Of broadcasting live from our studios in moscow this is our chief International Thomas certainly glad to have you with us. Are 2 congressmen one republican one democrat have tabled a bill to block any strike on iran without the approval of congress it came on the same day that donald trump a posted a threatening tweet against iran. Anytime bahraini anything american will be met with great and overwhelming fools in some areas overwhelming will mean patrician well that was trump on twitter talking about possible obliteration in response to iran if they were to attack the United States harsh words well it is interesting to note that recently the United States did come apparently 10 minutes away from a strike against iran apparently there were 3 locations in iran that were to be hit by a u. S. Military strike however trump called off the strike 10 minutes prior to it taking place now that was in response to iran shooting down a u. S. Drone now this drone that iran shot down iran says it was in their territorial waters they were defending the territorial integrity of their country however the United States maintains this drone was in International Waters and that it was an unprovoked attack now its interesting to note that now we have members of congress coming forward one democrat and one republican putting forward an amendment to the National Defense authorization act that would not allow for any funding of a u. S. Military attack on iran without the approval of congress the bill would prevent the president of United States from taking action against iran unless there was statutory or congressional authorization for him to do so this bill has some pretty widespread support like rand paul and Mitch Mcconnell this is how the legislation has been described. Last week we watched president schoen come within minutes of striking a row and evolving the United States in yet another trillion dollar war in the middle east present from complained on ending costly wars overseas but given the advisors he chose and his recent risky actions hes not living up to that promise now u. S. President trump was recently interviewed by the hill and in that interview he stated that he did not believe he needed congressional approval in order to take measures and strike against iran this is what trump said in the interview do you believe right now that you have the authority to strike iran without congress i do i do believe that i like the idea of keeping congress abreast but i wouldnt have to do that this is been a longstanding disagreement if you look at recent u. S. History many military actions by the United States in places such as vietnam or libya have been taken without congressional approval been carried out simply on orders of the president now its interesting to note that there has been voices criticizing trump for the potential of a new war against iran one voice was that of mowbray looksee is a republican member of congress from alabama and he said that in washington d. C. There seem to be some forces that are pushing for new wars without thinking about the consequences for the military military families and others who are affected by the decisions this is mobile rocks. There are a variety of political influences in washington d. C. That love it when we flex American Military muscle and they dont seem to care one twit about our men and women in uniform who are risking their lives and sometimes giving their lives all eyes are now on washington d. C. As many voices around the world are deeply concerned about the danger of conflict between the United States and iran despite widespread fears of a conflict with iran and there are some in the u. S. Who could actually benefit our teasley petrenko comments. Donald trump and tears on air i dont really remember any other american president squeezing that many out of us t. V. Anchors by whatever he says or signs Trump Administration officials have been sending babies and other young children. I have muslim friends who are texting me tonight saying should i leave the country i have a family that immigrants that are terrified tonight his name was private emanuel meant and he immigrated from ghana a country donald trump apparently thinks produces very poor immigrant i am i dont know why the president doesnt know. If they loathe them so much for being inhumane and not giving a damn about peoples suffering the story of how and why the president called off the strike on iran must have warmed at least a few hearts in those studios at least a tiny bit they came in they said sure were ready to go wed like a decision i said i want to know something before you go how many people will be killed. In this case or any means they said came back said sure approximately 150 and i thought about it for a 2nd i said you know what they shot down a man and. A drone and here we are busy sitting with 150 dead people and i didnt like it well those whod been painting mr trump with you know what kind of brush didnt only fall short of shifting their attitude their impression was the usual the president was failing the nation President Trump was being urged by outside advisors not to carry out the strikes we dont know who they are or why he would share with them people not in the chain of command or in his defense circle north korea is watching all our enemies are watching. Of course assad is watching and for 7 weeks nothing more provocations theres a price to pay for an action and that says a lot all in all it shows gross disorganization in a president who cant seem to make up his mind even on something as important as a military strike on iraq it was then the experts or columnist stern heres a part of the piece that came out in the atlantic magazine the president s reprehensible behavior makes it virtually impossible for him to bring the country together convince it is necessary and on the basis of that support persuade americas to join the fight not much of a surprise to hear that from a former Bush