Know for me in the team here at midnight here in moscow its now 4 pm in washington d. C. Thats where were starting for you this hour democrats there on the House Intelligence Committee have published their report detailing how President Trump allegedly abused his office for personal gain and solicited interference from ukraine in the 2020 election the release of the 300 page document which is based on testimony given in a series of closed door and public hearings marks the start of a new phase in the impeachment process lets go to speed on where we are now then live to new york hi again its been billed as another big turning point in this inquiry what does it outline exactly. Well the report from the House Intelligence Committee democrats essentially alleges 2 things about donald trump 1st it alleges that he conditioned military aid to ukraine on an announcement that would have been beneficial to his Reelection Campaign and secondly it alleges that he obstructed the house of representatives impeachment inquiry investigation now adam schiff representing democrats came forward and painted a pretty grim pricks here donald trump and his activities this is adam schiff this report chronicles a scheme by the president id states to coerce an ally ukraine that is at war with an adversary russia into doing the pleasure of the president s political dirty work and he was willing to sacrifice the National Security of the United States by withholding military aid and diplomatic recognition in the form of that white house meeting in order to get what he wanted. Now before departing the country on monday donald trump dismissed the allegations that were expected to be leveled in this report this is what donald trump said prior to leaving the country before the report was released. By the radical. Democrats decide what im going to set up a year ago that what im going to do that was exactly one of the most important. Next president. For them to be doing things is putting the feet of the table which. I grew up with. Now zelinsky the ukrainian leader has also dismissed the allegations in the report saying it simply isnt accurate that donald trump treated him in this way and made these kind of offers and such this is what the lewinsky has said in response. Look i never talked to the president from the position of a quid pro quo thats not my thing i dont want us to look like bagus. Now before this report was released on monday we had a report from the republicans that was released it was 123 pages long and it defended the actions of u. S. President donald trump saying that his dealings with ukraine had not been inappropriate and had not violated the law and many are continuing to point toward the timing of the release of this report back then donald trump is out of the country celebrating the 70th anniversary of nato the North Atlantic Treaty Organization that many have pointed to the timing of the report as being somewhat suspicious however while some are looking at the report saying it shows very very damning evidence against donald trump others are looking into reports saying its simply a rehash of long discredited allegations different views from different sides of the political spectrum here in the United States and then whether it will be enough to put him off his kind of payson cocktails at Buckingham Palace with the queen the sleeping i guess well know when he gets his hands back on his twitter feed for now kind of open thanks for that. Lets get some thoughts from george somberly hes a Senior Research fellow with the Global Policy institute in london welcome back to our team mr samuel a. The democrats theyve laid out their case finally in paper all 300. 00 pages of it will the Judiciary Committee weighty enough to draw off the articles of impeachment do you think. Well undoubtedly drop the articles of impeachment whether its weight youll know it is neither here nor there theyve decided on what theyre going to do never really matter very much what evidence was presented how absurd the actual argument was they are determined on a course of action namely the impeachment of doma and nothing is going to stop them and theyre going to rush this through all in a matter of days i mean the report comes out today tomorrow already. Judiciary committee is taking this up so theres absolutely no time for anybody even to read this. Massive report thats the speed that theyre going at and that just shows how on serious the whole process is procedurally though how damaging could this be for donald trump to see support phase impingement increasing will any republicans waver i dont think so theres no evidence at all that any republicans will go over to the democrat side on this if anything its likely that some democrats will go after the republicans but probably not in our to make a. Difference on the final vote i mean that the house will undoubtedly vote to impeach donald trump the majority will probably be not as great as the democrats majority in the house but nonetheless it will be a majority and then it will be sent to the senate there i think everything will be very different because of course the republicans control the senate and therefore the republicans will be able to control the terms of reference for the actual trial and then there will be a much more serious process because then the defense would namely the lawyers for room present trying to be able to present a case for the white house reaction it said quote the report