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A vote now scheduled in the coming days so could the current social movement be the Tipping Point for historic vote all right its time to boost your i q. Tension is building over International Waters near the coast of alaska after the United States says it intercepted another fleet of russian bombers but while the u. S. Claims the flight was too close for comfort russia claims it went according to schedule r. T. Is Rachel Blevins is joining us now to break this all down for us so rachel what is russia said about this incident so far well the Russian Defense ministry is saying this was a scheduled flight and they say that a no point did they deviate from their plan to fly off the coast of siberia and alaska and they actually released footage from this incident which shows one of their 4. 00 to 95. 00 bombers on the mission. And it then shows the u. S. 22. 00 fighter jets that shadow their aircraft during part of the patrol now take a look at just how close those fighter jets get to the bomber now heres what a Russian Air Force commander had to say about it. Thats just more of an easy. Answer to one fight what it was like to see things in this complicated stages of the rows e. G. Areas around the reader post your next person about neutral. Now we saw similar incident play out last week where russia saw that they were on a scheduled flight yet the us decided to intercept claiming that they were simply too close for comfort ok so we heard what the russians had to say what about the us how they responded right will the u. S. Is saying that they stand by their claim that they wanted to intercept those bombers because of their proximity to alaskas coast now a statement was released on twitter by the north American Aerospace Defense Command or norad in which they posted photos of the aircraft and claimed it successfully completed to enter subset of russian bomber aircraft formations and during the alaskan air Defense Identification Zone they went on to say quote the Russian Military aircraft came within 32 nautical miles of alaskan shores however remained in International Airspace and at no time did they enter the United States sovereign airspace so basically theyre saying it was too close but not so close that they wanted to turn a doubly action ok so weve heard about the planes now where does that leave Us Russian Relations lately well former National Security advisor john bolton recently made headlines 1st saying that russian president putin views President Trump as someone he can play like a fiddle and someone he doesnt take seriously but thats actually the opposite of what we have seen you know we saw. The i. N. F. Treaty last year and hes really dragged his feet on wanting to renew the new start treaty even though russia said it was willing to do so with no precondition. Before it expires in february but instead trump has said he wants china to be included in a brand new treaty and hes really putting the last remaining Nuclear Treaty between the United States and russia at danger by waiting for that and then at the same time weve also seen increased tensions in syria where moscow has called out the United States for keeping troops in a country where they are not invited and they have also called them el for wanting to still syrias Natural Resources now the trumpet ministration Just Announced a new round of sanctions against top syrian officials so there are a lot of questions about if the u. S. Is going to try to ramp up its interference in syria and if that would then put them in direct conflict with russia definitely not matching up with john boltons statement so we will see how that plays out Rachel Blevins thank you so much thank you. And after 4 years of campaigning to get a spot on the u. N. Security Council Table canada was denied a front row seat now this is the 2nd time in 10 years canada has failed to make the cut and the us to save the countrys liberal government is pretty disappointed argues alex mile of each has the story for us from toronto. But. Its not a secret winning the United Nations Security Council was a top priority of the canadian Prime Minister. To do list so way for canada to continue to be influential and have an impact in multilateralism and around the world but things didnt turn out the way just a trudeau had planned. On the good. Indeed. I learned. I looked at number. 3 on tom. Canada was in direct competition with norway and ireland in the race for 2 temporary western bloc seats on the Security Council after just one round of voting canada was out the final tally norway was 1st with 130 votes and ireland garnered 128 ballots in its favor canada lost with 108 candidates Ruling Liberal Party was keen to play a role in the Security Council which elects 10 nonpermanent members for to your stance that the winners get to share a table with permanent members which includes the u. K. China france who did russia and the United States the council itself determines how the u. N. Response to military conflicts and it has powers which include authorizing peacekeeping operations and imposing International Sanctions came just for your Campaign Cost taxpayers at least 2000000. 00 in employing 13 full time staff and even invited diplomats to a celine dion concert in new york at home critics say their reasons for the loss include the trudeau governments failure with International Aid in peacekeeping commitments while not condemning human rights abuses when compared to the other 2 when are seeing now ireland and norway kept it its clear that of their factors may have come into play as well. Norway announced this year that it was increasing its core funding to 6 u. N. Organizations to approximately 350000000. 