melissa: when i was going down on the details of what was included in this, like that comeau's voice of america free europe, it wasn't any of the major news outlets. and what impact would it have on voice of america if they had to register as a foreign agent? >> i think would be a hassle more than anything else. unfortunately for a lot of government owned entities, of course are not as nimble as private entities and so complying with local regulatory regulations and changes in local laws were really causing disruption in those services probably that will impact them more than it would impact fox. >> melissa: i wouldn't be surprised if someone took on the case pro bono hours represented them on that front on a moral ground thing, one of them to still be able to get into russi russia. it's a very interesting for people in her audience out there it is i follow them on twitter, it doesn't look like on the surface that it is an arm of the russian government, but that's what it is. you're kind of seeing the propaganda that president butte wants to put out. it is different then the voice of america wh

outlets well before that is decision so obviously it is just no one in the world would think the voice of america is anything other than american propaganda outfit it was used massively as propaganda against the left wing in the movement democratic movements in the american central america and voice of america is seen as that. a spanish parliamentary session has once again brought into focus the divide in the country over catalonia is independence one catalan m.p. in madrid has suggested that the spanish prime minister be arrested for his actions against the troubled region it does come during a sustained crackdown by madrid against catalonia is deposed leadership. senior minister i'll let you have made your prisons into our nightmare but i assure you that we will make our ballot boxes your nightmare minister you have beaten us with sticks who will be you with our votes and i hope one day with the mr a whore in the power of the. well deb using his new show here in r.t. for my scottish first minister alex salmond spoke exclusively with ousted cattle and president carlist pleased him on a rare insi

american based media or media organizations that are directly funded by the us government think voice of america or the lifes of c.n.n. the video channel that is operating in russia called current time and also radio free europe slash radio liberty dow here's something important in order for these news outlets to become foreign agents in this country russia's old legislation requires amendments and currently the m.p.'s are sorting this out we also heard from the vice peaker for the duma he says that according to the drafted amendment news agencies will not be touched but if a news organization is not a news agency but it's from any other country not only the u.s. or if it gets funding from abroad it may find itself on the list of foreign agents in russia. now the pressure on t.v. got off to u.s. intelligence claimed off china was an instrument for meddling and manipulation in america back in september the justice department to monitor we register as a foreign agent tech giants then began brooking our adverts on google hits you by the twista they did that ahead of the testimony congress despite h

before that is decision so obviously it is just for tat no one in the world would think the voice of america is anything other than an american propaganda outfit it was used massively as propaganda against the left wing in the movement democratic movements in that american central america and once america is seen as that just as radio liberty is a radio free europe we know that there has been a propaganda outfit for years the fact that the russian government is now saying it has to register is clearly a mark of the fact that what the united states has done has threatened free media all around the world and basically we now know where people of people stand just to get your thoughts on another aspect to all this option there's already been a significant amount of criticism over russia's retaliatory measures the response over r.t. america has forced racist ration was muted to say the least why you mean it was muted by other journalists and rights yes on journalism groups. well in fairness i was even surprised the committee for protection of journalists finally did come out eventually to suppor

funded outlets including voice of america radio free europe and its other regional branches this comes only a few days after r.t. america was forced to register as a foreign agent or have all of their assets frozen russian r t have been regular topics of discussion at various hearings in the us discussing alleged russian interference in the two thousand and sixteen election but until this very day there has been no evidence. substantiate any of these claims under the foreign agents registration act will now have to disclose its finances provide regular reporting on its activities all within forty eight hours they'll also have to add a disclaimer on all of its work the ministries latest decision is a mere response to washington's recent crackdown on r t and its measures are similar to those required under fair and clearing disclosing finances and providing evidence of editorial independence as news of russia's response went global amnesty international was quick to react and released a statement on the issue saying that the legislation strikes serious blow to what was already a fairly d