Administration member whose job was to make sure nato allies kept by washington side during the iraq invasion although that title doesnt get a mention on the page or heres how a c. B. S. Correspondent was the eating into a thought by a former u. S. Admiral and the channels contributor theres a run shoot down another drone military officers say they intend to be ready to retaliate much faster and with fewer estimated casualties but the final go no go decision will still be up to the president we are in an interesting period of this crisis where its possible the president has simply gone back to his military planners and asked for a better option that he might choose to execute any time now or at a later date let me point out though that c. B. S. Doesnt say mr wenna filled is on the board of directors of raytheon one of the Worlds Largest arms producers over at n. B. C. One of their experts stated that. Is causing long term damage to the credibility of americas commitment to its allies and Regional Security in the strategically vital parts of the world mr really is quoted as a former Us Ambassador to bahrain under barack obama but perhaps it would have been worth mentioning another title of his the Vice President of america re consulting one of the companys top clients is guess who the u. S. Department of defense so maybe that explains the massive gap in perception a poor immigrant who is suffering at the hands of the racist president versus the lives of 150. 00 iranian soldiers special interests will probably always set things straight the media is filled with all kinds of government and industry connected experts socalled experts who actually would benefit from war and and yes the media is very happy to give give them a platform because they all kind of benefit together from a from an International Conflict there are some sectors of the media that are astonishingly irresponsible and shortsighted when it comes to middle east conflicts they disbelieve in pouring in arms into the middle east into the persian gulf they think nothing of engaging in a military conflict as extremely reckless and dangerous and its pushing the u. S. To the brink of war. We cannot cross live to Medea Benjamin who is an antiwar activist to discuss this further thanks for being with us here on our team international. So if we get right down to it President Trump insists he can declare war on iran without congressional approval but some lawmakers including republican senator rand paul say that that is not true in fact many say only congress can declare war whats your take. Well absolutely its in the constitution and there were the hearing in congress where the u. S. Special representative for iran brian cook was asked directly by congressman ted lew ringback is it the job of the congress to declare war or anyone say it and 10 those said have you read the constitution and. Said yes and he said well doesnt it say right there its congress that declares war and brian still would not say it of course theres no doubt its the congress but this is been violated and in fact since the time of the vietnam war the war powers act has not been used in congress but now congress is trying to reassert its authority there has been a large tradition of the executive trying to take as much powers in terms of using the military as much as possible since the vietnam war as you said and even perhaps before that currently theres an amendment tabled by the u. S. Congressman 2 of them in fact we mentioned it earlier in our broadcast it would block funding for u. S. Military action against iran unless congress has declared war is that likely to pass or is there some obstacles for it. Well it does have the majority of democrats the problem is getting some more republicans to move over there is one version of it in the house and theres one version of it in the senate in the senate there is the possibility of filibuster if the Senate Democrats really wanted to do that so i think its odd that there are not more republicans that are onboard given the trump himself says he doesnt want to go to war of course theyre reluctant to take para way from the executive when the executive is a republican but i think even that the sentiment of the American People is not to go into war it would be one of those republicans who listen to their constituents to vote in favor of this so i think there is a chance it could pass but. If the so if congress is unable to stop a war what does that say about the balance of powers between the separate branches of u. S. Government at this point. Well the end strange thing is that there are members of congress who say that a military strike is not war its just a military strike of course there are others like Bernie Sanders says that a low a military strike is an act of war but they are trying to get themselves to be able to say that there are times when the executive has act very quickly and they could do a Surgical Strike it would not lead to war but we know in the situation were in right now in iran where the iranians would definitely retaliate against the United States this would take us on the path to war so it means that. This is not Strong Enough to take its responsibility back from the executive and use the powers granted to it in the constitution to be the sole body that can declare war all right very interesting to hear your thoughts it will be also interesting to see how this all plays out Medea Benjamin and i were to activists thanks for being with us here on our 2 International Thanks for having. Conservative instict Investigative Group project very thomas has posted a video claiming to shed light on the way google manipulates search results it includes an interview with a whistleblower and he secretly filmed a conversation with a Company Executive there are partisan political. Cartoons but arms never bothering somebody but by the time the power goes out they were innocent its a great. Thank you letter but see here even though you dont like that thank you very much they will these are. The resources that we would be charged with maintaining security. On. You tube which is owned by google has taken down the video but it can still be seen on the projects very toss website or his it was done off comments. Its a household name for everything searched online it hosts those stupid videos you watch when the boss is not looking and theres a new Service Coming in 2020 electing the u. S. 