Years the words the expression assad must go has been the us 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 a closer look as revealed at 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 purport 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. 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 the side right after the syrian conflict and in many cases some would argue that we actually fomented created the conditions for this violence war that followed but now a representative of the United States state Department Think about how representative the envoy from the u. S. State department to syria is saying but 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 it 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 not if were going to stick to our mantra and its time to do news again. And here we go with a list of the questions we think well be asking tomorrow has the u. S. Finally given up on its demand that assad must go victory day in moscow why is world war 2 still so important to russians is a massive suck air and dust storm soon got a blanket parts of the u. S. Florida texas. 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 lavs that have been lost in what has become one of the longest and bloody as conflicts in decades this revelation that the United States is now doing out of 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 veteran journalist ben swan. 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 ambassador 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 assaults removal were backed by the u. K. France germany and the e. U. Assad refused and in 2014 the Obama Administration went on 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 returned 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 the 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. 00 new into ts for the news with rick sanchez. 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. I think its an acknowledgment that they cant remove him through it through the means that they have i ever 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 aim aimed at media Family Members but also any engineering any energy any reconstruction. Anybody who wants to help syria in that effort its. Its all designed to bring him down so its all a subterfuge so its. Well i was just to get maybe george ill bring you into this you know and i understand that if 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 one doesnt necessarily have to go anymore and that were not necessarily looking for regime change to me that that does have some have to have some kind of impact no. Yes its good of them to say so bus as michael says because they couldnt remove south and half a 1000000 people had to leave the blood on the ground in the sand in d. V. D. To remove them its an inglorious period yourselves up alone because. As culpable in this 1000000 dead people what a mountain is of course using our proxies in the 2 gulf saudi arabia the u. A. E. Qatar all these people who are involved in trying to destroy the secular are out of syria even if it meant putting in power on the people that brought down the twin towers and killed thousands of americans less than 20 years ago in glorious we well the air force we were the force. On something even worse. 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 call in with any pride oh. Miserable failure as well. But i go 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 the other side and the turks have never 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 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 end is recognized by the United Nations as the leader we were never invited in we are occupy and the northeast. Over the oil we are blocking humanitarian we are blocking efforts to get. In 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 know why now wants to deal with syria so its all a slippery slope and its its all subterfuge 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 today in moscow they are marking victory day as a solemn day of remembrance to honor the end of world war 2 most countries do the same in some form or fashion for russians its a really big deal why is that well the answer is simple the soviet union lost almost 30000000 people while bearing the brunt of the nazi invasion that means almost every family in russia every person in russia still has some type of connection through a Family Member who died or suffered through that invasion in other words for russian even to this day its still personal. Heres a look at some of todays commemorations with our. Whats up time since im sure moscow i guess as much as hot ticket it should take the great tradition victory day celebrated that night but this year i had said it was due to the crowd of our is to make out of the cozy 1960 ration is gradually improving russias appointed june the 24th to hold its military parade as it celebrating the 75th anniversary of victory over nazi germany 3 on this special day 75 years ago in 1945 the 1st historical parade took place on red square commemorating the end of the 2nd world war it lasted 2 hours in the pouring rain but the joy and tappan is when it became known about the surrender of nazi germany overwhelmed everyone soldiers of the red army including the defenders of moscow and leningrad and styling ground as well as those who stormed to berlin triumphantly marched along the red square before the parade they had to learn the basics of marching during the war for a cause there had been no time for that and also in a very short time for thousands of new uniforms or so for all the participants so they look to really victorious one of the most powerful moments of that parade was when the soldiers discarded the caption their march to ban it is. The former soviet union became the main battleground of world war 2 nazi germany invaded the country in 94. 00 she won and got stuck there if you get the losses were enormous and so were the losses of the red army and the local civilian population of the u. S. S. R. During the battles of stalingrad kursk and sevastopol and millions and millions of lines were lost nowadays russia says that should not happen again meanwhile the 2020 crate has been particularly large scale and lasted an hour and a half so some minutes longer than usual its become an arena when you ask. So new military equipment. Turned from the 2nd world war that played a decisive role in fighting the nazis more than 20 samples of the latest military equipment have also been put on display by the way to get to the parade all the guests were checked for coronavirus there was seating at a distance from police according to sources about. 