ethnic tension in zimbabwe in china exactly i think what you're trying to do in january or the voice of america you were asked why your party hasn't been more successful in improving lives for the majority of zimbabwe three and a half decades. and you replied it's a matter of time it's not going to happen overnight of course you will end it and they are you trying to and it's never i t seventy years and you say it's a matter of time see i'm not going to have another one i want people to spin saying this thirty seven years mantra they've behaved they pretend that there's not nothing good happened in zimbabwe when when who in a typical fashion went around when people when they were a lot of educated people when schools were built when the property job was for it wasn't for all spittles were built with the university only sort of the university and now we've got sixteen things positive things happened in zimbabwe you know you know let's not exaggerate nobody denies you ok it's ok it's all you know it's not it's your education but in the last wrote achievements it's not a wasted thirty seven years

american based media or media organizations that are directly funded by the us government think voice of america or the likes of c.n.n. the video channel that is operating in russia called current time and also radio free europe slash radio liberty dow here's something important in order for these news outlets to be called foreign agents in this country russia's all legislation requires amendments and currently the m.p.'s are sorting this out we also heard from the vice speaker for the duma he says that according to the drafted amendment news agencies will not be touched but if social media then began blocking iran on. twitter and they did that ahead of testimony in congress despite having no problem with prior to that george galloway and virginia state senator. or it absolutely makes a mockery of. well it's a big. where as a kind of birch maybe i should go about our foreign idjit might become droned it might well backfire on d. which underlies the the people who are doing their best to destroy the very freedom of speech and expression they claim to stand for. in other news this evening the u.s.

and voice of america radio liberty and its korean time television channel but the crackdown on r.t. and the us poses some very uncomfortable questions. soonish to those who are doing this in the u.s. of always been proud of being the world's number one democrats and freedom of speech has always been the main value adhere to by them there is no democracy without freedom of speech and attack on our media in the us is make no mistake an attack on freedom of speech itself. the pressure has been mounting on our. we were accused of somehow making us voters too strong over hillary last year but can one channel really will that much power where is the town to sell i fell alternative. but more of this week's headlines coming up in just a moment including fact the name given to a corruption scandal thought to be the worst in american naval history stay with us . here's what people have been saying about rejected in the sixty's. the only show i go out of my way to you know is the really packed a punch oh yeah it's the john oliver of a party america is doing the same. apparently better than. i s

america in the us the russian law does mirror the american one demanding regular financial and staffing information earlier russia's ministry of justice warned that u.s. funded outlets the voice of america and radio liberty of their possible requirements as foreign agents. that's the latest i'll be back with more news here in just over half of. the city that it may be any prepared to leave the xeni can see it is. not. very. severely limited. hey everybody i'm stephen baldwin gosh task hollywood guy you'll suspect every proud american first of all i'm just george washington and r.v.'s to say this is my buddy max famous financial guru well just a little bit different i'm not. going to find no no no one knows up with all the drama happening in our country i'm shooting the road have some fun meet every day americans come calling and hopefully start to bridge the gap this is the great american pill which. i says was it to. americans by the israelis i'm fortunate to be by financial support of some. sort of countries in asia for making unsafe you don't eat it. hello america riser this is the kaiser report we're going to be talking about very exciting topics this morning in the surf

and where zimbabwe's people hope to go now, i'm joined by blessing zulu, a reporter for the voice of america, and previously a reporter in zimbabwe. and, ambassador johnnie carson. he was assistant secretary of state for african affairs under president obama, and ambassador to uganda, kenya and zimbabwe over the course of his decades of foreign service. he's now a senior advisor at the u.s. institute of peace. and we welcome both of you to the news hour. ambassador carson, i will start with you. 37-year career. that means you were just beginning as robert mugabe was first taking power. what do you make of this big news today, his stepping down? >> this is an important occasion for zimbabwe. robert mugabe is regarded as the george washington of his nation, the country's first black african president. there was so much hope in the early days of his presidency that he would lead his country forward. instead, over the last 20 years, we have seen a tremendous regression, both politically and economically, in zimbabwe. the country is economically on its back. >> woodruff: blessing zulu, how do you