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Google secretly adding filters for its search is like a loan shark heading interest points in the finest of prints at the bottom of a 100 page document except google does that in invisible ink but search is by far not the only tool in googles arsenal a web browser smart. Phones tablets laptops p. C. s an operating system for phones tablets and smart t. V. s the worlds best seller that as over 2 and a half 1000000000 active uses monthly google can tinker with any of those any time at its whim and apparently it plans to do so including to their head of responsible innovation. That it was. Good. For you. To be data that it was what you. Think. It is. Now hows that for innovation or hows that for dont be evil hows that for do the right thing actual slogans google promises to a bite to proudly but why not play god when its totally the right thing its pretty scary they they are also Research Results to match their definition of fairness because it isnt a matter of a few people saying is with a d. Mystere and what they deem isnt fair really their fairness term is kind of a smokescreen like the person was saying in video the idea is that every scene is more about their particular political viewpoints google they are published in certain stories to curating news specifically for the actual goal of now having a particular person in the white house that its clear election interference what google is doing is way way way more damaging and actually legitimate compared to the rush of conspiracy theories that have been flowing around the google executive filmed by project veritas has reacted to the video she claims it was selectively edited to distort her words. Germany and france are loggerheads over who will take over from john called younger as European Commission president arties bureau of are reports. Everything is not rosy in the e. U. Garden when it comes to finding a replacement for john claude younker e. U. Commission president fact were seeing paris and berlin certainly bumping heads over this issue Angela Merkel she has given her full support to her man lunsford the p. P. Candidate for the Commission President job hes also a member of the german chancellors conservative union however. The french president hes not happy with the system being used to put forward mr verver at all he says the whole system is biased in favor of the larger parties worth noting at this point mr mcbride of course represents one of the smaller parties in the European Parliament his opposition to month has prompted the head of germanys conservative delegation to accuse the french president of being german i dont see a Franco German axis instead i see era vision ist mr mccraw doing everything he can to destroy european democracy well president macron says this isnt the case at all in fact he pointed to the constitution of the European Union which said that he was well within his rights is one of the heads of government of the 28 Member States to oppose whoever he thinks is not right for the job. If munfordville presented himself in front of the european people and they had said we want him to be the president of the commission the no problem no matter what he presented himself as head of the list in germany nice try but no i know how much germans are attached to the constitution and rightly soon we have a european constitution and treaties also which is east treaty say the president of the commission is chosen by the leaders of the council and he is confirmed by the Parliament Just like the germans i love the constitution so we headed for a situation whereby if the 28. 00 heads of government of the. Member states cant agree on one of the candidates thats being put forward its pretty much anybodys guess who will take over when he steps down on the 31st of all now they translate last week at a European Council summit to get a consensus they didnt get one there is going to be another Emergency Council meeting on the 30th of june thats this coming sunday. What happens essentially is the heads of government they have to agree on who they would like to see be the Commission President that then gets put to the parliament they vote on this if parliament agree that person becomes the next e. U. Commission president however were quite far away from that position at the moment. President trumps son in law has unveiled washingtons latest plan to solve the Israeli Palestinian conflict shared kirshner spoke at a peace conference in bahrain Economic Growth and prosperity for the Palestinian People are not possible without an enduring and fair political solution to the conflict one that guarantees israels security and respects the dignity of the Palestinian People however today is not about the political issues will get to those at the right time according to the white house and the project would pump a 50000000000. 00 into middle east economies the u. S. Says the move will cut poverty help life quality and create millions of jobs for the plan also includes some more controversial points which have been leaked by the israeli media washington wants to see the creation of a New Palestine without an Army Jerusalem would be the shared capital of israel and palestine and israel would retain control of jewish settlements in the west bank meanwhile palestinians have some very different ideas on how to resolve the conflict. 