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i the clashes erupted of protesters as well as supporters of prime minister nicole passion yann faced off in the capital yet. another news come this hour essential vaccines for political influence critics slam israel for sending countries kovi jabs in exchange for diplomatic support. but i welcome good evening you're watching r.t. international where it's 6 o'clock here in moscow. now we start without breaking news because i mean his opposition has rejected an offer from the country's prime minister for early elections earlier a standoff between opponents and supporters of prime minister nicole passion yann rocked the capital get a van and police were deployed in large numbers all after the prime minister sacked the chief of the armed forces general staff saying he was part of an attempt to military kill you there are fears tensions could escalate further. i was i was i was massive opposing rallies we're seeing close to one another in central yet a van official crowd numbers yet to be confirmed but they are estimated to be in their thousands. i thank. cars have been honking their horn

clashes erupt in the armenian capital between supporters and opponents of prime minister nicole passion yann after he fires the country's army chief who had called . on the entire government to quit the armenian leader called that statement an attempted military coup in his son publicly invited supporters to the central square and came out to meet the. 3rd to come this hour now it's essential vaccines for political influence critics slam israel sending countries with jobs in exchange for diplomatic support and president biden reopens a facility for migrant children similar to those his fellow democrats dubbed trump's concentration camps. l.o.l. can you watching us international just gone 2 o'clock here in moscow must start that breaking news because the tit for tat political and military struggle has caused the top level firing in armenia the prime minister sacked the head of the army saying that he was part of an attempted military coup or supporters and opponents of the prime minister clashed in the capital after he called on supporters to come out onto the street. i'm inviting all my supp

this prime minister and his government if they still in the end are willing to back his depression yann over the future of. the governing armenia despite the fact that he has become. far less popular due to the handling of the war you know when they go to come back with which was disastrous for our media because he came to power passion and came to power in a landslide election the big question now is just how much support he has i guess is what it just comes down to. yeah we're seeing crowds of people joining him on the streets of the capital yerevan he's marching through the streets with his megaphone just a trademark signature of the past union and. he is in many ways a populist leader he talks to people he talks to the public on his facebook live. broadcasts and i think that's where he feels safest is trying to surround himself with the armenian public because he does have enemies he has a lot of political enemies and these are the people who and now perhaps see this would see this is an opportunity to to finally unseat him but the opinion polls would suggest that they may be no mor

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cup final love the goal to get as much advice but as well as the footballing highs and lows yann remembersthe culture shock of 1st arriving from denmark i think it's fair to say that the city in many ways on his knees what was keeping the city go on was the spirit of the people and of course a little before they sort of pretty quickly let you know that i'm not actually doing of a favor by join them they are doing a favor by allowing me to play a little bit and i think that goes all the way back to you bill shankly when he announced that the football club belongs to the fans and we play for the fans. coming here. to liverpool. players. came and began. to play for you. and if you didn't believe me. believe me now. bill shankly ran the team for 15 years from 1959 to 1974 dragging the club from the 2nd division to the very top of english football. all bill shankly was all greatest manager. everybody loves shankly he instilled in them before they went out onto the pitch to say. you know i was kind of a socialist approach and some of the way he believed what i can say gather you've got the best

it does follow a day of standoff between opponents and supporters of prime minister nicole passion yann in the capital of yet a van with a few planes were earlier seen over the capital and police were deployed in large numbers but after passion man fired the head of the country's army and said that they had attempted a military coup opponents of the prime minister though have gathered in the city center saying they want him to quit but a rally in support of the armenian leader or say gathered in large numbers that opposing crowds have faced off in the capital with clashes erupting between the grapes. was earlier in the day passion and took to facebook to tell supporters that he needs them passion yan and his son there met them to assure that the situation is manageable and that he's ready to discuss any problems in the country he also insisted today that the army chief he dismissed for maine's quote his brother in the last hour or so then addressed his supporters in caravan central yellow van calling for early elections he's also demanding to the country's military a bay him after he sa

the resignation of both the prime minister and his government the military accuses nicole passion yann of being unable to make sound decisions in times of crisis on top of that the military is unhappy about what they describe as numerous attempts to discredit the armed forces there statement goes on to claim that passion and inefficient management has brought armenia to the verge of demise. a local journalist a carin of its yonkers reporting from the ira van says that the opposition is preparing for a night of demonstrations. right now where between the 2 towns say in the fall of one square right behind me you can see the building of the national leslie of parliament here right in the streets of the opposition is teaching the chance to make that chant. because their wish is to stand still 24 seventh's and all souls day they are preparing for that night. bringing firewood for camp fire everything going for it for ration for the night not for just a one night but to every day 247 yes the all physician leaders they are lost and also waiting for the president of for me to make some seizure

