hello, welcome to the programme. it is nato s expansion eastwards that has infuriated vladimir putin. the kremlin is deeply suspicious of europe s intentions, they don t like western liberal philosophy, and in spite of all evidence to the contrary, they firmly believe it is the united states that is to blame for the situation in ukraine. that paranoia underpins their wharped justification for this war and the more widely held belief in russia that the principal danger to the state is external and ideological, rather than internal and structural. and if you doubt that, then take a listen to sergei lavrov, the foreign minister, describing today the threat in the most extraordinary terms. what is going on in ukraine now is a result of many years of preparation by the united states and their satellite states for the beginning of the global hybrid war against the russian federation. nobody tries to conceal it. they are waging a war against our country with the same task the fin
by the name antony devolder. you would think that would be a resigning matter. you d be wrong. despite calls from the nassau county republican party and a growing number of his congressional colleagues for him to step down, he has just been given a seat on two congressional sub committees, the committee on small business and the committee on science, space, and technology. our north american correspondent anthony zurcher joins us from washington. good to see you anthony. so he s under federal and good to see you anthony. so he s underfederal and local under federal and local investigation. he underfederal and local investigation. he is wanted in brazilfor investigation. he is wanted in brazil for using investigation. he is wanted in brazilfor using a investigation. he is wanted in brazil for using a stolen chequebook. brazilfor using a stolen chequebook. he is brazil for using a stolen chequebook. he is sitting brazilfor using a stolen chequebook. he is sitting on a committee subcommit
intelligence operative which claims that makes him unfit for any committees. there is no evidence and nothing confirmed. certainly, appointments on committees have become an issue for the opposite party is that how it should be question mark it shouldn t be. what question mark it shouldn t be. what we are seeing question mark it shouldn t be. what we are seeing is question mark it shouldn t be. what we are seeing is deeply unfortunate for thinking about democracy and how it works for thinking about democracy and how it works when a party at leadership comes it works when a party at leadership comes into it works when a party at leadership comes into control. we are seeing things comes into control. we are seeing things we comes into control. we are seeing things we haven t before which is why we things we haven t before which is why we seemed biden asked what kind of deals why we seemed biden asked what kind of deals are you making? your people in powerful of deals are
they thought before all of this happen, maybe he would be punished punished and not given no committee assignments or lower assignments. other republicans standing between kevin mccarthy and the speakers government got decent assignments. the oversight committee looking to investigations of the biden campaign and afghanistan and the origins of the coronavirus. those are things in the coronavirus. those are things in the oversight committee. there are judiciary seats that people like matt bates got. i will get the cabinets century are againstjoe biden himself. and then some keep monetary committees. the appropriations committee where some opponents of kevin mccarthy or big budget cutters got cut. and there will be able to do their budget slashing from prominent positions in
those communities. those communities. amanda, kevin mccarthy has those communities. amanda, kevin mccarthy has repeatedly those communities. amanda, kevin mccarthy has repeatedly cited - mccarthy has repeatedly cited democrats he would remove from committees. in the hand on her of minnesota and others. here is what he had to say when he was asked about santos being on this committee. if you got the briefing i got from the fbi you would not have swalwell on any committee. you re going to tell me other democrats cannot fill that slot? he could not get a security clearance in the private sector, so would you like to give him a government clearance? you asked me questions about santos, you asked me questions about swalwell. not only was he getting a clearance he was inside an intelligence committee. he had more information than the majority of all of the members. did you ever raise the issue? no. but you should have. eric swallowed we should say republicans have jumped eric swallowed