1st lift the siege of gaza stop the israeli theft of our Land Resources and funds give us all freedom of movement and control over our borders and space territorial waters etc then watch us build a vibrant prosperous economy as a free and sovereign people. Thousands of palestinians have rallied in gaza against us planned demonstrators set fire to american flags and the u. S. President s portrait was marked with the words deal of the devil to get both sides of the story we spoke with a former Palestinian Government minister and an israeli diplomat. The main concern is the survey live the fact that is bypassing the wishes of the Palestinian People is bypassing the u. N. Resolutions and is imposing the american and israeli vision for peace in which the palestinians will be seduced to accept a formula and which there is no state and they would really just simply be the end of the Israeli Regime and the occupation that has lasted for years on and options to the Palestinian People the palestinian leadership makes it difficult for any plan to exist where the palestinians were the Main Partners of the event their option so it is ludicrous for anybody to feel that. The americans are very easy in any way going to be workable trump comes with a kind of out of the box approach this is a breath of fresh air and i think all of us should give peace a chance we should take what is possible now in this. Summit or workshop i think is very important because its going to really enthused a lot of hope into the region and the palestinians need a lot of economic projects and investments we cannot get into a quick solution it has to be somewhat gradual and in order to be gradual i think an economic basis is. Could help a lot and then bring in the political arm as well. A massive fire has engulfed a petro Chemical Plant on the southern tip of spain plumes of black smoke can be seen billowing from a factory near gibraltar cause of fires so far unknown people have been evacuated from nearby homes and roads in the area are closed no injuries have been reported so far. Australian public broadcaster a. B. C. Is suing the police after a raid on its sydney Headquarters Officers seized the documents on alleged war crimes by australian soldiers in afghanistan a. B. C. Wants the files back a. B. C. Is asking the court for a declaration that the warnings was invalid and several technical grounds that underline the fundamental importance of Investigative Journalism and protection of confidential sources. The socalled afghan files that lead to last year by former military lawyer David Mcbride to detail claimed crimes such as the killing of unarmed men and children a Court Hearing over the raids is expected next month police are defending the raid on the grounds of National Security this warrant relates to the alleged publishing of information classified as an official secrets which is an extremely serious matter thats has the potential to undermine australias National Security we spoke to greg barnes president of the Australian Lawyers Alliance he said the Case Highlights the lack of protection for journalists. Place in australia when it comes to rides on journalists rides on was always so but the National Interest is at stake and frankly its nonsense i think the issue here is that this is designed to parish astroid and journalists are data tell the truth about what happens in the a Strong Military facilities or with the bigger issue of course use the lack of protections for people in a strike when it comes to freedom of speech and freedom of the press we dont have a human rights we dont have a human rights legislation in australia and so what hes saying is that the security stuff. That hes the spies spy agencies in place agencies have an enormous power when it comes to trying to close down investigations by journalists or information that i dont want reveal to the public. If you thought the mall or report put an end to the whole trump russia collusion narrative well think again the host of hollywood a listers have released a video urging the public to study the document the stars among them actor Robert De Niro are certain it shows both meddling and collusion. In 2016 the russian government attacked our democracy they interfered in the president ial election in sweeping and systematic fashion they hacked emails spread lies and social media and made hundreds of contacts with the Trump Campaign all as a part of a massive covert operation to help donald trump become president these people live in a world of make believe Robert Deniro has convinced people that this man who was raised in Greenwich Village who the father of an artist all of a sudden is a tough guy hes a tough guy or a member of the mob or or a real tough guy this is an artist hes a hes a very hes a whatever and to think that Robert Deniro rosie perez stephen kane who theyre 6 going to get to the bottom of this Robert Deniro know bob muller and some of the best prosecutors in the country today they dont know Robert De Niros. With the 2020 u. S. President ial election getting closer the u. S. President has come under attack for from a somewhat unexpected side donald trump hasnt been accused of having woolly ideas but lovers of wool want nothing to do with him a big knitting website claims he spins too many white supremacist yarns and has now banned anything that the promoter. We are banning supporter of donald trump on his administration on ravelry we cannot provide a space that is inclusive of all and also allow support for open wide supremacy. You have got to be kidding censorship at its best this is a knitting crocheting site why looking forward to when you guys go broke to make a nice trophy on my get well go broke list. Why is it always white people who try to whites plain White Supremacy youre officially elected president is not why supreme and you shouldnt be so quick to agree to give up your civil rights you never catch us saying ok well let you take our civil rights. And there you have it youre watching out international be backed up there with mortars. 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