Good evening and welcome this is r. T. International. We will start with shocking footage that has emerged of a man being set on fire this is in hong kong after he got into an argument with protesters and i must warn you you may all find these images disturbing. Was. Scenes that youd see in a wall disaster zone that would shock even the most hardened viewers todays pictures from hong kong reach new lows the man in this footage hasnt been identified yet authorities have only confirmed he is in a Critical Condition police say he was attacked after arguing with. Footage of the disorder is a regular. Feature on global news bulletins one could be forgiven for forgetting how and why this all began we must take action to demonstrate to president g. The United States senate stand shoulder to shoulder with the people of hong kong the people of hong kong are perfectly within their rights to be very skeptical very anxious about proposals for extradition to the mainland so yes i do support them an
The story of the last 18 years ok was of the story of the last few days here my supposition is trump got cold feet because he doesnt know where its going to go and its not a political winner for him with this Foreign Policy blog not necessarily with the American People we can get into that go ahead charles whats your take. I think theres something in what you say here i dont think its as it appears certainly i think trump has had misgivings as indeed as a lot of the us we can say Foreign Policy establishment of course trump is sometimes in not sometimes outside of that circle but i think he would share some of the views that hes been strongly pressured particular of the last few days and weeks even in the media a lot especially in the media as a result of. These talks actually approaching even if it wasnt widely known that they would be approaching in this form theres concern of course that if the u. S. Does indeed strike a deal with the taliban and the u. S. Leaves that actually that
On what station you look at you could be looking at a very different country and im looking at like fox versus like c. N. N. Very different views of the world its getting to a critical point it didnt happen in two thousand and seventeen i think its going to happen in two thousand and eighteen what your major takeaway picture so in two thousand and seventeen is dictated by a russia syria and their allies against terrorist organizations that period for years against isis aghast and mostly against other others and this is really a game changer not just for syria but for the middle east as a whole but i dont think its over yet two thousand and over again by the severity very major step and its a major setback for the United States and their allies mark if you take away from the viewpoint of. Living in russia the Russian Media and perhaps the media the left in the us this is been a year under siege a year of. Constantly having to battle back Neil Mccarthy narrative that not only intends to
A leading expert at the center for actual politics and we have dimitri bob which is a political analyst with Sputnik International all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate before we go to war our viewers questions id like each one of you maybe i will start here to kind of sum up some of the most important things that happened in the last twelve months and i think im going to kind of end the year in kind of a dramatic note i think we face in the United States a constitutional crisis its really very much coming to a head we have a congress that is not answering demands. And we have Good Department of justice and the f. B. I. There are not answering demands from congress we see an outright media war depending on what station you look at you could be looking at a very different country and im looking at like fox versus like c. N. N. Very different views of the world its getting to a critical point it didnt happen in t