arrested over the killing of a man who was shot to death while outrunning in georgia. thanks for joining us. we begin in the u.s., where new figures released on friday shows unemployment has surged in april. the largest rise in christ [please stand by close to in close to 90 years. the coronavirus lockdown crippled the economy. to 14%.ment skyrocketed it was 4.4% in march. in april, 20.5 million jobs were lost, the worst result since the great depression, which began in 1929. it far exceeds the global recession when 8.7 million jobs were wiped out. our white house correspondent says the numbers were expected, but not welcome. correspondent: the u.s. president reacted to them in the last half-hour, speaking to reporters talking about these numbers, and once again trying to project optimism, calling the shutdown that resulted in the loss of these jobs as essentially being artificial. in other words, this is not a bad economy, is what he is saying. the only reason the jobs h
hello and welcome to cross talk. we re all things considered. i m peter lavelle, the u. s. h. nato allies claim they are continuing to send massive military a to ukraine. at the same time, washington appears to have no interest in a negotiated end to the conflict. this makes the question, what is washington s policy gold? could it be direct conflict with russia? from sucking the ukraine conflict. i m joined by my guest, john brawley in new york. he is a political analyst, as well as a former foreign correspondent in russia and like jackson, we have daniel nick adams. he s the executive director of the ron pol, institute for peace and prosperity. and in london, we have marco gassett. he is international affairs commentator hard gentleman, cross stock rules and effect. that means he can jump in any time he want. and i always appreciate, daniel, let me go to you 1st in lake jackson. my question in my introduction, very, very simple. what is washington s goals in this conflict he
broadcasting from our studios in moscow, this is our 2 international. i m john thomas. certainly glad to have you with. no vladimir put in has advised rushes military to not storm the underground, the levels of a steel factory. that is the last remaining pocket of ukrainian resistance in mario pool. he said those areas should simply be blocked off and made clear that any ukrainian troops who surrender should not be harmed. our correspondent, regardless of reports from the outskirts of the embattled industrial zone, in which the last ukrainian troops have been blockaded. well on top of a high rise building right on the edge of the has of steel, industrial complex. we ve the luck, residential neighborhood that was held by ukrainian nationalists. they ve been for have beaten back and retreated. the hold just one, building everything beyond. he s bought i will deal with this is i was here still very much i have with the view here. everything that is controlled by ukrainian nation
is alton. we were in touch and he was telling me what he saw in his radar. and i was relaying to him the into that i got from our control and reporting center. at some point a target appeared and the intercept zone of the 3rd battalion. and i gave danny the order to shoot it down. as i said, did you know what the target was? yes. mean his lawyer took no, we didn t. it was just the target force. his team did a good job. and the next day we found out from the news on t v that we had shot down an f 117 night hawk stealth aircraft. the pride and joy of the united states air force. i guess the saying is true, we just didn t know that it was supposed to be invisible. so you learned about the success of your operation from the news? yes. from one who you feel at that moment. i mean cougar s pride. it s not every day that you get to shoot down a stealth aircraft. this happened for the 1st time ever. this helped on the emotional level by boosting the morale of the 3rd baton. it remain
russia has just 18, but the west still claims that russia has aggressive intent by turning those russians to soviets. and to this danger is bogeyman that wants to take over the world. that was a content strategy to create this image in soviet. as out for world conquest, which was not the case, then bar now, ah, nato should have died, but they will give it meaning. it is about infect, created by, by nato. nato is business machine because you must remember. if nato were disbanded, shareholders in the united states and elsewhere in large obs companies would lose millions and millions they d only have one year instead of 2 yards each. their idea wouldn t that be a terrible. there s a simple method to put it right with the rest of the world. mm. ah, will say we were forced to seize the territory, bring order and maintained security. adult edler bring order security and democracy. the reasons used to justify modern was waged by nato and led by the u. s. b. not toys. i installment f