00 u. S. Dollars in ireland is a neutral state toted for its outspoken Foreign Policy both norway and ireland were also ahead of the game with their Security Council bids coming in the years ahead of canadas. True goal and his allies are trying to spin the loss of Foreign Policy will that help with Relationship Building and raising canadas stature for now canada has to take the back seat. That said even though he is most certainly disappointed the canadian Prime Minister has pledged that canada will continue its efforts in the International Arena we do when countries come together to work collaboratively and respectfully in solving big problems we do well when Vulnerable People around the world have better opportunities to succeed and fewer conflicts and and if you are a social inequities these are the things that canada has been doing for the past 5 years these are the things that we will continue to do into the future for our t. V. In toronto im alex my i love it. And back here in the Nations Capital House Democrats have slated to vote next week to make the district of columbia the 51st state and its an issue they say has become far more important in the aftermath of these protests for Racial Justice and in both washington and across the nation that is outside of the Capitol Building and fair and this is going to be or could possibly be a very historic vote next week. Absolutely and you know mel it we know actually when its in or for a bill to become a law it has to go through 8 steps and hopefully not 9 because at the end of the finish line you could have the president vetoing this but the fight to make d. C. The 51st state is actually in step 6 and this is extremely monumental because you see couldnt even get past step 2 and 26 years take a listen here. For more than 2 centuries the residents of washington d. C. The district of columbia have been denied their right to fully participate in their democracy instead they have been dealt the injustice of paying taxes. Proudly serving in uniform in great numbers and contributing to the economic power of our nation. Now the vote is slated for next friday the 26. 00 and there is more than enough congress men in the democratically controlled house that are officially backing the bill for it to pass however there is insurmountable opposition and the g. O. P. Controlled senate thats also backed by President Donald Trump telling the New York Post last month quote d. C. Will never be a state you mean the district of columbia state why so we can have 2 more democrat democratic Democratic Senators and 5 more congressman no no thank you that will never happen. And now apparently back in 1903 the then Democratic Controlled Congress shot down a d. C. Statehood bill so why would they flip now. So one of the things monella is theres 2 reasons that actually ignited the democrats to bring about this bill the biggest one was that infamous picture the President Donald Trump took and front of St Johns Church 2 weeks ago now it was the much criticized administrations move to use federal forces to clear Lafayette Park directly across from the white house of protesters with gas canisters all for President Donald Trump and members of his cabinet. And front of the church now the House Majority leader hoyer says that it was a perfect time to introduce the bill and schedule the vote with memory on board listen here they are very definitely should be soldiers stationed around our city waiting for the go to attack americans in a local policing matter so they knew now that our calls for statehood is certainly about making sure we have to voting 2 senators to speak up for us and making sure that our congresswoman has a vote in making sure that we have seats at the table when the governors and state legislatures are talking. Now about browsers as it was also the recent poll that 19. Demick that shined light on the plight of washington d. C. When Congress Passed the cares act stimulus package back in march washington d. C. Was classified as a territory rather than a state and because of that it cost d. C. More than 700000000. 00 federal dollars in Coronavirus Relief funding now balls are also pointed out that d. C. Taxpayers are get no voting representatives in Congress Despite contributing more in federal taxes on a per person basis than many states democrats are doing their best to convince their republican counterparts to go along with the vote but again its the senate this vote could actually get shot down and however another big point made by democrats is that the population of d. C. Is 700000 people a population thats larger than the state of vermont and wyoming reporting in front of the capital fair and fronsac are. Now 2 of the latest coded 19 numbers worldwide cases topping 8300000 with 449000 reported deaths the top 3 countries with the most confirmed cases the u. S. Still leading the way followed by brazil and russia then taking a closer look at this countrys numbers now at 2100000 with 117000 reported deaths. And the World Health Organization says there was a glimmer of hope as a medical trial in the u. K. Showed an inexpensive steroid drug called dexamethasone was able to reduce the number of coded 1000 deaths however the w. H. O. Officials caution that the drug must only be used under close medical supervision and only for severely sick patients the steroid is not a treatment for the virus itself. And over in peru where Health Care Workers are protesting for more personal protective equipment as the country emerges as one of the worlds poorest coordinate hotspots because of the lack of people more than a 1000 doctors and nurses are now infected and more than 60 have died the medical and nursing unions are also asking the government for a bonus as they continue to put their lives at risk. Back here stateside a small city in Washington State is justing off an old program in order to keep their local economy afloat city officials in 2 mino are once again printing what and money they recently resurrected their one in Money Program to help its 800. 00 residents get through the economic fallout because of the pandemic now each resident who meets the low income threshold is given 300. 