Years the words the expression assad must go has been the u. S. Mantra our official policy has been to push for regime change as well as the removal of president Bashar Al Assad why well because hes been accused of using chemical weapons by the only independent arbiters in the syrian war a group thats called the White Helmets but heres the problem with that they closer look as revealed that the White Helmets are really not so independent they may be arbiters but theyre not independent and to the accusations of chemical weapons usage. That too did not really hold up to scrutiny in fact look at that video right there you see that it said to proport victims being treated from a chemical attack guess what a b. B. C. Producer on the scene later came forward after the 28 team video was shot to reveal that this is fake that scene is staged to make it look like a hospital scene after a chemical attack that apparently never really happened. See the problem all along for the United States is credibility say some middle east experts is that our state department may have revealed its intentions shown its hand as we like to say maybe a little too early we picked a side right after the syrian conflict and in many cases some would argue that we actually fomented created the conditions for this violence civil war that followed but now a representative of the United States state Department Think about a representative the envoy from the u. S. State department to syria is saying that that is no longer necessary what does that mean does that mean that the United States is now backing assad no no no no far from it but for a u. S. Envoy to say that after more than a decade of attacks against the Syrian Government and its controversial president can now stay assad can stay that is what we would call in journalism a screaming headline one that we hear on the news with rick sanchez can simply not pass up that if were going to stick to our mantra that its time to do news again. Here we go the list of questions we think youll be asking to morrow has the United States finally given up on its demand that assad must go what is a garage bar and is it really a new community trend. And victory day in moscow why is w. W. 2 still so important to russians but lets go ahead and begin with a story that you will probably not see anywhere else but its a very important story especially when you consider the money the lives that have been lost in what has become one of the longest and bloodiest conflicts in decades this revelation that the United States is now doing not about face in syria its a bit of a shocker here now with a look back at how syria became the bloody mess that it is as a veteran journalist and so on. A major shift toward syrian policy by the United States as the trumpet ministration now says that syrian president Bashar Al Assad does not have to go this is a major reversal of decades nearly a decade of u. S. President s and secretaries of state saying that Bashar Al Assad would have to be removed from power during a Virtual Conference hosted by a washington d. C. Based middle east think tank president from special envoy for syria said that while washington is still looking for radical changes in behavior in the assad regime the u. S. Would no longer demand that assad be removed from power the transition to democracy in syria has begun and its time for assad to get out of the way and massacre James Jeffrey stated quote we are not demanding total victory we are not saying that assad has to go but added that washington wants to see a dramatic shift in the behavior of this regime as we have seen seldom in the world his position is in stark contrast to u. S. Positions in the past in august of 2011 then president barack obama and secretary of state Hillary Clinton insisted that assad must step down as the country found itself in the midst of a bloody civil war that would claim over half a 1000000 lives between 20112017 the u. S. Wasnt alone and calls for assads removal were backed by the u. K. France germany and the e. U. Assad refused and in 2014 the Obama Administration will. The train approximately 15000 rebels in jordan with the intent of overthrowing assad that program was a failure and the Administration Even admitted that only 4 or 5 of those 15000 recruits even return to syria to fight assad by 2015 the syrian war transformed from a civil war to a war between the Syrian Government and factions of both alqaeda and isis by the time the u. S. Reached a president ial election of 2016 the fight over what to do with assad was a major Foreign Policy topic former secretary of state clinton continued to call for direct u. S. Military intervention the bombing of syrian air fields and the removal of president assad then candidate trump said the u. S. Should stay out of syria even as the Russian Military worked with the Syrian Government to corner and drive isis out of the strongholds which leads us to this new official position of the Trump Administration that assad doesnt have to be removed from power however the administration is demanding significant changes in the way the regime conducts itself including a new round of sanctions and now its just last week that would target president assad his wife and 39 new into tease for the news with rick sanchez and been swung for more on this were joined now by former pentagon official Michael Maloof and George Galloway was a former