Vicky. And why the new years party fell flat for residents in the scottish capital who say they are increasingly being pushed aside in their own city to make way for a rising number of tourists. So it is becoming an issue you think especially. If this local. Book store bought this if you then insisted he did not mean people among the. 11 am here in the russian capital thanks for joining us on our team. Is ready to begin from welcome to the program. All right now the streets of tehran are packed with tens of thousands of mourners for the funeral procession of general kasam salumi the countrys most powerful general was assassinated in a u. S. Air raid on Baghdad Airport on friday and these are live pictures we can show you from the air the Supreme Leader earlier said prayers over the slain commanders coffin funeral procession is there ongoing there has been a huge outpouring of grief across the middle east and beyond iranian borders one of course one of the 1st repercussions for the United States has come from iraq and peace we vote on sunday to expel or forces from their country donald trump though wanted iraq to brace itself for heavy sanctions if it does get the troops out. We have a very extraordinarily expensive ear piece thats there it caused billions of dollars to build long before my time were not living unless they pay as back for it if they do ask us to leave if we dont do it in a very friendly basis we will charge them sanctions like theyve never seen before avar. With iraqi lawmakers resolution not only calls on u. S. Troops to leave the country but also ask the government to pull back from military assistance for the u. S. Led coalition and urges for a formal complaint to be raised that the u. N. Against washington for violating iraqi sovereignty i mean what to rein in leaders of our own to a vengeful imadi is there but as the if explains they much better playing a long game. On the face of it trump and iran they always wanted the same thing iran knew secret always wanted the us to get the hell away from it out of iraq out of the middle east and trump well he won the election promising to end americas wars we want to bring our troops back home and i got elected on that if you go back and look at our speeches i would say we want to bring our troops back home from these endless wars and i will say look i said i want to get out of these endless wars i campaigned on that i want to get out and i havent left the white house except to go to iraq for a version of time where i had a great experience or actually met some great people some great generals who have great ideas. Having to do with syria its working out very well in the hell out of isis and were bringing our folks back home what a man wouldnt say to get elected in reality he escalated conflict after conflict whether was a scratch trumps policies would tear it open into a wound on the trump of america went from a full with iran having a nuclear deal to assassinating irans 2nd most powerful official i dont think trump expected this not medians mourning a man that the u. S. Claimed was a terrorist and i highly doubt he expected to have all his embassies go in lockdown with crowds demanding death at the gates. I was due to meet a general saloon money at 8 30 am on the morning he was killed as he left Baghdad International airport mr abdul marty said a general sort of money was carrying iran some response to a message iraq had conveyed on behalf of saudi arabia aimed at easing tensions between the 2 countries in the region so the money was apparently on a Peace Mission carrying proposals on how to reduce tensions in the region this is from the mouth of the u. S. Backed iraqi Prime Minister versus him we have the state department its sure and says that he was actually evil and take our word for it he was organizing imminent attacks on u. S. Bases take our word for it is there any surprise that iraqis voted to remove american soldiers from their country the iraqis dont want foreign troops murdering who they will when they will the parliament has decided to ask the u. S. To leave once a Prime Minister signs off iraq will withdraw its request for assistance which they followed with the Us Led Coalition when isis was ascendant if the us refuses to pull out if it keeps its troops it will no longer be a friend it will be an occupier essentially in death sulaimani achieved exactly what he wanted for iraqis to expel america and if parliament doesnt do it we will take greater archon the white house is in panic trying to justify what it did why is president telling fairy tales trying to tie soleimani to 911. 00 of all things trump threatening to bomb iranian cultural targets which would be a textbook example of a war crime that again i doubt he cares much in iran millions burned the American Flag in america theyre burning the book on International Law and order the entire dynamics in iraq has changed from an atmosphere where iran was the culprit in iran was voted out sort of by the street to get out of iraq everybody was for an accusation zx attack in the rain embassies and consulates and so on and so forth to an entirely different position where and especially of those who are affiliated with iran having sort of an upper hand legally to pursue their own targets lets remember that the american since invading iraq illegally in 2003 they have spent trillions of dollars lost thousands of american lives no of course in the process they have killed hundreds of thousands of iraqis all to have influence in a very geostrategic part of the world