00 in wooden currency each month to spend within the town the last time the city used wooden money it was during the great depression. John boltons book speaks new revelations like how President Trump asked china to get him reelected were going to discuss those claims and more coming up and over at sports regina hamm brings us a dramatic finish over an opinion piece called organization and to keep up with all the latest news and catch up with anything you might have missed make sure you download our brain you free app portable t. V. You can catch their 247 catches back in just to. Go to your. Stream home. I like it when lee hosts ask a question for the guests and then actually listens to the guests answer and then react to that answer a folks Dennis Miller here ive got a new show. Oh yeah oh. Go by. On the larry king question listening learning you dog always said i never learned anything when i was talking its important to listen to questions and more. Are so much going on in the world dont you think whens the last time you add a real birds eye view of things shouldnt you be more than just hours of bickering and giving 30 minute ill take you off the low. Im chris hedges the corporate coup detat has destroyed our Democratic Institutions the commercial media is burlesque part of the reality show president s expose the trivial lives seen on contact question more. Former National Security advisor john boltons forthcoming book hits the shelves in just a matter of days early reviews show a series of wild remarks made by President Trump as bolton sat nearby taking meticulous notes which were laid bare in this book from the president allegedly begging xi jinping of china to help him get reelected or saying it be cool to invade venezuela joining us to weigh in on all of this former u. K. M. P. George Galloway George i dont really know where to start so im just going to pick the election front john bolton says that President Trump begged president xi to help him win reelection by having china purchase more american agriculture is that really that controversial of an ask i mean trump asking a foreign leader to buy american whats wrong with that. Well its not exactly a domino legation is it its likely to help pres the trump in farming areas of the United States john bolton storage doesnt do a rule of soya beans you might see any foreign leader asks for all the leaders to step up their part just as all of their countrys exports soared thats the best the old wall ross has to offer im not sure ill be queuing up for this expensive joe memoir of National Enquirer are in a hard buck he said he said its really vacuous stuff and so all the other allegations that i have read. Is supposed of mosques tourism a britain was. Nuclear. He might do we use Nuclear Power or you might have just been stating the bleeding obvious that our Nuclear Weapons actually are american Nuclear Weapons and can be used without the permission of the United States oprah she was just being cruel a conduit to mrs may. You know 500 pages this kiss and tell george its quite the big book it could be a good doorstop its also debatable that it sure is its also debatable if you know if this sales pitch to president xi is actually election interference and the Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesman had this to say about it. China has been upholding the principle of non interference in other countrys internal affairs we have no intention and will not interfere in the us is internal affairs and president ial election but george the spokesman went on with a jab at the u. S. And the g 7 by saying they all need to butt out of chinas affairs especially in the way of hong kong so what do you say to that. Yes i mean thats actually something that has a Material Impact on the prospects for peace in the world the bad relations between donald trump and china are want should be concerning us not his no doubt heartfelt plea that they should buy more soil of the 1st the idea of a is asking china to interfere in american elections is absurd at brigham and has a whole panoply of agencies going around the world begging people to buy their goods thats capitalism i think you call it 2 the chinese are right its a very dignified statement by china you know look i have no doubt that john bolton norms more of the world than donald trump hes been actively plans to invade and occupy 2 of our many decades but john bolton couldnt win an election as a dogcatcher and Albuquerque Donald trump is the president is running for a 2nd term and this is just dogs barking while the caravan moves on i think that george im glad you brought up invasions because that was another weird topic that was brought up in john boltons book is venezuela bolton contends that the president literally said verbatim that it would be cool to invade venezuela so george let me ask you this what a world leader says Something Like that what does that say to you about the state of the state of mind. Well it wouldnt be cool of course it would be red hot least for the poor soldiers that were given the job of doing the invading and there would be a lot of the fire and brimstone to be endured i think john boltons main problem with donald trump and venezuela is that trump did not invade he did not invade iran though in both cases john bolton was pushing him to do so so for this to be prevented by john bolton whose role in the administration would appear to have been to beg her to borrow a phrase donald trump to invade every one of his pet hates his pet enemies is simply ridiculous the truth is trump for all his ugliness has invaded and started fewer wars has left fewer fires of than his predecessors hes gone gless often hes killed fewer people but its john boltons problem not the lack of worldliness of the money he was supposedly working for absolutely right george and real quickly last question the ukraine investigations into the bidens is what got President Trump impeached but bolton says that was just the surface of the glacier but we know now that president s alinsky ukraine is indeed opening an investigation so shouldnt that be vindication of the president. Quite sure 2 the chinese have a saying that sometimes people lift a huge storm only to drop on their own feet and i thought that the Biden Democratic Party brouhaha over the ukraine was a decidedly ill advised because it seemed to me looking in the discredit in this story a belongs to the biden family belongs to the Obama Administration and if as is now reported the ukraine is investigating massive bribery and