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Quote american intelligence officials have concluded that a Russian Military Intelligence Unit Mission Forces in afghanistan listen to the certainty of those words right there see that american intelligence concluded secret bounties taliban linked those are important words theres no equivocation there which may be why as soon as the t. V. News networks here in america read that story in the New York Times they began reporting it breathlessly almost as if their hair was on fire they wanted to get this story out for them it was the perfect story and they ran with it every which way that they possibly could but most of all with pretty much this narrative you heard it putin is paying to kill american soldiers and trump is helping him do it. It sounds like a great story right yeah all of it based on the New York Times story that was on that front page ok since then the New York Times has written another story that interestingly enough was on page 10 there it is we checked and that story seems to tell a very different tale one that seems to cast a lot of doubt on the original story so here let me go back to what i was doing before let me share with you some language from this news story it details how u. S. Intelligence officials are quote emphasizing uncertainties and gaps in the evidence from the original report that the n. S. A. Quote does not have information to support b. Conclusion in the original story that quote they did not have surveillance that confirms what the captured detainees originally told investigators about bounties. That quote the cia did intercept data of financial transfers but the agency does not have explicit evidence that the money was used for bounty payments and finally that quote. There is no information directly connecting the suspected operation to the kremlin. That story the one with all the cabbie outside i just read to you directly from the pages of the New York Times somehow did not set the news anchors hair on fire in fact it was reported with much less intensity if at all so. It makes us ask what do we have left what do we have left with this story comparing it to what was originally reported im going to break that down for you right here on the news with rick sanchez where we do believe its time to do news again. Here is the list of the questions we think youll be asking after watching this newscast today were why the rush and believe me to tell a journalistically thin story about socalled russian bounties why mexicos president visits president trop while Many Americans ask why and how important is beauty sleep actually. Lets go ahead and begin with the russian bounty story that dominated the headlines for almost what a full week but now were left to ask what is really left of this story it does appear that the u. S. Interrogators did capture drug dealers somewhere in afghanistan and were able to tie them to wire transfers of large amounts of cash what seems to still remain unclear though or as we like to say in journalism parlance not nailed down is who really gave it to them and why. Our correspondent is john harvey. The New York Times reported july 3rd that a new Administration Memo seeks to foster doubts about suspected russian bounties on american troops the memo is reportedly from the National Intelligence council and according to the times acknowledges the cia and top counterterrorism officials agree russia appears to have offered bounties to kill american and Coalition Troops in afghanistan the story goes on to report that the nic which reports to the director of National Intelligence John Radcliffe produced the 2 and a half page document a socalled sense of the Community Memorandum and dated july 1st it appears to have been commissioned after the New York Times reported on june 26th that intelligence officials had assessed months ago that russia had offered mounties but the white house had yet to authorize a response well the times reported specifically last month that a Russian Military Intelligence Unit secretly offered bounties to taliban linked militants for killing Coalition Forces in afghanistan including targeting american troops well President Trump tweeted this in response to the times story and many other media reports the russian bounty story is just another made up by fake news tale that is told only to damage me and the Republican Party the secret source probably does not even exist just like the story itself if the discredited New York Times has a source reveal it just another hoax all the time story from july 3rd goes on report that the memo said the cia and the National Counterterrorism center had assessed with medium confidence but falling short of near certainty that a unit of the Russian Military Intelligence Service known as the g. R. U. Offered the bounties but heres the thing the story goes on to read that other parts of the Intelligence Community including the National Security agency n. S. A. Said they did not have information to support that conclusion at the same level and since the times initial story last month there have been dozens of other media reports about. The allegations of russian bounties on u. S. Troops but nothing concrete c. N. N. Even reported today online that a top u. S. General overseeing operations in the middle east and afghanistan said the purported russian bounty intelligence wasnt prove not even enough to hold up in a court of law but was still worrisome all this as a new reuters poll released today shows that quote most americans believe russia targeted u. S. Soldiers and once sanctions in response russia writes that overall 60 percent of americans said they found reports of russian bounties on american soldiers