Broadcasting live direction from our studios in moscow this is our 2 International Im sean thomas certainly glad to have you with us i know the f. B. I. Is investigating a shooting at a u. S. Naval base in the state of florida where a Saudi National has left at least 3 people dead reports say they are looking into whether the incident is terror related his arteries kill them often. 3 people are dead and 8 others have been injured when a shooting took place at the u. S. Military base at pensacola in florida now the perpetrator has been identified as a Saudi Air Force officer who was receiving training at this base he opened fire in one of the classrooms and he was then shot dead himself from what we understand the f. B. I. Is on the scene and investigation between the u. S. Military and the f. B. I. Has been opened we are working with local Law Enforcement and with the f. B. I. In our actions afterwards as i said the bases shut down will be shut down until further notice until we can really understand the situation that trump has tweeted out that the saudi king gave him a personal phone call to express condolences for the victims of the shooting furthermore we now have heard that the governor of florida has been speaking up saying that essentially the kingdom needs to do better for the victims i think theres obviously going to be a lot of questions about you know this individual being a Foreign National being a part of the Saudi Air Force and then to be here training on our soil had to do this and the f. B. I. Is working with dio dea theyre working with the o. E. Theyre working with the be a county sheriffs to answer those questions and one of the things that i talked to the president about is given that this was a Foreign National in the employ of a Foreign Service is you know be time to do this but obviously the government of saudi arabia needs to to make make things better for these victims now the military base in pensacola where soldiers and military personnel from around the world receive training these 16000 military personnel on that base remain under lockdown this is actually the 2nd incident that took place on a u. S. Military base this week earlier on wednesday there was a u. S. Sailor who shot 2 of his coworkers at the u. S. Base in hawaii at pearl harbor. A member of the anti mass migration alternative for Germany Party has said extremists have threatened to assassinate her because of her political beliefs Christine Obama urged the media and other Political Parties to stop in her words their hate campaign against her Party Reporting from berlin his eventual success. The if the politician christina has posted a picture on social media of a cross with number of insults written on it but also a very serious threat towards her the cross was discovered by the ai if they a politician near her office where she works as a dentist on wednesday evening the police do not know who the perpetrators are but since this is a threat towards a local politician they have passed on the investigation to the Domestic IntelligenceServices Office the alternative for Germany Party has quick to condemn the attack and urged the media and Political Parties to stop spreading their hatred against the ai if the. Threat to christina just the tip of the iceberg attacks on i have to officials are becoming more and more common that 1st officers and events of the were attacked and now its upon me against the law the health of our politicians while many politicians have come out to condemn this threat towards Kristina Brown the greens who have seen a fair share of threats towards in the past say that these types of incidents should not be tolerated but a social democrat politician has called out kristina as being a liar and all this comes as pressure has been a mounted on a if the politicians by the c. D. U. N c s hue calling to boycott them and impose a blanket ban of anybody cooperating with them they even went as far as saying that even having a cup of tea or coffee with them should be prohibited we have made it clear again that we reject any form of corporation with the a. F. D. Even if it is just a coffee but if we go back a little bit from the beginning of this year theres been a number of threats and attacks towards politicians from many sides of the political spectrum. Well it seems that the Political Landscape in germany has been changing with a decrease of popularity form the c. D. U. And the speed to the increase of popularity for the specially in the Eastern States of this country while these attacks are becoming more dominant in politics in germany critics are hoping that this will not turn into a disturbing trend. Earlier we got the reaction from alternative for germany m. E. P. Gunner bag he blames the coverage given to the agent for making it an easy target. Theres a little doubt that my party is the principal victim of this Political Violence whats triggered it well its a combination of Relentless Media portrayal of ah party as a as a middle aged right wing or perhaps even freshest organization in fact none of our policies would have shocked c. D. U. Voters about 50 years ago its important to bear in mind that germany in many respects is not the as society that it is betraying as many people are dissatisfied with the extreme consensus politics people are now beginning to realize that despite