reads like the ramblings of a basement bloggers straining to prove something when there is evidence of nothing the democrats are convinced theyve got irrefutable evidence and its sensible for the white house to just try and waft this away like that. Well i think that thats their position and whatever you may think of President Trump and theres a lot to be said. Against them on this issue he is right i mean what the democrats are doing is attempting to overturn an election that they lost i mean they havent got over losing their 26 the election and theyve been trying to overturn it they had the mahler gate or 3 years that it tended to show that somehow or the election was stolen by a lot of their who didnt they failed in all of this and now theyve seized on theirs and its its absurd i mean even in the footage that you showed of. Adam schiff speaking and he was talking absolute nonsense he describes ukraine as an ally of the United States its nothing of the sort is no bilateral orions ukraine is not a member of nato he describes russia as an adversary when did that happen it is americas war with russia you know who declare this war. He talks about the National Security of the United States is in peril if 400000000. 00 of aid doesnt tore into ukraine how is the National Security threatened i mean if thats the level of this sort of lunacy then is as great as the democrats over the over the past few months but basically since november the 26th in terms of the Bigger Picture of the door what would it mean for u. S. Democracy if donald trump were to be impeached and then relax next year because of a whole load of questions and say. Well it worked and of course as things stand i and i dont think that thats going to change. He will win if you dont win the senate you will be acquitted in the senate and knowing who trump is trump is going to rub the democrats noses it with i mean hes going to do a q. Really ate the democrats. Go out every day during the election flaunting and humiliating the democrats you know telling them well you were involved in this you wasted the publics time and money on a danger that you knew would fail why should anyone want you to go to the white house and i think this will be very effective every day feels like uncharted territory doesnt it for now george tabulates Senior Research fellow at the Global Policy institute in london thanks for joining us again on r. T. Thank you very much. A tuesday its been a landmark day for nato with leaders of its Member States convening in london to mark the military alliance his 70th anniversary having be had by a series of high profile dispute in recent months including over defense spending its looking to promote internal unity at the summit i would say the organizations chief has been feeling optimistic and that is your breakfast with President Trump. It also is always a good breakfast. That. Also just. Tolls total oranges so thats also good breakfast. Was always paid by the states so. Who are some people in london for their thoughts on nato and its successes to date. Most people what they think are the main 3 achievements of mates. Im not going to even though. In terms of achievements know very little i dont know what its about have no idea any advantage of me tell you what your i honestly dont know anything about any sort of flag see the day and only my husband recognise what it was who its a good question. Let me think of a little bit. So one is probably yeah to be honest i dont have i dont have even one of those day one wrapped up and leaders headed to Buckingham Palace for a reception with the corrie and crowds gathered in Central London in protest some adopted the slogan no to trump no to nato he saw he was there for us. As donald trump and other World Leaders arrive in london for that nato summit these protesters have gathered with many different batters many different causes all coming together we see how the Science Magazine balance against the potential to run weve seen many other battles against. The libya but also closer to home domestically many banners in support of the n. H. S. National Health Service of what protesters here fear could be an attempt to privatized the n. H. S. In the in the event of a post briggs a trade deal between the us and the u. K. And thats something ive long been feared by those particularly on the left in the k. And were expecting a number of n. H. S. Workers national Health Service workers to join this protest well in order to show their solidarity not just against donald trump and nato but also again on those domestic issues and earlier i was joined by. The belgian and swore activist and also alexandra noya a german parliamentarian who gave me their views on everything to do with donald trump and later we are here because we want to protest a nato summit is taking place today and tomorrow and we are doing this because for example the nato is forcing its Member States to increase their difference budget for my country for example belgium it means doubling Defense Budgets while we are asked to have an austerity policy and the same time they are transferred using this money to transform armies into intervention armies we have seen what this means in libya or in afghanistan they stabilize in countries and sold another important issue is the confrontation policy to towards russia which is exactly creating this kind of arms race so there are many many issues why we have to oppose nato thats why we are here if