we're putting in a difficult position because as politicians your constituency is saying to you well we're not looked after we're really suffering and yet here's somebody else's job so you know we don't want to get to a point of a he said she said kind of thing what we want to do is have a preventative approach and create opportunities for people on the ground and even today we're having discussions around regulation re

as we follow, it will lead to diplomacy and the strategic relationships, with the state department from ust we provide is good military relationships and my role with the chief of staff, you take a look at the armies very, very important in those regions of the chief of staff tend to be very, very important sprites are having a strong military relationship with my counterparts in finding out where we have common interests and where we can work together is very, very important. with those chiefs we have good relationships. c went great, another pacific question, this one from todd of the army times. could you please discuss your thoughts on stationing a rotational use of army personnel as it relates to the partner nations and the force, second or third island chain model. how critical is it to have u.s. forces in the first island chain such as kanagawa or partner nations such as thailand? >> guest: i think it is very important that we have relationships with countries inside the first island chain. and we do. and as far as the ability to do exercises and train, we think that is very, very i

companies that really are doing goes all states in the south china sea all of the chinese communist party walk over us and our people. the u.s. state department's top official for the middle east says there may be progress in resolving the 3 year blockade of qatar david schenker says he expects movement on the issue in a matter of weeks in 2017 the u.s. saudi arabia bahrain and egypt all 7 ties with cattle the u.s. and kuwait have been trying to mediate an end to the rift. argentina's president is urging police officers to stop protesting over their work conditions and under the demands of fair and it's necessary for the government to answer them many officers say they've been struggling to make ends meet as the country battled through its 3rd year of recession drags about reports now from one of. these police officers belong to the largest force in argentina. they have been protesting for days demanding better salaries and work conditions and one peter has been an officer for 16 years she says her family can barely survive because of. that i mean i make 43000 pesos a month this is a wage that leaves my family below the poverty line before the