the fact that mrs merkel is telling them that theyve never had it so good Living Standards for well over 2 thirds of the population have not risen in the last 25 years. Theres been a rocky start for some u. S. President ial election campaigns with several contenders already stumbling out of the 1st hurdle and dropping out but it seems the baby out of character from a star wars spin off could be quite successful as he should because maybe youre cute if it through its new into the 2020 president ial race according to a recent poll is out trending all democratic hopefuls on social media including front runners joe biden and Bernie Sanders but that is not going to stop those 2 and many others still up for consideration striving to be called the perfect candidate argument regarding the of comment. In this imperfect world of ours the who really grail is finding something perfect it is of course impossible but goodness do they really try every 4 years in America Elections the eternal search for the perfect candidate a smallish chink in their houllier than that our armor is enough to sink him or her and i really mean the smallest chink for example pete booted judge currently ranked 4th in the democrat candidate polls hes a darling a mayor a family guy openly gay and he even has a disabled dog i mean what an angel but then i see he went too far he helped the homeless participated in Salvation ArmyCharity Events and thats a Christian Organization which is sometimes accused of homophobia you know hard core christians and all apparently race issues arent the only thing. Is slow to grasp what is his excuse for not realizing the Salvation Army is homophobic hard to imagine a more succinct visual metaphor for i will gleefully work for the act of destruction of my people if it makes me seem in a yacht or more electable than booted shorter within a seriously antic with Salvation Army these activists are literally accusing an openly gay man of supporting homophobia just just let it sink in you havent dropped out of the race yet unlike camelot harris and one of her crimes as a half black half tamil indian woman was that she just wasnt black enough skin pigmentation seems to really really matter for a president ial candidate then you. Have Bernie Sanders spent his life trying to power the poor and for his troubles had the d. N. C. Election rigged it against him last time around but bernie just doesnt get it america doesnt want someone who cares so much for the poor sanders just does not understand that a 15. 00 minimum wage will hurt the job market and theres no way we can afford to make education free for everyone and on top of bernies you know principles and decency hes just ancient. Get on much like former Vice President and controller see magnet joe biden ease neck deep in just the weirdest stuff even getting really close and taking the night sniff of peoples hair now embroiled in ukraine gate he got his little boy a nice cushy job that pays a standing amounts in ukraine the poorest nation in europe and modern civil war to boot oh sure he can remember all that stuff them ages getting the better of him to his memory isnt what it was then we have Elizabeth Warren who hasnt quite yet figured out who she is in case you missed it she tried to pass a self off as part native american which was an exaggeration by which i mean it was entirely made up bashing. No one it seems is good enough homosexual whole move up a black woman who isnt black enough an old man thats obsessed with helping the people that need help biden in his head seriously what the hell then again perhaps people wouldnt need pick so much if you know they had Something Else to talk about if these people had their plan beyond beating trump clear plan for america and americans but hey maybe not i mean seriously. Living stuff as us president ial hopefuls look to divide and conquer the polls ahead of the 2020 alexion a Public Policy survey has revealed insight into how americans View Division in society more than 90 percent of people who responded to the poll said the division should be a key policy issue for president ial candidates on the campaign trail describing it as a huge problem staggeringly nearly one in 5 americans thought that the issue wasnt a big problem going into the vote in 2020 arvin vote. Vice chair of the Libertarian National committee believes that the democrats are exacerbating tensions in us society. Politics is about different ideas competing ideas heres where i draw the line if you start using non political means to achieve a political goal youve crossed the line of the d. N. C. Has pushed the idea that your political views are now part of your fundamental identity instead of seeing the other side of someone that that you disagree with the opposing political side is seen as an absolute evil what were seeing over here is somebody whos they are people who are saying that they want less divisiveness but a lot of times especially professional politics thats just code for if you dont agree with me dont speak i think when your entire policy is based on opposing somebody else after a very short period of time you start to look like you dont have any ideas of your own you have no vision of your own except for that that guys bad. Hong kong police have approved of the 1st a large scale protests since last months elections but