russia will be stopped now earlier russia's ministry of justice warns us on that outlets the voice of america and radio liberty all for the possibility of them having to register as foreign agents here in russia. no you may think you've come across some interesting military innovations in your time but at the soviet bottle moose it certainly got the media in finland all fired up although some basic fact checking might have saved them the worry. thanks. thanks thanks. thanks. well the initial article was published in the russian magazine popular comics this is the man behind us. but i think of the photos used in this article a partially real the photo of the moose was taken by a friend of mine that's a moose farm one of the red army soldiers is me i'm standing with my but it was the camera on the right having taken this photo we later combined it with a photo of the movies a museum has been opened in fill in this year which is dedicated to the winter war and there is a hole there featuring the combat movie i was really taken aback because there is a line at the end of our article saying this i

categorise overseas media outlets as "foreign agents" could affect the us government broadcaster voice of americaked the measure, which was drawn up after washington ordered the russian state tv channel, rt, to register as a foreign agent. astronomers say they've discovered a planet about the size of earth, with a mild climate which could harbour life. called ross 128b, it's a mere 11 light years away. researchers believe the planet's temperature could range from —60 to 20 celsius, making it a promising place to search for life beyond earth. are they out there? life, is it out there, that is what i mean. a 500—year—old painting of christ by leonardo da vinci has been sold in new york for a record price of $400 million. after eighteen minutes of frenzied bidding, this was the moment the hammer went down on the artwork, which is known as salvator mundi, or saviour of the world. we moved to the alarm of da vinci, the salvator mundi... we moved to the alarm of da vinci, the salvator mundi. .. christie suggested that salvator mundi would sell for about £76 million. they knew that was likely to be exce

activity in russia will be stopped now earlier russia's ministry of justice warned us on the voice of america and radio liberty of the possibility of them having to register as foreign agents here in russia. it was a kind of a now where police have trained forty four people have a right wing protest in quebec on saturday the protest was met by a counter-demonstration riot police had to use tear gas to keep the two sides apart nearly four hundred members of far right organizations marched on a convention center where a meeting of the governing quebec liberal party was taking place almost two hundred fifty anti-racism anticapitalist activists staged a rival protest at the same location quebec police say they made arrests in order to prevent clashes in addition disguises clubs slingshots and bottles with unknown liquids were confiscated from demonstrators. and the pakistani government has ordered the all me to be deployed to the country's capital islamabad after six people were reportedly killed in clashes the violence erupted when police forcibly dispersed the group of is the most protesters th

based or american funded media you can think voice of america the likes of c.n.n. a video channel called current time radio free europe slash radio liberty but now here's something that's important here in order for these news organizations to become foreign agents in this country russia's own legislation requires amendments and the lawmakers are currently sorting this out we just heard from the vice speaker of the duma who said that according to the drafted amendment news agencies will remain untouched but if a news organization is not a news agency but it's from any other country not only the u.s. or if it gets funding from abroad they may have to end up becoming a part of that list of foreign agents in russia ok so we just away the final take on the from moscow for bringing us right up to date thank you. well indeed just to remind you the pressure on our t.v. started with the u.s. intelligence community claiming our channel was a so-called cog in russian meddling into american affairs back in september the u.s. justice department then demanded we register as a foreign agent now that's

and voice of america made the mistake of quoting a fake twitter account purporting to be that of mugabe's new p.f. party domestically the state owned a daily newspaper the herald which has spent decades as a mugabe mouthpiece clearly did not know who it was taking orders from initially suggesting it was business as usual in harare despite the tanks in the streets zimbabweans looking for a more realistic take had to rely on foreign news outlets as well as social media whereas zimbabwe coup became the hash tag of choice the ongoing investigation into alleged russian interference in last year's us presidential elections has taken an odd twist of freshly appears to show there was direct communication between donald trump jr and wiki leaks just prior to election day this past monday the american magazine the atlantic published a story saying that in two thousand and sixteen trump jr was in touch with wiki leaks over twitter he was trying to get access to material that wiki leaks was reporting on leaked e-mails from the democratic national committee relating to the hillary clinton campaign juli