corruption scandals involving bidens son then that will be the ultimate boomerang want to the democrats will have thrown a weapon of the world come all the way around and hit them square between the eyes just in time for the president ial election in november ill leave those as the last werent George Galloway always appreciate your insight thank you. And out in the gulf of oman iran has test fired cruise missiles there according to officials this happened during a naval exercise in the missiles reportedly shot as far as 170 miles the missile test comes after a tense naval encounter earlier this year between iranian and u. S. Forces along the persian gulf. And over to india where some Major Companies are calling for a boycott of chinese products this comes following mondays border clashes that resulted in the deaths of some 20 indian troops the Companies Want to target chinese toys and textiles which could result in an estimated 13000000000. 00 of losses for china. And back youre stateside youre looking at aerial footage of firefighters battling large wildfires across the state of arizona that states current really hot dry weather along with high winds are causing the fires to spread quickly on rugged terrain so far about half a dozen Rural Communities remain under evacuation notices thankfully up until now there are no reports of any casualties or structure damage. And dr recipients can finally have some peace of mind after the Supreme Court decided to block president trying to attempt to end dhaka in a 5 to 4 ruling the justices decision now means 650000 young immigrants will be able to maintain a legal status in the u. S. President Johnson Administration argued that dhaka is illegal and that the courts had no role to play in reviewing the decision to end the program. And were going to hand over the sports h. Q. Would you know one will run one separated the winner from the loser in last nights game exactly and because extra baseball is what we all need right now there is extra baseball so needed in the game to find a winner between the low take giants and the q in heroes in a game that was just pretty wild from the get go by the 2nd runners on the 2nd and 3rd with one at this dance truly wild pitch skips away from jumbo you allowed kim a song to score a human one nothing lead lets take a look at the replays young tried to get in front of it but just took the top. Up on him brings home run number one of the game later at a bad run with a sacrifice fly down the right field line up with a 2 nothing heroes lead top of the 6 giants right fielder so on the up with a r. B. I. Single down the left field strength this isnt actually and it will score meaning young going with the giants 1st score of the game top of the night the giants 2nd baseman archie home with that high fly ball to left center for an r. B. I. Double who were Dicks Machado and were all tied up at 2 runs apiece that means we get a little bit of extra base ball top 10 heroes pinch hitter do your song with a double goes all the way over the head of the giants wakefield or runner on 1st part being waved around 3rd come to just under that to give to the free to lead and the win with the win here so forth please just for him back at the end. And were still waiting still waiting still waiting for baseball here in the United States theyre making some headway theyve countered back with a new proposal but at this point were just like just take it already please please anything so good out whos holding it up so the latest proposal was just that from the l. B. P. A back to the m. O. B. O. Is going to be about 70 ish games they would still have their full prorated sours which is what the league said over yesterday so hopefully we can come to agreement some 167 games were just all shires in but the 1st season but some is better than nothing baseball is too long anyway so is better than none all right thank you for that regina and well have a lot more news coming up for you and the 3 oclock hour after President Trump signed an executive order on Police Reform following nationwide protests calling for some change today were going to talk with 2 former cops and get their take on the current state of policing and the call for action sweeping america and thats it for right now make sure you keep up with everything and question at all times by downloading our brains the app is called portable t. V. You get your point or 7 for all the checking out for you and for. If. We go to work see you straight home. In the troubled 19 seventies a group of killers rampage street thugs of Northern Ireland that was coordinated loyalists attacks particularly catholic population in belfast tens of thousands were forced to flee their homes a mob was striking to put these attacks was that the r. U. C. The Police Actually took part in the attacks so instead of preventing them they were active participants in the burning of coal streets in belfast at the time more than a 100 innocent civilians were unloaded as the review can seniors and we found out more i was surprised about the extent and integrates which the collusion was involved in some of those cases the killers would later be named the dylan and gang i think it went to the very very top i think if the phones cross the water where all the patients you thought was going on and give the go ahead. He predicted pandemic related political trouble for donald trump before the 1st case of call the 19 was even discovered. In the United States so what does he see on the political horizon now one on one with pollster frank luntz on this edition the politics. Of the politicking on larry king in a to mull to a selection here the United States grapples with coast to coast protest a pandemic crisis and Major Economic woes 2 thirds of American Voters say the country is on the wrong track well get perspective now from one of my favorite people one of the nations top political consultant master of messaging frank luntz who joins us from Los Angeles Frank a new c. B. S. News poll finds 67 percent of americans they the United States is on the wrong track another poll indicates americans are more unhappy now than theyve been in 5th