With the suggestion of this potential scenario because 2 World Leaders are coming out and saying that it is what they think could happen and these are leaders who know the region the Asian Pacific both men are all straight and both have held the position of Prime Minister let me take you through it 1st its the former Prime Minister and china scholar there is thats kevin rudd who has just penned an editorial in Foreign Affairs journal where he says the risk of Armed Conflict between the United States and china in the next 3 months was especially high then as you might expect australias current Prime MinisterScott Morrison was asked to comment on his predecessors statement and surprisingly he basically agreed. Morrison said that the hot war between the u. S. And china was quote previously inconceivable not considered even possible or likely but not anymore to australian Prime Ministers one former one present sounding an alarm they seem to want the whole world to hear should we heed the warning or see it as what some would call an alarmist view will answer that question right here on the news rick sanchez where we believe. Its time to do news again. Here is the list of questions we think youll be asking tomorrow after watching this newscast today are australias concerns over a war between the United States and china justified what really caused the devastation in beirut and what an explosives expert have to say about it are sports making a comeback or will we see even more game cancellations. For almost a full year now we hear on this news cast of watched as relations between the United States and china have deteriorated there have been arrests there but sanctions have been terrorists there but military exercises and interactions in open waters between military and that was all before the covert 19 pandemic that has one side now accusing the other of purposely making the world sick to gain any good amik advantage wow we began our newscast today with our to correspondent john. Hot war cold war cyber war whatever war the Prime MinisterScott Morrison said in a recent interview with c. B. S. News and a war between the u. S. And china could break out if cooler diplomatic heads dont prevail he was responding to a recent article written by his predecessor kevin rudd who warned of a potential hot war that is an Armed Conflict between the us and china in the run up to the us president ial elections in november well if it is up to experiences it differently. And certainly not as dramatically as cuban has but in our own defense weve acknowledged that what was previously inconceivable and not considered even possible or likely and. So the. Tom says hes not conceited in those come to see more australia has had its own issues with china lately china has criticised australias recent handling of the coronavirus pandemic and morrisons comments about prioritising and indopacific alliance to balance quote chinas economic coercion after beijing banned australian barley and some beef imports following cambers call for an investigation into the origins of covert 19 morse it also took some recent heat for his view about to talk being as he said a line that connects right back to china still australia and china are significant trade partners china is the single biggest foreign owner of us truly in water with chinese investors now surpassing the u. S. In ownership of australian h 2 o. And australian imports hit 56600000000. 00 u. S. Dollars in 21000. 00 and during the past decade australian dairy imports to Mainland China have grown more than 4 fold according to recent reports Prime Minister morrison has called on china to enhance regional and global stability rather than he says focusing on a narrow national or aspirational interest while also urging the us in trouble ministration to resolve its own issues with china on trade security and International Law for the news of Rick Sanchez John had a good stuff too of thanks for breaking that down for us lets bring in some expert guests who can help us decipher those jobs a leading edge as a geo political analyst with Trilogy Advisors and of course George Galloway as youve come to know is our former british m. P. Who oftentimes talks about these specific issues in this part of the world a job im going to start with you. How would you describe what not one but 2 Prime Ministers of australia are declared. Well 1st let me begin rick by just knowing that i believe that we have entered the phase of cold war 2 this is pretty much the case now after chinas actions over the last 6 months beginning with the spread of covert asked to the australian Prime Minister as i had a chance to read the Foreign Affairs article this morning and i dont think theres anything thats really all that startling about either Prime Ministers comments tonight a war between china and the us is no longer inconceivable given the very accelerated militarization of the South China Sea by china i mean it could be a success i just to potentially invade taiwan the suppression of freedom and autonomy and hong kong i know tax along the china i think border over 2000 miles long so we see a pattern of chinese lives around while the world is distracted. By economic devastation but i dont believe theres any such thing as our 3 months window where world war is more likely or anything like that and i believe that there will be a much cooler heads prevail in both washington and beijing about any deliberate steps towards war but the danger is given what has been happening