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Go back to politicking im talking with chris shays former republican member of congress where he served on the Budget Financial ServicesHomeland Security and Government Reform Committee yes he did not mention the Russian Investigation in the state of the union nixon in seventy four state of the union called for an end to the socalled watergate affair did you expect the president to bring up russia. Frankly i didnt i didnt expect him to but i also i didnt expect him to have so many wonderful stories so there were a lot of things i didnt expect that happened but but but the bottom line is russia and his involvement with russia its messy ugly and and he exhibits in tremendous fear about the outcome of the investigation and i think most of us recognize it has something to do with his income taxes something to do with the Financial Support he received from the russians maybe something to do with things that they have about him and his activities because we know hes been someone that. Has been willing to do a lot of things that my mother would not approve. He was very ominous about north korea saying theyre reckless pursuit of Nuclear Missiles could very soon threaten our homeland there are reports that hawks in the Administration Want a limited strike a preventive attack against north korea are you worried about all that well i am and you know the longer i was in congress the more i realized you dont threaten to do something and then not do it. And you dont show weakness because then you alternately have to use force but the way the president has approached this has been its been pretty alarming a limited strike on north korea you have sold just you know within easy range of the artillery that are incased in the mountains in north. North korea they could obliterate the city it would just beat now having said that. Its one of the reasons why i believe that. You merican people need to understand that we can always promote our values and criticize countries that we need help from we need the chinese and the russians to be absolutely determined to prevent north korea from progressing with its Nuclear Arsenal and its Missile Program we need that and i greatly fear north korea having the ability of venture to have missiles that could reach the United States not just california but you know city several commentators have noted that trump never used the word democracy in the speech and thats surprising you know frankly nothing he surprises me now if you ask me if it disappoints me it does disappoint me but what i loved his speech about you know talking about in the end that the that to temple is right there where he was in congress lech walesa when he addressed us this is the polish leader who climbed over the chainlink fence and he came to congress after he became in charge of poland and he said when i crossed that chain link fence and thought i might be killed i knew that this chamber this congress would know what i had done and it would not be for naught i mean thats the impact that we had elect will lend you know he wants to make America Great again and were not being made great again by you know a tax cut were not being made great unless the rest of the world sees our moral leadership as well as our Economic Leadership he said hes offering and this is a quote an open hand to work with americans of both parties for these toward the bipartisan talk willie walk that walk. Well if you want to get something done you have to do and and i guess i had an issue with people who are criticizing his proposal if he is willing to make i think one point eight million socalled dreamers and you know i agree with him there are a lot more than just those individuals that we could call dreamers but thats huge and if it means that we have a fence in mexico along the Mexican Border and it has some expense to it i think thats a pretty good trade off if it means they can become citizens after twelve years i think thats a pretty good tradeoff but i also buy the argument that you cant allow people who are here illegally to then bring in others because you now are going to become a citizen chris as always thanks for your time today love talking with the and then we love love talking with you god bless bob shrum is a veteran demand democratic operative whos worked with many progressive candidates during the last four decades including positions as Senior Adviser to the president ial campaigns of al gore and john kerry hes presently director of the jesse m. Institute of politics at the university of Southern California i spoke with him earlier about the prospects of testing a Government Spending bill dark and his opinion of the current congressional leaders in the Democratic Party hears that interview watch. Ok robert what do you make of the latest stopgap measure funding the government to foot worry eighth well its its ridiculous it was the only thing they could get done because the president seems incapable of just sitting down and making a deal i mean he held that meaning at the white house he said you came up with a deal Lindsey Graham and dick durbin came up with a deal on daca funding some of the border wall came back to him and obviously he talked to other advisers like Steven Miller and he just turned it down so its not clear how you get a permanent deal and larry this is going to get more more critical because were going to bump up against the debt limit in february and if we ever breach the debt limit the economic consequences across the world would be extraordinary because of be the first time in history that the u. S. Had in a serious way damaged its full faith and credit so that the u. S. Bonds and investments in the u. S. Underlie the World Economy and if we ever violate the debt limit were in serious trouble then the democrats make any mistakes. I think think i think that if they you want to say they made a mistake if they took the president at his word but they had to try when he said im willing to make a