2 veterans were sent to a small resort for a 2 week quarantine before the. Same place same time only 75. 00. The victory day parade 2020 will definitely be remembered. All the pageantry and this is the. Youre watching our special coverage when we come back were going to be able to tell you know about a bizarre pair and desert storm thats believe it or not a serious set up and coming our way in the usa. Id like it bluntly hosts ask the question then actually listens to the answer and then react to that answer a folks. Got a new show. Im a journalist its all i know being a truth teller people say i make among come from good news is like a jackhammer good drill down i think find the truth Newt Gingrich because its time to do news again and question more. 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Now time for what i guess we could describe as an ever changing story steve chris stock goes with an update now in the world of sports and this is good for a change this this is good news and its really been news to many including double wallace himself and the rest of nascar in the sports world to know that he was in fact not the target of a hate crime the f. B. I. And nascar now concluded their investigation and found that he was indeed not targeted because they did find Video Evidence which we do have and we can bring it up now to show that that rope that was fashioned like a new says youll see here has been there this is since last fall of 2019 in that garage stall number 4 which was wallaces garage stall this past weekend and it does appear that rope is passionate like a news put it had been there since last fall so they had some guy had made a news last year and it was there and had nothing to do with bubba was it had nothing to do with the wall so we dont know now you know thats the other question nascar will continue in the best occasion to see why anybody did fashion the rope in such a way and who did it but we dont know that yet thats a good look at all things considered. Id rather find out that there wasnt some shark there doing Something Like this literally targeting the only black driver in that nascar that appears to not be the case so that is good news if you notice the way i did with a jerk i had another word right i realize. That every adult is the fashion a rope like that is clearly not just keep it out a great person weve got some sports news yes we do we got some l. B. Is coming back now it seems to be official one week from today they are supposed to report to the Training Camp spring training as they call it in quotes but you know it seems like it will be baseballs not amy to play this season you know at their home stadiums not in. A bubble like the n. B. A. Is trying to do so this might be some normalcy that we might end up seeing now heres some key points that were going to see its going to be a 60 game season spring Training Like i said july 1st and then july 23rd 24th is when the games are supposed to start the regular season is supposed to start now the exact schedule is yet to be determined 40 games against divisional foes 20 in early games against the geographical cool equivalent meaning lets say the nationals here in washington for example will play all their games against an l. And east teams a universal d. H. For the 1st time now is going to be implemented that means pitchers no longer have to hit the n. L. Right there and players will be tested every other day and they will receive 37 percent of their original 2020 salaries if the season the full 60 game season is played for those of you watching us in india who dont understand baseball d. H. Means designated hitter which means that somebody gets to bat for the pitcher he doesnt have to bat himself kind of like quick. In the end i will both have this exact right and finally finally we have a little lets check out some soccer highlights from portuguese soccer so check it out and send a clear benefit and read there and you can see its 22 until the header there hits the back of the net hes pretty excited about it but 65th minute there ben think it goes up 3 to now the better team top of the league right here but i handball here on been for you could get a clear and black right there in the black as he steps up ties it up with the penalty kick in the 82nd minute same guy penalty kicks here in the 95th minute of savage time and they upset benfica right there so the game was practically over the match maybe. Over but they went for 3 or upsets been but they did call that hands they did yes good yes im glad they call that yes. Yes. This is crazy there is a massive storm its blanketing already parts of the caribbean and its making its way toward texas and other parts of the United States. Could affect the washington d. C. Our Nations Capital wow what is this heres our to correspondent john hardy. Look godzilla no not that godzilla this is the socalled godzilla dust cloud its a massive saharan dust plume thats drifted from africa across the Atlantic Ocean in a 5000 mile Journey Towards the United States researchers say its an extraordinary and historic weather event that while fascinating is creating serious air quality problems particularly for those suffering from allergies while strong warm winds from the sahara carry plumes of sand over the atlantic every summer this particular dust cloud is said to be the largest in 50 years moving south of florida over parts of the caribbean turning the Tropical Blue skies and water of islands including puerto rico into a dense brown hugh. Weather forecasters predict it will ultimately make its way into texas before taking a turn to the east over the weekend here in miami the distant dust has made for some beautiful sunsets by videographer Andres Guzman shot this picture recently and astronaut doug hurley took this one from the International Space station tweeting we flew over the sahara does plume today in the west central atlantic amazing how large an area it covers the good news is the godzilla dust storm is providing a respite from any monster storms like a hurricane from forming because of its extremely dry air