a with hello and welcome to cross talk. we re all things are considered. i m peter labelle . western capitals in their point of corporate media continue to maintain the west is not at war with russia. however, the fact is, data is a co belligerent, supplying financial support, arms and diplomatic cover forgive when the west claims otherwise, it means it s losing a cross sucking the west war on russia. i m joined by my guest, jo, lori and sydney, the editor in chief of consortium news dot com, in tulsa. we have jeremy who is mot of he is managing, editor of covert action magazine and in los angeles we have pi and he is a strategic planning consultant, a private equity advisor and an independent economic analyst. i gentleman crossteck rules and the fact that means you can jump any time you want. and i always appreciate, let me go to jo 1st in sidney here, over the last week or so 10 days or so we ve had piece proposals coming out. there s leaks about a possibility of the u. k.