compromise they had to go ahead and try and make that compromise so they had no other choice i dont think they had any other choice what do you think will happen between now and february eighth when the funding runs out i think republicans are very worried about the midterm elections there is a route its a radical group called the Freedom Caucus radically conservative in the house that wants to hold out wouldnt be all at all unhappy about shutting down the government but i think that there is going to be an enormous amount of pressure on the president on paul ryan on Mitch Mcconnell to come up with some kind of deal but once again the carving here is the unpredictability of donald trump you just dont know how hes going to react when they get a deal and whether hes actually going to he could agree to the deal one day and two hours later say i dont i dont want that deal hows the current congressional leadership on the democratic side are you happy in the senate in the house i think that Chuck Schumer has done a very good job of holding his caucus together of getting them to act in unison on tough measures the other day the ban which is flatly unconstitutional the ban on all abortions after twenty weeks. And he held democrats together or even them across from red states and it was voted down. I think nancy pelosi is the most unfairly maligned person in american politics. Stunning amazing job of exercising power in the minority in the house an amazing job of recruiting candidates to run this year in all of these congressional races and an amazing job of raising the resources to help them do that and if they take back the house of democrats take back the house a lot of the credit will be due to nancy pelosi i have to add though a lot of the credit will also be due to donald trump will she be sworn in again this. As a speaker i think its inconceivable that if the democrats win the house by anywhere between six ten fifteen votes that she would not be sworn in as speaker she would have to decide after that having had this achievement and having been the first woman ever to become speaker in two thousand and six or two thousand really two thousand and seven how long she would like to stay but i think it would be the height of in gratitude not to swear in a speaker assuming democrats took the house and strummed done anything you like yeah ill give you one. Getting rid of bannon. Oh wait you think the russian thing is gone weve been talking a lot of people van jones Alan Dershowitz they said no matter where it goes they dont think it will bring down his presidency well im not going to im not going to go that far i think it would be very hard to to get him impeached first of all the Republican House is not going to impeach him secondly even if democrats took the senate which is a big uphill climb this year because of the numbers twenty five or twenty six democrats up only eight republicans be very hard to get the two thirds needed for conviction. On the other hand if evidence comes out of either in collusion with the russians in which he was involved serious obstruction of justice or financial dealings that are questionable it will certainly hobble his presidency will certainly drain authority away from his presidency look he i think hes been given the wrong advice or hes come to the wrong conclusion him self hes got a base strategy george w. Bush in two thousand and four had a base strategy mobilize the base but he also tried to reach out to other people and he reached out just enough that he won that election. Trump only appeals to the base of the base is getting smaller and smaller so hes going to end up marooned on an island with about thirty thirty or. Three or thirty four percent of people and its going to be very tough for him to get reelected one of the other things in our poll that was astounding was that twenty five percent of republicans want someone else to be the nominee in two thousand and twenty other than donald trump and forty two percent of College Educated republicans want somebody other than donald trump its inconceivable to think that members of their party in those numbers would have said that about Ronald Reagan or john f. Kennedy a year into their presidency what do you make of these attacks on the at the way. Theyre outrageous theyre dangerous theyre subversive of democracy if you start taking Law Enforcement institutions that are supposed to be neutral and labeling them as prejudiced on no real evidence at all. You begin to destroy faith in the system and you try you you try to build look the president apparently keeps talking about my Justice Department its not his Justice Department its the american peoples Justice Department and the people who work there did not take an oath to donald trump they took an oath to the constitution so i wore the attacks on the press the attacks on Law Enforcement those are the kinds of things that can subvert democracy there are some reports including in the hill paper that bob kerrey is thinking about running. I mean John Kerry John kerry maybe bob you think. Well i mean look well run run again do you think i have no idea i do think there will be a very big democratic field in two thousand and twenty. On our numbers in our poll joe biden starts out as the clear favorite this by his age despite his an age. But theres also a sense in that play and Bernie Sanders has a hard core of supporters but theres also a sense in those numbers that people are yearning for someone new but kerry did a kerry almost got elected president he became he was a terrific secretary of state if he ran again i think youd be a serious candidate but theyre going to be twenty people up on that stage i mean i dont know that these debates may have to be broken into elizabeth one will be in the hunt right Bernie Sanders as you said any. Long shots that might not be long shots well thought theyre all long shots theyre all these these these new folks who. Who are registering at three or four or five percent. Cory booker Kemal Hara Joe Kennedy the third but youve got to step back from this is say one thing the great unwitting unifier of the Democratic Party in two thousand and twenty will be someone named donald trump and people will understand i think that even if their choice didnt get the nomination if they dont go out and vote for the nominee theyre likely to get donald trump for another four years with terrible consequences for the Supreme Court for example i mean Ruth Bader Ginsburg has just hired clerks for two thousand and twenty she sent a big signal that shes staying you know hiring clerks for twenty twenty four thats a long way away and thats what shed have to do there will be a lot on the line in two thousand and twenty and i think democrats are very likely to rally around whoever the nominee yes my thanks to bob shrum for that interview and i thought. 