Good morning 9 am here in moscow this friday will welcome from me kevin im into this 30 minute world news roundup from out international h. Q. With me kevin so the 1st u. S. Democrats have received an embarrassing blow after it was revealed that the party employed a multimillion dollar Strategy Company to help shift the country to the left are appalled by conservative watchdog amassed a scheme to promote certain topics from supporting obamacare to slamming Donald Trumps border wall. Takes a closer look at how it operates this morning. Whats more powerful in politics than money a strong candidate with a good program and idealist would see nothing a realist would say but a politician would say dark money dark money is the millions of dollars that behind the scenes donors are spending to send the political train down the track and according to the left leaning media its a bad bad thing because the conservatives do it because brothers have made billions and want to ensure that government doesnt limit their ability to make more conservative donor david koch as one half of the Koch Brothers came to symbolize the influence of dark money in america but you know whos even better than conservatives that slipping the bills into their protegees pockets. Democrats according to this research a group called Arabella Advisors l. L. C. Has been in the vanguard of the leftist money holes they shelter under their umbrella for nonprofit organizations by their nature they do not have to disclose who theyre getting their money from but this Research Suggests that theyve gathered a huge number of very wealthy donors some of the nations largest grant making institutions including the Rockefeller Packard and koch foundations the donors to the funds managed by arabella it remains unclear why such large and powerful institutions seek outside philanthropic consulting but presumably a significant part of our bill is appeal lies in its ability to obscure large Financial Transactions these for nonprofits have been showering and to conservative grassroots organizations with their money take this one with a name so noble calling our goal is to oppose and bring in from short list yes they get their pockets stuffed by 1633rd an offshoot of our bell advisors another group save my care has been pushing against republican attempts to repeal obamacare the president is sabotaging the system. Will be another uncertainty in health care. Remember this could lead to this. War for again. Well their financial bad bone is made up by bills coming from a nother Arabella Advisors sprout the new venture fund the dark money is not a trick exclusively from the democrat playbook yes its been revealed they do outperform the conservatives when it comes to the amount spent by more than 20 percent in fact but pro republican donors. Do that too and according to the Research Media coverage is way out of balance with most outlets reserving a good bashing for the conservatives when you look at the Mainstream Media which has deservedly declining pop declining viewership both the editorial and the production staff is chiefly in the anchors are chiefly democrats or democrat leaning so of course out of the Mainstream Media youre going to get that that narrative reality is the independents and the rising anticorruption anticrime only part voting populace the United States is against the use of dark body is against the use of corruptly having foundations reality is that a lot of money comes in from unions from particularly from the Public Sector unions to do their favorite politicians both legally and i think illegally but there has been a rise now of dark money and dark money is bad whether its right or left leaning in the public has a right to know each individuals vote counts and that it cant be swamped by the activities of partisan. Groups that are illegally sourcing and donating money so next time you see a nonprofit banner stirring up a fight for yet another democratic staple remember regardless of what side of the political spectrum would comes from its not just people but billionaires fortunes behind it to. Wave of deadly attacks and looting in south africas spoke to boycott against the country led by celebrities across the continent the violence has targeted migrants from other african nations who flock to one of the continents most developed nations. Reports from johannesburg next to the. Violence was triggered last week in the countrys capital petrolia when a South African texan trival was elated to have been killed by a nigerian drug data now as part of a protest against a South African taxi drivers took to the streets but city soon that protest evolved into a demonstration against all foreigners and spray to add the same to around the country and the result has been violence hundreds of foreigners have been days to toot off to the businesses were attacked the police were forced to use white controlled mazes such as tear gas and rubber bullets and the situation is still rather unstable now because of the nationality of that alleged drug dealer being nigerian a lot of the focus has actually been on nigerians now south africa has temporarily closed its Diplomatic Missions in at bouchet and lagos in nigeria for fear of reprisals against it stop South African businesses that will suppose they doors temporarily in nigeria and the South African foreign minister has said that this is an embarrassment for south africa and she has expressed her great for violence against foreigners nigeria has pulled out of the African Economic summit being held in south africa and the nigerian foreign minister has also expressed concern riseth sickening and depressing news of continued burning and looting of nigerian shops and premises in south africa by mindless criminals with an Effective Police protection in his enough we will take definitive measures the last time they was in a phobia outbreak like this in south africa was back in 2008 but this is a country where you have an unemployment of 29 the same. Which means