but with Hurricane Season now in a fact perhaps this godzilla dust cloud is the calm before the storm for the news with Rick Sanchez John honey i love those weather stories larry king joining us now. Hi larry how are you. Us will prevent hurricanes thats something. You and i work on c. N. N. Together and there was a time when. There was a big hurricane hitting and you were doing. Your show and i was a reporter and you asked me. Why do you do that rec why are you out there. I mean its the best questions you know you guys like dan rather he like he would hang on to a tree to report hurricanes i have never understood hurricane Reporters People who like to go into the wind they have made me wanting to be i guess part of the action hey concerning that report you did on the soviets celebrating the 75th anniversary of the end or war 2 theres a puzzling question that has bothered me since world war 2. Germany was really handling britain a tough defeat they were bombing them nightly and it looked like any minute they could invade from france and in ted instead. Suddenly germany turned east and went into soviet union why. Deep down the historians say right that hitler always wanted to go after the soviet union he hated him he hated it more than he hated just about anybody else which is really weird because he had just done some kind of pact with him but i think down he you know like everybody has this thing taking inside of them its either a love or hate whatever it is in him he had always had this this this antipathy against the russians and he just couldnt control himself he said no i want to beat the russians i want to beat the russians i dont care about anything else thats what i want to do in life i want to be known for the guy who beat the russians and you know what they kicked his butt. They sure did but they lost a lot in the in the kicking 27 and it was a tragedy for both countries but it was still amazing to me because hitler could have taken europe without without exactly but heres the point that ive learned especially since ive been working here and ive made some friends who know a lot more about that than guys like you and me here in the states are history books that like you and i what we read because of the cold war we never really appreciated the loss of russia we never even appreciated the contribution of russia we always thought we did it the brits did it the french were brave the resistance its interesting they will play a big part in this man. Now was caused by the cold war and the anti communist movement in america was so strong that were right we never appreciated the russians role in world war 2 they help more than anybody else yeah in world war 2 yeah churchill said that one day he admitted it when he wasnt drinking so. Good i did i did yeah well you said the correct. Thanks my friend always a pleasure to appreciate it you too there is an Important Development in the saga of former National Security advisor Michael Flynn but u. S. Court of appeals has ruled this afternoon that charges against mr flynn should be dropped so that was a recommendation of the Justice Department but then the judge in the case question whether flynn who twice admitted to lying to the f. B. I. Should be set free and was being investigated originally for his secret dealings with turkey but he ended up being convicted for not disclosing a conversation with a russian diplomat so why did this court originally hesitant to grant the Justice Departments request and up going along with it in the end to drop all charges against this army general. What happened here is that william barr attorney general wanted to drop the prosecution because according to bars argument there was new material crime actually committed by Michael Flynn and barb several months ago told us that sometimes and this is actually true you do see people admit to things and plead guilty to things that later turn out to not actually be criminal activity you know you can say yes i did the thing but thats being might not necessarily be a crime in according to what the Justice Department argued and what vista judge today agreed with was that there wasnt a material crime so. Even with Michael Flynn pleading guilty in this case and you know everybody can have their political opinions about what happens but strictly legally speaking if the department of justice if the prosecutors say there wasnt an actual crime to plead to then what they say is what the judge has to go with in this particular instance thats a really good explanation and im glad we sought out a fun challenge by another appeal by the way which at this point is not expected but anything can change this would mean this decision of the afternoon would mean that when is exonerated we thought youd want to know our rick sanchez fresh watch. Is fair to say many of the protesters on the streets of america want social justice nominally speaking thats a positive message the problem is how about the message is translated into concrete political demands and what it happens if you dont agree with those all of it in its. Nuclear become a battleground in the u. S. In vermont people are demanding the shut down of a local plant for my yankee is right now my focus because its a very dangerous oh no care package plant the owner is attempting to run the reactor beyond its operational limit this case just sort of puts a magnifying glass on wheres the power in this country where is it going is it moving more towards corporate interests or is it more in the idea of a traditional participatory democracy is or power lie with the people this case demonstrates that struggle in the. Struggle. Join me. On the alex simon chill and ill be speaking to us from the world of politics. Im show business ill see that. This is boom bust the one business show you cant afford to miss in washington coming up the International Monetary fund has issued a grim outlook for Global Growth in the wake of the coronavirus but when can we see a rebound we have expert analysis on hand to go over the details. Could we see if in tech giants moving into the cryptocurrency space will bring you a boom bust panel on the state of the sector with the facts show today so lets dive right in. And we leave the program with the International Monetary funds announcement that the Global Economic downturn due to the corona virus pandemic will be worse than initial estimates