u. K. M. P. Michael you worked at the pentagon let me begin with you theres a come across to you as a shocker to hear us on voice saying we no longer require regime change of syria. Well they i think its an acknowledgment that they cant remove him through it through the means that they have however its just a subject use i know jim jeffery and hes a hes a hes a slippery dude what they did was implement the caesar act which in effect is designed to cripple the restructuring the reconstruction of syria and not a not only just to aim aimed at media Family Members but also any engineer in any energy. Any reconstruction. Anybody who wants to help syria in that effort its all designed to ultimately bring him down so its all a subterfuge so its a go ahead well i was just to get maybe george ill bring you into this you know and i understand that by the way what youre saying i made some phone calls today on this story and a lot of folks are agreeing with what you were saying that you know theyre saying that but they dont really mean it george i come from a profession where words do matter and the fact that hes coming out and saying that doesnt necessarily have to go anymore and that were not necessarily looking for regime change to me that thats half so have to have some kind of impact no. Yes its good of them to say so but as michael says thats because they couldnt remove the shuttle our south and half a 1000000 people had to leave their blood on the ground in the sand in the vain effort to remove him its an inglorious period dont be yourselves up alone because brits. As culpable in this half a 1000000 dead people what a mountain is and of course using our proxies in the gulf saudi arabia the u. A. E. Qatar all these people were involved in trying to destroy the secular out of brooke public of syria even if it meant putting in power the people that brought down the twin towers and killed thousands of americans less than 20 years ago in glorious we were the air force we were the missile force. And something even worse done alqaeda namely the isis expression which script across the region and then across the rest of the world so its not chopped out in history that well be able to look back on with any pride our toll and its been an art to our miserable failure as well as an immoral mess. Michael to put you in the hot spot on the story most americans watching us right now have no earthly clue whats really going on in that country they just know theres a bunch of factions fighting and sometimes were on one side the russians are on another side and the turks have now gotten in there its just too hard to keep score in the end would you recommend that we as a nation should just step aside in that conflict. Well 1st of all we were never invited in as as the russians and the iranians were by the by the government there thats a legitimate government. Assads government whether we like assad or not he was he was voted the and is recognized by the United Nations as the leader we were never invited in we are occupying the northeast ringback over the over the oil we are blocking humanitarian we are blocking efforts to get. Humanitarian aid into the into the country not withstanding what jeffrey said because because the effect of u. S. Sanctions caesar act no one wants to win a war now wants to deal with syria so its all a slippery slope and its and the its all set to fuse as i pointed out good stuff gentlemen we appreciate the conversation will follow it but certainly some important words coming out of the mouth of the mr jeffries as you call him a slippery character to the fact that the United States no longer is looking for assad to step down thank you again meanwhile the nation and the world are reopening for business after months of the coven 1000 quarantine but many are seeing and are saying that we may have done it a little too soon because cases are going way up in certain places we want to go behind the numbers though one of the trends here parties joining us now with more on the story what are the numbers and what are the trends so you know just now last 24 hours that over 36000 new cases are reported in u. S. And thats the largest single day increase since the start of the pandemic but just like he said its not just about the numbers right its also how many of those infected would eventually need Critical Care and also overwhelm the Health Care System well thats exactly whats happening specifically 7 states are reporting Record Number of hospitalizations since to pandemic began and was our arizona which also reported then and Record Number of deaths today and others are arkansas California North carolina South Carolina tennessee and texas. That also broke their own record for hospitalization in the 12 day in a row but rick these same states that are seeing an increase in new cases you know theyre also among the 1st and the most aggressive to reopen florida for example allowed most restaurants and stores to open on may 4th while gyms and stores also went on full capacity on june 5th now the same length for texas and arizona but to give you a comparison you know states like maine that have fewer than 2900 cases well they announced this week that they were not there are still not a good restaurants to be open for Indoor Service anytime soon so we obvious seeing a trend here the sooner the states open up the more cases were also seeing right now and now as a