now when the Iraqi Parliament asks them to leave of course they will eventually lead i dont think they will have a choice its going to happen sooner or later this is going. To be a very significant defeat for the americans i would say you lead would be the beginning of the strategic decline of u. S. Power and influence in the region. And in another Development Iran says it will not abide by the enrichment limits set by the waning 2015 nuclear deal but says it is ready to reverse that if washington lift sanctions the u. S. Pulled out of the agreement when President Trump took power the leaders of germany france and the u. K. Have issued a joint statement calling on iran to avoid measures contravening the nuclear deal at least expert doesnt think iran is pursuing Nuclear Weapons but is trying to establish a deterrent. It looks like that iran has the capability to meant in the most important thing the spirit the spirit of resistance against the americans aggression or any american attack now despite its Something Different from the capabilities and also the most important things that i hope that iran will not take a hard decision that they will lose the europeans because we all know that the appearance that Something Different from the americans or whats going to happen after that this is the most important issue that should every part of this conflict should understand well and should the studied well. Turkish soldiers are on their way to libya according to the announcement by turkeys president heard of on the Turkish Parliament voted on thursday to back the u. N. Recognized government in tripoli giving a green light to the Troop Deployment a closed meeting of the u. N. Security council has already been set for monday to discuss the situation in the meantime libyas rival administration based in the east of the country voted against that deal with anger. It was decided to cut ties between the turkish regime and the states of libya and also in todays session a unanimous vote was passed on the general command authorizing the armed forces to disable all airports ports and learn ports under the militias control due to the danger they pose to the countrys National Security by bringing the colonists to our country. Libya has been in a state of war since protests in 2011 on the ousting of the countrys leader Moammar Gadhafi in recent months general belief a half dollar on the Libyan National army have been gaining ground against the un backed government of National Accord which requested military aid from and corrupt last month general have to us forces currently control most of libyas territory including crucial oil and Gas Resources iow johnson a founder of viewpoint africa believes that even with turkeys support it will be hard for the un backed government to deal with general have to us forces. Im afraid libya has been a bit of a mess since gadhafi went many people are saying that is very much like syria number 2 mr have to who controls a large swathes of the country or protect a period of time has the swing of the pendulum but on the other hand when you have a government which has been supported by the United Nations a government thats supported by the United States im think. Has a faction or an opportunity of winning but its going to be very difficult i cant see physically how which is why hes been propped up and supported by the turks who are who idea. To send their military might to support him there too many actors playing and supporting a competing factions which for we know were not sure exactly whos going to succeed in the wider pack so lets get too into. The race is on to evacuate stricken residents in australia as the most ferocious wildfires in decades ravaged swathes of the southeast at least 24 people have known to have died many thousands are padre said theres been a brief respite from the record breaking heat wave but Emergency Services are braced for Hazardous Conditions to return in just a few days. Angry australians are directing the few that promised Scott Morrison over his handling of the crisis that also for suggesting there is no direct link between the fires and Climate Change despite many seeing it as a root cause of the unprecedented destruction thats become hot of the fosses and so long the rival lapping between stites this is driven by Climate China scientists the same very clear that the 10 or 20 years now that Climate Change is leading to more frequent and more severe bush 5 and trout and hate why were already seeing catastrophic impacts you can imagine how much worse it will be if we allow the planet to continue to warm if we allow the continent of australia to continue to dry out this is just a taste of whats to come if we dont act theres no argument about the links between in my view in the governments view and any government in this country about the links between broader issues of global Climate Change and and weather events around the world but im sure people equally would to acknowledge that the direct connection to any single thought or event its not a credible suggestion to mike that link. Now the new year in scotland is a much celebrated event with the capital drawing thousands of visitors for hogmanay but for residents who live there full time theyre getting frustrated that theyre being increasingly shut out of their own city to make way for the tourists theyve grown rapidly in recent years its proving to be a double edged sword for edinburgh the city council says the new year celebration influx causes an increase in Noise Pollution and overcrowding