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Seen years ago i traveled across the United States exploring americas deadly love affair with a gun if a bad guy tried to get to one of my family members he would have better luck with that i dont i think they are and hurting whenever my my babies since my book was published in the year two thousand more than hoffa million americans have been killed by firearms in the us going out of thought to me as i did this is a middle school we go through drills and we put ourselves some real scenarios it was interesting to see who actually got hit by the gun i just saw i did to return to the subject to track down each gun owner who id met and photographed those years youve got i dont know this but we are not. If they are imposing their sanctions we just start developing our domestic capability and topping our resources. Remember how during the previous u. S. Ministration he said that the russian economy will be in shambles pointing to Falling Oil Prices and sanctions and all that stuff. Are we in shambles no quite the opposite. You. But. As one of the Biggest Police corruption scandals in the us we report from the city of baltimore on what triggered the case. That. German intelligence warns that the children of Islamic State fighters could be recruited to carry out terror attacks in the country describing them as living time bombs we hear Expert Opinion on the possible threat. Because children are trained to kill these of a direct agenda agenda to kill as many people as possible. Crimes as a world other side of the world. And the public and professional backlash as a controversial criminal case against a doctor whose patient died. Across. Russia. Its ten oclock here in moscow and youre watching r. T. International live with me in a day or two to welcome to the program one of americas Biggest Police corruption scandals is unraveling in the city of baltimore officers from an elite police unit tasked with reducing crime seem to have actually been adding to it theyre on trial accused of turning the law on its head they came at me like a gang or something i remember one of the officers saying i looked like someone who needed to be robbed everybodys life is destroyed because of this my kids are afraid to go in the house the socalled trace task force is made up of plainclothes officers and has been trying to tackle the citys increasing murder rate however the unit has been dissolved and officers arrested with charges against eight of them ranging from Drug Trafficking to planting fake evidence. Arties samir khan the reports on what triggered this case and how the police units crimes were exposed. Well it all started with an investigation into Drug Trafficking in new jersey then as the case unraveled federal authorities found out that the Baltimore Police department was also involved mostly its elite gun traced Task Force Unit months of recordings recovered from a device planted in a Police Cruiser reveal that officers were involved in Drug Trafficking robbery falsifying reports and planting fake evidence in one case a high speed car chase resulted in a crash which the officers tried to cover up one of the indicted acts attacked is involved actually broke down in tears in court it was a really bad accident none of us stopped to render aid to see if anyone was hurt we were foolish although i was doing so much wrong it got to a certain point where too much was too much altogether six officers have already pleaded guilty and two are still being tried but there are indications theres more to the story than just one Rogue Police UnitCourt Records show that the city paid over half a Million Dollars to settle claims of misconduct and falsifying reports involving the very same officers and dating back as far as twenty fourteen so why did they all fortys choose to sweep it all under the rug were kind of used to this those offices of very well known industries for door what are they doing and this isnt the first incident where it came up its been its probably been plenty of complaints you cant go an extra help because youre afraid that you know this particular of so it might just do some so you might pencil its common when we see them coming we go to opposite direction if we can and if we can we deal with this circumstance this has been corruption for a long time you know just because this is one as in a way as though they decide to you know come forward or you know they got caught for what theyve done is stops that particular incident but at the same time as not going to stop interruption has to be done to stop the corruption from these criminals are cops and the cops are criminals then theres the unsolved murder of detective shawn souter that took place in. November last year souter wasnt part of the countrys taskforce but worked with some of the officers were now under indictment and the day before he was set to testify in the corruption probe he was shot in the head with his own weapon while on duty and another unfortunate twist which some might find suspicious a patrol car transporting the dying officer to an asp it all got into an accident theres no suspect in the murder