warned they will not tolerate any more violence that story and much more offshore breaks are to international. Is youll be a reflection of reality. In the world transformed. What will make you feel safe from. Isolation community. Are you going the right way or are you being so. Direct. What is true what is faith. In the world corrupted you need to descend. To join us in the depths. Or a maid in the shallows. Join me every thursday on the alex simon show and ill be speaking to guest of the world of politics sports business im show business ill see you then. I. Are broadcasting live direct from studios in moscow this is R T International and john thomas glad to have you with us lets go back to our top story at the beginning of the year are going to begin to be a beginning of a newscast actually about the shooting at a u. S. Naval air station in pensacola florida its left 3 victims dead Authorities Say that a national from saudi arabia is responsible to discuss this further live lets talk to the Foreign Policy executive director Erika Sperling thanks for being with us here on our team international. Ok so. A lot of talk i mean its early in the investigation we know the f. B. I. Has taken the lead and theres speculation as to whether or not this is terrorism or if its just some lone wolf factor but florida congressman matt gates who is a position of authority supposedly he has said on twitter that hes not sure that it is simple murder hes actually going as far as actually declaring it terrorism and we have a tweet from him showing on the screen right now what is your impression at this point. My understanding is theyre saying its still too too soon to know whether its an act of terrorism. May have some Additional Information hes not sharing with us but i think we do have to wait and get the facts before we before we make that claim so is it possible that people are just jumping to conclusions based on the fact that the gunman is from the middle east. Well its possible someone like matt gates hes been an ally on of antiwar folks on a number of issues but i think he he can he could be the type of congressman who would make of that type of jump to conclusion in that way i think its not so much in this case that its from the middle east but more that hes actually from saudi arabia which has been a longstanding source of terrorism. Of terrorist actors obviously including 15. 00 to 19. 00 hijackers of 911. 00 obviously its a base of where one hobby is emerging to spread around on the globe so i think its perhaps more that it was saudi in particular that makes it suspicious more than and middle east generally eric lets go down that road a little bit if you dont mind the saudi angle what might be a motive for a Saudi Air Force member to do this i mean considering its kind of this fine threaded needle that we have to or this fine line that we want i mix my metaphors here but. I said the arabia is an american ally but as you just mentioned it is where one hobby is stems from what we got going on. Yeah well i think obviously in any country any major country can have extremism extremist individuals it isnt necessarily speak to the government in the case of saudi arabia we do know that there are a lot of allegations of. Extremist views being how in various levels of both the civilian population and in higher levels there so extremists have a range of problems with the United States. That can be either religious or geo political so we wont know until we we may never know but you know that could be the typical reasons that a lot of the different or other extremist groups have issues with the United States that could range from religious to to geo political. You know one thing thats a little bit extraordinary about this particular case in general is President Trump says that the saudi king solomon himself has actually called already to apologize for the attack any possible diplomatic fallout or major policy changes that you can see stemming from this i mean is this going to be used by different sides to calculate different angles. Yeah i think in light of all the developments in the u. S. Saudi relationship in recent years i think thats its clear why then some eyes calling so quickly hes concerned saudi images been badly damaging the United States between over the years. Congress passing a law to allow Saudi Arabian government to be sued for then there are some cases that are pending on that the killing of obviously reverberated across the country and through the government the ongoing. U. S. Support for this basically genocidal war the saudi arabias doing in yemen. All of these are very badly damaged the saudi image so i think theyre very concerned that any new incident you start to see folks on both the right and the last obviously matt gates is on the far right and then we have members that are on the left. In the Democratic Party that are very concerned about saudi arabia even saw recently in the debate joe biden say that he thought that saudi arabia he would name saudi arabia a pariah which was really a bold statement and shows how far their image has fallen. In the United States so i think under john given his business relationships hes banned despite his claims that he you know wants to get the United States out and get our troops out of the middle east hes sent more troops to saudi arabia hes taking their side in the they are there are a proxy war and theyre a geo political struggle against iran so i think under trump the u. S. Trump will do everything he can to maintain the u. S. On the relationship but but soon as perhaps theres another president if we post 2020 u. S. Audio relationship could be could be poised for a big change in each one of these incidences is just another straw and one could eventually break the camels back you could carry a sad best thats for sure just Foreign Policy executive director experimenting thank you very much for being with us to help us sort through this is going to be interesting to watch this one play out. Its about. 