armenian president who so far has refused it seems to saw in that dismissal document that mr passion yann called for this morning when he spoke to to the army in public and live on air fired the head of the army robin from what you've seen what's been the regional reaction and particularly from countries like russia russia of course helped to roker that cease fire deal between armenia and azerbaijan over and i'm going to care about. well russia has said that this is an internal dispute that this is a matter to be resolved internally and that's very telling because they haven't taken sides. people. who understand the politics surrounding armenia know that nothing really now can go ahead you know armenia without implicit support from moscow. the situation on the ground has changed so much that armenia is in many ways now utterly dependent on russia to maintain this situation if we think about how all those territories that armenia lost in the war has changed the balance of power they now require russia to continue to keep the peace because russian peacekeeping soldiers are on the ground in

early elections earlier standoff between opponents and supporters of prime minister nicole passion yann rocked the capital gather van and police were deployed in large numbers all after the prime minister sacked the chief of the armed forces general staff saying that he was part of an attempted military coup in the raf is the tensions could escalate further. i was i was i was i saw massive opposing rallies we're seeing close to one another in central hear of an official crowd numbers are yet to be confirmed they are estimated to be in their thousands. thanks. drivers were seen honking their horns as crowds chanted anti passion and slogans some have been driving too with photos of the prime minister made in fake blood stuck on their vehicles opponents of the cole passion and have also been filmed standing on their balconies giving the thumbs down sign and here by there were rallies in support of the prime minister earlier in the day he did take to facebook to tell supporters that he needs them and the prime minister and his son they met the crowds to assure that the situation is manageab

camp david night and they say to stay there 247 until and pays vote on whether to remove paasschen yann from office. has been at the scene since early morning. right now we're standing in front of the nation's parliament which became the average center of the current political crisis in armenia there is heavy police presence in the area officers basically cordoned off the parliament building in. those in right now they are changing and those police officers in the front row they don't have firearms only but tons of the security of behind the fence over there well they do have automatic firearms and you know as far as what's going on right now here on the street well you can see people behind me they just kind of wandering around chatting peacefully about the latest news. several dozen opponents of the incumbent prime minister any called question and stayed here overnight demanding his resignation and from you know what we're seeing here there are they are bracing for a prolonged standoff set up tense barricades loading up in supplies and fire wars i guess this is another sign that the l

the new unit of currency is involved in a transaction is slowed during the year you know a euro or yann that were pound or dollar should change hands a certain number of times when that slows it's the same effect as contract currencies. so that should slow and in a crisis banks get scared and they stop rolling over all of the loans and there's a lot of rolling credit lines out there and when they stop rolling over loans there's basically a car and they be loan is not renewed when the debt means that they're going to credit needs the debt on the books they annihilate each other and that currency vanished. and so a debt based currency system. the one thing that the world central banks can't control is velocity with a crash and a crisis joe aussie should slow beyond the. counter balance in effect. that the russians say counterbalancing because it actually puts things more out of balance the effect that the world's central banks when they react with the massive currency creation that very i believe you're right we haven't seen anything yet this next round when the crisis hits is going to be

clashes erupt in the armenian capital between supporters and opponents of prime minister nicole passion yann after he fires the country's army chief who had called . on the entire government to quit meanwhile the armenian leader called that statement an attempted military coup in his son publicly invited supporters to the central square and came out to meet them. to come this hour now it's essential vaccines for political influence critics slam israel sending countries jobs in exchange for diplomatic support and president biden reopens a facility for migrant children similar to the democrats dubbed trump's concentration camps.