under chinese belligerence in asia and beyond the potential for a miscalculation could lead to an escalation that no one wants to see occur just to be clear at the very beginning i heard you mention covert 19 are you asserting as president that the chinese did covert 19 on purpose. No im not and i actually dont believe thats what the white house has been stating what we do see is either immense gross incompetence on the part of the Chinese Communist party or potentially and i think this is really where the mistrust has emerged in the white house between washington and beijing that the next time in this Party Leadership from xi jinping on down knew that this was far more dangerous it was no longer containable and will hind. And yet beijing continue to impress upon the International CivilAviation Organization to allow for International Flights through on to the united to europe and worldwide while it shut down Domestic Travel from rwanda to beijing shanghai and other major cheney said ok good i just wanted to get a clarification on that i had to do the riyadh lets go to George Galloway george i imagine you are disagree with with what mr said leaders have to say. Well that was the world as viewed through the Looking Glass where words mean exactly what you decide the mean and in many cases those statements were of the precise opposite of the truth its not trying to others call warships in the south american sea its america thats got warships in the South China Sea its not china others call Nuclear Armed iran planes off the coast of china its the other way around the belligerence is all on the other side than has just been asserted but we both agree on this there is nothing all that remarkable about what 2 australian Prime Ministers have said because trade wars cyber wars propaganda wars called wars often times pave the way to war and if the whole war breaks out then of course were in if youll forgive the pun completely Uncharted Waters will it be a conventional war with a escalate to short range Nuclear Missiles will it escalate to and to our continental Ballistic Missiles in which case you and i will never talk again rick because the world will be and the end susi arms with which some people approach these existential questions ending of the human race questions is. Quite frankly getting to know why a good dog was not just a movie bill clinton in my lifetime kills one of my friends the finest woman in the arab world. The dog maneuver to distract attention from the failings of his administration and donald trump has more than bill clintons problems right now just a few months out from the president ial election you gentlemen gave us to come trusting points of view on an issue that we want to take a look at and we were certainly glad that we had you both here to take us through it john civilities John Galloway thank you sir for joining us for that discussion. And it is time now for our weekly media model segment where we look at the media stories with an emphasis on what is right and what is wrong in this profession doing a nationally syndicated writer and Award Winning journalist Ruben Navarrette ruben always good to see you lets start with the name igor go on its even fun to say but interestingly enough this week we found out igor dead chain co is the source behind the socalled an infamous steal a report that was written by a guy i used to be an officer with for m i 5 that started the whole brouhaha here in the United States if we had known at the beginning that there was just some guy just down the street from where were im speaking right now igor dead chunk of the source of the new information im not sure we would have run with the story the way we did was it right yeah rick sanchez good to be with you again this is really an example taking a long way home right this is something that was created in part in washington d. C. Goes all the way around the world goes to the. Hotel it comes all the way back again back to the same block. Or it started yes its true the f. B. I. Has said that so much of the Russian Investigation had its roots in the now discredited still dossier. And now we find out finally where some of his crazy allegations that were in the dossier where they came from and they came from this gentleman igor shango as you say yes who because you love saying his name so you could add anything on ukrainian god based in washington d. C. And you know it was this plant inside moscow right there next to putin you know spying on the president of russia this guy could have been like you and me. The reason this is important is that theres so much evidence polly up and it has piled up over the years that the democrats were determined to create in their words an insurance policy and case donald trump got elected they were determined to do everything they could in the Obama Administration with a wink and a nod from joe biden where we heard that name before the Vice President now the democratic candidate to try to either deny the victory or make life very difficult for him once he was elected at all goes back to the dossier which is the root again of the Russian Investigation so this story while the democrats would love the story go away man rick its more timely than ever because one of the main figures involved in this is running for president on the democratic side hey i want to switch topics a little bit because twitter is in the news again there is a twitter. Twitter apparently now is banning all state by the way twitter and facebook