to be very or somewhat believable while 21 percent said they were not credible and the rest were unsure and further 39 percent said they thought she did know about russias targeting of the u. S. Military before reports surfaced in the news media last month while 26 percent said the president did not know well moscow continues to deny allegations of any russian bounty plot against u. S. Or Coalition Forces in afghanistan on july 4th President Trumpery tweeted comments from representative jim banks of indiana saying that the New York Times had actually endangered u. S. Troops with its reporting about the russian bounty allegations says the white house is now reportedly conducting an internal investigation and to who may have leaked the alleged russian bounty intelligence info for the news with rick sanchez john hardy all right so did this really happen as originally reported was the story exaggerated somehow to fit the trump russia narrative once again and whats the context of countries whether its rush hour or any other country using its military or its money to influence the affairs of other countries for example would we ever do Something Like that joining us now to tackle these thorny questions are about from journalist. And former u. S. Official Michael Maloof to perfect guest to have on this so michael let me start with you what do you think what do you think. Really happened here whats the real story on how this story became as massive as it did. Well they probably picked up some information as you pointed out that there was Money Exchange and thats not. Unexpected because its been known for quite some time that russia has been talking to itself but for what reason and that is to monitor jihadi saw locusts going into next door russia and they want to be they want information and the taliban doesnt do it out of the goodness of their heart they want to be paid so and who is better to conduct that then an Intelligence Unit and that would be g. R. U. Military intelligence so. But the fact that there was no credible evidence to support the initial allegation is not unusual and the fact that you had the head of centcom in so saying that he could not find it credible so it raises the political question of why now and i think it was once again democrats trying to paint putin as the bad guy and to to try to link it to trump has been supportive of him and its coming just prior to the election its its just a cast you know from what we saw in the 1st 3 years. Of collusion between putin and and trump and exists its a great story they want to get out there ben you and i have been doing this business for a long time i think if you were add up all our years people would say we should retire but. When you. Get in newsrooms where someones pitched a story and you knew it was thin journalistically but you also knew that it fit a certain narrative this well like that to you. It absolutely smells like that rick but i think it goes even further than that 1st of all the New York Times when that should be the headline on the story because of the poll. Well the john hoodie cited at the end of his piece there where he talked about the majority of people who are hearing about this or even a large portion of them are saying they believe its true whether theres evidence or not so New York Times accomplished what it is attempting to accomplish push a narrative whether it was true or not because truth did not seem to matter here and instead they got ultimately what they wanted which was to continue the narrative about trump and putin collusion this time in afghanistan but whats really interesting to me about this a by the way i actually released a podcast about this issue yesterday citing the evidence or lack thereof about this it wasnt just that the n. S. A. Said that well we dont necessarily agree with his assessment the n. S. A. Said we found no credible evidence and the latest story that the times has done on this essentially says well look they this additional document was created in response to our story in response to your story because your story was wrong the story includes no evidence whatsoever and you and i both know where the editors of the New York Times who say you guys are bringing this information but you have no evidence whatsoever that is called bad journalism it goes beyond that though and heres the conversation i want to have with you guys one of the things that bothers me about this type of story is the lack of context and i think both of you know michael you know. If were going to do stories on the fact that theres a country out there that from time to time uses its money or its military or its influence to handicap a war or whats going on in another country im sorry but we have to look in the mirror we do this all the time so im not saying russia did and i dont know if russia didnt but i do know but the thing that we criticize were also guilty of am i wrong. No no youre not and in fact we we i actually are in the mujahideen to kill russians when they were in the. Soviet union there not to. Afghanistan this we just have the whole weve done this for you but were going to hold on im going to help you here michael didnt we just have a whole impeachment hearing about how we as americans need to give more money to the ukrainians so they could kill more russians thats what i heard every day from iraq arse. No youre not wrong and its not what happened in ukraine was not unprecedented as i said we were doing it back in 79. 