on the streets while police are counted forcing residents who live in the center to wear idea wristbands and even get permits for visitors to their own homes during the hogmanay festivities i think we have plenty and i think they need to sink the people on some one to defend the city. To look them up. So it is becoming an issue because bush. So you start to. Go because you hold to this is just going to become more difficult. To do its job and. The story of this if you get into city means people among both of you thats something that is going to be like any other more than city. Taking stock of 2019 next as we reflect and more of the events that marked the year just gone. I. So one notorious name from the past year was that of the scrape the american financier and paedophile jeffrey f. Epstein and his role at the head of a sex trafficking operation catering for the rich and powerful he was found dead in prison in august while awaiting further trial his death was ruled a suicide but it failed to draw the line and rip seems sordid story as more penn explains. Imagine a billionaire who is friendly with u. S. President s like bill clinton and donald trump imagine hes also tight with the British Royal family and now imagine that hes also heavily involved in running a sex Trafficking Network where he gives clients access to underage girls. Now a story like that cannot be ignored no matter how hard some might try i had a falling out with them a long time ago i dont think ive spoken to him for 15 years i wasnt saying i was not a long time ago its not said maybe 15 years it would be. A considerable stretch to say that he was a very very close friend but it gets better magine that certain media had been suppressing the story after being put under pressure she told me everything she shares everything she was told for 12 years and what started out as we can service out to us it was unbelievable what we had when everything that the palace found out that we had her whole allegations are false and true and threatened us a 1000000 different ways now imagine that the billionaire at the center of the child so. 6 trafficking ring ends up dead in his prison cell and the official story is suicide i can understand people who immediately whose minds went to sort of the worst Case Scenario because it was a perfect storm of screw ups now imagine that this suicide was preceded by a series of mistakes such as the guards taking him off suicide watch and then falling asleep and falsifying the records were told that the video watching his cell just had a serious glitch and somehow was not recording what took place but then after a while a video does surface now 8 different prison officials insisted that he not be left alone in his cell but yet prior to his suicide his cellmate was transferred and he wrote a will 2 days prior the family noticed injuries on his wrist and shoulders that the autopsy report never explained and Forensic Experts say the coroner is wrong it looks more like homicide than suicide i think that the evidence points to a home so. High because there are multiple 3 fractures in the hyoid bone the fabric cartilage that are very unusual for suicide now what would you believe about such a case polls show that more than half of americans believe he was killed by someone else and less than a 3rd by the official story that he killed himself alone in his cell theres no way that man could have killed himself ive done too much time in those units its an impossibility between the floor and the ceiling is like 8 or 9 feet theres no way for you to connect to anything you have sheets with the paper level not Strong Enough she was 200 pounds it would never happen the news media should only report the facts never speculation and we dont know what went on in Geoffrey Epstein cell but it has officially been ruled to have been a suicide however given all the facts we just went over. Is it really shocking that millions of americans are saying to use of old timey but t. V. Appropriate language i call ballooning what mop and arty new york. Another 2019 also saw a year of political dealing over weaponry as the iran euclidian unravels missions boosted the Defense Budgets to get tooled up on a new arms race waited in the wings now the u. S. Withdrew from the i. M. F. Treaty on limiting Ballistic Missiles that was back in 28 team russia than took what it described as a symmetrical response in 2019 it was thought of 6 a closer look at how it developed. An arms race cold war a Nuclear Crisis it seemed all these things both sparked and faded out of historical relevance in the past millennium but 2019 saw all of them make a comeback the United States will withdraw from the Iran Nuclear Deal the u. S. Unilaterally demolished a pillar of International Stability crushing its i. N. F. Treaty with russia. Fears of the past century resurrected immediately the u. S. Is pulling out of a decades long Nuclear Treaty with russia sparking fears of a new arms race we thought was confined to the cold war now theres concern a pullout could lead to a new arms race its clear that the threat of a new arms race is real we go into a Nuclear Arms Race like we saw in the 1960 s. On. Only more expensive and war dangerous it seemed the 2 countries were again trying to outpace each other on the military speed track with a Nuclear Winter right past the finishing line washington no longer bound by the i. M. F. Shackled started the mess all tests right away 2 weeks after the pullout and then again in december this in turn kicked russias military