Media are wall to wall with trump impeachment but what is the state of affairs there also in this half hour cyber singles q where as the federal trade commission accuses the Biggest Online meet up sites of scamming the love lorn what sign are you im hala cook in washington sagittarius this is the big picture on r. T. America. Coverage of ukraine what trump and biden accuse each other of is noisy but 1st things 1st the government there wants us to know its ukraine its not the ukraine the ukrainian and. See here in washington ask us to avoid soviet style cliches and the semantics are not trivial in russian and ukrainian means borderlands but ukraine has been an independent nation since 1991 how independent lets ask journalist and Consortium News editor in chief joe lauria joe ukraines new president asks our president for javelin missiles to defend against russia but you have recently characterized the routine way the u. S. Government conducts Foreign Policy as with bribes threats and bla
On the big picture coming up next. On this weeks show let me tell you about the birds and the bees they are disappearing why and why thats not good also this half hour when the facts of life arent obvious to government leaders citizen diplomats personal fear despite our leaders but 1st we shop til we drop even as the american middle class is drowning in debt im hala cook in washington for the next half hour its an impeachment free zone this is the big picture america. While President Trump crows about a booming economy the american middle class is. Browning in debt not including mortgages we owe 4 t. Trillion 1. 12 zeros a trillion and a half in Student Loan Debt haunts many people well into middle age car loans average over 32000. 00 now and a 3rd of new car buyers roll in the remaining balance from the last car alone with low unemployment Consumer Confidence is confident and the president nags the Federal Reserve to lower Interest Rates even more how did we get here and how risky is
Previous administration comfort thank you our plan those who meet education and work requirements and show good moral character will be able to become full citizens of the United States over a twelve year period thank. The second pillar fully secures the border thank you that means building a great wall on the southern border and it means hiring more heroes like c. J. To keep our communities safe thank you crucially our plant closes the terrible loopholes exploited by criminals and terrorists to enter our country and it finally ends the horrible and dangerous practice of catch and release thanks Steve Moore Berg whats going to happen will the conservatives give the president what hes asking for tonight on immigration because if he can get a enough support on the on the republican side to go down the road a citizenship theres no reason why the democrats wouldnt go along with it as i see it i think its going to be a tough sell on the house. You know the conservative caucus and the people
I think he if hes understated he wins he has a gift for attracting our attention the opposing party his response does not seem to kenya even remember one that really mattered. In opposing yeah you know the after speech from the opposing party you know the democratic response in this years case you know has never really started late and i think sometimes by their choice they theyve had their moments and there was one occasion where it was cuomo or someone who set themselves up as a front runner the speech so it can be a moment depending on who who selected what they do with a thank you president ial historian doug weed. Coming up at the one year mark in his presidency what is the state of trump enter the no hollering zone with our Political Panel next im hala cook this is the big picture on our t. V. America. Thats right the stand. Alone white house. I know that i know rather than i think there are rather across the aisle for the kids that are. Only on that combative. Kick and. I dont t
The arctic which you can manage without them that you do we have to acknowledge is solve our own. Well you know applying restrictions to our country will indeed stimulate development of our own technologies for example gazprom russian oil giants used to import most of their equipment from abroad now theyre revisiting their policies and beginning to develop technologies and solutions of course it will take a while but the bottom line here is that our industry is adjusting by implementing the socalled import Substitution Program so on the one hand sanctions do impose limitations here on the other hand our industry can benefit from it but an interview given at the Gaidar Economic Forum you which proposed the idea that russia should become a new norway and that its economy should no longer depend on all the prices and this is all great but how is it possible that at least one. Order of russias budget is generated by oil and gas sales. That is true yes but before it was sixty percent so alm