and voice of america radio liberty and its korean toin television channel but the crackdown on r t n the us poses some very uncomfortable questions. soonish to those who are doing this in the u.s. have always been proud of being the world's number one democrats and freedom of speech has always been the main value it here to buy them there's no democracy without freedom of speech and it's not going to our media in the us is making a mistake an attack on freedom of speech itself the. pressure has been mounting on r.t. ever since we were accused of somehow making us voters too strong over hillary last year but can one channel really will that much power or is this just in a town to sell i fell alternative fuse and pressure on the russian media does not and u.s. lawmakers are now considering a bill that would give satellite providers the right to block channels funded by the kremlin the document was submitted by sen john mccain. all the steps in the outrageous i think we could quit the coffee is what it really is my coffees are on steroids now is an. audience share in america and around

american based media or media organizations that are directly funded by the us government think voice of america or the likes of c.n.n. the video channel that is operating in russia called current time and also radio free europe slash radio liberty dow here's something important in order for these news outlets to become foreign agents in this country russia's own legislation requires amendments and currently the m.p.'s are sorting this out and we also heard from the vice for the duma he says that according to the drafted amendment news agencies will not be touched but if a media outlet is not a newsagent and if it is from any other country not only the us or if it gets funding from abroad it may find itself on the list of foreign agents in russia and talking us through it will just remind you the pressure on our t.v. started with the us intelligence came. claiming earch on a will to a so-called cog in russian meddling into american affairs back in september the us justice department then demanded we register as a foreign agent now it's the spy and no proof that russia had any impact on the us el

russia will be stopped now earlier russia's ministry of justice warns us pointed out that the voice of america and radio liberty of the possibility of them having to register as foreign agents here in russia. and canada police detained forty four people in a right wing protest. in quebec on saturday the protest was met by a counter-demonstration riot police had to use tear gas to keep the two sides apart and the four hundred members of far right organizations marched to a convention center where a meeting of the governing quebec liberal party was taking place almost two hundred fifty the racism and anti capitalist activists staged a rival protest at the same location but police say they made arrests in order to prevent clashes in addition disguises clubs of slingshot and bottles with unknown liquids were confiscated from the protesters. i could get more or less story and others all the law and of course all social media as well that's all for me for this hour i'll be back at five am moscow time with more headlines to see that. the culture is good out of the big picture but it's a it's a real b

russia will be stopped now earlier russia's ministry of justice warned us on that outlets the voice of america and radio liberty of the possibility of them having to register as foreign agents here in russia. in other news the pakistani government has ordered the army to be deployed to the country's capital islamabad starts off to six people were reportedly killed in clashes there the violence erupted when people forcibly dispersed a group of is the missed approach just as the activists had been blocking key roads in the city for nearly three weeks. i was. was. was. was was i was was. i. was was thousands of police officers took part in the operation to disperse the demonstrators the hard line islamists were opposed to a legal move that would have allowed non muslim candidates to stand in elections they were also demanding that the current justice minister step down. you know you may think you've come across some pretty interesting military innovations but how about the soviet battle most certainly got the media in finland fired up although some basic fact checking might have saved them the wa

government funded voice of america the marines blood alcohol content was three times the legal limit when he was arrested now the u.s. military is confined all u.s. service people in japan to their residences and they are not allowed to buy or consume alcohol on or off the base this comes less than a year after u.s. department of defense funded stars and stripes reported on the drug and drunk driving awareness and prevention campaign which was signed in december of two thousand and sixteen by marine corps lieutenant general lawrence nicholson running for three months last year it sought to fix the problem of excessive alcohol use on and off the military base but drinking and socializing with locals is sadly a major part of having a military base in a foreign country so toshio. local bar gallery owner as well as the chairman of the can town bar owners association noted that u.s. service members are an interval part of can town's nightlife when no records are around in the entertainment district there are no japanese either a good community relationship may be important for the militar

and voice of america radio liberty and its korean toin television channel but the crackdown on r t n the us poses some very uncomfortable questions. soonish that if those who are doing this in the us have always been proud of being the world's number one democrats and freedom of speech has always been the main value it here to buy them there's no democracy without freedom of speech and it's not going to our media in the us is making a mistake an attack on freedom of speech itself the. pressure has been mounting on r.t. ever since we were accused of somehow making us voters choose trump over hillary last year but can one channel really will that much power or is this just in a town to stifle alternative. more of this week's headlines in just a moment including font letterheads the name given to a corruption scandal to be the one step in american naval history stay with us phone data. a place for many clubs over the years so i know the game and so i got. the ball isn't only about what happens on the pitch for the final school it's about the passion from the families it's the age of the