hypothetically to more. Nato ceased to exist would not create perhaps a security vacuum a security problem in europe that would lead to more instability this is an old argument done by the conservatives or liberal words i dont think so what we need is a new Security Architecture what i say to the security quality if. This is what helps. To secure. Of the alliances chief also says he expects the Member States to agree on methods to further strengthen the block at the summit thats despite growing divisions inside the organization itself as nicky aaron reports next. Happy birthday nato thats 70 years of strategic economic and security stability especially if you ask them yourself we or we are proving every day that you said lawrence. Is our joy is our own its the liberating nato is the most successful alliance in history that strive to join showing the historic suspects on liberal nato and they does been the most successful alliance in the history and the reason why nato is the most successful launch of history is that we have been able to change in the world is changing but not everyone is in a party mood the thing is the Alliance Members just dont get along as well as they used to. The advent of donald trump s 13 lease which stopped the dynamics nato is obsolete it covers the soviet union which is no longer in existence this led to questions over whether the alliance can even survive donald trump perhaps in an effort to mollify him nato has announced a new spending projections and a new formula which will spread the costs of the alliance in central budget between its members a move that might prevent any more embarrassing trump tirades aimed at his nato partners the relationship with nato has been very good the relationship with the secretary generals been outstanding i said it was obsolete its no longer absolutely but the truth is hes not the only potential party pooper. In october this year president emmanuel mccrone of france stole the spotlight when he dubbed nato strategically brain dead while questioning the validity of article 5 of its founding treaty that is the commitment to collective Security System of the defense critic nato is a collective Defense Alliance against who and what is organizing who is our common enemy what are our common issues these are questions that deserve clarification but this the idea. Is quite similar to the one expressed by another dissatisfied nato member turkey. Turkey has not received the kind of robust support it expected from nato in recent years meanwhile turkeys president appeared to demonstrate his true feelings towards the alliance when he chose to spend money on the Russian Defense systems rather than the american. Model with nato member but despite these similar complaints about nato tensions have escalated between turkey and france in recent weeks with mccracken warning turkey but it cannot expect solidarity with its nato allies if it continues to carry out military operations in syria was a response 7 only upped the ante so. Im talking to frances president emanuel macron also say that nato 1st of all have your own brain death checked. As for the u. K. S Boris Johnson well theres a lot of us are a gathering could not have come at a worse time. While paris is clearly invested in maintaining the special relationship with the us he knows that a loose lips trembled giving a glowing endorsement could be catastrophic donald trump is coming to terms very shortly he should his support for you and indeed for Michael Ignatieff or rush on this Radio Station is that welcome but it what we dont do traditionally. As lobbying allies and friends what we do traditionally is get involved in each others Election Campaign he did when nato was forms the common goal was clear to stand against the u. S. S. R. But i think that once held the Alliance Together is now the missing piece what is naders biggest threat today. Uncertainty and unpredictability we havent identified one main target but we see much more complex a much more unpredictable Security Landscape with a more assertive russia and nato needs a purpose and result russia as an enemy they have no real purpose so it is propaganda to have russia as an aggressor and this is a good reason to buy a lot of. Rocket bases and so on and so on most probably they will continue to accuse russia to be an aggressor so they have a reason of existing and they will continue to buy arms billions of dollars and this is not the very good contribution to peace in the. Americas rick sanchez discusses the current purpose of nato in his latest show which you can watch online. Youre a diplomat youve had a lot of experience in this field what is it that nato either must do today to stay viable or does do we even need it anymore you know its a bureaucracy in search of a mission i was right in 2016 when he said it was obsolete and so afraid was the establishment that he meant what he said on the very day he was inaugurated and they tried to ram through the addition of a new country montenegro thankfully they got it through because it turned out they didnt have to worry about trumps intentions once he filled his administration with a bunch of bushies and retreads of the Heritage Foundation theyve simply adopted the policies weve had the last few decades and somehow turned it into nato is obsolete into lets make nato great again will just strong on these countries to pay more for their defense against nobody in particular you think they know has in