Now not that. Hello youre watching r. T. International im rosana lo could frank you for joining us. Now donald trump has said peace talks with the taliban have resumed the u. S. President paid a surprise visit to the buyer graham air base in afghanistan its the 1st time hes ever been to the country and he announced a substantial cut in troop numbers. Were doing a tremendous job and as you know a big part of the job is isis certainly the biggest and down and we have weve got them down very low numbers we have that totally taken care of an aversion or period of time and well see what happens the taliban wants to make a deal well see if they want to make it its going to be a real deal but well see. Made that statement after a meeting with the afghan president ashraf ghani when we heard from karen could task hes a retired u. S. Air force Lieutenant Colonel and she says a u. S. Pullout from afghanistan is long overdue seems like theyre trying to rebuild it and i do think theres a chance for
That half of the country or you probably even a little more because according to the recent polls for just 7 percent or believes that. Good u. S. Russia relations are good for america and they have what are people who are pushing the preachment their goal of course is no to overthrow President Trump and to use russia as an instrument but more than half of the country dont believe them and this is something that makes me feel much better and not through. Be so set like. We were in u. S. S. R. When their 100 percent didnt believe what our leaders were saying to us now going back to the impeachment proceedings im sure you have a chance to read the transcript of that fateful july 25th phone call between President Trump and hes. Ukrainian counterpart president selenski and i think psychologically it was a fascinating and very revealing conversation but in terms of inappropriately using the office of the us presidency the charge that the democrats a leveling against trump did you find anythi
The debate. But the problem is when you. Mention this person themselves not trying to raise the past but trying to be given a. Way of thinking you know what clean slate start again. And i welcome the International Live from. Welcomes the progress. Meeting between the french president and the nato chief has apparently failed to resolve lingering tensions within the game casting doubt on the current agenda of the. Military alliance. Looks at the roots of the tensions. One of the 1st symptoms of irrelevance is when you find yourself having to remind people that youre all relevant successful and someones got off in a bit of a verbal selfcongratulatory blitzkrieg nato is the most successful lines in history. And alliance that all those strive to join showing the historic suspects of natal and liberal in it and it has been the most successful alliance in the history there is more much more the star machine amount of a standing valid stake a step back look at it objectively almost 30 years si
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Living in the country well those are the headlines and thats it for me for now Daniel Hawkins will be taking the latest news from around the world stay with us here on international. Hello and welcome to crossfire where all Things Considered im Peter Lavelle its an understatement to say america is a very divided country many have even spoken openly about the possibility of civil war what is scaring the country apart what is keeping it together it cannot only be about donald trump what will it take to start a sustained social and political dialogue before its too late. Crosstalk in the political divide im joined by my guest john kearns a new your. She is a g. O. P. Strategist contributor to the daily caller as well as the founder of women for a Great America also in new york we have britchka style though he is a political strategist and tech c. E. O. And in washington cross to arvind bora he is a Libertarian Party president ial candidate as well as author of the book pull out men modern