80 we were supplying the stingers to them which we were actively doing that so human that was a secret program and i was and i was lastly program go ahead would that about 10 seconds lastly its just bored to know that the times used the word bounties that is a trigger word that they use that there is no evidence of that taking place on any level and they use that word as a buzz word to put it in peoples minds that this was happening you know and by the way i just want our viewers to know nobody here is saying we know this is how it happened or this is not how it happened or its good or its bad were just saying get make sure the information is clear make sure your story is not then and provide context when youre sharing these types of stories with what is essentially the entire world thats all right next guys appreciate it. I have to say the news with rick sanchez when we come back the president of mexico visits the white house of meets with donald trump and none other than larry king visits with me all that stay there. Please. Please. Do something for you on your sports h. Q. Oh you. Take a bite. An ocean of stories even the news. Can overwhelm you. Your way i know you want to. Bring you the bad. Play. The questions. Number as. Endless as its. All the. Distance that. Remains in question. 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 to find the truth news with rick sanchez because its time to do news again and question more. I like it when the hosts ask the question of the guests and then actually listens to the yes answer and then react to that answer a folks Dennis Miller here ive got a new show. Welcome back coverage said here there is a lot growing up Justin Trudeau decided not to show up but in a move that has certain stirred some controversy at home in mexico and confused a lot of people over here on this side of the border the president of mexico andress Manuel Lopez Obrador met with President Donald Trump at the white house today many have asked why he would do that why the leader of a people that mr trump has labeled as criminals and rapist meet with him well he answered that question heres what he had to say. But what i maybe appreciate. Is that you. Have never had a song. To impose on us. In ways that are soviet i need our suffering to embezzle the pain of the moroder. You have followed. By. George. Who said thats not your own is not giving up or. Not dont you take it. Porch and it can be shared by the people but it can be looked at i found. As a colony you know what im going to write on the contrary on gravel you have on. Condition in us young us an independent nation where you have obrador the president of mexico by the way there is something else. What happens this is a lifestyle story we want to bring you today because a lot of people lately have not been getting a lot of sleep what happens when you dont get enough sleep what happens to your face what happens to you physically we decided that we would look into this today so heres our correspondent natasha. A lack of sleep can have a profound impact on your mood and concentration levels the next day sleep expert a live you are result though says its also shocking to your skin to prove her point or is only reveals that different sleep has on the skin after only 6 hours of sleep she says thats when your 1st notice dark circles are bags under the eyes a result though says thinks of the thin blood vessels around your eyes everything shows up here including how dilated the vessels are she says it also helps to stay hydrated as puffy bags under the eyes are a result of tired skin retaining water livia says the 2nd thing that happens to your skin when sleep deprived is that it produces less college and which can lead to premature wrinkles according to research sleeping less than 5 hours a night gives one a 30 percent reduction in college and Growth Research also indicates youre a whopping 45 percent more likely to get fine lines if you sleep 6 hours as opposed to 8 hours and. Percent of growth hormone which essentially drives college and is produced during deep sleep and if youre suddenly seen more breakouts on your face it could be from not getting adequate shut eye this is a sign of a lack of sleep impact in your immune system a result of points out that 70 percent natural killer cells which detect and destroy invading pathogens are produced in deep sleep soon as we all try to stay healthy during this pandemic getting 8 hours of sleep is an easy way to start reporting for the news with Rick Sanchez Natasha suites. Time for our conversation bi weekly conversation with larry king. And today i want to talk about masks because it appears america is going like mask crazy right now some people are really angry because other people are Wearing Masks other people are angry because they have to wear masks in fact weve got a montage here of show to show you just a cursory search on you tube of all people are acting as a result of their mask i are hit. You cannot escape god im a say that again you cannot escape god not even with the mask or 6 feet arresting him and. Youre going to hurt youre coming closer and you. Know im not going to you know will anything more this is over you know. Why do you want me asking you anything you can do to some of one woman. The last one was a woman who went to target and took it upon herself to call them. And throw him down on the ground saying this math thing is not a good draw what the hecks course. And its all idiocy obviously the man has for obviously that mass dont hurt right they dont hurt obviously its preventing bad things and when they say you cant make a comment say were of national or about masks i think mass should be sorry they say we can make safe things mandatory how about seat belts your number one seat belts i wouldnt are not up for a secret right and im going to make me a sheep until you told me i have to. So i think i think all as is a crazy argument i think its a lot to hurt by the