fact outlived its usefulness i thought so in 1909 and i think so today its been known as a loser from a standpoint of being a naturalized american and having read the Founding Fathers warning against seem to angling alliances i mean what is this but in entangling alliances its our own Foreign Policy that did reason nato is being kept around by the Foreign Policy hawks in washington is not because its necessary for the actual military operations and nato itself doesnt really contribute a whole hell of a lot there are very few countries with the notable exception i want to say france and turkey but it put a bit in as if this is not a good idea for the United States and its very close allies to have an association a military economic class size thats what i was trying to say france and turkey could theoretically mountie independent military operations everybody else is just a hanger on and theyre just window dressing for us military operations but the are literally like roman exactly erisa want to do what ive been hearing go bad what word the word of the destruction will do or where that is what it seems to be a dismissive alliance and 991. 00 when the soviet union and the warsaw pact would out of business nato should have as well as why didnt they let russia in i mean that literally that time ive read on many occasions boot himself has said why dont you get is that. No you are youre going to tell you who it was but one of the european european nato hacks said if we did that the nato would be like the un just to talk shop it couldnt take action by which they meant military action all the way to listen to what you just said if youre saying it doesnt work if we dont have enemies exactly what if we had agreed to had be a big ability to inflict military force and i dare to say aggression in places like serbia and libya whatever we want to using nato as a platform but enemies could change by the way russia could be s. O. B. s at one time like of the 1950 s. But not so much now right but better why dont you have a system that allows that ability i guess because because whose interest does that serve and all these all these are they that these these military companies and these bureaucrats who have the nice cool rice balls at the expense of their taxpayers because there is a threat out there is a bear in the woods for. The tensions in the Alliance Room full display during a joint News Conference between the american and french president s on tuesday before they may think donald trump described emanuel mccrone suggestion that nato is in terminal decline as nasty the pair then went on to joust over a range of issues in front of reporters including the face of european isis fighters in this bizarre exchange. Where you are. Does go wrong on. This is where hes a great politician as it was were going to answer is that. Just hours before the meeting the u. S. President threatened to impose huge tariffs some french good sync looting cheese and champagne shot to dubai and ski has more on the rift. Well to adding to those tensions that nato days even with the simmering tensions bits. And the us this comes after the u. S. Has threatened to add more taxes on french products in retaliation for the socalled gaffa tax this is a tax on digital joints such as google amazon or facebook and apple suggesting it will levy those taxes of up to 2400000000. 00 some of that product such a sharp pain on luxury goods such as handbags and also the famous french cheese some of these products could see taxes of up to 100 percent doubling that price for u. S. Consumers now the u. S. Trade Representatives Office has said that this socalled gaffa tax is discriminatory and trump is hittite to gauge that tax saying frogs will not be taking advantage of his watch. Your friends puts a terrorist on our companies again these are companies that are against you know they were against me if i read the papers correctly or whatever again they were going through this supposed to be very powerful you know one so maybe theyre not seeing her but there are companies i dont want to bridge trashing American Companies if theyre going to be terrorists its going to be. Terrorists while the france is part they think that they have a right to the slice of the pie of the profits of these big digital giant saying its unfair that theyve chosen to put the European Headquarters in low tax countries and thats why they slap this 3 percent levy on these companies this year and the french finance minister says hes furious and this is unacceptable that america is now threatening more taxes. This is unacceptable behavior by the United States towards one of its main fronts the europe in general in case of new american sanctions the European Union would be ready to respond. At that into the mix of the other tensions weve seen over the past few years between the 2 administrations things such as the iranian nuclear. And of course the u. S. Administration pulling out of the paris climate accords and it looks like theres going to be a lot of discussions a lot of hard soon faces at this need to meeting an unlikely that theyre going to be popping the champagne corks as they should be celebrating the anniversary. Thats it from the same in moscow for this hour thanks for watching ill have you next update on the level of the 35 minutes from now meantime because up on you tube more Great Stories programs. You know world big part of. 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