result of all these spikes states like new York New Jersey and connecticut theyve also Just Announced a 14 day mandatory quarantine for travelers coming from states with a 10 percent infection rate or higher and right now those states are. Arkansas. Arizona florida of course north and South CarolinaWashington State utah and texas now in comparison new york right now has a 1 point one percent infection rate once the epic center of the virus so you could see have them contained versus the states that are really seeing a high number of growth. The travel ban the International Travel ban more americans im. Going over the specially in reference to europe right now our European Union officials are Still Deciding which countries can visit the blog as of july 1st and thats when the borders are going to be opening up right now americans are excluded russia brazil iran and saudi arabia among others are also unwelcome but you know the problem for you is that most of the tourism dollars reese. Cvs are from u. S. Travelers so holding firm against the entry on u. S. Travelers is not going to be very popular since you know last share roughly 2500000. 00 americans travel to europe each month but rick officials are also saying that the list of countries well thats going to see the travel restrictions is going to be very limited been no more than 10. 00 to 15. 00 countries they start with but that of course could change with the numbers changing rapidly as were seeing right now it sounds like things are changing but at the same time things are going back to the way they were paradoxical thanks so much this is the news with rick sanchez youre watching our special coverage were going to back in just a little bit suspect to bring you up victory day in the russia why is it so important to people there in moscow why we backed. The. No shots. Actually felt. The stress no just. Switch your thirst for action. 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Hey welcome back im rick sanchez today in moscow they are marking victory day its a solemn day of remembrance to honor the end of world war 2 while most countries do the same in some fashion or another for russians this is a really big deal why is that the answer is actually Pretty Simple its a numbers game and see the soviet union lost almost 30000000 people while bearing the brunt of the nazi armies that means almost every family in russia still has some type of connection through a Family Member who died or suffered or has a story that they left through the nazi invasion in other words for russians. Still even to this day this is personal. Heres a look at todays commemoration. In commemoration of victory over germany in the great patrick war for june 24th 945 find scheduling a parade of the active army the navy and moscow garrison the victory parade in moscows red square. It was a long anticipated and unforgettable day soviet people strongly believed it would come. We were looking at the pile of dirty looks and thinking that the long expected victory had come and we the warriors it helped our people to free the motherland bring back peace as my contribution. Going to your rounds and reaching the troops we can see rain trickling from their camps but they spirits were too high to even notice it was a gloomy sunday red squares cobblestones away the bunches of flowers that we got after the parade were away but years on my heart doesnt believe in those memories the 24th of june 1985 has become a part of my life it was the most cheerful and sunny day. You know its interesting but those of us who grew up here in the west including myself were indoctrinated to either minimize or forget altogether that the russians had anything to do with world war 2 thats important because they certainly did we go to out of the scene of todays parade hours ago with arties. Taylor and some from moscow. These parades in 1945 it represented the end of the great patriotic war at least parade today tells people that you know life will go back to normal this is the 1st major event in russia since the beginning of the pandemic you know ive written a very interesting statistic a sad but the interesting is that the squirrels behind you the formation into trees that say about 200 people each other the number of civilians thats 27000000 People Killed during the great patriotic war it would take them 2 months to march to the red square. Huge box of 27000000 people is the number of individuals with their own hoops with their own dreams who died in that war to me actually makes me think of the day its all to the present spoken and they say to set. And thats because i hear history in that sound there are echoes of these people 75 years ago on red square victory was celebrated but more importantly so with the people who have fought tooth and nail to bring it up out my grandmother for chachi for india 1000000 lots of independent women and it was an all female unit that was part of the fuss over shawnee and that was part of the soviet full says and actually they fought out a bottle in london which is in belorussia and they actually managed to break through to jump into france says take back and hold talk a strategic area of the bridge that proved to be crucial and not the battle later on i could go up to any single pass on the street also what did you write at 6 do during the war each would keep me 80 tell family story someone who fought and died at