fact that we have a president who doesnt wear a mask the president s will soon be supposed to inspire a sea supposed to develop our thinking and this president just as you were a mask and i though i think it hurts the whole concept of why should we should wear masks and i for i would what do you think you know i find that americans right now are particularly frustrated and its because were experiencing what some might characterize as a 2nd wave and they do see that north korea licked this thing in like a month or less japan apparently has licked it their curve is nonexistent and we supposedly as we like to hear the greatest country on earth cant seem to be able to find a way to. Beat this coronavirus thing and thats frustrating i think thats what it is larry yeah i think thats part of it would be a favor of everybody would we be better off if everyone wore masks everyone would be better off sure that what im hearing from a lot of people mad is that they just want guidelines they dont even care what the guidelines are theres a lot of confusion out there people arent sure their governor may wait may say one thing their president says a different thing and their mayor says a completely different thing thats thats yeah its tough on people on the citizenry as they say. I dont know the answer to that because we were a free country a mayor can say what he wants a government can say what he wants a president can do what he wants but has certain things rather be in my opinion mandatory i think your area an area of health it should be mandatory to wear masks stupid not to. But by the way i said north korea of course i met south korea when i was finally think we dont know about north. Breaking breaking news just came over larry amazon and every other retailer seemingly in the country has decided to tell the Washington Redskins they will no longer sell their merchandise until theyre changed their name what do you make of that that they should change the should have changed long ago it was a i lasted a long time but the president defending that was ridiculous obviously the ownership and i know the ownership is just going to have to change i would think it will be changed by monday wow interesting good stuff great conversation larry always good to get your. Good talking to you all right lets go to steve christakis from the world of sports this is interesting it is i mean ive never seen retailers tell a professional sports team or a giant business really this is what youre going to do based on what were going to do were not selling your merchandise anymore right pretty much and when amazon does it thats the giant you know nike kind of kicked it off theyre removing all their or the washington football teams word i dont know that yet another they did that a few days ago then walmart target Dicks Sporting Goods as you mentioned other retailers followed suit but now today as you just said in the last hour amazon drop them larry king might be right there by monday theyre on a strict time limit now to change the name i wonder what we should name him if not the redskins or the red hawks the red tails theres a couple names in the works that we could probably go with that doesnt necessarily single out a type of race or a human being right or nationality and so i think that part is i want us to go all right so were talking about m. L. S. Now the m. L. S. Is kicking off tonight as we talked about the Major League Soccer so theyre trying to be the 1st major mens league here in the u. S. Domestically to have their sport continue now and theyre going to do that as weve talked about with the n. B. A. To the disney bubble so theyre going to be down there. But theyve run into some snags already now tonight it was supposed to be nashville was supposed to play chicago that games are to been postponed because 5 players on nashville got it so we will have orlando city versus intermarried there kicking off tonight in just a few hours however nashville will be out of play so were seeing some problems with the bubble already and theres actually some talk about a sports epidemiologist his name is actually been a he he was kind of he was insinuating that there might be some problems with the bubble in there he has a solution for it that the n. B. A. Might want to consider and take a listen to what he had to say. What i think is necessary is what im calling in air a lot to the ball so that would be n. B. A. Or n. H. L. Teams isolating in their markets in a hotel for 5 to 7 days so that everybody is not picking up more cases from the community you are waiting to let the virus show itself and if the case doesnt show you either have to restart the clock at 5 to 7 days for everybody unless everybody has been isolating in their own room in the hotel in which case you can just remove the person player or staff who tested positive and everybody else can still go on to travel. So there you have it the most difficult part of saying is getting everybody into the bubble uninfected but that that we already saw with the m. L. S. Now they already got to the ball and then they were in fact before they got there in their home city so the n. B. A. Who by the way took off for the disneyland bubble disney world bubble yesterday and theyre staggering their teams some are arriving today some are arriving tomorrow in the n. B. A. Because theyre going to start on july 31st they could have already been affected in their home city and theyre bringing it in there so exactly but he was saying on air lock but it might be too late now for the n. B. A. This is going to work its not its your seem to fall apart and by the way speaking of breaking News Ivy League football x. 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