are also getting these pictures from rallies in support of the prime minister passion yann earlier in the day he took to facebook to tell supporters he needs them a passion and in this sunday met them to assure that the situation is manageable and that he is ready to discuss any problems in the country and went on to say that he was prepared for more elections he also insisted to the army chief he dismissed remains quote his brother despite the rather brotherly statement from the head and general of general staff of the armed forces that sparked this whole conflict i mean the prime minister addressed his supporters and rather than announcing his me said early elections. then why would you want to also solve this is general doing your job god borders and the territorial integrity of armenia this is my order and no one can disobey the prime minister and the government of army no longer able to make adequate decisions in this fateful and critical situation for the armenian people given the current situation the armed forces of armenia demand the resignation of the prime minister and the

of an attempted military coup now we're getting these pictures from rallies in support of passion yann official crowd numbers yet. they are estimated to be in their thousands. in the day and took to facebook to tell supporters he needs to. give good looking i'm inviting all my supporters to come to republic square i consider the statement by the general staff as an attempted military coup. and his son their supporters you sure the situation is manageable. and that he is ready to discuss any problems in the country he also insisted that the army truthfully dismissed remains quote his brother despite the rather than brotherly statement from the head of the general staff of the armed forces that sparked this whole conflict. the prime minister and the government of army are no longer able to make adequate decisions in this football and critical situation for the armenian people given the current situation the armed forces of armenia the resignation of the prime minister and the government at the same time we called to refrain from using force against people whose children died defending th

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, the one thing that's been true about mitch mcconnell, he behaved in all of those ways, mock veil yannim, accruing to his benefit and accruing to the benefit of republicans in the senate. so we'll see two years from now, whether the gamble and cynicism paid off. >>> eddie glaude, as you have been saying, the pull of what he stands for the pull of his voters, the threat of donald trump looming out there, was stronger than the evidence that those senators not only saw and heard from house managers but lived through on january 6th. >> absolutely, willie. and i'm just reminded of something my father said to me yesterday. he said whatever mitch mcconnell was shoveling out of his mouth, we need to hold our nose. that's mississippi wisdom right there. you're absolutely right. and i want to take this question to doris. she said something that struck my attention. -- call the my attention rather. she talked in 1965 and the shift in public sentiment. we also know the civil war happened. cities began to burn. how important is presidential leadership in these moments of crises where certain kinds

and alexandria ocasio-cortez raised $5 million in the face of this just again slams into the tufpl yann-cruz narrative of lack of interest and care for the very people in his own state. >> if we can pull back, ted cruz is wearing a mask. there is a pandemic. not only does he dessert his state, joe, at their time of need, but we're in the middle of a pandemic. and he's popping out of the country to cancun with his family and now doing these photo-ops in masks because we're in the middle of a pandemic. another thing that was going on this weekend while he was going to be in cancun was a country hitting the unbelievably unnecessary 500,000 death mark for the coronavirus pandemic. these people, these republicans who still cling to trump, cling to his coattails when he's gone are not connected with reality. >> well, not just that. it is the clinging to trumpism and the clinging, as i said before, to this personality cult. and, again, it's, you know, they're not owning the libs when they do that. they're not owning nancy pelosi. >> speaking of owning. aoc is owning cruz right now. and she isn't ev

and they did not strike an ire ran yann direct targets but instead iranian-backed militias. years. they have used the syrian civil war to expand their influence across the region, including certainly in syria and in iraq. and what they are trying to do is continue to expand their footprint. this is saying you have gone this far and no further. let's get back to the table >> this take place at the same moment when the biden administration has been clear it wants to reengage on some level on the iran nuclear deal. what are the implications of this attack on that conversation? >> this is definitely designed not to escalate but send a message. it's something because this is a new administration. this is not a new problem for most of the people in it. there is this moment where they say they need to make sure they know that attacks on u.s. targets will not go unanswered. we're trying to get everybody back to talks. >> gael tzemach lemmon. her new book "the daughters of kobani" is now a "new york times" best seller. mika? >> and it should be. it's an incredible book. still ahead o

joining us is covering national security and intelligence kin discipline yann.reporting headline, quote, biden may have trouble tracking down on domestic terrorism because of free speech and the fbi. good to see you. good morning. walk us through this a little bit. it does seem straightforward to a lot of people. if we can go after international terrorists, why can't we do it at home. >> good morning, willie. i took a deep dive and found there are two main reasons it's going to be harder. one is a reason of law and the constitution and free speech. but another is a reason of culture and politics inside the fbi. the law is pretty clear, we don't designate domestic terrorist organizations in this country the way we do al qaeda and isis and the way other countries like canada designate domestic organizations. canada designated the proud boys the other day. we don't do that. so that takes away some legal tools that are used against al qaeda and isis sympathizers, particularly a statute that materializes support for terrorism. that's one big issue. there is a debate