into action too as it accused the us of premeditating their withdrawal National Beacon for us partners had to be honest and straightforward with us they should not have used trumped up accusations and allegations to unilaterally withdraw from it like they did in 2002 they violate everything and find excuses to put the blame on someone russia does not pose a threat to anyone or any actions we take or retaliatory that is to say. We never seek confrontation we do not want it specially with a global power like the us the civil its been known from october of last year to the us National Security advisor john bolton visited us he said that Donald Trumps a statement about washingtons withdrawal from the treaty is not an invitation to dialogue it was a final decision maybe even earlier the u. S. Not preparing a missile test banned by the i never treated and whatever the timing of the pullout washington has indeed been making its point about the i. M. F. For a long time pretty well being violated and being ignored by. Other countries for years russia has violated the terms of the intermediate range Nuclear Forces really without remorse adding fuel to the flames was the fact that just a year before that russia unveiled new weapons an explicit demonstration that if it wants to retaliate it well. And both sides have been accusing each other of violating the deal but more school has also insisted that it has been unprecedentedly transparent in attempts to demonstrate compliance paraded the very message washington claims violated the i. M. F. Russia invited International Experts to come and be judge and jury what the rocket could and couldnt do the americans didnt come despite an almost personal invitation. For many years weve proposed to some talks but our initiatives have not found the support of our partners in fact theyre always front critics for dismantling the Global Security system. Russia says it still tries with the iron of deal flatlined it suggests that arms control can be achieved through expanding another deal start and response washington talks at length about its gargantuan plans to include china and other Nuclear Powers in a new deal just some new deal even the u. S. Seems to have little idea about with you that the you will start expires february the 5th 2021 we have until then to resolve the situation proposals is still on the tables will be heard and i understand that now its up to washington to decide i hope that were able to get everybody in a very big and beautiful room and do a new treaty that would be much better all the while as Nuclear Parity hangs in the balance purely on the good faith of a few individuals. 2019 so governments in many countries left in no doubt about just how widespread public dissatisfaction gates them had reached from the yellow vest protests on the streets of paris to the political turmoil in latin america crowds turned out regularly and in large numbers in spain it was the simmering independence row over the wealthy catalonia region that led to violent demonstrations and protest is set roadblocks and classed with police for weeks off the 9 separate separatist leaders were sentenced to jail for sedition they pushed ahead with an independence referendum that was back in 2014 despite a bun from madrid and the new caution a reported from the unrest right in the heart of the castle on capitol boss alone a searing the heights of autumns on rust 2. The streets of barcelona are again on fire were standing right now between the very cases that were built by professors yes you can see the violence is only growing on the streets of the Castle Lonnie and capital. Protesters have built as these berry kates using garbage and appliances that were standing by the cafeterias as well as some of the furniture that they could a science so they built those very case now they set them on fire and right now theyre shouting slogans and happening. And as you can see tensions our own lee increasing here at this is happening right in the center of barcelona and these trees so far so long there are again on fire if we remember what happened just on friday a Police Forces responded with a rubber bullets and tear gas thank you thanks. Barcelona is protesting since monday and this saturday to show that people are not tired this is our lens to show that theyre ready to take it to the streets you can get the full updates on the castle in question on our website www dot com and meantime up next. On the rising intolerance and division in politics. Max geysers financial survival guide. Housing bubble. Oh you mean theres a downside to artificially low mortgage truth dont get carried away thats cause report. Oh oh. Hello and welcome to cross talk where all things are considered im Peter Lavelle up until recently politics were about policy preferences and ways to implement them that is not the case today your political views are now what define you as a person and there is a moral dimension bias against those who are not politically correct is the last acceptable form of discrimination this is the end of politics. Crosslinking political intolerance im joined by my guest kevin chavez in washington hes the managing partner of the chavez group as well as former president of d. C. Young democrats also in washington we have christopher hes a political analyst and iraq war veteran also in raleigh we cross to ryan he is the national cochair and founder of students for trump all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate ok kevin im going to go to you 1st because youre of the odd man