categorise overseas media outlets as "foreign agents" could affect the us government broadcaster, voice of americaparliament backed the measure, which was drawn up after washington ordered the russian state tv channel, rt, to register as a foreign agent. astronomers say they have discovered a planet about the size of earth, with a mild climate which could harbour life. called ross 128b, it's just eleven light years away. researchers believe the planet's temperature could range from —60 to 20 celsius, making it a promising place to search for life beyond earth. 50,000 children under the age of five are expected to die in yemen this year. that is according to the charity save the children. the crisis began in 2015 when houthi rebels believed to be backed by iran ousted the president and took control of parts of the country. a coalition led by saudi arabia began a campaign of air strikes in an attempt to restore the government. clive myrie has been to the front line city of taiz, where fierce fighting continues. it shouldn't be like this — children fed through plastic tubes, not because of nature, bu

government think voice of america or the likes of c.n.n. there is a video channel called current time that may fall under this as well plus radio free europe slash radio liberty now there is something important in order for these news outlets to become foreign agents and this organization russia is all a story in this country of course i meant russia's own legislation needs to be amendment amended and currently the m.p.'s are working on that and we just heard from the vice speaker for the duma he says that according to the drafted amendments news agencies will remain untouched although if a media organization is from another country it doesn't only it's not only about the us of course here or if it gets funded by anyone from abroad they may have to be on the list and we'll see when this amendment this draft amendment finally gets approved of course tell you about it since with moves in parliament already if lawmakers come up with anything else no doubt you'll come back to update us for how they relate to trying to thanks very much for that.

based media or news outlets that are funded by the american government for instance we can take voice of america or the likes of c.n.n. a video channel called current time radio free europe slash radio liberty but here's something important in order for these new sort for these news outlets to become foreign agents in this country russia's own legislation requires amendments when it comes to the law on foreign agents and i can tell you that the m.p.'s are currently working on ways to amend this law and to fix it have to wait and see if it gets any worse or so much prepared to take the hate out of any of this in the meantime a backbreaking work load for our colleagues in the united states for now really thanks very much for that update. just to remind you the pressure on you started with the u.s. intelligence community claiming a child was a so-called cold in russia meddling into american affairs back in september the u.s. justice department then demanded that we register as a foreign agent that's despite no proof that russia had any impact on the us election social media that began blocking our

and voice of america radio liberty and its korean time television channel but the crackdown on r.t. and the us poses some very uncomfortable questions to. those who are doing this in the us have always been proud of being the world's number one democrats and freedom of speech has always been the main value it here to buy them there's no democracy without freedom of speech and attack on our media in the us is make no mistake an attack on freedom of speech itself the. pressure has been mounting on r.t. ever since we were accused of somehow making us voters to strum turn into fuse. and pressure on the russian media does not and the u.s. lawmakers are now considering a bill that would give satellite providers the right to block channels funded by the kremlin the document was submitted by senator john mccain now the vice presidential candidate for the green party in the twenty sixth you know election the crackdown on r.t. america calling it outrageous. also said that media outlets such as c.n.n. in the new york times super should be registered as quote agents of capitalism because they r

and voice of america radio liberty and its korean time television channel but the crackdown on r.t. and the us poses some very uncomfortable questions. soonish to those who are doing this in the u.s. of always been proud of being the world's number one democrats and freedom of speech has always been the main value at here to buy them there's no democracy without freedom of speech and attack on our media in the us is make no mistake an attack on freedom of speech itself. pressure has been mounting on r.t. ever since we were accused of somehow making us voters truth trump over hillary last year but can one channel really will that much power or is this just in a town to say i fell alternatively. u.s. president donald trump has both relations with russia would be key to solving world crises such as syria north korea he was speaking a day after the apec summit in vietnam. we have to get to work to solve syria to solve north korea to solve ukraine to solve terrorism and i feel that having russia in a friendly part as opposed to always fighting with them is an asset to the world and an ass