of very often the distress of people who dont have jobs turns against foreigners often instead of actually being directed against the government and its lack of delivery the 2011 same says is the last official senses in terms of how many foreigners are in this country in the pits the figure of 2000000 dead at the waist and it suggests the figure is closer to 5000000 out of a population of 56000000 who have the South African president has also expressed alarm over what is happening saying that theres no place for us in a phobia in south africa now id like to condemn the violence that has been spreading over our own number of provinces in our country in the strongest. Ive been talking to a lot of foreigners here in south africa who are very afraid of what is happening there is a lot of fake news thats been spreading on social media with pictures that are not actually even South African showing people being burned people jumping out of buildings with the caption foreign is it leaves south africas so were in the process of verifying another the media along with the experts but the situation certainly is dire at the moment. The Worlds Biggest Oil corporations have spent 50000000000. 00 on projects that undermine climate goals according to a report by financial think tank carbon truck hit a wall climate activists and says Large Companies and government should come up with proper initiatives to tackle the problem seems some experts propose a pretty radical. B b b b. B. Day the main official initiative is the 2015 paris climate agreement it was ratified by under 25. 00 states the country should take to limit Global Warming but it appears as time goes on easier said than done most of the signal failed to live up to the commitments. Discussed a growing threat hanging over our globe with a panel of experts. Cold was not legally binding there was no reason for anyone to stick to it they can do what they like and theyve carried on doing what theyve like. Im afraid were in the grip of a series of systems which are putting profit before everything theyre going to wring the last drop of profit out of all the Old World Industries such as the fossil fuel industries weve known about this problem weve known about c o 2 weve known about me thing weve known about the feedback loops weve known about the effect on the ice sheets capitalism is have plenty of time to solve this problem but im afraid it hasnt dealt with it so we have to start dealing with capitalism and the only way were going to do that is by taking radical action on the streets ive been on the streets myself with Extinction Rebellion and the people come up to us and theyre with us you know the u. K. For example there was a lot of activism. In the last 20 years and running up to 2008 went to law school the Climate Change act that was supposed to deal with the problem and hold the government and all future governments to hold their feet to the fire in terms of doing whats required. And that was certainly the result of lots of different you know different environmental groups and you know hundreds of thousands of people marching repeatedly so i think you know we have seen change but its just nowhere near enough to tackle the crisis at scale do you as a climate scientist feel that the activists play a serious role in the in the development of towards a solution for Climate Change problem when the extension of the extinction barry again is. Not one who now is agent to make change it means the government. Seems need to make massive changes to make this happen weve got ourselves into a situation sine he said then well im about. And this isnt going to be something that we can just make it quite that. Way. Its scary to be a long haul with the internet was this is site. She is less differently we get we think a lot economy and that is not how they now write that without some impacts i think that people the popular and politicians arent quite aware of the drastic changes we need to start reducing our Carbon Emissions and one of the things that i think we need to consider which is anathema to many people in the Green Movement is that we we increase our use of nuclear and i know many in the Green Movement dont like this but really the only country that ever successfully deep carbonized itself. Is france and it is in the 1960 s. And 970 s. By by going for Nuclear Power why why worry is there i dont think people are ready to cut their Energy Use Worldwide since 970 weve seen Worldwide Energy use increased dramatically and. Were not going to be able to persuade people to reduce their energy use and one of the only ways i think were going to combat Climate Change is to for both renewables are nuclear is to to provide alternative sources because i just dont think people are ready to to cut energy use wood to addicted to our our lifestyles. The smaller washington is used to improving its relationship with gathered these days the south American Country the borders venezuela of course its launched as socalled humanitarian program led by the air force that while providing some services to locals also conduct training for military personnel to venezuela where the u. S. Backed Opposition Leader failed to achieve regime change earlier this year is already encircled by american bases from every other side a Senior Correspondent were girls of examines the u. S. Tactics. U. S. Military has returned to guyana after many years on a joint military exercise slash humanitarian mission theres nothing quite like a humanitarian mission led by guys who specialize in bombing things its like having a Drug Rehab Center run by drug lords but small details the important thing is that guyana is important to you on a sits in a strategic location on the north edge of south america and on the caribbean and the look what a coincidence it borders venezuela i mean what are the chances of that the same venezuela that has u. S. Bases all around it is here here here here brazil is in tin that its open to hosting a u. S. Military base a mile and