so far and no eyewitnesses except one unnamed partner and when the Police Commissioner tried to redirect the investigation to the f. B. I. The agency refused saying that the case had nothing to do with the corruption probe im growing increasingly uncomfortable that my home aside the directives do not know all of the facts known to the f. B. I. Or the u. S. Attorneys office that good if revealed to us assist in furthering this Murder Investigation in the wake of the scandal Baltimore Police have launched an overhaul including a new commissioner vowing to reign in city violence but investigators still seem to have a very complicated plot to unravel samir khan reporting from baltimore. Journeys Domestic Intelligence chief is warning that children of Islamic State fighters in the country are living time bombs and said they could be recruited for terror plots in germany we have to consider that these children could be living time bombs there is a danger that these children come back brainwashed with a mission to carry out attacks Islamic State uses headhunters who scour the internet for children that can be approached and tries to radicalize these children or recruit these children for terrorist attacks. The domestic intel chief also said journey should review laws restricting surveillance of mine is under the age of fourteen in recent years the country has faced several cases when miners were planning terror attacks for example back in twenty sixteen a twelve year old boy tried but failed to blow up a Christmas Market in the west of the country there are also concerns that children back from syria and iraq could be targets for further radicalization according to Government Data about three hundred people who left germany to join i still have now returned to the country the potential threat posed by i saw children is also a concern shared by a top counterterrorism officer in the u. K. Some terror groups are training children to commit atrocities we need to not just understand the risk the mother poses but the risk that any child poses as well look at them an accused brachis breezes and the maybe youre arrested we discussed this with Stephen Morris from the English Democrats Party and Mohammed Shafique the chief executive of the ramadan foundation. We always have this little cuddly thing of children where they can do no wrong bear in mind these are children that are trained to kill they are not just good in a mock in a street been antisocial these are of a direct agenda and the agenda is to kill as many people as possible so we do have to clamp down on this our Security Services and police are doing a tremendous amount of work to a dentist fi who those children now these are children they didnt make the choice. To call and live in syria it was their parents and we should not punish the children for the actions of the crimes of the parents im quite clear in terms of human rights universal declaration of human rights that we should welcome them back and help them rebuild their life where we can help them but we should help them over there we dont have to bring them here what youve got a youve got to do want people to bring them over here let them walk free while the been assessed well know. The walking through it but we dont live in the law of the jungle they are british citizens are we as a government as a society and as a country have a duty of care towards them children in the u. K. Anybody below the age of eighteen you actually classed as a child a fourteen fifteen sixteen year old or seventeen year old can just go around the streets with a knife. Like anybody else you know they are as big a threat is anybody you know you cannot you say just because they were under the age of eighteen in this country under the age of forty that theyre no longer a threat because the us they in themselves are victims of isis and their crimes have been returned to do you k. Im hoping that theyll get psychological help for the trauma that theyve seen and the terrorism and oppression that their witness was living in syria if it turns out that they are involved in extremism and they are we involved in terrorism then we need to do as much work as possible to d. V. R. To close them and to protect them protect themselves from such an evil ideology. Russias medical community has been outraged by a criminal case brought against a moscow hematologist shes accused of medical malpractise that allegedly led to a patients death but many doctors and legal analysts claim the case is significantly flawed arties has the details but was dr union im if you had a nose job to come to this clinic every day and work to save peoples lives she was the mastermind behind this brand new unit which was meant to become very most advanced center for bone Marrow Transplant in moscow the plan was to open it in january but instead a court ruled that she must go to jail. This is mr arenas office she has been gone for two weeks already we miss her she had a lot of plans and there are assignments for the next week on her desk it all goes back to a tragedy that happened almost five years ago she was treating a patient with leukemia and that required a morning by obscene a routine procedure for a doctor me suited up it all went fine and the patient went off to work by evening he was suffering severe stomach pains and an ambulance took him to a private hospital then he underwent surgery and in two days passed away if a patient dies he is or her relatives always want to get justice when someones life is taken due to somebody else i think that some punishment must follow but what caused the persons death the biopsy the surgery or Something Else it took the investigators and the court for years to determine that for now the verdict is that this office will remain empty for two years. But some of russias top hematology called the ruling nonsense while dr masood innes colleagues and former patients were simply stunned now i feel that future has been taken away from the person who saved my life and lives