activity here in the country now earlier russia's justice ministry warned us funded outlets the voice of america and italy radio radio liberty of the possibility of them having to register as foreign agents here in russia ok oh man thanks for that update that was a roman cost that. not an experiment simulating a mission to the moon has just ended in russia six crew members spent just over two weeks isolated and confined to a mock spacecraft the project called city is has been partly funded by the american space agency nasa. i. mean. it is. well that there was the first stage of the experiments the next ship that disciplines will spend about four months in simulated space and then in twenty nineteen the isolation well lost for eight months in the final stages expected to last for a bank seeing it is hoped the results will help pave the way for anybody to travel into space in the not too distant future of soon normal citizens will be able to spend time in space it's going to be something that not just astronauts and not just highly trained personnel can go to so it's a very important that we take

russia will be stopped now earlier russia's ministry of justice warns us on that outlets the voice of america and radio liberty off the possibility of them having to register as foreign agents here in russia. to further details on the story and the impact of it can be found on our website r t v dot com hawkins is here at the top of the are taking you through the rest of the day's big news story stay with us. here's what people have been saying about rejected in the senate it's the law in austin the only show i go out of my way to times you know really what it is that really packs a punch. yeah it is the john oliver of marjorie america is doing the same thing we have apparently better than blues nothing. to see people you never heard of law. redactor the next president of the world bank paid employment seriously send us an e-mail. global blog selling you on the idea that dropping bombs brings police to the chicken hawks forcing you to fight the battles of. the new socks for the tell you that celebrity gossip the tabloid but also the most important news. off the bad guys i'm telling you on the

and voice of america radio liberty and its korean time television channel but the crackdown on r t n the u.s. poses some very uncomfortable questions. those who are doing this in the u.s. have always been proud of being the world's number one democrats and freedom of speech has always been the main value of here to buy them there's no democracy without freedom of speech and attack on our media in the us is make no mistake an attack on freedom of speech itself. the pressure has been mounting on our heads he ever since we were accused of somehow making us voters choose trump over hillary last year but can one channel really will that much power or is this just a town to sell i fell alternative. of the u.s. navy's been swept up in a massive corruption scandal affecting scores of hard ranking officers plus the outcome of the police and trouble meeting in vietnam one after you've got a short break don't go anywhere. one hundred years ago russia was consumed by revolution and unprecedented violence is not an understatement to say the russian revolution or falsity could i call it was a defi

the united states has its own voice of america radio free liberty current time t.v. you know all over the world this is targeting specifically russian media and it has to be said that while r t international does present a russian worldview just as chinese t.v. presenter when she did see. the u.s. state media presents us real r.t. america doesn't even really it's simply gives a platform to mostly american leftist progressives and some libertarians and that's the danger russia r.t. does exactly back to to the west what its own media has long been to russia it gives alternative fringe voices a platform to criticize their own governments that they wouldn't have in their own media and that's it that's it in the. useful idiots argument i think is what's most damaging to the media environment in the united states because if you can selectively take a law that is very rarely been applied and apply it very specifically very politically motivated it says a lot about what freedom of speech is really about if you don't follow certain narratives you will be completely shut out t

and voice of america radio liberty and its korean toin television channel but the crackdown on r t n the u.s. poses some very uncomfortable questions to. those who are doing this in the u.s. have always been proud of being the world's number one democrats and freedom of speech has always been the main value it here to buy them there's no democracy without freedom of speech and it's not going to our media in the us is making a mistake an attack on freedom of speech itself but the pressure has been mounting on r.t. ever since we were accused of somehow making us voters too strong over hillary last year but can one channel really will that much power or is this just in a town to say i fell alternatives. will bring you more of this week's headlines in just a moment including donald trump and father me of parenting crossing part of the apec summit in vietnam and hundreds of u.s. navy forces being investigated for bribery and what's being called the worst corruption scandal in american maritime history do stay with us for those stories. that i was telling you on the idea the dropping bridg