and these entities they change the rules weekly they just all of a sudden they see a story weve got a new rule now you cant do this or you cant do that or at least thats the way i see right it is a little different at least from the foundations of our profession in journalism so theyre cited now that any state affiliated media entities from any specific countries of their choosing. Will be banned so the b. B. C. Is ok but if youre a vet as well and the thing for example youre not ok and i guess it could change from week to week what do you what do you make of that. Right these social Media Companies rake in these Big Tech Companies that testified more recently before before congress you know and theyre wired into everything theyre wired in the media and corporations in the politics and the case of twitter if you ever thought twitter was going to be political was it going to involve itself in geo politics and im currently not it is involved in that i read the story several times and i cant make sense of it i dont see how you can say on the one hand state sponsored media from russia bad state sponsored media from the u. K. Or the u. S. Thats ok also theres a laughable line in there where the folks at twitter apparently know so little about media they think that quote independent media lacks any kind of political agenda i mean ive been in media for 30 years rick have you ever found a piece of media that didnt have a political agenda and what is independent media defined for me please because thats what he seems to be conflicted in one way or another i had a no idea yeah yeah he was in the steel dossier youre absolutely right good good conversation i appreciate it as usual ruben thanks so much you bet thank you and this is the news with rick sanchez d as you watch it let me tell you what weve got coming your way after this break were going to have a weapons expert whos going to be joining us he will tell us about the explosions thats what he knows as all of us try and figure out what really caused this explosion in beirut that the world is talking about and focusing on well be right back. Liz liz. Liz something for you on your sports h. Q. Oh yeah. A late shift. Take a bite. And notion of story even though. Can overwhelm you. Your way i know you want to. Bring. Me your questions. Number. And lists as this. Brings all the. Dead. In question. Im a journalist its all i know being a truth teller people say i make among come from good news is like a jackhammer good drill down to find the truth news with rick sanchez because its time to do news again and question more. I like it when the hosts ask a question for the guests and then actually listens to the yes answer and then react to that thats a folks Dennis Miller here ive got a new show. Hey welcome back im rick sanchez World Leaders are responding to the disastrous explosion at the port of beirut earlier this week so today the president of france he visits the site of the blast while bringing material aid to the nation as well as the promise of even more support and he wasnt alone theres other european nations italy for example germany have all stepped up promising a israel closer to home offer to take in lebanese medical patients iran has offered support russia what the extra step it seems they sent to doctors and nurses and actually created a temporary Field Hospital arties igors the dawn of was there has the exclusive details. This is a Field Hospital in its early stages it is just being built in fact theres another group of emergency workers on the way with more infrastructure but this is where russian rescue as will be taking those injured those still in need of medical attention from after the blast. Well everything that you can see around me was erected overnight it was literally an empty lot just it 2 oclock in the morning last time i was here well fast forward 6 hours and well theres already a small tent city here. Well these are search dogs have been traveling with me or rather i was with them and they will be sniffing out those who may be still trapped and a life under the rubble. The city of be roots is devastated morally physically financially in fact of all places that ive ever been to apart from active war zones of course this one with all the rubble of destruction and vehicles just abandoned that the side of the road resembles a scene from a postapocalyptic movie the most and the russian aid effort aims here at relieving at least some of the pain im done of reporting from beirut in lebanon ati card i looked up the actual blast once again let me show you once again what this blast looks like there it is and its a pretty wide shot right so you can kind of see or as we discussed yesterday where is this explosion emanating or is it coming from the ground is it coming from above everybody for trying to work through a separation so joining us now. Is explosions expert rene joining us from Miami Florida mr basulto thank you so much sir for joining us this is your expertise is there anything you see in the video or what youve read or any of the evidence sort of the reports that would lead you to believe that this is either a case of sabotage or Something Else maybe a missile. Its hard to tell d if its i would argue does not appear to be a missile d from what ive read and from the facts available to us right now it seems to be explosion of the Ammonium Nitrate that was being stored. At a facility theres a quite a bit of one in the tree so let me press you on that lets suppose somebody knew