starting price so many survived the blockade of leningrad so many fall with the potus entente so much on the 24th of june 1945 walked on to that very scrap right behind me what is about to happen is the best part of the break the earth you know ive always found that the be the best part of the break up how the soul spoiled food for crofter the ethical doesnt play us for the food for my daughter learns that a right now out of anybody here are in the clue so its true that ive once had to ride with 70 other people in the in the me 26 feet is an incredible sight luau if the also roof bear in mind to one of these aircraft to fly with completely different speeds at different heights to go from 8 different fields to students who did precisely the right smoother ride movements to give us this spectacular view. Its always the russian flag that ends the parade. To come and we did hear the. Unbelievable pictures incredible person. We learn from other folks point of view as we like to say meanwhile pubs restaurants and hotels are going to be able to reopen 4th of july in england but while the 2 meters social distancing rule is being used thats their version other Safety Measures are likely to be bought into and are not being met with shall we say open arms heres our 2 words daschle reporting from london. 3 months since the u. K. France went into lockdown when pubs court last orders and restaurants closed doors but despite nonessential businesses reopening the hospitality sector said it simply couldnt cope with the to meet a social distancing in place and it seems the government to give. The significant form in the prevalence of the virus we can change the 2 metre social distancing from the 4th of july the announcement came through while i was with the. C. D. Martina and with a relaxed he thinks the sector is headed in the right direction to finally get back on track this is what we this is what we do for a living for a choice. In the Restaurant Industry the profound love is not an easy life its a very challenging and hard life but we live off the people who live off our customers we live. And were here because we want to open our doors and we want to recreate those Magical Memories for but the new normal comes with a new set of rules to make sure its safe enough bars and restaurants will now have to provide a formal register of customers patrons will have to provide their names and their Contact Details upon arrival or when booking a table to make sure theyre able to be contacted if theres an outbreak of the virus all of which makes popping in for a pint slightly more bureaucratic probably give the details the same time. Probably have a drink at home instead i mean ill be fine with. According to peoples preference i suppose some people want the america have anything to hide. From a Customer Perspective i feel like its a bit much but everyone knows the climate that were in and the proportions that were going to have to take a simple if were going to get the public going and we have to then i think its necessary and im happy to take you know these are with them every which you everywhere tell you had said no and what not so thats another thing to get these im not sure you and even those in the industry think the new normal might be too much to handle restaurants are. Places where people come and be social and they enjoy their time so it really depends on like what would it look like after which would still be a place where people will be able to go out. At the moment i think what is needed to stress again is that the narrative needs to change so long as we keep on saying ill board all social context where possible a social industry will never come out of this restaurants know how to keep you safe weve been doing that for years. Theres a bigger problem is i didnt like the National Time out and used to be addressed in order for our industry to move forward this is the one were move is i welcome step but were looking forward to see what following steps will will will be taken in order for our industry to thrive again and welcome or customers and perhaps as a small price to pay to get back to this new normality if businesses like these that depend so much all social interaction want to survive hoping that everyone not just off the customers to get used to this new slightly more antisocial way of life. No matter where you are in the world it always comes back to someone going to have a drink. At certain of such a being with a signature. We go to work some straight home. Was new to National Well the start of an hour when weve been able to molest that solicit it was a propagandist you cross and its you kind of see her from where youre morgue youre more your partner are going to be moving through our. Bush or psyche would orbit us lucifer mistletoe is just that im like i dont im just i have nobody it is not my achievement mr davies are 5 you have plans for conceive but they need to get it out by the people themselves if our wood producer even florek it with the idea of making a film like this they probably be branded as crazy. That was the sentiment during the war that the soviets were brave heroes resisting the nazis thats going to change of course after the war once the cold war begins slowly with the sophistry plates but really what is a strictly defined but one side of the business and the other side is ideology. 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