israel is like the center of a do nothing of u. S. Bases same venezuela that the u. S. Has threatened repeatedly where it is trying to spark regime change and which it is encircled with guns just in case trump decides to pull the trigger its a regime that frankly could be toppled great booklet by the military or the military. Youd think entirely surrounding nations you dont like might be a bit overkill but its the pressure the psychological pressure that matters the promise is easier when the guys youre negotiating with always have something to fear specifically about their country being burned down if they say the wrong thing and it isnt just venezuela i mean look at iran as no way to check a chewing gum wrapper without hitting the u. S. Marine on the news which come to think of it they could well uses an excuse to invade iran a few months ago trump even sent more troops to the region just in case they left an empty spot at which iran could through a chewing gum wrapper and china for the faint of heart. One gets the impression that there are more u. S. Troops around in china than there are u. S. Troops left in the United States but dont have the map for you for america that isnt enough the us needs to develop alternative operating locations the pentagon will continue to develop new concepts build a distributed and resilient force posture and field new capabilities to counter these threats on a sleep the drug metaphor seems remarkably apt the pentagon reasons he boasted that it has luke ations in more than 160 countries absent sort of military presence in 84 percent of the countries on this planet and yet not enough they just need more crave more. Just and 70 minutes past the hour is watching the clock this morning thanks for choosing to r. T. International among the stories ahead look at what a mess russias far east by severe flooding is kanani will play with but those you can see the homes on the water for months now you know what the outlook is what we come back. Most people think just stand out in this business you need to be the 1st one on top of the story or the person with the loudest voice or the biggest break in truth to stand out of the News Business you just need as the right questions and demand the right answer. Question. Mood. When i was told small seemed wrong on one old rule just all. In the world to get to shape our disdain become sick as a kid and engagement equals betrayal. When so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. The live event is happening in these last few days in the Russian Far East and city of other waskow leaders still meeting on the final day now of the Eastern EconomicForum President putin earlier join the discussions with the indian japanese malays in the mongolian need is it all gathered theyre talking about how best to try to move forward on trade technology and the environment and how to avoid Global Military escalations in apartment is a correspondent without job that was quite a company in that room the leader of the 2nd most populous country in this world and as we began to realize in the last few years a staunch ally of russia and the plus the leader of japan an ally of the u. S. In the 1st place but as she puts it himself a great friend of the russian president Vladimir Putin and finally the heads of 2 asian mongolia and malaysia a lot was said about whats left of Global Security now that the intermediate range Nuclear Forces treaty is gone because the u. S. Administration thought that was the way to go in the 21st century mr putin said that he believes the world will have plenty of reasons to worry about after all a potential new arms race is a very big deal at the fuel which was in the least it was a series of challenges facing humanity imagine if the sun weapon maybe a nuclear one in orbit over our heads. Its this could drastically change the security situation across the globe as for all American Partners keep silent when we suggest continuing to negotiate the summons theres nothing new in that. Another key message from the russian president was that moscow will keep up with all the missile r. And d. That the west will get itself involved in yes but when it comes to the deployment that wont happen on the part of russia when it comes to the weapons previously outlawed by the i. N. F. Treaty until america starts taking the boxes on their deployment plans no matter how difficult and serious this issue is though Vladimir Putin decided its worth adding a bit of humor and jokingly suggested that america should waste money if it can buy some of the Arms Technology from russia. I told donald do you want us to sell you those weapons they are saying they will soon produce their own that might be so but then why would you spend the money if we have already spent it wouldnt breach security but would create a balance. Another Landmark International agreement that is now in real jeopardy because of the new diplomatic methods of the Us Administration is the socalled away and nuclear deal while judging by what the japanese Prime Minister said at the Plenary Session donald trump and shinzo abi arent the same page in this regard despite being allies. We have long told the u. S. We have our concern in iran and the nuclear deal i wish it would be resolved through negotiations i talked to the Supreme Leader and he said that iran isnt going to produce or use Nuclear Weapons he said it very clearly believe it or not before shaking hands and vladivostok mr putin and mr abbay met 26. 