13 years now authorities in hong kong have given it the go ahead to what could be the 1st major rally in the chinese territory since its prodemocracy camp scored a landslide victory in last months local Elections Police have warned however that they will not tolerate any violence from demonstrators saying that they will intervene if necessary in illustration of the dangers officers have faced in recent months the citys bomb disposal squad released this video on friday. It shows police carrying out controlled explosions on homemade devices seized during the 6 months of on rescue that have rocked the territory they say that as a little as one gram of the compound known as the a. T. P. Which is used in the crude bombs can cause life changing injuries the Authorities Say that they have seen them regularly used to during the protests. When history rewrites this that. There is a review of the. Boys by watch the officers day after day night after night month after month d going i want to hold it with. The families of the you talk explosives. I mean hold the line and. More self control the face of it right it will boil. Last month of the police claimed to have discovered around 4000. 00 cocktails and the Hong Kong Polytechnic University which had become ailing focal point of the unrest a further 1000. 00 explosive devices were found as well as hundreds of other weapons now hong kongs protest Campaign Began in response to a proposed extradition law and gradually morphed into a movement calling for alexion reforms demonstrators have also been demanding an inquiry into allegations of Police Brutality political commentator andre vitek believes that despite the violence officers have been exercising restraint pungo police. Like in much the overweight because. Protests recovering riots holy call that are becoming life threatening some people died already and i dont really believe in one. Police brutality and im talking to you from some give a little chill and i want 2 hours ago we learned through bolivias so that will be a while and. Homegrown police is actually receiving this sort of using extreme violence this is all getting played its basically the us is trying to harm china just waltz a little chinese authorities are very cautious because they know that all this is done in order to provoke the ones the out of provoked ones they interfere that there will be enormous backlash from the United States from the European Union and. China that will get out but if this political game these protests are basically it will be you know ejected to go and supported will go by the west. As Arch International mourners have topped out there was. 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Some sort of action against the shooter that he will be disciplined by his own gang so. On this scenario that particular crips gang member. Carries out the murder against the great street gang member who provided the gun to the transit and its all caught on video. This is inside jordan downs its mid day and you can see theres about 10 to 15 gang members loading the parking lot. Just going about their daily business. It is the group of the members several of them loading youre going to see the victim of the shooting come running. To this area with the suspect shooting behind them. Here you can see all the gay members scatter. And they kind of hang around. Because they know whats going to be a great street on great street or whos disciplining another member so they sit. Around and watch where it is it was all right looking at all of them with one out of the way because theyd all be intended targets here the suspect is chasing the victim around the vehicle. And hes just waiting to kill him. Here the victim tries to run the sussman shoots him in the hand. He falls. And then he comes up and finishes among. You puts the gun in his back were going to somebody and then just slowly walks away he has nothing really to fear here in the neighborhood because theyre all great secret gang members and hes banking on the fact that no ones going to go to court and testify against them. And you see that nobodys really shocked about it nobodys talking about it nobody chased down the suspect. And then they just go about their daily activities and then obviously homicide will come in and start their investigation. The 1st time i was shot 3 times i mean i really didnt realize until my stomach start burning stomach start burning i knew something wasnt right so. I went to spit and i want to spit the spitting come all the way out of my mouth there must i still have burned even more call ambulance basically and i got shot the 10. 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