00 times before and the japanese leader was keen to point that out once again after all they dont call each other great friends for nothing and he even entertain the audience with his knowledge of a russian prover that suggests that you have to eat a lot of salt together to become real friends. The audience here might not know that the summit meeting weve just had was our 27th meeting ladies and gentlemen its important for you to know that president putin and i have had so many meals together time and time again that one might say we even keel lives of soul together it was clear that the Prime Ministers of india and japan wanted to be good guests and show a bit of admiration for the country that theyre visiting and thats when the name of russian pole busy its a new riders started coming up and even quotes. From the indian Prime Minister even compared to the question writer leo tolstoy with someone who is known as the father of the nation in india. So its this kind of warmth respect and the desire to hear each others opinions that is for him and vladivostok will be. Remembered for. More thats come later today its 923. 00 moscow time some world news stories in brief will start in the South African country of zimbabwe what regard be zimbabwes former president has died at the age of 95 he led the country for 37 years until he was forced to resign in 2017 in africa he was renowned as a fighter for freedom he was among the founders of a free zimbabwe however in the International Community mugabe became notorious for brutal human rights abuses corruption and running a barbaric dictatorship as they saw it. In russias far east look at these pictures hundreds of emergency workers have been taking part in ongoing rescue operations such as the floods this severe flooding continuing to hit the area around the river and about us sincerely all this is not an evil thing but nonetheless devastating more than 100 residential buildings remain underwater things improving there but only slowly said the work of. The Search Program and cuts in social benefits in argentina have triggered yet more protests in the capital one as aris demonstrators camped out overnight and set fires outside the social Development Ministry political instability has worsened Economic Uncertainty in argentina following a president ial primary in august to give a significant lead to the countrys Opposition Leaders. Wife now amid the ongoing trade war between the United States and china many battle lines have been drawn a boundary set as weve been reporting here but now a former fox news host is being accused of colluding with the enemy no less after a line of yoga gear which she says stands for American Values was found to be made in china. Absolutely we dont want to be into the chinese we dont want to be this servants. And again someone needs to make trying out playing fair to the ongoing discussions about russia russia russia what we really should be looking at is china the running them out of business so they can buy cheap foreign beef the American Consumers are better. Whether or not theyre going to. Make it really doesnt matter its about freedom its about the bill of rights its about constitutional freedom thats what this whole line is about thats all about some is about its not going to support his friend for a long time for the. New. Stories lined up here today that im going to. Break you straight to mobile device. In the morning. When i wouldnt say thanks for taking the time to watch the news of. Larry king right here right after this break. During the Great Depression which im old enough to remember there was most of my family were employed working. There wasnt it was bed you know much worse objective listen today but there was an expectation of the things were going to get better. There was a real sense of hopefulness there isnt today todays america where shade by the ton principles of concentration of wealth and power. Reduced democracy attack solo down engineer elections manufacture consent and other prince holds according to no im jones to one set of rules for the rich opposite of poor. Thats what happens when you put power into the hands of a narrow sector of will switch will is dedicated to increasing power for itself just as youd expect one of the most influential intellectuals of our time speaks about the modern civilization of america. Last month the Us Manufacturing shrank for the 1st time in 3 years what impact will this have on Donald Trumps 2020 reelection bid were taking a look on this edition of. Welcome to politicking im matthew cook in for larry king recent data from the institute for supply managements Manufacturing Index shows that sector of the economy shrank for the 1st time in 3 years the index is a widely watched gauge of factory activity in the u. S. And its august numbers show the lowest reading since 2016 is this a coup. As for concern regarding the health of the u. S. Economy and is this coupled with the recent talk of looming recession more bad news for donald trump heading into the 2020 election lets talk about this with chris lew the former deputy secretary of labor during the Obama Administration he also served as the former white house cabinet secretary for president obama he is in washington d. C. Chris welcome to the program matthew always a pleasure so lets jump right in is the u. S. Manufacturing sector. For the 1st time in 3 years since in august so is this a cause for concern it absolutely is a cause and it needs to be looked at in the context of other Economic Data that has come out last week we saw that Consumer Confidence fell by the largest amount since december of 2012 and so when you have an economy where manufacturers are trying to deal with uncertainty from the trade war and perhaps arent producing as many goods or not hiring as many people you have consumers that are possibly pulling back on their spending thats not a good recipe for economic success going down the road so is this are these new numbers a direct result of the u. S. China trade war or are they just about is it a psychological effect can you break down what this actually means and what what causes it well its a little bit of both i mean we lets also remember that we are now at 9 years into this economic recovery and thats a historically long period of time we probably regardless of where we were on trade tensions were probably nearing the end of this Economic Cycle but what happens when you have companies that arent sure of their exports not only to china but other parts of the world because